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jSOLID SHOTAT ODE FLAG. 1, A Spanish- Gunboat Attacks the p American Steamship Allianca. / CI Lunnnrn <Pii>rilTk/ ril/P kill TO rUKSUtU I WtNt T-NYC. IYIILLO. b s< 31 'The Spaniard, Evidently Looking for !j| Cuban Filibuster*. Fired In Response p to the Salute of the Allianca, Which ? Showed American Color*-?The News Makes a Stir at Washington. Ci I t] j An unknown Spanish gunboat fired a shot E ( oross the bows of the Columbia line steam- q jahip AUianoa on March 8 as the latter was ^ 'steaming toward this coast from Colon be- ^ tween Cape Mays! ia Cuba and Cape Niohol- o eon in Hayti. A similar shot brought about " jkhe war between the United States and England in 1812. si ; The ship was threading her way through o the Windward Passage, and, according to ^ the statement of her commander and of all others on board, was well olear of the marine tt Jeague, when a Spanish man-of-war, which J1 (was lying Inshore, started In pursuit. |j | The Alllanca hoisted her colore and dipped bl ]them three times as the man-of-war arew near, that being the oustomary salute which 'c a merchant vessel pays to a vessel of war when meeting upon the seas. f The Spaniard's reply was a blank cartridge 31 red from her bow gun. Captain Croa^man, e of the Alllanca, was astonished at the act. More to direct attention to the flag he was ailing under than to pay any additional oourtesy to the Spaniard, ne oraerea mat iao m flag be dipped again. H The rippling emblem of the free had hardly been mastheaded again before another " ehot boomed from the pursuer. Captain c< prossman, then thoroughly angry, paid no ai attention to the shot, which was an unwar- u] hinted and arbitrary command to heave to. qi A few minutes later the Spaniard yawed tr Bharply to starboard, the glint of one of his tt big bow guns was seen for a moment, and w then the vessel was wreathed in a oloud of tl smoke. n< i Before the report was heard a heavy shot o< ,whizzed toward the American vessel, struck tt Jthe water about an eighth of a mile astern, pcoohetted, and disappeared after a few E more splashes over the surface. Then an- M other shot or shell, or whatever the mis- n< Bile was, was flred from the Spaniard and V ptruck the water about the same distance G astern of the American. Then another pro- s? Sectile was thrown from the Spaniard, but ri Ibat also fell short of the steamship. C . The Allianca continued her course north, w and the gunboat began to chase her, firing ei *olid shot at her, some of which nearly hit Ci her. ti The mnboat chased the American ship for twenty-five miles, but was gradually dropped astern, the American merchant vessel being (the faster boat. The smoke was pouring from the funnels of the gunboat, ana e phe was seemingly trying her best to overhaul the Allianoa. She (evidently had no bow chasers, for every time she fired she had to yaw in order to St bring her guns to bear. The Allianca slightly aj Increased her speed after the gunboat began g to Are, and had no difaculty in getting away from her. As the Spaniard was dropped 1 Mtern she hoisted a set of signals, but sha oi was too far away at the time for them to b^ Id made out WASHINGTON STIRRED UP. c' CI Immediate Inquiry to B? Made and Repa- q ration, Doubtless, Demanded. o r>?ha n. * L mesa UIO opauisu autuunum 1U vuua ? can furnish a satisfactory explanation of P< the aot of the Captain of the Spanish A) man-of-war in firing upon the American tb eteamer Ailianca, serious diplomatic com- to plications are likely to ensue between the tb United States and Spain. Secretary Gresham g* was not disposed to commit himself on the G subject. As soon as he received a mes- el sage from Captain Crossman, command- Id 'lng the Ailianca, confirming the re- 8f ports published in the papers, and cr adding that a detailed aocount of the transaction had been forwarded at once to WashJngton, the Secretary decided to await the re- Al .ceipt of Captain Crossman's statement before calling the attention of the Spanish authori- T] ties officially to the outrage upon the American flag. The officials of the Navy Department have not been so muoh interested over a report since Admiral Benham's famous cablegram announcing that the Detroit had di flred on the Brazilian insurgents in Bio Bay ' Cj w or WHEAT FED TO STOCK. a5 i S I *" Feeding the Crop in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. be The Secretary of Agriculture is in receipt tj, of a communication from a leading manu- H facturer and business man of Omaha, giving w the result of his observation and inquiries ^ during a recent trip through the State oi hi Kansas, as to the present outlook for the i0 wheat crop in that State and the extent to w ; which wheat has been fed to stock by Kansas th fanners. He found the receipts of wheat in w Kansas City to be averaging from two to five Ce care per day by comparison with fifty to seventy-five cars per day a year ago. Miller? all reported large quantities of wheat ground for feeding purposes. _ One miller, indeed, reported that he had ground more wheat for feeding purposes than for bread. A number of farmers reported that they had fed, or would feed, _ fully one-half of the wheat raised last year. /Concluding his letter this correspondent at says: "In Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and a por- th tion of Missouri I should estimate that be tween per cenr. ana nrty per oeni. 01 last year's crop had been so used, and if the ^ farmers continue the present ratio more than one-half of last vear's crop will be fed tr u stock." 01 _ It LILIUOKALANI SENTENCED. * Hawaii's tx-yueen Gets Five Years' Iin- T prlsomnent and a 83000 Fine. ' sl Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, re- ia ceived her sentence at Honolulu on February 26 at 2 p. m. The President's aide. Major 7* Pattu, accompanied by Major McLeod and tc the ex-Queen's intimate friends, Mr. and ^ Mrs. Charles B. Wilson, visited the apart- . mqnt in the Executive Building occupied by u Mr?. Liliuokalani Dominis for the purpose of reading to her the sentence passed upon her by the Military Commission for the crime of misprision of treason as modified by President Dole. (] Mrs. Dominis moved to rise, but at Major S1 Pattu's request remained seated during the y reading of the sentence. She manifested no Ci emotion- The commission had imposed the h full penalty of the crime, being five years' t< Imprisonment at hard labor and 85000 One. tt The President had modified the sentence by g( remitting the labor. 01 Netray Gleanings. The business outlook is good. Cholera. is raging in tho State of Minas 0 Gereas, Brazil. Suicides in St. Petersburg, Russia, last year numbered 443. a It is estimated that 18,000,000 bushols of ti wheat will be fed to live stock in England P this year. n It has practically been decided to hold an ^ International Mining Exposition in Denver. CoL, in 1896. Thebe are twelve women candidates for places on the London School Board this year l ' ?twelve out of 198. f Emperor William has called a meeting of c the State Council to devise means to aid the Prussian agriculturists. Silas P. Carpenter has just been eiectea iTown Treasurer of Richford, Vt., for the g (fiftieth consecutive year. The United States revenue cutter Corwin rj left San Francisco for Alaskan waters to hunt lor illicit dealers in whisky. Influenza is raging with virulence in London and Berlin. The well-to-do classes seem to be the greatest "sufferers. 1 The Rock Island Railroad contributes ' 30,000 and free transportation for seeds for I .destitute Nebraska ana Kansas farmers. Mgr. Khrimian, the Armenian patriarch, says 11,000 of his countrymen were butohf red by the Turks in the Bassoun district. t f GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY. "h* United State* to Be Represented at the Opening; of the Kiel Canal. The number of warships expected to be resent at the opening of the great Kiel ?anal in Germany this spring will far surass any gathering in recent years, not exepting that of our naval review, when there re re about forty vessels in New York Haror. Great Britain. France and Russia will jnd large fleets, while Italy, Spain and other nailer continental powers will be represen?d by some of their latest crack warships, he United States will have the flagship San rancisco and Marblehead, and probably one f the two triple screw cruisers and the New ork. Seoretary Herbert has notified the Araerian Minister at Berlin to inform tne officials tiat two ships, and perhaps four, will be at Jel, in accordance with the Emperor's reuest. The opportunity of showing off the olumbia and Minneapolis, which are withut equal in their class, and to compare the ew York with the Blake, an armored cruiser f nearly the same displacement, it is beeved may be taken advantage of by Secreirv Herbert, who has been anxious for some me to let foreign navies witness the latest iccesses which have crowned the building fthe new navy. It is admitted that no ship i comparable to the New York ,of her tonage and class, while there are but two iple-screw cruisers in the world except lose belonging to the United 8tates. Both le Kaiserine-Augusta and the French ship ave failed to make the record of the Columla, and in this branch of naval advaneeient the United States so far has outstripped irelgners. FIGHTING THE INCOME TAX. ilitlnpuUhbd Conn At-1 In Battle Array In the Snpremo Court. Preliminary arrangements for the argulent in the income tax cases were made in le Supreme Court of the United 8tates in le presence of such an array of distinguished >unsel as is seldom seen in the court. There re three cases. Proceedings were opened pon the coming in of the court with a reueet from the Attorney-General that the iree cases be consolidated. It was arranged lat five hours should be given to each side, 1th the statement by Chief Justice Fuller lat further time would be given if found Bcessary later. He also remarked that the )urt would not expeot to hear more than iree attorneys on each side. In the Moore case ex-8enator George F, dmunds and Samuel 8hellabarger and J. L Wilson appear for Moore, and the Attorey-General. Assistant Attornev-General fhitney and the Solicitor-General for the overnment. Pollock and Hyde are repremted by Clarance A. Seward, W. D. Guthe, Charles Steele, Joseph H. Choate, harles 8outhmayd and B. H. Bristow. hlle H. B. Turner appears for the Farms' Loan and Trust Company, and James C. arter and William C. Gullinar for the Cor nent&l Company. SHOUP IDAHO'S SENATOR AGAIN. e Received .Inst the Number of Totes Necessary to an Election. George L. Shoup was re-elected United :ates Senator from Idaho on the first ballot ; Boise City. ^The vote was: Shoup, 27; veet, 12; Crook, 14; absent, 1; necessary to ohoioe, 27. There was great excitement rer the result, crowds at the Capitol shoutg themselves hoarse. George L. Shoup was born in Armstrong ounty, Pennsylvania, in 1836. All the eduitton that he received was that afforded at village school. He settled on a farm near alesburg, in Illinois, in 1852, but in 1856 went i Pike's Peak in search of gold. He made great mark in the Colorado Indeindent Scouts during the Civil War in ?hting the Indians, and retired from le service a Colonel. He then went Idaho, engaged in trade, served in ie Territorial Legislature, was a Deleite in Congress, and was made Territorial overnor by President Harrison- He was ected the first Governor of the State of laho. He was next chosen United 8tates >nator, and as Governor signed his owd edentials for his new office. NCIENT AND HONORABLE CODFISH. tie Maigachugett* Home Superintend* the Transfer. At twilight, in Boston, the ancient codfish, at emblem of Massachusetts^ old-time inlstry, was lowered from its place in the old iamber of the House of Representatives, here it has been suspended for more than le hundred years, wrapped up in the Stars id Stripes and carried to its future place of >ode in the Chamber of the new House of apresentatives. , Four stalwart messengers in blue uniforms >re the fish, wrapped in the American flag, its new home. The Sergeant-at-Arms lea e prooession. and fifteen members of the ouse, especially appointed for the service, ere the escort. Representatives Gallivan and Roberts derered speeches to the House, giving the story of the codfish, and they were folwed by Representatives Irwin and Gauss, ho made appropriate remarks, and offered e necessary orders and resolutions which ill insure the safety of the fish for another rntury. UNCLE SAM AND SPAIN. lquiry aa to Oar Attltnde on the Cuban Insurrection. Deputy Lem? questioned the Spanish Gov nment in the Congress at Madrid as to the :titude of the United States toward Spain in le matter of the Cuban insurrection. Senor Abarzuza, Minister of Colonies, plied that he had conferred with United tates Minister Taylor only as to le penalties recently Inflicted upa Americans in Cuba. The general 'lations between the two oountries were jrdial, as was proved by the manner in hich the Nueva Espa^na was received at ampa. The commander of the gunboat had (ported to the local officials, who had lown the greatest good will to the Spanirds. In the Senate, Premier Sagasta was asked hether or not the United States had offered > help quell the revolt in Cuba. He angered that the report to this effect was un ue, adding that Spain needed no assistance i subduing the insurgents. Suicide of a Bank CashieK Henry F. Wing, Cashier of the Grafton Mass.) Savings Bank, committed suicide by looting himself with a pistol in his barn. Ting was seventy years of age, had been ishier of the bank for thirty-eight years and ad also served as Town Treasurer. Owing ) difficulty in the settlement of several esites oi' which he was executor, there were iveral suits, aggregating more than $200,30, pending against him. Seven Persons Killed by Indians. A courier has just brought news of anther outbreak by the Yaqui Indians in [exico. A band of about fifty hostile Inians left their rendezvous in the mountains nd struck the Yaqui River Valley. They atacked a number of ranches aud killed seven ersons, among the victims being two \vuien. Large quantities of grain were also lurued. Murdered A11 His Family. In South London, England, an unemiloyed plasterer named Taylor, despondent rom idleness, murdered his wilo and five ihtlrlran un/1 L>illu/1 himaolf Earthquake in Virginia. At 9.45 p. m. a very perceptible earthquake ihock was felt at Wytheville, Va. Houses ibook and windows and furniture rattled. Che shook lasted about thirty seconds. Soldiers* Homes Overcrowded. Inspector-General of the United States Irmy ha? reported that National soldiers4 lomes are overcrowded to a dangerous defree. Seven Miners Killed. Seven miners were killed while descending he shaft of the Mall-Beach lead mine, near jnrewsbury, Shropshire, England. HOB LYMES MM. They Were Deliberately Shot Down by Avenging Colorado Miners, ITALIAN MINISTER PROTESTS. The Victims "Were Charged With a Murder?Four Butchered 'in a Wagon While Being Taken to Jail?The American Driver Accidentally Killed? The Mob Breaks Into the Jail. muu ruje reigneu ior several u?ys nuiuug the miners in the coal camps of Huerfano County, Colorado, and seven victims, all but one Italians, were during that time slain by bullets from the mob's Winchesters. Four Italians were killed from ambush while being taken prisoners in a wagon to the jail at Walsenburg after a Coroner's commitment for complicity in the murder of Abner J. Hixon, a saloon keeper at Rouse. An American boy who was driving the wagon was killed by the fusillade of bullets. Before daylight a mob of miners and citizens of Walsenburg gathered outside the jail where two of the Italians were confined, got inside by a pretence, and killed both the prisoners. It was reported that the same mob, thirsting for more bloodshed, later took out of jail a German oharged with outrage and killed him. During the excitement two other prisoners escaped. The names of the dead so far as known were as follows: Joseph Welsby, boy, driver of prisoners' wagon; Lorenzo Danino, killed in jail; he beat Hixon to death; Pete Jacobini, killed in jail. The names of the four Italians killed on the road were unknown. Five other suspeots had been released from custody before the mob rose. All of them lived at Bouse, where the Italians far outnumber the Amerinana The attack upon the jail at Walsenburg was the result of the extreme excitement provoked by the summary vengeanoe of Hixon's friends. The massacre of the five men from ambush was evidently well planned, with the exception of the killing of the driver. Four of those killed had been held for trial by the Coroner's jury. It is asserted that Welsby's death was accidental. In order to be certain that the fifth Italian held for Hixon's murder should .not escape, the mob did not stop to identify the two prisoners found in the jail, but riddled both with rifle balls. The motive for the murder of Hixon is the subject of much speculation. He was thirtysix years old and a native of Arkansas, and was not of an aggressive or quarrelsome disposition. It is thought he was attacked while on the road from Walsenburg to Bouse, a coal mining camp, six miles distant, and knocked from his horse by a blow on the head. Workmen going to the Rouse mine discovered Hixon with his skull fractured. There was absolutely no clue to the perpetrators of the crime, but T. J. Brewer, pit boss at the coal mine, solved this difficulty. Hastening to his home he secured a trained bloodhound and put him on the scent. The dog struck a trail that led the pursuers to the rear of a saloon a half mile away. The intelligent brute bayed and rushed to an oli table standing in the rear room. An examination of the table revealed fresh blood stains. Lorenzo-Danino and Jobatto Antonio, who were found in the room, were immediately arrested. The dog continued to a neighborX Vt~ nWy,A I iilg UttLUU, WUCiU tciD x U^Di/ka cuiu a luua. Aurico were found. The quartette of Italians made many damaging admissions of knowledge of the murder, and upon close questioning the names of Ave others implicated were divulged. Danino was charged with being the chief oonspirator. Horsemen scoured the surrounding country, and by four o'olock in the afternoon all the suspected Italians were under arrest and lodged in jail, where they remained until called to attend the Inquest. At its conclusion the men who had been arrested, all of whom were Italians and , eleven in number, were put into a wagon and started for Walsenburg in the keeping of the officers. The prisoners were in charge of Deputies Earl Danford and Charles Harriman and Driver Joseph Welsby. When on a bridge less than a mile from Walsenburg six masked men rode up, ordered the driver to stop, the deputies to hold up their hands, and the prisoners to get out. The horsemen began shooting, frightening the horses, which ran into a wire fence. The driver was killed by an accidental shot, and four of the prisoners fell dead in the road. Peter Jaoobini, badly wounded, was taken to Walsenburg jail, After the attack on the wagon party all was comparatively quiet until soon after midnight. About that time seven or eight men wearing masks knocked at the door of the jail where Lorenzo Danino. who was charged by the other Italians with having struck the blows that killed Hixon, and the Italian wounded in the wagon attack were confined. In answer to a question the men said O'Malley, the Sheriff, wanted to enter. As soon as the door was opened the guard found guns in their faces. Part of the masked men then went to the cell where the two Italians were confined and fired eight or ten shots. Each prisoner received four or five bullets. One died instantly, but the other lived a short time in great agony. The Marquis Imperial, First Secretary of, the Italian Embassy, called on Aoting Secre-' tary Uhl, of the State Department at Washington, in relation to the killing of Italians at Walsenburg, Col. He did not make formal complaint, but requested Mr. Uhl to see that protection was afforded Italian subjects in the event of further trouble. Mr. Uhl promised to do so, and sent a telegram to the Governor of Colorado asking what measures had been taken to insure compliance with the request of the Italian Government. Governor Mclntyre telegraphed the State Department that he had Instructed the Sheriff of Huerfano County to protect the Italian miners from further mob violence. He said in his despatoh that from information he believed the Italian miners were American citizens. Ho further said that the militia nearest the scene could be forwarded ut short notice. Cannel Coal Miners Wanted. Work in the cannel ooal mines is more flancerous than in other kinds of coal mines. Comparatively few persons use It, as It burns too rapidly for steam purposes. It is saturated with oil and burns with a brilliant white flame. It is a favorite in the Northwest, where all the products of the three mines at Ashland, Ky., go, but for some reason the trade completely collapsed, the mines have been idle for months and the miners have drifted away. There is not a bushel of ooal on top of the ground at Ashland and fully 1000 more men are wanted. DEFEATED THE REBELS. Two Hours' Battle In Cuba in "Which Fifty Were Killed aud Wounded. The military commander of the province of Santiago de Cuba reports that Colonel Saniocildes while proceeding with a hundred men en route for Bayamo received information that there were 400 armed rebels in the vicinity. Colonel Santocildes overtook and attacked the band of rebels at Guantanamo, within sight of Bayumo. The firing which ensued lasted two hours, at the end of which time the rebels were dispersed with a loss of fifty killed and wounded. The Government side had six men wounded. BIC FIRE IN KANSAS CITY Over 9400,000 I.ont by the Destruction of Three Business Buildings. A Are, which destroyed over $400,000 worth of property In an hour, started in the fourstory building at Kansas City, Mo., occupied by the English Supply Company, dealers in engine supplies and wrcmght-iron material. The flre spread to the top of the flve-story briok building occupied by the Western Newspaper Union, and also to the Great Western Type Foundry Building. Both buildings were destroyed practically. The Western Newspaper Company printed 200 Western weekly newspapers, and employed a big force. The loee in this building Klnns will ?xneed #75.000. \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED/ |j Waihlnslon Items. I In the abeenoe of Secretary Greaham and President Cleveland, Acting Secretary Uhl, K of the 8tate Department, took no immediate aotion as to the firing of a Spanish war vessel on the Allianca. Joseph H. Choate made the closing argu" ment in the Income Tax case before the So" nreme Court, leaving the matter before the B Justices for decision. The wounding of Purser Bala in New Orleans was made the subject of a formal x complaint by the British Ambassador at Washington. Abouments for the Income Tax were made before the Supreme Court by Attorney-General Olney and James C. Carter; Mr. Choate made his argument against it. The customs receipts show a continued and sustained improvement, being for the fiscal year up to date 8105,877,000, or nearly n a million more than for the same time last fr year. Internal revenue receipts are (5,000,- ^ 000 in excess of this time last year. Ex-Senatob Geoboe F. Edmunds argued 0j against the constitutionality of the Income ^ Tax before the United States Supreme Court. ^ Patkekts under the Inoome Tax law have c< already been made at Washington. ri Secretaby Hoke SanTH has determined ** that no more patents for Lands granted to subsidized railroads snail 00 issued unni there has been a settlement of their debt to the Government. a' Mixibteh Tatlob, at Madrid, has informed the Department of State that five of the large number of olaims preferred by American ,, merchants for the recovery of duties paid to q, Cuban officials in excess of the proper charges ? have b?en allowed. ^ Abbibtaxt Secbetaby C trans. as "Acting m Secretary," issued a statement to the effect e that the Treasury Department is satisfied m with tha manner in which the gold-sellers are ^ performing their part of the contraot. hj The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia fould an indictment against Charles A. b< Dana, editor, and William M. Laffan, pub- le lisher of the New York Sun. for oriminal li- ol bel committed against Frank B. Noyes, of m the Washington Evening Star, who is a di- o1 rector of the Associated Press. T The Navy Department decided to man Ave *E warships with the 1000 additional men en- a' listed by an act of Congress. ^ Comptboxxee Eckels issued a call for the y. return of the condition of National banks at the close of business on Tuesday, March 5. g, The Ways and Means Committee recom- ir mends that England, Russia and Japan be w requested to co-operate with the United bi States in protecting the seals. lc President Cleveland decided the boundary dispute between Brazil and Argentina ? in favor of Brazil. * Bt tx b< Foreign Notes. n( It was reported that ex-State Treasure* Taylor, of South Dakota, who is a defaulter , to the amount of <368,000, had been arrested PJ at Vera Cru*. Mexico. Queen Victoria, of England, started from & London on her journey to Nice. Emperor William opened the session of si the Prussian Council of State; in his speech pi he urged the adoption of measures to relieve re the agricultural distress. m Great destitution prevails in 8t. John's, New Foundland; fifty per oent. of the people b< are said to be receiving or in want of assistance to keep them from starvation. 01 Martial law has been proclaimed in Pan- Pi ama. rp. The Raleigh has arrived at Colon, and the di United States now has four warships on the ca coasts of Colombia. bi There is great excitement in Spain over the Cuban revolt; 12,000 troops are under or- ^ ders there for the oampaign. The volcano of Orizaba, Mexico, is in vio- yj lent eruption. jj Owing to a dispute concerning the use of ol machinery and other matters, the Shoe Opera- tfc tives' Union, of England, has called out all O the operatives who are not obliged to give a rl weeks notice. Ton thousand operatives th quitted work. rl The Comptroller of Customs at Ottawa decided that electricity was dutiable If im ported into Canada. w Mabquis Fillippo Bebabdi, Senator since g 1882, and for several years President of the . Italian Board of Lunacy Commissioners, was ^ Inspecting an insane asylum in the suburbs of Borne when a lunatic attacked and fatally Injured him. Admiral da Oama has Invaded Bio Grande rf do 8ul, Brazil, with a force of 3200, lnoluding a naval battalion. d< 8an Dominoo has settled with France, and oc the French warships have been called off. sa Haiti's War Minister has deserted, and the c? revolution has spread to the south. fo di Domestic. ^ Fibe in New York City destroyed the lab- Ci oratory of the great electrioian, Nikola tt Teaia, and threw hundreds of men out of In wo?k. Afr San Francisco, Cal., Harry Browne, a bt notorious charater. shot and killed his wife! P ana then shot and killed himself. Browne1 ^ was thought to have been crazy. He was1 " possessed of over 8100,000. s* Lizzie Mabtin, a bride of a month, com- t mltted suicide at Kendallville, Ind., by tak-j m, ing morphine. She was driven out into the cold by her husband's parents. The tug N. B. Starbuck was sunk in the East Biver, New York City. The Starbuck's Captain was picked up, injured about the head, and died soon after. ' Pj Louis A. Tbact, Secretary of the Security, *r, Company, of Hartford, Conn., has been ar- w rested, charged with embezzling $9700 from that bank. William J. McKilvet was appointed Superintendent of Police in Brooklyn. The Violet, with President Cleveland and A party on board, left Pamlico Sound on the return trip to Washington. The oyster dredging schooner Ida Y. C Seward was capsized in Broad Creek, Talbot MowlnrH anH thn crow ftonsistlntr vt seven men', were drowned. ' fo The Toledo ("Ohio) High School building, Ci a four-story bnok structure, was almost de- 0j stroyed by Are. The Are was caused by an n( explosion, probably of ohemlcals In the laboratory. The loss is estimated at $150,000. w Boston's new $5,000,000 public library 01 building in Copley square was opened for pi routine business. There was a good-natured ol rivalry to obtain the first book in each de- si partment. tr At Minneapolis, Minn., Harry Hayward, c" convioted of the murder of Miss Glng, was P1 sentenced to be hanged three months from 8 date. The six-year-old daughter of William {g Sprigle, a farmer south of Logansport, Ind., Bj bted to death after having an aching tooth y( extracted. u A whIlLE was killed off Nahant, Mass. c( Elisha Smith Thomas. Protestant Eplsco- P' pal Bishop of Kansas, is aead. Eiomr men were imprisoned in the Old a< Abe mice of New Mexico by the burning of the hotet house, and the ohances were against their ever coming out alive. Chables A. Dana, editor of the New York *' Sun, surrendered himself to the United States authorities and waH released on his w own reoognizance. He Is charged with criminal libel. si Harry Haywabd was found guilty at Minneapolis, Minn., of the murder of Miss Cath- bt erine uiiik. CI1 The First National Bank of Texarkana, Texas, has closed Its doors. m The House at Augusta. Me., voted 79 to 54 la in favor of the bill giving municipal suffrage to women. * pi The burning of the steamer Laura Banks in on the Tensas River, Louisiana, caused the de&th of Captain Knight's twelve-year-old to boy and two colored hands. lh At Mlddlesboro, Ky., Thomas Howard, Deputy Sheriff of Bell County, was shot <<j through a window while eating his supper if and Instantly killed by an assassin. Howard was dreaded by the desperadoes. cl Gbave charges of misappropriation of bt funds were made at New York City against p] thfl Rev. W. A. Newbold, the deposed Secre tary of the American Church Missionary Society. in . The inbound North German Lloyd steamer gi Havel, with 149 cabin and 274 steerage passengers, ran hard and fast aground on Romer tt Shoal in Oedney's Channel, three miles out j, from Sandy Hook, N. J.; efforts to float her j at high tide proved unsuccessful. ft' HOT ffl II lany Killed and Wounded by Turbu lent Workmen in New Orleans... LOOD STAINS THE LEVEE he Whites Determined to Prevent A] Colored Men From Loading Vets els, an In Armed Companies Swept Up an Down the River Front?An Officer of British Steamship Mortally Woundec A serious labor riot, complicated with th toe question, occurred on the levee or rive ont of New Orleans, La., resulting In th llltng of five persons, the mortal wound ? of two, and the serious woundln i tou ur tweiva more. jliio nut wao jo tore serious than the loss of 111 idlcated. for it showed the mob to be i >mplete control and able to defy and ovej de the police, and place the commerce < ie city completely at Its mercy. It marche long the entire oity front, some eight or te illes, in companies, equipped with riflei lotguns and pistols, completely dlspersin 11 colored people at labor there and shooi lg all who opposed it without the allghte< ieck or hindrance. Appeals were made to the police, t ie Mayor, to the Governor, to the Unite bates, and finally to the British Ambaest or at Washington, the British ship agent lining through him to the English Goveri ient for protection. A British vessel, th ngineer, was fired on at the wharf by th iob, and the purser of the steamer mortall ounded. The Captain barelv eicaped wit Is life. The trouble really started in September, th jginnlng of the commercial year in New Oi ans. It began over labor matters,and in tim langed to a bitter race war. The white screw ien who load cotton on vessels constitute on tthe strongest labor unions in the country hey prohibited the colored men from load ig cotton vessels, xne latter repuea uy rt aeing the rate of pay, which had been $ id $6 a day for seven or eight hours' work id were supported by the ships' agents,am le war has waged ever since. The wharves of the Weet Indian line, th ret to use colored labor, were burned by a tcendiary fire, the loss being $250,000. Th harves of the Texas and Pacific, with 25,00 lies of ootton and a loss of $500,000, fol wed next. The bloody work was done by two mobs c ver laborers, one operating at the head c billip street, and one at the Harrison steair Lip wharf, near Jackson 8quare. Shortl jfore 7 o'olock a. m. the colored screwme igan to load the British steamship Eng 3er, lying between St. Ann and Dumain reets. Men to the number of 200, armed wit Istols, shotguns and rifles, half hidden i le freight and among the box cars on th vee, closed In around the wharf and openai re upon the laborers. James Bane, purser of the British steam dp Engineer, was walking toward the gans ank of his vessel when the firing began. H loeived a bullet in the side and fell. Th ob then fired a volley at the prostrate Eng ihman, inflicting a buckshot wound in th ?d and one in the arm. When the attaok was made the colored me x the wharf became panic stricken an ished from the vessel and along the wharves sgging lor mercy. But the firing continued (70 unknown colored men were shot, an ed instantly. Jules C. Carrabee, a Mexi tn shoemaker, was shot in the mouth, th illaf ?/vfr*<? fhrAiiorh ftiA hafiA ftf fhft hrftln. When the rioters had completed thel ork at the Harrison wharf they marche ward the up-town wharves, with guns 01 lelr shoulders, and other weapons in plaii ew. Three blooks up they met Leonar allard, a colored laborer, employed by on ' the public weighers. Some member c ie mob called to him to run. He refused ne of the mob took deliberate aim with hi fie at the man and fired. The ball wen irough Mallard's brain, emerging over th ght eye. Another mob had already organized a Wllip street. About 7 o'clock a crowd c hite men moved to the attack of the colore irewmen who were preparing to unload th ritlsh steamship Niagara. A large numbe ! shots were fired, but only one man wa [lied. He was William Crawford, a colore rewman, who was shot in the head as h tempted to escape. Shots were also Are i the British steamships Niagara and Mei mac. After the rioting subsided the colored me sserted the wharves in a mass. Eve. >lored teamsters, declaring their lives ui ,fe, unhitched their mules from loade irts and drove away. Inconsequence not reign vessel took on a pound of freigfc iring the entire day. The wounded numbered twelve or more id at least two were fatally injured. C ie killed and wounded only two, Williai ampbell and Henry Brown, were of the me ie mob was looking for, the others happer 17 to ho In the vat durinflr the ahootlnar. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British "An issador, at Washington, received a tele am from the British Consul at Nerleans, informing him of the riot and c le shooting of Purser Bane, of the Britis earner Engineer. Governor Foster, of Louisiana, received legram of inquiry from Seoretary Greshan he Governor issued a proclamation callin lit the militia to preserve order. Action by Governor Foster. Governor Foster, of Louisiana, issued roclamation against the rioters and riotinj glaring that order would be maintained i aw Orleans at any cost. Eight of the riotej ere arrested. ARMOR FOR BATTLESHIPS. Remarkable Teat at the Indian Hoa Proving Grounds. The United States Navy Department a< ipted 315 tons of Harveyized nickel ste< mor, which is nearly half the size armc r the battleship, Oregon, made by tb irnegie Company, as the result of a trii ! an eighteen-inch plate at Indian Heat ?ar Washington. The plate receive 70 shots from a twelve-inch gun. The flu as fired at a velocity of 1465 feet per se< 1U iUIU BLUttSUCU iu uu;ucs uu bUO lauo v*. lu ate, which was scaled a little at the poto ! impact, but was not oracked. The secon lot had a velocity of 1926 feet. This pene ated nine inches and then broke up, but i acked the plate from top to bottom. Th ate, however, was pronounced to be c ood quality. A trial was also made of a small Chase antt plate, composed of a cast steel bac ,ced with high chrome steel, also cast, j x-inch shot was fired at the plate with jlooity of 2100 feet. The shot was broke p. but the plate was badly cracked and jrner was broken off. The makers of th late professed satisfaction with the result c le test, which was better than that attaine ; Sandy Hook last year. The Labor World. The average earnings of labor in 1892 wa 250; in 1894, 9195. In 1894 there wore forty-four per cent, lec ages earned than in 1892. Iron moulders report that their trade i owly, but surely improving. The strike of the 10,000 miners in the Pitts lrg coal district was xauy uiuuguriuuu ui ie date fixed. The staff of English railroads is mostl ade up of men who entered the service a ds ana worked their way up. The Minnesota Legislature passed a bil oviding for free labor employment bureau . the larger cities of that State. The Italian Minister of Marine has decidei i introduce the eight-hour working day inti ie docks and arsenal at Spezzia. The Building Trades Journal says thu Inrllnaflnna rmlnf to flvfosaivn hllllrHnc 1 195," and that prices for work will be bettei Five hundred employes of the Union Pn Ho Railroad at Omaha were discharged, th isiness of the road not justifying their em loyment. Several axo and tool makers' unions i [fiferent parts of this country are correspond tg with eaoh other to form a National 01 mlzatiom M. Marikoni, the principal proprietor c le famous Parisian newspaper, Le Pet! jurnal, whioh has a circulation of nearl 260,000 copies a day, commenced life as hotory lad. I ' OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. li estimate* of Corn and Wheat Remaining In the Hands of Fanners. The crop report of the Department of Agriculture for the mouth of March consists principally of estimates of the distribution of corn and wheat, the stocks remaining in the hands of farmers, and the proportions of merchantable and unmerchantable. The re port is based on county estimates of the percentage of last year's product remaining in first hands, obvious errors and inconslsten11 cies of statement being corrected and differd ences harmonized. All grain in the hands of . farmers, Including amounts remaining over from previous yeare, are embraced in the esa timates given. The corn on hand, as estimated, aggregates 475,564,450 bushels, or 39.2 per cent, of the la3t crop. This proportion has been exceeded but four times in the last tei^ years. The ir consumption of com for eight months is an e unusually small one, which fact is explained [. by the large amounts of wheat fed to stock. The aggregate sold from farms to go be* 8 yond county boundaries is 162,934,640 bushels, or 13.4 per cent, of the crop. The proportion e merchantable is 999,400,600 bushels, or 82.4 n per cent The values returnad for merchantable corn average 44.8, for unmerchantable 28.6, making an aggregate value of 9508,713,* " 129, whioh is $46,000,000 leas than the .Decern11 ber valuation of the crop and average 41.9 per bushel. f The estimated amount of wheal in farm* t ers' hands is 75,000,000 bushels, or 16.3 per ir cent, of the last crop, and is 32,000,000 less than last March. The explanation for this 9 In a large measure is to be found in the fact a that large quantities have been fed to hogs ? and other stock. Returns from North and , * South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas iadi* l" cate unprecedented exhaustion of last year's 0 crop, correspondents in many counties re6 porting not enough on hand for spring seed y and nocessary food supply. e '* MOON WAS ECLIPSED. e ~ Ihe Phenomenon Occurred on Tline and f< Lasted Three and One-Half Hour*. I- The total ecliDse of the moon was all that g It was advertised to be, but, unfortunately for astronomers and star-gazere In general, I the sky was obscured by clouds, which prevented satisfactory observations. ? Exactly at 7.57 the moon entered the pene umbra, but it was not until 8.54 that the satel0 lite arrived at the edge of the earth's shadow. I_ A.t first it looked as if a very small portion had been sliced off with a )f knife. But the moon slid deeper and deeper (f into the shadow, until only half its face was visible. The faint outlines of the v darkened portion could Just be defined by q the eye. More swiftly, then, it seemed that 1 the rest of the surface was swallowed up in g the shadow, and at 11.27 the moon disappeared. k The times of eclipse, as astronomers calcun lated them for New York, were: d Beginning six minutes to nine; 'middle, ^ seventeen minutes to eleven; end, thirty-two minutes to one. The moon lay in the depth of the earth's shadow at nine minut6S to ten. Then in less '0 than an hour a small rim of silver burned 6 through the shadow and became visible on the western edge ot the moon's upper circumfer0 ence, directly opposite that part which was first obscured. The bright surface grow n larger, and in another hour the moon had (j emerged again ana snone?rouna, periecr , and silver, as though nothing had happened. L The time of eclipse wag three and a half d hours in all. [. This eclipse was an unusual one in that e during the phase of totality the moon was limly visible for a time, shining with a dull i r glowing light like that reflected by dark copd per- , a i WORTH IS DEAD. i e i if The Famous Man Dreumaker Pasies Away L Suddenly In Pari*. 1 * Worth, the famous dressmaker of Paris, is e dead. ij Charles Frederick Worth, whose famo as a ,j dress designer is known the world over, was , e in Englishman by birth, having first seen ir the light of day in Bourne. Lincolnshire, in 1 <3 1825. At an early age he obtained a position j 3 with the house of Swan & Edgar in London. ( 0 but after seven years' service there he settled d In Paris. While with the firm of Eagelin & .. Co., in the gay capital, Worth was enabled to sarry out his dressmaking dreams, and sub- ( Q iequently he started in business for himself. a He was fortunate in creating a handsome L. jostume design for the Empress Eugenie, a which brought him into fame at a single Q bound. He subsequently won first prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1855 for a mantle which was valued at $6000. At the close of , the Exhibition the dress was exhibited at the , if luilleries. \ n Worth himself attributed his fame to his n invention of the crinoline and the fancy costumes for balls, the first one of the latter being worn by the Empress nt the house of < Mme. Tasoher. It ? made by Worth. Then >_ the Empress herself gave a fancy ball at the ff Hotel d Albe, and nearly every costume worn ,f there was made by the "man milliner." 1 h He was also the first to carry out the idea of the hoop 9kirt. The suggestion came from a the Empress, and Queen Victoria, of Engi. land, afterward adopted it. In one of his i g dresses 100 yards of silk were used. His name ] Is a byword in every citf/i. both here and ' abroad, in the dressmaking line. He was 1 married in France and leaves two sons, who i will carry on the business. i ? 1 J FIRST INCOME TAX RETURNS. 73 Thirteen of the Sixty-three Districts Will 1 Give the Government 8680S.39. j V* KaHAM A f m O J iUUSSIHJIluaUblO UftU tun uvuvi Vi wnaiu^ the first returns under the Income Tax law. d Returns appear in thirteen of the forty-six district reports for February thus far received ?t Washington, as follows: 9i Massachusetts, $1367.46; First Illinois District, $1651.52; Sixth Indiana, $205.03; ir 8eventhIndiana, $146.21; Third Iowa, $87.22; ie Fourth Iowa, $104.84; First Missouri, $522.34; il First New York, $583.27; First Pennsylvania, , $1499.58; Second Tennessee, $87.22; West J Virginia, $291.02; First Wisconsin, $104.84; t Second Wisconsin, $151.24. Total. $6805.39. On this basis the returns from the seventeen districts yet to be heard from should . swell the total for February to nearly $9000. 'J The returns for March, it is thought, will foot up well towards $1,000,000. It is preif dieted that April will yield $1,500,000 ano May between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, - with the bulk of collections yet to come in the month of June. All the large corporations, it is thought, will hold k off their payments until the last week in June, ? _-o as to make tholr returns coincident with g their semi-annual dividends. Victorious Rebels in Peru. e A despatch from Lima, Peru, says that the j insurgents defeated the Peruvian troop.* in u battle near Gabanillas. Three hundred Government soldiers were killed. ^ Killed at a Crossing. Mrs. Thomas Allen was instantly killed at 5? a cro&sing in St. Joseph, Mo., and Gertio Alon, her nineteen-year-old daughter, was la dangerously hurt, aud Miss Martha Deacon, eleven years old, was fatally injured. They were struck hy the fast mail while corning a home from church. The Oldest Woman In Connecticut. y 3 At Norwalk, Conn., Mrs. Peter McClusky, familiarly known as "Aunt Betsy," cole' brated her 103th birthday. Mrs. MeClusky . s is the oldest person in Connecticut and retains her faculties to an exceptional degree. 8 1 _ 3 Perished In Mines. A despatch from Rat Portage, Manitoba, * says that the Saltana 3Iine thore is on Are g Pour of the imprisoned miners were taker I from the mino by a rescuing party, but al i were fatally burnt. All hope of reaching 1 0 the remaining twenty was abandoned. The r l~ Art in Old Abo Mine, at White Oak. New t Mexico, was >^>t under control, and tht n I tuirtv hrnufht nnt: fh? imnrisoned 0 i- minors,I'ivh oAvhom?were deud. ? I'ubllc Printer Dismisses 100 Men. ( if Public. Printer Benedict has dismissed 1(X ^ ;t employes of the Government Printing Office, j y the majority of them being compositors, D a Tbe removals were caused by the adjourmeni j of Congress, which made a scarcity of work. Othe* dismissals will follow. , . ,,r^ : > ?<% ? ?? ' LOST 01 TO DID HUE ' ; ?T <?8 Passengers Perish in Wrecked Steam-' , boat and Pullman. r W AN OHIO PACKET BOAT SINKS ijfl The Longfellow Cnihtd Into a Bridge Daring a Fog at Cincinnati, and 8er? Jv '.'xQ oral of th? Passengers and Crew Wert Dro\rn?d?Fatal Ballroad Accident to Teatlboled Palace Can at Scotland, Ca. :?: The Cincinnati and New Orleans packet boat Longfellow struck the channel span of the Chesapeake Bridge at Cincinnati, Ohio, * on her way down the river at 7 o'clock, a. m-, and sank within three minutes. Three passengers and six ot the crew wer* drowned, four persona were injured, and four on the day after the tragedy were miss* lng. The passengers and crew numbered about one hundred. Four persona wer{ badly Injured. Most of them were rescued by the towboat Hercules Carrel that was helping the Longfellow to pick her way *'; through a dense fog. Those known to have been drowned arei David Aldrldge, Borne, N. Y.; Mrs. W. J. Ault, Dayton, Ohio: John L. Carter, New* Sort, Ky.f first clerk of the Longfellow; Gtu hau vet, barkeeper of the Longfellow; Jamei Miller, porter, New Orleans; unknown glri, sixteen yean old. Those missing were: Dr. Anderson, woman physician, New York Olty; W.'J. Ault, Dayton, Ohio; ? Beadon, deckhand, Otn? clnnati; William Walker. Texas, tender do Vthe Longfellow; unknown deckhand. The Longfellow was started in tow of th? Hercules CarreL When the boats were about fifty yards above the bridge, the Longfellow became unmanageable and In a few minutes she plunged against the bridge. She was cut in two. The forward section sank almost Immediately, and the stern part remained afloat a few minutes. The Carpel stood alongside and took off as many of the passengers and crew as possible. The body of the sixteen-year-old girl waa recovered at Troutman's, about eight miles . .H below Cincinnati. She was supposed to haw been an Invalid from New York, who was ob ', her way South attended by Dr. Anderson. 1 When the force of the shock was felt. th? j-i&j colored roustabouts made a wild rush foi 4 the Carrel, trampling passengers under foot and throwing tnem aside in their rush foz safety. Several of the passengers resisted such treatment, among them Ed. Slddmore, who was aboard the Longfellow to see a party oi friends off. Mr. Skidmore was in the lead ol . " bis party, and when the roustabouts mad< their charge for the Carrel he realized thai he must fight for the lives of the ladies and his own. Catching up a life preserver he knocked one of the colored men down, and helping his friends aboard the Carrel, he returned to the Longfellow to see if he could offer any assistance to others. He then saved two children and two more ladies, after which then was only time to save himself before the boat sank. David Aldridge, the invalid, who was drowned, was the Superintendent of Poor at Rome, N. Y. He probably met his fate while going baok to the Longfellow after seeing his wife safely to the CarreL The Longfellow was built in 1876 at Cincinnati, and named the TJ. P. Schenok. Its r tonnage was 6178, its length when built was 291 feet, and itq beam was forty-two feet; ) About two years ago it was lengthened thirty feet, and since then has been making regular. / trips. It was valued at $22,500, and was insured for (12,600. The boat carried 500 tons v v' of freight, mainly Insured at Pittsburg.; Among the items were 600 threshing machines. ( * ACTORS 1N A WRECK. Btother and Daughter Killed and Mem-) bera of Roland Seed'* Troupe Injured, j At Scotland, Ga., the Florida vestlbuie train going south was wrecked by a tampered switch. Tha train consisted of three Pullmans, mail and express car. One of the coaches was occupied by the Boland Reed ' -V'jjJ Company and the other had a full complement of passengers. Mrs. C. W. Subore, of Pickens. Miss., with; ticket to Ocala, Fla., and her five-year-old' daughter, were killed. The injured were: j Ai Rnljird Road. hadlv ininred. le?r and back: . ' > Miss Mary Meyers, New York; James Douglass. Brooklyn; Miss Isadora Bush, New 3Tork; Julian Beed, Philadelphia; W. B. Berian, New York. All are of the Bo land Beed Company. mm Mr. Beea distinguished himself, at a great ?; fl risk, by rescuing three of the women from. w the upturned car. EXPULSION OF DIPLOMATISTS. Dretpo T^lla the French and BcIcUnj Representatives to Leare Venezuela. President Crespo has given their passports1 to the Ministers of France and Belgium to Venezuela. This action Is due to statements published [n the Italian Green Book, in which It appears that the French, Belgian, German and Spanish Ministers to Venezuela discredited; < the institutions of that Bepublic. They. 1 urged the Powers to impose, upon Venezuela % mixed foreign tribunal, to have jurisdiction In all questions In which Europeans are President Crespo's course is approved by the Venezuelan press,the publlo ana Congress. The Spanish and German Ministers had [eft Caraous before the Administration took; . action in the matter. The Italian Minister reported to his Government the result of an official conference between the foreign Ministers named and the Belgian Consul-General, when the action was taken and statements made that proved to be so distasteful to the Venezuelan Government A large amount of damage was done to the property of German French, 8panish and' Belgian subjects, as well as others, during > the civil war of 1892. Their respective Govsrnments made repeated demands for Indemnity against the Crespo Government for a settlement of the claims, but no satisfaction has been given. Colonel Orsi de Mombello, aide de camp to President Crespo, of Venezaela, is in New Sfork City on business connected with impor:ant publlo works in Venezuela of which he Is the engineer In charge. When asked ibout the political situation at home he said that everything was peaceful and prosperous. "The giving of passports to the French and Belgian Ministers," he says, ''was done for the best Interest of the diplomatic corps and jf Venezuela. The French Minister was a man (vho, through ill health, was rather Irritable. Se never sees anything good in any country ie may bo in. and is always wanting to move. "The Belgian rep.-esentatives had the habit )f speaking in & Carping, critical way. Neither of them is spoken we'.l of In the sooiety of Caracas. A9 representatives they vere not popular with the people. The reurning of tneir passports was done by Gene al Crespo in the interests of France and Selprium. "In the meantime the relations between France and Belgium on one side and Vene :uela on the other are friendly. It was only k personal matter." JAPAN'S MOLTKE. General Tamagata, the Oraat Strategist, Has Been Appointed Minister of War. The Central News correspondent In Tokio ays that Marshal Yamagata, who left the ront on account of illness, has been appointk! Minister of War. Genernl Yamagata, whose military skill lad earned for him the title of the "Japanise Moltke" before this war with China be;an, planned the brilliant campaign in Corea, although he did not join the First Lrmy until Ping-Yang had fallen. After that le led the Japanese into Manchuria and renained with the army until he was called ? tome some weeks ago. M He was or had been 111. and it was given ? iut that the Emperor wanted to let him re- ? uperate and to consult with him regarding 5 he war. But It was whispered that Count )yama's jealousy wa3 really at the bottom ol 'amagota's return. Oyama, it was said, ranted the glory of capturing Port Arthur, hrew down the Portfolio of War, took comaand of the Second Army and headed 'amagata off.