ffifUlKlllOlLWIIflr ERDMAN BILL PASSED. Small Opposition Make! th Author Confi dent of Senate Baoosii.' It doesn't often happen tlmt tho mnjorfty party In the house of representatives accepts nncl n?!'H nn Important 1)111 formulated by ft member of the minority nnd bearing hl name. Hut tills Is what hnppened Frlilnjr, whim the llopubllcnn house pnssed almost unanimously the arbitration bill written by Mr. Knlmnn, of lvnnsylinnlii, leading member of tin) Democratic minority. Mr. Knlmnn explained briefly tho provis ions of tbe blli.slnilng Hint It embodied prin ciples indorsed by the Republican nml Demo cratic nnllonnl platforms, nml tlmt It had the hearty approval and support of nil the nn tlotinl organizations of railroad employes ns well ns tlmt of CHrroll I. Wright, the I nlted Stan commissioner of labor. He pointed out tlmt the measure merely provided for thn voluiitnry arbitration of disputes arising between tlio corporation engaged 111 inter state trntlle nml their employes, nnd did not effect nny other class of workmen. Practically the only open opposition came from Judgn Miigulre,of ('Kllforniit, the single tux advocate, who nrgued tlmt striking rml rond employes could not bo seized by United States officers nnd compelled to return nnd continue In service against their desire. The bill Is practically the same one which Mr. Knlmnn put through the house In the Kitty-third congress. Ho Is hopeful thnt tho senate will pnss It. TO STOP FIGHT REPORTS. Bonis Commute Initrnoted to Present Rev. W. F. Craft'i Heaanre. The preliminary newspaper reports of tho coming Corbcttl'ltzslmmona prize fight were brought to the attention of tho bouse committee on interstate nnd foreign com merce by Hev. Wllber F. Craft with result of speedy nnd rndicnl action by the commit tee. Mr. Crafts Is seorelary of the Nntlonnl lleform league. He presented to the com mittee the draft of n bill to stop sensational reports of prtxo lights, representing thnt most newspapers would he glad to omit the details of pugilistic events from their col umns If they were not driven to publish them by their enterprise of less scrupulous rivals. It Is not designed to prevent the publica tion o( the actual news of the lights. The committee made some mntcrinl changes In the bill nnd then by n practically unanimous rote Instructed llepresentntlve Aldrlch of Illinois to report it to the house. The text of the bill follows: "Section 1. That no picture or description of nny prize fight or encounter of pugullsts under whatsoever nnme, or any proposals or record of betting on thn same shall be. trans mitted In the mulls of the I' lilted Mutes, or by Interstate commerce, whether Inn news paper or other periodical or telegram, or In sny other form. ..... "Sec. 3. Thnt any persons sending such matter, or knowingly receiving such, for transmission by mail or Interstate commerce, shall be deemed gulltv of n misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not mora than live years, nt tliei dlscretlon of the court, or by a line not exceeding 1,000." INDECENT JOURNALISM. President Cleveland Refuiei to Pardon an Indiana Offender. Tho President has delivered a most scath ing criticism upon Indecent newspaper pub lications In denying a pardon to James B. Wilson, sentenced in D-eomber, 1B95, in In diana, to two years' Imprisonment, tHO tine nnd cost for mailing obscene papers. Tbe President says: "Denied. This convict was one of the ed itors and proprietors and a distributer through the mails and otherwise of a dis gustingly vile and obscene newspaper. Ills conviction and sentence were an event dis tinctly tending to the promotion of public morals, and the protection of the sons and daughters of our land from filth and corrup tion at a time when indecent newspaper pub lications are so dangerous and oommon. Everybody in favor of cleanliness should en courage the punishment of such offenses and desire that it should be more frequently Im posed. "While I am much surprised by the num ber of respectable people who have joined In urging olemeney In this case, my duty seems so clear that 1 am not in the least tempted to Interfere with the just and wholesome sen tence of the Court." ' The rigid order prohibiting all smoking in the Capitol will, it is hoped, help save tbe statue of Dsulel Webster from further dese cration. For some reason smokers seem un usually determined to mar the effigy of the "God-like DanieL" Two men were recently arrested and fined 10 each for this. Oue struck a match on tbe coat-tails of the statue, and the other on the boob Chewing gum Is quite a habit at the Capitol nowadays, since the edict from the Hpeaker firohiblting smoking In the corridors went orth. In the House restaurant there Is a divinity who presides over the gum jar. ' She is very busy. Formerly one jar of gam used to last the members a week. Mow the girl disposes ot about three jars a day. TEACHER'! BIGHT SUPREME. Parent Canaot Diotat to a Colls; Fsoulty. Tbe full bench of the Massachusetts' su preme court handed down a diclsion In the' famous Lazell seminary oase. The semluary is victorious, tbe oourt ruling that its ofllcers had the right to oontrol the students and re fuse them the privilege ot a leave ot absence, even at the request of the parent of tbe pu pil. This was an action brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Curry of Ironwood, Mich., to re cover damages for breach of contract on tbe defendant's part In refusing to furnish board and tuitlou to the plaintiff 's daughter. Tbe plalutlft placed her daughter as a ou fill In the boarding sohool of the defuudaut corporation under a contraot. At the end of Ix months tbe plaintiff asked that her daughter be permitted to spend two days with ber away from sohool. Tbe request wus denied, but the girl was nevertheless taken away. Tbe Laxell authorities then refused to allow her to stay longer at the Institution. Proceedings wersj then instituted for dam age. Orsse Will Hsld Fait. King George and hi government reiterate that it I Impossible for them to retreat from their decision la regard to Crete, which W supported by the wbol nation. Italian aud Russian warship have gone to Bultnos to take off th beleaguered Mus aelmana, the Christians having agreed there to. It la stated that King George ha sent the prince ot Wale an open worded telegram, saying that the recall of the Greek forces from Crete by an ultimatum of th power Is impossible. Charlsttea. W. T,. Flooded. Th Kanawha river reached the height of l feet Charleston was nearly all flooded. Tbe water reached the second -story of th Iraildlng in tbe lower part of the etty. The jute eapltol buildings is surrouuded by -water, aud there was' no session of the legis late re Tuesday. All of the town in lb Kanawaba valley except those on high .ground are flooded. Tbe track of the Kana sa and Michigan railroad 1 under water. SWEPT BY FLOODS. Several States Innndatvd by Overflowing ' Riven. The Monongnlicln, Allegheny nnd Ohio rivers were at Hood height Tuesday. The greatest damage was done on the Monongn hcln nnd i Voughioghcny rivers. Thn tin plntn works at . Hcmmlcr was under water nnd work suspended. Almost all thn manu factories on tile river along the llnltlniore A Ohio rnllroad between McKeesport nnd i'itts btirg wns flooded with water, nnd work could not be resumed until the river subsid ed. The Monotignhcln river reached a mnxl mum stnge of 119 feet nnd 0 Inches nt Pitts burg at 11:80 o'clock Tuesday night, mid commenced to fall shortly niter midnight, nnd at 1 p. m. the gntige showed M feet V Inches nnd receding slowly. Thn river did not rench thn stngn attnlned Kebruary 18, 1891, when 31 feet 8 Inchon was recorded on tbe Market street gauge. Devastation and ruin mark the flooded districts about tho two cities and throughout the Mononsnhela nnd Ohio valleys. The cold wnve which nrrlved Inst night ndded to the misery of the hundreds of families In the submerged districts who have been rendered temporarily homeless by the flood. The tempornttire recorded 1H degrees above zero nt 7 a. m., which tended to make suffering much more severe. This wns a fnll of 14 degrees In about six teen hours. A henvy coating of Ice has been left In all districts, as well as large deposits of mud. It is almost Impossible to estimate the amount of dnmagn which has been sus tained, but conservative rivermen placed the nmotuit at 5lH).0Ofl. This amount Includes the loss to wage-earners who were forced to Idleness by reason of the mills shutting down on neennnt of tho high wnter. McKeesport Interests suffered severely from the Hood, while the homes of many citizens were partially Inundated, entailing r;rcnt loss. All the mills nnd factories In the owcr districts wero submerged. The Na tional Tube works was compelled to closo for tho llrst time In Its history, nnd the loss to this one concern will nmouut to 00,000. SURRENDER OF CRETE. Turkey Agree That Greece Shall Annex the Island. Tho foreign vlco consuls at ltetimo nn nounce that the Turks declare thnt they will accept the nnnexntlon of the Island of Crete to Oreece. The announcement bus caused a great sensntion. NEW COURT FOR WEST VIRGIN!!. Th Btati Requires Mors Faculties for Federal Case. A bill will be introduced In the next Con gress to give West Virginia an additional United Htates court. At present there Is but ono, which meets nt Wheeling, Pnrkersburg, Charleston, Ciarksburg and Mnrtlnsburg. Of these Charleston Is the only town In the (southern part of the State, nnd as tills is a section whence comes a great part of the litl gallon, much Inconvenience nnd expense en sue. A bill wns Introduce! at the lost session but fulled of passage, tor provide for sittings of tbe court ut Welch, McDowell county, nnd Huntington, Cabell county. Should the bill now proposed become a Inw the State will be divided Into the Northern nnd Houthern dis tricts, tho courts sluing nt Wheeling, Clarks burg, Parkersb'ufg nnd Mnrtfnsburg in the former nnd Charleston, Welch nnd Hunting ton In tbe latter, . It is claimed that Ihe business, its well ns public convenience, warrants the creation of an additional court. At the end of the Inst fiscal year there were 856 enses in the Wet Virginia distilct, or ns many as came up In New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa and Connecticut, although these states have among them 11 judicial districts. A (treat many of the West Virginia eases arose from violations of the Internal revenue laws la the mountain counties. It is claimed that tbe amount saved in traveling expenses of the judge, juries, oHIcinls nnd witnesses would exceed the cost of an nddltionnl court. Its crention will also give the State another United Htates Judge, district attorney and marshal Senator Elkins and Congressmen Miller and Dayton favor a new court, and the latter will make a strong light for its creation. WOMEN CANNOT VOTE. Th Helen M. Oongar Cas Disposed of by Indiana Supreme Court The supreme court of Indiana has affirmed tbe case of Helen M. Gougar agnlust the election of officers of her precinct In Lafay ette, in which she claimed the right to vote at a general election, and brought suit against the election officers to compel them to receive and oount ber ballot In pro nouncing the opinion of the oourt Judge Hackney said that tbe question presented In the case is whether women have, under the existing laws in the state of Indiana, the privilege of suffrage, and whether sex Is a qualification upon tbe right to vote for pub llo ofllcers. He than proceeded to show that under the constitution women can uot vote, nnd that this provision ot the constitution Is not In co nil let with the constitut on of tbe United Htates. Clsvsland Children Moved. Mrs. Cleveland, her mother, the three children and their nurse, left Washington on the 11 o'clock train over the Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning lu President Thomson's private car for Prinoeton, N. J. After Mrs. Cleveland sees the children safely Installed in their new home, she will return to Wash ington and remain with tbe President until after the Inauguration of McKluley. Cora (or India Hauled Free. The Union Psclllo has agreed to transport free of charge 600 tons of freight, designed for the relief of India's starving people. The Burlington agrees to .transport 100 tons, and the Elkborn also agrees to haul relief sup plies free. These offers are to deliver the freight at Ogden, Utah. From there the Central Paclflo agrees to haul 1,000 ton to Ban Eruuolsco free. ' CAPITAL NOTES. Among the bills passed wns tha pension ing Gen. Casslus M. Clay of Kentucky, at t60 per month. Secretary Herbert announce that ha will open a law otfloe in Washington. He will practice before oongresslonal committee. Gen. Russell A. Alger. McKlnley's secre tary of war, ha leased the Lafayette Square house now occupied by beo rotary Lamont, Captain William B. McElroy, a well-known Ohio river pilot, has been sentenced by tbe mayor of Pomeroy to serve a seutenoa In the Cincinnati workhouse for vagrancy. President Cleveland baa respited until March OS tb Barrago gang, wbo were sen tenced to be banged at Kama Fa, N. M., thus throwing the responsibility for their ultimate fate upon MaJ. McKinley. It is now estimated that tha rural free de liver? would cost t40.0u0.000 oar vear. Be fore it was experimented with the estimate of cost was 1 10,000.000. . ., Th president ha signed tha not aut horii ing the seoretnry of tbe navy to arrange for the transportation of contributions to relieve tbe famine sufferers In India. A diamond badge is to be presented by Postmaster-General Wilson to President elect McKinley March 8, on behalf of tbe Slgna Alpha Epslloa fraternity, Tha Prealdeut commuted to five year the sentence of eight years' Imprisonment im posed npon J. E. Crnndarl, late President ol the First National Bauk of Johnson City, Tenn. Orandall was convicted of making false entries. . ; J .... . . COLLISION OF RAILROAD IRIS. SEVEN DASHED TO DEATH. Only 0ns Member of the Woodward Family Esosped. An Incoming' trnln on the Southern rnll wuy struck a wagon nt Avondaln crossing, four miles from Chiittnnongn, Tenn., nnd killed seven of Its occupants. Tho dead nre: Mrs. William . I. Woodward: her daughter, .Mrs. Llzzln Woodward Montgomery, ngeil iiO: Mrs. .Montgomery's two months old child; George Woodward, aged 43: Delia Wood ward, ngeil 1S Mary Woodward, aged 15j Daisy Woodward, aged 1(1. Tim Inst two named lingered several hours after the acci dent. No llmlis were broken, but It nearly every ense the skull of the victims were crushed to i fragments, each body seeming to describe nn eclipse through the air and falling upon Its head, 75 to 100 feet from tha scene. Liz zie Montgomery descended on thn pilot of the locomotive and still held her two-year-old sister, who escaped with a few bruises nud wns thn only one saved, In her lifeless arms. Tbe unfortunates were the family of a well-known farmer living nenr Kings Point, Tenn. They were returning home from Chattanooga In a wagon, nnd George Woodward, the son, wns driving. Nenrlng the crossing the young man heard the dan ger signal nud tried to check his tenm. which became iinmnnageable nml dusheij on to the track. Fifty yards from the place Abrnham I.nlrd, reversed his lever, having given the usual danger slgnnl, but too lata t3do any good. Every window In tho conches was broken, nml the engineer's pilot demolished. TERRIBLE SPANISH LOSSES. Over 1,000 Tro-pi Lost in Two Battle When Gomel t-nd. A special from Havana, via Key West, I In,, says: The udvlces from Kunta Clara nre that In the buttle at Cenlzn tha loss of the Spaniards under Gen. Wevler amounted to BnO killed nnd wounded. In one bnttle at Cnlnbazus and Cablgtian tho Spanish losses nro reported to hate been equally as large, but the Spanish dead and wounded were sent to Snncil Hi. trims nnd definite Mgures cannot be obtained. In these two buttles Gomez commanded In person. Tbe lighting has been continuous on Wey ler's march through Santa Clara, nud the Cuban patriots have scored numerous vic tories, The battles of Cenlza resulted In a omplelerout for tho Spanish commanded by Gen. Legura. He wan met by the patri ots under Gen. ( arlllo nnd Col. Mlrnbnl, and his two battalions wero held in check and then forced back, tbo Cubans aharliig with their lunchetes. (Inn Held piece, mounted on an eminence, did terrlblo execu tion. Gen Legura reformed his forces with two new battalions nud ngalu charged the Cuban forces nud was nguln repulsed with heavy loss. SPRUNG' A SURPRISE. Investigating Commute at Denver Make .. in Unexpected Report The committee of five, Nonntor Reutor, chairman, nppolnted by the Colorado legis lature to luvestlgnto tbe I eadvllle strike, submitted a report which was. to say the least, a great surprise to tbe mine owners. E. J. Dewar. secretary of the Leadvllle miners' union, says the committee's con clusion are eminently satisfactory to tbe miners. The committee recommends thnt a board of arbitration be appointed to deal with the question, two to be chosen by the mine own ers, aud two by the miners, the fifth to be chosen by the four. Whatever decision the board of arbitration shall arrive at must be binding on both sides and an agreement to that effect must be signed before band, ac cording to the report. To facilitate this most desired end, thn committee submits an agreement 111 full, which provides that tbe scale of wages In force Immediately before the strike occurred shall be conceded by the mine owners and shall remain In force until the board of arbitration shall have arrived at a decision. FOR CRETE'S AUTONOMY. Austria and Russia Submit a Proposal to ths Powers. Austria and Bussla have submitted to the powers a proposal looking to the autonomy of Crete, which, It Is suggested, should be made subject to a unanimous resolution to be communicated to Turkey nud Greece. Tbe enthusiasm In Paris In favor of the Greeks who are trying to annex Crete Is still Increasing. Meetings are beid nightly, aud the demonstrations are expressive of how the people feel on the situation. In tbe chamber of deputies .Tuesday Prime Minis ter Hnnotnux made a fiery speech in which he declared Crete will be freed from the sul tan' rule. SIX BLOWN TO PIECES. Explosion of Dynamite in Kentucky Bring Death to Negroes. A premature explosion of dynamite nt a gravel pit at Murray, Ky.. Tuesday, killed six negro laborers and wounded as many more. Tbe names ot those killed arei Tom Bell, Major Gardner, William Morris, Will Orr, Hardy Juckson nnd Homer Patterson. The names of the wounded ore: Tom Guthrie, Wash. Tucker. Frank Harding, Jim Gardner. Home Wattcrson. Two of tb wounded will die. S00 1NBUR0ENTS KILLED. Bloody Fight Said to Have Oooarred In Manilla Streets. Advlcps reoelved from Manilla says that Insurrection broke out there Thursday. Bands of Tagales and native attacked the barracks ot the revenue officers and four Spaniards In the streets, Tbe troops restor ed order, killing 200 Insurgents, aud arrest ing many others. The object ot the rising was to prevent tha troop from attacking Cavtte. Bolton Wool Market While the sales in the wool market show a considerable diminution, the market bids firm with prloes strong. Territory wools are still meetlug with some sale on about the same basis of prices. but no advance in value can yet be noted. For offerings of Qua me dium and Hue 80(S 82o can be obtained on tbe scoured basis, while cboloe staple lots eall for 84S 860. Fleece) wools are In moderate supply, with value strong, although sales are only moderate. Australian wool re ceived a boom In sale during th past ten days, over 3,000,000 lbs being sold at firm 1)1 Ices. . The following are the quotations for ending descriptions: Ohio .and Pennsyl vania fleeces X and above, llioj'loj-jai No. 1 combing, aWiio No. 2 combing, UKsoi XX and XX above, Il)ft20o. Vlatlms ef tha Floods. Dispatches from river points show deaths resulting from the flood as follows! Plue ville, Ky., two mountaineers and a revenue man drowned) Grafton, W. Va., William Tate. Baltimore A Ohio fireman, drowned: Middleeboro, Ky., Jamo Chnrwell, wife and four children drowned: Keystone, W. Va., Wade, druggist. drowued( Sparta, Ky., Cbarlea Holton, bank clerk, drownedi Bell county, Ky., two men drownedi Bluefluld. W. Va., Hylvester Waters, teamster, drowned In Clear oreeki Doukey ville, .Ky., Jona 'i'yrte, drowned la Powell river. 1 TRADE REVIEW. Impulse Olven to Trad and Many Thous and Men Seonr Work, 11. G. Dun A Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says! Genuine improvement In business does not como with a rush, like the breaking of a f'roat dum. The growth for somn weeks hns icon more encouraging because It nearly all lines It hns been gradual nnd moderntei The rupture of tho steel rail nnd other combinations In thn Iron business has brought out a vast quantity of trndn which bad been held bnck and has set many thous and men at work, while thoslow but steady gain 111 other great Industries ha given em ployment to many thousand morn; but the full effects will not appear until the Increas ed purchases by all these swell the distrihu tlou of goods. Meanwhile It Is substantial ground for confidence thnt months which were regarded by many In the money market with serious npprehen-lons have passed wlth ut disturbance nnd with stendy gain In the position of the country nnd ot the treasury. The breaking of bonds which have restrict ed many brunches of thn Iron Industry hns been followed by nn enormous Increase In demand ami In orders booked, nnd by the storting of many works. Thn rapid Increase In tbe coke output In the Connellsvllla re gion, which Is now over 100,000 tons, gives prospect of modnrnta cost for fuel. Pur chases of rails nre estlmnted nt 1,000,000 tons within two weeks, wherens tho production Inst year was 1.101, H'.ij tons, nnd the snleg only 800,000. Important contracts for ex port continue, nnd American makers under sell foreign In tin plates by 78 cents, nud nre selling cotton ties below 75 cents for which 1 10 wns charged for thosnme by importers a year ago. failures for thn week have been SDfl In thn United states against 1178 Inst yenr, aud 00 In Cunnda against 68 last year. TARIFF BILL DELAYED. Dlngley Won't Report His Bill Until th Extra Bestion. Chairman Dlngley of thn ways nnd means committee, will not be able to report to the house the new tariff bill, which probably will bear his name, before thn beginning of the extra session of congress, to be called for .March 13. There would have been little to bo gained by reporting the bill to tho houso in this session even if it wns possible, b c I iso It would have to be re-Introduced fa. tho Kifty-llfth conirress, but the ltepuhllcnn members of thn wnvs nnd menu committee will not be able to ilni-h tho bill before the close of this congress. They have been work ing every day for several weeks on tho hill, but a member said that they would be oblig ed to work very hard to llnish their task by the beginning ot the extrn session. The past few days have been spent by tho tariff milk ers principally In shaping the Innguugn of those schedules of the bill in which they have agreed upon the rates. Several of the most Important features of tho bill are yet practi cally unconsidered. These Ir.cludn the wool, cotton nnd sugar schedules, nnd thn free list The llrst of these promises to give the most trouble because of thn failure of the wool growers aud manufacturers to reach nny agreement on rates. In order to com plete thn bill, the Republican members of the ways and menus committee will stny In Washington alter congress adjourns nml de vote their time to thn work. It Is expected that as soon as the extrn session meets Spenk er Heed, who will undoubtedly be re-elected, will appoint the same members to the ways uud means committee who nre now serving and tho bill will be reported to tho bouse. Lss Resigns. The resignation of Consul Oenernl Lee, forwarded from Havana by mall has been received. Generul Lee cabled to the Presi dent bis grievances against the State Depart ment, refusing to withdraw his resignation. A similar notlllcntion was glvno to Heeretary Oluey. Secretary Olney cabled to General Lee that his resignation would not be ac cepted, outlining tbe reasons for tho re fusal. INCREASED TARIFF ON FRUIT. Committee Froposss that th Horn Orow r Shall Have th Market A material Increase in the rnte of duty on certain tropical fruits raised in this country wns made on Tuesdny morning by the Ite pibllcnn members ot the Wnys and Means oommlttee. A duty of 20 cents a cubic toot was placed on oranges, lemons and limes, whether Imported In bulk or In packages, and which places the duty at 80 per cent, ad valorem. The present duty Is 8 cents a ou tdo foot In the McKinley law it was less than 1? cents. This iuerense wns made Id compliance with the appeals of the Califor nia fruit producers, who complained that the Present rate was ruinous and that the McKinley duty wns not nearly sulfloleut. Tbe committee were influenced by these considerations, nnd after n careful investi gation satisfied themselves that, while the new rate was practically prohibitory, it would not Increase the cost of such fruits a quarter of a cent In each case, and that the retail price would remain practically un changed, nt tbe same time giving the Ameri can grower a monopoly of the home mar ket Thn fruit importing interests protested vigorously against, any material lucroase In the duty, their argument being that foreign fruits do not compete to nny extent with tbe American product, iunsmuch as tbey are placed on sale at different season ot tbe year. Tbn woolen schedule will be the last to be considered. Its consideration will develop considerable opposition from the manufact uring Interests, and It is in order thnt it may be fully discussed that the oommlttee will not agree upon tentative rates until the Inst moment consistent with a prompt reporting of the measure. Signed a Confusion. Otis C. Smith, formerly cnabler of the Georgia Security and Banking Company, nt Atlanta, and a well-known member of so ciety, bos been held by detectives since Sat urday evening on a charge of einbezzlemeut Ho bus signed a statement confessing that he is a forger aud an embezzler, aud has thrown himself on the mercy of those be has wronged. In addition to a shortage of about 1,000 with the Georgia Heeurlty and Bank ing Company be is short with James W. English, Jr., whose confidential clerk he was, about l.WO, and with Harry L. Eng lish A Co.. insurance, about S.OOO. Tbe shortage may grow to a greater amount, but this sum has already been developed. NEWST NOTES. At Gloucester, Mass., tbe Webster blook was destroyed by tire 1 loss 970,000. The village ot Chilambo. Central Afrloa, where Dr. Livingstone is burled, has been deserted. John Jaoob Astor.s 8,000,000 hotel, which I in course ot erection next to tho Waldorf, will be called the Astoria, A bill making it a pur.lahable offense to wear a high bat at a theatrical performance In Colorado passed tbe assembly by a vote ol a to 16. August Belmont A Co. deny emphatically the Louisville story that they are in a scheme to consolidate the Kentucky distilleries to the amount of C 16,000,000. The North Dakota legislature has decreed that all railroads shall be asaessed tor taxa tion at not less tbun S,000 a mile regardless ot their coi or sarulugs. Tbe children of John Cain, farmer living near Perry, O. T., set Are to tbe grass in their dooryard. Tbe clothing of Nora, aged 4, and ol a boy aged euught Urn aud both wor burned to death, , PROGRESS 0HHEWHR IN GUBA. WHY SANGUILY WAS FREED. Became It Was Sollolted in a Friendly, Confidential Way. In publishing thn roynl decree pardoning Julio Snngully, the Madrid Gazette explains thnt clemency was shown In this case because the American Government "solicited the liberty of the convict In a friendly, confiden tial way and Sanguily solemnly promised both Governments that he would uot take pnrt In nny hostile nets against Spain." Tho decree sets forth that circumstances have so changed since Sangully's arrest as to Justify clemency. El Impnrclal and many other newspapers evince great displeasure because Congress nnd the American press exhibit hostility to Spain. Kear Is expressed that the advent of McKinley will be seizert as a pretext for alter ing tho cordial relation existing under the Cleveland-Olney regime. Premier Cnnovoa Is slill confident that hn will be In a position to settle satisfactorily nil foreign claims. Thn Government has cabled to Havana for Information so as to be able to reply to three American, two English' nnd two French do mnuds, nil substantially alike. The cases are of long standing, and the Governments men tioned wnnt them settled promptly. One French case bns been pending 14 months, It Is for unwarranted arrest nnd damage to property. Premier Cnnovas Is determined to compel the authorities in Cuba to act quicker and properly iu future. A SHOT AT THE DAUNTLESS. United State Dynamite Cruller Stop th Fillbuiter From Sailing. The first shot over fired by the dynamllo cruiser Vesuvius to stop a vessel was fired Friday nfternoon when tho daredevil steamer Dauntless nttcmptcd to slip by the cruiser nnd the revenue cutter Boutwell, The own er of the Dnuntless, W. A. llisbee, had lieen refused clearance by the collector of cus toms, nnd the following letter was then ad dressed to that official: "I hereby demand of you that you nllow tho steam tug Dauntless to proceed to sea on her lawful business. We are willing to make affidavits that we will not violate any of the laws of tho United States. . Will you kindly reply In writing whether you will or Will uot allow said steamer to depart" ltecelving no reply Mr. llisies started down tho river on the Dauntless. The Vesu vius and Boutwell both gave whistle signals to the Dnuntless to stop. As she was nppnr ontly passing the cruiser without obeying, a solid shot from one of the rapid fire guns was dropped in front of the filibuster. The Dauntless immediately stopped nnd was boarded by tho llentennnt of the Vesuvius nnd ordered bnck to ber dock. Tbe owner will now sue the commander of the Vesuvius for Illegal detention. The Vesuvius has been ordered to lenve Jacksonville and Join tbe Mnrblehead at Key West. 170 MINERS PERISH. Awful Calamity in-a Ssep Mine at Zaoateoii, Mex. At Zacatoca, Mex., fire brcke out in Sana moro mine, one of the properties of the Bomberete Company, nnd communlcnted to the San Francisco mine. Tbe principal shaft in the former Is 8,000 feet deep, and a rescuing party went down to the bottom, but were nearly suffocated by the smoke. The Cornish miners displayed unusal heroism In attempting the relief of imprisoned men. The bodies have been taken out and all show signs of asphyzlntion. There is no longer any doubt 17ii miners perished. Tbe city of Xacatecas Is a scene of mourning and consternation, this being the greatest calamity In Its mines during modern times. KINO GEORGE IS SURPRISED. Aotlon of th Christian Nation Against Him Is Deplored. A dispatch from Athena says: During an interview with King George the king said: "I cannot but express my profound aston ishment and grief upon learning that the rep resentatives of the great Christian powers not only permitted the Turkish forces to em ploy as a military base a sphere tbey had taken under their protection in order to Im pose upon It neutrality and peace, bnl also positively caused their cannons to be 11 red upon Christian people driven by outrage and massacre to struggle for life, liberty and re ligion. Nothing in the world till these event occurred would have Induced me to believe in the possibility of such nn act" "I utterly full to comprehend why Europe, Instead of following historic precedent in Italy nud elsewhere, allowing tbe Cretans to declare by plebiscite what suzerainty they should desire, should attempt to force upon them a regime alien to their feelings and In evitably destined to result in further compli cations." Turkish War Preparations. War preparation are actively proceeding In Turkey. Quantities of Mauser rifles and munitions of war bare been dispatched from Constantinople to rJalonica nnd Adriaoople, the consignments to the latter place being for the Mussulmans on the Bulgarian frontier. Similar measures are being takes) o taw Servian frontier. ARMOR PLATE PRICE I4O0. Th Senate Committee Positlvsly Fix) th Bat. The senate oommlttee on appropriations la special terms fixe J0O per too as the maxi mum price to be paid for armor plate aad providing that in case tbe plate oansiol be procured at this price tbe government shall establish a plant and make its own armor. The committee struck out tbe house pro vision requiring that the steel material used In tha construction of tb naval vessels shall be of domestic manufacture. The. amend ments entail an increase over th total of the house appropriation amounting to 93,603, 000 nnd bring tbe total of the bill up to 36, 723,234. MeXtaley' Washington Sait Major McKinley' inaugural suit was ship ped from Washington to Canton. Tbe wool from which it wa woven was donated by Hon. John McDowell, ot Buffalo townahtn. Washington county. Tbe cloth, whloh la black, was woven by Thomas Oaks, Bloom field, N. Y., and tbe suit was msde by Henry Kobel, Cleveland. O., the tailor whom Major McKinley himself requested should cut and make tbe suit. Every part of it is ot Ameri can material, thread, button, etc., a tribute to tbe protection sentiments ol th President elect Tank lUamsr Go Down, The Oerman tank steamer Dlamant, Capt. Wisohausen and thlrty-flve men wa prob ably lost with all hands, 380 miles southeast ot Halifax, February 17, or else she ha been drifting nt tbe mercy of th element ever (luce. Cnpt. Forth say he lighted tbe taulc (teamCr February 10, showing distress signals, having lost her propel, ler, Tb steamer was taken In tow, tut tha next day abe broke away, This was repeat ed until tbe 17th, when she disappeared al together. The Galileo bad towed the Dl ainaut 6110 miles. Capt. Forth cruised around nearly a day, but taw no trace of the Itearusr. KING GEORGE SPEAKS. - ' Great Demonstration in Athens. Forty Thousand People Participate. Over 40,000 persons participated In a dem onstratlon Huuday nfternoon on University qtiaro, Athens, In favor of the union ol Crete with Greece. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. An address wns adopted declaring Hint the kng nnd peoplo were rendy for any snerlllces of blood and trensure to bring the present Cretnn policy to B successful issu. The crowd then marched to the palace nnd n deputntlon presented the address to the king. Tremendous cheering followed. His majesty King George, Crown Prince Consume, uuke of Sparta and other members of the roynl fnmily occupied places on the balcony. The king addressed thn crowd ns follows: "Vou are executing the true mnndnte ol the Hellenic! people. I thank you for this Imposing display of your feelings. May God protect our beloved eountry nnd strengthen our common efforts. Long live the Hellenlo nation." The address of King Georgo was followed by vociferous cheering. Prince Nicholas has, arrived at Larissa, a town on Thessaly, on the Turkish frontier, twenty miles from the gulf of Snlonlca. Sev en hundred Greek soldiers, with artillery, have landed near Klsaoio. A Turkish transport, accompanied by a British torpedo boat. Is enraged In convey ing 1,600 troops from Candia to Canea. REMAINS A PORTION OF TURIET. That is th Polioy of th British Regard ing Crete. In the houso of lords the Mnrquis of Salis bury said tbat to give the house the facts ot tho moment as regards Crete ho would read a telegram sent ts the British ambassadors to the courts of the great powers, It was as follows: "Inform tho government to which you are accredited thnt her majesty's government purposes tomato the following declaration of the policy which they intend to pursue nnd which they believe Is In accordance with the views of their allies: "Firstly, The establishment of nn adminis trative autonomy In Crete as a necessnry condition for the termination of the Inter nntlonnl occtipntlon. "Secondly, That subject to tbe above eon dltlon Crete ought in their judgment, to re main n portion of tho Turkish empire. 'Thirdly, The Turks nnd Greeks should be Informed of this resolution. "Fourthly, It Turkey or Greece should, when required, persistently refuse to with draw their military and nnval forces from the island, the powers should Impose their decision by force upon tbe stnta so refus ing." Ho snld the withdrawal tf the Turkish troops from Crete was a necessary condi tion of automony. Therefore they would have to withdraw except so fur ns they had been kept iu cases of tho Island of Samoa and Servla. The Turkish troops would evi dently have to bo withdrawn when auto nomy was established. The Greek troops, the premier Imirgined, would be required by tho powers to with draw nt nn early date Ho believed this was the course tho powers desired to pursue. THE NOTE WITHDRAWN. Power Deolde to Let ths Greek Troop Remain In Crstr, Tho Athens correspondent of the London Chronicle states that a conference of tbe representatives of the powers Sunday even ing in was decided to withdraw the collec tive note. Inviting Greece to retire her fleet and troops from Crete. He learned on good authority that no date was fixed for the re call, the instructions of the representatives ot the powers on this point being' at vari ance. A collective note will be presented Tuesday. The consnls at Candle signed a telegram Imploring the powers not todelny a decision. Tbe town Is so crowded with Moslems tbnt famine threatens great loss of life. Hundreds of sheep and cattle are already dying from want of fodder. The Insurgents have com pletely cordoned Candia, The greatest anxiety exists also as to the sitnation at Sellnos, where the armistice agreed npon by tbe powers bas expired. Tbe insurgents are in a worse mood than ever aad are thorough ly determined. DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY. After Ruling Themielves for Mere Than On Hundred Tears. Only at long Intervals doea th outside world hear from Norfolk Island, away out in tho south Paolflc, with Its little colony, the descendants of the mutineers of the "Bounty," but the state department at Wash ington bas just received one of the occasional communications. It is in tbe shape of a re port from Iaaao Hobinson, United States consular audit on the Island, and contains an account of the dissatisfaction of the l'lt eairn community who, after having governed themselves by their own laws for mere than 100 years, have now, by an edlot of tbe gov ernor of New South Wales, been deprived ot this right The governor a action waa caus ed, as he explained, by a desire t correct the maladministration of justice. The con sular agent reports the little colony. Ht per sons In all, have suffered front severe drought during the past summer, and tbe failure of the whale fisheries, whloh formed their main reliance. FREE SILVIRITES KATE, Teller and Hi Friends Call Meeting at Chlosgo Jun tv The silver Republicans In the senate and house have signed an address to the people, which was made public, calling a meeting of a "provisional national committee of tbo Silver Republican party" to meet in Chicago Tuesday, June 8, 1H07, forth purpose of railing a national convention ol all sliver ltepubllcana and those wbo will co-operate with them In political action, '-null! tbe gn at monetary issue l settled, aad settled right" Each atate and territory is asked to desig nate a member of tho provisional national committee to represent U in ail matters pre liminary to the calling of the national con vention Charles A. Town ol Minnesota, at named chairman of tbo national eommlttea until a further organization is affected. It la signed by Senator Teller, Dubois, Cannon, Pettlgrnw, Mantle, Jones and Representa tives Towns, Haruaan, Ishafrota and Allen ot Utah. IX PEOPLE KILLED. Aa Explatiaa at th Metal DyasaiU Work at Ayroshlr. An xplolon of nltro-glyoerlna ha taken place at Nobel' dynamite works, Ayresblr. Scotland. Six person were killed and sev eral were Injured. The explosion waa heard at Paisley, fifteen mile from tha work, aad the oonousslon extinguished tha gas lamp ot Kilwinning, three mile away. TERSI TELEGRAMS. Fire gutted the top floor of the Merchants' Exchange building in nt Louis, oausing a loss of 100,000, fully Insured. Tbe colored Knight Templar oommand ry of the United Slate have organized grand oommandery nt St Louis. A law making all contracts payabl In gold non-oollectible and void passed butt) branches of th Oklahoma legislature.
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