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Evening star., 1897-01-22
RECENT BENIN MASSACRE.
Details of the Awful Tragedy In Wex
Africa.

Details of the Awful Tragedy In West
Africa.
The London Evening News publishes a
dispatch from Lagos, capital of the British
West African colony Of that name. giving
details of the massacre of the British expe-
dition. consisting of nine officers, under
Consul General ]. r. Phillips, by the in
habitants Of Benin City early during the
present II onth.
The party was unarmed and was pro-
ceeding to Benin City, in order to make q
request for conference with King OBJ
bah in regard to increasing the trading
facilities with that part of Africa. the king
having previously consented that the ex-
pedition should visit his capital The nine
officers went unarmed in order to impress
the king with the peaceful character of
their mission, and over 200 native carriers
were taken with the party, in order to
propel the canoes and carry presents in
tended for the king.
Five miles from Benin City the officers
suddenly came upon a narrow defile, which
was filled with the dead carriers, who were
fearfully mutiiated.
Almost Immediately afterward the off,
GERS and their servants were surrounded
and attacked by hundreds of savages arm
ed with guns, cutlasses, spears and clubs,
and in few minutes all the members of
the party excepting Boisragon and Locke
were killed.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
Acts Approved,

20. The President has approved the joint
resolution to permit the occupation of
streets in the District of Columbia by rail-
roads during the inaugural ceremonies; the
acts for the relief Of Lucinda Richards
and Arminda White, and the acts granting
pensions to Frances E. Helfenstein. Maria
Gibbons, Augustus g. Carey, Ransom C.
Hazelip, Sarah A. White, Margaret ].
Young, Emeline Filgate, Lydia Chapman
and Ira Harris. The following acts have
become laws without the Presidents sig
nature: The act approving certain acts Of
the legislature of New Mexico; the act
authorizing the issue of certain bonds by
the territory Of New Mexico; the acts for
the relief Of Hiram p. Panley, H. A.
Worth. NJ r. w. Grebe and Stratton H
Benscoter, and the acts granting pensions
to Helen NJ. Mallery. Lucy A. Allen, VIM
H. Nesbit Rryon Cotton, A. R. Ladd
George v. Barnard. Mary L. Bacon Sarah
Weldon Jones, Mary Prince, Nancy b.
Prince, Catherine Darragh, Catherine Zeig-
enheim. Charlotte A. Welton and Isaac H
Whetsel.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
New York;. ai,v.y.rernina1.

The Grand Central railway station In
New York is to be practically rebuilt at q
cost of 100000. Plans for the reconstruc-
ton are almost complete. and work will be
begun as soon as possible. The cramped
quarters have forced many important off,
cials to seek rooms In adjoining office
buildings. Two new stories will be added
to the present structure to. give room for
all such offices. At present each of the
three roads whose terminus PSI. in the Grand
and ticket offices. Much cphfusion Is thus
caused: Al combined general ticket office
for all three f. planus6. The waiting
rooms Will also be remodeled. the three be-
Evening star., 1897-01-22
SCIENCE IN THE CABINET
Suggestion Looking Toward a Department
of Sciences.
Assistant Secretary Dabney Advocates
COnsOlidation of Many
Bureaus. .-7e

Assistant Secretary Dabney of the Agri-
cultural Department, IN a recent interview,
rcvives an old suggestion that the
scientific bureaus of the government should
be consolidated as far as possible with q
view to economy and greater efficiency.
Many of them, 1t is claimed overlap In
their work. There are now, Mr. Dabney
says, twenty-eight such bureaus, for which
$s,Oo,oOO are appropriated annually, and
there are 5000 employees enrolled in them.
Secretary Dabney says: Scattered as
they now are through all the departments.
operated under very indefinite laws and
supervised by different secretaries. usually
not scientific men and always oyerrun with
other work, there is ample opportunity
for confusion and duplication of work and
consequent loss of time and energy. The
government has, for example, three separ-
ate and distinct agencies for measuring
the land of the country, connected with
tWo alnerent departments; four separate
photographic offices for sounding the
waters OF bavs. rivers, lakes etc in four
diHerent departments; and five separate
chemlcal laboratories in the city of Wash
lnston alone. The statistics of the natural
resources and products of the country are
collected by eight different agencies con-
hected with six different departments and
bureaus, not counting the census which
.r uSue'iiy goes over the whole field again.
Inc pending proposal to consolidate all the
statlstlcal bureaus and establish a per-
manenf census, which shall do in a svs-
temat1c way through ten years. the work
hltherto done in a haphazard way at in
tervals, is In line with this plan"
Dr. Dabney, on being asked for remedy.
replied: What is needed Is general CO.
ordination of the scientific work of the gov
eminent, and the only way to accomplish
this Is by first bringing all of these bureaus
together under one executive head When
this has been done the organiZa ton
would take place naturally and easily
without injury to any of the good work
now going on The first thing is for Con-
gress to decide upon a general program
and, as opportunity offers, transfer the
different bureaus and surveys to some one
of the departments. Certainly no railroad,
manufacturing company, or other indus
trial concern could afford to conduct its af-
fairs in the haphazard maner that the gov
ernment conducts it's scientific work. All
great commercial associations have learned
the value of thorough organization and
systematized work The development of
the resources of the country and the pro-
motion of its industries purely mat
ters Of business. The success of this work
concerns every farmer, miner, manufac
turer. merchant banker, railroad company,
etc. in the country. and they are all inter-
ested, therefore, in having 1t efficiently and
economically done"
Evening star., 1897-01-22
GEN. PORTER RECOMMENDED.
Prominent New York Republicans
Backing Him for the Cabinet.

Prominent New York Republicans
Backing Him for the Cabinet.
The New York Press says: There is good
reason to believe that II the empire state
10 to be represented at all in the Mckinley
cabinet, Gen. Horace Porter will receive
the appointment. He has been recommend
ed by prominent republicans, including
Cornelius N. Bliss to whom cabinet place
was offered, and it is understood that
either the War or Navy Department would
be acceptable to him.
While Edward Lauterbach was in Can
ton extolling the political virtues OF j.
Sloat Fassett, an envoy was On his way
there to urge Gen. Porrer's selection from
New York. Letters and kilograms have
been pouring in upon Maj. Mckinley dur
Ing the last few days. re recommending the
man who is to be grand marshal of the in
auguration parade for cabinet honcrs.
A delegation OF influential republicans
from the Union League Club. OF which
Gen. Porter Is president, will start for Can
ton probably tonigh, to impress Gen. For
ter's qualifications upon the major.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
SOUTHERN COAST DEFENSE
sixteen States Represented in ths
Tampa Conference,

Tampa Conference
The South Atlantic and gulf states coast
and harbor defense and improvement con-
Vention assembled at Tampa, Fla, Wednes-
day morning, sixteen states being repre-
sented. Alabama sent 10 delegates, Flor
ida 3d. Georgia, 3, Indiana 6, Iowa 1, Ken
lucky 1, Louisiana 4, Massachusetts 2,
Minnesota 2, Nebraska 2, New York 4,
North Carolina 3, North Dakota 1, Ohio
3. Pennsylvania 4, South Carolina 2
Lieut.. General J. NJ. Schofield, Can't Ed
ward Davis and Capt. T. w. Woodruff
represented the army, and the navy was
pre- sent in the officers of the cruiser Ra-
leigh. The meeting was called to order by
President Fessenden of the Tampa board
Of trade.
E. r. Gunby moved that as several
trains bearing important delegations were
delayed and would not arrive until z
O'Clock, the convention adjourn until in
the afternoon. Col. Frye of ,he Massachu-
setts delegation seconded the motion which
was carried, and the convention adjourned
Immediately upon assembling.
Governor Bloxham, on behalf of Florida
delivered an address Of Welcome. Mayor
Gillett then delivered a welcome address
for the city. Permanent organization was
effected. Yesterday the entire delegation
went down the bay to the entrance Of the
harhor.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
Sued for 100000 for Libel.

Suit has been commenced by Chas. A.
Schweizer, q harness maker. against the
San Francisco Call to recover damages in
the sum of 100000 for alleged libel The
article upon which the suit Is based was a
sensational story to the effect that Schwei-
ger had hired John Barker, since deceased.
to assassinate Solomon Lehman, upon
whose life Schweizer held an insurance pol
Icy for 5000 as security for money loaned.
The grand jury Investigated the charges
and arrived at the conclusion that they
were the result Of a conspiracy to black
mail Schweizer. The attempts were made
to assassinate Lehman, and a charge OF
shot hred from ambush wounded his daugh-
ter, who W IS riding with him at the time
Evening star., 1897-01-22
THOUSANDS PERIsHED.
Result OF the Recent Earthquake In
the Persian Gulf,

dispatch from Teheran, capital of Per.
sfa, says that 2,5o0 persons perished as a re-
suit Of the earthquake which occurred on
kisham Island January IL. Kisham Island
Is the largest in the Persian gulf and is
situated about fifteen miles from its en-
trance. Its population is estimated at 5000,
mostly Arabs.
A special dispatch from Bombay saws
that three severe earthquake shocks have
occurred there.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
Lecture on Sacred Art.

Miss Dora Duty Jones, the well-knovn
lecturer on sacred art Of this city. vas
given a generous reception in Baltimore
Saturday evening. She has been in that
city for some days as the guest Of Mrs.
David L. Bartlett, and her lecture Satur-
day was her second appearance before an
audience of Baltimore society ladies, her
first having been a week ago at the Arun-
dell Club. Her lecture Saturday Was de-
livered to an audience numbering 800 la
dies. and had for Its subject the Holy
Mother, as portrayed by the great masters
of painting Her lectures are illustrated
by stereopticon views.
Evening star., 1897-01-22

Wrinfers Jna tf6e fIfffe se8oe'
master Of oooerfisins,, saps:
II is efaimso for tie 1pas6msfon
Star. ano pro8a8fp frut8tuffp
efatm:o. f8af no otter newspaper
IN f8e oounfrp goes INTO 90 farss
q percentage Of off f8e 8oases
nsifein q raotus Of fmenfp mifts
from f6e office Of publication.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
installation of Royal cresceats.

Crescent Lodge. No. 9. The Royal Cres-
cent. has installed the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, 8. A. Groff:
vice president. r. o. Melton: secretary,
Joseph Harper; financial secretary, ]. +.
Kilgore; marshal. M. Byrnes; prelate. Pat
rick Donovan; sentry, VIM. w. Watson:
guard, J. A. Smith; trustees. 8. A. Groff,
r. o. Melton and N. Byrnes.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
restriction of Immigration.

The Bricklayers and Masons' Interna-
tional Union. at Worcester, Mass, yester-
day discussed the need of restricting inmi-
grafton, and 1t was voted that every union
in the country should petition its repre-
sentative in Congress to secure more re-
strictive laws. This sentiment was also
favored by the Canadian delegates.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
All PropelIer Blades Gone.

The German tank steamer Wilkommen,
from Bremerhaven January for New
York, which was taken to Fayal, Azores,
in tow of the British steamship Memnon,
was picked up by the Memnon about $50
miles from there with all the blades Of her
propeller gone.
Evening star., 1897-01-22

de facto. whether It was de jure or not was
not material to taxpayer; he got it's pro-
lection and should pay his taxes. When.
howevee. this issue is properly presented to
the Supreme Court there can be but one re-
the reply of the Attorney General to the
reply of the Attorney General to the
Senate. '"~ G. W. COOPER
Evening star., 1897-01-22
Locomotive Ffremen Meet,

A union meeting of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen. embracing New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio was called to order at Cleveland
yesterday with First Vice Grand Master
Harrahan of Peoria in the chair The meet
ing is held behind closed doors.
Evening star., 1897-01-22

The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the
city by carriers, their account. at 10 cents
per week. ~ cents per month. Copies At the
counter cents each. By mail-any where In the
per mouth. 49,
Saturday ouintuple Sheet Star. 81 per year. with
foreign postage added $500.
Entered at the Post Of1ce at Washington, u. u,
- second class mail matter.)
u All mail subscriptions must be paid IN ADVANCE
Rates Of advertising made known on Application
Evening star., 1897-01-22

THE HAIR OF The HEAD, TO BE AN ORNA-
ment to the weerer, ahoald receive Ininstaking
care, and IL Its color Is faded Halls Hair Re-
newer should be applied.
Evening star., 1897-01-22
More Pay for Post~ep,

The New York senate has passed a reso-
luton calling upon Congress to increase
the pay OF letter carriers.
Evening star., 1897-01-22

New York Office, 40 Potter Building.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
KANSAS A. o, U. W,
John II. Crlder, of Fort Scott, Chosen Crane
Master Workman on First Ballot.

John II. Crlder, of Fort Scott, Chosen Grand
Master Workman on First Ballot.
SALIVA, Kan, Feb. 24,-The grand
lodge of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen was called to order in 10Th
annual convention by Grand Master
Workman Wallace. An address of well
come was delivered by Rev. w. Foulkes,
of this city, which was responded to
by Grand Master Workman Wallace.
There were three candidates for grand
master workman-W. NJ. Wallace, of
Kingman, the present incumbent;
John II, Crider, of Fort Scott, and
Grand Foreman William Cross,
of Kansas City. Nearly all of the
800 representatives who compose
the grand lodge felt keen interest in
the election. Crider won on the first
ballot by majority of one, Will G.
Hill, of Paola, was elected grand over
seer, and w. M. Morgan, of Lansing,
grand foreman. E. M. Ford, of EN-
poria, who has held the Office of grand
recorder fer the past ten years, was re-
elected without opposition,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
GENERAL NEWS.

ANNOUNCEMENT was made at Louis
Vile, Ky, of deal by which 515 dis
tilleries had entered into combine.
August Belmont, of New York, has
agreed to finance the combine with
S15,OOO,00O.
AT the bicycle races at the Velo-
drome in San Francisco w. L. Becker
established new worlds record for
five miles, making the distance in
0:54 SIS.
REPORTS came into Brazil, Ind, on
the 22d of cyclone doing considerable
damage the previous evening at Ber-
wood, Clay county. Trees were torn
up, fences demolished and small build
ings and barns lifted off their founda-
tions and scattered in debris.
Gov. THORNTON, of New Mexico, has
reprieved for 80 days the four members
of the Borrego gang sentenced to be
hanged at Santa Fe on the Esd for
murder so as to be in line with Presi-
dent Cleveland's reprieve, in order to
avoid all questions of federal and ter
ritorial authority.
G. w. DEvINE, a switchman, caught
his foot in frog in the yards at Nash
vile, Tenn, and was mangled to death
by train.
M. NICHOLSON, under sentence of
death at Tallahassee, Fla, for murder,
suicided by taking laudanum.
A COTTON mill company was recently
organized at Concord, N C. All the
officers and workmen are to be colored
and the capital was subscribed by col
ored people.
A MAIL train on the Pennsylvania
railroad crashed into loaded freight
,ear extending from a side track at
Ebensburg, Pa, on the 22d and was
wrecked, number of people being
more or less injured.
Two brothers, John and Bert Shaw,
aged rs and 30 years respectively, were
killed by runaway team while driv-
ing from Oklahoma City, Ok, to their
home, three miles in the country.
ALBERT w. LANDoN, secretary of the
Illinois Humane society and for "a
years editor of the Humane journal,
died at Chicago from overwork, aged
81.
A CHICAGO News Washington special
on the 22d said that President McKin-
ley was likely to suspend or revoke the
sweeping civil service order of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
BICYCLE men of Butte and other
points in Montana have determined to
join with Colorado and other far west"
ern states in secession from the League
of American Wheelmen. The cause of
secession is the refusal of the older
body to allow divisional option as to
Sunday racing.
The Chesapeake & Ohio westbound
hGain was wrecked at Indian Run, near
Portsmouth, o., at six o'clock on the
morning of the 29d. A small trestle
had been washed out and the train
plunged into the ditch while it was
running at speed of 40 miles an hour.
5Roadmaster Stout was killed and about
a dozen others were badly injured
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

John M. Thomas, wealthy mine
owner of Empire City, was killed by a
horses kick.
Mrs. Matlock, of Burton, the mother
of seven children, eloped the other day
with the hired man.
Ex-senator w. w. Martin, of Fort
Scott, wants to succeed Col. Thomas
Moonlight as minister to Bolivia.
Gov. Leedy has promised that he will
not reappoint any police commission
ers for Fort Scott when the terms Of
the present. board expire in April.
r. L, Netherton, former state uni
versity student, is under arrest at Law
renee for grand larceny. He was uni
versally popular and formerly taught
Sunday school class.
They have so many bad school chill
dren at Fort Scott that there is talk of
securing room to be set apart for in
corrigibles and to put an educated POI
liceman in it as teacher.
The residence of c. w. Har-ey, near
Galena, burned recently, ana his in
valid wife, who was alone save with q
seven-year-old boy, had narrow
escape from being burned to death.
The Kansas state university has re-
ceived gift of $4,000 from the New
England Emigrant Aid Co., of Boston,
of which Rev, Edward Everett Hale is
president.
A Clay county farmer has raised an
interesting question. He says that a
farmers crop is his income, and if it is
unconstitutional to tax incomes, it is
unconstitutional to tax the farmers
crop.
Miss Eva BEEN, formerly money or
der clerk in the Hutchinson post office,
who is charged with embezzling 1865,
had her preliminary trial at Wichita
recently and was ksld 70 Eho grand
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Dolly News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WAbHlNGION NOAES'
THE last evening reception Of this
administration was given by President
and Mrs. Cleveland at the white house
on the 18th for the benefit of the gem
eral public The crowd was record
breaker in point of attendance, 1t be"
ing estimated that between 5000 and
5000 persons were in line during the
two hours.
SECRETARY 0LNEY sounded the Brit
ish government about the amendments
which have been proposed to the arbi-
tration treaty in the senate, Ambassa-
dor Bayard stated that Lord Salisbury
cared little about the amendments
eliminating King Oscar of Norway and
Sweden and reaffirming the Monroe
doctrine, but the British were sur
prised at the objection raised in the
senate and attributed it to political
and personal motives rather than to
serious opposition to the general idea
of arbitration.
THE mothers congress at Washing
ton on the 10th passed many resolu-
tions and listened to the reading of
papers bearing on the bringing up of
children and then adjourned to meet
again in Washington next year.
THE postmasters and the patrons at
every one of the A. post offices where
rural free delivery has been in opera
ton have Endorsed the plan and the
acknowledgement will make special
report to congress concerning the eX-
pertinent.
GILES Y. CRENsHAw, of Maysville,
Mo-, has been nominated by the presi-
dent successor to the late Gen. 10
Shelby as United States marshal for
the Western Missouri district.
THE president has issued 10 procla-
nations setting aside certain timber
lands in South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Washington, Califor-
MIA and Utah as forest reservations.
THE congress of the Daughters of the
Revolution opened at Washington on
the 99d. The president-general, Mrs.
Stevenson, wife of the vice president
of the United States, called the meet
ing to order and her address was re-
sponded to by Mrs. Elroy M. Avery,
state regent of Ohio.
The silver republicans IN the senate
and house at Washington issued an
address to the silver republicans of the
United States on the 23d urging organ
ization to the end that national con-
vention might be called on the none
tary question. A provisional national
committee was called to meet at Chi
cago on June 8, 1897, and Charles A.
Towne, of Minnesota, was named as
chairman of said provisional commit
tee.
In vetoing the bill granting pen
sion to Maria Somerlat, President
Cleveland said the rule which forfeits
widows pension on marriage ought
to be strictly maintained. He also said
he had examined 115 out of 2O6 special
pension bills and many of them were
not based on justice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
They Want an Income Tax.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. a. Chief Justice
Frank Doster, David Overmyer, ex-
Lieut.-Gov. Percy Daniels, State Au-
ditor Morris, Warden II. j, Lands,
James Shearer Justice Allen, of the
supreme court, and j. w. Morphy have
signed petition to the legislature for
the adoption of resolution calling
upon other states to unite with Kansas
in an appeal to congress for the sub
mission of proposition to change the
constitution so as to permit the taxa
ton of inordinate wealth,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
The Ohio Valley Flood Situation Is Assum
ing Alarming Proportions,

lAG OilIO Nulley rAOOu ID hbsuh-
ing Alarming Proportions,
CINCINNATI, Feb. PA five foot rise
in the Ohio will stop all boats at the
bridges here and keep trains from en-
tering the Grand Central station. AL
though the weather is colder, the sit
uation in the Ohio valley seems alarm
Ing, River men can be found who pre-
dict food that will come within four
feet of the famous flood of 1884. So
far as heard from IS persons have been
drowned, as follows: Three at Pine
Vile, KY, names unknown; William
Tate at Grafton, w. Va; James Clear
we'll, wife and four children at Mid
dlesboro, KY; L, j, Wade at Keystone,
w, Va; Charles Holton at Sparta, KY;
Miss Hutzell in Breathitt county KY;
two unknown men in Bell county, KY,
Sylvester Waters at Bluefeld, w, Va;
q woman at Portsmouth, o.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Ex-PrIsoners of War.

Fort SCoTT, Kan, Feb. 24.-The
tenth annual reunion of the ex-prison.
ers of war was held in this city yester-
day, Addresses were made by Revs.
A. o, Penpiman, G, 7. Durboraw and j.
M, Payne, Officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, w. II, Bryant, Rock
ford, Kan; secretary, d, w, Boring,
Fort Scott, Kan; treasurer, John Cole,
Rioards, Mo-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 23,-District
Judge Hazen yesterday perpetually en-
Joined Secretary of State Bush and Ed
Snow from interfering with State
Printer j. X. Hudson in the discharge
of his official duty. The temporary in
junction against State Treasurer
Hefflebower and Attorney-General
Boyle was dissolved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Mai. Hood on the Cattle Tariff.

Maj. Calvin Hood, of Emporia, a
wealthy stockman and leading repub-
lican, is opposed to the tariff to ex-
clude Mexican cattle from the United
States He says the Mexican cattle,
shipped into Kansas do not interfere
with the cattle we raise, and creates a
demand for our surplus corn. He says
Kansas can better afford to fatten cat
tie than to raise them.