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II CHEAT SEA mm OEFIOIAL BEPOBT OF THE JAPAITESE ADWTBAT. China1* Squadron Soflere a Severe Defeat?The Graphic Story of the Battle as Told to the Emperor of Japan?Three WarShips Sank and The Toklo correspondent of the Central Revs telegraphs that Admiral Ito, who was In oommand of the Japanese fleet daring the battle off the month of the Yala Elver, has sent on officer to make a verbal report of the engagement to the Emperor. According to this officer's report, after acting in concert with the army at the Tal-Tong River, the principal Japneoe squadron, comprising eleven war ships and tne packet SaUdo-Maru, left that point on September 16. Ax dawn on the 17th they passed Hal-Yan-Tan and sighted Takushad Bay, In Manohooria, In the forenoon. There they fonnd fourteen Chinese war ships?the Tlixg-Yapn, Chen* Yuen, Chlng-Yuen, Chth-Yuen, Lai-Yuen, King-Yuen, wl-Yuen, Yang-Wei, Chao-Yuen. Ewang-Kia, K wang-Ting, Ping-Yoen ana two others?and six torpedo boats. The Chinese fleet steamed oat of the mouth of The river in battle formation, and when distant four thousand metres opened Are. The'Japaneae. fearing that their fire would do little execution at suoha distance, waited until within three thousand metres of the Chinese ships, and then hmnirM thnti- onnn Into nlar. The JaO anese maintained their line ofj&kttle, bat tfie Chinese, after a short time, broke the formation. The action was extremely hot at times. The Lal-Yaen sank first, stern foremost, and her bows rising stood for a minute and a hair out of water. The Ohlh-Iuan was the next vessel to go down, and she was followed in a short time by the Ohao-Yuetn. K&ny members of the crews of the winking Vessels clung to the rigging as their ships tattled, and cried far help. It was a pitiful Bight The Yang-Wei was next disabled, andthen Bis Japanese packet Salkio-Maiu, onboard ftf which was Admiral Kabayama, the head ASXZBAX. TTSO, CHTS3B1 C02QLVTDZB. ' f >! the Naval Command Bureau, who vas making a tour of inspection. Admiral Eabayaxna's presence was accidental, the meeting ol the Chinese vessels by tbe Japanese fleet being entirely unexpected. Tbe tdiqlral was frequently In Imminent peril. Tbe steering gear of tbe SalkJo-ila^a ?a) disabled by tbe explosion of one of the enemy's shells, and that vessel was obliged to drop oat of the line. She was pursued by the Chinese and was forced to pass between the powerful Ting-Yuen and ChabYnan, within a distance of eighty n*tr^e. She commanders-of these vessels, thinking it was her intention to ram them, sheered off, leaving the packet room to escape. The Chinese discharged two fish torpedoes at her. but thoy were aimed too. low and passed beneath her, doing no damage. Shortly after the mishap to the SalkJoHaru the flagship Matsaslma's forward quick firing gun was struck by a shell, and many casualties resulted. The ship also was so severely injured as to necessitate her withdrawing from the line of battle, and Admiral Ito shifted his flag to the Haahldato. Another of tbe Chinese shells exploded in the sick bay of the Hiyel. killing and wounding mnnv nanom. including the surceons. and setting the ship on flra She, too. left the line of battle to extinguish the flames and transfer the wounded, which being done she returned and again took part In the fight Captain 8akamoto, of the Akagl. was alb ft watohlng for torpedoes and stgnalllng to the other vessels of the fleet, their location, when the mast was cut away by a shot from the enemy and he was killed. The Yoshlno's forward barbette was slightly damaged. All the ships of the Japanese squadron carried new trans, and these did excellent service. They used no torpedoes, all the damage sustained by the Chinese easels being Inflicted by snot In view of this fact, the sinking of double-bottomed vessels like the Lai-Yuen Is considered remarkable, and it is the generally expressed opinion among nautical authorities that the work of the Japanese was the most sucoessiul thing sinoe the time of Nelson. Toward the close of the fight great confusion was observed on board the Ting-Yuen, King-Yuen and Pins-Yuen. These ships appeared to be on fire. At sundown the Chinese fleet were In full retreat. They were pursued by the Japlanese ships, which laid their course parallel to that tat en by the enemy. The night 'being very dark, the pursuers kept Ht some distance from the Chinese, fearing that should they follow the enemy too olosely they might be damaged by the latter's torpedo boats. 'Owing to this fact and the extreme darkness the Chinese succeed e4 In getting away and reaching a cafe shelter. At daylight the Japanese vessels endeavored to^flnd the enemy, but were unable to do so. They then returned to the scene of the previous day's action, where ' -v found. tbe^Yam^ei aahore and rfpbertedP and destroyed her with a flsh torpedo. None of the Japanese vessels were lost in the engagement and only three of thfim ttomi ooHnnalo All s-*# with the exception of the Matsoslma, remain on the station. All the official reports cf the battle are very laconic and greatly wanting In scientific and useful details. Admiral Ting's Career. Admiral Ting, naval commander of the Chinese foroes at the recent disastrous battle with the Japanese squadron off the mouth of the Yalu River, has been Viceroy Li Hung Chang's trusty lieutenant In matters pertaining to the Chinese navy since Its organization in 1885, He Is, however, more of a soldier than a sailor, having won his spurs as a dashing cavulry commander. Before he was placed la command of the "Northern Squaoron" he was one of the department commanders of the Chinese land foroes, with his headquarters at Tian-TBtn. His rank at that time was Brl^adler-Gener&L From a Brigadier-General he became st ones a full fledged Admiral, without any preliminary training. TJnder such circumstanoes his failure as a naval oommander was only to be expected. His services to the Chinese navy consist ohleflv la devising a uniform for the offlceis and men, which is rather a olumsy affair. Admiral Ting has a commanding appearanoe, being about six feet tall. In age he is between fifty and sixty. He halls from Anhui, the native province of LI Hung Chang. He is an Inveterate gambler, and does not scruple to Indulge In his favorite amusement at the expense of discipline aboard hip. MUKDER5D HIS SISTER Carr and Ills Victim llad Trouble Over Their Mother's Property. William G. Carr, aged forty-one, an employe in the Grove street mill of the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company, murdered his sister, Mrs. Ellen Lacier, aged forty-four years, at Worcester, Mass. There had been trouble in the family over the disposition of property left by the mother, who died last January. Angry words passed, and then the woman creamed and ran out of doors. Carr went out by another door and met her in the yard. Here he fired one shot from a revolver at short range. The bullet entered the left temple nnd passed directly through the brain. ' f Pi ? " TEE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Habvaud and Yale Universities were rs? opened with a larjje increase in the number of students. Pbofzssob Shobtttooe, of Media, Penn., on trial for wife murder, was acquitted on the ground of insanity. Axdbew D. Johit8on and Clarence Dewitt Ooodnow, Cornell students, were drowned in Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, N. Y., while canoein e. The Cunird steamship Lucanla made the trip from Queenstown to New York in five days, seven hours and forty-eight minutes, breaking her own and the best record of other vessels by fifty minutes. The students of Princeton, N. J., at a mass meeting, decided that hazing should be abolished. Miss Nettie Lee, a daughter of a New York millionaire, was burned to death while "brandyinsr" peaches. The liquid was upset on the stove and set Are to her clothing. The New York Constitutional convention, at Albany, adjourned sine die. James A. Batlev bought at Bridgeport, Conn., the interest of the Barnum heirs in the Barnum-Bailey show. Jeduthak Newton, a well-to-do fanner of Norwich, N. Y., and Mrs. Edward 8outhern. a domestio in his family, were struck ana Instantly killed by the express at a grade crossing. Fubious gales prevailed along the Atlantic coast from Coney Island to Atlantic City, N. J., causing considerable damage at many shore resorts. Town elections in Connecticut resulted in heavy Republican gains. The National Bank of FayettoviUe, N. Y.f closed its doors. The British tank steamer Allegheny, laden with 1,171,000 gallons of oil, was in collision off Ship John Light, near Bombay Hook, in the Delaware Bay, with the Belgian steamer Cauoase. The Allegheny was sunk. Loss, $250,000. South and West. Tom Smith, a colored desparado, shot and killed three colored United States Deputy Marshals and seriously wounded two white officers while they were attempting'to arrest him at the Muskogee (Indian Territory) International Fair. Governor McKistey opened the Ohio campaign with a speech at Findley. The following nominations were made by the Nebraska 8tate Demooratio Convention at Omaha: For Governor, Silas A Holcomb, the Populist candidate ; LieutenantGovernor, J. N. Gaffln; Secretary of State, F. J. Elliok; Treaturer. G. A. Linkhardt; Auditor, J. C. Dahlman j Attorney-Gsneral, D. B. Carey: Superintendent ot Public Instruction. W. A. Jones'; Commissioner o! Public Lands and Buildings, 8. J. Kent. With the exception of Ellick. Linkhardt and Dahlman, the nominees had been previously put up by the Populists. One hundred and four men bolted and put another ticket In the field. Euoene Pules and "Tom" Moore were hanged at Paris, Texas, for murders committed In the Indian Territory. Wheat sold in Chicago for fifty cents a bushel, the lowest price on record. Fltwo Jib paced a mile at Chililoothe, Ohio, in 1.50%, the fastest mile ever made in harness. At Chicago Miss Belle White dropped dead in the chair of a beauty specialist who was treating her face for disfigurements. Lewis Johnston, a colored laborer, while digging a post hol9 on E. B. Shepard's farm neaa Mobile, Ala., came upon an iron box containing 81100 in gold ''oln. He turned it oyer to hli employer. None of the coin* bear a date less than fifty years ago. Lottebtman Kline, of Kansas City, says he paid money to Kansas Populist offioials for protection and didn't get it. Thbee inohes of snow is reported at Mot1 ? vn?? ? I*** o 'oil olflrt bf PfdnarH nnrl lO), iUlUU(> miu a I Bit ntov u? out along the line of the Northern Pacific. A cyclose struck Wichita, Kan. The damage in the city is $50,000. Two peopln were killed, Washington. plans submitted for the glgantlo railway bridge across the Delaware River to connect Philadelphia with Camden, N. J., have been approved by the War Department. CosraissioxEK illilleb has prepared a statement showing in detal tbe collections ol Internal revenue taxes for the past two months. The aggregate is stated to be $51,924,678, against $25,092,304 for the corresponding period of 1893. The ohlef translator lor tbe uninese ijegatlon at Washington has resigned after a quarrel with Minister Yang YtL Repairs to the White House are rapidly approaching completion, and for the first time in several years tbe mansion typifies its name. The President is expected to return to the capital about October 15. The Indian Bureau has perfected plans under which Indian children are to attend !>ublic schools in the localities where they ive. This will bring them ia'.o direct association with the white children, and it is expected will result in a great improvement in their condition. Ex operation of law Brigadier-General John P. Hawkins, Commissary-General of Subsistence since December, 1892, has retired from active service. Government surveyors in Alaska found Mount Logan to be 1000 feet higher than Mount St. Elias. One hundred and eiohty-thbee noncommissioned artillery officers have been arrested in Berlin, Germany, on the charge of being connected with an anarchist socialist propaganda* The decrease In National bank note circulation since September 1 has been $27,477, leavine the amount oustandlng October 1 $207,471,501. National bank circulation based on United States bonds decreased In the same period to 61,035,915. Dubino the month of September the Treasury coined 672,200 standard silver dollars out of a total coinnce of 2,044,505 pieces of the value of $5,910,083. The gold coinage was 663,005 picces of tbe value of $5,033,692 ; silver coinage, 1.380,000 pieces, of the value of $76,370. and minor c?in, 700 pieces, of the value of $21. Foreign. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has had Ave days of no:ing, Da Gaina reports, Portuguese and other foreigners being attacked by Pelxoto's soldiers in dis?3lse. The number of killed and wounded is stated in hundreds. The members ot the University of Pennsylvania's Labrador expedition left Halltar, Nova Scotia, for New York. * Chairman W. L. Wilson, of the House Ways and Means Committee, was banqueted in Dondon by a representative body of eminent Englishmen, to whom he made a speech on the benefits accruing from tariff reform. A Japanese army is reported to have entered Manchuria and achieved a decisive victory over the opposing Chinese forces! a revolt against the reigning dynasty Is feared In China. Josiah Tabeneb, twenty-one years of age, was married|to Mrs. Mary Ellis, aged seventyfour, In Halifax, Nova Sootia. She has a son aged fifty-six. Fbank Holmav, formerly of Georgia, killed his wife and two children at Victoria, Mexico. He was drank at the time. A dispatch from Java announces that the Dutch forces captured Mataram, Lombok Island. On the Dutch side one officer and twelve men were killed and four officers and forty-five men were wounded. The Bolinese lost heavily. The Government force in Venezuela under Mcndfzibnl has been defeated by rebels, with fourteen killed. The movement to organize a rebellion is uniting the malcontents in both Venezuela and Colombia. A despatch from Shanghai says that it is probable that the Emperor of China will be : dethroned in favor of Prince Kung'sson, who will treat with the JaDanese for Deaco. FOUR WERE BURNED, Three Sons and a Daughter of B. B. Pierce Perish la Their Homes. The residenoe of B. B. Piece, of Wilmot, Wis., was dee toyed by fire a few nights ago. Three sons, at ages ranging from twentyfive to thirty-five years, and a daughter of eight years perished In the flames. >-r' f''' v . :v s* y*. - % 't . THE NATIONAL FIANCES' PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT OF THE TEEASUEY. A Month's Working of the New Tariff UttVV?MJ ouu XJApCUUILUlCO j in Detail?A Surplus of Between $50,000,000 and $60,000,000 is Indicated. The United States monthly debt statement shows a net Increase in the pabllo debt less cash In the Treasury during September of $8,152,700.84. The Interest-bearing debt increased $140; non-interest-bearing debt increased $824,182.95, and the cash in the Treasury decreased' $7,228,887.89. The balanoe of the several classes of debt at the close of business on September 29 were: Interest-bearing debt, $635,042,810} debt on wbloh Interest has ceased since maturity, $1,830,030.28; debt bearing no interest, 1380,093,406.42; total, $1,017,566,386.68. The certificates and Treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $612,436,470, a decrease of $2,914,102. The total cash in the Treasury was $774,185,928,S8; the gold reserve was $58,875,217, and the aet cash balance $61,044,402.38. In the month there was an increase in pjold coin and bars of $2,779,387.43, the total at the close being (123,665,756.92. Of silver there was a decrease of $8,852,977.84. Of the surplus there was in National bank "depositaries $16,365,598.01, against $17,320,897.20 at the end of the previous month. The first month's receipts of the Treasury Department, those for tha month of September, under the operation of the new Tariff law were made public, The aggregate receipts for the month were $22,621,288, as compared with $24,582,756 for the month of September, 1893. As compared with the month of August, 1894, when the receipts from Internal revenue assumed abnoral proportions because of the large withdrawals of whisky in anticipation of the Increased tax of twenty cents a gallon, they are in round figures 818,000,000 less. Aocordlng to the estimates upon whtohthe new Tariff bill was based, it was to produce from sugar $43,000,000 n year, and from the income tax placed at a minimum figure $15,000,000 a year. No revenue from either of these sources is shown in the receipts of the month of September for the reason that the Income tax does not become operative until January 1, 1895, and three or four months' supply of sugar was lmportad prior to the passage of the now law, in anticlpaHah a# fk* a A fov r\l n rtCkA nnnn If HULL U1 IUO OU TOlVlOUi kM uyvu ?%| Upon the basis of the estimates submitted, and upon which the Tariff bill was framed, the revenue from each of the two principal souroea?customs and Internal revenue?was put down at $179,000,000 a year. For the three months of the present fiscal year the total receipts have been $97,848,174, as against $79,879,417 for the corresponding: months of 1893. Of the receipts in the current fiscal year to date, 885,797,243 has been from customs, or at the rate of $140,000,000 a year, and Internal revenue, $58,944,916, or at the rate of $232,000,000 a year, slightly in excess of the total estimate of $378,000,000, upon which the Tariff bill was based, from these two items, leaving miscellaneous revenue of $20,000,000 as a Burplus. Prom present indications, when revenue from sugar and the income tar begins to be received and customs and Internal revenue receipts assume their normal conditions, a surplus for the fiscal year of between 850.000,000 and $60,000,000 at the present ratio existing between receipts and exnenditures is indicated. PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION Pardon to All Persons Convicted ol Polygamy. Through the Department of State President Cleveland made a proclamation ol amnesty and pardon to all persons who have been convicted of polygamy under the teaohlngs of the Mormon Charoh. It Is as follows: ' Whereas, Congress by a statute, approved March 22,1882, and by statutes In furtherance and amendment thereof, defined the crimes of bigamy, polgamy, and unlawful cohabitation In the Territories and other places within the exclusive lurlsdictlon ot the United States, and prescribed a penalty (or suoh crime?; and "Whereas. On or about the sixth day of October, 1890, the Church of the Carter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Ohuroh, through Its President, Issued a mnnlfaofn nrftnlnlmlno> thn nnrnOBB of Sftld Church do longer to sanction the practice of polygamous marriages, and calling upon all members and adherents of said Church to obey the laws of the United States In reference to said subject matter; and "Whereas, On the fourth day of January, 1898. Benjamin Harrison, then President o( the United States, did declare and errant a full pardon and amnesty to certain offenders Tinder condition of future obedience to their requirements, as Is fully set forth in said proclamation of amnesty and pardon; and "Whereas, Upon the evidence now furnished me I am satisfied that the members and adherents of said Church generally abstain from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation, and are now living in obedience to the laws, and that the time has now arrived when the interests of public justice and morals will be promoted by the granting of amnesty and pardon to all such offenders as have complied with the conditions of said proclamation, including such of said offenders as have been convioted under the pro YAOIULL3 \J1 OQIU aVJL9 y "Now, therefore, I, Qrover Cleveland, President of the United 8tates, by virtue of powers In me vested do hereby declare and grant a full amnesty and pardon to all persons who have in violation of said acts committed each of the offences of polygamy, bigamy, adultery or unlawful cohabitation under the oolor of polygamous or plural marriage, or who, naving bfcen convicted of violations ol said acts, are now suffering deprivation of civil rights, having the same, excepting all persons who have not compiled with the conditions noted in said Executive proclamation of January i, 1893." CRUSHED TO DEATH, ihve Boys Who Stole a Ride on a Train Killed. An accident by which five boys lost their lives and two were injured, one seriously, occurred near Woodstock, 111., on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The dead are; Terrlt Davis, of Mount Morris, 111., Ed , known as Milwaukee Ed, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Bert Little, of Freeport, 111., and two unknown boys. The Injured are; John Grady, of Fall River; Sam Newman, of Freeport, 111., and an unknown man, whose leg is broken, and who is injured internally. As a heavily loaded freight was approachIn? Woodstock the axle of one of the cars in the center of the train broke, throwing the car and two others from the track. The cur causing the accident was loaded with lumber. It seems that the boys were riding on top of the lumber Inside of the car, and the car leaving the track caused the lumber to slide over and upon them, killing five and injaring the others. Tho dead are all boys ranging in age from thirteen to twenty-one, and some appear to be of respectable families. 8am Newman and Bert Little, the two Freeport fill.) lads in the Woodstock wreck, were each thirteen years old. They ran away from home a month ago. CHINA HAS RATIFIED. Treaty Kept Secret to Influence Amer? lea's Attitude. The Chinese Government, after a delay of more than a month, has finally ratified the treaty with the United States providing for the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country and recognizing the validity of the Geary law and other statutes relating to Chinese Immigration. Official notification ofthls important action has been withheld under circumstances exceedingly mystifying to the State Department, but it Is supposed she intended to Influence Axoerloa's attitude during the JapanChina wax. VT-- * NEWSY GLEANINGS, Tbollet3 go in 600 American towns. Yassab College Is crowded this year. Jap ax has started a Bad Cross Soolety. A Chihese theatrical company Is making a tonr of France. These were 2143 disinterments in Philadelphia last yea.. FlobidawM pnt 2,300,000 pineapples on the market this year. The wheat orop of Kansas thlg year Is estimated at over 70,000,000 bushels. New Panama Canal shares to the amount of $6,000,000 were Issued in Fans. Rich gold discoveries In the Tukon Elver region, Alaska, have been reported. The bankrupt Ohiokaaaw treasury will compel the closing of the native schools. Bhadbtbeet's reports continued Improvement In; business In all sections of the country. Tee State of Minnesota has sued a lumber company for the value of 8,500,000 feet of logs. The first crop of raisins in California this season will be about one-half of that of lost year. Govsnxoa Cbouxbe, of Nebraska, will endeavor to provide relief for the droughtstricken dlstrlots. Ix Is claimed that adventurers are destroying all the animals in Alaska by the Indiscriminate U9e of poison. Uxdeb the name of the Old Guard a new political society has been formed in Ireland by old Fenians and Invlnclbles. Accobdisg to the latest information of the Interstate Commerce Commission there are 178,461.07 miles of railroad In the United States. Teui will go up, It Is said. The hisrh trrade of teas from China will likely rule high. If the war between Cttlna and Japan oontinues. The town rof tteflance, Ohio, Is to have what Is Known as a "street fair." Twenty thousand people will assemble in the streets and the various exhibits of.fowl, pumpkins, horses and cattle will be along the curbstone. The waning season of 1894 now challenges comparison with previous years, and from reports of hotel men from various parts of the country It would seem that the summer resort business of 1894 has been better than that of 1893. According to a report, the Department of Agricultura distributed 7,704,943 packages of seeds during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1893, at a total cost of $160,000. The seeds ;dlstributed comprised 387 varieties. The total weight of the seeds was about 275 tons. The largest and most important offering of silks at auction ever made took place in New York City, a few days ago. There were cataloged about 8200 pieces of domestio and foreign goods. The total number of pieces sold amounted to nearly 9000 with a value of $500,000. The War Department has Issued an order concentrating the army and doing away with several posts. This action was taken In view ui lilts utjcesauy 01 larjjoi lunxw wiiluu roaoa of prominent places la the East, as Instanced In Chicago and previously In Pittsburg and oloawhsra. THE LABOR WORLD. Pabi8 has 7000 hair workers. Owe man can make 6000 tin oans In a day by the aid of improved machinery. PiTTSBtmo employs more chemists than i my other city in the United States. Ready-made clothing industry of Boston was paralyzed by a strike of the operatives, Involving 5500 employes. Locomotive firemen in convention at Harrlsburg, Penn., agreed not to strike as long is contracts were not violated. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held a two days' celobration at Baltimore, Md., of the eleventh anniversary of the Orfler. The head draughtsman at the Edgar n* cnnfllnilt pf?nn.. xuuuipuu OlOOl ?T WL tt O f Ul -4UWV-) ? I Is said to be Count Camillo Mercadere, of Austria. PotTBTEEK to sixteen hours is the day's work for most girls employed in factories ?nd shops In Scotland. Wages are often as iowas $1.50 a week. Needle makers are said to be predisposed to pulmonary troubles more than any other workers in metals. Sixty per cent, of them die of consumption. With the new and improved methods of mining It is thought that It will cost les3 than twenty-two cents on the dollar this year to mine gold In Colorado. The Iron furnaces 3f Scotland rely fot their profit not on the pig iron they turn out, but on the products obtained from the waste gases which, in this country, are not put to use. The Westlnghouse Electric Company has. contracted for a glass factory with a capacity to turn out bulbs and stoppers for 80,000 luoandescent lamps a day. The company now receives 9000 bulbs and stoppers per day. Tn la /lolnnlntarl thaf HnrlnT thn nlnfl of the Scottish coal strike 83,150,000 have been lost in wages to the miners. There has also been a loss of six and a h^l( million tons of coal which the collieries would have produced. In London there are two fatthfnl servants who have probably beaten the record of domestic service. They ire sisters, one of whom is sixty and the other six years younger. They have been in the same family for the better part of half a oentury. the one having served for forty years ani the other for thlriy-flve. The Brazilian Government is advertising for laborers, of whom 80.000 are wanted in the State of Para and 50,000 in San Paulo, while -Bahta, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and Mlnas Garaes want a large number. The soli is fertile and the climate good, but let no one go there unless he knows what the guarantees are, and that he will not be treated like many former colonists, who were exposed to privations and misery. SUGAR MEN INDICTED. They 3Iust Answer for Refusing to Reveal Trust Secrets. The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia returned Indictments against H. 0. Havemeyer, President, and John E. Searles, Secretary, of the Sugar Trust, and Allan Lewis Seymour, of Seymour Brothers <fc Young, brokers, of Washington City. These indictments are the direct result of the refusal of these gentlemen to answer questions asked by the Senate Sugar Scandal Committee. Mr. Havemeyer appeared before the committee in June last, and, in answer to questions as to contributions made by the Sugar Trust for campaign purposes, promised to open his books to the committee on the following day. Upon his reappearance before the committee, however, he declined to submit his books lor examination in accordance with advice from his counsel. He volunteered the Information that the Trust made no contributions to the National campaign fund, but did conti-ihnta tr? Kt-nr? funds. Uoon his refnsal to answer further questions the committee reported the facts to the Senate, and the case was certified by the Vice-President to the District Court for action. Mr. Seymour refused to answer questions in regard to stock purchased or sola bT his Arm, and was certified, as was Mr. Searles, for refusing to answer questions similar to those put to Mr. Havemeyer. Corrected indictments were al60 returned against Brokers John W. McCarthy and E. B. Chapman. These witnesses were indicted, together with Correspondents Schrlver and Edwards, last summer, but certain defects were found in the papers. LI HUNG CHANG REPLACED. A Committee of High Offllclals Named to Conduct the War. A dispatch from Shanghai, Chins, states that Viceroy LI Hang Chang has received Important dispatches by pony express from Pekin. His enemies sedulously encourage the Dowager Empress In the belief that the defeats of the Chinese forces were due to his incompetence and corruption. An imperial decree has been issued appointing Prince Kung, the Emperor's uncle, the President of the Tsung-li-Yamen and the President of the Admiralty as a special ooffl* mlttoe to conduct the war operations. ' ' > ' . . V. . .. _ .. it;-*. 1.? s.v", 'i'.'A* '/vT-"< IffGATE IS ClPfDBED. FOE TWELVE YEAES A FUGITIVE FBOM JUSTICE. Accused of Stealing $370,000 From the Government While Chief o! the Signal Service at Washington ?Escape and Subsequent Remark* able Career. Captain Henry W. Howgate, formerly Disbursing Officer of the United States Signal Service, who used his official position to embezzle about"$370,000 of Uncle Sam's moi:ey, ? "' i OOO Kna VkAan a #nrtlflwn Irta. AUU OIUUO IUU<H U(H LA7QU O UV1M JtW tloe, was arrested a few days ago In New fork City. This arrest Is the culmination of more than twelve years of unceasing efforts on the part of United 8tates authorities to apprehend him, and marks tbe close of theoareer of one of the most picturesque and Interesting ' criminals In official history. Daring the twelve years since this man esoaped from (he hands of justice by climbing out of a back window of his house, in Washington, D. C., while the Sheriff waited In his parlor, the Secret Servloe has been untiring In Its efforts to capture him. And after all these twelve years of unwearied nnd expensive search, Captain HowS.te was at last discovered In New York ty, where, for five or si* years, he has been living the quiet and peaceful life of a dealer in second hand books and old pamphlets. Under the innocent name of Harvey Williams, he has attained some prominence in this obscure and musty business. He had an establishment in the cellar of No. 80 Fourth avenue, a place well known to book worais and students of meteorology and old magazine literature. He ha* lived for four years a quiet and inoffensive private life with ayoongand pretty woman wnom he called his wife at No. 195 West Tenth street, within sight of the tall tower surmounting Jefferson Market Police Court No family was ever better spoken of than were the Wllliamses by their neighbors In the old Ninth Ward. When he was caotured Captain Howgate expressed no surprise. Ho said he had exEected capture for years. He added that he ad come to New York because he thought It the safest place In the United 8tates for one In his position to hide in. He ought to know, for ne has covered the continent since his escape in his efforts to find a secure retreat. The story of his life is a romance. Captain Henry W. Howsate, the ?nce distinguished officer In the United States Army led the Howgate expedition into the Arotio 8ea and was made Chief of the 8lgnal Service upon his return in 1878. He Is sixtytwo years old now, a miserable, brokendown man. Howgate resigned his commission In the United States Army In 1830, and at the death of General Myer announced himself as a candidate for the office of Chief Signal Officer. At the time he was a very popular man and was considered honest. He was a Mlobigander and once was postmaster at Borne, Mich. A liaison with a dashing yount? adventuress was the cause of Howgate's downlall, whloh was precipitated by discoveries made by General Hazen after a Washington newspaper had published rumors about his administration as disbursing officer. Howgate flea irom Washington April 16, 1881, and he was not arrested until October 4 of that year, when he was found at Mount Clemens."Mich., where he had been laid up with sciatica. He was first charged with embezzling $40,000, bat the amount grew with investigation of his accounts, until It was established that he had squandered between 8300.000 and $100,000 of money stolen irom the Governmsnt. In spite of this Howeate was released on ball, and it was rumdred that his iniquity was shared by others, and that to protect them he might never be tried. Color to these insinuations was given in the sudden disappearance of Howgate. and it was thought that he had forfeited his bail and fled the country, but he went to Washington and was put in jail. He had been in New York with the woman to whom he owed his disgrace. In spite of repeated warnings, the offlolals favored the prisoner in an extraordinary way. He was often allowed to leave the prison in charge of an officer, and ran up a large bill for carriage hire, which was the abject of a lawsuit. April 18, 1882,. on nn application from Howgate, Judge A. Wylie, ot the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, issued an order by which Howgate was able to leave prison in charge of Coart Bailiff Doing. Howgate's excuse to Judge Wylie was that he wished to go to 617 Thirteenth street Northwest, to see his daughter, who had just come from Vassar, and to look over some Erlvate papers. Doing, after reaching the ouse, did'not trouble himself to look after * { "?? i 1 I 1 1118 prisoner, waenrwu uuun unu oiapoou and he inquired for him he was told that Howgate had gone "to stretch his legs," and the last clue to the fuifitlve was from a boy, who said that he saw him playing with a dog on the next square. For the next Ave years Chief Drummon d received abundance of false news about IJowgate's movements, and now and then obtained information of his having been in various plaoes, but he escaped arrest. In 1887 the detectives believed that they could catch htm when he visited hl3 daughter in Newburyport, Mass. If he had such Intention he was warnad, as the house was watched in vain for Tnany week9. News of Howgate's arrest was aent to AttorneyGeneral Olney. FROM A LIVING TOMB, Four Imprisoned Miners Rescued Alter Fifty-four Hours. John J. Fanning, William B. Mitchell, George Barney and Andrew Klohesky, the four miners who were entombed In the slope of the Northwest Coal Compaey at Carbondale, Penn., have been rescued. All are T*ra11 av\A DOflm miiph tflA worse for their long Imprisonment. As soon as an opening was made, refreshments were passed through to the prisoners, and their hanger and thirst had been satisfled before they reached the surface. The men were without light and food for fiftyfour hours. They procured water from a miniature well which they dug in their cell. Inconsequence of having been so long in darkness, Fanning, when taken out of the 6haft, was unable to see a lamp held two feet away from him. None of the men could remember whether or not they had slept, and said that the sensation was like that of a person In a trance. There was rejoicing when the men were brought to the surface and escorted to their homes, HELD UP A TRAIN. Bold Robbers Get Away With a Small Sum of Money. The Southern Paciflo eastbound express was held up two miles east of Maricopa, Arizona, by three men, two of whom were masked. They boarded the train as it was leaving Maricopa, capturing the head brakeman. He was compelled to turn on the air brakes and stop the train. The engineer and the head brakeman, with pistols at their heads, were compelled to go back to the express car and induce the messenger to open the door. One of the bandits was then put in the car, and he searched for valuables while the others guarded each side of the train. The train men were then marched away a short distance and liberated, the robbers mounting their horses and striking southward. The amount taken i9 not known, but it is supposed to be small. LOST m THE FLOOD, More Than Seventy Houses In Sagua la Grande Swept Away. The Sagua River overflowed its banks and the city of Sagua la Grande, Cuba, is flooded. Many of the residents of the city have been drowned and the damage to property is immense. More than seventy houses have been carried away, and many others have been damaged. Thousands of persons saved them- ! selves by taking refuge on roofs of their houses, whence they were rescued by passing boats. The water in the streets is now . tlx feet deep. 1 -'" O ' <. v. f p PROMINENT PEOPLE Tm Pope's annual income la $1,430,000. Habbiet Beechxb Stowe was born In 1811. The Duke of Edinburgh can speak seven languages. The Count of Park's fortune amounted to about $20,000,000. Judge Gayabbe, the Louisiana historian, is nearly ninety years old, and is in good health and good spirits. Krao Oscab, of Sweden and Norway, is said to be the only European monarch who accepts the Darwinian theory. Two prominent lawyers of New York, Judge Fitzgerald and John W. Goff, began life as porters in a dry goods store. Lobd Rothschild on every Christmas gives to each policeman in London a briarwood pipe ana one ounoe of tobacco. The first product of Bret Harte's pen, a poem, was printed in the New York Atlas when the author was eleven years old. Gexebal Willabd Slocum died in Ashland, Ohio, aged seventy-four. He was brevetted a Brigadier-General in 1865 for bravery. Pbofessob Vieceow. who Is more than seventy-three years old, attended five great International congresses during his summer vacation. Govebsob Waite, of Colorado, was accompanied on hlg campaign tour by Miss Alice Catlin, nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction. j The Governor-elect and Lieutenant-Governor-elect of Vermont, both Colonel^ have but two arms between them, each having lost one in the war. Ex-Senatob Edjtcsds, of Vermont, has been elected one of the Vioe-Presfdents of the Immigration Bestrlctlon League and has accepted office. The Eing of the Belgians has become a devotee of bicycling, and rides constantly, accompanied by an ald-de-camp, who is also a proficient wheelman. Ln?w Boro Pobteb, nominated for Congress by the Populists in the Eighth Massachusetts District, is better knows to fame as "Albert Boss,'' a novelist. Raises WttHEXM carries with him a small but serviceable revolver, either in his pocket or in his belt when he Is in uniform because of the threats of the anarchists. Captain W. A Glasspobd, United States Army, takes premier honors as thomostsuc oessnu neuograpnisc ol mo uaj. .uc uw ?oently signaled a distance of 183 miles. Mb. Kcbino, the new Japanese Minister to Washington, is said to be an American in all bat birth. He wears American (clothes, and can hardly be distinguished from a native vhen seen on the street. Tebence V. Powdebly, ex-General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, was admitted to the bar of Lackawanna County, < Pennsylvania. It Is said that Mr. Powderly may leave Bcranton to practice law In New York. . Lobd Hawze, captain of the team of English cricketers now in this country, is a direct descendant of old Admiral Hawke of the British navy, who died in 1781 alter a life spent in thrashing the French In desperate sea fights. The Admiral won his place in the peerage in 1776 ard the title has been In tho family ever since. FLOEIDA STORM-SWEPT. Tie Damage to Property by the West India Hurricane. Despatches Indicate that the late storm was as severe In the Interior of Florida as on the J coast. It straok Tampa and then traveled j northeast for Jacksonville and, St. An gastine. At Ocala and Orlando, Interior points, several sea galls and sea oels were found after the storm passed. It Is safe to say that the storm -has cost Florida more than $1,000,000, though no lives have been lost, unless at Key West, Tltusville, Jupiter ^nd other east coast points. The damage to the orange growers Is incalculable. Special despatches say that In the large groves the ground is covered with green oranges. The loss is fully twenty per cent. At least fifty tin roofs In St. An?u3tine were blown away. The yacht club house on the sea wall was demolished, and all the wharves and piers washed away save one. South Beach ferry was badly damaged. At daylight the Water that had dashed against the sea wall at night, throwing spray hundreds of feet, rose twenty inches above it. cover* lng that part of the oity. Por an hour water was thrown fifty teet high by the surf that rose and fell on Bay street. Then for hall an hoar the wind and rain Increased and suddenly died down, later shifting to north* we?t and blowing steadily through the day. Nearly all (.the windows in St Augustins were blown in and the houses flooded with water. The Ponce de Leon Hotel was damaged in this way. The loss on the hotel's furniture is heavy. A despatch from Palatka announces great damage at that place to river craft. The steamer Princess, valued at $12,00i), was sunk between Palatka and Picolata. The steamer Edith was driven ashore. The steamer Debary was driven against the draw-bridge and wrecked. The steam yacht Maude was sunk near Crescent City. Between Green Cove Springs ana Palatka, on the St. John's, twelve-wharves have com- j pletely dlsappB&recL At Tampa several larse cigar factories were destroyed. The First Presbyterian Church and the Tampa Bay Hotel were badly damaged. The total loss on balldlngs at Tampa is estimated at $50,000. FEDERAL PENSIONS. ~ ? I How the Expenditure for the Past ' Year Was Divided. The report of the Third Auditor of the | Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1891, sbows the total disbursements at pension agencies to have been 8137,636,981. The amounts paid to pensioners under the general laws were as follows, cents omitted: Invalids, 858.682,119; widows, 813,412.021, minors, 81,010,204; dependent relatives, $3,681,961. The amounts paid under the act of June 27. 1890, were as follows i Invalids, 843,666,091; widows, 89.856,892; minors 8697,004; dependent relutlves, $1,709,829; helpless children, 8S065. To pensioners of the War of 1812 : Survivors. 85312; widows, 8645,297. Under the Mexican War act: Survivors, 81,388,707 ; widows, 8803,345. Indian wars claims : 8377,883 to survivors, 8456.652 to widows. Army nurses received 865,682; about 8650,000 was paid to pension examining surgeons and the balance was for expenses of pension agencies. CANADA'S SHIP CANAL. Water Let Into the Mammoth Trench at Sault Ste. Jiarie. i Water was let Into tho Canadian ship canal at Sault Ste. Mnrlo, Mich. There were no ceremonies attending the incident. It is expected that the canal will be ready for navigation within a month. The Canadian canal is similar In design to the United States ship canal now under construction on the American side of the river, and is a magnificent piece of engineering skill. Tho amount appropriated for the work was 84.000,000. Work was corflmenced on it on May 1, 1839. The canal Is 3700 feet long and twenty-oue feet deep, and runs through a neck of land Jutting out from the mainland. There is only one lift to overcome the 18% feet of fall between the upper and lower levels. THE ANTWERP EXHIBITION. King Leopold Distributes the Awards ?The United States Get]122. Tbo King of Belgium went to Antwerp to preside over the ceremony of the distribution of awards at 'the .exhibition. After a speech by the Minister of PublloWorks,iI. <le Bruyn, who stated that the exhibition had proved a vast success, the commissaries general of the exhibition stated that the number of awards obtained by each country were as foliows: i France stands at the head of the list with 2793 awards, including 139 grand prizes, 267 diplomas of honor and seventy-seven gold medals. The United States receives 122 awards; Honduras, two; Germany, 706; Great Britain, 863 ; Belgium, 2470, including 110 grand prizes; China, eight awards; Japan, twenty-two, and a number to the Congo Free State. N ffBBCOD BY A TMAdS THE BUSINESS PABT OF LITTLE BOCK DEVASTATED. Four Lives Lost and Many Person* Injured?The State Insane Asylum and the Penitentiary Partly Destroyed?The Loss Will Reach a Million. A terrific cyclone swept over the business portion of Little Eock, Ark., at 7.30 o'clock p. mM carrying death and destruction in its path. Shortly after dark a heavy storm came from the west, accompanied by vivid I flashes of lightning and heavy clashes of thunder. The sky suddenly cleared, and the storm was thought to be over, whea suddenlv a heavy gale irom the southwest appeared, fhA/iitv TAQ hadlr dam /*UU 1U Lilt r-n UIIUU^S tuwv**,? ^ aged. Trees, telegraph, telephone and electric light poles were uprooted and carried 200 yard*. Theroofs of about thirty of the largest buildings in the city wer* torn from the houses and hurled against buildings on the opposite side of the street, leaving the occupants at the mercy of the rain, which began to descend in torrents. When the cyclone had ceased it was discovered that the residence portion of the city I had entirely escaped, but Main street to Third, Markham street, from Centre to Cumberland, and Second, trom Cumberland, was almost a total wreck. This territory covers the principal business portion of the town. The Western Union office was wrecked and the operators had narrow escapes. The tornado cause*! the following fatalities and injuries: Killed?Dr. J. T. Ingate, Jackson Boyd, son of Jackson BoyaTand T. F. Griffith. Injured?C. T. Monroe,John Eaton, Jerry Donahue. 8. 0. Smith, WOl Ward. John Brown, Fritz Reis, Mrs. L. Volmer, Mrs. J. Janka. Mrs. Lala Prowitt, Joe Halloway. Joe Swift. Joha Fontereaus, W. D. Trotter, Mlas Lucille West, W. A. Lancc.'ord, John Ball&n, Tom Forbes, ? Houser, George B. Cross. 0." Prater, J. M. Ryan, J. C. Biggs, J. D. BowIin, Dr. Lakeland. A. Henry, Will Harvey, convict; T. Mitchell, convict; G. Baker, convict ; G. S. Jenks. convict; Lee Hinson. convict ; Will Singleton, convict; J. J. Smith, guard; John Witt, guard. Never in the history of Little Bock was there such a scene of wrecked and ruined buildings as was presented on the streets next morning. The streets were almost impassable. The damage will aggregate hall a million dollars. The only insurance held by the sufferers amounts to about $2500. Almost every building between Markham and Third streets on Main was unroofed, and in several cases entire front* were leveled. On East Markham street the destruction of property was greater than elsewhere. Several large buildings were de molished and not one escaped injury. Windows and doors were blown out, tin roofs carried away, telephone and electric light wires blown to the ground, and poles twisted off at the curbing. It was at the insane asylum where the most complete wreck was to be seen. The buildtnes, built by the State at a cost of | 8300,000, are on a prominence three mil as west of the business part of the city* and offered a splendid target for the fury of tho storm. The ruin was not complete, but tho damage is estimated at from $75,000 to (100,000. There was one death there. Dr. J. T. Ingate, second assistant physician. He and Dr. Robinson, the Superintendent, were standing in the hall talking just before the storm struck, and as they separated to go to their rooms, the two towers which crowned the main office portion crashed through the three stories, burying Doctor Ingate under the debris of one of them. Dr. Robinson had a narrow escape, but by pressing up against the wall while bricks and timbers were flying about his head in the dark, the lights having been at once extinguished, he suoceeded in getting out without j Injury. i Aheavy force of men worked ail night and j forenoon In removing the debris to find the body of the unfortunate physician, bat his 1 ??- nn/invornrl linHlll o'flloot. remaiLus v?cIOUVI uuw>v?vw..._. _ r.t He was found under a mass of brick and H timbers In tbo vestibule of the main build- H lng. lying on his face. His remains \Cere H forwarded to his parents at Mobile, Ala. 9H Besides the destruction wrought In thd H main building, the east wall of the male H I ward was completely torn away. Wards 1, H 3, 5 and 7 are a total wreck. The roof Is H blown off, and debris has been fouad half a H mile east. Pandemouium reigned after the H fury of the storm had been spent. The cells H In the south wing were occupied by Inmates H at the time. M About fifteen escaped, but all but seven H were recaptured. The following were miss- H ; Ing, and it was not known whether they H were killed or were at large: Quincy Jones, H Dennis Callahan, James McPeters, William H M. Miller, William Surratt, Joseph W. John; son, George Wackerman. ffi The storm did damage at the State Hj penitentiary aggregating 839,000. TheH I south half of the roof of the cell house was H ! completely torn away and carried outstde H the walls. The windows were all broken ! out, but very little damage was done to the Interior. Many of the convicts were in HQ ' their cells at the time and were not hurt. The new workhouse, chapel and kitchen were badly wrccked. The third story and the east wall ot the second story were blown |H down. The west wall was cracked at the flnnp ,?nd inclined to the east about forty-JB five degrees. It was in thi3 building where the only^H death occurred. J. F. Griffith, a white man,^| from Clay County, wus descending the stair-^H way from the third story, when the wali^J caved in, and buried him under the debris.^| The two-story stable, blacksmith shop and^B woodshed that stood in the centre of the^E yard were badly wrecked. Several head of^H stock were killed. RK The heaviest losers are : Insane Asylum, $100,000; Penitentiary, $30,000: Dickinson^! Hardware Company. 62500; Dudley ?.^H Jones Company, $4000; H. H. Rottaken,H| $15,000; G. F. Biucum, $20,000 ; J. H. AIc-H Carthy, $3000 : Louis Volmer, $5000 ; Ralph^H Goodrich, $5000: A. Lofton, $2000^H Mrs. C. P. Redmond, $10,000; CapitoiHJj Hotel, $2000: Arkansas Stailes, $2000 Bell Telephone Company, $2000 ; San^H Rudolph & Company. $5000: E. Ellenbo?en^^H $4000 ; Arkansas Carpet and Furniture Com-^H pany, $20,000 : Little Rock Tent and Awnhu^H >i9noo : Wilson and Webb Station^^H erv Companv, 615,000 , W. P. Homan, $2000 J. W. Bldelman. 61500. Several hundre<^B others sustained losses ranging from $503 to^H $1200. n WHEAT, FIFTY" CENTS. M Bread Can Be Made Now at a Cent aH| Pound. H Wheat never sold as low as it did a fe?H days ago in Chicago. Tlio regular contraoflH grade of the articlo was disposed of oi^Bh 'Change at fifty cents per bushel. jfifij A bushel of wheat will yield about forty^H pounds of the best grade of flour, and that^H will make at least fifty pounds of bread. Sc^Hj that, without adding the cost of baking^^N bread could be made from whea^H| at this price at one cent a pound^M A man would need to hire an ex^H press wagon to take home half a dol^H lar's worth of bread, and if his fam^Hj ily did not consist of more than himself an^^H wife and two children his fifty cents woult^H keep them all in bread for two weeks, estiHH mating their united bread appetites at thre^^| and a half pounds per day. |^H The best posted statisticians on the world'^H wuoat crop nijuro mat me excess over sumption is thirty-five per cent. |ffl DROWNED BY DRINK, I An Intoxlcatcd Father Sacrlflce^H Seven Lives. hH| Seven persons were drowned at Chaskt^^B Minn. Louis Scharf and family, who ha^^H attended tho fair, started home at 7 o'cloc^H p. m. Scharf was Intoxicated and wa^^J driving fast. When within a block of th^^fl river he was stopped by J. Kanze, c^Hf Minneapolis, who told him to drI\^^B Blower. Scharf promised to do so, but nHfi sooner was he released than he whipped hi^R| horses furiously and dashed down the rlv^^H bank, over the ferryboat and into the rive^^K His wife, five children and Miss Mary Bo^|^ kus, Mrs. Schorl's sister, wo.-e drowned, were the horses. Scharf clung to the wago^^a box and was rescued. The bodies of Mr^BB Saharf and two of the children were reco^Dj ered. .. gMj