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that this Government has no right to tak« money from its treasury and distribute the same among the Cuban? who need aid. Congress has not voted aid for sueb a purpose, and it is doubtful if it would appropriate money for that purpose, if hsked to do so. I may say in this connec­ tion that it may be the people of tho United States feel that if they contribute in, abundance the relief a*sked for, thd Spaniards, rather than the Cubans, will receive the benefit of it. If the supposi-, tiou be correct it will explain in a meas­ ure the reason why the requests .recently made have not been responded to." twenty years old he began work on his first macbine, which was for pegging shoes, and it was a pronounced success from the start. Previously all the work In making shoes was done by hand. The machine was considered a wonder, and finally found its way into many factories. He next invented a counter-skiver and later secured numerous patents on rolling machines, sole molders, shank cutters, heel polishers; sole dyers, welt cutting and beating-out machines. MAEK HANNA CHOSEN DEATH OF MAJOR HANDY. WIND'S AWFUL WORK THE PLAINDEALER United States Commissioner to the French Exposition Passes Away. Major Moses,^ P. Handy died at noon Saturday at Hotel Bon Air, Augusta,1 Ga. Major Handy was stricken with the"ill­ ness which ended with his death 'while he was prepuring to leave Paris for America.*, after completing his work as commission-' er to the exposition. When he got to New York he succumbed, but pulled himself together and came to Chicago. In Chi* cago he appeared to regain vitality, but his pride and interest in his mission led him to plunge into the work Of preparing his report. It was no surprise to his friends to hear that he had succumbed while on his way to Washington, conges­ tion of the lungs and kidneys increasing the gravity of the attack. He was re­ moved to Georgia, where he lost strength gradually, and while his friends hoped to J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. NEARLY FIFTY LIVES BLOWN OUT AT FORT SMITH, ARK. NAMED FOR SENATOR BY THE OHIO LEGISLATURE. ILLINOIS MCHENRY. Many Residences and Public Buildings Ground Into Splinters--Dead and "Wounded Are Dragged from the Ruins by Survivors. He Secures Election by Bare Majority --Gets 56 Votes from Representatives and 17 from Senators -- Threatened Deadlock Did Not Materialize. ONE WANTED A FIGHT Cut a "Wide Swath. Fort Smith, Ark., was swept Tuesday night from end to end by a terrific cyclone, and Wednesday- the business portion of the town was in ruins, while the dead lay in long rows at the morgue. Fifty peo­ ple, it is thought, perished in the fury of the storm. Coming from the southwest the cyclone swept Fort Smith completely, smashing everything along the way. The crash of falling houses was first heard at 11 o'clock and before the sleeping inhabitants could rise and seek refuge the full force of the stofm was upon them. Buildings went down in heaps on every side. One large boarding house, struck by the full power of the tempest, broke in fragments like an eggshell. Fifteen bodies were taken from that boarding house Wednesday morning, and it is thought that at least twenty-live victims died among the falling timbers. The halndsome new, high .school building, recently, erect'ed at a cost of ,$100,000. dis­ solved like a fabric of a dream. Two churches fairly flew' asunder when the cyclone pounded on their walls. Resi­ dences went crashing to the ground, stores and business blocks followed in one hideous ruin. In a few moments it was over--the storm had passed and the city' was in ruins. In the blackness of the night, the up­ roar of the falling walls,, the cries of the injured and the hurtling of flying timbers, the uninjured citizens' were for a time completely panic-stricken. Toward mid­ night, .regaining their self-control as best they could, they began a systematic in­ vestigation of the damage done, and also an attack upon a number of fires which had blazed up among the ruined buildings. For a time it seemed as if this new dan­ ger would add equal damage to that done by the wild work of the storm. Several bodies, whether dead or living it is hard to say, were cremated in the flames be­ fore the fire department could overpower the blaze. Then, every physician in town having been summoned to the rescue, a search was begun among the ruins--a search in the blackness of a wild night, with torches and lanterns for light, with the cries of the wounded as guiding sounds, with the shaking, tottering ruins on every side as added dangers. Dead men and women were found at every point among the ruined houses--people who had been killed as they lay in bed, as they sat in their parJors, as they stVove to flee. Wounded--pinned down by*®big timbers, bruised and stunned by the rain of bricks and plaster--were intermixed among the dead. These were cared for as best the searchers and the hastily summoned doc­ tors could, while the death list steadily, grew and the row of bodies in the morgue grew con tin tuili,v ioiigc r. Morning came and revealed a scene of horror and destruction. Among the wreckage, torn out of all shape by the storm, burned and blackened by the en­ suing fires, were found more dead, more wounded. The hospital was full to over­ flowing. The morgue could hold no more. Scores of people who had missed relatives or friends in the wild uproar of the night joined with the searchers, directing, aid­ ing, digging among the masses of mason­ ry, rooting up the fallen timbers and drag­ ging away the shattered l>cams. No es­ timate can be made at this time of the damage done to property. After-tearing through Fort Smith the cyclone veered, whirled to the southeast and laid in ruins the town of Alma, nine miles away. It is reported that Alma is almost utterly destroyed and that several people have been certainly killed, while many are missing. INDIANS ON THE WARPATH. CHANG TING TUNG PROTESTED AGAINST SUBMISSION. Barely Squeezes Through. Marcus A. Hanua was on Wednesday elected to the United States Senate for both the long and short terms by the Ohio State Legislature. After being in caucus all of Monday night the Democrats of the Legislature agreed on Mayor McKisson of Cleveland as the only Republican they would sup­ port for Senator. When it was found ab­ solutely impossible to agree upon either Gov. Bushnell or Charles L. Ivurtz, Mc­ Kisson was called in and made a speech, saying that, although a Republican, he would, if elected to the United States Senate by the fusion, stand squarely on the Chicago platform. This pledge was satisfactory and the caucus declared for McKisson for both-the short and long term. • Both branches of the Legislature met at 10 Tuesday morning and balloted for Senator. The call- of, the.House showed Representative Cramer,. Democrat, the only absentee. The sergeant-at-arms was dispatched for him. He was very sick and his physician forbade his attendance. Four assignments were filed in the pro­ bate court at Dayton, Ohio. Welsh & Collins filed three separate deeds to Phares Binldey. Assets and liabilities, $3,500 each. James II. Saundor, liquor dealer, assigned to W, E. Donson; assets, $3,500; liabilities, §3,300 The Port of Chalniet-te below New Or­ leans, with its hundreds of thousands of dollars invested iii cottou compresses, wharves, etc., has, gone into the hands of a receiver on account of its inability to meet $100,000 interest on bonds due July 1, 1897, and Jan. 1,1598. George Wells, a St. Louis man, return­ ed to his home to, find that his family had identified a "floater" found in the fiver as his body, and.that he'Was being mourned as dead, "Now be is worrying for fear that he js legally dead and has lost his rights as a citixen.. At Minneapolis, Minn., Miss Julia Ging, twin sister of Catherine Ging, the victim of Murderer Harry HayWard, has lost li<*r suit against the Travelers' Accident, Insurance Company to recover the face of an accident policy on her sister's life. Judge McGee held tnat the murder was toOt an accident. Patrick A. Largey, president of the State savings bank at Butte, Mont., and a wealthy mine owner, was shot and kill­ ed by Thomas Riley. Riley was injured in a big explosion Jan. 15, 1S95, and has since been making threats-against Messrs. Council, Ivenyon, Clark, Largey and oth­ ers who were supposed to own an inter­ est in the buildings in which the giant powder was stored. Secretary Coburn of the Kansas Board of Agriculture has completed a tabulation of the values of farm products and live stock marketed in Kansas during theUas^ ten years. The figures show that Kan­ sas farmers realized over $1,300,000,000 for these products. Contrary to the gen^ eral impression, wheat is not king in Kan­ sas. Corn outranks it. In ten years the tofcal value of corn has exceeded' that of wheat by $177,000,000. Judge Zachritz, in the criminal court at St. Louis, passed sentence of twenty-five years in the penitentiary oo Otto Willig for murder in the second degree. Last February Willig's sweetheart, Pauline Rosenthal, bleached her hair. Willig was angered at the act, and one evening soon afterward the girl was shot down while in a crowded room. Nobody saw Willig fire the shot, but the girl before she died said Willig was her murderer. „ The Seminole Indians at Muscogee, 1. T., went on the warpath and left a trail of blood and ashes.' Two hundred and fifty braves went to Maud. O. T., just over the line, and massacred twenty-five men, women and children of the home­ steaders. After kiHing every white per­ son they could find they fired the town and it is in ashes. Many of the victims were scalped by the savages, and other bodies were otherwise mutilated accord­ ing to Indian traditions. Two hours of Saturday's session of the House were devoted to the civil service debate, during which Messrs. Corliss (Rep., Mich.), Hepburn (Rep., Iowa), and Clarke (Rep., N. H.) addressed the House in opposition to the law as it now stands. The remainder of the session was con­ sumed by the friends of the late Repre­ sentative Wright of Massachusetts in eulogy of his memory. The Senate was not in session. During Monday's session of the House the opponents of tho civil service law had much the best of the debate, so far as the number of those engaging in it were con­ cerned. Nine of the eleven speakers were of the opposition. The friends of the law ai*e very anxious to. shut off further de­ bate, and in this will have the coropera- tioii of Speaker RCed and the Rules Com­ mittee. Those who participated in the debate were: , In opposition to the law, Messrs! Cooney (Dem., Mo.), Door (Rep., W. V.), Cox, (Denu Tend), Little (Dem., Ark.), Brumm (Rep., Pa.), Cowherd (Dem.,- Mo.), SulloWay (Rep., N. H.), Low (Rep., N. Y.), and in the defense of the law Messrs. McCall (Rep., Mass.), and Parker (Rep., N. J.). In the Senate a resolution looking to the filtration of the water used in the City of Washington caused Senator Hale, before it was re­ ferred to the District of Columbia Com­ mittee. to say that in no part of the United States was there a city whose citizens are so imposed upon and abused as to the water supply as are the citizens of Washington. At 12:50 p. m. the Sen­ ate went into executive session to con­ sider the Hawaiian treaty, and at 3:45 adjourned. In the House on Tuesday the civil ser­ vice debate ended vei*y tamely. There was not even a vote on the appropriation in the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for the commission up­ on which the debate was based. The Re­ publicans who are seeking to modify or repeal the law, decided to let the debate come to a close, but it required the cast­ ing vote of the speaker to accomplish this --125 to 120. Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader, made a clear statement of the mi­ nority position, which indicates that the minority will vote to repeal, but not to modify the law. The principal speech of the day was madbv Mr. Brosins, chair­ man of the ( jrvice Committee, who defended tin in a two hours' speecji. In the Sena >•, Senator Davis took the floor and prot ceded to deliver a set speech in support of the Hawaiian annexation treaty. His speech was accepted as prac­ tically the committee's report upon the treaty. Mr. Allen introduced and secured the adoption of a resolution calling upon the President for information i*ii his pos­ session relative to the boundary line be­ tween. Venezuela and British Guiana, and to inform the Senate whether the United States now has any clerks or other em­ ployes at work upon the Venezuelan boun­ dary question. In the House on Wednesday an urgent deficiency bill carrying $1,741,843 was passed. One of the items authorizing a further expenditure of $250,000 for the Soldiers' Home at Danville, 111., for which $150,000 was appropriated in the last sundry civil bill, was used by Mr. De Armond (Dem., Mo.) as a basis for a bit­ ter personal attack upon Chairman Can­ non, whose home is at Danville. His motion to strike out the item was defeat­ ed without division. There was a lively debate over the provision in the bill re­ quiring the owners of bullion hereafter to pay the cost of transporting bullion from assay offices to the mints. The mo­ tion to strike out the proviso was then de­ feated--125 to 110. Mr. Ilitt from the Foreign Affairs Committee reported the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. In the Senate Mr. Chandler of the Committee on Naval Affairs secured the passage of a resolution asking the Secre­ tary of the Navy to furnish a list of the active officers of the navy in each corps, together with those who are at sea, on shore duty and on waiting orders. The Senate then went into executive session and Mr. Davis concluded his speech on the Hawaiian treaty. On Thursday in the House considera­ tion of the agricultural appropriation bill was completed in committee of the whole, and then the House adjourned upon the motion of those opposed to the printing of another edition of the famous "horse book." There was the annual fight over the question of free seed distribution to the farmers, but the effort, to strike out the appropriation ($130,000) failed as usual, the majority against it Thursday being 130. One of the important amend­ ments adopted provided for the inspec­ tion of horse meat for export purposes in the same way that the meat of cattle and other animals is now inspected. Among the measures reported in the Sen­ ate was the pension appropriation bill. It was placed on the calendar at the con­ clusion of the morning business. The immigration bill was then taken up, and Mr. Caffery was recognized for a speech in opposition to the measure. The eulo­ gies in memory of the late Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee, which were to have been presented, were postponed at the request of Senator Bate on account of the absence of his colleague, Senator Turley. They will not be offered Until after the election of a Senator by the Legislature of Tennessee. At the con­ clusion of Mr. Caffrcy's speech the Sen­ ate went into executive session. Beats the Gold Cure. A German doc-tor has started a theory that most drunkards can be curetf'by a very sample and pleasant course of treatment--namely, by eating apples at every meal. Apples, if eaten in large quantities, possess properties which en­ tirely do away with the craving that all confirmed drunkards have for drink. A Self-Supporting City. The citizens of Glasgow, Scotland,' pay no taxes, for the reason that the municipality owns its lighting plant, water works and street ear lines, th^ revenues from which pay all^flfl pense of governing and pol^B city. The Spanish Government has extended for two months the period during which cattle may be imported into Cuba* from the United States free of duty. There are sigus that the end of the great strike in the engineering trades of Great Britttito is approaching. Large numbers of Glasgow engineers have1 applied for re­ instatement. Attorneys for Dr. Cornelius Herz have filed at the State Department a claim'for $5,000,000damages, against the French Government for alleged false arrest and illegal attempt to prosecute Herz in con­ nection with the Panama canal frauds; Comte' Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy of the French army, accused of the author­ ship of letters published recently in Fig-, aro reflecting upon France and the army, surrendered for trial by fcourt . martial, ordered by Gen.. Saiissier, military gov-, eruor of Paris. A sensation has been caused at Buda­ pest by the arrest of Rosa Benke, a music hall singer, together with several male ac­ complices, on the charge of blackmailing King Alexander of Servia. It is report­ ed that they also tried to blackmail Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and ex-King Milan of Servia. Word comes to Havana semi-officially from Moron, on the central troc-ha, that of the 12,000 men Weyler left upon the line, but 2,000 are now available for gar­ rison and picket duty. The hospitals of Moron, Ciegodevila, San Fernando and other points along the trocha are filled with living skeletons, the victims of palu­ dal fevers, and the few men able to do duty are having their numbers rapidly decimated by poor food. Hundreds of cases of smallpox are also reported. Arthur .T. Balfour, in the course of a speech at Manchester, England, gives some general indications of the British policy in China. The burden of his dec­ larations was that the British policy in China was to obtain freedom of ihrade, not only for Great Britain, but for all other nations as well. England simply asked for a fair field and no special favors. Mr. Balfour said British interests in China were commercial and not territorial. The holding of territory was a disadvantage rather than an advantage, because it in­ volved responsibilities, and also, perhaps, the expenditure of man and money. In­ asmuch as the British interest in the ex­ ternal trade of China was 80 per cent of the world's trade there, Great Britain had a special claim to see that China's policy was not directed toward the dis­ couragement of foreign trade. He Offered to L.cad Troops in Defense of His Country -- Missionaries Are Guarded Now-^ig Combine of Linen Thread Manufacturers. Priests Tortured to Death. Oriental advices bysteamer Empress of China are as follows: Since, the est a b- •lishment of Germany at Kiao-Chtou Dame Rumor has been Very busy in I long Kong, but at the time the Empress,, left «H residents there were agreed- that the British garrisons a,t Singapore and Hong Kong must be immediately increased. In" consequence' of the Kiao-Chou affair -ex-' tra precautions are being taken,, accord­ ing to the native papers, to protect mis,-, gienaries * and., .their . property. The churches in many places are, being guard­ ed by Chinese braves, Two priests ar­ rested by the Chinese authorities in con­ nection with the alleged fraudulent sale to Russia of land in the Kiu-Ivang moun­ tains have died as a result of tortures. Three more art? in prison and unless speedily helped will meet with a similar fate. A native telegram received from Peking reports that Viceroy Chang-Ting- Tung has energetically protested to the throne against the granting of the Ger­ man demands, and he especially protests against the dismissal of ex-Gov. Li Ping Heng, whom he'declares to have been in 'no wise to blame in the matter of the re­ cent murder of German priests. He fears tnat if Li Ping Heng be dismissed the other viceroys and governors, will resent the injustice done to their colleagues. The' viceroy further declares that the people are loyal to the throne and only need men to .lead them.. ,-lt Canadian Klondike Tariff. The Canadian Government is going to great expense to maintain police and es­ tablish"courts'of law, postoffices, treas­ uries for the safe-keeping of the miners' gold, offices where- drafts may be obtained for gold and other conveniences, and must obtain revenue to meet the outlay. "Everyone, regardless of nationality, hus liberty to enter the Klondike and take up mining claims subject to the Canadian regulations, but all supplies and outfits bought outside of Canada, as, for in­ stance, in the United States or England, will be subject to Canadian customs du­ ties averaging 30 per cent. Outfits and supplies bought in Canada by persons taking the Wrangel and Stikine, the St. Michael's, Skaguay, Dyea or DaRon trail routes will be admitted free into the Klon­ dike, and, of course, are not subject to duty when taken in over the all-Canadian routes from Ashcroft, Kamloops, Edmon­ ton and' Prince Albert. Linen Thread Trust. A gigantic linen thread combination has been formed with headquarters at Lon­ don and capital equaling that of the Coats combination. The following firms have joined it: Barbour & Sons of Belfast and America, the Marshall Thread Com­ pany of Paisley and New York; Finlay- son, Bousfield & Co. of Paisley; the Knox Company of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, and sev­ eral smaller firms. MAJ. MOSES P. HANDY the end that his courage would save him, they were Warned that the chances were all against his recovery. The remains were taken to Berlin, Md., for interment. Major Handy was born in Virginia, his father being a prominent Methodist cler- byman. While under age he entered the Confederate service and served with gal­ lantry during the closing months of the war. lie was employed by the New York Tribune as social correspondent during the Cuban troubles, and won distinction by his report of the Virginius massacre. Later, he became managing editor of the Philadelphia Times, and subsequently the editor of the Philadelphia Daily News. He moved to Chicago in 1893 to accept the position of chief of the bureau of publicity and promotion of the World's Columbian Sxposition. At the close of the fair he went to New York and engaged in literary work and newspaper correspondence for a year. He returned to Chicago as editor of the Times-Herald in 1895, when the paper was purchased by II. H. Kohlsaat. Last year Major Handy was appointed by President McKinley as special commis­ sioner to the Paris exposition, where he rendered valuable service. SENATOR HANNA, The Republicans finally agreed to proceed with the ballot in the absence of Cramer. A test vote resulted in 50 yeas and 52 nays and the House dispensed with the call and proceeded to business, amid great applause-from,the Republican side. Kenner rose to a question of privilege and read the charges of offers to bribe Otis of Hamilton County. He offered a resolution that a committee of five be ap­ pointed to investigate these and any oth­ er charges of bribery affecting any mem­ ber of the House. A motion was made on the Democratic side to suspend the rules and consider the Kenner resolution at once, -but was defeated by the same vote I --52 ayes and 50 nays, and again there was applause from the Republicans. The names of Marcus A. Hanna and Robert E. McKisson were,then present­ ed. On roll call in the House Griflith, Manuel, Joyce, Drosfe, Kemper and Lane, the Republicans who had been act­ ing with the opposition, cast their votes for Hanna and there was tremendous cheering, which was renewed when tire result was made known--Hanna 50, Mc­ Kisson 46, scattering 3. The speaker an­ nounced that Hanna was the choice of the House for the short term. The ballot was then taken for the long term and re­ sulted the same, and was greeted with another long and loud demonstration. In the Senate the vote for both the short and long terms stood 19 for McKisson and 17 for Hanna. This number, with his 56 in the House, gave Haiina exactly the necessary 73 for election, with all pres­ ent. Wednesday, when the contest was to be finally settled, the legislative halls were crowded early in the morning, although the joint balloting for Senator did not be­ gin* until Uoon. The workers on both sides showed tmore plainly their weari­ ness than on former mornings. The Han­ na hustlers were up all night, on the watch. Their opponents spent (be entire night in getting some members out of bed and staying near others. There were several collisions in the hotels between opposing workers and watchmen before daybreak, and their feeling had not abat­ ed any when they met again in the state house. The Senate roll call on the senatorship was called first. The votes were cast the same as on Tuesday. The House vote also was the same as on Tuesday--56 to 52. An attempt to secure passage in the House of :i resolution looking to-investi­ gation of the bribery charges was de­ feated. I N D I A N S I N A F R E N Z Y . Enraged Seminoles Likely to Take the AVarpnth. A bloody uprising of tho Seminole In­ dians is imminent. An alarming state of rioting and hatred oxists owing to the burning at the stake by whites of two members of the tribe. Unless immediate steps are taken by the United States au­ thorities the Indians may go on the war­ path. Both the Indians who were burned Came from respectable Seminole families, and their fearful fate has aroused their friends and relatives to frenzy. The crime which led to the burning of the two men was committed on last Thursday. Marcus McGeisey was the owner of some property. On his land lived a white family named Simmons. During the absence of the husband on Thursday McGeisey went to the Summons cabin and asked for a drink of water. Mrs. Simmons was at home with her four small children. The Indian was given the water and he then asked for a saddle. On being refused McGeisey seiz­ ed the woman, who had her baby in her arms, and dragged her out of the house. When the woman attempted to run away the Indian seized a Winchester rifle and dealt her a deadly blow on the head, crushing the skull. The woman died in­ stantly. The feeling was so bitter that the crowd would not be satisfied with the ordinary method of lynching, and it was voted to burn them at the stake. The victims were accordingly chaned to an oak tree. Fence rails and dry wood were then piled high above them, and in a few minutes the Indians were wrapped in roaring flames, while the timbers crackled benc-.ith their feet. Never a word did the Indians utter while being roasted alive. They appar­ ently saw that they were powerless to re­ sist and endured their lot like stoics. The crowd was composed of not over thirty men, and the work was done in a quiet but thoroughly determined manner. According to late information the mob's work is not yet finished, and will only be completed when four more Indians have been dealt with in the same manner as McGeisey and Simpson. It is definitely announced by A. C. Brat- nober of 'Eacoma, Wash., that the Roths­ childs would build a railroad into the Yukon country over the Dalton trail. The railroad will be about 400 miles long. The cost of construction aud equipment is es­ timated at $8,000,000. The first seizure under the new ^law was made at Niagara Falls, where a seal­ skin sacque, valued at $200, was taken from Miss B. Parkiston of London, Eng­ land, a passenger coming from Canada. •Miss Parkiston declared that the sacque had been purchased in London, England, in 1S94. Dun's Review of Trade says: "In fail­ ures 1897 was not only the best year since 1892, but on the whole the best ever defi­ nitely known. With 13,522 failures, in number 11.5 per cent less than 1896, and $182,581,771 defaulted liabilities, 34 per cent less than in 1896, the year's banking failures counted for $28,249,700, uad the commercial failures were but 13,351, with liabilities of $154,332,071, the average per failure being only $11,559, the lowest ever known except in 1S92. But even in that year the failures during the last half averaged liabilities of $10,477 per fail­ ure, while in the last half of 1897 the average was only $9,593. The returns by branches of business show that in fif­ teen out of twenty-eight classcs the fail­ ures were lower than in any previous year of whieh there is record. The new year began with disappointment for specula­ tors in stocks and grain, which is not a bad sign. Prices of stocks have gained a little, after yielding at first, and close 73 cents a share higher for railroads and $1.05 a share higher for trusts. Wheat declined 1% cents, owing to the termina­ tion of the corner at Chicago. A specu­ lative estimate makes the quantity still in farmers' hands 40 per cent of the crop. A fleet of vessels is reported at Balti­ more, or on the way thither, for wheat. Cotton was a disappointment to many be­ cause it did not clurge at nil in spot price, although the accounts of reductions in wages by New England works warrant hope of larger consumption. The woolen and worsted mills are both buying wool quite largely at prices probably close to the best. Failux-es for the week have been 322 in the United States, against 471 last year, and in Canada 32, against 62 last year." MARKET REPORTS. Maj. Moses P. Handy, special United States Commissioner to the Paris expo­ sition, and editor of the Chicago Times- Herald, died at the Bon Air Hotel, near Augusta, Ga. At Wheeling, W. Va., Clinton Johnson and Peter Jones, wealthy oil men, part­ ners in several big ventures, got into a quarrel over a woman and Johnson shot and killed Jones. The hardware store of Pollard, Hoere & Co. and the large dry goods house of Madden,' Graham & Co., in Dennison, Tex., were destroyed by fire. Estimated loss, $200,000, partly insured. Fire destroyed the Rehkoof & Sons' collar factory at Paducah, Ivy., entailing a loss of $50,000, with only $4,000 insur­ ance. .Charles Dillon, a fireman, was caught under falling walls and fatally injured. The Military Committee of the House has returned to Washington from the re­ cent trip to ttf£ Vicksburg battle field fa­ vorably impressed with the value of this locality for a national military park, and it is practically agreed that a favorable report will be made on a bill to this end. Members of the committee say that the old defenses about the city and the points occupied by the Union^forces can be se­ cured for about $50,000. Among those who helped entertain the committee was Gen. Stephen D. Lee, who next to Gen. Pemberton was most conspicuous in the defense of Vicksburg. It led to some good-natured raillery during the visit as to the valor of the respective parties to the conflict and the sufferings each had incurred from the siege. This took rather pointed form at a banquet, although the incident parsed without any loss of good feeling between those who had partici­ pated on the two sides. NEWS NUGGETS, Jacob ̂ ^sel was killed by William Hall during a drunken quarrel at Kenton, Ohio. / Frank C. Partridge, they*fiew United States consuflfgencral at Tangier, has ar­ rived there. ~ €* A beet sugar syndicate has secured 150.- 00Q acres near Chico, Cal., and will erect threa factories. Col. Delancey Kane denies the state­ ment that his son is preparing to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood. The Brooks locomotive works are about to ship thirty-six locomotives built for railroads in Japan and Corea. The National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, has increase/1 its capital stock from $500,000 to $1,500^000. Henry Bunn, Jerre Moore and A. D. Russell were killed by a cave-in at Painl Rock mines, near Knoxville, Tenn. Sergeant Fredericks of the Greely arc­ tic expedition ridicules many of the state­ ments of Professor Nansen as preposter­ ous. Duluth citizens at the special election voted to issue $1,250,000 bonds to pur­ chase the gas and water companies' ^plants. The Hoadley-Ivnight and the Hardie Compressed Air Motor companies have formed a combination with $7,000,000 capital. v Li Hung Chang cabled the Chinese min­ ister At. Washington to request the Presi­ dent to appoint Col. Fred Grant minister to China. Fred Hills, aMmning engineer of Col­ orado Springs, hrtajfetented a machine by xvhich he claims Tie can treat gold ore running $1 to the ton at a profit. Vice Chancellor Reed of New Jersey has filed an opinion refusing to set aside . the Oklahoma divorce granted to Frank A. Magowan from his wife, Mary Ma- gowan. The battle ships Texas and Massachu­ setts have been ordered to sail for the Hampton Roads rendezvous. Both war ships have been at the Brooklyn navy ,yard for over a month undergoing re­ pairs. A certificate of increase of capital stock of the Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Company from $800,000 to $1,000,000 was filed with the Secretary of Stat^ in Al­ bany, N. Yr. The liabilities of the com­ pany are $142,727. The Paris Aurore publishes an opei^ letter from Eiaile Zola to President iTaure pointing out irregularities and ille­ galities in the Esterhazy court martial and formally accusing Gen. Billot, minis-! ter of war; Gen. Mercier, Major Ravary, the investigating officer, and Major Paty- deciam of perjury and challenging the Government to prosecute them. An amicable cable settlement has been made between the warring elements con­ cerned in the forclosure suits instituted against the Arizona Canal Company by a. Chicago trust company and C. J. Hall becomes receiver. Seminoles Reported to Be Killing and Raiding. There is an uprising in the Seminole na­ tion. Two hundred and fifty braves went on the warpath Tuesday and left a trail of blood and ashes. The Indians are seek­ ing to avenge the recent burning of Lin­ coln McGeisey and Palmer Simpson, two Indians of the Seminole tribe who were accused of murdering Mrs. Simmons at Maud postoffice, in Oklahoma. The redskins went to Maud and massa­ cred twenty-five men, women and chil­ dren of the homesteaders. After killing every white person they could find they fired the town and it is in ashes. Many of tho victims were scalped by the sav­ ages. and other bodies were otherwise mutilated according to Indian traditions. The redskins then marched on Earlsboro, O. T., swearing vengeance on every white., regardless of ago, sex or condition. Their march through the country was marked •itjM'ry point by bloodshed and tire. The Earlsboro inhabitants had been warned and a train conveyed every woman and child to Dallas. A train was dispatched bound for tho scene of the reported mas­ sacre under orders from Federal Judge Springer and having on board all the available deputy marshals under command of Capt. Brady. The Secretary of War was wired to order "troops from Fort Reno. The general officers of the Choc­ taw, Oklahoma and Gulf road ordered out a special train from Shawnee bearing vol­ unteers armed with Winchesters to inter­ cept the Indians and prevent further bloodshed. There is general alarm throughout tho Southwest and grave fears are entertained for homesteaders on the border. YOUNG GIRL MURDERED. Her Stepmother Confesses the Crime at the Coroner's Inquest. Louise Wollert, 12 years old, was mur­ dered in her. own home at Algonquin, 111., Tuesday morning. Her step-mother, Mrs. Christian Wollert, at first said a tramp had shot the girl. She said he called and asked for breakfast and when Louise turned to ask her mother if she could feed him he shot her in the back. This was at first believed, but the woman's actions and lack of jrief aroused suspicions. Fi: ually, while the coroner's inquest was in progress, she confessed to the murder. She would not at first give any motive, but little by little it was drawn from her that she wanted the girl out of the way becaupe she feared her testimony in a suit for divorce now pending. * The girl had two bullets in her back and one "in the right arm, and another had grazed her temple. It was evident from the appear­ ance of things and the blood marks on the floor that a struggle had occurred. After shooting the girl Mrs. Wollert,, it is be­ lieved, set fire to a mattress with the in­ tention' of burning the house. The wom­ an was taken to Woodstock and lodg« jail. GROWING WHEAT ,SOLD F^k Kentucky Farmer1 Makes for Summer l)cliver>*^M The Kentucky farmers next wheat crop will brin^f but one was found who take 75-cents a bushel* f(^| crop, to be delivered after • summer. He found a pur^H ipg firm. The farmer well of Boyle "County, in fine growing wlieat.^B Spillman, local millers, WASHINGTON, The Comptroller of the Currency has declared dividends in favor of the credit­ ors of these insolvent national banks: Ten per cent., the First National Bank of Helena, Mont.; 5 per cent., the Northern National Bank of Big Rapids, Mich. Auditor Castle of the Postoffice De­ partment at Washington has discovered irregularities in money order accounts which may possibly result in a loss to the Government of a considerable sum. They were brought to light as the outcome of a new system of checking acc-oudts by , postmasters which went into effect 6n the first of the year. About three years ago the practice of checking money order ac­ counts in the office of the Auditor was changed, they being audited by stubs or coupons and not by the orders themselves, as had beei^doue previously. If the post­ masters' returns corresponded in each item with this coupon or stub the account was assumed to be correct and was closed. When Auditor Castle took charge of the office h,e discovered defects in the system which made it possible for dishonest post­ masters to rob the Government. He then put into operation a new system, which he believed would cover all defects. Sev­ eral cases have already been detected in which orders were issued for as high as $80 and $100 and were reported by the issuing postmaster at $1 or $2 each. How many such frauds were perpetrated dur­ ing the three years in which the old sys­ tem was in operation can only be guessed. "I am sorry to say that up to date it looks as if the people of the United States were not after all so very much interest­ ed in Cuba." This is the comment of Secretary Sherman on the failure of the public to respond to .the President's ap­ peal for aid to save the starving concen- trados. It is no longer possible to con­ ceal the fact that the contributions to this humanitarian purpose have been practically nil. Some other plan seems to be necessary. The American people are warm-hearted and generous. - If they have not bee)n so in this case there is believed to be.feome reason for it. Government officials and Senators are now explaining. At t/ue same time, they are taking-pai^ I to af^te that the Government will not. ap­ propriate fuuds for this purpose. As to this) statement Secretary Sherman says: "It' should be understood at the outset A winter cycling track is being con­ structed at Antwerp, Holland. The Minneapolis ball team, will do its spring work at Topeka, Kan. Morin, the famous French cyclist, is fond of canaries, often spending hours with his feathered pets. Italian cyclists are organized with a membership of 12,000. Three years ago the society started in Rome with 261. Harry Duke's twelve straight victories ,nt New Orleans was one of the brilliant performances ending the season of 1897. A cycle race meeting held in Cairo, Egypt, recently is said to have been a great success, and the keen finishes arous­ ed the natives. Manager Watkins announces that fif­ teen men wiH bo all Pittsburg will carry this year. That will necessitate letting out ten players. Information from New York is that Richard Croker and Lewis C. Thompson both deny that they have purchased the famous Brookdale, N. J.,'stock farm. President Frank Robison of Cleveland is quoted* as saying that the shut-off of j the ticker reports of baseball would in- I crease the receipts at the*gate at least $60,000. The Trotting Association at Peoria will apply for admission to the grand circuit, taking the place of Saginaw, and preced­ ing the meeting at Detroit if admitted to the league. The National Cyclists' Union of Eng­ land has decided to abolish road racing in that country, and has issued instruc­ tions prohibiting open and paced contests on the highways.' The number of American athletes who declare they are going to England this year is remarkable. There never was such a desire to meet the Britishers on their own grounds. Arthur Irwin, who had McGann in To­ ronto last season, says that he is the fastest big man he ever saw, and prophe- pies that he will astonish the u^ievs by ' bis work, next seafnu. , Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5P75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 92c; corn, No. 2, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 44c to 46c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 21c to 23c; new potatoes, 50c to 65c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, commo.n to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c; corn, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. St. Louis--Gattle, $3.00 to. $5.50; bogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 44c to 45c. Cincinnati--Cattle. $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50' to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 93c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 24c to :25c; rye, No. 2, 45c to 47c. Detroit--Gattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; she*?., $2.50 to $4.50; I wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, 47c to 49c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red. 90c to 92c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 47c; clover s^ed, $3.1,Q_to $3.15. Milwaukee-^Wheat, No. 2 spring, 87c to 89c.; corn, No. 3. 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c t§"25c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 48c: barley, No. 2, 38c to 44c; pork, mess. $9.00 to $9.50. ' Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 96c.to 9Se; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 83c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c. Ne*w York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.2-5; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.00 to $1.01; corn, No. 2, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; but;ter„ creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, • Western, 19c to 22c. Milk is dearer than whisky in Rhodesia, owing to the rinderpest. The price is HOAV $3.75 a quart. A 21-pound baby, lately born to a farm­ er's wife at La Hulpe, near ^Brussels, holds the Belgian record for weight. France's treasury department benefited greatly by the charity bazaar disaster, as the duties paid1 on the inheritances it caused amounted to 2,200,000 francs. All sword bayonets of the British troops in Ireland are being sharpened as fast as possible by order of the war department. Such an order is said to be unprecedented. Father Kavanagh, who was parish priest at Knock when the miraculous cures made that villnge famous eight years ago, has just died at the age of 84 years. Women in France have just secured a, slight addition to tlieir legal rights. They may henceforth be valid witnesses to reg­ istration of births, marriages and deaths, and to the signatures HI legal documents. Human heads formed a collection re­ cently sold at public auction in London. There were twelve of them, from Ecua­ dor, New Guinea, New Zealand and oth­ er places. A "tattooed Maori head with a curious smell" brought 17 guineas. j W. R, Kelly of Detroit fell from the roof of the Hotel Rider at Cambridge Springs, Pa., and was badly injured. Rev. Dr. John Hall, for thirty years pastor of the FiftS Avenue Presbyterian Church at New York, resigned his pas­ torate. Captain John McCullagh, who lias been connected with the New York police force tor twenty-eight years, lias been made,, chief of the Greater New York police. Seth D. Tripp, whose inventions revolu­ tionized shoe manufacturing, died in Lynn, Mass., aged 72 years. When about Notes of Current Events. A trap gun set by Joseph Butler, near Orange, N. J., for chicken thieves, shoots and wounds his own employe. The Storrs lecturer in the. Yale law school course this year wMl be ex-Post­ master General William L. Wilson. T. J. Bryan has'been appointed receiver of the Huntington-Kenova Land Devel­ opment Association ?f WeSt Virginia. The increase of last year's gross earn­ ings of the Canad^in Pacific Railroad over 1896 is offlw.iMsV' v?q t*r." <t $3,465< 796. •