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COAST LINE SIGNAL STATIONS.
A System By which Communication may n
Had with warships On the Ceast. ~
Prince and Broadway,
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty.second and Broadway.

a System By which Communication May -
Had with warships ON the Csast.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Lighthouse Board
10 to cooperate with tho navy in establishing
and maintaining o complete system Of COAST
line signal stations, including carrier pigeon
cotes and all the equipment for communicating
long and short distances between tho sesboard,
from Maine around to Texas, and ships Of the
navy cruising within certain fixed distances Of
the shore. Naval reserve organizations arc to
DO utilized in managing the stations and in
carrying GU the general system of long-distenoo
signalling and. regular appointed pigeon tend
ers are to look after the cotes. From Maine
down the cOast. at every important lighthouse
station signal semaphores are to be erected
md flags provided, which can he displayed
from the tall towers and the various signals
read many miles at sea. Pigeon cotes win b0
at the more important lighthouses, under
trained men. who will also assist the lighthouse
keepers In sending and receiving signals from
ships and the Navy Department.
The scheme .contemplatee q complete system
Of stations. through which, either by carrier
pigeons or through signals night and day, the
authorities here can be communicated with or
send messages to a squadron of vessels cruising
along the coast. When far beyond the range
Of signalling the pigeons will be used. but whom
within eighteen miles at night or ak In the day,
the ordinary mode Of communication will b
adopted. -"
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JUDar-ADroolrs B1Lnrb.
stuhbesn witness stni Refusss 70 answer
0nestiens On the Garter Cenrt-s1aFtinl

etuhhssn witness etni Refupss 70 Answer
oHerfiens In the Carter ceurt-SfaFtini
SAVANNAH, Ca, Feb. 1l.-when tho trial by
court-martial OF Capt. o. NJ. Carter, Corps of
Engineers, U. 8. A., began this morning II was
evident that Col. Barr, tho Judfe-Advocato,
meant to make some important announcement.
Before asking Mr.. Jacob Paulsen, President Of
the Savannah Towboat Company. to the stand
he addressed tho court.
"As tho Court has probably observed, through
the kind forbearance Of the counsel for the &C
cused. in this case. tho announcement has been
made by the press Of this city, and. I presume,
by the pross overy where this morning. that
this court has announced that 1t has no
power to punish contumacious witnesses;
that II has no power to compel a witness 10
answer any proper question In connection with
this Investigation unless he desires 10 do so; and
this In the face Of tho fact that he swears that
he will tell all ho knows when he 10 sworn. 1
am forced to admit that as an Attorney. eneral
has ruled there 10 some deficiency in the leRisla-
ton that decides and controls the administra-
ton Of justice in matters connected with the
IT spprehond from this public notice that
there may be more refusals Of the character. In
this abist court m % sn9 not 81 e rSrSSS re ia 70 f foeeo FROM from
ssys tho aoI PSwG = s ssss1EI,6 : t Se%m Io,s,, e
there 10 no doubt OF Its powor to compel
answers. And there may be other tribunals
that have the power. United States courts may
DO asked to continue the investigation as far as
parties other than the accused are concerned. I
speak %fcolingly on this subject, as ! regard It es
not have called the attention Of he Court to It"
80 far az Capt. Carter IL concerned, i protest
against the statements of the JudRe-Advooate."
Counsel and J." added Col. Barr, Disagree
upon this matter, as we do upon many others"
Mr., Blair attempted to keep the remarks Of
the JudRe-Adyooate from going on the record,
but failed. Mr.. Paulsen was called to the
witness stand Immediately after this opening to
continue his testimony Of Yesterday. Judge
Advocate Barr tried In various ways tn get Mr..
Paulsen to answer the question Of yesterday as
to whether there was an agreement between the
bidders on Government work In the Savannah
harbor as to who should and who should not
bid, but ho was unable to get Mr.. Paulsen to an
aver.
Col. Barr said the question asked. yesterday
was just the same as II q President OF o railroad
was asked IL there was n pool OF roads.
would Mr.. Paulsen refuse to answer such q
question r. no asked. The witness said he
would not, but he persisted in his refusal to an
swer the query Of the Judge.Advocete.. Other
witnesses went upon the stand, but their testi-
mony was not noteworthy.
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TRoLLEY-CAR ROBBERS NABBED.
Four Men Accused OF the HoId.Up Near Philn-
deIphin Thai illuminated In Murder.

Four prisoners. who called themselves w. F.
Harris. Joseph Foster, Edward Tyne, and An
drew Graves, were arraigned by Central Office
detectives in the Centre Street Court yester-
day, and remanded to Police Headquarters
until to-day.
Chief McClusky announced later that tho
prisoners were held under suspicion OF being
the four highwaymen who on Dec. 20 robbed
the passengers Of a trolley car on the Schuyl-
kill Valley trolley road at Swedeland. near
Philadelphia. Four mon entered the chr late
at night. shot and killed the conductor, Charles
Galloway. and flrod at Gripman Matthias. COM
polling him to stop the car.
Then two OF the men went through the pockets
Of the passengers while the others covered them
with their revolvers. They even robbed the con-
ductor's body of his watch and chain.
Police all over the country have been looking
for the robbers. and when four men arrived in
this city from. Philadelphia four days ago and
took lodgings in q boarding house they were i'm
mediately put under police surveillance. Detec.
tives Brown and Cronin, after watching them
closely for some time, arrested them Thursday.
The District Attorney of Philadelphia has been
notified to send witnesses to this city to see IL
they can identify the men.
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Quarantine Convention for peaeral supssylsioa.

MOBILE. Ala, Feb. 1.-THE chief feature Of
the Quarantine Convention to-day was the pas-
sage of r. II. Clarke's amended resolutions de-
claring that lit is the sense OF this convention
that Congress be requested to provide for n Do
pnrtment of Public Health MS soon as p~ractioa-
BILE; that Congress should enact laws to provide
for AN efficient maritime quarantine, to be uni
different commercial ports OF this country; that
Congress should aid tho several states In estab-
fishing ami maintaining quarantine lawsi that
Congress should leave eXclusIvely To the states
the regulation of thor purely internal com:
merce and the provision OF such quRgantine and
sanitary laws and regulations as they may deem
advisable to that end"
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FAIR HEIRS WIN.
Their Title 10 san Francisco water Front Re-
claimed Land 10 Good.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11.-Superior Judge
Hebbard to-day decided that the heirs of the
late Millionaire Fair have valid title to the
waterfront lots at North Beach, which are
being reclaimed. The State Harbor Commits
sioners recently interfered with the contractors
who were driving piles and filling in the over.
flowed lands. The contractors armed their men
with repeating rifles, and a fight was narrowly
averted. Tho Commissioners held that the
Fair heirs had no right to obstruct the ap.
proaches to the terminals OF public streets and
that the State had no right to convey these
lands to Fair. The Court decided that the State
had a right to grant the lands and that the title
is valid. The result will be that reclamation
proceedings will be pushed and a tract OF about
100 acres will BIO filed in and provided with
docks. 30 that deep water yess Is may load.
manufacturing enterprises. as the place Ia much
better suited for this than any site on the south
side of the city.
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MIXED UP IN LABOR TRoUB1E s.
Col. Mordecai suHmariIS Relieved from Duty
In Springfield, Mass.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Col. Mordecai of tho
Army Ordnance Department has been summa-
rily relieved from duty at Springfield, Mass.
after an investigation of charges preferred
against him by members of the Congress dele
CATION. who complained that the Colonel was
mixed up in labor difficulties. Some weeks ago
the removal Of tho Colonel was asked. but the au-
thorities declined to act until they had looked
into the subject. 1t was reported that the men in
the ordnance factory did not work well under
The Colonel, and that ho had entered into nm
arrangement with a large firm Of the same city
by which neither was 10 employ the discharged
mon from tho other firm. Tho result was that
when one firm had more employees than it
required and was forced to discharge some. the
other refused to give them work. Col. Mordecai
will he sent to some other station, probably
Watervliet or WATERFOWL.
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s,ou. INDIAN. Call on thu President.

W%AsHINGToN. Feb. II. Representatives Of
two tribes Of Sioux Indians visited President
Mckinley to-day. They were Chiefs Two Strike
and Big More. Swift Bear. Hollow Horn Bear,
Black Wolf, loot Voice. Sky Bull. Reuben Quick
Bear. He Dog. Louis Dc Witt. Swift Hawk.
Black Elk. and John Desmet. Several Of them
were Rrrayed in their native costumes, and they
were accompanied by agents and interpreters
who expressed the good will OF tho Indians to
tho President,
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FL FoRrrF1oArIoNs III
nspsrtea % ~ sepate with the retail Ia
eppnssa rrops -, laa,one to 90, OsS,a sS.

tFpNS.N tbeS tNfhSNtVhN F" NUtVSN@r
WAsHrNaToS, Feb ll,-The Senate Commit
tee on Appropriations to-day reported back tho
Fortihcations Appropriation bill for the coming
year with its total moro than doubled. The
House appropriated s4,144,9 12 and the Senate
Committee added s4,8O7.b so, making a total Of
e8,0b2, AGA. The increase IL made up of tho
following items: Construction OF gun and NOR
tar batteries. $4,000. 900 instead OF 81, 10000;
steel breech.loadlng mogtars Of l2-inch calibre,
Increased from $780, 2o to Sl,ls7,6 $50, and
their carriages, $551, 200 instead Of Ss4,so0;
carriages for coast defence guns, 1857 800 in
stead of @424,0 rapid-fro guns and mounts,
S54b, T25 instead OF S20s, o6b; reserve supply Of
powder and projeotiles, $3.50, 61s instead OF
1891 ,oO0l steel for 8. 10, and IL inch guns,
$369, 500 instead OF S247.860; 10 and IL inch
guns under contract, $224,85G instead Of $751;
237; repair OF Notifications. 100000 instead
Of $25. 900; carriages for machine guns, $751;
$50 instead Of $35. 900; steel fold guns. $780, 300
instead OF $50, 900.
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New FOURTH Glass Eo.,mns,ers.

WASHINGTON. Feb. ll.-Seventy-ive fourth
class Postmnsters were appointed to-day. among
them the following for New York:
East Corning. SteuGcn county, Frank Frost; Has
kinsvnle. steuhen county. Zina C. Bowen; Maynard.
Oneida county. Mary F. Horn; Nineyeh JUNCTION.
Chrnango county. n, Il. Williams; North Salem, West.
chester county, B'niamin X. Iobdell; Pekin. Niagara
county. W. f. Beaber. Plains. oneida county. William
II. Sylvea; Preblc. Cortland county. j; T. Crofoot,
Scottshurg, Living ton county, Jes. % Roberts; South
Glens Falls, Saratoga county. l.. d. Palmer: Snmmitt-
vile. sullivan county. samuel A. Adams; Websteg.
Monroe county, George q. Mason.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE report of the
Senate committee which has been Investigating
tho classified service. will probably recommend
the taking OF several classes Of employees out of
the civil service. These will include deputy
collectors Of internal revenue and Of customs.
special agents of tho Department OF Justice. tho
Treasury, and the Land ONCE. custodians OF
public buildings, statisticinns of the Agricul-
tural Department. and Assistant District AttOr-
neys. Tho committee has not yet decided what
form the recommendation will take, but the
sentiment seems to be against reporting II bill
for action by Congress, ms the President has full
mower to act.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE President an@
Mrs. Mckinley gave q reception tonight IN
honor of the army and navy. There was a largo
attendance, but the crowding which has char
actorized official receptions at the White House
in recent years was avoided. as 1t was Mt the
othcr functions this season. by the new rules de-
vised by Secretary Porter and Col. Bingham.
the army officer in charge of public buildinR9
and grounds. The decorations tonight were of
an elaborate kind. palms. potted plants, and Q
great display of the national colors being the
conspicuOuS features,
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Ripley win Elevate the Cllcaro stage.

CHICAGO. Feb. ll.-Chief of Police Ripley has
taken steps to elevate the stage at certain popu.
lar-price theatres of the city. beginning to-day,
he has notified the managers that many of tho
Jokes of a coarse nature used by the actors on
the stages of certain downtown playhouses must
DO stopped, and that stage folk appearing before
a Chicago audience must conduct themselves in
most sensitive person. The Chief says that he
Is determined that while no IL Chief OF Pulioa
the theatres OF the city shall 30 conducted on q
docoht plane
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Gen. Booth to leave washlnslon To-day.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.-Gen. William Booth
founder of the Salvation Army. leaves to.mor-
row morning for Pittsburg. Ho is delighted
with the beginning Of his third American tour
here In Washington. His three public meetings
have overlooked the largest church auditoriums,
and hundreds of people were turned away each
time. Many prominent people attended the
meetings. and great interest in them has been
taken by public men.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE President sont
tho following nominations to the Senate today:
Edwin $. Cunningham OF Tennessee. Consul -
Alden. Arabia.
John II. Burford. Chief Justice, md Bsyaru 7. Hal.
ner. Associate Justice, OF the supreme Court of Okl0r
hOma.
Joseph W. Burke. Collector OF Customs at Mobile.
Ala,
vile, Ky.
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To Honor ya,o,. y,o,or,ou. Dcsa,ors.

New HAVEN. Feb. ll.-Yale's New York
alumni have changed their plans for the dinner
TO the victorious football eleven at sherry's on
next Monday night and will make it o dinner to
the debaters who have just defeated Harvard
and Princeton and to the glee club. which has
Just closed the most successful trip West ever
taken by a Yale musical organization. The din
ner will be given under the auspices of the Yale
Club of New York city. President Dwight will
be unable to be present.
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ooLWELL DIVoRcED AGAIN.
DR.. Tinker's Appeal from the Judgment foI
$50, o Damages SIN PendinE.

Broker Frederick L. Colwell has again OBJ
tained an absolute divorce from his wife, Gene
We've L. Colwell, based on the report of Senator
Jacob A. Cantor as referee. All tho papers In
the case have been sealed by Justice Chase of
the Supreme Court. who granted the divorce.
The Colwells were married in 1888, and became
came their family physician. Colwell sued his
wife for divorce and DR.. Tinker for $50. O00
damages for alternating her affections. The d.
yorce case was tried before William q. Davies
as referee, who found In favor OF Colwell, but
Inc decree nf NV was reyers9 Gor 1y thS n Az eIiebo i DI,
suit Colwell got a Judgment for $4,000 dam
ages. An appeal OF DIR. Tinker from the judg-
ment has not been determined.
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..Arle,rh" a. Nswpor, Rented. to f. L. L.rnrara.

NEWPORT, r. l.. Feb. 1.-THE Plat villa.
"Arlelgh," which has been occupied by Potter
Palmer for two seasons, was rented to-day to
Mr.. Louis l.. Lorillard for one year. Mr..
Lorillard has not resided here since no sold
Mrs. Potter Palmer was very much attached TO
"Arleigh." 1t IL thought that the Palmers may
not come here this year.
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Ara,u.t r,Ilman,. Dl.pcn.ar, N,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE House Committee
on Judiciary reported unfayorably to-day tho
Senate bill giving to the State OF South Caro-.
lima control of liquor brought into the state In
original packages. The object Of tho bill WAS to
legaliZe the disp0nsary system, which was ds.
clarcd unconstitutional by the courts.
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seattle. Lake shore and Eastern.

AT q meeting yesterday OF the holders of the
trust certificates representing tho Seattle, Lake
Shore and Eastern first mortgage bonds the
Bale of the property to the Northern Pacific was
ratified. More than 90 per cent. of tho certid-
cate hOlders assonted.
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ADMITS 4 KoBBERT IN NEw YoRK.
John Dever Arrested In WnahinEton for Rob-
binE u Bost0n Druggist.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l1.-John Dever, alias
John Dempsey, alias Herman Taylor. was ar.
rested here last night by Detective George Boyd.
He is wanted in Boston for assaulting and rob-
bling Druggist Newell Paine on Dec. 8 Of 81. 200.
When arrested he admitted his identity and in
CURED: What is it for. Now York or Boston y
from Boston he had committed n robbery In New
York. His pal. he said, was English Tom"
who went to England several days ago. Dover
would not tell what the New York job was, but
admitted that he had secretcd there a large
quantity of jewelry and 500.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.-Aftcr pending seven
years the application OF Louis W. A. Sinsabaugh
of this city for a pension has Just hcen allowed
by the Pension Office. SiEsabaugh. however,
died In 1899. and tho pension, with arrears from
the date OF ding, will go to his widow.
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sarLls COMO KeDabia Chaases ais Nams.

Judge Hurd In the County Court In Brooklyn
yesterday granted permission to Sarkis COMO
Kebabin to change his name TO George Sarkis
Ksbabin; The petitioner said that CopEo wa .
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THE ELLSWORTH LIBEL Bill.
state Press Association and Republican EdI-
toTIal Association PF0teat.

ALBANY. Feb. 1.-The Executive Committee
of the New York State Press Association met
here to-day and decided to.have the next annual
outing OF the association at Patchogue, LII. A
committee was appointed to draw up resolutions
OF protest against the Ellsworth Newspaper Libel
bin TO be presented to the Governor.
The Executive Committee of the Republican
Editorial Association met tonight and appointed
q TO wait on Gov, Black to express
their disapprOVal of tho Ellsworth bill.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05
Joint Discussion.

The Democratic and Republican
committees announce series OF
appointments for joint discussions
between Congressman 7. c. MCRae
and Col. VIM, q. Whipplc, opening
at Tuckerman August 20 and clos
ing at Pocahontas September 2; al
so between Col. Whipple and Hon,
J. D. Cook, of Texarkana. opening
at Gurdon August p and closing at
DeQueen August 26.-Arkansas
Gazette.
We learn from Hon. J. D. Cook,
that his appointments to speak "a
gainst W. G, Whipple is at the fol-
lowing places:
Gurdon, Clark county, Monday,
August 2, at II a, m.
Hope, Hampstead county, Tues
day, August %, at II a. m.
Nashville, Howard county, We'd
nesday, August "a, at p m
Mena, Polk county, Thursday,
August %, at ! p. IN.
DeQueen, Sewer county, Friday
August 26, at II a. m.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05

Congressman Bob Henry got sat
upon at Houston, when he intro
duced a resolution in keeping with
BaiIeys idea as to Imperialism and
the acquisition of additional terri.
tory. Bob did not think il loaded,
but it was, aud it may go Oh in
November much TO his detriment.
A politicians place, especially one
that Is iu the swim, is as far from a
convention as he can get, with the
cables cut, and Bob should have
known this before he attended that
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05
WILL STAND BY THE FLAG.
The German Americans Are Almost a
Unit For Their Country.

| The German Americans are Almost q
Unit For Their Country.
What's the matter with the
Dutch?"
"Oh They are an right
While Germany may or may not
like our Americanism, and the way
we are doing business in the Philip
pine Islands, We stand all right
with the 5000, 900 Germans now on
our shores who are protected under
our flag and who have given this
country plenty of evidence tnat it
matters not what Germany does,
they will shoulder arms for our
country and fight il need be. We
clip the following from the Globe
Democrat ON the subject
Persistent reports of friction
between the United States and
Germany continue, in spite of de-
nials Of any foundation for them
put forth on the highest authority
of this government. There is no
unfriendIiness between the two
governments. II does not seem
possible that there can be any.
That being the condition, it is per-
haps hardly wise to dwell upon
what would take place if complica-
tions should come But a very re-
cent incident may be mentioned
because it helps to show why Ger
many will think twice before doing
anything to provoke trouble.
Germany has furnished nearly
oue-haIf of the foreign-born popu-
lation. These people are German
Americans, not American.Germans.
A few days ago several of the
wealthiest and most influential
German-Americans in the United
States called upon the president
and broached the subject OF the
Loyalty of German citizens to their
adopted country. They told the
president they most earnestly
hoped no rupture would come be-
tween their native country and
their adopted country.
'But, Mr., President, " the spokes-
man of the delegation said. "we
are here to tell you that, should the
German government be so foolish
as to force trouble with the United
States, the Germau-Americans
will recruit, organize and equip
| 100, 900 men without a dollar of
cost to the government, and offer
themselves to fight for this coun-
try. We come, Mr.. President, To
guarantee to you this offer
The deep sincerity of thsse Ger
man-Americans was shown in their
manner. If their names could be
given their representative capacity
would be recognized by the whole
country.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05

Last year the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway cut the wages of all
employees ten per cent. The pay
rolls for July now being sent out re
stores the cut of ten per cent to all
receiving less than $50 per month,
and to those receiving a greater
salary fye per cent, or halt of the
reduction is restored. July salaries
will be paid on this basis.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05

1t is fact that the heavy ord
nance of our big battle ships did lit
tie damage to the forts around San
tiago. Americas seaport cities can
take comfort from this-if the men
behind the guns in our big forts fire
accurately at an enemy destruction
for them is sure.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05

The United States treasury de-
partment reports that the expendi-
lures during July on account Of the
war amounted to about $50, 600, 900
and to about $9O,OOO,O 900 since the
war began. But the American peo-
pie are unanimous. This must be a
mistake as statement was made
sometime ago tha $50, 100000 had
been spent. u Eza
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-08-05

The most unpopular man in Ar
kansas, is the one who wants Sena
tor Berry's seat in Congress. Tex
arkanian.
Which one, Bro. Gardner, the
Governor or the ex ?-Hope Gazette,
We hardly know which one will
try to beat Berry, but whether
Jones or Clark, it makes no differ.
ence. 1t is hardly probable that
both will run.