THE NEWS. Hargrove & Co.'s tobacco factory in Rich. mond was destroyed by flee, —— James M Walker, once associnted with Mackay, Fair, Flood & O'Brien, died poor, in San Francisco, ~— Fire destroyed the center building and south wing of the Insa:e A-yiam at Anna lll —The Hudson River Furniture factory rear the center of Kemptou. N. Y., was totally de. stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $40,000, and there was a stock of manufactured elec tric moters in storage, —— Frank Murphy, in falling from a ladder in Jersey ( ity, urasped a live wire, and was killed, ——The miners at Dubols and Reynoldsville, Pa., struck on ac. count of a reduction in wages, —~W, C. Me: Cane, aged thirty-one years, a wealthy mine owner, of Denver, Col., attempted suicide by turning on the gas in his private room in the Norristown, Pa., Hospital. He had been sent to the hospital on account of temporary ill ness, —— Duelist William Bebbler was indicted by the grand jury in Belvidere, N. J.——The body of John T. McKeown, a Detroit real es tate dealer, was dragged from the river bot. tom. It bore no marks of violence, When last seen, a week ago, McKeown wnsen route bomeward alter a conviv.al eveaing, W. A. Ibompson, weli-inown as ( harley Mitchell's manager, who has been handling & pure-food show, whieh collapsad, was ar- rested in New Orleans on a charge of obtain- ing money under false pretenses, the plainaot being J. R Allen, who bought five thousand tickets com- on a speculation, being tions held throughout the South, ——The Theodore Lamb rt, the Kairer, of Camden, N. been banged Thursday. reprieve that has murderer of Daker J., who was to have ‘his is the second been Lambert Governor Werts having previously granted a stay of exacution from January 3, Years old, was fouad dead in bed, and Raph. ael Mareno, his cousin, and Raphaelo Bireno, 8r., and Raphaelo Sireno, Jr. from inhaling il- lumiaating gas, which had es a ped leaky mala in a tenement-house in ~——Frankiin Ball u, Metallic S8me!ter, and « granted December 13 until was found un conscious in their rooms froma Boston, manager ol! the Bi ne of the leading eiti- zens of Leadville, was te-ribly, and probably fatally, injured by a runaway team, which kaoeked him down and trampled on him, — The residence of P. H. Mast, manufacturer in Springfield, O The interior was entirely millionaire , was burned, destroyed. Loss about £60,000; insurance £30,000 cn building and £10,000 on contents. The posed to be of incendiary origi. The Miller Hotel in Lancaster, burned, ths wife of Mr. Elward A. being the only one of four persons to escape, —An earthquake shock in the Mexico caursd a panio in the Arben Thea: —-Tom Biuir was (ynecbed by & mob Mount Sterling, Ky. ——Governor Pattiso in his floal messages to the Pennsylvania, retecred to ness of fire is sup Ky., was Pascoe legislature the unprofitable strikes t) the laborers, as shown by the strikes during the past year {a that stale — Fugiaeer Shall was killed and two train men wers injured in a collision between tw frei:ht trains at Yorktown, Indiana, body of Wm. A. SBchae.der, Cowan, McClung & Co., foun i in the wools northeast of Lake about noon, hail coverad poiie with, spector entry ciork for of Knoxville, was one and a-hall zac, in Te with snow. Oito nnesses y» think that Sebneider was -Daniel J. ° over | fire The m firemen, th hoe £6 Lo Jay City, M made his es ardor was first covered by the Trombley with ber throat cut bed, and burned almost to a erisp. Frederick Truester, an old Pitssuurg, wv f{vund vutside the town almost frozen and grand jury, by @ Ald for solici found on who lying reaid ont in a snowdrift just to death and suffering from severs bruises cus that eoversd his bead, ~The unanimous vote, relused to indict Jobn Powers, of brive. Alderman Powers bad with attempting 10 sec anti-ecl. areite Chicago, ings been charged ire #35.000 to r peal Wil Hams children in her home, in Rome, Ga., and went visiting, The ho and the children were Lurned,~—-7 he War Depariment has the building of a bridge across the Hudson River Bath-on-the- Hudson, The report of Colonel Gillespie, of the Eagineer Corps, an ordinance, Dora locked her three 144 all decided adversely t at upon which SBeeretary Lamont bases his ae tion, shows that, alter a public bearing and a full consideration of the subject, he is of opinion that the construction of the bridge at the location, and accordance with the plans submitted on Ju 11, 1893, woud ereaie an “anreasonable obstruction to the navigaidon'’ of the Hadson River, ee Inn FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, in ANS SENATE. Eionteexta Dav. The resolution hersto- re introdaced by Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) inating to the occupation of rooms in the basement of the Senate wing of the Capitol for res: aurant purposes, gave rise to an in- teresting debate during the morning hour of the session of the Benate, The remainder of the day was taken up by Mr. Morgan (Dem, Ala.) in a speech on the Nicaraguan Canal bill, in which he replied in detail to the ar- guments advanced by Mr, Turpie (Dem. Ind., in opposition to the bill, Nixgreext Dav. In the Senate the chief question discu-sed was the resolution of Senator Lodge relative to the withdrawal of United Stat s ships from Hawaiian waters, The debate was animated, among those pas. ticipating besides Mr, Lodge being Me. Gray, of Delaware, Mr, Call, of Florida, Mr, Teller of Colorado, Mr, Butler, of Bouth Carolina, Mr. Aldrieh, of Ruode Island, Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, Mr. Hawley, of Connecticut, aad Mr. Hale, of Maine The resolution ws Jlsea upon the ealendar, Mr Morgan concluded his speech upon the Nicaragua canal bill, HOUSE. Eranreextn Dav. ~The proesedings in the House lacked marked incidents of any kind. The debate on the currency bill continued all day, but was generally spiritiess, and too ate tendance, which was large at the beginning, dwindled to almost nothing, The speakers were: Messrs. Biwok of Georgia, MeCreary and Beckner of Kentucky, in favor of the bill, aud Messrs, Haugen of Wisconsin and Adams of Pennsy vania In opposition to it No other business was transacted. Nixgreenti Dav. In the House the resig- nation oi Mr. Paynter, who has been elected a judge in Kentucky, was submitted, The currency question was the only tople of dis. cussion, Private pensions bills were dis. cussed and passed ut a night se-sion, UR BEEF SHOT 00T ————— ———— All Ports in Continental Europe Now Closed, —— ——— A———— BEEF PRODUCTS BARRED. Belgium Has Followed Germany and nefuses to let Them In-Mil- lions of Dollars of Live and Dressed Beef Sent to Europe Every Year from America. A despatch from Chicago, says: Nelson Morris has from his agent ar Antwerp that the Belglan government has prohibited the importation of live eattle from the United States on the ground that pleuro- pneumonia is prevalent in this country, This sloses all the dports of continental Europe against American eattle and Lee! products, and leaves to the exporier only the British market, which in its pressat condition is not a desirable one, This, in addition to embargo on dressed beef and packed bas been in force in most of the European Accordiug to Mr. Morris, Bdglum is merely following the lead eablegram goods, which rountries for some time, of Austria, Germany, France and other Eur. opean nations in taking rotuliatory measures reciprocity treaty, under which their su; industry prospered, The action of the Balgian government nly shuts off all access to the markets of that wountry, but also to those of Switzerland and A part of Austria, to which Antwerp, ORL Was seg All of eontinen'al Europe is wed to live stock United States, practically ci¢ wel from the sent millions of dollars’ worth and dressed beel to Earops every present embargo a blowol almost ineals able severity 10 three cities which have do ralsing og are Chicago, New York and I'rade has recently grown to such enorm proportions that a Hamburg firm steamers for om pleted five the exo! purpose of shipping cattle a aad dressed beef, Every week three or sarrying 825,000 worth of Atlantic for the Antwerp Natsopal Live Stock iogr bonts, beel, eros has Issued ¢ etter, which was sent to every stock exchany in the West, the attent caiiag ortance of prompt the matter, Wasmixoron, ID, C, iment of Agriculture sa.d dl at the notion of Belgium it 1 her ports, LY allied wer more powerful neight as Denmark has ¢ 4 Heved Germany | ’ gy yo if the agricuitun believe { Ones thee nan Parliament which opg icy of the Agrarian: may sue maibiiitios of a 1arill TABERNACLE TO DISBAND. Talmage's Con gregation Will Reorganize. The Brooklyn Tabernacle e ngregation I. DeWitt Talmage was pastor fake this the They were lod to obligns £21,000 to time the running During the meeting there had $45,000 and at the samo sxpenses of the chureh, Dr. Klopseh charged that been man insurance dolla® Tha congregation was not ro sponsible for the fact that £30,600 indebted ¥ ose the band and go out of existence, Others present denjed that this is ar. effort They claim that members are 100 poor to shoulder (his for which nobody is personally liable. They argue that the creditors stand no show of if a new organization flourishes, whereas the only alternative is for the membership to disband and go to other rhurches, the debt D.J. Tromley Marders His Wife and Child and Sets His House Afire, Daniel J. Tromley, a lumber inspector 28 yonrs of age, crazed over polities, murdered his wite and child at their home in Bay City, Mich, , set fire to the house and tried to os. eape, The murder was first discovered by the fireman who found Mrs, Tromley with her throat out, lying on the bed and burnea almost to a crisp. The child had evidently boon smothered as no marks were found upon him, Tromley ran on an independent ticket for County Clerk at the late slostion, canvassing the entire county and making wild speeches. He has been arrested. Ho attempted suicide by jumping into a well, 1. W. H. Upham, of Wisconsin, 2. Basiel, of New Hampshire. 4. 0, Hastings, of Penusyivania. 6, Michigan (re-slected). 8. John Gary Delaware, 10. A, W. Melutire, of ( ) Neiron, of Minnesota (re-ol Vinoent olorado, ~sleoted), A ! CoMn, 923 Conus Caiifornia, f Bouth Carolina, 9. Oo Hall in Oregon. SIXTEEN BADLY INJURED The Conflagration was Caused by the Overturn ng of a Coal Oil Lamp~Crushed and Killed in Their Wild Endeavor to Reach the Door. News has just reached a ost horrible hoio as Eve, in which 41 pe «sth and 16 badly lojures iidron were trampled hore was only one exit to the * Laajority of rushed hed ’ iiding was a two-story frame On the first floor was the bal kinds, village in ' wis used for gatherings of al Silv small Lake county, Ore, of about 100 tho rlakeis a inhabitants, ung telograph it i= 150 miles {rom nearest an I — IN THE FLAMES PERISHED Four Escaping. The Miller Hoel, Lancaster, Ky. was burned between [fIlve and six o'clock the other morning. There were four persons in the building at the tim and wile, his baby, about two yoars of age, and his mother-in-law, Mrs, Masters wife only escaped, The fire startel in the ecoilar, where it must have been smouldering all night, as the Pascos were about suffocated when awakened, The husband asdstel his wile to the window, and returned to assist his mother-in-law and babe, but was not abl to return, No other persons were in the hotel, which had been conducted by Paseo, and he had made all arrasgements to give it up, haviag moved hia furniture out of the building, Pasco was tweniy-six years of age, and came from Nicholasville, Ky. Mere Masters was a widow, The buliding way a three-story brick, bo longing to Sam Miller, of Knoxville, Tenn., and was insured for $5,000, The fire is believed to have been of incen. diary origin, CL DEATH CAME SWIFTLY. A Violent Pain in the Thambd Kills Mrs, Yar borough in Ninety Minutes. A romarkabls death is reported in Unlon soun y, N. (. Mrs Eliza Yarborough foit a vivlen: pain io her thumb, The sullerigy rapidly increased until she became unconscious and in ao hour and a ball afier she experienced the first sensation of pain she was dead. er —————— THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION. Bids Oponed Government for the Construction of the Building in the ofMies of the Wash. material required mals wore opened ising architec: of the Treasury, r the labor and ott Bled tt npietion of the overnment balldiag for the and luternational Exposition . government bu * northern « ngs, fity feet alx g£ the central plasa The Arout 2611 at ¢ wor rool is 4 an op 0 feet in diameter, the top of whic! 8 " feet above the floor. This lantern the use of tho weather bureau, and a of a He by ti OT the accomm Brge saarct bt to be placed there navy depart * The portion of the building outside i sierestory will be covered with a $4 a - the floor each staging 26 feet above A args skylights in section, is to be surrounded by a parapet in to where of the building are cir. why ow ¢ I RAR ion ato be sot at intervals 24 {eet in diameter, two stor Kg conical roof sarmoy story ia for olservation HOOT open airs from the main floor THREE BRUIHaBS URUWN Sad Accident to a Boating Party on the Alleghany River at ED. Portville, a small town Qiean, N. Y., on the Allegheny River, is full of excitement aod in Worden's undertaking rooms the bodies of the three Masco brothers cold in death. One woek ago they started to 1 1 aged father they would hour, They did be gone about an tome jittlie trading about 8 o'clock in the evening. When they did not return the father thought nothing special of it, thinking they had gone to an uncle's who lived in an adjoining county. On Tues. day, however, ho bocame greatly a'armed and upon telegraphing there learned they bad not been there, Alter some further telegraphing a searching party was formed, and the old flat-botiomed boat was found, and after dragging the river for some time the bodies of Edward and Charles, aged eighteen and nineteen respootively, wore found, and late at night the body of Wik lam, aged twenty-two, was recovered, When taken from the water both of William's boots were found to be missing and but one stocking on his foot. Wil iam being the only one who could swim, the impression is that when the boat begin to sink he relieved himself of bis boots and tried to save his two brothers, who could not swim, and in the attempt leet Lis own life, He was a ‘married man ond leaves a widow, A duel between M. Jaures and Dr, Barthou nonr Paris, ended io an exchange of pistol shots, in which no one was hurt. iy Destitate, ——————— ———— Part of the S8ta.e are in the Worst Possible Condition Scurvey Has Broken Cut-Awful Scenes. In Western Nebraska destitution and dis. of the Terrible destitution exists in Perkins, Chase ek sud¥Frontier propio seurvy for want of wholesome food, for nid, siiie the cold snag a dozen propie have perished days for the waut of lood and fuel Hundreds of families are witli rush ox sts, t! {rover destitutio Keep from county ies aio appealin Near Lisbon the wile az Bettier Durus suffered nourishment aod c Hicheoek county Liers gave birth to twins and before the ne home the poor won (i sui committee, { bh 1 Burlington doing every! Buppiies Lo the of the Ling few have any stoc and horses roam at driven out of the Cora pianted in eight ties never reachod a bie and sontains no and seed grain, neaded. “*The state relie! sox on iis list filing as worthy tance, and the most dist in Irom all over the state relating to the woly clothing." Bays a Lincoln despatoh “No deaths core tainly attributable to been reported, alth woman with two cabin near Niobrara Christmas, died from lack of food wi sary have vet uzh it i ned tha. a children, doad in a the morniag belore and eare, with. withous aid, “There are thousands who could not stand the rigors of a cold spe which is being seal by the relief commission known to be needed Rolie! supplies are being received from ail over the country and shipped directly to the needy in oar lots.” out in ge us supply it is jeTaver I —— KILLED FROM CARELESSNESS. | Nogloct to Display Proper Signals Costs a Conductor's Life Three trainmen, employed on the Chicago, Barlingtlon and Quincey Railroad, were badly injured, one o. them fatally, in a collision between two freight trains at Bixteenth and Union streets, Chicago, Tte injured: ‘lima Allen, conductor, a tally erushed; Dan Crawlord, ongineer, strained and bruised; Richard Welen, fire man, of Galesburg, liu, crushed and badly scalded below the hips, The collision was up parently the resalt of pure negligence on the par. of one of the train crows in Iniling to display the prope: eiznals, The injured were taken 10 the ho. pial —————— CANNIBALS SENTENCED. Samoan Man-Eaters Canght While Preparing for a Human Feast. Advices received from Samoa, dated De. ecomber (7th, say that there has been much disorder outsids of the Apia distriet, The collection of taxes has not been attempted for the past year, One native has been sentenced to death and others have bean impriconed for killing threo black men, The natives were prepar ing to oat the bodies of their vietims when they were arrested, a ABS AA SAAN of the Btate Btartiing testimony of corruption and im. morality by officers and employees was heard Potisville in the javestigation of the by father's covalry store the thieves was escaped, Bale crackers wors surprised at work Harry Clauser, in bis Oas They William Kunkle sod {aul Haight wers ag. inrge of ol upon ihe of Iiis ks will bs awarded the Government believed tha: the Carpoanier ior a quantity of forged shells. Bailroad Coal Operators’ Association met at Plitsburg and rejected a proposition to arbitrate the wage trouble, Dr. ex-president of very suddenly of heart troubles in the railroad station at that The Pitsburg 1) James E. Ce Whoads, Bryn Mawr College, died piace, The Carnegie Company, at Pittsburg, has been invited (0 bid on ths armor plate for a new Bwedish war vessel, DiAYE sod Hazelton, en A Macyars at Bheppton, near gaged in a savage race riot and en men and women were more or Jess § inure njureaq, wers will be filed to re M “vs ro | appesl Irwin, the Pittsburg pool » conl collieries around Hazle- od and rumors aro cur or "rs. ili¢ miners aline ¢ peaiing § % ruig ore whes ors tho Siate considered ask at the EXPORTS OF CORN. The U. 8. Takes Sscoad Place in the Quantity 2h Furnished the United Kisgdom United States ( Briston, Enz. has smsul Lathrop, at Secretary Morton showing fist the ope, fiom furn ished some interesting tab es, Cora mp wiing countries which it appears that eight ocouniries im. ported da ring the fiscal year last past over 134,000,000 bushels ol corn. Of this amount the United Kingdom touk ever 70,000,000 and Gortaany nearly 33,000,000 France took 10,600,000 and Holiand and Ausiria- Hangary each 6,530,000; Belgium took nearly 5,000,000 and Denmark and Switzeriend nearly 1,750,000 bushels each, The bulk of corn imported into the United Ringdom comes (rom Roumania and the United States, but Rassias, wanada sad Tur key, in ihe order namad, ars drawn upon to oae-fourth of the supply. into Germany bushels; Nearly ball of that imported Ametion Ture supp'y. Insuppyling Holland, Amerioa is second, One of the featuras shown by these tables ol special Interest (0 American farmers is that while Argentina has been an important factor in the iniernntional wheat market, hes exports of corn to European dountiries have fallen off greatly. They aggregated nearly 11,000,000 bushels in 883 and less than 2. It will vecnsion surprise to some Americans that the Little Kingdom of Roumania fur pished the principa! corn Importing coun tries 0! Burope with more corn than the United States. Roumania supplied 43.000.- 000 bushes and the United States 48 002,000 busbels of that cereal for Europear oon. sumption in the year 1804, fo
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