The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, March 25, 1897, Image 2
ONLY FOEIR PERSONS RESCUED. THIRTY-THREE WERE LOST. Horrtblt Fatt of tht Crw and Paittngtr Aboard Atlaatia Cout Steamer. The steamer Tille de St. Naiaire, belcmg ng to the French hue to the West Indies, I sailed from New York oo March 6 for Port-au-Prince, with 37 person on board and has not tlnee been reported. the w a bark rigged screw steamer of 2.040 tool register. 'Iheachoouer Hilda, that plies along the coast letwen Perth Am boy and Savannah, came into port Wednesday night bearing with her a story horrible even in the annals of the Atlantic ocean. She carried in her rablnftfur passei.gers whom eh picked up levws Bre gtandiug the strain much better in a boat Monday, ten miles off , hor. . It , lhaD M ejected, tut a break is liable to was Captaiu liiemcs. skipper of tho Hilda. , OP(,ur at an .. momeut. who first sighted the boat. As the schooner t Tnu,, , ,uother and four children were drew nearer the outline of human figures ,IrowI,ea from a bridge in Arkansas. It Is were mude out. Then on the prow f the now u.,1bvpj tna TSt), majority ot Imperiled boat the words, "Mile do ht. Niutnire. A 1 people within reach of Memphis have been boat was lower 1 and the chief mute and rwcue,. iuvre ,ro urjout 3,000 of them, four seamen jumped in and rowed out to the . Th9 r(.litf. comniiltt.e wtre(1 Governor Jones, helpWs craft. Nearer and nearer they came , of Arknn(lai for Mate Ruj urge tbnt he and the faces of the utters gradually came Mwk federal aid through Arkansas congress lnto view. mt.n. He replied there were no funds at bis At the prow of the bout and apparently in j charge of the party was an old man wearing tho unifurin of a snip officer. The mate pre sently recognised in the lace, hollow and sunken with the cold and want of many days the features of Captaiu Jules Berrl, one of tho best known t the commanders ot the Havre branch of the French line, and now long transferred to the West Indian ser vice. Itehlnd him. en the center seat, were two half-dressed, coat less, listless men, hugging themselves and gibbering at the startled faces of the Hilda s sailors. At their feet was a fourth man. The old man at the prow opened his lips as If to speak, but no sound came from them. One by one the four men were lifted in. In the stern of the craft whs a fifth man. One of the tailors touched him on the arm and began to draw In m gently forward, when lie slid quickly oft the seat and settled a lifeless heap on the bottom ot the boat. Three more oorpses were In the boat. Then the sailors towed the dreadful freight back to the Hilda Nothing could be done but consign the dead to tho sea. Captain Kern anil the three men were carefully looked after and partially brought back to life and reason. All that they could tell was that the Villa de HU Naz al had somehow been wrecked or abandon ed and that these four men were the survi vors of those who had taken to the boats. But how many were deal, bnw many living, ixmoiaed untold until midnight on Tuesday, Captain Berrl, the first to recover ,was able to gasp out some words of his story. "There were thirty-seven sohIs on the boat when we abandoned the Ht. Nazaire. Of all those men and women wo four are tho only ones left alive. The others starved or froz where they sat. They died la ail ways. They sank.' dropped off, one by one, except where they went mad. and then some jumped Into the sea and ended in that way. The captain was the llrst to go. The men were nuiet enough mostiy until they saw the women die, then they seemed all at once to get raving, stark mad. All are here now. One, my comrade. Dr. Maire Ntiuite. our en gineer and Tngurdo, first mate Hint is all I run tell now." lint with the hours the old man gradually grew stronger and able to talk with some thing like coherency and clearness. I'r. Hunts, too, recovered his speech and strength enough to talk. DESOLATED BY THE WATERS. Ktny Milei of Country Covored in the j riood'd Mississippi. ., ,, , , .,1 , , ' i ,.' Ihe valley of the lower Mississippi from Birds I'oint. Mo., to below .Helena, Ark., Is a vast inldud sea. 1'or miles west of Mcm phis'every home has been abandoned, bit only two persons ure'Lhotvn toliavo drown ed. From refugees arriving from back of Marion it was learned that Hundreds of peo ple In that sc. -Hon were in the witter and are without menus to escape. A steumur was pushed In that direction us far lis possible and skiffs penetrated further. Tim result was the rescue of scores ot sufferers. On President islam! a large number were found in the interior und brought from tho water. On Island 40 there were between bO and 100 people in between three and four feet of witter, mid u steamer was dispatched to their relief. Kvery piece of ground along the river above water north of Memphis Is crowded with people and live stock, and in one instance their place of refuge was upon a mound which was buing steadily swept from under them. BIG HILLS FOR HARRIIBTJRO. CombluiUon of Eastern Interest!, to Taks Effect May 1. An important transaction has just been consummated, which will Insure for Harris burg one of the lurgest manufacturing plants in Kastern Pennsylvania. The combined lu- j terests of the t enlrul Iron worns, ruxion rollitig mills and Charles Bailey A to., have disposed of nil their plants to a new corpo ration to be known as the Central irou and steel company, which will includo the pres ent Central iron works, rolling mills and universal mill, Puxtou rolling mills and Chesapeake null works, with faoillties tor operation on a larger scale than heretofore. The plants comprise three rolling mills for making sheared plates of the largest capaci ty, together with a universal mill A new flanging plant Is also being constructed. A TEXAS CYCLONE. Mary Persons Were Injurtd, But Nona Reported Killed. A severe wind ftorm passed over the Ftntc of Texas, which in some places assum ed the appearance of a cyclone. Tim Hous ton and lentral Hallway ofllco at 1'litno, 17 miles north i f I'allas, reports that the gale leveled the slieils ( tl.e Cutton Belt and Central roads, blew over freight curs and unroofed several residences. A number of persons were injured, but nono were killed. At Hutcliit.fi n fences, trees nnd outbuild ings were blown over. Considerable ilam aue was done l y the storm lu the vicinity of Itasko, Hill county. SALISBURY CONFIRMS IT. He Stys Ordtri Wert Itiutd to Blockade Crete Immediately. In the bouse ot lords, the marquis of Salis bury, replying to tho earl of Kimberley, the Liberal leader, said that instructions had been given to tbe admirals in commaud of the foreign fleets in Cretan waters to com mence the blockade of the Island of Crete without any further delay. The premier added that an admirable state ment ot the policy of the powers had been made lu the French ehumber of deputies by M. llauotuux and M. Melinu lu which he heartily concurred. Tbe-ltusslaTi'otrsnl has received forrnnl Instructions to prociam autonomy lor Crete, but the other, cop mis still remain without them' The admirals consider that this step has been taken too late. . - Vessel BoxDed at Ssa. The1 Cartliagenfarii arriving at New York from Glasgow brings with her the euttre. crew ot the steamer Itlnlto, which took lire and burned to the water' edufl March 6 In latitude 31.113, longitude '2Xt Chemicals 1st the Ilialto exploded add caused tho lite. DAMAGE BY FLOOD. Lite Lost at froaarty Destroyed la th Miitlstlppl Talley. ; The work ot rescuing the people In the flooded diatricta ia being carried on night and day. The iteam boat men t tell aome har rowing atoriea of suffering and death. One woman, who was rescued from an Indian mound, 15 mile west of Memphis, held in her arms a dead infant that bad perished from cold and hunger. :er. Another iamlly ot .... kai. Miia.l . 1 1 .1 that l.n .mall IVUI. n U V U avrvuvu, " . . . ...... .-...... children were drowned in tight ot their help, lei parent. Islands Nog. 40, 37, 3d and 34, In the Mis sissippi river, are completely submerged, and the Inhabitant to the number ot about tiOO, have abandoned their homes. Itnin be gan to fail Wednesday, and on Thursday at noon there nail been no cessation oi me downpour. The river now marks SH.tt. The disposal for that purpose and that he should do nothing to aid the refugees from his state, A dispatch from Ht. Louis says: Alarming reports of a constant Increase in the volume of water in the lower rivers are received here. Itnin has fallen over a large section ot the lower Mississippi busin for 24 hours, and nt many points where levees held buck the Hood by only a tew inches margin there will surely be disastrous breaks. At Cairo, III., at noon the rivers were only 1.9 feet be low the high water murk of lfU. The levees around the large drainage district north of that city still beld, but were in danger. (Should they give way Cairo would become an island, with railway tracks the only bur ners against the flood. Tho Mississippi at Vermillion, H. !., has risen the feet and is still rising, People are still moving off their farms onto the bills, and there is not an empty bouse In the city. POVERTY'S PROTEST. Some of Chicago's Unemployed Don't Want to Fay Konti or Debts. Unemployed men and women to the num ber of several hundred held a meeting at which they launched a "declaration ot Inde pendence" against "King Plutroeracy" in Chicago snd adopted resolutions against paying rent, except nt the option of the ten ant; indorsed the repeal of the laws for the collection of debt, and formed the Unem ployed Workmen's League. Speeches were mude on the subject of finding work for the unemployed, and the potato and bean patch plans of the Nalvatlon Army and others were disapproved. The call for the meeting stated there lire perhaps 100,000 unemployed men and women in Chicago, and a chief purpose of the gath ering, as announctd. was to varify the sp- firoxlmale number of those out of work, and iring their condition to the attention ot the proper authorities. The declaration ot Inde pendence, which was adopted, is a para phrase of the htstorio document of July 4, 1770, and "Klug 1'lutocracy" is the despot substituted for King George as the object of righteous Invective. WOOL TRADE. Grtat Amount of Saw Goods Bold Within Six Wteki. "More wool has been sold out of Chicago for western mills during the lust sixty days thnn during the previous nix months," s J " , .,, ,. ,, ,, . ... aid agents for an eastern mill machinery and woolen mill supply house. "The woo! is wanted for immediate use and the mills are working on actual orders. This is the tlr.it direct ef fect of the proposed tariff bill, us buyers realized they must soon pay higher prices iin I are accordingly giving the. mills their orders now." The lirm tone in the wool market at Bos ton continues with a sternly demand and liberal sales. The movement in territory wools holds up to the good average ot 2,600, OHO pounds with prices on nn assured basis of Mr:l2e, for line medium and fine, with choice staples at 34rt 33e I'iecco wools show a lirm tone, but the movement Is ipilet, with offerings moderate. Australian wools yet meet with a uood sale und largo lines are clinnging bunds on the basis ot former prices. THE STARVING FED. Two Thousand Homeless Helped at Memphis. Nearly 2,000 homeless and half starved persons rescued from tho overllowed dis tricts of Kastern Arkansas are being cared for In Memphis, Tenn. The retugees are mostly negroes of the lower classes, who show scaut appreciation ot the charity ex tended. The citizens' relief committee is practically bucked by unlimited cupitul. nier chunts, bankers and corporations having subscribed great sums of money to prose cute the work of rescuing the .Inhabitants of the territory forty miles north and an equnl distance south ot Memphis. The entire gov ernment fleet stationed nt Memphis, through ('apt. Filch, engineer in charge, has been pressed into service. Manned by crews familiar with the Father ot Waters, the Meet gives great assistance to other rescue steam ers. The situation is critical. PIERCED HER HEART. The CounttM Zsldeika Feared Being Buried AUvt. The dead body ot tho aged Countess Jc wltzska Zeldeika wa pierced through the heart In an undertaker's establishment at Atlanta, (la. She had a morbid fear of being buried alive nnd it was hur dying request Hint she should be pierced through the heart beforo her body was Interred. Dr. J. (1. Lr ncst compiled by driving a small, sharp lu ttriiment through the vital orcun. The Countess was bum in St. Petersburg nboiit i(rhtv years ngo, of (lormuii parents, nnd manned u spendthrift Russian nobleman, who squandered her fortune und left her pennlhv in New York twenty-five years ago. She hud six children and has for years been J lookini; lor a lost son, who married against her wishes. She never found him, and died heart-broken and liitlrm. Nomination!. The president sent to tho Senate the fol lowing nominations: roweu ( layton, ot Arkansas, to be Minister to Mexico; W. M. Orborne. of Massachusetts, to be consul general at London: J. K. Gowdy, of Indiana, to be consul general at Paris; J. II. Brlgliuin, of Ohio, to be assistant secretnry ot agricul ture: P. H. Heath, of Indiana, to bn llrst as sistant postmaster general; Capt, Charles Hhaler to be major; 11. L. Murindln, to be a member of the Mississippi river commission; Sylvester Patterson, of Minnesota, to be register of tho land office at Crookstou, Minn. TERSE TELEGRAMS. The rallwny postal clerks in session at San Francisco have chosen Atlanta, Gu as the place of holding tbe convention of ID'.lH. , Grave news has been received lu London with respect to tho health of F.mperor Will iam ot Germany and certain constitutional possibilities are buing discussed. Three hundred fllk workers have won their strike at Patterson, N. J., the manu facturers finding the business outlook justi fies the restoration ot old wares. This Is first strike ever w ;n by ttrikor In Patterson, LITEST HEISflHlSIGM GARY'S POLICY. Tho Raw PoitmasUr Osatral Will Tollow tnt Pr actios of Formor Administration!. Tostmaster General Gary will continue the old policy as to distributing patronage of tba postofftces, and be announoed that be would not deviate from the practice follow ed by past administrations. This as a gen eral rule, gives to every Senator the privilege of recommending a postmaster for his borne postoftlce and allots to each Republican Sen ator the largest pcstofflces In hit district, which, however, in the case ot a Senator not ot the llepubllcan faith, will go to the lie publicau committee or other reference. With these exceptions, the Bcpuhllcan Represen tatives are usuully permitted to name the postmasters for Ihelr respective districts. In liemocratio districts the selection is left to a referee, or perhaps to a Republican Henator. The Congressional delegation will have to keep themselves posted as to the dates of ex piration i f terms of postmasters, as the old custom of the department of sending notice to Senators and Representatives of expira tions of postmasters' commissions, which was stopped by Postmaster Uenernl Blsaell, will not be resumed. The largest diamond lu the world has arrived in London from Kimberly, South Africa. It is said to ;be worth tU,500.000 uncut. Both houses of the Tennessee Legislature have agreed to a bill providing for a Con stitutional Convention to frame a new State Constitution. The calling of the convention will be submitted to a vote of the people in August. It called delegates will be elected in October and the convention will assemble in November. CAPITAL NOTES. H. C. Payne, of Wisconsin, after a few days' consideration, has declined to accept any of the diplomatic appointments ten dered toblm and so advised the President. The President has accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary of the War Joseph Doe, of Wisconsin, which has been pending before hltn since the 4th of March. This is taken taken to indicate that au appointment for the place has been decided upon. Secretary Sherman has turned over to James McCnllum, his son-in-law, the work of editing and distributing the statutes of each session ot congress, a place filled ever sines Secretary Bayard's administration by Harry Bryan, formerly Mr, Bayard's private secretary. Tho case of Frnuclsco J. Lnrrlen, a nat uralized American, who was arrested at Matanzus on a charge of conspiracy, has been dismissed. The government authori ties ordered that Larrien be liberated and placed at the disposition of Consul Genera Lee. Larrien has agreed to leave the lslandi Haller Phillips, a lawyer of this city, who has made a specialty ot International luw and nppeared In the Supreme Court as counsel for the defense of the Three Friends ease, has' been charged with the revision of the Digest of international Law. originally compiled for the use of the State Department by the late Dr. Wharton. The debates in the last Congress on foreiitu relations show cleifrly the need for a revision of this valuable work uud nn Appropriation of 110,000 was made (of that purpose. BAY AND PORTER. McXinley Selects jrfii Representatives for London and Paris. The president sent to the senate the fol lowing nominations: State To be ambassa dors extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States: John Hay, of the Dis trict of Columbia, to Oreat Britain; Horace Porter, of New York, to France: Henry White, of Rhode Island, to bo secretary of the embassy ot the United States to (ireat Britain. John liny is a native of Indiana, 59 years of age. He gruduatcd at Brown university in lHflH and licgnu the practice of law lu Illinois in IMil. President Lincoln appointed him assistant secretary mid kept him In that capacity throughout his administration. (ienerul Horace Porter comes of rt'.vnlu' tionary slock, his grandfather, Andrew Por ter, being one of Washington's most valued oflbieis. (ienerul Porter's father wns David Kitten house Porter, at one time governor of Pennsylvania ami n prosperous manufac turer. Horace Porter was born just sixty years ago in Huntingdon, Pa. He wns well educated In bis own stuto, ut Harvard and finally ut West Point. FRANCE SHUTS OUT OUR HOGS. Large Increasa in tht Duty on Pork Product!. III anticipation of nn effort by tho United Status to negotiate a reciprocity treaty lu fa vor of our Hour and provisions, tho French government has Increased Its rutes of duty upon nearly all the articles imported from this country. Those on pork are particular ly injurious to the trade, and the sale of pro visions in France is practically prohibited. Tho duty on live hogs lias been Increased from eight to twelve francs per 100 kilo grams, und other hog products similarly. The French government makes no secret of Us motives. They expected thut the present Congress would largely increase the duties upon the principal exports from the United States, and that they would buve more ground to trade on It they took previous a 'tloii. THE REBELS LOST 422 MEN. Uruguay Insurgents Defeated But No Crushed. A special cable from Buenos Ay res, says Montevideo ad vices slate ihul the led era I and i revolutionary forces have remained intrench- j ed since the battle at Tres Arboles, in which j th insurgents were defeated. The latter i now nwnlt the arrival of reinforcements I under Aparlclo Sarulva. The, goverumelit i has sent n strong iletachmmt to Intercept the Brazilian Insurrectionists. I Gen. Villur.who commanded the victorious I federals Ht Tres Arbolef, reports that the loss .1 r ... i lit i lu the rebels in the action win 422 men killed ...... I orui .... . i. .1 .i. I 'llin f.i.l ais.il I l.wa wim Ifill and 200 wounded. The killed and wounded. Changed the Treaty. Thb Senate committee on Foreign Rela tions ordered a favorable report to be made, on the treaty with Great Britain with amend ments. The most important, amendment makes it necessary for the President to sub mit to the Senate for its approval all ques tions intended to be submitted to arbitration. The designation of Klnc Oscar, of Sweden rid Norway as the umpire, has been stricken o r, a has "been nil reterence to tho Justices of the Supreme Court of tho United Hiates, its members of tne tribunal established under tbe treaty. In place of this designation, it Is stipulated that "Jurists of repute" shall bo named by the President to act as such urbl rutors. Awful 8aorifioe of Cattlt. It Is believed generally among the cattle men ot North Dakota thut 75 per cunt of range animals have already succumbed to the winter, thn ehinook coming' too Into to save them. It Is Impossible to travel over tho range and no exact figures can bo had. Bail lands ranges, which have been over crowded the past few years, will have but few cattle this season. It is stated that Tierre Wibaux, the big cattle man of Wi baux, Mont., nud Dakota, puts his lossea at 1,000,000. Last tall be put 250,000 young cattle on tht range and all art dead. A TRAIN BLOWN UP. Ovor 300 faaalih troaas Xillod k tba Cabana, Tha news that Spanish forces have mat with a serious disaster In tba west la confirm ed. It la learned through a reliable channel that the train carrying 600 troops, while go ing from Artemisa to soma southern point, was blown up by Cubans, more than 900 troop were killed or wounded. The details give a tragio coloring. Tbe Cuban had learned that the troop were to be sent on that train. 'J hey mined a long, high trestle crossing Ht, Carman channel. Tbisbrldse it more than fifty feet bight. The mines were exploded as tbe train was passing over it with terrible effect Halt of tne entire train was lifted up and thrown in to the deep channel beneath. The force of the explosion was terrific, the ground being torn up for a great distance. The cries of the wounded and the shouts of those unhurt added to excitement and terror. As the remainder ot the troop rushed out ot the ruins they were met with a- withering fire from the concealed Cubans, and dozens fell at the first volley. Tne engagement lasted au hour, the Spaniards bravely light ing behind the curs, but it was of no avail, and to save their lives they surrendered. T he cars that had gone down caught Ore und were entirely destroyed, mauy soldiers being cauxbt in them and burned to death. More than 300 troops were found to be missing, and supposed to have beeu killed. The Cubans lost probably forty men. Ail the prisoners were released save the officers, who were held for the safety ot eight in surgent officers at Artemisa, who had been sentenced to death by the Spanish com mander, and CoL Penso, tbe Cuban commander,' sent word that If these men were shot he would order his hostages to be killed, and that twenty of the soldiers would be shot, too, in revenge for Cuban sol diers shot there last week. It la said that the Cuban officers were re leased from Artemisa, A LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. Engineer and Firoman of a Fait Running Express Killed. The boiler of the locomotive, which was hauling the Chicago and Boston special on the Lake Shore it, Michigan Southern rail road, blew up Instantly killing the engineer and fireman and completely demolishing the engine. The dead are: Alexander Franks, engineer, of Chicago, F.dwurd B. Smith, tlrouian, of Chicago. 'Die engineer wus hurled 200 feet Into tbe air, through n network of telegraph wires that were stretched along the tracks and hud his right leg torn off. Tbe fireman was thrown against cattle car with such force that nlmo't every bone in his body was broken. None of tho remainder of tbe train crew nor any of the passengers were In jured. The train to which the engine was attach ed Is one of the fastest on the Luke Shore road, and leaves the Van Buren street depot at 10:30 o'clock in the morning. The acci dent occurred about 11 o'clock as the train had just pulled out from the Knglewood depot and was running at the rate ol twenty miles an hour. A peculiar feature of the explosion was the fact that although the report was so loud it was heard by residents a half mile away, und the force to great that the engine was liter all v blown to atoms, none of the passonceis i lu the rear uar' 6 tho Ifain, heard the report, ahd wcrTatt avfllrJs TtTrft anything uniUuai J had happened uhfil they looked out nfter the train bid Come to a sudden stop. J lie iraiu dashed along 150 feet after the explosion took place, and although tho stop was unite sudden, none of the passengers were thrown from their seats and not one of tho coaches was damaged by either the explosion or the sudden stop.. The force of the explosion was apparently directed upward and outward, us parts ot the engine were thrown Into the air40'J feet, nnd hugu pieces of the boiler weighing several tons, were tossed over the telegraph wires into a swamp, a distance of '2'M feet, while the baggage cur directly behind the engine wus not damaged in any way. CUBAN WAR STATISTICS. Spanish Reports on the Losies Inonrred by Themselves nd the Patriot. L Temps, Tarls, says that since the war lu Cuba begun Spain has sent to that 1-dund 40 (ietiernls, Ml commissioned officers, ti,lMj noii-commlsslonoil ofllcers, and 179,174 men making nil told an army of lHj.'JUS soldiers. Up to the end of January the Spanish army hud lost men wounded lu buttle to the num ber of 40 commissioned olllecr.s, 401 non commissioned officers, and 7.6U1 men. Dead on the Imttlelleld or from the effects of their wounds, 1 (ienerul, VI commissioned ollicers. 107 uon-e-jmuiissloued officers, and 10,475 men. Killed by yellow fever, 1 General, 30 commissioned ollicers, 2.f7 nou-commisstoucd officers, and 10,475 soldiers. Killed by ordinary sickness or accident. 2 Generals, U commissioned ollicers, and 'J nou-comuiis-stoned ofllcers. Notwithstanding the silence of tho ofllciul reports in regard to the number ot soldiers that have died from the effects ot ordinary sickness or accidents, il la bodeved that over 10.000 soldiers have perished. The ocean liners and trausport ships havo taken buck to Spain over 20,000 sick and crippled sol diers, mnuy of them died en route or after having reached home. The losses of the Spanish nrmy during tbe lust two years of war lu Cuba must be over 45.000 men. The Spanish official reports place the loss of the Cuban army ut: Dead, 21'J ollicers and 18,001 men; wounded, 41 officers and 8,522 men; prisoners, 84 officers and '.HI men; surrendered, 22 officers and 2.6U4 men. Total, 20,457. 'WALLING AND JACKSON HUNG. The Murderers of Pearl Bryan at Last Die Together. j With the sePret of l'earl Bryan's murder ocked lu their hearts, heoit Jucknon nnd Alonzo Walling swung Into eternity together at 11:41 Saturday morning. Both men were game to the last, facing death without a tremor, dying together protecting their iu- uocence. I It was lllienaeu 10 nun luwin in i a. ui b t , ho.Bg o 0)miiug u confession from I It was Intended to hung them lit 7 a. m. one of tbe men. tho proceedings woro delay ed. About 9 o'clock Jucksou told Sheriff Pliimtner that Walling was not guilty. Gov. Bradley was then culled on by wire, and when ho demanded details more complete from Jncksou, clearing Walling, the man of mauy confessions retructed his former asser .i : ,..i.... i... ......1.1 .iu.,inrM Wuiiitiw innocent", and from Frankfort Gov. Bradley ordered the buuglug to proceed without any it without any more nonsense. The neck of neither of the men was broken and they died hard of stran gulation. Tho remains of Walling were taken to bis mother's home in Hamilton, U while Jack son's body will be taken to Maine for burial, as he ordered. No cemetery lu Greeucastle, Iud., would receive the body. NO MORE COMMITTEES. Speaker Reed Will Annonno Nothing Further at Present. Speaker Reed has definitely decided that for the present at least he will not appoint any ot the regular committees ot tbe bouse beyond the three already announced. In this way all mtsnelluiieons legislation will be blocked and the entire attention ot the bouse focused on the tariff bill. The bills which are being Introduced by tho hundreds, will have to wait until the committees to wbiob they would go under the natural order of thing are appointed. 1 LITEST EQI0 IMEUISEH GLADSTONE PRAISES GREECE. It Ha Dan Zartpt a Strrioe CrltieUm f tit Coaetrt A sixteen page pamphlet In tha form of a letter from the RU Hon. W. E. Gladstone, dated Cannes, Mar?h 13, to the Puke ot Westminster bat been published. It furnishes remarkable evidence of Mr. Gladstone' mental activity and Interest In tbe political . situation. The letter begins by saying: "My ambition la for rest and peace alone, but every gralu of sand is part ot the sea shore and connected as I have been for near ly bait a century with the eastern question, I feel that Inclination does not suffice to justi fy Vllenee." The letter then proceeds to review tbe events lu tbe east from the beginning of tbe Armenia massacres and unsparingly arraigns the powers. Referring to bis attempt lu 18H0 to establish the concert of Europe, Mr. Glad stone says: "We soon discovered that for several ot tha powers, concert became ot significance totally at variance with that which we at tached to it. uud included toy demonstra tions which might be rondo under the condi tion tbat they should not pass Into reality. At present the powers have no common pur poses to bring them together. But what is worse, than all this pretended nnd Ineffec tual eo-oerntton, if the governments shuts out the people' It is from tbat mission that we are now suffering. "It is time to sperk with freedom. At this moment two great states are under the go Vermont of two young men, wholiy with out knowledge and experience, and the other having only such knowledge and ex perience In truth, limited i, as to have ex cited astonishment and consternation when an inkling of them was given to tbe world. These, so fur us their sentiments are known, are using their power in concert to fight steadily against freedom. Why are we to have our governments pinned to their aprons? "On the heels of this we have pledged for two years, and with all its pretentions of power, it has worsened and has not bettered tbe situation. Surely it is time we should havo done with this gross and palpable de lusion. It Is time to shake off the Incubus, why shonld not Crete by autonomously unit ed with Greece? Yet it Is as undetnehed in theory from Turkey as Bosnia and Herze govina. "Greece, by her bold action, has conferred a great service to Europe, nnd has made it Impossible to palter with the question as we have paltered with the bloodstained question of Armenia. She has extricated it from tbe mesbes of diplomacy and has placed It on the order of the day for a deflulte solution. I remember no case In which so small a state has conferred sc great a benefit." Probably 100 People Drowned. Wreckage marked "Utrecht" washed up along the coast for several days past, It Is thought, comes from the Dutch steamship I'trecht, which His believed lias foundered. Tbe steamship was bound from Rotterdam for Java, and curried a number of Dutch of ficers en route for Java, and other passen gers, probably 100 all told. SUNK A VESSEL A Greek Ship Fired Upon by an Austrian Gunboat. The Austrian gunboat Sebeuico has fired upon nnd sunk near Candin a Greek vessel loaded with provisions and munitions in tended for the Greek forces in Crete. It appears that tho Sebenlco, while watch ing the Greek ship, was fired on by a party of insurgents. To this the Austrian warship replied by sinking the Greek craft und driv ing off the Insurgents. Advices from Ann, on the Greek frontier, show that the privations of the Turks there are so severe that some of them are desert ing to the Greek camps. Tho Turks at Pre vesa, F.plrtis, are arming in consequence of conllict provoked by a Greok soldier belong ing to the garrison ol Aatiura. The TurKish troops are now occupying sevoral posts on the Servian trout ier. The batteries at Arta are being construct ed under the direction of and from tbe pluus of the German ollicers. It Is reported 111 military circles that Rus sia is about to land troops on tbe coast ot Macedonia. The news thnt the Servian nrmy reserve! are beluit mobilized is causing great anxiety to the Turkish military authorities at Sal onlcu. C. L. 4 W.'B BIG CONTRACT. It Will Carry tht West Virginia Coal to tht Lake!. The Cleveland, Lornin & Wheeling railroad has come to terms with the Baltimore A Ohio rnllway regarding the hauling of the West Virginia colli consigned to the lake shipment points. Lust year the Wheeling A Lako Erie railroad captured this contract from the Cleveland, Lorain A Wheeling after they bad hauled this coal for many ypars. The Cleve land, Lorain A Wheeling railway has entered into u contract with tbe Baltimore A Ohio railway to carry 200 carloads of coal daily, beginning April 1. The coal is to be deliver ed to them at Dei I ill re nnd carried to the docks in Cleveland nnd Elyrlu. This Is one uf the largest contracts ever made by this company, uud will be about all they can handle with their other freight. The loss of the ooai contract to the Wheeling at Lake Erie railway will be a pretty heavy blow, and It will affect tbe revenue of the terminal railroad very much, as all of this freight passed over the terminal tracks. The Cleveland, Lorain A Wheeling railway Is now making ready to take care of these shipments, and many Improvements will be mude which will assist them In tbe rapid hauling of the same. THREE NEW VICE ADMIRALS. . Csan a Da PAmitrl VrATti Thai Praia an f i . -.... I Hnl nI Commodore. A number of Important changes In the 1 navy will occur within the next few months in consequence oi iii? uoujjMtmiMjr i"uiuuiuiib on account of age of th three ranking of ficers. Rear Admiral George Brown, com mundant at the Norfolk Navy Yard, who re tires in June; Roar Admiral J. G. Walker, Chairman of the Lighthouse Board, who re tires on the 20lh Inst. ; Bear Admiral F. M. Ramsay. Chief of tbe Bureau of Navigation, who rot I res early next month. These three retirements will result In the promotion to the grade of Rear Admiral of Commodore Miller, commanding tbe Navy - I turn bi iiosiou; lyommouorn aiouiKuuiorj Slcurd, commanding the Navy Yard, New York, and Commodore Matthews, Chkf of the Bureau of Yarda and Docks. The ex amination of these ofllcers has just been concluded aud their names certified to the Preeldent for appointment to tbe grade of Rear Admiral. LAST TICKS. At Scottaboro, Ala., a mob broke Into the jail nud tried to lynch John Smith, a negro. He fought and was shot to death, Capt Eorri, of tbe Bt, Nazal ro crew, Is said to have to far recovered In Now York as to be able to take liquid nourishment Tbe Pope bos conferred decorations upon several French officers who saved the Roman Catholic religious houses during the 11 res at Canea. June 20 baa been definitely fixed upon for the ubllee thanksgiving day lor tbe celebra tion of the sixtieth year of tht reign of Queen Xlctorla. . - BUSINESS STILL SLOw- i Dan Say Ut Tisit art IaartvU, iWv I S tat Mot fait. , L Though steadily increasing, j. Iljlin.kh.l..lh Wl.. -- I - . s I ui praeperuy ana many eipreae Hitu I mani. Tat thim ia aoma - I . vert.,-, I with, more bands at work and nor. I ODeralfon. and tha aura Ntnii , . -'S T, chase for consumption? eannnt k. . layed. In aome branches It It kli sjJ there Is larger distribution of fliiUn ducts and tht demand for commerce gooda and the iron and steel bru-i, ' The progress ot the iron and steel im is hindered by uncertainty rewrdtu,5' cost ot lake ore for tbe coming year ti, the repeated adjournment uf prod meetings is interpreted as evldeaV agreement will be ultimately re.ned reported that Norrie ore at S17i i, 1 taken as the basis, which would mLl.; ISi for Mesabio ores, but until the iw bus been settled many important in? tions are deferred. W bile there Is no great activity I products, the demand steadily innwIM Contracts for several ereat ltiiiji- V cago ti .1 .tun ,4 i ii . r Kn.i w. .iviunh r Hood i ri 1 1 rt. .nn mitHr rni dtmand for wire nails ami fa. ' .U abate, nor the demand fn. i.u,i. '"'ax quired in tin plate manufacture. Tin lends lower at 13.86 cents with i,M receipts and with weaker London uu0uH Lead is Inactive at 3.21 cents, und (y." weaker, annougn tne trilling decre, ,. duction in this countrr is iin-n,.i. anced by the small Increase in prodnJJj elsewhere. While manufacturers ot cotton Roodn looking forward with much confiiW. !! .,.u.un .l.,.n..wl la nt ai. ... u Of nor baa the curtailment in nro.liimi . print cloths accomplished thedetlrni .... I lu condition. The buying of wnnl of a speculative character in expci-utiiaJ uuvv uuiiup, vviaiuiic. i eiuiir.Ht)IV 'a-vl Sales nt the threw chief miuL-Hi. i Al - .9 I'TlDfliMl week were 10.S91.9O0 and fortKr,Jrl have been 28,796,H00 pounds, of which 1 ion mil .... .n,u.i l, .. "HI u-.',uv i w uvrr as uio lirm c b n m a.-. 17 10 I - . . -S BUOUUIUK WBTKI Ul lo?J, OI WniCh UftM .1 .,....( i., V .. . i 1 appeared in the demand for goods, slaW a few more mills bave found enough orw to start. perhaps in part antlcipatloRstea ueiiiuup. mo tripcumuua ol uev flay does not yet influence the goods mrtfjJ might be expected. Tbe demand for wheat lias not given it iit?ip io ppecumuoa. Aiiauuu cipum i beeu only 1,2V8,3IH) bushels against l.hi Dusneis, nour included, lor the corn;, nig itrci innt jcar,wiilin inn western have been only 1,897,340 bushels, 2,io,uns uusneis iusi year. Ai'i'outjj gaming me coming crop nave been i vorable this week and the price lias ed 1. The exports of corn ooutmue bsre s.ots, iu;) uusneis tor tne week uud itot advanced kc. The cotton market has also ln-cn tv lifeless, and while tho price lias (tint smau traction, tne narrowness of fa here and abroad has its natural IiAi Reports about the coming crops are In: ing. ns usual, to speculators. Failures (or the week have been illj United States, against Ml last year, is! iu Canada, against 40 last year. APPEALED TO BULLETS. Fromlnont West Virginians Se'.tltilhJ Win Pistols. A shooting affray occurred at Tmi county seat of Tucker county, ff. Vj.,r:l may result In tbe death of F'ruuk t Tla ton. A crimiual case was being trl.-j. 1j Holt did not get through with It tut the regular train, so a special wsj ready, and was just about to Icnre M when Colonel It Easthum anil fra Thompson, manager of the fiivk ' Lumber company, becume engm-rd il altercation, there having becnllMd tween them for some time. Fastham made scverul insulting i to Thompson, who pulled his rvvo;wl Urea three tixug lu succession. also drew his revolver und 11 red hml of tho bu lis tak ui: effect in lliomiwl domun. uud the other In his sule, received a wound in the head and rt'J both bulls beluu extracted. Tliocri condition is serious. Fustliim suilii sou are very prominent. Pisgret Loses 0ns Job. Gov. Tingree Is ousted from tk t!t mayor of Detroit. Such is the terns Mich lean sunremo court, whl'h special election for tnuyor April 5. Ij eislou, wuicn was unanimous, down at 5:30 P. m., Frldav. Ilwa substance states that two ttieories ! scnted: First, that tho holding of ml onions are lu con II lot wltu tne si tution; second, thnt the office una, fmtihli, under the common lAW. M these nrnooi.lt ions are sustained, ft'l further says: J "Knr vtolntlona of some of tb i mavor. that ofllce mltht bo ri'inutril vovernor. We have been unable to J decision to tbe effect that one hold two offices in one of wlik'b with power toremove the person w other. . Gen. Fnllerton Killed- Gen. Joaenh S. Fullertnn. of ftt union veteran of the ChlctsmnfJ was killed, and 10 persons w W-j tho rfor.llmunt nf the HasSI'llli" tr"1 llullln.nra Jk lhln road. Hear tu'Ml Gen. Fullerton was native of i lM O., and a graduate of Miami ul'"Jj removed to Ht. Louis in :tw- ,J Ut T ttrn VfSrl. "! years was treasurer of tho fcoefci.1 Army ot (juniuerianu. ratal Glove Figbtl. Two deaths, the result ot i in.ii.iair.i,i. KiliruN 1 ,li...l nt the ttntifielnllllll tlOt1!"1 I tents of a blow over the ,"'J,rt; J!l liy hamuei ferry uuriiiK the Tenth Wurd Democrat'! '"'1 nigni, wuno i Nnsoii" - ..a u, M hn.nllnl a. the rS"" I match with Frank Connolly on ' LATE BREVEIIK I). Rainwater, a frm"' n')Li a kin.! hi. wife, his 0" ir U'llllnn, Artman: his br r"r. 'r .... ' .n.l hlsllltlsnt'f a) t ill ca itiui suiau, 11 v-i. .1 4 a... rrkan nftlT HO 1 minntlng a whole family, the n .k. . l hi. heaitdv nOl"" An accident occurred during L a i Wk.'.llnl' lUfl u vm rhv were Diiw" ways, and when they rec"'J",. crashed Into each other ana Injuries above the watfr m pluto will buve to be r-n work renewed to an extent t"i lw nauv 1aar.fBtn.ilL ""'J ""'I' , .fS .. . m.. i . -i .... i ..n, i nftrr union ineoioKiciu r. . -break the record of nil l'rTj lions of the kind by gru.l , m.n with honors. The K""- u is Miss Kmllle Grace BrjSJJ , .-. ..I i... i unit ITOIHSfeUr Vlianrw -jd heretic. rresDyieim "Keep snuui in uio i-uu.. -. . j has written two sermons has pronounced most excfi British Steamer r The British steamer ifj nrabuoa, February , , .jj been tvtally wrecked off " i