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HAWAII —_—_—_— (Continued from First Page.) loyalty and to establish friendship peace, } and good government.” To this she made ne reply. Under date of December 2), 39%, Minister Willis, ix a confidential dispatch to Secre- tary Gresham, gives a detailed account of his action, as follows: ‘Willis’ Detailed Account of the Action My dispatch No. 3, cf November 14, set forth my inability to secure satisfactory guarsntees from the queen upon the points indicated. Until that was done you had directed me to take no further steps, but to inform you of the result, which I did by @ cipher telegram, as weil as by the dis- patch there referred to. Your cipher tn- ber 2, and received by me December 34 by the revenue cutter “Corwin,” reiterated the duty which had already been enjoined tpon me to secure -hese guarantees, cn last Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock,as hereiabefore stated, I secured from the queen the written pledge and agreement which was the pre- aa of my further actioas, ving received this pledge, I was then for the first time in « position to make known to the provisional government tne decision of the President upon the ques- tions that had been submited to him by the protest of the queen, which protest kad beery acknowledged and acceptad by the government throug. its presi- dent, Mr. Dole, the immediate effect of which was, according to the statement of Mr. Damen, another honored member of the provisional gov2rnmeut, the queen's ‘¥ Surrender of her thro You will observe that in presenting the of the President I have the language employed by yourself in your in- structions to me upon the subject. In my opening statement I thought proper to ex- plain what was known to you and doubtless to the provisional ‘government—that the secrecy which has been observed by our government was in the interests of the peace and safety of the community. ‘The President's attention has been called by you to the evidence contained in Mr. Blount’s report. showing the extraordinary complications and dangers surrounding this community, among which were the racial predjudices, the intense feeling consequent upon the dethronement of the constitutional sovereign, the presence of so many different nationalities—Chinese, Japanese, Portugese, Americans and English—in such large num- bers and with such diverse traits and in- terests, the possibility that the Japanese, mow numbering more than one-fifth of the male population of the islands, might tdke advantage of the condition of affairs to de- mand suffrage and through it to obtain con- trol of the government together with the discontent of the native Hawaiians and the joss of their government and of the rights under it. In addition to these facts I was fully ap- prised by you in your personal conversation of the presence here of many lawless and disorderly characters, owing allegiance to neither party, who would gladly take ad- vantage of the excitement and general de- Trangement of affairs to indulge in rapine and mob violence; and also of the confifct between the active responsible representa- tives of the —- government and cer- tain men who were not officially connected with it, but who had undertaken ‘to dictate its policy. The danger from this last source 1 found upon arriving here was much great- er than you have supposed. As I stated to you in my dispatch No. 2 of November 10, the presidents and ministers of the provis- fona! government and a large per cent of those who support them are men of high character and of large material interests in the islands. These men have been inclined to a con- servative course toward the Hawalians. ‘They have placed in the police and fire de- partments and in many of her more import- ant offices native Hawaiians, thus endeavor- ing to concfliate the friendship and support of the 40,000 natives of the country. Irre- sponsible element referred to were pressing for a change of this wise and patriotic policy and insisted that they should be invested with all power, thus intensifying and aggra- yating the ratial feeling already to extreme. Many of these men were open in their threats against the life of the queen. They had even gone so far in the public prints and elsewhere as to threaten the represen- tatives of the provisional government in the event they should listen to the President's proposed policy of peaceful settlement, if it involved the restoration of the queen. Besides this danger which would have been precipitated by any premature ai nouncement of the policy of our gove- ment, there was another danger deserving serious attention. The native Hawaiians under the wise ad- vice of their best native leaders, supple- mented by that of many sympathizing for- eigne-s, had maintained the policy of peace during the settlement of While, however, they have always been known as a peaceful and a law abiding peo- ple the evidence of the most thoughtful men in these islands, including Mr. Damon, the present minister of finance, called attention to the fact that under proper leadership they might collect quite an effective and ag- gressive following—hence his opinion given to Mr. Blount while here and to me since, that a strong force should be retained by the provisional government or else trouble might result from a sudden attack on their rt. The history of the Hawaiian people—their well-known devotion to the cause of royalty or ehieftainship, their willingness to sacri- fice themseives in defense of their-supposed rights or in the redress of the wrongs im- posed upon tho:® whom they revere, contirm the opinion expressed by Mr. Damon as to their manly spirit and courage. tedly since I reached these islands I have been advised by those in the con- fidence of the native Hawaiians that it was very difficult to further restrain them. They were looking with confidence to the United States for an amicable settlement of their grievances and this has exercised a whole- some influenece upon their conduct. Any sudden announcement of an adverse result of any attempt upon the dignity or life of the queen might in their judgment Precipi- tate the most serious consequences. Under this state of affairs, which was known in part although not fully to the visional government, the policy of si- ce to which you advise, until the time had arrived for definite action, was un- questionably wise and humane. My deliber- ate judgment is that a different course will Drove disastrous. No one can estimate to what extent the Presence of the different war vessels has Prevented demonstrations of marked or other violence, I need not ‘assure you that I have en- deavored faithfully to comply with the views and instructions of the President in regard to the military or naval forces of the United States. The two warships now were here when I came. During the month of last August a general license had been granted Admiral Skerrett by the Pro- yisional government to land and drill his forces whenever he so desired. On the 9th day of November, as has been stated in my dispatch No. 8 of December 5, the provis- jfonal government addressed me a note re- Me ae this Tescamn which action on behalf of our government was promptly acqui- esced In. No such privilege has since been exercised. So punctilious has been the doc- trine of non-intervention that when the band of the Philadelphia came ashore one after- noon during a reception of some of the la- dies of the navy, Admiral Irwin's attention having been called to the fact that it had excited some comment, promptly tssued an order that there should be no repetition of this incident. Japanese and English legations have led by marines from their re- spective vessels, but no American soldier has been stationed here and none will be. Ne official communication has been con- veyed from me to the provisional govern- ment by any representative of the naval been forces of the United States; nor did I, under | instructions. a Inclosed in this dispatch is Mr. Dole's note of December 18, asking Mr. Willis if it was true that he was in communication with Liliuokalant with a view of re-establishing the monarchy and Mr. Willis’ reply ap- pointing an interview. as already published. Confidential, No. 15. Legation of the United States, HONOLULU, Hawaiian Islands, December 19, 1893. Hon. W. Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, Sir—In the forenoun of yesterday, Mon- day, December 18, Mr. Millis met the queen and Mr. Carter at the queen's private resi- dence, Washington place, when the report of the interview held at the legation the Preceding Saturday was read over and veri- fied. After the close of Saturday's inter- view, and the withdrawal of the parties, Mr. Carter returned to inquire whether a supplementary statement by the queer Would be received. He informed me that he had held a conversation with her, a few minutes after she left the legation, and he believed that on next Monday, this being Saturday, she would desire another inter- View. J told him that the object of tne President was to ascertain her course of ac- tion in the event of restoration. That the United States could not dictate the policy ef the queen if restored, nor interfere in this question. | any way with the domestic affairs of ber | kingdom. A certain state or condition of ai fairs existed on January 17, 1808, which | was overthrown by our unlawful interven- tion. If the President, within constitutional limitations, could remedy this wrong, he was willing to do so, and to this extent only, and under these circumstances only, he inquired as to the future policy of the queen. Whatever she determined upon, however, must be her voluntary act. With this explanation, I consented to re- ceive further communications from the | queen. | _ Accordingly, upon learning that the Sat- | urday interview had been verified, I went to Washington place, where the interview occurred, a report of which I inclose. respect Very ' aia ALBERT 8. WILLIS, Interview with vi Place Monday, ‘December in Seems: Interview With President Dole, The account of the celebrated interview of Minister Willis with President Dole on December 18 is given at length, substan- tially as already published, closing as fol- It becomes my further duty to advise you, sir, the executive of the provisional government, and your ministers of the Presidents’ determination of the question which your action and that of the queen devolved upon him, and that you are ex- pected to promptly relinquish to her her constitutional authority. And now, Mr. President and gentlemen of the provisional government, with a deep and solemn sense of the gravity of the situation, and with the earnest hope that your answer will be inspired by that high Patriotism which forgets all self interest, in the name and by the authority of the United States of America I submit to you the question “are you willing to abide by the decision of the President?’ In this connection there is an interesting letter from the queen accompanying her former written promises of amnesty, as follows: The Queen’s Letter. WASHINGTON PLACE, HONOLULU, December 18. To his excellency, Albert Willis, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary, U. 8. A.: Dear sir: Since I had the interview with you this morning I have given the most carful and conscientious thought as to my duty and I now of my own free will give my conclusions. I must not seem vengeful to any of my People. If I am restored by the United States I must forget myself and remem- ber only my dear people and my country. I must forgive and forget the past. Per- mitting no prescription or punishment of any one, but trusting that all will hereafter work together in peace and friendship for the good and for the glory of our beauti- ful and once happy land. Asking you to bear to the President and to the government he represents a message of gratitude from me an from my people, and promising with God’s grace to prove worthy of the — and friendship Of Your people, T am, 4 TUOKALANI. Then follows text of the queen’s agree- ment as already published. . Mr. Willis transmits Mr. Dole’s reply, accompanied by the following letter an- nouncing that he will take no further steps. After some other dispatches an account is given of the interview with President Dole, | already detailed in press dispatches, and the | reply of the provisional government refus- ing to accede to Mr. Willis’ demand. a A REMABKABLE DISCOVERY. A Picture Taken by Electrical Action Only—Herts’s Experiments Rivaled. From the New York Tribune. Clerk Maxwell's electro-magnetic theory of light received striking confirmation seven or eight years ago, when Heinrich Hertz performed a number of experiments in which electrical waves were made to imitate the conduct of light waves in several par- ticulars. This gifted investigator, now con- nected with the University of Bonn, concen- trated the rays to a focus with a parabolic mirror. Refraction as well as reflection was accomplished. Electricity, proceeding in straight lines, was diverted from its course | by a prism of pitch. The phenomena of in- | terference and polarization were also re- | produced. It is now announced that a photo- graph has been taken by using electricity instead of light, and if this story is true, then additional evidence will have been afforded as to the kinship of these two forces, or forms of force. Hertz, it will be observed, only showed that the electrical radiance conformed to mechanical laws which are known to control life, but photog- |raphy introduces the element of chemical action, so that this later achievement, if it proves to be all that it seems, is one of the most remarkable revelations of our day. Professor Fernando Sanford, who claims to have attained this wonderful result, and | who gives some account of it to the San | Francisco Examiner, occupies the chair of | physics in Leland Stanford, jr., University, | and is one of the youngest members of the faculty of that institution. As the story appears over his own signature, and he in- timates that he has repeated the experi- ; ment several times, there is little room for doubt as to the genuineness of the occur- |rence described. Prof. Sanford obtained | his picture in the dark, without even a lens, | in tne toliowing manner: it is well known tnat when two brass ; Fods connected with the sides of the bat- ) tery, or placed in the secondary circuit of an induction coil, are brought ciose enough together a spark will fly trom one to the | otner. If to each rod, a short distance from (the knobs in which they terminate, a cop- | per wire be attached, aud the two wires ve | led off to suitable metal plates piaced facing each other, but not quite touching, an elec- trical oscillauon will occur between the | plates whenever there is‘a discnarge be- | tween the knobs. Now Prof. Sanrord sub- stituted a coin, the object to be photo- graphed, for one of the plates of such a pair, and laid it face downward upon a thin sheet of mica, which in turn rested on the sensitive geiatine fim of a glass pnoto- graphic plate. Tinfoil was arranged on the other side of the giuss, and took tne place of the other metai piate of the pair. Tnig combination was now placed between two boards, and left in the dark for an hour, during which time a series of sparks were flying from one knob to the other of the dis- charger, across an interval of one-sixteenth of an inch. Upon developing his sensitive plate Prof. Santord had an image of his coin—that is, of the portions in relief on that side which was in contact with the mica. The kxaminer prints a copy of the picture, a positive, wnich shows the Lib- erty head, date, inscription “E Pluribus Unum,” circie of stars and raised edge, in white on a dark background. Prof. Sanford does not enter into a dis- cussion of tne theories involved,but he men- tions that the tinfoil was not only of the same size as the coin (a silver doliar), but placed directly opposite. Apparently elec- tro-magnetic waves flowed trom the coin to the tinfoil, but, preferring the shortest route, radiated mainly or exclusively from the raised part of the doliar. They seem to have proceeded in straight lines, too; other- wise the chemical action on the film would not have been confined so accurately to regions directly opposite the pattern. Kight here it should be noted that Hertz discover- ed in his experiments that the induced mag- netic radiance excited in the manner des. cribed, and now called “Hertzian waves’ in honor of that now famous physicist, had this remarkable trait, not, possessed by a primary electrical current: Good “‘conduct- ors,” like copper or other metals, being in- terposed, would stop them; but they would go right through wood and other so-callea “insulators.” Hence, in Prof. Sanford’s ex- periment, the mica and glass were evidently no barriers to the passage of the particular kind of electricity produced. Although it does not at first appear clear- ly what practical applications of this dis- covery can be made, it is not improbable that uses will be found for it, the indirect consequences are sure to be valuable as well as interesting. From Jenness Miller's Monthly. There would be fewer frauds perpetrated | Upon unprotected women by unscrupulous | executors, trustees and lawyers had women understanding of the laws relating to hus- bands and wives and knowledge of the dif- i ference between bond and mortgage, stocks, | Commercial securities, etc. Men unlearned in law acquire practical information Ly | business contacts, which few women have the opportunity of doing. Not a day passes but the newspapers give harrowing details of the mal-administration of some woman's affairs, by which she loses her all, and study of rudimentary technicalities of com- mon law would prove a great protection to women. The study of law appeais co tne | thoughtful woman who wishes to ‘lisciptine her mind and prepare for souad liscussion } ot the topics of the day. FLAMES IN A GALE Threatened Destruction of a Massa- chusetts Town. RESIDENTS OF IPSWICH IN A PANIC. Household Furniture Thrown Out in the Streets. WOOLEN MILLS DESTROYED. IPSWICH, Mass., Jan. 13.—Flames were discovered soon after 1 o'clock this morn- ing in the photograph rooms of George Dexter, in the Jewett block, on Central street. The wind was blowing a gale, and the temperature was in the neighborhood of zero. The flames spread rapidly, the Jocal firemen were soon overpowered and help was summoned from Salem, Beverly, Newburyport,Danvers and Lynn, by meaas of the railroad telegraph, that being the only wire out of town, as the telephone circuit was burned out early. The call for help was quickly responded to by Salem, and at 4:30 a.m. the fire was under control, but not until the business center of the town had been devastated and three blocks and three dwellings re- duced to ashes, entailing a loss conser- vatively estimated at over $100,000. The buildings burned were the Jewett block, the Wildes block and Central block, the store of Fred Byron, Isaac Jewett’s dwelling and the Hurd estate, owned by the trustees of the Manning school. Owing to the early hour and the intense cold, the department was slow in responding to the alarm. The flames had in the mean- time jumped from the Jewett block to ad- Joining buildings, where they quickly ran through the structures. The Wildes block was the nearest and that r - veloped in flames. hes Norte The fire was checked on Market street on the estate of Isaac Jewett, in a two-story building, occupied by A. H. Plouff. In the stores and dwellings the loss will be total and in some cases the stocks were heavy and valuable. The delay and loss to busi- ness will be as bad as the monetary. A panic seemed to pervade the town, and it was at one time thought that the whole village would surely burn, and household furniture and carpets were tumbled pro- miscuously into the streets and wet down. Big Woolen Mil Burned. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 13.—The big woolen mill of William Tinkham & Com- pany, at Harrisville, was burned at mid- night. The blaze was discovered in the northwest end of the card room. Two by of cloth were removed presen —_——. HE’D CLASSICAL TASTES, But the Soulless Harmonise Wi: — the New York Journal. No one who might have slipped in between the g tnging: an 2 the gilded cafe would have backed his note for a large amount. Yet there was some- thing in his air that distinguished him from the ordimary run of Park Row aristocrats. “Got any foaming sack? he asked, thrusting his right hand into the breast of the shimmering frock Coat that encircled his willowy form, while with the other he detached a Boston brow: bread from Its accomplices." sendwich “Chimmy,” the courtly cock: il jugs Was creating an absinthe frappe fone = customer, so he answered, laconic- ope.” ‘Or any rare Falerian?” continued the 8 Tr, as he incorporated a generous helping of lobster sa Shay lad into his internal “Chimmy” was still busy with —— in green. He again “Nope.” The mysterious Bartender Did Not ith His Fanctes. the sym- replied: stranger paused to at- tack the huge pot of baked beans in eche- lon movement and‘ to enjoy a brief but decisive skirmish with a light brigade of oyster crackers, before he said: “Mebbe you've got a stoup of nut-brown October in the ice chest?” “No!”" the indignant bartender. “What 4’ yer take this place fur? A Shakespearian curiosity shop?” “By no means,” retorted the fastidious visitor, whose evident grief did not pre- vent him from swallowing a cup of hot bouillon and finishing his repast with a couple of olives, “but I did suppose you to be familiar with at least the simpler bever- ages of our ancestors. 1 am surprised to find that the officials of so eminent an es- tablishment as this should be wholly ig- norant of the classics, and, though unwill- ingly, I must decline to bestow my pat- ronage upon it. Perhaps you sized me wu; for beer? If so, the incident will impress indelibly upon your mind the futility of judging from a casual inspection of ex- ternal appearances. “Chimay” reached for the club, but be- fore he could get around the farther end of the bar the stranger had disappeared into the silent blackness of the pitiless night. — LOVER’S VOWS ON PAPER. Newspaper Proposes ify Breach of Promise Suits. The London Spectator, moved by the painful spectacle of the modern breach of promise case, propeses a novel expedient in order to overcome the difficulties which such suits present. It says: There wouid be one very simple method of lightening the task of the jury, which would also af- ford the young women and their guardians @ means of ascertaining whether the lover serious intentions of developing fats a husband or not. Let no promise of marriage be held valid unless it is made in writing upon properly stamped paper. If the plaintiff could produce a formal promise of this kind, there would be no need to go} into all the history of a doubtful courtship, or to consider any other factor in the as- sessment damages than the -espective in- comes of the contracting parties. Of course it will be objected that such a proposition is injurious to all the romance of courtship and marriage. But where, we would ask, is the romance in nine out of ten breach of promise cases that find their way into the law courts? These cases are hardly ever brought except by people whose affections have not been deeply engaged in their ac- ceptance of a suitor. For one young woman who now brings an action for breach of promise at least nine are jilted and suffer In silence. The more their affections have been engaged the less they can bear to tell the pitiful tale of their disappointment and witness the poor little romance of their life exposed to the ridicule and laughter of an unsympathetic world. If it once became understood that the ardent lover. should offer such a proof of his good faith, then a girl would know well what to expect from a lover who withheld it. At any rate, parents or guardians of the lower middle classes would not allow a young man to grow “too particular in his attentions’—as their phrase runs—unless he showed a disposition to furnish this guarantee. Then, if the promise were unfulfilled, even the most modest and sensitive maiden could proceed against her faithless lover without loss of pride or dignity. From One Who Knew Him. From Puck. Lige Hays (reviewing a recent loss to the community)—“Yas; Deacon Skinner Was purty close, purty ciose; one of the richest men in the state; and yet I’ve heard that he searched back two miles fer a nickel he dropped out of his hand.” Gabe Barnes—" ‘T: Uncle Si Low- . Gabe Barnes—“Oh, I know he'd search fer It; but (with emphasis) if Deacon Skin- ner ever got his fingers around a nickel, it was never di ‘3a She Hit One. From Puck. Mr. Binks (after an absence)—“And so you shot a burglar while here and unpro- tected. You are a brave little woman. What became of him?” Mrs. Binks—‘The other burglar carried him off.” Mr. Binks—“Which other burglar?” Mrs. Binks—‘The one I aimed at.” STAR READERS AND THE POOR. Let All Subscribe Something, No Mat- ter How Little, Bubscribers to The Star who desire to take part in the general movement to re- Meve destitution in the city can send their contributions to the general committee through the collectors of The Star when they call to make their monthly collections. It is desired that all who can shall make a contribution every month for three months, Let every one give something, if it is on!y a dime. The contribution should be placel in an envelope with the accompanying coupon, properly filled, and handed to Ihe Star's collector. ‘Those who desire to do so may seni the envelopes directly to The Star office instead of waiting for the collector. COUPON. THE STAR SUBSCRIBERS’ FUND. to- ii 2&4 ij! ie } abs 233 bes | agd a ink fiid QO 8EH 8 8 2 es i3f3 FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR. A Known Quantity. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington is concerned. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. CIRCULATION OF THE sTAnR” SATURDAY, Jan. 6, 19° MONDAY, Jan. 6, 1804... .. TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 1994.......... WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 1894... . THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 1804... FRIDAY, Jan. 1% 1894... 34,113 34,416 + +-210,778 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. WHEAT AS CURRENCY. Daketa Farmers Paying Debts in ‘Wheat and Feeding It to Hogs. HIGH WINOS ON THE COAST A Bevere Storm From New Brunswick to) “Whest is currency up my way,” said al: man the other day at the Arling- ton. “We used to say, ‘As good as the wheat’ when No, 1 hard brought never less than « dollar a bushel. We are glad to have No. 1 or No. 2 nowadays when we [nave to take 45 cents a bushel. It’s about all we've got. Many people haven't even wheat. Some do not think of selling their crop, but are feeding it to stock. And by the way, I believe that our farmers in JOHN, N. B., Jan. 18.—A severe| northern Minnesota and North Dakota are Long Island. Vessels Ashore on New England—Sail- ors Resceed From Perilous Posi- tions—Others in Danger. ST. storm commenced at an early hour yester-| going to learn a valuable lesson by the | {; day morning, causing heavy drifts of snow | seeming hardship of a low market. They | all over the city, and, with a strong wind | used to say they could put in an acre of} from the northwest, developed into by far) wheat and harvest and thresh it for about the worst storm of the season and one of | 99, all expenses counted. The average yield the worst ever known in the history of the expected then and now was twenty bushels | city. The streets were soon in such a con-|to the acre. At 45 cents a bushel you can dition that travel was brought to a stand-/ easily see what the profit is on an acre of still. The electric cars ceased running,| wheat. The — ogg gd neg Rene pedestrian: from treets | neither more or you 7 = and the onttadzal pie a eet Cronsccns tion has taught our farmers oe at tne Macartney, Broadway: American Sugar. American T solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of Tus Evey- ING STaR circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, January 12, 19°4--that is, the num- berof copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this thirteenth day of January, A. D. 1894. CHAS. W. DARR, Notary Public, D. c. WILD BILL’s IRON NERVE. Riding Single-Han Into a Hostile Camp and Capturing His Man, By 9 o'clock in the morning fully 300 In- dians had gathered at the agency, says a writer in the Kansas City Times. Every one of them was armed with rifle or re- volver, and many of them had both. There was no drinking and but little talking. Scar Faced Charlie haa escaped from the guard- | house atthe fort the night previous and sought their protection. They were ready to fight a whole regiment sooner than give him up. They expected the soldiers to come, and they had planned how the at- | tack should be made. Scar Faced Charile, armed with a Winchester, revolver and hunting knife, was the center of a group at the flour house. To reach him the sol- diers would have to ride across the agency grounds between the lines of Indians. They would have to pass five sheds and houses behind which the Indians could find shel- ter. The excavation for a new storehouse would make a rifle pit for fifty redskins. At 9 o'clock the agent telegraphed over to the fort: “Don't come. with 500 men.” At 10 o'clock a single white man came up the road with his mustang going at an easy canter. While he was yet a rifie shot away the Indians recognized him as Wild Bill, and there was an uneasy movement among them. Every man was watching him as he turned to the left and rode into the agency. He might have a dispatch for the agent, or he might want to make a purchase. When he did not draw rein at | the store the uneasiness was more marked. The Indians gathered in groups and con- versed in whispers. As the rider reached these groups he uttered a brief “howdy,” but did not check his pace. At that same canter, and with his gaze fastened on the group at the four house the famous scout rode down the avenue and made no halt until he reached the group. He nodded to two or three Indians whom he knew, and then said to Scar Faced Charlie: “I have come after you. It is not far, and my horse will carry double.” There was the man who had sworn never to be taken alive. Around him were 300 friends who had promised to wipe out any force sent to capture him. Instead of 200 or 300 soldiers, here was one lone man. Every one looked at him in blank amaze- ment. He knew why they had assembled and yet he had dared take the risks. He had knife and revolver, but he did not dare to put a hand to either. “f will not go!’ replied the half-breed,but there was indecision in his tones. “I am sent for you. I shall take you dead or alive. Give up your arms and come along.”” For thirty seconds every Indian seemed to hold his breath, and all stood as rigid as posts. One weil-aimed bullet would have settled the scout, but not a gun was raised to fire it. Half a dozen of those stalwart men could rush him off the grounds, to re- turn at his peril, but not a foot moved. A regiment would have been attacked long ago. A company would have been wiped out with a volley. A squad would have been hacked to pieces with tomahawks. But one man, and that man Wild Bill! Scar Faced Charley looked to the right and left and half raised his rifle. Then he handed it to the man on his right, followed it by the revolver, cast his knife to the ground with a curse, and stepped forward and mounted behind the scout. The latter had entered the agency with a smile on his face. It was there as he rode up to the flour house; there as he delivered his message; there as he rode away with his prisoner behind him. When they were out of sight behind the ridge the Indians broke You couldn't take him up into small groups and returned to their camps. They had been awed and overcome by a single man, but they feared that man- more than a regiment of soldiers. delayed. All business in the harbor con- nected with the unloading of vessels was stopped. HALIFAX, N. 8., Jan. 13.—The worst storm of wind and snow that has visited this section of the country for years here all day yesterday. most impassable, and pended. The high wind badly. The storm also raged along the seaboard east and west of here. SYDNEY, N. 8., Jan, 13—The storm of the season Breton coast yesterday, a northeast blowing with hurricane velocity. The are badly blocked with drii snow it looks as though the would be blockaded for several days. NANTUCKET, Masa, Jan. 18.—A masted goose! Sapoxsed - Great Point y! is Mince Tayioe: of Portland, bound from New York to Boston with oll. The Taylor probably be a total loss. PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Jan. 13.—Fish- ing schooners Addison, Center and Mary Cabral dragged their anchors this morn-/ ing and went ashore on Long Point. Th sea is making a clean breach over them. The crews will be taken off at low water. A very heavy northwest gale is blowing with the thermometer four above zero. CHATHAM, Mass., Jan. 13.—An unknown three-masted schooner di ashore on Common Flat this morning and is flying her ensign union down. It is impossible to board her from the shore on account of the ice. The heavy westerly gale continues and the weather is very cold. NYACK, N. Y., Jan. 13.—Very heavy winds prevailed in Rockland county last evening and among other damage done a part of the roof of Haverstraw’s large opera house was blown off. — ONLY ONE APPEARED. Senator Adrain Adjourns the Demo- cratic Senate Represented by Himself. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 13—Senator Adrain, as president of the democratic sen- ate, had the perfunctory duty this morning of adjourning that body until 7 o'clock on Monday evening. The senator was the only member of the legislature in the state house at the time. The roll was called by a minor employe of the democratic organi- zation. ‘The attorney general's opinion regarding the complication is to be forwarded to Gov. Werts today. onnbellipisanpen STILL MISSING. Reward Offered for Information as to | themssives. Mrs. Tompkins’ Whereabouts. selves, and discover some way of getting @ cit ae fl kg g re i wheat it looks to Neve 4 they itting green’ 3 in the feed ‘rough It gives them a feeling something such as I felt when I was a boy in IMionois, and saw one of our neighbors putting good ears of corn in the kitchen stove to cook supper. He had no wood lot, and corn was way down, so it didn’t pay he didn’t care to use it up that way. adays up in North Dakota when a farmer feeds wheat he knows it is a financial oper- | ation. He values the stuff he is feeding, and he is careful not to waste it or to let the investment take care of itself. He is Provide a good warm place for his stock, so a5 to use up as little as | possible of his rations in making animal eat. Many farmers have got along so far in the new way that they soak their wheat before feeding it. Some boil it. They claim, what is no doubt true, that it goes further and makes more pork in propor- tion to wheat fed. One thing is true, wheat fed pigs make far better pork than those fed cn corn. “What I said about wheat being currency js fact. I know men up there who haven't had a dollar in six months, and buy all they want for themselves and families with wheat. If a man wants an overcoat he goes to his storekeeper, picks out the one he wants and gives a due bill on the ele- vator for it. If he is buving any article that calls for a considerable sum he pro- vides himself with an elevator receipt, which he tenders just as he would a treas- vry note. A friend cf mine sold a farm the other day in the Red River valley—220 feres of as good land as the Valley of the Nile can beast. good forever for thirty bushels of Ne. 1 hard to the acre. Not a dolar was vsed in the transaction, or ever be. probabiv. The man who bought 4.0% pnshels of wheat and assume? incumbrance of 8500. which can be paid als> in wheat. The payments were i) bushels down at the elevator, 1.000 next year on or hetore November 1, 1.00 the next vear. and so on until paid. Interest f< to be paid at the rate of 6 ner cant on a valuation of SAM this also to he the dates when interest fe due, ven texes and insurance will be naid in wheat. either te some broker. who provides the cash for the ecliector and the insurence agent. or else the latter actually take the wheat ae hee hannened in several cases ta my knowle4ee. Of course no nates could be us64 In this sale. The trenesction NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—A circular was re-| war rovere4 pee Rggges for a Son od ceived today at police headquarters in this |!t wee sereed that the interes! ane - city from G. R. Tompkins of No. 1907 Gj T*4Nced fn pronortion th the newments of street northwest, Washington, D. C., offer- ing $500 reward for information as to the | ‘The huver wonted the whereabouts of Mrs. Elizabeth Tompkins, | wheat an hen4 ta mate the Set nawm: who has been missing since October 10, with her four-year-old son. She has been traced to St. Louls and Chicago and last heard of by letter from Baltimore on October 24. ——__—_ HAS WEALTH AND IDEAS. Dr. Seward Webb is a man who always attracts attention. A Vanderbilt son-in-law, he ts a bright all-around man who has ideas of his own. Dr. Webb is not known person- ally except to a comparatively few persons who move in his own soctal and business circles, says the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser. A well-looking, well set-up man with whom he has to do is Dr. Webb, wno, though called doctor, does not practice med- icine. He has occupations more profitable. His wife inherited a large fortune from her father, but Dr. Webb had money from his father and he inherited the faculty of mak- ing money. He is as hard a worker as his brother-in-law, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and he works to a purpose. He is a director in the New York Central raiiroad. He is also a chief executive officer in a palace car com- pan; He was smart enough to be able to run a rafiroad through New York's beautt- ful state reservation in the Adirondack mountains to connect with Canadian lines, and he has a dozen more irons in the fire, and all are red hot. In addition Dr. Webb is one of the most expert and successful importers and bi and cattle in America. His farm is weil known, and he has many hackneys who proudly wear biue ribbons. Unlike the Vanderbilts, Dr. Webb is what is called a} clubable man. He belongs to half a dozen or more of the best clubs in New York, and is popular in them. Unlike the Vander- bilts, too, he is in a way fond of society, and is to be met at most of the social affairs that are interesting enough to invite = tendance. He entertains on a princely scale. —- -— -eee. ACTIVITY AT DES MOINES, Gear's Following Will Support Per- kins if He Fails Himself. The senatorial contest is uppermost in the minds of politicians again at Des Moines, Iowa, and the champions of the several candidates show a degree of activ- ity calculated to atone for whatever apathy existed during arrangements for the inaugu- ration. Congressman Gear's friends con- tinue to claim his nomination, but if they cannot accomplish it, it is practically set- tled that his strength shall go to Congress- Tean George D. Perkins. This arrangement has been made because of all the field of candidates Mr. Perkins is the only one who has not directly antago- nized Gear. Considerable bitter feeling has arisen between the forces of Gear and those of Congressman Hepburn, who but for the selection of Perkins as the second choice of the Gear element would occupy a position next to the leading candidate. It is beltey- ed that so far as actual strength is con- cerned there has been no change in the po- sition of the candidates for a week. The republican caucus for the nomina- tion of state officers elected by the legisla- ture was held last night. The Gear men seriously contemplated forcing a vote on senator at this time, but changed their minds. —____+-0-+_____ Learning From Experience. From the Chicago Record. “Do you believ he said, as he tenderly stroked her hair. “Do you believe that a deep, abiding love like ours can ever die out?” “Not now, George, I don’t,” she respond- ed. “But it always did in my previous en- gagements.”” It Ought to Satisfy Her. From the Indianapolis Journal. Mr. Wickwire—I don’t know whether I ought to tell you, but I won $200 ‘rom Briggs last night playing poker.” Mrs. Wickwire—“‘Oh, how nice. Now you can afford to get me that new dress.” Mr. Wickwire—“What an unreasonable woman you are. I shall do nothing 0% the kind. It ought to be satisfaction enough to you to know that Mrs. Briggs won't be able to have a new dress.” 200 o*---__ ‘The New York police boat, built at the Maryland Steel Company's works for cruis- ing New York harbor, sailed for New York Thursday. The vessel was in the harbor for awhile, and was greatly admired by all who saw her. The city of Quincy, Mass., will retain in its possession the fund of $300,000, which has acculumulated under the provisions of the will of Ebenezer Woodward, who died | St in May, 1869, and will be allowed to invest the same for the benefit of a female insti- tute provided for by the will. reefers of blooded horses | wheat each wacr That tg 4 nrimitive we of Aaine business fut ft wae a nerossite jana and hed enma + and had confidence In his ability ty nendnee mara in aneressive vears, so as to pay the Was | IndohteAneec* TRAINING BOTH HANDS ALKE. Ne Good Reason Yet Advanced Why It Should Not Be Done. “Brushwood,” the late James T. Fields wrote: “If I were a boy again I think I would learn to use my left hand just as freely as my right one, so that if anything happened to lame either of them, the other would be all ready to write and handie things just as freely as if nothing had oc- curred.” And undoubtedly a great many of us would learn to use both hands alike if of early middle life and popular with those | ty 184, 0Ur lives to live over again. Of ail the young women who came under my in- struction while in chargé of the School of Domestic Economy, of the Iowa Agricul- tural College, not more than one in twenty- five could sweep properly. The ratio in this respect of those who came under my in- struction at Purdue University, was about the same. And, as far as my observation extends, this ratio will hold in regurd to As a rule, women, old and young, ‘do not know how to handle a broom. Their right hands only have been trained. Their lefi hands have been negiected. When a woman takes hold of a broom it is with the right hand near the top of the handle and the left hand toward the corn;and instead of chang- ing and reversing them, as occasion de- mands, she always keeps them in the same position. Whether she sweeps to the right or to the left, the position of her hands | remains unchanged. And her body is con- torted and her muscles strained, in the performance of an operation that would exercise these organs harmoniously, if the hands were so trained that they could be used at will and were changed as demanded by the in the position of the sweeper. I refer to women sweeping merely to 1i- lustrate my point. The same can be said concerning the training of the hands in numerous other branches of women’s work that it is unnecessary to mention; and, so far as the use of the left hand is concerned, men are in no better condition than women. Men and women are in this respect maimed and handicapped alike. Why should such a state of things exist? Why, in this age of manual training, should we overlook and neglect the education of the left hand, and continue to train the right hand at the cpense of the left? No physician or physiologist has ever given a sensible rea- son for so doing, and we seem to adhere to the custom merely because it has been | carried down to us by our ancestors. From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat. In Texas mirages can be witnessed in as wonderful forms as are ever produced in any part of the world. In that portion of the state marked upon the maps of the olden time as a desert, where no plant could grow or breathing thing live, but which is now cut up into immense wheat or grazing fields, i have experienced the most life-like optical delusions of which the mind can | conceive. For that matter, the entire prai- rie appears to be a delusion. The air is so rare that no odor is perceptible even from | carrion. As a man rides along he sees be- fore him beautiful groves of majestic trees, which, when reached, prove to be mesquite bushes three or four feet in height. Over the plain are what appear to be stakes six or eight feet high,which in reality are Span- ish daggers about a foot in height, the e: tire plain being called the “Staked Plain, from the effect produced by this plant. The best mirages or cloud pictures are to be seen about Amarillo, where beautiful lakes appear to be but a mile or two away, and ‘trangers almost invariably ask if they con- tain fish. Views of the gulf are occasional- ly had, and once # steamer in distress was seen, and it was learned that a steamer had been lost at sea at that time. A few miles above Amarillo is a steep canyon, the prai- rie ending abruptly where the river fiows between perpendicular rocks, 1,000 feet be- low the tableiand. This canyon can some- times be seen inverted in the sky. The mirages assume all kinds of shapes, znd in the summer season few days pass during which there is not some kind of landscape scene in the sky. shington No. 1, the following officers were elected: Gottlieb Hurlebaus, president; George Yaeger. vice president; Paul Burk, corresponding secre- tary; uerger, financial secretary: John W. Miller, treasurer; john Banf. Chas. ein, William Speckman, H. Huth, Henry Arnold, finance committee; George Suppes. John Fitzgerald, color bearers; Williom Beuchert, marshal. in wheat at market orice on! ——— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular caN—12 o'clock m. Washing- | ton Gas, 4 at 49%. | Government Bonds—v, g, | 1907, 113 bid, 114 asked. | 1907, LIS bid, 114 askea_ || District of Columbia 5s, 105 bid. Water 8. 48, registered, U. 8 48, coupon, Bonds.—20-year fund Stock 7s, 1901, currency fund @s, gold, 11: va- | ter stock 7s, IMM, currency. 12) bed Shee, | funding, currency, 109 bid. Miscellaneous —Bonds.—w; fon and | Georgetown R. R. conv. 6s, ist, 140 bid, 109 |asked. Washington and wn RR. | conv. 68, 2d, 340 bid, 160 asked Masonic | Hall Association 5: Market Company Ist Gs, 105 bid. ‘Washing: | ton Market Company imp. @s, 105 bid. Washington Market Company ext. bid. American Security and Trust 5s, 1906, | A. and ©., 100 bid. American Security and | Trust 5s, 1905, F. and A., 100 bid. American | Security and Trust Ss, 1906, A. and O., 100 | bid. Washington Light Infantry ist 6a, W% | bid, Tol asked. Washington Light Infantry ashington Com. pany 6s, series B, 117 bid. Wi Gas | R. 6s, 100 asked. Chesapeake and Telephone 5a, 108 asked. M: conv. 6s, 101 bid. U. 8. Electric Light conv. 5s, 113 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wash- ington, 300 bid, 350 asked. Bank of the Re- public, 200 bid, 275 asked. M: bid, 296 asked. Central, 260 bid. Second, 130 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 170 bid. Citizens’, 140 bid. Columbia, 119 bid. Capt. | tal, lle bid) West End, uS bid. Traders’, | 100 bid. Lincoln, 87 bid, 92 asked. Ohio, 82 asked. \"Raflroad Stocks—W and Geoge- town, 2% bid, 320 asked. Metropolitan, bid, 100 asked. Columbia, 60 bid, 7 asked. Capitol and North O arrest. 32 asked. ome, +] BER wn | Insurance Stocks. asked. Prokin, = bid, 55. | Liscotn. 7%, bid, 8 asked. Commercial, a asked. yy a tle, 112 bid, 125 asked. — ? 5 bid, 118 asked. ‘elephone Stocks—Penneylvania,47 asked. comes and Potomac, 44 bid, 47 asked. American Gra) asked. Miscellaneous Washington ket, 13 Did. Great Falls Ice, 120 bid, Panorama, asked. Bull Run 20 asked. Pneumatic Gun .70 asked. Lin- coln Hall, 100 asked. Inter Ocean Building, 10) asked. Sate Deposit en. —Na- Trust, 106% bid. American | Trost, 127 bid, 125 asked, *Ex dividend. Hiehest, Openine. st Nl 7 Ms ae 4 Ed 28% 2s 13.75 ™m 3320 i469 13.25 aw $y B Ce ee Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readiuge 24:2 p.m., 44; maximum, pares ar: ‘Bee ‘The Lady Was Not His Wife. | From the Detroit Free Press. The man got into a street car comforte- | bly filled, and crowded into @ seat next to ‘a sharp-faced woman in the corner. Be | squeezed her up against the end of the car, took out a newspaper and, shoving it half her face, began to read. She stood for about five minutes. little woman that won't say her | Soul’s her own and lets you impose on her jall_ you want to?” stiffly. |_ “You don’t let her impose on you much, guess.” ‘The man tried to read his om ge gp “I suppose she carries in the builds ; the fires, gets your slippers, does the mar- pay YF | children, submits like a lamb when you j fault and is generally an excellent wife, ain't she?” mm. right. And as I'm not, I “No, and “That's all Propose to have you sitting down on ) and crowding me up in can't breathe without wheesing like a j engine. Why don’t you get out and walk? | and the passengers snickered so that he @i4. j ati ite: Somewhat Over the Verge of Fan, college professor are making their way in print ail over the country, and are evi- dently regarded as funny. One relates | how, when he was just big enough to cagry the muzzie of a lawn hose, an eminent ana beloved citizen passing along said, kindly: “What are you doing, and the “‘little innocent” | goat!” and straightway Grove the stream jinto the old gentleman's face. Another | starts off by saying that this terrible in- fant has his own notion about baby broth- ers—which is a playful introduction to the | incident of his wheeling the baby carriage, | with his brother In it, into the middle of | the street and leaving it there while ne |went back to the sidewalk. A baker's | wagon, spinning aroand the sorner, just ' missed running down the baby. A Tew | minutes later the baker, driving back,founa \the carriage still in the street, the boy | placidly awaiting dev ts. “Bee here,” said the baker, “if you don’t roi ct by out of the street he'll be run ‘Will he?” said the boy, contented- ‘Well, that’s what I put him there for. | Perhaps we are behind the times, ana go | not quite comprehend the scope and char_ jacter of true humor, but these anecdotes |seem more Ike contributions in evidence ‘of original sin and total depravity than matters for passing laughter. That chid needs the wisest and kindest and firmest handling to save him from worse things. Had the baby been run over and killed, where would have gone the amusing quai- ity of the anecdote?