NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Wist It Going On In th Departments
CtpiUl Hotel.
The Yenw.ulean commission h'M II weekly
meeting KrI'lny. ami took up the mormons
mass of oin'liil documents bearing thn
boundary controversy. It has ii'-en already
frantically determined that Secretary Mulct
rovost will shortly pro'eed to Madrid to
ransack tlm Spanish nrhl vi-.h for ri-dril? that
bis tiiierletice lend lilm to Isdlevo are in ex
Intnnw, Imt have not, up to this
tlmn, iNfii connected with tho
ease. Satisfactory assurances have
been given tlmt every fiu'lllty will l-e a!Trl
itA him (or hi researches, mid no mm has any
Idoa that the JSritlsh government will attempt
U pliu'n any l'rta-l s In tin- way of tin
oommlssioii.
One of tlm eomml-sloncrs, or nn expert so
hvted by them, will. In nil probability, he
sent to Hague, to study tin- Dutch nr
nhlvrit. A It In know ti tlint historical ilnt.-i of
Urn highest Importance is in tlm possession
of Fpiicii national libraries. It Is likely that
a number of th mmlssloimr r 1 li-ir
agents w ill go to Lumpc
throe mouth to holi' a n i
In tlm
tint?.
imxt two or
BIOS FOR THE BONDS.
ft Large Number Have Already Beon
Re
ceived.
A large number of bids for tlm new bonds
have been received, and every mull bring
additions. As to tlm amounts or prices nf
fitri'il, cvn tli" M.'ptiirv of tli" tr"anrv
know pra -ti tllv iiotlnm;. Tlmr sooins to
Imi no it..olii tli.it Hi" a'Moimi of tlm I'M will
nv'xil tlm r lilii,n:i;i.o.i'l to l" oITitoiI, ami it
Hex) t".lt!iut tli" f.ir-itrn oll'T will !'
c'oiitl'lvr.V'ly nior" tliau .i-. - .t'.-to. wlmn
ill" loan w'.n iniioon I. I ll" linprovi-.l
politl. nl -it ... : i-.:i ,i t . r I . It Is t i i . 1, will
"oat ril ut" t'i t hi 1 1 I .
Tlm M ini-.. 111. ial iiimoiim'"Mi"iit that I 1 1
ilnr who lnt ml to pay for tli"ir LoipIs in
fon'iu'ii cola will ! i?lvi''n tlm pri-fop-i In
mnkliit; tlm awar.lM i "p" . t" l to stimulate
fori-iim competition for tlm l.oii'l-. Tlm
tliln: most to lie fi'.iri 'l, it li Mil. I at tli"
treasury, is a possiii mliin iiion l.y wlil.'li
lafL" Oi rrelllau'" of til" oilers will I'" at
uniformly low rates. Tie n hecn tarv far
lisle woul.I ll"t li sitnte to rejeet low I'M.
WANTS TO INVESTIGATE.
Tariff Ducrimination Against American
Products.
The House Committee on Ways ami Mean
adopted li resolution proviilint? for an inves
tigation of tarllT discriminations: atfallist
Amerleaii r."lii"ts. aiel of the ellect of tho
repeal of the reciprocity laws.
I lie resol'ition, wlii 'li was introduced l.y
Mr. Tawney, of Minimsota, recites tlmt it Is
deslralil" to evtemltli" surplusof agricultural
and iiiaiiufa. tiired priMpicts of the I nited
rtlati h to foreign I'ounlnes, that In certain
ooiinli les tlu ir importation Is prohibited, r
Htrieted orsllhjected to hurdensollie jlispec
lion, over valuation or discriiniiialint? duties,
and liutliorizcd the committee to preparn a
report which shall show in what countries
aui'h discriminations are In force, and the ef
fect of th reciprocity treaties on coii'iimn'".
and of their ahuniloiuiient. t perts to milk-
thu Investigation are provided fer.
A Struggle Over Dupc'nt
ThnRenntn Flections eoiiuiillt.'"",.,'!""
nhiml to report that 11 A. )u, out ' ctititt'-.!
to a aet us Heuator from l)ellllwl',
. "leslunt .nl'iirs avr 'il.
tlie iv-moerats upp.wo hH I'la.iu, and tlmr"
will likelv he a loin? strut?l?le In tlie S 'iiate.
Tho Kepuhllciins e;iiiti no political advinlni?'!
ly seatlni? lupont, as uith him tli-y will
only have 45 votes, or ein tly oiu'-luilf of dm
Henate. 'J'IiIm would nif Vice President
Stevenson th" cntint? vote on all tptestioim
where the .T.i l)i ;i rats and li Populists
ahoiild unite a.:ain-t the Ic'publlcniis. t j,
possible that the populists may Vote au'iiinst
ncntiitt? iMipont as lm is a sound lunacy ni.ni.
Aimed at Train Robbers.
The epidemic ,,f train robbcrie.- in tlm
Indian Terriioty during the past year in
duced the House Committee on Judiciary I
approve a Pill Introduced l.y Mr. lirodcrmk,
of Kansas, partly aimed to prevent those
crimes. 'I he hill provides a penalty ,,f lnt
more than 'JO years imprisonment for shoot
hit? ut trains ili the Indian Territory, thi'ow
int? missiles at them or 1 i: k 1 1 1 1 1 r trail -. If
any person is killed directly or indirectly
through such imts th" crime is mad" mur
der. D-jfiiiioiicy for January.
The monthly statement of tlm novcrnnmnt
nveipts and expeuditiir. s lor .lanuary shows
the n'.'reaie r i ids to be approximately
-"J,'j:l7.l'7ll. and the expenditures ..l.,,il,.n.,'
H., leitvint? a dellcit for the month of about
fj.l.'ill.llil), and for tlie seven tllotitllS of the
prchtint lis al year about ls,Hj;(,sii7.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Tim rrosld
dinner last w
tit am) Mrs. Clcvcliind
eck to the members of
gave a
th" Su-
promo Court.
The frit nilver siib-tiluti
lor the HoiiM.
bond bill was pa-sed by th" S"nate by a vote
of i'l ayi-s to ;:."i noes.
Over 5,)nil people, principally women, at
tended a public reception by Mrs. Cleveland,
at Hie w title lions", Saturday.
Van Horn, th" 1! 'publican conti tnn!, has
heon awarded the neat In Congress held by
Tarsony, Democrat, troin th" Filth Missouri
district'.
Kwrctury Morton, In his annual rcHirt,
figures that the farm properly of the I'uilml
Htatt U worth f 1.!.(io.imio,uiii, tlmt" being i
4,Mil,tHl farms, averaging in value tJ.'.ini. i
Secretary Herbert reports to Congress that
fliuce his entry Into olllce he has put a stop
to grunting furloughs to naval olllcers to
allow them to cuter temporarily into other
business. !
Senator 1'etTcr, Populist, of Kamas, has !
introduced a bill providing that where sol j
diors hcrved In th" Confclcralo army and t
later served in the Federal army or navy, i
they shall not be debarred from pensions. I
The House of Hepro-entatlves of South
(lurolinii's (iem nil Assemhly adopted a rcso- i
lution landing to tlm skb s Senator Tillman's !
bitter arraignment of Pre-blent Cleveland
and tlm administration, pronouncing it a pa- I
triotic utterancis.
Senator Allen, Topulist, of Nebraska, has
Introduced a bid to prohinit tlm use by the i
t?overiimciit of any wares mad" in a peni
tentiary, work house or prison, or by convict '
lalkir. It was refcrreil to the CommiHee on
Kdui'iitioii an l Labor. j
Itopri'soiitiitive 0. I. Fori? Is the successor
to "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, 111
thn House It took two political contciis by
Irfing to defeat Simpson in tlm Congrcs-loiial
election. In lsiKI Simpson came to Congress
Willi a majority of 7, iHiO. In IMiJ I.oug con
tested tlie election wtlll him and the majority
was red in ed to 1,7011, while lust year the two
men In opposition had a very heated contest,
with tlm result that long was tho winner by
2,1X10 majority
Husband and Wifo Murdered.
William Payne, colored, aged 72 yearn, of
Houston, Tex'., was found In his yard with
his throat cut and hi skull beat"u to a pulp.
Uis aged wifo was found lying across Imr
Ul with her bend smushud iu and sjouftur
died
CONGRESSIONAL
Summary of th Host Important ? tatarat
Presented in Both House
TUlllTT-riOHTI Kt. )f '
Senate Foreign affalra and flnofc a ecu.
pled thn attention of the Ht-ni.l today.
Sir. Thurston of Nebraska 1 orously
upheld a strong application of I i Mon
ri' doctrine, ami was at l tlm
warmly applaudi-d for tho patrloi ring of
IiIh sentiment.
Senator Torple ot Indiana
touched uiMn the Turkish atroA
1 i , t . ' . 1 . u I u
ics in a
i be do
hy Con-
ITC'I OU( fll'TK II" SHT-1, Ul Wl!
clared thn rosolntlon lust ptu
(jrcM should lie followed ny a Pl
a anot,
which would crash through tli
sultan's
danism
oorliwi
hairmati
dvocaov
scrnglio, swi-cplng iiark Moham
and advancing Christianity. Mr.
of Indiana, who wan until recently
. tin, It. ,.,,. (iniiimlttiw attnlrrt In
of tlm rornonctlratiou of allver an A
sharply
arraltfned those rcsnonHlhlo for tin. ' ollmluiv
tlon of silver from coiiiKRn, Mr.' (1 ray of
lielawnre uracil tho advantage c . a gold
stimdar.i. "
House A Mil n'portod th I-oun for
tin' cstul'llshttmiit of thn Vicksliurt National
Military I'ark, provldin for thn appointment
of a commission to consist tf tw ' Federal
and one t'oiif"deratn veteran, who served In
the slet?e ami defense of Vlnkahurj Hy un
animous consent a hill Intr.hlU'jl in thn
Mouse by Mr. Urov (Hep., I'a.l.Jwns read
and referral to thn Commlttm jii Kluca
tlon. It nniironrlntes10(l.(0Mfor7lie"duca-
tion of persona so that they shall C- 'iiallled
to tench deaf children to uudersti.Jid spweh.
THIRTV-NIHTII PV.
Seiiiite-Iiiirlni? tlm niornliirf ia'siimiJ' and
when reports of eotnmlttisafi wer called, Mr.
Morgan said that he reported back from tli"
Committee ,n Forelt?n Halations a number of
petitions on the subject of mcoijiilliii? bol
liu'crent ili?hts In Cuba, also a resolution
offered by Mr. Call declnrlut? that a slate of
public war exl-te.l In Cul.a, and that b"llu?er
ent rlk'hts shoiibl l accorded to the Cuban
i?oeruiimnt. II" n-portod back, he said, as
a substitute, two resolutions a eoiiipaaieil by
a w ritten rep.irt. Mr. inner hi re.s nt"d a
miiioifty roport, rlosint? with a resolution,
that the president Is lierehy r"'liested tolti
terposc his friendly olllcifl with i'io Spanish
i?"veriiment forreeiVnltlon of tho independ
enei' id Cuba.
House l;c.res.'iitatlvn A'diesou pnscnted
to the House resolutions adopted by tlm
Pennsylvania Stat" Hoard of Agriculture, up.
proline; the action of Secretary Morton In
nbolMiiiii? the seed department and tlm free
ti-tril'iitl if s Is. A party of Western
lvnti-i Iviiula business man appeared before
tlie Hmii' Committee on Klvers ahd Har
bors In behnlf of ejovernineiit appropriations
for the improvement of th" All'Vlmny river.
1.,,..,,.. II,,. I.IIU li.lni. iicii.l mm, I refcrreil uas
l.- Mr I iiiill n lot. irriintiri" a felisloli of
il a 'month to the widow of lleimrnl 'lllos.
Fwlui?, who died 111 New York i.i-t wook.
KOHTir.TII t'AV.
Senate Most of tlm mornlm? a.- consum
ed in a discussion upon the joint ""solution
orderint; the purchase and dls 'i' ution of
seeds by the Secretary of Airrl ' i lure, on
which no a.'tion wils taken, und 'urint? the
remainder of the day speeches wre mu le on
the House bond bill, with the l llllllce eolli
mlttce's fice rolnai?n substitute Senators
Call, licmocrat, of Florhln, and .litcliell, e.
piibllcitii, of ret?on, lirt?ii"d iii support of
th" substitute.
House - Mr. Wadsworth reportd the agri
cultural appropriation bill for tie year end
liu .tune .in, lli7. it was rofornd to til"
call. ndar of the whole house.
Tlm elections I'ominiUert re.o'rt"' 111 favor
of D. I!. Culberson, from t' Fourth Texas
district, which was mf-cd to, and Miles
( row ley, from the ! . !. n Texiui district.
. on . . n;sr Dai.
See-i- -When !n" Senutn --onvetieil it was
technically a oiitiuiiau"0 ol the session of
Thursday, . a r ss wua taken last ululit.
I lm silver bound bill, tlmref .re, had imme
diate rllit of way, with Mr. 'Ilaa, Democrat,
of V. iwonsln, recognized ti ik. --TIhto
was a very uicitid'r iittein' in r! .Mr. A f
called nttention to the hl.sencn of a ijUoruin.
This iiccesiiiited a ri'll call, which brought
senators from eoinniitt'K an I cloak rooms,
and disidos 'd 4'.l senntors present, one more
tliau ipiorum. Mr. Vilas then addressed tlm
Senate.
House Tlm house passed a bill today
.'.rantiiii? the Christian t.udeavor society tlm
ii-o of some of the t?ov"riiuient rcsei vutions
in Washington diirlni; their ineetini? here
i.. t siiiumer. The report of tlm ec. lions
coimnittees on the "..litest of Itose.'lthal
i l;ep; i vs. ( r.ile, from the Tenth T"n
li: ; ict, in favor of Ciowlcv, was adopt, d.
M.'.-l id thn rest of tlm session was devoted
! lo the J M -t riot id Columbia appropriation
I bill. All evening session WHS held to coll-
' sider privat" pension hills.
I I o: I Y-sr.t oM HAY.
I The Senate took a llnal vote on tlm silver
I "iil stiute forthe I. oiel hill and pns.-ed It hy a
! vote o P2 to X). Senator yuay had paired
I w ith a silver man and Cameron voted lor the
! bill. I lm senate tlmn continued th,. noinl-
ii itlou of Colonel Copplngcr to bo a brigtt-
di'T-g. ncr.il.
Tlm House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
. by a party vot", adopted a resolution of ceu
1 sure of Ainba.--ador Hayurd for his K lin
i burgh uud iiostou (Fnglaud) spei'i'hes.
tollTY-TllinU PAY.
President Cleveland to-day sent to Con
gross a request for an appropriation for
s .in" of the Italian victims of the Wiilsou
burg riots In Colorado.
I Th" pa.age of the senate free ooina;?"
siib-.titute to tlm house bond bill was r -I
ported to 111" house to-day, and thn bill was
! ref 'rred to the ways and iimuiis committee,
i Th" anuv appropriation bill was reported
: from committee and placed on tlm calendar
I I'll" house then re.-umed Ooludderutioli of
j th" District of Columbia appropriation bill.
WILL HAVE TO HAN0.
Millionaire
Suestrow Convicted
of First
Degree Murder.
Tlm coebnit"d case of Dr. Arthur Duest
row, the St. Fouls millionaire, who has been
on trial during the pant month for tlm cold
blooded murder of his wifo and baby two
years ago, end' d Saturday, the jury return
ing a vci'di et of guilty of murder in' thn llrst
degree.
Tlm terrible eri'im with which ho was
charged was committed in February, lN'.U.
tin" day that tnoiilh his wifo and child were
at homo awaliiug his coming to take a drive.
Wlmn lm caiim into the bouso, Dimslrow,
w ho was drunk, began to abusa his wifo, and
Dually shot her down in cold blood. Ho
tlmn picked up his H-yuar-jld hoy, a Is'iinll
ti I ul child, and holding it at arm's length,
killed it with a pistol shot through thn hen. I.
His wile lingered for several days and Dually
died.
BRIEF MENTION.
Twin sisters, 70 years old, wero
us witimscs In court at Columbus,
present
Ind., a
f"w days ago.
A church organ ut Full Iliver, Mass., hm
been disabled by moths destroying the felt
packing.
A sealing expedition Is flttlug oi l at Kton
Ingtoii. Conn., the tlrst to go from there iu
many years.
A fanner iu Oroenup county, Ky., found
an empty cofltu at the bottom of a well ho
w.ls cleaning out the other day.
Potatoes wereselllng for two cents asa k
iu San Francisco a couple of weeks ugo, uud
s ild slowly oven at that iut".
Already thn spring rush to thn Yukon gold
Holds has S"t in, and the stunners leaving
San Francisco and Tacoma within the lasi
week or two have carrlud Large numbers of
miners to Alaska.
Tlm Hiib-commlttoH of iho Dome, I ,0 na
tional coinmlit"o has sebs ted the C(...omn
ut Chicago us the place lor the national con
vention. It Is locutnd when UutTiilo Hill's
wild w.t" show stood during the world j
AFTER THE REBELS.
Beliavad la Havana That General Marin
Can Keep Oomei and M aceo Separated.
Gon. Hnhaa Marin, the actlnt? oa'ptaln gen
eral, who has taken thn Held In irson
against tho rebels, Is dirnetlnt? adlvo opera
Hons with a view to forcing Antonio Macoo,
who is said to he on th eastern boundary of
I'lnar del Hlo, to a declslvn Imttle.
A st ron t? for'e Is proceed I ni?nalnst fliMiit,
thn ri'lml commander-ln-ehlef, who was last
reported east of Qulvlean, near thn center of
tho provtueo of Havaiiii. Several oiit?at?i
ments Is'tween the troops and rebel bands
have taken place recently, but no details are
obtainable.
Thn Trot-tin, or military line, that has liwn
rstnbllslieil across the Island to prevent Maceo
from ?olnt? eiLstward across the provlnii of
Havana, has boon greatly strengthened, Tho
authorities here believe that Ooinna Is to the
east and Maeeo to the west of the line, and
that (ten. Marin will be able to prevent a
Junction of their forces, and to defeat each of
the rebel commanders separately.
The Cubans In Havany are trrcatly elated
over the decision of tlm Foreign liclatioiis
Committee of the Vlilte.l States Senate, eall
Ifit? upon Spain to recotfnlzo tlm Cubans as
belligerents. Many fail to understand that
llnal action has not yet been taken. The Cu
bans declare that all tlu'V want is an oppor
tunity to buy ships, arms mid nminiltiitioti.
They' say the'ailoptioii of the report means
victory for tli" Cuban cause,
'I'hc'tnm story of what occurred when the
Insurgents entered Sabinalla has never liceu
told. It Is as follows;
Sabiiuilia, an Important railroad town in
Mantaiizas province, was entered by about
4l0 insurgent-, under Filiiarado liarcia, .lan
uary TI. Fifty regulars, under Captain .fuati
lialan, and 10 gardia eiviles shut themselves
up In the barracks, and, after being warned
by liarcia's men, they refrained from llrli.g
upon the Invaders. A number of Spanish
volunteers lire. I upon the rebels from n
church which had I n transformed into a
fort. The rel.els relumed tlm lire, killing
three volunteers and wounding two civil
guards.
I The townspeople received tlm Insurgents
I with joy. 'I hey told liarcia that they had
I oaten nothing 'hut en no from plantations for
' day-, as there was no work or money. The
relicl lender ordered th" Storeki-epers to
open their doors, and told the people to help
iimiuseii
Ulie storekeeper WHO icslsleij
Wl'- slvt,
As soon ns the rebels had gone the Spanish
volunteers issued from tlm i Inireli and llred
Into the defenseless crowd of pie In the
streets, killing V4, including several women
and children. '1 lm Spanish then shot In cold
blood Cuban reU'ls who had Ini'ii sot at lil
erty upon surrendering their arms, (iarcla
has threatened to return nnd kill the volun
teers and burn the town.
SLAUGHTER AT ZEITOUN,
The Report of the Massacre nd O-urage
Ther? are Confirmod.
Letters '.live been received lit I'onstnnti
li"p'. irom Mnriish eoutlrmlng thn stories
that great slaughter occurred In the recent
buttle between the Turkish troops and the
Armenians who had captured Zcltoiiu. The
exact number of the dead is lot known, but
it was very large. Twelve hundred wound
ed men have alread reached Marash, and
many morn are following them. Many of
the wounded have died, either in Marash or
or along the road from Xcltouu.
A iiiiiuIht of prisoners have been taken to
Mariish. Their treatment was something
aw ful. All sorts of Indignities worn heaped
upon them,' and in" a large nniursT "ol PasTs
tlmy wero so shockingly maltreated that It is
impossible to publish tho details.
The Oovvrnor of Mi rush has again tried
to bring about a reconciliation between tlm
Turks and the Armenians in Zcitotin, but his
efforts, have bis'ii in vain. Most of the pro
minent Armenians in the Vilayet have is-cn
arrested.
The Miltau has replied through CostakI
Pasha Aiithopotilos, Hie Turkish Ambas-bas-ador
to tireat liritian, to tlie letter re
ci ntly sent to him by lueen Victoria, rein
live to t he tn atmi'iil of the Anneuians.
JAPANESE BUTCHERED.
Details of the Uprising of Chinese in For
mosa, I Additional news of the revolt in Formosa
I givs details of tlie attacks on such of tho
! Japanese tioops as still remain In that terri-
torv. At Taipcli four Japanese oiitpo,ts
I Wei" iittaekeil. the Hist at police station,
where nine of the constables were killed; the
second, n telegraph post, where 10 operators
were butchered: the third, a military station,
, the garrison of which ret I nil iu safety upon
i Taipcli, and tin1 fourth, also a military sta
I tion, where tlm iis-ailants were driven l ack.
I l'urlng the lirst thiss' days of the present
' month tlm rels-ls repeatedly attacked Taipcli
l Imt roinforcenmnt:i arriving they were if.
I pulsed with heavy losses. Since tlm revolt
! I'cgaii Kill Jii lilies" lives were sacrificed by
January :i, Including 1H constables and six
i school teachers. The Chinese practice their
Wonted barbarities. Near the village of Sik
kow wcr" found the headless bodies of
Japanese brutally mutilated. Iu tlm small
town of I'acheiin hortlble excesses were
committed, and the six school teachers wero
murdered in the most brutal manner.
CRISIS IN EUROPE.
Fotbodings of an Outburst Voiced
by fit.
Fotersburg Papers.
There Is a strong feeling in St. Petersburg
that the Fiiropean political situation will
soon l'e marked by an outburst. All sorts o
sinister comments are made by thn press on I
the visit of Count Von Hatzfcilt, (ierniany's j
ambassador in London, to llerlin. The "No
vosti" gives notice to statement of a dis
agreement between Austria and Italy on tlm
one hand, and (lermany on thn other, tlm
former powers fearing that the hitter's recent
Independent action may lead them Into com
plications. It is also asserted that the llul
garian question is approaching a soaitlou,
nnd that Prince Ferdinand's resignation U
only a matter of time.
FOREIGN NOTES.
It Is denied that German war vessels have
been ordered to Venezuela to enforce the
payment of muuey due German railroad con
tractors. The Canadian government has relinquished
all claim to Coleman Inland, au olllcial
survey demonstrating that It Ilea iu United
states waters.
Clara Ilarton and her ltod Cross society
assistants urn In London, uncertain when
they will go to Armeniu, or whether or uot
they will go at ull.
A Constantinople dispatch: "Careful in
quiry convinces ui that the palace party set
afloat the rumors of thn Husso-Turkish alll
u nee, Iu order to iucrcuso the distrust among
the powers."
Clarence Murphy, wanted ut Salem, Mass.,
lor the alleged embezzlement of t;0.000 was
arrested lu Sun Francisco. He cscHpciL, but
was recaptured by pollcenmu who llred sev
eral shots at aim.
Tlm missionaries expelled aomo time ago
from Cu.'.eo, whoaought to hold tlm Peruvian
government responsible, huvtt decided to
rivogiiizo the good Intention, and accept as
a setili'incut thu puymJUt ot their actual
losses.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
The Hon. Wllllarr H.' English la critically
111 at hia home at Indianapolis.
A Wisconsin man has flln.I suit for dlvorw
from a woman whom ha murdered.
t'i F. Crdmer, vMlm of thn liollldaya
burg, Fa., explosion, died, making tho eighth
death.
t'aptaln-denernl Marin, of Cuba, proposes
to crush tho rebellion befors General Wnylnr
arrives.
All tho t'nlted States mints will resume thn
rolnagn of silver dollars this month at the
ratn of 1.500,000 p-r month.
"Vanity Fair," tho London aoclety Jour
nal, announces that W, K. Vanderbllt is to
marry and Kugllsh duchess.
Thn Pennsylvania State Democratic: Com
mitted will liuft at Harrlshurg February 11
to fix tho date for tho Statu convention.
Col. A. It. Colt, on trial at Clrelevllle, O.,
for manslaughter, growing out of thosu
pn ssion of the Washington C. U. riots, was
acquitted.
Thn Brand Jury at Columbus, O., found
further Indlcinm'tits against ex-Senator W.
C. (P-ar, Sciintor Men and Senator J. Q. Ab
bott for briliery.
Tlm merchant bar Inn assoslatlon, which
was In session several days at Cleveland, re
nfllrmed the old price list and mnd ' nrraiigi
hmiits to regulate tlm output.
An epidemic of spotted fever Is raging Iu
tlm convict camp imnr Husk, Texas. ITvn
convict guards died In mm day and others
have thrown up their jobs and fled.
Adolph Nlese and wife, sentenced to 20
yours' Imprisonment for Is-atlnga 10-year-old
son to denth, cut tlmlr throats In jail at
Colville, Wash. Nlcso Is dead and tho wo
man Is dying.
In tlm omnibus bill for tlm payment o.
war claims reported from the War Claimt
e.mimlttee, provision Is mud" for th" pay
ment of tJl.'Jll to the estate of Nicholas J.
lilgley, late of Pittsburg, deceased.
Tlm lower House of the Mississippi legls
hitur" unanimously adopted resoutions In
favor of granting belligerent rights to Cu
bans', and reqiistlng Mississippi Senators
and liepresontativos in Congress to Vote to
that end.
The good results of Speaker Itccd's new
rule against smoking on ti e floor of the
House id liopreseiitutlvcs are alnadv ap
parent. The air of th - old legislative liall Is
vastly purer and fresher than It ever was In
pas congresses, and Its increased salubrity
Is enjoyed not only by tlm statesmen them
S"lvcs,iuit by the visitors In the galerics. The
atmosphere 'is now transparent Instead of
t'lile-blue, Statesmen cannot now be soon
lounging on sofas and standing in tho aisles
smoking vile clears, and tlm stale odor of bud
tobacco is no longer not leal 'l.
FOLLOW BLAINE 8 LEAS.
National Board of Trade Demands That
Reciprocity Treaties be Revised.
The National Hoard of Trad" In session at
Washington discussed at some length the re-
.ort of tlm vomtnltteo to which lias been re
erred the several resolutions lienring upon
the money and currency questions submit
ted by a number of the const it utont build's of
tlm board. The committee, in Its report
states that It llmls the unfortunate condi
tions which existed one year ago to be sub.
stantlally unchanged, and states that in "tlm
judgment of the national board of trade thn
establishment of a sound, stable and efficient
monetary system Is essential to tli" restora
tion of ootilhleime and the prosperity of our
Industrial Interests, and such restoration is
an immediate and urgent duty of congress;
thut the essential provisions lii such a sys
tem should include the relief of til" govern
nmnt by the retirement and cancellation of
the l"giil tender iiotiii under safe and proper
conditions as to time nnd methods; ulso,
provision for tlm revision mid extension of
tlm national banking system under oondl-V.'--ttA
.'KhUih-, -V-lll- UUkllllttifl. o.uxBuyjetar
standard, and secure to tlm country a i(o
and ample currency to take the place of the
notes ho retired."
The report of tho committee, was adopted
by a vote of 4:1 to U. The committee on
bankruptcy reported thn following, which
after discussion, was adopted:
"Ib'snlved, 'Unit tlm national board of
trail" nltlrtns its approval of tlm Torrey
bankruptcy Mil. ami urges upon congress lis
enactment of Hie only measure thai can give
pcrmaimtd benell. Ial results to the national
inter sts of the Fnilcil Slates.
"lichoiveil, I'll n ( the passage of an equita
ble bankruptcy law during the present ses
sion of congress is imperatively demaudeil
iu the Interests of the entire country."
I lie committee on reciprocity, ot which
liellamy Merer of Cincinnati Is chairman,
made a report embodying Hi" following ri so
lution, which was unanimously adopted:
" Mint the national board of trade urgently
demands of congress the enactnientofsu. il
legislation as will re-establish and secure
our former reciprocal trad" relations be
tween the F lilted States mid Mexico, and the
Central and South American countries and
Spanish American colonics."
AN AMERICAN MISER.
Died in Cheap Quarters in Pans With
Millions is His Clothes.
A short time ago nn unknown Amerleaii,
a man apparently about 77 years old, fell tu
a tit while walking along tlm Boulevard des
Captllims, Paris, The pollen took charge, as
there was no one accompanying him or
within sight who knew anything about the
man. It was ascertained with some diffi
culty w Imr" the stranger lodged, and he was
taken there.
Among the papers found on his person was
nil envelope which lm carried iu an inside
pocket bearing the postmark llostou and en
closing a check for i'J.OOO francs. Tlm place
where thn man lived and to which lm was
taken unconscious by the pollen, was a i Imap
lodging where it was learned he had lived ill
aiiinirent noverty for twelve years. Ho ex-
i pi red soon after being taken to this place,
A search of his domicile was thereupon
! made, which revealed a quantity of French
I bank notes, American socurltlcH, etc placed
at various points In the apartment, of tlm
total value of 2,000,000 francs. F. Herts are
now Is'ing made to uscertatu the uuniu of the
man.
MAT FH0T00RAPH BLOWHOLES.
Tb New Roentgen Prooes Expected to do
this.
The army and navy ordinance officials are
deeply interested in the reported wonderful
achlovoiuouU In photography attributed to
the Itoentgeu light, by which Um interior of
bollds may be accurately leptcted.
In their opinion it wilt revolutionize the
methods now in vogue for the inspection of
armor and gun material, obviating any pos
sibility ot contractors foisting blowhole
plates and other Internally defective mater
ial upou the government, in addition to af
fording facilities, for securing unimpeach
able evidence m to thu efficiency of var
ious hardening procoascit now under ofllciul
consideration.
Amoug the other (Wirabln applications of
the process, it will afford an opportunity to
investigate the reliability of expensive gun
forgings, to ascertain with certainty whether
. there are any Incipient tructurvs lu the .ma
terial, which, upon subsequent strain, might
produce disastrous results.
The range of Investigation which tho dis
covery Is expected to open la lncalcuahlu
aud congrewi will be asked to prvldu facili
ties by which iu possihllitiin may be practi
cally utuiiwd.
No Whiskey WanUd.
The Executive committeee of the Louis
ville, Ky., W. C. T. V., at their im-otlug,
i drufted a protest against the use ut whiskey
or any intoxicating liquors lu th chrlatouing
' of the new warauip tveuiucky.
GREAT FLOOD IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
LIKE 'INLAND SEAS.
Terrible Floods Are Rtglng In Tho Sonth
nnd Southwest
Tho unprecedented rainfall In tho lower
Mississippi valley during the past ten days
has caused all streams to overflow nnd thn
low lauds In Tennessee, Arkansas and Miss
issippi aro one vast sea of wnter. Ilridgea
have IsH-n washed away on several of the
railroads and traffic Is seriously delayed. In
Arkansas thn damage from the flood will
reach high llguros.
The Ouachita river roso thirty feet within
thlrty-slx hours, and tho torrent of water
swept everything before It. Many lino plan
tations and farms In that fertile valley have
lieon submerged, and outhousi-s and fences
swpt away. Rain has )oon falling almost
steadily during tlm past forty-eight hours,
and tlm wnter will go still higher.
At Fort (illwou, Miss., rain fell for .1(1
hours continuous, beginning Friday night.
Tho government gauge shows a fall of 7
Inches. All streams are overflowed nnd
bridges destroyed or badly damaged. Ilavn
Panics, colored, was drowned by tlm upset
ting of n dug-out, in which he was attempt
ing to cross nn ovcrllowed field. Tlm water
at Calhoun station was tho highest for liO
years.
At Terry, Miss., h-avy rains for 4S hours
caused a" general overflow of stream.
P.rldges were carried away In all directions,
causing a loss ot iniiny thousands of dollais
to the county.
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
Merchants and Bankers See Promise of
Gooii Spring Trade.
II. G. Dun A Co.'h roow of train says:
Though business Is still waiting, there are
some signs of delliilte Improvement, It Is
now believed that the tlrst payment for bonds
will cause no further pressure, and the
money markets are easier as regards loans
on collateral, though the dltllciilly of making
commercial loans still checks operations.
Merchants and bankers report that ulgus
promise a good spring trade.
Signs of Improvement In tlm iron and stc 1
business are gratifying, even though tlmy
spring from eomblnatlons which have raised
tlm price of coke and allotted the output
of lukn ore. There ' Is also a better
d'.'tnnud for wire nails after long stag
flation nnd also for sheets, F r"'i Is
rather weukor, f.Uutl.n works rr,..ipet
Ing t-liurply, w hile speculative buyers of some
months ago are selling below present furna
prices, but the average for all products Is
practically unelintige.1 and 11.4 per cent,
lit'low tlie'hlglii'st last year. Coke produc
tion has again been cut dow n 10, '.'".) tons In a
single week. Minor metals are strengthen.
ing a shad" by spii-ulatlou. Cotton is- a
shade lower, mid cotton mills are talking of
reducing production. Woolens are prac
tically iiimlinngcd and jobbers, clothiers and '
retailers have considerable slocks of heavy I
g Is remaining. Wheat has again n l- j
valu ed about il cents for cie-h, but only 1 1 j j
cents for May, although Atlantic exports lire !
little larger than a year ago.
Failures this week have been 4hl ill the ;
Ciiltoil States, against .154 last year, and 70
In t lunula, against Dl last year.
W. C. T. V. PROTESTS
Against Military Instruction in the Publio
Schools.
Mrs. FrunccB W. Letter, of Mansfield, O.,
superintendent of the department of physical
culture in the National W. C. T. I., 'through
t. i department of legls ntlon mid enforce-
it out of law, of which Mrs. Margaret I). Fills,
u J-'"'".''"aV.)fe,Ji. J.ssii.eiliifeudent, is
li i .u.. 'ii I T." CT. 'r-: .. ,Y
sending out the followiug ii.Xuioir "loTTuoil
WUIllIlK MUft lilt? 1UIIUWI
legislator at Washington
"We, the undersigned. In behalf ot the
UOO.000 ummlicrsof the National W, V. T. I'.,
do most earnestly protest against the puA'ago
of any measure by ymir honorable i(iy
w hlcli'alms to provide military instruction in
tlm public schools of tin country. We tic
llevetliat tlmse schools have Ins n established
and supported forthe purpose of developing
citizenship, nnd should, therefore, touch tlm
principles of true government and pcac",
ratlmr tliau the science of warfare.
"Wn further believe that systematic Issly
training iu all grade of Urns" schools w ill
help produce the best of which each child U
physically, mentally mid morally capable,
and insuring tlie government tlie support ot
loyal citizens under any and all cmcrgoimion.
Will yuu use your iiilliicimo, and vote
against all bills w hich In any way design to
introduce and establish military tactic, lu
tlm public school curriculum','"
SIX MEI1 KILLED.
Frightful Explosion In the Hollidaysburg
Iron. Works.
Thursday moruUig. the :)0-limli cylinder
boiler at tlm wor'i of tlm Hollidaysburg,
Pa., Iron and Nail cofnpany, exploded and
was hoisted through the roof 1100 feet In
midiilr, and came crashing dowh through
the roof of another dcpurtiimtil of th" works,
'i lm entire roof was crushed to the floor by
the force of the w s plosion, uud tlm workd
were praciically wrecked
'i liese works are locat"d along the line of
tlm Morrison Cove branch of the Pennsyl
vania, i In' Hying boiler almost caught the
Martliisburg passenger train iu Its descent.
Following is a list ot Urn dead employes of
the works:
Gcorg" l.aim, a iiulsuu, was found cruslmd
into a lifeless muss. Con. F.vaus, n helper,
had his skull crushed. Morrdl Tress, a 15-year-old
boy, had his head ground off In a
wheel, Hubert Murray, Sumuel Marksnud
an unknown triunp. About twenty others
were injured.
Tlm boiler was recently repnlred by Mad
den pros., machinists, uud was pronounced
by them to bo lu llrst-clusn condition. No
explanation Is offered u to the cause of the
explosion, l lm mauagcid or tlm company
urn exonerated from any culpability.
PERSONAL. CALLINGS.
Cecil Rhode on Uea-'hing EnglnuiL will
seek seat iu Purllaiiiciit,
Senator Woleott U deseribisl as looking
enough like Sm-retary Gluey to bo his brother,
although he Utuuvli younger iu year thau
the latter.
Gnu. Dod.ls, who distinguished himself by
his conduct t the Dahomey campaign, baa
been made Commauder-iu-Chief ot the Iruops
la French lodo-ciitiui.
Kmpnrot William is fully determlud npon
doubling tlm- German army. lindcum this
necessary to secure i lor many ponliiou
as a great power. Ulsmarek agree with
him.
Mmn.. Pjtti recently said In Paris that she
Would never return to the United Stales. Sho
rem ark el tlmt a Chicugoaii had oil ens t her
4200.000. tor 40 concerts, In that slue had re
fused. Lord Lelghton at the t jmn of hi death had
practically completed hlsi principal A'todomy
ptcturv,wnien represent mo niyin oi rereeus
ruling on Pegasus, uud going to tho relief of
Audroiueda, Ho carries with Uim the lieud
of Medusa.
Big Philadelphia Fir.
A fire which broke out Sunday morning iu
the cellar of the Ha.eltlnn building, lllfl and
1418 Clmetnut street, Philadelphia, destroyed
that building and the building of the Ameri
can liuplist Publication society, next door,
liudly damaged the dry goods tore ot Homer
Lo Itoutllltor A Co., Nos. 1412 and 1414, and
iulilcted a loss ot 7S,000 on the Hotel La
fayette, which faces on liroad street, and the
rear of which extcuds back toward (.'U'.-atuut
etrwet.
YIELDED TO RUSSIA.
Why th United State Naval Demon
' tion Was Not Had.
A dispatch to tho St. James Gazette l
Washington says that tho oorrespondeti'
that paper has the highest authority for
uouuclng that the tho entente bet woen I
sl a and Turkey la known at the State
part ment, and that It has had a most
portant effect In modifying the plans the
ministration hud prepared to compel 1
key to pay an Indemnity for thn dam.
done to American property In Armenia.
Tho correspondent says that In spite of
nlnls he is able to assure thn readers ol
paper that a naval demonstration upon
part of thn wnrshlps of the I'nlted St
was prepared and that a cabinet meeting
proved the policy of bringing pressur
oear upon lurney. lie also says that ;
ndary Olney entered into co'mmunlea
with ltussla and Great liritian, asking t!
If they would oppose action of tb Ft.,
States against Turkey. Great liritian'"
ply, he says, was favoruMot but he a :
ltussla Informed Mr. Olney that sho pri
red then- should lm no iinval demonstrat
at that time, as Ilussia was negotiating
bring about a restoration of order In Tur.
which country M. K. l)n Koto-hue, ltiis
minister to the tutted States is said to h
Informed Mr. Olimy would pay any Imt
nltv required.
Therefore, according to tlm correspond
of the St. James Gazette, the projected il
oimtratlon of tlm ('lilted states war ve
in Turkish waters was abandoned.
AN IMPORTANT SUIT.
King
Land Case Advcrccly Derided Cu
be Old State Law.
The nttorimys for tlm defense iu the Ku :
Mullen land suit, on trial nt Purkersi urg,
Vu., lnvolxliig over 600,00(1 acres of la:,
valued at 41,000,000, asked Judge (loft to i
struct the Jury to render n verdict In th.
favor under the old State law by which luti
not entered for taxes for five years are f.
felted to the State. The prosecution obje
cd, claiming the law to be uncoiislltutloi.
under the fourteenth atr.cnd:i:i nt. Jud.
(loll, however, decided the State law to '
constitutional, ami instructed the jury to Hi
a verdict for the defense, which wiis don
King's attorneys will now take nn appeal i
the supreme court of the United Stub's.
This case recalls an inter-sting pic," ,
history In which this land figure, a lltt
nioreinaniuiiviaisnKoAiis. il llatlieht a
t"ii,otcd to kill King George III of Fnglau
lie fulled" ami fled the country. He urrivi
lu America at tlie ls'giiiiilng of the pres.-i
century, Flaked a cinim on tlm waters ol ti
i:ig s.indv river lu western Virginia an
married a daughter of a neighboring pioms
successfully n si-ted all attempt to oust liii
from the large tract of laud lie claimed nn i
lived there for many years. Many of his ib
sccuilatit live on the old patrimony, an
several of tlmm were hen' as witm sses in th
laud case.
The till" of the great land case, the llrst e
many soon to bo Instituted, is King vs. Mul
Ion. uud Involves almost two-thirds of tli
land in Logan and Mingo counties, half o
McDowell, a part of W yoming, and stretchc
over a dividing rldg" Into lay." well mid 1 til
ehunaii eo'.ititli s, V i i . . comprising imutly tHH),
OUO acres, covered with immense forests ale
underlaid with untold wealth In coal anl
! oilier minerals. The aggregate of the luud-
that will evi'li'ually bo involved in the ile
! cImou amount:! to' about 'j.onO.OOO nereis urn
' thousands of people ore interested.
BIO PIANO FAILURE.
Receiver For the Weber Piano Company
Applied For.
Application was made for a receiver for
tho Weber Piano Company of New York
iTTnr iVri3 tr- awna. Armed It
with a capital nf Hv.Jco, lth(igu tho busl-
lies wus establlsK S many ye.'irs previous to
that time. It i.si loughl the assets are suffi
cient to meet the liabilities at a fair valua
tion. Dull trade in given im the cause of the
failure.
William K. Wheel. s-k A Co., piano manu
facturers at One Hundred and Forty-ninth
street mid Third avenue, Mottlmvcii, and '2.1
Fast Fourteenth street, assigned. They also
have interests in concerns at Norfolk, l.!"h
mond and Portsmouth, Va. ; Chicago, Den
ver, Plttsiiurg, and Waterlnny, Conu., whl 'h
were considered as branch. John W. Ma
son Is a s Ial partner for ".ri.UU0. The
business was established In 177 by Mr.
Wlmclock, who built up a largo business
throughout tlm country. Two years ago
they claimed assets of t.50.i00 uud liabilities
of t J.:t,lll)0. Charles U. Lwjn U the "com
pany." Mr. Win-clock has also Isi'ii president of the
Weber piano company, of New York, and
vice president of the Stuyvesaiit piano com
I any, of New York, iluslucss has been dull
for a y-ar past and a large part of thdr capi
tal wiis tied up in their diverailled interest
tui I in plants. The Immediate cause of thn
alignment is thut tlm llrm is iiuublo to meet
obligations assumed by tlm tli ni for a 'count
of Um Weber piano company.
TWO TOWNS TAKEN.
The Cubans Succeed in Capturing Jigui-.ni
and Baiaie.
News comes from llayiuuo, lu eastern Cuba,
thut the Important towuj of Jlguuul and
lUilere, on tlm road between Manziuilllo nnd
Santiago dn Culm, have ben euptureo after
severe lighting by Colouel Wllaon uud his
party of llllhusters. y
Tlie town churche,. which wro used as
strongholds by tlm local Spatibli troops,
were blown up. Wilson took ItiO prisoners
and seized auo Mauser rifle and 60,000 car
tridges. Iu Havana the newt t tho foundering ot
the steamer Hawkins,, carrying General Cul
ixto (iureia's party troui thu United Stutea,
caused a great com motion in both Spanish
tuid Cubau circles., txtru hawied by the
evening papers were eagerly bought uii. A
large proportion of tho uuiu on the steamer
were well known In Havana Tlm Btcumshlp
J. W. Hawkins, which had leu lltted out ut
great trouble and vxenutt a a filibuster, waa
wrecked off thn eastern end ot Long Island
on Sunday night and nhaudouod by the revo
lutionists uud thu crew.
OHIO AND INDIANA OIL.
Great Activity Among; th Drillers in tlo
Trenton Book.
Great activity- l being displayed in tl'
Northwestern Vbui oil. field, and the pro,
poet are very eucouragiug tor the preaeut
year to be the largest In tho History ol Tren
ton lloi.'k crude. Jaauury, although a mid
winter month, shows that H wells were com
pleted, of which 6 were worthies for oil.
These wells, at an average outlay ot tl.Hof
upiiM-e, represent 471ti.boO, The new pro
duettou dally for the wells completed da rial
i the month ut S.SDOi barrels, or au average pel
daily of 1( luirn-la.
The short month of February utart it
with a boom, its there are 1112 wella drilllui
and 'J'2'J rigs up and building ready for tile I
starting of the drill. Willi ull tlm wells iuidii !
iileti.'d during 1'J3 but Utile surplus oil w
I -ft on hand. The runs from the well (
Ohio and Imliuna for the year were 1H.41
1)30.71 barrels, uud the ahipmeuta Itl.tt
HAQl barreia. ' '
A Novel Measnr. ;
Here is a new kind of a "Jag" bill, i
ator Wlemaii, of Ilrooklyu, Is responsible
it. Any judge I empowered to order
habiluul drunkard to be conltned in an.l
atltutlon whleji makes a specialty of uu
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