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itiiflaiiilfalrr JL VAN SlYKE, Editor Mi PvMislwr. JBY, - - - ILLINOIS. W U G G S T S O F G O L D MOM EVERY QUARTER OP THB GLOBE. PV I*t*Ili(«ii«* Buriiwl ^Wh* ftwn Distent Landi »n<t at Hom*-Th« CTMHI of the Wows Gktlwnd &«ai All Qosttcn of the World. M V ACTION ON WINDOM'S T>SATH. §§j^£;4,lsselntIoi»s of B^spfcc Adopted and a Cm* (?'/- ' ntttM Appointed to Attend th« FnnmL «>A ^ T THE solemn and impressive duty of an- r^iKrandBK the death of Secretary Wlndom to the Senate was performed toy Mr. MorriU, v» f/, the venerable "Father of the Senate." TO*®" thc Senate was called to order on the ^ - tiBorniug of the 30th, nearly every Senator '• i«> his seat, and it was obvious from the air of solemnity that pervaded the cham- ber that something out of the ordinary had k»\r.,' occurred. There was also an air of sadness ° i :• i® House, and unusual attention was paid to the prayer of the Chaplain. Reso- hitlODS of respect were adopted and a com- .'Vf' ®»i*tee appointed to attend the funeral. v;Both houses then adjourned until after the fit- ^tennent. ,vv' FAILURE AT BUTT# Attachments Levied on ah« S'ore of James B. BoyCP, Jr., & Co. AT Butte City, Mont., an attachment f.if' f v • was levied on the store of James it* 'Boyco, Jr., A Co., one of the oldest and ("V .0 \ largest dry goods houses in the West, for i=y;#8l^000, forcing an assignment. Tho £.v3M»et8 are stated to be (125,000; liabili- >„ t'J: j ties estimated at S100.000. a , (• v : •" Several Battle in Chill. „ F\FJ; THERE have been desperate AND *an- *'•> ,quinary battles fought in the provinces V »f Chili between the rebel forces and the -'«overnmont troops. Many have been on both sides, but the reports are i* conflicting as to which side proved vic- Htarfcras. Twelve thousand Chilian Gov- '}lf «rnment troops, dispatched from Valpa- V t Taisoagainst the insurgents, have revolt- X,./ - ad and joined the rebel forces. Whole Town WJpwl Ont • » FIRE wiped out the little town of ifcygnet, Ohio. Six blocks were burned, ^ r' and the following persons are known to >|Uhve perished in the flames: C. Malo«ey. Frank Satterly, Gertrude Sat- I?;? 'n |teriy. The loss virill reach $100,000, with . little i uq insurance. The causa is un- fr'/ known. • Beliff ft»r fcaAim. , THE Nebraska House indefini&Ty post- V * rponed the bill providing for a recount of ; 4 the votes cast at the late election on the ?V,r prohibitory amendment. The bill ap- propriating $100,000 for the relief of the drought sufferers in the western . a"1"'. 1 "part of the State was passed by a unani- jL. ^ mous vote. . An English ttattnem Gone. \ CHARLES • BRAI>LAU<?H, the eminent ^ free thinker and member of the House «f Commons for Northampton, died at /J*,* X<ondoa Mr. Bradlaugh was one of M the most remarkable men that England ffi m*' H m. produced during the last half cent- •; ~J?' Tak«a to Washington. THE remains of the late Secretary fi'J "Windom were taken to Washington, ac­ companied by a large-party of prominent ^IJew York men. Congress has adjourned > s mark of respect, and public build- tfly ti*g» at half-rnast. 4 ---------- / A Crazy Miniate* Sentenced* *__ Norw ITUSTANIMN-G his mind is Af­ fected. Rev. William Mitchell, of Fort Worth, Tex., is found guilty of forgery and smfeaiced to two years' imprison­ ment * i; . „ ^ , 'l| . to Q«H Bwla-w. [ A \ §»!>* DiKEcfoKS of the Anglo-Kevada As­ surance Company at San Francisco re­ solved to reduce the capital stock from «2,000,000 to $500,000 preparatory to go­ ing out of business. ^ 'A Wf Shut Down. THE Bellefonte (Pa.) Furnace Com­ pany's furnace, ore banks, and quarries shut down for an indefinite period, owing to an increase in freight tariffs, throw- 6C0 men out of employment. , Stricken with Death " NEWS of the sudden demise of Fraucia R Ogden, e.v-Consul to Bristol, England, '.V1', from heart disease, comes from New IlsmrlN jBack Go. THK Missouri Senate passed a resolu­ tion pledging itself not to appropriate any money for the World's Fair should the force bill become a law. Failures for the Week. • BDMWKSS failures for the week nom- "ber 320, as compared with 380 last week, and 391 in the corresponding week of 1603. Little Girl Killed. KATIK •KOJ-HKF, 8 years old, died at Pittsburg, the result of a wound inflict- ed by a stone thrown by an unknown tor- The WMOTH Way. Two MASKED men entered a San Fran- dloo store, held four persons at bay, iiole #300, and escaped. W>;' Wi 't mw Scared to JOHN ABOKEN, a stockman who was a passenger on a train wrecked by an open Bwitch near Kansas City, died of fright. Sculptor's Wile Dead Mps* HALL, the wife of Thomas Ball, the American sculptor, died at Florence, Italy. Senator Hearst Improving. SKHATOK HKABST'S condition is report­ ed improving. To Share Prod's. TH* proprietor of the horn factory at Silchart, Ind., Colonel C G. Conn, has appointed six of his employes a board of managers of his establishment, and pro­ pose to divide next year's profits with JrisluMids. fanncM Coablne. OWMBS of twenty-one furnaces and rolling mills in the Mahoning and Shenandoah valleys, representing a capi­ tal of over 56,000,000 and employing 20,000 men, formed a combination, thrashed off above the knees. He will die. GIANT POWDER exploded at Crafts' Station, N. Y., and literally blew Section Fpreman Connelly to pieces. His re­ mains wouldn't All a peck measure. IT is estimated that the damage done by the great storm that swept the East will not fall short of &f>,OO0,OCK). FOUR workmen at the Duquosne steel works in Pennsylvania were fatally burned by molten steel. AT Youngwood, Pa , 107 bodies have been recovered from the mine, and it is thought that forty-four more are yet in­ terred. So far no evidence Is found that hny of the dead victims lived a second after the explosion. SEVERAL workmen were seriously in­ jured by an explosion at Arlington, N. J., which demolished the celluloid fac­ tory.' ' " : l4 WESTERNHAPPENINQ*. LATEST advices are that Capt. God­ frey and six soldiers of the Seventh Cav­ alry were fatally injured in the Union Pacific wreck at Irving, Kan. THR cause of the Indian scare in Min­ nesota lies in the fact that Swedes and Norwegians stole timber from the reser­ vations. MOKMOX DELEGATE CAINK, at Wash­ ington, denies that Mormons are about to leave Utah. He says increasing num­ bers demand more room, and that but a colony will go to Mexico. THE Northern Facific paint shop at Brainerd, Minn., burned, causing a loss Of §50,000. .THE body «f B. H. Campbell, the Chicago millionaire, who so mysterious­ ly disappeared from his home Thanks­ giving l)ay, was found floating in the river. The corpse was easily recogniz­ able- The discovery greatly simplifies the..settling of his large estate. AT Holliday, Kan., C. A. Hoy and his wife were struck by a passenger train. Mrs. Hoy was instantly killed, and her husband severely wounded. They had been married only about a month. AT Chicago the Western Refrigerator Company's building was fired by explod­ ing ammonia and totally destroyed. The loss is 9100,000; fully covered by insur­ ance. THK building of the Western Art As­ sociation at Omaha, Neb., collapsed while a wall was being repaired. Bou- guereau's "Return of Spring," Valued at $20,000, and other costly pictures were ruined. AT Downieville, Cal., John Treblno died of trichiniasis, another of the family is dangerously sick, and two others are recovering from the same disease. They all ate half-cooked pork Dec. 29. MRS. ANDREW DAVIS and Mrs. Mey­ ers, at Osgood, Ind., assaulted Miss Ida Ewing in church, and beat her so it is thought she will die. ' THE State National Bank of Kansas City went into voluntary liquidation. It was organized in January, 1887, with a capital of $250,000. GEORGE J. GOODMAN and Ed Hunt, of Kansas City, were soundly cowhided by the mothers of two girls they had en­ ticed away. JUDGE THAYER, at St. Louis, dis­ missed a suit against Selwyn Edgar for violating the alien contract labor law on the ground that there was no con­ tract, as Edgar in a letter asking two men in England to come over to work for him and inclosing tickets to St. Louis had said he could give them steady Work, not that he ^ould. TEN tramps attempted to take pos­ session of a passenger tmin at Tip­ pecanoe, Ohio. They attacked the train crew with knives; the latter were re-en­ forced by the engine men, and finally drove the tramps out of the car after shooting three of them, two mortally. AT Bellaire, Ohio, the principal of a ward school chastised a 14-year-old girl pupil for chewing gum. She went home crying, but later returned, accompanied by her mother, when both attacked the teacher, gouging his eyes so that it is thought he will lose his sight THE Cherokee strip is swarming with boomers. The DILL-O'Cotanor colony, numbering 2,500, containing none but well-equipped farmers, is the most prom­ inent and has started tho town of Enid. IT was reported that the wheat crop of Nebraska was 10,000,000 bushels short of the amount reported by the Governor, and that the growing crop was in bad condition. AT Park Side, 111., the body of Nicholas Siennas was found lying in the bushes, with thirty-three wounds in its trunk. It was evidently the work of an Italian with a stiletto. EIGHT men are imprisoned in raging flames in the Chaplin Mine, Michigan. All shafts are closed down to prevent air from fanning the furious blaze. T. A. MANN, of Minden, Neb., becom­ ing enraged at a cow, tied her in a stall and sawed her legs off. He was com­ pelled to flee to escape lynching. WHEAT touched the dollar point at St. Louis, causing much excitement among the bear element and heavy losses. No failures were reported. JOHN NIMSS, % horsethief, was shot in Montana. The balance of the fahg^was arrested. \ ) GEORGE E. CRAWFORD, ex-Governo^of Kansas, died at Grand Junction,' Col. BECAUSE he couldn't win her love, Charles Goble of Kansas City shot Anna Luther and killed himself. Mr m • '"DM 1 Gift ®8|ry and Dan wouadfftg John Austin, a «»Ior«il triaiiu GABE STRICKLAND, a convicted mur­ derer at Amite City, La., was forcibly taken from the Sheriff by hfs friends. ROBERT DOTSON and John Banks fell under a train on the Louisville & Nash­ ville road at Memphis, Tenn., and were instantly killed. The men were stealing a ride. » AT Fort Smith, Ark., Deputy United States Marshal Bass Reeves was shot and kirled by a negro outlaw named Ned Christie. Christie was being ar­ rested for a murder committed some time ago. E C KEEBLK, of Selma, Ala., head of the Keeble Company, which failed for 9250,000 a few days ago, has fled the State. OUT of a capital stock of 9165,000, President Moore of the People's Bank, at Fayetteville, S. C., left 965,000. He Is arrested. . . • POLITICAL PORRIDGE. tx grand committee the Rhode TsTanB Legislature declared Oscar Lapham (Dem.) elected to Congress from the First District There was no election in tho Second District, and a new election will be ordered. A committee reported that in both districts 2,045 defective bal­ lots were cast THE result of the canvass conducted by two farmers' papers shows that Cleve­ land is the choice of Democratic farm­ ers by a vote of 71,787 to 17,118 for Hill. Republicans are for Blaine by 39,200 to 31,013 for Harrison. THE Wisconsin Legislature, by a vote of 82 to 45, has elected W. F. Vilas, ex- Secretary of the Interior, to succeed Senator Spooner in the United States Senate. W. A. PEFFER, F. M. B. A. candidate, is elected by the Kansas Legislature to succeed John J. Ingalls in the United States Senate. JOHN P. JONES was re-elected United States Senator from Nevada for the fourth time, receiving 54 votes ofttof 6& FOREIGN GOSSIP. Tbk Liberal party in England has espoused the cause* of the Scotch railway strikers. DEBATE in the Reichstag shows an oyerwhelming, sentiment in favor of the admission of American pork, and the prospect is that the embargo will be quickly removed. SOUTHEASTERN'Russia is suffering ter­ ribly from cold and starvation. Many deaths are reported. The worst snow storm for years prevailed, isolating many towns. * THE barque City of Papeete brings news of a serious revolt against French rule at Tahiti. The natives want the United States to protect them. LONDON physicians have given op hope of the recovery of Leonard W. Jerome. Mr. Jerome is probably th most noted man in racing circles America. SEVERAL leprous Russians and Rqes- sian Jews have sailed from Odessa fbr America. Quarantine officers are watc ing all ports._ FRESH AND NEWSY. t Ih- THE revolutionists in Chill bombarding Porto Coquimbo, and ha blockaded the port of Tongoy. Limacfie Alto and Quillota are in their contr< >1. Three thousand government troops a ordered to Porto Coquimbo. S. B. MARTIN, qf Texas, returned fr<lm England,^ says the sentiment there js greatly in favor of American dressed beef. Our inspection laws have i^stoi; ̂ confidence. . ^ h AT Alcatraz Island, near San*1mLn- cisco, Surgeon Wm. D. Dletz, of we Fifth Artillery, killed his wife and then suicided. Insanity, THE Nickel Plate Road has declaimed its first dividend--3H per cent on fijfst preferred stock. • i IN his will, Historian Bancroft be­ queaths his entire estate in trust to his relatives. CAVITT'S glass packing-rooms at Pitjts- burg, Pa , burned; loss, 25,000; fully "in­ sured. The Central Church of Christ, newly completed but never used, burned at Detroit, Mich.; loss, §28,000; insur­ ance, ?10,000. • • . THE missionary ship Phoebe Chapman, which sailed from Honolulu a year ago in charge of Elder Cudeny, of Nebraska, is given up as lost. Wreckage from her is reported from Tahiti islands. A TERRIFIC storm at the island of Mas- sowah caused tho death of over on& hun­ dred people and enormous loss of prop­ erty. THE cruiser San Francisco has , re­ turned to Mare Island Navy Yard from her final trial trip. Members of the ex­ amining board and all officers speak in the highest terms regarding the tea- going qualities of the ship. - REPRESENTATIVES of evt;ry linseed oil mill in the country, handling 13,000,000 bushels of linseed yearly, met and Ad­ vanced the price of oil 50 cents jser barrel. i j EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Peter's Valley, N. J., bears haveljie- ieome so bold and numerous that farmers fcave been compelled to begin a hunt for tneir extermination to save their stock. B. B. HOPKINS, a prominent Wall atreet broker, cut his throat while tem­ porarily insane. He will die. AT Boston, while drunk, John Kelly wot his father, aged 70, through the head, killing him instantly. Jonr BASKK, while oiling machinery at Pittsburg, Pa., was caught by a shaft whirled arouna until his tags ware 80UTHERN INCIDENT!. COL. G. H. SNYDER of San Marcos,Tex., shot his wife, while in presence of two children. The couple had been twice divorced, but remarried. She was a daughter of the late Chief Justice Under­ wood of Georgia. No cause assigned; he claims it was an accedent. IN Mercer County, Ky., a mad stallion attacked a jackass. After a long strag­ gle the jack killed the stallion, but was himself so badly hurt that he had to be shot SOUTHERN steel company workmen at Chattanooga, Tenn., threaten to expose the company for violation of the contract labor law if the proposed 10 per cent re­ duction in wages is enforced. CITIZENS of Woodville, Miss., in mass- meeting adopted a resolution warning S. A. Bradford, who wrecked a pay train on the L., N. O. & T. Railroad recently, and escaped punishment through a technicality, to leave the country im­ mediately and never to return, on pain of death. WILSON HOWARD, the famous Ken­ tucky desperado who has killed eight men, was arrested at San Francisco and taken to Missouri, to answer to a mur­ der charge. THE West Virginia Legislatnre has passed a resolution to make no appro­ priation for the world's fai-r until the fate of the election bill is decided- AT Overton, Texas, the boiler of the &. Henry saw-mlli exploded, killing 3.00- @ 6.00 .94 at .05 .49^# .00 .Oft# M .70 # .72 .23 @ .98 .10 @ .10)$ M & .SB .90 E .90 MARKKT REPOKT8. CHICAGO. CATTU--Common to Prime.... »8.25 0 0.75 Boos--Shipping Ontdei 3.00 <$8.75 BnzF WHBAT--No. Si Bed Co**--No. 9 OATS--No. 9 Bra--No. 9 Btrmw--Choice Creamery OHUO-Full Cream, flats...... £oos--Freeh POTATOES--Western, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. OmxK--Bblpplng Hoa»-- Choice Light 8mt*p--Common to Prime...... WH*AT--No. 9 Bed C09X--No. 1 White OATS--Mo. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CARU Hops WHXAT-- MO. 9 Bed. COBW--NO. i OATS--No. S BAULKY--Iowa. CINCINNATI. CATTLB.. Hoos Shbep "W KB AT--No. 8 Bed. COBH-- No. 9 OATS--No. 3 Mixed MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2Spring. CORN--No. s OATS--No. 2 White BTK-- NO. 1 BABLEY--No. 9 • DBTBOIT. CATTLE Boos SSOEP WHEAT--No. 9Red COBM--No. 9 Yellow OATS-NO. 2 White „ TOLEDO. WHEAT... COBN--Cash OATS--No. 9 White BUFFALO. CATTLK--Oood to Friuie Boos--Modium and Heavy WHSAT-No. 1 Hard Co an--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLK--Common to Prim* Hoos--Light BHKEP--uedium to Good ILAMBB NEW YOBK. •CATTLE Hoos SBEIP WHEAT--NO. 9 BED... Co**--No. 9 OATS-Mixed Wee ten .... DEATH WlHIIISIJ CLOSES A NOTABLE NEW fORK BANQUET. nrtiutom Suddenly Ksptrea--Xn- Ennuti -- A Kotsbta • Heart th* >> Caam~4fc*t«h of the Deocsud States- teats* tfaitsneat Life 811 iffed Out - [New York dispatch.] The Ho J. William Wlndom, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, died to­ night at 1<|A5 o'otock in tho banquet hall at Delmonico's. where be was the guest of the New York Board of Trade and Transport ation. His had been the first toast of the evening. , Be had f i n i s h e d h i s r e ­ sponse, had seated himself, swooned at once, and died al­ most immediately. This was to have been a night of a feast of reason and flow of soul at Del­ monico's. The New Y o r k B o a r d o f Trade and Trans­ portation was to sit BBCRRTARTWX. WISDOM. AT IT9 nineteenth annual dinner, and the great gold hall was bright with light and color. And feasting there wa| happy and unrestrained, but death too, sat at tho board, and the only soul that Sowed out wa< that of the na­ tion's financial head. Ills spirit fled away at the close of his speaking, which was the first of the night, and th 0 last. Tho dinner, which began at 6 o'clock, was completed shortly after 9 o'clock, and Mr. Windom, introduced by Judge Arnoux, arose to speak, being the first speaker of the evening. He responded to the toast: "Our Country's Prosperity Dependent Upon Its Instruments of Commerce." ' He finished his speech at 9:55 o'clock. It had been remarked that he was reading it off hurriedly from the printed copy, going faster and faster as he neared the end, and at last be requested the audience not to applaud. A quiver of fear shot through the as­ semblage, like an electric shock, when he finished. Mr. Window was standing erect under the glare of the gas-lights, while the faces of the most famous body of men In the coun­ try all turned toward him. Something was the matter, they know not what. For a moment the Secretary of the Treasury stood silent, while the banqueters, equally silent, watched him. It was a moment that no one who was present will ever forget. Then Mr. Wlndom sat down quietly, too quietly many thought, in his seat, and Toastmaster Judge Arnoux arose to Introduce ex-8ecretary of State Bay­ ard as the next speaker. He be­ gan a short speech, but had not pro­ ceeded far when Mr. Windom gave a short, sharp moan of anguish and fell back in his chair. His face grew purple; his lower limbs stiffened and stretched out, of their own accord apparently, under the table; his eyelids opened and shut spasmodically, but there was no gleam of Intelligence in the eyes, which were rapidly losing the lnster of life. For only a moment he appeared thus. A cry went up from those sitting near the guest table. "Look! Look at Mr. Wlndom!" Every eye was turned toward the man whose voice had just ceased upon the ale. At the rear of the hall many stood, and many echoed tho cry that Mr. Windom had collapsed In his chair and was falling to the floor. His face was ghaatly, and a cry of horror arose from the late festive ban­ queters. i There was an Immediate rush on the part of all toward Mr. Windom's chair, but sev­ eral doctors who were present at the dinner got there first and drove the others back. They were Drs. 8. A. Robinson, Durant, Whitney, Fisher, and Bishop. , Dr. Robinson bent down, and making a close examination of the prostrate form, discovered that the heart was yet beating, and with the assist­ ance of Judge TrUax, Captain Snow, and one or two others, lifted him to his. feet, deathly pale. He was carried Into the room behind the banquet hall, and everything was done to resuscitate him. Messenger^ -Jcere hastily dispatched for electric batteries, and as many as four were applied to his body, which was rapidly growing cold. This was exactly at 10.05 p. m. For six minutes the electric shocks were applied Incessantly, but without aaccess. He was then pronounced dead by Drs. Bob- lnson and Durant. "I would say that the causc of his death was apoplexy." said Dr. Robinson, "If it was not for the history of heart disease. I am Inclined to think that heart disease killed him. Mr. Windom was subject to fits of heart failure. On Tuesday last he was seized with an attack while on the steps of the Treasury at Washington, but he did not lose consciousness, and was able to take care of himself.•" At 10:11 p. ra. Judge Arnoux came out of the rooril where lay Mr. Windom and an­ nounced to the diners that Secretary Wln­ dom, whom they had the pleasure of hear­ ing only a few minutes before, had breath- n&ls last. "He is dead," he said. This was the fearful announcement, ut­ tered In a voice midway between a sob and a whisper, that floated through that gayly bedecked banquet hall, around which still hung, like a funeral pall, the smoke of the after-dinner cigar. "He is dead!" The words went to the heart of every man who heard them. Could they believe it? That tho brilliant orator of a few minutes before, that glowed with enthusiasm in pre­ dicting his future policy in the Treasury, was now only inanimate clay. His voice was forever silenced, and his last words were for his country. Every man looked at his n3ighbor with blanched cheeks. Death had indeed been with them at their feast, and taken from the throng one of the nation's chief officers. William Wlndom, Secretary of the Treas­ ury, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 10, 1837. His parents had Immigrated to that region from Virginia. He was brought up on a farm, was educated In the academy at Mt. Vernon. Ohio, studied law, and was admitted to practice in 1850. He became Prosecuting Attorney for Knox County in 1852. In 1855 he settled in Winona, Minn. Join­ ing the Republican party, he gained a repu­ tation as an orator, and in 1858 was sent to Congress. Ho was a member of the House of Representatives for ten years, serving on the Committees on Public Lands and Expenditure, and on the special committee on the rebellious States, and for three years as Chairman of the Com­ mittee on Indian Affairs. He. was ap­ pointed United States Senator in 1870 to fill an unexpired term, and was afterward elected for a new term and re-elected in 1877. In 1881 he resigned on being selected by President Garfield for the post of Secre­ tary of the Treasury. He resigned when Vice President Arthur succeeded to the Presidency, and engaged in railroad and other financial enterprises, making his home principally in New York, until he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Harrison March 4, 1889. '.61% .47»<i .46* .96H9 .07 .51*® .521* .40* 4.00 @ 5.00 *60 & 4.00 1.07fc@L#8K 4.00 8.25 4.00 0.00 9JS0 Some State Statistics.. lffcTAt>A contains 109,740 square miles; was settled in 1860 at Washoe, and was admitted into the Union on Oct. 31, 1864. OHIO contains 40,760 square miles; was settled in 1788 at Marietta, and was ad­ mitted into tho Union on Nov. 29, 1802. OREGON contains 94,560 square miles; was settled in 1811 at Astoria, and was admitted Into the Union en Feb. 12, 1859. COLORADO contains 103|645 square miles; was settled In 1858 at Denver, and was admitted into the Union on.Aug. 1, 1876. IOWA contains 55,275 sqnare miles; was settled In 1788 at Dubuque, and was admitted into the Union on Dec. 28, 1846. MICHIGAN contains 57,430 square miles; was settled in 1670 at Detroit, and was admitted into the Union on Jan. 26, 1837. MISSOURI contains 68,735 sqnare miles; was settled in 1764 at St. Louis, and was admitted into the Union on Aug. 10, 182L MAINZ contains 39,895 square miles; was settled in 1665 at Bristol, and was admitted into th* tJalon on Marth 15, THE STORM'S WILD HAVOC WITH TELEGRAPH WIRES. BvsImm Suspend Ml tar Twenty - four Hoers--£qp»! to the tttlsuurd »f 'HT Vessels Overtlue an t Not Reported. fNew York dispatch.} t For the first time In tho history of the great telegraph and telephone companies which center in this city they are com pletely paralyzed. Never before have they experienced such complete, and absolute havoc. The conditio^ of their lines during the memorable blizzard was nothing compared with the state of things telegraphic to-day. The storm of yesterday was by all odds the worst that the telegraph companies have ever had to deal with. The sleet £torm in 1887 had the record for general havoc, be­ cause it laid low every wire belonging to any company in this town.. But yesterday's storm went further even than that. An idea of what wrecking of lines was done may be gathered from the fact that out of 1,500 running out of this city the Western Union company has but three wires working this monrn- ing. The rest, ^rith the poles that sup­ ported them, now lie beside railroad tracks and aexoss fields and are caught in trees. The Post* Telegraph Company act­ ually bad not one wire working out from the city, while the Metropolitan Tele­ graph and Telephone Company roughly estimates--it has not yet had time to learn the exact damage--that 2,500 of its wires have been laid low. The total damage to the companies mentioned which will result from this condition of affairs is estimated at $500,000. Two weeks' unceasing effort will be required to get the wires back into the condition which existed before the storm broke and tare down the poles and wires. Between Philadelphia and Trenton and between that point and Now Brunswick the telegraphic equipment is totally wrecked. Along the line of the Penn­ sylvania road, the poles and wires are scatt3red about on the ground. All the Eastern wires are down between Will­ iams Bridge and Stamford, and all Western wires between Williams Bridge and Croton Falls are in the same condi­ tion. At Pleasantville, which is just back of Sing Sing, every wire 1s down for a distance of two miles. Every one of the company's wires which run along the line of the West Shore railroad is down south of Cornwall. The poles in the same direction are also lying beside the railroad track. The Western Union wires whitfh run through New Jersey are piled into small heaps. On Jersey flats not a pole can be seen standing across the meadows. Re­ ports of that kind the company received from employes, who came in on trains this morning. The total number of wires usually working to the north and west is 200. Tho company has in the neighborhood of 1,500 wires rendered useless. In this city the number of wires down is roughly estimated at 4,500, and the number of poles down or broken at 250. In addition to the forest of poles that were strewn about the street many were hanging in a dangerous condition. Gangs of men were busy removing the snow and wreck, and toward afternoon matters began to assume a more cheer­ ful appearance. A long, thick, heavy veil of mist shuts out from view the Long Island, New Jersey and Staten Island shoros, while down the lower bay the mist from yesterday's storm hung like a heavy fog. It"was impossible to report any incom­ ing vessels from the highlands or Sandy Hook. Not only were they not discern­ ible but the wires had been broken down by the heavy fall of snow and the gale that blew while the storm was in prog­ ress. Soon after daylight two big Atl^n* tic steamships loomed up at quarantine, Incrusted in snow and ice, their shrouds fringed with snow. They were the French line steamship La Bretagne and the Ounard steamship Aurania. Both of these vessels were due yester­ day, but owing to the severity of yester­ day's storm and the heavy seas that were running they were compelled to slacken their speed. The ships were not re­ ported from the Hook and thiir arrival was known only when they reached a position where they could bo seen with glasses from the barge office. There was no way of communicating with quarantine, a3 the wires could not be made to work. Lookouts were placed in the tower of tho barge office with glasses in order to sight and report ves­ sel arrivals. The wires between this city and Fire Island and Barnegat also were down and not a ship was reported from either place. As far as could be seen from the barge office the bay was strewn with vessels with their whole canvas spread out to dry. It presented a picture that is rarely seen, and afforded pleasure for many curiosity-seekers. Rolls and tangled nets of telegraph, telephone, and electric wires filled Brook­ lyn's streets, causing a damage esti­ mated at $150,000. APPALLING DISASTER IN A PENNSYLVANIA COLUfcRY. Dissatisfied with the Gentiles. There is no little excitement at Ogden, Utah, over the coming biennial election. The present Gentile administration has had many enemies, and there is a strong anti-ring feeling in the Liberal party, and a citizens' party has been formed which ignores the old party lines and will endeavor to place Mormons on its ticket. This new party has secured control of a number of the wards, and it is expected unless a satisfactory ticket is nominated that the Citizens' party will by securing the Mormon vote make a close race for the control of the city. To Tex Patented Mining CUbna. There is considerable uneasiness among mining men in Nevada on account of a movement in tho Legislature to tax all patented mining claims in the State. If carried out, this revenue alone will in- creasure the Treasury many thousands of dollars. The Toxu Pistol Lav. The bill amending the pistol law so as to eliminate the imprisonment feature of thirty days was killed in the Texas House. The law remains the same. It fines the pistol carrier $25 to $200 and imprisons him in jail thirty to ninety days, but the latter is not imperative. G. A. K. Appointment. Commander-in-chief ;W. G. Veasey, of the G. A. R., has appointed ex-Gov. R. J. Oglesby a member of the National Memorial-Hall Committee in place of Judge Walter Q. Grcsham, who de­ clines. \ . n«edmea\i Aid Society. The Freed men'9 Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church is now hold­ ing a jubilee at (Cincinnati by way of celebrating the resnlts of the work of a quarter of a century. tittle Colorado Strike. The Colorado Springs Electric line has been tied up. The conductors and motor men have struck on account of a reduc­ tion in their wages from 955 per month to $49.50. A Spaniard Banged. Ramon Lopez WAS hanged at Santa iM.th, .wu a* j* |*Mr- Cw-v lipliMtiw of Fir® Damp--Kvery -Man Vet lastMit Xfcpath--Rodiex Frightfully MM- 8eene*-Offer* of Aiiiit- M>*0 elKly-Hve Bodies Meoovered. [Youngwood (Pa.) dispatch.] an explosion of gas at Mammoth Mines No. 1, 110 men were killed. Sixty- five bodies wore recovered. The mine is on fire, and it lis believed tho unfortu­ nate dead will be cremated before it is possible to reach • them. An army of men is at work In the pit endeavoring to stay the fire and recover the dead bodies. They are making little headway, how­ ever. A car-load of coffins was received this evening. One hundred and ten men were em­ ployed in that part of the mine in which the explosion occurred, and not one was loft to tell, the story of the disaster. Not more than fifty men were killed by the explosion. The others were overcome by the after-damp. While some of the bodies were horribly burned, torn, and mutilated, others were found with their teeth clinched on the iron rail of the pit road. Others were found with their faces plunged Into the water. Not a few knolt as if in prayer when their un­ timely end came. Fire-boss Sneath was identified only by his gum-boots. He must have been nearest the explosion. His body was scattered about in dozens of^pleces. His head was pulled from his shoulders. Both his legs were torn off. His cloth­ ing wa9 ripped into shreds. That part of his body recovered was roasted and blackened. His mutilated body was found where the explosion is supposed to have occurred. His safety lamp was shattered into numberless pieces. His left hand clutching his lamp was found over one hundred feet from the trunk of his body, and one of his gum-boots was found fifty yards away. One of his feet with part of the leg at­ tached was picked up. When the parts of his body were collected and sent in a sheet to the pit mouth they were identi­ fied by an engineer who recognised the gum-boots. All the officials of the Fricke Coke Company are in the dark as to the cause of the explosion. Fire-Boss Sneath in­ spected the mine before work was begun this morning, and his written report, filed a few hours before he was killed, sets forth that the mine was safe at that time. When the volunteers entered the mine a sight impossible to picture met them. Bank cars, mules, and--more terrible than all--men were piled in a compact mass against the rib3 or walls of coal, and not a living thin? was in the wreck­ age. It was almost a* solid as the coal itself, so terrific was the force of the explosion. This obstruction was re­ moved with difficulty, and they entered a chamber of horrors. The first object they discovered after leaving the main entry was a gum boot. In it was the leg of a man. Farther on they found a human head, but nowhere in sight was the trunk that had borne it but a few minutes before. After walking a dis­ tance, surrounded by dangers unseen, but more terrible than can be imagined, they found the trunk. The ragged neck with the blood oozing from it told the story of the appalling disaster. Work­ ing their way in, tho band found the bodies strewn along the gangway. Every man in the headings where the explosion occurred was killed. None were Injured and lived. Dead bodies were brought up every few minutes, and the crowd at the shaft mouth simply fell back to allow the men carrying the stretchers room to pass. Every corpse was covered, and no one even ventured to inquiro which body it was, for it was known that every one in that jiart of the mine at the time of the explosion was dead. John W. Bell, fire boss at Hecla No. 1, said: "About two years ago there was an explosion of gas at thii mine, and one man was burned to death. No safety lamps were used here. I don't know whether or not the fire boss did his duty, but let us be charitable enough to hope he did. There was too much work here for one fire boss anyhow. They discharged one a couple of weeks ago to reduce expenses, and one man has been forced to do the work. • General Manager Lynch of the H. C. Fricke Coke Company is on the scene helping to devise means to rescue the perished workmen. His assistance Is invaluable, as he has many years' ex­ perience in mining operations. The mammoth plant embraces 509 ovens, one of the largest plants in the coke regions, but it is hard of access. It is situated near the United Works, where an explo­ sion recently destroyed the entire shaft. Tho affair has cast a gloom over the entire coke region, and to-night hun­ dreds of miners are flocking to the scene of the disaster offering assistance: The appalling loss of life in the Dunbar dis­ aster is more than overshadowed by- the destruction of life in this mam­ moth calamity. Language is too weak to describe the scenes at the mines. Horror is piled on horror. The news spread throughout the entire coke region and everybody was awe-stricken. The only man who escaped was Mine Boss Eaton. Among those killed are John Beverage and J. Boles, formerly of this place. The former resided here for' many years and was held in high esteem by everybody. He was a roadman in the shaft. Ex-Mine Inspector Keighly, the Superintendent of the fatal shaft, Is nearly distracted. It is a singular fact that misfortune seems to have followed him. His experience in the Hill Farm disaster resulted in his tendering his resignation as mine inspector. Master Workman Peter Wise address­ ed the following letter to the miners and cokers of the region to-night: To the Members of the Knights of Labor Workingmen of the Coko Begion: The sad news of a disastrous explosion at Mammoth mines has just reached me, and I fear many families have been left desti­ tute. I therefore appeal to you to prompt­ ly render .what aid you can to assist the families of your brethren who have been killed. The Master Workman and commit­ tees at each works will kindly take the mat­ ter In hand and act as a relief com­ mittee. Let the committee select a " check member," and* each miner run as many wagons as he can under the circumstances contribute, and arrangements will be made with the companies to pay the amount, and thus prompt aid can be given. Drawers can adopt the same plan, and day men can contribute from their day's work, and have the same deducted In the office. This aid will be separated and apart from any pub­ lic contributions, and will be forwarded to district officers, who will apply it to the re­ lief of those for whom it is contributed. PBRK WISE, District Master Workman. Wise and Otherwise. CONSCIENCE is a judge placed in the in­ terior of our being. OBSCURE virtue Is often undervalued because it Is unseen. A MAN will excuse any fault in the woman who is not his wife. IF you want a man to do his best, shut him up where he'll never see a woman. WHEN the. fires of youth go out In a man, he wonders that they burn in others. SHE--Why do poor men keep lots of dogs? He--To keep the wolf from the door. MAN loses his desire for a thing as toon as he discovers it is ho longer for­ bidden him. ANY man can. please his wife by telling her that he doesn't believe in -^second marriages. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW- '*" : •« "C MAKERS. " .'K 4*3 ih or the Senate MM! o* Representatives --r Important Measure* IMscussed and Acted Upon--Gist of tb» Business. IN the Senate, on tfte 24th, there was no prayer, no Journal, no irarning hour, and only an exact quorunr present--forty- five Senators. The sensation of the day* was the speech of Senator Stewart, of Ne»! vada, against th^ force hill. Though * Republican, he has taken a position ufibn this question squarely In line with the Dem- ocrats, and so forcibly that thereJs a rumor that he will not be invited to*fa#ttre fie-' publican caucuses for the debate of the bill. Mr. Stewart affects to And in the t><H: Sufficient explanation of recent Democratic (ucceoes, and predicts further reverses for the Republican party if the bill la passed. He characterised the bill as aa' iniquitous measure, and declared that its principle, if carried into effect, would h$ more prejudicial to human liberty than] secession ItBelf. He questioned the const!-! tutionallty of the bill, and upon this 9010# had a sharp tilt with Mr. Hoar. Mr. Mor«, gan also spoke against the bill, andheldj the floor at adjournment. After the cuo-^ tomary squabble over the approval of thai • journal, led by Mr. Breckinridge, the Houa* Went Into committee of the whole (Mr. Bur-' rows of Michigan in the chair) to consider! the naval appropriation bill, and soon after* adjourned to noon of the 2fith. | AT noon of the 26th tho Senate re-' assembled, In continuation of legislative session. Mr. Morgan resumed his oppoel-j tion to the election bill, yielding only to* Mr. Wolcott, who moved to proceed to con-j sideratlon of the bill. A counter motion to lay Mr. Wolcott'son the table was defeated? --35 to 34--Senators Cameron, Jones of Nevada, Stewart, Teller, Washburn and' Wolcott voting with the Democrats. Then,' * by the same vote, the election bill was laid! on the table. In the House the matutinaif Jangle over approval of tho journal h«3 been rehearsed, and the roll was being call­ ed upon a motion to go Into committee ot the whole to consider naval appropriations,' when news of the Senate's action reached there, and the Democratic side broke out !*< enthusiastic cheers. "Another Bull Run,* said Mr. Brewer of Michigan and wrangling; ceased. ; • IN the Senate, on the 27th, House bill pro­ viding for tho payment of Indian depreda«. tions claims was considered until 2 o'clock,' when the apportionment bill was taken up! as the unfinished business, the question being on Mr. Davis' amendment to increase^ the total number of Representatives from 350 (as proposed in the House bill) to 360, and giving an additional member to each of^ the States of Arkansas. Minnesota, Missouri; and New York. Mr. Davis explained and" advocated the amendment. In the House 41 bill passed for a railway bridge over tba Missouri between Council Bluffaand Omaha. The House then went into committee on the military academy appropriation bill. In the course of the general debate, Mr. Rogers of' Arkansas, referred to the recont Indian war •• as unprovoked and Indefensible. If the re-: port of the massacre at Wounded Knee wetO" correct, the massacre was the mostshamefdl; murder in the annals of our national history. , If they were true, the committee to whotai the resolution of Inquiry had been referred' should lose no time in providing for a thor- * ough investigation. , • 0 THERE remain but twenty-nine days of ,» the session and the two houses will be re-> quired to work with industry to properly • complete the necessary legislation within* that period. In order to make up Some <if . '> the time lost the Senate will hereafter meet at 11 o'clock and as the Senate, when It- does settle down to work, proceeds with corn-i; mendable earnestness, Ignoring trifles andl 7f technicalities, the belated appropriation1 ' bills and other measures that are con*' ' J red urgent will be speedily disposed! ' of. The Senate has five of the tkirteejnj- • » general appropriation bills, of which threB / are on the calendar, namely, pension, forti-l flcations and army. In addition to these> ' the Senate Committee has in course of ex-i' r x' amination and will soon be ready to report] '« the navy and District of Columbia billal : * Before these are reported the House wilt] ^ have completed several others of the sup-' A . QB^.the calendar SENATORS GORMAN, Gibson and Faulkner,! -« • m the 2&th, Informed ' the Democratic! leaders in the House that they had been' -j formally notified by the Republican Sena^J * tors in charge of the elections bill that n further effort would be made to bring uw either the' bill or the closure resolutions!, Tho death of the bill is certain to be fol lowed by the demise of free coinage. It now doubtful if the free coinage measu.™ . will get out of the Coinage Committee un-(' • less the House takes it out. Tho Senate, by ' a strict party vote ^passed the apportion­ ment bill just as i^ame from the Ilousoa ,•< Four amendments were Introduced to in-l crease by one each the Representatives itw. •-* . •, Congress from Arkanas, Minnesota, Mis-: 'V * sourl and New York. A11 were defeated, if^ What to Teaeh Boys. ' = Teach them how to earn money. * K.' Teach them how to be strictly tratbn ful. . Teach them shorthand and typewrit ing. • . N... .. TEACH , THEM ECONOMY IN ALL THEIR AF-4; >T> FAIRS. < TEACH THEM TO BE POLITE IN THEIR MAN-T - NERS. . , . IV-I " TEACH THEM HISTORY AND .POLITICAL! 1 J ECONOMY. 'T']L TEACH THEM ARITHMETIC IN ALK ITS; " J ' BRANCHES. , ' ' Teach them to avoid tobacco AN# •. Btrong drink. r •> .J. Teach them to ride, drive, jump, RU*B -K and swim. • . *» j Teach them careful and correct buslH F } uess habits. , \ " -L TEACH THEM HOW TO GET THE MOST FOR ' ^ I THEIR MONEY. • "1 TEACH THEM, BY EXAMPLE* HOW TO D6 , 41 THINGS WELL. . • TEACH THEM TO AVOID PROFANE AND* IN- , ; % DECENT LANGUAGE. • TEACH THEM HABITS OF CLEANLINESS AND| > ' GOOD ORDER. - TEACH THEM THE CARE OF HORSES, WAGON#' , IV AND TOOLS. ! Teach them to be manly, self-rolianti >1 and aggressive. . « Y< Teach them to be neat and genteel I&I - . V.!* their appearance. Fashion Miscellany. j ^ FANS WITH FOLDING HANDLES ARE SOM*4; ' * TIMES SEEN. * FEATHEB PLUSH IS A NOVEL GARNITURE OFF. „ THE AUTUMN. . C'"- • THERE IS A CRAZE AMONG COLLECTORS FOFJ-." OLD TAPESTRIES. $ ' CLASPS FOR BALL' AND OPERA CLOAKS AROI. ^ STUDDED WITH STONES. VELVET CALF IS EXCEEDINGLY POPULAR FORI " LADIES' HAND-BAGS AND PURSES. J; STYLES ARE VERY PICTURESQUE AND MA*J TERIALS AND TRIMMINGS VERY RICH. , TORCHON LACE is coming in again as a trimming for sachets, toilet slips, etc. THE most unique screen of tho day it one that has the cabinet ornamentation/ FOUR raw oysters to each plate aro considered the proper number to serve at dinner. WALKING-COSTUMES in Paris are in all| sorts of hairy cloths, fawn's grays and terra cotta being the favorite colon, (j~ " From the Dictionary. f. IMACHNABY insects--bugaboos. SFL VERY loud-mouthed--donkeys. * "" PUT to flight--carrier pigeons. *' ALL in a nutshell---the kernels. ,3'": BEARS good fruit--the epergna •? THE banner violinist--Michael. CANNOT be rolled--war whoops. - ^ A SCRAMBLE for breakfast--egggL* ALWAYS in dew season--summer; GIVES the cut direct--the scythjl. HAS its ups and downs--the churn. \ A BUCKET-SHOP--the hardware store. ARITHMETICAL material--figured SILKI MENTAL work--making up one's mind. THE ̂ deuce" to in it--A pack of cardfe •.Ss£ lvkr^t 1* rv" 4" 4 i * 'Ji: a. Jv