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BOUT THEim urnARSON, ROBBERY AND MUR- i DER IN PENNSYLVANIA. Slavs, Hans, Poles and Other Foreigners Determined to Redress Alleged Wrongs by Show of Force ?Coal Tipples Burned?One Killed and Sixteen Captured. Rioting, burning, and destruction ot prop ertv, one man killed, a dozen wounded, sixteenrioters captured and put inthe county jail ' ?? I'lTlBDUTg, .rezw.. ?iuu uio iuuu ui^cioou, &o one day's record of the lawlessness by the 1 foreign element ot the coal miners along the Chartiers branch of the Pan Handle Railroad between Mansfield and Bridgeville. The filters consisted of Slavs, Huns, Italian?. Poles. Belgians and Frenob. It is estimated that from ?75,000to $100,000 worth of property has been destroyed by these rioters, frenzied by their alleged wrongs. A good deal of railroad property was also destroyed. The mob was the outcome of a march of terror in the night by 500 men from mine to nine within &Tadius oi five miles The mob formed at Woodvilie, about midway between Hansfleld and Bridgeville. The men evidently intended to visit all the works within a^njdtuMf five milee and destroy property. From-Woodvilie the mob marched to various pits, wrecking and burning property. In the Tom's Bun district are the Pittst>arg Fuel Company's mine, the W. J. Steen I minee, the Chartier Block Coal Company's i nines Nos. 1, 2 and 8, the H. K. Wick, and the Beechment mines. In this section the attempt was made to destroy prooerty. f h? uaitimI satisfied if thev could i inconvenience the work tti the mines. At -most of these places the tracks were torn up, the mules were turned loose, hundreds of loaded coal cars were damped, and the wheels broken olf so as to make the job complete. Sections of the tipples were also torn i down. The band then proceeded down i Tom's Bun and across the nills to Bridgeville. They passed through the main streets to- , ward the A. J. Schulte coal mines. As they 1 pawned C. P. Mayer's general store they made an onslaught on his place, smashing the front windows. The occupants all fled trom the house In terror, thinking the parpose of the mob was to burn them up. Bat , adl they wanted was several cases of pickhandles that stood within. A boisterous clamor announced the satisfaction of the rioters as they distributed the spoils. They went straight to the Schulte lippla, which extended from the hill side ' oat over the Panhandle Bailroad tracks. There were several tipple men present at 1 the time, bat they all flea except Dick Layton. the weighmaster. He made a brave i tand as the horde of foreigners approached. i " - * * ??- ?n-J An attempt to auurcna iuom uuiy muni mtu terrible threats. i Piokhandles were wildly brandished, and several weapons were levelled at Layton. At th?? demonstration he, too, fled up the hill, , while the rioters scrambled to the tipple. A dozen matches were applied to the tipple structure, and It was soon a mass of flames. ]c a moment the entire community was -abroad and at the scene of the Are. The rioters fled over the hills. Brave hands set to work to save the works, but nothing romd be done. The big tipple, valued at 95000 was doomed. A railroad tratn, which was blocked by the tflamus. was hitched to the structure, and it -rras hauled to the ground. Twelve telegraph w.'res were broken, and the railroad was so covered with debris that all trains were delayed. The wreck crew wassummoned from Mansfield, and thegreat mass of burninf timber. twisted rails and iror were removed ,-from the tracks. Fifteen hundred people surrounded the scene. Amid this exciting scene a man's voice rang out. All faces were turned to see who it was. On a freight car near the burning tipple stood C. P. Mayer. It was h s store which had been invaaea. The serious look of the speaker and his grave words demanded the attention of the whole assembly. Hepleaded with his fellow citizens to avenge the wrong just committed. "Let us organize a band and pursue each scoundrel until brought to justice. Patriotism demands It." The-' sentiment was greeted with cheers, Including the voices of the women and children. "We'll do it!" "We'll do itf exclaimed voices, and within ten minutes a band of twenty men had gathered about Mayer as their leader, and were clamoring lor action. They were all American citizens and workingmen. The band Bet in pursuit of the fleeing mob, cow on their way to the Painters Bun district. In this district are the Pan Handle Coal Company's mines, the Esser Coal Company's and Beadling Bros.1 mines. The ?nob had a start on its pursuers, and while the latter were crossing Bowers Hill they saw the Pan Handle Coal Company's tipple in flames. This tipple wjs new. having just been completed at a cost of $6000. The work of ^destruction was then continued at the Esser mines. The infuriated band proceeded to tne neaarnx muie. The Beadllng Brother) had anticipated trouble whan the store was building, and had constructed it in the lorm of a garrison. Loopholes were built in the sides and Winchester riflee were kept on hand. Here the three Beadlings kept the howling mob at bay. Shots rang out from the garrison store, and the mob, snarling, shouting and shootJug, finally quailed. It was not until Frank Staley. a leader of the rioters, was shot through the body. He died that night. Two others received slight wounds. The damage to the Pan Handle Company's tipple will exceed $15,000. In Addition to the tipple valuable machinery wrs destroyed by the Are. The rioters then started over Bowers Hill toward the Millers Run district, which is eouthwest of Bridgevill*. Just as the rioters appeared in Bowers Hill th?v came face to face with the band of twenty armed citizens. "The mob stopped like a herd of startled deer. Seeiiar the armed and desperate little band, tbey started to run, scattering like so many frightened sheep over the country. The demand ro surrender was unheeded. Some of the citizens raised their guns. were about to charge, when they heard the orders of their Captain. "Capture them, but for God'i-sake don't sboot," were the orders, and then began a mad chase. v The rioters fled, with the citizens close after. About four miles the flight was kept up, the mob heading toward Heideiburg, where most of them live. Just as they entered the town they were overtaken and sixteen of them captured. MURDER BY A MANIAC. Mrs. Kellar Kills Her Husband, Her Child and Herself. A frenzied woman at Auburn, N. Y., sent a "bullet through the heart of her husband, ehot her nine-months-old child through the body and then turned the muszle of the -wetpon toward her own temple and sent a bullet Into her brain There were no other members of the family, consequently no witnesses to the affair wbo were able to tell the story. The ' husband died almost instantly after rushing to a door and shouting for assistance. A neighbor heard the cry and dashed in over the prostrate body ot the man only to witness the horrible picture of the mother stretched across the body of her infant, from both ot whom the life-blood was rapidly flowing. The child lay moaning in its cradle, with the mother gasping in her death struggles and grasping in her right hand a revolver. The name of the man is Emil Kellar, a Swiss, who married his wife, Emma, in the old country. Thej* have lived In Auburn for the past two years, and he held the position of gardener on the premises of the late D. M. Osborne during that time. The only cause which can be assigned for the horrible aot of his wife is Insanity. The accumulated Franklin Fund, amounting to $329,300, was paid to the City Treasurer of Boston on the last anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin for the erection and equipment of the Franklin Trade* ??hool, in Boston. ' The untnese Government has settled for tb^ murder of the two Chinese missionaries of Sung Pu. Some of the Chin3se are to be put to death, others degraded, and an indemnity of $40,000 is to be paid to the families of the missionaries THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. f Eastern and Middle States. , The National Conference on Good City _ Government held a two days' session in t Philadelphia, Penn. , * | A dozen Danbury ("Conn.) hat manufacturers reopened their shops ; less than fifty persons wore reported to have returned to work. j | The New York Chamber of Commerce has j E ,come out in favor of municipal reform, ad- I Vocatlng several municipal elections, a single j headed Police Department and a legislative | infApHmnfiAn r\f Iho Dnll/ia T^Qnorfmant1 I I While skating on Booth's Pond, Meriden, Conn., Mabel Yauch. Frederic Shraderand Henry Loefler broke through the ice and were drowned. 7A 1 The Good Government Conference In u' Philadelphia adjourned. | tn I G. M. Ridoway, President of the Sopho- ic more class of Rutgers College. New Jersey. fz was kidnapped by members of the Freshman class and painted green. ' A fibe destroyed half a million in property in Bath. Me. A large part of the buslness portion of the city was completely 9f gutted, about twenty buildings being de- jD stroyed. tb The lawless element in the Pennsylvania A mining regions were partially held in check se by a strong force of deputr sheriffs. te A severe snowstorm prevailed along the New England coast. ? Secbetary Carlisle had a conference with 1 bankers and financial men In regard to the new bond issue. ^ A South and West. al By a Supreme Court decision in Minnesota />' 500 inmates of insane asylums may be re- S( teased. A woltAN and two ohildren perished near fjj El Reno. Oklahoma, during a blizzard, and much suffering is reDorted In the Indian towns in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country to A snow slide in White Bird Gnlch, Idaho, p, killed four girls of the Thomson family. ni Mrs. Burton and hor son, Cyrus, of Mo- m rocco, Ind., had the hydrophobia, used a pi madstone and died. II Akebidoe, one of the land owners in the j western part of Atlanta, Ga.. who had been on trial for burning down tne buildings in ei that neighborhood, was found guilty. The w penalty for arson in Georgia is death. Akertdge and other land owners held that the ob- b( jectionable buildings retarded progre?3. Henry M. Sjctthe, of Virginia, United ec Btates Minister to Hayti. has written an ex- st traordinary letter to President Hippolyte, of Hayti, and his recall has been demanded. ai F. J. Sharp, an engineer, shot Miss Kitty In Klees in Tiffin, Ohio, and wounded her fa- b< tally. Then he took his own life. N One thousand saloons in Chicago, 111., J? have closed for want of customers. John B. Johnson, a ranchman living near ft( Compton, G*l., shot and killed his sou U{ George, and the boy killed him before his 9(j wound proved fatal. The only eyewitness -j to the tragedy was a ten-year-old son and; u. brother. * , Washington. w The Democratic caucus in Washington w voted to make the Internal Revenue bill, including the income tax. an amendment to M the Tariff bill. A Representative srbley, of Pennsylvania, m as tenaerea aw raiguauuu tu lana oum February 17. tt Senator Mats has been plaoed on the c; Finanoe Committee to talte the place t Crmporarily of Senator McPherson, who is tij absent. d, The President and Mrs. Cleveland gave a reception to Congress and the Judiciary. ra The Postmaster-General appointed com- J? missions to make a thorough investigation 1 and report on the needs ot the New York and Chicago Postofficee. The House Judiciarv Committee voted to ^ report the resolution declaring that the Sec- w retary of the Treasury has no authority to is- tj] sue bonds as proposed. dt The President has directed the detail of tl Captain George P. Scriven, of the Signal Corps, as military attache of the United tv States Legation in the City of Mexico. This tt assignment is an innovation on the part of b< the United States. cl secbetarr Herbert made public the flncV ^ ings of the court ot inquiry in the case of Lieutenant Richard G. Davenport, Unitea G States Navy, who asked for a "court e$ ai honor" to pass upon his conduct while acting as navigating officer of the United States steamer Nipsic when that vessel was wrecked in the great Samoan hurricane in March, 31 1889. His conduct is approved, except his 3j manner of leaving the Nipsic after she had ? stranded. " The President made tho following noraina- t tions Thomas Moonlight, of Kansas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary } of the United States to Bolivia. Consuls? b Edgar Battle, of Texas, at Acapulco, -J Mexico . Louis Bruhl. of Texas, at Catania, r, Italy; Frank W. Roberts, of Maine, at Nogales, Mexico. ^ The reply of President Dole, of Hawaii, to e Minister Willis's demand for more specifics charges has been received in Washington. tl The Senate Committee on the Judiciary 0 postponed action on the Peckham nomia-'- 1< *ion for a week. ? si n Foreign. French troops have taken possession oT; g Timbuctoo. Alrica. ' a JSBAzxT.rxy rebels nave captured Boujenteo a Island, in Rio Bay. * I Senob Labroca, Civil Governor of Barce- j | ? lona. Spain, was shot in the jaw by an An* j , arcbist. who. on being arrested, said his ob- : a ject in tiring was to avenge the death of Pal- ti las. . , it] * The Bflilsh Government requires the Ehe- | u dive to publish a formal retraction of his strictures on the British Army, and issue an n i order praising the army's condition. j? Nine conspirators who plotted to kill Presi- , ^ dent Henreaux by means of an infernal machine have Men shot at San Domingo. h Iffrss Constance Fenimobe Woolson, tt 1< Amnrienn <u?rhnr. committed suicide in Van* I n Ice, Italy. ' ' o The Khedive has acceded to the British d? ^ maud that he publish a formal retraction of his strictures on the army and issue an or- ' f der praising its condition. j " Slight damage was done by a dynamlts ; t] explosion in Leon, Spain. In a riot at Granada, Nicaragua, fourteen j A Conservatives and sixty soldiers were ! c killed. A In an address delivered in St. Peter's Pop* ; !j Leo XIII. attributed the material ruin of j , Italy and the troubles resulting therefrom ' h to the religious ruin designedly brought t, about by those who have been governing the country. . Many people are dying from influenza in tl Athens, Greece. ^ The Brazilian insurgents captured Bom ? Jesus Island in Bio Jarbor; twenty-five mea b killed and many wouadnU. p PROMINENT PEOPLE. J ti Sib Edwis Arnold is now sixty-one. Talmaqe, the preacher, is sixty-one years j a old j j The oldest peer in England is Earl Grey, who is almost ninety-two years of age. h John Jacob Astor, Jr., was never known , ? to tip a barber, a waiter or a bootblack. These are fifteen ex-Governors in Con- . press, all in comfortable financial circumstances. Missouri has three liviug ex-United States f Senators?Carl Schuns, D. S. Jewitt and ? John B. Henderson. The first Governor of California Peter H. j Burnett, is still living in San Francisco. He ! is eighty-six years old. J [ William Gilpin. first Territorial Gov- c ?rnor of Colorado, was found dead in bed at j ^ )enver. He was eighty years old. The Duke of Cambridge is the only mem- j ber of British royalty who does not pay post- j age on his letters ; his position as Comman- ^ der-in-Chief of the English Army exempts | { him. ] W. K. Vandebbilt's ten months' jaunt on ! I his yacht will cost htm ?300,000. But he can t ^ ifford it, for ho made $1,000,000 on Wall i i ttreet last summer aud has about $100,000,- i )00 besides. < The late French Ambassador to England, Waddington, married a New York belle, the daughter of Charles King, and she was for a many years a social attraction as la belle B Americaine U Paris and London. IPR FLA&WAS INSDLTE >ROMPT VENGEANCE TAK] BY ADMIRAL BENHAM. a Gama Fires on American M chantmen ? Our Cruiser Detr Sends a Six-pound Shot Into 1 Flagship Guanabara ? Brazilit Ask for Quarter. A iate dispatch from Rio dc Janeiro, B I. Rives the following interesting pari lars : Tho American bark Julia Rollibs, C tin Kiehne, from Baltimore, and the Am an schooner Millie J. H., Captain Sut om New York, were fired on by the ins ents during a night foray last week, i iral Saldanha da Oama, the commande: 10 insurgent fcrces here, visited Rear j iral Benham. commander of the AmerU [uadron. and was emphatically told that i .sargents must at once abandon the i( tat they could with impunity Are up merican vessels. Admiral Benham irted that American ships would be p ctad by his fleet no matter in what p t the harbor they might happen to dmiral da Gama protested against t sciaion, but finally apparently yielded I sint. On Saturday the American bark Ac aptain Blackford, from Baltimore, t merican bark Good News, Captain Myrli so from Baltimore, and the Julia Boll ive notice that they were going to 1 iudre piers. Admiral da Gama learned lis and on Sunday he notified Admiral R im that if the three vessels attempted > to the piers referred to he would fire tem. Admiral Benham at once replied that 1 >3sels could goto the piers if they want i, and that he would send the Detroit rotectthem. If the Detroit could not fi sh Drotection every vessel of the Amerk [U.'idron would be employed In the work rotection. Early in the morning Ave insurgent ti id armed merchantmen proceeded to \ ace where the Amerioan vessels were ly) : anchor, and hovered aboat them, app itly waiting for them to get tinder wi hen they would Are upon tnem. There was great activity displayed >ard the American war ships, and soon 1 tarp tones of the boatswains' whist >uld be heard piping the crew3 to clear \ tips for action. At 5 o'olock the Detroit hoisted her anch id with shotted guns steamed in beside t surgent war ships Trajano and Guanaba )th of which were lving close to the Gc ews. As the Detroit took up her posit io usket was flred from the Guanabara at 1 ood Newrs. The Detroit at onoe flred a six-pound si :ross the bows of the Guanabara, whe poii the latter vessel replied with what ipDosedto have been a blank cartrid de"Detroit then turned one of her gi Don the Guanabara and sent a small at ito her stern post, aud was on the point slivering a broadside at the Insurgent si hen the Guanabara signalled that t ould stop firing. In the mean time American citizen, !. Rollins, who has acted as the agent dmlral da Gama in the arbitration negot ons. had visited all three of the Amerlc erchantmen and offered to have- th wed at the expense of the Insurgents ley would not go to the piers. This 1 uptaius of the merchantmen agreed bis arrangement was reported to Adml i Gama on board his flagship, the Lib ide. He then said: ' It is too late. The glass is broken, ust yield to this foreign fleet of super >rce. I will resign and give my sword ic American Admiral." Later in the day Admiral de Gama cal council of his officers, expecting that all lem would seek an asylum on board I mcrican fleet, but the younger offlo ould not yield. It was 3aid at the cour iat Admiral Benham had offered Adml i Gama and his officers asylum on board ie American war ships. Wnat the final result of the troubie reen the fleets will be is not known, 1 iere is one thing that is evident to eve )dy, and that is that the American m lant vessels are protected in every part le bay. Admiral Benham said that Admiral ama, by his failure to surrender, bad 1 i easy way out of his trouble. He addi ' However, that is nothing to me, but ive established our principle." A conflict between the American and irgent fleets there was thougnt still p ble. Admiral da Gama was angry becat le younger insurgent officers were ea| > fight. The Admiral said to the Unii ress correspondent: "It would be bet > be conquered by a foreign power than ield later to Peixoto." The tug and launches promised to nrL- finnd ware not furnished. 1 lsurgent steamer Parahyba anchored i ireatening position uear her, and it y jought she might fire when she started a that ease a serious conflict would be vitable. The situation was extremely delicate w/ ie Detroit was beside the Good News. luanabara and Trajano had their g >aded and aimed on all the American ^ sis. while two heavy insurgent tugs yi sady to ram the Detroit. The Guanabara and Trajano together h ight SDlendid rifles; but when the Det red a six-pound shell into the Guauabi nd Captain Brownson warned them tha notner gntt w?Lttred, even by accident rould sink them. aad advised they take len from their guns, tlMjvwer.keaed. Admiral Benham had tnNifewark read; id the Detroit, while the New ?ork. Chai on and San Francisco were alert "to rea tie Aquidaban and Tamandare, which'* inder steam. Admiral Benham said to-day?: "If liral Da Gama was contending for i rinciple or position in which any oivili fation would sustain him, he ought to m fight; but he is wrong in law evervwhe The commander of the Austrian wars as asked Rear Admiral Benham to be >wed to^help in case oj^ a fight. TheGern aval omcers aDpiauci ?senaa.m. me .&ng fficers naturally are in opposition, while enving that Benham'3 position is lawful While finery at big decision, the insure omment upon Ben ham's great courtesy ict in the negotiations. The day before onflict Benham notified the authorities t ae water front would likely be ondangei At Washington the course of the Anieri drairal finds warm endorsement in offi ircle3. An official of prominence said ( .dmiral Benham had a perfect right to srfere with Da Gama's movements w' ley became a menace to the interests .merican vessels. The insurgents, he at ad not been recognized as bolliuerants ie Ubited 8tates or any other Nation. They had no right to establish a block* ut they had done so. Yet in cstablishin aey took no means to enforce it by giv rarning to incoming vessels. Ho belie ienham had done right, and tba: he wo e endorsed by the Administration for si i*g th? arrogance of Da Gama. Those who know Admiral Benham say ( a crallant officer, ever ready to resent lsult to the flag, but exceedingly conser ive, and not likely to do anything with onaidering it carefully. Besides, he 1 tie example of Admiral Stanton before h nd that was enough to make him. dou iscreet. It Is the general opinion that A'lmiral E am had ample grounds for bringing rama to a sense of the dignity of the Un tates and its ability lo take care ot the erests of Jts citizens. A SICKENING SCENE, bungling Execution of George Painter In Chicago. George H. Puiiiter, formerly of Brookl < . V., was hanged in the County Jai -hicauo, III., for the murder of his mistr llice Martin. The execution was r.tten y a horrible scene. " When the trap was sprung the rope snap n two and the unfortunate man, i weighed nearly two hundred pounds,droc light feet to the stone floor of the corri lis head struck heavily as he fell ami jlood gushed from his ears and nostrils, vas picked up unconscious, laid on the < n a recumbent position and another ni idjusted. The drop Tell a second time w jut further accident.^ Mobe than 49,000 persons are out of w md destitute in the city of New Yi .ccording to trustworthy statistics. / in FIFTY-THIRD CONQEESS. ' ' The Senate. CAT 27th DAT.?The Hawaiian resolutions were tuN laid aside without action. Mr. Chandler spoke against repeal of t&e Federal election laws. Mr. Allen spoke against Secretary Carlisle's right to issue bonds. 28th Dat.?During tho morning hour the er- Hawaiian resolution was discussed, but it 0j(; went over. Mr. Call in a speech con,, domned the action of tho Interior Department in giving lands in Florida to a railroad ins company in violation, as he contended, of ' law. The bill to repeal the Federal Election law was then taken up and argument Ira- against it made by Mr. Chandler, whose 1c- motion to postpone it until next December was voted down. Yeas. 20: nays, 28. ap- ooxtr Dat?A resolution was offered by or- Mr. Stewart declaring it to be the sense of tis, the Senate that the Secretary of the Treasury has no legal authority to issue and sell ' * bonds as proposed. The Hawaiian reso lutions were then taken up and Mr. of Teller addressed the Sennte. The House bill to repeal the Federal ElecJ!*n tion laws was then tnken up, and Mr. Chand|he lor finished his speech in opposition to it. *ea Mr. Higgins followed Mr. Chandler in 'on opposition to the bill. as" 30th Day.? Mr. Sherman upheld the right ro* of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue ?rt bonds. Mr. Turpie then proceeded to adhf* dress the Senate on the pending measure, his beginning with a discussion of the constitute tionality of the Federal Election laws. 31st Day.?Debate was continued on the ay. Stewart bond resolution. he uk. The House. lus 35th Day.? An amendment of the Wilson 'he bill repealing the reciprocity provisions of of the McKinley bill was adopted. Several en- other amendments to the Tariff bill were disto posed of; there was considerable fllibusteron ing, led by Bourke Cockran, against the income tax. he 36th Day.?The House went into Comted mittee of the Whole to consider the Tariff to bill, with Mr. Blchardson in the chair. Mr. xr- Wilson's amendment to reduce the duty on :au uncut diamonds from fifteen to ten per cent. : of wa6 voted down after a lively fight, in which Mr. Cummings attacked Bourke Cockran. igs The duty on tir. plate was fixed at 11-5 cent the n pound after un amendment to put it on the Ing free list had been defeated. At night the ar- speakers were: For the bill?Messrs. Martin, &}'> De Armond, Dunn, Fithian,.T#ry and Dinsmore. Against the bill?Messrs. McCall, on Adams, Hartman, Phillips, Haugenand Hei ka i ?.am hmw uc1. 37th Day.?The consideration ofthe Wilson the Tariff bill was continued. Monday was fixed for offering the Income Tax bill, and ors Thursday for the final vote on the bill. ? ihe The lumber and lead ore schedules were left ra. unchanged. An amendment was adopted 'od fixing the date for the wool schedule to take ua effect as in the original bill. Chairman the Wilson offered amendments making further sweeping reductions in the steel and iron lot schedules, all of which were agreed to. r?- 38th Day.?The House went into Corn's mittee of the Whole on the Tariff bill, with i ge- Mr. Richardson in the chair. Mr. McMillin offered as an amendment to the Tariff bill lell the Internal Revenue bill, including the in: 01 come tax feature, and afterward addressed alp the committee in support of the bill. }"e Messrs, Ray and Daniels, Republicans, and Covert, Democrat, of New York, made i G. speeches against it and the Wilson bill. The ot debate was continued in the evening by i?* Messrs. Kilgore, McDannold, Stockdale, Lyan man and Williams. a?? 39th Day.?The consideration of the In" come Tax bill was resumed, and Mr. to* Covert concluded his argument against t0- it. He was followed by Mr. Burtlett, ra' who also opposed the measure. Mr. or- Pence, the Colorado Populist, delivered a speech in favor of an Iucome Tax. Mr. . * Dunn opposed th9 bill. Bourke Cockran ior then made a speech in denunciation of the t0 the bill. Bryan, of Nebraska, defended it. The others wno took part in the debate were Holtnan,Tucker, De Armond. Davis,Wheeler, lot Lucas, McCleary, Haines, W. A. atone, the Pigott, Cox. Williams and Breckinridge, ere 40th Day.?The House went into Cornell mittee of the Whole to consider the Wilson bill, and Mr. Richardson took the chair. The ?* income tax amendment is added to the Wilson bill by a vote of 175 to 55. The period of bond of whisky was fixed at but three years instead of eight yeord, as in the *7* committee's bill. Pence offered his graduater" ed income tax scheme, but it was voted down, ?* 112 to 06. The last of the night sessions on the Tariff bill opened with full galleries and d* a fair attendance of members. Mr. Enloe oc03t cupled the chair, and there was a long list of s speakers, including Messrs. Baker, Item, we Cooper, Russell, Paschal, Houk. Harris, Stallings, HooKer, Cummings, Blanchard, in* McCleary and Bingham. OS1S0 *er MIDWINTER FAIR OPEN. ted ^ Pacific Slope People Flock in Crowds to Saa Francisco. The Golden State has thrown open, at San a a iT3ncisco. rue gates 01 ner anawiuter jc^jspayas sition. The Governor having proclaimed the ln* day a holiday, business throughout the State n" was at a standstill, and thousand* of people k went to the city from all over California, Ph while Oregon, Washington. Nevada, Arizona un9 and British Columbia contributed a "arge res- proportion of the visitors. San Francisco wa3 en fete in honor of the occasion, uudthe buildings at the Exposition ave grounds, in Golden Gate Park, were gay rojt with bunting, banners and Hasp. Along the ira line of march of the procession residences c jj- were decorated The procession was larger . and more representative than any ever held e k^01"6. Every fraternal organization 1110 and every society and club of any importance was out in full force. More of the P pioneers of the State, although their ranks j68* have been greatly thinned of late, turned _e out. comparatively speaking, than on any rer0 similar occasion. In addition to the National . , and State troops, the Native Daughters A<1" of the Golden We3t. veterans ot the Mexican War, the Grand Army of the 2? Republic men, the naval battalion, and a ? representatives of all concessions at the Ex?y position were also in line. Th? war of the , procession was brought up with carriages a'" containing; Director-General De Young sad ?.a? other officers of the Exposition, Governor V} Markham and othar Stat# officers. Mayor Elliottaad representatives of the city, General . Ruger. commanandlng the Department of the j , l'aeiflc: Commandant Hovisoa of Mare Island Navy Yard, and various foreign. State, r . and County Commissioners ot the Exposi5 lionnon Alter^he parade the crowds made a rush cj'"i for tne txpositioa grouuus, waere tne cere. t mouies of opitning day were held in a grand stand on the Recreation grounds, aocommou ~ dating 7000 people. They began with the Q, singing of "America" by 300 voices, the ' ? large audience joining in the chorus. After l * Governor Markham had made a speech of welcome. Director-General De Young told .. how the Exposition had come into beinr. jl He ended by declaring the Exposition Ine open, and Mrs. De Young pressed the elecj trie button which set the machinery of the iUU Exposition In motion amid shouts of tho 0_ great gathering, waving of flags and banners, salutes by a battery of artillery, and ^ the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" by five bands. General W. H. L. Barnes wus .... the final speaker. ' I Tne exercises concluded with "Red, ^a,j White, and Blue" and "Columbia," playe.l ira by the bauds and suntr by the grand chorus. ,.i' Arter this the crowds scattered over the grounds. At night the buildings were illuminated, and the opening day festivities ' j) x closed with a grand display of fireworks. jt?j The great fair has been In preparation jj. since August 24. when ground wus llrst broken. It has cost about $4,500,000, and is second in extent only to the Paris and Chicago expositions. Sixty acres of Golden Gate Park have been devoted to the Exposition. This space is covered by five main jl buildings grouped about a central concert valley, from the centre of which arises an electric tower 260 feet in height This tower yn is covered by incandescent lamps and sur ' rounded by search lights, which throw their beams in all directions. OSS, The fair lacks a Midway Plaisance, but ded there are twoscore sideshows scattered through the grounds, which in the aggren()j gate duplicate the attractions of that once ' ]l0 famous thoroughfare. There are the same ,'De(l Turkish, French and German restaurants, Iq. the same old Vienna, the German tavern, the same rolling chairs, Cairo street, Chinese jre theatre, ostrich farm, captive balloon, Hairor> waiian cyclorama, and, in fact, duplicates of 30al0 most of the attractions which gave the MidIt h- wa7 Plaisance name and fame. The English naval estimate for 1894 will orj. provide for the expenditure of $85,000,000. ork This decision is a victory for the advocates ' of enlarging the navy. OVATION TO BISMARC1 A RECONCILIATION BETWEE EMPEROR AND PRINCE. The Man of Iron's Journey to Bcrl a Royal Progress?The Capital Remarkable Demonstration < "Welcome?The Honors Paid HI by the Emperor. miNCE . BISHABCK. A cablogram from Berlin, Germany, say The meeting of Prince Bismarck and t Emperor William hr.s ocourred, and the i conciliation is comolete. The Prince arrivi at the Castle shortly after 1 o'clock, p. c and the Emperor received him -vrlth tl greatest distinction, surrounded by a bri iant staff of officere of the highest rank Prince Bismarck, his son, Count Herbei and several friends left Friedrlchsruhe, t country home, at 9.30 o'clock, a. m.. en rou for Berlin. At 9.10 o'clock six friedrichsruhe ladie dressed in white, proceeded to the Castle ax presented to Pjrince Bismarck a large laur wreath bound with ribbons and bearing tl inscription !,A Happy Journey." When the time arrived for the start to 1 made for the station Prince Bismarck a peared attired in a cuirassier uniform, ov which he wore a fur coat. He was accor panied bv Princess Bismarck and sever friends. Six girls led the way, strewii flowers. At 8 o'clock a large crowd from Hambu; arrived and vociferously cheered the Princ At the station Princess Bismarck stood: front of the saloon until the departure of tl train. When the train pulled out of the st tion the crowd burst into cheer?,which lasti for some time. Some of those present cri< out "A prosperous journey," whila othe 6houted 4,Auf wiedersehen." Prince Bismarck w;is visibly gratified. I was in excellent spirits. He thanked f those who had come to see him off. and sho< EXPZBOB WILLIA:X. hands with many ot the crowd. Hp Chrysander, his secretary, and Dr. Sehwei ingertraveied with him. The train arrived punctually at the Lehi station. Prince Henry, ot Prussia, the Ei peror's brother; the Governor of Berlin, ;u a large suite ot officers wera awaitng t Prince's arrival. When the train stopp Prince Henry stepped out from the groi surrounding him and walked to the carria occupied by the ex-Chancellor. He warm shook hands with Prince Bismarck ai Count Herbert. The party then waiked to the royal sta coach th&t was in waiting. Priuce Bismar made Prince Henry walk on the right sii and sit on the right side ot the carriage, i though Prince Henry tried to give Prin Bismarck the place of honor. Count Herbt and the Governor of Berlin drove in the st ond carriage. Prince Bismarck's unifot was the white one of the Halberstad: euin siers, with a General's distinctions. He :: peared healthy. The loud cheering and salutations frornt crowds that had gathered #to witness his e try into the city evidently pleased him ve much. He smiled in response to the co tinuous cries of welcome and saluted t crowl frequently. Half a aauadrnn of t Gardes du Corps rode in front and behL the closed state coacb, but the large windo' permitted everybody to see inside. The route was across the Moltke Brids which'spans the Spree near the railway si (hrnnvii tho ei-rppfq sklrtine the Thi< KVirten to the Brandenburg gate, then through Unter-den-Linden, past the pala of Emperor William I., the opera house a: the palace of Empress Frederick tc the El peror's palace. The route from the monument of Frederi the Great to the palace gates was lined wi members of the veterans' guilds, flrem? rifle unions and turners' societies. The houses along the route were decorat with flags. The entire population of Berll swelled by thousands of persons from i parts of Germany, had apparently turn out to welcome the return of the Prinoe, a the younger element in the crowds cheer themselves hoarse as the state coach pass alonar. When the party arrived at the castle Prin Bismarck and Prince Henry descended frc the state coach and entered. The Earner* who was standing at the foot of the stairs receive his guest, wore as a special mark honor the uniform of the Bismarck cuin siers. His reception of the old statesm was of the warmest and most cordial natui His Majesty embraced the Prince with t utmost heartiness, and a kiss pressed on t old man's cheek sealed the reconciliation I tween tht. Emperor and the greatest of 1 subjects. Frince Bismark's gravity of c meanor during his reception bv His Majei was much commented upon. The ex-Chu eellor's eyes were moist, but he loc kod ve grave. The Emperor then shook hands withCou Herbert Bismarck, and the whole party ] tired to a room, where the King of Saxo and a number of the German princes w< awaiting their coming. All saluted Prin Bismarck as he entered the room. The Italian Ambassador remarked another diplomat that to-day's meeting 1 tween the Emperor and the Prince was historical event of the first magnitude. FIFTEEN LIVES LOST. Burned to Death In a Railroad Wre In Russia. A railroad accident, in which fifteen p sons lost their lives, has occurred near ! mara, on the line connecting Orenburg a Samara, both of which places are in Sou east Russia. A passenger and a freight tr; ran into each other. There were Ave cars loaded with peti leum in the freight train, and these cau: lire, resulting in the burning of the wreck cars. Many of those who lost their V: were burned to death. Foxes are becoming too numerous in V mont. The State pays a bounty of $1 1 each fox kilbd, and this, with the value the skin, makes them fairly profitable garr A good manv have been killed this winter Two six-year-old boys, bound together a ligament as were the Siamese twins, i being exhibited at Hong Chow, Ohina. ? LATER NEWS. Fiwees thousand unempioyad working- ^ ingmen met in Madison Square Garden. New i-W York City, and adopted resolutions urging the State ani city governments to provide work. * Ij/TXzt. Er.r QctGfl (Rppublican) and ^ , Isidor Straus (Democrat) ware elected to j Congress from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth ^ Districts in New York City. ri dl q Thebe was a severe snowstorm, with hi;?h winds, all over New England and New York * State; a gale did damage in New Jersey. tl The boiler in the mill of J. N. Mercer at! D Crow Hickman, Xy., exploded and five meg were killed and one severely wounded. Thd " explosion was caused by running cold water " into the boiler. v chabtes Dbehetc killed Miss Bertha ^ Huneke in St. Louis, Mo. She would not marry him. tl JcdoeCox. of the Disftrict Court, refused ? to issue an injunction asked for by Grand d Master Workman Sovereign, ol the Knights <1 of Labor, restraining Secretary Carlisle from g issuing bonds. The Bell telephone patent has expired, and ^ | up-to-date instruments are already on sale ? i at $2.50 each. b ci The Swedish bark Wllhelm, bound with y a cargo of coal for Alicante, has been wreoked on the coast of Cornwall, England. b The captain of the bark and Ava at her arew ^ 3: were drowned. , ? The outrage at the American Legation ' ^ ,e" I quarters in Rome, Italy, is believed to have & 2(1 "been aimed at Minister Potter personally. tl ?* Russia has yielded to England In the jj Pamir dispute. The Federal troops have crushed the In- j sorrection in the northern part of Mexico 't? after eleven hours' fighting. The Insurgents lost thirty men killed and the Federal troops is. seven killed. l(i Willi.', a pnrjfxep., a manufacturer. jumped or was thrown from the "Washing R ton Bridge, New York City, and was instantly d< >0 killed. ft P* R er A oaxo of ruffians made an attack upon ^ n" the private car of Mrs. Leland Stanford at p, jg Vina. Cal. si A loko-stasdiko quarrel between Tntrol- ic ^ man Bacon and Louis Arado was renewed in ai la a saloon at Chicago, 111. Policeman Charles ie Arado joined his brother in the fight and ^ ^ was shot and killed by fiacon. bi 3d A bbeak in the levee at Sacramento, Cal., 1' n ra caused the inundation of about 500 acres of ju the finest land, some of it being hop lands. B ill It is valued at $600 an acre. All of this will 8( >k be covered with ''siickens," washings from jy tho mines In the mountains, and thus be ren- gi dered valueless. B 8C The Kentucky Legislature adopted a res- tc olution instructing Senators Blackburn and s< Lindsay to vote to reject the nomination of 0 Peckham to be Associate Justice of the Su- n preine Court. ai Smallyoi epidemics have broken out in * Council Bluffs and New Hampton, Iowa. B The President sent to the Senate the name " of Thomas E. Ferguson, of Maryland, to be ^ Envoy Extraordinary and Mir ister Plenipo- h tentiary of the United States to Sweden and Jj: Norway.. b Assistant Attorney-General Thomas has C i decided that letter carriers are exempt Irorn I militia duty. f Pbimf. Minister Gladstone denied a statement published in London that he in- tl tended to resign immediately, but said that tl his age and failing sight and hearing might S( ir* compel him to retire from office at any mo- < ment. ^ *te Four sailors of the American fishing schooner Gertie E. Foster were drowned by he the stranding of that vessel at Liverpool, ed Novia Scotia. The schooner went to pieces. , ap 1 ge Anti-tobacco monopoly riots have taken r uy place in Bogota, the capital of the republic \ ai* of Colombia. Seven thousand men attacked c to the Government offices and were charged by 1 r.-k the troops. Many were killed. * de ^ T ? the labor .world. ! !lt l Alabama miners run a newspaper. \ IS. Resuming mills ara beginning to hum. p- Cardinal Gibbons favors labor unions. A Persian coot can earn $3.32 a month. ? ,nJ A teamster in Peru makes $12 per weak, f8 ry Brooklyn has a Socialist Labor Federation. : a* California unemployed are heading for U I1" Texas. it hp I . Portland, Oregon, has a Central Labor la3 Council. . It Kent (England) hoppickers get four centJ [8 je> | a bushel. i? :a- j National bricklayers met at Omaha, Neb., j, it- ! January 9. it C0 j Sheridan (Wyoming) miners get sixty | cents u ton. it m. j Seattle, Wash., will have a free employment bureau. ck j International printers have $39,354 in itii | their treasury. 1 tn, Men are needed in Esoanaba (Minn.) ! lumber camps. 0C* j On all municipal work in London union jj j men must be employed. c 0d | ' Waiters in Turkey if they have good P nd | places can make $17 a mouth. I ed I W. H. Lysetk has been elected President ed of the Maine Federation of Labor. 0 A hide-splitter in Persia can make, in si ce busy seasons, thirty-two cants a day. g '"l Grip amont? miners prevents the Victor sl t' (Col.) coal mine from suoplylng half its orol ' j is- Edward Atkinson declares that wages are p an going up. wnile capital is gaining iess for its g1 re. investment. 0 he There are about 3.500.900 paupars in our he cities, and yet if our idle lan is ware de- T >e- veloped. beneficial employment would be im- h ais mediately found for 5.000.000 men. h !f~ In Austria laborers who have passed the ' _ age of sixty may claim from tho Government " a pension equal to one-third of the daily " wa^es they received during their working a int years. m re- Immense and cheap production from the P ny Meaaba mines in the N'orthwest. where steam tt ?r'e shovels do the work of thousands of men. is fc co to blame for the many idle workmen in the ti mining towns. tt to Inspector Brennan. of the Sixth mining j' )e- district of Pennsylvania, embracing North ' a Umberland. Dauphin, and a portion ot .' Schuylkill Couatv, has completed his report "j for 1893. It shows that s?ixty-aight fatal ac- j: cidents occurred aul 166 non-fatal. Twenty- . lour widows and sixty-six orphans survive. The Window Glass Workers' Uniou of j-t ck Pitlsourg, Penn.. resolved to grant a loan of es $50,000 to the Chambers Glass Company, in n, order to prevent a general shut-down ot the *0] 8r" factories. The union has $210,009 in the lo- m >a- cal banks, and other manufacturers will be p ntj assisted. Four applications for loans are fh. pending. In Massachusetts there are 300.000 bread- ta 1111 winning women, of which Boston has 20,000. j. In Now York there are 200,000 working ^ ?" women and girls. In Germany there are tj * , 5,500,000 working women . in France, 3.750,* 0 000 : in England. 4.000.000 ; in Austria-Hunvea cary, 3,500,000; in America, 2,700,000 : making a total in five countries o? 19.450,000 selfsupDortini; women. ,er- ii ror hi of The Spanish Government has instructed a ie. General Martinez-Campos, the Commander at Melilla, to demand from the Sultan of Morocco an indemnity of $5,000,000 and by assent to a neutral zone COO metres broad d irtt around the Spanish frontier at Melilla, in p addition to the demands alreadv otiblisheit [a AIL Off BOAHD LOST. Vreck of the Port Yarrock Off the Irish Coast. Tweaty-six lives have been lost by the rrecking of the British bark.Port Yarrock, laptaia Forbes, from 8anta Rosalia July 4 3r Antwerp, which some days ago put lato ^ Iraadoa Bay. County Kerry, Irelaad, in a isabled condition, and which during a gale ragged her anchors and went ashore. A very heavy sea was running in the bay, nd when the bark struck the surf made a lean breach over her. It was reported that tie captain and six of the crew were ill, and >iis made the vessel short-handed. Nineteen len, however, were fit lor duty. Some surprise is expressed among seafarlg men that apparently no attempt wu lade to claw off shore whea it was seea that' le anchors would not bold. At aay rate the essel was helpless, aad took grouad oa a mdy bottom over six miles from where she ad been anchored. The bark struck almost broadside on, and; ae surf pouaded her with terrifflc violence, a the tide rose the surf became stronger, nd soon the sea was sweeping over the eeksofthe bark. Her hatches were aviently bartered down and the oompaaionrays closed, for there were no signs of her' lling. It was impossible, owing to the position ot le stranded vessel, for any asssstaoce to sach her. and in a short time she began to reak up. First her three masts went by the oard. aad the wreckage floating alone aid* &used the hall to keel over at a sharp an (tie, ins affording a better mark forthe-sea, that ras growing stronger and ntronger. Soon utts and seams on the weather side began to pen, and in a short time the vessel began to' reak up. Some of those on board the bark attempted > reach shore by means of planks or span, at they were swept off and disappeared as son as tbey left the vessel. Hot a person oa 10 bark was saved. STUDENTS KILLED. 'he Fatal End of a Sleigh Bide at Fall River. A sleighing party made ap of twenty-eight tembers of the sophomore class of the B. [. C. Durfee High School, Fall River, Mass., rturned from a two hours' ride, was run own by a train witbin half a mile of home : the Brownell street grade crossing of te New York, New Haven and Hartford allroad, and three of them killed, he accident occurred at 4.45 o'clock m. When the pole horses of the elgh reached the track the Boston train ove in sight around a bend. It was rushLg along at a speed of twenty-flve mllee a hour. Timothy Connelly, the oroseig tender, saw the train simultaneously ith the driver. The latter jerked the reins ad succeeded in getting the horses and all it two feet of the sleigh out of danger. The eigh was an old-fashioned affair, the seats inning lengthwise, the rear end havig a lumber-carl tailboard. Everett Durfee. a teacher in ' the shool and in charge . of the irty, was sitting on a camp stool at the end id on one side of him was Brooks Borden, xteen years old, son ot Colonel Spenoor orden, and on the other Ray Thornton, iventeen years old, son of Charles D. Thornin. Orson Swift, the seventeen-year-old >n of M. M. B. Swift, was sitting in the lap f Henry Hawkins. When the party saw the rushing train the tembers became terror-stricken. Borden ad Thornton jumped over the tailboard and ere struck by the locomotive. Swift was reparing to jump when he, too, was struck, orden was hurled forty feet and was killed istantly. Ray Thornton was dragged along n(tar the wheels 100 vards. his head andrisrht and being severed lrom bis body. Swift wan orled twenty feet, and was breathing, but nconscious, when picked up. He was taken ome In an ambulance, but died soon after e arrived there. Mr. Durfee jumped with lark Chase, Jr.. when they saw the train, ad they escaped with slight bruises, tho -ain passing between them and the sleigh. Had all of the party remained in the eigh they might nave escaped with iniriee more or less severe. The rear end of le sleigh was damaged only slightly. The iree boys killed were lavodtea in tho shool. 3UEGLARS AT THE LEGATION The American Archives at Roma Strangely Destroyed. I Burglars broke open the safe of the Amen can Legation at Rome, Italy, wrecked the oom in which the safe was kept, broke a >ust of Washington which stood in a cornet if the room, burned all the papers they coul<| ay hands on and destroyed the-valuable 11>rary of the Legation. The burglars, it appears, did not notice ? ich collection of ancient medals whioh was :ept in the same room as the safe which was iroken open. The actual damage done, so far as money -alue is concerned, is only about $800. But Juimnfinn nf tho apohivno is mmttlBf# ind irreparable, and this causes considerable uspicion as to the motives of the burglars, iome paintings and costly furniture were pared. The theory is that the real object of the >erson or persons who entered the Legation eas not robbery, but the destruction of cerain papers. The police are doing everything possible o assist the officials ot the United States Le? ;ation in unraveling this mystery. The thereabouts of every American in Borne ia ieing ascertained, and special attention is -eing paid to the destination and identity of . wo Americans who left Borne hurriedly, ."he affair is attracting considerable attenion in Borne. IN A STUFFED BUFFALO. ?he Train Robber Captured on Trying to Fire Out of One of Its Eyes. A train robber named John Dalton waa aptured by one of the Northwestern Exrees messengers near Deadwood, Sooth, akota. Dalton had himself expressed on the insida f a stuffed buCfalo. but this G.-eek game waa poiied by him removing one of the animal's lass eyes, through the socket of which ha tuck a six-shooter, covering the messenger. The latter, however, got out ot range, ana' u japed upon the back ot the stuffed animal,' H 'he back caved in and he dropped on the I Dbber inside, and sat on him until the next | tation was reached, when Dalton was turned ver to the authorities. B The safe contained $50,000. Evidently >alton had confederates who were to act at is signal. They have not yet been appre- X ended. I She Was a Present. I Intelligence has reached the Navy Dapart* B ient of the end of aa old ship of doubtful ationality vhich has recently been an ole bant on the hands of the Government." After le war between Paraguay aud the combined 3 trees of Brazil and the Argentine Republic le Government of Paraguay preseuted to 10 United States a wooden war ship as a M ibute of respect. Congress never author- K ;ed tho Nilvy Department to accept the pres- I it, and the question of ownership was left M i doubt. The Navy.Dep.irtment did not feel I uthorized to use t he vessel nor to send her H ick to Paraguay, so the old ship has been. H ing for years at tae Mare Island (Cal.) B avv Yard. Some time ago she sank, and I >cently the Navy Department found it nec ssary to destroy the nulk to open the cban- m bI. The official report of th* commandant H E the navy yard, just received at the depart- 9 ient, tells that the destruction has taken H Hcxtebs in the Yellowstone Park, Mon- I ina, have been captured by soldiers while H illing elk on that preservation. Their H orses and out lit have been confiscated and ley have been confined in the guardhouse : Fort Yellowstone. H The authorities un aortn urotnsr isiaud. 9 ew York City, will lit a pariliou with rsd M i;hts and windows, experiments abroad ivingr indicated its beneficial results in nall-DOX cases R Samuel Abbell, a Seneca Indian and a irect descendant ot the noted Chief Corn- Qj lanter, has filed a claim for fifty acres ot H ind in the heart of Oil Citt- Ponn. 9