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