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THREE NEW ocroPUsEs.
onbinntlous 10 Control Plug 1Oboee
Plug Hats and Sponges.


Conbinatlons TO Control Plug TOboceos
Plug Hats and Sponges
NEW YoRK, March l2-Rumors concern-
ing the formation of great tobacco trust,
70 embrace all the manufacturers OF cut
and plug tobacco in the United States,
have created much interest among to-
bacco men. The leading cigarette manu-
facturers, the Dukes, Kimbaiis and Allen
q Ginter. are already united in the Amer
lean Tabacco Company, and this company
facturers. 1t is rumored in DanviIle, Va,
that the American Tobacco Company u
negotiating for the purchase of one or
more factories in that city. IL Is also said
that the WhetIock cheroot factory and
Venable tobacco factory are on the point
Of selling out too New York concern. In
Louisville It Il sid the Finser factory viii
be the next there 70 sell ont, and the
American City and Others will follow.
In Danville, Va, members Of the farm
er's Alliance are endeavoring 70 establish
q cigarette factory In opposition TO the
new combination. II is said stock will
soon be issued In Louisville the ware
housemen are combining to protect their
interests, but growers are In sympathy
with them.
Leading representatives of the wooden
hat manufacturing business are about COM
pIeting the details in the formation of the
Irrational Hat Company" with . capital
of s.. 10000. The combination viii limit
production by leasing their factories for .
term OF years with privilege of renewal,
and producing quantities sufficient to meet
the demand.
Wholesale dealers Of sponges in this city
have formed a combination to control the
market for Florida sheep-wooi sponges.
This variety Of sponges IS considered the
finest for carriage purposes. and the de-
maud for il is double the supply.
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bids wanted for . New Cruiser.


WAsHIsorox CIrY, March l2-The navy
department today advertised for proposals
for the construction Of the protected steel
cruiser Of 1880 tons displacement spe-
cialiy provided for in the naval appropria-
ton act approved March 2, 1891. The
time fixed for the opening of such pro-
posals il June L The vessel Is designated
cruiser No. Is. All material used in its
construction, including engines, boilers
and machinery, is required to be of do
mestic manufacture. The government
viii provide all the armor, armor bolts and
their accessories. excepting such as
may be required for protective decks, but
the contractor will be required TO put them
IN place. The vessel must also develop on
the trial trip in the open sea speed OF not
less than twenty-one knots per hour for
four consecutive hours, or the contractor
shall be subject to q penalty of So, 900 for
each quarter-knot deficiency. A premium
al $4,000, however, is provided for each
quarter-knot developed in excess of
twenty-onc knots. Proposals are invited
under plans and specifications provided by
the department. and also under plans and
specifications provided by the bidder.
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Married 4. Sen Fraaeisee Last Meath
and Vanished win His Bride.
San FRAxcrsco, March PA recent dis
patch from New York states that the
Austrian consul was looking fo1 the young
Count Karolyi, who, when last heard from.
was In San Francisco. TWAS supposed he
had married, and his father in Buda Pesth
vas anxious concerning him.
On January IS the count, whose full
name - Georges Karolyi, according to his
signature 70 the marriage license stub.
took out . marriage certificate in the
county clerks Office at Oakland to wed
Miss Boriska Frank. aged Is, and also .
Rev. Father King, Of the Church Of the
Immaculate Conception, on February 2
The count and his sweetheart desired
Father King to marry them on January
n, but as the bans had to be published,
the wedding was solemnized on February
2 The bride was accompanied by lady,
evidently her mother. Both were dressed
fusion.
The count declared he was SON Of Count
Stephen Karolyi and the Countess Aarga-
ret Csekovinck, of Hungary, and that the
bride was q daughter of Count Trak Trenk
and Josepha Birch, also of Hungary. His
bride. he said; had an aunt living in San
Francisco. He intimated that they would
remain few days in San Francisco and
then 60 East and to Europe.
The counts family IL one Of the leading
families of Hungary, owning large landed
property there. His father was leader
for years in the Hungarian diet. Il il
thought the bride and her mother were
travelling on the Coast and that the count
followed them from Europe against his
fathers Elshes
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away. degree being twice the breadth Of
full moon. At that time the moon viii
be In the crescent form ana within three
days of its new phase.
Mars and Saturn are the planets which
appear in the conjunctions visible IN the
evening. On the l2th. Just after the close
Of evening twilight, Mars will be found
within about degrees of the moon, the
latter orb being then about three days old,
and both being in the southwest. Mars
viii be north of the earth's satellite. The
spectacle will be visible until both orbs
set. about s:e5. The closest approach in
this conjunction, however, will occur at
about 2 O'Clock next morning. five hours
after those luminaries have set to us.
By far the most interesting of conjunc.
tons mentioned, though. is that between
the moon and Saturn. This may be seen
on the evening of the odd and the morning
of the sd. The nearest approach will be
made about two hours after both have
set, when they will be only degrees apart,
the moon being that distance north Of the
planet. They will be sufficiently near,
however, when they come into view at
sunset on the I'D TO render the spectacle
worth seeing. At this time the moon will
be within two days of entering its full
phase.
There has been no change in the past four
weeks in the number of first magnitude
stars IN the field of vision. All, however,
have shifted a little to the westward, when
their position is compared to that held by
them a month ago. An hour or two after
sunset in the early days of March Aide
baran, of the constellation of the Bull,
will be found in the west, slightly south of
the true westerly point; Betelguese and
Rigel, of Orion, will be in the south;
Sirins, Of the Greater Dog. in the
southeast. and nearer the horizon; Pro-
cyon, of the Lesser Dog, in the southeast.
and higher above the horizon than
Sirius; Regulus, of the Lion, in the east;
Castor and Pollux, of the Twins, in the
zenith, and CapelIa, of the Charioteer. a
little west of the zenith. About 10 o'clock
Spica. of the star group of the Virgin,
comes into view in the southeast.
OF the conspicuous consultations near
the pole. the Great Bear will be high above
the horizon in the northeast soon after
sunset on the opening days of March; the
Lady in Her Chair will be on the opposite
side of the Pole Star in the northwest,
with the Dragon swinging up from the
horizon in the northeast. and the Little
Bear above it, while over in the northwest,
and low in thehrmament. will be Cepheus,
Andromeda and the Flying Horse.
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rrain-wreckers in Connecticut.

NoHwALK, Conn, March 1L-fspecial.]- T.
Two more attempts TO wreck New York q
New Haven railroad trains were made at
East Norwalk last night, but neither was
successful The eastbound accommoda-
ton, going st great speed, dashed into q
huge pile Of ties which had been placed
across the track and threw them in every
direction, but the engine and cars did
not leave the rails. Portions OF
the locomotive, however, were broken
or twisted. The second attempt was
made an hour later. The Boston express,
which passes through here at O'Clock,
struck similar pile Of ties near the east
end Of the South Norwalk drawbridge,
but the train proceeded on its way to New
York after some slight damage to the
locomotive was repaired. Officers are
searching for the criminals.
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Her Royal Sweetness.

To be called her royal highnes. is the
destiny of every woman born to wear a
crown: but it remains for one woman
among all the royal families to have
the endearing title of her royal sweet
ness gwen to her. and that honor
belongs TO Alexandria. Princess of Wales.
She has that marvellous art of making
goodness seem attractive; Of making the
right act the pleasant one, and of impress
ing upon all who know her the knowledge
that to do good IS to have q pleasant time.
and not to do it is TO miss some of the
pleasure of life. Many princesses have
been written about as having been beauti-
ful, as having caused great wars, as having
done great deeds of valor. of hayins
made men die for them and kingdoms
quarrel over them, but of none of them
can 1t oe said, as It IS of this gracious LADY,,
that the whole world bows down before
sweetness and goodness, that peace has
been the watchwo-d of her life-and not
only does she value peace, but those Low.
ing sisters, Faith, Hope and Charity abide
with her.
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BIrrER COLD IN TEXAS.
Rain Freezes tn the Air-enow Bloc
AIDES In Colorado.

Rain Freezes IN the Air-snow Block-
ades In Colorado.
DALLAS. Tex, March 1.-The weather
today was the most severe that has been
experienced in Texas in three years. The
rain froze as it fell, until il was almost inn
possible for street cars or any vehicles to
run. It is feared much damage Was done
the fruit crop.
DKxvER, March 12.-The snow blockade
on the Midland road near Ivanhoe. where
. passenger train has been under the
snow, was raised today. Silverton and
Telluride are still showed under The
drifts in many places are forty feet deep.
Provisions are carried into these towns on
snow shoes. All hope of railway COM
munication with them inside of a month
is abandoned. The Rainbow ronte from
SiIverton TO Ironton is paralyxed. and no
trains will attempt to 60 over the line for
weeks. The fall of snow throughout San
Juan county and the southwestern por-
ton Of the state has been the greatest for
many year,, for the time being wrecking
all classes of business. As yet no fatali-
ties are reported.
Information from Santa Fe, N. NJ, says
that Rio Grande mail and express trains
have been showed under for three days be-
tween San Antonio and Trespedas.
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stolen Diamonds Recovered in New Yorn

NEW YoRK, March 12--Inspector Byrnes
recovered 81. 800 worth of diamonds this
afternoon. They were the property Of
Livison q Co., of Maiden Lane, and
the greater part of $4,000 worth
of diamonds stolen from them by trusted
salesman, w. G. Duncan, January Is last.
Duncan disappeared on that date, and
despite the efforts of detectives no trace
was found. Today the proprietor
of an uptown hotel sent for
the inspector and told him that on
January Is young man registered
at the hotel and gave the clerk . package
for safe keeping. He then went away and
never returned. The package was opened
and found to contain the diamonds stolen
from Livison & Co. The manager of that
firm declared there were $500 worth of
stones missing.
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loneed 70 hts dead mother. Silk under
wear and silyerware we're also taken. The
burglars came 70 Nev York and disposed
Of their booty for 5000 When asked
what caused him to commit the crime,
young Parafa said:
II vas not happy # homo. Grsndpa
treated me kindly, and vas always good to
me, but could not get along uish my
grandmother. Mama never could. 30,
she did not punish me 50 much, but she
was always talking and reprimanding me,
no matter what ! did. could not get
along with grandma, that was al.
Parafa' mother was the wife of Chevaliel
Parafa, who dazzled New York for . time
with his display Of wealth, obtained from
royalties on the chevalier's discoveries,
such - powerful analIne dyes and the ex'
traction Of gold from copper ore.
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PIrrsBuRe. March 12.-The great Wood
street fire was not entirely subdued until
4 this morning, but the flames were Within
bounds in the Weldin and Germsnis
buildings. Both these structures are COM
pletely ruined. The occupants Of build
ings for block in either direction suffered
considerable from water and flying sparks.
As near as can be estimated TODAY the loss
will be about $500, 900. upon which there is
So, 900 insurance. The heaviest losers
are ]. Weldin & Co., the Germania bank
and Adam Reinan. Carnegie's Chamber
of Commerce and the custom house also
sustained quite heavy losses. The origin
of the IRE Is still a mystery.
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A BOYS WILD CAREER.
leaving . Luxurious Home 60 Be I
Companion Of ReRgara and Thiaxes

Leaving . Luxurious Home Co Be the
Companion OF BeGgars and Thieves.
NKw York, March IA strange story
- that Of young Alfred Parafa, grandson
of the well-known lawyer. Bainbridge w.
Smith, who, of his own free viii, left q
luxurious home on Fifth avenue and
sought by preference = life among the
slums near Five Points.
Till last Friday the boy had been only
reckless and was manageable, but now be
h . criminal and must suffer for his error.
He was in the Bowery the other night
without enough money to pay for nights
lodging, 90 with two disreputable compan-
ions he begged enough money to pay the
fares Of the trio to New Jersey. After that
che party went to Paraia's grandfather's
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rho southern Floodla.

ALBUeUERouE, March 12.-rhe river
commissioners and the city council are
needing the advice of old inhabitants to
look out for another food In the Rio
Grande this spring, and immediate steps
win be taken to dixie the river at all places.
Snow in the mountains has commenced
melting and several of the small streams
are now raging. A light rain and several
warm days would send an unprecedented
volume OF water down the mountains to
the Rio Grande, and the result would be
equal to the Arizona overflow.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 12-The levee at
Ccnley's lake, thirty miles south Of this
valley is flooded.
A dispatch from Hillshouse, Miss, says
the levee on the Mississippi river broke
this morning and great damage is likely
to result
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ABANDONED FARMS.
A Remarkable State Of Affairs In Massa-
chusetts.

Boston special.
A report of abandoned farms in Massa-
chusests forms an interesting feature in
the twenty-hrst annual report of the Mas
sachusetts bureau of statistics. The num-
Der of such abandonments has reached
l .461, of which $50 are without buildings.
The aggregate acreage is 126, ,509L and the
assessed valuation is $1.G76, 325. Farms
with buildings aggregate C, 650A acres. the
total valuation of the property being $780,
0l9; while the farms without buildings
aggregate s., S5S1 acres, and are valued at
$Sc6, 800. The report shows that the aban-
donment has been almost entirely confined
to the western half of the commonwealth.
The total assessed valuation of abandoned
farms is largestin Worcester county, being
1914. 81. and Hampshire next with vaiu-
alton $i32 -072. The total valuation of abb
andoned farms in Middlesex county is
Sill, 597. Although the number of such
farms Is relatively small in Berkshire
county, the valuation is $3.50, 745. and in
Franklin SILL, 435. Hampden follows with
$il6.343
The estimated market value per acre
abandoned farms ranges from - to $40.
farms with the acreage of ell farms as re-
turned in the census of 1885, excluding
those within the limit of cities, the rela-
tive amount of farm land which has been
abandoned may be determined. The pro-
portion for the state IS found TO be 8. IS per
cent. That is to say. out of he aggregate
acreage of all farms. not including those
within city limits or in the six towns from
which no return respecting abandoned
farms was received, namely, 1861, s32%
acres, as shown by the census Of
1885, I26.59H acres have been aban-
doned, being BIS acres in every 100
acres of farm land in the towns.
In the proportion of farm land that
has been abandoned Hampshire county
leads the total acreage of all the farm land
in the towns of Hampshire, being 3i6. ~,
while q ,672 acres have been abandoned, or
SIS per cent. Next come the towns of
Hampden county, having a total farm
acreage Of 800, 1851, with l6. S36 acres ahan-
doned, or $50 per cent. Third in the line
are found the towns in Berkshire county,
with 5i7 ,6S93l acres, q .397 acres being
abandoned, or per cent. In this COM
parison Franklin county stands fourth; its
total farm acreage in towns being $50, 1861,
OF which lis have been abandoned, or
T. 50 per cent. Worcester county stands
fifth in the line.
1t is found that for each 800 worth Of
farm land in the state $57 worth is aban-
doned. In two counties only, Nantucket
and Suffolk, there are no abandoned farms,
while Essex county reports but two.
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FAULTS OF THE NAVY.
Tstal Errprs in Construction Of
Costly Boats
mEN WON'T SERVE on THEM.


r~vr..o Merrh - .-fanecial IA spe-
- - s..si $500 from Wsahinstou
ss go. c-;.;r;.m ~ UncIe SANS navy
~.S.s...s- Te,~r. No. rcme vhisDerin9s
-. 49, s.-,r.,. pbiIedeInhia viii Be I
s 800 -. 1880 sl,ir ~ the ZANE rea-
-. $3.50 81. Hc~tcr ana Aflanta are not
-. - Tbe sbir 8 not strong enough
- - 1890 ehe carries twelve six.
80. Il, -. 49,. ,sa.s Fonr 81 there guns
-, - ovs,,r q ssrItv design. practically
,.ssi.ss &, oertfon Thsv cannot be fred
'.s3rs...4 3, Ss.~.~ ~ dnin~ NOR damage
=. ~ .h;r sra hev crev than 70 the
.-- Tk> re- hettIe-shins are 10 be
s~~.~S ~;th the hsrrest ri6e gun afIoat.
- sss~t..r-;rch ESeech.l1,ader. These
~ s - - &. 81 -sth "a ,,ounde ~
- - - - n.eo f-:~Is.-
powder ana tnroW : PVJo e 1M
30 p0uudA Unle9s the nuns ano iiaues
q the ships are built to Withstand this
awful shock, the bettie-ships viii be .
failure, and unless the construction de-
ns. 49, ~. ehs.ss;e,,. ths .h;r. nil
g ~. 49, ~ o~- e. -h;ch
never sns.e! the -, ~
they arc oeanG Uuiit. Inc eenuenCy
Of the navy department and particularly
~ The naval architects thereof, has been
- 70 70 An extreme IN securing lightness
81 hull They do this TO accommodate q
er :, veisht Of machinery in order to
s. s.ss' 80. 49, $500 This 1. one 81 the
secure ereatel speeu. 1ns = e ~ ~ IL. Wy
CHEZ defects OF the Pnladeipnia, oan = IAN,
cisco and New York. Their huiis are all
Too li4ht for the weight Of machinery and
tl,e hefterv shock which they have 70
~.Aure
, WIN. - tbe ,ub,ect az the new navy It
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BosvoS. March 12.-John E. Carr, ex-
memcs: or the New Hampshire legisla-
ture. but la;terly q resident of Haverhill,
Mass. was killed by an angry buli in his
pasture this morning. His body was hor-
ribly mutilsted, the bull first goring HIM
and then stamping on his PROSTATE form.
Carr was armed with . pitchfork, but the
attack was too sudden and violent for him.
bull was killed,
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His Feet were r.n<Ied.

81. Sweeney, who claimed to be . prin-
ter, was found on Second street yesterday
in badly intoxicated condition with an
ugly wound in the middle of his forehead.
He did not know how he was hurt. but he
probably fell on the pavement or against a
stone step. DR.. Sparkling was called to at
tend the man at police headquarters. and
after the cash was sewed up he was locked
up on a charge of drunkenness.
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A Portland Fugitive.

Detective Day, of Portland, arrived in
the city with warrant and the necessary
requisition papers for w. C. Rhodes, the
man arrested in the Seattle hotel the other
night on telegram from Portland, where
he is wanted for cutting q man named
kafka some time last summer. The officer
made no delay. but rushed his prisoner
down to the S:35 p. m. train for Tacoma,
where another prisoner was waiting to
Join him
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To Decrease the rur.s.., c...,

WAsHrNeroS CrrY, March 1.-THE treas
ury department is considering . PROPOSE
ton to decrease the annual catch of fur
seals in Boring sea as fixed by the existing
lease. in order to guard against the possl-
BILE extinction of seals. AS such action
would necessarily operate as hardship
upon the lessees not contemplated when
the lease was made, the department will
call on the attorney general for an opinion
as TO the secretary's right 10 reduce the an
nual rental OF the seal island. below the
minimum of $4,000
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MENU CARDS OF AMERICAN TIN.

Banquet In Chattanooga 70 Celebrate
Beginning Of Manufacture There.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 12.-Secre-
tary Proctor and guests, including General
Miller and General Williams, went to At
lanta last night, but the congressional and
other members Of the visiting party re-
NAMED and viewed other famous battle
fields around Chattanooga. Tonight the
party attended banquet to celebrate the
inauguration of the Basic steel process in
the South. The distinguishing feature
of the occasion was the tableware, much
Of which. including the plates and the
cover of the menu cards, consisted of tin
plate recently made in this country from
Chattanooga works. Covers were laid for
nearly 200 guests. among whom were Sem
ators Henderson, Frye Hawley. Butler,
Sanders and Carey, and Representatives
Mckinley, Cannon, Wheeler, Hooker,
Fost and Henderson, Of Illinois. Letters
of regret were read from number of dis
tinguished gentlemen, including ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland. Abram S. Hewitt and
Chauncey n. Depew.
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Bad Punctuation In the Mckinley Bi1l.
NEw YoRK, March l2-The United
States board Of general appraisers made .
grammatical decision today, in which they
declared there was case Of bad punctua-
ton in the Mckinley tariff act The
paragraph referred to is 81, and reads as
follows: Chocolate other than chocolate
confectionery and chocolate of commerce,
known as sweet chocolate, 9 cents per
pound" The board holds that the
parenthesis should embrace ''other than
chocolate confectionery" alone.
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stabbed By . Trape.e Performer.

SAN FRAScrsco. March l2-w. Densley.
trapeze and slack wire performer recent
ly with Barnum's circus, stabbed John
McNamara twice in his right side this
morning during dispute over . woman.
One of the wounds penetrated the lungs
and the other the liver. McNamara may
die. Densley was booked for assault with
intent TO murder.
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Str Truckee, Tiilamook; str Scotia, TiIla-
nook.
Departures-Str Oregon. Astoria; whal-
ing bk Sea Ranger, whaling; whaling blk
John p. West. whaling; bktn Skagit. Port
Townsend; hktn Retriever, Port Hadlock;
bk Alex Mcneil. Seattle.
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New York NIurderers

New York Murderers Fear Electricity.
NEw YORK, March l2.-Counsel for Snider
and Slocum have been given until March
% to obtain hearing on the appeal to the
United States supreme court and appiica-
ton for habeas corpus.