RCM K BOATLOAD DROWNED Ovrr 100 f auengers Perish in the Hattaing Straits A' 'cording to mix ices brought by the r.m press I India, which nrrlvi'il at Vancouver, 11. ('.. from tin' orient, a terrible accident linppcncd i.n Saturday, lnminry 21. tn a boat criMrit the Haitalng straits from Malkao. 1 she had ins paongcron board, and when hot far Iroin the Hiiiiatng shore sank from being i verb nded. 1 One hundred nnd four pn"onger were drowned, among them were throe ohlhln'n.a son and two daughters, of the chief pastor of the American Methodist limn h In 1 1 i II it i lib.. According to nlvlec hy the same steamer, i smallpox is not m prevalent In Hong Kong rt It Uil H few m'tlth ago. hut tllO llbon!. is slid raging in Japan, ami tho llohg hohg 1 hoard o! Il'outh tin recommended tlio gov- order to ileciaro Hiogo nm! Kobe Infoied ' ports. 1 here wnv r.o authentic Information to I tunid w hen the t.nnier loft regarding the re Iwillin in the rtillij-i-Lii-. wit ti tlio exception of n telegram dale t I obruary 14. stating that llio governor general had left Manilla to personally conduct operation against tho n Pols nt nviio. Ih" M n i 1 1 III paper ci h- tiimo to publish report uf tlio alleged suc cess of tlio I'ftiti li troop, l-iit if tin number ot killed hii.I wounded on tlio rebel aide a nvordod iu the Sjiti1h prom, were calcium, eii from the beginning of the outbreak, tho orit-innl strength of tho rebels would figure lip higher than tlio Spanish authorities wore willing to admit. Tho sugar growing dis trict wore not so seriously unvoted by the ri'l'i'llloii as many supposed, while tho lo'inp growing district if not nlleetod hi nil. COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. The Secret Discovered by a French Sa vant. .lust nt ft litre when photographers had almost abandoned liopi of ever discovering n really practical process of color photo graphy a report come to the stale ilepHrt uioitt "from I nite.l State t'onnul tlenerttk Mhhoh. Ht 1 rank fort, tiornianv. m viuir n tlesoription ( a far up the proee may he .li Tuli;rdi ol a mean of ilolui; till In n imple flii.tiiiexpenfive a to he ninilahle to every pte.toi;nif her; IhuH openiiiK a new era In re productive art. Tho prociw I tho dioovory of I linaciio, n 1'HrihiHii havaiit, nnd if purely ehenu'-al. Any ordinary negative l.eforo ev jioMir-" in dippeil iji tt eeret M)lorie Path. The ut-tial negative, result nnd from thi the uual pos itive Ik made on paper, oH. or ,,iher medium. Thi poiuve l"'ink' iilso dipped in the colorless iiiiid n.iiuin' n won iurlul power of selectiiij; colors. I'lp- Iod s.iccessf'.iliy In monochromatic atha of hiiio, red anil preen the positive picks nut from ra.'li the exact proportion of color iie-e.ary t reproduce th tint. ol the original. The" r.-suit Is n portrait nhsolutely lifelike in form and color mid landscapes that will stand tl-.e test of strong mairulfyiiii: iriassoa To d.spose nf any ohunee of fraiol in this discovery leading lliiitiish acleitt:st were permitted to make tho color pictures with their own apparatus in London, lieini: supplied r.ythe inventor only with the neces sary chemical hath. Already n treat syndi cate has pureha-' d the pitent ritfht" for all countries and Is preparim.- to estatilish t.rnneli holism in each country for tho treatment of plntea. 'J be composition of th color -seu-ntlzinK solution is still n secret. FIGURES ON IMMIGRATION. For tcTco Mosthi Fatt tha Oeereait Wat Kearly SO. 000. A statement prepared nt the immigration I .urea i) shows that during th six months anded liecemher 31.1!i6.tho numher of Imml- : trrnuta wbo arrived in this country was H:',- , WH, a decrease, as compared with the same ; period in J !'.' of 4.'J(KI lu .Inniiary last tho decrease, us compared with .lanuary, 1IW, wna .S.Hri. mnklni; the total decrease for i the seven months 4",55. I This decrease is Mini to be largely due to ' the difficulties and uncertainties nitendliii; ! a landing in this country. The many de-i portations and the strict examinations en- ! lorced in this country is stated to have, cans- ; ed a iarpe. In ti a.-e of immigration from Kurope to l'.rnil. Ar(;entlii repiihlic nnd i cither Houlh American couutrles, where In ducements are offered. An important factor j in the large decrease of arrivals In tins , country is helieved to bo the proclamation of j the Italian minister of the Interior warning i illHlesiriii ie classes from cmbarklug for this country and refusing them passport. WHEAT, CORN AND OATS. State me it of the Amount Now on Hand in the Country. The crop report of the department of agri culture, baaed on returns from three inde pendent aetc of regular correspondent! add ed to several thousand from mills and eleva tors, aud carefully combined and weighed, relates principally to the distribution of prin cipal grains, the stocks and the proportion of merchantable and unmerchantable. All grain in the hands of farmers. Including amounts remaining over from previous years, are included in the estimates given. The corn on hand, as estimated, aggre gates I.IM.OUO.IHHI bushels, or .V) per cent of the last crop, acainst 1.(172,000.0110 in March, 1SIH3. both the proportion nnd the quantity in original hands at the date are unprece dented, although closeiy approached last year aud iu March, laiHI. Correspondents report large stocks lu crihs, particularly iu the prairie states, awaiting better prices. The iggregute sold from farms to go be yond county hues is (ii'H.U'JO.IIiiO bushels, or i". 8 per cent of the crop. The proportion merchantable is l,'j;iii.U0U,0OO, or M.H jut cent. The wheut reserves lu furmer's hands amount to W.ti per cent of the crop or s,H, UOtl.OuO bushels, against l'Jil.OOO.OOO bushels lust .March. Of this ninouut !1 per cent is re ported as coming over from previous crops. The proportion of wheat sold inside the county Is il. 7 per cent. Of oate there are MUI.OOO.OOO bushels, or 44.2 per cent ot the l"l)7 croji, yet ill farmers' hands. 1'roporliou shlptied ueyoud county lines, 27 Jer cent. GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK. Some Figures a to the Output and Value of Product in the Minei. Cripple Creek district is credited with a prodnctiou of (10,000,000 in gold last year and the Mute, with about 1 16,000.000. Junk ing from the value of the ore mined Iu the first two months of lmiT thi year's output will reach fully 15,000,000. ' The vulue ol the product of all the mines of the camp iu December was over (1,000, 000. The ore haulers, railroad aud mill managers say that the January and Febru ary touuage was increased for each mouth over December from 10 to 20 per ceut., which would indicate if the Decemlier figures were correct, u vulue of from 1,100,000 to tl,200, 000. Acoepting this valuutlon as correct, before the year euds, the eaiup will be shipping each month from 30,000 to 85,000 tons per month and its gross value will be worth from tl.n00,000 to 1,750,000. Floods Again Fatal. The damages from storm at Uedtord, Ind., will rcacb (2,000.000. All the oouuty roads nave been washed out and bridges swept way. The railroads have suffered iu a like manner, aud it will, take 10 days to repulr GOVERNORS VS. THE SENATE. Fxecutlrei of Kentucky, Florida and Oragon OWe.Thsir Reasons. flocauxi tho Legislatures of Montana, Washington and Wyoming failed to elect Henntors.each of those States had but a single member In the V titled Slates Senate from 1M to 1W5. Tho Oi.vernor tnnde appointments to till the vacancies, hut thn Senate denied their right to appoint, the test case being that of Lee Mantle, of Moiiinnn. In IM5 W. II. A.hllek deadlocked the I.oKiiiiturc of I'ela'tare, nnd It wa not until this year that Senator tlrnv had n colleague. "I here are three vacanci in the Hennie at present, and, notwithstanding the Mantle precedent, appointment have been made by the tiovcrnors of l loridn, KenlucVy and Oregon. In view of thn peculiar situation of the Sennte. nnd apparent Improbability of any of the appointee being seated, the New York World telegraphed the Governors :f I loridn, Kentucky and Oregon as follow: "In tic appointment ,,f n l ulled States Senator, did you consider the ruling of tho Senate denying the right of the tiovcrnors to appoint w here the Legislature had failed to eiH-t applicable'.' Wherein doe the ense In your state differ from the Mantle case? Iiy w hat date do you think the Legislature will c.eet a Senator'" 1 he follow i nir repllc have been received: Hi.WhTOUT, Ky., March H, Ve, but the decision In the caes of Man tle and other In l..i;i are not entitled to the weight which at l a lies to an unbroken line ol .tecNions l y the senate lor nearly a century before holding to the contrary. Ll ecinllv Is this true in view of the fact thiit tic- earlier di'cllon are in piain accord with tho provisions of uh-di isloli 2, section !), Article I., .Miet it I it I. . of the I nite.l Slule. I am uiiniile to cjv. you mix thing like a .li II nito r-ply to your other question. W. O. IIIIADI.l.Y, Governor o! Kentucky. Sm.km, Ore., Mnroli 8. There was no session of our Legislature, From the Inability of the House to organl.e. Hence there wn no Legislature to fleet a Senator. W. r. I oi;l. iovcrnor ol Oregon. Tm l.vinsst k, I'ln., March 8. T he Leo Mantle erase Is not applicable to l lorl.la. T he Legislature of 1'lorbla ha not failed to elect, nnd does not convene until April. My pre.iec-ssor appointed Senator Pas co, March 4, l"!':), under similar elretiin--t.in.'es, and the Senate, convened In extra scinn, seated him without .ic.tlon. The Morula l.cu-Moturo ,vi ,,,,, i April li. I hope the contest for Senator will not he protract, ed. but cannot answer Joti definitely on that point. W. !. KLOMIAM. OoviTin r of l'loriila. CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL. Large Attendance and Fine Program at the Commenosment. Fully 5,(100 people, from nil parts of the country witnessed the commencement exer cise at the Indian training school lu Car lisle, pa. Wednesday morning the Inspection of tlio diiTerent Industrie of the Institution, followed hy a parade of SOD Indian boys ami girls took place. In the afternoon the gym nnstic exercises occurred. Antonio Apache, a noted Indian from lloston, Mass., made an address to a large million. .... lie was follow ed by several Indian grniliintes. The special train from Wiifhlngtoii brought a number of prominent persons, among the number being two Kickapoo chiefs nnd six Osage ohiois, who have children at the school, tiov. Hustings and Oen. Miles of the I tilted states army and hi stuff nnd mem bers ol tho enato and house were present T hursday when tw enty-seven Indian children graduated, TERMS OF SILVER REPUBLICANS. Wiil Permit the Tariff Bill to Pass if No At tempt is Made to Reorganize the Senate. Senator I'ettlgrew, of South Dakota, In an Interview said: "The live Silver llopubli eans. Senators Mantle. Joues of Nevadaj i amioli. Teller and myself, will not do any thing to delay or hinder the adoption of a protective tariff law. There are a number of Democrats who will be just ns considerate. ii there Is an attempt to reorganize the Sen ate, we may tie lu sislon all summer, and If there is a serious attempt to scat the three new senators that have bieu appointed, a great breach will be opened nnd the tariff unn everything else may no lost sight of. "There is also some talk ol pH-sing other legislation than tariff and appropriation, it is not my opinion that It is ta.'titly under stood that the Senate will not be reorganized: that the new senators by uppointraeut will not be seated, aud that there will be no (jon erul legislation, lu that event tlio way is clt ur to an early pastime of the tarilt law," SUPPLIES LANDED AT V0LO. The Greek Soldiers Destroy Bridges on the Railway. The reply of the Greek government to the ultimatum of the powers having been delivered to the foreign represeututlvea at Athens, preparations fer hostilities be tween Oreece and Turkey, which are appar ently inevitable, are being hurried forward with all possible speed. Crown Prince Constantiue is about to start for the li reek frontier to assume command of the Greek troojis there, and several Oreek traiiejiorts huve landed great quantities of war material and large numbers of horses aud mules at Yolo, Thessaly. It is reported that tireek bunds have de stroyed a niiiiiber of bridges ou the railway between Munaslir, the present licndquurlurs of the Turkish army, aud Sulonica. IN SCIENTIFIC INTEREST. As Expedition to Search for Light on Man'i Sevelopmeut. Morris K. Jessup, prusldeut of the Ameri can Mui-ciii of Natural History lu New York is lilting out an expedition thut w ill be jiut in charge ol l'rof, Frank W. l'utnnm aud Dr. F.mll lion, to secure anthropological specimens uud Information. The North western coast will l.o Milled first to the north of Drittsb Columbia, after which the vxjiedi lion will proceed along the Alaska seaboard, nrosaing tiering sea to Asia, work dowu the Siberian aud Chinese coast to the lndiuu ocean nnd proceed to L'gypt. The expedi tion will be absent six years and its cost of 160,000 will be defrayed hy Mr. Jcssup. Bsek To the Committee. In executive session Monday Senator Davis, chairman of the foreign relations com. mittee, ottered a resolution referring back to that committee the treaty of arbitration uud it was ugrsed to. At the close of the sessiuu of congress ponding legislation which has nut been acted upon falls. In the case ol the treaty, however, it remains as it came to the seuate from the jiresident, but all jieudiug amendments offered In the senate or propos ed by the committee fulled aud have to be reotlered. The resolutions led to consider able discussion. Two Children Killed. At Terra Haute, Iud four children and their nurse walked out to the Dig Four rail road trestle to look at the wreck caused by recent riiius. The fast Knickerbocker ias seuuer train from Kb Louis to New York, dashed around the curve aud kuocked two of the children off luto the wutor, Instantly kllllug them. The wumau saved the other two children. The names nf the dead urw Ellen farker, aged 15, and Robert, aged 12, Their mother is widow. ' CUBANS WIN AGAIN. fore Brilliant Vifltoriei Gained Over the Spaniards. A dipalch to the Sew York Kun from Havana, says: beport nre received from Maiiziinlllo about another serious engage ment near Cnuto river, In which tieneral Onrcln captured from the Rpnnlnrds a large supply of arms nnd ammunition, aud made 10(1 Spanish soldier prisoner. The situation in the province of Santiago do Cuba contluue to be favorable for the In surgent, nnd the Spanish column have practically abandoned nctlve operation on tho field. T hey escort only the convoys with provision from one fortilled town to another, carefully avoiding any fight with tho Cuban. Col. Ynrn Del Rev ha reported to General Weyler that tt I Impossible for tho Spanish to move In thn province In columns less than 4,000 men strong. The Spanish guerrilla, ol Ouanatiana, Matanzas province, ha boon defeated there by the Insurgent forces com manded hy Oon. Ilctaneourt. The engage ment was very hot and Insted for four hours. The Spanish had DO killed, and the Cubans :w. The estate Carmen nt Habnnllln Ins been attacked again by the Cubans, who ransack ed the stores mid dlsporod the garrison. Oov. I'rocet, ot Malan.as, has s'Mit SO more prlponers to Havana. They are ac cused of being Mnnigos. Two hundred jirlsoners have I n j.reviously reported as forwarded to Havana. T hey will be sent to the Island of Fernando To. Honor Lu Hiirrern.chlet of police at Havana, will embark for Spain soon. Senor rorrn, civil governor of the province of Havana, will also go to S ain, lint It functionaries nre snld to bo in serious disagreement with lien. Weyler. Fonsd.'vlclln Is committing new atrocities at ttiiiiiwiluici.il. Seven prisoners were taken nut ot Hie jail nnd murdered halt a mile oiit flilo of town, l onsdevlella boasts ol his crimes, am! says that tile more he Is attacked by the Cubans the more of them he will kill In order to prove that he has tho cotifldcucu of Ills government FOREIGN NOTES. Inland Parts of Crete are Beict by Bands of Robbere. The Mussulman refugees who havo been brought to Cnnen nre destitute nnd on the verge of starvation, and the island Is full of bands of robbers who nre pillaginlng the towns In the vicinity. Te Cretan Insurgents nre bombarding the fortress of Splnaloiiga. The garrison Is still resisting. Several conflicts between Mussul mans and christians have occurred In the village nf Archanes. A scourge of black Vomit I devastating the ily of Oaxuea, n hi.-n makes three epi demics that nre now lu progress in Mexico. Smallpox is increasing daily, and the grip lu the western uirt of the republic shows no signs of nl. ntiug. No Instance Is known of iiuvonc recovering after being attacked. As tin I'lague spot is lar from railroads, no danger is apprehended of the disease spread ing over the country. Hundreds have died. A dispatch from Constantinople says that large quantities of (Iras rilles and cartridges art being smuggled from Oreece Into the Turkish Island of Chios, off the west coast ot Asia Minor, by way of Sinyrnn.nnd that they nre being sold to tho Inhabitants ot Chios lit low Jirlces. A dlspatoh received from Yalta, in the Crimen, reports that a sanguinary encoun ter has taken place there between llussiiins and Turks. Many shops were demolished. A number of the wounded men have been arrested. PLAN FOR A NEW PARTY. A Permanent Union of the Forces that Supported Bryan. An effort Is to be made to effect a perma nent amalgamation of the factious which were allied In the suppirt of W. J. llrynn. Hevera' conferences have recently been held in Chicago, nt which the situation was discuss ed nnd a decision reached thut some steps should be tuken to prevent the threatened disruption of what may be termed the "re form forces." The April number of "Now Occasion," a magazine published in Chicago, voices tho sentiment of those who have been In confer ence In an address which calls for the aban donment of the old party Hues und a re organization uuder the uuine of the American Party. Tho editorial proposes a novel method of forming a party platform aud organization. It suggest that ut noon, July 4, the Ameri can people organize by voting precincts all over the United States, each precinct to elect one representive to a Congressional conven tion to be held a few days later. At the Congressional conventions ono representa tive should be ehoseu as a member of thn People's Congress, selected "not for bis oratorical ability, but for his capacity to think." This congress ot !)o7 men. with dele gates from the territories, should meet nt some central jioiut aud map out a plan of work. Copies of this plan huve been mailed to national coiuinlttivrmen and leaders of the different organizations, nnd if the responses nre favorable a conference will he held in Chicago at an early dute, nnd a definite jdan uf action agreed upou. TRAINS DYNAMITED. Blown Vp by Insurgents and Ma-y Span ish Killed. A dispatch from llavnua says; The Insur gents huve attacked the importnnt town of (i nines, iu tho province ol Havana, turning 2.i houses, ransacking all the stor.M, and taking r 1II.0IHJ from the municipal safe. 'Jim Spanish garrison resisted for two hours, but niter losing nil hopes of reinforcements fur tilled KsM 1 1 lu the church and left the town defenceless. The Spanish losses are reported to Le very Heavy, liejucut, another import. nut town of the province, has also linen at. tucked by th Cubans, and with e.iiiul sic-. cess. Two trains huve been blown up with dynamite hy the Insurgents nt l ucotiico. and ou the Sim dura Hue. lu built cuses many spunlsii suliuera wore kiiieu. Rate ot 851 Given. Western roads havo reached an agrneineut regarding thn handling ol ( hrlstlau Lii. deavor business to San Frnuelseo next July. No demoralization In rules iu eoi sequence of it is uow feared. The ruts agreed to for the occasion la too low to make It worth while to light tor the business, it Is til for the round trip, or considerably less than a one-way rate. The roads have agreed that they will pay no commissions ou this busi ness, grant no free transportation or to do anything else with the view of diverting busiliess from one road to another. The whole control nt routing the business has been turned over to the chairman, who has lieeu entrusted with the duty of seeing In it thut each road gels a fair share ol the trulllo Penalty of Filibustering. A liew trial has been refused to ('apt. John D. Hart, who was ruceutly convicted ol 1111 LusteriuK against the Spanish government with the steamships Lailiuda and lleruiuda, which be ieaed to the Cuban patriots tor the transportation ot men, arms and ammu nition to Cuba, aud fur the successful uiun iuuintioa of which taut. Hart la credited. MONEY STANDARDS. Systems in Use in Vsrlous Countries. Wsges and Frioei. The slate department has Just completed tho extensive work Initiated by Secretary Olney of collecting nnd publishing in book form a complete set of reports by United States ambassador, minister nnd eoiiulnr officer abroad exhibiting In concise form tho financial systems of all tho countries of the civilised world, with full explanatory notes by the officials of the effect ot the different kind of money used ns standard of value upon the agricultural and Industrial popula tion of Hie respective nation, tine volume of till work already ha been published and the second volume is Jut In the hand of the printer, completing the work, 'The report nave been collated and carefully dlgeted bv Frederick Linory, ehlel ol the bureau ol i statistics of the 'state dej.artinent which is hereafter to be known as the bureau of tor elgn commerce. Nineteen nation are treated In the volume and In. m a summary of the conditions In these countries prepared by Mr. Lmory the following fuel are extriicteil: Argentine te publlc use inconvertible paper a a standard of value, though the mint are open to gold. In the past ill years pri -e have advanced ns mca-ureil In this stnudiird nnd iu wages as Well. The llrltlsh Australasian colonies with the gold standard show n mixed result. I'rlce ot agricultural products advanced In the de. cade In New ealnnd. while they declined In Victoria: wage iteellneil In the first case and remained stationary and high lu tho Inner. In p. livla with a single sliver standard, though there wa no data on the oiled on wages. It appeared that lood supjilie except for imported article were cheap, while lothing, house rents, drugs mi. I hardware Were high. From llrarll, with n nominal gold standard but no actual coinage, ,111111 Is want ng. Care Coloiiv has n single gold standard though without inlntaie. There the wages have Inert used !. per cent. In tho decade mid there hn been an Increase in the cot of liv ing with heavy lluctnatious III the export Commodities. In China, without any legal standard, sil ver weighed for largo traiinaction and cop per for small tales, pro uscii in biiluoss. I'hcre ha boon nn luenv.Ao in the silver privy of Imports: no difference in the price of Chinese products, and wage showed no change, though new avenues for employment have been oj.eneii up in illinium. iurlng. Denmark with the single gold standard shown 1111 Increase ot one per cent, in wages since ls4. India, with a silver standard, though with mints closed except to the government, show nn Increase In the jirlces of some articles and a decline In other; wnges show the same variation. The increusi in price In raw ex I'orl and Imports cxccit ten, uud tho do. crease lu tea and sugar. Japan, with the sliver standard, shows n general advance In prices nnd in wage ns well. There was a decline lu prices lietwevn 1NN4 nnd nh7 attributed to the ciirtiulmen' of paper money nnd n general advance 1 rom the latter date up to lil.". I'he increase Is Mild to be due to a eenreUy In the crop. Persia ha 11 sliver standard nnd lu that country wages and prices both advanced In the past 10 years. Tho currency Is, however, greatly depreciated and the couutry Is much poorer Hum it was 2d year ago. Peru use silver only und prices increased a measured iu that standard, while Portu gal with u gold standard showed a 2."i per cent. Increase In prices attributed to tho tact that the actual money in use is Miier. Sulvndor In now using silver, but tci have been tuke.i to substitute gold. Mean while prices were advanced in a marked di gree owing, it is said, to d. preciateil cur rency. The only labor in Salvador Is em ployed on farms and wages lu that case were udvnuced slightly. Gold Is the standard in Slerrn Leone nnd prices generally declined owing it Is said, to over trading and the falling off In exports to Kurope. In the South African liepiibllc. with a gold standard, high prices obtain from domestic products; Imported articles are said to be "reasonable" ami wages are high iu the skilled trades, milling and build lug. Spnln uses a double standard, gold nnd silver: prices have generally advanced and only expert labor has advanced its wage. The high prices nre attributed to the fact that Spain is constantly importing u large quantity ot tlio necessaries of life and be cause of the premium she must pay on them: paices of living nre 12 to 20 per cent higher thnu if tho currency were at par. The gold standard In Swedeu was acom panled by declining prices, but advancing wnges, whl.e Venezuela with the double standard, though with closed minis showed a mixed result; wages stationary and prioes advancing iu some articles and declining in others. MUST LEAVE CRETE. Prinoe George, Who Commands the Flo. tilla, Ordered to Get Out. Advices from Crete say that the siege of Kandnmo has been raised and the foreign warships havo landed detachments of ma. rlnes with maximum guns, to Insure the safety of the Moslems who were beseiged. l'rince George, commanding the Greek torjiedo llotitbt, has been ordered to leave Crete for the island tit Sklatlios, lu the Grecian archipelago. The Greek government contemplates tho formation of a foreign legion of troops com prising jiersnus other than Greeks who de sire to enter the thn military service of Greece. PHILIPPINES LOST TO (PAIN. Affairs More Propitione for Rebels There Than in Cuba. A dispatch from Mam In, the capital of the Philippine Islands, to the Madrid ltnparclal, says the situation there ia very uusutisfuo tory, and that it will be necessary for Span ish troops to occupy the entire Inland to crush out the rebellion. Tho rebels are be coming bolder uud more vigorous and tho approaching rainy Benson will still further hamper the operations ot thn troops. lieu. IVInvicJii, the governor, will shortly return to Spain, his health having become Impaired and his ailments greutiy uggruvuted by the euro aud worrlmcut of hi being hampered in his operations by the govern ment. It Is feared nt .Manila that the war lu the liiliippliics Is wurte tiiuu that In Cuba INDIANA LE0ISLATVRE Adjourns After Brief and Businesslike Session. The Indiana Legislature adjourned Mon day night at a o'clock, utter haviug been In session 01 days, iloth houses were controll ed by the licpubllcans. Politicians are feli citating themselves that a good record woe made. Home Importaut ineasurea were enacted in to laws, among them being the billowing: A bill providing for a llirce-ceiit street car faro lu Indianapolis, a general medical law iutterned utter the. Ohio law, a law to eu ooiirage the estubllihmuut nl domestic, Insur ance companies, a law abolishing the ex iiense fund aud withdrawal charge of build ing and loan associations, the repeal of the special verdict law, a law authorizing the the Attorney Geuoral to sue tho Vnudiilia Hallway ou nn old State claim for 1, 000,1)00, a law ubollsliius uuart shops, a law provid ing for compulsory education, the placlug of nil the heiievoleut institutions In the bands of llepubllcaus, a law providing lor tne oouver slou of the Southern ludlaua peulleutinry tutu a reformatory ou the Klinlra plan. I FEARFUL PLUNGE 10 DEfllH THROUGH A BRIDGD. A Train In Indiana Dropped Into a Swollen Stream. A special from Princeton, lint., snya a a frightful wreck occurred enrly Wednesday morning 10 miles north ot Hint place, on the Etnnsvllle A Torre llaiitn railroad. For the past week several small bridges and large sections of track have been washed away, but every precaution has been tnken to avoid accident. In spile of all this, pnsssnger train Nn. D had the track washed out from under her, ami the smoking ear now lies in the botton ot the river, with every passenger In It lost. The balance of thn train Is lodged In tree top. Ml or 7." yurds from the tracs. Conductor Sears nnd tho II reman are known to be among the lost. A dispat ii from icrre Haute, say: The train which b it hero nt i.-M this ' morning went down through a trestle at the approach to the While river bridge, four nillc. below Mliceiine.. The reports ri ived here are that of more than 7u pa.scngor, le-s than 10 were iiiKi'll out nne. Yithin,t can be seen except thn smoke slack of the locomotive aud tho toi of the rear Pullman. Several bodies bad 1 n recovered at 10 o'clock liicluiling thoM. ot the engineer nud ITreiitiin. A Inter reiiort sav that five men wore killed srul two serlou.iv injured, ns follows: Killed Herbert Allen, l:vniivill", head Janitor lu the State House, caugb: In the smoking car and drew ned: .los"ph JSolemnn, of Kviinsville, locomotive llreiiinii: .lolui Sears, of icrre Haute, . ..n.lu tor: two un known men. Injured Mrnl;. 'limn Jacob Haurs-ii, ot Kvansville: ,1. It. Henderson, brother of ex Slatn Auditor Henderson. Iioth will recover Collision in Kentucky. Thn northbound Illinois i emrai St. Louis express collided with a fr"i"ht train at Last Cairo, Ky,, killing lit. mini Walter lloilgers, colored. Telegraph operator Godwin Hons was Injured, lie wa In the station, which was knocked over into the backwater by the passenger engine. The train left the track. FEBRUARY CIL RECORD. Higher Production Noted Than for Janu ary. February wn n favorable month for oil production. The average daily pipe line runs was I'l.joti bnrnis, an Increase of H,0.V1 barrels o.mipnred with .lanuary. Shipments nveragiid k?,3J."i 1 am is a day, a small gain compared to .laniiarv, lu the Limn Held dally runs averaged V.i.'JV 1 bnrrelB and shlji ments lii, i:iM barrel. There is mi ul nleiiient In the excitement over the irike on I.ik Fork. Leasing Is nc tlve nud territory has been secured at a stiff bonus. The I'oiincr farm well In Greene county, I'll., is holding up at i'.lt I nrrels a day. i lie l'hll Foiiin r arm. coiisir-iing of MO acres, nnd to tlie south ol the gusher, has been leased for a bonus ol j.V'iili und an eighth royalty. It Is reported that the owners of FohniT form gusher have pushed the asking price tor the well and li n-es up to irHiO.IKio. The new well iiorilicin-i of the Jienwood pool ou the s'cbaiiibaugh fnriu, in .Monroe county, establbiies the certainty of a north east extension. It was drilled deeper and Increased to iU) barrels uu hour. t The Battleship Wisconsin. I The kee has been laid lit the l iilon Iron : works nt San Francisco for Hie battleship Wisconsin, tlio contract for which wna let by 1 the giiverment six months ago. Thn Wis- onslu Is to be one of the siime class ns the Oregon, which was built iu the saino clt v. though larger and more heavily armored. sue will no oh" ol three war ships of thu same pattern, the other two being the Alu- tiiimn nnu the Virginia, which will he con structed In eu-tern shlpynrds. The eon tract j. rice of the Wisconsin is about t3,000, 01 10. She Killed Five Hen, Mrs. I Turn Omo, a Western "cowglrl.' who claimed to have killed live men during her career. Is dead nt her home In Ferry. I). T., aged ";. She was a Miss .Martin "and was Porn lu New York City, moving to Lldorndo, Kan., with her parents w hen a child. Her most desperate encounter took place In Little lilnck Tail cannon, near liuttc Mont., In February, 1N!)0, when she killed Kdwnrd Smith. Smith found the woman alone, ami fought her with u hunting knife. Mrs. Omo used a pistol, und after 10 minutes of fierce lighting won out. Steel Ralls for Japan. The first curgo ot steel rails from this coun try for Japan Is now being loaded on the llrltlsh steamer Fortunu, Philadelphia and Heading railway coal wnrves, at Philadel phia, together with a large consignment of locomotives built in that city and intended for Japan, Three other steamers have been chartered to carry engines and rails from that port to Japan. The tonnnge oonslgued to the Forlunu consists of 'i.Otxi tons ol rails and 2,000 ton of locomotives uud equip, incuts. Senate Adjourned. The special session of the senate adjourn ed slue die, after referring the credentials of Mr. Wood, aiolutee of the Governor of Kentucky to bu Fulled States Senator, to thu committee on privileges uud electlous. There wus a flavor uccompauyug the reference that Indicated Mr. Wood might not be seat ed. This disjioses of any appointments un til tho meeting of thu extra eetou ol con gress next week. Prsiidsnt'i Mother Returue. After a week's stay at the white house, Mrs. Mclvtnley and Helen McKluley, the president mother and sister, left tor their home at Cantou, At the 1'rci.idcut's request, Captain lleisteud, bis military uide, uccotu pilnlcd thu ladies, ilrs. Saxlou, sister of tho president, aud Mrs. burlier, sister of Mrs. McKiuley, reuiuiu ut the white house, Was 104 Yesre Old. Darius Anthony died nt Dnrien City. Gene see oouuty, . V., aged 104 years. Mr. An tbouv was married iu lsi'i. and his wile died in 1N7U. Fifteen children were born, 10 ot whom are uow living, aud among the num ber are two jiairs ot twins. The oldest iu the family uow, a sou, Is Hi years ol age. Deaths From Plague. The total number of cases of bubouio pluKtie In llomouy up to dute is 0,0.12. of which 7, Mil proved fatal. In the whole . resldeucy to date there have been H.N.'ili cases of the plague aud 12,204 deaths record ed. PARKS FROM THE WIRES. The University of Cambridge conferred the degree ol l.L. D., upou Ainbawudur lluyurd. Among the possenirers on the Toutouiu from Liverpool from New York, Is Mrs. Auule liesant The keel for tho battleship Wiscousin was laid at the L'uiou Iron Works, Huu Fruuoisuo Thui'uduy. The relatione between Grout llritalu and the Trausvual are becoming seriously strained. The blockade on the Northern Paoillo, ou oasiuned by auow storms iu Dukota.has beeu broken. INCREASE OF TRADE. The Gain Poteesiee the Elements of Sound ness. II. G. Dun A Co., says In their wenkly re view of trade: It Is a curious Illustration ot liuinnn linture, this continued discourage ment, even while the Increase of productive Industrie and of legitimate business steadily grows. No genuine or lasting Improvement could come otherwise than slowly atop by stop, alter sinii n digression a the past four years have wlllies-cl, nud the most hopeful feature ot the situation I that the gain is so nearly devoid of elements which Involve uu soundness and probable renctlon. i ho money markets continue especially lavorable to Industrial recovery, and there Is no i. h speculative epidemic" as to lick up an excessive share of available capital. The it li ti ii it I statements of wheat In fanners' hands on March I have not stlmiilntci speculation. Those commonly considered woltby of at tention indlcato thnt farmers' and com mercial sopplfo. together, l!i.i,noil,0IIO to li.PIHI.IMNI buehel, exceed the ootid. Ie esti mate o home demiiiul 1 :111.1m i. Win bushel, to July I, by much more than the quantity likely to to Is- wanted for expioit. In view of the continued outgo of corn, amounting for the past two week to ,Wi,Hsm bushel, against l.fi"l.47.'i bushel lnt year. i orn is also a fraction lower. Tne specu bitl..n In wool continues nud sale for the two wo"ks linvo I n 17,!Ki:l,!wo pounds, whereas the largest previous sales for the same j.erlod wen 12,017,070 pounds In IMN. While there Is much trade between dealers, miiinifncturers show by p'ircliiiliig for beyond their present want, the belief that I larger buliies is comiiur. T he 'lemaiid for tlnl-licl nro.luct still laua behind the supply of dg Iron, except In the great steel works whose stuck are not re porter!, but tlu ir orib rs without doubt cover lull production lor several mouths. lleo iii't p!g is a shade lower, but no other chunge III quotations npp. ars, and there Is a gradual Increase In the demand for plates, sheet Mid all the wire family of products. With the a Ivent of spring weather and out door work much more business Is expected. The stalling of the Maryland rail works un der contract with the Caruegln company, In order to make shipment by water more cheaply, ' suggestive. 'I he reports ol rail road inriil.gs In February cover HI, 160 mile, f p - cent ol the total mileage In this countn. nut the I idled state roads alone show i nn, hi js In Unit month of ;IO.:is:l,lli."i, only n tentu of one per cent, less than last year, but 10.8 per cent. In? than In llHJt March carnliu; thus far reported show au IncroHseof .1.(1 per cut over Inst year, and the tonnage west bound, as well a the better class of east bound tonnage, is gradually gaining. Failures for the past week have been "Mi In the l ulled States, ngnlnst HH0 Inst year, and 61 lu Canada, ugninst 00 lust year. DEATH OF MRS. BEECHER. Famous Widow of Tho Distinguished Brooklyn Divine. Mrs. Henry Wnrd licecber, widow of the famous lirooklyn clergymnn, died at Stam ford, Conn., Monday morning. She was born lu IHJ2, Iu West Sutton, Mns. She wa the daughter of Dr. Billiard She met Mr. Ileecher llrst in lwio, when the latter was a student nt Amherst college. They were mar ried In s:t7, nnd begau housekeeping at Lawreneevllle, Ind.. moving afterwards to Indianapolis. It was nt their home In the latter city, It is said, that Harriet Ileecher stowe, the preacher's sister, got the Inspira tion which resulted lu the traduction of "i'ncle Tom's i 'nbln." She was a graceful writer, nnd had always Intended to write it life of tier husband from the iiiiiss of materials he left when he died. Mrs. lieeeher enmo to Stamford shortly he fore Thanksgiving on n visit. A lew dftye later she fell iu her room, cutting a gash In her forehead. Sim fell a second time about n month Inter, fracturing her hip. Fur a tune she seemed to Improve und It was not j itritil recently that her physician abandoned hope. Since the death of her husband, in March, lMs.7. Mm. Ileecher had lived rnther un active life for one of her advunced years. She had not nttemj.ted to keep up her soclnl duties, but with her charity work uud literary lubora she had been a very busy woman. In the last year ol .Mr. Xeecher's life she wus always with him In his walks and drives ai. out lirooklyn and New York. After her husband's death Mr, ileecher established herself iu the Wiuerview Huts, lirooklyn, ovoi looking the Fast river uud the harbor from Columbia heichts. Mrs. Ileecher had 10 children, of whom only four are now living -one daughter and three sous. The dnuk'liter. who is the oldest nl the four, Is the wife of llev. Mr. Meovllle. A curious coincident Is that Mrs. lieeclier died exactly ten years after her husband. His death occurred on March H, 11H7. Mrs. Ileecher died at the home of her son In-law, Key. Samuel Scoville. Shu was un conscious for 24 hours before her death, and her end came peacefully. None of her rela tives, except her daughter's family und a niece, Miss billiard, wero JiresenU Evans Appointed. Mr. H. Clay F.vans, of Tennessee, has been tendered the office of commissioner of eo sions, nnd in all probability will accept the appointment, which is one of the most Im tiortnut iu the departmental servh-e ut Wash ington, outside ol the caniuet ollioers. Mr. l- viins i well known to pun lie men through out the country, nnd loug has been recogniz ed us H lender among southern llepubllcaus. He represented the Chattanooga district In congress for several years, and in the Hurrl sou administration was first assistunt pot manter geuerul. Later he ran for goveruor of Teuuessee on the Kepubllcau ticket and niude a remark ulie ruu. The result was lu doubt for inuuy weeks, aud it was uot until after a w arm tight before a board appointed to review the election that It lluully was an nounced oltlciuliy that Goveruor Turuey, his Democratic opponent, hud been re-elected. A Maroh Bliuard. He orts from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan say that the snow storm of Friday was the most severe of tho seusou. Drllta were Idled up to the height of eight and ten leet cuusiug delay to trains. A great blizzard swept the shore of Lake Superior. Thn storm came from the uorihwest, oiling the Ice SO feet high on too Apostle islands aud other points ou the south shore of the lake. The snow in the streets of Ashland, Wiscou sin, Is from tour to six feel deep. Iluilway t radio is almost ut a standstill. Hawaii' Population. Fills Mills, l ulted States consul-general at Honolulu, has luruisbed the stale department with the results of a census just taken In Hawaii, showing a total population of 10'J, 020. Tne Hawailaus bead tho list with 81, 010: Jaiuuese uext with 24,407; Chinese third with 21,010, aud the Portuguese fourth with Xj.HU. Those part Hawailaus numuor H,486; Americans, 8.0SU; llrltlsh, 2,060; Oermaus, 1.432 aud the remainder ia divided among hail a doaeu nationalities. Russia ii Firm. The Ttiitslun government expressed its de termination to adhere unswervingly lu its decision to push the coercion ot Greece to farthest limit, if necessary, aud it eurnestly hopes thut the other lowers will display equal II r liiuess. liesidea the blockade ot Crete and of the licucus, it Is understood that the foreign admiral have decided to II r upon any Greek torpedo boat approach ing thu warships. Fire Cost Three Lives. The Chicago bote), corner Washington and Exuhange streets, llulfulu, N. Y., was dam aged by tire. Three peroua .lost, their Uvea eud Iwa were Injured,
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