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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
REDUCED ATTENDANCE AT THE THE
ATRES
BEERnoHM TREE GETTING GOOD TASTE OF

BEERBOHM TREE GETTING COOP TASTE OF
REAL LIVE AMERICAN WEATHER
The cold and the snow and the wind are having
disastrous effect the theatres As everything
does "Everythink goes contrary" with them this
year If it isn't the cold It's something else only
lust now it's tho cold. The audiences have nearly
all been small for the last few nights. yet. after
ALL they have not been so small might be cx-
pected Il is hard 10 repress the deadhead. Any
body who has free ticket 10 theatre VIII 60
through fire and and ice and cold to get 10 the
theatre. 1t IS easy refrain from buying tickets on
a disagreeable night but ii Is not easy to refrain
from using free ones
Only one theatre has been closed on account OF
the weather. and that was not for want OF an an-
dence but for want Of company Beerbohm
Tree and his company went TO Washington TO play
at benefit yesterday afternoon, win the ihten-
ton OF making a record trip back and appearing
a Abbey's Theatre usual In the evening. IN"
performance in Washington was TO begin AT Il"
o'clock but Mr.. Tree and his associates ala not
reach the capital iii o'clock. At Abbeys Theatre
last night nobody knew whether Hamlet had been
acted In Washington or not or whether MI Tree
was or his way back or not. Al. that was known
that there WAS no Performance theie, ana INA,
the actors confidently expected 10 he
back in time 10 play - Bunch o. hioiess
to the amount Of about NM9' I,gf ,ce la Una.
~xcbaneed for ticket for other nights or the money
for them was refunded, according to the choice OF
the holders. Almost all OF thcln thpS' 10 take
tickets for other nights. 1t was observed however,
that no to Q o'clock last evening only about a ;hiil
of The tickets that sold had come in. 1hs
showed that the people VINO had them were con
ndent that there would be no performance ani
thought that to-day would be soon enough TO call
at the box office.
The loss and annoyance caused by the absence
OF Mr. Tree and the company were Incurred de
Iberately. The danger Of not getting back was
discussed by the managers on THURSDAY nlght; be
fore the company left Ncw-York and Mr.. Abbey
said: Never mind the weather; go, II we have to
will Of
u.hnlesomc nlnle OF American Wcathor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
WRECK on THE LACKAWANNA.
A MILK TRAIN TELESCOPES AN EXif'Ess AND
DEMOLIsHEs TWO CARS.


DEMOLIsIEs TWO CARS.
Norwich n Y. FEB. s.-The Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western passenger train. due mere al
l2:ij p. m. telescoped at O'CLOCK this ai'ei
noon at Woods Corners, one mile north OF th's
village by a milk train. The baggage-car ana
rear passenger coach were demolished Both En-
elnes were wrecked. Five persons were severely
injured in the head and back. but none seriously.
The engineers and hremcn escaped with niue III
Jury The baggageman. Hail. OF Utica, was hurt
in the head and back. bus Is not seriously injured
The wife OF Recorder Roberts. OF Binghamton'
and two children were in the wreck, ana al
though severely shaken up and bruised their
wounds are not serious.
Tho engineer OF the passenger train says he saw
a flag and heard a shout to stop and did so. The
conductor sent a nagman back Immediately but
before the Algman could 60 far through the drv-
tho storm the milk train crashed into the pas
s.rgar train. with results as above. q. w. Slate
OF New York travelling man. was IN the wreck
and miraculOusly escaped INJURY
\ gale OF wind and binding snowstorm nave
prevailed all day In this section anu the ther-
nometer registers below zero
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
RECORDS BROKEN AT THE SOUTH.
THE COOLEST WEATHER IN MANY YEARs-EARha
VEGETABLES RUINED.

THE COOLEST WEATHER IN MANY fEAhs-EA"H'
VEGETABLES RUINED
Charleston 5. c., Feb. s.-The thermometer rvs
tered - degrees this morning the lowest on record
for February Everything in the way OF vegetables
Is destroyed.
Savannah. Ga Feb s-Farmers report that the
English pea crop was the only crop planted hefe'
aud It was killed by the cold.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. S-The lowest temperature 'nis
morning was / degree below Tonight at ~
o'clock IL was above. Great suffering Is reported
from all the State.
Fort Monroe. Va. Feb. S-A westerly gaze II
Blowing and It Is extremely cold.
Xew-Orleans Feb s-This is the coolest spell
which has visited this State since the winter OF lsso
Sixteen degrees above registered wnicn
touching the lowest record ever maze IN
New-Orlenas
Roanoke Va Feb S-The mercury registered 10
degrees below zero this morning. high WIND pre-
walls and business is almost suspended because OF
the intense cold Norfolk and Western trains are
DELAYED by snowdrifts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
THREE LIVES LOST At THE MILWAUKEE
CRIB.

Milwaukee, WIS. Feb S.-Thrce men from the
intake crib persisted In Lake Michigan last night
They had just returned to the crib from shore
with a load Of provisions. and while they were
landing the boat. without oars. was washed away
with one OF the men. Two OF his companions tore
doors from the crib and also swept away
on these, In heroic effort to their companion.
Signals of distress at once sounded and in
response yawl boat. with five volunteers. was
sent to the crib The distress signals continued. and
the ireboat Foley later sent to the rescue,
while intense anxiety existed on shore. The names
OF the drowned men Gusave Stoyner, OF chi
cago: James Brown. OF Port Huron. and Thomas
Anderson. OF Milwaukee. The Foley, with the life
boat and crew. returned at D. III. They reported
that the yawboat with the Ave volunteers sent 10
aid the first boat rescued and the men saved
after a hard fight In the ice The Foley picked
them UP and brought them ashore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
RUIN WROUGHT IN FLORIDA.
Two-THIRDs OF THE ORANGE TREES IN THE
STATE THOUGHT TO BE KILLED-THE
1858

TWO THIRDS OF THE ORANGE TREES IN THE
STATE THOUGHT TO BE KILLED-THE
LOSS Is 100000.
Jacksonville Fla, Feb (SpecaD-Palm
Beach. on Lake Worth was the only place on
the mainland Of the United States which had
temperature above the freezing point this morn
ing There Il was 80 degrees above zero. Key
West nearly 200 miles from shore. reports the
mercury at "A. The damage to orange trees In
this state Is practically incalculable. They were
naked and full OF sap, and the general opinion
is that fuzzy three-Quarters Of the groves In tho
State are ruined. All vegetable crops and half
a million quarts of strawberries just beginning
TO ripen are ruined. The loss will reach $o,OOo,O0o.
The snow fell for three hours at Tampa this
morning the first time on record. At O'Clock
II was an inch deep in the streets. but blew on
hefor, a high wind and by noon had all melted.
Other points on the west coast report snow, par.
ticulariy at Clearwater Harbo-. where II ien
from sunrise till o'clock
The Florida Special from New-fork over
the Atlantic Coast Line is. reported held up oy
snowirfts In Washington with seventy.hve
Florida passengers board. All trains from
the North West and East are from nve 10 Ten
hours behndtime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
MARYLAND SHOWED UNDER.
IMMENSE DRIFTS FROM BALTIMORE TO THE
WESTERN BORDER-VEssELs lcEBoCND
~ THE CHESAPEAKE.

~ THE CHESAPEAKE
paIinore Feb S-IIigh winds prevailed through
ont the night and early morning hours, and snow
lrif,s ,,lal on street corners until sidewalks were
well nlgh impossible. The rapid transit lines Kept
their swoepers worklns ali night. and piled the
h.avv snow in high banks alongside the tracks.
hut they were only partly successful in running
csrs to-day Traffic in every direction was de-
,ay.d but the greatest Inconvenience was caused
t th. DELAY I'm the arrivals OF mail trains from the
North The early morning trains were from four
% seven hours late.
No business WAS attempted along the wharves
today and only a few Of the larger sea-song
,..sscis c,uh move In the ice-bocked channel OF
,t.s,nsake Bav Many vessels reported Tee
hound In the lower bay. among them the steaIners
dorchester for Boston: Allegheny for Savannah;
caorta. FOR Norfolk. and Earnford FOR cuba.
Tho snow. which fou continuously for twenty
hours ceased early In the day. the Weather Bureau
estimating that nine and one-haf inches OF snow
had fallen since noon yesterday. The wind main
tanned a y,.oslty OF from thirty to forty-two mites
, hnur reaching the maximum at noon to-day
rb. tatnperature which rose from zero THIS morn
ing ~ seven degrees at noon gradually fell during
IN. afternoon and Indications pointed TO the low
est record for the year tonight
Frederick Hlgerstown, Westminster ana o'her
yvca,ern MARYLAND cities report the storm 10 De
.h worst for many years Houses and barns Were
rnronfrl by the wind and enormous snoWprlits
GRATED The public schools and business uoaStS
v,ere generally kept closed to-day; Inc Eas s
chor. If MARYLAND is almost entirely cut on from
thu outside world. Sixteen inches OF sho" ie' ~
PocOmOke city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
RISING TEMPERATURES IN THE WEST

MARKED IMPROVEMENT ~ THE WEATHER.
CONDITIONS ~ THE HOME or THE BLlZZARps.
Chicago Feb S,Therc was a general Improve
mon, in the weather conditions throughout the
Xorthwoyicrn States to-day. Chicago this morning
h.in colder than the other suffering cities nearer
tho North Pole At a. m. the official temperature
v,s IL degrees below zero. the coolest here for
sc,cral wears The thermometer. however, had
s,c,dv inward tendency during the day. and to-
ricb, the record is below. with indications of
continuance at that figure for several days. The
rise IN temperature improved the railroad and mail
situation at nearly all points north and west OF chi
cago The passed 70 the east. ana trains from
th,t direction are now the victims Some Of them
.ro nn,rlv half day late. The mails the Balu-
more and Ohio due at II a. arrived at the post
office AT : D. M while the Michigan Central was com
nepcd TO abandon one of It's trains sending the
nails by another route The New-Orleans express
ON the Illinois Central m hour late. Most OF
the Western roads now running trains on time
and freight IL being moved.
Rcports from Wisconsin, Iowa. New Mexico. Ne
braska and Colorado points show pleasant I'M
uroyemcnt I'm the weather. the high wind, snow and
below-zero temperature having ceased to atfic the
people A., ,. A.,
Some Minnesota points reported the lowest tenn
pcratiIre known this morning II was 70 below X
DAYLIGHT i'm St Paul. and from 30 10 81 below in
Wcstcrn Minnesota. ON the \crmlllion range nj
Ioudan the best spirit thermometer registered %
bclov and at VcrmilliOn Lake II was % below ON
the Mesaba range 1t varied from u to DO tatte
| an thr Montana ranges are suffering severely for
| want Of shelter and water Reports from Western
| Minnesota indicate rise OF about 10 degrees by
tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
TRAINS RlrRIED OUT OF SIGHT.
OPERATION OF RAILROADS IN THE MUM
STOPPED BY THE BI.lZZAHD'

OPERATION OF RAILROADS IN iir'
STOPPED BY THE BLIZzARD
pttsburg. Feb S-The mercury at O'CLOCK 'nls
ntr, recorded 4 degrees below zero. In cN-
nosed places IT was several degrees io"e'' ~
tions are for much colder weather "i'h'', ,",
eo,,r hours Trains on all roads entering fi''sou'
ara DELAYED by snow and frozen "a'e'
Eastern trains this morning were h'e nou''
while those from the West we're from WV " -
bours behind schedule time. Locally inc "u
from, tho cold Is widespread principally OH ACCOM-
of the UNPRECEDENTED shortage OF fuel gas ~
go oro overwhelmed with rush orders, anu "''
or,,ino night and day to meet the eVer-iicieas
ing demands The on all or the c"a, i" or,
institutions in the city continues riou"'N
renort a scarcity OF supply, with no rece'p'' on
prices are advancing The extensive p' Rrinton is
Westinghouse Electric Company at AZ n'' are Idle
closed down. and thousands Oh eIPioyyeo nines
account OF frozen r Taer on a the Ice drawing
boaviiv loaded wagons. The rivermen are con
ynced thad s tne fonr When the heavy breaks
un The ohio River Is closed between Pit.sp bas
ana a,rrs are ice ocked throughout their length
There can be no changes IN '' River until rain
or thaw causes the river to rise several lee''
Ehonsburg. Penn, Feb. s-The Ebensburg branch
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad is closed TO rai'c' lot
the first time in several years Inc passenger
train leaving Ebensburg at I3o O'Clock thls 'noi 5
ing is stuck faS, II. in ,' either direction The
o'1r,, Glands at 10 degrees below zero, ana hotnhs
o nn No. he done to extrcate the train.
scranton Feb S-Every line OF railroad enter
ing this city blockaded by drifts delaying raic'
and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Rail
road "a completely stopped by drifts on the Po-
como Mountains. between Gouldsboro and Lehigh.
The train from New-York, due here at : a. M
has been he'll, at Stroudsburg. In the deep l.ehign
,,t coal trains are reported hidden entirely from
yie,y This morning the T.ackawanna oinclals sehi
rangs If qhopmen and cOal-mine laborers, IN all
tno tn Pocono TO Eft the blockade Inc whd con-
tinues high with the thermometer at zero
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
R1ANK PAGES on HOTEL REGISTERS.
sFEW ARRIVALS. BUT MANY GUESIs' I'F3V NO71'
PEOPLE THINK. NEW YORK HOTELS MORE
COMFORTABLE THAN STALLED
RAILROAD COACHES.


COMFORTABLE THAN STALLED
RAILROAD COACHES
Tho corridors. bars and billiard-rooms OF all the
hotels were crowded yesterday morning, noon ana
night and not by arrivals either. Ihey were
naonIe who didn't want to take the risk OF belhs
stalled in trains. Hotels are more comioTtdpie
than stalled trains. The delayed people iaueheu
AT the storm and joked in the warm hotels as 'hey
saw the frost congealing on the windows. ana
the hotel men were merry, too. for II one brd III
the hand is more valuable than double that num-
her OF fowls in the outrageous undersrowth' no"
much more then must any number of birds IN
the hand be? The women visitors at the ho'eis
STAYED in their rooms. and from the WINDOWS
watched the storm-swept streets and enjoyed the
sights At one OF the largest hotels. where over
fifty people register every day. there was not one
name on the register at $50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon At another equally popular hotei ohIy
one lone name could be found on the nst. ana az
sT the other big hotels a similar state OF afialIs
Existed Their registers might just az well nave
been locked up in the safes. for all the use they
we're on the desks. But the billiard balls clicked
merrily the not scotch was In evidence ana an
was we'll How do you like this Kind OF weather
asked The Tribune reporter OF one OF me clerks
IN q big hotel near Madison Square. Hope II II
Laen on was the reply II will take a much
worse l'blzzard' than this to worry New-hofK
hotel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
THE PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM CRIPPLED.

Philadelphia. Feb S-Thc entire Pennsylvania
Railroad system from Ncw-York to Washington in
the East and far west as Pittsburg Is seriously
crippled because OF snowdrif,s In places
particularly at Mlfn. forty-nine miles west OF
Harrisburg the drifted high the car
tops. few trains on the various divisions left
Philadelphia this morning. but the drifts interrupted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09

their progress at intervals Of every rev h'''''
'rhus far no accidents have been reported
The Western. Southwestern and Pdcilc eAp, 90
.,a, ,aft bore last night at $50 1925 and II 20
,,, ogoo,ivelv were snowbound all night
IN tbe neIahborhood of Downngtown. ms morn d
ing workmen succeeded In clearing the uavms: arg
shortiv before noon II Is not believed that tney can
get further west than Mifiiin as severai 'r1s nav
go snnyh hound there since last night Inc snow
~ "drIftod badly on the famous Horseshoe Curve
In Tho Allegheny Mountains and lreignt Tram ""'
~ liz throughout the night at that place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
DEsoLATION IN CENTRAL PARK.

The storm found out the weak points in every
tree in Central Park. This up In the boughs
where the borers Of several kinds. hidden from
human eyes. have been doing their quiet destructive
work. The added weight that the lea1css
sapess boughs could not bear. and they broke OF
and fell. reporter picked up many OF them.
There disease In the tree. The imported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
Practical Results-14 Years Work.

TWENTY MILLION Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
already paid to Widows and Orphans
Forty million dollars already saved living policy holders
by reduction os premiums $4,000 Policies in force
5000 600 900 Insurance s3s27o0o Cash surplus
Reserve-EmerCency Fund. More than Ssl.W""" new
business for year 1894 These are few practicai
results already recorded 70 the credit Of the
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE
ASSOCIATION
=, J.. HARPER. President.
broadway and Duane Street.
Tell your subscriber, about 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
THE MONTREAL. EXPRESS STRIKES

Nowburg y Y Feb S-The Montreal express on
49, Noxyorl< Central and Hudson River Railroad
ran into a wreck at the New-Iiamburg depot 1T
about o'clock this morning. The lights were OBJ
secured by the snow and not seen by the engineer
OF the express.
\ work train was standing at the depot when
freight train ran into II. throwing three or lou'
freight cars on the north bound track. The Mon
treal express from New-Sork ran INTO these cars
smashing them and throwing from the track TWO
locomotives and the baggage car or the MONTREAL
express The locomotive OF the freight train was
also thrown from the track. Nobody was hurt'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
HER HOLD FULL OF ICE.

The steamship Coleridge. OF the Lamport &
Holt Line TO Brazil is at the Roberts Stores
with her hold fun of ice. Fire was discovered In
the coal bunkcrs early yesterday morning. and
after several Intellectual attempts had been made
to put 1t out. 1t decided to food the hold. This
done ut o'clock yesterday morning. all hands
being called out. No the fire out than
the water began 10 freeze and before nghfall yes
terday 1t appeared 10 be n solid mass The steamer
Will be delayed perhaps week. IL will be
sary to remove the coal and load the vessel again.
II Is thought the fire caused by the contact
Of the coal with the furnace bukhead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09

horrors had done all the harm, especially among
the clms. ,,, al 1toJ MANY
The birds suffered terribly. ana died MANY q
hmt tho greenets and hnches also had fallen We
Tins to the Storm and one robin, VINO had dafeh 10
sand Network winter. found frozen near
the camel shed. in the menagerie Ihe vino no"le1 i
throurh the Ramble, tearing the last leaves on
the scrub oaks and save for stray rabbit ana
a human being or two who had no business TO he
i'm the park in such weather there was not sign
of life in Central Parks wooded gens. The SPUR
rels had gone TO bed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09
THIRTY BELOW ZERO IN WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston. w. Va. Feb. Sat Davis, w. Va.
the mercury Is 30 below zero. the lowest point ever
reached In that vicinity.
The free press., 1895-07-11

Our regular Washington CORES
pondent, under date of the 5th
inst, writes as follows:
Capt. Howgate was this week
sentenced to eight years in the
penetentisry for embezz!ing gov
ernment funds, but he will remain
In the Washington Jail until his ap,
peal has been passed upon, which
will b at the fall term of court,
Secretary Morton believes that
dollars and cents talk democratic
economy more conylncingly than
any man can, and he liyes up to his
belief. At the close of bis first
complete fiscal year in charge OF
the Department of Agriculture he
covered into the Treasury S627.II5,
which remained unexpended out OF
that years appropriation. For the
fiscal year which ended last Sun
day he has made even a more pro.
nounced saving. The total appro-
priation for last year was about
100000 less than for the previous
fiscal year, yet there remains m
expended about 100000.
The free press., 1895-07-11
UNDER WHICH FLAG, DEN
OCRATS?

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, 1892.
"We hold to the use of both gold
and silver as the standard money
of the country and to the coinage
of both gold and silver without dis
eliminating against either fetal, or
charge for nintage, but the dollar
unit of coinage of both metals must
be of equal intrinsic and exchanges
able value or be adjusted through
international agreement, or by such
safeguards of legislation as shall in =
sure the maintenance of the parity
of the two metals, and the equal
power of the two metals, and the
equal power of every dollar at all
tlmes in the markets, and in the
payment of debts. And we de.
mand that all paper currency shall
be kept at par with and redeemable
IN such coin. We insist on this
policy as especially necessary tor
the protection ,of the farmers and
laboring classes, the first and most
defenseless victims of unstable
money and fuctuatlng currency"
POPULITE PLATFORM, 1892.
eve demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at The ratio
of 16 10 l."
The free press., 1895-07-11

The Board of Trustees of the
University of Mississippi elected to
the chair of English, Prof. Dabney
Lipscomb, an alumnus of the Uni-
yersity, who is extensively and
most favorably known as a teacher
throughout the State. He has held
a professorship at the A. g. M. Col
lege for many years. The chairs of
Latin and Greek were divided, Prof.
A. L. Bondurant was continued as
Professor of Latin and DR.. p. II.
Saunders was elected Professor of
Greek. There are more students
taxing Latin and Greek than for
many years in the past,
The free press., 1895-07-11

Reeves, assignee; final decree in
favor of defendant.
Estate Minnie L. Smith, minor
guardian allowed to sell certain
cattle.
Estate Jos. T. Smith, minor
guardian allowed TO sell certain
cattle.
Estate Zebbe L. Smith, minor
guardian allowed to sell certain
cattle.
Estate Susan J. Smith, minor;
guardian allowed to sell certain
cattle.
Usual allowances made officers
of court.
Court adjourned until next term
in course.
The free press., 1895-07-11
MRS. JOHN G. CARLISLES
KENTUCKY Cook Book.


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in five colors with gold, and in ev-
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of artistic booksmaking.
Mrs. Carlisle has been assisted in
this collection by Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, Mrs. Walter @, Gres4
ham, Mrs. General Crook, Mrs. w.
A, Dudley, and other hOusekeep'
ers of equal note.
The retail price is $3.50 but we
will send 1T TO any address postpaid,
on receipt of 70 cents. Don't miss
the opportunity.
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Cincinnati, 0.
The free press., 1895-07-11


G. S. Ellis, editor of the Dawn of
Light, has announced himself as a
candidate for foater representatiye e
from the counties of Leake and
Winston. 1t is said that Mr.. Ellis
is minister, editor, mayor of town
walnut GroTe), a married man
a dealer in everything from soap to
states, a Sunday school teacher,
member of church building com.
mittee, delegate to district confer
ence, a Sunday school convention
speaker, member of county demos
cratic executive committee, agent
for the sale of anything on earth,
a lover of pretty girls, an all round
good fellow, etc., etc., etc. Great
Scott J Why he is the very man
Tor FLoATER.