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von der LioiJe, 52 MARKET STREET. Standard PIANOSH EXPERIMENTS CHICKER1NG, ARE DANGEROUS. BUT ESTEY. EVERETT, PREsLUIl, hakvaku. tfsimr TO SI'IT ALU nuua VOSSLER iMKiTH)s vrn 11 ve.r oui.

WIIH lay nninOEna WANTED Or Grant and Wlnnlkee Ave lm nlt BOABDBBH WANTED. Mr. James tt2 fflJVK Ku. a taproTtnotft Ribbons, bM SllinJaTOrMtly ReducedPrices To Close Out the Winter mock. TIUMMED ANDUNTRIMMEDHATS TOQUE.

TAU BIRD6. RIBBONS. VELVETS. ETC. At Miss P.

E.Burhans. Vo 7 Cnthnvtur Stieet. decl tf Oppou Satin and Gros Grain, Taffeta, Double Faced Satin, Moire and Fancies. POPULAR WIDTHS AT POPULAR PRICES. CUNLEY'S Regalia I Cigar.

It's easier to sell a Cigar that people want, than to make them think they want a Cigar they know nothing about, 0 O. C. Reichardt 'PO'KEEPSIE 'CREAM CRACKERS WavusJLJheJlGlilJELAYQRl, that makes them a 'welcome ad djtlcn Tor TUNCHEON OR SUPPER. PoUghkeepsie Cracker 4 IMI. 1898.

'51 INCREASE OF THE ARMY. Bill Introduced of Consist to Make 109,000 Men. THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. I Incttulf llonpUal Corp 3Iale Vjr of Three tTttoumnnil l'rtratr. liInKtin.

Dr. 7 Uprtwntll tUli; CBtirHutrt at th Hume C'ommlT tev on Military Affair. lo Introduced a bill to lncra the rtiulir army to approximately 100 000 mn kill ai framed at the arfnttl menj.Tt fa not the bill framed 1y Oeneral Uilea. aa thla meaanre baa not the hlRti rank propoaed by the SI Ilea bill, and tome of the appointment are open to "officer of the volunteeraor from ri II lire. Jt prldea rr a lieu, tenant general, and what la conaldered A auffleient Inrrease of major and brla adler seneraJaj to command an army of 100,000 men acaUered from Potto Hlco to Manilla The artillery arm ta re or Kanlaed.

sepafatrDa them Into coaat THE XICARAtlUA CANAI. Renaor Monran'a Amendment to th, Itllt Nliarasua and the New tVmpany Censured AXoKjilnston. Iec I A 4 reault of the Senate Committee on Xlcarajtui Canal to day Senator Morgan cave notice of an amendment to the Nicaracui Canal bill, autnorlilnar the Immediate laauanre. with a ruarante by thla government, of fle milllona of dollar bonds for the redemption of all out standing stork, except that held by th governments of Nicaragua and Cost.i Rlra, and the cancellation of all obligation. He deala with thla transaction In severe terms, upholding the righta of the maritime company.

The report ar ralgn ttie conduct of the republic of Nicaragua a well a that of the Amer BCOUl t0 ttiPi liimr auniin alon. In the most severe term, atliibu ting the course of Nicaragua to Jealousy of Cnata Rica, and that of thu conceaaionalrea to obstruct a great national policy In selling out to a trans continental railroad company for the defeat of a supposed competitor. THE BICTCLE RACE. Rig Crowd Present Last Night Remarkable Endurance of the Riders. BUSINESS IN CONGRESS.

The Anti Scalpers Bill Passsd In the House Vote 119 to 101. Senators and Commissions. 'New Tork. Dec 7. The largeat crowd that baa gathered to watch the riders In the aix day bicycle raca Ailed and field artillery, but prdmotlon to ff Bq uar1" to mghL All by seniority of the whole army.

A by decrease of the enlisted men la made1 crowaa gawerea in no that the army ran be Increased by ot lh The riders at recruits. In cae of war. to full atrength 1 1 to S1 mtn Al The caralry bt Increased two regU retired from the track and tTmmta, the Infantry five. The enlisted nur' reappearing at strength of an Infantry company Is hot jereivea an ovation from to exceed 145. so that In case of wart JJ llerce was able, to regain VVVV We Mmii that th pub le know a good article, and will Insist upon tmvlnc It A It ta the public are after, supply that article.

wet propone to iWe" Believe 264 MAIN STREET, Poughkeepsie. FOR Infants Wear. CROCHETED SHETUVND VEIU at 10c, I5c, 29c and 25c. "ROOHKTLD BJLK VEILS 35c and 39c. I'ANCT SAXONV KNIT JACKETS 25c to $1.00.

EMUROIPERRD FLANNEL JACKETS 50c (O $1.50 VHTTB OR T1LACK WOIWTKD PRAr Lixiai.as. INFANTS" MITTENS From to 25c. 1VFANT8 nilNNETS IN SILK. PLUSH AND EIDERDOWN WM. HANLON.

478 and .180 Main St. GEORGE M. BRIGGS, CIVIL ENOl.NEER AND SURVEYOR Long Experience. Accurate and Careful Work Room 1. Farmer1 and Flank I'OL'GHKEEPSIE.

N. SmFer that our Ooala are the best In the market for do meat to uae. If you don belle a It, It la probably because you havn't hod them CHAS. W. SWIFT, Up ton Office Market St.

11 'jard North Front St. no regiment would ed. probably all of would be volunteer, but the regular army would make a substantial II ret lien The bill proldee for the three battalion "forma tkm The ataff corp are Increaeed about ao per rent, and with the exception of the adjutant general. Inspec tor general and ordnance, are open to ppolntmenta from the volunteer or clll Jlfe. The most noticeable change Is in that of the medical department.

I In which provision Is made for a hos pital corps or private, with the necessary non commlaaloned afficera. and with a largely Increased number of surgeons and assistant surgeons. All offlcera and men serving In the aub tropical countries are to hae an Increase of IS per cent. In pay. Under the Immediate control of the president.

Inhabitants of the new countries may be enlisted in the organisation there serving. The bill gives a toul of 11 regiments of artillery. 12 of cavalry and thirty of Infantry. The pacific division la denned to Include the pacific seaboard "and shall ultimately Include the coast line of the arloua possesions of the United State In the Pacific Ocean. The corps of artillery embraces HI batterlea of coast artillery and 24 field batteries Each regiment or Infantry consists of II companies, organised Into three battallona of four companies each.

The company strength, in addition to commissioned and non commla sloned officers, la 112 men la various ataff corps express provision Is made that persona who hate served, a offlcera in th volunteer army In the war with Spain and persona In civil life may be ai pointed to various speiiflel gradea. iHtrrrrtlng Inhale oh Their Srrrlug nn them, by itr. tlfir. ilngton. SENATE.

At the opening of the Senate' session to day. Mr. Ilawley, of chairman of the Military Affair) Committee. Introduced a bill for the er gahliatlon of the regular army. Mr.

Hoar, of Introduced and secured th adoption of a resolution that a committee of seven senator be appointed by'th chair to whom ahoald be referred that part of the presl dent'a message which relate to the celebration of th centennial of the city of Washington a capital of the United States. The Senate had a long debate la executive session upon the (abject of confirmation of th Hawaiian Cemrole slonera. Th debate waa started by Senator Hoar, who mad a vlgorou protest against the practice of appointing senator upon such, a commission. Th method of appointing senator on com mission waa defended by Ben, tor Morgan and of who ave to be form J. by the enforce I claim there waa nothing Inconsistent i 4 I i mi oi in latter and at t.

hour of the race, waa three mllea In the. lead. Up to th tsth hour of th rce Pierce had taken but ik nous of lecp. Up to that hour hi trainer forced him to retire for a hort time. He waa off the track for only IS minutes.

FIVE MEN MADLT SCALDB1X. By the Bursting of a Steam Pipe In a Paper MilL Watertdwn. N. Dec, 7. Flve workmen at the paper mill of Jt Remington' Sons Company.

Including the auperlniendent and tune keeper were badly ecalded by escaping steam from a burst of a aleamnin. in ik englne room of the mill this morning gaged. In doing Th debate then became Somewhat general and the conatltutlon al prerogative of the president and the right of the Senate were discussed at length upon the legal and technical phase ot th subject Senator Aldrtch mad the point thai the position of commlsaloner In euen duller a those of th Hawaiian Commission and the Pali Peac Commis sion waa not Inconsistent with the performance of senatorial dutlea. Those positions were, he said, not office la the usual interpretation ot the word, and to prevent the president' calling for their service for such work was to often deprive him the beat ancle lance available In special caae like those In which Senator Morgan. Cut lorn, Davis, Fry, and other were en The Injured are; Supt John Warren.

Timekeeper H. Meeker, Charles Dawaon, Frank E. Hron. jamea McMasters. At thla writing It I believed that none of the Injured men will die.

ayvvyyy ORAIN 1ILOCKADE. Buffalo' Urain ltandllng Facilities Decidedly Overtaied. Removal Notice. DR. H.

B. RYDER. SURGEON DENTIST, No. 55 Market Street. Office Hour I 8 a.m.

8 p. m. M'g'r. New York Dental Parlors. "lYcfA Erriiff llhout Tuim.

Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin Violin, GEO. M. RITTER, Office and Studio, 306 Main, St. Private lessons Or Class loa. tover Stockholm's I Crorkery Ktere.

I Choice Hay. OF AVE MAKE A SPECIALTY CHOICE COUNTY HAT, BY THE: DALE. BT THE TRUCK LOAD. OR BY THE CAR LOAD. AT MODERATE PRICES.

AMBLER BROTHERS. Smith St. ot B. ttuilwov. Grain, Feed, Telephone HI.

We're After You Again. This time with a big I'ue of Hygenie Felt slippers, In Fane and Plain Designs, NOTHING MORE USEFUL Could be selected for a Holiday Gift for Old or Young. Moore 157 Main St. Buffalo Dec. 7V There la a grata blockade of huge propurtluna cxlatin, at present In this port Although the grain handling facilities of the port Buffalo are the meat exiecslve In th world they are now decidedly overtaxed.

Monday last the elevator atorlnT JPJ "Jly" hun her were SUDDEN DEATH 1 TAHRYTOW.V vw v. in me nar LOSSE 4 II FJHIi Appleton, Wis. Dei. 7 A report from Weiauwaga saia thai th. portion of the village haa been burned No communication can be had with telephone office, aa it la said the blWk In which It waa located haa been destroied.

tteyauaaxa, Is a thriving village of lnJ 1.000 pevple. ivveniy aututantial'brKk buildings are said to be In ruins. The are started at 30 oclotk In Woods Hotel. to atory siruc.uie, and there being no total lire department, the flame could not be checked and th entire business portion fell a prey tu th llanir. Utlca.

Dec 7. Fire Ibis mjrn log at tthitesbofo destroyed lb K' ly Block, the First Bapust Church and the VVanL.J dwelling house. Total Is about t. 0.Mw. snlt ik abow I1J.0OU.

Whitreboro haa no fire protection except a aniali chemical engine and water supplied frum a private reservoir which baa no pressure. bor more srraln cimw. uar Anin. In and 1.500,000 bushela of contract wheat were due from Fort William. The principal cause of the blockade la the recent heavy anow falla.

A car famine haa been created and the elevators cannot disgorge their contents. The blockade la not yet broken and today's heavy anow may rtlll further complicate matters, BIO FIRE IN DANBURY Green A Hat Factory Deatrojecl Largeat In the City Los. SI2S.0OO. Dee. 7.

The bat factory ot John Green of th largest In th city was completely destroyed by Ore to night Loss. I12S.OO0, Insurance, HOl.aoo. Four hundred men thrown out of employment FREIGHT CONDUCTOR KILLED. Buffalo, N. Dec 7.

During a heavy anow storm last night Daniel Duggan. a freight conductor on the Lrhlgn Valley run dwn by the locomotive of hia own train and k'tled. Duggan was standing on the Iratk awaiting tfi return of the locomotive which had gone ahead with a portUiB at nla Iraln which bad been stalled by th enow In th blinding snow storm, which prevailed dll not notice th approach of th locomo tlv It A AUlElt, JR. INJURED. Grand Mere.

Dee 7 rRussell A Alger, Jr son American Secretary ot War, and manager of his father's pulp company here, waa badly Injured oq Sunday by belie thro a from hi It bog gas New York. Dec, 7, Paesldent Benson Ferrl. of hester County Savings Dank at Tarrytown. waa found dead in bed at hla bom there thla morning. 11 was 74 years of age and had been prominent In banking circles for many INNOCENT MAN RELEASED, Sing Sing, N.

D. 7 After serv. Ing eleven year for a crime be never committed, George Ogl waa released fronv th state prison here to day on th governor' pardon. II was can Tatted In IMS ot slabbing a man during a quarrel. On o( the men on whose testimony Ogle waa convicted recently confessed that th guilty one himself A CITY MARSHAL KILLED.

Louisville Ivy, Dec. i.A special t. the Post from Clarkrvllle. Tean sav At 1 SO this morning city Marshal A I). Ilriant, of MrKensie.

waa ahol In the back of th head three times and almost Instantly killed while a attd In tb telegraph ofnc there Th mur derer wa a boy of McKrnsle name! ilughey McCalL McCall tied to hi home and committed aulclde by taking morphln. The cauae alleged for the murder waa that Bryant arrested laat Saturday for drunkennea and rllv law vloutiona. RE(UUIU FOR MANUJt Denver, tw The Rocky Mountain Newa haa received lb folio In; telegram from th aecrelary of war It Is proposed 10 send regular regl menta to relieve th volunteers In Mar alia Just aa soon aa Ireasportajoa can arranged Tha volunteer will be returned to the United ctalea la the order In which they left, "RL'SBKLL A. ALGEIt Senator Vest waa among those who attacked the practice ot appointing senator to the place of commissioners. He said It was especially reprehensible because of the fact that senator accepting auch placea were often called uponea senatora to pa unon their own act, thua placing: themselvee In the double position ot member of th court and a party to the suit 'on trial All senatora making speeches especially disclaimed any Intention of personally attacking any senator occupying th position of comralaaloner.

After two and a half hour of dl cuaslon. the question wa referred te the Judiciary committee with Inatruo Hon to Inveellgate and report upon the nomination of the conVmlssloner. NTommunlrltons were received fro tbetHoure of Representatives announcing the death during the recess of Representative Stephen A. Northnay, Ohio, and Representative William F. Love.

ofMlsstss'ppl. On motion of Mr. Forakcr. if Ohio, aa a mark ot rerpect to the memory of the deceased, the Senate at SO p. m.

adjourned. The bill to carry lata effect the recommendations of (he International American Conference by the Incorporation of the International American Bank at the last session, la the absence of Mr. Hill, of who had charge of th meaaure, went over for week. The resignation of Warren XX Hooker, of New York, who baa accepted a Judgeahlp In New York, waa laid before th House. Mr.

Payne, of New York, asked unanimoue consent to consider the Senate bill to amend the laws relating to American aeaiccB, but Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, 4m; regular order. This waa th call ot committees. The first committee called waa that on Interstate Commerce, and Mr. Hepburn called up the aatt scalpwrf bill.

All efforts to effect aa agreemeat aa to time to be occupied In debate tailed, and Mr. Hepburn waa thereupon recog. nlaed for an hour. II yielded to Mr Sherman, N. who explained that lb bill waa very similar to th one laiard by th Houe during tbv last Congreea.

The rhangea.wer mainly restrictive upon corporation. Th bill required the car. rler subject to th lnter tat commerce act to provide each agent authorised to tell ticket 'with a cert. (I cat and made it unlawful fir aa officer of such carrier to supply tickets to any but authorised agents. It mad violation of the provision a mladtnean or and provided for tb redemption of unused or partly uaused ticket and provided for penalties for forging or altering ticket.

Is, in mtier waa utatusseo at irHiie Mr. L'odegraff made a warm speech la opposition to the antt sealpiog bUL, lie could not he said, allow so monstrous a proposition a thla bill contained to pasa without a word. It. ought to entitled a bill I. suppress competition In passenger traffic.

Th'a bill would mark th beginning of the Republtraa Parly's decadence. II tssg would mplr In th mind o( th masses lb honesty and Integrity of his party Mr Mtrsh aid Mr easily both aa terror. lied the bill In a vlgoroua manner. Mr. Hepburn In charge ot the bill re plied to Ita critics thai II wa not designed to stifle competition.

This action 1 th culmination of a. ten year atrugl on the part ot th railroad to put an end to th business of ticket scalping. Th Interstate ccanmerc committee Aral called attention to th subject In lt report ot IN, and It haa been before Congress ever sine In one form or another. During the laat re 'on extensive hearings were given both th representative of the railroad and the scalp era, and Mr. Sherman, of New Tork.

secured 174 pledges for the It waa, however, deemed Inadvisable to bring Ihe measure forward until the present session. The debate to day lasted four JWMtra and wa spirited Upon both sides. None of th amendments offered were adopted and the bUI passed a reported by the committee by a Tote of 11 tn 14, B.G STORM OP THE STATE. Ri'lraads blocked With Snow About Buffalo, flufalo TVm A l.ui snow tork ef unusual severity enveloped this city Jo day. DiiHng lh height of the atom, the Telocity of th wind Increased from twelve to forty eight mllea an bour.

2it! Impeded, particularly on th south aid of the Late thl afternoon th snow wa b. ahtcnti rer with travel on the 2. severely rrom the atral Road everything seemed to be wa. sTttr 5r at e'ot fc" waa tuld at Bauvi untu pm. ahead to clear the track.

It waa after o'clock when the re.chd herl aadjh. whkh DUmo' Kgpres. en the eTan "Wrably Tm. Ur.U' aptcher tlona bail been entirely su.pended for hour, and with but poor PTopec Sf UBrtlgnt 11 triln. Unt hoyr and no esreJ morU" "amenport cam from the Lackawanna Roal It Uted that KteTun.

a tr that had left Buffa the1. by c'ty. hevlet east of the At midnight the snow had ceased Ing and drifts were forming every, where. ulL'h tltr line are cloaed. THE GOVERNMENT OF PORTO RICO.

San Juan. P. It. Dec. 7.

Gen. Our V. Henry, the new governor of the military department of Porto Rico, beginning energetically. He Intend to bold elections or m.m. la everr town.

ud, nrcctwarr nv.1 lairnrH, 11.9 cieciiona III undr military vupervUlon. Il4f Tlll anrwilnt aa I sr a as vraaiiMaala luri compel tb local court to bring tv iiuniso persona now In detention On charm. n9 I.a..i tn.wull.11, niS aaaault Another proposal of Oen. Henry I to M4 hut r.Pie..Hl.lw.. various mayor to gain their co operationoperation la but plan for Installing severs! American policemen la erery town.

CONFEDERATE STATUES UNVEILED. Montgomery, Dec 7. Th fo jr atatuea on th Confederate Soldiers' Monument on Capitol Hill were unveiled to day. They represent Infantry, cavalry, artillery and navy. Imposing ceremonies were held.

Addressee were mad by ex Gov. Tbomaa O. Jones, as orstor of th day, ei eJecro tary of the Navy Herbert, tor the navy; J. M. Falkner, the cavalry W.

A. Ranford. Infantry, and HeaJ Fcresa, artillery The thirteen Confederal slstes wer represented by thirteen young ladles, and the four branches of th service by four yean ladles. The atatuea are impersonal and represent private In th various arm of th serv Ice, There waa an Immeae attendance, a excursion train cam la from all part ot th slate, LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL MONUMENT. Chicago, Dec 7.

Th Parts Exposition Communion baa received a letter from the French officials conveying la Information that th Lateral Memorial Monument so old. la all probe, bill I be given a la tb garden ef Ihe Tullerie. Premier Dupvy la saict to favor thl sits. A meeting ef the commission has been called tor aexg, Tuesday, aa th plana of lb auta. mnt will be decided.

Aa eactoaur from the slat of Washington for It so, the rsatrlbulloa of tae Kboel chUdrsn of that Stat, waa received, 1 Ai.