Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OFF WITH THE OLD %V. i SEA FPT OFF cm Filibuster Beats Off Spanish Gunboal With Solid Shot. ALL EUROPE BEHIND SPAIN The Three Friends Was Attempting t Xutnd Her Cargo of Arm* and Amman: tion When the Vessels Attacked HerPatrlots on^Board Return the Fire < the Spaniards-?Germany Spain's Allj Krr West, Fla. (Special).?The Cuba filibuster steamer Three Friends attempte to land her o&rgo of arms and monitions an a party of forty Cubans at the mouth of tb 8an Juan River, in the district of Li Guisaimas, Puerto Principe Province, a fe' nights ago. Surprised and trapped by heavily armed Soanifih coasting launc and a large gunboat, and attacke by a cannonade of two and twelv pound shells at close range, th filibuster In self-defence returned th attack with a twelve pofinder and volleyB c rifle fire, and checked and drove off her pui suers. The battle was a sea victory for th flatf of Cuba, as the filibuster escaped witt out a scratch from a deadly Are, and drov back the flag of Spain which floated over th two armed vessels. The first naval engagement of the Cubai war came suddenly and unexpectedly, bu while it lasted history was making with un comfortable rapidity for those on board th filibuster. For the flrst time in the record of the Cuban rebellion the flre of a Span Ish gunboat was returned by an expedition An mAAnlirvKf Po?n KKn a V? Qao WU IUO LUWUti^Ub VUAtU WI?U S/VU under the shadow of the towerini Trinidad Mountains, the battle o Bio San Juan was fought. Fourteen shot Jrom two and twelve pound rapid Are gun were exchanged between the Spanish iauncl and the Spanish gunboat on the one side ani an American steamer on the other, with rifl yolleys making sharper music. While n damage was done to the defiant fllihustei the Spanish boats were frightened from th chase. At daylight the ocean was clear, and th landincr -waa effected. The t>artv of men an the valuable cargo of rifles, ammunitioi machetes, cannon,tdynamtte and eupplit "were landed, met by a atrong body of insui gents and escorted to the main army of Gei eral Maximo Gomez. UNITED STATES WARNED. European Powers Could Not Ignore Ix terference In Caba. Lokdos, England (By Cable).?The Tim< publishes a dtspatoh from Paris saying th'i the United States has been confidentially it lormed in the most friendly terms that tb i European Powers could not remain impas * aive in the event of the United States abar dontng the attitude of President Clevelan and his Cabinet. Should the United States presume to ei ercise pressure on Spain by recognizing th Cuban insurgents or encouraging them i their resistance it nas Deen lniormea ids TEarope generally might become uneasy s the idea of snch an extension of iuterm tional action by the United States, inasmuc .as it might at a given moment threaten a most all the Powers whose possessions ai in proximity to the United States and mlgt: tempt the spirit of enterprise and enoroacb ment that is Inspiring the Senate Committe on Foreign Relations. "If," continues the writer. "I am correct! Informed the United 8tates has been concui rently informed that Germany is alread quite" prepared to side with Spain in tto event of the United Statesshowing tnat sh Is disposed officially to side with tfc rebels. Moreover, academic conversatior are proceeding in certain Foreign OJBc( an?nt the measures the Powers should tab to form a syndicate against the invasion < socialism which is now menacing all polit cal organizations. It was during these cot versations that the friendly warning to tt United States originated, Senator Cameron _ resolutions for the recognition of the Cuba J insurgents being regarded in some quartei L, as revolutionary." Th? Three Friend# Seized. Jacksonville, Fla. (Special).?The fll buster steamer Three Friends, which saile from Jacksonville, with men and a cargo < ammunition eleven days ago, arrived j Key West and was seized by Collector < Customs J. B. Browne. It is said she wi be treated as though she were a pirate. Bis Fire In New York City. In a single hour Christmas morning fli erwept across the middle of the block on tt north side of T^ty-third street, betwee Second and Third avenues, destroying large factory building and gutting a ten< ment house, a hotel, and the New York Pol] clinic Hospital at 214 East Thwty-fourt f*treet, all the fifty-six patients of whlcl uurgieal cases mostly, were carried out. Tt Are leaves a score o! families homeless an throws hundreds of men out of work tempo arily. As nearly as can be estimated th . damage is about $400,000. There was oc accident, a policeman, who fell down staii while trying to get a man out of one of tt buildings, broke his hip. & The Labor World. ft Tacoma, Wash., has Chinese tailors. I? Kansas City striking printers will establis ? a co-opcrativo plant. I New York City will enforce the weekly H payment-of-wages law. Wtp Lansing (Mich.) unions are boycotting tt ' street cars and a local theatre. The labor congress at Cincinnati indorse a plan for a general agitation of the eigh hour principle. The dock laborers in Hamburg, German voted by an overwhelming majority to coi 8 tinue the strike. ! The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chica? I Bail road has reduced the wages of itssectic ft . jnen ten per cent. \ AND ON WITH THE NEW CHOCTAWS SICN A TREATY. Lands to Be Allotted and the Tribal Go eminent to Be Relinquished. The Choctow Commission signed a trea :S with the Dawes Commission at Muskoge Indian Territory. The treaty provides I allottment of lands, town sites, reserve coal fields, Choctaw schools, and relinquls men; of tribal government within eig |, years. The Cherokee Creek and Chiokasa tribes will treat with the commission aft the holidays. The Choctaw reservation contains 6,638 A AAA my J 1A irn Mtlaa J v JW itureu Ul 1UUU, UI IV,1JU 3t|uiura uiiin. *. I. compared with this immense torritory tl area of these States in squares is give - Massachusetts, 8315; New Hampshire, 781 >f Vermont, 9565; New Jersey, 7815; Bho< Island. 1250; Delaware, 2050. The land to be allotted among OhoctoT by blood is 14,000 acree, and Choctaw fre man, 8819 acres, a total of 17,819 acres, tow d sites and coal fields deducted, which are d be sold under some special provision, pro e ably leaving each beneficiary, man, wom? or child, 850 acres, is THE LAW OF JACK AND HIS PA' a h A California Decision Against a Rap: d clous Master. 6 Judge Morrow, of San Francisco, Cal., h 6 handed down an opinion in the case of H e ran and Olaans airainst the bark'J. D. P I* ters. The Maguire act of 189J prohibit* q the anticipation by coast seaman of the , wages. It was intended to repeal Beetle * 10 of the acts of 1884-86, which permittt e anticipation of wages to the amount < $10 a month daring the voyage. a Judge Morrow declared that it was abstu t to prevent any man from drawing upon sum of money which Is already owing 1 e him. On account of an ambiguity in tt 3 Maguire act it fails of its purpose, and tt laws of 1884-86 are still in force. The oa] tain of the Peters had sold clothing to h * men at a profit of 4C0 per cent. Judge Mo I row allowed him ten per ,cent. over whol | sale prices. s BOSTON'S STRIKE OFFICIALLY OFI ti ^ It Cost the Men SIO.OOO and Mcrchan e 81.000,000. 0 r, . The one-day strike on the West End Stre< e Railway, Boston, Mass., came to an officii end on Christmas Day. By a unanimoi d vote the Supreme Council of the union d' i, cided to call it off rather than seem to t J?A_ -iU- j 1-J1.V ?!i.u T? T ittU ? guiliy UI uau lauu wim rrcsiucui juimo. r- There was a scramble t6 get back. Ever: i- thing ran as usual, except that hundreds < men found themselves"dropped from tt rolls. Those who stuck to their jobs got tt best rating, and all men newly hired woi retained. It looks as though the union were torn 1 pieces. The experience cost the men $10 000 in wages, the storekeepers $1,000,000 I js holiday trade, and the public much suHorin it and discomfort, i- ???????? e AN EXPENSIVE PRODUCT, h ______ 3 Charcoal Thread for Incandescent Lamj Worth S12,000 Per Pound. As a matter of curiosity United Stati ? Consul Morris at Ghent, Bellgum, reports I it the State Department that the most expei it .sive product In tbe world is the charcoi ? thread employed for incandescent lamps. is, for the most part, manufactured at Pari The filaments for lamps of twenty candli are worth $8000 per pound,and that for lamj of thirty candles are wor.h $12,OOP per poun< The former have a diameter of twenty-thoi sandths of the milimeter, and the latter foi and one-half thousandths] of a milimete y The filaments for lamps of three candles ai r" so light that it would require nearly 1,500 y 000 of them to weigh a pound. As the lengt of each of them is ten centimeters their tou J? lengtn would be 187 mile3. is ;s Cnrfew is Severe. ;? The City Council of Converse, Ind., hi parsed a curfew ordinance which forbids a i- persons under seventeen years of age fro i8 being on the streets alone after 7 o'clock i 's the evening during the months from So] n tember to April, and after 9 o'clock in tl 8 other months of the year, rne penalty fixed from $3 to ilO floe. Parents are mac liable for failure to keep their children c the streets after those hours. j. A Great Gift to Education. ^ Alfred Nobel, the Swedish engineer at it chemist, who died at 8an Retno, Italy, c )f December 9, left a will bequeathing his ei 11 tire fortune, amounting to about 810,000,00 to the Stockholm University. A Luxurious Train for President Diaz. ? President Diaz, of Mexico, has placed a 10 order with a car company at Dayton, Ohi u for the construction of a palace car trai a Tbo order covers dining, sleeping and ] brary cars, and such other cars as will mal> 7- up a magnificent train. No limit is place b on the cost, and it is understood that the d sire is to have the finest equipped railwc 16 train in the world. d : r" A Queen's Motor Carriage. The Queen Regent of Spain, who will soc r3 have a motor carriage, will be the fir te European sovereign to use one. It will I known as an "electric victoria." Minor Mention. Corn is now used for fuel in some cf tl ih farming sections of Nebraska. The Magnificent, the new battleship of tl f- English navy, cost ?4,500,000. Florida early vegetables are quite plentif ie in the market, considering the time of yen Official statistics show that there are 68S sd 000 single women and girls in Massachusett t- and 696,000 unmarried males. The Egyptian Government has had. sini y. May 1 last, to cope with cholera in 703 vi 3- iaa'es, and to send to each village medic men, orderlies, drugs, hospital and disinfe .0 tion equigment. The total number of cas< |n of cholera treated nas been 21,732, of whi< 18,132 or 83 per cent. h:ive died. " ECKLES ON THE BANKS. t i The Comptroller of the Currency Sees M - I - J' x! _ D I. ixo muittttiuns ui a rausu. BUSINESS OUTLOOK PROMISING. Deposits are Increasing; and Loans and Discounts . Expanding-? Ue Predicts That Money is Comlnc Oa! or Hoarding, and "Will Be Willingly Invested? - Tha Percentage of Failures is Small. * Washington, D. C. (Special).?The causes of the numerous bank failures in virious parts of the country have puzzled even Ihe financial experts, and no satisfactory reason u?*? ?? A^rvlnnofinn nf 1JI1S JUL UECU UUYUUUUU 1U CA^llkuunv- w the unrest in banking circles. Ia order to give the aspect of the situation a? viewed by the Treasury Department, Comptroller Eckels submitted to a formal interview. His views are, in part, aa follows: 'There is nothing in the character of the bank failures which have occurred in the West and Northwest within the past week or mouth to cause any public apprehension of a general return of bank troubles. If any deduction is to be drawn from them, quite the reverso would be true. The general situation for strength in the banking world of Chicago, for instance, could not be better illustrated than by the fact that, without previous expectation upon the part of the puMic there or else There, the second largest National bank in the city could be closed and no other result follow thnn the failure of institutions for which it had long been the feeder. The Atlas went out of its own mo tion, paying an 01 its creauors on aemnuu, and was in a perfectly solvent condition. "At Minneapolis a bank belonging to the National system has been closed because of ajwant of immediate convertible assets, the accumulation of a penod when fortunes were being made by the mechanical act of marking up the price of town lots. Tho inv. debtedness due is not beyond a quarter of a million, and will probably be paid without the intervention of a receiver, as will that of ty the bank which failed in Duluth two woeks >e since. When you add to these two the one ' which failed at Sioux City, Iowa, three weeks ago; the one at Sioux Falls, South ?* Dakota; the one at Garnet, Kansas, and the h- one at Kansas City, Mo., you have a total ht number of failures or National banks in the ,w West since November 1 of eight out of a or total of 1583 located in that section. ' The percentage, it is seen, is exceedingly small I,- "Out of the total of 1539 National banks in Ls the East, only two have failed, and of the le 557 in the 8outh, only three. The grand n: total failures has been only thirteen out of S: 3680. ie "It would be remarkable if after the long strain of a political campaign turning ao ?s largely upon the discussion of the money e- question, with an aggressive earnestness on rn the part of both contending parties, sotoe to bank and business undertakings did not feel b- the strain and give way. An analysis of in each case, however, demonstrates that in th e failing bank itself is to be found the direct cause of the failure, and while general cotiy. ditions may have hastened the end, th?y could not alone have accomplished it. Rid methods of banking, negligence of officeis a" and directors, whether in a large city or a .small town, can result in only one thing, ag and that failure. These same institutions would fail in good times under similar management, and therefore it cannot be e- argued from them that even under a conid tinuation of present business condition failI ure will come to any banking institution ( whioh has been conservatively and honestly j(j managed. "As an offset to these sporadic failures, we find on an examination of the bank returns under the call of December 17 that dea posits are Increasing and. though In a small:o er degree, loans and discounts expanding. ie It is certain that money is coming out of ie hoarding, and will be willingly invested . whenever it appears that the American peoj8 pie are ready to devote themselves strictly r_ to their own business affairs. "In the meantime, before anv one entertains the belief tnat because thirteen out of a total of 3680 banks have closed flnce November things in the National or other banking world are going to the 'demnition bowwows,' let him consider each case speciflou ally, and know how absolutely individual is the C3use of each failure. "In the light of things done and the things 81 attempted to be done, the wonder is, not that the failures have been so many, bat is that they .have been so few. It all bears . testimony*to the fact that, despite our frequent disregard of wholesale business prin>e ciples, 'wo yet remain an exceedingly rich and prosperous peoplo?a people so rich that Mulhall, the great English statistician, " recently said'of us that 'In the year 1895 the 10 people of the United States must be con16 sidered as the richest people of either ^ ancient or modern times; with their wealth , increasing at the rate of seven million dol;? lars per day.' James H. Eckels, !?" "Comptroller of the Currency." ig THREE THOUSAND CHINESE DROWNED Chuantang City Carried Under a Flood by a Landslide. >8 The steamer Peru brings news to San Fran^ oisco that In addition 'to the smallpox epidemic at Japanei. Sports, cholera has revived at Hong Kong, and though there ar$ not yet . many deaths, the plague is increasing and " serious results are expected. The disease It bad made much headway in many Chinese 3- cities and on the island of Formosa. *9 The Japanese pdrts have declared a quar>9 antine against all cholera infected districts. A severe famine is reported from Western China. It iB particularly severe in the city. lr of Chu Yang, in Szechuen Province, where r? there has been a prolonged rain, causing re floods, which have spread over vast areas of r country, destroying almost the entire rice b and vegetable crops. 'I The inhabitants are dying by scores from starvation and to add to the horror of it a large portion of the city, situated on a blufl at a bend of the Kiusha River, wac carried under the flood by a landslide and about 3000 19 of the starving Chinese were drowned. '11 The flood had undermined the baiie of the m bluff and a portion of the hill atout five In acres in extent plunged into the water. a ie FntnAna Rlnnrlhnnnfl a SftM. le Sheriff "Ben" Hayes, of Orowa Point, lad., has sold "Buck" and "Jim," his two man-hunting bloodhounds, to the State of Minnesota for a handsome price. Thitt State will U9e the dogs to watch the State Prison id nnd track criminals who escape. A great ?n many have recently succeeded in getting away and the State will now adopt this q method in catchiog them. "Buck", and 1 "Jim" received their training on u 'fcxus criminal farm. A Gas Exposition. 111 At an exposition at Madison Square Garden, ?? New York City, opening on January 27,1897, and holding for two weeks, will be shown every practical apparatus and appliance :? which enters into the manufacture or disid tribution of gas as an illuminating or heating ?" agent. There will be daily cooking demonstrations, and a gas tower of large dimensions will be one of the greatest curiosities orilliantly illuminated. >n Girl Church Usliers. st Girls as ushers havo solved the problem of 30 filling the front seats of a Carthage (Mc.) church. Cycling Notes. l? Verdi is said to be learning the bicycle. The veteran composer is eighty-two years le old. The bicycle wedding is the latest craze in ill Philadelphia. Such a wedding was recently ,r. celebrated, at which over 600 persons atI _ tended on their wheels. s, It is probable that the output of bicycles for 1897 will aot be more than one-half as ce large as that of the year 1896. This is no inH_ dication of waning popularity. It is the old a[ story of overproduction. c- The famous singing teacher, Mme. Mat es chesi, regards the attitude assumed in cy ;h cling as injurious to the chest and lungs, and the rapid progression through the air a? detrimental to the vocal chords. the: poultry show. Over Five Thousand Exhibits In Aluioit Seven Hundred Clauses. The New lork Poultry and Pigeon Associa- I tion opened its eighth annual exhibition in ^ Madison Square Garden, New York City, with over flv0 thousand exniDirs, aiviaea ahio ?ai* ^ most seven hundred classes. , t th7! ideal buff cochin. I Among tho prcminmt exhibitors at the I show lire the Hav. meyer brothers, with nu- t merous entri is from .Mountain Side Farm, t Mahwiih, N. J.; Joseph Forejrth, Oswego. N. Y.; H. T. Peters, Is lip, L. the Whiting ? Farm, Holbrook, Mass.; W. T. Lever- | ing, Baltimore, Md.: Oakland Farm, Taun- r ton. Mass.; Georee W. Mitchell, Bristol, Conn.; Richard Oke, London, Ontario; F. < L. Mattison, South Shaftsbuiry, Vt.; E. P. T Sheppiu-d, Croton Falls, N. Y.; Orr's Poultry ! h Yards, Ota's Mills. N. Y.; Ira C. Kellar, Prospect, Ohio; Ezra Cornell, Ithacn, N. Y.; { M. B. Blanoh, Lebanon. Penn.: C. P. Earle, ' Gouverneur, N. Y., and Dr. F. M. Robinson, Pawling, N. Y. ? Additional interest is Riven to the show J by reason of thw meeting of the American o Prttiif-ro- shou-. Other meetinsrs called during ? the week include the American Black i F Minorca Clot, the Leghorn Club, the Ameri- 1 cap Jacobin Club, the National Bantam Association, thi> American Tumbler Ciub, the I American Owl Club and the Waterfowl Club, t Special prizes have been offered by all these 1 organization.'!. , j BRADLEY TO RESICN. t Has Grown Tlre<l or His Office as Governor f of Kentucky. ' J Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, is tired o,' office already, and has at last confirmed t t rumor prevalent for some days that he is tr j E resign. He says the work i3 killing him. ; F f WILLIAM 0. B BAD LEY. (He admits Ills intention to resign as Governor of Kentucky.) There is 110 truth in the report that Governor Bradley is to have an office under McKinley. j Governor Bradley himself says that he has j written McKinley a letter saying that be i would not accept any office within the gift of tlie President. The Senate muddle has doubtless helped to drive Governor Bradley from office. The candidate who can be elected by the Legislature, Dr. Hunter, is unacceptable to Governor Bradley, and he declines to call an extra session. Should he appoint hfs friend, JohnW. Yerkes, Governor Bradley would oome in for still more censure. It is thought thatGovernor Bradley, after resigning, will let JLteutenant-Ciovernor woirtmngton ap- * point whoever he deems fit. ' A PLACUE OF HYACINTHS. Navigation on the St. John's Klver, Florida, ! Almost Stopped. I The cold weather this winter has had nd ' affect on the water hyacinths in St. John's River, Florida, and unless Congress soon takes some step to rid tbis river and the tributary streams of the plant before next summer, navigation of the upper St. John will be entirely blocked. On the last trip of the stoamer City o) Jacksonville froip Jacksonville to Sanford, | great difficulty was experienced in getting j through the solid bed of hyacinths which ex- j tended for one mile and a half south oi 1 Volusia bar at the head of Lake George. Winds blowing from the north and northwest have caused plants to be blown out of lakes I nrwl cftnoma or*H intft thfl frvrm iif A miiftc A across the river. i Captain Shuw, of the steamer Hays, states c that in places the hyacinths roll over and over until a solid bank several feet thick is j formed and when tbe steamer gets' into the r floating mass it is with the greatest difficulty r that she can be extricated. Only a few days e ago a small steamer on the upper river was completely stalled and it took half a day fot . the men in row boats to opeD up a passage * for her. At avery landing along tae river B. mill men and loggers complain that business J is being ruined and all hoje that Congress j Win soon mice some iivuuii m nuuru rcuui. The monetae interests at stake are very large. ' c 7 ( LANE COUNTY INSOLVENT. A Kansas Connty Declares That It Can Pay No More Interest nn Its Bonds. Lane County, Kansas, in the western part of the State, has been formally deelared insolvent try its Board of Contra ssioners, who ^ decided to nay no more intereiit on $125,000 c in bonds held in Ne?vYork and New England. In the past the interest has been paid e promptly and the bonds have been quoted at j par. The Lane County folk declare they are not rdpudiators. but cannot collect taxes assessed against Eastern loan companies which ? own large properiies in the county. 1 Seminole Indian in Disgrace. s A spree in Northern Miami, Flu., has t brought one Seminole Indian into deep dis- p grace before his tribe. Some one cut hi? hair, and he has been forbidden to return to I the iribe until it shall have grown again. J His fellows think a meau white man tricked \ him. Killing Horses to Savti Feed. ^ Rather than stand the cost of deeding horses through the winter, fanners in sec- 8 tions of Northern Indiana have kille 1 them I and disposed of the carcasses to fertilizing i | factories. ? Personal. C Sir JohnBTt>wn, one of the first in Great ] Britain ..o advocate the plating of warships * with armor, died recently in Brighton, England. ( The Sultan of Turkey of late has been a given quite a number of nicknames. The e last to come to the surface is "Hamid the Hangman." I The estate left by the lata Prince Karl F Egon, of Furstenberg, is estimated at $90,- a 000,000 in landed property and $10,000,000 f in personalty. The new President of the Swiss Republic s is a physician. Dr. Adolf Deucher, who was p President once before, in 188(5. He is sixty- E five yet;rs old and has had a long and extensive experience in statesmanship. _ t the news epitomized. Washington Item*. c Count De Moltke-Huitfeldt and Louis? SuRenie Bonaparte were marrrled at WashQjjton by( Cardinal Gibbons. Eepresentatives of the cotton nnd silk inlustries appeared before the Ways and leans Committee to plead for a higher ariCT. PresidentJDleveland has received assur mces Trom Spain that rOTorms will De pat nto effect In Cuba as soon as the Province t >f Pinar del Rio is pacified. i Tariff hearings were begun by the Ways 1 ind Means Committee of the House of Representatives. Representatives of the nanufacturers of chemicals, who attended he first hearing, asked for an increase of lustoms duties. A cablegram h*r, been received at the State department from Consul-General Barrett, tationed at Bangkok, coDflrming the news , >f an attack on the American Consulate at hat plaoe by Siamese soldiers and wounding if Mr. Kellett, the Vice-Consul-General. Jonsul- General Barrett does not go into deails. A letter received at the State Department n Washington from a high authority in the furkish Government indicates that Em>eror William of Germany and the Sultan lave formed an alliance. Domestic. The long threatened split in Tammany lall, New York City, came when Henry D. 5urroy, with several district leaders, openly olted the organization and announced that te would form a new Tammany. Isaac Zuker was sentenced to thirty-six ^ 'ears' imprisonment for arson by Judge g ''ursman, in the Criminal Branch of the Su- < >reme Court, New York City. \ Burglars entered the branch office of the letropolitan Insurance Company, in West i'ortv-second street. New York Citv. and after ilowin? open a big safe in front of an open rindow stole $1500 in cash and valuable ewelry. Mrs. James Abercrombie Burden, wife of i millionaire iron founder, was attacked on i'ifth avenue, In New York City, In broad layiight, by a highwayman, who flourished i knife, threw her down and ran off with her ' ocketbook. He was captured by Policeman j foung after a hot ohase. ? The Columbia National and Washington l| 5anks of Minneapolis, the Commercial ?Naional Bank of Roanoke, Vn., and the Yan lortwick Bank at Baravla, III, closed. Fire destroyed the electrio light plant In lewark, N. J., and the city and Several nearly towns were left in darkness for a night. Isaac Zuker was convicted of areon in the Iret degroe in having planned the bnrning ?f his building in New York City in January, 892. The Atlas National Bank, of Chicago, 111., iegan liquidating its affairs, and the Dime lavings Bank, of the same city, required de - A - I ? ?i ? ? ?? I f _ loauors lO JflVtJ uiutnjf yiaja uuuw vi muxIrawals. Three masked men, armed with revolvers, ntered the saloon of Mrs. Mary Bernhardt, oc n Chicago, at 11 o'clock p. m., and robbed (I he place of i450. Mrs. Bernhardt was be- V. >ind the bar when the men came in, and two 8. latrons of the place were sitting at a table N< laying dominoes. pi Two men were killed and another was C< atally shot in a general fight six miles north PT >f Mount Vernon, Ky. The dead are A. lowland and Jack Rigsby. The wounded Jc nan is Greeley Lear. The fight began at a ? nerrymaklne, and was fought out on the lighway in Kentucky feudal fashion between n ipposing factions. J At Superior, Wis., anticipating a run, the Sank of Superior did not open for business, lenry S. Butler is assignee, and has asrumed charge of the bank's affairs. The /v allure is due to poor business and heavy withdrawals since recent failures in St. Paul ind Chicago. The capital of t&e bank was 525.000, with a surplus of 86000. The de>osits were nearly $100,000, including $13,!10 of city funds. H More than $1,500,000 was voted to hos)itals, asylums and other charitable instituions for 1897 by the Board of Estimate, of few York City. The Lehigh Mills, in South Easton, Penu., nanufacturers of cotton goods, have shut town for four months, and there is said to >e but little prospect of a resumption at the ind of that period. Depression in business s given as the cause of the shut-down, and me hundred employes are affected, xne >lant was started nearly one hundred years h igo, and this is the first shut-down It has uperienced. 3E City Treasurer Turner, of Boston, Mass., i aE >pened bids for $1,890,000 3per cent, and wl our per cent, ten, twenty, and thirty year tri oans. The contract was awarded to Blake Brothers and R. L. Day, whose bid was $1,>44,236 for the entire loan. so The ScandiaBank, of Minneapolis, 3Iinn., ve :losed its doors. It wa3 organized fifteen m rears ago by M. Grinager, a prominent 0j Scandinavian politician, who died in 1893. [ts President is R. Sunde, who came to Min- ca leapolis ten year3 as?o from Wilmar. Minn., 86 xrhere he had made a fortune as a monej ender. . ^ VI Thomas J. O'Malley, a Chicago Alderman, ^ ias been indicted for the murder of "Gus" jD 3olliander, in an election booth in 1894. m A mail train from the West was robbed at ai >ne of the New York City stations and a large ea um of money taken from letters addressed o New York Arms. The letters, without in- lr 1 J 4- 1A?.?. KA., nosures, were iuuuu iu iuo iuwoi uaj. lv Mrs. Agnes Antoinette Hal pin, wife of ex- 01 Lssemblyman William HalpiD, died in New m fork City of nervous exhaustion, collapse w md gastritis, caused by the excessive use o! ^ famaica ginger. This habit Is said to b* al irevalent in many places. pi The West End Street Railway Company ol ^ Joston, on which a strike occurred recently, ? lisoharged 700 union men, including the nembers of the Conference Committee and tfflcers of the union. e| The Board of Directors of the Security lorfgage and Trust Company, Dallas, Texas, ^ nade application for the appointment of a fl] eoeiver. The liabilities of tho company are, tt ipproximately,- $2,000,000. iu Georgia's alleged titled oonvlot, "Lord oi Jeresford," as Sidney Lascelles called Mm- tt elf. was made a free man by act of Governoi Ltkinson, who took pity upon him and c< J J V?_ l%ln mhllc fit MtrUOLlOU UILU 1U1 UI3 muuvi >.uiiuuv> nui.v n prison. gi Tho Atlas National Bunk, Chicago, de- jf tided not to open Its doors again, ana thf lE Jlearing House will advance $600,000 tc al lelp It pay all claims on demand. The bank ias a capital of $700,000. W. C. D. Granni; *V s President. The securities were examined !r ,nd found (o bo ample to pay all claims in uli ? m Forelcm Motes. w fc Great agricultural distress exists in the 'rovince of Santa Fe. Argentina, where the m lorn crop has been a complete failure. jc William Ewnrt G adstone celebrated hi? T ighty-seventh birthday at Hawarden, Eng- B and. ol The Sultau of Turkey has been notified bj ^ he Powers, that the reforms proposed tc P( dm must bo enforced. {. The rebellion in the Philippine Islands fc preuding. m Floods have occurred in tho Livadia din- ol net of Greece. They have been aeeom- 8. >anied by some loss of lite. di The fishing smack Colen, belonging al ^uengirola, Spain, has been wrecked in the lediterranean and her crew of fifteen men o' rere drowned. p! At Walkerton, Canada, F. X. Messner, n "J irivate banker, assigned with liabilities ol p80,000 and assets of $40,000. United 8tates Consul General Lee, his wife Ki ind daughter, arrived at Havana, Cuba, on p! he steamer Olivette from Tampa, Fla. Vice3onsul Springer, the Consulate staff and n w lost of friends went to meet him, giving w iim a hearty welcome. 01 General Weylei has chanced his plan ol b? ampaign in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, and has m argely reduced the force stationed along the rocha. A cable dispatch from from Los Palacios, 3uba. states that the people of Pinar del Rio ,re suffering tho greatest hardships from M xhaustion and starvation. ^ The native rising on the Tamigs reserve in hi Jechuanaland, South Africa, is serious. A at larley has been refused, lighting has occurred tL nd the British have been obliged to send or reinforcements. David Robinsou, bookkeeper of the Windor House. Ottawa, Canada, has disap- r leared, and an examination of tho hotel c looks shows a shortage of nearly $7000. , eo General John Meredith Read, the well- ,Pr ;nown American diplomatist, died In Paris. as NINETEEN NEW G Iiohd on KoTember a Last to Take Office c 1800, to March 1. Andrew E. Lee (Fusion), of 8outh Dakota, irat), of Kansas. 3. James A. Mount (Republic )emoorat), of Tennessee. 6. G. W. Atkinson (I Stephens (Fusion), of Missouri. 7. W. H. El Ebe Walter Tunneil (Democrat), of Delaware, aw Hampshire. 10. Frank S. Black (Republican lblican;, of Massachusetts. 12. Alva Adams (Da jlorado. 13. Jobn R. Tanner (Republican), of II iblican), of Wisoonsin. 15. Hnzen 8. Pingree (B joke (Republican), of Connecticut 17. Frank 8 >bn R. Rogers (Fasion), of Washington. 19. Rot IFOL RAILWAY WRECK I" ^ ' Se Alabama Train Flune From a repr Hifich Bridge Into a River. J barn ORRIBLE WORK OF FIENDS. yZ arbil n*mll?d ?. PMMneer Train and It Plunged Down 110 Feet, Carrying the Middle Span of a Trestle?Fire Followed the Crpah?Pinned Down and Incinerated?Dead Plundered. BiKanxaiiAH, Ala. (Special).?1*he most irrlble train wreok in the South since the ie at Statesville, 8. 0., In 1891, ooonrred at i early hour Sunday morning near this oity, nen a passenger train crashed through a jstle to a river 110 feet below. It is known nt twenty-eight lives were'Ioat and a more mplete search of the charred train may real more. It is almost certain that the rack was caused by fiends for the purpose robbery. Of those on the train nine es,ped death and seven! of these will die of rious injuries. $ The train was a local on the Birmingham ineral, a branch or the Louisville and NashUe system. It left Birmingham about 5 m., to make th"daily circuit of the ming towns in that section of the country, and ost of the persons on board were miners id their families, taking advantage of the :oursion tickets on sale for the noiidays. In crossing the Gahaba River there is an 8E on trestle, surmounted jby woodwork, 110 et above the water, which at this stage is Mi lly three feet deep. It is 800 feet long, the jour ain span being 110 feet in length. This, cuse ith the span next beyond, went into the treal ver with the train. The engine fell at right Ven< igles to the line of the bridge, with the oars "1 led on top of it and around it. Engineer presi bite was found with his charred hand still of tt -asping the throttle. can To add horror to the wreck the flames from The ie stoves in the coaches ignited the wreck- notl re and the entire mass was burned to the to tt Ige of the water. The only one of the train crew that escaped 1th his life from the wreck was the colored SEV reman,''8am" Spencer. He jumped from le engine while it was in mid-air,and falli ag Alfr i the river, escaped almost by miraole with ily a broken arm. Wild with fright,he fled for te nearest station to give alarm, but ere A1 5 reached this a farmer passing saw the mur mdition of affairs and went to a telegraph take ation with his horse at full speed. Tele- . . rams were sent to Birmingham and a relief ain went;to the scene, hut belore it reached the < lere the flames bad done all of their work sove ad the destruction was complete. Tm A rail had been removed from the track, ?eP: id when the engine struck this J60 feet of PrJs< te bridge gave way and went down with only ie train. Immediately the wreck took lire, over id the unfortunate passengers and train- the I en who were pinioned under the wreckage Hi ere burned to death in sight of other un- Hou rtunate victims. pra'V Some of the passengers not so badly hurt In t< anaged to crawl out and do all they could deat i assisting others, but with little avail, than he dead are Frank White, engineer, of lyuc irmingham; Qeorge Carney, flagman, t Birmingham; A. P. Connell, conductor, of irmingham; Thomas 8treeter, colored Drter, of Birmingham; Jordan xiir< owell, wife and eight children, of locton; Mrs. Henry Hanberry and two chilren, of Birmingham; James Boling, express E{ es^enger, of Guthrie. Ky.: L. W. Martin, Abr.n t Brookwood; Bruce Phlllippa, of Blocton; W. Tibbs and wife, of Campbelltown; An rew Bryson, of Blooton; Qeorge Qlendale, iree" ' Helena, and four others unidentified. Snox One of the survivors of the wreck told one Di f the physicians that just after the train crap tohed into the abyss three rough-lookinsr youi hu came from the woods near the wreck quiti id went through the coaches as far as the char imes would admit them and then made off Tt uriedly. It is also said that these men piste ded the flames by sotting flre to other distf irts of the wreck. tate< It is confidently believed the train was and recked by these three men, and that the Wi ork was accomplished by removing a rail was l the bridge. The weight of the eusino been imping across the ties is supposed to hav* ade the bridge give away. M Bryan's Lecture Tour. j ? I Kesi After W. J. Bryan's Atlanta lecture Mr. ; cBee, his financial backer, offered to fulfill . e contract and pay the lecturer $10,000 to i . ud the contract. Mr. Bryan refused it. j mm ul Mr. McBee did not press it. It is said { ton, at the tour will be abandoned. stan 7 ' of tl A Strange Craze. ousl' Many residents of the town of Manchester, liRht )un.t nave become afflicted with a craze for caine, and the practice of usinR it is so evalent that legislative action may be too s ied for. - ? m OVERNORS. . 9 in Various Datef, From December 10# 8 ?. 1801, , U 7 || Z JohnW.Leedy (Populist and Deman), of Indiana. 4. Bobert L. Taylor '' Republican), of West Virginia. ^ 0. Lon ? lerbee (Democrat), of South Carolina. - 7'., 9. George A. Bamsdell (Republican), of ), of New York. 11. Bo^er Wolcott moorat and Free Silver Bepubllcao). ot linois. 14. Major Edward Sco field (Republican), ot Michigan. 16. LorrinJ. : , v teunenberg (Democrat), of Idaho. 18. ert B. Smith (Fusion), of Montana. ' ' uni IPI Alf> niMiCTfD PL 11IDUC .. W mimgibn nbiwnntH ' v. . - V' V j? Cannot Say Positively That HU Country "Will Accept the Treaty. nor Andrade, Venezuela's dfylomatto ' esentative in Washington, has ratarnfd -3 i Caracas to that city, accompanied by es J. 8torrow, the lawyer who has "$ lied the case of Venezuela be To re the } adary Commission, and who want to ?zuela wi.h Mr. Andrade when, the tration treaty was carried to Caracas., \ NOB AND HADE, VENEZUELAN KINIETI*. r. Andrade was greatly fatigued by his . ney from Venezuela, and asked to beexd from any farther discussion of the ty or its" reception by the people of :zaela. said all I felt at liberty to say to .the , 9 in a conversation with a representative te Journal in New York," said he, "and add nothing to statements I then madei. matter is in such shape now that It can* be talked aboat without serious danger te great issues Involved." . EN LYNCHED IN SEVEN DAYS. '> . *! r ed Holt Hanged In Owenaboro by ? Kentucky Mob. fred Holt, alias Alexander, the colored derer of Policeman W. A. White, was 4 n from jail at Owensboro, Ky., by a mob alf past 2 a. a and hanged to a tree in Sourt House yard. This Is Kentucky's nth lynching in as many days. -i 70 men knocked at the jail door and told aty Jailer John Ashby, Jr., they had a Dner to lock up. Ashby opened the door ' j to face two big revolvers. He was powered before he could utter a ory, and leys were taken from him. alt was taken out of the jail to the Court se yard. He was given ample time to ', when a rope was placed about his neck, en minutee he had been strangled to b. The mob was so quiet tnat' not more i ten outsiders knew anything of the hing. KILLED AT A COCK FIGHT. 2e Yoanj^Men Shot Dead and Several Wounded in Alabama. >hrinm Saunter, Albert Livingston and tm Page are dead and several other men badly injured as the result of a for-all fight at a cocking main held at v Hill, Ala. iring the course of the chicken fight a game started amon? a batch of the men. Ephraim Sauuter, who was e drunk, wus one of the participants, and ged Albert Livingston with cheating. te lie was passed, and the two men drew >ls and fired at one another at a yard's ince. Both were killed. This precipil a general riot, and the use of pistols knives followed. hen the Held was cleared Abram Page also found dead, and several others had i shot or cut in the arms ana legs. INERS KILLED BY FIRE DAMP. lit of tbe Explosion at thu Maul? Mine In Indiana. i explosion of fire damp occurred in the 3 of the Maule Coal Company, Prince* Ind., and as a result six men were intly killed and four others Injured. One he four men taken out alivo is dangery injurea. One man?Robert Poney.?is still underground, and all hope of being rescued alive has been given up. veral attempts were made to get the r of Rohert Ponoylight, but the gas was itrong fnr the rescuers, and the work given up. *