THE NEWS, m——— Thrae mon used dynamite on a bank vault at Thomas «n, Conn, —D. J, Millhouse com- mitted suicide by swallowing earbolic acid in tho street at St, Joseph, Mo, He and his wife had had troub.e, ——In returning from a dance at White Park, Minn, , an omnibus con- taining twenty-five men and women was overturned one mile from the city, anda ignited the curta n and straw. Beveral peo- ple were badly injured. ——The annual mee:- ing of the Army and Navy Union was heid in Chicago. ——An explosion occurred in Edwin Gould's Continental Mateh Works in Passale, N. J. Superintendent John Rae wai so badly scalded aboat the face and head that he will probably die, ——The remains of Fer- pando Telespourl, a dish-washer, were found in the ruins of the Delevan House at Albany. ~Jdosephine Werner, an inmate of the prison at Auburn, N. ¥., was killed by ma- chinery in the prison, ——Four men were frozen to death recently in the woods twenty miles below New Orleans, ——At Colorado Springs, Col., Dennis Dunn, a Bull Hill man, who was engaged in the Cripple Creek riot, was found guilty of assault with intent to kill Captain De enbaugh, of the Colorado Na- tional Guard, last July.——M. Michaels, a wealthy citizen of Corry, Pa. banged him- self. He had just completed building and furnishing a new hotel—the Imperial—which was to have been opened for bu«iness, J. E Lu‘z & Co., hat dealers at Knoxville, Tenn., made a deed of trust to James J, White, —— Mrs, Lavinia Bohannon, daughter of t :e Hon, William A. Harris, congressman. at-large from Kansas, who eioped with Bo- baunon, a liveryman of Luray, Va, mitted suicide by taking poison, —— United States Commissioner Connelly, at Savannah, decided that the crew of the schooner Annie Thomas, from Ba timore, were justified in refusing to go to sea under Mate Lund, who had threatened to kill some of James B. Leake, of Hanoibal, Mo,, thinks he is heir to an estate of £100,000,000 coms them. —— verdiet for £5,400 in her suit agalost John R sition of the War Department to remove th troops from San Carlos Three men were arrested in Newark, for stealing #10, ore and bullion and Refiniog Company. ——Tae trial of train robbing was irom the Balbach ganfleld for assaait upon his and int ation by a bratal young wi e, John Pitrowski shot Kovajek aad seat a ballet Kymns Kovkoski. Pitrowski ba married, and while the were in progress a gan? the house, and demanded assistance, kilied Jobs the lag © 3 I jast of ruffians Christopher Spearlng murdered bia in Hoboken. ——Judge Baldwin, of the Sa preme Court of Connecticut, appointed Hu bert T. Warren receiver of the i and fireplace guards, The [abilities £40.00), and the nominal assets, shriokage, $75,000, ——Prof, Marsh, of University, bas prepared a bill to be intro- duced in Congress providing for a uniform electrical unit aro Ihe centennial of the birth of George Peabody, was appropriately brated at Pesbody the philanthropist. A cablegram from Queen Victorio, expressing her birthplace of the was received ful remembrance of the philanthropist Mrs. Nehring and two children frozen to death in a fence blizzard at Aberdeen, 8S D,—Captain Col- of the British t were cornor after a lier, ack steamer Roel Light, Mi, longitude 44, a ball of fire descended three hundred yards from the steamer, caus jand terrified all on board, Five sailors of the schooner Jeanie Thomas of Baltimgre, sought the protection of United States commissioner at Savaannan, declaring that the first mate had threatened to kill them ———A bigl was introluced n the Jilinois legisiature to reorganize thaeity gov- ernment of Chicago, and if passed, that city will be almost in absolute control of mayor. —— Fremont P. Peck, first lieutenant of the Ordnance Corps, was killed at the proving ground at Sandy Hook by the bursts ing of a breech of a rapid-firing gun, —— ‘While under the influence of liquor at Sham- okin, Pa., Lucas Leshko shot Mrs. Ma-y Zarambo in the left bree st, and alter havioyg fired five additional shots at two other women, who rushed into the hoase, he sue ecoeded in making bis escape. Lashko, who iis a hunchback, was captured, He bought ithe revoiver for the purpose of murder nz: the woman, —— After twenty-four hours og wontinuous work the foree of men engaged in fighting the flames at West Bear Ridge col. Hiery, near Ashland, Pa, where five men ‘were killed and seven injured by an explo. sion of gas, suceeeded in quenching the fire, ~The fast expre:s to New York on the New Jersey Central Railroad ran into an open switch near Phillipsburg, N. J., and was wrecked, Several trainmen were injured, Charles Matthews, & private in the Second United States Infantry, murdered his wife and committed suicide in Omaha, —J, W, Mook, formerly an employe ofa Norfolk, Va. , chinaware company, who went to St. Louis and ailed in his s:areh for employment, committed suicide. Samuel Young, aged seventy years, stabbed his young wile to death and afterwards bung himself in bis home at Wiltshire, ©O.—The Kolbites in Alabama again threaten to establish a dual government, and Governor Oates declares that if they ars seeking trouble they ean got it.The proprietor of the National House in York an | tue managers ot other hotels in Pennsylvanin have bees swindled by bogu« check men. ~The organization of ef y school systems was discussed by the mem- bers of the department of saperin ende ice of the Educational Association at their moot. ing Cleveland, OH, M. Trout, the aye “specialist,” whom many York county peo plo charge with swindling them, was given a preliminary hearing at York, and held for the action of the grand jury, — Mm, Horace E. Pope and Wiliam Brusseas, her accomplice, were held for trial at Detrolt for the murder of Dr. Pope, the husbad of the former, ———— III nisin. The strike at the Greylock Mills, Norta Adams, Massachusetts, is ended, the oper. atives having voted to return to work at the old scale of wages, the the N A DEATH TRAP. Six Miners Killed by Explosion of Blasting Gas, Ss —— t—————— FIVE WERE BADLY BURNED FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SENATE Firrv-Sevesnrn Dav.—In the Ssnate the ohiei interest in the proceedings centered around the discussion of Heununtor Jones's pending free silver coinage bill. The dis- cussion continued far into the night, lu effectual efforts wero made to secure a vote, Mr. Vilas (demoerat, of Wisconsin) was the priveipai speaker of the day, He occupled the floor for four hours, Mr. Wilson (repub- Hean, of Washington) was swora in, The lisagreement of the House upon the item in the diplomatic and consular bill for £500,000 for preliminary work upon a cable to Ha- wilian Islands was reported, Frery-Eronru Day.—In the Senate Mr. The Men Were Cut Off from Escape by Fire and Were Suffocated— Four Others Fatally Burned Flerce Fire Raging In the Mine. By an explosion of mine gas at 10 o'clock A M., the West Boar Ridge colliery of the Reading Coal and Iron ut Ma- hanoy Plane, Pa., six miners were killed and five were burned, four of them probably fatally. The first five men were probably instantly killed, anit wes some tims their irom the workings, tut Myers was taken out alive, aud died on the way to the hospital, The injured are Edward Davis, of Girard- vi le; William M:nnieh and William Goft, of Ashland, and John Lamey and William Davis, of Mahanoy Plane It is fear~d that the first four jured mea are fatally burned, but Davis was Company, before bodies wera recovered of these in- only slightly hurt, The o igin o the explosion is not but it is -upposed that a naked lamp ign ted known, bean let loose a large body of gas that ha 1 rom a blast that was made io the gang- WAY. to “Monkey The explosion set fire the timbers ol Afrway,"” outs ting off the sseape of the five men killed in what is ealled the the mine, utalive were The #ix men who were taken neares: the gaogway, and escape l the sullo. catiog fumes of the gas and the avalanche of coal aud timber which followsd the explo. sion A fierce fire broke out in the ga nevertheless the work prisoned men or recos dead, was at once of hoe ¥ twaen 2 and dead bo The mine fie as mine ofl {ies of the five have t be thrown out of work capacity o! 26,000 tons annual y. WHITE RIBBONERS. nti- Liquor Petition. The Metropolitan Meth Church, Washington, D. ¢ dist was becomi Epise the ¢ White Ritboners, Temperance | decorated in honor of resenting the different nations of were hung around the Le rear of the puipit was flags, one the ican, brought silken banner, ou which Was notto, “For God, for Home Land." T™Ha i nal OO The principal obj call to the attention ¢ ident, as stroagly as posain I poiygiot petillon which bas arrived in Wash- ington alter a journey roun which now, it is asserted, »{ more than 4.0.0,00) ilies, THE PETITION This monster petition is as fol “For God asl Home and glot Petition of Christian Temperance Uailon, we; Every Lat the Word's Poly. Woman's Addressed to the Goveraments of the World “Honored Rilers, br We, your belongiog to the physicall; weaker sex, are strong at hewrt to love our home : ang RR: Pprewental ves thers: petitioners, althougs . our native land aod the world’s family of nations, **We know that brains, Learts make honest lives and that the nailons prosper, and the time is brought nearer whea the world shal be at peace, “We know that induigencs in alcohol and opium, anl ia other vices which our social lie, makes misery for the world and most of all for us anc children. oloar aud pure by these dissrace all the for our “We know that stimulants and are sold under ‘legal guarantees, which make the Governments partaers in the traflle by accepting as revenus a portion of the profile, and woe know with shame that they are often forced by trea’'y upon popula tions, either ignorant or unwilling, “We know that law might do much, now elt undone, ito raise the moral tone of so. ciety and render vies dificult, “We have no power to prevent these great iniquities beneath which the whole world groans, but you have power to redeem the honor of the nation from an complicity, “We, therslore, come to you with the united volces of representative women of every iand, beseechiing rou to raise the stand. ard of the laws to that of Christian morals, to s'rip away the safeguards and sanciions of thestate from the drink traffic and the opium trade, and to protect our homes by the total prohibition of these curses of civili- zation throughout all the territory over which your government extends, opiates indelensivie AGAINST AMERICAN CATTLE. French Agriculturists Petition for the Prohi. bition of Beef Imports. M. Gardaud, minister of agriculture, re ‘otived an agratian delegation from the De. partmen » of Pag-de Calais and the Nord, The delegates urge | upon bim the need of taking stops again the importation of American oaitie, which, they sald, threat ened French cattle w th contagious diseases, The win ster sald that the subjest bad been placed already betore a specisl com mittes an the diseases of cattie and any nee. [esary steps would be taken soon. Premier Ribot also promised the delegates to give the matter full attention, rong! essional investigation of the recent pur- has of gold by the government. He also referrod to the question of an exyra session of Congress, Toe advocates of the free silver bili of Benator Jones gave up the contest, The credentials of Mr, Thomas A. Carter, as Sens or from Montana, was presented. The credentials were criticised Ly Mr. Hoar, Fivry-Ni¥te Dav. --In the Beaate thore was a lively debate upon the proposition of the committee ou appropriations to take out of the Indian appropriation bill all appro- priations for secterinn schoo's. Thd acdon of the commitioe was sustained by a vote of 21 to 84. The eredentinls of Beunators-elect Tillman of South Carolina and Butler of North Carolina were presented, Due recog- nition was made of the honors paid the late Minister Gray by the Mexican government, Sixrixry Day. —In the Beanate the chap- iain, Rev, Dr. Milburn, referred fosling.y to the life and virtues oi George Washington in his prayar Mr. Quay presented a meme orial from the Manu. acturers’ Club of Phil- adeiphia, atiribot. ug the cause of the finan. elnl depression to the alleged assault upon the Ameren protective system. The In. dian appropriation bill was further dis. cussed, but no voto wis taken, HOUSE In the House naval the relative Day, interest Firry-Sevex chile! men was the propriation bill The decision of svorruling a point of order ployment of two th man the new warships was sustained House, mendments to the a tural appr sent to cor » Hens gricul bill was disagreed to and Mr. Bayers's nmendn strike out i n the naval priation bill thousand DAL seamen of lcisney LAL sde. nt colli Denals reso GOLD COMING FROM EUROPE. The Government's Reserve Will Soon o §115.000.900 arrival o! the Majastio casury yf the Belmont-Mourgan syndicates, re gold, mostly bars, it is { elisved expected in the Canird ste and the American Line steamship rach succesdiog pect]. bring similar cousignments until the full amouut conir.cted abroad is received As it become more and more seed ng in ils under:akiog that confidence is already resiore |, asd not only ar» gold ex. ports stoposd, but that they are not likely to added to which gold is now being imported r pparent- iy without difficulty, the rush to get the new bonds in exchange for currency at a big ad- vanes over the be resumed again for some time, syndicate price 12) was asked, The a«king price creased two polats, evidently because of the €10.000,0000r £15,000 070 of the bonds would be all tied in this country, and thos + mostly to who want them for investment and not for speeula fon, It was said to ba very doubtful whether any of the contracts t> deilver bonds With these deposits the United Sintes treas. nry's stock of free gol! amounts to about $756.5300,000, The government's gold reserve will vary shortly amount to 115,000,000, a suming that there are no abnormal with. drawals in the time THE POLYGLOT PETITION. Preliminary Step Taken in the House to Amend the Constitution. Representative Blair, of New Hampshire, introduced au resolution in the House pro- posing an amendment to the Cons {tution of traMo ia the United States, The resolution Is introduced “by request of the general officers of the world's and national W, C. I U.,”” and as the legal expression of the poly. glot petition just presented to the President a I AO Du. Gronor ¥. Root, the veteran composer who wrote “The Battle Cry of Freedom" and otuer patriotic war songs, Is a white-haired veteran of seventy-five years, but his voice is still o.0nr and resonant. He produesd his iamous song in his li. tle music store in Chi mio thirty-four years ago, i IIASA A oablegram from Nagasaki, Japan, stats” that the Northern Pacifio steamship Vitoria, due at Tacoma, Washington, on the 2d inst, was damaged by a collision on January 28 nt 8himonsakl, Japan, and will be ésiryed three wooks, ; An Explosion in the Forts at Takao Creates Havoc, A —— ——— ———— TROUBLESOME BLACK FLAGS Information of Their Ralds on the Island of Formosa Reaches Hong Kong. It Is reported in Hong Kong that an explo- sion which recently occurred in the maga. zine of the forts at Takao, a treaty port the soutuwestern const of the island of on For- mosa, and at first understood to beof a com- paratively trivial character, wa* .errible in its results. It fs now said that the explosion killed 200) Chiness soldiers attached to forts and injured many others, A squadron of Japauese warships is patroiing the island. The information that has come the from the island of Formosa since the sudden ure on the 18th inst, of the British cruiser Mercury, upon the receipt of informa'ion depart- that the notorious robbers, known as Binck Flags, were o ymmitting oatrages and the Briti