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AT THE FRENCH BALL.
Arrival of La GascOgne Celebrated
by the High Kickers.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12-The Frenchmen
who went to the French ball last night felt
that there was real reason for being joyous
The ball offered fine opportunity for fit
tingly celebrating the arrival of La Gas
cogne. There are really many Frenchmen
who go to the ball. But it was not only
Frenchmen who were deeply interested.
Nearly a third of the men carried extras of
the evening newspapers in their hands and
they read the news of the French liner
with eager interest. Early in the evening
they drank healths to the ship and all on
her. They became merrily gay, hilariously
gay even tearfully gay over the safety of
the ship. They plunged into the joys of be-
ing glad with abandon ana raised no END or
enthusiasm.
The French ball, or as the cards of in
vitation modestly styled. it,, the ball of the
Cercle Franchise IL Harmonic, took place a
the Madison Square Garden, and like all
such AFFAIRS of the cercIe trancalse in the
past was a grand success. The greater
part of New York-that is gay New York
was present, and though in many features
it lacked the dignity Of the charity ball or
the pompousness of the ball of the guard,
the ball last evening past off with slap
and bang. The theaters after midnight
furnished a goodly portion to the revelers,
to whom dancing is a profession and
livelihood. 1t was many such people who
furnished the fancy dancing through the
evening, and though the fun was fast and
furious while it lasted, the police had
cause to complain or interfere. AS a mas
Querade ball it was failure, for there were
very few fancy costumes shown.
Captain BaudeIon to Be Rewarded.
PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE directors of the
Compagnie Generate Transatlantique have
adopted a vote of congratulations to Cap
tain Baudelon. of the steamer Gascogne.
In addition they have decided to give him
a gold medal in recognition Of the skillful
manner in which he handled his vessel on
her last trip to New York.
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at 10 o'clock She was an Inman liner
bound for Philadelphia and we slgrlaled her
asking her to report us with machinery
injured and to notify the agents to send
tugs to Sandy Hook. The piston that was
isolated and the others were then used
This was difficult because the engines
quadruple expansion and the cylinders
engines it would not have been so difficult
to repair nor would the accident have been
so serious"
How about the second delay of twenty
four hOurS?'
THAT was on account of the after cyIin-
der heating. The worst part was the center
being disabled. The steam went directly
from high pressure to quadruple expansion
crew and his passengers Considering the
extent of the accident and the fearful wealth
er, he thought the ship had done nobly.
Julius Matrgan. representative of the
glove firm of Perrin Freres & Co., of Paris
and New York. was interviewed. He said:
we broke down on the third day out. We
did not become alarmed as we did not know
very much about what was the matter. The
captain said it was all right and had
confidence in him. Our first experience with
gales was on Feb. 4. We had a terrible blow
then and one of the boats was badly dam
WAS anything carried away"
mo. The ship stood it well. We had
plenty of provisions and Jared first rate. We
were blown away off our course and spoke
no steamers until yesterday when we saw
an American liner bound I for PHILADELPHIA; oe
the passengers, said it was the worst trip
he had ever experienced, in spite of the
fact that he had crossed the ocean many
times. Mr.. yilodan was astonished when
informed La Gascogne had not sustained
any damage. "Why, SIR said he, 1.-The
weather was so bad that the two forward
lifeboats, No on the port side and No.
on the starboard side, had their forward
cured with difficulty, but No. 1 hung by it's
after fall for forty-one hours in spite of
all efforts to secure it, and it bumped
against the ships sides until it was smashed
to pieces. Six feet of the forward rail were
also carried away
in ignorance of the ships position and that
they were not told the reasons of the many
stoppages of the engines until land had been
sighted They said, however, that they had
no complaints to make against the officers.
Mr.. Mix, who furnished statement for
again to-day, but his second story of the
voyage did not differ materially from the
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CAPTAIN BaudeIon to Be Rewarded.
FAST IN THE ICE.
The Only Vessel That Spoke La Gas
cogne ut Sea.

The Only Vessel That Spoke La Gas
cogne at Sea.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb 12.-The big
American line steamship Southwark, which
left Liverpool jan 80, and was the only YES
sci that spoke La Gascogne, at sea, during
the twelve days out. is stuck in the ice in
the Delaware. few miles below Chester.
She has three hundred steerage and twenty
five cabin passengers on board besides a
miscellaneous cargo.
The greatest mystery still surrounds the
identity of the two unknown three-masted
schooners reported sunk off the Delaware
capes with their sails set and lship-owners
having vessels about due are beginning to
feel apprehensive for their safety. Another
report received here to-day, which has given
rise to much anxiety is one made by Captain
Blizzard of the sea tug G. w. Morse which
has just reached New York. He reports
that the United States light ship, the
northeast end of the Delaware capes, which
is manned by full crew, has gone adrift.
No tidings of her have been received and
it is no doubt likely she has been carried to
sea by the recent westerly hurricane. She
tions could weather severe storm. Capt.
Blizzard also states that, when seven miles
southeast by east half east from Hereford
Light u j., in seven fathomS of water he
passed ar unknown three-masted schooner
which had reefed sails set. She had only
been in that condition a short time Nuner-
Gus reports of this nature indicate, it is
thought, that the recent gales along the
coast have wrought extensive damage and
loss of life.
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TRAGEDY AT CHATTANOOGA.
Trustee Craig Deliberately Shoots A
Nj. WOmble. His Ex-Denuty.

Nj. WOmble, His Ex-Deputy.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 12.-Robert
F. Craig, trustee of Hamilton county, shot
and killed A. NJ. Womble, in the corridor
of the Russell House, this afternoon. Wom-
BILE had been in Craig's employ as a dep
uty. Early in December he was removed
for causes not stated, though it is as
serted that there was nothing wrong with
his affairs The removal occasoned sur
prise, but Mr.. Wornble did not seem to have
any i'll will toward Mr.. Craig, and the two
never had quarrel before this afternoon,
so far as is known. What brought on the
difficulty to-day is not yet very clear. Both
men are peaceable and always cordial
in demeanor to all. Mr.. Womble called
to-day, and the fight began behind closed
doors. Mr.. Craig fired one fatal shot at
Womble in the apartment, who Immediately
ran out into the hall, pursued by Craig.
Half way down the stairs Womble fell
exhausted from the wound. Craig descended,
and, standing over him, snapped the pistol
several times. 1t failed to work and he
and shot at Womble twice. one ball enter
ing the abdomen, passing almost through
the body. Either of the wounds received
would have caused death. Womble expired
In few minutes, making an ante-mortem
statement that Craig had invited him to his
room and then shot him from behind In
tense excitement followed the shooting. Both
tee Craig, who is young man and a great
favorite in society. Craig was slightly in
jured in the fight and tonight is being
guarded in his ROOM
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"If He Hnd Lived"

ST LOUIS, Feb. 12.--W. H. Curtin, a close
friend of Rufus Ramsey, the deceased State
Treasurer of Illinois, had this to say of
his affairs: mo better man than Rufus
Ramsey ever lived, and had he lived every
dollar of his Indebtedness would have been
paid and his family left with $4,000 Had
not Henry Setter failed everything would
have been all right. Setter borrowed $780,
600 from the Union Trust Company. of
Chicago, and gave security on 1900 acres of
land near Lebanon. This money came out
of the State treasury the Trust Company
acting as a. go-between. When he failed
his assignee filed a motion to
set aside the conveyance of this
property and the bondsmen, rather
than accept security over which there was
liable to be litigation, filed claim against
the State. This property is worth, in or
binary times, over 100000. 1 don't know
that it would bring this now, but it was
worth that at the time it was accepted, and
Ramsey had a right to do as he did. The
law allows State Treasurer to use the
money as he pleases.. All he has to do Is to
and everything is all straight
The estate is not in bad a
condition as some persons are trying to
make out. There is SIS zoe cash in the bank
and the estate owns 5000 acres of land up
in Henry county which is worth $50 an
acre This will be sold and used to settle
the obligations as far as may be-.
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had with Harry about insurance on lady's
life. and how such policies could be assigned
TO him as security for a loan
The State has presented all its strong
testimony and expects to be through by
noon tomorrow. In the afternoon the de-
Tense will present its side and then for the
first time the public will know just what
lines of defense it has decided on The
State has fulfilled the promise made py
Mr.. Hall in the opening ard has pToved
on the stand all that it outlined TO the
jury. 1t Is q wonderful as well as an awful
of the drama tic writings of the most sensa-
tional French novelists. 1t is almost be-
yond belief.
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.
Brother against brother. indeed, has 1T
been for years in that family and now per-
chance it is life for life. Sitting there
stolidly, unmoved the mother of those two
sons heard the attorney for the prisoner,
in open accusation, present the foundation
for laying the crime at the door of her
first born. In that crowd, not too finely
strung. not too tenderly constituted, there
was a tremor of horror. A crowd which
had laughed gleefully at a proposition to
tear a woman's head off with an elevator
vas TRANSPORTED with disgust at the propo-
sfion of sacrificing one son on the altar
of the family preference.
During the afternoon several life inSur-
ance agents testified to conversations which
Harry Hayward had with them in regard
10 the issuance Oh pOllcleS. Wnen 1llDeFL
told how he had met Harry in jewelry
store and had asked Harry why he did not
let him write policy, spoken of some
time before, Harry had told him that he
did not want any insurance and then told
him that he was about to have policy
assigned to him. Following up the talk
cases of murder. He wanted to know if a
company would pay if a person was burned
in a building and the remains were so
charred that they could not be recognized.
The agent informed him that as rule
the companies would require Identification,
although there had been cases of hotel
fires where the companies had paid when
the persons were known to have been in
the building
which was practically all the important
testimony. for the State. and paints the
history of one Of the blacklist crimes, il
the States story is not broken by the de-
Tense, in the history Of the country.
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Death of Sugar Planter.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12-L. NJ Ferris,
one of the leading sugar planters in this
State, died this afternoon, at his residence,
at ST. Charles avenue, as result of the
wound in his right forearm which was in
fiicted with a pistol by Harry NJ. Payne. on
the secretary and one of the most active
workers in the national Republican party in
this State formed by the sugar planters dur
ing the late campaign. His funeral will
be held at Trinity Church Wednesday aft
ernoon. Interment will take place at Pougn-
parish made an affidavit against Payne
charging him with murder. At the time of
the shooting. Ferriss wounds not being con-
sidered dangerous. Payne gave bond for
$1,000 for his appearance. Payne's where
abouts is not at present known TO the Of
fcials The police have orders TO arrest
him on sight.
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THE CAPTAIN INTERVIEWED.
Nature of the Injuries Suffered by
His Good Shin,

NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-This morning the
captain of La Gascogne told of the acct
dent to his ship briefly. There was no
time to go into minute details He said
Just at the time the repairs being
made the weather was awful. 1t was neces-
sary for everything to be closed tight and
the passengers were all kept below. But
not rope parted after the repairs.
We did not attempt to get under Roadway
for some time. The sea was so rough that
We could not take the risk We averaged
sixty-two revolutions. but after repairs she
could only make thirty-five. Later this
was reduced for the sake of safety to
thirty. During the storm the passengers
were made as comfortable as possible.
They could not have been better behaved.
We passed the first ship yesterday naarning
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BANKER MDoNALD,s TRIAL.
Testimony of Wife and Sister Re-
Earding His Mental Condition.


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Fin the trial
OF r. H. Mcdonald, jr., for perjury, this
morning, Mrs. Mcdonald. for the defense
recounted many instances of her husbands
eccentricities. He fancied that the ceiling
about to fall on him, but that he would
be saved from death if his wife held his
head. He only slept when she thus nursed
him. When she urged him to go abroad
after the bank suspended ne had refused to
leave town, stating he had committed
crime Mrs. N S. Richard a sister of the
defendant, told of Dicks oyereducation and
of the development of his brain at the ex-
pense of his body. At a German university
he had d quarrel and requested friend 10
fight q duel for him.
AT this stage Mcdonald excitedly demand
ed that the witness be withdrawn. He had
requested his sister not to make him ridcu-
lous. He would prefer any punishment at
the hands of the jury to suffering by the
impugning OF his manhood. His counsel
fused 10 withdraw the witness. who testf-
fed that after Dicks trouble with Clara
Bell he had said: you don't know what e
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Nonpartisan silveritcs.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Feb. IA nom
partisan free silver conference was held in
this city this afternoon The object was to
talk over the Instability of placing a con-
gressional candidate in the field to oil the
vacancy caused by the election of Julius
Caesar Burrows to the United States SEN
ate. Upwards of one hundred farmers ard
business men were present. After the adop-
ton OF resolution demanding free coinage
OF gold and silver the meeting adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman. who
is TO issue call for congressional con-
yefton.
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SuGocated In Dry Malt.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb 12.--Henry Hum
phrey, an Englshman. aged forty-five, met
a horrible death by suffocation at the Lake
View malthouse to-day. Humphrey and two
others had been sent to the upstairs bin TO
draw dry malt through the chutes into a
bin on the ground floor. While the malt
was running Humphrey stepped into the
bin and his feet were at once sucked under
the rushing malt. His comrades were una
BILE to rescue him. and before the chutes
could be shut off from below his head was
buried under four feet of malt. When dug
out the man was dead
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 12.--An at
tempt was made late this afternoon to
road at South Hammonton by placing four
wooden ties across the rails The engineer
saw the obstruction and the only damage
suffered was a wrecked pilot, although the
passengers were shaken up and frightened.
A similar attempt was made to derail the
Camden and Atlantic through express at
Elwood, but the ties were discovered by
section hands and removed a few minutes
before the train came along
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VIII Call at Cherbourg.

HAMBURG, Feb. 1.-THE Hamburg
American steamship line intends to extend
it's service to France in the coming spring.
1t has been decided that the company's
steamships Augusta Victoria. Fuerst Bis
marck Normannia and Columbia, which
now call at southampton their voyages
between Hamburg and New York shall call
at Cherbourg after leaving Southampton on
their western voyages. The company has
closed a contract with the Western railway
of France for special train of Pullman
between Cherbourg and Paris. The railroad
trains are to make the trip in less than
hours.
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MuIeted $1,000 for Breach of Promise.

Special TO the Indianapolis journal
DANvILLE, ILL.,, Feb 12.--It cost Frank
Cavanaugh, wealthy widower. of this city,
$1,000 to pay two visits TO Mrs Louisa Muir
ray. a forty-seven-year-old widow, residing
in Toledo, O. She claims that Frank prom
Used to marry her. The jury in the Circuit
Court to-day gave a verdict against him for
that amount in a breach OF promise suit.
Several spicy letters were read from the de-
fendaSSt to the plsi11jf-
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Movements of steamers.

California from Glasgow; Westmoreland,
from Antwerp; Civic, from Liverpool.
MALTA Feb. 12.--Arrived: Victoria,
from New York.
MOvILLE, Feb. 12.-Arrived: Numidian,
from Portland.
GLASGOW. Feb 12.-Arrived Siberian,
from Boston.
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is to be ridiculed and deceived by the only
woman you love- have nothing now to
live for"
Juror accuses Mrs. Richard OF secretly
passing a folded paper to another juror
This was denied both by the witness and
the juror in question.
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The Shortage Made Good.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 12-Treasurer
Wulff was seen to-day, and had little to
say when confronted with the developments
at Carlisle. He said Ramsey's son had
accounted to him for everything. If there
was a shortage Ramseys bondsmen made
it good before he (Wulff) took the Office.
Wulf had no Their course than to receipt
for everything, as the funds in the Office
were as they should be,
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Fled to south Africa.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.-John c. Hall,
once a prominent lawyer of this city, who
fled four years ago after deserving his wife
and children after misappropriating $780, 900
OF an estate left in his charge. and for
whom the police have been vainly searching.
has been heard of from johannesburg,
South Africa, where he is engaged in journ-
alism
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tied to the cradle and hold them when he was
taken up; and had okeep mittens tied on his
hands to keep his finger nails out of the sorea
as he would scratch If he could in any way get
his hands loose. We know your CUTrcURA REM
EDIEs cured him. We feel safe in recommending
them to others.
GEO. B. g. JANETTA HARRIS.
Webster, Ind.
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Alleged Shortage of $4,000.
.ciaI ~ the Tndianauolis Journal

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-The auditing
committee claims that w. c. Tuttle. the
late Republican county clerk, is s2,2o0 be-
hind in his accounts. Several weeks ago
it announced that his accounts were all
right but the committee was not thorough
ly satisfied with it's own statement and
employed two of Mr.. Tuttles clerks to
thoroughly overhaul his books. Their work
was made public to-day.
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DEBS IN HARD LUCK
WOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUITTED BUT
FOR MIR. GOES ILLNESS.
Conspiracy Case Jury Discharged by
Judge GrOsscup - Dramatic Scene
Following the Announcements.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Judge Grosscup has
postponed the Debs trial until the first Mon
day in May. He discharged the jury to-day
on account of the serious illness of juror
Coe and new jury will be summoned
when the case is again put on trial. A
dramatic scene followed the decision of
Judge Grosscup discharging the jury. The
jurymen left their seats, and while some
stopped to shake Judge Grosscups hand
the majority of them hurried to where the
prisoners were sitting and surrounded Debs.
They slapped him on the back, shook hands
with him again and again and expressed
the trial.
''Debs,' said juror Baird, when this trial
opened / was in favor of giving you five
year sentence, but now l am anxious to
see you free
Similar expressions were heard from the
other jurors, and it was evident that the
case would have resulted in an acquittal had
it not ended in mistrial The attorneys
for the defense were crestfallen at the sud-
opinion that victory was in sight for the
defendants when juror Goes illness stopped
the proceedings. The defendants were
equally sorry the trial did not proceed
DeDs expressed himself confident that he
and his associates would have been acquitted.
American Railway Union directors free
temporarily, but under two bail bonds each.
The appeal from the contempt sentences Is
still pending in the Supreme Court, where
each defendant is under bonds and the bail
in the present or conspiracy will stand
until the trial is resumed next May.
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Tbe AIaskn To,ved In,

SANDY HOOK, Feb. 12-The Morgan
line steamer Excelsior, from New Orleans,
passed in at 4:35 this afternoon, having in
tow the British steamer Alaska.
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win.low,. Soothing syrup.

s!Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
Has been used over fifty years by millions
with perfect success 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums. allays pain, cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and is the best
remedy for diarrhea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. For sale by drug
gists in every part of the world. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
25c a bottle.
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accOrdlng TO directIOns, he
began to steadily improve,
and after the use of them
for seven months his head
was entirely well. When We
began using it his head was
a solid sore from the crown
to his eyebrows. 1t was also
all over his ears, most Of his
face, and small places on
different parts of his body.
There were sixteen weeks
fha xx-a y ., n q. l. I. L. Ll~
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Thousands die every winter of consump-
ton, bronchitis, diphtheria and lung fever,
whom few doses of Hale's Honey of Hore-
hound and Tar, given in time, would have
saved from premature grave. Sold by all
druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in / minute
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BABY's BAD ECZEMA
Head one Solid Sore. Itching Awful.
Had to Tie His Hands to Cradle.
Speedily Cured by Cuticura.

Our little boy broke out on his head with a bad
form of eczema, when he was four months old.
We tried three DOCTORS but they did not help
him. We then used your three CUTIcURA REM
IDIEs, and after using them eleven weeks exactly
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A slight blaze in the T., d. & w. railroad
shops yesterday morning caused a loss of
about S.