SPANIARDS DISPLEASED. Pitiable Condition of Boldlert and Iniurgente , Hoipitalt Filled. flip Spanish newspapers nt Havana nrp doubting thp sincerity nf thp United States In wishing In maintain friendly relations with Spain. 'I'hpy assert that If the United States la unable to pre vpnt expeditions leaving Ita shores In aid nf thp Cuban Insurgents, It la use less for Spain to remain at peace with America. Reports frnm Mantanr.a say the con servatives, having become enraged at thp change In the Spanish pulley, are disturbing publle order. Ex-Mayor Crespo Initiated the dlsordprly conduct by publicly Riving offense to Scnnr Armaa, the new civil governor of, the province. Horrible episode are of dally occur rence among the rceotieentradns. Af ter lying for three days upon the aide walk In front of a hounp In Matanxas a poor negro woman, who was Buffer ing terribly and waa unable to move, waa carried away by a flood cauaed by a heavy downfall or ratn. A short time afterward her dead body, waa dis covered a few blocks away, and at last reports It waa atlll lying In the gutter. A cab diivpr who was carrying a sick man to a hospital, observing that hla passenger was dying dragged him from his cab, leaving him on the curbstone, where he expired unattended. Cases similar to these are of frequent occur rence. Reports from Oandelarla say that a man who was suffering frnm smallprx was driven by the authorities Into the Insurgent camp at Ceja del Negio, Plnar del Rio, where threats were made to hang the man If he was not taken away. Marshal Blanco has appointed 34 new employees at the custom house. Of these five are native Cubans, and the remainder Spaniards and reformists. The autonomists are greatly disgusted by these appointments. Smallpox Is epidemic In the neighbor hood of the Insurgpnt headquarter In rinar del Rio, and there are In the hospitals In the hills 1.700 pet son Buf fering from the disease. The financial situation of the military administration Is bad. The soldleta have not been paid in eight months, there la a scarcity In the meat supply for the hospitals, and In many towns nst meat haa been obtainable for many days. Oeneral Losada, sub-Inspector of the health department, said recently to the correspondent of the "El Imparclal." of Madrid, that there were actually 35,000 soldiers In the hospltnls In Cuba, and that about 15,000 of this number were not suffering frnm disease, but simply from need of nourishment. POLITICAL DIFFERENCES. Beer Qlaiioi and Chain Deitroy the Harmony Between Auitrian Boolaliits. The hostility between the Christian Socialists and the Social Democrats, which exists in all parts of Austria and frequently leads to sharp collisions be tween the rival partisans, 1ms resu'ted In serious rioting at Grata, the capital city of Styrla, and the seat of Import ant cotton and woolen manufactures. The Christian Socialists were holding a meeting there when the Social Demo crats forced their way in, broke up the meeting and pelted the members with beer glasses. Home of the Invaders threw chairs, and several of the Chris tian Socialists were builly hurt. The disturbance was continued on the street outside. The police and military were sum moned, but were stoned by thp rioters. They then charged the mob with fixed bayonets, killing one person and wounding many. Ten of tls ringleaders have been ar rested. Five pollc emen were badly hurt during the rioting. Stringent nteasunf have been taken to prevent a recur rence of the disorders. EMBEZZLED (193.000. William Potter Making Hard Fight Againit Extradition to the United State. William Riley Foster, Jr., who was arrested at Neuilly, near Pai ls, October 1:1, charged with having embezzled $I'J3.000 belonging to thejtratulty fund of the New York prueRice exchange while special attorney of the fund In 188. la making a hard light against ex tradition to the United States, an ap plication for which was made to the French authorities by the American embassy. He has retained as counsel Frederic R. Coudert and Maltrle. Clunet, the lat ter the most prominent authority In France on international law. Since making his escape from New York, Foster has been traveling all over the continent, and spending mon ey freely, it being said that he main tained establishments at several nf the European capitals. It Is also said that Forter's niece, Lulu Bellotte, accom panied him. It was through her move ments that the police 'obtained their first clue of Foster's whereabouts. Silvor Kinei Bnrnisg. After four days of the most scientific Pre fighting the exact cause nf the sub terranean conflagration raging In Smuggler mountain, near Denver, Col., is still unrevcaled. Dynamite, steam, air and water were employed to com bat the fire. Two hundred men were compelled to drop their work of pro ducing silver owing to the steady en croachments of the fire Into the heart of the mountain and now it anpears aa though there was no hope of exting uishing the flames until the supply of fuel has been exhausted. Eight hund red people so far are left without means of livelihood. The gas is atlll penetrat ing the workings of the district, and it Is feared that the Aspen mountain ' mines will be compelled to shut down also. .Aiki Damagei for a Spider' e Bite. Miss Marie Ayer, of Rome, Oa has, in the Superior Court, sued the United Statea Casualty Company, of New York, for $222.85 damages, which she alleges grew out of a spider's bite while she waa traveling to Europe last Hummer. On the sleeping car be tween Atlanta and Portsmouth she, waa stung by a spider, and not until she set sail did the poison develop. Then her face waa swollen to an ab normal size and she was totally "dis abled from June 2 to July 24, for which time she claims damages under her policy. The accident company denies the claim on the ground that Ita policy t!oe not cover a spider's bite. Vow Mineral Frodnot. Another important mineral product lias been added to the long list. In vestigation just completed by Prof. W. P. Blade at the Arizona school of mines hows that the crude carbonate ot soda from the head of the gulf of Cali fornia haa high value for Industrial purposes. 1IBSELY TOLD TELEORAMS. Tammany has contributed $20,000 to rtnrving Cuba. The Delta County bank of Colnrndo hna suspended. The yellow fever germ Is frozen out In New Orleans. Work on Pittsburg's new Union do pot will begin In a few days. Ex-Cnngressman John M. Langston, of Virginia died last Tuesday. Negroes lynched ft colored murderer nt Bryan, Tex., a few days ago. Cuban Insurgents are expecting nld from congress at Its coming session. odd Fellows' hall at I'peksklll, N. Y.. was burned Inst Wednesday. Loss, $50,000. Oklahoma editors nre making efforts to have that territory admitted to statehood. Boston gas Interest of the Ray State Ong Company were sold for 15,000,000 the other day. Henry Sherry, a lumber man of Osh kosh, Wis., has failed with debts amounting to 11,000,000. Forty-five Austrian laborers who vio lated thp alien labor law will be sent back to Europe from Ilaltlmore. Quarreling over money matters at Ilenton Harbor, Mich., a son shot his father and then commltteed suicide. Eighteen thousand persona witness ed Yale defeat Princeton In a football game at New Haven last Saturday. Alderman (Jporge A. Durham was convicted at Minneapolis of soliciting a bribe for the awarding of a contract. Oeorge Bogart, ex-clly clerk of Ev nnston, III., the other day pleaded guil ty In court to embezzling $8,800 ot city funds. The crewe of two wrecked vessels were rescued by the steamer Belgen land, which arrived at Philadelphia the other day. Former chief of dectpctlves of the Lake Shore Road, James Mulloney, haa been arrested at Laporte, Ind., for loot ing freight cars. Doye of Canton, O., under 16, will be subject to a fine of $10.00 If caught smoking cigarettes, or having them In their possession. A passenger train was dprallpd near Wllllford. Ark., last Friday. Twenty elRht passengers were Injured and two coaches, burned. i Rev. Dr. Oeorgp H. Houghton, of the Church of the Transfiguration, popu larly known In New York City aa the "Little Church around the Coiner," Is dead. The grand Jury of Campbell county, Ky., after hearing a poor boy'a story, w ho was arrested for burglary, pre sented him with a suit of clothes and a discharge. $21,666 was awarded to Frpderlck R. Ketcham at Chicago the other day. He had been black listed by the North western railroad for striking, and suing he received damages. The national headquarters of the A. P. A. at Washington has been closed, and the property sold under the ham n or. Dissension caused the downfall of the-organization. The defeat of Harvard by the Uni versity of Pennsylvania football team took plnep at Philadelphia last Sat urday. Twenty-four thousand spec tators saw the game. A race of Indians, noted for their womMrful size nnd physical perfection nre said by United States Consul Long, of Nogales, Mex., to exist on Tlburon Island In the OulC of California. Levi Patter, a colored man at Phila delphia, carried an umbrella, with the Iron rod exposed at eacn end. One of the points came in contact with an electric wire, killing the man instantly. Saturday was pay day among colored railroad employees at Unity, near Pittsburg. Liquor led to fight and bul lets. One man was killed, three wounded and four robbed of their earnings. The Supreme Court at Indianapolis the other day decided that a gambler has no title to his earnings. Accord ingly, Mr. .Waller roenvcrcd a Judg ment for $5,414 lost by her husband at a faro game. C. U. Hnlloway and A. N. Dunn, of Ohio, claim 7.000.000 acres of land. In Minnesota. St. Paul nnd Minneapolis are Included In this demand. They claim title through their ancestry, Jon athan Carter, an explorer. Four Americans, tuken prisoners on bourd the Competitor for bilnglng arms to tho Cuban Insurgents, have been i nrdnned by the Spanish government. They had been sentenced to death, but the United States Interfered, In the district court at Austin, Tex., L. W. Fisher and Felix Wolff pleaded guilty of lobbing the International and Gteat Northern train at McNeills on October 12, and were sentenced to 50 and 45 years respectively in the State penitentiary. By the collapsing nf the lloor of Corry Mcthodlnt Chapel, at Cleveland, last Sunday, 500 colored worshippers were precipitated to the ground, a ells tance of seven feet. A panic ensued, but only three persona were hurt, and they not seriously. The store house of the C. A. Woolsey paint and color works In Jersey City fell Tuesday. Twenty-five people who had been employed In tho structure had BUttlcient warning By the swaying .and sagging of the walls to enuble them to, escape, and no one waa hurt. The Inns to the company will be about $20,000. A Jury at Carson City, Nev., exoner ated Julian Guinan, the boy who Bitot District Attorney Charles Jonra recent ly. Jones, who was a married man, paid attentions to Uulnan'a sister, to which tho boy's father objected. Tho two men met, had a quarrel, when the aon came to his father's icscue and shot Jones. Assistant United State Attorney Brown claims that Chinamen are being smuggled into this country, assisted by employeea of the Canadian Pacific rail road. It costs $500 to deport a Chlnu man. Government olllclala are said to have conspired with the railroad men to break the law and thus get a portion of the 'money. . The will of the lata Honry Oeorge, filed for probate, leaves his entire es tato, consisting of the home at Fort Hamilton, worth about $8,000, and the copyright of hla books, to his widow. Mr. George's book on political econ omy. In tha writing of which he spent, the last six year of hla life and on which he expected hla fame to rest, will be published In a few months. Buried Under an Avalanche. Word has Just been received at Van couver, B. C. ot a terrlblo snow slide on tho Noble Five mountain range near Sannon In tho siocun district on Satur day last. Joseph McCrlbbons, whosa parents reside In Oakland, Col., and bis partner, whose name Is unknown, were working on tho night crew of tha Red Fox mine and were caught by the slide while going to work. McCrlbbons waa carried down the mountain side and burled under a mass of snow and Ice and hi body cannot be recovered till spring. His partner was rescued In an exhausted condition ( li HEIRESSES ID III MINES AND ARE SWINDLED. A Yonng Man Wins Their Confidence With Money Making Ichemea. Two young heiresses of New York are siild to be the victims of an alleged swell swindler, Arthur Itlalr Moody, eif New Haven, Conn., who wa Wednes day arrested nt that city. Moody Is 28 years old, nnd has always bpen a favorite with women. Moody stopped for a long time nt the Holland house. When he left the Holland he was, Itl a alleged, $1,100 In debt to proprietor Hauinann for his board. Moody happened to meet the Rev.' Dr. do Lpon Nlcholl, who took a fancy to him, and Introduced him to Miss Mary Van Hurpn Vanderpool, who In turn Introduced him to her friend, Miss Rosamond H. Owen. Both ladles hold high positions Itl Npw York society. A few days later Moody called on Miss Vanderpool and said his partner had told him of a grand opportunity for Mime subscribed mining stock. One of the men who had put down his namo for some of the stork had failed to get the money, although the mayor nf New Havtn had tried to get In he (Moody) had managed to get the chance for Miss Vanderpool. The latter was delighted, but she did not have the ready money, and she recommended her friend, Miss Owen. The latter took to the acheme, and pave Moody $5,000. That was last March. Then July Id Moody again went to Miss Owen and said that $1,000 more wan needed, and she gave him a consolidated 8 per cent, gold bond of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad, market value $1,175. She told Moody to dispose of It and return the $176 to her. He gave the bond to Proprietor Bau mann, of the Hollnnd House, for his board bill, saying that If the bond was not redeemed In 30 days he might sell It. Moody never redeemed It, and the' bond was sold. Miss Owen says he did not return the $175. Later In July Moody wpnt once more to Miss Vanderpool and told her of an other splendid opportunity for making money. Miss Vanderpool says sho gavp Moody a $1,000 United States gold bond, without getting any receipt or security for It, and she haa not since beard of It. About two months ago he disappear ed. He owed Proprietor Baumnnn an other board bill, It Is said, amounting to $1,400, when he left. The police hap pened to hear of the matter, and Moody was Indicted In the case of Miss Van dcrpool's $1,000. Several residents of Bntavla, N. Y., nnd vicinity claim to have been victim ized nut of sums of money aggregat ing $SO,000. The swindling Is alleged to bnve been thu work nf Andreas R. and Eugene T. Merrltt, who are In Duluth, Jsinn.. Interest in gold mines was pro mised the Datavlana. CHINESE FORTS CAPTURED. Germany Demand! Satisfaction for the Mob bing of Her Minuter. When thp landing party from the German cruiser occupied Klaocluin buy on Sunday lust, the German Hag was hoisted ashore. The German landing Is to demand satisfaction for the mur der of Rhenish missionaries nenr Yen-Chu-Fu, nnd the mobbing of the Ger man minister to China and the cap tain of the gunboat Cormorant, the latter Incident having occurred on No- ember 0, nt Wu-Chang, A dispatch from Slmnithnl says that the commander of tho German cruiser clvlslnn, Admiral Von Dlederlch, land ed troops at Kloa-C'hau on Monday morning, November 15. The three forts were held by 1,500 ChlncHe, and their guns commanded the fleet. Admiral Von Dlederlch placed his four cruisers Immediately opposite, ready to lire, and sent an ultimatum ordering lite evac uation nf the forts within three hours. Six hundred German troops and six puns were then landed and began to march forward. The Chinese hesitated for a few moments, and then the wholo 1,500 bolted, helter skelter across the hills behind the forts. The Germans quietly entered the fortifications, haul ed down tho Chinese ling and holHted tho German standard, which the war ship saluted Immediately. The ('Illness general, who had his family with hint, did not flee, but claimed German pro tection. The forts are now held by the Germans, who, It Is believed at Shang hai, Intend to remain iermancntly. CHINA TO BOBB0W $80,000,000. The Empire Endeavoring to Intereit Ameri can Capital in Oriental Improvement. Charles Dcnby, son of the American minister to China, enlisted a numb?r of Pittsburg firms In a gigantic syndicate which Is to build railroads and a mer cantile navy for the Chinese empire. He la empowered, he says, by the Chi nese government to borrow $SO,000,000, part of which Is to be used In the li quidation of the war Indemnity to Ja pun, nnd to form the syndicate men tioned. I.I Hung Chang gave him let ters of Introduction to the Chinese mill iliter at Washington, with Instructions to the minister to give him all possible atslstanco. Mr. Dcnby landed at Van couver, October 20. He went to Phila delphia and then to Washington. He saw President William AlcKlnley and presented his resignation its assistant American minister in Pekin. President McKlnley promised all assistance he could give to the scheme for building up Btronger trade relations. , Boy Sits Fire to a School. A riot occurred in tho public school the other day at Dardanelle, Ark., tho results of which are that Prof. Dickson is in a critical condition, a student nf. mod Alley is expelled and the stu dent's father, F, A. Alley, Is In Jail. The trouble started when Miss J one, one of the teachers, attempted to cor rect young Alley for an infraction of tho rules. Alley Is a hoy of 17 years, and Miss Jonci thrashed him. The boy took the punishment, but resolved on Tevengo, and at recess set Are to the premises. For this offense Prof. Dick son attempted to give tho boy anulher thrashing. Alley resisted and in the fight with Dickson had all the best of It, beating the professor's face Into Jelly and inflicting dangerous wounds. A free fight ensued and Alley's father came to his son's rescue. Ofllcers stop ped the light and locked Alley senior up In Jail, Finds Freedom la Amorioa, Herr Oeorge Llcbling, the composer and royal pianist, some time ago struck a critic at Berlin, and was sen tenced to a fortnight's imprisonment; but he has determined to emigrate to the United States without undergoing his Imprisonment. If he returns to Germany, however, he will be subject to re-arrest and Imprisonment. He has brothers living In Now York and In Chicago. ' Llebllng appealed to the emoeror. who refused to pardon him. SEAL EXPERTS AGREE. Canadlane Clients Other Problem! Which Will be Submitted Later. The Retiring sea meeting In which representatives t.f Great Britain, Can ada and the United States have par ticipated came to a close Tuesdny night, the seal experts making a unan imous report cisncernlng the condition of the seal herds, and the diplomatic representatives of the respective gov ernmpnts reaching an understanding by which they hope to effect final ad justment not only of the Behrlng sea question, but of cither pending border controversies. For the present, how ever, no final action was taken as to the suspension of pelagic sealing. The Canadians urged that other questions be embraced In any plan nf settlement, and suggestPd an International com mission to accomplish this end. This p'oposltlon was fully discussed and an agreement reached that the Canadian nlllcials would put their views In writ ing after returning to Ottawa and sub mit them to the authorities here. All parties e'oncerned shv that the outlook Is favorable to a satisfactory adjust ment. The ' unanimous agreement wan reached after painstaking comparison of notes and the results were announc ed In an ofllclal statement by Gun. Fos ter, as follows: "The delrgatrs to the fur seal con ference have agreed unanimously on certain propositions touching the fur seal herds of Behrlng sea. The report contains sixteen propositions, which are briefly epitomized as follows: "That the Prlbyloff herd hns dpcllned In numbers from 1884 to 18H7; that the number was formerely $ to 5 times that which now exists: that the death rate among pups Is great, not more than one-half to one-third surviving to the age of three years; that the number of breeding females In 18'.I8 and 1RH7 was between 1B0.0OO to 130.000; that the decrease from 1836 to 18li7 was nota ble, though Ita extent could not be def initely determined: that land-killing of males as now practiced does no harm to the hprd: that the pelagic sealers respect the limitations of the law; that pelagic spallng Involvps indiscriminate killing: that the e'Btch at sea contains a marked excess of females: that the killing of males on land Is the cause of this; that among the females Killed are not only those both nursing and preg nant, but also many who are Immature or who have already lost their pups; that the fur seal being polygamous, a Inrge number of males may bo killed with Impunity; that females cannot be killed In similar numbers without checking the Increase of the herd or bringing about an actual decline: that a small number of females, less than the annual Increment of breeders, might be taken without producing ac tual decrease; that excessive pelagic sealing hns led to a reduction In the herd; that pelngic scaling has of late fallen off In greater ratio than the herd has, this producing a tendency toward equilibrium In numbers; that In estimating the future conditions of the herd must be taken Into consideration, reductions In the numbers of surviving pups caused by the pelagic catches of ImM-1895; that the herd Is not In danger of actual extermination so long as its 1. aunts on Innd are protected and the protected zone Is maintained; that both Innd and sea killing now yield Bit In considerable profit either to the lessees or to the pelagic scalers themselves. II? FEAB OF AMERICA. All Enrope Aiked to Combine Againet the Crnabing Competition of this Conntry. Count Goliichowskl. the Austro Ilungnrlan minister of foreign affairs, when making nn appeal to Europe In his annual address recently before the Austrian and Hungarian delegations to take advantage of the present era of peace and to Join closely for the vigorous defense of conditions com mon to European countries, as against thp "crushing competition of trans Atlantic nations," said: "A turning point hns Iteen reached In European development which calls for the unremitting attention of the government. The great problems of material welfare, which become more pressing every year, require to be tuken Into hand Instantly. The dis ruptive competition which trans-Atlantic countries ate carrying on In part at present, and which Is In part to be expected In the Immediate future, re eiulres prompt and thorough counter acting measures if tho vital Interests of tho peoples of Europe are not to bo greatly compromised. "We tight shoulder to shoulder against a common danger and arm ourselves for the struggle with all the means at our disposal. Just as the sixteenth nnd seventeenth centuries were absorbed by religious wars; Just as tho eighteenth century was marked by tho triumph of liberal Ideas, and Just as the nineteenth century haa been notable for the appearance of great questions of nationality, so will the twentieth century bo for Europe a period marked by strugglo for ex istence In the politico-commercial sphere. European nations must close ranks In order sucevssf ully to defend their existence. May this be realized everywhere, and may the epoch of peaceful development' we now confi dently anticipate bo employed In col lecting our strength and devoting our energies to this end." PIPED OH TO VICT0BY. Oordon Highlanders Make a Brilliant Ad vance Againit the Inaargenta in India The full details of the taking of Dar goi Ridge on October 0, by the Gor don Highlanders have Just reached London, and make one of the brilliant passages In British military history. A part of the Ghurkar regiment had ad vanced toward the summit, and were cut off from their comrades, whose ef forts to reinforce them were vain. Finally, after a brief address to his men, Captain Mathias rode out at the head of his gallant Highlanders, and repeated the charge of tho light bri gade. They advanced Btralght up the bure rock frontage, under the wither ing lira of the Insurgents, while the pipers played the "Cock of the North." When Piper Flndlater was shot through both legs, he propped himself up against a stone and went on playing the "Cock of the North" to his ad vancing comrades. Other commands followed the Highlanders, and thj rldga was taken In the that charge. Piper Flndlater has been recommended for tho Victoria cross. Fatal Fight in a Cab. A drunken colored fireman fought with his engineer, P. Bishop. In the locomotive cab while the train waa speeding on near Birmingham, Ala., a few days ago. After the engineer re ceived several severe cuts the tiieman was killed by a bullet from the engin eer's revolver. Onardian for a Cuban Olrl. In the Orphans' court at Washington the other day Judge Hagner appointed Mrs. John A. Lcgan, guardian ot Evan geline Casslo Clsneres. tha Cuban girl, who escaped from prison In Havana. Ill IMMENSE IE LOSS III LONDON. $10,000,000 DAMAGE. . i One Hundred and Fifty Warehomee Bnrned Containing Chriitmat Ooode. One hundred engines pumped tons of v:nter for four hours last Friday, be fore one of the most disastrous fires In London's history since the great con flagration of 1660 was subdued. The fire was In a large block of .buildings lying eastward of Aldersgate street snd between that thoroughfare and Red Cross street. The flames were fannpd by a strong wind and wpre fed by highly Inflammable slocks of Christ mas fancy goods nnd flimsy dress ma terials that filled every lloor of the six-story buildings. The conflagration was soem far beyond the possibility of being checked by the few engines which were early on the spot. For four hours and a half the flames had their own way, and It waa only after more than 100 engines had worked un der the greatest pressure that the chief of the fire brigade sent out the signal tint the Are was under control. Hamsell street was the scene of the outbreak of the fire, which was due to an explosion In connection with a gas engine on the premises of Walter Brown & Co., mantle manufacturers. ThPlr factory was crowded with girls, and It was Instantly the scene of a seml-panlc, tho frightened operatives rushing to tho roof of the building and thence crossing to other buildings and so effecting their escape while the flame) were pouring out of the base ment. In less than a quarter of an hour the flames had enveloped the ad Joining warehouse, and thence they leaped across the street to an enor mous paper warehouse, which was fully alighted In less than ten minutes. The historic church of St. Giles has been damaged, the principal damages being to the roof, the old windows, the baptismal font and Milton's statue. The constable who first detected the flames blew his whistle loudly for as sistance, but several minutes elapsed before the alarm was heard by any of his comrades. So soon as assistance reached him the officer waa dispatched to summon the Are brigade. But here again there was an unaccountable de lay of 20 minutes before the first engine at peered. Then the fearful dimensions of the Are were apparent and It was de cided to circulate a call throughout the whole metropolitan district. It Is officially reported that 150 ware houses have been gutted. An estimate of the damage done places the amount at nearly $10,000,000. Nearly all the British lire Insurance companies are Involved, and fire insurance shares were practically unsalable on the Stock exchange after the fire was well under way. 300 telephone wires have been cut, thus interrupting communications with many of the big Iron provincial towns. The fire will cause an enor mous advance In the price of ostrich feathers, which rose 30 per eent. Two feather firms alone have lost 75.000. The present fire occurred right In the heart of the city, within a short dis tance of the guild hall, the Bank of England, the postofflce, the exchanges, the Smlthfleld market and In the nelghhnrhoeid of innny localities that nre known the world over, and elope to where all of tho vast financial business of the British empire Is transacted. Croat Fire in Melbonrne. A great Are In Melbourne last Sunday destroyed an entire block of ware houses. A strong wind was blowing, and the Aames rapidly engulfed build ing after building. The burned section Included many of the largest business hnuHea In Melbourne. It Is estimated thut the loss will reach 1.000,000 ($5, 000,000), while the trade has received a serious set-back. Hundreds of employ ees of all sorts have been suddenly thrown out of employment. GLADSTONE ILL. England'a Grand Old Man Slowly Yielding to Advanced Age. An alarming rumor regarding Mr. Gladstone's health has been widely cir culated In London and laat week formed the principal topic of conversa tion at the various clubs. A dispatch from Hawarden has been received con taining the rumor, and saying that, although he has been suffering from Insomnia for a week past, Mr. Glad stone has been able to take consider able amount of outdoor exercise. In a letter from a person who vis ited the Gladstones on Friday the writer says: "His mind Is as keen as ever, but he hns become much feebler bodily, and now leads what for him la a very se dentary life. He seems to have vis ibly shrunk In size and suffers from shortness of breath. His heart was examined recently and was found to be weak In action, bo that altogether "the man's bodily powers seem at least to be on the decline." FB0M ACHOSS THE SEA, Tho diamond Jubilee of Pope Leo's first mass will bo celebrated tho first of January. The Czar proposes to rebuild tho burned Greek church at Canae, Crete, at his own expense. Should the Sultan refuse to grant autonomy to Crete, tho powers, it Is said, will blockade Constantinople, Lord Salisbury told an audience of 8,000 people recently that tho govern ment of Greater New York is a failure. Turkey has consented to pay Austria $1,250,000. This amount Is due to an Austrian company tor currying the Turkish troops during the recent war. An editor, Herr Feldlmann, has been sentenced to four weeks' impris onment at Berlin for unfavorably criticising King Leopold of Belgium. The Importation of Chinamen has been resumed toy large land owners In the eastern provinces of 'Prussia. On Wednesday last 25 Celestials ar rived at Stettin via Russia and on Thursday 17 more of them reached that place. In order to punish the Inhabitants of the town of Kong, capital of the king dom of Kong, In the Nandlgo region of upper Guinea, West Africa, for their refusal to supply' his troops with pro visions, Chief Samort haa rased the town and massacred several thousand natives. In view of the growing number of Bismarck's statues. Prince Bismarck Is reported recently to have said: "It unnuys me to see myself stand on a fossilized pedestal." The ex-chancellor has thus far refused to attend uny unvetllngs of statues erected 'in his honor. President in Bronie. The president has consented to sit before a sculptor In order th.at his features may be dona in bronze, and the sculptor begins modeling his clay for the bust of the chief executive last Wednesday. The first cast will be placed in one of the state department of the white tauusa. TRADE REVIEW. Aotivity In the Retail Trade with Approach of the Holidays. tl. O. Dun A Co's wepkly review of trade reports for last wepk as follows: All markets and all Industries are working toward the period of Thanks giving, of stork taking and of holidays. Colder woathpr has done much to ac celerate retail trade so greatly delayed In many cities by unusually mild and oppn weather. The producing force In creases on the whole, and many manu facturers are unable to take all the orders offered, while others are com mitted as far ahead as they are will ing to be. The output In reve al gteat. Industries Is considerably tho largest ever known, and confidence In yet greater business next year Is unabated. Hesitation In speculative markets Is In part because an Immense capital haa been turned from them to Investment In productive enterprises. Wheat hns advanced a cent during the week and small Auctuatlons have been due to reports about Argentina rather thvi to the heaviest exports ever known. Atlantic exports, Aour'ln cluded, have bppn In three weeks of - November 9.799,369 bushels against 052,106 bushels last year, and In tha crop year thus far over $36,000. 000 bushels, while tho western receipts have been In three weeks 21,203,660 bushels against 14,996,888 bushels last year. Corn exports have been 7.010,041 bushels against 6.441,688 bushels last year. Cotton declined to 5.8t cents with hpavy receipts, but closed at 8.87o with good foreign demand and frosts, which have lessened the prospect of a heavy movement later. Iron products have changed but slightly In price with wire nails a shade lower, and while the consumption of pig Is the largest ever known, works In some branches are receiving orders equal to their output, while others have orders so far ahead that they are unable or unwilling to take more. Thera Is less activity In bars at present, but a healthy demand at the West for manu facturing, car building and other uses, and rails are In larger demand there, while some eastern works have recent ly taken orders for months ahead. Sheets are less active and competition reduces the price of tin plates a little further. Gray forge Is slightly lower, with eastern and Chicago prices of pig Iron unchanged, notwithstanding the great output and stocks are being fur ther reduced. The coke output was 150,587 tons for the week, with furnace selling at $1 75 for the rest of this year. Anthracite coal continues weak, with sales at $4 net here, the production In October having been 6,120,000 tons. Tin Is sus tained by large consumption; lead is a little lower at 3c, and a break In spelter has reduced the price at Pitts burg to $4 05. The woolen market Is embarrassed by th dplay of winter weather, which retards orders from clothiers, although most works have enough work for some time, and though cold weather wviuld quickly bring a change, prices of wool are so high that some mills have stopped part of their looms. Cas- ' es are mentioned of mills which could realize a prone or jzimi.ikiu or 1.100,000 Dy selling the wool they hold, but can ex pect none by manufacturing at current prices. Wool markets have become stagnant and sales are almost wholly to realize speculative profits, amount ing at the three chief markets to only 4.21.1,000 pounds for the week. Cotton goods continue weak as raw material declines and goods are rathw lower. Failures for the week have been 267 In the United States against 844 last year, and 32 In Canada against 40 last year. TRAVELS UNDER WATER. Wiaeoniin Man Perfecti Sab-Marine VeaseL Three Honrs in the Deep. Richard Raddatz, of Oshkosh, Wis., went .down In the water of Lake Wln pebago Tuesday afternoon In his sub marine boat. His companion on tha trip was William H. Engelbrlght, pro prietor of the Tremont house. They remained under the surface of the lake three hours and when they came to the top Raddatz let out enough surplus air to have lasted three hours more. The trip was made more for the pur pose of testing the air supply facilities nf the sub-marine craft than anything else. The test was a Bucress. the voy age under water being made without a hitch. Radditz declared after the trip that the sale of his Invention has been made. He declines to give names or price. During the three hours the boat was down Mr. Engelbrlght declares the at mosphere within the steel double cone waa pure and wholesome all the time. A descent was made ito the depth of eleven fee-t. The boat was not moved about much, as the water was ao dense nr.d murky. Raddlts says it is much harder to see under the surface In the fall than at any other season of the year, and Mr. Engelbrlght admits that though he stood up In the turret and peered out through the glass globes ho could not see much. Mr. Engelbrlght says he was comfortajhle In mind and body all tho time, save that his feet got cold toward the last. So steady waa the motion of the boat that the voyager can hardly distinguish that It is going up or down or even at all. With the hull of the boat submerged, merely the turret protruding, the vessel traveled at a fourteen mile an hour clip. Chicago Daily Changes Hands. Charles T. Yerkes, tho traction mag nate of Chicago, Is now an editor. His representative, George Wheeled Hinman, late of the New York "Sun," on Thursday took charge of the "Inter-Ocean," which hereafter will be conducted according to the editorial views of Mr. Yerkes. Associated wltlt Mr. Yerkes In Ms new venture and, aa occasiun may require, co-editors of the reorganized Journal, are other Chi cago street railway companies. Just what the policy of the paper will be la In some mattters conjecture. Mr. Yerkes has so frequently criticized the newspapers of Chicago as being "sen sational" and "reckless" in their con duct that old newspaper men await with Interest the departures he may make from the methods of Chicago Journalism of to-day. Speculation and Suicide. The recent suicide of tha Mex ico City manager of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Com pany was due to the shortage in his accounts. There Is a deficit of some $50,000 gold. The accounts are now undergoing an examination by Special Agent Goodman, of the Ameri can Auditing Company, of New York. The losses were 'due to speculation. Died for Disobeying Orders. Because Theodore R. Merrick, a motorinan In the employ of the Bal timore He Northern Hallway, at Bal timore, disobeyed orders, officers of that road say, there was a head-on col lision ttunday morning In which Mer rick was almost Instantly killed and William F, Horner, niotorman on the car which was going In the opposite direction, received injuries from which he died about half an hour later.
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