mill mm of fit dp FIVE INSTANTLY KILLED. Two Whits and Three Cclored Hen Loss Their Lives. By an explosion o( fire damp In tha ('lion taw, Oklnhoinn, nml Gulf railway Company's mine at Aldorson, I T., two whlto and thrca colored miner were k 111ml outright and enty other entombed. Tho dead nret .loo Cox. Martin liny. Hlmon Petty. T. O. Curry. Wllllnra Bishop. Aa aonn aatha smoke had disappeared a number of miners, under thn leadership of the superintendent entered the slope and penetrated tho working to the point where operative hud been engaged, coming across the bodies of the two white miner llrst Cox and Hoy Mhtrnlljr mangled by flying lump of cnal and donL Ten rod further on the hodlca of throe colored men wero reached. Then the acher pushed forward toward the chamber where dome twenty mlnera were at work, their progress being neces. earlly aluw and aa many tone of debris had to lie removed from the gangway before they could proceed. Alter thn hour hard work, the Imprisoned men were reached and brought out in safety. The explosion I sup posed to have been caused by the tire boa iinacreaulng hia safety lamp, which limited the gas. I WAS $60,000 SHORT. A Baltlmor Bank Cashier Upon Being Dieoovered Commit Sulold Illchard Cornelius, Caablor and for forty two yean ennneetod with the National farmer and Planter Hank in Baltimore, Md., of wbleh Enoch Pratt was president up to the time of hi death, was discovered to he abort In his account to tho amount of about tOO.noo. Monday Mr. Cornelius was notilled of this discovery And left the bnnk. At 1:16 o'clock Monday afternoon his dead body wa found In the duck pond at Druid Kill park. He had committed suicide by drowulug. tin Huturday Inst, tho attention of the hank olHoors was called by tho batik exnmlnor to au Irregularity In the accounts of a country bnnk, for which tho National farmers and Planter bank was correspon dent, and tho otllcers Immediately began it quiet Investigation of the cushler'a ae on lit. When Mr. Cornelius arrived at the bank Monday morning ho was summoned bolero tho board of directors. Mr. Cornelius, It is understood, claimed that ho could make a satisfactory etiitement, and he was allowed to go into another part of the bank to got a certain paper. He did not return, and after the lapse ol some time, the directors ascer tained that he had left the building. 1). tec lives were at once summoned (in. I they trac ed Mr. Cornelius to Druid Hill park, where in a short time his body was found In tho pond. Mr. Cornelius began his career with the the National Farmers nnd l'lnnters bnnk forty-two year ago as messenger bov and worked hi way up to thn position of cashier. Until Huturday there hnii'never been even a ausp clon against his integrity. Ho waa never known to speculate and lived very frugally. A CHEAT EIVER B0AD. Ten Miles of Bight of Way Seoured From On County. L. D. Ilamilton, of Fhlludolphia, a repre sentative of tho West Virginia Northern Hull road Company, whoso principal offlue Is at Philadelphia, bn secured from the court of Preston oounty ten mile of right of way for the proposed railroad down Choat river. The court granted the company the use of nn abandoned oouotry road, provided work be commenced at onuc Mr. Hamilton nsaured the court that his company would nt once oommenoe tho work on thl road, which is to connect with the Baltimore and Ohio at Itowlosvllle, thence down the river to aomo point noar Palrchanoe, Pa, The road will be nearly 60 mile In length and will pass through a hitherto undeveloped section of valuable timber and coal land. J. J. Btoer and J. F. Htoer, of Philadel phia, are known aa being large stockholders In the oompany, and other Philadelphia people are interested. The Messrs. Moor are owner of valuable timber and mineral territory along the Cheat river and own several large lumber mills In operation In this oounty. . A railroad down Cheat river ha been con aldored for a number of years, and another company boa had a charter for several years. It Is known as the Cheat River llntlroad Company, of Pittsburg. The correspondent ha been informed that this company la also ready to build, and will do so if the Phila delphia parties do not keep tho franchise live that they acquired by beginning work. The only practical route for the Drat nine or ten mile of tho road proposed Is upon the county road, which has a natural grade. The level shore ai .ng the stream i not wide enough for mora than one-naif, hence tho right of way along the county road here 1 a valuable one, WA0E3 HEAVILY SLASHED. High Officials, a Wall u Workingmea, Will Be Bodnosl The 8,600 employe ot the Illiuoi Steel company, at the South Chicago mill, were notified that their wage would bo cut on February 1, probably about 20 per cent. The salary of every bead of department which i now more than 100 per month will be. re duced from IS to 60 per oent "This la imply the result of poor business," said President Gates. "During the past year the price of steel rails has been reduced :l a ton, and this means a lost of over 1,000.000 to the Illinois Steel company." The cut In wages does not apply to mem bers ol the Amalgamated association, who have aeontraot with the company that does not expire until spring. ADVISED BY THE CZAR. Ta Saltan VTi tad That H stay Lea Hit Tbroa. Th Czar has sent a massage to the Sal tan reoom"-endu)g bim to seriously consider ttM advti necessary for th Empire nnd adding that If he does not do so he will ex pose fc.msslf to the armrest eonsequenoea, even foreign Intervention. The Our further ay that the Hullan' Acceptance of thl ad vloe I an Indispensable condition to tbe In tegrity of bis empire and the maintenance of peace. . An Awful Death Bat. ThsTime of India My that o wing to the etodus on account of th plague, the popu. latloa of Bombay baa been reduced one-half. The weekly mortuary Is 200 per 1,000, and more shops ara dosed than open in th na tive quarters; , Th piece good market ha been closed on acoount of the pli;u. . It la officially announced that 1,160,000 persons are now engaged In the relief work ad It I added that I be number will proba i. y reach 1.000,009 during tbe coming week, A public masting has been oallad under th r tMdaaey at th vloeroy, the Earl ot Elgin, 1 1 -- wr the Mat and DNiitwto re L Sam In sufferer. A On Han Killed and Several Injured. .Th Building Destroyed A lorrlliln boiler explosion occurred nt ttaxelhiirst, a email lumber town, In Mi'Kean r-ouuty, Pa. Charles Coln.ngcd 21 years, was killed, and Martin Dclmnge nnd three other men were Injured. Dolmngo Injuries aro unai. inn explosion occurred at M. J, llenlv's shlnglii mill. The mtin who killed, nnd those Injured were employee of the mill. Hie fireman had left tlin boiler and gone to a boarding houe, nnd Cole and his companion were attending to their duties In tho mill, whn suddenly the boiler exploded, a detonation which shook the houses In Ilazslhtirst. The mill was demolished by tho force of mo explosion, uimner nnd shingle being iiurien in every nireciion, ana nothing re. mnlned of the mill but a nlle nt aniint,.nri boards. Charles Cole was found King about 100 fift from where tho holler 'hail stood, ins body was terribly mutilated, and u" iitwi imii n sunn limn. Martin fielmaire was found nartlnll hern. rd In pile of rubbish. Ills skull wa frac tured, nnd his bndv tied I v laneritml h flvlno missile. He la In a dying condition. Three men, whose names have not vt been learned, were alert badly Injured, but are expected to recover. The boiler, which wa a DO nnree-nownr one. had the rear portion torn off, ana waa hurled a distance of 200 feet. Apart of the front of the boiler vee also blown off. The cause ot tne expbr.on will never bo known. THBEE BATIKS CABRIED BOWK. Depoeito fores th Closing of Thro St rani institutions. The Gormanla, the Allemanla and West Bide bank, of Rt rani, all Htntn banks, clos ed their door Monday. The failure of tho Bank of Minnesota December 22, caused mi rest, and depositor withdrew their money from the three banks named to such an ex tent that they were forced to the wall be cause they had not hinds enough to meet the demand. Each of the thn three, how ever, is solvent, nnd all will reorganize. The Oermanla la In the hands of P. M. Kent, aa assignee, and the other two are In tbe hand of Bank Kxamloer Kenyon. The closing of tho Oermanla was In pur suance of tho action of .the director on Hnt tirday night, who concluded to protect their depositors by suspending. President Wllllns firnpnrnd a statement In which he attrllmted ho suspension partly to the circulation of false report concerning the bnnk by people who aro "a veritable pest and deserve the contempt of the community." Tho bnnk hail paid out nearly 226,000 In ntue days preceding Kuturdny, and although it bad still on hand over 1 100,000, tho director Concluded It was wisest to suspend. Tho Allemanla closed with a crowd of de positors clamoring nt tho l aying teller' win dow for their money. President Hehnffer ald tho failure was dun to the large numlmr of withdrawals, and the fact that most of the dopositers withheld their deposits. The sus pension of the Ciermnnln caused thn deposit ors to come down like a herd of wolves. The West Hide bnnk cleared through the Alloina nln, and fol owed It into eo lapse. Public funds were on deposit In all throo of the closed I nnks. The Htntn has (10,610 In the (lermnnla. n,.10U In the Allemnnln, and tll.illO in tho West Hide bmk. The coun ty treasurer had deposited fr!),;i:i5 In the Onr mnnln, fr2H,2l6 In the Allemanla, and 7,0M in the Wo-t Hldo hank. C ty Treasurer Horxt had on deposit city funds In tho Uerinnnia to thn nmnuut of 4'J, lli.lj in the Allemanla lflUB0, nnd In tho West Hldo bnnk tJI.HM. There was n oonldortiblo run on the three savings banks, but all gave depositors notice Hint they miiKt give 00 days' notice before Withdrawing funds. The City bnnk or Norn Rprlngs, In., sus pended. The United States court appointed William F. Puller, of Hartford, Conn., receiver of the Iowa Mortuugo company, which lingo-tlati-s loans and eocurltio and guarantees payment. Tho Merchants' National bank, of Devil's Lake, N. I)., did not open its doors Mondny morning. A number of depositor withdrew tholr deposits Hnturdny. The lust statement showedi Deposits. (47,01)0; bills payable, 7.500; discounts, stocks and securities, 66, 000; cash, 112,600. WEYLEB 10 BE BECALLED. Th Spanish Government 1 Hot Batiifled With BeiulU in Cuba. News ha been received by the Cuban Junta from Washington to the effect that the Spanish government has positively determin ed to recall t'apt. Oen. Weylor. Oen. prime de lilvern. It is said, will suaooed (leu. Wey. leriuCubu. Ho Is a captain general In the Hpaulnli army and In favor with the Canovaa government. Minister Taylor. It Is Bald, Informed Bocro tnry Ulney several days ago that the authori ties at Madrid wero on the point of relluvlug (Ion. Weyler of hi command In Cuba and of appointing as his successor dipt. Oen. Ill vera. Ileasons were given In brief why chnnge waa deemed ndvl-abie, and a statement waa made aa to tho probable time when the or der would bo promulgated. It la learned that the Madrid government Is displeased at the fact thut Gen. Weyler, with uliout 200, 000 troops, has not put down the Cuban re volt He ho expendod large sums of money, but so far ha made no decided headway in accomplishing his main object, that ot que 1 Ing the Insurrection and restoring pence and good order in Cuba. Hi troop have been victorous on occasion. But they have also met defeat, and the total result, consid ering Spain's outlay in Ufa and treasure, Is far Iroin satisfactory. Baahvills Ha a Big Fir. A Are tbnt started In the business section of Nashville, Tenn., at 11:15 Bnturdny night was not subdued until 8 o'clock Sunday morniug. Fourteen business houses on Mar ket street and the public squam wore burned oil', causing a damage of tCOO.OOO.about half covered by lu-uranoe. Largo Individual losses are Lebeck Bros., l.'5.000; Burns It Co.. tIrO.000: Lleckbnrt A Co., 2S,000 Aber nathy, Laugham k Hbook, 123,000. Wild Bear Cause a Ban away. While Lewi Weber and sister were drlv acro Iron mountain, near Cumberland. Md., in a buggy large black tiear jumped out of tbe wood Into tbe road ahead of the buggy, which so frightened the horse that It ran off. The vehicle waa npaet and the oocupanta thrown to the ground and serious ly Injured. A party of hunters went after tho bear, but failed to capture it C0HDEHSID ITEMS. Tom Johnson, the Clevelsnd street car magnate, completed a deal In Detroit wbleh practically give bim entire control of the lines in that city. Tha last official act of Oov. Clsham, 'of Wisconsin, was to pardon lloso Zoldoske, who baa already served four yeara of a life sentence tor the murder of Etta Maley, New York police say Polio Morgan, tha Cincinnati suicide, has a record all over tbe country as a thief undur the names Mary dtuart, Mabel Htunley and Mabel Millet. Th Chilean government la aeadlug thirty families ty colonise tbe Island of Juan Fernanda, which the skipper said ho suw disajipear some time ago. It lather all It is reported that 2,600 anion minora In Ouray and Hon Miguel oountire, Colorado, axe about to strike on amount of the Impor tation of non-union men. United HtatM Bnator-leet Money crested excitement at Havana by remaining away from bis hotel tor several day, He refuse to say wher b was, and was closeted with Consul General Less mi bit return. SEVEN INS PERISH IN II EI, TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS. A Terrible Disinter In a Canadian Con vent Tho lite of sfiven Vrnulliie sisters wore lost In a fire that destroyed the oouvent of Our Lndy of Lake Ht. Juhn.nt lloberval.Lake fit. John, (juoboc. The establishment was controlled ,y thn b'rsulloos of (juehsn, a cloistered order, and tbe oldest religious sisterhood In Canada. The names of the dead aro na follows: Mis r.ur.a ioss"ini and sura JUeo (loreelln, Ht Jean tiirvstostoinei Missea Km inn Leukine. neau, Qtilro, c. Onmeuu. Ht Fovei Laura liudon, llerlmrtvlile; Bouilln Doscbambault, and Louise Glrard, lloborval. When It became known that the content was on Dm there was eonsternntion In the vninge. ordinarily In that Institution there were almost 60 young Indies under tuition, bsldoa numlier of nuns, novices. Ma.. making a total of almost 100. Most nt thn siuiienta were away, howovcr, on their holi day vacation. Tho ntmoat confusion pre- t,i,-u m era scene or ton lire. Mlns and pupils rushed from thn nlann. All the mnn. ladles. So far as could be learned, oecaped. They are quartered comfortably, and so far none are reported missing. With the nuns, however tho case was dlfTiirent Their waa the especial rare of looklnv after thn girls, and when the roll wa called, seven do. voted women did not answer. They wore overtaken by flames and smoke and perished. The loss Is estimated at 76,noo, with only obout f 12,000 of Insurnnco. A CUBAN RETREAT. lainrgenta Cnt Crops as They Took th Back Traok. Advice from Havana show that at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of January S, the Insurgent force commanded by Juan Dolgado, opened fire on the fort nt Calabuar, provlnco of Havana. The milltnrv novernrtr. Mnl Just I J!, had charge ol tho troops in the garri son and they resisted the attack of tho In urgent so briskly that th latter were obliged to retreat On tho following morn ing the Insurgents renewed tbelr attack slmnltnneoiinly on forts No. 6, No. 6, No. 7 and No. H, with a lively discharge of muske try, which was uuswnred by the garrison. At the same time I ho Insurgents burned the fine dwelling of Honor I'eriiundo Garcia, situated near the railroad station. The flames from the burning building brightly Illuminated the city, rnusing great alarm among tho people in the town. The bullets flew thlcklv. mnnv of thn mis. alves penetrating dwelling anil the etoro of i-euro linroen was pierced in twenty differ rnt plneem The Hpnulsli forces llunlly com pelled tha Insurgents to retreat While the Cubans wero retiring they dostroyed with their machetes all the tobacco thut had been plumed in tho vicinity. Advices received confirm tho report that Culixto Garcia, with 6.000 well armed Insur gents, nfter an engngcinuut and upon tho ar rival of Oen. Bosch's convoy nt Buyamo, marched toward Iguanl, which place they benl'ged for a Hpneo of live days. It is said thut thn garrison of tho towu hnroleallv re sisted the attack of the Insurgent until the arrival of tho column of Hon. Bosch, when Callxto Garcia and his men were compelled to retreat towards HiiuUiigo do Cuba, coun tnrmnrching ufivrwnrda ill tha direction ot iioiguin. One hundred nnd flflv-slx wounded Hnnn- Ish soldier arrived nt Havana from tha province of l'luur del lilo Tuesday Inst A BUBNIMO VESBEL It wa Seen for a Tim, Ent Drifted From View Off Bouthport What appeared to ba a serious flro at sea wo discovered by luhiibitnnts of Houthport, Conn., eurly Wednesday. About one mile off shore n vessel of soma kind wa burning fiercely, and In about half an hour It was ap parent that the vessel would be burned to the water's edge. At daylight the weather began to thicken and the burning vessel soon drifted Irom vlow to the westward. Owing to tho darkness and thick weathdr It was imposslb e to tell the character of the vessel, but Irom the volume of Humes It was believed It was either a throe-masted acboou er or a souud steamei. A tug out out toward the scene from a point west of Houthport SIX FEBSOKS DROWSED. FIts Children of On Family Among th Viotime. Ono man and five ohlldron wero drowned by tho floods in Texas oounty, Mo.. Thos. Wilson, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Klnnery, and her five children, attempted to ford Prairie Creek. The team became un manageable and lost llitir foothold. Tne wagoa sank and the whole party were thrown iuto the water. Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Kln nery succeeded In getting to the shore, but the others wero drowned. Daniel MoGloth eran waa drowned the same day while trying to cross Mill creek. The town of Mill creek I flooded by tha Osage river, and a ateutn ferryboat la making regular trips through the street. DIED FB0SI THE PLA0CE. Fngitlvei From Bombay Carry th Con tagion into th Country. Dr. Monzer, aenlor physician of tho prin cipal hospital In Bombay, died from tha bubonlo plague, which I epidemic there. The autlioritica of the Indian government, at Calcutta, have sent Dr. Cieghorn, the di rector general of the medical service of the government of Bombay, to investigate sad report upon tho increase of tha plague In that city. Despite the panto which prevail there, many victims of the plague rofuae to accept medical treatment, regarding tho disease as a visitation of Ood. It is esttmatod that In tha aggregate 86,000 person have lied Into tho country from that city currying the oontagion to places where It aid not previously exist, or where there were only a few cases of tbe diseaie. Cok Trad Still Improving. Tbe coke trade Is still Improvlag. Th week ending Saturday shows production of 99,804 tons, nearly reaching the 100,000 ton mark, which has not been attained since last July. There are now 18,861 overs in tha region, a number having recently been added by tba completion of the 220 new oven at Mt Braddock, the new ovens at Elm Grove and at Humphreys, tba new plant partially completed by tbe Batseuier Ook company, 68 of whose ovens sre now in native opera tion. There are 11,76 active) ovens In tha re gion, and H.6H1 idle. Confessed to Killing Arbnokl. Fred K. Bauman, who says he is an aotor, and who Is held In Louisville for forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses, made a sonsntlonul confession lu which be b as serts that ha and David Edmunds, auother aotor, of Kvaitaton, III., murdered Frauk P, Arbuckle, of Denver, who was found dead In Harlem, if, Y., about sis weeks ago, 0v. lfatthawi' Message. Tha laal message of Governor Claude Matthewa, of Indtaua, waa aubiniited to tba Legislature Friday, After making detailed reiHirt of th ooniilllou of the varloas stats Institutions, certain rsocmmeudstlons are Dad. ' . ": PIRACY ON THE SEAS. This la ths Charge Vnols lam Brings Against tne Three Friona. Tae announcement of the probable pur pose of ths United Hints government to prosecute the alleged filibuster, Three Friends, and tho men who fitted her out for her last expedition to Cuba on a ehnrgn of piracy has caused a sensation. The libel Is a lengiiiy document, The third count, which Is tne niennncing one, describes thn fitting out of tbe 'Ihree Friends with munitions of war to ssslst those engnged in armed resist ance against thn king of Hpaln. It Isslgnlfleent that In the libel no parti cular section of the revised Statues Is speci fied as having been violated by the 'Puree limn-, jiiisiioci biso uiiier irom pre vious ones filed against the vessel In that the persons are name, n connection wllh titling ' nuegn expedition. ineso charges, and tho further fact Hint the Three Friends is reported to hare used her Hotchklsa mitts against a Hpnnish gunlxint, are msponeihle for the Impression that the government In tends to pnicecdngilust the vessel and those wno niini ner oet on a charge of piracy. The date named Is the day on which the Threo Krh nds Is said to have Bred on tbe Hpnnish gunboat It should be understood that so far only the vessel has been, taken In custody by the government The men named In the libel are still at liberty, and will not I arrested until indicted by the l ulled Ktntes grand Jury, which Is now In session. But, while nominally at liberty, the men arn closely watched by tbe government detectives, and would be Immediately arrested If they should Bttemp to leave tbe city. It is hinted that by playing on the fears of one of the men who accompanied the '1 hroe Friends on her lust expedition, District At torney Clark lis induced bim to turn state's evidence, and his testimony is mainly rolled upon to secure Indictments agalusl the men and their subsequent conviction. The district attorney Is snld to be anting under speclnl Instructions from Wiislilngtoj, and he Is said to be In constant telegraphic communication with Attorney General Harmon. In this connection, It wa learned that the libel was prepared upon lines pre pared by tbe attorney general himself. DEATH TO TRAIN ROBBERS. Governor Stone, of Missouri, Urges Ex treme Fenalties for th Crime. Governor Htono ho tliLi to say of train robbery In hi annual mcesngc to the legisla ture! "During the last three years several of these crimes havo boen committed. Trains have boon stopped nnd express car rifled, and on one occasion a conductor waa shot and seriously wounded. 1 care neither more nor less for railroad and express com panies, than for other corpora Ions or clti r.ens, but tha crime Is one which calls for mom than ordinary attention, and tha neces sity for It suppression is so great that It should be visited by the most extreme pun ishment. It Is n crime penetrated by milked desperadoes, who go prepared to commit murder if It is necessary either to succeed or cheapo. "It surpnsrs all other crimes in It detri mental effect on tho state. When such crimes occur with froipiency nn Improasiou becomes widely current that lito and prop erly are unsafe within the Jurisdiction where they prcvll. It is a prime which should bo nlisolutely extirpated. That cannot bo no. complished by penitentiary sentences. The thirty-eighth general assembly, alive to the importance of the subject, made tbe crime n capital offense. Tho Infliction of capital punishment, however, was left to the discre tion of the Jury. Hevaral convictions have been had since the enactment of the luw re ferred to, but only peultcntlary sentences wero pronounced. In my opinion tho men perprctrnte these crimes shou d be bunged, nnd I bellevo that the law should bo so amended as to provldo that every person convicted of It should suffer deutb. The governor should ulso bo nulliorlr.ed to offer a reward of at least 1.000 for the arrest and conviction of any person guilty of the offense Tho measure I propose is severe, but tbe orimo should not be permitted in the state and the milder remedies will not be sufficient to prevent it" LAB0B A0AIR8T PB0PEBTT. Workmen Who Want Batter Conditions Thrown Idle. Wales haa become recently the scene of a most Interesting struggle of labor against bo uttormost rights of property. Lord Pen hyn pettishly shut down hi Rlate quarries, rather than, as be says, "establish a prece dent for outside Interference of my private affnirs." He Ilrt dismissed 71 meu, because they formed a committee to secure bettor conditions of labor, whereupon 2,700 men loft work. The board of trade, under the voluntary conciliation act, offered friendly mediation, but Lord Penrhyn d ollued an grily and olosod the quarry, throwing 6,000 men out of work in the depth of winter. Lord Penrhyn Is almost without support in the press. The Loudon Chronicle opened a national fund for the defense of tha right to combine. To Limit Jndloial Power. Thn bill limiting tha power ot judges to punish for contempts of court which Itepre senlatlve Bay of New York framed as a sub stitute for a bill, passed by th senate lost aesslon, wo acted upon favorably by tho bouse committee on Judiciary. By a vote of eight to four the committee decided to report favorably tbe bill to tha house, those voting for it weret Republicans Henderson, of Iowat Bay, of New Yorki Broderlck, of Kansas) Uplegraff, of lowu; Gillette, of Massachusetts! Counolly. of Illi nois; Burton, of Missouri. Democrat Miles, of Maryland. Those voting ngalnsb Ecpubllcsns Baker, ot New Hampshire. Democrats Culberson, of Texas; lurry, ot ArknosasDe Armoud, of Missouri. Tbe provisions of ths bill have bees) pub lished heretofore. . Large Bum for a Patent Grant Bramble, of Sleepy Eye, Minn., who inveuted aud patented a wonderful ro tary engine, bn trunsfurred tba right to manufacture and sell tbe engine to Henry Francis Alien, representing tbe Alleu syndi cate, of England, for (3,100,000. Thl rale Is for tne United Rtatea only, England, Germany, France and ibe real of Europe baying been previously sold for over t4.000,000. Tbe Inventor yet eontrol th engine for Mexico and th Canadian prov inces. IIWST BOTES. Blr Henry Irving' Illness will keep him off the stage lor several month. Word oomea from Panama that a schema la on foot to revive th Panama Canal Com pany. In Kansas City two elevated electrlo cars collided and Hr people were badly hurt; none fatally. Tha majority of tha Illlnol Demoeratio central committee put through tha Altgeld alate against Uet rlunsen. Mrs. Lansing Bowan, who onee challenged Cornell to a light, I to marry Maurice dv Vrlta, tba opera baritone, John Kraua tried to drown hlmaelf at Lincoln park, Chicago, but desisted when policeman threatened to shoot . James Chtlui and Cbarle C. Ohappell, were drowned from tbe tug boat Job T. Wilson In Chesapuak bay,by a collision with th steam er Howard. Th LagbuVure of Michigan, Main, Oon ctlout. aiassauhusetla, New Hampshire) Missouri and Minnesota eoavraed and or ganised on tb th. X . ' . . . f 1 . PROGRESS Of THE CUBAN U GOMEZ PROPOSES PEACE. Oea Weyler' Reoall th First Thing D nunded. A dispatch from Washington anva tlinl positive statements are mndn, based on in formation from Honnlsh leirntlon sonnies that Oomer, tho Cuban commander ln-cblef, rui'iiiainu n proposition lor peace to riennr Hegnsta In Madrid. The recall of neyier, ine insurgents iiisist, shall be pro- llt..i..M.u . .ii .. .i.t i. . . u.-Konuiions. it is niso suit- lum laiinpos isasi. or I anuo WW DO ac cepted In Weyler place. Tlin tironriaid eiu nl.mlttn.t In tUm I..I. December Si9. General Oomea liegin with a Tenement neeiaratlon that the insurgents will rnhllhiin lh. Il.a.t im 111. vikuiiuiiiwi ' 1 1 Illf, 1IU.W,, nttfl Until thn laln,i lrn l.lil In .nl.. l . - . an... . .. imiin, U li I. raf their demand for practical home rule is oom- puu wun. neneral tlomes names seven iun ur vuuuiuuiis ui ireuungwiiu Ppain. They nrei first inn recall of General Weyler, Heeond llnstrlfl autocratic power of the governor general, BCIlt llV KtiMln in llln In f1.! Third Election of all mayors and mnnk-l- I'.,, uuii-ini oi m isianu oy me people by popular vote. r ounn a new postnl system. Fifth k hew iMlam nl l..,nn.l .....I the money derived from Internal tain to be spent, within reosonejile limits. In Culm and for the lrinmllt At t tin hhl. A. . I . of turlff taxes, especially In the case of flour, for which Cuba is dependent upon the Unit ed Hta.cs, with provision for fmerer com. uuivim intercourse wun mo unilea htntes. HlXth An InernnM In tliM lltil.nn mumu.. tntlon in the Hpnnish cortea commensurate with the population, wealth and revenues supplied by the Island. Keventh In n ... I I . . ... f .... .. sloiis in the form of a treaty with the United mn.-T, (f,,v,.runieni ns n guarantee mat tbey will bo carried out nttor the Insurgents lay down their arms. Honor guesudn, ot the Cuban Junto, in Washington, made tho following statement In regard to tho published report that Gen. . v.. . ... ..ill... I I -. J , n o Cuban army, bod sent through an Intnrme- ....j ,u nt-uur negiuun, xjinoroi leaner in Hpuln, the conditions on which the Cuban Insurgents worn ready to treat with Hpnin. "J'hn whole story is a He, given out by the Bpntilnh legation, In their aim to divert pub lic opinion. In the llrst place, Gen. Gomen has no authority to do such a thing) in the nisi war nn neid me same position us now, and Hid not take any part in the treaty of LI anion invlni, llmt lii.i hii.i. 1.1. Jurisdiction. We can emphatically say that in n nn .mit nny suon leuor lias neon re ceived by tho junta, on December 29, or on any other date. SINKING OP THE COMMODORE. Ths Cabin Filibuster Ben. does Sown at Tho steamer Commodoro, which left Jack sonville, Fin., with a crngo of nrms and am munition valued nt (10,000 for the Cuban in surgents, sprung a leak at sea, 20 miles off New Hmyrna and sunk. Hhe struck on the bar inside of Ht. Johns river nnd was helped off by the revenue cutter lloutwoll, hut the accident of grounding Is supposed to have op.-ned her scam so thut she afterward foiinderol. ( There is great Indignation over the notion of the Treasury department la refusing to nllew the Ihree Friends to proceed Houth to save the castaways of tho Commodore until too late to do any jrood. A telegram was re ceived announcing the loss of the Commo doro and requesting that tha Three Friend be sent south io search for night sailor who left tho vessel on a raft. Collector Ilisbee refused to allow the Throe Friends to leave even on a life saving mission without order from Washington. J. M. Jlarrs. owner of the XI ree Friends, wired the facta to Hoc ro tary Carlisle, asking for permission to send the boat south. Henstor Call visited the sec retary and urged that the Three Friend be allowed to go. The Hecrctury however, Is sued no order, and be was agnin appealed to. Thl time lie consented, after the men bad been at tho sea's mercy for 86 hours. It Is now believed that the eight men per ished, and tliero Is a disposition to hold the secretary responsible for their death. It is believed that all of the 22 men who sailed on the Commodore have been accounted tor save tbe eight mentioned. Rtepben Crane, thn novelist, C. It Montgomery. Capt. Ed ward Murphy and William Higglns were res cued iu an exhausted condition. Higgins died soon after being rescued. Thn Cuban agent says the vessel was undoubtedly scut, tied by a Hpamsb spy who scoured passage. C. 11. Montgomery, one of tho survivors, ha telegraphed a Cuban leader, anyingi "There was treachery and I have tbe proofs." TO TEST THE HEW If ATT. Admiral Bones' Fleet Will Try Blookad of Chailsstsa. Admiral Bunco's squadron of evolntlon is to blockade Charleston early In February. The scheme Involve the maintenance of a strong blockading fleet off Charleston harbor and the assignment of one or more fust ves sels, Including the Vesuvius, to do aa block ade runners. The fleet will be tha most powerful gathered in recent years, including tne battleships Massachusetts, Iudiuna,Malne and Texas; the cruiser- New York, Brooklyn, Columbia, Newark, luilel.b, Montgomery, Murblehead and Castine; the ram Katahdin; monitors. Puritan and Amphithrite; torpedo boata ('ushing and Ericsson, tbe dispatch bouts Dolphin and Vesuvius and th trans port Fern. Looking to Bimetallism. Beuator Chandler has practically made canvaea of tbe senate on tba proposition for an international conference on silver, and ooneludHS that there will be no opposition worth the name. Still the bill will not be Introduced in tba senate until it is accepted by tho republican caucus, us tbe committee was instructed to report to the caucus. Tba bill as prepared provide for the appoint ment by the president ot Ave or more dele gate to represent tbe United Htutas at any international conference arranged to secure bimetallism. An appropriation ot 100,000 has been provided. Big Hortgag Satisfied. As a result ol th foreclosure proceedings and reorganization ot the Heading railroad company, a mortgage for 100,000,000 entered In Lancaster oouuty and held by tbe Fidelity Insurance, trust and safe deposit company, of Philadelphia, was marked satisfied and a deed Hied for record to tba Philadelphia A Beading company, tbe price being 140,000, 000. There waa also entered a mortgage against the oompany in favor ot the Central trust company, of New York, as trustee, tor iM),000,000. Xobsl's Gift . Alfred Nobel, tba Swedish chemist and In vsutor, who died recently, left J,000,OOO as a fund, th Interest ot whloh la tq be divided Into prlee to b given annually to person making th most important discoveries In chemistry, physics and physiology, and the person making th beet literary contribution on physiology or medicine, and tbe person doing th must tor the promotion ol psane throughout tbe world. Competition for these prtxe I open to th world. Test Beaominated. The Democratic oauuus at Jefferson City, Mo.: nominated Beuator George O. Vest as candidate for United Btata Sanajor to auo seed blmseit ONE BIG ADVANTAGE. . Dnn Sees Something Good iu th Ontlook . For 1807. it. O. Dun A Co.' review of trndo asysi "The year 1807 begins With one clear ad ren tage; the past year haa swept out of the way a great number of unsound aonoerns, whloh any time of activity would have been dan gerous to business. Of the 18,280 commercial and banking failures in 1H20, with llsbllitlee of t27S,R10,74U, large share rnp resented crippling losses In previous years, or the violence of pectilatlvn storms In 1HU3, or the llrst half of 1MI6, while thousands morn re sulted from the fury of tbe political tornado lost full. Banking failures amounting to fOO,7lH,16 during tha veer averaged iM, 166 each and were Ul per cent larger In 166. Commercial failure amounted to t2'i6,0D6, KM. a little over tl.OO .1,000 having been ad ded by thn last day of the year, but tbe aver age of liabilities, M.9tJ, was amaller than in some yenrs of great prosperity. The failures ot brokerage and "other'' com mercial concerns averaged M.4 IS each. In creasing 188 percent over 1H96, whll manu facturing failures averaged 2H,H08 each, and increased 84 per eent.and trading failures la crnased 18 per cent and averaged only S9,60H each. Gver four-filths of the lucres. In manufacturing and trading failures was In lumber manufacturing, J70 per eent dry goods, 60; woolen manufacturing, 101; sloth ing trade, 20; shoe trade,H7; lea i her and shoe manufacturer. 107: irroeerv trade, aa. machinery, 70; milling, 117; furniture, td.aad printing, 27 per cent In ten otber branches the Increase was moderate In smonnt. and In five with the unolaseifled manufacturing and trading failures, the iiabliitlea wera smaller than in 1H09. While banking failures have not ceased at thn West, apprehension about them haa al most wholly subsided, and no aerlona In fluence upon general trade is now expected. Many sound concerns were doubtless caught by.tbe epidemic but Druetlcali all the Im portant failures are trsoed to disregard of law and of banking sense at period some what distant It is felt at tbe West that all business will be the sounder after It purg ing, and the return ot money to New York bns exceeded shipment to the interior br 2,000,000 for this week. Wheat rose to 9i cents on Mnndav tmt Has declined again at H9,V cents, with western re ceipts a million buenels (mailer than last year, while Atlantic exports, flour Included, were 2.037.000 bushols.nirainst 3 S37 0M bnsh. els last year. The trade account Indicate a great quantity in farmers' hands, enough to permit more than 100,000,000 bushels to bo exported In the remaining six month. MURDERED FOUR PEOPLE. Simon Cooper Swing a Deadly Az In Booth Carolina. Hlmon Cooper went to Lynchburg, 8. C, to force a young colored girl to marry bim. Hhe and her mother escaped and ran into the swnmp. A posse started In pursuit ot Cooper, missed him, and next morning ha came out of the woods, wont to the house of a colored n an named Boyle, took bis hors and compelled lioylo's son to aooompnny UIIIl. A nilln farther on he went to the bouse of Benjamin Wilson, killed bim, bis wife and bis son. Wesley. Cnoner harnessed tha horse to Wilson's buggy and meeting a ne gro named Hroith on the road he killed him also. When the bodies of tha Wilson wera round the old man wo sluing up in bed wllh a shotgun in his handi his son Wealev wa in another bed with bis bead split, while on the floor lay the body of the woman, her head smashed lu and her throat out. A later dispatch from Bumter says: Hl mon Cooper, thn negro outlaw, who mur dered three members of the Wilson family and a oolored servant, was lynched near here. Cooper was captured by the sheriffs posse and was being taken to Hum tor when tho mob decided to hang him. Tho deoutr sheriff, aided by two men, rosisted tba ivneners. out were overpowered. A ropa was thrown over the limb of a tree and aa the man swnnir onward the bodv was ninrced. by more than 160 bullets. One out the rope and the oorpse fell to tbe ground, wher tba ooroner found It some hour later, when ha went io noia an inquest FH0TOOBAPBI0 C0UHTEBFEITS. Arrest Made in Detroit and a Big Sensa tion Promised. United Rtate secret servloe officers have arrested Al Boper, the third man oharged with Implication In the forgeries of notes of tha National Bank of Commerce of New York and the Union National Bank of De troit. Koper was an employn of tba Hotel Cadillac burlier shop at Detroit, aa wa Lep per, the alleged principal la the crime. The officers claim to have found further Incrimi nating evidence and other arrest ara ex pected. Detective Burns snld that a large amount of photographic counterfeit money Is in cir culation all over the United Htatas. He say the process wa first employed about two years ago, and it baa steadily improved la cbanuacr until it ban become very danger ous. For two years the officers of tbe gov ernment bavo been trying to locate the counterfeiters, , "Before we get through with thl case," said he, "we will have a big sensation, Yeu can rest assured of that" CAPITAL BOTES. Thn House Committee on Publle Buiidlnga and Ground bus favorably reported the bill, which ba already passed the Senate, providing for the erection of a publle baild ng at Washington, Pa., at a cost of 75,000. The House Committee on Commerce au thorized a favorable report upon Congress man DalzeU's bill permitting ths Union Hall way oompany to construct a bridge aero the Monongahela river, between Allegheny county nnd MilBn lownsnip, Pa. The Houso Judiciary committee mads a favorable report on the Senate bid, as amend ed, relating to contempts of court In its present form the bill provides that any at tempt in the presence of th court may pun ished by tbe court alone, but any attempt outside ol the court, except tbe refusal of witnesses or juror to attend, mibf. be tried by a jury If the accused so demand. Aa English Soaadal Salt The representative of on of the great bis torts families ot England, Earl Bussell, bad the eatlafuctlon of sending his mother-in-law to prison for ei.ht months, that being th sentence Imposed on Lady Hoott tor criminal libel. It waa a nasty bit of scandal all around. Tha case la a sequel to thdloro proceedings between tbe Russell. Tha : wife, who is a daughter of Lady Scott, p ' tltioned tor divorce la 1831 on the ground of cruelty on the part of the noble earl, and also making other odious charges of a vary revolting character. Hhe failed to make out her case and was sentenced to pay th costs of the suit, amuuutiug to 21,000. Following thut tha mother-in-law caused libelous charges to be printed against the earl, and for this the leugtby trial being closed by th ilea of guilty, she ba been aentenoedtoa urin ol eight month without bard labor; BRIEF HXHTI0S. Herman Btlinm shot and killed bis wit and son at JauusvlUe, Wis., and committed suicide. Robert Laaghlln waa banged al Brooks vlllo, Ky., Haturday for .the murder of hi wife aud uleo. H. 0. Benham. a private banker, waa ar rested at Hutavla, N. Y., oa th charge of poisoning bis young wife.
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