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r _ i OLNBYIH SOOTH APlilCA. English Protection Premised t< L Americans in Transvaal. I RELATIONS ARE STILL CORDIAL, Be The Secretary of State Embraces the Firsi H Opportunity of Showing This I.ovtrn ? meat'* Good Feeling Toward Grea B Britain?Good Offices to Be Extendec m in Behalf of Hammond and Others. rf Great Britain has seen lit to extend to al * Americans in the Transvaal that protectioi which she gives to her own subjects, and foj whioh she is justly famed. This action h the result of a request on the part of the United States in the case of John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, undej arrest in the Transvaal by order of Presidenl Krueger, of the South African Republic. A dispatch from Washington says: At ai Interview with Secretary of State Olney concerning the ca3e of John Hays Hammond, oi San Francisco, a prominent mining engineer, who was arrested in the Transvaal, presumably on suspicion of being connected with " * *-*-? AAnenl?o/iv A# t}>a TTJtl ondflM CUt? auu^cu uvuoyuavj v& iuv vAKuuwwkw, Senators White and Perkins, of California, were informed that Mr. Olney had cabled Mr. Manyon, United States Consular Agent at Johannesburg, to seoure protection for all P5vV- American citizens there. Mr. Olney also sent a despatch to Ambassador Bayard requesting him to seoure the good offices of British representatives in South Africa for the same-purpose. There are said to be about 500 citizens of rvSlKkUNS HOW THE BOERS F< the United States in the Transvaal, prlnolKUy In Johannesburg, but, so far as the ite Department is aware, none of these, With the exception or Hammond, has oeen arrested. Mr. Olney's despatch to Ambassador Bayard is considered as significant in showing that, despite the somewhat strained feelings caused by the Olney note and the President's message on the Monroe doctrine, the relations between Great Britain and the United States are cordial. Secretary Olney received a cablegram from Mr. Bsyard, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, saying that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain gave assurances that he had instructed her Majesty'? High Commissioner (Sir Hercules Robinson) to extend the same protection in behalf of John Hays Hammond and any other American citizen Involved In charges of rebellion in the Transvaal as would be taken in the interest of British subjects under like circamstances. BOERS* AMERICAN PRISONERS, Will Besent an Attempt to Confiscate Their rropanj.' A despn'ch from Johannesburg says tliat among the members of the Reform Union arrested upon charges of high treason are Charles Batters, T. H. King and Captain Mein, all American citizens. Among tho Americana arrested is J. S. Curtis, who has for some time been a resident of Johannesi burj;. He held a leading position there and Is very wealthy. The property of theso Americans is threatened with confiscation. They have declared that the United States Government would never permit the Boer Government to execute this threat. An interview was had in London with Mr. Wiltsee, a colleague John Hays Hammond, the arrested American mining engineer. He said there Is no doubt that Mr. Hammond and the other Americans belonged to the Rnform Committee, which was a body formed In a time of emergenoy that was sufficiently serious to justify the Uitlanders in acting as they did. Mr. Wiltsee concluded , by declaring that the sympathies of all the 1 {n Month AfrHfH wt?r? with tb? Uitl&ndera. CRASP HANDS ONCE ACAIN. Friendly Relation# lie-established Between Jonathan and John. It is generally b2lieve;l by diplomats in Washington that Great Britain's prompt compliance with the reijuesc ol this Government to use her good offices not only in the Hitmmond, bat In the case of all other Americans in AV->e Transvaal, is intended as an acknowledgment of tho aclion o* this country in no; forcing her to settle the Venezuelan controversy when she was on the road to hostilities with European Nations. It is considered at Washington not im{>rob;ible that considerable benefit in briugns; about a speedy settlement of the Venezuelan boundary difficulty may result through Mr. Olney's instructions to the Ambassador. i Certainly it is the first opportunity this Government has had of showing its feelings toward Great Britain since the Venezuelan message was sent to Congress, and it may be that the Administration was actuated in diro..rin<7 Mr "Rftvarfl fn cawiirnthn irood offices of British offlcia's, when it might as well have selected. German consular officers in the Transvaal for the purpose. by a desire to show*the British Government and people that the United 8tates Government is not hostile to Great Britain iu its Ingestion*, and will take all proper means to avoid possible trouble over the affair. Referring to the request of the American Government that Grent Britain use her good offlce3 in behalf of the Americans arrested at Johannesburg, the London News says: ' Whatever may be the result of the recent occurrences in the Transvaal, *he Government and people of the United States mu3t be gratified that so cordial aud gratifying a response was made to Mr. Olney's request. It will bo to Englishmen a source of peculiar pleasure at this moment if they can in any way testify to their regard for their tin beyond the sea." RHODES'S APPEAL TO AMERICANS, CiTl j(U9Uli4Cii k *?* ?, tcunuio m * a iif, Citizens of the lTiilte<l States. Th3 London papors republish a dispatch s"nt to the New York World by Cecil Rhodes K-Priine Minister of Cape Colony, in which h? declares that England should havo Atner sympathy in the trouble in the Transvaal. Ihe Rhodes message is as follows: 'Cape Town, January 12, 1896, "The position is that within the Transvaal there are 70,COO newcomers and an ole population of 14,000. With the development of the Rold industry to a fuller extent th<i newcomers will amount to 300,000 in flvt years; eventually to hale a million, probably, more. From time to time the position will bo upset bv the attempts of tin new population to claim common civil rights which eventually they certainly must j?et scatesaianamp huouiu givo muui syaie ngnis now, as the present state is Impossible roi the newcomers, who own more than half the soil of the Transvaal, and nine-teut&s ot the wealth of the country. t The n?w males outnumber rue- old population five to one and are 001 i posed largely of Americans. Including tl principal mine managers. England is t only great Power in South Africa. 8he now* thzrafeDrJ with German interfwenc ) which she is bound to resent and resist, this she should have Amerioa's syi pathy. Blood is thicker than wate Americans above all Nations insi on civil rights in one's industri here at the Cape. In the Transvaal all e , managers are Americans. And yet we ha the spectacle of the two great English-spea ing Nations of the world almost on the ver of war about some barren land in Sou t America, whereas working in perfect ht mony the peace of the world would be i sured C. J. Rhodes." The London Post attacks Mr. Rhodes f l appealing to the Unlteu States. It says th if President Cleveland considers that tj rights of Americans have been infringed, i . knows well how to vindicate them. Tl Post says it does not see any justification f ? jar. fiaoaes s extraordinary a^ijoo' ?.? ?.< r Amerioans. 5 The London News says: "Mr. Bhoda ingenious argument in behalf of concesslo ' to the Uitlanders proves too much- On t] same showing it would justify Great Brita in annexing tbe Transvaal, with all the oo / sequences that such wicked fllibusterij ' would entail." The London Standard says that it i pleased by the exchange of diplomatic e pressions of good will between the Unit) | States and Great Britain, and again arjju that a way must be found to reconcile En land's view of her rights in Guiana with tl - sensibilities of the people ot the Unit< States. South Africa Tranqnll. In an interview Junkheer Beelaorts vi Bloklan, Minister ot the South Afrioan K public to France and Germany, declared th the Transvaal fully accepts the conventic of 1894, and does not dream of denouncii it, but It does not contain & word about Br! ish suzerainty. It only empowers Gre Britain to veto any treaty the Transvaal mi conclude If, in tne opinion of the Britli DUGHT THE BRITISH. ! Government, the treaty damages British i: teresta. OHIO'S NEW GOVERNOR. Inauguration of Asa S. Bushnell?An A< drew Devoted to State Iuaet. The ceremonies attending the inangur tion of Asa S. Bushnell, the new Governor < Ohio, Degan at 11 o'clock at Columbi] when Governor McKinley and his stf and the joint legislative and citizens' cor mittee met him at the Chittendon Hot< and, escorted by Troop A of the Clev W?S G0VEBX0E A. 8. BUSHNELL. land City Guard? and the Fourteenth Reg ment. National Guard, proce?ded to tl State'house, where Governor MoKlnley d livered a brief address in the rotunda, at presented the commission to his suocessor. In his inaugural address the new Govern I confined himself strictly to State issues. The exercise? were simple und very brie Prayer was offered by Rev. J. W. Basse! and the oath of office was then admint tered by Judgo T. E. Mlnshall, of the St preme Court KILLED HIS WHOLE FAMILY, Housaard Turned On the Gas While Tin Slept and Died With Them. Police Officer Gibbons, of Chicago, 111 J roce.ved a letter from Peter Hougaord,. ; Englewood. a suburb, informinjcrhim that V file time it was received the writer would 1 dead. Officer Gibbons at oncecornmunicati with the police station at Enplewood ai an officer was .sent to Hougaard's kous where he fouud the dead bodies of Ho caard. his wifte and five children, who hs been asphyxiated by gas. Hougaard wus milk dealer and was believed to be in cor frtrfiiKlu Air.mmetuiiiiuc V/\ r?\/Nfi * V crime has yet been ascerta#eu. The bodies of Hougaard. his wife, and on year-old child were found in one room; in i adjoining room was found the body of > , eleven-year-old cirl, and iu another roomtl bodies of the three other children. The jc i of rrery gas llxrure in the house hnd be: turned on, awl the cracks of the windov and doors had been plugged with cotto Death had evidently overtaken every mer berof the fnmiiy except the father whl they slept. Friends of Hougaard say that in a bu^int transaction a year ago he took several not* which have long since fallen due out we never paid, and it is thought thai this mi I uave caused his despondency. NEW YORK'S VOICE FOR FREE CUB The Assembly Demands That (he Islai " Pali-lots Be Kecognlzed. Cuba haii an inninr in the New York t 1; scrablv at Albany, when Mr. Warnor. of } ' I ajrara, offered a resolution as follows: "Wherea?, The struggle forindependen ' and for rermblk*an institutions by i Cubans has awakened in the tieople of t Uaited States a deep sympathy for th< causo. and a hope that they may succeed I their momentous contest; ; "Resolved (if the Semite concur), That 1 ) participate in the deep interest which is ft i for the success of the people of Cuba; , "Resolved, That the President aud Co (?ress of tho United Statos be petitioned 5 extend to the insurgents of Cuba forrr , recognition of their rights as belligerents: "Resolved, That copies of this resoluti s be duly cenified by the Clerk and forward r to the President and presiding officers of t i United States Senate and House of Rep; I sentatives." The resolution was adopted. ii , . ' Y*-: -;. , , , ' ' , i^3 ln MRS. MARY LORD DIMMOCK AFFIAN< n- _ . he ? he 1 1 is in The positive announcement comes from Indii son will wed Mrs. Mary LordDImmook, of New 1 Mrs. Dimmock will be pleasantly remembered 1 White Honse during Its oooupancy by Mr. Harri resides in New York, and, It Is Intimated, is tb Indiana statesman so frequently to that city. E and her presence added much to the' charm of She was extremely popular and soaroely less este ness and sweetness of manner won the friendshi October 25, 1892, and through the long and tedlo , assisted in his patient vigils at her bedside by Mi slander woman, who ai)Dears to be about thirty which are her most attractive feature. Hern mateiy to be quiok and oapable of grasping subj and appears to best advantage In the drawlng-rc test by contact with brainy people. CLEM) HITS BACH Explanatory Letter From the Presi- efi dent to Senator Caffery. NO CONTRACT WITH A SYNDICATE S i T1 ' '- er 1 Cleveland's Reply to a Newspaper Attack ^ ?No Conference With Financier* Nor gn . With Banker! Abont the Proposed a# Isaoe?Has Always Favored a Popular ft] Loan?Ah Emphatic Denial. P< at Washixqtoit, Jan. 18 ?Senator Caffery, of at Louisiana, has made publie a letter whioh 4_ President Cleveland wrote him, In which the President vigorously defends the sale of ]0 a_ bonds to the syndicate last February and de- th j ntes in equally emphatlo words the stateg ments that arrangements had been .made for ^ a similar sale of more bonds. The letter was written before the advertisement for bids for ?' ,1 bonds was issued, and follows: ?- "Executive Mansion, i _ "Washington, D. C., January 5,3896. i ah "My Deab Senator: I have reft'd to-dav m in the Congressional Record the debate in . the Senate on Friday concerning the financial situation and bond issues. Si "1 am amazed at the intolerance that ha leads even excited partisanship to adopt as wl a basis of attack the unfounded acousations wi and assertions of a malaoioualy mendacious bo and sensational newspaper. ' w< "No banker or financier nor any other hu- _ man being bas been Invited to visit Washington for the purpose of arranging in any way or manner for tlie disposition of bonds to meet the present or future needs of the gold reserve. "No arrangement of any kind has been made for the disposition of such bonds to any syndicato or through the agency of any syndicate. "No assurance of such a disposal of bonds has been direotly orl ndlrectly given to any ? person. In fact, a decided leaulng toward a popular loan and advertising for bids have been Plainly exhibited on the part of the Administration at all times when the subject was_under discussion. "Those charged with the responsibility or maintaining our gold reserve, so far as legislation renders it possible, have anxiously conferred with each other, and as occasion permitted with those having knowledge of ? financial affairs and present monetary oondi.ions as to the bust and most favorable ie jaeans of selling bonds for gold. "The unusual importanoe of a successful id result, if the attempt is again made, ought to be apparent to every American citizen who or oestows upon the subject a moment's serious thought.. The Secretary of the Treasury ,f. x from the first mbment that the necessity of fl Another sale of bonds seemed to be approacbai ing, desired to offer them, if issued, to the j. people by public advertisement if they could thus be successfully disposed of. "After, full consideration he came to the _ conclusion, to which I fully agree, that the amount of gold in the reserve being now $20,000,000 more than it was in February last, J j_ when a sale of bonds was made to a syndieato, and other conditions differing from ** those then existing, justify us in offering the f1 I., bonds now about to be issued for sale by 0f popular subscription. st' ' This is the entire matter, and all these i W .. . .1 . ?_ til * pnriicuiard couia nave easily oeeii oDiameu ? 30 by any member of the Senate by simple in 5d quiry. Jid "If Mr. Morgan or any one else, reasoning tu e, from his own stand point, brought himself to w' u. :he belief that the Government would at id length be constrained to again sell bonds to a the syndicate. 1 .suppose he would have a u- perfect right, if he chose, to lake such steps ie as seemed to him prudent to put himself in Ci condition to negotiate. Ol e- ' ''I expect an issue of bonds will be *adver- pc ta tised for sale to-morrow and that bids will ar m be invited not only forthose now allowed by co ie law, but for such other and different bonds si: ug as Congress may authorize during the pend- tri an ency of the a vertisement. tr; r3 "Not having had an opportunity to confer ar u, with you in person since the present session nl 3f Congress began and noticing your particiile pution In the debate of last Friday, I have thought it not amiss to put you in possession as of the facts and information herein con- ar lalned. Yours very truly, re "Grover Cleveland. dy "flou. Donaldson CafTery." ^ bl SECRETARY CARLISLE HOPEFUL he A. He Believe* That the Popular Loan Will lie a Success. Washington. Jan. 13.?Secretary Carlisle jn ^pressed the opinion that the new bond is-ue would be a success. Ho did not intimate .. whence the gold would come, but he spoke ds * " with it full knowledge of the number of inquiries made for blank forms lor bids and wi ca the informal offers already made. The malls uo have brought in quite a number of inquiries jj, lor blank forms on which to make bids, and ^jr in some oases perfons desirous of subsorib^ ing stated the amoi.nt they wanted and the P., price they would offer These figures, of au (j.e oourse. are withhold from publication. The e[t bids are regarded as informal, and, where tr< pos3iblc, thos? making them will be com- fa m_ municated with, and blank forms will be $6 sent them, so that they may comply with all iaj the requirements and make their bids in y. regular shape. ^ on t* German Scouts on Bicycle*. he ta Germany six men of every regiment h( are now mounted on bioycles to acta as P1 wouta. ... > I ??? :eo to ex-president harrison. i ! "9%^ A I 'n ioapolls that er-Presldent Benjamin Harri- , fork City, before the lenten season begins. , by those who were frequent visitors at the , son and his family. Mrs. Dlmmook now a magnet which draws the distinguished , the is the nleoe of the late Mrs. Harrison, the sooial life of the last Administration, emed than Mrs. Harrison, whose graciousp of all who met tier. Mrs. Harrison died us Illness her devoted husband was greatly s. Dlmmook. Mrs. Dlmmook is a small, -Ave years old. She has large blaok eyes, ilnd Is said by those who know her Intieots and situations. 'She la fond of music, om,-where her capabilities art put to the THOUSANDS KILLED. rightful Destruction Wronsht by Earth* quakes In Persia. A Teheran despatch says that two severe uthquakes, causing the loss of 1100 lives, ive occurred in the Khalkhal district of srsia. The first shock, wBlch was ezperiiced on Thursday last, was very severe. It impletely destroyed the village of Zanzaid and partly destroyed other villages, aree hundred persons perished in the seval villages. On the following Sunday there was anher and severe shock which destroyed the nail town of Gol and did great damage in ! any of the villages in the district affected, [ght hundred persons were killed In Gol one. Large numbers of cattle and sheep J irished. Severe earthquakes were felt, also, ' Meshed and Eelat. No damage was done the former place. On November 17,1893, a most destructive jthquake occurred at Euchan, Persia, tie city was practically - destroyed, and the ss of life was enormous, It being reported , at 12,000 perished. THE BALTIMORE'S PERIL nr Cruiser's Terrible Time at Sen?-Twc of Her Crew Killed. . ] News from Honolulu received by a schooner ' ows that the United States cruiser Balti- ? ore had a narrow escape from disaster on ir recent trip from Yokohama to Honolulu, i le reached Honolulu on. December 28, 1 iving been twenty-one days ?o a passHgu < tiich seldom requires over fourteen. She is ru?t from wazerllne to masthead, all her ' iats were damaged, and two of her crew 1 3rd killed. Wnen three days ont she en^ UNITED STATES CRT (Damaged in a tremendous storm b untered a cyclone which swept Boatswain ssen overboard, and did considerable dam waooal onfnfflH [e. >vnea ini> cxcurcu mo lother storm that raged for ten days. Nearly 1 the boats were bailly damaged by the lmense seas which swept her from stem to am. The hatches were battened down and all rret guns and forward grins had to be reoved to save them. The ship's carpenter, Cooper, had his skull fractured and died Honolulu. The vessel proved very seaorthy, but she.had a narrow escape. The Bridge Collapsed. A rairoad bridge, which spannod Tinker's i reek, just southeast of Bedford Townahip. t?io, collapsed and a powerful 100-horse j twer motor, on which were three trainmen id attached to which was a heavily laden >al oar, plunged to the bed of the creek, ity feet below. William Young, one of the ainmen, whs instantly killed. Of the other ainmen, Haymuker, was fatally injured, id Gieb, badly hurt. Six Stowaways Perish. In the tank of the steamer Hermann, which < rived at Hull, England, a few days since, Dm Buenos Ayres, Argentine, was found fteen stowaways. Six of them were dead, id the remaining nine were in an inaensiecondition, and jpould have died in a few >urs. The Labor World. I Piano makers in Brooklyn. N. Y., are trytr\ wjnrcrfl.nl7.fl. ? The notation for an eight-hour working ly is spreading rapidly. Italian stone carvers in New York City | 1 ill demand increased wages. The building of a labor meeting hall in ' swark, N. J., is contemplated. The average of ships and sailors in tho { irt of London every aay is 1000 ships and ' 00 men. In one of the small New York City tnea- ' as a strike among the actors revealed the 1 ct that the heavy villain received only 1.75 a week. 1 The Kings County "L" road, Brooklyn, N. ' , has restored the wagei of its employes, u 1 - ? fA a tan nor r?Anf nut* i LUUU wore suujcuicu iv " ium ??? ?? ro years ago. 1 The Whittler Cotton Mill, on the Chattajochee Biyer, near Atlanta, Ga., has been J It In operation. Its cost was $200,000. It i is 10,000 spindles. 1! A ' * ,.W; ... "* ' ' ' ^ CECIL RHODES * INVOLVED. {til Stated That He fenew of Dr. Jidmh son's Tranivjukl plot. A despatoh from Gape Town, South Africa, saya It Is averted there that Cecil Rhodes was aware of the whole plot which led up to and included Dr. Jameson's raid into the Transvaal. Rhodes, the despatch says, is ill ?t Cape Town. Twenty-two members of the National Reform Committee, whose efforts were devoted to fomflntlnffthe recent rebellions acta of the Ultlanders. were arrested by officers of the Transvaal Government at thd roonu ot the Reform Club, Johannesburg, on charge of high treason. They wore all taken to Pretoria. The prisoners included Colonel Bhodes, a brother of Ceoll Rhodes Sir Drummond Miles Dunbar, Lionel Phillips and other leading residents of Johannesburg. The arrests created no exoltement, the populace maintaining a perfectly Indifferent attitude to thft action of the authorities. The- report that Dr. Jameson had bean released turns out to have been prematura President Kruger, in reply to the message of Queen Victoria, says that he intends to turn Dr. Jameson and the other-English prisoners who took part in the raid over to the British Government for punishment, but a dispatch from Johannesburg states that the surrender of the prisoners will be made conditional on the abrogation of the Anglo-Boer convention of 1884, which givee Great Britain suzerainty over the Transvaal. If suoh a condition as this is imposed bj the Boers it Is quite certain that Great Britain will nsver agree to It. Emperor William is Incensed by the outburst in England In regard to the Transvaal question, and Intends to pay England no further visits. ? ENCLAND WANTS THIS ISLAND. Small File of Bock in the Channel Thai France Says la Hers. Maitre Islet is the most prominent rock on that dangerous reef which Is some ten mile! from the Castle and harbor of St. Heller, Iz the Channel Isles. Two months ago, the Governor of Jersey, afloomnanled bv a few members of the States. jet out to inspect the roads. England's union jack and the St. Andrew's flag were bolsted on the staff and sainted by th< sheers of the elated spectators. MAI THE ISLET. These facts were communicated to the in habitants of St. Malo and Grandville, who wired in detail what had taken place to th< Paris newspapers, in which articles appeared declaring positively ,.that the island !) longed to France, and not to Britannia. , L diplomatic correspondence has taken place between the foreign offices of both countries, and it is reported a coinmisslot will be appointed ^o settle the question as tc which country the island belongs. FATAL DUEL OVER A GIRL Two Florida Hen Meet in the Woodf and Fight to the Death. Henry Thomas and Al'jert Stafford fought a duel near Mount Pleasant, Fla., over t woman with whom they were desperately in love. Both were killed. It is alleged that tfnnnn tnomnn it/\nc4anf1v kUO JUUJJ* nviuou WVIUiOUMJ VAVAkVU tMVU Jealousy for amusement. Ub'til recently the men were very warn friends. They became rivals for the affec tions of the young woman, and their friendship was soon changed to hatred. Each haj gone around the country heavily armed Iheir friends succeeded in keeping then apart until a few days ago when tney met in (he woods, apparently by accident. Arrangements were hastily made for the < . 'l i JISEP. BALTIMORE. etween Yokohama and Honolulu.) duel. The men agreed to use their revolvers at for :y paoee, and shoot till their weapons - a-*. WQ,C were empty. Aixer uu urii mui iuoj privileged to advance. V The first shots were almost simultaneous but neither man was injured. They ad vanced, firing rapidly. At the second er change of shots Stafford hit Thomas, and he fell. Stafford advanced again, firing on his prostrated rival When Stafford was wjthin twenty paces Thomas staggered to his feet, and. with his left hand, steadied himself against a small 9apling. He took deliberate aim and fired, the bullet hitting" Stafford in the breast. Stafford's last shot struok Thomas in the 9toinach, and he died almost ins antly. The duel has caused great excitement in the settlement where the young men lived. The young woman is severely criticised. When told of the dreadful outoome of the affair she showed but little emotion, saying how silly for men to fight about a woman. Slight Decrease In Pensions. The general pension bill for the year ending June SO, 1897, as reported to the House by Mr. Blue (Rep., Kan.) carries an appropriation of (141,525,820, being $58,750 below the estimates and $58,750 less than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Tito Men Hanged In BliitlMlppl. At Hatiersburg, Miss., F. D. Hathorne, white, and Thomas Wade, colored, wert baoged. Hathorne and his wife lived unhappily, and in December, 1894, Wade, al the instance of the husband, snot tne wue. Oat of the Common Run. Great Britain's navy is composed of 65,000 raeu. On January 1.1893, the armies of the world included 4,'209,000 men. The anuual issue of books is estimated at 35,000,000 volumes, consuming 65,000 tons of sized paper. Sylvanus Sawyer, the inventor of the rifled cannon, has just died in Templeton., Mass., it the ag? of seventy-three. The most expensive army of the world is :hat of Germany, which costs from $86,000,)00 to $105,000,000per year. The Duke and Duohess of Jj'ife will spend 5100,000 in the construction of a new residence, Mar Lodge, in Scotland. In the new home of the new Dachess ol Marlborough, there are said to be twenty -1-1?'"Am fKfl mnin flflAP frt fhrt jluiruaaua uwm iuw luuim ?coud. m I " LffES M ON TiE SEij ; The Crew of a Fishing Schooner Perish Off Massachusetts. ; CAUGHT IN THEIR BERTHS. i [ The Fortnna, In Disastrous Co Ilia ion With ; the British Fruit Steamer Barnatahle, i [ Sank in the Night Withont Warning:? i Vessel in Fifty Fathoms of "Water Bo, fore All Could Save Their Iiives. The Gloucester fishing-schooner Fortuna was sunk in a collision with the Boston Fruit Company's fruit steamer Barnstable, off Highland Light. Mass. Nine members of i the Fortuna's crew were drowned and fouri teen were saved. The first news of the disaster reached Bosi ton on the arrival of the Barnstable with the fourteen survivors on board: From these 1 men it was learned that the 'collision took ' place at about 7.30 p. m., when the vessels r were about four miles off Highland Light The night was hazy and a lumpy, flea was running. ' , . The Fortunawas bound for the Qeorgee, ' carrying a crew of twenty-three men, Including the captain, John W. Greenlaw, who is among the survivors. The Schooner was on the starboard tack going at a good rate. The Barnstable's lights were seen, but knowing she had the right of way. tne schooner's course was not altered t until too late. The steamer struck her well forward, cutting a deep hole, and the schooner began to settle Immediately. L Before the boats could be cleared she went * 41 1 ' " 4 n > uown, aau me urow wo? mi ^uuna..un ? t the waterunttl foarteen of them were picked up by the Barnstable's boats. The others had gone down. A Captain Paine of the Blrnstable'Jn an Interview said: "We wereaboutthreeorfour miles off Highland Light, southwest by south,when . we strnok the schooner right under her bow. We were proceeding on oar way when suddenly we saw the starboard light of a vessel directly in onr course. It was too late to .avoidthe collision. We struok the Fortuna about three feet aft of the fore-rigging, and she sank about four minutes later.' The Fortuna was a vessel of about 116 tons and was insured in the Boston Marine Insurance Company. Captain Greenlaw was a part owner. x v OHIO'S NEW SENATOR. {Sx-Governor Foraker Chosen by the Legislature to- Succeed Brice. L B. Foraker In the Ohio State Senate at Columbus received twenty-nine votes for United States Senator, Brice six andQeorgj A. Groot (Pop.), of Cleveland, one. The 7. B. FOBJJlZB. k 8enate has thirty Republicans, one ot whom, Senator Porter, was absent on acoount of . illness in his family. The six Democrats " TTrtfo^ #AI? "MV Dri <IA In the House tiwvote stood: Foraker, 87; Brice, 21; John M. Thomas, of Springfield, 1; Mr. Cage, 1; Judge Blondin, of Cleveland,^; ' Lawrence T. Neal. of Chllllcothe. 1, Mr. Foraker receiving the Mil Bepubttcan vote. ' ^ 1 ~ WITH HIGHEST HONORS. Success of Oar Commission of Inquiry In China. ' The United States Chengtu Commission, consisting of Consul Bead, Lieatonant-CommanderMerrell and Mr. Cheshire, decided to leave Chunkhing, China, a city in the prov ince of Seohuen. by the Yanptspklang route. One Immediate result of the commission's arrival at Chengtu was that the representatives of all the missions destroyed in the Chengtu riots have now returned to Chengtu. The rebuilding of the mission houses, willbegin Immediately. The officials throughout the province, and more particularly those at Chengtu, have omitted no opportunity to maice a puouc manifestation of their consideration for the American Commissioners, who were received with great ceremony wherever they went, as men of the highest rank. The Chengtu officials have furthermore assisted the American Methodists to purchase outright additional property, thereby upholding before the people the terms of the Berthemy convention, as amended with reference to the purchase of property. Also, the China Island Mission has Isased for a term of years the official building occupied by the American Commission while at Chengtu. , MURDERED HER SEVEN CHILDREN. I'overty Prompts a Kansas Mother to Poison Her little Ones. After Mrs. Joseph Hildebrandt's eight chil1 dren, ranging from two to fourteen years , old, residing on a farm near Maysvllle, Kin.. had finished breakfast they were taken ill. i In a short time fo\|f of them were dead. The mother refused to go after medical aid and did not arouse tlio neighbors. Finally 1 one of the neighbors wont in. and seeing tho 1 situation, went after help. When the doctor | arrived three more ol the children were dead , ' and another was missing. Mrs. Hildebrandt was found in the barn, I suspended by a ropo around her neck. She , was dead. The eighth and only child left , was alive at a late hour, but its death was , > momentarily expected. Some time ago the husband and father was afflicted by a cancer of the face. He used ( up what little means he had in trying to ef- . feet a cure, and a few days ago went to Kan- j 1 sas City, where ho is now being treated Ln a , hospital. Tno poverty of the family so worked on 1 the mind of Mrs. * Hildebrandt that she ad- { minl9tered poison to her children and then hanged herself. j I ________ 1 The Maryland Senatorshlp. Tho first ballot for a successor to United >i Slates Senator Gibson in the two branohes of i the Maryland Legislature, at Annapolis', re, suited as follows: House?Wellington. 22: ! Westcott, 16; Goldsborough. 11; Milliken. 7: Dryden. 5: Mudd, 1; Torbert, 1; .Smith (Dem.), 12: Henry (Dem.). 6. Senate?Smith ' (Dem.), 9; Henry (Dem.), 3: Wellington, 3: 1 GoldsborouRb, 3; Weatcott, 2: Dryden. 2; * Robert B. Dixon, 1. The result of the Hrst 1 day's balloting showed that both Democrats 1 and Republicans were badly split, and that < the fight was likely to be a protracted one. ' 1 Killed His Itlother and Himself. At Ogdensburg, N. Y.. William Oswell, aged thirty-three years, shot his mother, Mrs. | Virginia T. Oswell, aged sixty-four, three , times, killing her, and then shot himself. ( He recently lost his place and was un- j doubte.lly insane from worry over financial j matters. , Minor Mention. Peanuts arc being successfully raised in ; Arizona. , Prairie fires in Kansas have done immense damage. England recently stive orders to her to- J bacco agents in this country to buy no more ( Kentucky tobacco. I : ' -y- ' BELMONT?VANDERBtLT. g . H 8Cr?. Alra B. Vanderbllt BfComM Hf?, O. H. P. Belmont, I Mrs. Ahra E. Vanderbllt. mother of tba BB Duchess of Marlboro ngh, and Oliver Hansard * A Perry Belmont were married la New York Olty, a few day* ago, in the forenoon at o'clock. The wedding took piaoe t$ajj main drawing room of Mrs. VannesMlrs H honse, Seyenty-fleoonfi street and Madison avenoe, Mkyor Strong performing the oerfc mony. Besides the bride and orldegroota B and the Mayor seven person! were? present attheoeiemouy. No member of the'Wide groom's family was m 0. E. r. BZLXOOT. ? { . .1 i ' i The bride and bridegroom stood at the fl east end of the drawing room, between the two windows looking oat on Kadiaon ave nue, where the Poke and Dnohesa of Martborough stood to receive the felidtations of B| their friends after their wedding in ft; Thomas's Choroh on November 7. There were no. floral decorations in -the. room. The I bride wore a green doth tavettngoogtnme, ~^^H trimmed with black braid. She wore neither hat nor glovea. The bridegroom 'wore a black frock ooat, light watsteoat, and 'mm light trousers. A white boutonnlere was Jto. the left lapel of his coat Those present stood during the service. No one acrtedaa HI beet man to the bridegroom, and the bride was unattended. ThJy left by the 1 o'olock train for Newport, B. L, toapendtheir honey- ,? moon at Mr. Belmont's place, Belcourt. Mis.' Belmont's maiden name was Ifias > Alva E. Smith, and she Is a daughter of the late Murray Forbes Smith, of Mobile, Ala. She was one of three slstere, who were called 'The Three Southern Beauties." Only a few months after her debut in New York sodety : she met William K Vanderbilt at a danoe given in his honor by his sister. Mrs. EQiott :Ml F. 8hepard, just after his return from EufvA ?ftra mnhntlv their engagement was annonnced soon at terward. The wedding followed a short ec gagement On March 6,1895, Jastioe Barrett granted to lira. Vanderbllt an absolute HE di voroe on the statutory grounds. Mr. TanderLilt nut In no defence. H Mr. Belmont Is the third son of the* late H August Belmont His mother was. the daughter of Commodore Mathew Perry. IH His brothers are Perry Belmont and August Belmont, the head of the banking honse of August Belmont A Co. 0. H. P. Belmont's youngest brother; Bay- IH mond. was killed by an accidental 9 pMolshotfa his father's noiMe yrenU land. O. EL yp. Belmont was educated at An- I napolis, graduating with 'the'o&a* of 188fc ' I In 1888 ne married Miss 8arah Whiting, I daughter of Mm. Augustus Whiting and sis- I ter of Mrs. John H. Davia Mr. Belmont and Mias Whiting had been married only a fenr months, when they disagreed, and about a ; I year after the wedding husband and wifeseparated. In the summer of 1888 Mrs. Belmont secured a divorce from her husband at Newport, she receiving the cuatedy of herV^HB one ohild. On March 30,1889. Mrs. Balmbnt married George L. Rives. flj^B T- . Jfl BONO TABLE FOR INVESTORS. Each Postmaster Will Beceive. ? Copy Carilila'i Oltcnllrl The Secretary of the Treasury has Riven ]9 out a table showing the amount which should be bid for the new four per oent. bonds 9 maturing February 1, 1925, on February 1, fl 1696, in order that the investor may realize m any rate of Interest between 2X per oent. and B four per cant per annum. Following la the HI Interest Amount Interest Amount v^H| 2%.. 180.8749 3* ..luf.0S5? IVi. 134.9234 3 MG 107.8900 3 119.3229 3% 106.7121 ..H 8 1-16 .117.9746 3 11-16.... ..10&66I6 ,~^^B 8H 116.6471 fyi... ..104.4083 B H 3 3-16 115.3391 3 13-16 103.2916 I 3k 114.0506 3#.:1. .....102.1716 3 5-16 112.7814 3 15-16. V ..101.0778 Z% 111.5810 4 10010000 87.16...:...110.2992 The Treasury Department hat also begun* ^H| the task of sendiju? to each Postmaster to the ':H United States a copy of Secretary Carlisle's circular of January 6 ashing for proposals B for the purohase of the new bonds. By dlrection of the Postmaster-General these notices are to be posted in aeompwaous place ^^B in each office. ARRESTEO FOR MARA MURDERS. ___ ????? * * Italians Indicted for* Series or Crimea of Violence In PennaTlvsni*. Justice has at last overtaken tho gang of Italian assassins who, under the direction of J^H the Mafla, have committed murders and rob- ' jaries and terrorized the people of Southern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, for the last Bfl six months. H Nine of tho wont members of the gang are now in the county jail in Wllkesbarxe, four : Ml are fugitives from justice and one Is in Chi oago under arrest. The Grand Jury of Luzerne County found , true bills against four of the prisoners for murder and against the rest for arson, rob-. |H bery, burglary, larceny, blowing up * house with dynamite and assaults on women.' Detectives who worked up the cases against these men say tbat tnare wiu do thirty or forty more arrests before they have captured all the criminals.,. H| Most startling of all the discoveries concerning this baud Is the fact that they are nil members of the Mafla, th3t secret organization of criminals born in Italy, bat tran?planted to this country. Several of the BR prisoners have confessed that they worked:. under orders received from the head- JB| quarters of the Mafla in New York Citv and Philadelphia. There is every indication that the organization now being broken up la the worst lot of thugs that has vexed this country since the citizens of New Orleans took the law Into their own hands and exterml- H aated that brood of Malla murderers who H brought a long series of assassinations to an and by ambushing and killing David Henuessy, the Chief of Police. HB Arab* Defeated by British. H. H. Johnston, Imperial Commissioner in he Eritish Central Africa Protectorate, retknt ha norHixi nn n onroftflsful campaign igainst the Arabs north of Lak^ Nyasa. Two lundred and fourteen Arabs were Jellied in I I cattle, and Chief Mlozi was captured and executed Several stockades ware captured. 1^1 The British force lost aboat forty Indian md African soldiers. |H Electric Shock Kill* Two Brothers. Lee Lewis, aged fourteen years, and his H jrother Joseph, aged twelve, were killed 19 7hild playing with a small wire, which be-' same accidentally fastened to an electrlo JMH ight wire, at St. Louis, Mo. The elaer^^^^B )oy was the tlr9t to receive the shock, ana rrhen his brother rau to his assistance and endeavored to pull the body from the wire, 10 also received a shock whioh resulted in ilmost instant death. Bfll Torpedo Boat Blows Up In Italv* Rfl The boiler of an Italian torpedo boaton^|v.^H uako Diaggiore expiuueu sinning mo vwjsoi ^ uid drowning twelve people who were on H "ard. t k 1 J