coaxed Into bus i verdict SO A JUROR ADMITS. Bieitlag Scene la Court Boom at Chicago Over aa Election Trill. John J. Harrahan and Patrick Ferrla, Judgea of election In the Seventeenth ward at the laat municipal election were the other day at Chicago convict ed of falsfylng the election return, and sentenced to the penitentiary. Albert J. Purvis, an election clerk, who was on trial with them, waa acquitted. Both Hanrahnn and Ferris had many friends In the court room, and when the verdict waa announcel there waa al most a riot. Mra. Hanrahan, wife of the convicted man, became hysterical and her female friend added their vo cal power to her'a as she sent tip shriek after shriek. Them Bale friends of Hanrahan and Ferris cursed the Jury vigorously, and mnde vicious threats against Asslstnnt State's At torney Harnes, who had prosecuted the case. When the Jury was about to pnss out of tho court room two men, friends of the convicted former Judges of elec tions, seized SII.-1 A. Hunt, one of the Jurors, by tho coat collnr and demand ed: "How did you come to convict these men under the evidence?" "I was coaxed Into It." replied Hunt. With a Jerk that nearly took Hunt off Ills feet tho two men pulled the Juror up before JudKe Clietluln, who presided at the trial. "This man says he wns coerced Into signing this verdict, your honor," cried one of the men. "Hut you signed It, did you not?" queried the court. "I did," responded Hunt. "Then the court can do nothing," said Judge Chotlaln. "They can bring this matter of alleg ed coercion up when the motion for a new trlnl Is argued." said Assistant State's Attorney llnrnes. This remark attracted attention to the assistant Htate's attorney, nml the excited mob addressed vile lnngunge to him until thg court room was cleared. It was con sidered necessary to send olllcers with Mr. Harnes to his homo to protect him from violence. MANY STRIKES WERE WON. Increase in Beceipti end Member! Beported at the American Labor Convention. The chief features of the session of the American Federation of Labor at Nnshvllle, Tenn., a few days ago were reports of the secretnry and treasurer. The secretary's report showed an In crease of receipts of $2,349 over lust yenr; an Increase of membership of 34, 280. A comparing of the reports show that 276 strikes were oftlclatly noticed, In volving M4,N72 workers, and of this number ISO were won, 31. compromised and 33 lost. The number of peisons benefited wns 165,407, and Bin did not Twelve substantial benetlt. Tho use of the union label to assist In organizing wage earners Is on tne increase. The secretary rerommendud an Increase in the per cnplta tax. The treasurer reported on Income for the year of $21,808.27, expenses 119,112.83, and a total balnnce of $:1,I.44. Dele gate Sullivan, of the Cleveland paint ers, waa reinstated. A charter was refused the Clevelnnd special police, as It is not within the province of trades unions to organize policemen. The Federation protested agntnst tho annexation of Hawaii, claiming that the inhabitants' were In a state of slav ery and that they would lower the wages of American worklnginen. THIRTY THREE HURT. Men Sid Rot Know That Their Car wai Banning Away. Sunday night at Castle a wreck oc curred at a point two miles north of Castle Rock on the Hio Orande road, In which thirty-three men were Injured, one or two fatally. The wreck was the result of n collision between a, south bound passenger train and a runaway chair car, which started from Castle Rock, having broken the connection with the rest of the train. The car was not a part of the passenger train, but contained about fifty of the men who had been emnloyed In this vicinity lately, laying rails on the Rio Orande. In its two mile dash it acquired great headway, and when it collided with the engine of the aouthbounl freight, the engine forced Itself half way through the car, smashing the frame of the car and the seats. Only a few are serious ly injured. Physicians are attending the Injured men, who have been taken to Sallda. The fireman and engineer of the col liding engine escaped injury by Jump ing, Tho men on the runaway car did not try to set the brakes because they did not know It was running away. They thought their train was being drawn by their engine. Most of the injuries are tlcsh wounds and bruises. Many Besoned from Tire. Fire broke out the other morning at Nash Bros.' wholesale grocery store at Grand Forks, N. D., and In a half hour had .gone Into the Hotel Dakotah. where about 130 guests were housed. Tho "Lady In Black" company escaped. as did the people In the hotel, by the lire escape, a ladder one root wide, v running from the sixth floor to the first. The tiro department rescued a large number, and half the people were al most pulled out of bed.' Two people are missing. The hotel, Nash Bros.' whole sale grocery and the Grand Forks Mer cantile wholesale grocery house were burned. The loss will aggregate $450, 000 on stocks, furniture, etc., and $300,- 000 on buildings, totally destroyed, while other losses will probably reach $100,000 more. A Doll Baby. Qulhcy, III., boasts of having the smallest baby. She la the daughter of V Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Blusher and weigh a trifle less than a pound, with out her clothing. It waa found neces sary to use the dresses of a doll for her. Her face Is not much larger around than a silver half dollar, the finger are not thicker than a darning needle, ber feet are one and one-quarter Inches In length, and her legs are about as large aa the ordinary little finger of an adult. Her body could be placed In a quart cup. She I i day old and ha grown steadily since her birth, giving evidence of becoming a healthy child. The Greatest Match factory. The largest match factory on Amer ican aoll I to be located near Chicago. Within six month Edwin Gould will Issue the command and boiler will be fixed In the old Hlverview factory of the Kankakee Furniture company. Gould bought the factory, because the , Continental Match company had out grown the plant at Pasaalo, N. J and be felt that It waa time to Invade western, fields, where hitherto the Dla- ' onond Hatch company has held undls r -d wy. Gould la now la the city 1 it making private arrangement 1IBSBLT TOLD TXLBOKAMg. 22 degree below tero I reported from Huron, 8. D. 47 emigrants were deported from New York last Saturday. Three seniors of Princeton College have been suspended for hailng. The American Federation of Labor re-elected Samuel Gompers President. Pittsburg I arranging to have the greatest G. A. 11. convention ever held In 1900. Four persona were killed by a loco motive explosion at Itepton, Ala., last week. Five gaa companies have consolidated In Pittsburg, representing a capital of $5,000,(100. 6.000 tons of Alabama pig Iron have been shipped from Hlrmlngham to Yo kohama, Japan, The announcement come from Home that Archbishop Corrlgan will soon be made a cardinal. Six Uvea were lost In the wreck of the schooner Susan P. Thurlow, on Cuen Ing iBland, Wednesday night. Richard Arthur Prince stabbed and killed William Terries, a well-known 1oiulon actor, a few days ago. t Tho Pegamoid Paper Company was Incorporated at Trenton, N. J the oth er day with a capital of $5,000,000. Former passenger agent A. J. Moore, of the Chicago Ac Alton railroad, com mitted BUlcliie at Chicago a few days ngo. Patrick Leahy and his five children perished in their home at Ottnmn, Out., v. hlch waa destroyed by lire a few days ego. Alfred Snnford who was once en gaged to General Grant's widow. Is now a charity patient in a St. Louis hospltnl. Ex-Secretary of Hate Foster asserts that Hawaii will turn to some other na tion If the United States refuse an nexation. Edward IJoone. Sr.," of Webster City. Ia., left Lome the other day and taking a piece of barbed wire hanged himself to a fence. La Mlncrve, the only French morning newspaper In Montreal, hns suspended publication, after an existence of near ly fifty years. General Lew Wallnco says that tho mxt war will be with Japan, and that the American will be the people to thrash them. The Portland, Ore., chamber of com merce has tendered to the Government 100 tons of provisions for the relief of the Yukon miners. The manufacturers of window-glass and their employees have adjusted their diluculttea and 15,000 men will re sume work In a few weeks. Mrs. Margaret Spencer's pet dog up set an oil stove at New Y'jrk and an explosion followed. The woman was so badly burned that she died. A German driver at New York re tired with a crop of brown hair and awoke next morning to find it perfectly white. Doctors are much puzzled. The spcclnl train which conveyed President McKlnley back to Washing ton ran over and killed a laliorer name I Louis Motnet at Alliance, O., laat Tues day. General Dlnnco hns given all persons who were obliged to cxllo themselves from Cuba for polltlral reasons per mission to return and guarantees them protection. The grinding of sugar cane hns been resumed in Cuha. Agricultural Imple ments have been restored to the far mers, and dry goods and grocery stores have been reopened. William Priest Price, formerly a po liceman at Youngstown, O., now of Cleveland, has fallen heir to $2,000,000. William Priest, hi godfather, left his estate in England to Price. A new wood-Working machinery trust, known as the American Wood working Machine Company, was form ed In Jersey City with a capital of $4, 000.000. It ha foreign branches. 400,000 bushels of wheat were rushed Into Chicago Monday to take advan tage of the prevailing high prices and to fill contracts. December wheat opened at $1.05 and closed at 99 Vic. W. C. McDonald, the millionaire to bacco manufacturer of Montreal, whose gifts to McGill university al ready agregate nearly $3,000,000, hns Just given $50,000' more to the Institu tion. Adam Brednlch was instantly killed by a fragment of a bursting wheel at the Oliver Steel Company' mill, Pitts burg, last Thursday morning. Frank Haus received Injuries from which he will die. The central branch of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad branch of the 'Frisco wa sold to E. C. Henderson for $2,500, 000. It wa then transferred' to the 'Frisco company, which own the bonds. Two negroes were lynched at St. Gab riel, near Orleans, Tuesday morning. They were hanged from the gallery of the store In which they had killed Geo. Balsln on the night of December 7. The crime waa committed for robbery. John Kelly, lately released from the Logansport. Intl.. Insane asylum, com mitted suicide last Wednesday. To make success doubly sure, Kelly hang ed himself from a rafter In the barn and exploded a stick of dynamite by the meana of a slow fuse. Hla arms and leg were blown off. A two-headed baby waa born at Leo, Mass., last week to Mr. and Mrs. Jos eph L. Dowd. The child died soon af ter birth. It had two heads, two pair of shoulders, two arm and a stub be tween the neck, two backbone, term inating at the base of the spine, one pair of lung and weighed 14 pounds. Frank Klrby, of Camden, N. J., a Christian Scientist, who refused to call on a physician when Id 2-year-old daughter waa taken sick with diph theria, a few day ago wa held by the coroner In $500 ball for hla appearance before the grand Jury. The coroner' Jury fixed upon him the responsibility for hi child' death. Circumstances pointing to murder of unusual horror were, recently brought to the attention of officials at New York. The alleged victim waa Peter Doggett, SO year old, who If hi relative are Justified In their stories, waa thrown Into a dough-mixing vat August 28 last and literally cut to piece. Doggett' slater has received a letter from her mojher In Ireland, In which the writer says the only witness of the crime Is now there. William Carr was hanged at the Clay county court house at Liberty, Mo., last Friday morning. Carr sought to pleaae hi second wife by drowning the lt-year-old daughter of hi first wife. He presented a pltlablo sight on the gal low. After the drop 600 spectators, as If moved by a single Impluse, rushed forward, calling, crying, shrieking and laughing a they surged under the ga' low and packed close around the dang ling corpse for a close view. Seattle railway line, including the street car ay item, are practically de moralised aa a result of the heaviest rainfall aver seen here. Large land elldos have occurred, blocking tho Great, Northern railroad. IN IKSULT TO THE SPINISH RRMY. GENERALS PROTEST. McKlale y'e Meeesgo Cease Unfavorable Agi tation. Bomb for tee. Slowly through the Influence of the press the Spaniards are being made to understand the meaning and extent of President McKlnley' recent message In regard to Cuba. It has especially aroused the Spanish sympathiser at Havana. A small box, apparently made to con tain sample of some description, was found Wednesday morning at Cnsa Ne uva, where the United States consulate Is situated. An examination of the box showed it to contain a tube flllled with an explosive substance. Fortunutely the cover waa not removed In the or dinary way, but was splintered open. Underneath the cover was a piece of sand paper Intended to light a box of matches and thua bring about an ex pl elon. Gen. Maretto, It Is announced from the palace, has been engaged with an Insurgent force at the farm of lustra. Three Insurgents were killed. Later, the ofllclnl announcement continues, the genernl's forces surprised the camp oc cupied by the insurgent lenders Cnl Inxo and Acea, at the farm of Pn. The It.Mirgents, according to the ofllclnl r port, left 43 killed on the field, the troops coptured i!4 firearms and somo documents, and the column bad a cap tain and one private killed. Mall advices received from Madrid (telegrams and telephone messages on this subject being foi bidden), say the Spanish military Journals, especially the most Important, the Correepond encla Mllltnire, declnre that 20 generals hnve come to an agreement to engineer a protest against President McKlnley's message to congress, which Is consid ered Insulting to the Spanish army. It Is added a certain marshal was linked to co-operate, but he merely replied ho wculd consider the matter. Gen. Wey ler answered a similar request saying he desired In the first place to learn the "pinion of certnln personages, the law not allowing military men to send a col lective petition to the minister for war. Political circles are much excited at rumors of a manifesto to the country which Is said to be In course of prepar iitlon. At Madrid an official note was Issued rc-cently describing as "Inventions and exaggerations Intended to mislead the people," the sinister rumors as to the relntlons between Spain and the United States, the supposed effect of President MuKlnley's message, the agitation in the army, tho attack on the American consulate In Havana ami the report that filibusters had sunk the floating dock there. It urges the people to dis trust the foreign press and to rely on "news directly emanating from Mad rid and Havana." CHEW LOST. The Steamer Cleveland Wrecked on the Coaet of Vancoaver Island. Tho merchants' exchange at Pan Francisco has received a telegram from Nannlmo In which Captain Hall, of the missing stenmer Clevelnnd, suys his vessel hns been wrecked on the const of Vancouver island. The panic-stricken crew rushed for the bnuls. None of the boats as yet hnve been heard from, and It Is feared they nro lost, although It la possible that they may have Innded on the coast of Vancouver Island at somo remote point. The captain, chief engineer, purser, three sailors and one fireman, who remained on board tho Cleveland succeeded In reaching the shore through the surf safely. Tho Cleveland left for Seattle about 10 days ago, and It Is known that she encountered fierce gales. She carried a crew of 30 men and about 12 passen gers. The Cleveland waa a Inrge Iron steamer, and had a scries of misfor tunes. CPBaSS USE DYNAMITE. The Exploiive Teare Up a Track and Wrecks an Engine. The Cuban Insurgents dynamited the railroad between Canas and Dagnme, province of Pinar del Rio, destroying the track and wrecking the engine of a freight train. A force of troops with a repairing gang was sent to the scene of the outrage, where tney round a dyna mite bomb and arrested the men who caused the explosion. The line wa re paired. The Insurgents attacked the landing place at Ulbara, provlnco of Santiago de Cuba, butw ere repulsed with loss, according to the official re port. They are also said to have fired upon the town of Cupeclllas, without result. Oen. Pando Is still directing the oper ation of the gunboat In the river Cau- to, province of Santiago de Cuba, but he has been unable to arrive at the Cauto landing place, owing, it is of ficially stated, to an obstacle in the river. An Indian's Brntal Murder. Indian Agent Short arrived at Win nepeg from Berens river, reports that an Indian woman suffering from ty phoid fever and becoming insane, her husband thought she had become a "wendlgo," and to prevent her eating other member of her band, killed her by grabbing her around the body with one arm, grasping her hair with the other hand and twisting; her head until her neck was broken. He was taken into custody on a charge of murder. Hydrophobia Prom a Kitten's Bite. Prof. Dolph A. Robinson, of Oullford college, Guilford, N. C, came to Balti more last week to take the Pasteur treatment for threatened hydrophobia. He waa bitten by a kitten on November 0, and a boy who lived In Guilford waa bitten by the same animal on the same day. The boy died the day before yes terday of hydrophobia, and Prof. Rob inson is alarmed. Hii Body lull of Sand. Dr. Spurgeon of Rushvllle, Ind ha gone to Indianapolis to consult other physician about a remarkable case he baa under treatment. HI patient, Dav. McQueery, a farmer, near Kushvtlld, noticed last summer that when he rub bed hla flesh at any spot on his body he brought forth a granulated substance like Band. On one occasion he rubbed a teaspoonful from the end of hi thumb. Daaporata Oang Captured. Wells-Fargo Express Company' spe cial officer and deputy United State marshals have captured In Eastern Ar laona five of the train robber engaged In the attempted robbery of the South ern Pacific' "sunset flyer" at Steina Pass last Thursday night. They will be brought to New Mexico for trial, Tho penalty for train robbery In New Mex ico I death. The gang we surrounded In a cabin In Cushey'a ranch, about 25 mllea this Bide of the Mexican line, for which they war traveling. The rob ber aere taken completely by surprise and surrendered without a single ihot being firedt REVIEW OF TRADE. The Output of fig Iron for December the Oreateet Ivor Known. n. a. Dun St Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade" report for laat week: "Close to It annual holiday halt the business of the year I surprisingly Inrge. Payment through bank are again 2.5 per cent, larger than In 1892, heretofore the year of greatest prosper ity: the production of Iron and woolens and boots and hoe I larger than ever brfore, exports eclipse all past records and failures for the two weeks hnve betn the smallest for the correspond ing week In five years. Treasury re ceipts show a steady Increase for the first half of December over previous months both In customs and Internal revenue, and heavy payments to the Government on Union Pacific account caused but slight stringency In the money markets with preparation for large cancellation of bonds. The news of the week I the rise of merchandise exports in four month being $229,212, 401, while In half of December exnorts ere nearly as large and Imports $2,500, 000 smaller than last year, when the excess of export was $.",K,205,3BR. Prob ably all records are 'surpassed by the exports for this year, which have been $!i74.O0,OOO for 11 months, and the ex cess over Imports In five months has probably exceeded $J89,000,000. "The output of pig Iron December 1 was the greatest ever known, 2.'6.024 tons, against 21 3.1 ."A tons November 1 and 217,30(1 tons In November, 1SH5, the highest pirlnt heretofore. Unsold stocks nlso decreased In November 29.652 ton, Indicating consumption of about 2;!O,003 tons weekly during the month. Hesse mer declined In the face of such pro ductlon 10c and gray forge 25c at Pitts burg. "The demand was on the whole greiiter, and unusual structural con tracts were placed, with sales of 10.000 ton of steel rolls at New York, the largest orders ever Iwikerl by the Illin ois Steel Company. It Is said, and unex pectedly heavy business In plates. Much buying nlso resulted from ex pectation of the wire consolidation. In cluding 25,000 tens Bessemer and 50.000 tfns billets at Pittsburg. No reaction ct mos In copper, nnd exports for the month are estimated nt 10.000 tons, but In plates slightly stronger. The coke production wns 159.925 tons, with con tacts mnklng for the coming yenrt nt $1 50, and anthracite coal was weaker at $'l 75 here. "Whent Is Just now tio backbone of fcrelgn relntlons. the Atlantic exports In two weeks having been (flour In cluded) 7.HS0.942 bushels, ngilnst 5,413. 077 bushels Inst yenr, while receipts rose to 12,260,1:!! bushels, against 6,625, 3S2 bushels last year. The price gained a fraction in spite of the speculative dK llne in Chicago. Corn exports con tinue to exceed Inst year's In two weeks 6.2B2.X49 bushels, against 5,074. :' bushels Inst yenr. which is a par ticularly significant feature. The price rose but a fraction, and receipts In the two weeks were 8,023.001 bushels, uprnlnst 5.449.181 bushels last year. "Corn exports are over 1,000.000 bush els larger thnn last week, aggregating 4.129.S78 bushels, against 2,814,150 bush els In this week a year ago, 2.057.790 bushels In 1895, 658.000 bushels in 1891 and 559,000 bushels In 1833. "Business failures show a rather smaller than usual ante-holiday total, ni'gregntlng 283, against 292 Inst week, 359 In the week a yenr ngo, 385 In 189.1, 309 In 1894 and 353 In 18)3. Canadian fnllures this week number 43. agnlnst 23 lust week, 39 In the week a year ago nnd 42 In the year 1895." DEATH AT A DANCE. A Southern Home Becomes the Scene of a Terrible Tragedy. The citizens of JefTersonville, Oa., were startled Wednesday night by a fusillade of pistol shots at the resi dence of R. L. CallfT. where a house party waa In progress. The screaming of women aroused the town and It wns discovered that threo men were lying dead o,i the parlor floor nnd a woman and a girl fatally shot. Tho parlor had been a scene of gaiety, young folks dancing and Kinging alternately, and the amusement was at Its height when Shaw Griffith, a young man under the Influence of liquor, became offensive in his manner toward the young women. Mr. Califf remonstrated with him, and advised him to go home. This enraged Griffin, and he drew a pistol and began to rave and make threats against his host. This precipitated a fight. Seven shots were exchanged. Both principals dropped dead, and Clarence Jones, a young man, waa also Instantly killed, the three men falling within a radius of a few feet. Cnllff fired three shots, all three taking effect, one striking Griffin in the right templo and two In the breast. Grlllln fired four time One shot entered Califf' breast, killing him instantly; another struck Clarence Jones in the head. Mrs. Califf was shot In the abdomen, and her 7-year-old daughter in tho neck. EXP0BT8 EXCEED IMPORTS. (114,608.801 Worth of Merchandise Bent out of the Country. ' The monthly statement of the Im ports and exports of merchandise, gold and silver. Issued by the bureau of sta tistics, shows thnt the exports of do in Stic merchandise during November last, amounted to $114,608,301, a gain of nearly $7,000,000, as compared with No vember, 1896. The Imports of merchan dise during November aggregated $52, 352,331, of which over 10 per cent, was free of duty. The gain for the month In the imports of dutiable merchandise was over $5,300,000. For the laat nine month the Increase in the exports of merchandise waa $s5,t01,435. The entire gain In the Impoorta of merchandise waa $08,492,194. The export of gold during November aggregate $699,340 and the Imports $2, 605,308. For the nine month the im port exceeded the export by about $7, 000,000. The exports of silver during November amounted to $4,079,277, and the Imports $1,544,303. For the nine months the export of ilver amounted to $52,651,963 and the Import $11,017,013. Well Known Chicago Man Dead. Washington Hesing, proprietor of the Illinois Staat Zeltung, one of the leading German paper of the North west, and Postmaster of Chicago dur ing the last term of President Cleve land, died suddenly last Saturday of heart disease at his home on Michigan avenue. CAPITAL OLIASIHOl Both hotfse of Congress adjourned out of sympathy for the president lust Tuesday. ' President McKlnley returned to Washington last Tuesday evening from Canton. The agricultural department esti mates tho wheat crop at 630,000,000 bushel. The secretary of state haa'declded to omit the dlplomatlo breakfast usually given to the dlplomatlo corps on New Year's day on account of the death of the President' mother. BRITISH FU SUFFER DEFEAT. A LACK OF PLUCK. The Campaign ia India May lad ia Marek and Will Coat 110.000,000. Great Britain Is making no progress In India in subdueing the rebellious natives. Again and again have troop been sent to ciuell the Insurrection, yet the natlvis have come out victorious. The priests encouraged by former vic tories Incite their followers on to great er deeds and from report they have thus far succeeded. The reverse fculTered by General Westmacott's brigade in the Bara val ley Is In the nature of a disaster. When the euphemisms are translated the story appears to be thnt ,the moet fiowerful force ever sent to the border has been bundled out of Afrldl and neck nnd crop. On top of this comes tho news that It is the Intention of Sir Wil liam Ijockhnrt, the British Command er-n-chlef, to Invndn the country In another direction. The reasons are ob vious. The government feels that some thing must be done forthwith to re trieve British prestige, nnd the Khyber Pass road, which the Afrldis closed about six months nao, will probably be c mpnratively enslly reopened. In the meanwhile the worst Impres sion hns been created in Great Britain by the reiteration of the stntement that the rank nnd file of at lenst four British regiments showed decided lack of pluck In the presence of nHtlve regiments. An officer at the front writes: "The worst Is that the native troops have seen the cowardice of their white comrades, and they state openly thnt If any Tommy Atkins is rude to them hereafter they will hammer him: and the awful thing Is, they can do eo.y It Is obvious thnt If the mnttves lose their respect for British courage Grest Britain's hold on India is most pre cr.rlous. The whole fault seems to lie In expecting boys to do men's work and turning them adrift Just when they nre becoming good soldiers. The campaign ennnot end before March, and the cost, fully $.10,000,000. will necessitate the In tervention of the British Treasury In order to avert the bankruptcy of India. IZiitorio Building Burned. The eastern portion of Dover esstlo nt Dover. England, wns completely gutted by fire last Tuesday, nnd only with difficulty wns the western portion, Including the powder mngaslne, saved. The whole garrison fought the flames. The historic relics were rescued with difficulty. Dover castle Is an Immense structure, whose walls Inclose 35 acres, nnd Is one of the moet Importnnt his torical structures In the world, being the only fortress-church of Its kind In existence. It Is situated on the eat heights of the city of Dover, and Is said to hnve been built by Julius Caesar when he landed in Britain. In the time of Edward the Confessor it was considered to be tho key to the whol.i kingdom. Voltaire's Body Exhumed. The bodies of Voltaire and Roussesn were exhumed Saturday at Paris in order to settle a long-standing contro versy an to their authenticity. Tho re mains of Voltaire were well preserved and markedly res-mblo Houdon's sta tue. Of the body of Rousseau only the skeleton remained. Voltaire's skull was found to bo clover. In two down the center. Relpleie China. The German fleet Is anchored at Kla ochau Bay. the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. Great Britain wants to anchor her ship at Chuon. and American war ships are on the way to look after Yan kee Interests. Japan Is protesting and China Is helpless. The Ambitions Emperor. Germany's emperor, not satisfied with seizing Chinese territory on a weak pretext, is now. It Is claimed, preparing to slze Hawaii. He also wants to block the Yukon route to Americans and take possession of the gold fields himself. .IB0M 1CB0S8 THE SEA. Haytl will borrow $4,000,000 at per cent. Germany prefers American to Rus sian oil. Emperor William Is said by English papers to have gone stark mad. Several million dollars have been In vested by the Rothschilds In Mexican copper mines. It Is reported that all the Powers are Interested In the dismemberment of China. Tho United States has ?nt two gunboats to China to protect her Inter est there. Kaiser Amuees Europe. Before Prince Henry of Prussia left for China last week to take possession of the territory ceded to Germany by the Chinese government, ome extrav agant peeches were made by the Prince. These speeches have made Germans ashamed of thlr country and made the Emperor the laughing stock of Europe. It now uppears that the speeches were written by Kaiser Wil liam nnd committed and delivered by hi brother. Prince Henry. , laughed When Sentenced to Die. "I am well satisfied." laughingly said Ar.dras Mullnak a few duys ugo when Judge Depue sentenced him to be hang ed on January 27, at Ne wark. N. J. Mailnnk killed Mrs. Annie Kmetx on July 23 while she was asleep at her husband's side. Malinuk said he shot Mrs. Kmetx, but could not tell exactly why except that he had been drinking. He added that he waa ready to be exe cuted. Blanco' Agent Killed. Colonel Rue, an agent of General Blanco at Havana, endeavored to In duce Arcangurey, the insurgent com mander, to accept autonomy. The proclamaton of Gomea, which order the Inlllction of death upon all person who attempt to induce chief of the re bellion to surrender, waa carried out and Rule waa executed with a mach ete. Wage Cut The dlrectora of tho Amoskeag Manu facturing Company, of Manchester, N. H., at a meeting held at the Boston of fice of the company recently, voted to reduce the wages of its employee about 10 per cent, on January 1. The Amoskeag plant la one of the largest engaged in the manufacture of cotton in the country, and employ between 8,000 and 8.000 people. Ouarding the Consulate. Owing to the dissatisfaction among the uncompromising Spaniard at Ha vana, four soldiers are now guarding the American consulate at that place. The newspaper claim that McKlnley's message waa Insulting, and the popu lace are becoming mora disturbed from day to day. Consul lee, I serene however, and continue hi duties at though nothing bad nanpn4. RUSSIA IS INDIFFERENT. Oermt Seliare of Chinee Territory Bet to be Interfered with. A number of civic, military and uni versity deputation of Kiel watted up on Prince Henry of Prussia on Satur day to wish him bon voyage. The rec tor of the university said: "In all Ger man land the feeling prevail that wa are reaching a decisive turning point In the history of Germany. The Ger man universities, which are the nurser ies not only of science, but of patriot Ism, atand beside tha fatherland, when ever It honor and greatness ar at stake." Prince Henry replied: "I enthusias tically undertake the voyage (to China) at the personal Instance of the empe tor, and with the consciousness of thereby contributing to Oermany'a might and greatness." The prince add ed: "There are reason to hope for a peaceful solution of the difficulty with China." The Novostl of St. Petersburg says that the absence of protests from the other power of Germany' evident de termination to remain at Klnochan bay Indicates that the partition of China has actually begun and will proceed (Itilckly. Another newspaper expresses the be lief that the I'nlted States, among oth er powers, may object to the perma nent occupation of Kiaochau bay by Oermany. Russian official circles, however, ap pear Indifferent to the step taken by Germany. FLEEING FROM DEATH. Starving Miner Putting gpae Between Themeelvee and the Oold Fielde. By steamer Topeka from Talya news Is received that more than a thousand Ill-provlsloned men stampeded from Dawson during the latter part of Octo ber and Impelled by the haunting fears of famine are now madly forcing their way over the mountains. Ank, the Indian mall carrier, who brings thl report, left the Yukon capi tal fully ten day after the Dalton par ty. He says the vanguard of the terror-stricken army Is following less than a week behind him. Ank declares that fully 25 per cent, of the stamped ing army will neve; live to recite ths terrors of their flight north. The river steamers Bella and Weare, it now ap pears, did not land more than 100 tons 1 of provisions on their arrival In Daw son In the early part of October, owing to their being held up at Circle City. Talya parties, headed by George F. t'lmer, propose to go to the relief of the hungry at Dawson. They will make the I'nlted States government an offer to deliver 60.000 pounds of provisions within fifty days after the time of start ing for Dawson for the sum of $75,000. ty They already have 6,000 pounds of pro- ' visions packed at Lake Bennett which they will take in over the Chllcoot pass this winter, tllmer will go south by the next steamer to lay hjs proposition b fore the secretary of war by wire. ROCKEFELLER'S LOSSES. Tl Millionaire Eappene to be on the Wrong Side of a Mining Deal. John D. Rockefeller ia said to have left $3,000,000 In the purchase and de velopment of the Monte Crlsto gold mines in Snohomish county. Wash., His managers admit that Rainey and Monte Crlsto, two of the mines for which he paid big prices, have proved worthless. Pride of the Mountain pays sa small a margin above operating ex penses they say that It will not pay to rebuild the Everett & Monte Crlsto railroad, also owned by Mr. Rockefeller. Thirty miles of this road between Grantlne Falls and Monte Crlsto waa recently washed out by floods. Mr. Rockefeller also controls Everett town sites, the value of which will decrease with the shutting down of the mines. Orain for Export. Heavy grain exporta are being mada from Boston and will probably exceed 2,000,000 bushels a month from now on. Some big grain deals have been mads lately, and steamers will have about all they can handle, space naa Deen en caged for forwarding to Liverpool l.ooo, 000 bushels, of heavy grain and oat during January and February via ths Leyland line, and a prominent grain broker ha been making overture to steamship line for 1,000,000 bushels, but he could not secure the desired terms. It is learned that the tonnage from St. John and Portland 1 booked far into March of next year. j Hungary Want Independence. I Budapest, Dec. 13 Francis Konuth. leader of tho party advocating the In dependence of Hungary, haa declared. In the course of an interview here, that his party wlshe economic separation from Austria, a a lever to obtain po litical independence. "We want," he said, "a separate army and separate finance. The king of Hungary would be emperor of Austria aa a sort of sup plementary occupation. Vienna 1 al ready a uburb of Budapett." Justifiable Murder. A Hugh McCullogh, a saloonkeeper, wa on hla way home the other night at Carmi, 111., Alf Roes, who had an as Boclate with him, sprang from a dark alley and assaulted McCullough with a heavy club, the intention being rob bery, McCullough drew hi revolves and shot his assailant through the heart. The official declined to arrest McCullough when he offered to sur render. Will Hot Wear Prison Clothe. Orders were recently Issued that ths entire national guard of New York should be supplied with uniform mad in the state prison. The member of the Thirty-sixth leparate company at Schenectady have announced that they will never consent to wear prison-made uniforms. They say they will disband rather than wear prison-mad uni form. War ia Inevitable. According to a dispatch to ths New York Herald from Uuenos Ayres this country and Spain ar soon to go to war. La National, published In tha . Argentina capital, asserts that it has ' itarned from a trustworthy source that war between the United States and Spain Is Inevitable, and that both gov-, ernments know It. England Siexea Mexican Territory. The report that Cllperton Island has been Invaded and taken possession of by the English la to ba investigated by the Mexican government. The Mexican gunboat Democrata and ths schooner Don Teonlo Gamla have Juet sailed from here for the Island on orders from President Dlax. Tlag gold at Auction. A confederate battle-flag which Is said to have been captured by Gen. Butler's men in New Orleans, on May 1, 1162. whers it wm hung from a win- . dow, waa sold at auction to other morning at Boston tor $.W.
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