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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-30

board fence. This is the enclosure for
skunkery, the new business enterprise at
the Falls. One after another has been
added to the fold until the number aggre-
gates the statement above. The ultimate
object of this odorOus industry is the
cash the pelts aud oil will sell for when
the whole brood is fattened.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-30
FOREIGN.

Another revolutionary plot has been
discovered in Hayti.
Montreal is threatened with diphthe-
ria and smallpox epidemic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14

The District Assessor Recommends an
adverse Report ON 1t.
Property owners In Washington have a
great interest In Senate bill 1499, relating
to assessments of real estate in the District
Of Columbia. This bill. which was recently
submitted to the Commissioners for report,
provides that the assessments levied by
the last board Of assessors shall be declared
null and void, and that all persons having
paid taxes for the first half Of the year end
ing June 30. 1894. be entitled to a rebate
Of 50 much of the amount 30 paid over and
above the amount Of tax that would have
been due on such real estate in accordance
with the assessed value prior to the last
assessment.
Before finally passing upon the merits Of
this bill. the Commissioners referred the
bill to the assessor for his views. Today
he made his report in which he says:
while l am heartily in accord with any
feasible measure to relieve our taxpayers
from the present onerous assessment can
not consistently approve the provisions of
this bill as it would be practically impos-
sible with force of clerks double the num-
Der now employed. to arrange the tax led
gers In order to give proper bills to present
owners or property. as since the assess
ment OF 1SS9-1S9O numerous changes have
been made in the dimensions of lots by
transfers and subdivisions, and 1t would
be necessary to prepare new ledgers and
new numerical books. entailing an amount
OF work that could not be done by the Inn
ited force Of this office in less than twelve
months and 1t Is doubtful If that time
would be sufficient. / recommend an ad-
verse report on Senate bill 1899. The best
method. as 1 have heretofore suggested. is
the enactment of law providing for an
immediate equalization and revision of the
present assessment for the year 1895, and
the appointment Of a permanent board of
three assistant assessors as provided for
IN bill now being considered by the board
Of trade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
DELEGATES ARRIVING.
Some Notable Women Who VIII At.
tend the Suffrage Convention.

some Notable Women Who Will At.
tend the Suffrage Convention.
The delegates to the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, which begins
its annual convention at Metzerott Hall to-
morrow morning. are beginning to arrive
In considerable numbers, and the Riggs
House, which the women are Gsng as their
headquarters. is taking on a small amount
of added liveliness
Among the most interesting delegates to
the convention are the three women who
TOOK part in the Worlds Congress of Rep
resentative Women in Chicago last summer
namely: Madame Hanna Korany, a highly
educated woman from Syria, who speaks on
the position of woman in the east; Senorita
Catalina de Alcala Of Spain, and Miss
Spence of Australia.
At The afternoon session on Saturday
Miss Spence will speak on the subject of
the Australian ballot system and will H.
lustrate her lecture by means of an election
which she will conduct for the purpose of
Illustrating the reform proposed by the
National Representative League, of which
Mr.. VIM. Dudley Foulke of Indiana, is
president.
At the memorial service Friday afternoon.
at 3 O'Clock. in memory of Lucy Stone and
others, there will be tributes from Eliza
beth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass
Carrie Lane Chapman, Miss Laura Clay,
Senator George F. Hoar, Mrs Josephine
X. Henry, VIM. Dudley Foulke Lille Dev-
ereux Blake, Henry B. Blackwell and Julia
Ward Howe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
THE BERlNG SEA FISHERIES
Great Britain is Said to Favor Chang
ing the Regulations.
It II Feared That the Canadian Fisher
men VIII Get Their Catch in
Spite Of All.

There IL q serious hitch somewhere in the
diplomatic negotiations for the protection Of
the seal fisheries Of Bering sea during the
coming season. 1t is said that Great Britain
does not like the regulations framed by the
Paris arbitration tribunal for the preserva-
ton Of seal lfe and Is making every effort
to have them modified in the interests Of
the Canadian sealers. Sir Julian Paunce-
fote. the British ambassador, is in frequent
conference with Secretary Gresham on the
subject and Is said to be exercising extreme
diplomatic methods to secure a modification
OF the regulations already agreed upon. or
to delay their promulgation until too late to
prevent the Canadian sealers from making
their usual catch.
The Secretary Of State has also suggested
moolncation OF the regulations, so as to
provide penalty for their violation, q
singular omission by the arbitrators.
An EARLY Start.
Reports from the northwest indicate that
the sailing fleet is getting away on their
hunt earlier than usual this year. Neither
Navy Department nor the Treasury De-
partment has received notice from the
State Department as to how large a force
Of ships they will be expected to provide or
that they will be expected to provide any,
The Navy Department Is bringing such
ships into the Pacific as 1t can, to be ready
II needed. The amount Of territory to be
It will require the best efforts Of the de-
partment to provide the ships. and this can
not be done at days notice. Not only
must the ships be within reach, but sup
plies Of coal and provisions must be con-
tracted for and placed at available points
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
REORGANIzING NEW ENcY.ND
IL VIII BE ON Lines Independent of
the New Haven and Hartford Road,

1t VIII BE on Lines Independent Of
the New Haven and Hartford Road,
BOSTON, Feb. 14.-It is stated here on
good authority that the plan Of reorganiza-
ton of the New York and New England
has been fully formulated.
1t provides that the per cent mortgage
bondholders shall take Is per cent of their
holdings In new mortgage bonds at par;
that holders of per cent mortgage bonds
shall take 10 per cent Of their holdings at
par, and that an assessment Of 10 per cent
on the common stock and 25 per cent on
the preferred stock be laid.
In a statement issued yesterday 1t was
explained that the gentlemen constituting
the committee on reorganization had been
required to take the task by the holders Of
a large number of securities. Accordingly,
they asked all bondhoders and preferred
and common stockholders to send their
names and addresses and the amount Of
their holdings to the committee.
The gentlemen mentioned are regarded
as friendly to or representing the parties
who secured the appointment Of the receiv-
ers, and their purpose will undoubtedly be
to carry out their organization on inde-
pendent lines without favor for the New
York, New Haven and Hartford faction in
the company. 1t is stated also that the old
regime is left entirely out of consideration
and that 1t has nothing whatever to do
with the present movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
MT. Carlisle Advises That the Lixht he
Permanently ExtfnRuished


The Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives received a letter from the Sec
retary of the Treasury recommending the
permanent extinguishment of the light
on the statue of Liberty in the New York
harbor The letter states that the light
house board regard the light on the statue
OF Liberty as Of no Importance whatever as
an aid to navigation; that in ordinary
foggy weather the light is invisible from
Robbins reef and when that point is passed
there Is no further danger until a vessel
snail have gone beyond the position occu-
pied by the statue.
The letter states further that the appro-
priation made by Congress for the support
OF the light house establishment is INSULT
cient. with the severest economy, for doing
the work properly, and that the expendi-
ture of nearly $4,000 yearly out of this
meager appropriation for the maintenance
OF the statue of Liberty as a beacon is not
desirable. If this money could be restored
to the maintenance of useful lights it
would. in the opinion of the Secretary, be
benefit to the light house establishment.
The Secretary therefore recommends to the
House action authorizing the extinguish-
ment OF the beacon entirely, so as to elm
mate this item from the expense now in
CURED by the light house establishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRArs
A Controversy Over Omces-The Sena
tOrial Election,

A Controversy Over Omces-The Sena.
tOrial Election.
A North Carolina democrat. who holds a
prominent position under the government.
and who for that reason does not want to
be quoted. In conversation with a reporter
for The Star this afternoon in relation to
north state affairs, said:
The politics of North Caroline are lust
now in dickens Of a tangle. Senator
Vance. through the Charlotte Observer has
formally declared war on Collector Simmons
OF the eastern district Of the state Senator
Vance states that he opposes the conf1rma-
ton Of Simmons because he opposed the
nomination of one of his (Vance's) particular
friends for federal position, and used his
official pull as chairman of the democratic
state executive committee to defeat H
Gudger, a kinsman Of Senator Vance. for
the office of collector of the fifth district.
Another objection urged is the general one
that Simmons is not fit man for the place
All this opposition to Simmons Is because
of the determination Of Vance to defeat
Senator Ransom, who Is a candidate for re-
election. The situation in the state is
more critical than 1 have ever known it
before. owing to the excellent organiza-
ton of the populists and republicans. If
these parties fuse, as Is probable, the leg
islature will not elect a democrat to sue
coed Senator Ransom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
FOR YOUR VALENTINE.
Mails Laden With the Sugary Sweets
of the Day.

Today is St. Valentines day, and the
good-natured letter carriers have had rea-
son to remember Christmas, for their loads
have been bulkier than for many a day
past. Judging by the number Of large
sized envelopes and paste-board boxes they
have had to distribute, it is safe to say
that the festival of the good old saint has
been quite as generally observed as in years
gone by. One thing noticeable is the fall
ing off in the number Of so-called comic
valentines, which are never funny or anus
ing, and in nineteen case out of twenty
are only vulgar and generally Objectionable.
The old-fashioned valentine, with plenty
of paper lace and a bleeding heart or two
with will you be my valentine?" style
of poetry. has still it's hold on popular favor
and the average small child cherishes that
sort far more dearly than it would some
startling innovation In the custom. There
duced this year and dealers have done
good business in the sale of fancy paper
dolls, brownies and celluloid articles of
one sort and another.
The Older Children.
For the children Of an older growth there
have been valentines that would sell for
almost any price. All sorts of bon-bon
boxes. hand-painted. of silk and of china.
have gone off we'll, while silk handker-
chief cases and sachet bags handsomely
made and beautifully decorated have sold
at prices ranging from a dollar or two up
to fifteen twenty.
These, however, are elaborate enough,
but not always in the best of TASTE and
very rarely of the least use in the world.
So, many young man whose pocket book
could stand the strain invested in bunch
of roses for the particular one to whom he
should give roses.
At the city post office this morning be-
fore both the first and second deliveries the
mail benches presented a busy scene, but
the carriers cleared up their piles of boxes
and packages and distributed them in a
hurry so as not to run behind or disap-
point any one. Capt. Bell, the superin-
tendent of the city delivery division. said
to The Star report er that the amount of
valentine mali that went through the Of
flee was quite up to other years. AS for
the contents of the boxes and their quality
he could not, of course, speak with any
authority or knowledge,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
IN THE SENATE TODAY
The W. O. T. U. and the Whisky Tax
Set Right
MP. Frye Presents Protests Against
Any Tax ON the Article-The
OklahOma Railroad Bill.

The whisky tax and the position Of the
W. c. T. U. on the question was brought up
by Senator Frye this morning. The Senator
stated that he had observed In the Associ-
ated Press dispatches recently a statement
that the w. c. T. U. had petitioned Congress
for an increase Of the tax on whisky, On
examination 1t had been found that s,ch
petitions had really been presented to the
House committee on ways and means These
purported to be signed by officers of the
union in remote western towns Letters
had been sent to those towns and il had
been found that no persons lived In the
locality bearing the names signed to the
petitions. Il have the pleasure now" said
he. "of presenting a remonstrance from the
National w. c. T. U. against a tax on
whisky. This remonstrance ,s signed by
Officers Of the w. c. y. u. In forty-four
states and three territories. and these excel
lent women do not believe hat .he United
States ought to enter into copartnershtp
In either the manufacture or sale Of intox-
icating liquors."
Senator Lodge Mass) presented a reso-
luton, which was adopted, calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury for the record in
the case OF the investigation Of the Boston
custom house.
Trains in Oklahoma,
The House bill to compel the Rock Island
railroad to stop it's trains at Enid and
Round Pond. in Oklahoma, came I'D as The
unfinished business. and Senator Palmer
Of Illinois took the floor in favor of the
bill. He argued that the people of these
towns were suffering a wrong and Injustice
and that 1T being within the power of Con-
gress to afford relief, this bill should be
passed without delay.
The bill was opposed by Senator Carey of
wyoming and Senator Martin Of Kansas
Senator Martin. in opposing the bill, de-
clared that 1t was violation Of democratic
doctrines, that the legislature of Oklahoma
had ample power to deal with the subject
and Congress should not interfere He
was not friend Of the railroads; in fact
they had always opposed him as a candi-
date for office. but he did not believe in
violating the tenets of his faith because a
railroad would thereby be compelled to do
thing which the territorial legislature had
ruii power to compel 1t to perform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14

Change Proposed in the Offices in the
Ten Largest Cities
The New Plan COntemplates Allowing
Fund for Their Omces,

Postmaster General Bissells plan to place
the postal service of the ten largest cities
OF the country under the practical man.
agement Of their postmasters will be a
radical innovation in the system Of the de-
partment, IL ii Is adopted. The House COM
mfttee on post offices will devote itself to
the consideration Of the latter forthwith
holding a special meeting next Monday, at
which the Postmaster General will be in
vited to appear and further explain the
proposed change.
No Increased Expenditures.
This scheme will involve no increased ex-
penditures. but is simply designed to Sc
cure an administration Of the post offices
without the friction and red tape incidental
to the present system, in which the depart
ment oversees the expenditures and details
of office management. According to the ex-
plantations made yesterday by First Assist
ant Postmaster General Jones and the
postmasters of New York and Philadelphia
1t Is proposed to deduct from the estimates
for the postal service the amounts which
the department would probably assign to
the leading cities and have Congress make
a separate appropriation Of certain sum
for each one. This money would be at the
command Of the several postmasters to
draw upon and utilize as they saw ft. CIV
managers Of private business concerns.
The Postmasters Favor IL.
The postmasters themselves are enthu-
siastically in favor of the plan. and the
heads Of the Offices at Chicago and other
cities expect to address the committee.
1t is urged that these cities are entitled
to special consideration, because they yield
one-third Of the revenues from the service.
the New York Office alone turning into the
treasury of the government 4.000.00o more
than its expenses. 1t was predicted in the
committee that objections wonil be made
on the floor Of Congress by the Repre-
sentatives Of smaller cities which did not
receive the same favor. Two members
also, Representatives Loud of San Fran
cisco and Caldwell Of Cincinnati, suggested
that lump sum for the zen cities should
be appropriated, the Gi vision TO be made by
the Postmaster General They feared that
in general skirmish New York city would
secure the lions share by force of it's large
sion that Representative Dunpny assured
them was needless. Mr.. Duuphy has a
bill before Congress to secure the plan
and is its particular champion
Would Relieve the Department.
The Postmaster General favors #. be-
cause II would relieve the department of
much troublesome work without iripos-
ing a great deal Of additional burden on
the postmasters.
No question was made of the benefits Of
the plan, those committeeman who offered
criticisms basing them on he ground that
to all officers; one member calling it class
legislation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
CAPITOL TOPICS,
A Disappearing Gun Carriage.


Senator Hunton has introduced a bill in
the Senate to authorize the Secretary of
War to contract with the Pneumatic Gun
Carriage Co. for a test disappearing gun
carriage for a ten-inch rifle gun under
it's designs and patents The bill appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for the purchase.
COnfirmatiOns.
The Senate in executive session yesterday
made public the following combinations:
Augustus Zehring, to be collector of Gus
toms for the district of Cuyahoga, Ohio;
VIM. H. Cullingworth, to be postmaster at
Richmond, Va; w. E. Frieze. to be post
master at Wichita Falls, Texas.
To Increase Mexican Pensions.
Senator Martin of Kansas has introduced
a bill increasing from 50 to s12 per month
the pensions of Mexican war veterans and
the widows of all soldiers who served in
the Mexican wiz and who are wholly dis
abled for manual labor and in such desti-
tuition that s. per month Is insufficient to
provide the necessities of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14

His Wife Had Started to Bring Him
Home From Costa Rica.

CHICAGO. Feb. 14.-Robert G. H. Hunt
ington, who caused a sensation in Chicago
last fall by absconding from the city, leav-
ing defalcation of about $3O, 600, is dead in
Costa Rica. telegram just received in this
city announced the fact. Huntington was
secretary of the House Building and Loan
Association when he absconded. He was
thirty-five years DID, with general reputa-
ton for industry and sobriety until the .ime
of his downfall. He escaped by way Of New
Orleans to San Jose, Costa Rica.
Capt. c. E. Henry of Cleveland, inspector
fo- the American Surety Company of New
York, located the fugitive and followed him,
but was unable to obtain his extradition
How Huntington disposed of the embezzled
funds is a mystery, and likely to remain
one. 1t appears he arrived penniless in
Costa Rica, where he was prostrated by
fever. On his partial recovery. he wrote to
his wife in this city, offering to return and
surrender himself to justice, If he could but
obtain the expenses of travel. Last Sat-
urday his wife started for New Orleans, and,
1t Is thought, he would have met her there
Monday had not death struck him down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
The BOttlers' Bill.

Attorney John NJ. Staples appeared be-
fore the House District committee today
in behalf of a bill which the Bottlers' AS
sociation has prepared providing legislation
for the protection of owners of branded
bottles. The bill imposes penalty for the
use. sale or destruction by others of bot
ties which are marked or branded with the
name of the owner. Mr.. Staples stated that
the purpose of the bill is to break up the
traffic in beer bottles conducted by junk
dealers to the detriment of the owners
The committee questioned Mr.. Staples,
and did not seem inclined to favor the bill.
Action upon 1t will be taken at a subse-
quent meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
FRANK KIERNAN PARDONED.
The Presidents Indorsement I'm Grant
ing the Clemency.

The President took favorable action today
In the case of Frank Herman, convicted in
the District of Columbia, November a.
1888. Of violating the gaming laws, and
sentenced to six months Imprisonment in
jail. to date from November "a, 1898. The
President indorsed the application for Glenn
ency as follows:
Sentence commuted to three months
actual imprisonment, for the reason that
the longer Imprisonment of the convict
would cause distress and privation to his
aged mother and others dependent upon
the prisoner, and for the further reason
that the shorter term to which his sentence
Is committed will answer all the ends of
9usuce In this particular case"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
RESCUERS STILL AT WORK,
Superintendent Davis Has Given I'm
Hope for the Imprisoned Miners,

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. 14.-The res
cuers are still at work in the ill-fated mine
at Plymouth. About forty feet Of fallen
rock and coal were cleared away last night
but there is still about $40 feet Of almost
a solid wall of debris to be pierced before
the place where the thirteen men were at
work can be reached.
1t will take ten days at least to make
a pasSageway.
Mine Superintendent Davis said this
morning that he had given Up all hope of
ever again seeing the men alive. A fund
will be raised for the benefit of :he widows
and the fatherless children.
Nearly all of the wives and children of
the entonbed miners waited about the en-
trance to the mine all night. and many
of them are still hanging around, refusing
to go home. They present sorry spec
tacle, and one which will never be for
gotten by the residents Of Plymouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
To Relieve Admiral Irwin.

Commodore VIM. A. Kirkland has been
detached from duty in. command of the
navy yard. League Island, Pa. and ordered
to Honolulu per steamer of March IL from
win of command of the naval forces of the
Pacific station. Admiral Irwin retires April
IL. Upon being relieved he will return to
the United States and await his retirement
Commodore kirkland will have as his per-
sonal staff Lieut. York NOEL and Lieut. J.
A. H. Nickels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
PENSION OFFICE. CHANGES.
Two Hundred Clerks to BE Promoted
and 100 Reduced

Inc Secretary of the Interior today or
oered S6o changes In the pension bureau
Two hundred clerks will receive notifica-
uon OF their promotion and 16O will be re-
ouced- The matter has been under consid-
era'loh Tor some time, and about two
months ago Judge LCchren. commissioner
OF pensions, requested that the chiefs OF
oiVisions should send him recommen.ta-
tons as to the clerks under them. This
was done. with the result as stated. Great
unsSstness prevails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
Testing n Gun Carriage.

The army ordnance department is testing
at the Sandy Hook proving grounds a new
disappearing carriage for siege guns. II 10
of the Raskazofs type, and was recently
purchased in Europe.