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TEN LIVES WERE LOST III I FIRE.
SUFFOCATED IN BED.
All Escspe Cat off -Several Jumped Through
the Window!
Ti'ii roiiK perished ly suffocation In a
ttrioklyn t-iiTt-it curly Wednesday morn
ing. 'I he dead nri": August liruno, 40 yenrs of
ngc; Maria l'.runo, lift .w ar; Siilllc I'.runo, 5
years; Johanna l'.runo, 1 monl lis nl.l ; I.cnii
Trillin. 21 veur nil; Nh-li.liu Trnlla, V yenrs
ol'l. I iiiiiii'-k 'I ritlin. 4 year nM; tln-ir In
fant M davs o'd; t nriieliu Mnrp-ttu, 2i yeurs
i.l.l.
'1 ti n r- -t 'i r t -. I in tin' 'j hallway of
lli- building, which Ik n four-story t'ii'!ii'iit
In I nl. in sireet, mi ' I Udoro the sleeping t-ii-nn!
could I"' waned of their danger nil es
cape was nit olT. Tin- II m-f swept up thi)
tnirviis in. 'I tin1 halls ntiil room were
ill k ly tilled w itli smoke. I'll of till' I'll
nuts were sufTisiitoil In their beds.
'I In1 section of tin- city whore the dlnster
iH'ourred Is near the water front. Th" ma
J.irity of the residents lire Italian of th"
poorer 'In', mi. I tlcy f..rm th' biggest
polony of Unit race III Hrooklyn. Tin1 llre
liK'ii succeeded in getting Hi" lire under con
trol nft. r n short time. ' 1 1 i damage (i the
building Is estimated at I. 'Mill.
'I tu p-w re niany cm Iting Incidents eon
ti" -t. 'l with the lire. One man, mi Itaiinii.
J ii in 1 from a window in tic third story
HII'I .'ll e. Willi "lllv II few l.lirilH III). I
I rul. . Hi" faiiilly i.f .l..-e.i llstoslto,
living itl til" S Il'l story of the hote, had
a narrow eeii e from death. When nr. ii -i-l
tin1) foiui.l th' ir way . nt oil nti. I the Humes
Were sweeping Into t le ir 11 1 'II rt ncnls. ;.to.
hi to le, hi wile an. thr Inldn n to t!c
cornice in fr..nt of tin- ln.ii... nn.l guided
tll.'IH III. .111.' it to til" I Hll'lll.g lliljollllllL',
from th roof of wlidi tlcy were taken Ly
llrelnen.
l-. l -ll Hoot of the I. in ". I llil.lillg WIIS 'II-
vhhdinto live room. I here a one largo
front ro iiii with two window opening on
the r.-. t. A hall l.e.lroom ii.ljoine.l, with a
WIII'loW III- I opening oil Hi" stps't. ill the
i"nr was another largo r.".mwith two win
.low -. with a good sizcl kit. hen adjoining.
The (p. nt an. I rear rooms wer unie. te.l by
ii bad an. I l.e.tr.ioin.
An Iron la.l'lerat the p-nrof the lioiie ran
ll.'WII between the kit'lletl Window. It 1 1 II' t
l"e P ll'lep 'l Ml hot h,V til'' UllllCS, lloW-
I'V.f, that theliiinat' of th" house ilnreil not
II" It. l.xcopt the lire e. ;i.e tl lily out-
let from the crowded room on tin- upper
floor wii the narrow wooden stairway.
escape lv w hi.'h was cut olT noon after tint
lip' st.irti'.l.
KILLED TWENTY MEN.
John Sidman. Who Hid a Record, ii at
Last Brought Down Himself.
John Selinan, the vl.'tor of not ! limn
twenty fatal win.. .tint; nlfrnvs in Tcxu, the
pl'Tinlnat' r of "ha. men" nn.l the slayer
of the notorious John Ve.ey ll ir.lin, I
Ivliik-witha luillet hoi" tt.p.iik'h in ho.ly.
AlH'iit two or thp e month ai;.i S'-linai: an. I
I'lill" ! htnti't lieputy Miirlinl (i.-ort!" Sear.
I.roimh lunl a iiiarre ov.-r a tr inie (,f earl,
Bllli'e wlliell oeeurrenee Hie relation I.etWf'll
tlielll llllV" not l.een very Porilial.
Sim. lay niornliiK nl I oYloek they met in
the Wlk'wiun "iilooii nt l!l I'.no. Ti'Xii. aiel
ImiIIi were ilrlnkiiiif. Senrh..roiii:li havtliat
Helman a.-ke.l lilm to "e. .me out liep', 1 want
to ee yiiii," mi. I that the two walke.i out in
to til" ulley .e.e the Mll'ioll lllel Selmllli,
w ho." hoii Ih In th" .Inure. Meeu, jail on
the I'liaru'" of iilulueiliit; it .voiiiik' la.ly from
tin Mile for Immoral purpo-e, al.l to Sear
txirntiKh: ' I wunt you lo i over the rher
with me thi morning; we iuut i;et that hoy
i"t of ja'l." ,
Seari.roiik'h expreM'. n willingness to K
with Selmmi, li.it state. that no I a t break
had U-en iiia.l" In Juarez. Si'iirl'orouuh
miv thill Selmaii then reni hl for liin pltol
with the remark, "I lel!"Vo 111 kill yon."
S.-nrlM.r..HL'll plllle.l hi k'l.ll nil' I l.eeltl
dhoolini:. At th" seeoml -hot Selmllli fell
me I h. arlioroiiL'h llre.l two more shot ns
Selinan nttempte.l to rle. When Selnian
Will SellP'I.e.l no pistol "ot. l.e f .llll l on
htm T aiiowliere nr. .u n I him. II" say that
lie Iih'I n pistol I. ut that It was taken from
tli 111 niter lie fell ail'l l."f.ip' the I o.'e r"ll.'ll-
l him. II" wu hit Ly e. ry shot S.'nr-
iKT'lIlttll llre.l.
h.'arloroiii;li Is uhout Mi year oi l, wa
lorn In Louisiana, hut wa raised In I'i'mis,
nud wiih h"Veral y em sheriiTof Jon.'. eoiinty,
'IVju II" i now out ot jail under l.ond.
H I nl... ut .ji year old nud hn lived a
Htonny life. When not driiikinu h" was a
K'entle Hlld III" .'t lis II ellil I, I Ut lie did led
know w hat l. iir was an I ha killed not I"-
than twenty outlaw. II- w a a dead shot
mid .(.ir k a liflitniiik' w itli a cun. I.a-t Au
trusi in thi-eity the not..ri..ii John We-l.-y
liar tin .'halleiik'"d him to a 'n o llk'ht In the
A. in" -aloi.n iin. I . iii.uu kili" 1 that danger-
ClllH "Uti.lW.
RIVERS BOOMING.
Driving Beitdantt Along th Baaki From
Their Home.
The winter rlnfl of thn Ohio rlvpf In ahout
sit wppIa Inter than the imunl time. Thn
river nt rineinnntl rpneheil 41 fee ahove low
wnter. Itnt How, near tin N'pwport lrlln,
nml hniisnifp ltow, nenr thn ne!ilon
l.rldue, wtp Iniitnlnti'd to nenr thn weonil
Htory. Hoiiip poiiniilsnloii housin In th" Is.t
tomji p-moveil their K'""'"'
The t iiiiilx-rliiud river N M feet il'H-p nt
Ilurnide, Ky., and out of lis Laiiks. Many
fHinilh n hnve Is'en foreed to the iepoh'l sto
ried of their houses. At CnrthnKe, Tenn.,
the water Is nl'ove the ilanirer line,
A lloehester, N. V., dispnteli myn: Thn
1 nessep river Is higher than It Ims Ixt'ii for
'Hi yen rs. Many houses hp- surrounded by
water nml the oeeupmits luive hud to hprt
their hollies.
'I l.p Mohaw k river Korei Isdow f'anajo
harip nud tln New York tVntml rondls'd Im
tween l'l. I'lnln nml St. Johnsvilln has een
washed out for several hundred feet, ller
kiiin r vlllnife Is under wnter nml thn n sl
d.'iits have to k'o al.i.ul In lionts. Thu Hood,
howpvi-r, Is rapidly sul'siillm?.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Spniilsh ntc iits hnvn ordered 80.000 Mauser
III.- In llerlill.
The l.nwreiieo pottoii mill nt I.owell,
Ma-s., has shut down In definitely, rendering
'i,IIOl people Idle.
Ilotli Kansas nn I New Hampshire Meth
odists Voted for Women delegates to til" H''IP
erill entifi reliep.
An nssoelatioti for the promotion of female
emik'nttloti In the northwest territories hs
l.een ork'ani.ed in Toronto.
The Inter-State oflh lals In Chieni;o are,
it is said, plaiiniiik' to make troiil.le for some
of the lurtfe shippers who have been reeeh
liii; eiit rati from the roads.
Th" number of linmlnriints from Italy has
Jumped sii.-e last winter from iibont (i.lHHI to
.'r.,0111.. Thi inep ne I, it Is said, largely
due to the di-a-trons war In Afrieit
Colonel WIT, th" in tor nml I ho deputy
I into.l states marshal with him, "s. ape.i the
fate f their eluht eompnnious, reported
drowned in the llalny riv. r in Montana.
Wii., Haley, colored Is In the Memphis
hospital. I'lidly I eaten nml wounded with
bullets in three' places. II" hlld Is'ell lioblieil
I'V Wlliteeilps bci'llll" of SlllllllpoX ill III
family several month iik'o.
I..iwren.'" Sullivan, tli" i-yeiu-old mail
carrier of W"t I iili.n, W. Va., who passed
a (. .rife. I check on the West I'liion Niitionnl
I bank, has l'en Indicted Lv the rainl jury.
The boy's story that th" check heoiiK''il ton
stranger was found to Is- false.
A peculiar case of blood poisonim; I n
pi rii d at Mles,o.,th victim b.-lns J. I'orest,
ii cemetery sexton, who was taken to the ln
llrmary in a daiujerous condition. I'or
est was ilik'k'liik' In tin nietcry mid his hand
came in contact with water from n kpivu
nearby.
At Clint. .ii. III., 1.1. 1. ion shot his wife
and mother-in-law In tin- head with a shot
uuxi' killliik" '.hem instantly. Iiomestie trouble
was the caue. I'oleii then ntteinpteil to
coinmit suicide iiv throw inif hiiii"lf in front
of ii train, but wa. cnly slightly Injured, nml
is now in jail.
A terrlllc explosion of M pounds of pow
der occurred In th" titles mines, nenr Ward,
Col., in which three men weru Instantly
killed and two others badly hurt. The dead
are: James 1'iinin.rt, Mart llmnsoii and
liriint llicc; and the injured: Jack (ialla
Kher and l.ouis Smith.
Charles. Iianicl, William nml I'.lleii Harris,
three brothers nml n sister, mid William
Cleveland, coinposiiii; n kiiui; of freight ear
robliers, who have I u operatiui; nloni; the
line of the llaltiinore A ( ildo nuid were In
dicted nt Wist I'liion, W. Vu. The men did
th" rohbinu mid tin) woman deposed of tint
stolen k'oOUS.
SUDDENLY SWEPT INTO ETERNITY.
FOURTEEN KILLED.
Clondbarit Chtngri Kentucky Creeki Into
Torrents that Wrecked Kany Hornet.
Thn cloudburst on Little He.xton nml
liuffnlo pp'fks, Ky., II'l rtvro dnmnc than
nt Itrst reported. Instead of four ther" weru
ml nbly II persons drowncl.
Sexton creek rises nenr llurnlnir Sprlnif,
nnd Is onn of thn feeders of the Kentucky
river. 1'eoplii little thought that the brook
would rise so rnpidly, or was cnpnbln of
nallierliik' such a volume of wnter. Thn
cloudburst occurred up In the KrK. thn
wnter Rath'Tlm; In n nminrul, nml thn
wild flood poured down In n solid wall,
liuffnlo cpi'k Is even more crooked nml tor
tuous thnn l.ittl" Sexton. A K'nt many Ioks
were hurled down with thn tide, knocking
the cabins and oiitMiilillnifs to pieces.
Will lliirns's house went nut on thn waters,
nml hi two children were lost. Uti
linrrett's dnuhter Mary was drownpd, nml
two unknown people also lost their lives in
Hint vicinity. A lull" larther down thn creek
the hon" iif Mm. tieori:" Ilepson was !
stroyed, mid Mrs. lieore !epon nnd thp-n
children wit ' drowned. Next tothemwns
Hip home of .loiui ( rnnp, n rnrtcr, which wiu
cnrrlcd nwnv, with his family, of wife mid
three chlldreii. John Crime, fortunately, was
near, nnd mniini;ed to ride th" drift nnd res
cue his family, although hi. wife wan fatally
crushed between tlllils r.
On Sexton creek nnd Its tributaries five
were drowned, ns follows: .1 1 't ii in J. S. .1.
Hull. Mr. Wade Mnnb rs and child nnd two
unknown person.
Jnckson county suffered heavily, ns did
Clay nnd ow-lcy. It was the most disn-troii
llood In years, nnd cmne so 1 1 1 i k I that it
i a wonder that nnv of the valley people es
""(I. FIVE MEN KILLED.
By the Ezploiion of the Boileri of aa Oil
Mill.
At ireenvllle, Mi., th" two massive
boilers of th" l'laiit. rs oil mill exploded
w rckliik' the null property nnd cnusliu' the
death nf live men, iu follows: Henry Will
nms mid ttllver lliimphrevs. colored lire
men: Ion 1'reeinaii, colore. 1 lahopT: Horiic"
Wilkinson, coIophI carpenter, mid lid. Strn
Mi. k, w lilt" enris'uter.
'1 lie injured are: l'rank Wolfenden. idiief
eiik'ineer: Columbus W n-li I n trt . n. colored;
Tom I'.rown. colored; W. V. Ii. I'p'eman,
colored; Alex Hughes and riii'inan retidle-
t III.
The 'au" of the explosion I stilted to be
a dry boiler. Thi version of it I not, how
ever, ilellulte, lis nil collliecte.l with the ell-
iii" nnd boiler room wre killed except the
ehhj ' .'lti"er( nnd In is too bndly Injured to
nuike auV sfatemi'iit. After th" wp-ck of the
blunt by 'the explosion, lire seized the ruins,
luit this was suppP" sed by the lire depart
ment, not, however, until the bodies of the
killed had I n badly churn-.'. The loss will
reiidi :ln.lHHI. Insured In the Hartford Steam
Holler Insurance Company.
About a year m;o the plant of the oil mill
was destroyed by tire, cntaillm; a loss of
something 'like ? i:,i,oiio, nnd had b i built
on such a scale as to make it one of the most
extensive Hlld complete In the South,
WATCHING THE STEEL MEN.
A HORRIBLE BUTCHERY.
Gov
Robinion Cabin an Account of the
Fight at Inyati.
Sir II'tciiIi-4 liobliisou, irovernor of Cape
GEORGIA TOWN DESTROYED.
Mott
Diiastrous Fire Viiitl Brunswick,
Ga.-Lois $500,000.
Several years no llrutiswlck, Cm., wus
visited by ii conllaratloii which destroyed
it. mid on Thursday the disaster iu almost
repeated. A lire started nboiit 1 ::I0 p. m.,
whi'-li sh-.' ! ;i y iy rr.iiir, of !;i ':;;ot pr.'sja'r
oiis biislni'ss enterprises of I riinsw i.'k and
for n time It was feared the whole town
would be in it-lies. The total loss is con
servatively estimated at about 6-rrtM.000 and
the Insuraii.-e is iihiced lit 4I00,000. A stron;
w ind for 1 on the Humes nml the local llr"
ueparillieni lieciillie pow'Ties.s H.i llliil Itssisi-
t olonv. has cabled to th llrltlsh uovern- I mice wus telegraphed for to Savaiiinili. Wuy
i t.. oi.. ...i.......
STEEL POOL
A Combination of the Principal Steal Com
panies in the United Statei
Twenty r.es-. ini r st'-el iM.mpani' s, P-pre-eciiliiik'
lisi.iHid.iXMi of . apltai, and produc
Ititf half the world's out j ut have lormcl mi
oranl.at..i at the II.. I'd Waldorf, In Sew
York.
Th" pri"e of ste.d billets w:is pla 1 ut t .11
atoii. I.n-t W". k they sold nt ? 17 nnd til.
A poolinu agreement was p ii' lied by w lih h
the output I to Is- iipporti'.iied muoiik' tin-meml-
r of tie- oruiiniutioii, probably on
the i a-ls of la-t y ai's output.
Aiij.'Iik' tho.i- present nt the ciiiif. p.n..i
were rresideiil John (I.A. I.ei-llllllinil, of the
Ciirne(,'i" sie. I .)iipniiy,l'lttburi. l'n .-i.-iil
Oeor" T. Olivr, of the Haliiesworth Stis-I
company, liltshurir; W illi I., hn.k', K' lieral
niHi.uk" r of th" J . ii'-s A l.aiik'hliiis, ..!!. puny
rittnbijrh'; J. 1'. Stii'-khoiise, o! the Camhria
Iron coiupnny, J. dinstow n, I n.; Tom I,.
Johns n, of tin- Johnson st el coiiipany, of
Cleveland; Cleveland Holliiik' Mill company,
Cleveland: Hit Steel company, Cleveland;
Ohio Steel com i nnv, Vounk'-itowii: liellnire
hts'l com any, Jtclialre, n ; sh"i.niik"i Valley
hf d ei,i any, NeW t 'Hsc; Wheeling Std
and Iron compiinv.
An ussociniioii wiis forme.) with Mnj. Ii nt.
of the I'l'iun-vivaidii steel company ns presl
ib iil, and Wiillam i. Itl.'e. of the Micnuiik'.i
Valley coixi iiiiy, vice president.
EI0HT SAILORS KILLED.
Explosion on Board Chilean Monitor Does
Dreadful Work.
A dispatch from Vulparuiso, Chile, says;
"Thn monitor Hustar, fp-h from the dry
dock, uriJved here yesterday, hut ncup'ely
bad she cast nic lior when a dreadful disaster
occurred on board. Without warning, thn
uiaiii b uiii pipe hi the vi-o.v-1 burst, killing
elk'I'l of the crew, nnd pro! ubly fatully in
lurluK four others. No further detalU cuu
bo obtain' d nn no one t s rmltted to tfo on
board.
FOREIOir K0TZS.
t'riuceM Maud of Wales will Is married at
fit Jam'-, July 7, to I'rlij.'e Chnrh-e of Iei.
mark.
I'inkertou d"te,tlvi- have Is-cn employisl
ty Spain to watch vox la nl '1 etas porta and
jPtveijt carryllitf of arms to Cubit.
Tim destitution and auffcrlbrf In Armenia,
daUt tlm p llef eleiided by thn lld Croaa
U aivrilwl u aouicihluK horrlbln.
Thn holU-r of thn tea in tui( VlrKluio ox
lo.l4 ou lh H'hldL four of Hi rrnw
wnra killed, aud tna shock of thn axploaloo
eaual tba iarua tij aluk, drowulug tb
ary vuiaii s family of elhl (mrsou.
Ml' 'lit the .1. tails of til" massacre of while
men ut I ii l in .Mntai.c.'liinl, liiciudim;
I Messrs. Ca-s, llaudlv and llurford, whlcli
! was exclusively reported to th" Associated
1 1'p ss on Tuesday. !
As-i-tant Commissioner liraliaiu was mur-
ilere.l by the Maliils'l.si at lnyn'il on March
' 21. A H' le ral attack upon the whites f..- !
lowed and they were entirely outnumbered I
lie I almost overw helmed, being unable to
I make any eiTctive stand nguinst the r'ih of
' the native warriors. I hey iiimiai;ed to get I
hold of 11 Wllk'otl, Hlld With this tliey eth'cted
1 a ret rent of three null's. Their flight w as ,
! perceived and tin y Woe clo-ely followed III" i
' Wind" three miles. ,
Some ;M MataUdes then surrounded th"
wag.iiiaiidpntiist 'pt.. it progP's, and
Hi" hard pressed whiles were brought to i
their ial -land with nothing left them I ut to
I si ll their lives a ib ui ly a tliey could. I hey I
j kept off their f.s s as long ns possible with ,
i their llp'uriues, and when th" nlacks i'oe. (
ii upon them a tierce and desperate hainl-to-
hand eoiillict ended It. Overborne by superi
I or llllllils-rs, six of the whites wep' killed
1 i..iovan, the only survivor of the miisner",
iiiunage.l to escape by hiding in the long
I grass and creeping nway uinliscoiered.
i Hon. .van estimates tuai nuiy niiy "i in"
; Mlltalsdes were killed before thn party of
j w hite men was overpowered.
GREAT FIRE AT MANILLA.
FourThousand Houses Burned and 30,000
1 People Homoless.
! A teiribln lire lu occurred nt Mmiilhi, In
I the 1'hlllppilie Islands, by which 4,0(10 houses
, were destroyed mid .'MI.IMKI peoplu left home-
' less.
Manilla is th" capital of thn riilllppln"
llau.ls and has u population of 100, Hull, or
w ith the siil.iirlst i;(,oimi. Ii Is one of th"
great emporiums of th" east. Th" jiriiicipal
public bull linns nr" th" cathedral, tlie pal
aces of the (ioveriior and the Archbishop, a
beautiful town house, fii churches of .lnlcr
ent religious order, several inoua.-tcrles,
convi'iits, th" arsenal, three I'olleges for
i young men, nud two for young women, u
Supreme Court, prison, civil hospital, uni
versity, a marine nnd u commercial school, a
! large theater, n custom house and barracks.
It has freipiently Imi'ii visited by severe and
' destructive eurtll'iuakes.
ros mid Jacksonville, whose itepartments
I promptly responded that they would send
laid. At 4:lii the Hi" was gotten under cou-
trol, but Hot before one hfn had Ihm'II lost.
I hurl' s Smith, mi employe of th" llrunsw i"k
I .V Western riulroH'l was overcoinu bv the
heat and died.
A number of sailing vi-ssels were in .lunger
j during the progress of the Humes, but nil
I were saved. The Humes started on the
1 llrunsw Ick A Western railroad wharves, and
within an hour the wharves, two large ware
house, ii number of cur, including the
freight contalieil therein, wer uisiimed,
j entailing u loss to tl mpaiiy of t'.'llu.tMiil,
l partially insured. I he extensive property of
the I'.iwnliig Company, dealers In naval
1 stop s, I nine Ignited nnd the structure with
', it valuable stock was consumed. The loss
is estimated at eauo.iMMl almost covered by
I Insurance. The Hume then swept up l'.av
I street and ll large portion of the business
' set tlon of the tow ii wa III danger. As it
' was some thirteen stores, Including the
stock, were demolished, the loss oil tiles" be-
! lug about tliKi.iHiu, Insurance i-7(I,imiii. Th"
! tire spread to tin' O.'cuti Hotel block, but did
I not make much headway tlmre, the loss to
hotel being about ?.'II.IKH).
Their Proposed Organisation Is Expected to
Help Business.
H. O. Dun A Co., nay: Thn regular runrt
erly atntement of failure show 4,301, with
llabllltlm of 57.42l:H, against .l.wij last
year, with liabilities of 47.M:;,0i.i.
As consumers mnke spring purchases they
must lessen stock nud compel I" buying.
1 he stocks taken In n.lvnnen of consumers'
demands Inst summer hnvn been distributed
fnr morn slowly thnn wns expected, but
months of waiting has helped to lessen the
load whl.Ji, it is hoped, spring Inlying w ill
clear nway.
Apprehensions of foreign or financial dif
ficulty's have hindered, but ap- now scarcely
felt- (lold exports bp rumored, but at this
season nrn so fur nntural Hint they have no
such power to cans" alarm as they had in
winter. The gigantic steel poml'limtion Is
expected to have a great influence In sustain
ing markets nnd stimulating eonlldenee, mid
though such oM'rntlons often miss the suc
cess they seek, they rarely full to kindle
speeiilntive buying for a time. The sudden
advance of f'j'ti ton In billets a week ago fins
rnlsiil licyscmcr pig tl nt l'lttshurg nud the
ilemnnd for structural forms Increases th"
expts'tatlons that prices will advance. Nail
associations have given notice of another
u.l am'" of l,i cents nt the end of this month,
liars hnvn lssn greivtly demoralized, but
soin" milkers now hop" to re-establish the
combination, ns steel bars will Is-come .l"iir
pr. Th" stud poiieerns propose to restrict
production by iillotment, those producing
more than their share vi per ton to those
who produce less.
HONOR TO AMERICANS.
Venetuel to Erect Another Memorial with
Impressive Ceremony.
1'resldetit Crespo, of Veticzucln, ha tnken
another step toward thn conspicuous honor
ing of American eltl'.en by Issuing n decree
directing the erection of a bron.e column In
holer of the citizens of th" l'nlt"d Stat'i
who iiid"'l Vcnizuelu In the ilrt struggle f..r
Independence. Til" deep' has jllst lee re
ceived nt Hi" Venezuelan, leg itl" ii ut Wash
ington, Venezuela ha honored this govern
ment heretofore by erecting n statute f
Washington mid projecting another statute
to 1'resideiit Monroe, commemorative of the
Monroe doctrine, so that th" erection of this
bronze column I n further evidence of the
friendly feeling existing.
The decree states that the column I n
memorial to th" following citizens of the
I'nitcd States: Captain liiUiahue, Lieuten
ant ltillop nud I'm at" .lames liunlner,
churles Johnson, tiiistavu It'igrud, 1'uul I .
Oeorge, liiiniel Kemper, Mile 1'. Hall, John
Ferris nnd Siib-I.lenteiiunt l- runels 1'iir.pihnr
sou. It recites the Interesting services of
these men, w ho joined Miranda In an expedi
tion which left New York in 1K) for th
avowed purpos" of freeing Venezuela from
the Spanish rule. Th" party wer" capture!
nt l'orto Cnbello mid th" American were
shot by Spanish soldiers outside the castle ot
San l'lllk'p". Miranda escaped and sul.-e-.iiciitiy
took part fn signing the declaration
of Venezuelan Independence.
The column Is to he crctcl ut Puerto
Ciibcrllo, ut the point where th" American.
fell.
Th" unveiling of the column I set for July
4. nnd it I to lie 'nude notable by ll d uioti
Htratloii lusting three days throughout Yen-
ezilelll.
HEAVY SPANISH LOSES.
Eight Hundred Said to Havo Buen Killed
In One Battle.
In ii light in rinardcl lilo province, Tues
day, Is'tween th" forces of Maceonild Colonel
lnclaii, th" latter was seriously wouiided, It
Is rumop'd, nml the Spaniards lost M00 m"n.
Th" insurgent loss, also, It is said, was
heavy.
T".'."'." a ."ovvJHfc-e.a the Jo of f 7 ni'c hy
nn attack upon nn exploring engine nenr
Espernnza, Santii Clarn. The Insurgent lead
er Itrunel hn burned -J lion.' In the village
of llreuus, Santii ( l.ira. lit an eiigngi ui' iit
nt Muhiciinigtiii, Santa Clara, the Insurgents
SUITep'd ll loss of li allied. Ill mi engage
mciit with (Jucmu'lo, ut (iiilues, on March
30. thu insurgents lost killed.
I'lie Kspermill d" Ccspeiles plillltlltion, in
Santii Clara, valued ut iOO.OUO, has been to
tally destroyed.
I INTR-STrmCOMrtt HI
LONG AND SHORT ! luL
The Supreme Court Drold'i
Railroads.
gainst the
ie Supromn
is the "long
lie validity
ommerce
or a short
I from tli"
if""
In
An oilnlon wns rendered by
Court Monday In thcnseknow
and short hnul" ens". Involving
of th" provision of the Inter-Sti
net, prohibiting a higher clung,
hnul than a long huul, appeal
d.s'lslon of the circuit Court of' Yppenls for
the lifth circuit. Theapi-'iil w' tnkpn by
the rnilroads. I I
Its title wan thn Inter-Stntj Commercn
Coiniiilssion vs. the Cincinnati, T-w Orl"iius
A 1"xn Paeltlc Itallrond Cijnpnny, the
Western nnd Atlantic lini.roijli aud the
Oeorgla rnil road. The d.i'islon j.f thn oourt
Isdow wu alllrmed In thn main,! he opinion
holding thnt In eases of shlptnei.l from one
state to imotliT on through bill of lading
railroad comimnh s eoiihl not exempt parties
nnd give them special rates. Justice Shirus
delivered the opinion.
Tli" dispute eoneernlng this n ntter Is one
that hus I e n continually arising In various
parts of the country, nnd' It hns Iwi'ii of gp'iit
public Importance, Ss well to the Interests
of commerce ns to our rnllro.nU In every
pnrt of Hi" country, that the ipi"stlon be put
nt rest. There wns nlso drown In question
lntheciie tl-.e very Important one of the
power of the Inter-state Commerce Com
mission to llx maximum rates It ensesjprop
erly brought Is'f. re It, as distinguished from
a mere decision that n particular rate Is ex
cessive. The three railroad companies nrn the con
necting Urns running from Cincinnati to
Augutu. tin. Ihis litigation begun through
tl omphilntof n Feller of buggies ut C.n-
cinniitl to the lnter-state Commerce Com
mission, that the rates to Augusta, nt th"
end of th" tieorglii hnilroinl, nnd to Social
irde. wlih li was n point on Hi" Ocorgui
llnilroad, Till mil's below Atlanta, were such
ns to unfairly dlscrimliuitc ugaliist Social
t lr.de
l h" T.'mis Pacific nnd the Atlantic nml
W i st-ru railroads claimed In their answer
that th" rato to Social t Irde could only b"
mad" bv th iiiscnt of the Oeorglu road on
which It I located. '1 he (leorgia company
admitted that the rates to Social Circle were
th" nit" to Atlanta lus tin- rat" from Atlan
ta t . Social Ir.'le, and contended that they
were not unreasonable, th" rate to Atlanta
being less than It should be bei mis" of th"
npctilR.li with lines from that city to llal
tiinore, CARLISLE DECLARES HIMSELF.
the
congressional!
The Kentucky Statesman Declines
Presidential Nomination.
Secretary Carlisle hns written the follow
ing letter on the subject of his omidldiiey for
the presidency nt the Chicago convention,
ie.lrc-e. to Charles 11, Long, Chairman of
the i.'moeratie state Central Committee of
lieiitliekv:
My Hear Sir-Your favor of March 30,
which von sav. In suiistmice that tunny
Summary of the Most Imports
Presented In Both HoiJ
KionTT-r.loltTB DAT.
8"nntnr Cullom, t'hnlrmnn of
Committee on Inter-Stnto Corr
author of thn present liiter-Ktnti
law, announced his purpose of it.
bill to amend th Inw so as to ;
transportation of fop'lgn good,
rntes thnn those of domestic m.ii,
Is allowed under the decision of I
Court Iti the import ense render-
The House spent the dny eor,.
sundry civil bill nud fuir progps..
A uetermined clTort WHS tlllKl" i y .
Southern representatives to strii
bill the appropriation of t50,(KKi i
of Internal revenue reformers, wi
tlciilarly obnoxious to people in t:
shine" districts, but wns tuistic.
MOHTT-JUSTIt DAT.
Senntor Cleorg", of Mlsslsel j i
the S's'oiu I lii-talmcnt of his s...
th" claims of Mr. Impont to tln
In the Semite from thn htnte i,(
He gpok" for over thp-n nnd a 1
nnd promlsi-s to coiitinun his r
morrow.
Another Cubnn Joint resolution
ed by Mr. ( nil, ot Hori.la. It
way by preiinihl" thn cntitlnuul
the" usages nnd rules of war by th.
in Cuba nnd dip-i ts Hint nn a I.
force Immediately sent to pr.
State citizens by fori-e If lie.,
threatens forcible intervention II
recurrence ol murder, outrnge or
denth prisoners of wnr. The join:
wns laid on the table temporarily
The postoflb e Appropriation I
disposisl of, w ith th" exception !
ni.-i t pr.ivl'llng additional con..
cartyliig th" mails between S;i:r
nnd New .-aland and New Sou!1;
A bill was Introduced by Mr. I;.
Ilt, of North Carolina, niid p'f. "
l liiniice committee, providing tin
of notes, bills, checks, etc., shall i.
tender money, Irp'spii'tlve of nnv.
In Hi" contract. He explained t'i;,:
was to stop gold mortgages mi l .
It did not nfleet existing contra t,,
Mr.Tirtu hay.
The postofllce npproprliltloli I :
out n lively debut" III the Semite i
proprletv of abolishing the .
o 111 .-es nml absorbing them a- '
the greater city offices caused .,;:
Senator llorman opposed the - hi
HJieech, nssailing It lis llli-l III., r
llepp'sentiitivn Ihmfonl of III;:
ported to the house from tic
committee the stonn I III provll
luspis'tioii of Immigrants by I :
consuls. The objis't of the inci,.
report. Is to enforce existing l.iw
laws as tuny hereafter be passed !
restricting Imiidgriitioii.
mAiv-iTIist dv.
Th" house to-dav revived th" .
thn Uestl.m of Cui.iin U lligep n
lieotion with the conference r
resolutions. it WHS llllt expect !
Would be much debate, but Mr. I
Ills opposition, prevented ll't Ml
liciiteil illspiKe over ii bill for an
across the Mississippi nt St I,
i win pa.-sed. Chairman I'lckh r.
slons committee, insisted on t
In l order, ns this win private bill
of i that Cuba could wait. Aft
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bill : kf
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inv friend- lu Kentucky uiel elsewhere ile- na.i i n pnsscu in Hoineiuing i:;
sire til" 'o heeome a candidate before the up. I hour, Mr. Krdmau mnde n n r
I proii.'hiiig Niitionnl Iicmocratlc Convention I order, demanding, lifter u bill l.n I.
lor the nomination for th" residency, and I d"p'd piigrossp.l, that n copy of :i 1
! ie.iiestiiig me to give "Home nt thoritativ" j seil bill be produced. As this . V:
or ilelliilt" exprc-siou" upon the subject, was ' done thu bill was laid over. k1,
l iliiU received and has been maturelv con-! MM: rv-hKi 11SI1 I IV.
BBECKINBIDGE
He is
FOR C0N0BESS.
for the
DIVINE HEALER BOUNCED.
Ordered by the Authorities of Cincinnati to
Leave Town.
A man named K. hrudcr, calling himself thn
Iilviun lleulcr, has been in Cincinnati alucn
Saturday luat, freely healing the aluk, un hn
htyht his work. Hn wears a peculiar robe
nnd on his head resin a crown of thorns, thn
inner thorns made harmless by cutting of thn
points. Hn claims that his power In trans
mitted from Ida liuuda, or even from his
clothing.
Hn wan brought U-turn thn Mayor, Chief of
Pollen and thn Health Officer for examina
tion. Thn Health Officer told hi m hn wan a
nuisance, aud a uienuiic" to thn Health of
the community by passing his iiuwashnd
hands over thn fncea of hundreds of people,
in any of whom am dlssused. Thn ileiilth
ottloer ordnpfci him to leave thn city at one".
ANOTHER BATTLE REPORTED.
luclan's Forces Attacked in Cuba. One
Hundred Wounded.
l'lLssengerH arriving ut Tampa, Pin., from
Culm report Hint Spanish (ieneral lncliiu'ii
forces were entirely surrounded by th" in
surgents nml u hund-to-hiiiid conlllct ensu.sl
i Tno conlllct ensued in Y'ueltii Abajo district.
, Nothing olllelill ha been pUbllsh-,1, but 100
wounded in this engagement were brought
, into llavunii l-'ri'lav night. Ail thn wounds
were mucin ttc cut. In. -Ian also was wound-
ed. l.iinntlii llaud'-rs, the insurgent chief,
, ha sent a l"tter to (Ieneral Wiiyler reipiest-
lug humaiie treatment for helpless families.
I 1 lie Cubuiis here intended to burn thn Spun
; ish Hag ami Weyler's picture lust night, but
the pull.- interfered.
Cargoes oi Arms.
Angel I igiierdu, general manager of thn
Cuban insurgents stationed nt key West,
l-'la., returned from lllenyn liny. Large
quantities of arms and munitions of war have
been smuggled out of the clty.ou thn schoon
er Nellie and I'earl. Thn seliooiicr Martini,
owned by J. K Hoyt, ex-Collector of Cus
toms loft for lllscnyii" with a large cargo of
urms nnd ummuultlou to hn transfernsl to
some steamer.
Canvassing the District
Nomination.
Col. W. C. P. llrcckinridg" has been quiet
ly prn.-tleliig law at Lexington ever since the
suit for damages of Madeline l'oliard, two
years ngo, eniised him to be Sll eded ill
Congress by Colonel Owens. Although Miss
Pollard got a judgment for i IS.otMl, s,n has
liever been able to get an execution or to re
cover anything.
Now that Colonel Ilrecklnridge Is enuviisa
lug the district itgain to run for congress this
year, the old movement of the ladies In the
distri.-t L being reorganized, and Colom-I
llrei-kiiiridgii w ill have women against him
as he had two year ago. The friends of
"Kentucky's silver-tongued orator" express
the fullest colilldenee in Ills success,
DAYTON 100 YEARS OLD.
Centennial Anniversary of the Ohio Town
Celebrated.
One hundred years ngo Wednesday the
town of Ihiyton, which now hus n population
of 7'J,0(K Inhabitants was settled by Samuel
Thompson, theWduw Medio nn l William
(iiihiigiiiL The Ihiyton chapter of thn
1 laughters of the American llcvoliitioii held
commemorative services mid the cent' imiiil
day wus ushered lu nt midnight by the tiring
of cannon, ringing of U-lis uud shrieking of
whistles. Kxcrcises were held In the schools
mid thn business mid manufacturing estuo
llshiin nts guve their employes u holiday. A
public meeting WIIH held lu the opent house
III the evening. A general demonstration
W ill he held uholit September 1.
Illinois Banking Law.
Thn Kupremu Court of I illuoia hat handed
down a dix-ialou wlilch has carried conster
nation Into every banking Institution in thn
atatn. Thn d's UbiU annoiincna Hint if hank
fall, and deposlta hava Issen ps-elved within
SU day of (lain of aiiapeualou. thn ofTloera of
that tauk are UabU to criminal prostsiutlou.
The Bermuda Detained.
Henor Dupuy dn Lome, thn Spanish minis
ter nt Washington, hua received word from
Spunish diplomntlu and consular ollldals in
Central America, saying that thn stKiuner
liermudn, having on b. urd nuinltloiis of wur
for the Insurgents in Culm, has ln dotuln
ml at 1'ort t ortoz by thn Huudurau Ciovcru
uieut aud her cargo ai-lzn.1.
HEWS NDOOETS.
is In-
Thn rush to thu Alaska gold flnhU
creasing.
Hi'iiutor Voorheea is lying seriously 111 nt
Washington, and hla friends urn uneasy over
hU condition.
Matthew Adams, the defaulting district
clerk of Denver, who lied from them lust
NovnmUir with 75,000. hue hoeu nrpvtted at
Kouthaniptou, Knglnud.
A ouunterfelter's niivn baa been dlanovurml
on au ialnud in thu St, Joseph river, between
llrUtol lud., and Mottvillu, Mtuh., and a
largo nuautlty of epurlou oola brought to
light.
Entire Party Perished.
Letters received from llalliey river, oil thn
Canadian boundary, report th" death on
Iluiney river of Col. A. V. Neff, a I'nlted
States deputy marshal, nnd their entire party
of explorers, in nil probul.lv eight men.
They were oil their wuy to Investigate re
ports of thn timber stealing by Canadians,
nud are reported to hnvn broken through thn
cn and to nave !cn lost.
: si len d.
I Many comtir.inlcatlons upon the snun) suh
I jcet nnd of simlliar iniport . have been re
ceived I. .in friends lu different parts of the
country, and while very grateful for tin's"
I niiine r'iii expressions of eonlldenee mid
esteem upon the pnrt of my Democratic P i
llow citizens, 1 have not lieen able to reu.-li
I the conclusion that the existing conditions
reiuire ine to comply with ift'Mr requests" by
authorizing them to ii'iuouiicn mu as a can
didate for thn Presidential nomination.
While 1 f'-l u profound Interest in thn wel
fare of my party, I am much morn concerned
uhoiit it ilc.'lar'ar'.ion of principle than in
its nelectlou of candidates, becimso In my
opinion, its failure or success at thn election,
us well us Its ciipu dty for Useful service in
the country in the future, depends upon the
position it "takes or omits to Hike upon th"
public question now engaging the attention
of the people, mid especially the questions
affecting the monetart' system of the country
and th" character mid amount of taxation to
be imposed upon our citizens.
Its position upon these and other subjects
having been iigteed upon mid clearly mid
distinctly announced, the convention ought
to have no dilfb'iilty in selecting nil n"ccpt.
able candidate w ho will fairly represent its
views, uud lu order that its deliberations may
' be embarrassed us little as po.ibl.t by th"
contend. .i ,,f rival aplrant uud thdr
friends. 1 think my duty to the party will be
I best perfumed by declining to participate in
I a contest for the nomination.
1 '1 lie obligations assumed when I u 'pt".l
I my pr nt ..llb-hil position require me t
1 devot" mi entire tliii" urn! intention to th"
public interest committed to my charge, uud
1 shall continue to dlschure the duties Im
pose. I upon me to the best of my ability nud
lu such nulnner as will, in my judgment,
most certainly promote the true Interests of
the country: and if, in the opinion of my fel
low Democrat in Kentucky, my services en
title me to thdr commendation mid approval
1 would regard their endorsement of my pub
lie course us mi ample reward for the little I
have been al. e t" accomplish in behalf of
able administration mid sound lluitiiciul
policy.
THE OLYMPIAN GAMES.
The Opening Day Observed as a Natioaal
Festival.
At Athens the opening of thn Olympian
games wu-t observed as a national festival.
The city wan brilliantly decoruted, nud g'eut
enthusiasm wns nianllcstcd over the sports.
The day opened with n te ileum in the cathe
dral wiihdi wns attended by the royal family.
The weather wns cloudy.
Tim members of the American tennis urn In
excellent condition and full of eonlldenee.
Th" trial races colisihted of on" of 400
mid one of &00 meters. Also throwing the
discus.
'1 he tireeks feur their American competi
tors, but nil thn athlete urn very courteous
to eueli other.
L
Th" galleries were filled this n;
ll throng of Interested people p, I,
taken on the Cuban resolution- a:
result uniioiiiiced. There wa
lull attendance of members In
of the vote, thn questi'i"! I" fug -
which nil desired tu miakn n icord.
liefopt taking thn Vijfte, in a -egpl
? r,'."!'."'Pt renchi,'Ji oiV Sjjt tl rd ii v, . Mr
worth illep. N. Y. ) t'hiitrtiinn oi tier
..... ... .-!.. I...... -..ii. i l.,t,. r. e
tary Morton, slallng that In ..I'di.
almost unanimous consent of - J
lia.l arrange. I wltn the sec.i
put up the garden see.i in pa.-i .,.
each insteud of 1.5, ns Itrst urrm i
2,02.',O0li packages Instend of 6.' .
use of memlM'rs of emigre., j ,
quired mi Il'l'litiolllll expellS' of
Mr. 11 Itl ( Hep., III. ) ehllill.M..
mittie oil foreign iiffairs, de:
regular order the vote on the
ngps'lng to the repi rt of the c.
conference recom mending the
the Semite resolutions regardliu l
stead of those primarily udo
House. On that Mr. Tucker i !
miimleil the yeas uud nays, mid
ordered.
1 he resolutions were ligreei
House by II Vot" of 244 to 'Ji.
BISMARCK'S 81ST BIBTF.?;
William's PfAaon t
bUipci vi iriuiaut S ItlGU
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BRIEF MENTION.
Chnrlnn I'.. Clark, of Omnhii, has Imen il
pointed superliitendeiit of the Childrf-Drugel
hoiiin, nt Colorado Springs, Col
Thn Wheeler A Co., shipbuilding firm has
gullied its point on payment by check and
most of thn 1,1100 srlkcrs ut Hay City, Midi.,
returned to work.
Ostium Dlgma, thn Madhlst leader, le
marching on hlukat and thn llrltlsh Souda
nese troops Instead of going up thn Nil" havo
Usui ordered to Tokur, on thu lied sea.
A tablet lu memory of Hev. David K. Nna
blt, formerly of llazelwood rp-atiyterlnn
church, 1'lttsbiirg, wlllou Sunday bn unveil
nil In thu First Congregational church, 1'uurln
III.
An official dispatch from lluluwayo says
thn forcuH them a pi sufficient for defence,
but will not lUftlno to quell thu rebellion,
which la likely to become general when the
Matabulna liecomu organized.
rrlnce Alniaudur Albert, thu 11-pear-old
on of thn lata 1'rluoe Henry of Hnttenburg,
will, when hn reaches his imh year, bn nmJa
captain general of th) Isin of YYIgbi and oon
atabla ot Carlabrooka Castle, with aalarto
and fee amounting to tO.Ooo yearly.
Dr. Lanahan Cries Fraud.
I'.cv. Dr. John Laniihnn sprung a Rcusntlon
In the Methodist preu. hers meeting nt Haiti
more, w Icn he uiinouu I that iu a few days
he will publish iu a permanent form thn Era
of Frauds iu the Methodist book concern at
New York, of which he wus ut one time au
agent. Hn staled that the publication is
mild" necessary by thn repeated denials of
thn frauds by persons lu official positions.
After thn astonishment created by Dr. I.aua
luiu's reiterated charges against thn New
York coneeru subsided, there wits au almost
utiunlinouy sentiment expressed among thn
fireachere that thn general conference to moot
n Clevelund, Ohlo.uext mouth bo compelled
to give serious utteutloii to thn caao.
Immigrants Pouring In.
The Immigration officials urn somewhat
dlsturlied ut the present enormous Increase
in Immigration. Durlug February thn num
ber of arrivals ut New York aggregated 11,
8.U, and liicrcttse of about 6ft per cent, over
the arrivals during February, lH'Jft.
Killed ia Prist Fight.
Arthur llradlny aud Diehard Ingram, two
factory hands engaged in a prize tight at
H-'nrhlll. Mass., aud as a roault thn latter
w killed. Thn tight was to bn a frtuudly
o o settle the queatlou of whluh was the
b man.
Ex-Chancellor,
l'rlnee Jlisnuirck was M yenrs
nnd in his honor bauds of mu-i
lie Schloss park nil the morning
lativ.i. of the Hamburg senate
In. .nds waited upon l'l luce Hi-:
also r tved many Mural trlhub-
i nts, and u large number of tel .
eluding one Iron! l'riucc Henry
KniH'ror William's present to '
iiiiirck was ii photograph of t!
family, iu u group, enclosed iu a
frame.
Prince HlsmilP'k entered Hi" ;i
lind wns nlTectloniitely greeted I
Count Herbert llismarck, nml b :
ter, Countess Hai.lau. Alter
prince appeared on thn balcony, n.
s. mbleii bands played n clem I. ,
luarek said lie was pleased ut lu
th iistuut sympathy of the II
w hich he hud never lost, ns he I
other Hymputhlcg. In condii-i..
for cheers for Hamburg mid its r
Then followed ll brilliant torch!
sloii, which occupied 4ft minute
I'rlnc" llismarck stood most of th
tiuually expressing hla acknowl.
those passing. He observed tin
longer able to move us they did, 1
hcurt went with them.
A PHYSICIAN KILLED H
Jackson and Walling Will M
Defense.
It hue just developed that tlio
for Jackson and Walling intend to
sensation when thn trial cornea up
It U said that they huvn gutbered
that ueither of their clients wus
murderer of l'eurl llrvan. aud they
dhow that she died while In thu luJ
certain physician and while uud
llu'icnof drugs: thut neither S
Jnckson were present ut thn time
they worn sent for by thn physi
threatened with exposure unless tn
at ouon dispose of thn body.
It Is also said thut Jackson Hire;
Involve thn pbyslclun who was the
aud thn throe joined iu thn suhseqi
ceedlnga. Juvksou and Walllng'a
will also try to show that 1'uarl Ij
dead when Uecapllatea.
Worse Storm in Ysars.
Heports from Northern WUci;
that the suow-atorm which Inated
Wednesday was thu worst In yea
of snow ten lent ilnen lilooka.lea
I of Aal hCnd and bualnea was eif
, peude I ' One W Isoousln Ceutral tl
tnn irr' l ana two trains oi tun
Blulltx.Ui thn stnow within thn
lUlirui: I traftlo woe a a standstill
the i i ragtou. Aaidn from the,
lucucvj teuon the storm will prov
in awe. g logging etreams which
unuaue 1 low.
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