miHaunfiinii.
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
By in Exptoilon of Whieky Terrible Hsvoo 1i
Wrought -ton 91,700,000.
A lire In the third lloor of the Union
Pierage Company's building nt Pitts
burg caused a death dealing explosion
last Wednesday night.
In the building wore stored hundreds
of barrels of whisky, and without any
warning these exploded, bringing down
the- walls of the huge building, crush
ing out the lives of at least a dozen
persons.
The greatest conslernntlon was caus
ed by the explosion. From the sur
rounding houses people In their night
clothes, barefooted, were rushing out to
place of shelter.
The helmcted firemen ran for their
lives. Boon, however, they recovered
themselves, and begun the heroic search
fftr their dead comrades.
The names of the dead are as fol
lows: I.leiit. of Police, John A. Merry.
Thomas Claffey, John liwyer, dosiiia
McManna, Ormge Loveless, John Scott,
William McOotinlgle, William Heotl.
Jr., Stanley Helm, nged 14; William
Smith and Albert Wolf.
Seventeen persons received serious In
juries when the walls fell.
Twenty-three persons are missing,
and a most of these were last seen In
the vicinity of the fire It is believed
their bodies will be found under the
ruing.
Chief Humphreys of the (lie depart
ment assert that when the ruins are
rleared mora bodies will be found.
Jinny spectators stood nar a portion
of the building where It n not known
a f)r was railing, and when the ex
plosion decurred the chief believes
many of the spectators were killed.
Saturday, as had been predicted by
the tire chief, seven bodies were found
under the walls. The Incessant labor
of hundreds of men for two days was
rewarded by the discovery of the fol
lowing dead: Jamen Mornn, D. Wiclter
ly, Oeortf o E. Neuman, William loran,
J ami's Casting Dennis A. Dreary and
.William A. Pinch.
The force of the explosion was ter
rific. Heavy telephone and telegraph
poles bearing 00 and 70 wires as well
as heavy cables, were snnpped elf short
a far away as three squares, and the
streets Uttered with live wires, nddlng
to the dangers threatened from the Are.
For squares away the window glass
was broken, chimneys were toppled
over and men were thrown from their
feet. There was but little noise about
tho first explosion, except that occa
sioned by the fearful and terrifying
roar of towering brick walls as they
toppled down.
As the wall fell they crushed In
many of the buildings surrounding the
storage house. An entry for the Humes
was made to the lloeveler Storage
building by the Haines and caused u
biss to that structure of IfiOO.OOO.
The Chautauu.ua Lake Ice Company's
building was diiuiaged to the extent of
l.i0,000.
The Union Storage Warehouse) and
contents sustained a loss of tl.noo.rsM.
The total lom will umount to $1,700,
000. The loss to the Insurance companies
by the tire will amount to $o,0oo.
The buildings were located on 1'enn
avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth
atreets.
The entire Pittsburg tire department
battled with the flames and finally the
Allegheny department also assisted In
subduing th fire.
Ten thousand people visited the ruins
of the great tire Sunday, and It was u
day of funerals In 1'lttshurg.
' MILITARY POST NEEDED.
War Department Receives a Report Concern
ing Klondike Neede
In a report from Capt. Kay, of the
war department, who was sent to Alus
ks to study the needs of the miners,
thn Captain recommends that the
mouth of Mission or American creek
be chosen as the site with a sub-post,
If necessary, at Circle City. The best
Interests of the aervlce. he says, re
quire permanent garrisons to be lo
cated' well away from mining towns,
ho that the troops. If required to act,
will not be biased by local Influence.
On the food question, he Bays: "Tho
question of food Is a very serious one,
and the action of the North American
Trading and Transportation Company
Is causing much friction. I used my
best endeavor to reconcile all differ
ences peaceably and get all people who
are without provisions down to Fort
Yukon aa anon aa possible, where there
la an abundance of food. I learn that
while food Is scare In Dawson City, the
miners In the outlying camps are fair
ly well supplied, fhn store (two) are
Melting very conservatively. The eat
ing houses are all closed save one.
While I consider the situation critical I
do not believe there will be any great
loss of life beyond that Incident to a
climate so rigorous as this. That there
will be much suffering along the river
and the train owing to the rashness
and Ignorance of people unaccustomed
to this climate, no well-informed per
son here will deny but there Is nothing
that should cause undue anxiety or
alarm among people in the states who
have friends in this country. There
are fabulous stories being circulated
and will be published about the prices
paid for food. I have verified instances
where $100 was paid for 60 pounds of
Hour, but such cases are rare, were
outside deals and not the prevailing
price."
Lnetgert Found Guilty.
Adolph L. Luctgcrt wUs Wednesday
night convicted of the murder of his
wife, and sentenced to Imprisonment In
the penitentiary for life. The big pris
oner was calm to all appearances, and
did not seem nervous In any degree.
He smiled at one or two friends, and
after the announcement, laughed In a
manner that showed plainly that he did
not think the verdict a serious matter,
comparatively speaking. The trial
lasted 72 days, and was his second.
Anthony Hope's Complaint
Anthony Hope has been talking free
ly regarding America since he returned
to London. He sals he believes half
the population of the United States Is
composed of Interviewers "whose pre
dominant characteristics are conceit,
aa, while everyone asked me Innumer
able questions as to my opinion of the
United States and Its literature, past,
present and future, no one asked me
a single question regarding England or
the English
A Chain of Suicides.
Miss Lizzie W. Huffman, of Bright
wood, Ind., is dead from the effects of
a narcotic poison taken with suicidal
intent. Several weeks ago her daugh
ter Kdith committed suicide. Previous
to Edith's death her lover. Harry Phil
lips, committed suicide. The daughter
was despondent over her lover's death,
the mother could not stand her sorrow
over her daughter's death.
. Thirteen People Soorohed.
Tuesday morning 16 Inmates of a
four-story tenement house at Albany,
N. X., narrowly escaped death. As It
was II persons, wore badly burned. Mrs.
William Fagan was. seriously burned
TEISKLY TOLD TILIORAMS.
Clara llarton distributed supplies to
300 needy Cubans last Sunday.
Annie Shlpskl, aged T years, was kilt
ed by a trolley car at Trenton, N. J.
There are no Indications of an early
settlement of the New Kngland cloth
mill strike.
Cyclist Anderson Is at Chicago ar
ranging for a race with a locomotive
next May.
40 ppr cent, of tho milk cows In the
vicinity or Pittsburg are affected with
tuberculosis.
Spain hns requested the Clyde ship
builders In London to hurry work on
Spanish boats.
Excessive smoking of cigarettes kill
ed Albert Howard, of MoKeesport, Pa.,
last Wednesday.
John I). Rockefeller presented land
worth $2f..0ii to the city of Cleveland
for park purposes.
The Illinois senate concurred In the
house joint resolution favoring the an
nexation of Hawaii.
Pittsburg's famous criminal lawyer.
Major Edward A. Montooth, died lust
Wednesday morning.
rtich deposits of lend and r.lnc are re
ported to have been discovered on the
New Kaw reservation In Oklahoma.
IjcvI P. Morion's office building on
NasKau street, New York, was de
stroyed by lire last week. Loss $500,.
(HI0.
The pen with which Lincoln signed
Hie proclamation freeing the slaves has
been presented to the New fork Press
Club.
Miss Mollle Vincent shot h"r lover,
Taylor Wyatt, and then committed
suicide. They lived In Morcneln valley,
Va.
The Hoyt building, c orner of St. Clair
and Hank streets. Cleveland, was de
stroyed by fire Inst Saturday, loss,
$375,000.
Three men were killed In tho New
port mine at I son wood, Mich., a few
days ago by an explosion of giant
powder.
At San Carlos, Ariz., 1,fi00 Apaches as
sembled and gave the necessary con
sent for a railroad to go through their
reservation.
By decree Cuban papers are prohib
ited from publishing anything that will
hurt the prospects of peace or auton
omy In Cuba.
Secretary (luge and tlen. Harrison
addressed the Mnrqtiette Club nt Chi
cago lost Saturday. The occasion wna
Lincoln's birthday.
tn a head end collision on the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad lit Mont
gomery, Ala., lust Thursday five train
men were killed.
Judge Thornell of the district court at
Council Bluffs. In., deckled the state
law taxing collateral Inheritance to be
unconstitutional.
A successor to Do Lome, the Span
ish minister to this country who was
recently compelled to resign for slan
dering McKlnley, has not yet been
chosen.
John Schofleld shot nnd Instantly
killed Peter Pfcffer nt the latter's home.
In Louisville, Kv because the latter
objected to his paying attentions to bis
daughter.
A filibustering expedition left Tampa,
Flu., for Cuba last Saturday night. 6.
ooo rifles, 6.000 pounds of dynnmlte and
200.000 rounds of cartridges mude up the
cargo.
Now that President Ilarrloa of Guate
mala Is dead, his cabinet has resigned
and tho leaders are i-ngnged In battle
among themselves. Sixty-four men
were killed In a riot last week.
As an elevator In the Hoffman House,
New York, ahot upwards, Mrs. Arthur
Levy fainted. Hhh fell and her head
was bruised by a projecting lloor and
sho died Instantly Sunday night.
For $.'100,000 a Chicago man proposes
tn raise the rapitol building at Colum
bus, so as to admit of another story un
der the structure. A bill will be Intro
duced In the legislature to that effect.
Mrs. Annie C. George, widow of Hen
ry George, was awarded $500 in her suit
against tho Pennsylvania rtnllroud
Company for $5,000 damages for Injur
ies Hiistnlned by a fall In that com
pany's station In Philadelphia.
About S.OOO trousers makers of New
York, Brooklyn and Brownsvillo went
on strike a few days ago for an ad
vance In wages. They claim that they
had to work 16 hours a day, getting
from $5 to fit per week as wuges.
During a funeral service In the syna
gaguo at ldzienciol. In Warsaw, recent
ly, the women's gallery collapsed. In a
panic that ensued 21 women, 6 men and
3 children were crushed to death and
many others were seriously Injured.
Professor Samuel J. James, of the
University of Chicago, has been nomi
nated by the bureau of education to re
present the United States at the Inter
national congress of commercial In
struction to be held at Antwerp next
April.
Chris Merry of Chicago, under sen
tence for tho murder of his wife, suf
fered an Injury to the head some yearn
ago. In the effort to save hln life his
attorneys will have his brain examined
with X rays before the date of his exe
cution. Secretary Bliss emphatically, disap
proves the senate bill to remove tho
Indians from Annette island to the
main land of Alaska and throw the Is
lund open to settlement. It Is repre
sented that, isolated from the whites, as
they now are, the Indians are making
good progress In civilization.
A boat containing five men went
over the falls at Oregon City, Ore., the
other dr.y. Oeorge Freeman. Sr., his
bods, Ueorge and James, nnd L. J.
Shannon were drowned. Hurry Free
man held to the boat and reached
shore. The present high water will
probably prevent recovery of the bod
ies. Tho Quebec express on tho Intercol
onial railway plunged over an embank
ment at Petit Itoche, 7 miles from Hal
hurst, near St. John, N. B lust Wed
nesday, killing the engineer, William
Uastaln, and badly Injuring Fireman
Poole. The cause of the accident Is
supposed to be a broken rail. The pus
senger curs did not go over the embank
ment and the. passenger escaped In
jury. Michael Davltt moved an amend
ment In the House of Commons In
London the other day. calling attention
to the distress In Irelund. and the fail
ure of the potato crop. The motion was
seconded by John P. Haydcn and was
supported by John Dillon, chairman of
the Irish parliamentary party, who
said the misery In Ireland was a scan
dal to the government. Mr. Dillon ad
ded that the distress was aggravated
by evictions of tho starving and he
culled Uon the government for Imme
diate comprehensive proposals for the
relief of the sufferer.
Died Holding n American Flag.
Mrs. Susanna Smith, wlfo of the
well-known Brooklyn abolitionist, died
with anAmerlcan Hug In her right hand
and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln In
her left, at her home In BrooTTTyn Sat
urday afternoon. Sho hud gone to an
upper room for the Hag aiul tho por
trait, intending to use them to decorate
her parlor In honor of Lincoln's birth
day. While going downstulrs she was
tripped by the Jlag and plunged head
long to the foot of the stairs. She died
almost Instantly.
MHNY SRVEO FROM H SINKING SKIP.
RESCUED BY THE ST. LOUIS.
Tho Atlentio Liner fees Signals of Dletreee
and Takei on Board 818 Faiiengert.
The attention of steamer St. Louis
crossing from Southampton to New
York was attracted by sjgnula of dis
tress while out at sea last week.
As soon as the St. Louis got close en
ough to the Ill-fated vessels signals
were run up Informing that the vessel
was In sore distress and that the pas
sengers and crew desired to bo taken
off a soon aa possible. With the aid of
glasses Is was discovered that the ship
In distress had on Immense hole In her
tide to the aft and wa slowly but
steadily settling. A high rolling sea
was running at the time. A storm had
been raging a few hours previously,
but the sea had calmed considerably.
"The Veerdnm. a Holland ship from
Amsterdam to New York, was laboring
In a heavy sea and tho work of rescue
was difficult. The passengers were
lowered from the ship's side by means
of life-slings. The excitement on board
of the Veendam waa Intense, but Cap
tain Stenger nnd his crew managed to
keep the passengers In some kind of
discipline. After all the children had
been taken from the Veendam, the
women were transferred to the life
boats. Next came the men and Inst of
all the ship's crew. Many of the women
were so overcome that they had to be
picked up and dropped overliosrd Into
the arms of the lifeboat crew. Captain
Stenger behaved like a hero. Not only
did he direct the efforts of his ofllcers
and crew, but ho personally assisted
In lowering the children and more tim
id of the women.
212 passengers were transferred from
the wrecked steamer to the St. Louis.
"The last man to leave the Veendam
wns Captain Stenger. By this time the
stern of the? Veendam had settled per
ceptibly nnd her bow was almost en
tirely clear of the water. Before leav
ing the Veendam, Captain Stenger set
Are to various pnrta of the cabin.
The 118 steerage passengers of the
Veendam were taken to the barge office
when the St. Louis nrrlved In New
York lust Saturduy. Of these 70 were
detained because of lack of visible
meana of support The captain, of
ficers nnd crew of the Veendam sailed
for Rotterdam on the Spnarndam the
same afternoon. Floating wreckage
caused the sinking of the Veendam.
ALONE ON ANJSLAND.
A Solitary Watcher Will Not Deiert Hii Post
Until Rellsved.
Alone on a coral reef in the Pacific
ocean, hundreds of miles from any
other land and out of the usual course
of vessels. Theodore (lussmann is wait
ing to be rescued. A letter to a friend
at San Francisco, Captain Charles
Hnettge, which he sent by a French
man-of-war that chanced to cruise In
his locality, describes the awful soli
tude in which he has been Isolated for
months.
Oussmnnn might have left his Im
prisonment by the vessel which brought
his letter, but to have done so would
have been deserting his post of duty.
He Is one of three men sent down to
Cllpperton Islnnd last July by the Oce
anic phosphate rompany to keep pos
session of the company's property and
of the island. His companions deserted
him at the time the Mexican man-of-war
Democrata hauled down the
American Hug nnd hoisted the Mexican
standard. Oussmunn refused to leave
then although an effort was mnde to
shanghai him by the Mexican captain.
In order to remain at his post of duty
Oussmann practically marooned him
self, swimming ashore from rhe war
ship with evidence of his employers
titles to tho Island concealed In one of
his shoes.
FOB AN ZI0HT HOUB DAY.
A Million Hon Boon to Make a Stand for
Shorter Work Dsye.
Samuel Oompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
been In New York to gut the unions to
enter Into a great movement for an
eight-hour work day. According to
the present plans of labor lenders a
demand for theedght-hour dny will be
made on May 1 next that will Involve
fully 1,000,000 men.
The American Federation of Labor
will muke this demand in one trado at
a time, and according to tho leaders
great strikes are expected before tho
battle likely to follow Is decided.
Previous attempts to force tho largo
employers to grant the eight-hour work
day have been unsuccessful. The suc
cess of tho recent strike of miners, tn
which more than 200,000 took part, has
encouraged the American Federation
of Labor to prepare for undertaking a
tremendous tight. The leaders are now
perfecting planB which they believe
will Insure success.
Mr. Oompers Intends to confine his
work until May 1 to Interesting the
unions al!lllated with the American
Federation In the movement. Ho will
superintend the operations of a power
ful and well organized staff of organ
isers from his headquarters at Wash
ington, D. C. He will superintend many
of the arrangements "personally.
CAPITAL 0LEANIN0S.
Available cash balance, $223,876,943;
gold reserve, $16.7,109,121.
The Minnesota members are working
hard for tho bill against "mixed" Hour.
Commodore Bunco has been nomin
ated by tho president to be rear ad
miral. Senator Pettlgrew spoke against the
Hawaiian annexation treaty In the ex
ecutive session.
Three propositions were Introduced In
the senate last Tuesday for the relief
of Cuban insurgents.
President McKlnley will address the
University of Pennsylvania students on
Washington's birthday.
For ten years tho United Stutes has
been second In the volume of foreign
trade, but Is displaced by Germany and
now ranks third,.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath ruled that It Is not necessary
for newspaper publishers who may bo
appointed postmasters to give up their
papers.
The secretary of the treasury sent to
congress the draft for a bill to reduce
the number of customs districts from
153 to (l.r., and It Is contemplated it will
cause a reduction In expenses from
$420,000 to $281,000.
The secretary of the treasury Issued
a warrant In favor of the treasurer of
the United States for $7,615,255.15, td be
used for the payment of first mort
gages on the eaxtern and middle divis
ions of the Kansas Paclflo railroad.
Tho Indian olllee wil soon Issue ad
vertisements Inviting pasture lands on
the Osage and Kaw Indian reserva
tions in Oklahoma. There are about
200,000 acres to be leased and the period
Is to be three years from April 1.
The house committee on commerce
killed tho senate bill to permit the
state of South Carolina to control
liquors brought Into the stato In orig
inal packages. The motion to report
It favorably waa lost on a tie vote.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Unseat! Demend for Fig Iron- Spring Trade
Indioationi Good.
n. O. Dun ft Co.'s weekly review of
trade reports as follows for last week!
Business Is pushing toward spring
activity rather early. Events which
havf controlled are good buying of Iron
by the largest makers, the rise In cot
ton with strength In goods, the great
railway consolidation and the Cuban
Insurrection. The latter, with Its pos
sibilities, operates as a brake on specu
lation, and foolishness of local traders
gave foreigners a much desired oppor
tunity to buy stocks, on balance about
45,000 shares. January earnings, $38.
017,417 already reported,- are 1B.B per
cent, better than last year, and 9..1
better than In 1892, showing the best
Month In six years at least, and Feb
ruary returns thus far are promising.
The output of pig Iron February I
was 229.K23 tons weekly, the largest In
the history of the business, hut the re
ported buying of 1.10.000 tons of bes
mer Iron by the Carnegie Company nnd
100,000 by another of tho largest steel
concerns, nevertheless means a deri
sion by the ablest manufacturers that
the unprecedented output of pig will
soon prove too smnll for the growing
demand for finished products. The Il
linois Steel Company has contracted
for a million tons of bessemer ore, and
producers of other ranges count upon
on advance In price. Bessemer pig
rose to $10 IB, and gray forge to $9 nt
Pittsburg, with finished products gen
erally stronger, nnd In larger demand
than ever at this season. Bnll con
tracts nlready cover, it Is said, more
than last year's production, the rail
ways buying earlier than usual. Bar
contracts for cars, wagons, agricul
tural Implements and other manufac
tures are heavy at the West; structural
contracts there are very numerous, and
at tho East large, with 50,000 tons esti
mated for New York buildings alone
this year, while plate and sheet con
tracts for the season ore unprecedent
ed. January wus one of the biggest
months In ('onnellsvllle coke output.
f2.t,975 tons, nrtd furnace continued at
the same price. Tin rose to 14 cents In
spite of heavy shipments, and copper
to 11 cents, or better for like. In spite
of enormous American production.
The rise In cotton 5-10 ner cent for
the week results In part from better '
prospects for manufacture here and'
abroad, but only In part. Wool sales .
at the chief cities were only 5.30.1.200
pounds rnr the week, and il.nfl4.6'0
pounds for two weeks, against 22.721.600
last yenr. Prices are still strong, In
spite of the general Indifference of
manufacturers, who seem to have se
cured ample supplies. For the better
grades of woolen goods an advance
averaging 17.5 per cent, from Inst year
is readily maintained. The opening of
works idle for years, In spite of the
heavy production already assured. Is a
striking feature in this, as in the Iron
and other Industries, and Implies heav
ier demands for products than are now
met by thn unprecedented output.
Wheat lias been strong, with spot
ndvnncing 2 cents nnd May 2 cents,
though western receipts have been, for
two weeks, 6.31.6.718 bushels, against .1.
.'117,895 bushels last year, but Atlantic
exports have been 5.274.418 bushels
(flour Included), against 4,026.596 hush
els in two weeks last year, with Pacific
exports large. Corn exports are also
surprisingly well sustained, 7,164,762
bushels, against 7.82.1.865 bushels Inst
year, and the price has advanced a
trifle.
Business shown by bank clearings Is
again larger than ever before, 54.7 per
cent, lurger than last year for the
week, and for the month to date, 44..1
per cent, larger than last year and 16
per cent. larger than In 1R92.
Failures for tho week have been 295
In the United States against 267 last
yenr, and 43 In Canada against 61 last
year,
ENSI0N SWEPT OVERBOARD.
Exeentive Officer of tho Coining Expire
After Being Bescoed From tho Water.
Dashing at full speed through the
combing waves, the little torpedo-lMiat
Cushlng entered Havana harbor Satur
day morning. On board she had the
body of Knsign J. It. Breckinridge, of
Lexington, Ky who had been washed
overboard and drowned a few hours
before. A call was sent to 'Consul
General Leo for physicians, but It was
to late.
Breckinridge wns executive officer of
the Cushlng, which had a stormy pas
sage from Key Wet to Havana. She
left Key West Friday morning with
stores tor tho Maine. The boat pitched
heavily In a feurful sea. Ensign Breck
inridge, who wns stationed forward,
was carried off his feet by a heavy sea.
Ho clutc hed the life line as he was
swept aft. The line parted, however,
nnd Ensign Breckinridge went over
board. Seamen Everett and Coppago started
to go to resiain In the ITfeboat, but It
was mvamped In lowering and the men
were thrown Into the water. ,
The Cushlng Anally obeyed her helm
and swung around and maneuvered
near the men In the water. Atkins,
Coppage anil Everett were rescued by
lines, and Ensign Breckinridge was
taken on board In the same manner,
Atkins fastening the line to him.
On the arrival in Havana a message
waa sent to Consul General Lee. who
sent Dr. Burgess. Dr. Burgess said It
was doubtful If medical aid. If avail
able, could have saved the ensign.
Breckinridge's father Is Inspector
general of the army In Washington.
Starvation In Chicago.
Mrs. Carolina Lang, 85 years of age,
died at the county hospital at Chicago
the other day of starvation, and her
husband, Cornelius Lang, 75 years old,
is in the same Institution dying slowly
from tho same cause. When the police
found them they had been three days
without food and a week without tire.
Lang was found lying on the Hoor near
the door. He had started to crawl to
the door to bring aid for his wife, but
hud fainted through weakness. Neith
er of them wu able to speuk when
found.
Tho Anaiiin Killed.
The ofllciul confirmation of the as
slnatlon of President Barrios of Guate
mala came to the state department In
the following cable from United Status
Minister Hunter at Guatemala City:
"President Barrios was shot and In
stantly killed while walking with two
military ofllcers near the palace. The
assassin while attempting to escape
waa Immediately killed by the presi
dent's staff. Manuel Estrada Cabrera,
temporarily the tribunal successor, has
been peaceably Installed. All quiet."
Beat tho Empire State Expreia
Train No. 4. the Sunta Fe's California
limited, consisting of a composite car,
dining car and three heavy Pullmans,
recently covered the distance from La
Junta, Col., to Dodge City, Kan., 204.4
miles, In 3 hours and 44 minutes. The
actual speed was 59.7 miles per hour.
This Is faster time than la made by the
Empire State express between New
York and Buffalo.
Queen' Speech to Parliament
Parliament opened Tuesday at Lon
don with questions of great moment
crowding for consideration, yet the pre
vailing tone waa peace, progress and
satisfaction. '"' ,
10
MUTINOUS JAPS.
Forty Englishmen Held at Bay on Entire
Night by Drunken I a Hon.
Japan, while keeping her eye stead
fastly on the Chinese situation, has
now an unlocked for difficulty to con
tend with.
Continual trouble Is being reported
from vessels manned by Japanese
crews, the Japanese resenting any In
structions or surveillance from Euro
pean ofllcers and reserving an especial
grudge for European passengers. Sev
eral cases have been reported where
olllcers already marked for attack by
the Japanese and warned to withdraw
from the service their retention of their
positions being Invariably followed by
a murderous attack from amhushed
Japanese enemies. A case In point Is
reported from the New York K. liner
Hnkata Mnru from Japan via Hong
Kong for England. There were .18 pas
sengers on board the liner, many nt
whom were repeatedly attacked by the
Japanese crew whenever they left their
own state rooms after nightfall.
On New Year's day all the Japanese
sailors and waiters, "mad drunk" and
clad only In breech cloths, made an or
ganized attack on the English ofllcers
and passengers of the Hukata Mam.
The Japanese were armed with
knives, crowbars and belaying pins,
brutally best the chief engineer and his
assistant and attacked a passenger,
Thomns Hall, In his berth, cutting his
head open with a marlin spike. Ac
cording to the accounts In the Tele
graph, the ofllcers and most of the pas
sengers were driven to the bridge,
where, unarmed, 40 Englishmen kept 100
drink-maddened Jnpanese at bay dur
ing the entire night by brandishing
their walking sticks.
Three Chinese were hanged simulta
neously In the Victoria jail, at Hong
Kong, on January 12, the drop being
made to accommodate all three and the
trio falling together. The executed men
were members of an armed gang of
shop thieves, and in raiding a store
killed a Chinese employee. The crim
inals were illsband d soldiers.
Discrimination Againet Americano.
American lumber is now the subject
of discrimination at the hands of the
Prussian government, according to tho
report of the United States consul at
Bremen, Mr. Keenan. The consul trans
mits the complaints of a number of
lumber dealers against what they re
Kurd as discriminating charges against
the carriage of American pitch pine
levied by the Prussian railway. This
pitch pine is listed as class 1, at a
higher rate than class 2. on which Is
listed similar wood from Sweden, Nor
way nnd other countries. It Is also
said that American pitch pine Is allow
ed to go at the lower rate If the ofllrlals
do not know where It originates. The
trade Is considerable, and this Prusslnn
railroad la the only means by which
the wood can be taken Into the Inter
ior, so the discrimination Is keenly felt,
says the consul.
Raieia, Germany's Co-Laborer.
The Emperor of Germany, on Thurs
day, whs present at the parade of the
Fifth Regiment of Guards, at Span
dau, before their Colonel, the Russian
Grand Duke Constantino, and His Ma
jesty created a sensation by walking
up to his guests with his drawn saber
and saluting, while snylng, In a ring
ing voice: "Always friends with our
dear neighbor and co-laborer Russia,
I hope."
At the luncheon afterward, at the of
ficers' mess, the Emperor drank to the
health of the Grand Duke, saying: "To
u future comradeship in arms."
The Grand Duke Constantlne did not
resfiond and hardly touched his glass
with his lips.
England'i Interests Not Suffering.
Premier Salisbury, in reply to criti
cism of the government's course, says
England's interests In the far east have
not been allowed to suffer. He says
Itussia and Germany have given posi
tive assurance that all ports they may
secure will be open to all commerce.
Ta Lien Wau, the marquis says. Is not
worth taking, as the territory back of
it Is barren and at present there Is no
railway communication with the In
terior. A dispatch from Berlin quotes
Baron von Buelow as saying Germany
does not oppose any of England's Just
Interests.
Oermani Killed la China.
Letters received at Berlin from Kiuo
Chau show that things are not so
peaceful there as the Government pro
fesses. The Germans have sent sever
al expeditions Into the Interior to pun
ish the natives for outrages upon sen
tinels at outlying points, and there
have been several encounters. In one
case two Chinese officers and a number
of their followers were killed, and a
village has been destroyed and a camp
broken up. The Germans sleep on their
arms and fear a sudden attack.
CABLE SPARKS.
An epidemic like trichinosis has bro
ken out in Berlin.
The Norwegian ministry has resign
ed. Former Premier Steein will form a
new ministry.
Two Italian warships am now at
Port au Prince, Hayti, to collect a
claim of $120,000.
Two lots of California apples were
stopped by German inspectors within
the last fortnight.
Cavalry was necessary to quell the
disturbances In Pari Sunday caused by
the trial of M. Kola, the novelist.
Great snowfalls and floods are report
ed in parts of the Sudetan mountains,
Germany. People have been forced to
Hoe for safety.
During the Zola trial at Purls a sym
pathizer cheered for the novelist and
the police had dlttlculuy In preventing
a mob from drowning him.
Spain is without funds, Is endeavor
ing to raise a loan In England and her
legation at London hns for a long time
received no remittances.
President Barrios, of Guatemala, was
assassinated at the seat of government
last Wednesday. The Insurgents hail
threatened his death and have fulfilled
their Intentions,
Oriental advices by steamer say that
the black plague has broken out in
Eastern Yunnan. At Chan-I-Cheo 6c0
deaths occurred In two months. The
people are throwing dead bodies to the
dogs.
Paul Kruger has been re-elected
president of the South African republic.
The total number of votes cast was 19,
423. President Kruger received 13,764;
Mr. Schalkburger, 3,716, and Gen, Jou
bert, 1,943.
Ruuia'a Independent Stand
Much Importance Is attached to a
communication appearing In the oftloial
"Messenger" In which Russia abandon,
log the candidature of Prince George
of Greece tor the governorship of the
island of Crete, threatens all concerned,
declines all responsibility for the con
sequences of further dragging the
question, and says Russia will not al
low any Increase In the number of
Turkish troops in Crete
AN INSULT TO M'KINLEY.
The Spanish Minister Said to Hate Called the
President Low Polltloian.
Representatives of the Cuban Junta
at New York gave out copies of a let'
ter signed "Enrique Dupuy de Lome,"
who Is minister of Spain in Washing
ton, and addressed to Pose Canalejas,
who went to Cuba last September aa
.Premier Sagasta's personal represents,
tlve. In this letter the Spanish minister
refers to President McKlnley as "weak
nnd catering to the rabble" and aa a
"low politician, who desires to stand
well with the jlngna of his party."
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Press says that when a copy
of this letter was shown to Minister de
Lome he promptly pronounced It a
forgery. He also says that an official
of the state department discussing the
matter said: "De Jjomc did not write
that letter: the Cuban junta has been
imposed upon by somebody."
On the other hand Horatio L. Hubns,
counsel for the Cuban Junta, says: "We
know absolutely that this letter t gen.
nine. A man risked his life to obtain
It. We do not hesitate to acknowledge
that it was stolen from Canalejas. It
Is written on the paper of the legation.
The handwriting Is De Lome's and tho
signature Is his." ,
As a result of this letter, the state de
partment has communicated with the
authorities at Spain, and Minister De
Lome will likely he recalled.
DE LOME RESIGNS.
Having Slandered McKlnley the Spaniah
Miniiater Steps Oat
At a meeting of the Spanish cabinet,
held at Madrid Thursday under the
presidency of the queen regent, the
minister for foreign affairs, Senor Oul
lon, read a dispatch from Senor Dupuy
de Lome, the Spanish minister at
Washington, saying that the published
leter to Benqr Canalejas was written
by him and that his position, conse
quently, had liecome untenable, and he
begged the government to accept his
resignation. The cabinet decided to
accept the resignation of Senor Depuy
de Lome and the ministers subsequent
ly met and decided to telegraph to
Senor de Lome, accepting his resigna
tion nnd entrusting the first secretary
with the conduct of the current af
fairs of the legation.
The candidature of Senor Muruaga to
succeed Senor de Lome has been aban
doned. The government maintains Its
reserve, desiring to secure the approval
of Washington, according to diplomatic
I'ustom, before appointing Senor de
Lome's successor.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, and nth
er members of the cabinet state pub
licly that the De Lome Incident will
not affect the relations between Spain
and the United States, and that a new
envoy competent to conduct the com
mercial negotiations will be selected.
STUDENTS FIGHT POLICE.
Interference With a Snow Ball Match Neces
sitates tbd Sending of Riot Calls.
Two thousand students of the Rush
medical college, the Chicago college of
dental surgery and the Marquette
school, engaged In a desperate conflict
Tuesday afternoon at Chicago with 40
policemen. The battle raged with Inter
missions of peace from noon until t
o'clock In the evening. The police were
compelled to send In riot calls repeated
ly. When the students were finally put
to rout fhey retreated to the protection
of the college buildings and hurled
down all kinds of missiles upon the
police. Janitor Gus Christianson, of the
Marquette school, was badly beaten,
nnd had to be carried from the field ot
battle.
Brandishing clubs and revolvers the
police chased the students Inside the
college doors and forcibly took them
from the buildings. When the riot was
over and peace reigned 25 students had
ueeii piaceo uiiu-r tirrem.
The trouble began by the students en-,
gaging in a snowball tight. In which the
policemen Interfered. The grand battle
began at 5 p. m. when the officials ar
rested Carl Case, the son of a professor
in the dental school. When he and an
other prisoner were locked In a patrol
box the students smashed the box, roll
ed the oltteers In the gutter and re
leased the prisoners. During the fight '
four students were badly clubbed, and
Officers Sullivan and Brenncn injured.
The streets were black with people.
NO BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
An Attorney Argues that the Reciting of tho
Lord's Prayer ie Worihip.
Attorney General Crow, of Missouri,
last week In an opinion held It a viol
ation of the state law to have pupils re
cite tho Lord's prayer, or for the
teacher to read the Bible as a part of
the opening exercises In the public
schools of the state. He says that these
exercise are forms of religious wor
ship, and hence are forbidden to be
done in a public school house during
school hours. He says: "The contin
uous reading of the Bible and repeat
ing the Iord's prayer cannot be done
by believers in Christianity, without
feelings of deepest gratitude and a holy
sense of honor, reverence, adoration
and homage to the Supreme Being,
which is the essence of worship."
A Viiltor to be Dreaded
Tho Spanish government has decided
to send the Spanish cruiser Almirante
Oquendo to Havana and thence to New
York. The Almirante Oquendo, though
termed an armored cruiser of the bar
bett type, is really a fast battleship.
She Is of 7,000 tons displacement and
1,300 Indicated horse power, calculated
to give her a speed of about 20 knots.
She was built at Bilbao in 1891, cost
about $3,000.1X10. has a belt of armor
over her gun positions, and her deck
plating Is 3 Inches thick. The arma
ment of this warship consists of two 11
Inch guns, ten 5-inch guns, eight 2.2
lnch quick Hrlng guns, eight 1.4-Inch
guns, and two smaller quick firing
guns. She has six torpedo tubes, car
ries 1,200 tons of coal and her crew
numbers 500 men.
Minieter Suioidea,
George MauCoun, aged 23, of the Pro
testant Episcopal church, committed
suicide at Baltimore a few days ago by
shooting himself over the heart at the
residence of his mother. The act was
done apparently In a cool and studied
manner. He removed his coat and
other clothing. He stood before a mir
ror, opened his shirt and fired the fatal
bullet. It Is stated he had been suffer
ing greatly from pains in his head and
had been afilicted with melancholy. He
was a son of the late Dr. MacCoun,
surgeim in the United BtateB navy.
Liquor Canaee a Tragedy.
After shooting his sweetheart. May
Martin, until he felt certain that she
would die, William Jacob, living In
Pittsburg, Wednesday afternoon turn
ed a 32-ca liber revolver to his own head
and tired. He lived for halt au hour,
and the death of tho young woman Is
expected at almost any moment. Jeal
ousy and liquor are attributed as the
cause of the suicide and murder.
Jndge Becomee a Christian Soientiat.
JuiIkh J. Clurkson, one of the best,
known lawyers of Omaha, has sold his
fine library, turned bis lucrative prac
tice over to others, closed his office and
become a christian . scleuoc healer.
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