IMMiniClPIl THE IMMIGRATION BILL. A Bpaolat Provision Exempting Refugees Tho Vols. Cabas The Immigration bill now goes to the resident, the last legislative step having beea taken In the senate Wednesday by an agreement to the conference report on the bill. Btroog opposition was made to the re port, but on the tlnal rote the friends of the measure rallied a small majority, the Vote being: Yeas, 34; nays, 31. The bill as passed extends the Immigration restrictions against "all persons physically capable and over 16 years of age who cannot read and write the English languag or some other language; but a person not so able to read aud write who is over 50 years of age, and Is the parent or grandparent of a quulifled immigrant over 31 years of age and capable of supporting such parent or grandparent, may accompany suah immigrant or such a. parent or grandparent may be sent for and come to join the family of a child or grandchild over 21 years of age, similarly qualilled and cap able, and a wife or mluor child not so able to read and write may accompany or be sent for and oomo to Join the husband or parent similarly qualified and capable." For the purpose of testing the immigrant's literacy, he is compelled to rend aud write from 20 to 35 words of the United States Constitution. Aside from these extouHions of tho present law, the bill Inaugurates a new system of re stricting Immigration from border countries, and designed to apply principally to immi gration from Canada. Tho provisions are as follows: Section 4. That it shnll horenfter be un lawful for any malo ulleu, who has not in good faith made his declaration before the proper court of his Intention to become a oltb.eo of the 1'nited States, to be employod on any public works of the I'nited Hiatus, or to come regularly or habitually into the United States by land or water, for the pur pose of engaging In nuy mcchantoal trade or manual labor for wages or salary, returning from time to time to a foreign country. Section 6 That it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership compahyor corpo ration knowingly to employ any alien com ing Into the United States in violation of tho next preceding Bectlon of the not. Provided, that the provisions of this act aliall not ap ply to sailors, deckhands or other omployos of vessels, or railroad train hands, such as conductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen, or baggagemen, whose duties require them to pass over tho frontlor to reach the ter mini of their runs, or to boatmen or guides on the lakes or rivers on the northern border of the United Stuto. A violation of these sections is made a mls domei n it. punishable by a line up to (300 or imprisonment up to one year, or both. A special provision exempts from the operation of the law persons arriving from Cuba during tho eontinuauco of the present disorder there, Tho law is to take effect July 1 next. The Until voto was taken and tho confer ence report was agreed to, yeas, 34; nays, 31, as follows: Yeas Republicans Aldrich, Allison, linker Brown, Ilurrows, Cullom, Chandler, Davis, Elkius, Frye, Gallingor. lionr, Hour, Lodge, McBrlde, Morrill, Nelson, i'erklns, Plutt, Prltchard, l'roi'tur, Quay, Sowll, Sherman. Thurston. Wetmore 2i. Democrats Chil ton, Faulkner, Hill. Martin 4. Populists Butler, Tetter, Rettigrew 3. Silver 'pub licans Teller 1. Total 34. Noes ltepubllenus Carter, Hansbrough, Hawley, hhoup 4. Democrats Bacon, Berry, Rlanchurd, CafTery, Call, Cockrell, Oibson, Gorman, Gray, Lludsay,Mllls,Miteh ell (Wis.), Morgnn, Murphy, Talmer, l'nsco, Fugh, Roach, Tiiman, Tiirple, Vest, Vilas, Voorhees and White 25. Populists Stew rrt 1. Silver Republicans Mantle 1. ioiai ;i- DR. RUIZ WAS MURDERED. ComdLse Ixaaunsd tbe Ssdy.-ftart for Another's Fate.. Dr. Ricardo Butf, a naturalized American citizen,' arrested on suspicion by the Spanish week ago, waa found dead in his cell In the Guanabaoo jail last Thursday. The body wrv mu oi violence. ine jailer, Fondevlela, said that he died by suicide. tonsul-General Lee sought the privilege of viewing the body and asked for full statement of the circumstances of his death. The Spanish at first Ignored both requests. Gen. Lee telegraphed to Washington. No reply was received. On Friday Gen. Lee Imperatively demand ed that the body of Dr. Bubs be turned over to him and that an autopsy be made by two physicians, one of whom should be designat ed by him Gen. Lee. The Marquis of Abumada, acting captain general In the place of General Weyler, who is in the Held, issued the neceesary order, but so long waa the delay that although Guanabacoa is less than tnree miles distant, Gen. Lee was not admitted to the prison there until Friday afternoon, thirty hoars after Dr. Ruiz' death, and barely In time to atop the burial of the American phylscian in plain, white pine coffin by a squad of ne gro Spanish servants. When the coffin was opened it was fonnd that Dr. Ruiz' face ' had been so battered with blows and so cut with wounds as to be almost unrecognizable. The other prisoners said that piercing cries were heard from bis cell on the night of his death. Gen. Lee could reach no other conclusion than that Dr. Rulx had been murdered. He immedi ately ordered an autopsy to be made . PREVENTION OF BLACKLISTING. UP 1 Bill of Great Moment to Workingmen Fa vorably Reported. The House Committee on Labor author ized a favorable report of a bill introduced by Representative Lorimor, of Illinois, to pre vent conspiracies to blacklist. It providos that a combination to prevent the employment of any person on a transpor portatlon line because of participation In strike or labor trouble, or membership in any lawful labor union or organization, shall be unlawful conspiracy and punishable as such, unless illegal acts were committed In connection with the strike or labor trouble. Any person Injured by such con spiracy may sue for damages sustained, and in places where malice is shown full exem plary damages may be recovered. Letters were received from 1. M. Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers; E. E. ( lurk, of the Hallway Conduc tors, and W. V. Powell, of the Railway Telegraphers, all approving the bill. INCITED TO FIOHTINQ POINT. Do Rebelled Against Being Compelled to the Work of a Woman. Edward Stanley. 719 Flushing avenuo, WillinmBburg. N. Y., who was arrested on complaint of bis wife, Emma, for threaten ing to cut her throat beaause she was persistent in his remaining at home and curing for their three children, was sentenced to jail by Justice Goottiug in default of 41,000 bull to keep the peace. Stanley is 35 years old, while his wlfo Is 32. For some time Mrs. Stanley bos kept tho house together from her earnings and required her hubsand, In true new woman style, to remain at home and take cure of the children uud huuswork. Several times of lute ho tired of this way of living. On the day ho threatened his wife he had re belled and declured that the time had come for him to stop doing the work Intended for a woman, "lie told me," said Irs. Stanley, in court, "tuai i woma not iiv A HOPEFUL WEEK IN TRADE. Large Inert til of tht Iron tad Steel Bui' ntss 4 Feature, ' At - r- Mr. Quay gave nelJce In the Senate-that he would offer an amendment to the sundry civil bill changing that portion ,jf thcUust river and harbor not relating folmprove ments In the Ohio. The law as it now stuuds appropriates (l, 000,000 for the completion of movable dams Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 6. Senator Quay's amendment appropriates 43.000,000. It provides that the government shall not lie obliged to pay more than 25 per cent, of the total amount In ucy one year for thu work performed. In necorduueu with this plan be proposes innklng available tho sum of 750,000 to be exjM'nded at once in the con tinuing of work ou these dams. juiotner day." Bts-'ey 7h.o..' i0 u is jV A 60CIETY OF MURDERERS. Killed Relative! for Yean to Get Their Lifo Insurance. A special from a plnce In Hungary called Ilodmegao Vassarhely tells of the arrest of six men and two women accused of the wholesale slaughter or relatives for the suku of securing their life Insurance. Tho Hun garians formed a society for getting rid of relatives. One ni.'iti poisonod his father, mother, wife, wife's futher and others not related to him, nnil so gained several thous snnd florins. Ouu woman murdered her mother, sister nud a neighbor. All the other murderers are charg-'d with onii crime apiece. A midwife planned the society, and, like several of her accomplices, Is fairly well-to-do and Intelligent. All were regular at tendants nt church, nud told thu judge they believed in God, who puuished evil aud re warded good. Seventeen bodies have been exhumed. The midwife oonfesies that she bus been at the trade for many years, nnd always called in doctors, when using poison, to prevent sus picion. In every case now being Investi gated poison was administered, und then a doctor was sent for, nnd in no cose did any doctor Buspect foul play. ve - to see admitted ...having iio uid uoi luveuu to carry out nia In rests. R. G. Dun A Co. 'a weekly review of trade says: A large increase in the Iron and ateel business on account-of sales covering eight to twelve months' production of the largest works; a better demand for woolen (roods, and slightly better tor cottons, a gain which mav better prices In boots and shoes, slightly better prices for wheat, cotton, wool and iron, and a money market, well adapted to encourage liberal purchases against future improvement In business, have rendered the past week more hopeful than any other since early In November. There are also many elements that have their favorable influence upon the money market, and upon future un dertakings. In nearly every branch the great Iron and steel Industry feels the upward impulse sup- ilied by purchases of steel rails, said to be lalf a million tona each from the Illinois steel company and from the Carnegie com pany, Desldes some from other companies, in part as low as C.5 per ton, atiout 100,000 tons to foreign purchasers at 17ft 18 but all re cent sales at (20 at eastern and (21 at western mills. Nearly all the great railroads have seized the opportunity to supply them selves with rails for one or two years' requirements. iheso enormous orders have advanced Bessemer pig at Pittsburg only 16 cents per ton, with grey forge a shade lower, and no considerable change appears la finished products, although plates are unchanged in price with a good demand, and nails are held nt recent prices. The bar association no longer controls anything. Other industries are gaining also, though less conspicuously. The recent decline and subsequent rise In raw cotton have not ma terially affecteu tho manufacture. The sales of wool have sharply declined, amounting to (7,4011,300 pounds for the week, against 43,- loo.auu lor tne previous week, i be demand for woolen goods does not seem to have ex panded materially. The Atlantic exports of wnent. Hour included, were only 1,235.275 lillahitla fir tlm vwL- ai.alticv 1 UIO 'Mil hnuli. els last year, but for three weeks have been 5,000,471 bushels, agaiust 6,44H,s20 bushels last year. I be western receipts for the week were 1,607,145 bushels, against 43,415,55k bushels lust year. Meanwhile the western receipts for corn have beon well nlgb double last year's, and for three weeks the Atlantic exports have been 6,317.214 bushels, against a.z.if.oiiu ousueis lost year. r allure for the past week have been 303 in the United States, against 2S0 last year, and 58 in Canada, against 66 last year. 'Bradstreet b financial Review savs: The action of the European powers in Inter vening in Crete relieved tho pnulcy feeling that was shown In tho continental markets last week. The situation continues, how ever, so strained that there lias been no re vival of speculative activity in foreign mark ets. Our own market was hulped by these occurrences. Tho old chief bearish factor, thu investigation of the industrial companies py a .New lork legislative committee, lias created to have much weight with the street. The week hns been a dull ono throughout. and given up almost entirely to maneuvering by board room traders. liuilroud earnings were Irregular, though no very unfavorable exhibitions appeared, uud the granger stocks acted steadily. KING GEORGE SPEAKS. Croat- SeaoaitraUoa la Atksas, Forty Tatuiaad People Partioipata. . Over 40,000 persona participated In a dem onstration Sunday afternoon on University square, Athens, In favor of the union of Crete with Greece. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. An address was adopted declaring that the kng and people were ready for any sac rl floes of blood and treasure to bring the present Cretan policy to a successful issue. The orowd then marched to the palace aud a uepuiauoa presented the address to tbe King. Tremendous cheering followed. His majesty King George, Crown Prince Constane, duke of Sparta and other members of tbe royal family occupied places on the balconv. The king addressed the crowd as follows: "You are executing the true mandate of luojieiiemo people, i thank you lor mis imposing display of your feelings. May God protect our beloved country and strengthen our common efforts. Long live the Hellenic nation." The address of King George waa oiiowed oy vociferous cheering. Prince Nicholas has arrived at Larlssa. a town on Thessaiy. on the Turkish frontier. twenty miles from the gulf of Salonlca. Sev en nunarea ureeic soldiers, with artillery, have landed near Kissolo. " A Turkish transport, accompanied by a British torpedo boat. Is enlaced in convey ing 1,500 troops from Candia to Canea, WILL DIZ TOGETHER. HE DIES! WW IMlffiCl FIRING ON THE CRETANS. Tie Foreiga Admirals Had Given Thorn Waraiaf. ' A BIG MASSACRE REPORTED. It is Stated that 2,000 People Were Killed in Crete. , Rumors of a wholesale massacre of Mus- """"" "inc. iia.o oaolteU canoe, ---, tut tlia bin pose of robbery, oi me reports placing me number of killed n and Walling to Go Through tho Trap at the Same Time. Sheriff Plummer bos received the death warrants In the cases of Jackson and Wall ing, condemned for the murder of Pearl Bryan, directing him to carrv the warrant into execution between sunrise and sunset on the 20th day of March, This gives to the sheriff the power to make two executions, one utter the other, or hanging both men at once. He announced the latter method. Thorofore there will be no opportunity for separate confession for effect upon the other man. judge nenn ordered a death warrant wutch to be placed on the condomned, direct ing that one man shall bo coustnntlv on dutv to prevent escape or harm to tne criminals oy momseives or others. t our men have been appointed, who will divide the time Into short watches. PRIZE FIGHTER KILLED. Ben Coleman's Neok Broken During a Ring Fight at Cincinnati. Ben Coleman was killed In a prize fight at the Manhattan Athletic club in Cincinnati. Ohio. Coleman uud William Rogers, both colored, put on four ounce gloves for a ton round coutott. In tho early purt of the first round Rogers struck Coleman in the face, and Coleman fell, ho head striking heavily. He lay motionless, and ufter ten seconds Rogers was declared winner. Efforts were then made to revive Coleman, uud it was discovered that he was dead. Spectators all say that he broke bis neck in the fall. Rogers escaped, but refereo Slmcoe was arrested. Coleman's body wits carried out, and then the main event of the evening came off, a ten round contest between L. Roberts, white, und Jim Johnson, colored, known as The Artist. Roberts was badly punlBhed in the fourth round and tho police stopped tbe light, A large crowd was present Train Robbing and Wreoklng. In the year 1893 there were thirty-three railroad trains held up in this country by Imitators of the James and Younger gang. The next year the number was thirty-four. It i eases have been reported was luny-niuo in lew anu last year uroppeu : 0.403 aeams nave Peon recorded, The admirals commanding the foreign fleets visited Col Vassoa, commander of the Greek army of occupation, and Informed him that they would attack the Greek troops and the Greek warship Navarros Mlaonlia if tamos made an attack on Canea. Col. Vassoa replied that he did not intend to at tack Canea or tbe flags of the powers.' He would remain on the defensive until he was attacked. Notwithstanding this assurance, firing took place Sunday on the hills east of the town, lne combatant, who were Greek Christians and Mussulmans only, were in plain view from the ships from the harbor, Ibe reply of the Mussulmans to the Are of tho Christiana was very feeble, and ft could be easily seen they would be compelled to abandon their position if the Christiana pressed them. Their gun practice was so Tory poor mat it excited ridicule on board tbe ships. The main position of tbe Christ- tans was in. a bsmlet on the ridge of the hills, where they bad hoisted the flair of Greece. This position was about 4,000 jritru iru iaa warsuips. At 4:30 tbe flagship displayed signals for the Dryad, Harrier and Revenge and ono vessel each of the Italian, German and Rus sian squadrons to open llro on the Cretan position. The order was quickly complied with. The British vessels II red 40 shells and tbe other vessels about 30. The aim of the gunners was very good, and it wai seen that the posltloii of the insurgents was becoming untenable. In about 10 minutes the Greek flag was hauled down, and as soon as It dis appeared the order "eeuse firing" was giveu. and tbe guns of tbe fleet became silent. Thereupon the flag was again hoisted on its stuff. The rocks in the vicinity were crowded with Cretans. The Mussulmans, encouraged and emboldened by tbe assist ance that had been given to them by tbe tleets, now began a luslllade on the Cretans, who were engaged in removing their wound ed. Tho Christians were evidently dispirited by the action of the fleets, and made no at tempt to return the lire. The action of the warship! has caused the deepest indignation, and the supporters of the Kultan are bitterly denounced on all sides. It Is declared that the powers In up holding Moslem rule by force of arms have made a melancholy and degrading spectaolo that Greece will nevor forget Tho forts fired blank cartridges at the Greek dispatch boat l'einelos. which had ex changed shots with a Turkish frigate. After shots had been II red by both vessels the fiigate withdrew. The German warship Kaiserln Augusta has Arrived hero nnil landed marines who will share In the foreiirn location. PLAGUE AND FAMINE. Awful Mortality Rtported in the Strioken Indian Diitrioti. Poople from the central native states and Bundelkuud district have been flocking into British territory for tho past month, and hundreds of starving people are meeting the trains and begging as their only chance of subsistence. The villages aro turning thu, refugees away and many are dying on the rails. Children are deserted and left to for age for themselves. The mortality Is awful at Banria, tbe blackest spot of the Buudel kuhd province, where out of a population of 700,000, 200,000 are receiving relief. Since tne outbreak of the plague 6.853 in Bombay, and d. In llombnv to twenty-three. In the past seven years presidency 8.011 cases and 8)800 deaths from wnra imtvuwb ioo (rains bbiu np or wwc-iue pingue nave occurred. - - -- Tho Wool Trade. The "American Wool and Cotton Report er" says of the wool trade: A diminished activity bus characterized the market of the pan week. The falling off is what every body hal expected as the result of the enormous transactions receutly recorded. Tho feature of the market is the llrm nesj of prices, which Is encountered in nianv directions. While a part of the trade are disposed to take their profit whenever they see it. there are not lacking those whose ex pectations of materially llrmer quotations aro leading them to bold uji to their wool very tenaciously. Fleeces are llruily held, sales being strouger than in the previous week. J hero is a very fair trnde doing in territories. Sales of Australian have also held out well. The supply of medium und I coarse wools in the Boston mnrket appears j 10 oo ngui, McKinlcy Rates Restored. Tho Republican members of the ways nnd means committee decided to restore the Mc Kinlcy rates on coal and coke 75 cents per ton of '.'H buslii'lH on bituminous nnd shale and '.Kleins on coal Black, such as will pass through n half inch screen. The present rates are 10 cents and 15 cents. Coke is ad vanced f mm 15 to 20 per cent nd valorem. The operators explained that Canadian com petition had reduced wages. Although no lluai agreement has beeu reached, there is a practical undemanding Hint the new bill will return to the McKlnluy rates on tobacco, except on the glade known as llller. The rate on this will be 70 cents a pound, double the McKluley duty. nt 2,000, which includes almost the entire Moslem population of tbe town. It is sold that moj women and children were killed indiscriminately by the Christians. Tho rumors have created tho deepest anxiety ut Canea. General Bor, who Isoommand of tho gen darmerie at Cunn, hus seat two Italian o Ul cers of the gendarmerie to Situ In a gun boat to Inquire into tho truth or falsity of the report The fort at Youcoulis, which is garrisoned by 500 Turkish troops, has beeu besieged for several days by a largo force of well-urmed insurgents. Tho commander of the besieg ing force called upon the Turkish command er to surrender, uud promised safe conduct any of tho garrison who chooso to accept it. The Turks refused to surrender under any terms. It is stated that the gurrisou has pro visions enough to last for 20 days, uml a plentiful supply of ammunition. It is reported that Greek troops started for Vaui'oulis to aicl the insurgents in the cap ture of the place. The Greek troops have surrounded eight Moslem villages. WORK OF GUERRILLAS. Iniurgent Prisoners and Children 8hot in Cold Blood. A band of Spanish guerrillas, commanded by Major Taso, of General I'arez's army, iu Plnar del lllo province, is reported to have captured the heights of Montevnrl, north of Taso Real de Santiago, putting over 100 prlsouers to the sword. The heights were partially fortllled, ami u number of Cuban families were there, tho iusurgents number ing about 200. Taso bud the aid of a deserter from camp, nnd, making a night attack, surprised the place, and niter three hours bard lighting captured It. About 100 Insurgents escaped, but the others and many women und children were captured. Drawing the prisoners up In line the Spanish troops shot them dowu in cold blood aud then put to death the chil dren, reserving the women and girls for sol diers. Tho bodies were flung down tho heights, completely choking up a smull gorge. An Imperative order for reinforcements was received in Havana from General Wey ler. It is reported that Gomez ha outwit ted the Spuiilsb commander iu some manner and that hl plum have miscarried, much to bis chagrin. THE SILVER AQUATION. Chairman Jonei Will Carry on a Campaign in the Collegos. Charles N. Crewsoti, of the University of Chicago, who was prominently connected with the Bryan League of College Clubs dur iug the late campaign, has received word from Chairman James K. Jones, of the Democratic National Committee, urging upon bun the importance of reorganizing the clubs and starting at once a "campaign of education" In the interest of free sliver 0.4 the Prvoldeatial vleotlvo of 1900. . Presented to the Texas. Ten thousand poople witnessed tho pre sentation of the silver service to the battle ship Texas at Galveston, Tex., Feb. 11). Gov. Culbertson expressed the sincere apprecia tion of the people ut the high compliment which had been paid the State by tbe Secre tary of tho Navy, and as a slight token of that fellng they commanded him to muko a present, through ( apt. Glass, to the battle ship named after the State of Taxus. dipt. Class tipoko eulogistleally of the battleship Texas, anil described her M ono of tun best and stiinchest ships iu tho American navy. The silver service consists of fourteen pieces of sterling silver, weighing 1,200 ounces and cost 45,000. CAPITAL NOTES. Kx I'resiiient Harrison's wife gave birth to u girl baby Sunday. The buby weighs 8Ja' pounds. Mother aud child aie doing well. The senate confirmed these Pennsylvania postmasters: John G. Cobler, Everett John M. White, Evans City; James 8. Gale; Milford. The senate committee on military affairs took adverse actlou on th; proposition to bring the cadets from West Point to tbe In auguration. Reports from the forty-four rural postof flees of tho country where free delivery has been tried shows that it has beeu a great suc cess. It is now estimated that the service cun be extended all over the country ut a cost not exceeding (10,000,000 per year. Alfred T. Simmons, a Baptist minister, was struck by a flying board lu a sawmill near Everett, l'a., uud his skull crushed. He died in an hour. It is now estimated that the rural free de livery would cost 40,000,000 per year. Be fore it was experimented with the estimate of cost wus 20,bOO,000. The president bus signed the act aut borlz Ing tho secretary of thu navy to arrange for the transportation of contributions to relieve the famine sufferers In India. , Joseph Murdock, of Scott county, Va,.who waa supposed to have boon murdered 25 years ngo, aud for which crime Bud Lludtey served 21 years lu tbe Virginia penitentiary, has returned to bis former bouio. Llndsey died recently. INAUGURAL DECORATIONS. .nr. Mm H ui persons Miiea in tne oeroetration or thiir train-wrecking or noiuing-up crime was seventy-three, the number wounded fifty-eight. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The Peciion Ball Room Will be Malted With Beautiful Flowers. In the adornment of tho inaugural ball room on former occasions, tho dojoratlons wero in ore in keeping with a cornation or a milltury occasion. This time It was deter mined to muko everything subservient to the floral decoratlous uud to seek their har mony. The bnnd stand will bo constructed after thu style of tho famous golden gute nt tho world's fair, and will be elaborately decorat ed with plaques of flowers, asparagus and wreaths of American beauty roses. The gold colored material, which will cover the music stand will be decorated with plaques of roses, tulips, narcissus nnd other blooms. The fountain iu tho center of tho ballroom will be filled with exotic ferns aud water lilies. Over tho balconies ami about their columns Alabama smilux will be trailed lu every direction. ARTHUR DUESTR0W HANGED. End of tho 8t Lonii Murderer After Long Litigation. Dr. Arthur Ducstrow, the St Louis mill ionaire, who on February 16, 1804, shot and killed his wife and child lu that city, was hanged in thu court yard of tho county jail lit 12:55 Tuesday. A few hours before tho execution took place Ducstrow threw off the mask of Insanity, sobbed like a woinun, aud admitted tbut ho killed his wife and child. Tho Iron Situation. The Iron Trade Review says: The steel rail war was brief and fierce, aud the execution was quite all that could be desired. Prices were cut deeply enough to satisfy buyers that there was nothing left but to buy all their needs required within the limit of their credit It is Bufe to say that nearly 120.000.- 000 worth of rail business Is ou the books of members of tho la'.e pool to-duy, ncurly all 01 it taken In live days of last week. If we count 375,000 tons of Pittsburg sales, iu ad dition to the 100,000 tons of foreign orders and 100,000 tons of rails optioned to home roads, aud to this (250,000 tons taken by Illinois, add 200,000 to 250,000 sold by east ern mills, we shall hove a total of 1,075,000 tons. Of this total un amount more than equivalent to all thu rail business of 1806 was taken after a declaration of war on tho 6th Instant. There Is no truce as yet, and no signs that one will be patched up. The Pittsburg mills are practically booked for the year; the western compunies from two thirds to three-fourths of the year, while eastern mills have all that they can handle for some months. With mills busy on ruila, billet production will bo contracted and prices may be expected to work toward a paying basis. The towbont John D. Lewis was destroyed by lire at Paducah, Ky. At Gloucester, Mass., the Webstor block wus destroyod by fire; loss "0,000. . The village of Chilumbo, Central Afnon,' where Dr. Livingstone is burled, has been deserted. The lower branch of tho Nevada Legisla ture rejected the femalo suffrage bill by a vote ol 16 to 5. A vein of oro yielding 88,000 of gold to the ton Is reported to luivu been discovered in ltunilsburg, Col. 'I lie Chicago Interdecorating compnny hns assigned with liabilities of 102,000 uud as sets of (18,000. Duniel McCarthy. n printing bouse employe, was banged at Chicago for the murder of his wlfo May 12. 1HU0. John Jacob Astor.s (5,000,000 hotel, which is iu course of erection next to tho Waldorf, will be culled the Astoria. Thomas Willis, colored, was hanged At New Castle, Del., for the murder of his in fant child May 4 last. The Bolivian Government has Increased all import tariff duties 25 per cout, tho now law taking effect Junuury 1. The Missouri senate passed a bill appropri ating (l.MIO to erect a monument at the gravo of Daniel Boone uud wlfo, in Warren county. It Is said that Emperor William slighted V nitod States Ambassador Chi, Mrs. Chi aud other Americans by not speaking with them at the opera house ball, Postmaster-General Wilson announced that he hud accepted the presidency of the Washington and Lee university at Lexing ton, Va., to begin July 1. Robort Dulln, who killed a colored barber near Sistersvllle, Is said to bo a former resi dent of Washington county, l'a., where he was employed as an oil driller. The wife of the lute Sir Richard Wallace, England's tiimous philanthropist, has loft her magnillcetit art collection to the English nation. It Is valued at (17,500,000. St. Louis bloomer women are threatened at present by the "Sisterhood of Death." Anonymous letters ant being sent out Com plaints huve been made to the police. Judge John E. Bacon, United States Min ister to Paraguay and Uruguay during the first Cleveland administration, died at the Columbia hospital, Columbia, ri. C on Feb ruary 19. A O. Boyce, aged 70 years, convicted of arson and burglary, has been sentenced tj II (teen years' imprisonment In Redwood C'al. Boyce is considered tbe worst "bad man" California has seen In years. It Is announced that all the loading Ken tucky distillers will koep their plants closed this year. During the next regular session of congress au effort will be made to reduce he whiskey tux from (1.10 to 00 oeuts The German ship Baltimore, from London tor Now York, foundered at sea Juuuary 24, only one man was saved. The President commuted to five yoars tho sentence of eight years' imprisonment im posed upon J. E. Crandall, lute President of tho First National liank of Johnson City, Tetin. Crandall was convicted of muklng false entries. At Falls Village, Conn., the wire of Post master Walter Chagrin nnd Charles Mead were found dead in the former's house Sat urday morning. Three bullet holes were iu Mead's head aud one in the bead of Mrs. Chagrin. An empty revolver lay between tbe ocrpses. Sir Charlea Cameron, Liberal, was elected to the British house of Commons from the Brldgeton division of Glasgow by 4.606 votes to 4,381 (or Charles Boott Dlckson.Con-ervative. Fearlj' HANNA WILL BE SENATrJ Gov. Bashaell Pmblielv Deouioa. Got. Bushnell faml.k. .. statement for publication r..j S "It has beeu my intention tZ naunoement In relation to u S would take in "the matter .iLS ment to fill the prosper ? W the Ohio wpreawtativeT i ,S, States Senate untU the yZ.. U existed. Butonaoconntoftbr'7, terest of the people and their 1N whatwiU be done, I deem , VE?" make the following statement; Kk) w auaimwi. migua 10 enter the i raiuent aicmniey i wll aDDol him Mark A. Hanna. of vu?X serve until bis auccesaor i. F ti Seventy-third General Aa-mkM State. I trust this action wiU ml 3 approval of the people. tJ Tank Steamer Goei D0 xne uerman tank steamer Tin. I Wischausen and thirtv-n.. -..".Cj been drifting at the mercy of tlTi ever since. Capt. Forth save h..i?H tank steamer February in f ri distress signals, having Jet h',r ""I ler. The steamer was taken .1 N next day she broke awav. ti... lBl ed until the 17th. when h . "H together. The Galileo had toiviT amant 6110 miles. Capt. Forth -ruii,' steamer. Hold-np wai a Fihre'. news una oeen received at th ofllce Muskogee, I. T.. of an Rtt,mT? "P trttln a ,h0 Iro Mount.,!1' Watova. When the northbound Jt' dntlon train took the siding at WmT maked men pnterAil thu u , Conductor Wallace to hn..,i '..t0?N lars he carried. At thl inm... ., passenger train pulled In. It kmi W uiouuuu ui iuo ruuuers, appsrcntlv t. 1 up this train, but the alar'n hsd and a crowd of armed i-liin. vr1 n"gbt'y tnt UtlttW8 stu8ut uty Defloieney Bill BeporUd. The general deficiency bill ,.. .;.!., I iiiu.u nmn,m .... r"H reported to tbe house. The total an.: rled by the bill is (8,438,937. For ing work on the Mississippi from u of the passes to the mouth of tbe Ohio l 000 Is given, and for the Mississippi frt uiuuiu oi me uuio to lite mouth m th. :i annri fi'l'l (Wl , ., ? "1 000 is made Tor the eutertulnmt ,7i universal postal union to meet Id Wuk tou next Mav. What Lil Wanti. Ex-Quocn LU has at last exnlnlnwi sion to the united States. Slie bismn this country to oppose the new prormaj', annexation which she is sure tbe li0 r eminent will submit to thu incoming u itrutlon. She does not exiieet toiw. "wrongs" righted by the Unite,! Sum J will be content if this Government skits muin neutral. rue Dole, liovn.-iwi an., la V.....tJn. 1 1... . 1 . . ' tlou of the native masses and by imlimJ ing ueiicii in us revenues, nud will fail ols own weigut. Bis Persons Butchered. A sextuple tragedy was commit!) Winona, N. D., on the ranch of ltev. ThJ Spjcer. The horribly muliluted bodnrtj Air. and Mrs. sploer. their diuiKbtrr, la William Rouse, with her 1-vear.oM ml boys, and the aged mother of the pcxtauwi oi y inona, were scattered iidoui tbe nies. There is no clue to the rterretraton. Ink suspected the murders epi cummlttsih I. . ft., it . a. i j . ..I, j nn mauumg .. lU'iiurwrtv GOLD FROM THE COAST. is. not far away. $8,000,000 Reoeived Bine the ' ( t End of January. Reports o gold from the Pacific coast con tinue to attract attention. Since tbe end o January they Amount to betwoon (4,000,000 dad (5,000,000 a good deal of which has been received by registered mull. Sun Francisco has to remit In order to discharge hor obliga tlons in Now York and as neither New York exchange nor legal tender notes enn bo ob tained in Han Francisco to any large amount theigold has to be shipped. Some of the gold that Is being received now came from Australiu for New York account. Last full during the panic there Sim Fran cisco took nbout (0,000,000 gold from tbe East nud New York City took the govern ment nud other bonds In pavment for a good deal of it About April 1, Lowevnr, it is ex pected that the tide will change as is usual ut Unit time of the year Bud tbe current of moaey set in again toward the 1'aelllo count. In tbe meantime the gold thut Is being re ceived from San Francisco Is mostly going Into thu clearing house vaults iu eichuugc for clearing-house gold ccrtlllcntes. SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT. A New Title Thurber'i Boo- to Mr; cenor. Congress bos acted on the suggestion of President-elect McKluley and ohangud tho title of the ofllce now hold by Mr. Thurber snd soon to be held by Mr. J. Addison Por ter, from that of Private Secretary to the President to that of Secretary to the Presi dent. Wbon Mr. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of Rtato be once took Senator Hawley to task for speaking of the private secretary to tbe President, as secretary to the President, tell ing him that tbe Secretary of State was the secretary to the President, under tho tradi tions of the Government, and that nobody else oould properly have that title. Tbe change was made by the Senato in the Leaislatlvo, Executive and Judicial Appro priation bill and the House has now ac quiesced In the amendment Tbe salary was left at (5,000; REBELS PUNISHED TO DEATH. on .Wanhtpi Enforos Frenoh Authority Two Paoiflo Islands. News from Tahiti Is that on December 26 last Oovornor Galiet loft Papete on board the French corvette Duguay-Tronon, with the transport Aube, to punish the poople, on Ratatea and Tahea islands, which refused to acknowledge French authority. A . force of Tabitan voluutocis, with sailors from the warships, were the combatants. The bom bardment of Tahea village was effected by the warships, and on January 8 a fight took place at the village of Tevaitloa, where the natives made a gallant stand against 700 French troops. They suffered defeat and had 17 killed and 6 wounded. According to tbe official narratives, the victory will sufllce to produce an excellent effect upon thesa re bellious natives, who are charged, among other crimes, with having an English Hag in tholr possession. A Han Fatally Ml During a drunken riot nttbel'nlonto nnce, twenty miles east of Altoona, Kir bertBeale, one of the participants, wu tlx just over the heart, and another balk grized his wrist. While lying in a hrlpla condition from the effects of his wouuJi, u rioters stoned nnd clubbed bim touts almost beyond recognition. lie cannot p sibly recover. A number of tbe rioters to badly bruised and injured, hut not terioui; hurt. The men were all intoilculed. A New Railroad Survey. Engineers are at work on a now railroad between Berea and Sandusky, O. The line, If built, will pass through Avon Center aud South Lorain, passing the oity near John ion's steel plant Surveyors have been at work conlining their time to mapping out a route tbrongh Lorain. The new Hue will nave connections with tho Cleveland, Lorniu & Wheeling, Nlokel Plate, Big Four, Lake Shore, Bultimore A Ohio and tho Lake Erie A Western. It is reported that the Johnson Steel company Is very anxldus that such a lino be constructed. Epaniardi Win Again. According to a dispatch from Mufa severe lighting has taken plucu heiwern Ui Spanish trooi'S uud the insurgents of t Philippine islands. The SpmiiarJ", ll I stated, huve captured nt the noint oi lie u; onot tho entrenched Insurgents' positiou thu Ymus road. It Is nddcri lluit 400 indi gents were killed aud that the Spaniards W tw Bty-slx men killed nud sixty wounaeo. NEWSY NOTES. The Oklahoma Legislature tilled ft Woman SulTrugo Bill. Chnrlns White, who was shot In an atteof to rob Thomas Henry Hylanus at East UrWr port, Couil., died. llenrv Kleeher nno nf the oltli'ft nl M known muslo dealers and piuuo merchsnUU Pittsburg, Pa., aged 80. William J. Bryan, after addressing Ibi Kaneus legislature, spoke at a mastii in Topuka on political topics. The Indiana Legislature lint pw1. ."" preventing fusion candidates from holr names twice on the election baliot ti,. .,ti r:,..,..! I'ederitlOtH . iiu l u u ii . yjt u u . ... . - Women's Clubs has decided to bold tMU- nual oonvention this yeur nt Omaba. A bill making It a purislinble offfflijjj wear a high bat at a theatrical rnu'"- , In IVln.mln tlUQIIIIil lhl nUKClllblV tl' S VC "I 42 to 16. Near Klnmundy, III,, a freight wrl ourred ou the Illinois Central rallroai "n engineer, llremun undone brntemu 1. 1 i A bill whs Introduced in the hin" to repeal the prohlbibltory law ",1"7" State dispensaries for the control liquor traflla. i.o. warn j. nmim, a mun, n In his room nt 17a Butlor street, llr'JV. search revealed tm in coslinuu wu. representing (12,700. , n-i. t il r...i.. . l.,..lUtnre hsdW that all railroads shall be assessed lrj tlon at not less thun (8,000 a nilw W" of their coit or earnings. tv, cn..0..ii..l library ut " Ington baa been completed vma., .ta limit, and at a cost of only M oenua i iooi, iuoiuuiusj uwuianyti L.bM The post mortem examination of of Arthur Duestrow, hansel ' ".J i.in,.ni.,,-itit or while rc' I tbe coating of the brain. 1lltt In attempting to arrest y,111111" Sheriff Monroe ot iianipu badly stabbed and nis ciouims Teeters is In jail on a luuucy chnrgi. r. .r........ mlr count'. toruner uevariufjr, duel entered suit for foes alleged to w The county commissioners hold ", ji.-.ii 1. ...turned IDB a criminal uuuiug o v.. guts no fees. The Wakefield Rattan eoropnr J" solldnted with the Hoy wood ,tVinirbual pany, placing the u"r"Lttalof ness under one corporation wim (6,000,000. (n By a decision of the secrcUH of tea terlor the great trail of ftolWed Sr.. Th. triotcompn.- KlnHds known i to the state of Florida. "'" tak8i its about 2,242,800 acrea. The bj liU.,.l.l... tr. ).. rirht Of OJCUpau" about 200 Seminole Indians.
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