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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-19

MARKET closed steady. Transferable notices. 40 Toa!
sal.s. 7uUlo bales.
Spot market quiet mAdng uplands lj-iGc: miIalinS
gulf. S3-ldc. which Is unchanged compared Win yes
ter,lays prices
Tho statistical posrn Of cotton rs MADE up by this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-19
'e give for comparison the closing prices OF the pre-
A.. I,v and for the CORE sponding date last year:

Receipts OF breadsturs at Interior
last three ciphers 1000 omitted. flour
follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-19

A few years ago an old beam engine,
built by james Watt, which had been do
ing regular daily work for I03 years, was
taken down and replaced by modern en-
CINE The engine was originally q 85
horsepower engine and was erected in 1885.
In 1885 some alterations were made TO en-
able 1t to work TO 40 horsepower. 1t had
a "a inch cylinder, a foot stroke and sun
and planet motion. 1t worked at % ~
revolutions, or 27O feet OF piston speed, per
minute. In 1876 it was tested by Mr.. NJ.
Longbridge, when, with a steam pressure
of Eve pounds per square inch. it indicated
1872 horsepower, with an expenditure Of
coal of 4. 50 pounds per indicated horse
power per hour. Only the best modern en-
gines with the same condition Of loading
would work with two pounds Of coal per
indicated horsepower per hour. One is in
doubt whether to be surprised that, after
a century Of endeavor to improve the econ
omy Of steam engine working, the progress
is SO small, or to be proud that SO much
has been achieved. Professor w. g. I'm
win in Casters Magazine.
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young woman, lately returned from.
Europe, was talking with friend about
her experiences If she is correctly report
ed by the Boston Transcript, it must be
admitted that a foreign tour is not OF ne
cessity a liberal education.
She was telling about the wonderful
smoothnesa and pleasantness Of the home
ward voyage
It is little surprising that you should
have had clear weather and nothing else.
remarked her friend, who felt Obliged to
say something.
Not at all. = answered the young lady.
" was told that the captain swept the sky
with his telescope the first thing every
morning.
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nINING DOOsI FURNITURE
DINING zloOI 7 URNITURE

Requires careful consideration.
Large stocks. new designs and prices
to please Will be eagerly sou il. We
are fully prepared with q A.g stock
to meet the demand Our line Of
sideboards il very large, and has
never before been equalled in work
manship, style or prlcs Solid oak j.
the popular wood, and French plate
mirrors, neat carving aud ample
drawers and closets characterize ali
on our floors. We would call attan-
tion to our $25 and 80 sideb boards
that are *world beaters;" we would
specialize our So ana 500 ones thai
are fine; we would hint at our $13,
SIS. SIG and $50 sideboards that will
interest any body desiring fair sized
value for their money
Solid oak dining tables in any re-
Quired length and il more styles
than we can enumerate afford oppor-
tunity for selection Look at our 81,
IS, $9.5a. SO and $15 tables. Wonder
If you seen the like before.
We have exclusive patterns in
carved oak chairs with leather up
hoIstered seats. the finest 20 be found
at &c. SIS and $11 apiece. Cultivated
taste and d prudent economy can find
in our stock thoroughly made and
finely finished furniture at all times.
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AN ENGINEERS NERVE.

It Saves His Train From Being Held
Up by hand OF Hig hwaymsn.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 19.-Shortlv
after midn ght yesterday morning an
attempt to hold up passenger train
No. 5 on the Yazoo and Mississippi
road at Panther Run, Miss, was
baked by the coolness of Engineer
f. A. Honor. Panther run is a small
way station Soon after nightfan a
haIf-dozen strange men entered the
hamlet and hung around for an hour
or two. Then they disappeared
and were not seen again until
the train had stopped and was start
ing out, when one of them appeared
on the track ahead. signaling the en-
gineer to stop. Engineer Homer
pulled out the throttle and sent the
train through. As it passed the sig
nal light half dozen unmasked men
stood there, revolvers IN hand. and
all took shots at the locomotive cab
Fire man Cole received a bullet
through the arm and IS seriously
wounded. The men were evidently
new at the business
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Few British birds, indeed, show higher
and closer adaptation to special conditions
than our dreamy nightjars, essential in
sect hawkers Of the dusk on open and tree
less uplands. Their large and mysterious
eyes, their gaping mouths, their straining
fringe Of bristIes, their delicate, owllixe
plumage, their swift and silent flight,
their agile movements, their eerie cry,
their curious. lovesick nature-ali mark
them out as marvelously modified noctur-
nal variants on the general type Of the
swifts and trogons
They are, in fact, specialized descend
ants Of the same primitive ancestral
form, whose bodies and souls have under
gone weird and beautiful changes in adap-
tation to wild and poetical life ia the
shades Of dusk on the unpeopled moor
land. for birds ef twilight have always
passionate cries and passionate natures
Not accident alone has given as tie whip
poorwil and the nighring ale.-EngliRh
illustrated Magazine
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many PEOPLE PERISH.
rhs Earthquakes In sicily and Italy
worse han Reported

Ehs Earthquakes In sicily and Italy
worse han Reported
ROME, Nov. 1o.-The earthquakes in
Sicily and Southern Italy caused con-
siderabl damage to the telegraph
lines and details of the pheno mena
are coming to hand slowly. It is
known, however, the province OF
Reggie di Calabria suffered the
seYerest damage by the seis-
mic disturbances Little damage
was done in Reggie, the capital Of
the province, but there was great loss
Of life and much property damage
else where in the province. The viii
lage of Sac Procopios near Palni, was
almost entirely destroyed. Here
sixty persons were killed. Forty
seven of these met their death In
church. to which they fed for refuge
Their bodies are still in the ruins.
LONDON. Nov. ia dispatch from
Rome says that King Humbert has
donated a large sum Of money for
the relief of the earthquake suffer
ers. Sixty lives were lost by the
falling of the church at Sac Procopio.
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a MACHINE NO USE.
Better 80 Keep n Rife Handy While Jim
Bolton Lives.

Better 60 Keep Rifle Handy While Jim
Bolton Lives
One day, stopping at q house for dinner
in the Kentucky mountains, listened to
an agent trying to sell the head Of the es-
tablishment a sowing machine.
Now, look here, - said the agent, s'you
ought to do something to help your wife,
oughtnt your"
s.Shc amt objectin to my style, I reclr-
on" said the mountaineer.
s.That's because she's q good kind, un-
complaining sort OF a woman and it -
the very reason why you should do these
little things for her /"
But can't afford it, 2 protested tha
mountaIneer.
stAford it nothIngr' exclaimed the
agent. on could afford to buy that win
chester sitting by the door, couldn't youf"
Yes, 4 he said, laying it across his lap,
ssbut needed it.
mot 80 much as your wife needs a sew
Ing machine"
More, reckon
''Of course that isn't SO. How could
you? Now, tell you what III do. Ii you
viii buy machine for your wife, I'll take
the gun as part pay"
i reckon not. =
s'Call your wife out here and ask hen
what she thinks about it. I'll bet a hat
she'll jump at the chance for such an ex-
change"
Tho 1nountaineer smiled and Chilled the
cold woman out He stated the propo-
siton to her, and the agent began 10 feel
sure of victory.
If Jim Bolton wasn't Twin, we might, +"
she said after moments thought.
What's he got to do with it2" Rsked
the agent in provoked tone.
"A heap sight You see, +" she went on
my old man an Jim ain t ON good terms
That's why no got the winchester. Now.
eff Jim knowed we only had a SEWN ma
chine, it wouldn't DO time till wuz
wilder, an / reckon I'll do my SEWN by
hand. S'pose you come round after Jim's
fixed, = and the agent gave it up and agreed
to come round after James had been dis
posed of.-Atlanta Constitution.
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MONEY THE QUESTION
Discussion of the Committees in
Fifty-fourth Congress.
Finance Committee Will Prob
ably be Most Important.
MAY HAVE A POLICY.
If Reed is Speaker He May
Boom His Own Plan.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.-The house
committees which are expected to be
of the greatest importance in the
mex congress are those on the ways
and means, preparations, rules,
banking and currency, coinage,
weights and measures, rivers and har-
bors and public buildings and grounds
The first three named always head
the list in order Of Importance. The
others ara expe cted to assume i'm
portance in the next congress, be-
cause Of the espec al condition which
will prevail during that congress.
The banking committee viii Ger
talnly be one of the most important
committees on the list, if there should
be an effort, as is limited there may
be, to revise the currency laws and
change the present system Such
legisla ton as this would lift the COM
mittee dealing with it from It's pres
ent place of insignifcance and place
it for the time alongside the ways
and means comnitLee. The proba-
bility Of an effort to secure silver
legislation, and the proba bility that
the Repu blican party, when it comes
into power in the house will want to
formulate a policy on this question.
Will have the effect also of advancing
the coinage committee to position Of
first rank.
~ Dne six present hepu Dllcan mem
bers of the committee on coinage,
weights and meas ures i've havs been
re elected to the Fifty fourth CON
gress. They are IN the order named:
Stone of Pennsylvania, Johnson Of
North Dakota, Dingley of Maine,
uager Of Iowa and A1drieh Of Ill nois-
Mr. stone would naturally become
chairman of the committee. but it is
suggested that in case of Mr. Reeds
becoming speaker he might have
personal po icy with reference to sill
yer which he would want to pursue.
and in that event might want Mr..
Dingley Of his own state a. the leader
of this committed
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FACTS ABOUT ALAsKA.
Annual Report OF the Governor or THAT
PARKWAY Country

Annual Report OF che Governor or that
Parkway Country.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. James
Sheakley, governor Of Alaska, has
submitted his annual report to the
secretary of the interior upon the
general conditions OF the territory.
He says:
Notwithstanding the unfavor able
=1imatic condition OF the spring ana
early summer months, many new
enterprises were entered upon and
old ones completed
THE fisheries have been successful,
the mines have yielded profitable re-
turns, the popula ton has been large
ly augmented by immigra ton and
the people have enjoyed a season Of
unusual progress and prosperity.
1.-The building OF sawmiIls and the
manufacturing of lumber in the ter
ritory has revolution ized and inn
proved the manner Of constructing
hab tations in all villages
THE leading trait in the character
Of the Alaska native is imitativeness.
chanical skill and willing to work,
they purchased lumber to ere ct
modern houses. Some OF them are
built in an original STYLE Of architec-
ture and painted IN colors of barbaric
style. but are comforta BILE to live in
anu Indicate Inc progress L4Gy nave
made toward civilization They have
also much improved in the way of
preparing food and clothing. The
impress of the missionary is visible
in all parts Of Southea stern al ska
and they deserve the commentator
of all for the good they have accom-
plished among these native people.
He estimates the population at
about 81, 900. The Siberian reindeer
experiment., he thinks will prove sue
cesSfuL Good progress is made in
education.
Considerable trouble has been ex-
perienced in preventing the sale Of
Intoxicating liquors He says that
Alaska has 900 miles of seacoast and
20 600 miles Of shore line and the rev
enue officers have serious difficulty in
preve Bting smuggling.
The patrol Of Behriug sea has not
prevented poaching.
The Alaskan Treadwell Gold Min
ing company in one year made net
profits of st44. 900. This IS TIA largest
quartz mill in America, it having 24O
stamps.
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EMPoRIA. Kan, Nov. ia caravan
consisting Of sixteen covered wagons.
with numerous led horses, passed
through this city yesterday. About
fifty persons. male AM female. con
stitnted the party. which halls from
Clay county. this state, and it IS their
intention to locate somewhere in
the state of Mississippi. w. E.
Barnes, formerly Of Com pany g, For
ty- fifth Illinois volunteers, and J. R.
Chahe-. Company A. One Hundred
and Forty-second Indiana. are the
leaders They are prosperous farm
ers. as well as old soldiers, as are also
the other men Of th4 party. They
have rented their farms IN Clay
county and 70 down South to see IS
they cannot locate in a warmer
climate
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FURNITURE.
mHOMPsON bros
al thompson E9RO'A.
626 KAANNs sAs AVE
617-619 QggHEEE6677 81 81
H00FF T9 9MMAAELEEss

Are about az paIatable to the
American tongue as '.shacknasty'
furniture is to the eye. \ ct there
are many people who will use both.
To dispute concerning the variety Of
tastes j. as idle as the attempt to noat
q painted ship upon q painted
ocean" Yet, singularly enough,
even in this day Of advanced thought.
there are people who have discover
ed that cheapness is not the sole merit
OF The furniture they buy. They
have found by experience that they
can not get something for nothing,
although they have demonstrated to
themselves, time and again, also by
experience, that they have bought at
good round figures nothing for some
thing. To avoid painful and indeed
sometimes humiiiating exhibitions Of
this sort, condne your purchases Of
furniture, at least. to such stores as
ours, where a proper pride is taken
to sell only the best grade Of subsfan-
tial furniture. Every year, during
the four years we have been in the
furniture trade has Witnessed
growth and Development IN our busl-
ness which. considering the "hard
times" this period includes, Il little
short Of phenom email aud il to be at
tribured to new business methods and
an abiding faith that this community
was tired or the trashy furniture that,
previous to our advent in the trade
in this city, was the only kIad
brought here; that this city would
give instant recognition to our Efforts
to provide its people with stock Of
furniture that would be credltable
alike to the city and proprietor5, and
woald furthermore DE a credit to
cities much IArgsr than our own.
Unceasiugly and undeviatingly we
have adhered to this business idea
until people now recognize the fact
that they can get not only the best
grade Of low priced and medium
priced furniture, but can see aud buy
as good furniture as the best markets
Of this country afford Pursuing
this line OF thought, we have been
compelled to enlarge our business by
using the storerooms, 617-6I9 Quincy
street, where we display our finest
furniture. We now occupy more
floor space aud carry twice as large
q stock as amy two combined stocks
in this state. We attribute our
growth to filing this community
demand for a hrstclass furniture
store
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Trans is.i-sippf Congress.

ST. LOUIS, No, Nov 10. Arrange
ments have been pr ctically com
pleted for the trans A1issi ssippi con-
gress, which will meet here on the
goth inst. to discuss, as tine call states,
all questions which ma affect tn in
terests # the people in the territory
lying west of the Mississippi river and
which NAV be the subject of legisla-
ton by the United States congress
and to express to it, through resolu-
tions and otherwise. the sentiments
Of the Western people.
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HAD 4 GLORIOUS TIME.
Cowboys Capture Train In the Terri
tory and Get Very Drunk.

cowboys capture = AEAtA IA AAH AGAEA-
tory and Get Very Drunk.
SEDALIA, Mo. Nov. 10 The con
ductor on the Wagner sleeper Nevied,
which came in from Galveston on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway
yesterday morning. related an ex-
perience passengers had while pass
ing through the Indian territory
which none of them will ever foget
The train was boarded at a small
station by about a dozen men who
looked like COW boys. They marched
through the ira intimidating pas
sengers until finally they came to the
Wagner sleeper. There they de-
manded whisky, but were told that
none was aboard, the porter wishing
to deceive them, as it is agaInst the
law to sell liquor in the territory
The porter was commanded to 0pen
the buffet. He refused and the cow
boys said they would blow open. Be
fore they could execute their threat
the porter prevailed upon them to take
seats in the smoking room There
they drank all the whisky in stoc K,
paving $40 for it. They were ow
hilariously drunk and looking for
trouble Pulling their pistols the
declared their intention of shooting
ont all the lights. Women screa med
and the male passengers gre W ner-
vcus- The boys we're pc rsuad ed
to put up their guns, and they got off
al the next station with the II costly
sa
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-An execu-
tive order extend ing the civil service
rules to the internal revenue service
thereby placing thousands of govern
ment employees on permanent ten
ure of Office, will be issued by the
president within a week. Only col
1ectors will be excluded from its
erara4fou
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FIREFLIEa

Fitting. fitting. hitt1ng
In phosphoresoant rnutras
uIurnining the willows
Along the rivers banks
Fitting, fitting, fitting.
With meteoric gleams
Flashing DER the shadows,
Fading like q dream.
Fitting, fitting, fitting
Ye fairies of the night,
Purple shadows charming
With your lanterns hghti
Fitting through the mazeg
OF the moonlit haze
Vanishing in darkness
Jewel laden faysl
All, the lovely lesson
Which we mortal5 gleant
Dwell we 'mong tho shadow
Yet our light ia seen.
u. E. Foster Horton in MinneapC
Iekeepe-.
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A BLOODY BATTLE.
TWO Men BIortalIy wounded in right
ut greensboro, Ey.

TWO Men Mortaliy Wounded in Tight
ut greensboro, ISy.
OwENsBoRo, Ky. Nov. ia bloody
battle was fought here yesterday, in
which John Ashoys an ex- policeman,
and Jack Heverin, a grocer and
saloonist, were mortally wounded and
a policeman wounded. Heverin had
told Ashby and his gang to stop dane
ing in his place on Sunday. They
left and frightened some women III
disrePutable house by a sham fight.
One of the women ran to Heverin's
with the story that a man was cut to
pieces Eugene Heverln heard them
laughing and assured her that the
men were only shamming. Just
then Ashby stepped from be-
hind tree and attacked Heverin
with a club. Heverin ran into the
house and he and his brother APP
pealed to two policemen who APP
peared for protection. When Ashby
came up they asked him what he
wanted. Ashby drew a revolver and
fred at Jack Heverin. Immediately
seven pistols were drawn and per-
feet fusilade followed. Nineteen
shots were fred Ashby fell with a
ball in his right breast and is now
dying.
jack Beverin fell with a bullet in
his left breast, one in the left arm
and one finger was shot off. He can
not live. Officer Stuart received a
ball in his leg. All parties impli-
Gated, OF which there are about
eleven, are Of prominent families.
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LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov &c D.
Hess, in an interview. said that til
report that he had contracted with
Col w. G. p. Breckenridge for a lecture
tour was true and that the colonel
would begin at once His first sub
ject VIII be Ten Years Am Ong the
Tariff Reformers.n
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Some splendid picture frames may N.
seen every year at the Royal academy ex-
hihition, but the finest and eostliest frame
ever made for a picture was that which
fncloses the Virgin and Child in Milan
cathedral. It is made OF hammered gold,
with an inner moldinR Of iapis lazuli. The
corners Of this valuable frame have hearts
10 large pearls and precious stones It's
estimated worth is E25, 600.
One Of the pictures ia the Vatican at
Rome IS in a frame studded with Jewels
The picture is 3 valuable one but the
frame nearly equals the value OF the paint
ing--London Standard.
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HoUsroN, Texas. Nov. 19.-Fire yes
terday aftern 1on destroyed a brick
business house in the heart OF the
city. A disastrous condagrarion
was narrow ~ averted. Loss on
stock of goods in the building, etc,
$50. 600; total insurance. S57. 600. An
other fire at the same time wrecked a
boarding house Loss. So 500; no in
s17,a rca
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FATE or THE ror Gun BILLS.
Caucus or Democratic senators VIII BE
CaIed 20 Consider Thara.

Called to consider Thorn.
WASHINGTON, Nov Democratic
senators who are at present in the
city decline almost without exec ption
to discuss the probable plans of the
Democratic leaders 10 the senate
with reference to the suppl emental
tariff bills at the forthcoming short
session Of congress. The majority Of
them content themselves with aging
that they have had no opport unlty
for party conference, and they do not
wish at this time to express personal
opinions lit would seem probable
from this that a general Democratic
conference among the party mem bers
in the Senate is among the strong
proba bilities. soon after the cOnve n
ing Of the next session, for the pur-
pose Of determining this point.
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DENVER. Col. Nov. 1o.-Gove rnor
Waite has decided to go upon the lee
ture platform. He will make a short
tour in the West before his term ex-
pires. delivering his FIRST lecture in st.
Louis November 10 and 20 going from
there to Chicago. After his term ex-
pires he will lecture IN the East.
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Sr. Louis, Mo-. Nov. Eight of
the most prominent citizens Of St
Louis, four Democrats and four Re
publicans, have been appoin ted a
committee to conduct a thorough in
vestigati0n of the charges of fraud
at the recent Ell ection. Governor
stone will also take part in the in
vestiuatIOn
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Armenians assembled here Saturday
night to protest against the atrocities
committed by the Turks at Sassour,
Armenia, where thousands of Chris
tian men, women and children were
ID assacred- A petition was wired to
Gar Nicholas Queen Victoria, En-
peror William and President Cleve-
land to aid IN settling the trouble.
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cberoAee nm Done For.

MusKoaEE. Ind. Ter. Nov l9. =
Deputy Marshal McGnl and Pc Sc
had a fight Saturday with three Of
the Cook gang. One marshal was
wounded. Cherokee Bill fatally shot.
and the other two Of the gang ar
rested. Cherokee Bill is one Of the
leaders of the gang