ty cuble m mm lids.
REPLY FROM THE PORTE.
She Sultan Tolls Victor! the Armenians
Struck First.
The reply of the sultnn to the letter recent
ly addressed him by Queen Victoria, it In
learned, cxprcsse the sympathy of tho ml
tan with tho humnne sentiment conveyed In
the ftuern' communication, hut dcelnrcd
Mint the massacre of Artrcnlnn hy Turk
hnve originated with evil-disposed person.
The Turku, the sultan snys. wen llrst at
tacked hy Armenians while they wero pray
ing In the mosque, and illl nothing morn
than to defend themselves " dsd they could.
In every nrt of Asia Minor, the ultnn n
ert, everything Is perfectly tranquil. He
ny negotiations for tho surrender to the
Turks nro proceeding, nnd without doulit
the Zeltounlteg will ioon resume their peace
ful voentloiiK.
NICARAGUA CANAL BEPOBT.
The Estimate of th Government Board (or
Iti Conttruction.
In the Judgment of tho United State gov
ernment Bonrd of Engineers, which Investi
gated the subject, It will coot (133,472,893 to
construct the Nlcarauguno cnnnl. This la
(M.OOO.OOO In exces of tho estimate of tho
compnny, which now hold it charter from
Mcnrnugua to build the water way. For
obtaining the necessary dntii. for the Infor
mation of a cnnnl project, IS months' time
nnd 3.'i0.000 will be reel u I red.
The moot erlou problem affecting the
ronstruetlon of the cnnnl Is tho rainfall. A
record of nearly 25 feet of rainfnll In a yenr
on the I nrribenn coast, diminished to 0$
feet between the Inke and the l'nclllr Indi
cate the Important results thnt must ensue
with reference to locnl drainage and engi
neering construction.
The report of the hoard, which consisted
of Lieut Col, William Ludlow. 8. A.;
Mordecni Lndieott, civil engineer, u. S. N.,
and Alfred Noble, civil engineer wag Beut
by President Cleveland to the House.
FOREIGN NOTES.
The Knlscr hns delayed hi demand upon
1119 ticrmnn iieionstag lor a inrgor navy.
The British steamer Laurostlnn. which
sai'ed from Baltimore, December 6 for Sllgo,
in reported lost, with Cant. J. Oavin nnd a
crew of 20 to 25 men.
The owner of the British stenmer Crnthlo
have appealed ngntust the judgment of tho
court at Rotterdam, which found thnt steam
er to blame for tho sinking by collision In
Jnnuary of the North Herman Lloyd steamer
..tiue.
The Chinese Government tin signed a con
tract with Colonel Jeffords, representing an
Anglo-American syndicate, for the con
struction of a railroad from Hankow to Pe-
kin.
A movement will soon be mnde by tho
banker' section of the Montreal Bonrd of
Trade to secure Information regarding tho
amount of United Htnte sllvor and silver
certillcnte In the Dominion of Canada,
with a view to restricting Its circulation.
The Canndlan Pros Assoclntlon unnnl
mously passed a resolution placing on record
It devotion to the British tmplre and a de
termination as Canadian to stand hy the
motherland when the latier la meuanced by
war in any part ol tne globe.
The examination of the Ultlnnder prison
ers arrested In Johannesberg, charged
with rebellion has been begun In Pre
toria.
The Canadian government ha relinquished
All fllalm i..lun.an ldlon.1 an ..ffli.lnl
survey demonstrating that it lies in United
mates waters.
The combination of Scotch oil trade es
tablished Borne time ago at Glasgow, with
the object of maintaining rate, has been
broken and rate cutting begun. The Stan
dard Oil company la flooding the markets
with it product.
The Japanese government has Issued for
mat nonce oi tne opening up to trade ana
commerce of the Island of Formosa, recently
acquired by japan irom cniua.
The German Government snys it will
recognize the Monroe doctrine, but will not
release Venezuela from a lust debt Germany
demands that tho railroad claim be paid, but
does not threaten force. It is stated that
Venezuela will pny the claim.
An earthquake shock, of nn alarming na
ture was experienced nt Santa Cruz del Bur,
province of Puerto Principe on the 6th,
House ro.'ked and funiture was thrown
about, causing the people of the city and
vicinity to run in terror into the streets
fall on their knees In prayer for mercy.
and
A BEVOLUIION IN BUSINESS.
Til Bond Bids Have Stimulating Effeot
on All Linet of Trade.
B. G. Sunn A Co.'s weekly Review of
Trade says:
"Failures for the week have been 82S in
trie United States against 281 last year, and
68 in Canada against 68 lust year. The won
derful success of the popular loan alters the
face of events. January operations become
ancient history as the nation mounts above
ail doubts and fears to a solid certainty that
the people can and will uphold their govern
ment" With such a revolution In business sudden.
ly effected, the customary records of the pant
week and mouth are of less value than usual.
But there have lieen signs of improvement in
the iron manufacture. Although the aver
age of price is nearly 1 per cent lower this
wun, orders lor wire nans are stimulated i
decision to advunco the price agulu Marc!
1. There is also a more active demand for
plates and sheets. Southern competition
lowers coke iron at Chicago, and prevents
advance at the East, while sales of lust year's
speculations In the Pittsburg region still de-
Jiress Bessemer. The ore pool is expected to
IX the price for the year at (4. or possibly
4.50 and the coke pool still reduce the out
put
The speculative market has been largely
Influenced by rumors of injury to the coming
crop ana by foreign advices, corn has been
ooinpurutlvely uulut Cotton is practically
unchanged. The stock market has been
growing stronger all the week, until the sale
of bonds, though yielding a little on realiza
tion, ltullroud earnings in Junuarv have
been 10.8 larger than lost year, but 8.8 less
than in wua, and tne louage east-bound from
Chicago was in January nearly 1 per cent
larger than In 18i)3.
Death of William E. English.
William H. English, capitalist, politician
and llterateur, died on the 7tu in his rooms
at tugilsu s notoi, Indianapolis, alter an 111
neas ol six weeks. He was at first attacked
by grip. This was followed by inflamma
tion of the uir passages and the membranes
of tne tnroat UI tun no almost recovered,
but two weeks ago he was seized with luflam.
niatory rheumatism, which, with organia
disease of the heart, oouipletely exhausted
Dim. He leaves an estate estimated at from
1 6,000,000 to 68,000,000. The funeral took
tlaue Sunday. William Hayden Euglish was
oru in Indiana August 117, 1823. He was
postmaster at Lexington, hi native town,
before he was of age. He was speaker of
the first legislature after the adoption of In
(liana s constitution In 1881. Under 1'olk
administration he was a treasury clerk, and
in Uo2 he was elected to Congress, where be
served uutil 1861. lie was the author of
o"mroinise measure in relation to the ad
i on of Kansas as a btute, which became
- and was a proltilo theme of voutru-
' la tne po"tioi ooutmi oi mat ay, uiv
,' sol Ije'V -Jib.J."
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Harriion ii Grateful to Hli Frlcnda, but
Not Seeking the Preildency.
Capt. John K. Gowdy, chairman of the In
diana Ktato Rcpublleon t'entrnl committee,
called hy Invitation at the residence of Oen.
llnrrlson, Mondny evening, when the ex-
resident hnnded him the following letter!
Hon. John K. dowdy. Indianapolis, Iml.i
In view of the resolutions passed by the
Htate Central committee at Its recent meet
ing, and of the fact that delegate to tho Nn
tlonal llepubllcan convention are soon to ho
chosen In this state, I have concluded thnt
some statement from me as to my wishes nnd
hi r poses should now be maun to my imiiann
ntis.
Hitherto I have declined to sneak to the
public upon this matter, but scores of frlcnda
to wiiom 1 nave talked, nnu many score
more to whom I hnve written, will recognize
n this expression the substance of what I
hnve mild to them. To every one who ha
reposed to promote my nomination, I have
iilil: 'No: there has never been an hour since
left the White House that 1 have felt a wish
to return to It.
Mv Indiana friend hnve neon the most
devoted and fnlthfiil anil 1 am their grateful
debtor. Tho Itepubllcnn pnrty ha twice in
national convention given me endorsement
nnd thnt 1 enough. I think the voter of
our pnrty are now entitled to have a new
nnme.
For the sentiment, grent or smnll, thnt
has been manifested for my nomination, I
am grateful, nnd of that wider reeot nnd
kindness breaking party line which ha
been shown mo In o maiiy ways, I am pro
foundly appreciative.
"I cannot consent that my name lie pre
sented to or used In the St Louis convention,
nnd most kindly ask my friend to accept
thl as a sincere and tlnnl expression upon
the subject
"1IES.T4M1S HARniSO.
"Indlannpoll, Feb. 8, 100."
EVERYONE KILLED.
Richard Xloettke Murdered Hit Family of
Sis.
An entire family of six person wns found
dead Wednesday morning, the result of tho
murderous work of ltlchnrd Kloettke, a car
penter, residing at No. 207 Bortcnu avenue,
Chicago, The dead are:
Richard Kloettke, aged 88.
Kate Kloettke, his wife.
John Kloettke. his father, aged 7.1.
Mina Kloettke, his mother, aged 71.
Minn Kloettke, hi daughter, aged 9.
Anna Kloettke, his daughter, agml 8.
Emma Kloettke, his daughter, aged 1.
Kloettke had been out of work since Christ
mas. A pnthetio feat nro of tne tragedy I
that two ncignnor cniieii ni me moeuKn
cottage that mornlug, each with the glad
news of employment for him.
the head, anil death must have been Install
tnneous in each ensn. There wns an odor of
chloroform in the house, nnd it Is surmised
that the murderer hnd rendered his victims
unconscious before tiring the fatal shot.
The appearance of Mr. Kloettke alone, of
all tho victim, presented any Indication ol
a struggle. Her bauds were scratched and
her clothing torn.
Llttlo Emma and her mother were found
in the rear room, while in the front room the
ngod grandparent lay In one bed and tho re
maining two children In another. Kloettke s
body lay on the floor. Beside him, on
chair, wero a whetstone and two sharpened
knives. He bad emptied his revolver and
reflllcd It
A DREARY OUTLOOK.
Consul Howells Says Welsh Tin Makers
Are in Hard Luok.
A dismal picture of the condition and
future prospects of the Welsh tin makers la
drawn by United States Consul Anthony
Howell in a report to tho Department of
Htate. lie snys:
"The tin plate trade of South Wales has
persistently during the past few months gouu
from ld to worse. When prior to tho
Novemlwr election, 'The ruinous effect of
the Wilson bill on Americau manufacture,
was portrayed in certain newspaper there
was much rejoicing on thl side of the At
lantic. The optimism which assorted itself
was remarkable, and when these facts were
quoted as being against those who gloried
because American failure meant British suc
cess their reply seemed to ue, a Is always
tne cose with sucn as are unwiuiiigto lie con
vinced of being In the wrong, that It was 'So
much the worse for the fuels. L nhappily
crisis Is at hand, nnd the only panacea sug
gested Is a general stoppage for a little time
next month, provided no improvement tunes
place in me meantime. '
The Consul encloses a minted call unon
the men to suspend work in this fashion, but
doubts whether it will be generally heeded,
aunougn as mere nro at least iuu too many
mills in existence, the only recourse seems to
be to chock the output As it is scarcely one
of the works hns been running reguiarly,
there being at pnwout nearly 170 mills idle
with a prospect of an immediate increase of
the number.
CHANGED THEIB MIND.
Congressmen Bring Ont Another Pnblio
Land B11L
The House Committee on Publio lands re
considered its action of last week in adopt
ing a bill to carry out the recommendations
of President Cleveland's message that the
limitation of five years for bringing suits to
annul titles to patents established by the act
of March, lH'.ll, be repealed.
Another bill, embodying the views of dif
ferent members of the committee and Intend
ed to furnish full protection to purchasers In
good faltb drawuuy Mr. Allen, of Utah, was
sulistituted for the first bill. Chairman Lacey
will report It to the House. As this legisla
tion may affect the title to 60.000.000 aures.it
has been difficult for the committee to draw
a satisfactory bill. The new bill provides
mat suits brought by the United States to an
nul patents to lands erroneously issued under
a special grunt shall only be brought within
live years from the passage of this act, and
suits to annul patents hereafter issued must
be brought within ten years after their date.
A FIERCE BATTLE.
Spaniards Claim ths Advantage Campos
Hissed in Madrid. ,
An important engagement has taken place
at Conaolaclon del Bur, east of the city of
Piuar del Bio, between the Spanish forces
under General Luque and the insurgents un
der Antoulo Maceo. The loss of the insur
gents is reported to be 62 killed and over 200
wounded. The loss on the Spanish side was
80 killed. General Luque was wounded. The
battle was fiercely contested, and the advan
tage Is claimed to be all on the side of the
Spanish. But it is signilloaut that Maceo's
forons, instead of being turned back to the
westward, proceeded on their way toward
Havana provinoe after the battle.
Captain William V. Manulx, the corre
spondent of the Army and Navy Journal and
the Washington Star, ha been ordered by
the authorities to leave the Island. A pro
test agulust thl action has beeu sent to Seo
retary Oluey by Consul General Williams.
Martinez de Campos ha arrived in Mad
rid. The crowds in the streets hissed him on
bis arrival.
Heir to the Miser's Biohes.
An heir has been found for the old miser
l'uter. wno died in the streets of Paris a short
time ago. He abandoned his wife and son 60
year ago, wneu tue utter wae only a few
days old. It has been discovered that the
son is uow pilot at Havre, and be Inherit
in Btonoy,
ATEST MS FROM IHE Chill.
SILVER BILL SAT ON
The Ways and Means Committee Rejeots
the Bond Bill.
The House Committee on Way and Mean
on Tuesdny disposed of tho House bond bill
with the Kennto free Colnngo substitute, by
directing Chnlrmnn Dlngley to report It to
the House with the recommendation thnt the
Ifouso non-concur In the Rennto amend
ments. There wns llttln or no discussion ol
the measure, It disposition being effected by
one vote.
A soon a tho committee was railed to
order Mm dill, a amended, wns rend, after
which Mr. lilnglcy moved to non-concur In
the Semite amendments. Mr. Crisp moved
to Amend by making a motion to report tho
bill back to'the House with the recommend
ation thnt the Hennto amendment le con
curred In. The vote wn taken on the Intter
motion ami resulted: Yens, ii nays, 11. Tho
t in detail wni Yeas Messrs. rlsii.
McMIUIn, Wheeler and M I.nurln. Nnys
Mi-ssr. I'nlzcll, Hopkins, Urosvenor, Doll-
ver, Steelo, Johnson, Evans, Tawuey, Tur-
n.. 1 n...l 1ll,.l..v
1 lie Semite iinnnee committee siinsinuieii a
provision for the free coinage of sliver for the
tarllT mil, to strike out nil alter mo enacting
clause and substitute therefor a provision
for tho free nnd unlimited colnngo of silver,
Thl motion prevailed by the following vote:
ror me , sunsuiuie .uessr. Jones, oi
Nevada pop. i Voorhees, Imlinnni Harris,
Tennessee! est, Missouri; Jones, Arkansas!
White, California, and Walthall, Mississippi
all democrats. Total, 7.
Against the substitute Messrs. Morrill,
Vermont! Sherman, Oliloi Allison, Iowa;
Aldrieh, Rhode Island; l'hitt, Connecticut,
and W olcott, Colorado republicans, lot.il
fix.
Mr. Wolcott. nlthouch a silver mnn, Is re
corded ngnlnut the sub-tituti' for Mie reason
that at the Inst meeting of the committee he
stated that he wns In favor of the bill n it
came from tho house. With Mr. Wolcott so
voting the ninjorltv for the mbstltute Is one.
Mint situation lielng mnde possible through
the action of Mr. Jones, of Nevada, who has
heretofore neted in unison with tho republi
enns on tnrllT questions.
VENEZUELAN COMMISSION
May Send Agents to Exsmlne Foreign
Arohlves.
The Venezuelnn commission held Its weekly
meeting Friday, and took up tho enormous
mass of official documents bearing on tho
boundary controversy. It hn been already
Iiroetlcallv determined that Heerotnry Millet
'revest will shortly proceed to Madrid to
ransack the Spanish archives for records that
hi experience leads him to believe nro iu ex
istence, but have not, up to this
time, been connected with the
case. Satisfactory assurances have
been given that every facility will lie nfford
ed him for his researches, and no one has any
Idea that the British government will atteni pt
to place any olstucics In the way of the
commission.
One of the commissioners, or nn expert se
lected by them, will, in nil probability, be
sent to The Ilngue, to study the Dutch ar
chives. As It Is known that historical data of
the highest Importance is In the possession
of French national libraries. It is likely that
a number of the commissioners or their
agents will go to Europe In the next two or
three mouths to bole a meeting.
SENATE ACTS ON CUBA.
Advises Neutrality and Granting of Bel
ligersnt Bights.
The senate committee on foreign relations
ordered the following substitute for tho
previous Cubnn resolutions reported to the
senate:
Resolved, by tho senate fthe house of ron-
resentatlves concurring), Thnt, In tho opinion
of congress, a condition of public war exists
between the government of Spain and the
government proclaimed nnd for some time
maintained by force of arms by tho people of
Cuba, nnd thnt the United Stall' of America
should maintain a strict neutrality between
the contending power, and accord to each
all tho right of belllgerantu in the porta and
territory oi mo uuueu Riuies.
Ere Mail Delivery.
The Postofllco Committee of the nouse has
agreed to report with some amendment
Representative Sperry's bill to provide for
delivery of letters in towns and othor places
where no free delivery exists.
Whenever not less than '10 persons who re
ceive, their mall matter through tho snme
postofllee petition the postmaster at such of'
flee to do so, be is to appoint carriers to de
liver to and collect the muil from such per
sons. The carriers are to receive from the
iieiLons to whom the mall is delivered a com.
pciisation agreed on, and if no agreement is
made thev muv demund not excoedlng one
cent for each letter. Thoy are to receive no
other compensation.
Vhl Succeeds Runyon.
Edwin F. Uhl. of Michigan, now Assistant
Secretary of State, ha been tendered the
post of Ambassador to Germany, to succeed
the late Chancellor linuyon. Mr. thl was
Horn in Somerset county, l'u., uud His bro
ther is postmaster at Somerset, Pa, Mr. Uhl
was tnoiignt oi lor secretary or Htate when
Mr. Gresh.un died. The salary of tho Ger
man Ambassador u tf,ouu.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The House Ways and Means Committee
Will report a bill fixing penalties for selling
or Keeping lor sale wines or liquors under
irauduieui urauas.
Congress has passed a law prohibiting
pugilism in the territories and District of
Columbia, under a penalty of from one to
five years' imprisonment ,
The treasury circulation statement Issues!
on the 8d. puts the amount of gold in the
United States, outside of the treasury, at
tWJ,110,M5. The amount of all kinds of
money In circulation is placed at tl,6Ki,720,
607, an increase since January 1, 1HU6, of
10,113,e3. The itr capita circulation 1
jil.47. ' :
WILL OET 84 IEB CENT.
Good News for Policy Holders in the Order
of Tontl.
By a decision of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, affirming the decree of the
lower court, all members of the Order of
Tontl will share alike in the dUt rlbution of
the funds now in the hands of assignee Fran
cis Shuuk Brown.
The effeot of the decision is to dony the
claims of the matured certificate holders to
be paid in full, and to affirm the ruling of the
auditor awarding a dividend to all members,
matured and unmatured, iu good standing
on March 18, invi.
The dividend awarded Is 96 per cent upon
the amount paid In by euoh member In good
standing, less sick benefits received by him
and interest thereon. The case now goes
back to the auditor to prepare a schedule of
distribution in accordance with this decision,
and as soon as this is completed and con
tinued by the court the assignee will make
distribution in accordance therewith. There
are more than 16,000 certlllcatus entitled to a
dividend, and a great number are held in
Pittsburg.
A Terrlno Explosion.
A ter.fble explosion of dynamite, killing
two mn and damaging large amount ol
propeo'.y, took place at the compression
Mouse) used in connection with the new South
Lawrence sewer at Lawrence, a-aas.
CONGRESSIONAL
Summary of the Most Important Meaanrt
Froiontad in Both Housos.
romt-TmnoDAT.
President Cleveland to-dny sent to Con
gress a reipiest for nn appropriation for
some of tho Italian victim of the Wnleu
burg riots In Colorado.
The passage of the senntn free roltinge
sulistitute to the house bond hill wn re
ported to the house to-dny, nnd the bill wn
n-rerreii to inn wny nnu menu commuter.
The nrinv appropriation I III wn reported
from eoir.mliloo and placed on the calendar
The house then resumed consideration of
tho District of Columbia appropriation dill.
ronTY-roORTn hav.
ftennle A sharp contest occurred In tho
Reunte between those favorable to advancing
the appropriation bill nnd those desiring to
to take up general legislation. The latter
element provnlled In two test vote, nnd the
right of way was secured by the resolution of
Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, to reform the method
of considering the appropriation bills by dis
tributing tlicni among the several commlt
t'H', This wn strenuously resisted by the
friend of the npimiprlatlon committees, who
contended thnt tlio ehnnge was revolution
ary and designed to dlsmnntlo tho rominlt
tce. The llnnl vote wns not reached, but It
wns evident from the debnto and incidental
votes thnt a majority favored the change.
House Secretary Cnrllslo to-dny sent to
the House, In response to resolution of that
body, a letter giving iniormntton concerning
moiiey received and expended on account of
t lie seal Islands, etc. It shows tho following
fnets:
Number of seal taken tinder lease from
170, '1,057. "Mi total amount received, tn,
8M.IH1. There Is eH40.67U due nnd unpnld,
awaiting the outcome of pending legislation.
The amount expended for policing tho
water of the lierlng Sea nnd tho North
Pnelllc since lwo was 6 1.4 10.7'JI t Mint ex
pended by the Government for the support
of the native since lS'.lH, 455,319, nnd Mint of
salaries and expense of agents since 1H70,
(127,103.
FonTT-riFTB DAT.
The lolnt resolution directing thn Secre
tary of Agriculture to enrry into elToet the
lirovtslons of the agricultural appropriation
for the current Hscnl yenr. for tho purebnse
nml distribution ol seeds and Inrmers bulle
tin, wero discussed. Mr. Vest, Democrat, of
.Missouri, made one ol HI characteristic
speeches In support of the Joint resolution,
homing up tne noereinry oi Agriculture to
rldiciilo on nccount of III refusing to dis
tribute seeds and condemning tho free silver
movement
The House ben an consideration of tho re
port of the Committee on Ways and Menus,
nvominendliig non-concurrenco In the Sen-
nte free coinage substitute for the bond bill
passed by tho House Inst DecemlsT, Mr.
Dlngley, chairman of tho committer, spoko
for two hour on it. I ho dlscu.slon was
continued nt a night si-sslon.
ruuTV-rirTii cat.
Semite The resolution offered by Mr.
Quay, Republican, of Pennsylvnnln, Inst
luesdny, to recommit tho House tnrlli mil,
with tho tree coinage substitute, to tho II
nance Committee, with Instruction lo report
them buck as separate propositions, was
modlllcd by Mr. Guuy by striking out tho In
struetion nnd Inserting In lieu of them the
word, "for further consideration, nnd tho
resolution wns laid aside until next .Monday.
Mr. Morgan gave notice of an amendment
to thn resolution, providing Mint count rle:
which win iilitKU u mien nimcs silver inn io
gul tender money In payment of custom and
good Imported to this country shall haven
deduction of 10 T cent, allowed In United
Stati1 custom dull". It imported In United
States vessels or In vessel belonging to tho
country receiving tne deduction.
House Representative Acheson presented
In the House the petition of 11. A. Cnrr and
47 other citizen of Elntwooils, Fayette coun
ty. Pa., praying for the pnsenge of the Stone
Immigration bill, He also Introduced a bill
directing the sion;tnry of wnr to supply Tost
1(18, 0. A. R. with four condemned cannon
balls, to lie placed In the soldiers' lot In the
cemetery nt California, Washington county
Pa.
The senate freo coding substitute for tho
house bond bill was debated llvo hours In
the house this afternoon and for threo hours
nt the night session. Nevertheless, the pres
sure from members for time to present their
view I so great Mint It seems possible now
Mint tho debate may be run over into next
week. Tho speeches so fur have been tamo
ana ury.
roBTY-SIXTIt PAt.
Sennto Mr. Allen. Populist, of Nebraska,
addnwsed the Seuute to-day In favor of tho
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine, mid in
conclusion said:
"If. unhappily, the time shall come which
God grunt It may not thnt American valor
must ngaln be displayed on tho Hold of bat
tle In the defense of American Institutions
and against foreign grod and aggrnndlr.'
ment, we may oonildently expect thn men of
America to merge under flag of freo conse
crated IIK'rly It to permanent nnd glorious
victory."
House Tho House continued tho discus
sion of the bond-iillver colnngo bill. Mitwr,
Newlnnd. Silver, of Colorado; Hnrtinan
Kepubllitiii, of Montann; Williams, Demo
crat, of Mississippi; Brodoriek. Republican
of Kansas, and Bowers, Republican, of Cult
fornin. snoko in favor of freo coinage, uni
Messrs, Tucker, Democrat, of Virginia;
W alker, Republican, of Massachusetts, and
I'ttttereon, uemocrai, oi Tennessee avuiust it.
VORTY-SEVKHTH DAY.
The House sient Saturday In discussion of
the Senate free coinage substitute for the
bond bill. Mr. Grosvenor, Republican, of
Ohio, spoke In opposition to the substitute,
which was advocuted by Mr. Towne, Repub
lican, of Minnesota, and opposed ny .Mr.
Hall, Democrat, of Missouri. Mr. Hull
(Dem., Mo.), announced his conversion
sound money.
to
CONFESSING TO THE MUBDEB.
Two Men Arrested in Cincinnati For Pearl
Bryan's Death.
Boott Jackson, accused of tho murder of
Pearl Bryan, of Green Castle, Ind., confess
ed his guilt to the polios of Cincinnati and
he Implicates Alonzo M. Walling. Walling
has also confessed to a persouul knowledge
of the murder of the girl lust Wednesday
night Walling tries to lay the whole blame
on Jackson. Jackson made his oonfession
by small Installments. Not a word of details
of the crime has be spoken.
Wednesday week Pearl Bryan left Oreon
castle, lnd . for Indianapolis, ostensibly to
visit friends. Falling to return, her parents
sent to Indianapolis and learned she hud not
been there. The brother of the girl, Frank
Bryan reported his sister's disappearance
to City Marshal Starr. Starr reported this
story to Cincinnati detectives who were in
Oreenoustle. The detectives took the dead
girls clothes to the home of the Bryans,
where they were at onoe Identified as
those which Pearl had worn when she left
home.
Pearl Bryan was the daughter of Alex
ander Bryan, a wealthy furnier living near
Greencastle. She was blonde, aged 31
years, and graduate of Greencastle high
school. "
HALF OF IT IN SI0HT.
Progress Toward the 81,000,000 Preiby.
tartan Fund,
The million dollar committee of the Pres
byterian church met in Philadelphia, Feb, 4.
From reports' received over one-fourth of
the million has been received and ono-half it
insight. Dr. McEwan and Robert Plloalrn
general agent of the Pennsylvania railroad,
were appointed to secure the services of soma
of the ablest men of the ohuroh to arouse
interest in the large cities. General Beaver
and Rev. Dr. Roberts form a special oomuiit
pjoto look; after churches jyt reporting.
IHE WONDERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
LOCATED THE BULLET.
Pro.'csior Roentgen's Discovery Totted In a
Practlonl Mannar.
Midlcnl men In Montrenl hnvo been for
week anxiously wntehlng the experiments
of Professor Cox, of MeGlli University, with
Dr. Roentgen's method of "Invisible" pho-
igrnphy by the cathode rny.
(in Christina rtnv a bullet wn fired Into
the enlf of the left leg of a young mnn mint
ed Cunning. The Injured youth wn taken to
me Montreal itenerni Hospital, wnern ei
forts were mnde to locate the bullet by prob
ing, but without success. The wound heal
ed over nnd two week nft -r the accident
young Cunning left the htspltnl. All went
well until last week, when the wound be
enmn troublesome from the fact Mint the bul
let Mill remained In thn leg.
Tt wn decided to trv tn loentn the bullet
with the assistance of lr. Roentgen's discov
ery. 1 !e young mnn wns token to onn of
the rxperlitientlnir Inborntorle Inthe Physic
building nt .Mcdill University where the ex
periment was to toko plnee.
When ho hnd taken Ids sent a cntnern
holder containing a Stanley sensltlr.ed plate
wn plneed against a henvy block of wood
nt one side of the leg, the latter being held In
a steady position by menu of hnndnges nnd
tOWel.
When all was In rradlnrs the electric cur
rent was turned nn. '1 he light Immediately
begun to flnre nnd flicker, but after a short
lntervnl beenmo quite steady. At the enil of
40 minute tho current wn cut off. tho
bnndages loosened and the plate taken to Mm
dark room for developing. After the Inpse
ol 10 minute l'rof. Cox ronppenred. llo
nid he had every reason to fed gratified nt
the result "The bones In the calf of the leg
said he "nre plainly discernible In the pinto
nnd In addition them In n solid substance
there which I nm convinced is the bullet.'
Tho doctors In nttendnnce nnd the patient
himself were likewise pleased with the r-sult
of the experiment. Subsequently the hitter
wa reiiursted to return to the hospital
where nn oierntlon will lie performed ns soon
n n print can be obtained from the plate.
1 nomas A, Kdlson, his laboratory nnd bis
assistants mid employes nt Llewellyn Park,
near Orange, N. J., ore these days devoted to
fathoming the mysteries of Prof. Roentgen
X rny. The famous Inventor himself works
Irom morning until morning, working nt
nothing nml striking at nothing but the new
form of light.
An exi erlmrnt of Interest wns thnt of de
termining tho relative resistance of certnin
metals nnd substances. Narrow strips, one
eneh of hunt rubber, celluloid, steel, glass.
fclno, nluminiim and lend, were fastened per
pendicularly about half nn Inch npurt on a
neee ol cnrdiionril. 1 no card wns insreneti
o the shutter of a slide, within which wn a
sensitive pinto. The strip were then ex
posed mr eignt minute to tne ray.
Tho negative obtained showed thnt the
steel wn prnetlenlly impenetrable! bad and
aluminum oiiereii mini or no resistance to
thn light! hard rubber, celluloid nnd rlnc
suecuiulH'd In a like measure, and glass gave
fair resistance, it Is known thnt the glass
Of the tulies retains 75 per cent, of the rny,
nml It has rs.-rn suggested that a winnow ol
aluminum be placed In tho tube opposite the
cathode disc, allowing a freer exit lor tho
strange light
Mr. Edison purposes within n day or two
to attempt to photogrnph the bony forma
tion of a human head, and, Incidentally, to
see if it I possible to get a shadow of the
brnln.
Whether the brnln will resist the rny and
firevent It production In shndowgrnph form
not known. What obstruction will be of
fered by the skull Is nlso undetermined, al
though the theory, apparently sustained by
the experiment, lit Mint bone will not allow
the lay to penetrate it
BY FIBE AND FLOOD.
The Villas of Boundbrook Cut Off From
the Outitde World.
Boundbrook, N. Y., Thursdny night ex
perienced tho most dreadful calamity in
Its existence. It wn wept by both fire and
flood. The wnter from the Itarltan river run
through the street nnd nt 8 o'clock a. m.
wns nearly ten feet high In the main street.
The flood wn caused by tho heavy rain
fall overllooding the Rarltnn river. Tho
water In the meadow brook, about a quarter
of a mile from tho henrt of Boundbrook,
overflowed its bank. It wpt on both sides
of thn Central railroad brluge. The wnter
roo higher than the bridge and rnshed out
from the tni"ks. Tho surrounding country
for a quarter of n mile was flooded.
The threo main blocks In the villngn wero
flooded, and while the citizen wore trying to
rescue, men, women nnd children from the
house that wero ln danger of being wept
away bv the flood a Are was discovered.
Tlio tiro wa flint crn In the iumbor yard
of L. L. Cook A Co. An nlurm was turned
In. but volunteer flrnmen thought more of
humnn life Minn property, nnd they gent
word to Somcrvillo and I'inlnlleid for assist
ance. Engine started from the two places
for Boundbrook. but tliey Had not got fur out
ldo the limits bf their respective towns when
they were forced to return on account of tho
roads being Impassable. No attention was
puid to fighting the lire by the villager. All
of them dirwited their efforts toward rescu.
ing those who wero Imprisoned by the flood,
Rowbonts wore secured and attempts made
to take persons from the second story
windows of their houses, but thoy oould not
be got out
THE IB0N TRADE.
Bnt
Little Doing at the Present
Time
Though Prioss Hold Up.
Tho Iron Age suys: The Iron trade is drift
ing. There Is comparatively little doing.
Some Bessemer pig is selling from second
hands at 612 to 13.26 Pittsburg, while steel is
peddling at en.'io to f lis.
There has been some Inquiry for and mod
erate selling of wire rods, nnd a moderate
run of business in finished Iron and stiwl all
over the couutry, but there Is no vim in the
business.
It is estimated by good authorities thut in
the aggregate the orders for ste.il rails In the
book of the mill figure up between 250.000
and 300,000. In foundry Iron there has been
some activity. The Chicago furnaces have
lowered their price and have captured con
siderable business in tneir own market
Quite a largo business has been done In
copper tor future delivery, and the market
has deoldeilly stiffened. Lead, too, has
shown a rising tendency, and spelter is un
questionably in better shape.
BBIEF MENTION.
The New York Assembly has passed a bill
to Investigate tne alleged ooal trust
The public debt of New York olty, not In
eluding the flouting obligations Is 4)106,949,
400,
Governor Richards has demanded of Sec
retary Olney thut he forthwith rid Montana
oi tne uree Indian.
The ship J. B. Walker, which was blown
ashore ou Liberty Island, New York, Thurs
day is still last on tne rooks.
Burglars wrecked the safe In Rogers A
Sous' bank at Bedford, O., Wednesday
night, with dynamite, but fulled to got it
onen.
Inventor Edison will attempt to Improve
on the Roentgen photogruphlo discovery by
photographing a living man a brain using
oatnoue rays.
Mrs. Mary Vincent, ol Chloago, saturated
her clothing with kerosene and set herself
on Are, because of domestic trouble, Shu
was burned to deatu.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
The West Virginia guard consists of, gen
eral nnd stuff, 11; Infantry, 810; available
for military service, 121,1104.
Several person were bndly hurt, none
fatally, in a wreck on the Cleveland, Canton
4 Southern rnllrontl, nenr Cnnton, O.
Israel Cohn It Co.. wholesnln clother. at
Boston, have assigned. Their liabilities will
be large. Assets istlmnted nt if 1!2.0';0.
Four murderers, two of them. John Jnll
nnd Henry Simmon, entenced to be hnnged
lebrunry 14, escaped irom Jnll at uuiikio,
Ln
Tho Husted reciprocity Insurance bill,
aimed especially at I'ru'slan Insurance
companies, hns passed tho Now York assem
bly. Albert E. Sllverthorn, lumber denier at
Chicago, I under ttfi.lwO ball to answer to
a suit for damages, In which he I accused of
deceit.
The Italian wnrshln Chrlstofcr Colombo, '
hnvlng on bonrd tho Duke of Abrur.zo,
n nephew of the king, ha arrived at Sun
Krniiclseo.
Thomn Sexton, atitl-Pnrnelltn, ha been
offered the lederslilp of the Irish parliament
ary pnrty, to succeed Justin McCarthy re- .
signed.
Joseph R. Dunlnp, proprietor of the Chi
cngo "Dlspntch," hn been convicted ln tho
United State court of sending indecent blat
ter through the mull.
D. H. Goodyenr. snld to be a on of ex
Mnyor D. F. Uoodyenr, of Memphi. Tenn.,
poisoned himself with strychnine nt St. Louis.
Extreme poverty drove h'lm to the act.
The suit of Birdie Sutherland, an English
ballet girl, ugiilnst Hon. Dudley Churchill
Mujorl. links, for 1 1110,000 dnmage for
breach of promise, commences at London.
The body of thn lata United State am- i
bnvsador to Germany, Theodore R uyon, will
be shlpp"d nn bonrd the Bteanv'r Havel,
which will sail from Bremen for New York
next Tuesday.
A Are In MeKersport. Pa., destroyed the
Altmeyer building nnd the Herald newspaper
office. Oeorgo M. linrto, foreman of the
composing room was burned to death. Total
losse, ifM7,C00.
Cecil Rhodes, lato premier of Cape Colony,
I to return to South Africa, to resume
Ids work lor tho Chartered company. '1 ho
chatter of tho company will not be re
voked. Governor Mclntvro, of Colorado, ha se
cured the resignation of Frank Church, pres.
Ident of tho Denver lire and pollen bonrd as
a llrst sli p toward the purification ol tne
Mountain City.
Arrangements nro being corriptctod to do
nwny with about 60 of Mm smull postofflces
In the neighborhood of Pittsburg and make
them sub-stotlonsof the latter oflleo, served
by rapid transit.
Tho missing bend of Tearl Brynn, murder
ed In Cincinnati or Kentucky, by Seott Jack
son uud Alonzo Walling, lias not yet been
found. Much additional evidence bus been
obtained agulnut the two men.
Testifying before the naval Sennto com-
lt.... A... hk.I T. I... W 11..-.
initio--, nuoirn i-uiiiv(iuuuujiiii jivi-
ton, of Bethlehem, snld there was little prollt
in Armor pinto nt 4.:o to ?.'.uu a ton. A
government plant would cost 4,000.000.
John Leo and James Bostle. rival for tho
affection of a young woman of Adams, a
llttlo town live miles west of Oreensburg,
Indiana, attempted to settle the matters with
pistol anil both of them are badly wounded,
while two bystanders nlso received a stray
bullet.
The Jury In the United State district court
deelured the Chicago Dispatch an obscene,
lpwd, lascivious and Indecent publication!
nnd thnt Joseph R. Dnnlon was Its respon
sible publisher, nnd found him guilty on six
counts of sending the obscene publication
through tho mulls.
OPENING THE DIDS.
The Bond Inns Subioribed For More Than
Four Times Over. . ,
The bids for 100,000,000 thlrty-ycai' foe
per cent United Stntes bonds wore, open"
at the Treasury Dopartmont at noon Wed
nesday under the conditions prescribed in
the circular Issued January 0 by Secretary
Carlisle. The principal condition Is that the
bonds must be paid for In gold. For the
convenience of the purchasers, this bonds
may be puid for in Installments, ns follows!
Twenty per cent, at the time of the notice of
acceptance, and ten per cent, at tho end of
inch 15 dny thereafter.
There hnve been received 8,707 hid, ag
gregating tr3KO,232,500, ranging In price from
pur up to 119 and a fraction. All the bid
liuvo not yet been entered, and when this la
done it will probably bring the numler up
In A Fin with A nnPMiunnt.illt.tf l,,,p,.iiaa In tlw.
total amount
Tho iiresent issue of bonds Is the fouy1"
since February 1, 104, all of them hay
been madu ostensibly to maintain tho rl
sury gold reserve. The several Issue huvTT"
been: February, ISM, 450.000,000; Novem
ber, 18D4, if 50,000.000; February, 1B05, 4X32,
815.400. There were 238 separate bids re
ceived for the first loan of (50,000,000 6 per
cent 10-year bonds. The prices at which
they were awarded was as follows; Bonds
nt 117.223 bid, til,i)'M,tlS0: allottd, (40 704,
700. Bonds at higher prices than 117.223,
irU.205.300.
Under the second call for (50,000.000 5 per
cent. 10-yonr bonds S!)4 separate bids were
received ns follows! Amount of bids at 116.
HSS, 50,000.000: amount of bids below
116.HS9H,iil,77ii.ltO;nmount between 161.8M08.
and 117.077, f 5,02U,HOO; amount at 117.077,
50,000.000; amount above 117,077, (lO.vtf,'.
250. The lad 177.077 was made "all or noth
ing" by a New York syndicate, and this bid
whs accepted.
On February 8, 1895.' the third issue of
bonds was uwarded under contract to the
Morgan-Belmont syndicate. It was (62,
815.400 four per cent 80-year bonds, and the
price paid for them was 104.4'JOD. .
DEADLY EXPLOSION AT SEA.
Evidence! That the Oil Tank Steamer Wild
flower Blew Up.
Capt Anderson, of the tank steamer Phos
phor, which arrived at New York, said re
garding the British tank steamer Wlldflower,
which left Philadelphia for Bouen, France,
on December 11 lust, and has never lieen
heard of Uice,thut the steamship Loch Etlve
on her arrival In Cork, January 8, reported
that about 260 miles west-southwest from the
uoast of Ireland on January 8, the crew saw
a sudden glure ln the sky. As fur as the eye
oould see to the westward theskvwaa a vivid
red for a moment and then it died out slowly
uutil, ln a half hour the sea was again la
durkness,
A lew seconds after the first glare a dull
roar like the discharge of a heavy gun, made
the Loch Etlve vibrate and rock. When
Cant. Anderson found that the Wildllower
bad not yet made port he became convinced
that the llaru-up was the explosion of the oil
iu the Wlldflower's tanks. There were Si
men on the mlsslug vessel. She wanln com
mand of Capt Stan well.
AVAILABLE NATIONAL 0UAXB.
Standing of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia National Guard.
The Adjutont-Gonurul's report as to the
strength of the uatiouul guard of the several
Btntus was snt to the House on the 4th. The
llgures for Penusylvauiu are us a follows
Generals and stuff, 04) cavalry, 18; artillery.
244; Infantry, 7,804. The total number of
men available for military duty iu the Stat
is 812,815.
The Ohio guard number as follows: Gen
erals and staff, 1U cavalry. 71; hospital
corp, 183; Infantry, 5,814. The total num
ber uvulluble lor military service U retiinatetl
at uou.oou.