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eaptam; John E. Frei A. Mo ay, 1 burg, JO: David Crony, New Castle. cefeat Ncvr Castle if they' don't tuake a cent of money. TEN-CLUB LEAGUE.

NO DISCRIMINATION. THE WEATHER Pf-SQMrn ls: Tor wenty-fof li Ail .1 i (I ours begins tig February UiUlt.ii.ll p. rn Western ir ma Snow and warmer Wedneadav; etf nesuHy night; Jncrafet.Tg efjiter'T "'i- Thursday, lair. Virtlnfaantf Ohio-Snow cr rain Wtdt.etday; tncru-tug easier! winds; Thursday, fair. the glory of his first coir mission.

The men to rest in their plt.ee. The genet al gave no orders for any tort of to be thrown up. He plmnly repeated, as ne went around the hill. "Ail I ask of you is to hold the lull for three days." Then ordered that no one was to fire, and the men lay at their posts, waiting l-'r they knew not what. About o'clock tne fata! Sunday morn-ins dawned, und in the cim gTay light a Boer patrol rode unsuspectingly around the base of the hill.

Then an unsuspected thine' happened. A shot van llrod bv a young officer of the Fifty-ninth. MaJ. Hay ru; hi toward the spot, knowing that the gene-rdl's orders were that there was to be firing. He met Coliey kavlrg the point where the smoke could still be seen curling frcsni the muzilo of the young officer's rin.

and th generol told him that had given permission to tire. The officer has since admitted that he fired by Col ley's express orders. What led Col ley to change his mind and authorise so rash an act will never bo known. But that one rife fhot told ihe taie. Startled, the Boer patrol galloped back, and soon the camp resembled a disturbed wasp's nest.

But there was no confusion, although the Dutch farmers knew a march on them had been stolen. They gang their morning hymn, took breakfast, infrpanned and then turned out for hattle. About men were engaged, although the actual storming party old not number mora than 200, and these stoie around the hill under the naval brigade's position, end then climbed quietly up, entirely out of fight of the defenders. They gradually worked around until they were under the Gordons' position, and climbed, step by step, unsuspected by any but Lleuts. YV right and Hamilton mow Inspector-general of musketry), of the Gordons.

These cfiicers went to Coliey and said that without being intrenched it was impossible t0 hold the position with so few men. His reply was still the same: "Hold the hill for three days." It was now about noon. The Beers had made all their dispositions. The ridge commanding the position, and not included In it, referred to by Sir George White, was occupied. Every bit of hill brow affording cover was seized, and then the slaughter commenced.

Fire was opened from every available point of vantage, and the plateau was swept incessantly. The British Invaders, who had already blaied away most of their ammunition at the empty air, now found their pouches getting empty, and no enemy whom they could hit in sight. Men were falling eJl around and cries of despair rose from the baffled troops. Coliey, too late, now rushed with Romilly to find a place where they might intrench. Romilly was shot dead by the general's side, who then returned to the middle of the line to abide events.

Appeals were, made for another charge but a charge wonld have been futile, for there was nothing visible to charge end it would have afforded the concealed Boers a full length mark on their fatal rifles. The ammunition was running out. The living were reloading from the pouches of the dead. Tha dead were so numerous that the hastily pushed forward supports could not fill their places. It wis now onlv a question of time- when the whole hill would be raked by the enemy's fire and the entire defending force shot down.

Then the order Colley's last to retire was given, and the line was broken. In sullen defiance for a time some of the proud Gordons refused to lit. With shouts of rage they hurled rocks at the foe, now showing over the brow, and only when all hope was abandoned did they join Jn the hurried -etreat. By this time Coliey had fallen, all cohesion was lost and the Boers, now showing in the open, poured their unerring fire into the ranks of the fugitives, who were powerless to offer resistance. The carnage was fearful.

MacDonald held his kopje till eight of his 18 men were shot dead, and every other, except himself, wounded. Of the fighting force only 60 or 70 survived when the order tn retire was given. Had they stayed longer they uiunt have been annihilated. Ninety-two men lay dead on the field: 134 were wounded, many of them seriously, and 69 were taken prisoners. Many of the poor fellowa who tried to reach the camp died on tha wa y.

The net day, under a flag of truce, I accompanied a burial party up the hill. The top of Majuba was a terrible sight. The first thing 1 saw was a long row of dead men, some 40 or 50 of them. There were also a number lying about groaning, most of them frightfully wounded. Toward the edge of the hill, where sro I'hiiip Kuur.uiry, Ail.

6 aery. W. H. Mniici. Thvinas Mahoning, J.

P. ihtvls, Allegheny, J. li. Work, Marlon Center, JS to $it; J. L.

Johnson. to lavid Kecse. Lechburg, to Abraham Moort. Giipin. S'o; Orlo W.

Palmer, Leecbsviiie, S10 to $17; W. Wr. Kope, Evans City. Vi to 5: J. K.

Fadc-n, North cast. $13 73 to $17; Emory" rortr-r, Pittsburgh, to $10; J. B. Sh'mel, Yvallaoetowii. to s.

Isaac Conner, Mattie. $12 to $14; Frank W. Ciark, New Ce.Mle, to KU Baney, Cherry Tree. to $12; Daniel Lewis, Brownfielrl. ti to George H.

Bimrxir, Tldloute. $12 to $17: Harriet Minner. Ush ers Perry, Josephine Fisher. Erie, JM. Cnio Colin R.

Baype, Damascus, Amos L. Hood, Vienna, lft: Robert Powell. Charleston. $5: Joseph Talbntt, Harlem Springs. 112 to III; Allen M.

Kirk. Flushing. to $14; George II. Btn, Ak ron. Peter Mitchell.

Collinwood, $10 to $12: James C. Huffman, Eagleport, $13 to $14; Minerva Whotstone. Saxton, $12; Crsuhna Vttnard, Canal Dover, West Virginia-William H. Evans. Fair mont, 55: Cat nerlna-Bower, Fink.

$12. Capital Gleanings. Among the clerical changes announced in the treasury department are the follow ing: Hiram W. Brelsford, Ohio: S. B.

Pack, Pennsylvania, promoted from $900 to $1,000 per annum: Henry C. Swan, Pennsylvania Ci.V."' to Edna K. Maitox. Ohio, i--4n to $M0; John Y. Jameson, Ohio.

$720 to $Vi0; William J. Levy. Pennsylvania. $700 to $720; Bertha Eisenstein, onio. hai to w.

The house committee on military anatrs to-day acted favorably on the bill giv ing one elis plain for eacn regiment ana giving the adjutant general ot the army th rank of The secretary of the industrial coramis- s'on to-day reported that the number of witnesses "examined un to December Si, 1SS9, was 272, and the expenses of the com mission to tne same date, MAJUBA HILL Story of the Slaughter of British Vnder Sir George Colley, YYhich Roberts Recalls. On Februarv 27, 19 years ago, occurred the slaughter of British by Boers on Majuba hill. It is on the anniversary of that massacre that Gen. Cronje, as Iord Roberts points out, surrendered to the British. The story of Majuba Is given new interest owing to this circumstance.

Tho following story of it is told by one who was there: All through the fighting which preceded Majuba the Boors had proved themselves magiuucent marksmen. meir arms, in cluded Winchester repeaters. Yvestlen- Rlchards, Enfield Stddcrs and Martini-Henrys, and these they used with such good effect that the British troops under Sir George pomeroy Coliey. the Brltisn hich cammissioiicr and commander, got the worst of it both at Ingogo and Laing's nek. The British camp was at Mount Pros pect, beneath the shadow of the towering Drakensbeig range of mountains.

Tho way to our rear was locked. Between us. and Fotcherstrom, which it as our object to relieve, Lalnga nek. which had been occupied by the main body of the Boer army. Collc-y's position was critical, and he had promised Sir Evelyn Wood, who had returned to Newcastle to bring up reinforcements, that he would undertake no new movement until Sir Evelyn should return.

But on February 23, 11 there arrived at Mount Prospect camp the Gordon Highlanders, numbering tt3 of all ranks. They were a regiment of veterans the men who had fought with such signal success ot Cheraeiah, at Cabul, at Sher- ptir, and nnaliy, after their famous march. at the overthrow or Ayoub Knan at Kandahar. The British army could fur nish no more valuable instrument of war. and.

in defiance of orders, in spite of his pledged word. Gen. Coliey determined on a movement Intended to retrieve his fallen fortunes. The enterprise was that of a madman. At 8:30 o'clock on the evening of February 25 a Saturday he ordered a secret parade to tahe place an lKur and a half later.

The following were the companies select ed: Two companies the Three Hundredth and Sixtietn regiment (110 rifles under command of Capt. Smith), two companies of the regiment (17u rifles under command of Capt. Morris), thr-e companies of the Ninty-second, Gordan (ISO rifles commanded by Ma Iuyi, and 61 men of the Naval Brigade, under Capt. P.omilly a total forco of 554 men. The men carried 1) rounds of ammunition, three days' rations, great coats and blankets, but no water.

At 10 o'clock we slowly inarched oft into the dsirkness, and no one but Sir George Coliey, who commanded in person, knew our destination. The great mass of one of the huge spurs of the Drskens-bcrg range, called by the natives "Ama-juba," and by the Boer "Spity.kop," could be seen looming up against the sky line, and presently we found ourselves at the base of this mountain. There two companies of the Sixtieth and one of the Highlanders were detached to keep up communication, and then it was learned thnt the Intention of the general was to seize the mountain top, which had been used as a lookout post by the Boors. With 2-K) men lert behind, the fighting force was now reduced to "5-1. The height of the mountain is feet above sea level.

The approach to the base by which we iiad come was winding and precipitous, overhanging deep gorges, at the bottom of which great torrents rushed, foaming and sending up clouds of white spray to obstruct the path. The mountain sides were scarred and rent with huge rocks, which jutted out everv few yards Sapping, clambering, toiling, the meii pushed on. not a ward being spoken lest ihe stiil night air should carry the sound to the Boer camp. It was 4 in the morning when the lrading files of the Fifty-eighth, worn and exhausted, reached the lop. It was 5:20 when the last of th Gor.

dons got up. Tb.e position on the top of the hill, a plateau bounded by a steep brow. Is aocu-ratclv described by Gen. Sir George Stewart White, now commanding hr majesty's forces In Natal, and then senior major of the Ninety-second. In the "Regimental Record he says: "The position to be" held against the enemy was a mile in circumference, the ground sloping onwards, so that the plateau was exposed to fire from the lower ground all around.

The approaches to the brow below were nearly ail concealed from the defenders on the top. The slope of the hill leading to the brow is broken by natural terraces, which run nearly round the hill, and which afford an enemy, under rover of his firing parties, placed for the purpose, an opportunity of collecting lils force on any point, and to circuit around the hill, without coming under the fire or even the observation of the defenders." A mile and a half away, far out cf rifle range was the Boer camp, and there were no mountain guns with the little party. As I have said, the soldiers were unprovided with water, and when it was found that none was obtainable, on the summit of the hili, it was with something lise a feeling of dimsy that Sir George Coliey was heard to declare that the place was to be held "for three days." The little force of men were placed by Staff Major Macgrexor in an attenuated line around the mile of hiil crescent, with a company of the Ninety-second and another of the Fifty-eighth in support. An Independent kopje on the northeast side was held by Second Lieutenant Hector Mucdonald, now "Macdon-atd of Omdurman," then rejoicing in all El i i .1 j. 2 EIGHT YEAR5 OLD.

This Celebrated WMfkey is made from carefully seleetfd Rye, is Old and Mellow, Distilled by fire distilled process and matured in heated warehouse. 1 PER ftUHT, PER GALLO.V. ALLEGHENY, PA. if-' 1 1 -ip-Tbr, i i Vs- v' tecrg E. Tht team has wn Ic troth former (an.M, with a total of 44 pc-lcUi la ilntu- favor.

KING WON THE CUP. Exciting Live Bird Contest la Which. Amateur Chaniploit Paiuter Win Defeated. The final shoot for the championship cup r.f-ffti-ed by the Herrcn Hill Gun dub. was held yepterday and the cup was won by W.

after cue of the m-ist exciting pigeon shooting matches ever held in this city. The contest was a neck-and-neek affair, between Charles A. and George K. Painter and Vv. S.

Klrg, and the latter won out by the ngrowest kind of a ma: gin. c. A. Fainter was the winner of the amateur championship of the fnited States at the Carteret club shoot last week. All three of the shooters were in rrpleadid form, as was shown by the fact that In the regular pnont at htrs the three were tied, with 47 kills each.

This necessitated a shoot-off at ten birds, and King won out by killing cut of the 31 birds. Two other shooters took part In the big event, after which a number of miss-anl-out events were shot. The score of the cup Efcoot follows: CHAMPIONSHIP CTF CONTEST. Vt 80 Yards. VT.

9. Kins P-m 11111 11111 nm mil mil pun 47 C. A. rainier 11110 11111 mil 11111 lUU ma iiiu ran nm iwn Kelsey loin 1HU llill lilil non 11111 nut inn iiiiw? A. H.

King 11111 1101 1 1U01 itiu 1-111 lint 11111 lino oiiiiis Rahm lino 11001 rani 11111 mo' SHOOT-OFF AT 10 PIGEONS. VT. 8. King 1-1-1111 1 1 9 Kelsey 0 1 1 1 1 1 () 0 5 C. A.

Painter ..1 0110101 6 Withdrawn. FAVORITES' GOOD DAY. Konr of Them Showed Frout at Xtw Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27.

Favorites were in much better form to-day and landed the money in four of the six raci3 on the card. The feature of the day was Mitchell's riding. He piloted four win-nera and one eecond. Bertha Nell was claimed out of the first race by Tholl and Vestal at $j00 and First Past out of the J.st race by Mrs. C.

J. Forsyth at the figure. The track was fast. Summaries: First race, seven furlongs, selling Tobe Paine, 101 pounds (Mitcneil), 13 to 5 and even, won, Bertha Neil, S9 (L. Rose), 12 to 1 and 5 to second; Tyran, y.1 (J.

AValdo), 15 to 1, Time, 1:28. Diggs, Iy Ocorge, Juanetta, Thurles, J. ciine, Can I See 'Em, and i.arman also ran. Second mile, selling, o-year-old-Orace Phillips, 101 pounds, (Mitchell). 10 to 1 and 4 to 1, won; Allie Hale, 300 (Domi-nick), 6 to 1 and 2 to 1, second; Matt Simuson, 110 (L.

Ross), to 1, third. Time. Russell R. Dinornis, Wedding Guest, Polly Blxby, Orlar.dina, Clara Jodee, Dr. Fannie, Round Wilkerson, and Kyes of Blue also ran.

Third, mile and seven-eighths. selling-Julius Caesar, log pounds (Mitchell), 13 to 6 and even, won; Banquo 108 (P. Clay), 15 to 1 and to 1. second; Pat Garrett, 10 (J. Miller), 4 to third.

Time, 3:19. Nailer, Teutons, Monongah, Babe Fields, and Clifton also ran. Fourth race, handicap, six furlong1? Gold Or 94 pounda (Wedderstrand), II to 5 and 4 to 5, won; Andes, 115 (Mitchell), 9 to 2 and 8 to 6, second: Maggie Davis, ste (J. Waldo), 4 to 1, third. Time, 1:13.

Diana. Fonso, Hlmtlme, MarseHa, and Ai-thea also ran. Fifth, mil and one-sixteenth. seiUnr' Elsraore. 112 rounds (Gilmore), 5 to 3 and even, won; Northumberland, 104 7 to 1 and 2 to 1.

second; Jennie 107 (J. Miller). 5 to 1, third. Time, Little Reggie, Seaport, Martha Fox. Kir.ma Smith.

Covington, Kv and Vignette also ran. race, six and one-half furlongs, selling Troubaline, J.03 pounds "x3 to a and 4 to 5, won; Lovable. 102 (W. Shawl. 7 to 2 and 6 to 5, second; Pleuron, 106 (Clawson).

5 to third. Time. First Past, Barney Sadie Buruham, and Monometallist also ran. CHOYNSKI IN CHICAGO. Produces Pbyalclan'a Certllicate to Show He VVaa Not in Condi-tlon to Fight.

CHICAGO. Feb. 27. Joe Choynski returned to Chicago last night and brought affidavits tt Show that he was not fit to go into the ring with Joe Walcott at New York last Friday night. The evidence Is strongly in favor of the Caiifornlan and la largely indisputable.

Shortly after he arrived here Clioynskl was examined and one of his lower ribs found to be broken, as reported in New York dispatches. The puRilist had statements from a New York physician and the trainer of the gymnasium where he worked to shorv that the rib was ira-tured before the flfht with "YValcott. Choynfkl also shows a contract signed with George Consiiline to pay Choynskl To oer cent, of the purse, win or lose. Choynskl asserts, was not Kiven after he had refused to go Into the ring because of his condition, and the only reason that he accepted it was for the money consideration. Choynskl is crestfallen over the result of his fight with the Barbadoea and blames himself for being urged into the contest by th New York promoters.

He claims the guarantee of three-fourths of the purse shows conclusively that the Broadway club wus forced to extremities In order to get him to fight. He intended, when he entered the ring, to fight one round and then make a statement to the public of his condition. On this proposit'on he asked the managers, to declare all bets and Choynskl claims they agreed tu do so. After he had entered the ring, and donned the gloves they declined to say anything about bets, and he had either to fight or ma an inglorious retreat. As a result Tom O'Rourke and some ot his followers won several good bets.

Choynskl' story of the fight is that AVfilcott made a feint for the body ani in his anxiety to protect his rib, which pained him severely, the Caiifornian brought down his guard, and immediately received a blow on the Jaw. After that blow Choynskl says he knew nothing, and was surprised when the fight was stopped to find he had gone seven rounds. He claims be was never cognisant of haviug struck a blow during the battle. The rib, to whioh Choynskl lays his defeat, was broken by a fail before he met Maher, but he was ignorant of the fact beyond the knowledge of severe pains in bis side, which he thought was due to a bad cold. he bewail training for Walcott the became so painful to him that he laid the ease before George Consldme.

Choynskl intends to take a rest until he has ful'y recovered. He shows the marks of his fight with Walcott In the shape of two black eyes and a cut cn his face. The loss of the fight will prevent his making several good matches which be had in view, notably one with Bob FitKsim nons. TH13 OPIMOX OF A FLAYER, TiduLt Pirates ill ot Be Able to Defeat Brooklyn. The following from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune will prove irterestlng to Pittsburgh baseball lovers: "The Brooklyn correspondent of the hporting Lie interviewed one of the numbers ot the Super'oas recently as to his opinion of this year's Pittsburgh I'i-i-ates, an aggregation that most be considered in making a forecast of the top-notehei the coming season pennant race.

"They're a strong replied the player, 'a very stiorg lot, but I don't think they can beat us for th championship. To my mind we will play better ball tnis season than we did 5a year. There was a time during the summer of 1S99 that we were not playing any too well. We dropped a lot of games in succession. I don't believe that you will see that happen this year.

V. are good i.t pitchers, and our infleld, no matter how It is fixed up, will play better ball than it did In 1SS9. VTe were a little weak, of course, at third base, and yet Casey filled an awfully big hole. I jieve the team would have gone to pieces had It not teen for him. He Jumped in at the moment when we were Barely in need of assistant: and carried us along when the losa of a few games might have meant the demoralisation of everytmdy.

At the last moment Jennings went to first base, and tntst was aaother big factor, of assistance. Bull players In some of the other clubs are ot opinion that we would have been beaten out fur the pennant had It not been for Jennings. That may be true. He a wonderful player, and a player in whom the remainder of the nine has a great deal of confidence. As I said before, we will be playing a steadier game ir 1M.

Tht ra won't be any difficulty backing up, and every man on the infield will know fust where he stands. I don't think the Pitts-burghs ran beat us out at any stage of the XEAV CaTti7k'S CUB. Manager AVrlttTit Haa Signed All Hi NEW CASTLE, Feb. 27 -(Special.) Tht directors and" stockholders of the New Castle baseball club will hold theic annual metsiing to-morrow evening, when thev will elect officers for the ensuing ear. Thj financial affairs of the club are tn excellent condition, and the tLi3 year to get the club on Its feet will be smaller than it ever was.

Manager Pat Wright has written that he has received letters from every member of the club, that each man is in good si.apa and enxious for the season to begin. Booby Cargo, the clever third bsisenian, haa wintered here, and has already commenced to get into shape. Manager WrUrht is in bpringneld, aad will arrive here dur'ng the middle of thi coming month. will bring three of the new players him. Manager Fu of the Youcgstown team stated to a director of t'je Newcastle tea'oa that he will have the pick of two teams, and he proposed to have a nine, that wiil Oae Sljs of Soring.

CAXCNPBURO. Feb 57 The Midnltht S'ar Baseball lub baa orgar ied it the season, by electing Samuel wilon Manager and treasurer; Granville McGaat. ai.stant manager; Shirley Sluoy. captain. Pttyrs have been assigned as follow: John HoMtnon, first base; Charles Robinson, tiecond base; Earl Catlin, third bane; Henderson, ehort-stoo; Charles Blown, right field; V.

esley Dungee, tenter field; Kennelv, left field; Samuel pitcher; Granville McGant, catcher. Will Race in Old City Hall. Testerday old city hall was secured by Manager Lous Weber for the 24-hour race. The date of the race wa changed to March 29, 30 and St. The securing of the hall assures the bringing off of the walking mat' and everything will be done to make It a success.

It will be a ga-as-you-pieas race for prizes. Among the starters will be Soldier Barnes, and probably gammy Day. SPORTING JkOTES. Pitcher Valtef Thornton, formerly of the Chicago team, is publishing a newspaper and studying law in Everett. Wash.

He refuses to sign the contract offered hint by the Chicago club for this season. President Anson of the defuact American association says that Mr. Francis Rtohter ot Philadelphia simply is bluffing when ho savs that the organization Is dai. Anson ia wearing crepe in memory of the tost cause. The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune says: From Loveland comes word that Cliff Latttmer of the Pittsburgh team, is a hapoy father.

A little nine-pound girl at the Lattlmer home Bbout a week ago. Lattimer has Manager Clarke's assurance that he will be one of the Pirates' regular catchers the coming season. A special from Chicago says: Bill Lange yesterday returned his contract to Prebldent Hart unsigned. The $3,400 Hart offered the center fleloer last fall has no attraction for Lango. and unless he should get quite a bit more than he.

will not play ball this year. President Hart would not venture a guess yesterday whether or not Lange would play. Boston writers are expressing fear that Herman Long and Bob Lowe will not be able to play up to their usual form this season. The opinion prevails that they have reached the limit of their baseball worth and are now on the downward pe.th. However, if they play "the game of 'heir lives" the coming seasou.

It will not be the first case of the kind on record. O'Connor, Criger and Buelow will unquestionably be the catching trip of the Teteau troupe next seawn. The mettle cf the fir.it two has been tried and there can hardly be a doubt in Heu low's case. He displayed fine form In the few games he caught in the fall and used the bat with excellent effect. He is a fast fellow for such a big boy and bears the certain lhipress ot a BLUE RIBBON POULTRY.

Fow la Judged and Awards Made at the Chicken Show Yesterday. The poultry show In old city hall is a success, and the officers of the P'ttsburgh Fanciers' ciub, under whose auspices it is being held, are in a cheerful frame of mind. So are the exhibitors. President O. W.

Moore of the club said last night that the exhibitors and fanciers from a fhstance expressed themselves almost to a man as being mors than delighted with the show. The classes are large and well selected, and the arrangements are perfect. Many professions! breeders pay that they will hereafter give Pittsburgh the preference over the eastern eltiet, because the results here are much btter. There seems to be a more intelligent Interest in poultry shows than is displayed elsewhere. Sales yesterday were not numerous, but the exhibitors with prize-winners were overwhelmed with orders for egga.

The aw-ards give good satisfaction, and the following prize-winners were last night announced: Poultry Light Brahma Cocks, first. Robert Hamilton; hens, first. Robert Hamilton; second. Robert Hamilton; third, Aaron inpraham. L'ark Brahmas Cocks, first, K.

N. Lx-nman; second, E. N. Penman', hens, first, E. N.

Den-man: second, E. N. Denman; pullets, first, E. N. rJenman; second, B.

N. Benman; third, Aaron Ingraham. Buff Cochins Cocks, first. Crescent farm; second. Armhurst Brothers: hens, first.

Crescent farm; cockerels, first. Crescent farm; pullets, first. Crescent farm; second. Rose Hill Poultry farm; third, Rose Hill Poultry farm; hens, first, Crescent farm. Black Cocks, first, Armbrust Brothers; hens, first, Armbrust Brothers; cockerels, first, John A Stewart; second, John A.

Stewart; third, John A. Stewart; puliets, first, Armbrusi Brothers. White Indlam Games Hens, first, O. C. Rath; cocks, first, Gust Endres.

Cornish Indian Games Cocks, first, C. Klocke; second, O. C. Rath; third, C. Kiocke; hens, first, O.

C. Rath; second, C. Klocke; third, O. C. Bath; fourth, O.

C. Rath; cockerels, first. O. C. Rath; second O.

F. Clialfant; third, Gust Endres; pullets, first, O. C. Rath; second, O. C.

Rath; third. O. C. Rath; fourth, C. Rath; pens, O.

C. Rath. The following awards for pigeons were made: White Jacobins Cocks, first, H. Close; second. J.

M. Sktles; third, H. Close; hens, first, J. M. bkiles; second.

H. Cloae; third, H. Close. Blaca Jacobins Cocks, first, J. M.

Sktles; second, J. M. Kktle3; hers, first, J. M. bkiles; second, J.

M. Hkiles. Red JacobinsCocks, first, J. M. Pkiles; Eec-ond.

J. M. Sktles; third, J. M. Sklles; hens, first, second, third, J.

M. bkiles. Yellow Jacobins Cocks, first, second, third, 7. M. Ekilcs; hens, first, second, thiid," J.

M. Hkiles. Blue Jacobins Cocks, first, J. M. Skiles; hens, first, J.

M. Sklles. Yeiiow Magpies Cocks, first, J. M. Skiles; hens, first J.

M. Skiles. Yellow Marp'es, bred ISM Cocks, first, J. C. Moore: hens, first, J.

C. Moore. Blue Magpies, bred l-9 Hen, first, J. C. Moore, hen, first, J.

C. Moore. Black Magpies Cocks, first and seeond, J. M. Sklles: hens, first and second, J.

M. Bkiles. A. O. C.

Magpies-Cocks, first, J. M. Skiles; hens, first, J. M. Pkiles.

Trumpeters First cock, first hen, J. M. Skiles. Flue Tall Owl First cock, first hen, E. H.

Brldon. White African Owl First cock, firat hen, E. H. Seldon. White English Owl Cock, first, E.

H. Seldon. White Chinese Owl Cock, first, E. H. Eel-don.

Silver English Owls Coeks. first, second, J. M. hkiles; third, E. II.

Keldon; fourth. J. M. Skiles; hens, first, second, E. 11.

Seidon, third, fourth, J. M. bkiles. Blue English Owls Cocks, first, E. H.

Seldon; second, third, fourth, J. M. Pkiies; hens. first, E. H.

Seldon: second. J. M. SKues; tnira, E. H.

Seldon; fourth. J. M. Sklles. Sliver Penciled Hamburgs Cooks: First, P.rauu Bros.

Probst. Hens: First, Bra.ua. Bros. Probst; second, third, Eurnslde Poultry company. S.

S. Hamburgs Cocks: First, Braun Bros. tz Probt; Becond, Jos. Link. Hens: First, Braun Bros.

Probst; second, Jos. Link. Cockerels: First. G. 1.

Simpson; second, Jos. Link. Pullets: second. Jos. Link.

G. P. Hamburgs Cocks: First. Braun Bros. A Probst.

Hens: First, Braun Bros. Probst; second, A. A. Staley; third, A. A.

Staley. Ben: First. P. O'Brien. Black Kambuigs Pullets: First, second, James McKirdy.

Brown Leghorn, R. Cockerels: First. Addison Miller. Hens: Addison Miller. S.

O. Gray Dorkings Cocks: First, Owen Son. Men: First. Owen A Son. Cockerel: First, Owen Son.

Bullet: First, Owen Sons. Anconas Pen: First, O. H. Smith. Buff Lrghom Cocks: First, Beillmrst farm; second, Georse Gray; third, A.

J. McCain: fourth, Armbrust Bros. Hens: First. Armbrust second. Hart Jones; third, Dellhurst farm, fourth, Armbrust Eros.

Cockerels: First, farm; tecond, third, Armbrust Bros. fourth, Hart Jones. Pullets: First. Hart Jones; second, Uellhunt farms; third. Hart Jor.es; fourth, Armbrust Bros.

Pen: First, Dellhurst farm. Blue Andaiusians Cocks: First, O. F. Wood. Hens: First, O.

B. Wood second, third. W. F. Harrison- fourth, O.

P. Wood. Pullets: First, secord, O. P. Wood: third, fourth, W.

F. Harrison. Ben: First. T. F.

Best. Golden Polish Cocks: First, Braun Bros. Probst. Hens: First, Braun Bros Probst. Cockerel: First, R.

A. Oarr. Pullets: First, second. R. A.

Carr. G. Polish Cocks: Braun Bros Probst, fi'Ft. Hens First, Bt aim Bros. Probst.

Buff Polish Coeks: First, second, third, fourth, Braun Bros. Probst. Hens: First, second, thir fourtii, Braun Bros. Probst. Plain Will's Polish First cock, first hen, Braun Bros.

Probst. failver Polish First cock, first hen, Braun Pros Probst. B. Polish First, second cock, Braun Bros. Probst; third, James Hens: First, K-ioond, Braun Bros.

Probst; third, Jamea Pebout. W. V. Polish First Cock, first hen, Braun Bros. Probst.

W. O. B. Polish First -Braun Bros. Probst.

Hens: First, second. Braun Bros, ik Probst. Coc.te-els: First. Braun Bros. Probst; second.

Reed McKlndiey. Pullet: Third, -Reed MeKindley. Dreamer Indicted for Murder. NEW YORK, Feb 27. The West Chester county grand jury z.i White Plains to-day handed down an indictment for murder in the first degree against Alfred Morrison, of Mt.

Verrion, who shot and killed the generally known as his wife. The district attorney- produced witnesses to show the snooting was not accidental, though Morrison had claimed he shot the woman on v-akins from a dream that burglars were in the house. What Shall We. for Dsssert? This Queatlon. art.ses in the family every Cay.

Lt us answer it to-day. Try Je'l-O, a and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutf-5. No boiling! no baking; simply add boiling water, and set to cooi. Flavors Lenron, Raspberry aud Strawberry.

Get a package at your grocers to-day. 1ft c-ts. Tl'ItLEr. IXSlTS SENATE SlULI. TREAT QCAY'UHK CORBETT.

Protests Violation Precedent so Clearly Established Mr. Spooner Sopposea a Case tine More Triumph for Carnegie Armor. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb.

Sandwiched in between Mr. De-pew' a speedi on the Philippine question and the Hawaiian debate, 'Mr. Turley managed tfl-day to continue his speech in the senate, in opposition to the seating of Col. M. S.

Quay. Mr. Fenrosa gavs notice thai he would call the case up tomorrow aad every legislative day thereafter, his Intention being to give way only to onslderation of. the conference report on the financial bill, which is privileged. Senator Turley, maintaining that the framers cf the constitution intended that the legislature, not the governor, should name tae senators, except in certain cir-cumstaacea presented clearly by the constitution, when Mr.

Penrose inquired if it were not the Intention of the frameta of the constitution that the senate at all times should be full, so that in view of such important matters as the force bill, an impeachment trial or some similar case which might hinga upon -one vote, the etaies mignt have equal representation. Mr. Turley replied that that was tha Intention of the framers of the constitution, but it would not necessarily follow that 'tie senate at ail times could be kept full, Mr. Spooner inquired what would be done should an insurrection break out in a state, dispersing- the legislature and thus preventing it from electing a senator. "Well," responded Mr.

Turley, "it Is my Idea that if the insurrection attained such magnitude as to disperse the legislature, It would be pretty likely to have the governor running, too." To this Mr. Spooner replied that the governor could not very well be "dispersed." Mr. Turley discussed precedents and maintained that from 1825 to the present not one case could be found in support of the contention of Mr. Quay's supporters. "To sum up the matter," concluded Mr.

Turley, "I may say that where the legislature either before or after the happening of the vacancy, has had opportunity to fill the vacancy and has failed to do go, the governor, under every precedent for 75 years, has no authority to make the appointment. That is the consistent rule of the senate for three-quarters of a century. This being the only body which can construe this particular clause of the constitution, are we to say in IS'jS, when Mr. Corbett was knocking at the doors the senate, one thing, and in 1S00, when Mr. Quay is knocking at the doors, another thing?" After Mr.

Teller had made an explanation of his vote in the Mantle case arid had declared his purpose to stand by the senate's action in the Corbett case, the Quay case was laid aside for the day. Depeiv's First Senate Polemic. Mr. Depew addressed the senate to-day on the Philippine question. Ills oration was beautiful in thought and diction.

He strongly upheld the policy of the administration, and. in conclusion, pictured so brilliantly commerce and civilization moving hand in hand for the happiness and uplifting of the people of the Phthp-pines, as well as those of this country, that the galleries were swept by a storm of applause. "The fears daily expressed by senators of disastrous consequences to ourselves from the productions and industries of those islands have no Justification In th lrng experience of other nations," said Mr. repew in the course of his speech. "Great P.ritain has found her best markets In her colonies, and no invasion cf her industries from them.

The same 13 tiuo of the crowded, highly organized, and sensitive industrial Interests of Hoi-lard. The people of the temperate zones govern all tropical countries, outside the Americas. The northern races ere the migrators, the colonizers, the rulers, and the organisers of the productive energies of the world. There Is a closenes and contact between ail parts of the lands and peoples which are under one general government." After Mr. Turlev had concluded his speech on the Quay case the Hawaiian government bill was again taken up, but little progress was made.

An agreement was reached that a final vote should be taken on the measure to-morrow. Banting Side of the Clarlt Case. The proceedings of the senate committee on privileges and elections in the case of Senator Clark of Montana to-day dealt with the bank accounts of some of the members of the Montana legislature. One of these accounts was that of Representative Stephen Bywater of Flat-nrmtv wlto deoosited $15,000 in tho Bank of Montana at Helena on March 3 last, after the acjournmeni ut mc Mr. Bvwater was put on the s'ar He said he had brought 000 of Heliiii -with him.

and kept It in" his trunk ail winter, while had been received irom tas tmiuei purchase money on a sale of itock. He declared that he had not received any pay for his vote for Mr. Clark for the senate, but said that Whiteside had told him that he could Eet Sooou for supporting Mr. Ciark. Other witnesses of the day were Clerk Rickerts from the Montana supreme court.

Y. Kurtz of the Montana National bank, both new witnesses, and Attorney Gen Nolan. Mr. Whiteside, and D. G.

Peeler, recalled. Another Armor Tlate Triumph. At the government proving grounds. Indian Head, to-day a 6-inch Krupp-laed armor plate manufactured by the Carnegie" company for the Russian battleship now being constructed at Pnilat.cl-Phia, passed a ballistic test never equaled tn this or anv other country. The plate was practically impervious, and although fiv-A armor-tiiercing projectiles with striking velocities of more than lXM feet per second.

It smasnea mem au iu.u vst.mf.nts and the srreatest penetration was but IVs inches and showed not a crack The resistance was even more re-murVaWs from the fact that the third projectile struck exactly where its predecessor did, but failed to penetrate. The piate represented the third lot of the contract and its group was valued at J244 375. Therefore the Carnegie treasury Is that much ahead by the test. The contract required that the projectiles should have a velocity of 1.SP5 feet per second, but the velocity given ranged from 1.905 to 1,10 feet. The Impacts were terrific.

The Russian experts present were loud in their praise of the resist intr nnalities of the Dlate and frankly ad mitted its superiority to European-made plates. The Russian government was repre- Fented at tha test by the members of its battleship commission and by Baron Fur-son and Col. Barhopkm. The United States government was represented by Admiral O'Neill, chief of the ordnance bureau, and two of his aids, and the Carneefle Bteel Company by Ordnance Experts R. -Bal-inger and 3.

S. Unge.r and C. A. Stone. Hearings Postponed.

The expected hearing this morning before the river and harbor committee of the house on the Tougttiogheny river did not take place, owing to the absence of thos expected. JSx-Kepreseniauve rtOD-bins telegraphed that he could not come. and the only member cf the delegation to put in an appearance was S. C. Welmer of Weat New.ton.

After a conierence wltn Representatives "Graham. Acheson and Jack it was decided to postpone the hearing to March 13, the same day an the hearing on tne Aiiegneny river, li. m. Bracken ridge of Pittsburgh was on hand. as he expected the Allegheny river near ing to take place to-day.

Postal Affairs. Representative Ehowalter has secure! the es'aHshment of a pogtor'flce at Nor mal Oleu Lawrence county, A. Sieg post master. First-class postmasters were appointed In Pennsylvania to-day as follows: Jennie MoGinnet, Mcuitmet, Crawford county, vice H. I.

McGinnet. resigned; YV. II. Beaver, Schellburg, Bedford county, vice E. J.

Colvln, Tli Pension Roll. Representative Shows Her Introduced In tho ouse to-day a bill to grant a pension ot S5'J month to John Glenn of Mercer. Renresentative Acheson introduced bill to correct the military record of Adam Soikcr of Cor.nei sviile; also a bill granting a pension of a month to Samuel liindman of These ner.sii.iiis have been granted: Pennsylvania R. C. Avisou, THAT IS WHAT TrfB Bid CIRCC1T Looks like sow.

The Circuit Committee Mrty Meet Xeit Week and Haillf Settle the Question There I Much, 9creoy Amose MuKnatei Over the President Dreyfu33 and Secretary Pull-Sam of the local club f.re anxiously awaiting -word from John T. Brush, announcing a meeting of tha circuit reduction committee. Up until yesterday no word bad been received from Mr. Brush, but It Is the general belief that the committee will be called Into session soon, aw the way for action Is almost clear. Secretary Pulliam, who by the way la S.HU president of the Louisville club, does not care to discuss the circuit question and la undoubtedly actlm? under orders on his refusal to talk on the subject, still from time to time he drops an occasional remark which shown that he la posted as to the committee' work.

Pulliam, of course, is satisfied that both Louisville fend Cleveland are prone for good, still tho deal has not yet been closed and until the committee meet and takes formal action on the subject the Falls City will remain a member of the big circuit. President Dreyfuss is pulling for an eight-club circuit and hopes that his wishes may be although ha li Just a tit doubtful. Mr. Dreyfu33 la also on. tho circuit sublet, but like Secretary Pulliam.

he Is hot doing any talking for publication. t. From Philadelphia ccmea word that Col. Rogers, who is a member of the committee, stated Monday that the outlook appeared to favor ten clubs, but that the desire stlil 13 to reduce the e'reuit to eight clubs. He suld a meeting of tne committee was to have been held two neiks ago, but it was prevented by Mr.

Sodon's statement that he could not be present at that time. Baltimore ia tne stumbling Mock, and it still looks as if that ciiy would head off the eight-club rnvvement for another year at least. lu speaking of a' ten-club circuit Col. Rogers said that to obviate the disadvantage of having six clubs in the east and four in the west, particularly in the scheduling he had written to President Young recently suggesting that in preparing the schedule 1 hat official should make five groups of such as Baltimore and "Washington in one group, Philadelphia and New York In another, etc. In this way the handicap of trying to arrange a list of dates, particularly for the intersection series, when six clubs would be in one and four in the other, would be lessened considerably.

Regarding the. statement of President Johnson that the American league would place a team in Chicago, even without the consent of the National league club Rogers he- knew little of the recent details of the affair. He said the matter bad been spoken about at Cleveland, when, during a lull in the meeting, he referred to Gomlskey's cesiro to transfer his team to Chicago. Mr. Hart, however, stated positively that he would not give his consent to any such plan unless the- association movement amounted to something, and then ir.lv with the idea of still further blocking the proposed organization.

RED AND BLACK VICTORY. li. C. A. Hockey Team Finally Won Game From W.

V. P. The PIuyliiK Wa Pant. The T. C.

A. C. hockey team has finally succeeded In winning another game. The YV V. P.

team was the victim and the score wri 2 to 1. The game weB played at Duques.ie parden and It was both fast and scientific f-nA pleased a large crowd of spectators. John Hall was out aglir for the red and black team this to give the C. A. C.

players renewed confidence, an 1 their work was the best they have shown fits reason. Heretofore Hail has teen- playac" at forward, but last night he at cover and this position seems best suited for him, as ha in an expert at taking the puck away slrom, opposing players. teams showj Improved tam work and the play was exciting from tiarc to finisn. Ckx.d worK by Goalkeepers itever.s and kept the score down. These players really showed brllUant work and blocked shots which looked an though certain to be safe.

The D. A. C. team its two points in the naif The first one was made by Phelan on a pass from Bright and the sedond one wa made by Bright, who made a long t-iot frjm a rfjht angle, and the rubber sailed jracerally he Been the po3ts. The playing in i almost altogether In U.

P. terricory, an 1 it was th fast and clean. The varviiys or.y point vis made by Wilson, who gor the pu' out of a scrimmage and passed it be -een the posts. The varsity team har to tie tha score, but Was unabla to .0 so, to good work by the D. C.

A. J. pla- era. The t-core ard II he-Up of the Same T. A.

2. W. V. 1. Stevf is Houston Stee i Roesktns; Ha' Fisher Eil Center Wilson P' e'an Forward Kress Bright Right It.

Bright reeton I eft Wing Blddel Goals Pheian, L. Brtfcht, Wilson. P.eferse II. N. Duff.

ASOTOEa D. C. dt A. C. VICTORY.

Defeated the Allegheny, College Team at BaaUetball. AtKAtJVIT.LE. Feb. 2S. (Special.) Th champion Duquesne basketball team Uefeated the Allegheny college team at this place today In a rloae and exciting irame, before a crowd, by a sovre of 1 to 13.

The gjnie was bitterly contesited from start to flnifch, and the tWendld artlrla of ball put vp bv troth teams called fnrth the pralae of the cctator3. and the closeness of the score kept tiza rootrs in a state of frenzy. The work of th college team is improving rapidly, and an depend on its team fflvtng any clob a hard argument. It took hard work on the part of Duqune to land the victory', hut the red and Mack was eoual to th occasion. Kulioek.

Manhens and fc'elbel did good work for L'uquesne, while Lmpe and Voistoncrcft put tip the best game for Ueadville. The work the ofTicljis was good. Scors and line-up tololw 16. Allegheny. 13.

Fehaus-ThorepBoii Tayior Young L. Borland Kalioek Center Lsrap Wolstmicroft Frailer Goal? from fleiu Kallook, Toa ig, 4: Tayior, Borland, Larnpe, 1. Goals from foul ilartliens. I-ampe. 1.

Referee- Umpires Anderson and I'o ers. High School Tram Won. Tha Allegheny H'eh Scliool Commercials and the Bjuth Reserves met at the B. S. Y.

M. C. A. last niitrt, ai3 tho contest result 1 in favor of tije former. The victors played a good de'onaive game againHt the tain work of tne Hes-rea broke It up time and again.

Sauer ani Mnitin played well tor A. H. whlie I-eiihiad, L.leban and did the b-st work for touth This is the first tame, that the Hlh 'ichool boys have played. i.ine-up: A- H. S.

C. S. 3. Reaen-es. H.

3-uty H. ijeithead Li. V. liliuiT.s Wenderknecbt fcauere K. ttoeg'enhach jdel-aughltn L.

Kaupt Oi! from flnld VViLTams, Luty, Sautra, IjMban, I.elthend, Weudef-' kepcht, I. Goals from foul LeitheaJ, 2. An Eicitintc Basketball Game. I.ast night the Allegheny Paskethail team defeated the first team of the S. B.

X. M. C. wrkh hts lately been reorganized, the soore of 37 to li. The game )a the first half was the fiercest ever witnessed In that gynx-nasium.

remltir.a in favor of Alletflier.y by a of 10 to S. In the econd fcaif. a few after the ball wa put into play, tne South Slders tied the aeore. The Allegheny bays stuck together and finally tnan.igdd win I'iit. Line-up of belli teams Allegheny.

South Side. Keed It. l.leban Pobcrts Ortn Sauer Cnderlln Cafrhdoli'vr Bita iw-itfi. er eriit 1 Haupt BOXI AT 8EW1CKLEY. Hotne Good Flrrnn Scheduled (or Thin Ereaiag.

Two evenis are s-hc-diied for vrlng on the bowling e.iieysi of the Edtfeworth club, 8e-v l- klfy, the tirst being tre tU'th of a series of oookeo hat contests between members, with the following entries find" haiJlosj.s: Dudley S. IS's-ett. wrUkCh; Giiiert A. llay, wratch: Jin E. scratch: Charles Kelsi'iger.

t-icney S. f-erry Mows, fal-is j. Ter.er. John K. Port Fred A.

3iv Vay, J. Conway llaccn, si; Mrs. Severn 1. Ker. 12: Charles Ixiyie.

12: Frank if. Hutch-ins, H. W. Bnidwln, Ul mcr S. li; Gecrgw E.

Peyncld, 13; Capt. Charles Vv. Brcira, lu: H. ird Prank T. Xevi.i.

J. Wilson porter, XI; Joba J. Chew, Severn H. Ksr. toe contest the fl-tnl of thrs mateh aaf.es fo plct will be trith funrvins S.

J.yrsett, V. Stos. J. Conway Juacua, Chs-ries Ite.aiL.ger; G.losit A. iys.

Temperature. 5 Mir.t'acm IS Mean Si iSnoa rall SO am 12 noon 1 pin. p. m. p.m.

.1 Pnlted Weather Barest. Pittsburgh, Februarv Ik, it. Observations taken i p.m.. 7m meridian Urn. Silts of r.

'Knew Clear Clear weath- I Una. Pittsburg Cincinnati Davenport Tei Moine. Chicago St. Cairo Abilene Kansas City Memphis New Buffalo Cleveland Nashville Omaha Rapid Cnnw Snow Cloudy! Cloudy Cloudy i Cloudyi Snow I Cloudy Hear I Inii'auapoil Pfcil.ie;phi Wssb.ngtc.n Montgomery Cheyenna Salt Baits Denver Vlcksmrs El Paso New Orleans. Pteldj; Clear Clear PteHy load Clear Ft cLty Cloud1 Ctoady iClear Cloadx cioudr Clear i Helen a Clear Cloudyj i Cloudy Clear nismarck St.

Paul Galveston THE RIYERS- The marks at Davis Island dam at midnight showed 7.6 feet of water and failing. CINCINNATI. Feb. River falling, with feet 6 inches, a risa of 1 inch since last night and a fall of inches since morning. Snowing; mercury 31.

Business good, with six arrivals and six departures, including tha Virginia for Pittsburgh. LOUIS VILLE River rising, with 10 fest 5 inches in the canal, 8 feet 3 inches on tha falls and 25 feet 2 inches below the locks. Cloudy and cold: Enow during the afternoon. The Alice Brown and tow ara due up. 6T.

LOL71S River 7.8 feet end falling. No arrivals or departures. Cloudy and cold, with heavy snowfalL MEMPHIS River 23.5 feet and falling. Cloudy and cooL CAIRO River J7.7 feet and lalllnjf Cloudy and cold. EVANSVILLE River 31.1 faet andta-i tlonary.

Cloudy and cold. NEW ORLEANS Partly cloudy and pleasant Arrived and departed, J. B. Williams and tow, Pittsburgh. Departed.

New Sotih, Cincinnati. PARKERSBURG Ohio river feet 10 inches and falling. Cloudy; la degree abovu Heavy lea running. Dua down. Keystone State.

Little Kanawha frozen. No locals. POINT PLEASANT River 19 feet Inches and falling. Cloudy and cold. Tha Otto Mermet left for the mines this afternoon.

The Bonanza left for Cincinnati. The E. R. Andrews cam out from tha mines with coal. GAEUPOLIS River 54 feet tcchea and falling.

Cloudy and MARJ ETTA River 13 feet and falling. Cloudy and much warmer; indications foe snow. Ice not so heavy to-day. Keystone State down, 4 p. m.

No other xnents of boats. WHEELING-Ritrer 11 fal'dng and full of heavy Ice. Thermometer SS degrees above. Departed, Keystoua State Cincinnati. 8 a.

Queen City. Pitta-burgh, 4 p. m. ETEUBENVILLE-Rtvar 10 feet 8 Inchea and falling. Clear and cold.

Heavy lea running. WARREN River feat Inchea. Clear and moderating. OIL CITY RIvr 8 feet inches aad falling. Clear and milder.

BROWNSVILLE River closed. GREENSBORO RJvr 8 feet 10 Inches Fair and cold. Heavy ica running. Wood-wsrd tied up here. MORGANTOWN Sivef closed.

Cloudy and cold. KISKLMINETA3 feet 8 Inchea and failing. Clear and warmer. RIVER IXTELLIGEXCE. The Queen City, coming up, laid tip yes terday at Bella! re.

There la eortrlderabTe lao coming out oi the Mississippi at Cairo. The Greenwood is laid tip at Charleston, capital of West Virginia. The Harry Brown going sowth with coal tow passed Cairo yesterday. The Nellie Walton is laid up fit Kavans-wood, close to the Tom Dodaworth. The towboat J.

I Lowery burned at Padueah. it is Bald will be a total less. With milder weather the Ice will aoon be th'nned out and navigation will ha resumed. The Joe Williams passed Baton Rouga on Monday and la dua s.t New Orleana to-day. The KanaMha lays over until next waek, by which time it is expected the rtvar will be clear.

The Ben Hur will leave to-morrow tor Parkersburg If tha conditions ara at all favorable. Capt. John II. Dtppold will bo one of tha pilot a on tha Roberta when she co nea out again. The Nettle Hudson No.

8 will enter tha Pittsburgh itnd Klttauning trada next month. The W. W. O'NelL Louisville to Orleans, passed Padueah yesterday SJid is due at Cairo to-day. The Sam Clarke.

Capt. Jim Wood in command, delivered her tow of ooal at New Orleans on Sunday. The Enterprise and storm aunk a coal-boat at Six Mile; and the John Moren lost one at Howard's shipyard. Both tha Monongaheia and Allegheny rivers are full of Ice. but it Is expected that it will thin out within a few dayB.

The crew of the Adam Jacobs left for home yesterday by rail, to spend their enforced vacation, which is not likely to last very long. A rlece of a sunken coal bsrge is reported at the Jones Laughhn bridge, and pilots are advised to te on the lookout for the same. The new towboats Bradrck and Juniata, will be completed as toon as posflole. The former it t. expected will be ready for service by the middle of next month.

CapL John Hsrrbam. agent of the Cincinnati and Louisville underwriters, was at Memphis a few days ago. Capt. Karp-ham, while well up in year. Is alwaya ou the go.

The Boaz is on her way back from New Orleans with a tow of empties. She ban taken two tows of coal Into that port thin season without having met with any losses. The Horner No. has ben on the ways at Elizabeth for some time past undergoing an overhauling. But little progress has been mad of late owing to the severe weather.

Tlre are a number of towboats laid up at various points along the river. The Jim Wood ia laid up at Fish Creek; Kd Roberts at Klines Bar and Charles Brown at Point Pleasant, Report says Capt. Wrlcht will succaad Capt. Burnslde lu command of the tow-boat E. Andrews.

Capt. Wright haa been one of her pilots lft tha Cincinnati and Kanawha river trade. Capt. John Moren. master rf freight transportation for the Monongaheia River Consolidated Coal and Coke company, wa tn New Orleane at last account, looking after the interiata of hi company.

The City of Pittsburgh, now receiving her new battery of boilers at Portsmouth, will be ready, it ia expected, within a wiek or ten days to re-ntr the Pittsburgh and Louisvtlie trade, for which ana was buiit. The Jamea G. Blaine, now at Browr.i- vliie undergoing repairs, will soon be ready to go into commission again. Capt. Isaac Beazett will resume o.

mmana qi the Blamo as soon as he gets over his Illness, which has laid him off weeks. Capt. George Atkinson reports that nothing of importance has transpired of late at the office of the United States inspectors of eieassbeau. Capt. Atltinoti was ia the gunboat service during tn civil wer ani carries wltri blm a ourk of the same.

Capt. John F. Draw, the wide-awaka Rccretary of tne Plttsbutsh -U -change, leaves on Tuesday heat ur Washington. D. to look atar cl 4 rrvo is well known by the numbers of toe oonarasaionai C( m- hn rhi iftL fill spseared before the mrdttea in the interest of Plttsburfch rivtr and coal men.

NOTICE. -V Zr.t'.t tat (uvermau ffi vea ii.m i fiw.i ucuvi ar w- Ahenhei river at Klntn St. trl-at. Fa. A will bt faatwaei 1 end a SA.4 ch'd ir lull.

W-MW. Plsee 1- ef obsrva- 3 tlen. many of the Ninety-second were killed, the grass was a mass of blood and brains and red ell ever. The dead were all shot above the breast. In some men's heads five or elx bullet wounds were counteJ.

Some of the helmet were riddled. Eventually, with, the assistance cf some Boers, a grave was dug and the dead men put In tt In three layers. To the best of my recollection, we put 75 bodies in It. We then went further up the hill and found 1 more bodies, including that of Lieut, the Hon. C.

Maude. These were burled, and the spot is now marked by a marble pedestal. Close by stands a cross with the inscription, "For honor and country. Jesus Mercy." Such was the massacre of Majuba hill. AN OPINION OF COLONIAL DUTCH.

Pennsylvania Oil Man, Returning From Sumatra, Sas Tier Are Bad. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 27. As soon as he has got a little rest, D.

McWllUams, now at tha Coatea house, will continue his journey to Pennsylvania. Mr. Mc-Wiiliaros Is an able-bodied man with a complexion that betokens health, but he was obliged to stop over In Kansas City fov a day or two. He is going home, and he has been going home steadily since December 18 On that date- he beaded this way from the island of Sumatra, in the Indian ocean. Sumatra is the place where the cigar -wrappers come from, and Mr.

MeWiiSiams haa for a long time been In the service of the great British corporation there which gathers the Sumatra crop. The style of the firm Is the Shanghai Sumatra Tobacco company. Oddlv enough, although this la the name of the firm, and Mr. McWiilisms ia with it, is not in the tobacco trade. Instead, he nas been pumping oil.

It is a curious thing to see a man born in Pennsylvania. where the oil wel's are thick enough, go to the middle of the Indian ocean to work amid other oil wells. "We did not originally int-nd cumDlnsr oil," Mr. Mc Williams explains, "but the company naa tne concession, and, finding oil, they went after it. We put all our product in tins and sell It In India and China.

American oils compete with us there. Rockefeller is everywhere: he Is a great factor in the Russian wells. "The middle of the Inn'nn ocean is not as nor. a place as it might be. We seldom get higher than degrees, but It a swampy country, and the humid heat is terrifying.

The natives close nrcund dress decently, although back in the hiils they are arrayed in leaves or a piece of bark. Our workmen pet from tt r-r month upwards, and are for the roost part Chinese and Jajie. "Your American papers ought to be ashamed of themselves for printing tha stuff they do about the Philippines and the Boers. We get a closer idea of those two peoples out there than you do here. The Boer, like all the rest of the colonial Dutch, and we have a Dutch Netherlands out our way, are the biggest set of liars on earth.

They class Americans and English together and regard us us treacherous. They say, and say it outright, that we are only anxious to repay England for her attitude toward the United States during the war with Spain. We have no earthly use for them, nor has anybody else who knows them. They have run us out wherever they bould. There are very few Americans cn the island; I think not ncre than 30 or 10." DR.

CAMPBELL'S CASE APPEALED. The State Supreme Court Grants the Greenville Man's Plea. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. supreme court to-day granted a superwe-das In the cast of Dr. C.

C. Campbell of Greenville, Mercer county. allowing him to appeal to that court from the decision of the common pleas court of Mercer county. Dr. Campbell, in his petition, averred that he -was indicted, tried and acquitted In the criminal court of Mercer county of the charga of practicing medicine and surgery without a.

Si-cense. Continuing, Dr. Campbell avers that after his acquittal proceeding wers instituted against him in the common pleas court and his name was ordered stricken from the medical regtstry. Dr. Campbell, in his petition, prayed the court to allow an appeal to the supreme court, which is allowed Pending the appeal, the supreme court fixed bail for Dr.

Campbell at Doctors Differ About Smallpox. WESTON, YV. Feb. Through the intercession of Gov. Atkinson, the government haa snl Dr.

John D. Perry of the Vinted States marine hospital service cf Washington to examine the smallpox cases in tnis section. Dr. Perry passed through here to-nignt en route for Buckhanr.on, where he makes Ids first diagnosis. Half of the fcysicians beliY the i not smallpox..