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SENATE.

When the Senate convened today Mr..
Pasco (Fla.) presented memorial from a
camp of confederate veterans at Ocala,
Fla, protesting against the adoption of the
proposition of Mr.. Butler On. c. to pen
sion ex-confederate soldiers.
In this connection Mr.. Allen (Neb) said:
Il believe a word on this subject is due at
this point. / do not believe there was ever
a serious purpose on the part of the senator
who is the author of the proposed amend
ment to pension confederate veterans 1
think the author of the amendment, like
the President of the United States, was
carried away by his feelings. In my opin-
ion altogether too much attention is being
paid to 1t.
ut would be an injustice to the rank and
file of the confederate soldiers to say that
they would consider seriously any PROPOSE
ton to receive pensions. They have cared
for themselves for a third of a century
They have cared for their cemeteries and
for their dead 1t seems to me that the
whole matter can be closed by saying that
both the President of the United States and
the author of the amendment were carried
away by their enthusiasm. In my judy
ment, speaking from the standpoint of
northern soldier. it is time to close this in
cident. 1t may be closed by the happy
thought that all bitterness and sectional
ism have been wiped out by the late Span
ish war"
AT the conclusion Of the routine business.
In accordance with the order made yester-
day, the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill was taken up and passed
MI Mason Qll) offered the following
resolution:
w hereas all just powers of government
are derived from the consent Of the govern
ed, therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate of the United
States, That the government of the United
States of America will not attempt to gov
ern the people of any other country in the
world without the consent of the people
themselves or subject them by force to our
dominion against their WILL
Mr.. Mason asked that the resolution lie
on the table, announcing his Intention Of
addressing the Senate upon it next Tues
day.
Extra Pay to Troops.
House bill granting extra pay to officers
and enlisted men OF United States yolun-
teers was called up by Mr.. Shoup and pass
ed without amendment. The bill grants
two months extra pay to troops that have
served outside of this country and one
months extra pay to those who have
served only in this country.
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) had given notice that
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baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, January Flour dull unchanged /,
receipts, S4,oo4 barrels exports, IS .525 barrels
Wheat quiet; spot and month. I5ssa75As Februnry
1oaIoA; steamer No. red 92l<a72s.; receIpts
30 500 bushels exports none; stock, l. 40 g77 bush
els; sales, 1000 bushels; southern wheat by sam
pie, tlaI6ls; do. on grade, 73a76 Corn easy: sDot
and month, 40Aa40%; February 40Isa4Os. steamer
mixed S7hAS7x: receipts, 1871, 46l bushels: exports
2Uo. s92 bushels; stock ,454. l6s bushels; sales
5000 bushels; southern white and rellfr corn
313sa4oh- Oats dull and easy; No. white S4a
S4l2; No mixed s2!s; receipts, 1881 bushels;
No. 2 nearby, 5slS; No. western 62; receipts
43 .24l bushels; exports none: stock 322 GAG b,sh
els. Hay firm No. Timothy, 5000 bid Grain
freights quiet, unchanged Sugar strong, upchang
ed. Butter steady. UNCHANGED. Eggs firm M
changed Cheese steady, unchang d. Lettuce 81 q
aS1.5 so per bushei box Whisky unchanged
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at O'Clock he would ask the Senate to
fix time for a vote on the Nicaragua
canal bill; but after the bill allowing extra
pay to volunteers had been passed the Sem
ate, at AS pm, went into executive ses-
sion, Mr.. Allison saying that it was the
understanding that no business except con-
sideration Of the District bill was to be
transacted at today's session.
At 2:10 pm. the Senate adjourned
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r4PReTEsTs bWELL .sFouNnED.s.
of Smoke From U Street
sFumping Station. .trl1 q.

Pumping Station. .-ol1 i.
Speaking ii the Protests which have been
made to the Commissioners OF the nuisance
caused by Smoke issuing from the chimney
of the street pumping station. Capt.
Beach, the Engineer Coninissiopen of the
District, stated to Star reporter this at
ternoon that the complaints were unques-
tionably well feunded, and that people Of
the neighborhood are undoubtedly entitled
to an>abatement9 of the nuisance.
1.-THE Commi ssio1ers.e sexplaiped Captain
Beach, ''have had the matter under con-
sideratio for some time, and have caused
an examination and Investigation to be
made of various appliances invented for the
consumption Of smoke The investigation
of these mechanical stokers, as they are
called. has been very thorough, and / am
prepared to say that in short time this
objectionable feature of the pumping sta
ton will have been removed, and no longer
will there exist cause for complaint in the
matter - :
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SUICIDE OF AUSTRIAN ATTACHE.
COunt KaroIyi Kills Himself at His
Ana Etments in London.

LONDON, January THE Globe this
evening announces that Count Franz Kar-
olyi, the attache of the Austro-Hungarian
embassy here, has committed suicide.
The Globe asserts that housemaid en-
ployed at the counts chambers in Picca-
dilly, this city heard a fall last evening
and drew the attention of the counts valet
to the fact. The latter proceeded to the
rooms occupied by the attache and found
him on the floor, dead, with a shot wound
IN his temple Beside the body was a
iadys portrait The deceased was twenty
four years of age.
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Hero Receives an Appoiutmert

James +. Welsh was today appointed a
member OF the police force. He was a
member OF the Marine Corps during the
battle at Guantanamo. " ~
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Target Practice at Port Roy.l.

Arrangements have been made for a re-
sumption of target practice at Port Royal.
and the old cruiser Lancaster and the mon
itor Amphitrite will be again utilized there
for the practical instruction of the gum
merry classes.
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BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to is bona fide one.
1t is easily possible for a news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell It's legitimate circulation enor-
mously, in order to deceive adver-
tisers, by sending out thousands of
papers to newstands, which are re-
turnable, and which are in fact re-
turned, but nevertheless are in
cluded in what purports to be an
honest statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers, however,
judge by results, and bogus circula-
tions don't give them.
The family circulation of The Star
is many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper.
Circulation of The HEvening STAR
SATURDAY. December 81, ls9s.34376
MONDAY, January 3, 1899. .2S 64S
TUESDAY, January 8, 1899. ..-.... 29,s5s
WEDNESDAY, January 4, 1899. sc, O06
THURSDAY, January 8, 1889. ............. 80, 500
FRIDAY, January 6, 1899 .29, sSs
Total. ..-...........-........... 183, O63
banJ aver 800 10
1 solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number of copies of
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday, jan
uary 6. 1s99-that is, the number Of copies
actually sold. delivered. furnished or mailed
for valuable consideration to bona fide pur-
chasers or subscribers, and that none of the
copies so counted are returnable to or re-
main In the office unsold.
]. WHIT. HEBRON, =
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. A,
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
seventh day of January, A D. 1899.
CHAS. 8. MUIR,
Notary Public. D. C.
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Grain and Provisions Markets.
Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co, bankers
and brokers, l4i9 ST., members New York
stock exchange. correspondents Messrs La
denburg. Thaimann & Co., New York
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Thousands of situations have been oh
tanned through the want columns OF The
Star.
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Mr.. Daggett says that Suffers men
would receive Sl42-J0 per day. while the
contractors men would get s174.3o. How
can this be true when the District is pay
Ing . cents per day more for it's labor? He
says II costs twice as much 10 clean Penn
syFania avenue by hand labor without
contract as II does by contract. How can
ne reconcile this statement with the rec
eros' winch show that he is being paid 81
cents per LOCO square yards for the portion
o. me avenue he is cleaning. while 1t costs
the Dlstrict but 10 l-3 cents per 1000 square
yards for the portion 1t cleans?
III Is thought by some that in order
tnat the streets may be kept in perfect
condUon. IL Is necessary that they should
IN conjunction with the hand cleaning
WORK. be gone over at intervals by ma
chlnes. A careful and observant student
or street cleaning can soon demonstrat e
the ialsity OF this belief. PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. F. 1 and K streets. Vermont ave
rue. etc. have not been touched by a street
cleaning machine since the hand cleaning
system was inaugurated thereon vet they
nave been Kept cleaner and will be found
in better condition than any of the streets
swept entirely by machines"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
We Might Try 1t.

The methods usually employed In
purifying water require costly pump
ing and filtering stations and special
machinery. 1t is the purpose of an
invention patented by the designing
engineer of the Brooklyn water works,
Mr.. Samuel McElroy, to supersede
these expensive appliances by provid-
ing an apparatus in which the force or
gravity becomes the agent of applying
air or antiseptlc solutions to the water
running in a conduit, says the Scien-
tific American.
In the line Of the conduit the inven-
tor places the induction valve shown
In figure 2 the casing Of which is con-
tracted between its ends, SO as to pro-
duce an increased velocity of water in
the throat thus formed. This valve is
further provided with inlets for the
entrance of air and of antiseptic gases
or solutions, and with DETECTING plate
adjusted by screw rod to promote
the increased velocity Of the water.
A casing, as shown in figure l, is placed
near the induction valve and is pro-
vidcd with an air chamber properly
connected with an inlet to the induc-
ton valve and with a check or stop
valve to guard against reactions. The
casing is furthermore provided with a
solution chamber and with mixing
chamber also connected with the in
duction valve and guard by proper
check and stop valves. The solu-
tion and mixing chambers supply the
lntiseptic gases as they are required.
A roll pipe is applied to the conduit as
shown in figure 3, for the purpose OF
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Premature I;urial.

Wilkie Collins left missivs among
his papers, says writer in Chambers'
Journal, directing that when he died
thorough examination Of his body
was to be made by q skilled surgeon.
Lady Burton, wife Of Capt. Sir Richard
Burton. ordered that her body should
be pierced with a needle in the region
Of the heart. Mr. Edmund Yates Of
the World, Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss
Harriet Martireau, the authoress, and
Hans Andersen, the writer Of SO many
fairy tales. may be mentioned as in
stances Of men and women who have
left instructions that they should not
be inferred until everything possible
had been done to make sure that they
were lifeless. In some cases it was
the severance of a vein. in others even
decapitation. that was resolved upon.
Others, with similar end In view.
have adopted different means.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Mysterious Mine.

"The claim recently made in a west
!rn newspaper that the famous Lost
Cabin gold mine has been found recalls
The fact that the mine has been found
BEFORE remarked an old miner. "rhe
Lost Cabin mine Is in the Bad Lands
n Wyoming, near the headwaters 0f
he Big Horn river, and about sixty
niles from Fort Washakie. In 1874
ave men set out from the fort to pros
pect. l was invited to go along with
them, but have always congratulated
myself that l did not accompany them,
because few weeks later, when one OF
The miners, with few small nuggets
In his pockets, wandered back to the
Tort, his mind was completely gone. All
ne could murmur was plenty Of gold
In Lost Cabin
Expeditions were at once sent out,
but no trace was found Of the mine or
the missing men, who, it was supposed,
were killed by Indians. In 1884 COW
boy rode into Fort Washakie and said
that he had found the Lost Cabin by
accident, and, as every one believed
That the Lost Cabin mine was fabu-
lously rich, a crowd Of eager miners
were soon ready to start with the dis
coverer. They found decaying log
cabin, with four skeletons in or near
1t, and tunnel sunk in the hillside.
The ore found in the tunnel was black
and heavy, and the first man who got
out with mule load never went back,
Tor the assay showed no trace OF gold
nothing but plumbago. The news
Of the finding Of Lost Cabin got out
and for months miners flocAed there,
only to be disappointed. After awhile
the excitement died out and the ola
mine was deserted. But still the prob
lem remains where did the crazy miner
get his nuggets and what became of his
four companions? Many prospectors
think that the crazy miner found his
nuggets while away from his compan-
ions, and lost his mind, as we'll as his
way, in trying to return to them.
Star.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Steal Electric Lights,

1t is said that thieves have found ,
new avenue for their undesirable actjv-
ity in the stealing of incandescent
lamps from exposed places in front of
business houses, theaters or other
buildings where the lights are used in
signs or for display. OF course most
Of such lamps are in places not easily
accessible, but there are some, about
doors and slow windows, within the
reach Of the passer-by. An obvious
protection is to remove the lamps and
put them in place OF safety over
night. Another is to place strong
screen over the sign or decoration
which may be rifled, but this plan has
the decided disadvantage of obscuring
the light and disf1guring the design.
No doubt, if the annoyance continues
some modified form of socket or a
cheap and easily attached protective
device will be invented to foil the evil
intention of the despoiler.-Wester
Electrician.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13

their necks to or fed in fear from the
sword Of the dervishes were changed
into brave, strong warriors, ready to
fght feariessly and willing TO place
implicit confidence in their leaders. 1t
was this at once humane and shrawd
management of the Egyptians that
enabled the sirdar to lead them vic
toriously against the mahdists all
along the Nile to the triumph at Om
durham and the taking Of Fashoda.
General Kitchener at an extraordinar-
lily early age, has attained to hOpor5
rare in the British army.
In 1873 Kitchener was sent to Cyprus
to organize tie land courts OF the ISL
and, and in short time he had map
ped every Granny Of the land. But de-
spite his civil service Kitchener's mil
itary ardor did not abate jct. As
long ago as 1883 he led an expedition
OF 500 British and some Sudalese and
few bashi-bazouks 70 check Osman
Digna, and very nearly succeeded In
capturing that fiery leader. In the
same year, after recovering from the
wounds he had received, he took part
In the attack on the dervishes besieg-
ing Suakim. commanding a brigade
consisting Of the Ninth. Tenth and
7 gelfth Sudanese batlalions. This
brigade carried the trenches OF the
Arabs by storm. He has been In sew
eral actions in the Sudan, and always
successful and brave.
An adequate story OF the sirdar's
life would read like one OF Scott's ro-
mances Of the east. His wanderings
in Palestine, the Sudan, Erzeroum,
Africa and elsewhere have been filled
with thrilling episodes. He has been
shot at by Bedouins, almost murdered
in Palestine, nearly hanged for being
a spy, but his delight has been to
pepetrate dens of villainy to find out
at all hazards the mysteries OF the
Orient for himself. He has disguised
himself a score OF times, and has
thrown dice with death to further some
military plan Of his own,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
CASTING OUT DEVILS,
Man Docs n Thriving Business Ia -
EnElish Vill.go.


Somersetshire Is probably the mos.
superstitious county in England. A
case just heard by the Wells magis-
trates affords an amazing insight into
the klAsly power welded by the witch
doctor, male or female, in the west
country villages. says the Birmingham
Post. A Mr.. Blackburn OF Mortlake
seems to have launched crusade
against this survival OF the dark ages.
During sojourn in Wells ha visited
the witch doctor. Chambers, alias Ell
liott, the result Of which was a prose-
cution ending In committal for two
months for imposing on Mr.. Black
burn by Subtle craft" The police dis
covered that hundreds Of people from
all parts of tho country wrote to Or
visited Chambers for the purpose OF
having devils cast out" Of either sick
children or their cattle The witchs
fee was los 3D., and it was shown that
the simple country people paid almost
worship to their witch, always address
ing him as Sir" and implicitly fol-
lowing his quaint directions. Among
the letters was ono from a farmer,
thanking the witch for curing his
COWS and mare, which had been i'll
from the evil wishes CT an enemy. An
other letter asked how to make love-"
another If the writer was likely soon
to become widow. Another indicat-
ed that clergyman had been writing
for illumination On the black magic
art Prisoner pretended to consult an
instrument and several odd volumes in
cipher, and said he effected his cures
by burning various drugs at midnight
"A curious fact was that, though the
police have vainly endeavored tor
years to set a conviction. the man has
all the time obtained his drugs OF an
alderman Of the city who is a chem.
ist
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Indiana Natural Gas.

A Muncie paper states that the In
diana gas field will be drawn on this
winter in greater quantities than ever
before. No less than 500 new wells, it
is estimated, will be sunk in the va
rious parts Of the field between now
and fall for the winter supply. Many
are becoming alarmed at the enormous
drain anticipated, and as the supply
OF gas is not ineXhaustible, such a
great number Of wells on the territory,
in addition to the thousands already,
will no doubt give it severe test.
Natural gas, the ideal fuel, was first
applied to manufacturing purposes in
the Pittsburg district. For eighteen
years it has been classed among the
most valuable mineral productions OF
the region, although it was known
prior to that time. Natural gas and
petroleum are found under the same
geological conditions, although the
former has often been found in terri
tory devoid of the latter. Both have
their home in the carniferous beds of
the Devonian age, although sometimes
found above. Natural gas has been
used as an illuminant with special ap-
pliances, but as a fuel it is unsur-
passed, particularly in metallurgical
operations. The supply is now hardly
what 1t was some years ago, but some
OF the largest iron and steel mills in
the district are still run with this fuel.
AS few records are kept at the wells it
is a difficult matter to estimate the
cubic feet Of natural gas used, there
fore the statistics are generally given
as to value only. The value of gas
used in the counties we have named,
including Pittsburg and Allegheny, for
1897, is some $5,75O,0OO.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13

nitted suicide, or had been murdered,
but these have been officially denied.
Six Of the emperor's advisers who rec
commended reforms have been put to
death by order of the dowager empress.
Reactionary tendencies have shown
themselves among the people as we'll
as in the palace, and there have been
outbreaks Of mob violence at Peking,
directed against foreigners. Marines
have been landed to protect the Brit
ish, German and Russian embassies.
and the cruiser Baltimore and the gun
0oat Petrol have been sent from Man,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Corn as Fuel.

The difficulty Of obtaining fuel in
certain localities has led to an investi-
cation OF the fuel value Of various
farm crops. Some years ago, when
corn was so cheap that it did not pay
to haul it to market, a number of
western farmers experimental with it
as fuel with very satisfactory results.
1t is claimed that ton for ton 1t has
about two-thirds OF the value of coal.
One of the obstacles in the way Of
utilizing corn is that when dry it burns
with such fierceness that it is speedily
consumed. whereas, il there is too
much sbut-off OF draft, it shoulders
and blackens. The first must be fed
slowly-a small amount Of corn being
put on at one time. Where labor IS
cheap and corn plenty, 1t makes a fuel
that is capable Of doing most excellent
work.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
Municipal Bicycles in Germany.

The distribution OF bicycles to the
employees o. German towns increases
from day to day. In the cities of Han
over and Ludvigshafen, and in some
towns of less importance. machines
have been distributed to the municipal
employees in order to facilitate their
work. The municipal council OF Co.
logne has just decided that bicycles
shall be reckoned in with the COM
munal budget and placed at the dis
posal Of the following city employees:
Tax collectors. policemen, foresters,
commissaries Of police. sergeants de
ville watchnen, men of the health de-
psrtment. and in the departments of
water, gas ana electrical supply, con.
,rollers and all clerks in the employ of
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
LEAF FROM A BLACK FLAG
LODGE REGISTER.

recently. In the time OF the Taipings
the Triads reserved the most hideous
tortures for their opponents, and they
have been credited with the reintroduc-
tion Of the horrible wire shirt. which
was favorite form of torture fire.
quently exerted for the benefit Of evil
doers in China during the last century.
The wire shirt Is a piece of wire net
ting, with mesh about an inch across.
This is placed under the victims arms
and tightly fixed around his body. SO
tightly as to cause the wire to cut into
his flesh, which is squeezed through
each separate interstice until the skin
projects quarter Of an inch or 80
outside tho wire. Thus prepared. tho
victim is adjured regarding his treach-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13

Veloped until their members include
an appreciable percentage of the popu-
iation, and their propaganda has be-
come disseminated throughout the
length and breadth of the country. In
their organization these societies par
take OF the ma lure CT the Western Free
masonry. In the days of their initia-
tlon they were regarded as brother
hoods. and their announced objects
were the attaining Of ideal perfection.
Like most things in China, however,
the outward guise Of the guilds in
question has always been very differ
ent from the published principles. and
there can be little question but that
most of the important political move
ments OF tie past 800 years have been
In a la &c measure due to the action OF
these secret Assem- bliss.
One Of the first of these secret socie-
ties, and one VIII ch in it's prime exer-
cised very marked influence over the
destinies OF the empire, was that
known as the Sect of the Pee-!esn-
Keaou, or White Lily, a companionship
which, under an outer gu;se Of philo-
sophie doctrine. was actually little bet
ter than a gigantic combination for
the purpose of extortion and Of rob-
berry. 1t was this society that In 1903
decreed the execution of the Emperor
Kiaking, and the "Son of Heaven" was
attacked while berg carried in his
chair Of state through the streets OF
Pekin In open day. The attack was
carefully planned and nearly succeed
ed, but the devotion of few of the
bodyguard succeeded in
saving his life. The Pee-leen-Keaou
still exists though it's activity is great
ly diminished. Another secret society
which is believed to have many adher-