f HE UTEST HEWS II . WORSE THAN INDIA. " Beourgts Ttatt Ravsgs Cuba a Orsater Mtn aototh tatted Stat.. . A dispatch from Havana says: Thorn ere are now 2,003 case of smallpox In Havana, AtGwinnjay, In Pinor del llio, which litis only 10,000 Inhabitants, there urn HIT case's. Vi'llow fever and malaria urn nlso' ravaging the country, nnd It may be safely, ntllrmrd that the sanitary condition nf Culm Is Mr (Creator danger to thn United States thnu the much feared bitbolild plague of India. Cuba In close to our cnnsls and thorn Is dully coin inuiiicutlun between Hid Island H nil tlio ilium Intnl. At tlio end nf March thn ilpprraslng warm weather begins lure, find lhiii discuses "'. contagious tuitiini spread twice lis fat-t ns during I'm winter. Cuba In now n focus of disease and may heeon e A eolirco o( danger tn tlio wll.iln world. 'I he smallpox vur Introduced by the 2f.. bet) soldiers (rum Spain. 'J In- Spanish "iti Inon people iir nut ii'Unly In their lirllt r. and moreover, th'-y come In Cubit crowded by thousand In thn ditty steamers of thn ('ouipania Trnn Atlantic,' in which ho well Im'd American would ttnvol If lin could pos sibly help It. Under such pimdltimi tln-so soldiers Innd In Havana, where then In no sewerngn eyslem. There la no Imp" of Buy Improvement In tins stntn of things iindi'f Spanish dnmlnn llnn. Thn municipal laws no not nllow thn city council to tnkc nny stops In tlio mutter without million; nil. hi (ruin thn cnptalu gun crttl, who must tlx his slgniitiite to finy loan raised hy sanitary works, nnd furthermore, the municipalities ur nil In thn Intuit of Spaniards, most ot whom hitvo not thn Icnst iiotlnu ot hygienic requirement. " I.NSUROENT FIRES. Kebsl Lfiri-r 5r the City Captures a Garrison. Colonel llernnndrx Is making good Ills thri'nt of lll.i'nlnntlug Havana with bonfires, snturdny night he made n rnld in the dintc tlun of Giiannlmen, burning over 20 houses In that suburb, and In n skirmish with the gnrrion killed U.I Spaniards, losing 10 men himself. Major 1'rotnli vi'llln was so nlartned nt the hHKH of the mid Hint ho wired to Weylcr for .ild, P.cfuro it nrrived llernnnilra hod nunc. Mondny nlclit Hcrtinmlnr. turned npnt the oipoito slilmif thn city, ciii.-njlhg tliu gnrrl son ol n small blockhouse nml driving them out nml burning It. Heren Hpnnlsh soldiers find four Cubans wore reported killed. I, lent. ( ol. Snnrvls who wns on an inspect ing tour ot thn forts, wns criptiireil. Colonel llcrnuudc wrntn it sarcastic nolo to Weyler, expressing regret Hint' ho could not call upon lilra personally thut night, byt assuring him Hint he would he likely to meet him In person iu a short time, Snnrvi beg Ked not to liuvc to onrry such it tioic, snyluK It wns worth his life; tnit lis his lihcrty nnd life wcrnKtvcu only on Hint coudilloti,he had to ftcocpt. SPANISH GUNBOAT TAKEN. Cubani Capture and Sam On of the Enemy's Teneli. Tlio H non bill guuboat t'onieta has been raptured and burned by Insurgents, accord ing to Uavuna advices. Thu Cometa has been patrolling tlio coast near Cardenas, and wua nccustomed to anchor nt night off Hlerra Morena. The gimbont Iny close In shoro aud Tuesday night wits attacked by Insurgents, who used n twdvo pound Hotchkisa Run. The (Jomotn wns struck several times and the Insurgents, putting "IT In boats, boarded the vessel. A dtnpnnitn hand-to-hand light fol lowed on the l.'umi'tn'H deck, tlio Insurgents tiling; their machete, with deadly effect. , finally, niter thn- Hpnnlsh commander and half bis crew had been killed, the survivors eiirrecdcrml. The insurgents, after sending the prisoners ashore and removing all the arms and ammunition, fired the Cometa, which was toon destroyed. When the newa of the affair reached Havana It was suppress ed by Hpnnlsh authorities, who sent cruisers to Hlerra Moreno to investigate. (Juicers ot the cruisers reported that they found no trace of the Cometa, and now thn Hpnnlsh authorities have spread the story that she was loet In a storm. 8,000 FAMILIES STARVING. Horrors of Fnmins Upon the Unemployed of Chicago. Chicago has 8,000 famillos actually starving to death. It ha 10,000 wives, hus bands nnd children begging for broad, huddled Into single rooms, and freezing In the blizzard that visited the city Inst week. The Bureau of Associated Chnritiea baa de rided to toll the plain facta to the people and let the people take the consequences. Au vmeroenoy meeting of Alllliuted Charities was called by the Civic Federation In the t aimer Uouse, Friday, Tlio appalling div trees was reported, and the men present re solved to appeal to the Mayor at r.nee for funds, and to call a mass meeting to devise mean for saving the uofortunute from abso lute death. Phillip W. Ayres, Booretary of the Bureau of Associated Charities, la authority tor the terrible figures, lie say his estimate of the starving In Chicago is not completed, as bis system of orgunieutlon does not oover all the cltv. The greatost want Is tn the river district. There Is ureal suffering In the Block Yard section, dim want in Houih Chicago and need of immediate relief in l'ullmnn nnd West l'ullman. There has boon almost au entire change in the manner of appeals, and this year It is not the Homing population seeking aid. It i the mechanics and the laborers who have boen Idle ail of this year and prob ably all of Inst. The letters tell fearful tales of desperate struggles to kuep alive und to save tne writer the humiliation of asking fur assistance, They come in by the thousands, many other thousands being too poor to ewii spare money for a postage stamp. TBI PLAGUE SPREADING. Prsai Indian Sliest Hesches a Red Ses Island, j; t.. . . Two eases of bubonic, plagua whioh la raging in Bombay, are reported from Kama ma. Kamaran Is an Island of th west coast of Arabia In the Red sea. It is British pos session and one ot the landing station near the city of Mecca. A severe quarantine has 4en established by the JUisslon authorities. Committee In aid ot th Lndlun famine hay been Instituted by the governors of Ht, Petersburg. Mooow and Odessa, I'he government has ordered the stoppage on February 8 of all pilgrim traOla from Bombay to Karachi on account ot the plague. There are now 1,760,000 persons employed on tne relief work and about 170,000 are receiv ing gratntiou relief. The principal Inoroata In the number of persons relieved, is- in Ban gal and in th northwest t . . . If lag'! f 30,000 Fir. ''' , Fir destroyed all but one building of an antira block In th) baslnos portion ol Ulngo Janouoa, Ohio, about midnight' Thursdsyi' also th City Hall on th oppoalta side of ths ixfmL la lose will foot up tiM.OuO. The i .or'-'iatodfrem defsctjT quo Jn pd PARLIAMENT OPENS. The Qutea lndonei tht Arbltratl Treaty l ; ' With' the United tat.f. ' The third icsslon of the Fotirteetilh farlla mnit wat fotmnlly opened hy tnyol aomltuV elon at 2 o'olock'Motidfiy afternoon: v' The qneen'a epnA-h. which wns then rend to the lloueo of fiords, wtu lu euhslanco ,na follows! f'My Lords and tletitlciticn - My tnlnHOns' wltli nil the other powers cuutlnun to te of a frlefiilly clmtni'tcr. Thn nppitilitiK ninisncres whlclj hnvetnkcn plitee nt 't'oiiMntiriitofiln and in other parts of the IHtoruau dnftunions liave railed for the special tutcittiuii of.th I niters li;niiti ry , of tlio trrity of j'nrle. 'apers will he Iniil hefom yoti s'howlnlr' !)' rofcodrrnlinn whfch Induced the powers to mnkn thn prewnt condition of tliit Otlnmnn nniplrotho suhjeet nf spe"inl consiiltntioiii with their repreHenl'itlvcs nt Cntistautlnwiln. 'ih confernves which llin fIx ftnilnisulors tihve been itititritied tn hold oio etill pcr'id IllK. , '.! 'The action nnderlnkCn by lifs hhrht.ess, the kheillvn of Kirvlit, lii,'iilnt (ho Khnlifii, I with my npiirnvnl Hinl nntnticn, hnrtao fur i ln'cii entirely niceesHful. ills forces, sup- irtu ny my oniccrs nun ironps. imvorn weti thn provlii'iu of ftoiiKoln to clvlllrtlon. by operations conducted with .rctmir'tnhln kill, ntiil a wnv line Imcn opened for a flir-' ther a'lvance wiicnernr such a eu'p is judged desirable'. "My government lms discussed with the I'nlled HniIch, ni tliiK as a friend of Voneu ida, the terms whereiinder ponillnir iiiestlnn of the disputed frontier bet weentltal rcpiililiu mid my cnluny of British (liihmn may bo ciullably subniiKe'd to arbitration, and nn arrangement has been nrrived nt with that Kovernment, whldli I trust will effecl an ad justment of the eontrovnrflcs without, r pii'liiK to rlski thn Interests of auy of the, ciitrinies wloe estnliHslivd rights Aro 111 tlin dlsimtcd territory. i - "Jl Is with much Kratllli'iilion that 1 have eoneltftled a treaty for pniicntl arbitration with thn rresldnnt of tlio I : nitnil Hind's, win rcby, I trut, all illlfcreni es. which may nrlse lictivi-cn Us will bo peacefully ndlustcd. 1 hope this nrrnnunmcnt may have a further value In eomtuendinn to otlivr pfiwnrs the consideration of a princlpnl whereby the ilunt'cr of war mny lie notably alnted, 'J lie nueon'n r-poecli then referred to llio repression of thn rebellion In Houtli Africa, and tlio nppoiutinciit of a rommlsslon to In iilrn Into the siiKnr Industry of tlio West I lulu, and eontinuesi "it is with much re Kret and fecliuK4 of the deepest sympathy that I have licard'that, owlni; to the falliiro of the autumn ruins nnd tvrnrclty, famlno cITccts a largo portion ot my dominions lu India.' After rolerrliiR to the measures taken to niitlxate thn mifTerlnK from famine, nnd nutkiiiK n rofnrenrn to the tmhotiiii plniinn nt Jtombay,'the speech says: 'l hnvn dirncled my itoTcrnmeiit to take the most strinK''4it inetisurcs to eradii-nte it.' "(lentlcineii of thn House of fommons," the speech continues, "thn CHtimntes for the year will bo laid beforn von. Wlilln inn de sirous of Kiiarilln njrninst undiin expendi tures, 1 liavn felt that the present aotidltlon of the world will not permit you to depart from tbnsniilt of prudent forcslqlit wherein you nave tit recent year provM"H lor tne uc fetise of my i niplrc." THREE KEN WILL HIE. Ditsstrou Battle Between Gam Keeperi and Poaohers In Indiana. In a pitched bnttlo between Tollestou club gamekeepers and pun 'hers tho preserves of tlio Tolleston club of Chicago, near Crown l'olnt, J nd., llye men were shut, three of thorn lutiiiiy. The wounded are t'rniilc Costwlck, shut through the lungs, will die: Theodore l'ratt. shot ill body with shotgun, will din) Charles l'ratt, shot in body, will probably recover! Alivon llothwell, shot lu body, will likely rot covert John lllackburn, shot in temple, with revolver, will probably die, Fourteen young men, members of tho families ot neighboring farmers, invaded the duck swamp and prepared for a day's sport Tim wntchinon bore down nn the boys and hailing them from a considerable distance, ordered them off the club's grounds. Instead of replying the poS"hers made a rush for the gamekeepers, Tho latter opened lire at three rods range and four of the young men fell to tho marsh loo, riddled with shot, two of them mortally wounded. Their coin rades returned tho lire and Ulackhurq, one of the watchmen, fell with a shot iu his skull. Hucrlff Farley arrested Barney Whltloek, the Blackburn brothers and Alfred Taylor and lodged them In JalL . Tho shooting was done at inch short dis tance that every aho't went through the bodies of eaoh of the wounded. In the body ot Theodore l'ratt over ICO shots wero counted. PENROSE'S CAREER, Hli Defeit For Mayor and ths Fight it Started. Boles I'enrosa was elected by the Pennsyl vania legislature to succeed J. D. Cameron, Boies Penrose was bora in Philadelphia November 1, 18G0. Ua was elected to thn state house ot representatives from the Eighth district In 1843, aud to tho senate a year later, nnd has been re-elected since, be ing etill a member of that body. Two years ago Rvnator Penrosn was a cnndldato for the ofllee of Mayor of Philadelphia, and was the apparent choice of the ltepubllcan ward "Combine" headed by Have Martin. Within twenty-four hours of the convention, how ever, he wns dropped by that body, aud Charles F. Warwick, the present mayor, chosen In his stead. This preprinted the hit ter light which ha since wuged between Mar tin and Senator Quay, who has been Pen rose's snonsor, aud It, was only a few days after the convention mentioned that Honator Quay made his well remembered speech on the Itnnr of the United Utates Henate, attack ing Mr. Martin. A SILVER PALACE To b EnoUd by th Great West at th liana-Mississippi Exposition. Edward Hosewater, chief of the bereau of publicity and promotion of the trans-Mis sissippi exposition to be held In Omuha from June to Novemuor, lo'JU, aotlog lor tba ex position directors, nas approved and ac cepted the plans for a silver palace. This palace is to do one or tna imposing realures of the exposition and the central figure In a portion of the grounds, to be called Eldo rado. The building u to be 400 feet square, surmounted with a mammoth ornamental tower and the entire structure will be cover ed with rolled silver. ' The silver to be nsed In Its external eoverlng will be contributed by the miners of the great west. Over 8,000 suuare feet of external surface will be cover ed bv the Dreclou metal. The "silver palace" will be used entirely for the display of the mineral products and prog res of tho west. The amount ol pun silver to be used In eoverlng the wall and dom of the mammoth building ha Dot baea dellnltely estimated. It will largely depend upon be thinness of the sheet of pure mstal tnut can oe use lor tuts purpo" C0HDSHSXD ITEMS. Sir Isaao Pitman, th inventor of th y- tem oi inonnana writing wnica bears nis aawf, is dead. .... . Committees In aid of th Indian famine have been Instituted by the governor vl pt, Petersburg, lloseow and Odessa.' i ' The miner' strike at the Jackson county, Ohio, mine la at an end, the miners return ing to work at tba old rate 61 cent, tho same a i now being paid in th Booking .veiiev.-' v I, , NINE LIVES L6Sf. .' ' , . , .. -i-j-i.i ', Mr1 , 1 Tit' VmbV'or'th "CrWnWF! Inn ' r clinVr'ngVe th Rigging. v. - . ., . .-v...; a. 1 The scfionhrir Sahiim ('hnpl'h.ioffjloekland Me., went ashore rirnr Quogue I I Thiirs. day iniVnrth'. All fJimili nr. mpotteil .lout. ' '(Jnrajnn Iftsltuatrt' utmtit. Hollies ,onst of, Jflrn Island, and IUs,th flrit 'pdlnt wlmro thn occiin Miii-hos the SMlr? Iftnil bt yelid tho gri'nt fl.itth buy "" , .i llje scummcx -.wont shorn nt 4:r)0a. m. Quogn fo saving stuUnnn ' rspr'rrt that six men were ("t en clinging to lho fornimit rg glng anil thtentiluei-a.ou llm ( lilibootn. i As tiie yce! u'crii to pieces nil hands wero'eur' thTd . Wto tin 'sen' nnd 'presumably wnr. dr.owiM.'iL twlng-to thn Heavy nif f and the , (IrnnU'wIrld tlo crpw werh ilnabc tli'lnnneh tin- llio boat to render iis-lntntien. The Damn lf tlm, a. hsnner was bur net from pieces of wreckage which, . were wn'slred tlpoa the beach. , , t A dl'pntch from Fir Islnnd so,vi that thn storm which struck thn Long Inland shorn Wedni-silay nflernoon wnsithn s-verest of the' winter, T IM sch toner Knjhum Chnpln was Arid seen ou tho oHler.bar ii'iont 4 o.clock by a patrnlranu from (uugue llfn'snvlng stntion. About H i, clock the vessel began o break tip, pnrts of iuir coming iishorn, nml iu Ic thnn four hours from the time sh"strrk She went to pieces, the mn-W (ailing Into thnsea, car rying the crew who were, clinging to them along. The life saving crow pntrollc'd tho beach looking for dead boibcsVtud up to noon bail found two, whkih oinn . r.shoro near wlmte the vcse stranded. Thn bodies wore (alien In thl- life tuning (tntlon. 'Hie prliinlpti! owners t thn schooner were Peter .Uclulyro ,t Co., i"( llostori. ( apt. S. 1:. Arey, who eoinmaiiifed thn vessel, was a part owner. The crn of th sohooncr, nine Iu ntiuibcr. were shipped lu Boston lift No vember. Tun names follow: H. II.'An'y, captain, Witlden. Musk. A. 1". liavls, Prst main: 3lahln: Mass, t li A. Maddock, second mate, Cambridge, Mass. j .Henml".i -John Ncltx'r,' AH.H.'rt I.o'w'o, II, O. Anderson, Victor st ruction, (Mcnr 0"nr, ' antonlo Aucjanii h. The residences of (hn latter nro iiit knotvn. ('apt. Arey lenves a widow and- three children, residing In Maiden. Male Unvls and Hecoii l Mine Maddonk each leave A'lfo and one child. ' The - cargo was valued nt .1,400. the schooner at 15, 000. lluth were partially In sured. A bottle was pk'lied up on Borth beach, seven miles below Hr. Angustlno, i'ln.. on thn ai-t, which enntnlneil a messngn slating that tho bark l.adrus had foiimlerei at sea ou Juniiary l.'i. The mcHsagn was written on several smalt sheets of paiier nnd was signed by Captain (lonzali H. It was a log of tlio vessel from the time she left port until elm foumlcrod. According to thn message the l.adrus left Boston, liiniinry il In command of Captain (liuiziili H nud manned by a crow of 12 men. Ou January 12 the vessel sprang a lenk, but the carpenter managed t partially stop tho Inlltix of water. On January 14, however, tho watr began to pour Into the bold In great volume, Thn pumps wero manned nnd tlio men worked day nud night, hut at noon on Jan tint 16 It was a'ppurent that the vessel was doomed. Tho captain and thn crew then took to the boats, and hardly got clear of the vessel when ho went down. "We have Utile food and wntor and must perish unless soon ricked up." It is believed bv seamen that the bark went down during tho gale prevailing oil the Florida coast last week. The fcur Is also ex pressed that thp boat with tho crew worn sivnuipcd In the same gale. i GUAYAMO RELIEVED. Spanish Troops Sucoor th Besieged OarfV son on ths Canto. Brigadier (lenerul Molina, by a ser'-s of combined operations, ha defeated tis In surgent nt Znrabanda, Province of Mafanzas, at Punta (lunyamo, whore he dislodged them from thn hills, and later definitely defeated them at Tumbadcro. Several of the insur gents, lumping into th river, wero drowned. (iiieen men, II is ueneveu, loet tneir lives n this way, and 24 others wero eiiffncated in the mud. The Insurgents abandoned t9 sad dled horses. The troops lost two men killed and bad seven men wounded. A column of troot.s under Colenel Tovnrs advanced along the left side of the f auto river, ilernntlng ana dispersing tho enemy frnm Cnyomon. On arriving at Ounyomo the troops found the, Insurgents occupying a parapeted position, the town having been entirely destroyed, a tugboat blown up with dynamite and the roof of the fort almost hot away by the artillery Are of thn insur gents, i nn Hpnnlards openeii lira wltn ar tillery npon the enemy's position, which, was on tne right shlo ol tue river, and the gam son, by prompt movement, suoeeoded In o. copying ana destroying tuo Uolonsesot tne onemy. The fort was nttanked on January lit hy Callito (Inrcin from the right, and by Itabl on the left. The llrst attack wns reiuilsed. with great loss, and, seeing the Impossibility of cnpliiring it by assault, the lusurgonta be sieged thn ploco and tried to cut off tho water supply ot the garrison, wnen assistance came the garrison bad lost three men killed. bad eight men seriously wounded, nnd 12 men slightly wounded. Tho garrison was commanded by Lieutenant Itloos. i wi insiirirents. iirnaelo iinrnannex ana Pnmlngo Niebia, wero eaeoutod at Hunta tiura. GOLD EXCITEMENT IS GE0BGIA. On Hundred Mine in Operation Hear Hear Dshlonega, The gold excitement has revived about Dahloncga, Co., fully 100 mine being In oporatlon, and the city Is full of prospectors from Cripple- Creek and other place who are taking options. Surface ore is all that ho been previously worked, but recently, lu expertmuiits nero. air, t reucn. ol I'litsimrg. Pa,, has demonstrated that the chlorinatiuu process is a succe-stul way ot treating sui phuret ores. John F. Ileus, the millionaire brewer of Phi adclphto, has developed mine that is paying t&GO a week, nnd Chris tian YYehl. of Milwaukee, ha bad ore to run as high as tl.lOU to the ton, while Judge Murray, of Tennessee, who la tunneling a mountain near Dahlonega; struck three rich veins which run from t)2U to 6&00. All this ore is saprolite, or decomposed, aud la easily mined, me creiunton mines, souinwesi ot Dahlonega, yielded 68,000 penny weight last year, while the owners of the liolly rJprlngs mines have taken out (40,000 in tho last few mourns, using a tu-stamp mm. a large plant with a 200-itamp mill and another syndicate I getting ready to put In ailoO-stamp mill with a cbloriuatlon plant una flnm ihiiv is imma oruuniua io oat in large enough to treat all the concentrate from 600 stamps. .V0 AMNESTY JOB IB18HME5. Th Commons Insist That They Mast B- . Mala la Prison. Id tha Uouse of Common an amondment Offered to theaddree in reply to Ibuljueen' speech by Patrick O'Brien to reconsider the untcnoe of the Irish prisoner condemned on charge of treason, was rejected by a vote of UOt to 132. In the course of the dis cussion Tlmotbr Healy aald Ilrituh ageaia lu America had provoked the outrage of which the prisoner were accused. Bit Matthew Ridley, home secretary, laid he was unable to ace any reason for advising that amuestyb granted to the pollttoa. , A TRIPLE LYNCHING. Twa JfsgrM Ilaigsd ia lanlsiana and Another Baracd te Death. A special from New Orleans say that a mob of JOO then broke Into the Amlle City Jhll And" secured John Johnson, Arnhlrt Joiner arid On Williams, negro murderers, A force of deputies guarded thn Jail nnd made a stubborn resistence, but were over- jiewered. ' Williams wns hanged In front of thn Jail. The moMhen proceeded from Amite with the MhCrtwrt to Tlckfntf.whern In the morn ing .Inhnsnji wna liiinteiL at the slake, and omcr was shot to death. Jotinsoh wsA taken to the hnmn of (hn Cnt- ton tainlry, bin victims, bound to a stake,' the .oreh touched to thn fnggots, mid slowly: tortured In dentil. Me (boded somn of hi former statements, and blamed .loln'-r, but admitted, hf as guilty of tint murders with Willi which nn was charged. Jolnor ti lls Sold to nm kiwi statement before be wus ptit tolcatli, nud protested .Ms In nocence. Ills lindv was IJili.d with bullets from ihn guns nf the mib. ,1. .I........ Ik.. jiA n-M-.l -n .f Sir. nnd Mr. John ottmi, Mrs. Ane Ste- ti.on. Miss l.ir.dn Miller, nml .M-rvIn Jlilmr. On HcrrteMiber ti.'i, while tun laiiilly slept Ihey wero lini'ked to tl-:ath with nn nxe. One of Hie family lived long enough to fell that It. wns Joitrwon who did the bloody rork., Ho vas enpturn I a few mil's nwny mi lodged in (hn jail nt New Orleans for snfn keeping!. Tuesday ho was returned to A rn it i to BwnuV Mai. . Williams, (ho first man vnehed. murdered his wife sorhn days- ago. Thorn was no demon' tnitli u on the trip yesterday, though at sevi'ral stations crowds gathered In sen the murderers. Johnson wa arraigned yes- erdav afternoon and blended not guilty to the live indictments for itinrdor. ' KXPLOSION AT SEA. Sivrnteen Persons Killed In, a Frtn'.h Stenmer Dimeter, . . . ipe steamer llio do Jnneiro liriiirs new that o;io of the bortcrs of tho l irnch stonmer Uachnllen exploded whllo tho vessel wo off tlio' Chinese conSt on I'nccmlK'r 2,liour.d from Blngnpnre for Hoik; Kong1. Klevfn of llw stokers in the f re room and onn of the an gini'i rs wit" killed iiietau'.ly by thn explosion or oy inn seaming steam. j nn cineistoicer wns so badly Injured that hn rltcd a few hours nfterwnrd and four other firemen dbxl Hie next tiny un n result ol their bhriw. i he vessel was crow lo I 'Willi ri.is.KCticeni nnd for n llmo there was tho widest con fusion on hoard. Tho passengers had just assembled in Ihn saloon for dinner wheu there came a loud report like that of a can non from tho direction ot tho engine room. 'J he dock beams wero toro up. Orntlngs wero sent living In the air end tho stenmer trembled from Htero to stnrn. A dense cloud of steam and smoke Issued from tho hatches and there was a deafening roar of escaping slcnm. 1 ho officers of the vessel, who wero on tho cks, rtiMh-'d to their i. laces at tho lifeboats and from thn cabin came sti lining women ud shouting men, nil believing that they worn lighting lor Itirlr lives. It was some time boforo order could ho restored and thn xtont of thn dlsn,itnr wn.'i ascertained. A soon as the steam had cleared away men worn sent below in tho stoke hold, Klnvea of the llremen lay about thn floor haforn tho ruined boiler, dead or within the Inst gasp, with their llesh parboiled bv the ferritin bath of superheated etenm In which thn explosion had plunged them. 'J tin other llremen, wno wero In the stokehold, wero badly burned. Four of them died during the night follow- ng the explosion. 1 hn dead llremen aud engineers were burled at sea. BUTCHERED SICK CUBANS. Spaniard Attack an Insurgent Hospital and Show Re Kerey to Inmate. One of tho principal hospital of thn Cu bans, located la tho Figuancn mountains, near Clonfuegos, was captured last week by Hpnnlsh troop. Tha Cuban soldier wore dually compelled to give way, and the ma jority of them were mnroilewdy out down by tho ypunlurds. A tew escaped. Thn hospital, once reached, wns attacked on all sides. Dr. Holer, the patriot surgeon. name out waving a whltn flag und bearing the insignia ot the itd cross to ask lor mercy, lie was met by K volley ol rtpanlsu bullets, nnd fell wounded, lie wo dis patched a few minutes inter by the machete, A sick American in one of the buildings. assisted bv two wounded Cubans, raised the stars aud stripes. This not infuriated the Hpanlsh commander, and wns mails the sig nal lor a general cnargn. inn work or Huanlsli bayonets and machetes was short and bloody. Mot a prisoner was taken; not even women nurses were spared. The gov ernment commander, nolo re retiring from the scene of hie "victory." set II ro to the hospital and surrounding building, burn- Inil them down over the bodie of the vic tims. X0 OVERTURES OF PEACE. Mlohigsa Prohibitionists Will Rot Com premise With the Nationals. . After a lengthy discussion tho State Prohi bition Convention in Detroit, declared Itself opposed to negotiation with the Nationalist Prohibitionists, who seceded last summer at Piltttburg. The resolution against fusion was framed bv Prof. Kamuai Dickie. Chair man ol the National Committee, and by ltcv. John ltussei, who is known a the father of the Prohibition party, lioth defended this resolution iu vigorous term, 'i here was sentiment in the convention in favor of con cllatory meusurus, but it was scarcely ap parent wnen tne vote was taken on adoption of the platform. The platform reiterates the Pittsburg plat form aud asserts thut features of the straight party s platform need not debar the Nation alists from returning to their former allegi ance. In conclusion, It points out the diU- eultles and danger of fusion. Three Mon Take a Train. As train B6 of the Houtbern railroad polled out from Perry station, Ala., a masked man boarded tne englue and witu a uruce ol re volvers took command of the engineer and fireman. Two others at tho same time boarded the forward platform of the express car. Three miles out the train was stopped. The express messenger refused to open and the robbers forcod the engineer and 11 reman to force the door, meanwhile firing off pis tols to Intimidate the passenger and crew. They secured the sale keys and rifled the local safe of (150. They also took a four gallon Jug of good whiskey. Bloodhounds are on the trail. The same train was held up and robbed of 1600 a month ago. Sherman Make a Denial. Senator Bheruian said there wo no truth In the published statement that he and Sec retary Olney had entered Into an agreement that the Cuban question should remain In statu quo during the remainder of the pres ent administration. "The newspapers should Invent something more logical," said the seuator. "There is," he added, "not only no agreement between the present secretary and and mvself. but w have never discussed tha the questlea." XEVST MOTES. Bomulus Cotell, the murderer of the Stone family at Akron, 0., will plead guilty la the second aegrae. . . By the explosion ot the great furnace, at Weilston, Ohio, John Kirby, aged x2 years; John Matta and Jam Waddle, aged 21, were terribly burned and cannot live. Weak ness ol th breast ol tha furnace was the LITEST MUM BGM OVER CLEVELAND'S VETO. A Member Fesoed Out By Revenged, Tharbsr II Friday wns privntn hill day In the house and most of thn time wns consumed with small bills. The bill to nrpvldn for holding terms ot the f'nltcd Htntee court of the east ern district of Texns at tho town of Ileait- mont wn passed over the president' arte by a voto of 144 to (IH. Incidental to thn dis cussion Mr. Cooper of Texas declared the president vetoed thn bill through a mlsnppro henslon, Hn explnlnnd Ihn necessities which existed for the ensctiiKOit of thn nv'SMirc. Iln said thn llrst ob set bin to the hi I that hn had ever heard of came mm thn President. Ho rncoioged, ns hn sal'l with somn humilia tion, that hn had si'Vi'.l tliic-s culled upon Mr. ('1,-velnnd to present thn reasons why It skoiild lie signed or tn meet any objections which thn president might raise, but ho lin I been denied ninillon to Mr. Cleveland. On thn o"cmlofi or hi" lust vlilt hn said hn had been Informed by Privntn Heerctary Thiirber that It would hn iiielcns for hi in In sen the president ns Mr. Cleveland hail already madn up his mind to vein thn bill. cl r, t ooper s remarks niniiit bis Inability to get access to Mr. Cleveland drew from Mr. (rrosvnnor n half humorous, half sar castic commentary upon the nlHtncI,. which hedged thn Whltn Hotine, Mr. (ironvenor said Hint it surprised him tn hear Hint at any lime within Ihn past thren ynnrs any anlf-rn-npnctlng representative of a ro.xpcctabln con stituency would even mnkn application at tlio white; house, 'j (tree years ago thn urn- sent occupant of the White House had been represented ns having Issued nn order thnt no senator or reprcsenfutlvn should present himself In persnn until lin had bowed nt thn scat of thn prlvato secretary and communl cated to that august pcrsonnge his desires and received thn sanction nf that person. Mr. flrosvcnor recalled the fact that when (hat order wns issued one of the representa tives or nn onio constituency sworn he Would never again seek to sen the president of i ho United Htntes. "And hn nnver did," continued jir. (ironvenor. "Audi desire to any that my constituency never commission ed nio to percolate my business with the exe cutive through the clny of n prlvato soorn tnry. It now appears that the president has madn a mlntnke. ft is unfortunate that lo excludes memlfcr of congress nnd fences himiH'lf about wl h a skirmish ilim of such moderate capacity, f am sorry these re marks are madn loo late to do nny good. They should hnvo been nindo scvcrul ye-nrs ngn." '"Do you think the next occupant of tho White llomn will do botterV" asked Sff. Oal ll, qiilzzlcnlly, "I can't speak foi thn nnxt adminlstra Hon," mulled Mr. tlrosvenor. smiling. "I run only express tho hope that never again win nn administration refuse rendy access to inn representatives of the people, j ne peo ple are greater than any executive." Ap plause. Tho vein wna then taken. Two-thirds having voted In thn nnirmativn. 1-14 to Gd. the bill was pusscd over tho veto of the preel- uont. MASSACRED BY SAVaGES. Details of How th British Expedition Wa Wiped Out in Africa. The London "Evening Now publishes a dispatch from I.ngos, capltnl of tha lirltlsh West Afrlco colony of that name, giving do talls of the masam-ro of the lirltlsh expedition under Consul-'leunrnl J. It. Phillips by the Inhabitants of liciiin City early during the presnnt month. The party consisted of Con- Biil-Oonnrnl Phillips and several nfTlcers, bo- Htdcs 2K native carriers. J nn party was un armed, and was proceeding to ileiiln City In order to make a request for a palaver or conference with King Obbnli in regard to In creasing the trading facilities with that part of Africa, thn king having previously con sented that the expedition should visit bis capital. Thn ofllcera went unarmed in order to impress the king with tbu peuceful char acter or tneir mission. After proceeding up the river thn expedi tion landed at n spot about 15 mile from Hen In City, and the carrier were sent ahead through the dense Jungle, the olltoers follow ing. Five mile from Benin City thn officer snd- rinnly came npon a narrow dcllle, whloh was lined wltn tnn dead curriers, wno were tear fully mutilated. Almost immediately afterward the officers and tneir servants were surrounded and at- tnokod by hundreds of savsgea armed with guns, cutlasses, spear ana elrros, and In a lew minutes all of the members of tha party excepting Ikiisragon aud Locke were killed. Captain Bolsrogon and hi companion, after wandering In the bush for a week suc ceeded In reaching New ltenln, wounded and exhausted, bringing the drat authentic news nf the massacre, although seven kroomon of the carrier party succeeded la escaping, and were the first to hear the report of the dis aster. The affair Is looked upon as deserving of the sending of a punitive expedition to llonln City, known aa the city of blood, on account of Its being the seat of the fetich priests of that part of Africa, and because hemaa sacrifices are of frequent occurrence, the remain of sacrificed slave being wen bleaching la the sun on ll sides. LIBERIA'S TERRIBLE SCOURGE. Colonie of Xegroe From America Almost Wiped off th Earth. Fred William and John Osgood, two In telligent ooloied young men, who were for merly employed In the New York postoffloe arrived at Ells Island on the 21st. They are on their way to tneir home In Sibley, 111., and WabaasBco, Ark., having erossed the Atlantic in an Immigrant snip. On the recommendation of a colored Bap tist lilsbop, the young men say they emi grated with a party or colonists to Liberia lust June. W il.iama and Osgood te I horri ble stories ot the ravage of "coast fever" In Lilieria. Out ot one colony of 185 negroes who went to Liberia from Arkansas, only 12 have survived, the returning traveler say. Wil liams stated mat tne Arkansas colony I one of a dozen that have been practically wiped out by "coast fnver." TRAI5 WRECKING GROWS. - Hubbard ef MlieonrJ Tells How Extensive Is That EviL Home Interesting fact concerning train wrecking were presented to the Judiciary eommittee of the house by Representative Hubbard, of Missouri, who has introduced a bill to provide the death penalty tor the crime. Mr, Hubbard showed that the sum. ber of train "hold upa" in six years had been 183, In which 73 persons were killed and Ml wounded by shot. The record for 1HD6 wa 23 hold up, In which 3i passengers and trainmen were killed and 7 Injured; 4 robber killed and 2 injured. The bill Axes the death penalty or Imprisonment or not lees inn . n u... rm In 1 1 hnM nn," n, ultnmnl, At ten year for all train wrecking. Ask Aid for Miners. Th officials of the Ohio miners' organiza tion have Issued a olroular setting forth the distressing condition whloh prevail In the several mining district ot the btate.and call ing upon the miner who have employment and. other to contribute to the support ot those who are actually suffering for the ne. eesearlea of life. The appeal ask that this assistance be extended until th new seal east go Into effect or ooadltlona so improve MOKE BUSINESS, LOWER PRICES Larger Buy lag at Material al Oreatef ' Prednetlea. It. O. Dun A Co.' Weekly Itetlew of Trade aaysf There I more business, though not at bet ter prlnVs. )t I Interesting that almost all prices which change nt all are lower than a week ago and yet business I unquestionably Inrger. There is larger production, hut as vnt i ot an mneti I -... I .nh.n n .l l..n . And there I larger buying of materials, hut at present only because Is-lter prices are ,e- nt-eimi in inn iiunre, a lew eonspH'ioue -Inlliires during ihe week have had no malnr- Inl Influence. The mnmut for securities .Is slightly sfronger.and yet there I little) doing. The unrulier of bands employed, all Indus tries lo,islilnrrl 1 allt.laflu Inrtfep lli.n S wnek ago without nd verse nhnnirn In thn rate of wages. All apprehension of foreign dis turbance of money mnrkets ha passed nwny hut there Is still grant caution In making loans. It Is a mistake to reckon theae a symptom of depression. On Ihn contrary. in spun or tun lower range of price In Im portant Industries, (hn conditions ail Indl cntn larger production and a consumption liicrcii"lrig, not as largely but stcmllly. Whejit, corn and cotton eximrts rn Ihe key to I iri llnam liil situation, and durlnr thn latt wek wheat hat declined i of a cent and corn of a cent, while cotton b unchanged, i bn Western receipts of wheat mn still small &H,npo hushele less than a year ntro. I nn iron Industry I engaged In settling relntlvn prices, and tho slow operation re tards hii-ducvn In many branches, sli.ee the , future of prlcna la uncertain, lloesciner pig Is n Irlfln lower nt I0.4 at Pittsburg, and (Trey forge nf !M0, though ho further de nllnn has oei tirred at I a-tern mnrkets or nt Chicago. Hut tlio competition of new con cerns tempted to manufacture null by thn high prices recently maintained caused slightly lower sales, nf wire nulls at tl.Ho, nnd of cut nails at tl.lir.. The Bar Association has been In session to consider the reduction of steel burs to I rent, ami In large contracts oven lower; nnd thn Unlet Association hss again been culled together to meet on the 29lh, although ttinrn In no prospect of It re organization. Unlets arn selling at l25 at Pittsburgh. The increase in manufacturing I perhaps morn definitely shown than in any other way by thn production of coke, which steadily Increases, (I.MI7 ovens being In blast -against H,I7.'I Idle, and the week's output, I0O.KN5 tons, Is over double the out put or Octoticr 1. Failure for Ihn week have been 409 In th f'nltcd Htstes, Against H7H Inst year, and 5 In Cnnaiin, agalntt 01 Inst year. SENATORIAL ELECTIONS. The two branch of the Delaware Legisla ture voted separately for United Mat" Sen ator, and lilnhnrd II. Kenncy, thn selection of tho Democratic cnucus, received all the votes enst. Henry C. Hnnshroiigh, lieptibUcan. wa re-elected L'nlted Hint'"! Senator for North Dakota, by a total ot If! to 26 for W. A. itent- loy Populist. Jn the balloting lor l.nltcd Mate Senator In etch hou.w of thn North t Proline f.ngisla- ,.-.. 1-I1.--.I l......l.lln- nu.li,,.l 1- k- Senate 24 votes; Thompson, Popullet, Id, and I'ntignton, Iii-mocrat, t, la tne House inn vote wns: Prltchard. 82; 7'hompson, 24s Daughton, 27. Total Prltchard.Hti; Thomp- in, 4H: Dnughtnn, M, Prltchard vote la exactly a majority of both branches of the Legislature, the membership being 170. Chnrlna W. Fairbanks was elected United States Senator for Indiana; I. W. Voorhee wns put In nomination by the Democrat, fx'Koy Tcmplcton by the Populists and Fair banks by the liepubllcans. '1 he ballot In Missouri resulted as follows: In the House, Vest, Democrat, Hfi; Kerens, Itcpublicnn. SI: Jones, populist, 4, in the Senate, Vest HI; Knriius, 14. lioth house will moot lu Joint session and re-elect Senator Vest. In thn New York Assembly Thomas C. Piatt received 112 votes for 'United States Senator; Hid, 81, and Henry George 2, Th Senate gave Plutt D5 votn:lill 11. and Henry (ieorgn 2. The vote for oeorge were cast by Democrntio bolters. Senator Henry M. Teller was re-eleoted In both House of the General Assembly of Colorado The vote ot the two House shows 94 for Teller and 8 for Judge Allen, who was nominated by the McKlnioyltos. K"h branch of New Hampshire Legisla ture took a viva voce vote for United Slate Senator for six year beginning March V 1HU7. In the Senate the voin stood: Jaooo II. Galllnger, of Concord, Republican, 21 Hosea W. Parker of Claremont. Democrat, 2. There was ono absentee The vote la the House rnsnlted: Galllnger, 1W7, Parker, 53. Twenty-eight Kepubllcnns and nine Demnorata did not vote. The Arkansas Senate and IToune balloted acpariitely for United States Senator with the result that Senator James K. Jones wo re elected by an overwhelming majority. x-Congresmnn William . Mason was nominated lor United State Senator at the Republican Joint caucus, after one of the hardest fought buttles In the history of the Republican pnrty In Illinois. The Speaker of thn House Tuesday mad tha following additional committee appoint ments: Chairman of the eommittee on fed eral relations; Colerlderl military, Zlnm edu cation; Hunter; county and munialpal eor- ? orations and Joint atock eompanle, lughes, of Kanawha; roads, Janksoo; olalma nod grievances, Chiiders; human institu tions, Hrohard; printing, Ryan; art and sciences. Leach i mines and mining, Tolerj immigration and agriculture, Collin. Mr. Wbltnker. president of the Senate, lu troduced a bill requiting the removal of half and bonnets during theatrical performances, A call baa been ituued for the annual meet ing of the State I.cagne of Republican ulnb to be held March 8. ALL AGREED OH C0EBCI0BT. Salisbury Brought the Powers to Oueut to Hi Turkish Program. The official correspondence cortoemlng tho reforms In Turkey show that on Sep tember 23 Lord Salisbury proposed that the power take measure to enforce !Mlr pro posal and thut in tha event of nplMlingnes on the part of any power to assili,i it share in coercive measures, thut powc-f rhould not oppose tha action of auy other. Austria gave ber assent without qualification, tnd liermauy assented with the proviso that any coercive action taken by the power against Turkey must be unanimous and that the integrity of the Ottoman Empire must be maintained. Italy gave ber alieolute assent to the propos al, but Russia objected to any scheme which Involved the application of coercion. In re ply, Lord Salisbury expostulated with the Russian Minister saying that it would be use less for the powers to make further concert ed representations to the Porte In regard to reform unless tbey were prepared to en force their proposal. On November 24, M. Shlshsla wrote to Lord Salisbury, saying that the Cxar had agreed to consider the question of eoercloa if the Sultan should prove recalcitrant aad the other powers were unanlmgus In favor of resorting to coercion. About the end ot December, France gave a simllir assent to measure of coercion, and the jtovernmenta of liussls, Austria and Italy reAllrmed their their adhesion to that plan of aoMuu. HO REFORM F0S CUF-A. Palm Declares Hothing But UiUpsnden Will Satisfy. Thomas Estrada Palma, presldmt of tha Cuban Junta, ha issued a stitament in answer to the rumor that Spain U willing and snxlot to grant some reforms to ap pease the Cubans. He say most smplutlo ally that the Cuban will not accent any o theeo-celled reform from balnt " mat miner can aeio inemseive.
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