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t ? I f Mild amis. ] Im ; i flloor Events of the Week In a m h Brief Form. pj w 2 * While the banqueters iu Georgetown were celebrating Wednesday evening, the occasion was somewhat disturbed at 3 o'clock by the incessant ringing of the fire bell. Upon examination a big blase was discovered in the boiler room of the Gardner & Lacy Lumber Company. There was a rush for the boats and tl^ crowd began crossing tbe river. The tug boats were soon on the scene and in less than twenty minutes the tugs Congdon and Fearless had towed the fire engines of the city across" on lighters and through the efforts of the firemen the only damage was the destruction of the planing mill, involving a loss of about $7,500, fully covered by insurance. The building will be rar * placed at once. The Charleston football team retained Friday morning trom Savannah, bruised and battered, as a resuit of their game In Savannah Thursday. The young men brought back a story of the outrageous treatment to which they were subjected by the Savannah team and about 400 spectators who crowded into the field and assault ed them, when they hat] had the savanr nahlans hard* pressed. Immediately . upon the beginning of the game sticks and stones were used and cases were ' cited where Charleston men were held while they were plied with a horsewhip in the general scheme of disabling them. All the men were severely handled and the cuts and bruises evidence their hard treatment. i Almost 600 poor children sat down j t to the big feast which had been fre- j pared for their by the charitable people of Charleston at the Masonic temple Friday. The. dinner was given under the anspices o! the King's Daupaters. It was a feast which brought xood cheer to the little children and they dined happily and well. A band of v. music was in attendance to brighten > v nnrt thf? hall was boA'Jtl * fully decorated for tho dinner. The prayer and address was delivered by Rev. C. S. Vedder. of the Huguenot church. All the children were given bags of candy to take home. Saturday fcorning about 10 o'clock a fatal shooting affray occured between two white men. a mile or two from Cayce's in Lexington county From what was learned the men were named Charles Hutton and West Spetrs and the former was killed, having had a double load of buckshot fired into his body. The men had been unfriendly for some time, a woman being the cause of their enmity, it is said. Evidently each had expected violence on the part of the other and both were prepared for it. Spiers was arrested and taken to joll at Lexington. On December 26th, a white man giv- i ing as his name Jake Spencer, hired a horse and buggy from E. L. Wilson's ] livery stables In Spartanburg, stating , *At' ' _th?t he wish?d to go to CHfton and J 7eftin?. Mr. Wilson has not since seen r* the man nor his horse and buggy. ^ Efforts have been made to trace and Ht locato the m;.n and team, but so far ^? these has been ineffectual. The turnH out was traced to Henrietta, N. C., 9 hut nothing further has Mr. Wilsou 9 heard on the subject J. 6. Dmkeford, of Yorkville, j ^9 through his attorney, Frank P. Mc MB Cain, Esq.. Saturday procured an or H der from Judge Gage, at Chester, apgHf pointing Paul T. McNeel receiver of BH the Drakeford Newspaper Company, P9*?- publishers of the Yorkville Yeoman. It is thought the creditors will be paid ^ in fuIL The first new cotton mill projected T* this year got its commission from the secretary of State Saturday. It is to bear the name "Gluck Mills" and will be located near Anderson, having m capital of half a million dollars. The jkr" corporators are: R. S. Hill; N. B. Sullivan, Robert E. Llgon and Jos. N. Brown. An amendment of charter was granted changing the name of the Norris-Cooncr-King Company to the Norrls-Cooner Comany. This is one of Columbia's leading wholesale gro eery concerns capitalized at $100,000. The Farmers and Merchants Bank. Orangeburg's fourth bank, opened its _ doors for business Friday morning. The officers are: L. S. Harley, president; W. B. Thompson, cashier, and David Wolfe, assistant. . ' The New Year starts out with a new bank?the bank of Fountain Inn. Greenville county. It is to have a capital stock of $15,000. The corporators are. D. M. Garrett. J. F. Sloan and H. U. Shaw, of Fountain Inn, G. A. Norwood and M. J. Havnesworth. of "^N^jfeenville, and R. W. Da via, of "T^anrens. Brakeman Harper Glenn, of the Greenville switching crew of the Southern road, narrowly escaped death Saturday morning between Greenville and Piedmont by being hurled to the ground from a cab that was overturned while going at the rate of about 50 miles an hour. A commission was issued Friday to the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, of Spartanb' rg. which is to do and industrial, accident, sick benefit an indemnity insurance business on a capital stock of $10,000. The corporators are: Wm. Magness, H. M. Clevoland and C. H. Barber. It is learned that the organization W of the Independent Cotton Oil Company. capitalized at $1,000,000, was perfected in Darlington last Friday with M. Israel, of Charleston, president, Bright Williamson, of Darlington, vloe president. R. K. Dargan, general manager. L ?????^TMHTItftMriffTITWH Hi i DE WAS MOBBED. Man Attacked, and Used liis Pistol With Effect. Wells, Nev.. Special.?Additional details have been received here regarding the tragedy enacted at Keystone Mine, where the twelve unicn miners attacked Superintendent Traylor for the alleged purpose cf running him out of the town and which resulted in the death or wounding of several of the miners participating. Sinco a branch of tho Western Federation of Miners was organized a few weeks ago. at Ell. the miners are said to have takeu a decisive stand in labor matters, the particular object of their wrath being the New York & Nevada Company. Superintendent John R. Traylor. who formerly was connected with the Fernando Mining Company, of Durange, Mexico, and also with the Union Copper and Gold Hill Mines, in North Carolina, had been notified on several occasions that he had better leave the camp, presumably because he had recently ordered a reduction in his employes' wages. Telegrams were sent to New York, it is said, threatening to flood the mines and take other stern measures unless the superintendent was removed. A delegation Anally presented Tray- j lor with an ultimatum to be signed j and agreed to within twelve nours. i Later. It is charged. President Lloyd. I of the Miners' Union, and a committee j of'inlners went to Traylor's office and j asked him to go along quietly, or they would be compelled to take him dead or alive. Tryalor endeavored to argue with the men. but IJyod ordered his companions to seize the superintendent and bring him along. The men started for Tryalor, who commenced shooting. At the first shot the miners made a dash for the door. The names of the men that were shot and killed are: lames Slaggs. Sam Johnson and J. Smith. The names of the three wounded men are not given. The Indianola Oae. Washington. Special?The Indianola, .Miss., postoffico was again the subject of some consideration at the cabinet meeting. but Postmaster General Payne had little in the way of developments to communicate. Attorney General Knox, to whom the case was referred. said that he had not had time yet to take it up. but he expected to begin consideration of the papers aliminedlately. Reference to the Indianola case led to some discussion of the subject to Southern appointments, but *' i-1-? _ ?? A** AI'O 1 no action was lasen aa iu ur ^cuciu. policy of the administration. It was decided that the resignation of Minnie Cox as postmaster, will not be accepted, and the question of ie-openlng the office is left for further action. It is felt by the administration that to accept the resignation at this time would establish a bad precedent. Opening New Coal Fields. Knorvllle. Tcnn.. Special.?Leases have just been closed by the Popular Coal Creek Company, owner of valuable coal lands in the Oliver Springs 'district, whereby four large opeiatiu^ companies will dcelrp coal lands ! along Cow Cicek. It is expected the j operations will mean an output of uot j less than 5.000 tons of coal daily. I chiefly steam coal. The Knoxvillc, La- j Follette & Jellioo Railroad (the Louis- ' ville & Nashville), will In a few days j begin contruction of branch lines of I raiiroad from Dossetts and Oliver , Springs into the Cow creek section. : Men and materials are now being sent ; cut for that uurpose. By an arrange- j ment with the Louisville & Nashville j the mines are to nave a car eup^i.i ? equal to the coal output. An exclusive right of way into the roal property was given with that understanding, j Judge Speer May Succeed. Macon. Ga.. Special.?It is s;al?.i I hero that the nam'.1 of Judg* Emory j Spcer will be presented to the Pre3i- j dent for the succession to the associate ' justiceship of the Ci'cuit Come of Ap- ; peals of the fifth eircuit trron to be va- f cated by the retirement of Judge An- I drew P. McCormick. Judge _<peer has | been 18 years on the District Court j bench and is well known as an orator | on legal and national toppics. Had to Be Supported Augusta. Ga.. Special.?Solomon j Dunn, colored, was hanged here Friday for the murder of a young white man named William Springs. Dunn was so nervous and frightened upon the scaffold that he had to be held-up until the trap was sprung. His neck was broken. Springs was a bartender and the negro shot him because he refused to sell him a drink, about a year ago. News Notes. The splendid pageant of the Durbar was witnessed by a vast throng at Delhi. India, and the supreme announcement was made of King Edward's sovereignty. The counter-proposition of President Castro, of Venezuela, to the proposal of arbitration is not indorsed by the Washington government, aud it is believed the differences are re| concilable. More earthquake shocks were fell in Central America. The Asiatic plague has appeared at Mazatlan. Mexico, and the inhabitants are fleeing at the rate of 300 a day. Gen. Francis V. Greene assumed the office of Police Commissioner in NewYork city. I Another Earthquake. Laredo. Tex.. Special.?A chilypacingo, Mexico, special says: "Information has been received here that a severe earthquake shock was felt at Tapachula. At La Union, not far from that place subterranean noises have been frequently heard. The shock at Tapachula was of short duration and did no considerable damage to property, but the people were panic-stricken and many of them refuse to return to their bomesk'> ?CS 11 i DEATH IK A WRECK. Terrible Calamity Results in Death of Seven Persons SERIOUS CRASH NEAR PITTSBURG The Collision Was Caused By Care* lessness on the Part of a Ragman, Who Has Disappeared. Pittsburg, Special.?As a result of a collision between a passenger train and the rear end of a freight train od the Monongahola division of the Pennsylvania Wednesday night at Cochrane Station, just above Busquesne, seven men are dead, oc is dying and five others are injured. The dead are: C. E. Stroud, baggagemaatf r, Elisabeth accommodation. of Hr.mewood: C. M. Boehner, brakeman of accommodation. Pittsburg: John Stewart, pa.is-mger. residence, unknown: two unknown foreigners, killed outright: two unknown foreigners, died on way to hospital. The Injured are: T. D. Cook, will probably die before morning; Sam hullanoksky, shoulder blade fractured; Peter Kimosky, burned; John Smith, seriously injured; Mike Chonick, slightly Injured; Mike Gentill, slightly injured. The passenger train in the wreck was the West Elizabeth accommodation. which left Pittsburg at 3:20 p. m. It was on time and had a clear track, according to the displayed signals. At the siding at Cochrane It ran into the rear car of an extra freight which had taken the switch, but fkiiled to clear the main line. The officials of the road attribute the disaster to the failure of Patrick Quiun, the rear brnkeman of the freight, to see that his train had fully cleared. I Up to 11 p. m.. Quinn has not been j located. When the passenger train came along the caboose of the freight overlapped the main track enough to catch the tender of the passenger engine, which was forced back upon the combination baggage and smoking car with terrible force. The thirteen passengers were jammed against the rear end of the car into almost a solid ! mass. Three of the victims were apparently killed outright, two of the other four were literarally roasted to death, and the two who died on the way to the hospital were so badly burned that recognition was almost impossible. Immediately after the impact fire in the stove in the smoke." communicated to the woodwork. Conductor Cook was found unconscious under the charred body of Baggag? Master Stroud. He is so badly hurt that he can hardly live through the night. Strange to say. not a truck except the tender, left the track, the passengers in the coa'-nes beiHg thus protected from harm. So one outside of the smoker was injured and tho tracks were cleared within a short while after the accident. New Witness In Wilcox Case. Hlizabeth City. Special.?A new and liupui ittut la iu w iiuiuauvru at the new trial of James Wilcox next week. The witness is a man named Xorris. residing in Baltimore, though he resided here up to and during th? early stages of the Crop sty mystery. At this writing Lawyer Andrew Cropsey, of Biooklyn. is en route to Baltimore to meet Xorris and accompany him to this city. The nature of Xorris' testimony cannot be ascertained, thought that it will greatly concern the fight of Wilcox is evidenced by the caution maintained by the attorney for the prosecution. " Safe Elowers Arrested. Columbia. S. C., Special.?Chas. Howard. Edward I)ugan, Thomas Nolan and William MeClantry are under arrest here on the charge of having robbed numerous banks and postofTiccs in South Carolina. They have been spending money lavishly here for some time and the police spotted them. The SecrPt Service officers were called into consultation and the arretfts soon followed. /lay Reopen Office. Columbus. Miss., Special.?Minnie Cox, who lately resigned as postmaster at Indlanola with her husband and late negro assistant, passed through Columbus en route to Birmingham. Minnie Cox stated that she expected to be allowed to re-open the postofflce at Indianola soon. She further said that the most prominent reaid its of the city had always endorsed her for the position and that they were still her friends. She stated that these friends are working in her behalf and an effort will be made to have the postof flee reopened under her charge, but with another asslstcnt such as the po3toffice shall epprove. Off For Liberia. New York, Special.?In the steerage of the White Star steamer Teutonic, which sailed Wednesday for Liverpool, were 32 colored men, 12 women and 10 children, who are going to Liberia to settle. They come from Irwin county. Georgia. One of the men said: "We are just poor farmers. Business was not very good with us. so we got together, sold out our farms and are going out to Liberia to begin life again." The party have about $2,000. t KNOX AND TRUSTS The Attorney General Gives Out His Views WRITES HOAR AND LITTLEFIELD The Determination of the Government to Prevent Discrimination is Bearing Fruit Attorney General Knox has addressed identical letters to Senator Hoar, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, and Representative Littlefleld, chairman of the sub-committee of the House judiciary committee, giving his view3 on the subject of trusts. These letters are in reply to Mr. Littlefleld, asking the views of Mr. Knox. The letters, embrace three subjects, the questions which have been decided by the court, the questions which are pending in the courts and suggestions respecting further legislation. Under the latter head Mr. Knox says: "Thj.end desired by the overwhelming majority of the people of all sections of the country is that combinations of capital should be regulated and not destroyed, and that measures should be taken to correct the tendency toward monopolization of the industrial business of the country. I assume a thing to be avoided, even by BiieecRtinn is reeulatine the business interests of the country beyond such as will accomplish this end. In my Judgment, a monopoly in any industry would be impossible in this country, where money is abundant and cheap and in the hands or withjn the reach of keen and capable men, if competition were assured of a fair and open field and protected against unfair, artificial and discriminating practices. If the law will guarantee to the smaller producer protection against practical methods in competition and keep the highways to the market open and available to him for the same tolls charged to his powerful competitor he will manage to live and thrive to an astonishing degree. "I believe the rebates and kindred advantages granted by carriers to enlarge operators in the leading Industry and of the country as against their competitors in many years amounted to a sum that would represent fa: r interest upon the actual money invested in the business of such operators. Capitalization, in almost every case of a holding company, represents far more man uie aggregate reuiuc in luinuaic value of its constituent companies. Th* method of computing values for purposes of concentration has invariably been upon earning power, and rebates have frequently swelled earnings so that enormous volumes of capital stock represent nothing but unfair advantage obtained over rivals. "The- situation is much improved in respect to transportation discriminations within the last two years. This is the result, first of a determined effort upon the part of the government to apply existing laws In an effective way against discrimination; and second, to the fact that some of the higher minded have exerted their large influence in the direction of equitable dealing with the shippers of the territory which they serve. Whether it is a consequence of these influences or a mere coincidence, it is nevertheless stated on high authority to be a fact that the embarkation of new capital in enterprises in competition with th$ supposedly controlled industries within the period named probably equals the capital of the trusts. The effect of cer tainty of protection against predatory competition can be safely prophesied to increase these figures. "My suggestion', therefore, is that *3 a first step in a policy to be persistently pursued until every industry, large and small, in the country can lie assured of equal rights and opportunl tics and until the tendency to monopolization of the important industries of the country is checked, that all discriminatory practices affecting interState trade be made offenses to be enjoined and punished, such legislation to be directed alike against those who give and those who receive the advantages thereof and to cover discrimination in prices as againnst competitors in particular localities resorted to for the pnrpose of destroying competition ?n inter-State and foreign trade as well as discrimination by carriers. Such practices are so obviously unreasonable that to inhibit would be a measure or regulation of commerce to keep It free and unrestrained and not an attempt to exercise arbitrator}' powers. "Such legislation to certainly reach producers guilty of practices Injurious to national and international commerce, should, in my judgment take the form of penalizing the transportation of the goods produced by the guilty parties and the Federal Courts should be given power to restrain such transportation at the suit of the gov ernment. It may bo said that under the 'act to regulate commerce,' a shipper may be punished for receiving rebates or special rates less than the lawful published rates, and that it is unnecessary to provide additional legislation in this respect to curb trusts, monopolies and combinations. This, however, fg aD erroneous statement," Negro Appointed. Washington, Special.?It is announced informally that the President will shortly appoint Rev. Dr. Lyons, a colored preacher of Baltimore, as United States minister to Liberia. Several candidates for the position were presented to the President, but he has left it to bo understood that he has made the selection of Dr. Lyons in order that the appointment be considered as a closed Incident. ? WORK OF CONGRESS Pointed Discussion on Coal Tax and Other natters. The Senate again discussed the Vest resolution requesting the finance committee to prepare and report a bill removing the duty on anthracite coal, and Mr. Aldrich replied to some criticisms of Mr. Vest made last Tuesday. Mr. Aldrich insisted that the resolution would not accomplish the result sought and also that it infringed the constitutional rights of the House in respect to revenue hills. Mr. Aldrich said that a Democratic Senate voted to put a duty of 40 cents on coal in 1894, and that they favored free coal except on the day when they could have voted free coal into the tariff bill. Mr. Aldrich said the high price of coal in the country now was not due to the present tariff. Mr. Vest, in replying, said it was an open secret how the rate of 40 cents a ton was put on coai in tne winon 0111. mere were fire Democratic Senators opposed to the bill who were in a position to dictate what should be placed in the bill and that their votes were needed to pass the measure. President Cleveland, he said, had urged free coal on Congress. "We were held up." said Mr. Vest, "to use plain vernacular, and told If we dared to put free coal in the bill it would be defeated. A compromise therefore was effected on the basis of 40 cents a ton. What does It matter how anybody voted in 1894," he inquired. "Is that an answer to the poor, freezing people who demand Immediate relief?" He referred to his former statement that the rates in the Dingley bill were made so high as to render possible the negotiation of reciprocity agreements and said it was based on information he believed to be true. Mr. Haie defended Dr. Dingley' saying the statement attributed to him is radically opposed to all his utterances and involved the charge of insincerity. Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, interrupted to remark that he did not consider that there had been a reflection on Mr. Dingley. The policy or his party, he said, had been exemplified in the reciprocity treaty negotiated and pending, and that nothing but the selfish greed of the people whose protection is reduced prevents the ratification of the pending treaties. "None of us," said Mr. Hale, referring to the alleged Interview with Mr. Dingley, "would want our sincerity impugned by somebody Ave years alter our death." Mr. Tillman, replying to Mr. Hale, said there was no accusation against Mr. Dingley's character or sincerity. The Senators who sympathized with the Senator from Missouri were not ' hard up for arguments on the trust Question. "This is certainly put forward now as the one argument," retorted Mr. Hale. Mr. Tillman said that Congress only had been assembled three weeks and "we have hardly gotten over our Christmas drunks yet." The Vest resolution went over to come up on the next legislative day. Mr. Nelson did not conclude his remarks against the omnibus statehood bill. I Hmice Proceedings. I The House passed the Philippine constabulary bill as it was reported from the committee, except for an amendment limiting the number of assistant chiefs to four. The hill provides that the chief of constabulary and the assistant chiefs who are United States army officers, shall have the rank and pay and allowances of j brigadier general and colonels. The bill I also provides that when the Philippine I scouts are ordered to assist the conj stabulary they shall be under the com; mand of the chief, or assistant chiefs. Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, opposed the ! hill and said in the face of the request | of the Secretary of War yesterday for I $3,000,000 for the relief of the people of ! the Philippines, it was wrong to ini crease the pay of army officers at the j expense of the Fillppincs. He thought : there must be plenty of generals in the | army who could be detailed for this , duty if higher rank is necessary. I "There is General Funston," said he. 1 "He would make an elegant chief of l>olice (laughter). If colonels are needed, the woods arc full of them." An amendment offered by Mr. Jones, of Virginia, to limit the number of assistant chiefs under the bill to four i was adopted. The resignation of Mr. Lanham of Texas, who has been elected Governor of Texas, was laid before the House. The resignation is to take offfct Jan i nary 15. At 4:;u> tne nouau aujuuiui-u. j Retirement of Hobson. In the Senate the bill providing for j the settlement of Captain Richmond P. Hohson was called up and brought forth a protest from Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, who thought that Congress should not bo made a Court of Appeals to hear applications from officers i after they had been declared fit for service. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, characterized it as an exceptional case and said he did not intend that Captain Hob3on't reputation or character should be damaged by any objection made against him. With some warmth, Mr. Cockrell said he did not impeach Captain Iiobson's character, and the Senator from Alabama could not twist his argument in that manner. "The Senator from Alabama is not in the habit of twisting." said Mr. Morgan. "He is as straight as a die, cs straight as you are." Mr. Morgan gave notice that he would continue to call the bill up until justice is accorded, to Captain I lobson. Some striking figures, indicating the immensity of the municipal problem with which the London authorities are confronted, are furnished by the recently published report of the London county council. According to the census of 1901, the population of the administrative county of London was 4,536,541, while Greater London. immediately surrounding the county, showed an additional population of 6,500,000. / A FIERCE BLIZZARD,. . Extremely Low Temperatures Afflict Northwest, o LAKE MICHIGAN BOATS FROZEN UP Street Cars Forced to Suspend Operations?Blizzard at Niles and Three Rivers. # Detroit. Mich., Special.?Lower Michigan has been" in the grasp of a snow storm Sunday, that in the westtern part of the State assumed th? proportions of a blizzard. Lake Michigan is lashed by a 40-mile wind into a condition that made it impossible for boats to leave their berths. At K o thzi otroot rflp ftprvi^v: Is stalled and Sunday trains on the M. 3. H. & C. Railroad had to bo abandoned. Three Rivers and Niles report a blizzard, the temperature very low and trains delayed by the snow. At Grand Rapid? the stprm is the worst of the season and the temperature bos fallen 20 decrees since noon. At o'clock it was 10 flegrees above zero with the wind blowing a gale. Tn Detroit five inches of snow fell. Train* from the West were from one to two hours late. Milwaukee Expects 5 Below?Much Sickness and Suffering. Milwaukee, Special.?The thermometer registered 2 degrees below zero early Sunday evening, and it is predicted 5 below before daylight. A very* high north wind is blowing and few persons are on the streets. Similar""conditions exist throughout the Stated A number of physicians report cou Biutruuit; tucituess ia mis vjjcj uu ?u;count of the cold weather because their patients did not have sufficient fuel to keep warm. In many instances physicians furnished certificates for supplies of coal, but many of the3? could not be filled. The stock of soft coal on hand in Milwaukee is estimated at 100,00<? tons, and dealers say there is not the remotest probability of a soft coal famine. Most of the big manufacturing*^ concerns of the city have guarantees from dealers ^hat make tljelr position secure. Large shipments of all rail soft coal are being reecived daily. Most of the cities and towns in the State outside of Milwaukee report a fairly good supply of coal on hand and where there is a scarcity of coal plenty of wood can be had. Chicago Pastors Preach on the Coal Situation. ' Chicago, Special.?The temperature In Chicago Sunday dropped 24 de grees in less than two hours and it is hovering around the zero mark. Late in the day a brisk northwest wind sprang up and intensified the low temperature. There Is much suffering. but as the worst cases of destitution have been provided for by charitable Institutions, no deaths hare been reported during the day. The coai situation remains unchanged and its causes and effect were discussed by many Chicago pastors in their sermons Sunday. The actual search for evidence of a combine of coal dealers for tho purpose of forcing up the price of fuel in the Chicago market will be resumed by the special ? grand Jury which began il3 task Sunday. . ^ Suffering and Death in Chicago. Chicago, Special.?Two hundred thousand persons In Chicago are suffering from ailments directly due to cold ' and exposure resulting from the coal famine, according to the weekly bulletin of the health department issued. Serious results are already sesn in a heavily increased rate of deaths. Tho (Hath rate last week was 13.2 )>er under five y^ars of age was J 3.02 per cent, greater than In the corresponding week of last year, and among persons over CO years of age it wao 36.7 per cent, greater. Galea and Snow Storms in England London, Special.?The recent period of unusually mild weather has given way to a return of severe cold, arnH'''" "~ gales and snow storms are prevalent over Great Britain. In the north of England and in Scotland, the fall of snow has been very heavy, trains have been imbedded in snow drifts and locomotives have been derailed. Hungry passengers have been kept for hours on the snow-bound trains. Much damage has been done by floods in Ireland. Five Degrees Above at Kansas City. Kansas City, SpeciaL?The lowest temperature of the present cold weather was 4 degrees above zero early this morning. A sharp wind made the most uncomfortable cf the winter. There Is much suffering among the poor, owing to the high price of coal, but there is no scarcity of coal. In many towns of Kansas and western Missouri, however, fuel of every kind can be purchased. Awful Cold, But No Fuol Famine In St. Paul. St. Paul, Special.?Although the thermometer registered but 2 degrees below zero Sunday was one of the most disagreeable of the winter. A mgn norm west wind greauy ttitensified the cold. While fuel Is scarce and higher, conditions have not yet reached the famine stage and there is but little suffering. A Lawyer Frozen to Death. Omaha. Special.?Wo. D. Beckett, a prominent lawyer of this city, was found on the roadside, live miles ^vest of the city, earlv* Sunday, frozen to death. Beckett had been ill for several days and he is believed to have ' wandered into the eouutry and to have fallen exhausted, where he was found Sunday bv a dairvman. Below Zero In Nebraska. Omaha, Special.?Sunday was one of the coldest of the winter, 1 degree be- 4 low zero being registered this morning. Sunday night the thermometer is lower. The cold wave extends throughout Nebraska, parts of Iowa and Dekota. Five Degrees Below in Burlington. Burlington, Iowa, Special.?With the temperature 5 degrees below zero snow is drifting before a heavy wind.^^fl