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-- VOL. XXXVI-Xo. 47.1 SALE1T, OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUABY 21, 188' I WEEKLY EDITION EASTERN. News of the Week from Be yond the Rockies. A COAL FAMIJIE IXMIXEXT. On arronat of Strlkae. Thirty ThoiMad Laborers eat ef Employment. New York, Jan. 12. At the Coal Ex change the dealer say if a settlement la not effected very toon, nothing can save this city, New England, and northern New York, from a coal famine. There is not more than a week's supply in this city, they say, and every channel to the districts most effectual at present has been stopped. There ia little probability of their resumption of traffic until great damage has been done thousand of men discharged, hundreds of factories shut down, large sums lost on unfilled contracts, and, again, suffering for THIRTY THOUSAND MEM IXEXI'LOYEO. It was learned this afternoon that at least 10,000 men have been thrown out of employment, and 30,000 persons are suffering. Ah a result of the strike, 30, 000 coal handlers and strikers are scat tered all along the coast, from Provi dence to this city. They have been sure they would win, as they thought they had the coal supply of New England en tirely cut off. Now it appears the New York A New England railroad has been using cars of every description in rushing handled of thousand of tons of coal into New England daily, rhis has been kept secret, but on its leaking out to-day it seemed to depress the strikers. The firt advances toward a reconciliation are are said to have been already made by the strikers. DISSOLUTION PKOHABLK. Complication of lh.' Kltnalloa In Kn(. linh Affair. New York, Jan. 12. Referring to the question of the dissolution of parliament about Easter, the Post's London corres pondent savs he is convinced it has passed from the region of political forecast to that of practical certainty. The govern ment is simply crumbling to its fall. In three months Lord Salisbury has lost three of his ablest ministers, Carnarvon, Churchill and Iddlesletgh. The unionist alliance is cracking all around. A con siderable caste of the young tory mem bers are ready to support Churchill. There will be great discord in the cabinet on the coming local government bill, which was supposed to be an immense conservative success. The difference of opinion is so great that influential con servatives inside and outside the govern rnent are urging Salisbury not to attempt to introduce trie measure. Although its introduction means the instant and com plete collapse of the party, yet it is diffi cult to see now he can avoid doing so. The enforced retirement of Lord Iddlenleiith was a piece of sharp practice on Salis bury's part. When coalition became necessary all the ministers sent in their resignations formally, in order to leave Salisbury free handed. Naturally among them wa Iddlesleigh.w ho never dnamed that he would be the one chosen for the maacre. Salisbury jumtied at the op Krtunity and accepted the resignation by return st. Churchill is in high spirits. He said yesterday privately that everything was going as well as possible (or turn. .4 Steamer Abandoned. Nfw York, Jan.' 13. The steamer Celtic Monarch, from Cardiff to Philadel phia, was almndoned at sea on January Jnd. The passengers and crew are safe. TIIK NOMINATIONS. circling a Man to Hnreeed Logan In the Senate. Si-Risi;riKi.D, In.., Jan. 13. Charles B. Farwell was nominated by the repub lican caucus this afternoon, to succeed (leneral Ian in the I'nited States sen ate. The democratic caucus was called to order at 7 : 30 this evening, by Senator Shutt, of Sangamon. An informal ballot for a candidate for I". S. senator was tak en,; which showed: Morrison 2. Ste phenson 10, Black 11, Prendergast 11, scattering 10. On the third ballot Mor rison received 43, and Stephenson 32, giving the nomination to Morrim. It was then made unanimous. The Absorbing Topic. Wasiuxutox, Jan. 13. The absorbing topic to-night in the hotels, clubs, and on the streets, is what action the senate will probably take to-morrow oa the inter state commerce bill. The interest has been increasing daily as the debate pro grossed, till now it is all-absorbing. The telegraph offices are kept busy forward ing and receiving messages relating to the bill. Clubs, labor unions, and rail road officials in other cities are hourly informed by agents here of any change in the outlook. The number of senators who dread to face the issue is said not to lie small. War Thought Inevitable. New York, Jan. 13. The Star' Ixn don cablegram says : Bismarck's speech has created a genera! uneasiness on the continental bourses. It is accepted as a convincing proof that Germany regards war as inevitable and is resolved to be the first in readiness for the field. It is a challenge to France to assume the of fensive as soon as she likes. The tone of the German press is proof of the increas ing strained relations. The. French nreoa generally treats the speech as a warning w ue prcpuxvu nor a vrerman invasion wunoui an nour s oeiay. in rrencn military circles the feehnir is ppneral that the French preparations are not complete but that France will take the e 1 1 t ueiu oeiore uermany. Claverias Hanged at Last. RioixoxD, Virginia, Jan. 14. Thomas J. Cluverios was hanged in this city at 1 p. m. to-day, for the murder of Fannie Madison March 14th last. He made no confession. Ilia case has been a peculiar one, and has gained widespread noto riety. THE OREGON SENATORS. Their Actions and Opinion apoa the later- State Commerce Bill. Wakhisgtwx, Jan. 14. With reference to the adoption by the senate of the con ference retort on the interstate com merce bill, the question will naturally arise, what do these Oregon senators, who have privately consulted with their brother senators on this bill, and have in a measure participated in the discussion arising thereon, think will be the effect of the measure, should it become a law, on' tlie transportation of the northwest? The only answer is, they do not know. They are, however, in precisely the same situation as every other senator in con gress. Not one of them has been able to say to a certainty what will be the ulti mate effect of the bill; but, of course, the majority holds that, as a whole, it will have beneficial results. Dolph voted nay on a motion to recom mit to the conference committee, fearing a recommittal would have the effect to prevent any law being enacted this ses sion. He voted for the bill, although he questions if in practice the clause relat ing to long and short hauls will not be detrimental, if not actually disastrous, to much of the trade of the northwest, and he also questions if it will give that re lief to interior towns which they have looked for. Mitchell states that he voted "aye" on the motion to recommit, as he thought another conference committee would be able to eliminate some of the objection able features of the bill and to incorpo rate others which would be beneficial. He, too, fears that the bill will not give relief to the interior northwest that it is expected to do. Cuicago, Jan. 15. August Spies, the leader of the condemned anarchists, will marry Miss Van Zandt, daughter of a wealthy chemist, in jail on Tuesday. Spies was to have been hanged on De cember 2nd, with the rest of the convict ed bomb-throwers, but his case is now on appeal. A Prairie Fire. Taylor, Texas, Jan. 15. A prairie fire has been raging near this city. Five thousand sheep and an immense amount of pasture and fencing have been des troyed. A SEW TREATY. China ( unrlades that Her People will not A i ml late with Ours. Wamhsgtos, Jan. 10. Secretary Bay ard has completed and will send to the senate, it is said, early next week, a draft of the treaty with China, which it is hoed will meet all the difficulties of the Chinese-immigration question. The treaty is the result of long and frequent confer ences with the Chinese minister, who has been in constant cable communication with his government. Briefly, the treaty provides that the importation of Chinese coolies into this country shall tie stopped by means and precautions to 1 adopted by both governments, with equal care. The treaty is reciprocal, and no American laborers are to lw allowed to enter China. American merchant.' and missionaries are to be fully protected and to be given everv advantage and facility China can furnish. Several other concessions of minor importance are also made. The Chinese minister declares that his gov ernment has come to recognize the fact that his countrymen will never adapt themselves to this country and will never assimilate with Americans. Such being the case, nothing but harm to both coun tries can result from their constant influx here, and the treaty is made on the part of China with the utmost frankness. Some curiosity is expressed among Pacific slope people here as to wheftier the treaty has been so intelligently drawn as to meet the ready evasions which Chinese have handily 'invented, and to prevent the trade in certificates which numbers of Chinamen are carrying on between San Francisco and China, by means of per jury, etc. GKN. MAZEN-S DEATH. The Chief ef the Geveraaaeat Signal Ser vice Dies Suddenly. Washixotos, Jan. 10. Gen. W. B. Hazen, chief signal officer of the United States army, died in this city at 8 o'clock this evening. lie had been ill since Thursday, but no danger was apprehend ed until this afternoon. The cause of his death was diabetes, from which he had suffered for some years; but, of late, he had improved in health and strength, and hopes were entertained of his com plete recovery. The latent ate Commerce It 111. New York, N. Y., Jan. 10. The World says: The passage of the inter state commerce bill is a triumph of the people over- corporations, pool makers, and stock gamblers. The rail itself may not be either perfect or .adequate in all its details. Undoubtedly it is not, but there is sufficient discretion given to the government's agents and enough adjusta bility in the provisions of the bill to in sure against any great injustice or harm to the railroads. The important thing was to assert the power of the people over the corporations that they have created for their service, but which have proved in too many instances instruments of op pression and extortion. The bill does this. It proclaims that the master has not yet abdicated to the, seryaat. , . Trot, N. Y., Jan. 17. Three persons were killed by fuel gas in this city to-day. They were foond sitting as though they had been conversing when the gas over came them. The Domlaioa Parliament Dissolved. Ottowa, Jan. 17. The Dominion par liament has dissolved. The new elec tions have been ordered for February 22. THE FOOLISH GIRL. Mies Van Zandt. to Marry Anarchist Spies, Disowned and Disinherited. Pittsburg, Jan. 17. Upon the receipt of associated press. dispatches from Chi cago saying Mrs. John Arthur, the aunt of Miss Van Zandt, had telegraphed from this city to marriage clerk Zegur, frbid djng him to issue a license for the mar riage of the young lady to Spies, the an archist, a Commercial reporter called upon the lady at her residence, in Oak land, to ascertain the feeling of Miss Van Zandt's friends in regard to her conduct. Mrs; Arthur seemed heart-broken. To the reporter she said: "I sient nearly the entire Sabbath on my knees, in pray er for the infatuated girl, and when I opened the paper this morning, and saw that Mr. Eugene Zegur, the Chicago marriage license clerk, had refused to issue a license, so she could not marry, -I thanked God for what seemed a direct answer to my prayer, and the next thing I did was to send a telegram to Mr. Zegur thanking him for his manliness and cour age in daring to refuse the license. The first intimation which her relatives had of the existing state of affairs was the announcement in the papers Saturday morning last." , , The shock to Mrs. Arthur and to her distinguished father and mother can be readily imagined, especially as Miss Van Zandt's mother, who is the only sister of Mrs. Arthur, had been visiting her pa rents and sister just two weeks previous, and, with the exception of jocularly re marking that Nina expected to marry some nice young man in the spring, had made nothing known, and had not given them the slightest hint in the true direc tion. On reading the news, so great was the prostration of Mrs. Arthur's father, Mr. Wm. B. Clark, that Mrs. Arthur was obliged to write to Van Zandt a message he wished to send. The letter was mailed by 10 o'clock Saturday morning, imploring them to prevent the wedding. This m as closely followed by another, and the Van Zandt family were informed that henceforth they were not to be con sidered in the light of relations ; every connection socially and financially was dissolved forever, and Miss Nina utterly disinherited. Cold Weather. St. Pai l, Jan. 18. The jeople of this section are suffering from excessively cold weather. The thermometer stands thirty-six degrees below zero in this city. The -Western I'nlon's Powerful Rival. New York, Jan. 18. The Post's Mon treal special says: Erastas Wiman, president of the Great Northwestern tel egraph companv, has issued a manifesto to the shareholders of the Montreal Tel egraph company, announcing that the mowy for the dividend due on Jan. 1 has been forwarded from New York, but stat ing that the Western Union company will not guarantee further dividends un til t-o:ne arrangements are made by which the company's rights can le pro tected from its powerful rival, the Can adian Pacific. He says the Canadian Pacific is destroying existing telegrapn interests and rendering them unprofita ble ; that it has no limitation on the ex tent of expenditures, and that the Great Northwestern company 'is not powerful enough to fight it single-handed. The Portland Caottein Houfce. Washisutox. Jan. IS. It will not oc casion great surprise here if within a few days the reMrnt sends to the senate the name of a man to succeed F. N. Shurtleft for collector of custom at Port land. There may or may not be special significance in the fact that less than a week ago Mr. Cleveland sent to the trca nry department for a list of all the appli cants, their indorsements and all accom panying papers. These are now in his hands. It is not his custom to send for snch documents rnless be means busi ness, yet there has been now and then a case where he has done this without im mediate action being the result. PROMINENT APPLICANTS. An official near the president being asked if when application papers are re quested one is warranted in drawing an inference that a new appointment will soon be made, replied with a significant fhrng of the shoulders and ironic empha sis: "Sometimes that is the. remit." Among prominent applicants for this po sition are Hvman Abrams, Frank T. Dodge, and Al. Zeiber. If the strength and comber of recommendations will de cide Mr. Cleveland in the choice of an appointee, Abrams will be tle fortunate man. It is said there have been few, if any, names ever presented from Oregon that had as influential endorsements as has his. Dodge, who left here for New York on the 12th, thence for the west, is largely building on influence from rela tives and friends in this city to give him the position. PACIFIC COAST. News by Telegraph from West of the Rockies. Herder a the Second Decree. 8aJifFAXcuco, Jan. 12. Late this afternoon the jury in the case of George D. Gardiner, charged with the murder of Eugene P. Guindon on August 29 of last year, brought in a veniict of murder in the second degree. The jury had been oat since 12 o'clock yesterday. Defend ant's attorney will immediately move for a new trial. Guindon had escorted Gardiner's daughter to the Mechanics' fair and as they had refreshments after leaving there they did not return to her home until rather late. Gardiner was much irritated at this, and when he heard them arrive he rushed out and shot young Guindon as he was walking away.) - Diphtheria Prevalent. KasJ Francisco, Jan. 12. The preva lence ; of diphtheria is causing much apprehension in this city. During the month of December seventy-six cases of that disease and forty-seven deaths have already been reported this month, Six cases were reported yester day and ten this morning. That portion of the city south of Market street is es pecially infected, owing to the sewerage there being defective. Portlaxo, Or., Jan. 13. John W. Bar zee, a prominent citizen and capitalist of Portland, and owner of the St. Charles hotel building, died in this city at 4 a. m. to-day, of rheumatism. Deceased was well known in business circles, and was one of the promoters of the Morrison street bridge. . . The Case of X. N. Kteevae. Portland, Or., Jan. 13. The case of X. N. Steeves, on trial before Judge Khat tuck for conduct unbecoming a lawyer and a gentleman, is on trial, the defend ant trying to shew cause why he should not be disbarred. A decision will proba bly be reached some time to morrow. THE COWARDLY DTK AM TWR-S. They are Tet at Work oa the San Fran cisco Street Railways. Sax Frascisco, Jan. 13. Residents on Post street, between Lark in and Polk streets, were startled between 7 and 8 o'clock this evening by the sound of a tremendous explosion, and by the shat tering of glass about their ears. A dyna mite cartridge had been placed on the track of the Larkin street branch line of the Sutter street cable road, and had ex ploded under dummy No. 34. The dum my was completely wrecked, and the windows of the car and of the houses in the vicinity were demolished. Mr. Hil derbrandt, his wife and brother, were sitting on the dummy on the side where the explosion took place and they were all thrown into the street. Mrs. Hilder brandt, it is feared, is serionsly injured. She was talen into a neighboring house and medical assistance summoned. Later in the evening she wa conveyed to her home. It was a miracle that there were no others injured, as several iersons were on the dummy. htii.l another. People in the vicinity rushed to the scene of the disaster, and soon, a large crowd congregated. Officer Con boy, who was on the dummy, describing his sensa tion said that the explosion had the ef fect of momentarily stunning him, and it was fullv half an hour before he recov ered his hearing. The excitement caused by this explosion was intensified when it became known that another explosion had taken place on the Sutter street cable road near IHiiont street, about nine o'clock. The explosive, which is believed to have been a giant powder cartridge, was ex ploded ay the dummy wheels running over it. The dummy was disable"! and had to be taken to the car house for re jwir?. It was quickly replaced by a new one and the road continual to operate its can a usual during the remainder of the night. No one was injured by the latter explosion, as the charge in the cartridge evidently was small. The authorities are entirely at a loss as to the authors of these outrages and have as yet not ob tained the slightest clue to the perpetra tors of any of these frequent attempts at the destruction of life and property on the Geary and Sutter street cable roads. Portland, Or., Jas. 14. The steamer N. S. Bentley, recently sunk at Albany, arrived safe here to-dy, and will Ih re paired and rvady for service in a couple of weeks. La T r Sleeves Case. Porti-and, Or., Jax. 14. Lawyer X. N. Steoves ia still on trial. The testimony is very damaging to Mr. Steeves. There will probably be no decision before to morrow. Hearst for the Senate. Sacraxkkto, Jan. 14. Heant was nominated on the first ballot bv the dem ocratic caucus for the U. S. senate. Hearst received 54 votes, Wilsoo 3, Tem ple .1, and Hetlman 3. . Coal Miner' Strike. North Yakima, Jan. 14. There is a strike at the Rosryn Coal mine and forty miners have quit work. About tea ear loads of eoal per day have been passed down the road for a week or more, an l 1 every thing was j-oiftg on well until this strike, which began yesterday and continues.- ; :-... ' The Colaaabla Bridge, Orders have been received to go for ward at once with the building of the Northern Pacific railroad bridge over the Columbia . river between Kennewick and Pasco. DriTlaeot Chinese. Victoria, Jan. 14. The people of Van couver, headed by the mayor, several al dermen, and Knights of Labor, . have driven about 100 Chinese from town, and threaten - the balance, about the same number, who remain. The expelled Chi nese have brought suits against the may or and others, claiming damages in the sum of $5,000. , The Case of Mr. Steevee. ! Portland, Jan. 15. The examination of witnesses in the case of Lawyer Steeves ia still progressing slowly. Gen. Hasea's Saeeeeser. Sas Frascisco, Jan. 10. A special to the Examiner from Washington says: "The next few days' rumor will be busy assigning a successor to Gen. Hazen, whoM death occurred this aveninv. Tha position of chief signal officer carries 51- ' . a! 1 , inn ii wt ranx ana pay oi Dngauier-gen-eral. (ien. Hazen'a mcMMor will he appointed by the president, who may se lect wuomsoever ne pieases, wiinout re gard xo rank. CapL Greely, the Arctic training and experience for the place i wura vuinr vi lira aruir. xie is at present acting in Oen. Hasen's stead. Ibe strongest possible influence will be brought to hoar on PresJdont Cleveland to nominate him as Gen. Ua-i sen a successor. The Case of Lawyer Steeves. Portland, Or., Jan. 17. The decision in the case of." X. N. Steeves, the lawyer who is being tried upon the substantial charge of being a shyster, will probably be announced to-merrow. Erlctlng the Chinese. Victoria, Jan. 17. The Chinese ia Vancouver are still being compelled to move. Hie provincial authorities are inquiring into the matter. It is intended to clear the town of every Chinaman. i ' rris-htfal HehMSMMt, Victoria, Jan. 17. Early Saturday morning the Arlington hotel at New Westminster burned to the ground. Two men, George Campbell and Rufus T. Brown, were burned to cinders. Thoe. McKay jumped from a third story win dow and was fearfully mangled. His feet were driven through a wooden side walk, where he was held and roasted be fore the eyes of the onlookers. The fall mnst have instantly killed him. The building was an old wooden tinder box and collapsed in fifteen minutes. The other inmates escaped in their night clothes. The building and furniture were insured. The fire is thought to be incendiary. Portland, Ob., Jan. 18. Mrs. Kelly, the plaintiff in the breach-of-proraise case against Highfield, of Oregon City, has decided to accept f 7,000 damages, half of the original verdict. Hie costs of the case are nearly $1200. A Rig- Blase. Oakimi.e, Cal., Jan. 13. Five princi pal buildings burned in this city to-day. The loss is 20,000. PORTLAND'S CITY AFFAIRS. Frank Vaughn Resirna ax Hupt. ef streets W. a. Chapman, Klected. Puktlaxd, Or., Jan. 19. Mr. Frank E. Vaughn to-night resigned the office of superintendent of streets, and Mayor (rates appointed and the full council unanimoUKly confirmed W. 8. Chapman to take his place. E. W. Paget t, assist ant surveyor, was then appointed and unanimously confirmed city surveyor in place of W. 8. Chapman. The salary of each of the above officers is twenty-four hundred dollars per year. Four prisoners escaped from llic county jail this evening. I" i!Ti.Axn, Jan. 1!. The decision in the Mves case will he announced on Saturday. It is snowing quite - briskly htv a! p. m. ' . Dynamite Explosion. l'..r uiklphja, Jan. 19. A telegram fr iu .' "om, Pennsylvania, says that a tmrk ..-ntaining dynamite exploded hT" -. .lay and wrecked a baggage car on jN Pennsylvania railroad. Several -r -.- were injured. The owner of the rrunk vaa arrested, but denies that it contained explosives. Cant Marry Spies. Cub too, Jan. 19. The sheriff denies admission into the jail of Miss Van Zandt, the pretty and foolish heiress who wants to marry Anarchist Fpies to-morrow, so the marriage will not take place. A CURE FOE DYSPEPSIA. Citizen (seeking free information) If yon had a case of dyspepsia, doctor, what would yoa do? Physician I would treat the patient with my best professional skill and charge bim a fair price for it. Tt ia rainy weather bat T. . Cstterlin roes richt sheed laaaliMT the floeet photographs ever tamed oat ia the city, rata of shine. FOREIGN. Eecord of News from Orer the Atlantic1 I. Earopeaa ASalra. Lojtdok, Jan. 16. Defeat 'bf the army bill 5 29 majority, and the dissolution of the reichstag were not the end bat the be ginning of a new struggle between the two opposing forces, bound up in the Ger man constitution. Good judges think it is doubtful whether the government can win the elections, bat gain of fifteen members would give them a majority. Taxation grievances, socialism, partico Urism, clericalism, and many other Influ ences will be invoked against llismarck, but the: German people Know Bismarck intends to have his own way in any measure which he deems vital to the em pire, and will dissolve the next reichstag if it proves intractable, as ;he has dis solved this one. The talk about France seizing the occasion' to attack Germany is idle. What France will do is to vote the larger credits which General Boulanger asks for the army. ... .. A Speck ef .War, , Losook, Jan. 17. Dispatches from Constantinople state the fact that re in- ' forcements have been sent from Constan tinople to Crete. An outbreak is feared on this historical island of the Mediterra nean against the Turkish authorities. It is only since 18G9 that the Cretans bsvo been subject to the Turkish yoke, and se riouajrouble is feared. The Staale Expedition. Loxdon, Jan. 17. Henry H. Stanley told a reporter to-day that the Emir Bey relief expedition will go by the way of Zanzibar; that the enterprise would cost $100,000, and that it would leave Zanzi bar composed of 1000 men. Of these eight would be English and the rest natives of Zanzibar. Stanley said he expected that news of the progress of the expedition would reach Europe by July. The Emperor Pained by the Defeat. Ba-RU, Jan. 17. Emperor William, in receiving the president of the Prussian laodtag to-day. referred to the dissolu tion of the reichstag and the rejection of the army bill. "The rejection of this measure, so important for the preserva tion of peace to Germany , the emperor said, "has deeply saddened me. liter so many happy days have been vouch safed to me in my old age, and especial ly after completing eighty years of service in the army, the rejection of the bill im pressed me deeply and most painfully. It is impossible, from a military point of view, to regard the three years' bill pro posed by the majority of the reichstag as sufficient. I hope the government meas ures will be passed in the near future." A la HIbba. Paris, Jan. 18. The chief clerk of the postoflice of this city has stolen forty thousand dollars, and fled. His where abouts are unknown to the French au thorities. A ItrftUh Gunboat Wrecked. Loxdox, Jan. 18. The British gunboat. "Firm" was wrecked on the Northum berland coast. Nineteen of the crew were saved. The fate of the others ia unknown. IRISH EVICTIONS. The Tenants Resist the Police and IUlliOfc The OMeers Return. PruLix, Jan. 18. The sheriff and force of police from Gwedone, while on the way to evict tenants at Bloody Fase- land, county Donegal, to-day, found the road blockaded with immense granite boulders, and were obliged to proceed on foot. The blowing of horns and rimrintr of bells brought together a large crowd of peasants, who threatened the polk l . tl rrX . a wiut violence, i ne ponce resisted, and were assaled with s shower of stones. A desperate fight ensued, in which five po lice were badly wounded. A priest who was present finally quieted the peojler and thy allowed tlie police to proceed. A tenant named Gallagher was evicted, but for various reasons the other tenants were left undisturbed. Meantime the people carried Gallagher back to bis nouMo. made a fire, and reinstated him. The priest then persuaded the people to allow the police to retire. While the sheriff and his escort were on the way nome masses oi granite were rolled down the hillside, and the officers narrowl" escaped injury. It is thought no further attempts will be made to enforce the writs. A Panic, and Loss of Life. ' Loxrxnr, Jan. 18. To-night the He brew Dramatic Club gave an entertain ment at the theater. Princess street. Kbit- al fields, which was attended by about w people, mostly Jews. Some one in the gallery, for a joke shouted "Fire!" ine gas was turned off, and a terrible panic followed. The people rushed in a olid mass for the doors. When the panic subsided it was found that twelve women and youths bad been trampled to death, in the rush, and many othera In- .; jared. ,;'..-.-. A Better Price for WooL Lcrcdos, Jan. 18. Since the last sales s good demand for woo) has been main tamed, which is chiefly attributed to an improved French trade. Four thousand bales have been sold at an advance of b to 10 per cent, over tlie lowest prices of December. This, with the light stock in most markets, brightens the prospects for the sales whk hj commence, on Jan nary 25, .