INSANE ASYLUM FIRE,
Seventeen Inmates Perish in the Flames
Fed Without Clothes.
Yankton, 8. D,, (Special,)—~Ons of th
most horrifying fires in the history of Yank
ton occurred at the State Insane Asylum,
when one of the cottages took fire in thi
basement, completely gutting the bullding
and causing the loss of the lives of 17 lg.
mates confined there,
The cottage was of stone and granite
walls with wooden Interior and intended
for laundry purposes, but owing to the
crowded condition of the main bullding 4
of the female patients were placed there and
the laundry was operated in the basement
The exact cause of the fire is not known,
except that it originated in the dryroom ol
the laundry. Here there Is a coll of stean
pipe, and the theory ls that flae particles
similar to lint settled on the pipes which
ignited the clothes, dropped on the pipes
and were fired.
The lack of water greatly hindered the
work of the firemen. The burned cottage
stands some 800 fest in the rear of the mala
building, the water tank for fire protection
belong 100 feet in the rear of the collage
The steam pipes used for pumping ran from
the boller room of the main building through
the cottage for heating and then to the
wriesian well or tank.
The intense heat in the burning building
caused the pipes to burst shortly after the
fire began, leaving the fire hose withou!
power, except direct pressure from the tank,
which was in no way sufficient to quench
the flames, Two streams of water werd
thrown on the building, but with little good.
With the thermometor standing at 23 below
gero, the inmates who could escape came
down the narrow flight of stairs in thelr
night clothing and bare feet into the bitter
cold, and had it not been for the nearness of
shelter the suffering and probable loss of
lite trom freezing would have been terrible,
The building was thres stories high, with
an attic and two entrances, one east and one
west, There was one stairway from the
second and third floors, which led into the
main balls to these entrances, thus giving
but one egress for those on the second and
third floors and attie,
Fifty-two persons were inthe burning
building, 40 patients and 12 female attends
ants, The attendants escaped, as did the
others who were saved, with none of thelr
personal effects, many losing all that they
possessed,
An inquest is pow in progress at the
asylam, which may develop the exact cause
of the fire, It is not thought blame will be
attached to any of the attendants,
The four walls still stand and will make
the work of removal dangerous, as a ook
lapse is Hable to occur. In 1882 the asylum,
then a frame building, was destroyed by fire
and six lives were lost,
The Joss on the building and machinery
is estimated to be $18,000; uninsured.
BURIED BY AVALANCHE,
Lives of Twenty-four Italians
Under Snow.
Georgetown, Colo, (Special.)—In a snow
slide at Silver Plume, twenty-four lives are
believed to have been lost. The dead arn
Italian miners, with their families, Eiever
bodies have been recovered, only two of
whieh have been Identified.
The identified dead are: Dominielo D, Es
tefani and baby. The following are missing
and are belisved to be dead: Three Toudel
brothers and Daptistio Bretto. The follows
ing have been recovered alive, but will prob
ably die: Astonio Gerliand, Antonio Ni
grettl, and one unknown.
The slide was the most disastrous eves
known ia Clear Creek county. It occurred
al 8 o'clagk, Starting two miles [rom camp
the avalanche eame with terrific foree, car.
rying with it buge bowiders snd immense
trees, A short disisnce from the starting
point the avaiacche parted, one section
coming from Cherokee Guleh, taking with
it two cabins oecupied by Italians aad the
shalt house of the Cary City mine, The
other slide came down Willlahan Gulch, be.
tween the Pelican and the Seven-thirly
Miles. This portica of the slide did the
most damage. Settlements of miners, mostly
Italians, were situated in both guiches,
For a week or more the inhabitants have
moved from piace to place to escape threat
ened disaster, should the thousands of tons
of snow start down the mountain sides
Somes of the most venturesome lagered In
their homes, and when the slide came es-
cape was for them Impossible,
It is estimated that 13 bodies are buried
beneath the piles of snow In the two
gulches, Eleven persons have been taken
out dead, ouly two of whom bave been iden
tiled. There is practically no hope for |
those under the debris. Iostantateous
death was probably their fate,
Crushed
To Prosecute Cervera.
Madrid, (By Cable. )—The Supreme Mille
tary Court, which nas had under considera
tion the loss of the Spanish squadron st
Santiago de Cuba on July 3 last, ins decid.
ed to prosecute in connection with the dis
aster Admiral Cervera and Commandant
Emilio Diaz de Moreu, former eaptain of the
destroyed erulser Cristobal Colon,
Earthquakes in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind, (Special. )— Dispatches
from Porter County, Ind., say that earth
quake shocks were felt throughout that
county. Several buildings were damaged
in Chesterton, a village near Valparaiso,
Fissures la the earth two or three laches
wide ran in all directions through the
streets, The vibrations were from east to
west,
ABOUT NOTED PEUFLE, !
HBeeretary Long, of the Navy, is a partial
believer in female suffrage, on which he bas
recently written an article,
Senator Ross, of Vermont, since his ap.
pointment to the Senate, has been making a
careful study of parilamentary rules of pro-
oodure,
Andrew Bpenoe is sald to be the caly mis
slonary-'oyeclist in the world. He travels in
Californie, where he has met with remarks
ble sucoess in his work,
Rudyard Kipling works 10 hours every
day, or, to be quite correct, every night, for
the novelist usually sits at his desk until
Abe small hours of the morning.
Paderowski dally goes through a regular
get of gymnasties for the purpose of
| his arms and bands for the
they are called apon to perform. He
employs an apparatus which he designed,
Wood," says an old Cape Cod
mate of Santiago's Governor, “dida’y
moh as a boy, and kept to himself,
seemed to bo doing a plies of thiaking,
was always ready to take a band with
other chaps
General Oils, the commander of our
s fu the Philippines, is said to ba a man
lsconie speech, who rarely utters more
xi one short sentence at a time, but who
ges to make that sentence epigrame
:
ot
THE NEWS,
President McKinley, in an address to the
Home Market Ojub in Boston discussed the
problem of the Philippines and sald: "No,
imperial designs lurk in the American
mind,” Secretary Alger, while passing
through the streets, before the banquet, was
hissed,
The Pipe Machine and Manufacturing
Company is the latest combination Among
iron, steel nnd tinplate concerns.
Residents of several Colorado towns are
leaving them on snowshoes and gathering at
Leadville on secount of the shortage of food
suppiles,
The Boston Fruit Company's new steel
steamor Admiral Dowey, is ashore on Cutty-
bunk, near the entrance to Bazzard's Bay.
Commodore Jobn W, Phillip, who com-
manded the battleship Texas during the war
with Spain, was presented a sword and Bible
Ly the school children of Texas,
Two men were killed and eight were io-
jured in a wreck on the South Carolina and
Georgia Railroad near Charleston, B, C.
Cinclonati clothing firms were burned out
with a loss of half a million dollars,
The War Department has honorably dis
charged Major-Gienerals Butler and Bumner
and Brigadier-Generals Kiine, McKee, Wiley,
Lincoln apd Combs, all of the volunteer
army.
Jeremiah Dingley, of Auburn, Me, died,
aged 77 years. He was an uncle of the late
Congressman,
The explosion of a gasoline stove in M.
Moskowiiz's tailor shop, caused a fire in
the business portion of Springfisid, Tenn,
which destroyed buildings and contents
valued at $60,000,
Dispatohes from Porter county, Ind. state
that severe earthquake shocks were [felt
throughout that county, Several bulldings
wore damaged in Chesterton, a village near
Valparaiso,
The Baltimore and Ohio Raliroad has in-
troduced a new feature in its sleeping car
gervies, arranging to attach an ordinary
sleeper in addition to the regular fl:st-class
sleeper now in service on through trains.
The innovation will be that in these or-
dinary sleepers Pullman rates are reduced
one-half, 80 that passengers have the choles
of paying the highest price Puliman rate or
take advantage of the cheaper rate offered
in ordinary cars.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is the
first line to introduce this service and its
popularity has been predicted,
It is sald that W. M. Greene, vice-presi-
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Bouthwest-
ern and formerly general manager of the
Baltimore and Ohio Raliroad, has been of
fered and will probably accept the vice
presidency of the Rock Island Road, to sue
ceed Mr. Truesdale
The State Insane Asylum, at Yankton, 8
D., was destroyed by fire and 17 of the in-
mates are reported to have perished.
An avalanche of snow and earth at
Piume, Col., buried Italian miners, a
woman and two ebiidren in Cherokee
Guleh, several of them being killed,
25
tueky Regiment, was shot in the hip In an
altercation at Anniston, Ala, with Lieut
Edward Seott, of the same regiment,
Former Confederates now living in Bos.
ton are organizing & veterans’ association
for «social purposes,
ings against Judge W. L. Norwood, of the
Thirteenth Cireult,
by fire and as a result nearly $50,000 worth
of property has gone up In flames.
fires broke out In different sections
town,
Home, loss #10000; barns snd outbuildings
School, loss $3,0)0, large general store of
mfles from Washington,
aad Oblo Railroad, loss $15,000,
troduced In the House a jolat resolution pro-
posing the thanks of Congress and the
American people to Mal Gen. Elwell
Otis and the officers and men of his com.
mand for the gallant and successlul action
at Manila on February 4 and 5.
J. D, Ciark was lodioted at Nashville,
Tenn, for the marder of Minnie Clark, alias
Blanche Cox, bis supposed wife, The body
was found on a bridge across the Comber
jand river, near the clty, under elreum-
stances indicating preparations for throw.
ing the body into the river, Clark was
from & prominent family of Montgomery,
Ala, and is a brother of Thos, H. Clark.
law librarian of Congress,
MILES REPLY TO DR. CONNOR.
Says He has Consclentionsly Done His
Duty to His Country.
Cincinnati, O., (Speecial.)—A local paper
telegraphed General Miles for a reply to the
address of Dr. P. 8 Connor st the testi.
monial banquet in this city, The command.
ing general replied, without mentioniog the
name of Dr, Connor or any other member of
the War Investigating Commission, or even
referring to the speech of Dr. Connor, or
been made of him.
His tefogram follows:
Washiogton, February 16.
In thirty-six years’ continuous serviee, I
am upconsious of having neglected or ex-
my country, I shall contious to do what |
belteve to be for the best interests of our
country, and I hope, protect the henith, life
and honor of those who risk ail for their
country and its people,
[Signed.} .
Spain Buys American Wheat,
Washington, D. CO. (Special, )-The lack
of a commercial treaty with Spain, the for.
mer treaty having been terminated by the
war, is not preventing trade between the two
eountries, although Ameriean products are
bandicapped by an additional 20 per cent.
daty in Bpanish ports, United States Con.
sular Agent Mertens, at Valenels, reports to
the State Department that there Is great de.
mand for American wheat. A eargo of 4,000
tons of red winter wheat, which had just ar-
rived there, proved entirely satisfactory, and
importers were willing 10 receive more,
STABBED THROUGH THE HEART,
A Woman's Knit Faseclnator Found Near
the Murdered Man's Body,
Cleveland, 0O., (Special, jeJacob Gur
brandi, night fireman at the Hunt Stamping
Works, on Hickox street, near Eaciid
avenue, was found dead in the bollervroom
of the plant, haviog best stabbed through
Nernox A, Mites,
M, FAURE DEAD.
mh
The Chief Executive of France
a Victim of Apoplexy.
ILL ONLY THREE HOURS.
He Bids His Wife and Daughter an Affect
tlonate Farewell, and Thanks All for
Their Kind Attention—-Not a Great
Statesman, but a Conservative Ruler,
Who Generally Found a Safe Course.
Paris, (By Cable.) —M. Felix Faure, Presi-
dent of the Republic of Franse, dled at ton
o'clogk Thursday night after an fllgess of
three hours,
Up to the vary moment that his brief but
fata! fllpess Interrupted him in the perfor-
mance of his usual dally duties, there was
no indication that the angel of death was
beckoning to him,
Up to the very last M, Faure indulged in
his customary habits of work, and even in
his equestrian rides, He ate well and slept
regularly, Nevertheless, several times re-
cently he bas been heard to exclaim: “How
wonk my legs are,” and “I can scageely
stand.” or to make some such remark,
He left his study about the usual hour, at
seven o'clock, telling Montjarret, chief of
his stables, that he would ride on horseback
from seven to haif-past seven on the follow-
ing morning. He then retired to his private
apartments, dined with bis family, went to
bed at ten o'clock, got up at six and almost
Immediately Informed bis valet that he
would not ride,
An Unnoticed Warning.
M. LeGall, his secretary, on jearning of
this, hurried to the President, whom he
found In his dressing-room about 8.45 A.
M. M. Fauresald: "I do pot feel {ii but]
prefer to abetain from fatiguing exercises,
Otherwise the President worked as usual,
and read the official documents and de.
spatches, with the newspapers, as was his
custom, in order to prepare himaell to pre-
side at the Council, which assembled at 2
A.M.
M. Faure presided with his usual ablilty,
and thelr taking leave, the ministers could
pot have imagined that they were pressing
his bagd for the last time, He took his
luncheon as usual at noon, returned to his
study at two, and spent the afternoon seated
in a favorite armehair Uy the fire, convers.
ing with M. LeGall, who, about five o'clock,
asked permission to depart, At six M,
IoGall returned, Immediately reporting
himself to the President, who was then sign.
ing decrees presented by General Ballloud,
sccording to his dally custom,
of signing was then about over apd soon
faw minutes, when the President oalied M,
LeGall, saylog: “Come quiekiy, I feel HL”
When M, LeGall reached bim, the Presi
dent was rubbing bis forehead and saying
weil,” M. L#Gall ssked
plied, "I feel a general weakness, [I am
falating.” Dr. Hambert, on arriving, gave
ether inhalation, He did not consider the
ease serious, but on findisg that his patient
did not revive, he decided to Inject ealeine,
Bade All Farewell
The President was apparently aware of
the seriousness of the attack, for be mur
Jo suls perdo,
bien perdu” (“I fesl my senses falling me.
desire to see his wife and chlidren, When
Madame Faure and Mlle, Lucile Faure en
tered the room the President exclaimed *'Jeo
sullering greatly. I am lost”),
At eight o'clock, when the doctor bad ar.
quainted M. LeGall with bis worst fears,
the latter informed M. Dupuy, who ane
but, on M. Le Gail observing that his pres.
who was pot to be aware of the gravity of
the situation, the Premier said he would re-
main st the Ministry of the Interior, in
readiness 10 come at
the members
Meanwhile M.
to the lssue of the seizure, His wife cams
farewell, It was & touching soene. He
thanked her for the affection and devotion
the bad sonstastly shown him, asd then be
bade farewell to his davghters, the doctors
aud his personal sUendante, thanking ail
for their care and devotion, and asking them
to pardon any hasty words be might ever
nave uttered,
SMALL FIGHTS AT MANILA,
Volleys Exchanged Batwoen the Ontposts
and & Few More Shells Fired.
Manila, (By Cable, }—A large body of Fili-
pinos, presumably reconnoitering, was dis.
covered on the right of General King's posi.
tion near San Pedro Macatl, The eutire
brigade of General King turned out, and
after an exchange of volleys the Filipinos
retreated into the jungle,
Since the American line reached the nat.
ural outward defenses of Manila no farther
advance has been made, The American
troops are now in eamp slong the line, and
in many places they are temporarily in-
trenched,
Ocensional brushes fake place between
seouting parties, Troops K und I of the
Fourth Cavalry encountered Fillpino scouts
near Paranaque and exchanged volleys with
them, Trooper Wilther was wousided fa the
right arm.
The United States abmed transport Bol
faio fired four small shells at the natives,
having discovered by the use of ber search.
Hght that they were mounting a battery near
Paranaque. The natives did not reply, but
withdrew their guns to Paranaque,
The transports Bratus and Bomulus have
srrived from liollo, They bring news that
the American authorities are clearing vees
sels from lloilo, showing that they have
assumed control of the port. The patives
burned all the records before evacuating the
oity.
There are rumors that the Filipioos are in
sore straits in the interior and are quarrel.
ing among themselve
A“HAIK CLIPPER" CAUGHT,
Confesses to Having Robbed 300 Giris of
Their Tresses.
Ohloago, 111, (8pecini.)-J. W. Jorgenson
or “Jack the Halr-Clipper,” 0s te has been
knows for the last four years, was arrested
while in the act of cutting »
Fransky, A
GREAT BLAZE IN A NAVY YARD,
Large Machine Shop in the Brooklyn Yard
Burned Out.
New York, N. Y., (Special. )—Over a mile
Hon dollars worth of government property
was destroyed by fire, which started iu the
large machine shop of the Brooklyn navy
yard, known as machine shop No. 28, and
the workings of the navy yard have received
a serious setback, Many flue models snd
patterns of battleships, thelr parts and plans
have been destroyed, and some of them can-
not be obtained again except by golog over
the work mapped out in the beginning. A
great number of the modsls were simply
coples of plans, drawings and specifications
now in the storerooms of the department at
Washington, nud these can be replaced at
soy time, Tho steam engineering depart-
ment of the Brookly yard is practically
wiped out, and the work done in that bulid-
ing will have to be thrown temporarily upon
the department of yards and dooks snd thst
of construction and repair, There 1s con-
siderable obstruction to the work there, and
an extra force will hava te be put on ia or
der to keep up with the work.
The fire was first discovered by the man
on the watch of the battleship Massachus-
otte. He immediately notified Lieutenant
R. T, Mulligan, in charge of the watch, and
a call to fire quarters was called, The men
of the Massachusetts scurried down to
machine shop, about three hundred yards
on the fire.
and twenty-five feet long. It was four
stories in height and bulit of stone and
brick.
gained headway. It was soen that the Mae.
About this time a four-alsrm was turned in
in the oity, and sll the sngines in the neigh.
borhood of the navy yard respouded., The
paid to the foundry and other bulldings
the vicinity,
ia
A small corrugated
loss
on this Is Insignificant,
Machinsshop No. 28 was occupied by the
the
In the machineshop very litle work was
on band, A number of small orders
torpedo boats MoKes,
fit.
The records and models of the battleshi;
bor on Febronry 15, 1898, were also destroy-
of an inquiry within the next few days, and
if possible the responsibility wil be fixed,
Commodore Philip, the commandart of
Pt. Go
comma dant of th»
Cubans Sell Hellef Supplies.
Washington, D. C., (Special. )—~Acting Reo
rotary of War Melkiejohn has cabled Gen
cargo and that hersafler ail supplies of this
character will be distributed uoder Gsnera
Brooke'sdirection, ‘as complaints have bee
made that charitable supplies are sold by
duties have Leen paid.”
Blaming the Ground Hog.
Bladensburg, Md. (Special. j—-The people
of this section of Maryiand are swearing
that the inconvenience and hardships of the
snowstorm have practically passed, fears of
a freabet are entertained, and it Is stated
siready removed thelr goods and chaitels tu
the upper rooms in their houses,
streams are all covered with several inches
of ice snd banks of snow, and are risin
FIELD OF LABOG
Korea has one raliroad,
Toiedo bas 7,000 unionists,
Hawall has three railroads,
Machinists bave 100 unions,
London bas 15,452 policemen.
St. Paul hast’t an idle union.
Spain contains 1,027 iron mines,
Toledo is to have a labor temple,
St, Paul has & borseshoers’ school,
Toere are medical schools {n Japan.
Miogneapolis broommakers organized
Alabama has a woman cotton planter,
Dmver palaters want $3 aod the «ight
hour day on March 1,
tending a non-union theatre,
Plumbers, gas and steamfiiters,
struok
were employed on the edifice,
Following closely on the heels of the su
cess of the compositors’ movement for tue
nine-hour workday and the adoption of sim:
tional Union eome ths announcement tha!
the Machinists’ foternstionsl Union, witl
over 50,000 memb ra, Is carrying on a strong
fight la the United Scates Ssunte sad Houw
of Representatives lor an eight-hour work.
day.
A scheme is under way to connect Liver.
pool with all the manufacteriog towns with-
in a radius of seventeen miles by electric
stroot raliroads, which will carry passsngers
in the daytime and freight at night,
$t. Paul Typographioal Union demand.
fron text-books for tue publlie schools,
Not content with municipal owaershi of
street raliways, el-cirio nad gas Hgh ing
planta, water supply, and talephon =, in sev.
oral Eoglish eftles ths maunieipal oor wr -
tions have bulit dwalilags for workiawr a,
ran hotels, and have erouted nud ov ated
magoificent baths, In Liverpool the coun
ell charges part of what shoud be tne rest
from mualeipal houses oecupled by work.
fngmen as homes against the taxes of the
community, =
A representing the Collegs of
of New York are now in Aibany
to figns the passags of the ten-bour drug
I.
In Berlin shoot musie ls sold by weight,
yman O Connell, of New York,
MAINES FLAG FLIES.
es
Stars and Stripes Float Over
the Shattered Hulk,
om ———
CROWNED WITH LAUREL
It is Festooned From the Fighting Tops
High Mass Celsbrated Keel of the New
Maine Laid st Orsmp's Shipysrd—Hhe
Will be a Powerful Engine of Destruc
tion, and 1s to Cost Nearly $3,000,000.
Havana, (By Cable.)—The sun sbhons
brightly Wednesday morning for the first
time in several days, when the wreck of the
United States buttie-ship Malone, destroyed
in Havana harbor on the evening of Febru
ary 15, 1608, was decorated with a large
American flag,
At 9 o'clock the Stars apd Stripes Was
boisted at half-mast by Captain Eaton, of
who, with Mrs, Estes Rathbone snd Mrs,
Dudley, and 10 saliors of the Resolute,
rowed to the sunken battie-ship, The only
others taking part were & battalion, with
officers, of the First Maine Heavy Artillery.
Feetoons of Green.
An immense rope of greens was festooned
about the fighting top, each loop bung with
four feet in diameter aod
The
stafl,
At 10 o'clock high mass was celebrated in
memory of the Maine victims in the Merced
The
cersmony, which was very Impressive, Was
representing Major-General Brooke; Com-
and other naval officers, the City Counell,
the executive commites of the Cuban Mill-
assembly, the secretaries of the civil depart~
ments and many officials, together with
representatives of the Havana Fire Brigade
and other local organizations,
Mauy women of the beiter class were in
the congregation, which crowded the edi-
flee. Ia the afternoon the graves at Colon
American officials, military and naval de-
talis participating.
FOR THE NEW MAINE,
Crampe.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Bpecisl )-The anni-
versary of the blowing up of the battleship
Malus in Havana
with the begining of work on the powerful
man-of-war which will bear the name of the
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The pew Maine will be bulit by
Cramps’ Shipbuliding Company, and at the
company's yards at
the first plece of the keel of the vessel
inid, Theres was no formality in the pro-
the crowd as the group of workmen set in
of the keel Other
keel were immediately
by the side of the first,
and thus was started what will be one of
the most powerful fighters of the new navy.
The New Battle Ship
pieces of the steel
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Ohio and Missourl, the contract price
each of which le #28850 0. Ste is to have
a speed of 18 knots,
water line of 388 feet and a beam of 72 fest
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about 600,
“Hook of the Royal Blae,”
The February issue of the “Book of the
loyal Biue,"
During the
i
service did not ~3eeed
of which 62.674 were regulars; in the war
were 116,821, of which
untesrs, (10,189 being eolored), and 55,082
regulars, a total of 274 717.
Major Heistand also gives the number
killed, wounded and Jost, and the deaths
ding ware, and other important facts,
EDITOR ATTACKED BY MINER,
Murderous Assault on Account of Utter
anres in His Paper.
Pans, lil, (Special )-—Edltor Wililam 8,
Childress, of the Beacon Light, and corres-
pondsut of Bt. Louis and Chicago papers,
was assaulted by Wesiey Pope, a union
miner, Childress, through bis paper, bad
repeated’y bitterly assalied union miners
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MAD EXPECTED HEAVY LOSS,
Washington Officials Fenved Iiello
Would be Biosdier than that st
Washington, D, O., (Special )~
Department received the following
gram from Admiral Dewey at Manis:
“Potrel just arrived from licllo, That
piace taken by our force Batarday aod now
ceeupled. No prisoners, No casualties on
our siéa, Iusurgents’ loss not known, but %
believed to be slight, They attempted to
burs town, but foreign property generally
wis saved by our fores,"”
While no apprehension had been felt bers
88 to General Miller's ability to eapture the
capital of the Vissyans Federation, or any-
thing sise that was wanted io the Puilippiee
archipelago, the reports of strong intrenoche
ments which the natives had been construct.
ing around the city led officials bers 10 fear
that the landing would be a biloodier affair
than any of the battles at Maunlls, it was
with great satisfaction, therefore, that Ade
miral Dewey's dispatch was received.
The fact that foreign interests in liollo are
being satisfactorily guarded is another
sources of gratification to the administration,
This forestulls eriticlsms or the danger of
interference from avy foreign power whieh
bas ail along been 8 complication that bad
to be considered ns a possibility.
The War Department bas received the fol
lowing from General Otis: :
“One bundred apd eighty officers and,
1,800 mes, Spanish prisoners of War, eft
port on 12th and 18th by steamers Bela
Christina and Uruguay en route to Spain”
CROPS RUINED IN FLORIDA.
The Zero Mark Was Hesched st Penss-
cela Damage to Vegetation. .
Atlanta, Ga, (Special, )—'Telegraphie com-
munication to Fiorida bss been kept up
spasmodically during the past two days, ail
wires being down south of Jacksonville,
Li+ports from Pensacola indicate that the
coldest westher ever known bas just passed
over the northern part of Fiorida, The zero
mark was reached at Pensacola, At De
Funlak Springs it was 8 above, All com~
munieations east and south of this polutis
interrupted, and it Is impossible to lesrn the
exact damage dose to fruit and vegetables,
Damage to orasges is believed to have
been widespread. The loss to .pinespples
Throughout Georgia the early vegetables
Lave Been killed and the peach crop and
other fruits almost entirely destroyed.
Savannab, Ga. (Special, )—Letters were
received from Florida telilng of the direful
effect of the freezs io that Biate, The
orange growers’ letters are recitals of lce-
bound trees and fruit that Is ruined by the
ovid, The prices of Florida oranges sd-
vanced in one hour from the receipt of the
Florida mall from €3 to §5 per box,
Crops about Savannah sre s total loss,
by the freezing weather, The meiting saow
is adding to the freezing water that these
plants have already received,
SEVERE IN TEXAS,
Blizzard is Sald to be the Worst in the
History of the State.
Dallas, Tex., (Special, )—Beports from all
over North Texas are that the blizzard of
Saturday and Sunday was the most severs
in the history of the State, Loss of eaitie
in the Indian Territory and on the Pan
handle ranges will likely be very large, The
temperature has risen to about 15 degrees,
and though it is stil far below the freesing
point, traffie of all kinds is moviag reguisr
ty, Zero weather has been recorded all over
North Texas. Snow bas besa on the ground
hers for seven days. This Is the longest
cold spell for fourteen years,
Houston, Tex., (Special. }o=The thermomes a
ter bas made 8 pew record in South Texas,
reaching 4 degrees above zero. The loss
to live stock will be very heavy, Early vege
etables are damaged to the amount of at
jonst §1 000.100,
Waco, Tex., (Bpecial. }—For the first time
in fs history Waco and vicinity bas experi
enced zero weather. Sunday morning ihe
mercury registered 7 below. Oats are
roined and wheat seriously injured, The
Brazos river is frozen from bank to bank,
Great dawage bas been dose to live stoek. .
IMMIGRATION TO HAWAIL
Bill Extending All the Laws of the United
States to the Islands,
Washington, D. C., (Special )—-Ssasto.
Falrbanks, from the Benate Committes on
Immigration, reported back to the Senate
the Lill extending the auti-contraet labor
jaws of the United States to Hawail, with
amendments making the Lill cover all fm
migration questions. The amendments
specifically iuclude the Chinese exclusion
acts,
The bill was accompanied by a writien
report, in which the committee say:
“Sines the passage of the joint resolution
of annexation, there bas been a decided
impetus given to the Importation of con
tract Jaborers into the islands by the sugar
plantation owners, The committees is In.
formed that each vessel from Asiatic coune
tries is increasing the Isl of contract labor
ers, and unless some restrictive measure fs
adopted, the number must shortly be still
further sugmented, Toe joint resolution
annexing the islauds to the United States
provided for the exclusion of Chinese,
“This provision the commitive regards as
inadequate, innsmuch as it does not provide
for apprebiendiog asd deporting Chinese
immigrants sbotid they land in contraven-
tion of the terms of the joint rescintion
above mentioned,”
ER a cs
LOCOMOTIVE IN A DITOR,
the murderoys assault,
The editor's injuries are very serious, and
even if he does survive, he will bs disfigured
tor Mte. Childress, bavisg sdvooated the
side of the pegroes and operators, it Is feared
that more trouble may follow. Capt. Couch
hins placed ali the military in Pana on pro-
vost duty,
Invalid Burned to Dexth.
Wheeling, W, Va., (Special )-Mrs, Betsy
Conway, aged seventy-three years, ying at
Moundsvilie, who was an invalid, sud able
to walk only with the aid of a cane, got 100
near au open fire-place, setiing her ciotbes
on fire. She was burned to a erlep, and died
in an hour.
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COURT MARTIAL FOR CAPTAINS,
Communders al ia Spanish Must Ave To
Be Catled to Account.
Madrid, (By Oable)—Ail the survivieg
eaptains of the Spanish warships destroyed
in Mantle Bay by the American feet will be
South Carelina and Georgina Hosd,
Charleston, 8, U,, (Special) «A eonstrae-
tion engine was wrecked by the spreading
of tracks on the Boulh Carcilna and Geos
gia Ralirond, eleven miles from this oity.
Two men were killed and eight were in-
ured. :
: The engine bad gone out of the eity with
a crew of five men and earried five others,
who were in the employ of the & "
tance Telephone Company, wow ra