A BLiTOBALLOT The Size of a Newspaper Page TVill Be Toted in This State Next Fall. KAMES IT MUST COXTAHf. Ihi Bxrtbs Required Will Cost Over Two Hundred Thousand. QUESTION OF A UNIFORM BOX. Grounds Tpon Wliich Judge Briggs Will Attack the Xew Lair. ACTIOS TO BE COMMENCED THIS MONTH Piiii.ADri.rniA, .Ian. 2. 'The ballot which will be voted under the new Jaw, at next November's election, ill be about the size of a page of the ordinary newspaper," said Secretary of the Commonwealth Will iam F. Harrity, yesterday afternoon, iu dis cussing the progrc made by the commis sion of State officiate encased in starting the machinery to work, in preparation for the introduction of the new system of vot ice under the anpicc of county offiieaK This commission which is composed of Secretary Harrity, Auditor General llc Camant and Secretary of Internal Affairs Stewart, has had a number of protracted s-cions, and has very carefully considered manv knotty questions. The commission will prepare a specimen ballot, which will he sent as soon as adopted to the County Commissioners and other? interested in the printing of the official tickets. A ISegular Itlanlcet Ballot. The ballet to be voted next November will probably be a larce as any that shall ever he ned in this hinte. The names of the 32 Prcsidentnl electors for each p.irty, the nominee: for Congress, including the candid-tcs-nt-larcc and for Senator, Itepre sentative and county offices, must all be printed on one ticket In this city pro visions will have to l-e made for space for names ot candidate forjudge, I)itr5c' At torney, Coroner and Cleric of the Court, and for Councilmcn as well. If the names were printed one after the other on : ticket 4 inches wide, the ballot would probably be i aras ions. If Secretary Harritv' sugsestion shall be adopted, the names of the Presidental elec tors ii ill be grouped side by side, under the appropriate part v appellation, and the pro portions of the ballot, as he says, will be about thoe of a pase of a newspaper. Onlj Three Acceptable Booths. The commission has not yet determined Upon the stjle of booth " for the voting places. It has been practically decided that the booths must be of a substantial, reason ably permanent and of a convenient and portable character. This shuts out all the specimen makes submitted to the commis sion, which are fashioned wholly of wood, orof wood and cam as. Competition has tirtually narrowed down to three makes. One is composed all of steel, whTth stmts vup on the principle of the honse-nife's clotheshorse. This is built by a St. Louis firm. The rival bidders are rom Marietta. Lancaster countv. Pa., and Buffalo, X. Y. There are 3.000 election precincts in the State. AVith an a erase of the booths to each precinct, there will be about .,(WI booths required. The cost per booth will be about ?K, making a total ex pense of &?00,(i0a At least ?23,000 more ma v be added for guard rails and other ap paratus. The question of wheiher the State shall also provide a uniform ballot box will also have to be met. The commission has a couple of weeks' work more ahead. The 3Iov or the t'rohibltionlsts Ex-Indie Amos P.riijs, counsel for the Prohibition State and eitv committees, will probably g into the Supreme Court some time this month ami ask lor an injunction, restraining the County Commissioners of Philadelphia lrom contracting any indebt edness under the Haker ballot reform law. That is the course of procedure he intends to take to test the constitutionality of the new law. .Tndse Brings does not propose to go before the court as counsel for the Prohibition party, but he will appear ia behalt of a dozen or more taxpayers of this city. "My first impression." said Judge Briggs yesterday. " as that I could not go into court belore the act lakes effect, which will be in March. Cpon a closer examination of the lau I find that certain parts or it are in force now It directs that uO days after its pasta;,, ir.- Auditor General, the' Secretary of the Common wealth, ami the Secretary of Internal Allairs shall meet and select" the character of booth that shall be urd in the State. That portion of the law' is in force, to I will not have to wait until March, when the whol act goes into effect and becomes the Ian governing elections in Pennsylvania. Not Counsel ror the Tarty. "Xow. I cannot go into court as the rep resentatht ot a political partv to test the constitutional!! ol this law for the reason that the Constitution does not recognize political partus, and I would therefore hate no Mandin; in court. I will go into court with a petition signed by a number of citizens and taxpayers, nraving the court to icstrain the Mayor, wlio "is at the head of the Municinalitv: the County Commission ers, who in-n- the indelftcdncst. under the Jan; the Controller, who approves and countersigns all warrants, and the County Treasurer, who pavs the bills, from squan dering their monej under this law. The Supreme Court has origiinl jurisdiction in such matters, and I helicie it will grant the praxerof the itctitinntrs. "I will then claim that the Baker ballot Jaw is unconstitutional for these reasons: The fifth section of the Declaration of Jlights provides that 'elections shall be fiee ami equal, ami no power, civil or military, shall pt Bny time interfere to nrevent tlie free exercise of the right of suffrage. That provision is within the special protection of the twenty-sixth section ot the Declaration of Lights, which emphasizes that, 'to guard against the transgressions of the " high powers whic'i we Imp delegated,we declare that evemtiinc in this article is excepted uit r1 ,1-... , - j i ,7 f-eiicrai power ol government, and shall for.;vcr remain inviolate.' II Mu-,t l,r j. Uniform Law. "Section 7 of Article VIII of the Con stitution tnrther provides 'That all laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens, or for the registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the State.' Those are the constitutional provisions, and thev render Jlit I!:,ker Ballot Peform Law null and A old for the reason that it con flicts with tl..m. It interferes with the cit izen, exercising the freedom of suffrage guaranteed by the bill of rights, and it Is not uniform throughout the State as re quired by bectinn 7 of Article VIII. It gives to certain political parties, which are not recognized by the Constitution, certaiu privileges, which are denied to others. "No Legislature can draw distinctions be tween electors whether as parties or .Is in dividuals. All distinctions in this country are social, and they may be observed by anindiidual or i.ot as he chooses. "When a Legislature enacts a law it affects us all and we have to obey it; therefore, that law must aflect us all alike. Dors Not Afltrt .ill Kleclor. "It is because the new election law does not aficct all electors in the same way, but cuts them up into groups and classesthat it cannot stand and wiil, I believe be "kmashed by the Constitution, when the case is presented to the Supreme Court. This law, it permitted to stand, would group the voters of the Commonwealth into three dif ferent and unequal classes as follows: "First Those who vote with the party which may nominate by convention or caucus. "Second Those who vote for the candi date nominated by nominating papers. "Third Those who vote by inserting the name of the candidate voted for at the end of the list of printed candidates on the official ballot. "The law is, in my opinion, in direct con flict with the fifth "section of the Declara tion of Rights, afid is therefore nugatory and void, and of no legal force or effect whatever." MUST MAKE A CHOICE, And It TUust Be Accompanied by Work for Harrison Edict for Federal Officers nt Philadelphia Collector Brooks in Danger Wnnamaker's Ham!. Philadelphia, Jan. 2. Special. The latest move on the political slate here shows the aggressiveness of the Harrison sup porters. Haying kriocktd out AVarracastle at Pittsburg, as Collector of Internal Reve nue, all the Federal officeholders have been notified that they must signify their choice for President. " The indication of their favorite must not be a verbal one, but must be accompanied bj- solid work to secure delegates. The combination of Quay's friends held a meeting a few days ago and counted noses. They declare they caii win, the tn delegates froni Philadelphia for Blame. In the Fifth district Charles W. Henry, a wealthy young man, is out for Harrison. Internal Revenue Collector Brcoks was asked to surjport Henry, and he desired to keep out of the fight. To-day it is rumored that Brooks is to be removed, that United Stales Marshal William R. Leeds, who is a practical poli tician, is to be given the internal revenue office with its machinery, and a new Hani son man is to be made United States Mar shal. Assistant United States Treasurer Walters is sending all over Philadelphia, for people and asking them to run as delegates to the convention to select delegates toflhc State Convention, so as to make the latter body a Harrison affair, and stamp out Quayism and Blaineism. The fight in Philadelphia and Pittsburg is being carried into every county in the State, and Postmaster General AVanamakcr is directing affairs. He is developing as a practical politician. A HOMELESS AHEBICTJS CLUB. The rormer Crack Democratic Organiza tion of Philadelphia in Bad Shape. Philadelphia, Jan. 2. Special The Americus Club, which was formerly the crack Democratic organization in this city, having at the zenith of its power had a very handsome clubhouse and nearly 2,000 mem bers, has been without a habitation for some time. Since the rise of the Young Men's Democratic Association the Amer icus Club has been gradually falling into inncuous desuetude. Xot long ago its pictures and furniture were sold at auction. At a meeting held to consider the future of the club, a committee was appointed to take into consideration the whole question of a reorganization or of final dissolution. This committee is expected to report dur ing the coming week. A TALE OF TAEDY BEM0ESE. The Pretty Patrician Wife of a Hostler Suing for a Divorce. PeOvidexce, R I.. Jan. 2. Special A pathetic story of love and remorse was told in Judge "Wilbur's divorce court to-day when the contested case of Flora Willis against Eugene "Willis was called. Ten years ago the fair petitioner was one of the prettiest girls of Oxford. Mas.-. Her maiden name was Green, and she was the daughter of a shoe manufactnrer, wealthy and widely known. Eugene AVillis was his hostler, and in this way he came in contaat with Miss Flora, and unknown to the family a secret marriage was performed, wnen the fact was discovered the hostler was dis charged, and with him went his wife. From that time on the couple resided in different parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the vears running bv witli plenty of trouble to burden the mihd of Mrs. Willis. "When Manufacturer Green died his will, which bequeathed a large amount of money, gave only ?." to Flora. Willis is accused by his wife of being a drunken fellow, who has tortured her soul and made life misera ble for her. In court to-day she was sur rounded by a few kind friends who have taken hold of her case with a determination to win. A CHICKEN FULL OF DIAMONDS. The Purchaser of a Christmas Fowl Finds Three Fine Stones In Its Craw. Hastings, Xi:a, Jan. 2. Special A few days ago C Jacobson received word from the firm of "William & Co., Butte City, Mont., that one of their customers, a Mrs. White, had found three rough dia monds in the craw of a chicken sold by them a few days before Christmas. Mr. Jacobson is a large poultry shipper and supplies his hennery with gravel from the bed of the Blue river, seven miles south of this city. The curiosity of several miners at Bntte City was aroused by the discovery, and Jacobson has'receiyed many letters making inquiry as to where he secured the sand. Mrs. "White submitted the three rough dia monds to a jeweler in Butte for inspection and he pronounced them genuine diamonds and offered the lady a good sum for the stones, but she refused and has sent them East to have them cut. The only way to account for the singular find is that the dia monds were picked from the gravel of the yard. Several prospecting parties will visit the locality where the sand was taken. PASTETE COULDN'T CUBE HIM. A Victim or a Mail Dog Gets T"nll Treatment bnt Afterward Dies. XE'ma-KG, X. Y .Jan. 2. Special. Josephs. T. Earl, who was bitten by a mad dog at Kewburg Junction on September 19, died last night from the effects of the bite. The dog bit him 13 times. The wounds were cauterized and then Mr. Earl put himself under the Pasteur treatment in Xew York for nearly a mouth. He was E renounced entirely cured and returned ome feeling no eflects of the bite. Three days ago his arm began to pain him. He became rapidly worse and showed unmistakable signs of hydrophobia. He lingered in excrutiating agony until last night w hen he died. The same dog bit a man at Tifsedo the day before he was found at Mr. Earl's, and that man died also. Mr. Earl was one of the most prominent farmers of the town of Monroe. He was 48 years old and leaves a widow and three children. A MA YOB CATCHES A BU30IAB. The Popular Knler of New Orleans Troves Himself" a Very Good 3Ian. New Om-EAXS, Jan. 2. Sjxcial. Dick Russell, a lusty and raw-boned butcher, who found it easier to turn ibjirglr than cam a livelihood at lus trade, was arrested late last night by Mayor Joseph A. Shakespeare. Russell had entered the residence of Mr. Shakes peare when he was confronted by that gentlemen. The suspicions of the executive officer were aroused .and he attempted to place Russell under arrest. The butcher in turn tried to elude the Mayor and a struggle ensued in which Mr. Shakespeare showed himself an adept slugger. Russell, large as he was, found himself no match for the little Mayor, who saw him safely lodged in jail. A Bdr Down far the American Ilojr. Paeis; Jan. 2. The Offitial GazctU will to-morrow publish a decree by the Govern ment, announcing that Boulogne will here after be open to the admission of salt pork from the United SUtcs. GARZA'S MEN DRIVEN. American Troops and the Rangers Seem to Have the Besfrof It GENERAL GARCIA IS NOT KILLED. Hardships in Store for Soldiers With or Without Fighting. THE EEBEL LEADER IS ON THIS SIDE IjAhedo, Tex., Jan. 2. The arrival this evening of two additional cavalry com panies over the International Railroad to take the field against Garza, arroused new interest in the revolutionary incidents. The same special train which brought these troops had several carloads of pack mules, said to have been sent by the Government from a military post in Wyoming. With the troops now operating in the field against Garza on the lower range, the Quarter master's Department at Fort Mcintosh has contracted for a large number of Mexican oxcarts to transport quartermaster's and commissary stores to the troops which arc being taken down the river. A rumor, which is discredited, reached the city this evening that Jose Sanchez, a brother of ex-Chief Darro Sanchez, who ac companied Captain Hardie as a guide, had been killed in a skirmish with Garza's men yesterday. There are other rumors that State troops had a fight with Garza's men, in which several were killed on both sides. General Garcia Is Still Llvinjr. Inquiry to-day at Mexican military head quarters failed lo elicit anything in the way of more news. The Mexican author ities declare that eterything is quiet on that side of the river. There was absolutely no foundation for the report that General Garcia, command ing the Mexican troops at Mier, had been killed, nor was there any truth in the dis patches from here stating that Three prison ers had been shot in Xew Laredo this week. Surprise has been expressed at the large numbers of strange Mexicans who have ar rived in Laredo in the past 24 hours, and the impression is obtained that they arc a portion of Garza's men, who have been dis persed by Captain Hardie and his troops in the present pursuit they have kept up against a portion of Garza's forces lor the past week. Two days before Garza crossed the last time info Mexico Senator Atlee and Hon. Albert, Urbahn met two Mexican gentlemen in an ambulance driving along a by-road in Encinal county, who stated they'were en route from Brownsville to Houston, Tex., but from, the description given of one of them, he undoubtedly was no other than the notorious Catariua Garza, and his appear ance at that time in a carriage confirms the report that Garza had not been able to di rect his latest revolutionary movement in Mexico on account of his suffering from an old wound in the bowels made by a gunshot a year ago in a difficulty with Sergeant Sebree. Hardships In Store for the Troops. The hardships now to be endured by the United Slates troops operating in the jungles of the lower Rio Grande can best be appreciated when it is remembered that in this particular section of the country no rain has fallen of consequence for the last 18 months, and all the rations used by the horses have to be carried in carts down the Carrizo from Laredo and then carried on pack mules alonrj the trails. The cavalry has to fellow through the dense brush. It is even necessary to haul water, and the soldiers now ordered to the front will have a fearful time of it, even if there is no fight ing done. While no active move has been made by the revolutionists for several days, yet there is evident uneasiness that the worst has not come. There are many who fear that in less than 40 days a general uprising will occur in Mexico against Diaz by the Church party. The Mexican Government organs claim that Garza has been driven beyond the Rio Grande. The AVer Department at Washington yes terday has nothing later from the Rio Grande than has already been given in these dispatches. At 1 o'clock this morn ing General Schofield received the report from General Stanley, from St. Louis. While Stanley's dispatch is indefinite in several important points, at army head quarters it is construed to mean that the United States troops, wijh the marshals, deputies and the Texas rangers, have much the best of the situation, and have suc ceeded in breaking up the larger detach ments of Garza's forces, with the prospect of making Texans untenable for him. General JIabrey's Keport or a Skirmish. A dispatch from Aus'tir, Tex., savs: Ad jutant General Mabrev received a dispatch from Captain James McNeil, of the Ran gers, announoing the arrival at Rio Grande City of himself and his company, consist ing of some twenty men. Captain McNeil reports a skirmisli with Garza's men on the 29th, and states that the latter ran. General Mabrev to-day sent dispatches to Captain Mabret and Captain Brooks at Rio Grande City, instructing them to look out for and protect the interests of Texas, but not to mix themselves up in auy interna tional matters, and especially to learn the country and the roads and discover Garza's strongholds. It was stated at the Adjutant General's office that the State has a force on the lower Rio Grande sufficient toprotect its interests, but if the revolutionists should begin to commit outrages on Texas people more men would be sent. In the latter event, it is likely that General Mabrey would take the field in person. WALKING ACB0SS THE CONTINENT. . A Man "With a Littlrj Girl Footing It From Manitoba to Connecticnt. New Vokic, Jan. 2. Special Rev. William Towle, a priest in the White Plains parish, while out driving yesterday met on the wayside an i.l-clad man, evidently in toxicated, and a little girl 5 years old, who was also under the influence of liquor, but in a mild degree. Investigation showed that the couple had come from Manitoba, where the father had plied his trade of a driller in the mines, and that when their money gave out they had been compelled to walk abjng the higliways. Father Towle offered "to take the child and provide for her, as her "education had apparently been sadly neglected, but the man firmly but gratefully refused, saying he was going to take her to his old home nearNorwalk, Conn. AN 0UTBBEAK EXPECTED H0UBEY. Neil and Bob Sims' Hiding Place Located and Lynching Looked For. Walnut Grove, Miss., Jan. 2. Special This is eight miles fiom the Mississippi Simsitcs neighborhood, where Neil and Bob have been in hiding since the killing at Bladon Springs. Detectives have about located "Neil Sims, the man who shot down Dr. Pugh, and it is believed he will be bagged before to-morrow night. The citizens of this county are hourly expecting an outbreak, and many of them are in dread for their lives. The Simsites or anarchists here have been teaching the negroes and ignorant people that they should refuse to pay their mer chants, and have refused to pay taxes, per form jury duty, or any other public service. Kepley Invades Mormondom. Salt Lake Citt, Jan. 2. Special The Gardo House, known as the Amelia Palace, formerly the residence of Amelia Folsoni, the favorite wile of Brigham Young, has been leased by the receiver of the confiscated Mormon Church property to parties who will occupy it as a Keeley cure institute. It has heretofore been the offi cial residence of the head of the Mormon Church. THE BALTIMORE'S CREW will TELI, THEIR CHIlA?! STOBT IN BLACK AND "WHITU Judge Advocate General Colremy's Mission Now Admitted to Be the Taklne of Tes timony The Baltimore Now at "San Francisco Hint About the aicssage. Washixgtojt, Jan. 2. There were no dispatches received at the departments to day touching the Chilean situation. Secre tary Blaine spent several hours at the De partment of State and saw the British Min ister, Sir Julian Pauncefote and several other persons, but ScnorMontt, the Chilean Minister, was not among his visitors. At the Navy Department it wa3 admitted that Judge Advocate General Colreniy.who has been absent from the department since Wednesday last, had starfed for San Fran cisco. The purpose of his trip is to make formal iiquiry into the assault upon the crew, of the Baltimore at Valparaiso. The vessel is expected to reach San Francisco to night, and the Judge Ad vocate General, who should arrive there Monday, will immediately proceed to take the -depositions of the members of the crew who were assaulted. This testi mony will be reduced to form and turned over to the Department of State to be used in meeting the representations made or to be made by the Chilean Govern ment based.upon the reports of Justiceof Crimes Foster,the inteudencia of Valparaiso and the police officials. It may be also regarded as proper to in clude th'e testimony to be collected by the Judge Advocate General in the correspond ence to be transmitted to Congress by the President. If this shall be the purpose the correspondence could not be sent to Con gress before the latter part of the present month, as several weeks will probably be consumed in the taking of the testimony and its collation in official form. ABBANGEMESTS COMPLETED. Everything Iteady for the International Press Club Convention. The arrangements for the delegates to the International Press Club Convention to be held at San Francisco have been about com pleted by President Keenan. A telegram was. received last night from M. H. Dc Young, Chairman of the Sau Francisco Committee of Arrangements, which stated that the itinerary ""of the dele gates had been extended one day. They will have one dav of rest at 'Frisco before starting on the long journey home, and the following dates will be extended one day in consequence. There will be from CO to 63 delegates in the convention, "! of which have been elected and signified their intention of going. A letter from Kate Field yesterday states that she will cer tainly be a delegate. P. C Boyle, of Oil City, will accompany the Pittstiurg dele gates. The Omaha newspaper men are making preparations for an elaborate recep tion to the guests, and the people of Den ver have arranged, besides other entertain ment, a trip to a large silver smelting works on a special train. Many other experiences, some of a novel character, are being ar ranged. The change from the Pennsylvania to the New York Central Railroad was made be cause more satisfactory arrangements could be made with the Wagner palace coach peo ple running cars on that line. The New York Central will show their appreciation by making the special train of the delegates a section of the new Empire express, the fastest train in the world, and an effort will be made to break all records in running this train. The train of baggage and dining cars and three coaches will leave New York, faking on. another car at Chi cago. The Piftsburg delegates will leave for Erie Wednesday morning, and board the special at Erie at 9:." r. M. The delegates will cover over'8,000 miles on the round trip. The trip to Mexico has been aban doned, and the details of the home journey from St. Louis have not been arranged. Complete maps of the entire route as origi nally planned had been made by A. Y. Lee, but "owing to the change of route they can not be used, much to the regret of the dele gates. A BEMABEAELE CIDEK SEASON. Snch a Time for Apple Juice as Connecti cut Never, Saw Belore. Greenwich Village, Conn, Jan. 2. Special The most remarkable cider season ever known in this section of the country has just come to a close. Day after day for the past three months, at all hours, the farmers have come to the cider mills with ox carts piled full of apples, willing to sell them at almost anyprice. This was particu larly true during the latter part of October. Some of the mills wottld still be grinding out the apple juice if there was anyplace in the buildingso store the cider. There are 600 cider makers in this State, and every one of them has had more than he could attend to. The mills have been squeezing ont apple juice on an average of 18 hours a day. The season usually lasts about two months opening in September, but this year the cider mills have been in operation four months. It is estimated that cider enough has been made in this State to supply the United States. At the beginning of the season there was very little cider vinegar in the market, but there is nodcarth of it now. This was all made in September, w hen the apples are the most plentiful and cheapest. Cider brandy has also been made in large quantities. Old distilleries that have been in disuse tor yars and the machinery of which had become rusty and out of repair, have been put in condition and have been and are now.in operation. HOESES HAVE THE GBIP. A Serious Epidemic Among the Jiqulnes of San Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. 2. La grippe which has been prevalent here this winter has begun to aflect the horses and large numbers of them are sick with the disease. Infirmaries for animals arc filled with sick horses. No large stables have as yet been seriously affected, the disease being most prevalent in small stables of private individuals. The appearance of the disease in horses is marked by a disin clination for food, rough coat, repugnance" lor water in tne early stages and a tevensh appetite for it later, running at the eyes, and finally swelling of the glands of the nose, throat and other respiratory organs. The disease seems to be confined to San Francisco and vicinity as no cases have been been reported from the interior or the State. Unless the disease is checked the swelling and accumulation of pus closes the throat and suffocation ensues. Election Riots In Guatemala. City of Mexico, Jan. 2. Special dis patches received here from Guatemala an nounce that considerable rioting is taking place in the streets of Quezaltennngo and Guatemala, two of the most important places in the Republic, and that the prob abilities favor tlie election of Senor Lain fiesta to the Presidency.- The dispatches say, however, that the police claim to be able to keep order. Tlie Grip's Harvest ln.NewTork. New York, Jan. 2. Special. Eleven of the 108 deaths reported in this city to day were caused by grip. The total num ber of deaths for the weeK was 969, 80 in ex cess of the number of the preceding week. During the week 86 persons died of grip, grip. Of the other death;, bronchitis caused 54, pneumonia 179, and phthisis 10 The death rate for the week was 29.63. YELLOW JACK RAGES: The Dread Pestilence Begins Earlier Than Ever in Brazil, DYISG BY HUNDREDS- IN SANTOS, Death Bides the Waves of a Kiver Out to the Vessels at Sea. CREWS WIPED OCT OP EXISTENCE fsrrriAL tfleoram to the DtsrATCit.l New York, Jan. 2. Reports from Brazil say that yellow fever and smallpox are rag ing at Santos with almost unprecedented fury, and the summer season has only just begun. As. an indication of the fearful prevalence of the diseases it is said that 18 captains of merchant vessels have been stricken down and have died within the past two months. They constitute but a small fraction of the many victims. On some vessels the entire ship's company, officers and me have been swept away by the disease". Of all the persons attacked it is estimated that only about one-third have left their beds alive. At the offices of the different companies in this city engaged in the Brazilian trade it was said to-day that nearly every mail brines the announcement of one or more deaths from the ships in port at Santos. On board the ships which have lately re turned from Brazil the situation at Santos was described as pitiable indeed. The contains of the different vessels all give much the same account. ltlo Saveit by Good Drainage. The yellow fever and smallpox, they say, have also broken out at Rio Janeiro, but to nothing like the same extent as at Santos. At Rio Janeiro a European company Ins recently reconstructed the drainase system, while at Santos the drainage system is in a more frightful condition than ever. To make matters worse at Santos, tiie means of transportation have become clogged, and vessels irrivine in the port arc obliged to wait weeks and months for wharfaze and dock room. The whole harbor is crowded with such vessels, lying idle in the pesti lential waters. Santos is about 120 miles south of Rio Janeiro. It lies on the inner side of the island of Santos, which extends within a short distance of the coast. The province of St. Paul stretches along the opposite coast, and the greater part of the merchan dise landed at Santos is transported to the city of St. Paul, which lies inland about three hours' ride by rail. The merchandise broueht to Santos is exchanged for coffee, which is about the only export from the neighboring country. A River Foil or Death. It is among the ships and along the water front that the black vomit and smallpox have done their most deadly vyk. The drainage of the port emptiesinto the river close to the railway wharf, which is the place where the larger vessels go to unload. Of the many vessels that have been at this wharf to unload in th last two months, the Chaucer, of the Liverpool, Brazil and River Platte Slcam Navigation Company, is said to be the only one that did pot give up some of the crew to file pestilences. The water in front of the port and along the river where the vessels are anchored is described as black and foul. It is filled with animal and cgetable growths, plainly visi ble to the eye, the Captains say, if a class of it is held to the light. The bottom ot the river is black, bad smelling mud. When the tide goes down great stretches of this bake in the sun. Near some of the wharves the water is not deep enough for ships and the unloading is carried on across scows. At low rater,manr.ofjhese are-lcft bur'ed In the soft mud. The men working on them are said to furnish a large number of the fevers victims. A stone quay is now build ing on the water front, and dredges and scows are incessantly at work spreading the contagions that the mud is supposed to con tain. Hustled Away as Snnn ns Dead. The number of those stricken down is so great that only a part of them can be ac commodated at the hospital. Temporary quarters have been fitted up as well as cir cumstances would allow, and as fast as the hospital is filled the extra victims are dis tributed among the osher places. In most cases those stricken down live at the longest only a few days. Sometimes they are dead in a few hours. As soon as certain symp toms appear the physicians are able to cal culate the time when death will probably occur, and the family or friends of the dying man are notified to have all arransements for the burial ready at that time. No delay is permitted. If the family or friends do not come forward the city takes charge of the burial. The usual time for yellow fever to be at its worst has nly just beeun. From Janu ary to March is the summer season in San tos latitude, and it is in the hottest weather that the disease works the most damage. A new hospital is being built, and at last re ports work on it was being pushed nigiit and day. SLY DOUBLY IDEMTIFIED. Tlie Express Messenger Whom He Kothe.d Recognizes His Assailant. St Louis, Jan. 2. Adelbert Sly, the al leged Glendale train robber, was to-day doubly identified as having connection with the famous-robbery. This morning Salesman Jacob Grawohl, of a local furniture house, on confronting the prisoner, positively de clared Slv was one of the men to whom he sold the furniture of the house where the detectives found the clews by which the gang of-thieves were traced. About half an hour later Sly met a more dangerous man, no less than Adams Express Messenger Mulrennan, who was in charge of the express car robbed November 30, and who arrived in St. Louis last night, being broueht face to face with Sly. For the first time since he was arrested Sly showed signs .of nervousness, but lie resolutely denied ever hav ing seen the messenger before. Then Messenger Mulrennan stated Sly was one of the two men who entered the ex press car when the 'Frisco train was held up near Glendale, and had taken the lead ing part in the robbery. EIGHTEEN CHINAMEN NABBED. They Were Seen by u Citizen to Land From a Mysterious Sloop. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 2. Eighteen con traband Chinamen were captured in Seattle to-day by the deputy sheriff" and the customs inspectors. The Chinamen weie landed early in the morning, before it was light, and in the woods north oi the city. A citizen seeing them netting off a mys terious sloop in the bay, notified the offi cers, and they raided a Chinese washhouse on the edge of town. The sloop escaped down the sound. The Kansas Car Famine Ended. Kansas City, Jan. 2. The grain block ade is being broken. The Rock Island has now plenty of cars here, as has the Saufa Fe and some of the other roads. The cause of the blockade here for some davs past hasn't teen the car famine, but the blockade at Chicago. Lancaster's Bad Tobacco Failure. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 2. B. S. Kcndig .& Co., extensive leaf tobacco dealers of this city, failed this afternoon, executions being issued against them aggregating ?30,513. 'he liabilities will exceed 75.000, and the assets will not cover the executious thus far issued. ' Wyoming Valley Collieries Closed. Wilkusbabre, Pa., Jan. 2. Notices were posted at the Red Ash Collieries Nos. 1 and 2 to-day, stating that work would not be resumed until further orders. This in definite announcement has cast a gloom over the section of th,e city where the em ployes reside. These collieries have worked more reeuiarly than any other in the Wy oming Valley. PENSIONS FOR. POLICE. PHILADELPHIA'S PLAN tVENT INTO OPERATION NEW YEAB'5. Over 820,000 to Start With How the Money IVas liaised Tlie Iiegnlar Con tributions Tl-o ISencfits Provided and the Income Assured The Start. Philadelphia, Jan. 2. AVith over fSO.000 in the treasury the police pension fund became operative yesterday, and here after, disabled, retired "and injured officers will be entitled to its benefits. The laree sum of money represents the savings and collections of years. It was under the administration of ex-Mayor Smith that the idea fint took shape, the proceeds of the "History of the Police," is sued under that administration, formingthe nucleus of the fund. The money raised from this source amounted to 53,000. It was during the last year of Mayor Fitler's administration, and' it "was largely due to his enidance that the organi zation was formed. He suggested the idea of a charter and offered to pay the expenses of incorporation. His pro posal was accepted, and in January, 1891, the charter was obtained. Mayor Fitler thereupon sent Lis check for ff.OOO to the fund, and A. J. Drexel. George W. Childs, and other public-spirited citizens, donated similar amounts. This started a tide of contributions of sums ranging from 525 up. With tew exceptions, every em ploye of the police department is a member of the fund, the men contributing these amounts each month: Superintendent, ?-'; captains, 51 r.0; lieutenants, 51 20;. sergeants, 51 10; officers, SI. This yields an income of about 5-',000 a month. At one time an effort Has made to secure an appro priation from Councils, but this was unsuc cessful. The benefit's are as follows: Any one in capacitated from work by injuries received while in the performance of his duty shall receive a pension equal to one-half of his salary. Any memher w ho has served for lu years, and shall be incapacitated from any cause other than his vicious habits may receive the same pension, as may any one who has served 20 years. After a service of 2.1 vears the pay ment of the pension is obligatory. The time dates from January, 1872. In the case of a man meeting dcathin the performance of his duty, the widow, as long as she re mains single, receives 520 a month, and each child receives 56 a month until it readies the age of 14. ADAMS AT FINGES BILLIARDS. He Swelled the Head of a Small Town Champion and Then Reduced Him. "Yank" Adams, the wonderful finger billiardist, is a peculiar character who neither drinks, chews nor smokes, says the Hartford Tims. He relates an amusing ex perience he Tiad with a man in Amesbury, Mass., about 14 vears ago. He had been working hard in Boston, and decided to go to Amesbury for a rest. Being passionately fond of billiards, he strolled into a billiard room, the only one in the town, where one Bill Hewitt, the champion of Amesbury, was looking for someone to roll the ivories with. After a great deal of persuasion Mr. Adams was induced to play, and the cham pion of Amesbury beat him a few games. Then Mr. Adams made some funny shots by throwing the cue ball around the table, and when he said he thought he could play better with his fingers, the champion of Amesbury consented to play him that way. Hewitt w"on two games, the second one by four points. Mr. Adams pretented to get angry, and said he thought he would have won the game if it had been 100 points, and was willing to do so for the drinks for the crowd. There were quite a number in the room, and after Hewitt's friends had gone ont and collected nearly everyone in the town, he accepted the challenge. 'The room," said Mr. Adams recently, "looked as if there was a primary meeting. It was crowded, but before the game com menced I made the men all take their drinks, because I told them I did not want everybody in the State there. ISo they all had their drinks, and the bill amounted to between 534 and 53.". T won the first shot and did not stop until I had made 100 points. Then Bill Hewitt nearly dropped to the floor and had to be carried to a chair. Mr. Adams continued his run and made 1.200 more points without a break." BUYING MEAT FOE TWO. The Problem That 3Iakes the Newly Wed ded Housekeeper Unhappy. Almost all young housekeepers find it hard to make economical and satisfactory purchases of meat and fish, writes Maria Parloa in the Ladiet' Home Journal. They should understand at the outset that it is impossible to sae in the same proportion as one who buys for a large family. Another point: it is wiser to get only the parts and the amount actually wanted than to buy large pieces simply because they are cheaper by the pound. A roast, particu larly of beef, can be indulged in onlr on rare occasions, when the family is small. Broiling meats is the most expensive of all methods of cooking, but, to my mind, the most healthful. When a housekeeper really can afford to follow it she should do so. But in time one tires of even the most delicious broiled meats and fish. When planning to roast or broil a piece of meat, its adaptability to being made over into various little dishes should be considered. Pork is the least desirable of the fresh meats for these purposes. For warming over in various ways the following named meats are the most valuable: Poultry, veal, lamb, mutton and beef. The white meats are better than the red for this purpose This is also true of fish, the white, dry varieties being much better for made-over dishes than the dark', oily kinds. Here is something that one can buy in a small quantity and use. to advantage : A short porterhouse steak will answer for two din ners. Cut out the tendei loin, broil it and serve with a good sauce. If the weather be cold the remainder of the steak can be used two days later. In hot weather it must be cooked for dinner the following day. A GEEAT CAETOONISI'S OLD AGE. Nast's Hair Is White and the Hnrrylns Crowd Does Not Know Him Now. Thomas Nast, the cartoonist, may be seen frequently on Broadway, but is entirely un known to the majority of the throng which pushes and jostles along that thoroughfare on fine afternoons. Time has whitened Nast's hair and wrinkled his face, and his lingers are not so nimble as they were a quarter of a century ago, when he carried a musket in the rear rank of Company G, Seventh Regiment. N. G.. S. N. Y., but he draws as well to-day as he did then for ITar per't lVrefc'y, and do"cs a great deal of pleas ant work at his rural home in Morristown, N. J., deriving therefrom an excellent in come. WhenTie first began the exercise of his art in illustrating newspapers the work was in a very crude state indeed, while to day these illustrations have reached a de gree of perfection no one ever dreamed of. Increase in Internal Ilevenne. Washington, D. C, Jan. 2. The re ceipts from internal revenue during the first five months'oftte present fiscal year were?C4,3J2.429,'.an- increase of $1,430,050, over the receipt during the corresponding 'period of the previous fiscal year. At Farkersbunr Xew Year's night a stable hoy exploded a lantern in the hay mow of the, street ear stables. The stables, with 100 tons ot bay, several sets of harness, two curs, a blacksmith shop und tlie waiting; room weio destroyed. Tno llanies spiead to the barn of Z. T. Taylor, wnicn was ue stroved. Loss, $4,000; partly insured. FOUR FJREMES DEAD. Several Others Injured in a Disas trous Fire at Kashville. TflEMENARECAUGHTItf AN ALLEY Twice the Wind Shifts, and Each Time Carries Destruction. A LIST OF TIIE 3IANT KX0WX LOSSES NASnviLLE, TEN.,'Jan. 2. At 5:40 P. M. this afternoon the most disastrous fire that Nashville has experienced since 1881, broke out in Webb, Stevenson & Co.'s store. A strong wind was blowing from the northwest. The fire was confined to this store for nearly an hour, but gradually found its way into the adjoining store oc cupied by A. G. Rhodes & Co., and then into Atwell & Sneed's. At this time the wind changed and the fire started in another direction. Weakley & Warren's seven story furniture store, north of Webb, Stevenson & Co.'s, waB soon a mass of flames. The members of the colored fire company were standing across an alley on a three story building of the Phillips & Buttorff Manufactures Company, when Weakley & Warren's building suddenly bulged out in the center and fell across the alley. Fire men Aaron Cockrell, Stocker Allen, Harvey Ewiug and C. C. Gowdy, the latter the captain of the company, were instantly crushed to death. Captain Gowdy was one of the leading citizens of the city, an ex member of the Legislature, a faithful and efficient city constable. Costly Antics ot the Wind." When the Phillips & Buttorff building crushed in it quickly took fire and was con sumed. About this time the wind changed again and the flames swept back toward the Noel block, and vacant building adjoin ing Atwell & Sneed's was soon burned. The Noel block then caught fire, and at this hour (11 p. 51.) is in ruins. The fire is practically under control at 11 o'clock. A number of men werelnjured at various times by falling walls and explosions that blew out the front of two or three stores. It is supposed that the fire is of incendiary origin, as Fireman Daly, while in the Atwell & Sneed building, saw a man apply a torch to a mass of Inflammable ma terial in the rear of that store. The Record of Losses. The loss will approach 5600,000. The fol lowing are estimates: Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company, building, 515,000; stock of house furnishing goods, 545,000; in sured for 540,000. A. J. Warren, build ing, 535,000; stock of furniture, 50, 000. Webb. Stevenson & Co., stock, 545,000. Atwell & Sneed, stock of furniture, 535, 000; A. G. Rhodes, stock of furniture, 530, 000, and the buildings occupied by the three latter firms and the vacant store were worth about 570,000. The Noel block was occupied by the Western Union Telegraph Company, and contained about 50 offices and bedrooms. The building cost about $75,000, and the Western Union probably loses 510,000. Phillips. Hood & Co., Bradford, Nichol, Warren Brothers and the Freeman Wall Paper Company, opposite the fire, were all damaged by water. It is difficult to get information from this city on account of the destruction of the Western Union of fice. The operators are crowded at two different railroad depots. While this fire was in proeress another fire broke out in the Watters-Allen Foundry Company's bnildins: and destroyed the plant. Loss, 'about 540,000. MAKING THE NEW COINS. The Mint Starts In to Tnrn Ont Halves, Quarters and Dimes. WASHKitiTOjf, Jan. 2,-2-The Director of the Mint will inaugurate the New Year by the issue of the new silver coins, half dollar, quarter dollar and dime, bearing the new designs. The mint at Philadelphia started on the coinage of these pieces to-day, and the mints at San Francisco and New Orleans will start as soon as the dies reach' them. The silver used in this coinage will consist of the uncurrcnt silver coins now in the Treasury awaiting recoinage, and the coin age will be continued until the balance of the appropriation available for recoinage now about 522,000 has been exhausted. The Director hopes to recoin at least 51,000,000 of the uncurrcnt coins in the Treasury into the new coins under the ex isting appropriation, and when it is ex hausted, Congress will be urged to make a deficiency appropriation to continue this coinage. The new pieces will be trans ferred from the Mint to the Treasury at Washincton and the different sub-Treasuries as rapidly as coined, so that they may be distributed in all parts of the country and the public get acquainted with them. Salvador Secnres .reciprocity. Washington, D. C, Jan. 2. The Presi dent to-day issued a proclamation promul gating a reciprocity treaty with Salvador. It goes into effect February 1 next. It is similar in its main provisions to those heretofore entered into with other Central American States and the West Indian Islands. "KNOW ME BY Latin words and velvet carpets struggling t -!?Bff tz. -' -ta: i ' ' ' p t---r :.j - r . Merit will win. System Kenovator tafees the corn every time, iteauty is real. 6y:emj Kcnovatormmt be PlNCHIAG somebody's corns. But I can show more sound and wellj cure of the different ailments to which the human family is subject, than all others. Andfl I cliallcti-e anyone to gainsay it. 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X. p.m. Sunday, 9a.x. tol2x. Sera stamps ftp A SENSATIONAL CRIMEA AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THIEVES ' CITES IT AWAY. A Ponr-Tear-Old Child Killed In Order to 5hnt Its Mouth A Woman Found Dead and Also Supposed to Have Been Mar dered Threats of a Double Lynching. Williamsburg, O., Jan. 2. Special A sensational crime was unearthed here to day, almost by accident. A series of thefts, small but annoying, have been puzzling the police for some time. To-day, as the result of an altercation, George Snider and Wells Fryman were arrested for carrying concealed' weapons. On their persons were found, articles that connected them with, the thefts. They confessed, and Fryman asked to b taken to the house of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Gravis. Arrived at the house Mrs. Gravis was found dead, her face and hands being horri bly mutilated. In her house were found large qnartities of stolen goods. Instantly the police proclaimed another sensation in connection with the case. Early in the week 4-ycar-oId May .Curliss, playing at a neijhbor's, had told of Snider hiding a lot of pretty things at her home. The matter became talked about, and the girl's parents hail been told of the child's story. Thursday night the child was found dead in the yard shot dead. It was given out that she had been accidently shot by a'stray bullet fired by some one celebrating "New Year's eve. The police to-day searched'the Curliss house and found much plunder. , It is now believed that the Curlisses were members of the Snider gang tnat the child was put out fit of rage at her revealin hidden plunder. The 1 h f?WA..a stn .. ..a T.M 4.li AVA.4 ... nriAW that she mi"ht tell no tales. x ' z4 At a late hour to-night a mob had began to earner in ironc 01 tne lau nere, ana loua 1 calls are now being made for Snider and, Fryman to be given up. They may be lynched before sunrise, unless the Sheriff makes a bold stand. A PRIVATE SOLDIER BUT A COUNT. One of Belgium's Nobility toins the Army of Uncle Sam. Baltimore, Jan. 2. The American of to morrow publishes the story of the enlist ment of Visconnt George de Benghan, of Brussels, Belgium, into the United States Army. The young nobleman was assigned at the recruiting station in this city under command of W. M. H. Breck, and on the 28th of last month left for Jefferson Bar racks, near St. Louis, where he is now. Ths Viscount, when he applied for ad mission into the army as a private, was fashionably attired, but without hesitation changed his clothing for the army uniform. The Belgian Minister at Washington con firms the claim of the Viscount, and states that his family is a very honorable one, bat had lately been reduce'd by circumstances, which made it necessary for the young niau to enlist. A Suicide With Blazing OH. Minneapolis, JIbs., Jan. 2. Mrs. Martha Moore committed suicide to-day by pouring kerosene oil over her clothes and then setting it on fire. 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