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THE A SHEVILLE GAZETTE, DECEMBER 4, i8897. HER FRIENDS ARE UNWISE lIO'Iv DISCOURTESY; INTENDED ' F ; ;MRS. RICHARDSON IN THE EPISODE OF CHRISTEN ' 'ING THE "KENTUCKY." t GOV. BRADLEY HAD BEEN RE. QUESTED TO NAME SPONSOR. TEXT OF LETTER WRITTEN BY SECRETARY LONG. . Neither the Present ' Secretary; of the " - Ifavy : or Grorernor t Bradley . Knew Anything of Miss Richardson's Am- bitions or Suggestions Made to Her. "Frankfort, Ky., Dec 3. All the talk " being done by Miss Richardson's Lex ington friends about the discourtesy shown her in the selection of a sponsor for the battleship Kentucky is evidently ' the, result of a flattering speech male her by an officer who was then, but not now. connected with the navy. It ' also' evident that neither the present secretary of the navy nor Gov. Bradley ' knew anything about Miss Richardson's ; ambition or the suggestion made to her by former Secretary Herbert until the Frankfort" News told of the request for " Miss Bradley's appointment and the 1 probability that the governor would grant the requests. Gov. Bradley was out of jthe city this morning, but your " correspondent got hold of an official document which settles the whole af fair .(The following letter is referred to: Navy Department, Washington, D, C, Nov. 20, 1897. To His Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky. Sir: The Newport News Ship- building and Dry Dock Company, con- ' tractors- for 4tbe construction of battle ship No..-6, Kentucky, have informed the 'derailment that that vessel will be launched at their works, Newport News, Va., in the month of January next, the precise date to be hereafter determined 'j.X have "the bonor, therefore, to suggest that you designate a lady to be present on the occasion for the purpose of chris- , tenlnsr the vessel. - The date on which the launching will take place will be communicated to you as soon as practicable, but in the mean ; tiro the department willjbe pleased to hear from you as to the name of the . lady who will christen the vessel. Very respectfully, JOHN O. LONG, -:-'. Secretary United States Navy. This letter came, to the governor -through the adjutant general's office nearly two weeks ago. Its contents were ; communicated to' the governor, by the department, and is still on file there. It was immediately after that l the general' "request ibr Miss Bradley's ap v pointment- for Miss Bradley's appoint ., meat came, Lieut. Whipple, U. S. A., telling the board of - trade and ' others . that the urging of Miss Bradley's ap pointment; would be most proper. The ' matter was thus settled before the gov--; ernor . or - Miss Bradley's friends ever heard of Miss Richardson's ambition. .'.The published letter of Secretary Xong . will evidently be edifying to those pub r lie men who tell Miss Richardson that ; unheard-of methods have been pursued. MASKED ROBBERS Tortnred an Ohio Farmer Into Un ' consoionsnesa and Robbed Him. , Akrpin, ,0. Detec 3. Two masked rob bers, entered the home of John Hartong, a flatrtoer 89 years odd, in Green', towri- r fflifp: v They, tortured and threatened' the cOd man Irtto insensability, but he re fused to give up his money. , When he - WaS' ;uncscik)fuisi - they searched' the Wouse anfd found in a belt- the farmer wore ntigtit and day $800. Hartong lives r alone , and is ' weanithyi Lbcall talent is witsoected1 and bflood hounds will be put on vthe track of the robbers. HE SWOONED ON SEEING HIS ; BROTHER 4- OPERATING TABLE. ON '. Affeoting Scenes in the Good SamarU " - tan Hospital at Cincin- I 'it- ' v natL " ; Oncdnwti, Deo. 3. A most affecting , jwife.tooi-; place fa the.operatlng room ; vyotf -tlhre Good' Somairitan hospital yester ;day, aind wbaie the Unconscious cause of :;f tt -aU' Bay . under the influence of an ane . . tohfiitlio, oJbWviouts to , whatt was patssdng about him, tihe'tftiock to the good sisters v Who' wter preemt -to the room v and -tipsoqtbe 6Ufrgeon and his associates as : wreUl.was mairkeid.- ; ,. . ' Roberit KnaiuiCt, wthoee home is at 31K2 A'Glonrdcre avenue, and who works in the iJftusseia, Morgan & Co. establlshmeniL ;wMcfti'ls-wfiflhin a stone's throw of the iKWplta.-v.brbTjghlt in about 4 o'clock axay inyureav His rig!nt hand and arm .,hiad". beeiri oaurghlt in- an embossinsr ma- ctone anVl eo beidnyi-man-gled 'bhtatt it was Adecided 'Chat Immediate aonputation was necessary. Dr. P. S. Cormor was noti fled t Jon!oe,' as "well as Kd ward Knaufft, an atadoevof frtlhe Western German ban(k, a ibrowhier, and the aged mother of the tarjwaied.1 ap- . prsal wf he acfcddeirit was sutth a-shock that fhe, was. prostrafted, and she was z cfc&ig&d, to ifcaKe to ther bed. The brother hois tensed to 3hie hmpitaa, and was not rhymamift3 behind ttie doctor. Upon his,, arrival he found Ms brother xmcm tftie, ;opera)UnB table, : and the sight so unnerved jum ? that; he; swooned away. good sisters revived Mm twice more Af ter that his grief look a. Hysterical turn and lue wept and wailed like a cWH, lacld would not be comforted. Earlier in - tfne day Ed Ktddella, another employe of the same firm, had his thumb amputated In a Gordon press, and he is also an inmate of the hospital. ALASKA'S BOUNDARIES. Phases of the Question That Should .Be Looked Into. ; - v Otitaiwla, Otft , Dec. 3. Hon. Clifford if tan, minister of the tafterior, has re turned from an extended trip to the Klondike. ' Speaking- of tbe Alaska 'bounkJary question,", he said: "Tihf.r ,rf certain1' pnaes of' me question: wftfidh lhave to be looked into carefully, and Mr. Kjttg, our caief as tronomer, went out with me for that purpose. As to wttieither tnere .win oe a cormndsisioin 'on the question, appojnte a by the United States and ourselves, I do not know. The sjeat is a very grave one. Mr. Srfton wM cause the mounted police force in the Yukon, district to be increased, the present conxingenit being sufficient. ; ; ;t not WATER. SCARCE UN KANSAS. ; Topeka, Kas., Dec. 3.-Owing to the extremely dry weather this fall water was never so scarce in the history of Lyon county as it is today. : Eoiporia is at the junction of the Neosho and the CJottanwood rivers and for weeks not a drop of water has been flowing -to eittiher. In many places the beds of both rivers are as dry as a sandy desert. So meager is tihe saipply above the dam in the Neosho from which the city re ceives its supply that the city council tBto hr!tae-emt methods I - " , 7, , - xo ourom i rCT ! hydrants and has entirely Mopped the , supply to all users of water motors, j He erved the sajne oato impe!rtur Mayor Addis is dlggmg we" T& lWe expression of countenance that he tibe water works from wtoacb he hopes to wor every crlai9 in the wo-rk- obtain a supply. MAXIM'S AIRSHIP MADE SPEED OF 100 MILES AN ' HOUR. An Explanation of Red and Green Lights Seen in te West Last Summer. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 3. The Pittsburg Reduction Company has just received another big -order for aluminum from the Atlantic and Pacific Aerial Naviga tion Company at San Francisco. With it oarffe a letter, giving the names of the officers,, which up to this time have been kept secret. The letterhead bears tEehames of Hiram S. Maxim, the in ventor, as superintendent of construc tion; C. A. Smith, president, and M. A. Terry, secretary of the company. Mr. Maxim furnishes the following descrip- tion of . his vessel MAXIM'S AIRSHIP. The dimensions are: Cylinder, 38 feet 2 inches in diameter, and 90 feet long; length of forward cone, 50 feet; length Of after cone, 45 feet; total length, 158 feet. It occupies 106,600 cubic feet of space. The propelling power is a 105-horse-power naphtha engine. The cyl inder, engine and every part of the ma chine, so far as practicable, is made of aluminum, which was purchased here. The ship weighs about 5,000 pounds and will carry more than a ton weight of provisions and passengers. The naphtha for the engine will be stored in cases, which will hold enough to drive the ship around the earth without re plenishing the tanks. The skin of the ship is double and filled with hydrogen gas. It is confined in separate compart ments, and in the upper part of the ves sel intbe cones. A tail projects upward from the stern of the ship and directs it up or down as a bird directs its movements with its tail. . The rudder changes the course from right to left. Motive power is secured by the big aeroplane at the stern, which is driven by the naphtha engine. A speed of 100 miles an hour has been attained. It is stated . in ' the letter that one aluminum airship sent out by the com pany went from "San Francisco to Cleve land in three days. The Reduction Company officials say the red and green lights seen in the west last summer was this .ship. Mr. Maxim says ' his company has now passed the secret ex perimental stare and will build a num ber of ships. LABOR AND PRICES IN JAPAN. Washington, Dec. 3. Vice Consul Sharp, at Hiogo, has sent to the state department, some clippings from papers in Japan .relating to prices and labor in that country. The Kokurnin Shim bun says the rise in , the price of com modities becomes - greater and greater every day. Compared with ten years ago the prices have risen 45 per cent.; while wages have increased - 39.2 per cent. : The high, price of rice has been Severe on 'the poor. ( The Kobe Herald gives some statis tics regarding Japanese laborers abroad. In 1896 there were 20,036 males and 2,263 females r Hawaii and Russia have the bulk of these laborers. In 1896 the United States had 1,025 males and 72 females, Hawaii in 1895 had 1, 812 males and 443. females, and in 1896 7,560 males and 1,653 females.- " COUNCILS RECOMMENDED. . Berlin, Dec. , 3. The cotcnTall" council yesterday, at its final sitting,., recom-; memMed the formation of councils com posed of the most prominent Germans in ithe- various protectorates of the em pire, Do act as advisory bodies to the governors of the coVraies. . J"ACKiSON AND JEFFRIES WILL ' FIGHT, r" . , ' San Francdiscot'Dec.v3.Peter Jackson andi Jim Jeffries have agreed ter fight twenty rounds before the Occidental I Club at the Mechanics' pavilion ' early in TrKro. in February for 75 per cent, of the re- cdlpts. The preparations for the fightt were maae fast night by Toung Mitch will be Killed THE LATEST NEWS FOR MAR. . " TIN THORN, HE STEPPED V BRISKLY ; INTO THE COURT ROOM, PRESERVING A CALM, EXPRES SIONLESS COUNTENANCE, SAYS THAT ; HIS TRUE NAME IS TORCESWISKY. Was Born in Germany and is 35 Years Old Impressive and Solemn Words of Judge Maddox in Passing Ben tence onths Prisoner. New York, Decv 3. Martin Thorn, convicted on 'Monday of the murder of Wto. Guldensaippe, was today sentenced to 'be eHectroculted in the week beginning January 10, 1898 . yYiW" xJuyxu. wa? y When Tfofcra was brought into court in long, Island city he stepped as briskly, between two officers, as he had . ing out of his -fate' during the trial, and when, as a prelliminary' to the passing of sentence of death, Justice Maddox put the ousitoimary questions to him, he responded prompWy, collectedly and without outward evidence of emotion: "My true name,'' said the murderer, "is Tbrceswisky. I was bom in Ger many and aim 35 years old. I am a bar ber and have never been in prison be fore. I was brought up In the religious belief of the Roman Catholic church. I can read and write. My faitlher is liv ing. I aim not married.' -Then Judge Maddox proceeded to pass sentence solemnly andi impressively. He said: "Thorn, you were indicted, charged with having premedi'tatedly and delib erately designed and caused the death of William Guidensuppe. You have had a fair trial, in the course of which you were defended by the ablest and most astute counsel. They could not have done more for ' you. Every effort was made by them to save you. After that, the jury found you gunly of mur der 5n the first degree, and the punisli mfenft far that is deaths "Reflect upon it.; Reflect upora the d'eartlh of him whom you slew. It is the duity of tlhe court to fix a time for the execution thie law pronounced the pun Ishonenit.' I shall give you a reasonable time the law permits me to do that. It is needles for me to state amy thing touching the facts in this case, mors tfhtan to say that tine evidence justifies the verdict. "The judgment of the court is that you shiaH be taken hence to the state prison at Sing Sing within a reasonable time, and that there you shall be exe cuted to the form prescribed by law in the week beginnlmg January 10, 1898." Thorn listened! without moving a muscle, and when the judge had fin ished hie inclined hip head slightly for ward as if bowing, to the court. The prisoner's lawyers then handed up an affidavit applying for an appeal. Jus tice Maddbx took the affidavit and will pass on it later. ' "" " ' Thorn was then led to the jail below. It Is likely -that the condemned man will be removed to Sing Sing this afternoon. FRENCH FARK SUNK. Bordeaux, Dec. 3. The French bark! Bone Josephine, Cap. Lecerf, from Bordeaux to GronviMe, -has been sunk in collision with am unknown vessel. Nine men of her crew who took to her boats are missing. The. French bark Boone Josephine was of 222 tons gross register. She" was. built at St. Malo in 1837 and was owned by M. Jacquot, oif Greenville. SALVADOR CISNER0S HE THAT WAS CUBA'S FIRST PRESIDENT. Will Soon Visit: the United States, Bearing Letters From Cuba. New York, Dec. 3. The first president of the Cuban republic, Salvador Cisne ros, has left Cufcitas; Cuba', for America wflth important lettersi from the Cuban government to the American junta, - Salvador Clsneros : is., considered, the greatest and most Important' civilian in the island and: fcais- long been intrusted wiitih the diplomatic " affairs of the Ou- bains. - . - His ' appearance i In America at this time" may have a'? most .decided - effect upon congress, as .the ex-pres-ident will bring officdal documents from Gens. Go mez and Garcia. :'; ; " , -- It ha been -known In junta cdrdes that- the affairs, of, the island were about to be forcefully put before the American' people by , officials! the Cu ban' republican government, : who could peak authoritatively fdr he Cubans in tihe island. - r t' , - . The appearance -of Salvador- Cisneros to WasfhSington is constderediby prewni nehit Cubans the most- aggressive move ever, made by th)e; -junta, .and it is not unlikely that , he. i will '. speak, in many cities irt the country to convince con gressmen , and senators that- Cuba de mands '. their attention. -;; ' ;"-. NO MORE TROOPS. - ! -Havana, Dec. 3 A cable dispatch from Madrid says" that Gen.'. Martinez Compos has decJaredVthat after autori- omv is fairly established' lin 'Cuba he' is'; ; ywiiliang to go to thie, island as.. captain general and commaaider4n--chtef of the Spazdsb anny.-s . t - . -, ' . According- to the cable dispatch to La Luoha from Madrid the Spaaiislh gov ernment has resolved not to send any more troops to Cuba. In case. Gen. Blanco, gshmild need; rirforcemenits?be wtEI be auUhorfzed to levy troops among tlhe inhabltanlts of -the Island and send to the field tJh'e" rgOitia and volunteers. ELECTION IN CUBaI , Washfingfton, Dec. : 3. Consul-General Lee informed tShie state departmenlt that the insurgents in Cuba eleoted and tn trtalled at Yaza Porto PrimcSpe, oh , Oc tober 20 tihe foltawtog offioers: . - Presi dent, Bartolo Masso; vice presWieirt, Da. rrtingo Mendiex Capote; secretary of war. Jose B. Aileman ; secretary of the treas ury, Earnlisto - Font Sterling; secretary of foreign affairs, Andres Moreno de La Torre; secretary of the interior, Man-: uel R.-SSlva; general to chdef, Maximo Gomez; lieutenant-general, Calixto Gar cia, . . DORA CLAY Her Condition Improved and She May . Recover. Valley View, Ky., Dec 3. Mrs. Dora Clay, the child wife of Gen. Cassius M. day, , of Whitehall, who has been dan gerously ill at the modest home of her brother, del Richardson, for several days, Was Improved thi morning. The attending physician now has hopes of her recovery Gen. day bias again sent a warning to William Richardson, another brother of Dora's to leave the state. This is the second warning, but Richardson, whom Clay suspects of trying to make trouble between Mm and Wis young spouse, stoutly refuses to go. It ia hinted that there is danger of Clay kUltag Richard son, vvaiu KoctraarascHn, wnen asKea mas morning how Dora was, replied: "D if I know nor do I care how she is." Mrs. Clay is suffering from peritonitis. IN THE KLONDIKE SECRETARY ALGER HAS RE. CEIVED A STATEMENT. Portland Chamber Of Commerce Offers to Do All in Their Power to Assist in Transporting Food. Washington, Dec. 3. Secretary, Alger received a telegram this morning In re gard to the destitute miners in the Klondkie country from M. S. Mason and H. B. Lewis, representing the Portland Chamber of Commerce,, and the Klonr dike relief committee of that chamber, It reads as follows: "It has teen most gratifying to the citizens of this great country that the president and yoursejt-have enlisted in the cause cf oujtnreatened citizens in the far nortifand that your responses to bur efforts to obtain government aid for the relief expedition which we prayed for, has been prompt and full of encouragement. Situated as, we are at the terminus of one of the great Alaskan lines of steamers and having many 'of our fellow citizens in all the northern ports, our facilities for obtain ing reliable reports as to the condition of the people on the banks of the Yukon could not be surpassed, and we foresaw the terrible condition of affairs which has .been made manifest , to the world since the arrival of the handful of min ers who have escaped from the icy pris ons of. the far north. Our people aro united and thoroughly in earnest, anr Portland has undertaken to gather the food products necessary for the relief of the destitute gold seekers at our wharves. We will assemble a store of food as great as the government will transport, and the largest vessel which they may have at their disposal can be filled if necessary, unless we totally j misinterpret the spirit of the people ; of the northwest. Inasmuch as Port- land is the railroad center of the north west and that the carriage of all dona tions to the relief committee from the surrounding country has been guaran teed, we desire that the point of depart ure of the relief expedition shall be from this city, and trust that so soon as you may be authorized to undertake the expedition prayed for you will promul gate orders to this effect. With the most consideration and respect, we have the honor," etc. The secretary replied at once saying that the suggestion would receive .due consideration and that he would coni municate with the Klondike relief com mittee when; congress shall have made the necessary provision for the relief of, the miners and some definite ar rangements shall have been made for the proposed expedition. COLLIDED WITH A FREIGHT. LaFayette, Ind.v Dec 3. The south bound passenger train ort the Monin roajd diue here- at 12:50 a. m.. collided with a. north boumi freigM rear Mc Coyeburg th'Js side' of Remssalear. En gineer Miller, of the paesenger train, had a. leg broken; Others of th'e crews o;both engines escaped by jumping. Freight and passenger Cars are piled high and traffic Will be stopped for hours. - The damage will be heavy. " MURDERER ESCAPES. Cincinnati, Dec 3. A Ripley (W. Va.) special to the Times-Star eays: John S. Morgan!,- the murderer of ;a family; who was sentenced to "be hanged 'December 16, escaped' from Hihe jail last - night. Great excitement has bn . caused and passes "are going in , every direction to try to apprehend themurderer. CAPTAIN DREYFUS v T1 Has a Defender in the Person of Emli -, - v Zola, : .- V: . ? New Tork, Dec.'3.-Adfispatcih to the World 'fromPar?Q. says: " . ' "I'have isubsitantial proofs of Dreyfus innoaence,". Etrrtil Zoia - asserts. "He shall not remain in exile. I have made bis liberation . .my affair. I will devote my life to it." , i-; , , - ' - - ''France Is no? longer France,'!, he con tinued, 'Tf she can be so deceived and 'driven, to mad' rage against an unfor tumate being, who for three years has been exndattea-. !nlr a, nan' jimisy a crtmie he; never committed." 1 MOTHER OF OTINLEY WAS SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS THROUGH THE NIGHT. - SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND KNEW .NO ONE. BY SPECIAL TRAIN THE PRESI. DENT HASTENS. THAT HE MAY REACH HER V BEDSIDE. , At Last Reports Mrs. McKinley Was Still Alive, But Her Condition Was Such That the End Might Be Looked for at Any Time. : Cleveland, O., Dec. 3. A special from Canton, O.,' says: This morning Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley was reported sinking rapidly and the end appeared near. All night long the little group around the bedside of the venerable woman anxiously watched for news of the train which was bearing the stricken lady's distinguished son from his post at the nation's capital to her hum ble cottage. .Before she relapsed into unconsciousness she was given to un derstand that her son had started for Canton from the capital. The train bearing the president reached Pittsburg at 7:15. At each stop during the night, word had been flashed to Canton, of his progress, and at each stop a yellow mis sive told hm that he was still in the lead in his drilling midnight Tace with the srim reaper. Finally tired nature asserted herself and the president retired to sleep. As soon as Pittsburg was reached Judge Day accepted the offer of the railroad company and a special engine, was at tached to the car. The president at that time was still asleep. Without the loss of a moment the special engine dashed out of the Smoky City. All trains on. the route were put on side tracks and the last 101 miles were reeled off in two hours. At 8:55 the president reached Canton. His mother was-still alive. Upon his arrival at the home of his mother, Pres ident McKinley entered the, sick room and knelt by the bedside. She was un conscious. The little family group was complete. Now all that remained was to wait for death and hope that before it came the other would be able, once more, to recognize her loving children. Canton, O., Dec. 3. President McKin ley bemeves hi!s mother recognized him as he knefflt ait her bedside When he ar rived, this . morning. His sister, Helen, announced his arrival by saying: "Here mother,, i WiUHam; .if you. recognize him, hold tip your hand." Mother Mc Kinley. did raise her left hand slightly and the family believe it was in recog nition of her devoted son. He grasped her hand fondly and says he seemd to feel a slight pressure from the mother's effort to return his greeting, but the pressure was '"almost impeiroeptible and possibly was imaginary. This was the only incident of the sick room today. The faimiiy continued about the bedside, but . except a continued weakening could note no change. The present plans cf the president are to remain here unitil 2 o'clock tomorrojkr, when he will return to Washington to look after some of the official' cares, which make it almost impossible for him to leave the caroital at this time. Alt 12 o'cZook Dr. Phillips visited the ratiNnit. "Thpro ia nn change in, Mother McKinley 's con dition," he said. "She is- gradually sinking away and the end may come in a. fpw hrairs 1 fa-.'Ho -mi Kshe may survive several days." mra tewart i hfowman, Mother- Mc Kindey's niece and Wife of Editor Bow man, of Blyra freacihedyfche homestead shortly before noon.' v RANSOM DEMANDED For a Boy Stolen From , His Million - ' asre Father's House. ' y Wfchita, Kamiav Dec, 3.-D. J. , Fair, one of Uhe wealthiest men in Kansas!' has a simaU.armyof .detectives scouring Kansas, , Missouri,- Oklahoma; - Indian Territory atod-Texas in:iuest;of his fifteen-year-old eon Noms, who mysteri cusfly disappeared 5 from the family mansion in Sterling, Kans.r on the night of. October 22. It is now known that the boy was captured by a "deseprate gan g of kidnappers because, of his ; father's wealth,7 and is. being held in some cave or secret hiding place for ransom. . The leader of the kidnapers was a man who pretended to be a spectacle peddler and thus obtained) . access . to - Mr. 'Fair's house and .grounds. An anonytnouo letter received recntiy by Mr. Fair post marked Kansas City, Mo.; and .written in a feminine -hand .'stated that Norrls was in safe hands, and that a sufficient ly large ransom would purchase his re lease.. DetctSves have traced a man and boy through ? Kansas"; to Bowleg Texas but at that point the sleuths lost the trail. ' Mr. Fair himself Is now fn Texas, where he feels sure, his son was . been taken, and Is offering such large re wards for information) leading ; to his Royal makes the food pure, - - wholesome and delicious. ;::fi' vtmm Absolutely Pure ROVAL BAKING POWOEH CO.. NEW VQRK. safe recovery that the most experien2ed officers in) te Lone &bar State are hunting for; the, lost boy.. . Mr. Fair is vice presidenit of the First Nationai bank of Sterling, owner , of coal mines and seavily interested in stores," lumber yards and other enterprises throughout that section." He also owns a large number of valuable farms and stock ranches. His weatlh is said to run, up into the millions. HE WAS CAUGHT While Reoeiving a Letter at the Day. ton, Ohio, Postofflce." Dayton, O., Dec. 3.While receiving a letter ait the general-delivery window of the Dayton postoffice, Fred J. Sea mana much-wanted young man with half a dozen aliases, was arrested by Special Officer Jacob Dubois on a charga of forgery. Seaman is wanted in Hamilton, Springfield and other Ohio cities, as al leged, for numerous crooked transac tions. At Hamilton he purchased a pair of $6 shoes from Enderes Brothers, and in payment tendered a forged check un a Springfield firm for $14.50. He received the difference in cash and fled. At other places he purchased bi cycles and had them shipped to desig nated points S2. O. D. Among the ficti tious names given by him are C. Evkes, George Seaman and D. Underpool. He was turned over to an officer from Hamilton last evening. Seaman's father is at the head of an insurance company at -Covington, Ky. ' CHANGES CONTEMPLATED. New York, Dec. 3. The cruiser Brook lyn, although ready to leave the New York dry dock, may be detained until the new year by some slight changes which are contemplated. The years' ser vice which the cruiser has seen have caused remarkably little wearandtear. IS CONCLUDED TIME GI VEN RAILROADS TO COMPLY THE With the Provisions of -the Car Coup ler and Train Brake v Act Washington, Dec. 3. The hearing given by the interstate commerce com mission on the question of ex'tendlns: the timer-within which the railroads of the country may comply with the provisions of the car-coupler and trainbrake act was concluded at noon today." The com mission intends to take some' supple mental testimony under oath before coming to a decision. There seems to be no doubt whatever that an extension will be granted and that the extension will be general . in its character, the hearing hlavjng demonstrated that any discrimination would fall as heavily on roadte which have complied with the law as en it r -M'-ii-oh have thus far disregarded it. The 'general impression -among both the railroad men and the I'aJbor leaders who were In attendance on the hearing is that the extension grant ed by the commission will -be a com promi'Ise. The railroad representatives asked for Ave years,, with the condition that one-fifiilh of the unequipped rollin; stock of each comnanv .-should h equipped each yejr.and tflie representa trtves cf the railroad orsanizations pro tested against an exitenslion In excess of one. year. Threes-years is generally be- Meved to , be the maximum extension whidh thfi ccTri-n.ir,--''r.Ti will grant. The commis'sic-n are evidently in great doubt as j to their - ability to impose condtion on am extenscn and It may be that they willl r grant but a -year's exte.n3ion at a time, W-tEi.. irae understanding that against those roadi3 which do not com -cJste Dhe ysarlv portion" of their eauin- ment during- that peribd the law shlall become operative. FIRE AT LA CROSSE. Old "Brick . Pomeroy" Block, In La Crosse, Wis, Distroyed by Fire. LaCrosse,. WisMl Dec. 3. The worst fire that-has visited Uhis- city for years occurred about midnight last night. Of thia old "Brick Pomeroy" block and the McMillan opera house, block this, morn ing, only the tottering walls remained. The lower floors of the burned bui lding were- occupied' by H. Heil & Sons Co., Allen's; News Depot, Langsad & Wa ters, mufifical instruments;: S. Bowlby, branch, pf the Wv W.. Kimball Ob.; the Driimmond Company,: ; jewekrs, and Midler Bros.' morgue. The second floor was taken up wath' offices, while the tihiird floor", was : used as 'the armory for company M, of tWe Naiti'or.al Guard. On thJis floor' all the storeerof the: company were, kept and ,wbfjn ; the fire vreaoheJ the powder and sheila the explosion was terrific. The lo-s . can 1 hardly-be . esti mated a,t this tiime'.lbut it.wil exceed $200,000.' 'The greater cart of this is covered by insurance. Slx flremen were injured, tSree serioafcdy.The.MnM311an opera hbilste.was owned 'by ther MiMU lan estate and 'wHU probably be rebuHt. ' ; MARINES FOR CHINA. '. . -1 Berlin, -Dec; 3.-The naval department has sentJnstructions to Kiel to dispatch 200 ..artillerymen .with; field' .guns - and 1,000 marines' to China.! . " ?. v i