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New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
AN OFFICIOUS INDIVIDUAL CAUSES AN
IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TROUBLE.

HE SEES SMOKE POURING OUT OF THE pARK-AvE.
TUNNEL AND CALLS OUT A LOT OF FIRE AP-
PARArUs. RESERVES FROM TWO PRE-
CINCTs A LOT OF HEADQUARTERS
MEN AND TWO AMBuLANcEs.
Dwellers in the neghborhood OF Eghty-eighth-
st. and Park-av We're Mortified yesterday after
noon TO see dense black cloud Of smoke pour
out of one of the big wells that connect the tun-
mel of the New-York Central Railroad with the
upper air. Somebody ran to Eighty-sxth-st. and
turned in fire alarm. Perhaps 1t was the same
public-spirited individual that went to a public
telephone. called up Police Headquarters and
yelled over the wire that terrible accident had
happened in the tunnel at Eighty -eighth-st.
Half platoon at the East Eighty -eighth-st.
station had just been hurried out of their cots
at the alarm of fire and were tumbling into the
patrol wagon to go to it. when the message came
upon the telephone from Headquarters to send
all the reserves to Eighty -eghth-st. and Park
ave, because a terrible catastrophe had occurred
in the tunnel In jiffy. fifty policemen We're
pitching downstairs from their barracks into
the main room of the station. The patrol-wagon
went away up Eighty -eighth-st. as fast as the
horses could After it in n moment came
the entire reserve OF the Twenty seventh Pre-
cinct IN the run. People in the street thought
that something terrible had happened and an
immense crowd hocked at the heels OF the police
men At Eighty y-eighth-st. and Park-ave. the
wide thoroughfare was blocked with people.
Fire-wagons and engines were arriving and. in
answer TO another summons from Headquar-
tiers. two ambuances from the Presbyterian
Hospital came changing up from the south a
the while the dense black clouds were steadily
pouring out of the tunnel.
The police drove the crowd back Dlock IN
each direction. The lremen were disappearing
down ladders into the hole 1t was found that
a barrel of OIL used to light the signal lamps In
the tunnel had caught fire from a passing en-
gine. ,.
The firemen extinguished it in ten minutes
Nobody had been injured. Firemen. police ana
ambulances then went back home. No one KNOWS
who gave the alarm
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
HEADING FOR NEW-YORH.
THE WESTERN STORM EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE HERE TO-DAY.
WARMER WEATHER PREDIcTED-YEsTERDAY A
HIGH TIDE CAUSED THE FLOODING
OF SCUTH-ST. CELLARS.

OF sCUTH-sT CELLARS.
Overshocs and mackintoshes will be in de-
mand to-day, If the storm of snow. sleet and
rain which is raging in he West and Southwest
reaches here time. the weather prophets
say they have reason tc believe 1t VIII.
The storm began in the Southwest early in
the week. and is travelling in a northeasterly
direction at the rate of more than thirty miles
an hour, doing a great deal Of damage to tele-
graph wires as 1t hOwls along Communication
with the West was a matter Of great difficulty
early yesterday and for some time Chicago
could only be reached in a roundabout way
Along the South Atlantic coast rain fall
ing heavily and the thermometer was rapidly
Local Weather Bureau yesterday. 1t was snow
ing fast in the storms wake, and 1t is possible
that New-York may soon experience the first
heavy snowstorm OF the winter.
An unusually high tide came in yesterday.
and along South-st a humber Of cellars were
so badly flooded that they had to be pumped
cut Near Jones Lane :hc cellar OF liquor store,
In which various casks. kegs and barrels were
stored, was invaded by the water and the bar
rels hoated around If they were confined in
tie Eold o. a waterlogged ship. 1t took several
hours Of hard pumping to clear the cellar OF the
water. The flooding Of the cellars was ca1sei
by the high tide backing the water up In the
sewer pipes.
The official prediction from Washington OF the
weather In this region to-day is OF snow, prob
ably turning to rain. Warmer temperature is
also predicted although a cold wave has been
following In the wake OF the storm from the
West. Brisk easterly winds may be expected.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24

THE PROPERTY SAID TO BE IN CHANCERY
IN ENGLAND.

Abraham q Meyer. n lawyer at No. lS2 nassau
St said Yesterday that he expected to go 10 Eng
land some day TO continue an investigation Dy
which he and number OF his relatives IN Uhis
country hope to get "A share OF an estate In 'han-
Gerry They have been led TO believe that DAVID
Seymour Strauss. who died In India In MI ieft an
estate which IL stIll In Chancery and IL valued AT
about So 600 and they all claim relationship 10
Strauss Mr.. Meyer said yesterday that ne had
no definite information about the estate, nut he
knew that some attempts had been made to bvy
up the claims OF the American relatives OF the DEAD
Strauss. and Mr.. Meyers grandmother once had
some papers relating TO the claim ,-- l.,
There are about seventy relatives OF Strauss IN
this country and in Germany. According 10 the
family traditions Strauss was born In Altheim,oh-
the Main I'm 100. and ran away from nome "nei'
ne was n boy because ne had nearly killed pay,
mate He went to India. having taken an assumed
name and there made "A fortune or about ti-,V'V,' ~
which was placed In Chancery when ne dled III lN1l
The trouble has been to trace relationship TO man
who had taken an assumed name. and relatives OF
Strauss had been engaged in the TASK ior 'hil's
years Mr.. Meyer said.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
SUSPECTED OF ROBBING MRS. PHIPPS.

.pprsr or A MAN WHO ANSWERS THE DE-
scRIPTIoN OF HER AssAIIANT
Captain Westervelt, OF the East One-hundred-
and -fourth-st station saw a rough-lookng man at
One hundred nd -seventh-st. and Third-ave yes
terday afternoon who answered the description
given OF the assailant OF Mrs. Phipps. who was
assaulted and robbed in the hallway of her home
in East Seventy -sccond-st few days ago The
captain arrested him. The man said he was
Nathan Hrschberg. nineteen years old. OF No 2sS
East Fifty y-seyenth-st. Two fingers Of one OF his
ha nds were bruised, II they had been bitten. He
was turned over to the Central ONCE detectives.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
WHAT WAS JAMEsONs OFFENCE?

OFFICERS OF THE CROWN ARE SAID TO BE IN
,prE TO FIND 1T IN ENGLISH LAW.
London. Jan 2s-"The Morning" VIII to-Inorro"
say that the law officers of the Crown are unable 10
find an offence IN the English law FOR which Dr'
Jameson. the leader Of the raid INTO the liahS'aa
can be either civilly or crminally tried Ihe law
oe,cors tho manor adds have advised the Gov
eminent to appoint n commission OF judges, similar
the Parnell Commission toinquire INTO 'he "hoie
matter. a.. ....,..,o,
THE Morning" further says that the commission On
will probably appoint sub-cornmlssion 10 ko 10
South Africa to collect evidence and examine wit
neSseS.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
BALLOTING AT FRANKFORT.

Frankfort, KY. Jan. 23-The Senatorial deadlock
was still preserved to-day. There was no chahse
in its status from yesterday. except the formation
of pair between Messrs. Fcrce and Burnan, which
reduced the total number present 10 IA Inc o, v91e
as announced stood Hunter, G6; Blackburn. 5I VIII
SON /: Buckner. 2: Carlisle. I; McCreary. g. Poor
Iop) from Pendleton. voted for Bate. the Popust
inaa
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
A CHANCE FOR INTERVENTION.
HOW CHRISTIANS IN ADANA AND ALEPPO MAY BE

PROTECTED WITHOUT DISTURBING THE
PEACE OF EURoPE-wHY THE AR
MENIANs FEEL SECURE IN ZEITOUN.
london, Jan. 1.-THE United Press corre-
'ponoent in Constantinople sends the following;
Inc situation now Is one which Distinctly
'sis Tor European Intervention like that IN
'ne Lebanon In 1860. The provinces Of Adana
'no A!cppo can be temporarily occupied ana
yaoer restored there by European troops Ihe
YVES OF the Christian population of these prov
."ses can be made secure In no other way. Such
.-'ssventlon. limited to those two provinces
"S''o not threaten the integrity Of the Empire
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24

peaceful solution Of tho question 1t sees much
significance in the anger OF the LIMOGES az tn.s
efforts. II again contends that Lord SALISBURY
dispatch far from refusing, made a speclnc oie'
TO arbitrate the Guiana boundary dispute an. u
clares IL be secret that the Prime Minister u
quite prenared TO consider favorably any fair ana
frank suggestion modifying the details.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
NO AFFAIR FOR THE FOREIGN OFFICE.
A LONDON PAPER SAYS THAT WORD FROM MR.
CLEVELAND TO PRESIDENT CREsPo WOULD
PRODUCE A DECISIVE RESULT IN


PRODUCE DECISIVE RESULT IN
THE VENEZUELA QUESTION
rondon JAN 23.-"The Daily News Will, IN It's
,ssre NJ Tomorrow again plead for settlement OF
,ha Anglo-American dispute. 1t will sim up the
pr,isb advances but will say 1t Is equally true that
,,a iustice has been done by the press and public
T., ,he United States TO the strength OF England's
,as,,,on and the equity Of her conduct The paper
,arks upon the silence Of Lord Salisbury. and de-
,.ras mai the matter cannot be left to the Foreign
Onice. 1t adds A.. .o,oss,o,o,
ihe ptSsts shall deal with technical diplomacy but
dlPiaro broad principles concerning wnich me
tn.ie an" mus, be heard and It's voice needed j. ne
natV ni1s neople will not have war win the 'hiteo
Sr..is. S.. -. m there is the end OF II.
.ar,,. DaIly News appeals to WASHINGTON 10 IN
,aarIv 10 Venezuela that the United states
,. The question to be speedily sett.ea, hiu ~.
wishes h, the a word from President CleVeianu 10
ciarei,ent % %C,respo would produce declsise .
fresiuo ~ %a,.e" ~ II tomorrow ay ;hat me eraw-
~ re legal aspects OF ths i,I'sr s,r,sssd Nv the
ing IN 'tsrdsry ~ dispute has been intrus,eu ps ,.ie
Guiana Dou"I to SIR Frederick POLLOCK CORPUS p'o
Government ssorndence so Of oxford University.
iesso' ,,-pv READY FOR A SUGGESTION.
, ,r,,,es. tomorrow will contain an ar",'e
Inc the Anglo-Amerfcan situauoh III sne
asea' 30 rho latest developments. IL aoe. nv .,
nsn' ~ y. new views, but recognizes 'ne enS -,
duce srnment any nr at washington to bring ABOUT
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24

Hernando De Soto Money, OF Carroon. Miss
was born in Holmes County, in that State. In lS'9
Ue IS an alurnLus of the Law School. and was a
sfudcn, IN the literary department Of the University
of Mississippi: member OF the NIslNtn
XI.Vth XLNIth. XLVIGth. XLNIlIih and Lila
Congresses and was re-ele,fed as "A Democrat TO
the IIVth Congress
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
THE RICHEST MAN IN FLORIDA DEAD.

Key West. Fla. Jan. 2-WiIl!am Curry. eighty
years old a leading citizen OF Key West and the the
richest man in Florida died to-day of heart dis
ease The value Of his estate Is estimated at
81 800 900.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
SILVER MEN WAITING REINFoRcEMENTa

A VOTE ON THE JONES BILL NOT TO BE TAAS"
BEFORE THE UTAH SENATORS ARRIVE
Washington, Jan. q (SpecaD.-The d's'no"n. "...
Of the free-s.lver-coinage managers IN the Sensc
70 risk a vote on the Jones silver Dill uh'" M s.'.
the arrival of the two senators-elest rom "a.
was still further demonstrated to-day ""r"
"a, 80 ' .a.,n ovadsd n suggestion from the Repuo-
Liar eide that a definite time be fixed FOR Votns
on the pending silver imitation measure. 50 iar .ns
advocates OF the bill have completely monopon]eo
' ,.hats and although several whole sessions
have been wasted on private bills and miscellaneous
legislation Mr. Jones has steadily dechned 10 prom.
ice any relief from discussion or TO ask consent
that the silver bill may be disposed OF On ecs
tain fixed day. Mr. Adrich pushed MN 6it ns asrse
this Afternoon but failed TO secure dennite asIe
ment when debate should STOP although the sreater
nnr ~ The session was occupied again with an ex-
trraneous discussion OF Mr.. Seweils resolution at
tack,ng the Presidents Interpretation OF the Mon
roe Doctrine. . ... -, ,-...uv.r
coinage is probably safe one, but the silver men
fear to take any chances with several senators
who are ciassed as doubtful and think 1t the
better part OF vaor to make their night after
Ivtah's reinforcement of two votes to the silver
column becomes actually available A hnal vote
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
SHE HAS NO TROUBLE WITH ENGLAND
A DENIAL FROM BRAZIr. THAT CRUISER Is

BOUND TO TRINIDADE.
London jan 3-The Brazilian Legation here has
received a cable dispatch from the Government at
Rio de Janeiro denying officially that there Is any
trouble between Brazil and Great Britain or be-
tween Brazil and Italy. The dispatch also says
49, the VOYAGE OF the Brazilian cruiser Benjamin
Constant has no reference whatsoever to the Island
~ Trndade
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
THE LENNON JURY DISAGREES.
THEY REPORT no VERDICT AFTER BEING OUT
NEARLY SEVEN HOURS.

The Jury In the Criminal Branch or the supreme
Court which has been trying William r. Lennon.
owner Of the Orchard-st building which collapsed
last March, for manslaughter In the second degree
last night reported that they could not agree on
verdict They were discharged by Justice Smyth
The fury went out at D. m ana reported tne dis.
agreement at O:55 The vote stood to in favor OF
acauittal.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
A NEW SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI.
CONGRESSMAN II. u. MONEY CHOSEN on THE
TWENTIETH RAILOT.

Jackson Miss. jan &3.-Congressman II. ID
Money tonight received the Democratic caucus
nonina ion for United States Senator on the twentl-
eth ballot The vote as follows: Money, ~.
Leary, 36: Allen, 81; Hooker 3. The contest had
lasted three weeks.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-24

THIS RESPONSIBILITY WE ASSUME.
We are even more particular than customers
az to At We never allow a garment to leave our
store unless 1t is up to the mark In every detail.
GEORGE G.. BENJAMIN. BROADWAY. COR.
18TH ST.-(Advt
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
The Hardy German Carp.

German carp has been introduced
of late into many of the lakes and
rivers of the west A queer fish is
the carp 1t is said that carp may be
shipped from New York to Chicago
with only wet cloth around them
and bits of bread soaked in whisky
in their mouths and be none the
worse for the journey One day an
attendant at the St. Paul hatchery
was passing along near the pond
where the carp live when one of
them Topped out on the bank. The
attendant took care to cover it with
leaves and long grass, so that thf
sun could not get to it, and left it
there for "a hours Then he put the
fish back into the water, and it swan
away as though nothing had hap
pened. The carp has an odd way of
boring down into the mud when the
weather gets cold, staying there,
deeply i'm bedded, until the winter
is we'll over. Chicago Record
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
Dom Paul Kruger.

President Kruger, who came from
Cape Colony as a boy of 10 in the
great trek of 1886, has, since he
reached manhood, been conspicuous
in the military adventures and civil
troubles of the country To the nat
ural shrewdness and tenaoity of his
character these years of active and
changeful life have added great
experience of men and perfect
GOODNESS in emergencies. He is keen,
vigilant, astute and, above ALL reso-
lutte, and he represents so faithfully
the dominant feelings and the inbred
habits of the Boer people that he
has been able to acquire surprising
influence over them and to exert
over the assembly practical au-
thority far in excess of the very linn
tied powers which the constitution
of the republic permits to the presi-
dent. James Bryce, M. P, in Gen.
turY.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
All She Had Left.

She looked the picture of despair
as she entered the pawnshop. Her
face was thin and very pale, the
clothing she wore sha bby but care
fully brushed; her large, expressive
blue eyes we're sunk deep in her
head, and in her arms, wrapped in a
battered old shawl, she carried ba-
by less than year old.
No, the clerk could not let her
have S. on the plain gold ring she
pulled from her finger.
Bursting into tears, she said: ooh,
good God, what shall do? I must
have SIS for the rent, or baby and I
will be thrown on the street. y
With look of misery she sudden
~ took from the baby 8 neck a very
thin gold chain, to which a small
locket was attached. Having Sc
cured the required amount on the
last things she had to pawn, the
woman, all the while sobbing and
weeping, tenderly folded the shawl
around the baby and disappeared in
the throng of pedestrians. The ring
bore the simple inscription, John
to Mary, 1895, and the locket con-
tanned tintype of the baby.
That was all.-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
Queen Victoria.

The queen, at first through her
husband, afterward in her own
strength, has for tho last so years
exercised great influence upon af-
fairs, especially upon foreign poll
tics, has accelerated or impeded the
choice of ministers, has been the
close confdant of every premier
and has on every adequate occasion
exerted the full influence which
must belong, be the constitution
what it may, to the person who. be-
ing armed with the imprescriptible
and self derived charm of the throne,
has the right to compel all ministers
and servants to explain their plans.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
South African Diamonds.

In 1857 the first diamond ever
found in South Africa was picked
up by hunter out of a heap of
shining river pebbles. This was near
the banks of the Orange river a
little above it's confluence with the
Vaal river Then diligent search
for diamonds began in all the sur
rounding districts. In 1870 dia-
monds we're discovered in consider
able quantities near where the town
of Kimberley now stands. A rush
of miners soon filled the neighbor-
hood, and from that time onward
Kimberley has been the center of
the diamond getting industry,
though there are other mines scat
tered here and there to the west and
south of thames Bryce, M. F., in
Century.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
POLAR VEGETATION.
The Arctic Circle More Favorable to Plant
Life Than the Antarctic.

/
Life Than the Antarctic.
In the highest ATTITUDES yet reach
ed in the west, in Ellesmere Land
and Grinnell Land, between so de-
grees and 80 degrees minutes north
latitude, the ground in localities the
most favorable to the development
of vegetation is carpeted with
plants, many of them having brill
liantly colored flowers, produced in
great profusion during the short but
continuous summer that there OBJ
tains. About 70 species were collect
ed within the ATTITUDES named by
the naturalists of the last British
polar expedition, and they included
familiar snowy plants.
The Austrians found a very differ
ent condition of things in the same
ATTITUDES in Franz-Josef Land, east
ward of Spitbergen. Plants were
found, and of the same species, but
in an extremely stunted state, with
scarcely a flower to be seen, and
nowhere was there continuous vege-
tation few square feet in extent.
In these very high ATTITUDES seed
is rarely if ever perfected, and plants
increase only by vegetative develop
ment-suokers, underground stems
and trailing roofing stems. Yet the
greatest cold experienoed-upward
of 100 degrees (Fahrenheit) of frost
did not impair the vitality of
wheat that had been fully exposed
for four winters and four summers.
It should be mentioned that none of
the plants inhabiting these high lat
itudes is peculiar to the region;
that very few species are confined
to the arctic regions, and that many
of them are widely spread in Alpine
regions of lower ATTITUDES, some
even recurring on the mountains
within the tropics, and few reach
the southern limits of vegetation.
In the southern hemisphere there
are now no Towering (phanerogam-
ic) plants growing within 35 degrees
of the pole. and countries in as high
a latitude as Scotland are absolutely
icebound. South Georgia, in the
American region, and Macquarie is
land, in the New Zealand region,
may serve to illustrate the antarc-
tic fora and the southern limits of
Towering plants. They are small is
lands of comparatively slight eleva-
ton and both situated in "a degrees
south latitude. South Georgia is
about 1000 miles east of Cape Horn
and nearly as far from the Falkland
islands, the nearest land, except
some very small islands, cor corning
the vegetation of which nothing is
known
Its exceeding meager fora has
probably been exhaustively investi-
gated, and the result is a list of 13
species of Towering plants and no
ferns. Not one Of these species is
peculiar to the island, and out of
the Is inhabit both the American
and the Australian or New Zealand
regions. When we remember that
the antarctic fora now exists only
in such isolated and distant frag-
ments, we are hardly prepared to
find almost the same homogeneity
as in the north, where there is prac-
tically a continuity of land. Yet 81
it is, and the only satisfactory solu-
ton of the problem is former
greater land connection and continu-
Gus fora, probably in higher lati-
tudes, than the existing fragments.
knowledge.
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Free Information.

Messrs. G. A. Snow & Co., of
Washington, D. c., lawyers and
agents fer procuring patents, will
send free to any address, pamphlets
with information about home and
foreign patents, caveats, copyrights,
trade marks, infringements, design
patents, abstracts of decisions, etc., as
we'll as the cost of patents in the
United States and foreign countries.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29

Good EVENING" Have you tried Say
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An Epitaph.

A correspondent assures us that
he has seen the following on a tomb
stone:
IN MEMORY OF MARGARET.
Erected by Her Grieving Children. What Is
Home Without a Mother2
'PEACE. PERFECT PEACE
W eStminster Gazette.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-24

nersor so attached both by tradition ana tia'""ls
10 the existing order o; things.
She was brought up as a child at the little court
az Weimar. her grandmother woman VI no
tingushed parentage. having been one OF inc '""'
ladics IN the time Of the famous Duke Carl August
IT,. grandmother was also great friend OF Goethe
and IL has been through her "reminiscences ''i''
Fran Won Gizycki could tell so much ci interest,"
about him in her essays and brochures' oho 'P'''
several years in Weimar. studying the "oe'"o
cb,ves and she has written some OF the most
,,.res,ine things about Goethe that have appeared
=, :. ,,oarq Her book called "Drei Furstinnen.
q particularly enterta.nlng and has enjoyed Il
,aa circulation 1t probably these early
literary ventures that turned her 10 an lh'eie"ua'
ne for her natural position would nave peeh IN "er
fathers saloon. and her beauty would easily n@'e
made her leader there. she Is likely TO become
,orr .tbe rev women" OF Germany. AT present
,here Is no woman here more eagerly listened 10
h u,or,en and with greater influence over them
than she ,, or.
On coming 10 Berlin where she now nVes' enc
,ook great interest in the local Ethical Society ana
as the leader OF this society was professor Won
C,zvcki she naturally learned to Know hir-
All Americans who have studied at the ber'n
University will remember this remarKao'e man,
tIa WAS ono OF the lecturers In logic ana e'nCs' NV.
10. "a siIv marked by the fact that he mad 10 De
,heeled from his home 10 the university All HIS
no, ha wae a hopeless cripple. and his body was so
atormed thar IL was a wonder TO everybody how
~ managed 10 do his work. Besides MS lectures
"a also did considerable writing. and 1t was he who
ars, introduced Bel!amy's Looking Backward TO
the German public. His book on ethics "hich Is
one OF the best IN rerli'a'S' mas ~ ' 49,
English. .- - ,,..
Erau Won Gizycki. Frauc.n Won kretschmann
80 sha was called before her marriage, often helped
,ha nrofessor In editing the Ethical Socieys jour
naI and on account OF his condition was compelled
20 work with him in his study. Ihis friendly
developcd into strong attachment
an both sides and day society learned that
,hov were 10 marry. They lived together most
hanpy for two years and then the professor was
carried away by On attack Of influenza, (which his