Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T':V" ' - * ' - . SWEPT BI AILIZZAM IT RAGED FROM NEW YORK TO OMAHA. Came Ont of tlie Southwest?With 9 Front of a Thousand Miles it Rushed Across the Country Seaward?Snow, Sleet and Hljrh Oid Winds. A blizzard nearly Ave times greater in its j area than the historic storm of March, 1838, swept up from the Southwest and raged with fjreat severity throughout the Northern, Eastern and Western States. Its front was 1 a thousand miles wide. From Virginia Bouthward the country was wet; from Virginia northward it was white. New York escaped anything like the severity of 1888. but tne snowfall was easily tae greatest of the seoaon, and thp snow and * "" I" offnrnnnn hwamC moaeraie wmu ui hail and wind of cyclonic force at midnight. The storm area was a vast, irregular pear, it9 southern edge resting upon Florida, its northern boundary at Eastport, Me., reaching Davenport. Iowa, to the westward and falling far off the Long Island coast to the eastward. The main storm passed off to the eastward of the Delaware Capes and centred beyond them. A new storm oentre was then formed in the rear of the first disturbance, its centre being between Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., with an unusual snowfall in all the country thereabouts. In New York City it clogged up the street railways, and it was with much difficulty ' that the cars could be dragged over the hidden rails. The surface cars went by in tow of four horses, and the cable lines were taxed to their utmost capacity. The section of the Third avenue cable road trom Sixth street to the Postofflce was where the effects of the storm were most felt. The wagons all the way down the avenue delayed the cars at intervals, and many of the passengers, becoming disgusted ??Via Inno wnita at everv few blocks. ROt oat and walked. From Grand street to the City Eall the elevated railroad tracks formed a sort of dark tunnel, and to prevent accidents guards with red lanterns were stationed along the track to warn the gripmen when anything was in the way. Traffic of all kinds was impeded and the inconvenience to pedestrians was so great that none but those who were compelled to ventured on the streets. Railroad traffic was demoralized. All the trains were behind time and the mails from the South and W eet, where the storm got in ita flue work, were greatly delayed. Great difficulty was experienced in getting in telegraph messages from the South and West. The storm played havoc with the trolley oars in Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newirk and the suburbs. Those in .Long Island City were almost completely topped. Those who returned to Long Ialand City after the theaters let out hud to walk home. The snow plows in use made little headway against the storm. On the Long Island and New Jersey shores the storm had a free sweep. The sea created by the wind dashed high upon the beaches and did considerable damage. All along the shdre of Lake Erie the storm raged with great fury, and, the heavy off shore wind, in driving the water with tremendous force up the lake, caused the cut" * 4,1 ?"nnnlif fmnrt fha tin? OH OI xne eunco nam .-.uj/p., ..vu city of Dunkirk, N. Y. One could walk out dry shod to the nearest crib, which is six hundred feet from 9hore to shore, and at the outer crib, fifteen hundred feet from shore, the usual depth of nine feet of water wa3 reduced to three feet, leaving the in-take pipe above water. Reports from along the Hudson River near Kingston say that large forces of men were put to work storing the ice crop, but that owing to the severity of the storm work had to be suspended. The blizzard was the worst which ever struck. Chicago, 111., so far as the Weather Bureau records show for twenty-three years. Street traffic was greatly impeded, and walking was accompanied with great danger to life and limb. Many persons were injured by being blowh to the ground.against walls and street posts by the wind. The | velocity was eighty miles an hoar. At the corners where "sky scrapers" are built, especially the Monadnook and Annex block, dozen6 of women were lifted off their feet and blown to the ground, or else pushed aoroes the street until they came in violent oont&ct with walls, posts and other obstructions. The driving snow made signals on railroad tracks practically useless and caused a collision between two freight trains on the Lake Shore tracts near Seventy-ninth street and Ston r Island avenue about noon. The worst snowstorm in years raged all over Kansas and Missouri, and not a single train in the two States was on time. The snow averaged from a foot to two feet on the level. High winds accompanied it and at some points in cuts it is twenty or thirty feet deep. At many places the schools were closed. In towns with street railways the service was paralyzed. This was particularly true of Kansas Citv, JLeavenwortD. xopesa and Fort Scott The snow was dry and the telegraph service was not injured. Nebraska was snowbound iu the strictest sense of the word. For twenty-four hours a terrific blizzard prevailed throughout the State, piling the snow in enormous drifts. ? With few exceptions Omaha traffic of every description was suspended. Trains in every direction wore abandoned. Reports from the interior show stock in good condition, and " termers are pleased with the immense snowfall, as it assures a line winter wheat crop. Advices from the interior of Wisconsin are to the effect that the storm raged everywhere and that railway travel was considerably impeded. t A high wind-storm passed through Central and Southwestern Kentucky. Reports of damage are received from many interior points. The storm raged violently all over Ohio. In a blinding snowstorm. which raged all the morning, freight train No. 40, west bound, and east bound lisht freight No. 25 on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad came into collision two miles west of Bellevue, Ohio. Both engines and several freight oars were smashed and pilee up in confusion. Both engineers, a tireman and a brakeman were kille<L . ^ f HANGING POSTPONED. The Rope Broke and the Spectators Decided That Was Enough. William Purvis, a young colored man, was sentenced to be hanged at Columbia, Miss., for the alleged murder in last July of William Buckley, oi Barton County, by a gang o! White Caps. Purvis was convicted on dr. cumstantfal evidence. He acknowledged that he was one of the party, but declared he did not fire the shot which killed Buckley. His oase was appealed to the Supreme Court, and sentence was affirmed. Purvis was accompanied to the scaffold bj Sheriff Magee and several deputies. He had passed the night in prayer and in protesting his innocence of the murder of Buckley. A strong guard was drawn up around the scaffold to prerentfc rescue by the White Caps. The black cap was placed over the condemned man's head, and the drop fell at 12.37 p. m. As noon as the trap fell Purvis was precipitated to the ground. Tne noose had parted, and Purvis's neck was only slightly abrasea by the rope. He fell on his back, and remained perfectly still for a few seconds. A man rushed to him and, bending, asked: "Are you hurt?" From under his blaok cap Purvis replied: "For God's sake get me out of this." : Others came up, and Sheriff Magee made ready to conduct Purvis baok to the scaffold for a second attempt. There were four of the Board of Supervisors present, and they called the Sheriff into the Court House for a conference. The Rev. Mr. Silsley, of ths Columbia Methodist Church, made an impassioned plea to the spectators, and it was decided by unanimous vote that the execution be postponed. i This is the first time in the history of the State, so far as known, where a criminal sentenced to death escaped the same by the interference of outsiders. The Governor said there was nothing he could do, and that Purvis would have to be arraigned at the next term of court, and re sentenced without further trial. Ixcoue Tax statistics for Prussia show that the number of ratable persons was inoroased during 1893 by 43,591, but that vhe total obtained from the tax decreased f *13,179. % THE NEWS EPITOMIZED; Eastern and Middle States. Th* Godey Publishing Company. New York City, has failed for $50,000. Gboboe W. CHrLDs's will, filed in Phila? delphia. leaves all to his widow, with the statement that she knows his plans residing: the estate and will make such disposition of it as will be in accordance with his wishes. Thieves broke into a postoffica in New Haven. Conn., and took money and stamps to the amount of about $1500. Ex-Speaker Reed. Galusha A. Grow and Congressman Dolliver addressed a great t? 1 11 ? ir. PMInrlalnhia ivopu UIAUC&U U1099 rncuuug Ui i uuuwtv?|???| Penn. John W. Love, cashier of the First National Bank of W.itkins.N. Y., has absconded with about $50,000 of the funds of that institution. A. W. Humphreys, President of the Sterling Iron Works of New York City, committed suicide at Winchester, N. H. Fire broke out in the Colt Fire Arms ComEany's shop at Hartford, Conn., and in two ours destroyed about $150,000 worth of property. The burned building was a stone and brick structure, fifty by 500 feet and three stories high, with an immense attic. Princess Colons a, daughter of Mrs. John W. Mackay, wife of the "Bonanza King." and her three children arrived at New York, flying from her dissolute husband in Paris, where she has begun proceedings .for separation. The committee of wealthy men selected by Mayor Gilroy, of New York City, to consider means to help the unemployed decided to [ raise, if possible, $500,000, subscribing $60,000 at once. John B. Lamont, father of the Secretary of War, died at McGrawville, N. Y. He was sixty-eight years of age. Secretary and Mrs. Lamont were with him at the time of his death. The anniversary of Lincoln's birth was celebrated by the Republican Club with a dinner at Delmon:co's, New York City. Senator Hoar spoke at a banquet in Trenton. N. J. South and West. The Southern Paoific has given a contract for $5,000,000 for a bridge over the Mississippi at New Orleans, which wiil oompare with that over the Firth of Forth. Atobkado struck Port Hudson, La., demolishing a number of houses, uprooting trees and levelling fenoes. Several cabins were wrecked, one ohild killed and four others wounded. . Ruebex F. Kolb was nominated for Governor by the Populists and Eolbites of Alabama ; the Republicans refused to indorse him. One thousand persons witnessed the execution of Peter De Qrafif, a murderer, near Winston, N. C. "Bob" Mableb was hanged at Pineville, Ky., lor killing a woman while attacking a train on the Mlddleaboro Belt Railroad in August last. The World's Pair will pay ten per cent, to stockholders. The ex-Confederate General, Jehn W. Baylor, aged seventy-two, died on his ranch in Uvalde County, Texas. Mas. Paul Hebbatb locked her two children in a room in Bonne Teree, Mo., and while she was away they burned to death. Wapakoneta, Ohio, has had a $350,000 Are. The principal blocks of the town were burned. One of the principal business blocks, the Mechanic, of Columbus, Ohio, was also destroyed by Are. A sevebe blizeard raged for twenty-four hours in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. At Guthrie. Oklahoma, Sherman Stone killed his entire family to save them from freezing and then committed suicide. Washington. Representative Bbawlet, of South Carolina, has retired from Congress to go upon the United States District Bench. Sscbetabt Cablisle sent to the Senate the names of the purchasers of the new bonis and the prices they offered. Pbesidext Cleveland signed tae act repealing the Federal Election laws. Georoe W. Houk, Representative in Congress from the Third District of Ohio, dropped dead while visiting at No. 1627 Connecticut avenue. He was from Dayton, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, September 25. 1825. Walter Feabn. of Louisiana, and Somerville P. Tuck, of New York, were named by President Cleveland as Judges of the Egyptian International Tribunal at Cairo. Lieutenant-Colonel Young, United States Army, preferred charges against Colonel Graham, of the Fifth Artillery, United States Army, and Colonel Graham put hi* accuser under 3rrest. Wheeler H. Peckham's nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was reported to the Senate by the Judiciary Committee without recommendation, the vote in committee being a tie. The President nominated John Barrett, ol Oregon, as Minister to s>iam. Foreign. The French Cabinet decided to impose ah additional duty on wheat imported from countries other than those of Europe. Lo Bexotjla, the South African King, has the gout and is wandering about deserted by his followers. A state of siege has been declared in Santiago, Chile. The London silver market seems to be completely demoralized. Brazil's war is all over but voting according to public sentiment in Rio. Presidential and Congressional elections will take place March 1. Peixoto gave a notable reception yesterday to Minister Thompson and Admiral Benham. Emperor William, of Germany, celebrated the twenty-flfth anniversary of hia entrance into the army. Mast persons were arrested at Rio fot complicity in a plot to assassinate President Peixoto; several of the prisoners have been shot. Mr. Terrell, the United States Minister to Turkey, has demanded the immddiate release of two Armenians, who are American citizens, now imprisoned at Iskarderu, Northern Syria. Italian business men in all parts of the kingdom and the chambers of commerce of all the principal cities are vigorously opposing the proposal for an increase of the duties on imported wheat. Eight firemen were killed and seventeen workmen were injured at a Are in Pari*. France, by the explosion of a carboy of sulphuret of carbon. One of the fiercest and most destructive [ gales ever known raged over England and in many parts of the Continent. The Brazilian Government force in Rio Grande do Sul is reported to have been de- | feated, with a loss of 250 men killed and wounded; the transport Itaipu is said to have been sunk by the Republica, 600 lives being lost. The steamship City of Para arrived at Colon. Panama, with the officers and. crew ot the wrecked Kearaarge on board. MINERS ENTOMBED. Burled by a Cave-In In an Old Pennsylvania Shaft. The mining town of Plymouth, Penn., is in mourning over a terrible accident in the Gavlord oolliery. Thirteen men. all citizens of that town, lost their lives. Their names are : Mine Foreman Thomas Picton. Thomas Jones, Richard Davis, John Morris, James Kingdom. Thomas Merriman. Thomas Cole, Joseph Olds, Daniel Morgan, John Hammer, Peter 8. McLaughlin, Michael Walsh and Thomas Leyshon. All the victims, except two, leave families. One of these lost his wife only a month ago, and four little children survive. The disaster throws eleven widows and thirty-six children on the world's charity. Daniel Edwards, owner of the mine, said that he would take care of the women and children. The victims were expert miners, who were attempting to brace the roof. The mine had been abandoned years ago, but it had been decided to resume operations. A large number of men began cleaning up the old gangways, butthey were compelled to quit, owing to a "squeeze." At night the unfortunate men went down, and soon after the cave Id occurred. A resucing party was organized, but they were unable to reach the bodies, and all hope of doing so was abandoned. . _ ,,A. * MORE HAWAIIAN LETTEES" I ? -nTiTmrnmrnn n TI ITTN n i TJlJj ril IiHlUJtilN 1 C5?ii\L>i5 A. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. Minister Thurston Wanted to Know Whether the President Intended to Use Force?Minister Willis Refused to Attend the Anniversary of the Provisional Government. Tho President sent in to Congress another installment of < Hawaiian corraspondence. The latest despatches previously oommunicated were sent to Congress on February 2, and their chief feature was a letter from Minister Willis, dated January 12, 1894, in which be said he had received President Dole's renlv to his letter of January 1, asking specifl cations, at 6 p. m. the previous day, too late to copy the fifty pages it contained or to reply to it prior to the sailing of the steamer at 2 p. m. the next day. The date of the correspondence transmitted comes down to January 16. but does not include the Dole letter or Minister Willis's reply. Its chief features are an exposition of the position of the United States Government on the question of the employment of force to restore the deposed Queen, and a statement of Mr. Willis's course in declining the invitation to participate in the first anniversary of the establishment of the present Government of Hawaii. President Cleveland sent the documents to Congress, accompanied by the following message : To the Congress: I transmit herewith two despatches received a few days ago from our Minister at Hawaii, and a reply to one of them from the Secretary of State, in which a correct version Is given of an interview which occurred November 14th, 1892, betw&an the Secretary of State and Mr. Thurston, representing the Provisional Government at Washington. Gkovkb Cleveland. Executive Mansion, Washington, Februury 12th. minister willis to secbeta.Br oresha1l [Confidential] No. 29. 1 Legation of the United States, i 1 Honolulu, H. I., January 16th, 1894. f i Hon. W. Q. Gresham, Secretary of State Sib?Iu a letter from the Hon. S. B. Dole, Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed to me under date of January 11th, the following, statement is made: "On November 14th Mr. Thurston, Hawaiian Minister at Washington, called upon the Seoretary of State and inquired it the above letter (yours of October 18th) was authentic, and was assured by Mr. Gresham that it was. "Mr. Thurston then said: 'I wish, then, to further ask whether it is the intention of the United States Government to carry out its policy therein indicated by force; or, in other words, whether if the Provisional Government decline to accede to the request of the United States Government to vacate in favor of the Queen, United States troops will be used to enforce the request?' "To which Mr. Gresham replied. 'I am not at liberty at present to answer that question. It is a matter concerning which I will speak to the President, and talk with you more fully this afternoon.' "Inthe afternoon of the same day Mr. Gresham further said to Mr. Thurston 'I have already answered your first question, to the effect that the letter published (Secretary Gresham to the President) was authentic and a correct statement of the policy of the United States. Aja to your second question, as to whether force is to be used by the United States to restore the Queen, all that I am at liberty to state is, that Mr. Willis ho* i no instructions to do anything which will cause injury to life or property of any one at the islands. Further than this I am not at 1 liberty to state what his instructions are. You can draw your own inferences from my statement and allay any apprahension which 1 may have been caused by what has been i pubiished.' i "Mr. Thurston further said to Mr. Gresh- i 'v/m.. nnaaraw Anaa nftt cfiritot the in formation which I requested. What I desire is to obtaia inlormation which will guide c y Government in their action. If they know that force is to be used by you, their course of action will necessarily be different from wbat it otherwise would be. The definite information from me that you intend to use force may be the means of preventing them from using force and causing bloodshed.' ' To which Mr. Gresham replied : 'Our relations in the past have been pleasant, and I want them to continue to be so in the future and to be perfectly courteous to you, but I cannot at present answer you more fully than I have done."' I do not know whether Mr. Thurston made this statement public in the United States at the time, but I do know that the ftr9t intima- < tion that this community had upon the sub- i iact is contained in Mr. Dole's letter of the i 11th inst. Had your statement to Mr. Thurston beea I made public here at the time (Nov. 24) when it was received, the excitement resulting i from the warlike preparations of the Provisional Government, would have been allayed, and critical and dangerous con- i ditions avoided. Albert 8. Willis, E. E. and M. P. Mr. Gresham's reply to this communication, giving an authentic version of the interview, was as follows: mb. qbebham to mb, willis. No. 13. Department of State, J Washington, D. C., February 7,1894. f Sib?I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 29 of January 16, in which you refer to a letter received from the Hon. S. B. Dole, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government, addressed to you under date of January 11, containing statements alleged to have been made by me in an interview with Mr. Thurston, the Ha wailan Minister, on November 14 last. It is true that I had two interviews with Mr. Thurston on the d? { mentioned- the first of which was very brief. Immediately after the second Interview I dictated to a stenographer a statement, from which the following is quoted, it being all that relates to the subject of Mr. Dole's communication to you: "On the forenoon of Nov. 14 the Hon. L. A. Thurston, Minister of the Provisional Government of Hawaii, called at the State Department for an interview with the Secretary of State on the Hawaiian situation. The Minister was informed by the Secretary that it was about time for a Cabinet meeting and he was under the necessity of requesting the Minister to call again at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He replied he would do so, but before leaving desired to submit two questions to the Secretary: "First?Was the letter addressed by the Secretary to the President about Hawaii nnd the Provisional Government and printed in the papers a few days ago authentic and official? ' Second?If it was, and he presumed it was. was it the President's intention to use force, if need , against the Provisional Government in . ^storing the QueeuV ' The Secretary replied that the letter was authentic, but as he had not time to spend with the Minister just then he could repeal the question on calling in the afternoon. "The Minister called at the appointed hour, and the Secretary informed him that the letter addressed to the President was authentic and that no action had been or would be taken by our Minister, Mr. Willis,which woul^ imperil the lives and property of the officers or supporters of the Provisional Government, and that if they suffered In any way it would be in consequence of their own acts or attitude." The interview continued. "Minister?Mr. Secretary. That answer is not satisfactory, and I would be glad if you would be more explicit. ' Secretary?I cannot be more explicit at this time. You can draw your own inferences from what I have said, and correct any false impressions that may have been created by what has been published." I answered the second question in the underscored language from a slip of paper which lay on my table In plain view before me. I did not say in either interview that I was not at liberty to answer either question. W. Q. Greskam. The correspondence with regard to the celebration is as follows : ms. willis to mr. gre8ham. Legation of the United States. I Honolulu. H. I., January 16, 1894. f Sir?On last Thursday, January 11, by a vote of seven to two, the 17th day of January being the first anniversary of the Provisional Government, was ueclared a public holiday. On yesterday afternoon the representatives of foreign Governments received invitations to "participate In the observance of the day." Subsequently the British Minister, Major f] Wo lohouse; the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires, and Consul-General Senhor J Canavarro, the diplomatic agent and ConsulGeneral of Japan. Monsieur Fujii, together with Monsieur Vizzavona, Chancellor and " Acting Commissioner of France, called to inquire what reply the United States diplomatic agent would make. I stated to these gentlemen that the course of our Government had not then been de- ? termined, but T did not feel at liberty to assent to the auggeetion made by one of them that they should be guide I exclusively in this matter by the United State*. Aftur aa interchange of views they concluded that, under the instructions of their respective Governments, they could not participate in the observance ot the day, and that they would so notify the Provisional Govern ment. ? This afternoon I replied to Mr. Dole's Set- 1< ter, a copy of which reply I enclose, statins? c that "with due appreciation of his courtesy and with no disrespect to him or his Gov- 1 eminent, .1 was, I regretted to say, unable to v accept the invitation extended " a The programme of the celebration to-mor- t! row includes battalion review and parade ot t military, reception at Executive Building, firing of National saluce, and mass meeting I at night to be addressed by half a dozeo ^ speakers. Albert S. Willis, C E. E. and M. P.. U. S. A. mb. willis to mb. dole. Legation of the United States, ? ^ Honolulu, H. I., January 16. 1894.) "Sib?I have the honor to acknowledgethe n receipt on yesterday afternoon of your com- j municacion ot January 13, 1894, informing c me that Wednesday, the 17th inst., will be observed as a National holiday. The Ha- * waiian flag will be displayed on all Govern- t] ment buildings, and a National salute will be fired from the battery at noon, and in- T viting me to participate in the observance f of the day. With due aDpreciation of your courtesy. , and with no disrespect to you or your Government, I am, I regret to say, unable to ac ! eept the invitation extended. j ^ The letters enclosed in vour communica- I i tlon addressed to Admiral" Irwin. Captain " Barker and Captaia Nelson, of the United j. States Navy, were, as requested, transmitted J to them, and the answers thereto I send J herewith. ? With renewed assurances of high considers- -p tion, and with the earnest hope that all ques- ? tions between our Governments may bo 5; speedily, honorably and satisfactorily deter- * mined, I am, etc., Albert S. Willis. 3 E. E. andM. P.. U. S. A- " 81 ANABCHIST OUTRAGE. ' A Bomb Exploded With Fatal Effect " In Paris. * Leon Breton, a young Frenchman, fired by a deaire to avenge Vaillant, exploded a ^ bomb in a cafe under the Hotel Terminus, a opposite the railway station at St. Lazare, ti Paris. ? Fifteen persons were seriously wounded and half a dozen who were passing on the v sidewalk were hit and slightly injured by ' flying fragments. si rnu? maa wifh nonnlft an HI fl.hn.nf) C i.uo Viaio trt?o u4jvtxa n>ku ? < ? ?,.??. was playing. Suddenly a man at one of the tables on the outside arose- and threw some- C thing into the middle of the room. It landed a upon u table at which a merry party was sit- ^ ting, and a loud explosion followed. s< When the smote cleared away many of the s' people in the cafe lay on the floor, several a: of them bleeding and moaning. Breton had been sitting on the outside of n the cafe, pa/taking of refreshment. No par- 11 ticular notice was taken of him, as his actions were not such as to attract attention. As he ^ waa leaving he threw the bomb, aiming at the S electiic light chandelier. The explosion shivered the plate-glass front of the place, destroyed one marble-top table, overturned tl others, and smashed glassware and plates, bi their fragments flying in all directions. t( As soon as he threw the bomb Breton ? rushed toward the Rue de Rome. An omni- si bas was passing the cafe and a policeman m sitting on top of it jumped to the ground and & ran Breton to earth a few yards up the Rue le Rome. a: Breton turned on the policeman, revolver J1 In hand, and fired. The policeman grabbed tt him and both fell. While on the ground h Rmfnn flradimothershotandstruckavroaian passing. The woman fell to the ground, fc mortally wounded. Si In the meantime a crowd had collected, at- di trarted by the shots. The policeman who bad grabbed Breton had been badly wounded hi by Breton's first shot and was unaole to hold ? an to his prisoner, and the latter, still brandishing nis revolver, regained his feet tb ind was likely to do further mischief. ta The people, a large part of whom had fol- y< lowed Breton from tbe cafe, were furious h; ind seemed inclined to lay hands upon him. w They believed the explosion was the work Df an Anarchist, and tfcey clamored for his lynching. The sight of the revolver restrained them at first, but finally, headed by unother policeman, they rushed forward to A jecure htm. Breton again attempted to use his revolver, but the policeman cut him over the face with his sabre, staggering him. He was then ar- a, rested. 2* The mob again demanded that he bo . lynched, and probably would have carriod out their intention had not a strong forco of # police arrived. P The bomb was in the form of a sardine box, t< and contained a chlorate powder and pieces o of lead of the size of cherries. o ,M 8 SHOT THE FLAGMAN. p Train Wreckers Ambushed Him Aftel a His Train Was Wrecked. r At the high bridge over White Oak Bayou, j Texas, train wreckers removed the rails and h fish plates on the Missouri, Kansas and 3' Texas Railroad. ? When the passenger train came along the g onprine passed safely over, but the baggage and mail coaches jumped the track and rolled down the embankment, followed bj & ??-*-*- i J^,1 An fnn r\f tViAm. d tho smoicer, waion muuou uu The wreck presented a frightful appearance. Joe Elicit, a brakeman, was sent back to n flag a fr<^ it train, which was soon due. He a had not ^ needed a hundred yards when a * volley fi?/..'. ambush was fired upon him. Fonr bullets took effect in his body. The crow in the meantime, aided by passenders, were at work extricating the men burled in the wrecked cars, and feared to go f, to the flagman's rescue. ? He, however, crawled, bleeding and ? wounded, back to the train, and now lies dying. In the mail car was Lou Morris, the agent, badly bruised and with several bones broken. His first thought was of his mail, and he requested the reporter to go by the postofflce and notify them he had a big run of registered mall. H. Hatton, the express messenger, was ? found in his car with his ribs broken and in ri a critical condition. J. W. Carter, baggage a master, was injured about the head and in- n ternally. n A relief train was made up and sent to the u scene. The wounded were brought in and d taken to the hospital. SHOT WIFE*AND CHILD, ? I>r. Duestrow, of St. Louis, Says He ' Did It Accidentally. Dr. Duestrow, of No. 1724 Compton avenue, St. Louis, Mo., walked into the reserve tl police station and surrendered himself, stating that he had accidentally shot his wife. He refused to make any further statement v concerning the shooting or to go into any a details further than to say that it was accidental. Duestrow was locked up and a po- ?' lice officer was sent to investigate the affair. ? It was learned later that the doctor had shot ? both his wite and flve-year-old boy. Both were shot in the head* and the child was r killed. Dr. Duestrow is a son of the late Louis Duestrow, the Granite Mountain mill- ? ioaaire. _ . P BOTH LOVERS DEAD. J (1 An Alabama Girl Sees Two Sweet* c hearts Killed. T I At John3, a mining town near ELrmlngton. A.la., Dennis Clements and Will Barge, rivals n for the hand of Miss Cora Burgees, met at ? her house. A quarrel ensued, and Barge a drew a pistol and sent a ball through Clements's head, Clements falling dead in the arms of the girl. In resisting arrest Barge o was shot dead. ? 0 , . PHE MBM LOS! FHE OLD WAKSHIP FOUNDEES OFF RONCADOti REEF. the Was on Her Way From Port-auPrince to Nicaragua to Protecl American Interests There?Ail o1 the Officers and Crew Saved?Hei Famous Battle With the Alabamd The most famous ship of the UnitedStates iaval service?the old corvette Kearsarge? lasgoneto the bottom. The story of hei 3ss was told to Secretary Herbert in a briel able message which he received from Lien enant Frederick Brainard, officer of the essel, dated at Colon. Lieutenant Brain rd reached Colon and immediately senl be message to the Secretary, in substance ollows: ' Kearsarge sai/ui from Port-au-Prince, layti. January 30. "or Blueflelds, Nicaragua. Vas wrecked on Boncaior Reef February 2, )fflcers and crew safe." Immediately on receipt of the cableuram lecretary Herbert seat a message to Lieu3nant B.-ainard directing him to charter yessel at Colon and proceed at once 0 the assistunce of the shipwreoke<3 ion. An answer came quickly frotr lieutenant Brainard that the mail steamei lity of Para was available, and it in suposed at the Navy Department that the essel is already on her way to the relief ol tie shipwrecked men. Lieutenant Brainard raa directed to engage the mail steamer to top at the reef and take the men off, oi ? secure any available vessel without dely. Boncador Reef is about 250 miles rom Colon, a day's journey for the City ol 'ara. It is expected that the steamer will <tvo Admiral Stanton and his men in some ort within two or three days. There is nc nxicty at the Naval Department over the of the shipwreokaa people. There 1 r\f In fha urrAolr ie Kearsarge, whi:t?. ia probably higfc ad dry on the reef. Old Providence jland 13 seventy-flvo mi!ia only from loncador, and could be reached aslly in small boats; or, if ii were missed, le Kearsarge's men could get to the Mosuito coast, a belt of the Nicaraugua coast ne. It was on Rcncevdor Reef that the learner Aguan was wre?r>?d while the Hon, Earner Miller and other Nicarauguan Canal apitalists were on board. The Kearsarge has been continuously in le naval service for thirty-two years. She as built in Kittery, Me., in 1861, and was otnruissioned the next year. The Kearsarge was the flagship of the forth American station, to the command ol 'hieh Acting R<sar Admiral Stanton,who was etached from the command of the South Atintic station for saluting Admiral Mello in ;io harbor, was assigned. The Kearsarge wa3 one of the historical esaels of the American Navy. She it was hich, on Sunday, June 19, 1864, fought and ink the Confederate privateer Alabama oil herbourg, France. The Alabama, which wis commanded bj aptain Semmes. had captured or destroyed large number of Union merchantmen, inally the pursuit of her became > hot on the American coast thai le sailed for the Cape of Good Hope adcruisedintheEasternseas. Subsequently le returned, arriving in the English Chanel in June, 1864, and on the 11th of that lonth she entered the French port of Cherourg to refit and supply herself with stores, 'ithin a few days the Kearsarge arrived, he was commanded by Captain Winslow, a >rmer shipmate of Captain Semmes. The Kearsarge made a demonstration ofl ie port which the commander of the Alaama took to be a challenge. He sent notice > the United States Consul that he would ill out and fight the Kearsarge. The two lips in appearance were not unequally latcnea, Dunaexvtmrauixeuuut* nu^uuon cid was better armed than the Alabama. She was besides protected amidships by rmor. The fight took place on Sunday, une 19, off Cherbourg, all inhabitants of lat place watching it from the neighboring aight9. The result of the battle is well known- Be>re the contest had lasted an hour Captain amines found the ship sinking and gave orsrs to haul down the flag. The boats were it out and the wounded placed in them, at before the Kearsarge could come to the sscue the Alabama went to the bottom. The boats of the Kearsarge saved many of le Alabama's craw. Others, including Caplin Semmes, were picked up by the English icht Deerhound, which had been allowed f- the Captain of the Kearsarge to help in isculng the Alabama's crew. AFRICAN MASSACRE. L French Commander and SeventyEight of His Force Killed. Advices from St. Louis, Senegal, Afrioa, ay that dispatches bearing date of January 7 have reached there from Timbuctoo. These ispatches say that Colonel Bonnier, of the [arine Artillery,who was in command of the 'rench troops which had captured Timbuc30, had, with nine European commissioned fflcers and two European sergeants, slxtyne native sharp-shooters and six native sereants, been killed by the Tuaregs.' When the dispatches left Timbuctoo the Ity was surrounded by Tuaregs, who apeared here and disappeared there, making : impossible to form any accurate estimate s to their number. A late dispatch from St. Louis says that lolonel Bonnier left TImbuctoo on January 2th. On the night of January 15th he and is column, while asleep, were surprised and urrounded by Tuaregs. Only Captain fij?otte reached the camp of the detacnient, which, under Lieutenant Sarda, waa uarding the captured herds a few miles in lie rear. Captain Nigotte was woundod in tie head. A few native riflemen saved themBlves by flight from the general massacre, nd most of these have arrived at TImbuctoo. 'he Tuaregs were on foot, and were armed rith lancea and knives. The French Governlent has authorized the formation ol nother battalion ot Soudanese riflemen, rhich will be the fourth body of its kind. The mixed populace of Timbuctoo regard tie French force with varied feelings. Many re said to favor the occupation. mi? / >? ?lio ^nlrininl 'nflriarf'mfmt JLUU IOCVJL ULCki. jr vr*. buw vv.w?.?? ? -f eceived a telegram from St. Louis saying hat Colonial Bonnier, eleven other officers nd 250 privates had been massacred b> he Tuarega. HFTY-'THIBD CONGRESS. The Senate. 87th Dat.? Mr. Wolcott proposed a Con< titutional amendment giving women the Ight of suffrage. Mr. Perkins presented memorial for the annexation of Hawaii, rom the San Franoiaco Chamber of Comlerce. Seoretary Carlisle's authority tc se the proceeds of the new bond issue was iscussed. 38th Dat.?The Peckham nomination was aported without recommendation. Mr. ray spoke in favor of resolutions opposing he annexation of Hawaii. 89th Day.?Mr. Gray finished his speech l support of the President's Hawaiian olicy. 40th Da*. ?A controversy between some mall towns in Oklahoma Territory occupied ie time of the Senate during the whole ol le session. The House. 46th Dat.?Mr. Bland's bill to coin the slier selgniorajre was taken up and discussed fter four hours' filibustering. 47rn Day.?Debate on the bill to coin the liver seigniorage was continued, speeches eing made by Messrs. Bland, Stone, Mo [eighan. Hartnr and Kilgore. 48th Day.?The House met and after the eading of the journal adjourned in respect 3 the memory of Representative Houk. of ?hio. whose death was announced. 49th Day.?The Urgent Deficiency bill was assed. Mr. Bland announced that he rould offer an amendment to his seipcniorape ill that will permit Secretary Carlisle to use iscretion in issuing certificates in exce?3 ot oinage. 50th Day.?Debate was continued on the Hand seigniorage bill. 51st Day.?Messrs. Qui?pr and Straus, lembers-elect from New York City to sueeed Messrs. Fellows and Fitch, were sworn l. Debate was continued on the Bland eignlorage bill. Excessive pilot charges are driving vessels ut of British Columbia waters and the Govrnment will try to remedy the eviL ^ V f LATER NEWS, i " Fire dUl $40,000 damage to the Bath (Me.) j Iron Works. Govebxob McKinxet was nominated for the Presidency in '95 by th? Convention of republican Club3 in Columbus, Ohio. wrlliam Ahtmakk, a farmer, living about t six miles northeast of Tell City, Ind., killed [ his wife and eldest son while insane. He . stamped his wife to death. The eldest boy. i aged twelve, tried to defend his mother and ! was killed. Seven* persons were killed in Penzlin, Ger. many, by the collapse of a church tower dur> ing a storm. Bank Teller Drtden. of Charleston, W. Va., shot himself because his fiancee, a Kentucky girl, broke the engagement. Mobe than thirty lives were lost and thousands of cattle perished in the blizzard in > Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. It is thought that Secretary Carlisle will ^ issue more bonds shortly. Increased internal revenue receipts indicate that business is reviving. i [ The United States' demurrer to the claim i for $235,000 arising out of the seizure of the Itata was overruled by the Chilean Claims ( Commission. | The President has nominated Eugene ( Townsend. of Pennsylvania, to be Superin^ tendent of the United States Mint at Phila-' delphia; John R. Reid, of Pennsylvania, to j be Collector of Custom9 for the District ol Philadelphia: P. Gray Meek, of Pennsylvania. to be Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Philadelphia. Hans Von Bclow. the distinguished German pianist, is dead. He was born January 8, 1830, at Dresden : he studied under Richard Wagner and Liszt. ^ Pat rtvpr ^BPnrtDrrtPir iwnd hannfArl aa a cnv 1 at Odessa, Russia. For two years he had ' betrayed Russian military secrets to Austria, 1 although he was commanding a regiment of | Russian cavalry. He received $5000 annually from Austria for his services. | The Turks killed 125 Armenians in the rei cent riots. Secretary Carlisle has recommended t that the beacon of the Statue of Liberty, New I York Harbor, be extinguished. The Massachusetts Legislature has abolished Fast Day. J Fibs destroyed a part of the colonnade be| tween the Agricultural Bailding and Ma' chinery Hall in the World's Fair Grounds, , Chicago. I L. Rowland, who attempted suicide with morphine at Paragoula, Ark., was saved by . permanganate of potash, the new antidote. ! Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee agreed to increase the ! whisky tax to $1.20 a gallon. Posthastes-General Bissell has forbid the payment of money orders and delivery of registered letters to the lottery company i at Port Tampa, Fla. The Senate refused to conflrmthe nomina1 tion of Benjamin Lenthier, of Massachusetts. | to be Consul at Sherbrooke, Canada. At the Plymouth conferenoe of the Erlifch National Liberal Federation the House of ' Lords was denounced and its abolition de1 manded. The Paris police have succeeded in fixing the identity of the man who threw the bomb in the cafe of the Hotel Terminus. His name is Emile Henry and he is an active An1 archist. i Pbesident Peixoto, of Brazil, discovered a plot for the secession of the State of Pernambuco from the Republic. Yellow fever is killing oft the crews of American merchantmen at Bio, Brazil. Admiral Benham ha3 sent the cruisers Newark ? * nmavf YUU X/CUViL Ana;. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Sexatob Pasco, of Florida, is a native ot England. Ret. W. P. Fife ia called the "Moody of the South." The King of Italy to not much over Ave feet in height. The King of Bavaria has a salary of $1,412,000 a year. The Princess of Wales denies that she has withdrawn from society. The friends of Dr. Nansen, the Arctic ex plorer, entertain grave fears for his safety. Mes. Colfax, widow of the former Vice1 President, is said to be practically penniless. Mbs. Hettt Ghee*, the richest woman in America, is said to pay $7 a week for board. Ex-Empress Frederic, mother of Emperor William, bears the distinction of being the most unpopular person in Berlin. Mme. Navabbo (Mary Anderson") is staying at Nice, Italy, this winter. She la ill with a nervous affection, and can neither visit nor receive visits. Ex-United States Senator Mobton Smith Wilkinson. President Lincoln's confidential adviser, died, a few days ago, at Mankato, Minn. n*ptain E. L. Zalinski, the inventor of the dynamite gun, has been placed on the retired list of the army on aacount of disability caused by paralysis. The Prince of Wales, so it is said, has to handle his hat so much iu acknowledging the honors done him on the street that ha has to have a new brim to it every fortnight. I Joseph Keppleb, the cartoonist, first attracted the attention of an employe of Frank Leslie's publishing house by some clever caricatures on the back and margin of a restaurant bill of fare. Miss Habbiet Lave Johnson, who presided at the White House during Buchanan's administration. has purchased the old Travis ' mansion in Washington and will make it her ' permanent home. Lieutenant John H. Alexandeh ia the , first colored man to hold the professorship * of military science and tactics in any institution. He was recently appointed to this position In the Wilberforce University, Ohio, i Bctfaxo's blind lawyer, Louis L. Ullman, has been made a United States Commissioner. ? He is thirty-one years old and was made blind by an attack ot scarlet fever when he t was five years of age. He was educated at i the Institute for the Blind in Batavia and the Perkins Institute in South Boston, Mass., and i at the law school In Buffalo, I Senator Colqui.-, of Georgia, who was ' etrieken with paralysis about a year ago, cannot walk. He is rolled into and out of the Senate Chamber in a wheel-chair, which he occupies durinc the sessions. Despite this physical infirmity Mr. Colquitt is said to be a formidable candidate for re-election. , His term will expire March 3.1893. I BIG REBEL VICTORY. j | Nictheroy Attacked and the Government Forts Destroyed. i The Brazilian insurgent fleet attacked Arma?o at 8 o'clock, p. m., and continued the , light until daybreak. The insurgents landed troops and destroyed the beach and hilltop forts of the Government. With six heavy guns and two magazine guns they swept the streets of Nictheroy. i but finally were forced to retreat before the superior number of the Government force. ' The Government admits a loss of two hun? 1 dred. Five hundred is nearer the true loss. The insurgents succeeded beyond all hopes, having destroyed the Government Eosition most menacing to the fleet, and aving lost but two hundred and seventy men in all. glaciers! PECULIARITIES OF THESE VA?T MASSES OF ICE. Glaciers Not Infrequently 40C Feet Thick?Animals Preserved Thousands of Years?How Glaciers Are Formed. NOT many centuries back, if geological theories are of any account, Manhattan Island 6 and the neighboring country lay underneath a hugh glacier. 11 naa been suggested that the condition of Alaska to-day corresponds largely with that of this vicinity as it was just previous to the beginning of recorded history. Ten thousand years is only a brief interval in time and in the record of the earth's career, yet it would wipe out all that is most inspiring, and that has come down to us of value in the records of man. The study of the glaciers within a few > years 'has accumulated a wide range of knowledge relating to them. Re cent investigations indicate that the thickness of these vast ice fields has been generally underestimated. They are not infrequently 3000 to 4000 feet thiok, and often they are over 5000 feet, or a mile or more in depth. The peculiarities under which the glaciers existed, or in which, in some instances, they continue to exist, afford scope for endless inquiry. Thus, in the debris and the half-melted ice, * are frequently found animal remains preserved by this natural refrigerating process for many thousands of years. In Northern Siberia, the settler, digging though the earth for water, comes upon unmelted glaciers, and, in some instances, these glaciers are still found beneath thick beds of lava that have flowed above and cooled upon them. The climatic conditions rennisite for formine a erlacier are that X u w more ice should be produced each year than is melted away. It then continues to swell from year to year, rising in the valleys above the surrounding hills, which act as dams to hedge it in and hold it. All the while vast quantities are melting and running away in swift, icy torrents, scouring out the valleys, cutting down the hillsides, and carrying away the un? dersupport of the vast mass whose pressure continues to urge it forward to fill the vaouum. The course of the streams which issue from the glacier is that necessary to find their level, and they point the route of the ice itself, which, under the slow, tremendous pressure, becomes of plastic, fluid nature. ; A small surplus from year to year in a period of continuous cold, soon leads to an enormous development of the ice field. It flows over the smaller hills, and if the mass reaches a level plain, it continues to pile up its sur.i i 1 J _ I plus until mat mass utm reuuuou a height of thousands of feet, and produced for itself the necessary slope for continuous movement. Thus from century to century the glaoier continues to form and creep onward, until it reaches its terminus in a warmer locality, where it is melted more rapidly than the ice is formed. The tremen- v dous pressure which results from a vast mass of ice thousands of feet in thickness, and extending for hundred* of miles, id one of the causes also to which geologists have attributed the changes in the contour of the earth. The weight has, it is believed, gradually brought about a depression in the earth's surface. This has led to a modification in the climates, and the terminal of the glacier has receded, 1 * fViof it leaving UIIUO rnuic HAO iWimv*; *m o fo-p+ilo and nroilnntive area. tut ci cu ta ibA vmv wuv. .If this theory should be correct, the time may come when Aleaka itself, now a remote and austere climate, may become the seat of a dense and prosperous population. Such a change will not be greater than the difference that exists between the Europe of today, and that country as it was knowD to the civilized world previous to the Christian era.?H. S. Fuller, inSchooL Nationality Shown in Tillage. For half a hundred miles about New York the country is a region of small farms. Nearly all are carefully tilled, but the manner in which each is conducted comes close to indicating the nationality of the owner. The native American likes a lawn in front of his house and leaves uncultivated strips near the fences of his fields. Also his preference in the way of crops is for grain. The Englishman and the German devote much space to berries and vegetables, and both delight in displays of flowers before their houses. The Frenchman is sure to be a grape grower. He, too, revels in flowers, but he fosters those that, cut or as potted plants, will find a city market. The Irishman is a raiser of potatoes, cabbages and corn. His home displays little outside adornment, but almost always tiiere is aooui 11 an an of solid comfort, and one may be sure to see a pigpen not iar from the cottage. Abroad "land is land," and those who have been tenants of holdings that cost them an annual rental of ?20 per acre retain their habit of close cultivation when farming in the United States. Here, again, the difference between the American and the foreigner cropa out. The former is prodigal of soiJ and lets the difficult spots alone; the latter utilizes every inch of dirt clear to the roadway and uses fertilizers with skill and advantage to himself.? New York Herald. Boston's Plan lor Fighting Fires. The Fire Commissioners of Boston recommend a plan for using water from the harbor to extinguish fires in the business part of the city. It is proposed to lay mains through the district and, in case of fire, to force water into them with the two fire boats. These two boats, one of which has been built and an appropriation made for the second, have a combined capacity of 13,000 gallons of water a minute. This would equal twentyfour second-sizs land engines and would furnish sufficient pressure anywhere in the district for ten streams for each boat. A plan somewhat similar is already in use in Cleveland and Detroit. It would seem to recommend itself to all cities whose fresh water supply is seriously impaired by droughts. ? -Baitiaiure Sun.