Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 16, 1897, Page 2

BY E. C. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS. - MINNESOTA It is to be hoped that Queen Victoria ; will refrain from making her forthcom- ing biography #s long as her reign. The rumor that the Turkish govern- ment will soon be rolling in wealth was doubtless started to prove that the age of fiction has not passed. It is a question which is tie most pro- lifie cause of homicides—hard times or the undue prominence given to self- murderers by reckless newspapers. Gov. Pingree wants to get at the cigarette smoker. A gocd many thous- and other respectable people have often been seized with the same desire. The late report of the state factory inspector of Illinois shows conclusively that child labor in that state is on the decrease. So much for the good to be done by factory inspection. A baritone in cas has been jailed for refusing to sing an encore. Tnis is another example of the way the Spanish-American sees everything through the big end of his opera glass. Another flying machine is said to have been perfected last week, a fact which reminds us that all the other per- fected flying machines still refuse to fly. The Polyclinic hospital in Philadel- phia is credited with the cure of a gen- uine case of kleptomania in three weeks’ treatment. This is nothing re- markable. ‘Ten days’ imprisonment bas worked cures in many bad cases. ee eee Boston is having trouble about the trusteeship of the Franklin fund, left by Poor Richard to that city something over a century ago. It is astonishing how slow those Massachusetts people are in getting around to things. s of the inhabitants of Mars seems to us a trifle misplaced, ing the wa considering how explicit and unmis- takable are the wants of some of the bitants of our own globe. Col. W. F. Cody has a $2,000,000 scheme on foot for reclaiming 300,000 acres of arid land through irrigation. He evidently intends to make himself useful to the end in making the woolly West less wild. inka A bright iittle lady in Cranston, R. L, fourten years old, carries on a success- fu} milk route, Up long before day- light she drives her own cart, too. it would be too bad to call this smart girl a “milkman.” Prof. Victor C. Vaughn of Michigan university vigorously attacks college athletics, declaring that the life of the average college athlete does not ex- tend beyond middle age, and he is peculiarly the victim of heart or kid- ney disease. He would begin by pro- hibiting foot ball. The appointment of Von Hegermann Lindenkrore, chamberlain of King Christian of Denmark, to be Danish embassador at Paris, is of some Ameri- ean interest because his wife was Mrs. Charles Moulton of Boston, who had a brief and bright career as a concert soprano a score of years ago. London is having some fine old win- ter weather, which is to say that the sun and air that made life pleasant for us a few days ago have transferred their favors to that town for a time. Well, let the Londoners enjoy them- selves while they can. Everybody knows they have more than their share of beastly weather. The sum of $50,000 has been appro priated to pay the expenses necessary to dedicate the Grant monument in New York. The date has been set, April 12, and President-elect McKinley will be present. ‘The monument, com- pleted, will cost $600,000, which sum was raised by popular subscription. The work of collection was somewhat slow, however, for the metropolis of the United States. Chicago boasts of a remarkably low death rate; and yet Chicago’s drinking water is so bad that the health depart- ment threatens to close the schools if the board of education does not pro- vide water that is fit to drink. The in- consistency of these facts proves that the compiling of vital statistics to show a low death rate is a bit of arithmeti- cal jugglery. A vigorous conductor in Kansas City compelled an offender against the non- expectoration rule to clean up the floor, which he had profusely defiled before leaving the car. This seems. a punishment which more nearly fits the crime than any hitherto devised. The offense is the offense of either juyen- flity or brutishness and should be dealt rwith accordingly. .the county PITH vl THE NEWS. J EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week, From all Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Per- usal by Busy People. Washington Talk, The public debt decreased $2,839,577 fa December. Federal treasury ‘eceipts exceeded expenditures last month. A fraud order has been issued against the Washington Farmer Land company of Seattle, Was The Smithsonian Institution has de- cided to make the sultan of Turkey a present of a life-size figure of awSioux Indian chief. The controller of the currency has given authority for the organization of the Ham Nattonal Bank of Mount Ver- non, Ill.; capital, $50,000. There is no truth in the report that Senator Sherman, chairman of the for- eign relations committee, intends to visit Cuba. 'The secretary of the treasury award- ed a contract for the building of a ves- sel for the light house service to Wolf & Z“weicker of Portland, Or., at $73,- 000. | The battleship Oregon, now at Mare | 1. . has been ordered to sea. ail about the 13th instant on along the lower California | People in Print, Vivian St. Martin, the famous geog- rapher, is dead at Paris. Prof. William Pancoast, the distin- guished physician and surgeon, died in | Philadelphia, aged sixty-four years. James Kirk, who, in 1844, strung the | first telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington, has been stricken | with paralysis, and is in a critical con- dition at his home n Piqua, Ohio. Obedient to his father’s last wish, Ernest Rosen stood on the center arch | of the Eads bridge at St. Louis and scattered the ashes of his father's re- | mains to the four winds. Joseph R. McCullagh, the St. Louis | editor, left no will. His estate, now in the hands of the public administrator, | will be divided between seven sets of heirs, part of whom live in Dublin, Ire- land of the English rifle team which visited America a score of years ago, died in London. He has been well known to American marksmen since 1875, when | he entertained the American party that visited England. Horace Merriam, aged seventy-five years. is dead in Kansas City of pneu- | monia. At the time of his death he was a well known insurance man. In the earlier days be was a lawyer as well as a civil engineer. From 1878 to 1829 he was attorney for the Santa Fe, road, : | | Henry Halford, who was captain | | | | | ye Casualties, Two men were killed and two in-| jured by the explosion of a boiler of the Fisher Oil company at Sistersville, W. Va. | Mrs. Shadley of Greensburg, Ind., ! smothered her two-year-old babe by wrapping it too closely on the way to visit her mother. By an explosion of giant powder at | Twin Lakes station, Col., Peter Fagin and Michael Sebia were killed and Jo- seph Larkin fatally injured The late rains near Poplar Bluffs, | Mo, has caused the Black river to over- { flow its ba ‘and the eastern part of | a broad sheet of water. | Charles E Campbell, a constable, fell | down a dark stairway while evicting a | family at Dayton, Ohio, and sustained | a fracture at the base of the skull from which he cannot-possibly recover The steamboat Belle -of the Coast | was totally destroyed by fire at Carroil- | ton, La. She belonged to Capt. John | F. Aitkin, and was valued at $40,000, | and insured for $30,000. Cause of fire | unknown. The state hospital at Rock Springs, Wyo., was burned. Twelve patients, who were in the buildinb, were res- cued without ~ much inconvenience. Most of the furniture was saved, al-! though the building is a total loss. i Schroeder,” Smith & Schroeder's | ready mixed paint works were entirely | destroyed by fire at Lancaster, Pa. The origin of the fire is unknown. The members of the firm decline to make { any estimate of the loss, but it is be- lieved to be fully covered by an insur- ance of $32,150. Crimes and Criminals. The detectives working on the Blue Cut train robbery case brought to Kan- | sas City another suspect arrested near | Glendale. ‘ Kansas City Eugene Rideway, the ¢ fourth of the quartet who held up and | attempted to rob an electric car be- | tween Kansas City and Independence, on the night of 7 last, has been arrested at his home at Centropolis and lodged in jail here. Corning, N. ¥.—Horace Cook, a pro- minent church worker, has been arrested charged with the attempted | murder of his father-in law, Solomon , Adams, a prominent farmer in the town | of Woodhull, last Mondey night. { Goy. Altgeld cf Illinois pardoned , twenty convicts, twelve of them, charged with murder. The sentences | of the latter ranged from short terms | for manslaughter to imprisonment for | life for murder in the first degree. | Buffalo, N. Y.—Henry Duck, cashier | of the First National bank, of Niagara | Falls, which recently sunpepded, was | arrainged last night before United | States Commissioner Norton, in this | city, on a charge of being implicated in | the failure of the bank. He pleaded | not guilty, and was admitted to bail: in $10,000, | Springfield, Il. — Gov. Altgeld has | | commuted the sentence of the Chicago bankers. Charles J. and Frank R, Meadoweroft, convicted of receiving de- posits when their bank was insolvent. | ‘The sentence was from a peni. The governor states tuat both the state’s attorney and judge who presid- ed at the trial recommended clemency. O. F. Miller, convicted in the United States district court, with C. H. Dow and Sidney G. McClirken, of having de- frauded the Commercial National bank of Denver out of $125,000 by means of “kiting,” was released from jail under $10,000 bonds. The three convicted bank wreckers will be sentenced Jan. 23, and the case will then be taken to the supreme court. From Foreign Shores. Another rebellion is threatened in South Africa. Another disastrous fire has occurred at Vera Cruz, Mexico, destroying fact- ories and business blocks to the value of $200,000. The Spaniards send out a story of killing 3,000 Philippine revolutionists and losing only twenty-five men in the eperation. The Madrid Epoca publishes a form- al denial that the government has any | {utention of deposing Gen. Weyler as captain-general of Cuba. The Cardinal Archbishop Sanfeliel of Naples is dead. He was born in 1834 and was created a cardinal ‘at the con- sistory of March 24, 1884. Bedros Effini, the Armenian who was recently appointed subwainamakan of Tscharsandjak, Turkey, was assassn- ated two days after his arrival there. The correspondent of the New York Herald at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, tele- graphs that the government has sold the cruiser Almiranic Barroso to Jap- an. Ottawa, Ont., was visited by an earthquake recently. No serious dam- age has been reported, but the shock was distinctly felt all over the city. It caused considerable excitement. Maximo Gomez, the insurgent lead- er, has crossed the military line of Pu- erto Principe, which extends from Ju- caro, on the south coast of Moron, in the northern part of the province. The pope is pronounced well again, after the slight indispositidn resulting from the exertions attendafit upon his Christmas and New Year's receptions, and will resume his duties at once. A Spanish court in Cuba has sen- tenced Julio Sanguilly, an American citizen, to eight years’ imprisonment for conspiracy against the Spanish government. The Paris Petite Republique says that the government has no faith in the duration of ptace, as evidenced by the fact that it has addressed to the ofticers of the frontier a series of spe- cial questions relative to the eventual mobilization of the forces. Sir Edward Clarke, solicitor general in Lord Salisbury’s former cabinet, speaking upon the Irish grievances on account of the over-taxation of Ireland, advocated the granting to Ireland of $5,000,000 yearly from the imperial cx- chequer. The London Daily News has a dis- patch from Berlin which reports that Dr. Niemann, the well known bacteri- ologist has discovered a new cure for’ tuberculosis, being the serus from goats’ blood mixed with the bacilli of the disease. Miscellancous, ‘ A new soft coal pool is being formed. A trust embodying oat meal and oth- er breakfast cereals has been formed. The convention of the Order of Rail- way Telegraphers has been called to meet in Peoria on May 17. The coroner's jury found that the death of Mr. McCullegh of St. Louis was accidental, end not suicidal. Mrs. Lease’s house at Wichita was | sold at sheriff's sale for $600. It cost about $3,000. It was bought in by J. Marsh, an Eastern mortgagee. The directors of the Delaware & Hudson Canal company have voted to reduce the dividend on the stock from 7 to 5 per cent per annum. A bill for a receiver for the wholesale jewelry firm of Mark Streicher & Co. of Chicago has been filed in the supe- rior court. Pittsburg will follow the lead of Chi- cago in the passage of an act prohibit- ing the wearing of hats or bonnets by ladies in theaters. ‘rhe Atlanta Journal makes the seDsa ational anncuncement that every trust operating in the State of Georgia has succumbed to the Galvin anti-trust law, enacted by the recent general as- sembly. Judges La Combe and Wallace, of the United States circuit court of ap- peals of New York, have made a deci- sion which classifies natural gas as a mineral for all the purposes of the statutes and customs laws. Ouray and San Miguel counties, in Colorado, are-on the verge of a miners’ strike that may surpass the one now in progress in Leadville. The cause is the importation of non-union miners from Missouri. ‘ Deputy Clerk Henry Cassin, of the United States district court of Louis- ville, Ky., was appointed by Judge Barr as a special commissioner to sell the Kentucky and Indiana bridge prop- erty within three months. The upset price is $1,270,000. The Farmers’ Trust company of Sioux City, Iowa, which closed its doors recently, will prove a hard blow to its Vermont investors. According to returns since the failure, 80 per cent of the liabilities of $135,000 is said to be due to the people of that state. in the matter of summer tourist rates the trans-Missouri committee of the Western Passenger asso¢iation found that the question could not be settled until the committees had been present- ed with a detailed plan of ticket which shall reduce the opportunities of scalp- ing to a minimum. A Dill is about to be introduced in the New York state legislature limiting the height of buildings to 175 feet. It will have the endorsement of -the city authorities of New York and will prob- ably be passed. The fire department, the board of public works an dthe real estate men are opposed to sky-scrapers. The most valuable piece of real és- tate ever eoeret at auction in New York was sold the other day. The prop- erty was the new fifteen-story sky- scraper, the Syndicate building at Nas- sau and Liberty streets. It was sold under foreclosure of a fourth mort- gage of $900,000, subject to the prior mortgages, aggregating $2,000,000. changed tentiary sentence to sixty days in jail. | MINNESOTA'S VOTES THE NINE ELECTORS CAST THEM VOTES FOR M’KINLEY, Minnesota’s Presidential Elector: Meet at the Stnte Capitol ang Obey the Directions of Thetr Con stituents—C. A. Smith of Minne apolis Will Carry the Vote te Washington. St. Paul, Jan. 13. — Minnesota cast her nine electoral votes for William McKinley of. Ohio for president and ‘Garret A. Hobart for vice president. The electors met at 9 o'clock, and the vote was not to be cast until noo) They had plenty of time on their hand: and some very good speeches were made. Mr. Brown of Crookston named William McKinley of Ohio for presi dent, and the nomination was seconde4 by E. G. Holmes, Burdette Thayer, V, D. Eddy, Warren Potter, C. A. Sinit and James Quirk. The first business transacted was thi election of T. B. Walker as president of the college and James Quirk of La Sueur secretary. The members ha previously taken the oath of office an! received their certificates of electio:t from the governor. The moment thi elock struck 12 R. M. Brown and War ren Porter, who had _ been appointe| tellers, passed a hat around and col lected the ballots for president. Thi} done, they formally announced thal the nine votes in the college had hee east for William McKinley of Ohio for president. President Walker declared Williari McKinley the choice of the college, ant called for the ballot for vice president; | The same form was gone throug’) with, and Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey was declared the choice of thi college for vice president of the United States. whe proceeding was strictly compliance. with..the law. The longest part of the procecdiny was yet to come. The members had to sign in triplicate a ‘written statemen! of the result of their voting. Then they had to attach their signatures to a similar statement contained on tha back of the envelope in which tha statement to be sent to Washingtou was enclosed. This statement is en+ clgsed in two envelopes and under twa seals. One of the statements signed ba] triplicate goes to Judge Lochren, o! the federal district court, another i) mailed to Washington at once, and thy third is given to the messenger who iy to deliver it to the vice president of the United States not later than the fourth Monday in January. After allthis formality had been dis- posed of the election of a messenger to carry the certificate of the result to Washington was taken up. Several ballots were taken without result, and at Mr. Potter's suggestion it wat agreed to decide the matter by lot. Tha * secretary deposited in a hat slips, each i containing the name of one of tha electors, and Chief Clerk ‘Angell, of the governor's office, was called in to select one. This resulted in the selection of Cc. A. Smith of Minneapolis. Every- body congratulated Mr. Smith, wha signed his’ articles, and the college then adjourned. . are" Sk .. A SENSATIONAL CASE. In Which Religious Differences May, Be a Basis. Redwood Falls, Minn., Jan. 12. — A sensational divorce case has been be- gun by Addie May Egan of Morgan, this county. She claims to have suf- fered a long train of abuses and beat- ings, but alleges that the climax was last December, when her hus- band threw her on the bed, called upon a man to hold her feet, and then, after bruising her and beating her about the arms, he jumped , upon her., abdomen. The little son. shrieked and called out, “Papa, you are killing mamma,” upon which the irate husband got up, threw his wife out of the door and told her that if she re- turned he would split her head open with an ax. With only a shawl for a wrap she walked two miles to a _ neighbor's house, where she was town, where she secured a livery team to bring her to this city, arriving here at 3 o'clock on the following morning for the purpose of having the sheriff arrest her husband. She grew ill,.and a few days ago a child was premature- ly born. Egan has filed an answer making a. general denial of both com- plaiut and affidavits on which the ap- plication for alimony is based, Egan is a Catholic and his wife is a Protes- tant, and it is thought that the -dif- ferent religious views entertained by the two has had something to do with | the unhappy relations existing ever since they were married. MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE, The Lawmakers Hold a Short Ses- sion. St. Paul, Jan. 13.—Hon. J. D. Jones, speaker of the house of representa- tives of the state legislature, is ill at home, and when the session of the house was resumed -last evening, Rép- resentative Jacobson of Lac qui Parle was called to the speaker's chair. In all six bills were introduced ‘and a souple of resolutions were considered. Senator Kellar’s resolution, providing for the fostering of the beet sugar in- dustry in Minnesota, was reported by the senate clerk and by, unanimous vote passed the house. Of the bills introduced two were by Henry Johns, three were offered by Representative McDonald, one bore the signature of Representative Littleton and the other was introduced by Rep- resentative Gilbertson. To Prevent Accidents. St. Paul, Jan. 13.—Labor Commis- stoner Powers within ten days will call a meeting of superintendents, fore-. men. and managers of woodworking establishments to discuss means of preventing accidents. The wood-work- ing establishments, and particularly saw mills, are especially dangerous to employes. ; Indian's Wedding. Redwood Falls, Minn., Jan. 13—Chas. Good Thunder. <dopted son of the aged Sioux Indian chief, has been united in marriage to Emma Wells by Rey. W. H. Knowlton. driven into, @pening of the Monetary Confer- ence at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14. — Chair- man Hugh Hanna, of the executive committee of the monetary conference called that body to order at Tomlin- son's hall. It was a fine looking body of men whose object is to attempt the reform of the government's currency system. The meeting was opened with prayer. Then Mr. Hanna de- livered a brief welcoming address and Temporary Chairman Jacob W. Smith read the call sent out by the ex- ecutive committee. Next. came the recommendations of the committee for the temporary organization, naming E. O. Stanard of St. Louis as temporary chairman and WF.. C. Golt of Indian- apolis as sergeant-at-arms. Then in their order the committees were ap- pointed as recommended by the execu- tive committee. While the comiit- tees were preparing their reports the convention was addressed by Charles 8. Fairchild and John P. Irish. The chairman then called for the re- port- of the committee on credentials. There were no contests. The total number of delegates whose names have been reported is 270 The, committee on permanent organ- ization reported, recommending C. Stuart Patterson of, Pennsylvania for permanent chairman and Evans Woot- en of Indianapolis for pérmanent sec- retary. It also recommended that vice presidents be chosen, one from each State. Mr. Patterson was escorted to the chair and made a short speech of acceptance. After the address of the permanent chairman the committee on rules and order of business reported, limiting the time of debate, resolutions, ete. There were calls for J. H. Walker, chairman of the house committee on banks and banking, and he responded in a short address. At this point the convention adjourned until 8 o'clock. Torpedo Magazine Blows up With Fatal Results. Pittsburg, Jan. 14.—The magazine of the Pennsylvania Torpedo company , (limited), at Shamokin, Pa., eighteen | miles from here, is reported to have i blown up. A number of persons were killed. The explosion completely demolished ' the building and made a large hole in the ground. The number of killed is unknown, as nothing is left of the voe- tims, but it is thought that at least six men were killed. The concussion ' was felt several miles away, and build- | ings in the immediate vicinity were ; badly shattered. ; Shousetown the public school , building was nearly demolished, and a panic among the pupils ensued, but, fortunately, no one was hurt. Economy, Corapolis and other towns ‘say the shock was so heavy that win- dows were broken. The cause of the explosion is not known, and particulars are very meager. As yet the names of the vic- ; tims have not been learned. Late reports say that two women and two men were killed and one man in- jured. | - The explosion was at the plant of the Columbia Dynamite company, a branch of the Torpedo company. The build- ing, which. was a_ two-story frame structure, was blown to atoms, and the report was-heard thirty. miles away. MRS. O’DONNELL’S DEATH. Was It by Stryechnine Given by Her Husband? Kau Claire. Wis., Jan. 14.—The trial of John O'Donnell, charged with the murder of his wife by administering strychnine, is now on. O'Donnell has been in jail here since the death of his wife, several months ago. He is a me- chanic of good reputation, about thir- ty-eight years of age. At the time of the tragedy his household consisted of himself, his wife, their son, aged thir- teen, and O’Donnell’s father. Mrs. O’Donnell was taken ill suddenly one night and died in great agony. Leave Creditors to Mourn. West Superior, Wis., Jan. 14. — The fine gilt sign of “Burgess & Murray,” the bicycle agents gnd managers of the American District Telegraph com- pany, no longer indicates that the pro- prietors are within. In fact, they have silently folded their tents and stolen * away to new scenes of activity. Notes left to their creditors kept the at- torneys, who had done business for them, explaining. Harry A. Burgess was well known here, where he had located six years ago when there was a boom:6n, but Murray was a new comer, . They operated the A. D. T. until the expenses made the: receipts seem like a mere bagatelle. The mem- bers of the suspended firm, it is thought, have gone to Rosland, British Columbia. In a State of Reservation. Washington, Jan. 14, —- Secretary Francis, in affirming a decision of the general land office, holds that under , the treaties concluded with Mexico Feb. 30, 1853, all lauds embraced with- in the boundaries of Mexican or Span- ish grants or claims at the date the treaties were duly ratified, by such treaties were placed in a state of res- ervation which has been continued in force by the act of March 3, 1891, cre- ating a court of private land claims. The reservation of these lands will continue in force until after the judg- ment of that court becomes final and complete. Dr. Staples Re-Elected. St. Paul, Jan. 14. — The unanimous re-election of President Franklin Staples of Winona and of Vice Presi- dent Henry Hutchinson of St. Paul was the important proceeding of the annual meeting of the Minnesota board of health and vital statistics. The elec- tion of secretary was postponed: 'To Elevate the Stage. ' Berlin, Jan. 14. — The Princess de Chimay, who eloped last summer with Janos Rigo, a Hungarian gypsy mu- sician, has been engaged to appear in tableaux vivantes at the winter garden here immediately after her divorce from her husband. French Lawmakers. Paris, Jan, 14.—Parhament resumed its sessions. After listening to an ad- dress from Admiral Valen the senate adjourned. The chamber of deputies re-elected M. Bryson president and re- elected the vice presidents, M. Ray- mond Poincatie, Paul Deschanel, Sar- ron and Gustave Isambert. Srnec nn aa aaaEEaISInIsSnSSSESISES ESSN SSSnnESEGES SSSR SES LSS SERN HD DEATH OF MACKO- FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF THE: CUBAN’S DEATH, : r A Letter and a Package Rececived From One of the Patriot Chief- tains Which Sets Aside All Doubt —Iusurgents Suffer Greatly From Sickness — Movements..of Gomez: and His Army. : is Key West, Fla., Jan. 14.—Advices re- ceived here from Havena bring further confirmation of the desth of Maceo. An intimate friend of the late imsur- gent leader has received a letter and a package from one of the patriot’s f chieftains. The package contained Maceo’s carbine, which he desired to have sent to the friend referred to in case of his death. The letter also fur- uished additional proof of-the great in- H sutgent leader’s death. Gen. Weyler™ asserts that there are only 500 insur- gents in the Province of Pinar del Rio, but the Cubans claim he will shortly repent having made such a statement. There is no doubt that the insurgents have suffered greatly from sickness and other causes, but it is claimed that should the Spanish commander only partly withdraw hjs troops from the »western part of Pinar del Rio the in- surgents will again concentrate in large bodies, having only scattered in small groups for the present in order to escape the overwhelmingly large ; force sent against them. The Cubans claim that all such statements are di- rected from. Madrid for the purpose of influencing congressional «ction at Washington. A great deal,depends on Gomez and the progress his army will make during the next few weeks, but some kind of a move is certain. The movement will be of importance enough to demonstrate that Gen. Wey- ler is not stating the exact facts when he says that the Province of Pinar del Rio has been pacified and that he is now preparing to accomplish the paci- fication of the remainder of the Island of Cuba. _ Insurgents Rout Weyler’s Men. Key West, Fla., Jan. 14. — Reports from Havana are that the insurgents Saturday sacked Cavalrous, less than ten miles from the city, drove out the Spanish garrison of 700, burned near- ly half the place, seized a large amount of supplies, destroyed all they could not carry off and spiked two fine field pieces that they could not take away. Two hundred wounded soldiers came into Havana Friday and Saturday. All information regarding them was refused and they were hastily sent to the hospitals. After Filibusters. Philadelphia, Jan. 14. — The United States dynamite cruiser Vesuvius was formally placed in commission at the f League Island navy yard. It is under- i stood that when she sails from this port her final destination will be the coast of Florida, where she will patrok for filibusters. THE INDIAN FAMINE. Suffering and Disaster on the In- creane. London, Jan. 14.—Lord George Ham- ilten.gecretary of etate for the Indian x department, has sent to the lord may- \ or the statement upon which the ap- peal for subscriptions for the relief of the famine sufferers in India was- based. He says that districts with a population of 37,000,000 will be suf- ferers from famine until the end of ‘ March, and that it may continue in some laces until the end of June. In other districts having 44,000,000 of peo- ple the distress may deepen with fam- ine for a shorter or longer period, while 6,000,000 people in the native states may be victims of famine. It is estimated that the famine will cost the Indian treasury at least $20,000,- 000 to $30,000,000. The Daily Mail's spondent reports that in all quarters the famine is daily becoming more se- vere and widespread. At Jubbulpore men and women reduced to a living skeleton, are‘ lying at the roadside, - Bombay corre- KILLED AT A REVIVAL. Cutting Gathering. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 14.—In a col- oved Baptist church at Yellow Bayou, in Chicot county, one tian was killed, another fatally wounded and several others badly hurt. A revival w: progress at the church. Last Rey. Henry Walker, the pastor, read a chapter in the Bible and Deacon Aus- tiv Williams passed the plate for the offering. As he sat the hat containing the few small coins upon the pulpit the preacher’ made a remark which Williams did not. like and he slapped Walker in the mouth. Walker at- tacked the deacon. knocking him to the floor with a cane. A free fight en- sued in which partisans joined. Walk- er, With his razor, cut Williams’ throat. Wholesale at a Church AWFUL MASSACRE. The Report of the Killing of Eng- lishmen Confirmed. Lendon, Jan. 14.—The officials of the Niger protectorate confirm the news of the massacre of Consul Phillips, Messrs. Locke and Campbell, consular officers; Maj. Crawford, the deputy commissioner; Captains Boisragon and Maling, officers of the Niger coast force; Dr. Elliott and two civilians and - a number of Krooman and native car- riers. ‘he officials add that the expe- dition was unarmed and was endeayvor- ing peacefully to enter Benin City with the view of opening trade relations with the inhabitants. The officials do not believe that a single white man of the party escaped. The party included 250 carriers, of which only seven suc- ceeded in escaping. nS ‘ Senatorial Caucus. ¢ Washington, Jan. 14.—The Republic- an senatorial caucus to-day did not re- sult in any final action upon the ques- tion of international bimetallism, but adjourned until Friday. This was not due to any opposition to the: proposi- tion to provide means for the confer- ence, but to the fact that the language of the bill prepared by the Wolcott committee was objectionable to some. Senator Allison impressed the caucus, in a brief speech, with the necessity of a complete outline of what was want-