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The evening times., 1896-12-16
IN THE BLzzARD's GRASP
SevereSt SnOwStOrm of the Win
ter in New York.
FIVE INCHES ON THE GROUND
Wind Blowing Fifty-six Miles an
Hour at Sandy HOOk-Nineteen
Steamers Due From European
POrts-Old Casino Building at
Atlantic City Collapsed.

New York, Dec. 16.-This city and Vi
cinity is today in the center of the severest
snowstorm OF the winter 1t is accom-
panied by winds of great velocity. The
storm started in the lower Mississippi
Valley last Monday, switched TO the At
lautic coast over Florida, and passed up the
coast, increasing in severity until early
today it reached climax.
AT O'Clock this morning the wind had
reached the maximum. 1t was then blow
ing at the rate of fort y-eight miles an hour.
By O'Clock, however, the wind had fallen
to thirt Use ven miles an hour. BY 8
O'Clock nearly five inches of SNOW mad
fallen. The temperature here at O'Clock
this morning was % degrees. In the next
hour it rose one degree.
The barometer IN the Weather Bureau
early today registered 29.T2 inches, the
lowest reported from any Of the coast sta
tions, making this city the center Of the
storm
TRAFFIC GREATLY IMPEDED.
Weather Forccastcr Dunn informed a re-
porter of the United Associated Presses
today that the Indications are that the
snow and high winds will continue all day,
but will probably decrease or stop alto
Sether toward night. Traffic is materially
impeded by the snowfalls, but no serious
delays have been reported on any OF the
railroads. The wind blew the snow into
great piles on the sidewalks Of the city, and
it was with much difficulty that pedes-
trians made their way about town.
The sleet which had fallen on the side
walks and frozen now began to make il
dangerous for pedestrians. Outside the
city the reports ut the Weather Bureau
show ed that the wind at Sandy Hook at
. o'clock was blowing at fifty six miles an
hour and at Atlantic City forty miles.
The coldest place in the country today,
accerding to early reports at the Weather
Bureau, is Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, where
at S O'Clock the thermometer registered 10
degrees above zero.
The coolest December IL in the history
of the Weather Buraau was IN ST6, when
the mercury fell to . degrees.
There are nineteen steamers now due
here from European ports. This is an
unusually large list, and 1t contains the
names of nine steamers that are from two
10 six days overdue, the cause, OF course
being attributed to the rough weather
which has prevailed at sea recently.
HARD TINE FOR STEAMERS.
The terrific northeast gale and snow
storm which are now prcyalc nj In this vicin-
lty and which are moving scaward directly
in the path of incoming European steam
crs. is calculated 10 prove n most severe
rounding up of the tedious and tempcStuOus
voyages OF many # the vessels now strug-
Cling 20 reach this harfor.
At Sandy Hook the wind is from the
north northeast, blowing n forty mile gait,
with a binding snow storm. NJ vessels
have been reported, in or out, At Sandy
Hook or quarantine since early this morn
Ing.
The evening times., 1896-12-16

Atlantic City, n. J.. Zee. lG.-A fifty
mile gale has been vhistlinG through At
lantic City since 3 O'Clock yesterday after
noon, rolling the sea in huge breakers high
on the beach. The gale is accompanied by
a mixture Of rain and slect. making IL cx-
treinely nastc for mariners off the coast.
Late yesterday afternoon the old Casino
building in which the Elks' social session
disaster occurred two years ago, was
blown down. several carpenters employed
on the building at the time Of the cola pse
miraculo uSly escaped. The lifc-sayiDg
station is flying hurricane signals.
The evening times., 1896-12-16
Treasury Receipts.

The receipts from internal revenue to-day
were $35s,2s6; from customs. $442, ,01s,
and miscellaneous, S3S,313.
The evening times., 1896-12-16
Buy Sensible
PRESENTS.

By all means buy
something of a sub
stantial nature. Some
thing that will delight,
yet prove useful.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
THINGS STRANGE AND CURIOUS

West Woolwich, Me-, is perhaps
unique in not having a dog within the
village limits.
a woman in Norway, Mich, coughed
so hard n few days ago that she broke
one of her ribs.
A balloon sent up from Paris recently
attained n height of $4,000 meters, or
ebout 01s miles, before it came down
near Cambrai.
A citizen of Bddleford, Me, who failed
TO be elected mayor of the town at the
recent election. has accepted the jani-
torship of the city building.
Copenhagen is to have q worans
theater, with women to manage it,
women to act all the parts. and women
to write the play. A beginning will be
made with play by Margaret Thorson
Cougars are unusually and unpleas.
antly numerous in the neighborhood of
Hope, Idaho. They are said to be rapid
ly thinning out the deer in that region
and are causing much trouble to stock
men.
\ team consisting of three horses and
an OK is in regular service hauling lum
Der to the railroad stations in Aroostool
county, Me. The OK is harncsscd Will
hit and breeching. and works harmoni
cusly and we'll beside one of the horses
The news boy., 1896-04-25
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR SAYINGS

"Going to pot" is reminder of the
days when boiling 10 death was legal
punishment of parricidcs.
"To be in n brown study" is cor
1uption of brow study. study requir.
ing much thought and contraction OF
the Grows.
"Knockcd into a cooked hat" is OK
pressive of the ease with which this
article. especially when old, assumed
almost any shape.
"As dead as herring" is an EXPIRES
sion arising from the fact that herring
die very quickly after being taken on,
of the water.
"Please the pigs" is n corruption q
"please the pyx," a receptacle used ny
clergy of the Roman faith to contain
the host or sacred waters.
"To catch n weasel asleep is inlica
tive of the extreme vigilance of thcs,
animals. who are disturbed. and mad,
wide awake by any sound, however
slight.
''.As jolly as sand boy" represent:
the hopping TO and fro of marin,
insect seen everywhere along ourcoasts
whose leaps give the idea of mirth ans
jollity.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
Blo THINGS N THE BUG LINE.

Venezuela il little republic but she
has one thing that is the biggest OF its
kind on earth. 1t is bug--the largest
insect In all the world. The creature
is known as the elephant beetle" and
when full grown IL weighs nearly half
pound.
In tropical America occur certain
huge species Of bugs that ore closely re-
lated to the familiar elcctric-light bugs
Of this country. Like the latter, which
has been popularity known only since
the introduction of the electric light,
they fly at night, living during the day
Mt the bottom of ponds.
There is n butterfly of the Malay
Peninsula and Malayan Archipelago
which has spread of ten inches. In
India and tropical Africa arc found
giant forms of those remarkable in
scots known as walking sticks" They
look like twigs of trees. Some of them
measure 1S inches in length. They are
related to grasshoppers and katydids'
In Europe giant beetles have con-
siderable market value, commanding
prices in proportion to their size. in
London there are regular auctions OF
insects, and single butterfly has been
known to bring as much as $500. A
specimen of the rare and very large
Goliath beetle is worth $50. This is the
largest beetle of the world, and it first
became known through missionaries in
| the Congo basin.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
KILLED BY BURGLARS.
Leo Hlrth, of indianapolis, Shot Through
the Heart While Pursuing Burglars In
His Home.

Leo Hirth, of indianapolis, Shot Through
the Heart While Pursuing Burglars In
His Home.
INDIANPoLIs, Ind, April aO.-Leo
Hirth, a well-known and wealthy Ger.
man citizen, living at 1920 west WASH
ington street, where lie conducted a
large grocery business, was instantly
killed at two o'clock yesterday morn
ing by two masked men who were dis
covered in his bedroom and whom he
pursued into the rear part of the house.
Mrs. Hirth was awakened by noise
in the room, and, rising in bed, saw
two men standing in the doorway
leading to another room. She gave
the alarm by calling to her husband,
who was in a deep sleep by her side.
at the same instant one of the men
leveled pistol at her and fired, the
bullet entering the headboard just
above where she lay. A second shot
followed an instant later and the two
men turned towards the rear of the
house.
Iiirth was awakened by the first
shot, but seemed not to realize what
had occurred until the second shot was
fired, when he sprang from the bed.
lie then passed into the room back of
his sleeping apartment. A third shot
was fred as the man fed from the room
pursued by Hirth. Mrs. IIirth ran to
the front door of the house and made
her exit, screaming at the top of her
voice for help. A number of the neigh
bors were aroused and came quickly tc
the place, and when they entered the
house Hirth was found upon the foo,
with bullet in his heart.
Hirth was known to keep large sums
Of money in the house.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
FROM AoNoLULU.

+
udtnisssr wnus Takes Exceptions to 5ur-
posed inspired Article, hut 10 Moiliflcd
Upon Explanation Tho Sugar DArOns
kvadc the Payment nj Just TaHation--
Nine Riotous Portuguese Seriously In-
3ured By the Clubs of the Police.
Especial Correspondence OF the United Press
per Steamer Gnclic.l
HoNoLuLu, April 11.--Minister VIII.
lis, who will sail for the east on
the 10th inst, on sixty days fur.
Tough, paid his official farewell visit to
the executive on April IL. After the
customary interchange of friendly
speeches, the minister took occasion to
express his dissatisfaction with par.
agraph in the Advertiser of that date,
intimating that it was the organ Of
the government, Collector j. Il. Castle
being a principal stockholder therein.
Foreign Minister Cooper assured Mr..
Willis that the Advertiser was in no
way controlled or inspired by the gov
ernment and promised to speak to the
editor about the offending article,
which he did. The offending para
graph was one quoted without COM
ment from an editorial in the WASH
ington Star. the most damaging words
of which were: minister Willis has
no value whatever in Honolulu. But
II anything he is standing affront to
the people for whom the people of the
United States feel a warm attach
ment."
In the next issue it was pointed out
that the paragraph from the Wash
ington Star was printed without com.
ment and asserted the papers absolute
independence of the government. 1t
expresses regret that the American
representative should have been mis-
led by rumors, and sincerely hoped
that Mr.. Willis would fully recover
his health, which has been sadly
broken by the nervous strain incl
dent to the trying position he has oc-
| cupied.
Since the disagreement of the 18th
of January there has been no direct
exchange of social courtesies between
Minister Willis and any member of
the executive.
Considerable excitement has fol low
ed the very reluctant publication of
tax lists showing the 81 sugar corpor-
ations with S31, ,sG2 900 of~capital stock
paid last year only slol,114 in taxes,
less than SO per cent. of the lawful one
per cent, if assessed at their nominal
value, which is generally much below
the actual.
GThc sugar barons have done their
utmost to prevent this publication OF
the facts. The legislature is certain
to find remedy for this unequal tax.
alton.
A riot of Portuguese took place Oh
the evening of the 5th. 1t was acci
dentally provoked and had not the
slightest political significance. Nine
Portuguese were seriously hurt by the
clubs of the police.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The senate was not in session on the
18th. 80. In the eouse Mr.. Cannon
rep, 1ll.) reported the general def
cheney bill, giving notice that he would.
at the earliest practicable day, ask the
house TO consider it. The business OF
the house was suspended at two o'clock,
and eulogies of the late Gen. Coggswcll,
representative from the Sixth district
of Massachusetts, were delivered by a
number of members, after which, as
further mark of respect for the mem.
ory of the deceased, the house, at 2:30
p. H., adjourned.
THE developments in the case of Mrs.
Dyer, recently arrested at Reading,
England, in conn ection with the dis
covery of the bodies of a number of in
fants in the Thames, are horrifying in
the extreme. Wholesale infant MUIR
der has been traced to her door.
A SPECIAL cable dispatch from La
Guayra, Venezuela, says: 1.-The war
ship Rivas is back, with Gen. Paredos
on board, triumphant. The uprising
which suddenly occurred in Nirgasta
was crushed and the leaders cap
tured."
ARTHUR /. FOREMAN, first governor
of West Virginia, afterward United
States senator and for eight years
judge of the fourth judicial circui,
court, died in Parllcrsburg, W. Va OF
the 10Th, after two weeks illness.
EX-Gov. WILLIAM Il. RUSSELL, o.
Massachusetts,, through Judge Johr
w. Corcoran, chairman of the demo
cratic state committee, has announced
his candidacy for the nomination fol
the presidency.
A DECREASE beyond all precedent il
the Australian wool clip for 1895 ha.
been reported to the state department
by Daniel w. Marratta, United State.
consul general at Melbourne.
THE gold output of California fo
the year 1895 was SIS, 1874, 3l7. 90, as com
pared with Si3, 1868, ,2sl.s9 in 1894. Tn
silver output for 1895 was $500, 7s9. "a
against Sa02, ,33l.55 for 1894.
The Daughters of the Revolution
} are raising funds to erect monument
to the memory of Francis Scott Kew
author of 'The Star Spangled Ban
; ner."
A SPECIAL cable from Valparaiso
Chilli, says: The government is abou
! to mobilize 1900 of the nationa
guards recently enrolled.
Ex-CoNsUL WALLER is threatene
with the loss of his eyesight as the re
: suit of his confinement in Frenc
prison.
LEuT. PEARy, the arctic explorer.
IL rumored. may again head an explo,
aas sSpedition ta the Arctic Fssiaa+
The news boy., 1896-04-25
NOTES OF EUROPEAN ROYALTY.

The prince of Wales will have a sale t
Sandringham on July , of short -horl,
cattle and Southdown sheep raised by
him OH his Wolferton farm.
Pierre Lott is said to spend more of
his time before the camera than any
man in Europe, except Kaiser Wilhelm,
and the prince of Wales. lie has mani:,
for Icing photographed in fancy cos
tunes.
Don Antonio Canovas del Castillo, the
prime minister of Spain, is an aristo-
crnt of oristocrats and ultra-conscrva-
tive. my policy" said he on one oc-
casion, sis to continue the history OF
Spain, not TO reverse it"
The news boy., 1896-04-25
A TERRlBLE EXPLOSION.

Seven Miners Killed and Six Injured
Some of Whom Cannot Recover.
BUTTE, Mont, April l9.-The Broad.
water mine at Neihart was the scene
of a terrible explosion early yesterday
morning, resulting in the death OF
seven miners and the serious injury OF
six others, some of whom cannot re
cover.
OF the men killed all were single ex
cept Frank Doran. At last accounts
James Gallagher was dying. 1t is alsc
feared that three others will die. A
special train carried the wounded t.
Great Falls.
There are several stories as to the
cause of the disaster, the most reason
able one being that the magazine, {
room used for thawing powder at tn,
middle tunnel of the mine. exploded
just as the men were returning from
lunch at one o'clock.
One of the men was thawing pow
der, with the too frequent result tina
all the powder in the room, some 81
sticks, exploded. The explosion Sc
off a box of dynamite and scattere,
death among the men who happene,
to be passing at that time.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

THE District of Columbia court of
appeals, on the Tth, granted the writ
of error asked for in the case of Broker
Elverton r. Chapman, the recalcitrant
sugar trust witness, and admitted the
defendant to bail in the sum of $1,000.
until the supreme court takes action
On the matter.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

THE school census of Chicago, now
practically completed. shows the city
to have n population of. approximate
ly, 1,7To.oO0. This is an increase of 200,
600 over the school census of two years
ago. The directory estimate for 1895
was !, ,695, 600
The news boy., 1896-04-25

THE house committee on public lands.
on the 18th, unanimously agreed to
recommend an amendment to the bill
providing relief for the settlers in
Greer county, Okla. in giving to set
tiers of March 10, 1896. the privilege of
the free homestead laws.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

The belief is growing in Washington
that while Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will be
formally consul at Havana, he will be
really special commissioner for the
president TO make Q careful report as a
military expert upon the condition OF
sffaira and report upon the progress OF
the insurgents. the strength and equip
meut Of the armies commanded by Go,
r.ea and 1aceo, and such other infor-
nstios = msy b Of service 70 the gsv-
j1gnueHt
The news boy., 1896-04-25

THE ways and means committee, on
the 18th. ordered favorable report on
the bill of Mr.. c. w. Stone, of Penn
sylvania, repeating outright and un-
ronditionally clause 61 of the Wilson
tariff law, providing for free alcohol
in the arts.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

SENATOR JUSTIN S. MORRILL,, of Yer
mont, the venerable father OF the sem
ate, was SO years of age, on the 13th,
and at night gave reception to politi-
cal and personal friends to celebrate
the occasion.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
Spring
Medicine

our blood In Spring is almost certain W
be full Of impurities-the accumuiation
OF the winter months. Bad ventilaHon
Of sleeping rooms, impure air in dwell
ines. factories and shops, over-eatinss
heavy, improper foods, failure OF the
kidneys and liver properly to do extra
work thus thrust upon them, are the
prjme causes Of this condition. 1t Is OF
the utmost Importance that you
The news boy., 1896-04-25

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 18th,
as reported by r. G.. Dun & Co., were
223, against PAL for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were SO, against "A last year.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

! THE president, on the 18th, sent to
the senate 400 typewriter pages of
correspondence in reference to affairs
in Cuba, from November, 1875, to 1878
in regard to the attempts of the United
States to offer mediation or interven-
tion in the first Cuban rebellion, which
was called for by resolution adopted
March "a last.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

On the 18th the committee on post
offices and post roads ordered favor
able report on an amendment to the
the sundry civil bill throwing open to
competition the contract for printing
postage stamps.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

VICTOR OSCAR TnGNER. the cclebra.
ted Austrian sculptor. died in Vienna,
on the 10th, from stroke of apoplexy,
only few days before the time fixed
for the unveiling of his masterpiece, Il
monument to Mozart. He was in his
fifty-second year.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

MoNsIGNoR CREToNI, papal nuncio to
Madrid, has been instructed to pro-
posi- to the Spanish government that
Spain accept the mediation of the
pope; or, failing that, to cndeavor to
secure the acceptance by Spain of the
mediation of the United States to the
end of obtaining the pacification of
Cuba.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

The recent contest for mayor and
members Of the city council at Gaylord,
Kas., in which the women won sig
nal victory, electing their entire ticket,
has engendered a bitter warfare be-
tween the men and women. Mrs. An
tonette Haskell, the mayoress, has
threatened to make clean sweep in
appointive offices.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

ELLIS ISLAND, N. Y, was crowded,
on the l4th, by the advance guard of
an invading horde Of pauper Italian
immigrants. Right on top of the
swarm Of nearly l,40o unloaded from
the Bolivia, there came another hun
cry contingent of 1900 landed from
the steamer Alcsia.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

The Greater New York bill was
passed by the New York senate, on the
18th, over the vetoes of the mayors of
New York and Brooklyn. The vote
was "a ayes to IA noes.
The news boy., 1896-04-25
Purify
Your Blood

yow. as when warmer weather comes ana
the tonic effect of cold bracing air 10
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will, not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss Of appetite, will
omen the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out Of humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods Sarsaparilla stands un'
eoualled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take 1t as the!R
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
The news boy., 1896-04-25

MARSHAL YAMAGATA OF Japan, on
the eve of his departure from New
York city for Europe, on the 18th, is
sued statement thanking the Amer
ican people for the friendly reception
he met all over the country.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

The Massachusetts, legislature, on
the 18th, side-tracked, after hot fight,
the bill to erect a statue of the late
Benjamin F. Butler on the statehouse
grounds. The committee on ways and
means, In giving its reasons, objected
toiLcurring the expense at present. and
said: I'VE believe that true regard
for art and economy requires further
deliberstion."
The news boy., 1896-04-25

HENRY 9. FRIcK, chairman of tho
Carnegie Steel Co., will build mag
nificent hospital for children on a 40
acre lot at Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh,
Pa, within the next year, at a cost of
$500, 900.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

THE house committee on territories
held special meeting, on the 14th, at
which favorable report was ordered
on the bill admitting Arizona to state
hood. The vote was five to two.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

The first election in New Jersey to
vote on an appropriation for the con
struction of cycle path took place in
Asbury Park, on the 14th, and the
wheelmen carried the day by vote of
21s to 81. The path will be six feet
wide, and will extend from Asbury
Park to Trenton, distance of 50
miles.
The news boy., 1896-04-25

: CHARLES H. vooRHIs, an ex-member
Of congress, committed suicide in his
law Office, in the Davidson building,
Jersey City, N. j., on the 18th.
The news boy., 1896-04-25


All the herds of cattle of the Mis-
souri, state agricultural college havo
been treated for tuberculosis by means
of koch's lymph.
The test was conducted by DR.. John w. Con.
way, professor Of veterina ary science in the
Missouri state university, and j. X. Hickman,
assisted by the students in veterinary
medicine. None Of the animals showed
the slightest indication of disease and all
were pronounced entirely healthy. Four herds
Of thoroughbred cattle are kept by the college
for instructional and experimental purposes,
to-wit: Jerseys, shorthorns, Uerefords and
Aberdeen Angus The foundation stock of
these herds was produced in 1885,. and since
that time opportunity has been offered for the
Introduction of disease among the cattle. This
Is the first public test for tuberculosis con-
Quoted in MsSousi, and it is gratifying to the
university authorities aud the consumers of
dairy products to learn that the herds arc free
from contlgiOn
The news boy., 1896-04-25
E.-Couvict. Arrested for Counterfe.ins

Ex-Couvicts Arrested for Counterfeting.
SPOKANE, WASH, April 20.-Secret
Service agents of the government
raided little shanty in the timber
near this city late Saturday night, and
captured two men engaged in making
counterfeit silver coin.
Their paraphernalia and lot of bo
gus coin were secured. George John.
son and George Craig are the names OF
the prisoners. Both are ex-convicts.
Five other members of the gang es.
capped. This is the crowd 'wiIo flooded
the city with spurious coin month
ago and for whom the officers have
been in search.
Death of West virginia's First Governor.
PARKERsBUBe, w. Va, April 2O.--
Arthur l. Foreman, first governor oi
West Virginia, afterwards United
States senator and for eight years
judge of the fourth judicial circuit
court, died yesterday morning at 9:3(
o'clock after two weeks illness.
A general breaking down of his con.
stitution brought ON by overwcrk and
old age was the cause of his death
He took an active part in the forma,
tion Of the state Of West Virgins and
hes been one Of its leading citiseni
eter since. His death leaves but two
q tAs states sx-9QylFueFs hysag,