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CIVIL WAE IN KANSAS. j Tlie Rival Politicr.l Parties ? Come to Blows. t t tThe Governor Calls Out the En- i tire State Militia, * j t A dispatch from Top9ka, Kan., says: e iTroops are iD possession of the Kansas State r {House, every step and hallway is patrolled u by the Kinsas State Militia and sixty-four f I Republican members of the lower bouse of t the Legislature can neither make their es- ? cape nor receive food or information of any j kind from the outside world. Men f are running up and down the r streets of Topeka like mad and the wildest t . excitement prevails. Nearly every militia j company in the State has been ordered to , ,Topeka by the Populist Governor, and from all over the State despatches are s pouring in to the Republican members t "telling of armed citizens who have re- f spo tided to the Republican members' call for j assistance. Every partisan in the city car- j ries a revolver, and 20> Republican ser- j {jeants-at-arms are armed with either a v musket or a revolver and some of them with both. c The remarkable condition of affairs which ? has led to the warlike demonstrations was c caused by the fact that the long controversy between the Republican and Populist Bouses had come to a crisis and that open r riot had followed. The Republicans bat* 1 tered down the doors of Representative's Hall and forcibly took possession. At 9 o'clock the stairs lead ing to the main ? entrance of Representative's Hall wa? " guarded by about a dozen Populists. It was the intention of the Populists to admit " all the members of the Republican House, J but the employes of that body and all visi- t tors were to be excluded. The guards at the top were armed. A ? l\ .f J at <7 u DUO iM7jjuuuuuia iwi uiou au IUC Cortland House and started for the State House. Leading the procession, arm in arm, were Speaker Douglass and Speaker pro tern. Hocb. At their side, acting as sergeant or chief marshal, was J. A. Cubbisen. The members marched in twos and following them a large crowd of men. The procession met with no opposition until it reached the main stairway leading up to the hall. Here stood a representative of Adjutant-General Arte and a number of assistants, who completely barred the way. Back of them on the stairs were other men, completely choking the narrow.passage.. A large crowd of spectators had gathered in the ball adjacent to the stairway, and when all the Republican members nad fairly entered the east wing of the building the rush was tremendous. The guard* resisted and tried to intimidate the Republicans with a display of weapons. J. Vf. Butterfleld, who had obtained an entrance through the press door, appeared at the head of the stairs and shouted: "Meu, for God's sake don't shoot. Don't be rasb. Let there be no bloodshed. Come on, the way is clear." \ This diverted the attention of the guards and the crowd rushed forward with irresistible force. One guard was struck iy the face and dropped his gun. The others were driven into the hall, but they locked the doors behind them. The side door was broken open and the Republicans poured into tha hall through the CiOak room. The main door was still a locked and the Populist guards had dis&p- ( I ,'i.U I O U.. \ peart** witu mo . opea&oi wu^ia? uau * provided himself with a sledge hammer, and, after making three demands that t the door . be unlocked, be pro- c (reeded to break the panels with i the hammer, assisted by Representatives W. a B. Swan and A. C. Sherman. The first blow tore a large hole in the heavy door. - p and, with a pieca of the wood. Lawyer Clemens aimed a blow at representative Swan, striking him in the hand. Another Populist drew a Winchester to his shoulder and was about to fire on the J crowd, but desisted when he found himself covered by two revolvers in the hands of ? W. P. Wilcox, as Assistant Ser- 1 geant-at-Anns. Mr. Swan, who is a boiler maker by trade, soon broke the t lock on the main door, and, with wild cheers, 0 the Republicans entered and took possession ? of the ball. ./Some of the guards and two or f three members were rather roughly handled J during the conflict, but there were no serious * results. Business proceeded as though there had ? been no disturbance. The Populist mem- 1 bers were not present, and the Populist I guards, doorkeepers, and other officers were I forced to retire from the hall, although no * effort was made to exclude the regular Pop- t ulist members who hold certificates of e!e> 1 tioi*. ? As noon the Republicans hal entire con- j trol of the hall, and the Populist* did not ~ attempt to hold a session. No adjournaljnt * was taken at noon, but at 1:"20 p. m. dinner . was served to the Republicans by five col- 3 ored men from the Copeland Hotel. , During the afternoon the Populists, who * have charge of the machinery of the State * House, turnei off the water, electric lights t and heat from Representative Hall. ? R. B. Welch, of Topeka, was sworn in as Assistant Sergeant-at- Arms, and in- 8 tructed to swear in SOU or more deputies to assist in supporting the Republican House. I Welch is a large and poweriul man, and his " first act was to kicK down a heavy door * to a room which was' said to conceal an a armed body of Populist*. It was found to be unoccupied. He then sent to the Wash- J burn College and Invoked the aid of the jj students ot that institution to assist mm in ' preserving order and resisting any attempt 1 - to overthrow the Republican organization. 0 About lorty students volunteered for the work, and places were assigned to them in the hall ana loboies. Some were armed wita clubs and broomsticks, and ail said they were ? eager for a scrimmage. Alter the news of toe conflict had been circulated through the towns adjacent to Topeita, the people commenced pouring into the city from every direction, in wagons. d on horseback, and by rail. Most of the new arrivals were Populist sym- j pathizers. Fully 5'J00 people were congregated on Capitol square, and every inch of space in tue State douse was J occupied. Information was given that 1000 * Republicans were on the way from Laaven- ? wortb, 300 from Kansas City and 200 from * Ottawa. E Governor Lewelling and Adjutant- General 0 Artz held a conference and decided to order * *hn militia th? Governor observing that 11 he proposed to tight it out to the bitter end. a General Artz immediately ordered out the r militia force of the State, which consists of less than 2900 men. Company C ot Oakland, a suburb of Topeka, was the lirst to arrive, coming oy electric cars. They marched immediately to the State Horse, and wore welcjraed with cheers by the Populists. Company G ot Marion and Company B of Holtun came in later by special train, battery B of Topeki was called out, also Section A of the light artillery oi W ichita, with a Catling gun. Battery B took possession of the arsenal in tht Capitol square, and arranged for issuing arms, ammunition and clothing to the soldiers Three companies of volunteers were organized at the request of the Governor, and armed with carbines from the State arsenal. At 10:33 that night there bad been no advance made by the troops and no hostile demonstration on either side. The Populists have possession of the entranco to the State House, and the Republicans are resting quietlv in Representative Hall. . The Populist House met in the busement of the west win* of the State H-juse in pursuant to adjournment, but almost immediately adjourned until next day. ____ a Origin ot tlie Trouble. j s The Democrats and the Populists fusel on i the electoral ticket at the Presidential election, and when the vote was canvassed it t stood as follows: Harrison. Republican. 156,- e 134; Weaver, Pooulisf, 163,111, and Bid well, e Prohibitionist, 4553. t The canvass of the State ticket was not j quite so simple. The State Board of Canvass- j ers jave certificates to sixty-t'uree Republi- I cans for the House of Representatives, rlftysix Populists, five Democrats and on9 Inde- j pendent. On January 10 an attemnt was i made by the Populists to oreanize the House. < The Independent momber voted with , them, bir" the Democrats abstained from vot. g. In order that an or- ? ganizitiou might be effected, how- ' ever, the i' 'pul'sU swore in three men c who bad l*-;i defeated, and, it u alleged, J ' admitted fev^n others who had no claims to J wats, an! ujJjr took to conduct legislation. 1 the effect of tbia was that there ware two sontending legislative bodies, two Speakers icd two seto of officers. An all night session was held on the first light of the organization, members ot both Q, >odies camping in the legislative halls. $t( rhere were no sleeping accommodations and "I he members slept on the floor, the tworival J peakers sharing one blanket, both being on he watch for developments. The Senate, which has a Populist ma- Tei onty, recognized the House organizjd by he Populists, but the Republican House re used to recognize the notification of this act sent them by the Senate. The Governor. who is a Populist, gave an official n ecognition to the Populist organization. Both Houses came to a temporary agree- 'r01' oent and adjourned. Committees of Con- has: erence were appointed with view to a set- tree lement. In the meantime the Populists b ilected a State Treasurer, who undertook to ake possession of his office without filing a traE egal bond. This was defeated by the law- cide til incumbent. The Republicans who had live eceived certificates of election were made Tl o obtain possession, the incumbents refus- was ng to surrender their offices to men about out. vhose election there was any dispute. Tl Judge John Martin, the leader of the fu- wea ;ion Democracy of Kansas, was elected to was ;he United States Senate by a combination itsel ?f Populists and Democrats on January 25. tear 3e obtained the solid ote of the tweutv-five t.in Populists and Democrats in the Senate, and ggjg a the Populist House he received sixty-two the i rotes. gale The Republicans are unable to muster a ran, [uorusn to vote oa the Senatorship. If the aB(j ourts decide that the Republicans have the wer( onstitutional lower House then they will ilect another Senator, and the contest for take ec ignition will be transferred to Washing- Si on. cres Mr. Ady has, however, been elected by as si he Republicans to the United States Senate, she nd he will make a claim for Che seat now boai leld by Senator Perkins. aft. Senator Perkins holds his seat by appoint* aste aent and he will refuse to surrender it to almi u Jge Martin should the latter endeavor to Tt ake it. and ' part FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. ?* ???? reig In the Senate. A1 43d Day.?The whole of the day's session ifter the morning hour was devoted to a b#I? iiscussion of the Railroad Automatic Car louder bill. lj?al 44th Day.?The Vice-President presented ?*** ihe memorial of the Chicago Chamber of who Commerc) favoring the annexation of the c0*" Hawaiian Islands The conference report 11 jn the bill to restore to the public domain the i \ portion of the White Mountain Apache had Indian reservation was agreed to o " rhe Railroad Car Coupler bill was further on discussed, but went over The Legis- Stei lative, Executive and Judioial Appropria- Tl bion bill was referred. cam 45th Day.?A bill was discussed to ap- decl praise the improvements made by actual t*rr settlers upon toe public lands, holding in stea rood faith undertne United States, in the Ci Dequioa and X oeemite reservations m ?u?v California The Car Coupler bill was full] massed by a vote of thirty-nine to tea poss The conference report oa the Fortifications nezl Dili was agreed to Mr. Sherman then brol noved to take up the Nicaragua Canal bill, fron o as to make it the "unfinished business." houi The motion was agreed to?yeas thirty- A ;hree. nays nineteen. offic 46th Day.?The Senate refused to take up on ;he bill to admit New Mexico into the fout [Jnion?thirty to fourteen?-Messrs. Prye and ind Morgan urged the passage of the Ni- la saraguan Canal bill. brol 47th Day.?The Nicaraguan Canal bill and vas before the Senate for a couple of hours, fery md was then laid aside so that the Suudry gers Civil Appropriation bill might be proceeded aft# vith. a s* 4Sth Day.?The Hawaiian annexation chai reaty was received from the President and also ansidered. but was not mAde public?The ' A Appropriations Committee opposed the river hiss: md harbor items in the Sundry Civil bill o" t! ?The DiDlomatic and Consular Appro- not triation bilT was placed on the calendar. tim< war In the House. not 46th Day.?The friends of sliver sustained he demand for the previous question on the ,r lllver Purchase bill?The Legislative bill r&s passed The Repeal bill was paRsed tL iy a vote of 152 to 343. . ? 47th Day.?The invalid Pension Approiriation bill was considered in Committee if the Whole. Without closing the gen- P~~| ral debate the committee arose, and the louse took a receesuntiL8 o',clock, the evsn- ? ng session being devoted to the considera- " ion of private pension bills. _ 48th Day.?The House resumed, in Comnittee of the Whole, the consideration of the nvalid Pension Appropriation bill. Ratublicans filibustered against limiting the fjr?t tension debate??The committee then rose, J , j ind, public business having been suspended, iu' u- nt roarw?h to th? UJJ UUUSO pcuu M'W? w. - ?Jr?- ? oqmory of the late Eiward F. McDonald, ~~tr if New Jersey. Eulogies were delivered by *"? lessrs. English, Geissenhamer, Bergen, Campbell, Cummings, Covert, Cadmus and . dewberry, and then, as a marie of respect to he memory of the deceased, tbe House ad* ?7 0Urned- iini 49th Day.?The conference report on the j*y fortification Appropriation bill was agreed vr o The District of Columbia Committee , hen took the floor. Half a dozen measures ? rt entirely local import were passed The J 1 louse refused to prohibit the use of wine n}ou it the Inauguration ball on March 4. ?in2 50th Day.?The Invalid Pension Appro- ?? riation bill was ta^en up. After further wi? lebate the committee rose, and the House, rithout coming to any conclusion thereon, -jj*1 adjourned. J?* 51stDay.?The House passed tbe Senate t?ra >ill granting a pension of f5t> a month to he widow of General Abaer Doubleday dere ["he house resumed tbe consideration of the 'ension Appropriation bill, general debate n which was closed. CLEVELAND'S CABINET. A' 'he President-Elect's Official Family B Certainties ana Probabilities. *?nc A dispatch from Lakewood, N. J., Presi- ^ ent-elect Cleveland's winter home, says: . . It may now be stated authoritatively that QUn udge Walter Q. Gresbam, of Indiana, is to Tl le Secretary of State. More than two ? ' reeks ago it vra3 announced that this port- wer olio bad been tendered him. Judge Gresham "?9. lesitated about accepting it, and Don M. )ickinson wa- sent to Chicago to do a little . nissionary work with bim. As tbe result tnc, if these negotiations Mr. Cleveland has re- Pan< tired a letter iron Judge Gresham accept- ,ev? ng the Secretaryship of State. This is dof?' .uthoritative and comes from a man who has ca"' ead the letter. Moreover Mr.Cleveland has eceived two otaer letters oi acceptance rom men whom he has invited to enter F * lis Cabinet, and he was correspondingly, fnIle lappy to-day. Thess letters were from Hoke wer' Smith, of Gaorgia, and Wilson S. Bissell, of 7*on Suffalo, Mr. Cleveland's former law part- DlJ* ler. It is supposed that Smitn will succeed rlusk as Secretary o* Agriculture, and that Sissell will be the next Postmaster-General. and \t any rate, tbe Cabinet fixtures up to data 1UJ1 ire Carlisle, Lamont, Gresham, Smitn and aePl Bissell With these certainties the slate thus * :ar u: d*5 Secretary of State, Walter Q. Gresham, 11 it Indiana; Secretary of the Treasury, John P^t Gr. Carlisle,of Kentucky; Secretary of War, Daniel S.Lamonfi, of New York; PostmastsrSeneral, Wilson S. Bissell, of New Yor?c; Secretary ot Agriculture, Hoke Smith, of wa* Greorgia. , . larg DISASTROUS HURRICANE. J"* ??. c*rs closi iuildinits Wrecked and Lives Lost like in Madagascar. . " is nc A dispatch from Zanibar, Africa, tells of whi( l 1 rightful hurricane that swept ovar Ma In- clo3< ;as:ar doing immense damage both in tha titerior an.l on the coisr who At l'auanarivo, the capital of Madagascar, ??"od miliiings were wrecked and lives lost, and ? it the port ol! Mahanoro. on tae east coast, 1 i numb3r oi vesse.s have been missing since I1 1 ;he storm, and it was feared that they have ;one down with all on board. A vessel 3"?! aden with wheat has been wrecked at Malala. fat? Reports from ths interior and various .fj joints on the coast of the island show that 2* " ;bo hurricane wrought destruccioa throughjut a vast area. *?0C Thi Insurance companies have settted thi Jur< ilaims of the widow of P. J. Thrun, of wa8 iarshfleld, Wis., who had $99,000 insurance in his life. She said she got the 111,000 rhich paid the premlnms from a box of gold 0( a iuri*d in the garden, having beta attracted Qr01 o the spot by a small blue flam* ???????Mi N THE JAWS OF A SEA. ?amer Pomeranian Crunched Between Two Huge Wares. a PersonB Swept Overboard and Two Fatally Injured. lie Allan Line steamship Pomeranian, a Glasgow, via Morllle, for New York, returned to Glasgow, Scotland, in diss, after having met with one of the most ressing accidents chat has occurred to a isatlantic steamer in many years?an acnt that resulted in the loss of twelve L le disaster occurred whan the steamer about eleven hundred and fifty miles i? Pomeranian encountered boisterous ther immediately after leaving port. It thought that the wind would soon blow f out, and with everything ship-shape no for the safety of the steamer was entered. Instead of abating, however, tbe > increased in severity until the day of calamity which dawned with a frightful > raging and a tpemeadously high sea ling. The hatches were battened down covered with tarpaulins, ventilators 3 turned to leeward and every precaution ited by good seamanship Mad been in to prevent water getting below. iddeqly a tremendous wave reared its t a short distance ahead of the steamer le plunged down another wave. Before could rise the sea came over the star d bow and tons of green water rushed Almost at the same time a falling wave rn pooped the steamer. The result >st defies description. le deck saloon, chart house, the bridge the boat* ware smashed to pieces and ;ly washed overboard. The deck was * ?? oimnafc fnaxtric&ble mass jroa wiuu au ? irreckage and the utmost confusion aad. t first the full extant of tha disaster was known. Tbe steamer began to pay off re the wind and sea, and it was at once that tha quartermasters, Peter lici and William Urquhart, had baen ied away. Two sailors sprang to the el and soon put the steamer on her so. ion it was found that Captain' Dalziel, master of the steamer, was missing. He last bean seen standing on the lae side le steamer, aft tha saloon, in conrersawith a saloon passenger named John rart, a resident of Glasgow. ley had both been caught by the Bea that e over tha stern and dashed against the t house. They were then carried with iflc force and jammed beneath the after m winches. iptain Dalzial's legs were broken and he ained internal injuries. He was cirer removed to his room and everything ible was done for him, but he died the ; morning. Mr. Stewart's legs were also ten and he sustained other injuries, i the effects of which he died in a few PS. t the time of the accident the second er, John Cook, had the watch. He was the bridge with John Hamilton, the ? " ? ? -J *th officer. drowned. l the saloon deck-house when the sea ce ovar the steamer were James Gibson Lilian Gibson, of Dalkeith, and Jane Caf; of Londonderry, all first cabin passen, They were carried over the side and not rwards seen. Difid-Forbsa, of Dund?e, :ond cabin passenger, and James Prit d and Fred West bury, stewards, were lost in the same manner. mid the howling .of the wind and th9 in; and the roaring of the sea, the cries aose who were carried orerboard could have been beard, even had they had i to ntter them. Without a word of nlng they were swept to their doom and a p*i son od the steamer knew what had penel to them until some little time after accident. rith Captain Dalziel fatally injared and inscions in his cabin the command of the mar devolved upon the first offlcsr. The mer was about in mid-ocaan and the firm amoA in hia mind what courss to me?whether to bold the steamer on her so er to put 'about and make for Green'heo-the chart-room was carried away, charts, sextants and quadrants, in fact 7 thinf absolutily essential to the navion of the ship, went with it. The bine-box and its coapass on the bridge had gone over boar J, and had it not bean ; the after-compass reaaained It is doubtf the steamsr would have reached port many days. The first officer called the lining officers of the steamer to a coaition, and it was decided to put about return to Greeaock. 10 crew cleared away the debris and batd doWn the hitches. The wares swept > the deck from stem to stern and flooded passengers' quarter*. Taere was no ic, and the crow had everything snug re dark. iptain Dalziel's body was committed to waves. The crew and passengers stood silently weeping, during the simple and rnful ceremony. The waves were run; mountain high, and all felA that they, might soon be .with their departed capateran sailors who were aboard declare during an experience of thirty years storm was the worst they erer encouni. If the ship had not been stanch and discipline good they would hare foun<t. ' CRUSHED TO DEATH. Maw of Stone Falls Into a Qaarrj at West Ratland, Vt. y the cave-in of a wall in a West Rut1 (Vt) quarry, operated by the Vermont ble Company, with which Senator Procisconnected, seven man were killed out* it, one died a few hours later and a lSer of others injured. be victims, who were members of a gans rork channeling and taking away refuse, e burled beneath a mass of stone large ugh to fill fifteen freight cars, and their [es were horribly mangled. s soon as the accident happened the elecdanger signal was rung in at the copy's office and the mills, and work rywhere was stopped at once. All the :ors in West Rutland and Rutland were ?d and responded quickly. Scores of : were aide sent down iato the quarry. j 5 o'clock the vicinity of thequarrr was if -m a.u- i_a.: _ rueu. ul*uj ui uiiQ roiatiT?d ui tii? >d or injure! were oa hand, and they 3 frantic with grief. Many of the len tried to rush down into the quarry, were prevented from doing so. ie quarry is known as the Sheldon verel Quarry," or quarry No. 3. Dooth surface considered, it is the largest rry- in the world. Its perpendicular ;b is over two hundred and fifty feet, from this the quarry "runs eastward and nward under tne hill 3)0 feet or more, ie loose pieces were removed and blast* in to remove the larger pieces, some of :h weighs 1 many tons. Soon one dead T was found and taken from under the [ into the opin part of the quarry." It so mutilated it could not be recognized, tfore any more dead could be found a e mi.ii of rock bad to be blasted away, :h took some time. Under the middle of see of rock enough to fill two freight were found the bodies of two men so tly jammed together tbat they looked one. Neither body could be recognized, ie cause of thaoaving in of th? quarry >t positively Known, me mass oi. stone :h covered the men who were at work ? by wa3 eighty feet in length and twenty wide. fell without the least warning and all were at wori there were at once cov. A pro minent marble company official >ves that the stone was loosened by zing Eighty men were at work in the Try. A.Maguire undertook to go into the rry after the disaster. Ho fell from the [er forty feet, and was seriously, perhaps lly, injured. 11 the victims carried accident insurance t the Vermont Marble Company. The ilies of the dead will receive $590 each in !as8?, with one-half the yearly wages if wages were, over 11000 a year. The iud men will receive one-half their weekly ;ea and all doctors' bills. ' 1891 Alabama produced 4,300,030 tons ?1. In 1892 it vu 5,270,000 tons, aa inw of aearlj twenty-two per THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle State*. Floods caused an overflow of the Delaware Rirer at Trenton, N. J.; the destruction of a bridge at New Brunswick, N. J., and grave fears for the safety of the inhabitants of the Naugatuck Valley, Conn., and in several places in Pennsylvania. Three hundred Republicans dined in honor of Abraham Lincoln at Del monico's, New Tork City. It was the seventh annual dinner given by the Republican Club on Lincoln's birthday. Speeches were made by Secretary Charles Poster, C. M. Depew and Senator Wolcott. Three men were drowned in the Mystic, Boston, Mass., in sight of hundreds of skaters and spectators on shore. They ventured too close to the channel and the tbin ice gave way. ' The freshet at Trenton, N. J., oompellel the mills to shut down, and thousands of people were idle in consequence. In the House at Boston, Mass., resolution; favoring the annexation of Hawaii were adopted. John D. Manic, of Hyde Park, Mass., was killed br a falling stone, in Dorchester. A brother, James A. Mann, went to take a train in order to supsrlntead the arrangements for the fuuernal. As he started across the track he was struck by a locomotive and killed. South and West. Albert and Ellen Hedoeson, brother and sister, were drowned wnile coasting on the river at Rock Island, III. Georqe Stlvkt, Assistant Postmaster in rt-_t 11T ? 1.111.J ? fattf oponane, m ftaauj{Wii, muau uuurau ! ?davs since. He was short in his accounts $7100. He was under $10,00.') bonds. The dynamite cruiser Vesurhu continued the test of her pneumatic guns at Port RoyaL, S. C., with satisfactory results. The business part of the village of Dexter, Nev., was destroyed by flr?. The, loss is about 1200,000. Lieutenant Vance, Company C, Sixteenth Infantry, United States Army, lately court marticled and dismissed from the service for making an assiutt on the wife of Lieutenant Johnstone, of the same regiment, fatally shot himself through the head at Fort Douglas, Utah. Policeman W. P. Chandler tried to arrest a colored man named Crawford at Blu&? field, W.Va. Each drew a revolver and shot the other dead, the ball in each case entering the neck and severing the jugular vain The colored man. Fields, who assaulted Mrs. Jack White a few miles from Memphis, was lynched at-Forest Hill, Tenn., by several hundred citizensLizzie Habvet, aped nine years, shot and killed George Turner, colored, aged twenty, at Warfield, Ky. He was employed by the child's father, and had offended'her in some way. Doctor Norvin Green. President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, dial at his home in Louisville. Ky. He succeed! William Orton in 1878; was born in Kentucky in 1818. a slide occurred in the wall rock in one of the tunnels at the Orient mines, Grove, Col. Six men were killed and six injured. A bio oil vein struck near Toledo. Ohio, flowed from a well on the Hoagland Farm at the rate of 1003 barrels a day, and, as it could not be shut off, the oil ran all over the CUUUMjr. Superb day and night Mardi Gras parades were held at New Orleans, L*. The processions moved without accident among the 100,000 people who lined the miles of streets through which the columns passed. A- A. Bartlrtt and George Snook, two prominent citizsns of Akron, Ohio, who left there last December hy boat for New Haven Fia., were lost off Britain Island, Gulf of Mexico. Their boat was a light steam launch. John Kirbt, on behalf of the Texas Pins Timber Company, a New England syndicate, effected at Houston, Texas, the largest sale of standing timber ever recorded in the South. Tne amount involved is 17-50,000. The Relianci Lumber Company, of Beaumont, was the purch*3:r. Washington. The Hawaiian envoys had two conferences with the Secretary of Stace and arranged for an interview with the President a highly successful test of the new nickel-steel Harvayizsd armor-plats took place at the Indian Hiad proving grounds, near Washington. Four shots were fired and the target stood the assault nobly. The President accepted the resignation of General T. J. Morgan, Commissioner of In* dian Affiirs, to take offset on March 4th, and granted him a leave of absence until the end of Bis term. The President made the following nominations: J. V. L, Findlay, of Maryland, arbitrator on the part of tha United State*; G. EL Shields, of Missouri, a^ent of the United States, and A. W. Fergussoo, of the District of Co.umbia, Secretary on tne part of the United States under the treaty for a Claims Commission concluded between the Unit9d ' i?iau-> Btate3 ana i^aue ou au^u? , The credentials of Elward Mirphy, Jr., as Senator from the State of New York, to succeed Mr. Hiscock, and of John L. Mitchell, as Senator from the State of Wiscousin, to succeed Mr. Sawyar, were presented, read and placed on file in the Senate. President Harrison' complains that after the fumigation of the White House, following his grand-daughter's illness with scarlet fever, some very valuable memoranda, document* and jewelry were missing. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably the nomination of Howell E. Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Secretary op State Foster telegraphed to Minister Stevens at Hoaolulu, approval of his action in affirmatively responding to the request of the Provision^ Government of Hawaii for the establishment of a protectorate over the islands, pending negotiations for the annexation of the islands to the United States. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Myron M. Parker, of the District of Columbia, to b> a Commissioner of the District of Columbia, vice John W. Douglas, whose term has expired. Foreign. A Moslem mob burned the American Girls' College in Marsovan. Turkey, because the director, Mr. Herrick, was believed to be the instigator of pa offensive political agitation. Many villages in the Alps districts, Tyrol and Styria have been wrecked and lives lost bv floods caused by taaw. Bucharest and Hungary are also flooded. The caravel Santa Maria, in tow of the cruiser Isla de Cuba, started from Lisbon, Portugal, for New York. She will sail alon? from the Canaries. Four skaters were drowned in Lake Radolfzel), near Keichenau. Switzerland, and three were drowned in the Lake of Morat, Gladstone introduced the Irish Horn* Rule bill in the British House of Commons, and made a two hours' speech on it. The heavy fains have caused high floods in tho Transvaal, Africa. The Llnapops River overflowed its banks and swept away forty nouses at Pretoria. Many lives were lost. In the British House of Commons Mr. Balfour, the Conservative leader, replied to (Gladstone's speech, introducing the Home Rule bill; James'Bryce and J. E. Rsdraond also spoke: the Irish National Party have accepted the bill. The island of Samothrebi, in the JEjaan Sea, Greece, was .shaken bj an earthquake. All buillin^s on tiie island were destroyed. I Many lives were lost. DWARF TREE DEAD. The Little Japanese Cedar Killed by the Chicago Climate. The dwarf cedar tree sent by the Imperial Japanese Gardens to the World's Fair at Chicago, 111., is dead. It couldn't stand the climate. The tree wdSlOO years old or mote, and was three feet high. When the dwarf was shipped from Japan the native garden' era neglected to put a sufficient supply of J apanese soil about its roots. The best Amer? ican dirt was applied but did no good, and the little tree died. * HAWAII UNDER OUR FLAG.1 A Protectorate Established by Minister Stevens. The Boston'8 Blue-Jackets Raised the Colors With Honors. The anxiously expected steamer Australia arrived off The Heads, San Francisco, Cal.. at an early hour a few mornings ago with news that Minister Stevens had established a protectorate over the Hawaiian Islands. At the stroke of 9 o'clock on the morning of February 1 the 6tirs and Stripes were hoisted to the top of the flagstaff over Aliuolani Hall, and the heavy guns of the cruiser Boston in Honolulu Harbor boomed forth the news that the United States had assumed protection of the Hawaiian Islands. This action was taken by United States Minister Stevens because csrtain white agitators, together with the Eaglish and nativo newspapers. were attempting to discredit the Provisional Government. Minister Stevens was called upon for aid, an 1 the result was the following address to the Hawaiian people, which was read by Lieutenant Rush, of the Benton, a3 the fla? was be* ing run up on the Government building: To the Hawaiian People: At the request of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, I hereby in the nime of the United States of America, assume protection of the Hawaiian Islands for the protection of life and property, and occupation of public buildings and Hawaiian soil as far as may be nece&mry for the purpose specified, but not interfering with the administration of public affairs by the Provisional Government This action is taken pending and subject to negotiations at Washington. John L. Stjcvens, Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Pieniooteotiary of the United States, United States Legation, February 1, 1893. Approved and executed by C. C. Wlltse, Captain United States Navy, commanding the United States ship Boston. The action of the Provisional Government in calling: upon Minister Stevens, after mature delioeration on the situation for several days, was due to the incessant agitation on the part of certain whitM, who have altrays been the curse of the country, together with the efforts of oneEagHsh and one or two native newspapers to discredit and block the new Government, These agencies spread through the town a feeling of uneasiness and distrust The story of the extension of an American protectorate over the Hawaiian Islands bv United States Minister Stevens on his individual authority, and wifhont the direction or approval of the State Dapartment, is fully confirmed by the Minister's despatch to Secretary Foster. Secretary Foster's own statements show that the Department neither advised >nor expectod such a step. Minister Stevens's r4/vi/%rifnk io ma fAllrtUTa * "Honolulu', February l "(Via San Franciaoo, Cal., Feb. 9.) "Secretary oC State: "Provisional Government of Hawaii gaining power and respect. Everything is quiet ' Annexation sentiment is increasing. Dead monarchy and opposition to annexation is supported chiefly by lottery and opium ring. To-day, at 9 a. ra? in accordance with the reJuest of Provisional Government of Hawaii, have placed Government of Hawaii under the United States protection daring negotiations, not interfering with the execution of the public affairs. Despatches by mail with full details. Stivers." Speaking of the despatch and the developments of the day in the Hawaiian situation, Secretary Foster said the action of Minister Stevens in declaring the Hawaiian Islands, under the protectorate of the United States was taken without instructions from the Department of State. In fact, the movement for the change of Government was unexpected, and had not been anticipatedby instructions from Washington. There was great commotion at the headquarters of the Hawaiian Commissioners at Hnfaf whan the first of the tela grams from San Francisco arrived. Chairman Thurston was at the State Department when the news was telephone i from the newspaper offices, Tne Secretary of State had received no official advices, bnt at once went to the White House and told the President of the new developments in the affair. The Secretary seemed to be much surprised at the aotion taken by Minister Stevens, which led Mr. Thurston to believe that the policy pursued by the American Minister haa not Men laid out in advance by t ie Administration. President Harrison was immensely surprised when Secretary of State Foster notified him of the Hawaiian-protectorate. The President said there was no alternative for this Government except to sustain the action taken by Minister Stevens.'' Congress was evidently stirred no. In the House Mr. Kajner, of Maryland, intro- < duced a resolution requesting the Secretary of State to say what authority the American I Minister bad to recognize the Provisional Government of Hawaii and assnme the protectorate. In the Senate Mr. Mills, of Texas, took vigerous grouads against the coaduot of the Minister, and asked "by what authority this piracy" hal been committed, and by what authority the American flag; had been run up over the islands. This caused Mr. Higgins to retort with an inquiry as to what authority could be shown Tor the hoisting of several flags on divers occasions in the past in the State of Texas. News from Hawaii is that the Provisional Government's volunteer army m uiwoaaiug. Legislative boll and other rooms at the Government building have been oonvsrted into barraoks far the msa. The Provisional Government has received certificates of recognition from the consular and diplomatic corps representing Japan. Prance, Great Britain, Chile, Danmark, Germany, AustriaHungary, Spain, Portugal, Peru and the Netherlands, recognizing the Provisional Government as the de facto Government. The Honolulu Commercial Advertiser of February 1 says: "The raising of the flag does not, of course, indicate cession to the United States. The Hawaiian flag still floats in the palacd courtyard. The pilace, barracks, police station, Custom Hoiue, eta, remain in possession of the Provisional Government, which will administer public business as u?uil. The arms and ammunition will be withdrawn from Aiiuolani Hall, which, until deflnite intelligence arrives from the United States, will be guarded by a detachment from the Boston. The event of this morning is hailed with joy throughout the community. It will bring about paaoo and prosperity, and will please all except those who do not want Hawaii to enjoy these or any other blessings. It is not the act of A?* JI J???? <4ana a ? aggression, cut 01 ineaunun^ uvua -the instance of the Hawaiian Government. May this friendliness - result in union which shall endure forever." > Queen Liliuokalani submitted to the I change without much protest. She removed from the palace to her seaside cottage at Waikiki. One newspaper says that she has returneu to the city at intervals to consult some of her loyal adherents. EIOT AT A CflRIST-EflTlTG. Six Men Fatally and Twelve Others seriously n uunucu. At St. Louis, Mo., a christening wa3 celebrated. All present became involved in a riot. Men, women and children participated and every conceivable weapon was used. In a few minutes tha place looked like a slaughter house, the walls, floor, and even the ceilin? being covered with blood. A wagon lead of police finally quailed the disturbance. Six o? those involved were car- | ried to the dispensary, and their injuries were fatal. Four of them wore Tom O'Rourke, Pat Murphy, David McGiUigan and Pat Killegan. Ttie trouble began because some one wanted to take the infant outdoors. The father, Tom O'Rourke, objected, aad the row ensued. Besides those fatally hurt twelve others are serioualv cut or sustained fractured craniums and bruises. Commissionsb Evans, representing Queen Lilinokalani, in an interview eays the chief oojection to an Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by tbe United States is the population o? 30,000 Chinas? coolies. LATEBKEWg. A sudden thaw and heavy ralaa camel I many Western streams to overflow their banks. James O'Shba, Wilson Ingram and William Carmen were instantly killed and several other miners seriously injured by falling rock at Mine 15, in Sebastian County, Ark. President Harrison left Washington on a shooting trip to Benjies, Md. He went alone, bat met some Philadelphia friends, and ex-Senator Sewell, of New Jersey. President Harrison signed the National Quarantine bilL President Harrison sent to the Senate a a message recommending the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, and accompanied it with the draft of an annexation treaty prepared by himself, Secre tary Poster, and the representatives of the Provisional Government. The Japanese steamer Wadatsu Mara foundered, losing eleven lives, while entering the harbor of Nugata. Japanese fishing boat*, whose crews numbered 490, were also believed to have been lost in a gale. p Twenty people were killed and many in- ^ jured at a carnival in Buda-Pesth, Hon- 11 gary. o CARLISLE'S SUCCESSOR. J - d Judge William Lindsay Klectei by p the Kentackr WILLIAM LIN03A.T. ? The House and Senate at Frankfort, Ky., fa *fter ballotting for tiro hoars for a United n States Senator, elected Jadge William Lind- jj say, of Frankfort, to succeed Mr. Carlisle, fa Jadge Lindsay had received the Democratic li caucus nomination, and A. E. Wilson, of r Louisville had been nominated by the Re- t publican caucus. Both nafaes were presented. la the Senate Jadge Lindsay received s sixteen votes and Mr. Wilson six. In the House the former had thirty-two and the r latter thirteen votes. Next day in joint sss* ion Judge Lindsay was declared Senator. r Judge William Lindsay was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, September 4, a 1823, of Scotch parentage. fie mov?d to Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1854, quali- a fled for and practiced law at Clinton in 1858, and volunteered and served in the a Confederate Army as Captain and staff officer. When the war ended, he returned to ] Clinton and resumed the pra ctice of the law. t He was elected to the Legislature in 1837, c and in 1870 was chosen Judge of the Appei- ]i \ate Bench of Kentucky. He was the Cnief Justice. E When his term expired he was elected to 1 the Senate of Kentucky. President -Ear- t rison tendered him the office of Inter-State c Commerce Commissioner, which he declined. He was a World's Fair Commissioner, and as such, went to Europe last year. He is of commanding presence, pleasing adaress and humor, and'is best known in Kentucky as "Bill Lindsay." B PBOIPNEST PEOPLE. * Giamtoit* smokes an occasional cigar- a etta. ~ . y Thk salary of the King of Greoca Is 1300,- u 000 a year. Lord 8ali5TBU"RT is the first British . Premier who has set foot on Australian * ?ii. r ; Thx oldest American citizen now in public life is 8#iator Morrill, of Vermont, who was born in 1810. MiLtipirAtR* John Haxmro-roir, of J, Cleveland. Ohio, left over $1,900,000 to g science and charity. . Whw Governor Lewelline, of Kansas p was seventeen years old he shoveled dirt as a jj laborer in the employ of an Iowa railroad. * Rudyabd Kiplipro's father Li a man of a great ability and holds an important poei? tion as art director of an East Indian j mnsenm. g Thi will of the late James G. Blaine con- b veys all the estate unreservedly to Mrs. si Blaine. The property is estimatsd at about w <1,000,000. Pmsedkwmclict Clevilaito has offered F a gold medal as a prize to the winner of an a International chess contest, to be held in s New York next May or June. % Tex late Senator Kenna, of West VIr- P ginia, is said to have died poor, and an athafniT moHa tn umpa a nlimi for his widow in one*of the departments at Washington. J. M. Barkis. th? Scotch novelist, is a little man with a large head and luminous eyes. He is one of the most modest and diffident of British authors and quite unspoiled by success. General George W. Jokes, of Florida; James W. Bradbury of Maine, and exGovernor Felch, of Michigan, are the only living ex-members of the United State* Senate in 1848. J axes A. Bailey, the circus manager, began selling apples and peanuts, then became the owner of a side show, and went on until be is now the foremost man in his line of public amusement. Edwiw Holicbs, the discoverer of the comet in Andromeda, which has attracted much attention during the last three or four months, is an amateur astronomer, living in Islington, London. Doctor W. W. alut, who died at Moravia, N. Y., aged ninety-one years, was the oldest homoeopathic physician in the country. He had been in continuous practice for sixty-six years. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is a good friend of Marshall P. Wilder, and her nus- c band gives him an annual salarv of $3 >00, t in return for which the little humorist gives occasional entertainments in different chU- ~ dren's hospitals. , James Whitcomb Riley derives his larg- ? est profits from England. The publishers ? there bave brought out eight editions of his t poems and pay him by mere courtesy a g larger royalty than he gets at home, where he is protected by copyright. The Khedive of E^ypt, who is making the present trouble in that country, is a youth of nineteen, who was taken irom scaool last ' year in Vienna, Austria, to suceec? his father. The wonder is, therefore, tbat he has not before now got to loggerheads with his British guardians. C Mrs. Pkary, wno shares iu the fame of r< her husband. Lieutenant Peary, the famous D explorer of Greenland, said in conversation a few days ago that she thought she felt the cold more here during our recent siege of severe weather than she did last year up where a zero temperature is considered rnoa- , erate. r( The Rev, Byron Sunderland, D. D., ha* tl just received congratulations on the com- p pietion of his fortieth year of service as pas* v tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, which was attended by President ana Mrs. Cleveland daring their resi- B dence in Washington, and with which it i? tj expected they will again become connected. <j t . :;.f v DE LESBEPS 8EOTEH0ED. FlnTMM In PrlioB ntk VIM toJ the penams Ietaey. couht fsaidwaxd de lzssxps. Sentences win imposed at Paris upon th? iriaoners in the French Panama trial and Jount Ferdinand de Lasespe now occupies ft elon's cell in the eyes of the law* Expectation that the sentences of the prto* nen would be deli rare3 brought eagerf , i rowda to the Court of Appeals* The ap* roaches to the court,trere filled to the last. icha bv noon, and fl>e minutes attar the' oors were thrown open the room was aoked to suffocation. President Judge Perirler read the decision fter ha ring di*mi?81 the prisoner^ plea hat they should benefit by the statute of nitation. The charge of fraodalent proeedings against Ferdinand jfc Leeeeps, fcarles de Lassep*, Henrr Cottu and Maris Fontaao was held to be proved. In this point the judgment < reaired to the company's methods in isoing loans, the mendacious offioial belleIns, and the persistent puffing done tar tha rees at the instance of ttia directors. Theee cacticea. the judgment said, when not diectly originated or endorsed by the direo* on, had been connived at by them. Ferdinand de Leesws. aided and abetted1 y his son Charles, M. C >ttu, aad JL Fon- ' uxe, had perstttently concealed the operaions of the canal co npiny, in order that tie quotation of shares n^ight not be affected nfavorably. The directors had dealt ? rith underwriting syndicates, which, s far as their utility was ' | oneerned, were fictitious and ware known o be flctititious. In underwiting loans theee yndicates had taken upon themselves no isks, and yet they had received enormous urns from the company. The expenses neosaarily attendant upon the issue of loans ad been grossly exaggerated by the direoors, and this exaggeration also ooostUoted < fraudulent act. In dealing with Gaitave BiffeTs breach of rust the decision said that M. Eiffel had reel ved $24,000,000 for the construction off en locks, and had promised to complete hem by 1890. The evidence had shown that ie had not even purchased the speaifled aaterials necessary in tha construction of hese locks; In fact, he bad bought in Fnxta* tr* J1 iota Dat ??^UW HUI UI Uk uwn>?.. Ad pretended furthermore to fulfil tbeobigatioaj he had undertaken, while, eality, he was simply misappropriating the unds. In conclusion Judge Perirler read the? ontencest ? v Ferdinand de Lesseps, fire years' imprison" neat and 9600 fine. Charles de Lassepa, fire yeara' imprisonQent and <600 fine. Mantis Fontane, two years' imprisonment nd (600 floe. Henry Cottu, two yeara'' imprisonment ad $800 floe. Gustare Eiffel, two yeaiV imprisonment ' ind H000 fine. The sentencing of the prisoners in the i .; Manama trial cause! the utmost consternaion. Mm a. De Lessspe probably will not ommunlcate the nsirs to her husband uasjs compelled by circumstencseto do so. The general belief is that the saateuce will' lerer be executei against him.- The final cnposed were the utmost legal penally, but hey will not present'action at law to re? orer the money squandered. WOBIifi'S FAIR M0TE8;* Thx Michigan World's Fair Board will lake an exhibition oC its newspapers. Girkakt's building at the World's Fair i a handsome structure, costing $150,000,and i nearly oompletert. Tax Royal Chorus Society of Belgium, tore than a hundred strong, wiH Tint the World's Fair and take part in the concerts i choral hall. Irr the Fine Arts exhibit at the World's 'air will appear three pictures from Wind- ' jr Castle, loantd by Qaeen_Victoria, and 4 sreral from the .Prince or waters www loo. Thk Japanese royal family 'will be repreinted at the World's Fair. It isannonnesd ositireiy that th9 eldest soi? and probable accessor of the. Mikado will visit Chicago in , eptember. Thk list of Germany's exhibitors at the 'air contains 3077 names. Represented in ; are 230 cities and 'towns of the Empire, nd of these forty cities sand mow tana ten xhibits each. Thx King of Sism. at his own expense, has scided to make an interesting display in tie manufrctures. agricultural and torastry uildings at the World's Fair, and will also rect a royal pavilion of elaborate carred rood* Thx winning exhibitors at the WorkPs 'air will each receive a bronze medal and handsome diploma. s?tdng forth the speific purpose for which the medal was M warded. Provision will be made, it is ex- ^ ected, for 75,000 medals and diplomas. I Tax Qneen Regent of Spain will be repre- 1 rated at the World's Co.umbian Exposition y the Infanta Enlaha and her husband, tfnce Antoioe. The Spanish Cabinet has anctioned their vWt to toe World's Fair as epresentatives of Quaen Regent Christina. AK English salt concern has made a salt tatne, modeled after Burtholdfs "Liberty ^lightening the World," in New Tare bar?r. The statne is fire and a half feet high 1 nd stand* on a rock salt base seven feet , iigb. The salt wis taken from a mine 230 eet deep. The Euclisit firm will send it as . n exhibit to the World's Fair. ' The Peterson and Newark mills of New 'ersey will make a splendid silk exhibit at he World's Fair. The silk in all its stage* * ?;ii rfiinltTMt. toarether I USOUIBUUIQ Will "V , ?m ritb the silt worms and cocoons from which he silken threads will be spun and passed (trough various manipulations until they ppear in the finished siu texture ready for 1 he market. Thb "white city," ns the World's Fair rounds and butldin z* are t?r??d, h?s the quipment of a mole! municipality. It has , combined water capacity of 54,000,000 allons a day, aad.will soon have 11)0,000.- i 00. It has 35 mile< of water mains and 391 ydrants. A hundre j more will be pro Ided. There are 3 stesm fire engine*, 4 hemicat engine*, a 'a Mer truck, water ower, 40 hose carts 2j.7j0(eetof hose, I'Ja3 and Are extinguish-*rs, 2300 lire put, * team fire boat, W IWrnen, lo'J alarm boxes, 50 patrol telephones, 500 guwds, complete m lectric light and sewerage system?, etc., tc. By the time tiie Fair opens many of hese facilities and rquipmenty will be t reatly increased an 1 perfected. TWO BOYS LYNCHED, ive Others Who Confessed to Arson Had ? Narrow Kscape. m ^ Two colored boys?Frank Htrrell and 'ornelius Felder?who confessed to having Db'oed and burned Lw Robinson's store at 'ickey, Amite County, Hiss, a few night* j ;o were banged by a unob of angry itizansa few hundred yards fro in where the i rime was committed. The confession of tne boys implicated fira ther colored men, who were promptly arjst?d and would have been hanged also if ley had not been rescued by a shorifTt osse aud carried to the County Jail at Lit** "ty. ' Mrs. faitz Hinklkt (nee Fiorenca j lythe) of San Francisco, parts with twenr-savan and a half par cent, of her newly iherited I5.000.0j0 estate in lawTtrt' fees, 4