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.