THE NEWS.
ilanl fl- In III
lirooklyn NiuX Vxril. Admiral Philip was
lightly hurt byTxrokrii glas.
Ira Tressler, twiiWly-one J''1"' of age,
duped from Unloutown, J'-. wlih bis Step
mother, seventeen years old.
A windstorm awept through tho North
wuet, demolishing a number of houses n'l
Injuring fifteen people (u Colllnsvllle, Mo.
last. Louis a uumlwr of dvrnlllntfs were
wrecked and two people were killed.
William P. Miller, tho nhsoondlng bund of
the "Franklin Hyndloutn," of Brooklyn, a
concern which promLsed to pay Investors ten
r cent, a wok, was drought to polloe head
quarters lu New Turk.
The Hartford Theological Seminary has
received reports from forty-live college and
universities In twenty States, showing tho
religious conditions in Diem.
The steamer (late City, from Savaumth for
lioston, went ashore near Moriches, Long
island. All tho passenger and crw urn ro
Iorted safe.
Iu a wreck on Uooeh Crook division of the
New York Central, nt Uordon Heights, thr;u
men were killed mill three Injured.
The funeral of William Goebel, In Frank
fort, wns attended "by great crowds of peo
ple, but there wax no disturbance.
George II. Ht. Clair, colored, wai hanged
In Philadelphia for the murder of Mrs. Alice
WMte.
Tho Wilson Lino steamer lago ivnabcJ
Boston, after being out for two montliK.
The Democratic legislature of Kentucky
met at Louisville and tin) Ii, -publicans nt
London. Neither aide bad a quorum, so
they adjourned.
At South Bend, ind., Wlliiam H. Stiles,
seventy years old. was arrested, charged
with embezzling 40, 0 1 from the estate of
the lute Suuiuul Hiilstoad. of New York.
A report la current that Andrew Carnegie
and otner capitalists intend eatabllshlng an
immense shipbuilding plant lu New York,
The report cannot I confirmed.
Contractor McDonald's bond In connection
with the building of the underground road
In New York has been ngroed upon.
John Wlnemullcr, a sl'ideiit nt Dickinson
'oilege, was seriously Injured In a light by
William M. Keller, also a student.
In a collision on the Hocking Valley Rond
at Carey, Ohio, a brakemau was killed and
two engineers and one passenger were
wounded. v
The body it General Lawton lay la state
In lu. linn. .polls.
fa . Moilneux "case tho defense an
no'iuoed that no evidence would be suL
' milled by that side.
The funeral of Major John A. Logan will
lake place at Youngstowu, Ohio.
Allan S potts, a B. & O. brakemau, was
killed near Grafton, W. Va.
Alenzo Walker, who had been held pris
oner for pinning u legal notice on the door
of Governor Taylor's office, at the f tntu cap
itol. at Frankfort, Ky., was released It Is
aid that pressure from Washington caused
Oovernor Taylor to permit the man to walk
out. Adjutant Gei.ernl Collier aald, how
ever, that the man had simply lieen released
pending arrangements for his trial by court
martial. The United States and Great Ilrltaln have
reached an amicable agreement regnrdlng
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as affecting the
Nicaragua Cannl. The United State will
bave sole control.
Mrs. Missouri Drown, of Woodford, H. C.
chnrgus that Charles Furtlck, after marry
ing one of her daughters, married another
woman, nod subsequently married another
f her daughters.
Property valued at over ono million dol
lars was destroyed by II ro In Ht. I.ouls.
Three blocks of buildings were burned. Olio
ilreman was killed and eight others Injured.
Benjamin Rich, head of the Mormons lu
the South, nt Chattnuooga, says ex-Con-Itressman
King, a Democrat and n Mormon,
will be elected to succeed Roberts.
The charred body of Nancy Eckinun, a
recluse, was found In her burning home,
uearI.niicHster.ru.
Dr. Albert K. Ashmead. of New York, dp
lared that a luper colony exists In Mott
street.
Mrs. Efllo Powell was arrested at Yooum
town. Pa., on the charge of bribery.
An unknown white man attempted to as
Mtselnate James Mitchell, a farmer, near
Jtuckroe Beach, on tho Chesapeake,
Two skitters on the river In i'alrmount
Park, Philadelphia, were drowned and ono
Imd a narrow escape.
Wlnfleld 8. G. Walker shot Margaret Davis,
lite sweetheart, In Philadelphia, and killed
lilmself.
The Frnnoh oil tank steamer I.e I. Ion put
Into port nt New York with a broken rudder.
George Rhotwe.ll was blown to pieces by
an explosion at a powder mill, near Jessup,
Pennsylvania.
It Is genen.lly admitted that the strike at
the ('ramps shipyard has been declared off.
Mrs. Edith Quick, nccused of murdering
tier husband In Peru, Ind., was acquitted.
Joseph Itellly was arrested In New York on
tho chasyo of robbing letter boxes.
Governor Taylor's counsel hnd a confer
ence with Goebel's lawyers and friends, and
proposed that the cane of the two governors
ho aubmlttoxi-to tho State Court of Appeals,
with the right to carry it to the Supremo
4)ourt of the United States. The Goebel men
rejected the proposition, being unwilling to
let the matter go beyond the Htatu courts.
The president of a bank whluli Is a deposi
tory for Kentucky Htatu funds refused to
honor vouchers signed by Governor Taylor,
and ths warden of the penitentiary refused
to re. a ib a ootiviet whom Governor Taylor
bad pardoned. The militia still guard the
apltol grounds and building, with Instruc
tions to receive no orders from Goebel. The
condition of Goebel continues critical. Gov.
Taylor sent a telegram to President Moh'in
4ey declaring that ha was doubtful of his
power to control the situation, anil asking
that the President recognize blm as gov
ernor. Tho funeral train bearing the remains of
"Major General Lnwton, Major Logan and
Dr. Armstrong started for the east from Sun
Francisco,
While trying to save children from n fin)
in a parochial school building In Ht. I.ouls, a
'at hollo nutter perished with one of her lit
tle pupils.
Former P,nnk President Charles II. Cole,
of tlto Globe National Hank of Ilostou, gave
tail in 50,000 to uiuwer (he charge of em
tazyjemeut. The fast passenger train on the Plant sys
tem was wrecked near Tarn pa, Fla. Heveral
jaseuger were killed and others Injured.
Vlas FUemon D. ' Genova leaped from the
third-story window of a burning tenement
in New York and was killed.
Mr. Louisa Hchaeffor was killed in Chi
cago by Nicholas liotxler, whom alia had re
fused to marry.
Fire In the manufacturing district of Day
ton, O., caused a loss of 500,000.
William Goebel was sworn In as Oovernor
of Kentucky, and J. II. Beckham as lieuten
ant governor. Tba Democratic members of
the legislature tiled a written statement say
ing they were la lavor of seating hlin, but
Jka4 been prevented by Governor Taylor,
mho kept them out of all balls by tba mili
tary, sud Issued a proclamation adjourning
the legislature to meut lu London on Febru
ary a.
Lorlston M. Fairbanks, father of United
ittalea Kenator Fairbanks, died at Pasadena,
'al.
Smallpox la prevalent In tho oentral sec
tlo i of West Virginia.
Wade Paugh was frozen to death in ltltohle
ounty, W. Va.
The British steamer ilarston Moor went
aahors off New lulet, near Cap liatteras.
X
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TRAIN WRECKED.
MNR PERSONS KII.I.KD AUD NINK
OTHERS INJl Itr l).
CAUSED BY"7 BLIZZARD.
A tbicagn and Northwestern Passenger
Train In a Itear-Knd Collision at Foroa
Itlver HwlUli-A Heavy Freight Tele
scopes the Passenger Cur-Fire Adds to
the Horror of the Disaster.
Escnnaln, Mloh., (Special. ) Chicago and
Northwestern passenger train No. Ill, known
as the Felch Mountain accommodation train,
was wrecked In a rear-end collision at Ford
Itlver switch at 6.30 P. M. Kln persons
were killed, three are reported missing, Ave
seriously and four slightly Injured.
Fast freight trnlu No. iiH'J, northbound
from Green Bny to Ishpcmlng, drnwn by
Knglneer James Green nnd Fireman Cole
Nee, was making about fifty miles when It
passed Nareutn for Ford River switch, seven
miles west of tttls. city. The engine was
forging ahead through n blizzard, which
tnndn It Impossible to seo signal lights but
n abort distance ahead. When within one
hundred yards of the switch at Ford Itlver,
Green snw the rear lights of n train directly
ahead and, with a warning cry to hla fire
man. Jumped.
The next Instant the heavy freight struck
the passenger coach of the accomodation
and telescoped It nnd the baggage car ahead.
The dozen or more passengers In tho enr
bad notn moment's warning before the crash
came, and a moment Inter tho cries of the
Injured ooiild be heard above tho ronr of
escaping steam and crackling flamos, which
soon enveloped tho wrcckod enrs und made
the work of rescue doubly hard. As fast as
the Injured were removed they were taken
to a store a short dlstupeo away, while the
train crew fouirht dcsperatoly, nsslsted by
the uninjured rnscngors, to gain control of
tho lire, which threatened tho destruction of
tho wreck beforo all tho Injured could be
removed.
IlLlZZAItD'8 HAVOC.
Hull. lings Demolished uml People Injured
Drop In Temperature.
Chicngo, (Special.) Thursday proved to
be the most remarkable February day In tho
history of the Weather Bureau of Chicago
slnoo 1870. From G2 to 8 degrees above zero
was ths record rondo In seventeen hours.
The day was opened hero by 'a temperature
which reminded ono of spring. Shortly after
midnight a heavy rainstorm began nnd con
tinued until tho afternoon, when It chnnged
to snow, nnd for several hours thoro was n
miniature blizzard, tho wind reaching a ve
locity of sixty-two miles .m hour. Townrd
tnldulgbt tho wind subsided and the tempera
ture commeuced to drop ar.d had nearly
reached the zero mark at night.
Telegraphic reports from vnrlous cities In
the Northwest weru to the offoct that the
cold was nocompanlcd with blizzards, which
were greatly Interfering with traffic. At
Minneapolis all telephone and telegrnph
wires were down, and trains on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Itoad bad been
abandoned. 'Throughout Northern Iowa
business wns practically suspended, and tho
stock intoreatsaulTered great loss. All wagon
roads were blocked, and service had been
abandoned on the street cars.
At Ht. Paul the worst blizzard lu years was
raging. In Northern Wisconsin tho storm
was general.
STOllM VISITS ST. I.Ot'IS.
Two Persons Allied and Trm, Signs au.il
llulldliigs Wrecked.
Ht. Louis, (Special.) Conslderubio dam
ago to property in this city nnd vicinity was
wrought by a windstorm that reached a
velocity of 00 miles an hour. '
Previous to the windstorm a tertifla thun
derstorm hnd raged for several hours, the
rain falling In torrents. The rainfall was I. 'J
Inches.
Mrs. Suslo Thompson beenme entangled In
n live wire which had been blown down ut
Winnebago street and Marino avenue and
before she could bo rescued was killed.
Anton Hiilstcr, nged 65, was blown from bis
door onto a stone walk and was killed.
' Tho greatest damage was to property In
tho burned dUtriut, between Franklin uve
uuo, Morgan street, Third and Sixth streets.
At 827 North Third street the four-story
building occupied by the Goo. Benton Com
mission Company and tiio Save A Richmond
Commission Company and UUed with pro
duce, was blown down.
Signs and Ueea we 19 blown down u)l ovor
tho city.
Til lit I. liUXrJD iS A WICIXK.
UltundurxtanUlrig of Orders Causes a
Serious Itullrond C'olllslou.
Wllllamsport, Ta., (Hpocial.'i Thru per
sons were killed and threo jerlously Injured
in u head-on collision butwuen fast freight
trains on the Beech Creek division of the
New York Central Itullrond at Gordon
Heights. Tho dend are: Oliver ('. Bennett,
engineer, Wllllamsport; Mark McFurland,
englnoer, and A. M. McAvonu, fireman, Jer
sey Shore, The Injured uro P. C. Crelghton,
brakemau; John I. Inquest, brakemau, and
Thomas Kane, flnimun, nil of Jersey Shore.
Both engines were demolished and thirty
sovon curs wrecked. The trains were rua
ulng nt highest speed and thoro was no op.
portunlty for tho trainmen to Jump. The
wroek, It Is suld, was duo to a misunder
staudlng of orders. Tho tracks wcro blocked
for hours. The wreck was tho worst lu tho
history of the Beech Crook division.
IOCS. FKKNCII hHKH I.VIDITIi.
Trying to Silence UuirOuni Which Have
Been Active.
Reusburg, Cupo Colony, (By Cable.) -The
Boers' position was vigorously shelled with
lyddlto for an hour by General French's
guns, eastward from opposite Hliugorfonteln
uud westward from the top of Cole's kop.
A 15-pouuder shrapnel gun paid special ut
tentlou to the sites of the Boers' guns, which
huvo boon unusually active lately.
Tho Boers hold a position halt way on the
direct road between ltensburg and Coles
berg. TUy shelled Porter's hill ineffectually.
SOUTH AMF.ltlCAN W.11 CLOSED.
Dulivln Make a Demand I pun Hraill
The t'aose of the Trouble.
Bio Jonulro, (By Cublo.) Tho Bolivian
minister had a uouferenco with tho ofllolnli
of the Foreign Office and again demanded
that the Brazilian government should re
store the authority of the Bolivian official!
in Aero, alieglug that tho state government
of Aoioxonaa U responsible for tho trouble
whloh has occurred. Brazil will limit bei
aotlon to sending a suuadron of gunboats to
protoot Brazlllau property.
Fatal Kxplonlou.
Poteraburg, Va., (Speolal.) A frightful
accident ooourred at G. L. Gllllams' sawmill,
near Yale Postofllao, In Sussex county. Tut
belt had slipped from tho governor, and tht
sawyor at tba mill, Luther Wells, attempted
to shut off tho steam, when tho largo 11)
wheel of tho englno suddenly burst, a ploea
of which struck Wells in the right side and
passed through tho body, literally cutting
tbo trunk in two. The englno was badly
dauiaod.
Hanging in l'ltlladelphla.
Philadelphia. (Hoolal.J George H. L
Clair, colorfd. wbo, with Goorge Weeks,
another negrd. on Christmas Kvo, 18D8, mur
dered Mrs. Ali Whav, wa hanged In tht
county prison. ,
MOLINEUX GUILTY.
flury firings In a Ver.llet of MorJer la the
First Degree Neene In the
Courtroom.
New York. (Special.) Itoland Burnham
Moilneux Is guilty.
By a verdict of 1J of his peers, rendered
In bis presence In the Court of General Bes
Mons, he was convicted of murder In tho
first degree.
The splendid nerve that has characterized
his conduct since the day of his arrest more
than a yenr ago did not desert htm In his
gravest need.
Erect, with his hend tilted far back, every
muscle In his body tense, Moilneux stood to
hear his fate.
"Gentlemen of the Jury, what Is your ver
dict V" said tho low, suit voice of Recorder
OolT.
"We find tho defendant guilty of murdor
in the first degree," came tho Mrst answer.
Moilneux' slight frame lifted far back,
his eyes opened nider, his bead nnd his
bly stiffened.
Through the crowded courtroom passed a
uuuuer. women moaned.
"Silence !" thundered a court officer.
Then, ns the Individual poll of the Jury
was begun, from out on thu street came the
lolling of a clock striking slowly the hour of
11. Each Juror answered to his name iu
llrm voice, m-qulttscliig lu the verdict.
Moilneux still stood facing, lu turn, each
of the 12, his lips tight pressed, his eyes
blazing, bis attitude on., nf ,leii,.iee rr.,tn
that roll was ended and to the spectators It
seemed Interminable-did theconvluled mur
derer relax.
When the Inst question hnd been asked he
took tils seat and turned to his lawyer with
n smile of confidence and bitter Irony. At
his son's side, the enbllmest figure of fath
erly devotion that could be pictured, eat
General Moilneux. When the crushing ver
dict came that destroyed at onco his pride
nnd hope, the withered band of tho old sol
dier was raised to tho dim eyes as If to bldu
from them the hide us s ght of 12 men sit
ting In Judgment before him.
Slowly the band fell, tho eyes rested once
on his son's face, then closed, and thus re
mained until the agony was less ocute.
When Moilneux left tho courtroom bis step
was not less firm, his bearing not less sulntly
than when he entered. He was followed by
every eye In that crowded court.
SHOT FItOM AMIIISH.
Murderer Fatally Wounds a Detective and
1 llluiaelf Killed.
Roanoke, Va., (Special.) Detective Thom
as L. Felts, of the Baldwin Detective Agency,
of Roanoke, was shot and fatally wounded
by William Lee, a murderer, who escaped
Jail at McDowell Court House, W. Vu., sev
eral days ago.
Lee had been sentenced to hang. Felts
Was hot on his trail, and was accompanied
by R. M. Baldwin, of Bluetleld, W. Va, a
brother of Detective Baldwin, when Lee am
bushed them and shot Felts through the
body, the ball entering directly under th
heart. Tho Norfolk and Western Riillrotd
Company has despatched Its best surgeon
to the relief of the wounded uiau, but a hit
telegram says Felts himself realizes that ho
will die. When Felts was shot from his
horse, Boh Baldwin Jumped down, and, with
a pistol, shot und killed the murderer.
Ol lt TKKATV WITH ITALY.
(ierman Think I'nlted States Is Exertlug
Pressure t'pou Uermany.
Berlin, (By Cable.) The Italian treaty
with the United States Is attracting much
nttention aud Is Interpreted unfavorably
from the point of view of German Interests.
The central bureau for the preparation of
commercial treaties In Berlin says that the
articles upon which tho United States gov
ernment Is making reductions, like toys,
uuillne dyes, Iron wares and cement, are
ppoclllcally German export articles, and that
the Uuited States Is apparently endeavoring
to brlug indirect pressure upon Germany lu
the pending negotiations.
Probably Fatal Shooting.
Norton, W. Vu.. (Special.) In this place
Friday evening, dispute arose between John
Warn pier and Sam Ware, land agents for the
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, and
William Jenkins, a prominent lawyer, over a
law contest between them. Tho contest was
renewed and so bitter became the feeling
that Bhootlcg ensued, resulting In Jenkins
being fatally wounded In the breast, and
Ware was shot In the hip. The physicians
say that Jenkins can live only a abort time.
Wampler and Ware are under arrest
neadless llody Found.
New Orleans, La., (Special.) Tho head
loss body of a white man was found floating
In tho new basin. The body was covered
with wounds, aud tbero Is every Indication
that a murder has been committed. Murks
on the body Indicate that It was that of Wil
liam Walhird, an employe of the Union
Lumber Company, who has been missing
sluce Saturday night last. Wallurd's hut was
found on the bunks of the basin Sunday
morning.
Fire In Itrooklyn Navy Yard.
New York, (Special.) Building No. 7 In
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, occupied by the
electrical equipment department, was du.
stroyed by lire. The loss Is 100,000, equally
divided between the building und machinery.
A large quantity of valuable records were
saved. Admiral Philip himself took charge
of the forces that fought the Uaiues and re
ceived several cuts about the face from
broken glass.
eiv "Jim Crow" Law.
Columbiu, B. C, (Special.) The Legisla
ture has adopted changes In Its "Jim Crow"
enr law, which provides separate coaches for
the white and colored races. Instead of
having separate compartments In one coach
and first and second-class coaches, with
different fares, as ut present, the new law
provides for oue coach for each race at a
uniform rate' of fare three cents a mile,
The law goes Into effect lu tiO duys.
A llrukeuiuu Killed.
Alexandria, Va., (Speclal.)-Charles M.
Mel.-ary, 2J years of age, employed us a
brakemau on the Southern Railroad, was
mashed between two freight cars lu the
Southern yard here aud Instantly killed.
Ho was married.
Ksports Full On" 10,000,000,
'Washington, (Special.) Tho monthly
statement of exports, Issued by the Bureau
of Statistics of the Treasury Department,
shews that there were exported In January
broudstuffs to the value of 17,Ml,2iai pro
visions, Il,f)08,3I0i cotton, 27,104,21lj'mln.
oral oils. (1,:U'J,1H5. The total exports for
tho month were toi,329,S"3, as compared
with 74,729, 7(12 for January, 1HM.
Four Men Seriously lujureil.
Durham, N. C, (Special.) The boiler at
thu power house of the Durham Electric
Light Company exploded, wrecklug tho
building and seriously Injuring four men.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Felipe Bonlfun and Giuseppe and Antonio
Amoroso fired four bullets into Sulvator
Hcleverafano, whom they auspeoted of steal
ing Coucetta Amoroso's dower.
The greater portion of the Kentucky mil
itia left Frankfort on Sunday, but several
oompaules of the troop will be kept about
the State Capitol for police duty.
The Chattahochee River has risen twenty
six feet nnd has caused much destruction.
The rlvur 1 still rising, and further damage
U feared.
Samuel Reed, of Now Castle, Pa., was
held up by footpads, who stripped him to
the skin and left blm on the road to freeze.
DULLER IS CHECKED.
UCT Tit K SKTIIACK MAY PKOVF. TO
BK. ONLV TKlWrOKAKY.
TROOPS CROSS THETUGELA
(iiey Occupy a Hill, Hut Itoer Artillery
fcnfl lades Them Frem Two Lofty Posi
tion and Slops Them The llrltlsh
Losses la SAO Killed aud Wounded - Foor
Doers Were Killed.
London, (By Cable.) Gen. Sir Reivers
Puller's army has begun another advance to
tba relief of Lndysmlth and, according to
the latest advlcee, the advance has been
cheeked, nt least temporarily.
Delayed dispatches state-' that Gsneral
Buller began his advance on Monday. He
made a feint nt Potglctor's drirt, 16 miles
West of Colenso and 15 miles southwest of
Lndysmlth In a direct line. Then be made
bis main advance at Molen or Sktut drift',
further down the river toward Colenso, and
suoceeded In throwing a strong column
across the strenm.
The feint at Potgleter's was executed by
sending a brigade commanded by Colonel
Wynne and accompanied by six Held batter
ies across the river nnd toward the Boei
position at Brnkfontnin, four miles to the
north. The Boers made a hot attack on this
body of troops and, nccording to ft Bool
dispatch, the British rocrogsed the river "in
great confusion."
The main movement resulted in the occu
pation of Vaal Krantz, a bill on the north
side of the river. The Boers, a British dis
patch states, attempted to retake tho hill,
but were repulsed.
Up to this point the movement was sue
oessful. A lato dispatch sent from Spear
man's Camp, Oeuoral Butler's headquarters,
states, however, that "tho further advance,
ruent of the British is at tho moment pre
vented, as the Boors enfilade them from po
sitions on Splon kop and Doorm kloof.'
These latter are blgh hills, and If, as Is sup.
posed, the Boers have planted there modern
cannon from the Pretoria and Johannesburg
forts, an enfilade or raking Ore on the Brit
ish would be a severe ordenl.
Tho British losses, ns so far known, ore
estimated at 2S0 in killed and wounded. A
Boer dispatch states that four Boors were
killed, but gives no further details ol
losses.
Important developments have also oc
curred at other scenes In tho thv'je ol
war.
Field Marshal Lord Frederick 8. Robert
nnd Gen. Lord Herbert If. Kitchener have
left Capo Towu for tho front.
AMEltlCAM MEDIATION.
Popular Sympathy With Honrs May Force
McKluley to Act.
A Washington dispatch to tho New York
Times says:
It la learned that under the terms of Tlx
Hague treaty, ratified by the Senate, an ef
fort will be made beforo long to exert such
offices as may properly be extended to the
belligerents to bring about a termination o.1
the war In South Africa.
Before this treaty was adopted It wat
mulutatned that the United States could
not, without exposing this Government tc
the susplalon of unfriendly motives, venturt
to suggest tho use of good offices to bott
parties to the wur.
Even now there may bo some hcsltntloc
about declaring, by advances made ever,
with the beat Intentions, that the Trunsvnn'
Is or la not a vassal State, but It Is beginning
to be appreciated here tbnt tho eympathj
with tho Boers Is widespread and Increas
ing, aud that It mny not bo wise to defer too
long tho offer of friendly Intervention to
save llfo on both sides.
It has been discovered that, while there Is
no loss of appreciation of tho attitude ot
Great Britain toward the United Htatcs dur
ing the war with Spalu, aud a strong incli
nation to let -the British go on and sottli
their own difficulties In their own way, then
Is tnaklug for the Boers a strong feeling ol
sympathy because they bavo ut loast a nom
inal republic.
DEWEY'S FtlTllK DLTIKS.
To Act In Advisory Capacity uo'l Ksoape
Koutine Work.
Washington, (special.) -Secretary Long
announced that Admiral Dewoy's rolatlour
to the Navy Department In the future would
be of an entirely advisory nature, and that
he would not be culled upon to oonsldei
minor mutters, such us constantly arise be
fore the department and which often leud
the bureau chiefs into acrimonious and pro
longed discussions.
There Is now no purpose to form an ad
miralty board unless the burouu experts find
they are unable to agree expeditiously on th(
type and character of tho new ships author
ized, in which event the whole subject muj
be taken out ot tbuir hands and plaucd with
that of a uew board comprising high rank
ing naval offloers, of whom Admiral Dewej
will bo the senior member aud presiding
officer.
Secretary Long wishes to loave the Ad
miral entirely free from vexatious subjocls
and not to ask for hla advice except upon
mutters ot the highest Importance. Should
the Information of some new naval policy
become advisable Admiral Dewey will be
looked to for advice, but smaller matters
will be left, as they are now, for settlement
by tho bureau chiefs nnd the Construction
Board, composed of the department heuds.
WANT PACIFIC CAULK.
California Legislator ftiNtruct Congress,
men to Work for It.
Sacramento, CaJ., (Special,) Tho Assem
bly of California, In session here, adopted
the Joint resolution Introduced In the Kunut
by Wolf relative to the buildlug of a Pacific
cuble. The first section of the resolution
reads:
"Resolved by tho Senate aud Assembly
jointly, That our Senators In Congress be
Instructed nnd our Representatives therein
be required and urged to vote for aud use
all bouorablo means to secure tho passage
of a bill requiring the laying of such cabin
and also requiring that the cable be mad
by an American company In the Uuited
States."
Would Huy KrU Canal.
Washington, (Special.) Representative
McClellun, of New York, Introduced a I'll!
for acquirement of the Krlo canal by the
Uuited States Government und Its enlarge
munt to a capacity sufficient for the lurges'
vessels ol war at a cost not uxuuedlug 75,
000,000.
Convicted nf Manslaughter.
Parkershurg, W. Va., (Speulal.) The trial
of "Kid" Wanko, the light-weight boxer, for
killing a young man named Carr In a prize
fight a few mintbs agd, resulted In a verdla
ol InvoluuUry manslaughter.
A Noted Desperado Dead.
Albany, N. Y., (Special.) "Bill" Cook
who was sentenced in 1805 to forty-ffvf
years' Imprisonment in the Albany peniten
tiary, died thero from consumption. He war
ouae one ot the most noted desperados In
tho Indian territory.
Mujor Log-ail's Funeral.
Youngstown, Ohio, (Hpeuiul.V-Tho body
of Major Johu A. Logan was Interred In Out
Hill Cemetery, near this city. Tbo F.pisoo
pallan burial service was read at St. John's
Church, In the vestibule ot which the oofflc
was viewed by thousands. A military guard
escorted the body to tho cemetery.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Ambassador Choate bad a conference with
Lord Salisbury on the Nicaragua Canal and
tho Clnyton-Bulwer treaty.
William Stanley Ilazeltlne, a well-known
marine artist, died In Rome, aged sixty-four
years.
In Paris diplomatic circles the suspicious
movements of Russia on tho Persian and
Afghan frontiers, and her despatch of troops
and war material to tho Chinese frontier, is
Interpreted as a menace to the peace of
Europe.
Heavy snows and blizzard wonther blocked
trafflo nnd caused su (Turing In some parts of
England.
At the mooting ot the British Parliament
the chief toplo In tho Queen's speech and lu
the address In both Houses was tho war iu
South Africa.
Prime Minister Salisbury defended the
government's policy, and Lord Rosebory bit
terly attacked it. The Irish members held n
meeting and the factious were united, as
John Redmond said, In the Interest of assist
ing the South African republics to maintain
their independence,
The Oermau steamer Remus was wrecked
near Aarhuus, Denmark, nnd the captain and
thirteen men were drowned.
The Frenoh government nnvy bill calls for
the expenditure ot over ninety million dol
lars for now ships ot war.
Influenza is prevalent In Rome. The Queen
of Italy has a slight attack.
Russia bos guaranteed tho bonds ot A new
Persian loan.
Premier F.rllc Gustnv Bostrom said the
differences between Sweden and Norway
were approaching a settlement.
The government of the Netherlands would
like to bave the International tribunal estab
lished at Tho Hague,
Zola was acquitted In the libel suit brought
against him by novelist Ernest Judet.
There was a rumor In Taris of a rebellion
In tho Soudan.
The German government officials claim to
have information that Vesseolltzky, the Pan-
Hlavist agitator, now In London, Is supply
ing press associations with matter designed
to embitter tho relations ot England and
Germany, and to weaken the Triple Alli
ance. A yellow book was Issued in France bear
ing on the recent territorial concessions se
cured la China.
A 1,000,000 HHK.
Three City Square Partially Destroyed
Started In Dry Good Store.
St. Louis, (Special.) Property estimated
In value at one and one-half million dollars
was destroyed by flro that burned over por
tions of three blocks and resulted In the
doath of one ilreman and injury to nine
others.
The Ore broke out at 9.55 A. M. in the five
story brick buildlug at Broadway and Frank
lin avenue, occupied by the dry goods Arm
of Penny A GeiU-ltM, and In a few 'minutes
enveloped the ontlre structure. Sparks and
brands were blown In every direction by a
strong northwest wind.
A genoral alarm was turned In and soon
every engine In the olty was at the scene or
on the way there. The burning area In
creased every minute, the flames gaining
great headway and leaping across to the
east side of Broadway.
When the walls ot Doer Brothers' five nnd
ton-cent store collapsed several firemen wero
In the building. Four were covered by the
debris nnd It was Bevornl hours before they
could be taken out.
Charles Mapples, a ptpomnn, wns crushed
to death and several others Injured. John
Judge was wedged In with debris. Across
his feet lay tho body of Mnppes, but with a
oool head he directed tho efforts of his com
rades In tholr work of rescue When he
wus Qnnlly removed ho was taken to tho hos
pltnl, whero others ot the injured hud been
In Ken.
From Broadway tho flames nto tholr woy
through to a number ot three and four-story
structures occupied by numerous firms iu
severul lines ot busiuess. These were soon
on Ore from top to bottom, and were
wrecked. After heroic efforts on the part of
firemen the oonQngration was checked, but
It was many hours before the flame were
fully under ooutrol.
MlBDKItliU A I I VHAK ULD DOY.
llaltlmoreau Arrested, Chnrged With
the Crime. ,
Philadelphia, (8oclal.) Hugh Dugan,
nged 12 years, residing at 3032 Wood street,
was found dead with his skull orughed. He
Is thought to have boen murdered.
Welaenborn, a baker from Baltimore, 19
years old, was arrested on suspicion, Du
gun's mother said Welaenborn bad threatened
to kill her boy. Welaenborn at first denied
having anything to do with It.
The police did not believe Weisotiborn's
story, and after many attempts to wring a
00 nf ess ion from him, ho finally broke down
and made a clean breast ot the affair.
Ho said that the boys of the neighborhood,
among whom was Dugan, continually an
noyed him. Young Duguu met him und
again began to tease him ami call him vile
names. Becoming angered, Wolsonborn says
he threw tho boy to the ground, pummeled
him and loft him lay in the alley. Not think
ing that he bad killed the boy, Wolsonborn
went to a theatre, and thou home to bod,
whore he was arrested. Welsenborn oame
hero from Baltimore about six months ago.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
William Dean Howolls does most of hla
writing In the morning.
Senator Hale, ot Maine, Is something of an
athlete and Is particularly fond of fencing,
at whloh he wag onco an export.
Alois Burgsthaler, who bus been hailed In
Oermnny as tbo coming king of tenors, was
but a few years ago it farm boy la Upper
Bavaria.
The Qrand Duchess Ki-rge, of Russia, Is
not only said to be the cleverest of ull the
Queen's grandchildren, but she is also ono of
the most gifted ot Europeuu royalties.
W. B. Olark, the Honator-eleot from Mon
tana, has bis Now York house carpeted
throughout wiu c!J aud extremely valuable
Oriental rugs, on which ho Is an authority.
Mme. Loubot, wife of the President of
Franoe, Is uu export milliner aud u gocd
chess player.
Arthur Pinero, the dramatic author, nc
oordlng to an Interview In the Paris Debats,
holds among bis most valuable treasures tho
sword of a groat-uncle, who fought undet
Nelson at Trafalgar.
The Royal Astronomical Society, ot Lon
don, has elooted as foreign members Prof.
George E. Hale, of Yerkes Observatory ; Prof.
Robert Helmert, of Berliu University; Prof.
K. F. Kustner, of the Bonn Observatory, and
Dr. Juan M. Thome, ot tho Argentine Na
tional Observatory.
William Waldorf Astor i said to resent the
fact that his fellow countrymen In England
drop hi prefix ot honorable, which he had
until be was naturalized. ,
On being applauded with band-dapping
during a recent sermon the Rev. Dr. Lorimer,
ot Boston, stopped, forbade the people to
clap, and requested them to say "Amen" in
stead. '
President HoKlnley is a lover of chess,
game with whloh he frequently amuses him
self. He is an expert at all ones problems,
and believes firmly lu the value ot the game
as a training tor logical thought.
Despite the Eastern flavor of some of bit)
verse, T. B. Aldrloh does not know any Ori
ental language.
Queen Vlotorlahas been presented by Lord
Cureon with a great gold oandlestlvk trots
Buddhist monastery.
FREE TO BUILD CANAL.
Ilrrat llrllaln Agrees to Sole Control by
United Stales-.Modlfles Kxlstlog
Treaty. -
Washington, (Special.) The United States
and Great Britain, have reached an amicable
agreement retpectlug the operations of the
Clnyton-Bulwer treaty as affecting the right
of construction nnd control by the United
States ot the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
The result marks the termination ot con
ferences between the officials ot the State
Department nnd Lord Pnuncofote of fully ft
year's duration, during which a number of
meetings were held and thesubjeot fully dis
cussed by tho representatives of the govern
tnonts Interested. Great Britain agrees toft
modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
by which she practically relinquishes any
claims respecting n dual control ot the
Nicaragua Canal after it shall have been
constructed. Tho result, therefore, is to
leave the United .States free to construct and
thereafter control this great interocennlo
waterway. '
In all the discussion which bave been
bad, both In Congress nnd out of It, torn
long number of years ovor the proposed
canal the question of England's rights un
tile Clayton-Bulwer trenty bus formed a
prominent feuturo and on more than one
occasion has given rise to tho query whether
or not the United States Government bad the
moral right to provide for the construction
ot the cnual without a modification ot tho
treaty.
From the same authoratlve quarter It Is
ascertained that England hns made no de
mands for a quid pro quo for her abandon
men! of whatever rights she mny have hod
ander tho treaty and which she now promises
10 relinquish. Just what shape the agree
ment between tho governments Interested In
It is to take Is not stated, though It is as-
turned that some formal Instrument will be
drafted and seat to the Senate for Its con
firmation.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Senate Committee on Elections do
elded to recommend the dropping of the
contest procoediugs for tho seat of Senator
Clark.
Pension Commissioner Evans was heard
by the House Committed on Invalid Pen-
dons and made a very satisfactory state
ment.
President McKluley mado a change in tho
civil service rules to meet the case of dis
charged soldiers.
The Senate committee has completed its
report on the bill providing a form of gov
ernment tor Puerto Rico.
The House of Roprnsontntives passed the
inuian Appropriation bill.
Old Wllllard's Hotol Is to be torn down to
make room for a modorn hostelry.
Representative Sibley (Dem.) of Pennsyl
vanla, made a great speech1 in the House of
Representatives, advocating holding on to
the Philippines. Tho conference report on
me urgent Delloiency bill wns passed.
I ho Senate committee decided to report
auvorsely a bill to remove the charge of de
sertion from all aoldtors ot the Civil War who
failed to receive an honorable discharge.
The House Coinmlttoo on Foreign Affairs
agreed to a report on the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill.
The Senato committee decldod to favora
bly report the bill for the creation ot the De
partment of Commerao.
The House Committee on Ways nnd Moans
decided thut tbo new possessions enn be gov
erned independent of the constitutional pro
visions governing state and territorial ad
ministrations. Tho first volume of the report of the Phil
ippine Commission was published. It
recommends a territorial form of govern
ment, patterned nfter that which prevailed
in Louisiana.
The Indian Appropriation bill was dis
cussed in the House ot Representatives.
The Senate, In exocutive session, consid
ered tbo Hague peace treaty.
Captain Sparling, of the lighthouse tendi(
Maple, Is dead.
MORMON IN ItOHKKTS' PLACK.
Iteported That Kx-Congressmun King Will
Suceeed Him.
Chattanooga, (Special.) President Ben E.
Rich, of the Southern Mormon Headquar
ters In this city, who hns received a telegram
from Governor Wells, of Utah, advising blm
of tho call for a special oleatlon for April 2
for the election ot a Congressman to suc
ceed Brlghnra II. Roberts, says ex-Congressman
W. H. King, a Democrat nnd a Mormon,
will bo elected to succeed Mr. Roberts.
MANY II CRT IN It I' NA WAV.
Sluirliig of a Jolly Maryland Party Fright
ened Their Horses.
Piedmont, Md., (Special.) A Jolly party
la four wagons started from here to attend a
cake-walk at Lonaoonlng.
Tholr singing frightened tho horses and
there wns a genoral mix-up In which all tho
wngons wero upset and many persons in
lured. Mrs. Mlnnlo Holt will die nnd Dude Daw
son Is not expected to live.
FIELD OF LABOR.
Australia exports wheat.
A Bible truBt is being talked of.
England has women blacksmiths.
Germany has over 20,000 brewers.
Buffalo Express bas been unionized.
Minneapolis bas a dressmakers' union.
New York bus 88,000 municipal employes.
Mexico hns abolished her export coffee
tax.
Kentucky unions will hold a State con
vention.' England's cold output Inst year was 222,
000,000 tons.
Illinois bus a Railway and Telegraph Em
ployes' Political League.
At Deliver union teamsters enjoy the
twelve-hour dny; other sixteen and
eighteen,
Pittsburg machinists Btruck for a nlno
liour day without reduction In puy.
Glasgow is now talking of municipal bak
eries aud the muulutpulizutiou of the milk
supply.
Milwaukee has reduced street car fares
duriag the morning und evuulug hours to 4
cents.
At Minneapolis the Stonemasons' Union
has decided to raise the inltatlon fee to 115
after April 1.
Wllhln a year the membership of the
Minneapolis Electrical Workers' Union has
doubled.
Switzerland makes a monopoly of the
whisky business, and up to datesho has 11,
000,000 on the right side of the ledger, with
very little drunkenness.
Five hundred St. I.ouls barbers, who either
failed to pass the State examination, or did
not care to take It, have left that city.
Miss Susan B. Anthony delivered an ad
dress before the Bricklayers and Masons' In
ternational Union of America on the sub
ject of "Woman Suffrage."
Pittsburg marine firemen struck for tOO
per month and board on the down-river
boats aud 950 per month on the pool bouts.
The first annual exposition of the De
Moines Jobbers and Manufacturers' Aseoolo
tion will be hold in Du Molne during the
six days oommenolng February 24 and end
lug March 8.
A number ol women have Joined the Mil
waukee Hutmukers' Union. This is the first
union lu Milwaukee whloh ba member of
both sexes, and may both opening of a now
era in labor organizations.
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I'reilerlrk
art. Jg g
With
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Physician,
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let
an-'
Mfo Imprl.,,.,,!, ,
Tho case of ,, ,
laen of 8omerllf J fl
days with the fro,', by'
and a fracture m.J
tlnues to excitethij
Barto's tomprntiir I
evor since ho rep KV;
ana ne remains cp
gontlyatall time,
Barto's case Is thi
was n paralytic, wi
tlon and a cloud-,!
condition lKreHii'
c
ago Burto rotund
where he had
year. He ruovH,
. o-iuirj
New Street em, "-'
freight train l, W
tempted to Jump,. ,.
to his crippled coij '
cleared tho tra.-fc.
reach of the pilot , I
footstep at thesij.
In his skull, and 1 1
dragged l.Vl feet. -1
six Inches In lenniii i
Barto' skull
County Physician F
of tho case, sold th,
caso the most renwy
despite bis tcrribl, ijzu
condition beforo tb,
ft baro chance of bi.eV(
ludellnit,.!
Dennis Gorman, ill "
cuplcdncellinth( "at
because ho refimH;
to by an order ol it l
from Jail for a few t ( ii
of bis sister. He t hsC"'
deputy sheriff. Alt rem
his relatives en,lct:iimi
sign tho paper iuilir;'Bt
secure bis liberty, .;.
them. "I have Him
said, "and 1 can f
life there if lien,..?"
moot my liberty. I. ,er
to sign that paper." ra
. e fl!
Fell u.w hf g
Charles I.elmmii ,jui(
the Eureka Slate
Lehman's position t-j8
engineer to sturt ..
shanty on the e'lur. hi
box was being liuisi
ono of tbo ropes tur-P
In which Lohman t.f
of the quarry. LWrJke
torn of the quarry, 6
dead when his f.-ll nttu
body. Lehman wa.- if b
to bavo been jnarrir-l se
tioe
Swam -M lrjow
While playing ur
wore cutting Ice, ,
of H. I.. Dewltl,
through a hole Iron:
been removed. Xie-111'
workmen, plunged
rescued him by wJjto
thirty-five feet unJ.th
The boy was uncut-jt i
but soon recoverud. fo
1-leven Years for l;j0B
Eleven years in lL 1, .
. ..f
..- tut. ai-ui.:ma .
Mantcll, the fugltivo P.Q
i.ui.inpitii 1.1 I'ittui.iip "d
nt Norrlstown, when r
Mantcll was couvlrl.
itl
erfurd.
1
llospllul li -t
Tim report of Ur. 1:1
ll
tc
ent of tho State Im-ii: J
shows that instltiitk;
ed. There are !
e c
ubout 700 patients,
Into thu liistltutiNi
ut
pntlonts to county f I
1
relieved the vong.-01
WIS patients wermlii f ei
were ilin'
89
relht '"' a
While drilling
tor Jerry Jaooby, wb Je
Twentieth and llrovis r
curt
received Injuries
juries m
.r belliSrT"
l-ms run In:
minutes utter
nltnL H.i wns run I
both legs wore cutoH;"6'
Hour Wiirrli4
vt im-ii-"
I of S. if j
wurehi- f.
Three floors (
big wholesale wnn'li
llnrre, collapsed uu.l ku
600 burrol of Hour. L.
atories, and the eoll"! Jj
one-etory arch uiul.'t 'j
run. ino loss win
dollars. . '
In
Mrs. Julia W. l'on(
Cal., tho grauddiiui. jK
VYoodwortb, who ym
lluckot," Is visltliifc'i' ton
guest of Mrs. S. J- lv;v
Tho Northampton! 'v
leudlug social WH'1
tho biindsomo "'i.,,
street, near Broadr! L
Tho borough ' 1 ; ,
irought sultugalmttb -
Company on a il"1 J T
'oiiipaiiy refused I" I
sent 011 each polo.
t't
George F. l'iiikv.
member of the In
juring tho Civil War.
Colonu) Charles I)-'
est and best ktioi
-.lied of perltoullH d
aged 05 years, f 01
Julius Benlror, )lc.
mill, Chester, twj Ii
machinery, badly
to tho Chester llniH'H
anipututcd above tlw j()t
Whcu Uwu
Whuti flcuernl H y
(..uncrul Shafti't'tjli
tuko up Ills i1utib:
that depnrtuu'ut,
Jjiwtou, you
but If any rutin
tlon. you can. Vu!
tlnw It miltYoU'"
Uouernl Utww
lulls, in.ui.i
nnd neranlrutioO
empty desk, pulM'
ud a lilnck aijat
chair, anil put it
. .. .lie (V
WO anon nuu i" .
.l.o .n..,1 nf his f V1
longed to Borne Kt
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my Pp L
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mirror, "but lt' 1
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