-tr T- s TflK MIDDLEBUEGH POST. GEO. W. WAOOF.S.SEI.LER, EJitot an,l Proprietor. Mn!i,f iu no, 'a., Jan. (, Imi Tulilic Opinion thinks it is waller for congratulation tbat tbo teaching of English in our schools nnl collr-gos At last In-ginning to Ret a mixhcum of tho attention that it Las long do- lUUtblcl. Tho .l!nhnl.il l'ioncrr, tho prinri rl journal of Urilish Imlia, ami tho ne on which Kit, Irani Kipling hegnn liis literary career, recently contnincil ft paragraph in tho "want" columns as follows: ".Situation wanted as snako chnrnur in rcspcctublo family. V. S. N'o objection to looking after tho canuU' Tlio status of tho fiancee has recently como up in Texas. A railroad man hail Lin life insurd for tho liruoflt of liis bctrothoil. Ho dicl from injuries in a wreck. His family enjoined tlio insurance company from paying tho money. In Missouri tho Supremo Court hm (lcriilrd that such instirnnco in invalid. Thf family got tho money. That it onsls Fomi'thing to launch a tig I nttli-sliip ii i-bowuby tho Ftatc mi ti' (h nt tl.r ixjtnsor.f Kittiugtho VictnriotiH, tbo latest a Idition tn Eng land'H lb 1 1, iitli-nt was uliottt SIO.OMO. Slic ii n cihler iliip to the Magui'avnt and tbo Majestic, and if oil') feet hui'.', feveiity-t'ivp feet bmm, and 27 feet draught. There Were il-e l Up ..!) the ways ever which "he Mi 1 into th' wattr 7ii0it) ..in N i f UuN"iati tallow, li'.O gallons of tr.'.lu oil nn 1 7'W pmin 1m of i-ufl simp. The ruvs vei;,lit of tho fbip, iipiipju-d and rcn.ly fur rcii, in I.",7J5 toim. Eev. Dr. Tidtnago, in a recent fct tnuii, speaking of our near npproach to the twentieth century, waid : "Only four bh minors more; four autumns more ; four wintero more ; four tarings more, and then tho clock of timo will etriko tbo death of tho old century and tho birth of tho new." It is easy to forget, reeal!n tbo Pathfinder, that thero aro ntill fivo tnoro years beforo dawn of tho twentieth century. Tho nineteenth century will not end, re member, till midnight of Doiember 01, l!)l)0, not 1S'.H. Yon muni Fpend your lOdth cent beforr our dollar is gone, and it is to wit e years of the century. 'Tho Atlanta Constitution remarks: Ou,t in Indiana an old lady ot seventy fonr offered S20,)00 for a young bus 1'ft'id. An enterpriring fellow of twenty-six camo forward, but tho woman's family mod out a writ of lunacy to prevent hir from marrying. Tho jury pronounced her nine, and sho eloped with her i urchaso and married him. Tho Chicago llecord in commenting on this case makes tho point that a short timo ago a jonng woman in New York wanted a husband with a title, and not him lifter n big e:tsh sum of several million ilulhir. had been nettled upon li i in by her relatives. Nobody hinted that tho New York girl was iiiMine. Ou tho contr.iry society thoiu-ht that tho bad distinguish! d In r-eli. Our Cliieii",!) contemporary tlnnks that it makes a dihYrcncu when tho juir-cLa-ed husband in un imported artielo with a title. If bo is a homo product tho woman w ho oilers it good prico for him is supposed to be crazy. Tho Italians imported by Austin Corbiu to becomo hind owners at Suu nysido, ArUatiHius, nro represented in tho Now York Post to bo superior iu morals and intelligence to tho Italian laborers with whom peojilo in other p:irts of tho country are more or loss familiar. Tlioy aro reporto I to have been carefully fcoheto l from a very re Hpcetablo and prosperous class. At homo they wero small farmers, gar deners uud fruit growers, and tho methods of funning nud careful culti vation to which they bavo been aeons tomed are cxptcted to bo grout ai !a to them in their new surroundings. They have strong religious inclina tions, and their first uct after arriving At their new homo wan to conduot re ligious exercises iu thinks to God for tho kindness bestowed upon them. They wtro heartily welcomed at Run nvsidc, and at once announced their intention to become citizens. Other chip loads ot immigrants aro expected to follow this first importation. Iuiurgeuts Victorious. It Is nmiuuiieetl that 12 J woumleil insurg ents who wero pn-ked up on tho l attl. Il.-I'l of l.e l. iha, ure now in the hpum.-h ho-pitai at hull Antonio U I.os liam s. l )i";airis.n of Hoy, i (.'olora.lo, eonslstlnK of ,1 Spanl.-h volutiteeni, lias surp'inlereil to thy tnsjir""irt . lloyo 1 (.lorinlo is near liauta, whi. h is uhoiit li iniles from llaxuiia. Mrs. I.ainolro ami her ilauuhti'r Annie wits turned to death in their rooms at Lynn, jdass. Xho father and sou w eru LuJly Luru- the amulet oi anm. mn cholora aud It dou'ia trout that dlseuso. '" ' candldata IMPOSING CEREMONIES. Strceta of Columbia Rn-ond to the Tread of Many Marching Fcot. Tin1 inauguration ceremonl" indu. ting !. Asa s. llnshnoll Into the oflb'o i,f gov- riinr. begun at 11 n. in. Monday, who;, 11 .v crin.r M"Kliihy and stair und joint Icgi-lutivo and .-Itlz.ens commltt's. m 't 1 : i -1 1 tit tit" Chlt t ri I t hotel and i"'ortiMl liy troop A. f I lev. land, the Champion City liunrds anil Fourteenth regiment f (i. S.H.. .r I"d In tin1 Mali' liniin-. wii'Ti- t.overm.r .Mi-Kin-i y n l !nv-.i:ii tic niiiliitiil- in th" rotunda. Pf.'rred, In appropriate terms. In tin- oe -Inn. pri'-i'iiti'il hi '.(r, witli a commis sion nt governor, mill Introduced him n lii'Vi rimr llii-hnoll. le'V-rimr M 'lxinley said to tin peopl In presenting li.iv.Tiinr llu-hncll: ' It Ik ii '.rit'iit- ti our liistltntl, ms nml it n n nrim if their strength nml ..Ttiiiiii-ii.-' Hint tho-" Whot I ..p...."i to eu.'ll ntlliT nt tin-lll-t i'li"'tli.ii, now cheerfully n-j ii nuf in the popular w ill, have gathered hereto pun i'i- iil'' In the Inauguration of (iiivi riinr l.u-h-lii II. nml In wl-h ti i tn tiuil 1 mi. I t ti -realization nf n useful, hoimriii.l n:i'l distin guished ii'liii f iiitrnt i n. Nn governor e. r entered upon hi- ilutfi- with mop- kindly sentiments of regard nn-l nrnr" rtniu cxi'- li ni'i sof pi,l Ii - ,.,,,h ,,. ..,ii,ii,if from oxory quarter nf th" Mat", nml lr..'n nil . ii--i of our prop... tiinii hi' who t.ik" tli" "i'Ii "f oilli'i- t.i-.lnv. No i ...v. riior Imt om "Mr i-ilin- to tli" oll"" M it Ii ll liiru'-T phirnlil ui'l Imt "ii" with a Iniv'T poi.ul.ir o.. tiinii In ii" w (."ii I pr" Ill t."h;iif of iiniiiiii'l, . . 1 1 r i' "nt tin. Ml- I nv.ii A S. M -IIM I mum. .li a ir. .mth years' iii.Mimf.en " No a. t ill my im.r" f.mr lias Kiveii tll Ulll" plell-lire t'lll'l thi.-. lioyene r I :n-'iii. ll then ep . hi- in aiiLru r.il a l.lr. . II" spok" at eon-i l.-ral.l" l"iii.'lh, ami -al l. in part: " i he ,luty of l;it iuir an, I a 'tlm; f..r th" foiiriiillli. ii ,eople of a prou'P ie .state i-n..l ..ii" to .e eoii-i.ereil without hi rioii- II' llll. I .. "j 11. 'ril. It JllYolves th" II"- it y of .loiin; that wlil.-h is Utforthe "reatet Illlllll.er. til" P'lllllrenielit that the ereilit of the state shall U ,iiiiinlaui",l in moral as well as llnanelnl aflair-. ami th" eveiitlal- that penee ami well-liclm.-, in Ml far as they may lie ohtalnal.le through the le ts of li'ui.slaiinii ami execution of laws an I K'overiimeiit, -hull l" ns-iireil to all. v " ' stiKiitimi of tie- K'Mieral lliiinielal stat from 1hj to H'.'j, liielusly w that i th welvn viM.rs n '-, . .sii nave li en ili-ln. i,, t)m r - eelpts W"P' W.U.'il.'.Kti.st, llliio . ..ow TiiK ll.'ii'iu'v in n-'elpts liuriiij; the twelve years of J.(l'".:l.2l I.OJ "It eiin I si-en that the appropriation -askuil for an. I ite'iuimle.l l.y pr.-. nt ol.lik'a tioiis are In ex.'esc of the proliahle availal'le resoiirees, irl.Jll.ls.l.ii.l. It I- apparent that th"p' iiiuM I iihera re,lii"tloii in thenmoiint of nppropiiatloii iiske.l for or then- m n-t I " an iu rea.-e of the p venue. Su -li a state, ment of tin- rmue ial eomlition of the -tat" miiht smrue-t that tli" only proper reine.ly i that i t in.'P a-iiiu' th" ta rat" ami thus pr., Ni'lim; ii'l'liilonal r"V"ii,i"." A propo-iti.m I- in.i.l" l.y the n.-w -ot ruor that the -late I, ..rtow temporarily up to th" lull eoii-t.tuti..ial lm.il. ;'i;arliii ii..in h" ieli-.- Ih. ,..ar., the .Inly .ha-" a!i Mippli M l'ii' i iu--.tl I: "It shoiil.l I." . p all .ii of a pur, ..f win -li -hoiiUI I." t ha-inn pur- - for th" -lat" ln-t:tuti f r t leii'-luni nt tli ri" ' Hi, part -ill.' of all Stat" oilie.T Il";v i'l plll'li to pru I all p... e p"l,, lit U r -. llll a T i I - -1 al 'I" .en' way ..f Mivini; t St at" i 'int of in. me v i- that .1 1 - -i.-l- t.- in' th .! part lie in.; t he siat" "I a f niial "liaru'e for puMi" miuoiM Mat" report- i"i,t ...I ;. it.-, tin,- i .rtl.. II it- a.. priiititu.'. Ih" ..!i- "..111. I well I"' .-Ill plant". I l.y 'in i-" .loeiinn nl- whl"li aitain only n at. rial iiif.irtiiati.ui a'nl reeopl-, I it" ii, tail- , i 1 1." Iar"e I u-i - "I the state ,e- partii.ent- i- ii.-ually of hit I., inter.--! t.. itln r olil.'ials or people, ami iH xx "II I eillllill'it",l. 'i !i. i" wa a 'na;:ni!l.'"nt para I" ,,f ;ri "ixil an I p,,iili"il i.i ani.'atioii- an. I III) military oru'aiiiz.itions, ihi"h was r"xi"We. l.y tiie "ul."i nat..i i.il partv Irom a slaml ou tli" capilol. ST0RIE3 OF KHARP00T MASSACT.E. An Amerioau Citiieu On.) of the Fourteen 'Ihouaumt Slum. . letter litis ,e"ll P'-'eixe I I'-.iMi K!llirp.i"t l.y . 1'.. l;.i,-ajl.iii. a "ralual.i of Ixl.arpoot t'oliet . nml ii.nv a st'nli'iit "I Yale, xxhi. li id 'ii' i-tli" ma a, -r,-In the xillie,-"S tear Mnii ,l.t. 1 l.i writer sax- the air," It v 1- a rei e!i;...n i f the M1--01111 m.issiiere ot a je.ir ii",', an i thai III li'M-t I I.IIIHI pie WiT" I 11 1 I H I ' 1 11. that I'liiii'-'iiuie n, n;lil i,-lioo,l. 'l lu- , t'- r also euntitui- Hi" infoiMiiition that i.n Atii' ri eioi eit;. n, Minion s lMillaui-'iaa. l.i,,ili,-i i I a n. an w ho form, t ly elm t",l a slor" ii. N.-xv llaxi-n, wa- Kill. . I. .Mr. Hadrian, tat!., r ntel el.l.-st luot lu-r.t I: wntel .-a.-," I',., -a ei to tiie mountain-, la.l his .'oil-Hi. a x-oiim.' ulrl. was .-.irii. .1 ol'i l.y a partv of Kur'is. J lie tuner. Ir.ither an I Uiii-h-s ,,f Mr. M,,r.l..r-o, of Millorl, Ma--., w, re I .rtur.-l to .lentil I etaus.) they Woul l 1.1. t ul .jure ti.'-ir faith. KILLED THE WRONO MAN. Tho Ei'speot Wa Wealthy Montagne, ot Boone Couuty. The man kill.',! Iu Liiu-oln eountv, W. Va. sup o.-'sl to to Iloh'nn, who is waiiteil In llllunis for wreeklnn a train, was Jesse Mon tague, ef Il.i.uie county, who was In that see- tion pr,,sj tini; coal lauils. Ho wan very wealthy, nml ha I a i oi.-,lerah!e sum of money on hi- pei-on when l.ille,. I'.rui'.i llelil nii'l Jlero.-r, who attempt. ..1 the arp'.-t, have l en plaei ,1 (a jail, altln uvrh rn- r Is in a eritieal state from wnuiuls reeeixe.l from Montui;ui''s revolver lieforo Ln was kilie.l. It I.- stippo.-eil thut Montague took them f,,i r. I'hers. Priiit.-il elpiuiars sent out from ( hleaK", oilerlnit a liirK" rewarj for llo'aii, enusi- l the tra-"ly. .. .Moiitnvuo llll". I the . S' rii tloii of lloan, eveu to u Hinall seui over the rU'llt eye. Px-Gov. rtarn.'tt Olhbs, of Texas hns for mally lenoun 'eil nlleeiiuiee to tho Llowoero Uo party uud JolneU tho Populbu. iu the raoe," he. j "My In-t '.n;. i.il n-t l I., vim i,.,.T'ior Cn-lim I pi" ami l.y tln lr ". WHAT IS WANTED IN ALASKA. Millions of Engliih Acres Shut Ont From tht Sea. Keiintor Iiavls of th" eommifte on f..relnn Mat limn ha Ih-ii kIviiiit .'i.ii-,,.riil... att.'ii llon to tho Alii-k in Ihiuiuliiry .ll-iput". 1 has foiitel nothiiiKln hi-liiv.tl.itl .im wlih li wiml.l ennw linn to eli;ititfl. ti,.. II,,, , h, :, linve always l.e.'n iim,.rtoo. as th" Imiiml- ary. ami upn wlil -li l...t untri.-n Imvo I n pr.K'ee,nu. f,,r ,.,,,. y.-ars. . en, tin only pietion in liiipnt.' i, wli.'tli-r tiie ten iimriii" Il ium. from u." .HM-iiii m.'imt from tli" main li.ml or from tli,. jn..,.t ,lnn.s. Mr. Hiimm cnys tleit thU !.. not evn i.n- -nt a en-" .,f iirl.itnitloii I nil t h ',,. f"stlv plain that th.... ri-of tin. imiln liiml iillmnt I. the ,imj.4 ,,f ti,,. ,rll p,,. It is al-o i vl l. nt lr .rn th"' se '.-tl, n of the iinmiit.iiii mm.'" ie n lit," Hint Hi men who ." o ""'"""I'l'T.v iH.T-1 inent meant that the line shoiil.l I ten . ,iii"s from th- oeenn wh"l" It ton, h". the in Mi ii Inn. I. M;uK h" says, always with the shore ami when a ipi-Mlmi arl-s a. t,, wl.i flier an Man, I. no mutter at what tl: ttl, r , ni .. I.e. h.iius to one e.mntry or another It al'wam H -t th" e.mntry oiviiIiik the main laiel If th- main laml 1- a tjue -nt. it ( witli th" l-laml-i of th" Alaskan iir. hlp. l.i.i. 1 hey U'eame th- property if li if in I an-." Ilu-sia owii", th" main Inml of th" simp ami li" fMpi-rtvof ih- Ciiit". Mat wh"ii Alii-kii wa- sol. I to this mtr. 1 In- ih sir" ,.f i.r -at llntiiin r..r a l.rtl.ni of the .lakioi . ..a-t N plainly apparent ,.- elare S.niltor l,li-i, Wlell'lt I- e, ,,-i.en. that th-re ,, v.f ,. .nntry in the i,rthw, -t territory whh h .ni r n h t lie m nl...,ir,i ...,i through a ami I Is ii", s ill the north lio.-ky moimtaih p"s a -trip ,.f Ian. I owie il .v tii" i nit", I still, -. ;,i-i ,,f Hi aim an, I n-t of the Ala kan , i-i of I!,., li,., kv iiioiint- ii -t I- a eoiin- ii.x i.i ni'iio-; in, -ii:.,.n p. ,.xl.t ii. n a- ni" i . ru r ii.try. h, r- max I n- huii.lre.l millio,, a-n s of lilhihl.. or :i-l.,rnl L'r,.uM, there. It ha-, the Lem iit ,,f the lv,,rui an ei.rr. iit- from ti". I'ii"! whl"h makeii ., .hi r eliiiia!" than ia thus rli .n- of H. . rtl w. -I it-.i v -till farther , u-i. It i- 1 ' ' '-1 1 : 1 lo " I.. II III. I il-i'ii al II...... o. . . . ii-heat "ur ;l.e I :.. aie I -I...-!, pr.i.lu.-i.n; e.mntrv ,,,,,1 j i -h-.rt rout- to th" - -a. A I. ran I, of I l ll'I'l l a l i" ton .....il.l I... I....I, hr ,i:"li (hi.. I'. a, e rix.-r try aiel l.y a pa tin.. mrh tie-mountain- r. a h ti,.. -"a-oa-l will'. .nt 'lei .-h ti-oui I in.. I ..v 11 1, -ll. 1 1 it - haul t'uiu l-y rail',. a, I- l.irtl,er - ath. - Uoi.l.i ,:i . th" I anali., ii I'm Pi,. ,i I,...' j rM t--i .i ia.i-. xio'H.l I up ; ,, f ; - t i I i'J 'i :M up- n tl, i:i.lK ,, ti,.. i , .-I..H- In th" I nil-1 st.il - ami tl.i re w,u. I 1 - :.: "t'lt r ,:i at i.a-.al -t..t...i, ..., n.i.itar. I -! . m'ii,-ni.ii.- .air !u-:,au territory nml I '" I ' 1" 'II " wi.t.-h th" Ala-Ua a-f ...,w I :n '" '-""a try v . . . 1 1 . f I... largely nni;i ' ' ' 1 "I j- "t ( l ; rent liiitam i- .mi... :ii:i. I poii Hi" L-i-.-a! f. rtil" lat. I to l,e p-'i.' i i-v i iri.iii.;; ii ritilto'i.i to t ,,.it I'.rollL'll th" l'e,.'e fixer P',:i.. there xvollhl I v.i-t h'-M- of e..r. al- "oiep. ti.,.r with the ui in. rui-". in our -tat-'- al-.uv ..ur n..rtl ,, l-.r.l r. At i. -.-nt ii,. ... i;, pi. ,..,,,,., . ".eie. Iiof the lall. I- i"e.,p.., f lue loin; rail haul I i th" t-nninu- i f Ih" I an. i. linn J -a.-iti r..ml. Wi'ii.-ut niioth.-r I. rtiiinu- ia Ala.-sa th. - er. nt i! .- .-anm.t I- ' "P'-ll'-'l whhont th nt , r th.. I , He. I slut".'. Senator I'.-m. ,oe, ,..,t ,i,,nk ,,,, U'.X'-rnin. nt ever -.-n,,u..U eon-.er the ,U.-ti..ii of ail itratiu" th" Ala-kau l.oun.l- L0WNDE3 SEATED. First Republican Governor of Maryland lormnlly InnuKurnted. l or tl." Ilr-t timi in hi-tory Marx Inml lias n "oxe.-iior, elei'te.l mi.l naiik'u rateil as a le j.i.l li.'aii, an I for the flr-t time sinen tlio war the iiilinliii-tration of pul ll,. atlairs Is l tl e liaml- of an ee utixe who Is not litliiiat 'I xxlth th lieuoeratl" nartv. At noon V. ,li.,,tay lii.-t" Justh-o ItoMn soii ol the eourt of app.'ul.u, ln tln tiresenen of l.oth liou-e- i, thc. us-eiiililv a.lmiiil-tere.l tin- oath ,,lll.'.. pre.-eriU'il l.y tlio constitu tioti " l,,,v,i I.oxvinlex of Alli'itaiiy. iin'omlliK Hint th" olltKoinu' ehl' f .i.ite liait iM'fup. that ceremony faeisl te eiiornioiis crowil fr.nn tlio staml in front o tin- senate I'liauiher nml ilov. Lown.L s hail i. lixep',1 hi- innuuiiral inlilress. The staml W-proteeteil from ilii erusli of th" erowil ''the hollow S'liiare of the Fifth P-niinent veteran eorps, iu tin liter of wlih-li sat le't'e.' llrook" Tlltli y ill elllu'V. poiiriiiK over the si'MII l'f the llre'.l S. ott ii""l-li)ll. After il.-Iixeriiik' Ins ii.l.lress liovernor- I'.leet .ox ,e.- I1S e-eorteil llep'ss the pi.r- ti o ami throiiith !(:: wimloxv Into th" senat'i . haml.er. In thl-hi-torii-al r iotn, in xvhi.'li lieort.'" Wu-hiiik'toii re-len. i hi- eommls.-ion a- imnmli r-iu-.-hief of the Atneri.'ali army to the I'ontinenti'l ' oiiofss ainl ih lixere.l his farewell a. I ln -s. 1 , 1 y I l.oxvn.l'-s was sxv.rn iu. Iu his lnnim"ural'a..lr ss liox. I.owihI.'h ileelare.l that I nsl lere.l him- If ami his party pleil"e, to "jye the pi" of til" stllto "an iiomi. al k'.iveriniient, retreiieUim; ex penses an I p foimini; ai us'-s." Am. uu; tli." nn an-to this eml h" ileeme,! f ur a.--e.--mellt. jllst taxation, pure eleetioll law-ami eix -,-rx i".' reform a- 1.,-iiu; es-.-'ntial. II" fa-...t". Lriiivinu' th" pul'li.' s h.... sy-tem up to the highest .-tan.lar.l.ainl lli..u--ht'th lor.'.l t el" sh .ul.l he per- I mitt" I to have sepnrat" s 'liools ami tea.-hers I a.- loii astliey want tli.-m. In eom luslou ' ll'' pei"ei liill' l t ) h" governor of lUl hole suae ii'i'l uot tu uu v poluieul party. PLUNGE OF TROLLEY TRAIN. Two Men Were Killed and Another May Die. .Up .ii, I'.eilfor.l A He 11 it till spnnm ll velaml Inter- llaiiway .1 1 ink, rs eompanx's hrhlj,'" xvhi.'li er. "k, ju-t S' utln a-t ol . ..liap- il Thur-ilav niorn- ll. .If. ri" '...xxi. hi. im; ni u n ln-l .oi xx. i" I I.n train wa ' a h avilx -la. coal car plum;."! I" w.-r motor on xvhi.-h ii nn.l mta. lieil tu whl.'h i 1 enii-ylvania t'ompanv a the he.t of the creek I.il fe, t I . .,,y. Williaiu Yi uiur, one of the tralntiieii, was ii.s-.anry kill-. I. II" was eru-h". ami croiiml hi in alii the falling ears. '1 li" other two trail. ti" ii. II ixmiik'-r ami lil'-h, mira .ii;..t:r ly c I.pe.l lt.t-t.lllt ilel.tl), I,, it llay mali -r It. il ii I -w houis later. There were in. p ., ii'"-i -"ii the train, th" r"i;ulnr pas s. i s. r -ur Inn imr p.i--e. over the l.ri.tK'" a l.-xv i.,,,i'u nt- l.i'fore the structure collap-eil. 1 1 train that took t!i" frightful pltuiu" wa- a xvoi k train. Us weight was tr.-mi-n-il hi-as ."i.ipare.l v. Ilh tt"e oi linary motor f,u v.'hi. h tli" l.ri.lKe xvas ile.-urne'l. Thu .tlil:;e wn a frail In -tie Mrucl'.ip.. The pllI: that crosseil th" er-ek wis ahout 1"." eet loiitr nti'l the train xvas just nhout in the center i t this span when the structnro open e, up us th..ui;li it were Hindu i! eurJ Loai J t'laul' s liii'i; euunot livo. Will Be Laid Before Parliament. In p'tinnl to the pressure l elnir Lrouuht to bear Ly tin- l'aily l liroui, le, Mr. tieori;o V. Sinallcy, the N"w York corp speailent of tho I.i iiil.in Tliii'-s, iiml other-, tirsiini; the Mar quis ol Salisluiry to pill llsll the entire Vein". Euelaii corr. siiouJeii,'.-, th" foreign ollleo slates that whil-' it w i-lu s to ilo everything In it- ow. r, as consistently as it eun, to ftir-pl-h all the avallal.lc mailer that may teml to ln-tl'T th" f 'ellnn lii-tweelj the two K.iveru- ini'tits. it must he renlizeii that tlio curp1 Bp. ii'lence extends over 53 years, ami is la vuiioiis laui!uai,es. 'JTiereforo it Is not a matter that cuu Le compiled iu a few days. The statement of tli for'l,'n ollleo ended with the reiiiurk: "Vuu may state, however, thnt the Marquis of Halislnirv is eiu,'UK'eil u,'oi the matter, ami that it full statement will In- placed before, parliament as Kpeedily u possible, Blackburn Renominated. Tho Kentucky Iieinocrutl.) Icelshitlvo cau cus iiouiinateij Senator J. V, h. lllaekliurn as the eamll liit, of that party to wieeood him pelf In the I'nlti il State MiinatD.' The Uoeld Jnp; hull. it n sulu.l: lSluxkburn, a7j Mo t'reury, 1J ; Drown, 0. LATEST IHBJH NSnKM SMASHED THE PLATE. First Fllur of Carnpgle Hrveylied Armor Plato to Stand the Test. Notcst of a f'nrnogle armor pinto pvermadn ot Indian ll"iul was nttend'sl with sucli ha I result h the I' M of an H-lnch plato for the rill" turret of tho cruiser llrooktyn. which took plain at the provlni; Krounds Tuondny. Th" plat" n-presi'iiteil a tfronp of armor welifhliiif 415 ton. part of It lieln tho liar. In tf" arinor of the Lnttleshlp Imvn, and the P-.-t the Inrp-ts for the llpHiklyn. An H-ln,'h plate was used as a p pp-enta'ty of the en tire tfnnip. The plate te-ts oontaliied two port hull, out of whl.-h tho rifles of tho ernlser would projeet. Thf. plate wan n,w i'iipsI without liii"klnir and was l.ra 'ed by timlsT". A li-lie'li ituii was li'"d In the t"st, flrlmr a lno-poiiml Wl liiiK-Sterlinitr shell, with 40 pound- of poxv.l r. ami a striking vo- I.M'lty of l.l'.S'J feet per S'S'lind. Tiie shell sfru.-k the plate 1.1 Inches fp,tn the top nail ii5 In. -Ill's fp.ni tho left end. Tim plnte (.pike In four friiiini'iits, the riirht end snappliiK olT as a p-sult of xlhiatlui, th" era. k extemlliiK vertl 'iilly through the rltfht port. 1'roin the point of Impact in. ward a fragment was l.r..keioiit.trian"iilar la sliaiio. I pun the point of impact to the left end a frairtiient was ulso broken off. which broke In two pi s. There wan no front or b.i.-k bilk" in th" plate, the penetration of the shell bciiuf only two Inches. Th" head of the projectile WHS Welib'd Into the fiico of tho plate, th" remainder fulllmr in friittments. i heorduan. Xpert pn-"nt, ns w.- as fomniodor" Sampson nml I.l"iiti-nant Al-, w ho line ei the tet. after an examination : f th" wreck. ie, .e, that the illsii-troiis p. sult xvils due to the la -t that tb" plain xvas too hard uml too brittle. I hevsax it was the w..r-t plate . -x-.-r t. -si... I. Jhiy .In not think that th" reforirini; process had anvthlnrf to d" with the p'-uit, Imt that the l:u;os from xvhi -lithe piate was east contained f:Jt j Haw-. J hi-I-the Mr-t In-tan e In whl. h a Cnr tie.'ie plate ha- tailed in two year-, nml the llr t failure of a arxeyi,. 'plate. 1 he re. suit of this t"--t W ill Hot ell'l-e th" rejection of tli" nr.. up or armor, of which th" smn-hed pint-was a representative. The farneirin company ha- the ritht to -ul.iint anoth.-r pint" fr.. m the irr.mp f-.r t -'linf. before tho ... art ii.i nt reject m the i ntire ..t of armor. OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS. Resolution! in the Ser..no Conctraing the Trnnsvir.l Matter. s.-nator More.in. th- former chnirmnn of the Committee .-n ror.-l,;,, Kclatlons, olTi-r.'d olter.-d the f,,, .vxiu" r solution In the Sen at". . i.d it wa- . ferrcl toll," P..r"in IMa-ti..ii- I oinmitt'-e: II -lived. That th . pep!, of the Vnit.d Met. -, ihP.ii"h th. ir i -pr. sent.itlves In i nn. eps, a eml. led, conx.y to th" prisld.-nt and the pc.pic of th" ;. .public of i ransvnal their earni st coiiitratulution.- uj their sue. . ess in i stahli-hiiii; free repr 'sentative jfnv- run, i nt, republican In form, ami in thelrop p. -itioii to any foiciti, pow-r that denies to IH-m the full eiijojM.em ,,f th-lr riithtful lil, rties. he people of America, huviiiK real l.'.'d lhr..u"h the lavor of the i,, of na tions ihe ble.viliKs of KOXcrilllll'Ilt bllSI'd llpoll 1,1 1's-iitof the "ovi'ineil, enfrtaln with coiill'lene,. thc plea-iii" hop,, and Is-lief that the principles of s. ;r-"oxeriiment will Ihi se curely estal.li-he, thp.iieh the inMu. no. f the repul.li" of I ra. ice in her colon!. and the n-pul'li.-s of .li.i ria il: th.'Mraimvaal. loumleii l.y the people ,,f Africa; and thai those republics will to-ter and ulye linn sup poit to the peaceful ppii..p-.- of Christian civilization in the nexv and vast Held now U'iiiU opened to the eomiiiep-e nnd Institu tions of all the nations of the earth tliroie ' out that irp'nt eontlii.-it. . i l "iiesolved. That the president of tho l"nlt"d States Is requested to communicate this action of ConiTP-ss to tho president of tliu Truii.-xaal republic." WANT STATEHOOD. T.'.tc Applicants Yet For Admission to tho Union. The three territorial dele"ates, Messrs. riyi.n, of Oklahoma: Murphy, of Arionu, and Catron, of N.-w M"leo, are willing u xery x inopms cauipaiirn in Coiu;p ss to se. cure favoral le action upon tie ir bills for the admi-sioii of the respective territories repre sented l.y them to slati hood. Piidi (Mount.' eoll-iders the a"hleVenet of statehood the chief mi-.-ioii of his eoiicr. -si, nnl career, and their eiiert'i. - are l- nt upon securim; it. 'I li.-y are anxioii- to haxe the bill- before the 'territories Committee icportej to the lb. um- ami 1 1 ispi.se, ,,f in son,-, way, and hav Ini; made a ciinva- . of the committee, ln' In xe that more than two-thinl- of its mem bers xx ill vote tor favorable reports. I he lulls t..r the admission of Arizona ami New Mcxi'o bi-b.re this Cnu'r. s- are en al linu-a. is modeled upon the a-t by which I tali wa-elevated lo statehood, with certain ino,lit,-atioii- ,1. manded by local conditions, Arizona's bill, which xvas debated by the la.-t House, stipulated for Immediate statehood ii a oon.-titiili. n which had alp-iidv been formed bx the pie. but there XMIs'dollbt ll, erniii"; th" ha-'al Maudini; of the . olixen ti"ii. .Mr. l lynnVmxv uklahoma i ill dilTers from the former . no in ;ivin authority to Cont;re.-s to attain liny or all of the Indian Territory to Oklahoma when the lands have been allotted an, I made sul ie.-t to taxation. HORRORS OF THE SEA. Portion of a Shipwrecked Crew Tesoued, Nine Having Died. A boat eoiitaitiim; I'lirt of the wrecked st. iimer I'alin'.- cn-w ren.-licd Cniisor on th i join, t tie ui' ii me in a ilyln' condition. Th".v xvi-re four daxs in an open boat evuos. d to the K'lle and i, liter cold weather. 'I hero are nine ,, them, im ludlmf First oilleer Tlioiiiiis Thomas. On" man could walk when the In at landed, th" n st beln earriod to n, i'lilionnK boiis, s ami eared for. The im n state the balim; struck a rock about b p. m. Monday. Half an hour nfter- xx hp I it xvas ii s-.iry to tali" to tho boats. Ihey were driven Mi 'miles to seu. Soon after ilnyli'.'ht mi '1 in sday two of the men died of the exposure. lMirini; Tuesday iii"ht l ap tain .M.-i k and a lln iuan named' W ilson died, sat unlay iiiornimf the llrst eiiKiueer di'-d, and later in the day three others expip d. l'ri'lav at icon, as they caiiirht slj-'ht of laud, the ninth of their crew, an upprenti -e, iiumed tillp.y, died. 'I lu so wre all eotisl"Ued to tho seu an they died, to keep tho livuvily icvd boat from sinking. Will Build in the Woods. Ex-Prcsideut Hurrison, who spent a por tion of Inst summer at Jlodds eump First Lake, Fulton county, wus so well pleusul with the north woods thut ho has bought of 1 r. Howard W ebb, ahout W aeres of laud U the point, where First ami Second lakes Join and will build a cottage. Tho plot has a water frontage tf about 1,0( 0 b et. Oeueral Harrison has hud tho land clcurcd of stuuis, logs and underbrush, uud an soon as possible will build u handsome cottage, which ho ex pects to liavo ready for ooeupiuicy next summer. His pup hu.se is on tho south sid') of tho lake, about miles from the Old Forge, and about one tuiio from tho DoxlJ uump, which Is ou tho opposite side. Albert Tollls is In Jail at Kentlun I, Ind., tor tho murder ot bin tt-uiontlut-oli) child bo. causo it cried. Tho bollor of a torpedo boat on Lako Slag (folre exploded siuklug tho vessel and drowu lug 12 pooplo. .i--ns THE LABOR WORLD. Bcttlomint of the Prlco in the Pittsburg Mining Diitriet. The settlement pf the price for mlnlnir In tho Pittsburg district for l-SK!. was one of tho l-.t ever made In any mliilnif district. I'lilfornilty was found to exist nt all but three mines. The p.port which xvas a loptisl, shown that !i'l .i-r cent of tli" oH.pitors nre pavimr the iri.H'i V4 per cut have no store-; Uj per cent make no deductions; '.is p-r cent nave no limit on wnifon-. mi l as t eh."-kwi ihmen mi l pay day-. psi percent ap eomplylnit w ith the terms of the contract. The report shows that 7 per cent of the mines as tu output IIP' III line. The Mlowlmr resolutions xvcp unanimous ly adopted nml slirncl by nil the innil'rn: "It. solved, Thut wedeclare nnd publish to nil the operators nml miners of the Pittsburg district ii ad the pull). ., that trui. uniformity lias I ii practically established, nnd that nil eoveiuiiits nml n.-'ps'ineiits entered Into by th operators nud miners in their several iolnt eoiiveiitlotis. up. operative nml In full force, nml expp'ss our great satisfaction nt so 1'iirly nud so siii'in ful a eoiisuiiimntlon of so kp at n work, nml extend our congratu lations to all Interested In the siicc.-s-f ul so lution of till- gP'Ilt qll"Stlo!l." The settlement xvus liiiOili- ui.iluf,.,..,.,. ... both miners and operator-, and is one of th" Ki'i.l'-l lieiories. .S M I " Il.l I IPSI. "t I', II. Peiina. of the l iiited Mia" Workers, saxs. ever won by the diggers. It Is Important from the fii"l that It will ki-'p up the wages of digger-In four leading mining Slate- ,,f III" country. Some oiieralors xxho air r I lo Ih,. ,..,.,.11. tions, believing that all would imt comi.lv. I W-ep' surprised at the dlowiiu ami i,.,ix ,n.. i clap- that tie r" 1- no .b ulit but that th rat" estiii,-he, will I- In force for th" entire year, 'I hep. may po.iblv Is- a t-it--la a- to ma. hlti" mining 'rat whi-h did tct ent-r Into the lis-reemetit. but It Is let at all lilo.lv that any operator xx ill fall to keen the acr,...'. 'limit, a- flex- will b" c la ", a-ol-Iru ll ists to lair pax . r tic miner-. WnRes Advanced At loiiig-town I n -1, but li'ir land I - ll. a at . : ami la 's II. i. tin. -"11.- oth'T II.emi.'T- ol the A 1 11 II I LTII t I a I ' tioll cotillliitt'e, with Seep'taiy Nutt.of the .danufa-turcts a-so. l-li". their ln.-tiL'a'oi of I'm-lun-rs' fepoit f,,r the il i d.-ix- cidin berlll. Iu" re-ult i- un ii.lxunc .-nt. f. r xxa;.-s in the llni-hlng d m l '.." e.-nl.s n ton f .r pii'Llute; lax. -c. tnmi le Ing .lanii.iry I, Is n. in.: 1 1 ' ' f ; art t..r t p.-r i;o 'Ihe a ljii-tiii.-nt of th" wages ,,r worker- xa-".. a plot. -, .-,.. S.-Uurla. all . and was a ,li-a ..intm nt. I h I j.imu w orkers in the union 11. i 1 1 - 1. 1, S-t-1 1 1 . -.ni" agreement will mi lb r a r.-du tn -i, . .f '. .er ee.,t. in their pay f,.r th" in. .nth- ..Nana" ary nml rel.ruary. The Slnu.utigo valley -t.i I :,,i ,,t New castle, Tu., started up Monday in all depart ments. At th" xvii" nail null nli.mt 4U machines al- r.'-'imcl. I h"ie , chango in th" turn,!' e strike .situation. A eoinl liiiitioii ,.f zinc manufacturer- has I II etb''ted. Under the lillllie o the hefi i. KiN'-l.tlliXoli spelter I oMip.'lllV. li -to.-k i- r.'ioo.niio. capital NOT A BRIGHT START. Clouds of Business Uncertainty Hover Over the New Year. P. (1. Iniu.V Co.'s Weekly Review says. The new year begins with such uncertainty that business Is somewhat retarded. 'I he proposed sal" of bonds offers ground for cole II, b-lc-c In the future, but no one abl" to determine what Its curliest effects may bo in the money market, and for the time it Is tho can so of In solution more than hopefulness. Speculation in products has not l-s n act ive. Cotton Is lino ingeil. W heat Is about li i).i uie. orn i tie same, wittiout ill: l nit reiu-oii in either ease, for tho Oovermneiit to- port, tardily ouiiformlng to eonimercial wtl males of some months ago, did not command great eolilldenee. The industrial situation has not materially changed. 'Ihere Is much hesitation in the Iron business, with Hoiii" advance in liesseun-r plg,be,-aiise of the expectation thut Coiiiu Hs- vill ke nml lake ore will both tie dear, r, and yet llnislieil products ol iron and steel are i'ii the whole quoted a little lower, uml tho Nail A-oc-atiou is still in session to de termine wh"tli"r il will ai'iindoii the e'Tort to maintain a lix"d price. Thai hraie'li i f busi ness I- extretu. Iv slow. Nothing i- doing in rails, nn.l while there Is a rather Letter dis annul for sheets and plat, s, and -exeral good orders arc i-'poited for structural work, Mil'I - are quoted a -hade lowr. r.vetxthing tiir,..- . n tl ntra,-tsf.,r ore. which are still ui.s. tiled, but the giuit ex ei ss iu production of pig lion oxer the res ont ,1, u and is tc long, r deni.-d, and it i- ex pect -I that unite a number of the niriiaccs xvili ,li-. o, ..1111111' production. Lower ric-s b.r Alalieui. ir..n n new competition xvitU i a-t.-rii i.n nn -. Sal' of w..o are lari'.'. The opening o woolen o.ioilssh .ws a further tend.-ncv to ward low.'l pii -IS. iU Spite of til'' p,. X ih llt beli. f thai higher pri s would be realized nefor" long il th" revenue bill which pa-s.'d the Ibaise should hi Ilie a law. 'I ll'' cot- ton nulls arc iri-nerally running, though not nt all with lull force, and some nr" piling up goods without regal I to Hie iuime.liat" d.' inaud, which is comparatively ,.la, k, as they iippar.-iitl.e believe tiuit th" short supply i I cotton this year will insure then, i rolits in the end, us' It hit-dining the past liall xenr. Failures forth" Week have been 1 11 In til" t'nited Stnti s, agiiin.-t -ltl last yt ar, uml iJ LuCunadu. ugaii.tt fit lust year. FULL OF ACTITITY. Two Laigo Ships Will Reinforce England' Paclfio Fleet. In Victoria, li. C, the greatest a-tivlty is shown by the niixnl authorities. Mop. of. Ilclnl ill.-i at- l. s than usual have I n going I.i txxei ,) Admiral Stephenson and the admlr ulty o Ilice In London. Ills stated that two lari:e -hips w ill come out to join th" I'll, -III, Heel besides the one which 1- intended to re lieve the lioyul Arthur. Work mi her inajestx 's ship Satellite, now In tl.e I'.sqtiimult dock, is being rushed night and day. 'Ihe Satellite met Willi un accident in the si-utli I'aeille and w in n she nriived it wa.- unnoticed thut she would bo iu the dock for six weeks. All this lias I n ehungeil luut tho men at work ou her suy thut bhu Will bo ready for servlou lu u few duvs. OVER 1,000 KILLED. Two Earthquakes Destroy Many Villages in Persia. Two earthquakes have occurred iu tho district of Khalksal. Tho first was ou tho night of January 2, whon the largo village of Junjatied was destroyed, several others wero inirtiully destroyed una uuu persons woro killed. The second earthquuke occurred on the morning ot January 5. uud was very aovero. It wus felt overau urea ot 100 miles. Tho town of l'il was destroyed and a thousand houses destroyed. In addition, greut dutu ugo was done to muuy vlllugen. Thu loss of life was very great. Then, xvere 800 persons killed lu (iol alone, and a largo number of cattle uud sheep purLshed. Four Hen Killed in a Fight. riii'i-ii men, io,i uy jioi mro wiuiums, a notorious I'liuru.'ter, last luesdny went to Celmu, ienneseo, on tlio I pier Cunilsirland river, und lu their olTort to tuke iu tho town a light resulted, Iu which four men wero kill- oil Wi'llaius, tho sheriff, und ono of his deputies, and Ed. Parrott, who a low weoks I.III...1 I ...... 1. .... ... Xl'llll.. ugo, tuivu a ufoiuur ui iiuubujb. "- yui A VALUABLE TRACT. ! Clearfield County Enriched bX Bi$ lumb Lind. It is well known that In Clenrfleld eoun them lies the t-p-ater porsionof atinet atracfof ,,u I f 2 I ilii'i nep's known ns tl I'-lirl iml-. and f.-..i;i it the eountv tn-asu.-Is nmnuilly Hv..:i mi. The other day n ere went Into tie- ,',i:iniv till f,,r sy,fMi tares ., the .-.tat,, mention..,!. Willi,,.,, i;. ,,, sr., who ill ', In fss-,, vv,,s n N"xv Yorker wl had gp nt faith In Im -vlxanbi ii,..i,.p w ho m,i e h,r ;e pur -ha- -s Iu ;ik and Clear ai mil" wiie n ia, i, i .,, , f..r ,. v ni ii.-r.. song. . . xx. iiarimnn. formerly o .. ..,. ,, cinrge or the inter. s!s hi 1 I'lmsv x-f, id... 11.. i... i i. ...... i.i . . ... .. . . .. ... .-i, , ,.ri,l."l XX I'll i i", ' I a-t ils years. The t lx s pad; . .nn uiio me tr-n-mry of C.i 1 1 - i t mtv duriiiL his li , ,i -, ii . . t-Vi.oiKi. n-i l the h,mi,..r ,., bvhistlrmav erag-s oyer 17.l.(i.i.noo f. , t aiinuiillx. Th" Ytinghoiie Afrbrnk" eotntmnv bn 1" i l".l to I. nil. I n ,,1,,... I.. . I.. . , . , i "..i. oi . I., in, in n, maun fa. ture alrl.rak s to supply th" demand fo- ,'.,..-s iiii.i coui i-r-tor the Canadian rail ways. I he siie f.,.- tl,.. i... ... . .- . , , I ' ""- noi I. .-i S"ecle,I. nor have th" l.lio.s l,.r ll,.. I. ..II. II.. been eoTlll. I. -led 'I'l... I ... I I.I t. .. .... ... -i- - - '".oooa; ,. ia"ti'r III I ana In is being do;,- at tli - re oicst ,, t he Canadian raili.-a-- , i 1... t" b ay n tari'T on all' brakes l-nporte.l fr,,n other cimi.triea. All frelel.l I.. .- I will be suppll-d with airl. rakes of the'west iiighous" type. An Ara'l-i'i .... 1. 1 I.r. who name Is un kiioxxn. but xx.'io xx i . a i-imilifir lluui" In tie ",k" P-..-I ,.s. wa. d.-owue.l t. vi,hlo gln ny river at llanning -ta'l. n. whil" he wn emb.a.orl'ig to ci....-ti, .trciM on tl, . ce which bp.ke throii.;!: uml, r him. Til,' lti. "l .. .f l',nv-i,.m 'i"V w-ii'.e II .Ig-r r.rown .v c ... ,,f j;:r;ii...ii ,, .n. ,,, j(M. , - I.'., "a In -a-h a- a,, in. I .",'m.-nt t , ,. ate j blast lu.-i'ii"- . xx III h xxjii ..moii.Ki ...,.' 'inploy ral liundre -Iglicl, lll'll. ! he in,. pai.er- have I SlIMIII I A. i. "f l"g bun. Clear;!" ii Saii.tdiv idght fp.n ir-oel ehild got tl." L'lin '. a:" I l.y i.s di-eh.'irj" i eountv. ca,:i" h a, hunti il'. A hv --X" dr.iLrg". it t" a ta! I to'ir-x-ar-ol I l...y till -d ith s!,t bl.ll.'" Allyil-liue Sic I.r W i-'Miun. : ol an a-. p al ! ih w.:s l;il!.-d, and the f ith he ji "f I'ni "iilown. has jiskcil n special old r to p.-rmi-ni ,-:io:- c ur; of ih.'leii-.- in ix In li he xx.'m nxl I of b". ol th" p-..prletor- of .Ic-i I'.IXl . . .1 !ioPbirl'. house. SherllT Jloolo-f. ,,f Ar:-.. i, , lured la Till, li. Olii... 1'iaiK e- ape l fr..-n tl. Ixittaneing jail ounty, el p N'lll, Well la Augu-t. xxikmi ,i" wa- un li r indi -tmeni f th-- 1 arn-l.uri.iu,; ... .r peijary iu Iav,, .bmc- wa- slopped Iv thr-e t e, near Clarion at night, a sack thrown oy.-r hi li.'a l, ami he xvi- robbed ol ijl. all. .1. W. Iicvilder wn- aip -t'- l on tl barge of par ticipation in tl li.ne. Half of the lb,.,,.' f.,r the l'rii Mldlc-s, t ' Satur.lax All tiie ti, i' r s lied. S -ratit. in, wa- destroyed by p- llfl Tllooli. I.o-S, S.t..";il0: Ili- IP'd. children mi l Jilimlnu wotneu x-.--.i-, It Is -tnt. that Willi, i,i, I) 'pue, kiil. I'ik unity, ha- regain. -d con after a cataleptic tr.ia f 'ven x ,f llu.-li-iousle'ss ars e was fed With ll tube. II" resalls n',. Il.l.i, Two highwaymen at Oliver, r,ivctt" eoiin- . .. ... .1 .1....I ' : .' ' " "i niKiuaii ami in.-n -irtpped w i him of his; !., thing. The poor b How xvas nearly froz.cn when he reached Jiotne. Ml.j XI. ,11 l.'l ..... . iu,..., , I " ".' .' ,, . ni-i'iirx.', oroKe through the lee w hile skating near lllairsxille, . n.,.1 .. j ...j I ...I .1.. i- . . I and was rescued when nearly drowiu-d by X...-.I. . i. . i . - .ii'-icu .iiicr iiuii loin j.uyioii 111. W U'.. . , liK- ,.,, ll..,- .....ti r...," as often as possible around the poor houso i in mill dam, near llarrisl.tirg broke through the Ice ami wus drowned. .Toseoh Orric. a II iif-.earlan. killed his lu- tend'-.l. Itubiik Ferris, I mis" she refused to marry him. Th" tr.ig"dy took phi -e at Four Mile ttiiii le ar Pitt.-liiirg." Th" '1 liompsoi, glass xvorks w"r s .1.1 at sherilT's sale at I'liioiitoxvn. Saluvd'iv to T. It. Wllkclleld f,,r ?i:i. !I)IJ. II" a-'te I lor l'itts- burg Invest, r-. Anderson's wondworkiug fa-torv al Oi n- vill". was eniirclv d -troy.'d I y lire. It w l! be iinin"ili.it"lv rebuilt. At l!"ii ling.Miii" 1'. itabl e I John Lpitoxi cv-'il a II 'in. fatally l'ol t Leans' ol jealolls). The licit Tel. ! ho',.' company has e lie-.,- co:,..:iiiy at ut Ne,v per 'phono und' r tie I 'list le. 1 'u'liiy ;ow:s. fuina fit Sl.arti-ville, h hut NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Russia Will Back Germany, While Franet Will Act With Buseia. A special di-pat'-h from llerllu says that Hi. s.-ia's co-operation with liermany in tin, Transvaal matter has lieon a-.-urcl, au l that Fruiico will le t with lUi-sia. This, upp ireiitly, t lids lo coiillrm the re port ot an nnti-lii iti.-li alliau-'c, uud thai the action of hm cr..r W liliam toward tho liocr republic xvas a tin roughly weighed step. Al the London foreign olllce thi-dispatches saying that the liners ilcmauded the Punish ment of Mr. llhodes from Alrl.'U and tho abandonment f Hi" rights of 1 1 rent ISritaln regarding Ihe 'Iransxaal and Iielagoii I'.ay wur" discpilitcl on the ground fiat Sir Hercules ilol Ins. ii, th governor of Capo Colony, In hi-, dL-pateh, s to tho eolouuil olllce, has made in. uu-Mion of any such de mands or condition-. A report wa-or,'ii!.'it"d that th" ooern of the I list Iirngoons, iu gariisoti at liiblin, iu w Inch regitni ut the i inperor was mado honotary colonel by Queen Metoria, had biHiicd his majesty iu eti'igy, and that thero wus a loud uud prolonged outburst of cheer ing. The online"! i I lie i'iist liragoons teli graphed that iln-n is uo ground for this slory. It is said, however, that before tho p ipt of this. obi. ial denial, tho (iermsn uiiiLassador. Count Von liatz.lcldt-Wilden-burg, mil 1" r"prc.-,'iitatioiin on the subject to the Aiurquls ol Salisbury, asking to bo in formed u& to tho truth uf thu report. Shot Down By a Mcb. I'atri.-k Morris, a while railroad hand, ami Ids colored wib met w Ith u terril lo fate at midnight Saturday. They lived lu a llut boiit iieur tin, Wrstwcgo wharf of th" Texas and l'ueiile, a few .nilm uh .vo thu city of New Orleans, on tie.' opposite si to of the river. On account of iLtlr dllTcrenco ia color, as well us tie; charge thut they kept a disorderly pU'o for n- groes, thero lias loon a growing seutiiin lit ut,altist tln in. They Were siltlug up iu their bout, when a body of ineu ciunu down and set lire to tho hull. They sought refuge on shore, uud as s .mn ns they niado th'-ir uppeiiranco liny wer rid dled with bullets. Tho womau w.ui billed outright, but tbo inuu fell cnppled uml the two wero burned to ashes wiili tlio tout. Botbchildi Cornering Ooid. Tho Kansas City Jouruul revives tho reoonl stories of attempts being in ado to corner tho output of xv st ru gold mines, and urscrtt that through business transactions of tht Wulls-Furgo company, It bus devoloH'd that agents of tho Itotlichnd have secured con tracts with the mine owners of Cripple Creek under which moot of tho gold tukeu from thu mines there during tuo coining your will go Into tho ooffors of the baukvra Ot. m 1 thi M tn' six III th tli , . T ai a n Mi tl tl tr al tr N b r even HXIle
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