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
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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.
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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.
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