ONLY FOUR PERSONS RESCUED. THIRTY-THREE WERE LOST, Horrible Fsts ef th Crow sad Pastesgsri Aboard an Atlsntte Co set Itsamsr. The steamer Vllle de St. Sr.alre, belong ng to the French line to the West lndle. 9lled from New York on March 6 for Tort-nil-rrinre, with 87 persons on board, end he not since been reported. Hhe wee a bark rigged crew steamer of 2,840 tone register. The schooner Hllde, tlint pile along the coast between Perth Ambny end Savannah, cam Into port Wednesday night bearing with her story horrible even In the nnnnle of the Atlantic ocean. Hhe carried In her 'bin four passenger whom she picked up In bout Monday, ten mile off ebore. It wee nptaih Meme. skipper of the llilde. who flrst sighted the bom. A the echooner . drew nearer the outline ot hiitnnn figure ; wre made out. Then on the prow of the I bout the word, "Vllle de St. Nnr.aire.'' A boat wns lowered and the chief mete end four eeemen jumped in end rowed out to the helpless emit. Nearer and nearer they came I nnd the feces of tbo Utter gradually cam ; Into view. At the prow of the boat and apparently In charge of the party wa an old man wearing the uulform of a ship officer. The mate pre eently recognized In the lace, hollow end sunken with the cold ond want of many days the feature of Captain Jules Herri, one of i the beet known of the commander of the Havre branch of the French line, and now long transferred to the Weft Indian scr- Vice. Ilchind him. on the center seat, were two half-dreeeed, eoatleee. hatles men, hugging themselves nnd gibbering at the etartled face of the Hilda sailor. At their feet wae a fourth man. The old man at the prow opened his lip a if to speak, but no aound came from tbem. One by one the four men were lifted In. In the stern of the craft wee a fifth man. One of the sailors touched him on the arm and began to draw him gently forward, when he lid quickly off the eat and settled lifeless heap on the bottom of the boat. Three more corpse were in the boat. Then the sailor towed the drendful freight back to the Hilda Nothing oould be done but consign the dead to the sea. Captain Bern and the three men were carefully looked after and partially brought back to life end reason. All that they could tell was that the Vllle de St. Na. aire had somehow been wrecked or abandon ed and that these four men were the survi vors of those who had taken to the boat. Hut how many were deal, how many living, remained untold until midnight on Tuesday. Captain Berrl, the first to recover ,was able to gasp out eom word of his story. "Iber were thirty-seven souls on the boat when we abandoned the Ht. Naralr. Of all those men and women we four are the only one left alive. The others starved or fror.e where they sat. They died In all way. They sank, dsopped off, one by.one.texeept where they went mad, and then some jumped into tbe seo and ended in that way. The captain was the first to go. The men were quiet enough mostly until they saw the women die, then they seemed ail at once to get raving, stark mad. All are Here uow. One, my comrade. Dr. Mai re Slant, our en gineer and Tagardo, first mate 'That I all I can tell now." But with the hour! the old man gradually grew stronger ond able to talk with some thing like coherency and clearness. lr. Htanta, too, recovered bis speech and strength enough to talk. DESOLATED BY THE WATERS. Many Miles of Country Covered in the Flooded Mississippi. Tbe valley ol the lower Mlsslsblppl from Bird Point, Mo., to below Helena, Ark., Is a vast inland sea. l or miles went of Mem phis every home lias been abandoned, bu only two persons are known to havo drown ed. From refugees arriving from back of Marion it was learned that hundreds ol peo ple in that section were in the water and aro without means to escape. A steamer was pushed in that direction n fur n possible and skiffs penetrated further. The result was the rescue of score of sufferers. On President Island a largo number were found In the interior and brought from the water. On island 40 there were between 50 nnd 100 people in between three and four feet of water, and a steamer was dispatched to their relief. Every piece of ground along the river above water north of Memphis Is crowded with people and live stock, and In one instance their place of rutuge was upon a mound which was being steadily swept from under them. BIO MILK TOR HARRISBURO. Combination of Eastern Interests, to Take. Effect May L An important transaction bu Just been consummated, which will Insure for Harris burg one of tb largest manufacturing plants in Eastern Pennsylvania. The combined in terests of the Central iron works, Paxton rolling mills and Charles Bailey & Co., have disposed of all their plauta to new corpo ration to be known as tbe Central iron and teel company, which will includo the pres ent Central Iron works, rolling mills and universal mill, Paxton rolling mills and Chesapeake nail works, with facilities for operation on a larger scale than heretofore. The plants comprise three rolling mills for making sheared plates of the largest capaci ty, together with a universal mill A new Hanging pluut 1 also being ooustructed, A TEXAS CYCLONE. Mary Fersoni Wsrs Injured, But Hon Reported Killed. A severe wind itorra passed over tbe State of Texas, which In some places assum ed the appearance ol a cyclone. The Hous ton and Central Ilullwsy office at l'lnuo. 17 miles north of Dallas, reports that the gale leveled tne sheds ol U.e cotton ilelt and Central roads, blew over freight cars and unroofed several residences. A number of persons were injured, but none were Killed. At Hutoblnion fences, trees and outbuild. lugs were blown over. Considerable dam age was done by the storm in the vicinity ol itaska, mu aouuiy. SALISBURY COXFIEMS IT. B Says Orders Won Issued to Bloeksds Crete Immediately. In tbe bouse of lords, tho marquis of Balls bury, replying to tbe earl of Klmberley, tbe Liberal leader, said that instructions had been given to the admirals In oommsnd of the foreign fleets In Cretan waters to oom mence the blockade of tho island of Crete without any further delay. Tbe premier added that an admirable state ment of tbe policy of tbe powers bad been mad lu the French chamber of deputies by M. Hanotaux and M. Mellns lu which be heartily eonourred. The Russian consul has received formal instructions to proclam autouomv for Greta. but tbe other eousuls still remain without them. Tbe admirals oonslder that this step u mm uotb issw ivv mw. Vessel Burned at Ban. Tbe Cartbagenlan, arriving at New York from Glasgow brings with her the entire oraw of the steamer ltlalto, wbioh took flro ana tturnea to tne water a oago iiarou o in latitude 81.28, longitude 22.45. Cbemloale taiuf ttuuto amiuivi tod tAuud Ut On. DAMAGE BY FLOOD. Lives tost aed Property Destroyed la tho Misstsetppl Vsllsy. The work of rescuing the people In the flooded districts Is being carried on night and day. The steambontment tell tome har rowing stories of suffering and death. One woman, who we rescued from an Indian mound, 15 mile west of Memphis, held In her arm dead Infant that had perished from cold nnd hunger. Another fnmlly of four, when rescued, related that two small children were drowned In sight of their help less parents. Island No. 40, 87, SH and 84, in the Mis sissippi river, ro completely submerged, and the Inhabitant to the number of about HOD, have abandoned their home. Ilaln he- I gan to fail Wednesday, and on Thursday at I noon there had been no cessation of the downpour. The river now mark 8!'.9. The levee are standing the strain much better: than was expected, but a break Is liable to ccur at any moment. ' Thursday a mother and four children were I drowned from n bridge In Arkansas. It Is now believed the vast majority of Imperiled people within reach of .Memphis have been ! rescued. There are about 8,000 of them, j The relief committee wired (lovernor .lone. ' of Arkansn. for state aid, and urge that he seek Federal aid through Arkansas congress men, lie replied there were no funds .it his disposal for that purpose and thnt he should do nothing to aid the relugees from His state. A dispatch from St, Fouls says: Alarming reports of a eonsiiiiit increase in the volume of water In the lower river are received here. Main hns fallen over a Inrge section of the lower Mississippi basin for 24 hours, and at many points where levee held back the Hood by only a tew incite margin there will surely be lisastrous break. At Cairo, III., at noon the river weie only 1.9 feet be low the high water mark of 13, The levees nround the large drainage district north of that city still held, but were In danger, should they give way Cairo would become an island, with railway tracks the only bar rier against the flood. The Mississippi at Vermillion, S. 1.. has risen five feet and i (till rising. People are still moving off their farm onto the hills, and there Is not an empty bouse In the city. THE NEW TARIFF BILL. Unties on Wool, Llvs Stock, Orsin and Iron. The wool schedule provides diitie of 11 and 12 cent per pound: roping from IS cents upwards: manufactured wool, the raw wool duties plus from 8 cents nnd IS per cent, ad valorem to IS cents and 20 per cent; dress goods, 7 to 7' cent and ad valorem per square yard: carpets, 14 to 60 cents a yard and about 40 per cent, ad valorem: sugar and molasses, a base of 1 cent a pou"d and cents a gallon: wood. from le per cubic foot to (2 per 1.000 feet: earthenware and china, 1.25 per ton basic, duty: glaps, 1 cent per pound to 60 per cent., none less than 40 per cent: silk, 40 cents per pound: silk goods, AO cents per pound and upwnrd, none less than fjl) per cent. Hie agricultural duties on cattle are from til to 3u per cent per head: hog, tl.60 each; horses and mules, 120, vaiued at over (100, 25 per cent.t sheep, (I. B0, under one year old, 76 cents: other live animals, 20 per cent.: barley pays 80 cents a bushel; cabbages 8 cents each: eggs, S cents a dozen: potatoes, 75 cents; buckwheat, 15 cents, oats, IS cent; wheat 25 cents; wheat flour, 25 per cent.: ap ples, 2ft cents a bushel, bacon and ham, 6 cents a pound: iron ore, 40 cents a ton: pig iron, (4 a ton: structural Iron, 5-10 cent a pound: Iron and steel forging, 1 8-10, none less than 35 per cent.; hoops and tics. 6-10 to litut J pound, railway Lars and steel rails, f-20 cents pe'r pound: tin plate, or terne, cent a pound: steel Ingots, 7-20 to cents u pound; manufacturers of iron and Bteel, du ties running from 1,, to 8'4 cents a pound. witn neavy specmc amies, witn an aoui tlonal levy, none less than 45 per cent. EXPOSITION AT GUATEMALA. Great (how of the Central Amreican States Opened Officially. The Central American Exposition was officially opened on the 15th, and will re main open four months. It comprises not only an exhibit of Central American pro ducts, but a general exposition of foreign go ds as well. Tbe frame of most of tbe building are of Iron and they are distributed over a sur face of 20 odd acres. The grounds cover an area of over 800 acres. The (iuatamela ex hibit con'aina most of the native products, but the same building contains sections for Salavdor, Costa lllca, Honduraa and Nica ragua Special buildings aro occupied by exhibitors from Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Belgium and England There is a fine machinery ball and an elec trical exhibit The amount set aside for prizes Is tftO.OOO to be conveniently divided among the na tive and foreign section. Everything gain ing a prize comes Into the country duty tree. Principally among foreign nations which will take part are Germany, France aud tbe United States, Great Britain and several other hint-class nations have only taken an incidental interest and that only In the last few months. Heveral American citizens there tried to create an interest in It, and California and Washington are represented The public opening will take place April 10. TBI STARVING FED. Two Thousand Homeless Belped at Memphis. Nearly 2.000 homeless and balf starved persons rescued from the overflowed dis tricts of Eastern Arkansas are being .cared for in Memphis, Tenn. The refugees are mostly uegroes of tbe lower classes, who show scant appreciation of the charity ex tended. The citizens' relief committee is practically backed by uulimited capital, mer chants, bankers and corporations having subscribed great sums of money to prose cute tne work ot rescuing the innabituuta ot the territory forty miles north and an equal distance soutn of Memphis, me entire gov ernment fleet stationed at Memphis, tiirougb Capt. Fitcb, engineer in charge, has been pressed Into service. Jlanuea by crews familiar with the Father of Waters, tbe fleet gives great assistance to other reacue steam era. The situation is critical. Awful laoriftoo of Cattle. It Is believed generally among the cattle men of North Dakota that 76 per cent of rang animals bar already succumbed to tho winter, tbe ebinook coming too late to savs tbem. It is impossible to travel over tbo rang and no exact figures ean he had. Bad lands ranges, which have been over crowded tbe past few years, will have but few cattle tbls season. It is stated that Pierre Wibaux, tbe big cattle man of Wl baui, Mont, and Dakota, puts his losses nt tl. 000,000. Last (all b put 250,000 young cattle on tho range and all are dead. TIES! TELEGRAMS. Grava news hss been received In Loudon with respeet to tbe health of Emperor Will lam of Germany and certain constitutional possibilities are being discussed. Three hundred silk workers have won their strike at Patterson, N. J., the manu facturers finding the feuslneas outlook justi fies tbe restoration of old wages. This is first strike ever won by strikers In Patterson. Hiss Franols E. Wlllard has Issued a letter to her friends asking that a combination be formed whereby women pledge themselves to patroutnw ouly "papers that avoid fur nlillUkg ctend.d. aocoujjhjof urjxtt lights," TIFTY FIFfH CONGRESS CONVENES: EXTRA SESSION. the Pnbllo Oilltriot Wsrs Picked tad 61 Senators Wsrs in Attendance. There wa an abundance of flower on the desks of senators when at 12 o'clock Monday Mr. Hobart called the Hen ate to order. There was an exceptionally full attendance of senator. The public galleries were pack ed and the reserved galleries were filled. The chaplain's opening prayer Invoked divine grace and blessing on the senators sod mem ber now about to take up the work of the extiaordinary session and on the President and Vice President. J he roll call disclosed the presence of M senator. The new enator from Kansas, W. A. Harris, took the oath of office. .Mr. Me Hrlde of Oreiion, presented the creden tial of Henry W. Corbett, appointed by the (iovernor of Ore. on to fill the vacancy caused hv the fat tire to elect a successor to .Mr. Mitchell. 1 he governor s eprfifleatn wits tend ntift Mi ftriilit reoue.fcil essor to .Mr. Mitchell. thnt the new senator be sworn In il there he ! no objection, but Mr. (tray said some uiiusnl ; circumstance attended Uio appointment nnd the credential should be scrutinized. He moved the credentials be referred to the Committee on Privileges nnd F.leetlons, and It prevailed by unanimous vote. Mr. Hoar and Mr. Cockrell were named a committee to wait onthe President and II form him that Congress was In session and readv to receive any communication from him. The He nnto then at 12:20 took a recess un til 2 o'clock At twelve o'clock Mondny MaJ. McDowell, the clerk of the House, rapped for order. Itev. Mr. Con, Ion, nf Michigan, the blind chaplain of the House, then delivered an In vocation, appealing to the throne for Hod's blessing on the work of the new congress nnd the new administration. The clerk of House then read the proclamation conven ing congress, after which the roll of mem ber wn called. Speaker Thomas B. Heed wa re-elected, the vote standing: lleed, 109; llalley, (Demo crat, Tex a. I 114: Hell, i Populist, Colorado), 21, and Sen lands, i Hllverltc, Nevada), 1. At 8 o'clock the session was resumed. Mr. Hoar and Mr. Crockrell reported that they had called on the president. Secretary Pruden of the White House staff thereupon stepped forward, message In hand. It was sent to the desk and the reading Immedi ately began amid the close attention of sena tors. It took but ten minutes to read the message, and immediately thereafter, on motion of Mr. Allison, the senate adjourned. March 10. In the senate to-day 84M bills and eight Joint resolutions were introduced. They embraced nearly every phase of public bHsines. Mr. Allen batch of bills num bered about seventy-five. They included bills directing the foreclosure of the govern ment Hen on the Union Pacific railraad, to prevent professional lobbying; definite the power of the judiciary: for service pension, etc Hills introduced by Mr. Hale related to a cable between the Uulted Mates, Hawaii and Japan, nnd to the twelfth census. There was a general laugh at one of the penslen bills of Mr. White of California, "for the re lief of William .1. llr.van." Mr. Lodge s bills included those to amend the Immigrnt on law and for n Hawaiian cable. Bankruptcy bill were presented by Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, and Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky. March 1H. The house reassembled at noon todnv pursuant to adjournment, a very large portion of the member being present. After the chaplain' prayer and reading ol the journal, Mr. Henderson i Hep., In..') stilted that the committee on way and mean would not lie ready to report until to-morrow, therefore he moved that the House ad journ until rridny. This wa agreed to without illusion, ami at 12: In tbe house was declared adjourned by Speaker Heed. In tho Senate to-day Mr. Turplo, Demo crat, Indiann. again introduced hi consti tutional amendment providing for the elec tion ol United Stale senators by direct popu lar vote. Mr. dear, Republican, Iowa, re ported from tbe l'aclflo llailroads committee the bill creating the Secretary of the Treas ury, the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General A commission to settle the debts of tho ronda to tbe government, the settlement to be II ret consumed to by the President. March 10. In the Senate to-day the peti tion ot John K.dward Addicks, contesting the right of Mr. Kenueyto a seat us Senator from Delaware, whs presented by Mr. Burrow, liepuhlicnn, Michigan, and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Election. A communication from the ilovernnr and Hec etnry of State of Oregon was presented by Mr. Chandler. Ileuubllcan. New Hampshire. and read, setting out facta to show that tho House of llepresentallves, not having beeu regularly organized, there haa been no session of the Stole Legislature since February, 18115. Tbe object of the communi cation, which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Election, was to provo that the (iovernor had tbe right of appoint ment ot United States Senator. Among 200 bills Introduced was one by Mr. Butler, Populist, North ( arolina.to establish a postal telegraph system. The bills Intro duced to-day increaso the number submitted since tbe special session opened on Monday to 975. This was it stormy day in the house. The Republican leaders before adjournment bad secured the adoption of a special order til ing the limits of the tariff debate, and two of tbe regular appropriation bills which failed to beoome law at the last session had been passed and Kilt to t&fi titioate. PORTS ORDERED BLOCKADED. Buisis Issuss Instructions to Closs Both Cretan and Greek Cities. Tbe following semi-oflclal statement was published in Vienna: Russia instructed the commander of the Itusaian squadron lu Cretan waters to take steps, in conjunction with his colleagues, to blockade the Cretun and Greek ports. Ger many and Austria hud previously sent simi lar Instructions to tbeir sqtiadrous, and Great Britain and Italy aro ready to partici pate. A similar decision upon the part ot France is awaited with certainty. Tbe Itusaian government haa dispatched a circular note to the six powers proposing that each of them send immediately 2.000 troops to Crete to effectually occupy the islaud and compel the Greek troops tu with draw. Tbe powers are considering tbe pro posal. 1 WOOL TRADE. Orsat Amonnt of Raw Ooods Bold Within Bis Weeks. "More wool has been sold out ot Chicago for western mills during the last sixty days than during the previous six mouths, said R It. Street of the It. It. Street A Co., agents tor an eastern mm macninery and woolen mill supply boue. "Tbe wool Is wanted tor Immediate use and the mills are working on actual orders. Tots Is tbe first direct eb feet of tbe proposed tariff bill, as buyers realized tbey must soon pay higher prices and are acoordingly giving the mills tbeir orders now. Tbe firm ton In the wool market nt Bos. tou continues with a steady demand aud liberal sale. Tbe movement in territory wools nobis up to tne goou average ol 'i.oou, 000 pounds with prices on an assured basis of 80ft 82o for flue medium and flue, with choice staples at 8Ys 86a Fleeoe wools show firm tone, but tbe movement is quiet, with offerings moderate. Australian wools yet meet with a good sale aud large Hues are uhiiuglug bauds ou tbe basis of former prices. A TRAIN BLOWN UP. Over 800 Spanish Troops Killed by tho Cubans. The news that Spanish forces have met With a serious disaster In the west Is confirm ed. It Is learned through a reliable channel thnt the train carrying 600 troop, while go ing from Artemlsa to some southern point, was blown up by Cuban, more than 800 troops were killed or wounded. The detail give a tragic coloring. The Cuban had learned that the troop were to b sent on that train. I hey mined a long, high trestle crossing Ht. Carman channel. 1 his bridge Is more than fifty feet bight. The mines were exploded a the train was passing over It with terrible effect. Half of the entire train was lifted up ami thrown In to the deep channel benenth. The force of the explosion wa terrific, the ground being torn up for a great distance. The crtea of the wounded and the shouts of those unhurt addeil to excitement and terror. A the remainder of the troop rushed out of the ruin they were met with a withering fire from the concealed Cuban, and dor.ena fell at tl.e first volley. The engagement lasted an hour, the Spaniards bravely light ing behind the cars, but It was of no avail, and to save their lives they surrendered. I lie are that had gone down caught lire nnd were entirely destroyed, many soldier belug eaugnt In 111 "in ami burueii to death More than .100 troop were found to be missing, nnd supposed to have been killed. The Cubitus lost probably forty men. All the prisoner were released save the officer, who were held for the safely of eight In surgent olllcer at Artemlsa, who had been sentenced to death by the Spanish com mander, and Col. Penso, the Cuban commander, sent word that If these men were shot he would order hi hostage to be killed, and that twenty of the soldier would be shot, too, In reveuge for Cuban sol dier shot there last week. It I said that the unau officer were re leased from Artemlsa, APPEALED TO BULLETS. Prominent West Virginians Settle Orudg Witn Pistols. A shooting affray occurred at Parson, county seat of Tucker county, W. Vn., which may result In the death of Frank E. Thomp son. A criminal case was being tried. Judge Holt did not get through with it In time for the regular train, so a special was made ready, and was Just about ltfleave Parson, when Colonel it. Kaelliam and Frank E. Ihompsou, malinger of the lllack Water Lumber company, became engaged in nu altercation, there having been ill-feeling be tween tbem for some time. Fnsthain made several Insulting remarks to Thompson, who pulled his revolver and fired three tljies In succession. Easthnm also drew his revolver and tired twice, one of the balls taking effect In Thompson's ab domen, nnd the other In his side. F.asthain received a wound In the head and shoulder, both balls being extracted, Thompson's condition Is serious, Kasthaui and Thomp son are very prominent. NEARLY $2,000,000 L088. Fireproof Buildings that Burned Like a Straw Btaek. Fire broke out In the store of tbe Ely Walker Drygoode Company at Ht. Louis. Tbe Arm carried a stock valued at 1,500,000 with an instirnnce of 1,000.000. The stock was a total loss, a well as the building, the latter valued at 200,000. 1'art of theeast wall fell, killing one II re man, Injuring two and burying a street car and nu extension ladder truck. The street car had been caught between hose lines and wa deserted. The building was occupied by the Ell Walker company at the southwest corner of Eighth street aud Washington avenue. The structure wna seven stories high, built of granite and steel, and wa considered one of the best examples of fireproof construction extant. It burned like a straw stack. The casualties were: Dead tieorge (iutewald, fireman, caught under falling wall. Injured Patrick ('Brdtuore, fireman, fell down shaft, legs and arm broken, internal lt.il. fluu lll.liu I t..l llH.mU.. thrown from ladder, buck broken and will die. One thousand persons will be thrown out ol work by the lire. THREE NEGROES LYNCHED. They Had Murdered Two Postmasters at Blus Springs, Fie. Three negroes, Jim (lllmore, Jim Mlley ana Otis Miller, were taken from the sheriff of Orange county, Florida, by 60 armed men, struug up to trees and their bodies riddled witn Donets, ine crime for whicn they were lynched wa the murder ot John Baretlold, postmaster at Blue Springs. Fin., and hi na slstaut, John II. Turner, ,on March 8, lor the purpose oi roooery. Hiuoe that time a pone has been on the track of the negroes and Mondny they were captured by the sheriff ot Orange county. ine negroes had been netting on Lake l.,ocke when tlie sheriff came across tbem. Tboy showed fight, but were quickly overpowered ana ana taken to Orlando lor sate keeping. Tbe negroes were Identified as the murder ers, taken to ihe scene of their crime uud lynched. They implicated James ltlchard son. colored, lu the murders aud be will probably be lynched later. FRANCE SHUTS OUT 0VB HOGS. Largo Isoreaio in th Duty on Pork Frodnet. In anticipation of on effort by the United States to negotiate a reciprocity treaty iu fa Vo: of our flour aud provisions, the French governmtSjt has increased Its rates of duty upon nearly all tbe articles imported from this oouutry. Those on pork are particular ly Injurious to Ihe trade, and the sale of pro visions la France Is practically prohibited. Tbe duty on live hogs bus been Increased from eight to twelve francs per 100 kilo grams, and other bog products similarly. Tbe French government make no secret of its motives. Tbey expected that the preaent Congress would largely Increase the duties upon tbe prluoipai exports from the United State, and that they would have more ground to trade ou it they took previous action. PIERCED HER BXART. Th Conntses Zeldelka Fsarsd Being Bnrlsd Alive. Tbe dead body ol tho aged Countess Je- witzska Zeldelka was pierced through tbe heart in an undertaker's establishment at Atlanta. Go. Hhe had a morbid fear of being burled alive and it was her dying request that she should be pierced through tne heart before ber body was interred. Dr. J. G. Er nest oomplied by drlviug a small, sharp In strument through tbe vital orgau. Tbe t'ouuteea was born In Ht. Petersburg about eighty years ago, or uerinau parents, and married a spendthrift llussian nobleman. who squsudered ber fortune and left ber peuullees in New York tweuty-flve years ago. She had six children and bas for years been looking for a lost sou, who married against ber wishes, Hhe never fuuud him, and died beart-uroken aua iniirm. Plngrss Loss 0ns Job. Gov. Plngree Is ousted from tbe office ot mayor of Detroit, Huah Is the mandate ot Michigan supreme court, which orders sueclal eleutlon lor mayor April B. The d oislou, which was unanimous, was huuded dowu at owl p. m., rrmay. II II1ESI FOREIGN INTELLIGENGL GLADSTONE PRAISES GREECE. It Bat Dsn Xnrops a Service Criticism f ths Concert. A sixteen page pamphlet in the form nf letter from the lit. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, dated Cannes, Mar.'b 18, to the Duke ol Westminster has been published. It furnishes remarkable evidence of Mr. (Hailstone's mental activity nnd Interest In the political situation. The letter begin by raying: "My ambition la for rest and peace alone, but every grain of sand I part of the sea shore and connected a I have been for near ly hnlf a century with the eastern question, I feel that Inclination does not suffice to Justi fy silence," The letter then proceed to review the event in the east from the beginning of the Armenia massacres and unsparingly arraign the powers, deferring to his attempt in lusn to estnbllsh the concert of Europe, Mr. Glad stone says: "We soon discovered that for several of the power, concert becme of significance totnlly at variance with thnt which we at tached to It. anil Included toy demonstra tion which might be made under the condi tion that they should not pas Into reality. At present the power have no common pur poses to bring them together. Hut what Is worse, thnn all this pretended nnd ineffec tual co-operatton. If the governments shut out the people? It Is from that mission that we are now suffering. "It I time to speak with freedom. At this moment two great state are under the goverment of two young men, wholly with out knowledge and experience, aud the other having only such knowledge and ex perience! In truth, limited i, a In have ex cited aetonlshment and consternation when an Inkling of them wa given to the world. These, so fur as their sentiment are known, are using their power In concert to fight steadily against freedom. Why are we to have our governments pinned to their aprons "On the heel of this we have pledged for two years, and with all Ita pretention of power, it hns worsened and ha not bettered th situation. Surely It is time we should have done with this gross and palpable de lusion. It Is time to shake off tbe Incubus, why should not Crete by autonomously unit ed with Greece? Vet It Is as undetached In theory from Turkey a Bosnia and Herze govina. "Greece, by her bold action, ha conferred a great service to Europe, nnd ha made it Impossible to palter with the question a we have paltered wltb tbe bloodstained question ol Armenia. She has extricated it from the meshea of diplomacy and has placed It on the order of the day for a definite solution. 1 remember no ease iu which so small a state has conferred sc great a enellt." Probably 100 People Drowned. Wreckage marked "Utrecht" washed up along the coast tor several days past, It Is thought, come from the Dutch steamship Utrecht, which It I believed hns foundered. The steamship wa bound from llotterdnm for Java, aud carried a number of Dutch of ficer en route for Java, and other passen gers, probably 100 all told. SUNK A VESSEL. A Greek Ship Fired Upon by an Austrian Gunboat. The Austrian gunboat Sebenico ha fired upon nnd sunk near Cnndia a Greek vessel loaded with provisions nnd munitions In tended for the Greek forces in Crete. It appears that the Sebenico, while watch ing the tireek ship, wa II red on by a party of insurgent. To this the Austrlnu warship replied by sinking the Greek craft nnd driv ing off the Insurgents. Advices from Aria, on the Greek frontier, show that the privation of the Turks there are so evere that some of theni are desert ing to the tireek camps. The Turks at Pre vesa, K pirns, are arming in consequence f con II let provoked by a Greek soldier belong ing to Ihe garrison of Aetlum. The Turkish troops are now occupying several posts ou inenerviau iroutier. The batteries at Arta are being construct ed under the direction ol and from the plans of the Gorman officers. It ia reported lu military circles that Ilus sla is about to land troops ou the coast of Macedonia. The news that the Servian army reaorvet are being mobilized is causing great anxiety to the Turkish military authorities at Sal oulea, C. L A W.'S BIO CONTRACT. It Will Carry th West Virginia Coal to tho Lakes. Tbe Cleveland, I.oraln A Wheeling railroad bas come to terms with the Baltimore A Ohio railway regarding tbe hauling of the West Virgiula coal eouslgned to tho lake shipment points. Last year tho Wheeling A Lake Erie railroad captured thla coutract from the Cleveland, Lorain A W heeling after they had bauled this coal for many years. The Cleve land, Lorain A Wheeling railway bas entered into a coutract with the Baltimore A Ohio railway to carry 200 carloads of coal dally, beginning April 1. Tbe coal Is to be deliver ed to tbem at Bellalre and carried to the' docks in Cleveland and Elyria. Thla Is one ol tbe largest contracts ever made by tbls company, and will be about all they can handle with their other freight. The loss ot the coal contract to the Wheeling A Lake Eric railway win ie a pretty neavy blow, and It will affect tbe revenue of the terminal railroad very much, aa all ot this freight paused over the terminal tracks. The Cleveland. Lorain A Wheeling railway Is now making ready to take care of these shipments, and many improvements will be made wuicn win assist mem m tus rapm hauling ot the same. THREE NEW VICE ADMIRALS. Soon to B Promoted From Thslr Frsisnt Bank of Commodore. A number of Important changes In tbe navy will ocour wiihin the next few month In consequence of the compulsory retirement on account ot age oi in turoe ranking ot fleers. Bear Admiral George Brown, com mandant at tbe Norfolk Navy Yard, who re tires In June; Hear Admiral J. u. walker. Chairman of tbe Lighthouse Board, who re tiree on the 20tn lust. : Hear Admiral r. M. Itamsay, Chief of tbe Bureau of Navigation, who retires early next month. These three retirements will result In th promotion to th grade of Hear Admiral ot Commodore Miller, oommandlug the Jiavy Yard at Bostoui Commodore Montgomery Hlcard. commanding the Navy Yard. New York, and Commodore Matthews, Cblif of the Jlureau of laraa ana uock. in ex amination of these o Ulcers has Just been concluded aud tbeir names certified to the President tor appointment to tbe grade ot Bear Admiral. LASt TICKS. At Koottaboro, Ala., a mob broke Into th Jail aud tried to lyuun Joiiu ttiuitu, a uegro. lie fougbt aua was snot to ueatu, Tbe 189tl aoal report for Maryland shows that uiueteen mines were run, employing 8,- U7n men aua prouuoiug a, iu.iut tous. Capt Berrl, of the St, N anil re crew, Is said to have so far recovered iu New York aa to be able to take liquid nourishment. Tbe Pope has conferred decorations upon several Freucb officers who saved the itooiuu Catholio religious house during tbo fires at Causa. .. BUSINESS STILL SLOW. Dan Bays th Times srs Improving Steadily but Hot Fast Though steadily Increasing, business Is still much below Its volume In former year of prosperity and many express disappoint ment. Yet there is some gain every week, with mora hands at work and more mills lu operation, and the sure result, large pur chases lor consumption, cannot be long de layed. In Rome brandies it I felt already; there I larger distribution of finished pro duct and tbe demand for commercial loans bits sharply Increased, and especially in dry goods and the Iron and steel branches. The progress of the Iron and steel Industry I hindered by uncertainly regarding the ent of lake ore for the coming year, though the repeated adjournment of' producers' tiieetlnKs is interpreted aa evidence that an agreement will be ultimately reached. It I reported that Norrlo ore at 2 75 will be taken a the basis, which would Imply about 2.80 for Mesablo ore, but until the question Iih been eettled many Important transac tion are deferred. While there i no great activity in finished products, the demand steadllv increased. Contracts for aeveral great building in till- eago are pending and for a good many bridges ami other railroad work, and the (! ninnd for wire nnlls and for wire does not abate, nor the demand for blnck sheets re quired In tin plate manufacture. Tin tends lower nt 1H.H6 cents, with heavy receipts and with weaker London quotations. Lead I Inactive at 8.21 cents, am) copper is weaker, although the trifling decrense In pro duction In this country Is practically oal anced by the small Increase in production elsewhere. While manufacturer of cotton goods are looking forward with much conlldeni'e, the present demand I not equal to expectations, nor line the curtailment in prodiictlou of print cloth accomplished thedesired change in condition. The buying of wool, mainly ot a speculative character in expectation ol new duties, continue remarkably lame. Sale nt the three chief markets for the past week were I0.91,VIK and for three weeks have been 2N,76,MHI pound, of which 1. 2K,20O were domestic, whereas the largest transaction In any previous years at this season were 17,15.HH pounds tu the corre sponding weeks ol 1HU2. of which 11,80,62 were domestic. No great Increah bas yet appeared in the demand for goods, although a few more mills have fonnd enough ordera to start. perhaps in part anticipating a future demanp. The expectation of new duties doe not yet influence tbe good markets an might be expected. The demand for wheat bas not given mncli help to speculation. Atlantic export have been only l,2t'.8,Sl0 bushels against I.I29.82S bushels, flour included, for the correspond ing week last year.while the western receipt have been only l,8"7,K4H bushels, against 2,4lll,0fcl busheia last year. Accounts re garding the coming crop have been less fa vorable this week and the price ha advanc ed l. The export ot corn continue heavy, 4.648, 70S bushels for the week and quotations advanced JKc. The cotton market has also been nlmost lifeless, and while the price ha gained s small fraction, the narrowness ot demand here and abroad haa lta natural Influence. Keport uboiit the coming erop are Interest ing, a usual, to speculators. Failures for the week have been 21A la the United States, against 2111 last year, and M In Canada, against 40 last year. CUBAN WAR STATISTICS. Spanish Reports en th Losses Incurred by Themselves and ths Patriots. Le Temps, Paris, says that since the war In Cuba began Spain has sent to that Island 40 Generals, M4 commissioned officers, 6,185 non-commlseloned officers, and 170,174 men making all told an army of 1H6.9K8 soldiers. Up to the end of January the Spanish army had lost men wounded In battle to the num ber of 40 commissioned o Ulcers, 401 non commissioned officers, nnd 7.6:11 men. Dead on the battlelleld or from the effects of their wounds, 1 General, 12 commissioned officer. 107 non-cominlssloned olllcer, nnd 10,475 - men. Killed by yellow fever, 1 General, 80 commissioned officer, 2H7 non-commtloned officer, and 10.475 soldiers. Killed by ordinary sickness or accident, 2 Generals, 24 commissioned officers, and e'J non-commis sioned officers. Notwithstanding the silence ot the official reports in regard to tho number of soldiers that have tiled from the effects of ordinary sickness or accidents, il Is be laved that over 10,1100 soldiers I) nve perished. Ine ocean liner and transport ship have taken back to Spain over 20,000 sick nnd crippled sol diers, many of them died en route or after having reached home. The loss" of the Spanish armv during the Inst two years of war In Cuba must be over 45,000 men. 1 he Spanish oluclnl report place the loea ot the Cuban army at: Dead, 212 officer and 18,001 men; wounded, 41 officers ami 8,522 men; prisoners, 84 officer and 041 men; surrendered, 22 officers and 2,504 men. iotal, 20,457. THEY BREATHE AGAIN. Demooratio Fostmsstsrs Will Bs Allowed. to Servo Fonr Years. Postmaster General Gary made the definite announcement that ths administration, after deliberation, has decided to adhere to the four-year tenure of olttce policy for all post masters. Lxcept in n few cases wnere re moval for cause was required on account of delinquency, incompetency or other iuatancen of unsatisfactory conduct or administration of office, all postmasters, lourtb-claas as well OS those ol presidential appointment, would be allowed to serve out a term of four years. Tbls official statement ol policy, one of the most Important so far determined upon by the adminlatratloo, has beeu awaited with great interest by tbe entire corps ot post masters aud by tbe patrons ot tno 7U,bib postofflce throughout the country. CRUSHED BY FALLIN0 WALLS. Wind Storm Causes tho Death of Two Men and Injurs a Third. A whirlwind visited the town ot Mingo Juuctlon, Ohio, Saturday night, doing con siderable damage, and was attended with fatal result. The wind was so fierce that it wa with difficulty men could keep on their feet at tbe plant ot th Junction Iron and Hteel company. A lull occurred shortly be fore 2 o'alock in tbe morning.then in another second th wind lifted up the Iron root of the cast buuse.wblch collapsed, the tall brick wall, which were held by nog uualo.tall!ng it. Few men were at work at tbe time, but Frank Hobson and Larry Fahey were caught under tbe falling wall. A foros ot man were put to work to rescue them, and Fahey was taken oat dead. A wife and seven children survive him. He was 50 years old. Frank Hobson, aged 2(, and single, was so seriously orusbed that he died three hours afterward. John Weikas, a Hungarian, was struck by fulliug timbers and bricks and badly crushed. He managed to crawl away and it wss some time before bo was found. M way dl. X0 MORE COMMITTEES. Speaker Reed Will Announo Nothing Further at Present. Speaker lleed has definitely decided that for tbe ureaeut at least he will not appoint any of the regular committee of the house beyoud the three alreudy auuounued. In till way all miscellaneous legislation will be blocked aud the entire attention ol tbe bouse focused ou tbe tariff bill. Tbe bills wbioh are being iutrodueed by the hundreds, will have to wait uutll tbe committees to which they would go under tho uutural order ut thing aro appointed.
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