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?ao. industrlal situation in the- South n*»d inquiring into J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. ^JS5£HENRY. ILLISOIVV TRICK ADVANCES PAY. BUT NOT AT ALL FROM A PHIL­ ANTHROPIC MOTIVE. it Commercial CSain ?Jot. Large--Start- liisg Death Boll in Sunday Fires-- American Schooner Reported Sunk Ka Spanish Gunboat. , ' ' To Crush a Rival. tFW J.eW.1- . JCalra- t 'l.mmin.v.. nfisted . no- ticos at Uniontown, Pa., that a new scale " will /go into effect" April T~granti»g ah increase of 15 (per cent, iu all .grades of work. Tlais Will" stop'the strike which was ordered f ir April 1. ' The new scale of wages is the same a? the men struck for last year, when-they made a losing fight wljidi lasted six months, The other opera^SrsVwll be foreeA to pay the ad­ vance or have a strike. It is also said the advance i^made with a view of Crush­ ing \)iT. .1. Rainey in retaliation for his refusal to go into the coke operating syn­ dicate. •• ly^any Die in Flames.- By the burning qf the. Wabash rrinnd- • house in Toledo.'Ohio. Sunday morning, j * fifteen men' were buried beneath, a mass I of hriifk and tmibers. Fdni" were killed j outright, and nine <se.ridHsly hurt. This j is the'-nibsT serious tire.'in point of killed i and injured, ..that ever occurred in tilt* city. The loss on six engines destroyed Is t estimated at $40,000; building, • $56,000; [ store-room and miscellaneous stock. $10,- fbe special mdu'ccfhents held out by Georgia for New Encia.vl cotton miflis to 'do business in that State, /".'•• / . After, being in session rill ' night, the managers of the Kinniekinnick, Glens "Falls arid Farnum mines and their, em- "pToycs arrived at a settlement and 000 men returned to work. The operators granted the rate of. 35 cents per ton, which is the price asked, by the men for machine mining. Other, differences were compromised. The'demand for coal has greatly increased of late. An alarming enidemic is raging- among horses in Halifax, N. S., and. the disease is ...easily contracted by human beings who come in contact with the infected,, animals. Veterinarians pronounce the affection equina! smallpox, and many of the horsemen in Halifax are victims. The Government Veterinary Surgeon lias the. disease in his fiBrbt hand. Another man more seriously affected will have to have -Tiis arm • amputated" to preventblood poi- soiling, and still another horseman is be- Jieved to be .fatally ill as-the result of handling diseased horses". Ttl'e Govern­ ment Veterinary .Surgeon says the disease is atmospheric atici any animal is liable to contract it. . WESTERN. / " ' , ! ; B. L. Kneff. of Wisconsin. ,was killed 'by the fail'of a rock near Oaxa'ca, Mex.- Natural gas has been piped, to Salt Lake City. The wells, which are four­ teen miles away, have an aggregate out­ put o.f 20,000,000 feet a day. ,Chief of Police Ciwyley. of Sari Fran­ cisco, Cat... takes exception to the critb -(.ristris of Max O'Reli and says it is an in­ sult to compare that city with Paris. rnrnrniimi' in • i,r-f n-' t„-T -'"i will Mate the United States to compensate tTie w.o unded EngRshin an. Although, following precedtrnt in "such cases, It.< is not improbable that some -indemnity may he paid to him, more as a matter'of$in- ternational comity than because of any just claim he may have, ajfatfrst the Gov­ ernment.' WASHINGTON. Secretary of the Interior Smith lias de­ cided to issue 4 patent for the Taylor brining Company's claim in the Coeur d'Alene cOuritry, « • A new menace to the financial system of the United' States lias suddenly come into being. The price of silver li:te ad­ vanced 1% cents an" ounce, following a similar advance .in'Loiidon, due to the beginning of hoarding here and- abroad in anticipation of immense financial transactions when China begins jto pay the war indemnity demanded bv Japan of,, $250,800,000 v,r $300,000,000. Will China have to.. pay in, silver, .or . in. gold? In whatever coin, the effect upon the United States will be immediate. If gold is de­ manded it is feared that the rate of ex­ change on London will suddenly shoot up, a§d the treasury will be subject to a new and greater drain than any iii its history a drain that. Morgan and Belmont will be powerless to stop. Long-lieaded finan­ ciers ,jn Wall street see the possibility-of some very •iiAportanj results when "this big war'debt'fo Japan,comes to rbs? paid. OWN. UNCLE SAM DEMANDS A PROMPT * V APOLOGY.* Secretary G-resham Informs the Span­ iards that a Recurrence of the Alli­ anca Ihcident May Lead to War--O|ir Flag Must Be Rcspected. POLITICAL. The; Connecticut Seriate lias -repealed the. last'of the'blue laws! It .gave a justice of the peace power to convict a person on his personal knowledges without corrob­ orative testimony, uf .the offenses of S.iib- ^ •, , „ , - . i bath breaking, swearing", blaspliemviiiid xhe Federal . grand jury at Chicago . drunkenness.' ' Tuesday indicted,-on charges of'embezzie • ment, Henry. Wells, E. Hill. John Austin | arid E. T, Pa til. -the first three officers and !' the last one director 000. Mrs. Sumner, of St. Paul, was T , given gasoline instead of kerosene, by » ans ton ' • ^at-Kuial' Bank, a careless grocer! While using it TO kin­ dle a fire she and her neicc. Nellie Clas­ sen. were fatally -burned. At St. Louis, the Rogers & Co! warehouse and elevator burned, entailing a loss of $200.<>00. At Cleveland the Worthington Block, occu­ pied by the World newspaper and the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company, burned. Loss 8141.000. insurance $.71,000. The Homes County infirmary, near Millers- burg. burned, causing a loss of $25,000. full]." insured. The forty-six inmates were -rescued. The 'l.itchfield flouring mills, the warehouses of the Sinipso.n lumber yard and 1.500 cords of wood were burned at Litchfield. Minn-. The to­ tal loss is $20,000. Contents of the Fafes Destroyed. The -wreck on the Vaudalia a; Torre • Haute, Iiid.. was a "lucky" one as to the j escape of the passengers and the train j crews, only five' being ' slightly injured^ j but the lQ.ss_.of money in burning of the j express car containing the through sealed | safe from New York for St. Louis is j large. 0 Justchow much is not known, but | enough is known to Warrant the asser-j tion that it is well up in the thousands j and may be more than $100,000. The I New York office manifested great anxiety I about the charred contents of the safe, and sent instructions not to open it. as it j is to be sent to the treasury at (Washing- ton. The safe was in a white heat and j smoke issued from the sides of the door j for several hours after it was. removed J from the wreck. The paper money is S undoubtedly burned to ashes. Around ! the sides molten metal had escaped, lead­ ing to the belief that there was either coin or jewelry inside. There was another safe in the car, the one used by the mes­ senger, and its contents were also de­ stroyed. Little of the merchandise ex­ press goods was saved. Sink an American Ship. Passengers on the steamer which ar­ rived at Key West. Fla.. from Havana Saturday night brings news of reports in circulation there of further depreda­ tions by Spanish cruisers on American | ordered them to leave the place. he defunct Ev- Paul is the only one in the vicinity at the present time. He lives, at Wihnette, and is now in the real estate businios. Wells is said to be in Pennsylvania. Hill ill Missouri | and Austin in California. No warrants for the arrest of the men have been issued as yet. The aggregate amount alleged to have been embezzled is $44,500. The bank j Wiis capitalized at £100,000, and when it failed in May. f.S9o, the liabilities were ] $120,000, and the assets were supposed to equal that amount; but afterward it was found the assets were far less than this. The receiver declared dividends to the amount of only $00,000. Alarming riots, disgraceful bickerings among the managers, and cruelty to the inmates have aroused the authorities at Springfield, and the State Home for Juve^ nile Female Offenders at, No. 3111 In­ diana avenue, Chicago, where the mutin­ ous outbreak of Sunday, night was renew­ ed Monday morning, M ill bo investigated by the House Committee to Visit Penal Institutions. A number of prominent members of the House will accompany the committee, and the investigation promises to reveal some astonishing things. The result will have an' impor­ tant bearing on the continuance of appro­ priations for the home. It is now costing the State the unreasonable sum of $1,000 for each girl who is being "reclaimed" there, and a continuance of a similar ap­ propriation of $32,000 per year is asked of the House. The request of the Board of Trustees for an investigation by the State Board of Charities and Correction will be held in abeyance until the legis­ lative committee gets through. The fight over the possession of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Omaha, which has been in progress for six"months, took a decidedly interesting „ turn Tuesday morning immediately after mass. The Rev. Steven Karminski, the priest in charge, had just finished the service and the congregation had left the sacred edi­ fice for their homes, when thirty-five men approached the building, and, after a brief parley, ten of the number entered the church and demanded that the priest deliver the keys to them. He refused and Thev The Indiana Legislature adjourned at midnight Monday, at Indianapolis, in the midst of a rough and tumble fight, in which at least seveutv-live men took part, punching, kicking, scratching and slugging with mad desperation. Private Secretary King, who had two bills in his pocket from the Governor and which had been held till the last moment, at one time was on the floor with at least thirty members piled in a heap on top, clawing and lighting like dogs in a pit. Custodian- Timothy Grillin of the State House had the life nearly crushed out of him at King's side, and a score of heads were pounded and cracked till they looked as if they had come from a prize fight. Rep­ resentative Adams, from Park County, was badly mauled 'in the face and will be unpresentable for davs^ Representative Allen, of Washington County, chairman of the Ways and Means, was hammered until it was a question whether lie could be. resuscitated. No such scene of wild uproar was ever witnessed in the In­ diana Legislature before. The trouble arose out of a well-planned scheme to balk Governor Matthews, who.had determined to prevent the Assembly passing over his veto a bill to secure control of the State House. ^ FOREIGN." vessels along the Cuban coast. The j attacked him. Only the fact that the latest report is to the effect that a Span- priest was unaccustomed to the use of ish gunboat, Arced, fired into and sunk j firearms interfered with the coroner's nn American schooner off Puerto Padre. ! having a wholesale inquest. As it is, F. IT is reported that the crew of the vessel, I Dargaczewski has been permanently dis- numbering sixteen persons, perished with | abled by a bullet fired by the priest, and it. It is not known whether the schoon- i JoL$i Kozicka badly wounded by another, j er had arms or carrie!d^ane5^edition for | who defended the priest, is the Cubans. It was reported in Havana j so badly 'beafes. about the head that he j that the schooner had sailed from Key ! will die. while th«V list of those who suffer | West. Inquiries, however, failed to show | minor injuries reads like the muster roll | that any bpat is missing or unreported. | of Kosciusko's army. except those engaged in legitimate trade. | The Supreme Court of Illinois gave a Many sailed recently for West Indian j decision at Mount Vernon Thursdav. de- lorts with full cargoes. The Spanish j daring that the eight-hour law, or" as it cruiser Infanta Isabel, Capt. Duenas, j is generally^ known, the sweat-shop law. | is unconstitutional. The law prohibited has sailed for Havana. It is believed it was withdrawn on acco.unt of the Alli- anca affair. Cubjin revolutionary leaders are said to be anxious to annex Cuba to the United States. r~- Japan has been notified that China ac­ cepts her conditions for a settlement of the war. Money has been raised in London to build the largest smelter in the country at Colorado Springs, Colo. Twelve thousand Spanish troops are under orders to sail for Cuba to aid in suppressing the insurrection. C'atarina Garza, the Mexican bandit an?l revolutionist, was killed in an attack on Bocas del Toro, Colombia. The volcano of Orizaba, in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, is in violent eruption, - and the earth for one hundred miles around is periodically shaken with sub­ terranean vibrations. It is stated at London that Lord Ilose- bery. owing nominally to the present state of his health, has determined to place his resignation iu the queen's hands immedi­ ately after the Easter recess. Worth, the famous man milliner, is dead. The great dressmaker; among whose patrons were the queens of the earth, succumbed to a severrf attack of influenza,, which until a short time before his deftth bade fair to pass away. The Spanish cruiser Reina Regente is believed to have foundered off Tangier, Morocco, during the recent gale. She had a crew of 420 officers and men. Pieces ofjane of her boats and semaphore flags are'reported to: have been picked tip along the shore near Ceuta and Tarifa. IN GENERAL . Tart Note Sent to Madrid. The most belligerent message dispatch­ ed by this Government to a foreign power since the memorable controversy .'between the Harrison administration and the Chil­ ians has been conveyed through Minister Taylor by Secretary Gresham to the min­ uter of foreign affairs at Madrid. A more downright assertion of- American rights was never uttered by Mr. Blaine himself. It amounts practically--m~ a warning to Spain'that a repetition'of the Allianca affair r will be considered>by this' country as a declaration of war. The incident is looked upon in Washingr ton as riiore than the blundering imperti­ nence of a naval commander. The revolu­ tion in CubaJhas been supported by Ameri­ can Cubans. Key West and New York ha v.e f u rn isbed thefi new so fwa r to the revolutionists. Public men at the capital have been open in their declarations that the;, time for "annexation of Cuba to this /country is near at hand. The assault on the Allianca- is taken jus an intimation that Spain will stand no further trifling with Cuban affairs.\ v, ;- M'r. Gresham's retort iK extrerneIyjli'erv In substance, he commands the Spanish - In Indiana the condit as in Illinois quite largely. Little injury is reported from freezing/ The' snow sared 'it, and prospects are now good; though the pjant'is in some counties thin• on tlie gfOund arid small. Rye'lias been very extensively sown, but is in average condition. . r In Ohio the crop is everywhere fair to •good, though reported uneven in some bounties; Rye is doing well and litis been quite extensively sown. Michigan reports conditions good, so far as known, but snow still covers much of the crop. The greatest danger at present conies from ice. blankets formed by melt­ ing drifts. Itye is good; The c»p in Missouri is not all that could be desired. v A good many counties report it onT^fair or poor, from-varying condi­ tions. Too dry weather last fall was one of the principal causes of the present con­ dition. The snow, has done much to im­ prove it. Enough" counties report the con­ dition as good to bring the whole State up to'an average of fair. Bye, where planted, is generally good. » J * Kansas, as usual, reports greatly vary­ ing conditions. Sonfe localities report out­ look as unusually, good, while others re- port the crop as badly blowiY out on sandy land of much damaged, but" late- sown is better. Where rain has falleri recently there is a marked improvement; Rye has been, sown in quite a number - of counties, and is generally good. - Nebraska reports are • quite good, al­ though in some sandy localities the. crop has been hurt by high winds blowing it out. . Too dry is reported in some cases.' but a great .many counties .haye excellent prospects for a crop. Rye is, o.u ah av- eftige. better than wheat.. " ' • rOO men in ttie- mov tiago, two-thirds of whom are negroes. Seven insurgents surrendered to- the mil­ itary governor of Santa Clara. Troops which have been pursuing the insurgents in the Garthagena district have returned, as the province is now tranquil. All is quiet in the provinces of Havana, Puerto'- Prioncipe, Pinas del Rio and Matanziis. - A WATERWAY TO THE LAKES. Pittsburg to Be Connected with Lake . Krie by a Big Canal. . .*.. . At last the long-expecte^ canal that is' to connect Pittsburgh with the great lakes is about to become a reality and Pitts­ burg's most cherished dream and.ambition will be a material instead ot a visionary project. Plans for two different routes have been prepared, either of which would be feasible. One is from the" mouth *)£ the Beaver river, via the Shenahgo, to Con,neaut Harbor, O., the other tlnrough the Mnhonirig valley, via ' W'arren, to Ashtabula,. O. The length of the canal by either route would be about -ltiO miles. On the former route there would have to be fifty locks and on the other.one-third\ less. The cost is estimated at from $27,- 000.000 to $30,OOOjm . The canal will be' hn 'important factor iii 'the commercial and industrial develop­ ment of the conlifry it traverses. Coal, which, with iron, is found in.all that dis­ trict, is .shipped to all parts of .the .coun- tr.v | «o. that, any and every saving in the .irejgliX will benefit tlie .entire Uniterl States. .About -1,500,000 tons >of it are shipped annually by * vessels/from Pittsr - bui'g to the lower Oh-io and Mississippi river ports. I t 'will enable t.;hft iron iudus- trfe^ along tire line of the < anai to send m THE ALLIANCA, TIIE COLUMBIAN LINE MAIL STEAMSHIP FIRED U^'OX BY A SPANISH GUNBOAT. Business Indications Favorable. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Substantially all indications of the state of business are rather more favorable. Farm products nre a little higher, railroad earnings a shade better, clearing-house exchanges a small percent­ age larger in comparison with February, and most of the industries show a some­ what better front, though their gain is not large. The1 money markets continue undisturbed; the operations of the syndi­ cate still prevent exports of gold, and withdrawals from the treasury have of late practically ceased. There is not much enthusiasm about the situation., however, because the gain is slow business is a long way from what is con- j sidered only a prosperous condition. Fur- ! the employment of womeri'Toi; more than eight hours a day, or mop/' than forty- eight hours a week, in any factory within the borders of Illinois. In^'d^ciding the case the judges ah^) pronounced, illegal section 10 of the bill^vhich provided ail annual appropriation tl^i^O.OQO for fac­ tory inspectors, whose euffc? duty was to see that the eight-hour i^mjise forced. . The bunj.cn of t\e decision is that women in respect to contracts are on the. same footing with men, and that an act which abridges the freedom of con­ tract between workman and employer in a lawful occupation is unconstitutional. V bile the law related exclusively to the employment of women, it was understood at the time of its passage that a similar aiid ' moasure regulating the number of hours men could be hired to work would follow on its heels. Probiibly 40,(XX) women in The United States cruiser Marblehead reached Halifax, N. S., from Newport, Prof. Wiggins prophesies thajsg|pie re­ cent eclipse of the moon will beWdlowed by earthquakes in both hemispheres. Standard Oil magnates are said to be was. en- i trying to consolidate the great electrical manufacturing interests of the country into a gigantic trust. John W. Henderson, a clerk iu the Trad­ ers' Bank, of Strathroy, Out., disappear­ ed on Saturday night with $4,000 of the bank's funds, which he secured during i the afternoon while acting as teller. He | is thought to have headed for Chicago." j General Grant left a letter asking the | President to appoint his grandson, Ulys- j ses S. Grant, to a cadetship at West Point I when lie reaches the age of 17 years. The ther, the gain is in some cases due to ob­ viously temporary causes and to some causes which, do not make prosperity. Illinois who work in factories are affect- j letter will be presented to the President ed by the decision, 142,000 of whom live in ! the young man's father within the Chicago. They are employed in the main next four years. BREVITIES. Ma John Hammer shot and killed Moore at Junction"City. Ky. Governor Margin, of Delaware, is in a"' sipking condition and is likely to die. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonbv, private secretary to Queen Victoria and keeper of the privy purse, who was stricken with paralysis on Jan. i, has been pronounced to be dying. George Whittaker, convicted of mur­ der, and Will Downs, convicted of assault, were sentenced at Morrilltown, Ark., to hang. Friday, April 26. John Unlicher, aged 08, a scarred vet­ eran who fought with Napoleon; and his wife an being shipped from place to place.by New York town authorities iu order to avoid supporting them. > "Dr. John A. Broadns. famous as a scholar, divine and author, is dange^buslv ill at Louisville, Ky. • . ",. - '-.-Cotton dealers held a. convention at At­ lanta, Ga., to inaugurate on acreage re­ duction in Georgia. 'ta > EASTERN , The New York post ofli.ee averages 57,- 000 letters sent to the dead-letter office each quarter. In the hist three months 7,500 German,' 4,000 Italian. 11,000 Rus- - sitfn^T/OOO Fren^ii and 40u^»pamsii iei- ters could not be delivered. , ^liUaffelphia capitalists have formed a company, with a capital, stock of $1,000,-- 000, to operate the extensive coal fields of Peru'.. They have received .a concession 'from the Peruvian Government and will ship tKe output to Pacific coast points. A committee from the Massachusetts Legislature has arrived in At-lrintafor . .liie in shoe factories, cloak tjnd clothing houses, candy factories, paper-box shops and various other manufacturing estab­ lishments. SOUTHERN. Thomas Smith was sentenced to die at Jackson. Ky.. for the murder of Dr. J. F. Roder Feb. 15. Advices received at Jacksonville, Fla., via Tampa, announce tlie/sOrest of W. W. Taylor/ex-State treasurer of South Da­ kota, who absconded with thousands of dollars. His capture was effected Sim- day in Mexico by Pinkerton agents. I he Midway Society, whose ^mission it, is to perpetuate the historical associations of the old Midway Church in Liberty County, Ga., met in that structure Wed­ nesday. I he church was built in 1752.' At 10:30 o cloci; Monday morning a large body of white men appeared on the New Orleans levee-at the hegd of St. An­ drews gtreet and by threats and violence drove off the colored men. The police then came forward, and drove away the white men, firing a number of .shots, but nobody was hurt. The district along the Orleans rivqr front was the sc£BtT"<rioting and murder early Tuesday morning. At 7 o clock, while a gang of negro screwmen were marching to the dock of the Ilarri- BOD.Lr0ihwell of steamers, they were fired on. by a gang of striking white screw- / of the New MARKET REPORTS. Chicac<v--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75@6.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 CiT>4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00@4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 54(a55c; corn, No. 2, 44(?</45c: oats, No. 2, 28@29c; rye. No. 2, 53@54c; butter, choice creamery, 18@ lS'/jc; eggs, fresh,, 10V^@llMje; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 75(Vt;S5c. I ndui ̂ na[)olis--Cattle, sbippingv $3.00@ 5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00(®4.50; sheep, common to prime.^$2 f)0@4..">0: wheat, No. 2 red, 5.'i@5J?%e; corn,' No. 1 white, 41@ 42c; oats. -Xo. 2 white, 33(ft. 'i31/(.c. St. Louis--Cattle, $R.00<?I'0.00: »hogs, $3.00@4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 55@551/>c; corn. No. 2. 42@43c; oats, No. 2, o0@31c; rye, No. 2, 57@59c. Cincinnati--Cattle. $3.50<?|5.50; hogs, $3.Ot)(?/4.50; sheep, $2:50@4.50; wheats-No. Government to apologize and to promptly instruct its naval commanders not to in­ terfere with ships flying the American flag. The friendly relations between this country and Spain have to be considered when war talk begins, but there is no doubt that in any other circumstances the tone of the message would be provo­ cative of a conflict. The message in full is as follows: "This department is informed that on the 8th inst. the United States mail steam­ ship Allianca, on her homeward voyage from Colon to New York, when six miles from the coast of Cuba, off Cape Maysi, was repeatedly tired upon by a Spanish gunboat, with solid shot, which, fortu­ nately, fell short. - "The windward passage wjiere this oc­ curred is the natural and usual highway for vessels plying between ports of the United States and the Caribbean sea. Through it several regular lines of Ameri­ can mail and commercial steamers pass weekly within sight of Cape Maysi. They are well known and their voyage em­ braces no Cuban port of call. Forcible interference with them cannot be claimed as a belligerent act, whether they pass ; within three miles of the Cuban coast or not, and can under no circumstances be tolerated; when no state of war exists. "This Government will expect prompt disavowal of the unauthorized act and. due expression of regret on the part of Spain, and it must insist that immediate and positive orders be given to Spanish naval commanders not to interfere with legitimate American commerce ̂ passing through that channel, and prohibiting all acts wantonly imperiling life and property lawfully under the tlag of the United States., "You will communicate this to the min­ ister of foreign affairs and urge file im­ portance of prompt and satisfactory re­ sponse." One of the precedents which have been unearthed and brought to the, attention of Acting Secretary Uhl as having a .direct bearing upon the Allianca*'incident^ was found in the proceedings of the Ala- j biiiuMi claims commission. In one of the decisions announced by "Judge French the court held there was no authority for the stoppage or detention of a mail steam­ er which is pursuing her usual route, even if that route lay at places within the three-mile shore limit and so within the marine jurisdiction of the i-ower seeking to stop file ship. If this in held to be sound doctrine, then, of course, the Span­ ish Government will make reparation for the action of its cruiser, even should it appear that the Allianca was within three miles of Cape Mais, as the Spanish min­ ister in Washington believes. On the other hand, if this decision is not in effect then what is known as the head­ land theory of jurisdiction will probably pUu^ain important part in the adjustment ofthe matter. According to the conten­ tion of Great Britain in the .Fortune Bay fisheries case, iu which the United States has acquiesced, the line of marine juris­ diction is drawn three miles from a line running across from headland to headland in the case of a bay or a depression in the general coast line. The Spanish authori­ ties evidently take the position at Hwit, time, in the absence of exact advices, that the Allianca was within such a line and so within their jurisdiction, although the ship may .have been actually more than In Kentucky conditions are very favor­ able, most correspondents reporting a high condition. In a few cases where the crop is now poor it is improving rap­ idly. t The snow of the past two months has proved of immense advantage, giving protectioncfroni tbei'olil and moisture for spring development. Rye' is generally doing well. As usual, a great many counties in Iowa have Sown no winter Wheat. In the other counties there appears a great vari­ ation in condition. Wluie a good many correspondents report/"the crop in fine shape, some say that in their counties the outlook is bad. One says: "Half crop; too dry." Rye is fair. Wisconsin prospects are not,s good at present. The snow was not so much of a protection as in some other States, and much of tlie ground has been bare for some time. This lias permitted thawing and freezing to an alarming extent. It does not appear to be possible for the crop to escape without a serious disaster, except in localities where snow has re­ mained on the fields till very recently. Rye is not very fair in condition, but is likely to feel the adverse conditions less. In Minnesota and the Dakotas little has been grown any year, and the conditions will not greatly affect the crop of the counfry. The conditions are doubtful, both as to wheat and rye where the latter has been sown. | It should be borne in mind in rending the above summary thai the States that grow the largest amo * if winter wheat report the condition- >d, and that the adverse conditions a1 juite generally re­ ported from States tL it grow cfrmipnra- tively small quantities. From this it will I be seen that the general average of these twelve States is good, and that a large Winter wheat crop may be looked for. f REBELS ON.THE RUN Spanish Forces Are Driving Tbem from Their K<roniilioldis. Official information by the Government of the situation in Santiago de Cuba lias just been given out. A dispatch received by the military governor of Santiago from General Garrich was forwarded to Havana. In this message General Gar- products to shipping ports at about .\i7Vo per cent, of what ii costs at present. The canal will provide ihe national Govern­ ment with an easy way to defend the lakes jn case of war. It will, by building up the wvrste places, increase The reve­ nues of the States it traverses or affects. From a Pittsburg point of1 view, the canal will boom the city as it has never been boomed before. Pittsburg commerce with the great lakes in iron ore, lumber, etc., amounts to about'7.000,000 tons per year. Along the route, of the canal.there are fifty-seven furnaces, producing ofie- fourth of all the iron produced in this country. WHEAT AND RYE. 'reported killed. . „ . ,The international fcatur Orleans riot through the shooting of Pur­ ser Bain of the British steamship) Engi­ neer, has resulted in the exchange of notes between Sir .'Julian Panncefote,'the British ainbrissador, arid the State -De­ partment, and ot telegrams between the "Mate Department and the Governor'of Louisiana. Under the circumstjrncei, Ft is not likely that,the British Government 2. 57@58cj corn,- No. 2 mixed, 45%@ 4«Vje; oats, No. 2 Bitted, 32@33c; rye r\ t.hrefe wiles from the nearest shore No. 2, ,50@58c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50^5.50; hogs, $4. @4.50: sheep. $2.00@4.50; wheat. NtSfT white, 5S@59c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 44 ©45c: oats, No. 2 white, 34@35c;' rye, No. 2, 54@5(?e. Toledo-^Wheat, No. 2 red, 57<@58c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 40@47c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@34c; rye. No. 2, 54fa55c. Buffalo--- Cd'itiii^.50f£0.0q; bogs, $3.00 @4.75: sheep', $3.|tX)@5.()0: wheat. No. 2 red, 1 ̂ - Coi^ti'. ' NiS." "2 yellow, 4S@ Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring. 57@ 5Se; corn, No. 3, 44@44%c; oats, No. 2 white. 3D/^f({32^>c; biirley. No. 2, 52(?/54c; rye. No. 1, 53(«55c; pork, mess, $11.25(a) 11;75. New York--Cattle. S3.0(V//FI,00: hoes. $4 00@s?.00; sheep, $3.00@4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 02@63c; corn, No. 2, , ( 50@51c; oats. White Western, 37f?<,'41o: butter. "c?eamei*y, 15@20c; eggs, JVestern, 12 @13c. of CVll AX IlK VOI.VTION A ltV Ft.AG. rich says that Colonel Santocildes, with 100 men, met a band of 400 insurgents near Guantauanio. Thete was a des- perate^wtttle, lastingfrfor an hour and a half. Wnis battle was plainly seen from the roof's of houses. The insurgents were defeated with a loss of fifty killed and wounded, while the Government troops had but six men killed. Many horses and Reports from Many States Tell Crop Conditions. Reports "have been, received, from the Farmers' Review correspondents in Illi­ nois, Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wis­ consin, Minnesota" and' tl>?e Dakotas ouv ihtr condition of winter wheat and rye: III Illinois the wheat -crop has come Th roTTgtr ul e (n, r 'mri din birr the recent heavy blanket snows having proved a . perfect protection against ad­ verse atmospheric conditions. Very little freezing out is reported. The plant is small, in somj; localities, but this will prove of-no great moment if the crop be not subjected tfe hard experiences in the way Of thawing and freezing. Wheat on clover sod seems doing ftry well. Rye has been quite extensively sown, and is doing finely. MATROA, THE ova AX BAXDIT RF.BKI.. mules were killed. In his message, Gen­ eral Garrich commends the officers and men of the Spanish troops for their brav­ ery. It is also reported by the Government that Masso, one of, the insurgent leaders in Santiago, says he was misled, but is ashamed to surrender. He says there are est afnouuted to $,248. Count Castellane's younger brother is in New York looking for bids. - The President didn't get many ducks, but he kept himself out of reach of many human geese. This is going to be a .bad year for the oldest Mason; he has already died in three States since January. We knew it would come to pass. Some .onian has sent a lot of flowers to Gen- ry, who killed his sweetheart. Albany, Ore., has reduced expeg^es by discharging the engineer of its fire en­ gine. It will trust to luck and volunteers in case of a fire. Some one says that part of woman's theater hair is put on with her hat. Now those bats will come off. What law could not do slander Will. • Mr. ('liappell. of Baltimore, would not nosv_.be sued for striking his wife for flirting in church if lie-had kept his own eyes on the minister. Weather Prophet Dunn is going to lec­ ture about the weather. Turn about is fair play; no other man has been as much lectured .about the weather as he. Cot) pipes are said to be one of the lat­ est affectations at some of the Eastern clubs. Each member is said to have his own cob and to/leave it at the club. If Mr. Wilson, our new Postmaster General. set](s all the pictures of liini that are being printed he will have to keep a mirror on lfis desk to fie sure that lie himsel f It is gratifying to learn that the sur viving tuiifk robber at Adel, Iowa, will not by*fynchod. Jjut why this reportV Iowa e^jfsed to be part of the wild West many years ago. 1 f Hy'omcress makes, as requested, a na­ tional park of the Arizona petrified forest, there will be one park in the land without the signs, "Do not pick the flowers and "Keep off ihe Grass The moving of household goods by jiight and Sundays in < quent. This is not of a difference between landlord and ten­ ant. as it is only at night of Sunday that many have time to move. How the street railway companies will stare at the news that a Savannah com­ pany has been compelled by a United States court to raise its fares! They would like to move their entire plant lo Georgia, and their patrons, too. The codfish which has hung in the Mas- I sacliusetts State House more than a ! hundred Veal's is to be taken to the new | capitol by fifteen members. This" is the J first instance oil record of it taking fifteen I Yankees to get away with one codfish. j Some news reports are p'tovokingly in- j complete. A dispatch from Uniontown, | hwv <1,V" v ' \ '"r '"»r "-ly ] to capture s - groundhog with dynamite hurt themselves and tore up the ground, but failed to say whether they /got the' animal. ' . ; A New York widow, in'looking over her I late husband's effects, found an old say- j ings fund book having but: a single de­ posit for $5, dated. 1820. She laid claim "to the money, and-,' to her surprise,, found' that the principal and accumulated inter- j useliold goods by night Chicago is quite fro-. t always an indication INDIANA LEGISLATURE BREAKS' . HIP IN A ROW. Members Fling Themselves on the Governor's. Private Secretary and Have a Rough and Tumble Fight While the Time Limit Paases. v Solons in a Riot. Indianapolis, special: Tbe--Leg is 1 a t u re adjourned in a wild riot Monday night, in which almost every member participated. Revolvers were drawn and many persons were, seriously injured, Adams of Park County perhaps fatally. .For fully twenty minutes the State House was, filled with a howling, surging mob. Men wb6 had been -friends . and sat side by side during the session be­ came deadly enemies and made every ef­ fort to injure each other. ~ Myron King, Gtavernor Matthews'- private secretary, was locked in the eleyator, and a big, burly man guarded the door and refused to /allow him to leave. The police finally drove' the man -away and the secretary - w a s r e l e a s e d . r - - -- o -- ^ • • • • ? • • ' - When ho. arrived ci the door of the House at 11:15 he found it locked^ He had an important message1 frOm, the Gov-: ernoi -, and a.great deal, depended upon its delivery to the speaker of the House be­ fore 12 o'clock. He pounded on the doer, but was denied admission. He cHed that the door was locked and foqlipsted that'..it "be-opene'd, sis he had a message from the « Governor. His voice was heard by a num­ ber of Democrats who M ere in the corri­ dors, and they ran to his assistance, An attempt was made to force open the doors, but the crowd of Republicans who were keeping the. Govenior's secretary and his message out resisted with all the force they could command. The doors were unable to stand the pressure brought to bear upon them, and they were finally forced open. King, who was in front, was forced right into the crowd of Repub­ licans, who were bent on keeping him from reaching the speaker's desk. With one'accord the men began striking at each other and the secretary was in great dan­ ger of being killed. anted to Kill the Secrctffify. Kill him!" "Kill him!" cried a hun­ dred voices. The women who were in the galleries yelled and one or two faint­ ed. All was .confusion, and friends and enemies alike were fighting. The sole aim of the Democrats was to get King through the crowd to the speaker's,desk with the Governor's veto, and the Repub­ licans were determined to hold him back until 12 o clock, •at which time the House would adjourn sine die. Inch by inch the .Democrats gained ground.. Many persons were knocked down and trampled lUider foot. Revolvers were flourished in '*s one was drawn the m;t-H«®olding it was knocked down. The lieavj® chairs were torn from the floor by the mob, and the desks were broken .to pieces. Doors leading to other rooms were shattered by persons in the corri­ dors trying to effect an entrance to the chamber. The police were powerless to check the mob, which seemed bent on de­ stroying everything in the room. At 11:57 the excitement Was intense. Men were fighting in every part of the Foom, and several of them were bleeding from numerous wounds. The Democrats were gradually forcing King toward the speaker s desk, and the Republicans were growing weaker on account of many of their number being injured. A few sec­ onds later King, with his clothing torn from his body, and his face bleeding, was pushed by main strength through the. crowd and thrown heavily against the speaker's desk. He still held the Gov­ ernor s veto in his hand, but it never reached the speaker. cJust as King was about to place it in his hands Speaker- Adams kicked and beat back the crowd, and in a voice that could be heard above the horrible din, cried: Declared the House Adjourned. "The House has adjourned! The House has adjourned!" This raised a great cry from the crowd, and everybody made a rush toward the speaker. The veto was torn from King's hands by a man who dashed out of tha e'rowd with it and made good his escape. This practically ended the riot. Several small fights occurred, •but the police and others finally succeeded in driving the men from the chamber. No less than two dozen persons were hurt. No arrests were made. The trouble originated over the bill to supplant Custodian Griffin, a Democrat, with a Republican. The Governor has • three days in which to consider all meas­ ures. The bill was delivered to the Gov­ ernor two nights before adjournment. It was his idea to hold it until the last minute and then the Legislature could not pass it ove.r his veto, as adjournment would take place at 12 o'clock. The Gov­ ernor's secretary Started with the bill with ten minutes' time. The Republicans attempted by force to prevent his reach­ ing the legislative hall with the bill in time. Adams, who was injured, is the rep­ resentative of Park County. He was kicked in the pit„of the stomach and Lad to be carried from the hall. Told in a Few Lines. J John Vance was killed at Akron. O., by a boiler explosion. George L. Shoup was elected United States Senator from Idaho. ^The fire loss at Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, is now put at $5,000,000. A1 Kinney was killed by a boiler explo­ sion in his sawmill near Hillsdale, Mich. Two dwellings, a school and church at Brewton, Ala., were wrecked by a cy­ clone. r One hundred employes of the Govern­ ment print shop at Washington have been laid off. The Postal Telegraph and Cable Com­ pany will issue $5,000,000 additional stock. The business heart of Flora, Ind., was burned out Wednesday night, at a loss of $100,000. . ....... Three-fourths of tj;e TOO employe's of the Wilson woolen mills at Trenton," N. J., are on strike. The Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Cottrells, of Russellville. Ky., was r drowned in Lake Dora, Florida. The •Plymouth Rock Pants Company, insolvent, has liabilities of $1,012,000 and' doubtful assets of $1,170,000. Work on the new Creighton Theater, Fifteenth and Harney streets, Omaha, to cost $200,000, began Monday. The New Jersey Senate refused t® pass the bill preventing school teachers from wearing any emblem of religion. The eighth annual conference of the Na­ tional Methodist Deaconesses' organiza­ tion l^Jn session in New York. NativeK. and low caste Europeans at Constantinj^nic. itre. bilving arms, and the Government expects an uprising.. King Alexander of Servia is reported •betrothed to Princess Sibylle. daughter of the dowager landgravine of Hesse. Owners of the Catesburg mines near < Monongahela City, IV, have yielded to the miners' demands for better pay. Woolen fabrics of American manufac­ ture afe -being Sold -at a profit at Brad- forcL the greatest woolen market in Ent- \ mailto:3.75@6.50 mailto:2.00@4.75 mailto:3.00@4.50 mailto:50@4.50 mailto:2.00@4.50 mailto:3.00@4.75