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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
Who're ye.teraaz,a Fire. Were.

A. A.-9;lo. bS2 West Thirty. ninth street. Nellie
Mcdonald. damage S25; oii5. 80 East Tenth street.
Lizzie Hasencack. no damage; 1000. 90 Leroy street.
John Reagan. no damage; 1910. l4s Blocker street.
Bengeni 4 Fantino, damage 500.
p N.-l2;lO. liV second avenue. no damaget
goo. ktnsl.r's Brewery. 2l3 East Ninety.nrst street,
damage 10000; 1880, 81 Seventh street, Paul X.
Lusii2, damage $500; 1880, 62S CorttaLdt avenue.
CHRISTIAN Nuhl. no damage; 6:3O; 500 Eleventh ave-
nue.. damage 500; $500. 1903 Orchard street, Joseph
Miller. no damage; $40. $40 Madison avenue. dam
age $500; $3.50. 800 broadway. Foster. Paul a Co.,
damage 500; lOi35, ~ Canal street. Phillips q
kaiison. damage trining; 1888. III SUFFOLK street,
Samuel MandelOwltz. damage tr.hLng.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
FIRE INSURANCE.
The Companies Had n Profitable Season in
California Last Year.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17.-Reports OF Califor-
MAS fire insurance business for 1897 show the
beneficial results OF the compact formed last
year. The ratio OF loss TO the premiums col
lected, WAS 90 per cont. Allowing 35 per
cent. for expenses, this would lea We u margin of
10 per cont. profit on the 81 Ass. 40 of fire in
surancc business transacted in the State last
year.
This is a great Improvement over 1896 and
1898. when the loss ratios were respectively 90
per cent. on $3.Sl7,3l5 and 30 per cent. on
VI. -0l, 5Si.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
MIadIetown. Conn. Elecls nenub,lcnn,.

MIDDLETowN. Conn, Jan. 1.-THE Republic.
cans elected all their candidates in the city cleo
tlon Today excepting breckenridge for Collec-
tor OF Taxes. who was defeated by Sengal,ub
by $50. Henry T.. Weeks was elected Mayor by
.l3 majority over James Donovan. Democrat.
The two Aldermen, six Councillors ami Assess
sors had mHjorities ranging from $50 To go.
With the hold-oyer members, the Council and
Board Of Aldermen are 5Olidly Republican.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
No Danger or starvation a, ID lawson City.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-Mr. Meiklejohn. the
acting Secretary Of War, has received u telegram
from the Hon. Clifford Sifton. Canadian Min
lister Of the Interior. saying that his reports in
dictated that there was no immediate danger of
starvation at Dawson. but n great necessity for
provisions between Fort Selkirk and Skagway.
Mr.. Meiklejohn has telegraphed to Gen. MGR
riam at Vancouver. Washington, to ascertain
whether 1t will be advisable to use reindeer in
handling relief supplies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
WHAT'S HAPPENEn TO non KELLrg
Said to Have Lost His Job ms Janitor or Tam.
maYS's VIEWaR.

1t was said yesterday that Robert Kelly, who
for thirteen years has been the janitor OF Tam
many Hall, and who knows and Is known by
every man in the TammRny Hall Democracy,
had been dismissed by the Tammany Society,
the owners OF the Fourteenth street ~wigwain.
The General Committee of the Tamma"y politi-
cal organization leases the building from tho
society. ! the annual meeting of the political
organizations General Committee last week he
was reelected Sergeant-at-Arm for 1898.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
BRoOKLYy REPUBLIC.iNs.
The Ward Committees 10 Meet To-Nisht aud
EiIi vacnucles Ia the County %mmI

Fiji vacnncies Ia the County Committee.
The Republican ward committees in Brooklyn
will hold their regular monthly meetings to-
night and inaugurato plans for tho strengthen
ing OF the district associations. Tho Executive
Committee will be organized next Tuesday night,
and will then probably relieve the City Com.
mittee OF Nine from all furthur responsibility
for the direction OF Republican affairs in the
borough OF Brooklyn. There is a friendly, but
at the same timo lively. race for the Chairman
ship between X. Ross Appleton, Col. Michael j.
Dady, and Harry A. Hamburg. There were over
q score OF delegates to the County mmit
who failed TO qualify. and the vacancies win be
A1od bv the ward committees tonight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
Royal is the greatest Of all
the baking powders in strength,
purity, and hea1thfulness.
SIR TATToN's SIGNATURE.
Experts Testify That ie DID Not siEn the Notes
Held by n Money Lender.

Special cabls Despatch to TIE Sun.
LONDON, Jan. 17.-The trial Of the case Of
Money Lender Jay against Sir Tatton Sykes and
his wife was continued in tho Queens Bench
Division Of tho High Court Of Justice to-day.
Experts in handwriting woro called to the stand
and testified on behalf of Sir Tatton to tho
spurious character Of the signatures alleged to
have been attached to the notes by him..
A bank manager also testified that tho sigma
lures were forRerios, and declared that he would
not have honored the notes had they been pre-
sented at his bank.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
Use or Flrspraor woOa on MAJ ve.sel..

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE controversy over
tho use OF freproofed wood in tho navy has
been settled by Secretary Long. Use OF the
wool is to continue In all interior parts of the
vessels under construction. according TO pre-
yious specifications. This comprises over two
the ground that. in the opinion of the Secro.
tary, the advantages here arc not commensurate
with the increased expense, and out of torpedo
boats 81. the ground that 1t IL unnecessary
where 90 little wood u used.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
Order OF Railway Conductors RepudIate tho
Railway Conductors Club.

BINGHAMToN, Jan. l6.-At n regular meeting
Of B~inghamton Division No. l54. Order OF
Railway Conductors, the following resolution
was carried unanimously:
Resolved, That Dinghamton Division No. 1874.
order OF X ilway Conductors, condemn ana Tepudi-
ate tue club known aS the Railway C1nd uctors' Club
OF North America, and that a copy OF the same be
sent 10 The Sun OF New York for publication.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
Prince Henry Mt Aden.
Special Cable Despatch to THE So

Special Gable Despatch to THE sun.
ALDEN. Jan. Tho German warships
Deutschland and Gehon. from Kiel for China,
have arrived here. Prince Henry of Prussia.
who commands the squadron, has played polo
with the British officers stationed here, who are
entertaining him lavishly. The squadron will
proceed on Thursday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
To Reauee wage. 10 the San Erancl.co Mint.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-Frank A. Leach. SUI
pcrintendent OF the United States Mint In San
Francisco. had a conference with Secretary
Gage to-day on the question OF reducing the
scale Of wages paid to employees of the mint.
1t was decided to reduce the scale to that In use
In the philadelphia Mint. resulting In n saving
OF 500, 900 annually to the Government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
United States Consul Ashby Drowned.
spsofaI Gable Dsspatoh to THE sun.

COLON, Colombia, Jan. NV. w. Ashby,
United States Consul here; q railroad mechanic
named Mott, and a physician named Hafemann
were drowned hero to-day by the capsizing Of q
boat In which they were sailing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
HAWAIIAN CANE SUGAR.
Secretary Wilson Says It Will Not Seriously
Compete with Sugar Raised Here.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-Replying to a Senate
inquiry as to the competition of Hawaiian cane
sugar with the beet sugar of this country. tho
Secretary Of Agriculture says that at present
the cultivation of cane in the islands is carried
on by coolie labor, under the contract labor sys.
TEN. Should the islands become subject to our
laws the laborers would receive the same wages
paid In California. He therefore concludes that
Hawaii will not seriously compete with the
the opportunities and possibilities of coffee cul.
ture in the islands are so much better than
sugar raising that much Of the land now de-
voted to sugar will be used for coffee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
JOTTISGS ABOUT TOWN.

The trial OF Charles Meliue on n charge OF oner n q
forged check for olgO at The bank OF the state OF v W
York: Dec. -. was bruu ;ht to a close yc,lcrdiy In
Part III. OF the General Sessions. the Jury Uein. uu.
able 10 agree.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
Severe Earthquake in North Italy.

ROME, Jan. 1.-THE town Of Argenta, in the
province Of Ferrara, in northern Italy. was
severely shaken by an earthquake this morning.
A church and a number of other buildings were
wrecked and several persons were injured, but
no one was killed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
THE ENGINEERS LOST STRIKE.
A General R~esumptlon or work Expected or
Jan. %.
Special Gable Despatoh to THE Sun.

Special Gable Despatoh to TIE Sun.
GLASGOW, Jan. 17.-Many of the striking en-
gineers resumed work in the Clyde yards to-day.
and a general assumption is expected on Jan. 20.
LONDON, Jan. 17.-The Amalgamated Society
of Engineers has formally Endorsed the action Of
tho joint committee of the trades unions in
withdrawing the demand for forty eight hours
as q weeks work, and has expressed the ex-
pectation that the lockout notices posted by tho
masters will be withdrawn. The attitude Of the
employers remains unchanged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18

No better on earth. offering at
such prices is as great, complete
and varied as that found in any
of the best stores early in the
season.
Here are a few of them
described
Worth $40. Price Sr2.
Rough black twist ehevlot. Cashmere lining
Drsb ThiS. t.. a ll dec: Of the brown. made up like
custom goods.
Worth SIS. Price S14.
Black Kersey, Clay lined. Satin trimmed.
Brown and Black kersey. Silk and Cashmere
Innings
Worth SIS. Price SIG.
Brown diagonal rough Cheviot handsomely
Worth SIS. Price sly.
Heavy Covert Coat material. Skeleton. Silk
trimmed.
Worth $50. Price $40.
Brown Shetland Chevlot. lined with pure Silk.
Flannel interling.
Velvet Beaver. extra heavy. C~lreasIan lining.
Very servicable.
All are the newest and most
stylish goods. Not unstable
garments that have been on our
counters a season.
Our own new goods are beside
them. You may think the bar
gain goods as good or better.
No sale final.
Money refunded.
Ready-mate garments altered to Fl.
O Thompson's Sons
Rs.sye@. s,' eis'SSlnr 245 Broadway
Clerical Clothing ahov. p.,L p,..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
r MINERS KILLED.
Twenty Taken Dead from n Pit ana Others
May Have Perished.
Special Gable psspateh to THE Sun.

oVectuF CuU1b I7t1putuH e II DUN.
BERLIN, Jan. IAN explosion Of flredamp
has occurred in the Queen Louisa mine, at West
field, Prussian Silesia. Tho bodies of twenty
miners have been taken out of the pit and ten
others have been brought out unconscious and
will probably die.
Twenty men are still in the mine. and 1t 10 be-
lieved that they have persisted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-18
MID-WINTER SALE
Outright new Overcoats
never before offered for
such prices.

sand Over
coats are
here a n d
more a e
coming in
every day.
Five h
dred p o.
III Sat-
urday; a s
many will
be here to-
day. This
stock we are
offering at
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20
FOUND DEAD
PETER BURTON TO BE BURIED
At Ten O'clock Today From Dunbar's
on Main st.

Wien Mrs. Mary Bates. = colored
woman living g, 423. North Fifth street.
knocked or the door Of the Burton house
= few doors further up the street, she
got no answer. She raped two or three
times, and not getting any reply nor
having seen Mr.. Pets Burton Tor some
days, she went in.
Burton was in ais bed Win rns covers
disarraDged. dead
He was an old mau-an old oolsred SOL
der. He Is well known about town He
lived by days work He came home IN
usually late last Thursday and was not
seen again I'll yesterday morning, whsn
Mrs. Bates. suspecting that something
was wrong. went 20 uhe place
II was reported that he had commute
suicide. but no evidences Of such an act
were found and the coroneTs jury re-
turned a finding that he had died q nat
ural death, probably from heart disease.
He had been dead probably tire days or
more. II an old trunk were found some
pension papers and the medical statement
accompanying them stated that he had
heart disease.
He came 70 Wichita from Tennessee
nearly twelve years ago.
Rev Copeland viii conduct funeral ser
vices at DuHbar's undertaking establish
ment az 10 o'clock today
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20
PUPILS GIVE S100
To the Peck Fund for the
Monument to Lafayette.
HISTORY OF THE MOVE
Wichita Schools Give Nearly
One Hundred Dollars.

IN the schools OF the city yesterday.
noolemzn. Marquis de LAtayett than al
history has told hin IN che past. Yes
terday was ehe day set apart as Lafay
eta Day and the scholars N Ill the
with thoughts OF the brave Freachnan
who came to this country IN IN 10 o1er
his services a. = simple volunteer n the
war Of the revolution The object for
which tie day was set spar; nrst orig
mated win Commissioner General Peck
WHO was sent 20 Paris by this government
as G commissioner 70 the exposition 10 De
held II that city IN 1900. During his So
tourn IN Paris he visited the grave OF
General Lafayette ard finding il Uncared
for and without an Appropriate tribute or
mark other than tie plain headstons
placed there AZ his death over sixty years
ago General Peck conceived the idea Of
appealing to the school children Of Amer
lea, through President Mckinley and the
governors Of states 20 the thousands Of
school superiatencents and millions CT
scholars ts raise by penny contributions
from each child Lhe fund OF $3.50 90 70 be
expended for a monument 70 be erected
at the grave % Lafayette and 20 be dedi-
Gated July T. 800 which will be United
States Day az the Paris exposition The
governors OF many states issued procls-
nations calling on superintendents 70 o.
serve Lafayette day on the 18th OF Octo-
Der. which Is the one hundred and seven
nS H. u-NA
CORVALLIS surrendered to General Wash
ington al yorktown, ths closing OF the
Revolutionary war IN which Lafayette
had enlisted In the cause Of human lib
erty.
Superintendent Dyer responded very
readily 10 make the day one TO be re-
membered IN The school history Of Wich-
ia, especially among ne scholars. OF
which generation they will live the long
est TO remember The day and for what
purpose II was set apart. when the great
and generous gift 60 the French republic
IS alluded 10 in future comparisons OF the
generosity and friendship Of nations.
The program arranged By Professor Dyer
was very appropriate for the occasion.
Il suggested historical and patriotic fea-
lures and songs by the children, march
ing with flags and other suggestions 20
teachers 70 follow IN the line OF thought
leading along the most interesting part
that Lafayette's connections had with
American history. AL me schools had
some special feature OF their own. in ad-
dition 10 those on the program Scholars
Tecited. others read from history sketches
OF the life Of the great French noble
manman. patriotic solos and classroom
singing OF songs were inferred into with a
spirit OF enthusiasm and the day was
generally given UP 20 one OF celebration
in the schools throughout the city.
The children responded. one and all,
to the request 70 contribute a penny.
Some felt little more liberal than others
and gave a nickle or dime. but this was
given in spirit OF generosity 70 make
up fund that would be a credit to W!ch-
tia and her public schools. Nearly one
hundred dollars were raised by ths penny
collection yesterday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20
CANT0WlNE BEATS A WOMAN
Cut Her Eye and Fined $40 by Judge
Mitchell

A Canoowine. who something over a
year ago stole bicycle from J X Brown
five miles northeast of the city. = again
in the tolls % the law. He was convicted
% the theft. or. rather. he plead guilty.
and served Germ II re pe1iten;i2-y.
He has only recently oean released
Between and O'Clock yesterday morn
ing CA7to711e with another party visited
The house conducted By Nellie OrsoG OF
ne corner OF Fourth ard English Some
words came up and she asked hin 70
leave re place. wAlcA lie I'D Caatow1ue
returned Iarec with TWO other men aid
gained adniccauce. Mss Or-o1 toI6 him
again - cave her house He said he
wo-.d- Whale Up town he had taken tzo
or 1hree drinks As he vas leaving the
house according q rs own ssatz-ueu.
SIC pushed I'm He tu--e5 and ri re-
over ne eva lie ca; looss IS = < hzc
been cone vf,h 3 r.-z o. 4 pair % brass
kntczs- TIE cut extends from the bridge
o. che nose upward into the syebrow. ard
tasn clss- through TIE syAi3 7, vas nee
esSz-y Cor The toccor % take several
stitches = the CIT Mss OrloT xzs tad
II bruised about TIE head and shoulders
from ne CLOVIS delivered b Cantowtze
He was arrested Ind taken - the police
station. where he was fined 500. Not nzv-
Ing ths necessary amount ae vas put -
ire hoidovsr Since MS release from re
penicencsrv Cszrow.ze has bean driving
q hack
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20
ONE IN EVERY -FOUR
One Person in Every Four suffers
Prom Piles

About ore person in every four suffers
from some form OF rectal disease. The
most common and annoying s itching
pses. Indicated ~ warmth. slight moisture
and intense. uncomfortable itching IN the
paris affected
The usual treatment has been some sim
DE ointment or saive which sometimes
gives temporary relief. but nothing Ike a
permanent cure can De expected from such
superficial treatment
The oa,y permanent cure tor itching
pies yet discovered i the Pyramid Pc
Cure, not only tor itching piles, b-t for
every other form OF piles. blind. bleeding
sr proruding- The first application gives
Instant relief and The continued Use far
short time causes a permanent removal
OF the tumors - the sinai paras tss Vntca
cause the intense itching and discomfort
o. itching piles
Many physicians for = long tine suppos-
e that The remarkable relief AFFORDED r.
the Pyramid Pie cure was because Il
contained cocaine. opium o. similar drugs.
brit such Is 70. he case A recent careful
sbsolure.y free from cocaine opium. - n
fact any poisonous. injurious drugs what
ever. sod BY druggists a. 81 c,ats Ter
Pc ckage.
Send 20 Pyramid CO, Marsaar Mica
for free book on cause and cure Of pies
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20
ASA BROTHERLAWYE
And as a Fellow Citizen J. D.
Houston
WILL WORK FOR STANLEY
Breaks His Usual Custom to
Help Elect Wichita Man.

~ take no active part IN politics.
asver did" Said Joe Houston. yesterday
But lam Tor ". z. Stanley. shall vote
Cor him and shall do al I can for him"
No attorney in the southwest is better
known than Mr.. Houston. and teT have
lis reputation for effectiveness before q
Jury.
Continuing Re said yesterday: And why
Should I not be for ". E. Stanley for gov
ernor? I know him 1 know that IN hls
trend OF thought b. takes the better,
higher view Of things l know that ne Is
pure in thought and in action, and fur
thermors, ] know that ne will take into
the ctace Of governor. along with his good
intent and honest endeavor, the practical
ability TO Ill the ofics competently, not
only with honor TO himself. but with honor
- as state, and more than THAI with
honor 70 our common community.
Staley IS a Wichita man. We all love
Wichita Think how We have batued all
these years for her, for each other. for
ourselves. And al that time SANKEY'S
Shoulder has been 20 ours. his elbow 20
cur elbow. his defense our defense, his
aggression our aggression. a common vol
Cnteer N The army OF Wichita workers"
Other cities have received corporate aid
We have stood on our own resources.
Other cities, when the battle was going
against Us. have had machine shops TO
sustain them. We had nothing but our
faithful people. Other cities. az the tides
lowest ebb. have had state institutions 20
Inject appropriations, almost gift-uke, into
the arteries OF tagging enterprise Il has
heen a hand fight, but adverse conditions
are showing heels Wichita has hard tines
OF the run. Depression IS now in full
retreat
AT our side, stands stiH the faithful
volunteer. one who has been with Us n
the collapse Of g. the smash OF 's3-yes
farther back than that. the grasshopper
blight Of he seveut,e-Stanley has stood
with US faithful. answering. constant all
these years
And now Il is fitting. Il - tust that any
wichitau who has battled az his side.
should al the moment when our triumph
looms. turn against man struggling for
ar honor OF vhsch he Is Justly deserving,
which he can ably adorn- Wtchitans car
not Professional jealousy. nor personal
quarrel. nor political difference should
stand IN ne way OF wlchita's interests.
her advertisement and progress-should
stand as a barrier against the Just arnbi-
ton OF a fsllow-townsman."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20
FIREMAN NOLAN HURT
Thrown from the Wagon While Going
TO Fire

Last night about nine o'clock the fire
department was caaed % tie corner OF
Douglas and Washington avenues on a
false alarm. Il is supposed that some boy
turned n the alarm. Should he Be found
it viii go hard with hin as his act caused
James Nolan, OF the hook and ladder
truck 20 be seriously injured The whole
s.ds OF the FIRE alarm box was broken
As the carts and reels from Hose House
No. we're coming up Topeka avenue a.
a fast rate OF speed James Nolan was
thrown from the hook and ladder. His head
was badly cut his nose broken and ne was
bruised considerably. He was picked up
by spectators and taken to The hose house
where Dr.. Purdue dressed his wounds. II
was reported tha. his head vas smashed
but this rumor was erroneous He vii
bs unable 70 be on duty for =: least two
weeks Fire Marshall Walden has offer
I'd reward Of so for the appreh sns,on OF
the party who turned IN the false alarm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-20

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