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TBMEZHELM CB1S1S ESDS
Lord Salisbury Proclaims the Great
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ENGLAND BACKS DOWN.
Ih? British Prime Minister, at the Lord
Mayor's Banquet, Says He Believes the
Plan Suggested by Mr. Olney Ends
the Venezuelan Controversy?The News
Received With Immense Applause.
London. England (By Cable).?Lord Salisbury
announced in bis speech at tho Mansion
House Monday night that the dispute between
Great Britain find the United States over the
venezuewn Boundary nas virtually oeen sectted^Tt
has been settied on the terms which
United States insisted upon. The whole
question is to be referred to unrestricted
arbitration. The only condition attached is
one proposed by Secretary Olney that the
title of bona fide settlers to their present
holdings shall, in case the arbitrators' award
places them under the jurisdiction of Venezuela.
be decided by tho laws governing private
titles.
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LOUD SALISBURY.
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Tbe British law provides, anions other
things, that a title to land which has been
nnassailed for twenty-one years cannot be
[invalidated. Venezuela, in other words, will
be debarrrd from confiscating property in
any territory she may acquire under arbitration.
That was the good news in the British
Premier's great speeob-. v He announced it at
the outset, and it was received with immense
enthusiasm. He ventured also to !
oongratulate Ambassador Bayard and the '
United States on the result of the election, j
This is an extraordinary thing for a Prime '
Minister and Foreign Secretary to do, but 5
hn axnlained that it hardlv amounted to I
inte-ference in the domestic politics of an- '
other Nation to express admiration of '"the '
splendid pronouncement which a great :
people has made in behalf of the principles ?
which lie at the base of all human society."
There was a sumptuous display at the banquet
at which the above announcement wa'
made, it marking the installation into office
of Mr. George Faudel Phillips, the new Lord
Mayor of London. The banqueting hall of the
Mansion House was. crowded. Among the
guests were Prime Minister Salisbury, Mr.
George J. Goschen .First Lord of the Admiral- '
^ ty; Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State '
for India; Lord Halsbury, Lord High Chan- t
cellor; Mr. Charles T. Ritchie, President of <
the Board of Trade; GeDeral Lord Wolseley; (
Commander-in-Chief of the British forces; i
General Sir Herbert H. Kitchener, Sirdar of {
the Egyptian Army; Mr. William Court Gully, ,
Speaker of the House of Commons, and Mr. i
Thomas F. Bayard, the American Ambassa- j
dor.
Interest centred in the speech made by
Lord Salisbury, it bein? the custom for the
Prime Minister at the Lord Mayor's banquet I (
to mnke a statement regarding the foreign | ,
, and domestic policies of the Government. ,
Ambassador Bayard replied to the toast
"The Foreign Representatives." i
Mr. Bayard, in treating of the community
of interests of the Nations of the world, all j
being affected by the doings of others, re- <
ferred to the Presidential election in the ]
U'ited States, saying: <
"I am very sure that it was in no narrow <
party sense, no merely National sense, that
the heart of the people which it is my highest
honor to represent was echoed in a verdict
that could not be misunderstood, standing
as it does for National honor and the
continuity of National obligations, making
the world safer in the trust of each part, and
speaking as emphatically as the human mind
and human heart ever spoke in favor of that {
honesty which is an essential condition of | '
civilization everywhere." (Loud cheers.) I <
When Lord Salisbury arose to reply to the i
toast "Our Ministers," he received an ova
tion. After thanking the Lord Mayor and
the others present for the warmth of the
welcome extended to him, he said: .
"X thank the Ambassador of the United
Stares for his presence here and for joininc
a great historio meeting. By the few words ;
he has uttered he has raised his own plane t
of observation so high above the mere level j
of party that, though oontrary to practice to
remark upon the internal politics in other ,
8tates, I may be permitted, withouj impertinence,
to congratulate him upon the splendid
pronouncement the creat people he represents
have made in behalf of the principles
which lie at the base of all human society. (
(Cheers.)
"It is rather bathos to have to turn therefrom
to the??ather unimportant controversy (
his country and ours have had in r?:cent j
months. I only do so for the purpose of expressing
the belief that it is at an end.
(Cheers.) You are aware that in the discussion
had with the United States
on behalf of their friends in Venezuela
our ouestion has not been whether
there should be arbitration, but whether arbitration
should have unrestricted application,
and we have always claimed that those
wh.\ apart from historic right, had the right
which attaches to established settlement?
should be excluded from arbitration. Our
difficulty for months has been to define the settled
districts and thesolution has, 1 think come
that we should treat our roloutal empire as
we treat individual; that the sane lapse of
time which protects the latter in civic life
from having their title quest;oned should
similarly protect an English colony, but
beyond that, when a lapso could not be
claimed there should be an examination of
titlo and all the equity demanded in regard
thereto should be granted.
"I do not oelieve I am usin? unduly sanguine
words when I declare my belief that
thi- has brought the controversy to an end.
(Lr. ud cheers.) i
".Ve have Lad an anxious year a: too
Foreign Office, but we have floated into a
pt'riod of comparative calm, and I do not
intend to trouble you with matters that have
passed away."
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California Striker* Pardoned.
The President has pardoned W. H. Clune,
Isaac Ros-s and Philip Stnnwood, of California,
sentenced December 6, 1894, to pay a
fine of one dollar and to be confined in Los
Angeles County jail for conspiracy, the offense
being committed in the railway riots at
that time general throughout the country.
Took Hi* Life lictaiisn Itr.yun Lost.
Morris Brown, age J sixtv-lwo years, commifted
suicide at the Star Hous'', Columbus,
Ohio, by taking morphine. lie was au ardent
isryiin infill, uuu Wficj uvci nrjuu s ucivui
is believed to have prompted his net.
The Labor World. <
America has 10,000 union brewers.
London factories erapioy 200.000 girls,
ban Francisco, Cal., has a Chinese labor
Buffalo, N. Y., has an Italian laborers'
union.
Welsh steel workers won ten per cent, advance.
Wag^s of New Hampshire spinners are being
reduced.
Brooklyn's two unions of knitting workers
may consolidate.
They are 5700 members of trades unions in
Los Angeles County, Cai.
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COMMENTS ON VENEZUELA.
The London Newspapers Think ?Every?
thins Is Serene.
LoNDoy (By Cable).?The Daily News, commenting
upon Lord Salisbury's speech, says
in reference to bi9 explanation of tlie Venezuelan
matter that the terms of the settlement
as announced by the Prime Minister ire perfectly
satisfactory, involving no surrender
of essential principles. The solution arrived
at will enable each side to claim a vlotory.
Lord Salisbury can justly say he succeeded
in protecting the rights of the British settlers,
and Mr. Olney can claim with literal truth
that he succeeded in bringing Great Britain
to consent to arbitration.
The Post says that the settlement of the
Venezuelan dispute is wholly satisfactory to
Great Britain and the United States.
The Daily Graphic holds that the solution
to the vexatious question reflects the high i
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est credit upon an concfirnna. inunj-juauflee
the intervention of the United States.
The Standard briefly welcomes "the
auspicious announcement."
The Chronicle says that it finds Lord
Salisbury's statement rather puzzling. It
doubts whether settled colonists exist in any
great numbers, but supposes it is all right.
The Daily Telegraph says the terms of the
settlement leave the dijrnity and interests of
Great Britain and the United States unimpaired.
TEXAS SINKS IN HER DOCK.
A Remarkable Accident Happens to the
United Stntes Battleship.
The United States second-class battleship
Texas sank at the Cob dock in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard at 6 a. m., a few days ago. 8he
lies in twenty-flve feet.of water, ^nd there
are nine feet of water in her lower compartments
aft and four and a half feet forward,
iind it constantly rises.
Six tups and three divers were at once set
to work to raise the ship. The damage
uannot be ascertained, but as the engines are
well under water, the money damage will
probably be great.
The cau?e of the sinking of the ship is supposed
to have been due to the blowing out of
the main injection valve or seacock at the
bottom of the keeL
The ship arrived ten days before from
Hampton Roa'ls for repairs. While in the
Boad9 she soraped her bottom. She was to
join the North Atlantio Squadron in a few
days,
At 6 a. m. one of the watchmen noticed
the boat heel to starboard, and oonoluded
something was wrong. He watched the
Texas for awhile and concluded she was
settling. Then he gave the alarm. The
engineers said at once that the boat
was sinking. Tne sea invaded the
lower deck despite the pumps and the
sugines were nearly half submerged all
morning. She settled on her starboard side
In the mud at the bottom of the dock. Her
slant is not noticeable to the ordinary observer,
but to the nautical eye she heels as If
3he had "a bone in her teeth" running before
the wind.
The efforts of the divers were confined to
stopping the iDflow of the sea through the
hole where the sea-cock was located. It was
said at the yard that the accident could not
iave been foreseen and that nobody was responsible
for it.
The Texas is now rastlng easily on the
nud bottom at the Cob dock. There were
>nly two feet of water under her when the
icciaent nappenea. xne oniy damage 10 cue
ship will be in the engine-room from water.
EXECUTIONS IN CHINA. f
la Average of 1600 Mahometan Heads ft
.Day.
Terrible accounts come to hand with incilents
connected with the Mahometan rebellion
in Kan-Soo, China. It is estimated
:bat 10,000 Mahometans, chiefly women,
jhildren and old men, have died of hunger
or have been frozen to death In
the hills and mountains. Those that have
submitted number 18,000, women and chiliren
for the most part. Thirty or forty
thousand remained under arms among the
bills in the southeastern district in the middle
summ- r.
The business of beheading the insurgents
was conducted with wholesale vigor as soon
as their strength had been broken in any
district. An avorage of 1600 had been dezapitated
daily for two weeks in Si-NingFou,
from June 16, and as 3000 heads remained
to come off, the sanguinary carnival
was expected to go on for an Indefinite time
longer. Crowds of people watched the
axecutions, ana it is easy to conoeive the demoralization
that must have resulted from
juch prolonged intimacy with this bloodshed.
MLLCU HID DM D T OIO I Crlt
Jne Child Pours Oil Over Another and
SetH Fire to It.
Fred Kitz, the four-year-old son of Mr.
iad 3Irs. Emil Ritz, of Newark, N. J., while
eft alone in the house with his two-year-old
iister Jennie, poured a can of kerosene oil
>vor her clothing and set Are to it.
The little one was burned nlmost to a crisp
?nd died in preat agony. The boy told his
'reuzie.1 mother he did it "ju3t to see Jennie
jurn."
About 10 'o'clock Mrs. Ritz went out to
narket, leaving the two children alone. 8ho
ivas careful to plaoa the match box where
)he thought the little ones could not reach
It and the only fire was in the cook stove.
As Mrs. Ritz was returning from the market
she glanced up at the windows of her
rooms and was horrified to see one of them
raited and the boy hanging half way out.
Fearing that he would fall she ran swiftly
up the stairs. As she reached the room 9he
smelled something burning and a low moan
broke upon her ear.
Throwing open the door with frantic haste
:ho tow her Httlw rrirl .TunniA (ilfMntr nn thrt
floor in the kitchen apparently a mass of
flame.
LOST WITH FIVE MEN.
The Schooner So:iora Wrecked In Lake
O.itarlo off Bnffalo.
A report from St. Thomas, Canada, says
that the schooner Sonora was wrecked and
Ave lfve3 lost In the late storm off Point
Abine, about ten miles from Buffalo, N. Y.,
ou tne Canadian shore. Mato W. Duquett,
wno claims to have been the only survivor,
curried the news to St. Thomas.
The Sonora was lumber-laden, b>und from
Wlarton, Ontario, to Tonawanda, N. Y.
Those who are reported lost are: Captain
James Buckley,of Sarnia; Daniel Russell end
James Morrison of Glasgow, Scotland; Malcolm
McLood of Toronto: a cook, name un*
Knowij, but hailing as "Dumpling Maud."
Bread Uiots in India.
At Sholapur, India. 5000 men looted 15^0
bags of grain; the police flred upon the mob,
killing four men and wounding six. A
further outbreak is feared, as Sholapur Is
one of the worst famine tracts of the Presi
dency.
Steamships In Collision.
A despatch from Seville, Spain, says that
two steamships have been wrecked in collision
at the entrance to the Gaudnlquivir
River. One of the vessels was sunk and
twenty of the passengers were drowned.
Most of those lost were wealthy and promlnsnt
persons.
Died From I.oks of Sleep.
Andrew Mas?nusoa died suddenly at Middletown,
Conn., of paralysis of the brain.
Magnuson was the father of the child who
was killed the week before by falling from u
bridge, and he had not slept since the ncci
dent.
Columbian Liberty Bell Attached.
The Columbian liberty bell is in the hands
of the Sheriff in Chicago. The Henry MeShane
Manufacturing Compauy of Baltimore,
which cast it, say? that it has never
been paid for the work, and tho firm's agent,
with a Deputy Sheriff, took the bell from
Evanston. 111., to Chicago.
( old liondn Sold.
I The 816,040,593.70 of per cent, gold
I bonds of New York City, which were offered
for sale bv Comptroller Fitch, woro sub
owii/wi iu; uiftuj LILuuj u?ci, aau ut uauu- |
some prices, ttnis justifying the opinion that
the money situation is In a much healthier
condition than before the election
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LOST IN A LAO MCI
The Captain Drunk and Six Men Were
Drowned.
FATAL END OF A DEBAUCH,
The Skipper of the Schooner Waukesha Re?
fused to Rtin for a Harbor or to Bench
Hit Craft?Locked the Signals UpOnly
One Man Saved?-Liquor Flowed
Even While the Vessel Was Sinking.
Muskegon, Mich. (Special).?Ia the darkness
and fierce storm of Saturday night, without
a soul on shoro being a whit wiser, the
800-ton three-master sohooner Waukesna
went to pieces off this port and six men there
met their dekth. Only one ma- of a crew of
Beven, commanded by a drunken captain,
reached shore.
The schooner arrhwd off the harbor from
Ludington about 4 o'clock p. in. and
flew a flag for a tug. The life saving
crew sent word uptown and the tug Ryersoa
came down, but the men in charge hesitated
to go out in face of the fierce storm. The
Waukesha gave no other signals and the life
savers did not go out.
At 1.30 o'clock a. m. a patrolman reported
wreokage, and when day broke the lookout
eaw only a dark object moving in the heavy
Bea about fl mile out. Captain Wood was
notified and a surf boat, whioh was sent out
found a sailor alive in the rigging of the
wrecked vessel. The man was taken to the
station and to-night gave nis version or tne
wreck in graphlo style.
He said his name was Frank Delach, and
that there had been seven men on board?
the captain, mate, four seamen and the oook,
a colored man, but he did not know the
names of any of them.
The schooner, owned by Captain Duncan
Corbett, left Ludington Friday with 600 tons
of salt for South Chicago. Almost from thel
start the oaptaln began drinking. About
ten o'clock that night, with the sea running
high, they sighted lights, about the location
of which there was a dispute. The
boat was leaking badly and all hands had
tn cm tn t-hfl nnmna
Every now and then, he said, the captain
oalled In the mate and a sailor by the name
of Fred, and gave them liquor, until the entire
party was very drunk. When the vessel
arrived off Muskegon the captain anchored,
and, further than to hoist a flag for a tug,
tefused to send for any help. After fastening
the foresail to keep it from threshing,
the crew went baok to the pumps and found
four and a half feet of water in the hold.
They had just resumed pumping when the
captain called all hands to luncheon, after
eating whioh the pumping was once more
resumed.
The yawlboat and stern tuckle went away
Boon after, and then the bar davit. The
oaptain was asked to torch for a lifeboat, but;
refused. Then the boat began to sink, and
the oaptain and mate, taking life preservers,
went up into the forensreing. The 3allors
followed as quickly as possible.
When the boat had a list of about three
teet, the forward mast went over and all fell j
off, the cook and the drunken sailor, Fred J
being swept into the sea., The other two)
mastB went In short order,
The captain continued his drinking untilj
he was helplessly drunk, and about 10 o'clock:
he rolled overboard and sank. An hour later!
the mate went overboard. Delach and one I
sailor were then all that were left.
About 5 In the morning Delach's cocipan-j
ion became benumbed by the cold. Delach
held on to htm as long an possioie, oat nnauy
lost his bold, and the unfortunate man fell
Into the water. The lifeboat arrived half an
hour later.
TREASURY FOR C. N. BLISS?
New Tork City .Republican Leaders Say
It's Settled.
Republican leaders in New York City say
that it seems to be practically settled that
Cornelius N. Bliss will De l'reiiient dica-inley's
Secretary of the Treasury. It Is understood
that the President-elect has expressed
a desire that Mr. Bliss accept the Treasury
portfolio, and is anxious that his selection
shall have the approval of the Republican
organization in New York Oity and State.
oomun >. bun.
So certain is one Republican of National
prominence that Mr. Bliss is to be the next
Secretary of the Treasury that he said he
bad positive information that the appointment
had been tendered and accepted.
(Vmoiino v mua <a in thfi wholesale drv
goods business in New York City, and Is interested
as a stockholder and director in several
banks and trust companies. For eight
years he hns been the Treasurer of the Republican
National Committee.
There is a provision in th? United States
Revised Statutes which might cause him to
give up some of his present business enterprises
should he accept, the place of Secretary
of the Treasury. It provides that no
person ensraged in a co-nmercia! enterprise
such as Mr. Bliss now carries on shall be
elegible to the position to which he is
destined by the above rumors.
Princeton Defeats Harvard.
Princeton defeated Harvard in the annua1
football g.ime, on Soldier's Field, Cambridge,
Mass., oy a score 01 iz iuu. it n.uciurouiiful
game from start to flni-sh, and the
Tigers won on their merits. Fifteen thousand
spectators saw Harvard's defeat. The
first half ended without either side having
scored, although Harvard had a brisk wind
in her favor. Princeton's goal was not
serious y menaced at any time during the
game, as even with the wind against him in
the first half Baird. of Princeton, easily outclassed
Brown, 01 Harvard, in punting.
Fire Destroyers Destroyed.
The factory and storerooms of Shnnd, Mason
<fc Co., Upper Ground street, Blackfriars
road, London, majors 01 nre engines auu un
apparatus connected with the extinction ot
flr? s, were burne-1. Ttio loss is estimated at
81,000,000. Too property destroyed included
350 engines, two iioftta, 37,090 feet of hose, a
quantity of rubber and valuable machinery,
llomanco of Poeoinoke City.
Roland S, Bevans, of Pooomoko City, Md.(
and Mibs Saliy A. Clayvllle, of Snow Hill,
were married a few nights ago. The
bride is sixty-eight years old, and the groom
will be eighty-two In December.
Cycling Notes.
Japan makes only 500 bicycles a year.
Every cyclist should learn to breathe
properly.
In England footmen and maids on wheels
follow their mistresses.
In the future Dutch oycllsts will be subjected
to a yearly tux of three florins.
Many bicycle makers will bnild chninless
bicycles to sell nort year at $150 each.
A recent count in the Boston park system
showed 8640 cyclists and 463 horseback
riders.
Less than ten years ago it was believed in
England that bicyoles would never be popular
in this country, owing to the poor
condition oX the roads.
TALLEST AND SMALLEST IN THE NAVY.
The Crniaer New York Has Both > Giant
and a Midget Among Its Men.
In addition to many other distinctions the
fast armored eruiser New York hag in her
crew the biggest man in the naval service
and the smallest apprentice. The one is
Thomas Moran, master-at- arms of the ship.
A master-at-arms Is the chief petty officer of
a naval vessel, and is chief of police on the
ship to which he is attached. Every masterat-arms
is familiarly known to his shipmates
as "Jimmy Leggs,' and tradition says not
why. The "Jimmy Leggs" of the New York
UJJCLE SAM'S TALLEST AND SMALLEST TA2S.
is a New Yorker by birth. He has been thirty
years in the naval service and bears an excellent
record. He stands six foot four in
his stocking feet, and weighs 178 pounds.
John Edward a. est on, appreauce 01 me
first class, claims the honor of being the
smallest wearer of navy blue in the service.
He has been in it eighteen months. He
weighs seventy-eight pounds, and was but
four feet nine inches in height at the time of
enlistment. That was one-eighth of an inch
short of the required height. But He? ton had
oome all the way from his Missouri home to
add his tiny strength to the new navy, und
the reoruitlng officers thought It too bad to
disappoint him. So the Navy Department
was told about the matter, and an order was
given to waive the regulation in his case. So
i
ud wito ,
THE ARBITRATION COMMISSION.
King Oscar of Sweden Will Probably Be
the Fifth Member.
Information comes from the British Foreign
Office that King 03car II. of Sweden
and Norway will bo asked to act as the fifth
member of the board of arbitration to whioh
the Venezuelan boundary dispute will ke referred
for settlement.
KINO OSCAR II. OF SWEDES.'
The officials of the Foreign Office takes
exceptions to the statements which have
been made that Venezuela will not be represented
directly in the arbitration tribunal.
The Foreign Office authorities suggest that
there Is still doubt whether Venezuela will
have her own member of the tribunal. At
any rate, Great Britain regards the United
States' representatives as apting for Vene
zuela.
It is understood that Lord Esher will retire
from the office of Master of the Rolls
early in 1897, and that Sir Richard E. Webster,
Attorney-General, will succeed him.
8ir Robert B. Finley. Solicitor-General, will
conduct the case of Great Britain before the
Venezuelan Arbitration Commission. Sir
Edward Clarke is debarred from taking any
part In the proceedings, in consequence of
his recent speeches unfavorable to tne British
contentions,
DEATH'S DOUBLE CALL.
Mr. and Mr*. Gallolc, Both Deaf Mates,
Stricken on the Same Day.
A singular coincidence came to light a
few days ago in Trenton, N. J., in the deaths
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Gulick, of 721
Adeline street.
Both wore deaf mutos, and although they
were separated by over one hundred miles,
both died at the same time on Monday. Mrs.
Gulick's death came while she was visiting
friends at Sorners Point, N. J., while her
husband was killed by a train near Yonkers,
N. Y.
Gulick, who was at one time employed at
the New Jersey School for Deaf Mutes, had
recently earned a living by traveling about
the countrv 3f lllng pictures and books. The
funerals of the two occurred from their home
in Trenton.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
The boiler of Roderick Baker's steam mill,
in Perry County, Kentucky, exploded., Roderick
Baker ana Jack Francis were killed.
The Injured are James Crow, arm broken;
Bud Harper, scalded; Dick Marrs, scalded
and head cut; Dave Crowder, leg crushed;
Mason Falen, foot mashed; Samuel Clark,
scalded. Three others were hurt by flying
Umber.
Perished in a Kansas Blizzard.
The first death iu a Kansas blizzard this
jeason is reported from Qoodland, on the
Colorado border, where the body of J. N.
Morgan was found in a snow drift. He had
avidently lost his way in the ntght and
storm, and. finally, turning loose his horses,
sought shelter behind the wagon box.
A Bridegroom's Suicide.
Prank Hamilton, for years a conspicuous
janker at Austin, Texas, killed himself with
morphine. Up to a few months ago he was
mornhoi- nf 'Riivmnnrl A: Oo.'s banklncr
house. He wiia married two nights before
his death to Miss Carrio Gray.
Partition of China.
lathe course of a speech at EnQeld, Engand,
Sir Charles Dlike, member of tbo British
Parliament, asserted that three Powers
lately submitted to Groat Britain a proposal
for the partition of China. Great Britain,
he added, refused to entertain the proposal.
CjcHiib Notes.
Soft tiros increase the liability to punctures.
Tho French Touring Club now has 42,000
members. '
A census of the cyollsts of Vienna, Austria,
showed a total of 20,000,
The Royal Arcanum Wbeelmen of New
York City now number 125 members.
Every bicyclist in France must have his
name and address on his wheel, on a metallic
plate.
Paris is going ahead in the matter of catering
for cyclists. In the beautiful Bois de
Boulogne there Is now a special avenue, over
;a mile in length, which is exclusively reserved
for oyclists.
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A TRAMP SAVES A TRAIN.
Gives a Signal ti? Stop and the Wreckers
Shoot Him In the teg.
A tramp named G. C. Bynum proved himself
a hero a few nights ago and saved a fast
express train and probably many lives.
Bynnm overheard a cran? of men In a box
oar olottine to wreck the west-bound 8t.
Louis express on the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Rnllway In a lonely stretch of
country east of Washington. Ind.
The express car, It Is reported, contained a
large amount of money. A heavy chartre ol
nltro-arlveerine and dynamite was placer!
upon the track in such a way that it would
exnlode when struck by the enorlne.
Bvnum said nothln" nbout the matter
fearlnp thf po'Ice would think him crnzv. H<
hart no way to slcrnal the exnr?9S train,
which he kn?w would he due wiihlna shorl
time. It was some distance to the nearest
switch, hut he made his way there, and
pulled off the slcnal Utrht.
Then he went to the place There the al
t-tTIn oirrnnl n-a<
legen civnainire wh? i-irt'-cii. ??
seen by the approaching train In time. Th<
train wreckers. who w?re In ambush, alsr
sawtb? slernal, and a volley of shots wa9 flrec
at the tramp. He wa? wounded In the lee
and a Phot throueh his hat armed his head.
After the explosives wer? r?moved 'rorr
the track the train cam" to Waahineton.Inrt.,
bringing the tramp. Th<> 200 people who
were on the train crowded about him and
praised him. Later a subscription was taken
up for his benefit. ^
Bynum's home la in Baltimore, BM. The
Washington police are workinsr on a theory
that he wa9 one of the trans of rohbers. but
that, as the train aoproached. his heart faile!
him and he eave the warning signal to the
engineer. As he did so. his confederates
ehot at him, the police think.
STOLE OUT OF A TURKISH PORT.
British Skipper Took VdvIceFrom a Yankee
CraUer and Saved Seven Armenians.
Captain Fisher, cf th? British freight steamship
Boyne, appeared before Collector Kilbreth
to explain why his ship arrived at the
Port of New York two day3 ago without
manifests of her cutro. the absence
of which renders him 'liable to a /lnp
of $500. The captnin. said that ho
sailed from thopnrt of Smyrna on October
11 without waitinpr for clearance paners, because
two days before he sai'ed sevpn
Armenians had come aboard and beejrert
that he brlni? them to this country, because
they were in dancer of nss*s<d nation bv
the Turks. He to?k them on board, and
declined to eive them rp. he says, upon
the demand of tin authorities in Smyrna,
and appealed to the only warship in
the harbor, an Italian man-of-war for support.
The warship would not meddle, but
*u"TT-"-J ?""ioayAfinnoanoiisarrived
IUW Uiiliou oimw iu- - v.
while he was in this dilemma, and under the
advice of the officers of the Minneapolis hp
says he sneaked out of the harbor. Tha
manifests were sent by mail by the aeents of
the snip ia Smyrna, and ?h* case ha? been
referred to the Treasurr I)epartmQnt.
The Armenians were on hoard when the
vessel arrived. Their names areG. Goreladi,
twenty-three years old: D. Ralfafades,
twenty-six years old; D. Del Shanossin.
nineteen years ol?i; A. Shisimanl. forty-two
years old, and h:s wife and two (laughters.
TENTH FLOOR HOLD-UP.
Chicago Robber* in the M*?onic Teinplo
Gajr Proprietor and ClerV.
J. Herrmann <fc Co.'s jewelry store, on the
lenth floor of the Masonic Temple, Chicago,
was entered by two armed robbers late Monday
afternoon, who secured about 85000
worth of diamonds, a gold watch and chain,
and 00 in money anrl escaped.
onri n a. Mc?
jar. nerrmnuo, prupuom., ?
Gurty, a clerk, were the only occupaDts of
the room when the robbers entered. They
were prepared to olose up the day's business
when they were confronted with revolve**.
The outlaws ordered them into one corner of
the room and then bound and gagged both.
While one robber watched over them w'th
his pistol his companion rifled the safe of its
contonts and slipped a nuantitv of gems into
hfs pocket. The robbers then fled. It
wa? sevpral minutes before the proprietor
and the clerk could relerwe themselves, and
the robbers had made good their escape.
FALL RIVER IS HAPPY ALL OVER.
The Biggest rnlltloal Parade and Celebration
the Town Ever Had.
A great political parade took place at Fall
River, Mas?., to mark the election of MoKlnjey
and Hobart. From 700) to 10,000 meD,
women, boys and girls participated, while
seven or eight times that number looked on
and cheered themselves hoarse. There were
twelve bands and four drum corps in
line. Mill agents, treasurers, superintendent
and overseere walked sldo by side with
operatives In all departments of the cotton
mills.
Two thousand dollars' worth of red flre
was burned along the line, and nearly every
house and business block was illuminated.
A BABY STONED TO DEATH.
Attacked by Two Boys and Lett to Die in
a Pool a Few Steps From Home.
The two-year-old child of Albert Farrell,
| of Forest City. Penn., was found dead In a
shallow pool within twenty feet of the house,
l The child had been playing in the pool, and
it was thought at first to have been drowned.
Later investigation showed several bruises
on the skull, looking as though they bind
been made with stones. Now a little girl
has thrown light on the death. She said she
saw two boys throwing stones at the child,
and heard the ohlld cry when struck.
VENEZUELA HAS A NEW ALLY.
Colombia Views With Apprehension an Alliance
With Ecuador.
It Is stated semi-offlclally that a treaty,
offensive and defensive, has been negotiated
by representatives of the Governments
of Venezuela and Ecuador. The
treaty, it is declared, has been alreadvslgned.
The Government of Colombia views this
new alliance with suspicion and some apprehension.
Tlte Fogtmaster-GenOTal'd Budget.
Postmaster-Genoral Wilson has submitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury his estimates
for the Postoffice Department for the fiscal
year to end on June 30, 1898. The First Assistant
Postmaster-General's office requires
$43,542,500; the Second Assistant PostmasterGeneral's
oilice, '852,224,500; Third Asaslstant's
'office, $1,359,100; Fourth Assistant's
office, Sf8,311. As the expenditures for the
service for 1898 are estimated at $97,515,411,
and the revenues expected for the same
year are placed at $96,227,076, there will be
an estimated deficiency of $1,288,335.
lUifl. Cnsilo Released.
Mrs. Castle, the wealthy woman of San
Francisco, Cal., who was sentenced to ;br<fo
months' imprisonment for shoplifting in
London, was released by tno noiuo uu?::ument
oil condition tbut her husband briu;,'
ner back to this country as soon as possible.
Victim of 11 is Own Gui:.
John Iiogers, a :oachinan living near
Whito Plains, N. Y.. kliled a laborer uud
then attempted to kill Henry Weiss. As he
was running after the latter he slipped and
hls'guu was discharged. He w-s install: ly
killed.
Out Oi the Common linn.
The number of persons lo iho square mile
in England is placed at 4SU; in tue United
States ut seventeen.
* Wnit-or of stauben
Airs. JjOtlUtt iiuiouo ....
ville, Ohio, nas been a widow for seventy-one I
years. Her age is 101.
A female cod of fifteen pounds weight, recently
examined by the British Fish Warden,
was iound to havo a roe containing 4,t<7X,UUo
eggs.
Along Butter Creek, Oregon, has appeared
a vine that when above the ground will leave
the root and cling to any vegetation to whieu
it can attach itself and through which it eau
idraw nourishment. The seeu id said to have
fbeen brought Uiere w.th alfalfa seed from
Bait Lake.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WMhlnctOQ Items.
Argument has been completed before fbe
Unitea States Supreme Court in the Bell
Telephone case, in which the .Government
claims that the patent for the BfSrliner transmitter
should be canoelled for fraud in the
Illegal delay in Its issue from the Patent
Office. It is expected that a decision will
bo rendered during the present session.
President Cleveland regards the military
situation in Cuba as far too critical to warrant
any action by the United States at this
time.
Admiral Bunce's fleet has been ordered to
Venezuelan waters for drills and evolutions.
The Administration in Washington is said
to be ^apprehensive of grave complications
whq opain ana 10 do preparing ior emerg ncles.
The Commission, cons'stlng of Admiral
Walker and four othnrs, recently appointed
:>y the President to locate a deep water harbor
at Santa Monica or San Pedro, la Southern
California, will soon meet to organize^
Congress aDpropnated $2,900,000 for the
harbor and $50,000 for the expense of the
Commission..
Secretary 01 aey gave out two letters regarding
the Venezuelan dispute. The arrangement
of the dispute hinted at by Lord
Salisbury is regarded as a diplomatic triumph
for Secretary Olney.
In the case of Harriet Monroe against the
New York World, the United States Supremo
(Iia nt +Via Inwpr
VVU1I auuuiou IUO VIUVIJIVU v? kuw tvftv.
court awarding, her $5000damages for the
publication of the World's Fair ode surreptitiously
obtained.
Chairman Dlngley, of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House, ?ald that be had
little hope that the Senate would pass his
tariff bill at the short session. 1
The statement is made on good authority
that is has been decided that an extra session
of Congress, just afterthe inauguration,
cannot be avoided.
Chairman Hanna, of the Republican National
Committee, decided to locate the permanent
National headquarters in Washington.
Chairman Butler, of the Populist National
Committee, issued an address declaring the
People's party sure to win four years hence.
President Cleveland went for a couple of
days' duck shooting on the Potomac marshes
in the neighborhood of Qaantico, Va. He
was accompanied by Dr. O'Beilly.
The annual report of the First Assistant
Postmaster-General was made public.
Domeatlc.
Kitty Martin shot and perhnp3 fatally
wounded Henry Kirohner in New York City
and then triea to kill herself. They bad
been lovers, and he wanted to end the
acquaintance.
The National Farmers' Congress, fn 'session
at Indianapolis, Ind., adopted resolutions
favoring international bimetallism.
Allen, the colored Republican candidate
for Governor's Council in Boston, Mass. ,won
on tbe recount by a small majority over his
white opponent.
General Master Workman Sovereign in bia
annual address to the Knights of Labor in
session at Rochester, N. Y., urged them to
carry on the fight for free silver and an income
tax and proposed the creation of a new
ciegreo, tne minuie-meD.
General Harrison sent a letter of congratulation
to President-elect McKinley.
George H. Morrison, the defaulting Treasurer
of Rensselaer County, was sentenced at
Troy, N. Y., to len years and five montb9 at
Dannemora by Judge Parker upon bis plea
of guilty to two indictments.
The Grand Jury of Queens County, New
York, indicted Mayor Gleason, of Long Isl?
and City, for violation of the Election lawn.
A fast freight train at Gibraltar (Penn.)
grade crossing ran into a carriage containing
Charle* F. Bright, a wealthy citizen oi
Reading, Penn., and Catherine Boyer, a
nlneteen-yenr-old working arirl. unmarried.
Both were instantly killed. On Bright's
person were found $10,000 worth of bonds.
Cora Abbott was burned to death in her
father's house, in Hilton, W. Va.,in a fire
which it is alleged was started by outlaw?
for revenge on the young woman.
A complete canvass of the vote of New Jersey
made by the County Clerks shows McKinley's
plurality is 87,505 and his majority
71,620.
Napoleon Sarony, the famous photogra
pher, died at his homo in New York City or
paraiysis.
The twelfth annual National Horse Show
Exhibition was opened in Madison Square
Garden, New York City, with the usual fashionable
attendance.
The monster steam dumping scow Cinderella
for the New York Street Cleaning Department
was successfully launched.
The dead body of Fritz Galenius, of llorristown,
a little settlement one and a half
miles from Matawan, N. J., was found in the
cellar of his home. An examination of his
wounds proved beyond a doubt that he had
been murdered.
The entire business portion'of the town of
Spencer, W. Va., was wiped out by fire, including
the bank, two hotels and thirty-nine
business places Onlytwo stores are left in
the town. This same section was burned
In 1888.
Hupo M. Fiedler, assistant bookkeeper of
the City Comptroller's office, shot out his
brains in the City Hall building, Chicago.
Financial troubles are assigned as the cause
of the suicide.
Alfred L. Hartridgc, a well-known broker,
fcoo Viuan nrrpQtuH nr Snvaimah. Or.. charged
with forgery by raising Southwestern Railroad
stock scrip. The amount involved la
between 520,000 and $30,000. The Germanla
Bank, National Bank oi Savannah and the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company hold
the scrip in various amounts.
Ten boilers in tbe Centralia Colliery, near
Hnzleton, Penn., blew up at once, creating
great excitement and killing three men.
"Cap" Hatfield and his fourteen-year-old
stepson ate in jail at Huntington, W. Va.,
for the murder of two McCoys on Election
Day.
Edward W. Wtilling, formerly a well known
commission merchant, became insane and
terriQed the citizens of the town of Keyport,
N. J.
"Fred" Conkllng, a driver at the State Reformatory,
was struck and instantly killed
by a trolley car between Rah way. N. J., and
Woodbridge. Conkllng attempted to cross
the tracks but fell, tbe car passing over his
body, cutting him in two. He leaves a wife
and three children.
A colored man named Johnson was shot
dead while robbing the house of his former
emDloyer, Hoopes, a ChPster County (Pennsylvania)
farmer. He had three razors in
bis pocket.
At Wellsville.N. Y.,lwo men and a boy who
were stealing a nue on no r.rio lumcu
with irot) piping were instantly killed by the
jarring of the car by a :wltch engine and the
shifting of the pipes. One of the men was
identified as Dick Allen, a colored man of
Boston. Mass., acd tho boy ns Harry Baker,
of Athens, Penn. The third body, that of a
large colored man, remains unidentified.
Hugh Reddy jumped in front of a railroad
train at Bridgeport, Conn., and saved two
children from being killed.
At Plattsburg, N. Y., J. Quincy Edwards, a
well known resident, committed suicide by
taking strychnine in a glass of cider. He
expired in ten minutes. Despondency is
said to have been the cause of the deed.
Gustavo Schwartz, a farmer living near
North Tonawnnda. N. Y., was held up and
rnhh?d of 3200 by four highwaymen while on
his way to his homo from Buffalo at 1 o'clock
a. m. There is no clue to the robbers.
The famous steam tug and alleged Cubao
{Minister Three Friends was seized at Jacksonville,
Fla., on telegraphic advices from
the Treasury Department, charged with a
violation of the neutrality laws.
Little Bertha Graff was attacked In a New
i'ork cellar l?y an unidentified man, who,
when the child summoned aid by her
screams, killed himself.
Seven war vessels in commission are now
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Foralsro Notes.
The Transvaal Government will claim an
indemnity of 85,000,000 from the British
South Africa Company.
An attempt was made in Russia to wreok a
tr:dn on which the Dowager Czarina and
other members of the Russian Imperial family
were traveling.
Advices from Havana, Cuba, state that the
political parties in the Island have united,
forming a eoalition under thetitle of a Committee
of National Defence.
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IRELAND'S ORATOR COMING.
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John E. Kedmond, Leader of the HoUV ?j
Ralert, to Visit the United States. v J',]
John E. Bedmond, the brainiest of Irish
Parliamentary leaders, is to come to the "i-j
: United 8tates during November, and will ri - >if
i main here while his lecturing tour proves : >
I profitable. His mission is not to raise funds :7
! or to say anything that will widen the breach ^
I between the two wlngB of the IrU>h party. &>.']
I If. k.,... ia 1 U. l.?knil?ilM X M
xu.i. xrcuujuuu uoa oauuuup i uio xorr uuaiuw
! and his private fortune In (Tiring his services
I to the cause of his native country, and takes. i
i advantage of this period ot political lnactiv- fi
, ity in British affairs to make a lecture- tout
1 of the American continent. He is a voting
: man of pleasing appearauoe, Is a polished :t
! speaker and 3 soand thicker.
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, JOHN Z. BEDMOJtD, K. V.
; John E. Redmond, like his brother William,
began in the Irish oanse before ho was V
!twenty-one years of age. He was one of the . ,
ablest lieutenants of Parnell and Michael )
Davi 11 In the early days, when the Irish Parliamentary
party was a unit In all thlngai ,- t
Mr. Bedmond'e lecture here will' be "Flftepp J
Years In the British Parliament"
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A COLD CONGRESS.
The Republican# Get Control of Both ' ^
Branches.
Washinotow.D. C. (Special).?Results of th?
election indicate that the combined Bepublioan
and Democratic gold standard men
will have a majority in the United States
Senate after the 4th of March, 1897. ,
Free silver has now 49 votes in the Senate. . / $
i It will have but 44 after March 4,1897.
The Republican victory includes probably
the Legislatures of several other States now
represented In the Senate by sliver Democrats.
In a few States gold Democrats will
be elected to succeed silver Democrats, and Ji
1 at least one State (Pennsylvania) a gold .Vv
Republican will succeed a Silver Bepublican.
With the majority secured by the Bepub- : <
i llcans, that party will be able to carry any
political legislation it desires through the , ?
i Senate^
The House or aepresentauvee wiu oe an}>ublIoan
by nearly, It not quite, 50 maority.
The Democrats oome out of the
election with very few solid-delegations to
the n?xt House. Arkansas, Florida. Georgia, ?
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, form. &
the short line of' solid" Htatpg. The Popu- .4
lists have certainly doubled their strength in .
the present Congress, and it is possible they
may increase by contests in olose districts.
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MR, M'KINLEY'S CABINET.
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Speculation Already Betrun an to His OflU
olal AdTlMn.
From now uatl! March 4 speculation will'
be rife, and slates win, of course, repeatedly >
be made and broken, hut until that time ft jjJ
will be impossible for any one to definitely >'
know who will comprise the President-elect's . '
political household. This is the first proph<.' .
ecy by Mr. McEinley's friends of thosa ->
most likely to compose his Cabinet officers:
Secretary of 8tate?Thomas B. Baed, o? :? >**
Maine. #
Secretary of the Treasury?Cornelius H.
Bliss, of New York. V
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rUOVLU19iO? UOUOl Oft u? V4MJ
Tennessee.
Secretary of the Interior?John 1L Than- .
ton, of Nebraska.
Secretary of the Navy?Daniel H. Hast
tags, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of War?Eassell A. Alger, of >. *'
Michigan.
Secretary of Agriculture?Cyrus Leland,
of Kansas.
Attorney General?ChArles H. Grosvenor,
of Ohio.
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BUSINESS REVIVAL GENERAL |
Everv Section of the Country Ite porta Im? ,1
proved Conditions Prevailing;.
The revolution in business conditions resulting
from the cessation of political aglta* /
tion is increasing daily. ji
Special despatches from the principal
elites of the country indicate that every VI
branch of industry has received an Impetus. -U
and that thousands of idle men have been ; I
Sven employment and as many more had I
.eir incomes doubled by being enabled to I
work full time, while scores of employer* fl
have made voluntary advances in wages* I
Manufacturing nas lett iuo spue uvn m
tally, but building, mining and banking hay* /.ifl
toeea included in the improvement. '
DIVES TO DEATH IN JAIL. fl
A Heartbroken l'rlooner Plunge* From
Lolty Gallery Id (Haflalo.
Michael Winters, a heartbroken blaok
fimith, fifty-Ave years old, committed suicide I
by throwing himself from the walk that opens
into the sixth tier of cells in the penitentiary fl
at Buffalo, N. Y., to the stone flagging below; fl
He dived head first and struok the flag* I
ging with h crash. His skull wai fl
smashed and his neck snapped like a pipe*
stem when he struck the stones. Death waa
instantaneous. He leaves a widow and -|fl
eight children. He bad been arrested for
disorderly conduct and had only three dayr H
to serve.
Woman Saffraee Win* In Idaho. H
The woman suffrage amendment In Idaho
seems to have secured a majority of votei
cast on the question. The State Board has
held that a majority of all participating in
the election is necessary to oarry the amend* DM
ment.
Hoarded Gold. n|
It is estimated that of the $65,000,000 of
gold brought into this country since tho Dj
recent export movement began folly $45.000,000
has been hoarded away in smaU
amounts.
Industrial Farm for Convicts. flfl
The Salvation Army's industrial farm foi
discharged convicts is a 312 acre tract in
San Ramon Valley, near Mount Diablo,
Contra Costa County, Cal. ?
District of Columbia Expense*.
The District Commissioners completed
their estimates of District expenditures for
the fiscal year, ending Jane 30, 1898, aggr?
gating $8,416,362.38.
strike or >ludKefl.
Circuit Judges at Grand Rapldn, Mloh., ^9
threaten to resign if the cut lns&larieu stands
He Foand the Venaii of Hllo.
Henry Brest, through whom the Venus ot
31110 cnme Into the hands 01 tne i'roncn in
1818, has just died, over 100 years old, oaths
island of Mllo, where he had married a H9
Greek womaa. He was present when the E^H
statute was unearthed and bribed the peas?
ants to keep the discovery secret until the ^flj
French Consul had arranged for its delivery SHE
to a French man-of-war. ' EH
a
Prominent People. M
Theodore Thomas put in his vacation
chopping wood at his cottage in the White MM
MVum+alna an ra if {? aim oaf A a trnod A I- fl^Hl
erolse as directing an oroheetra of Wagnerian