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And Try to Secure Vote to Show Its
Strength.
He Will Probably Abandon 1t for the
Session and Push 1t With VigOr at
the Next SessiOn-ApprOpria
Bills and the Arbitration Treaty
Will Round Out the Week-Both
Houses Will Witness the Counting
of the Electoral Vote on Wednes-
day.

WASHINGTON, Feb. If Senator
Morgan pursues his present plan, he will
move to take up the Nicaragua Canal
bill during the morning hour Monday
He expects the motion to be antagonized
and in that event will secure a vote
which will. he thinks, demonstrate the
voting strength of the canal bill. He
expects the vote to be largely in the ma
ority, but whatever the result, he prob
ably will announce his abandonment Of
the bill for the present session on ac-
count of the determined obstruction to
it's passage, while at the same time, he
will declare his purpose to press the
measure with more determination than
ever al the next session.
The withdrawal of the Nicaragua bill
from its present place at the head of the
calendar will leave the way open for
taking up other measures pressing for
consideration. The diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill has already
been reported and there will be an effort
made to secure attention to it Monday.
The appropriation committee expects to
have the Indian and agricultural bills
reported back by Wednesday and will
Thurston will seek the first opportunity
to conclude his speech on the Pacific
railroad resolutions: Senator Morrill, has
given notice of his intention to advance
the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in
the Capitol and Senator Sherman will
abide by his decision to ask the Senate
to go into executive session early Mon
day for the purpose of considering the
general arbitration treaty with Great
Britain.
AS soon as these matters will permit
there will be an effort to proceed with
the bankruptcy bill and it is not ex-
pected that there will be an avowed OPP
position to consideration. The proceed
irgs relative to the arbitration treaty
viii be held in executive session and will
be long and animated. Wednesday the
Senate will join the House to see the
count of the electoral vote. Senator
Lodge hopes to get up the conference
report on the immigration bill as soon
as the House acts upon it, which he
thinks will be done the latter part of the
present week.
The feature of the week in the House
will be the ceremonies on Wednesday for
LAlt COuiltliiSo VI the tlttlOIdi EOtc anu lliS
formal PRONUNCIATION Of the election of
Mckinley and Hobart by the Vice
President of the United States. 1t is
state occasion, but of a very formal
character. Unless the Notifications or
sundry civil bill is reported, the House
will have no appropriation bill to con-
slider this week and most of the time
viii be devoted to such bills as the var
ious committees may present and the
conference reports. There are three
contested election cases, Beattie VS..
Price, from Louisiana; Hopkins VS..
kendrick, from Kentucky, and Bennert
VS.. Boatner, which probably will be de-
cided. In each case the majority re-
port favors the sitting member, a Dem
ocrat, and little time will be consumed
in disposing of them
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BODY FOUND.
Supposed to be That of Boy Who
Was Drt1 ataln Eel River.

EUREKA, Feb. TT ne body of a man
was found floating in Eel River below
Fortuna yesterday afternoon by ]. NJ.
Milligan and M. O. Buzen. The remains
We're recovered and taken to Fortuna
where an inquest was held last evening.
No one could identify the remains, but it
is almost certain that the body is that
of Johnny Somerville, a half breed boy,
u years old, who was drowned in the
South Fork of the Eel River, early in
January.
Somerville, with Hans Johnson and
Clarence Reed, was crossing the river
near Garberville, when the boat cap
sized and Sornerville was drowned. His
companions were saved by clinging to
the boat and drifting ashore. The jury
returned verdict of accidental death
by drowning and expressed their opin-
ion that the remains were those OF
Johnny Somerville. The body was
badly bloated and had been in the water
some time. Garberville is seventy miles
from Fortuna.
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KIMBALL AND INGRAHAM.
On Their Way Here to Join the Big
Circuit Racing Team.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7-Tele-
grams were received here to-day that
Owen Kimble and c. c. Ingraham had
departed from Chicago en- route for
San Jose. to join the big circuit racing
team, now quartered there. Kimble
halls from Louisville, Ky, and is one
of the best men ON the American path.
The fore bart of last year he rode as
an amateur, going into the professional
class in July. After his advent upon
the national circuit he was a very con-
sistent winner, often defeating Bald,
Ziegler Cooper and the rest of the
cracks. There was seldom a race in
which he did not win a place
Ingraham comes from Dixon, H.,
and has always ridden as an amateur.
In the latter class he was the bright
and shining light and unquestionably
the American amateur champion. 1t
is said that Bald's employers are very
much averse to his going to Europe,
so the chances are good that the cham
pion will come West. Cooper is be-
lieved TO be already upon his way here,
while Gardiner races at New Orleans
on the 23d, 9th and 25th instants,
after which he will go direct to San
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BUSINESS POOR.
Goods Not Easy to Sell in the Man.
chester Market.

MANCHESTER, Feb. THE spread
ing Of the Indian plague made selling
more difficult during the past week.
besides complicaIting the financial DO
sltIon of many houses. Chinese goods
were offered at slaughter prices, up
setting trade with the Orient. The Le-
want was upset by politics and there
was little doing then in that direction.
oouth American trade was rather more
active, but prices were poor.
Home trade is the best at the present
time. Costume makers are doing bad
all around. Spinners are beginning to
feel the pinch with dwindling margin
OF profits. Rouen reported a more ac-
tive week, with well maintained prices
Germany is living chiefly on old orders.
The English Board of Trade returns
compare unfavorably with last year.
both as to yarns and cloth.
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BASEBALL.
Committees Report and Recommend
atiOnS Made In Ii.

WASHINGTON, Feb. flames A.
Hart, Chairman, Edward Hanlon and
a. ]. Reach. the committee of the Ma
tional Baseball League appointed to
recommend changes in the code Of
rules, have submitted their report to
President Nick Young. The report is
as follows:
We recommend no change in Rules
to 3 inclusive, which are those govern
ing the laying of ball ground, but
suggest the incorporation in the rules
Of a foot note calling attention to an
addenda tc the playing rules, in which
will be found directions for "a simple
way of laying off a ball field" which
is as follows:
Lay tape line from center of back
stop out into the field 217 feet 315
inches to second base. At 80 feet from
back stop place home plate, with tape
line dividing 1t diagonally
Between $50 feet 6 inches and 100
feet 10 inches from the back stop. place
the pitchers plate with the tape line
dividing at the center, 153 feet 734
inches from back stop drive a stake.
AT right angle to the tape line and 63
feet "a il,ches from the stake and 90
feet from both home plate and second
base, place first base on one side and
third base on the other This done, re-
move the stake. lay lines connecting
the bases thus laid. forming the dia-
mond, extending the lines from home
base and first base and home base and
third base in each direction to the
fence, thus forming the foul lines and
the catcher's line. Parallel with these
lines and % feet away, lay the players
lines, extending from intersection with
the lines already laid 75 feet. From
this point lay lines at right angles to
lines just described, extending to the
base lines. At right angle to these and
parallel 70 the base lines u feet dis
tant, lay the catcher's lines. extending
same 80 feet toward the outfield.
Parallel with and three feet distant
from the base lines from home base to
first base. lay line beginning 10 feet
from home plate and extending just
past first base. On each side of home
plate, parallel with lines from center
of back stop to second base and six
inches distant from home plate lay
lines six feet long. running three feet
each way from line through the CEN
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ICE GORGE GIVES WAY.
Steamer Caught by Receding Water
and Stranded.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-An ice gorge
fifteen feet high and twenty miles long,
which has been forming for several
days, gave way this afternoon. Several
New Orleans and Memphis packets have
been caught in the ice and compelled to
lay up. If these have not succeeded in
finding refuge in the tributaries, the
loss may be large.
A telephone message from the scene
late tonight states that the Buckeye
State ran into Blue River to escape the
ice. The water in Blue River quickly
rose with the passing gorge and quickly
receded, leaving the steamer stranded
on the shore. Her pilot house and smoke
stack were demolished and it is now
thought she will be a total loss. Her
value is S40, 200.
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continue to be paid as heretofore from
Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadel-
phia, San Francisco and Washington.
The estimated saving to the Government
is as follows:
Clerk hire, $1O5,675: salaries nine
agents, 81, 600 per annum, S36, 900; con-
tingent expenses of agents discontinued,
S1O, 49,; rent for agencies discontinued,
SO. $50. Total, $161 407. The estimated
saving in clerk hire is based upon the
cost of that item at the two largest
agencies in the service, namely Column
bus and Topeka From those agencies
the pensioners are paid at an annual
cost Of - cents ner rop'ea for cleri- hire.
After the cons .,As. Ion Lhe cost of clerk
hire viii amount at 35 cents per capita
to 1899, 737 while that item for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1896, amounted to
$445, ,412. The following discontinued
agencies pay the rents given below:
Buffalo, 81. 400; Detroit, 81. 400; Mil
waukee. 81, 800; Topeka, S2,2o0. Total
S9, 800. Secretary Francis does not
think any valid objection can be Of
fered to this charge and believes that
the saving will be even greater than es-
timated. Under the new law, the agents
report that about twice as many pen
sioners are paid during the first two
days of each quarterly payment as
under the older law. This saving can
be effected without any Inconvenience
to the pensioners and will reduce the an
nual expenses to the Government to just
that extent and may tend to allay to
some degree the opposition that has
been manifested hitherto to the great
pension disbursements of the Govern
ment The total cost for pensions
and the disbursements thereof for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1896, was
$40, 206, $50, made up as follows: Pay
ments to pensioners, S13S,215, ,116; fees
to examining surgeons, $672, 5S7; main
tanning pension bureau at Washington,
50, 1913, 160; cost of maintaining pension
agencies $3.50 1t is on this last item
that the new order is intended to save
between $150,000 and 100000 per an
mum.
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SHELBY FAILING.
Gradually Growing Worse and Does
Not Recognize Persons.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. IA special to the
Republic" from Adrian, Mo, gives the
following bulletin of the condition of
General Joe Shelby:
General Shelby at 10 a. M February
Ith was gradually growing worse, his
mental faculties almost abolished He
scarcely recognizes any person and
fails TO respond to any questions His
temperature, pulse and respiration
gradually rising for the last twenty
four hours, and this time temperature
102 10 pulse 10S. Small and compress
sible respiration 80 per minute
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the overflow. To be charitable to the
redskins. the prediction may be made
that after practice batting during the
week they may do themselves proud at
the next game. AS it was. they did not
exhibit the knowledge of the game now
necessary to win by fine points They
played a straightforward. honest game.
showed wonderful activity, caught per-
fectly, knew the rules, but not the
technical points; fielded with a neat
finish, but could not bat They did not
understand the science of curved balls.
Most of them held the bat like club.
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FALL OF ICE.
Allegheny and TionongaheIa Rivers
are Rising.

PITTSBURG. Feb. Both the Allc-
gheny and the Monongahela Rivers are
full of floating ice and are rising rapidly,
but dangerous flood is not appre-
hended. a good boating stage of water
is assured, however, and between seven
and ten million bushels of coal will be
shipped to Southern points during Mon
day and Tuesday. Several tons We're
made up to-day and started, but had to
lay up because of the ice The Mono
gahela, above Brownsville, and the Allie
gheny. above Kittanning, are still frozen
over and as the weather is getting col
der. they will probably not break up at
this time.
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CRIMINAL LAWYER DEAD
Charles w. Brooke Passes AWAY i'm
New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Charles w.
Brooke, the noted criminal lawyer,
died early this morning at the S. r.
Smith 1nfirmary at New Brighton, S. 1.
Mr.. Brooke was taken i'll on January
2Gth, while conducting the Freeman
trial in this city. An examination by
his physicians showed that he was
suffer1ng from a cancer in his intestines
and THAT his condition was critical. An
operation was performed, further ex-
animation showing that septicaemia
had begun and that the cancer had
eaten its way through the peritonium
Charles w. Brooke was born in Phila-
delphia ard was 81 years of age. He
was a Widower and leaves two sons.
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RIOTING DOCKERS.
They Attack the Laborers as They
Emerge From the Docks.

HAMBURG. Feb. Z. The riots
which followed the recent collapse of
the lockers strike, the workmen in
eensed at the failure of their cause. at
tacking the laborers as they emerged
from the docks on Saturday evening at
Altoona and St. PAUL. are serious.
Knives and revolvers were freely used.
\ number of persons have been in
jured, including several onlookers.
Nearly 100 arrests have been made
by the authorities. 1t was o'clock
Sunday morning before the large
forces Of mounted police succeeded in
clearing the streets and quieting the
people.
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ter of home plate, also lay other lines
parallel with and four feet distant in
the ones Just described; form this into
parallelograms four feet by six feet in
dimension, thus forming the batsman' s
position. Observe II, u and 13. We
consider these directions necessary.
The rules as printed are positively COR
rect but being drawn from a surveyor s
standpoint are so burdened with tech
nicalities as to render them almost I'M
definable by a Junior player or the
aV6rag ge ground keeper
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LUMBER COMBINE.
One Formed to Control the Mills in
the Northwest.

TACOMA, Feb. Tt is announced
here to-day that the Cargo Mills of the
Northwest, including Washington and
British Columbia, are likely to be
brought under the control of a new
lumber combine which is being formed
for the purpose of controlling and ex
tending the foreign lumber trade and
the maintenance of uniform price lists
and grades.
This organization will be the sue
cessor of the Central Lumber Company,
which recently went to pieces after en-
deavoring to exercise a like supervision
over both foreign and coastwise mar
kets. 1t is understood that the st. Paul
and Tacoma Lumber Company of this
city and the Bellingham Bay Company
of New Whatcom will not join.
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SPANISH REFORMS.
The Constitutional Party Has Not
Much Faith in Them.

MADRID, Feb. Prime Minister
Canovas del Castillo. in an interview.
announced that the Government in
tends to faithfully execute the proposed
Cuban reforms, and that it will not be
necessary to wait for the complete
pacification of Cuba He says that it
is sufficient if the rebellion is confined
to the western portion of the island
The Marquis of ApeZteguia, the lead
er of the Constitutional party in Cuba.
in an interview says that it is doubt
full whether the scheme of Cuban re-
forms will serve to terminate the insur-
rection. He adds that Captain-General
Weyler should not be entrusted with
their execution
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Shot Himself.

PORT TOWNSEND CWash.), Feb. T.
David Phillips, barber, aged Ii years,
committed suicide at the residence of his
parents here last night by shooting him.
self in the head with 22-caliber pistol.
He had been in business for himself less
than a month and was doing well. He
was dime novel fiend and it is thought
that as result he had become men-
tally unbalanced.
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TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
Meeting to be Held in San Francisco
Next December.

SAN JOSE, Feb. THE Executive
Committee of the State Teachers As
sociation has decided to hold the next
convention in San Francisco on De
cember 2Sth, Doth, Both and 31st. The
reports of the Secretary show that the
convention here was the largest in the
history of the organization, III teach
ers having been duly enrolled. There
is a small cash balance of over 5000.
1t is predicted that the San Francisco
meeting will surpass this.
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PIUTES BEATEN.
They Played Good, Honest Ball, But
Are Not Posted on Fine Points.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Ten
thousand yelling baseball enthusiasts
were at Central Park to-day cheering
the Piute Indians in their game with
the Alameda Alerts. All their root
ing. however, was of no avail, as the
redskins could not do anything with
ti.-air opponents. The boys from across
the bay Won by a score of 8 to ,.
The Piutes may have been enbar-
rassed at the big crowd as the grounds
were packed and left and center field
had to be roped off to accommodate
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Must Stay in Quarantine.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.). Feb. T.
One new case of small pox developed
yesterday morning among the Chinese
who arrived two weeks ago on the
Northern Pacific liner Victoria from
Yokohama and who are now in quaran-
tine at Diamond Point. AS yesterday
was the last day for suspects to be held
in quarantine, all the forty-six Chinese
and two Japanese would have been re-
leased last night had this new case not
daya1Oppd
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Failed i'm Her Ills sion.

ST. JOHNS, (N. F.), Feb. THE
steamer Nimrod. which left here week
ago, in search of the missing steamer
State Of Georgia, was sighted from Cape
Rice this evening, twelve miles off,
working her way slowly and alone
through the ice foes. 1t is evident there
fore that the Nimrod has failed in her
mission
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A Home at Last.

NEW YORK Feb. AFTER two years
of uncertainty as to its new and perma-
nent location. the members of the Ma
tional Academy OF Design have bought a
site for its future home at Amsterdam
avenue and Eleventh street The pur-
chase price is S245. ZOO. The location is
admirably situated on University
HeiyhtS
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A Millionaire Dead.

CHICAGO, Feb. ALBERT NJ. Billings.
President of the Home National Bank
and millionaire of Chicago, died to-
day, aged S3. His death was due to old
age. Mr.. Billings is the father of c. J.
G. Billings, President of the Chicago
Gas Company.
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The pope Celebrates Mass.

ROME. Feb. THE Pope celebrated
mass this morning before fifty-seven
persons, representing different national
tiles Afterward he received Cardinal
Marco Mocenni.
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did SHEPPARD MURDER
JAMES IRVING =?
A COrOner'S Jury Accuses Him Of
Doing So.
They We're Both Drunk and Placed in
the Same Cell.

The Evidence Points Very Strongly to
Him as a Murderer-Sailors on
Board the British Ship Elliott Have
a Free Fight and the Aggressor
Gets Scalded-Piute Indians Lose
the Baseball Game-Two Crack
Riders on Their Way Here for the
Bicycle Circuit Races.
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G. w. JoHN & Co. sell You th
best goods for the least money.
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Church Notes.

The Lutheran Mission will hold
communion services in Municipal
Hall Sunday Nov. 21st, 10:45 a. m.
Services at 1880 p. m. Sunday school
$50 a. m. All are invited.
REV. IRA NJ. WALLACE, Pastor.
Services preparatory to communion
were held last night and the rite of
baptism administered. Mr.. Ezra
Wolff and five infants were baptized.
A son of Rev. and Mrs. Berry, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Buzeman, two sons
of DR.. and Mrs. j. j. Hall and a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Wolff.
The subjects tomorrow at the Bap-
fist church are as follows: In the
morning, Penalty of Not Doing;;"
evening, "Life's Failure and the Rea-
son."
M. e. Church $3.50 a. M, Sunday
school. 10:45 a. M, sermon by the
pastor on 1.-THE Bible and Tradition, ;"
as grounds for belief. 1880 D. M, SER
mon by the pastor on Games of
Chance and Skill
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ABOUT OUR FRIENDS.
Personal Mention of Prominent People
Where they are aud How they are.

Where they are aud How they are.
Miss Bertha Scrafford, of Pitts
burg, is visiting Miss Bessie Harvey.
Miss Bertha's many friends are Glad
to see her.
Student Giffin has so far recovered
from his recent attack of typhoid
fever as to able to sit up some.
Mrs. Justus South will leave soon
for North Carolina to spend the win
ter Mrs. South goes for her health.
Miss Wade, of Parkersburg, is Wis
iting Miss Nell johnson.
Will Wilmington is back at the
store after a few days absence caus-
ed by slight indisposition.
Major d. B. Stewart has returned
from Charleston where he has been
visiting his son, I. ID. B. Stewart for
the past month.
Miss Lizzie Loudenslager has re-
turned from an extended visit to
friends in Moundsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Jobes who have been
absent for the past five months Wis
ting relatives in New Jersey and
other eastern states have returned to
Morgantown.
Hon. and Mrs. Joseph Moreland
attended the meeting of the various
lodges of Odd Fellows in Clarksburg
and went from there to Oakland for
short visit. They returned to Nor
gantown this afternoon.
Mrs. Maria Yeager has gone to
Greensboro to attend the funeral of
her brother-in- law, George Yeager,
who recently died. Mr.. Yeager was
nearly ninety years old and had not
been in good health for several years
being sufferer from asthma. He
was quite well known here.
L. W. Joseph has returned from
visit to Fairmont and Wheeling.
Col. S. a. Poster has returned
from CIarksburg where he attended
the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
Mrs. Alice Martin, of Smithfeld,
has gone home after brief visit to
Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Martin, of Sun
nyside.
Miss Anna Larkin, of Granville,
has returned home after a visit to
friends up the river.
Mrs NJ. A. Miller has returned
from Clarksburg where she attended
the meeting of the State Grand
Lodge Daughters of Rebekah.
Mr.. Iraat Garrison, of Tyler county,
who has been visiting his brother Al
pheus, on Jakes Run, has gone home.
While in town he was the guest of
his nephew, Sheriff Garrison.
Mrs. J. L. Cans, of Morris X Roads,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Keener,
and many other friends here
Major Lewis Davis, of Vaudeville,
is up the river on business. He was
nearly killed some time ago in a
runaway and is still suffering from
the effects of it.
w. L. Hagans, of Chicago, has
returned home after brief visit to
relatives here.
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NEW PLAN ADOPTED.
Council Has Decided On the New Plan
for the Durbannah Bridge.

The bridge is to be built to con
meet with Foundry street. Mayor
Keck is empowered to purchase the
necessary ground from Ollie.
If that cannot be done he is in
structed to enter into condemnation
proceedings. July 1st has been givtn
by the company for the completion of
the contract
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