1 7 if ' "St .niis - ' f( ; r - IMS! NEWS FROM BUHGM QUAY AND ALLISON. Beginnlnt; to Be Regarded at Very Bduoh In th Ereeldental Race. Nenntnr Quay In Mill receiving mnny en couraging report. The Washington Star linn arrived at thi conclusion thnt Mr. Quay had I ettcr li watched a a prominent candi date. It stated Thurdav rvt-niiiK: 'Tin' Quay follower are r'lly l'glnlng to look earnestly upon the candidacy of llH'ir favorite, ninl th Heating politicians around tho f-n lt 1 ar' frequently Induced to Isdlcvo thnt Ouay stands a good a )irn,i ns any body, ; 1 1 I return to their home and go to work for him. Of mur', they ilo not do this for love. Quay I understood to ! mak ing a mill limit search for I I nt In tho South and wherever else ho see a chance to pick up stragglers." TIht" I active work !'ttit? done by the lieutenant of nil th" -n nl ! l;t. Allison I cutting a bigger figure In the Hotith tn delegate-getting t tin ii nnv of his oppo nent have given him rr" lit for, ntil the hand of hi trusted manager, Octicnil lark in, -nn In- seen In tin1 tnitiiipiilatloti of thi so n fair. Oai'Tnl Clarkoii is mi old hnii'l In ut t .-n 1 1 ii to such matters, ami the prolan!" r"nlt I tliBt Allison will turn up at St. I. ml with a much larger vote tiiini now imagined. Ooncrnl Clnrksnn'a head quarter ii r" In N"w York, I n t In1 often put In an appearance In Washington, fi n 1 con fer witli tlii' Allison manager here. 'I I i y keep ni with th" situation thoroughly lit mtv State, ami urn lighting every Inch of ground. Mu.-li of Hi,, work for Alll-m In t(i South I being iloii" l.y minor h-nd. r of t'in party. It I mi I .M' Kinl.'.v bi.g ago gobbled u'p sotr.c o thi' important lender and put t ti-:n to w. rk. Seeing the turn thing un taking in tin' South, many I: 'publicans come to Vii,iiii.'oii i v. ry day to try to i i t h uti to tin1 Allison I'lorini". 'I'h, Mr soni' have ii accepted in icarlv every Instance, nml they have been cnt Link South to work, Wlii n (it ni'Nil Clarknti I Imt lure to nr nint" iimtti'i, Sin.itor OriT nn. firn.'rnl lli'ii'liTnin tnki 1'iiro of tho Alliion IntiT--t. LAW8 FOR LABOR. Ths Eight-Hour Bill and the Ex-Convict Work Moaeure. Th" IIoim1 t'oiiimittfo on l.nlmr iikp'i'iI to ri'p.T! fnvoral.ly tli" l.lll to a.ljuit tin- u.-. I'oimt of nu'i'linnl' , luli in r mi l oth"r timli r tin; i lcht-hoiir law, with nn ann'iiil no Hi roviiiini; tluit th" .iMioiinti foiui'l .I'l" tlu'ri'iui'lor plmll t pui.l tliroiii!h th" miiil l.y rln'.'k .r In pi-rnon to th" "liiiiimi.N. Th" n!'j".'t of th" iimi'nilii."iit I to mi'.mii" to "Li'm mtK th" full inn. unit th.it limy h" f.nii:. lino tlii'in an. I to provi'i.t tln tMnxfi'r of th" i'Iiiiii' to iiH"ni ,ni.l other for a "oii-I.Iitii- tioii. A sill uiiiiiltt"" r - ort" I fiivoral.ly t i Hi full I'oiiiinltt"" l;".r"M'ii'utiv" Soiith wh k' i hill to pri'vent th" pr.nlui't of oon vi. l lulu r lii lntf !i"iit fn.in oil" Stiito to an other. International Mail. The (ioViTlinii lit of the l"llit".l State nr., 1 of nil other ,'ouiitrl" "oinpri".! in th" I'nl vitkiiI l'o.itiil I'nion, will ,"i;ln W"ihlni: nil Ineoiiiliii; ami outpoint; innll '. M.iy J. Tl).. weii:liln will I'ontlnii" for 'J ilay. Till 1 iloii" every tliree yt iir l.y nil of the OoMTiiment., nn. I i.n it r'"tilt il"p"tnl the nitiouiit of eoiiiprn.itl..i (riven l.y every eouutry fi.r tlie I'lirriiine ,f it mall in the territory of the other. After thee llures are imthereil, they . n , u 1 1 1 . 1 1- I t.y I I to "i nre the weight f.,r the : weck'of the year, an.) the report. tN n will I." e.v.i'hani;",l iy thi' re.peetlve KOVernnient. Manaoiei Have Ceased. I ."". r' V.'.r Olneyi j, r,,.,.V(.. a eut.li vrum from I niteii MuteH Mini.-ter Terrell at '.,u ptaiitinople, Htatiiit; that no ueie rul ina-iii-ere have oeeurre.l In two month, an. I that niit.'h eotilhleneeia felt that they hav eeased. TWO GANGS CAPTURED. Counterfeiter and $25,000 in Green Good Taken in Chicago. Three jjrecn urn ids men and a satchel illlcd with new money nmountiinj to . jr.twi(l were 'enj tured by postal lnsN cti.r at Chicago There were four men In the party, one of Whom escaped in the melee at the old lli lll- avi line ware hotel, at Cottage drove ;,n, -third street, when the raid was made. The tunics "dvon by the . npiure.l men are Chailc Herd, Albert !ray, l'raiik Mnlth. W illiam Kichards. a I'lilted stales di-puty marshal nt l'e Molue. In., v,as Hi" suppos ed countryman whom the sharper were to victimize, and he had p ne Into the buililinu Vit'i tiniy.whoin he knew as the yniuik' Mr. Voeil." tiray led hi supposed ietlm throiiuh two connecting rooms, lm Line; the doors behind. I he lue-is of the business w li the payinu nl 1.-.'"0 for t J.l.oiHi b.r paable ci.unieifeii money, ai. I tli" state nuht of Aiausii in the "ii en (jood lui-lin . In the Inner room was toiin. I old Mr. Viatel, '' the ...rt played by Herd. An old dilapidated sali iii I was placed on the table and its con tents of packages of k I ii."iicv shown. Ill, 'hard.- settled lilm-ell t.. talk over th" sub ject. There was a knock at the door. ). i- ard r unh'.ed the signal of his Irii n.l and plaeiiu; hi hand in hi pocket he said: Vou fellows have a s.-beme hero to do me up for money." At tin- .-.nuc n.stan: there Via-a cra-h and the i liter lioot- uunc way. Il-r I drew a revolver and bi. hards drew hi'-. The nvo sprain.' at each other, Herd ijrlppiiiK Mellaril by the lie k, and c:i"h imiii pr".--iit( hi r-volver lu'ain:.'. tli" other's brca-t, 1 puty Mtirshal i.r y.whn had brol-eilown the outer door, liow -plalu' IIL'llll -t (he Uer door, wliicli cave way bc,,i-e him. II" rover d the . iipturcl in; i fi'iter with hi. revolvr, and Inspc tor M'T 'cr iithI t'liris tluu followd him into the room, lie Htrii1. ulc was soon over and th" operator and money secured. Chief postal Jnspe 'tor Slc.vart was mi the out- ide. lieiore ent.'rin.',' tie- hmi-e h" plac ed Smith mill t arr. t. The 'oiirtli man es caped. Tl e postal inspector- ran .'.own their men throi:t;li a h Iter which the swIudi'T had ei,t to Warri'ii, Ark., on l-'ebruary 11. RUSH FOR NORTHERN GOLD. An Unprecedented Number of People Hust ling Toward Alaska. The pteunishlp Topekii sall"d from 1'o't Townsend, Wash., March !. with the largest pas"iiKer list ever carried north, ir.ubup of 800 iiiiuers for the Kold Held of Cooks inlet and Yukon country. Nearly as many more have eiiRiwd pas bhp for a future trip. The steamship Alki arrived and already her entire a mm.idntl.iii ha- ben spoken lor. The rush to the north I unpre.ivii.uted. Hie City of 1'uebla, whi. h .sailed from San Fruui'i.-cu, had on hoard a laru1' party of miners, under command of Captain ,l,,hn II. Johnson, bound for the "old mines 700 miles In the interior of Alaska. Tie ir destination Is Forty .Mile lllreh creek, near liyr settle ment, which they expect t i reach in May. Tho putty is fully e.julppcil. Caught at Work. Secret Service Ai;ciit Cn'ori.:o It. ISrauus, raided th" establishment of the Metropolitan rhoto-I.ithorapliiiiK Company, on the top floor of "JO Clinton pin.-", New Vork.ninl cap tured an entire out.lt for counterfeit!.!;'; liver iiTtillcatea of the scrlci of la'Jl, with li Wlndoru vlynettt). . TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. flrvon men were scriouaty ftijured by th explosion of liollpr In the Troy laundry, Chlitaffo. Th atatlatteal rotnrnK of the various Meth odic Ixxllen cyn 25,000,000 as the total mem t'rhlp throliKhout the world. Charh W'. SanforJ, collector of taxes of Coneonl, Maos., was senteneeil to five years n prison for I'mlwir.llim tH.000 tax fumls, W', E. Clark, of Cleveland, O., has organ leil a company to ereet a law reflnitiK works In California to refine California oils. The number of deaths In London last year was h.'i.i.im, pipml to an nnnual rat of ID. 4 iier I.OUO, tho population lielntf about 4,3 'Ji, A It. H. Holmes, otherwise known as Mud K"tt, is doomed to die on the scaffold May 7, hi death warrant havimf heen elKiied to that cITeet. Comi.r"ei nlr as a power has displaced stenm in three department of the l'ulliniiii 1'nlaee t ar company's works, and will soon he used throughout the shops. Eastern bondholder of tho fiutte nnd Hus ton copper and llver mitilmr company, Mon tana, have III". I an attachment on Its prop erty for 441.1,000, throwing 700 men out of work. The ttallaii-Amrrli-ans In Chfentfo have formed a i'ommltt"e to colleet funds for the reliff of the wounde I and fami lies of the soldiers who ln.t their lives In the African conllli t. lii'iijamln I.lverman, who died In Mlnne apoli tlie other day at th" ne of 65, claimed to he the Hrvt coiniiier.'ial traveler to K' on the road in till country, lie traveled for n Jewelry houe. The Iri.ih Heli'-rnuTi "iiffcred severely from the violent sto-in of la-t year; many lives W"p' Inst, n veil in. a larL'e tiuinluT of boat. Ili'turn of the Kihimti li-hliiK show nbout nn llViTllpi yield. Kiikdand prop, . to ral-e n regiment of 1,'entlemeli: there would be l.lehtv of recrillls from the yi.uin; men who billed to puss the cxntuliuiti'.u if I ii' i l' i i.k' to the military school. I.i.rd W'olseley favor the plan. Ah Ial illspat 'h from Homo says Kinit IliimUert has orueri .1 Slvnor I'ranzoi to un dertake a si ial ml.-slon to the AbvHsinlan N"u M"ii"lek. Si'iior Kraiizol liellevcs that it Is In t to conclude an tmnorable peace with the Al'Vs.-inlaiis and al.andon the coun try. END OF A FIEND. Outlaw Etlingcr, Defiant to the Lait Mo ment, and Diet by His Own Hand. W hile attetiiptim,' to arrc-t William I.. Et llnKeriit Woodward, l'a.,two men were shot, one Instantly killed and the other so fatally Injured he may die at any minute. Wllliaui Etliiitf-r, a'sittt 'J year old, who lm I n a wild character ail hi- life, about a a year ao wa indicted for u.-sault and bat tery, lb- pivc bail f,,r curt and skipped the country. i:tlim;er returned on the ath, and Constable John llirner wa deputized to brink-him to jail. Th" i , itMal 1" to k with him Fr-.k (i'Mswhite in.t a number of eitl :je,s tin anivli.K at l.tlinu'. r' house they w;cre warned not to n'"r. The doors were lo.'ked, but soon were broken down with sledfc'e liummers, and liarin r entered. I'.tlin tfer was U stairs, and at on- 'threw dynamite nt the constable. Thi fal'lny to explode, Ktiinucr shut liaincr. ielSWhltC, .-eellnrtll" COIlstllbl" flllldi'lll, ru.-hed li, only to n Ivc two chnrKes of buckshot at short ran":". He stautfered out of the hoii-e fatally woiind" ! and was car ried away by friend. The body ,,f the con stable was Hot recovered. Etlltlljcr liK.llll barrieiidc'l the door and dclled the posse of .iti.'.i ns to air st him. Tin fact were t"le is'taphcl t Sh ri!T Con.lo. who ordered th- cu'..'."!!.-to iiaii'. .l"' lieu:1 and shoe' ': mini If he attempted l.,es' U.e. in tlie meantime, tlie count) er i'harti'r d a special train, a IT with ii hire;" posse of well-amic 1 at ti o'.'lock Hint iitcht for tli" s the tragedy. Woodward is seven tn tho iieiirc.-t te)ej.'niph station. Just about noon Friday the lost act in the tragedy was ena 'ti'd, whciilh' noted outlaw, Who tiad, ."lli-le-h:i!idd. held at bay the slierilY ol ( enter county, two scores of armed depiiti' s ami an infuriated mob of uu.re than 1.001) aiiKry citizen, himself performed the eiiu.ix tiy sendiiiLj two bullets Into hi brain. This wa- done alter all hope of cne had been ili-pclled, as he had been driven, from cover by the biirnini; of KU home uud fort re INSURGENTS GAINING. Many Vilbig' f and Plantations IX'ftroyed by Them. Th" ri'opeiiini; of telegraphic corRiaunlen tioii with the provin. i' of I'mar del Ulobrlu"- the llrst detailed inforinati.in of aifair in hat province for several weks, and it show a condition little les-than appulliu":. The rich Vudto Abajo tobii district hu I n put to the tor 'h, and it I red'i 1 to a ibso- late wilderness. Whole towns hnee been ob literated and reduced to ashes, and their in habitant are uuii'lcritm hclples and desti tute. I he villages and town of Cabanas, llahia, llotidla, San luce., Nunez, Santa 'hi:: d" l.o l'lno, l.o 1'ala (.,, Pm( lli'al il" Sail iMi-ito and sau liii i.'o do I, oh liauos arc r. du I to iisie . All these were import ant nnd thriving cnti'is of population nud business. The la-t town which succumbed tn the ,. si:ik'ents torch I- san Juan y Marline:!. The tol a from this town i- fiimous the world omt. spaiii-li troops found only dobri- nud I stie.Kiim' ash. -, an. I all around a seemliu'ly lunille sea of nr-. A hundred desolate families had taken refuse In p.. or huts, and were waitim: helph s-lj f..r LssUtaiiee to savo tlieiu from -t:ii Mitioi;. The a IjoiuliiK town oi Mm Lai-ha a narrow e- ape from the sau.e fate. J lie inhabitant-, I. a I llcl wlien ieneral Coreb's tioops f. t eel the lusur Ki nt to evacuate th" town. I lie news of th" action, i the 1'nitcd States con-'iess has petieirate.l to every insurgent camp within :0 miles of Havana, and the Cuban patriot an' wild with joy. Thi-v l' lieve that imw cartiidiji s and rllics will 1m mediiitely become plentiful, and that expedi tion from the l liiti d Slat will land daily. J'.altl, between the Spanish sol'iicis and iusurh'eiits, witli heavy losses to the latter, urn reported from Simla Cruz, Palmyra, t icnfii".. and Al,iil.ar. PAIN IS HUSTLING. Her Arsonal at Cadiz is Being Worked to Its Full Capacity. The arsenal at Cadiz. I belni; worked to its full capacity in the maniifacturo of truus, cartridges for artillery, etc., and the jjreutest activity prevail. The city of IJarccloua Is perfectly iulet. Meetln.'s were held at Valladoliil, tiranadii and Ovidio caliiu',- ujion the Koveruuicnt to adopt th" most eiielk'etle measures, T in1 governor of Valencia has apoloclz.iNl to the 1'nitcd States consul there for tho hostile attitude ol the rioter in that city to ward the consulate, which was attacked with stone and other missile. It is propo.-cd in several towns that ad dresses be si tied thiiiiliin trie Uritish nnd French pre.- for tie ir expressions of sym pathy with Spain tuul ho Handed to tho con suls of those countries. Italian Troops Panic-Stricken. Further advi"cs from the Italian head quarter in Abyssinia show that larue bodies of troops w ho wero supposed to have per ished iu tho rout of tho Italian forces lust Sunday- uro now c-omlnif into tho Italian, uauip. HIES! lit WARNING TO THE PRIESTS. Weyler Orderi All Churchmen to Leava th Patriot Banki. tnptnln-Oennrnl WVylor lias Issued tho fol lowing circulars: "I have promulKatrd nn order that the teachers of divinity of the provln.-is of Ma tanz.as, fsauta Clara, rtterto Principe nnd Hantlatfo de Cuba who confessedly have taken part in the movements of the rebels, shall lie pardoned on maklntr their submis sion. surrendcrin their arms and placlmr themselves under the surveillance of the law ful authority, provided they have not com mltte.l other critm-a since the Issuance of my last proclamation. "It will be a commendable circumstance that these submissions may be made by bod ies of those adected. "Tho teachers of divinity who, without arms, shall eon o In tinder the the same cir cumstances, will be Immediately transferred to the encampments, fort", towns and In Koncrnl. where they may be under the Imme diate vUlliiuce (if 'the troops, and nil the teachers shall bo under the control of the commandants In whatever Jurisdiction they tnav I' assigned, A record of tho'' so nt tiiehed to each column, oiienmpmont or fort, will be kept, and their superiors will make a report every llftien das coiiecnilm; tho conduct of the teachers, and will determine the time at which they will lie permitted to reside in Whatever place it may be deemed a lvl ibe to conduct them, plneini; them un der the supervision of the local authorities or mnMhtf any other disposition of them which may ho considered proper. "Ill the neantime.tliey V. ill lieeome liennil tiently attached to the' military forces and will Klve their Attentions to the dylmj, and wiil be entitle,! to such ration lis t roop In th- Ib id or traveliim'. " These directions shall not o into clfect in theprovli of Piiuirilel liiound Havana until these provinces have extended to them the preMililm; law in the easeoftho-o who deliver themselves up to the authorities. wivnoii." BUTCHERED Teaceablo Citiren Cut and Shot to Death by4 Spaniards. The in (.. n."e of innocents at (itiatno was duplicated by the Spaniards last W ednesday on the Morale estate near CasiKua.-. Havana Province. Jt,.fik.,N-s say that after the Insur gents retreated the Spaniard eiilerc.l do. mansion of the estate, w hl"h was owned by Jose (ireearin lel"u,lo, an American. In ine nousc won Pe'chlo were his s..n, Iir. f'eltfudo. ami 14 emplo)es, who had Mod there for sat- ty. Every one of these persons were slain While beei;,lkf f,,r tii"rcy. When theSpnniards left lielyhbors entereil the house and found th" m eorpe. Swords were used to kill them. There wa still another slaughter of Inno ei nt on the tiyallia i-state, March . IJcr nado Iiitartl, a Frenchman, inatia"o,l the es late. Spaniards found (nsuricents camped tie-re. The latter fc ba.-k and the Span iard then bean inasenerolntf pea. 'cubic citi zens. As Imartl appeared In his door wav Inir the French itait he wa shot down. Ihirtecnof hi employes were also killed, some of them shot a they were croiichiiiK under bed In their house. Two women were nmohtf the slain, and one had a bttlsi at her breast. The Spaniards then burned every bull. line; on the estate. THE PALMETTO STATE. The Legisla,turo Adjourns After a Session of Ii..y-ft Days. After n session lust int; 51 days the South Curolina legislature adjourned Saturday, Out-ide of Hie bill rcipjirod to be passed by the coustltuUoa, such as resist ration, ,.)H ttou. i'dv.en'i.'ntuui, wi' tiiero has bceu liUie acuoinplisheil. Those bills passed without opposition or debate, as they were lu thu lerms of the new constitution. The most important measure pussed wus that liatu.'inK' th overumeut of the dls'll sary. Ib'retofurc t he government has U-en almost supreme jh Its control, but bv the new net wlil.-h takes effect April 1, the insu lation will bo under the control nt live citi zens who are elected by the IcxUhtturo, mid who, in turn, elect the stat muulsHloner. Another Important measure wathe reduc tion of ilrst-eja.-s passenger fare to:i,!ij cent. Ilithertu the rates haie I n :V j to 4 eeuts, Tried the Wrong Train. A itariiu attempt to hold uri west-bound liocli Island ex.re.s train wan made at the coal chute two n.il.'s ts-yond Joliol. III. The train slopped there to p't.coaJ; ami as soon u-the train came to a stand-still three iin-u board' .1 a car and orders! the imss'ni;ers to hold up their hands. They juiceee.l.-l lu ktoini,' throiiis'h one car and e'utet"i th" sec ond. Here they met a lively n-ci-ptiou and several shots Wee exehau'e l between .L- wiiecr and the buia;iais, and tliey jumped fiomthe train and escaped. Abyssinian Losses Enormous. The olV.ciul reports of the buttle follirht on March 1 between the It.iliiiu and Abvssin mans ul Adowa, confirm the nrevious report ol the heavy losses on both sides, thosu of the Abyssinian haviiu; been enormoun lien. Aninoudi was Wounded and iv a prisoner iu the hand ol the Abjssinian. lu udedience to the order of tiom-ral Italilissera, Kuscsala luwt been evacuated bv the Italiaii. Must Oo to Kentucky. Judge Huehwalt'T at Citiclimatl overruled u'.l ol j.'ctioiis to the delivery ot Walling and laei sou and remanded them to the custody f of Shcnil 1'iummcr, but stayed proceed ings under the order until next Saturday in order to allow time for a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus if desired by the prisoners. Bodies in a Barrol. Carefully concealed iu a barrel mid cover ed with a iiia.'s of old rags mid cotton the ill ad bodies of a gray-haired man nnd a new born baby were found iu itu alley m-ai' llvde park, Chicago. In coiiseipienco' the police nr.- working on what they consider a double in aider. POLITICAL NOTES. Nineteen counties iu Wi,.nsin have elm-ted delegates lu favor of Mclvinley to the State convention. The Itepi.bllcau city cmveution of ("o luiubii, )., indorsed .ib'Kiulcy for President and favored the Independence' of Cuba, Moron T. Herri -k and Sylvester T. Ever ett were 'lccte.1 delegates to tho NatiouaM llepuhliraii convention from the Cleveland dlitrict of Ohio, ami wero instructed for Mo Klaley. T. E. liurtou wad nominated for Congress. I!ii'amin Whitman, of Erie, En., was iu dorse.l by the licmocrutic county convention, Saturday, for Congressman-nt-LurKo. Judge Ouniiisoti, ltejiublicau, was indorsed for re-ol-itlon. C nicernlng tho contests I'xpts'tcd In the Nai.ioiial llepubllcau coiiventioii of the scuts of delegate, Joseph II. Manley, secretary of tit i National committee, says thut hu ban no p iwer to make tho temporary roll, nud that nit uuiy uevoives itpuu mo Mitionul com mittee. A meeting of several hundred Iteplibllcan at Omaha on Saturday night sustained thu movement to nominate ex-Senator Maudor-, vou fur the PtTbldoney. HELD THEIR OWN. Value Not io Tory Much Affected by Cnb nl B. and 0. The Cuban resolutions and tho appoint ment of receivers for the Pait!moro A Ohio wero events of sufficient Importance to affect almost any genuine market, especially for ae eurftlea. It, therefore, argues either remark able strength of conditions or an entire want of life nnd Rcnultienesa in the market that the prices of the sixty most active railroad stocks, which avcraeii (40.74 per share February 1, have never fallen since that date lower than 4'.'.3 nor risen above tM.R cr share. The industries all report a slightly lower range of prices, except for Iron arid sUsd products, and it Is noteworthy thnt while combinations in structural beams nnd wire and cut nails are advancing prices the i nota tion for bessemer pig has fallen to tlx 40 nt Pittsburg, and soutnern No. 2 Is offer-d nt 7.7.1 delivered at Pdrniltighnm, nnd billets sold at 1 1.70 nt Pittsburg. The tmr combi nation, whb h raised prices not long ago, liic I an Increasing rart of the business ab sorbed t.y outside work. The demand for no class or iron proiluct Is at this time brisk, but large structural business Is extes'tivl lu the spring, and there is still much hopeful- tics about railroad orders, as earnings con tinue to Improve, Speculation In brendstiiffs hns not lsen particularly active, nor has the change iu prices been Important. Western receipts of wheat were 2, III l.:l:tU bushels, against l.NiM. t'.'l.'t for the same week last vear, having been In February 10.0t',!,0;l, against 4. Il'.'.ttil last year. There is still an ex over the move ment of n year aho. though not so irreat as ap eared In February. On the other hand. Atlantic exports again fall behind those of In-t year, amounting for the week to .'111 bushel., hour included, against l.s'sd.'iW last yesr. With continuing largo receipt, corn remains substantially unehanced lu I rice. Failure f,,r (lie week have been 2k.1 111 the I'liiti'.l State., ngiilnst 2.11 Inst year, and til In Canada, against .' last year. G0INO AFTER WILSON. PuMiiher Object to th Postmaster Gen- Vila . 4uuii A ruling by p,.,-!nia-icr (ieneral VTI.-on iu rP.T.ril t.t H,.oth.l...'n., .vtn.l.iv .... 1. --- I, -S tltlHll VII ,1,11 ;S ha.-crcati'd a stir among the big publish Ing lioti-.'S wlileli is-ue retidlni; mailer In pe rlodlenl form so n to take ndvanlnge of the low rate of postage for seeoiid-cias matter, ami a committee consisting of John Elder kin, of the th" New y,,rk Ledger; Patrick Farrelly, general manager of th" American N'. ws company, and (). J. Victor, author of Victor's history of the civil war, are lu Washington forth" purpose rf submitting a imf"st to tli" dei iirttnent. The ruling I as follows: vi,)n n pu,. cation changes its icrlodi--lty It lose it con tinuity and no back number Issued prior to tin- change cm afterward lm sent at the poutnl rat", wh"th"r such back numbers be long to the original or reprint edition." I 'tnler the present law second-class pub lication have Wen able to change their 'per iodicity' since ls-'.i without nlbs'tlng tlieir standing a weond-ch.ss matter. The ruling affects n large nninlier of Interests. A great many of the periodicals have changed their periodicity a number of time, and ae the value of the publication lies largely In the l in k number-, the result wiil be di.sa. trou. Nearly 20 year after the ena tinont of the law th" postmaster general sin' lenly makes a ruling which deprive tlie publishers of their privileges under the law. This Is practically new legislation and the (lostnias ter general Is tmsumlng the funetlotwnf con gress. Th" same thing was done in ss,but owing to a vigorous protest tun ruling wus n-sciudeil. IBLEMS. Ezhtustivo . A A scheme i ... i ,.rw,ii iuterestrd in the pre-s rvution of the forest land of the I' lilted Stiges is outlined in a report of the National Academy of Sciences to the Secretary of the Interior, who had iL-kil the academy to rccrxumeud a feasible and eoinpreli-n.-ivs foretry policy. The academy hnn nppointe.l a enm mission of no table si lei.tistn t i mske iu, invi-wtigatlon of the fore-try problem, in aU its phases, and Secretary link-1 Smith will t-kke t"ps imiiie. diai. lv to atlord all possible assi-tmiee to the commission, ud will n iimen.l t uigre-s the a) propriatloii ot ""..iHiO t v.-r actual expenses. Tl fore-try probU m ha U-i-n a hiileeet of deep eotisiib ration, by many olll-i-ials of the government, and especial Interest ill the problem, ha U-en taken by Secretary Smith. 1 lie pereollliel of the colll-,lu-l..., u..i...... ..i i. , I I... .i... c .-- ... in. im ,,,,.-ii,jr lilt. ,. I !),, investigation ai d report is of uji'inal eee- eiiee, US UC'IIIIK-rS "Oil I p T1SU ,g . 11.11 T 1 1 1 11 II , lr..f i'lol- Si sl-.r. ,..,.,. II ....... -.1 . II.... nndcr A,riu-siz, tieueral Ib-ury L. JLI.bott, an engineer and hylrogr':pher, faraiLlur with the western country; Prof. Win. U. r.rewer, of Vale, who served on the genlngi.-ul sur vey ol Callforulin Arnold li.-ig'ii", of tli" I'llited Ktat"4 ,-", ,1, ,'(.. I aum.t.v ,...! :OT..-.l Piuchot, ngncilturist, Charles'ti'B. A BAD BILBAO K0B. It 6toned the Uaited States Conaal's Private ResideiiDo. The nnti-Amcricnii riot ig. KUma, Sunday Light proves to ham been inure vUdcut than was at llrt reported. The moo, iiiituberini; 1.1W0 pernou, llrst stoned the private residence of the I'nlted States consul, breaking all the windows of the building nnd then proceeded to the con sulate, shouting "Oeath to the Yankees." lown Willi the I'hitc 1 SL.tc," UJlll other antl-Aiiierleau cries. At the consulate the crowd.') ulmM lo tear down the escutcheon that was llxcd over tho door, but Were repelled by geU'liimieS, who were guarding tlie consulate, A light ensued between tile mob and the police, in which sticks, stunts mid knives were freely used. 'Thre gendarmes w ere iu- I iirc.l and a number of the mob were hurt.) l'he police succeeded in dUpersilllJ the crowd 1 at midnight. HELP FOR ARMENIA. The National Relief Cemmitte Will Bond $10,000 to Constantinople, The National Armenian llcllef Committee, of New York will send 10.(KK) to Constanti nople. It 1m stated by the committee that the distribution of money is now ludng mudo among the Armenians and that at present the greatest obstacle to tho work of relief is lack of Mud rather than opposition on the part of the sultan. Mr. Stephen E. Harton of Westerly, U. I.,, received a cable from Ml. Clara liartoii, at Constantinople, saying that th i lied Cross Society shipped, on Saturday, a large iuautily of relief supplies to the Ul terior of Armenia to go by caravan by way of Aloxuudroltii, on the Meditterruiiean. Miss II nton has lorwar.lcd funds to Harpisit, Sevas and Munich, aud the report from the interior indicate that tho needs ot the sutler tug Armenians lire increasing. BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS. Offioer Shoot Desperadoes in th Wild of Oklahoma. A light took pluco between outlaws James Harlxilt uud George. Miller and olllcers ut Oak Creek, iu the south-west corner of Q county, Oklahouiu. liarliolt and Miller kill isi W. W. U lover, near Arapnlioo, February 14. In the tight Sunday Mlllvr was kllloj and Ilarbolt had each arm brukeu itud surrender ed, tg tli9 QflU;r without timber rettitue. wmx or inn so. :rs LURED TO DEATH. Th Italian Army Trapped and by Shoans. Ct The kingdom of Italy Is tn a conJ excitement, srlef and anger almost description. Words cannot aloipi,it tray the situation, for every dispatch ed from the Mnssowah, aids to the of the disaster to the Italian arms at . Abyssinia. "fun lint news of Oen. Ilarateri's di rench Home was to the effect that o men were killed; th"n Tuesday nfterm numlsTs ran up to 8,000 killed, w ith pieces of artill.-ry captured, ami Wed morning's dli,atehes place tlie num Italians killed nt the battle of Adowa, the long, harrasslng retreat which fo at ",000. nnd It is liellcved that not these figures tell of the full extent of tl aster. In these reports no mention b of the wounded, nnd there Is good P-a fear, based on stories of recent Italia feats by Abysslnlans, that those win wounded during tho retreat of over miles, met a more horrible fnto than who were killed on the epot. Throughout the night the garrison at wns kept under arms and mounted p traversed the principal stn-cts. The m. however, do imt sis'tu to have retired t. The streets wore Illlcd with people until to w le y y of In I u to fty use me ols nn-iiit nn i niter eariy morning every p place was crowded with excited met women. A numlicr of disturbance, called for police Interference, ,.,. Wed lies lay, and tho indication- are till people are assuming a most threatening tud", not only in Home but throughout 1 I 'emonstratlons against the Crlspl mini nnd even ngalnst the crown, are r"pi from ti iiumls r of towns in th" pmvii spite of the fact that the authorities straining every nerve to su) press till ul' Inij news. It is s"' 1 tint the government wn n 1H Tmsday of the full extent of the d iulllcte,) on the Jtal'yiH, but it was ju to be dangerous to ail.. w tho startling b tuatloti Ij rcn. h the public suddenly, n: !ho report o( the defeat was termi',',' "ak outi then tlie wr,r ofib'o omWa's nil. t to bv "rumored'' that 5rtf) men were ki nftrrthls ynmo the report "that H,00 diers had fafieii," and tiow It is "admit tint (1,1)00 Italian troops wcr:' slain, "ii dltloti to sevcte loss nmomr the fix .1- vc I troops" serving tinder the Hag of It'ily I'tider these clr.'um'tatici s. Ills not a, ton Ishlng that tlie wildest kind of rutin r a"" lu circulation, and that In some of the club number of killed ami wound, d Is plue. 10,000. Exaggerated as these figures turn out to be, they show the state o public mind. the I at ...... he THE SHIP CANAL. Tho Bout Beoommondod in ths &tpor ths Consulting Engineers. A report tlmt will be of lntcre.-t to all terested iu the Lake Erie nnd Ohio river canal was made cu the :; 1 at the meetibi the Provisional Committee by the boar, consulting engineer. The' rcpnrt op with a statement of tin? vast InbTi ham:. of cnininerce between the ore and agricultural rglolis of the Xirftliwcst and the fuel i-nd miiuufactnrliig urns of western I'ennv; ini.i and Ohio. The report estimate Pl.'oo ." iu the probable toiuvgo over tli" canal. ' he route recomtn.-nded is as follows: Th" !' of the Ohio river I mm Davis Island di slai'k water of lleiiverriver.'Jit.'.'i; miie,t; to ice k- et li he of .to he Is. ol n(. tlie iteaver and M.ihonjng rivers, bv lyater system, -Hi.'Jrt tniV",to Nile, O. t tiy eauul 8.74 miles to a plateau. ItiO aiiove ide; thence oT.iTj mile ueros surt'Sil; thence des."'tcflig to the I, -v. 'I . e, 5ti.HI feet llbove the tide, a distill tft miles, In onliT to nc"omiu '1 lurge enough for flv lake traffic rt r'S'oui mends that tho canal shot eet ibs p, and the lock H feet I -IS fis-t Cifide. The estlinaf.il cost Is .l:l,0iW urn, ir"iin!i;ig electric ngntinir. ine earn- Ings are estimated at :l,lu'.,9 Id a year; e st of maintenance vi.'.O.OOO, milking an a.-fal rvenu .,f t2,tii;i,oi(l, or n.tpvr vnt on the InvostnyuL. THE 8T. LOUIS HALL. U Will Btsemblo That of Vory Closely. The supervising architect of cm i iiuiiiwuij committee hint- Blinneapo'.is the i'.cpubli a loiit"d the (dans for r "onvenlioii hall ns- nibuiitted bv in. loeiu Hii-nuc'ts. J lie laiil.llng will be erected on the plot of ground immediately soi th of tJie city hall on Clark :v;euue, and bet i'ii. Twelfth and thirteenth street, 'l'he loeat ion is wvtbln ten minutes walk of l.'i.d ing hol"ls. The plans In nearly nil re-p ets simlla to t'in convention hall' at Minneapolis in 'V2. .. mpte tannines will bo provided for the news purer ami pres representatives, committees iul caucus room. I'lan w ill b" made put Is-in a few day, iin.i bid f.,r the c ilistrilctKin Will be solicited. It I peeled that the bull. ling will be lea.ly occiip.'kney a.urly a June 1. e. for Fr the North Polo, llcisrs I.un-i. Consul ..f Noway nd Swc- , den, nl San Francisco, C.il., haj r-i-eive.l an official coii!iiuiileatiou from tlw Swedish i Minlslcti iu VVushlngtoii calling his- attcntl iti I to the 'act thi' Prof. Andre will turl In bis ! balloon in July next to attempt to reach the j North h'ole. TTie purpose of the cuniniunicii- i tiou v.ns-lo i-k the goo I otliee ol Consul 1 I. und n. sprawling the news northvsard, m.ii. to npi'rise the I'.uliv. to be not only on the; lookort for the expedition, bill',, should tin" ! descent be tiuulo among them, to treat the voyager kiudly, and render them what aid 1 they uiji. BEIEF MENTI0B. The .xfi(.rt of sh.s'p from EreUntl has been ' falling oil enormously, but tU-re ha been 1 an increase of cattle, i An Albany correspondent estimates that i It costs tiov. Morton til, Wit) ik week to run ins r-ii lent nil boom. Soino one att'inited to scad Pork l'u 'ker Armour, of Chicago, nbou'ti on Saturdav, but the ptMtal authorities detm.-tisl the niaciiinu and vupturod it. The Kentucky Legislature is considering n hill to allow women all over the state to vote for school trust'' imd also to hold tho olllce of si;hool tru.-tce. Every tobacco Jobber In the country, which tn Chicago Includes the wholesale grocery houses, hits been advised by mall of a cut of throe cents per pound, lu tlie prb o of one of tlie many brands of plug tobacco. Although much pruwuro Is being brought to bear on members of Congress to Induce them to have the Wisconsin statue of IVro Marquette takeu from Statuary Hall, It is un likely that any actum of the sort will be taken, John West, a 13-year-old bov residing lo East Dennlson. O., had brought his father s dinner to the railroad shops and had ridden out to his home on it frelgnt, when attempt ing to Ki t off fell so as to have both fuel cut oil' above the ankles, Tho ArawihooH and Cheyenncs have one million dollurs iu the United stute treasury. They live on the luterest of this. They have now introduced a bill into Congress to get this million dollars to InipJtovo their ulut ments. Oen. NVovler ha issued proclamation or. dorlug all Cuban elergywu who have been iuhurgeiit sympathizer to attach themselves to tho Stumlsh ooluuvas. He bus also ordered all rebels to aurroftdvr. wTUiltt 15 day or tak tho counetiuences. CONGRESSIONAL. Summary of th Most Important HsiJ Presented in Both HonsesJ SIXTT-SKTrSTH AT. I The House today by a Tote of 2BS In i i''7'" iu us own way its svmpath Cuba and Its desire to recncnlxe'lh )i eney of the revolutionists. The Sennt lutlons were Ignon-d and those from House Committee on Foreign Affair tutcd. They were passed under su. slon of the rules, such suspension pnni for but 80 minutes' debate, it was by n, mous consent, however, agreed thnt 3b liti-s should be granted each side. In the Senate, a resolution wn. r,ir,, Mr. Call ( democrat, Florida), und ref .J luuiw commute., on fore Urn re ntl.m. ouertln; the 1'r.vlilent to demand of Spanish government nn explanation of Imprisonment of Gomez, editor of lit ,. a Havana newspnper, to extort from evidence against Siinirnlllv. a i.iiinr,,i. . --- ... ... .... citizen of the l ulled States, and to detM oi npam mni nu American citizens who t ne cii.iure,i l.y till) Spntllsll forces slin t rente. i ns prisoners of war, and lie acc,r Mumune lreatmcij, ninl to inform the s i.t'iir,......,.! ..... f. . ... . ..... ,iii um l Ulieil mate u iiinsi on tins iiomiiml. sixrt-moirtu hat. The House S nt the entire day Indebat " ii'iiui'iiu'i ine legislative npiiroi tlou till to abolish the p. svstem In eases of initc! states district attorneys a in.-unia. mi' salaries ii xe t ny the aiii 'i mem range rroni a.000 to 5,000, ameniimi i'.t was indorsed by almost ev meniiier oi the judiciary committee. It iimueii mi. nincniimi.ni would reduce t expen" ;t the fnltcl States Court, win hnv doubled since 17. at least .'j00.00ii( i.e- nri v.-ar, me result In stopping the i, lib lou padding of the l uslne.-. of the f.. era I court. The senate gave most of the day to t1 agricultural appropriation bill and pa-,.' that measure, ciirrving t'l.'JiL'.OlH), with , material amendment. Another hill pi., during the day ehang.is the limitation fourth-class mall matter so a to free t service from bulky articles heretofore Xf'-'O ) the povernuieiital departruents, HIXTV-MTlt !'V, l! Henat". The R.-nate conmiittee on foreii - relation discussed the house Cuban res .hi i : tb'tis this morning for an hour an I wa m. , '" to agreef... ;e.. rsoluMons j pa-,.,) h I "," oou-e. Je N; :nii.i:i tiamclhtrSv oh ti, ii"iiii,ling r the f 'tintc, reported the netl-.t of the cotr.miltee and report. si that n confer . ence be asked. There via a division ..f a,.n. I limeiit in the committee, the inaiorltv hoi,!. Ing that the house resolutions were "ot a. strong as the senate resolutions and that f '.' language was (n some res cel. nrnbiguouV T ills was charge l esiieelallv with refer, .,' i to the second clannf the hoime rcsoliiil,,... wheri'lu It I stated that "th-onlv H'rniaiieiit -..Ilttl... ... .1... ......... A . 1 .. " eouii-si, eiiuiiv III III" Inter est of Spaln.of the pe,,, of Cuba and other nations would be In the establishment of a government by the choice 0f the people ol Cuba." 1 SEVPXTM-.TH PAT. i Senator Oalllnger, chairman of tlie pen I sions committee, introduced In the senati' s-veral billa bearing upon the pension laws One of these provides that upon the .vhsld j oration of the applici .tlmi for a pension un t 'I'T the pension laws the fact that the appll cant wa accepted mid mustered Into service shall be accepted us siitlsfaetory proof that he was of sound body and nilnd. Of the other bill one empower fourth-clu pot-t-ma-ters to administer inlhs to pensioners. The n-iiat" eoiii'erees iieportcd thallthey had neni'd to a pt the house resolutions on the CtiUin uue.-ii.-n. ami they wero runic a ! i ! order for Moude.v. S nator J.lklnsof West Virginia lntrodnced in the senate a bill which Is'of national hn p utai.iv. The measure pn.itldes for a dls erl.m tinning duty of 10 p.cent. advaloruta u all good, wares ami in. rehandl.se im ported Into thi country lu ve-wls not b-l-Higlng to American citl:."i -si... i. . iusi ii.vv l ti- ic oitsse.i i pruitton Htic J a We Whlcl, l,n. ' -l-.o- i. . 1 "'S'li under conslder u. Most t.i .1.., a.... i who c..,".r..l I-, ,he " " , ,""-'V 'uw;-Y,V ... .u co.,,slili.r.-.lii. . '.A 'o.ntitnr.".!!i. nmi'ndiiient to ubollsli the fee syst. on in the ease oi l line, i -laics iittornevs ami inur. shn!;.. T hi amemlment was 'rfecU-d and adopted. Thi hoii-. then entered upon the ciwislder ntbui of the post olllce appropriation bill. The largest of the regular supply hills, which carrie i t!il.l)Ti.7i7. During tlie genera! de bate Mi. Lie id explained that the bill did not purpose to abandon the Inspection .system Inaugurated bv this administration but the term of. the bill cut off the force employed I by the first assistant potnia-ter-general and I in. r. iise, that of tiie regular inspection I force tin ter thw fourth assistant postiuustcr I general.. I A bill Mils pajsvd to aboiish the cash pay nieiit of msloii, the purpose of which was to protiH'told vei.-rans who squandered or ' were swindled out of the pensions on ipiar I teny payduys. Checks will be scut to thcll I homes. ! IJVKSH-Sr.l llM PAY. ; Hi bate Mr. Hale, ll-publieun, of Maine, ' argii.-d agninct th-' adopilou ot the Cuban resolutions. 11" urged that there was no ' such stai" of war in Cuba a would warrant the recognition of the belligerency of the ln , surent.-, who.. h" siUd. had uo government except ,n paper, und had not fought what ' could be cll!"d II battle. If" quoted till1 111' s- , sage of l'r. sMcnt 4 runt on the Cuban ques ' lion !ii) year 'igo, wlieu the latter refused to : recognize l.'ubiiu liidllgeri ney, uud Mr. Hale suid the conilUloii of that time were about the same a prevailed now. I The Cuban resolutions v.eie lal.l aside to take up thu report of the Committee on Elec tions declaring Mr. Dupont entitled to tho seat from Drluwiiro. The report wit ojk po-ed In ii speech by Mr. Turpi", Democrat, Indiana, who contended that Mr. Watson while acting Hovi riior of Delaware was still i i law und in fa-t, a Senator In the State leg. Kuture, and had a light to vote iu tint tien er.i! Assembly; und that his vote being count e 1. Mr. Diuiout bad not a majority of all the votes curt. The. Si unto adjourned without unvaetioiu The House spent most of the day in consid eration of the postoillco appropriation bill and adjourned without disposing of il. Th Metrlo System. T he Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures of the Federal House of Itepresen tatives ho. liecu considering a bill for the adoption of the metric system of weight ami me "jure, which, ortginaliug in France, ban been adopted in inaiiy other countries. The bill propones to make tlie syntem mandatory lu nJi ottlcial tjansactlons alter July 1, 1MI7, und la private transactions after July 1. ls'Jll. One of the great troubli'S about oif present system is that we have so many words that do not express anything dellnite. We liavo throe sorts of pounds, though two of thctn t'.vprss the same weight, throe sorts ot -.unci's, a gn at variety of bushels when con sidered lu connection with their weight equivalent, several kinds of gallons, many ikirts of barrels, nud so on. Then there are miles and leagues that express dllTerent lengths iu dlttercnt countries,. uud so of feet. As to foreign weights uud nieusures, It re quires un expert to convert them to their equivalent iu the United States. Still it is very doubtful w hether a clinngo would be acceptable to the people. After it was made we should hear no more of inches, feet, furlongs or miles, but ot milli metres, centimetres, dwlmetres, metres, dc kumetres, hectometres aud kilometres. 1 ti bial,! of acres, roods suid perches, we should have hectares, cciiturcs and arcs. Instead gallons, quart aud pints, we should have litres, decilitres, dekalitres, etc. For Weights wo should have grams, dikugrums, hecto gram, kilograms, etc. That this would c ro il to cui fusion lu the minds of many peopli Is indisputable. Once familiar to tlie people, it would be very desirable, because It would vxpruia precisely the siuue thing iu every la- stauce, nun would no intelligible at noma. . and ubroad to everybody who hail devoted ad f little stii.lv to the ubi,'t. . Ml ELO bject: - "Am of the lamb, rdntlon I til, the ,.f for vasor lie do ,.!, i vsbill ofbr It tire. ugh t niieli tlous! iii yo tn or n ir limcn aib'd 01 vct of real I no my c 'ere rt In ' t il I Ha ;im I the rape. to tin lo II ,) ie0 'elai 'hur d fj or tl k.1 froi HI I tic 1 -I 1 7T
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