f J- I RELIEF WORK EM RtTHER LRTL WHERE MISERY DWELLS. ( Starvation and, Death In th Congested Central Province oY' Hlndoitan. Th special correspondent of tho Associ ated Pros who Is Inquiring Into the famine raging In Knlpnr, the largest district of thn Central Province, having a population, ot 1,000,000, finds the situation very gravis Thin In tho center ot tho rlco-growing In duelry, which la tho only crop grown, niul,. ns II has fulled, thcro Is n total extinction of ' loud stuff ih thin locality nnd real famine ex ists. About 1,300 villages arn affected. The r'lli'f works have given employment nn'l tho moans of subsistence to oO.IMiO persons. 'I'lii' worst part of thn district It Dhnrtnap r, 110 mile from Kiilpur, whom lamentable -oii'lltlonn prevail. Many people hove already died of hunger mill many ulhors nrn dying. 'Ihn staff employed In tlm work of relieving the sullerer is liindequnto to oop with tli enormous area. Iftlinwork ot r-ll'f had been properly arrant!"! earlier tho niottnllty would hnva been loss, a tho ruins aro In reaelng thn spread of disease. It will tnkn three good years to recoup tho loss' o( this district. Th" pnorhoum arn n fair criterion of tho condition of the peolpn. llcsldc tho profes sional beggars, they nro crowded with labor ers reduced to thn lust slagn of skeletons. Tho bodlo nrn emaciated and tho skin 1 hanging In inrgn foll.. Other tiavo m illion stomachs, thn sign of ncato privation. Home horrlhln sight were witnessed. A man with both lean oaten away win mass of whltn scads, ami other wore nearly as had. Thn condition in this district Is the worst ye soon. There Is urgent need of (mi'ls here. Tho correspondent hears that In tho Jub bill pore district conditions aro oven worse thin hern. If seed Is not sown the people will b utterly Incapable of procuring food, anil the conditions next yenr will be too aw ful to contemplate. Tho Government wits late In realizing the gravity ot thn situation. Had relief measure been Instituted curlier much of the dietres rxlsltlug could have boej averted. The food supply In this district Is scanty and will very soon b" ex hausted. FOREIGN NEWS. Firs, Wind and Bain Combine to Work Havoo In a Town. Fort Darwin, a small but Important town In Houth Australia, was almost wiped out by one of those tcarfnl hurricanes, which peri odically strike the cost ot Australia, destroy ing property and very often ilfo. Luckily in this oase no lives wcro lost, but from tho re ports which have been received in Hldnoy previous to the sailing of the steamer War rtmo, which arrived at Victoria, 11. ('., tho loss of property must have been very large. Tbo wind wan accompanied by a heavy rain, which, ruined tho furniture In resi dences and goods lu stores which had enon leprlvod ot their roofs. Tho residents had to obtain shelter as best thoy could. Tho telegraphic wires were demoralized by the storm, and consequently news from tho sceno of tlie disaster is meiigrc, A lire stnrt ed Monday, January 4, and ruin was pour ing down on tbo following Thursday, when tho baromntcr began to fall and tho wind to howl. Tbo wind whs at its height by Thurs day morning and kept it up nil day, Aiming tho few dispatches received from Hldney was one from the postmaster, lu which tho fol lowing paragraph appears: "Tho town Is practically destroyed, all bullditics being cither heaps of riiiua or very badly dam aged. Tbo ralu fall Monday mid Wednesday was 4.80 inches. On Thursday ouo inch was recorded." TITLE LOSES ITS CHARM For a New York Karqnlee, Who Wearied of Supporting an Expensive Husband. Another Now York girl has discarded a foreign titlo and expensive husband through Houth Dakota divorce courts. Demade Julia de Latour du Ylllard, of Faris, has become plain Julia Chnpln, of Now York, through a decree of divorce just Hied, granting hor re lease from M. brim Ernest Gabriel lluymoud Odde; MarquU de la lour du Vilhtrd. The plaintiff and mother testified that VII lard refused not only to support Ills wife, but tbnt she had to pay his laundry bills and to pawn hor diamonds to pay rent In fash ionable quarters. .Mine. Villard loft hor husband lu Hep. tomhor, 1800, coming to Houth Dakota to stabllsh ber residence, Khe tostlllcd that her husband was worth 7(1,000 francs at the time ot their marriage, and that her father settled 180,000 on biin at that time. After her money was exhausted In I'arls she Suva her mother furnished hor witli what was needed for necessary cxponso. Her husband, she said, never paid one ceut for living ex peases, and took tho position that his wife was under obligations to support him. Mrs. Cbupln said Villard had told her he had on tnoome of 13,000 a veer, but that sho now knows the element to be a lie. Mrs. Chap In says she paid the Marquis' bills in order to keep her dauahtor s personal belongings from being attached. ' Divoroa was granted on the ground ot non npport, The plaintiff was given the' right to assume her maiden name. 40.000 HIDE 0BFBANS. More Money Heeded to Save . Armenian Orphans From Death. The National Armenian relief commission recently forwarded to Turkey f 35,000. They have just received a cable message from the International committee at Constantinople, acknowledging the remittance and staling tout the funds in hand are entirely inade quate to meet the uwful suffering and desti tution. Carujul investigation bna shown that no loss than 40,000 ohlldren have been made orphans by the lute massacres. ' Those "ward ot Christendom" can be easily saved from starvation or debasing enslavement In Moslem bomes and can bo cared for.at the rata ot a dollar a month, but thousands, Will perish before spring unless generous gift are snot at once to Browu Brother Cu., t It Wall street, New Vork, ho are) authorised treasurers. Tin CHILDHElf DB0WBED. Fanr Bey and Otrl Went Through the lot While Skating on a Fend. Five ohlldren, ranging la age from 8 to 15 years, broke through th lea while skating on a pond near the Missouri, river on the Iowa side, across from Nebraska City. Neb.. and were drowned. Thru boys belonging to the family ot O. W. Gibson aud boy to the I- v or ruoeoix uiuson ana one gin to J. a- ..erne. . 1 o children failed to reach their homes at the accustomed hour, and Search wus lnsti toted, and tbelr hats found floating on the water ot tb pond, where a small nlaoe had been broken through the toe. The bodies were found elose logotber, all having gone down together. The parents are promlueut lannara. , Two Feaoemakere Killed. Cbarle B. Dodge aud Alexander Borland old r'iteeli of New Mope, Cel., and two of I b it known and best resuoolod residents . anenty, were murdered at Mew Hop , r". 1 ... nfer, th senior tartor of tb ' -r Co.. general storekeepers . .mere in that town. The two ii -aesnmkers ' quarrel to tt i party. , i CAPITOL BURNED. Th Stat Hone At Barrlibarg a 'Mats ef Butns. Thn famous old state capilol building, nt llnrrlshiirg, l'a., the cornerstone of which was laid In IHI'J hy (lovcrnor Flndlay, Is mass ot ruins. A fire that spread with as much rapidity as thn flrn was iiiienpeeted har loft standing gnunf, thick walls and the skeleton of the splendidly constructed dome, wlill" the Interior la u nines of falling ceilings, walls and furniture, liecnlilng the history of Pennsylvania, and the stirring and momentous scenes that havo occurred in the venernlilo building during tint last 7H years, thn ruin loom up Invested wl'h an Interest full of pathos and regret. . Not only old citizens of llurrlMliurg, hut old-tlmo legisla tors and oniclals, who lire hero now, gored upon the funeral pytn of tho ancient edillce with saddened fnee's and serious eyes. The round tower of lis rotunda, disman tled and looks down in tragic silence on broken walls mid smouldering embers. Thn destruction was as sudden aa It was complete. It catnn utmost without warning. The Mennto had met Tuesday and taken a brief r ss. Most of tho Henalors wre in tbelr scats, aud thn galleries wre filled with the ii.n. il crowd of spectators. In the ll.iiiso Inislness wna moving sluggishly 'flung. 1 he Haines which bad doubtless been at work for hours unseen ann uukuowu sud denly spread to the whole of tho upper floors ot mo nenatn win , ami volumes oi smnso poured at once, almost, through tho pictur ed celling. Kvon then so suddenly was the oinlng, few seemed to reallo me truth, t was onlv when thn water, turned on by some of thn ofllchils of tho school depart ment, began to pour down, and a crackln of names came, soon (opening lino a roar, that tho Henntnr snw their danger. An ad journment not calculated by any rule was hastily taken, and every olio rushed for the doors. The House took fright nt the same time, and adjourned with equal hastn. thn llnprcnentatives beating a retreat without any seinldnnce of dignity. Thoy were none too soon, for In a fnw seconds an explosion above shook thn whole building, niul the Dying legislators wcro thrown from their foot by Its force. Kstlmntcs of tho loss on tun imlliiins ami contents vary. Hupt. l'elaney snvs It will reach l.MMi,0KI. (jther stilts otlU lals bo. Horn that tfiOO.UOO or fiwi.oon is enough. The treasury department ofllelala say that there was about t.00,0110 Insurance on the buildings. The exact amount cannot be as certained, as tho matter is in the hands of a Philadelphia agency. mo origin or the tire is t.innict on soverni causes. Homo say that It was done by elec trlo light wlresi other officials think tbnt n due Is to blame. The loss In documents is heavy. This Is especially so in tho depnitmentN of educa tion. There is no vault In tho ollleea, and and the papers arn nearly all destroyed. Tho most Important arn the school appropria tion books. They have boon lost. This will leave these accounts tanglod for a time. There wnrn also a great many valuable records In thn departments destroyed. They cannot be replaced. Thn bust of Jllgbco, purchased by tho schools of the stale a few years ago, was destroyed, inn senate journals sineo 100 wer destroyed. 'J bey c.tunot be re placed. The sonata journal for this session was saved In tho house time was given to save all tho records. In lileiit.-tiov. Walter I. von s rooms thorn was a very valuable library of archives and law books. 1 hey were all ticatrovt'il. In tho committee rooms thorn wcro libraries. Thoy contained the state laws. In tho basement of tho senate wcro stored about 000 tons of reports. They bad Just coino from the printer and wcro ready to send out. 'J he Correspondents' association bnd a complete copy of bills introduced this session. They were rescued from the llanies by the onicors of tho orgaiii.ation, and will bo turn ed over to the hou..c. The seunto bills worn also saved. The chairmen of committees saved ill the bil.s iu their hands, and us the Journ als of botli brunches were rescued, thn work of the legislature can continue without in terruption from this cause. When the flumes had aubsldeil consider ably a force of tnon wcro put to work to save any furniture and documents possible. A great deul of dainagod stuff was taken out. THE VENEZUELA TREATY SIGNED. Andrad and Fannoefote Affix Their Auto graphs to th Agreement. Tho treaty between Great lirituin and Venezuela for tho settlement of the long pending Venezuelan boundary dispute by arbitration wu signed by the State Depart ment nt Washington, Tcbruary '1, by Hlr Julian l'aunocfnto, llrltlsh Ambassador, and Honor Jose Aildradc, the Venezuelan Minis ter. The dolny in completing the treaty was caused by the dllllculty lu making up the personnel oi tno arbitral commission, not so much frin objections to persons nominated bv either side as from tho trouble experi enced in arranging tho tribunal so as to in terfere ns little as possililo with tno Import nut routine work supreme courts of thn I lilted Mutes and Great ltriiain, from which bodies four of the arbitrators are drawn. Notice, however, was received by onblo Tuesday morning from London that thn Privy Council had finally confirmed tho sel ections made. The four arbitrators, it is un derstood, will lie Chief Justice Fuller aud Chief Justice Brewer, of tho United Htates Hupreme Court, and Lord Herecholl and bir ltictiard Ilcnn Collins Knight, Justice ot Iter Mnlestv a Hunreine Court of Judicature. The fifth arbitrator, lu case of need, will bo nam ed by King Oscar. By the terms of th treaty, the agents of the two Governments of urent lirituin aud Venezuela must deliver the complete case at Faris, where the arbitration tribunal will meet, within eight months of the ratification of tbo treaty, with three month additional allowed for the submission ot the counter cases, so that the entire arbitration probably will occupy a year aud a ball. 1W0 BECEIVEBS Appointed for th Pennsylvania Lead Company. The Pennsylvania Lead company went Into the hands ot receivers at Pittsburg Tuesday. Liabilities tl.400,000. The application for a reoelver was made by George 0. GrUcom as trustee, and IL E. Anderson, who set forth In tb bill that the detoudaut company is indebted to Urlaoom In the amount ot 8,000 and that Anderson holds one buudred shares ot Us capital (took at a par value ot 100. The liabilities of the concern are plaoed in the bill a' 1,400.000 iu the form of commer cial paper. Of this, tofiO.OOO matures In February, 1892. A large part ot this has teen Indorsed by President Buhwartc, who wss recently stricken with paralysis. These obligation and endorsements ara held In Halt Lake, fjtahi Pittsburg, New York and London. Over 30,000 worth of paper went to protest on February 1 tor non-aooeptance and non-payment. The eompaoy, It la stated, I In Its present condition unable to meet or renew lu obli gations and suits would lie brought by credi tors causlug levies to be mado upon (800,000 worth ot valuable property. Tbeeonoeru employ elorkt lu It office and skilled men In lis works to tho number of ICO. Many of tbem have rights aud pre ference In Its assets. af'XBMHA ACCEPTS. Be will U MoBlnlsy'f Seorstary at tha la tsrlsr. A special from Canton, O., sayst Judge Joseph McKenna, of Han Franolsoo, bas aoeepted lb portfolio of Heoretary of tha lulttrior (a FrotlOJUt atoKlnJay's Cabinet, IKE SCHEME APPROVED BY SPAIN FOR CUBAN REFORMS. Th Text of th Original Artlolea Made Public, Tim Madrid Official Gazette prints the full scheme of Cuban reform, ns approved by the queen regent In a formal decree. Tho follow ing Is a full extract ot thn decree proper, without the preamble, article by artlelni Artleln 1. The laws of March 15, 1HM will be atnpllllcil in acnordnnno with the follow ing rules, which will be developed in by iatys. Itulo 1'irst Tho municipalities and assemb lies of the six province of the Island of ( ubn (I'inarilol lllo, Havana, Matanr.as, Hantn Clara, Puerto Prineipn and Siiiitinco do Culm ) will enjoy all tho liberties compatible with tl.n laws and respect of- Individual rights. The assemblies will havo the right to eleet Its presidents. In each assembly there will be an executive committee, elnoted by th" as sembly every six months, and its president will hn elected bv said committee. Tho mayors anil deputy mayors will bo elected by thn municipalities from ttntnngt the mem bers. They will exnrctsn.wlthoiit limitation, thoactlvo functions of thn municipal ad ministration ns executors oftbn decisions of the municipalities. The provincial assemb lies will have the right to suspend the rin elelon of thn municipalities when they go beyond thn limits of thn municipal rights; but, In this case, the municipalities will have the right of appeal to the hlgbe-t court of the province. '1 he provincial assemblies will have largo powers in matters of taxes, In ac cordance with tho general mid local system of taxation. Thirty-Five Councillor!. lluln Rncond Tho council of administra tion of tho island will be composed of IIS councillors; 'il of them .will bo elected di rectly by tbo people, with tbo auinii condi tions and census tiiut elects the provincial assemblies and thn inunlclp'ililins, a 'cording to tho rule established lu article III, of tbo law ot Alurch in, lmin. Nino will hn as fol lows: Tho president of tho t'nlverslty of Havana, thn president of the chamber of commerce of Havana, the president of the economical societies of the friends of the country of Havana, tho president of thn Plnnters' mwlatloii, thn president of thn i'obneoo Manufacturers' Union, one member representing Hie chapters of tho cathedrals of Havana and of Hantlngo de Cuba, one rep resenting nil tho trades associations of llavnini, two designated among the taxpay ers of the province, ot Havana. Tim nthor II vo will be senator or repre sentatives to the oortes, who have been duct ed by tho Island of Cuba In a greater num ber of general election. Thn governor-general will be honorary president of thn council, and the actual pre sident will bo nominated by tho governor general from among Ihn members of tho council. Thn members of the oortes, during their term, cannot bo councilors of adminis tration. Itulo Third -The eorte will determine tho amount ot expenses of sovereignty (imperial expense) and will determine tho total of tho budget. Itulo Fourth Thn attributes of Ihn council of administration, na regards tho customs tariff, will bo as follows: First It will flx nil rules for tho applica tion of the custom duties. Hncunil ft will decide what Is most con venient regarding tnxes on exports. Third-It will tlx or modify the llscnl du ties fur revenue on Importation lu tho Isl and. loiirth-It is to be heard in nn advisory manlier regarding tho rules, cluillcutlous and selection of duties. These rights will linvo tho following limi tations: First National products directly imported to Cuba will enjoy indispensable protection, taking into consideration that Itio taxes on foreign products will be for revenue only. Hecond luxes for revenue established by thn council of administration will tie ap plied alike to foreign aud to national pro ducts. Third Taxe on export will be equally levied and will not be (lilTercntlal; but it will be possible to except from these ruli the direct exports to Hpain for homo consump tion. 1'be custom tariff will have the following form i It will consist of two columns: Ouo .fur revenue only, equally applied and In the snina proportion to foreign and home pro duets, and thn other column will consist of differential duties Imposed on nil foreign products, and where them will bn a margin of protection for the national Industry, with u maximum tbutthu cortc will establish. The government will fix. for tho ilrst time. the articles of the tariff which will make up the differential coluinus. Tho taxes will not exceed W per cent of the valu i of the articles. Ituie Filth ltofcrs to thn power of tho governor-general to appoint employes In the olllae of the general government, nud In tho oillces of the civil governors of thn pro vinces. Itulo Sixth r.ofers to the secretariat of tr.e general govornrueut; the powers ot the iu- mnuunto (nosit of treasury;, comptroller, director of local administration; numcs tho clerks In their odlces. Itulo Heven liefer to the appointment of government employes by tho governor-general, who must lie Cubau burn or pcnlusulurs, who have resided at least two year In the island. Those appolntmuula will bo made with the advice and consent of the council of administration, and with reunrd to the leiral and proper qualifications of the nomiuoes. Itule Light Itefors to the member of the judiciary, who will be only nppuintod among Cubuu born or persons naviug resided two years in tbe island. The muulcipal Judnes (justice ot the peace), will be appointed by election by members of the municipalities, supplemented by a number of doctors chosen by tho people, Itulo Ninth The oouncll ot administration will respect the actual pending eoutracts.and nt the expiration of the same will have the right to accept or to repeal them. Tho coun cil will also have tho power ot enforcing in the Island thotrcusury laws, of the peninsula nud ot entering Into a contract with the Dunk of Cula. A spoalal decree, which will be submitted to the oortes will contuln the rules for the maintenance of public order, and the suppression of secessionist move ments. Article IL The government will embody In a single deoroe tbe present rules and those of tho laws of May 15, lbl)5, developing boih in by-laws, which shall not change the strict sense of the present decree. Article III. Dispose that the above men tloned rule will apply also to Puerto ltlco. Article IV. Tbe date for the application to Cuba of the law of 18U6 aud tbe presont decree to Cuba and Puerto Itloo will be fixed by tha Government aa soon aa tho state ot the war will permit it, A Steamsr Lost The British steamer Onegn.outward bound from Hull, England, ha signalled Cape Car voelro that the llrltlsh steamer City of Agra, outward bound, from Glasgow, has beeu lost. Tbe captain of tha Agra is on board the Onega. Tti city of Agra waa a schooner rigged screw steamer, built at Glasgow in 1870. Hhe rvglstured 11,080 tons net aud was 885 feet long n'ad 88! (,' feet beam and was U'; feet deep. Hbe was owned by U. Mmttn it Hons. lELEGBAFHtC TICKS. The woman's suffrage bill passed the Ne vada senate by a vote of 0 to 6, aud was auut to the assembly. At Cluolnuatl Mr. Llszle E Hewitt, a Urge laud owner, assigned, wun awe is ana liauiii' tie 40,000 auou. It con be definitely stated that J. Addison Porter, ot th Hartford, (Conn.,) Kveotng Post, will bo private aecreaary to Preeldout ttcsviuiuy. .i. 1 PROGRES OF THE PLAGUE. Rot to Many Deaths In Bombay, but Out break! In Other Flaoes. William, Lord Dnndliurst.Govcrnor of Horn bay, ha sent a cable message to the effect that tho bubonic plague patient patronlxe tho hospitals more freely than at tho time ot the flrs outbreak of tho epidemic. In the section whern tho disenso had the strongest hold In the headlining It Is now lining sup pressed, but it npcarstn lm extending to new portions of thn llomlmy Presidency. In places most recently Infected by the pingiio liio mortnllty is evidently not so great. In the elty of llombay thn number of deaths diminished during thn week ending January li!, and thn feeling nt that place is one of greater hopefulness. In tho city of Poonah, llombny Presidency, M indigenous enses were reported, but a Into account is to the effect that 4H eases worn announced lu a single quarter of the town. tlovornor Sandhurst reports that Ihn nnm lior of death from thn plagun at Karaehl reached 20H for thn week ending January 'ii, diminishing to 17 for tho week ending Jan uary 20, decreasing In tlmtwo worst quarter of ihn town, but Increnelng in the two oe tlohs formerly lenst liif -elerl by tbo epidemic. It is estimated that nnn-foiirth of thn totnl population of thn city has left Karachi on account of thn plague. Thn only deaths from plagun reported from Hind, Just out sido haracbi, aro Bald to be those of travel ers. Genernlly spenking, Ibis snmo thing may bn said to be true of other town of tho llom lmy Presidency, beside thn cille of llombny and Poonah, with thn exception, however, of thn towns of llnndora and Coorln, and their suburban vitiligo and the unhealthy place of llhlwandl In tho Thana district. According to tbe cabled reports from Gov ernor Hnnnhnrst, thn Inspection of travelers along the main lines of communication is very effective. Many ense of bubonic plagun havo been detected In this way and the travelers taken Immediately to spoclal hospitals arranged for their reception. All of thn ocean liners, in well ns tho ships hail ing for foreign pons, are thoroughly Inspect ed beforo leaving tho harbor of Hum hay. According to an order issued nil of the pil grim ships have been prohibited from leav ing tho port ot llombay. WEYLER GIVES PERMISSION. Sugar Cane to be Oronnd on Central Flantatione. Captain General Weyler announces tha. he bo authorized tho central plantations of Curncaros and Andrcita to grind sugnr enne. It Is expected that ho will oon grant per mission nllowlr.g other Cuban plantations to commenco work. Additional details received by tho author, itle regarding the engagement near ('logo Avlla, aro to tho effect that tho Insurgent tnft seven dead on the field, and 23 wounded prisoner worn tnkeu. Inasmuch a tho Cubane retired carrying their dead and wounded, u in believed that their los was far greater than this. . LnLucbii and Jijarlo de In Marina received radiograms giving extracts from thn auto nomy reform dncrnn to bn published ofll claliy next Haturdny. These dispatches have not yot nppeareil In nny of tiio local newspapers, but I .a Lucha, iu nn editorial commenting upon tho reforms proposed by the Hpanlsti Premier, says: "I.a Lucha, being a llepubilcan newspaper cannot help expressing enthusiastic nil in I rn tlou for Prime Minister Cnnovn del Castillo nn account of tho liberal spirit manifested in thesn reform. To thn Premier wo are solely indebted for this lilx-rnllty, and we hops that the enemies of Canovus del Castillo, who havo considered him a drawback upon tho cause of Cuban liberalism, will hereafter regard him as tiin Illustrious statesmen that he Is, and that they will all bo persona Jy de Voted to him as such a leodor. Diarlo do la Marina, until yesterday the staunch ndveraory of Prime Minister Cnno vaa del Castillo, contain laudatory phrases praisiag tho Premier tor the liberal spirit shown in tho proposed Cuban reforms, and expressing tho hopo that he will bo able successfully carry them into execution on tho island. BATTLE 5EAB LAKE TRINIDAD. Spanish Column Surprised and Its Com mander Badly Wounded. Details havo Just boou received of nn en gagement which occurred on January HI. A Hpnnlsh column loft Gunnn, according tu or ders Issued by Oonral Molgulzo. Thn troop consisted of Marine forces, Infantry and guorrlliai), commanded by Major Cua dra. Near Lake Trinidad the Insurgents con cealed In tho dense forest opened lire upon them at a distance of 03 yards. Volley alter volley wus fired upon the Hpanlsh, who woro entirely without protection, owinu to the nn- turu of tho surrounging country. After 10 niinuirs tiring, aiujor madia ordered the troops to niako a detour, a number ot tho Hnsulnrds having already boon wounded. Whilo attempting this movement, the npanisn communiior icn, uniiiy wounded, by the side of Dr. Guerrerro and several nurses. Lieutenant Loreut wus ulso wounded. Tbe Hpaniards rallied under tho command of a Captain, and tbe Cubans wero dislodged from tbe position first occupied by them. Durknoss comiug on, the Hpanlsh forces re turned to Gunno, carrying their wounded. On tha following day, General Melguizo and hi aid notlocd from an elevation of ground tha Cubans carrying their wounded on stretchers, as they continued to retreat. Judging from appearances, a large number of insurgents must have been killed and wounded In this battle. The Captain of the artillery, who was engaged In the construc tion of fortifications in this vicinity, fired three grenades at the retreating Cubans be hind the earthworks which the Hpaniards had constructed on the height in tbe en virons of Lake irlnldiid. CHRISTIANS RETALIATE. Rumor That 3,000 ot Them Have Barntd aMuieulman Village. A dispatch from Athena gives additional detulla ot tho troubles between Christian! and Mohammedans on the Island of Crctu. It Is announced that 8,000 Christians have surrounded tbe seaport town ot Canea and that they have already burned the Mussul man village of Taratzt In revengo for tbe burning of the towu ot tialnta. Altogether six villages are reported to have been de stroyed by Ore at the bands of Mohammedan and Christians, and a rumor has been widely circulated to the effect tbt a massacre ot Christians bad occurred at Galata. Contin uous tiring can be heard ta the vicinity of Suds. No details have been received owing to tbe Interruption oi communication, it Is, however, known that the Mohammedans made an attempt - to burn tha telegraph station at Huda. 'recps were landed from tbe English and Italian warships and aided In extluuulshiug tbe tlamea. The foreign fleet, on account of the increased dauger in the vlululty of Caueo, bas left Huda and an chored lu tha harbor ot Canea. It is said to be extremely desirable that another llrltlsh warship should tie sent to ueiimo. BAWLIBS ELECTED SEHAT0B, Attar Ona of th Host Bitter Fight In th Utah legislator. The Afty-thlrd ballot of th Utah Legisla ture eleutad Josenh L. Basilica to tha Dulled Htates Heuate and closed on ot the most ex citing political contests ever held la th Htt. Tbe vote slood: lUwIlns, it i Tnatcusr, W; Heuugrwn. Drown. J. CARNAGE IN CRETE. Tha Besntlfnl Island Bathed in Blood and , Hr. Advices received from thn Island of Crete ara to thn effect tbnt tha trouble at Canea originated In tho unfounded report that tl.o Mussulmans bad killed 117 Christian sentinels nt Akrnstrf. When this report wns received the vali ordered tho troops to proceed to the (lefensn of thn Christian villages. The troops worn attacked, and it Is reported that M persons were killed. Heverni villages W"re destroyed by tire. Canea Itself I in n stnle of complete revolt, Tho Mussulman, It Is claimed. Instituted thn nttack upon thn Christian and commenced tho iliaehargo of firearms, A considerable; number of persons pcrlshoc In thn conflict, 1 innlly. It was ob served, tho soldiers themselves II roil from thn rampart on the heads of tho Chris tines. 'i he Mussulman set fire to thn quarter occupied by the Christians and tho lliimi wero vIMolo from thn warships of tho powers anchored in tho harbor. The flames appear ed to bn spreading In thn direction of the palace of archbishop and tbo Greek schools. 1 hn commanders of thn Italian and French gunboat attempted to stop tin) lighting and landed small detachments of soldiers for thn purpose of protecting thn telegraph oillces, 1 he Christians nt Halepa souirht rofugo at Ihn nlllecH of thn foreign consuls, and on board the irunhoat. The vail and tho con suls ot the power wro near Halepa when inn outbrenk commenced, but thoy wcro nn abln to enter Canea until nightfall. Thn fighting ceased, but aecordlntr to thn latest advices thn (Ires started for tbo purpose of destroying the buildings hnve not yet been extlngulxlied. J hren-fourllK of tho i bristlnn quarters In tho city of Cnnea have Icon burned to thn ground, according to la to advice re ceived from the Island of Crete. The chrl. tinns, while trying to escape to tho war.dilps, wore attacked by thn Miissulinnn population, and many were killed and injured. The to tal numlier of victim as a result of the re cent fighting i climated at :M. .Minister or foreign atrair Hkonses nn pal 1 a visit to tho representative of the ewer stationed there for the purpose or as suring them nil of the pacific nature of tho mission ol tbo Grocian warship ordered to Crete. Tho vessel selected for this expedi tion Include the ironclad Hydra with a crew of r00 men, and tho cruiser Myknio wl b a crew of DUO men. It is reported that a large number of women aud children have already been lauded on tho Island of Milo by the Italian cruiser. Thn men In most instance remained nt Crete. They barricaded their house and made other preparations for the approach ing struggle. TALE OF SHIPWRECK. Captain of a Baioued Crew Tells What Happened to Bis Vessel. T he stonmcr Jason (llrltlsh) Capt, Frnznr, which nrrlvcd In Now York, Fobrunry 8, from Jamaican ports, picked up the crew of the dismasted nnd sinking schooner, Mary Hprague, on Jauunry 211, nnnr Crooked is land passage, and brought them to Now Vork. The schooner wns bound from Dem- ornra for 1'hlhololphla, nnd loft tbo former port on January o, with a cargo ot uuu tons of sugar, and a crew of ten hand all told. Thn story of her loss was graphically told by Capt. Poland. Ho said: Everything went well until tha night of Jnu. 20. about 8 n. m., when In a strong southeasterly gain our forerlgging parted, lot ting til" foremast go by tho board, inn mum mast, In falling, broko rails and stanchions, smashed the forward house, nnd one boat all to pieces, the ot(i"T boat lining badly stove. The sblp then fell off into thn trough of the sea and lay for twenty-four hours, whllo wo were getting clear ot the wreckage with the seas making a clean broach over tho vessul nnd largo quantities of water got Into the hold. i hn vossol lay In this position inuo nays, un tho aiith of January the steamer Jason novo in sight, and in answer to my distress signal. bore up. the steamer sent a lifeboat man ned by tho chief officer nnd four seamen nt considerable risk, and took us all off. After wo wore all safely aboard tbe steamer, Cap tain I'nizer sent his Ilrst officer back on board tho schooner to set fl re to her, u she was likely to be a dangerous obstruction to navigation, nigiit coming on, and she being right in thn trncic of vessels bound to and from tbo Crooknd Island risssnirn When last senn the Hprague wo nllame foroanil aft and burning fiercely. Tbo Mary Hpraguo was a thrco-mastnd schooner of 617 tons register. Hho was built at Thomnston, Mo., in law, and balled from mat port. EN0LISH WOMEN WINNING. Th Parliamentary Franchla Meaiur Fasass Second Beading. In tho house of common on tbe 3d tho woman's parliamentary franchise passed Its seoond reading by a vote ot 28 to 107. The debate was conducted In a Jocular spirit. 51 r. Lubouahere, ltudical, and Hir William Ver non liarcourt, thn Liberal leader In the bouse, were the principal opponents to the measure. Th latter pointed out there were 1,200.000 moro women tbsu men in Great lirituin. and, be added tha ultimate result of tbe adoption ot tbe principle would bo a fundamental change In the parliamentary Constitution, and such a result ought to be introduced on the responsibility ot a re sponsible government. Charles W. ltadolilf Cooke, Conservative, referred to the repeal ot women's suffrage In Wyomlug and Wuahlnirton. He said that only the most remote and unimportant dis tricts of America had given votes to women. The voting upon tbe bill was of a mixed cbaracter.the minority opposing tbe meusure, Including Mr. George N. Cunson, parliamen tary secretary for the foreign olllce, aud Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, both ot whom are married to Americans, and other members ol tne gov ernment. THEY RECIPROCATED. Grace Chnrcb Ono Worshiped in tb Stat CapitoL An Interesting coincidence has occurred In connection with the use ot the Methodist church by tbe Pennsylvania legislature. Twenty years ago, when the congregation bad sold its old building and began to ereot the present structure, a long delay was oc casioned in laying tho fouudaiiou, because ol qulck-saml. The bouse of representa tives then offered tbe use of their hall for the congregation to worship in. Tha offer was accepted. Now the favor 1 returned, and tha church bas beeu given to the legisla ture without any promise whatever ot com pensation. BEWST BOTES. The fruit and grain outlook in California Was never belter, Honor Palms says Hpanlsh concession to Cuba are too late. Only Independence will do now. A rumor I ourrent In London that seri ous disturbances have taken place at Johan nesburg. At Oravelln, Mich., two ohlldren, aged and 4, belonging to Seeley Wakeley, war burned to death. Admiral Bunoa'a squadron has sailed from Hampton Itoad for a mock blockade of OPPORTUNITY LOST. They Set Th Only Way ta End th Cuban War. ( A Madrid paper, F.I Liberal, publishes long statements of the leading statesmen On Cnban reform. The most curious utterance I that of Cnstelar, confessing that the present crisis in Cuba might have been averted if the Hpanlsh Liberal Domonrntlo party bad de voted to colonial question even only a small pan of tno llinn and energies absorbed In Ihn domestic affair of Hpain, and If they haI n"t listened ton long to ihoo who nlway affected to iKilleyn that every progressive demoerntln reform in thn colonic implied step toward seces-lon. lie admits that If Hpalji had acted o after thn penen ol Zangon. In lH7a. or had follow ed thn advice of Minister of Colonic Maura In Iwit, she would not havn now to under take reform all nt once, under Ihn pressuro of irresistlbln events nnd thn demands of publlo Opinion, eager for pence In Spain. Costelar Told the Government: "Von have sent Cuba considerable force. Rend them now little Justice." Cnstelar energetlenlly declare that Colo nial reforms must tin from soor taneons na tional Impulse, and not at all dictated by for eign Interference. Jf any fornlgn diplomacy voiiiiirou to exorcise pressuro, no would haughtily reply: "First tsdiave morn hnmannlv tn thn Tn- dlans nnd negroes, refonn monopolles.rlngs, municipal admlnistjallcn, Now York politi cal syndicates, corrupt elections, social end economical errors, provoking strikes, sup press, onnrcnisis ami inaugurntn move ments to open your ports, walled bv the tariffs." Hllveli resolutely advocate the wildest reform compatible with imperial inter ests. Axcnratn, the eminent Itcpnlillcan profes sor In Mndrid I diversity, believe the insur gent should only hn given self-government after the style of llrltlsh colonies. Fiquerdo. chief of the Progressive Repub licans, considers that tbn decided decline of tho insurrection after tho death of Moneo ought to havo boon seined upon as an oppor tunity for sincere, broad home rule lu the West Dulles. Marshall Lopes Dnmlnguex emphatically declares that he always advocated the prompt execution of tho reforms mooted bv Maura Abar.ubu, when he was Minister of War. Hn lament the postponement of these re forms In both Islands. Ha regret that Hpain was Insufficiently liberal when she tardily granted reform to Pnertd lllco. He consider thnt reform for Cuba must lie not only published, but promptly carried out with a liberal democratic spirit, sure to at tain success, Kl Liberal heads It article with the fol lowing from Mar. uls Apeztngula: "The effort of a nation full of heroism nnd soldiers must be followed by peace on tho llrmly cemented Imsls of close union among all men and good will to friend of Hpain. Pence we all desire, and It will be the morn lasting if tho spirit of tho new po litical system is ampin and sincere." In thn wnka of these declaration!, all Lib eral llepubilcan, dissentient and ' cosser vatlvo papers advocate tho early pub lication of reforms and their sincere, prompt execution, with a view of putting nn end to the presont uncertainties and nuxloty con cerning their result at homo and abroad and among tbo colonic. WHEAT PRICES PUZZLING. Indications of Better Things Coming In Iron and Steel Trade. 11. G. Dun as Co.'s Weekly Iicviow ot Trndo says: No important change in business appears. ' but tho number of manufacturing establish ments starting much exceed the number of those stopping during tho week, and so much taat the curtailment of working time In many ootton mill probably doe not lessen the aggregate productive force or amount of wages paid. There Is a distinct Increase to orders for woolen uoods, some gain in slik manufacture, a wailing condition with gain In ouo branch of boots and shoes, aud In dications of better things coming in the iron and steel manufacture. - All symptoms are favorable in tbn money market, and a large sale of securities lit connection with the Northern Pacific and Oregon Navigation In terests to Furopnan purchasers will put tiff still farther the possibility of gold exports. It is also cneerln evideuce of confidence among European Investors. To many it la tho most perplexing feature of current events that wheat doe not rise much, though It has advanced cents for tho week. The condition of the market 1 not explained by any spoclal information, but price show that no great confidence Is felt In tho estimate of supplies available for tbe rest of the year. i'rici s of liesscmcr pig and gray forge at I'ltt.sharg have slightly advanced, with a much morn hopeful Moling, notwithstanding tbo comparative narrowness of the demand, for finished products, and in date and wire and wire nails thcro is much more business with good prosXK'ts. Wild are quoted at (1C.2&, with scarcely nny demand at present, and rods at t'il, while No. 27 block sheuta are quoted at only 2 cent. Itoport that 28, 000 ton of steel plates and sheet bars have been exported to England are only Indica tions of tha temporary excess of supply over demand In this oountry.aud are not supposed to have realized any profit. Yet it la stated that price ot cast pipe are from to S3 per ton lower at New York thnn at Hcotcb work, liars are quoted at tha lowest price ever known in Philadelphia, without much Im provement In the demand, aud ateel rail are still Inactive and unchanged In price, the railroads waiting for a decline corresponding to the fall in the billet. But, on tbe whole, tbe demand for Iron and steel product la lowly gaiulng, and a considerable propor tion of the work 1 fully employed, though the gain I not yet enough for those who have taken large stock of material or pro duct on speculation. Failures for the week have been 811 In the United Htates, against 82.1 last year, and 113 In Canada, against B7 last year. THE CABINET SO FAB. Sis of the Eight Place ara Fraotioally Filled. Tbo announcement made by James Wil son, of Iowa, Monday, tbut bs bad been ten dered the portfolio of agriculture by Major McKlnluy and had accepted. Oils the cabinet with reasonable certainty. Kxwpting th offices ot Attorney General and Postmaster General, the McKinley cabinet to date, there fore, may ha given a lollowsi Heoretary of Btato John Sherman, of Ohio. Heoretary ot tha Treasury Lyman J. Gage, ol Illinois. Hecrutary ot War Russell A. Alger, ot Michigan. Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, of Massachusetts, Heorclury of the Interior Joseph McKen na, ot California. ' Secretary et Agriculture James Wilson, . ot Iowa. Gov. Long and Judge McKunnu bnva not announced tha oertuiuty of their appoint- ments, and there Is a baro possibility that tha Massachusetts statesman may be dis placed by Gen. Htewart L. Woodford, ot New Vork. One of the unfilled portfolios will, ot course, be given to a New Yorker, and if tha fore-ulna list, nlvluu tlve of the eight offlcee .In the cabinet to the West.should be th fixed ' slate, there IS no IlKonuoou mat vuuer tne poetoStea or justice department will be directed by a Western man. Ouo Eastern. . and oue Southern man ara expected to bo appointed to the these two vacancies, prom inent among tho latter eaudiduiua being H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, ou the declination ot Judga Nathan Guff, of West VlrgUU. .
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