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Show Nil I It I MUNI ATION. A Tlnr.1 r.llutl to heMailo fur Hie lit. peal lllll. I,AKIUWI), N. J,, teb. 1J. Joslah (lulncey, who has been In Wutlilng-toil Wutlilng-toil looking alter the sliver legislation, tame out Iroui New York today on a sclal train aud had a long talk with Mr, I'levsland and Don M, Dickinson, Mr. Qulucy left for New York this evening and will probably return to Wathlugtuii tomnkua filial effort for thu reial of thu Bhermau silver pur-ohsteuct pur-ohsteuct at this session of Congress As yet no olllolal annouucoiueut ha been male regarding any one of the portfolios either by Mr. Cleveland or by the gentlemen who has been aiked lo enter tho cabinet. Ills trao-llcally trao-llcally settled, ho we vi r, that Walter (J Circsham has boen ollered the portfolio or Statu aud has uiccrted, aud that John 0. Csrilale wllll bo Secretary Sec-retary of the Trej-ury. riice men havo admlllel enough to reiuovo all double ao far us they uru concerned. There are rumors couci ruing Wllsuu S Hindi of Iluir.ilo, Hoku Smith of Georgia, Daniel S. Lauiont aud N. A. Hettert of Ala , but tuolhlng (loiltlvu cuu be learued, Mors Nbecke t sule. AT1II NS, Feb. 12. entowassliiken tmluy by several esrlhquukes und the lanlo among the Inhabitants Is Increasing, In-creasing, A rhrltieuliis. Br. Louts, Feb. 12 At 2023 Chouteau Chou-teau avenue tonight there was a celebration cele-bration nud christening. All present became Involved In a riot. Men, women and children participated nud every conceivable wei0!i was utef. In a few minutes the place looked like a el. lighter house, the wall and lloor telnguovered with blood uud even tho celling bearing lta quota of bloo I stains. A wngou loud or police succeeded finally lu quelling tho dlituibanoe. Six Involved wero carried to the dis pensary nnd their Injuries may (rove fatal. Tha trouble started because someone wanted to tahu tho newly chrliteuod Infant out of doors. Of Hit to sent to the dispensary all aru lellitvtd tibu fatally Injiind David McCllllgan will dlr, It Is thought. lli!i!i Hiean twelve others were teetely cut or euitilned fractured tranluuis, or had bruise about the fatv. ImI or Mekel Armor. Vasiiin(iti), I). C, leb 11. A highly tuccesslul lest of tho new nickel armor teak ulsct at Iu Han Head proving prov-ing ground today. Tho ttels ntru wllliestid by a number of ordnance experts, naval Hikers uud manufacturer!. manufac-turer!. The, ol Jet of the trial wai lo determlna what testa ahoul 1 bo established estab-lished for the 7000 tons of armor for which lids ara tl be opened ut thn navy department neat Tuesday. The I lain letled urn what ore kuown aa nickel steel llarveylzed and are tihio feet long by seven wide and fourteen Inches lu thlcknrtt. Tin) lint shell ol low velocity onrtratod thn pla'o hbout flveluohtii au I broko lu fragment, I ut close scrutiny fallrd to diso.ver a crack In thn plate. Tho second shot of high vtloolly Hetraled Ihe plate between be-tween six aud seven Inches, cracking ltcltartliroui.il for thrte-fourlhtof Us length, but without, luwever.rrduclng Iho irolrctlon which It Would have afforded nshlp. Tho third shot at an Increase I seloclty I nductrl n similar result. Thu fourth, at a velocity ol SOS fret per second, uneliatej about ten I in hes. Tho j hte was cracked and the backing which sui ported It was much broken. Oneof the wltocftslti speaking of the test said Ihatnoobtalnable velooity could havo driven a ihs II through thu plate. Thn plate, he laid, was moro than equal to tho (rnposud requirements require-ments and the tests weru In every wy highly satisfactory, tlrohism tins Wtepltd, Nlw Yoiik, Fob. II. Tho llorfd tomorrow will aay odllorlallr. Wo are able tn s atu positively that Julgo W. Q.Grtshaui ha accited Ihu potlllou of tecrutaryof stato la thu cabinet of President Cleveland, |
