in- THE LADIES' COLUMN. We wlih to suggest to tho Indies thnt thin column In always i-n to Buy noil till who wish to suggest domestlo subjects of any nature whatever, either to ask advice or furnish Information to oIIiimh, nnd we earnestly hope nil readers of the 1'wss and Who desire will avail themselves of tho op portunity, and thu recelvo a well imi con fer tx'tifllMt. All communications relative to till col umn Intend fur publication will bo lhl over until next week If they reach this office Inter tlinii Tuesday. Hickoky Nut Maoakoons. One pint of cliopixtd nit'iitH, oiio lmlf iint of flour, ono pound pulvi'i'i.tul sugnr four opi?M, hwt mitrnr nnd tirs to cirenui, mid flour nml nut kornulu lllHt. , ' I'lum Pui)iiN(. Ono cap boihIihI rnsinst, one cup currants, ono cup chop-pod snot., one fourth cup o! chopped citron, flvo cgn. ono tablo spoon of brandy, one tnpxm cin namon, ono tnnpoon griitod nut meg, one-fourth tonnpooii of nllspiue ono-fourth teuHpoon ground cloves a little grit tod loinonitocl nnd about ft cupfull of flour will give the re quired stiffnens to batter. Urenne mould well with butter and cover tight enough to prevent nny water from getting in and boil from six to eight hours. A two quart ico cream brick mould with fruit design on top is easily and cheaply obtained. Put pudding in with design at the bottom add the other lid and tie tightly with twine nnd put the mould in ft boiler with design nl bottom. If pudding is thoroughly done it will turn out n rich, glossy brown, nnd ran be served for Xmns dinner with a little brandy burning on nnd about it which greatly im proves flavor, this can be made lit nny time and heated over by putting in boiler nnd boiling, hard from H half to an hour. THE HOUSEHOLD. Many persons find trouble in mak ing putty stick, when they put in new glasses, or try to repair their windows, tho proper way to do that is to go over tho jmrts on which they Intend to apply putty with n coat of boiled linsood oil, nnd when this is dry apply the putty and it, will stick. The ensiost way to get paint off of window glass without spoiling the frame is to uso a sharp ien knife nnd scrape it off. When putting n new covering on second handed furniture never cut out the size of tho chair or other jbottom, first fit the left hnnd corner in the ronr, stretch to tho right hand fold nnd tack properly, then tack tho whole ronr part solid, when that is done stretch forward nnd smooth off even nnd tack fast with two or three tacks in front, your covoring will thon bo in potiition to bo cut tho exact size that will lit properly. Use suitable tape trimmings to cover tho tacks. To raise brool ovor night in a cold room nnd have it light in tho morn ing. Tnke a box of nny kind thnt will hold tho raising dish with room left for a smnll lamp. Prepare the yoast nnd flour, sot It undoroonth with a lamp burning.tho size of the flame should be according to the cold of tho atmosphere. I use the half of a flour barrel. Flossy. ureFood 8 You agree that baking pow der la best for raising. 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Eastern Branch, I N-,, York. 97 Chambers St., I SETTING THE RIVER ON FIRE. Origin of Thin Topnlnr and Expressive I'll rase. a 8 imntitna when a pirain wants to m.iko an unpleasant remark in a pleasant sort of way about a dull boy ho will say "That boy will nevorsottho river on firo." Now, tint is all very trao, for oven the smartest man in tho world could nover sot a stream of water on fire, and so, perhaps, many of you who have hoard this expression have wondered what ii mount by sotting the river on lire. In England many, miny years ago, before tho millers had machin ery for sifting flour, each family was obliged to sift its own flour. For doing this it was necessary to use a sieve, called a tomse, which was bo fixed that it could bo turned round and round in tho top of a barrel. If it was turnod too fiwt tho friction would sometimes cause it to catch fire, and as it was only tho smart, hardworking boys who could make t go so fast as that, pooplo got into tho way of pointing out a lazy boy by saying that he would novor sot the temse on fire. After awhile these sieves went out of use, but na there woro Btill plenty of stupid boys in the world, people kopt on saying that they would novor sot tho toinso 011 firo. Now, the ntuiio of the Hiver Thames is pronounced exactly liko tho word "tomse," and bo, after many years, those persons who hnd never seen or heard of tho old-fashioned sieve thought that "setting the temse on fire" meant setting tho River Thames on firo. This expression bo enmo very popular'and travelled far and wido, until tho people living near othor Bt roams did uot soo why it was nny hnrdor for a .slothful boy to sot the Thames on Are than any other river, nnd so the name of the river was dropjxxl, nnd everybody after that simply snid "river" moan ing the river of this particular city or town, nnd that is how it ia that people to-duy talk of sotting the river on Are. St. Nicholas. EARL LI IN DISGRACE. Tu Great Vleeroy Fined SO.OOO Fot Trespass Oriental Advto. Bait Francisco, Nov. 80. The steam ship Doric has arrived from Hongkong and Yokohama, bringing the following Oriental news: Vloeroy Li Hung Chang Is again In dis grace. He enterod the imperial park and hunting grounds without sanction. The punishment for this offense Is to be de prived of all his ranks and decorations, but the emperor has decided to be lenient and has merely deprived him of a year's salary, amounting to 0,000 tools. The count. It Is sitld, will aak to be allowed to retire to his native provlnoe on the plea at ill health, as he has been disappointed In the hope of obtaining a position of Influ ence in the Peking government. Should the efforts of the empress dowager In his behalf succeed, it will be easy for him to become viceroy of ChlhtU. It Is stated the Chinese minister to Lon don, Kung Chow Yuan, has petitioned the emperor to be recalled. He does not live in London. Cholera ts prevalent in Tokyo and ap pears to be on the Increase. The North China Dally News prints what Is alleged to be text of a new treaty between China and Russia. By the terms of the treaty Kuwla is to be allowed to build a railroad through Manchuria and is to be given for 15 years the port of Klaoshem, In the province of Bhangtung, for a winter port. Russia ts to fortify Port Arthur and Tal-leu-Wal and In case of war with other na tions is to have the use of these ports. Russia will furnish ottioers for the Instruc tion of the Chinese army. McKlnLj-i Private Secretary. Canton, O., Nov. 80. Charles Gates Dawes of F.vaston, Ills., who Is a member of the Republican national executive com mittee, Is slated for President Kleot Mo Klnley's private secretary. James Boyle, Joseph P. (Smith and Perry 8. Heath have also been mentioned for the place, but they are all said to be slated for other po sitions. Mr. Dawes Is a former Clucin natiaa and married a daughter of Wil liam H. H lunar of thin city. He Is a sun of ex-Congressman R. R. Dawes of Mariet ta, O. Astronomer Gonld Dead. Boston, Nov. 88. Professor Benjamin Apthorp Gould, the distinguished astruno mer, died at his residence In Cambridge at th age of V'a. He was preparing to i.v the house in the evening when he fell down stairs aud received Injuries from which he died (wo hours later. A m m a THE COAST DEFENSES THE ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY OF WAR LAMONT. TTip War Departments Klaborate Flaa ef Fortlfleatloas aad Armament- United Steles So Be Pot Ia Position to (Inlehly Mepel a Foeslbln Invasion Washington. Reo. 8. The annual re port of the secretary of war, IMnlel 8. La moni, has Just been made public. It shows that the expenditures of the war depart ment for the fiscal year ending June 80 Inst wore tAI,808,SUri.A9; the appropria tions for the yonr ending June 80, 1897, were r.4,044. 1)0 and the estlmntm for the veer ending June 80, 1 ., H9,B8,8S8 80. The aggregate of appropriations for this department unexpended and turned Into the general fund of the treasury at the end of the last fiscal year was 91,(175,088.07. For tho ynnr lHtm It was 11,704,407.98, and for 1HW4 It was l,8H7TUSi3.8l. The number of enlisted men In the serv ice on Oct. 81 was 8M8'I, or 884 lees than the nuinlmr authorised by law. Deducting the nick, thnne absent on furlough, recruit not joined, the men employed In the staff departments and on detached service, the effective field strength of the army on that dny was 88,8X8 of all arms. The number of officers of the line Is l.ftlU. Of these 1,800 are serving with their regiments and 81 1 are on dotachcil duty. In no previous year of the history of the army has the health of the troop been so Knttsftictory a during the last fiscal year. Kaeh soldier woe sick 18.4 days, as against a record of 15. 8 for the preceding ten yearn. The number of soldiers so disabled a to require their dlschargo from servloe was 9.1S per 1,01)0, as compared with 88.77 an nually for tho preceding ten years. The mortality rate was 6. 18 per 1,000 of moan strenath, a compared with 7. 80 for the preceding deoada t The National Oaard. Referring to the national guard, the re port says: "Thero nre now 85 army officers regular ly assigned to state headquarters, and In addition to these 81 officer have been de tailed on temporary duty during the past year at state encampments. All ooneur in reporting a steady Improvement In the trulnlng and efllolency of the militia. Camps of Instruction were held In 81 states, and in several Instances regular troops were encamped with the mllltla, serving not only to furnish an object les son In matters of detail, but also to pro mote cordial relations between the regular and state forces. The total cumber of officers and men oomprlslng the organised militia of the states and territories Is shown to be 111,887. The artillery arm, oomprlslng 4,718 offioers and men, Is maintained In 84 state, and the cavalry, oomprlslng 4,980 oflloers and men, is maintained In 80 states. The general government last year allotted 1400,000 toward the malritonunoe and equipment of the national guard, and aggregate appropriations of 18,000,000 wore made therefor by the states and ter ritories. The Const Defenses. The matters of fortifications and arma ment are treated In detail and at consider able length. The secretary asks for an ap propriation of 110,000,000 in addition to the $18,000,000 appropriated by the last oongMMtg for the oonstruotlon of needed ooast defenses, the equipment of new sta tions, the reorganisation of the Infantry branch and other Improvement In the gen eral servloe. In tho past year the department has made great progress In the purchase of ma terial for the manufacture of great guns and other parts of ooast defense equipment aud will ask congress that large additional appropriations lie made with whloh to con tinue work. Contracts have already been awarded for the purchase of 81 sets of 10 Inch and one sot of 10 Inch steel gun forg tngs, costing nearly 18,000,000, and a sec ond contract will shortly be made for as sembling 8, 10 and 18 Inch guns, costing nearly $400,000, beeldosOO mortars, costing about $800,000. When the total number of emplacements upon which work Is now progressing arc completed, 188 guns of large caliber will be reaulred for Installa tion and 160 mortars, ousting the govern ment an even $8,000,000. Of the 481 guns to be emplaced it is now proposed to mount but 48 on nondlsappoaring carriages. The Intensity of the tire delivered from ths main and secondary batteries of a battle ship Is such, the authorities claim, as to make adequate oover for the gunners In shore batteries an absolute necessity. The experiments, It will be shown by Beoretary Lamont In his report, with disappearing gun carriage, have developed a fine type, about whose efllolency there Is no longer a question. The full scope that the ooast defenses of the country will take is set forth elaborate ly In the report and embraces, Colonel La mont says, about 81 cities so far. with chances that seven more will be added to the list requiring the attention of the na tional government. Of this number, em placements will be ordered and work pur sued In the next slz months In the oon struotlon of emplacements at Portland, Me.; Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston, Narra ganetnt Bay, eastern entrance to Long Is land sound, eastern and western entranoes to New York harbor, Philadelphia, Wash ington, Baltimore, Hampton Roads, Wil mington, Charleston, Savannah, Key West, Pensaeolo, Mobile, New Orleans, Galves ton, Han Diego, Ban Francisco, the mouth of the Columbia river and Puget sound. Aa Enermoos Frojeot. This enormous project will require, the secretary's report shows, 481 high powered guns, excluding the great 10 Inch gun for which the authorities have been endeavor ing for years to secure an appropriation. The emplacements are to be located by the engineers with a view of enabling the guns to throw a line of defense at a mini mum of 8 to 10 miles from the place de fended and to give the guns In most in stances a clear sweep for at least 18 miles. The engineers will require further that the guns shall be so placed tbat they can oon oentrate upon any one portion of an ene my's vessel a fire equal and If possible su perior to the heaviest that can be brought to bear from the most powerful hostile fleet which oould attack the position. To hold the fleet under fire of the guns and prevent them from running the batteries the proj ect, the report says, requires a complete system of submarine mines, so planted as to close all navigable rivers to an enemy, while offering no obstructions to friendly eommeroe. These batteries will form one of the most formidable features of the ooast defenses of all cities, and upon them In a great measure several of the big cities will depend iur their safety from invasion should tlie shore guns be unequal to hold the lieut outside. To protect the principal eitiea and harbors op the navigable waters of the ooast the rcpurt says that over 0,000 mlues and 10, IKK) mortars will be used to prevent an Invading fleet from occupying n advantageous position. Five Hundred Oat of Worn. Abhland, Pa., Deo. 8. The Contrail colliery, owned and operated by the Le high Valley Coal company, has shut down for an lndeilnite period. Five hundred men and boys are thrown out of work. Villas Wiped Oat by Fire. Huntington, W. Va., Deo. 8. The town of Breetleu, Mlnge county, has suf ered a destructive fire, and but one house was left The village was small, and the loss of $18,0u0 wipe it out of exlswuo. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Thnrsdar. Her. SA. By the bursting of a steam pipe st tb Hotel 8arny, New York, two men Wert serlonsly Injured and the guests throws Into a pnnlo. Burglar blew open the Safe la tht Mount ('armel (Conn.) poriflloe, having first tied the door 0f noarhr hmtne so thai the citlsen oould not molest them. Thej snnirnd little booty. The southern express on the Pennsyl vania railroad crashed Into a derailed freight train near New Brunswick, 14. J., and was wrecked. The engineer and fire men were killed. Several passengers wer Injured, but none seriously. In the libel suit of Lord Russell against his mother-in-law, Lady Hoott, and others, endearing letter from the earl to Ladi Boolt were read, aa wa also one from Lndj Boott to a detective promising reward fot proof of her charge against the earL I Friday, Nov. t7. Embassador Bayard and Mr. Bayard dined with the queen at Windsor castle, agreeable to her majesty's oommand. j Walter M. Castle and his wife, Klla Cas tle, the wealthy Callforalans who were ar rested In England on a charge of shoplift ing, have returned to this oountry. The dock strike In Hamburg Increased, there being 18,000 men Idle. Tom Mann, the English agltAtor, Is reported to havs been arrested while trying to enter Ham burg. Dr. William Fisher Orler, a prominent New York physician, seised with acute In sanity from overwork, fought three men and was taken to Bellevue hospital In s straitjacket. 1 The steamboat John E. Moore, with a party of 150 fishermen, sank on the Romet shoal, about three miles outside of Sandy Hook. The paswengers and crew were res ound with great difficulty. Leonard Mauffrand, aged Tl, who mur dered Gabriel Ouarin, aged 84, on th night of Nov. 4, died at Linn, Ho., from wound Inflicted upon himself on Monday night while confined In the Bounty Jail there. He frequently made threats of tnl oide. Bntardnrt Hov. 8ft. The Venesuolan boundary commission Is preparing the vast mass of evidence ool leoted by It for publication. The tenth annual convention of the As sociation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools began In Philadelphia. The strike at the Hamburg docks con tinues. The Warehouse company of Bremen has offered to compromise with it employees. A lolph Skyrnetskl, who lived near tho pov irhouae of the Citizen' Kleotrlo Light oof winy In Brooklyn, was driven to sul ci' by the noise. Superintendent of Publlo Instruction Charles R. Skinner of New York state de cided that teachers In publlo schools must not wear any religious garb. JohnS. Rankin, a wealthy timber dealer of Detroit, was found dead on Fltswllllam Island, Georgian bay, and, It is feared, Thomas J. Austin, his companion, was drowned. Evidence Is being taken in Corning, N. Y-, o prove the legality of Mrs. Mary Dawson McCafferty's olalm to the widow's share of the fortune left by John MoCaf ferty of Chicago. Monday Vov. SO. .The death of Baron Savlle, the British diplomatist, Is reported from London. Dr. Robert d'Unger of Chicago has In vented a machine for transmitting over the wires pictures, writing and printed matter by means of X ray. A cablegram from Sydney announces the death of Sadie Maodonald, a member of Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown" compa ny, whloh was playing In Australia. In New York a 16-year-old boy arid a 18-y oar-old girl arranged to elope, and.for the purpose of providing means the srirl stole $168 worth of diamonds from her fa ther. A friend of Samuel W. Allerton of Chi cago said on returning from Canton, O., to Chicago that he was confident Mr. Al lerton would be Mr. MoKlnley's secretary of agriculture Miss Minnie Selig, 18 years old and a bride of ten months, died from the effects of parts green, whloh she took with sui cidal Intent at her onole's home, 1891 First avenue, New York. Four burglars attacked a night watch man In a ooalyard near Hotmken, N. J., and tried to gag him. He fought them and was clubbed unoonsolous, but not be fore he had made so much noise that the neighbors heard him, and the burglars ran away. Tuesday, Dee. 1. Ira Bhafor, a well known lawyer, died at his home near Poughkeepsle, H. Y. John Scott, ex-United States senator from Pennsylvania, died In Philadelphia. M. C. Blaine, an army chaplain sta tioned at Fort Ringgold, Tex., and his daughter, were burned to death. Robert E. Marshall, superintendent of the Altoona division of the Pennsylvania railroad, ooinmltted suicide In Washington. President Elect MoKlnley's callers In cluded Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and General Horace Porter of New York city. William Stolnway, the head of the piano manufacturing house bearing his name and a widely knows natron of music, died In New York. The G. A. R. executive oommlttee se lected Buffalo and the week beginning Aug. 88 as the plane and time for holding the next annual encampment. Friends of Joseph H. C boots of New York are urging him for United States senator to succeed Mr. Hill. It Is said that he will accept the offloe and allow hs friends to make a contest In his behalf. Wednesday. Doe. S. ' An Intimate friend of McKinley at Can ton, O., says that Hanna will accept the navy portfolio. The control of the Postal Telegraph company was placed In perpetuity with the Commercial Cable company. A fire, at which two firemen were badly hurt, did about $100,000 damage to the buildings 748, 747 and 749 Broadway, New York city. , Delegates from 18 cities met In Indian apolis and Issued a call for a national our reuoy reform convention to meet In that city In January. The new cruiser Brooklyn was turned over to the government by her builders, the Cramps of Philadelphia, and placed In oommlsalon at the League Island navy yard. The glass manufacturers met In Indi anapolis, divided the oountry up among the members, deoidad to allow furnaces to start up Deo. 14 and left prloes to be fixed by the trust's executive committee. Governor Morten commuted the sen tence of Biff JEUison, now In Slug Sing prison for ausul'lng William H. Hen rique In New Vork, se k will be set free Jau. 6. The commutatloa oover the time he spent In city prisons before his trial. The Coast Hoye Dead. Viknsa, Deo. 8. Countess Hoyos, grandmother of the wife of Count Herbert bismarok, died on Monday at Urats. Torpedo ttoat steady For Trial. Nkwtobt, R. I., Deo. 8. Commander Converse, president of the board whloh la supervising the ooiutruutlon of torpedo bout Nun. a and 7 at Bristol, has asked the department to appoint a board for the trial trip of the former, which Is now ready. It Is said the bout will develop a spaed of 87 to 80 knot. CRUELTY OF WEYLEB OPENS IN EARNEST HIS CAMPAIGN OF RAPINE AND BUTCHERY. fJenernl Bradley T. Johnson's Views of tht Cnben Sltnatlon Mays That Maeeo Will Vltlmatelr Whip the Spanish Troops Flattie Reported In Havana Province. Kkt Wkst, Deo. i. Weyler's threat thai he would starve the Insurgent ont snnrni llkoly to be carried out, a from nil roporti from Marlel, near where the onptain gen eral I now, the work of destruction 1 be ing carried ont fully The Spanish arm) sweep everything before It, killing beevet that It cannot use, burning Minefields and small tore, with their provision, and leaving a wide waste of ruin and desola tion In It wakn. People vainly Implnrs Weylor to leave thom provisions to keej them alive, but hi brutal nfllcer refuse with oaths and insulting words, if not worse. Over 800 refugees have eome Inte Marlel since Weyler went out tble last time, all giving the same story of abuse, plunder and murder of Cuban. A Spanish onptain named Oolseaso I ac cused of murdering over 100 person In the valley, 100 mile south of Marlel, during the latter part of November. In one Instance he I accused of oonHnlng s number of women and girls In a ohuroh, and after they had been repeatedly abused and maltreated by his men, burned tht building with them In It Many other nut rages, all as horrible, ars ohargod to him and his company. Bradley T. Johnson's Views, Baltimore, Deo. 8 In discussing U situation In Cuba, General Bradley T. Johnson said to an Interviewer: "The hankers, the planters, the writer, lawyer, doctor, the professors of the Unl. verslty of Havana and the people are sup porting the rebellion. The University ol Havana I a hotbed of patriotism. Tht boy run off by the snore to Join Gomel and Maoeo, and some of the professor art minister plenlpntmtlar from Cuban republlo to the fsouth American govern ments, at Franklin and Laurens were from the devoted oolnrito to France in 1777-8, I think the property, the oulture and the courage of the Island are on the side ol the rebellion. "The insurrection 1 supported by wealth, directed by intelligence and con ducted with genius and courage. I tldnk the rebels en t fight and outmaneuver the Spaniards, and they will wear them out. "There Is no chance of the rebels being starved out of the Plnar del Rio district, for the woods are full of cattle, hogs and sweet potatoes. They will always have plenty to eat. They are armed with rem ingtons, spencers, manse rs, every variety of carbine and revolver, and all of thorn first rate, but their calibers vary, which Is a terrible disadvantage. In war all car tridges ought to fit ail guns of the same kind. "They have, since I loft, got some dyna mite guns, cannon worked by oomprossod air and some guns for smokeless powder. They have a few Amorlcan and foreign artillerists who will rapidly Instruct othei foreigner In the service, and as their artil lery ia re-en forced skilled men will be ready to use the now cannon. I would sny, without any definite Information, that they need company officers, captains, lieu tenants and orderly sergeants more than anything else. "The Cubans are making the gnmeat fight that ever was made, not excepting that mode by the Confederates In the civil War. They are wearing out the Spaniards, and after General Weyler on nice back to Havana again the Spaniards will not throw np the sponge, but will sit In the town and make faces at the rebels, who will rule the oountry," As to Self Government. "But if they do suooeodT, will they be capable of self government; Will there not be a repetition of San Domingo or Haltlf" asked the reporter. "No Latin tribe Is capable of self gov ernment," replied General Johnson. "That requires the constant struggle against the forces of nature and the pres sure of power such a the Anglo-North, men oonduoted for a thousand year against the tempest of the North sea and the en croachments of feudal power a thousand years to produce such a race as this salt re liant, self controlled, liberty loving, justice and right practicing American race. It Is the evolution of the ages. It is the flower of olvlllzatlon, and no Roman race will ever equal It But the population of Cuba is very like that of Virginia. "The Island's area Is about equal to Pennsylvania. It population is 1,108,899 whites, 485, 187 negroes and 48,811 Chinese. Negroes include all mixed blood; white means pure blooded. Yon perceive, the population Is about equal to that of Vir ginia, and Is similarly mixed about two whites to one of all other races, " Maoeo Is the genius of the war. He Is a quadroon. His mother was the daughter of a Spaniard of rank, and he Is the son of a Spanish officer. 1 "He Is well educated, bright, alert, dashing and daring. He will wear the Spaniards out by guerrilla war oonstant surprises, ambusoades, attacks and re treats. Mosby, with 800 men, kept 40,000 men constantly employed for two years In the mountains of Farquler and Loudoun, In Virginia, chasing him up and down hill and dale, bnt they never captured him, and he cost them thousands of men and millions of money. "It Is a condition and not a theory that Mr. Cleveland and the congress are bound to meet, and a condition oan't be dodged. It grasps men and nations and makes them act." i London Time oa Worker's Fells re. London, Nov. 80. The Time', corre spondent In Havana dwell at length upon Captain General Weyler' failure to oupe with the rebellion. He adds: "It Is stated that the present Issue of banknote 1 to be withdrawn and a new Issue based on the value of silver Is to be substituted for $60,000,000 intended for the payment of the troops. As there Is no metallio reserve it la safe to predict that these notes will soon fall to a purely nominal value." The Times says In an editorial on the above, "The gloomy outlook In Cuba makes It Impossible to exclude the possibility of some kind of United States Intervention. General xCarketa. New Yobx, Deo. L FLOL'R State and western dull and anchangd; city mills pat ent. ti.tftti.lt): winter patents, $4.tl9a.lu-, city mills dears, $4.liuaAiu; wiutss straight. H.iftut.tt. WHEAT No. 8 red declined all th morn ing under lower cables and large deliveries uu lieoembsr contracts; December, Sv ?-loyuoe.; January. W t-iauMc. COHS No. 1 steady and active, chiefly switching to later muath; December, 2v$ Srhtc.; January, ac. OA l S-No. S ruled quiet; track, white, state, BggvfiJc.; track, white, western, A,ttu, POKK buady; mees, tejAiuUa; family, 1ii.u,1L LAUU-QaJet; prim western steam, $4Jjt, nominal. DUTi ICR-Firm; state dah-r, USWto.; state sreamery, lato. CHltkK-stiy; Slate, large, TV&lUHc.; mall. 7tallMc. IMH-1 iriu; stat and Penosylvauia, xSji Sic.; western. letirfMc. bt'OAH Kw quiet end steady; fair reflnicg, fltc; eentrlf ugei. W test. te.j renued quiet; oruvhed, to.; powdered, tfau. TlKfE.i'lMt-lClrui at a!7a. MoLAobao steeuj; New Orleans, M&lio. Iur new. KICK Steady; domestic. W&Oo.; Jauaa, 04 wo. ' MRS. DRAYTON TO WED. The Altor-Helres, It Is Said, Will Tak Another flnnhand. NKW York, Don. 8.u-H Is reported np on what seems the liest of ainhorlty thai Mrs. Aniriiffa Drayton, tho eldest daugh ter of Mrs. William Aster, Is aliout to Ix married again. The hnppy man I Mr. Oonrtrn Ilnlg, ft Scotchman of position, now a memlier ol the firm of Ilnlg & llalg, whisky mer ohnnts, with headquarters In London. Mr. Hnig Is 40 years nf aire, n fnvorltf and well known man about town, and has been very devoted to Mrs. Drayton tlnrlnt ner reioenne in ixindon. Hi sl-ter mar ried Mr. .Tainlson. the head nf the grenl distilling firm of that name, nnd Is a verj i smart woman In Ixindon society. During tho latter part of this scnaon Mr. George Hntg arrived at Newport and spent a few days there without becoming gen- j erally known In society. It now appear? ' thnt hi mission wns to see Mrs. Astol i .1 . i . . ami ana ner permission to marry hel daughter as well nsto make some arrange ments about a settlement upon his Intend ed hrido, a he Is not a man of much wealth. When hi visit to Newport wa con cluded, he confided to an Kngllsh frlond here thnt Its purpose had been accomplish ed In nn entirely satisfactory mnnncr, and he returned homo Immediately. Only a very few of Mrs. Drayton's old friends nro nwnre of her engagement tr Mr. Hnlg, which hns not yet lieen formal ly announced eithor In Ixindon or New York. The marriage will he a happy end ing to a pretty a social disturbance as ev er agitated New York society, yot nobody here has received word aa to the date ol the wedding. Without going Into r-laborote detail, 11 will tie remembered that Mr. Coleman Drayton sued his wife for divorce on stat utory grounds, naming Hallett A. Bor mwe as cnrosiiondcnt. The case dragged Its slow and weary length through the New Jersey oonrts until society was much surprised to lonrn that Mr. Drayton had retired from the nirgremlvo position he had at first assumed and had permitted hit wife to obtnln a divorce from hln on thf ground of desertion and nonsnpport. Neither of the pnrtios to either suit evct put In nn appearance in court, nnd tlu greatest influence was brought to boar te keep even tho formal motions of the law yer as quiet as possible. A few weeks ago Mr. Borrowe was mar ried to Miss Corbln, a daughter of the let Austin Corbln. Mr. Coleman Drayton hai. established a quiet homo for hiniself and ohlidren at Tuxedo, and when Mrs. Dray ton marries Mr. Hnlg the last memory ol s painful event will have happily passed away. MADE MANIACS IN JAIL. Grave Charges Against omelals of Kestern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. Pfii.adf.M'Hia, Doe. 3. A sensational Investigation of tho condition of tho pris oners in tho Knstorn penitentiary, this City, will probably result from a complaint made in the quarter sessions court and the consequent announcements by Judgo Gor don. Application was mado for nn Investiga tion inte the mental condition of a pris oner who Is nlleircd to have become Insane since his commitment. Judgo (iordon an nounced that ho hnd visited tho prison and become convinced of tho man's insan ity, but, his individual efforts to have him transferred to an asylum proving fruit loss, tho Judgo appointed a commltteo of expert physicians to Investigate. Testi mony of these expert was heard In court. It was to tho effect that not only the pris oner In question is insane, but a great many other prisoners aro In a similar con dition, ono of them, who is under life sen tence for murder, being violent. Thore is no Insane department In tho prison, and the unfortunates arc confined in ordinary oells. Many of these cells, it wn sworn, were In a filthy state, although In some In stances this was attributable to the hubltg of the prisoners. At the conclusion of the testimony Judge Gordon promptly ordered the re moval ef tho patient in question to the Norristown lnsnno asylum and declared his Intention to submit the matter to the state legislature. Among other things he said: "It appears by the uncontradicted evi dence, by the evidence of tho authorities themselves, that there are a btrgu number of Insane prisoners In the Eastern peniten tiary. I am also confronted by the fact that In no Instance has any effort been made, either by the physician or by his warden, to have such prUonors removed, and the added fact, in thi particular oae, that the effort to remove this prisoner was, if not obstructed, at least resisted. "The light I have already convinces me that the administration of that prison has a tendency to promote Insanity, and that, for some reason, those who administer it are not disposed po give ethose facte that publicity and force thoy ought to have. From the assistance I have already receiv ed I shall Invoke from the gentlemen who have been at my side In this matter fur ther assistance, and I intend to call such attention to the general subject, both by the legislature and by other courts, that something may be done to put Pennsyl vania In the line of civilization and hu manity in the 'treatment of its criminal Insane." Bishop Walker Aecept. Buffalo, Dec 1. Bishop Walker of North Dakota has decided accept the election of the Episcopal diooonan council as bishop of western New York; He has sent word to that effect to Rev. Lobdoll and Is now. In fact, the head of1 the dio cese, the standing committees of a majori ty of the dioceseses in the country having concurred with a majority of the bishops In consenting to his election. The date of his induction has not yet been settled on. American f-eglon of Honor. Philadklphia, Dec. 8. The supreme oouncll of the American Legion of Honor was In session behind closed doors for 18 hours. At the conclusion of the session It wo announced that the scale of assess ments hud been changed so as to make each member pay a larger yearly sum. The change will go into effect Jun. 1, 1&W7. Soma other amendment were also made, but thalr Import oould not be ascer tained. Princess Elizabeth Dead. i Lo.VDox, Nov. 30. A Berlin dispatch to The Times says that Princess Klialwth of Lippe is dead ut lVtmoht. rhe wo Princess of Schwarzburg-KuboUtadt and was the widow of Prince Leopold of Lippe. She was born In laM. Wiped Out by a Cyclone. Perky, O. T., Nov. 80 Information reaches here that a very destructive cyclone struck the town of KaUuin, on the Arkan sas river, 60 miles northeast of here, and nearly wiped out the town of about two huudred houses. Nearly every house iu town was blown down and several people were Injured, but no names can lie obtain ed, KubiUju is iu the Osae Indian nation and 60 miles from a telegraph olUoo. Fetal Quarrel Over a Girl. Albany, Dec. 8. Charles Lang, 25 year old, died here last niht of injuries received at the hands of Jerry Murphy, a young man of the same sue. The men quarreled ou the evening of Nov. 10 over a girl and the next day hud a list tight to setile the dispute. MILES OF ICE GOUGE. CAUSED A DESTRUCTIVE- FLOOD IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. Live Stock Frosen to Death In the Riven The City of Kan.Clelre In Danger ef la nndatloa KfTeow of the Bllssard Is North Dakota. Kah Clairr, Wis., Dec 1. An let gorge formed at the month of the Chlppe. wa river, which caused the water to hack np rapidly Sunday morning. (In the lowt lands IhMow Dnrand the rise was so rapid thnt, mnny rhmillo had to flee in theli nlghtrolsw to place nf safety and leave all their possessions behind them. The suffer ing among the women and children wa Intense, and mnny am reported as having frn7.cn feet and limbs. Those who oould, fled to tho railroad traok. There thny built a fire and tried to protect themselves from the frosty winds until relief arrived. An engine nnd car sent out fromDurand yesterday gathered up about 40 or SO ol theso unfortunate people, but so fast was the wnter rising thnt tho train had to ga back to Durand. It is thought that som of the people were aot reached by the res cuing party and have perished. The bot toms are all under water, and Jhe stock and produce aro a oomplote loll. Dead domestic animals can bo seen about th nelghbnrhoml, frozen stiff In the water. In most of tho homes were stored the win ter supplies, and these were lost. Farms and farm buildings along all mile of the Chippewa valley are undnt water. The flood Is being added to hourly at tho rate of six Inches, and unless the gorge breaks soon this dry will be inun dated. Ilnsemont of nil building on Hprlng effect are already flooded, and In several Instances tho lower floors are undei water. People livlng in or occupying bust- ness houses In the lower Dart of the city are liostily removing their personal effeot to higher ground. In 1HH4 a similar flood occurred, caus ing a loss of mnny thousands of dollars. A groat amount of railway property Is threatened, nnd mnny highway and railway bridges prolwhly will bo swopt away. Helow the lmmenso gorge the river I practicality dry, and when the Jam breaks tho body of water In the reservoir must carry destruction to tho valley below. Eau Claire he every reason to feel apprehen sive as It danger begins when that of Chippewa Falls ha wsed. There had been an average rise during the past 24 hours of six inches au hour. The gorge la five miles long. A Deplorable Condition, CniPPF.WA Falls, Wis., Deo. 9. Re ports from various portions of Chippewa valley indicate a deplorable condition of affairs. At the Flambeau farm, 16 miles aliove this city, another loe gorgo has formed. Tho rlvar has overflowed Its bnnks and Inundated the oountry 20 miles on eit her side. Dnmestlo animals have per ished by the thousand. Farms and farm houses are flooded, and the lossepwlll roach into tho hundreds of thousands. These re ports aro meager and uncorroborated, bnt it is" Bttfo to estimate that at loast 8,000 horses, cows and hogs have met death In the flood. At the Chlppowa falls the river Is fully three-quarters of a mile wide, and It sur face Is covered with anchor loo to a depth varying from 10 to 80 foot. Tho business portion of Chippewa has practically boot, abandoned, snd groat dam ago has been done by the high water to buildings and merchandise. Tho most stubborn resistance offered by the obstruction Is In that portion of tho river between tho wagon bridge and tho Central railroad brldgo, about half a mllo In length. Mayor Lindlny ordered an ex plosion of 500 pounds of dynamite, but after auO pounds hod been exploded the ex periment was abandoned as a failure. Hall road officials who viewed the gorge state that there Is not sufficient dynamite obtainable to blast a channel for the river through tho frozen mass of snow, logs and ice. KITeets or tba Bllssard. Faroo, N. D., Doc 1. Fuller reports of the Inte storm show It to have been far moro serious than was at first supposed. Transcontinental trafflo on the Northern Paciflo has boon suspended for nearly a week. Drifts In the cuts are 8 to 14 feet deep and frozen like loe. Dynamite Is used to loosen up. Hmall towns along the line are out of fuoL A serious accident Is reported beyond Orlskas. Two snowplow crews got their orders mixed, and there was a terrible col lision. In which one man, a snow shoveler named Hans Hansen of Mapleton, was In stantly killed. A fireman and two section men were seriously If not fatally Injured. A trainload of sheep 18 oars was caught In the blizzard at Grand Harbor, ix mile west of Devils lake, and the animals were on the track In open double decked cars during the entire blizzard. Out of 3,800 sheep, about 600 perished. ERNE IS CHAMPION. The Buffalo Featherweight Defeated Dlxna la Twenty Hard Fought Bounds. New York, Nov. 28. There Is a new champion In the flstlo world. Frank Erne, the clever Buffalo boxer, received the de cision over George Dixon at the end of the 30 round contest for the featherweight championship of the wcrld last night be fore tlie Broadway Athletlo olub. It waa one of the hottest contest ever witnessed In this country. Both men were In first cluss condition, aud the pace was fast from the first round to the last. Dixon was favorite In the betting, bnt Erne's fol lowers were not lacking In the support of their favorite, and thousands of dollars chunged hands on the result. Tlie bout was purely a sclentiflo one, and Referee rmm Austin's decision waa based upon the fiict that Erne had dono the better work from start to finish. The arena of the club was filled with lovers of boxing, aod the men were frequently cheered during their battle for supremacy. Cleveland WU1 Live at Prlnoeton. Princetos, N. J., Nov. 28. Professor A ndrew West in an interview concerning the rumor current that President Cleve land Intends ut- a future date to make Princeton his homo authorized the follow fig statement: "President Cleveland pur chased tho former residence of Mrs, Slidoll on liuyard avenue, this town, and after the expiration of his tuna of office he will make Princeton his permanent! home. Ne gotiations, which have been in progress for alxiut three weeks, were closed by the pui-clutau of the prois-rty named. Numer ous reasons were advanced by the presi dent a influencing him In making his choice of homes Princeton's nearness to New York city, its quiet and undisturbed home life." The amount of the purchase is said to be between $30,000 and $40,000. Marhew ileti a Stay. Nkw Youit, Nov. 38. Arthur Mayhew, the colored man seuteuoed to die In the electric chulr at Sing Sing prison during the week commencing Monday next for the murder of i-Uiphou Powell In Hemp stead ou March 7 iaet hus secured through his counsel, Charles W. Brooke and Wil liam T. Euuuut, a stay of excutlon pend ing argument for a new trial. The stay Vtus granted by Justice Keogh of the su preme court, who was appuulod to In his private office la Temple court after Law yers lirooke and Eiumut hud paid an un successful visit to Governor Morton la tha prisoner's behalf.
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