Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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laid the foundation lor unnorm action against criminals of this class. A reception was given at Havana, Cuba, by Captain Chadwlck, of the Now York, to the officers of the United States cruiser Topeka, a few days ago. While the reception was in progress the boats' crews of the jj Topeka and the New York raced, the IW' peka men winning by a length. j Captain Borcbgrevink's expedition has j started from Hobart, Tasmania, for the Antarctic regions. (Seneral Ludlow, Military Governor of Havana, has selected Cclonel WUliam M.. Biaok, United States EnglneerjjQbifiSja? the engineer member of his sta have charge of the cleaning of . The Filipino insurgents dtt^ilte^Uiat Spain turn over to them as ratgbm frc the Spanish prisoners held by tha jrlUplnogthe $20,000,000 which the United (jtatfjiTIs to pay under the terms agreewnNpV&r the cession of the islands. A secret treaty exists b?tw?en China and Russia by which RussiaJMfto^aVd China with army and navy if jfoqjMfflyfrintll her army is organized, The Spanish and An^tlcak Peace Commissioners were prtaente<V$o President Faure, ot France, ?|i?w,days ago, and thanked him for irifc<5arte-?i?s to them during the sessions dRhiWroc'nference. The Spanish Government has agreed to pay the ^January" -?ouyon of the Cuban debt. tiijif A Deputy in Indian Chamber assert* ed that an aRTMiajNi^eqaivaleat to a tormal treaty existent between Great Britain and Italy to^North Africa. A thou^MfiWQf ship's plates have just been landedi* tHasgow. Scotland, from Norfolk, V*, *5th? invent was more notable, however, t>y th? fact that the steamship which brought |hem was flying the American flag, a rare sight In the The schooner Parisian was wrecked on Whitehead Island, N. S., and an Invalid passenger, Miss Louisa Dowd, and a sailor were drowned. A duel with pistols took place at Munich, Bavaria, between Major Seitz and Lieutenant Pfeiffer, arising out of the former's fondness for the latter's wife, Major was killed. Four persons were killed and many otbers seriously injured by the collapse of a house being erected on Rue des Apennins, Paris, France. It is said that the International Conference on Anarchists, which met in Borne, ier 82000 ball by United Bttt*. iloner Cralato answet^y^s* M* ogfmlnal riolatijjooftbe-^1"" WfulatiOM. . Edgar jj/tirawford, ?|*tY-three years ?ld, a m?roh?nt, and George Doru fcO*ty-??*en"year8 old, an author, both 5j row York City, were knocked down by a ,'anaway horse attached to a wagon a few layaago. and the formers-a* all, was fractured. He did not fteovtr coa (piousness ind soocumbed In Ion tbaaan hour. The latter vu slightly injured. - Hilda Peterson, .who was on trial L tbe Supreme Court of Queens County, *New fork, for the murder of her child, at Rockrllle Centre, on March 4, was acquitted on the ground of insanity. Judge Dickey sommitted ber to the insane asylum at JIatteawan until her mental condition can be determined. > , The Tyler Banking Company (private) 5f Tyler. Texas, closed its doors owing, it Is said, to heavy withdrawls of deposits. Assets, $40,000; liabilities, $20,000. The officials say all depositors will be paid. Eight additional survivors of the lost steamer Londonian were rescued by the North German Lloyd steamer Maria Rickmers. They arrived at Baltimore a few days ago. Foreign. The Spanish Peace Commissioners arrived at Madrid from Paris, and Senor Montero Bios held a conference with the Oiiaati Repent. srround with great force, and In two hours ie was dead. ' Private James Ellis, Third. North Carolina Colored Regiment, shot and killed his :entmate, Robert Thomas, at the regimentll camp at Maoon,Ga.,a few dajB ago. The men had words over some money that Thomas'owed Ellis, which brought on the ihootlng. Ellis was arrested and will be tried balore a court-martial for murder, Mrs. Roena Shelley, the oldest ln'nabi:ant of, Cheshire County, N. H., died a few Jays ago, at Keene, aged 102 years and alne months. She was born at Springfield, ft., married Oren Shelley *.t Westmoreland at twenty-four, was the mother of' .'our children, and outlived her husband jy nine years. 8ha has four living gcpAtv jranddaughters. James J. Grogan, former Chief Cfark ot ihe Department of Construottoa iM Beoair In the League Island Navy Yard, at t>hltnHnlnhlA. was arrfcstedand Dlsoed Un- . Gennaro Agnane, an icanan oancer ana pawnbroker of New Haven, Conn., Is misshg. It is said that he has fled with the leposits of hundreds of his fellow-couiitrynen. It Is believed to be over $10,000. Grip Is epidemic In Greater New York, lue, physicians say, to the foul condition )t the streets. The disease also prevails in Philadelphia, Albany and other cities. Thieves entered the jewelry stores of Alexander Weed and Slglsmund Kronholtz, both of Stamford, Conn., and secured upward of 81500 worth of booty in each place. The naval militiamen who served on board the Yankee, Nahant and other vestels during the Spanish war, have begun a movement for the formation of the Yankee Club. The Mormon Churoh In Salt Lake City, tJtah, Is badly In need of money and is trying to borrow $500,000. Lieutenant James H. Hoskinson, Adjutant of the First Battalion of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, was thrown violently from his horse in front of the Postat Athens. Ga. His head struck the thousand men would be needed In Cuba and twenty-five thousand in the Philippines. J Domestic. Henry A. Ohapln, the multi-millionaire mine owner and richest man in Michigan, died a few days ago at his hom/9 In Niies. He was estimated to be worth at the least $10,000,00?. The Methodist Churoh In the village of Marlton, N. J., was destroyed by fire and two adjoining resldencos were badly damaged, The Are is believed to have been jaused by a defective heater. The loss on she ohurch is about 87500. It was Insured for $2500. The case of United States Senator Kenaey, charged at Wilmington, Del., with sonspiracy to defraud the First National Bank at Dover, resulted In a second mistrial. *~amstw\s iu aiu v> hmv ?. position. It had already passed the Senate. In the Senate Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, made a constitutional argument against the resolution introduced by Mr. Vest (Dem., Mo.,) declaring that the United i 8tates has no power to acquire territories to be held permanently as colonies. The House Ways and Means Committer decided to extend the United States tariff and revenue laws to Hawaii. The value of merchandise imported during the month of November was $52,109,560. The exports of domestic merchandise were valued at $127,483,467. For eleven months ending November 30 the exports were valued at $1,098,089, exceeding by 8141,407, 923 those for the corresponding period of last year. The War Department Issued orders to have the transports Mobile and Mohawk got ready to carry 3600 troops to Manila via the Suez Canal. Of 8000 Spanish Mauser rifles at the Springfield armory which were captured at Santiago only 2500 have been found to be in serviceable condition. The unserviceable guns will be sold at public auction. The Yosemlte and the Badger have been ojdered to the Pacific, the former to join Admiral Dewey'3 fleet and th? latter to Hawaii. Adjutant-General Corbin gave hia views on Increase of the Army to the House MiliAffairs Committee: he said that twenty THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington Items. The Peruvian Government has decided not to continue the present commercial arrangement with the United States, and i it will terminate next October. The House passed the bill appropriating nnn ?ia fha PhllariAlnhla Er- I How York, Cfilcago ana sr. j_iouis nutiruuu. i I? 1890 Mr. Brice was elected to the United States Senate from Ohio. , Appropriation For Fenglong. The Pension Appropriation bill, which ires passed In twenty minutes without a of oritlclam or a dissenting vote by the 'Souse of Representative. Washington, a tmv days ago, carries $145,2S3,880, the exact amount of the estimates and $4,000, 00 more than the amount carried by current law. Pension disbursements anereased from $139,949,717 In 1897 to $144,CB.879 In 1898. The number of pensioners a* the rolls is 993,714. Massacred by Chinese Outlaw*. The Chinese outlaw Tumantse and hli followers have massacred sixty Christians, ad made 20.000 homeless In Central China. Algnr was related, had been In Asbury Park Friday afternoon <olng their Christmas shopping. , Mr. Allen was one of the mo3t prominent ma of Allenwood, tho town having been rnned after him. He was prominent In local affairs, and was considered quite wealthy. Calvin S. lirlco Dead. ' Calvin S. Brioe, former United States SMiator from Ohio, lawyer and financier, died at his home in New York a few days . ago of pneumonia. He was in Newport at tfca time of the great storm, and in attomptto reach New York he caught a cold virich led to his death. Calvin Stewart Briee was horn In Denmark, Ohio, in 1845. He was the son of an Episcopal clergyman. He studied at Miami University and became a lawyer. He entered into railroad construction, aad as a railroad organizer his mo3t notaMe transaction was the building of the pZ7]( VTKU xauu JlkCOUlkOt Masasquas, n. J. (Special).?Four perjonvwere Instantly killed, two fatally injaftd and two others seriously hurt a few flights ago in an accident which occurred ^ at the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at T ADenwood. a few miles from here. / The victims of the accident are: Killed? Mis. Ellen Allen, Bessie Allen, her daughter, Mrs. Allle Alger, Jennie Crammer. Fatally injured: David S. Allen, husband ?f Mts. Allen; Katie Allen, their daughter. Seriously injured: Alger, infant child of Mr. Alger; Willie Allen, son of Mr. and Us. Allen. A Hatv nn/1 Klo fnmllv +r\ rrHrvm Mm Iya uxivou iu mo lyttpuuj, niiojro ait. jj.uJQnley delivered an address, dwilling upon jthe undivided" loyalty of the North and jUoatu and every section of the country to the American flag. From Montgom[ y the Presidential party went to iTo&kegee, and Booker T. "Washington's school was visited. The students paraded. In the procession were fifty Coats representing all departments of sehool work. The Prwident addressed the olored scholars, and praised the work of Itooker T. Washington in his efforts for the /Improvement of his race. He also gave ' otne good advioe to the pupils which 'would be of service to them in the battle cf life. . ? CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS KILLED. & Train Buna Into a Carriage at a Cros? g&yj ASTJ <t. JL>. JUOUg, ?-05cniu3[er-u-?mci?i Cbpurles Emory Smith, Governor Allen D. - Candler, Secretary of Agriculture James "Wllion, General W. R. Shatter, Secretary ' of War B. A. Alger and many other promiHflg nent men. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitation, was the toastmaster, and introduced President McKmley, who was the re' rtpient of a hearty and spontaneous greetHe said in the course of his remarks: "Seraited! One country again and one 1 gantry foreverl Proclaim it from the BH x '.jnwand pulpit, teach it In the schools, tnt to Montgomery, Ala., wli'er^ he re-- jwived a magnificent welcome. The party welcomed by Governor Johnston, and Jubilee 13 over and the reception given to Exesident McKinley was magnificent in racy way. His speeches have won him a place in the hearts of the 8ontherners. On the last day of the jubilee President eKlnley reviewed the civic and military parade. There were 20,000 persons in the procession. When the parade had nueed the reviewing stand the L President and the other guests of the city 1Mb driven to the Piedmont Drlvlug Club, I .where they enjoyed an elaborate luncheon. Afterward Mr. McKinley addressed the jnibUc in the Auditorium at Piedmont jPUIl* The peace jubilee exerolses closed with almnqaet In the dining room of the Kimfcall House. Covers were laid for 300. At the President's table sat Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the MOOS auompc Ol 3EJi-uu> uutumoui, uiu eiaraoring for independence, though unable to realize Its true meaning. They are tteziy Ignorant /if the dlfferenoe between kbo name and the reality, i According to recent information received 1 Wre, the Filipino insurgents are endeavorf to maintain a brave show for the purpose of securing the best terms possible from the American*. It is the opinion of ?sr Admiral that it would be advisable for the United States to pav the insurgent troops their arrears tof wages. The whole amount would only be a comparatively trifling sum, and the payment of the troops would have a valuable effect, and may save Incalculable trouble. Finally, Admiral Dewey was strongly convinced that the Filipino Insurgents <wervc acknowledgment. He is a believer )b tbe practicability of liberal measures in Kbo direction of local autonomy. RESIDENT'S SOUTHERN TRIP. Be la JSecelved Magnificently and Deliver! Many Addresses. ATtAXTA. Ga. CSpecial).?'The peace B Am the correspondent about everything 'Mboro. He was glad to learn that the InH sargents were releasing the sick Spanish H Midlers they held prisoners, notwlthstand lag Aguinal do's grandiloquent refusal to 2 do so. This proves that the insurgents are V Mgr conciliatory, In spite of their defiant j Admiral Dewey always believed that the f tesargents were friendly, especially since toe worships of our fleet have visited the different ports of these Islands and since one of oar officers have made tours Ini tend, carefully investigating popular seutit scot and judiciously preaching the gospel ?f peaceful settlement everywhere with Wgbly satisfactory results. few influential Filipinos, in tho ambl .. __>? -j J ipBed: V "Prior to the' arrival of the monitors I Mt aneasy. Bat now I am ready to hold I* t&fe position against the whole earth." L however, absolutely declined to dis| cm the political situation in the PhilipIslands, on the ground that his sphere ' vn purely naval. The Admiral seldom goes ashore, and in* abbed that his interviewer was in a better position to acquire information than him K. He then proceeded to cross-ezam I; W-*t?*?nT Dewey Thinks That With Few y exceptions the Filipinos are Friendly ?He Has a High Opinion of the Blonit t tors?Would be Advisable to Pay the Ismijeat Troops Their Back P?j. Xinu. Philippine Islands (By Cable).? B Soar Admiral Dewey, questioned by a news^ ijpapar correspondent regarding the posslm HBhr of International complications. re ^lOedares That He Can Hold His Position Against the Earth, SPEAKS WELL OF THE FILIPINOS. I \ HfEF StATES HIS 7IEffS' \ t lAMWUAJJM'MfllT Ethan Allen Hitchcock is Appointed' Secretary of the Interior. S1NATE CONFIRMS NOMINATION/ Th* President Appoints a Successor to, Cornelias N. Bliss?The New Secretary, ' at Prment Ambassador to Rnula~ The Nomination Was a Snrprise?Th? Career of Mr. Hitchcock. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The President nominated Ethan Allen Hltchoook, of 3Iissouri, to be Secretary of the Interior to succeed Cornelius N. Bliss. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Hitchcock is at present United States Ambassador to Russia. He was appointed Minister to Russia in August. 1897, and attained the higher rank of Ambassador when that station was raised to an em bassy. , CORNELIUS K. BLIS3. (Who fcas rosigned from the Cabinet.) | President McKinley upset all political slateri when he sent Mr. Hitchcook's nomination to the Senate, and he gaye the Senators and politicians a surprise such as they rarely get. Nobody outside of the Cabinet knew, apparently, that Mr. Hitchcock had been selected, and when the ' name went to the Senate It took everybody unawares. Secretary Bliss, in reply to a request for information about his retirement from the Cabinet, said: < "It has been understood for some time ] ' * ' ??-V trnrr, ttiac it wouia do my wisu lu imuu , public life on the epnclusion of the war. Now that the peace treaty has been signed, my request to be relieved will be granted, j but I shall await the arrival of my sue- ( cessor before severing my connection with . the department.* I > have been in most j hearty accord with the President in ^ his policy through the trying days' in , which he sought to avoid war and while as , Commander-in-Chief he was conducting j the war that came, notwithstanding his , efforts to prevent it. I believe most thor- i jughly in the course he is now pursuing j for maintaining the honor of the country , by securing the just results of a successful ( war. I shall leave my associates of the ( Cabinet and of the department and my many friends in Washington with a great i regret, but private and personal reasons . make my retirement a necessity." ., "i in ??? aTTtnr>tm1 to ar. r Xno now cm;ioiaij to uu>. K ? ( rive here and take the oath of office before , February 10. The Sfew Secretary's Career. Mr. Hitchcock, the new secretary, was appointed earl/ In 1897 Minister of the / Unlred States at St. Petersburg, and when Russia sent her present representative here with the rank o! Ambassador, Mr. Hitchcock was also promoted to the higher (Trade. As his full name indicates, the new , tt officer is descended from Vermont J &?tng' a rreat-gnuid*on of Colonal I Allan, who captured Fort Ticon- i /though his lather tao^i i the war, mud he w^' hlmsall born { In Mobil*. ?**>.. .J* St. jura ts be Is kaowfi t ouslness man of large wealth and high ] , standing. For many years he has been ? President of the Crystal Plate Glass Company, of Crystal City, Mo., an extensive | and important enterprise. Mr. Hitchcock j is known as a thorough business man, who c i>?. ??f hun In nolltlna. although I tie has always bean a stanch Republican." j :? 6 A SERIOUS RAILROAD WRECK. { A Rear-En A^Collision In Now Jeraey ' Kills T##?ancl Injuries Many. , Jersey Citt, N. J. (8peclal). ?In the thick I fog or Wednesday morning a serious rear- 1 end collision o 1 two Pennsylvania Railroad [ trains occurred at Colonla, one mile west f of Perth Amhoy Junction. Two men were ' instantly killed, Ave persons were injured somewiiat seriously, and nearly a dozen or more received .cuts and bruises requiring medical treatment. . 1 Those killed were: William 0. De Wolf?, a passenger, twenty-two years, old; L."E. Xnijjbt, colored, a Pullman car porter. Tue list of those injured most seriously 1 is as follows: Mrs. Julia Levy, a passenger; t Jau.es E. Welsh, Pullman-car conductor, t of Jersey City, botb legs broken; f rame . Irish, a passenger, or Peaver, Penu., cellar- 1 bone broken and arm Injured; Benjamin y Mead, a passensrer, of Brooklyn, left leg c broken; Samuel Zanes, fireman, of Phlladelpnia, serious scalp wound; JohnVandrfc f grifth, engineer, of Kensington, Phlia-jjg delphla, sprained knee and painful bruise*** k* F. Kupper, a passenger, commeirMK; 3 traveler, of Brooklyn, cut acrosa^cp^ |* The two tralus involved in were tbe second section of ami New York express, and f tfon of tbe night express fijpgTwwpifi1 ton. The Chicago train rYfmWfttpTJjfffty I minutes late at C010a 1 t<flBab- ' Acivirtilng to Railroad nflk'ials tlie Chic^o'CS^nts'stopped at ' ' Colouki by siggol$wt^3.<>{>6f&?or there, for what reason is 43o' William Heppeulielmer.this train, immedlutel^*BpRM61t;%lth a lantern and ti.rpfdojw lfap)*ce on xlie track. The flag- I mun bt$'pfo<i?d<d "only a few steps when tiie jjfiM|rtjtott.XlmIted cnme thundering , upitl^ia^ine almost burying itself in the , iw^ileopiag' car of tbe Chicago train. ? and Zanas, tbe engineer and ? Wjwm^i of tne Washington train, leaping . * out J(i*t before the crush. ^ , 16,000 For the Lost of Her Haibaad. ^ r In tbe Supreme Court in Brooklyn Mrs. Bridget Burke obtained a verdict of (10, 000 against John B. Ireland for the loss of li..f hna.-unri -Trtlin TCnrfcrt who TPHq killed I i?y the falling-of the defendant's building * iu New York City in 1895. On a former (3 trial Mrs. Burke got a verdict for $10,000 t but the Appellate Division set it aside, and v ordered a new trial. { a A Marchioness in ? Workhouse. f The Marchioness of Donegal is now in a c L ndon workhouse, h .wing applied for ad- j mission on the plea that she is homeless , and sufferioc; acute destitution. t c The Labnr World. The average number of hours constituting a day's labor in North Carolina cotton mills is U%. Worklogmen of Georgia are agitating \ for i State Bureau of Labor and labor statistics. Memphi?, Tenn., has adopted the eight- t hour rule for all laborers and mechanics In ] the employ of the city. ( Japan is 9ald t > be the only country ' where there are more jobs than workers,' even with the Introduction of labor-saving' machinery. The Michigan Supreme Court has given a decision which In efTect declares a bov-< J cott to be an unlawful and unwarrantable < menace, intimidation and coeroloo. ] ( t V ' ' : ' . ... STARVATION IN CALIFORNIA. Drought In Monterey Comity Hu Brou*h< Inhabitant Into Tonrlble StralU. Saw Fbaxcisco, Cal. (Sgeolal).?Tin people in southern Monterey uuuuij <u? starving and have appealed for State aid In a petition to Governor Budd they say: j "Little or no rain has fallen since a yeaj ago February. The aoaroity of rain for several years previous had caused a short* age of crops, while this yeaT we have had pntire failure. As a result feed, seed and family supplies are exhausted. Cattle,1 hogs and poultry have been disposed of to meet our necessities, while hundreds of cattle have died from starvation. Our poorest horses have been shot, while oui best are eating the last hay we have means to puronase. "We have nothing lert to dispose of. Our farms are mostly mortgaged for all that can be raised on them, and moneyed men and banks will loan no money on unencumbered real estate in this part of the country. "There are families in the community who have lived for months on bran and shorts, others who have lived on bread and water/and scores who have had neither milk, butter nor meAt. Local committees are feedinsr hundreds, but hundreds more are in need. These people simply ask for facilities by which to help themselves, money or supplies at reasonable interest, until they can secure returns or work at living wages to keep soul and body together." GREAT FIRE IN TERR^ HAUTE. Cotton Decoration^ in a Window Sflf Ablaze by Electric Wire. Tzbbz Haute, Ind. (flpeolal).?The worst dre In the history of Terre Haute took place a few nights ago, causing a loss of nearly 12,000,003, and several persons were- seriusly Injured endeavoring to escape. The blaze started tn the show windows of ihe Havens & Oeddes Company, wholesale and retail dealers In dry goods and notions. The cause is not definitely known, but It Is supposed a live electric wire set 3re to the cotton with whloh the window jras decorated. ., Before the blaze could be extinguished :he fire spread to the decorations of evergreens In the store, and the buliajng was trapped in fiames in an Incredibly short jpaoe of time. The principal losses are: Havens & Gteddes, 6800,000; Brelnlg A Miller, furniture, $25,000; Plxley A Co., $100,000; Terre Haute Shoe Company, wholesale, 150,000; ilbrecht Sc, Co., retail dry goods, $750,000; United States Baking Company, ?<w,wu; Thorman <fc Schloss, clothiers, $50,000. A CONVENTION IN PORTO RICO. municipal Representative* Desire Statehood in the American Union. San Juan, Porto Rico (By Cable).?The jonvention of representatives of the towns 5f Porto Bico, which General Henry, the Military Governor, called together, met a few days ago. Munoz Rivera, President of the former lutonomio Council, oh behalf of seventyfive delegates, of whom forty were Radicals, iellvered an address to General Henry, leolarlng that the convention was enthusllstlcally in favor of free trade with the United States, compulsory education, the settlement of a rate of exchange, and of modifications In the currency, though not In favor of the removal of the duty on' mgar, which would be a death blow to Porto Rico. Senor Rivera declared also that the Porto Rlcans were in favor of a territorial organization, with a view to jarly Statehood, on thd same basis as that tho Aiherlcan States. The convention, whioh was politically harmonious, pronounced in favor of com- * merclal and religious liberty, and the future limitation of the suffrage to males sver twenty-one years of age who pay taxes and are able to read and write. General H&nry is much pleased. DEADLY TRAP_IN_ ALABAMAi Set by a Birmingham Man, It Has Killed Two Burglars. Bibminqham, Ala. (ttpeoiai;.?since mo i le&th of bis mother two year3 ago, William | Penny, an eccentric old bachelor, baa redded byjrfmeell f? >&?<*ete. Hems * feftrd-warldnf, sum Ad dally absent from his homeTHli to. testry sad thrift resulted In the belief by a&ny people that he kept ? hoeri of money it Eome, and his house has been entered ?y burglars Beverai times. Last spring, in order to catoh any future ntruders, Penny set a trap gun just inside lis door. In April, Gilbert Dorsey, oolired,broke into the house,and wss shot and tilled by the gun. A few days ago. while ?enny was at church, Nelson Wright, also i negro, entered the house. The gun went >ff and Wright died in the county jail from to Tpnnnria Another was severely wound id in September in the same manner. Wright was a deserter from the Third Ll&bama Regiment, stationed at Anniston. Penny's successful mode of proteotlng his >roperty bas not been criticised. His trap fun is Ingeniously set with wires. He himielf can enter the bouse wben tbe shottun 1a set. but it is death for anyone else o make the attempt. WOMEN CLERKS MUST CO. L Sweeping Order liintd by the NorthWestern Railroad Company. Chicago, 111. (Speoial).?All the women ilerks and stenographers of the Chicago ind Northwestern Railroad who have not >een in tbe employ of ths company for at ??? ^<aAhai*90^ Thft coai tv?y jrcaio ?io wv ww <.MvUH.QvW, --raoan^BSi will be Ulled by men. An of&clal ?f thsjf&ad said: ^hfe nrt|ye was not beoause the women oient, but it is simply carrying :out th<e?iompany's policy in the mat* fer^l-pjjpmotion of employes. The NorthM*Wcn.will advance its employes from MV positions to offices of trust. Can you engine a woman as general superin ident or general manager of the affairs >f this great railway system? I think lot. But just so long as we have women n the clerioai positions the souroe from rhloh to draw valuable offloials In th? utare is narrowed to small limits." LOAN OFFERED TO RUSSIA* iVilllam M. ItIdi Make* an American Syndicate Proposal to the Czar. St. Petebsbubg, Russia (By Cable).?An tfficial agency here has issued the follow ng announcement: "The United States Charge d'affaires, H. I. D. Pelrce, has communloated to the llnlstry of Finance a proposal by William ,< 1. Ivlns, of the New York, the representaIve of a group of flnanclors, to make a arge loan to Russia. The decision of M. le Witte, the Flnanoe Minister, is not aown." * Baniahed From the Country. When Jose Ribert sailed for Havre on - j& Champagne room flew loric uuy a iew : [ays ago his sentence or banishment from j his land or the tree, his adopted country, ] rais pat Into execution. The laws of the Jnited States know no such punishment as ixlle, but Kibert's sentence was formally tronounced by Judge Brubaker, of Lanlaster, Penn. The man had a bad reputa* Ion and had threatened to kill some of hla , elatlve3, one of whom had him arrested. rlth the etteot that the Judgo banished 1 i!m into exile. He was formerly a native 1 >f Barcelona, Spain. ' Three Sailors Drowned at Sea. The schooner Atalanta, Captain Rloharl , iVadding, sailed into the harbor of Olou- ] :ester, Mass., at dnsk a few nights age ylth her flag at half-mast for the loss oI < ;hree of her crew. Oscar Anderson, James ] Burke and John Devine, who were washed overboard on the Banks December 7. All ( :he lost men were unmarried. For Dearer cigarettes. i The City Council of Alton, 111., hasunan- 1 Imonsly adopted resolutions for a curfes ( ordinance and for an ordlnano? placing a heavy licence on retail dealers of cigar- : attes. j HfOBTSBBtTBIItilll'S." The United States in 1898 Attained : the World's Commercial Supremacy. THE SITUATION UNPARALLELED. ' We Exported in 1898 More Than 1,200,000,000, of Domestic Merchandlae, Actlnit Export* From the United Kingdom of Lest Than 91,140,000,000 Steady Growth of Oar iixport Trade* ; Washingtos, D. C. (Speolal).?Our exports of domestlo merchandise ia 1898 wil] amount to over 91,200,000,000. The United Kingdom will export domestic merchandise valued at less than 91,140,000,000. Our foreign trade in the past three years has grown by leaps and bounds, while Eng. land's has been at a standstill, and the United States Treasury and English Board \ of Trade returns at the end of December show that the. place England has so J long held as the greatest exporter of domestic products has been taken by the United 8tates. Eight years ago, when i England shipped to foreign countries her ] products to the value of $1,290,758, 643 (the world's high-water mark), while our domestic exports amounted to but $846,999,608, it did not seem possible that before the end of the decade America i would outstrip England and take her place as the greatest exporter of home-made < products. Our advance, considering that in the middle of the decade we passed \ through one of tbe most disastrous panics In our history, has been wonderful. < Trie United Kingdom's exports of ber own products in 1897 amounted to $1,138,941,015, while our exports were valued at $1,079,884,294. The British lead of $170,000,000 in < fiflft finn Wa hftra i iO?g WU9 cui uunu iv _ not onlv overcome thin $60,000,000 in 1898, I bat we will lead tbe United Kingdom by from 560,000,000 to $90,000,000. Tbe British total will-probably be a little less tban last year, while oars will be between $1,200,000,000 and $1,325,000,000. Oar domestlo exports for tbe eleven months of 1898 were $1,098,089,186, and a December total as low as tbe lowest December record in years will bring ( the year's domestic exports tens of millions of dollars above England's. 1 - ] GREAT BOOM IN 1BOX. Tlia Onhmt So Great. Yet tbe De? ' mand Ezceedi It. Washington, D. 0. (Special).?From all the iron centres come reports of the great boom In American Iron. During November the furnace Capacity was Increased, and the coke and anthracite plants at work are turning out more pig iron thnn they have ever done before In this or any other oountry. The 285,528 gross tons capacity of American furnaces on December lis a' new world's reoord. Furnace stocks have been further depleted, and outside of the steel works producing their own iron, there is not enough pig iron to supply the demand. Tbls Is usually a dull season In the iron trade, bnt the m&rkdt reports show heavy buying and a consequent rise in prices. .. Th? Treasury Bureau of Statistics reports that the total exports of iron and steel and manufactures thereof during Oc*-1 lono i #?} OQO BQ5 . Tnr th# kUUVf, lOOOf ivuvoa up v r |?vv,vw? - ? first tea months of 1898 they were $67,290,560, as compared with $51,363,017 (or the same time in 1897, and $38,957,645 in ten months of 1896. This shows that in two,, years they have nearly doubled. Maine's Shipbuilding Boom. Bakoob, Me. (Special).--The very best sign of the good times in Maine is the ar- > rival of a shipbuilding boom whioh, while coming too late to make a great showing i of tonnage launshed for 1898, has set the ' yards and shops going at a busier rate than they have known for a decade. In years past Maine used to build < from 40,000 to 70,000 tons of shipping annu- < ally, but of late, for reasons that have been '. ' told over and over again, the industry has i fallen into decay, and the figures have i tes S?2^?S5?rajgai3SBE I Washiuotox, D. C. (Special).^!* port to the Rtate Department. Ocwpw v 'Agent Sterr., at Bamberg, predlctit&at tb#. United States will soon surpass Eo*i?W la" the value of exports of machinery ? inany. The year of 1893 shows a faUtojt'MR ^ In the cbbo of England, while the Import*. of American machines show an Increase ' > seventy-flve per cent, over the figures of gS 1897. In 1895 the imports of the United * States of these goods into Germany did not 1 amount to the sixth part of the amount of ] the English Imports, while now they are ] *qual to sixty per cent, of the latter. { ' DEATH BY FIRE FOR SPITE. i A Farmer Barns Up His Home, Barn, < Lire Stock, Grain, Honey and Hlmaelf. 4 Moktello, Wis. (Special). ? Gottlieb { Wagner, a farmer living near here, com- ? mittedsuicide by cremating himself. Wag- i ntr and his wife quarrelled recently and as ' a result divorce proceedings were begun by the wife after living in wedlock thirty- * five years. f To spite her and prevent her from getting any of his property, he, a few days ago, gathered all nis money together, drove all the oattle Into the barn and set fire to the g residence and the barn. Neighbors were attracted to the scene and asked Wagner what he meant by destroying his home. "I'll show you," he shouted, and with a jfarewell bow he ran into the barn and jumped into the flames. He was burned 8 to death. In the fire twenty-eight head of E cattle, three horses, 100 turkeys and <*11 the p mnohinArv and the a rain and hav 3 was burned. He bad no insurance, and a j widow and twelve children are left on a o heavily mortgaged farm. I [ - SIX KILLED IN A WRECK. b ? s A PassengertTraln on a Florida ICallroad 3 Bans Into a If amber of Cattle. Jacksonville, Florida (Special).?A pas- 1 senger train on the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was wrecked near Madison by a collision with cattle on the track, although the engineer made every 1 to stop the train. t] Six persons were killed, as follows: E. t, H. Chandler, engineer; James Evaus, sol- ' h ored, fireman; John T. Sullivan, of St. Augafettne, attache to.the army; Bur. 8. H. Coleman, a colored preacher of Jaokson- f villef John A. Khoades, of Pensacola, and , Alfred Austin, of Chalres, both the latter {: colored. Dr. Abbott'* Resignation Accepted. The congregation of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, deolded on Sunday to aocept the 5 resignation of its pastor, the Bev. Dr. ? r.vm?n Ahhott. The reslenation will take T, Bffeot oa May 1. Alter January 1 Dr. Ab- i! bott will not be asked to do aay pastoral t work, merely to prcaoh on Sunday. h G Women Stoned Colninbua'j Statue. A mob of women at Oranada, Spain, a few days ago, considering that the discovsry of Amerioa was in tlielr opinion the principal cause of Spain's misfortunes, si stoned the statue of Columbus. b Cycling; Notes. Based on the bicyole tax. It is estimated :hat there are only about 77,000 cyciista In n Italy. ?, The Belgian Touring Club compels in its L )wn road rules all its members to use a Drake. jj a Wnatam Arm ha? annllad for a natent t< >n & tire cover whloh can be fitted to any ei jrdlnary tire. The recent census of oycllsts in France, a< ivhloh has been made lor purposes of taxa- w :lon, shows that there are 308,649 owners hi jf maohtnes. Dr. and Mrs. Molllrath, who recently ar* tt rived In Chicago, completing a trip around c< :he world, showed by their oyolometers ki ;hat they had covered 39.900 mllaa. s ' ' .1 > <'"v. * MET DEATH AT A FIRE. U Eirl; Morulas 4>lut la New York) City Remits in Lou of Life. w*w York Citt rsoecial}.?Three women! , irere killed and soma persons injured at a,J Ire whioh totally destroyed tbe residence >f Charles H. Raymond, general agent of :he Mutual Life Insurance Company, a few nomlngs ago. The victims who suffered death or se-; ?ere injury forgot in their terror the patent Ore escapes with which each room in :he house was fitted, and which'would lave carried them in safety to the street, a comparatively short distance below. The lame? made astonishing neadway, and Mr. Raymond, his wife, and his wife's sistef. Sirs. Underwood, found themselves in dan* ?er of immediate death as soon as they left their beds, Mrs. Underwood sprang from a window on the third floor before the flremea arrived. A crowd of helpless persons be low had begged her cot'to jump. There * was a fire escape rope within reach of i tier hand. 8he was killed instantly. ( Mrs. Raymond fell from a window two flights up when the top of a settling ladder had reaohed her feet, and :arrled down with her William Doerr, a street car conductor, who had mounted 'j ahead of the firemen. She sustained fractures of both legs, and died in Boosevelt c Hospital. Doerr escaped with slight in- t luries. B A. list of the dead and Injured follows: The dead: Mrs. Harriet Fee, forty-one years old, a coolc, burned to death while ' attempting to alarm the family of her em- t ployer; Mrs, Victoria Baymond, fifty-nine years old, wife of Oharles H. Underwood, , Mrs. Isaac Newton, sixty-four years old, a 1 widow, of Georgetown, D. C.,- Mr?. Bay- o mond's sister; killed by jumping into the ? Btreet. , ' i The injured: J. F. Andreace, fireman, cuts on faoe and hands; John Oahill, fire- c man, finger almost severed; Frederick i Delssoth, fireman, hand out by glass; Will- 0 lam Doerr, thirty years old, street car oonrltmfnr* William KflrcrilBOn. butler, injured by jumping and shock; Otto Fink, Are- t man, eut on forehead while rescuing Mr. c Raymond: Margaret Mullarkey, servant; ' Charles H. Raymond, sixty-four years old, slightly burned and suffering; Edward 8 Sweeney, fireman, hand cut by glass. 8 SAMUEL COMPERS RE-ELECTED, Retains the Post of president of the American Federation of Labor. 8 Kaksas Citt, Mo. (Speolai).?Samuel c Gompers was re-elected President of 9 the American Federation of Labor by a E practically unanimous vote at the dosing a session of the eighteenth annual conven- c lion of that organization, 0 SAMUEL OOXPEM. g ? ^ The Amerioan Federation of Labor went 9Q record as strongly opposed to President MoKinley's policy of expansion, when it Q idopted, by a practically unanimous vote, fc the following resolution: . 9 "Whereas, As a result of the recent war . with Spain, a new, far-reaching and ? dangerous policy, known as imperialism, ti or expansion, is about to .be thrust upon fc us, together with the necessary and in- _ BTltabie accompaniment of a large standing army and an autocratic navy; c cuVBeaolved. That this convention offers- fe II most emphatic protest against snob a j, ilcy and instructs Its executive officers ' use all honorable means to secure the r feat of legislation tending toward an- g ration and Imperialism." p Detroit wasseleoted as the next place ot . meeting. 7 ! I PRINCE CEORCE IN CRETE. 11 Cfca; jKf w Baler Becvlrei Cordial WeJcom* to the Island. . ^^PH^jblaad of Crete (By Cable).? ' Mil|e0! Greece, the High Com- Q Po wers, arrived at Snda ^ 3av-; a t W i?jlk ago, escorted by the 3rlti3hvfmich, Bff33laii and Itaiian flag* ihlps. S? w$0' saluted by the forts and P va.3 welcrfn??a by Immense crowds of Deo- o pie on landing. As soon as the Prince was i] ishore a procession was formed and he t, same here* . The route was lined by the international roops. The Prince and his party stopped I' jeforo tbe church, where a te denm was tan?. He then proceeded to the Governnent building, where the Cretan flag was * loisted and saluted by the warships. Prince Oeorge has issued a proclamation o >romislng to govern with justice' and itn- ? >artiality, securing liberty to all without a llstlnctlon. a ti SIX KILLED ON CHILKOOT PASS. s Inow Slide Wlpji Oat a Camping; Futf C on Shore of Crater Lake. 8eattle, Wash. (Special).-^Thenews was c .vnnnhf ho of an mar Alt! n. fnar A?V8I F ?? ? ,m go, of the loss of six lives on the Cbllkoot c 'ass by a snow slide on December 9. The a arty consisted of Mrs. Darling and two * ons of Lake Llnderman, Bert Johns of o uneau, Harry 8baw, of Skagway and a 8 aan whose name could not be learned, v 'hey were camped on the shore of Crater <alce when tbe slide came down the mounftin, burying them beneath tons of Ice and x now. Five bodies were reoovered, bat the Ixth was not found. fl This makes serentv lives lost by snow a tides along tbls trail during issa. j e A Coasting Party's Mishap. a As a result of a coasting accident at f 'urtle Greek, Peno., Joseph West, age 8 iirty, is dead and eleven others injured, t fvo seriously. Tbe sled collapsed at the ottom of a steep hill, and hurled the party , rith great force in every dlreotion. The f iro seriously injured are W. B. Maddey, i; oth legs broken, and Joseph Connor, left t >g broken and injured badly about the . ead. r Chile's Cabinet Reorganised. I The Cabinet crisis of the Chilean Got- c rnment was ended by the Ministry being o organized under Senhor Mirtlnez.in part i ? follows: Premior and Minister of the aterlor, Senhor Carlos Walker Martinez; [inister of Foreign Affairs. Senhor Venira Blanco Viel; Minister of Finance, Sen- y or Rafael Sotomayer; Minister of War, feneral Suber-Caseaux. r . ? I X" Chlneae Dying From Starvation. U The people of Cbin Chow Fu Province, b f China, are dying bv thousands from ii ;arvatlon. In Chin Chow Fu ther# have li een as many as 180 deaths a day. a : C Prominent People. C Sir 'William Jenner, the distinguished atbologlst and Physician In Ordinary to b le Queen and the Prince of Wales, died In ^ ondon. ^ The friends of Senator McMillan, of , Michigan, say that when his term as Sena- *' >r expires he will return to Detroit and ri agage in active business. g( The late Samuel Pllmsoll, widely known 8i i "the sailor's friend." left nearly the hole of bis estate, valued at $200,000, to ?' [3 vile and adopted daughter. 11 The English medical papers announce h; mt the Prince of Wales has entirely re- ri >vered from the painful accident to his iy aee which he suffered last July. ^ HOUSEHOLD MATTERS* B ???? An Iatartttlnc Boom. If you want a pretty room mthoufc. X. _tf i. tV ? ~ jxpeuae w jvusovu, w/ nent ofi decorating your walls withal he pictures cat from the newspapen^^^H ivery day there are intereating^fl^^BB rom foreign lands, wondaajfl^fl^^^H ind beautiful ladies. Cat V jarefnlly and mopnt on ough gray paper. Without ?| hese, tack them upon the rregular designs until nearlifl ^hole of the-wall is covered. Tofl ?e amazed to see how pretty aneNHH^H raotive your roomis. A young lady^l <rho decorated her room at a summer esort in this way was deligHted with t-- - tie reruns, xier omy compiKM w? hat her friends looked at the pictures nstead of visiting with her.? Phila- v'/^B ielphia Times. fl To Make Soap >*onrlfhLnt. ? In jnaking soup, the object is to jjg9 [raw all thenntritive qualities of the ^ fl neat into the water, and to do this th^gj|M (ones mast be cracked, so that the arrow will be easily extracted, th? y neat cut into small pieces, and the rhole put into cold water and allowed o neat very biowij. yuiu aww^,jjmj| rould harden the meat and praverifc&al he juices from freely flowing out, The^j^H neat must not bo put into water on^^H rashed before it is cut, as even ft'e '^9 mm era Ion for so Short a time will ?ut some of the nutriment. It should v^a ostead be carefully wiped with ar.^Jg lean, damp cloth. After catting neat into small pieces and cracking he bones, pat it into .? kettle, and;$|y? over it with cold water, letting' tand a little while on the back of tl&ggB tove, then bring it forward and he*T.ygai lowly.?Woman's Home Cotapanion* Sick Boom Htata. All womeh,andpartwularlyni(>aiup^^^^ emedies in case of sadden illness or. ccidents. Frequently a physician iot to be had when be is most needed, - ^3 jid a trained nurse is a luxury which 0$? annot be afforded. The man or wom^^^H ,n who is cool-headed and equal ,ny emergency is most useful and will , ^ >ftentimes save a life before aphysiciitf^^* an be. secured. In case of hemorrhages from ungs get the patient into a )ostnre, or at least bolster him nth three or four pillows. Give Bmau/^JaW >its of chopped ice frequently, audif v-lsa t does not nauseate, salt an1 water c*a-'? a "Two great essentials in the trea^, !^|J| aent of hemorrhages,", said a well ' mown physician lately, "are perfe<jV? ;?JM uiet and the best of nourishment.' . Nothing is easier digested or trengthening than beef'juice whie&foflB 9 made from the rouadof beefsteak. "'.Vj temove every particle of fat and he beef into small pieces. ' Have & pider, very hot, and lay two or three^.^2H f the small pieces in it, turning aa ^ oon as it is seared over, plac^ this meat press, whioh can be had at''ftjjkj^S??g Irngstore fpr ?1.50, and press very particle of juice, heat safiap''' j aeat and repeat this until you Jjtte JA vro and a half or three ounces of juiofc^flj eason sparingly with salt and waraM^H ly placing it in an ear^n T>owl, bM a a pan of boiling water. Stir witH I easpocn to prevent its coago&mB^^B rhen pleasantly warm, pour info a ,1 olored glass tumbler and let the pa- ' UJUV UXIU& ? AV U) UVIV MI ?<m?. i ;^-?n east unpleasant to take, and maatyj\?^j elish it very much. Tfcia sbould bar^ra iven several times a day. One nn Teparea it midway between breakfa&t;|M nd dinner, dinner and supper, and'^? ast before the patient goea to sleep atfl 9j light. . Next to beef juice comes milk andmBB ream. A patient who can drink. y of it is nourished better than ooA -ho takes a much a larger amoqoJk? ther food. Eggs either, eott oiled or scrambled, cream reamed or baked potatoes, baked iH les and plenty of canned and frea^^^H rait will afford a simple bat noarisifl ag diet. No hot drinks shbtil? evag e given a patient suffering vriwfl emorrhages,' neither should. BeclpM. '"m Sponge -Cake?One cup of raglMY^JH ne cup of flour, little heaping, brea($]^H| .our.is the best to use; two eggB, haififl^B cup of hot" milk stirred ii the hing. Sift with the flour one ooon baking poirder. Flavor extrfcaj^HH if lemon. ~ Chicken Outlets?Season pieces ot'm old chicken or tnrkey with salt ancljfl iepper, dip m melted bntter, let 41jmB ool on the meat and dip in beaten ?ggfl I nd bread crambs. Fry in batter aar H il a delicate brown. Serve on slices I I I hot toast with either white or oorry auce poared around. Cold veal soay^^H ie used instead of chicken. Potted Ham and Chicken?Taketbftl^Sj aeat from the bones of a cold ciuokejj^^WB nd to every pound, allow a quarter r pound of cooked ham, a quarter of a^^^H lound of butter, salt, pepper and c^yr^^H| nne to taste, a little pounded mae*^^H nd nutmeg; pound the meat in a bowl nth the butter and the spidb, put into mall glass jars, and cover with meltedfl^B mtter half an inch thick. Potato Bieouit?Boil, peel and ntflfi ine one quart of potatoes. Bnb thea nto one quart of sifted flour and one easpoonful of salt. Work io one tea- fl I np of lard, then add enough aweetfl^J ailk to make a moderately stiff doug&u^^^H 4- - a! am in?K VUU QUI* W tt i^uai voi u* rat iato cakes and bake in a ^ntalHHH ven. Sprinkling sugar over the ton I 3 to many palates an improvement^? I Chocolate Creams?Two cnpfalsB M rhite sugar and one-half cupfulH H rater. Cook over a brisk tire flj D wentj minutes, then tnrn it oat latter and with a large spoon stffl ntil cold, when it will cream. utter the fingers and work th? ato small balls. Set a cake of ite over a steamer uutil it is me^^^^^H nd into this dip one at a ream balls nnd then lay on a piecj|^BHflE onfectioner's paper to dry. . ' Fink Apple Snow?Fare, core Oil six large apples to a pulp,^N^Hfl ress them through ? sieve. Swe^H^H^H 3 taste, and then to every tableag^^^^^^^ il of apple add a teaspoonfal ant jelly. Whisk the whites of even eggs with two heaped poonfnls of sugar, and when id them to the apple mixture, ATllfo H&Vlfc |m Ig t*ll IV^OUUOl UUMI \|U?vv igh on a glass dish, and add int or strawberry jelly gara^HH^^H his dish is one very suitable ren and invalids.