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CHARLES 8. BUNDY
COMMISSIONS Of Deeds for New York and all
other states and territories. Fendail building.
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FOR RENT-STORES.

FOR RENT-S12. .50-NEW BRICK CORNER STORE
and basement suitable for grocery, drug store,
&c.; 2401 Tth NV Also broom dwelling; BATH
&c.i $40. Apply to +. o. WHITFORD CO., 6
Wholesale Row, Cehter Market. de1S3t"
FOX kENT-ND. 716 9Th ST. NV.
One Of those stores just above G ST.
viii be for rent Jan l, at $35 50
de1s-3t LIEBFRMANN & HAWN 1903 ST.
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ATTORNEYS.

LOUIS E. PHILLIPS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 1895
st. NV, Washington. ID. GU. s. Courts
Executive Departments. Committees Of Congress
and Court Of Claims. no2S-tf
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WANTED PORTER N DRUG STORE; NJ 81
be experienced; references required Apply Ut
HI RIEBAUS' PHARMACY, 1ith and sts.
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UNFINISHED.
FOR RENT-S-ROOM HOUSE IN Mt. PLEASANT
all mod imps.; stationary wash tubs: bright and
sunny location; rent moderate. Address OWNER
E., Star office. de20- St.
The evening times., 1900-02-08
PREFERS TO BE GOVERNOR.
ROOseveIt raIIss With Kerens About
the Vice Presidency.

the Vice Presidency.
NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Governor Roose-
welt has returned TO Albany, and Richard
c. Kerens, Republican National Commit
teeman for Missouri. is still at the Wal
dorf-Astoria. Mr.. Kerens had come from
Washington and Philadelphia 10 discuss
with Governor Roosevelt the proposition
to make Mr. Roosevelt the candidate for
Vice President Mr. Kerens said last
night:
Il had a very charming talk with Gov
ernOr Roosevelt and without speaking for
myself | told him that very many Repub-
licans interested in the Administration de-
sired that he become the Vice Presidential
candidate at the Philadelphia Convention.
Governor Roosevelt told me that he pre-
ferred, If possible TO be renOminated as
Governor Of the State of New York The
Governor believed that he had certain
work cut out for him. and. furthermore, he
preferred the place Of Governor Of the
State OF New York Just at present to the
Vice Presidential nomination The gen.
tlemen who surrounded US during the con
veFsation applauded the sentiments of
Governor Roosevelt
Governor Roosevelt expects TO see Sen
ator Platt on Saturday and notify him OF
his determination not 10 accept the nOmi-
nation for Vice President and Governor
RoOseveJts friends AT the Waldorf Asto-
ria say that the Governor may issue some
sort Of q statement TO this effect next
week
The evening times., 1900-02-08
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1900.
The mnr-Pnnncefotc CnnnI.

The treaty which Secretary Eay and the
Right Honorable Lord Pauncefo.e have
submitted to the United States Senate
amounts to this That in exchange for a
formal remuneration by England of the
Clayton Buiwer Treaty which Eng.ard
violated and vitiated forty-hve years ago.
America will bind itself:
Fi--.-To build maintain. operate. ard
police the Nicaragua Canal at an original
cost or SllO.OOO.C6o. more or less.
Second-To guarantee its neutrality in
time Of peace.
Third-To guarantee its neutrality a
time Of war, even if it is itself engaged in
war.
All Of which being interpreted. nearing
that during any war i'm which England
engaged (even against the United Statesl
England. as the great naval power OF the
Uorld would control the canal which
Amer .. ,vnstructed and paid for but
may neither fortify nor defend in any
emergency.
The -Pauuce -ote TREATY has Keen sub
m'tted to the Senate, ard will in the fiJs,
instance. be passed upon ~ the COMMITTEES
On Foreign Relations, made up as folioNs.
CJSIINAN X. DAVIS of Minnesota
WILLIAM p. FRYE Of Maine
SHELBY NJ. CIILON ot Ilinai-.
HENRY CABOT LODGE OF M Ws-ICIu-UtIs
CLARENCE ID. CLARK of Nyo ming
JuNEFH 3. EORAkER of Ohio
IbNAk %. NOLtOTr - Colo-1d9.
JOHN e. MORGAN oi Alabama
ICHN N. DANIEL a. Virginia
aiCt >Tt> %. BACON OF Georgia.
lERNANDO ID. MuSEY of NGssi-. jpp5
Il IS for these gentlemen TO advise ttc
Sea-.e whether it is best Tor America to
&c the Little Breeches" which in ioyial
compliment to Secretary Hay. Lord
Psmgsfcte has so kindly provided aEains,
i,s 5rs. public appearance IS worll pow
ct. The result viii be- interesting
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INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
4 Workman Blown Into the Air and
Seriously Hurt.

4 Workman Blown Into the Air and
SeriousIy Hurt.
NEW YORK. Feb. "a scowload Of
earth Wrought up by dredging machines in
Westchester Creek was taken TO the City
Island Bridge yesterday 20 be dumped. Il
was frozen. and a number Of men we're
put at work breaking ii up with piclIaxes.
Among them was Bryan Harring Harring
pick struck a hard black looking sub
stance that at first ne thought to be a
bowlde-
He hit IL several hard blows. and at
last the object exploded throwing the
earth in all directions. Harring was
blown into the air, thrown upside down.
his hands were severely lacerated, his left
eve was blown out. and his face was burn
ed and SCARED by the force OF the explos-
ion. He was taken 20 Fordham Hospital
His condition Is said 10 be serious
Two theories were advanced by the 20
lice. One was that the explosion was
caused by the bursting OF a British shell
left in the water since the Revolutionary
war. About year ago 1900 pounds OF
dynsmite was stolen from q Harlem con-
tractor. and was sold in los 10 Italian con-
tractors The police think that some Of
the Italians were scared and threw the
dynamite into WestchesraT Greek. from
which the earth came. The police viii
try 20 learn whether 30 is probable that
other laborers viii have eyes and hands
blown away by q mysterious dark sub
stance
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THE DEATH OF A VETERAN.
Colonel Benynrd. an Army Engineer
Expires in New York

Colonel Benyard. an Army Engineer,
Expires in New York.
NEW YORK. Feb. S.-CoI W II. Ben
yard. Corps Of Engineers. L. s. A. died
yesterday at the Audubon. Thirty-ninth
Street and Broadway He was a West
Pointer. class Of 1868. He assisted in the
copstructiOn Of the defences Of Pittsburg
and the fvrtihcatlon of Portland Harbor.
he.
In 1864 he was engineer of battalion.
Army of the Potomac, in the constructing
a bridge across the Rappahannock. He
was on the stan of corps commanders in
various battles on the march from the
Rapidan to the James. participated in
General Kilpatrick's raid toward Rich
mOnd. and assisted in throwing a pontoon
bridge across the James. He saw active
service in the siege Of Petersburg and in
August. 1864, was brevetted captain Ter
gallant and meTitoriOus service during the
campaign before Richmond. He was bre-
veuted majO- for bravery in April 1865.
and was put in command of the engineer
company at West Point In 1866 he was
appointed assistant professor OF engineer
ing at West Point. He became Lieutenant
colonel in 1869.
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THE AMERICAN VIEW.
Nhnt Hns England To Do with tEs
NicnrnEnm CnnnI:

NIl.iN tNt NfN 1'In sum-
Regarding the relations nctrc-u the United
>talcs and Great Britaia ou ibis continent the
points Of American policy fire to b- Kept iu
mind, asserted, and maintained ere t..s--
America holds that the Clayton BuIe.r treaty
died by Great Bri;aius own band. and tur prog
re-s of events utterly iotbids it- reyiuh,sriou.
This theory, asserted by various American states
men, is built on solid crorud TIE haiGius OF
the Nicaragua Canal aad Che control sf is. Uo.
iWIgiuau bur lcuth. are practical, subj uJ..r-
Tor aegotation between tae United States and
Nicaragua.
Te the north of tine United >ta-cs. ra moving
OF the Alaska boundary line IS Go De- thought Of
rs concession On our part there ir rcruu ior
C., Accession e'sewLere on Great Britain part We
ask i- nothing that IS NOT ours. and we give
nothing Of WHIST IS ours.
50 mugh for what seems eertsiu.
Il. under the present cIscumst tIuse- the
American view f. disputed its e,uudne-s can
be made clear 10 all by tine inclusion of Mica
r5gus. with Nicaagua's approval. a- a->JIte Il
thc Uuiou. such q transaction. if i, be necessary
90 the construction os an American I-tHluus Canal.
is necessity OF our national progress and well
being
The evening times., 1900-02-08
ANIMALS IMPORTED BY CUBA.
The War Department. Reports the
Number Received mt HaVnna

Number Received Mt HaVana.
The War Department made the state
ment today that the total number OF do
nestle animals imported into the port OF
Havana during the year Of 1899. was S15.-
46S The animals were divided as fol-
lows. Lulls 1857. cows. 1895: calves.
7.27a; steers; 2l5.666; horses. 4.1s0. mules
io65; donkeys, 12s, sheep. 2.62j: swine
53.o27, goats. %, other animals. 1913.
or the 271 201 OF bovines imported dur
ing the year. it is estimated that about
l12.257 were imported for agricultural pur-
poses. 220 Of which were imported during
the month Of December for breeding pur-
poses. II is estimated that 81 459 Of the
fetal bovines imported came from the
United States. and that 1S5.TIS came from
ether countries
During the year 1899 there also entered
the port Of Has lla from ports in the ISL
and of Cuba 1914 vessels Of all kinds. OF
a total gross tonnage Of 262. $50. and 1565
vessels Cf al kinds Of total gross tonnage
Of a55951 cleared from the port OF Havana
for ports in the Island of Cuba
During the year 1899 there entered the
port Of Havana SASS vessels Of all kinds,
foreign and cOastwise. Of a total gross ton
mage OF 3421.S44 tons and 3.2I3 vessels of
all kinds. foreign and coastwise. Of a to
tai gross tonnage Of 5. 1896 3S3 cleared from
Havana for other ports.
During the year 1899 there landed at the
port Of Havana from points outside of the
Island Of Cuba &C. G.OS2 passengers. Of whom
% .301 came from the United States II. .260
from Spain. and 1923 from other countries.
During the year 1899 there left the port
of Havana for points outside Of the Island
/ Of Cuba 81 230 passengers. of whom q O9O
/ went to the United States. L. $50 to Spain
I and 37S4 ID other countries.
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THE NAVY TO TEST THORlTE.
An Experiment which May RevoIu.
tf0nize Snfp COnStruc4ion.

An Experiment Which May RevOIu-
tionize snip COnstruc4ion.
The ordnance experts OF the navy viii
today make an experiment which may rev
olutionize armored snip construction and
reverse the present ascendancy OF arrlOr
over projeetles which has resulted from
the fncessant competition between the gun
and the protection in the navies OF the
world
At the Indian Head Proving Ground an
S-.nch plate has been set up under eondi-
sions resembling as nearly as possible an
actual ship section with its protective
deck and flooring behind the srmor. This
structure is TO be attacked by a 5enai-ar-
NOR piercing shell from a 10-ioch rifle
with a charge that viii perforate the
plate
The shell is to carry a small charge Of
the powerful new American explosive.
thorite, made from the formula OF Or. Tut
tie. OF California. whose compound. II the
claims for its properties are sustained,
will be of incalculabIe effect on The con-
duct OF war.
The army made sorse experiments with
thorite at Sandy Hook without scnsa-
tlOnal results, but naval nf1cerS HnO nave
had some experience with the terrible
stuff are extremely curious regarding It's
tremendous possibilities. They have -Ouud
il so inert that a Ted-hOt poker can be
thrust into a mass Of 1t, and 10 may be
hammered to pieces without exploding Il
detonate5. however with the greatest ease
by fuse. and under such circumstance il
is as destructive as nitrOglycerine..
II a reasonable amount of such an eX-
plcsiye could be projected through heavy
armOr plate and made 10 destroy the con-
fined interior Of a ship its farreaching
effect would be inestimable in naval prac-
tice. The inventor OF thOrite says that
this can be readily accomplished ard 10
demonstrate whether IL is feasible OF not
the ordnance experts have prepared for
the new experiment. They have selected a
she'll which they are satisfied can be made
TO pierce eight inches OF Harveyized plate
and DR.. Tuttie under rtakes 20 expiOdf
enough thOrite in the shell after 81 passes
through the plate TO destroy the pro ective
deck flooring and other material repre-
senting the citadel Of the ship. Naval cs-
perts yet have not been able 10 end a pow
erfuI substance that would not be exploded
by the tremendous impact OF The shell on
the plate.
The evening times., 1900-02-08
A SILK MILL FOR SUFFOLK.
The Proposition of "a Ncv York Con-
Germ Considered.

Germ Considered.
SUFFOLK. Va. Feb. S-A movement
whose iucipiency aururs much that is good
for the material development OF suffolk
was iuaugurated last night. u was done
by an assembly Of representative business
men who came together and discussed
plans booking TO the establishment OF a per-
maneut association whose objects shall be
10 encourage the investment Of foreign cap
itsI and to otherwise promote the towns
commercial interests.
Mayor r. l. Brewer. jr.. James l. Nc
Lemore. George l.. Barton, T. L. Folk and
the chairman were named a committee on
constitution and bylaws.
A committee Of eleven was appointed %
investigate the business standing and
methods OF a sJlk company which made a
proposition 20 establish q branch plant in
Suffolk provided $5e.0C0 worth Of stock is
subscribed locally.
B. b. Dumville a local capitalist. who
has already donated a site OF two acres
and valuable privileges presented 10 the
meeting the proposition Of the Liberty SIX
Company. OF New York. Incorporated under
New Jersey laws and which has branch
plants IN several states
The proposed corporation. should il ma
teriaIize will be called the NansemOnd Silk
Company. with a capital OF S400 coo in Sl0t
shares. $4,000 TO be preferred stock. pay
ing 3 per cent dividend The objects of the
corporation are the weaving, printing. dye
ing. and cleansing Of silk cotton. and 9TH
Ct fabrics. the preparation manufacture
and sale of the same materials and the
transaction of all business necessary and
incidental thereto il the plans are car
ried out a building about 200 by 4Oo feet
Is 90 be constructed for the plant, and abou
| 900 oneratives will be hired.
The evening times., 1900-02-08
DEMAND FOR COAL IN FRANCE.
4 Bright Outlook for Introducing
the American Product.

Consul skinner. writing 20 the state De
Partmeut from Harseilles, says:
The report which reaches me 10 the ef-
feet that the Inca is loading with American
coal az Newport News for the MaTsenIes
market indicates that the information
which forwarded to the Department
on December zS 1sgS, may yet lead
to happy results. When the question was
raised last year or the possibility OF intro
ducing American coal into this marke, the
freight charges seemed TO offer an almost
insurmountable obstacle. sut 10 appears
improbable that this dimculty viii con-
tinue If American miners determine to Sc
cure a share or the Mediterranean trade.
The coal commonly sOl@ here is poor in
quality and high in price. This is always
true and especially so OF free burning soft
Goals and anthracite. Quality alone should
give the American product considerable Ia
v0r.
The present observations are prompted
by the abn0rmaIly high prices Of coal in
the French market and the hope that the
facts may instruct the American trade.
There Is al this moment In France a coal
famine attributed n several causes. among
which are the s,rikes iIaugurated and
threatened among the French miners. the
withdrawal Of British miners from the col
lieriFs 10 join the army. the demand in
Great Britain for domestic coal for manu-
featuring and emergency purposes and
the great demand for coal ia France
to supply manufacturers who are rushed
with hurry exposition orders.
Thousands Of French operatives are
either out of work or working intermittent
ly because OF the coal scarcity. and the
burden 10 business is such that there is
talk Of repeating the duty on coal until
the stringeuCy Is relieved.
The syndicate price for coal last year
at Narseilles. was SOL free on board. The
local port charges. custOm-house dues. and
lightsraEe amount TO 50 cents per ton when
delivered 20 vessels i'm port. The syndi-
cate prce for inland trade is higher. as the
various charges. including duty. amount 10
about SIOS."
The evening times., 1900-02-08
PENSIONS FOR CoNFEDERATEs.
sOHth Carolina VIII Modify the Pres
ent state Laws.


COLUMBIA s. C.. Feb. S-The increase
in The number OF approved applications for
pensions in South Carolina has 50 reduced
the amount going TO each pensioner that
the Confederate veterans have practically
taken the whole matter OF pensions into
their hands.
When years ago i. was first decided to
give pensions $50 900 was voted for this
purpose and it was adequate for several
years. but so many more pensioners got on
the rolls that the Legislature voted $780,
O00 for the old soldiers and their widows.
This has now become insufficient. pension
ers getting only from S25 to $50 a year
Last summer at a convention Of Con-
federate veterans a committee of three
was appointed to draw a pension bill TO
be presented 70 the General Assembly
making radical changes in the system and
taking the matter cut of the hands Of
county officers and politicians. This has
been done the bill favorably reported in
both houses and IL will probably be passed
without change.
Under this law the pensioner. if man.
must have been soldier or sailor in the
Confederate service and resident OF South
Carolina for two years; must have lost a
leg or arm or received other disabling
wounds. aud neither he nor his wife have
an income of $3.50 a year. or he must have
reached the age OF sixty and neither he nor
his wife have an income OF $lOO-
Soldiers widows Who have never remaT-
ried and who have not an income Of 800
each are eligible for pensions
The sum Of at least S100 600 must be an
nually appropriated for pensions Those
who have lost both legs or both arms viii
receive So month, those who have lost
one leg or one arm will receive Sc month.
Widows receive Sc a month. All others en-
titled to pensions receive 81 II the
amount appropriated is insufficient those
OF the first class shall be paid in fun and
the remainder prorated among the other
| pensioners.
The evening times., 1900-02-08
Cnhnn Sncicfr.


Americans generally have the idea that In the
old days the most brilliant social element in
Havana were the Spanish officials and their suites
] wish they could sec the horrible little out
houses in which six staff officers and their fam
lilies were supposed TO live az the summer palace
IL would serve 20 accentJate their mistake. A. a
matter Of fact the social circle OF Havana has al
ways been made up of Cubans: Cubans with
Spanish titles Gust as Canadians have English
oneS), and Cubans without titles. rich Cubans and
poor ones. bur always and pre-emineutly il not
exclusively. CIbdns. From the Captain General
down Spanilrds were strangers and foreigners.
who might OF might not be admitted to these
sacred precincts according TO no law whatever
The evening times., 1900-02-08
An Earthquake-Proos Palace


Nrom the New Ncyk JuumsIJ
There is now being built in Chicago a mod
era A8ddiu's palace. Like the enchanted home
Of the ancient Chinese magician, Tor Aladdin
Was q Chinsman. You know. DO Is t0 De carried
TO the Orient and SGT up iu q night. almost
The Mikalo has rubbed his wonderful lamp-cs
vellth-Jud summoned the geuIi. WHO il This
case are modern American geGIu-e- ot Mechanic,
20 do his bidding. he viii give thi- new Crea-
tIOu, which Is 10 cost >J.oJI,O1J. to the Crown
Prince Of Japan. % is 90 De a more wonderful
structure than the palace a. the old fable, Tor
while that disappeared Js suddenly a, it came,
between tyvo suns, this modern palace Is expected
10 last as long Jl1du's SSCred mountains.
In the first place. ain sady stated. IL is 90 be
earthquake-pruof. To accomplish this 10 viii
b. framework Of steel steel pillars and
trussos, steel towers and floors, steel walls and
roofs
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cross the Riet River near or 10 the east
OF Jacobsdal. The thanking operations
which Sir Hector Macdonald is conducting
TO the west OF Magarsfontein. have devel-
oped sufficient success. apparently. to
make IL necessary for the B0er general TO
detach a considerable force from Methu-
ems front or from the left to confront him
at Koodoos Kop The probabilities then
are that when the Modder River plan -is
ready for execution. Cronje will find him.
self engaged on his left centre aud on his
right and left. simultaneously by Muthuen.
Macdonald and the fresh troops attacking
or turning JacobsdaL
When this happens. Il is assumed that
the conditions will be ripe for an ad-
vance at the same time from COlesberg;
the idea being that with Cronje defeated
a movement from Kimberley and Colesberg
converging on Bloemtontein will be in
order. These are the differences from the
news, and are apt to be faulty especially
in details as the news itself is anything
but complete. Il is evident however, that
at last there is head to the British
Army, and that head. which belongs to
Lord Roberts. has brains in it, The Beers
are now being pressed in every direction,
and il their numbers are no greater than
we have ground fer supposing. it Is diffi-
cult to see why they should not sustain
reVerses somewhere
The evening times., 1900-02-08
TRADE CATALOGUE DISPLAY.
A ConsuI'S Plan To Increase Demand
for American Goods.

\ Z ou@uA = lAn ~ AMd-EtzlNr AIfa IN a "a a
for American Goods
Il have received large number OF cat
alogues and price lists from manufactu-
rcrs ana merchants in the United States.
writes Consul Dudley from Vancouver 10
the State Department. SO far as I have
been able. / have brought them 10 the at
tentiOn of dealers in this vicinity. Some
time ago the idea occurred TO me Of dis
paying these books I'm the rooms Of the
Board OF Trade 1 therefore wrote the
president OF the board Offering 90 send the
catalogues and price lists 10 the rooms or
the board.
Il have received letter from the sec
retary i'm which he inforrs me that the
board has voted 20 receive the catalogues
and have them arranged so that the mem
bers can easily consult them. BY this ar
ransement, all the prominent merchants
in this vicinity are in position 10 see and
consult these catalogues without the trOu-
bic Of visiting this Office for that especial
purpose
Il hope this arrangement VIII result in
an increase Of the sales Of American goods
in this market
The evening times., 1900-02-08
strcnrth of fhc norr Nrm,.


j. D Robinson, a millionaire mine owner. SAYS
the B0ers have BOT over S1O11 men iu the field.
and that the mobility of their forces gives a mis-
taken idea ~ their strength. II Is certainly dif-
hcult TO believe that they have many men a.
the English give them credit for In order 20 eX-
plain EngllnC's III success against them. Mr.
Robinson says that the Beers learned the art 1f
fOrtihcatiOn from the B1sutCs and that their
f0rJihcations are made In the shape OF the letter
$, which prevents o Taking Ere The Beers are
demonstrating the value OF irregular horse. as We
cid before them In civil WAT
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international ideas.

From the Cleveland Plsin Dealer)
cts funny about the hardware on that open
door. isn't itg
..flo-- s0G'
..Tbe kaiser thinks ~ ,Aouid he made m Ger
many
..What does the Gar think.
..He thinks there should he stepPes in it,
How about Francet
France wants to be the concierge"
/, "Aud John Bulif'
''IIe wants Il Of EEglish OAK"
'-And Uncle SAM.
= 'AG Dc asks tor an opening"
The evening times., 1900-02-08
Nhnt FnIln,rcd.

CFfom ine Ohio state J0urnlL)
TIE prisoner before ne tar of justice was
charged with having stolen a deg. A darkey
witness was being examined
''You say the defendant passed the yard and
vhistlcd TO the dog interroGatcd the attorney
''Nes. ssh,' replied the witnes-.
''Thfn whatg"
''Den whatt'
eyes You say the defendant passed the ward
and whi.tled 10 the dog. Then what folowedy''
oh. Wy de dog. oh course p