PROGRESS 01 IBS CUBRN M. GENERAL RIVERA. Be Maybe Pardoned Under Certain Condi tion. Acting Captnin-Oenornl Ahumndn has re ceived three orders from Minister nf War Azearragn, nt Madrid, totlo try (lenernl Bill llivera Immediately by court martini. 1 he minister thinks Hint a summary court nwtlal. followed tiy the shooting ol Itlvorn Hti'l llasalao, would have n tail effect In F.uro e. The Spanish General Velaro hn hen In structed to offer Illvera a pardon on condi tion that he will use hi" liiilnonee to Induce Brigadier Im Vlilal and Helgado and nth. r in-urgent lea 1er in I'iniir "li'l Kin to surrender under thf amnesty decree. 1M gado said he W'-nbl lay down his arm to save Ilivora lift' on condition thnt In him self nnd hi linn liiatf follower be paroled. It i'.!i,ii-t triin-pircd that Ilivi'm wn cnp t ind In a hn itnl and not In bittlc. n the ofHcinl report mcg'-d. I;ivi'ra hud Iwii wounded in n skirmish two ilny previous to hi oiipturi'. anil wio-n M-b-ed ivni teeoUing treatment In a I iibnn hospital. Ho li :i-1 Willi him hi talT nml HO nun. 'J hi nttack on tin' hospital w as mini" Mon lay ami It was surrounded ly 4.000 Spnnl-h troop unilor He rniindcr, Velnsoo. Ilivra, thoiiKh wounded, endeavored to cut hi nay out, nut foil. tiereed ty two mop bullets. Rivera nun ntt'-u'ipt-d to carry him nwnv. lull were out down by the Spaniard. lilvi ra I in prl-don anil Is tint allowed to Mi anyone. He is Improving. More Insurgent Losses, lii noral Velaco report that after the fight with the Insurgents during which liennrnl lllvern was raptured, he puraned the enemy to the height ol Hrujo, when' the latter oeou- filed it strong position, but were routed, envlng six dead in the Held. The Hpimt-li In vn one man killed anil eight wounded. Continuing the pursuit, the Spnnlsh troop reeounoitorcd and destroyed the insurgent prefecture at I'atna and llato Ncuve. A dispatch from Mntanr.a announce the surrender there of Major Valllna, Captain Bnrroto, Infect Captain saldlnii.Lleiitenaut Velleja and 14 private of the insurgent force eonipi lngthe remain of what the Spaniards term the "Dutroto band." THE FLOOD. The Riven lull Riling and Ho Relief in Bight Ilea, y ruins have again swollen the Ilea Moines and Mississippi rlvor, threatening further destruction of property. The Fox river, which empties into the Mississippi near Warsaw, 111., on the Missouri ide, I out of it bank and the people are fleeing from the bottom and taking their live stock Willi them. The vast tracts of land within the levee an suffering greatly from deep water. The situation is growing more cerium hourly- Nearly (12.000 ha been raised In St. I.oul to aid llonil sufferer in tiie nouth. The ter minal railway nsociatinn. composed of all the rallroail entering St. l,om, cave notice that it would transport suppllc free. Iletweeo Minneapolis add SI. J'nul 1,000 families have beeu made homeless by tlie flood. They lived on the flats along tin1 river aide and in the lowlands of West St. l'aul. The families thnt livi d to the left of the In terurhan bridge nl Minneapolis have been driven out and a vat body of water ru.she over the spot where their home used to be. It hn swept away many houses. The Tenr.ewi-ee.t'iiniljerldnil, Arkansas and Tied rivers have risen and the, Ohio fallen. The Mississippi has risen throughout it en tire leniith, except a slight full at Memphis and In the vicinltv of the creviisx' lu Mi"l8- TWO NATIONS DISSATISFIED Japan and Argentine Do Not Like the Dir.gley Tariff Bill. The first open anl formal expression of dissatisfaction with the peadinir tariff bill on the part of foreign nntlon have come to the State department from Japan nnd Argen tine. The Japanese Minister ha expressed the regret of his government nt the proposed adoption of silk schedmes thnt without promising to help the manufacturer nf the United States threaten seriously the import ant trade .In pan has built up nt groat expenso with the United states In raw nnd partly manufactured silk. Tho Argentine minister hn added hi pro test, not, at ha been stated, in the form of a threat of reprisals, but lu the usual diplo matic form, aguiust the proposed duty on hide nnd other raw materials coming from his country In great quantities to the Vnlted states. It is pointed out by him that when the Vnlted States in tne Wilson bill placed wool on the free list nnd placed no duty on hides, the Government of Argentine voluntarily. In recognition nf the friendly spirit shown by the United State, responded by placing lumber, of which great stores were exported to Buenos Ayres, on their free list and by redueing duties on other Important lmporla from the United States. No threat is made ol restor ing these dulleo to the old figure. That would be out of place in adiplomailc nolo at the initial stages of a protest nnd may follow later. SIXTEEN CASTAWAYS FOUND. Survivors of the St. Msialre Picked Up Without Food Four Pays. The Ilrltish steamship Yannrlva, Capt. Weston, which k-K Newport News on March 10, bound for Glasgow, arrived nt Greenock, The captain reports that en March 12. while lu latitude 1)1, longitude 71, ho picked up a small bout containlug sixteen survivors of the steamship Ville de St, Na.ulre, of the West India lino ol the ('oiiipugiue Generate Trttue-AllKutiqiie, which foundered lu the greut storm of Murch 7 off the V.rgiula on lias. They Lad been without food and water for four days, and were in a state of extreme exhaustion and were bordering ou madness. Six Cnildrsa Drowned. Six children of John McGrith, farmer re aiding In the uorthweetern part of Nemeha county, Kaunas, with their mother, were riding in a heavy lumber wagon Sunday evening. A 14-year-old boy, who was driv ing, turned the team into 1'ole creek at point where the family bad been accustomed to fording It. Tne wagon was overturned In the swollen stream and all Ita occupants swept away ou the raging torrent The mother managed to reach the Intuit and sav ed herself, but all her children, ranging in age from the 14-yeur-old boy to a babe of 8 mouths were druwnod. At last report only two of the six bodlus had been recovered. Stolon Papon Reoovered. A number of historical paper stolen from the Coiigreusionul library have been recover ed lu New York. The most valuable was lien, llraddouk'a Journal or orderly book, Written by his aide. Col. George Washington from February to June, 1765. The original of a circular letter of farewell wrltteu by Washington to the governor of the Stales on his retirement from publlo life Is uloo In the collection. The papers iuclude letters from bunedict Arnold, Juhu Adams, Lafay ette, tthuu Allen, Mouroe, Jefternou, Hewitt Clinton, John I'aul Jones and Oliver Wol autt. . . TRADE REVIEW. Rslei Scarce and Uncertain-Wheat Hai Fallen Away. Ihnmnrkcts nre still walling, some sag ging duwnwnrd and othern recovering. The vote of the House In favor of a new tariff bill has mnde no Impression on business, since it hn been expected since November that Some measure of the ame general char acter would become a law. If the bill stands with it provision making new duties ap- fdlcable April I, chance are thnt foreign mportsnnd treasury receipts mny be for a time considerably restricted. 1 ho market for products hn been variable ami uncertain. Wheat closes ft cent lower than lnt week, and the May option hn de clined a cent, and western receipts for the week have been 2,781, ft!i7 bushels, against l.'.if l.'jflh nt year, while Atlantic exports, Hour Included, have been 'J,l,278 bushels, ngalnst l,2n,0i:l Inst yenr. The movement of enrn continue so large ns to materially nffeet tlm demand for whent, western re ceipt having been I."l:l.kn2 bushel for the wee, against l.i'lu.ntB Inst yenr, and .Mlnntic export, fU'.'l.iW'J against l,(kl5.:p,g Inst year. t urrent trade estimate regarding the wheat crop are n little more favorable, and are somewhat more likely to prove reliable, a the advance of the season make the con dition of growing wheat better known, t'ot ton Im not changed In price, although the Hoods In the Soiituwest hare doubtless done much harm. T he cotton nnd other textile manufacturer are slowly gaining In business, though print cloth nnd most staple cottons remain iiiichaiiged In prlee, and restriction of output eem to have given some rellel to the mar ket. The liuviiig of wool by mill Is still a noteworthy feature being far In excess ol current consumption, but there 1 a nnn-h grenter volume of transactions between deni er nnd nt the three ehlef ninrket-4 the sale ol lle weeks have been ti;l, 723,201) pound, against 2i,:l77,ti7lf In the sam weeks of IM',12, when tho mlils were well employed. Trices nre very strong, both here etui nt London, where the advance since the snle began I from 18 to Htf per cent, but there are feverih Irregularities, indicating that holder are not all of one mind, nnd ome reniemlier that many of the largo mills have taken stocks for a full year's consumption. The iron and steel Industry hn been stag gered, so to speak, by the decision of the su preme court aflectlng railroads, since It Is apprehended that purchases not only of rail, but of ears, locomotive and bridge mnterial, mny bo atTecfd. 1 he demand for rail Is Mill considerable, nnd one order Is pending for 10,000 ton tor dapan, bttt the reduction lg Mcjnba ore, with the want nf agreement a yet among producer of hard ore, tends to encourage the belief In lower price for finished productcand o to hinder buying. The great atruggle between the ore producing eompanic of Mesnbn ha not yet so fnr developed that nnybody can feel con lldent a to the future cost of Iron. Mean while with pig accumulating, although some furnace have stopped production, the price of llessemer nt I'lttsburg Is a -bade lower at (10 2.1, nnd grey forge nt (9, but there are quotable changes In price of finished pro ducts, although the tone Is rather weak. The new combination In cut nail only affects selling prices In eastern market. WINTER WHEAT VERY POOR. Its Condition Reported Lower Than For Ten Yean. The monthly crop report of the Ornnge Judd Farmer, compiled from county returns received up to March 2H. make the preeent condition of winter wheat the lowest since l 1SS"), and with thnt single exception the I lowest ever reported. The general average I i 83.fi, against HI last year and Ho. 3 in 1h;o'.. The Oovernmeiit record lor the past 10 year show that that the April report has averaged nearly one point higher than the I May lollowli'g during that period, and ns unusual allowance for possible future re i covery has been made in llgurlng this re port of coiiilitloti, It may be ncceplei as a fact that the country W face lo lace with a third short winter wheat crop. To locallitennil Illustrate the disaster which has overtaken the crop, the present condition In the six great winter wheat State I given, n-lll, lli ..tiiiiiiriiu fr.itii ikm.,1 it I. ma ritmrt,,l ul this date a year ago: Ohio HO, or 14 point l'ttr: Michigan, HI, or 4 point loweri In diana, 70, or IH points lower: Illinois, to. or 41 points lower: Missouri, 75. or 10 point lower; Kansas, HH, r .1 points lower: general average of the six Stnles, 7ti, ngalnst Hi la-t year. On the 1'acillc const, in Texas nnd in the F.aslern Stale the season ha been satiiH faclory and Slate average are quite geuer ally higher. The crop was seeded late nnd did not secure good root giowth before the heavy freeze of the latter pari of November, ll went Into winter lacking in vigor and tuffor ed from the abnormally cold weather in January, when there wn little snow protec tion in the Ohio and Mississippi alloys. RIVER STEAMER SUNK. Five Persons Drowned by a Catastrophe in tho Chattahooohie. The steamer J. F, C. Griggs, of the Inde pendent Line, sank In the Chnttahoochle river at midnight, near Columbia, Ale. Five persons are reported lost. The uccidejit was caused by a drift log striking the bull of the steamer. An effort to drive tho bout inhere failed, the water coming in so rapidly through the hole In its side thnt It sank in a few minutes. The list of the drowned is not yet complete. Engineer Water berry, a negro boat hand and a lady passenger nre reported to have perished, liandolph liussel, son of Congressman benjamin llussell, of llaln bridge, was ou the boat, but escaped by swimming ashore. A TOWN IN RUINS. A Famous Watering Plaot Almost Destroy ed By Fire. Cnmbridgeboro, tho well-known watering place neur Mcadville, Ta., was visited by a fire which destroyed property valued at (225,000 and resulted In one fatality. The II ro started lu the Novelty store of Mr. Well man about 10:30 a. nt., uud spread with such rapidity that un appeal was seut to Mead- vilie a half hour later for assistance, as the borough mis no fire protection. An engine and firemen left Immediately bv snecinl train to be followed later by more apparatus from Jieiiuvuie, iiibu irum i-orry aim luiuu i iiv. A high wind fanned the flnmes,whioh spread over uearly tne entire business portion ol the towu. covering both sides of Main street for 1,000 feet from the startlug point of the tire. At Spring street its further progress was checked by demolishing building. An explosion in the drug store vt James Lydell destroyed it ana tne; adjacent store ot teuow Hayes. ( Two British Ships Lost Lloyd's agents have received word that the flu four-masted British ship Lord Duf- ferlu, aid the British bark Baukholrue, are missing. All hopes for the Lord Dufli rin is abandoned. There la still some hope for the hunkholme, but very little. The com blued erew of the ships number 7 men, all of whom are tuppoued to have perished. TERSE TELEGRAMS. lly the explosion of a sawmill boiler nt Augustu, hy., culvert jiooue ana j. it. Tucker were killed. Sr. H. Q. Armour, formerly of Millersburg, u., inter lu the employ of the lieigiun gov ernment, died in Central Africa of jungle lever. Colonel Frederlok D. Grnut has decided to decline 1'resldeut McKinley's offer of the position of tne 11 rat aristaut secretary of war. lit LATEST MM IH CRETANS DEFEAT TURKS. Hon Fighting on tho Rills of tho Little Island, A strong force of insurgent attacked the. Turkish troops nt Hplnalongn. The troops made a desperate defense of their polt!on, but could not withstand the determined on slaught of the Christian and were llnally compelled to retreat. There was heavy llr Ing throughout the engngemenl. A vee lying in the harbor of Splnnlongn, laden with ammunition and other More, wa cap tured by the Insurgents, who removed the captured supplies to places out of rea h of the Turk. The Insurgent attacked the town of lr.7e. din, which caused the warships to bombard them. Later the place wa occupied by a mixed detachment of International troop. The attack of the T urk on the Insurgent leaders who went to I'oiibe, near Ib'tlmo, on Similar to meet the Itusslnn consul, who bad been delegated to confer with them, hn caused much Itnllcimtl.ui. Monday the consul, accompanied by 20 Itiisslun soldier, went to t'oube again, hoping toeo the rebel chief. The Insurgents mistrusted hi motives nfter their experience on Sunday, nnd from the hill they llred upon the Itus slnn, ib'Hplte the fact that they wereenrry ing a ling of truce. Kventtinlly the consul, by signaling, persuaded a score of the Insur gents to come to a parley, but among those who descended from their positions wn none of the leader The conference wa there, fore fruitless. '1 be consul foiind those with whom he conferred utterly Ignorant of the meaning nf autonomy, of which ho wn de. sirnu of securing their acceptance. The In surgents ntd that they would consider tho matter. A TARIFF OF AGITATION. That It Whit Populist Congressmen Call the Single? Bill. A Joint caucus of lue Populist member of the Senate and Hotl'e was held to discuss the course of the party toward the tarllT bill. A a result an nddres wa Issued, which nya that the tarllT ha been the battledore and shuttlecock of politic for more than 100 years.nnd Its final settlement 1 more distant than when the controversy bognr. The country, It states has always experienced hard times when there was n contraction of the money volume no matter whether the tarllT was high or low. 'We hnve no faith," It ay, "In either a ltepubllinn or a liemoorntlo tariff a a remedy for the evils of the gold standard and monopoly rule. We recognize the fact thnt nil former tariff legislation, ns well ns the proposed measure, has ninny unjust dis criminations and works hardships to many Industries aud unreasonably foster other. Thi resulted from a decision of the Supreme t'oiirt.whlch declnrcd the income tax iincoti stituticnnl. The most direct and effective method to supply the dellcleney would be to restore silver and ln"reae the circulation medium so as to restore the liivel of prices which extstcd prior to the demonetization of thnt metal. "The IHngley bill Is deelnred to be em phutlcally a tarllT for ngltutlon. Tlm dis crimination and Inequality of the bill will create great dlssatialactlon. It seems de signed by the Ilcpuhllcun parly to create such a t.iriff agitation ns will divert the at tention of the people from the misery they ulTer from a contraction of money nnd the rule of nionopolli ." Nominations. The President sent to the Senate the fol- owing nominations: t hnrleningiie Tower, of rennsvlvanla, to be envov extraordinary and minister plenl- tentlary of the l ulled States to Austrin- llnugary. milium s. wiaiieunerger, oi rennsyivnnin, to be second assistant postmaster general. II. l iny I vans, nf i euln's-ee, to be com missioner of pension. Anson lliirlliigaine Jnhnsnn. of Colorado, to lie consul of the I lilted States at Fuchaii, China. Thoinn Itvnn, of Kansas, to be 11 ret assist ant secretary of the Interior. James H. Gill, of Massachusetts to be col ctor of internal revenue (or the Third dis trict of MucsaehUM'tt. NOMINATIONS. White to Berlin and Draper to Rome. Tower Was Confirmed. Tho president sent to the eennte the follow ing nominations: Andrew I. Whlto, of New York, to bo am bassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States to Germany. William F. lira per. of Massachusetts, to be nmbiutKiiilor extraordinary unit plenipoten tiary of the United Slates to Italy. I handler Hale, nf .Maine, to lie secretnry of the embassy of the United Sub's nt Koine, Italy. Samuel I,. Graccy.of Massaciiuscits.consui of the United States lit F'uchail, China. Anson tlurilngnme Johnson, ol Colorado, consul of the I ulted States at Amoy, China. Ills nomination to be consul ut 1 uchau wus withdrawn. llunjumlu Ilutterworth, ot Ohio, to be coin- m'Sslouer ot pntente. Oliver 1., npntiiiiing, oi .Uleingnn, anil William Ii. Howell, of New Jersey, tu be as sistant secretaries of the treasury. 1 ne senate coniirmcii t nariemngne lower. of reunsylvauitt, to be minister to Auslro- Hungary. BOUGHT BY THE CAMBRIA. Mahoning- Mint on tho Mesaba Sold for About $400,000. A half Interest in the great Mahoning Iron nilua on the Western Mcsuba, hus been bought by the Cambria iron company of Pennsylvania. The price is not known, but it I not far from 1400,000. T he mine will easily produce from AOO.OoO to 000,000 tons of ore yearly. The sale leavu but one of the great steel making linns of I'euusylvnula and Ohio without a Mesnba uiiue. Carnegie bad an option ou the Mnhnning, but wub induced by the Rockefeller Interest to give up and enter Into the 60 year ar rangement, which permits him to utilize the mountain iron product. It was this later arrangement which caused the smash of the Lake Superior Dessemer pool lust week. The diversity of oompauius now Interested in the Mesaba Is counted ou to maintain minlug operations on that range even when mines ou other runges are Idle. Three Poraoai Killed. About 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the people of Star City, Ark., were aroused by the roaring ot a full-fledged cyclone. It made a complete circle eroaud town, nearly every bouse within small radius In every direction being totally demolished, while large treea were uprooted and twisted into fragments. The country roads in every di rection lire impassable. On ltuyou liartholo mew John C, lleudrlcks' plantation was de stroyed and all the buildings demolished. 'Three of Mr. Hendricks' workmen were killed and several badly wounded. Western Roidi Agree. The general passenger agents of the west ern roads met lu Chicago to formulate au agreement under which the Westoru l'as seuger UHsoelatiou will be conducted here after. T he new agreement will bo similar to the old oue, with the exception that it will omit nil refereuue to rules or the muliiteunucu of rales. The department work that bus fallen upon the association will be continued, aud the clergy bureau aud the mileage bu reuu will be ly-pt lu effect at heretofore. MARCH CROP CONDITIONS. Tha Weather Bureau Repot ts for tho Past Month. The Weather Bureau ha resumed publi cation of Its weather crop bulletins. In a re view of crop conditions during the month of Mnroh It says: Farming operation hnve been retnrded by wet weather In the States of the Central vnl leys, nnd the season Is somewhat backward generally. Some corn ha been planted as for north as Tennessee nnd the southern portion ot Missouri and Kansas. Farther south great er progress ha been made, planting In Texa and Northern Loi1linnn being nhnut completed, and In Alabama, .Mississippi and Texas the early planted I up. Cotton planting In Texas hn progrcsed favorably, and some ha been planted in South Carolina, but in other State of the cotton belt practically no planting had been done up to the close of the month. In Ala bama, Mlosisstppl. Louisiana nnd Oklahoma propitiation fnrsoedliig nre In progres. Winter whent i reported winter killed to ome extent In Missouri, town, Illinois, In dium! mid i Iscoiisln, and, while the crop ha sustained Injury In Ohio, the outlook lu that State Is reported a not discouraging. The early sown In hnnn I in excellent condi tion, nnd in Oklahoma, Arkansas mid 'Texas the crop I reported a promising. In Mich igan mid f n 1 1 it i it the crop has been damaged by tlo-iil. Spring whent I doing well In Kimsn, and preparation for lncrensed acreage are In progres lu Iowa. In the liiikotn and Min nesota, preparations for seeding have not yet begun. FOUR HANGED End of the Career of the Aesatiini of Sheriff Chaves. Frank and Antonio Korrego, Knurlnno Alarld and I'nlrl -lo Vnlencln, the murder er uf i'x-HherlfT Frank I licvia. were hanged nt tfau'.n Fc, N. M April 1. l'rci l .it M'-hlulov rcfued to do any thing furth'-r mid tiie respite of 1(1 day', which he had granted them, expired Friday. Thus ended one of th" bloodiest and most exciting chapter In territorial history. The murder occurred in 1 '.' I nnd the execution of the four men tins been stayed until the ex haustion of nil possible resources failed to save them, Just before leaving the White House presi dent Cleveland wa appenled to and be granted a respite extending over Into his successor's term. The four men belonged to the "Mutton gang," which terrorized New Mexican for n i number of years, and could not be reached by law because It controlled the state ma chlnery In nil brunches, i Six persons, Including tho owner and chief i ciieinlst nt the mine, were killed in a lire lump explndon nt the llorsig colliery, neur ubtze, J'crshi. T he mine is still burning. A POWDER MILL BLOWN UP. Shamokin Company's Works Explode Threa Houies Wreoked. All the buildings of the Shamokin I'owder Company nt Shamokin, l'n., were completely wrecked by a terrific explosion which occurred In the mill of the company. For tunately there were no live lost, all the workmen having gone to their home. 'The dwelling of David llann, Kmnnuel Kllnger and Uniilel Ostnnu, together with the out building and barns, w-rn badly damaged. The powder mill I located about Fve mile frum the city, but the forca of the explosion shook nearly every building, and many per sons rushed from their houses to ascertain tho cause of the shock. The only person In jured wa Mr. Unit!!, who wa badly cut about the face and body. 'The damaged resi dence are located nearly half it mile from the scene of the explosion. Mr. attd Mrs. llann and Mr. Kllnger were burled In the bed beneath the dulfris,and boulders weigh ing 200 pound were hurled through the sides of the dwellings. T he low will amount to Dourly tuO.OOO. 0FENINO A RICH COUNTRY. Mining and Farming Region of tho Wichita Mountains Boon to bo Freo to Settlers. llo-'ent Information from Washington Is that the Wichita county, Oklahoma, owned and nccillilcd by the Klown, Comanche nnd Apache Indian, will be opened by May 1. The gold and sliver excitement in the Wichi ta mountains has drawn hundred to the border uf this new country, uud the opening is expected to be of more note than any other opening of tho Indian Territory hind. The allotting to the Indian families is progress ing rapidly. Miners urn still prospecting In the moun tains, and not a day passes without u eon lllet between prospector and soldier. With the exception of oue rnuge uf mountains, these reservations are the finest farming country lu the Indian Territory. The allotting of the Wichita reservation was begun by Agents Coleman and Mills. The Indians object to being 'allotted until they are paid for the lands, but the allotting will be forced to completion. Boston Wool Market There ho been n sharp demand in the wool market this week, nnd indications are that manufacturers will continue to buy wool uutll tho price guts so high thnt they will be content to rest. Territory wools have met with a large demand, and are selling on the scoured basis of litr 35c, whllu lots of the good staples are soiling for ild 38e. Fleece wools u ro quoted higher nil along the line, but the market la lurgely nominal on many grades. Australian wool is very active, aud dealers bnve no trouble lu disposing ot their supplies ut Hill prices. A Pooling BilL Senator Fornker of Ohio Introduced a pool lug bill. It I practically a reproduction of the FiittersnnhiU Introduced In the lust con gress. It is Intended to meet the objections to pooling which was raised by the supreme court of the United states in its decision re cently rendered lu tho Truiut-Missoiiri Freight association case. The document is quite voluminous, covering over thirty print ed pages. The llrat suction amends the Inter state commerce act so as to render It lawful for railroad associations to enter Into pools uuuer certain nonunions. Chinese River Opened. Minister lieu by, at l'ekin, Informs the state department that the West river lias been finally opened to foreign commerce. This great river, on whloh Cauton u sltuat ed, with Hong Kong at the mouth, la the highway ot southwestern China, aud the largest goods distributor of this rich dis trict, giving access to the three provluoc of ol Kwuuga, Yunnan and Kuelchow, with a population ol 25,000,000. Minister Hon by be lieves the opuulug ol this river will give greuter advantage to toreigu commerce tuau auy other action of the Chinese government lu recent years. LATE BREVBTIES. The people In Omuha, Neb., now claim to have seeu the mysterious airship which has bothered u,e west so muun lately. At Cleveland the F.uolld Avenue Nntlona Ilauk began suit ugulust the Little Consoli dated street railway for t45,U0O claimed ou stock, A large flour mill owued by Dotiird A Bon, at Last llochester, a Village eight miles south ol Alliance, Ohio, wus destroyed by lire, to gether with tlfty barrels ol Hour and 1,00(1 bushels of wheat The bl.izo started lu the eugiuo ruoiu The loss Is 10,000, with small lusurauoe. II WHOLE TOWiWlS WiPID OUT. SLAIN BY THE STORM. Sooret Perished In tho Awful Oklahoma Cyolone. A terrlflo cyclone struck tho town of ( hnndler, 40 miles east ot Guthrie, Okla., at 0 o'clock Tuesday evening, and the latest new I that 45 people were killed and more than 200 Injured, a dozen ot them fatally. So far 24 dead bodies have been taken from the ruined building, ( handler was a town nf l.."00 Inhabitant, nnd wn almost com pletely destroyed, only two building being left standing, "the Grand Island grocery and the Mitch, -II hotel. A Inter message state that a large num ber of people Known to have been in bui ne building nre missing, nnd It I feared they nre dead under the ruin, t handler I the sent of the oklnhninn Agricultural mid Modi. 'ill college, which It I reported hit been bndiy wre"ked. Many people are re ported Injured In the wrecked court house, and the ill-aster I believed to be much worse than nt llrst thought. The Injured will reach over am, and a there I no shelter and no lobqinitc medlciil attendance, It Is feared many will die from exposure. , Many of the wreck took Urn and burned themsi-lve nut, several tlll smouldering when morning broke over the town. From the tire' work may llnally come the worst realization of the disaster, It Is bellved that many of the missing were burned to death. This phase ot the situation will not be clear ed away till perfect order ha again been re tored and n enrelul summing up of the storm's doing are made possible. The cyclone struck Chandler without wnriilng about R o'clock. Its work of enr liage began before the Inhabitant real Is". 'd what was upon them and hardlv any mean of escape wa left open. Tearing through th" busliie. tllirl"t, etores were hurled right nnd left, lilted high Into the air anil loused In every direction. The court house In which Chief Justice fuile wn holding court was taken oft ita foundation and the building nearly cruheil. Fussing on into the residence district, the wind demon wreaked It vengeance there and rushing into the open country finally spent itself. The trail to the left wn one of wreck nnd ruin, most complete. Houses rested o:i their tops, street were made unrecognizable by having beeh plied high with debris. Soon lire followed the cycione's work nnd here and there bright Humes flnmed up into the sky. Overturned stoves had caught and un hampered the lire began Its part of the work of destruction, lu n short time a heavy rain storm came up. A night wore on, It developed Into n deluge and while it succeeded in completing the dismal scene, probably saved the rest of the town, for III many spot It quenched the fire and stemmed the coullagriitlnn that chandler's citizens could never have hoped to stay, MONETARY REFORMERS. Efforts to Indnce the Presrnt Extra Session to Appoint a Commission, l'.leven of the 15 members of the executive committee appointed by the Indianapolis monetary convention Inst January bnve been In Wnslil gton for several days. That eon vention derided to urge a commission to in vestigate the banking and currency laws with a view to their early revision, nnd the executive committee have decided to estab lish headquarters in Washington nnd en- I'-avor to procure from Congres such legis lation nt this eslou a will empower the President to appoint a committee to consider the ptibjeet before the regular session of Congress convenes In liecember. The member nl the committee hnve con ferred with publlo official and member of Congress with regard to this -matter, nnd they have met with no discouragement, although Hie situation relative to the tariff makes It of paramount Importance thnt the late uf tue bill In the hennte siioiilil not be delayed or Jonpordlzeil. The conclusions Hie committee have renctieii nre: "That an act be promptly Introduced In both Houses providing for the appointment ny tne iTcstiieni or n monetary commission of 11 members, which shall, a soou as It may be possible, after the constitution nnd appointment thereof, enter upon a thorough and comprehensive consideration ot the cur rency nnd banking allalrs of the United State and the law relating thtretn. I ho commission shall make within four months after the date of their appointment. and not Inter than October 1. 1H.I7, a concise and exact report of their deliberation, eon elusions and recommendations, covering the subject matter considered hy them, accom panying the said report with the proper lull or bills to carry their recommendations into effect" A RIOT Of Japnneta Coolies on the Island of Maul. The sohoonor Transit, just arrived nt Ban Frnuclsco, from Honolulu, brings the news of riot nmong the Japanese coolies employ' ed on the sugar plantation on the Island of Maul, on the liltu Instant. Three hundred Japanese beat one of their number to death ami ufterward bent ins body lo a pulp wun club. The murdered man was an inter preter named Knwata. He wa acoused of wrong doing iu r gard to money intrusted to him and for overcharging them for ser vices rendered as Interpreter. A number of white men tried to preserve order and save Kawotu's life, but they were too few to copo with the crowd and were obliged to lieo. A soon as ine news or nie murder reached Waiiulu, SherllTs Scott aud )ov, with a number nt deputies, vlsfied the plantation and though many threats were made by the Japanese, four of the ring-leaders were arrested and tnkeu to the Jail at Wallulu. The coolies planned an assault on the Jail, but before tha mob reached It the sheriff's were notified and tbey called upon the Citizen's guard fur assistance. T hese guards, with a number of armed volunteers, turned out to pruect the jail. The Jupanese were ordered to return to their plantation immedi ately with the alternative ot being llred upon within five minutes. They slowly dispersed and went back to their bouses, but it is be lieved bad not a strong stand been made the wild baud of coolies would have destroyed the juil nud overrun the northern part of Maui. ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE. Tht Tariff Bill Safely Through One Branoh of Congress. The object for which President UcKlnley culled the Fifty-fifth Congress to meet In ex traordinary session on March 15 was accom plished, so far as the House ot ltepre. seiitatives was concerned, wbeu the vote on the Dingley tariff bill was auuounoed by Speaker Reed as yens, 205; nays, 121; answering pre seut and not voiiug, 21. The alllrmutlve vote was composed of 100 lie- futillcaiis, 5 democrats Messrs. llroussurd, ovey and Meyer, of Louisiana, aud Kb-burg and Slayduu, ut Texas aud one 1'opullst Mr. Howard, ot Alabama, Tht Chandler Cyolone, It developt that the loss of life In the Chandler cyclone has been greatly over stated. In the cou fusion and dllllculty ot getting news over the long distance tele phone, names became mixed una ine imi oi deud was made greater tbun It really was. Suit Against the Carneglt Company. The Hai voy Steel Company, ot Newark, N. J., has euterud suit against the Curuegie Steel Company, iu the I ulted States Circuit Court, ulleglug the infringement of a oertutu pateut kuuwu aetbe llnrvey pjocett tut liarduulug steel, MACEO'S DEATH AVENGED. Thret Hundred Government Troopt Blown Up hy Dynamite. Maceo't death hat been avenged. The Spanish guerrillas of Bunt Brava and a de tach mvnt of the Qulnn regulars, who, under Cirujeda'e command, killed the celebrated rebel chief, were led Into an smbuih by the rebel forces under Bnldomero Acosta, and nearly all machetad on the same spot whero Ma-eo fell. The Spanish official report ad mit that Captain Ituls and 10 privates were killed and 20 mortally wounded. The Cubans assert that Aeulta captured 100 Mauser rifle and a large quantity ot muni tions. A military train which left Artemlea on the western troche last Sunday for Havana bringing a battalion of Spanish troopt Weyier had ordered to embark for Nuevlt to reinforce the 1'uerto Trlnclpe garrisons, 1 reported fo have been derailed by the Insur gents nud attacked. Forced to abandon the coaches, the troops took refuge on a planta tion nearby and proceeded to fortify them, selves In a large building on the eiate. They repelled a machete charge, and threatened the rebel, when a tremendous explosion oc curred, blowing the building to ntoms and killing about .'III" and wounding the rest more or lets seriously. The house had been mined by the Innur gent and dynamited. Expecting the Span ish toroe when once driven out ot the cars would occupy It, electric wires had been run to an electric battery In the woods nearby, by which the explosive wa fired. Weyler s pre censor refused to allow the Spanish correspondent to cnble the new direct to Madrid, but several of them are telegraphing it to S,.oln vlu Key West. No Hnvauu paper was pur inn leu to print tue story. CHINA'S HOLMES. tht Perpetrator of 29 Batohertea Cut te Pieces. K'Aug, the Fra liisvolo of China, whose deeds of blood have kept town and hamlet In a constant state of terror for years, hat at Inst paid the penalty nf his crimes. It appenrs from the mall advloes brought by the steamer Rio Janeiro that, emboldened by his long Immunity from capture, K'Ang visited and Inid tiegeto the heart of a daus-h- ter nf a Mauchu ofllclal of the Imperial tourt woum ue siicceeuen iu inducing to elope with him early In January. Great oommo. lion followed the flight of the pair, and In fluence was brought to bear whloh proved sufficient to spur the l'ekin police to extra ordinary efforts, Anally resulting In the cap ture ot the fugiitlve at New Chwang later in ine irjonin. K'Ang was taken to I'ekln. where he was tried twice before a special tribunal, and al though cruel tortures, such as kneeling on heated Iron cairns, being pricked with red bot needle, had been administered to make htm confess to the horrible list of some 29 robberies with murder in each care.of which he had been accused, he would divulge nothing. Finding they could net elicit any thing from K'Ang by torturing him, the judies by a clever appeal to Ins vanity trap ped him into signing bis own death warrant. He was thereupon condemned to suffer death by the slicing process, or ting cbl. On the day he wa led out to die, K Ang sang ongs all the way to the execution ground ud kept It up even when the executioner's knife had cut into him several times. A stab with a dagger lu the region of the heart illeneed the desperado's voice, and the rest of the slicing and the Dual severance of the head from the body were done In silence, ilthougu some 10,000 people surrounded the ipot. FOUR SURVIVORS LAND. Wert Adrift Six Dayt and Five Compan ions Snooumbed. The British steamer Mnro. Captain Adam, from Norfolk on March 10 for Hamburg, which picked up four of the crew of the French Hue steamer Ville de St. Nazalre, which foundered iu a gale March 7 off Cape llatterna, arrived at Hamburg, March l, with the four survivors. Tbey are Captain Paul Jaqueneau, Chief Engineer Philippe Marianl aud Herbert nnd Sanno. able sea men. Tbey were picked up by the Uaro on March 1.1. The live other occupants of the boat died from drinking sea water. The lurvlvors suffered terribly, and were help less from exhaustion when picked up. They tave now completely recovered. BLOCKADE AGREED ON. Powert Deoidt That Creese's Csrter Matt Be Stopped. It Is seml-ofTloially announced the powers have arrived at the conviction that the lituallon In Crete and ou the Thessalian frontier mint not be allowed to continue, and that steps must forthwith be taken to top the aggressive attitude of Greece. Their Ireision was hastened by the action of Col. Vssius in aiding the insurgents lu hostilities exatnst the powers. The blockaded Greece Has therefore been decided upon with the lonsent nf all the powers, aud will be ou 'creed ut an early date. For Japan. The Carnegie Steel company has captured the contract for the first fireproof steel building ever erected In the empire of Ja pan, and won It against the competition of the world. While the amount ot the con tact la comparatively a small mutter, the importance of it lies in the fact that a new field baa been opened for the output of American steel mills. About 1,500 ions of tteel will enter into the structure, aud all this material will be shipped by way of New lork. The contract calls for tue first ship ment to be loaded at New York by Septem ber 1, and the whole contract must be com pleted within two months thereafter. Tt Reform tht Calendar. Professor Foerater, director of the Berlin observatory, declares that after lengthy preparations with ustrououiers of the vail- ., can observatory, there are good prospects that I'ope Leo wlil take the initiative iu tue reformation ot the calendar uud the conllue mmt of the variations ot the date of Easter that the Greek church can adopt in l'JOl) l ie Gregorian calendar and abauduu tue old style calendar, the difference of date of wtilch lu l'JOO Increase from 12 to 13 days. Faster will be Axed on the third SunJay af ter the spring equinox, the date fluctuating uly between the 4th and 11th of April. Pasted en Favorably. The aenate, in executive session, confirmed iitfollowlug nomlnatioasi W. i. Uhalran terger, to be second assistant postmaster .i,.p.l . Jnunli 1. 14-Utna. .f IT . ... K II ' - , WB u , .v - ourlh asuataut nuMtmaetup trenMrali Menvv Clay Evans, ol Tennessee, to b commission er ot pensions; Thomas Ityan, ol Topeku, Kot.. to be Drat asslstaut secretary ol tne In terior; Frank VT. Palmer, ol Illinois, to be ptiollu printer; James II. Gill, ol Uossachu le:ts to be collector of luterual revenue tor the third district ot Massachusetts. Four Women Killed. A oyolone and hailstorm passed over Oradys. Kl miles south of 1'luu Bluff, Ark, It almost luld waste the entire village, kill lug tour oolored women, uud wounding sev eral others, among them the etailou agent s wife. There was not a hoube left standing ou Mali place, uud the secllou house was en tirely demolished. Hailstone were so large tu.it irutiiiuun report inut tbey had to Uud p.act of safety. Guilty ot Harder. At Falrmouut, Minn., the Jury In the trial of llauk Bobber Kelllhau, fur murder, alter belug out uearly 'it hours, returned a YV(s diet ut murder iu lue licet degree.
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