THE WILSON TARIFF BILL IT PASSES THE LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS BY A MA JORITY OF 64. A Scene Without a Parallel in the Nati onal Capitol. Thursday evening at the conclusion of one of the grandest, most impoilng and impres-ive scenes ever witnessed in the American capitol, the Wilson tariff bill tiassed the house of repr tentative! by rote of 204 to 140. The events leading up to it were almost unparalleled in thiscotintrys annals. Such a tfi't concourse of people at assem bled to hear the last arguments upon the great economic issue about to ha Submitted for final arbitrament to the representatives of the American people had never before xen teen within Jthe precincts of the nation a legislative capital. Nothing like it was ever known in the history of the oldest inhabitant of the capital. For hours before the bebate began the corridois leading to tbe galleries were surging mass of humanity, which finally became so great tlnit men cried out in ter ror and women fainted in fright. It was estimated that over 2O.00natteniPted to gain admittance to the gallerieeof the house. 'J heir Keating capacity is about 3 000 and every available sent was occupied long be fore the gavel dropped. The people were lined against the walls and banked ngainst the doors; so great did the crush become that the members of the house secured per mission to bring their wives upon the floor. Shortly after the house convened at 11 o'clock the crowds in the immense giillery on thenorth side of tbe chain ber became ao great that there whs imminent danger that some of the people would be pressed over the railng into tne nousa oeww. i nose in the corridors kept crushing into the door way and thoc still further bsck pressed farward until thestairs and aisles of thegai lery were literally packed with a mob of restless, impatient men. In one of the aisles a fight was precipi tated between two men over the color ques tion. One of the combatants was a negro, demanding his full rights as an American citizen, and the other was a white man making the same claim. This claim involv ed the right to stand on the same square foot of territory, and as it was too small for both men a race war resulted. The bellig erents were hustled from the gallery as fast as the obstructing human wall would permit and comparative quiet was toon restored. Tbecrowding In at the doom, however, contined until Speaker Crisp, who had been nervously noting the dangerous packing ol people, interrupted the roll call long enough to say that it was in the interest of safely to human life that the doorway should be cleared. He asked tbe door keeper of the gallery to clear out tome of those who stood in the entrances, so as to make those al ready inside aa comfortable as possible without being endangered. It was nest to impossible, hiwever, to at once execute this order, as there was absolutely no room for the ejectment of those who hail found entrance into the aisles, but the policemen kept pressing back the people until they iad materially reduced the danger that was ao very apparent, When Mr. Heed, the first speaker, arose to deliver the linnl plea for protection the overhanging galleries were black with spectators. Kvery inch of space upon the floor was taken. It whs a brilliant as well as a large assembly. Only 10 of the 354 members of the houe we're absent: many grave and reverend senators and other dis tinguished personages were on the fioot nnu in the galleries were Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs, Vice I'rcsident Stevenson and otliet ladies of eminence and distinction, thcil dresses flecking the landscape with color. Then followed for three hours the ora tory of the champions of the two economic systems Keed, Crisp and Wilson while their partisans made the airvocal with theii shouts of approval. The appearance of the speekerof thehou?e upon the floor engaged in debute was in itself a remorkuhle as well as an unusual thing. Kach of the speakers seemed to be in his best form and the speeches which they delivered will rank among the most brilliant of tbeir lives. When these where linished Mr. Wilson, who spoke last was lifted on the shouhlere of his admiring colleagues and cairied tri umphantly from the ball amid a scene ul unmatched enthusiasm. When it came to voting the victory fm the measure was overwhelming' The ma Jority for the bill, t)4, exceeded the most sanguine expections of the Democratic members of the ways and means commit, ee. When tbe speaker announced the vote cheer followed cheer upon the Democratic side; papers, hats. Congressional Itecords and in fact everything which Democrats could lay their hands upon were Hung high in the air and amid a perfect pandemon ium of Joy the house adjourned. CARLISLE WINS.! Judge Cox Decided Against the Knights of Labor. : Judge Cox, of the District Supreme Court, hat declined to grant the application of tbe Knights of Labor to compel Secretary Car lisle to show cause why he should not be enjoined from Issuing 150,000,000 of bonds, as proposed in his recent bond circular Secretary Carlisle declined to give for Judication any statement of the result of is trip to Sew York. It was officially Mated at the department that tbe statement attributed to tbe secretary while in New York, that if tbe subscriptions run up to 75,000,000 he intended to sell that many bonds, was Incorrect. It it taid that If the secretary had wanted that amount of bonds be would have so staled in his circular in viting proposals for them. Treasury officials received with un feigned satisfaction the decision of Judge px dismissing the petition of the Knights of Labor for an injunction against Secre far Carlisle to restrain him from iatuiug bonds. DAMON AND PYTHIAS. A Three Tear Conviot Trades His Sen. . tenoe for Another's Death Penalty. ' On December 27 the Sheriff or Cowley county, Kan., brought to tbe Leavenworth penitentiary Morgan Wright and Wilbui Norton, under sentence of death and Chat. Roberts for tbree years for burglary,. The prison officials claim that in recording the new arrivals Roberts and Norton changed names and assumed each others sentence. Norton wat worked outtide under guard; Lately be acted queerly and finally made au effort to escape, it also came to the know ledge of tbe prison officials through a con vict who worked himself into the confi dence of Roberts, that there was a conspir acy among the Cowley county trio for Norton to get out on tbe three year sentence when be Roberta, would soon alter give his right nume. and if necessary, be taken out on a writ of habeas corpus. Roberts was wrought uoaud made a confession. Ha Clot Off Very Easy. Ex-Cashier Koeting of the Mil waukee South Side Savings bank, who got away with l,000,00t of deposits, was taken to Waupun peni tentiary to serve a live years' sentence. He has been advised not to appeal hie case, as bis sentence Is considered by his friends te lle very light. Mavos of Dulutb, Uino., charges that officials of tbe American Loan and Trust Company misappropriated f 18.000 or tbe city's money, beutstional developments US expected. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Summarised Proceedings of Our Law Makers at Washington. TIIIRrV-SIXTH DAT. Sekate. Not in session. HotsE. Atft:30 this afternoon general debate tinder the Hve-nilnnie rule npon the tariff bill came to an end in the house and every Dotty neaved a slgb of profound re lief. Tbe amendment providing that the free wool Item should go intoeflert at once on tne passage or the law was io-riay re scinded and amendments from the com mittee adopted, that fix the beginning of the operation of the tree wool provision tipon August 2, 1S04. end that of manufac tured wools upon October 2. The most im portant amendments lof the committee, were those offered and adopted to day, mak ing a cut ofllve per cent on nearly everv item of the metal schedule, The duty oh steel rails was reduced from 25 to 20 per cent; pig iron from 22J to 20; si-rap Iron and steel from 2-'t to 10; structural iron, wire strips of steel, etc., from 35 to30; boil er plate and other iron and steel plates, forglngs of iron and steel, hoop, band and scroll iron and steel and wire rods, 30 to 25: Iron in slabs, blooms, etc., 25 to 221. TsmiTT-arvrsTn tr. Ieate Mr. Hoar introduced a bill glv Ing a pensioner whose name has been sup pressed from the rolls or whoso pension has been reduced the right to apply by petition to tbe judge of the Y'nited States Court for hit district, who, after due notice and hear ing, may order the pensioner to be restored to the rolls or his former pension restored. The rest of the day was consumed In dis cussing Hswaiian aff airs. Hot sit The general debate npon the in ternal revenue features of the tariff bill was entered npon today, Mr. Covert and Mr. Mc.Miliiu making the principal addresses. Tniirrv-stoiiTH pa. RtTr. After another long colloquy to day between Senators (Jrav and Chandler the Republicans consented that general debate on the bill repealing the federal election law, should close luesnayat 4 p.m. After that hour amendments may be pre sented and passed upon, but the final vole must be taken before adjournment on that day. Tbe bond question come up again to day and after a long debate went over by unanimous consent until to-morrow. At 3:40 the senate went Into executive session and at 4:10 p. m. adjourned. Hoi sb. The call of 'committees for re ports was dispensed with this morning and the bouse went immediately into Commit tee of the Whole and the tariff debate was resumed, TiiiHTv-stxTn nr. Pe-tate The entire time of the senate to day was consumed in the discussion of the resolution, of Senator Stewart of Nevada, declaring that thesecretary of the treasury has no power to issue me oonus ior which bids have been invited. Hot sk The principal fight todoy came upon the proposal to increase the tax upon whisky from U0 cents to II and to extend the bonded period from three to eight years Despite vigoroug opposition the latter prop osition was stricken out. Only one other amendment of importance was carried. It was a provision to extend the operation of tlie income tax to all moneys and personal proierty given or bequeathed by inheri tance. Later on the Income tax was made a part of tbe tariff bill by a rising vote ol 176 to 50' FORTIETH PAV. Senate. In the senote to day n resolu tion was presented by Senator Allen. (Top., ebraskai directing me r-ecrciary oi hid Treasure- to inform theSenale what amount of paer money issued by the government nail liecn reoeemeu nnne ioi, mm now much, il'anv. bus been re-issued; also what authority of law exists for the gold reserve and when it was established and why it is now maintained, senator Stewart a bona resolution was then taken tin by unani mous consent and was discuated until ad journment. Hot sE At 0 o'clock to-day the Wilson tariff bill passed the house of representa tives by a vote of 2o4 to 140. The events lending up to it were almost unparalleled in our annals, At 12 o'clock, after a pre liniinarv skirmish of an hour over the barlcv schedule, the bill was reported to the house and the closing speeches were made. The vote npon the income tax proposition (taken in connection with the internal revenue amendment), stood 12 to 0. ronrv-finT pat. Senate. Toe Wilson tariff bill was laid belore the senate aid referred to the Fin ance Committee. The bill ordered printed and indexed. '1 he resolution of 'senator Stewart denying the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds.then became a subject for discussion and succeeded in tide-i racking everything else in the tenate. Hocsk. The proposition to repeal the law imposing a tax of 10 per cent on State bank issues wat defeated in the House Committee on Ranking and Currency this morning by a vote of U to 8. A lively dis cussion wat precipitated today over the re port from the Cmmittne on Rules tettinit aside the next three legislative days for the consideration of tbe resolution of Mr Mc-lVy- lniocral, of Kentucky, cen-uirinc Minister Stevens and the Republican ad ministration for their share in the Hawai ian imbroglio. WILLIS WrYtES AGAIN. President Cleveland Transmits Another Hawaiian Dispatch to Congress. The president bat transmitted to Con gress tbe dispatch from Minister Willis on last Saturday. The letter of President Dole Is not Included for lack of time to transcribe It after Mr. Willis received It. Dispatches 25, 2ti and 27, which are withheld are mere ly statements of accounts, legation requisi tions, eto. The dispatch of Minister Willis is as lollows: Legation r tnt United States i ' Honolulu, 8 ., Jan. 12, 1M!)4. f Hon. W. y. (Jresham, Secretary of Mate. .Sir On Vesterday at t:' p. in. 1 received the Hon. 8, H. Dole's answer to my letter of January 1 requesting him "At his earli est convenience'1 to give me the specifica tions contained In a prior lelter.Hia answer is about 60 pages of closely written official paper and has been delivered too laie to either copy or reply to in time for the steamer leaving at 2 p. m. today. There is one extract, bewerer, to which I think vonr attention ought to be called, wherein it is slated "This government has been and aoio is subject to the necessity of increased watchfulness and a large additional expense which, but for such attitude, would have been unnecessary." Tbe emphasis above is mine. In a previ ous letter of December 25, Minister Dole had stated: "The government ottlcea have been placed and atill continue In a condition of delenseand preparation of siege, and the community bus been put in a state of mind bordering on terrorism." Some portions of the letter from which tbese extracts are made confirm the above statements, while others seem to negative them. With lint exp anation 1 submit them to your consid eration. Very respectfully, Ai.nmcrS. Wilms. Chautauqua's New Offloert. Tbe trustees oltbe ChantauquaAsserobly, who bave been in session at liuffalo, finish ed their business Tuesday by electing tbe following officers: president. lwis Millsr, Akron, Ohio; chancellor, bishop John H. Vincent. Topeka, Kan.; treasurer, E. A. Skinner, Westfield, N. Y., secretary and superintendent, Dr. W. A. Duncan, 8yre cuxe, N. Y vice presidents, Cleia StuJe baker, South bend, lnd., Ira Miller, Caaton O.: K, G. Dutenbury, Portville, N. Y., A Mining Magnate'a ratal Mistake. - -C. W, Leech, a wealthy Grass Valley.Cal. , , i . , , , 1 in mi room at tne Huidrook House, having been asphyxiated by gas, which be failed to properly turn off po retiring J or tbe past A y'errs be has TICKINGS OF THETELEGRAPB FOBEION AND DOMESTIC. What Ie Transpiring the World Over Important Eventa Briefly Told. The Dolphin Silk Mill at I'atterson, N. J., resumed wotk witb 500 weavers. The Saxonville, Mast., Woolen Mill, which closed for an Indefinite period in December throwing 250 operatives out ol employment have ttarted up. Operations have been resumed In three butt mills at the Middleton. Pa., tube works giving employment to 503 men. Orr, Painter A Co., stove manufacturers, nt Reading, Pa., returned wotk full handed after several weeks idleness. Owing to a reduction in wsget about !0( employes of the St. Lome Rooting Company went on a etrlke. 5Yahlnsta Sews. Col. Thomas Moon ightof Kansas been appointed minister lo Bolivia. The patent on the famous electric tele phone Invention of Prof. Alex (I rah am Dell, of Boston has exj (red. The last debt statement issued shows an increase of the public debt for the month of January of 7.8!O,0(il; cash In the treas ury 1737,1 20, l.U Senator Hansbrougb has secured author ity from the senate committee on agricul ture to favorably report his bill making on appropriation of 1,000,000 for the exter mination of the Russian thistle or cactus. The senate In executive session confirmed commodore John O, Walker to be rear ad miral of the navy. The president nominated Thomas B. Fer guson of Maryland to be minister to Nor way and Sweden. I'lnnnrlnl nnit Commercial. Theodore Pnbst Co . one of the oldest and largest Importing firms in New York city, assigned. The firm imported china and glassware and bad branches In several of the large cities of the country. Busi ness depression caused the failure. No statement of ar-sets or liabilities were given. Daninl B. Judson, a large glove manu facturer at Greenville, N. Y.. failed. 'Hit effect of the failure will be fur reaching. Crime end Penalties. At Alpine. Ark., three men were killed nnd two wounded during a melee at 0 dance. Cracksmen blew open the snle of the Planters' Bank at Kilaville, Ga., and took 7,.Vi0. Near Yankton. S. I)., Mrs. Hank Olson, wife of a Norwegian farmer, fastened a rope about her neck anil then tied the other end to the axle of a wagon. Then she gave the wagon a push down a bill and the weight of the vthiclesiranglcd her to death. .Ill ltd Int. In the District Court at St. Paul, Minn,, Judge Willis declared the famous anti ticket scalpers' law ur.const It ulionnl, holding that the entire act is controlled by uncon stitutional provisions. . v Sllsi-ellnneons. Ceorge Gould formally announced nt New York, the engagement of his youngest sister, Anna, to William M. Hnrriman, s youthful banker anl club man of that city. Mary O. Davis has won a 500 verdict against the estate of Walt Waltman fui money advanced and services rendered. BEYOND OUR BORDERS. Twenty six lives were lost by the wreck ing of the British bark Port Yorrock, which some days ago put in Brandon Bay, Ireland, in a disab'cd condition, and which during a gale, dragged her anchor, and went ashore. All on board perished. Burglars at Home entered the United States Embassy. Not finding any valuable! in the safe they destroyed papers and wrecked Ibe room. An anarchist demonstration at the Ital ian Consulate In Zu'lch resulted in a fierce riot between the mob and officers in which many persons were injured. A dispatch to tbe Ixindon Times from Odessa says: There have been severe storms entailing enormous lots of small craft in the Black sea. Two steamers have also found dered and the loss of life as far as known foots up to 38. Kx-I.lentensnt Ivanofi and bis brother I, ika, charged with being concerned In a plot to murder Prince Ferdinand of Bui e&ria have been sentenced to 13 years' im prisonment. At Marseilles, three anarchists who were found guilty of manufacturing and having in their possession dangerous explosives, were sentenced to terms of Imprisonment varying from three months to five years. HELP FOR MRS. COLFAX. Tne Wife of the Ex-Vloe President Needs Financial Aid. tirandSecretaryC.il. Lyman, of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Oddfellows bat re ceived a letter from Mis. Jenny Heck, ol Albany, lnd,, a prominent member of Re bekab degree, in which the Utter calls on the Oddfellows of the Buckeye ttate to Jead in the effort to make tbe widow of the late ice l'res dent Schuyler Collax comfortable hi ber declining years. The writer explains that by reason of tbe failure of an Indian apolis bank, a judgment has been rendered against Mrs. Colfax for 25,1X10 which will leave her practically penniless. Mr. Colfax wus a prominent Oddfellow and the found er of the degree of Jiebekuh. to which women were eligible. Important to Inventors. A bill of interest to inventors bat been Introduced in the House by Mr. Hall ol Missouri by request. It provides that two or more patents may be obtained for an In vention where it is capable of division me chanically or on physical lines, or tbe ap plications differ merely in tbe form or scops of claims presented; provided that tbe patentt be issued on tbe aame day or if not the later onee shall be onlv for tbe unexpir ed teim of tbe former. When two or more patentt differing in form or scope of claims or otherwise bave been issued, tbe patentee may waive so much of the term of ths later patents as extends beyond tbe expira tion of the earlier, that all ehali expire together anl tbe validity of the later shall not be affected by tbt existence of tbe first patent. LATER NEW WAIFS, rottiios). Lawyer Mollnarl, accused of Inciting workingmen to revolt In the recent Anar chist riott at Rome wat sentenced lo 23 yeart Imprisonment, the first three years In solitary confinement and tbe f forfeiture ol all bit property, Antl-tat riott broke recently out In Can ball and Mnngalda, India, the police fired on tbe rioters, killing 14 men and wound ing many others. Troops were called out eventually to restore order, EIRES. Joseph Knlttel'i Excelsior show ease works and George 8tabl't Incubator factory st (jnlncy. 111., were destroyed by fire. Ijou 1100,000; insurance 150,000. Forty-six head of valuable horses were cremated, together with two barns of Hon. Henry C. Ireland, near Chilllcothe, Mo. The fire was of incendiary origin. l.oss, 120,000. rtttASIl-tAI. ASP COMMERCIAL The old and well known house of Wil liam Kggert A Co., wholesale dealers in tobscco in Cincinnati and Sew York, bas been forced to ask a genetal extension from its creditors. ChlMES AND PENALTIES. Rev. D. tl. Cook, colored, was shot dram as he wat returning home from hit church In Fayetteville. Tenn., where be had held tervices. disasters, accidents ano fatalities. At Gate City, Ala., the Congregational Church was blown down. Mrs R. H I'rich ell, Mrs. James Niles and Charles Olsen were fatally injured and a score of others hurt. AN IMPULSE TO BUSINESS. The Issue of the New Treasury Bonds Tends to Strengthen Business R. 0. Dun A Co.' s Weekly Review ot Trade says: A fresh impulse bas been giv en business this week by the success of tbe Treasury In obtaining gol.t for its reserve, thus strengthening confidence In its ability to maintain gold payments. While more demands lor time loans has appeared, the money market cannot be expected to change much with 245 Otiu.tHJO cash in the banks and more coming from the interior, while the Treasury is also compelled to pay out more than :t now receives in taxes Gradual improvements in business ex plains the appearance of more commercial paper in the market this week than has been seen for a longtime, althnuub as yet the vast accumulation of Idle funds is proof enough that trade has by no means regained normal proportions. Industrial recovery continues.aithough it Is but grad ual in response to the demand or a people whose consumption at its lowest is greater (ban that of any other country, and more nulls are uonr at work. It is well for the country thnt speculation has not been stimulated thus far to danger ous vultures in env direction, and markets are unusually f ree'from disturbing excite ment. Stocks have been stronger since the result as to bonds was foreshadowed, in spite of the continued selling on foreign account, which reached many thousand (bares in Viiioii Pacific and thu slow im provement in railroad earnings. Domestic exports for lour weeks have been 14 per cent lower than a year ago.while Imports have been 37 per cent smaller. Cus toms receij ts lor January were but ! 1.5U0, 000 against 2l,UOv,onO last year and evi dently the success In the sale oi bonds Is a matter of hhrh importance. Commercial failures for the week nunibei 3ii in the Tinted States against 2S5 last year nnd52in Canadeogainst 40 last year.thf lift including two of over t250,onueuch. -4- A GIANT WESTERN METEOR It Scooped A Great Hole Out of the Earth, On the night of 1 ebruary 1, about 10.21 o'clock, a brilliant meteor shot over west ern Nevada and eastern California. The illumination was followed by a low rum bling nnd shock as If of earthquake. It has now been ascertained that the meteor struck at Candolaria, about 14'J miles from Carson, Nev. People there who saw the meteor describe It as an immense body of lire with a tail like a comet. As it rushed through the air it made a noise like a skyrocket as it stn-ts upward. At Candolaria many people were greatly alarmed at the sudden apiearance of a great ball ol lire. Suddenly it seemed to burst in the air and then the light disap peared. The report is that houses In Can dolaria were shaken as if by an earthquake. People have made wild estimates of the weight of the meoter. some in their excite ment saying it must have weighed 101,000 tons to cause such a shaking ol the earth. Friday morning a party was organized and started in search of the meteor. Toward evening the searchers began to find branch , es which had been broken from trees by flying fragments, sage bush torn up by the roots and holes in the earth which had been gouged out by pieces of tbe meteor. Finally they came upon a huge hole, nearly 1X. feet across, whare the larger porlijii had fallen. Jt struck on a bare knoll, composed of sand and rocks. One repo t is that the ground was hot about the hold and hence close examination was impossinle. Pieces were found in the neighborhood within a circles mile in diameter. The surface of the earth for several hundred yards is scar red by nieces of meteoric stone. MORE PLANTS RESUME. Railroads Able Now to Restore Forinei Weges. Belpino. Man. The Belding company and Hall Bros, manufacturing company employing 300 men. have started up lull time, i lie lormer concern is the largest refrigerator concern in United Staiet. Gkanu Hai-iih, Mn h. All of the furni ture factories in ibis city are now running on either full or part lime and tney have orders enough to keep them busy until Julv when tbe next semi-annual liirnilure sale opens. The January sule, which just clos ed, wes very Miccesslnl. There were 135 buyers present Ironi all parts of the coun try. This was a falling off of 40, as com pared with last Ju.y. Prices ruled lairiy strung however and all orders were placed on a cash busts. Knoxvii.i.e, Tenn. General Manager Hudson, of the Kist Tennessee, Virginia A Georgia railway system announced that the wages of shopmen end trainmen on bis line would be testored as ugresd upon when they were reduced 10 r cent In August. GHKKNsiit'Kii. P.. I he Calumet oal and coke company hiu. starie I m worm alter an idleness ot several months. Tuere are 215 ovens in the plant and 30 J men are em ployed. Oen. Harrison to Lecture. Ex-President lienjaminHarrison Is mak ing active preparations for his strip to Cal ifornia, where he it lo deliver the first of Jils lectures before tbe students of J.elund Stanford Jr, university. He will be ac companied by his daughter, Mrs. McKeeand her family and his private secretary. They expect lo stay about six weeks in Califor nia. The lectures wiil be on the subject of constitutional law. A eamily of immigrants on tbeir way to Texaa were caught in a bliuard near Clarendon, Ark. Two children were frozen to death and tbe mother and father will srubabJy die. EARNED OYER 3 PER CENT. OROSS EARNINOS 1350.2)7,749. Domestic) Railroad Business Not Bo Bad in 1803. A preliminary report of the Incomes and expenditures in the United States tor the year ending June 30. 1803, has Just been published by the interstate commerce com mission. It is put out In advance of the regular statistical report of the commission, fo meet the demsnd of the public for early Information in regard to the operations ol railways and In view of the preent condi tion of the railway industry in the cninirr the figures It contains are exceedingly In teresting. The report Includes the returns from 479 operating companies whose reports were fixed on or before Decemher 1, 1K!I3, and covers the alterations of I I3.hc.' 5S miles of line, or 87 percent of the total operated mileage in the United States for that per iod i he gross earnings werell,0H5 tiH5,2rtl, of which t.'l22,K05,A38 wns for passenger ser vice. S.I70.24H.365 Irom freight servii-e and l23.tno.37tl were other earnings, covering receipts from telegraph, use ol cars, switch ing charges, rents etc. The operating ex penses were 7.'i5,427,r32, or 07 74 per cent, of the grossesriilngs. leaving net earnings of .ViO,2")7.7tO. which it about 3 50 per cent, on the capitalization of the roads reporting. Reduced lo a mileage basis the gross earn ings were 17,443 er line of mile, operating exenses were 5,U42 and net earnings 4Ui. A comparison ol these items, with the complete returns for the previous year, show an increase in gross earnings of "210 per mile of line and in op-rating expenses of 33. resulting in a decrease In net earn ings of 13 per mile. It is probable that these averages may be slightly decreased when the full returns of x'i:t are included, since a large proorlloii of the roads whose riortf were not filed before this tabulation was closed are the smaller and lest I m pot taut lines. The number of passengers carried one mile was 12.H2.VI73 314 oeing 87,021 per mile of line. The number of tons curried one mile was l.ll7,ui:t.sl I. or 5S2.002 per mile of line. The increase in density of traffic does not differ in any marked degree from that of previous years, which tliows that there Is a constant and. to a certain extent, a uniform expansion of business irom year to year. A new feature In this repirt Is the com pilation of comparative data for the tame roads for the years 1MI2 and lS'il. covering the items of net earninga and dividends. This shows an Increase over IH'ti In the net earnings of these roads of fo.77i.IHI7 and an increase in dividends of f I. Dili 713. The amount earned to snrp1 us account after the reduction of all Used cnarges aud dividends wat I0,0IS.40. SHOT AND 8HELL." TheDetroit'a BigOune Damaged a Rebel Warahlpat Rio. The follow Ing statement hat Just been mnde to the Associated Press correspondent by Admiral Beiihnm. commander of tbe United Slates licet in Rio de Janeiro har bor: Admiral Saldanhn dn Gamu. the com mander of the insurgent forces here, vijile.l Bear Admiral lien ham commander of the American Squadron d was emphatically told that the insurgents must at once aban don the idea that they could with impunity lire upon American vessels. Admiral llenhain asserted that American ships would be protected by his lleet.no mutter i'l what part of the harbor ttiey might happen to be. Admiral deliuuia protested against this decision but finally apparently yielded the point. On Saturday the American hark Amy, dipt lllacklord, from altimore:tlie Aine'r lean bark Good News, Cant. Mirb-k, from Baltimore, and the Julia llolllns gave notice that they were going lo the S.iudre piers. Admiral Da tiatmi learned of this aud Sun day be notified Admiral llenhain that li the thr.e vessels attempted to go to the piers he would lire on ihem. Admiral Beuhamat once replied Hint the vessels would go to the i iers if thev wanted to; that he would send the Detroit "to protect them, and If the Detroit could not furnish sufficient protection everv vessel or the American squadron would be employed in the work ol protection, Wednesday morning five Insurgent tugs and armed merchantmen proceeded to the place where tbe American vessels were lying at anchor and hovered about them, apparently waiting for them to get tinder way, when they would Are upon them t here was great activity displayed on board theAmerican warwhips and soiin the boats, wain's whistles were heard piping the crews to clear for action. At5o clock the Detroit hoisted her an chor and with shotted guns steamed in beside the insurgent wurshis Trajano aud Uuanabara. both of which were lying close to the Good News. As the Detroit took up her position a niu-ket was fired from the Uuanabara at the Good Newt. Tbe Detroit at once fired a tix pound shot acrost the bowt of the Guanabara, where upon the latter vessel replied with what is supposed to have heen a blank cartridge. The Detroit then turned one of ber guns upon the Guanabara and tent a avail shell Into her item post and was on tbe point of delivering a broadside at the Insurgent ship when the Guanabara signaled that she would stop firing. THE LOTTERY DEMON. Not Btamped Out of A merica. It Reap, peara in Flcrida. The Florida Citizen or Jacks inville. Fla., publishes a page of matter porporting to be in exposure of the establishment in Florida of the Louisiana 8 ate lottery. It says: "The Louisiana Slate Lottery company expelled from New Orleans December 31 last, has transferred lis beadq.iarters lo Fort lamps City in this Stale. I utter Ihe name t the Honduras National I littery company t pretended to remove to Honduras, but its main offices are in Port Tampa City. There ta tickets and advertisements are printed ind money is received from its patrons. From that place ita lists of Urawing-.tickete mil literature are tent out and pmes are paid. The lottery designs to make this ttate its permanent home. "A change in the lottery laws of the state enacted by the legislature at its last session, makes Its existence here possible. A charier wassecured from the government of the Kenublicol Honduras, land was purchssed in Puerto t'onez, a small town in the north cast Coast and an .office building erected. But, while this was being done, agents were sent to Florida and a truct of land was bought in Port Tumpa City. Here a large Prick building was built and equipped Willi a cully plant for printing lottery tickets and literature. While Ihe monthly draw ings are to be conducted in Honduras all the rest nr the business will be c irried on in this ttate. John A. Morris of New York city frank'y admitted the nature of the hntliie-s lu'which the Ceutial American Express was engaged. "On January 13 the steamer Breakwater chartered by the company, arrived at Port Tampa, bringing President Paul Conrad, Manager L. I.. Davie and Commissioners Uen. W. L. Cabell and Col. VUlere. They brought with them plates of the numbers winning prises and sevsral hundred thous and copies ol tbe prize list were at uuce struck etc " MiHBEStofaO. A. R. pott stHlawatba Kan., tore down Hags raised by the Ladies' Equal Suffrage Association. The veterans objected to the flags having but three yel low stars taking tbe place ef tbe regulation 41. Tbe stsrs stand lor Wyomlng.Colorado ud Kansas, A VALLBT OF DEATH. More About the Pert, an Calamity of Last November, When 13,000 Lives Were Destroyed. Additional advices by the steamer Belgit from China gives particulars of the com plete annihilation by earthquake of the town of Kuchan, Persia, announcement ol which was made two months ago. Twelve thousand perrons were killed In the awlul disaster, len thousand bodies have been recovered todate. The once Important anl beautiful city of 20,000 people Is now only scene of death, desolation and ' terror. Fifty thousand cattle were destroyed at the Sams time. The dlil rlct Is In the western section ol the valley stretching between the Haai Marjld and A la Dag h mountain ranges.from Meshed to Pliirvan. The valiev communi cates by a pats with the frontier of the Russian trans-Caspian torritory. It is an exceedingly fertile valley, watered by the tipper Atrek river and thickly dotted witb litiie cities and town. The slopes and bills aflord excellent pasturage for cattle and sheen. The herds are chiefly watched by the ararautii Kurds, warlike trihee, who while tending their Hocks, also used to guard tbeir secluded bouses against the tierce Akhal Tekke Turkomans. But these marauders were subdued by the Itussians several years ago and the valley has been undisturbed until the heavy hand of Provi dence laid low its beautiful citv. This country hat a peculiar 'fascination, owing to the fiict that very little was known nf It until quite recent yeatt. In the years between IK4 and 18il, Messrs. Baker, "(nil, O'Donovan and Sullivan made ettenslve explorations through! this region, and it is through them that any knowledge ol thut portion ol 1'ersia is gained. Death aathe Stakes. While Miss Moggie True Lock aud Davi.l Lambert were playing cards near Prairie Hall, III., In fun the young man said:"Now the one that wins shoots the other." He unloaded his revolver, at he thought nnd laid it on the table. The girl won, snatched tip the revolver and pulled the trigger. One cartridge had been left In the revolver and the bullet entered Lambert's brain. He died Instantly. The girl was almost crazed. The couple were engaged to be married. Tortured For His Gold. At Chicago, John Kllcovne. an aged and wealthy miser, has been found half dead in his miserable hovel, ; his head frightfully beaten by robbers, Kllcovne tavs three men endeavored to ma ke film reveal the biding place ol his money, and upon hie refusal, tortured him for an hour, beatlig and kicking him and Inflicting probably fatal injuries. The old man would not tell Ins secret, however and the men seciiel but t20. One arrest bas been made. MARKETS. rtTTsrirmi. THE WHOI,r.SU.E PIIICES AIIE HIVES m: l ow. :lUN, FLOCK AKDFKEII. WHEAT No. 1 Red f 01 (g I No. 2 lied 02 COKN-No. 2 Yellow eur... 4:U High Mixed ear 41 No. 2 Yellow Shelled 41 Shelled Mixed 4'l OATS No. 1 vVhite 3d No. 2 White S.'i No. 3 White 31 Mixed 31 IlYK No. 1 50 'n tl'fMftoro V. r.'l (I 13 411 42 4IJ 41 'i 31 1 3.'., 314 2 f.7 M 0 35 35 ID .".0 3i ID IH 00 00 IN) IS) 00 25 ! I.Ol It Fancy winter pat? Fancy Spring' patents..... Fancy Straight winter.... .X. Bakers live Flour Buck wheat Hour. HAY Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. Baled No. 2 Timothy Mixed Clover 3 75 4 III ;t iii 2 (HI 3 25 3 13 .Ml 12 IS) 11 50 Hi 00 17 5:1 IH IS) 15 Ml 15 5J Timothv from coiiutr I'KKIi N'o I W'h M.l 1 No. 2 White Middlings. iiroivn .m mining ltrsn. bulk STRAW-Wheat 5 75 (I flats it fit) I 75 31 27 15 12 l.'.J 14 i'aikt niiiiui rn BUT'I'KIl F.lgiu Creamery Fancy Creamery 1 amy country roll l ow grade ,V cooking.... L'HKKSK Ohio, new ? ew York, new AVineonsin Swis Liinburger ( New makl. . . .".0 25 III 111 1U 15 13, rm'IT ANII VEGETABLES. APPLF-S-Fancy, V bb!... 5 01 Fair to choice, V bbl.... 2 2i hi.-avu 5 M 4 i 1 (10 31 f.l) 5 .50 5 HO .V) 1 00 50 70 75 -J 10 II 12 13 13 10 let 00 'n N V & M(new)Beaus)bhl Lima Beans rOTATOKM Funcy V bu Sweet, per bbl rA UHAGK per hundred.. UNIONS YellowUlobefbu Mixed fount ry Spniii'h, per crate TURNIPS purple to 1 85 3 .'8 2 00 3 0J m 40 H0 40 HOtl.TKY ETC. Live chickens pr 05 Live Ducks f pr ' 50 Live Geese V pr 1 CM Live Turkeys Wlb K Dressed chickens ft lb.... 11 Dressed ducks tn 12 Dressed turkeys V lb II I Iresied geese II FOGS Pa A Ohio fresh. ... 17 FKATHKHS Kittu live Geese tD lb 55 No I Kxtra live geese fib 40 .MIW'EI.I.AMOI'S. TALLOW Conutry.Vlb... .5 Si city ft 0 SKKDH Clover fi H5 7 00 Timothy prime 2 10 2 2) Blue grass 1 40 1 70 RAGS Country mixed.... i 1 rloNKY White clover.... 13 5 Buckwheat HI 12 MAIi.F.SVIUIP. new crop. 75 HO CIDKIt conntrv sweet bbl 0 III J M) CIJICIW.1ATI. FLOI'R 2 05(a 2 05 WHEAT No. 2 Red Ml' 5!iJ KYK No. 2 61 52 LXJKS' Mixed 37 87 i 'JATS 31 ,ili KCGS U i:t BUTTER ID 7 rillLAUKLPIIIA. FLorrt- WIIEAT-No. 2. Reu COHN No. 2. Mixed MTS-No. 2, White BUTTER Creamery Kxtra. EGGS Pa.. First NEW YoHK. FLOI'R Patonte WHEAT No Sited RYE Western... CORN No. 2 'MTS Mixed Western BITTER Creamery EGHS Mute aud Penn 11 OOOjl.l 75 tlj I.M4 42 4, 30 Hi;, 27 31 17 IH 2 00 4 "5 Oti) 1.7 5n 52 42J 43 3.', J St 17 27 15 IH LIVE-STOCK HEI'OKr. EST LIIIEIITY. riTTHIIL'B'l HMi'K VAIim. PerlOJibs. CATTLE. Prime Steers t 4 "5 to A Oil Uood butcher 4 50 to 4 75 Common 4 On to 4 25 Bulls and dry cowl 1 25 to 2 50 VeulCalvea 5 50 to 0 75 Fresh cows, per head 50 00 to 40 00 sunup. - - Prlmc95 to 100-lb sheep....! 3 25 to 3 SO Uood mixed 2 .50 to 3 110 Common 70 to 73 tti sheep.. 2 00 to 25 Choice l-aiiibt 3 00 to 4 54) Moot. Selected Prime Yorkers Heavy ............ Houghs. , 8 175 to 5 75 ft 00 ti S 70 ft fb to ft f 4 i tu & 2j
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