SEKMtN GO DOWN WITH IHEIR SHIP. 253 MEN LOST. Bnttleihip Main Demolished by to Exploiion in Cuban Wsten. The United States battleship Maine, anchored In Cuban waters off Havana, was blown up last Tuesday evening. A telegram from Capt. Slgsbco of the Mill ne reports zr3 mcmbprs of thp crpw lost. Nn reason as to the cause of the explosion haa bepn given. Members of Congress, hlch nfllcinls nml foreign diplomats at Washington have no opinion to glvp, but a terrible suspicion prevails tlint the Spaniards it responsible fur the awful disaster. President McKlnlcy Immediately upon receipt of the iipws culled a cabinet meeting. Tbo following despatch mm cabled In Capt. Slasher: "Thp president directs to exprpss fur blmiiplf and tin- ppoplp of thp United Htalps hi profound sympathy with thp ultlcers and crew of thp MuIiip, and de sires that no expense be spared In providing for thp survivors and In the isro for Hie wounded." The Maine was blown up by an ex ploBlon well forward under the men's quarters. Her magazine In further back between hpr coal bunkprs. In formation la that thin did not explode. Most of the rrew wore slppplng when tho ship wan blown up. One-fourth of thpm were killed otit rlht. Porno of thn watch ahd a few of the ofllcrrs and crew who were on shore escaped un hurt. Tho explosion was terrific, shaking the elty to Ita foundation,", Illuminat ing the harbor and causing terror to all within fight and hearing. Indications were that a torpedo had bpen exploded under the bows of the battleship. Opt. Slgabrp, who wo wntindel In the head, says the maga zine waa in prrfeet order. Hlgsbee, In his shirt sleeves, directed all work of rescue. He was bleeding slightly and hla clothe were covered with dirt. Hla first cam waa or the disabled showed great coolness and wounded. All of the crew who wore not courage. Five minutes after the explosion the Alphonao XII., the Hpanlsh cruiser ly ing not far away, launched boats and burrled them to tfie sinking battleship. They picked up the wounded sailors and those who were swimming. The dead number at least 27.". The survlvora are Capt. Slgsher. Llput. Com. Walnright, I.leut. Holinan, Lieut. Hood, Lieut. Illandln. Chief Englnepr Howell, Burgeon Ilonnerbergor, Pay master Hay, Lieut. Catlln, fast Assist. Engineer How-era, Chaplain Chldwick, Cadets Holden, Brnnzon and lloyde. Assistant Knglneers Creenbow, Eugene Washington, Ounnpr Hill, Hontswaln Lnrbtn, Carppnter Helms, l'ay Clerk Nicholas Caret h. Up to Saturday 130 bodies have been recovered. Each Is placed In a colli n and carried to the Colon cemetery, where Chaplain Chodwlrk, of the Maine, conducts funeral services. The men scorching for bodies have also recovered a number of sad relics of tho Maine, Including a medical chert, enlistment records, u gold watch and chain marked "P. T. Bartlctt, Waltham 3311S4," and photographs. Lieut. F. M. Jenkins, of Allegheny, Pa., an olllcer on the Maine, la suld to be among tho lost. The lied Cross Society la hard at work In Cuba relieving the sufferings of the Maine's survivors. Puhllo opinion and olllclal statements are delayed until divers can make In vestigations of the Maine's hull. Should the plates be found to bulge outward the cause will he assigned to explosions on board the warship, but should they appear to have been driven Inward, the blame will be placed upon a foreign torpedo boat. Flaga at Havana were placed at half mast on tho Rovemor-goneraJ's palace, on shipping In the harbor and on city buildings. Business was suspended, Thursday night the theater were closed. The commander of the Mnine, Cap tain Slgsbee, is a favorite In the Navy Department. For four years he waa Chief of the Hydrographio Office, and by hla energy brought the ofllce up to a high standard. Ho was lucky to get so Important a ship as the Maine, con sidering hla actual rank, which la that nf a commander; but Immediately he Justified the department's Judgment In the selection by running hla ship straight Into a dock in New York har bor to avoid running down a packed excursion boat This was a diarlay of quick Judgment, nerve and pluck that pleased the department so highly that the Captain waa sent a complimentary lifter. .. The Maine Is. or rather waa. a battle ship of the second clnss, and regarded as one of the best ships in the new navy. She waa built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and la 313 feet long, 57 feet broad, 31. feet mean draught and (.682 tona displacement. She carries four ten-Inch and six six-Inch breech-loading guns in her main battery, and even six-pounder and eight one-pound-er rapid-fire guns and four gattllnga in her secondary battery, and four White head torpedoes. A Spanish Version. The Spanish legation at Washington gives out the substance of a dispatch received from Havana, in which the cause of the disaster as to the Mains la given as an explosion in the dynamo room. If this Is the correct explanation It accounts fully for tho fact that the loss of life Is confined to the crew and marines. According to the plana of the battleship the dynamos were located directly under tho forward turret. Be tween the turret and tho dynamo were berth decks. Under the dynamo was tho hydraulic pump dome, and below that again was the magazine, In which waa atored the loaded shells for the 10 Inch guns. , Letter's Tartans in Wheat It is pretty well established In Inside circles about the Chicago Hoard of Trade that within the pant ten days there has been turned into cash In two Chicago banks about $U,000,000 for Joa. Letter's account. There Is confirmation of the salo of wheat. Within 48 hours ocean tonnage has been taken at very low rates on 4,000,000 bushuls to the leading English ports. Wreaked la a Snowstorm. Two passenger trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and Bt. Paul road came into collision during a blinding snowstorm Saturday, resulting In one death and injury to a score or more persona. The accident occurred In a deep rut six miles south of Itockford, 111., and both engines were demolished. Tho dead: Engineer It. C. TUden. Whipping Panithment Sentence passed by the city court at Atlanta, Oa on Joe Leo, a tun-year-old negro. Is creating a great dual of com ment. It Is said that ho la confined In the city stockade and whipped by one of the officers every day for 30 daya. Thera la no law for this. The case, how ever. Is exceptional. He Is a desperado. He made several attempt to kill his Bister and the last time came near sue-eeeuitif. TERSELY T0I.D TELE0RAMS. Mllford. N. Tf felt nn earthquake shock last week. Turkey Is investigating sensational outrages committed In ilulgarla. Anderson, lnd., clergymen have agreed not to marry divorced persons. Hinallpox as been declared epidemic at Mldilleslioro, Ky. There are 29 cases. I!pv. Ham .Jones has nnnounppil him self nn Independent candidate for gov ernor of Georgia. Senoitn Isabel I 111 Mo, a well-known Cnbnn amazon, has bppn captured by the Spaniard. In a collision at McKeespnrt. Pa., n few duva ago, engineer Frank Lint was Irstantly killed. Troops left Oregon recently for the Klondike to maintain law and order In the gold Holds. Thirty fishermen are reported adrift on Luke Erie. Hesculng parties are out searching for them. Liietgpit, the Chicago wlfp murdprer, has bpen denied a new trial, and wiui sentenced to lire Imprisonment. The largest steam yacht ever built in this country, the Nlagnra. propprty of Howard Clould. nan bepn launched. Kx-Mlnlster Ie Lome arrived In New York from Washington last Wednes day. Only one Hpanlard greetpd him. The four ppople frozen to death In Chtlkoot Pass February 2 were an In dian woman and three children belong ing to a pack train, A thief stole $2,500 In diamonds from the bouse of Townsend llurden, of New York, who lost Jewelry valued at $".0,000 two years ago. Charlps W. Ilarstow, dealer In pnlnls, oils and naval storpa, at Kt. Louis filed a chattel dppd of trust to secure credit ors to the amount of $700,000 last week. The defaulting teller of the Dover bank. William N. Hoggs, was raptured it Wilmington, Del., a few daya ago. He Is accused of getting away with lino.iHio. The body of formpr Police Commis sioner Leonard Welles, of Brooklyn, wn found in tho woods near S-oteh Plains, N. J., Bunduy with hla throat cut. William J. Scnnlnn, the comedian, Is dead. He died Huturday night at the llloomlngdale Insane Asylum, where he had been confined for the past six yea rs. , Spain will not permit American div ers to examine the hull of the Maine unless accompanied by Spanish divers. Blip fears the divers might do some thing to the hull nf the Maine resulting in a serious report against Bpan. General Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, In nn Interview said among other things, that If there came a war between the United Btatea and Bpaln, he would order out tho Sal vation Army In America to go to the front as nurses. The Btate Hoard of Taxation of New Jersey, In a Cape May county case, de cided that property belonging to Wnm an'a Temperance unions Is not exempt from taxation, nn the unions do not come under the head of religious or charitable institutions. A stir has beef) rreatPd In mining circles lit Mexico over the discovery of a gold vein right miles south of Cnr rolltos, the ore of which assays over llfi.OQO per ton. The vein is large and can be easily worked. This Is the second rich gold discovery that hna been made In that locality in a few weeks. An attempt to rob the box office of the Alhambra theater was mode nt Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesdny night while the performance waa In progress. Paul Dcrseh forced his way Into the office knocking the cashier down and grabb ing the cash box. Dersch was prevent ed from escaping by lobby loungers. A part of the plant of the Hardford carpet company at Thompsonvllle, Mann., has been closed for an indefinite period. More than 200 hands are af fected. An unsatisfactory demand is made to be the rause of the shut down. A portion of the Westfleld plate com pany's factory at Thonipsonvlllo also has closed. The New York "Journal" ofTers $.10, 000 reward for information furnished to It exclusively which shall lead to the detection and conviction of any person, persona or government criminally re sponsible for the explosions which re sulted in the destruction at Havana of the United States warship Maine and tho Ions of the Uvea of 268 American sailors. A wild engine waa rapidly approach ing the Ft. Wayno depot at Allegheny, Pa., the other day. For some unac countable reason steam had entered the engine's cylinders, while no one was In the cab. Engineer Martin saw the Impending danger and permitted his engine to collide with the runaway, thus stopping IL both englnea were badly wrecked and trafllo was delayed for two hours. The brave engineer who had prevented disaster at the risk of hla life escaped unhurt. Oold In Mexico. The state department has a report from Consul Klndrick, at Ciudad Juarca Mexico, declaring that numerous Klon dike gold seekers, discouraged by the rigors of Alaskan winter, have returned to the Yaqul country, where splendid finds are being mude. For the past few months, he says, as many as 20 pros pectors each week have fitted out in El I'aso, Texaa, and departed over the Ilio Urunde, Sierra Madre and Pacific railroad for the Yaqul territory. A few days ago a rich vein was struck near Uuayunopa, which runs 8,000 ounces of silver and 11 ounces of gold to the ton. There is, without doubt, considerable gold there; but to be worked profitably plenty of capital and the most Improved machinery are requisite. There is no starvation In Yaqul. Prospecting in the Yaqul country is relatively cheap. Everything purchased la paid for In Mexican money. The climate Is health ful and work can be prosecuted for 25 days In the year. The horse Is the only means of transportation. Unfortunate In ETorything. William H. Heath, manager of the Central Electric ExpresB Company of Bt. LouIb, waa found tho other day dy ing In Forest Park from a bullet wound In the head. It waa a case of suicide. The young man was taken to the City Hospital, where he died. He waa a rolutlve of Perry S. Heath, Assistant Postmaster General. Two letters (ound In Heath's pockets explained his rea sons for killing himself. One of the letters contained this extract: "Having been extremely unfortunate In every thing I have attempted for the past year I have decided to end the whole business by the simple act of shooting myself." , To Bay Cabas Liberty. It Is rumored that Spain will be Bak ed by the United States to allow Cuba to purchase her llbery. According to the plan Cuba Is to Issue bonds, and the United States to supervise the revenues of the government and thus see that the bonds aro paid for. Cannot la Trades Union. Dr. 3. 11. Hlack, a veterinary surgeon, sued the Horse Sheers' union of Kan sas City fur $10,000 damages on account of a boycott placed on him by the union. Judge Henry threw the case out of court by ruling that the union waa not a legal entity for purpose of a suit VIZCAYA IN NEW YORK, The Vein Slisiter Foroel Her Captain te Decline All Social Fnnettoni. The Hpanlnh warship Vlscaya arriv ed In New York harbor last Saturday. She recplvpil every eourteny and all possible protection at the hands of the American navy. Honor Manuel tie Snares, secretary of tho consul-general of Spain, New York, accompanied by a representative of the Associated Press, visited the Spanish warship Vlscaya Sunday. In nn Interview Capt. Eulate said that while his ship was In this port his ofllcers would accept no Invltatlona of any kind. The Spanish warship had come here on a visit of courtesy and friendship and when the dreadful ac cident to the Maine waa learned the flags were put at half-niaM, and there they would remain until the ship took her departure. He likened his visit to that of one Intimate friend to another, when dlsastpr had ovprtaken the latter, the name delicacy dictated what to do. to mourn with the friend and to avoid all festivity. No Invitations of a soclnl character would be accepted this he wished to have understood. Itefcrrlng to the catastrophe that had overtakpn the Maine, he declared that he and hln ofllcpra were greatly shock ed and that the sympathy of all waa with the famlllo who had lost those near and dear. He said that he had duly sent a telegram to tho secretary of the navy expressing his sentiments and those of the ofllcers. Capt. Eulate when asked how long the ship would remain In port, said that he had no onlers from hla govern ment, but he evidently expects to be here for some time. He waa Ploquent In hla praise of his ship during the hur ricane met between the llermudaa and Cape Hatteraa. She rode tho heavy seas without nn effort, and although the storm lasted thirty-four hourse, no nc rldent any kind occurred. The Vlxraya has a full crew of en gineer, marines, torpedo coifs and carries ten torpedoes, marine nrtlllery men, quartermasters and other ofllcers, and a diver, a total complement of 4H2. THE MAINE DISASTER. Hig guns are being rushed to Mobile, Ala. The disaster to the Maine has called forth great sympathy from England. The new torpedo boat Ouenn was launched nt Bristol, it. I., last Satur day. The guards at the mortar and dyna mite batteries at San Francisco have been doubled. Flvu bodies were recovered In the harbor Saturday nenr the wreck, but only one nf them that of "Tennis" was rceognizablp. Orders have been Issued for the en listment of 300 men for the navy, to fill the vacancies caused by the destruction of the battleship Maine. Commnnder-ln-cliief Street, of the Union Veterans union, has offered to the President the service of 10.000 men of the union for the defense of the coun try. General Miles hns ordered the com munedr of the Enstern military depart ment to detail men to every fort on the const and to send abundant ammuni tion. Orders have been received at the navy yard at Norfolk, Va., to keep the force working on the monitors lurl tan anil Terror, and torpedo boats Foote and Wlnalow at work dny and night. Naval experts are agreed that the ex plosion waa caused by a sub-marine mine. The damage was too great for a torpedo. It was not an accident, for it Is known that the whole middle deck which was blown straight up never had nn ounce of powder under It. Since Friday morning Fort Sherldnn, nt Chicago, where the Fourth infantry and the First cavalry are stutloned, has been In a stnte of the utmost activity.' Colonel Kobert 11. Hall ordered that general preparations for a possible Im mediate summons be made. Consul Leo will reward the fireman Ugarte, who at the risk of his own life made a gallant rescue of a drowning sailor. Ugarte. who was badly burned about tho head, persevered until he suc ceeded in saving the drowning man. He will be decorated by his battalion chief and the municipality of Havana It la commonly commented upon at Havana that no dead fish were found In the harbor after the diuutter, and this fuct Is looked upon as showing that tho explosion occurred on board the Maine, and not outxlde. as rn the latter case many fishes would have been killed by tho concussion. The following telegram was receive! by Secretary Iong Monday from New York: "When I arrived at New York I heard of the Malno dlsaater. We foel very deep sorrow and send our condol ences for the dead and their families." "EULATE," "Captain Spanish Cruiser Vizcaya." It la known that Lieutenant Jenkins, of Allegheny, Pa., who la among tho mlBBing. was alive after the explosion. A colored mess attendant now at Key West met Jenkins running forward. He evidently thought, in the confusion, that the Maine had been fired on and he was rushing to the forecastle where was located tho six-inch gun of which he was in charge. The New York "Journal" has started a subscription for the erection of a shaft or monument in memory of the Mulne's heroes at the gateway of the new world, and heads the list with a contribution of $1,000. The movement is being met with great favor. The sub scription U to bo a popular one, any sum, no matter how small, being ac cepted. Rear Admiral George Belknap, U. 8. N retired, said that he was Inclined to think that the Maine was blown up by a torpedo. "I do not see," he said, "how an ex plosion of the forward mugazlnea could have occurred. The keys of the maga zines aro always kept in the custody of the captain. All the ammunition la cerefulle cased, mostly in the form of projectiles, and their explosion by themselves isoext to Impossible. If, as the dispatches state, the whole bow of the ship waa blown off, It la apparent that the explosion could not have been caused by the boilers, or the coal get ting heated. I do not see how it could have occurred from the paint room, as every precaution la taken to prevent the collection of explosive gases In the paint room, and if such an explosion occurred, it would have been more like ly to have caused a fire than destroy the ship." Senator Morgan of the foreign re lation committee said: "Whether the calamity was due to accident or treach ery, I should like to see Introduced in congress a Joint resolution providing for the Immediate construction of two battleships equal In atxe and equipment to the Maine, costing not a dollar less that the Ill-fated Maine cost. Action of that kind by us would Indicate to the world that whenever or wherever one of our Untaulee waa out off, two would, at once Iran in Ita plane. MAINE WILL BE RAISED. The Snm of 800.000 Appropriate by Con gress to Rebuild the Ship. The navy department will raise the Maine. The appropriation of $200,000 provided by Congress was the sum named by Chief Constructor Hlchhorn as required for the raising of the ship and Its delivery at either Norfolk or New York, where he proposed to un dertake the work of rebuilding the ship. He said: "I am confident that work can be done, and I see no reason to abandon the hulk In Havana or leave her to the demolition of dynamite. If there Is one-half of the hull In good condition, or fairly so, that Is all that is neces sary. I am able to assure the Govern ment of rebuilding the ship and of making her as good as new. Of coursp this would be attended by large ex pense, but not nearly so much as an other battleship would cost." Charles H. Cramp, the soldier mem ber of the Crnmp Shipbuilding Com pany, of Philadelphia, said the raising of the Maine depends entirely upon the size of the hole or rent which may be In her bottom. "The fact that one of the magazines of the Maine was located next to one of the coal bunkers does not Indicate that the alleged 'accident' resulted from this proximity. Why, I know of at least two British men-of-war so constructed as to actually place the main magazine between two boilers, and a French cruiser has her mngaslnt right In the midst of coal bunkers. "The disaster, I believe, can be traced to rxteiior Influences, but I am not now prepared to discuss them. I be lieve there Is danger In the harbor of Havana and quite sufficient reason to exercise great care." FRANCES WILLARD DEAD The Noted Temperance Worker Diet in new York City. Frances E. Wlllard died early Fri day morning at the Imperial hotel In New York. At the bedside of Miss Wlllatd at the time of her death were her niece, Mrs. W. W. Baldwin, Mrs. L. M. M. Stevens, Vice-president of the Women's Chris tian Temperance union; .Miss Anna M. Gordon, Miss Wlllard's secietary, and Dr. Alfred K, Hill. Miss Wlllard ha.s been III for about three weeks. Dr. Hill said that Miss Wlllard had suffered for some time with profound anemia, which caused her death. - Miss Wlllard was president of the In ternational as well as the National W". C. T. IT., and had made the temper ance cause her life work. Frances Elizabeth Wlllard wns born In Churchvllle. N. Y., September 2f. westprn female college, Evanston,, 111., LS.'iO. She was graduated at the North western female college, Evanston, III., In 18.ri!l, became professor of natural science there In 1X112, and was principal of Oenessee Wesleyan seminary in 1MJ6 67. The following two years she spent In foreign travel, giving a part nf the time to study In Paris and contributing to periodicals. In 1871-74 she was pro fessor of aesthetics in Northwestern unlvrrslty and dean of the Woman's eollege, where she developed her sys tem of self government, which had been adopted by other educators. The funeral service over the remains of Miss Frances E. Wlllard. took plnee In the Brondway Tabernacle, New York, Sunday afternoon, FIENDISH TORTURES- The Cruel Turk Continues His Brutal Slaughter Unmoleited. The note of the Hulgarian agent to thu Turki.,h government, protesting agalnnt the treatment which Bulgar ians have been subjected to In Mace donia, reveals a state of affairs similar to that which existed In Armenia. It says that vlllnge after village has been surrounded by the Turkish army, that wholesale arrests have been made and that the prisoners, have been subjected to unheard-of tortures. The note further gives a list of the villages and the names of the victims to whom torture hns been applied. Schoolmasters, It appears, have been the special objects of vengeance. Thc.ie tortures are recited In the of ficial document, and In each case the name of the victim Is given: Hot Irons thrust Into mouths, legs broken, splin ters driven under the nails, naked feet placed on hot stoves, hung by the feet for 15 hours, tied to hows' talis, beaten to death, hung by the feet over lire. A priest of the village of ZernovUI was hung by the feet for three hours and then by the arma for 14 hours. A wet cord was bound tightly around his hoad. All the prisoners at Kumanovn were beaten until their flesh cam oft in strip. Lew Wallace Challenged. General Lew Wallace has been chal lenged to a duel by George R. Oaken, of Indianapolis. During an address deliv ered here on Lincoln day, In which he was relating reminiscences of the great emancipator eGneral Wallace told a hitherto unpublished story which re flected on the courage of General Me Clelland In war. In short, that Lincoln had made a special trip to Harrison's Landing after the seven-days' battle to keep McClelland from surendering to the Confederates. Oakes served under McClelland and heard Wallace's speech. In a letter to the general Oakes de nounces the Btnry untrue, and unk the general to meet him upon the field of honor at such time and place and with such weapons as the general may choose. The affair has caused much excitement throughout the state, CAPITAL 0LEANIN01 The bankruptcy bill passed the house luBt Saturday. There Is a general demand on the part of senators and representatives for an Immellate Investigation of the dis aster to the Maine. The secret service has discovered a new and poor counterfeit $10 National bank note on the Hibernla Nutlonal bank of New Orleans. Tho postofflce department han been Informed that after March 1 samples of liquids, greases, powders and glass will be admitted to the malls of Great Britain. The Government Hen on the middle division of the Kansas Pacific railroad. In Kansas, was sold last week to Alvln W.Krech andWlnslow S. Pierce, repre senting the reorganisation committee, for $5,300,000. There was no competi tion at the sale. , In the official acceptance of Senor Dupuy de Lome's resignation the usual complimentary phrase appreciative of his services will be omitted. In this manner Spain hopes to satisfy tlw United States and to end the question. The bllt providing for the arbitration of railroad strikes by a board appointed by strikers and the Interstate Com merce Commission will likely pass the senate. Luther Q. Billings, pay director In the United States Navy, has been found guilty by a court-martial, which has been in session at the Washington Navy Yard for the past few days, of falsehood and scandalous conduct, and has been aentenced to dismissal from the navy. MID HI TO GREEDY TUBE. SPAIN'S NEW POLICY, An Alliance it Claimed to Zxiit Between the Erenoh and Spsnisrdi. Now that the state legislature throughout the country are urging war with Spain, the people scouting the theory of accident In the Maine dlsas tpr, and certain Congressmen condemn ing the administration for its hesitancy In attacking a weak, foreign powi-r. It mny be well to consider the following from foreign newspaper opinions. There mny after all be some resson for tho Indifferent and fearless attitude which Spain has thus far assumed. There Is a curious discussion In the Spanish press as to the possibility of confederating the ltln republics of South Amprlca with Spain against thp United States. "El Pals" contends that the Spanish n ptibllrs are weak through Isolation, tint that united In a military and diplomatic alliance they would be thp first power In the world In territory, the second In population, and that their armies and navies would have sufficient (lower to Insure respect. "El Pals" thinks Spain's advice would not he discarded If she warned Itln America against the United States, adding: "For It is well known that the greedy Yankees, once the Panama ranal Is op ened to the world's commerce, will do all which thPlr perfidy can suggest to wrest It from the Latin countries of f entrnl America, even as England seis ed the Sues canal. Tending In this di rection Is thp desire of the Americans to sucure Cuba, and the advance of the United State In the sea of the Antilles ore preliminary steps In the blockade and occupation of the future canal." Referring to Latin alliances the Ain don "Spectator" In a long article points out that there Is no doubt of the exist ence of special relations between France and Spain which have lately bepn strengthened, and says: "There are well-informed people who believe that when In the autumn the United States found there waa a stiff liens In the Spanish attitude which could only be accounted for by the fact that Bpaln knew she could appeal to a power which could not neglect her de mands for help." The "Saturday Ke vlew" expresses thp belief thnt France allowed the United States to under stand Indirectly that considerations of Imporfajjce o fjcr would not allow her l' fice Spain treated In an unfriendly manner and that a Spanish appeal to France must result In the latter's tnter vention, and the "Itpvlew" believes that this accounts for "the way the United States shrunk from putting Into prac tice the treatment of Spain suggested In the orlglnnl protests of the Wash ington Government." KI0TINO IN CHINA. A Prominent Woman Spat Upon by Military Students. Itlots and attacks upon foreigners ore reported from many sections of China. In one, of the central provinces, Hupeh, a riot was instigated by the students of the military academy. Property was stolon and the members of several na tive churches were scattered over the country. Seventeen leaders of the riots have been nrrested, and are now standing trial. A chapel of the Wes leyan mission was destroyed. From the province of Chuen. near the high lands of Thibet, authentic Information comes of riots Instigated, led on by military students, and of the destruc tion of property, in Shanghai and In the European section thpre are In stances of Insulting treatment of for eigners by Chinese. A prominent wo man riding upon a wheel, waa Insulted by a Chinaman, who spat In her face. Chinese soldiers have attempted to throw foreigners from their carriages. THE DREYEUS MYSTERY. Germany and Ranis Supplying Each Other with State Secrets. Herewith Is an alleged explanation of the Dreyfus mystery. According to this explanation a sec ret compact between llussla and Ger many existed before the Franco-Kus-alan alliance was arranged, under the terma of which Russia undertook to supply Germany with all the informa tion obtainable by spies or otherwise regarding French military affairs, Ger many supplying Bussia In return with Information concerning another power, presumably Austrla-Hungarla. Dreyfus discovered and traded upon this compact. Whether the bordereau was written by him or not It was mere ly the ostensible basis of the Indictment against him. The real secret document referred to Is a compact the revelation of which would have Imperiled the Ilusslan alliance. CABLE SPARKS. A plague hospital at Bombay was destroyed by tiro last Sunday. Three patients died from shock. Large stores of guns and ammunition are reported being received at Johan nesburg, In the transvaal. Lord Salisbury's couch was cut In two by a swinging gate recently. Thu premier had a nurrow escape from death. Lord William Neville pleaded guilty to fraud In a London court the other day. and was sent to prison for five years. A tariff war with the United States Is demanded by the German Agrarians, who will shortly be paramount in the polities of that country. A wind storm toppled a chimney at St. Francis Xavier's Academy at Vlcksburg. Miss., Into a room where a class was reciting, and Joscal Smith, of Delta, La., waa killed. The referendum In Switzerland has resulted In poular approval of the pro posed Btate purchase of the railroads of Switzerland at a cost of about a bil lion francs ($200,000,000). Seventy-four IsKlles have been re covered from the Verelnlgte Caxollnen gluck colliery. Prussia, which was de stroyed lust Thursday by an explosion of lire damp. Thirty men are still In the ruins. Tho Kola trial at Paris Tuesday was marked by important evidence tending to prove the Innocence of Dreyfus. Di rector Meyer, of the French Kecord of llce said that the handwriting of the bordereau resembled that of Major Es-t-rhury, as did also Prof. Ernst Mol tnier, of the College of France, The British warship Victorious which went aground at 1'ort Said the other day while on her way to China, la still fast despite all efforts to flout her. She will be compelled to discharge all of her coal and probably her artillery before Bhe can be pulled off. Real Tragedy oa the Stage. Infatuated with an actress, William Wordeii threw a bouquet of flowers at Fanny Donsalex, when she appeared on the stage of a Bridgeport, Conn., theater Tuesday evening. The actress kicked the flowers aside. Disheartened, the young man arose In hla seat, and facing the audience, tent a bullet through hit brain. a week: of trade. BmlnsM Not Affected by tbo Terrible Dt stter of the Maine. II. O. Dun ft Co's. review of trade rr ports for last wpek as follows: The dreadful disaster to" tho Maine, much as It has affected all hearts, has not much affected business. Only In the stock market, where there was selling Wednesday by speculators on thin margins, but In no other speculative market was an effect felt, nor in gen eral business. An advance of 10 per cent. In wages by some Gogebic? mines Is expected to be general throughout the lake region, excepting the Meseba district, and prices of ore from the other ranges this ypar have been advanced 1R per cent., with an allotment of 6,000,000 tons out side Carnegie mines, which betokens an output much the largest ever known. Wheat has risen 2 cents, and ex ports continue so heavy that a material advance is natural. Atlantic exports In three weeks have been 8,41(1.495 bush els, flour Included, against 6,61,971 last year, and Pacific exports have been 2, 476,r,2, against 1.474,782 yast year. Such shipments, with heavy engagements for the future, in spite of 11.430,8:11 bushels of corn exported, against 12, .V)7,2I4 bushels in the same weeks 1sl year, are conclusive proof of the ur gency of foreign needs. Wheat re ceipts hold tip well, though not ex ceeding last year's as much as exports, In three weeks, 7,775,B60 bushels, against 4,884,740 last year. The bot tom fact Is that the world needs wheal, which this country can only supply for about six months to come. Cotton haa held unchanged for spot, though a lit tle lower for options, prospects of de crease In the next yield being the main support. The Iron output February 1, with re ports of stocks on hand not held by the great steel companies, Indicates a con sumption of at least 3.000 tons per week greater in January than the previous maximum attained In November, 1895. The production is at present greater than consumption, stocks having In creased 9,016 tons weekly In January outside tho steel companies, whose stocks presumably decrpased. Some weakness In pig would naturally result, but while gray forge has declined at Pittsburg to $R.0. with Southern Iron offered at Chicago at concessions, no changes appear In products. Though new business has been somewhat dis appointing, the works are mainly sup plied for months ahead. In building of steel cars. In black sheets for tin ning, In rods, wire and wire nails. In creased demand and heavy business appear, though bar and pine are weak- . or and structural orders seasonably slow. Minor metals have advanced, tin to $14.20 on considerable consuming de piand, copper to $11,25 for lake on heavy exporTs, and lead to $3.80 and spelter to $4.10 on speculation, but fail ure to organize the tin pool causes weakness, American selling at $:) and lower at tho West. In the cotton man ufacture production Is restricted by . strikes and some grades are a shad dearer. The recent opening of higher grade woolens at advanced prices meets los demand than was expected, with less activity in lower grades and un expectedly numerous cancellations In light weights. Indicating larger buying than consumption has yet warranted. Failures for tho week have been 295 In the United States, against 303 last year, and 3". in Canada, against G8 last year. SORROW IN SPAIN. Expressions of Regret Conveyed to Miniiter Woodford-- Press Opinions. "The news of tho disaster of the Maine has caused a painful Impression In Madrid. It was at first feared that there has been some act of imprudence to which the catastrophe was attribu te!. Afterwards, as details arrived, the fears dispelled took the form of feelings of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortune which haa occurred. "The captain-general, the command nnt of the arsenal, the sailors of the cruiser Alfonso XIII., the crews of the merchant vessels and all the available forces hastened to succor tho Injured." The government haa expressed to Minister Woodford the regi'Pt it feels at the catastrophe, more especially as It occurred In waters within Spanish Jurisdiction. An admiral in full uniform. In the name of the minister of marine and the entire Spanish cabinet, called nn Gen. Woodford and Informed him that the government had telegraphed to the authorities in Cuba to do their utmost to relieve the distress of the injured and to furnish the officers and crew of the Maine with everything which they may need. All the members of the cabinet and Lnf the diplomatic corps left cards at the "American legation. j The Epoeha says: "Whatever rela . tions between Spain and the United li ... . eh.u,u n .... n .1 t,aM ity compel us to regret the catastrophe. The spectacle of so many lives sudden ly launched into eternity Inspires com passion." El Dia expresses sorrow for the dis aster, which Is describes as a "very disastrous occurrence for Spain." The Heraldo remarks: "Although the. Americans try to represent us as a people devoid of virtues, we must face this horrible misfortune sincerely and express feelings of compassion." The Heraldo adds: "In the face of provoca tive Americans we shall always remain a proud people; but In the face of men In misfortune, of whatevpr nationality, our hearts are always full of pity." The Imparcial published an extra edition, saying that the news had pro duced a deep impression in Madrid. The premier, Senor Sagasta, personally Informed the queen regent of the loss of the Maine. FRENCH STEAMER LOST. ' Eighty Seven Persona Perish la an Ocean Wreck During a Fog. The Compagnie Generale Trans-At-luntlque line steamer Flachut, bound from Marseilles for Colon, was totally wrecked on Anaga point, Tenerlffe, off the Canary Islands, lost Wednesday at t o'clock a, m. Her captain, second, of ficer, eleven of her crew k A forty-nine passengers were lost Tho Fluchat was built at Stockton, England, by Pearse & Co. In 1880. She waa a stern-screw, iron vessel of 1,239 tons net and 2.17S tons gross register. She was 300 feet long by 36 feet beam and 25.6 feet depth of hold. The Flachat struck on Anaga point during a thick fog and soon broke In two. The steamer Susu brought the fourteen survivors to Santa Crus and after landing them returned to the scene of the disaster. Women Suffragists Lose. The House of Representatives of Mas sachusetts has put a quietus on the at tempt to amend tho State Constitution and give women the right of suffrage. The Committee on Constitutional Amendments reported that the petition ers should be given leave to withdraw, and this report was accepted early In the day. Later a reconsideration was asked. The motion was lost by a vote of 44 to 97. During the speaking th galleriej were crowded wltt) ladies.
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