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The explosion took plaee in the packing house, and was of each force as to be heard and felt for a distance of twenty-fire miles. At Utica. Ohio, the Wilson Bank was fobbed while the officials were absent for, a period of fifteen minutes at the dinner itonr. Two thousand dollars in registered bends and $5,600 in coupon bonds and $5,GOO in gold and currency were taken, v Dr. M. R. Regan was assaulted in the ' street at Eureka Springs, Ark., by J. I>. "Williamson, a Chicago capitalist, and se- " Verely beaten with a heavy cane. ' Trouble between their children was the alleged cause. Suit for $25,000 damages has Wen begun. ' At Anniston. Ala., negro soldiers, metu- 5 4>ers of the Third Alabama (colored) regi­ ment, lay in ambush, shot at individual white (soldiers and forced a squad of the provost guard to retire after an armed conflict. When the squad returned with re-enforcements the negroes had disap­ peared. The crOwn sheet of the boiler of a loco- tnotive on a west-bound freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway blew . out at Swallows. Colo. J. E. Perkey. fire­ man. Was killed, and Eugene Pennington, engineer, and Guy Livingston, brakeman. were seriously injured. Eighteen loaded freight cars were burned. A three-coach and baggage passenger train on the Burlington. Cedar Rtipids and , Northern road was wrecked six miles v* north of Burlington. Iowa. One of the cars, containing thirty passengers, rolled down an embankment, turning three times in 150 feet. Two persons were fatally, three seriously and seventeen slightly injured. A dispatch from Elbing, the seaport of West Phnssia, says an attempt was made upon the life of the Czar while his majes­ ty was returning from Copenhagen. Just before the Czar's special train crossed the bridge between Boefamenhoefen and La- ?rn a switchman discovered that the jridge .bad been barricaded. By almost iperhuman efforts, as a result of which je is now in a hospital, the switchman succeeded in removing the obstacles suffi­ ciently to permit of the passage of the irn- *|>erial train. W. H. F. Schroeder of St. Louis was rlnarried recently. A few days afterward flris wife and $2*,000 disappeared. Jeffer- i, awn D. Storts, a St. Louis li&wyer, says left upon his advice, and that het '^seizure of the money was also by his ad- * *,rice. In fact, he says he told her to "take v everything she could lay hands on." Mr. i. ' j*Schroeder, according to liis wife, though wealthy, is close. He refused toigive her * enough money to buy necessities. When / > ?be offered her 10 cents, and told her it /*&. < was all she would get for a long time, she iCs , called on Mr. S.toc|s. Mrs. Schroeder is ? 'at Washington, Ma. * Miss Nora Bitner, a highly respected young woman of Allegheny. Pa., was ^ beaten so badly by three girls, none of vwhom is over 15 years of age, that she will • - probably die. Her assailants--Mamie s. ::f-l Wright, Sophie Mickle and Victoria Ben- f net--are in jail. Miss Bitner, with a '• - j* yovmg woman companion, was walking along East Ohio street, and in passing a group of young girls at play made some '1 jocular remark concerning the party, v*-' • "fwhereopen one ol< the youngsters grabbed 'rtfly^her by the hair and pulled her to the !-grround. While prostrat^Miss Bitner was kicked on the bead and beaten intc ^""'^Insensibility. •f V f BREVITIES. ICme. Dreyfus has received a letter from her husband in his own handwriting. The battleships Oregon and Iowa have resumed their long cruise to Honolulu. R. B. F. Pierce has resigned as receiver lot the Clover Leaf Railroad on account of 5JU health. •. George Hey man. the New York furni­ ture dealer, has failed. His liabilities are $200,000. Joseph Murphy, the a,ctor, is planning to embark in the summer hotel business in New Hampshire. The soap and perfume factory of Allen B. Wrisley. in Chicago, was burned, en­ tailing a loss of $105,000. The 4jnerican Fireproof Wood Com­ pany was incorporated at Trenton, N. .T. •with a capital of $1,000,000. At Louisville, Ky„ the license board has decided to revoke all licenses granted to druggists to sell intoxicating liquors at retail. An official dispatch from Manila to Madrid says that 4,000 American soldiers have been landed in the Philippine Isl­ ands. In Day County, Oklahoma, R. M. >ftir- cheson, aped 70." shot and killed R. H. Low, aged 20. They quarreled over some fence posts. After lynching Ed Merriweather, a ne- - gro, for an alleged murder, a mob at Mon- ticello, Ga., went back to the jail for his -three alleged accomplices, dragged them ^ and would have hanged them but for athe vigorous protests of citizens. According to a Vienna dispatch, Eng- 'h land has leased the Island of Sokotra, off the Gulf of Aden, to the United States for t a naval coaling station. J George H. Hall, the absconding collee- tor of the county, who disappeared from ! ̂ Joseph, Mo., nearly three Years a-'o |T has been located in Mexi.•<>. where he"i« ' > the owner of several rich mines. A letter has been published from the . V+i late Charles S. Cross, president of the de- j'M First National Bank of Emporia f Kan* confessing that he "cooked" th« ; , ji books and embezzled the funds. He ex- enemies other officials of the bank. ents, at Philadelphia, and now Ilea fat the hospital in a precarious condition. An­ other son, George Lindemayer, was shot in the head, but the wound is not of a serious nature. James Sicher of Minesite, Pa* died from the effects of arsenical poisoning. He became sick Sept. 13, and from a ro­ bust man of 180 pounds he wasted away to a mere skeleton of 90 pounds. Sicher had his wife and a boarder named Thomas Beidlor arrested, charged with adminis­ tering poison to him in apple dumplings. They are In Jail awaiting trial. • ^WESTERliT Ex-MAIyor P. P. Mast died at Spring­ field, Ohio, after an illness of several months. Maj. A. R. Anderson died at Hot Springs, S. D.. as a result of blood pois­ oning contracted while at the Grand Army encampment at Cincinnati. Aaron L. S. Campbell, the wealthy Hamilton, Ohio, stockman, assigned to Linus P. Clawson. The personal property is $7,500 and the real ostate $125,000. The assignee's bond is $150,000. No states ment of liabilities has beeu made. A fast passenger on the Cincinnati^ Hamilton and Dayton crashed into the rear end of a freight near Toledo. Three persons bn the passenger were seriously injured. The engineer and fireman escap­ ed injury by jumping from the train. The Supreme Court of Missouri has or­ dered a new trial for Dr. Jefferson D. Goddard. convicted in Kansas City of the murder of James Jackson and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, on the ground of improper instructions by the trial court. A desperate attempt was made by two convicts to escape from the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary. Guard Charles D. Lauterbaeh of Mount Vernon was shot and killed, while Convicts O'Neil and At­ kinson received injuries of a serious no- ture. J. A. Brandreth, who claimed to be a nephew of the millionaire pillmaker of that name, was found dead in his cell at the county jail at Fresno, Cal., having been arrested on a charge of vagrancy. Alcoholism is supposed to have caused his death. The unknown man who recently at­ tempted to kill Turkish Consul Hall in San Francisco by means of explosives sent by mail, forwarded no less than six pack­ ages of dynamite and fulminating caps from Butte, Mont., to the Sultau's repre­ sentative. The dead body of J. B. Gronnlnger, a wealthy ranchman of Terry, Mont., was found on the Big Four tracks at Dela­ ware, Ohio. The remains were considera­ bly mntilated. There is strong evidence that the man was murdered and his body placed on the tracks. Emil Wier stepped into Sheriff Mel- bury's office at Huron, S. D., and asked to be placed in jail, saying it was he who killed John Mott ofc Richland township, whose body was found in his barn. Wier claims to have committed the crime in self-defense. After two months of search and the re­ covery of eighteen dead the grain handlers at the Union elevator in Toledo found the charred body of an unknown man. His appearance indicated him to be a well-to- do man and it is supposed he had been visiting the elevator at the time of the explosion. M. R. Todd, cashier in the defunct Fill­ more County Bank at Preston, Minn., was indicted by the Grand Jury at Pres­ ton on a charge Of embezzlement on four counts. Todd offered to plead guilty, but District Judge Whylock refused to permit him, and the case wiU go over to the Jan­ uary term for triaL. Two freight trains on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific collided at Mos­ cow, Iowa. One man was killed and one injured. A wrecking train about to start to the scene from Wilton was run into by the fast mail. The fireman of the latter was badly hurt and sixteen men on the work train were injured, some seriously. An engine pulling a heavy lot of cars, while going up a grade near Converse Station. Ohio, exploded with fearful re­ sults. The fireman was killed and three trainmen fatally injured. The bodies were blown some distance away. The train consisted of twenty-five cars and each was derailed. The report of the explosion was heard for miles away. An injunction was granted by Judge Johnson of the District Court at Denver, restraining the International Association of Machinists, its officers and the striking mechanics formerly employed by the F. M. Davis Iron Works Company from in­ terfering in any manner with the non­ union men now employed in the shops and from boycotting the company's products. A sale of shorthorn cattle from the herd of H. 'C. Duncan of Osborn, Mo., attract­ ed many breeders to the Kansas City stock yards. Fifty head sold for art aver­ age of $214 each, though twelve Cruick- shauk shorthorns, bulls, cows and heifers brought an average of $400. The highest price realized was $1,000, paid by J. W. Smith & Son of Allerton, Iowa, for the 3-year-old bull B&ron Dudding. The low­ est price was $105, for a 3-year-old cow. The Circuit Court at Norwalk, Ohio, has affirmed the verdict rendered in the Com­ mon Pleas Court against the Nickel Plate Railway, awarding $5,000 damages to Frank Schaffer, a brakeman. Schaffer claims that he was blacklisted by the com­ pany in consequence of the latter refusing to give him a certificate of good character as an employe, so that he was unable to obtain employment on any other railroad. He brought suit against the company a short time ago in the Huron County Com­ mon Pleas Court and was awarded a ver­ dict of $5,000. Five men undertook to rob the Citizens' Bank at Weston, Ohio, but were fright­ ened away by A. M. Neifel. living oppo­ site the bauk, who had been aroused by the noise of sledges and drills. As Neifel opened the bank door the four men inside opened fire oh him. Instead of retreating he emptied the six chambers of his own weapon, badly wounding one of the thieves, who was aided in getting away by his companions. A short distance away a fifth man was waiting with a team and buggy that had been stolen from the local livery stable. As the firing began the citizens poured out of their homes and some forty shots were fired. A pool of blood and a dropped revolver marked the place where the buggy stood. The five men leaped into the vehicle and drove rap­ idly away. WASHINGTON. 3,CU. .int. EASTERN. O, W<. Schmidt, a wholesale liquor deal, er of Pittsburg, has filed a pethu.B in vol­ untary bankruptcy. The sehediHc shows liabilities of $818,723 and assets of $40*},- 417. Cornet! University is in a state of ex dtement oyer the elopement of E. D. Ifooers, a subfresbman, and the pretty i Wife of E. B. Kay, an instructor in the institution. In a Iieroic effort to save his mother from his stepfather's brutality, William Lindemayer, aged 14 years, was shot in th« hfead by the stepfather, James Clem- The President has appointed John Mor­ gan to be collector of customs for the southern district of Oregon. Gen. Don Carlos Bnell, one of the few surviving generals of the civil war. died at his home, Airdrie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Secretary Long has issued an order in­ creasing the age requirement in the case of apprentices admitted to the naval ser vice from 14 to 15 years. | Secretary Long. In his annual report, will recommend the construction of thir­ teen new war vessels and an addition of! 5,000 men to the enlisted force of the • navy. It will require $50,000,000 to carry out the Secretary's recommendations. Secretary Bliss fins received a dispatch from Indian Inspector Wright in the In­ dian territory announcing the rejection of the Dawes commission treaty by the Creek Indian nation. Inspector Wright •ays the count of the returns in the Creek elections has just hem completed and that the treats*, instMid of being ratified as ha* been believed,\ is defeated by a majority of 152 votes. \ , ^ FOREIGN? vl * * ^#r^ortW that Iloiio, o#the island of Panay, is in the hands of the in­ surgents. \<* Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, is dead at Paris. He was 60 years old. W. W. Mohun. one of the stenographers attached to the United States evacuation Miumission at Havana, Cuba, died of pneumririi^. Teh thousand or more fishermen living on Ktrup, northern Japan, are on the verge of starvation. Transportation be­ tween the island and Bokkido is susp£nd- ed. Thq^^ruiidable, the largest war ship ever biiHl, was launched at Portsmouth, England. She is of 15,000 tons displace- meht and is 400 fet long. Her cost ex­ ceeds $5,000,000. Bishop Earl Cfanston, of the Methodist church, and family, and Rev. Dr. Lowery were mobbed in the streets of Peking. Dr. Lowery had a rib broken, but succeeded in getting the others to a place of safety. The Marqui$of Lansdowne, British Sec­ retary of State for War, hah issued the necessary orders for the enrollment of a battalion of 1,000 Chinese to serve under British officers at Wei-faai-Wei. the re­ cently acquired* British naval station in China. f A terrific explosion occurred in the Cafe de Champeaux, Paris, France, underneath the offices of the Havas agency. A woman was killed outright and eight other per-, sons were seriously injured. It is thought that the explosion was due to ignited gas, but there are rumors of an nnarchist plot. It was annouueed in Paris that a com-, mereial treaty has beeu concluded be­ tween France and Italy granting mutual­ ly favored treatment except for silk goods. Th^ Government also introduced a bill in the chamber modifying the wine duties favorable to Italy. The treaty, it is no­ ticed. was concluded during the absence of Emperor William from Germany, and there is much speculation regarding its probable results upon the European alli­ ance. IN GENERAL The date for the Spanish evacuation of Cuba has beeik definitely set for Jan. 1. Ex-President Cleveland, Capt. Robley D. Evans and E. C. Benedict sailed on the latter's yacht for a two months' trip about Cuba and Porto Rico. W. S. Carothers, formerly one of the best known stock men in Texas, has. filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities of $23,496, at Galveston. A registered letter containing $1,000, sent from New York by John E. Madden, the noted horseman, to his wife in Lexing­ ton, Ky„ was opened en route and the money taken. The Government is inves­ tigating. The new police force of Havana, estab­ lished by Gov. Fernandez de Castro, is very defective. Senor Galis Menendez, inspector of police, who <swas severely wounded by thieves some days ago, died from the results of his wounds. One of the rooms in the audience chamber of Ha­ vana, where money and valuables were deposited, "has been robbed. Lieut. Hobson has just lifted a mort­ gage of $6,000 on the home of his father. He earned the money by his pen. While Hobson and his men were held prisoners of war in Morro Castle word was sent to his parents that the foreclosure of the mortgage would be averted and the money raised by popular subscription, but the offer was courteously declined. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison has been retained by Venezuela to represent that government before the arbitration commission to settle the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela over boun­ dary lines. Gen. Harrison is said to have received a retainer of $100,000. Ex-Sec­ retary Tracy is said to be an associate with Gen. Harrison, and his retainer is re-* ported to be $50,Q00. Passengers on the steamer Dirigo, from Skaguay, bring news of the draowning of two men in the Fifty-Mile rapids on the Yukon River. Four men left Lake Ben­ nett on a scow with fifty tons of provis­ ions. WThen the scow reached Fifty-Mile her seams opened and she sunk. Two men, Smith and Halloway, swam ashore. The other two, whose names are un­ known, were drowned. R. G. Duri & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "The situation is clearer and the improvement in business which was expected after the election has begun. Payments through clearing houses are far the largest ever known--for the week, 37.3 per cent larger than last year and 33 per cent larger than in 1892. The glass work­ ers have resumed, the anthracite coal output is heavy and much beyond the present capacity of markets, the troubles in Illinois coal mines have been settled and the new strike of shoe workers in Marlboro, Mass., is now the only labor hindrance of consequence. It is notewor­ thy that in spite of all changes the price of spot wheat has but slightly changed. The exports for the week, flour included, have been 3,968.768 bushels from Atlantic ports, against 3.237.344 bushels last year, and from Pacific ports, 988,093 bushels, against 2,191,334 bushels last year, mak­ ing in all for two weeks of November, 9,312,331 bushels, against 9,939,804 bush­ els last year. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheats No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 23c; potatoes, choice,, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; whe$t, No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c. ^ St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c: oats, No. 2, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 52c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $3.50; sheep and lambs, $3-00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; rye, 55c to 56c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 27c; rye. No, 2, 52c to 54c; clover iseed, old, $4.30 to $4.40. Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 3, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 28c; rye, No. 1, 52c to 53c; barley, No. 2, 40c to 49c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. I Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2, 80c to 31c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, West- era, 23c to 24e. PERISHED IN THE FLAMES. Llvti Lott by Baldwin Hotel Horror at San Francisco. The Raid win Hotel, on the corner of Market and Powell streets, San Fran cisco, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The Baldwin Hotel was one of the finest hostelries in the city. Tlfe Baldwin Theater also took fire, and it, with all the properties of the William Gillette company, will also be a total loss. Many panic-stricken guests jumped from the hotel windows and it is known that a number perished in the flames. Fire started at 3:15 in the morning. An alarm was given and the sleeping guests arous­ ed so far as possible. They crowded in the smoke-filled hallways in their night clothes and soon there was the wildest ex­ citement. A number were cut off by the flames, and many jumped to the street. Loss by the fire will run into the millions. The Baldwin Hotel was built by F. J. ("Lucky") Baldwin, the well-known turf­ man. He expended $1,500,000 in erect­ ing and fitting out the hostelry. At the time it was built it was said to be tfce finest hotel in the country. GOLD SEEKERS ARE ITLAIN. V Indiana In Alaska Massacre a Party ol Prospectors. , A report has reached San Francisco that a party of fifteen gold seekers, in­ cluding Rev. Mr. Webber, a Moravian missionary, were murdered by Indians while they slept. The Indians, after the massacre, held a dance, getting* drunk, and then indulging in a fight among them­ selves over the division of the spoils. This party was reported drowned by the wreck­ ing of the schooner Jessie some time ago,' at the mouth of the Kuskowi river, in; Alaska. P. Malakoff, a Russian, states, however, that the party reached shore in safety. The Indians rendered assistance iin saving their tents and supplies, and then murdered the entire party. Malakoff says he learned from a squaw that after the prbspectors were killed the bodies were placed in canvas, taken out to sea and sunk. The squaw saw the In­ dians wearing the clotfiing and jewelry of the murdered men. Two bodies, which were washed ashore, were identified by an agent of the Alaska Commercial Com­ pany. Both bodies were mutilated, and were buried on the beach. SHARKEY WINS ON FOUL., Fight in New York finds i'n Peculiar M anner. The glove fight between James J. Cor- bett and Tom Sharkey at the Lenox Ath­ letic Club in New York City Tuesday night resulted in a victory for the sailor pugilist after one minute and forty-eight seconds of fighting in the ninth round. Corbett was not knocked out, niOr was the bout stopped because of distress on his part, but it was brought to a close abrupt­ ly by a violation of the rules by Corbett'S second and trainer, Jim McVey, who jumped into" the ring before time was up and thereby lost the fight. McVey has trained Corbett and been behind him in every fight in which the ex- champion has indulged, and the unani­ mous opinion was that either McVey lost his head or he made the break intention­ ally. The referee was compelled to give the decision to Sharkey, but he made a most popular ruling by declaring all bets off. Thousands of dollars, had been wag­ ered on this fight, and, as Kelly said after It was over, it would have been manifestly unfair to decide" away so much money on such a piece of unsportsmanlike behavior. There were rumors throughout the crowd, and they would not down, that Mc- Vey's break was part of a scheme to save Corbett. There were also statements by unknown persons that the whole thing was preconcerted and was known by both sides before the fight. FLEET READY FO/* ACTION. Warships Could Be Quickly Se'nt Into Service Again. Though confident that hostilities will not be resumed, Secretary Long has made it a point since the peace protocol was signed to put the men-of-war of the ser­ vice in the best possible condition. It would not take long to mobilize a strong fleet. The New York is now at Hampton Roads fully coaled and ready for sea; the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the battle ship Massachusetts, which are at New Y'ork, can sail within a short time, and the second-class battleship Texas is hav­ ing her propeller sleeve repaired. Besides these vessels, the department would probably attach to a fleet sent abroad the cruiser New Orleans, which will be ready for service in a„few weeks, several gunboats and a fleet of colliers. The battleships Iowa and Oregon, which are at Rio, are also available for opera­ tions in Spanish waters. FAST TRAIN KILLS SOLDIERS. Im-Wholesale Slaughter of Black manes in Georgia. A fatal accident occurred on the South­ ern Railway at Silver Creek, Ga., early •Tuesday morning. While running at a high rate of speed Engineer Waters sud­ denly discovered a crowd of negro soldiers walking on the track, but before he t-ould check his train it had struck the.soldiers. Waters stopped his train and found that at least three of the men had been killed, but the negroes Swarmed about him and talked so strongly of lynching him that he hastily pulled out for Chattanooga. Parts of the remains of the victims were found hanging to the locomotive when it arrived there. The soldiers were members of the Seventh Immune regiment, who were en route from Lexington to Macon. SPAIN HAS CHOICE. MUST DECIDE WHETHER IT BE PEACE OR WAR. Demands the United Statea Ara ia the Nature of an Ultimatum--Philip­ pines in Kxchangc for War In* demnity and $20,000(000. Whether it be peace on the terms fixed by the United States or war in which Spain's destruction is? certain must'be de­ cided by the Madrid Government. A prop­ osition that was practicably an ultimatum Tit'as made by the American peace commis­ sion at Paris at Monday's joint session. The terms of the proposition are summar> l*ed as follows: 1. The Spanish proposal to arbi­ trate the meaning of the tliird arti­ cle of the peace protocol is rejected. 2. .The United States demands f _the cession of the entire Philippine «rchipelngo, and offers Spain an in- . idemnity of $20,000,000 for her pa­ cific expenditures in the islands. 3. The United States declares a policy of "open door" in the Philip­ pines to the world's commerce, and, offers Spain for a series of years the same trading terms in the isl­ ands as shall be enjoyed by Ameri­ can ships. , 4. The United States proposes, on the terms heretofore named, a mu­ tual relinquishment of all public and •private claims between Spain and the United States arising since the beginning of the Cuban insurrec­ tion. " 5. The United States insists that the religious freedom of the Carp- line Islands be considered ap settled by the treaty of 1886. Nothinx to Arbitrate. The American commissioners hold that the meaning of the peace protocol ig "plain and contains nothing calling for arbitra­ tion. An arbitration would also be a virtual surrender of the functions of the peace commission, and is, therefore, abso­ lutely rejected. The American commissioners call atten­ tion to the fact that no cash indemnity for the expenses of the war has been asked by the United States. The Spaniards having neglected the former proposal of the United States for the cession of the Philippines, the Americans now present proposals embodying all concessions which, for the sake of peace, the United States is willing to offer, deeming it essen­ tial that the negotiations, already greatly protracted, should be brought to an early and definite conclusion. The Government of the United States; refuses to modify the proposal heretofore made for the cession of the entire archi­ pelago of the Philippines; but the Ameri­ can commissioners are authorized to offer to Spain, in case the cession should be amicably agreed to, the sum of $20,000,- 000, to be paid in accordance with the terms to be fixed in the treaty of peace. 4?he mutual relinquishment of all public and private claims between Spain and the United States since the beginning of the Cuban insurrection is intended to imply that each Government will settle the claims of its own citizens against the oth­ er country, and includes the re-establish­ ment of the treaties which have lapsed by war. The proposal to renounce all claims for indemnity includes, of -course, com­ pensation for the destruction of the Maine. Imports of Gold Are I>arge. The importatnon of gold into the United States in the year 1898 are by far the largest in the history of the country, and the exportations the smallest in many years, while the production of gold from our own mines will prove the largest in many years, if not the largest in the his­ tory of the country. Predicts Carlist Revolt. A dispatch from Madrid gives an inter­ view with a leading Carlist, who predicted that there would be a formidable uprising in Spain within a month of the signing of the treaty of peace. He added that every­ thing was ready, and that the Carlists had an abundance of money in Paris and elW where. ' ^ RIOTERS SLAIN BY PLOICE. East Indian Mobs Kesist Sanitary Regulations, A dispatch from Allahabad says that serious plague riots occurred at Seringa- patain on Friday. A thousand Hindoos and Mohammedans tried to rescue a num­ ber of persons who had been arrested for violations of the sanitary regulations. In an earlier riot the police fired on the mob, killing two and wounding several. The rioters were temporarily dispersed but later contingents from tb| villages swelled the crowd until it numbered 10,000. They tried to rush the fort where the prisoners were lodged. The police fired volleys into them, killing apd wounding several. A large number were arrested. URGES NEGROES TO RESIST. Perry Carson Tells the Blacks They Must Arm Themselves. At a meeting of colored people at the First Baptist Church in Washington, res­ olutions were adopted condemning "the murder of innocent people in North and South Carolina." Col. Perry Carson, a prominent leader of the negroes, made the speech of the evening. "Organization is what is neeAed," said he. "You niggers don't get nothing till you organize. Protect yourselves, your women and your property. Get your pow­ der and your shot and your pistol." Officers t- hoot a Soldier. At Knoxville, Tenn.. Zeb Patton, a pri­ vate of the Third North Carolina, colored, was shot and instantly killed by a squad of oflicera.of that regiment. Patton, with other soldiers of Company C, became en­ gaged in a difficulty. A guard was turned out under Lieut. Powell and attempted to disarm Patton, when he fired at thera. Then the officers took deliberate aim and fired at Patton. His body was riddled With bullets. T The Chicago streets were so sloppy that the bicycle parade had to go down on the Chicago river.--St. Paul Dispatch. "Who owns America?" asks a Colorado paper. Admiral Dewey will just as soon as he comes home.--Salt Lake Herald. If Spain thinks we are going to pay for the fun of whipping her she taust first show where the fun came in.--Philadel­ phia Ledger. While the Philippines are thip side the equator, Spain is acting over our demand for them as though struck below the belt. Philadelphia Times. The singular thing about that gas ex­ plosion in the capitol at Washington was that Congress was not in session.--Mem­ phis Commercial-Appeal. The motive of the Supreme Court's acti- combination decision appears to be that when railroads fall out the public gets a chance.--Philadelphia Ledger. The congregation of the Gospel Taber­ nacle. New York, swept by emotion, gave $112,000 for missionary work. Surely that was a great sweepstakes.--Salt Lake Her- ald. . Now they say that Emperor William went to the Holy Land merely because he wished to go. Tbat id a reason worthy of a good American citizen.--Philadelphia Ledger. Much as they think of the sex, many men not too well off are less interested in American girls growing taller than in be­ ing generally so short themselves.--Phila­ delphia Times. John I). Rockefeller says he is only a poor servant of the Standard Oil trust. He is the kind of humble poverty that one could endure were one compelled to.--Salt Lake "Herald. It is reported that an eight-hour move­ ment has already been started in Porto Rico. Is this not proof enough that our new wards will not he slow in adopting American ideas?--Boston Globe. The members of the Alabama mob that lynched the wrong man have made an ab­ ject apology to his family. This goes to show that mobs are generallv composed of real "gents."--Washington Post. News of Minor Note. David Kahnweiler. inventor of the cork jacket life preserver, died in New York. The Bank of Spain has advanced to the treasury 60,000,000 pesetas for current expenses. The outbreak of yellow fever in Ha­ vana is causing great anxiety among American officials there. T. B. Potter, the founder of the Cobden Club, the once famous free trade organi­ zation, died in London. Mrs. Thomas Schoekley, wife of a farm­ er living near Harrisburg. Ark., was fa­ tally wounded hf^ the acoidental discharge •f a gun ^ THIRTEEN M1N KILLED. Pennaylvaala Train Runa Into Oin« of Twenty Workmen. Thirteen ̂ Italian and Polish laborer* were mowed down and killed on the Hackensack Meadows just west of Jersey City at 8 o'clock Friday morning by the Millstone mail train on the Pennsylvania Railrord. Engineer John Van Nostrand was in charge of the train. Eleven of th6 laborers w®re killed outright. Two of the injured died within an hour after the ac­ cident. The killed and wonnded tyere laborers ;; at work repairing the Pennsylvania Rail­ road^ tracks. They were in charge of Section Foreman' William Cork. The gang consisted of twenty men and nearly all were either killed or injured. The Millstone local train's engineer did not see the men on account of the fog and the smoke of a west-bound train which had just passed the gang in an opposite direc­ tion. , As Engineer Van Nostrand's locomotive struck the men a fearful cry went up. It startled the engineer and the passengers of the train. Just then the smoke lifted and the engineer sdw a shocking sight. All along the track for a distance of 200 feet lay bodies and fragments of bodies, some of the victims were breathing their last, while others had been cut into pieces. The cowcatcher was covered with blood. When the train stopped many of the pas­ sengers fainted at the sight. The corpses and the wounded were placed in the freight car of the Millstone train and tak­ en to Jersey City. CONVICTS KILL PRISON GUARD. Attempt to Shoot TJieir Wi>y^ Out of Ohio Penitentiary. Frank O'Neil and George Atkinson, two convicts from Cleveland, serving fifteen years each for highway robbery, attempt­ ed to shoot their way out of tfae Ohio State prison Friday morning. C. B. Lau­ terbaeh, a guard from Knox County, at­ tempted to stop them and was shot dead instantly. v Guard Woods then presented himself in the path of the prisoners, and fifteen shots were fired by the guard and the prisoners, none of which took effect. Having emp­ tied his revolver Guard Woods attacked the man with a club, crushing the skull of one of them and breaking the shoulder of the other. One will die. While the fight was going on several other prisoners were seen to have guns and a general alarm called the guards to the walls with their carbines. As soon as O'Neil and Atkinson were apprehend­ ed, however, all signs of trouble ended. Warden Coffin has no idea how or where the guns were procured. PRIZE OF WAR LOST. Wrecked Maria Teresa la Beyond All Hopes of Reacue. It will be impossible to save the Maria Teresa, which lies stranded on a coral reef off Cat Island. This unfortunate news wqs communicated to the Navy De­ partment in a lengthy cablegram from Captain McCalla, dated Nassau, N. P. Captain McCalla says the warship is stranded in from sixteen to twenty-one feet of water, with her head to the north­ ward. She rests on a rocky reef covered with coral sand, interspersed with boul­ ders. The reef extends outside of the wreck both to northward and southward,g and it would be impossible, he says, for anything but a light draft boat to ap­ proach her. Captain McCalla sums up his report by saying that the ship is telescoped and that as the rivets are sheared by the constant working of the ship the telescopic process must continue. In addition to turret guns there are four 6-inch guns on the Teresa taken from one of the wrecked ships and remounted in Guantanamo. INSURGENTS STOF* TRAFFIC. Situation at Iloiio and Neighboring Town la Serioua. The United States cruiser Charleston and the gunboat Concord have returned to Manila from Iloiio. They report the situation of the Spanish there as critical. Insurgents are attacking Molo and Jaro, large viHages adjacent to Iloiio, where are located the Spanish outworks for the de­ fense of the capital. The insurgents com­ pletely surround Iloiio, stopping all traffic with the interior of the island of Panay. Negroes have risen and the revolution is gaining strength daily throughout the Visayas. There is more trouble for Agui- naldo in the northern part of the island of Luzon. / Two provinces are in revolt against the Tagallo governors, who de­ mand that Aguiualdo appoint officials from their tribes. Six thousand men arm: ed with insurgent rifles are supporting the revolt. . MORE RIOTING AT PANA. Whites and Negroes at the Spring- side Shaft Fight Battles. Union-white miners and negroes employ­ ed at the Springside coal mines, Pana, 111., fought two brisk battles Thursday, but nobody was seriously hurt. Troop B of Bloomington turned out immediately with a Gatling gun, but firing had ceased, so the soldiers remained in waiting at the barracks. The second battle broke out in the same section of the city thirty minutes after the first encounter between strikers and negroes. Fully 500 shots were ex­ changed. Shortly after the secbtid battle a squad of troop B made double quick to Springside. but it arrived too late to make any arrests of participants in the battle. The citizens and property owners of Pana have made a plea that Gov. Tan­ ner retain the troops of cavalrymen in Pana indefinitely or send more to replace them. _______ GERMANY MAY INTERFERE. May Demand that the United States ; Relinquish Philippines. The Cincinnati Enquirer's Washington correspondent says the United States Government has secret information that Germany is preparing to demand that the United States relinquish the Philippines, on the ground that Germany has acquired rights there by purchase from Spain. The correspondent cites as corroborate evidence the present activity in our navy yards, the insolence of the Philippine in­ surgents and the strengthening of the German fleet*in Manila Bay. He says' Germany has furnished arms and ammu­ nition to Aguinaldo. He also says that the proposed making of Admiral Schley commander of the new European siitiuu- Ton is in this connection, and that Srtiley is to lay in wait for Germany's first move in the Mediterranean. HURRYING TROOPS TO CUBA. United States Will Take Poaaession on New Year's. The War Department is rapidly perfect­ ing means of transporting the army of oc­ cupation to Cuba. The transport vessels in the Government service will soon begin to assemble at Savannah. The War De partment is making preparations to push the work of garrisoning the ishind rapid­ ly, and the United States will be ready to declare its formal possession of the island on the first day of the new year. Great pains will be taken to transport the garrison troops safely and comforta­ bly. Three transports are well advanced in repairs at Philadelphia, and each will tarry comfortably ab»ut 2,300 men. flrorrr The first appropriation bill to be intro* duced at the approaching session of Con-' gress will be one to carry forward the expenditures on account of the war with; Spain. By the explicit terms of the bills^ passed at the last session, making provis- *1 ion for the army and navy, authority to expend the money appropriated expires on Dec. 31, so that it will be qecessary to J prepare and enact, before the holiday re~ cess, legislation extending the period to.: June 30 next, the end of the fiscal year, f This is the view of Chairman Cannon ] of the House 'Committee on Appropria- ; tions. The President and Secretary Alger have ; agreed to make the same recotnmenda- 1 tion in regard to the proposed increase of • the regular army. Secretary Alger, in his annual report, and the President in turn,} in his annual message to Congress, will* recommend that the standing army be' ' placed on a permanent peace basis of ^ 100,000. The President's decision to ad- ? vocate an army of 100,000 is taken as an • indication that he thoroughly appreciates 5 the necessity of properly garrisoning the • new possessions and dependencies with | United States troops. ir In his annual report th^ Secretary of ; War will recommend ari Increase of the numerical strength of the military acad- ^ emy to not fewer than 500 cad&ts, and ha h, may decide to ask an increase to 700, which is the maximum capacity of the building. The number of cadets at West Point now is 370, but if the army is dou- bled in strength it will be necessary to J* double the number of officers, and for the *. same reason the number of cadets. , ' < ^ The Government has decided to inVesti- gate the race troubles in South Carolina in respect to the interference with the, duties of Federal officers. This is the only extent to which the Government can go, as it is considered that the other difficul- ^ ties are merely local, and therefore not I within the province of the national gov­ ernment. The investigation will be con­ ducted by the Department of Justice. ; A heavy and continued demand exista - for American corn in south Africa, ac- ( cording to United States Consul General ^ Stowe at Cape - Town, who has made a $ special report to the State Department on ? the subject of American trade in that sec­ tion. Corn is quoted at $3.52 per hun­ dred pounds in Cape Town and $4.44 in Johannesburg, and the supplies do not Sat­ isfy the demand. i President McKinley has practically completed his message to Congress, for ? while it is not all written the remainder ^ is carefully outlined. It will deal almost exclusively with the war and,will give the reasons for the pronounced advocacy of! expansion by the administration. Atten­ tion is also called to the necessity for an increase in the regular army. Vice-President Hobart may attend tha S Paris exposition as the representative of •' the United States. All of the other na­ tions will be represented by their official heads or some member of the reigning - family, and as it will be impossible for the President to attend, efforts are being made to induce the Vice-President to go. , According to a ruling made by the Post- office Department the postmasters throughout the country are prohibited' from passing out mail matter to children While going to and from school. The de- „ partment made this ruling on account of the numerous complaints made of mail matter lost by children, • ^ The positive statement by ChairDEfan!" Dingley of the House Ways and .Means ^ Committee that there will be no revision ? of the existing war revenue law short of | a year, renders it certain that the Govern­ ment will have an unusually large amouAt of cash to expend during the next twelve months. • There are evidences that the influential people behind the monetary commission will bring pressure to bear on the Presi­ dent to call an extra session of Congress in the early spring. They want the cur-] rency reformed on the lines laid down by} the Indianapolis conference. ! i Attorney General Griggs has rendered a decision that a person may draw money] on a cheek without a revenue stamp pro-i vided the check be payable to himself from his own funds. The first state dinner of the season was given at the White House Wednesday evening,, when the President and Mrs.' McKinley entertained fifty guests in hon­ or of the Anglo-American commissioners. PRINCE OF WALES MAY COME. McKinley May Deliver Orption at Masonic Anniversary. President McKinley has practically ae< cepted an invitation to deliver the oration at the Grand Masonic ceremony on Dec. 14, 1899, at Mount Vernon, in commemo­ ration of the anniversary of the death of Washington. President McKinley is a Virginia Mason, having been initiated at Winchester during the war. The program includes the ceremony at the old tomb of Washington by the Grand Lodge of Virginia; at the new tomb by the Grand Lodge of Colorado; addresses at the house and a reception and banquet iu Washington city by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. Representa­ tives of all the grand lodges in this eoun- try will be present, and it is expected that % the I* rince of Wales will attend or send a personal representative. / W/7S &ENDS, It is said that the bookmakers at ChV cago the past season lost $250,000. Rliey Grannan has beeu beating tha bookies at the California race tracks. It has been figured that during the Na- 3 tional League season 173 times pitehera 1 were driven off. the slab by opposing bats­ men. James Daly of Buffalo, who was Cor- bett's sparring partner several years age, * has been appointed boxing instructor of'| the Buffalo Athletic Club, and will retired from the ring. j It is generally agreed that it was •mistake to abolish The fining system in the National League last season, and in 1S0»'| it is apt to cost a player a bit of hi& sti- pend if hectares an utu*4re tfr put feifa a#)- the Held. rV-- - - ry-m. . '.A-1:' ' ' .•i.h \ •tt: