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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-03
RICHMOND. VA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1896

large number OF linemcn were sent out
~ Tcp3lf matters.
Tho Western onion Company had
equally A. much dlncul,y. Iucy could
reach Augusta. aud nearly all their lar
Southern business MAS done Dy relay
al Auaista. The Western Union Was
,at Oh from most 0l the North Carolina.
uoints. and from NllLin-lOu, Charles
ION and other Southern points. nor
foil,. old POINT. Williams yufs, and inter-
mediate points wel. also cut OK. Many
uuemou were selL out Dy tne NeslelA
Union ve.t,.at. afternoon ana last night
to or..sir th. .tma,e. Neither the POST
al nor Western lAiOn had any serious
aln.culty m comm lnicatlns with all
Northern and Western points. Their
wires in the city were little damaged.
THE WEAThEA MAP.
The first map issued by The local wea-
ther bureau. which is under the man
aeement Of Mr. Edward - Evans Is
on its way here.
The map showed the condition Of the
weather all over the United states yes
tordav. 4 storm, now central IN FLOR
ida. is on It's way here.
Mr.. Evans made the following COM
mcnts on Yesterday weather.
"The barometer pressure continues
high over the New England. Middle At
lanuc States tho Central West. The Lake
regions. and the eos tern Rocky Mountain
slope: ana the weather is cold. especially
in the Dakotas. whore 30 holds for ID
degrees to- 20 degrees below zero.
"Ovor in the South Atlantic states the
barometer IS falling rapidly with rising
t.,......r.r fan and snuw aie oc-
curing IN advance OF the Storm and
tne.e conditions wil probably nf'ctN.
and a~.om-anv tho passage or inc low
ND the coast. reaching this section TO-
nieht or tomorrow.
Director Evans forecast for iichmoh1
and vicinity S.: Threatening ana
probably snow or rain tonight ana
Thursday. continued cold.
Tho indications are that there VIII be
snow to-day. followed hy clear coia
weather
Tho mercury yesterday made the fol-
lowfn~ scores: o A. H. 2i' y NJ so'
p. ar. e7. G 2. IT., 90; =. VI" ~
midnieht. o.
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MIAruEH TOREcAsr.

WASHINGTON. d. C., Dec. Fore
cast FOR Thursday.
Virginia Snow. followed by clearing
weather; continued cold. northerly winds,
dangerous on the coast.
North Carolina. Rain or snow In the
morning. followed By clearing. not 80 cold
Thursday night: northerly winds.
The barometer h4s iailen rapidly on
the Carolina ana Nifriaia coasts. ana q
storm Of great energy is apparently CEN
tral 10 the east OF Hatterns. The baTom-
eter has also fallen rapidly IN the eN-
treme northwest and slowly oVor the
central valleys and lake regions' IL has
risen on the Gulf and Iacilc coasts and
i'm Northeastern New England. II Is
colder on the Atlantic coast. but the
temperature has risen slowly Ia tho cen
trail valleys and lake regions. IL Is much
warmer In tho extreme Northwest. Heavy
SHOWS are reported from the South Al
lanf!c States and heavy rains on the South
Atlantic coast
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INDIANAPOLIS IND. Dec. 2.-The To-
cal executive committee in charge OF
arrangements for the Monetary Reform
Convention met this afternoon In the Of
Zee of judge T.. 81. Martindale and held
"A general consultation TO outline I'm some
measure the work OF preparing for the
gathering. The date OF the convention
was hxed for Tuesday. January 18th, and
the form Of the cal was talked over In a
general vav. This viii Dee ready 20 issue
I'm n few davs. 10 was decided 20 appoint
eub-cOmmlttecs upon transportation.
finance and hall, but these committees
Wero not named.
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NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 2-The North
Mississippi Conference Of the Methodist
Church. meeting at Greenville Miss.
Bishop Galloway presiding, has adopted
the following resolutions: Resolved.
That as intercollegiate football, now so
extensively played. is proving detrimental
70 the morals and intellectual training OF
our boys az college, we, the North Mis-
sssippi Conference, especially advise all
schools under the supervision Of our
Church 10 outlaw such games and forbid
their students 10 engage In thcm.'
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To peyeIop South American Property.

NEW YORK. Dec 2.-The Pacific Com
pany. with a capital OF $4,000 go. owned
by some Of the most substantial business
men and nuanclcrS Of this city. has been
formed for the purpose Of bringing the
Iatln-Amcrican countries of South Amer
ica into closer business returns with the
United States The undertaking ig a
purely commercial enterprise. tho new
company planning 10 DO "A shipping and
general mercantile business on the Pa
cihC coast and develop mines and other
properties in the Southern Hemisphere.
The officers are Henry kecne president
r. ". Hawk5worth. secretary. jacob
Bertschmann. treasurer Mono OF the
companys stock Is FOR sale.
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~ INrrErSriAG DECISION.
The western Union Telegraph Company
Must PAY Damages.

NUH Nf-liiH HiNAi 4 'A' t| tAf N'i'' tt'-'f
Must PAY Damages.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2-The Court of
Appeals Yesterday reversed the decision
of the lower court in the case of Joseph
Fcrerro. plaintiff ANA appellant against
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
The plaintiff claimed damages from an
alleged incorrectly written telegram from
business house I'm New York. one or
the most important points was whether
the receiver of message could secure
damages. and the decision of the court
was the first on the ques lion made in the
District. The Court OF Appeals holds
that the telegraph company SIS liable.
The business house in New York tele-
craphcd TO Fererro that it would sell a
certain pr00uot at 55 cents per bushcL
The telegram when received by fcrerro
quoted the price 40 a. cents. upon which
quotation the plaintiff ordered two car
loads. lie found. customers Immediately
for one carload. but when Dee learned
that the price was 55 cents, he refused
10 accept the consignment Tie brought
suit against the telegraph company.
Judgment was originally rendered for
the defendant.
Justice shepard in reversing the lower
court. held that the plaintn ought to
recover "the actual pscuuiary damage
that ne might have sustained through
the failure TO obtain the potatoes at the
price which he had reason 10 suppose
they had been offered 20 him. lie could
not recover the profits hc would have
made from the rcsaics because That loss
was the result Of his refusal 20 accept
the CONSIGNMENT
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AN ULTIMATUMTO SPAIN
GIyEA THREL MONTHS 10 END THE
cUBAN REBELLfON.
The Information Comes From a High and
Conservative source Probably the II
feet Of General Lees Report,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Thc Star this
afternoon Says.
a star reporter received an intimation
from an uuQucsuonably high and conscr-
vativc source to-day TO lhe effect that the
administration has taken much s'iner
stand on the Cuoan question than the
public is led TO believe
Tho intimauon is tAat carly in Novom-
Der Secretary Oncy. at The instignation
OF the President save the spanish a0-
thoriuos 20 understand tnat the tmtea
States had waited patiently for ihe le-
lclliou to bee crushed, that 40 progress
appeared 90 bc making t0 tndt enu' ana
that This Government would take p'sl,iFt
steps within three months 3D. spain hd"
lot succeeded ln putting an cnl 10 '"e
war. or practically ending IT, rms was
conveyed 90 Spain iu courteous way
gt amounted to an ulumai ium. q nc li'e
fixed Will expire iu February. prohipiy ln
the early part and nothing is tAlet'e"
10 Lc done ulUa tlat iNt.
QUIET Us THE MEANTIME.
In tho meantime. 30 BIS believed indi tne
administration viii seek o. ict lle im-
pres. ion po to the country That nothing
Will be done. and tnat Conservative
course is 90 Dee followed Dog this country
without interruption. lt m.l eve"
quietly ryon out That tle admins ifailpi
believes tiat snan J. crutlir1 the in-
sugcnfs. and iUIt eNa Nil succeed D."
uuIra the defeat nnaL This course Do
S. hnfDl. may lD pursued t1 lftNtHl un-
due excitement hD.W0Dn now ana tnn ine
irsa l0r the suanIarNa FOO carry carry oHl
their part ol tho agreement. Ihe iitai-
dent does not desire that The husln'
forests of thc country s.ah go ,nfontn
ann. I0ntr frIrnt AGAIN. Huliius This view
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Cabinet GOsslp.

CANTON. O.. Dec. "A Cabinet boom
from the Pacific slope reached Canton
this afternoon. though umors heraldng
its advent had been heard for some days.
The new possibility who is being energeti-
cally discussed is Judge James a. Way
miro. Of san Francisco IL Is supposed
that judge Waymlre will be considered In
connection with the post Of Secretary OF
Agriculture.
The belief that Air. Hanna has agreed
10 accept the position OF Secretary Of the
Navy is strengthened boy developments
to-day. and there is more talk than ever
about Nelson \. Dingley. OF Maine. for
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. and Mrs Hanna returned 10 Clevc-
land this evening.
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Rumors ola Cabinet Crisis in Circulation.
Ncws From Cuba.

MADRID. Dec. 2.-Grcat anxiety IS felt
by the public here regarding the situation
in cuba and persistent rumOrs OF
cabinet crisis are IN circulation which. de-
spite official dcnials. aIc constantly re-
ucwcd
impartial has received dispatches
from private persons residing in the
vicinity of Havana i'm which offers are
made TO care for members of the Spanish
forces bon the Island. who shall become
disabled 10y wounds or Illness.
lmparciaIs advices state that n number
OF skirmishcs have taken place i'm Matan-
zas province. the apparent object of the
insurgents being TO divert attention from
their operations in pinar del Rio pro-
vince Another dispatch says that Cen
cral Weylcrs forces have succeeded i'm
surrounding the insurgents in Pinar del
Rio province. and that the rebels are in
state of complete confusion.
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rhe Nrm IInxcn Elccrlnn.

NEW HAVEN. CONN, Dec. Mot
until 9 o'clock this morning were the to-
tails obtained I'm the city and town cleo
tlons which took place yesterday.
10 was then established that the Re-
publicans have won a sweeping victory
by a slender plurality on both tickets.
The plurality q represented by earns
worth Itepublcan candidate for Mayor
Is 100. the smallest on his ticket.
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CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec "a meet
ing OF the Central Committee was held
YESTERDAY at the residence of Sir Philip
Currie. The British Ambassador for the
purpose % considering methods for the
relief Of the orphans In Turkey of whom
there are now known TO be 1000 The
meeting was presided over by Chairman
NVhittan.
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LONDON. Dec. 2-Manchestor Guard
ian SAYS that Lord Salisbury. Prime
Minister and Secretary of state for
Foroicn Affairs. viii make very strong
repre- sentations 10 the Spanish Govern
mont with reference TO detention in cuba
bv the authorities there of Richard and
John Beatty residents of British Column
bia. recently arrested in Havana for heins
i'm some way connected with the Cuban
rovoIuftUn
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cLERICAL rARrr rKOrEsr
Against an Alleged sacriiesious Expres-
sion oil the Naval secretary.


BERLIN, Dec. 2.-ln The Reichsiag
to-day Dr. Lieber. the leader OF the
Clerical party. protested on behalf OF
the Centrist members, against the eX-
precision employed By the Naval Sccro-
tary that sailors and soldiers ~ cheer
ing for the Kaiser identity his Majesty
with God Almighty. Catholics, he de-
cared. would not accept such line OF
thought and he deeply dcplored the
fact that am official OF the German Gov
ernment had made use Of such am express
sion.
Baron Marschan Won Bihiorstein, Min
ie-er OF Foreign Affairs, said that the
official statistics showed that since the
conclusion OF the recent commerciai
treaties there had been iderahie
reduction of the balance OF trade
against Germany.
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Rlne and GRAY Unite.

ST. LOUIS. MO. Dec. "A petition for
a pro f0rma decree OF corporation was
filed in Judge Woods court this afternoon
hv the Association OF Veterans OF the
Blue and Gray. The president Of the
association Is George F. Green. This
rs The hrst society Of the kind 20 be form
Ell ANY hOnorabiy discharged soldier
or sailor on either side during the wax Is
eligible 10 membership.
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TREMPEAULEAU, WIS Dec. lover
one million feet Of logs are fast IN the
They came out Of the Chippewa and Eau
Claire rivers during the recent Hoods
Tho Mississippi river AZ this point has
risen seven feet within the last four
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Jameson Released

LONDON, Dec. AIT 9 o'clock this
evening Or. jameson was removed from
Holloway jail In an ambulance. lie was
taken 10 a private sanltdrium IN one Of
the suburbs OF London.
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RANGE or THERMOMETER.

The following was the range OF the
thermometer at The Times office yester-
day: . A NJ. "a: IL NJ. 80; 3 p. NJ. 81.
i. NJ. ~: . L. ~. %, midnight, %.
Average, u %.
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AflnnIa CITY Elecflnn.

ATLANTA. CA. Dec. The city cleo
tion occurred here to-day The Demo-
cratic ticket had no opposition. Charles
l.. Collier was elected Mayor.
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have referee selected from tho audience
and the crowd yelled for Earp.
After a great deal of wrangling, tltz-
simmons shouted.
Gentlemen: | have given IN 10 every
body In all my fights and III give IN 10
this. Let Sharkey take the bandages OF
his hands. / have none on mine and
the crowd stood up for the Cornishman.
Sharkey's bandages were removed and
the men shook hands at 1885.
Mr. carp removed his coat, and the
fight apparently went on.
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take anything away from him, the tighter
he grasps it; have had him almost wiring
the skin of my fingers. The only way to
relax his grasp was to gently remove one
toe at a time by putting stick or pencil
under 1t, or to distract his attention and
induce him to walk away.
Some Of the stories told me by the natives
about his grasp were almost Incredible I
was told a dozen times or more by those
from different parts that the hunters in the
interior often made use Of the ikanda for
the singular purpose of catching leopards.
1t Is said that they set deep in the ground
a row of posts, leaving between them
space of about one inch or a little more;
then at a distance of a foot or SO away
from this they place another row in like
above the ground; over them is dashed a row
OF short pieces of wood. The openings at the
ends of the two rows of posts are closed
up. and in this strong stockade Is placed
full grown ikanda; on the outside of the
Darr1cade near the openings are placed
some pieces Of fresh raw meat.
A StrOna Grasp.
A leopard in the neighborhood will soon
get scent of this, and come to steal it. AS
he crouches in front of the stockade the
ikanda, angry at his intrusion, will thrust
his foot through a crack and grasp the leg
of the leopard. This he will hold for hours
The natives declare that the great beast
cannot release himself, and that the little
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clude a great deal of sentiment. The
less the couple know Of each other
the moro exciting the event becomes;
and the reflection that each is, SO
to. speak. in the same boat. arouses in gen.
erous breasts the feelings of chivalrous
devotion. heroic sympathy and soft ad-
miration. which might be looked for should
young and healthy couple find them
selves alone upon a desert island. The lat
ter situation always ends in love and mar
rfage in the stories. And SO in France the
marriage of reason" concocted by par
ents. commences as generally with curios-
ity and admiration, as it ends with mutual
esteem. dependence, sympathy-and even
love-
One thing IL certain: the Easter wedding
bells Of France ring out with a consider
able assurance Of material success apart
from romance. The whole idea Of the
French marriage Is to do good to the young
couple not as Individuals but as new mem
bers Of 1.-The family" In this way rich
old uncle. placed between two nephews
one with an only son from a late, "pru-
dent" marriage. the other with a numerous
offspring from an early marriage of in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
ANECDOTES WORTH TELLING.
Each Has a Streak of Humor or
Grain of Philosophy.

Each Has a Streak of Humor or q
Grain of Philosophy.
From the New York Mail and Express.
relates that during a conversation with
George Eliot. not long before her death. .
vase toppled over on the mantelpiece. The
great writer quickly and unconsciously put
out her hand to stop its fall. IT hope"
said she, replacing 1t. that the time will
come when we shall instinctively hold Up
the man or woman who begins 10 fall az
naturally and unconsciously as we arrest o
falling piece OF furniture or an ornament.s
A tutor Of one Of the Oxford colleges who
hmped in his walk was some years aRo
accosted by a well-known politician who
asked him II he was not the chaplain OF
the college at such a time, naming the
interrogation observed: II knew you by
your limp" We'll" said the DOCTOR 'ft
seemed my limping made a deeper impress
sion than my preaching" "Ah. DOCTOR"
was the reply, with ready wit, lit is the
highest compliment We can pay a minister
to say that he is known by his walk rather
than by his conversation"
Sir Ashley Cooper. on visiting Paris, was
asked by the surgeon zen chef of the EN-.
pire how many times he had performed o
certain wonderful feat of surgery. He re.
piled that he had performed the operation
thirteen times. "Ah but, monsieur, i have
done him 160 times How many times did
Frenchman, after he had looked into tho
blank amazement of Sir Astleys face. a."
said the Englishman, saved eleven out Of
thirteen. How many did you save out Of
l60?' "Ah, monsieur, l lose dem ail; but
de operation was very brilliant"
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during which time 1 gave considerable at
tention to its habits. So far as / am able
to learn, 1t is an entirely new species of
small group known as slow lemurs. Up to
this time there have only been two species
OF this genus known in Africa, but the
specimen in my possession is not identical
with either. / have never found a speci-
men of 1t In any museum, either in this
country or abroad, and I have found no
Eoologist who has ever seen or known one.
1t Is neither a potto nor an awantibo,
though 1T doubtless belongs to that group,
being included in the genus of lemuroids
called "Arctocebus''-i. e., bear apes.
The native name Of this animal Is ''Ikan-
d." and it appears to be confined to a
small scope Of country along the equator
In West Central Africa; its habitat does
not extend to the coast, but stops at the
edge of the delta lines. 1t Is uncertain
how far it extends to the interior. found
very few Of the natives of the low country
that knew the native name Of the animal,
and most of them assured me that it lived
tar away In the hill country; but nearly
every one of the negroes from the interior
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the consent Of parents is at eighteen for
the man and fifteen for the girl. But when
families desire to bring about a marriage
between children of q tenderer age they
have but to obtain dispensation from the
president, paying the legal fees. which come
to $50. Between the two extremes the pow-
ers Of parents lte-to force their offspring
into alliances at an undiscriminating age
or to hold them back in mischievous cell
fbacy until well on toward middle life
The effect is a two-sided one but it is the
girls of France who seem to suffer most
All this legal power is for the advantage Of
the parents of young men, a weapon to
counterbalance the moral power which
mothers and fathers always have upon their
daughters. Our son shall not marry your
They would much prefer that he should
ruin half a dozen other girls of lower rank
Here Is all the explanation Of the "demi-
monde" in the country of its existence In
other lands young men are entangled into
marriage by designing people, and their
families make the best Of 1t. In France this
romance takes another form.
Marriages being nearly always reason
able" in this sweet land, the legal prelim-
inaries which lead thareto are decent and
orderly. The state exacts that every one
who marries shall go through q civil cere-
mony before the mayor Of the ward in which
one party or other has lived six months.
Religious marriages or home marriaxes''
have no meaning In the eyes of the law.
And the civil marriage demands ''proofs."
In Order to Marry.
There must be the written acts Of consent
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q tree, selecting q bough which they can
grasp with the feet. They always lie upon
the upper side Of the limb, with the head
toward the top Of the tree. but they some
times rest the body on the base Of the
spinal column. stretching out the arms at
full length, and resting the chin on the
breast In this position they will sit for
hours.
AS a rule they walk on. all fours, but
they. have q habit Of standing erect on
their hind legs. They rarely do this, how
ever. without holding by their hands to
some object.
In eating they always take their food in
one hand. Just as child would; and II it
happens to be anything that sticks to the
hand, when they have finished they lick
the hands perfectly clean.
The specimen that had was fond OF sew
eral kinds of fruit, but the food that he
appeared to like best was a certain kind Of
green grasshopper very common in that
While he preferred this particular in
sect, there were some other kinds that he
would eat when hungry, but there were
some kinds which he refused to touch at
all. To test this strung variety of these
insects on a fine wire, and stretched it be-
fore him. He quickly picked Off the green
ones, and swallowed them; then a few Of
the others, which he ate with less eager
ness, leaving the rest undisturbed. Another
food that he was fond Of was young
snail when from one to two inches long;
for larger or smaller ones of the same
kind he did not seem to care. His teeth
indicated that large part of his food con-
sisted Of insects, and it Is probable that the
long claw on his toe was designed to aid in
their capture. ......
Although he was exceedingly slow in
most of his movements, there was one ex-
ception. When food was offered him he
made no sign or motion whatever until 1t
came within certain distance; then he
would thrust out his hand with incredible
k@I,
this act the movement of his hand was so
quick that the eyes could scarcely follow
1t. and he was SO accurate in his aim that
he never missed the object.
Fond of Biting.
My own specimen Of the Ikanda was an
ungrateful wretch, and as treacherous AS
pc ssible. I tried for months to tame him.
He would eat from my hand with perfect
equanimity, and appeared to be as tame as
o kitten, until he had secured the last
.norsel of food held in sight; then he would
snap my finger as quickly as he had seized
the food. Several times when / gave him
food with my fingers he took the morsel
in his mouth and at the same moment bit
my finger. They are very silent animals,
and during the whole time that I had this
one I never heard him utter the slightest
sound except low, faint squeak when an
cry.
AS I have already stated, the grasp of
the ikanda is remarkable. I have had this
little beast seize my finger. and I have
worked for several minutes at time, I'M
able to extricate it. The more you try to