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THfl SUN, SlifoplY, PEBRtJAItY 30' lBtfo'' 'fl ernjountiiy life. TkNI from the Ml I rr latter Th or of drawbacks, ths I tbo dlstanoe from centres of wret'b Zcllnntc. leh the pMl tW tnUurf' 'I hid 'ho old Inhabitant and ttrM i 1 i Rn llnwonted ln. ore. and winter lit.

down Mt1 kV. U. No matter what ft. iialUer play, or to what depth. th to heed and Mlr.J.

or staved 'fa? lb co mar be. the llv. oak eeo. the pine tree kaopt on whls-Z Vr to If from a heart full of buiu. and tbo negro keep.on hf blcl.

mwn. Uughlngand shout-tKoenlfrtlnlnB hlm.elf In sheer to0r Its. v. bid, may not be keptback. UnithV railroad elation, on tbo road, that Ilolsotorawed by strangers and SlW and unaccustomed splendor; but lX country, or In the field, ritl.ge.wher.quletrHKns and ho feel, borne, tho Southern negro, middle-aged, Srh.ks.ami with a olco to bo remembered.

WtoUrllfoattho has coins to bs In tho public mind with tho groat Said for luxurious appointments, whore the. in7lld nd Iho pleasure seeker go with their trollies to ride and ilrho In languorous Iln. to flh Pn wMcr8' ni1 g0t a b0" lne R0-JSnUnce with alligators. These nomads tako tt. atmosphere of the North along with Sen.

even though they do not take tho dlmtl. Tbclr life at tho South, soolallr phjBlcally considered. Is only another Sm of the fe Iod ftt Uome-Erin the ehambormaldt and pantrymen who wlt on them, and the milk, butter, and beef thei are homo This fact of Itself uVitroDft attraction to the majority, for people by Libit 8) barltes would never put up with tbetHilled slouchy v. ays of their Southorn cousins. Occasionally, nevertheless, a lament Is btird from one of theso birds of passngo that tTerjtMntr io admirable and conventional tad Korthern HLo.

"The first few Inters that 1 went down I enjoyed nijsilf immsnsoly," said a Connecticut woman who bought a wlntor homo in a Florida town. "Now, however, instead of getting rest snd a change of environment I find rayBelf ln ths midst of jireclsols the surroundings that I left it home. Krerytblng characteristic and InUreitlng has been modtlled off the face of the eirtb. ETtrjthlng now I. conventional and taprored-niodsrnlzed.

I think, 1. tho terra. plcturtiqueneis has flod the place. What with the pruning and trimming and stickling forgood form and conventionality, even tho native Ideas have beon turned under and otilr crop out occasionally. Anyone who goes there now hoping for a character sketch might well fold up his canvas and depart.

As for the unliuproi cd, dellahtf ul parts, wo seldom see them. They are oil the trunk lines of the rail-toid, (encrjlly hard to get at, and. If one did get it Ihera. without an) plato to stop. Xhavo sometimes wished for an invitation to a genuine plantation where the people would not dream of uklmr boarders, of courso ouo might be bored to death In a week, but I'd like to try It." Ths gllrapsBof lounlry that the winter traveller en a south bound cur gets from the train window IsnotprepoiacsBlng.

Wldernngcsof un-tlllediwamp and Held, big bare spacos, patches of w.ter, half-built fences and wholly shabby homes mako up the picture, together with smokebcurlmed habitations, called cabins in stead ot huts merely because they ore built ot boards and not made out of mod and sticks. As tho train shoots by the railroad stations ths stooped-over tobacco-che int" white inon and the niotloy dukiu In ah er garments who stand agape on th platforms give no Inference of prosperity, They are bent on "seeing the vestibule go by. Thty us It go bj at the samo hour each day, but thir like the thrill of excitement that the swish and roar lends through their veins. As the) Inln goes past a score or more of these stations itieemihardto believe that somewhere out ln those bixrcDS lire people with urgent Interest In life, people filrly well dressed and well housed indwitb manners notlceablygentle. Cotton and eon planters who rend something else ln the cumot Journals betides the market reports.

Coloaelsand Majors and Captains who don't Bake ths gulplog down of mint Juleps the ohlof object of existent und are occasionally knowu topiy their debts; noiuun of delicate perceptions who oan talk acceptably on gonoral topics tnd are well up on all the now stitches In fancy work and tho latest sleps In dancing; women, ipung and old, ho are quite sure that their niche in life is an pleasant and deslrabJo as any In the Unit. The charm of Southern country llfo Is Its Us comparative) leisure, and lbs nhole hearted Intere In existence common to llages. There in r.lso element of primitive, eon-to-tLo-ground vitality about It that has "ruin attraction. Itmny bo weeks beforo the inrlitnias remembrances from the L's on tho Kothrock plantation rech the It's nt tlicWhlte-Im place; the distance Is fully fifteen miles, and ii! V.fltl0 nart in tho family. But ens bright, sunshiny day tho new earn nil SL.

k' loom' ln 'ht' anii the first person to acucr) It has a match put to the light-ood logs Id the fireplace ln the big parlor, "nd enms message that the cook somehow lnter-uunt' onco to prepare refresh- Pot." tbe coot 5r.i!i fJfWaldcMlo camp, who Is for ircttfrig a-comln' in dnt kjl'1'" ni lea for dem gils uml do mrpiriUul.iria.liioufor MtB.Auna. ho low heartburn." lomioiffi.1""1 come the L'. with wor Kl" for each "fo'orfles that th.hr.ii..'-","0 acknowledgment of the holiday hiper that reached them. L. a.

.1. rIi.teo.l",:k to-n'Kht." say. Jlrs. 'o" especially over It Blnco we'vobeon sr ri iJ ii 'tre B0 with the Jan-It took for us to stay. uioox u.

just three hours to eot hern hfr "Elolse quite fln" tor th been reading together an ted "ln" aoag. Wo Iorwu.mw?.i!iJ0 chips while tesi thi? I ley were a great uc- amber' tKbortw "'king about the P). anu" V.uu,"3-n and hHni vely thn mere WsacriTnMii almost unconsciously to the T'18 V'llUhtonol foTk. f1iurrUnLih 0iarV c.lb0" l''lf each other Jeh )(ju ni -s" wooil lo burn, t'Miu'l -i lr I hen 1st a drlbblin1 kiie niggers nober "orsnu. ohiikun ai Is hlcLcn.

V''r liuor, lillon i liree luumi. i "'title It oi no. After railroad "fnd.nVf "i '-'I'h-'Ioiiiu money wk. lion' "ll- "mm and dc children pro Ta I V'l" Nu NoiiiVn, unco. yt an, and I radder hunt in Ul night I hear tho "'Idiilglit.

dud I frit ii'S'i'l lie iL Lit window. hi hi'" nd nio's lV iW ii ''-out desi Anwaj, J1. i him out I hail V'' "al black timber "Oh' am I 'lo "er toJfSngiUrU0nr.18 Mke1 of tho 11. Jtragglo. In lit.

to BtC" to my otte Iran" hl Bnwr eagerly. an.su marks where) one had bean Wallowing. Grandma," to the mistress ot ths house, "pleaio let me have tome breakfast for Dave. II paddled ma up the) pond and ho bud to walk so far to get hare." At this a shadow dodges down hastily from tho dining room window whsre ths woolly headed Dave hat been peeping In. Later the visitor gets a glimpse ot tho otter trap, which Is being paddled up stream by th tongue-tied Dave, whtlo tho young trapper balls out tbe water occasionally from tho loaky boat and keeps an eyo open for ducks.

The pond Is pretty ln winter. All tho bonnet leaves and lllypada and thousand and one growing thing, that carpet It In summer (and conduce to malaria) are out of the) way, and tha wide of water mirrors only tho tall, green-topped pine, and tho blue, blue sky. Up, and further up the bateau goes, until tha pond merges Into a half swamp, and only a deep, narrow stream ran. between grass-fringed edges, amid grasses and ferns and broad-loaved oanes, flpanlsh bavonots, and ot-talls turned golden In death ana crusted Into thick luxuriance. Tho llttlo craft gilds, softly and steadily In peaceful water.

"1 gavo 40 cents for It," explains the trapper when the bateau pushes up to a crooked-rooted willow nn the bank, and tho trap It seen cleverly ambushed In grasses and straw and set oft seductively with a pleco of flshhoad. "It I catch the otter I oan sell tbe skin for by sending It to New York; inaybo for as much as (7." "And thoro's heaps of otters round here, puts In Davo, who llnds his tongue amid these natural and impolllng surroundings. "My big brudder. Maroy, stayed up In a treo by 3 iddler't swamp, from midnight jam till tbe sun git up, one night las' week, huntlfi' otter. De treo was a hanging over do creek and Marcy lay da otters was Jlst a rolllckln' round and playln toirethcr out on tie hank," "Did ho got any No; oaui he aln' had no gun, but dls rear ho workln' for hcsclf, and ho aim to buy a snootor.

Don he amino climb tck em dat Saddler swamp tree and Jlet nrnttor dem ottors right and left," Go from rt wideawake clanging city In midwinter to a plncy woods plantation down South and tbe country seems full of sweet sounds. After the clang of cublo, tbe rasping ot motor, anil Jar of steol and Iron and steam, the sounds common to nature and no ordinary and every day as scarcely to bo notlcod, striae tbe sense peculiarly; tho horn that winds at sunrise to warn tho quarters that, although it Is winter theroisyotwork to bo dono; the crx-ak ot tho well-sweep up at the big lot" where ths stock is watered, and that Is far enough off to mellow the sound: the whack! wbaokl of an echoing axo at some far-off cabin or out under the pines ln the pasture woods where- the hands are splitting rails rails fresh hearted and gummy that sruoll ot rosin. Laughter as tuneful aa It is unrestrained comes from the rise of ground where the overseer's house onco stood, ovor across tho field, ana perhaps from right behcatb one's window, for darky risibilities aro easily played upon and aro Infectious. Tho Kentucky writer, James Lane Allen ln ono of his books remarks that ths negro Is a blot on the Southern landscape) but surely he Is wrong, you think, unless tho riotous vines are a blot, and tho luxuriant canebrakes, the dank rice fields, and tho level cotton acres; suroly, ono la as indigenous as tbe othor. A strong yet mellow volro Is heard shouting lusty syllables as thn possessor of those powerful lungs strides down a waystds path; the woods tako up tho sound and hold It, and )ou listen and like It.

and are sorry when the slngorhas passed out ot earshot. Even the roosters, strangers to each other, answering the midday challenge with ochoss thnt grow fainter ana fainter as tbe word goes furthor along, seem to stand for community ot Interest and fritndly greeting. The little stream that gurgles by, when one's horse stops for water, makes muslo on tha wintry air sweeter. In some reckoning, than the limpid notes ot a thousand-dollar singer; and though tho mocking birds aro banished from their usual haunts, on cold days, down in the thick-grown hollow whers tbo moss hangs Ilka a screen, there are a plaint and a stir and a soft fluttering that tell they are thinking up subjects to sing about in tho spring. It Is possible that the soughing plnot and echoing spaces, tbe smoothly running streams and mellow bird notes have got Into tbe negroes' voloes, so to speak, for the veriest cornfield clodhopper ot a darky, the kind likely to be startled at a looking glass and apt to stumble over a door mat or Took upon a flight of stair, with suspicion, has a voloo with native melody In It.

He has a kind hoart as well by nature, and is hospitablo ami well diSDOsed, all lynching scrapes and anomalies to the contrary. The big, bare Southern country, out at elbows in many respaots and bothored about self imposed problems and financial misunderstandings, has a chnrru all Itsown, a charm scarcely to be accounted for ln so many words, but that is as irresistible as It Is elusive. ZEITEIi'S PHOF1XS He Is Said to Ilavn Marhetrd 0,000,000 Bushels or Mis Wheat Steele CniCAOo, Feb. 10. Agents of Joseph Letter sent May wheat kiting during the last hour or two of tho session In tho wheat pit to-day.

It went sailing to 91.09. and after various fluctuations closed at $1.00. July wat sent from 8S to 02g, a rise ot 3 cents. Lelter's trump card was played when it dawned upon the bears that he had marketed something ln tho neighborhood of 6,000,000 bushels, and that he had at least a dollar or more for every bushel paid to him within tho past week. Loiter did not contradict the report when asked about It, but said Well, that's about right, but they haven't paid in for all of It ret." Aside from tho knowledge that Letter Is shipping his wheat abrond as fast as the railroads can carry it to the seaboard, the most Important piece of news obtained at Leltor headquarter.

I. that tbo NorthweBt 1. absolutely dry of cash wheat. A telegram lying on Lelter's dosk told ths story in unequivocal terms. It gave tho rosult of sovcral weeks' campaigning among farmers and other supposed holders ot wheat in the Northwest, and showed that the yield barely reached 100 cars of wheat When It Is conslderod that Letter's broken ran a raco with Armour's men for all available cash wheat, and sent instructions to bid 8 and 4 cents over tbo offerings of Armour, it Is quita certain thatundersuch circumstances all wheat not contracted for In tho Northwest cams out of hiding.

Indeed, it said on good authority that Armour's quest for cash wheat in ths spring wheat section was evon moro discouraging. This probably will set at rest all flying rumors of tbe amount of wheat which still remains in farmers' hands. On a great part of tho whoat sold by Letter ho has cleared SI cents a bUBbel, and on tome even more. It la estimated that hit profit so far on bis wheat deals has roachod tho two-million mark, and he Is still on the make. With tbe nows from Chicago of a rapid advance In the wheat market tbere, a sensational up turn ln priced occurred In tbo looal wheat market yesterday.

Tho May wheat future, which bad opened nt Jl.OO's a bushel, against Cl.ooaj, tho closing prlco on Friday, Jumped to 1.02. which was tho ottlclal closing prlco at noon, und later on tbe curb went up further to $1.0 la, though in tbo final curb dealings not all of this Improvement was retained. The July future, which had closed on Friday at na cents a buahol, opened at 02oents and advanced to 03 cents, the official oloslng price at-noon, later going up further to OVu cents on tbe curb. AlillVSTED FOIt'uVrEItINO A JUtlJtE. The Agsnt or Hose Company Accused by I'uiiKlibeesxIe alderinaa.

PououKKitrtiiK. Feb. 10. The sequel to Mayor Hull's sensational message, charging Aldermen John '1. Unyer and Louis Klrcbner of tho Common Council with being concerned In transaction involving bribery In connection with the purchase of hose for tbo Fire Dopartnicnt, came to-day ln tho arrest at Syraeiiio of Francis Ido.

ogont for tho Eureka Hose Company. Ido was brought to this city 11ml taken beforo Kecordor Odell, who held him In $800 ball for examination on Wednesday, lie furnished ball and was released. Irto Is rharped bv Alderman John T.nayer with uffcring Film 20 per cent, of the bill If his bid for hoso was uccepled. Uayer also charged him with sending III 111 a mackintosh by ox-press, which lie returned. He has (11 his possesion the tug and receipt showing reshlprnent.

Ides company did not KUt tho contract for the bose. ami tho ngonts for the successful bidders limu mado affidavits denying that tber trlod to lirllM tho uldcrmrn mentioned and alleging that their goods wrro belected for merit. Knillh Davit B.rapM lloalh FOMalti. MiDDLEliunv, Vt Feb, Davis, tho young Vermont f.irmcr who has been on trial for two oeks for tho murder of Dora Cuibninn, hl sweetheart, was convicted by tbe Jury this afternoon on a minor Indictment, He was not found guilty of murdor, but only of Inn Inn advised ntiil encouraged the girl to at-tomtit nn operation which resulted In death. Tlio penalty is but a limited number of years In prison.

To Wed nn Knsllab Koblnoiaii. HWANNAit. Ua Feb. Mabel Gordon, daueWcrof Col. W.

W. Gordon, a wealthy cnttoii Imvnr of this city, and the Hon. Hon land Charles Freduiltk Leigh of Knglaiid will bo mnrrlyd hero next October. I'rd Leigh mot hor Is tho slstor of tho Duko of Westminster. I'mnsylvntiln Tickets Slolea.

Two packages, each containing 1,000 Pennsylvania Annex Ferry tickets, recently disappeared from tho office at the foot of Fulton ttrott, Brooklyn. Tlio doteetlTM iswi not tuo-ceedtd to setting nor lu to th tUat, l.mV ll infra iVntiiii'viMmmimm FOR A NEW PRIMARY LAW. XJBXOIT AMD XttK UTltJSIl SIDBAaitCB ok azJj Ftmrrn, Al tha Bill mil lis Drsruil Votrrs Star Enroll si noslilralUn Days or In tho Rummer. Rspi-Moialiitlon In Conventions Will De on ths Vats Conrts Mas- Review fuels Wow ttarollmcat Basest an Ins IHI Re.l.trj. There was a conference) on primary legislation yesterday at the office ot Senator Clarence E.

Lexow, Liberty and William streets, and, after tho situation had been discussed for nearly flva hours. It was arranged thnt Senator Lexow should draw a bill on tho lines sketched out by those present, whlob, it Is believed, will satisfy the wishes ot all those in-tsrested ln the matter. Those who attendod ths conference, besides Senator Lexow, wera William II. Hotcbkls. John R.

Hazol, and Assemblyman Henry W. Hill of BulTalo, representing tho Primary Leaguo of that city; Den-Jamln F. Blair, formerly lioad ot tbo Brooklyn Bureau ot Elections; Klihu Hoot, Senator Frank D. Pnvey, and Asssemblyman Francis E. Laim-beer ot this borough.

Senator Lexow had In hi. pocket tha memoranda be made at tho conference with Qov. Black ln Albany, on Thursday, and while ho disclaimed any right to bind tho Republican organisation. It was generally understood by the other gentlemen at the conference that bis vtowt would have great weight. Ths anti-machine men who have interested themsolvct In the subjeot of primary legislation, havo held fast from ths beginning to thren requirements.

As tho.o wera brought out at yesterday's conference, tbty are that the enrollment shall take place at tbe time ot registration of rotors. Thst tho representation in convention shall be determined by tho vote oast at the last previous gsnera) olectlon, and that the court, shall havo power to review the facts. They are also anxious that all primaries shall bo hold under the full board ot public election officers, and that legal primary days shall be designated. Ths Republican organization has opposed tho adoption of tht Kentucky plan ot enrollment at registration, on the ground that many men would prefer not to be questioned as to their polltlot whsn they register, and It has alto held that the primary ofltctrs for eaoh party should be Its own election officers. At the conference with Gov.

Blaok be tuggestod that tho dlfllculty In regard to enrollment might be obviated by allowing voters to enroll either at registration or on a designated day In May or Juuo of each year, a. thoy choose. This plan was talked over yesterday, and seemed satisfactory to every one at the conference. 41 r. Root suggested that It might be well to allow voters to enroll at any time, tha rolls to be kept by the election oftlcers, and any voter to be allowed to put his name on when-avsr he wanted to.

This, too, was aocepted as a good tchsnis, but it was decided, after considerable discussion, that it would bo bettor to have designated enrolling days; and at tho end of ths talk on this point it was agreed that the bill to be drawn should contain provision for such days. In the mattor of representation ln conventions the antl-organlzatlon men have held that when representation is based on the enrollment, there It a chance for fraud which would be done away with if representation were based on the party vote oast. At vestorday's couferencs thn merits of the cose were considered from all viewpoints, and It was finally agreed by all that tht plan for representation based on the vote would be the more satisfactory. It was docldod thatln Assembly district conventions ono dele-gato should be allowed for each dfty votes cast for tho head of the ticket nt the last general olectlon, instead of one for each twontv voters enrolled, and it as agreed that this plan should be embodtod ln tbo bill which Mr. Lexow will draw.

It was also decided so to framo the bill as to provide for review by the courts, giving power to go into tho facts. A new enrollment and reorganization previous to tho next election Is to tx- provided for by the bill, and for tho purnoso of forming tho roll tbe registry lists of 1897 aro to be usod. The bill, it was said yesterday, would aIbo provide for the making of the temporary rolls of conventions by the public olectlon olllcers. Senator Lexow agreod fully with the suggestions made by ths others nt the conference, and said that he would lay the draft of the measure before the authorities of tho Republlcin organisation. It Is supposed that he will draw tbe bill to day, and that It will be con.ldored by tho organisation Immediately.

Tht sub-committee of enrolled members of the new llopublloan organisation, Oen. Wager Swayns), Setb Low, James b. Leiimaler, Chase Mellen, and William Houston Kenyon. which was appointed on Wednesday and held a long conferonco with tho Union Ivaguo's committee on Thursday night, met on Friday at Qcn. Swayne's ofllce and held a long session.

In view of the sentiment brought out at the meeting with the Union League committee, it was decided that tho two commlttocs should draft a bill embodying their views on tho sub- ieot. The commlltoomen went to work on the HI yesterday afternoon and worked on It until late last night. Its general provisions will bo similar to those of the bill talked ovor In Senator Lexow's office yesterday. Mr, Marshall ot Brooklyn introduced primary bill on Friday In the Assembly, which Is said to have been favorably received by a number of members. It provides that In cities ot tbe first and second class voters shall enroll when thoy register, the registering ofllcer acting as enrolling officer.

Within five days after tho eleotlon the election ofOcors shall divide the cities into primary districts and provldo places for primaries, those of all parties to be held at the same times and places. Maps and descriptions of the primary districts are to lie published and primary lists prepared by the election officers. Partycommltteos aro to byolei'ted on the Qrst Tuesday after tho third 'Monday in each year, and shall meet to organize on the first Tuesday after the second Monday In Jauuary following, tho tomporary roll to bo pre- Sared by the election officers, and tho roll of derates to all conventions shall bo made up by the election officers from returns filed In their office. J. Bayard Baokus, Chairman ot tho Fifty three's Committee on Knrollment, announced last night that the primaries for the election of delegates to tbe Ooneral Committee would be held on March 1.

Regular nominations must bo filed by in o'clook P. M. on Feb. J23 and independent nominations by Feb. 25 with the enrollment committee.

Tho following district association organizations were formwd on Friday evening: Eighth President, Theodore F. Ituhle; Vice-Presidents. William If. Van Norden, John Johnson; Secretary, F. Qugel; Treasurer, William Schultx.

Ninth-President, William A. Lyall; Vice-Presidents, Robert 1). Dayton, Frederick P. Voorbees; Seoretary, Robert P. Hess; Treasurer, 8.

Carman Harriott. Fifteenth-President, F. B. Quest; Vlri-Presl-dents, Thomas Humphrey, Edward L. Schnell; Secretary, William A.

Tuoker; Treasurer, A. Royal Quest. Sixteenth President. William II. Huber; Vlcn-Prcsldonts, J.

Kelt, Lyman II. Adams; Seerelary, Henry Uompers; Treasurer, Clmrloi C. Mrytrott. Nlnsteeuth PresidentJVllllam Douglas: Vice-Praaldonts, Thondore Wonts. Fred F.

Water) KecrstMry, Charles B. Hill; Treasurer, Warren Crann. Twenty-fourth President, John J. Mallon; Vice-Presidents, H. V.

MoMauus. Peter II. Pntyt Secretary, James MoBrier; Treasurer, Charles E. Schultx. Tliirty.fourth Prrslilsnt J.

Homor nildreth; VIcc-Presldoiits. O. W. Clarke. A.

W. Abbott; Socrtuarles. Edward Marvin, O. O. Beoker; Treasurer, W.

O. Marshall. cniPPT.r. onr.F.K niosfxitous. Uuod Timet Have Itenrbed That flrrat Nllver Crnlro In Rarnesl.

CoiortADO Si'itiNoH, Feb. 10, The present month without doubt will bo by far tbe mo.t prosperous known to tlio Cripplo Creek district. The dividends of tlio several big shipping mines will aggregate nearly $300,000 for the month. Tho Orphan 11 lie Company alone has declared a dividend of 10 cunts a share for February, This means a distribution by that company of (100,000. Tho January ami Februarydlvldcnds of thn Cripple Creek mliioi iimiunt toSUO.nno, wblthis a rrcor 1 for ui) Iho months In the camp's blalory, lbs amount of dividends de-clsred since the rirlj riasof thncamn Is about in rn thing lit.

lii)ircout r.ilo lonllniies 1 k'tH nlll alone bo CI edited with another $2,000,000. Oscar f.lpuinit's C'onU Ittbbed. The home at 14 East 114th street of (lenrge Itmin, cook at Oscar I.lpniaii's Park row s.iloon and lunch room, was robbed by a sneak thlut Jesterdny aflornoon, Mrs. Itrnait got home ust aa the thief was disappearing. The booty ncliulel silver flask, a uold watch, two diamond ringf, and 75 cents from savings bank belonging to ono of tho children.

1 Wall Cora on Jnlmaon Street. Postmaster Wilson of Brooklyn hat directed the romornl of the mall enrs from Johnson street, their presence there having aroused much opposition fiuni tbo residents. All tbo mU mattor will now dropped In Fulton und Villnry streets, and tbvnce reinnvid by curriers and In tbs mall curs to thu Poat Ofllce. Brjnn la NprnU (he Trtter Resolution. Tofmu.

Feb. tubjeot of William J. Bryan's address at a Domouratlo banqust here fn ne Friday nlttht will be "Tho Toller Rejo- XffO miANOBKS rasdaoPMr. The Blavalshy Branca Rosiadtatoa ths B.giaa or tha Chleags Convention. WasntNOTON, Fsb.

10. Some of tho member of tht Blavatsky branch of the Theotophlcal Society In Washington, like the gold wing ot the Democrntlo party, are waiting for their lest orthodox but more numerous brethren and to corns back Into tht fold. They assert that the convention ot the Thsosophlcal Boolety In Amtrloa at Chicago yesterday was misled into conferring extraordinary and unwarranted powers upon Mrs. Tlngley. and that the Is the W.

J. Bryan of theotopby. Georgs Coffin, Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, who Is President of tht Blavatsky branch of the In Washington, mads this statement to-day: "A prest despatch thlt morning states that the convention of the Theotophloal Society in America at Chicago yesterday declared by a vote that 'spiritual power, absolute and unconditional. Is now vested In Mrs. and that the was ondowed 'with absolute authority over the If thlt report be true, I wish, on behalf of myself at member of tha society, and on behalf of the many other tane and thoughtful members, utterly to repudiate lbs acceptancs of tttoh dogma, or any approximation of it.

It It and entirely at varlancs with ths constitution ot the society and the genlut and spirit of theotophy, which guarantee to each member absolute freedom of thought and toleration for tbe beliefs ot others. Roman Catholics will hold In contempt thlt new spiritual autoorat and rival of the Vatican, and all Independent thinkers and liberal Americana will regard with scorn and suspicion any organization which denies to Its members an lnallon-able right guaranteed to all by the American Constitution, namely, freedom of thought and religious opinion. Thttheoiophlcalmovemonttorthi iiast twenty-three years has beon a mo.t potent aotor In liberalizing rtlljrtout thought, and Its deas of retnoarnatlon. Karma, and universal brotherhood have permeated the literature and the thought ot the day. For myself, while resenting and repudiating the new dogma of human Infallibility.

I shall remain in the soolsty, and work more vigorously than over along ths lines of scientific thought and common sense, founded by Blavatsky and continued byW. Q. Judge, and await the return ot ths majority to sobers en and sanity." JtAHICIlVPTOT JtXLZ PASSED. The Honso rasoea Its Own BUI as a BuBalltato for thn flenatn mil, WisnmoTOH. Feb.

10. After four days' discussion tbo IIouso, nt 0 o'clock thlt afternoon, by a vote of loll to 139, passed the substitute for the Nelson Sonate Bankruptcy bill, prepared and reported by the Committee on the Judiciary. Efforts to strike out the features providing for Involuntary bankruptcy, and to oxclude corporations from the operations ot the bill, and to agroe to the Senate bill, which provided only for voluntary bankruptcy, were defoatod by rotes of 10R to ISO and i(53 to 114 respectively. A motion by Mr. Mabanv of New York to limit the operations ot the bill to a period of two joars was first adopted by a vote taken by tellers, 1U2 to 120, but on a vote by yeas and nayt it wat defeated, 140 to IRQ, Mr.

Mahany the bill as an experiment, but wanted It limited as to time. In the last Congress ths House passed substantially the same bill, providing for both voluntary and Involuntary biukruptcy. by a majority of seventy-six votss, but at that time the question of Including both features had sixteen majority only. The bill now roes into conference, Messrs. Tlenderson of Iowa, Itiy of New York, and Terry of Arkansas representing the House.

xorj.vo cvrs xo sv ixiAJina. noeosnlllon or Their Humane nerviest In a Wrecked Amsrlenn Crnir. WAnnisoTOS, Feb, 10. Tho President of the United States has presontod to Jos6 Mondez Horrera. Sub-Lloutenant of Spanish marines, and to Eugenlo Montero Reguera, Lieutenant of the Spanish navy, in recognition ot their humane to the Captain and crew of tbe American brig Wau-Bun, wrecked Oct.

25, 1807, on a reef about eight miles north of Cape San Antonio light. Island of Cuba, a loving oup each, duly Inscribed. Tbe crew otthe Wuu-Bun wera utiablo to get tho vessol off, and seeing that she was a total loss thoy look to their boats and made land. There they remained for three days engaged in stripping tha vessel, and received aid from the entire military post there. On Oct.

28 tho Spanish gunboat took tbe orew to Buena Vista or Llmas, where thev remained several days and wero treated with the utmost kindness. Thoy took passage 011 the first boat for Il.ivc.na. where they landed and were taken charge of by our Consul-General. nAs sALVAuon lrmiDitAirN? Ssnsr Coren Dono Mot Uollevn ths Has lien thn Central American tfulon. WAsniNQTOs.

Feb. 10. Sefior Louis Cores, Chnree d'Affatres ot tho Central Amorloan republics, said to-day that he could not credit tbe report that Salvador had withdrawn from the compact for a union with Honduras and Nloa-rnc i'i. Sefior Corea said the Conservative party in Salvador, whtihdoss not favor tho plan, was evidently responsible for the report. "It has been arranged for a congress of the throe countries to meet next spring." be added.

The State Department has no Information about tbe reported withdrawal. Tho Wlnslea root OOtee Wnr. Feb. 10. Tho commission consisting of First Assistant Postmaster-General Hoath and Mr.

O. W. Delivers, chief of the division of salaries and allowances, has prepared Its report on tbe celebrated case ot Wlnsted, and prosented tho report to tbo Postmaster-General, who has approved their decision. It was agreed, howevor, that tbo details of the derision should not be made public until Monday morning, but it is said that a very unique settlement hss been effected of the most trouble-fomo oaso with which tho department has ever had to doal. The commission spent several days In Wlnsted.

during which they Inspeoted tbo postal facilities of tbe two offices and heard arguments of cltUous and counsel foroach sldeot the controversy. The latter also tiled briefs at tbe department, Ilenrlna In the Cnso or Iho Wtnas'a World. WAsmifOTorr, Feb. 10. Attorney-General Tynor of tbo Post Offlco Department concluded this afternoon a three days' bearing In the case of tbo I Toman's of Now York, against which the department was requested to Issue a fraud order.

It was allegod that tho publication by meant of extensive advertisements had defrauded manv people by leading them to believe they could get more from tbo paper than thoy renllr could procure. It was charged that ths publication had engaged in inlmlug worn contests and had olferod prizes for subscriptions, wbloh prizes were represented as being greatly In exoess of their real value. Gen. Tyner reserved hit decision. Waahlnslon ftotea, Washington, Feb.

10, The House Committee on Interstate and Forelrn Commerce hat aocepted the in Ration of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to visit that city on March 2 for tliu purpose of considering the propriety ot holding ihoro next year a national exhibition of American products and manufactures specially suitable tor export. The House Ways and Means Commltteo today heard representatives of tho milling Interests In favor of the Pure Flour bill. Tlio contest of former Representative Ben L. Falrcbild for the seat In the House now ocou-pled by William 1. Ward was to- lay decided in favor of the sitting member by Kleotlont Commit tu.

No. 2. Uroohlju I'hstugraphor to Tako Plolnras or the Slnlne Wabiiinoton, Feb. 10, E. II.

Hart, a Brooklyn photographer, left Washington to-day for Havana, to niaku photographs ot that part of the Maine above water and ot interesting tilings In the vlolnltv of the explosion. Mr. Hart asked Secretary Long to designate him an ottlclal photographer of tbo Navy Department to secure pictures for tlio bonoflt of tbe Board of Inquiry and the department, but the Secretary did not see thu necessity of doing this. He gave Mr, Hart a letter of Introduction to pt, Hlirebee. Drowned Stan round with Hands Tied To.

ether. CinrMOO, Feb, 10. Tbe body of a man, supposed to bo Charles B. Brown, wat taken from Laic Michigan, off Thirty-first street, early thlt morulng. Knotted around the devd man's neck was a handkerchief, tied tightly, and his hands wero fastened together with a rope.

The body bore tbe appearance of having been In the water for two months. No marks of violence were found and tlio police say the) think it was a oase of sulcldo, In spite of tbe knotted handkerchief and tho rope. It Will Adorn Your Homer. Yes, and what la more Important, will Intersil, amuse, and Instruct you. Wo are sposklni of our edition of llalsao's ooruplott works ln English.

Lot us ssad you apoclman pages of typework and lllas- Satluns. Osbblt PublUhlsg Oa, Bsaseti Bntidlof, KLONDIKE BTKAMXR l'VX BACK, Passengers and Crow nr tho (fata lao Robslloa nn thtCntlnln Had In Us Back. SsUttlb, Fsb. 10, Bines tbe lottot the Clara Nevada with all on board thouiandt going to tbs Yukon are becoming nervout at to a choice ot boats. Tho looso manner In which inspection has been done by the port and Government official, hat terved to odd to the timidity.

In faoo of the terrible disaster to the Nevada, a small bulk known at the Neh Pao was permitted to sajl with over a hundred passenger, for Alaska. In crossing ths Straits ot Fuca a panto seized the passenger, and crew, and tht Captain was compelled to put baok to Port Town.end, whore the pat.tngers pstltloned theOolleotorof the Port to detain hor. at the same time demanding tho return of thiir callage money. Thesea was running high In the straits and the vessel wai taking water. Officials ot the hip came to Seattlo tills afternoon and ttoured new men to tako the place of the desirtlna: crew, and the vessel's owners refuse to refund the money to the alarmed passengers.

Large taaworthy vessels are experiencing no trouble, and those tailing to-night hare Hit ot 1300 to 000 passengers. QUAY Ilf rillLADELPUIA. Condition or Polities In That Cttr It Bald Ro Causing Ulan Conosrn. PniL.ADki.rniA, Feb. 10.

United Btates Senator Quay dropped into town to-day after a lapso of somi months stnoo a former vlilt. There aro somo things awaiting tho Sonator's close attention just now, apart from the extent and significance of the movement.to nominate Mr. Wamunaker for Governor. There is a state of the local atmosphore that it not promising to thn Quay outlook. It is no longer a secret that Israel W.

Durham, the former Quay leader, intends to raise a local antagonism to hln old chlof. Durham generally meant anything ho undertakes, and he 1. a stayer. Quay made htm promise to support the Martin candidate for tax receiver, but Durham gave only a quasi compliance, and when oloatlon day came round the Durham ward, which turns out enor-moxii majorities for the Itepublloan tloktt, went against Martin's candidate TIItE ZED XO A RAID. Arrests Made In nn Orchard Street Cafe on tbe Revelations ot a Tenement Rlase Capt, Stephenson of ths Eldrldge street police station raided a oafe at 103 Orchard ttroetlatt night, and arrested the supposod proprietor, Moset Goldstein, four women, and two mon.

It was discovered at a slight fire at 181 East Houston street in the afternoon that men and women from tho raft, which Is around the corner, were ln the habit of visiting this building, and four of tho arrests were made there. Detectives Leonard and Klnsler of the tame preolnot also arrestod Mrs. Rosle Itormann, the alleged proprietor ot a disorderly house ln Eldrldge street, and three men. UAJ1INE 1XIELL1QBNCE. kisunncr.

alhaxao this pat. 0 4fl 6 48 Moon sstl 0 00 mail WAixn this rat. SsadyHook. 7 OH Oov.Isl'd. 7 84 Hsll 0 07 Arrived Batubdav, Feb, IS.

Rs Campania. Walker, Liverpool Feb. 19 and Queenstown 13th. 8. lllehlxan, Tubb, London.

Sa Chic. so City. sndo.t. Hrl.tol. Bs Jamaica, Feterscu, bt.

John's, N. F. 8sTerge.tr. Suitors, Atg'era Cyprian Prlaoo, Oalloiray, Sunderland, Si TJndaunteii, Klonate, Shields. Bs Aral, Nloholn.

Barry. Bhlp Mnrgaretlia, Kester, London. For later arrivals see First Par. Aimrvxn out. Bs Lueanla.

from New Y01 k. at Liverpool. Ba Kensington, from Kow York, at Antwerp. Bs Oeorgtc. from Now York, at Liverpool.

Ss Kaiser Wllhclm II from Kew ork, at Ueaoa. S111.XD rnoM ronsiov roars. Bs La Dretaan. from iiavre for Kew York. 6a Umbrla, from Liverpool for New York.

Ba I'arts. from houtbarupton for New York. Ss Wcrra, from Napte. tor New York. 6s l'rlesland, from Antwern for New York.

Ps Hatrla. from llamimrr. for Naw York. 8s 11. II.

Meter, from Ilremca for New York. Bs Caracas, from La Cluayra for New York. SlILXD TROM DOKZSTIC rOBTS. Bs Colorado, frum Brunswick for Now York. Sa El Dorado, from New Orleans for New York.

ocTooivn sTKAHsnm. Sail To Dau. Mall, Clot. totiel Sail: Santo Domingo, 7 00 A SI 1 00 A 11 Sail To-Morroic. Advance.

Colon 10 00 AM IS 00 11 Algonquin, Charleston 0 00 1 iull Tuesday, Vb E'J. Latin. Bremen 6 00AM 000AM SI Mar, New Orleans 800 Pit ISCOK1SO HTRUfSHin. ive Tn-Dny. Rus.lsn Trine Shields Jan 30 Croft Dunde Jan SO Aras Shields Illipinla Havre Feb 8 IMxham Olbraltar Feb 9 Terovlan Glisrow Fh 8 Bctndla.

Olbraltar Feb 4 Ban Marco Galveston Feb 13 Alronqutn Jacksonville Feb is La Champagne Havre Feb 19 Cvmrl. Ltvrpool Fehll Klnrsland M. Lucia Fh 19 XlBol New Orleans Fsb IS Due fib. 31. Fuerst Bl.marnk Olbraltar Feb 14 Massachusetts London Fab 0 Furne.sla alasfovr Feb 10 Has.apequa.

hwansta Frb 8 Sefuranc. Havana Fb 17 Finance Colon Febl4 Taraen.c Para Feb 13 Creoh New Orleans Feb 18 Oatecity flavannah Feb 21 Colorado Drunswlcx Feb IS Vv TWirircv, red. it. Amsterdam Rotterdam Feb 11 Nnurdland Antwerp Feb 19 Alene Port Llmon Feb IB Leona (lairestun Fab 18 Due TTednesdov, Fab. IS.

Concho Havana Fab 19 Martrllo Hull Feb 9 rocahnnta Olbraltar Feb 9 Xlc.l.lor New Orleans Feb 17 Fontabell St. Croix Fab 17 Dii 77iurdtfv, eo. 24. Oermaslc Liverpool Feb 18 Trare Bremen Feb 18 Pretoria. Hamburg Feb 19 El Dorado Nw Orleans Fab 1U Due Irtdnv, Fb 3.

Frindrtchder nremen Fsb 14 America London Feb 19 Caronoa LaQnayra Feb 19 Alamo tlalveston Feb 19 BujsiiiW JtOtlfflJ. Carl II. Nrhults'a Carbonated Water. from distilled water, are xrattful to tbs stomach. Incrsu app.tlle, readily mix with or llcjuors.

X3X3SHO. mttimKVr. On Feb. 10, at Ths Hanover, Bihar, and 10th st Charles Carroll Illrdsey of New York. Notice ot funsral hereafter.

Friday, Feb. 19, Peter J. Brady, son of Peter and Mary Brady, aged IB years. Funeral from his 1st residence, 947 West 80th st 9 P. Sunday, Feb.

80, THE KKNS1CO CBMBTKRV, Private station. Harlem Hallroadi 4S nd from th Grand Central Depot. Offloe. 1 8 Ease 4Vd st. ffpccinl cflottw' TAII.on iiOHH Perfect nt, pro-mlnntly smart styles, hlfih class work and excUent finish, combined with very modarate prices, artb qualities our sown pos.en.

We bhun thu nnwest Imported material, for rtPIIINO TAILOR OOWNtt and COS-TUlftt Sit IRTS, whtoii wo make to measure with drop silk skirt, Lsferrlere Model, at popular prices, saving you train sis toKo on your gown. A coll will convince you that our asaertluns are frets. THF. 811 HTHFET COMPANY. NKW YORK'S MOST POPULAR LADIES' TAILORS 140 West 3d few doors from Station.

VISIT DR. J. PARKER PRAY chiropody and maulcure parlors Burseon chiropodist. Pupils and assistants of th 1st Dr. Parker Prsy In attenuanc.

Hours Hint P.M. to ami 13 Eait C8d st opposite Madison BijU.ro Park. Established 1888. llaCVKI.OPVItiSJT vision. Weakness In man curtd by a practical appliance.

Information frreieealod TUB CAMERON CO 49 Fulton Maw York. jflfUfliouu iotireji. SOCIETY CULTuitESunday, Fb. 90, 1808, at lltlA A lecture by Mr. Id, M.

Man-fossrlan at Oarneirl Muslo Hall, corner B7tu at. and 7th av.j subject, "What la th Urvalelt Thing In Llfaf" All Interested are Invited, rPEMPLE KMANU-EU DIb tv. and 4ttd st To-day, 1 11 A. Dr Jueph Mlrermau leeturea on What lias tht Church Dons for th Rights of Man All waleoiu. glnu hdfl-" Kagto Whlti" and Cal'dteott't OU Books, Melville's "Sea StorlM' PRATT, 101 Bhavf "Pre-eminently Great" Tlie American Art Galleries, 1 Madison Square, South, Now York.

On Exhibition Day and Evening, 11 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY INCLUDED. fl Mm The Notable 1 Art Collections 1 of William H. Fuller 1 and the late 11 Charles A. Dana, 1 A group op Unique Gems 1 OF 1 Oriental Art The Most I Superb Specimens 1 in Existence and some of the Greatest I Paintings IN ALL THE I WORLD OF ART. i AMONG THEM GAINSBOROUGH'S OOROT'3 I "Blue Boy." "La Dausc dca Amours." 0" ROUSSEAU'S TROYON'S 1 Charcoal HuL" Cows in tho Pasture." MILLET'S CONSTABLE'S Tho Turkey nerder." Tho Lock." II REYNOLDS'S DAUBIGNY'S "Mrs.

Knapp." "Evening on dm DUPRE'S OOURBET'S 1 Open Sen." Son Shore." 1 ATF Afternoons of Feb. 24, 25 26, 1 at the American Arfc Galleries, 1 OF and Evening of February 25, I bALn. at Chickering Hall. I THOMAS E. KIRBY WILL CONDUCT THE SALE.

American Art Association, Managers, 1 Madison Square, South, New York. I DBLLA'H XJlltAHVttE YAlir.T, Mldlasr Flaoo la Her Ilanatan KlrrM IIouso Bnspllrlt b) tlio MiiTlfV. Deilarifa lUobardson osllorl nt tlio County Clerk's ofHca restarrtay with a lawyer, nndmarle a cartful lamination of tlio interlocutor) Juris-mDt requiring ber to turn over certain securities of her father's estats, which J. Jaffred Dut lsr, tumporary administrator of the estate, had obtained on default. On Thursday nlirht Deputy Sheriff Burnet, actlnir with a search order Issued by Juttlos BIschoff, entered the house at 110 East Houston street when Mist Richardson left the door ajar for a moment, and seised securities valued at MOO, 000.

The securities ware found In a vault built by lUobardson undor tbs hallway of his house. The deputy sheriff bad loarned of the existence of tbs vault and forced tbs woman to tell where It wat. A pleot of the oilcloth In the ball-way wat raised and the descent was made through a trap door and down a btrrow flight of tttps. Tbe vault is whitewashed, nmt it about six feet lonsr by four feet wide. The angry woman sipostuTatcd at every step tho deputy sheriff made, and even when tbe tatter domsnded the keys to a tin despatch box is found in tbs vault she repeated that she did not have the papers he wanted.

The Rberlff, however, decided that he wanted tbe box and all It contents and took It along. Among the securities seised were 10B first mortrsgo bonds Houston, Cast and West Texas Hallrnad. 600; 120 Tennessee rJtato bonds, 910R.OOO; 108 Houston Water Works bonds, $101.761 31 seo-ond mortgaa-e bonds Northern Central Hall-road. DIM.IBO, and ,12 first uiortgsco bonds Mexican Central Itnllrotd, Miss lllthardson was erv Indignant at court yesterday, Hheaald tho selruro wss nn outnge and ehe wanted lohuvr some one punished for It. Bbesayt the securities belonged lo h-rntid not to tbe astute.

Paats" Habera' rltrlhr Urrlarra Sin. Ths strike of the "pants" makers, which went into effect about ton days ago, bat been declared off. all the employers having ttttled with the union. 'Iho ttiiktrtwlli go to work today. ORDIDRS Takin from nni lo rml th Dana wb sale.

Will rhrrfully strp adrift In rrarard lo tbs 8 articles tnereln MK1IAN I). KKI.EKIAN, 2 txprt In I'ult rlra, HUD Otis av, 1VUOX DUO Sl.EDU ISO. Hrraeanl Joire Sajo Vaitm Ileal Iteladerr Alt llnllnn nn T.ial Hani. Vanp'iuvkr, II, Keb, ill, Sergeant Joyce of tho Klondlko police arrived heie lo day direct lji from Illif Salmon, Yukon, as a messenger from fl (lov, Wuleh oi the Klondike. He bears smiled dnapatchis from (lov.

Walsh to the Canadian Government touching tb-international customs resolutions and boundary questions. Joyce says the trills are good and seventy five miles a day can bo mado with 230 pounds onasledgt. llosajs that in spite of ruports to the contrary, no man Is allowed to cross the jj Canadian border unless ho has provisions for one year, and that many Americans and Canv dlons have already beon turned back by th i. police. a Joyce said he pssaod hundreds of men travel ti ling to Lake llenneit, and making good progress.

He ssvsdoirs alone can be used and Ibe three cars of reindeer arriving on tbe coast from land are of no use, being too big and clumsy. Atfattlea far ths Bad star ril. PniLADKLrnii, Knb. ID, The International NaiUatlon Company, it it understood, will I shortly mako contracts with tht Cramp Coup i panrforflra additional tteamera for the New tf York and Continental service. The Ixji'swIII be of H.800 tons displacement.

BIO feet long, nnd will be driven by twin screws, making a formidable addition to the lied Star fleet. lutsrl teaeeal LIT laprUonaseni, Cmcioo, Feb. 10. Adolph L. Luetgert't mo- tlon for a new trial was ovsrruled to-dt) nn bs WMStntenoed by Judge Oary to llfs Imprison- msnU An application to the Hupreme Court fer atapsrasdtat andacw trial will bt uuuect) one..