HUM UN MERS. ONE BANDIT KILLED. The Plot to Bold tip the Train Exposed By On of the Gang. Two officer were, shot nnd trnln rotiliT, Dnnli'l M'Vln, wn killed In an attempt to holil up the Southbound New Orleans ex press near Tnlnre. Oil., nt 3 o'clock Thurs dny morning. Tim nttcmpted robbery wns ono of the mint dnrlng 'thnt hns tnki'ii plneo In California anil probably would hnve nuc ccdod hnd It not boon for tho perfidy of on of the nhlier. The ofl'.eors In Tilnre were Informed thnt nn -attempt would le nimle enrly In the morning to hold up the Sunset limited. The mull who gave Information gnvo the detail of the plot nml snid thnt nt llrst ho lnt mlid to take juirt In the robbery. Under Sheriff Karl Duggart nnd Constable lliil, nrtned with phot guns, went to the .pln"o where the rol'lierv wns to take plneo, nnd wnlled the nppronch of the rohliers. The robbers chnngfil their plans, however, uud decided to hold up the New Oricnn express. 'J he thn e l-nndltn honrded the trnln lit Sel mn, two climbing on the roar of the baggage enr, nnd the other ono on tho tender. As the trnln pulled out of Goshen, the robber who hud betrayed his companion, left the trnln, without their knowing It, rushed into the telegraph olllee nnd told the openitor to tell tho sheriff s part v hero thnt the robber hud changed their plans. The ofllcer hn tened hnek to meet the train and boarded the train nt Tngue. The rohl"-rs did not Intend to mnke their presence known until after the truln hnd jollied out from the Million, but tho officers Knw the m n nnd opened lire. The bandit returned the volley nnd Sheriff Daggett wn hot through tho In nu-. sustaining a wound thnt will probably prow fatal. Constable lteed win Hhot In the shoulder. Mi-Cool, Who In licllcvod to hnve Is-en onn of th Dnlton gnng, wns killed. The other robber senped. FIVE MEN KILLED. Terrifio Explosion of IS Tom of Powder Near Xingston, X. T. Two terrific explosions oeenrred nt tho l.nflln-ltiind powder mill at Hilton, nix miles from Kingston, N. V., and tho force of the explosion were felt there. Five men were Mown to li-cs, Kilns Peterson, .Tohn Jones, Emory Docker, Norman Decker, Solomon Hmnllcv. About 60 men were employed nt tho mill, and ninny of them were hurt, although at present It In not known how serious tho in juries mny be. It wns a few minute after 11 o'clock when the calamity occurred. Tho glnzlcr nnd dry house went up, shuttered to atoms by tho force of tho explosion. Only live m-n" were engaged At work In thnt department, nnd thom were the live who were killed. What entiHcd the explosion will never be known. Following the Hint explosion nn adjoining building took Hre nnd It, too, wns blown to pieces. The terrllleil workmen tried to rench places of safely, but many of them were ntruck by Hying tlmliors. The surrounding village were shaken; nil the window for mile Hround were broken and the bulldingB clone to the powder mill tottored. Tho ecene wn one of great excitement and to aild to the disorder the buildings ad joining those which hnd lecn wrecketl ignit ed. These were badly damaged before the lire could lo extinguished In nil 80.000 gound of powder were doBtroyed, and the loss to the compnny In placed nt 1 00,000. Of the men killed all were married except Norman Decker. Their bodies were fright fully mutilated, portionH of thein being Bcot tercd among debri far Irom the scene of :he explosion. EMMENS ON X BAYS. The Van Who Invented Emmensite Hakes a Wonderful Disoovery. Several Importnnt discoveries hnve been mndo In connection with tho X rnys by Stephen II. Emmons, of New York City, who claims to hnve Hiiocceded In obtnlnlng tho rays from tho ordinary fmnlienm, nnd Iuih tnkeu excellent pictures therewith. He hna also, he Islieves. succeeded In re flecting the X nij'B. which heretoforo Ium lieeu conKldercd impossible of rclloetlon. Thin opens up a remarkable field, for It nieanB that the raw can be concentrated nnd with proper npamtuk be ubwI to produce photographs Inatuud of muro shudowgrnphs usnt present. Dr. EmniciiB hnn found wlint ho holievra to be the X rayK In alutolute dnrknowt, ami hn caught It effects on a sensitive plate. His experiments convince lilm that the X rny is as universal as gravitation itself, that there is a correlation between It nnd nil other forms of radiant energy and that It mny be chang ed uudor proper oonditlous into tuoBO other forms. He Is now trying to turn the X ays Into ordinary light, nnd If ho succeeds wonders mny be worked later. It may be possible to light a dark rooai by using the waste radl aut energy of the boiling kettle or the ordi nary radiator, or by coll!tJng nnd turning into ordinaiy light the X rays of the dark ness Itself. ' Dr. Emmens Is the well known inventor of "EmmenHlto," the iiowerful explosive adopted by the United UluU tlovurnineut lor military purpose. IX0N W0BKS CLOSED 0a Executions Tinder a Supremo Court De cision. Tbe Solar Iron Work of William darks tons ft Company, I'lttsburg. was clusod by tho sheriff on executions resulting from tho deolslon of the supremo court at I'lilladelphla in the case of Elixnheth D. Clark, uilmlnls trutor of the estate of E. L. Clark, W hus band, against Jane Clark, her niother-in-law in which the defendant was ordered to tiny the plaintiff :i,000. ' The executions issued aggregate f fiK,B25 and Include -15a.00O by the plniutilT, 17S, OO0 by tliu bondsmen, 400,000 by 1'rnuk L. Clark as trustee for the creditors and e2U,. 000 by tho Carnegie Htool Comnuny. These xeoiitiou wore to protect June C'lurk' oredltors and siiruties. CHEROKEE BILL HANGED. Wao Only 80 Years Old, Tet Had Commit ted Many Murders. ' Crawford Goidsby, alios "Cherokee Dili,' the half-breed, was hanged Tuesday In the United Btutos Jallynrd at Fort Smith, Ark. He was baptized by a Cnthollo priest Tuesday morning. He made a will giving his mother Ilia farm uenr Lenapnu and disposing of bia worldly alia Irs. ills body was shipped to his old home in the Indian .territory. He was only iiO yeurs old. but was charged with many murderers aud robberies. He was a member of the Cook gang of outlaws. Last July, while in Jutl. he killed the guard Ijiwrence Kullng. Bayonets and Legislation. The Kentucky Legislature Is la session In a military camp, aud inartlul law pre vails In and around the oapitol building. The extreme teusiou has Its origin in the Kepuliliuaiui depriving a Democratic member of the house of his seut, which was followed by the Democratic senate ousting two K iiuhllcans. Death has also deprived the Demoorata of one of their number, aud tbe J'opullBt member has declared a purpose to vote fur. the, Itopublkiuj candidaW fur ens- WANT RECIPROCITY. Many Bepllel Becelved by ths Ways and Means Committee. Oenernl responso Is being mndo by thn commercial nnd manufacturing Interi sts of the country to the circular letters addressed to them by tho Ways nnd Menus Suli-Com-mitten on ltivlproclty and Commercial Treaties, Inviting expression of opinion from them ns to the ndvisiihllity of emlenv orlng to renew the reciprocity agreements mndo with ninny foreign cnimtrlin under the ti-rms of tho McKlnley tori IT net. The re- 1lics so fur reel Ived numler sevcnty-ulne, ncliidlng the Inrirest niannfiii'turlng con cerns enst of the Mlsilppl river, nml those most heavily Interested In tho export trade, Thcrnfo mi uuiinf tl. nal lo prepoiub'riince of deilre for the renewal of the reciprocity agreements noted In the replies, nml In ninny case the writers cite figures to show tin1 grent diminution tn their export trade ths' has followed the repeal of the provision of the Inw under which these iiKreeinciits ex isted. Three grent commercial organizations nro on the committee's list of correspondents, and nil of them nro reeorded ns most cm phntlcally fuvoring reciprocity. Thcv are Hie Miller's Association of Milwnukee.'c. A. I'lllsbury, presideiil : the cini inuati chamber of Commerce ,md .Merchnnls Exchange, nnd the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Of the 79 replies tl4 nro strongly in advo cacy of a renewal of tho reciprocity agree ments, as they were under the Mckinley n"t: throe lire opposed to anything in the nature ol reciprocity or that coiitemplali s dlKcrlml nation In trade with the worhl. four are In clined to favor n qualilletl kind of reelpocity agn ement, and four lire nut responsive to thedln-ct questions of the committee and merely take ndvantngo of the opportunity to ventilate some private grievance. NO V. S. SENATOR. Kentucky's Legislature Failed to Break the Deadlock. When tho legislators went to the cnpttol Tuesday morning tho Louisville nnd Lexing ton companies were parading; abuit town, while the Frnnkfort company was doing duty about the stnte building nml grounds. Jack Chlun and Col. K. II. tiallher, of the Second regiment, cnm near having n clash. Onlther sjioko to Chlnn plensnntlv and the hitter replied that ho did net want him to talk to him. Onlther retorted angrily and both stnrted to draw weapons, when lien. 1 Wnt tlnrdln stepped between them. When the House met Mr. Harnett offered n resolution endorsing the governor. Home one moved the previous question. The spenker put it nnd In n -minute the House presented the wildest scene of the session. The previous question was ordered by a vote of CO to 41. Then the resolution wus adopted by n party vote. The prellmliinry roll cnll showed Dunlnp not present, nnd no Democrats answered to their names. The chair announced thnt Oil had answered, but that a ballot would be taken to see if 70, a quorum, were present and voting. Tho ballot begun, hut not a mnn. Hcpiibllcnn or Democrat, answered to his nnme during the call of the Senate's roll. Mr. Durnhnm asked for a cnll of the Sen ate absentees, but was not accorded a sec ond. There wore no votes In tho House un til llurnhnra's name was called, and he voted for lloylc. (inrrott also voted for Doyle. No other persons answered, and the I .allot resultisl In, lloyle, a. Mr. Howard moved that the session lie dissolved everlastingly , terniillyanil forever. His motion carried with a wild yell. A mem ber started up the doxology and the crowd in the lobby Joined in. Although ho fulled of re-election. Senator lllackburd will return to Washington with more or less Jubilance In him. Ho bus not expected to lie re-elected for some weeks, but the crown was placed on his feeling of victory this afternoon when he leiirneil that the legislature had expired by limitation, and that nobody bad hi cu chosen. CHASED IN CUBAN WATERS. British Steamer Ethelred Pursued by a Spanish Cruiser. The Hiitlsh steamer Ethelred, dipt Hoi klns, which arrived nt Huston from .lumnicii, reports that she was chased for an hour and n half by a Spanish cruiser, on Wednesday, March 11, while on her outward passage from lioston to Jamaica. The l.thelred was too fast for tho cruiser, which oulv inudo nine knots nn hour, to the steamer's thirteen knots. Tho chase began about it p. m.. when the Ktholred was about eight m'H s oil' Cape Mnysl. Tho Spanish vessel hoisted a Hag. Thn Ethelred did likewise and continuing on hi r voyage, paid no further Ifocd to tho wnr shlli. The latter, however, nt once stnrted in hot pursuit and continued the chase for DO minutes, when sho gave it up ns the Ethel red had been constantly drawing away from her. No shots were fired from thewarshii). The passengers on the Ethelred became greatly excited. The officers of the steamer claim that they Were outside tho three mile limit, and that they werejustllleil In evading anv attempt to detain them. The Ethelred achieved con siderable notoriety Inst summer through having been lired upon by a Spanish cruiser. FOUR MEN KILLED. A Frightfully Explosion of Gunpowder in Gold Mine. Word has Just been received of a terrible explosion at the gold mines of Bossland, in the remote northwest country. As a result. four are dead ana two are ao seriously hurt that they will probably die. Two boxes of gunpowder Ignited while being thawed out in a tunnel. The dead are: Thomas Iilggons. married: Mike liavlgaii, single; Joseph Dolaii, single, and Daniel Kynch, single. The injured are: 1M. Shanahan, single, not expocicq io live; iiime iiroons, suiglu. They Had a Battle. TheEspann battalion met 1,000 insurgents under Laeret, or Zayas.it, Xencs. near El l'ahnc,, east of Havana, and an engagement took place that lusted two hours. Jt is re. ported that the rebels left seven dead on the Held uud carried other dead and wounded off Willi them. The troops had three wounded. Insurgents have entered the town of Ouurii, province of Havana, and sacked and burned u number of stores. Their presence caused panic. To Care For Visitors. Tbe Business Men's league of St. Louis has established a bureau of information to sup plement the work of the committee In llml lug accommodations for delegates aud visit ors to Ht Louis during the Itepiibilcnn con vention and also during the Top-ilist uud Anti-Dimetulllc convention in July. The boarding-houses are beiug canvassed and arrangements made to accommodate 30,000 vislto s, in addition to those the hotels can tuke care oL F0REI0N NOTES. It la asserted that Osmond Digna will quit Eassala aud Join the dervish forces around Dongola. The meeting between King Humbert and Kaiser WHUaiu will tuke place ut Venice In the middle of April. Tho Senate Committee on Territories have favorably reported the bill for the admissiou of the Territory of Mow Mexico to stutchood. After peace has been declared lifug Men elek may visit the cxar. Tho Itussiam ambas sador is negotiating for the pacsagu of a Hus sion ambulance corps through Muenuwua. Permission la certain to bo grun'.ud. 1011 Hit BENEFIT OF CONGRESS. THE SPANISH SIDE Of tho Cuban Question Sot Forth by Minister Dupuy de Lome. Tho statement of the Rpnnh-h side of tho Cuban question, ns made by Seiior Deputy d Lome, theSpnnl-h Minister, furnished l.y tho Secretary of State to the Senate Com mittee on Foreign ltelntiom, nml to which considerable reference has been miule In the debute n Cuba, was rend III the Senate by Senator Morgan. The document dateil .laiiuary ami l- introduced with n cable dlspntcti from Oenernl .Marline. Cittnpo, In which the Oenernl says: "The so-culled insurgent tlovernment hn no lived ie....e e. 1 hey clinic to the villus nnd hnve returned to Caniaguey. One fnirdlv know where thev wander IIS Loon lis ii column of the army goes In their pursuit., iiieyooiioiiivenorresi.nl in nu innai.lteit place, nnd do not exercise any act of ell government." Scnor de Lome then takes up thn question of the siiirar tnx, saying It Is not of great Importance. "If," he says, "the crop should Is- entirely lost nnd the average exportation of Doo.ooO tons were absolutely lm possible, le o-e to the Treasury would be irr.0.01'0. Tills Is less than 1 per cent of the war expenses.'" Continuing, he says the insurgents do not occupy nny part of the coiintiy permntientlv, nnd that, as they are well mounted, It Is easy for them to outmarch the troops. Their tile til's are not to engage lu lighting, but to at tack the small towns garrisoned onlv bv very small fi rci s of militia. lr there' are more than iO sol, Hers they never a proa.-h the block houses. Only when their forces greatly out-iinmher those of the nrmv do a pnrt of them stand to light, to nllow the others to follow their usual tactics. Scnor de Lome says that, considering only the II mil result of the war. the condition has been tmprove.1 by the raids of the two Cuban lenders, Maximo (ionic, nnd Mitcco. 1 he advance In the vicinity of Havana wns In tended, he declare., for thentrl -nl effect, and with the hope of creating nn uprising in the largest towns. In which latter respect It hns lulled. There wns, he dei-luri s, never any prosi t of their Investing Havana. There have been no decisive victories, I nuse tho Insurgents would not stand to light, and the Spanish forces have Ix-en scattered to pro tect property. The J Minister states thnt the wnr enn onlv be compared with Irregular guerrilla and In dian wars. l'i nee enn only ls attained ty the c. in stant persecution of the bunds, by'preveiitlng them from establishing themselves In n part of the country, by lessening tie lr number by eeiistiint engagements and by discounting them, diminishing their resources and proving to them that tin y cannot succeed because tho greuter and better part of the countrv not only Is not with them, but is against them." He snvs they have merely been changing their Held of operations in' traversing the country, but have gained no ground. The statement explains the advance toward Havana by snying that tho Spaiii-h troops attacked what wns mistaken for tho main body of the Cubans, mi l that while in pur suit, Moinex nnd Miveo pushed to the west. Nothing, says the minister, could have been easier, us they lire mounted and without com mlssnry. The destruction of the cane fields is the greutest dnmnge that has been Indicted, and this could not be prevented. The statement Is repented III several places that no town In tho western part or the island has risen In support of the Insurgents. BUSINES3 NOT ENCOUBAOINO. The General Tendencies in Industries Not Encouraging. It. a. Dun A Co. say In their weekly re view of trade: "Failures for two weeks of March cover liabilities of G, 71l.3,.i7, against t7,372.4"l Inst year. Failure for the week were 201 In the United States, against last year, and 4'.l in ('una, la against ,'lj la-t year. Movement toward Loiter things is still the exception. Thorn Is better business in small Industries but the general tenden cy of industries nnd pilctw is not encourag ing. Those who were most hopeful n mouth ago nro still watting, not so hopeful, for the expected recovery. Obstructions to recovery are not to be sought prlmnrilv in the Invest ment or money market, but in the Indu-titni reaction after the unnatural expansion of de mand ami prices last year. If the manufacturers get narrow profits or none-.they are at least doing a business which will keep most of the works In operiitlou. Tho woollen mills have different conditions aud with prices already reduced tielow Inst year's lowest average lind wool 5.3 per cent, higher than It was then thcv are not getting busiu"ss enough to keep works In operiitlou. Sules of wool were the smallest In liny week for years. The Iron Industry shows but a slight aver age decline In prices, as combinations still insist upon the highest prices of last vear and the demand in naturally curtailed. a irouiiiesome tent lire ot tne situation Is the stringency In commercial loans, not be cause of scarcity of money, but because banks are disturbed by failures of some Im portance. Ilradstreet'e says: General trade through out the I'nlted states for the flist quar. tor uf IH'.Hi Is disappointing. When the Im provement In liutiistriul nnd commercial lines iH'tween March uud Septemlvr, 105, Is recalled, occuirlug. as it did two veurs after the punic of 1NM, reason would seem to have boon behind tho confidence that the current calendar year would bring a general revival) but the most favorable reports at this time are those which declare the volume of busi ness only equal to, In a few Instances In ex cess of, the like total one year ago A REDUCTION AT OLIVER'S. Tonnage Workers Given a Cat of 10 For Cent In Wages. The tonage workers of the Oliver Iron and Steed company, Pittsburg, comprising about 60 men. were given a 10 ncr cent, re ioetlnii in wages, the cut to begin on the 10th. The men wero notified Saturday when they drew their puy. Tnere was some comment, but they decided to accept the situation, uud no trouble is expected. There has been con siderable agitation among organized Iron workers concerning the Oliver men for a long time, but there Is not likely to be a strike. The Oliver comi.auy during the past year has paid the Amalgamated association scale at intervals, but uot recently, when the scale ndvun.-ed to 4.I0 a ton. For several mouths ine punuiers nave received 4.a a ton, but the reduction takes effect from a ti rate. That was the rate adopted ut the lust wage, adjustment based upon the average shiis. ments during January and February, and the Oiiver cut Is in addition to the reduction from H.liO a ton. D, li. Oliver, general manager, states that the reduction wus forced by business con ditions, and that wages win be restored as soon as business justilles, us tuucouipuuy did some months ago, voluntarily. EXPRESS HIT BT A FREIGHT. Many Passengers Injured and Some Laid Dp. The fust line express, eastl.ound, on tbe Pennsylvania railroad, which left llarrisburg ut S.ii a. m., Tuesday, ran into a live stock trulu uear bteeiton, aud caused a serious wreck. Two uien wero killed, and a dotcu were injured. Tim dead uru: Saiuuul Welsh, engineer. Lee Strouso, tiremau. Hoth are from Philadelphia. They were in ehurgj of tho locouiullve of the passenger TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. A furious blluard rnged throughout south ern Vermont. The house snt nil Wednesday nlgVt on the Manitoba school bill nt Ottawa, Out. A favorable report hns been innde to the senate on the ndmisslon of Arizona to state hood. The schooner Jonathan Rnwver Is nsliore on San.lv Hook. The crew will be tiiKen of In breeches buoy. The Illinois Central rnllrond will spend fl.'.uO.OiMI to Iny double trucks between Chl eneo and ( 'alro. Senator Flklns Introduced a bill tnxlng Im migrants who do uot come hero In American ships tin inch. . The Democratic city convention nt Colum bus mlopteil n resolution Indorsing ex Oovernor Jetties E. Ciimpocil tor tho Presi dency. Among public) building npproporlntlons which were fnvornblv reported bv the house committee Fridny was one of ei.COO.OOO for t levelnnd. ' tieiieral ninnesty for the insurgents of the Island of Crete, Including common Inw offenders, has been proclaimed by order ot ue nuoiiii. The Chicago branch of Peck Ilros. A Co., New llnvcn, Colin., idumhlng nnd steam lilting supply house, wns placed In the hands Ol n receiver. The Chlengo-St. Timl rnilwny magnates iiuvo iiecnieii to let tne iiuiiknrds travel to the Northwest by tho Wisconsin Central, ln- siniieii as iney enn v prevent tnem. President Debs, of the American llnllnrnv I'nloi minus the report from Pittsburg that the telegraphers are being organ ized ns n division ol the American Hallway 1 llion. Patrick Lnrkins. a saloon keener nmt P P. Vincent, n real estnte broker, ore under nrrcsl, charged with swindling a number of Chicago business men out of nn nggregato iimoiini oi T4U.UUU nt CIHcttgo. All the Shiiulsh newsimiiers lire recoenln. Ing the reliction against iiiigolsm which hns titlien place In the I'nlted States Semite. It Is felt mm' that nil danger ol hostilities Is over, utilise some utiforscen event should occur. The four masted schooner Viking. Cnnt, Onrdner, is two weeks overdue and fears are entertained for her surety, sho left Newport, News. Vit.. February 23.' with coal for Fall lllver, anil was blown off the coast In the heavy storm of the following week. In the Federal courts of Chicago Judge iirosNciip refused to reiniinil the suit of the Luke Street Elevated Hallway comniinv ngnltist the the Farmers l.oiin llml Trust Company, of New Vork, and oilier trustee ot tho tioint mortgages. It wns learned dellnitely that tho lit-rmuda which sailed from New Piirk for Cuba car ried sufficient arms to equip S.000 men and over 1.000,000 cartridges and td-titv of dvnn- mlte. Oen Unrein wiw not on board the llermudn us reported. Minister llnyardjhns been censured by a me in me nouse oi jtcprcscntiitives tor de claring in nn address before n philosophical rocieiy hi iMiinuurgu tniii "protection is form of state sociullsm" which bus done more than nny other single cause "to foster eiass legislation and erente Ineiiiialitv of for tune, to Corrupt public life, to lumlsh men of Independent mind uud character from the public councils, to blunt the public con science nnd place politics upoli the low level oi h mercenary scrumoie. FIRST STEP IS TAKEN In the Interest of the Great Inland Watsr- way Improvements. Senator Quay Introduced a resolution as a fl i-st step In the line of tho immense Inland waterway Improvements thnt he advocates. This resolution proposes to hnve the Secre tary of War institute Inquiries and exnmina- i s into tne projects which, If cnrrled out, will result In n svsteni of waterwavs.iiueouiil- -d in the world nnd of Incalculable bencilt to the country. Mr. iiiay provide III his resolutions for nu appropriation ot 2.000 to be expended by the Secretary of War in ascertaining the lonowmg: Mist Tho value nnd commercial Imtiort- ance of all property rights and franchises belonging to or claimed by tho Chesapeake ami Delaware Canal Company, the Delaware nnd ltaritnu Canal Cotnpany.'the Allieniiarlo mid I licsapeake Canal Company, the Al chafalaya liny Compnny, Its assignee or ns-sl-rnci s, nml of the ennui at the tails of the Willamette river, near Oregon Cltv. Ore I his Is ordere-l with tho view of ascertaining the probable cost In ease the property should ue iinien ii'uier condemnation proceedings. Second The resolution provides for uu In qulry as to the cost nnd practicability of tho improvement of tho Ohio river l.y movable dams or otherwise, so that there shall lie a depth of not less thuii six feet ut anv point on the said -river of a continuous wiiterwnv from the Deliiwnre buy to the mouth of tho St. Johns river lit Horldiis and a ship canal ueross the Isthmus of Florida, and of a shin cuual between Lake Erie and tbe Ohio river at a point ut or uenr the city of Pittsburg, 1 he I'nlted stutes is not to be commuted to the piircliiiBC of any of these Imiirovements. uud the secretary of war Is required to tnuke a report io emigres on tuo nrst Monday ol i-iect-iuoer, injf. DEATH FROM THE CLOUDS. Aerolitio Mass Demolishes a House and Family in Kentucky. The people about llindman, Ky,, uro very much exercised over a report Just received that a large mas of stone und cinder like substance hn fallen on the side of Pine inountulii, which is located on drossy fork of tne Kentucky tlver, uiiout 2! miles from that place. Persons living ill the vicinity say they were startled by a whirling sou ml and tlu-n a cra-h. Large atone uud chunks of iiiui-k substance came rolling down the moun tain side, scattering In evcVy direction for hundreds of yards along the valley. The house of Mrs. Hester lutes, on the mountulu side, was demolished uud the logs scattered iu every direction. Mrs. Yatus uud family, consisting of Severn) small children, were buried beneath the debris. The hard suls. stnnce was over half burled In tho mountain side, but striking a solid rock, hud burst into hundreds of pieces. People for mile around liuve turned out und are now searching -for the bodies of Mrs Vates and her children NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAT. Between ths United States and Great Britain on Venesnela. The Under Heeretury of State on Foreign Affairs, Oeorge N. Curzon, In the House of Commons, admitted that the Government had received ofllciul proposals from the United Statin) relutive to tbe Venezuelan dis pute, and thut they are now under consider ation. He added that it was not the practice to stute the nature of the proposals while they ure under negotiation: but it la not correct to describe them, us stated in tbe question .ut to the government, as an expression oil he part ol the United State of willingness to uccept or propose a (choma for a Joint commission to report on the Venezuelan boundary dispute. It bas been learned from a high authority thut Orcut llrltaiu has uot received a propos al to take j. art lu a Joint commission for the purpose or settling the t'ruan incident of the Yeuczucluu dispute. POLITICAL NOTES. The Wisconsin Fourth congressional dis trict Iiepubllcau convention elected McKln ley delegates. Three out of tbe six assembly district In Erie county, N. V., elected delegate to tbe state convention favorable to McKlnley. II. OFFICIAL STATEMENT SOON. He Will Bo Supported By Mr. Cleveland and The Entire Cabinet. Secretary Carlisle) Is a cnndldnto for the presidential nomination nt Chicago, nnd n public nnnoiincememeiit to thnt effect will Soon be mndo by one of the Recretnry friends In tho eennte. This announcement, however will not be mnde until President Cleveland hns formally idtitod Ids purpose not to permit his name to be us-d In the con vention In connection with a third b rm. It Is learned on excellent authorllv that the I'M shield has fullv derided" upon this course, nnd It Is e'xpeited Hint he will mnke known his b teimlnntlon with in a short time. Although Secretary Ol ney's nnme has l een considered with favor by Democratic leaders, It Is known thnt he docs not desire tin tiomtimtb.ti II id t,. doulitedly true that Mr. Carlisle's candidacy will hnve the support of Mr. Cleveland nnd member of his cnhlnet. Ho will go Is-foro the convention ns the representative of the "sound-money" views of the administration. Ills friends In conducting the ca!ivn for Mr. Cnrlisln nomlnntlon will urge thnt it be made npon a sound-money platform, nnd, If he lie Biiceessfbl -it Chicago, will then make this Issue prominent lu the campaign lend ing up to the November elections. COMPROMISE EXPECTED. Olney and Salisbury Again Negotiating on ths Venezuela Dispnte. No denial I mndo In oniclnl circles nt Washington that direct negotiations with Oreat Ilrltnln respecting tho Venezuelan boundary dispute have been resumed by our stnte department nt tho point where they were left off by the exchange of noti-s be tween Secretary olney and Lord Salisbury last July nnd Novemls-r. It mnv lie fairly surmised thnt the main eflort now Is to agree upon some limitation of the extent of the territory to be thrown Into arbitration or direct negotiation, and a compromise Is looked for between the Hchombiirgk line, representing the extremo concessions which Great llrltaiu has boon willing to make heretofore and the Essequl bo, which marked the wildest claim of the Venezuelan government to jurisdiction. It may Imj assumed with reasonable certainty Hint once such nn agreement Is ren -hed as to this limitation of the arbitration, the tusk of arbitrating the title to the disputed tracts, or of adjusting tho mutter by direct negotia tion, will not present particular ditlli-ulty. The Spnnlsh forces and gunboats wiit-h-Ing the const succeeded lu ciipturlng an Im portnnt pnrt of the arm nml nuimiiultlou dis embarked near Cardenas by a lllll ustcrliig expedition, whose members, however, tnun nged to Join the rebel bands thnt hud ap proached the coast to protect the landing. HTPN0TIZED INTO INSANITY. Curious Case of a Girl Who Beoame a Raving Manlao. Miss Fortnoy, a well known yotiug In ly resident of Chnmbersbiirg, Pa., was by order of court removed to nn Insane nsyliun n llarrisburg. Tb"ense Is a very peculiar one and Is no doibt the result of hypnotic (lower. Miss Fortnoy is one of three "sisters, and until recently wns iippan-ntly In the Is-sl of health nnd in full possession of her men tal faculties. For some mouths the young lady hnd lieen spending considerable time with a neighbor who is known as n "pow wow" doctor who cure by the uttering -if words nnd other influence nnd spells. Mia Fortney recently hecnii to net qui-er nnd III every way showed that the elderly womnu exercised a strau io influence over her, nn sweriug her call nt nny time during the night or day. When her family remonstrated sho answered that she could uot help It. but must go. On Thursday lost the girl under- one of the strong spells, beuame a raving maniac, and even went so far ns to assault her pastor and physician. The "pow wow" woman who formerly exercised so much control over her is now her greatest nvoldnnce, and the mention of her name In Miss I oitncy's presence niakes'her Insanity nil the uioro violent. RESTRICTIVE MEABURES. Otono'f and McCnU's Immigration Bills Favorably Reported. The House committee on Immigration de cided to favorably report two Important restrictive measure. Introduced by Mr. M Call, of Massachusetts, and W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania. '1 he stone bill establishes, ns a requisite for udmlssiou to tho I'nlted Statue, that the Immigrant shall be provided with a ccrtillcntc from the United States consul or other authorized representative of the United States nt the place iienrcst hi last residence, that ho is eligible to admis sion to the United State under the existing laws. Tho McCull bill, as amended by tho committee, excludes ull mnh e U-tweeu the ngc ol 10 and 00 who nro not able to rend and write English or some other language. Tho original bill placed the age limits at 14 and CO, and applied to both sexes. The omission uf females from Its provisions wus decided upou to prevent the separation ol families. A CRUSHING BLOW. Humors of a Spanish Defeat Are Grad ually Confirmed. Trustworthy Information ha been receiv ed from Havana thnt tbe battle fought a few days In I'lniir del Illo, which tin llsnutehe sent out with the sanction of the press censor oi seniMMi u a npnuiBii victory, was in reality a lamentable defeat for the force uf General W eylor. The Spanish officials will not Hermit the report ot Insurgents' success to be scut out of Havana. It is expected that the details of the battlu will be smuggled over to Tampa und put on the wires. It is the firm opinion ntnonff persons In formed of events lu Cuba that the Spanish cause 1 lost. It is also believed, despite de. nluls, that the last defeat will so add to the disuatisfaotlon against General Weylcr that either his resignation or recall will soon fol low. Liberal Navy Bill. The naval nppronriittlon bill for the next fiscal year will contain the most liberal al lowance for the increuse ot the navy carried by any bill since tbe war. Four buttleshin and 16 tornado bouts was the decision of the committee ou the question of new vessels, which bos been the principal polut of dis cussion in many ineutiugs. The Democrats fought hard to secure six bnttleshlps, but the Kepublicuus stood well together uud carried their polut. The motion lor six battleships was made by Mr. Cuuimings, of New Vork. and was lost by a vote of 6 to 1, but oue Ilepublican voting for it. CAPITAL NOTES. Congressman Dovener introduced a bill to correct the military record of lleujumln F. Veuuin, of Wheeling, W. Vtt. The House Committee on Wnr Clnlms has decided to report favorable a claim for if 10, 000 by the Bute ot Pennsylvania. The Secretary of Agriculture. In accord. anon with the mandate of Congress, will buy V io,uuu,oou puoaet ot seeds. Eaoli memner of Congress will get 18,000 packages for dl- forlU wiuuuuu auiuug ui UUUSWUVUIH. CONGRESSIONAL. Summary of the Most Important Measure Presented in Both Houses. sev.xTT-srvxxTit bay. flennto The bill to amend tho existing law rn ns to place further restrictions uprn Im migration to the United Stntes, wns taken up nnd Sir. Lodge, (Hep., Mass..) addressed tbe senate In advocacy of the bill. Tho bill, he said. Is of thn simplest kind. Tim first sec tion excludes from tho countrv nil Immigrant who cnnnot rend nnd write, either their own or sumo other language. The second section merely provides n simple test for determin ing whether the Immigrant enn rend or write, nml Is added to the bill so nn to define tho duties of the Immigrant Inspectors nnd to assure to nil Immigrant nllke p-rfe.-t Jus tice and a tulr test of their knowled,'-. Mr. Lodge snid the lnllux of l!c!nns, Hungarians, Pole Hohemlnn. llaliun, Greeks nml Aslntb threatens tho very exis tence of the English-speaking race in this continent. A bill appropriating (-2.000 for a r.ln'ue of Victor Hugo, to be placed In the new library was reported nnd plueed on tho caletninr. Mr. Llklns (He,, w. Vn.,) offered n reso lution Instructing the committee on f in Igtt relation to repot t to the senate I eh re :i voto wns taken on the t'nbnn nwdntlons, Ml tb material tacts nnd lludings, seitln-jr forth wh- thi-r or not there exists, a stnto of war In Cubni if so, how long It hns existed; tho number of men nnd olllcers engaged on i nl-h side: whether or not the Insurgents have a constitution and organized guvemmeut;what cities and towns, Inland and on the sea coast, they occupy, nnd what effect the passage of tne resolution would hnve on the insiir- f'-iits. the Spanish government ami the lilted Stutes. The resolution went over un til to-morrow. Br.vExrT-r.iourH dai. The House devoted to-dnv to the bill to amend the administration tnrlfl actoflHiiO, nnd passed It without substantial amend ment. The purpose ol the bill Is to iitrength-n this act, sotno weak spots having In en de veloped during the six yents it had been In operation. '1 he hll, was drawn niter e.xlcnw slve hearings and the advice nnd assistance) of the treasury department, the boatd of general nppralsers. Importer aud other with prm-thul experience on the subject. Oue of the most important change inakeq In creased duties nit penalties for undervalua tion commerce nt tho point of undervalua tion and not nt 10 s-r cent, above the under valuation a provided by the present law. BEVEXTV-XIXTI! OAt. In the Scnntn nn animated controversy nrose over the resolution of Mr. Cannon of Utnh directing Secretary Smith to execute the law for t he public opening of the Uncom pnhgre Indian reservation In Utah. Mr. Cannon snid 2.000.000 acre were Involved, and he wished this mnndatory resolution to overcome the delay of the secretary of the interior. Neither In tho galleries nor on tho floor when the House was called to order to-doy was there nny Indication of unusual or gen eral Interest lu the announced debate upon the resolutions censuring Ambassador Doy ord for bis lioston, Knglnud, nnd Edinburgh speechc, thnt have been on theenlendnr for nearly a mouth. Only about 100 member wero In th'-ir neat and the gallerie only sparm-iy lined. nnd the debate wns opened by Mr. Stewart, Populist, of Neva la. Debate on the Ilnyanl resolution was continued In the House, and toward the close of the session descended into an exchange of personalities Is-tween Messrs. Sulzer, Democrat, of New York, and Vin son, iu'puoiicau, oi Tennessee. IIIIIITV-FIBST DA BAT. Senator Mitchell todav renorieo io me Heniito from the Election s tumm ine joint resolution proposing on in nmendmi nt b the constitution, providing for the election of senators by the direct vote of the people. Iho iimenilmcnt. It Is snid, doc not in slli litest degree trench upon the svstem upou which our government Is founded. It proposes a change In the mode by which the States rispceilvcly and the people Hereof shiill chose their representatives In tho Hfti- A very stringent t ill, to prevent the carry ing of oi scene literature and urtielee for lu iloecnt and Immoral use Irom one state or territory to another, wns to lay ordered to be reported to the house Py thecommitte on commerce. The measure Includes express, companies or other common curriers. The penalty for n violation is Imprisonment of not more than live years uud i,000 line. Mr. Iloatner, of Loulsnua, was unsealed by the house by a vote of 101 to fill und the sent declared vacant. About a doxen bills were favorably ncted upon ut the night session of tho house, Put there were no IncldcLtg wor thy of tmutlou. EDISON'S TRIUMPH. Suoooods in Locking Into the Human Heart With the Naked Eye. Mr. Edison has succeeded in penetrating the human body v Ith the nuked eye. He looked into the- heart and luuge, and examin ed the arteries, the blood vests-Is and m jscles of one of hi nsslstauta. Ho has, perhaps. prrmqjs life and re vol II-,. . liorlKoJ i promise reacned tne crowning glory oi nis life has opened the door which at once tlonl.es and lncalciinbly widen the of the medical world. The great Inventor has fulllHedthenru ma le to the world oue week ago he has laid bare to tho eye of tbe physician und lie aur- geon every organ und tissue uud bone of the human body. The simplest mind cuu grasp what this means lu the diagnosis, the treat ment nnd the actual observation of the pro gress of inturuui diseases. It Is very simple to Mr. Edison. . With the powerful ciithodu light behind his pniieut, be gues through a screen of prepared chemi cals and sees every organ of the body as. plainly as he Bees the dishes on ills dinner luble. If his subject stands very elosu to the light nothing whatever Is seen the light goes through bone aud everything, just u sunlight goes through gluss. If the patient steps u lout or two nway from the light the human skeleton stands reveuletl. A step further from the light, and tbe muscles, tis-bui-h and orguus of the body upiieur us piuln ly us If thcro wus no outsldo covering of llcti. Aim so on as ine uisiiiuch irom ine llgna uud the focus is changed. Mr. Edison Is now completing a llouresceut screen eight feet high, which will enable hltu to see all this, from the tup of your head to the soles of your Icet. , Through the New York Journal lost Hun. in- 1th day Mr. Edisou told bow ho could, with proper iirruugemeui, see turougn a block or wood eignt lucnes tldck. tt wus mere llimlsh shadow ut thut time that could be seen. Now un eight Inch block of wood offers uo mure imfiediinent than a lace veil. Last week Mr. Edison wus experimenting to Und a Uuorcsceut stream. NEWS NUGGETS. Eight thousand people were killed during; (he recent massacre at L'rfa. Mluuesnttt Ilcpublloun have declared for Senator Davis for president, with MoKiuley as sccoud choice, , Ore shippers at Cleveland have decided upon uu advance of (1 10 on standard )iea Scmer for the coming season. Kecretury Provost, of the Venezuela coni mlstiou, states thut reports of a decision having beeu prib-tlcully decided upon uid un true. TUo work will uot Is) completed for mouths, V
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