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sHe'and, Ohio. February 1.-Senator
smsc L. Wellington of Maryland came up
". canton this morning and field long
I ~ with National Chairman Hanna
lne lst,er's office,
=. a. Associated Press representative
e r,s wellington said he had been in
k,rs u me interest of Mr.. Gaary of his
FINN I'M y! cabinet position. and that his
|r.. y Mt. Hanna was Tor the same pur-
|rsw az slated In an interview that in
|ue,' :, u lne rnmors regarding the declina-
|tso, slase Gof of West Virginia to ac-
|soD,sSopp,a es in Major McKinley's official
|l,rls,sa' ne believed the chances for
|,na i'i M being represented therein were
|s,secn N.Y. rec ,,d to state what had passed
~ va w sr' Hanna ana himself but said
|sa,ersnScee' ' satisfied with the result OF The
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SPORTING NOTES.


Pueblo Colo, Februar! 1.-The Rover
Wheel and Athletic club has wired James
j. Corbett Offering the use of as gym
ma stun. bail court and track for his train
ing quarters.
San Francisco. February HAIRY Cor
bett brother Of the man who is to do bat
tie with Fftzsimmons, expects TO leave
this city today or tomorrow for Nevada
for the purpose OF select!ng sn table
training ground for James j. The pro
gramme al present mapped out ny ms
hrother saws Harry. Is to come direct TO
th,y CITY from Kansas City with his train
srs. E'e WIZ remain here several days,
meanwhile taking lgh, exercise. and WIZ
then go to Nevada for four weeks heavy
work
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was going into the roundhouse. nnsiue4t
q tho cinder pit and roy reversed his lever.
but the locomotive struck the object su1
hurled !. to one side of the track. Who8
fireman went back 20 scsE what had BEN
struck and found man lying by the aide
OF the pit unconscious, He was recoR-
from, the MI a sho,.t time tseforc tho acoi.
dent. lilo had returned and was wartn.nR
himsclf by the hot clrdcrx, and, becoming
dtcwsy. hal fallen oslecp across the rails.
hospital whore he died at 4 o'clock this
morning His injuries were internal. From
rapers found trt his pockets q was learned
that his name was Henry Nelson,
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JAMES WILSON FOR THE CABINET
nc announces MS Acceptance of Portfolio Supposed b. That
Aqrcuture..A Sketch Of His Iife

February lex
ouh'es sh ms acceptance of the cabinet him
'"AN'N" A'"
PressM
cabinet
o the ater'
understood that Mr. Wilson Of
having wired
anu Nv.
longing TO tine farming
in
ldren, bosan
dry farmer
Mr. wilson served
fourth of
ing one year he resigned take his
the of
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ernments saying that Americans were con
spring against Spain in the United States
and he would shoot every one found with
arms in his hands against the government
OF the island. regardless OF the con-
sequences"
After some correspondence the cases OF
Sanguilly and Aguirro were then trans
ferred TO the civil jurisdiction and the de-
lay In their trial was attributed to their
nationality; and after many efforts to have
Sanguilly's case come 10 trial. the secre-
tary Of state on September last demanded
his immediate trial or release.
Consul General Lee reports to the state
department that the Madrid government be
notified of the facts and a request presented
that Sanguilly be released from prison on
condition that he will not return until the
present war has closed.
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Resolutions of sympathy.

Nashville, Tenn. February 1.-The house
today adopted the Joint resolutions hereto
fore adopted by the senate, expressing SYM
pathy for the insurgents in Cuba and ex-
pressing condemnation of Spanish atroci-
ties The resolution also petition congress
to take such action as in its wisdom VIII
protect our commercial interests, put an
end TO barbarous warfare and place the
United States on record against the OPP
preston of tyranny.
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WEATHER. INFORMATION.
Inst Nights SyuoDsls.

The cvclonic disturbance which was CEN
tn0l in the gulf south of New orleans Last
uight has moved rapidly to the eastward
and Is of the Sosth Atlantic coast to-
NIGHT. This dsturbgnce IL bslng followed
by rising barometer. and tho highest on
tcnghts map is 1899 inches, ut Corpus
Cbrsli and Palestine
The weather is generally clear except
over the Upper Mississippi valley, Tonnes-
see ana the East G,I.f states, where it Is
partly cloudy TO cloudy.
Trecip4tnton amounting 10 10 OF an inch
or more Is reported from Atlanta and
Nashville
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a. lain 1t VIII he Mc,<cnu,

|,,,,., a1V'sco' Cal, February lin Ioca,
|Ar Ina. e' mere is now little doubt
|sss, e',rn ,oseph McKenna of the United
lou, ren-ssas court will be the Pacific
|at;net. jSde n's.ve in Major McKinley's
|tr Il hs st S McKenna. when asked -, .
BOSTON . naa formally accepted a cab,no,
sOae Ar, ' ~. That Information ,n's.
Il /, r,., rom Mr.. Mckinley '''''H mus,
|s,sl t,icn o%a among Mr. McKenno.s ,or
|tNa ee snas that the judge has per-
|r,',le bp,Inosip in somewhat hurriedly his
g. Would be sh. ~ mis- city, alleging tbat
'sata Of yes absent from tho state for or@ a
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Dallas. Texas. February 1.-The Federal
Grand Jury was impanelal and set TO work
..aav The court began trial OF the case
of the Farmers Loan and Trus, company
=. tho cRy of Gainesville. suit, for 5000
t,,tsr ss alleged to be due on an old ,ssue
~ watarworks bonds. The plaintin y
rsoresentei by Hons. C9on I'S'Ie, OF
,inr ~ o. DAVIS OF Gainesville is counsel
n sor .p ali the week and will be hotly
CONTESTED.
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In.urrcction in Crete

London. February la dispatch to the
Daily News from Athens says that Crete Is
manifestly on the verge Of fresh insur-
rocton. Firing can he heard at Canea,
where panic reigns supreme. The Mussul-
mans are reported to be preparing for a
general assault. but they evidently fear the
approach of bands OF CHRISTIANS from out
side the town. Skirmishes on the plains in
the vicinity OF Canea occur constantly but
no details have yet been received OF the
number Of the Killed and wounded.
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ui,cb.II Coming over.

Boston. February la letter rece'ved
here from London announces that Charley
Mitchell has competed arrangements to
return to this country within the next
thr,e weeks. The letter states that u Is
- ~ the Corl,sitt FnzSmmons fight
Far5g m this. Mitchell will issue q chal-
ienpe 10 fight any heavyweight IN ne
world. espec ally Peter Maher. rory
with him.
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CHARTERED.

Chartered today: The Christian Home
school Of Linden, Cass county. an educa-
tional institution Tor negroes: assets 1900;
incorporators S, &. Windsor, &, NJ IL,
Windsor, NJ. A. Windsor.
Also the Biazos Valley Construction
company OF Henrietta. organized for ths
purpose Of constructing railroads and
bridges for railroad companies capital
stock $4,000; incorporntors, O. j. Watrous,
L. H. kccthe. T. 4. Bcrne.
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Paris, February 1.-The chamber OF
deputies today adopted the article OF tho
sugar bill fixing a sugar tax " . francs on
imports Of raw sugar and 10 francs on re-
tined sugar.
The chamber also adopted a CLAUSE au-
ttorizing the government TO abolish boun-
ties whenever foreign countries agree to
arrange Tor a similar reduction or aboli-
tion of bonuses paid on sugar production.
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Child Accidentally KILLED.

Waco. Texas, February Little May
Lehr, who was accidentally shot by Mao
ter George Rotan, died this afternoon
from the effects Of the wound. Mrs. Lehr
was away from home and Master George
was at her house, playing with the chill
hiding. and In tho plsy IT was discharged
with disastrous results.
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HAVOC WITH BOATS.
Continued From Page oncJ

Friends. on the occasion named, WAS ether
engaged on a political expedition against a
friendly power or on Il piratical one. Her
dence that her mission was not n peaceful
one. but quite the contrary. In any event
the attorney general has decided to give
Judge Locke another opportunity Of decd'
ing Just what the character OF the Three
Friends expedition was. No action is now
contemplated against the officers aud crew
of the yessal
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ton of the cable under British control to
the West Indies. said that negotiations on
able TO say when II would be complete and
be admitted that he was aware that q
South American company had recently laid
cable wLch would compete with the
propus.d cahlc
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Chicago. February 1.-The Henry Sears
company. Wholesale cutlery and hardware
dealers made an assignment today TO the
Chicago Title ana Trust company. Assets
$50 900, liabilities about 10000. General
bnzhness depression ana difficulty in max
ing collections are assigned az the causes
nj thp failure.
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Autsln. Texas. February 1.--Julius Holm
stein. oagpdy maker. filed a chattel mort
gage with the county clerk today. trans
farring his stock and fixtures to Charles
Ihlend TO DO tispos "A of for the beDefit OF
creditors. Liabilities $3.50.
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Kiel. February Count Muravlef. the
Russian minister for foreign affairs. ar
rived here from Berlin this morning and
Immediately had an audience with Emperor
william, with whom he breakfasted.
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Portland. Nc, February 1.-The South
err bank went into liquidation today. The
examiner in charge says the bank Will
pay dollar for dollar.
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HiIisboro. Texas. February LA trust
deed was filed at IL o'clock today by the
q T.. Carter Hardware com~pny. naming
ii. W. Carter trustee and prefcrr,nK claims
90 thu amount OF Splil.
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Montevideo. February i.-Three men
have been imprisoned for attempting to
held a meeting hostile to the government
of Uruguay.
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Brocston. Mars, February l.--charles A..
Egton e. CO.. who operate one of the laW-
est shoe factory In the city, today d.
charged 300 employees and closed rhe works
indefinitely, aEs tho result of war with
the labor unions. As the unions and sew
eral manufacturers have had dlfiicuAihls
In regard to prioe lets, 1t Is feared other
factories will be closed also.
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Washington, February i.--For Eastern
Texas tedr: slightly warmer north 10
casi winds.
Western Texas-Fair. westerly winds,
shifting TO south,
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chtr, NV President Will Vet, :,

sssa .D,e,. aO'lsTy 1.-The News Wash.
y l aaisr. Cleveland is determined r. v.,o
d, @le senator P S.i, Passed by congress.
va ac The chief era ,aer his intentions to-
mn strong n seseullve will accompany
Ns'a eccentsicitI"s' S,aee' pointing out the
1. H. ,sry Sit;err' IN IN b the bin The pres D
Aaugration BIZ "'s aenunclation OF
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fIsre. 4 ''on In south p,,,.,.

vote ii jOl,, - February The ssna,o,.,.
p,llsrs' ai session today s,os d. senatorial
E, ,sIssa 10 l.o a.'e g, Goodykoontz Il.
was two untnn - -
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shot White Hunting.

Dallas, Texas February Thomas
Foyer. Is years old. was yesterday acci-
dendally shot In the right arm while rab-
bst hunting. Doctors today ampItated the
arm at the shoulder.
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SssbIrSs,,''", TOR Secretary Of y,

raad .neDs !, February lit is under.
;sss,.lSS IS, Massachusetts, NJ. republic a' r.,
aye, lie e ~ been rendered i" sD Of the the oli
: '''tInias sansI5 secretary of the navy in
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Charleston. S. c., February 1.-c. NJ.
Ward OF Washington was appointed per-
manent receiver OF the Greenwood and
Western Carolina and the Carolina Island
Railroad company by the circuit court to-
day.
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London. February i,-Joseph Chamber
lain. in the house of commons today. re-
ply to question relative 10 the ccnstruc-
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beaumont, Texas, February 1.-The fruit
and candy store on Crockett. owned by
A. Agirou. was closei today 10 slal@'y
an attachment for s2N run by Vaccaro
Bros, New Orleans. Aglrou Is not In
the city, and has been absent several days
offending his wife. VINO is bed-strlckcn
IN some Mississippi town.
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: &, as l,,s !, t, ~. February THE result
''ss 4 cr a'siisssr . asS Sa'' o.
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Panic on Account Of the Plague.

THhtc On ACcOunt OF thc FIukUr'
London. February "a dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Bombay says that a
panic is reported at Kurrachea. as re-
suit of the plague and famine in India.
The plague IN that section continues to
spread at an alarming rate and shows no
signs Of abatement. At Bombay a serious
| outbreak of the plague In the jails Is re-
ported and the removal Of the prisoners is
contaminated
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money u u fails
to cure. &c.
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PARIS, Texas. February l--About ~
o'clock. as engine No. ~ Of the Santa Fs
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San Antonio. Texas. February IAN Or
der OF Circuit Judge a. y. Mccormick
OF Nov ORLEANS has been filed IN the Fed
oral cour, In this city. appointing e. w.
Roberts receiver OF the Southern building
and Loan association Of knoxville. Tenn.
on a bill, of complaint OF Nice. Shacklctt
The receivers bond wac iixet at 5000.
The times., 1897-07-24
GET Ont the Peacemaker.

Occupying. as we do, the political center
ef the country, and therefore having
Iittle better chance than other people
have 70 consider and analyze national
movements, Tie Times desires to say 70
the mine workers Interested in the great
current strike, that they are losing
golden opportunity.
The opportunity is Mr. Hanna He Is
keeping carefully in the back ground. As
a matter Of fact he has a little business
In OHIO that is bothcling him; but that
should not Injuliously affect the action
OF man who stands before the country
as d rnend OF equity and the purchaser
OF presidency at $4,000 600
II is the financial end Of MI Hanna to
which We desire to call attention. Al
read, we have acclaimed his goodness and
Ioring Kindness. 1t would not be a diff
cuit task for him 10 gather together a
lot Of coal operators, and make rates which
would keep the poor miners of the country
fTnni starving TO death. A man who
could raise Sl6,O00,0Oo for a political
campaign easily might do that And if
he did it only until after the Ohio cleo
ton we should not object. 1t is better
to feed tile hungry for a few weeks
than not 10 feed them at all
We are afraid that Marcus the Peace
maker wiiIhot DO this thing Unkind people
have said that he got the straight tip in
advance Of the strike, and laid in an amount
OF coal calculated 70 produce him an enor-
nous profit. We never have believed this.
Marcus would not do it, Possibly his COM
pgi cnt men" in charge Of his coal mining
interests might do such things; but Marcus,
neverl
All the same, we suggest 10 the leaders
OF the mine workers association that they
interview the business manager" and in
duce him to interpose his Magnificent in
nuence He really wants to be Senator
from Ohio, and we do not thin9 that we
betray confidence when we say that he is
willing 70 pay the price.
The times., 1897-07-24
.tOUEDUCT BRIDGE REPAIRS.
Colonel .illen's Report OF the Oper-
ations During the Year.

Col Charles j. Allen in his report TO
the War Department concerning the re-
pairs to the Aqueduct Bridge says;
In compliance with Senate resolution.
January 81, 1898, an examination OF the
piers of this bridge was made with the
aid OF q diver A report in detail OF the
examination was rendered June q, 1898,
aud on the 1Tth OF July following an esti-
mate of tie cost OF repairs was submitted
BY act OF august II. 1894, an dppropria
ton Of S5l ,oT0 was made for the repairs.
Under this appropriation piers 2. 8, 3,
6, :, and s were repaired by means of
Portland cement concrete in bags, placed
by a diver, and the repairs of pier No
was madeby means Of a cofferGain, with
in which new masonry was laid in large
eroded cavity at the upstream end OF the
piec This work was completed in August.
1895.
"As the work of repairs proceeded 1t
was found that the old masonry OF the
pier. which was built about 1898, had not
been started from solid rock, and that part
OF it was OF poor quality. There was also
q crack in the masonry extending nearly
throughout the entire height of the pier
1t was decided that 1t would be neceS-
Sary before long to remove the defective
masonry in the REM cintier of the pier :lnd
replace 1t by masonry OF proper quality
founded on the solid rock. The existing
appropriation was insufficient for this aur-
pose and it was therefore necessary to ask
u further appropriation. As the Golfer
dam would be needed for the proposed
work, it was purchased from the contract
ors upon completion by themof their work
In 1895. The uneXpended balance of the
appropriation, amounting to $4,690.3o, was
covered into the Treasury
"A full report and estimate OF the cost
of removing all the old masonry of the pier
from the coming down to the bottom and
rebuilding from the bottom up was rem
dered under date Of November 80, 1895.
| The cost was estimated at $50 600, which
sum was appropriated for reconstruction
of pier No. by act OF Congress Of June
g. 1896. A contract for TIE work Of re-
| construction of that pier was made with
the Houston Con struction Company of
Philadelphia, Pa, May IT, and approved
Nav 2s,lS97. The total estimated amount
| OF the contract is $50 900.
.Tke contractors commenced work on the
| 29th OF May, anu by the close of the fiscal
| year had most OF their plant in position on
| the cofferlan: had made some progress in
| quarrving stone at their quarry, which is
| on the cast bank OF the Potomac, and
| about three miles above Georgetown, and
| had done some work toward putting in re-
] pair the false work for supporting the
spans adjoining pier 4. and also the cof
| ferlam.
'sother work during the fiscal year ended
| June 80, 1897, consisted in some slight
| necessary repairs, by hired labor, to tht
cofferdam. The amount expended duiin.
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1897, wa'
1 81 ,146 .43."
The times., 1897-07-24
SAIL FOR ALASKA.
Hundreds of Gold Hunters Take
Passnge ON the Queen.

u
Passage on the Queen.
Seattle, Wash, July %. "A special dis
patch from Portland says:
The Queen sailed this morning Tor
Alaska with 4l3 passengers, 156 OF whom
were from Seattle and neighboring places
bound for the gold fields ia Klondike The
other $50 W ere Christian Endeavorers on
a pleasure trip bent among the glaciers.
The departure OF vessels from this port
for gold MINES, while almost OF daily oc'
currence continues TO attract thousands TO
the docks, and the crowd was greater OH
the departure OF the Queen this morning
than on any previous occasion.
II is announced this afternoon that the
steamer Collier Willamette, one Of the
largest vessels on the coast, will be placed
on the AlaSEa trade and begin booking
freight and pa assengers In a few days
The Mexicois now receiving Alaskaa freight
and will sai Sun day with 70 passengers
Notable changes are being made by
many who are aking the inland route
Dogs have been discarded and horses
substituted instead The press having
repeatedly warned the goldseekers OF the
necessity OF going weIl-provisioned. the
warning is pretty generally needed, and
hundreds who have left are nearly all
abundantly supplied for eight to twelve
months
The times., 1897-07-24

themselves II need be. This way OF ad
vancing humanity win be very reeagnant
to the greater part OF humanity, and prob
ably win not become general at any very
early period. As there are those vino as
sert that ali food can bc manufactured,
and that our future nourshnent viii be
taken in capsules, so these ultraseientific
young people assert that love can be
manufactured Undoubtedly their kind
OF love can. They declare that parental
instinct is d survival OF the cave-dweller.
and appear TO think that his is not a case
where the survival OF the fittest comes in.
Another improvement which they desire to
see made, besides the killing OF all de-
formed and imperfect children, Is the lin
itation Of families TO two children if the
parents have an income of less than 81 900
a year.
This philosophic young couple may be
said without hesitation to be simply
nineteenth century freak. There is no
In some countries they would be pro-
hihited by public opinion from dissent
mating their ideas, and IL is tolerably
certain that even here the State will
not only Iefuse to eiectrOcute their spoiled
infants. but will land them in prison if
they undertake to do it themselves. Their
ideas are ostensibly based on the principle
that as much care should be eXerted and
exercised in the perfection OF the human
race as in the perfection of breed of pet
animals. Their idea is that mental and
physical perfection viii bring psychic
perfection, and this is an dea very largely
held nowadays. But like most general
ideas, IL has its railacy, and the fallacy
comes in just here; that any race OF people
which pernetnates the strong and beautiful
in Ddividuals at the expense of natural in
stiucts OF Kindness and humanityi is going
to develope a strain of unfeeling cruelty
of insensIbility to the rights and feelings
OF others, which is anything but a good
psychical attribute, and WILL if it is al
lowed to grow stirle every human trait
that is above the brute.
If the American nation is to escape the
fate of other nations which have grown,
flourished ana fallen by their own cor.
ruption, it win be through the introduction
of a principle never yet fully developed
in government, a principle sometimes
called altruism. It is the trait which
leads a powerful man to protect the
weaker man, even at the cost or some
trouble To himself, and in the long run, by
helping tne wea ker man to become strong
and join forces with him, the protector
rcaps his reward fourfold. This, however,
does not always come 20 pass in one genera
ton, and so the individual who follows
this policy frequently gets beaten. But
1t is a law as certain as the la w OF competi-
ton, and IL II ever becomes the law of n
whole nation, tina nation Will be safe. The
policy which this scientific couple propose
to follow in tncir welded life is very much
what some economists would like To fol
low in national life, and the objections are
precisely the Same. Nobody ever became
really strong by crushing out the weak.