jiro COLD WEATHER EVERYWHERE ICE-LOCKED DOAT3. Even Ocean iSners Cannot Erave the Heavy Icr Fire. Nrw Yoi.k. It has len limn' years since th hm bors ami river of this c ty have leen so thoroughly blocked by ire as nt rcriil. So dense and compact ii- the moun tain of ice wiilgrd in the Narrows by (he el.li of the tida tluit no boats have dared to fore a tt;e there to-day, and even tlie most powerful ocian liner would long he!, tate before trying to force her way through the ice barrier, Perry-heats run along on a po-as you-plcase plan. The ice ft. - have disnble I 2."0 out of .') j tug bonis in the New York fled. Almost nil the dry docks in tlii city, Brooklyn and Plaien Inland have been forced to suspend wo k. Hctwcen the Vpper Harbor and the Hook there is no less than 10 bonis (;it in the ire. They rati neither come in nor go cut. The f l.oonrr Trick"! win crushed in the he in the Nonh river to-day. I nn. no I rnr a. Ti n I'daivare river is froen over. b:irr lig ti.e lv ige of ships to tin city. Tim ne in I'.ostoii harbor i lieavier than f.r yum. hi ward-hound vessels lim e to he assisted by turs he is Hunting all ah. ii(! the New I '.up, arid iou-t. a r.or.i;:: .'.""mTi i" i '; at I5i INiTt. t i:ol IIVMt r tv.ivri it ,my Mow irii-wun I'l.MMiri:. Ctv in?4Ati The situation nt the r ver is alarming. A gorge ovi r mile long x tends irom Mayvil'e to within u hurl dis tiinre of the city and another gorge ex'ends from North I'.t ml. 1 1 inilir below, up to the lower city In Ill"' harhor boat an I several bigpuckcts have been working in Hie harbor to ki-cp the ire Iroin stopping and freezing solid. The shore n e from Sunday's gorge extends to the Kentucky channel pier lf the Chcsa.e:ikc and I 'h:o hi .dge and forms a danger m, solid (like to make the current and ice dctlecl to all valuable ( inniinii i oal rlcvulor laiid.hgs. I iiivernment engineers have I i a-ked to blow it out with Ivnamite mid open up the natural channel an d it i likely the virk wiil begin to morrow. The river crows Worse every day 1 11'! M iry Houston's imw is s!:t king up Inch on the ire and she cm l.ot be pubed otf. The coal Situation is rrv critical, u the mall supply is constantly threatened with destruction. Tree are higher that! thev have been ainre lST.when a cul f iinin cut red. vcr iJS'r.irs id ra.l loiil are coming in daily. i.oii io n s r 1 1 a i 1101 n cirri, 'i nvr, int.. w mg to t!,e extreme ro'.d weather, a complete bridge of ice cover wliat is known n 'the big kettle." encod ing from a d et.ince of about hn feet I el iw the Su-penioii br.dire to within. o fi.t of the tallM. 1 he bridge is cotti oM'd i f l'rocn foam. Iiean d to a hight of six or eight lift, and o -olid that ccvcral rsnni have res ell it, This is the first lime in loO years that tl. ce hoilniK waters fcuve 1'rvzcn over. ..ii.iu.sr i mi r.i i w i ll coi iT w M rill l; : H -' I M c.w l.. mi I'll T!Mol:P lispatc'ies f' Msrvluml show lli.it the in. i low zero ill the K i-iern Mn well a in the western or m lion of the S ate. Salisbury 'ii:i::. I I.N MM.T V ' l I:. ..in all t art. o i ry marls be- e i .out en as .nut i. ii. .U- ( teiiort Jo 1 be low rero and in the birds, lowl and nut ro in. I !hoilt touul to rahluis are ! r"ii .. i m a M, '..'.. i mong r ittlp on the n..rlie. die. The Wiroimco and Nunc fror.en solid for nun ai. i in the ice i" banked up hve fi i t 1 lower Wieoniiro. i an I many i Ue rners are runny places r.g in the A disp .tch troin i lurf is lrn,en f u nt r ill ' itv "tati s that the i ouiirtcr nt a nnle at 'a, and snowdm is a'e -.ul ep ui t in- shore that the life shviiiu-i m i k i t he r nightly tours with in neb dill., a ty 1 liere is no recii.l o! s.k h ."'.d weither heretofore in the sta'e. either u sever.ty ot rliiration, and the oiliest iiihalutaiits ' can not conjure a pirallel. A it : b ii ;i 'in . i:. CU riOHT Mil Ion . l 1111 V. liivi u r Moia, a N-ton v Mo.;SJTOWN. W. Yl The V. the Monongaheia live- ertcnos miles below to thn e licit s it I ovi M SO UIHI A gor.e in (rum live vi town an I lit 1J i.chis air reported A 1 . ol the h M r.uin I are Ir. 'ii w iter. I'h.s . i d here tor is from lllo .11 leet thick, W -of snow fe I and heavy dnlls from all over the country nionnlain springs, from wl town's water supply is otitani' up and there is a "hnili,'!' "I is the coldest weather e.vper.' i IJ years. AN HT.Coi'.fiH AT MKMI 111 TUP to-, uMiom j ;ii! i.v I'l vt-l s. -tl TI. Motrins l or the sei und titl.e it an ice gorge has formed in the M river at Memnhis. The ii e began t its appearance I h irsitay n ght nl city front. Sunday iar.'e cakes a'e up and in the bend of the liver, in the Anchor I.me elei'utor. Iliver t i li -tory .. s. ,,,',i ii make :ig t uc banked front of mi the he- tween.Mi inphis and Cairo has been su- eu 1 rd on acocmit of the ice. The tow ns alotiv. the MiKsfcs'ippj without railroad lacilities arc threatened with a roal famine, on account of the ice gorge in the upper rii rs ai d t tic iuahility id tow boats to Lung down iol bargia. an ow r i.o t ss ii n n.ii. Cinesiio. ltisiiineyearssn.ee the mer fury kent below ero during an entire day. It did it Friday, four below .u ro being the highest notch reached. The u(Tetiii! among the poor ib great and calls for i cliff are constant. mVI'Ke KlluIN To Tllf lotTOM 1 SOMI fl.lv f ASH HAS.Y t.OM.rr. I'lTTkHl m. The ice ill the Ohio, Alle rheny and Monor,ehela ruers trowt heav ier and wi'h it the apprehension of the r. verm n increises, Keixirts fi m bp the rivers indicaie that at Morgantow n the rhannel n troien solid to the bottom, ami I. at the ice gor.ed about two weeks ago n piled un for two and a half mi es. where in some I'lsci s it is at iniicti us .0 leet thick. This ice is frozen in one solid mass and will tuke a great deal to move it. What the resti l will Im w hen it break neS-nd on Ihe conditions if the westher and water. I heii-e is Iro.en from bank to sank in the Monongaheia from the junction wan the Al eghenv, and at mast places run be safely t urn eJ uihui. reiollUTV AT I'AHM rHlll'Ho. FAMtKitthruo. The weather here Sunday night was something frightful in the way ef frieidity. Towards dark the channel in Ihe Ohio below the Baltimore .V Ohio rail road brid-tt closed solid, for the first time at that point in ' years. At no tune during the afternoon was the temperature above aero on the river. Jty a I odds this was the cold est night of Ibe winter to date. Men are at work trying to cut a channel in the Little Kanawha for the jce-oound learners to gel them to a safer position. The ice is Ci inched thick and covered w itb 10 inches of snow. The coal scarcity continues. Mr. George W. Thorn ioQ. .'resident of the Ohio Itiver railroad, ban given noUut that he will bring coal over bis line to supply the needy ones, although lb dealers Cannot gel their regu lar supplies. Huuday Tnoiupson placed three car loads ot coal at the disposal of the rbiefoi police, with instructions to notify urn when tne supply was rxbautted, and ith tit aMurSuce that "there is nor coal .hre that came from." icr ar (at uvtarooi obtiiiuiu t" l.i eooi i . At 10 'cltKa tarn- the West Virginia shore. In the channel here it Is stipp itrd to be lighted, thero was front Mo C inches of ire before dark, and w ith the mercery 4C below rero and sinking, it it expected that the ice will thicken tremeu 4 jiuly TTtr. Towt iim it tr.et.Ty. r;xcts rt Keports from the ur round ing rotintrv show thill the edd weather is general (linuighoiit the diMricl. llavton re l oris the robtest weather of the vear, 17 below. Wiiiinsh. In. I , reports the coldest . weather in -" years. netow. 1 ehanon, ' Ind . "'I tie ow.'wiiilo a Za:ieville, o, it is 8 below and the town clock N troen. I m iriMi :s tiNM-nr. Ns itvn t r. Sunday was liittcrlv cold. , 1 he riitnlierland is frozen tight from back to hank, and during the day was viicied by I thou-aicls looking at the unux iai ')ght. I'onds near the City have ei-cn rmwdi .1 with katcr, n scene rarely witne-ped liere. ' Tin- loi.ithsT is I'idiu v ivi: ir i s. 1 f'At t l llMit hv. V. Snow fell early C ii!. I day morning eoveritm the eniniiln front 1 1 to ll inches deep. I he nn ii iiry Moo i at loJ j and fa'ling fa-t. It has h. i u the i-n.de t duy nice ls.'i". Meatn-rs between t.'uiie ' 'uariei ! and Norfolk . are niakitir; trips Willi riuicti 1 (lilllculiy on account of the ice. At Smnli island ue extend a rude und a half int the j ocean. ' Titrrr rrt.ow at rirrs'-rnri os s-vi.. v j Sunday w is the coldt dav on icc-.r.l in ! Iiti"burg lor many years iio lthe map , last Tin -sdny, w hen the thctiii'i-i etee on la gove nineiit building sai l "tw o beli '.v.' w n , not considered by the weather m -ii w u. .i ihev took the obervation Sund.iv n : ii raying ill theirchilling way; ' Three b '. . ,v ' I'lt.os'. I cry r: r an I ! ream 1 y fn .'.cu and in umiiv ,.r. ! the :.r.o i land a t oal famine ii thieai' t ed. Mil, v. The co'd i in'ense ail i ht I norihof Italy. At Milan. Turin. .( . ' utidf lorence the ttivriiioinoter is U-.on .. . AriClSNIIXt. MtlNDV t in i.il I ir.e j Treparations Mnkicg IV r f t Trade. The j.n'ise hi bieif.e. : ini i.lcl.tnl lioliilay seems to la-1 loi.i r thi- y ; il"iial', but pfp'ir itiei.s 1 't I'ic s :: nes are go, tig on actively and w.t utttiot coniid..m e l i -p 'e of rep., more gold w ill go abroad, and in s uncertainties le'.-iird.ni: icu'isl.it ii ,n money ipie-il..n. tin1 l.i:.tiis m ri.i inclined to bcieve thai thi re ' w A the tl an i. I- ; the t!,e el ul 1. 0 serious tiirineial I'ni'uit.i'-riuM, e-p. i ; .' y as the uver.lge of Col..:u' - ill '.'.'iel.'e !:.e.. I is ri ttuithnh'.v ! iv an I I'.i.l ;: hive 1 i rotiipaia::""')' uriiiii .ir:.i:,t. I What '! e tile. in I y i epres-ii ", ,:: i .; . j iii- i- s!im n in the i ,g moii ohm .. : .. : I Ions weekly, or h -s I hati .' oT i i m, ,n r , lliini Di . fin I ev I. wiih a c:l.t mcri ,i-e n ' toeks. and ll..'!.i smaller than a v.i- a. , I hut w ith stocks m neb re. 1 , I U- ,'--;! ! in 1 ' ' J was "i. pm.oo i .. ,.,!v ; ,' ;,s i than the mrest evi r kuov r- i at o! 1 ' i -1 und the i u, -iimp! ion was ii,l i.ibly t i" g. est ever known. I'vices tf v.cikcr lie ! mer tug only lit ' at l iiti i.iL'. and A,.i- I atna iron is ollcnd a: t: e u .; a: lower prices: but there j a I t r -c lnoven.i i t a; rhiiadelplca struct nt -il iron ,sdiill and bar weaker at i I and raiis air n'll :.ve. tin tin- other hand. tei ,e n.: 's e crowded with wot li. S.,V s i f miilij,. "'ie largest known formally wc.-ki. lion in cotton has u liquid, ifiur. tic ; r; e rleclming Jc, altiiotigh r. ceip'i this we c a' (o.ooo bale less mid evpotts lo.'Mi u: than a year au'o, l.amr cstlmans I ti ' rop are now sent out. Wheat has scarcely (hanged in pice. though corn ami o.iis intve risen itc earn. and oats Intve risen 1 rlc Western pin remit js of i heat of lour d L svc oniv 7 1 :.;";- bushels. I'ork has tidvanced i 1 a barrel, and at UK J'i is tar above the ruling prici s of re cent vears. Keceipls of lint at the West u'e Hill liirht and prices higher. Co flee mid oil sre prart.ciily iinrh ingcd. Merchandise miporis cotttinue fully im to hs year's t'u.'ires wbile Xp. rts lroin New York for two weeks have ib clinrd t ',' oo, Iski, nr ovt r to pei-1 cut. i I. or l ie sT'"-. Speculation m i otton has been liipiidat iiib, the priee dei li:i i tpi a'ter. although re ceip h this week a'e H' k'.i haies less and ex ports III. isi in.. re than a i ar ami. l.ar.er estimates i f the . r,... ,ir,. uty sent out. Wheat lias si at. ci.i iu'"d ill price and pats have r, sen 1. i . t:ts We-tet n receipts of wheat in four days h.i,(. been J ski issi b sh els, und tlinti' t-s i -"! only Till.. "niti luh-h-els. I t s ; ss : . St 1 1. 1'. The bank clear1, ended January 1 J ! .' total- for the week S"1': with compuri'-ons, lis telegriiphe I to i art-: New Yotk Chi. ait.. Itlistol) I'hih.de phia... St. I.o.lis I lie- nil i'l I itt-hurg San l-'r.nieisco . It iliiinuie Ceveliin.l 1 indicates iti THI. I in. bin nl. n.4 '.'i.'iTl JVllUI 11 s U s J 0 s.'.T.Vi.iiJH Ji it.. i uns IT.Vlcl'Kl ... K."i:i.i''i I'i.JU :im 1'i.nji n;. ii IJ.is'.l 1 1 d. crease. OOV. BROWN Bl'HNED IN EFFIGY People Enraged Ht II is Commuting the Sentence ol the Four Negro Mur derers ot Vt. Hill. 1 Henry Htirtt. Charles s. Kmory, Joshua Bainard and Lewis Heiison, four if the eight negroes in jail ul 1 hestertown. Md., 1 under sentence to be hanged Friday, have 1 been respited to imprisonment for life. The men were taken by Uat to the 1111- j tentiary at Haiti more early Wednesday ! morning, before the tinvt rnur action be- i ram know to avoid an attempt at lynch- mp. '1 he resisted pien were c(iB'icid of the j murderof lr. J. H. Hill. j Threats are made that the iu.l will be I burned and that the four murderers still at Chestertown will he 1 In td. 'Iht excite went i great. In Millington. the home of murdered l'r. Hill, the enraged populace tj rued fioseru or lirown in etligy and toiled his death sen tence on the town bed. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED. Chinese Suffocated in a Temple Fired by Robbers. News reached San Francisco by the steam" er tiueleic of a terrible disuster near Canton, China, by which ut least j.i.i persons were burned to death in a temple at Kani I.i, in the thin llmg district. Cobbers demanded a sum of money from those in charge. An immense shed in front of the temp! was crowded with people, witnessing a theatri cal performance. This was fired by tb robbers und ihe people rushed into Ibe tem ple. The main entrance caught lire and over I,40fi perished, most of them from suffoca cation. A register made by tl. local mais Uate show over 1,'J40 arsons missing. New York's Fever Scour. The official record up to '1 huisdsy of th present visitation of typhus fever in Kw York City were 130 cases, 36 deaths and 0 discharge. There ar H patients a Dd 23 "surpecta" in Lba North Ixrolbrs' Island hospital. lie. Midway between ilia city arid F. BUTLER CEAD. STORY OF HIS EVrKTFUL LIFE. The Veteran MassnchtmeMi Warrior, Ptr.tef man and Politician Expires Sud denly at Washingt.n. r.cn;n:v.;n K, I'nt'er. of Vnach"i"f, died nt I. n Wii'hitigton r!.Vmt, on New Jer! -V aveiiu, at 1 : v Wednesday, inorQ Inf, .fan. 11. The Cet.ernl has nlwavs. to a more or a ie s extent, biiide his rsiietico in Wasliing ton. I'.iritu t'o present, winter a cise wh oh had I (en decided against him in the bighot courts of the State of Maiirhiietta and in w tiii Ii ho took an appeal to the ! I., NJ M1N f I I 111 It. fni'.r 1 St ce sm.j rinc otiri, has (lemaiul ed lii almost i oiistant re idniee in this city. Finally, a !. w w eeKs ao. the ra-e w us deci tied nwote-t h in. Wt.itlitr not fie li of tliis ra e. to W Tin h he had p ii.' IllUeil c'uso Ht'endon, I r.".r h' it:i ' ! more t'rm the sorrows of a i a-'i.tl i!e; ,r w ill not be known. His tieiith . ri .H' Ian lit. met. sp Mirp:i.e, as ;t w us , i u known that he u ailing Me tXpre 1 of f..illire I I the heart. l eti anvn i 'ankl;ti Ilnt'er was horn in I'cet tend. N. H.. on Noietii. er .i. t -1 -. He as t he s,,ii o I aptani ,1.4m Ihitler. w ho er. d l.ti.h r he l.s. n at N.-w I rleali. lie w a era lu.tM .i Horn Wnterulle I ollege, Maine in If ... w s imln t ted to t he bar in lso. bej-.o. I-1 pta'-i ii c law in liissnrhiise'tM III t in d s li1 ( has ba t u high reptlta t on n a i riiuinal law yer. Mr Ihitli r eat iy toi k a promiuent a" in jiojit ii s ot; t he I '. i.ioi i at ic side, and was li.'i'ilii ii- in her "I tin" Mcssarhusetts J louse Ml Is.. '. and of the Slate Sellllte in Is.'1. In was a .lelega'e to the 1 'enio- ( rat .' N 1 1 . l h:.rli !. ,i rates r. lis s l 'll'er ant; Ha I ' i . n eu I ion, w h ii'h met at W hen a portion ijt the dele ilul 'ed lit lial'iKiioie l.eueral 0 i i. d I hal a niajoiiiy of the 1 M .is o hiisi tts w ni l not furli- lie.r.uit er l .i-tit : ale in ti e eouet".iou, mi the groM'id that iheie bed he'll II withdrawal in pa 1 1 i i t he int'joritv of the States. He f .rthi r ml led and tisiti the ground that I would not s;t in n c( iiveiitio.i where the Afre.it) slave trale, w hi. h is piracy by the laws " my coutitry, is nppr ivuigly udvo lu'cd." ;v i i'r.. "A'frr UWry,AV troops n April. I'l l, the ilis-cased held the commission of I ngiidier fiiuirral of M.lit'.i. On the 17th ol that month he lii .r. ue 1 to Annapolis with Ihe flight Muss licln.sitts Ih'giiiieut. and Was p. need 111 n intiiaud o tne district nt Anuap nits. in which ilie city of balii niore was in. lud.il. fu Mav .6 he Wis iniidit a Major '.ei.eral and iis.girJ to tl e comti und i f the I '('l artineut id l.ust-t-rn Virginia. While here hi refused to i!e liver to the r masters any re'tigee slaves w ho i ame w itiiiii bis lini s. In Augil"t no raptured f ort" llatieras und Clark, on the Coa-t ol Notth ' aroiina. I'ci.i t.iI Ihitier then re. ruiled an expedi t:oii in Mas. a. Imse'ts for service on the tiilll ol Mexico, and utter I'erragut captii'ed New lreat s, A nl l, he took possessnm of the iity May 1. lie instituted strict sani tary regulations "lid armed the free roloii'd men. Mis tamoiis and ellerttvo "Order No. .s." inteiidni'! to prevent women Irun in suitii g snidieis, cxiutcil strong resentment, not only m i he South, hut in the North and abroad, and Jell, tson 1'avis issued uu or tier declaring him all outlaw. In l-o: he was placed ill nun man. I of the I'epartiiirtit ot Virginia and North Cato '..mi Alter an iiicllri ttial expedition against Ion fisher, mar Wilmington, N, I ., he was removed from couiuiaiid by tu n etal iliatd and retutiied home. lie served us a Kepuhlicaii ill Congress from l.-'iti until l.sT'.i, witiithe exception of ihe term lsT.v", and was artive ill thit im h iiehiiient of l'n sidetil Joliusoii. In lssj in w as e, cried Governor of Masai hueits by the I I. .led l'i nioi ratir und (ireeiilna. ar m's. JnlsM he was the ciitiilnialu of Ilie iireeiibiicK-Labor purty lor I're-nlent and received Mll..sji votes. Ilis wife was Sarah Uiidridb, an actresai HM'lilt ni Tl.lttl's I'll II'11'sV TIIlT lit ' -Wol It IK MK K I I I S" I'ta.VKs : lit I. Tit K I M' l AM I. I'.MM.I S-l . I he siidih li death ot fu neral loitler was due to bear! I.u.i.re Miperiniluced tiy uu acute attucl; of pneumoniit. fiei.eritl Hut icr nunc to Washington from New York l'i id iy to attend to rt case in l he Supieme i onrt ' lie w a feeling ill st the time, leu g:ive the in itier no serious Iho.ighl. luesday at'eri'iHiii. while goiug to the War I'ep irt metit. he look a severe cold, which tieveioissl lino pneuiiionia. NeveitHele's he sal down to dinner with his ai etistome cheerfuln as. I'lie subject of sudden death was one Umiii which he hud frequently spoken, and he had pred icted thai he would g off like a flush some duv. He sMike of Mr. Iliaine in this connection st dinner, and asked how he was. lleing in formed that he was holding his own, lie re plied: "Mark me, he will outlive us nil yet." tieneral Ilutler retired Tuesday night at 11 o'clock, and anon after midnight Irs colored body servant. West, heard him coughing violently. He went to the Gener al's room and offered his assistance. The General mentioned that his expectoration bad been discolored with blots!, lie did ii"t appear to think seriously of the matter, however, und after Ins valet had assisted him to hie bed, he said "That's all. W est You need not do anything more," and up pareutly went to sleep. He hud lain on his bed but a few mo. metiK however, when his heavy breathing again caused alarm. 1-unier Dunn, his nephew by marriage, who resided in th same house, started oat in March of m adi eu I assistance. Shortly after the doctor ar rived the General died. The sad was ap parently painless. A Mother's Sacrifice. Mrs. William Decourcey met her death in her home, Baltimore, the other day. A kerosene lamp exploded, setting fire to tin house, air. and Mrs. Decourcey escaped, but left two children behind. They rushed back to save them and succeeded in bring ing both to the street, but the mother wa ovenome by aaaoke and her charred bod was found by the firemen an hour lata. Th father and children wer badly bum J 7 LATER NEWS WAIITi. CArtTU., LATOR ASn IMitSTRIAL. The Carnegie mills In Heaver Fall, Pa., are now running fall in every department Ha'nrdny the company paid out lU.UOte it employes. riBKS. At Kansas fity. Mo., the four-story front building in.' ami 1)4 Walnut n rret. occupi es! by the Jarrard Jewelry fotiiptiny, the I'oter Woolen Tom pany and the Kansas City urt school. Loss, Jsi.fi ; covered b insurance. HMTll.V. The record of the typhus ase in New Yot k City, sii,' ! Ni.veinl er ICi is l.Vi cases, 10 deaths, (! li( harges,' Kt patients, on North Hrother lsliit.d, 'J sii"pi (s in quar antine there, and l'J mspects at 113 l ayard treet. No new casts were reported Mon Jay. XtlSl rt.l.ANFOI S. 'I he heavy snow has oh iged the disroie 111111111); of mail nu'c in the mountain d! triets of Kentucky end Tennessee. I'oiir chinec rro-si d over on the b e from Sandwich, f'nf., 1- ri l.t ie i.irht, to lietiolt. I'hey Were acci tupan f I by a white man who iirti'd as a guide. More are expected to cros in this wav. 'I ,c en-ion e i ilioials are nil the lockout for Ihem 1 1 I. -oS m. I'res'.!. i '. c'e. t riev eiat. d arrived at Ijike wood. N.J. II w;i" in I'ompaiiied by Mrs. I'iM'iand and I'.aby tluth liny Were li ven to the I.ntle h.te li . i-e. as their "ottiige i culled. With 1 1 if possible cxreV lion of n lew d iys in th latter part of Fell r mry. the family will remain here until tin y start lor Wa-huur on Mr. f' evcland. It iss:d, W i!I not riceive pol ticiil callera here, but attend to ttenu at Ins New Yo.lr Olio 0. I olll-il. .'. I he einig ants w Im ;( It ( ; imen ports fot the I'tnti I Mates in IV'.1 uumbrred luS,d. At M:im .,w the In dy . f a a "luati. cut in ITS j. i es was Initud in a to (fee c;,i k in the street Suiidjiy tf.oi mug. Noilni'g l as been li a. Iie l lis to t he nil l.t tv of the mi.rdeler. A ear of dynuit-in i " ph deil n ! lie Coll go r abroad at IV.i.l de I oatnhi Afria, yes ten! iv. k'll.i.u e"p'ie. atnohg them M. I ri;ui ii' I i d i f the Soii'. e AnuDymc r.elf". i , .1-: : : I . r 1 1 1 II Mi I'"t t o" "it r. I .:. -.,. t 'hail man I : i I ah. ;,.,! In.'i u ol the piiss;1 ;,. o; it :l ln:"d"tl:i ..ti charge tin i n.pi civ, of t u e ' o m tn i t : ee on apol s 1 1 1 -1 .rep ind in lavot I he House hill w hi. li makes i- for any unplmer tid:s ye I c ici-i1 he belongs tn a labor oigiiiu it, on. I he report w adopteii. The same conim lite rep. irted in li.v.r of the bill v. Im !i in ikes it uul.i.vfii :) em ploy i h ild labor and thet' j oit was adopt ed. Mrs. M. M. Anderson, of I'tiiaski, was 1 1 ":led serge.int a! nrni of the Arkansas House. This is the tir-t tim a womun has been elected to that position. The committee on ju liciuiy derided to tiiukrt u fuvn'uhltl rennrt to tin. ..rrh Cam. liliii iTVtsiutV'il-e tin i fTu.lt V.'.'.Vri.'.ilig'.AItTii stop to lynching. It is important us the lirst ever iiitrodtircd in this Stale It im poses a line of t""0 una imprisonment of cny ierson engaged In a lynrhing. It also holds the authorities of a county responsi ble if a lynrhing occur. W ASIIIMiTO.N. The establishment of a commission on the subject of social evils is contemplated in a hill Introduced by Senator I-rye. A com mittee of live ersotis is to he ceateir w hose duty it shall he to investigate the social vice in ull its phases, its relations to labor and wages, to niurruige und divorce, its Conner lion with p iiiper.sui, crime .etc., and itlso to itnjuire Into the practic il icsiiltsof legis lation for the suppression of the evil in var ious Stale. Senator Ciillom of Illinois is lyin, ill ul his residence in this city from the it Herts of i heavy cold. The complete returns w ill sho ,v that there wi s a gain of 7.ooo.niK) in the collections of internal revenue for the first six months of the present liscal year over the reciipts for the corresp Hiding period of the last lUca vear. The Wmir II'-i sk Srjr.t. fJ ' . a r a nti n f d. Little Maitlii'tiu Harrison continues to Im prove and dinner from infection is believed to have been removed from the White House. In conlormity with tlie law, how ever, the signs containing the, Information that siurlet fever exists within will not be removed from the private entr ances to the mansion until January 20, a iiiontu from lie day they were placed there. ' lUSlSTKHS, Alt IMINl. Aft) FATALITIES An easiboun I passenger train was derail. dv while crossing a trestle (tt feet high near Morning Sun. la., and fell from the track. Two i-ussengers were killed and several otu rn were badly injured. At Chicago an accommodation train , on the Cbieu0 and Ku-tern Illinois IUilrisud was telescoped at Fifty-fifth street by a Obi cigoaud Kne train to New Y'ork. The Ac .oin modal ion was Just leaving Fifly-flflh street station when the eipres. which hLd been bsdly delayed by a blockade in tide freight yards, crushed Into it. John Hfcd inoud.a privuteof Company N, SetreuteeiMu Infantry, U. S. A., on bis way home Jo llrooklyn, was probably tatally injured. hout a dozen Chicago passengers were biyl y injured. j l'atrirk Curtin, aged 16 mouths, was fa'ali'ly burned at Ihe home of his parents, Pitis burg. The child was playing near a sttivs in a w ash house when its clothing took Rre, The mother had only gone into Jthe hois for few minutes, but ;when she returned he tire bad don its work. I An old lsdy named Martha Wagner, si ho lived with her son in Pittsburg, was fat Lily burned by lamp explosion Monday after, noon. The steamer Costa Rica reports at fan Francisco that on Jan. 13 th schooner Vo 'ante, which sailed in ballast December 1 rom Ban Pedro for Kureka, was seen flout g bottom up off Gorderock. Nothing ha een heard of th Yolsnt' crw of nit" Ok the dead levelSis feet ground. uncle. TtE CAh UNCOITI.KK CONVICTED. OH.' 1.. 81' I.I.I VAX M A tlf.R TO A t0!O TIIIM Ol I VVHIMlNy 1ST. H't i liiiTsiirai:. John I.. Pf.llivnn, not the higger. who uncoupled three Pullman alee .lug cars from the fast line, midway be twen Altoona and Tyrone, on the night of Di ember HI last, wiih intent to wreck th cars was conviited tn court here. There wrri almost UN) puseeiigers on board the Pullman, and only the timely discovery ofa hrnlemnn preserved them from accident. The maximum penaltv for the offense it tlO.t'.N) line and 10 years penitentiary im pristnment. 1NCENDIAHI.-M AT NEW CASTI.K. SIX .ARKS AMD A lil l.l.lSIl f TT OS riMK IW TWO HATS. Nrw Castif. Since Funday evening a half rloien bnrns and one dwelVng lions have been set on tire and the barns burned to thn ground. Two of the barns were set on fire Monday afternoon and another Tues day afternoon. The other tires occurred Monday nittht. At John l'avliNon'a liotise the incen diaries cbtnbcd under a porch and siitnr.iled a big pile of kindling wood and the lower lide of the porch with oil and then set lira to it No arrests have btsn nuule, but resi dents are guarding their irorty. K I l.t.i ii iv rn. mrlTrs. Tnnm.si ol I Mis. atlnrtis'ti year old lad of Philadelphia, grew ill on Thursday and complained of pmns in the head. Tluit night he was seized with convu'sions and yesterday he diej The coroner held an in quest anil It was testified that yountf Cole man was in the hahil of lighting a cigarette on rising in the tnorninrT, smoking incest antly during the day, mid indulging Ins abnormal craving lorcigaretlesimiiieiliately belore retiring nt nielli. I he coroner s ver diet was thut cigarettes killed him. II K JI HT W Al Kl 11 Ot T. Mrsnvii l K. William Wandles. tried here for the recent robbing of the Nypiino staiion, took kindly to the society of some visitors at the Jail aturdtiy, and' when they left he just walked out of prison w ith tliein. He is not with them now. but so lur us known bus not ended his walk. - I'l .NNM LVAMA 1 I X l.s ll,noO,IIOO I.Mli.l'.tt. II iMiism'R.i. The tax returns from H counties received nt the I lepurtmenl of In tern.il Affairs show an iin nuse lor the year of 1ti,!liM,ii. There is a firge increase In I'hibidelphiu, but u billing ull in interior counties. . A Polish coke drawer at I'.e-sirner. Pa, mimed Joseph Pekowski has received word from Kussiii thut he is heir to t lo.tH.sj. Mi" SliNMe Hi Mint, of t oyestown, put carbolic, acid on her corns to cure them, i he arid cat through the Mesh and diseased the bones. To prevent a still' worse ai'liitioti two of her toes had to be amputated. Mrs. John Prist, wifeof thenew Supreme Judge, has been ehos -n n truleeif the Hup list church, at llulidaysburg. This is the first instance in this pnrtot the State where a woman bus been elected to till sucji a po sition. Ei.i- vkn Western I'nioii linemen were nr rested at Washington. Wednesday, for hav ing worked on Sunday. At a hearing belore 'Sipiire Magill they furnished bud und a fur ther hearing will lie held. Tm.5 State tlo.rjentioD at Scrunton of "mist er painters bus adopted a sei of ruh fe li .lug the measurement)! work und scale ol prices. Members of the association are restricted from making a c.intract for a price lower than that tiled in the scale, thus avoiding competition. Ihe convention lavors com bining puper-nungliig w uu uieir Dusiuess. Ixhis latest speech. Powdcrly declared himself a Socialist, and says he is but one ol tjj.tk.wsi ol the same creed in this country. I.k.stkk Hrii'i i n and Samuel Neioe. two farmers living near l'.rie. while cut lain tim ler Suturduy were caught bv u lulling tree. Ileidler was" instantly killed un.l Neice was probably lutally injured. Jotix Cki'mh, of Canonsburg, an oil well tool ilnser, while out hum ng Saturday was futully injured by fulliug und accident, ally dischurgiutt hisguu. Will jam Ixswok', a Pole, threw himself tinder a Ireitrht train at Johnstown yc.ster duy und was futully hurt. John Mi t riiY, n coke drawer, was killed by a Pennsylvania railroad truin on Tues day evening near 1-eilb. He wus well known as u tiump workman. At Heuver Kalis three sledloads of merry makers left the other night for Darlington. The driver of one of the sleds lost his wuy, ami while turning his team precipitated about is people down an eiihuiikuii-nl b" leet. The lmrty lunded on the ice covering a creek, which gave way, letting ull into Ihe creek. Besides receiving a midwinter bath and several bruises no injur.es ar. re torted. Hohskt Chi-sax, a one-leggid railroad walchman ut ll.uir.sville Intersection, wai run down by un engine, und his remaining leg cut off. He will die. ABot'T2.ri business men ol Meadville wer arrested for nut keeping the sidewalk? Clean. In a fight at Connellsville Sumuel lleffley probubaby fatally stubbed Kuss Uulsley. Hettley has fled. Lawyfhs are search lug in the neighbor hood of Fraukliu for the heirs to J. tiardner Kenyoo's estate. Kenyon died at (Seattle, Wash., recently, leaving a fortune ot over l.UUU.UOO. At llugdad a diphtheria tpidemic is feared. Thiee children hai d.ed of th disease. Bitunb has six ladies who want to be nominated for school directors. and it is said that some of them will succeed ill both tel ling nominated and elected. Thi Allegheny and the Monongaheia rivers are now frozen over for many miles upstream. At McKeetsirt the ice will sus tain a team or horses, and all along the Monougahela there is fear thul a sudden thaw will do much damage to r.ver craft. Stocks of Wheat Larger. The Northwestern Miller reports the stock cf wheat in the private elevators of Miune- poliiet 2,377,U0 bushels, or only M.OOO more than on last Monday. This makes the total stock of Miniieuoli 14,2H1,59 bushels, an increase of K'1,43!'. Minneap olis. Dulnth and Superior combined have 2!),rsM.324 bushels, a gain for the week of 7-1,453. A year ago the slock at these points was 17.277,000 bushels. A ill oi bulldog and a Ureal Da.- got Into a fight in a Chicago parlor, and before they could be separated they were both fflghlfully mungted and every articl of furniture and bric-a brao in the "wirn was w wicked. A mountain buhbo loaded with 13,000 worth f silver bars, is roaming at largo In tb inouL)taint around Pueblo Neuva, N.M., If be has n.ot been relieved or his valuabU burden by iobbra. Tlie animai strayed away from th train at cam p. IHE FlFTY-StGONO CONGRESS. Proceeding of the Boost and th House. Tersely Told. rioiiTrrsTit piv. pr.TAT-.The Senate- w us in "essbm o-dny 'or over ti e hours. Half nftlictono was 3irbt nn ihe Joint resolution ol Mr. c . herson. author zing the Secretary of the rreustry to snsi'cnd nil pnnT'iises ofailvir inder the ""lii riii in ac'. mid the ether half n the bill craotins itddit'ounl 1i,iuirnt n Bowers. The Se-,iHte ndjourhe I without Inal action mi either mutter. HoifE. Nothing of puhlio impnrlaiice a-ss arcomplishe l. nml the llone r.djourn id after a short session. SIIRF.If ItNTH I'lV. ?! natf. '1 be bill granting additional Jnnrunline ioersaud iniioiiiig additional uiies upon the Secietiirv of the Treasury mil the marine hospital service was passed sy the Senate to duy. An important a iiend lient was adopted to the section giving the President power to stispi ml iiiitniuratton 'rotn infected c..um r',es. and now tiie section ives t i the President, not to suspend iinnii tralion, hut to piohiliit in whole or in part he iniroiuctioii of person and property. After the ipiurantitie bill Was pased, the iprcial ordi r the bill prohibitti iniinicr.i inn fur one yenr ws permitted lo lapse. ( he anti-oplioii iiiil wits then tnkeii up and it r. Vilas, l'r in-Mtrat, ol Wisconsin, conijiie t J his nrpntiieiit uiriiitist it. Thero was no iction on the bill, the Senate adjourning fo ack ofa i.iorunt. Hot sr. N'othinit of impor'ani'e was ac xnnplislied, and the the House ailjourniV iftcr a short si-. .n TIM Mtllll I'lV. Sfa"I.. No sessi iti. J,,l .p The Siind.iy opciiitii! hearing w.s r uined bv the special lommiticeot the House. Cohv el Klliot I'. siliepard addres-eil he committee in favor ol thelites being tept i lo-isl on Sunday. There were, he iud. Millions asking lor tins preservation of the "iibbath signed by more than "i (KSI.WKI i i tor people. After lurthi r iirguinent, the Jou-e udjourneJ w ithoii! action. TWI STV-I IKs I'A V. In reiicct to the memory of the dead lenator liotli Houses of Congress adjourned or the da v. TWI s. r V - -1 ' "Mi niv. Si sati-:.-- I he sen.ue to-day al'er an c. ihiiiution by Mr. sh riuau, pns-i d a biil to txtend to t lie North Punlir ticcun the pm 'isiniis of the stul'it"'. tor the p'Oteet tiou i I 'urs seals and other fur benr.ng aiiimais, Ihe anti-opt'on b.ii was taken i. p. an I Mr. iVIntr s pcin tig amendment to the second e. turn Wits dele:ted. A 11 m nc ml 111 I'll t ntl-r-sl by Mr. Vilas, which would have the ef ert of lestrii Unit theopciiitioiis of the In, I o "finntiiit.U truiisii' lions." wa al"" delist- td, and went over without action. Mr. W.I ' sin i Hi p Iowa, i.tleted a resolution wh.ih Aiis iiLttceii to. i iiiling on the secretary ol i :ie trens iry lor a oi y of the otiinion of tlx aw olhccr of his ih psr intent under win. li iels disbursing thei.ooh o hi souvenir ron,s n aid of the Columbian cposit:oii, coiiui ioncd on Sundiiy lo-in;!. also a ropy i f .lie regulations us to tint iss'ie and deliver) 1 if these coins. Adiotirtii l till to-tiiorii Id i si the i;epi:n,ic.itis iii.iiusieieit I !'.. : l.iv itL'il.ti'-t tne consiiH riiuoii oi i riv.i p i iViir Chums lull, with the re.-tilt that tio-.'i- ng Wits ni-coiiip'islied. j 111 1 M V I IttltP I'lV. I SrsiAir. Mo'l ot to-day's se-' ion was ic I tut'iel iiy Mr. Morgan, of Alainuba, on ti t Siciiraitu Ciiniil bill. In t be course of Ins is'cch be si oue, sadly, of the Monroe ilis--irine as "Worn, torn and fragmentary.' Hid as li.ivin b'Vti hicked bv the Senali lito "doll, rttgs." Mr. Wolcott (i:rp.. lo ado) ofl'ei'ed a resolution iiistrih'lnig th Committee on l-dreigu I'elutions to iiniuitt ivhut sinus have been exponded in unil ibout tlie constructiiif; of the Nirar.ici.ii tantil since t lies accounts of expeitditutf heretofore rendered. The senate then he.il t short executive segsien ami adjourned. HorsK The time of the Hot.se wus iirin- ;lpaljy 'consumed to-,luy in consideration il f the i)iliViriTpv7i)g-tlr(r--n!r.'eprrttip wji Uherokee Nation or intiiaus lor uie cessio: lothe t' nited States of the trart of Ian known as this "Cherokee Ou'iet." Intl. ;onsiderution inoriiing: hour the House n luined theronsideration of the bill to pr mote the efficiency of the militia. Tie niorninit hour expired w ithout urtion c the measure, wh'rh resumed its place i the calendar. The lloor was then acconi to the Committee on Indian aflairs, ai the first bill, one appropriating v'.r),lN.K' ratify and confirm un agreement wilii u Cherokee Nation, wus oassed with nnuit moots. After some unimportant busu.i ihe House ad journed. A POPE rt)R AMEP.ICA. Alleged Plot of the Bishops in the Un.; Btates to yeporato From the "Jot: Church. A Body Kimilni' to the Gn Church ol ltusaia. The London coirespon tctit of u N York morning paper cabled the i' iio'.V:: A t Ltniliruiit rutuor comes (i-,ii.i tin- b.ic ollicH concerning atlioli.; I'liiir h ali'.i. It isilecUirid th. I'.ritisli Minister oi K bus informed he liovirnnient tht ' I.o: d l.oo li oy that Ihe ll'.H uu is ntc. distil: bud over the condition of ull.ii: the I'nitcd Stules. Archbishop V.iu.' has been c ituiiiuiiiciite 1 with, it is al'.iv to the effect that a very great peril iun. the interests of the Pope in ti e V . States. ir'O fur a can be ascertained u p'.ot been discovered, having us its busis a .; atiou of the c hurch of Amend, f r uu mother church in Home and the crestioi an iudeenilent boijy, with a beud .' by the Americ.ui bUhops. The idea seises to be the creation o. hotly situ lur in some resiects to the ii Church of P.nssia, with a responsible h. with powers equsl to the Metropolitan that country. NEQBO MUBDEBEB3 HANOET Four of the lEight Men Who Killed Hill Meet Their Doom. Brooks. illiarus. Brown and Cotnr. four of the eight negro murderers of 1 II. Hill, were hanged at Chestertow n, No sensational scenes attended the es tion. The murderers protested their i cetice to the lost and stolidly ignore.: supplications of Ihe murdered main futher to make a confession and giv cause for the crime. All the murderers fessed religion before death und pruyf the saving of their souls. The jail bad been guarded night fur a mob would lvuc.h the doomed lueii, tH inch attempt was made. Doctor Hill was murdered one mr1 April, $J'2, while going to inuke a i band of tight negroes, lor no kuow u i'l The other four of hit murderers are penlteul.ury for life. An Egg Famine. On result of the cold weuther at Tilt' is that eggs ar becoming very scare there promises to ;be a famine of hc:1 Th pric Is now very high and tfP hardly b secured at all. Th price quoted are: Boston; 40 csnts; Meiii cenU; New York, 38 cents; and Pitul cents a dozen. Tb price is going F j fresh aggs ar almost Impossible u A cored. Cheap restaurant yesterdaf the price from 2 for 6 caul to 3 for H"1. i n ti sr a. b o! tl w. til IJiii i ii :r- i "i"i .in fniu ie t J.. 'rt- !ird IITIf ienr )dy Ills. Mtii, iluc hey i 'id o ull. ie (ft swil But I'een rtitiu y t l)"ill : tir Itltl P ira I. 1 Wl f'-liy, liter i b aa i niilei '?, tilts !will I ut ai t tin 1 -I'lll fair a viirj v. r stun k tbu. f til baoQ t.iec tl ik dc uie ye! a tv i 'org liu it tn 'AW ftll'S loci Hii, ( laii, "Oes "lay lift mki'i si i- C'