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M M OF THE WEEK I' From All Parts of the New World and the Old. S4 OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review f the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week Called From the Telegraph Column. Vv4--Owing to the .prevalence of yellow J 'fever in Guayaquil, all steamers from - - lust jwrt wiu De pmceu in quarantine Five miners were instantly killed in Alderson, L T. The explosion is sup posed to have been caused"- by the fire boss unscrewing his safety; lamp, which ignited the gas. -' A big strike of coal miners has oc curred on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore & Ohio road, aft' the result of the refusal of operators to pay- the sixty-cent rate, as promised , at the late joint convention of miners and-' opera tors. About 1,200 men are out, and - nearly every mine is closed. The report that miners aSfe id. be im ported from Missouri to .operate the Virginius mine and Revenue tunnel near Ouray, Col., is stoutly; denied at the office of A. Reynolds, the principal owner. Preparations to resume work are going forward at the Revenue tun nel, and the old miners will be em ployed. . ': -' A band of masked regulators went to the house of C. AV. Reddick, a few miles west of Newport, Idaho, and called him to the door. They seized him, dragged him outside, took him a short distance from the house and gave him a terrible beating with horsewhips THE RECALL OF WEYLER. The Order, It I Bald, 'Will Very Soon Be Issued. New York, Jan. 6. News has been received by the Cuban junta . from Washington that the Spanish govern ment has positively determined to re call Captain-General Weyler. General Primo de Rivera, it is said, will succeed General Weyler in Cuba. He is captain-general in the Spanish army, and in favor with the Canovas government. - Minister Taylor, it is said, informed Secretary Olney several days ago that the authorities at Madrid were on the point of relieving General Weyler of his command in Cuba and of appointing as HI THE ARTICLES SIGNED. Pacific Coast Lumber Trust a Thing of the Past. , IstFifropMunhhDFlmw UlLlllHLIl uumiuuuuiiL UUllil 1 WILL APPOINT CIVILIANS. DIFFICULTIES FROM THE START Increased Supply of Lumber and Ina bility to Keep Up Price Were the Bocks on Which It Split. Seattle, Jan. 6. The Post-Intelli- Expedition Grief Off Florida fltnhnnoDi Ha Agreed to Meet Cor bett on March 17. New York, Jan. 6. The only hitch which nowseems possible to prevent-, Cuban. .tne meeting of uorbett and"" ltzsim inonswill be the failure of Stuart to secure a place where , they may settle the Iong-talked-of contest. On" De cember 7, James J. Corbett affixed his .' ELEVEN OF THE singature to the articles of agreement. This afternoon, Fitzsimmons, accom panied by his manager,' met Dan Stuart at Jersey City, and Fitzsimmons signed his name underneath Corbett's on the articles As to the side bet, Fitzsmmons said Came Coast. to CREW MISSING his successor Captain-General Rivera. I mPan7. f California, the most stu- fi aJT I pntupfromlOOOtoliO.OOote- Reasons change were given was deemed in brief advisable why- a and I pendous trust ever organized on the Pa I cific" coast, is a thing of the past. No statement was made as to She probable ' such.oombme was ever before effected time when the orders would bepromul- l"c wuum ui aiuaritei m mis ena gated. 1 of tne rorld, and inability to maintain It is. learned the Madrid government is displeased at the fact that General Weyler, with about 200, 000 troops, has--, not put down the Cuban revolt. He has expended large sums of ; money, but so far has made no decided head way in accomplishing his main object, that of quelling the insurrection and restoring peace and good order in Cuba. His troops have been victorious on oc casions, but they also have met defeat and the total result, considering Spain's outlay in life and treasure, is far from satisfactory. There was very little auibbline and it j looked as if all parties concerned were - in earnest about washing to decide who is to be the recognized heavy-weight champion of the world. .-; -.-'. . , ..- .ran.- l ii - ' . i- A fa urnninHnn ivfco -ii'4 axMUies can lor a .purse 01 10, predict ZJSZttSZZ the ''Jfef ' J !JP? ech tionT. The conditions- of its agreement Pcipals to pos$2,500 m the WiW. JU-V hands of a stakeholder to guarantee an o oiVoi JL v1 V i. , appearance in the ring, the one failing anrari-rr;T,in,r' : . p forfeit to of thT"mHi a vJL otiier and Stuart. . uiuiuciO Ul W trust. - i ' Vessel Sprung; a Leak Bar The Crossing the After Leaving- Jacksonville Pumps. Would Not Work. Jacksonville, Jan. 6. The steamer It .had a hard row to hoe from the start.'-but' its plan 'was the . best evei gottenup on Jthe Pacific coast, inas muchas it .controlled every cargo mill on thftrfCoast except three, and at one time tne outlook was rosy indeed. But, ' Too mnch may have been expected of . ufef bnslness proposition, supplj Weyler; just as the exaction was too nd ,demand. keeness of competition, great in the case of Campos. Still, the one great requirement, success, has j not been fulfilled, and Weyler has con sequently -fallen in official esteem in Madrid.' A SNOW-BOUND TRAIN. and switches. His condition' is critical The alleged offense of Reddick was im proper attentions to a married woman of the neighborhood. , ' It is stated that C. P. Huntington has a corps of engineers in -the field making a preliminary survey, for a rail road from Port Alvarado, south of Vera Cruz, to the port of Salina Cruz 'oh the Pacific,' and that, if he can secure advantageous routes, he will ask .the government lor a concession lor the purpose of operating the line in con nection with Pacific Mail steamers, do ing away with the Panama route. The steamer Caranza, from Rotter dam, is reported lost off Cape Abjba. Six members of the crew were Saved and fifteen are missing. ' . Police Officer Bratton was bacflyishot while trying to capture two burglars in a store in Tacoma. He fierd at one bur glar, when another, who was watch ing, opened fire and shot Bratton twice in the back of the head. He will prob ably die.. : Eddie Chandler, about 1 1 years old, wan arownea in ronnera river,: in fo- catello, Idaho. He threw his hat on the ice and tried to get the dog to'iget ' it, and, failing in this, he went on the ice and broke through into deep water. The river was dragged and the body found in about an hour. . One of the last official acts of Mayor Rader of Los Angeles, CaL, wiU betto attach his signature to an ordinance making expectortations upon the side- public buildings or the floors of street cars a misdemeanor, punishable by either fine or imTn-isnmriAnf- nr ImtVi umei iazen oi tne secret service at Washington, has issued a circular warn ing against a- new counterfeit $10 national banknote on the Union' Na tional bank of Detroit. The note is the product of the same hand which -pro duced' the recent counterfeit on the National Bank of Commerce of New York. One distinguishable feature is that the back of the note is upside down. Miss Celia Strahm was killed by hei .. brotner-in-law, Elden Buroker, at Dixie, eighteen miles west of Walla Walla. Miss Strahm was visiting the family, and after the family had re- upon returning the noise awakened Buroker, who drew a pistol from undei his pillow and shot Miss Strahm. He mistook her for an enemy, whom he had heard was intent on doing him harm. Janan has a larcpr carrvinor frail a nn the Pacific than the United States, and1 Americans who arp nwir pnnnffVtji watch the shifting scenes in this new . and rapidly developing contest for com mercial supremacy find little matter for pride in present tendencies. Tbjs is the statement of United States Con sul Bell, of Sydney, contained in his report to the state department upon the opening of the new Japanese steamship' line between Yokohama and Australia. The president has extended the civil service rules so as to include all officers" . and employes in the federal peniteri jtiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,' thoueh it is to annlv to all such erov-' ernment institutions and to all peni tentiaries hereafter created immediately upon their establishment. Attorney General Harmon is subjecting the re cent civil service schedule as affecting the department of justice to a rigid scrutiny. The present amendment is to overcome a defect in the rules pro mulgated and iutner amendments on similar lines may be expected. . - The New York Herald's correspond ent in Managua, Nicaragua, sends word that the government is about to effect a forced loan of $500,000 to pay debts contracted by the present admin istration. The authorities in Jamaica have pro hibits! the importation of cattle from Colombia. By way of retaliation it is suggested that the government should issue a decree against the importation of laborers from Jamaica, many of whom are now at work on the Panama canaL A novel strike is now on in Van couver, B. C, the chain gang having refused to work. The city council re cently decided to make the prisoners .worK wnetner wei or nne weatner, holidays and week days alike, this be ing thought to be the only way to rid the city of tramps and other tough characters. . New Year's day the pris oners struck and refused to go to work. Since then they have been put on a bread and water diet, and Chief of Po lice Stewart has- reported that the men were getting tired of such humble fare and he expected that the strike would Vhortly end, . An Auburn -Man Had Been Boxing When He Fell Over Dead. - . Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6. A dispatch to the' Post-Intelligencer from Auburn, King county, says that Ernest B. Funk died suddenly tonight in Goodrich's saioonf Immediately before his. death he had a friendly' boxing' bout with i friend, lasting about five - minutes. Fnnk had not apparently overexerted himself or received a single.blow, anc was taking off the gloves when he feli forward on his knees and face. It wai. thought at first that he had fainted, but physicians "were called, and whet they arrived they prnounced bim.deadL. He had suffered for years from inflam. matory rheumatism. Physicians saicf .his deaths Vas; probably 'caused from heart trouble He .was a faborer;; aiiid. drank but Bttler It is not known tha he had any relatives in the state. Passengers on the Banta Fe Road Did Not Go Hungry. ; Topeka, Kan., Jan. 6. Passengers on the Colorado' express, westbound, on the Santa Fe road, had a trying ex perience in Sunday's blizzard. At 1:30 o'clock in the morning, at .a point ten miles east of Dodge City; Kan., the train stuck fast in a deep cut that. had been filled with snow, and until noon following not a wheel was turned. ..The passengers were warm and com fortable in the cars, and when, after nearly ten hours' imprisonment, they began clamoring for something to eat, the trainmen proved equal to 'the emer gency. In the express ' car the con- i ductor found several crates of eggs and several pails of fresh oysters. The ex pressman had some cornmeal and salt and pepper, which he had-been carry ing for an - emergency. The trainmen then turned in with these articles and prepared a Sunday dinner, that-was served tg the hungry passengers on pieces 'of pasteboard, shortly before noon. Six tramps who had been rid ing on the brakebeams were called in and partook qf the.express messenger's bounty. " Railroad traffic .throughopt; Kansas was considerably ' delayed on Sunday, But today reports from throughout the state indicate that the storm is subsid ing, '. DIED AFTER -A'- BOUT. . Death of C H. LeVis. ; . Portland, Or.,", Jan. 6. C. H. Lewis the best-known of Portland's mer chants, passed peacefully away at 2:4' this morning,, after .an illness- of tw days, from paralysis. He was sur rounded by his family, at big death,, bu' was. unconscious Jo. the last Mir Lewis was stricken with, paralysis Sat urday afternoon while on his way t business. He was immediately taken to his home and given fl the'.assistanii that medical skill could provide," bul gradually sank and lingered until Mr death. His wonderful vitality was all that held death at.bay so long. -. Th paralysis at first Extended" v only '' over one side, and Dr. Holt C, Wilson, this nephew and physician, hoped that the stroke might be only temporary. But paralysis at Mr. Lewis' advanced age almost invariably prpveS:fatal, andthe case of Portland's greatest merchant proved rio exception to the rule. . Awarded the Comet Medal. Lick Observatory, Jan. 6. The comet medal of the" Astronomical So ciety of the Pacific . has been awarded to Mr. C. D. Perrine, assistant to tronomer in Lick Observatory, for his discovery of an unexpected comet on November 2, 1896. - man's cupidity, and necessities, and natural opposition had to be considered, and' the rocks upon,- which the Centra! Lumber Company broke were sharp. In the first place, the projectors con fidently believed that the demand ii 1896 would exceed that of 1895." That being the belief, they were con fident that price-cutting would be im possible. But the demand did noi come up to expectations, the proportioi oi suppiy ana demand being 4 to 1, in stead of 8 to 1, as compared with eight. een montns ago. The anticipatioir- o: enhanced values prior to the formatioi of the company, furthermore caused the piling up of great stocks of lumbe: in San Francisco, and other Californit distributing points, at lower prices, s that when the new list became opersT tive the inevitable resulted. No one purchased lumber from th mills, but everyone scrambled for th small trade, in sight in. the endeavor t get rid of the stock in the yards. Thei came a clash between the retailers and the members of the. Central Lumbei Company eame out second-best. To-' day lumber is selling at barely cost ix ! San Francisco. . : However, during this period the millmen in Washington, Oregon "and British Columbia were simply specta? ' tors. They could not understand why 1 orders were not coming-in, and why! their dividends were so small. At the ' same time, one mill in. British Colum- biarour - in - Washington - and" four in Oregon, not members of the company. I had started into the cargo trade, and j were cutting the price from fifty cents to $3 per 1,000, and were running over-! time, while the Central Lumber Com pany's mills were idle or running only part or tne time. This caused hard feelings toward the company, especially As a guarantee of good "faith, Stuart ",-agrees to post f 5,000 with a stakeholder, to be divid ed betvf een Corbett arid Fitzsimmons, if "he (Stuart) fails to carry out the provisions incorporated in the agree ment. Stuart further agrees to post the remainder of the purse, $10,000, in the hands-of a stakeholder, thirty days prior to the date of the contest, and that the: said $10,000 will be forfeited by him to Corebtt.and Fitzsimmons, 'if Stuart fails to bring off the contest on March 17- -. Five-ounce gloves are to be used. . George' Siler,' of Chicago, is agreed upon as referee, and Fitzsimmons de cided that Al Smith of New York, was satisfactory as stakeholder for him. Stuart refused to say where he expected to bring the mill off, but the articles called .for him 'to notify the pugilists of the place- .one month prior ff-to the- date, of the contest- .;: Fitzsimmons' right hand Was bandaged- fronaithe effects "of his fight with Sharkey, when he received an injury to one of his knuckles in delivering a blow. Julian, his manager, would not say where or when Fitzsimmons would go, into training, as he had not yet made arrangements. A FIENDISH PLOT.' Negroes Confess to an Attempt t Wreck an Express Train. St. Louis, Jan. 6. A Republic special from Birmingham, Ala., says: Four of the five trainwreckers in jail here today confessed . to the formation of a fiendish plot to wreck and rob the Southern railway's fsfet express from Washington, at " McComb's tres'tie, twelve miles east of the city, on the. night of December 19, and this con fession leads 'to the belief that the same gang removed therailwhich wxecked the Birmingham .mineral train at Ca haba river bridge, "causing the death of twenty-six people and injuring eleven others, on December"' 27, although those under arrest are as yet silent as to the wreck. . ...". . Last week' five negroes, "Andrew Feagan, Tom Ingram, Torn , Parker, Emanuel Billings and Rome Scales. tport for; Cienfugos, Cuba, on Thursday, sv.itn- a oarco of small arms and ammu- liipD,-; foundered off . New- Smyrna at pa eari nonr tnis . morning. ; Tw.enty- !iifiaa-w$r$ onboard.' the steamer, jMia so iar as Known seventeen' were saved. ' One boat . was washed ashore empty, and another landed with twelve men. Another boat landed later with the captain and four others. Another eoat is still missing. The steamer is leported - to have sunk about twenty miles out to sea. - . The Commodore struck twice while" crossing the bar at the mouth of. Abe river, and bad been leaking, almost from the start Major Kioardo Del gado, one of the crew, arrived here this evening fromr New Smyrna, aocom named by eleven other , survivors,- all Of the latter . being Cubans. Major Del gado was met at the train byJ. A. fiuay, the Florida representative of tl.e Cuban junta, to whom he told the story of the wreok. iueigaao reported tnas fie was a-vakened about midnight Friday by tie report that the steamer was leak ing. The pumps would not. work, and tte men set at work to bail the steam ei out This proved ineffectual, and soon, the engineer reported that it was impossible to go further, as the water had put out the fires under the boilers. The Commodore was then twenty miles -out to sea and was running to ward Mosquito inlet light The boats were lowered and Delgado and eleven others got into one boat and pulled away. The sea was rough. It was 3:80 A. M., and everything was dark. Delgado was of the impression that the other boats were lowered at the same time, but was not certain. He knew nothing about the sinking of the steam er, or whether any others were saved. among the smaller millmen, who were ' were arrested by deputy sheriffs and compelled to operate their plants ir! or der . to meet obligations. On topf this came accusations that the larger ' railroad detectives, it is said, on a con fession of one of the number.; All were miners at tne Jienry H.Uen mine, near McComb's trestle. Today, all ' but Feagan confessed. Parker, who did most of the talking, says Feagan. was the leader of the plot; that he proposed the wrecking, of the trains one night at a dance, as a good scheme by whiGh to get Christmas money, and that the five agreed to engage in the work, with the understanding that those who failed to stand to the agreement would be killed by the others. . .- , When the time eame; for. action, all weakened " but " Feagan and Parker. They went to McComb's trestle, ninety feet high, by night, and entered upon the work of drawing spikes and remov ing bolts from the rails. The plan was to club to death and shoot those pas sengers who were not killed by the crash when the train fell to the ravine. Not until the second night was the death trap ready. They waited by a campfire in the . ravine below. - The- fast exprl8same, but Engineer Hawes saw that a rail was out of place and managed to .stop his train, only,S how ever, after every' wheel had left the track.' Seeing their plot had failed, Parker says' he ' and Feagan VSe3, mounted on a mule. - - -- iH Here the confessions, endbut asT he firms were themselves. Finally one mill broke its "agreement " with the company, and others followed suit in' short order. --Stetson's Mausoleum. New York, Jan. 6. "When I die I am going to ; have one ofvthe finest' mausoleums in the country, and "will ' limine iiuoc uui j.u , yuuuuiu IxrllltJfccXJf look cheap in, comparison," was there mark the friends 'of the late John Stet son used to hear from him frequently. 'The idosyncrasies of the famous the atrical manager and financier were so Jiumefous that this announcement never occasioned any special comment His project now seems in a fair way to be carried out, and that very soon, as the plans for the mausoleum are now , being considered by the " executors of , the Stetson estate. - It is to be ofj granite, and will have ponderous bronze doors. On the panels of these doors ' will be scenes .from the play from which he made a large part of his for- j tune, and in which his wife captivated the pubtto'; heart, and showed she was a 'charming actress as well as one oi J me most aanng oareoacK riders tnat ever entered a .circus ring. A 11 U ,-..... ;v r All t.lll. 1111J.TL ITU HI HUflira I I 1 1 1 1 1 .u.u..v wfc.vjv.t.o.: "The-Crasl of Society," in which thei QaKaba" wreck waSliSe $Ic!omb?s, at- late Mrs. Stetson, as Mrs. Eastlakevtentpted -wreck in every detail, except Chapel, took the role of the leading that it was successful, even to the ex-3 lady, will be faithfully represented. tent o" sacrificing twenty-six lives and . . But the most curious thing of air the wounded; -and dead being robbed will Deannze nronza norse -suainc on ' vy me YvreuneiH, u is reiraraea : as a - . - . lj . w -.wlt'f-h that . -' r -,'WW Wff-;-morning cw - rr " - TO"rr. xZZZZJ I.-TT V rrr miies.soutn oi dKorwalkvriniuring ser. Attitude of jSurbpessh Powers.' vonaon, jan. o. i.ae epeotator, in an article on the position of the United States and . Europe as affected by the Cuban question, after remarking that the Washington government had an unpleasant -experience in the attitude of tie European powers, proceeds to ex plain the reason for the European an tagonism to the United States, and points -out that the great financiers of faris-; wno.i nold eaniBn bonds,- an alarmed at the possibility that Spain, after fighting to the bitter end, might be compelled to suspend payment, and consequently,, they . are urging the French government to intervene be tween Washington and Madrid. ximperor wuiiam, it is said, ap proves of this, for - apart from his flreams of colonial expansion, which could best be gratified- in Brazil, he is not fond of American diplomacy. . The Italian government, according to the Spectator, will support Spain, "owing to the Italians in the United States having been treated as if they were red Indians." ' , The Spectator adds that the Austrian emperor will" support Germany ,in maintaining the independence of Spain by weighty family reasons, not wishing to see the queen regent, who is Ian Austrian arohduchess, and -her son, driven out of Mad rid. by a -popular re- ?volt, following the loss of Cuba. ; The dreibund, therefore, and France, the Spectator says, are ready to counsel President Cleveland to be moderate, and "avoid threats whioh Spain oould not tolerate, and whioh might lead to a widespread maritime war." The Spectator continues: "The United. States, could conquer any American state, and might, if they exerted themselves, defeat a single Eu ropean power; but they cannot defeat all Europe combined; even if England, from reasons of . kinship, remained neutral.- The fact is. patent that the United States will not be allowed to order Spain out of her colony without remonstrance from Continental Europe, whjush might le followed by $he action of the combined fleets of the five poweri and- tne landing or armies in Cuba and the French West Indies. Corps of Inspectors of Stent Will Be " lnci eased. Washington, Jan. 5 Secretary Her bert has practically decided to increase the present naval corps of inspectors of steel used in the construction of naval vessels of the United States by the ap pointment of a number of expert civil ians. At a conference held by the sec retary - with Assistant Secretary Mo Adoo, .. Naval Constructor Hichborn and a number of bureau chiefs, the sub ject was fully disoussed, and it was the opinion of all present that the situation demanded this action. ' It was repre sented that the number of naval in speotors . snitable for the duty was not sufficient for the needs of .the. service. Captain MoCormick and Chief Engi neer Smith, of the Norfolk navy-yard. are expected to arrive here soon, when the details preliminary to the appoint ments will be completed. It is thought that the civil service commission will be called upon to furnish at once twelve or fifteen men who. by rigid ex amination, have proved themselves ex perts in this line, and when secured, they probably will be distributed among the works now furnishing the steel and iron used in the construction of our naval vessels. The experts will be sent to Bethlehem, the Cranegie tne rnoenix, the Vail, the Thorlow and the Midvale works. - SLAVERY IN NICARAGUA. A Terrible State of Affairs In the Labor Market. Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 5. A terrible state of affairs prevails in the labor market here, and the system of selling labor has reduced very large numbers of men, women and children to a state of slavery. Owners of coffee estates recentiyheld a meeting, with the object of influencing the govern ment of Nicaragua to establish in Cuba a labor agenoy to induce Cuban la borers to migrate to Nicaragua. Men and women here are now endeavoring by every possible means, excepting an armed revolution, to escape from the servitude incident to the sale of their la bor, authorized by the constitution of Nicaragua and enforced as vigorously as possible by military power, until the money for goods advanced to them and interest thereon, and heavy fines for delinquency, have been paid in full by labor, at low rates. This year's crop of coffee in Nicaragua is estimated at about 80 per cent of a full crop. The deficiency has been caused by insuffi cient .rains during the year. The twigs on which the coffee crop of 1897 is to be borne are from drought so small and abort as not to be able to yield a full crop in many estates in Nicaragua next year. , - A number of persons in Nicaragua especially in the eastern portion, are making preparations to cultivate sugar cane instead of coffee, as heretofore. ; ' ' r A Battle fear Manila. Madrid," Jan. 5. A dispatob from Manila says a great battle has been fought in the Philippine islands, re sulting in the signal defeat of the in surgents, 1,100 being killed. Addi tional details indicate that the battle was fought at Bulacan, a town in the provinoe of Luzon, located on the river Bulacan, twenty miles northwest of Manila. General Enzbro, a leader of the Philippine . islands insurgents, is said to have been killed in the conflict ui tne opaniaros, swenty-nve were killed and sixty-three wounded. ' It is also reported that seven canon were captured from the insurgents. ; A dispatch from Manila to Premier Canovas del Castilo, giving additional details of the battle at Bulacan, an nounces that 8,000 of the insurgents were killed, instead of 1,100, aa at first reported. . Prime Minister Canovas has also re ceived word from Cuba whioh indi cates the settlement of the difficulties in that colony will be hastened. ttllljlEOlDM Iriple Murder in an Atlanta Boarding House. i"h act of an insane man Quests Were at Dinner When One of the Boarders Concluded That All Must Oo Two Badly Hnr, " Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4. A triple mnr Jerwaa committed New Year's eve in I boardixia-house'kept by Mr. and Mrs. a.; W. Allen, at Poplar Springs, a sub' arb of this cityV: ' . -Justas the inmatesof the house were sitting down at the supper table, Theo dore Flannagan, a boarder, entered the lining-room, smiling and greeting the guests -with "Good evening, my friends." - He added: "The old year is going, and I think all of us would be better if we were done with it" He then whipped out a revolver and ihouted: "Prepare to meet your God tonight" Without further warning, he fired into the affrighted people. The first bullet went crashing through the brain Df Mrs. Allen, an old lady of 65. She tell to the floor dead, wtthout a word. a. W. Allen, aged 70, was the next victim to fall. The next bullet killed Miss Ruth, Slack, the 18 -year-old daughter of Colonel Slack, of Greens boro, Ga. , who had arrived at the nouse on a visit Otner boarders ran out into the street to seek safety, two of them badly wounded by the flying bullets. Flannagan is now in jail, having narrowly escaped lynohing. He feigns drunkenness, but the testimony of all who were present was that the man was perfectly sober when the hooting occurred. - THE BLIND SAW. An "X" Bay Penetrated Sightless In Mew York. Xyei A Passenger Trlan . Wreck. Moines,. Jan. -. 4. A passengei train on the Keokuk &. Western, south tomb. It will be Mrs. Kate Stokes trick horse. a reproduction of committed both deeds, and further de velopments arts expected very soon. Stetson's favorite Deeds to Settlers. Tacoma, Jan. Pacific railway management-is issiilnB deeds to settlers for lands purchaselt"Bi the late Paul Schulze, general land; agent, where they can show receipts London, Jan. 6. Advices from Blan tyre, a mission town in British South Africa, announces 1 that the British force, sent last month against the An goni Zulus, under Chief Chikusi, who had invaded Southwest Nyassaland and burned the British station , besides massacreing the inhabitants of a num ber of villages, has routed the Angonis with heavy losses, after some sharp fighting. Chief Chikuski was captured and hanged. Five men of the British force were wounded. Tne Panama Canal. New York, Jan. 6. A Herald dis patch from Panama says: Much com ment has been caused here by the pub lication of a dispatch from Paris which states that extraordinary efforts are be ing made to reorganize the Panama Canal Company. The fact is that a new canal company was formed two years ago and work has been going for ward on a large scale for some time. At present the company employs nearly 3,000 men. . ... t ; Your correspondent interviewed sev eral officials of the company. They in formed him the report was premature. Tacoma Shingle Mill Burned. " Tacoma, Jan. 6. The big ' shingle mill of the Puget Sound. Shingle Com-! pany, at Old Tacoma, burned late to-! night, causing loss of over $10,000, which is partly covered by insurance, j for money paid, but of;, which Schulze im.. : 1 1 1 , -l .. j - j j . r. - , ' ucuauucu ui company, oixiy eases are involved aggregating $150,000. The purcashers were afraid their pay ments would not .be recognized. Schulze committed suicide in this city a year and a half ago. ".; ; The mill has been under, repairs for several days, preparatory to its opera tion by the new lessee. It had a daily capacity of 200,000 shingles. Incen diarism 4s : believed to .have been the cause,, though no motive is known. - era"i; pa&rigers and bne.jRerbap9 fatally. . It was a heavy- train. .loaded wit"i .6bMBgl4(oai'.''s1'ttate ac- 6. The n'ev Northerns ;soeiation. -'r The ground under the track was softened by rain so that the raili spread; "' One: coach '.and baggage-oaz I were turned: b psi down, ' And others tipped overr Several 'ipasengers wew bruised.; Eugene fftapmari;'" a son oi Dr. R. U. Chapman, of Des Moines, was seriously cut in the left temple and may die. Conductor EdCavanaugb was so severely hurt A relief train was sent from Des Moines to bring the injured to Des Moines.-- , Baltimore, Jan. 6. Richard Corne lius, cashier, and for forty-two years connected, with the National Farmers' j and Planters' bank, of which Enoch Pratt was president up to the time oi his death, was discovered to be short ' in his accounts about $60,000 today.! About 10 o'clock Mr. Cornelius was ' notified of the discovery, and left the bank. At 1:15 this afternoon his dead body was found in the duck pond at Druid Hill Park. He committed sui cide by drowning. Boiling Mills Resume Operations. - Cleveland, Jan. 6. The plate and sheet mill of the Cleveland Boiling Mills Company, which has been closed down since 1893, will resume opera tions within a few -days, giving em ployment to probably 200 or 800 hands. St Paul, Jan. 6. As a direct result of the closing of the Bank of Minnesota two weeks ago, which created new dis trust among depositors and started runs 1 on a number of city banks that were ' reputed not to be as strong as the de positors wished, three St. Paul banks, the Germania, the Allemania and the West Side, none of them national in stitutions, all closely associated, closed their doors today, "one being in the hands of the state bank examiner and the others making assignments. . They Had Troubles, Too. - Chicago, Jan. ; 6 Because theii parents thought them too -young U marry, Nellie lUren, 10 years old, and Obbie Heath, one year' younger, decided to oommit suicide. The gir killed herself by drinking carbolic aoid, but the nerve of the youth failec him at the last minute, and he stood bj and watched his sweeheart die. Barges Broke Away. -" ' Batesville, Ark., Jan. 6. During the heavy storms of yesterday, White " Trade competition in Chicago has be come so tremendous that coffins ar now offered at actual cost MeOarveys First Bide on a Train. : Salem, Or., Jan. 5. James MoGar vey was brought to the asylum today river rose fifteen feet in a few hours. " Josepmne'.- county. McGarvey to, -Boo i j is a nacneior. 66 Millions for a University. Stockholm, Jan. 6. The conditions of the will of M. Alfred Nobel, who re cently bequeathed a fortune estimated at $10,000,000 to the Stockholm uni versity, bare been made public It is announced- the interest of $2,000,000 will be divided into five annual prices. 1 The fleet of government barges moored here broke away at midnight and drift ed; down the river.- - Captain Keefe and three men, named Smith, "Williams and Galvin, were on one of the barges, and have not been heard f rom since. , Struck for an Advance. Bellaire, O., Jan. 6. The 250. min ers in the Maple Hill and Boggs mines, at Barton, near here, struck- today for an advance of six cents, ' years old. and hai been working in the mines of Southern Oregon since 'coming to this ooast in .1853. He crossed the plains,, with an ox team, and his ride to Salem todaj is the only time he has ever been on a railroad train. He was a partner ol Alex Watts, working the , horsenead mines, and .severely stabbed hia part nf in the breast with a butcher-knife a few days ago for attempting to arrest hia work of destroying a pipe line. -J Rubbed a Church. Oakland, Cal , Jan. 5. The com munion service of the Sacred Heart church was stolen by irreverent thieves last night. They stripped the' taber nacle on the altar of all its vessels, and carried the safe which .contained most of the service to a convenient point near the church, where they blew it up. The work was evidently done by ex perts. The crime was not discovered until this morning. The principal artioles stolen were a silver chalice, taken from the safe, two ciboriums, also of .silver, and a silver paten. ; Melted down, the value of the silver would . hardly exceed $20. Sacred Heart church .was robbed in a similar-manner six y ars ago, and Fa ther L. Serra, the pastor, this morning eaid that it was possible that both rob beries were committed ' by the same thief. The - ohuroh . was recently pre sented with a very valuable communion service, and it is thought that this was what the thieves were after. . As Seen by the Times'. London, Jan. . 5. The . finanoial ar ticle in the Times expresses the opinion, that the feeling of the stock exohange that another period of cheap money and booming prices is coming, is. not justi fied "There may be short , periods of cheapness," says the Times, "bnt un- less there is some nnforseen change in .the whole situation, money will tend to be comparatively scarce for the whole year." - - -;'' Will Earn Their Own Living. London, Jan. 6. A Vienna dispatch to - the Daily Mail says: It is stated that their finances will soon compel the Prinoess of Chimay-Caraman and the gypsy Rigo to abandon their luxu rious mode of living. The princess has signed a contract to sing in a musio hall, Kigo playing the violin in the orchestra. It takes 72,000 tons of paper to make the postal cards used in the United States each year. Growing Weary of the Proceedings. ' Victoria, Jan. 5. The Behring sea olaims commission held both forenoon and afternoon sessions today, the com missioners and oounsel alike being de sirous of reaching an early conclusion. Daring the past four days there has been nothing of interest in the dry de tails of values presented in evidence. ' . ' Bains In the Famine Districts. : London, Jan. 6. Official dispatches1 from India say that rains have benefit ed nearly all the famine districts there, and that the average price of grain ia tea seers per rupee. New York, Jan. 4. The Herald Bays: The i ray has given a glim mer of light to eyes that. had been sightless for ten years. , The subject of the test was John F. Martin, who is submitting to experiments as a substi tute for Charles Broadway - Bouss. Martin has submitted to a series of tests, perhaps half a hundred. Two attendants took him to the office of Dr. David A. Edson. The blind man, though he has grown accustomed to experiments, was visibly nervous". He was placed in front of the electric apparatus, the fluoroscope was placed at his eyes and the "X" ray turned on. There was an instant of the snapping of the current, then absolute stillness, as all in the root watched the face of the man In front of the electric glare. At- length - Dr.- Edaon eaiJ, -'Do yOtr gee anything?' "No," answeied Martin. His lips had scarcely framed the re ply, when there rang from him, "I can see I can see light," and the joy in the tone moved all who heard it Dr. Edson at that turned off the ray. Martin .was deeply moved by the gleam which had penetrated his long darkness and he was led to a seat to compose himself before the experiment was continued. Dr. Edson questioned him about the effect of the ray, but the blind man only repeated that he had seen light Again the fluoroscope was placed be fore him. This time he received the impression of light more quickly, and when he had reveled in itfor a moment a piece of metal was passed in front of the fluorosoope. Martin detected the movement instantly. It is a shadow," he said, "but it is like the sun going behind a cloud'." Enough had been done for a day, and the man, rejoicing in even this little relief that had come to his years of blackness, was led from the office. ' OUTRAGE AND MURDER. FLOOD AND BUZZARD. Terrible Weather In the Mississippi ! Valley States. i vmcago, jan. 5. 'rom all parts oi the West, reports of damage by flood and storm during the last twenty-four hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy rain has fallen, streams are flooded, making the roads impassable and dam aging winter wheat Joliet ia threat ened with one of the worst floods in its history. Hickory and Spring creeks are out of their banks, and tne Des plaines river and the lower level of the canal has raised sixteen inohes today.': Families are moving out of their houses, and lowlands are flooded. Wa ter is sweeping through the lumber yards, and the Rock Island track is sub merged in the ' vicinity of Lacon. Wheat has been damaged badly by the twenty-four hours' rain, and the roads are impassable. The Sanagmon river is rising, threatening destruction to - thousands of bushels of corn. It has rained for sixty hours, and is still rain ing, but growing colder.. In Northern Michigan the rain ia also severe. Near Menominee,' it has rained for forty-eight hours. Logging has been suspended. Ice gorges at Fisher and other points on the Menom inee river threaten serious consequences . to Menominee and Marinette. r In Minnesota a blizzard raged all ay with alternating rain and sleef. South Dakota suffered a severe snow storm, which prevailed all day. The snow drifted and a railroad blockade is feared. Nebraska is suffering from the worst blizzard it has experienced for years. Snow was twelve inches on the level tonight, and the wind piled great drifts six and seven feet high. Trains are delayed in the vicinity of Hastings. Tonight a blinding snow is falling and sharp wind blowing. At Grand . Island there are several feet of snow in the Union Paoifio yards. JUMPED INTO THE LAKE. Took A.Man and Woman Charged With Kill ing a Little Girl. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 4. Al B. Wil liams, aged 32, and Mrs. Jane Mayes, aged 21, -living north of this place, weie arrested today, charged with the outrage and murder of Anna Belle Williams, the 12-year-old girl whose body was found Wednesday near Eu dora. The body bears evidence of a dreadful assault on its person. The finger marks on the neck and body shows that the murderous fiend who committed the assault covered up his foul work in sealing her lips with death by strangulation. Williams is the father of the girl and accuses the Mayes woman of the deed. The pair agreed to take the girl to Kansas City, in order to have her placed on a poor farm, the; woman to aocom pany the girl. She says that when th?y reached Eudora she became sick, and a su-ange man offered to take care 01 ine girl. That is the last she saw of Belle. The pair are in jail, and the officers expect to prove a deliberate scheme to make away with the girl. . Stoneham, 'Mass., Jan. 4. The strike at the shoe factory of B. Jenkins & Co. was settled today, over 400 operatives returning to - work. The strike was ordered because of a 10 per cant reduction in wages, and . a . com promise has been effected. ' ' . . Darien Island Inundated. ; New York, Jan. 4. A Herald spec ial from Panama says: The island of Aoordu, in the- gulf of Darien is par tially inundated. Forty -five houses have been washed away and three persons, it is known, were drowned. The full extent of the damage is not known as yet, but the indications are that it will be heavy. Mexico pays $12,000,000 interest a year on that portion of her debt held in foreign countries. Banker Hammond, . of Chicago. Bis Own Life. Chicago, Jan. 5. W. A. "Hammond, vice-president of the National Bank of Illinois, committed suicide during the night by jnmping into Lake Michigan. Hammond called on Percy Palmer, an old friend and confidential adviser, at 8 o'clock last evening. He talked gloomily about future prospects. About 11 0 clock Hammond went home, and at 11:30 retired for the night. He and his wife slept in adjacent rooms. Early this morning Mrs. Hammond discovered her husband gone, and noti fied friends, who found a trail of scraps of paper which led to the edge of the pier at Dempster street , The rain bad soaked the scraps of paper and made, the contents almost illegible. , , The lit esavmg orew was notified, and - began a search for the body, A tug Wttsaiaa. sent frora Chicago -iLqt .th a same purpose. v - ; Sixteen-year-old W. F. Rodney with a oompamon, was walking along the beaoh in the vionity of Church street, when they sighted the -body floating only a few feet from the shore. An ambulance was called and the body was removed to an undertaking estab lishment, where it was soon identified by friends. Mrs. Hammond is com- ' pletely prostrated and under the con stant care of a physician. The ex banker was the father of four children. Hammond is said to have been the business head of the bank since Presi- . dent Schneider was too feeble to do practical work, and the large loans to the Calumet Eleotrio Company and others, whioh resulted in closing the bank, "are understood to have been made by Hammond. - Hammond was ' aooused of being a "kiter," deceiving the directors of the bank and depositors and -deliberately violating the national bank laws. His alleged irregularities were said to have begun many years ago, when it is al leged he began to use the money and credit of the bank in outside specula tions in such a manner as to deoeive the directors and bank examiners. Even old employes of the bank are said to have been unaware of what was go ing on. - SURPLUS IN DECEMBER. - An Insane Father's Deed. Norwioh, Conn., Jan. 4. While suffering from religious mania, Elias Doufe-lass, a farmer, attempted to kill his son, who is SO years old, by strik ing him on the head with an ax, mak ing four severe wounds. He then built a fire,' and was making prepara tions to burn his own body and that of his son when neighbors broke into the bouse and rescued both. The son is not expected to live. The elder Doug lass - claims - he was" influenced by a spirit to kill his son and himself. He will be committed to an insane asylum. Government Receipts Larger Than Expenditures. Washington, Jan. 5. The monthly comparative statement of the govern ment's receipts and expenditures shows the total receipts for December to have been $25,857,114; expendi tures, $23,812,664, which leaves a sur plus for the month of $2,014,450. For the six months of the fiscal year, how ever, the deficit is shown to be $37, 902,897. This is the second time with in a year receipts have exoeeded the ex penditures. The surplus this month is largely accounted for by partial receipts from the recent sale of first mortgage bonds for the Paoifio railroads belonging to the Central Pacific sinking fund, which appears in the statement as a repay ment to the civil and miscellaneous expenditures. The independent bond transactions surplus would have been about $500,000. Receipts from cus toms in December amounted to $10, 779,412, an increase for the month of about $800,000. Internal revenue re ceipts aggregated $58,198,998, a nomi nal gain over November. French Shipbuilders Are Slow. - Paris, Jan. 5. There is muoh talk of the impossibility of the French dockyards executing quickly enough ' the new nava1 programme, and the question of whether ironolads shall be purchased in England has excited a patriotio disoussion. An Earthquake at Ottawa. Ottawa, On t, Jan. 5. Ottawa was visited by an earthquake shortly after midnight. No serious damage is re ported. A Countess Burled Alive. London, Jan. 5. A speoial dispatch from Warsaw says a painful sensation has been caused there by the alleged burying alive of a prominent society woman, the Countess Helen Poleka. who was supposed to have died on the 25th, and was interred on the follow ing day. Rumors were oiornlated that the countess was not dead, and her body was exhumed, and held for sev-. eral days. It showed no signs of putre faction. . ' She . was afterward pro nounced dead and the booy again in terred. -