TKE NEWS. Eugene L. Packard, of the HnMnsnn In estment and Security Company, of New York, wn sentenced to eighteen months 1 prlsoumout In Sing Sing for unlaw fully lining the malls. , Judge Sanborn, of the I'nlted States Clr fiult Court lu St. Paul, Minn., discharged triw KHvm of the Northern Paelllo Hullroud Company. By th.) will of the lotn Daniel Sharp Kurd, of the Youth's Com pun Ion, the Baptist Social Union comes Id for a large bequest. The stock and plitnt of thu Charles Helscr Shoe Company, at Hanover. Fa., win de stroyed by lire. John T. Whitehead, a weulthy Virginia farmer, died at lilt home, neur Bay View. Charles L. like, one of thu orlgtual Free Boilers, died lu Bt. 1' nil. Mlnu. C. B. Turner was murdered at liU borne, near Ferguson's Wuurf, Va. Comptroller of the Currency Puwe nay the general financial condition of t tin country Is sound and stable, and there la nothing to indicate a recurrence of the recent flurry. . A strike ot miners In the bituminous ooal regions of Pennsylvania Is threatened. The men want a general Increase of thirty per ent. in wages. The Panama Canal Company of America, with an authorized capital ot !)0,O0..l,OOU, was incorporated In Trenton, N. J. The trustees of the Northlleid Seminary have allied for a fund of t.0 0.000, to carry on the work of the late Dwight L. Moody. Ooveruor Mount, ot Indlnun, said a suit would be brought aguinst Hie Staudsird Oil Company under the anil-trust iaw. The Duke, tobacco inun, bavu bought W, 000 acres of land lu Florida, which will be diluted lu touacco. Two hundred and ninuty-nlne textile mills were constructed or contemplated during tbis year. The first annual convention of tie Feder ation of Graduate Oiuos win begun lu Nuw York. Martin Shirley's lnrge barn, near Massa UUUen, Va., was destroyed by Ore. Popular subscriptions for the Lawton fund have panned the 431,000 mark. Frank D Cole killed his wife and shot him self In Springfield, Ohio. A big bluz In Fort Wayne, Ind., oaused loss of t'JOO.OOO. The John P. Love.lI Arms Company, of Boston, assigned to Charles B. Barnes. It Is one ot the largest sporting goods bouses la the country, and the failure Is the result of the collapse of the Globe National Bank. Judge Morris, In Toledo, O., dissolved an injunction restraining strikers from patroll ing the works and uccoktlng employes, the Jndge declaring that the strikers had a right to urge the workmen to come out. The eighth annual meeting ot the Ameri can Jewish Historical Society began lu Now York. Dr. Hollander, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, read a paper. J. J. Frey and Oeneral Manager Yookum, ot the Ht. Louis and Han Francisco Itallroad, taught over fifteen thousand acres ot ciuu land iu Arkansas. A rot, following a negro cake-walk, took fiutce on a street car lu Morrisunio. One man was killed and two were diiugerously wounded. Handwriting experts gave additional testi mony at the trial lu New York ol Moilueux. charged with poihonlug Mrs. Adams. Clyde H. Wallace, a clerk lu the Cnlted Mates sub-treasury at Chicago, wus arrested on the charge ot stealing S.5.U00 iu gold. The Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Hull way Company was incorporated, with a eapltui stock of 1 7,850.l00. The funeral of Mr. Dwlght L. Moody took plueent NorthHeld, Mass., and was largely intended. Joseph Flings' sons' cotton mill, In Gr rnaiitown, Philadelphia, was burned j loss, tOO.OuO. Allen E. Rorke, a contractor and polltl el'.U ot Philadelphia l dead. , ' Buffalo is to have a new union railway station, to cost tl,600,OIM). Four additional bodies were recovered from the Brueneil mini s; near Broausville, Pa. Pit Boss Thomas Jones admitted that lie gave the order permitting miuers to dis iie with safety lamps. The battleship Texas arrived at Newport Mews, having on board the bodies of the victims ot the Maine disaster. The bodies will be transferred to Arlington for Inter ment. A. t. Stillwell retired from the presidency of Ouardlau' Trust Company, whose head quarters was recuLtly moved from Kansas City to Chicago. A severe earthquake shock was felt throughout southern California, San Jac into and Hermit suffering the moat severely. No lives wur lost. Mrs. Mnry Uiirrett, serving a life term In the Ohio Fculluulliuy lor murder, was por tioned. The barn and stable of Captain Charles . Morgan, at Capo C.nir.es, Va., were turned. Hnlvatlon Army fed thousand of destitute iersous lu New York mid Pldindelphiu. John Purrish was shot and killed lu Peters burg, Vs., I y t'liurlcs U. Hum. Mrs. Lydla Dodlue was killed ly railroad train near MerchnntHVille, N. J. Neurly three blocks of bullalngs lu Hast ings, Minn., were burned. J ami 1 Hi nun Taylor, of New York, com ntltted suicide ut the O.-ufiou Hotel, Wash ington. He cut his in rout with a rium while temporarily iusnue from illness. Comptroller Trsjewell delded the claim of Hwtlt A Co. for beef f uruisUed to the army at Pouce to be jut. Judge Paruell, In liiilelgb, N. C refuse, I to grant mi Injunction to prevent the con solidation of thuvurl'tis Hues of the Sea board Air Line, and linmudlulely ufter the consolidation was i fleeted. The Eastern Furuliur.i Manufacturers' Associatlou met lu Philadelphia, and decided lo advance, prices teii per cent, on certain Hues. Dr. Edward H. Williams, senior partner of the B lid win Locomotive Works, Pulludel- tibia, died at Hanta Barbara, Cal. Adjutant General Ciwn, of Michigan, re fused to comply with Governor Fiugroe's demand for his resignation. A strike begun at the Park and Oxford collieries, near Scruutou, l'u. . A seven-story apartment bouse, owned by Morris Mundolstolu, In ew York, was do ktrcyt'd by lire. John Branch fell Into a vat containing boiling water at the Shot well Tannery, lu Manchester, ugluin. I. M. Etherldge, n promluet lawyer at Dallas. T -xus, killed Edwin O. llarroll.au uther lawyer. ChBlniian Mark A. Hanna. of the National Committee, has Issued the formal cull for I he ussuiubllug of the National Ib-publleau Con veutlon In Philadelphia on Juu lath. President II. C. Mlininolis, of Fargo Col lege, dropped dead lu Forgo, N. P. Heuator Hoar Introduced a resolution de. fluiuu his Ititerpretatlou of the American imllcy lu reference to the SpuuUti Ulaads ttow urder American doutlulou. Leading olllcers of the army have united la an appeal for funds with which to lift the mortgage on tho home ot the lute Ueueral l.swtou, iu California. Chairman Burton, of House lllr and Har- lior Committee, announces that I here will 1st no river and harbor bill at this session uf litmrreui. Tile Hecroturv of Agriculture has ordered )uuiautluu against cattle afW-ted with tkutheru fever. The President suut to therleuate the treaty negotiated by the powers at The Hague 4av summer TROOPS FOR DULLER. KHJHT 'TIJOtftAXD MKN HAVE'. RK. I tMLV Kbl.NKOKCKU HIM. KAFFIRS DRAWN INTO WAR. Iloers DeTest Thmu In a Heavy Ught Near I'er.lorpnort l.iKlvsmllli In Now In Hevere Mtraits-The Losses at I.adysinlth llns teen 7i Kinel ami ttAit Woundfd-Tbe lloers rapture a Katllr I orl. A London oa'degrain slates thnt Oen. Sir Itedvers Ujilnr has been reinforced by 8,001) men since his dnfuutln the buttle of Coleuso, December 1J. Di view of thu straits to which Ladysmlth has heeu reduced, it is now said lu London that iiuller may soon attempt another ad vance. A great obstacle to the redef of Ladysuiltn is the condition of tho Tugcla river, which is swollen greatly by ruins. Uu to December '2i tho total losses at Ladysmlth bad been 70 killed and Si.0 wouuded slnca ths siege began. Ohe shell recently killed U men und wounded , be-sid- s killing 14 horses. The Uicrs have a rullroiid Hue to Colenso, huvlug nulit a coiinecilug link around the British position at Ladysmlth. A Pretoria dispatch brings grave news. It slab s that B icrs and Kaffirs had heavy a btlnir U icemli'ir '11 near Dcrdervoort, lu the J'raiinvaal, and mat thu Boers euplured a Kalllr fort, losing threo killed and live wounded. This Indicates much greater lo?. by the KalHrs. Hh mid tho ma.-s of African natives Isi drnn n Into the war, the gravest results lo the white population would ensue. The Honrs re showing decided mllltury skill In their siege of Klmberley. They are keeplug their guns posted III udvautageous positions and are able lo summou reinforce lueuts rapidly to click sorties. A party from Mafeklug made n sortie and ntlucked the Boer fort at Molopo, losing, it Is reported, 53 men. Colonel B uIhu-PowkII, In a "proclama tion" to the lloers who lire besieging him at Mafeking, declares that the American gov ernment has warned the other powers ot an Intention to side with Lnglnud should any ot them Interfere. The Boers hive captured two British forts at Kurumun, Bachuunaland. General Outaere hus succ eeded in reopen ing the railroad line to the Ind we collieries, In Cupe Colony, whose coal Is Deeded for the British railroads. Heavy Urlug has been nenrd lu the direction of Htormberg. Germany will not send military experts to the B )ers. The Deutsche Tages Zelttiug op. poses this decision and says: "From the Boers one may learn how to win victories. but from General Iiuller only how tu lose name and uannou. l'LAGLK IS t'HKt KtD. No New Cases Iteportetl iu Honolulu For Several Days HusIucm Kesuiued. 8au Francisco, (Special. The steuimr Gaeili- arrived here irom the Orient by way of Honolulu. 'J he Gaelic was sent to quarantine cwlng to the plague scare, but her cublu passen gers were allowed to Jnud, towbouls plying between the steamer and the city for the ur osn. A dispatch from Honolulu, under date of ociuber 88. says: Tiiero have been uo uew cases of plngue luce December H. There have been sev eral huddeu deaths, mid In cn.ii luslaiicu umor assigned the plague as the cause. In vestigation proved otherwise. Ou Decem ber IV the quarantine over Chlniilown was lifted hud ousiuei1s new going uu as usual In that district. There have been no dculhs byplagim siuae December 11. Up to Unit time live victims were reported. The Board ot Health now claims that but two deaths Ween caused by the scourge, the remaining cases bulug douotful or suspicious. Chinatown is being; thoroughly cleaned. A euuiRiWsioH of three has been uppoluted to examine the district aud report some scheme to remodel the territory. Die Couucll ot Htatu will be asked to ap propriate the sum ot 41UU,0UJ at once with which to carry out the present pluu of alter ing and improving Chinatown iu conformity with the saiiltury program of the Board ot Health. Gsuraia Town Swept by Fire. Vienna, Ga.. (.Specliil.J This city wus swept by lire which sturted lu Smith's res taurant, but the exact cause has not yet been ascertained. The lire was not checked until the following buildings were consumed: Smith's restaurant, burber shop, thu post oflloe, Mis Christian's millinery store, Pow ell's law office, Dr. Powell's ofllce, the Vi enna House. No lives were lost. The in surance was oaly partial. Farmer Hoys Sail. New York, (Special.) With S75 funnel boys from tho West aboard tho converted ' cruiser Dixie left the uuvy-yard tor thu West Indies. When thu Dixie comes buck, uuxt July, the boys will be fitll-lledgcd sailors. B ifore thu DIxlo-relurns horheshe will cruise In the Mediterranean. Cnpt. Charles Be - knap is in command. A Jtaee War II r.rateued. Jacksonville, Flo., (Special.) There Is much excitement at Fort White, a town thirty miles from here, over the threats of the negro portion of the population to burn the town. The negroes are excited because of the killing of Tom White, who resisted arrest by the town marshal. The murshal. It In alaimed, acted In self-defense. The white people have armed themselves, and are ou their guard. Ou a Charge of Arson. Augusta, Ot., (Special.) W. C. Stoy was arreeled ou a warrant sworn out by Chief ot Police Hook, charged with ursou. Stoy Is an excursion manager. Tho three disas trous llros in this city recently their origins pointing strongly to incendiarism have greatly excited the peoplu. Buceiitly u building was fired three times In one day. Ureal! and Kruueu tit Odds. Ul;. .lunelro I Itv Cable. WI'Iih ltrullli. warship Tlradentcs has sailed for Aiuiipa, In the territory of Guyana,' which is In dispute . i....., .....i ii-U7n i u,i ous trouoie is exjieeicu to occur. MIIIOKKOU4 CONVICT'S ATTACK. Washington Mnu, Convicted of Muu sluilLlltei. Neurly Kills a Keeper. Albany, N. Y., (Special. I - William Palter s on, who Is servlug a ten-year sentence iu the Albany IVnltentUwy for manslaughter, committed iu WasliliiL-tor, 1). 1'., inude a snvngn attack ou one of his keepers. Patterson was It the Ironing shop. As K'iper A. L. Iteud.ill passed he struck hi ill a wl.-ked blow with a natlrna ou the buck ot the head. PuUhmou would have followed up the attack, but the other convicts over powered him. THK G.lltltOTK IN I'llitll) HM O. ve Men Implicated in .Murder Sentenced to I leu lb at I'uuce. Kan Juan do Porto Blco, (By Cable.) The Supreme Court ot Porto ltlco, ut Poiiee bus iculenced five men to be gurroted. Iu Octo Isir, lrttM, twenty men, heavily urmed with kuiis aud machetes, robbed a house at Yuttuo, province of Police, niol murdered a inun . Mined Prud'inclo Meiidcg. They also danced tround the body with his daughters, who were under compulsion, Seven ot the men were caught, but subse quently one ot thu prisoners escaped, aud lied lu iall FOUGHT ON MOUNTAINS.' Americans Attack u HI roil r Force of Mil-ltnos-Insurgents Were Driven Out or Kiin Mateo. Manila, By Cnbli.) Colonel Lockett, with a forae of 2,600, Including artillery, attacked a strung force of Insurgents entrenched In the mountains near Moutnlbiiu, about live tulles northeast of Man Mntco. The enemy were completely routed, the Americans pur suing them through thu hills, amid which they (led In every direction. Four Americans were wounded. The Fili pino loss was large, resulting from u heavy infantry ami artillery lire for three houi luto the trencher. It is supposed thai the Insurgents were those who were driven out of San Mntco on thu day General l.uwtoti was killed. They uum ere 1 1 probably a thousand. A dozen lines of Insurgent trenches cov ered the steep trail through tho hills, and likewise the valley belo, along which the Americans passed. The inalu attacking party consisted of the Foriy-ilsth Volunteer In fuutry, a troop of eavnli y and artillery. Col onel Lockett u inmaiidliig lu person. Tic rest of the command operated Irom remote points in uu eiidenv.ir to carry out ( oloini Lockutt's plan of throw ing his lines around the enemy, and thus cutting ofT retreat. The nature of the mountainous couutry made it Impracticable to execute this movement suc cessfully. After the insurgeuts began to run there was a vain attempt to use artillery. It now appears that one American was killed iu thu Hltuck upon thu Htihlg garrison by Uener.il Sauta Ami. KKM'K KV AtTAIlM MIXMt I I'. Doubt as lo Who tile Election Commis sioners Are. Frankfort. Ky ( Special, i Governor Tay lor appointed W. H. Mackoy ( antl-Goubel Democrat l and A.M.J. Caiiruli ( llepubll can) state election comml-sloners. The Itepuhllcaii minor state olllelalp-cleet. wiiosc contests will come before the board, have not decided exactly what course they will pursue, but as Clerk Hhnckulford wills war In the Democratic cominli'sloiiers appointed by Commissioner Poynt., It Is probable Tay lor's appointees will Institute mandamus proceedings to gut possession of the offices. Democratic leaders do not believe the courts will hold Taylor's appointments good, but they do not disguise the fact that they re gret the complications growing out of the resignations of former Commissioners Pryor und Kills. A few scattering members of the legisla ture began arriving, and It Is anticipated that, owing to the unusual Interest growing out ot the contests for governor and lleuten unt governor, nearly ull will be here early. Friends of ex-Elcctlou Commissioner Kll.s are. with hUautbority. discouraging a move ment among some of the unti-Goebel Demo crats to give him a boom for senator. I'.llls unqualifiedly for Blackburn. VICTORIA lSll;s A WAKNING. Subjects Must Not Assist the lloers Work of the Hour Sharpshooter. Loudon, (By Cable.) Tbo Brltlsh authori ties, thoroughly alarmed over the dlsiilTer tlou of the farmers lu Cupe Colony, and thu assists nee being given the Boers by other British subjects, are adopting various meas ures to check It. Proclamations and orders issued l y British mllltury commanders hav ing hud uo effect, the Privy Council held a msetlng ut Wludsor Castle, at which Oueeti Victoria proclaimed a warning to all British subjects not to assist the Inhabitants ot tho Transvaal or Orange Free Mate, or sell or transport merchandise thereto, under pen ul y of the law. The Queen's proclamation will undoubted ly prove us futile us the declarations of the British commanders. The colonists, who urn helping the Boers, will continue to do so surreptitiously, It uot Opeuly. It will be utterly Impossible for the Bi tish to patrol the whole rjf Cape Colony to prevent the pen. pie aiding the Boer fighters, with whom they are iu sympathy. ST ATI' K I1IK LA W 1 ON. Twenty-live Thousand Dollars to be Itulseil iu lndlMua. Indianapolis, Ind., (Special.)- A Joint committee of the Commercial Club and the Board of Trade met to organize for rtiisiug a fuud of 425,0 0 or more to erect a statue of General. Lawton here. It was resolved that an Indiana Lawton monument commission be organized, ol which the Governor should be x- ITKio the president, which should consist oi tho mem bers of the Joint committee und the chair men ot county Lawton monument commit tees, and whose purpose should be the erec tion at the eapltal ot a monument in memory of Geucral Lawton. STItKKT Ut'iX IN ALA II A MA. Jesse Hur.leu Kills an I ucle, Wouuils An ocliur, and Is Himself Killed. llnutsvllle, Ala., (Special.) Iu a street duel at Deposit two uicu were killed and n t ilrd probably fatally wouuded. Ja ues Hurduu's throat w.vs cut from cur to ear by his uephew, Jesse H irdeu. The f jriner is dead. John C. Harden, a brotlu i of the dead man, was seriously cnt by Jesse Hardeu. und lis the light was drawing to n close Mac ltussd discharged u load of buck not luto thu ubdomeu ot Jesse Harden, emitting death Instantly. AH the parties arc Well known aud prominent lu politics. The cause of the tight Is uot known. TO.tACCO LANDS IN IIXIUIDA. The Dukes, of Nortli Ciirullllii, liny t-argc Tracts. Leesburg, Flu., (Special.) Ninety-four thousand acies of laud have heeu recently purchased lu LukM county, this state, by the Dukes, the tubucco men, of North Carolina. Tue expect to cut otT und utilize the timber, plant the land In tobacco, and eventually run a railroad across thu country to connect with the Florida East Coast Knilwuy. I amity Trugedy In NpiiiiglUid. Springfield, O., (Special. )---Frank B. Cue shot and killed his wife, theil shot himself. They were found Bide by side. Mrs. Coe dead, but Cou still living. He was taken to the hospital. Coe Is un employe ot thu Ohio Southern Itallway. Jealousy Is thought to be the cuusu of the tragedy. Killed In u I'oher ltonm. ' CHutou. III.. I Special. I At Wcidoti, ten miles southeast of here, lluir , Hummer.-. Ir.. u carpenter, iiiul "Doe" Miireiiin, a farm hand, quarrelled III a poker room, wheu .Marciim shot and killed Sumnieir, Nought by the llouitcrs. New York. t. Special.) -A contract w;i sluue I truusterriug all copyrights, title mid subscription list of Demoresl's Maga.lne lo Uols-rt Burner s Sons, uemorest s .iiiiku ilne will bo (llscoiitliiu.'d, and the fashion and im'.tHru departments, liiilf-mluute talks a id world's progess will be continued lu tho Ledger Monthly. A Convict's rCnsy Kucuue. Norfolk. Yu.. (Special.)-Whiter Cotton, the negro senteucud to die for the murder of storekeeper Wyalt. of Portsinoiiin, uinl who walked out of Jul 1 while Id deiith-waleh slept, has not yet booti reenptureo. a re wurd of IlilO wus olTerea lor ins ar rest. The belief U geucral that Cotton hiH gone tor good. For the OpvnluK ufn Keserviilion. liiivlis Luke, N. 1)., (Special.) A move ment has bueu Inaugurated for the building of a bridge across Duvlls Lake to the Foit Totieu reservation, aud the opening of the SO.OUJ acres of reservation land to settle ment ty purcuusu from thu Iudluu. WITH NAVAL HONORS THK MAINK MAItTVRS KF.INTI.KRI.il AT A Itl.l NtiTON. . IMPOSING CEREMONIES. 'resident .Mi Klnley, with Metnliers t His t ablnel: .Mrjiir Oenernl Miles, Ad miral Dewey Htid Oilier Notables III Attendance s'lilute Ilrud anil Taps Soutideil. s Washington, (Sroisl. WI'lic remain tho one hundred and fifty victims of the Maine disaster brought from Hnviina by tho battleship Texas were burled with full mili tary honors upon a knoll In Arlington Ceme tery. Tho exercises wcro exceedingly sim ple. They were In charge of Captain Hlgs bee, now of tho Texas, who was captain of the Maine on thnt fatal night when his ship wus blown up in Havana harbor two years age. They worn attended by President M'1 Klnley and the members of his cabinet. Ad miral Dewey, Major General Mill's and his slnrr. and many other oflh.ws of the army nml nnvy stationed In Washington. Among them were Lieutenant Commander Waln wrlght and Lieutenant F. C. Bowers, both of whom were ou the Maine when thn explo sion occurred. All the army and navy offi cers were In full uniform. Sovcrul troops of cavalry from Fort Myer. a I ntlnllon of murines from the navy yard and n detachment of sailors from the Texas were drawn up about tho Hug-draped cas kets, which were ranged row on row along Iho brow of the hill, each l.caringa beautiful wreuth of galnx leaves. Despite the snow und nipping cold over a thousand spectators pressed against thn ropcd-llned enclosure to witness the ceremonies. The Marine Hand played a dirge, "Safe 111 the Arms of Jimis," and then simple Protestant nud Homnti Cath olic funeral services wcro conducted by Chaplain ('lark, of Hie Naval Academy, nud Father Chid wick, the cliiiplaln of the Maine, under a cniivns-canoplnd shelter In the open space fining the square In which the cofllns lav beside their open graves. After tho re ligious ser Ices n detachment of murines in their spiked hclme.s II red a salute of three blank volleys for the dead and a bugler sounded "taps." The ceremonies lasted barmy twenty minutes. Among the sailors of the Texas present was Jeremiah Shea, who hud a miraculous escape on the night ot llm explosion, being blown out of the stoke hole. Ho was Introduced to thu President by Captain Sigsbee. When asked for an explanation of thu mystery of his escape by the President, Shea respi nded, as he did to a similar inquiry from Vather ChldwicL. at the time of the dis ss e i "I don't know how I got through. I was blown out. I guess 1 must have been au arnior-plerclng projectile." After the ceremonies the colllns were low ered Into their graves and the work of Inter ring them began. DKI.AIIOA HAY. Denial of IteporlM About the Partition of lortiiruese Territory. London, (By Cublu.) In the absence of actual wur news, the sensational uewspapers of Loudon, Purls aud Berlin are publishing air sorts of wild rumors and stories, sug gesting foreign complications and trealhw between Germany, Portugal und Gnat Britain concerning Delngoii liny, and pro viding for the partition ot the Portuguese colonics. These stories are also being cabled to the United States In exfcuso. So many alleged disclosures of secret Dels goa Buy agreements have recently been suli inltuul iu the British Foreign Ofllce that the ofllciuls have made It a rule neither to deny nor afllrui them, and when questioned re garding the statements of the Lokul An- xeiger, of Birlln, about a reported treaty the ohiciuls adhered to this rule. Hut n representative of tho Press gathered that the alleged disclosures were quite Inaccurate. A despatch to the Times from ilerlln com ments ou the Lokul Aiiiiciger treaty state ments as follows: "When it is remembered that two ot Portu gal's Asiatic positions, Goa and Daman, form enclaves ot the province ot Bombay, the statements ot the Lokul Auiseigcr border ou the fiintasil '." The St. James (lur.ette, In an editorial on the reported treaty, says it Is "a mere patch work ot previuus reports, some partly true und some entirely fa sc." ihu probable truth Is that, as previously reported, the Portuguese possessions in Afrlcu, north nud south of the Zambesi, will ultimately be leased to Grout Britain und Germany, respectively. 'It is sat'bfactorv," suj the Times editor ially, "to learn that thu Washington govern ment Is acting with regard lo the American cargoes seized In Delagoa Bay as we should have wished nud expected. It Is a matter ot course that we shall make fall reparation. If reparation Is proved to be due. Jo Hie meantime, It may lie noted, as the Ainerleaus thciiiseves admit, that thu facts are in con siderable doubt, and that some of them seem to .ai rather compromising to the v sscis seized. There will be time enough lo t.i'k fit the law and the policy ot the step w hen the facts have been authoritatively aci'i talm d." DMibAMI TO SIT. I'Olt I'KAI K. The Sort of an Agreement. President Kni tter Would be W illliiK In .Make. London, (By Cable.) A despatch from VluBlon Churchill says that from coiiv-n.-u-tions with members ot the Trausviml execu tive. HI Pretoria he learned that the lloers bigautho war with trepidation, but that President Krugcr is now conlldcnt Oreiit B italn will soon sue for pence. In the highest Transvaal circles. Mr. Churchill asserts, there is serious tall; ol a compromise, by which Great Britain would cedo the territory now occupied by the armies ot the two republics, pay an Indem nity of i'20,0.0,(i00 (.100,1)00,0)0) and ack nowledge the complete ind pouduueo ot llm Trandvatil. Moonshiner Captured. Scriinton, Pit., (Spoclul.) Frank ....inlcy, the alleged moonshiner whose still was un earthed lu Pike county lust week, was cap tured nt Browntown, l.u.eruc county, and lodged In tho Lackuwiiua Jail to await trial iu rhlludelphlu. Illooily Civil Wur. Victoria, B. C, (Special.) News has been received by the steamer Aoraugl of a bloody livll war thai bus been ruglng among the natives of Kirwiuil, New Guinea, lu the lighting the head chief was defeated, und 11 villiiges In nil were destroyed, with heavy slaughter. Hallway for Yukon District, f-t. ruul, Minn., (Special. -The Dominion Government apparently contemplates build ing a railway from Great Slave Lake to Chi terlleld lulet and through tho Yukon district. A survey party is now being fitted out and one of the members Is now lu this city. Sheriff Killed by a Negro. Mouticello, I'la., (Special.) Will Gorman, a negro, shot tuid killed Sheriff T. B. Sim kins, at the Scurry place, six miles north of town. Gorman won wanted for murder, aud Sim kins and a posse went to arrest him. They closed In ou the cabin iu which the uegro was concealed. As Hiiikims pushed open the door, Gorman shot him twice In the breast. The murderer escaped from tho reur door, but was shot down and killed. At Moorafleld, W, Va., Lemuel Kolinu was sentenced to life imprisonment for tho mur der of Jobn bagor. , DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE. Six Drunken Indian Squaw Crashed la Death by Falling Walls Those Rilled Were Horribly Disfigured. Son Jacinto, Cal., (Special. -This little city bt a scene of desolation. People nro be ginning to recover from thn terror Inspired by tho earthquake which centered hero on Christmas morning, and destroyed every brick building In the town, and some tlnllnlle estimates of thn damage wrought cun now be made. At tho Saboba Indian Hesorvation, near here, n dnnco had been held the night be fore, and large quantities of whiskey con sumed by thu Indians sent most of them Into a drunken stupor before the shock eaine. A number of squaws had huddled together In mi old abode building, und were sleeping off thn effects of the liquor. The heavy walls fell In upon them, six were killed outright, and two died later, while a score more were badly injured. Those killed were Uorrlbly crushed. Main street presents n and nppournnoc. It Is Impossible to walk along thn sidewalks U'cnuse of Hie henp ot debris and over hanging walls. Brick walls were raze, I to the level of thu ground with thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise buried under neath. There Is not a business house lu town but has siilTered. Klectrlii wires are down and some of the powerhouses hiivn fallen in. Tho walls ot the county hospital, erected recently ut a cost of 10,000. are badly damaged. At Ilemet, the hotel wus damaged to the extent of 10.0011) Blliglium's Hour mill, 2,0(K). The lire walls of Webber's brick store fell out, the pluto-glass windows were smashed, abd tho entire stock of goods Is on the floor iu n heap. Tho chimneys of the hobd fell, many of them crushing through the roof. One fell on the bed of Frank John son, bruising him badly. The verandas are nil down and the walls badly cracked. The rear wall of tho Johnson block fell outward, and the whole building was demolished. The third story ot the Hotel Mills Is down, and thn second story walls fell In. Pugh's store and lUfare were all shaken down. There urn but two chimneys left iu tho town. The gubles of the Highlaiwl Asy lum weru cracked and the chimneys shukon down. It is said that rumblings had been heard for several days ubout Ta.piil.s Peak in the San Jacinto range, supposed to bean extinct volcano. Between San Juelnto and Ilemet l-oyscrs of hot sulphur water have appeared, and thu fumes wcrn so strong that no one ciiu get near the geysers. Preparations are already Isjlng made for the rebuilding of most of tho ruined struc tures. ItOltllKltV AND. Ml'KDKK. Two AVell-Knotvn Itlsens StilTcr rroin llarglars. Fnyeltevtlle, Ou., (Special.)--The dead body of Wyley W. Padgett, a well-known citizen, who lived about six miles from here, was found, mid by his side was a bloody axe with which his skull had been split open. Mr. Padgett was well-to-do and was known to have bad a considerable sum ot money with him. Only tun cents were found iu Ins pockets. It Is supposed that some ono who knew the old limn had money, killed and rohpe,! til m. Up to this time there is uo clue to the murderer. Or' envHle, lad., ( Special. -Tho residence 'of George llaiicuek, a well-lo-do farmer, was entered by two burglars, who attacked aud wounded him in such a iniinie'r thut his recovery Is doublfu!. Tho burglurs secured MOl.IllKltS CIIAKOKD WITH MlltDKIt, Nliot a Hun, by Order, Who Wai Trying to Kseape. Omaha, (Special. ) - A .'ting iin l.ir the In struction of the governor, Attorney General Smyth will begin proceedings iu Sarpy county charging Corporal Fear and Private Jenkins with the murder of Private Morgan. The two men, acting under orders from the proper officers, shot und killed Morgan while the lutter was trying to escape from Crook. The Sarpy couuly authoritiee do. dined to prosecute, leaving the matter to tho military, who held a court-martial and acquitted tho men. The governor then ordered the ease taken luto the state courts. District Attorney Summer received order; from Washington to defend the men. OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. Keports by mnll from the Island of Culm which the military censor at Manila refused to permit to be cabled, state thut a force ol American soldiers were re pulsed by insur gents ami two Americans killed uud he: wounded. General Henry V. Lawton was killed In. in bMg'.uieni with the Insurgents ut Sun Mateo. The sugar crop In Huwull Is reported to be very large. General Brooko Issued his farewell procla mation as military governor of Cuba, Kdltors of Manila newspapers comidnin ot tho censorship and suppression of news mallei by the AiuerUuu military uuthorltle... General I.uwton's remains were pla-cd In tho chapel iu the Pnso Cemetery at Manila. A faro Willi Pa liquet wus tuiidnrcd l Gen. crul Brooke ut Havana. A gang of counterfeiters has Issen located lu Cuba. All the street-railway In'crcst.s la (he city of Havana were consolidated, and now bt. long to the Havana K'.eelrli! Bullwuy Com pany. Tim British steamer LuViun was seized by '.he L'nlled Slat-s gunboat Cnsllne, ana sent iiHiUr a prlxu crew to Manila. Major General Wood assumed charge n governor general of Cuba, and ueeepted the resignation of the old cabinet. The Ward Line steamer Saratoga went nground near the wreck of Hie Mcrrlma , near Santiago, Cuba. Many contributions uud offers of oo-oper-u'.lou ciituo for the Lawton fund. Au ithrr lliittleld Killed. Matewnn, W. Va., (Spocial.) Wayne Hat field, sou ot r.lius Hutlleld and nephew ol "Duvll Anso" Hatllcld, shot nud killed George Hntlliid's son, of Hear Creek. Tlic shooting occurred In (loorgu liriiseur's store. Wayne Uulileld escaped to tho mountains. A Diane III Canton, Ohio. Clinton, Ohio, (Special.) - Flro started !: an electrlo heater in one of tho Cuitou-Ma-, Milan curs after ull the cars had been mi Into tho bam. Service ou Cantou slrools is on half time on the main linos, aud all othei lines are abandoned. Tho tnterurbati ser vice will be maintained. Thu loss is 0O. 000, covered by insurance. Nothing Known In I'ltuburg. Pittsburg, Pa., (Special.) Nothing Is known here of the murder of a wi mau iiauied Flaherty by John 1.. Ford nine years ago. The Ulcs of the polliss and coronet show 00 record of the alleged orlaie. Old I inly Killed by a Train. Camden, N. J., (Special.) - Mrs. Lydid Bod I ne, seventy-live year of ago, wit lu etanlly killed by uu eipnss train, on thn West Jersey lt.iirmid, near Morobnntvllle The uugiueer says the woman walked u liberutuly iu trout of the engine and laid down several packages she ' curried. Mrs Bodlne wus very deaf, and, It Is believed, did not hear the approach of thu tra'u. A Kentucky Atfnlr. West Liberty, Ky (Spe.d il.- J ncs J nt lou and lUrlan Cisco, of White Ouk, this county, got into a dllUt uliy. Patton shot aud killed Cisco, while Cisco was cutting Pulton to pieces with it knife. Pulton will die. FOREIGNAFFAIRS. A great rock on which stood a monastery and u hotel at Amalll, Italy, dropped Into the sea, carrying with It another Hotel and several villas. F'our vessels were also de stroyed. Tlie loss of life la heavy. The opponents of the government In ths French Chamber of Deputies made an attack upon Its policy In the conspiracy trial. Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Duke of West minster, and reputed to have been the rich est uiau lu thu world, Is deud. Forty school children were drowned by the Ice ou the river Lys, at Freliiighem, Belgium, giving way. The linpurlnl nnd Prussian ministers ar replying through the newspapers to the at tacks made upon them. There will bo ftliurp light in the Prussian Diet ngiUust Prince Holienlohe, tho chnuccllor, whom th Conservatives" ore determined to oust. Thu arrival of tho German warship Nlxo at Port-au-l'rinoe has caused alarm among the Unyilaus. The Guatemalan revolution is reported to have been suppressed. Jean Lainoiireiiux, a famous musical con ductor, died In Paris. LI Hung Chung wus appointed acting viceroy of Canton, China. Derouledo was sentenced to two years In prison for libelling senators composing High Court of Justice. In a speech nt Aberdeen, Mr. Brice bitterly attacked Mr. Chii.ubcrliilu and denounced his methods. Tho steamer Cameo picked up the crew of tho Italian hark Leuucclu, whlcu hud found ered. Prince Arcnberg was court-miirtluled tot killing a native In German Southwest Africa. Muhmoud Pasha, tlieSultuu's fugliivc son-in-law, reached Marseilles. Germany has determined to secure a num ber of coaling stations for her inivy iu the far liHHt, the Antilles aud South America. Thu German flag was hoisted over lite court-house ut Aplu, Samoa. At Trinity College, in Dublin, the degree of doctor of laws was conferred on Joseph Chamberlain. The students mudu a dcuion trntlou, but were worsted by thu police. The Hultnn's son-in-law lied from Con stantinople with his wife's Jewels and all the money he could collect. China has declared her purpose to fight rather than grunt France s demaud for terrl lory. President Castro's troops ousted General Hernuiidcz' party from' Mnrucaibo, Vene zuela. FOCll iMOItK KODIKS FOUND. Pit lloss Says Naked Lights Were I'Sed In llraanell Mine. Brownsville, Pa.. (Special.) Four more bodies have been recovered from the Brar. neli mines, nenr this place, Increasing to 10 the number of persons known to hnve been killed in Saturday's disaster. The bodies have not been Iden tilled. The mine officials admit thnt two or more bodies are still iu tho mine, but representa tives of tho Slavonic Society have made a house-to-house oauvnss and report that eight of their number alone are in tho wreck, and how many others they do not know. That naked lights uud unlocked safety lamps were used in the mine was offlulnlly nonllrmed by Pit Boss Thomas Jones, who mndi) a statement to that elTect. Mr. Jonej was asked If it was true that ou last Tuesday morning he Issued a general order that the miners could dispense with safety lumps. Some of tho families of the dead miuers are in eufterlng oonditlon, aud provisions are being sent out by the Drowns vlllo merchants, as well as from Uiiioutown. Tho fact that last Saturday wus pay day at tlai mine and that lliure were no empty wagons to load accounts for many not going into tho mine that morning. Had tho acci dent occurred any other day there would huve been more Uum 100 men lu tho tulue. und the result would have been even mors appalling than It Is. Some of tho bodies were removed to their homos nnd burled. Little Albert Messe, who died after being rescued, lived only a few steps from the shaft. He went to the wtudow Satitrdnj morning nnd looked out, saying to hi father: "Pupa, I guess there Is no use of inn going to work this morning, there Is uo loading." The father said Albert bad belter go and help him feed the mules. They both started out together and never returned. The excitement caused by the terrible aiv eldeut has driven all thought of the holiday festivities from the homes of all who live In the neighborhood, even those w)o have no friends killed. Tho search for the bodies still goes ou. Ill II.DINOS WII'KD OCT HY FIRH. A Disastrous Conilutrriition Visits Ilust lugs, Minn. Hastings, Minn., (Special.) Nearly three blocks of buildings lu the business portion of tho town wcro burned, with a loss of about S'200,000. Tho Are broke out lu It. 0. Llbby Co.'s sawmill ovhleutly the work of nu Incendiary and the oiitlre plaut, with storehouses, lumber, oflloe, shedrf, etc., were consumed. Most of the buildings burned were oi.ly partially Insured, aud the loss upon the owuers will fall heavily. The dromon en gaged in a desperate buttle to keep the lire from passing across Vermillion street, but parks g-it fire to the roofs of the court home, the Church of Guardian Angela uud other costly structures and residences, but were extinguished with little damage. Tho city seeming lu imminent danger. Mnynr Bttsch wired the mayor of St. Puu1 for aid, and as soon as possible two stemners and supply wagons wero sent down, which materially aided lu subduing the names. Many people are thrown out of employment and others are rendered homeless. To Keiuodel "Old Ironsides." Washington, (Speclul.) Secretary Lone, has addressed letters to Senator Hale and lleprcscntntlve Boulelle, who look nfter naval IcgUlullon in the Senate and House, relative to thu plan of relltllug the historic old craft Constitution as a naval training ship. The Massachusetts State Society of fie Daughters of 18PJ propose to puy for. the rcllttlng through popular subscription, and Secretary Long refers to this as a worthy purpose, Inspired by patriotic Impulse. AI thu request of Mr. Hale, the Socretary has Jratted a bill to cover the plan. I OltTV ClIll.DUF.N 1KU1SU. Willie Playing I'pou a I'ruzsn Illviir the Ice llresks, ami They Disappear. Brussels, (By Cable.) Upward of forty school children were drowned In an tee ac cident at I'rellnghetn. nenr the French Iron, tier. The children ot thu district hud been given n holiday, with permission to play on the frozen lllver Lys. When t!iu merriment wui ut full height the Ice broke suddenly, aud the children disappeared. A few were rescued halt dead, but thu majority were drowuud. SIX CHII-DIIF.N CIIKMATKD. I'ut-il lire In School During a Itelienrsul of Chrlstmai l-'xerclses. Qulnoy, III., (Special. )-Bix little girl ware burned to Heath, four probably fatally burned, and eight othor persons badly lu urcd during the reheursnl of Christmas ex ercises of one ot the classes at Ht. Francis' School. There were fourteen little girls in the ."lass, and they represented different char acters. Two of them appeared a Iambs, nnd wore white Ueeue on their garments. Tho lleeoe of one cuught flro from an opeu gas jut, aud In almost un Instant the whole ring oi little one was in Dame. KEYSTOir I.ATKST NF.tVs,. "lis horseshoe Honesty of ltlHr , o Correct u, Fever at Scrani, Almost Kronen i, Arrested ut Its,,,' The stall-mem -1 on which the hunr the Pennsylvania had never been r. .. bio discussion In r, ui internal H tuned for Inform.. J I know," snld Hn". 5 Pennsylvania Hal:: V"' caveat with the i V claiming the hmj jb Bend Is located Y If the warrant lkj It Will be, of cnurw legal obstruction,, ic rate of 20 per Iw, t tablished by law. j ; Involved. The oi; it' mw funic) rule (art '68 water work run Horseshoe Beiul.ai' never patented ',, ir" Stnte. The dlsi ny. patented was nmj.Wi of Blnlr county, Kl rh forhoutonceiiir.ir-.ep Tho case will l.c t, ) 1 ig of the boiir.l nn i that nro convlin li,. ,! title to the pro,,!L Blulr ortinty surv,.; ' ties holding the lm'n nlenr nnd that thsh B" to anybody by ttiv J dented. It is sn: 1 throughout the Hi, hi ore have dlscovi'r- T, have quietly kept selves and had a l:. 01 the laud nnd selli;er There Is no fear th, ' pnny and tho city, the land In quesii B proof Is always 7? land. There lire n , " especial piece of dreamed tluit tin. u-t A clear title. Th. -US men is thnt tlien,tt. fact that a survey,, y, beon mode. ' jr0 -ai II ban Frii'l I Miss Mnme Dor, Mrs. James Duffy y Scruuton, lies nt tr n fever of the niiilur, aj lluved to have onnv,r , who died a week t trooper In the lui:,, nnd contracted wh "Cuban fever." I11 broken iu henltlu:, 'T la a short time t-, t December 19 he ill-. - duy, and that day; wi was stricken cluw y Saturday be wn I m wus one of his p m. stricken with tlic jj Maine Duffy will :i these eases the Ic ' . which caused tlw!,, ' m M uiir..- t'uited States f' some timo been .. UO illeu.il ,,,.., ,,l,.,.i,..0 1 ty. The oilleers' -I A arrest of Frank SI J o seerne County. M.'ot tho wild recesses i al by the olTloers a fpJtlio discovered but Mh:i(,p occurred lit the In. ( 0 nt Browntown, wt hiding since hit '-. , Mitnlcy hud a lisur Commissioner T) Pt ' Is! tukeu to Plilliul " ted States Court K-'ki wherein Pike Com 6e -W StrlckMl'h' While Dr. (imr Jhli erlck, was drivu t, a patient, he dlseov'toul prostrate form iil roadside. The f' et to the Pottstowuli crillenlly 111 from jrr trouble. He Is a c J attended a revival and wns oviden: 7 trouble on his ; ,n Three Triilini"' ! A head-end i'il ! j ' with coke ou the I Vl PenuKjfJvania re I I. truintuen nnd tin - kin ars. The Injury' Ivough, of Seott;-f gc head nud fu' '' Georgo W. licit' j mulled and heit'l j Ham Headrlch.oli ,. . i, 1 tiic tt: gl Ore Thu failure Hcrshey, the b1;. . confessed Judgin'1 " gate to :lJ,OOOiL'eo ther complli'iitd Be? Isiug Issued iil' 'U a coul and lumber ing; llnuler I'lUet James Grlnn''"- d re Mead ltun, l'l wh; himself while lui',g , plnoe. Horeiilf r j0 barrel shotgun f' two hours Inter. jV Teamster KIH' J llobert Owens, j1 ilttiiiiiplliigto'-'ri". Valley lliillroail' by an express tr I iter: '''. James ScliunU'.!" for innltreatlnK11! tb( Tho Conesloi!-hvoi gin the orectiou' d -v as right of way 'olt now at work "'ll!,ak (tnlvlu Keen 'j.0f t Burgefis Davidl" ,a, , to answer th , KW preferred by tll"':'l .,. WhlloPostiiin''T; Choice, whs '"lull tninment, Ula ' T ' ' . about 40 stolen- P ' rested, charged 'l1'"'' Mrs. M. E. Cli'f J eunn, ooinmltb",'y " arsenic. HbetiJi. years and wus 'll,a;i'! bv her husband- Ip,.,, "It , Conauiol'1'?1"!' 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