is
a EX. TIA2EX DEAD.
Tlie Signal Serelee Chief Passa Away After
a Brief Illness.
W'Asnixr.TOK, D. C, Jan. 10. General W.
B. Hazen, chief slpnal ofllccr United States
army, died licre of diabetes coma at S o'clock
this cvcnlui:. He bad puttered from diabetes
for some years, but of late had ImproTed In
health and strength and hopes were enter
tained of bis recovery. At the reception to
the diplomatic corps given by the president he
took a severe cold, causing him to keep bis
bed Friday, but yesterday he was up and re
ported himself much Improved, saying that be
would go to his oflice on Monday.
This morning General II axon's phys'clan, P.
K. Harvev, U. S. A., was summoned to see
blm soon after daylight. The doctor at once
repaired to his rooms and found an alarming
change In his condition, sucgestlng n poison
ing of the blood from bis constitutional dis
ease. He at once adopted measures to over
come this condition and restore strength. A
consultat on was sought with Dr. I) 1.. Hunt
IniZtoii, who agreed in the main with the at
tending phi sleiftn.
tiiu fsnxnnu.'s t!ir.vriVES srsiMosnn.
The cae win deemed nf so extreme gravity
that the g-in r.il'i -I'latives In the city were
Informed mid they at oncu gathered about
blm and epan d no" i IToit to bring him relief.
Some Imptovt meiits resulted from tlie treat
ment, but tuwatd evenlrg tin' symptoms lie
camp aurivated and at' the request of the
fam U Dr. Lincoln met Drs. Harvev and
Huntington in roiiMiliutlon. Kvery measure
tfcat skill or srlenee could sti!rgi't failed to
rally the sinking ofll -cr and he breathed his
last nt 8 o'clock. Ills final Illness as not
aeeompalneil lit MifTt-rMig mid his death was
calm and Without a struggle.
Information of General Haven's death was
conveyed Immediately by Colonel Huntington
and Captain (Srcelv to" the secretary of war,
who communicated ttic iutulllgcneu to the
president.
The general of the army, who was advised of
the death by telegram, will bu conferred with
by Captiiln (Steely in behalf of General Ha
sen's family as to the military honors to be
paid the de'ecaf cd. Owing to the delicate con
dition of the health of his father-in-law, Mr.
McLean, the funeral will take place from St.
John's church. Mrs. Hnzcu, who Is in France,
has been notitlcd by cable and will return Im
mediately to Ameiiea.
ciiTAix oiti:ni.v mon.uit.v nt.xt.
There were present at the time of General
Hazeu's death Mrs. Washington McLean, Mr.
and Mis. liugber, the latter his wife's sister,
Captain Greely, who had b.'en with him dur
itig the entire dav; Lieutenant Thompson and
Drs. Huntington, Harvey and Lincoln, the at
tending and coiisiilt ng physician. The re
mains were placed in charge of Lieutenant
Thompson, mi ollicor of Geiio al Hazeu's old
reg ment.
Captain firerlv, of Arctic fame, seems to bo
the favorite in public circles to-night as Gen
eral Hiizeu's successor. His standing with the
pre-i'ilent cinislilered enviable by army peo-
Ele, and be is an intimate friend of Colonel
amoiit
II THE TELEGRAPH AXI) MAIL.
All 1 lie members of the Greek ministry
wore re-elected.
Active preparations for war bavo been
made by the AiiHlriiin government.
President Adonis requests a thorough,
fiiml examination of tlio Hnu nciiil relations
of the Union I'arilic to tlio government.
Anarchist. Spies' expected bride has been
disinherited by her Piltsbur,' aunt.
Tho Congo Freo Stale will assist Stanley
in his expedition for the rebel of Kni'mlley.
Germans in Knglnnd have been ordered
to rotuni to their military reserve head
quarters. There is a movement on foot in Mann
heim, Germany, to establish a permaucnt
exhibit of Amei 'ciin products.
Tho International llrlcltlayers' Union re
solved against anarchy, socialism and
communism.
llritish market advices quote a probable
incroicd demand for American flour on
account of damngo to the potato crop in
Btoro and the bli -htiiig eliect of the frosts
on vegetables generally.
A caucus ol both branches ot tho Massa
chusetts legislature nominated V. A. Col
lins for the senate.
The Red Cross association will investi
gate the condition of tho 50,000 TexaiiB
Hiilferinc from tho elfects of last year's
drouths.
The House pnsscd tho pension bill for tho
relief ol dependent parents ot (lend or dis
abled soldiers and seamen.
Fivo thousand ot Dr. McGlynn's Into
parishioners appointed a committoo to re
quest his reinstatement, and pledged them
selves not to support the parisli under any
other rector.
A round houso and fivo locomotives wero
burned nt Calumet, Midi. Tho property
belonged to the Calumet it Hocla mining
company.
Attorney Wood resigned tho ofilco of
prosecuting counsel in tho Haddock murder
caso and wrote a letter advising tho Sioux
Citv Law and Order I.eaguo to disband.
SOME WASHINGTON GUbSlf.
Tho uub-eommittoo on postofilces and
postronds ot tho house hnvo finished the
postoIIIco appropriation bill, and it is ex
pected that the measure will be reported to
the house soon. The total appropriation
made by tho bill 18 545,089,050, or $1,323,.
787 more than the appropriation for tlie
current fiscal year. Ot this increase $3 17,
000 is in the appropriation for tho exten
sion ot tho tree delivery service.
Tlio house committee on public buildings
and grounds leported favorably on the bill
for a public building at Fremont, Neb.;
$50,000.
The houeo committee on vrnr claims de
rided to report favorably the senate bill to
liquidntc the claims of stntes tor expenses
incurred in defense of the United States in
tho wnr ot the rebellion.
The authorization ot two national banks
the First National bnnk of Shellield.Ala.,
with a capital of $100,000. and Suther
land, la., witli n capital ot $50,000 has
had the ( ffect ot canning an inquiry regard
ing the fact that no more than one-tenth
as many national bankB are being organ
"d now as five or six years ago. It Is
said that tno reason tor this is the un
Btnbliness ot United States bonds, which
must be deposited to secure circulation.
MeQUADE GOES UP.
New Vork special: Judg Pratt, ot the
supreme court, to-day handed down his
long-delayed decision In the case ot ex
Alderman McQuade, denying tho motion
tor a stay of proceedings pending an ap
peal. The arguments on the motion were
heard by the judge two weeks aso. Mc
Quade was sentenced by Recorder Smith
to seven years imprisonment at Sing Sing
and to pay a fine ot $5,000. The etfect ot
denial tor a stay will be to cause his im
mediate transfer to the state prison.
Habtikob hse good prospect tor securing
$100,000 for a public building.
a series of hangings.
Cluverlun, the Tlrglnlan and four Indlant
Stcuny Off.
Richmond CVa.) dispatch: Thomas J.
Cluverirrs was banged nt 8 minutes past 1
nnd died from strangulation. He died
without making any confesion. Spcnkint
through Dr. Hatcher, his minister, he says
he hnd no feebng ot ill-will toward any
man on earth. The crime for which Clu
verbis suffered the death penalty was for
the inurdr rot his cousin, Miss Fannie Lilian
Madison, March 14, 1SS5. Miss Madison
was about twento-two years old, nnd up
to tlie time ot her deatli was teach-r of a
school in Until county. Somo'JOOw blesses
were examined and tlie evidence fixed upon
tho prisoner tlie brnnd ot murderer and
seducer, nnd nt the conclusion ot the trial
the jury rendered a verdict of murder in the
first degree. The counsel nskeil for a new
trial which was at onrerefu-ed, and lie was
sentenced to be hanged November 2i, 1S8.".
Tlie execution nt his sen'ence ih stayed
for over n year by the supreme court, when
he was sentenced again to die December 10,
1SS0. The governor was applied to for
a pardon or commutation of sentence to
life imprisonment, but lie coii'd find no
reason for intei f.-ring. He, however, re
spited the rotidcmue I inaii until to day.
During the forenoon Captain Frank V.
Cunningham, Richmond's swei-teat tenor
singer, who has before visited the prisoner
on several occasions anil sung tiit'iicrous
hymns in his cell, asain called to seeCluver
ins anil was greeted ploas'intly by him. At
his request Captain Cunningham snug the
livnin, "How Firm a Foundation, Ye Sons
ot the Lord."
When be finished, Captain Cunninghnni
turned to Cbiverins and asked: "Do you
still sny that you arc innocent?"
To which tlio prisoner replied: "I am
innocent."
"And." said Captain Cunningham, "do
you believe in our Lord nnd Saviour Jesus
Christ, and believing in him, you assert
tlint you aro innocent, knowing that you
hnvo got to answer before God?"
Again Cluvcrius sa d: "lean say that I
am innocent."
When Sergeant Smith entered the con
demned man's coll at live minutes to 1 and
announced that time was up, Cluvcrius
showed no signs of emotion, but simply re
marked: "I am ready to go with you." As
ho was parsing down the stops on the way
to the scaffold the vast crowd outside the
jail caught sight ol him and shouts went up
from tlioiisandsot throat", "Yonder ho is."
The prisoner never raised his eye, but kept
them down as though in deep thought, and
for tho first time, perhaps, bo fully realizad
that lie was going to die. As he wended ids
way to thescallolil dow n tlie long jail yard,
the eyes ot over '200 persons were directed
to him. He never looked to tlie right or
lclt, but walked along without the least
sign of weakening. None ol Cluverius rela
tives wero w itli him to day. His brother,
who hnd been bo devoted to him since bis
nrrest twenty-two months ngo, parted with
him yesterday. His lather and mother,
owing to feeble health, did not come to tho
city to bid Inrwell to the doomed man.
Foun at x timi:.
3t. Louis dispatch: Albert O'Doll, James
Lamb, John H. Choles and John Stephens
were hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., nt noon
to day tor murders committed in Indian
territory Dec. 25, 1SS5. O'Dell and Lamb
killed a 'man mimed Hdwnrd Pollard in the
Cherokee nation. John K. Choles murdered
a man in the territory some time ago and
was considered a desperate character. Ste
phens, colored, murdered his companion in
th territory lioino time ago.
OA' TO OKLAHOMA.
Hut Halted by IT. S. Troops, and One Roomer
Tinned Into a btlff.
Ft. Leavenworth special: An official re
port received hero to-dny from Camp J. P.
Martin, 1. T., near Arkansas City, Kas.,
states that tlio troops in that vicinity aro
having quite a lively time. A day or two
since a party of wood thieves wero arrested
by a detachment on the Chickasaw river,
but refused to surrender, and tlio sergeant
in charge ot tho party ordered that if they
crossed a certain line they would be shot
down. This, however, had no effect, and
tlie party escaped, as tho soldiers were in
doubt about their right to fire. Since then
the boomers have been booming and think,
lug-that it needed only a little cheek on
their part to stand olf Uncle Sam's men.
A largo party crossed tlio lino, and had
their wagons loaded when they were dis
covered by tlio same party of soldiers
which had mndo tlie fruitless attempt
to arrest the former party The ser
geant ordered tho boomers to halt,
but w-.s told to go to a placo away above
zero. No halt was made. Tho sergeant
seeing that prompt action was necessary
anil having, since the first party escaped,
received strict orders to allow no onu to
pass, hu again ordereil the party to halt,
notifying them, at tlie samo time, that it
tlio order was disobeyed they would be tired
upon. This order only hail the effect of
causing the outlaws to level their gnus on
tho bearer ot tho order, lleforo they coujd
lire a volley the troops frustrated them in
their purpose, nnd, with tho loss of ono ot
their horses in the lending team, and ono
man shot through the hand, they surrend
ered themselves nnd wero brought to the
main rami)' to await the action of the
United States commissioners. The party
arrested numbered ton, while the detach'
ment ot trooos conbisted ot only fivo men.
LO IX BAD I'LWUT.
Fort Koogh (Mont.) dispatch: A dis
patch from Fort Shaw states that there is
terrible sulfering nnd privation among the
Cree Indians on tho south fork ot the Sun
river. They are entirely destitute ot food
nnd clothing nnd not in any way fortified
against the inclemency of tho weather. They
subsist entirely by hunting and fishing and
the low temperature, combined with a
henvy snow, has 'adored it almost impos
sible to secure fi..,l ot any description.
They are in reality llritish subjects, were
engaged in tho Riel rebellion, and came
across tho lino last summer. When they
appeared at Fort Af-sinaboino they hud a
largo number of articles taken from white
people. Their chief was killed last sum.
mer in a quariel with a halt breed. They
started south Inst fall to settle on the Crow
reservation but were turned back by troops
Irom Fort McGmnis. When they llrdt
ennio across tho line they numbered 400,
but tho number has since beon greatly
diminished by death. It is thought that
unless tho government takes prompt mean
u res to alleviate the suffering great fatali
ty will result to the bund.
QILOEIt llEAHIi FROM.
New York special: Col. V. P. Gilder,
who is traveling toward the North pole by
the land route through llritish America,
informs tlie Herald by messenger from York
Factory, Hudson buy, under date of Dec.
15, that he would be detained there until
niter Christmas, owing to the refusal of the
Indian guides to start on a journey before
they hud partaken of the Christmas corn,
muiiion. Hu expects to reach Repulse bay
nnd full In with the Esquimaux in the
spring.
A lumber company at Ludlngton, Michigan
offers to deed to the United States a strip of
laud for the construction of a harbor of refug.
ir.i1 close at i i a. sn.
American Comment on the Startling Situa
tion in Europe.
New York special: The Sun says: "We
don't see how any one can read I lie speeches
made Tuesday in thoreichitng by the great
est statesman and greatest general in Eu
rope without the conviction that war is
cloe nt hand. The admissions nnd warn
ings by which llismarek and Von Moltke
forced the demand tor instant additions to
tho German army were identical in lonor
with those uttered in the Prussian landtag
during the eventful spring of 18uT, and
ngaiu four years later in tho north German
parliament. Tho nhirin excited on both of
those earlier occasions was but too well
justified nt Sadowa and Sedan nnd they
have profit ted but little by such unamolies
nnd such precedents who do not now reeoj
tiiie the Imminence of a conllict between
Germany and France. 'If this bill is re
jected,' said .Moltke, 'weshall most certain
ly have war.' Willi what powei? Not with
Russia, as both the Con text id the general's
speech and tlio whole purport ol the chan
cellor's uiiniistnUabl.v do 'I'liuistrnte. It is
France fiom which Moltko appie'iends an
immediate attack, unless the empire's
means of di tense are promptly strength
ened. As a significant coincidence it
seems that on tlie very day when
such ominous assertions were tnado
in tho reichstag tho French govern
ment decided to inricaso its extra military
credit for tlio current year by more than
SIT.i'OO.OOO, nnd one of the Fieneli min
isters declared in the senate that tho coun
try, should it now be put to a test, would
prove that no time hnd been wasted in tlio
last fifteen years. llismarek spoke tour
times in tlie debate, nnd although his words
at lii Ht were more cautious than Mobkn's,
In gave in tlio end lull vent to a similar
foreboding. From his speech, pronounced
in tlie face ot Europe, the interference can
hardly bo avoided that the German gov
ernment possesses such knowledge ot the
strength ot the French army and id the in
tentions ol ils ollirial representatives as to
render counter preparations a matter ot
great urgency. Noris the probability thata
supreme trial ot strength is iinnnneut qual
ified to any marked degree by Bismarck's
nveitment tlinn under no circumstances
should tlie provocation come Irom him.
That was precisely what ho said in tlio
spiing ot 1S00 and'tho spring ot 1870, nnd
most ostensibly and technically lie kept
Ids word. Hut when tlio hour was ripo lie
took good euro to heap up tinder to which
bis antagonists beheld themselves forced
in sheer desperation to appty tho match.
He will find it no more difficult, when it
seems a fitting timo to Btrikc, to drive tlie
French republic into a posture ot agres
sion. "
AFTER A CONGRESSMAN'S SCALV.
Washington special: Rutfalo Dill is after
Hie scalp ot Representative James of Rrook
lyn. In tho housotheothcrdny Mr. James
introduced a resolution inquiring by what
authority W. F. Cody is permitted to take
Indian? olf their reservation and make a
show of them through tlio country. The
inquiry, addressed to tho secretary ot tho
interior, lias aroused Ruflalo's ire, and ho
lias sent his lino of defense to Representa
tive Dorsey of Nebraska, who knows him
peisona ly", tobo laid before tho house. Mr.
Dorsey says that Hill will show that the
Indians ,vho were taken churgo of by him
have prospeicd financially and civilly, have
rown into cultivation ol contentment and
respect for law and order and will bo excel
lent civilized agents who i they return to
their reservations, so that instead ot doing
tliem injury he has doho and is doing them
a great favor. Hill has also appealed to
other members ol tho hous 'to sustain him
in his action and invites them to visit his
show and see if lie is not. a benefactor. It
is not improbable that tlio nftinr will make
some fun when thoanswerto the resolution
is received by tho house, as Mr. James is
reported to bo determined to see that the
law is observed in this instance.
VEST OX THE MO It MO XS.
Washington special: Culeb W. West, ot
Kentucky, governor ot Utah territory, whs
asked it lie had considered tho provisions
ot tlio bill, and what was ids opinion us to
its effectiveness when enforced in suppress
ing tho ovil. Governor West replied:
"It is calculated to etfect a great good in
the proper settlement of the Mormon ques
tion. It is absolutoly necessary to that
end."
"Aro not tho present laws very severe,
and since they have failed, on what do you
base your hopes ol tho Tucker bill reach
ing the desired und?"
"The present laws, ns against tho per
sons upon who'n they have been enforced,
bavo not accomplished tlio end intended in
securing their obedience and respect for the
government and its laws. Theso aro ani
mated by a religious boliof that it is t heir
duty to practice polygamy. They look to
higher law rather than civil law. Six
months' imprisonment many can and will
stand, when, if the period was longer, ub in
tho new bills, say three years, many ot
them would promise, obedience to the law
upon which condition sentence has always
been suspended und they were allowed to
go freo."
THE HE.fXEl'JX CAXAL.
Washington dispatch: At a meeting ot the
houso committee on rivers and harbors to
day the Hennepin canal project camo up
for discussion in connection with a report
of tlio board ot engineers presented to tlio
houso yesterday. In consequonco ot the
absence of Representative Ifond.t'Bon tlie
committee took no action in the mattor,
and will bo further considered when ho re
turns from Illinois. Tho friends ot the
canal wish tho appropriation ot $500,000
to bo included in tlio river and harbor bill,
os well us a clause accepting the grunt ot
the Illinois and Michigan canal, but con
sidcrable opposition has already developod
in the committee, several members taking
tlie position that thulotter of the secretary
ot war transmitting the engineer's report,
us well as the report itself, cannot bo re
regal ded as endorsing the project unle-s ex
tensive changes uro iiiudu in tho present
Una ol route.
SVCCVMHEH TO THE llOYCOTT.
Detroit dispatch: Three broweries to-day
succumbed to the pressure ot the boycott
placed on them by the journeymen brewers
Inst October, when the big lockout was de
clared. Since that time tlie town has been
supplied by foreign beer, mainly, and the
home brewers' orders have steadily de
creased. It is expected that most ot tlie
others will speedily yield to the pressure of
the boycot. The journeymen have not sui
ter ed much, having had a liberal percentage
on all sales of the foreign beer in considera
tion ot their efforts to push the sale.
I'OLVUAMY VI.AVEH OUT.
Washington special: Ex-Governor West
ot Utuli, is here und says tlie bill passed by
the house yesterday will eradicate the last
vrstigo of bigamy In his territory. He
thinks it the strongest uiitl polygamy law
ever proposed und declares that it does
not get too tar, us is clulmed by some ol
the Mormons. He heard Delegate Cui tie's
speedi against (lie bill in the house yester
day und pronounced it the last gasp ot the
lloruiou orgunliutlou.
tiie deadly r.txic.
Seents pf Horror at the Hebrew Ttieatrr In
Ixndon.
London disputed: The ball in Piuress
street, Spit.sllleM, where the fatal panic oc
curred last night, is a taMtrite resort tor
Jews in that part ol London Last even
ing the plaiu was crowded. During the
progress ot the play a man anil woman
were lighting outside and near the main
doorway of the ball. The man used vio
lence and the woman screamed. Her cry
was heard by a passerby who misunder
stood it and died, fire. The woman's
screams and cries ot lire were hoard inside
and created a panic, the audience number
ing 500, rising in a body nnd rushing pell
mell tor the entrance. Tho malinger ot the
Hebrew dramatic club was on the stage
when he perceived at once there was no
good reason tor it, and did all in his power
to allay the excitement and to atfotd all
possible facilities for cut to the people.
Tlie hall has a number ot entrances, and
ail were thrown open, and he called on the
peop'c when they would not remain to d i
vide and use all the doorways, but they
paid no attention to linn. Tlie whole
cloud maile lor the main enhance. It
happened that among those who first
reached it were a number of children and
women, who were oxcrboriie by strong men
attempting to pass by them. As Hie
women and childien (ell at I he doorway as
stumbling blocks, they tripped up the oth
eis who were crushed down by tin frantic
crowd. Seventeen ellipses were 'omul in
side of tlio theater near t lie door. They
were all torn, crushed and disligutcd. It
was found that ot the dead twelve were
women, three were boys, one was a girl and
the oilier w as a man.
The hall to-day resembles a d sorilered
nuttionroom. ISroUuii In riiiture, ci uslied
toys, children's bats, bioken bottles,
orange peel, actor's wigs, shreds ol clothes,
lie scattered over the Hour. There are
many blood spots on the chairs ami lloor.
llcie and there ghastly knots ol hair cling
to the furniture. Bodies were found at the
bottom ot the stone stairs lending from the
gallery. Here a terrible struggle took place
between the trout of the crowd rushing
Irom the main lloor ami the leaders of the
throng which rushed down the gallery
stairs. Tlie dead lay mostly in two op
posing rows, the feet of each row close to
those ol tho others, onu row ol heads lying
close to the gallery stairway, tlio other
toward the opposite ot the hull. The faces
ot the dead are distorted with agonized ex
pression. The clothes are completely torn
from the bodies ol some. A little gul, since
identified as Eva Marks, was found lying
nt tlie bottom of tlio pile dead, her lower
1 i in list bare, theupper part of her dress torn
to shreds. She must have fought hard Tor
life. Isaac Levy, a venerable Hebrew, was
f mud among the dead. Ills wife's body
lay opposite. Iteside her lay a little liny
whoso pants and stockings were lorn to
shreds. A mini named Harris Goldliergsays
ho went to the gallery ot tho hull, accom
panied by his wife and family. During the
j ei formanco somo boys, in order to get a
better view, climbed up tliegus pipes fixed
along the walls. This started the leak.
Pome one shouted, 'l urn oil tho muter,"
j'ist as an actor on the stage made somo
cry ol alarm. Thou the people in tho gal
lery rose and rushed headlong down stairs.
Goldberg's wife was tramped to death. His
six year old son jumped down on tho heads
ol the mass below and escaped by running
over their heads. The managers aro not
to bin mo for the disaster. Tho passage
from the hall to tho street entrance is ten
feet w ide where the struggle occurred, and
the door swings both ways. There aro sev
eral minor exits Irom the gallery, three be
sides the staircase. Tho disaster arose not
from t he crowding of tho passage, but tho
fiautie elforts of tlie people to force their
way down tho crowded stairs. The men
mid women in front wore driven headlong
into the passage, wliero tliey mot thu ox
cited occupants ot tlio pit, and there was a
hopeless Mock.
A DAKOTA I.F.dlSLATlt'E SEXSATIOX.
St. Paul dispatch: A llismarek special
to tho Pioneer Press says a sensation was
caused in tlio houso of representatives this
afternoon by a motion to reconsider tlie
adoption ot tlio report of tho committoo
on rules and Hie discovery that a combina
tion had been formed between eighteen ol
the North Dakota members and seven from
tlio South in opposition to tho combina
tion backing Speaker Crosse. Such n com
bination would control tho house. Its
object is said to ho the removal of Chief
Clerk Enkin and Sergeiiiit-at-arms Roor
p!iiigh,tho passage ot a bill tor the removal
id tlio United States court from Yankton
and Mitchell, nml tlie establishment of u
reform school at Plaukinton. Thu course
ot Speaker ('rosso lias occasioned consider
ablo dissatisfaction oven among somo
southern members. The nttoruooii was
taken up witli filibustering motions.
OOSSIi' FllOM 1'AIIIS.
1'aiiis, Jan, 18. The chief clerk ofjlhe Paris
postofilce has stolen $-10,000 In postal money
orders and lied.
At tho cabinet council to-day Admiral Aube,
minister of marine, withdrew the bill providing
for a special grant for naval construction mid
fortification of liurbois and announced that ho
would only ask the chambers, on account of
the department, for credit to cprcud over sev
eral veai, hut not to exceed W.OJO.OOO francs.
In' the chamber of deputies today a pro
posal to abolish the Indemnity for defraying
the expenses of relkjloiis worship In prisons
was rejected by n vote of 2.V1 ugalnst 2H.
The Anglo-French fishery agreement lately
concluded had to ho submitted to the lirltlsh
government, and was not definitive. The ne
gotiations have now been resumed.
A TRUNK )riTIl DYNAMI1E.
Pittsburg dispatch : The baggage car at
taclieil to tho New York limited west-bound
express wus almost blown to pieces near
Altoona last night, llaggagcmaster Harry
Miiigiii picked up an ordinary trunk and
threw it upon nniiio other baggage when an
ixplosion occurred which blew tho root off
from I ho cur and Hcnttercd the baggage.
MingiiB was quite sorlously Injured, lho
trunk is supposed to bavo contained dyna
mite Tho trunk was ownod by a minor
named John Kagman, who denies that the
trunk contained nny explosive He is
uud'-r nrrest. The bngmgowns transloired
to another car and tho train proceeded
west.
1'EXXHVL I'ANIA'S OO VERNOU.
ItAituiFnuito, Pa., Jan. la Goveruor-elect
James A. Ih-avcr was Inaugurated at noon to
day in the hall of the home of representatives.
The oath of office was administered by Chief
Justice Mercer, of tho supremo court, after
which the governor read hi Inaugural address,
l.leutciiunt Governor William T. Davis was
sworn Intoolllce by Judge John Y, Slmniiton,
of the Twelfth Judicial district, In presence of
tho senate, at 1 o'clock. In his Inaugural
address Governor Reaver favored the sub
inlnlnn of a constitutional amendment pro
hibiting the manufacture und talc of Intoxi
cating liquors.
A U ON ISO AT WHECKEH.
Loxno.v, Jan. 18. The hrltlsh gunboat Firm
was wrecked to day on tho Northumberland
coast. Nineteen of the crew were aaved by
meant of the rocket apparatus of the life sav
ing service. The fate of the others la jet un
known. The Firm Is a composite gunboat of
KV tons and has been used as a tender to the
Iron turret ship Dcvwtatloa.
CHANGES IN A LAC ,.
Tlio ltnntcr Tmusfcrrlir: Their In
terestH to tho Towns NortlnTii
Men In vcstlnir I iiryoly t.i
t'.iiui Limits.
Tliu important I'liuni'. MPipT'iiilutM i
by tho stii'i'c.ssful ami lirp-lv iroiitub
activity contcri'il nt rtuiiighnm, and
which is liciiiMiii;; to l, ilnplie.it 'd at (
bhelliold iinil HotviKT, in tins north west
corner of Alabama, will bo rovoltitinii
nry of tho business habits ot tho popu
lation nml of tho honi ! life ami charac
ter of the people, sas a wr tor in tlie.
l.oiiisvil'r, t'ottrier-Jjunitil. Alroadv
tiii'.ny of tho planters of tho lilack bolt
have taken nil tho money they have
heretofore invested in cotton-raisin;;
und hnvo. invested it in real estate and
inditstr.es in nirniinhani. Tlie niort
lajios on the fariiiiiij; lands: tints no
irlcclod will soon epifp, and :i there
i.s no money to inn the.s,' farms w II be
sold and will fall into tlio hands of 1
northern capitalist''. There N some j
fear felt in Alabama lest the northern ;
men. tit cast n about fur tenants for ,
Hie laud lhe acquire by foreclosure, i
turn lliom over to the neuroes, in which ,
case tho ajrriciiltur.il industry would bo I
loft in thrittle-s and improvident hands.
There seems to bo only a theoretical
reason for thi fear, however, and it is
ba.soil on tlio idea that tlio nero can
endure tho malarial character of tho
country better than tho white man.
This has boon jjneatly exaggerated.
Tlio principal cause of iiiihealtlifnl
nnss in this belt, I am told by (ion.
Wood, of Tuscaloosa, ono of thu
most prominent lawyer of tho state
and a gentleman of w do information
and a close studuitt of his state, is tlio
lack of tt pure water supplr. This, hu
says, can be remedied in tho Hlack belt
at a loss cost than anywhere else. Tlio
land is all underlaid with limestone,
which, when exposed, i.s soft and easily
bo formed into cisterns fur holding wa
ter. Exposure hardens tho stone, but
tlio rainwater o.iught in these cisterns
is purilied, preserved, an 1 becomes the
healthiest of drinking water Theso
stone ei.sterns rtre already in uso on
many farms, but in general tlio water
supply is neglected, and disease is inv.
ted by drinking the impure water of
creeks' and rivers. Willi plenty of good
water tho agricultural districts ought
to bo populated by industrious (lernians
who wjuld var) tho crops and nurse
tlio soil, and would not only produce
crops to export, but would soon supply
tho industrial and mining centers uorlli
of tho belt with till the market, prmtuuu
needed. As it is now. Uirininghani,
situated at tho mouth of a fairly fertile
and well-watered valley, is forced to
send to Nashville and other Tcnnosso
towns for milk, butler, oh okens, eggs,
oto. There is no necessity for this. A
few market gardeners in the neighbor
hood of the town would soon get rich,
getting money as fast as the manufac
turers. When the brea'-us c'ltnos in tho
Black boll and northern bankers oomo
in possess. on of the hind, 1 venture to
predict that it will not ho surrendered
to tlie negroes. The demand for food
supplies in the mining districts will
.make it necessary for tho southern
farms to bo tilled by expert, agr cttllur
isLs. and while ni 'ti w.ll step in. The
negro will move over into M ssissippi,
tho paradise of his race.
The chief danger in the impending
change i.s in the fact that the lands aro
falling into tlio hands of men who will
bo inclined to consul date it in laro
holdings, and that tho poor man will
not got a ohaiio! for a small farm. All
the mineral lands aro now owned by
corporations, and wherever there is a
sign of speculative value, land compa
nies have boon formed and thu ground
gobbled up. It is then hold for specu
lation, though in sovoralinstaneu.s, no
tably at Florence and Sholliold, the
companies aro wise enough to appre
ciate thu value of settlers and make a
sharp reduction in price if tho purcha
ser binds himself to settle upon mid
improve the ground ho buys. At pres
ent tho most numerous class of mou in
Alabama aro the real estate agents.
The change of ownership in tho lands
will drive tho present proprietors to
tho towns, und the procss of convert
ing an agricultural ponulat on into an
industrial ono will eliani'i) its whole
diameter. Natives w.ll moot in tho
mills and furnaces with skilled north
ern workmen, and nativu merchants
will enter into competition with shrewd
anil enterprising businos men from
every state. The credit systom, bo
odious In its effects nnd m destructive
of business activity, will disappear, and
in tlio next twenty ydars Alabama will
bo converted from n poor and listless
farming territory into a rich, active,
and prosperous community, with diver
sllied interests, a mixed nnd vigorous
population, and an entirely now
character. The signs of tho chango
are already plain about Birmingham,
as they havo for some years boon visi
ble in middle Tonnossoo, where the
mixture of population has boon very
considerable. The iron-workers from
tho north who havo settled in Chat
tanooga, Knoxvillo, and Birmingham,
and tho northern mcrohnnts who have
followed in tholr wake, have made a
notable impression, and have given a
groat impetus to tho business and
social changes nocossarily inaugurated.
The southorn character, molded by
tho surroundings of slavery, has not
had the bonelit of the northern loiivon
of golf-rolianco and enterprise. In 1857
Mr. Moses, now of Sholliold, went to
Now York and exhibited to Tqlor
Cooper and Abram S. Hewitt sped
mons of tlio rich red oro found in Hod
mountain, and told them that it incum
bered tho soil, lying exposed and entail-,
ing no oxponso for mining. "I have no
doubt,:' said Mr. Hewitt to Mr. Moses,
'that you really think tills oro is thero
as ' you describe it in lnexhaiiUlblo
cpiautitlcH, but 1 would advise you to go
and look again, as it will not bo believ
ed in New York. "Why not?" aslcod
Mr. Moses. "S mply because," ans
worm! Mr. Hewitt, "wo northern men
loot; upon iron ore as so much gold and
silver. If you Alabamlans havo got
this gold and silver lying around above
ground, why don't you work it up?"
Tho northern man, with his habits of
Industry and koon outlook for every op
portunity to mako money, coulif not
understand that this oro could be left
In lb-' gro.nnl when immense forttuwiJ
w re easiK- to be got fur mining it.
And not tiiidi'i st Hiding it ho did not be
lieve .I. The mineral r ch"s of Ala
bama h:ie bee i known stneo 1SI8.
Col. llilluuu, of Tonnes oi first dis
covered them, but with slave labor in
abundance, agr culture and c itton rais
ing contented the rich planters of the
south.
MAKING VALENTINES.
Tlio Varlotin l'roccsscs Through
Wliloli TI107 Aro rut l'ootry
Written by tlio Yard.
The average citizen is not apt to re
ceive a coin c Valentino descriptive ol
his principal fault or weakness with
anv degree of pleasure, says a writer in
Th Itroo'di'i Eiujte. He ofteuor gets
until and in sumo cases searches for thu
sender. A f.tory in this citv lists dur
ing tho pat ton months, turn d out fif
teen mill on comic and live mill. on sen
tiniMital valentines. With s itch advan
tages practical jokers and lovers will
have plenty of material Willi which to
work on Feb. 14, Valentino's I) rthday.
The former prevalent custom of vent
ing a pettv spite by sending a comic
valentine has comparatively d edottt in
tlio eastern and and middle states.
West of the Mississippi river tho valen
tine has however, a ready sale.
I recently paid a visit to the above
monitoned factory. Tho many opera
tions through which toy-books and
valentines pass boforo they are ready to
bo delivered to tlio retailer aro interest
ing. The first lloor of tho factory is
occupied by paper-cutting and emboss
ing machines. Tlio paper on which
valentines aro printed is received from
the manufacturer d reel, and i.s not in
a condition for use. It must bo cut in
pieces, -lx''' feet, and on which arc
stamped sixteen cotnie valentines. After
being cut, tho paper is taken to the sec
ond lloor and printed. Three hundred
out of thu four hundred employes in
the factory aro women and girls. While
tlio majority of the work is done by
skilled labor, some departments aro op
erated wholly by in:iehinor.
On tlio sixth or top lloor half ado.an
artists draw tho pictures used in valen
tines and toy-books. After a drawing
is made ami photographed the nega
tive is coaled with a solution and ex
posed to the sun. Tho negative i.s
again coated, this timo w th htograph
ie ink, and placed in a basin of water
barely deep enough to cover it. Tho
ink is washed oil", except that part of
the plato on wit oh tho drawing lias
been photographed. Tho negative is
then ready for tho etcher. Tho etching
process is too well known to hear re
pealing here. After tlio drawing has
been etched on a z ne plato it is ready
for the press. Tho operation by which
rough zinc is made smooth is interest
ing. The zinc is placed under mova
ble oniory paper, which aro changed
half hourly 1'hoso papes vary from
hard to soft, Tho constant friction ol
tho oniory wears away tho zinc, so that
in timo it becomes as 'smooth as glass.
Seven papers, dlll'ering in qual ty and
thickness, tiro used in tho operation.
Superintendent Thompson estimated
that the lirm owned 15!), 000 stool and
zinc plates. It must not bo supposed
that a Valentino can lie struck oil com
plete by ono impression. In somo cases
valentines pass through no less than a
dozen impressions. Each impression
adds a dillerent shade or color to the
picture. Take, for oxamnlu, a drawing
of a machinist at work. Tho man's hat
is red, li s face and arms aro pink, the
hair ami mustache are blue with a tinge
of black, the apron nnd table are yel
low, the trousors green, while his shoes
aro blue with a tinge of black.
Sentimental valentines aro made ol
fancy paper and satin. Tho plates pass
through tho samo procoss as comic.
Tho handsome highly-perfumed valen
tines, which tho languishing swain pays
from 3 to S5 for, aro hanil-paintcd. or,
as the Miporiutondont said, touched up.
Tho touching-tip consists of artistically
daubing paint here and there about thu
outer surface of thu valentine. These
hasty strokes result in Uowor.s, pictues
descriptive of the billings of turtle
doves and pastoral bcoiics. Tho valon
tine lirm employs a poet, to whom it
pays a weekly salary. Tho genius
writes yards upon yards of poo try (?)
daily. Tho llrm'n production of comic
vulontinos this year include 2 000 dif
ferent designs and tho same number ol
original verses. Tho pout has, within
tho past six months, written 2,000
comic verses, in addition to 600 vorses
of sont mcntal poetry. It is said that
Valentino pootry is dillicult to write,
and if this bo trito tho composer of 2,
fiOO verses, averaging eight lines each,
is entitled to 110 little consideration.
Ho Know JIu had Been Kobbcd.
Tho posloliico door opened with a
bang, and a brawnoy glgautio man
rushed into tho room.
"Look horo?" ho shouted, "I'vo boon
robbed of $50 by this oflice."
"Why, dear sir, I think not," said
Mr Speor, gently and calmly.
"Hut I have. I sent, a monoy order
a week ago, and the party hasn't re
ceived It. Horo's tlio receipt."
Ho throw down a paper on lho table.
Mr Speor looked at it, and looked into
tho face of tho irato man, sadly and
sweotly.
That's the monoy order itsolf," ro
plied tho postmaster. Denver Tribune.
Nowspuoi'tf of tho World.
A roport of tho nowspapors of tho
world has already boon laid boforo tho
Imperial Gorman Diet. It would ap
pear that thero oxist 84,000 novyspa
tiers, the total issues of which durfns
tho year nmount to 492, 000,000. Ol
those. 19,000, papora appear in Europo,
12,000 In North America, 775 in Asia,
nnd GOO In South America; 10,000 are
in the Kngllsh language, 7,800 iu Oor-,
man, 3.850 in French, and about 100 Ic
Spanish.
Tlio Secret of Happiness.
Tho man who has only a pint cut
and has It lull ought not to pass rqauj
sleepless nights over tho knowledgt
that his neighbor's quart cun la u) t
tho brim. Lot him hustle hlmwlf ant
get bis hands on to a bigger cup. Cm
cirmufi Times-Siar.
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