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TO MINERAL LANDS
The Secretary Of the Interior Tells Of
Their Status.
PATENTS RECENTLY ISSUED
He Promises that Hereafter
Greater Care viii Be Exer-
cIsed Before Giving Up
These Lands.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The secretary
OF the interior has transmitted 20 the
house an answer from the commissioner
of the general land Office to resolution
requesting information by the land de-
pariment as to what lands have been
patented to the railroad grants since May
%, 1891; what means we're taken to dis
cover their nonmineral character; and
whether any lands so patented were be-
fore, or have since, been claimed as MIN
eral; and also list of the pending seiec-
tions awaiting approval.
Tho commissioner submits n schedule
showing the lands patented by acres
since Nav 26. 1894. as follows:
Idaho, 9l,4i1; Montana, 3O3,50i; Ore
gon, 229, ,9i3; California, 973, go.
The Communication says that prior to
July 8, 1894, there were no specific recula-
tions for determining the non-mineral
character of lands listed and selected by
the land grant roads. The lands were
first examined in connection with the
tract books of the land Office by the rail-
road land grant division, and such as
were found free from adverse claims
were listed and referred TO the mineral
division, which made an examination as
to their mineral character, and thereafter
the lands SHOWN Dy the recofus 70 De clear
were made up into a list and submitted to
the department with recommendation
that they be approved for patents.
Since July Q, 1894, the same examina-
tions have been made and in addition
thereto other means have been taken to
guard against patenting mineral lands
under these grants.
The communicat ION then details at
Length the regulations enforced to this
end. 1t is stated that it would be i'm
practicable TO furnish n list of pending
selections awaiiag approval on account
of tho magnitudSof the undertaking.
Tho communication concludes with the
statement that no further lists containing
lands in the mineral states named above
will be submitted to the department for
| approval for patent until directions from
tho department shall be received.
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MADGE YORKE KILLED.

James T.. Gentry shot the Singer Last
Night a. Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17.-MadRe Yorke,
n soprano singer with THE Baggage
Check" company, was sho, and almost in
stantly killed tonight at Zeiss' hotel, in
this city, by James l.. Gentry. a comedian
of Golfers Back Number company.
Gentry escaped, and up to a late hour had
not been captured. Gentry called at the
hotel and went up by the stairway to Miss
Yorke's room and asked her why she did
not meet him to-day. Before a reply could
be made he drew a revolver and shot her
three times. Il is said Gentry and Miss
Yorke were engaged to be married.
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TING TOOK HIS LIFE
The Chinese Admiral Couldn't Stand
Captivity and Disgrace.
HE HAS LOTS OF COMPANY
The Japanese Are Now In Undis-
puted Possession of WeI-Hai-
Wei and the strong Forts Sur
rounding hat City.

YOKOHAMA. Feb. 17.-An official dis
patch from Wei-Hai-Wei, bearing date of
Feb. 13, has been received here. 1t states
that in response TO the offer made by Adj
mirai Ting, the Chinese naval COM
mander, to surrender his vessel on the
condition of amnesty being granted, Ad-
miral Ito, commander of the Japanese
forces, demanded that the naval stores be
turned over this "wednesday morning.
The Chinese messenger who conveyed
this demand returned TO Admiral Ito and
informed him that Admiral Ting had
committed suicide on the night of Feb. II
and his responsibility had been trans
ferred to Captain Mcclure, formerly the
captain of British merchant vessel, who
had been appointed by the Chinese gov
crnment as assistant to Admiral Ting.
Admiral Ito, at the time the dispatch was
sent, was comforting with Captain Nc
Clure.
A dispatch dated Feb. Il, from Field
Marshal Oyama, who is in command OF
the Japanese military forces at Wei-Hai.
Wal, announces that the captain surren-
dered the Chinese on land and sea. He
also insists that Admiral Ting and two
other officers committed suicide after adj
dressing letter from the Chinese flagship
accepting the Japanese demands.
The Chinese soldiers garrisoning the
forts on the island of Liu Kung Lao, the
last of the defenses of Wei-Hai-Wai to
hold out against the Japanese. and the
sailors of the Chinese fleet, were to be
taken beyond the Japanese lines and lib
Grated, while the captured officers and the
foreigners will be conveyed away by ship
before they are given their liberty.
A dispatch from General Nodzu, COM
mander of the first Japanese army in
Manchuria, dated Feb. 16, says that 1900
Chinese, with 12 guns, attacked Hal
Cheng from the Lao Yang, New Chwang
and Jinkao roads. They were repulsed,
leaving more than 100 dead. The Jap
anese loss was five killed and four
wounded.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE secretary
of the navy to-day received the following
dispatch from Admiral Carpenter, COM
manding the Asiatic squadron:
CHEZ Foo. Feb. 1G 1895.
The Chinese feet and the Chinese island forts
| at We-Hai-W i. China. have surrendered. The
| Chinese admiral and the Chinese generals com.
| mitted suicide. Have sent the United states
| steamer Charleston TO watch the movements.
| tSgnedD CARPENTER.
TIEN ISIN. Feb. LII Hung Chang,
| who has been appointed peace envoy to
| Japan. will go to Pekn Feb. 2l to confer
with the emperor. He will return to Tien
| Ism IN two weeks and will then proceed
| TO Kobe.
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PLATT AND HIS FRIENDS.
They Hold a Conference 20 Devise Politl
cal Ways and Means.

They Hold "a Conference 20 Devise Politl-
cal Ways and Means.
NEW YORK, Feb. IA conference was
held in ex-senator Platt's room at the
Fifth Avenue hotel to-day. IL was at
tended by that gentleman, Senator
Lexow, Chairman Edward Lauterbach OF
the republican committee and others OF
Mr.. Platt's frsCnds. The direct object of
the conference was TO map out plan of
campaign respecting legislation for this
city, and particularly TO consider those
bills now pending which are desired By
Mayor Strong and the committee OF sew
enty.
Platt told those who spoke 20 him on the
subject, az the close of the conference,
that no definite action had been taken.
That thero was strong difference of
opinion expressed at the conference was
generally understood. The disturbing
element was said TO be Edward Lauter-
bach.
The propositions he offered were retail
atory measures, IN the shape of power
of removal bill for the state, which would
enable Governor Morton 10 appoint re-
publicans TO offices now held by demo-
Gratis. This was said 10 be the method
proposed To Offset Mayor Strong's .lp-
po.ntment of William Brookleld to be
commissioner of publ c works IN this city.
Lauterbach, however, declined TO be
quoted beyond the fact that nothing in
the way OF retaliatovy legislation had been
agreed upon.
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LOOK OUT THERE, EGYPT.
England Is Not Pleased with the Way
Things Are Going.


LONDON, Feb. 1.-The correspondent
of The Times at Cairo says there is reason
to believe that the khedive is determined
to get rid of the ministry of Mubar Pasha
and TO render impossible hereafter min
istry similarly inclined to work amicably
and loyalty with the British representa-
tives. Attempts are being made to s,imu-
late an anti-Europeau feeling among Mo-
hammedans.
Warnings have been received even from
native soldiers by various Europeans that
trouble is brewing, and the month OF
Ramadsn, beginning next week, is antici-
pated with apprehensions. When the au-
thors of nfiammatory articles are con-
stantly seen haunting the khedive's ante
chamber, the ignorance of the oriental
masses naturally assumes that they have
assurances of official sanction for words
and deeds of violence.
Commenting on the foreign situation,
the Times warns the khedive that such in
~trigues cannot safely be carried beyond a
certain point, especially when they are
accompanied by promontory symptoms
of disturbances, which a few years ago,
brought Egypt to the verge of ruin.
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TO SAVE SEwAAD'S NECK.
Judge slaGIe Has Been Pulling Livery
Wire

w IRE.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA special to the
Inter Ocean from PIttsburg says: Accord
to Judge j. f. Slagle, of the Allegheny
county bench, the United States govern
ment has taken a hand in the intended
execution of w. L. Seward, an
American implicated in the Hawaiian
revolution. Slagle and Seward are
brothers-in-law. The former returned
from Washington today where he went TO
interest Secretary Gresham in the case.
After hearing Slagle. the secretary tele-
graphed a message TO Vancouver to catch
the steamer leaving that place
for Honolulu. He then informed
Judge Slagle that if Seward
is not execut ed before the steamer arrives
President Dole will order a stay OF the ex-
ecution until the case can be moro fully
investigated.
Judge Slagle said: "In addition to call
ing on Secretary Gresham and Minister
Thurston. l saw Senators Hawley, ALI
son, Platt of Connecticut, Per-
kins and Butler. Hawley was Major
Stewards chief of staff and is glad to aid
him. An address to President Dole was
prepared and signed by the United States
senators. am satisfied it will have con-
siderable weight, as the Hawaiian govern
ment wants the good will of the American
people.o
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IN DEADMAN'S CUT.
Horrible Accident WhoreIn Seven People
Were Killed or Injured.

Horrible Accident Whsrein Seven People
Were Killed or Injured.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Feb. 1.-THE Texas
express and n through cattle train on tho
Santa Ee collided in Dead Mans cut, five
miles south of here, at midnight Saturday
night. The freight was coming around n
short curve, SO neither headlights could
be seen until within 30 feet of each other.
Tho passenger engineer jumped and
saved his life, as did the freight fireman.
Freight Engineer Charles Upleby jumped
but his head struck the rocky side of the
cut and he was killed. Passenger Fire.
man Patrick Coldron. was caught in the
cab and scalded so badly he died this
morning.
Both engines, bagge and mail cars and
half dozen freight cars were demolished.
Seventy head of stock were killed. The
passenger coaches did not leave the track
and no passengers were badly injured.
The injured are: James Moo man,
freight conductor, left arm broken; Ed
ward Kitchen, passenger conductor, hand
mashed, body badly bruised; Messenger
II. B. Beagle, body badly scalded; Bag
gagemau George Neville, scalded; Mail
Clerk Hutchins, head cut; Roadmaster
Mckinney. bruised; f. BrIdgeman, John
j. English and II. A. Sprow, bodies lacer-
ated; Harry Trower, Kansas City stock
yards, cut in the neck and face; III. Hahn,
fireman or freight, leg mashed; A. J.
Graves, brakeman, sprained arm; L. b.
Weidenheimer, cut on the face and body.
The wreck was caused by n misinter-
probation of orders by the freight engineer,
who thought he was to pass the passenger
at Guthrie instead of at Seward, two miles
aouth oF tho Wrpck
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oRAmM's BOND MEN SUED.
lie Didn't Pay Wyoming Nearly All the
Money That belonged to Her.

lie Didn't Pay Wyoming Nearly All the
Money That Belonged to Her.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 17.-Just before
the legislature adjourned sine die at
o'clock this morning, n resolution was
unanimously adopted instructing the at
,orney general OF Wyoming at once to be-
gin proceedings against the bondsmen of
Otto Gramm, eX-state treasurer, and the
assignee of the T.. A. Kent bank of Chey-
enne, TO recover $1,000 of state funds
which tho treasurer lost on account of the
failure of that bank in July, 1893. Gramm
failed to reimburse the state when no
turned over the Office to his successor last
month.
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Lomax says Ills I-,eEram Il Ambiguous
To say the Least

LomaN says Ms 4rIeEram II AmbIGuou-
To say the Least
OMAHA, Neh., Feb. 17.-The new de-
veIopments IN the western transcont-
mental trouble growing out of the refusal
of General Manager Dodge of the Denver
& Rio Grande to endorse the agreement
supposed to have been completed, Is very
seriously complicating the si;uation. Cen
eral Passenger Agent LomaX of the Union
Pacific, on this subject said: "For 20
years the Union Pacific has granted side
trips to Salt Lake on tickets having n
limit sufficient to allow such n visit. We
are not likely to cut it oil now because the
Rio Grande Western refuses to grant us
the equality we have insisted on. There
must be some mistake, however, for the
telegram of Colonel Dodge Is ambiguous,
to say the least
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THIS Is DIFFERENT.
Miss wachteI Says BIixt Blamed Andy
at First.

CHICAGO, Feb. IA special to the
Tribune from Minneapolis says Mss
WIchtel, the stenographer, was seen to-
nj ght and from her the fact was elected
that Blxt made another confession which
changes the whole course OF events. if it
is allowed in the trial of Harry Hayward.
She claims that Blixt stated to her in an
swer 10 a question from his attorney that
Adry Hayward put him up TO
tho job of numbering Miss Cling.
II was planned previously to the
tragedy and al. of the details were agreed
on almost exactly as stated by Blixt on
the stand, excepting the name Of Adry
should be substituted for that Of Harry in
the confession.
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LONDON, Feb. 1S.--A dispatch TO the
Chronicle from Rome says that ue-otia-
tIous are on foot in Italy and Germany
TO Obtain Russian adhesion 20 the
triple alliance. Tho pope has sent
a urutcs; 20 the Russian ~ lister n ILe
arrest Of three Catholic priests in Poland
who arc accused Of -anti-dynasty teaden-
cies.
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WISE AND swEEr.
To-day the Great Talking Carnival
VIII Open

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 1.-THE formal
opening of the second triennial session of
the National Council OF Women of the
United States Will take place ia this city
tomorrow. The council will hold three
sessions daily for the next two weeks. Iu-
troductory religious services, conducted
by Rev. Annie Ford Eastman and Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw. were held this after.
noon, while nearly all the leaders of the
council are preaching or lecturinG in the
various city churches tonight.
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THREE CHILDREN KILLED.

Thcir Fond Parents Loved the Bal Room
Far Too W-il.
CRAWLING. Mich, Feb. 17.-Three child
rcn, aged .. 6 and 1 years respectively,
lost their lives in a fire at Lewiston last
night. The children had been put TO bed
while their father, Eli Seymour and wife,
attended a dance. When they returned
the house was in flames. When the fire
was extinsuished the children were found
dead side by side in bed.
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The Mob Couldn't Hang Him So Ihoy
shot HIM Full Of Holes.

shot HIM Full Of Holes.
KINGSTON, Mo-, Feb. 17.-About
o'clock this morning a mob OF masked
men, suppose to be negroes from Hamil-
ton, surrounded the sheriff's house and
Jail here causing Sheriff Goldsworthy TO
give up the key. They gained an entrance
TO the Jail corridor with the avowed pur-
pose of taking out and hanging George
Tracey, a negro who shot and killed his
wife at Hamilton in this county, Jan. 30.
On the inside the mob were unable to get
into the steel cell in which no was con-
fined with two other negro convicts.
Tracey crawled under his bod and the
mob began shooting through the bars of
the cell door and succeeded in putting six
bullets into his body. killing him instantly.
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OUT ON TIE OCEAN.

Fears Entertained The Steamship city OF
~. Augustine Has Been Lost.
NEW YORK. Feb. 17.-Captain Eggett of
the British ship Constance, which arrived
here to-day from Dunkirk, reports that on
Monday last. when 225 miles southeast of
Sandy Hook. his vessel passed for several
hours through an enormous quautit of
yellow pine In nber, apparently the deck
load of some vessel. The lumber carry
lng steamship, which Is more than 10 days
overdue at this port, from Jacksonville,
Fla, has not yet been heard from. She
is commanded by Captain Z. Gaskill and
cnrrIes a crew OF u men.
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lar to their agents Offering $4,000 for
Fraker's recovery within tho six months
the dav before the payment of the money.
The number of agents employed by the
companies amounts to n small army and
includes every ci y, village and hamlet IN
the land. In addition the oifer has been
made to every reputable detective agency
in the country.
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THEY'RE lFrzR FRAKER.
Insurance CompAui-s Don't Believe the
Doctor Il Dad.


KANSAS CITY. Feb. 17.-Forty thousand
dollars Is the reward offered for the APP
prehension of Dr.. George Fraker. The
offer is made by the insurance companies
which issued policies on Dr.. Fraker's life.
When the confession of judgment was
taken in the federal court last Monday IN
the case brought 10 collect the $4,000 in
surance, II was agreed m the stipulation,
fled AT tho time, that the main sum
should no, be paid uuu. the expiration OF
sIN months.
Tier, was no reason gwen by the insur-
ance solicitors tor fhis clause. and none
was required. but 10 was understood that
IL was simply one o! business and that IL
was m good iailh.
Now, however. it is learned that the
companies have joined in issuing circu-
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JOHNSON pEFeAreD AT LAST
Peter OstIund Won the Race at Minne-
apolis Yesterday.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Feb. l7-John 5.
johnson, the breaker of unnumbered
records. was compelled to lower his colors
at the Normania rink to-day to Peter Ost-
lund, the champion of Europe, in race OF
1900 metres or $40 yards. a ood start
was made and Johnson led until within %
rods of the finish, when Ostluud made n
wonderful burst of speed and won by less
than two feet in . :53 l-5.
The ice was in bad condition, owing to
the mild weather and the falling snow,
consequently the time was u slower
than he best record IN ,de by Ostlund at
Hamer, Norway. Tho race was, never
theless, a pretty one from tho start to
finish and was hotly contes,el. johnson
did not seem to be in the best form.
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PRE- TTY THIN.

The Sultan's Mtnion~ I'D In't Lack Excuses
For Their DeviItry.
LONDON. Feb. IA dispatch to tho
Standard from Constantinople says that
the Turkish officials will present TO the
Armenian commission a declaration that
the stories of the recent outrages arc eX-
aggerated. The dispatch adds that the
declaration was signed by ignorant Ar
meniau refugees who were informed that
il was petition TO the sultan enforcing
the quarantine regulations against
cholcra.
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MANsLAUG GtgER.

That l. tho Verdict Ia the Case of Tom
CieAry.
special Dispatch 70 the standard
HELENA, Feb. 1.-THE jury in the case
Of Tom Cleary, accused OF the murder of
Frank Do.rlyy. to-day brou-u; in a YER
diet of mansllughjer, leaving the punish
ment to be q xed by the court.
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special plSpa.r1 - 81 ~.InItgI
SALT LAKE. Feb. I-.-C T. Rood Of Ana
couIa on Saturday closed a deal for the
entire stock Of the Boston store, which
Will be moved 10 Anaconda.
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Amcrics'. d nj CrrIr No wanted

PARIS. Feb. H. The EsFujll1e Fran
case. the organ OF NJ. Msiu, .eader Of the
French projections referring 10 the
efIor,s 10 facilitate the entry of American
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He cleans your watch thoroughly,
takes it all apart and cleans every
piece of it.
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He repairs and manufactures any
thing you wish in the Jewelry line, no
matter how difficult
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THEY SAW ICE.
Remarkable sight Witnessed At Baton
Eou=e. Ia.

Isou-Es II.
BATON ROUGE. Feb. IA large num-
Der Of people visited the river front to-day
10 witness shc novel and unusual sight Of
ice floating in the Mississippi. river, Largo
foes OF ~ uich have been passing through
out the entire Gay. Only once or twice pre-
viously has floating ice been seen on the
Mississippi river this far south.
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No Part Sighted.

He warrants all his work one year.
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meats into France, urges that immediate
steps be taken to prevent the importation
of American dead cattle.
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MODEL FACTORY
JeT9lTy Manufacturing in All lis
Branches Executed by Legs.
ONLY EXPERT WORKMEN
Should Your Watch Need Repairing
and You Wish II to Keep Exact
Time Afterward Legs VIII
Fix II for You.

Anything in the Jewelry line made
in first class shape while you wait by
Legs, the Jeweler.
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" He Never Says No."

His prices are most reasonable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-19
Passing an Examination,

The story of we'll known bishop
which reached me the other day seems
good enough for publication. The bishop
was one day examining batch of dea-
cons for priests orders After the the
oretical part of the examination, he said
to them: Gentlemen, you have passed
a most excellent examination in theory.
| should now like to see you do some-
thing practical. | shall go into the next
room and personate a sick man. You
will come in, one by one, address me as
q sick parishioner. and say something
comforting When his lordship had re-
tired, the candidates were in some con-
fusion, and nobody cared to begin, but
at last mad Irishman volunteered to be
the first He entered the study and ap-
preached the bishop. who was lying
with woebegone air OH the sofa. and
thus addressed him: "Oh, Anthony,
Anthony! The drink againl Shure it
will be the death of ye! Turn from your
evil ways before it's too late and be o
mani" This is said to be the last time
that the bishop held practical exami.
nation. London Truth.