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the adjournment OF the conference the sec :
rotary Of the treasury shall coin all gold
and silver brought to the mints into stand :
ard silver dollars and such gold coins az
are now provided by law. This carried the
discussion mp to . o'clock and 1t then gave
way to the Nicaragua canal bill, MIR. Chnnd :
Ter stating that he would urge the con
ference bill to 6nal action at the earliest
possible moment.
Mr.. Morgan tDem) of Alabama In charge
OF the Nicaragua canal bill proposed an
amendment designed to overcome the OBJ
ieclions in tho recent protest OF Minis, er
Rodrisues OF the greater Republic of Gem
trail America.
Mr.. Daniel Demo OF Virginia spoke
against the bill. At the outset, however.
he turned aside to discuss the proposed In :
ternational monetary conference.
Referring TO Mir. Wolcotis trip, Mr.
Daniel said It was a remarkable and path
etic spectacle to see this sciourn at the
foot Of the British throne. The American
people going to Lombard street aud seek
ing interviews with European financiers
presented an impressive picture which de-
serves place IN the rotunda OF the cam
itol. The senator referred sarcastically TO
tho Dill for bimetallism in which Sherman
was to be at the head of the crusade. Turn
ing to the pending canal bill Mr. Daniel
said il was dead. The speech Of TIL. sem
N'Ni iiuih iHHi"Ad NtNlPitl Hth hltlpu IL,
and Minister Rodriguez had disposed of It's
corpse in the public inorgue.
Mr.. Daniel bitterly denounced the canal
company and the pending bill declaring
that the passage of the bill would in effect
put the United States into the hunco
business After pouring all the hundred
millions into this canal. the United States
could not maintain exclusive control The
United states would pay for the canal and
Great Britain would use it. We would
have the name and Great Britain would
have the thing.
At the close Of Daniels speech the SEN
ate at 5l5 u. IN. held a short executive
session and then adjourned.
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AMENDMENTS TO CANAL bill.
Friends of the Measure Meet the OBJ
jrctiuns of Nicaragua.

Washington, January 2G.-After frequent
conferences the friends in the senate Of the
Nicaragua bill have decided upon amend
ments to the measure which they think will
render It acceptable to the Nicaragua ar-
thorities These amendments were today
introduced by Senator Morgan as new
section. and are as follows:
Section IS. That OF the one hundred mil
lions OF capital herein provided for. at
least per cent shall be reserved for the
Central American government and citizens
that may desire to subscribe for the same
within the time to be fixed by the Maritime
company of Nicaragua.
That there shall be delivered TO the
States of Nicaragua and Costa Rica such a
portion of the securities authorized to he
issued by the provisions OF this act as
they or any of them are entitled TO receive
by virtue Of the concessions now sexisting
from said States or any of them TO said
Maritime Canal company. Nothing In this
act contained shall be constructed or con-
strued as empowering the Maritime Canal
company of Nicaragua to accept any rights
or privileges or concessions made TO II by
the Nicaraguan government or the govern
ment of Costa Rica.
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Chicago RECORD.

gross especially Western members. urging
them to vote against the immigration bill,
VIII CHI comes up In the house on the con-
ference report tomorrow | have Just re-
cerved dispatch which shows how this is
being done and what interest is thus seek
ing TO defeat the h.ll, The dispatch | have
received is from #. w. poppc whom, !
am informed by Senator Pctligrew. is a
wcll known citizen Of reputation and high
standing IN Milhnnk, S y. He said the
following telegram is being extensively
, distributed
&" Immigration bill comes up In house
Wodn, sdHy. Wire your congressman our
expense protesting against proposed ex
clusion aud Requesting bin be defeated, In
form him that vote in favor means defeat
next election.
"Fclaus, senlus & Co, North German
Lloyds.'"
Senator Lodge added;
CLAUS, Scnius & Co. the signcrs Of the
dispatch. with which the Western country
Ia being flooded are the Chicago agents OF
the North German Llcyds company. No
oz PLANTATION il needed to account for their
tender sympathy for Intending Immigrants
to the United States for their fear that
/ famiics should be ssoalrtr1, which the
! hill does not in the least necessltatc, Their
opposition is SIMPLY general hostility to
/ any restriction of immigration"
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Another nil Passed over the Prcsi-
dents Veto.


Washington, January 2G.--The house
overrode another OF President Ceveland's
pension vetoes today by vote of 1877 to
81 Tho bill pensioned John Scott. OF the
Sixth Iowa cavalry. who is now living at
osfego. Kan, at the rate OF $12 per
month. MIR Clevelands veto is on the
ground that the disability for which the
| beneficiary was ia be pensioned was not
contracted in the service.
The rest OF tho day was devoted to a
continuance Of the debate on tho Indian
appropriation bill. only few amendments
were adopted and those were OF minor inn
portance. About twenty hvo pages of the
bill were covered.
bill 10 satisfy Il peculiar claim was
passed on motion OF Mr.. Turner (jem,) OF
Georgia 1t was the claim of John f. Nc
Rae. a deputy United States marshal for
keeping thirtyslX African slaves. landed
by the ship Wanderer, at Savannah. Ga.
in 1859. until thcy could be shipped hack
to their homes in accordance with the pro
visions of the law for the suppression OF
the slavery trade. The amount was Si6a
M. HIT tRepl OF Illinois, chairman OF
the committee on foreign affairs reported
the diplomatic appropriation bill.
In the course of the discussion about the
Indian schools. Mr., Murphy Of Arizona
questioned the good results of the present
Indian educational system, He declared
that every Apache who was educated in
tho East and who returned to his reserva
tion was wearing the breech cout today.
He said upon their return they were ha2ed
and subjected to the utmost cruelty.
Mr. Mahon tRep.) and Mr. Curtis fRepl
OF Kansas praised the work being done by
the educated Indians.
Mr.. Hartman of Montana offered an
amendment recalling the recent exposures
in connection with the notorious Sceley dim
ner in New York. II provided for an APP
preparation OF 81 900 600 900 for the educa-
tion and civilization of Seeley sayages of the
Manhattan reservation.
The house greeted the amendment with
hearty laugh. Mr. Hartman made no
marks upon IT and It was ruled out on
the point Of order that It was new leg's-
latlon.'
When tho subject Of the Dawes Indian
commission was reached Mr.. Sherman de-
clared that tho commission had performed
a remarkable work.
At D. m the house adjourned.
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RELIES no RODRIGUEZ.



test Is IncNplicubIe.
Washington, January 2S-Herman Hitch
cock, president of the Nicaragua canal. has
written a letter to Secretary Olncy in re-
ply to Senior Rodriguezs statement which
the secretary to-day sent TO the senate
President Hitchcock says that when Senior
Rodriguez said the company has forfeited
its charter because of neglect to make the
surveys as required "he oiaits to Inform
you that the final surveys and locaion OF
the canal were made and concluded nv a
commission of engineers in strict con-
formity with article Al of the concession.
and was formally accepted by the govern
ment of Nicaragua on October S, 1897
Mr. Hitchcock also asserts that the com
pany has fully complied with tho require
ments OF the concession that all nations
shall be invited to contribute and also
that the company reserves certain per-
centage Of the capital stosE !nr the ac-
commodation OF residents OF Central
America who may wish TO subscribe. He
further says that the company issued per
cent of the stock reserved for Nicaragua
on October 81, 1890 but that the Nicaraguan
| government has not appointed an agent to
receive it. He adds that he has assured
Senior Rodriguez in a personal interview
that his company would accept no measure
that would be unjust to the powers from
whom il received the concessions. He says
therefore that the attitude assumed by the
Central American minister is incxplicabla.
The letter of the minister, he concludes is
an attack IN the integrity of the Maritime
Canal company and its concessions, aud on
behalf of that company he asks the pro-
lection and aid of the government of the
United States in the defense and main
tenance of its concessionary rights and its
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CnRusTIANITY AND PLAGUE.
Missionary In bombay Reports No
Native Converts Dead.

Missionary In bombay Reports No
Native Converts Dead.
Boston, Mass. January 20. Miss Abbie
Child secretary of the Woman's Board OF
Missions. has received the following letter
from Mrs Rev. Il. $ Hume OF Bombay:
This terrible bubonic plague is working
fearful havoc In nearly all branches Of the
native community. Some three hundred
persons have left town. The people are
dazad and terrified.
Is Inn The Hindoo burying ground down on
'Quesn's road, Or. Judd. the assistant cor
onor. says the papers give not d fractional
port OF the facts as to the plague: that
In one burying ground the day before there
had been 13) bodies brought and they
could no, dispose OF them fast enough. In
the Mohammedian burying grounds they
are laying four and five bodies In grave,
and yet with all this about ~, not d native
Christian has been attacked. Flight Euro
peans, il not more have died Since the
death Of u little girl in one of our schools
the doctors have ordered all four OF our
outside schools closed. Our Christian
school. with two boarding departments.
had to be closed without any prize giving
or annual school exhibition, and those of
our boarders who have homes have been
sent away. The rest are here with us az
usual"
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ARE DEPENDING ON G0yERNMEN AID.
Without Relief Many Of the Inhahi-
tants Must Die.
CHOLERA WILL REACH THEM.
Cnrcicssncss Of the People in tho
finH"c Districts About BWrying
the Dead viii Spread Disease.

:.
mummy January zo'--tNopyrighted, 1897,
ny '"e Assoc'a'ed eress)--fhe correspond
o'' VI 'nc "ssoc'"'ed freAs VINO is visiting
'n' u's"esseo provinces OF indla mas ar
'No" AZ "''apHr' ABOUT go miles southeast
VI non'pay' ana iinds III THIS district tho
"oei's' u's'ress' especially among the pon-
PIE OF 'he tower classes They are on the
verge Oh starvation and are only saved
from II ny the government relief work.
when enables them to earn enough money
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property,
REPORT on INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Exorbituut Charges Made by the LII
reuscd Indian Traders.


Washington January Ex-senator Petit
grew, from the committee on Indian af-
fairs. today presented the report of the
subcommittee appointed 10 visit and inves-
teate affairs at the Usage Indian agency
in the Indian Territory. The report was
made by Senator Allen and represents such
a condition of affairs that the report Of the
full committee recommends a continuance
of the Investigation. The repor. says the
Indians are fleeced by the licensed traGers,
and the agent seems TO consider II his duty
TO protect these traders from the compoti-
tion OF the border traders. who are willing
to sell goods at half the price the licensed
men charge, which charges the report char
s,ctorzes as exorbitant in the extreme.
IT is reported that an Indian who once
gets into debt to the licensed holders is
never able to pay out, and no steps are
taken TO protect them. The traders estab-
lish booths within a few rods OF the
agency on pay day. and one witness testi-
flies that Indians are taken direct to the
traders between two rows Of men formed
to prevent their escape az soon as they re-
ceive their checks The Indians know
nothing of the condition of their accounts
and are charged az the traders please.
Ninety per cent of them are continuously
n debit
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Washington, January 26-The senate to-
day confirmed the following nominations:
William c. McCrcery of Missouri, to be
collector of internal revenue for the First
district Of Missouri
f. G. Williams. to be postmaster at Ham
iIton Texas
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Washington January 26.-The houst
committee which has charge Of the contest
brought by Thomas Il. Watson against
Judge j. c. Black. today decided to post
pone It's decision week
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OPPOSITION MADE.

steamship Company wants So Re-
strietIon Of Immigration.
Washington. January Ex-senator Lodge
said tonight:
II learned today that the dispatches were
being poured In on most members Of con-
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po.,oface Nominntinn..

Washington. January 26.-The senate
spent half an hour in executive session to-
day in an exchange OF opinions over the
holding up Of postoffice nominations in
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Politics.

Idaho democrats incenscd over the sun
festion of Chairman Jones. They claim
IT to be arbitrary interference
The reply OF Jones.
Ballot of separate houses of the legisla-
II re in Kanlsas assures the election Of w.
Is. Harris to the senate.
John C. Spooner receives the vote OF
both houses in Wisconsin for senator.
Joseph u. Earl got every vote bit one
for senator from South Carolina
Johr p. Jones reelected senator in
Nevada.
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Jacksonville, Fla, January 26.-The cold
wave promised by the weather bureau has
failed TO materialize. At midnight the
mercury registers 80, with no indications
OF a lower temperature.
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Mexico City. January 26.--The second
general assembly OF Christian workers In
Mexico will meet tomorrow morning In this
city under the presidency OF Rev. W. Wal
lace. Tho meetings will be notable on ac-
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Domestic.

Monetary conference. Cuba and Mica
tague canal bill discussed in the senate
House amendments to Houston deep water
survey agreed to and the bill finally
Passed
House passed pension bill over the
presidents veto. Discussion of the Indian
bill.
Fire in Philadelphia destroys property
valued at $S.7o0,0Oo
Manufacturers meeting in Philadelphia.
Nine persons injured at a fire in Chi
cago.
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The nrti-Sunday baseball bill killed In
the house by Nwo votes
The Harris county district court bill UNI
der discussion.
Senator Colqutt introduces a Joint res
oil ton for the redl.tricting of the State
in judicial districts.
Representative Ewing introduces a bill
to establish a bureau OF labor.
Amendment TO the homestead law pro-
posed.
The house committee refused to hear
The Asberry- Blackburn contest, from Rob-
ertson.
Colcuit"s bill requiring express COM
panie' to keep general Offices in the State,
etc, favorably reported.
Resolution providing for a new constl-
tutional convention killed In committee.
the Markets.
Cotton futures slightly higher in all
markets.
The hide market is strong and former
prices are maintained.
Wheel took a big drop. closing at n 5-S
Fractional gains made in stocks.
Bonds were active and strong, with good
European demand.
Local.
Death of James Hucker, an old citizen
of Houston.
The councils consideration of the char
ter amendments.
Prisoners now comfortable in the new
jail,
An early morning sleigh ride.
Change of dates for the reunion OF
Hoods Brigade.
The double allegiance of a member OF
the Texas Volunteer Guard.
Death of Mrs. Mary \. Giles.
Representative Holland soon 10 we'd
A gallant ex-Confederate officer in the
city
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IiERLlN-Thp celebration OF the emper-
ors birthday viii take place to1gy There
Viii be divine service In the castle chanel
and "A grand reception IN the White Hall
of tho Schoss. which will be attended by
O large number of gmeats.
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The little son OF j. S. Roberts Of Lufkin
badly burned.
Particulars of the killing of b. Andrews
by Mason Rally at Willow Hole.
Sam BoylSn burned to death in board
ing house fire at Yoakum.
Dallas merchants interested In the nav
ieaton of ihe Trinity and will send a
committee to Galveston.
Charles Friend, the eighteenth victim OF
the Buckner Orphans Home fire. dies.
Letot's store and postoffice at Lotot
robbed and then burned. One arrest made
John Baker a farmer. frozen TO death
at san Antonio.
Mr. Bryan finishes the last chapter Of
his book and sends the copy North with
his stenographer
Storming of the Alamo to be givcN at
Galveston during the say of the editors
next month.
Reports from all sections of the State
show that the cold wave continues with
unusual severity.
County seat of Eastland will not be
changed.
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SPORT.

B.ll allowing glove coI1tests passed Ne
vada assembly.
Speculations as to the location of the
ett-Fbtzsimmons figM.
Skating championship won by Reynolds
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NEW YORK--The National figure skat-
ing championships win be contested In
this city today. The feature Of the con
test VIII probably be Champion Herbert
Evans battle with eSGhampion George
D. Phillips,
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TODRT'S FEATURES.


Foreign.
DIR. Smith, Venezuelan minister of pub
lie improvements, resigns
Honduras consul refuses to give UP his
office to the appointee OF the Greater Re-
public.
Suffering from famine in India.
Cuba.
Wcyfer reports the pacfcaton of Ha-
vana and Matanzas.
Jefferson agrees to sing for the Cuban
cause at New Orleans.
Resolutions passed by the New York
legislature.
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BROOKLYN-The colored peoplS fxof
Greater New York have arranged 10 h1fi
services memorial OF the life and ohanoc-
ter OF Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe al the
Fleet street African Methodist Episcopal
Z.on church in this dty this evening.
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TnnAY,s rOnECNsr.

NEW YOEK--A gas Industries exposi-
tion will he hold 1T Madison Square gar.
den. opening today and holding for two
weeks.
WASHTNGTON--'Th annual meeting OF
the regents OF the Smithsonian institution
viii occur today, and successor to the
late Dr. George Brown Goods as a ssistant
secretary. viii probably 10 appointed.
WASHINGTON Mrs. Stevenson wife of
the ylcr president. Will hold her last pub
lie reception today. Mrs. Stevensons pop
iHnrty. as well as that OF her daughters,
WIN serve to III her plriors with admGring
friends.
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NEW YORK Tho United States Golf
association Will I've Increased by thirteen
new clubs at the meeting of the executive
committee today. al The office OF the pres
Itl,t. Theodore Havemcyer Secretary
Tallmadgc says that so large n number
applying for membership at one time
shows clearer than anything else the
growing interest In golf
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TOLEDO-A meeting OF the Interstate
Baseball league Will be neld here today.
The forming Of a league for 1897 w.ll he
discussed. Only four cities can he sal
to be sure OF mcmbcrsiGr1--roledo. Youngs-
town. Fort Wayne and Newcastle, Pa.
Newcastle may be dropped. The Other
cities Will probably be selected from Day
ton Fin1lay. Saginaw. Jackson. Wheel ny.
Terre Haute and Evansville. Ind.
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h, Fld.lisa of SIl2laIit


The dangerous tendency Of the iIuo iH
the love ID money. Thera arc other ten
dencie8 OF the times in which murey
plays q part which are truly muniIesut
In thor Grlpe. blt we are iorgolto tlEo
accauntot thid particular tendency which
constitutes the cardinal sin Of tho time
Sympath'aug men aud Wrmrn look with
CONFIRMATION aud dHmny on the coor-
zion Of O. Christian people in the inter
ests ui tie Tlrl by the Cadstian Pow
ers Of Europe What n tile explanation
nj thH3 Il uycmpulsa tbo uusreaGnUlo
asidshuo.5 uad greed ui the world. The
pawers hago Turkish bonds which must
BE- pml.
But thi1 tendency does not flourish
with eastern civilization alone 1lfn.lf
among us, tur ain nl 0uF day, tue Eroll
lyrrgbclmiug thrBtug1iaat our gIuuz
plon. rha mud tdoalry oi gold traaa
iutml uUl aaiy our tsc.ll but orr mos
al aud p1'uisal HIr. 10 former times
the merchant cold Doe goods amt wnF
content 8ith iha profits muio no the
simple pfor u rEeAnuge. huw ha
knock, lt tho dosrs ol cansref= und de
mundu special 4. .Pisll'i81. Tlo iden U'
ps.i.iea naa Do io aao 20 not f5r ruliuE ihr
nation, but Tor making money. EyoB
cilsa gu.B into pulitr Tor tho profitable
priyiltgarlt Will BRING Tho ulb}iHt
aud b1Hi iayt driven out tho dtaicHmnn.
Kings ruiz irafrti n tirhtHaulugsa
Good mou trep out ul politics. We hcar
lhia aiaismgut Frequently made, It wll
aaid of yuurg Nos York man itni hn
r,uar oi lia high cnbnrl1f hr uaa lau
. good q, r1 into politics. BInrpHumy II
nmau Is 600 rood togo into u1i|uar hc
I Tattoo raal tuf,.4rGuI Bot heea.alu
$50 como I8 ihequaHHH Af money lhl
|lBsygs. i rIur, ml WsiursH mau aaF.
cu'r 0iunfu ru HnraI.IIH iuey mu-.
mHB uur Mes. IHr mullimil.iuu
airr .r ft...n's mr1 with ib1 muck.
rake rlAaI u|m ttuda The mHr
With tNr Fn.1m auHu. Wo cunt De-
/ Uaya lea tbo man allN ODE mnofsrato.
tho mUuay lust uarra our rrsa, ON
/ buhuaa l.fc. oHtpauIut.. m, Off college
lai umYaml'l.. If tlrrt dac1 u1
pumeia lHa rpHtuf m.u1l.r brother
hood, uuf rlldrn uill dse up and 7d
ul sragHl. Worr.H tho rltHat.Hm e
quiet n1IfHcu11r, ahlaA tabIH m0L
aud gUmo1 90 Hag of nm 6Il'iHs 20 gl}'
ap my tlmfwa, my iimc. mY Inroma
ny lifc, 10 noodle De-, 'u matr tha vHH
better" Bey 81 N luuai3Id 10 Dem
gfasla Magazine lar'la1
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a en,.tItute r1F nlnein.f.

Judge j. c. Royle, lalug inrBt Of
Salt L.so City. haa novel theory OH
hls own, q, substitute ijr capital pun
ishmant
Judge Rayla - opposed 90 capital
punishment on BibHril as well as hu
maGitAfIan grounds llnit actively m
favor Of ab1IHhi1g #, anl aeYcf fails o.
~ on record to that end,
He believes tbni uhlu ono man kill
nnothf. ho abolld b. forced 70 llhar ihe
remainder Of hii uie far lHe mHiniaaanee
OF the family whom hu hai drpiyldaiiir
ehial, pcrbap only, means " support
n the murdered man bBi no immediate
family, lui mm work '1r the f1m1ip
mrmborb Of ii, rayH lh nudge, nni If br
hns none, lri ba labor gI 20 thl curuh.
mrnt pl 'ho state. o. ulilsgol thai iI
"a poetic Justice That ihr mmn WIN fgla
another Of hi. Mo flalI devote Tho ia.
mhindnr oi bic oan lI'r ln tho t1au 0'
restitution ~ for Ms may bp lt Oh.
murdered man bp QUO ri wealth. tho rn.
duca o. tho murderer lHh1r shall So t
tho further nlling of tho caitom ot thr
surviving fnmily, aer7A.uR The umh
Judge =lss
The state herald., 1897-06-11

One day last week Professor Alcock
was seen leading bicycle through the
eastern part OF town and this excited
some curiosity as ho had not been known
as cyclist. A few days later, however,
the mystery was solved for IT was ascer
tanned thnt his destination was the race
track about a milo aud half from town
and his object the breaking; OF the bicy-
Gle to ride in that secluded spot far from
the sight OF Holyoke audience. 1t is
reported that he succeeded in conquer
ing the irlslSy bike but, ns no reporters
were allowed, the people of Holyoke
will be deprived the great pleasure OF
reading graphic description OF the Pro
fessor's wonderful athletic performances
in handling the unruly bike.