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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.
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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.
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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
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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<
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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." ^
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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. ...
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:eo to ex-president harrison.
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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.
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Piano makers in Brooklyn. N. Y., are trytr\
wjnrcrfl.nl7.fl.
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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!
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^ 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.
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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
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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
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etween Yokohama and Honolulu.)
duel. The men agreed to use their revolvers
at for :y paoee, and shoot till their weapons
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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
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; The Crew of a Fishing Schooner Perish
Off Massachusetts.
; CAUGHT IN THEIR BERTHS.
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[ 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.
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8enate has thirty Republicans, one ot whom,
Senator Porter, was absent on acoount of
. illness in his family. The six Democrats
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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
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BELMONT?VANDERBtLT. g
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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. ? {
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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
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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.
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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
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