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The Nteamer Ory of Para Chartered to
Rescue the Crew,
Wasaixorox, Feb, 8—The United
Btates steamer, Kearsarge was wrecked
on Roncadore reef, Febraary 2. The
officers and crew were saved. The news
reached the navy department to day in a
dispatch, which came from Colon. It
was sent by Lieut. Bramard, of the
Kearsarge, which reached Colon Febra-
ary 8.
The Keersarge, by last report, sailed
from Hayti to Bluefields, Nicaragos, to
whieh it wes ordered on account of the
trouble between Nicnragua and Hondu-
ree. It is supposed thas \be vessel is &
folel wreck, but fortuvately thers ap-
‘pears to bave been no loss of life.
The vessel was one of the oldest
in the pavy snd bad so splendid
charter s vessel at Colon and proceed at
onoe to the assistance of the shipwrecked
men, Lieutenant Brainard coswered
that the mail steamer Oity of Para was
.. valisbie and ie support the vessel io
already ov ber way to the retief of the
shipwrecked men. The stesnier Oity of
Pars shovid bave Admiral Stanton and
bin 200 men insome port within three
70 RESCUE OFFICERS AND NEO.
Driven on the Keetf by Storm at Might. —
Measures for Saving the Men's Lives,
New Yoax, Feb. 9.—A special dispatch
from Qolon to the “Herald” gives the
following sccount of the wreck of the
United States corvette Kearearge on the,
Ronoador reel :
The dissster occurred at Tr NM Imes
sail and steams at thé time and was going
sbout 10 knots when she struck. A
heavy ses was rapping and us the charae:
ter of the keys in these waters was well.
- known to the Kearsaryge's officers, it wae
evident that safety lay in forcing ber as
far upon the reef as possible before she
began to bresk up.
-_ Accordingly the vessel was at once
lightened by beaving her guns over.
board. Ome of the first to go was ber
splendid over 11 inch after pivot, the gun
that did such terrible execution on the
" Alabama in their famoune fight in 1864.
Next the masts were cat away, not only
i fo lighten ber bul sleo to provide mater-
ial for constructing rafts. It would have
been madness in attempt fo make a land:
"jing in such a ses, the intense darkness of
a Scopical night, snd therefore there was
nothing to be dove but wait till morning.
A terribie night wes passed, the waves
pounding heavily cwer the stern sad
weather side ae she swang more and more
‘broadside. Tn the moming s line was
f4 ashore and sll bends were finally
‘Janded safely on the reef. Owing to the |
manner in which the waves bad swept the
decks and filied the holds only a little
fresh water and a small quanity of pro-
visions could be saved. Three boats were
got ashore but little ipjured.
“As there was almost nc water on the
reel, snd sbout 200 buodred men were
- camped there with a trifling supply, one
of the boate was immediately put in ordér
* $0 go to Old Providence for relief. Lieut.
EJ BR. Braioard sod Naval Cadet Btitt,
with a picked crew of volunteers, left the
reef. On reaching Old Providence and
‘frding thers nothing capable of taking |
off the ship wrecked crew,they cane on to
Colon for asssistance. When they. left
Toucador the Keersarge was breakicg up |
- fast.
The steamer City of ‘Para sailed at noon ba am bere looking over the edpdition of | papers-in Philadelphia and Washington, |
| affairs of this dietrict sod to render alias |
to-day for Rooocador reef to take on board |
the officers und crew of the Kesrsarge, |
wrecked thers Fridey. The Pars was’
Gh,
DESIGNS OF Srvmtican SENATORS.
8ilt in Strict Refrence to
W ass NaToN, Feb, & Tha pomiole at
TI VESHE WREED 3. TRS BOOGRT T0 TE
OFFICERS AND CREW SAVED BUT hw of tke silver Republicans in the FORMER SUBJECTS RETURNING: vhicute the pacilists. bave of dethroving | A BALTIMORE £ DOCTOR BELIEV- | (Dem. Del) member of committes on
| senate with reference to the tariff bil}
{ hus been the theme of considerable talk |
gince the, Wilson bill reached that body.
SECRETARY OF WAR'S RELIEF ORDER. a —. ulin that oy on VISITS ARE MucH PERSECUTED. | Bd Smith woa'd have a remarzabla good
FROM AMERICA
| without exception oppoee the bill. This |
they will’do for two reasons. They are
them thivk that if the tariff conld be al |
in the interest of silver.
tariff is changed and the cause of depres- |
sion, whereas, if tbe toriff is allowed to
remain as it is, and the times do not im-
prove, it will at once become apparent
that the tariff bad not caused the dullness
of trade gud people may be led to believe
it wae due to the scarcity. of mooey.
There are also atiou protect interests,
also aid in insuring their opposition to
tbe bill,
While, however, the silver Republican
senators will oppose tbe bill, will vote
sgsinet it, and will meke special efforts
to defeat the clsuse bearing upon the es-
pecial interests of their respective states,
it is probable thet some of them will not
sid their Republican cvllesgues in secur.
ing delsy upon the passage of the bill
Senator Teller, in conversation upon this
subject to-day said: ‘I for ome shall not
aid in prevénting action apon the bill. If
it becomes evident that the Democrats
bave agreed upon a bill which they can
I shall pot assist in delaying a vote to
gratify the eastern Republican senators,
nor shall I at any time remain away from
the senate to break a anorum, ss has been
suggested that the Republican senators
may be called apon to do.” :
Resding Heceivers on the Stand.
Maine stock desl, which the MolLend
management of the Reading railroad was
responsible for wae fully explained to-day
by Receiver John Lowber Weleh at the |
bearing before Master Crawford in the’
suit brongbt by Imac I.. Rice for the re.
moval of thé Reading receivere. The oft-
repeated story of the Reading's affairs
wus gone over st length but at the close
Welsh expressad himeelf very clearly up-
‘on. the qneetion of avy one being liable for
joss incurred by the company as a result
o’ the transactions. Io reply to Attorney
Bijur'sinterrogation Welsh declared that ae
8 receiver of the road he did not think soy
body was liable; that the company loet the
mouey snd that ended it. Receiver Paxon,
with all the diguity of ex-chief joetice of
the supreme court surrounding bis pres-
ence, sat calmly awaiting the ordeal of
beiog queried as a witoees, but he was not
‘wanted, besring at 1 o'clock being ad-
ourned until next Taeceday DOOD .
New Railroad Project.
SoequenaxNa, Pa, Feb. 9.—The right
of way for the Lehigh, Catskill Mountain
and Boston raiiroad ie being purchased |
throngh Delaware and Schobarie coun
The road will run from the Pennsylvania |
soal flelde, eroeeiog the New York, Lake
Eiie and Western railroad at Deposit, N.
Y.. thence to or pear Albany, where 1
will connect with the Fitchburg road for |
Boston and other pointe east. It will be!
an independent road and not a connect:
ing lick between the Ontario and West |
ern and the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western. ;
Sovereign in Fittaburg
man Sovereign, of the Kuights of Labor, |
{arrived here just pight. He said to day:
| istance in my power toward strengthen- |
{ing the order 10 this part of the country.”
all proteefioniste in principle and some of |
pease regardless of Republican opposition,
ParriverrEia, Feb. 0.—The New|
York ond New England, Boston and |
ties, New York, and work will soon begin. |
Miscrennte ate Determined ta Burn the
Warlit's Fair Mulldings.
|
Tarkey, arrived here to-dey from Con-
{ cials nse every opportunity to persecnte
former Turkish subjects who have be- |
come citizens of the United States. The!
-Armenians‘eepecially are expelled from |
the country whenever they return on
business or to visit relatives. He cites
the case of an Armenian who bad a Uri-
ted States passport and citizen's papers
and who was ordered out of the country
on arriving at Coostantinople. Hees
end demanded the release of the man,
which was grented. Co
FIREBUGS WHO OUGHT TO BE SHOT.
The; sre Determined to Burn (he World's Fair
Caicaco, Feb 11.— Miscreents sre ma
king determined efforts to fire the
World's Pair buildings. At 9 o'clock
Fridsy night a Columbian guard discov-
ered a blaze under the floor of Machinery
ball. - He smothered the fire with hand-
falls of dirt. - About 8 o'clock yesterday
moming fire was found at the east end of
Manufscturer’s building. This was ex-
tinguished with a Baboock eylinder eo-
give. At 10 o'clock a guard going of
duty extinguished an incipient fire in the
Waukesha Hygeia bailding. Later a
fire was discovered in a frame building
need as astafl manufactory, and it was
‘soon brought ander control. Here kind-
lingwood had been piled op and eet
ablage. All of the fires were undoabled-
ly the work of incendinries.
Rolling Mills Start Up
mill of the Valentine company will stert
Monday on foll time. It has been. idle!
all winter. It is believed to be ths be-
ginving of the resumption of the entire
plant, a
Killed on Their W Woy. to Work.
PorrsvinLe, Pa, Feb. 9.—Anp early Le
high Valley train struck and killed two
Huangurians at Cemetery, pear Mahanoy
City. The men were on their way fo
work at the Volcan colliery.
A GREAT news AGENCY.
Manifesto of the Usited Press in Answer
to Attacks of Presumptive Rivals
The United Press, the great pews as
sociation from which the Covnins gets its
limited telegraph news service, bas been: as-
sailed contivuvuely of iste by a pews
‘gathering agency which hopes to super-
cede it as the leading press associatidn in
America. Various things have been pub-
lished to misiesd the public snd the uun-
informed press of the country and to es-
pecially set tbe press right on the subject
the leading editors and pubhshers nv the
union, who represent ss strong a combin- |
ation of the kind es it is possible to effect
{10 the selsotion of su equal number of
newspapers, have wesaed the following |
| manifesto:
The New York Jerald, New York San, |
the New York Tribave, the New York |
Timee, sud other assomatee, under a deed |
of trust, bold sbeolute control of the
| Upited Press, and of the contracts, good |
will ard business which it derived from
‘ite predecesscr, the old Naw York Assov:-’
‘ated Press. ‘These papers are engaged io |
‘the business of collecting the news of the |
world for themselves and their clients.
{ They represent all phasea of political be-
ref east and west, and the good will se- |
ecruing to the public rests upon the good |
faith with which they have dove this
work. Their clients are other daily news. |
. Prrraprra, Pa. Feb. 9. — Master Work- |
papers ip New York city aud Brooklyn, |
ithe New England Associated Press, the
{ New York Htate Associated Press, the
‘Southern Associated Press, the leading!
‘and pearly all of those throughout!
New Jersey, Penneylvinia, Delaware and |
land, besides many in the west and |
chartered by the government. As Ron- | T.-sight Sovereign met District Master | British provinces of North America. It is,
eador is 330 miles from here the Para will |
probably not be beck before Banday.
FIFTY-EIGNT PR PRISONERS | ON TRIAL.
Abost All of the Foreigners of the Mansfield Vatrey
in Attendance.
Prrrspura, Pa, Feb, 12—All the for-
signers of the Mansfield Valley seemed to |
be present in the court house to-day se!
witnesses or spectators of the trial of the |
fifty-eight men charged with riot Fifty - |
eight chairs were placed in front of the
bar to accommodate these prisoners. The
jury was completed af 11 o'clock and |
District attorney Barleigh, opening the |
pase, announced that two prisoners plead |
guilty. W. J. Steen testified that 200
riotess saw property destroyed and men |
abused. The movements of the rioters
were directed by blasts from a bugle. He
ilentifiad forty nive of the prisoners and
o'ber ‘witnesses identified the men aleo.
Childs’ Will | Probated.
Pemaverraia, Feb. 8 —The will of |
Jeorge W. Childs was admitied to pro-
bate this morning. The document is
very short and was executed Angust lat,
last, a mouth after the death of Anthony
J. Drexel. Ohilde bequeatbs bis entire
estate to the widow absolutely. He ex-
presses no deeire to folter bis wife, hav-
ing full confidence that she, knowing his
. plans and purposes, will by gift during
. her life or by testamentary writing make
such dispoattion of the property for char.
table or ctbet aees in accordance
The executors are Bh
od James W. Paul,
{ Vineen!, Preeuient Eberhart, of the Glass- |
! workers Union sod other local leaders. |
Alter the exchange of greeting they heid |
| pecret conference, and at the close wonid |
ps pothing. Sovere'gn addressed a!
| muse meeting to night.
|
Big fron (ompany Iavolyed,
|Ubtvione to any carefnl observer that the
ted Press is now collecting the news
rn We pi accurately and sucoess-
fully than ever before, and it proposes to
cootinne to do so. Certain western pew:
| papers, which from t:me to time have ¢n
‘ gaged 10 efforts to relieve ns of this work,
sare attempting it agaia. Under no etr
| cumstances end at po time will the New!
| York Herald, the New York Sap, the,
New York, Feb. 11.—-W. B. Hee, |
lowed to rerein as at present it would be formerly United Btates coceal general to ago
boarded the steamer with an armed guard
THINKS SMITH " ve ¢ Comme oan
Bh pe we ISUALLY MURSER WALD
o Whip Corbett.
Besta 0, oy “ —~Talkieg of tee!
{ Champion Jim Corbatt. Jim Daly saye!
| be tind no fear of Jackssn or Filzsim
| mo pe, bat he dees believe that “Denver”
‘chaveoe agatust Corbett, Daly Tarther
ED TO BE A POISONER,
ANOTHER WAS veto Fo THE CRIMES. |
STRANI YEON ov sa
Gatimger WIN Ober 3 Sobstituis for ‘the Wien
riff Bip.
WASHINGTON, -. 12. --Senatcr Gray
TEN
| foreign relations, discussed the Hawiilad
| question to day. for three hours without
| concluding bis epeech. He yielded for 2
i motion to proceed with executive bus
| peas, Heis to fluish bis speech to-mwor-
says thet lie kzows whit Corbett and Generst Master Workwinn Severetgn Pre- | row avd bef followed (if the “avfinished
| 8mith ean do, having foagtit the Denver |
ite to a flush 10 this ently some yenrs!
“0! econrss Mitchell's repatation is
The silver Republicaus argue that if the | stantinople. Ho said the Tarkish offi- lost and lower than it was before the
Jucksorvitle fight” says Daily, “bat!
compare Smith with Mitchell when the
Eoghshwsn was good, and yoa will Bnd |
be bes an excellevt record. He foog ht
| Mitebell a forty three roaud draw with
bare koockles when Mitehell was in his
‘prima. Mike Cleary fought two draws
with Mitohe!l aud Smith whipped Cleary |
ib two mionntee, sand he déifeated the
‘Murine’ 1n two minutes.
“Then Smith fought Jackson s five
round draw st Chicago, and he had the
salvar tage all throagh, In the fiftt
roand be had Jackson over the ropes and
pearly out snd it was only by an accident
that Jakeoo was not whipped ;
“Smith Las a chance with anybody liv-
ing. I teil soa. [tf the noe talked-of
mateh between Jackson and Smith is ar
ranged I wi!l put my money on ‘Denver
‘Ed. The betting shonld be even, too In
all bis fiohte Smith has fongbt in the
style of bis OppoDents avd defeated him
each time.
to 1 Jim will win. He should bave whip.
ped Jackson st San Francis four years
ago, but he had no epconragemert from
friends and no coofidence ip himeelf.
He fought Jackson a six ronod draw and
you kvow how he hae improved since bis
fight with Sallivan, and what -covfidevce |
! was worth to him in his battle with
| Mitchell.”
3 GREAT BATTLE ar _mCTHEROY.
BrLLEPONTE, Pa., Feb. 9.— —Tbe rolling | The insurgents Destroy Government Forts Loss | tion of
Heavy sn Bolh Sides.
| Copyrighted by United Press, -
Rio Janeiro, Feb, 11.—The ineargent.
| leet attacked Armacsco [ast evening avd |
continued the fight uutil daybreak. Tre
| attacking forcea landed trrops and des-
| troyed the beach and hill top forts of the |
government. With six beavy guos and two |
magszine gnona they sweep the streets of
Nictheroy but were finally forced to
retreat before superior nombers. The
government admits the ices of 200 men,
bat the United Prets’ correspondent at
Nictheroy says 500 is nearer the troe joes.
The insurgents sncoeeded beyond sll hopes.
| having deetroyed the gowarvment’s position
most meanacing to the fleet and baving
lost cooly 270 men.
CONDITOIN oF ™e stave TREASURY.
Report to be issued in » Few Days.--A Falling Off in
Harmisstro, Feb. 9. —The sooual re
port of State Treasurer Morrison will be
issued in a few daye. It will show re
ceipts during 1898 of $13,252,737.89, ex
penditures $13,428064 77. Balsnoe in
| treasury Dec. 1, 1308, $5 830,308.07. Same
| dete the total interest bearing dent was
$5,13285). The estimate of the treasurer
[tor tois year is, receipts $11 505.500, e3-
i peoees $12.076.700. He calls attention to
the failing off of revenues from various
eources during the past year. §
: Killed Himself.
PrrrseUrG, Feb, 11.--James Rose,
i aged 35, shot himaslf in the bouse of hia
{ mother, Washington avenue, Bsitzboover |
| borough yesterday afternoon. Ross was |
| marned aud bad five children, bat hie!
wife and family had separated from him.
| Ste lived with-ber father. He bus tried
| several times to got hie wife to live with
him again, but without avail. Yesterday
| he made a final appeal to his wife on the
street. Sho refnsed. He borrowed a re
i volver, went to Lis wife's house and tried
to shoot bis mother-in-law. His wife
threw up ber am aod knocked the pistol
{on the Pacific const, and all of those I 3p Then Ross fied. He borrowed an.
other revolver and going to the cellar in
his mother’s house shot huneel! in the left
{ breast. Meantime, "Squire Black's con.
stable was hunting with a warrant for
Mansfield | Rioters on Trial.
Prrrssers, Pa, Feb. 9.—The first case
of the rioters from Macsfleld was called
PriLapzreiia, Feb. 9. — Judge Batler, | New York fribune and the New York to-day. Balachek, who was tried for as-
‘of the United Hates cirenit esart, ap-
{ pointed Logsu M. Ballitt receiver of the
{8-gnia Jron company. The company is in
{ corporated in West Virginia, bat a ma-
{jority of the stock is held in Penn-
sylvania. = The board of directors 1m»
iehiefly composed of Pennsylvaniane.
|The company bas mines in Cuba
{and bas many claims against
parties in Pounsylvania. The capital
stock ia 85,000,000 of which 8920 000 ia
paid in. The available assets are $100, -
template making an sseignment.
Incendiary Fire at at Huntingdon.
this morning entered J. M. Laid’s hard
ware store here and secured a large qunan-
tity of plander such ss pocket knives and |
revolvers. In leaving the store they set |
fire to the basement of the building in |
which was stored gunpowder and various |
men were subject to the greatest personal
danger from bursting oil barrels, kegs of
&
the valuation of the
'
rei,
powder and hnnd=eda of ris va fridoe.
ra x 0 Th= fienl Phe elu
le wi chet td ~tock badly damaged.
000, floaring debt $135000. Among the |
isblities are 8500000 io debenture],
| bonds. | It is said that thevompany com |ing steadily about our business, paying 1a being flooded with “green goods” cir-
oili. In esubduing the flames the fire |
imes oopsent to abandon the basines
of collecting the news of the whole world
for themselves and their clients’
| and to tan cover this . work to
the irresponsible and notrastworthy per
soos now conducting the affairs of the
| western organization, and who are engag-
ed in demoral:zing the legitimate business |
of news collecting bs tempting offers of
rates below a paying basis. Such induc
menta are of no real alvantage either te
those who offer or to those who accept
(them. It ie clear that ne business con
“ducted on such basis can be either efficient
| or permanent.
We have made no compisints and po ex |
others or exalt >urselves, bat we are gO
(our bills as they scerue, and we are pre- |
pared to pay them if they shogkl be |
onbled. trebled or quadrupled. As a mat- |
Howrisapow, Pa, Feb. 12 — Barglars | ter of fact these bills do pot now equal Den. received circulars today. Iostruo-
| one-balf the amount they reached during
the successfa] defense of our present po- |
sition sgainet the Inst serious assault apon |
| 1t by these same disturbing papers of the
| wee, Jaues Gorbon Bewxrrr,
For the New York Herald,
Wearreraw Rep,
For the New York
Cuaruzs A. Daxg,
For the New York San,
Crantes BR. Yioier
Guo. F. cpinney,
For the Naw York Timea
trNRer Jobim HH Homes, P esd it
® New England Associated P ps
¥
parte statemeats intended to disparge -
saalt and who was identified by the
plaintiff and the witnesses, was acquitted,
Sixty others will be tried together Mon-
day and it 1s expected some will plead
gut;
y Children . NBarned to Death.
BrocMssuma, Pa., Feb. ). —The honse
of Albert Cromnn, cear here, was bored
last night. The parents were visting a
neighbor and left two small childsen «t
home and both were burned to death,
Sacrafice Sale of "Green Goods.’
Norrisrowy, Pa., Feb. 9.—This town
'~ulare.! John H. Sloan; Frank O'Neal
aud Reuben Hack, well known : business
tions were given to communicate with
‘J. A. Bell, 282 West 128rd. street, New
| York. *‘Rafters S72" is given as the pass-
word. : Pm
Whipped to Death.
| Arnxxs, Ga., Feb. 11,—A negro named
Collins, charged with enticing away . ser-
{ vante, was *~kan from Fie haase Friday
vy whyecape, tied to a tres and Hiterally
flayed alive. H- die: yueterduy No
clue to the perpetrator- has heen ob-
tained.
“I don't think Juckson ever intends!
fighting Corbett. If they do meet it's 3 |
dicls au Barly Social Revolution. !
Bavrisonw, Md, Feb. 11.—Dr. J. D. |
Kremien, whe wis arrested bere recently |
for forgery snd periary in & will case, |
may be tried for minder. It is asserted |
be ia the notorions Dr. Meyer, who pots |
sousd bis :wo wives 10 Chicago and a
| youtg man vemed Baum in New York,
i for which crimes another map, who de
| nies that he is Meyer, is held in New
i York. Developments point to Kremien
"nn the marderer of Jolin Forre, an exces
| tric sh maker, who died in 1892 Af.
(ter Furre's death Kremier, who had at-
| tended Lim, offered for probate what pur-
ported to be Porre’s will, which beqieath~
ed 87.000 to Kremien's wife. Inuvestige-
tion proved Forre's right name was Her
wisn Hanbuch sod thet be hed deserted
| twenty yeers before. Toe daughter coo-
tested the will whieh the jary declared a
forgery. It is ssserted that Kremien
poisoned Havbach. The undertaker tays
Kremien arranged for Havbuob's fuoeral | wes
| several boars Leforw the istter’s desth.
WILL BE A REVOLUTION.
Saster Workmen Soveruiga Prodicts an Uprising ot
the Unemploved
Prrrssuna, Feb. 11.— General Master
Workman James R. Sovereign wes
qreeted by fully 2.500 workmen at La-
fayette Hull last night. The loesl pre-
oeptories. of the window glass workers
‘marched over from the South Side. Rev.
Wm. Robertson presided. Mr. Sovereign
predicted a sotas! revolution, es)ing it
| was only a matter of 8 few mouths notil
the 3,000,000 unemployed wage earners of
the conutry, goaded by desperation born
{ont and canse blondshed and the dissolu-
the present socisl system which
{bas brooght about their condition. One
{of hie exprevsionns was that a tramp was a
cross between poverty and grime, while a
dade or boodbolder is a cross between
pobody apd pothing. Concerning the:
bond 1eene, be said: ‘I want to give
notice now, the working people will be in |
power when those bonds come due. We
will teil the holders of thoes bonds they
wil take silver dollars for them or
{ nothing.”
Short addresses were made by Mise
Lillian Haller, Presiden’ Eberhardt, Pres-
ident Frye and J. H. Steveosoo.
a
Firemen and Workmesn Injared,
Panis, Feb. 11.—A workman npeet a
| amp this morning in the seed store in
Rae de Reuilly. The store caught fire
but the firemen extinguished. the flames
before they reached the oil receptasies
kept 1 the buildirg. Subeequectly a
work map inadvertently. struck s candle
against a receptacle containiog 600 litres
of oil; a tremendous explosion followed.
The fire sergeant was killed instantly and
body buroed toa crisp. A fireman who
stood beside bith was so badly burned
that he died a fos bourse later. Eight
other firemen and seventeen workmen
were severely inj nred, and several may
die,
Cripple Crevk Mine Difficulty.
CovLorano Spari¥aa, Colo, Feb. 11.—A
meeting of the Cripple Creek mine own
era wee beld bere yesterdsy. Nearly all
miners iu camp were represented. There
was po disposition to recede from the
origina! demand of nine bours st $3 per
day aud the owners ssy uniess the men
accept these terms the mines will be kept
closed ivdefintely.
Daluth Lost Heavily by Pire. -
Drrurr, Minn, Feb. 11.—Tue Board
of Trade bailding, in which were located
the North American snd Western Union
telegraph compsuier, - American Steel
Barge company, Like Superior Union Im.
provement snd Dalath Elevator com-
panies, together with offices of nearly ail
of the city grain and vessel firms, was
burned so day. Loss $95,000.
Nelther Lived to Ge! the Girl
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 11.—At a min-
mg town pear here Dennis Clements and
Will Barge, rival lovers of Cora Burgess,
and Barge sent & bullet throngh Clem
ents’ head. The latter fell dead in the
girl's arms. In resisting arrest Barge
was thot dend.
Jutl Breakeis at Erte, xf
Enis; Pa., Feb. 11.-—Thoe. Cribbins, a
dangerous burglar with three compan-
1008, escaped from jail Friday. With
fine steel saws they removéd a piece of
steel plate covering the wall and loosened
the cement and brick opening to the out
side. They mnde a rope of blankets sod
| escaped to the jail yard phi then scaled
| the 30.foot wall.
Operators’ Terms Excepted.
Covvmsrs, O., Feb. 11.—The coal
miners yesterday agreed to acoept a re-
duction of wages below the scale by a
vote of 5,599 to 8,734 A motion to scoept
the ‘operators’ proposition for straight
pick mining, » reduation of 30 cents per
ton; was crried by a vote F ot 6,209 to
1.820.
: Libel Suit Dismissed.
Lixcorn, Neb., Feb. 11.—The libel
n* hrenght by Father Corbott agamet
Bishop donacum for the method em-
ploysi by the latter in giving notice of the
suspension of Corbett, was dismissed
yoaterduy. :
an wifes and deugbtér in Philadelphia |
met at her house, when a quarrel ensued |
| baste sy” 1s not pressed) by Daniel ( Dem.,
| Vo.y and White ‘Dem, Calif} Mr. Gray
treated the gaestion bt oi interse-
tiemil moraity Jecinred that the
treaty «f ant 1 with the provisioned
sovervmett of Hawhii wen inconsistent
‘wilh the’ honor sed dignity of ie United
plzinest obligaticne of international mor-
traditione of the government of 1he Unit-
offered to the Wilson teriff bill was givin
by Mr. Gallinger, (Rep, N. BH) the sub-
stitate beiog 8 declaration thst iu view of
‘the widespread industrial al depression it is
onwise to attempt suy change in the tariff
‘laws. Tbe senate sdjourned st 4:45,
UBSERT OENGIENCY SLL PASSED.
Three Hinord snd Eights Eight Theinesnd tor tari
© ous hems.
Wasuisoron, Feb. 12 —Coosideration:
of the Bisnd seigniorsge bili in the bouse
deferred uotil to-morrow snd the
committee on the District of Colussbis
bad tbe right of tbe way for the disposi-
tion of loss] measures. The urgent de-
ficiency ball, carryipg SUSB90B, wes
passed.
bill one, $50,000 is to sid in carrying inte 3
effect the provisions of the Chinese es
ciasion sect, $118 to repair Fords
bosts Castive sud Mschiss. A spesisl
order {or eniogies upon the Iste Senator
Stanford, of Califorvis, was taken up snd
aller 8 number of addresses the house ad-
| of poverty and starvation, would break | 100rDed a8 a further mark of respect tothe
deceased seutor.
TUG OF WAR I BRAT.
Details of a Battie Rather Favorable to Ds Game's
gents sttucked Ariecso st 4 o'clock this
moruing Their lanoebes carried & strong
force to tbe landing plsce. The sttesh-
ing party was sot discovered until] they
oegan to lard. There wee heavy firing
for some Lime, tbeu the government forres
retreated, leaving forty men and five offi
cers captives and mx offiers and fifty or
sixty men dead. At5 o'clock 1.000 gov-
ernment troope were brought to the sid
of the garrison and the combined forces
advanced under hesvy fire. Ds Gama
broaghbt up more troops and s warship.
ran short of ammunition aod the sd-
vavce stopped sud yielded to the insur-
geots. The insurgents pressed forward
until withio 1,000 yards of Armaceo, but
eventually withdrew as the government
troops were constantly receiving
gents bad left the mainland, after spiking
the guns of Armsoao battery. The insur.
gents Jost between 50 and 80 killed and
wonnded. Among the dead were five
officers. The government force lost 150
ssid to bave been wonnded in the peek
| and arm, bat not seriously. Had it not
been for the arrive! of govrurment rein.
foroemetits the insurgents’ viotory would
bas strougly reinforced the Nictheroy
garnson, GL i :
Precarious Health of Proiessor Wilson.
man Wilson, of West Virginie, did not
speak here last night as be had istended.
amsedingly Jengerows. is tip to Mex
eo im semrch of health in dwerced almost
mpewwibie. His tremble i» tewmwilitis.
Partly Destroyed by Fire. :
Harrrord, Conn, Feb. 11.—Ths Coit's
patent firearms manufacturing company's
tactory was partly burned this afternoon.
Loss'$250,000. Five hundred men are
thrown out of employment, bus if the
boilers are intact, se it is believed, the
work will be resumed in a weskl -
Two Get Long Terms.
Pirrssurag, Pa., Feb. 11.—Ip the orim-
derer of John Terrell, wus secteveed to
twelve years in the penitentiary. Walter
years imprisunavat for wife-murdeér.
Loudon Plastered wh ae Pleoards.
Losvox, Feb. 11.—Anarchists posted
- revolutionary placards on wails through-
out the city yesterday. A young man
was arrested while putting up a placard
but nove of the other Mh
caught.
Slosson Won ‘in the Boston’ Series.
Boson, Feb. 11.—The last game of the
played Inst ‘night: Score, Slosson 600,
Ives 417. This made Slosson the win-
wer of the Boston series.
Pour Killed ins Solhsion,
Famzmonr, Obio, Feb. 12— During
heavy snow storm to-day two
killed,
Conditivn Uneh nye ut Wonelulu,
~aN Frinomsoo, For 11. {he steamer
reinforcements. Before noon the insur:
inal court yesterday Geo. Walker, mor
Stuter, avd would be a violation of the
ality, se well as of the settled practice snd
wd States. Notice of a substitute to be
theatre, $50,000 to be expended by the
secretary of iberuvy iv repainiogthe gun.
| Moxrrvioms, Feb. 12. —Dispstobes
dsted at Rio the 9th inet. say the iveur:
The government troops lost heavily. They a
are ¥
privates and 15 officers. Das Gams is
bave been complete. The government
Kaxsas Crry, Mo., Feb 11.—Congress- -
His physician forbid him to leave his :
roum, sayiag thet to venture out wonldbe
Yew
- fe
Burke was sentenosd to $100 flue and six
balk line billiirde tournament here was: =
wine, 4 fireman and 3 brokeman. were
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Awmstiaha reports DO cbauxe 10 the situs
tion as Honolnlunp in F.% 3.