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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-10

Tomorrow, Thursday, special
purchase of Hosiery to be offered at
a very low price, as follows:
100 dozen Women's extra fine
Fast Black Cotton Hose (Hermsdorf
dye), with double heels and toes.
Sizes 8 to 10. Special price,
1212c. a pair.
First floor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

New YORK, Jan. 25.-Henry Barnard
and his wife, Charlotte, were arrested yes
terday at their home in Forty-second
street, and committed to jail In default Of
5000, charged by United States secret
service agents with the counterfeiting
Of fsilvsr coins. Secret Service Agent Bagg
says that Barnard is an expert counter
feiter and that he has been passing his
worthless coins In small shops on the west
side for several weeks His limitations of
United States coins were so good, said Mr..
Bagg, that Barnard has no scruples In
passing the counterfeits in the same stores
over and over again. Barnard's home was
searched, and in it was found au exton-
sive ecounterfeiting plant, consisting Of an
timony, tin, copper, plating apparatus,
files and S25 in bad coins. Mrs. Barnard
was arrested charged with being cognizant
of her husbands criminal proceedings.
The two children Of the couple were placed
In charge Of the Gerry society.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Mrs. Hungerford, the English novelist,
Is dead.
Three business houses were destroyed
by fire at Russellville, Ky. Loss, $50 900
The governor of Manila has prohibited
foreign warships from entering pasig
river
Severe snowstorms prevail over the
whole of France, with the exception Of a
fringe along the Mediterranean.
Ex-Captain Gui Hot has been sentenced
to five years in prison In France for sell
ing military secrets to foreign powers.
A Rome despatch to The Daily Mail says
that the pope is considering the compro.
mise clauses of the Manitoba school ques
ton.
Harry Hayes convicted of numbering
his stepson, at Salt Lake, Utah, has es-
capped the gallows by communication Of
lifo imprisonment.
Captain Henry King, chief editorial
writer of lhe Paper, has been appointed
to succeed the late Joseph b. McCullagh
as editor of the St Louis Globe. Democrats.
Archbishop Sebastian Martinelli, apos.
tolic delegate to the United States celc.
bratod solemn pontiacGl mnss yesterday
in st, Agnes Roman Catholic church, in
honor of the feast of the patron saint Of
the church.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
FAMINE IN INDIA.
Reports of Distress and Starvation Much
Exaggerated.


LONDON, Jan pa repr esentatlye o.
the Associated Press who is travelling
through the famine districts in India, ac'
companying the governments party OF
inspection, sent a dispatch Saturday from
Kolhapur. He says that the reports which
have been sent to England and the United
States of the acute famine said to exist in
the southern Mahashtra states have been
exaggerated. SO far as his observation has
extended. A scarcity Of grain dogs, in
decd, prevail In the extreme eastern por-
tion Of this region, but the people there
were able to escape wuAA NJ migrating,
most Of them, to the fertile Kancon plains
and elsewhere where the shortness Of the
grain supply is not fslt.
The maharajah, in an interview with
the Associated Press representative on
the prospects OF his psople escaping starva-
tion, said that his state expected q famine
every five years, and were therefore not
taken unawares or unprovided when 1t
came. They were prepared, he said, to
spend five laos of rupees for relief in his
territory
The British resident was also inter-
Viewed and confirmed the statements Of
the maharaiah as to the situation, adding
that the relief organization was most etfi-
Client in the Bombay sections, and that
the difficulties from famine and Of secur-
ing and distributing relief were lighter
than In former famines. The resident
summed up his views as follows: my OBJ
servation has been in travelling over the
whole western side that the famine is not
severe there, though 1t may Increase to-
wards June. But in the districts in which
have travelled have not heard Of a sin.
gle death from starvation"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
Much Suffarlng In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-In South Chicago
five families were found actually freezing
TO death They were removed by the
police to warmer quarters, where proper
treatment was given them. number Of
other cases were found in other parts of
the city. To aid the poor on account of
the extreme severity Of the weather the
county coal contractor delivered 400 loads
OF GOAL to destitute families. This is the
first time such delivery has been mado
on Sunday. Food and clothing were also
given out.
Up to II o'clock last night there were be-
tween fifteen or twenty cases reported to
the police of people being found in the
streets suffering from frozen hands, feet,
ears and noses OF these two or three are
In serious condition. Only one death
from cold was reported, that of child.
BY midnight the thermometer registered
II degs below, having dropped 5 deSs.
since o'clock.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
presldent-EIeot,s Sunday visitors,

CANTON, O., Jan 25.-With tho mer-
curry lowering near zero out of doors all
day and the earth shrouded In deep
covering of snow, caught up by tiurries Of
wind and hurled into the faces Of pedes-
triaus, the Mckinleys found their home
the most comfortable place for them yes
terlay, aud there they remained, except
during the hour of morning worship,
when the major attended services at the
First Methodist Episcopal church. He
was accompanied to and from church by
his old Canton friend, Josiah Hartzell,
and Alex H. Rsvell, Of Chicago, who was
guest at the Mckinley house during the
day. A number of callers were received
during the day, but there was little of po-
litical significance in the days doings.
r. r. Ross Appleton and Walter After
bury, of Brooklyn, were among those who
called. 1t Is understood that they are here
to make arrangements for Brooklyn
delegation which expects to come here
and say good word for Congressman
Francis II. Wilson, Of Brooklyn, for q
cabinet position
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

AUBURN, NY, Jan. 3-Warden Stout
OF tho prison hero. gave out n statement to
the press Of the burning to death Of con-
Wet In the prison Saturday night, The
unfortunate was James McTaige, an Ell
mira transfer, sen fenced from New York
county for term Of Ave years June :,
1873, for grand larceny, second degree. Nc
TaIge had smugglod naphtha to his cell, on
the fifth gallery of tbs south wing, which
he was rsing for cooking purposes About
$50 p. III. an explosion occurred, and the
guards and walters Immediately went to
the scene, but McTaige was envelopOd in
flames, and before assistance could be rem
dered he was so seriously burned that the
efforts Of the physicians summoned proved
to be unavailing, and he disd few hours
later McTaige's time would have expired
In March next
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
Tho Police Using a Mind Reader.

CHICAGO Jan. 25 The Chicago police
are endeavoring to find the body of John
W. Matthews, IL missing lawyer, by tie
aid of DIR. Rngland who claims to be a
mind reader. Rlngland, who apparently
could have had no knowledge of Mat.
thews' movements, has gi<en the polics
many tips by which the missing man was
traced TO various places in the city. The
doctor Insists that Matthews threw him.
self into the lake, and the body was sub
sequently robbed in II cottage. A cottage
answering the description was found, and
the police, having dug for the body near
the place indicated by the mind reader,
are now inclined to believe they are on
tho wrong track
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
COLD WEATHER IN THE NoRTHW EST
Thirty-two Degrees Below Zero at Bls
marck, N. ID.

Thirty-two Degrees Below Zero at Bis-
marck, N. ID.
St. PAUL, Jan. 25 The coldest weather
Of the winter thus far was experienced In
this section yesterday, the mercury being
away down in the minus figures, from 20
TO 80 degs. below. Last night at 7 o'clock
the weather bureaus official record in
this city gave IS degs below zero, while
other northwestern stations reported as
follows: Helena, IA below; Bismarck and
Winnipeg, 81 below; Huron, 20 below,a
Duluth, Is below.
Specials from Rochester, MINI, say that
yesterday was the coldost for many years,
the thermometer at noon indicating 20
below, and the severe cold was intensified
by a twenty-five mile gale from tho north
west. The mercury is falling steadily.
Aberdeen, S. D., has not had mail
train from any direction since Friday
hight, and indications are strong that the
blockade will prove to DO the worst yet ex-
perienced. No effort has been made to
clear the roads for two days past, because
OF continual wind, and the cuts are now
full The Milwaukee passenger train from
she south is in drift near Bonilla.
Bismarck, n d., reports severe bliz-
zard prevailing all day with the mercury
30 degs below zero and u high wind blow
ing. 1t Is the worst storm of the season
for stockmen and the losses will probably
BE- heavy owing to the low temperature
The first trains for the east for three days
arrived yesterday, but the storm will cause
further blockade. 1t is doubtful II legis-
lators can arrive in time for Tuesday S ses-
sion
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
SEVERE COLD WAVE
Extends as Far South as Texas
and Moving Eastward.
MUCH SUFFERING IN CHICAGO.

The Thermometer Thirty Two Degrees
Below Zero In North Dakota, and Rail.
roads Blocked by Snow--No Mails Since
Friday at Aberdeen, N. ID.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 The severe cold
wave now extends rs FAR east as the Ohio
valley and southwark to Texas, where the
temperature has fallen from 20 to 40 degs.
in the past twenty-tour hours. 1t is be.
low freezing in Tennessee and central
Toxas; 1t Is below zero in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri, and 20 degs below
zero over the Dakotas and Minnesota.
At Indianapolis tho Thermometer at tho
weather office registered s degs. below
zero at O'Clock last evening. The natural
gas pressure was very low, and.as all resi-.
dents depend upon 1t for fuel there was
great suffering. The weather conditions
are similar throughout the state. At An.
hsrson, Ind, it Is Z degs. below, and at
We&aw 10,
Michigan experienced the ooldest
weather Of the winter yesterday. Last
night the tempe rature ranged from 9
dsgs. below zero In Detroit to 10 degs. be-
low at upper peninsula points. 1t has
ceased showing at most points
One of the worst storms ever known Wis.
tied Valparaiso, Ind, yesterday. Sixteen
inches Of snow fell, drifting badly. Sew
eral trains are snowbound The thormom.
ster registered Is dess below zero. Yes.
tsrday relief parties were sent out, and
many poor families were furnished fuel.
Yesterday was tho ooldest day Of the
IT y L
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
TRAlNMEN KILLED IN A WRECK
Train Piunges Over a Trestle on the
Rttsburg and Western.

RHtsburg and Western. :
SHIPPESsyIfLE. Pa, Jan. 25.--0ne OF
the most frlghtful wrenis in the histocY of
the Pittstfirg and Western railroad oc-
CURED Saturday evening in which three
trainmen lost their lives and many pas
sengers were seriously injured. The &C.
cident occurred Immediately at the sharp
curve upon the high trestle which spans
Paint creek at this point. The train was
composed Of baggage, mail and three pas
senger coaches. As 1t approached Paint
creek trestls, midway between the juno
tion and Shlppensville, the air brakes re-
fused to work, and the whole train, con-
sisting Of engine baggage and postal car
and two coaches plunged over the trestle
fully seventy feet to the depth below. The
trainmen clung to the engine and baggage
car in the wild leap from above and were
terribly crushed beneath. Conductor
Rainey jumped Atty feet in order to save
himself, and thus received his injuries,
which may prove fatal.
The dead are Daniel J. Moriarity, aged
81, engineer; Ira Beatty Foxburg aged
30, fireman, and William s. Copely, But
Ter, aged 40, mail agent
The injured are: Thomas Rainey, Fox
burg, baggagemaster, arm broken; James
Tonks, Foxburg, conductor injured inter-
nally; Ned Clark, Foxburg, trainmaster,
arms broken; Charles Carruthers, Butler,
newsboy, injured on head. Twelve pas
sengers, whose names are unknown, were
also injured. The remaining passengers
marvelously escaped with slight INJURIES
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

and his sons have been summoned to his
bedside from their home in Mississippi.
For some months the senator has been
suffering from this same trouble, and he
was unable to be in Washington at the
opening of congress in December.
Senator Georges i'll health is due to his
advanced age, accelerated by years Of hard
and constant work. The senator's wife La
In Mississippi Owing to an attack of pa
ralysis she will not b3 able to come to
Washington. Senator George, who Is now
in his list year has served as a member Of
the United States senate for nearly six
teen years, and the term for which he was
elected expires March 3, 1899 He was a
gallant soldier in the Mexican and civil
wars (serving on tho Confederate side)
and is a we'll known lawyer He held i'm.
portant judicial positions in his state prior
to his election to the senate.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

: ARRESTED FOR FORGERY. :
Men Of Prospective Wealth Residing in o
Bowery Lodging House.


New YORK, Jan. 25,-The police STUN.
bled yesterday upon story of alleged for.
gerry and double dealing, the participants
in which assert that they are men of pres
ent or prospective wealth, although resi-.
dents of Bowery lodging house.
Colonel Silas O. Taylor, late Of the
United States army, residing at the Belle.
vue lodging house, on the Bowery, Is the
complainant, and the prisoner is Charles
W. Sherwood, who calls himself Charles
W. Sherman, the son of Duncan Sher.
man, of the we'll known banking house Of
Duncan Sherman & Co. He, too, lived
for long time within the walls Of the
Bellevue lodging house, but removed from
there shortly after Jan. l.
1t appears that Colonel Taylor owns a
placer mine at Snake River, Idaho, which
he values at $4,000 One of the most inter.
ested listeners to the colonels story last
December was Sherwood, then lodger at
the Bellevue, where the colonel was stop.
ping
Sherwood told the colonel Of his sister,
Mrs Mary. A. Wright, who lives in
splendor at New Rochelle, and of his own
son, Clarence d. Sherman, owner Of the
McGibbon Autograph company, near
New Haven, Conn. He claimed to be
worth half q million dollars in his own
right. According to Colonel Taylor,
Sherwood purchased an interest in his
mine.
No sooner had the terms Of the sale been
agreed upon than Sherman drew check
on the Fourth National bank for the sum
Of 900 to the order of Colonel Taylor.
He signed the check with the name Charles
w. Sherman. Sherwood did not seem in
Il hurry about receiving any deed, but
told him to prepare the transfer papers
and give them to him in n day or two
This transaction took place day or two
after Jan. /.
Tho following day Colonel Taylor drop.
pod into the bank and presented his check
to the paying teller. The teller looked at
the check for $l0 900 and then at the name
signod to the paper 1--WE are sorry to
say" the bank official responded, but
Mr. Sherman has no account with US
Sherwood was arrested yesterday and
Colonel Taylor will repeat his story in
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
Ex-Oueon LII in Washington,

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. - Liliuokalani,
tho deposed queen of Hawaii, otherwise
Mrs. Lydia Dominis, came to Washing.
ton unexpectedly Saturday. She left Bos.
ton in the morning, apparently without
letting her intentions be known to the
newspaper men in that city, and made the
journey without stopping over at any
place on the way, and went Immediately
to the Shoreham, where apartments had
been engaged for herself and those accom-.
pany her. She registered as Queen Lii
iuokalaui, OF Hawaii" With the excep.
ton Of the time during which she attended
divine services the ex-queen remained In
her apartments at the Shoreham yester'
day. United States Treasurer Morgan was
the only caller on her majesty during the
day and he came to pay his respects and tc
invite the queen to inspect the gold and
silver vaults in the treasury building.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
THENSURGENTS ACTIVE
General Weyler Encamped in Ma
tanzas Province.
THE CAPTURE OF SANTA CLARA

Confirmed by Travellers Arriving in Mex
ico-Both Sides Burning Plantations
and the Country VIII Be Reduced to
BarbarIsm-The Trial Of Roloff.
HAVANA, Jan. 25 = Captain General
Weyler was encamped Saturday night at
Bolondron, in Matanzas province, and
this morning he continued his march. A
number of skirmishes have occurred In
Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and
Santa Clara provinces, the Spanish col.
unns fighting number of insurgent
bands and taking their camps, with
four prefectures arms. effects and docu.
ments. The insurgents left thirty,seven
killed. among them being three projects,
and lost four prisoners who were imme,
diately court martialed. The Spanish lost
three killed and two officers and twenty.
six soldiers wounded.
On Jan. 20 the insurgents attacked the
village Of Bainoa Havana province, six OF
the residents being wounded
The battalion Of Lealtad has made re-
connaissance Of the Jaruco district and
has gathered in 900 cattle. Colonel do
Bosch, during reconnaissance at Jaca, in
Plnar del Rio province, destroyed 200 huts
and brought In twenty seven families to
the town. Six insurgents were killed.
The report heretofore circulated, that the
Insurgents had dynamited and burned
the magnificent tobacco plantation Of San
Limo in the district of Cienfuegos, Is un-
true
Lieutenant Colonel Dez Vicaro, with
the 800 of the battalion Espana and large
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
Pertinent and Impertinent.

It was while Henry Lidde)l was head
master of Westminster school that his
fame began to extend as the author OF q
Greek lexicon, published few years be-
fore. One day he told the boys in his class
that they must write an English epigram.
Most of the scholars declared the task to
be impossible. DR.. Liddell insisted that
they were wrong. 1t was not impossible.
Each scholar might choose his own sub
ject, but epigrAms must be written. This
was what one boy produced:
Two men wrote lexicon
Liddell and Scott
One.half was clever
And one half was not.
Give me the answer, boys,
Quick to this riddle
Which was by Scott
And which was by Liddellf
II think you are rather severe, was tho
masters only comment Youths Com
panion.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

FLEMlNGToN, n. T., Jan 25,-George B.
Schenck aged 30years, son of Ex-senator
John G. Schenck, of Neshanic, died at the
home of his father early Saturday morn
Ing. A large carbuncle made its appear
Ance on Schenck's back and week ago
hs was forced to return to his home In Ne.
shanlc, where skilled treatment was ad-
minstered but without avail A singu
lar incident connected with tho affair ia
that his grandfather, Tunls Hoff, aged 70,
died thirty years ago from carbunCle in
axantlY the Snme spnt.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

Rossetti has been credited with making
william Morris acquainted with the lady
who was to be his wife, and the legend
turns that he did so because he had fallen
In love with her eyes and wanted Morris
to possess them. A new story about Mrs.
Morris eyes and Rossetti has appeared.
Not long after the marriage Rossetti asked
q few friends to consolation dinner. !"
During the festivity there was some dis
turbance outside the windows, and when
1t had ended ROssetti went to one OF them
and drawing back the curtain showed a
bull in the garden tethered in the midst OF
the ruin he had made. AS his friends ex-
claimed at the presence of such an unruly
element, Rossetti ruefully explained that
this was his consolation" though he
feared he should have to get rid of it to-
morrow. II bought the bull, and neant
to cherish 1t while it lived becauss--you
can see-he has Mary Morris eyes. i.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
Colored People Organize a League.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-A number of prom
inent eolored people Of this city and state
yesterday organized "The Civic League of
the State OF Illinois, The object of the
league is to get the moral support of the
north to enable the league to educate its
kindred in the south and to endeavor to
get trades unions to raise the bar they
have placed against the admission Of coli
ored men. The league also expects to
make the members of their race respected
by the white people in the communities
in which they 1.-Two,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

Father MCSMCcnoy OF ChestertoWn, Nd,
will succeed the late Father Crowley at
St. Annc's Church. The appointment was
announced yesterday by Bishop Curtis and
the new priest will arrive in II lew weeks.
The appointment was disappointment
TO the people Of the parish they expecting
Father Waldron Of Easton. The new
priest however Is well and favorably
known, being one of the youngest priests
of the diocese.
He was born in Boston and was educat.
ted for the priesthood at St Mary's Semi.
nary, Baltimore. Ho was ordained in
that city about four years ago, and i'm.
mediatey took charge of the church at
charge Of that parish and an assistant
will be aDDOinted later
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

The expression advanced backward"
gained great currency just after the ren-
counter on the floor of the United States
senate between Senator Henry S. Foote OF
Mississippi and Senator Thomas Fl. BEN
ton of Missouri. In that famous verbal
duel, which almost eliminated In bloody
tragedy, one Of the senators - perhaps
Foote, though this is matter of recolleo-
tion-bore down on Benton, when the lat
ter drew his pistol, an old Allen, common
ly called in those days pepper box and
sometimes wasp nest. Foote stopped,
And afterward in detailing the occurrence
he said that when Mr.. Benton pulled his
ppeper box l advanced backward. " Mon
tague refers in his works to ''rowers who
advanced backward. New Orleans Plea
yune. ri.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
Earthquakes Continue In Mexico

CITY OF MEXICO. Jan. 5.-Earthquakes
continue in the STAGE of Oaxaca, and that
city has been shaken by the trepidatory
shock. Scentists believe volcano is
forming among the hills, and the contin-
ued seismic movement has excited alarm
in several districts, while on tho Pacific
coast the ocean is in a continual commo-
ton caused by submarine explosions,
sending huge waves on the shore and ter
rifying fishermen who still boldly venture
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Jan. 25-Firs
yesterday partially destroyed tho boys
hormitoryo of the Christian Home orphan
age. One hundred boys were sleeping in
the building when the fire broke out All
were rescued Ths 6remen had n terrible
combat with the cold. Damage to the
building, 5000, with no insurance.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25

New YORK, Jan. 25 Miss Lillian Tenn
pleton, Of Brooklyn, is dead, as the result
of taking prescription Of u friend who
meant to cure, not to kill hor Miss Tenn
pleton had been suffering from cold. A
friend gave her prescription which called
for equal parts of spirits of camphor, pep.
pcrmint, laudanum and balsam of fir.
This prescriptlcn was filed by the Bolton
Drug company. She took the medicine on
Friday evening. Saturday morning she
was found unconscious, bleeding at the
nose and mouth