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fs- V*. Kw"; ' t * i THE NATIONAL FIHASClT Statements of Treasury Operations For the Month of November. PUBLIC DEBTSHOWS A DECREASE. The Keceiptu, Exclusive of SIS, 194,018 From the Union Pacific Sale. Were 25,168,987, and the Disbursements 33,261,470, Leaving a Deficit o< 8,092,483?The Amount of Coinage. ' / Washington, D. C. (Special).?The December statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business, November 30, 1897, the pnblio debt less cash in the Treasury, amounted to $1,009,226,466, a decrease since October 30 of $11,338,125. This decrease is acoounted for by an increase in the cash due to the deposit of an install* ment of the nroceeds of the sale of the Government's Interest in the Unibn Pacific Railroad. Bnt for this transaction, the cash in the Treasury would have been $771,450 less than last month. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $847,865,620; debt on which interest has ceased sinoe raturity, $1 331,280; debt bearing no interest, $381,193,125; total, $1,229,890,025. This amount, however, does not include $579,920,933 in certificates and Treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount ' of cash in the Treasury. The cash in the Treasurv is classified as follows: Gold, $194,099,260; silver. $507,656,382; paper, $105,756,181; bonds, disbursing officers' balances, Ac., $38,907,251; total, $840,409,076, against which there are demand liabilities amounting to $625,745, 518, leaving the net cash balanoe $220, 663,559. The comparative statement of the Government receipts and expenditures shows that the total receipts for the month of i November, 1897, were $43,363,605, of which $18,194,618 were reoeived from the Reorganization Committee of the Union Pacific Railroad, making the ordinary receipts for the month $35,168,987. The total- expenditures for November were $37,810,838, of whioh $4,549,368 was cash in the Union Paciflo sinking fund turned into the Treasury and repaid to the appropriation from which it trad been originally drawn for investment. Hence the month's disbursements inolude this sum. The ordinary receipts for the month, therefore, were $25,168,987, and the ordinary disbursements $33,261,470, leaving a deficit of $8,092,483. The receipts from customs were $9,830,025, a falling off of about $100,000 as compared with November, 1896. The receipts from internal revenue were $13,530,649, a gain of about $430,000 for the month. The report of the Director of the Mint shows that the ooinage executed at the United States mints during November, /1y*1 A &Q fUl rwt. oil 1091, was as tuuuns. uvm vv,vn.??, T6T, $2,103,000; minor coin, $126,210; total, $5,773,210. Of the silver coined, $1,600,000 was In standard dollars. RACE RIOTS IN BOHEMIA. Troops Engaged "With Czech Hobi in thf German Quarter of Prague. Prague, Bohemia, was overrun by mobs of angry Czechs all day, bent on exterminating the German element in the city. Fierce attacks were made on the German *chools, cafes and other institutions by crowds of howling Czeohs, armed with' stones, clubs and firearms. The disturbance almost amounted to a rebellion. More than eighty Germans were injured, ana at least 200 arrests were made. The Chief of Police, who aided the ' rioters, has been suspended. It was finally necessary to order out troops, who were placed In virtual oontrol of every street in the city, Many enoounters occurred between the soldiers and rioters, and in the firing which followed several rioters were killed and dozens Injured. In the afternoon the riots inoreased. The synagogue windows were smashed ? J aI ika hnnaoa nf Hfthrflws c. tUiu liUC muuu no vi ?uv uvimww displaying German trade signs in several streets of the Hebrew quarter. The streets were held by twelve battalions Of infantry and a squadron of hussars. All traffic was suspended and the shops and business houses were closed. In spite of the military a large Czeoh mob made a descent In the evening upon the German quarters and plundered houses and shops in several streets. The furniture of a well-known German oafe was piled np in the street and set on fire. Thousands of Czechish miners streamed Into Prague from the surrounding villages to assist the rioters. The scientific instruments In the German university and high school have been destroyed, and valuable archives preserved for a long time at the ?lnsky palace have been burned. It h&s beer dangerous for Germans to venture into the streets, as any use of the .German language meant certain assault. The constant cry of the rioters was "Down with the Germansl" "Down with .the Jews!" Women venturing on tbo street were obliged to wear the 81av tricolor in order to avoid being attacked. German signboards are being removed hastily by their owners and replaoed with Czech inscriptions. Nobody dares to utter :* word in German. JUSTICE FIELD RETIRES. , Mr. Harlan Now Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice Field's retirement from the Su* preme Court, of which he gave official notice to the President last April, took place in Washington, Wednesday. There were no formalities. The Justice was not present in the courtroom, and as he had not sat with the court since the opening day of the term, the proceedings did not differ in any respect from those of ordinary days. Justice HarlaD, who now becomes the senior Associate, will change his seat from the left to the right side of the Chief Justice, taking the seat vacated by Mr. Field, v - - n -?ill KftrtAma riKlftf .TliaM^A 4 AUG JUSUCe urray win mcwuiv vm?v* - ? Fuller'9 neighbor on the left. All other Justices will move up one chair nearar the Chief. If Justice Field's term had continued until December 7 he would have had fortyfour years of continuous service. Under the law he will draw full salary until his death. General Ordway's Successor. The President appointed Major George H. Harries, commander of the District of Columbia National Guard, to succeed the late General Ordway. Germany'* Demand on Hayti. The nature of Germany's demands on Hayti, on account of the arrest of Lueders, was made known in Washington. The demands are: An indemnity of 320,000; * . promise that Lueders may return to Hayti ' without danger; apology to Germany and an agreement to receive graciously the German Charge d'AfTaires at Port au Prince. Valuable Steamer Burned. Two lives were lost in a fire at Escar.aba, Mich., which destroyed the* steamer Nahant and a valuable dock, causing a loss of nearly j200,000. Shot the Justice in Court. Justice of the Peace Calloway Dean was shot in court at Canton, the county seat of Vanzandt County, Texas. During the trial - ? -* -? ^? K/i/iomn invAlvnrl In Q niinrrol OI a UIUO 11V UOV.?mv ,1UWIIUU iu o -Jul... v, with a lawyer named T. K. Yantis and the latter used a pistol and shot Justice Dean through the breast, inflicting a mortal wound. Maxlin'n New Gun. Hiram Maxim's new quick-flrlng gun was tried at Portsmouth, England, with [remarkable results. With twenty-five pounds of cordite it showed an effective 'range of 16,000 yards. ^1$ -V ' 'f- - >' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. WnMilncton Item*. Shfps of the North Atlantic squadron wil 1 cruise in the West Indies for the first time In several years. Dr. H. S. Pritchett. the new superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, assumed office. The Government deficit for the portion of the fiscal vear already elapsed amounts to $46,581,120. The United States Governm&nt denies the right of France to denounoe the treaty of trade and commerce between this country and Tunis. Loufs W. Pratt, Collector of Internal Revenue at Albany. N. Y., was removed by Secretary Gage, it having been discovered that he had appropriated to his own use checks amounting to $19,000 deposited with him by brewers to pay for beer stamps. He has disappeared from Albany. The Haytian Minister at Washington has called on Assistant Seoretarv of State Dav in regard to the Lueders case. The United States will not interfere so long as Germany's demands are reasonable. Agent Wisdom reports to the Interior Department that the full-blooded Indians in Oklahoma, who are opposed to the Dawes treaty, may emigrate to Mexico or South America. 8enor Dupuy de Lome, the 8panlsh Minister in Washington, told Assistant Secretary of State Day that Marshal Blanco would appoint a Cabinet and begin an executive government In Cuba forthwith. He also explained the reforms adopted for Cuba at length. The decision of the Kentucky Court ol Appeals, sustaining the provision of the State Constitution of 1891 revoking the charter of the Frankfort Lottery, has been affirmed by the United States 8upreme Court. The army officers who commanded the troops in the recent Indian disturbance lq. Colorado have recommended an investigation of the affair by the Interior Department. The report Intimates that the trouble was occasioned by the white men. uovemor .ionn i*. jjraay says uongresa will be asked to authorize the appointment of a committee to consider the needs of Alaska 6n the groand. A comparison of the first four months under the Dingley act with the corresponding period under the Wilson act shows that the Government's receipts wflfre $7,000,000 greater under the present tariff law. Domestic. Alexander Owens, a marble dealer, was placing a monument over a grave at Terre Haute, Ind., when Alexander Lawrence, an employe of the cemfetery, suggested that the base was not in good condition. Owens resented the criticism, and seizing a heavy oaken roller, struck Lawrence on the head. Lawrence's skull was crushed, and he was completely paralyzed. He died soon after. The steamship Miami, built by the Cramps, of Philadelphia, in her trial trip made a speed of 17.25 knots during a sixhours' continuous run. She broke the record of ooastwise steamers. C. W. Spalding, the Chicago bank President, was sentenced to an indeterminate term In the penitentiary for embezzlement. Yale decided to row Harvard at New London, Conn., next year. The canals of New York State were slosed for the season. The report of State Bank Examiner H. k. Langley, just compiled, shows an Increase in deposits of State banks of North Dakota from July 3 to October 5, the date Qf the last call for statements, of fieventysix per cent., having nearly doubled in sixty days. Mr. Meiklejohn, of Nebraska, the Assistant Secretary of War, who has just returned from a tour of inspection through the West, reports a highly Improved condition of trade and industry in all the States through which he travelled. The tug Dauntless is said to have gone from New York to Cuba with a large cargo of arms and ammunition for the insurgents. Frederick MoH. Hitching, the young New York forger, was sentenced to five vears in Sing Sing by Judge Asplnwall,' but a stay was later secured by his lawyer. His wife fainted in the courtroom when sentence was pronounced. W. C. Woodward, alias "Big Hawley," [ was sentenced in New York City to the maximum penoa 01 live yenr> juipnuoument on the charge of blackmailing B. W. Brldgham. Woodward thereupon Issued a statement to the newspapers. The second trial of Adolph L. Luetgert )n the charge of murdering his wife wag segun in Chicago. James Henry, an outlaw, his wife, her another and three sisters, twice repulsed a Sheriff's posse in Georgia in a battle in which several persons were fatally shot. Henry afterward surrendered on seeing 0 mob coming well supplied with rope. The body of Mrs. Pauline Merry, wife ol Chris Merry, was found in a ditch in Chisago. James Hicky confessed that he saw Merry murder his wife, and helped to dispose of the corpse. Lawrence *Doyle and Amos Hamlin, rivals for the love of a woman, fought at Windsor Township. N. J. Doyle struck Hamlin with an axe, killing him instantly rod nearly beheading him. Mrs. Antonio Delaya, of Orange, N. J. | cave birth to her twenty-sixth child. 8he I Is forty-six years of age. All her children | save one are living. People at Dawson City were officially I warned that there is not enough food there j to last through the winter. Twenty-five Klondikere arrived at Seattle with $1,200,000. WalterL. Sessions, Republican aspirant for Assembly and son of the late Congressman, was burned to death at Jamestown, N. Y., with August W. Jordan, believed to be connected with the New York Central Railroad, and Sadie Voss, or Renney, of Buffalo. Foreign. A Philadelphia company has made the lowest bid for the construction of an iron bridge over the Yssel for the Government of the Netherlands. The budget statement of the ItaliaD Minister of Finance, showing a surplus ol 34,000,000 lire, produced a favorable impression. Owinc to the defeat of the Government in the French Senate, M. DarlaD, Minister of Justice, resigned, and Premier Meline assumed his portfolio temporarily. The members of the Cabinet discussed the advisability of resigning in a body. The United States Minister to Turkey, Mr. James B. Angell, has renewed the demand of the United States for an indemnity from the Turkish Government for the pillage of American missions at Kharput, Marash and Haskonj, Armenia, but the Porte denies any responsibility for the pillaging on the ground that the Government acted under the stress of unavoidable circumstances. Antonio Terry, the rich Cuban, and Sibyl Sanderson, the American singer, were married in Paris. The wedding was a quiet affair. The bride was converted to Catholicism two days before. Sharp fighting between the Spanish forces and the insurgents is reported from both Cuba and the Philippine Islands. Count Esterhazy, of the French Army, has acknowledged the authorship of the letters recently attributed to him by the Paris Figaro, with the exception of one bitterly attacking the army. General Pellieux, who investigated the matter, is of the opinion that Count Esterhazy's confession has no hearing upon the question of the guilt of Captain Dreyfus. It was said in Berlin that only a moncj tary reparation was to be demanded from Hayti for tho arrest of Lueders, but that no "interference from tho United States I would be tolerated. Baron von Gautsch, Austria's new Premier, will endeavor to modify the language laws, so as to make the Czech co-ordinato Wit Li UVIUHUl. The Paris Figaro published a number oi treasonable letters purporting to have been written by Count Esterhazy, who is accused of being the author of the unsigned letter which led to the condemnation oi former Captain Dreyfus. At Gratz, Austria, the troops flred on a mob of workmen who pelted them with stones. Two of the workmen were killed and five inii'-red. THORN Mi GUILTY. Verdict of Murder in the First Degree in the Guldensuppe Murder Case. LAST SCENE OF THE TRIAL. The Jury In the Sensational Murder Trial at I-ong; Island City Returned a Verdict After Three Hours' Deliberation ?The Little Barber Displayed No Emotion When He Was Convicted. New Yobk Crrr (Special).? Martin Thorn was declared by the verdlot of a jury In Long Island City, at 5.35 p. m., Tuesday, to be guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of William Quldensuppe at Woodslde, L. I., June 25, 1897. The verdict follows a long series of horrors and surprises, including the confession of Mrs. Nack, the accomplice, and the adjournment of the first trial owing to the illness of Juror Larsen, whloh began on the day following the murder, whan a fragment of a human body was accidently found floating in the East River it Eleventh street, this oity. , The verdict was followed by another surprise when Thorn, after leaving the courtroom. apparently strong, cheerful, and hopeful, suddenly broke down, confessed his guilt, and declared that Mrs. Nack had .told the truth. The proceedings of the day in court were characterized by businesslike celerltv. The evidence having been ended the evening before, the jury visited the scene of the tragedy, heard the arguments for the people and the defense, and gave its verdict after three hours of consideration and balloting, and dispersed. The fate of Mrs. Augusta Naok. jointly indicted with Thorn, remains In ilnnhf Justice Maddox ended his charge to the Jury at 2.35 o'clock p. m. The jurors were Immediately dismissed to consider their verdict, and a recess was ordered. So intense was the Interest in the outcome of the trial that, weary as was the wait, not a single individual left the court. The hands of the clock were pointing to the balf-hour after five when a stir was noticed at the door of the room to which the jury had retired. it was signalled from the Inside that the jurors had agreed. Justice Maddox wag summoned from his room. Thorn, who had already been summoned, was stolid to the last. During the three long hours tbat the jury spent in deliberation be was kept in bis cell downstairs? two flights below the Supreme Court room In the Queens County Court House. Outwardly he showed no trace of worry, and his oalm was, In deoided contrast to the evident nervousness of others who had taken part in the trial, and whose interest was less direct in the result. When Police Captain Methven went to. get him at about half-past five o'clock, and told him tbat the jury had agreed, Thorn expressed pleasure at the new*, and said he hoped the result was either conviction of murder or an aoqultal. He put his right hand forward to receive the shackles around bis wrist and then he hurried up stairs, through the jostling, curious persons who stare at him every time he passes and who make comments that cannot fail to reaoh his ears. There were women who oast languishing glances, tittered and giggled, while men who usually haunt the cosey corners of barrooms muttered vile epithets and Imprecations. Thorn reached the court room at almost | the same instant that the iurors entered by another door. "Gentlemen of the jury," said the clerk, "stand up and face the prisoner. Prls oner, face the jary." The jurymen rose to tbetr feet, their eyes still on the floor. Thorn, too, arose, bat he did not face the men who held his life In their hands. He looked straight ahead at the wall. "Have you arrived at a verdict?" called the clerk. There was no answer. - Not a word came from the jury box. The suspense was painful, but still Thorn looked straight ahead, with not a muscle twitching. "What say you?" called the clerk again. "Guilty,0 was the answer in a choking voice. "We And the defendant guilty a.< charged in the indictment." It was Thomas Moore, the foreman, who jpoke, and he was trembling with emotion. A. murmur went though the courtroom, but still Thorn stood Impassive. "Call the roll," said the Court, and one by one the Clerk read off the n.imes. "Guilty," "guilty," "guilty," they said, Dne after another, and as they said it Thorn's eyes fell hard upon them. Through and through each man he seemed to look as each answered to his name. Thorn was a smile now on bis face. though the lines about the lips seemed to tighten just a little. At last it was over and he sat down. ' District Attorney Young then asked that i day be fixed for passiDg sentence of leath. Mr. Howe, oounsel for the defense, lsked that a day be set on which he might irgue a motion for a new trial. The Jusiico told him it would be useless, and then and there denied the motion. His lawyer, William F. Howe, said that he would fight the ease and carry it up to ihe highest court. When Mrs. Nack heard of the verdict she laid she was glad she had told the truth md that she was ready to die. The general opinion is that a plea of manslaughter will be accepted from her. District Attorney Youngs said he had not yet decided what disposition would be made of Mrs. Nack's cas?. THE HAYTIAN AFFAIR. Germany's Peaceful Reply to Ambassador WhitQts Notification. Baron von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Rave the United States ! Ambassador, Mr. Anarew u. www, a wholly satisfactory explanation of Germany's intentions toward Hayti. The German Government has abandoned its intention of sending tho warship Gallon to Port-au-Prince, Hayti, in order to enforce the demands of Count Sehwerin, tho German Minister there, who is insisting upon the payment of an indemnity to Emil Lueders for alleged false imprisonment. The Gehon instead will be sent to reinforce the German fleet in Chinese waters. The Berliner Tageblatt announced semiofficially that the German Government onlj wants monetary reparation from Hayti for the arrest and imprisonment of Emll Lueders, adding, however, that Germany will not "brook any interference in the matter on the part of the United States." The United States cruiser Marblehead has been ordered to Haytlan waters. Bedridden Man Bnmetl to Death. The residence of Joha Wright, at Clyde, N. Y., was partly destroyed by fire. When the flames were extinguished Wright's body was found on the ground floor, burned to a crisp. Wright had been bedridden for yours. He was alone in the house when the fire occurred. He was sixty-seven years of age and was formerly quite wealthy, owning a number of canalboats. Sentence of an Embezzler. Ex-State Auditor Eugene Moore, of Nebraska, who embezzled $23,000. was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Minor Mention. In 1871 the enrolment of pupils in our common schools was 7,561,582. In 1896 it was 14,379,078. It is reported that 200 leading piano manufacturers are forming a trust to be capiI tnllzed at 650.000.000. The Delaware Iron Works at New Castle have completed five carloads of iron trolley poles for use at Dublin, Ireland. There seems to be every prospect or tho old city of Bath resuming its once preeminent position as a watering place. The total number of passengers transported in the Brooklyn Bridge cars In October was 4,076,045, with a dailv average of 131.485. PREMIER BADENI RESICNS. The Austrian Emperor Also Declares the Reichsrath Adjourned. The return to Vienna of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria from Walsee, where he iras visiting his daughter, has been immediately followed by two steps, which have In view the ending of the Parliamentary pandemonium and the solving of the Qovarnment deadlock. The first step was the publication of an imperial letter to Count Badenl, the Prime Minister, declaring the Reichsrath adjourned. The second step was an announcement made at 3 o'clock p. m. from the steps of the Parliament building, by Dr. Lueger, the well-lcnown ? U. 1 J 1- AU* T>Af on/4 Anu-oeamo icauec iu luo aciuusintu ouu Burgomaster of Vienna, who shouted to the crowd in front of thebuilding: "Badent has just given hfs resignation. The people'! will is fulfilled." The people were jubilant when they heard of the retirement of the Prime Minis* ter, and they gave vent to their feelinars by waving their hats and shouting "Hochl" Dr. Lueger had an audience with the Emperor, who told him of Count Badeni's resignation and of his acceptance of it. Dr. Baron deOautsoh vonFrankenthurn, at present Minister of Public Instructloir and Ecclesiastical Affairs, will succeed Count Badeni. The news of the resignation of the Prime Minister kept the Rlngstrass crowded, the ' Socialist workmen and German students rejoicing, boasting, and arguing, instead of taking part in violently demonstrative processions, with which the day began. When the resignation became known in Gratz. the capital of Styria, the oity was Immediately Illuminated. In Vienna the mornlngbrought a renewal of turmoil. A orowd of students assembled outside the House of Detention, where Herr Wolff, the refractory member of the Belch* srath, was confined, and shouted enconr* agementto htm. The polioe oharged the crowd, and in tho melee that followed many persons were Injured. By- noon there was a crowa 01 irom 30.000 to 40,000 persons In the streets, who refused to disperse despite the fact that many arrests were made. Eventually the mounted police and a regiment of Hussars gwept down upon the crowd, some of the members of which fled with all speed from beneath the hoofs of the advancing horses. There were many hand-to-hand fights between those who remained and the police and soldiers. The foot polioe, however, were the only officers who drew their sabres, with which they slashed right and left Into the mob, many of which were wonnded. THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST. Property Worth Millions Destroyed in Typhoon-Swept Philippine*. The typhoon whloh swept over the Philippine Islands on October 6 was the cause of one of the worst disasters reported from the Southern Ocean in many years. Thousands of lives were lost, among those who perished being many Europeans, and the damage to property was something appalling. The difficulty of getting news from the islands Is great at any time, and owing to the remoteness of some of the provincd-a J-i-ll- *? visited oy tue nurncance iun uoum ui mo storm did not reaoh- Hong-kong until the first of November. Several towns were swept or blown away. Fully 400 Europeans were drowned, and It Is estimated that 6000 natives perished. , The hurricane struck the Island At the Bay of Santa Paula, in the Province of Samar. It devastated the entire southern portion of the island, and cut off oommunl> cation with the rest of the world for two days. On the 13th the hurricane reaohed Leyt? and struck the capital of Taoloban wltb great fury.' In less than half an hour thf town was a mass of ruins. The native* were panic-strioken, and tried to make their way to dear ground. Pour hundred of them were buried beneath the debris of wreoked buildings, and 131 oorpses of Europeans were recovered when the native authorities instituted a search for the dead. Reports from the southern coast were received, whioh claimed that a score of small trading vessels and two 8ydney trader* Were blown ashore and the orew drowned The sea at Samar swept Inland nearly i mile, destroying property valued at several million dollars and causing a great num ber of deaths among the natives. GERMANY TO BE WARNED. Attltudfe of the United State* In tlfe Hayti an A flair. The State Department at Washington hai requested Ambassador White to ascertali exactly the intentions of Germany wit) respect to the claims of Emlle Luedera, whose recent imprisonment In. Hayti has caused friction between the Gep man and Haytian Governments. Mr, White has also been instructed, If an] schemes of annexation exist, or If thert in an intention to make an excessive d? monstration, with a view of unduly punishing Hayti, to intimate to the German Gov* ernmenf that the United States oould not tolerate either of these oourses, though is principle having no objeotlon to German; obtaining satisfaction. Filled With Shot. The rattle of musketry, whioh accom panled the lynching of a strange colored nan, oould be heard in Waycross, Ga., at 8 o'clock a few nights ago. At dark th< victim called at the house of Ell Davis, i well-known planter, and found his seven teen-year-old daughter alone. He assault ed her in the most violont manner, leaving her for dead. 8oon hounds were on hU track and he was caught near town, wheri he was hanged and his body was tilled wit; buckshot. Off For the Klondike. The little brlgantimo Harriet G. left thi inglo-American dock, South Brooklyn, foi 3an Francisco and 8t. Michael, Alaska Her ship's compaDy of gold-seekers, all desirous of reaching the Klondike, consist! of four women, a girl and eight men, They expect to round the Horn and- gef io the Golden Gate in about four months. The clippers of the 'fifties covered the di? tance in from eighty to 100 days. Cuba Wants Independence. General Palma of the Cuban Junta ha; received a proclamation issued by General Garcia, saying that the patriots would consider no proposition from Spain except absolute independence. He has also received an address in the same vein issued by tha dnhan flnnrfltitinn whic.h Is to choose a President. Battle Reported In Africa. A dispatch to tho Frankfort Zeitungfroin Borne reports that a sanguinary conflict has taken place between the French and British at Nikki, in the Lagos Hinterland, in Africa. Lynched For Male Stealing. A determined party of men overtook 8 party of officers who were escorting Jerry Johnson to Screven (Ga.) jail. They seized the prisoner, set him up on the road, and riddled "him with bullets. Johnson had stolen a mule from a farmer named Popbam. Kank Itobbed of 83000. T(ia Pnrmnra' Ti.inL- of Kin??'a Station n. small town southeast of ftockford, III., was robbed of about $5000. The safe was blown open with dynamite, Tho burglar9 ascaped. The bank is a private institution )wned by King Brothers. Labor World. A textile school has beon established in Georgia by the State authorities. An anti-convict labor bill, advocated by the Chicago Federation of Labor, provides that convicts shall be employod only in manufacturing artielos for State institutions, and Is for the' purpose of stopping tho manufacturinir of boots and shnss In the penitentiary, Roadmaster O. W. 8ohrider, ?f Valparlso, Ind., has received the minager's prize, $100 in cash, for the beet kept supervisor's division on the Pennsylvania line between Pittsburg and Chicago. Mr. Schineman, of Upper Sanduslcy, Ohio, was awarded the second Diomlum. ?50 cash. . . \V' '> " > ' CONDITION OF THE NAfI \ Secretary Long's Report on Plans Foi Its Improvement. THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE, The Present Effective Fighting Force ol Warships and the Number Under Con' straction?Becomraendation That Oni Battleship and Three Torpedo Boats B< Built?Pacific Fleet Mast Be Increased Wabhinotoh, D. C. (Speoial).?The annual report of Secretary of the Navy John D.Long for 1897 has just been presented to President McKlnley. The volume contains extracts from the reports of the chiefs of the several departments and bureaus and their recommendations respecting the appropriations needed to continue the work, and also a report of the yrork completed and under construction. It shows that the present effective fightlag to roe of the apry consists of 4 battleships of the first olasa, 2 battleships of the second class, 2 armored orulserS, 16 cruisers, 15 gunboats, 6 double-turreted monitors, 1 ram, 1 dynamite gunboat, 1 dispatch boat, 1.transport steamer and 5 torpedo boats. There are nnder construction 6 battleships of the first class, 16 torpedo boats and 1 submarine boat. There are 64 other naval vessels, including those used as training, receiving and naval reserve ships, tugs, disused slngle-turreted monitors and some unserviceable craft. There Is, further, the auxiliary fleet. This oonsists, first, of more than 20 subsidized steamers, whioh oomply with th? requirements of the postal act of March 3, 1891, with regard to their adaptability to naval servioe, and to an armament of main and secondary batteries: second, of a very much greater number of largo merchant marine steamers, which can be availed of at any time of need. These auxiliaries, ranging from 2000 to 12,000 tons, will, if occasion require, form a powerful fleet of ocean cruisers, oapable of swift and formidable attack upon an enemy's oommeroe. Their great ooal capacity will also enable them to remain a long time at sea in searoh of the whereabouts of hostile vessels. The report says that the country is to be congratulated upon the results obtained in the rebuilding of the navy. While its I china ato not as manv?and it is not neotis sary they should be? aa those of some other great powers, they are, class for class. In power, speed, workmanship, and offensive and defensive qualities, the eqnal of vessels built anywhere else In the world. In referring to the progress of naval construction abroad. Secretary Long says that England leads, and that one of the most striking examples of naval progress is that of Japan: She already ranks next to England and France, and, according to the report, Japan will be the strongest naval power in the Paplflo. Ocean, If her present programme is continued until 1902. According to the report, five battleships nnder construction will not be ready for service until the latter part of 1899. One of the most important additions to the navy during the past year oonslstsd in putting on the active list the light draught and composite gunboats. With the exception of tke Princeton, all the vessels of tnls type constructed have been commissioned. The report reoommends that the construction of one battleship and three torpedo boats be authorized by Congress. The Secretary also recommends tnac an adequate supply of munitions of war be purchased, and that the equipment of the nary yards be kept up to the demands upon them by the increased number of ships. In view of the development of Alaska and the f>osslble annexation of islands in the Paclflo, t Is suggested that the fleet in those waters be increased. GREAT STORM IN, BRITAIN. Large Loss of Life on the Coast and Many Vessels Wrecked. The latest reports from various points along the coast show that the gale which swept English waters for two days was one uf the worst storms of recent years. In many places it was almost oyclonlo in its violence, and the long list of disasters inoludes a large loss of life, many wrecks I of large vessels and the loss of scores, if not hundreds, of smaller oraft. with serious damage to property ashore at many important towne. In the north the wind was ac-> companied by blinding snow and Ifail that hid the lights and immensely increased the difficulties of navigation. Many ships are Irn/Marn +r> htVA fnnndArnd. in most cases, it Is feared, with all on board. Soaroely a town on the coast has escaped without more or less injury, falling walls and flying debris adding to the loss of life. There have been rocket and lifeboat rescues almost without number. Stories of thrilling escapes come from all points. A. number of bodies have been washed ashore near Yarmouth. The British brig Ruby was wreoked off Grimsby. The Coast Guard Service made desperate efforts to save the crew, and suooeeded in getting a line on board. A dying woman was "rocketed" in safety, and'then the brig oapsized, all the rest of the ship's company perishing. The last of the wreck of Nelson's flagship, Foudroyant, disappeared in the midst of the storm. r The Galdenanppe Murder Case. In the trial of Martin Thorn for the murder of Guldensuppe, in Lonpr Island City, Friday, the case for the People was closed, after John Gotha, a barber, had told of an alleged confession by Thorn and corroborative and circumstantial evidenoe had been Introduced. Mrs. Nack was not put on the stand. The defence seemed to be surprised ! by this course, and an adjournment was taken until Monday. King of Ocean Liners. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse crossed the ocean from Sandy Hook to the Needles in 5 days,17 hours,8 minutes, making a new [ average speed record of 22.35 knots. She also reduced the time of the St. Louis to Southampton of 6 days, 10 hours and 14 minutes by 17 hours and 6 minutes. Thorn Tells His Story. Martin Thorn testified in his own behalf In his trial for murder at Long Island City. Ho said Mrs. Nack killed Guldensuppeand cut the body to pieces with his assistance. Both sides then announced that all the evi* I dence was in. . Disfiguring a Monument. It has been noticcd that within the past year the chipping of bits from the Stonewall Jackson monument, at the place where he received his mortal wound on the battlefield of Chancellorsviile, has seriously disfigured the monument, and steps have been taken to deal severely with relic hunters, otherwise described as vandals, in future. The report says that the monument to the Union General Sedgwick near by is almost untouched. Wood-Working Machinery Combination, Fourteen manufacturers of wood-working machinery have formed a combination, with a capital of 83,500,000. Prominent Pco??lo. Ex-Senator PclTer, of Kansas, has sold his newspaper property and retired from the business. Professor Andree, the Arctic aeronaut, is, or was, nearly forty-throe years of age and unmarried. Professor Rudolph Virehow, the famous nothnlnwiot hoe ortm n lntnd tlin flfHflt.h vpiir of his activity at the Berlin University.' The Duke of Fifo is said to keep twelve juits going at the same time and never wears the same clothes twice in the same week. Prince Bismarck refuses to attend any unveilings of statues in his honor. ^'It annoys me to see myself stand on a fossilized pedestal." he says. SEEMONS OF THE DAI \ RELICIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED E DP A Ul MP KIT AMPRirAKj MINISTERS "Burden Bearing" is the Title of tl Second of the New York "HeraWi Competitive Sermon*?Preached by tl i Bev. W. S. Perkins, Merlden, Con Text: "Bear ye one another's burdens ?Gal. vi., 2. I Every one is a burden bearer, having h , load of want, suffering and responslbilit Some appear so fortunate that we dou 1 whether they share in the sorrows of ma , kind. They have wealth, friends, healt wisdom ana virtue. What oan their burdi be? They have at least a res pons I bill commensurate with their blessings; an perhaps, if we knew more of their live i seemingly so bussed, we would find th I they also have a burden, all the heavier b nunao hnma In aartfaf Men often think that if they could chani 1 their oircumstances, even slightly, th< i wojild escape trouble, but this is an lllasio , The siok recover health, the poor beooo rich, the lowly gain the covetea positions 1 honor, and their common testimony is th having gained these advantages their bu dens are no less heavier. In fact, the no mal condition of man is that of a burd? bearer. We "are born into trouble as tl sparks fly upward." How can tnis fact of burden bearing 1 reconciled with our belief in a heaven! Father? Some contend that all suffering due to sin; that if man had not sinned 1 would have had no burden. Jesus, hoi ever, repudiates this thought. % For wh? the Jews asked.Hlm, Who did sin, this mi or his parents', that he was born blin< He answered, Neither. Much sufferlx i comes indeed as the punishment of si but some suffering has its source in tl exercise of our holiest affections, as thi of a mother bearing the burden, of an u fortunate or wayward child. In seeking further for.a solution to th problem we find that the really great m< of the world bepr its heaviest burdens, i that, it is said, "a man's greatness may 1 measured by his sufferings." Burden bea lng enables a man to d# two things?: test his strength and bv using to Increa it. And what splendid characters ha thus been developed! Widows in pover giving tbeir all! Martyrs of the siok roo showing marvelous patience! Heroes < the faith made such by their jtruggles wit unbelief! Did not Ood intend suoh result Then that is the reason why He sometim lays on men such heavy burdens. This leads up to the explanation of bu den bearing'suggested in the text?"Be; ve one another's burdens." The pictu: of the world's sorrow la very dark," but has In It a bit of blue sky, through whl( faith looks up anu beholds the etern goodness. Burdens are put upon men that they mi help one another bear them. Without su ferfng howoould we realize our dependen< upon God or feel the need of human syn pathy and love? No opportunity would 1 given to help a fellow man In trouble or I sigh In pity over misery beyond our relle Grant, then, that the chief reason wl men have burdens Is that they may he] one another, how great is the dutylai upon us. In the fulfilment of that dul two ways are suggested. Those that' a: , able may take the burden from weak shoulders and bear it themselves, S Paul sAys, "We that ,are strong ought i bear the 'infirmities of the weak." ( strength may be given to those upon who the burden is laid to bear it themselve The latter Ls the more effective aid. A. woi of Instruction, an act of kindness or an e: presslon of sympathy is sometimes allthi is needed. \ A, teacher once refused to take the a< Ice of the committee and expel a bad be from school. The boy, knowing of h teacher's confidence, began to do bette and continued with saoh perseverance thi he afterward beoame eminent. He wt thrice eleoted Governor of New Tork an once to the United States Senate. He wt also under one President Secretary of Wt and under another Secretary of State. .. word of encouragement proved to be tt turning ifoint in the life of William 1 Maroy. How many may have failed tx cause of the laok of such a word? There is an Eastern legend that run thus: In a forest near a great oity a goldei ball was let down out of heaven every da at noontime, and whoever should touc this ball, it was said, would aoqulre oei tain wonderful virtues. So many tried t reach it. But it was always lifted ju: above them. One day there was in th orowd waiting for the descent of the ba: an old man and a- little ' boi And the old man said to the oth^er "If to-day none of us can reach the ball let us lift up this child so that he ma; touch it and receive the blessing." Ac tin, *? fallAAf A9 fKar OH ID 19 UUUUSOI, YVUnu mo tniiojt vi ?uv* oould not reach the ball, they stood to aether and lifted up the boy til], with hi tiny hand, he touched the golden ball and lolnot the boy only, bat every person form ing the living pyramid felt the thrill an received the magic gift. So it is, my friends, in lite. When me: stand together, shoulder to shoulder, beai lng one another's burdens, then Ood be stows upon them His best blessings. W. 8. Pebkiss. Pastor St. Paul's Chnrch, Universalis! Meriden, Conn. COD AMONG THE BIRDS. Kev. Dr. Talraage on Ornithology of tli Bible. Text: ' "Behold the fowls of the alr."Matthew vl., 26. My text is an extract from the Sermo on the Moqnt, and perhaps it was at a mc ment when a flook of birds flew past tha Christ waved His hand toward them an said: "Behold the fowls of the air." Tha is, study their habits. Examine their co! ors. Notioe their speed. See the hand c Ood in'their construction. They are a! most human, forthey have their loves an 1?ifflnUlAo onfl onflnafhlofl 11 nH AT iittbOS} CIU1U1I1CO UUU uuviyv?vu*?.M| n ? . stand joy and gritf, bare conjugal and ma ternal Instincts, wage wars, and entertai jealousies, have a language of their owi and1 powers of association. Thank God for birds, and skies tyll c them. It is useless to oxpect to undei stand the Bible unless we study nature history. They were at the creation placet all around on the rocks and in tbe tree and on the ground to serenade Adam' arrival. They took their places on Fridaj as the first man was made on Saturday Whatever else he had or did not have he should have music. The first soun that struck the human ear was a bird' voice. As a bird first heralded the human rac into the world, now a bird will help th human race back to the world that ha shipped a sea that had overwhelmed everj thing. Noah stands on Sunday mornin; at the window of the ark, in his hand cooing dove, so gentle, so innocent, so ai fectionate, and he said: "Mow, my littl dove, fly away over these waters, explore and come back and tell us whether it i safe to land. It was a bird that told ther when to take possession of the resusoitate planet. So the human race were saved b a bird's wing; for, attempting to land to soon, they would have perished. Isaiah compares tbe desolations of ban ished Israel to an owl and bittern and cor morant among a city's ruins. Would tHi prophet illustrate tbo fate of fraud, h points to a failure nt incubation, and says "As a partridge sitteth on eggs and hatch eth then not, so he that getteth riches urn not by right shall leave thom in tbo mids of his days and at his end shall be a foo'J The quickest way to amass a fortune i.< by iniquity, but the trouble is about keep ing it. Every hour o-f every day some sucl { partridge is driven oft the nest Panics ar I only a uuttor of partridges. It is too tedi ( ous work to become rich in the old-fash j ioned way, and if a man can by the false I hood make as much as by ten years o | hard labor, why not tell it, and if on | counterfeit check will bring the dollars n { easily as a genuine issue,' why not make it But yonder in this Bible sky flies a bin I Hiat unnnlrled. The nroohet describini the church, cries out: "Mine heritage i unto me as a speckled bird, the bird round about are against her." So i was then; so it is now. Holiness pickoi at. Consecration picked at. Benevolenc picked at. Usefulness picked at. J Upeckled bird is a peculiar bird, and tha Arouses the antipathy of all the beak) o fhe forest. The church of God is a peculia institution, and that is enough to evok attack of the world, for it is a specklei bird to be picked at. The inoonsistencie of Christians are a banquet on which multi tudes get fat. They ascribe everythini you do to wrong motives. Put a dollar Ii 7 the poor box, and they will Mf thlU ha L dropped It there only that he might hear it & ring. Invite them to Christ, and they will 3 call 70a a fanatic. Let there &econtanijro?. s IY among Chriatians, and thay will saMife&JM rah! the oharoh lain decadence/' t > tended that His ohuroh should allj main a speckled bird. J# ie Disaster, failure in business, dirf'-? ment, bereavement, la God'aj' ~ shaking us out of our eomfortara, a? order that we may learn to fly. W n< are complaining that you have noVc " courage or Christian zeal have bfif' 1 easy. You never will learn t?, . comfortable nest., Like an eagle,% has carried us on His back. .At tlaraF*-aH I: have been shaken off, ana when we; about to fall He came under uaagali^ , uruugui us uuv ui mo giwui/ m the sunny mountain. Never en ?H, ;a brooded with such love and eare<rrer? 1 y yonng as God's wings have been orertuA 1 Across what oceans of trouble we.lwn . 1 Jf; gone in safety apon the Almighty winfiA ?l From what mountains of sin we hat? been vr carried and at times have beep borne op -ft*' ;V above the gunshot of the world 8*4 th?^:\ f? arrow of the devil. When our time on ' if earth Is closed, on these great wings of . ? God we shall speed with Infinite VpiWtoeta from earth's mountains to heaven's bDlS, ?f and as from the eagle's circuit; tinder the t. . son, men on the ground seem small and inr' Aa nn ? */Mlk oiquuiuouv ao iiAotvxo vu ? *vv?, w w* ? ly things stall dwindle Into a speck :and - -f "J the raging seas of death bo Ik beneath- .-? 10 will aeem smooth and glassy ? a*",. 8wlss lake. Oh, the goodnaM of. Owl v i? in showing the bird* how to build". ' 7 their nestl What carpenters, what masons, what weavers, what splnneta the ? *e birds are! Out ot what small resource* they mate what anexgntoHehoeae. oWf^dj J S? sttoks, out of lichens, ont of horsehair, out V!? *L of spiders' web, out of tferaads swept from J? the dp or by the housewife, out of the wool jm of the sheep In the pasture Held. ,v tTpftoI- i :f stered by leaves actually iewed-, together i *_ by Its own sharp bill. Cushlonaa with . : foftt-horfl from 1t? o*n hlMnt. USrtareA together^ with the^gum bf^trtjea.andttte^ !? such geometry of structure. ? Barely these nests were built; Jjy, fame; $ le plan. They did not jnst happen** WhoT^ 5* draughted the plan for the WW's j ^ God. And do yon not think wtt.lt plans sooh a house for a ebafllneb^for ,'4. oriole, for a bobolink, for-"a sparrow,, jags] 7 will see to It that yon alwajw-ba^artocmM^' ri "Ye are of more value than many-spar^u rowB." Whatever else surrounds yo?, yd > can have what the Bible oalle "the featwftW^j !l of the Almighty." Just think ^ot-iMilBSH like that, the warmth of It. the *0ftt?i''0t^: r_ the^ safety^of ^ft?j'the feath^^the ^ jjf tropical sunset ever had such telU|angf,<tf??-';VI pinion; no robin redbreast mr had pW?*v.v^j A: age dashed wtth such crimson and . and oranee and told?"the ftoflllW OTW. Almighty." Do you not feel theUm&oV:[. them now on forehead . and i^hed^wBBto / spirit, and was there e?er ?ueh tenderaeas fj ,e" of brooding?"the feathen of the Al? y ij" 80 aLso in thii ornithology Of the Bfble Xv , God keeps Impressing ns. with th*;,-JkM&v,. > 'f omy of a bird's wing. Over fifty amewoei tl the old Book allude to the irthg?'" wligs,ot p. ) ? a dove," "wings of the morning,?* -J;? 5 of the wind," "sun of rlghteooiae^ ima\t' '; J.? healing in wswlngsj" "wing# of ..tnf AU ^, [I Whgatt7does ?lt ST meux? Ir uplifting. It tall* you of flight. . $ It means to remind. yon? \.%bgFl T????y "Oh, that I had wings Ufce a do? ? miaht fly away andoe at-rest." -Shank 1 .j God that you have bettor wlnga JQlift'Mjr. > . dove of longest and swiftest flight.' OlMd :' lt now in bars of flesh are thoie wingetbit the day oomes when they will D&UbgnM?4, ;; Get ready for ascension. Take the word* ' " of that old hymn, and to tju? time unto J which that hymn is eanied slngr - '< / . r, Kise my soul and stretch thy whig, it Thy better portion trace, 3 Up out of these lowlands lntolhehWfMi^r d of higher experience and wtdter pTOaCMaEa-; e But how shall we rise? OoJr as God's Holy ' r Spirit gives us strength. But that feeom- lingnow. Not as a condor from * 0Mm- t e borazo peak, swooping uppn the alMffhta! v? ' valley, but as a dove like that whlohpgt%,( >- its soft brown wings over the wetloeksot Christ at the baptism in the a of gentleness! Dove of peace! / 1 Come^ Holygplrit, heaveftly dove, J- J 1 Come shed abroad a saviour'skn'e 1 ^ And that shall kindlq ouw; | e OMAHA'S QUEER EBJPEMIC. '/ More Than 10,000 Persona Aflletwi Wift . u a Strange 8 k In Dls*aa?. ; All the physicians In Omaha, Keb., ar? J Y puzzled as to the nature of an .eoidecUo . v j throughout the city. The diseasedewlope ' a. In small eraptions which coverthebody./ The eraptions are highly inflamed and " s finally scale off, like. scurrey. Thedise?M y , was first noticed about thiee-weekeSajfaiiu^^ sinoe then has spread with great rapidity, 1 More than 10,000 persons have been afi Every barber shop In the dtyis provide^ v' ; - with a salve which is designed. t&ally thfjC,^-: - inflammation. The city Health Depart^' ment has received numerous reports! lyMefe. indicate that the disease is prevalent in , the public schools. It is the genera! Anlnlnn nho.lnlnn. that thft I* .caused by some germ thaf-iettfcpgn skin, and this is about all that 0S&M7 -: [ about it. It is not regarded as serious. . BRANDING ARMY HORSES. ? - J. O. Shortall, of Chleaio, After Gener?j | Miles For the Latter'* Order. ? John O. Shortall, President of the HuI mane 8ociety, of Chicago. Ill,, is after Gend era 1 Miles with a sharp stick because of the " General's recent order for a resumption of ^ :: the Old practice OX Dranamg army Bimp - .r\ J and mule9. , "Considerine the abundant means at i their command, the men who hare charg#1 of the Government animals should be com-. petent to take care of them without having ' to recourse to the flend-llke brand*" saya^i Mr. Shortall, "and branding by means ot the sizzling Iron is at best but a barbaroua V * . contrivance. It is a form of brutality even v . less honorable than vivisection." , J j Mr. Shortall is looking for soma law by a which the branding may be- prevented. _??______ \ I WATKA DODGED DEATH. ".Xl .[ Indian Ballplayer Escaped the Nlfbt Bn A fore He Was to Havto Been Shot, d John Watka, the Creek Indian who waa I ? < - u? k?? ohrtf at TCnTala Court House. 1 ? lu UttTO UOQU uuv> ?.* . Indian Territory, for the murder of Janai ; e. Deer last May, escaped from hisgnardsoB ? the night before and has n?t yet been cap* d tured, although a large force of Creek ol4? eers, re-enforced by the friends of the mar* ? deredjnan, are on his trail. ,a It is suspected that Watka's escape was \ " brought' about by his friends. A strong e effort Is being made with Chief Isparheeher r? to pardon Watka. 9 In oase the chief yields it will not sar? * 1 ? Watka's life, for he will almost certainly be a shot by Some of the friends of his vfctlm, y who swear vengeance. Will Have Two Umpire*. " The National Baseball League adopted 0 the double umpire system and also adopted e a resolution presented by Mr. Brush, of Cincinnati, having for its object the sup [i pression of rowdyism on tae pari 01 umyexu, j For indecent or foul language on tae field t any player found guilty of this offenM [? after a full hearing will be expelled from , the game forever, and shall not 1)6 eligible . for reinstatement. ? Feeding Horses to Hogs. _ Horses have become so cheap in the . neighborhood of Fort Scott, Kan., that a . :>tockman has found it profitable to buy f them, slaughter them, ana feed the flesh to e his hogs. An attempt to stop the practice s demonstrated that there is no law whiob ' > prohibits it. jj Marcltcd Over Sherman's Route. I s A regiment of United States Infantry has s lately been traversing, for the purposes of t a practice march, the route used by Sherg man's army between Atlanta and Chiok*vJ^| e mauga. V West Indies and Annexation. I TJ" In T.nnrirtn that n mOTAa I [ 11 Wtt3 ICJJir&buva 1U W ?W ? ?? .-r r ment for the annexation of the West Im I e dies to the United States was in content I i plation. I ' Restoring Independence Hall. I 5 The work of restoring Independence Hal] I a to its original deaten was oommenced. . K