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fifteen feet high and overhanging, sheltered
the spot from the wind. A bed of leaves
covered the rock floor. Tall hemlocks bent
above IL. But for a second path. of which
she was. doubtless. unaware. and which is
rarely travelled, the hiding place was secure.
If she had anything about her which would
serve TO tell who she was she destroyed IL.
1t is known that she was drenched by the
rain Of Monday. but whether she was alive
or dead when il fell will never be known.
That she was exposed to IL was shown by
her clothing which had been wet and had
frozen.
She removed her hat, woman-like. and
lay down far in the cleft OF rocks its
narrowing formation permitted. Then she
swallowed the contents OF both bottles
-laudanum and carbolic acid. She spilled
some of the acid, but she took enough. and
soon she was dead. Men are at work laying
out the botanical garden not far from the
rock shelter found by the suicide. Will
liam Reilly going TO his work at s O'Clock
yesterday morning by a short cut. followed
a footpath which runs 10 the eastward OF
the rocks. He saw a velvet hat with black
plumes lying near the ledge, and then. be-
yond il. something like a womans cloth
ing. He left the footpath. somewhat star
tied. and when he had taken few steps
more he saw the body. He told his fore
man and a policeman was summoned. The
body taken to a morgue and after
wards identified by her brother.
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WORK OF BUNCE'S FLEET
SEARCHLIGHT DRILLS AND TARGET
PRACTICE AT CHARLESTON.
Waiting on the Vesuvius Before At
tempting n acknowledgements
Explosion on the Maine.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 1.-THE
weather to-day was not propitious for the
vessels of the blockade fleet, though it
suited admirably the purposes of blockade
runner. No fugitive craft however, at
tempted to run the gauntlet of the fleet
guarding the entrance to the harbor. and
the big ships lay at anchor in the rain un-
able to engage in target or rowing practice,
as has been the daily custom of the men
aboard the ships. The arrival OF the other
vessels which have been ordered to join the
fleet is looked forward to with eagerness,
particularly so the dynamite cruiser Vesu-
vius, which is to run the blockade. The
monitor Amphitrite came up to the city at
noon and took position in the stream of
the custom house. Tonight work on board
the fleet consisted of Searchlight drills and
target practice. The battle ship Maine and
the cruisers New York, Columbia and Mar
blehead took part in the drills. The search
lights were flashed across the Sea and
every nook and Granny of the surrounding
shore was explored by the searchers. The
target practice was with the eight-inch and
First Sergeant Wagner and Privates Har-
din and Sewman, who were hurt on board
the battle ship Maine. yesterday morning by
the premature explosion of one-poupd
cartridge on secondary battery, are ali
right to-day. Wagner's hand is not so bad
ly lacerated as was reported. Hardin's and
wounds. and in a few days they will be
about their duties as If nothing had hap
pened to them. Who is responsible for the
accident will be learned in few days, as
an investigation has been ordered. The in
jured men from the Marblehead who We're
sent to the Marine Hospital are all doing
well.
Arrangements were concluded to-day for
a grand ball. to be rendered the officials of
the navy and the officers of the squadron On
the 18th. The ball will be one of the most
brilliant social affairs ever held in Charles
ton.
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DIR. ABBOTT ON THE BIBLE.


NEW YORK, Feb. lin answer to
series of questions concerning his views of
the Bible, DR.. Lyman Abbott. pastor of
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, has replied,
as follows:
First-Do you believe that the Bible was
intended 10 be an authority on any mat
tiers except our relations with God? Is it
an authority In astronomy. for example?
Yes, the Bible is an authority concern
ing our relations with our fellowmen. / do
not believe that II is an authority on ques-
lions of science.
Second-Do all Christian scholars regard
belief in the verbal inspiration of the Bible
mo; large and influential body of
Christian scholars of orthodox standing do
not believe in what is called the verbal or
literal inspiration of the Bible
Third-ls there any large number among
Biblical scholars who believe you do
about the Book of Jonah. the Book of Job
and the Song of Solomon?
Yes: substantially all scholars who be-
lfeVe in applying to the Interpretation of
the Bible the canons of literary criticism"
Fourth-Can man be Christian and re-
Ject any part of the chronology or of the
science of the Bible?
II think he can: to be Christian is to
be n believer in Christ divine Savior
of the world and to be follower of Him
In spirit and in conduct, not to entertain
opinions about chronology or science
statements. and IL not. where do you draw
the line. and why?
90 not tnlnk IL Is. 10 tell. however.
where and how i distinguish between the
human and the supernatur elements i'm
the Bible would take much time and space"
Sixth-Does the entire Christian Church
believe that the Bible il strictly inerrant?
Certainly not; see answer TO question
No. 3"
SeVenth-Are you so very different from
many other scholars. or are you simply
more candid in the statement of your
opinions?
II believe my views are in substantial ac-
cord with those scholars to whom [ have
referred I'm Question g. These views will
be found in two series of articles written
by a number of English and American
Biblical scholars. published i'm the Out
look last year. one series entitled The
Bible Literature. has been republished
in book form. and the other entitled The
Bible and the Child is also issued i'm book
form To these volumes / refer you for n
fuller answer TO the questions you ask me-"
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situation, he added. 1T all arises de-
clared Mr.. Morgan, from the fact that the
President does not think ii worth his while
to inform Congress as TO the status of our
foreign relations. He seems TO think that
he can do ii all himself. and that II is I'M
necessary 10 inform Congress" The SEN
ator thought il was time TO end the differ
ences between the executive and Congress
relating TO grave public questions. Here the
Senate was about to act in the dark, APP
propriating for ministers TO countries
which no longer had foreign offices.
Mr.. Hale in charge of the bill, said the
question would have 10 be settled later. Our
ministers were in actual service in these
countries and would have to be paid. IL
the union discontinued these places the de-
partment would have to discontinue the sal
aries at suitable time. Mr.. Morgan did
not press the objection, saying his only
purpose was to have the public understand
the peculiar conditions.
Bills fixing the time and place for federal
trials in Oklahoma Territory and providing
for the retirement of enlisted men of the
army and navy after forty years continu-
service at three-quarters pay were
passed. At 100 p. m. the Senate went into
executive session, and at 4:59 p. m. adj
iOurned.
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IF we told you that your
baby was starving, that it
actually didn't get enough
to eat, you might resent it.
And yet there are thousands
of babies who never get the
fat they should in their food
or who are not able to digest
the fat that they do get. Fat
is a necessity to your baby.
1t is baby life and baby
beauty. A few drops of
SCOTS Emulsion for all little
ones one. two and three
years of age is better than
cream for them. They
thrive and grow on it.
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TRUE TO HER LOVER.
st. Louis Belle Will RenOunce the
Catholic Faith to Wed Her Choice.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. u.-Miss Josephine
Rowley, the charming young sister of the
wife of General john Siegrist. and reign
ing West-end belle. will soon abandon the
religion of her fathers-the Roman Cath
Ollie Church-to become nonbeliever, ac-
cording to the edicts Of that church. She
is soon to marry DIR. w. l.. Whipple, a
Protestant, and for months she has pleaded
with her priest, and finally with Arch
bishop Kain, not to drive her from the
church. to permit her to be married by a
priest as her affianced will not forsake his
religious faith. The archbishop is unyield-
ing, despite all the powerful influences So
cially the devout young woman has
brought to bear upon him. DR.. Whipple is
as stern the archbishop in the tenets of
his faith.
To-day Miss Rowley announced that she
would be married by q Protestant minis
ter and thus forsake her faith for the man
she loves. She will be married Monday
night, and will be accommodated at the
same time.
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He Tells why His Road Purchased
10000 Tons of steel Rails, and Says
Others should Do Likewise.
IRON ORE POOL THREATENED
CARNEGIE AND ROCKEFELLER MAY
SMASH 1T BEFORE LONG.
Former Now I'm n Position to Com
pete Under any Condition and to
Cut Far Below Other Firms.

NEW YORK, Feb. u.-Stuyvesant Fish,
president of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, was asked to-day IL he could
give some explanation of the reported large
order for steel rails by his company. In
reply he said: From the surplus earnings
of the year ended June 30, 1886, the directors
of the Illinois Central Railroad Company
at that time set apart 500 to be ex-
pended this year in betterments. At yes
terday's meeting they not only authorized
the purchase of the full quota of rails rec
commended by the chief engineer for this
years renewals on the entire system-25.-
400 tons-but they also availed themselves
OF the low price to buy 24.6c0 tons addi-
tional. The cost of these additional rails,
less value of old rails removed from the
track, will be paid for from the better
ment fund. This will put the road one
year further in advance as TO renewals and
in substitution of seventy-five-pound rails
for sixty and fifty-six-pound ones.
ION the 400 miles of railroad. in eleven
States. operated by the Illinois Central,
the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley and the
Chesapeake. Ohio & Southwestern Railroad
Companies. there is neither a workable de-
post OF iron nor coking coal fit for use in
a blast furnace. Nor has any director or
Oh the company, 10 my hHO"lcuSc,
the slightest interest in the manufacture
of steel in any form; nor is there a blast
furnace or a rolling mill on the line, out
side of the city of Chicago; nor do those
there located draw supplies of coke or ore
or flux over our road. In short, we prob
ably have less interest in the iron trade
than any other large railroad system. Our
action in doubling purchases of rails
has been prcdicated on the cheapness of
the article. In appreciation that the activ-
ity in the iron trade means a rising COM
mercial barometer and desire to do what
in us lies TO give employment to labor and
capital by setting both at work. We placed
nine-tenths of our $4,000 tons purchase with
the Illinois Steel Company IN order TO keep
a Chicago industry busy and the labor
among Us employed.
IF the other railroads will likewise avail
enough rails to repair one-tenth of their
see increased activity in every branch of
trade at an early day. AS the general COM
mercial conditions are good and sound
prices of raw material and staple goods
being unusually low, we need but revival
in the iron trade TO set the wheels OF COM
merce in motion. l for one believe that we
have now got over the dead center. 1t
remains for others. manufacturers, mer-
chants and bankers alike, to see matters
In the same light.
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PREPARED FOR 4 FIGHT.
The Carnegie Company Can Produce
Rails ut n Low Cost.

pITTSRIrRG Feb 11-Andrew Carnegie
arrived i'm the city last night and was clos
eted to-day with the officials Of the Car
negie Steel Company limited, denying him
self 10 all interviewers. None of the officials
of the company would express himself on
the recent collapse of the billet and rail
pool and the threatened dissolution of the
iron-ore combination. The iron and steel
market is in a highly agitated state over
the present condition, but it is evident that
tie Carnegie Company is by no means wOr
ried over the prospects of an open market
with the fiercest competition. A promi-
nent steel manufacturer said: AS far as
low prices on billet and st eel rails are con-
cerned. IL Is generally conceded that the
Carnegies are prepared to compete under
any conditions. Their recent completion OF
the two largest blast furnaces in the world.
by which the cost OF pig iron is reduced,
their alliance with the coke interests and
the fact that they are paying wage scale
which contains 10 per cent. bonus that
can be taken off at any time gives them an
advantage that Is conceded In iron and
steel circles. matter that is interesting
the trade, particularly at this time. is the
question whether the iron-ore combination
can Withstand the influence that is wreck
ing the combinations on finished products.
Last year the output of ore was appor-
toned among the manufacturers, with a
view to limiting the production to ten mil
non tons and putting the price up from
$3.50 per ton to 81, and sustaining il at that
point This was accomplished throughout
the year. but IL had a sustaining influence
on the steel rail, billet and beam pools
which kept up the price of finished product.
The recent fifty-year lease OF the Mountain
iron mine, in the Mesaba range, from the
Rockefeller interests by the Carnegie Steel
Company may prove large factor in the
ore pool. IL will enable this company to
secure a large amount of its ore at a de-
cided advantage, and this advantage will
be enhanced by the low railroad rates on
the Butler & Pittsburg Railroad, which the
Carnegie Company is building from Pitts
burg to the lake
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Fitn Also Confident of victory.

CHICAGO, Feb. u.-Robert Fitzsimmons.
Martin Julian, Ernest Roeber and Dan
Hickey arrived in Chicago tonight at 9
o'clock and left an hour later for the West.
The party will make a stop at Pueblo and
at Colorado Springs. and at both places
Fitzsimmons will give exhibitions. Julian
will not stop at Pueblo and will so through
to Colorado Springs, where he will deposit
the s. 600 vet due as the Fitzsimmons side
of he side bet. During the hour he spent
in the city Fitzsimmons walked through
the streets up and down the depot plat
form with his two dogs and enjoyed a
snowbaling match with some boys. All
I want" he said 70 reporter, lis to get
used to that air out there and get lmbered
up q bit after riding so long i'm the cars,
and then | will be ready to fight l expect
10 lick Corbett and feel sure that Will.
will whip him all right enough L don't
know how many rounds II will take. but /
will be standing up when the winner Is de-
clared."
Fitz seemed TO be In excellent spirits and
certainly is in excellent condition, looking
big and strong. He is. for him. quite
heavy. weighing 10 pounds. He may tight
at that weight or a few pounds under It,
'.It all depends how L feel after / get TO
work ne said. Il am going 10 fight at
the weight at which feel best and strong
est If | find that 119 pounds makes me
a bit slow / shall take of some OF 1t. Ill
tell all about that when get 10 Nevada.
Martin Julian declared that the men be-
hind Fitzsimmons when he steps into the
ring will be Dan Hickey, Ernest Roeber
and himself.
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Young Woman HOpeIessIy III with
COnsumpsiOn Takes Poison.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Herald an
nounces the suicide of Mary c. Fulton,
daughter of John Fulton, a prominent
builder residing at 443 West Fortieth street,
and says: ILLNESS bade fair to prevent her
marriage and made her believe she was
burden to her family, and so, without a
word to her sweetheart, she stole away to
Bronx Park and poisoned herself. Con-
sumption had made her view of ali things
morbid. She hoped they would never find
her body, and to that end she climbed far
among the bushes and the hemlocks
which grow a hundred yards or more to the
northeast of the Lorillard mansion, and.
finding a great cleft in the rocks, crept in
and died there. She was twcnty-seven
years old and had long been in poor health.
Once, when she critically ill., she was
sent to Colorado by her family. The eli
mate then apparently restored her to
health. When she returned her relatives
were delighted to see how bright and strong
she had grown. A severe cold caused re-
currence of consumptive symptoms. and re-
Gently the girl had Deen deeply Respondent.
A physician advised "A trip to Bermuda, and
Mr. Fulton advised his daughter To go. She
postponed the voyage, apparently believing
IL would be useless She had an eXagger-
ated idea OF the trouble she caused her rel
ativeS and the expenditure which the pro-
posed voyage WOulu Involve. she decided,
TOO that her health would make il neces-
sary to break her marriage engagement.
once or twice she spoke vaguely OF maxi
ing away with herself in order 10 hasten
the inevitable and relieve those at home of
a burden. Her relatives. who were untlring
In their soicitude, believed these hints OF
suicide would pass away in time. Quite as
anxious and quite as hopeful they were
was the young man Miss Fulton had hoped
to marry.
She left home on Friday morning last,
win ms he VIZ to xyfcf
an aunt in Tenth avenue. She did so to
her aunts. but remained only short time.
None OF her relatives saw her alive after
that.
1T develops that after leaving her aunt's
she purchased bottle of laudanum and
another of carbolic acid. Then she went
to Lorillard lane. A footpath leads from
the road up hin, where there is a high
ridge of rock and the growth OF hemlocks
is thicker. She left the road TO follow the
path. and soon left the path to lind what
she sought and what she hoped no one else
would find. She found a little chamber
where the end of the ridge was blasted
away long ago. One three sides rock walls.
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the maintenance of prices. What the Rock
efeller-Carnegie combination will do in the
ere pool Will become manifest within a Tort
night. The first announcement, is Is said.
will be I'm the shape OF large sales OF ore
for delivery the coming season of naviga-
ton W. 1ut regard TO the pool. Even more
imp -.lrit than the collapse of the steel rail
pool will be the termination of the ore pool:
1t will mean terrific war on prices by all
the iron mining companies of northernMich-
igan and Minnesota. Among some there Is
serious question If the iron ore pool has not
already gone. In previous winters the pro-
duction of every important mine in the
Lake Superior region had been allotted and
prices fixed long before this time in FEB
ruary. As yet no allotment has been made
and no prices fixed for the coming season
Meetings have been held at Cleveland, but
they have been fruitless in reaching an
agreement. On all sides the sentiment Is
general that the ore pool cannot be saved
and identically that the same influences
which have wrecked every iron and steel
combination in existence at the beginning
of the year will prevent the iron mining
companies from reaching an agreeHent.
In the war the two great companies VIII ne
the Minnesota Iron Company. with mead
quarters in this city, and the Lake superior
consolidated mines, controlled Dy Johh ~
Rockefeller"
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MORGAN SPEAKS AGAIN.
The Senator Criticises the President
for Ignoring Congress.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE Senate to-
day passed the diplomatic and consular APP
preparation bill and fixed next Wednesday,
at ID. M. as the time forfa final vote on
the immigration conference report. These
were the only features of the open session.
which was cut short early in the day by
the executive session on the arbitration
treaty. The diplomatic and consular bill
as passed, carries s6.145,S0s, a slight increase
on minor items in the House bill.
Mr.. Morgan questioned the items in the
bill of $4,000 for a minister 10 Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and Salvador and 10000 for
minister 10 Guatemala and Honduras. 1t
was understood. he said. that a union had
been formed by three of these countries.
and that our ministers TO Nicaragua. Hon
duras and Salvador had lost their respect
i've functions, as their foreign offices had
been closed. The union under the name of
the Greater Republic of Central America,
had sent minister here. who. IL was un-
derstood. had been received and recognized
by the President. This was awkward
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TaiIors and Foremen Elect Officers.

CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 1.-THE Merchant
Tailors' National Exchange to-day recon-
mended that each local exchange take steps
to form a retail merchants board of trade
to push the tariff question with more vigor.
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Thomas W. Chase, Providence, X. l.
first vice president Allen e. Day. Buffalo.
NJ Y: second vice president. Peter A.
Schaub. st. Paul. MINI; secretary, Fred
Croft. Chicago: treasurer. X. c. Notboum,
Milwaukee Wis. The meeting next year
will be held at Richmond, Va, Feb. 10, IL
and l..
The National Foreman Cutters elected
officers as follows: President, John A.
Carlton, Kankakee, ILL.,; first vice president.
Christ. Sachleben. Chicago: second vice
president. Julian l.. Vivian, Norwich. Conn
recording secretary. =. w. Vance. Buffalo,
n. Y; corresponding secretary, S. S. Paupst,
Dundas. Ont; financial secretary and treas
urer. Leonard Anderson, Gowanda, n. Y.
Robert Phillips, of Chicago, was made del
egate to the international convention at
Brussels next August. The next annual
meeting will be held in Buffalo the first
week in February. 1899.
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stuart selects Carson.

CARSON, New. Feb. n.-Dan Stuart has
arrived and announced that the big fight
between Corbett and Fitzsimmons will oc-
cur in Carson March Il. Although Stuart
had reiterated all the way up from Texas
that he had not decided where the fight
was to be held IL did not take him long
to make up his mind after he got here.
The pugilistic impressario gives as reason
fer the selection Of Carson in preference
to Reno that the Carson people had worked
hard for the passage of the BILL while the
Reno citizens were opposed 70 1t. Stuart
thinks that the facilities for the accomno-
dalton and transportation Of big crowd 10
Carson are fully sufficient and says he has
made very satisfactory arrangements with
the railroad people.
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Killed His Father

BARBOURVILLE, KY, Feb. u.-Aaron
Acelinrer. aged eighteen. shot and killed
his father. Richard Acelinger. at Lavelle
! few miles from this place. this morning
The boy had pistol and the father de-
manded that he surrender IL. The boy an
grily exclaimed: I'll give you this much Of
IT. and fired bullet through his fathers
head.
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Twenty .scamen Drowned.

GLASGOW, Feb. lit is now stated
that twenty members Of the crew of the
British steamer Cayanus were drowned in
the wreck of that vessel near Ushante,
France. The Cayanus was bound from Bill
hos tO
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Iron Orc Pool Mny Co.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE Tribune says
THE Iron Ore Association. which has con-
trolled prices and fixed the output OF Lake
Superior iron mines, stands directly in the
track OF the cyclone which has swept away
every combination and pool in the iron and
steel trade for the division of business and
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Work for Four Hundred Men.

NEWPORT. KY, Feb. 1.-THE announce
ment is made tonight that the Newport
rolling mill will resume next Monday Civ
ing employment to 800 men.