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the open to dry. The parrots thus acquired
the meat habit and became birds of prey
The hototeria tenatara lizard is an
ancient type of the great lizard family. 1t
Is said to stand in family by itself and Is
found on the rocky islands of the New Zea-
land coast. Its near relatives are all eX-
tinct and are only found as fossils.
The queer looking birds known as kiwis,
pronounced "keewees, are scientifically
Known as apteryx. There are three species.
and all are very much alike. In size they
are large as a big Plymouth Rock
rooster. 1t has a compact body and modi-
fed feathers, much like hair, being some
what like the emu 1t has very stout legs
and long bill with which it burrows into
earth, the burrow holes being its home. 1t
also digs with its bill for worms and Is
near relative of the ostrich. The whole
will form one of the most remarkable col
lections in America.
The Zoo authorities expect the arrival of
a male Abyssinian lion in a few days.
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PROPOSED RAILWAY MERGER.
Application Filed at Richmond by
Railway Authorities.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
RICHMOND. Va, January 27.-An appIi-
cation was filed this afternoon with the cor
poration commission for permission to
merge the Virginia and Carolina Coast
Railroad Company, Suffolk and Carolina
Railroad Company and the Carolina Coast
Railroad Company under the head of the
Carolina Coast Railroad Company; with the
principal offices in Norfolk.
This merger is one Of the largest that has
been proposed in this state in many years,
as the capital stock of the merged company
is TO be $4,000 The president of the
company will be j. T. Odell of New York,
formerly connected with the steel trust and
immense lumber interests throughout the
eastern states.
Back of the merger are plans for the
opening up of large iron deposits in North
Carolina, building immense pudding fur
naces and converters for the manufacture
of steel in or near Norfolk, the terminus
of the lines merged.
Thomas w. Shelton of Norfolk. counsel
for the Baltimore and Ohio and other large
railroad, telegraph and transportation COM
panies, filed the application.
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REICHsTAG SALARY QUESTION.
Members to Be Paid Per Diem for
Actual Attendance.

BERLIN. January 2T.-According to the
Cologne Gazette, the imperial government
has at last decided to meet the long-standing
desire of the reichstag to pay members
per diem for actual attendance. The propo-
sition has been discussed numerous times.
the reichstag each time passing a resolu-
ton asking for the governments acquies-
cence, but the latter has steadily ignored
the request
This week another debate occurred in
which the fact developed that many con-
servatives are now convinced that ii is
necessary to compensate members of the
reichstag in order to maintain a quorum.
The debate brought out some sharp and
direct criticism of the emperor. who was
described as being the only man in Ger
many standing out against the wishes OF
the reichstag. Another speaker quoted
rem ark attributed to the emperor, indig-
nantly exclaiming:
Give these fellows per diem, too
1t is understood that the governments
decision to yield is due to the visible irri-
tation manifested by the reichstag toward
the government for ignoring its various
notes in favor OF compensation to mem
berS.
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THOUGHT TO FREE POLAND.
Emigrants Return From America and
Are in Serious Condition.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
WARSAW, January 27.-The recent trou-
bles in Poland have brought to light one
strange movement in population. At a
time when throngs of Russians are seeking
refuge in other countries from the horrors
of revolution, many Poles are returning
from America with the avowed intention of
helping in the present struggle for Polish
independence. Delegates who have visited
the United States have apparently sue
Ceeded in inspiring their countrymen with a
hope Of bringing matters to a successful
issue. At any rate nearly every ship brings
back a number of enthusiastic revolution
lists.
Some of these Poles are men who have
made moneyain America, but naturally they
have not brought much money with them
On the other hand. most of the Poles re-
turning have not made any provision for
taking care of themselves. Nearly all are
landing in Poland penniless and inasmuch
as the revolution is not going forward no
matter what may be said of it's future pros
poets, those who hoped to profit by reason
of war are in a bad way. Most of them
are not only pennless, but they have no
prospect of employment.
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GEN. LEES ORDER.
Eulogizies Military Achievements OF
of His Friend.

NEW ORLEANS, January 2I.-Gen. Ste
phen d. Lee. commander-in-chief or the
United Confederate Veterans, has issued
general orders on the death of Lieut. Gen
Joseph Wheeler. After enumerating many OF
the engagements in which Gen. Wheeler
took part in the civil war, the order says:
''The brilliancy of his movements and his
wonderful aptness to command directed at
tention to his fitness for position in the
regular army of the United States and he
was commissioned a major general of vol
unteers in the war with Spain. His cool
ness in action, his skill and dash at San
Juan Hill are now part of history. With
a heart void of hard feeling. kind and gem
tie in his disposition. courteous to all, con-
SiStent member of the church, he has
passed from earth with a good record; and
as a soldier, statesman, orator author and
citizen he measured up to a high standard
and is mourned not by the south alone but
by the whole country
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VIRGINIANs ARE HOSTILE.
Richmond's Mayor and Lawyer
Tried to Fight.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, January 27-Mayor
Carlton Mccarthy was today denounced as
a liar and also acting like a crazy man
when he got mad The arraignment was
made by Attorney Harry NJ, Smith ana
grew out of remarks made by the mayor
that the lawyer would resort to dishonor
able methods and manufacture evidence in
order to win cases in which he was counsel.
The trouble grew out of exhibition OF
penny-in-the-slot picture machines, the
mayor intimating that pictures had been
removed before the machines could be ex-
amined by the officials These pictures had
been taken out and carried to the police
court.
When the lawyer said the mayor acted
like a crazy man the mayor replied that ii
he was called of unsound mind he would sue
the lawyer asking: Have you got any
money? l would like to know that before
| sue"
The lawyer retorted that ii was none OF
the mayors id business and TO go ahead
and sue adding: You have been calling
people liars around the city pretty freely,
but you will not call me one"
The men tried to get at each other. but
the police justice interviewed and prevented
a fight.
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Representative Richard w. Miller

and upon the organization of the house this
month a prominent candidate for
speaker, lacking only a few votes of being
successful. He is now the ranking member
of the Judiciary committee of the house,
For five years he occupied the chair of cor
porations and evidence in gthe law depart
ment of Central University of Kentucky,
and is vice president of the State Bar
Association.
Mr.. Miller is the son of the late Judge W.
c. Miller and a descendant of Capt. John
Miller, who founded the town of Richmond
at the close of the revolutionary war, and
nephew Of Mr.. John White, one time Speak
er of the national House of Representatives.
He was educated at the Central University
of Kentucky and at Yale, and has been
practicng at the Richmond (ky.) bar since
he was nineteen years of age.
Mr.. Miller has always taken an active
part in politics. and is the member of the
democratic state central committee from
the eighth congressional district. He is
known throughout the state a capable,
genial gentleman and attractive speaker,
and his friends will apresent him as a cam
didate for Congress to succeed Representa-
tive G. CT. Gilbert.
The visitation at which Mr.. Miller will
speak will occur in the music hall of Ma
sonic Temple, 9Th and + streets.
Mr.. Miller while in Washington is visit
ing Mr.. John Speed Smith, also of Ken
lucky, a member of Lafayette Chapter and
of the District of Columbia Grand Lodge.
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AS DASH|NG TROOPER
Gen. Joe WheeIer's Record in
Civil War.
INCIDENTS OF INTEREST
His Part in the Spanish-American
War in Cuba.
DIXIE RANGERS IN HOT PLACE
Their Captain Ordered to Form an
Awkward Squad for Drill
Purposes.
DIXIE RANGERS IN HOT PLACE

The death of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the
noted confederate cavalry leader. has re-
called several interesting incidents of his
long and eventful career. Owing to his in
trepidity as a dashing trooper in the civil
war he was soon given the sobriquet
Fighting Joe Wheeler" He was typical
leader of horsemen and was absolutely
fearless, possessing the dash of the cava-
liers of the olden time in combination with
the well-known initiative and what a
southern soldier described as the forth
Witness of the American soldier of to-
day.
An army officer who served with Gen
Wheeler in the Santiago campaign, and who
was in close touch with the doughty little
southern fighter there, said to a Star re-
porter last night that the published state
ment that Gen. Wheeler recommended at
any time the withdrawal of the American
forces from in front of Santiago was a
grieyous mistake.
such recommendation was furthermost
from his mind" added the officer. LAS
matter of fact, Gen. Wheeler said to me
that as we had just driven the Spaniards
from a very strong position they would ex-
pect another attack from our forces, and
that, therefore, there was no danger of
them attacking our lines. He was in favor
of another advance by the Americans in
stead of recommending retrograde move
ment, as was stated.
II knew Gen. Wheeler had been defeated
at times in the civil war and that he was
speaking as a general who had experienced
the same or similar conditions to those the
Spaniards were experiencing after our
troops had driven them back from their en-
trenchments. To say that l was surprised
to read a statement that Gen. Wheeler ad-
vised withdrawing from the enemys front
a Santiago but family expresses my feel
ings when l know he was for advancing al
ways
While Gen. Wheeler's cavalry was on
raidfng expedition In the southwest in the
COS his forces We're Joined by a motley
array of about sixty mounted men from
Arkansas, who had given themselves the
name of the Dixie Rangers" They were
armed with all manner of firearms, from
the old-time ftlntlock muskets of the revo-
lutionary period to shotguns, squirrel rifles
and guns of more modern make. They were
teetotally without military training, but as
it was at a strenuous period of the civil
war there no time to be wasted in Civ
ing the rangers lessons in cavalry tactics.
They We're therefore absorbed by one of
Gen. Wheelers regiments and went along
with the raidinp nartV
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KENTUCKIAN TO SPEAK
REPRESENTATIVE MILLER TO DE-
LIVER ADDRESS OF EVENING.
At Annual Visitation of the Grand
Chapter to Lafayette Chapter
Next Tuesday.

Richard W. Miller of Richmond. Madison
county. KY. member of the. house of rep
resentatfyes of his state and candidate for
Congress to succeed Representative Gilbert,
viii deliver the address of the evening on
the occasion of the annual visitation of the
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the
District of Columbia to Lafayette Chapter,
NO. ., r.. A. NJ, next Tuesday Peculiar in
terest is evinced in Mr.. Miler's visit, as he
is not only eloquent and forceful speak
er. but is also very prominent In Masonic
circles in his own state.
MIR. Miller is lawyer and member of the
Kentucky house of representatives from
Madison county, now serving his second
term in the Legislature. He has been twice
nominated and elected without opposition,
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FOOLED HER PARENTS.
Williamsport Girl Married the Man
of Her Choice.
peclal Disntach 10 The star.

Special Disptach 10 The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. January 2I.-De-
spite the strenuous objection on the part
of her parents, Miss Mamie McKelvey of
Williamsport and Mr. Robert Swain of
Sharpsburg were married tonight at the
parsonage of the Memorial Lutheran
Church, Sharpsburg by Rev. A. A. Kerlin.
The bride, who is only eighteen years old,
went to Sharpsburg, presumably 10 visit
friends. When her relatives learned today
that a marriage license had been secured
they Immediately set about trying to pre-
vent the wedding. but to no avail. The
groom is twenty-five years old and, with hts
bride. will reside for the present at Ehart,s-
burg.
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THE KAIsER's BIRTHDAY.
Celebrated in Berlin With Usual OBJ


BERLIN, January T.-Emperor Williams
birthday was celebrated today with the
usual observances. The princeiy personages
present In Berlin including the kings OF
Saxony and Wurttemberg, and the Grand
Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and
Mecklenburg-Sch congratulated his
majesty at 10 o'clock in the morning. Later
religious services were held in the Castle
Chapel DR.. Driander, the court chaplain
preaching on the seriousness of the times
After the services, which were attended by
the ambassadors and ministers from for
eign countries, the latter rendered their
congratulations. Ambassador Tower was
present
Among the appointments announced on
the occasion of his majesty's birthday Is
the transfer of the crown prince from the
eaptaincy of the company in the list Guard
regiment of infantry to squadron of cav
airy in the Garde du Corps. Among the
political appointments is DIR. Won Hoileben,
the former German ambassador to the
United States, to a life seat in the Prussian
house OF lords.
Emperor William was born January II,
1850. and became the German emperor
+ 3Uu4 &SS 4869e
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Mrs. Brown Potter Bankruptcy.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, January 2T.-The bankruptcy
court has granted Mrs. Brown Potter her
discharge.
A receiving order in bankruptcy was made
against Mrs Brown Potter on her own pc
tition July 7, her financial reverses being
due to a disastrous season with "Du Barry
at the Imperial Theater.
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CHARGE AGAINST MEEKS AND
FOSTER DISMISSED.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January -. 1896.
After occupying the attention of Justice
Harry b. Cation in the police court for the
past two days and attracting interest
throughout the city, the hearing of the case
of Harry Meeks and Herbert Foster came
to an end rather suddenly late this after
noon when the charge against both de-
PENDANTS of numbering George R. Curtin
was dismissed.
After the evidence had been closed At
torney Brent, for the commonwealth, ad
dressed the court. He reviewed the EVIL
dence from the time Curtin was seen in
company with Foster buying a Christmas
tree, and traced him to the Toutine Hotel,
where he was with both Foster and Meeks.
Next, he said he found them at the house
of Mamie Wood. Meeks, he added, left
first, not to go home, however, for he was
later seen in crowd engaging in an alter
cation with Leroy Beach. The trio were
later seen endeavoring to enter a number
of houses on Lee street, but as the inmates
objected to the presence of Curtin the ac
cused would not leave him. A man wear
ing light oVercoat was seen standing over
Curtin as he was sitting on Eva Bakers
steps at O'Clock. The speaker concluded
by saying that he had thus placed Curtin
in the hands Of Meeks, Foster and the un-
known man wearing the light overcoat, and
that no accounting for the latter had been
made. The court was asked to hold the de-
PENDANTS for the action of the grand jury.
Justice Cation replied that after listening
carefully to the evidence furnished by more
than sixty witnesses he did not see any
thing which connected the accused with the
killing of Curtin, and hence could not con-
scientiously hold them on the charge men
toned.
General Happenings.
A telephone exchange is being installed in
the new Rosslyn Bank building. 1t will
of this week. The exchange is a part of
the Chesapeake and Potomac system. Con-
nections to the larger towns of the sur
rounding country are to be arranged.
The following officers to serve during the
ensuing quarter were elected by Rescue
Lodge !. 0. G. T., at a meeting held last
evening: Chief templar, A. Sullivan; past
chief ternplar, Ernest Mankin; vice templar,
Miss Eta Lyles; chaplain. r. Eberhardt;
secretary, T. F. Johnson; financial secre-
tary, r. Sullivan; treasurer, Minnie SERVE
ner; guard, J.. Smith; sentinel, II. l.. Baker;
marshal T. Glasgow; deputy marshal Sadie
Sullivan; pianist Miss Eta Lyles The
officers will be installed next Friday even
ing.
Rev. Leroy Gresham of the Union Theo-
logical Seminary at Richmond, Va, will
preach at both services at the Presbyterian
Church here tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bladder jr., have re-
turned from a tour including the northern
cities.
Miss Rosa Peake entertained a number of
her friends at a birthday party at her
home at Braddock Heights this afternoon.
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awakened by the explosion. Supt John A.
Simons closed the post office at O'Clock
last night and nothing was known of tho
robbery until he opened the place at q
O'Clock this morning. when he found the
door of the safe open and the contents
missing.
There have been two similar robberies re-
Gently. one at the Maspeth post office, and
the police believe that all were committed
by the same band.
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ARRIVALS AT THE zoo
NEW CONSIGNMENT OF RARE
BIRDS AND LIZARDS.

Visitors to the Zoo today will be treated
to view of a consignment of rare birds
and lizards which arrived from far-away
New Zealand yesterday This collection of
rara avis and serpents is a present to the
National Geological Park from the govern
ment of New Zealand in return for some
American animals recently furnished that
country through the efforts of this govern
ment.
The collection consists of four kiwis, four
Maori hens. four kea parrots and four
tenatara lizards. The consignment reached
San Francisco the 18th instant, but
there was some delay in the arrival here.
The kiwi is wingiess and tailless bird
whose feathers are used in making nantes
worn by the Maori chiefs.
The Maori hen, known in New Zealand
as the weka is a brown bird, much larger
than the American hen.
The kea parrot is bird weighing hye
pounds and is such a pest in its native
country that reward Is oHered by the
government to induce its extirpation.
The tenatara lizard Is about thirty IncneS
long and is the only known survival of its
race in the world.
Vicious Bird of Prey.
The kea parrot once harmless, chatter
ing bird of gay plumage feeding upon fruits
and vegetables, has been gradually trans
formed into vicious bird of prey. 1t is
a big greenish- black member of the parrot
family and is said to be very destructive to
sheep. Several of these birds will alight
upon the back of luckless sheep and, fast
ening their talons IN the animals wool.
cling on while they pluck hole through
it's back and eat the fat from about the
kidneys The parrots do not eat any other
part of the Sleeps flesh In this way
they kill many Of the animals. The kea
parrot was tempted to forsake it's fruit and
vegetable diet, 1t is said. by getting the
taste of Sleeps fat, which adhered TO
sheepskins that had been hung on lines in
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Attacked by Infantry.

AT a certain place where Wheelers cav
airy was attacked by an infantry force
backed by a battery of artillery it became
grade movement. and part of the cavalry
went back in some confusion. Gen. Wheel
err suddenly came upon a bunch of the
Dixie Rangers at an old fence. Their
captain was vainly trying to find some
military command TO give his men to eX-
triCate them from the difficulty they were
experiencing in getting to the rear. He did
not notice Gen. Wheeler he rode up,
owing to the excitement incident to getting
his men through the fence and away from
the Yankee bullets that We're tipping" I'M
comfortably close to them.
''Hyar, We Internal galoots," was the cap
tain's most unmilitary command, undue
kle part of that thar fence yonder and
go through one by one or the Yanks VIII
let daylight through every mothers son OF
ye. After we are through, dOggone yer
picters, line up four by four or three by
three and make yer critters go like light
ming fer tibet piece of woods over yonder,
whar we will all stop until further orders"
Gen Wheeler could not reress his laugh
ter. and the rangers got through the fence
and to the piece of woods. But the follow
ing day he sent for the captain of the COM
pany of "critter men and said to the cap
tain:
After we get into camp captain. You
will constitute your troop an awkward
squad and | will detail a competent officer
to give you and your men instructions III
the cavalry drill, otherwise some of these
fine days you and your rangers will get
into a fight with the Yankees and you Will
be all wiped out in a jiffy."
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the man placed under arrest. but after
questioning him and learning the reasons
for his unusual conduct, he decided upon
another course.
Put that gun together at once" he said
sternly kick out that fire and tell me why
you have committed these breaches OF mill
tary law and discipline.
wall it's this way, gineral. replied the
brawny man OF the mountains. this here
COMPOUNDED sheotin' iron of mine has bin
dom some poor slsootin of late an L
thought I'd take her apart and fix her up
a little. Ye know thet fife we wuz in today?
Wall 1 shot three Yanks an when they fell
back l went up an examined EN- an found
that nary one of my shots he'd hit whar L
head. every one of them, an all three wuz
hit in the body. Now. Gineral Wheeler,
tibet wuz mighty poor shootin fer the likes
of me. So. says /. tibet old rife has begun
ter shoot crooked, an l jes' nachelly took
her apart to fix her"
Transferred to Another Post.
After Gen Wheeler had ceased laughing
at the quaint explanation of the Tennes-
seean, he said he could not find it in his
heart to punish him. So he had him trans
ferred to another post, where there were
men who could keep him from again vio-
lating the articles of war. which provided
death as the punishment for the VIOLATIONS
the trooper had committed
Several incidents are related of Gen
Wheeler's humane treatment of Union
prisoners who fell into his hands during the
war, and especially of the splendid manner
in which he treated several Union ofncers
whom he had brought to his headquarters
after their capture
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