V I I DEATH'S SHINING MURKS. BRITAIN'S HEIR PRESUMPTIVE ANDTWO GREAT CARDINALS DEAD. The Orim Monster Invade Thre Princely Homs. Duk of Claranc and Cardinal Manning and Simeonl No More. London, Jiin. V Albert Victor, theel.W on of tlie I'riiiru of Wu'e", Duke of Clarence and heir r iiii'ti v- to the throne of ire.it Britain, died Thursday morning lit Sand ringham. The night previous slight hopes for Ins recovery were entertained, hut nt 1 o'clock Thursday tn rniiiK there was a change for the worse, and from that tims the 1'ri nor mnk rapidly until the end came, lie was delirious duritu 1 : rt of 1 1 1 night, but recovered c ui 'iousucs before ho Jiel nd knew his condition. rmscr. oroitox; r i; r i ii'ck iiivkst ai.hi i.t, lira or h.iiiim . Theoflleial a nut of the death of the Duke pays tlmt the Kcv. I redoriok Ilorvey, dolui-stic chaplain to the Prince of Wales, read the pray, rs f. t the dying when the en I was licnr In the room were as-em!,! ' I the Prime and Priuoi of WaV. Prince io .r;-. the Duke ami I'm he of Fife.'he Princess-. Victoria and Man I. sisters of the dying I'uke; the Prince and l'ritio -si of Teck an 1 the I'rineess May, the Duk"' betrothed. Along with tlne were t lire" physi.. uis and three nurses Tlieotlicial account gives no description of the dying scene. The Prince Mav i said to ho nlniot on the verge of mental coM.ipc. i h- wort sign is her restlenu., he wanders aliont in an aimless way t It ri m;r li the h.mi as if "he expected to meet her r..yal lover somewhere alive, and he greeted by him in the old wav. Her grief nt the desth bed nil soovorw helm ing thut it a'traeted the utcutioti of the Prince and Prima- from ihoir ow n. It is raid that the living Prince cave her a ia-t lKik of recognition us she kissed his fore liend. tjuecii Victoria, who Is at Marlborough is said to he more prostrated than wnen she lost Alice and Prince Leopold. Allien ictor wsof an e"ie.'iallv amiable disposition and liud won his way to his criitnlmoihersTieart. Indeed, the saying is ascribed to her Majesty that she looked on Albert ntor s site had on her tirst horn sou. When the sad tiens ameahe wished at once to proceed to Sand ringham. Kveii when her physician udv.sod painxt iftfutfjneen could with dilllcultv he ""inw-, . lV uusieuiiiK 10 me stricken .tin" MV ol d t' , . , f n t.iiiiucrethnT t ire court go into full mourning foi three mouths Htid cauccll dull the "drawing room" and state levee. Her Majesty announced that the funeral ,f theiluke would 1-e a sUte fiuirtioti and that it would he hold in St. Hi'iiriJi' liaM-I.Win.-Bor Palace, it whs in this chaiel that the marriage of the Puke to Princess Victory Mary was to have taken place on February 27 next. ' TIIK NKWS N I.oNDon. AtO.V. the I.ord Mavr r'eoived the f.il. lowing: "His It oval Highness pasted away at .t:l.'Mi'cl.M-k." ' After tins. uni.' I ho follow iugdispateh from the Prince of Wales: "( iiir beloved sou pass-d awav at ! I o'clock to day." On reooiptnf the news the Lord Mavor at once gave orders to have th-' greit he'll in M. Piiul'sl aihislral tolled, an I aN o sont the follow Iiij; message to the Prince of Wales 'eare profoundly in .vo l bv (hi a I news, and have ooniiii'iiiioa od fellow citieh. We tender our reie'tlul sympathy W illi Your K ness in this (;rc it sorrow and it to o-,ir deep and v.tl lli-h national calamity. Wheti the sol. iim to!in(. of the u-eat heU in St. Punl s rathi-lr.it were heard this morning they conveo. I to rn-rv wi-hm liearinn of th-ir dee' -111011! lied h iouiiu' the fact that the Puke had iass-l awav. The belts in St. Paul's are never tolled s.ive on the occasion of tlie d'ntli of an heir t-i the throne, and thori-fore no f iriln r inf irmation wa necessary lor the 1 pie of London to make them aware that nfler n (.'allant tnif-'ule the heir presumptive hid linallv tlccillllheil. The hells of the West mi nster AMii-v and of all the ot her churches throughout Lnti-lou ud its suhiirhs to-ik up the note of death booh after St. Paul's thundered forth the sad liew. and one must have listened t-the doleful tollinn of thi-e innuuienih e uiuille. bells to he ahle t.- thoroughly uppreciat-- I he irof sadness which thev evoked au-l the feeling of ih prossioii whuh th.-v conjured Up. And then, as if 1111 lor the inilueni ' of a manic wand, half-masted .i.-s 1111 ni.iiiv instunces dr.is-. with crene, appeared from every bmhliiiK Kraced with 11 tlastall, while other sinus of niuurniutf us promptly ap feared iu store windows, the windows nf Jirivute houses and in all puhlic plac.-s. ilillions of pictures and photographs of Prince Kddie 11ml Prmoi-ss Mav. w hu h wem dentinal to be displayed dr ipped w dh wed dinn fuvord Uhiii the im 1 uioii of the roval marriage, were soon eni ircled with crepe nd an displuved. tormina sad eouiiuciitarh s Un the weakness of human hoiiu:s and roviui5 uiiotlier example of tin- lad that, tboiiKh niau proposes. Hod alone 1 i -1 . s,.s. Durinj? the afternoon 1110-1 of the the.nem nd other places of amusement in the city txjsted up notici's antiou'.ciiitf that theru would he 1111 wrfornianeo t uiu;ht. Teh-Krains from all pans of the Kingdom how tliut the news of the Puke's death was received everywhere with tokens of deep respect and sorrow. CARKKK or TIIK I)KAI I'UINOK. Trince Alhert Victor Christian Kdward was bora January 8, lsl. He was the eld eat aon of tba Prince of Wales and conse- ouently In the direct line of succession to the throne. He was educate I at Trinity folleice, C'ambrldKO, ami the 1'niversiiv df lieidelbeiv- Previous to his eiiteriuu as nn under graduate, howevrr, he passed two jeara as a naval cauei on ooaru me llri'au nia, and in Ls7! started with his brother. Princa (leorve of Wales, on a vnvaite around the world in the Bacchante. He returned 10 r-nuiaml in IMS'.'. On leaving the University Prince Albert Victor procee led to Aldershot to prepare for the arm v. Jn 1KK1 he was invested with tho Order of the Oarter. He was created an honorary LL. I '. of Cambridge in IHnS. In theaprinvof lttW he ret urnel from a visit to India, TUd on June 23 of that year took lilt teat ia the Uouh of Lordi m JJukeof J, A' Clarence and Avondale and Karl of A th lone, titles conferred on him by the Queen. On iH-rember l. 11. ha was Installed at Heading as Right Worshipful Provincial Orand Master of the Province of Berkshire. Ills military rank wai that of Malor.be holding a commission in the Tenth Hussars of which regiment his father Is Colonel. In Decern ler was announced the matringe of His Koyal H'ifhness Prince Albert Victor to Her erene Highness Princess Victoria Mary'of Teck, the betrothal of tbe royal lovers having heti previously announced, would take place on Saturday. February 27, at St. (ieorge'a chael, Windsor Castle, The announcement was received with great favor, nthe t'rincess Is very popular. Afier the Puke of Clarence and Avondale the next to person to the 1'rince of Wales In the lineof direct succession prince tieoriie Frederick Krnest Alliert of Wales, brother of the late Puke. He wa- horn June 3, 1 .;.',. He sN)ii displayed predilection for naval ailairs, anil after serving in minor capacities was Appoint. si. in March, s:, to the com mand or tho new gunboat Thrush, and wnile on this vessel lie was attached to the British North American squadron. In ugiist, ivsi. he was 11-nmoted ti the rank of commander of ller Majesty's fleet. Prince (ieorgeis popular, but it is known tuat he Is not strong. I here italk of a match letwen him ami the dead Prince's betrothel, hut it i said he is 11 ready betr .thel. If he should die Without heirs it Would come to pass that the h.ihy girl of the Puke of Fife, who married the Priiics of Wale's daughter, would he thesii, c-sor to the throne. This would not pleas., tue roval f.inulv and its numerous coiiuer-tions. for the Puke Is not of that rich, royal, blue blood distinguishing the wlelders of England's scepter. PRETTY PRINCESS MART. She Who Would Hira Weddd the Deao. Duk Now May Marry Princa Oeore. Prmce-s Victoria Mary, or to give her right name, Princess Victoria Mary Align!. fHINCKsS VI(T'l!l MAHV. urTRCK Louise Olga Pati'ine Claudiiie Agnes, is the only daughter of His Highness Kranx Louise Paul Alexander, duke of Teck. O. C. II., and llor Koval Highness Marv Adelaide Wdhehif 1111 Kiixah.'th, duchess of 'feck and cousin of the ueen. She was born May 'Jii, 1sj17, and is j:t years old. She has three hrot hers, one of w bom is a lieutenant in the Seventeenth lancers. llor marriage to theilead duke would have occurred February 'J7. It is generally aijreisi that haste will now he made in bring ing about the marriage of Prince ieorgcto remove the possibility of the Fife succession. This possibility 1, m,t viewed with equani mity by tho in. 'Tubers of V(. nohilily, who believe that all the heirs to the 'throne should heof the full blood royal. It is hinted very broadly thai a marriage between Prince (ieorge and Princess Victoria Mary nt Teck will he arranged. The weekly paper, .lf.iifcri .Soei'el;, however, as JjolityiSt n marriage had ulreadv been an . . Swu Prince (ieorge ami a lUliy'?1' H"hr. mil!' lYiiit'CM Christian. ' CARDINAL MANNINO DEAD. One of the World's Oreat m Rellirlous Thinkers Passes Away at a Ripj Old A if. London, .Ian. P t'alitiul Mantling died I'liiirsday from bronchitis and congestion of the lung-. He died in a t'lamly furnished room in his p ilaee at Westminster. His Lininein . contuiu 'd to grow weaker during the night until linallv his pros' ration bis ame . 0111 l.li'te. lie W as able, how e or. to join ill the Prayers w hich were being otleied at his bedside. I he I annual 1 olit.nlu d these rAttntNAI. MVNSISll. supplications for divine mercy until " V o'clock, w lieu he became unconscious. His death was calm, and he pa-s.-.i uway evid-ntly without .aiu. Telegrams of re gret from ull purls of the world are being received. Henry F.dward Manning was horn at Tot teridge, Hertordshire July !. lsnsi. He was the sou of William Manning, M. V. He was rducstod at Hal row ami Ka iol college. Oxford, and graduated in . He preached in the I'niversitv of Oxford and became Archdeacon of Chichester in lo. He be came a deep s'it I. nt of religion, and wrote a letter attacking the Poiiiuul atliolic chinch. In Is-'d he joui.d that church in which lie entered the prieMho.sl. uud ill IViT founded an ret lesia-tical congregation r.'. Payswatcr, entitled the lb ates of St. 1 Indies Porromco. He was made 11 Pomosuc Prelatetu the l'o. After the death of his llmineiice Cardnal WiHemaii.Moiisigour nulling was consccrat ed Archbishop of We. (minister. June H.lNia. Pope I ins IX crea'ed him c.r.llnal priest, March I ' lsT.'i.tbotit e assigned to him being thai of SS. Andrew and (iregory on the Coeliau Hill. She same Poutill invested him with the Curdiiml's Hut in 11 consistory held at the Vatican, Pecemher 111. 1ST". Pr. Manning wua a prolific writer and lecturer. BIMEONI PASSES AWAY, A Formsr Papal Bscrataryof State Die of Grip. Rome, Jan. 10. Cardinal Slmeonl, form erly Papal Secretary of State and Prefect General of the Propaganda, died Thursday, His death was dim to an attack of grip, front which he bad been sull'cring for several davs. Giovanni Situoonl was bora at Pallano in lHltl. After he was ordained lie held some iuiportaut offices, lie was taken to Home as a professor, and wm Uunured with various tiiyu otllcea. A SUMMARY OF LATE EVENTS. 80MEINTERESTINO ITEMS GATH ERED AT RANDOM. Bappeninre From Ocean to Ocean Told in a brief Way. By the u act' In of a lmp at MillbmA. Mich., two children o? Wi.l 11 Allen, Jr., butnel to death. There Is much excitement at 8lmfter,Te., over the kil ing of three Mexican thieves by a detachment of State Itangers, tinder tbe command of Sergeant John A. Hughes. The thieves belonged to desiernte baud of out laws who bus been boldly oeratiiig In this section several mouths. They have rubbed the mi ins here of several thousand dollars' worth of silver ore, and have raided the ranches and driven the cattle across the river into Mexico. - Joseph V. Mahee, for many years a trusted clerk in the Vet Chester county Savings Bank, nt Terrytown, N. Y., is dis covered to he a defaulter. The mount of the defalcation is placed at 110,000, mid ex tends over a jht'io I of 11 years. At Cneon, la., Wesley Taylor and A. K. Jackson, nllleors of the Fontauelle Bank, of Foiitanelle, la., which failed for flo.ust about a year ago, w i're found guilty of re ceiving deposits while knowing that the hunk was insolvent. Km u was sentenced to four months in Jail and to pay a tine of '. The exhibit of b isinesi a' the Philadel phia Custom House shows imports valued at fii-M'lsonii for l'H'l. against f Vi.o.iT.issi for lvsi, and exports of HmC,i" against f.'ki, (r..',ii during the previous year. At the inquests 011 the bodies of Mrs. Kd ward Andrews an I Miss Lillie Wallace at Brailierd, Minn., tin-jury returned 11 verdict completely exonerating tho Northern l a cil'ic Uailroad company and its employes from any blame in the railroil horror of Friday morning. All the Injured are resting well and will n-cover. Kngiuerr Joseph Hunt and Fireman Brad ford were blown to fragments by the ex plosion of a loo uiio'.ivc near i'.iriiiiiigham, Ala. The head of the engineer was found 11 quarter of a mile from rhe scene of the explosion. The water had got too low in the boiler. Pert Wiggins was killed ami six other miners injured by the cage in which they were giving away ut Chatham, III. The business part ufthceityof Koine, (ia,. Is from four to seven feet under water. Hundreds of icople have been driven from their homes. Mrs. Annie tjuacketihiish, of Newark, . . J., w ho was shot by her husband, January H, died on Monday, ' Her husband killed him self after the shooting. All the railroads operating rrtween the Missouri riverand theseabourd have agreed to traiisort food products for relief of Rus sian sull'erers free of cost. At St. Paul, Minn., on Monday the mer cury was down to '.M degrees below once more, with some reports of colder weather. The same report came from ull over the Nort hwest. j-sjelir-i fc-t at Pi tsburg. A "id both will likely die. I hey WercSitliHinVl Boyoe, of New York lily, and Hurry Petrich, of Crafton station. At Boone, Iowa, a cold wave sent the inurcury dow n to Us" below z.rro on Tues day. I he ileudly grip is making itself appar ent on tbe railroads The freight shipments oiihe vurioiis roads from the West uro lig' tor than they have horn for months, and the cause thereof is attributed to the fact that many of the freight agents, their clerks and other employe are stricken whh the malady. They ore consequently tumble to handle the matter. By a decision of Judge New man, of Madi son, Wis., the ex Treasurers of that State w ill he obliged to return interest on State moneys which they returno I. The amount 'o he recovered will reach 0 i.( si. Theilead ho.lv of W. r. Sproule, a sales man in the employ ..f S. ( . i:t vim A Co., .t. Louis, was found wedged ill the ice gorge '11 the river at that place. He bad evidently attempted to cross before the ice had become sulllcieiiily heavy and broke through. At North Pt itte Neb , Tuesday night, the mercury went down to U't degrees below. Some idea of the temperature iu the North" west Tuesday night may he obtained from glance ill the following data, all the figures being below zero: M. Vincent, 4') degrees; Wiune peg, degrees; Port Arthur, 1M d grees; Medicine, 'M degrees; Buttle Ford, 41 degrees; Moorheud, degrees; Ft. Buford, 4 'degrees; Miles C ity, 40 degrees; Bismarck, N. P., ,".l degrees. It was H i below zero at St. l'uul, the coldest since the settlement ol the country, except four year ago this month. PERIL'S OF COASTINO. Six People I-Jur. d t Cadiz, 0. , and Two at New C iatlet Pa. An accident incurred ut Cadiz, t .,in which six persons were .seriously injured: while Coasting dow n Market street. A hob sli d going north collided wi'h one going south. Theseriously injured lire: Miss Maud ltam '. I' g broken and .spine in jiired.uiid Harry Perry, hu broken in two placei below thi) knee. Tho Misses Tempo an 1 Alice Carnu han, Mrs. Charles McCoy and Waller Potts were aerlous'y injured but no bones broken. While coasting on a boh sled at New Castle, Pa., Walter Johnson, agl H, ran intoa sleighdriveu by Mrs. Iliiohannon, nn ageil lady residing in Mahoningtown. The horse attached to tho sleigh took fright ami kicked young Johnson in the head, fractur ing the skull and p-rhaps fatally injuring him. Mrs. Biicbuuuon was thrown from the slelgt, and wus to badly. Injured that she Will probubly die. Fatal Explosion of a Boiler, York, Pa., January 13. A defective boiler exploded at the slate quarry yester day afternoon. William Haslett was in stantly killed and Kichard Hughes was so seriously Injured that his recovery is doubt ful. The boiler home and adjoining build ings were demolished. The boiler war blown a distance of 150 feet. WORLD'S FAIR BUILDINGS. Work Done ao Far las the Proceaa of Construction. The aetnal erection of tb, Exposition bnildincjs In Chicago bejan In June, 18(11. Now all of them are being pushed rapidly towards completion. Already several are under roof. About 4000 workmen nre em ploye 1. Work procesds day and nizht. Woman's Building This Is farthest ad vanced of all. It Is roofed and almost com pleted exteriorly. Covered and adorned with ''staff," it appears like a msrble ptlaee. Tba furnishing of the interior is proceeding. Mines Building The framosrork is uo.su I finishing touches are being put on the iron and glass roof. The "itaff ' is bieng applied. Kloctricity Framework completed up to gallery floor, and nearly all of tbe great steel tni'ses lor the roof in place. Horticulture The pavilion areup to th root line. The west curtain is roofed and windows are being placed. The Iron work of the dome is being nut in position. Transportation Framework practically completed, as also roof sheathing over gnf lerips. Clear-story trusaes are being raised. Administration Structural wora of the four 'pavilions completed and exterior cov ering being applied. Iron work In placj up to base of dome, 17t feet from ground. Machinery Hall Floor and OOiKI support ing piers completed; superstructure goin Up, and foundation for annex being laid. Agriculture Interior columns and gnllerv fltrdors and joists In position, and the great roti opiumns supporting the roof being placed. Of the i.lHW.OOJ fet of lumber which the building will contain, more than half is already utilized. Manufacture and Mitral Arts Thj thirty and one-half acre of flooring are laid, and tne superstructure is li-jiiu. The huje stol truss.-s for ttio roof, which together will contain more metal, by titty per cint , than the Brooklyn Bridge, will soon bu raised. Art (ialleries Basi-ment. an I flixir are completed, and the brick walls have reached an average height of ten feet above the eeoud floor. More thnti ,',XJO,0'J0 brick are already laid. Fiihurios Th gatlory tniis of the miin building are placed, and the Iron fra.nowork of both pavilions is completed. Forestry I'lns is alsiut three-fourths fin ished, and will be occupiod by the mo I d makers until sprint;, when tho outside rin.:i work will t put on, and the temporary roo' will be replaced by a thatcued one. Dairy All tho cxilnmusare up to the root line, and the gallery floor is being Hli. Work 011 the Illinois Mate building and on the V. H. Government building Is tiehu pushed rapid'. The imitation battleship is completed to ..s deo't level. Insurance Is placed and Increased on the buildingsa?t'.i"ircoiistnK'tiou proceeds. Th amount now carried is nhove fl.tss'.'too. Iliirujg the Fxpositinn, it is estimated, not less than l.,000,00d or Jl0,0JO,iK' of in surance will be carried on the buildings 1111 1 exhibits. All possible precautions nre tiken nainst Hie. Th. Kxposition grounds are nirendy provided with a full cmiipincnt of tire en gines and apparatus. In the construction of the buildings about no.tKKUrfl feet of lumber and IH.triO tons of steel and iron will bu u"d. In their adorn ment will ho utilizwl nearly M,iki pieces of ornamental "stafr' work, of which a'-out one-third are already coinnleUKl. SHEEP BREEDERS IN SESSION. The National Association Met at Canons, burg and the Dors it Breeders at Fitts bursr. The eleventh annual meeting of the t oiinl Uelaino Hlnsjp Breed'Ts Association wus heldat Cannousbiiri, Pa. The treasurer riort showed a baUne sf t II 71. Several n tw members were recived into member ei. The old board of the association wus re-olectel. A committee wus appointed to make ar rangements for an exhibit of the associa tion's stock at the World's Fair and report a t siecial meeting to be held here on Octobei I , next. James Pell, Hubert Hamilton and William Pollock wore appointed to meet with th I'nited States Sheep Breed -rs' Association at SteubiMiville, Hiio, on Jan., Itl and -7, w tli regard to adopting some system foi fit ing and showing sheep at fairs. Tin1 fourth volume of the association which b recently hecu published, shows a irgisirutiou of (i. 1 1 1 sheep nn to the yeur Mt. I luring the past year over 1. if 1 sheep have bfn registered. Tho associ itioti em braces some of the most prominent flock masters in Pennsylvania., New York, Ohio, and Michigan, Dorset Sheep Broedrs. The llorset Sheep Breeders' association o A iiiericu held its first annual meeting nt Pittsburg, Pa. I he association was organi ze 1 on Ma'ch .11 , I sol. for (,e purpose o; improving ai d protecting tlie best liree Is ot she 'p. in-ann ual report was read and showed that the lirst Ilorsel sheep was im porie I fn.ni Fnglaiid by r. Win. Jlilv, of l,.H kport. N. Y.. on March 2.", lss7. Ihiring the year l.tMl certilicites of record for sheep adinilli-d were iued to members of the association, besides a number of certilicites to iioii-niemh-rs. the u-socta'ion has u membership in sixteen st lies uud iu Cauada. Pennsylvania has tweittv-one regular meiuhers, nine of whom reside m Washing ton couutv. Ilie iiss.,ciation claims that the Dorset sheep are the best f,,r American breeders. Vice President McKinsey said: " Tin; Dorset shop bus good depth "of can cu-s, hardiness to al 'climates, and is well ll-eced and remarkably probtic. The usso elation will exhibit in'ih- World's Fair, and wi I iu future give premiums for tn livd Slis k exhibit there. v e ;t ..ose to enforce rules of sheeibreeding like those relating to horse uud rattle-breeding. An annual of pedigress will lie issued by the ussoci.it ion." I . S. Cooper, oi l ooper.shur, Pa., is Preal dent of the association. A ORADE CROSSING. HORROR. A Street Car Struck B ths CI1IC170 Limited. Two Killed and Many Injured. Chicago, Jan. l'i A surface railway cross ing horror occurred tit Forty si veuth street undthe Chicago, Pittsburgh .t Fort Wayne tracks. An lulu, uud Fort avuu train struck a Forty seventh street transfer horse carof the Chicsgo city Kailway compjny. Two passengers on the hone car were killed Instant'y. Thirteen other passengers were injured. The catastrophe was due to tho combined carelrssne.s or the stupidity of three men Herman Albrecht, tho crossing keeper; Joseph Flannlg,.n, the conductor of the street car, and Michael (Jarin the cut driver. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY. Death of a Kan Who Attended Washing ton's Inauguration. Ottumwa, la January 18. John B. Wick ham, tbe oldest man Iu Iowa, died, aged 120 years. He was born in Franklin county, Va., and attended Washington's inaugura tion in New York. He came to this city twenty years ego. For the put year he has steadily refused to wear trousers. Death was caused by la grippe. POWDER HILLS EXPLODE. TXX FHOXNIX POWDEB KILLS AT Xellor, W. Wa .Blow Up, Kill Five Mn, Injure Two Fatally and Several Seriously. Catletlshurg, Ky Jan. P The Phoenix powder mills at K el log, W. Va blow tip with terrific force, Instantly killing lire men nd so badly Injuring two more that they are not expected to live until night. The killed are Archie Livingstone, F.d Winton, John Benton. Charles cott, John 8chauster. The Injure!; Ed Cook and Jahn Crouse, fatally burned; Reese Kstep, burnesl; John Justice, struck by timber; Charles Nally, cut 011 head. A number of others were Injured. They were able to go to their homes. It Is impossible to say Just how many are killed, but those named above were In the mills, w hich leaves no doubt as to their fate. It is estimated that at least Go.fKN) ioiinds of powder went offend the mills that cost In the neighborhood of Ilfi0,ilre damaged at least two thirds of that amount. How the awful wreck was brought about will never be known because not a soul that was in the mill is left alive to tell tbe story. In I ronton twentynve miles away was heard the terrible detonating roar. In Cered three miles away. windows were broken and wares in the stores were shaken from the shelves. In Caltettsburg, nearly ten miles away, the earth shook and the people were alarmed, THE ORIP'S RAVAOE3. Many Victims of the Dissase Reported From Different Quarters. City of Mexico There are m iny exses of the grip in this city. It has been prevalent for a month past, and .TO deaths have re sulted in the pu-t three weeks. The com mon people nrc the worst sufferers, and In the mountainous region the malady is most severe. Dublin tlrip of a malignant tye has ap peared in tho western part of Cork county. Nine deaths from the disease have occurred in the Skibherati work house, within a week. Jersey City, N. J. Ex-Mayor John B. Jloinar, aged tsl years, is dead ol the grip. Ijndon Minister Lincoln is pronounced convalescent. The family of Secretary of legation White are ill with the grip. tilenn Falls, X. Y. The grip Is making fearful ravages in Northeran New York, in the small village of Cambridge eight promi nent citizens were lying ocud at one time. arreusbiirgh has l cases, lilen Fulls, Ticond"roira and Sandy Hill are ulso con tending against the disease. More than li'si well-know n citizens of Northern New York have died of the disease this winter. 'I wo hundred sailors and many ollicers of the British Mediterranean fleet are n the hospital here, prostrated with intlueiua '1 heie are J.'si additional rases of the disease among the vur ous vessels of the fleet. Augusta. Me. There Is an unprecedented amount of sickness in this city resulting from the ravages of the grip. Within a mouth live prominent citizens have died and several more are ill. New Y'ork Kdmun. I Warren a niemhei of the block Exchange, died at his residence ' In tins city or pneumonia, superinduced by the grip. business ia'poop. The Only Section Reporting- Depression Is the South. Xew York, Jan. 10 ft. O. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade says; It wss suggested two weeks ago that the exports in 1'eccml er were likely to be extra ordinarily large. Ti e pr Imilnary reports Just Issued iiiiiict'e that the exerts iu thut month were probably the largest ever known for while no increase uppourj iu cotton and exports of provisions, cattle and oil were sliL'htly less than a year ago, a gain of ."J, loO.tSKjappeurs in breadst nil's, making the net increase In principal items 17,!40,8.-l,or nearly 2.') per cent., indicating that the aggregate exisirts for the month will prohu biy excrcd l Iti.Wi osi. auainst about S'is.. Wi,o U lust year, when the amount was , greater than it had ever been in any mouth 1 lie exisirts or flour increased ,'sl per cent, and exports of wheat lire 1.ii.i.ii si bushels. again-H,Nsi,tK) hist year, w hile exoris of cotton are 4s,ntJ,Mi pounds greater in uun tit sr. though no increase appears in Value, owing to the low prices These enormous exports overshadow ull other features in the commercial situation. They insure large supplies of money, if ever needed, hut at the present the markets are everywhere well lupi'lied except at southern points and belter supplied there than a week ago. 't reasury disbursement have been large, and there 1 110 reason to look for u luck in tbe suppy of money. Another fact of large iraiiortance is that the iron output wus not diminished in De cember, as is usual, owiiitf to the stoppage of furnaces during holiday, hut lMrt.UhJ tons weekly, against Hx,l3l Dee. I. Tne market is fairly uctive, though 'he enormous output give buyers an advantage, and Alabama and Virginia iron are o He red at low prices. Cop?r is flat and in tin there is little change but lead is weuk at sr4:J'Jaiid the market for coal very dull on uccuuut of the very heuvv output. Bad weather checks business at Boston, At Hartford wool is less active. At Phila delphia no change appears in the imortaiit branches of trade. At Baltimore exHirts of breadst 11 lis for the last six months of lS'.ll were in value f l.'A.tiMl.lli::, a gain of more than $l0o,0.HUmi over the previous year. Pittsburgh reHirts 110 change in the 'iron murket, though prices for liuished iron are growing stronger. At Cincinnati tobacco is in active demand and free orders are Holed for boots uud shoes. At Cleveland truile is larger than u yeur ago, although in some lines inactive, and the tide serins to have turned in pig iron and ore. At 'hicago sales in dryg'iods, clothing and shoes are larger than a year ago, some in crease is s.en in bsrley, i'l percent in cattle, 1. 3 111 flour, corn, oats and bides, while re ceipts of wheat and dressed beef were large. But decrease appears in cured meats, lard cheese and the wool receipts are only one half as large as a yeur ago. Trade at St. Louis is helMHl by colder weather, and also at Milwaukee and St. Paul. At Minneapo lis the Hour output i 17H.UU0 barrels for the week, against 110,000 a year ago, and at Duluth sales In 18SU amounted to ju.uoo,. Ooo. The business failure occurring throughout tbe country during the last seven days num ber 3?U, as compared with 436 last week (eight days). For the corresponding week of last year the figures w ere 411. FOUND FROZEN DEAD. Fate of a Station Avent Who Caused a Terrible Accident. Pueblo, Col.. Jan. 19 The body of E. E. Schafer, the station agent at Graneros, whose failure to deliver orders caused tbe terrible collision on tbe Rio Grande the afternoon of December 31 was found by a ranchman on tbt plains about six tnftee from the station. Bchafer decamped as soovi as be discovered his error, and was froienlo death In trying o make bis escape. FIFTY-SECOHDJONGRESS: Wtnnssi)T tn the House todar Mr. Wise, of Virginia, oTered a resolution authorizing tbe Commerce Committee to sit either as full or sub-committee, to send for persons and papers and have necessary printing done. Mr. Bynum voted with the Republicans on a division on the reference of the resolution to the Committee on Pules, which wss lost 50 tn 122. on tho motion to adopt Mr. Bynum objected to granting such Miwrrs to a committee as Irnding to extravagance. Mr. Wise agreed to modify tbe resolution to suit Mr. Hyuum, and thus amended It was adopted. A number of bills and resolutions of a routine natiir" were then adopted. Mr. Holeinan o tie red a resolution in favor of general economy, and demanded the previous quedmn. There was considerable excitement. The revioua question wss put, resulting Yeas, 1.V4; nays, rs the Alliance men voting no. The de bate on the resolution was then postponed until tomorrow. 'Ihe House at .1 p.m. adjourned. Tbe last remaining vacancy In the ranks of the senate wrs filled this morning by the presence of Mr. Jones of Nevada, who.utidor the escort of his collengue. Mr. Stewart, who had announced his being In attendance, ad vanced ti the clerk's desk and took the oath of titllce for Ins fourth senatorial term, fscnaie bill to prevent the adtilfera'ioti and misbranding of food and drugs and for other purposes was reported and laced on the calendar. This is tho ptire-fiesl bill. Among the bills introduced and referred was one by Mr. Kyle, proosing an amendment to tho constitution so as to regeulate marriages mid divorces in the several States. in mo tion of Mr rjtewart the bill to provide for the free coinage of gold and silver bullion was referred to the finance committee. The senate then, after a brief executive session, adjourned until to morrow. i Ht'ttsinY. t be Senate transacted no business of imortance to day nnd ad journed until Monday. In the House the liolman resolution against subsidies and committing; the House to appropriate money only for the economical administration of the de partments, came tip for argument, ond after a four hours heated debate Mr. Springer moved tlmt the House adjourn and pending this, wished to introduce his bill placing wool 011 the free list. 10 this, however, Mr. Owens, of Ohio, objected, and the House adjourned till to morrow. Fliinw. Die Senate was not in session today. In the House a protracted debate took place on the Holmau resolutions regarding setrenchment and reform. Fol lowing ure the resolutions which were adopted : ' Besolved, That In the judgment of this house the grunting of subsides or bounties by congress in mouev, public lunds. bonds, or by p'edge of imldic credit to promote 8ccial privste Industries or enterprises of the constitutional power of congress to make such grants, is unjust and Impoliticand in muni lost conflict with the spirit of our republican institutions, as it directly tends to create and foster tbe wealth of favorite classes at the ex H?nse of the whole poople, who bear the burdens of government, and manifest y furnishes undue facilities tor the enlargement of great private estate a (Kilicy which a government of the Mple cannot justly or afe!y encourage by any form of favoritism in legislation." "Kesolved, Thut in view of the present condition of the treasury and b.s:,iuse efficient and honest government can only be assured by frugal exienditure of the public money, while unnecessary and lavish expenditure to venal uud corrupt 111eth.xls in publ'c affairs no money ought to bo appropriated by congress fro.n thu public treasury except such as is manifestly neces sary to carry 011 the several departments, frugally, clH'ciontly and honestly udmiuit- Bills placing salt, lumber, nails, cotton ties, binding twine and agricultural imple ments on the free list were introduced; also tne following; Bv Mr. Newberry, III. To test tho methods of spelling in schools and appro priating lb0,ouo to establish a spelling school nt tbe World's Fair. By Mr. Smith. Ar. For the admission of Arizona as a State. By Mr. Bretr, of Ind. Providing for pensioning all persons who incurred Oiau bi lit les or received injuries while ucting as a home guard in loyal Ktates to recl in vasion and protect eaoe. They ore to be pensioned the same as if they hud been mus tered into the service of the I'nited States. By Mr. Alexander, X. ('. Belating to and prohibiting gamb'ing in agricultural Iiroducts, timilar to the Butterwortb Option till. Representative Aldersnn, of West Virginia, introduced a joint resolution providing for the investigation of the Census ('litre, its practices, nie hods and the correctness of tho data furnished by it. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, introduced a bill amending the presidential succession act so as to add the otliceof secretary of agriculture after that of secretary of thu interior, ile ferred. Then, oil motion of Mr. Catchings of Mis sissippi, the house adjourned until Monday, Monhay In the senute 11 lurgo numb-r of petitions uud memorials wore prcented. i'elh r introduced a bill to provide fur the udmission ol I'tub as a state. Peller "tV-red a bill to regulate the compensation i.ffourtli class H.st masters; ulso a joint revolution to amend tlieconstitution so as to ci.vt a iresidetit uud vice president by direit vote of he people. Senator Perkins Introduced a measure to establish a uniform bankrupt law for tbe whole country. Mr. Ploit presentee a memorial nnd petition signed bv John Say, president, ami other otlicers of the National League lor the protection of American institutions, tor an amendment to the constitution to oreveut tbe union of church and state and forbid the appropriation of public money to auy ocieties under sectarian control. After a number of bills of minor Impor tance has been retried from com mil fee and placed 011 the calendar the introduction of bills was once more resumed. Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Peller proposing an amendment to the constitution so as to elect president nnd vice president of the United States by direct vote of the isMiple, after the introduction of a few bills of minor importance the senate pro ceeded to executive buaiutms, and soon ufter adjourned. In tbe House Mr. Riley presented n reso. lution, of which be asked present considera tion, request in the tecreiury of the treasury to famish tbe bouse with a statement of the appropriations which have been made for the world's Columbian exMisit urn, and what amount of the said appropriation is now available. Also, an ileinied statement of the exiieaditurfs from the appropriation showing for what purpose they have been made and to whom paid. The resolution wus agreed to, and after the transaction of some uuimiHirtaut and routine business the speaker proceeded with the call of slates for the Introduction of bills. A bill 011 the subject of pensions was in troduced by Representative Newberry of Illinois, providing that hereafter no pension shall be paid to any person w ho is not a citizen and a boua tide resident of thu United States. Mr. Turpin, of Alabama, introduced a bill permitting national banks to lend money on real estate. Referred. Af er a number of other bills of local importance wore intro duced the House adjourned. Queer Verdict In a Lynching. Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 16 Henry Corhin's body, which was left hanging to a tree la the public square at Oxford, O., was cut down and tuken to the m vor's ffioe, Esquire Bridiieford held an inquest and de clared that he died from a pistol ball fired by his own hand. No 0110 his claimed the body. Corbln was hanged by citizens for the murder of Mrs. Horner. lie had fired a ball into bis bead just before he wa caught.
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