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I3LMESTOIEBH Colore") Murderers Hansred in Tanei* oahoa Parish, Louisiana. BURNED UNTIL THEY CONFESSED. Broke Down Prison Doors?Uodle* Rfd. died Wilh llulleta by an Infuriated Molt of Several Hundred Men?One Man Put to Death Near Hi? The Others Taken Twelve Milpa to Death. Amite Citt, La. (Special).?The lynching here Wednesday night of the colored murderers', Arch Join >r, John Johnson and Cius Williams proves to have betni the most extraordinary tragedy of its kind ever recorded in the annals of the South. All the men wer.< man-killers, and were taken from lio imitfi iuil Thn nrirnna! iflnn. had bom to burn Johnson and Joiner, but this w.is :il andoned at the last moment. The lynching was not unexpected. It had been proclaimed as;aln and again that if Johnson and Joiner wore brought back to Tangipahoa Parish they would be lynched, aud for that reason the moment they were capiured they were hurried to Now Orleans and eon fine. I in the prison there. They were taken !>auk to Amiie City for trial, under the belief that they could be protected. This idea soon disappeared, when it was found that the lynchers were well organized and had made arrangements for the lynching at any hazard. When the time .*amo the law and ordar elemont were unwilling to risk their lives for the murderers. The lyn^hinn party had an easy time of it: Two hundred armed meu rrtde into Amite City about 10 o'clock and wore joined ttiere by ft larger party. There was uo attempt at lesistanct*. The doors of the jail were broken in and the steel cage where the murderers were confined was smashed. The mob originally had no intention of injuring Williams, who was confined ia the jail for the murder of his wife, but it was determined nevertheless to lynch him and rid the parish of all the murderers at the same time, aud he was strung to a tree on tho outskirts of the town and riddled with bullets. Johnson and Joiner, the other two prisoners, witnessed this lynching and were very muon excited over it. As soon as Williams was disposed of the moo started with the other murderers, who killed the entire Cotton family of five, for the sceno of their crime, the Cotton homestead, twelve miles away. It was a lonsr and draai-y march, for the rain fell in torrents. The two colored men were prodded with sticks and forced to march till finally through fear and fatipue they gave out, completely i fPh<.n rcrna tin find they wore placed in it. It was nearly daylight when the Cotton place was reached. The mob was thoroughly drenched by that time. An immense bonfire was prepared for the burning and the two prisoners were called on to confess. It was determined to for e the confession from them by the ordeal of Are. Tho bodies of both men were placed over the blazing lire, their clothes wero burned and their bodies scorched, and, thoroughly . terrified, they confessed their story oi the murder. The ftiob was eager by this time for the lynching, and both men were carried a quarter of a mile from the Cotton place ana hanged. The mob then opened fire and three hundred bullets wjire lodged in the bodies of the men. DELAWARE'S NEW SENATOR. / General Senner Announces That He Is in Favor of Free Coinage. Richard R. Konney's certificate ot election as United States Senator from Delaware has been signed by tho Speakers and Clerks of he T^fldalnture. at Dnvar. and then bv Gov ernorTunnell. General Kenney left immediately for Washington to put in his claim for GENERAL R. R. KENNEY. (Free silver znnu eleetcd United Stales Sena lor from Delaware.) tneseat, wbicnisalso contested by Colone; i Henry A. Dupont. The election of Genernl Kenney U claimed as a victory by the free silver people, although they dM not advocate his elec tion at first. In the last campaign he was very quiet on the money question and by some was regarded asn cold wtaadar l mnu. After his election he said that he was ic ictvor of the free coiaag e of silver. . OLNEY ON THE TREATY. Fftfore the ForeI?u delations Coma\ltte< in Saj>port of Arbitration Agreement. The Senate Committee oa Foreign Relation?, Washington, listened to Secretarj Olney for more than au hour. The Secretary. who drew the general treaty of arbitral ion between this Government and Great Britain, made an elaborate argument in favor of the ratification of the treaty a9 sent to the Senate. Much of the talk about the oommittee table was of an interlocutory character, and sever al Senators, nota >!y Messrs. Morgan and .Davis, ?sked numerous questions of the Secmary, inten ;ed to gather from him his idea of the scope of treaty. The questions propounded indicated quit'} plainly an antagonism to the t<*xt of the invention, and the intention of Senators to insist upon Its amendment before reporting the instrument lo the Senate. No action was taken, and it I is intimated that actiou cannot possibly be bad for some weeks to come. Alle;eu Dynamiter Exonerated. The Ivory trial at London collapsed, and E. J. Ivorv, or Bell, the alleged dynamiter from New York City, is a free man. The Government has abandoned the prosecution and withdrawn the charge^, and Mr. Ivory to officially exonerated. He will sail for New York on the next steamer. The result is ac opted a? a great triumph for ex-Assistjuit District-Atorney John P. Mclntyre. of Now York, who directed the defence in the capacity of advisory counsel, although not permitted by the Court to plead or examine witnesses. Thero vva? u > evi lence against Ivory, and the g>-aera! opinion in London now is that all the arrests of the "Jyuamiters"' were.-imply a ooli"a "fa'ce." C.VCWlHI Africa imported ?33.00t) worth of biej*cle? last year. j Tandems will be pushed bard this year by the trade and on tbe road. Chicago's two greatest cycling clubs have together a memborship oi 1000. In Newark, N. J., the Atalanta Wnealman are planning to build a $10,000 club house. Almost all the agents are exhibiting their '97 models, and in the matter of finish they oertainly are an improvement over those of '96. A prediction made 3ome time ago that colored en ?mels would give way largely this year to solid black, does not appear to bo ,well founded. Fancy colors are going to be (OMd by many makers. ? TWF MEYJUC CDITOWII7Fr> Wa?hInrton Item*. Controller Ecklo* has sent a circular letter i to President* of National banks with regard to the duty imposed by law upon directors j of such banks to keep informed of the bank's . affairs. The language of the arbitration treaty will j be subjected to a strict analysis before it is confirmed by the Senate. Many Senators I wbo at first approved the treaty are now harrassed by doubts, and action on the document will not be hurried. Senator Sherman said that in his recent Cuban utterances he had made no statemoats that oould be construed as indicating the I Cnban policy of the incoming Administration. | Special advices 9tate that Minister I>e j Lome rnav be able on the Soanish Kinsr's I birthday to announce that a royal decree | has been i9sued declaring the proposed : Cohan reforms to be in effect. Joseph Willard. one of the wealthiest and beat known men In Washington and founder of the famous old hostelry that bears his name, died at Ids residence in the city. He , was an eccentric character, and countless stories of his hermit-like habits and his taci- ) turnity and his tact at driving a hard bar- i gain are told. i A cable despatch from Cologne, Germany, > brings corroboration of the news of the J death of William D. Warmer, Unite i States Consul in that city. # | The House Committee on Pacific Railroads decided to prepare a bill providing for a commission of Cabinet officers to arrange a settlement of trie debts of all Pacific railroads to the United States. Domestic. It was reported at Chicago that the Engle J 1 1 Pao/4 11 a Li/1 wuuu uliu. cjiucn itai UJVW $10f?,000 to bribe Aldermen. ! A movement to send grain to the starving , inhabitants of India has been started in Bos- , ton. Dotroit's Common Council id trying to oust I Mt'.vor Pingroe, who is acting in the dual capacity of Mayor of Detroit and Governor of Michigan. Tom Rowe, aged twenty-six,was sentenced , to four years in the penitentiary at Sherman, ; Texas, for disposing of mortgaged property. | After sentence was passed Rowe confessed to beins the husband of fifteen living wives. 1 The reason for making the confession was that if indicted and convicted of bigamy he could serve out all sentences at the same time, as they would not bo cumulative. Miss Helen Mu^srave, of Cameron township, Pennsylvania, found death la a letter to her lover. While moistening the flap of the envelope the girl's tongue was slightly lacerated, which r suited in blood pois^ .ling, from which she died. * The Bellevue Hospital Me Ileal Collage huildini?. in New York Citv. was nearly de- L stroyed by flro. 'Washington Crossing the Delaware," the historical painting by E manual Leutze, was purchase! at the Roberts sale by JohnS. Kennedy, for $16,100. He will present thn painting to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. The Indian mail arriving at New York on :he Teutonic was taken off for disinfection at Quarantine, as a precaution against the oubonic plague. The New York Senate, after a protracted iebate, adopted the Lexow resolution for an Investigation of trusts. Minister Willis's body arrived in San Franjisco from Honolulu, and was sent to the Home of the family, Louisville, Ky. Congressman Benton McMillin, of TenQ63see and Miss Lucille Foster, daughter of Oaprain James M. Foster, a prominent alanter and politician, were married at the First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, La. i Congressman Donsmore, of Arkansas, was Mr. McMiIlia's best man. I In Splinter, Miss., old Aunt Funden ha3 just died, aged 120. leaving eighteen chil- | Iren, who. with their descendants, number nearly 700. Up to 110 years she would walk jeveral miles and do a day's washing. < Mrs. Martha M>iria Harris, wife of United States Senator Isham G. Harris, died at Paris, Tenn. The South Atlantic and Gulf Stat?3 Coa9t and Harbor Defense aud Improvement Con- | 7ention met at Tampa, Fla. Delegates wore present from sixteen States. Lieutenant- , 3eneral J. M. Schoileld was amoug the rep- ( :e3entatlves of tho Army present. Governor | Bbxham, ol Florida, delivered the address i of welcome. I On tho same day T. U. Flatt was electee i 3eaator from New York; Boies Penrose, from I Pennsylvania; J. H. Gallinger, from New Hampshire; Jeter 0. Prltchard, from North ' Carolina; J. K. Jones, from Arkansas; H, M. ! Teller, from Colorado; H. C: Hansbrough, ( from North Dakota; G. G. Vest, from Mis- I jourl; 0. H. Flatt, from Connecticut; W. E. ! Mason, from Illinois; C. W. Fairbanks, from Indiana. For the first time steam was used on the j three boilers of torpedo-boat No. 6, which \ was brought down from Bristol for her speed trial over the measurod mile course, Newport, R. I. Tte steam pressure was much above what it had been on previous trials, ! ?nd in consequence the spa *d was greater, reaching 20.23 knots, or within .65 of a knot of her guaranteed spend of 27.50 knots. , Tho mining strike in Colorado is practi- i cally settled. Operators and miners in Lead- I ville have agreed upon a scale of wages. I An anti-trust bill was introduced in the \T.'r*noanfn T.a<rb!t)hlPO ! I Chicago packers and provision dealers ( took action towards securing Government , Intervention to prevent European embargoes ( on American meats. A magazine containing 50,000 pounds of | powder exploded near Mobile, Ala., but no one was killed. The Court of Appsals has decided the Westchester (N. Y.) Congressional case by declaring that Benjamin L. Fairchild's nameshould have been on the Republican ballots instead of that of William L. Ward. The steamship Alvena, leaving the port of New York, was run into by the incoming British Queen, and so injured that she was I run on to the bar. where she lies, part of her ' deck under water. No persons were lost or injured, but doubt is expressed of the saving of the sunken vessel. A misunderstanding of signals is supposed to have caused the nnlliafnn The Board of Health of Now York City adopted an amendment to the Sanitary Code, declaring pulmonary tuberculosis to be an infectious disease, unil ordering reports to be made by physicians as in cases of other infectious and contagious diseases. The New York Court of Appeals sustained the Fayerweather will, which gives $3,000,000 to twenty colleges. At Pawtucket, R. I., Patrick Ellsworth, five yeare old, was drowned in Scott's Pond while skating. He was with a companion about his own age, who was ?o frightened that he did not tell of Patrick's d?aih until next day. W. A. Coles, of Albany, N Y., blind for five years, declared hopeless by physicians, 1 is improving under X-ray treatment, used as a tonic and stimulant. Ho can discern objects dimly. Postmaster-General Wilson delivered the twentieth anniversary address at the meeting of the State Bar Association in Albany, N. Y. Adolph Meyer, a tailor, was detected in the act of firing a flvc-st'ory tenement in New York City, where he had his shop and where ho lived with his wife and throe children. By the breaking of ice at Marinette, Wis., five fisherman perished. The Chicago Board of Health has shut off the water supplies of the public schools, on the ground that in its crude state the water is unfit to drink. The State of Illinois has stopped the payment of debts and expense to some extent, owing to a shortage of funds. Deputy United States Marshal William Bird arrested a moonshiner in the upper edgeof Breathitt County.Kentucky,and when eighteen miles above Jackson he was attacked by a gang of the prisoner's friends. He resisted, and Jacob Neace shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. 3 Foreign Notes. Mme Carnot, mother of the late President Carnot of France, diei in Paris. Boiling mill employes in Anina, Hungary, made an attack on the gendarmes; it Is reported that eight rioters were killed. The reforms granted in Porto Rico under the law of March 15, 1895, will be applied immediately. The next mail from 8pa1n, will, It is expected, bring the details of the application of the law. PLATT TO 8DGHD HILL, _ ( The Republican Caucus Selects Him ^ as New York's Senator, ^ CHOATE GOT SEVEN VOTES. i Vote Stood 142 for Piatt and 7 for Clioate ?Mr. Piatt's Name Not Mentioned la the Caucus Until After Roll Call Be?an.?His Nomination Made Unanimous?Sketch of the Nominee's Career. Albany, N. Y. (Special).?Thomas Collier Piatt oq Thursday night was made the Republican candidate for the United States 3enate to succeed David B. Hill. He received 142 votes on the first ballot at a joint ;aucus at which 149 Republicans were presant. Joseph H. Choate recoived seven votes. After the result had been announoed Senitor Brush, of Kings, who had presented C- Alt 4.^ n.fllfA MV Uir. UUUillO S UillllCj LUUVDU iw maao uii? Piatt's nomination unanimous. Senator Pavey, of New York, who had voted for Mr. Choate, seconded the motion, and Mr. Piatt became the unanimous oholco of his party for Senator. The procedure by which Mr. Piatt's lieutenants made him their candidate was unique. Mr. Piatt was not formally placed in nomination. His name was not spoken In the caucus until Senator Brackett, who came first on the roll call, ipoke it when his name was called on the first ballot. No sign was made by anyone that could be construed as a formal indication that Mr. Piatt was in the field. v Mr. Choate was duly nominated, and his * nomination was seconded in speeches which briofly touched on his ability and fitness for t the office. Mr. Choate was the only candi- ^ date before the caucus, and the Piatt men ' 9lmply ignored him. Not one of the Legia- 3 lators said a word in eulogy of Mr. Piatt. 9 maAnnnArl fA irAfo him o!m. A J.UO UlOU V?uu piVJ/WOU IV WWW IU4 UAUA U.m ply waited until all had been said tor Mr. 1 Choate that any one cared to say, and then, by resolution, bafeked by an order for the previous question, proceeded to ballot. After that until the Ions: roll had been called, when each was asked to name his iHi THOMAS C. PLATT. * _____ C tltAljiA ikawi nnmA MonAnaoa HThnmaa (1 ^ k/UUIUO| lUViV V/UUi W A wopvuuvj, * MVHHW.T W( Piatt!", ercept from the few Choate men J md Assemblyman Jerry Sullivan, of New J York, who varied the monotony by responding, "A voice from the Bowery?Thomas C. Piatt." I The surprise of the evening wa3 the vote of ? Assemblyman Frederick E. Bates, of Tomp- v kins County, who voted for Mr. Choate. He ? had been reckoned an "organization" man. r His closest associates had no hint that he in- i. tended to ''ktck over the traces." Ho is a farmer, who hrfs always acted with the "reg- . alars." ? There wore two absentees?Senator Wray, jj af Kings, und Assemblyman Mackoy, of Del- ? iware County. Mr. Mackey has been called P iway by death in his family. Senator Wray J* was on a train from New York, which was 5 delated. He arrived just a3 the caucus ended, ?nd said that if he had been present he would lave voted for Mr. Piatt. Senator Ellsworth was prepared to nomilate Mr. Piatt, und at least two seconding speeches were expected. Mr. Flutt sent a " ilspatch saying that he preferred that no * speeches be made, and his wishes were respected. Mr. Ohoate's supporters were Senators Brush, of Brooklyn, Pavey, of New York,and fc ribbitts, of Rensselaer, and Assemblymen p Bates, of Tompkins, Lambier, of New York, i, Bobbins, of Allegany, and Sanger,of Oneida. Q THOMAS C. PLATT. [ sketch of the Nominee of the Republican * Caucus. 11 New Yobs City.?Thomas flollier Piatt [, was Doru in uwego, xioga uouniv, n. *., a an July 15,1833. He was prepared" for fcol- n lege in his native town, and was entered as j ? student at Yale. When in his junior year, j, his health failed, and he left college and en- _ ;aged in mercantile pursuits. He was soon ^ afterward appointed President of the Tioga >> bounty Bank, at Owego. In 1859 Mr. Piatt became Clerk of that County, and served for three years. His busi ness engagements included those of Acting President of the Southern Central Railroad, and President of g ttie Tioga Manufacturing Company, at Grand Rapids, Mich. As a member of the House ot Representatives In the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses Mr. Piatt enlarged his knowledge j of National affairs. He was elected United States Senator in 1881, but only served from t March 5 to July 16, when he resigned, in n company with Roscoe Conkling, because of c Garfield's refusal, through Bjaine's influence, v to allow tliem to control Federal appoint- 3 ments in this Stat?. Mr. Conkiing's regard \ for Piatt was shown in this telegram, which p was sent when the latter was chosen for the Senate: ,lI congratulate the Republican party c and the State of New York on the choice of < a Senator who never apologized for being a 1 stalwart Republican. Mr. Piatt attested his loyalty to his chief by resigning from the Senate with him. It was not his fight, but Conkling's. Since Mr. Oonkling's death Mr. Piatt has 1 built up a new party organization. For a numter of years he has been President of the United States Express Company with headquarters in New York. 1 Easier Methods of Execution. ' M. Berthelet, of Pari?, member of the ' French Institute, former minister and dis- $ tingulshed chomest, gives It as his opinion 1 that gas fumes or cyanide of potassium are 1 preferable to the American method of elec- 1 trical execution for criminals, but he be- t lieves that France will never abandon the 1 guillotine. 1 Two Printers Asphyxiated. William Ferguson, Bocretary of Typographical Union No. G, and James McKenna, a prominent member of the union, were ] found asphyxiated in their room in a New ] ?oric hotel. They had accidentally turned ( on the gas before going to sleep. Not a Filibuster. The Clyde steamer Delaware vas seized by the United States dispatch boat Dolphin off Jacksonville, Fla?, on the supposition ' that she was a filibuster bound for Cuba A ' Lieutenant of the Dolphin took her to Jaok- 1 sonville, where the error was discovered. 1 The Labor "World. Rochester (N. Y.) unions demand free text books. The Federation of Labor declares for postal saving banks. A Minneapolis (Minn.) restaurant proprie- 1 tor has sued his striking employes, and fixes damages at $500. Wages in the lumber country of Montmorency County, Michigan, have fallen to the lowest figures recorded there, $12 to $15 a month. At North Yamhill, Oregon, the Labor Ex change decided to buy 500 cords of wood and set the members at the work of ov.ttln# it up for the stoves. ALBERT S. WILLIS DEAD. n Jnlted States Minister to Hawaii 8no- w cnraba to a Lone IUnc?s. w-tt-j m-i. TT j| I IVaU a Uliuea atatea dXuiim.or to auwmi aiuon uVillis died At his residence in Honolulu on G Tanuary 6, after several months' iliness. The cause of death was pneumonia, which le first contracted in San Francisco eariy last rear. Until the funeral takes place a detail >f men, selected by the Minister of Foreign p Lffairs, will remain at the WillU residence. )ireotly the intelligence of the death of the Mnister was received by the Government he flags on the Judioiary Building and milt- T ary headquarters were lowered to half mast. Host cf the business houses and the shipping ollowed suit as soon as the death w as known. 4rs. Willis and her family sailed for home I J a J Ti ALBF.ET 8. WILLIS. . P rith the body on the steamer Australia Jan- n: lary 18. a: Albert Sydney Willis wa3 born near Shel- ti >yvlUe, Ky., about fifty-five years ago. He h yas the son of a well known physician. He w ?as elected to Conirress in 1876, 'when he a ucoeeded Henry Watteraon. Mr. Willis p erved five terms in Contrresa. In 1893 Mr. p Villis received the appointment aa Minister a o Hawaii. He accepted and assumed the w >oat Mr. Willisarrived at the island during tl he mogt oritical moment in its history. Queen oi jiliuokalani had been deposed and another * Government had takon the place of the ir nonarchy. The most intense excitement bi ixisted as to what course the President b votild adopt. Mr. CJuveland intrusted his in iectet orders to Mr. Willis, and they were t! o t ixe effect that Queen "Lil" should be re- al nstated in the event of her granting im- vi nunity to all political offenders. This she lo |pn innd to do. The recent state of affairs * swell known. In 1878 Mr. Willis married tl ilisii Florence Dulaney. They hnvu one son, llbisrt 8. Willis, Jr. ft S? \WFUL RAVAGES OF THE! PLAGUE J ni tloi-e Than Half Bombay's Fopnlatlon bi Flees In Terror. it Over half the population of Bombay, India, Btlinated to amount to tibout 900,000, has fled rt rom the plague, and the heretofore crowded |t treats, docks and bazaars are not recogniza- ct tie. Business in piece i;oods, metals, crock- tt ry and hardware is at a standstill. The Qor ey lenders have var.ished, the courts are ci lest rted, and the judges and officials have fe ;one to a healthier clime. w Many of the native cootors, graduates of | C( he college, have fled, jtnd those remaining i w ?fuse to attend plague cases, or, when they rc lo attend them, will not touch the sufferers, Uoo^inrjnAnfQfWnn nifirlfaatlH nthAffl whftflfi rocatlons call them to the city dally have fled p o suburban stations, where the people are ti Qostly living in thatchni huts. di It is estimated that 800,000 persons are entamped at Andherj, fu m whence they will tt oon bo forced to migrate owinar to lack of sf rater and sanitation, whloh threatens to hi reed cholera. The ctnaeteries are already U( llled to overflowing, and the wind is spread- b< ng the contagion. The nights ?.re made hi jdeous by cymbals and melano'aoly dirges. ${ Often difficulty is experienced In burying he dead, friends and relations tefusing to pj arry the corpses. In some instances women C? ssist in carrying them. A large number of ilague corpses remain at the Tower of Sisnee, the Parsee burial place, whloh have ,ot been eaten by the vultures inhabiting it. !orpses have been found in the streets. K FOR FREE HOMESTEADS. ce .'he Sen-.te Passes a Sweeping Bill Con* y, cernlng Public Lands. The United States Senate passed the meas- & ire known as the Free Homestead bill. It } a measure of far-reaching importance, ? particularly to the West, and the interest in t was shown by the fact that a plank conerning it was a feature of the National ilatforms. The effect of the bill Js to open o settlement all public lands acquired from \ ndians, free of any payment to the Govern- g lent beyond the minor offlcn teen, aud to 1 olease from payment those who heretofore " Tha numhar C\f ,uvc ouiucu uu moot? iquuci auu uwwvw. v. cres involved, according to an estimate jade by the Commissioner ol the General jand Office, is 33,252,541. As the bill passed a the House it covered only the lands aculred from Indians in Oklahoma, but as ^ assed the bill includes all Indian lands, 'he final vote was 35 to 11. ; AFTER THE TRUSTS. ionth Carolina Will FolJow Georgia's Ex- ? ample and I.egislate Against Them. fa Representative Rainsford nas introduced w n anti-trust bill in the South Carolina legislature. It will be modelled on the b: leorgia law, and provides for ihe punish- p 'lent of the principals and adonis of any ? omblnation ot persona or corporations C1 7hich proposs to control and regulate the m ale of food or other products, or which Dro- P1 ose to regulate railroad, express or tele- * rraph rates. ^ The punishment is a fine of $.'500 to 51000 >r imprisonment for six months >to t:en years :>r ooth. The bill will doubtless become a aw, as it seems to have general approval. $306,315,032 IN OUR FAVOR. ? ' m , t i aaa lihmr. ? T.iirrwm di i1 UICI^U i. t 1I11C A VI. t7?IWKIO > MM.MW Balance on Our Side. W Tho United States Treasury statement for t* :>ecomber shows that tho exports of domestic ^ nerohandise for the month were 3116,128,134, and for the year $690,871,25i3. This is a P caiu of about 325,052,000 as comparod with ai December, 1895, and a Rain for the year of S179,128,000. The Imports of merchandise te luring December were $57,956,009, and for oi he year $680,556,223. Of the amount for the /ear. 8321,951,526 was free of duty and 3358,, it >04.V07 dutiable. The gain for the month is 'e lbout $4,200,000, and ihe loss for the year r( ibout $121,113,000. ? si California's Novel Holiday. Governor Budd, of California, issued a proclamation declaring Jaiuary 16 a legal B tioli lay, to celebrate the defeat of the Pa- c' silic Railroads Funding bill in Ihe Housoof ij, Representatives. * ci 9 Cuban Secretary of War Arrested. Goneral Carlos Roloff,the Cuban Secretary C }f Vi'ur, was arrested in Now York for alleged A violation of the neutrality laws, in regard to a i Ccban expedition in 1895. He was released g jn bail. p T Minor Mention. Borlln savings banks note an increase ol 180,000,000 last year in the sura of the dapOSliS. S( Iadianapolis, Ind., is enforcing its keep- 0 to-the-right ordinance. Three erring team- i Bters have each been Gned one dollar and b costs. T Of 6304 cattle examined last year by th? o Conueeticut Cattle Commission, fourteei ei per cent, were condemned because of tuberculosis. I Paper-shelled pecan nuts, which usuallj are shipped in large quantities from Victoris County, Texas, are so scarce this year thai t( it is estimated not more than ten bushels cat fc be got. g n 7 PUSH GOMBDAf SHE reat Victory for the Patriots in Southeast Cuba. LOWN UP BY A REBEL TORPEDO. lie RelnmpnRo Destroyed in ? River? Her Commander Killed?Gunner, Assistant Engineer and Three Marines A!si? Slain?The Vessel Was Going to Mie Defence of a Belencaereil Fort. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?The Cuban surgents have destroyed and sunk th( panish gunboat Relampago. The comander of the warship was killed. The panish officers themselves confirm the newshough the insurgents have no navy, they > not hesitate, when the opportunity offers, ? attack the Spanish warships. The latest istance of this kind-occurred Sunday morn" iff, when the Spanish gunboat was sunk by eans of a torpedo, and many of her crew [lied. A. detachment of rebels had made an :tack upon the fort at Guarao, some diamce up the Cauto River, Province of Sanago de Cuba, and the Spanish troops, fearig that they would not bo able to hold out, ;ked for assistance from Manzanillo, on tho J >ast. On Saturday ni?ht the gunboats ! entinela and Relampago left Manzanillo nder orders to ascend the tivor and proteot 10 fort. The commander of the gunboats used all ossible speed in running up the coast to the louth of the river, but when they began to joend the stream they proceeded very caunnalv <ni?nArtHnc that the rebels micht i avo planted torpedoes in the channel. All ant well until the guDboats were opposite place called Mango, wheto. despite a'l the reoautionsthat had been taken, the Relaraago struck a torpsdo. Instantly there was terrific explosion, and masses o( water roro hurled to a great height. The hull of le Relampago was torn open and she at J ace bogan to sink. There was no time to lower a boat, and atiost before the extent of the disaster could 9 realized the vessel wont down. Those on oard of her who were not injurel jumped lto the water and made their way as best ley could in the direction of the Centinela, board of which the greatest excitement preaile'd. As soon as it was seen that the Reimpago wa3 sinking the Cantinela's boats ere ordered away to assist in the rescue of le crew of the former. The rebels appeared to be in strong force Iqng the banks of the river, and when they tw the Spaniards in the water, they directed heavy rifle Are upon them. The Centinela pened flreuponthe rebels, but,as they could ot be seen, and their positions could only 3 discovered by the smoke from their guns, is not believed that any serious losses were iflicted upDn them. When the Centinela's boats attempted to >scue the mon struggling in the water le rebels fired upon them, but the Span,rds bravelv persisted In their work of resle until all the men had been taken from le water. Nearly every survivor of the Relampago's ew was wounded, and there wore only a iw of the men belonging to the Centinela ho had not been hit by a rebel bullet. The >mmander of the Centinela was so seriously mmd?d that doubts are entertained of his :covory. The condition of the survivors wns such lat it was impossible for the Centinela to rocee-i to Guamo, and she therefore reirned to Manzanillo, where the news of the Isaster caused intense excitement. The official report of the affair states that le commander, sccond engineer and three tilors of the Relampago were killed, and er boatswain, quartermaster, chiof engiaer, pilot and four sailors wounded. The mtswain of the Centinela was killed, and ar pilot, second engineer, gunner and six' illore were wounded. Both gunboats wero small vessols,Intended rincipally for river service, and they did not irry largo crews. HEIR TO CASTELLANE. ; Is Announced That the Coanteas is a Mother. A cablegram from Paris, France, was relived at Mr. George Gould's office in New ork City announcing that a son has been )ru to Countess Castellans, formerly Miss nna Gould. Anna Gould, daughter of the late Jay ould, and Count Puul Ernest Boni COUNT AND COUNTESS CASTELLANE. ico de Castellane were made man and ife on March 4, 1895. Tha cere,ouy was performed by Archbishop Corgnn. at the home in New York City of the ride's brother, George J. Gould, in the resence of a large number of distinguished nrViila nn AMfhllsllMtln crowd of tlzens surroundod the house. A civil arriago was afterward celebrated by 8u- J reme Court Justice George P. Andrews | he young couple spent their honeymoon at yndhuret, near Irvington-on-the-Hudson. SHOT DOWN IN THEIR HOME. nonard Palmer Dead, His Mother and | Sister Wounded. At Mamaroneck, N. Y., a mother, son and mghter were shot in their home. The son as instantly killed,and on the morning after le tragedy it was believed the mother and nughter were mortally wounded. The \ looting took place in the Jesse Palmer omestead, in Weaver 9treet, and Arthur aimer, a brother of the murdered man, is sensed of doing the shooting. The victims are Leonard Palmer, a school acher, twenty-Hvi years old, who was shot nco above thii heart and died instantly; his ster Gertrude, who was shot twice, receivig one bullet in the left side and one in the ift arm, and Mrs. Palmer, the mother, who jceived three bullet wounds, two in the ift breast and one In the right side. The lpposed murderer at once fled. Bank* fio Under. At Louisville, Ky., the German National ank failed, and Bank Examiner Scott is In liarge. The bank had been in a shaky conition for three years. At Newport, Ky., the irst National Bank was forced to closo for ick ot ready money. A large crowd of exited depositors gathered. The deposits are 370,0110. Director Charles Spinks said the auk closed because of the recklessness of astalnr Yaulsey and Director Mcdraekeu. t St. Paul. Minn., the Minnesota SaviniM ank made an assignment to William Bickel. r., Vice-President of the defunct Allemauia ank. and father of William Bickel. Jr.. r<*sid<mt of the Miunesota Savings Bank, ho assets are '8150,000; liabilities, $210,000 Outlaw* l!ol> a I'arij- of Kuiij;rant*. A party of emigrants, traveling from Missuri to Oklahoma, were held up by seven utlaws in the Creek reservation, Indian erritory, and robbed of everything valuale, amounting to several thousand dollars, he leader of the gang was recognized by ne of the Missourians as George Taylor, the leaped murderer of the Meeks family. Sultau Not to Be Coerced.' There is great opposition to using coercion > force the Sultan to make the proposed re>ro>s In Turkey. The present plan Is to ive him plenty of time to fulfill his promises jgardlng them. 7 iVi'!; ~ -A /V> ''' 'V*'-rY? i PEN-ON MBITMQI. 1 Refers With Gratification to the Treaty f With the United States. BRITISH PARLIAMENT OPENED. ( The Speech From the Throno Rencl in 3 Joint Session in the Elonse of LordsSalisbury Lands Arbitration?Treaty Diminishes the Risks ot War-?Brings Nation* Together? Address Cheered. London, England (By Cable.).?The third ameainn nf Fniirtponth P/irliflmeat WHS C opened Tuesday with the usual coremonies, n including the formality of searching the fi vaults of the Parliament buildings for a pos- a siblo Guy Fawkes. United States Ambassador p Bayard and Secretary Carter wore present in b the House of Lords. Senator Edward 0. i Wolcott," of Colorado, wa3 in the "distln- d guished strangers' gallery" in the House of I Commons. n That part of the Queen's speech devoted a to the arbitration treaties was as follows: tl "My Government h*s discussed with the United States, acting as a friend of Venezuela, the terms whereunder pending ques- jj tion? of the disputed frontier between that d republic and my colony of British Guiana * may Do equitably submitted to arbitration, ~ and an arrangement has been arrived at with ? that Government which will, I trust, effect J1 an adjustment of existing controversies with- I( out exposing to risk the interests of nny of the colonists whose established rights are in b the disputod territory. 0 "It is with much pratfflwttion that I have v concluded a treaty for general arbitration a witb the President of the United States by which I trust that all differences that may " arise between us win oe peaceiuuy iiujusieu. I hope that this arraugement >ray have fi further value iu commending to other powers the consideration of the principle by t] which the danger of war may be notably abated," ? The Marquis of Salisbury said in response ^ in regard to the treaty of arbitration just . concluded with the United States, that ho ? could not speak fully on the subject, because * the agreement had not yet been ratified. n He hoped, however, tjiat something would 0 be done to diminish the risk of war. He 0 would not say that the treaty would remove a the greatest risks of war or restrain a Napoleon or Bismarck, but the policy with * the United States was full of an indefinite J1 number *f small differences, which, some- 11 times exaggerated, caused irritation ? and enmity. ,The tribunal of arbltra- * tion would settle these differences. 0 Lord Salisbury pictured the nations groaning under excessive armaments, and 11 declared that the Government believed the ' measure they hftd taken was valuable in that ? it would lead to the gradual disappearance of vast armaments before the n growth of the tendency to substitute P judicial decisions for the coarse arbitrament d of war. This would be somothing to look J back upon. In conclusion, Lord Salisbury t] I said: "I hope that the effort, small as It is, ? will be so successful that others more exten- * sive and more successful will be made." The ? Flrlme Minister was heartily cheered when P he finished his speech. tf o PENROSE. FROM PENNSYLVANIA. g Elected United States Senator to Succeed e: Cameron. a The galleries were crowded at Harrisburg, ? 1 Penn., when the State Senate met to oust ita u vote for a sucoossor to United States Senator f< : Cameron. Boies Penrose received the votes 8< I of the forty-two Republicans present and p j Chnuncey F. Black the votes of the six Demo- ^ crats. The House also met. Penrose re- p it : BOIES PENROSE. chived 168 votes, Black 33, and ex-Postmaster General John Wauamaker, of Philadelphia, 1 vote-. Both bodies met in joint session next day and concluded the election of Boies Pen- f( rose. j, Boies Penrose Is a son of the famous Dr. Penrose. He was born in Philadelphia and D studied at Harvard, and was graduated with ai hijih honors. He practiced law in Phiia- bi delphia, and wa3 elected a member of the pi Pennsylvania Legislature in 1885. In 1887 ei he was elected as a member of the State h Senate. In 1895 Mr. Penrose was a oaudi- pi date for the nomination 6f .Mayor of Phila- 'ei delphia, but was defeated. u ol V MASON WINS IN ILLINOIS. r( e.< The Republican Caucus Nominates the g( Kx-Cnnftrennnan. n William E. Mason, of Chicago, was nominated by acclamation for the United Stntes Senate from Illinois to succeed Jobn H. Palmer. at the joint Republican caucus at T Springfield, all other /candidates withdrawing when it became apparent that Mason would have a majority. Ths Democrat? p voted for ox-Governor Altgeld. William E. Mason was born in Franklin- Ql ville, Cattaraugus County. N, Y., in 1850. In sf 1S58 he removed with his parents to Iowa. jr He studied law in Dea Moines, and removed to Chicago in 1872. Ho was elected tc the 0] State House of Representatives in 1S79. and w to the State Senate in 1881. He was elected d< to the Fiftieth Congress and re-elected to the fc Fifty-first Congress, and was defeated for tt the Fifty-second Congress by Allen C. Dur- di borow, Jr. Vest R?.tlectetl. At JefTerson City both house? votel T separately for United States Senator from Missouri. The ballot resulted as follows: In the House?Vest (Dera.), 85: Kerens (Rep.), ti :il: Jones (Pop.), 4. In tue Senate?Vest, 13; T| Kerens, 14. _ rc tb llftckcil to Death. 0j Asleep in bed in her humble home in Hot lioken, N. J., Mrs. Madeline HolTman was pj harked to death with an axe in the hands o1 n) ! some person unknown. Her son and a ^ boarder were arrested. Little Opposition to Teller. Senator Henry M. Teller was re-elected jUnited States Senator in both houses of the Colorado General Assembly at Denver, the vote being non-partisan and almost r, unanimous. Nominating speeches were main by Democrats, Populists and re silver Republicans, and the total vote of the fa two Houses showed 94 for Toller and 3 for q Judge Allen, who was uominated by the Mc- ^ Kiuieyites. Han?brousli Ke-elected. H. C. Hansbrough (Rep.) was re-oleoted at $ | Bismarck United States Senator from North Dakota, receiving in the two houses 63 votes ie 25 for W. A. Bentley (Pop.). _1 DEATH DECIMATES IIIA | 'iague and Famine Destroying People "i Ly Ihousar.ds. \ )UTL00K GROWS DARKER DAILY. \ '' "k. -L'' ' A Iilliont of Helpless Men. Women ?nd Children Perishing of Hanger In Soma St-ri'.uuii of Pestilence In Others?- 1 OTeiciowded Cemeteries Streirn With Bodies for Which There Are No Graves. Bombay, India. (By Cable.)?No s\joh .VvM alamity has befallen British India sin?e the mtiny of 1857 as the scourge of plague afcd amine that now rages over somanyvMt reas of that populous land. Ther6hftsbeeo\ lague before, and there has been famine \ efore, but never have the two conjointly 1 aged with such virulence as no.w. Epl- ? ' emics like this shake tne British grip on j ndia. A whole Nation of many mllliona'of V ian is moving uneasilv in nzitatlon and } larm like the muttering of the sea before 1 be storm. , Thousands are dying or dead an-! the out- \ Dok becomes more frightful every day. lillioos of helpless meu, women and children are starving. The famine districts, rtth an aggregate population of nearly 40.- * 00,000 people, must depend on charity until .pril at least. Otherdtatricts. with a popular Ion of about 60,000,000, are beginning to. Jel the pangs of hunger. Belief funds are being raised on all aides, \}'] ut a very large sum of inonev will be need- V "rrl .i to provide necessary food even tot the \ v ast multitude of unfortunates whO< habitully live on almost nothing. .! Awful as is this calamity, it is, porhaps, not' V. such worse than the bubonic plague, wnioh J tireaten? to spread. The natives in the I amine districts have been reduced to living f keietons, and If tho piague reaches them ( hey must die by the thousands. I The mortality here has quadrupled, with- 1 ut counting tne deaths among 500,000 who ave left the city in terror. The native physlclnns nave nearly all left, tislness is paralyzed, funerals pass fhrough V; he streets day and night, the waiting ot .. >'--$1 louraers fills the air,the cremating grounds, r ghats, light th* skies, and line after llfie . f bodies there or at the Parsee burial spots * wait the flames or the grave. \ Heartrending scenes are witnessed along he roads leading out of the dty, where long * w ines of neoole. of all ages and both sexes, . i iden with the household chattels they at* hie to save, toil onward, awar intotheun:nown. anywhere to get away from the aity ' f doain and disease. The number of deaths from the plague In. his city is estimated unofficially to be uprard of 3000, and there are about one hundred and seventy victims daily. ... At Karachi, Poonaand Bandra, where large umbers sought refuge, the plague haa apeared in threatening form. At Bmdral29 . ' eaths are recorded out of 180 cases. It Is proposed to withdraw the European oopa from tbis city and send them into amp on the other side oftne harbor. On. lie other hand, there are people woo oppose lis step being taken, on the ground that the , , resence of the British regular^ has a saiuiry effect upon the populace, which anight . V therwlse start rioting and looting. Some people think the only way to eradiate the plague Is to drive the remaining na ves from the quarter they Inhabit andbura very building in it. Disinfecting is not nough, they say, for the rats and eren the nts are infected, and will spread the Destitnce unless the fire oure is adopted. The , war ative quarter could be rebuilt in six weeks nder proper sanitary conditions and, there* [ )re the purification by Are might be a god- I ?nd to the natives in more ways than one. 1 The Government officials and the-Euro- 1 ean doctors are doing everything possible^ I , rorking night and day to stamp out the J estllence. Almost silence prevails in the I ^ imoiiH bazaars. and the main thoroughfares If avo that death-swept appearance peooliar ) plague-stricken districts. ^ THREE CHILDREN DROWNED. \ even Broke ThrouRh the Ice and Only Four Escaped. $ TSwchfllw were drowned while starting ' } u the Nashua River, at North Leoministor, ': '. BL, and four others narrowly escaped the imefate. :.? : ; A party of seven ware amnslns: themseltai ^ taking "ben.iera" over thin lee which had >rmed over the current, when one of them, roke through. The others rushed to the jscue, and all the skaters fell into the Joy aters. The place being within sight of the main reet of the town, the cries for help ware eard, and several men managed to rescue >urof the skater*. But three were foftod > be missing. The bodies of John Conaughton, ten years old, and Annie Bourne ere soon brought to the surface. The body . f Mary Crowley, nine years old, was also )und. <"V* MILLION FROM MORGAN. v.-; ! ffers That Amount to the Ljin^Ia Hot* pital for Bnlldlng. J. Pierpont Morgan has offered 91,000,000 >r the erection oi a building for the Lying* a Hospital of New York City. The hoaItal will accept the gift. Two conditions ra imnnmd bv Mr. Morgan. "First?That 2fore the building is erected' it shall be spirant that the income of the hospital, from adowment or other sources, render it In all uman probability sufficient to meet ex?nset>, after tho new building shall be recteil. Second?That the plans and tha irrying out of same, from a medical point f view, shall be satisfactory to Dr. James T. Markoe." The building will be erected on the land jcently purchased from the Hamilton Fish ;tate at Second avenue and Seventeenth reet. The society has been in existence for " luety-eight years. j FIFTEEN SMALL FIRE VICTIMS. ho Death List at tho Burning or Buckoar Orphan Home, Dallas, Fifteen little girls and toys are dead at alias, Texas, hs a result of a fire at Backer Orphan Home, and nine other? are iriously burned and crushed. Threp of thS ijured it is thought cannot recover. The fullness of the disaster was not diacovreil until the day after the fire. The fire, hioh raged until the boys' dormitory was Bstroyed, did not cool enough for search tr bodies in the ashes until daybreak. At lat time it was thought that only five chtlren had been burned to death. ILLINOIS "HARD UP.H he Retiring Governor Left the Oa*h Bin Almost Empty. For the first time since the adoption of te Constitution of 1870 me Legislature of liuois may be asked to authorize the boring of money with which to replenish le State Treasury until the next installment f taxes i* received. Governor Tanner, Altgeld'a successor, ads the State Treasury almost empty. nyment has been stopped by the Stato on jarly everything except expenses of the egislature. CLOVERSVILLE ROB3ZO. ormer Chninberluin Davit and City Clerk Wilinarth Arretted. J. Frank Davis, City Chamberlain, of loversville, N. Y., from 1890 to 18M was aiv sted on the charge of misappropriation of ^ inds nmountiag to mar.y $7000. City lerk Wiimarth also was arrosted on the irae charge. The arrests have caused a big . nsution. Davis and Boll were arraigned before Beo dor McDonald, who fixed their ball at 1000 each, which was furnished. The arista were ma le after an examination of the >oks had shown that tnere was a deficit.? .