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II 1? i . v K 50UHTY RECORD. Led Every Thursday l ?at? SOUTH CAROLINA, W ?B T? ' K J. teRlSTOW, Bltor and Proprietor. "106 different kinds of typede in the United States, one kind of a successful I are much more exempt ? than any other race, B^tle doubt, says a mediKt much of this exempto the great care exercised H Eoiv-e and dressing of their I HPal secret societies composed of j^^^^^Bungmen in Denver, Col., have B^^^J&ermined to boycott the department E^^^Ktores. As all of these organizations have branches with women members, who are the principal patrons of the stores, a lively contest between the affiliated bodies is expected. The women want to shop where they can HI get the best bargains, boycott or no ^^^^oayoott t Jeffersonville, Ind., is proud of a Teteran of the war, who lives near B. there, and is the father of nineteen B S living children, all of whom were ^ born since the war. The eldest child is thirty years old and the youngest even. Among the children are four v . aets of twins. Newton Norris, the lather, draws a pension, but if be lived in Canada he would be receiving ; * an additional sum for adding so generously to the population. How many people know that the United States produced last year onefourth of the world's gold, or about $60,000,000 worth? And Colorado is credited with about one-third of this -as her share. These figures, furnished by Robert E. Preston, director of the Stint, tally very closely with those furnished by The Engineering and Mining Journal, which gives $241,891,689 as the world's total production of gold for 1897, au increase of more then $29,000,000 over 1H96. The gold found in the Klondike region swells the Canadian output from $2,810,000 in 1896 to perhaps $7,000,000, daring lest jeer. One of the most surprising discoveries of the century has just been paade by Professor W. M. Flinders^ ? Petrie, the great Egyptian excavator. fie has founchthat the Pharaohs who iX. ?. built ihe pyramids and their predecessors were cannibals?that this wonderful people, who erected the most eplendid temples and the most colossal monuments, and who possessed a civilization that has astonished the Intervening ages, ate the bodies of their dead. He has opened 150 tombs, * and from them taken many mutilated remains of the victims of canuibalism. Professor Heinrich Brugsch, U. continuing the study and investigation, Adds hie opinion that the ancient Egyptians were man eaters of the . worst kind, and brings forward con?1 naive evidence showing that they not only offered ap human beings to y the gods, bat regularly used the flesh of hnman beings as food. E. J. B?ry, an expert horse gvotry* in 50 address at a recent convention JP of American stock breeders and feedera in the city of St. Paul, referred to a condition in the markets which is of great interest to the horse trade of this country. He declared that he and other men conspicuously e igaged in stock raising believed that the United States would tg no distant day witness a horse famine, and that it would be due partly to the hard times wnd lnw rn-ices which have driven many growers oat of basiness ami [ partly to the increasing demand for American horses in Europe. He said that horse raising, if properly attended to by farmers, would speedily become one of the very foremost of our agricultural interests, and his recommendation was that special attention be given to growing horses of the grades in demand in foreign markets, which ... he described as follows: First a well{bred ooach horse; second, a cab horse; third, the omnibus horse; fourth, the draft horse, aud fifth, the American i ' ' trotter. To these Mr. Berry might have added the cavalry horse, which is growing in favor wherever American stock has been used in that service. mi t?l llitl. 1 4.1 ?.:ii l.? JLIiere IS UUt unit". uuti mac vim l c * ? ?till less demand for poor horses, lie;? , or abroad, bat there is undeniably r ; growing market at home and in Europe for thoroughly sound, properly bred animals such as American , / ' Btoekmea are amply able to raise, i There is no reason why this i important branch of agricultural in-j dustry should not experience a widespread and profitable revival / ' -X V * \ . a v . * r ' % thehainThoM ?. u Dcited States Battleship Blown Up in Havana Harbor. f.b . ? 1 DISASTER'S CAUSE A MYSTERY. I Over Two Hundred and Fifty Gallant Men Lost With the Ship. Two Great Xxploslons ? Undetermined M?m Wai Seen to Shoot High Into the Air?Captain Sigsbce Reports the Number of Dead a* 258 and of Survivors aa 96?Most of the Rescued Men Have Been Sent to Key WestA-The Administration Desires the People to Suspend Judgment Until the Facts Are Ascertained?The Country in Mourning ?Board of Inquiry Ordered?Gloom In Washington?White House Receptions Abandoned?Expressions of Sympnthy. Havan a, Cuba (By Cable).?The "destruction of the battleship Maine by an explosion in the harbor here on Tuesday night proves to be the worst disaster in the navai history of the United States. The splendid warship was destroyed, and latest reports put the loss of life at 253. The cause of the explosion remains a mystery, although naval officers generally believe that in some unexplained way one of the ship's magazines exploded. Up to the moment of that mysterious explosion, which destroyed a first-class battleship, valued at (4,000,000, Spain and the United States had each seven vessels like the Mainegreat ships, built to fight and destroy. Now 8pain has seven and the United States has six. Witnesses of the explosion that destroyed the Maine say that at the moment of concussion a vast mass was seen to rise to a great height. In the sadden and blinding light no one seems to have been able to discern the nature of this maa or whether it rose from beside the battleship or inside it. From the naturo of the disaster and the testimony of the survivors it appears that the line of greatest foroe of the explosion was a little forward of amidships. It .is there that the wont damage was done. The chief officers were either well aft or ashore. Thus they escaped unhurt. The seamen and marines by their position were forced to bear the brunt of the disaster, and the frightful mortality was almost wholly confined to them. One of the junior officers should have been on duty on the forward deck, and it may have been Kn? that- T.tantnnant Jenkins, who is miss fng, lost his life. It Is also probable that Engineer Merritt. another missing man, was below on duty and went down with the ship. Lieutenant-Commander Richard Wainwrlght, who was at first reported lost, is safe. Five of the crew immediately after the explosion ran to the main ammunition storage room with the Idea that they might save that from explosion. None of them has since been heard of. It Is almost certain that they went to the bottom, ready at their posts for duty. When the roar of the explosion announced to the people of Havana that the warship was blown up the city firemen were at once ordered to the ship, but it was found that it was impossible for them to render any assistance there. Twenty-six of the wounded were transferred to the steamship City of Washington, where they were properly attended to. Many of the Havana physicians volunteered their services. Thirty-five other wounded sailors received medical attendance at the Military Hospital. The 8panlsh theory of the cause of the accident is that a boiler exploded. Many towboatsand other vessels were busy all night trying to render all possible assistance. The wounded were taken to the hospital by the firemen. The wreck took fire and sank, and soon the harbor was lit up by the flames, fed ohtefly by the inflammable oellulose c on tained In the forward and after ends. The wreck burned the long night through, and when broke the dawn, dark wreaths of smoke were still curling upward from the shapeless mass. At sunrise all flags In the harbor were at half mast. HAVANA HARBOR-SCENE C Captain Slgsbee was up nearly all the night looking out for the comfort of his men. He took a short rest before early daylight, and soon afterward ho stood on the deck of the City of Washington, peering into the falling mist which was screening the wreck of bis gallant ship. Captain Slgsbee did not leave his sinking ship till every man haa been taken off, and he remained in a boat in the neighborhood as long as there was any hope of saving any of the men who wcra in the i ? ? A iU. , l|nkt water, no says ae uas uoi iuo uigmest Idea what caused the accident* He was thrown from his bed by the explosion and his head was slightly bruised, but otherwise he received no Injury. The first thing he did was to go on deck and order the flooding of the large quantity of gun cotton on board. The order was promptly carried out, and it is certain that no damage was done by this explosive. Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright wa3 also in his room when the explosion occurred. He speaks in the highest terms of the coolness with which Sigsbee and the other officers faced ttie terrible situation. No sooner had two or three of tho officers appeared on deck than an order was given to lower the boats. Four of them were im- ' Wreck of the French Steamer Flacliat. Tho French steamer Flachat, bound from Marseilles for Colon, was wrecked on the 1 island of Auaga, one of the Canary group. 1 There was a thick fog at the time tho < steamer struck. The vessel and her cargo i are a total loss. Forty-nine passengers J and thirty-eight of the crew were drowned. < The CaptniD, second mate, eleven of the ] crew, and ono passenger were saved. j Xcvel Kxhiblt For i'arls. A Southern husking bee, with slaves- t slave drivers and all. Is to be one of the cx- < ?t the Paris Exposition in 1900. f mediately lowered and three were filled ] with men, but the fourth"boat was swamped i before It could be utilized. When the ex- i plosion occurred Lieutenant Blandin .bad charge of the deck. It is said that the men who carried out the order to flood the gun cotton failed to return, and the brave men undoubtedly lost their lives in the performance of their hazardous duty. Several of the officers were down below together when the explosion occurred, and I :> ? UNITED STATES BAT they thought at at once that the ship was doomed. By the time they reached the deck they saw at once that the Maine was sicking. , A large part of the 'crew were in their quarters, and they ware not ahle to get out, but went down with the ship, which sank bow first about 2000 feet from Fort Atores. Captain Sigsbee, in all his comments has been very careful not to accuse any ono of causing the explosion. All he will say is that a careful investigation will be made, and it will probably determine whether interior or exterior causes produced the disaster. CLOOM IN WASHINGTON. The Awful Disaster to the Maine Puts the Nation In Mourning. WashixOtox, D. C. '(Special).?Washington is in a state of painful exoitement. The elty has been all day a hotbed of startling reports and sensational rumors. Public business in Congress and in the Executive Departments was almost at a standstill because of the awful disaster in the harbor of Havana. President McKlnley and the members of the Cabinet repudiate the theory that the disaster was due to treachery or foul play of any description. The news caused a tremendous sensation and the loss of the battleship is regarded as inflicting an almost crippling blow on the naval efficiency of the United States. Prompt and energetic measures were taken by Secretary Long to send relief to the wounded. A telegram of condolence was sent by President McKlnley to Captain Sigsbee. According to a special correspondent in w.rinn nf th? Wnlno's cr?W of 854 there were 96 men sfaved. Of the 259 lost, two were officers. Despatches from Captain Sfgsbee, the i commander of the ill-fated vessel, pat two officers and 256 men in the dead and miss- i lnf list. It is officially reported that twenty-four officers and seventy men are saved. While the caase of the explosion that destro;. 1 the Maine is as yet undetermined, 1 navLt experts are inclined to the belief ' that its origin was within and not from ! without. The idea that the Spanish Government or Spanish, officers had anything i to do with it is scouted in most quarters as preposterous. 1 Among the members of both Houses of Congress conservative opi.iions prevail, i and the inclination is to follow Captain < SIgsbee's request and suspend judgment i until an official report of the catastrophe i aDd its causes has been reeeived. Resolutions expressing the sorrow and svmpathy of Congresl were introduced in , the House of Representatives. Prominent members of both houses express suspicions that the Maine was destroyed by foul play, but say thty will await evidence. The meagre accounts gathered from curt offlolal dispatches and censored press mes- I sages Indicate that the officers and men j who were left alive behaved themselves I like American sailors, stuck by their ship i and comrades, and were brave, cool and i )F THE MAINE DISASTER. . ^ efficient in the presence of dreadful and sudden disaster. Of the survivors of the Maine, flfty-.niue havo been sent to Key West, twelve remaining to look .after the bodies of the dead, < and twenty-five being hurt so badly that 1 they cannot be removed. I As to how the explosion may have oc- ] eurred, a host of opinions are expressed i both in naval and civilian circles. Some I navy officers believe spontaneous combus- 1 tion ignited the coal In one of the Maine's I bunkers, and that the burning fuel heated j the metal partition between the bunker < and a magazine, causing an explosion of f the ammunition. Others think some ex- 1 plosive substance in the coal caused the i disaster when the fuel was shovelled into j the furnaces. Secretary of the Navy Long has directed 1 Hie oommander of the Nortli Atlantio squadron to organize a court of inquiry nt ddoo to make a thorough investigation of the affair. Members of the court will go to Havana, and divers will help them in c reaching a positive conclusion. \ Naval officers say that if the divers find 1 the armor plates of the Maine are bent In- c ward it will be conclusive evidence that she 1 was sunk by a torpado or some other ex- I The Wheat .Boom. May wheat in Chicago reachod tho lighest price siu'*e 1391, being bid up to j s ?1.08>s. Shorts found great difficulty in ' roveriug, as there was no wheat offered for 1 sale. Loiter brokers were overbidding c Armour's agents in the Northwest. Charles r tlounselman reported great scarcity in r European markets. c Preponderance of Males In New Jersey. Thero are nearly 100,000 more females t ;ban males in New Jersey, and the increase r >f females is in that class/known as na- <] ives. if I plosive from the outside. If, as Is expect- ' ed, the plate s are bent outward, they declare It will be proof that the explosion was in the interior. Laymen, realizing the folly of unwise talk, as a rule decline to discuss the explosion, ! and follow the sagacious lead of former President Cleveland, who believes the ox- . Elosion was due to an accident, and asks [ Is fellow citizens to suspend judgment until an official investigation fastens the responsibility where it properly belongs. PTLESHIP MAINE. DISPATCH FROM GENERAL'LEE. He Keporta the dumber of Dead About Two Hundred and Sixty. Washisotojc (Special).?The following cable dispatch was received by the State Department from Consnl-Oeneral Lee. "Havava, February 16,1898. "Profound sorrow expressed by Government and munloipal authorities. Consuls of foreign nations, organized bodies of all sorts and citizens generally. Flags at half mast on Governor-General's palace, on shipping in harbor and In city. Business suspended; theatres closed. "Dead number about two hundred and sixty. Officers' quarters being In rear and seamen's forward when explosion took place accounts for greater proportional loss of sailors. Funeral to-morrow at S p. m. Officers Merritt and Jenkins still missing. "Suppose you ask that naval court of Inquiry bo held to ascertain the oause of explodon. Hope our people will repress excitement and calmly await decision. Lxx." Consul General Lee also reported that all the officers and sailors who are now ; alive greatly extol the conduct of the Commander end sailors of the Spanish warship AlfoaeoXXI.. who from the very first gave all the help they could to the crew of the | Maine and placed a special guard all night around the sunken battleship to rescuo the i ** it. aM.nAM [ uvura vi IUS juuvnvsu sftiivia> The municipality of Havana also resolved to participate in the funeral and to oall on General Lee and inform him that the oily dastred to pay the expenses of the fnneral and the entire cost of treating the wounded, ^ The military newspaper Dlarlo del fijcrcito is pa Wished in mourning. All pablie spectacles have been suspended. General Blanco will assist at the funeral ceremonies. White House Receptions Abandoned. Washixotox, D. C. (Special).?Oh aocount of the disaster to the battleship Maine the President announced that the State reception to Congress planned for Wednesday night would be abandoned. The reception to the public, which was to take place Thursday night, was also declared off. These wero the last official social events of the year, and the season, which was postponed in Der?nmh?p nn a??rmnt of the President's mourning, has been curtailed by this later misfortune. TO DISMANTLE THE MAINE* The Merrltt Wrecking Company Directed to Send Vessels to Havana. New Yo*x Cirlr (8pecial).r-The Merrltt Wrecking Company was directed to send vessels to Havana for the purpose of performing the preliminary work of saving Eoperty pertaining to the Maine. It is Ueved generally by naval officers that the proposition to raise the Maine Is quite feasible. The battleship Is lying only in about six fathoms of water. Probably no vessel of the weight of the Maine was ever raised. It Is possible, however, to lighten the ship ma* terially by removing her heavy guns and appurtenances of the deck and ho?d. If it j should be found Impossible to raise tho ' ship, she 'could still be thoroughly dls- > mantled of materials worth several hundred thousand dollars. Expressions of Sympathy. Washihoton, D. C. (Special).?The Spanish authorities in Havana and Madrid have profusely expressed regret and sympathy, have tendered kindly offices, and have bestowed them whenever possible, rhe newspapers of Madrid reflect in thels , utterances the course of the Government. Expressions of regret and sympathy were officially made in London to the United States representatives. The Government of Spain hastened to express to General Woodford, the United States Minister, regret for the calamity that had befallen the American battleship. Description or tlie Heine. Tho Maine is a battleship of the second class, and is regarded as one of the best ?hips in the new navy. She was built at the Brooklyn Nary Yard, and is 818 faet long, 57 feet broad, 21.3 feet mean draught tnd 6682 tons displacement. She has two ten-inch vertical turrets and two military nasts, and her motive power is furnished ' jy twin screw vertical-expansion engines, laving a minimum horse-power of 9293, capable of making a speed of 17.45 knots. Jhe carries four ten-inch and six six-inch ireech-loadlng guns in her main battery, i ind seven six-pounders and eight one-lound rapid-fire guns and four gatlings in ! inr secondary battery, and four Whiteiead torpedoes. | Kansas Pacific Sale. Tho Government lien on tho Union Pa:iflc was wiped out at Topoka. Kan., vhen the Knnsas Pacific road was bought j n byAlvin W. Krecb. representing the Reirganization Committee, for 46,303,000. ! ["hero was no competition ai the sale. Mr. i vrech was tho only bidder. ? I Avalanche In Pennsylvania. An extraordinary avalanche of stone was et in motion at Carlim, Penn. A solid imestone hiii, 173 high, 100 feet long, nnd . 25 feet deep, moved from its ba3e ami went xasblug into tho valley below. It is esti- I nated that them were 150,008 tons of loose j ock in the avalanche,and the tho thuuderius noise was heard for many miles. Minister Angell to Resign. James 11. Ange'J, United States Minister o Turkey,.has announced his intention to cslgn in time to resume his duties as Presi- * lent of tho University of Michigan next all. mmeAtm1 Stories of Eyewitnesses o^?Loss of the Maine. COURT OF INQWRY N^jlED.j The Officer VTlio YVa.? on Watch oa tho I Maine Makes a Statement ? AVjpar > C.%r?* From Beneath ? Followe^BhT J Other Explosions and a Bain of , ?The Ship Settled Fast?Officers C^B^i WtsnijroTOK, D. C. (Special).?In viewV^ the -'war alarms" throughout the country the newspapers were authorized to maka the following statement, which represents \ the views of President HcKlnley: "Based upon information now in his possession, the President believe? that the Maine was blown up as the result of an accident, and he hopes the Court of Inquiry will develop that fact. If it is found that the disaster was not an accident, prompt and decisive steps will be taken In the premises. "The finding of the Naval Court will develop the cause, and until that is submitted nothing will be done." A board of naval officers has been appointed to learn the truth, It possible, and it now seem probable that the public will be compelled to wait until their report is received to know the facts. The President still hopes that the American public will be equally forbearing, so that the. investigation of the dltbful calamity may be pursued without prejudice, and controlled; only by a desire to learn the truth. Spain has officially disclaimed in posl tiye manner the reflections contained in the de Lome letter, and, as officially an- I nouncea oy the state Department, the incident la satisfactorily closed. WATCH OFFICER'S STORY. Lieutenant Blandln'a Succinct Description, of the Catastrophe. Est West, Fla. (Special).?Llentenant John J. Blandin, of Baltimore, one of the Maine's survivors, who Is at the Key West Hotel, gave a succinct aocount of the disaster, saying that not until now has he been able to recollect the sequence of events In tho awful ten minutes following the explosion Tuesday evening. Lieutenant Blandin was on the Trenton at the time of the terrible disaster off Samoa, In March, 1889, when American and German, vessels lost 844 men all told. Lieutenant Blandin says: *"I was on wateh, and when the men had been piped below I looked down the main hatches and over the side of the ship. Everything was absolutely normal. "I was feeling a hit glum and, In fact, was, so quiet that Lieutenant J. Hood eame up and asked laughingly if I was asleep. I said, 'No, I am on watch/ "Scarcely bad I spoken when there came a dull, sullen roar. Would to God that I could blot out the sound and thesoen* that followed! Then came a sharp exfloslon; some say numerous detonations.; remember only one. "It seemed to me that the sound eame from the port side forward. Then eame a Grfect rain of missiles of aU descriptions, >m huge pieces of oement to blocks of wood, steel railings, fragments of gratings and all the debris that would be detachable in an explosion. "I was struck, on the head by a piece of cement and knocked down, bat I was not hurt, and got to my feet In a moment. Lieutenant Hood had run to the poqp. When I got there, though soarce a minute could have elapsod, I had to wade In water to my knees,'and almost instantly the quarterdeck was awash. "On the poop I found Captain Sigsbee as cool as if at a ball, and soon all the officers except Jenkins and Merrltt Joined as. The poop was above water after the Maine settled to the bottom. Captain 8igsbee ordered the gig and launch lowered, and the officers and men,, who by this time had assembled, got the boats out and rescued a number in the water. ' "Captain Sigsbee ordered Lieutenant Commander Walnwright forward to see the extent of the damage and if anything could be done to rescue those forward or to extinguish the flames. "Lieutenant Commander Wainwrlght on, his return reported the total and awful character of the calamity, and Captain Sigsbee gave the last sad order. 'Abandon ship,' to men overwhelmed with grief, in-' deed, but calm and apparently unexelted. Meantime four boats from the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. arrived, followed soon by two from the Ward Line steamer City o 1 Washington. "The tiro boats first lowered from the City of Washington were found to be riddied with flying debris from the Maine and unfit for use. Captain Slgsbee was the last man to leave the vessel and left in his own gig. "I have no theories as tc the; cause of the explosion. I cannot ,form any. An examination by divers may tell something to a court of inquiry." STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS. Scenes in Havana Hay and Along the City Water Front. Havana (By Cable).?An American correspondent was in cable office when the explosion occurred. -Hesaw from the window of that. office a great column of Ore, shooting upward, like a big blaze of fireworks, and he hurried to the wharf. By that time the correspondent oould see fiames extending over the whole ship, and a few moments later the Maine sank. Mingling with the echoes of the waiis of the wounded and drowning sailors were heard the shouts of "YivaEspana!" "Death to the Americans!" "Hanana tendremous buena pesca en la bahia!" ("We shall have good fishing in the bay to-morrow") and such remarks coming from the Spanish rabble, who were congregating In great, numbers around the wbarves and seemed' greatly delighted at the misfortune which had befallen the Americans. It was then that for the first time the suspicion of foul play came to the report-, er*s mind. Having lnduoed a boatman to1 take nim to the side of the burning vessel the reportar saw a sight most horrible and not possible to describe. - Near the ship were already two boats of the Maine with a few officers and men who were rescuing their shipmates. The Alfonso XII., not far distant, bad also sent some of ber boats, wbich were assisting. It is marvellous how some of them oould swim, as they wero nearly all very sevore?_ i .a k/.tv ' IV iiuit. muii unu uuiu ici^o uauiuicu, another bad an ankle shattered, and nearly all were severly burned. One horror was saved. Havana Bay usually swarms with sharks. At the sound of the explosion they were frightened away. Cannon were discharged all day to keep! thetn from returning. Later, as the reporter was going up, the steps of the Palace he passed a group of Spanish officers. One of thein said: | "1 guess this will bring the war that we all wish." BURIAL OF THE MAINE'S DEAD. Final Honors Paid In Havana to 27 of tho Victims of the Battleship. Havaxa, Cuba (By Cable).?The burial of twenty-seven of the martyrs of the battleship Maine took place Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Shortly before the hour all Havana was In movement. The flugs on the public buildings were at half-mast and many of the houses were draped in mourning. All classes wer3 represented In the' ; funeral procession. v -' i h^hh ~~~~ MISS frH^H^^^H| Miss World's Tem an moraine the bedside her W. Baldwin, President or tne perance Miss Anna Miss Willard's fred f sr^s rcaxcxs z. willihd. ?? ;H Miss WillardyWas born in Churohyille, HJ Y., on September 28. 1839, and her early. youth wasspent in OJ>erlin, Ohio. Sheaf-! terward mored t? Sranstou tyl. In 1868 she became President of the Eranston Col legs for Women, *ua from mat position she started on herAnwado .against Internperance. Miss Wr^Td was Corresponding Secretary for tfiP union until 1979, since whleh time . *be had been its President. She peoame editor of the Chicago Everting Post In the same year. Since 1883 she has served on the Executive Com mitt of the Prohlbttlon party. Besides ma>7 pamphlets and magazine articles she fubllsbed several] books on woman's work tf?d temperanee. HI In 1894 Hiss Wiilard and B<k? of her eoworkers made an extensive journey around ^^H the world, preaching tempeiV?ce and askIng aid from the heads of dany Governments. ^Hl i i ii i r . END OF THE GREATER Rf PUBLIC. The UsIm of Thm Central Anewleew ] State* Is at aa End. H News from Salvador Is to the effec' that the Greater BepnbUc of Central Att?kl?a has ceased to exist, the republic of 8al-' vador, the backbone of the onion, havsgj H withdrawn. The consolidated repuWi* 1 Included the three States of Saltador.JRot-i /duras and Nicaragua, and expected tha . other two two republics of Guatemala and U Costa Blea to join In time; but Salvador! \ has quarreled with her two neighbors, Is r witnessing. a- rebellion In Nloaragna and \ HH DmJaiu an/) tiu tlMMfma l^^H vypymu ? uvuv,.**?a, ?? ) sccefled from the union. ? Wyoming Republicans and 8I1t?*. J The Republican Central Committee of. Wyoming met at Cheyenne and discussed a; JMflfl plan of campaign for this yee^^hen a' State Legislature and judioijdMpRvttUv , .> ..-,^1 elected upon the flnanoihf^PElan. Xtf i.fifiM was decided that Wyoming Republicans' ? will abandon the free surer platforms ] C" pted at the past three 8tate Convention? " Indorse wit hoot qualification the platform of the National Republican party as adopted at St. Louis. Bfessagee of Condolence. V\ President HcKlnley recelred messages of condolenoe and sympathy oyer the Haln?| tragedy from most of the rulers of thai countries of Europe, and similar messages, came from General Blanco and tboMaysci' f ..JftLi*jj of Havana. There were sheers in thef British House of Commons when It vui announced that a message of sympathy had been seht to the President. j. No Horseflesh Wanted. f ' i; The Agrarian party has induced the Got.- t ernor of Westphalia, Germany, to issue a* decree that all Importations of horseflesh! and sausages, etc., containing bors*fleshJ most be declared as suoh, and dealers re-j \ celrlng stich must notify the' poiloe witbltu two days. This Is another more in the) agitation against importations from Amor-. ** . Zola Winning Ule Case. Palll^n-p arlmfffa/1 of 7nlllt tdall la Paris that thegallt of Dreyfus was con-: firmed by a document reoelved by tho authorities after the trial. The admission! was viewed with much concern by mliitary< men, who expected to see the War Depart-'i ment succeed In Its efforts to keep these-; * matters secret. . y ' < Bievrle la a Tool. Judge Hazen, In the Kansas District Court, in a decision just rendered, holds; that a bicycle is a topi and essential to a, , man's profession or occupation and thatj u as such, is exempt from execution. A citizen's blcyclp had been levied upon to col-; lect ajudigmeat. r * ______________ i . . Forty-Five Dead Taken Oat. An explosion of firedamp has occurred lot the Yerelnigte Carollnengluct colliery ini Westphalia, Germany. Forty-five dead andj thirty wounded have been taken oat, and; It is estimated that from eighty to one hundred others are still entombed. ? ! Wheat Kay Beach SI.SO. Armour said Letter, the Chicago gratq speculator, could send wheat ap to 91.80 a) bushel if he desired.* Loiter took advantage of the high priee of wheat and sold 5,000,000 bushels, making a profit of $600,J 000. ' J i The Senate and the Kansas Pacific. The United States Senate, 34 to 89, passed the Turple resolution Insisting that tha Government's claim be paid in full befora any confirmation of the sale of the Kansas Pacific. w A Prosperity Straw. . The receipts from tho sale of stamps by the posto&lce department tor January b<a far as heard from are thirteen per cent4 greater than for the corresponding montht ~ . last year. C jCs United State* Zlno Production. The Geological Survey lias prepared % tabulated statement showing the steadyi increase in the production of Spelter ?or zinc) in the United States from S3.76S short tons in 1882 to 99,980 tons in 1S37. Klondike Steamer Lost. The steamer Clara Nevada's loss wit!* sixty or sixty-five lives is confirmed by the} latest advices received at Seattle, Wa-jh.