1-', ' 1 ft p BY CRBLE HI FOREIGN IKNDS. REPLY FROJ1 THE PORTE. The Inltan Telia Victoria the 8 truck First Armenians Tli" f ply of tlm snitun to the letter recent ly iflilnvu'il lilin by Queen Victoria, it Ik learned, t j.pnse the pympathy nf the ul tnn with tln humim" sentiment conveyed In the ) mr ii n ;i i ii i i ti I -ii 1 1 n . Imt declared that the mnssa.T" of Armenian by Turku have originated with v 1 1 -1 i r . I person. The Turk, tli" sultnn say, were Hot at tacked by Armenian while they were pray ing In tn- mo pics, nud 1 i t nothing in. r thnn to defend th"ni"lvi n Lest t liy could. In i-X'-r pnrt of Ala Minor, tin sultan ns "rt. everything I perfectly trntiiiil. He says negotiation fur tlm surrender the Turk nr.- pro.fe-lltig, niiil without 1 i1 -t tli A I 'Vun will .-Dun resume their f i. fill Vnc.uioli. NICARAGUA CANAL REPORT. The Estimate of the Government Board for Its Construction. I-i the judgment nf tin' I'ni!" I Stiit""i gnv iTiitiifiit Hoard of I'.tigiiieer, 1 1 1 -1 a investi gated tli - ni'iji'.'t, it widest ru.iTj.xn.i t' nti-.i pi M th" Nlciiruiignati canal. Till 1.4 ttil.li'NI.OII') III '. c.-s i.f tli- esti-iab' nf th" 'mi j m y. wlil 'li now hold ii charter from N i'M'uiu'ii'i to I hi i hi tli" water way. lor "I tiii'.liu: th" ti". i 4;irv data, fur the Infor- v. :i : I nn ! ; 1 1 ' f n -'ii mil j roj. i t. h nii'iitlM' tun" .i.li'i'l wiil t ri''iilr.'il. :i i.ai -cri'ius r it ! " in nffctliig th" in i:i "f Hi il I- th" r.iinfi.ll. A t n ar! J.i f. 1 1 f r'lii fill In a viir 'urrlho.ui . i ii.'. ::yi. -!."'d t"' .V , v ti tli" l.ik" iiimI !h" I'm Hi". Iii'li- "i r ; i Mi.' tli t' liiiiior'nnt r.-Miit i t'uit inii-t a. 1 1 I'II4II" "iiiri- with r'"Ti'i.''" ti lo.-i'l tlr-iii.it i 'i nn i m -1 rn ' -i I. hi. 'I h r -p rt of . i.ir.l. w lii. h "oii-irt".! I.: i:. ..I. William Ludlow. I". K A.; l .r.'f.il I'ii.'l". !t. "-iM'l "-iifriti'-r. V. S. N., mi l M.n'd S .I'l", i iil i ncii.i'-r wiii m lit l-y iT'-iili l.t ( I: vi land to tli.' lion.,,". FOREIGN N0TE3. A lli ni" "ii' I" vi ' i ! t li" ( invi rii!ii"iit, I'ii:i'i'r. t'uit wlmti'ViT I"'- ' I ri.-'l will r-mnlii I noma . Si'xton. iil.ti-l'ari.i'iil", has l.i i'ti "IT'Ti'd tli" h'tl'-rslilp of tli" ii-h . irli.iuii it nrv artv, to .i I .lu.-tm MiCanl.v n-- i-iKMi'd. ' I Ii" I'Miniiii.iiioii i f tli" l ili.iii I. r pri-oii-i r nrn-t"i in Johiinh"pli "ri. "iiari;"i wiili r.-l t'l.lmi lilts I ii hi um.ii in I'r"- t. rn. Tli" Ciiiiiidlnti uovriitin'iit 1 1 an rt'lliiiiii-ht'd ail i-liiiin to l'iil"iiiaii l-lun.l. an i.lll lal ourvi'v I'-ttn iiiM rut I n o; that 11 li"s In I'liltm! ct id s wat'T--. TI "" Urii;sn it"an.' r I.iiiir.-Miiui, wli"li i-ai iil fr.'ir. r.altinior ', l. . "inl " r il f..r Slu;o, l ri ; . rt"d -.villi l'a t. .1. tiavin an I n I'rt'W of 2 to l.'i mi n. 1 In1 lupiiti"M t'.V'-niiiii'iit has l4in d for mal imtli'i' of tli" opt'iihv.; iiji to trad mid 1'oiniin ri'i' of tli" l-laii'l of I .irmos.'i, r-'.-i iilly UMiiir"d Ly .lapitii frmn Mini V. II l!liod", lat" ).r.'iiii"r of n'i' Ciloi,, 4 to ri'turn to .smitii Afri- a, to n uiii" Id work for tli" ( hart'-n-d "ompniiy. 'I In "liarti'r of tin1 i-oiiianv will not In" ri voki'il. Th" t him m (iov riiiii' i.t has -it'll' 1 n i'i;;;. '; an . n t IV- trii.-t '.vi:h ( oloin'l .It'tl-nU, Aiu'l.t- Viucri an svinlii a'.t r".ri"' , f".-'r, htrii'-lion of a railroad ' km . itllil.. . I... .- 'to - TV.;i ..UiiU;V'' ilf ' I ' II ilis- pat-'i s'.aiim,' I tut th" Ill-Ill'-.' haf'i.. 'two v.-t .rl'"s over th .'.tilt" slave tr;:d'Ts " . tnil Africa, and tlnt.U Ar i'i "hi" fs Vivo tak"ti i rln'iinr. . . I Ii" owiiept of tin" llnli-'li stcrm1 have .iiieiilcil nmiiii.-t th" ju. lament of ... i flirt at llotter lmn. which IihiihI thn! s!"aui c t ' hl.i in ' forth" sinl.hi.' hy colli-i,,!, n, .'ntiuaij ! '.I'" North ( i.-rman l.hn.t -t. -inner l-.ll". 'I li. - -in !i ti.it j. .li of Set. h tUhlll-he-l :- "ii Ii'!.'" il.'" i.f I i the i.i.j 1 1 i f iimintiil'iiiit; nil. I rnkcn iin ! rat.- .-i.ttiiii: i cuun. third till c i'iip.'iiiy Is II i."ii!iK' 'il ttal" t'4. Iii.-.''i', with -, ha- I n Tli" smi th" iniirk'.- with it products. The (je;ii'-'' (io.'li,M .'lit -.'IV-l It Will r..V th. .i'.:.r".e .1.. cii-.. , I ut will not li'lt .1-- it. ::te.-i fro.n u ji.-t ih-hf. (, rmiiiiv deiiian-! . t!;.u tli" rtiilro-id l.ihu he pal I. hut 'hie- in.t t ii r- .r.' a I."-. ". It is st.it" I that Veil' ii' !.i will pay 1 1 . . .-' ii:n. I 11"' I in 11. it pr -- i.tli uu.i'ii- nn. in. Ii pas-el ,i I"... .hit; .ii ia-'iriu on r an ii-e an I a rd I". lis d v "ti .a t i th" Hir.ish I ti T'liittaMon a r.ui'idi .iis t. st.ind h; th" r III" of nio:iicna i i wn-u !':. i.t't.-r is iii'"iaii"i war in tiny pari "i tlie . ..h". A 111. Hi llftlt Will -oo, he mad" hv I'linl .er.s ...clioii oi tin- .Montreal It .nr. I I ra I" to secure inlor'u tt-.n r -n :- t i nr th" iiiiii nut nf I nii"d Stat' - -nlv -r and siImt ".hiial's in tie- i...iiiiii..n of Cauadii, with a vi"'.v to n-stri 'tiii;? it- "irciilnti..n. An 'ii.lh pi.ik" -hock, of a.i uluriiilii'f 'i.'i ti. v.a.'. i x;.eri"ii ! d at Santa t'ruz del Kur. proVln.'t; o l'll'Ttll l'lil .i" oil the fitil. Ilotis " ro -k"d nn I fnnit.ir" was thrown uhout, eaiisinif t!i p' opl" of th" city and vicinity to run in terror into th " sirs t4 and fall on tin ir ii""- in prayer for mercy. l)r. Sell", u practl 'iiu phy-ieiiin of :ii!i 1 Iturtf, ti'T'iiany, has contriv I u photograph h' instriini lit w hi'h will in in unit" details prodii '" the vnrl nis "oior-. f n'j" ':s, per- nii.i and landscape hrou.;i:t within n i- lli'd rau.fe i.f tlie ca'ii. r.i. What i in o-t siii prisiint in this ti"W ex"'ri"iic" I- th r. on th" phot..K'rn;ili4 the colors l..pe nmie of their orii;ii.al i rllli tn -y and .-ha I" A RHVOLIITION IN BCSINE33. The Doud Bids Have a Btimula'iug Effect on All Lines of Trade. I!, (i. I :t,it .V t'o.' w.s'l.ly K'vl.-.v of Tra le say-: "Kitih.r' s f r th" wi hnv" n :WI in th" l iiit" ! states aai'i-t. i"l Inst yefir, and i;H in i a:iad i i..Mi.'.st ."is in." year. 'The wou- th ifiit sii 44 of th" popular h im alters the fac of event-, January o; rations Is-eoni" Htieieiit hi '.'nr; a-th" nation n.ounts ih.,vo all ilotiht and f irs to it solid certainty that the people cai. and will uphold lh"lr "jovero llieiit." W itli Biieh a revolii'lon in business sudd"i. ly -ftts-t"d, ihi'i'in-totiiiiry records of th" pn-t week niid month lire ofl.sss val'iethnn Usual. Ihit tliert' huvc U'l-ii fi-rtis of l iiproveiiient in tint iron miiiiiifa -ttire. Although th nver of pri"e Is ii'-.trly I per c-nt lower this week, orders for wire nails, am stimulati'd I'V u J.s-ision to ndvuni'M t:- pri' ti aitala lar"li I. There Is ulso n mof' ii'tlvw diiuuid fur tlat and sheets. Southern COIUIetlti.Jtl owcrs cokn Iron at ("ni 'nijo, and prvnnt4 adv'iucu at th" Kii t, whll" miles of lat year's speculations in th" I'itt-Uirc rviou Mill ..- preSS l'ssellier. 1 he or" pool IS fixpe"t"d to fl th prn-t" for tlie year nt it. or ptssit ly Cl.aO and th" coke pool still n-lucej tlie out put. The s;s'ciihitlvi market has lfn lurit'dy lutlui-u 1 hy rumor. Injury to thn t'on.inlt I crop mid l y foreign a l ice. 't;rti lias Iss-t; ; co:ii.iirati'ely iii -t. t'o'.toii Is prn- tically ' uticliaio.""). The stock market has Us n "rowiiik' stroin-'i r nil lh" '-, until the sal" of holl'ls. tlioilfii yi' ldll K h lltll" on reali.'.a- 1 tlon. Itailroud eaniinifs in January have bet-a 10. j larer than Inst year, hut H.:i leni : than In ls'j:l, and the toi.ii"" i iist-hound from ; ( hicititn v.iu in Januury nearly I per cent I larjfer than In ls'j.l. Arbitration Inevitable. Mr l'ari.t-ei' In the "North Auii rl"mi fct- view'' writ. strongly for t lirisllan arLltrn- tlon" ratiicr IIimu "istriiurous war' In tho 'ttIoiu"iit of tho Vt'U'-r.U'tlu Lsjuiidary A MICROBE KILLER. Dr. Edson, of New Yerk, XTakM a Wonder fal Discovery. . , i ,' . ' It wa In tlio early art of 1898 that Dr. Cyrus Edson, formerly h-nlth commissioner of thn city ami county of New York, began to study tlio problem of making tho blood ltf A disinfecting ngont. That contagious dlf eaten had. a their cause, tli' presence of miiiiito organisms, called gcrin In the body, lr. Kdson, with all physl.ni., knew. I also knew that colonic of tliin germ culti vated outside the body wonlil bo d'Htmyr.l I'T diiliifi'i timU, and iin r"ionod thnt If tho I'lond, ciri.'UlatiiiK In ovrry part vt thn l.ody, could U tna li ft dlnlnfivtimt, tlio gcrmit in th Imdy would In" di-xtroyi-d. In otii'.lyliiif tlm 'MkIiiIh. tnnts Dr. lUbon h'tirni'd Hint plu-nol c.irlinllo add l nt nil Hun's to In' fijiind In thn I'looiU Hu alio hnrni'd Hint nnturn Itwi'lf In di"ii4 In. cri'a.rd thn nmnunt nf cnrtiollc acid ovi'r I. Oik) thill's. !l" reasoned, thcn'fori'. t tint I'lirl'ulii' n. Id w ii4 iuituri"'s ri'tmnly. 'J ho In ji" tlon hit" tin- lilnod, however, of nny known soltttloti of carholln ni'ld ifi'ncrally IToilti'-' s nn iiIii'ivh. Tiii" prohh'iii iH-for'n r. l;d.iu wnn to llnd tin" form In wlili'h thn a 'id cmi. I In. Inj"'i't"'d without this eflwt. for Ii" win I'oiifidi'iit thiT" inii"t lx sonin sm-h form. 'I'lii- rittiilw of lii.i Invi'stliratlons nn toll In n li ttiT, which will ho piilillnlii'd In tin" M.'.li. iil lioi'ord. A.i w .1.4 fi-' ii from the fiinininry thn n-xj .t v lln l cri'diti'il with tin- run" of liliotit 40 p"r c"it. i.fcii4i Hof I'oiistimptlon according to tli" r"'ni;lt.4 so far. Th" n"i tolln In tniuli" in I'd.4oti'H lalinratory, 1 Vlilt"liuil itr. "t. N-w York. It W n "oiotl"i4 liquid, smi'llliu nf "iirlioll" iii'ld. mill it Is ilij"i't'd Bill culiiii c i'i-ly. Any Ii t. in n "iin iuhiiliiiHt"r it.nnd tin- pntl- iit4 wliil" taking It enn cuiitliiii" tip ir 1 1 f 1 1 1 work. PIGTAILS MUST GO. Rebtllion Prochimcl in Korea Over on Orrcr to Cut Off Queues Tli" st.'tui'-r i ii'll", from Hon"! Kniitf ntid Yoolni'iia Lroiiu'Iit th" foll iwln ndvli-i's: (if tin-ii.any i'haiiyi'4 Intro. Iii'i'il In qui-k iok'i "44on In KT 'a, tla" r"""iit ndoptlon of tli" w'"t"rn nn thod of liair-dri'Srtintf hits ultra' t d m.-t ait"iition. Tin' klnir n-. i'iitly I-". i"d u priii-lnmallon ur-liiK' thn sai'r'.ll if tli" iii"ii"4, and S"t tli" t'tampli" hy Iih hit; 1.14 own hair "lit, tli" prlui'ii royal followlai; 'int. Ill" iro'lairatioii ir"itl"tl t'onHt"rna- ti.m in i'..lli . tll.'i.'il it 1 1 it t.t tval" i(r..i4 'fin. i niluM'T of fd n-ntion rt-siiriiftl und r-tir".! to hin i-iiiihtry Inn:..' wht'.'i his profi-sts nt tli" In tiova'ioii wen- il'4ri Kiir.i il. Many lesser K"V. ertnii' iit nRli'liils also ri'-Uned rntlii-r tliiin sai-rill'-" their loeks. Th" prt"luitiiitlnti -elted iiliirm nmi'iiil tin" p"o.i ot Inru'e, Imt lit em Ii of tli" four 'at"s of tho caiit il e m-,-ialili s nr.' post"d to nwait thn coining of ill tit rv pei'l'l" to eompi-l thi'in to Slllilllit to tin" harder w ho nr" In w.iltlnif for tli"ir hair. Western hats a. id coat are ,'eiiernlly nd"pt s l hy tlio.-" w!io h h" t!i"lr ipifiies. In the rural ilistii.'ls th" Koreans hav hmlii'ii t ut Into ii 'tu.il rehelllon at tin' pro clamation. Many lo.-nl '.overnors hav r" slKii' d th"ir posts nwliin to tin Ir uuwillinu i.t4 to cut i. IT tin'lr iii"iii s. Beyond hun dred pcot.le have lh'J to the nioiiutaliin and :i- ma.'.y i'iit.- nt- und"r arms prcpiirini; to iiitn-k i!i" Khmiii troops. Mi" i. '1'. 111'. 'i in Formo-a Is tinidti'i'keil. Hi" army of r.'l'.-ls has taken tip Its ositiou at Toil Wei mi l another has ussi'iiipli d nt I inn I hor Mount. The .lii'ancs" troops nr" I'lill'l' iit of defeatiiiK the rchtil.4, hut eamiot atta k thmii in their niHiiitiiin ret rents. - ' -VENEZUEt AN. GROW BRAVE. W;;ij War Vaniahing They Want to rocame Soldiers. I h" wtnr feeling si ill runs lih-li. Ci' ii'Tal lliirrlos jhu.i p"titl 1 l'rcsldent 'l'r"sp't to allow (Jim to ornnni'' two lniUullous of .hiiit. r scouts. eomp....Al. of oii':V-.'-n.'U' I.'.i( id!' of s't.ui.liuK fatigue, til" eull-i'iii'iits .-li.i'ie phi"" on Siiml.iys ill Waslilni'ton ' .'I''", niid to iiani" th" sohliiT-i (Ji-iivr , i "land's s'tnits. The fi.-hiomi'd.. duhs of l araeiis nl-o have a.U-l pi r:iii--.ioii to ' form a l .ittiil..i. lh" Liiulisli eoi'.-iil at liiirei'loiia eom plait. 4 to the rane-.i. consiiliit" nf s. tIo'h ii j.iry to his l.iiil.-i' i.wiii'-r to th" p"is '"ii ti. i.s of V"ii",'i. .'i i.'lielals he. mi.-, h" would i lot P-sU-n hi- nil:. ". II" is It V"i-;-.ii"la'i I '-ill..' li. I'l- ri .iii".-t of mot he. -inl .l.ni.'ht i rs for tic tel. ii"' ,,f ,i:tiei, prhniiers ha , ai.-'Ai p d I y th" hheratiou "f a' lati 1 l i r. I'.ut few in. v.- P iiiain in prl.-i n. Tii" yeriniieni ha- irant". n "oil" . h'-fl iiu'n- es.-ioll oi a v.. -t i r lory to iiinana, on the upper 'riii , 'he n Icsi re.'ion f..r niiui'.-iili and V " "'..-.hit pro ill' t- in the Woild. It Is lint III til" Will llo'd t" I.,!. It. Aiic ri'"in i iiiniiil I" ENGINEER TO BLAME. Stock Train Collides With a Passenger and Injures Fifteen People. I'lfi'-' ii persons w ere more or less seriously liurt, and one eaiiiii.t r vcr, as a result of 11 collision l"'t'.V"'ll mi e.isthollnd Wuhiish s'l'.'k train and n St. Louis, Kokuk A North wistert. a.-.si iu;er train eouiinir south. I he collision occurred near a tunnel on" mile north of Hmnill ill. Mo. The ntoek train, which had just "merged from tlm tunnel, struck the pii.-s. iiK'T train, crushiiti; in the Side nf the ladles' eolle and llin Wnitf It nll't mi t'liil iiiikmetit almost. Into the Mississippi rier. There were tlfttt'ii passeuK"is lii tlm tf a"h and that ten were kill" ! is a nnr.i- el". Le.poii.-iUlity f..r th Ill-ion Is iil. "e, to ni witii the en"ineer of the WuiiiLsii train, lie did not slop, ns htw and Instructions rc- tplll-e, hefor" approliclllu th" erossllll'. lie ,-tate I that tie-air l rak"S fnlli'd. hut it xvus found that the en 'in- was not n-ver-ed. Tlm da-i'.ae whl approvimate si.',0oi). Tho Bonl Issue. A-.i.t.t'it Secretary ( urtis nnnouni-t'd that II eii.'iil I 'te aiitilvsis of the hids for hotels showed that hids ai;r"i;atinif iitl,7H .do lllioye ll0.lis"7 ha i Lis u r Ived, and til" 70 pent 'lis lua'ilii.: those hids would he uwarded honds. I lie Morxmi nyudicatu hid nf 10.l,h77 for t lilil,(iiK),(K)il hoinl.s or any p irt thereof wollld he 11 eepteil for tl.C hill- ii --S..ail.:):4. All h.-loiv llo.tis77 urn r - je.'t.sl. Th" syulle.it" wili pav t:l,l),5i"J and the other Lid. I -rs almiit 7,.M)0,iiii.) in preinium. inakiiik' a total in the tieli-hhor-llood of til. 000,0011. The l.-.-UK will there fore lid tlie Koveriimciit admit 1 ll.OOO.Ooo Overturnid by Wind. Tin reijular pu'sniitfcr train which left Iieuver ut H o'clock Sunday mornlnur wus hli.wn froiu thn truck half a milt frotn the tlep.it at lienrifctown. ' red Van Sh kh r, nf tTii 'iino, editor of Fowler Truth, it hlcylti paper, was hitdlv cut nLout tlm head. Mrs. Sh kler, K. A. KaH'T, of the t'nlon tiiunii facturinif coininii y, 'I"l"do;S. ('. (iilla. l, of til" Inmlap tlr" company, lloston, and J. !'. Iiar.i-y, of thn ltefernn, ft hicycln paper, wcrij morn or l'-ss hurt. The train was hlowu over nt a point within 1,500 f.'t of w here similar accidents have occurred snvural times licfuiv. CAPITAL NOTES. iTNldent Cleveland returned to Washing ton Saturday evening after his irunnluir trip down the I'otouiu ', the party h.ivlnx baed H.' ilueks. Coim-rcsa has passed a law prohihltlnit pugilism in tho territories 11ml JiUtrl-t of tdlunibla. under a ienalty of from ono to II vn years Ijnjirisoninctit. ' The I'oiillllst Senators held a chuciim nn Hatur-lny and rcwolvd t'i pri-iit tho iiuiun I of Thomus W'uUou, of (icorcla, fur ins'rtitary I of ths Henato, and Tuu-wnu'.k, of Illluols, for ' aereaut-at-arui ADVICES in m cm. FIERCE ' FIGHTING. Cubans Vudtr Kteee Charged the Spanish Forces in Face. Iietalls of the flKht at Taso ftcftl between bi'twi'cn Ot ne nil I.ii'pis and Slaeeo arc com IriK In from Spnnlsh source. (Iciienrl I.iiipn" left I'innrdel Itlo January 31 pnsslnif I'llotos, whers the rebels had bwn flit" tlay before, and lumped oim of their cap tains nud a lieutenant, ami nnlvcd at Jutruliirra only three hours In hind Mn"co. At the Inst limned place the re' els had kill ed, hy Miicen orders, fourteen yoke of oxen Is cnute they wcrn found Iniulliitf prnln to "otisoliiclon for the Spanish army. At H p. in. licneral I.U14U" reported Arroyo tie Anna mid camped tlvti hours. lie then broke camp nn, I nt 7 a. m. reached Cnnde liuia. .Miii t o had not eampt'd there, but hud left at I o'clock for llerradiio. (tefleral Liiipi" made a for I march there and found the ri'ls ls were still It.'i'lnii. lener.il I.mpi" puslit'dt r to I'oso Heal, nr rlvinir there at Z-Ji p. m. Tint country poo pie wi re seen l'. Ini; for refiiK" nntl tin' In surgents were found occtipymK the town, ( (iloin'l I'rancis, In eommiinii of the vnn Kuard, nud n in r tl l.uiiic, In cominnnd of the ct'iit'T, pn pnrcl f.,r battle, s.'ndliiif 'At KUt'illlas tliroiiirh the main strts-t, chari.'ltii upon four ."oiiadr 'lis nf lnsnri;"i,t cavalry, playiiiL' havoc with them and followin- th' m iOO yards out of town, tii'llt'llll l.i. .pi thell nrd'Tcd t'olotli'l l'.ui'Z nn I thr ' 1 oinp.111. s to chili""' upon a place fn in which sniii-. i,..-iirc"tits were hotly lint,.:. A havi'in t cluire di-loditc I th" ri h- Is. who fell Lack to Mucin's mainline which W.'I4 I IKI MIT !S lull:?. The Insurj,-' nt -t lie!. I t' iiii' ii.iisly to 11 ifroup "lii'in. i nlo .e! r.a' t. rro, ff the Sail yiniillii ri'.:liiii iit, i'h:ir"d It sic I'sifully, lift'T I" li' nil Lmpie had dlri'cti d III" lire ot 'li" pi of artillery nnin-t th" ntsitoii. The rt'hels chariT' d at oil" time, hut th" Spanl.-li formi d 11 s piar" mi l r-'i'u's 'd tht'tn. I he insurgent displayed i;reat courai' some fnllitiv' within ."0 yards of th- Spanish line under 11 wllh"rlni' lire from M iiis'T rules. When the r' Lels retired M i 's whi le tlivl.'i in mo d iiwnv towards th" Wist. ni ral l.ii'pie wii t wound".! before tli" tiovn w.is eiiti red. Imt he ri'inaiiH' I In com niainl dlilhlt' I'.'tll u.-tl ins. An Important battle i- 4itid to hnv"o-'.'urrc. '"IW.'i'li Cnlnliel S. until, who Ci I'lUillll-h'-l . tlie spiinl-.il r.irce-, anil M i , who was at the head of the insii riti-iits. The eontll'-t took pla -e nl san ( ristoiml, and the Insurg ents left so dead 1. n th" th'ld as they retired. More than .ILO of tli" ( iiI.hii wit" wmmde I. An nl'l"-de-ciimp of J;i "'o was killed. The troops lost one man. 11 ciiptaiii i f the stntT heiior slmt by the itisuri;"iils. Tints' other olllc TS were Woiindisl. VENEZUELAN COMMISSION May Send Agents to Examine For-ign Archives. The Vene.TUelan cullillllsslnil held itH weekly meet lii; Friday, nud took up thn enormous moss of nilleiiil documents bearlm; on the hoiiiitlnry controversy. J; has been nliendy 4 . ri' ti' it.'fv iletermii.'ed that Sis-retary M.il"t revot will shortly proceed to Madrid to rnitsai k tic Spani-h archives for records that his experience li'inls him to b"ll"Ve lire in ei it"ii'e, but have not, up to this time, I .-. ti connected wl'h th") fa.e. Siitlsfn -tory assurances Iihvo been niveii that "m'tv facility will Is' aflord etl him for his researches, und no one has nny Idea that the Itritisli iroveriimeiit will nttempt l '!!.'?. -My 'j'icV.tlbw'.'UW. Wv u; C0111111I.--I011. "" flue of the comiiilssloners, or an cvrert se lected by th"in. will, In all probability, he n'tit to The ll.iuc, to study the Iiih'h ar chly, s. A 4 it is kiiowiithat historical data of th" hluhest importance h, in th" possession of 1 ri-tich iiatioiiai III. rarii s. It is likely that n number of tin mu linncrs or their iim nt wiil nn to Lurope in the next two or three month to hole a me- tiii. DEADLY EXPL03ION AT SEA. Evidences That the Oil T.ink Stea-ior Wild tlowcr Blew Up. Ciipl. A'lder-on, nf th" tank sieamer rims phor. which nrrived at New York, sal. I rtw KnriluiK t!ie Itritisli tank st '.uiicr Wil.lllow.T which left rhiladclphln f..r H0111 ti, l'nii , on I einherll la.-t, and has never hm-n heard of sine". that the steamship l.oeli Ltlv" on Iht 111 rival in fork, January H, reported that about j.vi miles wesl-noiithw"st from th" coast d Irehind mi January t, lh" crew saw 11 siidden flar" in the sky. As far a th" eye e mid sec to the westward tlieskvwas a vivid rod f.,r 11 moment and then it died out slowly until, in a half hour the sea was ii','iun lii darkness, A h-w s""o.ds after the first irlaro 11 dull roar hk the dis haree of 11 heavy 1:1111, niii'le the I.-'i-h l.-.ive vil.rate and rock. When fapl. Anderson found that the W ildtlower had not yet mad" port hit U'eainn i-onvln I tli.it the thin-up was the explosion of the oil in the Wildilowi r's tanks. Tliere wepi.'2'.l men "ii the 111IS..I111,' cs"l. Shu was in coin miind of i apt. Staawi'll. CHANGED THEIR MIND. Congressmen Bring Out Another Public Laud Bill. The House ('oiiuiillt.si on l'libllc lands re consi.h'n'.l it a 'lion of lost wck in udopt ini; a bill to carry out tin- reconiinenilatiiuis of rresid"iit rievi'lniid'rt messiuiu that the Inn II lit 1. m nf live yurs for brini-lnc suits to nitliill title to put- Ills estiihllsheil .y the ilct of Mnr.-h, s't, he n i -alcil. AnolleT hill, einl'i dyitiK the views of dif ferent tneuihi rs of th" eniiimittt"" and Intend ed to furnish full pr--l-ctioii lo purchaser in iron. I faith drawn by Mr. Alh-n, of 1'tah, wiin siihstitute-l for tin- i'rsi bill. ( hai r i tin ii l.acey will report it to tic 1 1 oils". As this legisla tion may a (let the nil- to Ii0,000,000 a. r.-s.it litis Is't'ii illtlleilll for the conmiltl'' to draw I a sittlsiiictory bid. The new bill provides j that stills brought by the I intisl States to mi mil l atent to lauds crroii"ously i.-sii"d 11 11. I'T I 11 special "rant shall only lm brought within live years from tin pas-sacf of this act, and suits to Hlilltll patents hereafter 'issued must be brought within teu years after their dab". AVAILABLE NATIONAL 0UARD. Standing of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia National Ouard. Tho Adjiitanl-Ocutinil's ruport M to tho strength of tho national guards of the several States wus si tit to tho House on thn 4th. Tho figures for l'l iiiisylvai.lu am as as follows Generals and staff, 4; cavalry, IMJ-, artillery, S44; Infantry, 7,w:-L Tho total uuiiiUt of men ttviillubftt for military duty In tho Htato i.sHPJ,.H5. Tho tlhlo guard numher as followsi tien erals and stall, Hi; cavalry, 71; hospital corps, bill; Infantry, 8,814. Tho total num ber nvallablit for military anrviiiu U entlmatud Ut O&O.OOO. Another Formosan Rebellion. A dispatch from Vlmlivostock says that the Insurrection against Japanese, rule, in tho island of Formosa is spreading. Ten thou sand rebels nro rt'ported to bo operating avaiuHt Tanihiil, Siineho untl Kosiiki. Tho rulli'ou Is and telegraph lines huvo Is -en torn up and destroy ,id. It la added that tin) rels'1.4 light with great courage and thu situ ation Is looked ujain as Isdng aorlous. Thu governor general, Cajauia, Ik ill, ami will bo replaced by Halgo, thu otluhitur of uiurluo. CONGRESSIONAL, f Summary of the Most' Important Uessure Presented ia Both Ilousel . : r0RTT-rofT DAT. T ' . ' 8?nnti- A phnrp contest occurred in the Penntt' lietwncn tho" favornble to advancing the appropriiitiou bllla and those dislrlnK to to tnko up Kencral hcl tint Ion. Thn latter I'leini-nt prevailetl In two test Votes, and tho rlifht of way was socurod by tho resolution of Mr. Iiiibol-, of Idaho, to reform tho method of considering thn appropriation bills by dls triliiitinir them nnioiiir thn wvml coinmlt t'i'. This was strenuously resisted by tho frh'titls nf the Appropriation commlttern, who contendeil that tlie chaiiKO was revolution ary and ilesltftied to dismantle the commit tee. The final votn was not reached, but It was evident from the ib'bnb" and iiic.ci,tal Votes that a majority fnvorod tho rhnnee. House Secretary Cnrllsh" to-tlny sent to the Hons", in response to resolution of that body, a letter eivlnit Information coticcrniinr money reet-ivetl and cxi eii'lcd on account of the sai islands, etc. It shows the following fill Ms: Number of senls fnken under leaso from ls"0, 'J.0i7.sii; total Binoiint itiwlyctl. ; -351. '.Hit. Ther is st0.fi79 tlu ami unpaid, nwiiitim; the outcome of pendinir hvlsliitlon. The n in. unit expended for policing tint waters of the terlnf Hvn ami the North I'llei lb" allien lf'M) was tl.410.7Jli that ex pended by th" (lovernment for thn support of the nnt'lvt-s since ls.i:i, t.lS.'jrj, and that of salaries and expenses of agents sln"0 1U7C, 227,k;;i. roBTT-ttrrn dt. Th" joint resolution ill reel Init lh" Htfrc Inry r.f Aitriciilture to carry Into effts-t tho provisions of the airrietiituriil appropriation f ir the cnrrct.t llsdil )eiir, for the purchase und tlistrihiitimi i f sccN ami farmers' bnlle tiii4, were dl4.Mi'4"d. Mr. Vest, liemocrat.of Mls4oiirl, made on" of his churacterliill'" spe-flics in support of th" Joint resolution, lioldliiit Up the Si iTi't trv of Agriculture to il ii -ul" on iii'cntint nf tils ri fiisliiit to dis tribute seeds und con'leint.lni; tint free silver tii"cmt nl. The Hons" bcnati iinsiileration of the re port of the ' -111 11 Ittee on Ways and Means, r 'iii'ic'iidiiiif ii..ii-"onciirri te'" in th" hen- ntc tri e coiiiai'" sol stituie for the bmitl bill piis-ed by the lloil.ttt hist Ii"e.i;hcr, Mr. )iii"li y, chairman of th" commltt"", spokn for two hours on it. The tllscu.sloii was continued at a iiiu'ltt ses-hui. KoRTY-SIXTII HAT. H'Minte Tin" resohitli.n otternil by Mr. Quay, llt'pnhll an, of reiinsylvanlii, last 'liiesilny, tort minit the lion's" ttirllT bill, with tin' fris "oliiiii"" snhstltute, to the l"i-naii.-e rominittee, with Instructions lo report them buck us separate proportions, was modllleil l y Mr. Quay by Mrikini; out the In structions and Inserting In lieu of tht'tn the words, "f .r further coniieriitlon," mid tint resolution was laid aside until next Monday. Mr. Mor;riin Knye notice of nn nmciiilinent to the resolution, i.rovl'llnif that countries which will make I nltcd States -diver full I" Kiil tender money In payment of customs und "nods imported to this country shall luiv" a dciiii' tloii of 10 per cent, allowed in I'tilted States ciisto-p tlnti-'s, If importo-l In fnitetl States Vessels or in Vessel beoni;ii to the, country re t lvini; the tbslm'tpm. Iloils" - It pn Ai'iitntiV Ai'liesi.111 presented hi Hon" tjte pttltlon of H. A. nrr nud 17 otli'T clth "... of i'latwttoils, raycttt" coun ty. Pa., prnyiiij; for the pisit.. of' tho f-tona tlint. Ignition bill, nl-1 Introirucetl n bill tlirectinr tin- s's'retaiy of wftr to suiiply I'ost I tis. (i. A. 11. with four condemned cannon bit!'.-, to Is- placed In the Soldiers' lot in tho eemt'teiy at alifortilii, Washln";t-in county, l'a. The sciinte frt.. enlnni substliut-' for the house bond bill was debated II v hours III tin- house this afternoon mid for three hours nt the iil-ht session. Nevertheless, tin- pres sure from member for time to present their Views Is so itrent that it sc Miis possible now that th" tlebab" may be run over into next week. The siM-ec lies so far have beeu tamo mid l:v. Ion I V-sr.VKN TH I'AV. Senate-Mr. Allen, l'opullst. of Nebraska, ndilr-ssed tho Senate to-day In favor of the muliitenaiictt of the Monroe doctrine, and in I'oiieludon said: "If. unhappily, tho time shall come which (toil grant it may not that American valor must ngaln he displayed on the Held of bat tle In the defense of American Institution mi l m;aitist foreign k'n'"d nud iu;graiidiKf liH Iit. we may eolilldi'iitly expect He) men of Amerl'-a to inerire uniler Hag of free conse crated liberty it to permanent and glorious victory." I..iie The Hons iiitlnued the discus- . i ' 1 1 ' f the bond-silver eolniii.'e bill. Me.-sis. N wlaiid. Silv.r. of I'oloradoi Ilartin.m, It puliiieini, of Molilalia; Williams, Iietuo erat. of Mi.-is.-i'pli lirod- rl.-k, liepubljciin, of Kansas, and It iwers. It "piibii.-i.ii, of Cali fornia, spiik" in favor of fr idiiin;", and .M"r. luckiT, liemoeral, of Virginia; Walker, r.cpuhll.-an. of Massachusetts, and I'li't'-r-tnn, li-'inocrat, of Ti'iiii".ei against iL fou rv-Kiuii rn mv. The H'"4" spent Saturday in dis Mission of th Senate fr linage sul -tltute for th" bond bill. Mr. lirosyeiior, H"i.iil.l. aii. of Ohio, sposc In opposition to the siil'tllut", Wilii'll WI14 advocated by Mr. TllWIie, Kepllll- llciin, of Miniies.ita, and opimsi'tl by Mr. Hall, Democrat, of Missouri. Mr. Hall llietii.. Mo.), announced his coiivt rsloii to sound money. roBTV-MSTll PAV. N'otiet" wns given lu thn Semite today by Mr. luivi. of Minnesota, that on Monday ii"t he woi Id address the senate on til" resolution reported by him from th" com mittee nn foreign relations relative to the en forcement of th" Moiiroti doctrine. Mr. Cameron ireiiiisylvauial Introduced n joint resolution relative to the termination of the war in Cuba, After a preiimt'le, ipiotlng from the rre-l.lent's last annual message what Is sub I In refereneo to that suhjis't, tho Joint resolution provi bti that as It appear there are no un-ans nf securing permanent pi'iict" l-i Cuba, cxit'pt by the recognition of the right to sc!f-giiV"riiment, the good otllees id th" l iilti'd States ant earnestly recom llieil'lt'il for the recognition of the ilidopond eni'otif Cuba. I he resolution was read for a llrst and second time mi l laid on tho tuhlo for the pn-si-iit. Sdialor Quay's resolution to recommit tlm House tun IT bill with tint fnss coiniige bill to the finance committee without r's'ominendatloiis was laid before the Senate, ami 011 tho suggesliou of Mr. Oorninii Mr. yuay eousi'iitetl tu let it go over until tomorrow, tin motion of .Mr. Call, tho resolution as to tho rifogntthiu of hcllii.'or eiicy in Cuba was nnide the special onlor after the urgent ilellciency bill. Alter further discussion of tlio tvoiiil-frvo coinage bill the House ngrood to voto on it at 4 p. m. I hursdny, and then adjourned out of resH""i to tlie memory of Mr. t nun, oi Tux as, dtsi"ued. BRIEF MENTION. The Han Carlos Apache are again on the rampage. (iruco lrehytcrlan Church of Pt. Ioula was totally destroyed by tiro. Loos jO,000- lvtcr Atkins and Maud Kelly worn drown ed near Mlddlctown, N. Y., whlln trying to cross tint wulklll river lu a light wagon. Tho (limit of tho tri-Clty Packing company at Davenport, la., was totally ilcsiroyod by lire Sunday morning, entailing a loss ot 125,000. A miiiiHiipposeil to be Kehlatter, the alleged divine healer, has bcttn arrealod at Hun Iler linrtllno, ( ah, as a vugriiut. It Is said that W. W. Astor discharged tho editor of Ids l'all Mall (laxetto Istcaasu tho littler Insisted ou writing sneering urtlclc about Aiucrica. Th" suit of ltlrdlo Kutherlaml, an F.ngllsh ballet girl, agulnst Hon. Dudioy Churchill M.ijnrl'iiu'is, for 100,000 damages for breach ot promlso, commences ut I.oudou. I.osnem, an Amerlcuu outlaw, has tss-a captured after several of his bumi wcrn kill ed, and will be ahot for roblilng a ranch lu liuruiigo, Mux., and killing three t'uttlo-muu. r- f LOCATED THE BULLET. Proiessor Roentgen's Discovery Tested in a I Practic;! Manner. M.'dicnl men In Montreal havs been for wek anxiously wiitchlng tho cxMTlments of Irofessor Cox, rf MeGltl I'ulvcrslty, w ith Ir. IhsMitgcn's n.tthod of "Invlslhlo" pln toir s hy ty the (athode ray. iin Clirlstiiias day a I ullet wai ftrctl Into ths rolf of tlm left leg of a yonnii itibii limn ed Cunning. The Injured youth wns taken to the Montreal l neriil If.'ispltnl. whero ef fort wcro made to locnte the bullet by proh. Ing, but without Mirer. Th" wound heal ed ever ami two week nft"r tho accident yoiiyg running left the h-f-i'ltnl. All went wsllurtil Inst week, wlieu the wound ls rnnt troublesoni from tin fact that the bul let tjtlll remalnetl lu the leg. Il wn decided to try to locate Iho bullet wlt.i the assistance of jir. Ilot-iitgen' dlseov cry The young mnn was taken to one of the experimenting lalmratorl.'s inthc 1'hyslcs bnllillmtnt MciHIl I'nlversity whero tho ex periment wns to taki" dii-e. ' When ho had taken his scat a enmern tiol.lcr containing a Stanley sensitized pinto was placed against a heavy block of wood 'at one side of the leg. the latt'-r being h"ld In a t"aily position by means of bun. Inge and fowols. When nil was In nndlnes th" cliftrl" t ur rent was tun i d on. The liuht Immediately begim to flaro and Picker, but niter n slmri I nt. rvnl liccaiiie tiiiti' steady. At th" end of 4.1 minutes tho current was cut off. the bnndagis o..i te'd nud tho pint" taken to ti e dark room for di vt loping. After the lap" of 1.1 minutes I'rof. d i reapi't iir" I. II" said h" bud every r n n t feel irratl:l" 1 nt the resit't "Tlm bolu s In lh" - nlf of thn "f, ' Sal 1 h ''lire philnly tllsceri.ll.le In the plate ami In ndtlitlon there I n solid miL-tunee there which I mil ci'livhiced is the bullet." Th-" doiiors in attendance and the pntient himself were likewise pl' iiscd with the r-Milt of the expt rltneiit. Hul ne.pieiitlv the- la'ter was requistnl to return to th" ln-t Hal, when' 1111 operation w ill ! perfor'tied as 'soon as a print can Is" obtaim d from tlie plate. Thomas A. L'disnii, hi pi bomb try and his ns'lstnnts mid employes nt Llewellyn I'nrk, nenr Orntige, N. J., arc tie tpiy ih'Vi t"d to fnthomlnir th myht'Ties of I'rof. lto"iiti"n's X rays. The famous Inventor himself works from morning until motnlnir, working nt nothing nud striking nt uothinir but tl: I'.' W form of light. An ex crlmeiit nf Inlt r st was tl at of tle tennltiliig the relative resistance of ecrfiln metals and substances. Narrow strips, one each of hard rublier. celluloid, steel, giins, nine, aluminum and lead, were faten" I per pendicularly about half nn Inch apnrt on a piece of cnrdl o.inl. The card wns fastened to the Hhutt'T of a slide, within w hlcli was 11 sensitive plate. The Mrips were then ex posed for 1 Ight triiitit- s to the rnvs. Tlm negativ; oLtalii'd showe'l that U,.; Ht"c wns j in. ticaiiy fin pr net ruble ; lal mid (ll II til in u III nlTi'l' d liltle trim rei-i-titl'.ee to the light: hard nil her, celluloid mid 7I11" Hiiccumheil in n lik" niea.tire, and eiiiss irnve a fair rcsistmicc. It Is known that tli-gla. of the tills- retains 7.1 1 1 r ceitt. of the rays, liml it has been suugest".! that n wlielow t I niiiniliium Is' placed in tli" tube opposite th" cnthode disc, allowing 11 fr-fr exit forth" strange light. Mr. F.dloii purpose within fi tiny or two to attempt to photograph the bony forma tion of a human head, and, incidentally, to co If it is possible tjget 11 shadow of the brain. Wlntlicr th" brain will resist the rays nnd prevent It production In nhuilowgrni.li form is not known. W'luit obi tructlon wlii bo of. fered by tint skull Is also 1111 determined, nl- though the theory, apparently sustained by ihi i"-.l..lni' h tl'llt, hil.-VitVu:. ;l,,,,.-rt-'.,.V.'- ' e'lt I '. th" inys to penetrir, it CRIMES OF CHICAGO BEDS. j The Fearful Crime of Elaetke Hjj Several : Parallels in That City. Investlk'iitl on In coiiiieetion with t he w hole sale slaughter of t h i Khit'tl;" family, of Chi cago, by Anarchist lil'-hnr.l Klii"t'" brought to light a fresh st nsntlon regarding th" l.il!- ' Ing of tint 1 1 '-iimiiii family, one of the several i parallel casts tin re within th" pits', few months, llcllina.'i, who was 11 pr- spi roil contractor, nsplr, xlat' tl hi., wife, four child ren 11 m I himself. At the time it was suppos"d t 1 be th" re s'. lit of Insanity, but it ha now Lc-n di-env-eretl that lb inn in had two families - th" Chleai'o household and u wife and two child ren living In Co riiiiuiy. A short tim" hefor the tragedy occurred, llollmmi rc-i lu d news that his tb tt'Tti'd wife in tiermany had tli-. covered his whereabout, and was t v u then on her way with her children to America. Id-lliniiti's first wife arrived 11 f-w days aft T th- tragedy, untl Is How living in the house whi 'h her huslsiud und his American him lu ll!"!. The funeral af the miird. red Klii"tke fam ily was attended by hundreds. Although Kluetkt" was 11 pronounced Anarchist, tln-ro wits ii'.. demonstrations of any kind by tlm It 'tis, the funeral Is-ing in charge of tint local Carpenters' fnloii, to which h" belonged. The simple service of the Lutheran Church was rea l at the house, and ilo little girls drtvtsi'd In white untl currying wlii;o flowers followed the rum nil procession for u mil". BY FIRE AND FLOOD. The Village of Boundbrook Cut Off From the Outside World. Ilouudhrook, N. J., Thursday Light ex perienced tho most tl rend ful calamity in its existence. It was swept by both tiro ami Hood. Tho water from the ltaritau river ntu through the streets anil nt 3 o'clts'lt a. m. was nearly ten feet high in tint main street. The Hood wo caused by tho heavy rain fall t.viTlloodlng tho ltaritau river. '1 ho water In the meadow brook, about a tiiarter of a milt) from tho heart of liotimliirook, overflowed Its hanks. It swept 011 both sides of the Central railroad bridge, Thn water rose higher than tho bridge and rushed out from the track. Tlm surrounding country for a quarter of a mile wo Hooded. Tho three mam blocks in tho vlliag were flooded, ami while tho citizen were trying to rescue, men, women and children from th houses that went in danger of Ih lug swept away by tho Hood a lire was discovered. T ho lire was llrst seen in tho lumber yard of L. L. Cook & Co. Au alarm wus turned In, but volunteer tlremeu thought moro of human lift than pros'rty. nnd they sent word to SomervtllH ami I'lainileld for os.Lst ant'H. Engines started from tlm two place for Ilotindhrook.htit they hail not got fur out side thn limits of their respective towns when thy wr forced to return on account of tlm roads being Impossible. No attention was puld to lighting the lire by the villagers. All of thorn directed their effort toward rescu ing thostt who were Imprisoned by tlm flood. Kowboats were secured ami uttotnpt mudo to tako iiorsoua from tlm second story window of their housed, but they could not be got out. Miss Barton En-Route. Miss Clara llarton, president of tho Ameri can Hcd Cross soelittyt Mr. Pullman, her secretary ami tho rest of the party ,efl Victor ia station, England, .Wednesday morning en rcuto for (.'oustutitluoplti. Tho railway coin puny reserved a currlago for tlm oxclusiva ut) of tlm purty und a cuhlu was also resiTv otl for theui 011 tho hhaiiuol steamer. In at' tilt Ion to this, tho steamer wired lu ngeut lu Calais, Instructing hlin to show the party 0'ery possihlo courtesy. Mis ISiu'toii will reinulu in Paris a fow dya r.nd will ulso tako a brief rest anil 0011 stll with L'aitisl Htutoa Minister Tripp. At Vienna she will tako the Oriental uxpreaa Uroagu to Countautluoplo. te EGRAPHIC TICKS. in- 1 ir rn aeisrs.t hi4 rismantl nr. tiiol"!-!! f IU-ichstn f.ira largnr navy. Tho N) fork Assnrfihly Iin passod a 1 to lnvf.'isV th alleged coal trust. Th deVt of New York city, not I . . . 1 ; . . , . J M ..... 1 . 1 1 1 ... A.n ... I ""iiim m .-r ii-vtitu ut'tiiriHH.iis is vitio,'.H mn. .... Oovet bor 1'ichards ha di-malidcd of S retnry Oluey that h torthwlth rid Montu ot the Cuts' I ml tan t. TheshypJ. H. Walker, which was Mm ashore 0I1 Liberty Island. New York, Thu day 1 still Inst on lh-; rocks. The West Virginia guard eonl! of. ri oral nin) tafT. 11; Infantry, Hlfi; avalln for military service, lii, Mil. Bevcraf person were bmlly hurt, lu fatally, in a wreck on the Cleveland, Cant A honthern rnllrond, near Canton, O. Ilurrtmr wreoke I the safe In Itoger Sons' bunk nt lledfnnl, ()., Wediientl', night, with dynamite, hut failed to get Opl'll. Inventor IMison will attempt to Imprm on the Itocnti'cu photogrnplih" discovery I photographing a living man's brain tish eathotle rays. Mr. Mary Vincent, ot Chicago, witurah her clothing with kerosene nnd "t her.' on lire, because of tlomestl.I trouble, Sli wn burned to death. Heavy rain and melting snow product tll.-nstrou Hoods In the eastern and centr sections i.f l'lTinsylvniila. At Norrlstown tl hchuyllil.d liver rose feel. Tin-Ke-ittl.'kv HoiiSf ntbiliti'd rcsolilll.ii of sympinhy for th" Cuhnii Insurgents, urv Ing the h! tii-ky .1. l",;iitioti In Con .'re' t ndv at" tiie rec, r-i,itloii of thn Cubans n In Hie, rents. T he I't'dy nf the hit" I'tilt" 1 State Un bll-s.l'h.r to Ci'TII II V. Thi'otlor" lluvmi, W; l"shi .d mi boa'! the steamer Hn' wl.it I' will 4il fr-uii Iin iin'ii for New Yet Ili'Xl I II. 4.ill . A fir-- l-i McKci'spi rt. I'n., destroyed tli Allmeyi r beildliu; and the lleral I newpapi nHli'e. lic.rge M. I iirto, foreman of tli entnp. 'ing r i .tli wn burned to death. Tot i'.'.7. '.oo. Ar il:.- mctits nro being completed to , nw.iy with a '.tit ho of tb" small pototlb" In th" In h.-ht-orli I of I'lttsburtr ami inn1, tin m su l.-st a' i i i. s i f th" latter ofllce, H-r" by rapid transit. Iiojns raul. chief of the pr" " ' Ian revobitl ci. tb-clarc himself einy to the gmt rnmcat mid uru. I its to unit" i:gi!l...t th" coniiii' Kt'.g'l.-li iv.va I t-. S Vcn"7.n uri en f.illov. iv. C. 1 I'i' f.,l in i head of Penrl llr .' .. muni a t e l In ( incltiiiaii or Ki'titticky. by S-ott .la. : son mil Ai itn i Wailing. Iin not vet b i found. Mu )i additional evltnc" I obtained iivdiir.t th" two men. Testify. Ing hi fore tin' linMil Sennb' cup,, nilttte, An l.-e'v Cnriiegi' iiiul .Itdin W. Ib.r toll, of Iteihit'heiii, s.iid tln r" wn little x--:, in Ar r lute at k b o to .V)0 n ton. A goviTiimi'iit plaiit would cost ij4,'')0,(KS). Kr. nt, the ex; r-ss f:rent of the Wells-Knr-go eomj'iu.y nt Colorado Springs pleatlc! guilty to robl Ing tin- company if iiO.OOO.utnl w a si'iitt ii I to live years Imprisonment III- father wa releuseti. All but lj of till iiinin y wa ro"DV"rei. At Ilci.driek, In., Jo" M.-riMi'l l. l. y- ir tiltl. sltot his 7-yenr-olil brother with n 'Wln cln ster rllleiuid th"ti kllh-il himself, blowii'i! the enlir" of hi head nw.iy. Tim father ha I h ft tin' ttoys t"gt tln r in the house, ami th-y Li . a:i;e Involved in ti tpiarrcl. At Wilber, N"l. II. W, Crowe, n prominent cltien, ch urged with pnlsnnlug his wifn le conceal his Inliiniicy w ith her unmnrrle I sister, was iictpiittcd. Mis V ty limuho, tlm youn woman in the ease, who was charged with being nn neces-ory, will be liberated. ilnlui I.ee and James Hustle, rivals for tin nfl-ctioin of a young woman of Adams, i little town live ml.es west of Oreciishurg; pistols nti-1 botn of them lire badly wound' d. j wliil- two bystanders ulso received u stray Dlillt'I. The Jury In the t'lilted Stnte dlstrl -t court tli'clitretl the t hlcngo jnsput 'ii an oiisceii", lew.!, lascivinits nud itid lit publication: iiinl that Joseph II. liunlop w as Its respoii Kihlc . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 r , anil found liitu guilty on sK eo il it I : t of sending tho ohseeae publicntl'iu t irotigh tlm luall.t. CONFESSING TO THE KURDER. Two Juen Arrested in Cincinnati For Pearl Bryan's Eoatli. Scott Ja.'kson, in '"used of tlm murder of I'l'iir! llrvaii, of Hit en Caslle, Ind., couftss- etl bis guilt to tlm pc!i"o nf Cincinnati ami he iii.plicntes Al. iizo M. Walling. Walling has also eotif esed to n pt rsoiial l;nowlisl,ti of the mur t t of the girl lnt Weilnesilay liight. W aillio; trie to lay the whole blnmo mi Jackson. Jackson math) his confession by small Installment. Not a word of details of the crime has he spoken. Wi' lucMlay week l'"iirl liryan left (Irt-ou-rastli', li"t , for Iiiillmiiipoli., oslcusihly to visit friends. I ailing to return, Iht parents sent to Indiana polls untl l"arn-d sh" had not lii'cti th"ie. The brother of the girl, Frank liryan n piirtfil his sister's dlsuppenrauco to City Marshal Starr. Starr reported this story to Cincinnati detectives who were in lireencusd". The iletts'tivt'S took tho dt'Utl girls clot ties to the homo of tint llryuus, where th")' WIT" lit OUCO lilt'lltltl'sl OM those which l'earl luul woru wheu sho left home. l'earl liryan was the daughter of Alex ander liryan, u wealthy farmer living near (irit'iicastlc. She was a blonde, aged 21 years, and u g.-a luato of Oreeu'-usllo high school. THE IRON TRADE. But Little Doing at the Present Time Though Prioes Hold Up. Tlm Iron Age says: Tint Iron trudolsdrift Ing. TIhto is comparatively little doing. Some ll"SS"iiier f ig is stdllng from second bauds lit til to 12.12.1 I'lttslnirg, whllo steel is peddling at 17.-0 to 1S. There has been Horn imulry for and mod erate .oiling of wire rmls, nnd u moderate run of business In finished Iron ami steel nil over the country, but thcro Is no vim in tho business. It is estimated by good authorities that in th'- aggregate the orders for steel rails in tho books of tho mills llgurs up between 'iiO.000 ami IIOO.OOO, lu foundry Iron there has Ishiu some activity. The Chicago furnace have lowered their price and have captured eun slilerahlo business in their own market. Quit" a largo business has been tloim in cupper for future delivery, anil ths market has decidedly stiffened. Lead, too. has shown a rising tendency, and spelter U un questionably in better shnpo. Death of William H. English. William ll. Knglish, capitalist, politician ami litcrateur, tiled on the 7th lu nla rooina at Kngllsh's hotel, Indianapolis, after au ill ness of six ww-Ua. Ho was at llrst attacked by grip. This was followed by inflamma tion ot tho air passage ami tho inanihrunoa of the throat. t)f this ho almost recovered, but two weeks ago ho wassnlzed with lullam iinitory rheiiinatisin, which, with organlu ' 1 i'i ilUi'iistt of tho heart, completely exhausted li till. He leaves HU eslato estimated ut from i 5,000,000 to H,000,000. Tlm funoral took place suiiilnv. William llay.lcn English won Lorn lu luttinna August 21. ls'i'J. Ilo wa f lost muster at Lexington, his native town, aiforo ho was of ago. llu was spcuker of tlm llrsj, legislaturo nfter tho adoption ot In diana' constitution in DUl. Under Poik'a ; adiuinlstratiou ho wus a treasury clerk, and in 185J lie was electeti to Congnns, where served until lrUil. Ho was tho author ol (f, am ooinpromlse nicasuro in relation to tho i hcltli niisslou of Kansas as a titaloi which bocat a law aud was a prollllo theiiio of ooutr vomy la thu political content oi M uoy. AN Sul tnk bet In gc I'i' nn wi lie. tin hit n n t"i en ml an wi hit tv yi' wi 1). t- nr pt. w ec W: f I.i bi Vi h. inr in ,stl 'lii tu P' I m, t ...
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