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TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS
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THERAM KATAHEDIN LAUNCHED,
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And the Indiana Nearly Ready. Both
Formidable = Battleships. De-
scription of {he Vessels.
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Ter AMMEN RAM, which was launched at
tbe Bath, Me., Iron Works Saturday, is the
most novel addition thus far made to our
new navy. Sbe is called the Katahdin, and
in wartime she will be called upon to attack
big ships with her strong, sharp bow and '
punch holes in their hulls, thus sending
them aud all on board down to Davy Jones’
locker. When in fightinz trim she will be
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divided by 13 water tight transverse frames,
thus dividing the bottem into 72 water tight
compartments. The interior of the hull is
further sub-divided by water tight bulk-
heads, both longitudinally and transverse.
The propelling machinery will consist of
two sets of horizontal triple expansion en-
gines, the cylinders being respectively 25,
J€ and 56 inches in diameter, and the stroke
of pistons being 36 inches. The estimated
maximum horsepower, with 150 revolutions
per minute, will be 4.800.
There will be two screw propellers. each
10 feet 6 inches in diameter and 12 feet 2
inches pitch. Steam will be furnished by
two double ended and one single ended
cylindrical Scotch boil rs, 13 feet 6 inches
in diameter. The total grate surface will be
354 feet and the heating surface 12.150 square
feet. The coul bunker surface will be 237
tons, the normal supply being 165 tons,
Provision is made for carrying about 200
tons of water ballast in the double bottom.
which will sink the vessel in action so that
the knuckle will be about one foot below
the water line. The estimated speed with
full power is 17 knots per aour and must be
attained to render the vessel acceptable un-
almost submerged, and will presen: & very
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THE NEW RAM KATAHDIN.
small and armor.cal mark for the enemy's
guns.
Congress, by act of March 2, 1889 ,author-
ized the construction of a twin-screw, ar-
mor plated, harbor defense ram, upon the
design of Rear Admiral Ammen, United
States navy, the design to be based upon
his experience with rams in the war of the
rebellion,
The Bath iron works in January, 1891,
took the contract to build and equip the
vessel and machinery and place the armor,
for $930,000. On March 27, 1891, the de-
partment approved the proposition of the
contractors to lengthen the vessel eight feet,
the corresponding increase in the
displacement, 133 tons, being uli-
lized in increasing the coal supply
and providing a battery of four six-pounder
rapid fire guns for defense against torpedo
boat attack. The original design had no
battery whatever.
The dimensigns of the vessel are as fol-
lows: Length over all, 251 feet; length on
der the ton coutract. The quarters for
officers and crew are all within the armored
bull and there will be fitted complete
lation and drainage.
1t does not require any great stretch of the
imagination to iorm some idea of the des-
tructive effect of an onslaught + from this
vessel, which will dash into her foe at full
speed. crushing in the latter's side with
formidable beak and sending her to the
bottom of the sea in a very few minutes,
THE INDIANA, one of the greatest of the
nation’s prospective battleships, is about
ready for the launching.
The Indiana, when she has her armor and
her big 13-inch guns, will be one of the most
formidable warships in the world. When
she was ordered constructed nearly three
years ago, the United States was already
fairly well supplied with commerce destroy-
ers that could fight vessels of their ciass and
run away from armored ships, and in pur-
suance of a plan to provide the navy with
battleships that would be the Corbetts and
Sullivans of the seas the Indiana and two
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THE BATTLESHIP INDIANA.
the normal water line, 250 feet, 2 inches
breadth extreme, 43 feet,5 inches and on the
water line, 41 feet 6 inches. The total
depth from the base to the crown of the deck
amidships is 22 feet 10 inches; the normal
draft of water is 15 feet, and the displace-
ment 2.183 tons. The lower portion of the
hull is dish shaped up to a sharp knuckle
which runs all around the vessel 6 inches
below the normal water line.
Above this knuckle the shape of the hull
is a circular are, with a radius amidships of
39 feet, rising from 6 inches below to 6 feet
above the normal water line. This curved
deck will be armor plate throuchout, the
thickness of the armor tapering from 6 in-
ches at the knuckle to 2 inches at the crown
of deck. Above this deck when the ram is
completed will rise only a connoning tower
18 inches thick, a smokestack and ventila-
tor, the lower portion of which will be pro-
tected by 6 inches of armor, two light bar-
bettes, within which the guns will be
mounted, and ski€¢ beams carrying four
ts.
Below the knuckle will extend an armor
belt 5 feet deep, one half being 6 inches thick
and the remainder 3 inches. The hull is
framed by continuous longitudinal girders
both below and about the knuckle, which
gathering together at the bow and stern form
a very rigid structure. Transverse frames
are spaced 4 and 8 feet apart in different por-
tions of the length. A continuous water
tight inner bottom 2 feet from the outer
skin is carried nearly the whole length of
tbe vessel and up to the armor shelf on each
side. This bottom is divided into three
water tight portions on each side of the keel
longitudinally, and these are further cross
other similar ships, the Massachusetts and
Oregon, were ordered constructed, and the
Indiana's keel was laid May 7, 1891. Sheis
built of steel and is 348 feet long, 69% feet
broad and bas a displacement of 10,288 tons.
She will carry 460 men, and her battery of
four 14-inch and eight 6-inch guns, ma nted
as they are in pairs in six great nickie stee.
turrets 17 inches thick. which are in turn
protected by 17-inch redoubts, is one of the
most powerful batteries provided for a Uni-
ted States ship.
In addition to the guns already described,
the Indiana has a large battery of 6-inch
rifles; 20 6-pounder and 4 1-pounder rapid
five guns, 4 gatling guns and 6 torpedo tubes.
The armor, which is the thickest ever placed
upon an American warship, is of nickel
steel and consists of the following thick:
nesses: Side belt, 18 inches; end diagonal
belt, 14 inches; conning tower, 10 inches;
turrets and redoubts, 17 inches; armor deck,
about 3 inches. The side armor belt is 74
feet wide, 2 feet above the water and 44 feet
below, and extends along the sides of the
ship 196 feet. Above this belt of armor is a
casemate backed by 10 feet of coal, and on
top of the three-inch protective deck, for-
ward and aft, is a belt seven feet high and
six feet wide and filled with water exclud-
ing material similar to woodite. All the ar-
mor is backed by wood and thick plates.
Thick are turned back by heavy channel
ars.
There are six powerful search lights ar-
ranged along the sides to locate the enemy
at night and to guard against small boat at-
tacks under cover of darkness. The comple-
ment of 12 boats and one balsa are stowed
well above the flash of the guns and are
handled by means of powerful cranes. The
launching will tack place {from the Cramps’
ship yards.
NEBRASKA'S NEW SEENATOR,
Judge Allen,a Populist and Grand Army
Man, Chosen.
Wm. V. Allen, Populist, was elected
United States senator irom Nebraska on
joint ballot of the legislature, Thursday. The
vote for Paddock. Republican, was 57. All
the Independents and Democrats voted for
Allen, who received 70 votes. His election
was then made unanimous.
Judge Allen was born at Midway, Madi-
son connty, O., January 20, 1847. In 1856 he
moved to lowa, and enlisted at the age of 15
Years in Company G, Thirty-second, Iowa,
musket for three years. He studied Jaw
with L. I. Ainsworth. of West Union, Ia.
Nive yoars ago Le came to Nebraska, locat-
ing at Madison, his present home. His con-
version to the Popuiist idea of politics oc-
curred during the campaign of 1890, and
since that time he has been enthusiastic and
constant in the advocacy of that party’s
princples.
Previous to his going over to the Populists
he was an enthusiastic Republican, stump-
ing the state for his party ticket and doing
splendid work for it. He is still an enthu-
siastic Grand Army maa.
The newly elected senator is a giant in
stature it is said nis mental caliber is con-
sistent with his physical make-up.
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THE CIGARETTE CRUSADE.
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A Minnesota Bill Unanimously Rushed
Through the House in a Day.
Hon. P. H. Kelly, introduced in the
Minnesota House an anti-cigarette bill,
which was passed immediately and unani-
mously under a suspension of the rules.
The bill makes the smoking and use of
cigarettes a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of $25 to $50, or by imprisonment for 30
deys.
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—Joun MARKS, a farmer living near Lind-
say, Ont., and his daughter were burned
to death while attempting to rescue Mr.
Morke’ aged mother from their burning
home,
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
A Reserve Military Force of Over One
Hundred and Twelve Thousand. ~
The Secretary of War has transmitted to
the Senate an abstract of the militia forces
of the United States, as follows:
Alabama, 2855; Arkansas, 1094: California-
4198; Colorado, 866: Connecticut, 2776; Dela-
ware, 443; Florida, 1030; Georgia, 3949; lda-
ho, 308; Illinois, 4417; Indiana, 2654; Iowa,
2363; Kansas, 1714; Kentucky, 1350; Louisi-
ana. 1182: Maine. 1208; Maryland, 2381;
Massachusetts, 5916; Michigan, 2916; Minne-
sota, 1984; Mississippi, 1742; Missouri, 2355;
Montana, 532; Nebraska, 1366; Nevada, 566;
New Hampshire, 1285; New Jersey, 1217;
New York, 12,905; North Carolina, 2035;
North Dakota, 513; Ohio. 3=25; Oregon, 1431;
Pennsylvania, 8601: Rhode Island, 1594;
South Carolina, 5806; South Dakota, 584;
Tennessee. 1164; Texas, 3333: Vermont, 787;
Virginia, 864; Wisconsin, 2614; Wyoming,
308; aggregate of all State militia, 110,048.
The militia strength of the Territories is as
follows: Alaska, 48; Arizona, 293; New
Mexico, 571; Oklahoma, 154; total, 1066;
District of Columbia, 1332. The grand total
amounts to 112,496. Utab is the only State
or Territory that hasno organized militia.
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—Two negro boys, Frank Harrall and Cor-
nelius Feider, who confessed to having
robbed and burned Lee Robinson's store at
Dickey. Miss., Sunday night, were hanged
by a mob. A Sheriff’s posse 1escued five
other lads from the nuob.
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Four Culored Persons Cremated.
At Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Stephen James,
Emma James, aged 11, Arthur James, aged
7, and Joe Mitchell, aged 6, all colored, were
burned to death in the cabin of Stephen
James, which caught fire from an overheat-
ed stove while the occupants were asleep.
Poor Zante ! How Bhe Suffers!
The island of Zante, Greece, has been
shaken again by several earthquakes, and
the panic among the inhabitants is increas
ing.
systems of electric lighting, artificial venti-
HOMESTEAD REPORT
VIEWS OF SENATE COMMITTEE.
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The Rights of Employer and Employed
Clearly Defined. A Strong Patriotic
Plea For Arbitration.
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Mr. Gajlinger, from the select committee
appointed by the National Senate to inves
tigate the facts in relation to the embploy-
ment, for private purposes of armed bodies
of men or detectives, in case of differences
between workmen and employes, submitted
a report to Gongress on Saturday, The side
of the detectives was presented by 14 differ-
ent witnesses, prominent among them be-
ing the Pinkertons themselves. The part
played by the Pinkerton Agency in the late
Homestead strike was detailed by H. ¢.
Frick, of the Carnegie Steel Company, and
Robert A. Pinkerton of the Dectective
Agency.
The committee found that ever. the pro-
prietors of detective agencies admitted that
the presence of the so-called Pinkertons
served to unduly inflame the passions of the
strikers, and the employment of detectives
in the guise of mechanics impressed the
committee with the belief that it is an ut-
terly vicious system, responsible for much
of the ilitesting and bad blood displayed by
the working classes.
The commitlee expresses the opinion that
if firms would discontinue the Swployiment
of armed men on occasions of strike, their
interests would be better subserved. The
committee declares that the employment of
a private armed guard at Homestead was
unnecessary. There was no evidence, they
say, to show that the slightest damage was
done or attempted to be done property on
the part of the strikers. At the same time
there scems to be no excuse for the scenes
of disorder and terrorism for which the
strikers were themselves responsible; labor:
ing men should learn the lesson that they
cannot better their condition by violating
the law or resisting lawful authority,
THE COMMITTEE'S CONCLUSIONS.
First—Rights of employers and workmen
are equal,
Second — Employers have undoubted
rights, provided they {fulfill their agree-
ments, to employ and dismiss men at
pleasure.
Third—Workmen can legally organize for
mutual protection and improvement.
Fourth—When dissatistied with wages
or hours they should attempt to arbitrate.
Fiftb—Failing in this they have a right
to discontinue work either singly or in a
y.
Sixth—Having discontinued,they have no
right, legal or moral, by force or intimida-
Lion, to keep others from taking their places
or to attempt to occupy, injure or destroy
the property of their employers.
eventh-—in all controversies, arbitra-
tion having failed, reliance should be
laced upon the power and adequacy of the
aw.
Eighth—Whether assumedly legal or not,
the employment of armed bodies of men
for private purposes, either by employers
or employes, should not” be resorted to and
such use is an assumption of the State's au-
thority by private citizens.
Ninth—States have undoubted authority
to legislate against the empioyment of arm-
ed bodies of men for private purposes, but
the power of Congress to-so legislate is not
clear, although it would seem that Congress
ought not to be powerless to prevent the
movement of such bodies from one State to
another,
In conclusion, the committee says that its
investigations have led it to conclude that
the fault is not wholly on one side, that
middle ground seems to be in the direction
of arbitration. Without making any recom-
mendations, but pleading for arbitration,
the committee closes its report by saying:
‘To that end we bespeak the co-operation of
all patriotic citizens, and your committee
will welcome any legislation which will
tend to secure to the laboring man his every
right without depriving the employer of his,
for both are guaranteed by the Constitution
and the laws of the land.’
JACK CLIFFORD ACQUITTED
Verdict of Not Guilty Rendered In His
Case.
At Pittsburg, ‘Jack’ Clifford was acquit-
ted of murdering Pinkerton Detective T. J.
Connors during the Homestead riot. His
trial was Jong and interesting.
Judge Stowe in his charge to the jury
said:
“The defendant is charged with the un-
lawful killing of T. J. Connors duriag a riot,
in which, it is said by the commonwealth,
he wasa party and for which he had no
legal excuse or justification. In the trial of
the case we have ncthing to do with the
rights of labor or capital, No one can pre-
tend that the mill owners had nota perfect
right to discharge the men 1n their employ,
on the one hand, nor cun it be questioned
that the men working in the mill had a
rignt to refuse to work it they pleased. When
the owners of the mill saw fit to employ
other workmen they had a perfect right to
do so, and neither strikers nor anyone else
had a right to preventit. Or, ifthey thought
it necessary to employ persons from wkat-
soever source to go to the millto guard it
from the unlawful interference with their
propery or to protect the men who mignt
e employed irom the unlawful interier-
ference of their former employes, they had
a Perfect right so to do.
f, however, in doing so, or in attempting
to enter the mill for such purpose they used
any unlawful amount of force or violence
they are just as liable for their violation of
the law as one of those who unlawiually un-
dertook to prevent them in doing that which
they bad a right 10 do, But the illegal vio-
lenee of the one party can not operate as a
defense to the illegal act of the other. Ifthe
acts of the so called Pinkerton men were
unlawful in what they did in attempting to
enter the mill they must be held to answer
for that when their time comes. But if there
was an unlawful attempt to prevent them in
doing what was lawful on their part by a
body of men gathered together with arms or
bludgeons, or by threats of violence, as
claimed by the commonwealth, and injury
done or life taken, it makes no difference so
far as the case on trial is concerned, that the
Pinkertons in their resistence to such at-
tempt, were themselves guilty of the same
offense. One riot can not be set up against
another as a defense Each party must stand
upon its own acts and be responsible there-
for.
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A FATAL WRECK.
Three Men Killed and Others Hurt in a
B. & O. Freight Wreck.
A bad rear-end collision between two
freight trains occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio road about 12 miles west of Cum-
berland, Md. Engineer George Wallace
and Conductor Nez, of Connellsville, Pa.,
were killed outright and Thomas Donnelly,
a brakeman, was so badly injured that he
has since died. William Niland, a fireman,
Conductor Dunlap and Flagman Grimes
were seriously injured. It is feared that
Niland will not recover.
ER DE,
Four Lives Lost in a Fire.
it Cincinnati, fire destroyed the buildings
at 263, 265, «67 and 269 West Fifth street
and caused the loss of four lives. The
victims were Freder.ck Detzler, aged 22:
Gottlieb Munsinger, aged 30; Joseph Mausur
aged 60 and Albert Grau, aged 30. They
were all asleep on the third floor.
SENT BEHIND THE BARS.
The Panama Canal Swindlers Get Heavy
Sentences.
The venerable and for many years honor-
ed Ferdinand de lLesseps was sentenced at
Paris to imprisonment for five years and to
pay a fine of 3,000 francs, for his connection
with the Panama canal frauds. His son,
Charles de Lesseps, is sentenced to imprison-
ment for five years and to pay a fine of 3,750
francs. Marius Fontane and M. Cottn, di-
rectors in the concern, are sentenced to two
years and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs each.
M. Eiffel is sentenced to imprisonment for
two years ane to pay a fine of 20,000 francs.
The judgement finds the defendants guilty
of swindling and breach of trust. The Court
first dwelt on the chimerica! points held out
to the public by the de Lesseps and their
colleagues, which were founded upon false
reports, rendered creditable by advertising
and by the creation of » iyndicate fictitious
in its character.
COUNT FaRDINAND DE LESSEPI.
THE OTHER OFFENSES,
The court then proceeded to comment on
the issue of shares in 1887, which he char-
acterized as an attempt to deceive by the
employment of fradulent means, all of
which. he considered, had been proved. As
to the breach of trust, he decided that it was
not necessary thatthe accused should have
benefitted personally from an offense to
Lave been committed. In the case of M.
Eiffel the court had disregarded the charge
that he was an accessory to the swindling.
but having given careful consideration to
the agreement between M. Eiffel and the
company, made in 1887, held that a breach
of trust Fn been proved, only a small por-
tion of the sums paid for construction hav-
ing been put to their proper use.
In dealing with Gustave Eitfel's breach
of trust, the decision said that Eiffel had re-
ceived 120,000,000 francs for the construc-
tion of 10 locks and had promised to com-
plete five by 1890. He had not even pur-
chased the specified materials necessary in
the construction of these locks; in fact, he
had bought in France, all told, but 1,243,-
000 francs worth of materials. He had pre-
tended, furthermore, to fulfill the obliga-
tions he had undertaken while, in reality,
Be was simply misappropriating the funds.
In accordance with the French criminal
code, both Eiffel and Cottu, who are at lib-
erty, will be obliged to surrender into the
custody of the court before the Court of Ap-
eals can decide on the appeal which is to
e presented in their behalf, as well as in
behalf of M. ae Lesseps, his son and Fon-
tane.
The Cabinet agreed to stand or fall togeth-
er, and to explain their attitude fully to the
Chamber at the first oppurtunity.
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THE FARM ANIMALS
Of the Country Are Worth Nearly Two
and a Half Billions,
The report of the statistician upon com-
parative numbers and value of farm animals
in the United States based on returns of
January, 1893, is nearly ready for publica.
tion. It shows an increase of horses, mules
and sheep, no material change in the num-
ber of milch cows, a decrease in oxen and
other cattle, and a very heavy reduction in
the number of swine. The estimated pre-
sent numbers of domestic animals on farms,’
ranches and the public range are as follows:
Horses...... rei. nan. oe ----16,206.802
Cows... .i........s
Other cattle......
Swine... . C.oas Gan FER Rei 46,094,807
The increase in mules is very slight. The
apparent increase in sheep exceeds $2. 000,
(00, a continuation of the movement which
commenced in 1889, by which their num-
bers have increased nearly 5,000,000 in four
years. In the case of swine there was a
small pig crop last spring, and the late ad-
vance in pork proaucts has caused the
slaugh‘ering of some portion of the stock of
mature animals. As the average age now
attained by these animals is less than a
vear, there is a liability to extreme fiuctua-
tion in numbers which is possible of no
other species. Average values have declin-
ed as to horses and mules and advanced as
to cattle of all kinds. A greater gain appears
in the value of sheep and a very large ad-
vance is seen in swine, amounting to 39 per
cent. and progressive since the return was
made. The average value of liorses is
$61 22, of mules, $70 68; of cows, [$21 75; of
other cattle. $15 24; of sheep, $2 65; of
swine, $6 41. The increase in aggregate
values as estimated on all farm snimals is
$21,750,998, irom %2,461,755,678 to $2 483,-
506,676. The valuation of horses aggregates
$992. 225,185; of cattle of all kinds, $903,1%1,-
91: of swine, $21,542,619; of sheep, $125,-
009,264; of mules, $164,763,751.
THE CHILIAN AWARD.
Distributed in Sums Ranging From $10..
000 to $300. °*
The secretary of the navy at Washington
approved the findings in regard to the dis-
trivution of the Chilian award for the fami-
lies of these killed and injured at Valpa-
raiso October 16, 1891, in the attack on the
seamen of the Baltimore, The board ar-
ranged the casualties into four classes aiiu
assigned a proportivnate amouut of the $75,-
000 as follows:
To the families of those killed, namely
“harles W. Riggin, boatswains,and William
Turnbull, coal heaver. $10,000 each. ‘fo
those seriously injured, Jeremiah Anderson,
coal heaver, $5,000; John Hamilton, car-
penters’ mate, $5,000; John W. Talbot, sea
man apprentice, $4,000; John H. Davidson -
landsman, 3.000; George Panter, coal heav-
er, $1.500; William Laeey, coal heaver, $2.-
000; Herman Fredericks, seaman, $1,500;
Henry C. Jarrett, seaman, $1,500; John Mc-
Bride, oiler. $1,600; John Butler, seaman a
prentice, $1.500. 'I'o those assaulted and de-
tained in prison, eighteen in number, sums
ranging from $1,240 down to $700. To those
arrested or slightly injured, twenty-three
in number, sums ranging from $500 down
to $300.
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—NEear AuTrain, Mich. hunters are having
exciting times just now catching deer alive.
The animals find it almost impossible to
get through the snow, which is over five
feet deep, and the hunters pursue them on
snowshoes.
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—REev. A. M. ATraway, a Methodist
preacher near Columbia, 8. C., and his wife
have both been sent to an asylum. It is al-
Jeged by relatives that poverty and priva-
tion, not religion, crazed the couple.
CRASH, OCEAN WAVE AND FIRE
WORK AWFUL HAVOC.
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Seven Men Crushed, Twelve Lost at Sea
and a City Fire Swept.
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SEVEN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
One of the worst disasters in the history
of marble quarrying occurred at West Rut-
land, Vt., Saturday afternoon, in a quarry
operated by the Vermont Marble Company,
with which Senator Proctor is connected.
A mass of stone fell into the quarry, and
seven men were instantly killed and a num-
ber injured. The victims were crushed so
that some of them could not be recognized.
The killed are; Wm, Lukas, Frank Sulig,
Edward Powers, Alexander Blumquest, and
three crushed so that they could not be rec-
ognized. The injured are: John Dooley,
John Dunn, Charles Anderson, Fred Mar-
chand, Anton Ractio, John C. Anderson,
Peter Grenier, John Michan and Michael
Cupps.
All the doctors in Rutland were called and
responded quickly. Scores of men were
sent down to the quarry. Hundreds of
men, women and children hurried to the
quarry. In the crowd were relatives of the
killed men and they were frantic with grief.
The cause of the caving in of the quarry
is not positively known. The mass of stone
which covered the men who were at work
e ose by was, as near as can be estimated, 60
seet in Jength and 0 feet wide. It fell with-
out the least warning and all who were at
work there were at once covered. E. B.
Morse, treasurer of the Vermont Marble
Company, says the ‘‘scale,”’ or part of the
roof that fell, had been loosened by free:
ing,
8 AN OCEAN DISASTER. .
A dispatch from London says: The Allen
line steamship Pomeranian, from Glasgow,
January 27, via Moville for New York, has
returned to Greenock, in distress, after hav-
ing met with one of the most fatal acci-
dents that has occurred to a transatlantic
steamer for many years, an accident that
resulted in the loss of twelve lives.
The disaster occurred when the steamer
was about 1,150 miles out. The Pomeranian
encountered boisterous weather immediate-
ly after leaving port. The gale increased in
severity until the 4th of February. Every
precaution was taken to prevent the water
getting below. Suddenly a tremendous sea
reared its crest a short distance ahead of the
steamer as she plunged down a wave. The
deck saloon chart house, the bricg: and the
boats were smashed to pieces aud partly
washed overboard. The deck was covered
with a mass of wreckage and the utmost
confusion reigned.
Capt. W. Dalzell, commander, and John
Stewart of Glasgow, first cabin passengers,
were talking together when the first sea
swept over the vessel. They both had their
legs broken and died a few hours afterward.
The second and fourth officers, two stewart:
and two quartermasters of the vessel, three
first and two second cabin passengers were
swept overboard and lost,
The vessel then put back to Greenock.
NASHVILLE FIRE SWEIT.
At Nashville, Tenn., after smelling fire
early Sunday morning a long search ended
by discovering flames in Sol Frankland &
Co.’s store. Before the flames were sub:
dued a loss of $70.000 on premises and stock
was figured up, insurance $40, About
2 o'clock this morning flan.es came from J.
H. Fall & Co.’s, next door. They carried a
heavy stock of arms, and th: explosions
scattered the crowd and retarded work, The
building was consumed. Loss on stock.
$135,000; insurance, $04,000. A building oc-
cupied by the Globe Clothing Company and
belonging tu a Mrs. Carter was also singed.
Loss on stock by water, $30,000; insurance,
Later a fire was discovered in the block on
Union street occupied by the City Savings
Bank, Hilabrand, jeweler and Miss Iser,
milliner. The buildings are three and four
stories high and a portion of the roof was
burned and the buildings flooded with wat-
er, damaging buildings and stocks. The
damageis all covered by insurance. At
night the fire signal was turned in for the
third time in 24 hours, and it was soon dis-
covered that the Kvening Banner building,
occupied by the Banner and by Haslock &
Ambrose, job printers, was in flames, The
Banner lost $25,000 and the job printers
$10,000; insured for $8,000, The total losges
caused by the fires in the twenty-four hours
are about $284,000; insurance, $280,000,
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A PROTECTORATE OVER HAWAII
Minister Stevens, Assisted by the Bos-
ton, Bupports the Provisional
Government. How
It Was Done.
The steamship AtTs'ralia, arriving at San
Francisco, brought the news from Hono-
luli that United States Minister Stevens
had established a protectorate over Hawaii
ending and subject to the negotiations at
washington. Minister Stevens issued the
following proclamation:
At the request of the Erosis.onat government of
the Hawaiian Islands I hereby, in the name of the
United States of America, assume protection of the
Hawaiian Islands for the protection of the life and
property, and occupation of publie buildings and
Hawatian soil, so far as may be necessary for the
purposes specified, but not interfering with the
administration of public affairs by the provisional
governm nt. This action is taken pending and
subject to negotiations at Washington.
As the flag of the United States was un-
furled it was saluted by marines from the
Boston and by the heavy ordinance of that
vessel. ‘The event is said to have been hail-
ed with joy throughout the community. It
does not indicate annexation to the United
States. however, and the Hawaiian flag still
floats over the palace, barracks. police sta-
tion and custom house, All those places re-
mained in the possession of the provisional
government, and the arms and ammunition
were withdrawn from Aliioulani Hall. A
detachment from the crusier Boston was
stationed at the hall to guard it.
Among the passengers on the Australia
were Prince Kawananakow, the deposed
Queen’s attorney, and Judge H. W. Wade-
man, who are on their way to Washington
to present the Queen's case.
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GOVERNORHOGG DENOUNCES IT,
The Burning of the Negro at Paris [Calls
Out a Strong Message, Calling _ for g
Preventive of Mob Violence.
A message concerning the burning of the
negro Smith at Paris has been prepared by
Goverhor Hogg for submission to the Texas
Legislature, in which he says:
The crime committed at Paris is a dis.
grace to this State, its atrocity, inhumanity
and sickentng effect on the people at large
cannot be obscured by reference to the pre-
vious act of the culprit himself in brutally
taking the life of an innocent child. The
imputation that he could nol have been
legally executed in any court in this State
is a slander upon the integrity of every citi-
zen. To contend that his executioners who
purposely murdered him, can neither be in-
dicted nor tried in the county where that
crime was committed, is 4 pretence and a
mockery.
There is no higher obligation resting on
the legislative department than to have
the constitutional guarantee for protection.
lite,” liberty and property respected and
obeyed. I taxation becomes necessary to
raise funds by which this may be done, I ad-
vise your honorable bodies to lay it on and
make the people pay it to the full extent
necessary.
—GrorGE W. STEVENS,supposed to be very
poor, died at Bangor Me. A search of his
effects showed that he was a miser, $7,800,
mostly gold, being found in a trunk. [tis
believed the cold man starved himself to
death.
—
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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS
— i
Proceedings of the Senate and the Houig
Tersely Told. ;
FORTY-SECOND DAY.
SexaTeE—The credentials of Mr. Stewart of
Nevada for his fourth term: were presented,
Senate bill for the jayment by the govern.
ment of Jocal taxes on lands, held by In-
gians in severaity, was passed. 2
The House bili graniing additional quar-
antine peavers and imposing additional
duties upon the marine lospital service was
taken up. the question being on the substi-
tute reported from the Senate committee on
epidemic diseases. The Senate substitute
was agreed to and the bill as amended was
passed. After voting down Mr. Hill's mo-
tion deferring the silver question, the Sen-
ate pasted the Quarantine bill without a
division. The House car-coupler bill was
next taken up, Mr. Gorman asking thatit
lie over until n«xt Monday, and Mr. Culiom
demanded present consideration. The bill
wengover without acticn, and the Senate,
after executive session, sdjcurned. ”
Housk.-—This was suspens.on day in the
house and Mr. Kilgore, of Lexss, early be-
gan filibustering motions, his superficial
object being to prevent the consideration of
the anti-option bill, but deeper than this
was his antagonism to the bankruptcy bill
After a number of roli calls tha house ad-
journed without having reached the anti.
option or the bankruptey bill.
FORTY-THIRD DAY.
YTouse.—The morning hour in the senate
to day was spent for the most part. in the
consideration and passage of bills on tbe
-alendar and cousiderale progress was made
in that direction. Atl o'clock the senate
proceeded to the hall of the house of rep-
resentatives and there took part in the cere-
mony of counting the votes for presidential
electors. Afterwards the railroad automatic
sar-coupler was taken wp and debated up to
the hour of adjournment without any dJde-
finate action being taken.
The speaker laid before the house the
guarantine bill with senate amendment and
Mr. Raynor moved a concurrence,
The Senate resolution authorizing the
loan to the World’s Columbian exposition
of the picture, “The recall of Columbus”,
was agte : i,
In committee of the whole the legislative
appropriation bill was considered until ad-
journment, J
SexaTE.—When the Senate returned to its
chamber after the announcement of, the
electral vote in the house, the vice president
made a statement of the votes for president
and vice-president of the United States. and
said that that announcement of the state of
the vote by the president of the senate was,
by law, a sufficient declaration that Grover
Cleveland of the state of New York was
elected President and Adlai E. Stevenson of
the state of Illinois was elected vice-presi-
dent of the United States, each for the term
beginning March 4, 1893, and that the facy
would be entered, together with a list of the
votes, on the journal of the senate.
The formal announcement of the results
by states spread upon the journal, together
with the totals, the latter being: Cleveland,
277; Harrison, 145; Weaver, 22.
Among the bills passed was the senate
bill to exempt veterans from competitive
examination in the classical service of the
United Stares.
FORTY-FOURTH DAY.
SENATE.—The whole of to-day’s session of
the Senate was devoted to a discussion of the
Railroad Automatic Car Coupler bill. The
substitute reported by the Committee on
Inter-State Commerce was amended by mak-
ing the first section, requiring the use of
power driving wheel brakes, go into force
July 1, 1898, insteak of 1845; and the fourth
section—requiring the use of grab-irons or
hand-holds in the ends and sides of cars—go
into force July 1. 1895, instead of 1893, It
was also amended by making it unlawful to
use cars after January 1, 1843, that are not
equipped with couplers, coupling automat-
ically by compact, and which can be un-
coupled without the necessity of men going
between the ends of the cars,” Final action
was not taken on the bill. J
House—Tne House to-day, in committee
of the whole for the consideration of _ the
legislative appropriation bill, ° adopted
amendments providing that hereafier no
public building shall be draped in mourn-
ng; that executive departments shall not be
closed out of respect to deceased officials, and
prohibiting the use of public funds for
funeral expenses of government officials or
employes, The commit'ee then rose and
reported the bill to the House, and thre bil
passed.
FORTY-FIFTII DAY.
SENATE—The Senate voted the greater
ortion of to-day’ssession to a dreary de-
ate on the Railroad Automatic Car ~ Coup-
ler bili. No action was taken. A few bills
of minor importance were passed and the
Senate adjourned.
Eouse.—The Pension bill came up in the
House to day and, contrary to general ex-
pectation, did not cause a break in the dull
routine. The bill carries with it $164.000,~
000. Mr. O'Neill presented the resolution
of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, favor.
ing the passage of the Service Pension hill,
and protesting against legisiation that will
prevent armless and legless veterans from
making exchangs: of their artificial limbs.
It was referred. The House then ad-
journed. S
FORTY-SIXTH DAY.
SExaTE,—The bill to promote the safety
of employes and travelers upon railroads by
compelling railrcad companies 10 equip
their cars with automatic couplers and ,con-
tinuous brakes aud their locomotives ‘with
driving-wheel brakes was finally disposed of
in the Senate to-day. The substitute for
the House bill passed. The only other im-
portant piece of legislation done was the
agreeing to the conference report on the
fortifications bill and making the Nicaragua
Canal unfinished business. A conference
on the disagreeing portions of the car-coup-
ler bill was asked, and Messrs. Cullom,
Wilson and Harris were appointed conferees
on the part of the Senate.” After an execu-
tive sesion the Senate adjourned.
House—The session of the house to-day
was not without interest, but it was with-
out result. “The attempt of the Democrats
to limit the time tor debate on the pension
appropriation bill was firmly resi~ted by
the Repubiicans, and the strong minority
came out victorious. The result was that
without termination of general debate the
house adjourned.
QUEENSLAND’S FLOODS,
Buildings in Brisbane 60 Feet High Un.
der Water. :
: The city of Brisbane, in Queensland, con-
tinues to be completely isolated by the
floods. In the region” abou: Wide Bay,
Queensland, hundred of houses have been
demolished by the rushing waters, and
thousands of destitute people have taken
refuge in the hills, withont shelter, and des-
titute of nearly all necessaries. At Brisbane
business is comepletely suspended.
THIRTY FEET OF WATER IN THE STREETS.
Water was 30 feet deep in the principal
streets of Brisbane on Wednesday night and
in the suburbs it covered buildings 60 feet
high. Five hundred houses have been de-
molished. Hundreds of families have lost
their homes and have left the city in Loats
to seek shelter on higher ground, All pas
and water pipes have been destroyed and
the city is in darkness. The Governor came
to the city in a boat. He saysthat all towns
between Brisbane and Ipswich are submerg-
ed. This is the greatest disaster in the his-
tory ot the colony.
THE DAMAGE WILL REACH $15,000,000.
A later dispatch says: The flood has re
ceded from most of the city districts, which
are now covered with mud and slime. The
stench js horrible, and, unless the city be
cleaned within a few days, it will undoubt-
ly cause an epidemic] ‘The total damage
one by the flood is estima OX 1-
aa: timated to approxi
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The Thirtieth Vietim Dies,
David Richardson, one of the victims o}
the Big Four disaster at Wann, Ill., twa
weeks ago, died at Alton, I1l.- This makes
the thirtieth death from the accident,
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