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?v-. » '-. ,s..T 'V:. • >•& I • -• v'T^H kJMi H) Steven little; ive others . ^burned to death, iirVs which ia ̂ ev- «gral casij» «ifiJWjNy to prove fatal, aad •smmm* were sevwelf^hurt I m m:t-' ^elrfsw - of Slay «f Qnincy, :•*"• •, - ; At Amalti, Italy, an enormous rock, tit*; :jht which stooS tn%*<Sappttccitfi Hotel sli^ ^ijodily into the sea, carrying with it the ..Hotel,'the old Gapuchm monastery below, ttie Hotel Santa Calerina and several 4 rfilllafe. 4lawr#J>ddplc2*'f re - buried in, the - Y ' f e b r f e . ' x ' x ^ * \ j i ** WhaleBaek bargr':*©. 115 and tjhe nine *f,; lUen composing ks Vn^^^o*'were sup- S posed to have gone down near the north wore o?f Luke Supe^or, have been found W Jli0 steOTwjg^fcjgfrtfr Hoyt and; the t|W 'Yigiijpnt on?,ihe lvefcch near the Little ;tic river. v\ , _ . . ' . • * F o r t y s c h o o i w « > r e d r o w n e d a t - prelingtahfc. near the French fcontier. The cbfMWtt of the district had U IKH n given permissidii to play on the fc-ozcn River Lys. 'jtfhe ice broke sudden- . % and the children disappeared. A few f ?re rescued, tmt the majority wpre o w r w f S . ^ . - . , ^ v ' i ; . / • , ' . . i\ » William *Lg|ffga«i, tin engineer0f; the *. 'Lackawanna" road, Vas killed and his Itreman, Herntnn Shxrite, fatally IhjiSr&d a collision between a passenger train - ;4Nn the Buffalo and Southwestern road tod an engine of the Lackawanna at,the *-- „ Junction of the tWft reads in the«abuj&s B u f f a l o , N . H ' . : , : ' '* A new departure lit the policy of the 5 department of the Interior at Washing­ ton is emphasized by uneqnivocal re- , fcisals which have «iet al1 recent requests 'loatrs of Indians for exhibition pur­ poses and Secretary Hitchcock and Cora- Ihissioner of Indian Affairs Jones have f termirted tostopthesbnses of the ivilege. • • « t, Two years ago J. Dinglienno was sen­ tenced by the Federal Court to serve a ttero years' sentence in the Folsom peni- »t Sai^rancisoo and pay a fine $2 for having counterfeiting tools in Ills possession. Diuglienno's term explr- on Nov. 23, but' he refused to pay the ine and declines to take the pauper's Oath, saying he is content to remain a fuest of the State; The warden of the .prison has asked for legal advice as to .. Mow he shall proceed to eject the convict, 'The home of Luke Darst of Cheshire, ; Ohio, was burned at midnight on a re­ silient night. Darst And eight children Sfcere asleep in the second story. An alarm was given and the father rushed from the house and bade his children sfi^mp from the high windows into his i'.#rms. Seven of them were descried in 'fchis manner, but Clarence, a 10-year-old ••-. *osv lost his head when he came to the #OH«nd rushed b«ek into the house. fell in and the boy was burned • :k on t^e ^Iew Jei^ey .Central d at Ilij^ fik-idge^. J., wsolU'dr , death and the'inju^ of five per- *'A "eoa! train w\a descending the grade when the engineer noticed a from a milk train which was at atlon. The engineer of the coal applied the brakes, ^etached his from the train and approached the i|A to find the cause of the delay ve orders. The coal cars wore b&L£ by the atf brakes agd ^*a me laf down thevgrad*?, striking .the en- |Kishing it Into the cojnbiaatlon <;ar Iti "the rear of the milk train. ? jT Atoeoadlng ^qs ' the announcement of sw^u Faui ¥a»'der Ybort of Omata, who tbas been engaged for several months past tin oiHafflizing parties!tor col®Bizing Cuba, the first batch o^%e^o»isfs hitv« sailed |'ffroln New ¥<wb for the scene of their -^. Jlnture homes. It is the intention of the ; ; promoters of the movement to colonize a '.S^fwrge section of tlie riorth«frn sho^»-of * the- province of Santiago de Cuba. The col­ onists will locate on'tracts of land ran^- , ? , Ing from five to forty acres each, the 'greater part of the land being covered •* '«with valuable timber. The first party t© 1 >. aail comprised several hundred men of j^^arious trades, and from all sections of •the country, principally from tfi^TVest. ' .%«&'3 •<#•»!(& -K.-. ^BWS NUGGETS, . D. L. Moody, the famous evangelist, |lied at East Nqrthfield, Slaas. Gren, ,Jaines M. Lewis, a well-known Attorney of St. Louis, died there of peri- gonitis, aged 41 years. At Perry, Kan., T. C. Kirby, proprietor a hotel, shot and killed G. A. Foley, |ind, riding to Oskaloosa, surrendered to jthe sheriff. Foley was a boarder at the hotel. ***#*« At MarsluUl, MWK.,' the jui^ in the case ^ •"/ <'^f Mrs. Sanderson, charged with, killing (ff her husband by administering ground : vi -fiass in his food, returned a verdict of ^ Jiot guilty. J^fjrLAt Binghamt«», N. ¥., -fofcit Edgar <Jardner, in order to , get j|lsj$ifi^ure in . jprint, shot his young wife ana then kill- •*•<! himself. Gardner was 60 years old, , lv.Uris wife 29. "jl). At Dallas, Texas, F. M:*'Btheridge, a lawyer, shot Attorney Edwin O. Harrell ^Ifour times in a/crowded elevatoy. Har- eague a call for a national convention for i nation of candidates for Presi- Vice-Presidettt -mf- the United be held in Boston, Mass., July iimi).n MplOTl <•*• cadet b»l t«^«anaga!nst It. . . ip "Of Harper's Baitar has been offered to and accepted by Mis* Elisabeth G. Jordan, formerly of Mil­ waukee, who >4IJ«8 been ^connected editor­ ially for eight jr'ars with the New York World. A |>etiti<m was filed by the Circuit Court at Baltimore for the appointment of A receiver for the Columbian Iron Works and Dry-Dork Company, of which former ilw'ov. AVillinm T. Malster •is President, r ' ' • -v A strike began the other day; nt the Hyde Park ant! Oxford, Pa., <H>HW#PS of the D., L. tc W. company. The driv­ ers went out after making a demand for an increase OC 10 j»pc day, nuking a wage scale of $1.47 per daf. * ;" * William V. Wilson, Jr.. 4nu»ber dealers of Baltimore, made an assign­ ment. Liabilities $80,000, assets $50,- (X)0. <Mr, Wilson is in a serious condi­ tion at a hospital snifering from a bullet wound accidentally self-inflicted. While Wall street speculator bewailed the losses by the shrinkage in the value of the stocks they held, every one of them agreed that the two biggest win­ ners were James K. Keene, $2,500,000, and Mrs. James R. Iveene, $2,500,000. Senator Jones, chairman of the Demo­ cratic National Committee, has issued a call for a meeting of the committee to be held at the Raleigh Hotel in Wash­ ington on the 22d of February next, to fix a time and place for holding the na­ tional Democratic convention. A cave*in occurred in the cement mines of the New York and Rosendale Cement works at Rosendale, N. Y. Four­ teen miners were buried, but after hard work all of them were rescued. Thou­ sands of tons of rock and dirt caved in, carrying down buildings and machinery. The State of. North Carolina has char­ tered the Appalachkin National Park Association,' with headquarters at Ashe- ville. It is for the promotion and main­ tenance by the United States of a na­ tional pari: and forest preserve in and among the Southern Appalachain moun­ tains. I The great Fall Rivet line® Plymouth, with 600 panic-sttickeo .feaasettssrs on. board, went on the roots In Long Island sound off Hunt's point, on the New York shore in a dense fog. A hole ten feet wide and five feet long was stove in her starboard side below the water line. No lives were lost. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company, the alleged rivai of the American Sugar Refining Company, was incorporated at Dover, Del., its capital being $100,000, with the privilege of increasing it to $100,000,000. The conipany is chartered to engage in the production11 of sugar in Cuba, Hawaii and Porto Rtco. _ ' WESTERN The Columbian . C^tfiopc\ summer school will 'be held at' ?foetH& Irom july 10 to Aug. 1 next year. *' ' ' „ The disagreement between the St. newspaper publishers and the strik­ ing pressmen has been settled. San Jose has been having a two days' celebration of the golden jubilee of the founding of California's government. ! Frank McFadden, a member of Com­ pany A, Twentieth Kansas, committed suicide at Topeka by taking morphine. Chinese highbinder assassins in San Francisco are said to have formed a trust and to have advanced the grice for committing murders. ' Comedian Sol Smith Ru^ll\;«ijulfered an'attack of mental paralysia while play4 ing at the Grand Opiefr'a Howe, Chicago, and was compelled to dismiss his audi* ence. The engineers and Jwemen of a double- header steel train {j$;fhe Northern Pa­ cific were killed at Rend rick, Idaho. The train got beyondf control on a doWn grade and ditched. A cave-in in the Lightner mine, Ange­ les Camp, Cal., imprisoned four men in a slope- en-the 300-foot level. John Whit- ten, a timber man, was taken out. Three others were yet imprisoned,. Telluride, Colo., reports the wrecking of the stamp mill of Thomas lode is the Bear Creek basin and the death of T. E. Thomas by a snowslide. The mill was destroyed, entailing a loss of $5,000. Antone-Gallosi, who was buried in the snowslide at Silver Plume, Colo., last winter and was dug out alive, was killed within thirty feet of the scene by smok­ ing while loading dynamite cartridges. Safe blowers entered the office of Bear & Regnas, real estate dealers at 820 West Twelfth street, Chicago, and es­ caped with $150. In blowing open one of two safes in the building they almost wrecked the latter. Near Greenbrier, Ark., the residence of George Roberts was, burned and his wife and two small children were cre­ mated. Mrs. Roberts was ill, and it is supposed was asleep. The children were too small to give the alarm. Henry D. Murren of Luxemburg, Mo., is $900 richer now than he was a few days ago. He was puttering about his place when he stumbled on an old iron pot, just at the foot of the chimney. He dog it' up and found it j filled with gold coin. J. T. Butler, late cashier of the Edge- ley, N. D., Bank, has struck a gold mine near San Diego, Cal., which has created great excitement as being a wonder in its way. Assays at a depth of forty-nine feet show gold quartz running $247 t"o the ton. In the bribery case of J Attorney Gen­ eral Moinett against the Standard Oil Company the Supreme fCo^rt of Ohio throws the case out of Vxmrt, giving as the reason that, the infatuation does not connect the company^fth the attempted bribery. f~" posed by the raibr««j|k a«4 ^o tottf the demoralisation of their businelk. At Denver the Colorado Museum of Natural History has organized and will be incorporated. John F. Campion, J. A. Thatcher and other Denver capitalists at* promoters of the organization, and they have already secured the famous collection of Rocky Mountain animals and birds of Prof. Carter of Brecken- ridge, Colo., who will be curator of th museum. The trial of Dr. S. M, Jenkins, -charg­ ed with murder, came to a sudden and tCRgic end at Dallas, Texas, when- Hugh Wheat. 28 years of age, a brother of Mary Wheat, one of the doctor's alleged victims, shot and mortally wounded the defendant in a crowded court room. Wheat is in .jail. The steamer State of Kansas of the Tennessee River Packet Company burn­ ed to the water's edge while lying at the foot of Main street, New Madrid, Mo. All the passengers escaped, but several hundred bales of cotton and other freight and baggage were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Fire broke out in the four-story build­ ing at the southeast corner of Dearborn1 and South Water streets, Chicago. The following firms were burned out :Ginocchi, Costa & Co., Arado, Casati & Co., John Zucca & Co. All of them are in the fruit commission business, and their ag­ gregate loss will probably reach $20,000. The Nebraska Supreme Court has sus» pended the judgment passed on the three Omaha ministers fined by District Judge Scott on a charge of contempt' of court. Judge Scott's sentence was that the min­ isters should go to jail if the fines were not paid. The chief justice fixed the supercedcas bond at $500 for each of the ministers. At Lincoln, Neb., the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Douglas County Court holding the bondsmen of former State Treasurer Bnrtlev liable on his official bond. The decision holds that that the Governor only approves a bond of a State official and that the same does not become binding until filed with th* Secretary of State. If FOREIGN. Germany is said to be anxious to buy St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, for a naval coaling station. Bernard Quaritch, the famous art deal­ er and vender of rare books, died at London, in his eighty-second year. Trinity College students rioted at Dub­ lin on the occasion of conferring thte de­ gree of doctor ofc jLaw,*. on Joseph Cham­ berlain. M. J. .Meagher, an elephant trainer, better, kh'own as Patsy JPorepaogh, w4s instantly killed by ai ̂ ephant at Sells- ville, Columbus, Oh|b. Reports received for this season's sugar erop in the Hawaiian Islands give the total product as 282,807 tons, which is one of the largest for years. Jttaj.«Gen. Henry W. Lawton has been shot and killed at San Mateo, P. I. He was standing in front of his troops, was shot in the breast and died immediately. Mme. de Falbe, a popular figure in London society and an intimate friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales, died at Bournemouth, in her seevnty- ninth year. The British and American ministers at The Hague have asked permission to retire to Antwerp with a view of avoid­ ing personal unpleasantness owing to the anti-Eingtish attitude of the Dutch. IN GENERAL. Miss Viola Horlocker, charged With the -- irn Matter, 42 years old, senior ^.^taieajber of the firm of Kimball Brothers y* pfe Co., tobacco manufacturers at New ^-York, committed suicide by shooting. He K&id to have lost considerable money« j,',, -in Wall street recently. j/j,. * , The old building and the dormitories of §|x:v£|the Georgetown convent, Washington, D. E' <3., were destroyed by fire. All inmates if J fiand employes escaped. Loss $10,000. The Woman's National Sabbath Alli- jL jance is about to send a letter to depart* Went stores in New York City, request­ ing them not to advertise- hi Sunday jnewspapers. 4 At Montreal, Que., Ferdinand Lemieux, •local manager of the defunct Ville Marie «Bank, was found guilty of sending to the ^Government false statements <^»i'to the -bank's condition, and was sentenced to in the penitentiary.^ EASTERll&SH *1 !•', * * * O v i S l M ^ f > ' • & William II. Carpent&r, author, poet and editor, died at Baltimore, aged 86 years. The New York presbytery adopted res­ olutions disapproving the teachings of A. McGifiert. w Wiliiam Henry Lee, one of the hjest- • yp; known hotel men In America, died at :lr New York, aged 55. t Mrs. W. B. floffman, better known aa ;V Myrtie Peek, the horsewoman, died at %.V hep "home in Silver L^e, Mass. ^ The cadets at the united States mili- twy academy at West Point, N. Y., with* out a dissenting voice have decided to ^ ' ' attempted murder of Mrs. C. F. Morey by poison May 10 last, was arraigned in the District Court at Hastings, Neb., and her case was continued until the spring term. Her. bond was renewed with the Original sureties. As a result of a change of choirs at the La Fayette Methodist Episcopal Church south of St. Louis, Frank L. Shaw, man­ ager of the D. M. Osborne Company, has received two anonymous letters of a threatening tone and a box of candy, said to contain poisop. James Kennedy, a miner employed on the Silver Queen of Ouray, Colo., was carried over a 500-foot cliff to death, and his companion, Jeff Engle, liM a narrow escape, being saved Only by suspension .in a high pine that withstood the shock of the snowslide. > Four Englishmen have been buying horses for the London and Liverpool horse markets at the Grand avenue horse and mule market in Kansas City. The Transvaal war has done as much for the horse trade in Kansas City as it Ins for the trade' in mules. Near Custer, S. D., the Vigilante Min­ ing Company has struck a vein of copper ore in its mine that exceeds anything In value that has ever been found in Black Hills. The rich ore is found in 300-foot level. The width of the ve^ at this time is ten feet. A secret meeting of grain dealers was held at Lima, O., over 100 being present from northwestern Ohio. They formed an organization to control prices and Judgment has beeh given by Chancel­ lor Doyle of the crown in the suit of the province of Ontario against the execu­ tors of the estate of the late Daniel Scot- ten, the millionaire tobacco merchant of Petroifv;|o,r secession duties. Newg*has been received iu Washington that the concession of the Nicaraguan Government to the Cragin-Eyre-Grace syndicate Is to be canceled, and that the Nicuragrmn Government intends to ex­ tend the life of the Maritime Canal Com* rany. Alexander McDonald, president of the Standard Cm Company, will resign that position and retire from the commercial field on Feb. 1. His successor will be F. Col lings, who at present has charge of the Standard company in the Louis­ ville district. News was received by the steamer Dan­ ube of the finding of a wonderfully rich deposit of free milling ore within ten miles of the Klondike capital, which as­ says $860 to the ton. The find, said to be the greatest in the mining history of the world, wa£ made a year ago. One of the most peculiar accidents ever recortled in Ontario happened recently. Theodore Heath, a young Cathcart man, while eating his dinner swallowed his false teeth. Three physicians were call­ ed, and decided upon an operation. Heath was cut open and the teeth removed, but he died from the shock. The President hap granted a full par­ don to James H. Bacon, convicted in 1896 of making a false report to the Comptroller of the Currency of the con­ dition of the National Bank of Salt Lake, Utah, of which he was president. Comp­ troller Dawes and his predecessor stated that they believed Bacon was innocent of any moral wrong and that he ought not to have been convicted. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime,. $3.00 to $7.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn. No. 2, 30c to 31<N oats, No. 2, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 26c; eggs, fresh, 19c; to 21c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 50c per bushel. » HAPPBNIS6S OF 1899.] SPSS' SUMMARY OF A YEALHF IM­ PORTANT EVENTS. I fCfet th* iftci<4 j Mp, 16c to $6.50; hogs, choice light', $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. *2, 69c to 71c;$corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.25 to $7.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; rfheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 52c to 54c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2-mixed, 25e to 27c; rye, No. 2, 61c to 62c. v Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; f*yo, 56c to 58c. / Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 68c to 70c; corn, No, 2 mixed, 31c to 32e; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 56c; clover seed, $4.90 to $5.00. Blilwankee--Wheat, No. 2 northern, 64c to 67c; corn, No. 3, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye. No. 1, 55c to 56c; barley. No. 2, 43c to 45c; pork, mess, $9.75 to $10.25. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 Lto $5.75. f New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; ! wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn, No, 2, 39c to 31c; oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; j butter, creamery, 23c to 28c; eggs, War In Philippine Island* and South Africa, the Dreyfus Trial, Political Difficulties in Samoa, Death and De­ struction by Fire, Wind and Flood* Many causes have combined to make the year 1899 a rather remarkable one. Its opening was signalized by Spain's surrender of the last vestige of her sov­ ereignty in the western hemisphere; its progress brought forth the declaration of war between England and the Transvaal Republic, and its close leaves these na­ tions still engaged in a bloody contest, that may result in important political changes in South Africa. During the year the fighting between the natives and United States troops in the Philip­ pines has continued and the war is yet on. Other events, aside from warfare, that have occupied public attention to a great­ er or less extent have been: Signing of the treaty- of peace with Spain; settle­ ment of difficulties in the Samoan Isl­ ands; trial, conviction and pardon of Cap­ tain Alfred Dreyfus in France; numer­ ous large fires that have destroyed many lives and much property; tornadoes that caused disaster and death at KirksviUe, Mo., in April, and at New Richmond, Wis., in June; several fatal shipwrecks; deaths of prominent men, among them President Felix Faure of'France, Garret A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United States, and Robert G. Ingersoll; great street car strike at Cleveland and labor riots at Pana and Carterville, III. A brief chronological transcript of the year's events is given below:. January. < 1--Spain resigns sovereignty over Cuba. 4 -Tnii!! he!rt up and robUed at Macomb, Mo.... Peuce treuty with Spain introduced la the Senate. 9--Fourteen persons killed and forty-eight Injured in a collision uenr Dunellen, N. J. 10--MeCoy defeated by Sharkey In New *ork.. . .Severe storm In California. 13--Fire at Memphis, Tenn., destroys wholesale dry goods house of J. S. Menkln & Co., and causes $500,000 loss... .Death cf Congressman Dlngley of Maine. 14--British bark Andelina sinks at Tacoma with her entire crew of nineteen men. 17--Death of John Russell Young, librarian of Congress. 18--Disastrous flood at Cleveland. .German consul at Apia, Samoa, ejected from Su­ preme Court Building by American and British consuls. 20--Bank at Arthur, 111., robbed of $3,000. •^1--Earthquake shakes Peloponnesan pen- insula of Greece, . .Ms.ss&cre of of- fleers by natives at Balabac, in the Philip­ pines. 25--One hundred thousand dollars damage done by fire at Johnstown, Pa. ...Adelina Pattl and Baron Cederstrom married at Bre­ con, Wales. 2»--Kx-Attorney General A. H. Garland dies suddenly in Washington.. : .Court mar­ tial finds Gen. Chas. P. Eagan guilty under two charges. 20--Cold wave over the West; 13 degrees below zero at Chicago. 30--Two hundred thousand dollar lumber yard fire in Chicago. February. 1--Seven persons perish In snowslide In Rogers Pass, B. C. 2--^1750,000 Are in Columbus, Ohio, in which many are injured... .Burning of the Buck­ ingham Theater, Louisville, Ky. 3--$800,000 fire at Philadelphia. ' 4--Battle between Filipinos and Americans at Manila... .Mrs. Botkin receives life sen­ tence for murder... .Jumes A. Sexton, Com­ mander-in-chief G. A. R., dies in Washing­ ton. 6-- Last detachment of Spanish army leaves Cuba.... Death of Gen. Count von Caprivi, former Chancellor German Empire... .Peace treaty ratified by United States Senate. 8--Manitoba Hotel at Winnipeg burns; loss $400,000... .Eleven business houses burn In Prairie du Chien, Wis. 0--Twenty-one degrees below zero at Chi­ cago; coldest day In twenty-six years.... t000,000 fire in Front street, New York.... 'ive business houseaiat Herlngbqn, Kan., burn. J 10--Explosion in Baxter Stove Works, Mansfield, Ohio, causte a $100,000 fire.... Kelly Block in Cleveland burns; loss <150.. 000... .$200,000 fire in Toronto, Oat.... American troops capture Caloocan. 11--Troops under Gen. Miller take Hollo ....Engagement outside Manila, Ln which Fllipi nos are driven back. 12--Twenty-four Italian miners and fami­ lies perish in snowslide at Silver Plume, Colo... .McClurg's book store ln Chicago burns; loss $562,000... .Seventeen Insane women burned to death at Yankton, S. D. Report of War Investigating Board made public ln Washington... .Great fires ln New York City and Albany, N. Y. 13--Dlgbv, N. 8., almost wiped out by fire Blizzard in the East and South. 14-- $500,000 tire ln manufacturing district of Cincinnati.... Burning of manufacturers' warehouse in Chicago; loss $1,000,000. 15--Machine shops In Brooklyn navy yard burned. 16--Death of M. Felix Faure, President of France. 18--Emilo Loubet chosen President of France... .Riots ln Paris. .% 20--Fire causes $500,000 loss at Port Wash­ ington, Wis. 22--City of Manila flred by Filipinos. March. 1--Death of Lord Herschell in Washing'-' ton Sagasta ministry resigns at Madrid. 3--George l>ewey made an Admiral by President McKlnfey. ' 4--Congress adjourns. 5--Storm destroys life and property In East Tennessee New ministry takes of­ fice at Madrid... .Terrlfl6 powder explosion at La Goubran, France, kills sixty persons. 9-- Itev. T. DeWitt Talmage resigns his Washington » pastorate Battle between Americaus and Canadians on Porcupine River, B. C. 11--Gen. Maximo Gomez deposed from command by Cuban Assembly. 13--I'asig captured by American troops.... Understanding reached on Samoan affairs Herbert l'utnam, of Boston, appointed Congressional librarian. 16--Mob shoots nine negroes at Palmetto, Ga....Death of Editor Joseph Medlll.... Five killed in street riot at Hot Springs, Ark Election riot in St. Louis results in death of two men B. P. Hutchinson, wheat operator, dies at Lake Geneva, Wis. IT--Peace treaty signed by the Queen Re­ gent of Spain Windsor Hotel burns In New York, with great loss of life. 18--Fatal riot in Havana. 20--Mrs.1 Martha Place electrocuted at Sing Sing. 21-24--Race war in Little River County, Ark., where many negroes are lynched. 23--Malietoa Tanus crowned King of Sa­ moa. 2a--Opening of ship canal at Port Arthur, Tex'as. 27--Burning of Armour's felt works in Chi­ cago. 20--American and British warships . bom­ bard native towns ln Samoa... .Sinking of the steamer Rowena Lee in the Mississippi below Oa rut hers ville, Mo. riot at Pana, [losis of forty-live . Indians drowned iVyo. md; loss alm5st 80 -One lnindretf and twenty lives lost by shipwreck of passenger steamer Stella in the English channel. 31--Fall of Malolos $300,000 Are in San Francisco. April. 7--Eleven lives lost ln bdrnlng of Wallace* Andrews' residence In Ne# York. 9--Death of Justice S. J. Held, retired.... Seventeen lives lost by bi eaking of an ige gorge olfo; Yellowstone RH er ut Glebftlve, Montana.^ 10--Seven persons killed U Illinois. Ij_ 11--Exchange of peace taaaties with Spain ends the state of war... •Creek coaster Ma ria sunk off Tripoli wit " ~ lives. 14- Twenty-three Cro in floods neur Sheridan, 15--Great tire in Cle $1,000,000. 18-- Fishing schooner Eliza lost off Nan­ tucket, with eleven of jher crew. 24- Death of ex-Gov.ja. J. Oglesby of Illi­ nois... .Thirty persona drowned in wreck of British ship Loch Hlo#<>n Kangaroo Island. 26--Dawson C"y, Alaska, almost wiped out by fire. 27--Tornado at Kirka lile and Newtown. Mo., and in .Soldier liiyer valley, lowa.; Scores killed and Injura.. ®-- Earthquake shakes Southern Illinois and Indiana and Northeri Kentucky... .Fa­ tal mine riots at Wardne) Idaho. May. | 1--Destructive forest fires Nebmsku and Colorado. 3--Resignation of Italian labinet. 4--Opening of Ute reserv^ion In Colorado. 6--Five killed by tornado In Chickasaw na­ tion, O. T Death of Mr$. w. C. Whitney. 7--Report of Wade Court of Inquiry given out. ^ & Co.'s thresher works at Mas- burned; logs $500,000. " ex-G^fR. p. Flower of New liersons killed in rail- Pa. f-lsque Sarcey, noted at Princeton between Bin** wm WMfcK^y- in South Dakota, 8--Iiu sillon, 12--j Y "t'.'b ; m. 20^-AgulMl^o seaflv envoys to an* peace. 21--American liner Paris goes ashore on the Manacles, off Cornwall, England. 22--Buffalo grain shovelers' strike ends Tornado In Erath County, Texas. 25-- Death of Don Emilio Castelar, Span­ ish Statesman... .Great fire at St. John, N. B., which rendered 1,000 persona home* less... .Death of Rosa Bonneur, French artist. 28--Tornado devastates parts of South Da­ kota, Iowa and Nebraska... .Seven persons killed in train wreck near Waterloo, Iowa. June. ©--Railway wreck at Grandview, Mo.... Jeffries defeats Fitzsiuimons at Coney Isl­ and, New York. 12i--New Richmond, Wis., iHped oat by tornado, 150 persons being killed..'. .Dupuy ministry resigns at Paris. 15--.Herman, Neb., destroyed by storm. 16--Thirteen persons drowned In steam­ boat accident near Stettin. Germany.... Twelve miners killed by mine explosion at Glace Bay, C. B. 22--New French cabinet organised at Parts. 23--Death of H. B. Plant. 29--Nine lives lost in wreck of steamer Margaret Olwill In Lake Erie. 30--Dreyfus lands ln France....Walkout at Homestead mills, Pittsburg. . 28--Disastrous floods In Texas. ^ July, 5--Death of Bishop J. P. Newman. 1 6--Death of Robert Bonner... .Order Is­ sued for enlistment of ten regiments for the Philippines. j 7--Death of George W. Julian, Indiana anti-slavery leader... .Liudell Hotel, Lin­ coln, Neb., burns. 16-- Street car strike Inaugurated In Brook­ lyn. N. Y. * 19--Resignation of R. A. Alger, Secretary of War. 21--Death of Robert G. ingersoll. 22--Elihu Root named as Secretary of War Telegraph messengers strike at Cihcin- uatl. 23--$1,000,000 loss by burning of C., H. ft D. elevator at East Toledo, Ohio. 26--Assassination of President Giysses Heureaux of San Domingo. 27--Death of A. L. Luetgertln Joliet, IU., prison. . 30--Tupper Lake, N. Y., wiped, out by fire. August. I--Elihu Root, of New York, sworn ln ss Secretary of War. 6--Thirty-five killed and twelve Injured ln trolley car accident near Bridgeport, Conn. ....Collapse of a ferry slip at Bar Harbor, Me., kills twenty persons and injures forty others. 7--Dreyfus trial begins at Rennes, France. 13--M. Labor!, counsel for Capt. Dreyfus, shot at Rennes. 20--Great riot In Paris. * . 21--Business portion of Victor, Colo., de­ stroyed by fire. 28--Chicago Coliseum framework collapses killing nine men and injuring as many more. September. 5--Extremely hot weather in Chicago; thermometer registers 98 degrees. 6--Fifty persons Injured In collision on the B. & O. Railway at Connellsvllle, Pa. 8--Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted at Ren­ nes, France. 12--Death of Cornelius Vanderbllt. 13--Trust conference begins in Chicago. 17--Seven negroes killed in coal mine riot at Cartcrvllle, 111 Death of Chas. A. Pills- bury of Minneapolis. < 10--Capt. Dreyfus pardoned. 21--Fire ln Chicago stockyards; loss $300,000. 26--Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olym- pia, arrives In New York. 29--Dewey naval parade in New York. 30--$1,000,000 fire in Big pour depot and warehouse at Cincinnati. October. 7--Fall festival ln Chicago. II--War Is begun in South Africa... .For­ mal declaration of war made by Boers. 12--Four thousand persons killed by earth­ quake in Ceram, Molucca Islands. 16--Columbia wlni first race for America's cup. 17--Columbia wins second race, Shamrock being disabled by breaking of topmast. 20--Columbia wins third race... .Boers de­ feated at Glencoe. 21--English defeat Boers at Elandslaagte. 23--Battle at Glencoe, South Africa. 24--Boers repulsed at Ladysmlth. 26-- Death of Gen. Guy V. Henry. 27--Death of Florence Marryat, English novelist. • 30--British badly defeated ln desperate battle at Ladysmlth... .Ferryboa^ sunk ln North River, New York, and ten*'lives lost. November. / 3--Jeffries defeats Sharkey in New York. 4--American Steel and Wire Company's plant at Waukegan, 111., burns. 7--Cruiser Charleston goes ashore off northwest coast of Luzon. 9--Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen wedded ln Washington... .Joubert begins bombardment of Ladysmith. 1 ,12--Major John A. Logan killed in battle in Philippines. 21--Death of Vice President Garret A. Hobart. 25--British defeat Boers in hard battle at Belmont. 25--Death of George R. Davis, of Chicago, Director-General of World's Fair of 1893. 27--Death of Charles Coghlan, the actor. 28--Boers defeated In severe engagement on banks of Modder River. 29--Block of Philadelphia "business honses burned; loss $3,000,000. December. 4--Fifty-sixth Congress opens. 6--Death of Senator Hay ward of Nebraska. 6--Dick Coleman, negro murderer, burned at the stake at Maysville, Ky. 9--British meet decisive defeat at Storm- berg Thirty-two miners killed by gas ex­ plosion ln mine at Carbonado, Wash. 11--British suffer great losses In engage­ ment with Boers at Magersfontein. 14--Gen. Buller badly defeated by Boers in attempting to cross Tugela River. 17--Death of Thos. M. Brumby, flag lieu- tennnt of U. S. warship Olympla. 18--Currency bill passed by lower house of Congress Excitement on Wall street causes two big failures. i 19--Gen. Henry W. Lawton killed before San Mateo, P. I. ' Why Fishes Ara Slippeiry. Fish of almost every sort are, 'when fresh caught, slippery and hard to hold. This sllpperlness is due to a sort of mucus exuded through the scale, and is of the greatest importance to all slimy creatures. One of the important functions of the fish's slimy coating is to protect it from the attacks of fungus, a form of plant life found in all waters, salt and fresh, foul and pure. If the fish is so injured that some spot becomes uncovered by the slime, a barely visible fungus will be likely to lodge there, and when it is once lodged the process of reproduction is very rapid. It soon extends over the gills and kills the fish. The primary purpose of the slime of the fish, is to reduce its friction, when in motion through the water and increase its speed. It also serves as a cushion te the scales, which it thus protects from many injuries. '1 Grand Opera. "Yea needn't be taken on sich airs, Missus Mulvaney, jlst beycuz yer man'.) bin made a jigger on 'th perleesh force. Me man went t' th' gran' opphra '» sthyle." "Gran' opphra nuttin'. It 'ud be takin' a mouth's whages whurkin' loike yer man doos, Missus O'lloolilian, t' get dough ernuff t' go t* gran' opphra!" "But 'e wlnt, jhust th' same, yez desateful creathur. 'E tauld me ivry- thin' consarnln' th' perphormence." "Oh, did 'e, yez bhloomin' parphari- katur? An' how did 'e Injhoy th' songs in th' Dago linguage?" "Dago? It wuz good Amerikhan Ooirish, begorrah, that they spuk, fur me man tould me sum o' the Jliokes." "Jhokes?" "Yls, jliokes, yes haythen. They alius hez jliokes whin th' gran' opphra cums t' th' Cap-tal Shquare Thc-a-ter." --Detroit Free Press. A Remarkable Shawl. The Duchess of Northumberland pos­ sesses a shawl given her by Charles X. of prance, which cost a fabulous sum. It Is manufactured from the fur of a species of Persian cat, the hair of which is so fine that one strand is hard­ ly visible to the naked eye. The spin­ ning, weaving, and fashioning of the meterial required several years of labor FAMOUS FIGHTER KILLED HEAD OF HIS TROOPS. AT Valla Wlille About to Aaaault Iwnar- ffents-Won His Rank by Gallantry- Hero of Civil, Indian and Spanish Wars--Sketch of a Noble Life. • Hanila dispatch Tuesday reported that Maj. Gen. Henry tV. Lawton had been killed at San Mateo. He was standing in front of his troops, the dis­ patch stated, and was shot in the breast and instantly killed by a Filipino sharpshooter. Gen. Lawton, according to a dispatch from Manila Monday night, ̂ started out with she Eleventh oJEW. lawton. Cavalry and two battalions of infantry during the even­ ing to capture San Mateo, where three hundred insurgents had entrenched themselves. The press dispatch an­ nouncing Gen. Lawton's death, when re­ ceived in Washington, was sent imme­ diately to the White House, where the cabinet meeting was in progress. The news was received with expressions of profound sorrow and regret.. At the War Department instructions had been received Monday itota the President to prepare Gen. Lawton's Com­ mission as a brigadier general in the regular army, to fill one of the existing vacancies and the adjutant general's clerks were at work on the commission when the information of Gen. Lawton's death was conveyed to the department. Gen. Lawton was a n&tive of Indiana and won his commission in the army by signal gallantry dnring the war between the States and in the Indian wars. It comes only to a great nation that' has been rent with civil war, menaced by frontier strife with fierce Indians and bnrdened with the responsibilities of a contest like the Spanish war and the subsequent actions in the tropical Philip­ pines, to produce such a typical fighter as Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton. Per­ sonally leading troops in battle, where it would appear that no soldier could es­ cape the death-dealing bullet, Gen. Law- ton went through an experience that would have covered his breast with med­ als had he fought beneath the flag of an empire. When death came to him it was as if a personal blow had been dealt to every loyal American who had read of the deeds of the brave man. Gen. Lawton was one of the "born fighting machines" that' the United States army acquired at the outbreak of the re­ bellion, from private life. Acts of hero­ ism marked his honorable career in the volunteer army that saved the nation, and, bearing the brevet of colonel for dis­ tinguished services in action, and proud in the possession of a medal of honor for signal act's of bravery before Atlanta in 1864, Gen. Lawton elected to make war his profession. He was made a lieutenant in the reg­ ular army, first serving with the Forty- first infantry, but subsequently joining the cavalry arm of the service. When President McKinley made him a major general May 4, 1898, he was a lieuten­ ant' colonel in the regular army. To millions the story of the "hero of El Caney" is much, fresher and much more vivid than the work of the intrepid In­ dian fighter who clung doggedly to the trail of that wily chifeftain of the mur­ derous Apaches, Geronimo, until he had successfully carried out his plan for the -Indian's capture. 'QUpEN VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS RESENT TO TOMMY ATKINS. Each of these boxes contains half a pound of fine chocolate. The <^ieen her­ self chose the design for the cover, which Is enameled in red, with the embossed medallion in gold. As soon as the 90,000 boxes were made, the dies were broken, so that no one but Tommy Atkins at the front may have one of* the boxes. The present cost' the Queen about $15,000. . "BLACK WEEK'* IN LONDON- Total ^British Losses Since War Began Arc Now 7,630. "Black week," as last wefek is now uni­ versally called in London, has evidently aroused the British Government and th* war office to,a full sense of their respon­ sibility and of tlie magnitude of the task before them. The papers unanimously applaud this awakening, despite the fact that they recognize that the heroic meas­ ures now decided upon savor rather of weaknessi than of strength. It was high time Uiat something very energetic was done.,,, TJhe British losses in killed, wound­ ed, prisoners and missing throughout the campaign now re&ch the enormous total of 7,630, As a festilt'Of the British reverses the whole Solgth African country northwest is in rebellion. The natives there, as well ak those in Basutoland, are said to be much disturbed and losing heart re- spectihg the strength of the British. Numerous petitions expressing sympft- - > ' f thy with the South African republics ^ ̂ their war with Great Britain were pre­ sented in the Senate on Monday by Mf» -" . Mason of Illinois. Resolutions in oppoql-- -K •>, tion to the retention of the Philippine^. " s5 introduced by Mr. Tillman and Mr. Ba» •, * ; con. Speech by Mr. Morgan in favor of' his resolution to prohibit trade combina-. tions interfering with interstate cons» merce. The House passed currency biS, | providing for gold #andard by vote S 190 to 150, eleven Democrats voting witik , f Republicans in afflrmatlte. Committees' fa, i a n n o u n c e d b y S p e a k e r . ' J , * ' The Senate on Tuesday subatituteSl < ^ Senate for House financial bill and re- v; ceived notice from Mr. Aldrich that he would eall up the former Jan. 4, 1900, and press it to passage. Received froBB--^.-.-^ Mr. Stewart a resolution granting ths^*' '• un­ commercial Cftble Company the right t*> * Jay a cable to Cuba. Passed a bill cre­ ating a commission of five to revise and.' * codify the pension laws. Mr. Allen, aflh - 1 pointed from Nebraska, took the oath of--' • ' office,. The House referred the Prest--, dent's message to the various commit-. tees and listened to speeches by Mr.. Grow (Rep., Pa.) in snpport of the ad^> ministration's policy in the Philippines - and by Mr. Bell (Pop., Colo.) criticising^ , the President's utterances on prosperity.-^ , Received from Mr. De Armond (Dem., > Mo.) a resolution declaring against rfej'% tention of the Philippines. , j On Wednesday the Senate laid upoaV i the table resolution from regents of Smithsonian Institution asking that Rfcll*- f ard Olney be appointed to vacancy on, , " , the board, Mr. Hokr saying Supreme' Court justices might as well suggest WhQ - . i; should fill vacancy on that' bench. Re- ' ' ferred to judiciary committee resolution • ^ by Mr. Butler for constitutional amend­ ment providing that chief justice an#'- United States judges be elected by pojh 1 ular vote. Received from Mr. Hoar re*- ^ olution declaring in effect for withdrawn!^ -. • J. from the Philippines. Passed resolution* ^ requesting the President, if not incont- ' patible with public interests, to communis -• V cate to the Senate all the testimony and * findings of the eommission which invest!-- - gated the conduct of the Spanish-Amerl- - . • can war. Adjourned to Jan. 3, 1900. In» . J; the House no quorum was present an#- time of brief session was occupied by- • ; humorous filibustering prior to adjourn- ment to Jan. 3, 1900. , ~ ln Guam. • \ ,,',1". If it is patriotism you refer to,' con­ sider Guam. Particulars of the first celebration of the Fourth of July in that*- - new possession of tlie United State*.- ^ have just come to hand by the arrival; of a vessel. Guns were fired until all the powder on the island except that* belonging to the garrison was exhaust)- - •••• ed. There were four goddesses of* : liberty and they rode on a bullock cart. . 1 It was intended to have only one god- - dess>but the girls got into a fight ovar the honor and compromised by putting1- up the four best fighters. The wrangle?. kept up when the goddesses took post- , tion and posed for admiration.. One bit, < a hole out of the cheek of another. A, wheel came off the chariot, spilled oiw the goddesses and the fight was resurnf v . Js ed. The chariot proceeded empty of itt ~ beauties. All the Inhabitants Guam unite in saying that It wa» , c splendid celebration. news of the British reverses have been telegraphed to Abyssinia as far as the wires go, and then rushed by couriers to Menelek.' It is believed Menelek is con­ templating war against Britain and is only awaiting the opportunity when the British are weaker. A Hummingbird's VmbrelNi In front of a window where I worked was a butternut tree. A humming-bird built her nest on a limb that grew nea* the window, says a writer in-tlie Amert* can Sportsman, and we had an oj^| ; portunity to watch her closely. In fact^' we could look right Into the nest. One day when there was a heavy shower coming up we thought we would see l^r«< she covered her young during the raiuu . Well, when tlie first drops fell she came and took in lier bill one of two or tlirea large leaves growing close by, and lai^f / this leaf over the nest so as to comg^ ^ pletely cover it; then she flew away. Oj^\ examining the leaf, we found a hole il§J It, and in the side of the nest was • small stick that the leaf was fastened to or hooked upon. After the storni was oyer, the old' bird came back and. ,; unbooked the leaf,' and the nef$, wal, .^ perfectly dry. ^ How a Cat Saved.* Libra*#. f But for the intelligence of a pet Malt^. ". ese cat a fire in the Reading Publi<|" « Librgry might have been a very seriouit^ affair. One of the women employes olkrf the store on the first floor of the build-. ing w§s sleeping on a couch in the real- V of the store. The only other living ., thing iu the room was the cat. Taddy ' was also sleeping, but was awakened by,, the smell of smoke. Seeing that some* • >. thing was wrong, she climbed upon the «" couch and scratched the girl until she was awakened in time to give the alartii y. > before the fire had gained any headway^ . . •; , Saakey and "Ninety and Mine," Ira D. Sankey said the other uay th&tf ^ he first sang "The Ninety and Nine" in. j Edinburgh twenty-six years ago. Th<i ' H vefses he had seen in a newspaper, and " never had time to put to music. It wa* A disptntch from Rome says that all the & case of emergency: he didn't knoifjf Church Row Prompts Crime. As a result of a change of choirs at the La Fayette Methodist Episcopal Church south, of St. Louis. Frank I. Shaw, man­ ager of the D.'M. Osborne Company, has received two anonymous letters of a threatening tone and a box of candy^ said to contain poison. ' r Victory Without m President Castro's trOops have occupied Maracaibo, Venezuela, ousting Gen. Her­ nandez's party without fighting. This has produced a good impression throughout the republic. ^ ' * ' 4-.,' : j t ^ ,> J. ̂ .* 1. i K.i I. Odd* and Ends.' In a wreck at Gray, Va., Engineer William' Bishop was killed. Two mail and baggage cars burned. Chicago detectives are looking for a forger of theater tickets. Twelve hun­ dred bogus tickets were found In two weeks. Giuseppe Risans went back into his burning boarding house, in New York, to recover a new suit of clothes. He was suffocated. Edith Forrester, Cowarts, Ala., eloped with Ben West and married." The angry . Llather soundly thrnshed the £M4 a£d the \ young man skipped oat. J ~ what to sing, but seemed inspired to f attempt "The Ninety and Nine" with* 1 > out music. He started to play, then ^ sing, each note coming to him until th# v song was finished. The music, he ad* ded, has not been altered to this tty. •' J' Plants aa Barometers. What's the weather going to be the ^ flowers will tell you, if you watch them., Look out for rain when the clover stnik» *' j stand upright; when the flowers of the . ":; convolvulus, the African marigold, th$ , little pimpernel and tfie dainty wood < sorrel close. Then, too, the pitcher ^ plant turns its flower upside down, " Fine weather is foretold by the opening1 of the flowers above named, and by the J- ¥ standing erect of the flower of the ' p i t c h e r p l a n t . * - V F Three Hundred Tears oil.'";' Salem, X. J., is notable for being on* V" • of the oldest towns in?that state. On« , ' j of its most venerable objects is a briel#^^^ dwellingon East Brodway,once oecupiV-, * ed as a hotel, which was erected in 1691. . The building is in a fair state of preset-- * vatiou and is referred to with a pardon- .. . able pride by the people of the little . , town. The courthouse was built in -i-LV 1735 and justice 'Is still administered,--.^- - from beneath the broad arch which spans the stagelike platform upon vhicliUiepresidi^|in^e 4~. W-.