EVENTS OF THE DAI
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TEBSK TICKS FROM THE WIBKS
Anlu)arellng Colleotlou Items Frons
tlx T Hemispheres Presented
la Cundensed Farm.
A Birmingham, Alt., special tnyl
that Jus James, colored, wai lynched
at Woodstock. He attempted to as
sault Funnio Smith, aged 17, while ibe
mi on her way to tohool,. -
An 'trade ha twon Issued granting
amnesty to all Armenian prisoner!, ex
oopt those aenteuoed to death tor mur
der. Tbe term ot the amnesty Include
about 100 Armenians under tontuuoe
cf death for other offense th murder.
Coutrury to advice from Spain, it
has been ascertained tbit the Spauiard
were-ignouiiulously defeated by Phil
ippine insurgents in theoouiblued naval
and foot attack on Noveleta from No
vember 8 to H. The Spaniard loat
heavily.
A (pedal from Parts sayt it ia tpg.
gested that Great Britain, Franca and
Italy, the powers must Interested, offer
thnir services in the Cubau question iu
order to preveut a conflict between
Spain and the United Btatoa, and ter
ruinate the revolt , ;,.; -
Dr. K. Forbea, representing a Lon
don firm, arrived on the laat steamer
from the Orient in San Francisco, with
cases of medical instrument! valuta
at 80,000. He olaluia they are worka
of art, and ibontd be admitted free ot
duty. Tbe outturn authoritiea are
withholding the instrument, however,
until the duty it paid. ;
The postmaster ot Dee llolnea, la.,
bad hi carriers look up worthy oaaee
o( poor familiea and delivered preeent
to them on Chriatinai morning. Sev
eral hundred dollar waa tubnoribed by
businest men for the purpoae. Bxre
of letter were received from poor ebiW
dren telling what they desired Santa
Claua to bring them. ;. T-
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, bat
proponed an amendment to the aoodry
civil appropriation bill, providing for
auxiliary Ssbcultural (tation at point
to be aeleoted by the oommiaaioner of
fish and fisheriei in Oregon, Washing
ton and California, for the propagatlun
of taltnon, trout and other fishes. The
amendment . appropriate (17,600 for
tbe purpose.
Jerry Burke, the oolored boy, eht
hacked Mr. Juhu Foas aud ber daugl
ter, Mr. Cavauaugh, with an ,ax, at
their borne at Clio, Livingston parish,;
Louisiana, laat Sunday, wa oapttrtd
by a posse of aitlxena about nib
from the aoene of the crime. In view
of the fact that the ladle are not dead,
the plan to born him at the (take w
abandoned, and ha wa limply riddle!
with bullets. i
The secretary of tbe treasury has
eut to congress a computation of tbe
Paciflo railroad debt a made by the!
government actuary. The statement
bowa that the advance to tbe Union ;
Pacific, including tbe Kama Pacific, j
by the government, will, at maturity, j
the Brat of next July, amount to
846,385, of which sulllcient has been re
paid to reducebe amount to (58,8t,-!'
603. The balance doe on aoooont of !
the Central Paciflo on July 1 next will 1
be (00,818,877.
Dr. Thoma Powell, of Missouri, re
cently made lome remarkable experi
ments before a party of doctor in Los
Angeles in order to prove the efficacy
of hit remedy for certain diattiiMii. )
alarmed the physician preaent by in
jecting bacoillus tuberculosis and bac
cilli diptherial into himself, appearing
4d take them without evil effect. He
nlo injicted aome bactina into two
guinea pigs, which promptly died.
Hia next experiment will be to inject
putum from a woman dying of con
sumption Into himself.
The annual statement of oouatrno
tion published by the Hallway Age, of
Chicago shows that during 1809 only
1,8C2 mile of railway line were built
in the United State. Tfai ione mile
lea than the total reported for 1805,
and the smallest mileage built in any
year since 187S. The number of line
on which this traok wa laid i 188,
which i eleven lea than the number
of new line added In tbe previou
year. Traok wa laid in thirty-eight
of the forty-four state and territorial.
The loosest mileage wa built In Cali
fornia 187 mile on eight line.
A Pari paper publishes interview
with prominent men of France and a
foreign diplomat, all of whom reproach
Great Britain and Spain for abandon
ing France in the Mexican expedition
of 1863, the ohjeot of which, they lay,
wa to oreate an American government
to counterbalance the power of the
United State.
The Russian ambassador, M. de Nell
doff, has had an audience with the
sultan of Turkey, at which he urged
the introduction of reform) and the
granting of amnesty to imprisoned
Armenian. , Tbe saltan assorted that
the reforms agreed upon by tbe power
already bad been executed and prom-!
Ised to issue an amnesty deoree in a -few
day. -
Another raoe riot occurred near May
field, Ky., and a hundred ahot were
Bred at the -residence of Tom Chamber,
colored, end the hones aftorwrd
burned. A number of negroes have
been warned to leave town, and more
trouble ia expected. !
The Southern Paciflo train was held j
on bv masked mnn u linn arm mila
from San Antonio, Tex. . Three men
ordered tbe engineer to atop the train,
and, while ere stood guard at the en-
fr 1 n M fr h A tmn r. Ii ava want thvrtnirtt . V.
'PM iir and secured about f 70, I
PERISHED TO A MAN.
Hrave Tarty of Tmui Fighting for
Juba Killed t Hot Fight.
, New York, Deo.. 89. A special to
the World from Key YVeat, aayat
. r The Lone Star oompauy, of the Pa
triot Army ot West Cuba, consisting
of fifteen Texas sharpshooter, perished
to a ruau after battling more than five
hour against vastly superior Spanish
force in i'inar del itio provlnoe, kill
ing, double- their own n amber and
wnnndtng -probably a many more.
Havana oOlolala are jubilant, passen
ger ay, over the now of tills victory.
A Cubau baud was observed near
Pinar del Bio oity Thoreday morning,
and General Melqul sent two squads
of cavalry to attack it 'After a run
ning fight, the band, whioh proved to
be oom posed of tbe fifteen Texan, wai
uhaaed into a "bottle," a bit ot hum
monk having one opening. The Texan,
eelng they were In a hole, retreated to
tbe further end and fortified them
selves behind; tome boulder. The
Spanish trooper dismounted and sur
rounded them, pouring in a Are from
both sides. Tbe brave Texani replied
and kept op the fight more than five
hour. By that time, tlx ot the fifteen
had been killed aud four wounded,
while tweuty-flve Spaniard! had bit
the duat and ten or more were wouuded.
A flag of trace wat scut in by the
Spanish, and the Texan were ealled
on to torreuder, but tbe American re
futed, (booting, "We remember Ma
eeo." '
Tbia infuriated the Spaniard!, and
they fought with renewed fleroeneaa.
Twice they charged, but tht rapid fir
ing of tbe brave little bind drove them
back, lly getting on a high ridge be
hind the Texana' position, tbe Span
tarda were enabled to kill all but two
of thoae left. Those two gallantly con
tinued to fight end held off tbe enemy
in boor longer. Then, overcome by
thirst and enfeebled by lost of blood,
flowing from a duten Wound, they
were cut to pieces by the Spanish, who
finally dashed op at tbe Textut cried,
"Vive Cuba llbrc."
. ESCAPED LYNCHING.
A Mantanr Owe Hl tafetv to Oov
amor lion. . .
Jefferson City, Ma, Deo. SB. The
preatmoe ot Governor Stone tt the ooun
ty jll tonight probably saved Tobe
Lanahan, oolored, from beiiig lynched.
At 8:80 o'clock, a mob of fully 1,000,
whites and blaoka, torrounded tbe jail,
threatening to avenge tbe most revolt
ing murder ever committed in Jefler
on City. Early this morning the
body of a 14-year-old negro girl, Millie
Guinea, wa found in a yard back ot
Joseph StampfU'i furniture store. The
child bad been outraged, ber skull
oruahed and her body mutilated in a
horrible manner. .Suspicion pointed
to Tobe Lanaban, and be wa arrested.
In the basement of tht furniture store
incriminating evidence wai found,
Tbe newt spiead over the city, and
by night there wa great excitement
When a lynching wa finally threat
ened, Governor Stone, aooompanied by
Mayor Silver and Assistant Attorney
General Jordan, went to tbe jail and
Governor Stone "poke to tbe mob. He
appealed to them to leave tbe punish
ment ot the crime to tbe stale. A
oitixeni of tbe capital ot tbe state, be
Implored them not to permit, in tbe
very ibadow. ot tbe capital, soon a
i-rltne at wai contemplated. When tbe
garaged men were finally Induced to
withdraw, tbe prisoner wat removed
t) the state penitentiary. Armed
tnrd from the state armory awls ted
in the transfer of the prisoner. ,
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Another Big Tunnel.
Seattle, Deo. 29. H. O. Henry, the
millionaire contractor, today confirmed
tie report that he had teoured the con
tnct to build the approach to the
Orat Northern railroad' tunnel
thwngh the Cascade mountains, and
tJi men were already on their way to
oottmenoe preliminary work. Mr.
Henry refuted to ttate the amount of
the contract. It will take about lis
montbi to do the work, and then every
thing will be ready to oommenoe on
the tunnel, which will be one of the
greatest engineering featt known in
railrosii Maiory. The tunnel will be
S'4 mili .long, and will reduce tbe
altitude o tbe road 1,000 feet.
Maloarrlor Protaetsa lllnuolf.
Burlll gton, Ky., Deo. 29. A col
ore peiplo'i Christmas celebration be
gan at llig Bone, springs Wednesday
tiigbt, arid continued all night Chat.
El wart, a mail oarrier, while passing
the place yesterday morning, wa a
lau.ted hy Harvey . Foster, colored,
armed with I raasor. Elwart ibot Foi
ter dead.! He hat been arrested. El
wart'i repntaiton it good whilt that of
Foster it bad. .-. " .- , j
tiMtroiu ITIra.
Potadatt, N. Y., Deo. 89. The
Windsor hi.tel, four saloons, two cloth
ing tores, three restaurants, one gro
cery, two livery ttablei, and two bar
ber hop, coin posing a large portion ot
tbe business section of the town, were
burned today. Tbe loss it estimated
at I00, 000; partially insured.
' A 'fMtofttw Itkiek Burnail.
Amesbnry, Mast., Deo. SO. The
postolfioa block waa badly damaged by
fire today. The lota on the building
and property of tbe variou oooupintt
will amount to $00,000; insurance
about 140,000, The fire probably
oaught near tht boiler in tbe basement.
Abandoned Stark's Craw Itaactiad.
New Orleaaa, Dec. 29. The steamer
Qoeensmore, Captain Cross, from Lon
don, arrived feday, having on board
Captain Toblasaon and ton, mate and
crew of the Norwegian bark Neptune,
picked up on December B, in latitude
45, longitude 18 west. The bark had
a crew of nine men, all told, and wai
from Belize, Honduras, bound for
Havre, with a cargo of logwood.
When abandoned there wat ten feet of
water in ber bold. 1 .
RETURN OF ANDRADE
Venezuelans Satisfied .With
: Bdundary Treaty.
MINISTER DECLINED TO TALK
Mo luiUeatlont of Coming Trouble la
1'reeldent Ores lie's Republic Law-
New York,' Deo. 89. Senor Joee.Au
drade, Venezuelan minister to the
United States; aooompanied by James
J. H tor row, counsel for Veueauela be
fore the United States boundary com
mission, arrived in thti city thit ifter.
noon on the steamer Caracas and left
tor Washington tonight
When 'the steamer arrived at her
ptor, Mr. Andrade wat met by the
Venezuelan onnaul and some' of tbe at
taohea of the office. When tsked con
cerning the reports which have been
printed in reference to tbe boundary
treaty being not aooeptuble to tbe Van
eanelan government, the minister laid:
. "I have written aud telegraphed all
I bave to say, and I nnderstaud it has
been published In your paper. I can
not tay anj tiling more on tbia ques
tion." -.'v.-
He wit asked if it wat true that he
had been empowered by Preaident
Crespo to signify tbe acceptance of the
treaty, and be replied: '
"That is a mutter I Cannot diaouaa. "
He said there wai no sigucf disturb
ance iu Veueauela. Everything waa
very peaceful, and he did not antici
pate any trouble when the emigres!
would meet. When pressed to say
more about the treaty, be thowed the
reporter! a copy of a Veueinelau paper,
whioh be said expressed hia views on
tbe matter. '
Tbii newspaper, , the 1 Veneiuela
Herald, bad several trtiolet on the
treaty, and the following it an extract
from one of them:
"Minister Andrade iagoing to Wash
ington and taket with him copy of
tbe agreement It it, in all essential
particulars, the tame treaty offered b
Veneiuela forty yean ago. Under the
fifty-year clause, the only territory
which Great Britain will have it the
settlements between the Eeioibo and
l'oorrau' river. By the fifty-year
clause we exclude Great liritain from
the Orluooo country and the Cnyni
river, which is, the portion ol the coun
try that Veneiuela hai been especially
dxairous of keeping. Attack bave
been blade on the government, but they
are based on no solid argument, and it
turprised ui not a little to hear suoh
rumor concerning the boundary quea
tion after everything na been settled.
The United State baa been the friend
and representative of Veneiuela, or to
pnt It exaotly, through itt friend, tbe
United State, Veueauela hat negotiat
ed the treaty." V-.'
Mr. Storrow wat also dislnolined to
talk ot tbe boundary queation, but laid
the treaty wat satisfactory to Vene
iuela. He laid there were a couple ot
correspondents who attacked the treaty
in the papers, but to use bit own
omnia, "the went off half oouked. '
Mr. Storrow claimed the people are
Well satisfied with tbe treaty, and con
sider It about the best arrangement that
could be made. He laid publio fieling
toward the Americana wai most kind
ly, and be referred to the letter writ
ten by Preaident Crespo to President
Cleveland thanking him for the Inter
est Americans had taken in tbe Vene
aoelan matter.
On the New Orleans 1-evee.
New Orleans, Deo. 29. John Hurt,
a Montana miner ou a trip around the
world, wat robbed of 7,600 in Ger
man money, a collection of rare coins,
deedi to mluing proporty in Butte,
Mont, and a gold nugget worth 1200
by several oolored women on tht levee
today. For three houn Hurt wat on
tbe verge of inianity, but tbe polloe
succeeded in restoring hit loat valuable!
and hii mental equilibrium and locked
up the thieves at well. Hurt hat re
cently visited hit family in Germany,
and made a tour through tht South
Afrioan mining country. He always
carried bit valuables in a leather belt
This morning, while making a tonr ot
the levee, be wtt decoyed into a base
ment and quickly relieved of bit pouch
and itt contents. Hurt furnished a de
scription of hit assailants, and the po
lice did the rest. The . old German
wept for joy on recovering hit feature.
Klvern I All Right.
New York, Deo. 89. At the head
quarter! ot tbe Cuban junta body today
General Estrada Palma stated that the
Cuban army was now ai strong ai it
ever had been, and the Cubani bave
full faith in General Rivera, who suc
ceeded Maoeo in command.
"Genoral Kivera," laid General
Palma, "hat 8,000 armed men, with
provisions enough to last tlx month! in
bis mountain stronghold. '
"There will be no general laying
down of armi on the part of the Cu
bani, inch at wat reported by General
Weyler. At for Dr. Zertuoha'i oharge
that Maoeo wat driven to death by de
spair, by reason of non-support from
bis Cuban allies In thia country, it is
Imply infamous and unworthy of con
tradiction." Allentown, Pa., Dec 88 Five per
sons .were injured and killed this after
noon in a grade crossing accident. A
passenger train on the Central railroad
of New Jersey atruok a trolley oar. T.
J. Ware, aged 49, the motorman, whs
instantly killed. Four people were in
jured. None of the injuries are seri
ous. The looomotive struck the
trollcy-oar at the front platform, carry
ing the motorman a distance of fifty
feet Tbe others were hurt by flying
fragment of the car.
WRECK ON A TRESTLE.
Ait Alabama Paeeanger Train I'lungad
Diiwn tine Hundred Feet.
Memphis, Deo. SB. A special to the
Commercial Appeal, from Birming
ham, Ala., lay:
Fiend In human form wrecked the
Birmingham Mineral passenger train
No. 4 at Cahntm river bridge, twenty
seven miles from here, at 7:80 thii
morning, and twenty-two lives were
lost. That number of bodies btve
been recovered, and further search may
swell the list ot dead. The wreok it
regarded at almost certainly uooom
pllshud by the removal of a rail on the
middle ipan ot 'the trestle. This de
railed the train, which caused it to fall
down the two spans and precipitated it
into the river, 110 feet below. Tbe
wreqk wai the worst that bat ever oo
ourred in the ttate, and the inrvivor
are to few and to badly hurt, that they
are unable to give any detailed decora
tion of how it happened.
It i not known-aud may never be as
certained just ' how many passengeri
were ou the train. Most of them were
miner and residents of mluing towns
in thit district who had round trip
ttakett, and were returning to tboir
homes along the line of the lilrmlng
bam Mineral road.
Couductor Kennel, who probably
knew better than anybody else at to
bow many passengeri were aboard, it
dead. It It thought, however, there
were ' not exceeding twenty-five or
thirty. Only one passenger purchased
a ticket at Birmingham.
Tbe railroad company tonight fur
nished the following as the lixt of dead;
James Bolliug, ot Gntbrie, Ky..
Southern express messenger; Frank
White, of Birmingham, euglueer; A.
P. Conuell, ot Helena, conductor;
George Carney, of Birmingham, flag
man; K. Webb, of Birmingham; Bruce
C. Phillip, of Blcutou; I. W. Martin,
ot Brookwood, Ala. i Mrs. Henry
Hxndberry and two ohildren, of Bir
mingham; B, H. blount, of Birming
ham, colored; Mia Ada Poworl, of
Blouton; Dr. L. N. Powers, ot Blocton;
Mrs. Kmma Powors and two ohildren,
of Blocton; Mrt. B. Little, of Blooton;
Mr. Gardner, of Blooton; M Us Gardner,
of Blooton; One unidentified body, sup
posed to be B. Struther, oolored porter.
Seven were injured.
: Tbe mineral train operate over tbe
Southern railway' Briardeld, Blooton
& liirmlnghain branch, under a con
tract arrangement Six mile tooth of
Guorney I the Cnhaba river, a shallow
mountain stream, which bat a depth
at thia time ot about three or four feet
Thit river it ipanned by an iron btidgo,
with wooden treaties on eaoh side. It
entire length is 800 foet, and tbe height
of the span, where the wreok ooourred,
ii 1 10 feet The bridge wai built only
four yean ago, and wa regarded a a
very safe structure. The main span
and the ipan just beyond it, both made
of iron, gave way ind precipitated the
entire train into the river. Tbe en
gine landed on iti tide, almost at right
anglet with tbe traok. The can piled
upon eaoh other through the main span.
The entire wreck took fire toon after
warda, and wa rapidly burned to the
water'! edge. Nine persons alone es
caped alive from all who went down,
and several of them will probably die.
Tbe first newt wits brought to liar
greave, a station four miles from the
Cababa river, by a farmer, who laid
that while passing near tbe place, he
beard a crash. Going nearer, he saw
the two ipani of tbe bridge broken out
He then discovered the burning wreck
age In the shallow water, below. He
oould bear the groaus of the wounded
and dying, but without waiting to aee
further, be rode on borsebaok to Har
greave ai rapidly a be oould, where
the operator telegraphed to Birming
ham and Blooton for relief.
Meanwhile, a few country people
gathered at the scene to render what
aid tbey oould, but it wa too late to
do much. Nina people bad gotten out
and the rest had been burned in the
wreckage. .
HAPPY REUNION.
A Husband Iteturns to tils Faiullj Afer
a Reparation of Kleven Tears.
, Shelbyvllle, Ind., Dae 29. Eleven
yean ago John Crim went to his home
in Flat Book from the village store
and informed bis wife that be bad
made an effort to secure something fur
their three ohildren for Christmas, but
not having the money the merchant re
futed and the little ones would have to
do without any present. Hi wife
told blm not to grieve, laying ibe had
a few trinkett laid away for the ohil
dren, and that they could got along
nntil the taw mill itarted up. About
midnight the husband klased hit wife
a the dept. He also wrote a note ask
ing hi wife not to worry and to await
hi return. Nothing waa beard of blm
nntil last night, when a well-dressed
man walked into the store at Flat
Rock. It wat John Crim. He asked
tbe direotion to Mary Crim't residence.
A boy of 13 year stepped forward with
the remark that he would thow blm to
his mother'! bouse. Crim recognized
his child and olaaped him to bis breast
and almost oarried bim to the house.
Crim had been in British Columbia
for ten yean engaged in mining and
bad amassed a fortune. . The reunion
of the family was a happy one.
There are still about 8,000,000 "feet
of logs in the Gray'i river boom that
were brought out by tbe recent (reihet
Caught In the Act.
San Franoisoo, Deo. 29. While
crawling through a transom in an at
tempt to iteal tour turkeys, John Cor
nish, a young negro, lost his hold, and,
falling head downward, wa suspended
by one foot. Being nnable toextrioate
himself from his embarrassing posi
tion, he shouted lustily for help, and
was found by a policeman some hour
after tbe aooldont, In an exhausted con
dition. He waa charged with attempt
ed burglary, and locked up.
RAKED BY SOLID SHOT
Thrilling AdVentures ot the
Steamer Three Friends.
CrUSEt) BY SPANISH WARSHIPS
The 'Filibuster Fired Upon and nis
abled an Armed Coaster Landed
Her Men and tupplles.
New York, Deo. 88. A World tpeo
lal from Key Weit say:
The lono-itar flag of Cuba ha met
the red and yellow banner ot Caitile
upon tbe sea. : The sharpnel, shell and
rifle volley of a brave filibuster bave
made answer to the roar of Spanish
twelve-pounders, and have gained for
Cuba Libre the first ylotory on tbe
ooean.
The filibustering steamer Three
Friend tailed from Fernadlna, Decem
ber 18, carrying a valuable cargo of
munitions of war for tbe Cuban insur
gent!. . After eluding tbe vigllanoe of
the United Stntea warships and revenue
outtcri, and dodging every sail upon
the ocean, the little steamer, with
about fifty men, wai within hailing
distanoe of Cuba, on tbe sixth night
out Surprised, trapped and fired
npon, the threw thot into tbe Spanish
naval coaster, frightened off a big gun
boat, and escaped from a swift cruiser,
steering out to tea.
Tbe Three Frlendt put in again to
the ooast, and safely lauded her oargo
on the border of the great Zapata
swamp. Nut before in Cuba's struggle
for liberty hat the flag of Spain been
fired upon at tea. No other filibuster,
ifter having been attaoked by the en
eniv, has stood by" ber gens and ful
filled her perilous mission. '
The aooouut ot the history-making
trip in thrilling in the extreme.
Ai soon at the enemy wtt lighted
the oaptain, undaunted, declared he
would laud at the San Juan, whore be
had been ordered, if be bad to go
through bell to do it. , He then told
hii men they would bave to fight
Tbey broke opou the rifle and oartrigde
boxea and toon the entire party were
armed. Sharpshooter Gorman gathered
bit riflemen along the stern rail npon
tbe upper deck. Major Morale wai
In oharge.- A Dash from the coaster
and another in quick suooession and a
solid thot splashed in the water several
rods from the vessel. The Three
Friends wai under full steam en
deavoring to esoape from tbe Spanish
cruiser. Tbey were now .about 800
yards apart Then tbe Spaniard fired
for the third time, falling a few rods
astern of the filibuster, but in a direct
line.
"Use the Hotohkits," commanded
Major Morale.
Gunner Michael Welsh beard the
oooimaud with joy and called out to
Captain O'Brien to iwing the ahlp
around. In a minute tbe filibuster
wa amloat broadside to the ooaster.
Tbe latter boomed forth again, but
the smoke had not cleared away before
the Hotohkiss in the prow ot the Three
Friend belched forth 'and eut a shell
between the short tuatta of tbe ooaster,
t'inarely over ber engine. The shell
did not burst, but tbe Spaniard
teemed paraly ted with fear.
Several men on the lower deck opened
fire with rifles, and this wai followed
by a rattling volley from tbe line ot.
men on tbe upper peck. Tbe iharpnel
tired from the Hotohkiss ended the
fight, as the Spaniard! tailed away,
firing roekett calling for aaalstanoe.
Tbe call for asalstance wat promptly
smwered, fur while the filibuster wa
winging into position to allow the
Hotohkiss to play npon the enemy,
gunboat double the ilte of tbe coaster
appeared on the port tide. She opened
fire with heavy gnnt, but did not have
the raitge.
Gunner Welsh rammed another
sharpnel into the gnn on the prow and
yanked the lanyard. The abell flew
straight for the gunboat and burst di
rectly over her. It wai answered by
a still heavier thunder from the gun
boat, ' roturning shell for shell. The
ihot from the Spaniard disabled two of
the luudiug-boatt of tbe filibuster, but
did not do other damage. The Hotoh
kiss wa again loaded with iharpnel,
and the next ' discharge struck the
ooaa&r amidships, Then the Three
Friends put on steam, leaving the war
ship, possibly disabled, but, at all
events, silent and defeated, ont of light
behind a point of land.
As the cargo of the Three Friendi
wa being lauded, the Spanish ooait
patrol oume up and a fierce fight ensued
between them and the Cubani lent by
General Gomel to esoort the oargo into
hia oump. After two bouri of fight
lug, the Spanlardi were driven oft and
the cargo wa landed and lately car
ried into the interior.
' The vesiol then lay to for leveral
days lu a secluded oove and started tor
Florida laat Monday. She wai pursued
by several gunboats aa she entered the
Windward Pass, and a ball from one
ot them tore a hole in her bulwarks.
A barrel of oil on the furnace fires toon
ran up the steam, and tbe fast oraft
swept away. :
Emerging from the keys, two
oruiaers weVe found waiting for her,
and a raoe efisued. The Spanish ves
sels Ored.on her tor halt an hour.
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r A Missouri Duel.
St. Louis, Deo, 88. A Republio
ipecial from New Madrid, Mo., tayi:
John Adam aud Charle Simpson met
at a dunce in Pemisoott county last
night at the residence of Joapeh Canot,
and, drawing their pistols, fought to
the doatb. Eaoh man emptied the oon
tents of hi revolver into the anatomy
of the other. Simpson died on tbe floor
and Adami outside the door. An old
teud wai settled.
A MOB OF BOHEMIANS.
Tried to Lynch a Motorman Who Baa
:. Daws Har.
Chicago, Dec, 88 George B.- Den
mark, 7 years old, wat killed by a
trolley-oar at Troop and Eighteenth
streets, this afternoon. Fred Bernjer,
motorman, wat threatened with lynch
ing, for killing the boy, and wat with
groat difficulty rescued from tbt
mob of Bohemians, who. incensed at
tht terrible tooident, surrounded tbe
oar and dragged Bernler from the plat
form, determined to bang him. Patrick
flanley, the conductor, managed to
save Bernler from tbe mob, and then a
riot call wat sent to the Maxwell street
tation. Tbe polloe took oharge of tbt
motorman .and oonduotor and looked
them up.
After the boy bad been killed, Motor
man Bernler took, refuge in the oar,
Which ttood within a few feet of where
the accident ooourred, and in an in
stant it wai , beseiged by angry men.
He attempted to keep them out by
latching the door on tbe inside, but
they broke tbe doort in, knooked bim
down tnd kicked and beat blm for a
few momenta in thooking manner.
He managed, however, to get away
from them, aud ran to the door of the
drugitore, wbere he wat handed a pis
tol, aud wai admitted Inside by Mr.
Kvltek, tbe proprietor, before tny
further barm befell bim. Tbe orowd
turged around the store and yelled:
"Break it in 1 Kill blm I"
It looked for a minute at if tbe itore
would be raided, but Mr. Kvitek bad
made use of the telephone. He called
on the Maxwell station first for an am,
bulunoe, but by that time mattera bid
got to warm that be requested a patrol
wagon. In a few tnlnutet tbt wagon
brought a number of officers, who did
all tbey oould to quiet the mob. When
tome degree ot qniet had been restored
tbe police arrested tbe endangered men
and took them to the station. There
tbe men teemed unoonoerned, and de
clined to make a atatement ;
There were many versions given of
the aooident Well-informed people
living in the neighborhood said they
had been expecting lometblng of the
kind fir a long time, and were only
surprised that it did not happen sooner.
THE SON'S SACRIFICE.
Benton Wilson Went to Prison to tava
ill Father.
Spokane, Wash., Deo. 88. Benton
Wilson, who went to tbe penitentiary
for a long term ot yean for murder,
came into Spokane laat night, and to
day went to Mica, where fail parents
live. He bad been unexpectedly par
doned. The olroumitauoet under whlob Wil
ton wai tent to jail wore most peculiar.
Two yean ago, tome small boy un
earthed the body of a man that-wat
subsequently identified at that of
Jamei Johnson, brother-in-law ot Ben
ton Wilson. The body wai fonnd two
miles from the Wilson homestead.
Beuton Wilson and his father were ar
rested and charged with murdor. Tbe
father wat first placed on trial, and
tbe case looked blaok for blm. Per
ceiving this, Benton arose and con
fessed to having murdered bii brother-in-law.
He laid Johnson bad abused
bit wife, Wilton'i lister; bad returned
to the farm and had threatened hii
wife, it ihe did not oome baok to. the
city. Wilton laid that he aooompanied
them to a lonely stretch of woods, and,
at an opportune moment, fell npon him
and olubbed him to death. For thi
he wa sentenced to a long term of
years in the penitentiary. It It a case
ot a ton sacrificing bis life to tare that
ot bit father.
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING,.
Avuerleaa Arrested for Driving Into
Prohibited Mexloan Territory.
San Diego, Cal., Deo, 88. Harry
Mamur, the American who waa arrest
ed leveral weekt ago by the Mexloan
ouatomi official at Tla Juaua for al
leged infraotlon of the law governing
the free aone, bat been released by the
Ensenada authorities and 1 again at
bl home on thi tide. Hii release was
obtained through the Intervention ot
Hon. Anthony Godbe, Amerioan vioe
consul, and a oaah ball wat obtained,
which allowed Mansnr to leave the
oouutayv
Manaur laid today that bit case waa
temporarily tattled, and be did not ex
pect it to oome up again for tlx month!
or a year. It is probable tbe cash bail
will be quietly accepted and no further
aotion taken, especially at Maniur't
infraotlon of tbe law wai alight
Maniur't wife't family livet at Ro
sario, about two miles louth of the
tree tone. Mamur bad often visited
them, taking bit team and paying no
attention to the law, being an old resi
dent and acquainted with tbe otlioiala.
But a new administration of the Tia
Juana custom-house, Senor Motavel
asco, caused Manaur to be arrested for
smuggling horse into the country,
and' imposed a heavy fine npon him.
Failing to pay the fine, Mansur was ar
rested and sent to Ensenada to be dealt
with by the higher authorities. Slnoe
that time nntil a day or to ago he had
been In jail.
A tteel fly wheel twenty five feet .
In diameter and requiring 850 miles ot
wire in its construction, nai Been
made In Germany.
Oakland, Cal , Deo. 38 Dr. 3, W.
Robertson's sanitarium wat partly
burned this morning. It wat occupied .
by thirty patients, suffering from ner
vous disorden. The first care wat for j
the patients, many of whom were still ;
in bed. There wa great . oonfuaion,
but they were all safely removed. The i
house wa formerly Ltvermore college,
and, while only two stories high, oo- j
cupies a large area. The damage will
be nnder fs,000. A defective flue i
oauied tbe trouble. I
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Villas and Town of the
' Thriving Mister ttate ' '
-.Oregon. '.r'V-;':.f
A project is on foot In Brownsville
to have a free reading-room.
Stockbuyers art paying (13 to (17 for
8 -year-old steers, and (IS for cows, in
Grant oounty. ' -
Cattle on tbe range in Grant county
are looking thinner than ever at this
time of tbe year. ,
Empire City's town treasurer holds
(1,800 town fundi, tnd tbe oity boasts
of no indebtedness. - - '
Tht oolored miners at Beaver Hill,
In Coot onnty, are organising a lode,
supposedly of Maionry,
There are about thirty taxpayer! in
Wallowa county, who pay taxes on
property valued at over (5,000 eaoh.
Elgin bat shipped 787 carloads' of
grain, stock, wool, lumber and ties in
the last ten months valued at (105,000.
Strange at it may seem in midwinter
the bunobgrtat it growing on Grant
eounty't bills, tayi the Canyon City
Newt. .
Mr. Herriok expects to hive work
begun on bit cannery at Tbe Dalles in
a few weeks, to put it in shape for the
ipring run of salmon.
S. B. Edson, representing Edion
Bros., of Gazelle, Cal., who has been
in Lang oounty for some time buying
cattle, will ship about 850 bead, eight
carloads, to Gazelle. The oattle are
mostly 8-year-old steers.
In answer to a requent from the Mil
ton board of trade for a conference
npon tbe quesiton of dividing Umatilla
oounty, tbe Pendleton chamber ot oom
meroe bat written that the question ot
division it one for the people ot tbe
oounty; but that, at an association, it
is oppoted to division. s
Last summer P. Boler, who livet in
Springfield precinct, in Lane oounty,
raised several hundred bnsbela of
canary teed, tnd lold it in Portland,
Salem and Eugene. He received 4
centt per pound for the teed. It li
better than tbe canary teed raited in
California and tbe other states, weigh
ing considerably mm to the bashel.
An old couple, while on their wty
to The Dalles last week in a two-horse
hack, were upset lu a snowdrift on a
iteep grade on Ten-Mile, and went
rolling down tbe hill. A young man
went to their assistance tried to get the
horses ont of tbe drift, and tht horses
and baok went tumbling after. For
tunately, no one wat seriously hurt,
uor wat muoh damage done to the rig.
Harold Parker bai returned to Baker
City from Omaha, after an absence of
aeveral months. Last ipring : Mr.
Parker left Huntington with 18,600
sheep, the property ot Gntnerie, Fori
& Co., of Omaha, to be driven over
land to Clarka, a station near the me
tropolit ot Nebraska. Although it
took Mr. Parker four montht or more
to make the drive, be was so successful
that h lost but ninety sheep. ' ,t ;'
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Washington.
A great deal ot wheat hat been told
in Ellensburg lately.
The city treasurer of Fairhaveu bat
issued call for warrant! numbered
from 8070 to 8080 lnoluaive, drawn
upon tbe general fund, there being
fundi on hand with whioh to pay them.
Buckley citiiem are now circulating
a petition for the establishment of a
wagon road from that town to the
Summit mines, and pledget of assist
ance art tald to be numerous. . ,
The aggregate value of real property
in Kliokitat county in 1890, aa equal
ised by tbe ooantykboord, ii (1,618,508.
Tbe population of the county it 7,500.
The , oounty has fifty-six organised
school dittriott, with an attendance ot
8,680 pupils.
Tbe Washington state board of pilot
commissionen for tbe Columbia river
and bar have submitted their report to
the governor ot vessels bound in and
eut ot the Columbia river from July 1,
1898, to October 8, 1808. It shows
that there were sixty-four bound in and
sixty-one bound ont between these dates.
The city of Ellensburg has been or
dered by the court to make a special
tax levy of four mill a year for four
years to pay the amount ot the judg
ment in the Lorenoe case, wherein a
vtrdiot tor damages against the city
wat rendered, because ot an aooident
resulting from a defective sidewalk.
The judgment now amonntt to about
(10,000.
Superintendent. Barnett, of the St
Louit mint, wai in Everett the other
day from SUverton. He brought down
five paok horees, and had to make them
swim the Btillaguamish river three
timet. ; It wat a perllout undertaking,
for tht stream wai high and swift
The company bai a drilling outfit
ready to put in the mine aa soon as the
machinery can be transported by rail,
and then work will be oontinued all'
winter.
Ex-Shsriff James H. Woolery, ot
King oounty, ha been circulating a
petition in SpokHne to secure a pardon
for Adolph Krug, Seattle' defaulting
treasurer, who wa sen ten .wd to seven
yean in the penitentiary. He has been
successful in securing a number ot ig
uatures. . '
The work of raising the Strum shin
gle and sawmill, at the mouth of the
Arkansaw creek, whioh went into the
Cowliti river laist week, ia progressing
lowly, owing to the water falling
tlowly and loo land.