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®'trtmn| interim POKEBPSIE, N, Tc., TUESDAY, DBOBMBBB 81, 1895.--TEN PABES A n Independent D em ocratic N ew spaper. crossing. Two Tnoronglibred Race Horses, “King Faro” and “Gray Prince” Prices, 25c., 50c., 75 %, and $1.00 . Box oflS.ce open four days in advance, • from 8 a. m,, to 5:30 p. m. Matinee Prices—liower floor, 50 and First Gallery, 2 ’> cts., CMldren, 15 cts, 75 cents. ^i-s%pen,’ Matinee, 1.83 p.m. Performance 2.31 Tuesday, Dscsmber 3l§t» THE LAST DAY I I 1895. Cur le w Goods are ap pearing in many depart ments* Have you seen the MUSLII UIDEEWEAE now on exhihilion in our LADIES’ DiPARTMEIT ? Garments of the (juality we are now selling have not been sold at these prices hefore> 25 cents for Gowns, SkirtS) Chemise,. Drawers. Corset Covers and Infants' Dresses- We have had goods at these prices before, hut not of the grade we are now selling- Call and see for yourself. At 50 cents the gar* ments are all of a much finer q.aality. The trim mings are particularly nice- llEanyof them can* not he duplicated. lo w they are your’s if you wish at the prices- 'LUGKB7, PLATT & CO- O n ly a Spasm o eifc T iriu e . Daniel Webster once said that the people of this country leave their politics at the seashore; aiming to show how strongly our patriotism dominates oar partisanship, Immediately following the issue of the presidem’s message on the Venezuelan question there was an apparent vindication of the great states man’s declaration. The Republicans of the senate and the house applauded !^the message to the echo. They ^rushed through the nieasures necessary to authorize a commission and provide th e necessary funds. Bills poured in for the expenditure of fabulous sums in the purchase of arms and battleships and foj the strengthening of our coast defenses. Republican organs all over the land rejoiced in the firm and dignified atti tude of the president. Their former abuse gave way to praise aud|un8tinted approval. But this unselfish display of pitriot- ism was to be of short duration. One of the leading organs that sounded his praises is seized with regret because of the “dictatorial air” of the message. Another sighs dejectedly over fthe presi dent’s “hasty action,” andjito it at tributes the financial scare and losses in the money market last week. If “hasty action” was responsible the blame rests solely and entirely on a Republican!con gress. The message was the result of long study on the part of the president and frequent conferences with his con stitutional advisers He had officially watched the progress and tendered the good offices of meditation through near ly two administrations. He knew ex* actly the ground on which he stood, and spoke with deliberation as’ with dignity and force. If this be not true how can congress justify itself for acting oflP-hand in a matter of such vital importance? Its members would not even consider a sug gestion to deliberate. Their action caused the threatening and costly financial flurry. The London papers all bore testimony that the message caused no disturbance. The president simply-asked for a commission. But the Republican members o£ congress acted as though war was at our doors, and when they not only magnified but vitalized the message by legislative sanction, the scare came. Then it was that the brand of Republicans who have been looking and begging for international trouble ever since the commencement of the present administration, turned tail. Their vehemence and their, precipitancy caused a panic, and now they shrink to to their normal party littleness by pro claiming that the president was too hasty. We believe that hig commissiQn will bring about a peaceful and honor able settlement; but it will be well to watch the course of these men and organs that are moving under the guid ance of their hindsight. One of the fool reports from England is that there is a lack of patriotism in the south and that it would revenge itself upon the north in case of war, It seems impossible for Britain to get any thing right in connection> with the present muddle. To proceed on that hypothesis would lead to a terrible eye opener. British writers of the day are unani mously for peace, fearing that war might impair the popularity of current English literature and pollute the prolific source from which it comes. If the world were sure of such a result it might be difficult to prevent the unleashing of the dogs. Congressmen have a perceptible air of martyrdom because pressure of business deprives them of their usual holiday va cation. To the newspaper men who now have the honor of holding seats this thing of keeping up the grind every day will come as the habit of a second nature. Prof. McVane, of Harvard, says that the dispute between England and Vene zuela Is not ^fit for arbitration. That may be true, but if Mr. Bull would only show a dispoeition to do the fair thing the scandal affecting him would be touched on as lightly as possible. In making his compaign for United States senator Mr. Wanamaker can be implicitly rellied upon to have his bar gain counter running day and night throughout the campaign. That new Republican tariff scheme for replenishing the treasury will make a dollar for tbe protected interests where it makes a cent for the govern ment. ^ San Francisco has not yet caught|her second wind but thinks she will soon|be in a condition to battle for the Demo- oratio natiofial convention. ^ THE BOUNDARY LINE. DOUBT THAT THE VENEZUELAN COM MISSION CAN LOCATE IT. yplnme XM TWO CENTS P E E OOPT^ M eager Facts to Support H itlier Claimant. The New National Library Building. Senate Committee Rooms—^Advantages of the Party In Power. W ashington , Dec. 31.—[Special.]— I learn from high official sources that there is grave doubt whether or nob the Venezuelan' boundary commission appo^ted by the president will be able to locate a divisional Une between the possessions of Groat Bri-. tain and those of Venezuela, It is rather an extraordinary state of affairs that so lit tle actual evidence concerning the bound ary in question is available. The sugges tion has been made that the British gov ernment may have found important rec ords in the archives at Madrid, but this is pronounced impossible by Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister here. Senor An drade says all the Spanish records are known to his government. He admits that they do not set up an incontrovertible case, but argues that the evidence is m uch stronger in support of the claims of his government than in favor of the British claims. Senor Andrade looks upon it as quite probable that the commission will have difficulty in locating a line. In fact, it is generally admitted that it cannot do BO except on the principle of equity. Lack of Docum entary Evidence. The British acquired their territory in Guiiana from the Dutch, and Venezuela ac quired hers by attaining independence from Spain. Great Britain took possession of the “ establishments of Domerara, George town and Essequibo,” while the Venezu elans inherited the captaincy general of Venezuela, as the province was known to the Spanish records. But the border be tween the Dutch possessions and the Span ish was never fixed, and for a long time there existed between them a wide stretch of country uninhabited and then consider ed undesirable. During the last century settlement has made its way into this strip of territory from both sides, and naturally both Venezuela and British Guiana have set up claims to the soil. So far as the original descriptions and surveys go the United States commission will discover a lamentable lack of evidence. There are some collateral facts which strongly sup- ' port the Venezuelan claim, but these are not conclusive. Some good lawjjfers who have looked into the case think there is no proper way to settle the matter except by referring the question to an umpire, whose decision wobld have to bo based more upon the rights acquired by settlement than upon any actual title possessed by either disputant. If this view of the case be taken by the United States commission, of course Eng land will be accorded a large slice of the disputed tract. Members of the cabinet with whom I have talked say they would not consider it a humUlation to this gov- ernm’ent if the finding of the commission should chance to be in favor of Great Brit ain. On the contrary, they think th a t, would be evidence of our high mindedness and honesty of purpose. Other critics do not take so mild a view. They say that it might at least have been better to ascer tain as nearly as possible what the facts wore before raising so much excitement all over the world over the danger of war. A New Object -of Interest. The national capital has a new show place. Added to the White House, the war and navy departments, the treasury, the pension and patent offices, the Smith sonian and national museum, the dead letter office, Cabin John bridge, the sur gical and medical museum, the fish com mission and congress, is a new and most brilliant attraction. I speak of the new national library building, now nearly fin ished and open daily to visitors. Every day hundreds of men and women throng its spacious corridors, where the workmen are still engaged putting in the marble decorations, and go away delighted mth what they have seen and prouder than ever of the country. No one can visit this superb structure w ithout a feeling that he lives in a great and progressive land. It is Without any doubt tho finest library building in the world. It is, moreover, one of the very finest specimens of archi tecture to be found any where on the globe. I have traveled to some extent, and I am free to say that this new library is the most beautiful building I ever saw. The new parliament house in Berlin is next to it, but is excelled by the Washington struc ture in simplicity and grandeur. The two palaces are not unlike. The only thing I dislike about the new library is that the architects who designed it are still peti tioning congress for adequate payment for their work. Among the improvements talked of in the national capitol is an extensive water power at the Great falls of the Potomac. Engineers report that there is power enough in the falls to furnish all the elec tric light and power needed for the city of Washington. It is proposed to run the stMet cars and to light the city by means of electricity transmitted over the 14 miles of line, a’problem presenting no difficul ties that have not been successfully over come elsewhere. It is also proposed to make an effort to introduce in this city light manufacturing. Heavy manufactur ing is not desired, and I^i^oubt if any sort of factories will find encouragement among the citizens. Democratio senators are dreading the loss of their fine committee rooms in the senate wing of tbe capitol. They mourn the necessity which compels them to give up their gorgeous quarters within the cap itol itself and seek accommodations in the senate annex or Maltby building, which stands across the park and a street, several hundred feet from the senate chamber. That is one of the advantages of control ling the organization of the senate. The senators of the party in power all get com mittee chairmanships and committee rooms in the capitol. The minority mem bers, with a few favored exceptions, are compelled to go outside for their rooms, In fine weather this is no great hardship, but when the storms beat down upon the capitoline hill the minority senators plod through snow or rain with anything but pleasant countenances. There is no good reason why all of the senators should not be accommodated in the senate wing. The trouble is the committee rooms are laid out on a coloe^ jK)ale. It is nqunopm- A TOUCHING MEETING Between Two Wives of Bigamist and S^nicidist Reynolds. (Ry United Press.) S p r i n g f i e l d , III., Dec. 31,--At the bier of Dr. William F. Reynolds, biga mist and suicide, stood two beautiful women, both of whom had mariiage certificates and claimed to be lawfully wedded to the dead man. One, a handsome blonde who came to this city with Reynolds, and who was married 4 o him in Milwaukee last September, is a mere girl. The other, to whom circumstances point as the legal wife, is a woman of perhaps 30, and a handsome brunette. She arrived in the city yesterday morning from Aurora, where she resides and occupies a house owned by the deceased. The meeting between the two women was a touching one, and mutual explan ations soon developed the fact-that both had been cruelly duped by Reynolds. The heart of the elder woman warmed to the younger girl who had left her home in Indiana to become the wife of Reynolds, and she immediately ofl^ered her a home and shelter under her own roof. It has been learned that Reynolds had two divorced wives living in New York. The Aurora wife discovered this fact some time ago, and also that his four teen-year-old son lives at Hillsdale, N. Y., and that other well-to-do relatives of the dead man live in that state. The body of the suicide has been placed in a vault to await the orders of those relatives, and if not claimed by tomorrow, it will be taken to Chicago by the Aurora wife and buried there. ANOTHER CUBAN B a ITLE. To Let Spain Tell It, Her Forces Were Tictorlous. (By United Press.) M adrid , Dec. 31.—A despatch from Havana to the Imparcial says: “Col, Perera, with 850 Spanish troops made an attack upon Maximo Gomez at the head of a force vastly more numerous than that of the Spaniards, at Calimete. The insurgents’ cavalry made a charge upon t^e square formed by the Spanish troops, and for a time the situation of the Spaniards was critical. After three hours fighting, however. Generals Navarro and Suarez, with their com mands, arrived and the insurgents re treated. The Spanish had nineteen men killed and sixty-three wounded. The Cubans lost 350 killed and wounded. Gomez tried to make a stand at Marquito and again at Roque, but was driven from both positions. THE CRISIS N0T| PASSED. The English Press Thus Yiew the Teneznelan Matter, IBy United Press. | L ondon , Dec. 31. — ^The Westminster Gazette says; “ We must not delude our selves into thinking that the Venezuelan crisis is passed. There is a surprising depth and strength of feeling behind President Cleveland, Lord Salisbury cannot retreat from his position of re fusing to submit the Venezuelan dispute to arbitration, and tbe ^Americans will not retreat from theX Stand they have taken,” The Gazette in conclusion advises that both agree to leave the whole matter to a board of conciliatioui The countries would not be bound to accept the decis\ Ion of such a board, it says, but the chance of reaching an acceptable com promise, would be very great. A Terrific Wind Storm. (By United Press.) R ochester , N. Y ., Dec. 31.— A big wind storm struck .this city at 1:30 o’clock this morning .^with a velocity of twenty-five miles an hour. An hour later, the speed ^;had increased threef^ milea and, at 3:30 the wind register marked thirty miles, At five- o’clock the force was fifty-one; houses rocked and many lights of glass throughout the city were blown out and limbs of trees torn off, At 8 a. m. the wind had de creased to twenty-five miles and brought a heavy snow squall which kill con tinues at eleven o’clock. The weather bureau reports seventy-two miles an hour at Bufl[alo. ’ v L b R oy , Deo. Sl.-Affeavy'j-winds pre vailed here this morning doing heavy damage. Several trees and two salt derricks were blown over and buildings were damaged. Has Filed hU Resignation. (By United Press.) A l b a n y , N. Y., Dec. 31—Oelora E, Martine, Associate Judge elect of the court of appeals, has filed his resignation as supreme court justice, with the secre tary of state. Judge Peckham is expect ed to file his resignation as court of appeals judge today. He will leave for Washington with his family this week. He will meet with the U. S.« court at its next term,. A new system of duplex checks wil gD into effect tomorrow on the Central- Hudson road. A WONDERFUL STRUCTURE. Leadyilie’s Immense Crystal Ice Palace is Ready. L eadville , Colo., Dec. 31.—For the next thr<ee mouths Leadville will be the scene of a winter carnival rivaling in brilliancy and attractiveness the famous winter carnivals of Montreal. Tho immense crystal ice palace, upon which many men have been working for two months, is complete and will be formally opened tomorrow. The city is already thronged with visitors in antici pation of the event, The ice palace is in the heart of the city, standing on a slight elevation at the head of Eighth and Seventh streets. The mammoth structure is divided into a grand ball room, cafes, galleries, ex hibit rooms and a skating rink. At each-end of the rink aregportals of polished ice with iliuminated walls cf all colors, while at the rides of tbe rink are scores of columns of variegated colored ice. The salient features of tbe srchitec- tural design are the immense octagonal and circular towers. The two principal towers stand at the grand entrance, having a diameter o f 40 feet each and rising to the height of 95 feet. The exterior walls are 38 feet in height. Between|the outer walls and surrounding the ball room and skating rink there is a large space devoted to the display of exhibits of which there are a consider able number from all’ sections of the west. A feature for the entertainment of the visitors is a big toboggan slide, the largest ever-made in this country. The start is made at the top of the hill be fore the palace and thence down West Seventh street for a distance of nearly a mile. The entire thoroughfare is taken up with the slide. Two thousand elec tric lights of ail colors are extended along the route, the lights showing on tho snow and ice making a brilliant effect. .A BATTLE ROYAL. Between Texas Rangers and Indian Territory Robbers. (By United Press. , Y eenon , Tex., Dec. 81.—The Texas Rangers, with Sheriff Sanders and posse, have returned from a battle royal with the Indian Territory robbers who recently raided the stores of Waggoner, Bailey and others. They came up with the men at the head of Suttles Creek, The robbers were intrenched in adugout in a hilMde, with breastworks of rocks. A battle ensued in which several hundred shots were fired. The officers finally had to retreat on account of the extreme cold. Five horses were killed. There were four robbers in the dugout and twelve officers in the attacking party. A cowboy was sent to the dug- out and found there the dead body of Joe Beckhall, who was evidently killed in the^fight. Beckhall killed Sheriff Cooke at Seymour some time ago. The other robbers will be pursued by the rangers. By PrivatelW ire. JA M E S m . S r o k e r , M a in S t r e e t . jaSTelephone Call 34. New York Correspondent: 1<¥! W I S O. T E W K S B U R Y , Banker, 50 Broad way. Member ( Oon. Stock Exchange, o f ^ h r ] York Produce Exchange or tne j Qi^ioago Board of Trade. CLOSlNG[SALE8. •N ew Y obk . Dec. 31 Am, Sugar ....... 102| M. K. & T.pfd, 25i Am. Tobacco, Manhattan . . . 102£ Atf*,hinRnn ____ 14.4 NT. Y, Cen *96J Atchinson ......... 14| A . a 0 ................ 17i Bay State Gas.. C. B.I&Q ....... m Can. So ............. *48i G.C.C. & St. L.t 36-} Con. Gas ........... 148 Chg’o. Gas ........ 65| Cordage ........... 51 “ pfd ......... 10| C. & 0 .............. 15| Del. & Hud... 124i U L . &W....*159I L.C.& F ...........16| D. &R.G. pfd.. 43i Erie ............... 14f Edison G. E .. . . 26 Hock. Val ....... Ills. Cen .......... 92i L-en ........... Jt*ac .......... Jersey C e u .... • 99i T. A. A.&N. M. L. &Nash .......... 45| Lake S h o r e ... .141 L. E.&W, “ T1 p fd.. 19| 68 . 25i Mo. fa c ........ 26 Mich, Oen .......... *95 N. Northwest 99^ Nor. Pac __ . . . 34 Nor. Pac. p f d .. 12f New England... Nor. American, 4f O & W . ........... is f Omaha ................ 85^ Pac. M ail.. . . . 26i Pullman ........ R e a d ing,,,,... 5 Rock. Island 67f Southern R y ... 9 “ pfd... 28 Rubber........... . 26| St. Paul . . . . . 68| Sus. & W ........ 9 Sus, & W, pfd. 24i Tex. Pa c .......... 8 T, C, & I . . . . . . . . 2&i Un. Pac ............ 4 Wabash ............ 6| Wabash p f d ... 16f W. &L. L . E , . . . . 114 Lead ................... 254W . & E , . . . . 114 Lade ie Gas. . . . 19| W, & L. E.pfd. 374 . ......... ... We8t.Unlon . . . 85f B. & 0 ............... 384 * Ex. Div. C h icago M a rK e ts . Furnished daily by J ames M. S penoeb . ♦CLOSING QUOTATIONS, Dec. 31. 57 WHEAT CORN OATS PORK LARD . ...... ; M^y V.'.V.V Jan ............. May, ........ .. May ........... Jan .......... M a y ..,.:. 59| 254 , 284 164 1«4 8.57 8 97 5.27 5.55 A COLD BIfiD im i- SMALL BDITL!. It takes some of these wintry blasts we have now and then, to make yon feel like a cold bird. Then a sraaJl bottle of onr Emul sion of Cod Liver Oil will come In hmflv. It may ba tbe only tiling tl^at caa save you front Pnenmonia. Do yongood anvwav. People wa know, are some ' tames troubled wifli Cholera in the winter time. We thonsht o f them when we laid in a store of onr Aromatic Syrup of Blackberry Root, and we thouaht of all poor suffering humanity vfhen we redne^ prices on all lancy articles, BOLTON’S PSiRMiCY, MORGAN HOU^E BLOOK Telephone 26-3. Period icall t iekets received Holly Wreaths, ^ Loose Holly, Laurel Romping, Fine Tree Ornaments, 5c each. Wax Candles and Tinsel. Candies in forty varieties at 10 cents per pound. —A T - I. £. Stoddard The Fancy Fruit Dealer, 283 HaiB street. I BANKERS «BR 0 n HOLMES & CO. SI BnaSn;,. Hef IiS iDiestment Stoch and Bonds, Gnlit Piotlslon and Cotton Bdught or sold! for Cash or otrrM aft nargin. POEEEPSIE BRANOE, with direct private wires, S&Y1N6S SANK BDiLDlRd, .lYRarkel; Street* P. H.TR07,llaiiagti. Telephone GalEIOS. 3000 BUSHELS OF CHOICE POTATOES 35c ONLY 35c PER BUSHEL. Now is tbe time to buy your winter s ipply of Pota toes, We seli nothing but first-class stock, 0*ill and see my stock bef >re yon buy. 600 M . Choice Red Onlosi —EXTRA. FINE ONLY— 50 GENTS PER BUSHEL BEST OF ALL. Just received car, BEST OF ALL FLOOR Every Barrel W;*rranted, ONLY $ 4 . 1 0 p e r B a f r e L m . KLADY 09 U a in Street. i, b. 1, loith ClQitt Btmi
