urEST irgm raira. NEW CHINESE DIPLOMAT. Mr. Fang a Han of High Standing and Scholarship. The Chines lawyer, Magistrate and diplo mat, Mr. Wit Fong Fung.whose appointment to the Imperial Embassy hers hn jimt been announced, la In all certainty the moat ac complished mnn personally that has so far hwn nsslgned by Ills Government to this post. Mr. Fang will not hare to depend up on an Interpreter or secretary tn his Inter course with the State Department for ho epcnka most scholnrly Fnglish. Ho Is n lienehor of Lincoln' Inn, Iondon.and ihore fore a barrister at law before the English Courts, having been almltted In 1H79. De sldia this, hn is a graduate of Cambridge and of a German university, from which he re reived n dnotornto of luw. Tho new Minister is especially strong on International law, havinH completed for his tlovernment a re markable translation ami compilation la Chinese of leading American anil European authorities, lie In from a Southern Chinese province and resided in hi youth in Hong kong, where, since his return home in 1x7. he has served several yonr ns n salaried Magistrate under the British authorities. Mr. Fang Is a man of good stature, of pure Fur arlan stock, and is of quite dis.ingulshcd and tntu.leclunl aspect GERMANY'S MANUFACTURES. He Empire Falsing From an Agricultural to an Industrial Btnto. The rnpld cbnngo of the (lermnn empire from an agricultural to nu Imlustilnl state Is net forth by Consul J. C. Mumighan la n re port to the State Department, lie says every where one sees new mills in course of con struction. In ( honinltz nnd thereabouts the manufacturing development is simply en ormous. Nothing like It l.ns ever been eoeu iljef.ire. Hereafter, sayt the consul. Germany Mill do all her manufacturing at home, buy ing only agricultural pro'lticta aud raw mat erials nLroaJ. 11" cites the fact that Ger many I.- iirt longer buying steel rails nbroad, ruit is making them at home. The manufac tured exports of Uermany during tlio first nine mouths of thu current year reached the enormous lotal of lHt705.(jOO tons, or nu In crease of 3,000,0(10 tons over the entire year prece tint. 'J he consul says Germany must continue lo look to the United States for cotton, coru nnd petroleum, and he says there is a less demand for wooden ware, car riugeu, hhO"s, typewriters, crackers, biscuits, etc. The Importation of American tcxtilo fabrics foil oil hut year because of the tex tile depression In the United Wales. The consul says Germany continues to look lo the United States us tho beat market la the world for textiles. Tl-.e Question of Coast Dofenos. While ths engineer ofllcers of the army are rnst.lug forward tho fortitlcntion of our eoast defenses and denying, while they are Ioing it, tlint impending trouble with Spain lias anything to do with the liHsie exhibited, members of Congress now iu W nshiiigton uru quietly dlscusHlng the sumo subject and pre li trim; to make a demand for an unusually largo appropriation at the coming session for that purpose, l'romiuont among those inter ested iu this question Is Senator Pro"tor of Vermont, ex-Hoeretary of War, who believes that our naval establishment should be sup plemented with seacoast fortilleations com mensurate with the enormous coast line we have to protect. BILLING THE NATIVES. Sevolting Talo of Cruelty and Avarict from tho Hebrides. Report have been received from New Hebrides Islands, lying west of FIJI, that tho liutites are being sold like sheep for from 8 to 11 per head, und thut many are subject ed to ga nt cruiitlee. Die New Hebrides are under Joint Anglo French control. The Now lieurides Coin puny, n hlch has large Interests in the Islands, iiut year sent A deputation to Sir 'J'. Me flwruith, the colontul treasurer of Queen--land, complaining of this joint control, und suggesting that Sir W. MacGrcgor, adminis trator of British Mew Guinea should also have jurisdiction ovor New Hebrides Sir T. llcllwrnlth said in reply, that the only solu tion lay In the annexation of the Island by Ureal Britain, or In the establishment of a protectorate ovor them. There Is a British nigh commissioner of the western Tactile who has jurisdiction to settle disputes between British subjects living in these Islands and others. The Anglo-t rench control was llxed by a convention between (treat Britain and France on October 24, 1H87, in which it was .Agreed that the protection of persons and property n tho New Hebrides should bo ae curod by means of a mixed commission com posed of navul olllcera belonging lo til" En glish aud French uuvul stutious in the raid He. FIVE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. While tho Parents Wars at a Danoi Thai Homo Burned Down. "Five children of Mr. nnd airs. Snyder Neal, living five miles north of Hamilton, Mo., were burned to death Saturday night. The Neal building was burned while the parents were attending a danoe. When they reached the burning building the father saw his 11-vcar-nld girl lying, burning, in the front door, clasping her It-year-old brother tn her aims. The flame prevented rescue. The father fell la a swoou, and has been a ravlug maniac ever since, Nora, 8 years old, is the only survivor of the lire. She says that the children at home, Calllo 18, Unttle 11, W illie 7, Clurouce 6, Julia 8, und herself, retired at the usuul l our In ni. upduirs chamber. The next she knew the lire was coming through the floor, and the building wus enveloped In Uumeg. she ays thut ail six Were aroused. She rus tied to the second story window aud jumped to (be grouud, calling to the others to follow, s the Are had out oft escape by th J stair way. It la thought ths fire was caused by an In osudiary. . IB 8H0BT 6100,000. Cashier of a Lebanon Bank Who Speculated in Seal Estate. The amount of the defalcation of Cashier J. II. Holler to the Flrat national bank of Leb anon, I'., will reach (100.000 or more. Early ttunday luorulng Cashier Holler sent for ejenutul Gnbln, a director of the bank, and made a clean breast of his defalcations, lie stated thut they extended for a period of sax years. An expert accountant took charge of the books aud papers of the bank. The directors are able to make good the defalcations so that the depositors will not suffer. Holler's heavy speculations In real ettite are supposed to have bueu the cause of his downfall. COST SIXTEEN LI TEA. A Disastrous Prairie Fire la the Seminole Country. A. prairie Ore swept over ths Seminole country near Boehelle, and 10 persons, it Is reported, were burned to death. A Catho lic mission was saved by the heroin work of Misters Freda and Kirk. These two sisters .fought the tlauiea for two hours with blank ets and saved the liven of ill) Indian pupils. The tire was aturted by outlaws who were fleeing from a posoo of deputy marshals. Moet of the people burned were half breed Ajtdiaos. THE BRUSSELS EXPOSITION. An Opportunity for Amerloane to Display Their Prodnots. Ths Belgian government Is making ever preparation possible to ensure the sticee? and Importance of the International Ksposl tlon to be held at Brussels, April SiOcto ber 81, ls7, nnd It Is highly desirable thnt the Industries of tho United States ho well represented on that occasion. Tne United 8tales Commissioners appointed by Soorn tnry Olney are Trof. J. II. Gore, of Colum bian University, Washington, 1). C, and Thomas Wilson, of the National Museum, l'rof. Gore was U. H. Commissioner at Am sterdam ami Antwerp nnd was nlsoonthe jury of awards at tho World's Fair nnd nt the Atlanta Kxpositlon. Mr. W ilson was for merly U. H. Consul at Nnntcs and Nice. The Commission Is urging upon the pro ducers nnd manufacturers of the country, especially those handling raw material fgrntn, oil, cotton, tobacco, eto.,) building woods, furniture, nnd canned goods of which commodities Belgium imports large quantities the saving of tlm", money, and trouble thnt will be elTected by eelr.Ing the opportunity offered by the Exposition for the Introduction of their products In the foreign market. 1 he bicycle and typewriter concerns are nlso afforded a fluo opening and several lending manufacturers have already express ed their Intention to exhibit. It Is designed thnt the Bureau of Labor and the Bureau of Anlmnl Industry shall make characteristic exhibits, and the bureaus of Immigration In the various States will be called on to make a display of the soli of their respective States together with an exposition of their agricul tural characteristics anil and advantages. The Belgian government hns appropriated 80 ',003 francs to be distributed ns money prizes besides the awarding of the usual diplomas nnd medals. A special prize of 2", 000 francs will also be awarded If there bo ninons tho exhibits one of sulHclent origin ality nod merit to warrant It. Applications for space, which will ho received us Into ns January 1. 1N07, us well ns requests for fur ther information, should be addressed to l'rof. Gore, Columbian University. WEYLEB'B LOSSES. Maceo'i Forces Killed 8,000 Spanieh Sol diers is the Eubi Hills. The Chicago Tribune's special from Jack sonville, l'ln,, says: Colonel Joso lleyes.nid-de-enmp of Gencrhl Mneeo, wounded nnd en route to New York for medical treatment and with dispatches to the junta, passed through hern Wednesday, He says the battle in the Itubl hills of I'innr del ill o was the moct sanguinary of tho wnr. He claims that 2,000 of Weylcr's men were killed In two days and twice ns many wounded. Weylrr went to the Held with 8.",000 men In thrm) columns. Ho found .Mneeo entrenched 111 a creseent shiiped range of hills. When at tho foot of the hlils the Spaniards were met with a withering lire thnt cut gaps In their ranks. liaeco's men shot from behind rocks and trees and gradually gave way before the Spaniards, who, encouraged bv what they thought to be a victory, pursued them. Sud denly n dcnfcnlng explosion rent the nlr nnd n scene followed something like the mine horror nt Petersburg during the civil war. Horses and men were blown high In the air nnd fell to the earth dead and mangled. 'I ho dynamite mine was touched off by John Linn, formerly of this city, who is Mnceo's electrlclnn. lilnceo let loose his dynnmits guns, prepared by Linn, und more havoc was wrought. In tho mine explosion Colonel Reyes says Weyler lost 700 men killed nnd 600 more In the charge, besides 1,1100 wounded. Next day, Muceo, knowing of the reserve torce under Weyler, retreated to even a stronger position There he wus attacked by the column under General Kcbcgue, who was roundly thrashed and driven from the field, losing H00 men killed, besides 1,1100 wounded. Next day Mneeo rutreated again, maneu vering nil the while to entrap Weyler Into a Held that had been honeycombed with dyna mite. Meanwhile, however, General Weyler, hearing thnt there wits danger of an uprising In Havana, because of his failure lo crush Muceo, hastened buck to that city.'. A IEBBIFI0 EXPLOSION. A Boy Flaying with Rltro-Olyeerine Blown to Atoms. W illiam Porter, aged 13 years, son of a far mer Iu Fawn township, nenr Mlllerstown, l'a., was blown to atoms by an explosion of nltro-glycerine. Several companions who were at a distnnce were severely hurt. Por ter's shoos, some fragments of hie clothing, and a piece of his skull were all that were found. A well wits being drilled on the Dallen buugh farm, which adjoins Porter's farm and stored about the well were a number of cans of nltro-glycorlne. Operations had been suspended for Sunday and the Millers' hnd placed the explosive in what they thought was n safe place. A number of boys, lncludlug Porter were playing about tho the new well. Porter found the glycerine nnd began playing with It. There wus a ter rific explosion, the derrick was wrecked, a great hole was torn in the ground sur rounding the wall, and tho ulr was filled with flying fragments. Tho force of the ex- floston shook the houses for miles around, oner's companions were knocked down nnd stunned by tho explosion. A few cuts and bruises were the result of their injuries. In a short time the people commenced to gather. At first there was no trace found of Porter, but the searchers soon found t few pieces of clothing, the shoes aud a araull pleceof skull. Tbe luiured boys were taken to tbetr homes. AH EXCURSION BOAT SINKS. The John E. Hoore Strikes a Hook Hear San dy Hook and Goes Down. Tbe steamboat John E. Moore, with 150 ex cursionists on board, on their way to the Ash ing banks, struck on a rock near Handy Hook and sunk 10 minutes lutor. Only her upper deck is above water. Word was conveyed to tbe Sundy Hook life saving crew by tbe stew ard nnd llreuiun of the steamboat who rowed ashore In a small boat. The life saving crew set off In a lifeboat to be on hand to rescue lives If neoessary. Thu steum pilot boat Walter II. Adams, which was steaming down to the bar, heard a signal for assistance and bore down quick ly to the Moore, launched her lifebout aud took off purt of tbe Moore's passengers. Tbe tug C. E. Evarta, which had dropped down to Quarantine to meet the fog-bound North Herman Lloyd steamer Havel, also went to the John E. Moore's assistance. TEX FEET OF SNOW. ' Worst Blistard in Tears In the Horthwest Storm on the Lakes. A special from Bt, Paul saysi Report received hero from Winnipeg, Manitoba, stute that the worst blizzard in years Is now raging throughout the Canadian province. At Winnipeg snow drifts 7 to 10 feet high, are common. The wind is blowing at the rate of 50 miles an hour. All telephone and tele graph wires are down and railroad trulllo will be seriously delayed. The steamer Eriecson and schooner Cor liss, of tbe Rockefeller fleet, which cleared from Ashluud, Wis,, Wednesday ulght, re turned to the harbor, after a vain battle with a terrifllo gale. Tbe steamer aud bur con Sort were unable to make any headway against tbe sea, and were finally compelled to run tor shelter to save herself. NEWSY NOTES. The revolution in Uuruguay Is gaining strength. Heavy rains in India are reducing the danger from famine. Hhouiuger. Levy ft Co., wholesale dealers in lacee, Chicago, oonlesaed Judgment for VM.OOu. TRAGEDIES OF MiniHi Dir. DIED BEFORE HIS VICTIM. Attempted Murder and Bulolds at a Mrrry Hsklng. The serious Injury of one man at tho hands of another and tho death of tho would-be murderer from self-lnfllctud wounds, abrupt ly terminated the festivities nt the celebra tion of the twentieth anniversary of the mar riage of Mr. and Mrs. .f. W. Cuppoau, at Itie hold station, ten mile south of Butler, on the Pittsburg und Western railroad, Thurs day night. James StofTor, 1 year old, was a gue.it at the Cnppeau residence, and Gerard W right, a step-son of Cappenu, without a word of warning, attacked HtolTer with n hatchet, striking him three time on the bead and once on the shoulder, each blow laying open the flesh to the bone. Without a sound HtolTer fell. W right dropped his weapon nnd walking to the other side of the room he pulled a ra zor from his pocket, nnd In sight of his mother and a number of the guests cut his throat from ear to ear. Those who witnessed the deed were rooted to the spot with hor ror, and with the blood flowing from him In streams he hacked nt his nock until he fell over dead. HtolTer, although nt llrst reported dead. Is still living. While terribly Injured, he will likely recover. Tho nt tempted murder was the result of a quarrel a year ngo, wlun Stoffer hit Wright with a stone, breaking his Jaw and knocking out several teeth. Wright threatened to get even, and ns he wns a little unsound ment ally at times, his mother had kept a close watch on hhn. When HtolTer cumu to tho fmrty she secreted everything st" thought ler son might use ns a weapon, but he eluded her vigilance, and attacked his victim while he wns engaged In n game of checkers with a friend In one room and the dunce wns going merrily on in another. Fatally Wounded Hie Son. Henry Wills, a Gorman butcher, of Troy, N. Y., stabbod his son nt their Thanksgiving dinner tnble. Tho boy, who Is only lOycurs old, will die. Iho trouble nrose over a trivial matter. Young Wills went Into the house nbout a o'clock. Two eompauieiis were with him, nnd they were Invited to dinner. Iho father hnd seen bis son coming down the nlley and observe I that hn stopped f talk with a neignbor mimed ltobln.-on. '1 his nngred the senior Wills, and no asked hli sun why he had not Invited ltoblnson's wife to dinner nlso. Tho lxy made an In pndeut reply. At the time Wills was standing nt the table, ready to carve tho turkev, which was on tho table. W ith this knlle ho' attacked tho boy, stab bing him twice in the side. The boy was taken to tho Troy hospital immediately Tho attending pliys'eiun de clared he eould not survive the night. Wills was arrested. Fatal End of a Foud. An altercation occurred nt Beallsvilln, O., on the i'.allalre, Xnpemllln nnd Cincinnati railroad Thursday night between Constable Boss Sillier nnd James Johnson, and the lat ter died from a gun shot that he received nt the hands of Miller. Thu cause of the trou ble was nn old grudge. The men renewed their quarnd nnd Miller drew a 41-cullber re volver nnd tired, the bull entering the moutb and tearing through the hose ol the brnln. EVICTION WARNINGS. Indiana Mintri Notified to Hove Out by Two Big Companies. Notices of the eviction were posted Mon day by the Parke County Coal company and the Coal Bluff company, who operate mines In Vigo anil Parke counties, Indiana, nnd em ploy 1,000 men. This is tne result of the ac tion of the miuers' convention Inst week de ciding to continue tho strike lor to cents. These operators iiitond to run their mines In dependent of the miners' organisation and to bring In men who will be willing to work for 58 cents. President Knight, of the Miners' associa tion, says ho has reason to believe thnt In a few days several of the operators who have been holding out for the 65 cent rate since Inst May will pay 60 cents and thut when one does this the others will follow. The miners' olllcluls have said that one half the bituminous miners Iu the state were working at the tiO cent rnte and that n largo number of others were working 'irregulur," as It Is culled, for less than that under tho box measurement bnsis of pay. President Bally, of the apsocintion, furnishes it state ment tn show that of the mines that produce tho 1,700,000 tons of coal a year those who have 710,000 tons of the output are now Idle nnd that of those at work only 680,000 Ions ant mined where the 00 cent rule la paid. Those working "Irregular" represent 410, 000 tons. FROM MERRIMENT TO DEATH. A Wagon Load of Young People Precipi tated Into a Creek. A party of a dozen young people who lef Enslcy City, Ala., Haturdny night Iu a wagon for a hay ride bad their merriment trans formed into death and disaster before they bad proceeded a mile on their Journey. Ten days ago a new bridge was completed across Village crock, near Eusley City. While crossing the stiuoture It gave way, precipitating tho wagon aud its loud of hu man freight 15 feet bolow into the water. Not a person in the vehicle escaped unin jured. W llllam Shannon, aged 20, was hurt about the head, which caused concussion of tbe bruin, from which be died.' Miss Maggie Uarllgan was seriously Injur ed uboutthe head and her back was strained. It is feared sho will die. Cheries Barnes hnd his scalp cut open for two inches, and received Internal injuries which may result futility. 'i ho water In tho crock was six feet deep, so that but for the timely work of those least Injured the young ladles and those most se riously hurt would buve been drowned. A TOWN WIPED OUT. Dieaatrone Fire in Caiotde oa the Great Northern Railroad. Nearly Joe entire business portion of the town of Laveuwofth, Wash,, the headquar ters of tbe Cascade division of the great Northern railroad, was burned on the 20th. Every house opposite tbe depot, with the ex ception of one small building, was lost. The Ore originated in the oltloe of the Jorks ho tel. The lodgers had a narrow escape from cremation. A cook in tbe hotel named 811 veretone and a brakemon named Thomas Matzdorf were severely burned about tbe bead'and face. Leavenworth Is located on the eastern slope of tbe Cascade mountains, and Is h thriving town of about 1.000 people Inhabited by railroad men and miners. Lashed to the Rigging. Tbe Southern PaolQo railway's steamer Ban Benito, which left Taoomu for Bon Francis co on Thursday last with a coal cargo of 2, 000 tons and a crew of 43 men, was driven ashore euriy Sunday mornlug, two miles north of Point Arena iu a heavy gale. Eight of the crew weru drowned. Ten others were picked up by tbo steamer Point Arena. -The remainder of the crew were rescued Monday morning by a boat and transferred to the steamer Weeott, The survivors, numbering 23, were taken to Uendocluo, The steamer Sun Benito will be a total loss. Tblrty-nv men were saved and eight loot. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. James Tirr Shot and Inetently Killed Hie Iretty Tenng Wife. A tragedy occurred near the mining vlllngo of Export, Pa., Rnndny night. James Tnrr better known as "Chuck," shot and Instantly killed his wlfo w ith a SR-rallber revolver. He died Instantly also. Both were shot through the heart. The tragedy occurred nt the home of Mr. Tnrr'a father, John Long, a farmer, living 2't' mile southeast of Export, Tarr, who Is nbout 27 years old, lived nt Plensnnt Unity. He was married to Birdie Long on May HO of this year. They had never gone to house keeping, .Mrs. Tarr preferring to live with her nrents. Iho husband endeavored on sev eral occasions to persuade his wife to go with him to Pleannnt Unity, but she always refused, and, It Is ssld, he became Jealous of her for the pnst few months, nnd on the oo easlon of his visits to tho Long home acted sullenly, and the Longs became afraid of him. Sunday morning ho arrived nt the Long residence, and during the day attempted to get a secret eonferenco with his wife, but up until a moment before the shooting he was unable to do so. Just nbout 6 o'clock, find ing bis wife alone In a room he hastily enter, ed. A hasty and unnudlble conversation oc curred between tire two, nnd then a loud re- fiort of a pl'tol brought the member of the amlly. Mrs. Tarr, tiie young wife, dagger ed to the door nnd fell dead. The bullet had passed through her heart. Quick as a flash the murderer Bcpt. n bullet Into his own brenst and It passed through his heart. Sir. Tarr was about 21 years old, and a very pretty little women. Tarr until recent ly resided with his fnther, James Tarr, at Tarr station, south of Grecnsburg. Ho was a butcher, but was a doles fellow nnd was unable to acquire enough money to keep him self. Tho Longs are thtifty people, and were not favorable to the Idea of their daughter going away from homo. An Inquest wns held nn the bodies by Jus of the Peaco Berlin, ot Export Coroner Owens, of Oreensbnrg. wns not notllled of the killing until nearly noon Monday. MILLIONS SAVED BT WARNING. Weather Bureau Chief Speaks of the Bene fit of His BerTloe. Prof. Willis I.. Moore.Chlefof the Weather Bureuii, hns submitted to tho Hooretnry of Agriculture his report of the operations of the bureau during the flscnl year of his ad ministration. Ol the forecast and warnings Prof. Moore say', in part: ''i'itnely warnings of nil severe storms likely to cnusu Injury lo shipping were sent to all maritime stations, nnd nsulted In al most incalculable benefit. In the harbor of Buffalo nlono, during six of tho most severe atorina of the past wiuter, u total of 150 ves sels, aggregating In value upwards of fl7. 000,000, having on board about 1,800 persons, was detained in port by reason of Weather Bureau Warnings." The professor points out that ns a result of the danger elgunls.displnycd at all points, In advance of the West Jndln hurricanes on the Atlantic eou.it no live were lost und that but liltlo property destroyed; that no cold wave or frost of unusual Intensity ha occurred without forewnruiug, und that while no dlstrou Hoods have occurred dur iug the year, wurulngs giveu by the bureau in eases of heavy rain nnd melting snows were the means of saving Inrgo umuUutB of property. The average percentage of verification of tho bureau's forecast during the year was B2.4 per cent, an improvement of 2.0 over that of last year. Kite experiments are resumeiL On one oncaslon, an nltltude of 7,000 feet was ob tained. Prof. Moore says the use of kites I always limited by the condition of the wind. WORKING THE FARMERS. A Swindle TJeed to Get Money From Til lers of the (oil. Tbe following swindle I being worked in dllTerent counties: Swindler No. 1 call upon a farmer with a patent wagon tongue, und Informs him that be is on ids way home, hav ing made a good thing of It and ha only this county to sell. He tells the fnrmer he can have It for t250 and If ho wants it to write to him. In a few day swindler No Z comes along. He had heard that thu farmer has the right of the county for tbe patent wagon tongue, and be wants to buy tho right of the county, and offers the farmer J400 and pay (10 to to bind the bargain. The fnrmer writes No. 1, and sends him hi note for t2M. Ho nev er hear of either of thu men again, but his no'e comes up for collection in a neighbor ing town, ana he 1b out 2I0. BT0NE QUARRY TRUST. A Capital Btook of Five Million Dollars is Figured On. Before the beginning of the new year a big corporation will be formed embracing prac tically all the sandstone qunrrv Interests of the United Stales. Particularly all the build ing stone quurrted east of the Hoaky moun tains comes from northern Ohio, the only other pluce where It is fouud being in a sinull spot nenr Denver. A year ago tho Ohio companies cumo to gether and made a price agreement. They had failed to make money, but after the agreement prollla became larger. They thought best to solidify it by means ol one great corporation. It is estimated that aavlng of 10 per cent will be made Iu operat ing expenses ulone. Tho capital will be t5, 000,000. TRAIN ROBBER! THWARTED. The Railway OfBotals Had Been Informed of the Plot An attempt, with a view to robbery, was made Sunday evening to wreck a Union Pa oillo southbound pussengnr train leaving Ogden nt 0 o'clock und due. Iu Suit Luke City an hour later. Thu plot was fustruled by tho railroad people receiving nn anonymous warning, In cousequunoe ol which the trnin crew was reinforced. Tbe train proceeded very slowly until It reached tbo point where two raila were laid across the track and se curely fastened in such a way as to cause de railment had the truin been going at ordin ary speed. The spot selected, near Kays ville, about Is miles from Hilt Lake, was several miles from any bouse. Cattle Thievee Shot. Officers made a raid on a band of cattle thieve Saturday night ten miles southeast of Vlnta, I. T., killing one and wounding an other. Tbe body of tbe dead outlaw was brought In Sunday. His name was Ely Lynn. Three of tbo thieves were together and tbey were driving about 25 head of steers. The officers waylaid them in a iune and when they came up bolted them. Tbe thieve whirled their burses and broke to run. Two of them with their horses, were brought down at the first Uve shots. One regained bis horse aud escaped. , , TERSE TELEGRAMS. Tbe eleotora Tote 1st MoKlnley, 272, Bryan, 175. The Pennsylvania Company will contrac tor 600,000 railroad ties. Judge Carter ot the oonnty court, has de cided that the Inheritance tax law passed by the Illluol legislature la unconstitutional. A Singapore dispatch says that tha Span iards huve been defeated by the lusurgenta In the Philippines with a loss of U00 of their men, Tbe total popular vote ut the lata presi dential election was 13,670,638, attains! 11.170.662 in MM, a gain ot about a million and a hall la eight years. me or hie m finh FEELING MORE CONFIDENT. Tradori Are Holding Back Until Congreit Mtete. R. G. Dun ACo.'s weekly rcvlow of trade says: Reports from nil parts of th country show clearly enlargement of trade, but not at all points In the same branches, but every where helped by a more confident feeling. Extromc of weather have made the week not nltogethei good for retail trade, but In thnt line also there la Improvement on tho whole. Whent has risen over 6 conts for the week without material change In foreign advices, which have been on the whole lee stimulat ing. The milling demand tn the Atlantlo state Is also large. Corn has sympathized with wheat only n little, and Is coming freely. 1 ho visible supplies of whent do not gain as much as ha been expeetod. Cotton hn gained only a sixteenth; after Its considerable decline. Tho northern mills are milking much less cotton tnnn in pre vious years, nnd tha demnnd for goods is evidently disnpnolnting. W ool wns and Is still bought largely for speculation, nnd earlier purchaser are un loading on the Intter, but tho mills arc not doing much more than in October. Includ ing speculative operations the sales of wool have been for four week B7,HI4t100 pounds, scnlnst li4,2W,oOO last year. Several lurgo mills huve stopped within the past 10 days. The collapse of tho nail combination, and probably the beam combination, nud con siderable reduction in quotations for nail and beams, give reason to look tor a larger demnnd for products ot Iron nud steel, but nt present tho sale against, speculative pur chases made some time ago are depressing prices, nnd Bmsemer pig has sold nt t2.5.J.O, und according to soma report a little lower, at Pittsburg. 1 he demand forsii'ii products a nre not controlled by tho combination 1 somewhat lncrcn!ng, but by no mean a rapidly ns expected. In minor metal tin I scarcely as strong a It wus a week ago. but copper nnd h ad ure stronger. Failures for the week have been flOO In the United Htuti h against V7! lust ycur, nud In ('lunula agulimt 47 lust year. Bradstreci review of the stock mnrket: Irregularity, with narrow lluctuntlons. has been the most mnrked feature of the week's stock market transactions. Speculation has been altogether professional, 'ihe room trader have several times covered their short stocks nnd glveu a temporary tone of strength to proceedings. 'f'he features ot tho mnrket were supplied by the specialties. The general Impression on the street Is that material rallies lire not probable, ami that until congress meets and Some ileMnite Idea can be formed ns to its course In connection with the Cuban situa tion, ns well as in regard to currency and turliT legislntlon, no very pronounced move ment in the market is IlKely. There is a be lief that a r-iiewed Improvement in etock values Is to be looked for after the opening of tii, i new year. Last Saturday's hnnk stfit' :i-eit Indicated a phenominul outpouring f ho:trde. funds, wlillo tho tretiBiiry gold reserves nro ap proaching the 130,000,000 murk. CYCLONE'S DEADLY WORK. Several Lives Lost and Many Houses Wrecked by Wind. The cyolone that raged twenty miles from Waco, Tex., on the 26th, devastated a atrip one tn 1 1 o wide and right miles in length. A number of farm house wero demolished In the vicinity ot Mart, Mcl.eimon countv, and Information comes from ltelsul,slx miles from Marl, that the residence of Buck Douglas wus totally destroyed, hi wife severely hurt uudoueofhls children was killed outright. Five persons wero more or less Injured us far as heard from. The temperature ranged nearly at summer heat prior to the storm. In passing ovor the prairie tho cyolone took away everything it touched, lenvlng the earth bare of grass. A cyclone passed through the northwest of Tunic. Miss., traveling in a northeaster ly direction. One end of a box car on a switch was blown off. A negro church de stroyed and an old mill shed blown down, crippling a teamster and three horses. Three houses on it. C. Irwin's (dace were blown down nud one on tho Fuliner pluce. Surah Clay, colored, was killed, und Sam Clay seriously Injured. '1 heir three children were wounded. A severe storm passed over Western Ken lucky Thursday night. Wire ure down and all roads uro choked by fallen trees. One house wus destroyed at Fulton and consider able damage was done there. Along the linn of tho Illinois Central, In Southern Illi nois, some damuge Is reported. A man and child lire missing nt Kuttawa, Ky. It Is believed that they were blown Into the Cumberland river nud drowned. The ritllwny station ut Kddyville was wrecked. A factory was blown down there nnd the court bouse win purtly unroofed. All truiu are late. Heavy Snow. A dispatch from Bismarck, N. !., enyes Two feet of snow on tbe level and still snow ing Is tha condition that If making cattle men In this section desperate. With thou sands ot cattle on the ranges without food or shelter, the sltuution I most critical, and heavy losses ure expected. There has never belore been so much snow on the ground at this season of the year as now. At Helena, Mont., there is a bllzzurd und the thermome ter Is 10 below r.ero. POLITICS IN A PROCLAMATION. Th Governor of Arkansae Murmurs Over the Result of ths Election. The Thunkigiving proclamation issued by Oovernor James P. Clarke, of Arkansas, contuluod the following: "Tbe people of Arkansas ure Infinitely In debted to the Maker for tho blessings of gen eral good health and for a measure of social aud material prosperity that It has not be4n within the power ot man to entirely dc.ilro by unwise policies and law. We hove boen provided for in abundance irom God' store houses, aud our only cause for murmur or compluiut is to be lound iu tuoh things as the misguided action ot our follow citizens In other sections has imposed upon us. With us, 'Every prospect please, aud only man Is Tile.' "Let ns. therefore, on the dav named, re turn profound and unstinted thank to tbe Creator for the bounty it has pleased Ulm to bestow upon us a a State, aud to praise and bless Him tor the privileges yet preserved to us of still persisting in our task of making those now groping in the darkness of selflBb nets and error know tbe right, aud, know ing, dure maintain It," Farmed and Lynohed. A lynohlng occurred Tuesduy night on the Btute Hue between North Carolina and Ten nessee, near Zlonsville, N. C. Friday Mitchell, 85 years old, criminally assaulted the 6-year-old daughter of Jobu Eggars, and escaped to Johnsou City, where olllcera ar rested bim. They left with Mitchell for Klonsvlllo lute In the evening, and be wus takeu from tbe tralu at Alleutown by a mob. A Banker Goee to fiuoj. Ex-Bnnkor Anthony Kegel, ot Chicago, who lulled last Muy for HO0,0ll0,bo admitted thut be woe guilty ot crime in thu baud ling of tbe bauk'e funds und was surrender I by hi b-ndjmi;u. FARM PRODUCTS AND VALUES. The Immenilty of the Interest and Its Share la Trade. In hi annual report Heerotary of Agricul ture Mortdn recommends the appointment of a permanent director In charge of bureau and scientific investigations. He suggest Increased pny for the chiefs of bureaus and divisions nuif government Inspection of all animals Intended for human food, the cost to be paid by the packers. Ho points out that of the total consumption of meat In the United Kingdom during the flrat si t month of lH'.ifl, the United State supplied 76.10 per cent of the cattle, and 45. '.'6 of the sheep, but as American packer did not cure swine product to suit the British demand they ore not participating a they should In that branch of the trnde. Although the United Htnte shipped 83,000 horse to Great Britain during lHt). more were sent In the first nine months of 1HDU than In any previous year. Mr. Morton says that tha eeede distributed grntuitlously by the government during the present liscnl yenr weighed StHO tons, and oc cupied 80 mall cars In transit Tbe coat of cnrrylng them through the malls was over 70,000. Enough seed was sent out grntui tlously to plant 115 square mile of garden. He hope that this wasteful expenditure may be stopped. During the pnst fiscal yoar the exported products of American farms aggre gated In value tD70.000.000, an Increase of 17,000,000 over the preceding year. In con elusion tho secretary Intimates his belief that the United State is destined to enonopollr the market of tbe world. TORTURE OF NATIVES. The Spanish Intfnieitioa Revived in the Philippines. New from Manilla brought by Ihe steamer City of Peking, in from Hong Kong, show thnt the Spaulnrde hare resorted to torture of natives und halt-cast of tho Philippines which stirpusscs In cruelty that practiced by the Chinese mnndurlna In eases of tbe most ntroiions crimes. They are nlso charged with Conllscntlng the estates of wealthy half casts and deporting these wretched victims to Fcrnadlno, on the west coast of Africa, a place which has a climate thut will quickly prove fatal to the stranger. Then' statements nre not given on the strength of reports of refugees. James T. Davidson, n well-known correspondent, was recently commUilone. I by the Hong Kong Press to go to .Manilla, and cautioned to evade the press censorship, and In several letters which he smuggled through the line he tell ot what he hat seen aud what he ha heard on goo I authority. Aecordlngto him, the Instruments of torture used in the Span ish Inquisition three centuries ago have been kept In the monasteries of Manilla and were brought out recently und used to extort con fessions from native nnd Mestizo suspects, who have been arrested nnd havo been kept In Jail In Manilla, subjected to hideous treat ment. Mr. Davidson nlso intimates thnt tho lead ing powers of Christendom should be called upon to lot rfere nnd put nn end to torturee which revive the worst features of the Span ish inquisition. DUST AND GAS BLOW UP. Two Men Killed and tho Rsport Heard for Thirty Miles.' Tbe St. Louis Gllson Asphnltuin compa ny's mne, three miles from Fort Duohesue, exploded by the comhtiiitlon ot dust and go at 3:80 Tuesday afternoon. Two miner were killed nud three freighters who were loading ore 160 yards from the mine, were injured by living timber. The report was hoard at Vernal, 80 miles away. The build ings at Fort Duchesne were badly shaken und many windows broken. Tho mi na took lire, and owing to the Iu tense heat, it way impossible to get near It. Flames shot from all three of the shaft 109 feet into the nlr and to extinguish them was Impossible. Tbe whole command from Fort l'ucnesne wns mounted ana ourrieu to me scene of the disaster, but eould render no as sistance. It being Impossible to get near tbe mine. It I not likely thut the bodice of tne miners will ever be recovered. The dead are: Charles Anderson, of Ashley, Utah, leave a wife and live children. Andy Games, of Park City, Utah, aged So, unmarried. TWO F. R. R. TRAINS WRECKED. Engineer and Fireman of the Southern Express Soalded to Death. The breaking of an axle on an extra freight train near New Brunswick, N. J., caused a dtsnstrous wreck on the Pennsylvania rail road nud cost two lives. The rour end ot the train wn wrecked. '1 ho southern express, carrying pnssengers from Atlnutn, Washington and Baltimore, was close behiud on auothor track, but run ning nt high speed. Before it could be flugced It run into tho wreckage of the freight train, which hud spread over Its track The engine, mall cur, two baggnge cur and four sleepers wero derailed. The passengers though considerably shaken up, escaped with a few bruises. The truin crew, however, were not so for tunate. Joseph Neegan, 4'J years ot age, of Jersey City, engineer of the express, and hut llremun, II. W. Clllncliester, also of Jersey City, were pinned under their fallen engine aud slowly sculded to death in full view of tne passengers and trainmen gathered about who were powerless to aid them. The bag gage master was badly hurt, but It le thought be will recover. HAD NINE WIVES. Three ef Them Testified Against Him sad Sent Him to the Penitentiary. At Louisville, Ky., W.F. Hart wo sentenced to seven years In tbe penitentiary for bigamy. Though a young man be bos bad nlue wives, lie confessed to eight but another was dis covered after his trial began. Several of hi wives are dead und another is going to get a divorce. Three of hi wive appeared at the trial. Of tbe three here the first was Laura Poe, of Bloomllcld, Mo. Hbe says she wiut married to Hart iu May, 1H03, nud that be left her In December of the same year. She bad a child which lived lo be 10 months old. she Is the one who bos brought suit for divorce. Virda Clerney. of Plpktn, Henderson coun ty, Teuii., was the maiden name ol tbe see oud wife who appeared against him. Hbe la Is year old, aud went with him to tbe altur in August, lsU5, and lived with bim tor seven months, Annie Hatchel, of Water Valley, Is th third Him lived with Hurt seven weeks, during which time be took her to Drum, Mo. On hie return with her in July be wo arrested In Columbus and lodged in the Graves County Jail. She hi itO year old. It Is knowaahy Laura Poe that Hart hail a wife In Missouri with him. The evidence also developed thut ne hud ulso married Miss Averltt in Fulton. Ky., tn lH'J'i. Tbe woitieu were determined to aend him to prlsou, und he brazenly faced them out In the trial. Big Order for Cars. Tbe Ohio Falls oar manufacturing oom puny, at Jeftersonvllle, bos received an or der from the Hloiru Madr und Paulllo ruil ucy, iu Mexico, for ISO box cars, T passen g coaches, a private our und 51 onbooses. In i ouMiqueuce of this order, und other or df. received from road In the United, Stint ', the car work will resume operallou ne t'uesilay, December L Four buudred we u ill be given employment, and this foKu will be increased .u 2,600 by January U
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