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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. *
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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.
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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.
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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. ?
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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. *
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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
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Minor Mention.
Borlln savings banks note an increase ol
180,000,000 last year in the sura of the dapOSliS.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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MASON WINS IN ILLINOIS. r(
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.?
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