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WARNING FROM THEYUKON
CAPE RlTss GLOOMY view OF
ELONDTKE P~ROSPECTR.

ne says Huuarsas or Destitute Mes Are Seat
terea on the Yuken-No Ons should Eater
the Ceuntry withept 1--WE Yenrs' Supplies
-Gsvernnent Patrol Steamers Needed.
WASHINGTON. Feb. la long telegram re-
ccived by Adjt..Gen. Brock to-day from Capt.
Robinson, the army quartermaster at Seattle.
gave the substance Of fvo reports from Capt. p.
II. Ray. the army officer sent to the Klondiko to
ascertain the conditions there. According to
Capt. Ray. tho situation at Dawson and
the upper Yukon is desperate. His latest re-
ports, dated Nov. 2 and 8. refer to the attempted
robbery of caches, and that tho
United States Government take steps to eff
foctually check the immigration to tho in.
terror of Alaska Of all persons not fully
supplied for two years. He gives a reason for
this recommendation that there is no way to
earn a living, and that no placer discoveries
have been made within the last eight months
either in Alaska or the Northwest Territory.
Cap. Ray says there is no employment for any
largo number Of persons in any capacity. all
values being speculative. There 10 no fixed
standard Of labor. There is not now, nor
Ia there likely to DO within twelve months,
adequate or efficient means OF supplying
the people now In Alaska or the Northwest Ter
ritory. He thinks that about per cent. OF all
persons who have entered the gold fields IN the
arc now scattered along the Yukon destitute OF
food, clothing and money. People coming in.
he says, have not had the ~faintest conception
Of what to do to earn q living. and after spend:
ing the money they bring. become dazed and
helpless. He believes that the rush from the
States will be great next year, and any step that
Will prevent persons from coming unprepared
will be an act OF charity.
I'm view Of the recent developments and the
knowledge that the lawless are banding to-
gether along the river for the purpose of rob
berry" Capt. Ray says. II renew my suggestion
that the Government place on the river small
light.draught steamers with high power. armed
and used TO patrol the river. and that IL place
demand"
The War Department relief expedition sailed
from Seattle for Dyea to-day.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. These naval ordors
have been issued:
Surgeon A. C. Russell has been ordered 10 duty with
the Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery.
Ensign II. scoheld has been ordered to duty with
the coast survey.
These ARM orders have been issued:
First Lieut.. George Montgomery, Ordnance Densrt
ment. will proce I'd To the Frankford Arsenal Phil.
delphla. on 0nicial business pertaining 10 Inc n,snn
facture OF detOnatiny fuses.
Capt. Andrew II, Russell. Ordnance DepArt mant
will proceed to the Sandy Hook proving Kronnd ~,
onicial business pertaining to the manufacture and
test OF RIOriRr carriages. N
Leave on surgeons certificate OF disability granted
Major Charles X. Whine 10 extended two months,
Leave for Two months IL granted Cant Unyh
SCOT: seventh Cavalry. and Capt. AAaEsW Q. c. ouay,
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LONG ISLAND TRAINS STALLED.
BiE Snow PIouEhs Unable TO Forco Their wsy
Through the Drifts.

Through the Driftn.
R~IvERHEAD, n. Y, Feb. mo train has left
this town to-day for New York. Tho west
bound train. No. Q, started out from Greenport
this morning at 7:3O o'clock preceded by one
of the new mammoth snow pioughs pushed by
two Of the company's most powerful engines.
When between Peconic and Catalogue the
plough buried itself in q snowdrift about twenty
feet deep and remained there most of the day.
The regular train from the west arrived here in
charge of Conductor Ivens about one hour late
and started east. following closely another of
the big snow ~ploughs, which had three engines
attached to 1t. The plough stuck fast in the
party Of shovellers went by special train to dig
1t out. This evening two passenger trains,
seven, engines, and two big Ploughs are In the
srGw between fsss !. he Gsa ana dn reSo nc Th1 hs snGw mas mas
ploughs. Between Cutch0gue and .Msttituck
the drifts are a half mile long and from ten to
twenty feet high. Tho company hopes to reopen
EAsTPoRT, n. w.. FEB. Tho snow, driven
before q ffty-mile gale throughout the night.
filled the deep railroad cuts in the Shinnecock
Long Island Railroad would have been stalled
to-day but for one Of the new big snow ploughs.
One of these. driven by two engines. cleared the
track for the west-bound morning express. and
Less than three hours after the west-bound OK
press left Sag Harbor this morning under the
snow plough's escort tho cut at Water Mil had
become 80 choked with snow that the Green
course was stalled. But for the return Of the
snow plough two hours later the train would
probably have continued stalled throughout the
All the freight trains over this section of the
road were taken off to-day, the engines being
employed TO drive the monster snow ploughs.
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PORTO ROO TOBACCO BARRED.
Not Permitted to Enter Any Cuban Fort
Cheaper in Consequence.

Hot Permitted to Enter Any Cuban Port
Cheaper In consequences.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-Several dispatches
from Consul. General Lee were received ct the
State Department to-day. Only one of them re-
lated to the situation in Havana, and this con-
tanned merely tho stereotyped expression.
Everything quiet"
Another telegram told of the finding of the
body of Col. Ruiz. and said 1t had been inferred
in the cemetery where tho remains Of Arangu
rem. by whom he was executed. were deposited.
Mailed reports from Gen. Lee were also rec
ceivcd to-day. In ono communication he called
attention to a significant editorial in a Madrid
newspaper. OF which a translation wasl inclosed.
The editorial a advised the Spanish Government to
treat with the insurgents on the basis Of indie.
that there was no necessity of spending more
money and shedding more blood in a useless
struggle, and reminded the Spaniards that they
had once been Obliged to fight for independence.
Juan. Porto Rico. has informed the State De-
partment that entry into Cuba has been pro-
hibited to Porto Rican tobacco. The embargo
went into effect on Jan. Is. Heretofore the
greater part of the Porto Rican tobacco was
shipped to Cuba and there made into cigars and
~ am informed by Dealers" said Mr.. Hanna,
" that the best cigars and TOBACCO that have
been going from Havana to tho United States
during the past three years were Porto Rican.
las a result Of this act Of tho Cuban Govern
ment in its efforts to protect Its own tobacco
ting out Of this tobacco from the Havana mar
ket, the price Of Porto Rican tobacco has greatly
declined here within the last few days. This
may be of interest to American tobacco dealers"
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noUnR rALrn ~ pln.
hnsthsr wranEie over wrether Prosperity
mas Conss or Net.

e.
WASHINGTON. Fob. l.-For three or four hours
to-day the House considered the bill making ap-
preparations for the District Of Columbia and
confined itself to the text Of the measure. Then,
In the last hour, half a dozen members being
moved thereto by a few remarks from Jorry
Simpson, fought afresh the war over the CUES.
tion, HAS prosperity returned to the United
States" Mr.. Simpson opened up by poking fun
at Mr.. DlnRley over the effect OF the now tariff
upon the lumber interest OF Maine, as narrated
by the Boston Herald.
"If the DinRlcy bill cannot protect tho lumber
industry" he asked. what may we look for T.
Ho also took occasion to complain Of tho laws
OF New Jersey which permitted the organiEa-
ton Of trusts and combines to which tho PEG.
pie Of Kansas and other States are compelled to
pay tribute.
Mr.. Dingley retorted briefly that the same
ISSUE of the paper quoted by Simpson contained
q page of facts showing that the lumber bust.
ness in Maine was larger and better than q year
ago, or two years ago. But. like the gentleman.
the paper could see only the spots on the barn
New Jersey. and, amid approving manifesto
tons from his Republican associates, reviewed
simpson complained. no said. had been passed
BY u Democratic Legislature and signed by a
Dem Dem ' 81. GoScrnGs' a ieEislatiye trust OK.
abled the coal trust to add q dollar to the cost OF
every ton Of coal consumed in this country.
the combination out OF the State House by ma
j~orities aggregating $4,000. This majority
increased from year to year until. in 1896. tho
honest farmers and laborers repudiating the in.
famous dishonest proposition, which was as the
breath of life, to the gentleman from Kansas.
Lease over the length and breadth of tho State,
voted by 81, o majority for Mckinley, Hobart,
sound money, and honest dealing.
The discussion was further continued by Hand
of Delaware, who denied that prosperity was
with us, and by Mr.. Adams of Pennsylvania,
who conteuded that 1t was.
Without completing the bill or settling the
question, the committee, at 4:40. rose and tho
House adjourned.
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NO business IN NEW HAMPsHIRE.
In sla.y Places Espisyses CsuId net Reach
Their Shops.

Ihetr ohopa.
NASHUA, N. H., Feb. 1.-The record made By the
blizzard Of March, 1888, is nearly broken by the
snow storm which struck New Hampshire yos-
tcrday morning and continued until IL o'clock
this morning. Tho railroads are tied up COM
plctaly. tho street railway systems literally
buried in the snow. and telegraph and telephone
systems are practically broken In pieces. Com
munication between Boston and this city by
either mail or wiro has been cut OF since late
yesterday afternoon.
Business Is at q standstill in all tho New
Hampshire cities. In this city the cotton mills
and nearly all tho large shops and foundries did
not start their machinery. the employees being
vailed last night and piled tho snow in huge
drifts In tho principal streets OF the city. On
Main street, the principal. business thorough.
feet, while in the residential parts Of the city
tho drifts are even deeper.
So rapidly did the snow fall last night that
city nnd on the line between this city and
Lowell. The motornlen and conductors wero
compelled to sleep in their cars. and although a
large a force Of 2, men aonr hso Dsen o, a. T SsTs clearing nos Hsf
reached the barns. -.
The local weather station gives the snowfall
here as % inches on the level. 4 inches less than
MANCHESTER, n. n. Feb. 1.-The railroads
here are G,,, al 'i .sn up aYi S AND tGSls ss woph S Snd t snS
doned completely, and all business Is at q stand.
still. the snow being piled In huge drifts, some
Of p tSsm . " r., F Fsst f deePi blockade o, the Bo..
ton and Maine Railroad system at this point is
complete. No trains have been able to start over
tho western. northern, and eastern divisions
four hours. Seven trains are stalled here. All
wire communication with Boston 10 cut of.
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there IL q general Cessation OF trahiok Ont Of
Providence on tho New York. Now Haven and
Hartford, Worcester division. frciRhts are piled
up at Blackstone. blocking. tho rails. But one
train waatEottcn through late this afternoon
Trains fot Providence had come no further than
Blackstone at n late hour tonight.
At IL o'clock last night n passenger train for
south OF Uxsridgo station and was. derailed.
There were ten passengers, most OF whom were
Several ladies were FRUSTRATED. and Mrs. Bon.
1amin Raboin Of Worcester was badly bruised
about the hips. Engineer. Thomas Loynd was
Thrown through tho cab window and badly cut
Communicates by rail with. other cities was
g Ess,n 9Snt i sgt a R5 sS1'y at II II 'S o'ci sSsn isst ni SSG
did manage 10 reach this city Mt . this morning.
but there the achievements in that line ceased.
mon The Boston and New York morning papers
we're doomed to disappointment. Telegraphic
and tc,teph0nrc comm Sna u ,ocai Snsin wSTe 8 2"s'S al a. q
Electric light wires arc down all over the city
and the power has been shut of. Tho city will
Be- lighted by gas. IL at all, until Il is safe to turn
on the electric current.
bearing with them n tangled mass Of wires Of
The Fire Department, had q busy time Of T. al
graph and telephone wires crossing electric
light wires. Frank French. was taken out of q
house on Richmond street In a suhocating con-
Most Of the manufacturing companies were
hampeLed by their help not being able to reach
The mills.
city, and dangling wires are hanging overy-
where. The storm there is the worst since. 1858:
There was not n street car running In all
Rhode Island when, the day broke. The wind
and snow has buried the entire State.
Every village between Providence and West
bury is so overwhelmed with tho. storm that 1t
will be many days before the roads and streets
can be opened for the resumption Of ordinary
traffic.
When the storm struck Providence last night
tho street car companies were simply powerless.
They were short of snow ploughs and In q short
time the roads were choked.
Then the wires began to fall, and the electric
current on all the lines was turned of, leaving
passengers stranded and helpless.
A party Of five. including ono woman clad In
. light evening gown. boarded a Prairie avenue
ear after the theatre and were shortly stalled.
They dared not leave the car.
They were obliged to spend I'VE hours there.
and when employees of the road came to their
rescue they had to DO dug out
II is impossible to estimate tho property loss.
Horses were killed all over the city. but 80 far
as 10 known no persons lost their lives.
Tho loss to the telephone and telegraph COM
Danies will BIO enormous all over the Stote.
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NO DEFICIT FOR JANUARY.
Secretary Cage ThInks There will Ne IN
Actual Surplus This Month.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The last payment into
the Treasury Of $s.53s,401 on account Of tho
Union Pacific Railroad sale was the only thing
that prevented q deficit for the month Of Janu-
airy. Az 1t was, q surplus exists of 1886. 81. SO.
The receipts of the Government in January
were $37. 333,62s. and tho expenditures were
$3.50, s96.711.
The receipts from tho various sources were
these: Customs. $14. 269, 492; internal revenue.
$12,443 1885,; miscellaneous, including Union
Pacific sale, $40. $50. 93e.
The expenditures In detail were: Civil and
miscellaneous, 1885, 1873; war, S4.946, o9s:
navy. SO. $50. 1o7: Indians, 81. 04o. 429; pensions,
Sl2. 375, 223: interest, 90, 1888. 726.
For the first seven months OF tho current
fiscal year the Treasury deficit. the Union
Pacific sale being left out of the account, was
$51 .901. 1913. There Is a surplus owing to that
total receipts during the seven months were
$245. 9s5, COZ. and the total expenditures $244.-
SSS $40. Inasmuch as the Governments ex-
penses will probably be less this month than in
January, and as the customs receipts are in
fS5;s nsIsTE S seeF tps ryd So az p sgrees with itl1, Chairman aSdw q n
actual surplus for the month. In the first twen-
ty.five days of January the customs receipts
were SO heavy as to indicate that the amount
would reach nearly $4,000 900 by the end
lieved that the receipts would be about
$15. 600. OOO.
Chairman Dingley says that the receipts under
the new tariff law have exceeded his expecta-
tons for the first six months of it's operation.
Tho importations in certain lines: notably wool
and tobacco. have been larger than he antici.
pated. and he believes that importations gener-
ally will continue to increase for some time.
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TH1RD RAIL IN THE sroRM.
UeetFic System on the New EBgIsud Railroad
vithstands . sevore Test.

0lsetFic System on the New EBgIsud Railroad
Vithstands . Severe Test.
HARTFORD, Conn.,. Feb. 1.-The third rail
electric system by which that part Of the New
England road between Berlin, New Britain, and
Hartford 10 operated was put to q severe test by
the showstorm which began last night, and it
has proved that 1t Is capable of coping with
any kind Of weather. Col. N. H. Heft. the
chief electrical engineer of tho New York.
NewarHayen and Hartford road. under
whose charge the system has been developed,
and the engineers of tho General Electric Com.
pany have boen waiting expectantly for such q
storm to test the road. 1t was q question
whether whom tho third rail. which carries out
the current and the track rails which return 1t,
were buried In snow. there would not be q leak.
ago OF electrical current which might cripple
tho road.
When morning came to-day every track was
baried deeply IN snow. Steam locomotives were
between here and New Britain. and as soon as
tho tops of the rails were uncovered tho electric
ourrant WAS turned on and trains were started
at eso'clock. These trains have run all day,
keepfngi CLOSE to their half.hourly schedule
without. difficulty. and tho electrical engineers
report. that although all the rails are surround
Cd with snow there was no loss of current.
On the Berlin branch, running from Berlin
to New Britain. there were no snow ploughs
sent out. hut two or three trains were pushed
over the limo by steam locomotives, so as to I'M
cover the rails. and then tho electric cars were
put to work and continued their trips all day.
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HARD TO REACH NEW LONDON.
trains from Boston FINALLY Got Therc-Tho sit-
uation ON the sound.

trains from Boston Finally Got There-Tho sit
untion ON the Sound.
NEW LONDON, Conn.,. Feb. Fifteen inches
% the average snowfall in this city. Many Of
the farmers. owing to the drifts, were unable to
roach town until noon In their attempt to supply
milk to their customers. All trains north and
east wero stalled from midnight until noon to-
day. On tho Shore Line division Of tho Consoli-
dated trains ran with commendable prompt.
ness. because west Of New London the snowfall
was light comparatively. On the Providence
division the road was open between New Lon
don and Stonington. but east Of the latter sta
tion trains could not 60. Great drifts of snow
filed the cuts along the line and the rails were
buried In snow. Immense gangs Of men and big
work trains wero employed in trying to clear
the roads. The telegraph companies sent East
ern InessaRes to Worcester and from there by
h Norwich line boats came to and left this
port not Notwithstanding the storm. The steamer
reachine here from New York about s 80 last
evening, Her cargo was discharged and she
was ready to start again at midnight. She did
not leave, as the storm was too severe. She left
for New York this morning. Tho steamer City
OF Lawrence reached her pier bore at $3.50 this
evening and proceeded up the Sound as far as
New Hagen; where she anchored and remained
Int l ltaayli gas this the W mSFn' bss bs Capt s;l Kssnsy sa ID
his long career on the Sound.
AtS:I5 this evening the Colonial express, due
here at 11:4O this morning. rolled into tho
union passenger station on the way from Boston
two hours late. and had not gone q dozen miles
when o local train was found stalled in q big
snow drift ahead of them at Sharon Hill. Soon
tho Bay State flyer, which was following the
Colonial express, came up and fell In line, and
these were followed. by two local trains from
Boston. After four hours of hard work by the
locomotives and train hands the whole pro-
~cessien Of rolling stock slowly made its way
nj l. r., 49,
he passed the mail train from New York at
Mansfield, east of Providence. sixteen hours
late. The traffic on the Colonial was very light.
there being, only TWENTY-FIVE. passengers. The
train started for New York after five minutes
delay and the crew expected to have little
trouble on the rest or their journey.
At12 o'clock tonight the usually fast "Gilt
edgeasexpress. between Boston and New York,
arrived from the east, being four hours late.
The train left Boston at 8 o'clock, but encoun-
tered huge snow drifts. An accommodation
which left Boston at 10 o'clock this morning.
arrived ahead of the "Gilt edge" ten hours
lates0nd the crow were completely tagged out
from their long trip, having been struggling
through snow banks all day long.
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M'KLNLEY DIMES DOLE.
The Hawaiian President Formally Entertained
mt tho White House.

Mt the white House.
WARRINGTON. Feb. 1.-The President and Mrs.
Mckinley gave u dinner tonight in honor of
President Dole OF Hawaii and Mrs. Dole. The
occasion was attended with all the formality
of q state dinner at the White House. The
guests were: President and Mrs. Dole, the
Hawaiian Minister and Mrs. Hatch. the S0cre-
tary of State and Mrs. Sherman. the Speaker Of
the House and Mrs. Reed, General and Mrs.
Miles. Senator and Mrs. Davis. representative
and Mrs. Hit. Senator and Mrs. CulIom.
Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Senator and Mrs.
Clark, Senator and Miss Foraker, Sen.
ator and Miss Morgan, Senator and Mrs.
Gray, senator Turpie. Senator and Mrs. Daniel,
Senator and Mrs. Mills. Representative Dins.
more. Senator Morrill,. Senator Allison, Senator
Hanna, Senator Hale, Mrs. Alger. Mrs. Frye,
Representative Boutelle. Representative and
Mrs. Dingley, Representative and Mrs. Dalzell,
Representative and Miss Cannon. Representa-.
tive and Mrs. Henderson,. representative and
Mrs. Grosvenor. Representative and Mrs. Payne.
Representative Richardson, Representative and
Mrs. Sayers, DIR. Chauncey NJ. Depew, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage, the Attor-
ney-General and Mrs. Griggs. the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Gary. the Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Long. the Secretary of tho In
terror and Mrs. Bliss, and the Secretary of Agri-
culture and Miss Wilson.
Mrs. Dole will be entertained at o breakfast
tomorrow by Mrs. Davis. the wife of Chairman
Davis OF the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
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WAR DEPARTMENT AFTER ARMEs.
His own Record and His Charge AGsinst Du.
wall 20 he Investigated,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-More attention has
been attracted to Major George A. Armes. a
retired army officer, by the action of Tho War
Department in appointing a board OF inquiry to
investigate thoroughly his record and the
charges he has made against First Lieut.. VIII.
liam P. Duvall of the Fifth Artillery. In.
Observation-Disclosures has detailed Major
Ernest A. Darlington, one Of his officers, to pro-
coed to Fort Monroe, Va. where Lieut.. Du-
vail is stationed. to probe into the matter.
Major Armes,, who has been in hot water fire.
ouently both before and since his retirement,
charged Lieut.. Duvall with securing. by i'm
proper representations, signatures to a paper
derogatory to the character and military stand
ing of Major Armes. The particular case which
Major darlington and .the board.of inquiry
have been directed to investigate relates to an
application, OF Major Armes for the commits.
sion of q Lieutenant Colonel by brevet under an
act of Congress providing for comforting brevet
honors on officers who had distinguished them.
selves in engagements with Indians. Major
Armes asserts that Lieut.. -Duvall. with the
assistance of Lieut--Gen. John NJ. Schofeld,
prevented him from securing the commission
by unfair means and resort to false statements.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO AT GExoA.
To-Day ADMIRAL seirridge's Flag Will He
Hauled Down and Howei's Go Up.

To-day Admiral seirridEe's Flag Will he
Hauled Down and Howell's Go Up.
WARRINGTON. Feb. 1.-Secretary Long re-
ceived a cable despatch to-day announcing the
arrival Of the flagship San Francisco at Genoa,
whore she is to be docked preparatory to
q cruise to the west as far as Vile
Franche. Commodore Howell. who is to
succeed Admiral Selfridge as commander
of tho station. is now at Genoa and
tomorrow the flag of ono officer will be
hauled down and that of the other sent
up. Admiral Selfridee. with his stan. leaves
Immediately for home. and on tho 9th
he is placed on tho retired list by opera.
tion Of law. His retirement gives the navy
for the first time in it's history two Admirais,
father and son. on tho retired list. The San
Francisco. 1t Is announced to-day. will continue
on the station as flagship until the late spring,
when she will be relieved most probably by the
Brooklyn: She has been attached to tho station
now nearly three years.