Show new york feb 4 pilots of many years experience say there Is more ice in new york harbor today than at any previous time during the last ten years in many portions of the bay the water was completely frozen over the narrows were full ot immense ice cakes and most ot the bay on tho jersey side below liberty island was frozen over completely both the north and east rivers were full of heavy floating ice at one time today nine sound steamers a dozen tugs several barges and many craft of other descriptions making in all about thirty vessels carry lag between them probably more than a thousand passengers were held up for hours by the ice floes opposite whitestone newport RL feb 4 ice in tho gaibor vas so thick today that tion was practically suspended portland me feb 4 tho maine coast as far east as mt desert is ice bound today except an occasional passageway available for steamers providence II 11 I 1 fob 4 providence harbor and narragansett bay v ere today practically impassable to all sailing craft and only the ocean steamers and large tugs could make their way up because of ice SAYS STRIKE IS WON berlin feb 4 herr hue a socialist member of the reichstag speaking to a miners assemblage at hausen westphalia said the strike was as good as won but that the workmen could not act on the expressed of the government that they return to work immediately in view of an expectation that a law regulating work in the mines would be adopted he added that th strikers require some guarantees the socialists and the so called christian union who have been acting together appear to be interior minister von hammerstein and commerce minister are in the strike region investigating the situation the strike in silesia is not spreading the lapiers rapiers are disposed and see what happens in the district HAY BOND TREATY has been favorably reported on by senate committee washington feb 4 the senate committee on foreign relations authorized a favorable report on the hay bond treaty it was amended in a number of important particulars the treaty will be reported by senator lodge the amendments meet the objections raised by the new england flading interests te rests the treaty provides tor reciprocity in products of the united states and newfoundland INDICTED FOR FORGERY prominent chicago men arc held to answer to the courts chicago feb 4 albert G wheeler president of the illinois tunnel company william loeffler and edward erhorn were indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of forgery in connection with the franchina fran chisa for tho underground railroad system alderman edward novak and john a printer were indicted la the same connection loeffler is a former city clerk clerk and erhorn is assistant city MITRO GLYCERINE EXPLOSION injures two men and is heard a distance of airty miles ind feb 4 ny the explosion alno of 2250 quarts of nitro glacer y in one of aba magazines of the american glycerine company three miles north of here two men were seriously injured and the was felt tor concussion a distance farm houses of fifty miles miles were within a radius ot two slightly damaged llalon rl alon n 11 a patac Pat lc ampro when beean ln the house ody nil 1 nned today mr 5 th 0 me |