! ELECTION IS COMPLETE. final Function Performed by congress in Joint Session. Fur tho ' twchty-scicnth. time the two Houses of Congress nn't In Joint nessloh on the lOtli to declare tho tot" for President and Vice President. The session irm held In the bnll of the Hoitso of Bepresentatlves. The eapltol wns crowded, the giillerlos of the House, having been reserved for ticket hold ers. The members of the Senate, with Vice President Stevenson nt their lifiid, entered tliK House nt t o'i'lork end occupied the llrst four row of scut on tho right of thoMee President, who presided over tho convention mid was seated beside Speaker Hood. With tho Senator came two enpltnl police hearing thn mahogany box I" which the electoral eerllllenlo of tho State worn deposited. The tellers for tho Senate woro Messrs. Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Blackburn, of Kentucky, nml for tho House Messrs. tlros vt'nor, of Ohio, unit Hiolmrdsnn, of Tonnes, see. yr. Steiea-on unlocked the box uud took out tho certlllente, mid n each wn opened tht vote of ttio Stntc was announced mid tnllv wn kept liy tho teller. Tho cull of tho States having hi on oom ph tod, tho Vice President wild tho tellers would iinnnunee tho result of tho voto. l'hl wiw done ly Senator Lodge mi I delivered to Vice President. Tho Vlor President mid: "The stntn of tin- voto for President of tho 1'iillod state ns delivered ly tho tellers to th President of tho Senate Is as follows: Tho wholo num lior of tho electors nppolntod to voto for President of tho Fulled state l 44.of which a majority Is 224. William McKlnley. of the State of Ohio, him received for President of tho lulled State -271 vote. William Jen nlng llryiin, of tho Stiito of Nebraska, hn received 1 71 votes. 1 ho voto for Vice Prosl dont of tho 1'nltod Stilton In ns follow": The wholo nun ber of elector nppnlntod to voto for VIom President of tho I'nlted State In 447 tliirrot A. Hohnrt, of tho State of Now Jersey hn received !i7l voto. Arthur Sewull, of tho Hint" of Miilno, ha received 14!' votes. 1 Iiimiiiih E. Watson, of the Stute of tleorgin, has received 27 vote. "The announcement of tho state of tho vote I'V tho President of tho Seunto Is by Inw n suhTclent doohiriitlon thitt Wllllmn l . V t ri loy, )f tho State of Onlo, In I'leoted President ofiholnlted Suites mid thnt tlnrrett A. If nl.iirt, of tho state of Now Jersey, l elect ed Vice President of tho l'nit"d State each for the term beginning March 4, 1H07, mid will be entered together with n hue of tho voto on the journal of tho Hniiato and the House of ltt-prosoiitatlvof. Tho ouunt of the olortonil voto Imvlnu boon minoiiiu'od and tho romilt doi'lnrod, tho joint oonvontlou Is dlssolvoil and tho SotintoVlll now return to Its ohiiinbcrs." Tho ttutomont of the Vloe rrosldent win followed by npplnuso on tho Hour and In the KH"rios. Am the Honators filed out of the hnll, tho ltoprrsontativo arose nnd re. limine, 1 staudlnir until they hnd all loft the apartment. While they wore going out the irallaries emptied themselves, and the wholo function having ooeupied Just 3(1 minutes. LIVING SKELETONS. Bad Caaes of Indian Famine Suffereri Plague Increasing. On his way to Jublmlpoor the speeial rep rosentative of tho Assoolated Tress, who la examining Into the famine situation iu Iudiii, visited tho poor-houses of Itilaspur nnd Kiitnl. The InmatoB wero found to be in a deplorable condition, the buildinga worn overcrowded and medical attendanco was lacking. A man outside one of them was dead anil another was dying. A girl 5 years old weighed only 10 pound, and several ad ults woro under Ati pounds in weight. Tho kin in all eases was drawn over tho face, Knowing the out lues of the skulls, nnd the Jimba and joints hnd the nppenrHnce of those of articulated skeletons. There Is an im mense migration to tho Assnn tea gardens, 1.K00 persona going there weekly, deserting their wives and families. Jubbulpoor is the worst of any part of ventral India. It is estimated that the pres ent famine is the greatest of the century, nnd will greatly surpass that of 1870 both In area nnd severity. The famiue bolt extends to ltpwiilplnili and llellary, and is 1,800 miles long and 400 miles wide. This la apart from tho scattered districts. In tho rice districts there Is no chance of a food supply until September. The govern ment will thus be forced to support nearly all the population for six months, and many of them for eight months. Whole villages nro deserted. The government's policy nt first win rather to Ignore the famines. It Is, however, now alive to the famine, nnd streu uous efforts nro made to uvcrt horrible dis aster. Hut It will have to recover lost time, and owing to tho scarcity of the previous throe years the people will easily silccumh. Out of- the TMI.OOO Inhabitants of Jubbulpoor about 120,000 are now roceivlng relief, liy the mouth of May this number will bo doubled. The correspondent has just hoard thnt the Kural poor-houses in the western part of the district have been burned. Twenty-live per sona perished. C holera is reported to have broken out In the Madrid district relief works. The viceroy of India, the Earl of Elgln.hu given bis sanction to Madras being made a port of departure for the pilgrims en route for Meeca. The citizens of Madras, however, have outered a vigorous protest. The plague Is Increasing In Bombay, at Karachi and at l'onna. Denials Is made In Madrid of the report emanating from liombuy thnt cases of the plnguo have appeared among the Hindoo devotees from l'ooua. Madras and Southern India are officially declared to be free from tho plague. . BRITISH IE0N MEN Frightened Over In Steady Importation of Amerioan Pig. United Htutes Consul l'arker, at Birming ham, England, has supplied the Htiile Depart meut ut Washington with extracts from Inca paputs showing that Urltish Iron makers are disiuioted over tiie receipt lit lltrmlnghuin of lurge consignments of American pig iron nt 4 pounds 5 shillings per ton, or fully 10 shil lings under the English minimum. There were also reports of negotiations In rhiludel phla for the sale to European buyers of 20, 000 tons of billets at a pounds la shilling, per ton delivered. British iron men generally ascribe this phenomenal movement to the trade depres sion in the United States, which causes forc ed sales abroad; but others point to the steady continuance of the American ship ments as evidence that they murt be made ut a prollt, and hold that supeilor natural ad , vantages uud Improved processes of niuuu laoturo have turned the scale. WHAT THE BAIL COST. Mr. and Mrs Bradley-Martin Spent $30,000 and About S1S0.000 Changed Hands. Careful computation makes tho cost of tho Bradley-Murtlu ball at the Hotel Waldorf Wednesday night 150,000. The bull, so far as careful est I mutes can le luudo, cost Mrs. tlarllu about 30,000. The reinuiuder of the total which has beeu mentioned was spent by her guests In costumes, in preliminary dinners, aud iu the various expenses which were lueldeutal to their preparation. The money, howover.was very widely distributed aud luoludus iu Us distribution almost every law of working people. TRADE HE VIEW. Important Struggle Between Two Great Ore Producing Concerns. II. (1. Dun k Co.a" weekly llcvlew of Trad says: - No other event of the week nppronclies In Importation the disruption of tho steel mil pool. In two days lifter It a greater toii nngo of rails was prolnildy purchased than than the entire production la-t venr, report ed as WMi.iMM t,,,,,,, n, ,t,., f liec-mber. nnd t 'j In .Innunrv. 11" is now the price nt which works Enst nnd West nro seaking orders, thn t'ni negle l unipnny even Selling nt I7, Chicago delivery. These sales will employ many thoiisund iiniids, with an Important decrease In the cost of trnck-lny-Ing or renewals to railroads. Even more Important Is the reult thnt re construction of the billet pool will bo Impos sible so long as tho contest ovr rails contin ues, iiiidtliemnnurnctureof structural forms, bars, roils, w lro nails, tin plntes nnd many products tins a chance to ncuro cheap mater ial In the near future. Also important is tt'.e struggle between tho two gn at companies producing Me'atm Iron ore, one nllied with the Illinois Sleel and the other with thn Carnegie Company, which Is expected to bring about lower prices for ore, and to puh many mine" to their utmost cn pneity. Hut In the wur of rival interests wages nro already reduced by some large concerns. Another event of Influence l thn purehnse of 7,-,(,!HJ0 pi sof print cloths by M. C. I. liordou at 'i.'iii cent-, which has already caused mi advance to 2.(1!) cents with a stronger tone for print" mid other cotton goods. Tho moral Inllueiic e of such n pur chase, manifesting eonlldenee In the future. Is apt to be great. The woolen Industry also meets an Increased demand for the lew nnd medium goods, nnd n dozen more mills have started, against three stopping for various reasons. Except in steel rail changes In Iron pro duets have boon slight, with advance In grny forge, wire nnd cut nulls. Competition re duces Am-rloiin tin plates to sj:l.2tt, against i i.'.H) for foreign. Tin and copper arc steady but lead stronger nt 7-Id. Failure for the past week have been 2(17 III the I'uited Htates against M21 Inst year, and til in Canada, against i7 Inst year. EI0HT PERSONS INJURED. Wreck On the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad. North-bound passenger 'rnin No. 2 on the West Virginia Central und l'ltlsburg llnll roa I was wrecked shortly before noon Friday at Dnrnuiii. W. V., about 35 miles south of Cumberland, by a wheel on the rear truck of the last coach' bursting. The train was moving at the rate of 1H miles an hour, nnd the coach was thrown violently over nn em bankment. It cleared the track so suddenly that the latter was not the least torn. The Injured are: lbinlel I.ecklbler. of I'.iklns, W. Va., con ductor, bruised nbout the hips, shoulder and back, and hurt Internally. W. H. Holmes, of l.lki'ns. W. Va., brnke ninn, bruised and cut by glass. 1. A. Aycox, colored, ol Thomas, W. Va., seriously cut on the throat uud bend by glass. Blakeley 1'srsons, a one-nrmod lawyer, of llavnrd, W Vn., cut about fiico and head. Kidney .Murphy, of Midi, W. Vu.,sliotllder bruised. 1'. .1. Ilnflcrty, of Khniv, W. Va , cut and bruised. (. W. Housonknooht, of WllllnmsporU'n., cut on the head, lie was cuiiip-lled to re main nt Illinium. T he name nf the eighth person could not bo ascertained. All the passengers were badly shaken up, OUR APPLE EXPORTS. The derman Market for Them of Vast Proportions. lleports coming to tho State Hepartment from Europe show that the American npplo umoe an enormous market tor itself tin re last year. Frank Mason. I'. S. consul nt 1 runkfort, declareshut the victory bus been one of superior iiinlity nil her than mere cheapness and says that tho agricultural pa pers In Herman v make th" astonishing state ment thnt no less Hum (1,000,000 double cent ners of our apples more thuii twenty times the import of any previous season- came Into ticrmnny lust year. Tho consul-general thinks this gain of a great market may be mnilo permanent if certain precautions hleh he notes aro observed by American shippers. I onsul Monoghnn, nt Chemnitz, says the whole (iermaii empire Is alarmed tit the great apple imports. The Keeping qualities of the tiest American winter apples are sub jects of astonishment to (iermaii growers, who expressed Incredulity when told u Bald win would easily keep six mouths. STEAMBOAT WRECKED. Struck Hard Her Stacks and Rigging Went Overboard. The stunmcr Natchez met with n serious accident ut 5:30 o'clock Hiindny morning, 20 miles below Vlcksburg, Miss. Captain Leathers nnd First Clerk Morris renched Vlcksburg ut 1 o'clock from tho scene of the accident. Captain Leathers state that while making a binding the bout struck the bank. The great chimneys and stacks and rigging all went down with a crash. One stack went over board uud is under the boat. One of the chimneys fell directly across tho captain's room in which he and bis wife were sitting, but fortunately it did not crush In the room us tne bulkheads were double thickness. The other slack struck ouu corner of tho pilot house nnd crashed on through the decks. The shock opened many of the forward butts, but struck no timbers us far us could be seen, but caused the hull to take con.-iderable water. Tho tug Joe Heay went down with a barge to bring up the freight. TTiu Natchez will return to New Orleuns und bo docked for repairs. Church Disestablishment Mr. Snmuel Hindu, Liberal member for Fiiutbhiro and formerly president of the Liverpool chamber of coiumerco, moved In the house of commons urn oiscstuiiiishiuent and diaeudowiuent of the church of England. He contended that established churches were Inimical to popular rights, Mr. Balfour, llrst lord of the treasury uud government leader, described the motion as a shame aud us wauling the time of the house. It was re jected by a vote of 201 to d. Mr. Smith is the author ol a worn entitled "iiiu credi bility of the Chrlstlun lleligion. Armor at 8400 7r Ton. Tho Senate eommitte on naval affairs de clined to riooiumeud that the secretary of the navy be authorised not to pay more than t400 per toil for armor plate. Should the manufacturers refuse to fur nish armor ut this price the committee rec ommends that congress appropriate 1, 500,000 for the establishment of a plant to mauufucluro plates. Tne Carnegie and Bethlidiein representatives declare that they cannot mnuulacturo armor plate ut less than ti'A per toU; Guards Were Traitors. News of A daring robbery of a burro train loaded with :iu,0Un worth of silver bullion bus reached liuiuugo, Mex. The burros were driven off, uud no truce can be found of them or their precious burden. The silver wus being seut from Hoinhrerte to Huufullpe, on the railroad, for slil:uent to market. It was the product of the Judo mine. The burro truiu was accopanled by un armed guard, but when the robbers made their at tack but llttlo restlstuace was offered, sev eral memliers of the guard even assiatiug In making the euptura aud robbery. THE UIESI HIGH UUBL THE CAPTURE OF BIDA. Five Hundred British Troops Surrounded by Twenty Thousand Fulaha, A dispatch from lllda, dated January 27, give additional d"lnll concerning the lloyn Niger Company's expedition ngalnst th F.inlr of Supe. The lighting In .h vicinity of llidn, the fit full cipltnl, which was stop, ped by darkncKs on the evening of .Inniinry 2il, was resinned nt daylight i u the morning of .Innunrv 27. Unit of the llrltl-h forces, which consisted ol JftKi troeps. six Maxims, 20 mounted olllcers nnd '.SKI carriers, wero ordered to cries a ravin". A they eros-ed It was notic ed that tho Fiilah scouts were watching. T he troops aceorditigly formed Iu n hntf sipiare, the guns following, i he rear half of tho force then closed on the front hnlf, forming a complete sipiare. Tho British forces ad vanced steadily, halting every 2110 yards for the purpose of allowing the guns to keep pneo. T he mnssed forces of the enemy soon ap peared, even covering the surrounding slopes, constituting a spleddid pnnorama, their enstern or senii-bnrtnirous costumes in t hn sunlight recalling Scott's tales of the crusaders. Tho sipiare of the Niger Com pany's forces wns completely surrounded by 20.INI0 rivalry and footmen. T he troops continued to ndvnnce slowly until they reached n ridge commanding Until. I heir forces wero constantly har rassed by the Fiilah sharpshooters, who dar ingly advanced within KM) yards of the sipiare. Swarms of the enemy's cnvnlry charged, but were badly shuttered, owing to the effective un ol the .Miixltn glltis. At 10 :10 tho artillery began bombarding tho town, six Miixlm gims playing on th" grudii ally retiring nm-ses ol th" enemy. At noon the mlvan ompaiiy of the troop entered lllda, which is a town three miles sipiare. Bombarding of a portion of the town was resumed, however, lusting until 4 o'clock In the afternoon, when one-half of the Hutisa troops took posesioti of the town. Only 15 of tho Minion tnop were wounded. The losses ol the Fiiluh forces wero enor mous. The brother of the l'.itiirnt Nupe nnd many of tho princes were severely wounded by a shell which exploded among the mem bers of tho staff of tiie Emir, killing two men wlio were standing within a font of him. All of the Fiiluh princes lied In the direction of Sokoto. THOUSAND REBELS KILLED. Spanish Reports From Philippine Islands Tell of Oory Battles. The steamer Pelican, which arrived, at Tneoma, Wash., from China, brings news from the l'hlllppino islands sent by the Spanish consul up to Jaruary H. Oeneral Onlbls, with 200 men, supported by columns under Serrnndl nnd Albert, ut Taglng, rout ed 400 rebels from I avite, commanded l.y General Aiiilnnblo, tnklt g several trenches, one large gun, several small guns and mili tary elici ts. Many rebels were killed, .'12 be. ing counted. T he Spanish lost 10 killed nnd IS wounded. On .latiunry 1 Spniil-h troops nt Cnearnngn llclssa and Btilucau took six trenches, the manufactory of cartridges, seven gnus, many rides and other weupous. T he rebels hnd 1, Hill killed. Spanish disutilities were 24 killed and OS wounded. M'KINLEY'S INAUGURATION BIBLE. Will be tho Gift of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Ari.ett, of the Afrlcnn Methodist Episcopal church le In Washington nrrnng ing for tho entertniiiment of the members of the committee nppolnted to present Major Mckinley a Bible for use Iu tho luangural ceremonies. o'l he lliluo upon w hich Major McKlnley will lake his oath of ntllcn on the 4th of .March us President of the Culled Suites will be n very lino and elegant volume,'' said Bishop Arnett. 'The book will bo donated to Major McKlnley for this purpose ns the gift of the African Methodist Episcopal church. It I now being printed in ( lucinnatl by the Methodist book publishing house. It will be handsomely hound and lined front nnd buck with silk, with a suitable dedicatory Inscript ion upon the inside. On tho outside thero will ixi a beautiful gold plate In the form of n shield, on which the niuuu of the President, tho date nnd the name of the donors will bo handsomely engraved. Tho Biblo will lie Inclosed in a handsome box made of uutivo Ohio wood und gold mounted. A REMARKABLE CAR To Be Used by President-Elect McKinley on His Trip to Washington. I'residctit-oiect McKlnley will go from Can ton to Washington In a rcmarkuhlo car. It is a private cur without a name, save thnt it is know nil over the Pan Handle system ns "No. lis " The wall of it are whlto onk planked solid instead of the usual studding. If it should roll down nn embankment, the sides would not break mid it would resist almost any kind of a shock in a collision. The top is a double framework of steel nnd the ceiling ia thoroughly cushioned. T be floors are four thicknesses of white oak. The entire car Is u huge safety box. Tho chief luxury of the Interior Is tho perfect nrrnnge ment of everything pertaining to human com fort. It has an old-fashioned log lire-place and two palatial bed room upurtmcnt und a bath opening from each chamber. There Is a maguillceiit silver service and a large col lection of rare china. BIO SWINDLERS CONVICTED. Operations of Over $3,000,000 Alleged Agsiait Them. A. L. SpeuJer aud Thomas Aubrey of ricrnn- ton, Pa., representing the Phoenix Contrac Company, were convicted of conspiracy In having ol tnlned from C. W. Koons of An denrled lO.bOO worth of goods which they iiftorwurds disposed of ut one-hulf their face value und divided the money between them. The defendants, it is alleged In the Indict ment found ugalu-t them, were the agents of mi organized syndicate Willi headquarter In New York, but operated at various points throughout the Lnited .States. It is claimed thnt they lloated (2,000 000 worth of stooks and bonds, but In reality they hud but a tew hundred dollars of capi tal, Poisoned by Wholesale. A remarkable poisoning iilfair has come to latitat Szeboly. iu Hungary, where lta pears that 1H wives murdered their husbands by poison. The women have been arrested, lilnl the enormous sensation which the affair bus caused is likely to be Increased when fur ther details ure kuowu. 1ELEGRAPHI0 TICKS. Alexander Terrell, colored, pleaded guilty at Houston, Tex., of assaulting Miss Jack sou, uud was sentenced to death. Iu tho I'nlted States court at Chicago Judge Showaller decided that tho Watson telephone switch wus not an originul Inven tion uud tuut the Western Telephone Con struction couipuuy hud not infringed upon a patent. The house of Stephen Ilogulskl, nenr De troit, was destroyed by tire. A 3-year-old child was burdeu to death, uud Mury Ilogul skl, aged 11, will die from her lujurles. Five other members of the family were more or less seriously burned. . '. FAREWELL TO Mrt. BAYARD. Leading Men cf Great Britain Eulogize Him All For Arbitration. The archbishop of Cnnterbiiry, the mnr qnlsof l.orne, Lord Chief Justice Ilussell, Iienn Hole nnd Cnnon Wllherforco were among tho guests nt the farewell dinner given by the Ibivnl Societies club fo Ambassa dor Bayard In London. A font urn of the speeches was the extreme eonllnlltv with which all reference to the I nlted States were received. Sir Clement Mnrkhnm, pre, blent of tho club, nnd of the Kovnl Ueeg. raphlcal society, proposed the toast to .Mr. Bayard, nnd In it recalled with lenuro hi. meeting with John c. Fremont In California. Mr. Ilayard in responding spoke directly of the arbitration treaty, saying: "It cannot b" permanently oli-tru -ted." It may bo Oe Inyed, but It eonnot be defeated.' Continuing, Mr. llavnrd enhl: "I leave you Iu pence, and I hope to learn that you are always at p-no vvftti the world. I have labored fr a better tinderstnnillirg between the well-mennlng men or bntli countries. 1 do not pretend t speak for other, for I am glad to say that I urn not their accredited agent. I have always worn my colors in lit v cup. No one can di.uht, then. If plain speaking enn make them believe, that thn renl heart of tho American people, for which I nlonn pretend to speak, is for n man- iy irnsi oeiwoen tne people, of both coun tries." After Ihn cheer subsided, the nreh-hlshop of Canterbury, Iu respon ling to Mr. Bayard's address, said: "Ambassador Bavard has won the strongest regard of the people i,f England. He represents the side ol tho American character most like our own. Nobody de sire the prosperity of the I'nlted suites of America moro than tho people of England. We love thn tuition which 1 becoming so powerful before nil mankind, nnd we shall always treasure Mr. llavnrd among our recollection .f America nnd Americans " Lord t hief .In-li -e lUse eulogized Am-bn-sador B iyard a "one who truly eame ns a messenger of peace: one who while he has in no way lessoned the rights und position of n grent republic has found It consistent with the loltleot patriotism to bring two grent na tions close together.-' In conclusion Lord Chief Justice Bussed said: "T h"re Is not to-dav and I cannot sec how thero ever will le just cause fur quarrel between thn l ulled stales mid Or-at Britain. Both imtlons being governed bv tho same principles, th"v ought not to nllow liny In terests to divide them In their work for humanity." Prof. James Bryee, former president of the bonrd of trade, nlso paid u similar high eulogy to Ainbnssiidor Bayard. DEMOLISHED THE STILL. Two Brave Women Accomplished What Revenue Agents Could Not Fuited States Marshal Wells' force of deputies and the revenue department special ngents will be very soro when they find Hint two women have accomplished in a short lime what they have failed to accom plish lu years. These women made tho big gest eupturo of the season. On n creek In Itnleigh county, W. Va., Noah Addalr and tliles Coiupton have been running mi Illicit still for some time. They managed to conceal their where abouts pretty well for a while, but the wo men of the community begun to notice that when their husbands and sons went hunting they Invariably went townrd n secluded nnd .desoliitn in ii i it ii 1 n hollow, nnd thnt when they enmo back they showed unmlstnkablo signs of having had more booze than beasts or bird. As wild bees are located by "lin ing" them to tlndr trees, so Mrs. Louis lliffo und Mis lincey Mullliis null I tho course persued by the erritut youths of tho county, nnd shrewdly guessing the cause, they eouip lied themselves with axes ii lei did a llttlo hunting on their own account. Just niter dark they came up with the "shiners," who wero making merry on the product of their HTeit chemistry. W Tn-u tho women inarched in tho moonshiners lied In terror, evidently thinking that I nolo Sam's ngents were upon them. The heroines then proceeded to demolish the still nnd to smash up tubs ami barrels of mash nnd make n general wreck of things. Having completed their work, they quietly went home, and now are receiving tiie praise of nil the good citl zjuh of the commuiiltv. WOOL GROWERS' WISHES. National Association Conferring in Washington-Figures Desired. Tho National Wool Growers' association met In Washington, February 9, with Si) members present, representing practically all of the wool-growing states und teril torb'S. A resolution was adopted culiing ou Congress for such a protective tariff on Merino wool ns will give the growers east of the Missouri river 20 cents per pound, farm value, for iinwushed merino, and 25 cents, farm value, for washed. For sections west of ttio Missouri river Hi cents la de manded, farm value, for unwashed. A committee of seven wus appointed, with President Lawrence as chairman, to confer with representatives t the National Associa tion of Wool Manufacturers, nnd with repre sentatives of tho Manufacturers' club, of Philadelphia, with a view to un agreement as to the pending wool and woolen tun II schedule, with n reservation, however, to tho eflcct that the growers would not agree to nny proposition not in full accord with their views. LIVELY RIOTING IN HAMBURO. Residents Pour Boiling Water on Folio and Stone Them. A dispatch from Hamburg saya the riots resulting from the recent collapse of the dockers' strike were reuewod Monday night. The police lluully charged with swords on tiio crowds mid suvurul persons were injured, iiuring tho rioting it mob overturned tho gas lamps ou streets uud ullcys iu the vicinity of tiio Scbauriuarket. The, occupants cf the houses on the ad jacent streets poured boiling water from the upper windows of tiie buildings upon the heads of tho authorities and poltud the police with hot ashes, bottl is uud stones, compel ling Iho oHlclals to retreat and secure rein forcements. The policemen tlmi several elv iliiius were severely injured iu the coullct. SPAIN'S OTHER TROUBLE. How Recruits Rushed off to th Philip pir Islands. Advices from the Philippine Islands say thut tho Spanish troops are pourlig iuto Manila from Europe at the ruto of about 1,200 by each steamer. Tho fighting has ls.cn clilelly in the province ol llulucuu, and nothing but Spanish successes is heurd of. Since tho arrival of (iov. (ien. Polnvieja souio 40 or 50 rebels have been shot at Manila Including Dr. lti.el. The. laller died very bravely, dressing himself in his best for the occasion. Ho expressed a wish to die with his face towurd tho llrliig party, but tilts was not allowed. He refused, however, to kneel dowu. A column of MO Spanish troops wore recently o jmpletely annihilated, being ambushed by rebels. The new troops arriv ing from Spain lire it pour looking lot, evi dently fresh from the Plough, and many seem nuvur to have handled u weapon bo- loro. Earthquake in Mexico.; A sharp shock of earthiuuko was expert encud ut 3 o'clock Tuesday morning In the stutu of Vera Cruz In the dlrootlou of south west to east. The shook lasted six seconds Various shocks were felt ou the IstTjiuua aud lenuuniopeo auu oiner pviuUi GREECE READY TO FIGHT. She Notifies all Europe of Her Interest In Crete. Tho government nt Alliens has notified the powers that (lreeeo cannot remain a mere spectator of the events Inking plnco in Crete and the tb-s of religion nnd race com pel her to Intervene in behalf of tho oppress ed mid outraged Christians nn that Island. In tho chniuber of deputies Wednesday evening, Premier lielyaiinls said thnt either the Porio would b" prevented by the powers from sending reinlorcements to Crete or would persist In sending them there. In either ease, the Premier declared, the (treek government had decided to tnko action promptly and decisively. When Crete dn. iiiiinded a union with the mother country, ho said, Orecco could not rcmnln indif ferent. The lender of thn opposition nMiirod tho Premier thnt the government would have the heartiest support of ttio opposition, nn nnnoiiucemeiit Unit evoked prolonged cheers. T ho Cretan committee nro making pjepnratlons on n large scale to land men und munitions of war upon thn shores of Crete, nnd the first installment of U00 men sailed ou the 10th. MEANING OF THE CRETAN REVOLT. Turkish Rulers Have Bled the Island as Spain Has Bled Cuba. The present revolt In Crete,llke tint which lasted from 1W1 to lHilii, has been caused by the terrible mlsgnvernmeut of the Turks. The policy of the Sultan's deputies in thn Is Innd has I u similar to that of Simla's gov ernors Iu Cuba. The only object of the Pashas was to enrich themselves by every possible moans. For instmice, Mustuphn, u ferocious Albanian, u parvenu like Weyler, accumulated a fortune of 20,000.000 pounds sterling during hi administration. He com pelled the Inhabitants to bring to him all their nil. the prih"ipul product ol the Island, and hn paid for it a sum which did not rep resent more than tho cost of transportntfou. i'hii he sold It nt tho regular market price and pocketed the difference. The administrations of Miistnpha nnd of Omar Pashn resulted In tho ulmost complete ruin of Crete. It was only after tho Crimean war that tho people took heart. T hey knew thnt they could not hopo for anything from the Sultan's promises, but they did rely on the guarantee of reform given by F'runco, England nnd Iltisslo. I Tils reliance wus not Justlllod by the event. The one cnuse of thn present, as of the other great outbreuk, wns the brutnl mis governmcnt of the Turk. While Oreeco did not urge the Cretuus to rebellion, she could not help sympathizing with them. So once the people' took to armed resistance, they were sustained In nn effectual way by tho tloverninent of King George Tho present step in the direction of giving uetuiil nnd open aid is the llnnl outcome of (.reek im patience exnsperntion. T lie rebellion of lsiKi began with nn appeal by the Cretans to tho Siiltmi und the grent European powers. T he Cretan declared Hint the promises of reform which had been made to them hud been broken. J ho Sultan replied ly overrunning tho Island with snv- ago troops, who burned the vitiligos, do. stroyud crops nnd or hnrds. tortured mid massacred the men nnd chiidreil nnd rnv lsheil the women. T ho only nnswer tho powers gave the t retau appeal was to call the Paris Conference. Tho risult of tho latter wu n demand that the victims should submit. The decision of the powers brought the rebellion to the end, for the ( renins found it Impossible to withstand nlcnetho 20,000 Turkish troops in the island. Many of the Inhabitants went Into exile nnd car ried fresh hatred of the T urk Into the entire (reek world. CLARA BARTON TO 00 TO CUBA. Spain Aooepts the Offer of the American Red Cross Soolety. Knowing from authentic sources of the destitution existing In Cuba, the American lied Cross Society offered Its services as an organization. Some International flaw pre senting Itself, Miss Barton immediately offer ed herself and Her olllcers for individual ser vice In Cuba, providing Spain acceded aud the American people desired to place their contributions of money or material? iu the bands of Miss Barton und her ofilcer. The following communication from the Spanish Minister explnlus itself, and Miss liurion nmi Her olllcers uuiinuucn that they aro ready to go to Cuba, provided icople de sire to plnce tu Miss Burton's hands a sum sn lllclent to relieve the necessities of that island "Spanish Lkoation, I "Washington. Fen. 11. Isil7. "Miss Clara Burton, Washington, 1). ('.: Hear .Miss llarton 1 dulv communicated. to my government tho proposition made by you to go to Cuba with tho view of ounvey Ing the aid of the American people to the sufferer In ooiiseoueuco of tho wur. I have just received a cablegram from the Duke of Tetuiin Informing me thnt the government of 11. M. the King of Spain, after consulting the commnnder-in-chief, accepts your ben evolent offer- I am Instructed in the same cablegram to convey to you the thanks of li. .M., the queen nun tho Spanish government for your gracious Intentious mid views. "Believe me, very respectfully yours, "E. Dfi-rt li K Loiia." DEFENDED THE EXPRESS CAB. One Train Robber Shot Dead by th Me. senger. About 8:30 o'clock Monday evening two robbers attempted to hold up tho west-bound passenger tralu on the Santa Fe line, sixty miles east of Kingman, A. T. . After stopping tho train they mudu the fireman get off the engine nnd uncouple the express nnd mail cars. .Messenger Hommers loin Ills assistant to get oft the car ou one side with a shotgun, while he got olT on the other side with a re volver. One of tho robbers was standing near th" engine uud the messenger shot bun deud. The other robber then compelled the llremnn to get on the engine again aud run tiie engine and express uud niHil cars up the road, where they were stopped, ami the robber made an unsuccessful attempt to get into the express cur. The mull cur wus en tered and several packages taken. The robber disappeared tu the durkness. IRON AND STEEL SCHEDULE. Member! of th Ways and Means Commit tee Deal With it. Tho Republican members of the ways and means committee dealt with the Iron and steel schedule of the ucw tarilT bill and made considerable progress. T in plate wus put ut 1 610 cents a pound, which is a compromise rate, as the Wilson duly wua 1 St-lOo uud the Mcivinley duty 2 2-10J. Steel rails, iron ore and manufactured Iron Iu some forms, Including pig iron, bur iron, the committee decided to leave ut the pre. sent rates. The senate pluced these urtu'les III the Wilson law at considerably higher rates thun they were listed iu the brigiuul bill, passed by tho bouse, and the present duties huve proveu satisfactory to the manu facturers, few of whom have asked any in crease. Cotton ties, which the Wilson law placed on the free list, would bo returned to the dutiable class. The eoinmltto decided to put a duty on them of l-lOo a KQ.uudJj) ad dition to tba rut of the iron THE BRADLEY MARTIN BALL. The Most Elaborate and Expensive Social Function 1b Near York'f History. ' The most sumptuous, brilliant and costly social function that Now York has over known wns tho fancy dress ball given by Mrs. Bradley. Unrtln nt tho Waldorf during Wednesday night. About POO people were there, of whom more than 4."0 wero women. T he bull placed about a00,000 In circulation. The bull began at midnight, and ended nt 5 o'clock In the morning. Therefore Its pleasures cost nt the rnto of 100,009 an hour. Tho cost to the hostess wus about 12.1.000. It wns a superb spectacle. People cams thousands of miles to uttend It. There was a vast denl of display, very little orlglunllty, much stillness and formality, and very little fur. It chleily pencilled mnny thousands of peoplo who saw nothing of it". They are workers to whom the largest part of the money expended was paid. T ho Bradley Martin fnney dress bnll will go down In history as a riot ( . color and dis play. It will lie classed with thn Schermer tiorn fancy dress bull of nearly half a century ago, the Prince of Wales' ball und the Van derbllt bnll of s(,:l. Hut It eclipsed all or these, it is the crowning glory of the social life of New York of this century. It may not be surpassed In another hundred year. The decorations throughout tiie Waldorf wero exquisite. American beauties, lilies mid thn rarest of Imported blossoms, with vines mid palm, were Intertwined In a mar veliiiiolv benulUul scheme. Never in New York bus a greater Moral display been at a ball. T iny eleetrle lights and mirrors were used In a bewildering and iirtisth; manner, all combining to transform the hotel into an enchanting lalry house. T he arrangements for the bnll wero teste 1 to their fulloit, but with excellent good for tune they were equal to every emergency. T housnnds of men and women crowded thn streets around the hotel, but the police kept them moving, nnd no conflicts or excitement of any kind resulted. Detectives swarmed iu mid around tho house to prevent trouble, but tlndr presence was not needed. The costumes wero exquisite. All the grent men and women of the last three centuries were represented, Arrayed, costly beyond the dream of the originals, were the men and women who nppeareif as ludlea and gentle men of the olden period. WORK AND WAGES Of Men, Women and Children in the) United States. The eleventh annual report of the depart ment of labor, just transmitted to congress by Commissioner Wright, relates entirely to tho work and wages of men, women and children. It shows thnt the proportion of women to the wholo working class is increas ing, while thnt of tho children is decreas ing. T Tin definite purpose of the Investigation was to determine to what extent, If nny, women wero superseding Hie men: to show the conjugnl condition of thn women who were employed; to compare the relative ef ficiency of men and women, and finally to show the ndative rates of wages received by each sox In each Industry. T he commissioner takes occasion to call attention to thn varied work now performed by his department. It now issues annual reports, special reports and a bi-monthly bulletin of something over 100 pages, giving the results of brief originul inquiries and the like. T he department Is now Investigating the effects oc muchinery upon labor nnd tho cost of production, a compilation of wage statistics in the lending countries of tho world, an investigation of the liquor prob lem In its economic aspects, an inquiry In collaboration with thn state labor bureaus, concerning the municipal ownership of gas, water and electric plants: an investigation concerning tho economic conditions of Italians in Chicago, and n preliminary In vestigation of the economic progress of tha negroes In this country. FOUR KILLED BT THE FUMES. Father, Mother and Two Sons Overcome) By Dradly Gas. At North Branch, Minn,, John Bonnlmnn, his wife and two grown sous wore killed In their potato pit. Bonnlmnn hnd built a fire in the pit to guard against frost, and went with his oldest son to straighten up the place T ho father let himself down iuto the pit and dropped (lend. The son went to Ills rescue nnd fell dead beside ii tin. His screams brought his brother, a boy of IS frrm the b.iru mid a moment later the mother came running from the house followed by her youngest son, a lad of 14 years. The second son arrived tlrst and dropped into the death trap, thinking to help his father una brother, but tho lire dump killed him in a second. When the mother arrived she, too, jumped Into thn pit. She was Imniediutely over powered, but hud strength enough to tell her remaining son not to come into the cel lar. FOR ANNEXATION. Ex-Miniater From Hawaii, Says th Islands are Rip for It. I.orln A. Thurston, ex-Hawaiian minister tothe I'nlted States arrived ut Sun Francisco, from the islands. Mr. Thurston, as presi dent of the annexation club of Honolulu, ex pects to accomplish considerable missionary work In aid of the annexation movement be fore hia return borne. Ills mission is not nn olllcial one, he says, and he has not been sent to Sun Francisco either by the govern ment or by the annexation club. He says, however, If the opportunity presents Itself ho proposes to exert 111 best efforts to aid tho annexation movement. He says the all-absorbing theme of discussion In the island Just now is annexation. As tho day for tho inauguration of MoKluley approaches, inter est iu the annexation question is becoming iuteiisilled and widespread. The natives are joining the movement with the Idea that the Culled States is their only salvation from tho Japanese, who are elbowing them In various fields of labor. TWENTY WERE EXECUTED. Half Were Shot and the Other Half Macheted by Spaniards. News was received at Tampa, Flo., of the Wholesale killing of pacillcos at Jubuco, Matanzus province, Cuba, Inst week, by one of Wojler's men named Marcos. He raided a small village expecting to Uud un lusur geut hospital there. Being disappointed, ho arrested 20 of the men aud, putting thun In line, bad every other man shot, promising to spare the others. No sooner bad these been dispatched thun hn bud the others put to the mutcbete. The Spanish troops during a number of skirmishes recently, Iu the provinces of Plnur del Itlo, Havana uud -Matalizas, have captur ed eight iusurgeut uumps mid huve destroy ed Mi huts. The enemy in these engage ments left 2rl men killed. The woll-kuowu insurgent leiider Jose Manuel Helgudo, has been killed iu a skirmish nt Jover. Several trains ou the Matalizas 4 Havana aud the Matuumas fc lleinbn railroads liavo been wrecked ill the put week uud several soldiers killed. Hollidaysburg Bid for the Capitol Maj. William Williams, a Mexican war veteran aud oue of the wealthiest residents of Hollidaysburg, l'u., authorized Blair county' representatives In the lo. Islature to make an offer agreeing to donate the Uoliiduy semi nary uud Its spuclous grouuds, of which ha Is the owuer, as a site for the state buildings. frovlded the oupityl is remoy.uilL jo.Jljmjai 'ejiusyivania, '" "
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