Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 11, 1897, Page 6

The Aevald--Review. Ly E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOT nd cut a tracer wud Uy It now begins to look as though the jate Mr. Ketcham of Chicago died in self-defense. It isn’t at all remarkable that Greece should hand Thessaly over to ‘Turkey. Greece has been going 10 cede for many years. Labouchere does not admire Rudyard Kipling’s poetry, declaring that “it hardly rises above the music-hall level.” Rudyard Kipling’s opinion of Labby’s editorials would make mighty interesting reading. Tribute to a Departed Georgian.— Jack Powell pays this tribute to a de- ased friend: “A Terrell county man died last week, and has gone to join six wives ‘on that beautiful shore.’ This, scribe knew him well in life; also two or three of his wives. He de- clared he would not live without a wife and a pocketknife. After burying six good women he could not find another ‘taker,’ and in the neighborhood of three score and ten he died, of a broken heart, no doubt.” It is a typical Massachusetts town of which one of the veteran officials states a suggestive fact—that the ag- gregate values of the pianos, organs, sewing-machines, carpets and similar articles of luxury now owned therein exceed the whole valuation of the town as it was forty years ago. In 1857 only a fraction of the so-called rich possessed such luxuries, which in 1897 are found in every household— s0 many concrete proofs that, for all the loose talk of the discontented, the American standard of life and comfort tends constantly to rise. A company of workingmen in Eng- land lately listened to a speaker who called himself a fellow-workman. In his time, he said, he had experienced many privations. He had known what it was to be cold because he could not afford a fire. He had worn patched clothes and shoes. He had lived upon poor fare. When he was young he learned to plow as straight a furrow as any man in the parish, and no one could thrash better than he. The speaker was a man who in the table of precedency comes next after the princes of the royal blood—the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. One of the most interesting features of the great strike of engineers in Eng- land has been pointed out by Professor Bryce, the distinguished author of “The American Commonwealth.” Pro- fessor Bryce has been looking into the matter, and says he finds that several branches of British engineering have come to the United States as a result of the paralysis of industry caused by the strike. This, of course, is a good thing for us and an exceedingly bad thing for Great Britian. When losses of all kinds come to be reckoned up it wil be found that the engineers’ ‘strike has been one of the most disas- trous in history. ede eae | Child labor in factories is generally defended—when it is defended—on the ground that it helps to support fami- flies. To this claim a writer in the Charities Review interposes the sound ‘objection that the wages of young ‘children are seldom large enough to make the difference between pauperism and independence. When a family re- lies on these wages, it is pretty sure to depend also on help from public or private agencies. Therefore, since child labor too often undermines both health and morals, why not increase the charity fund, and put the child to school? Viewing the problem merely as a matter of arithmetic, it would he cheaper to support a good many un- fortunate people than it will be, later on, to defend society against their ig: norant or vicjous children. In these days of the “higher criti- cism” it is rarely that a clergyman is found who sticks to the Bible in its literal sense without undertaking to put his own interpretation upon ‘it. Rey. Mr. Torrey, however, declares his belief in the old-fashioned orthodox hell, and the liberal preachers will have some difficulty in attacking his posi- tion. sist that any particularly unpleasant passage in the Bible has a “figurative meaning” altogether different and much more agreeable. It is this con- tention which Mr. Torrey attacks, and from an orthodox standpoint he is en- jtirely right. If men may interpret the |Bible to suit themselves it loses its tauthority as a divine inspiration. It ;must be accepted or rejected just as jit is. Many people do not believe in ithe fire and brimstone doctrine, but if \pinned down it would be found that tmost of them don’t believe in the Bible either, although they’ may think they do. Out in Ohio the other day two foot- ball teams became involved in a row over the rules and resorted to a pitched battle in which clubs and stones were freely used. As this necessitated a postponement of the game, no one war seriously injured during the day. Editor Stead of London has written a book about New York. It will be! published next month, and then New ‘Yorkers will have an opportunity tc advertise Mr. Stead and their owr foolishness by purchasing it at all jbookstands, It has become fashionable to in- }« PITH OF THE NEWS — EVENT» UF 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 Perusal By Basy People. The Nation’s Capital. The work toward getting the govern- ment to set apart Minnesota and Wis- consin points at Duluth and Superior as a national park reserve will be pushed at the coming session of con- gress. State officials are interesting themselves in the matter. Foreign Notes. An attempt to kill the president of Uruguay failed, The volunteer life boat belonging to Margate, England, capsized this morn- ing off Nayland Rock. Of the four- teen men comprising the crew ten were drowned. Godstow, near Oxford, with the ru- ins of the nunnery where Henry II. first saw fair Rosamond, and where Queen Elinor was put to death, has just been sold at auction. 'The state department has been noti- fied that the Peruvian authorities are threatening the interests of Victor Mc- Cord, the American engineer who was arrested and confined in that country, and in whose behalf our government has preferred a claim. An incandescent electrie light for life buoys has been devised by a Com- piegne inventor. When the buoy touch- es the water an India rubber bladder moves a lever which establishes the circuit and lights the lamps automat- ically. The power is furnished by an accumulator which acts for eight hours. Count Teleki’s volcano, at the south end of Lake Rudolph, seems to have blewn up. Mr. Cavendish, who has just returned from that part of Africa, reports that he found on the side of the volcano a deep rent in the ground, sur- rounded by heaps of slag and broken lava. | Mont St. Michael, on the Breton coast, is likely to be spoiled from an artistic standpoint, as the department authorities are planning to build a railroad to the mount from Pontorson, the road running over the dyke and on the famparts, and the station being at the foot of the mount. Crimes and Criminals. Frank Rutherford, a worthless char- acter of Marquette, Mich., tried to kill his wife. He shot four times at her but did not hit her. Timothy and Richard Fond du Lac, Wis., were sentenced to five and seven years in the peniten- tiary, respectively. The charge against them was highway robbery. In answer to an indictment charging them with keeping bucketshops, twen- ty-eight brokers appeared in general sessions at New York and pleaded not guilty. William C. Woodward, alias “Big Hawley,’ who was convicted at New York of attempted blackmail on Sam- uel W. Brigham, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Benjamin Harris, a rag merchant of Detroit, was arrested, charged with transporting across the Detroit river $3,000 worth of woolen rags, evading the duty of $750, and attempting to bribe the customs officials, x John Granger, a farmer of the town of Meteman, Fond du Lac county, Wis., entered a plea of guilty of se- duction and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Other charges stood against him and he took the lesser charge, expecting to get off with a lighter sentence. William Murphy, 27 years old, was arraigned in the police court at New York on a charge of robbing a grocery store, having been caught in the act by a policeman. He was recognized by the sergeant of the police station as being the original of a picture in the rogues’ gallery, and, being questioned, said: “I was mugged in Chicago.” Donovan of Casualties. An unknown man was killed on the Northwestern track at Escanaba, Mich., by a passenger train. He was a middle-aged man, and is thought to have been a resident of Wilson. At Maplesville, Ala., seven men are dea@ and seventeen more are not ex- pected to live from the result of drink- ing a mixture of wood alcohol and cheap whisky. The fifteen-year-old son of B. Thomp- son of Beldenville, Wis., while hunt- ing, was trailing his gun on the ground and it was discharged, taking with it three fingers and a part of the thumb of one hand. Miss Alice Crawford of River Falls, Wis., sustained a serious injury by jumping from a carriage behind a frighténed team as she was starting for town from the home of H. Me- Rorie. “There is no hope of recovery. The town of Farmland, Ind., was threatened with ‘total destruction by fire; but the Muncie fire department succeeded in limiting the fire to six business houses, including the postof- fice. Total loss, $25,000; insurance, light. Personal Mention. Gen. Forgemol de Bostquenard is dead at Paris. He as in his 77th year. The khedivah has been safely de- livered of a daughter. Sir Edwin Arnold is about to publish a series of translations of Japanese love songs. L. Roswell Hart Rochester, treasur- er of the Western Union Telegraph company, died suddenly at his home in Englewood, N. J. Don Livio Borghese, second son of the Roman Prince Borghese, is about to marry Mlle. Porges, daughter of the rich Jew banker of Paris. Senor Jorge Tezanos Pinto, father- in-law of President Uriburu of Argen- tine, and the Argentine consul at Lima, is dead at Lima. Peru. a Rev. Henry W. Super, LL. D., re- tired professor of church history and polities in the school of Ursinus wollege, at Collegeville, Pa., is dead. Senator Cullom is on the sick list. He took to his bed at Washington :and felt so indisposed that he declined to see visitors. There is nothing serious in his indisposition, but he may remain in his room for several days. : General. The production of the placers of Cook’s Inlet, Alaska, have exceeded :all estimates by about $200,000. The New York legislature will ‘be asked to pass a law legalizing Sunday base ball. Dividend payments have just been made by the Silver King, Swansea, Mercur and South Swansea, in all, $75,000. John S. Barnes, formerly of the Min- neapolis Western League Base Ball team, is now matchmaking for a box- ing club in Birmingham, England. Pitcher Lewis. of the Boston club, is, like “Billy” Sunday, a religious worker, A few days ago he preached a sermon at the Boston Y. M. C. A. The total product of the Randsburg district, in Southern California up to the present time is about $600,000. The monthly product is now averaging $100,000. George A. Reynolds of Saginaw, Mich., grand secretary of the order of Elks, announces that the annual con- vention will be held in New Orleans in May, 1898. Leslie Washburn of Vermillion, 8. D.. died of consumption. He wa ey of national reputation, and was also known in Venezuela, where he rode last year. Letters of administration on the es- tate of the late John BE. Liggett, the millionaire tobacconist. were taken out at St. Louis by his widow, who was made executrix. The estate was val- ued at $3,500,000, Persons in from Ut report a small stampede to Upper Sage Creek and Indian Butte, Mont. A gold ledge is said to be discovered, some of the quartz assaying $100 to the ton. Many claims have been staked out. Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give the last $10,000 of the $100,000 needed to build a suitable home for the Ginter Mechanie’s institute at Richmond. Va. The $100,000 is being raised by sub- scription, to supplement $10,000 be- queathed the institute by Maj. Ginter. The outlook for a successful winter meeting of the Crescent City Jockey club at New Orleans is very encourag- ing, notwithstanding the postpone- ment of the opening to Dec. 4, on ac- count of yellow fever. There are al- ready about 400 horses at the track. Mrs. Matildo Delialan Shields, a granddaughter of Richard Henry Po- tomax, an Indian chief, died at Wash- ington aged 113 years. She leaves one son and two daughte thirty grand- children and thirty-five great-grand- children. Chief Justice L. G. Kinne will re- tire from the Iowa supreme bench on Jan. 1. He has formed a law partner- ship in Des Moines with J. C. Hume and Charles 8S. Bradshaw and expects to go into active practice. He went on the supreme bench in 1891. Dr. George D. Horn, who for a num- ber of years was. secretary of the American Philosophical Society, died in Philadelphia, aged 58 year He was president of the American Ento- mological society. H. T. Lewis of Greensboro, Ga., has been appointed a judge of the supreme court of the state, to succeed Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, who resigned to accept a place on the Georgia State railroad commission, Maj. Geo. S. Merrill, until recently insurance commissioner of Massachu- setts, is to be connected with the in- surance departments of a number of states, not including Massachusetts, as an expert adviser. The Union Pacific has made another record for fast running. A mail train has been shot across the country from Cheyenne to Council Bluffs, 519 miles, in 559 minutes. This is actual elapsed time, and includes all stops. The president has appointed George H. Harris of Washington, D. C., to be brigadier general of the militia of the District of Columbia, to succeed the late Gen. Ordway, former commanding ofticer of the District National guard. The Moosehead Pulp and Paper Com- pany of Solon, Me., has gone into in- solvency wit! unsecured = claims against it aggregating $160,000. Plaus are being perfected to reorganize the company and reopen the mills which haye closed since last spring. Dr. Nansen is aid to have a strong dislike to all the teas and receptions to which he has been treated in this country, and would prefer, instead, to being lionized, to keep his lecture en- gagements and to live quietly and pri- vately. There is in Chicago a young Japan- ese girl who is attracting attention not only by her brightness and cleverness, but ds well by the literary ability she possesses. Onoto Watanna is the name she is known by among her home folk. The dry goods firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co., New York, which failed in 796, to-day notified their smaller creditors that their claims will be paid. The larger claims, it is stated, have been al- most all bought up by Judge Henry Hilton, father of Albert Hilton. Melvin B. Church has begun a mill- ion dollar damage suit at Grand Rap- ids, Mich., against the Anti-Kalsomine company, otherwise known as_ the Plaster trust. Mr. Church, several years ago, turned over his wall-tinting patents and plaster properties to the trust for operation. Recently he began suit for $250,000, alleging the trust had not accounted to him properly, and had withheld profits. Hugo Wolf, the Viennese composer, chas developed such eccentricities that his friends have been obliged to put him in an asylum. A society formed in Vienna to spread his works, made it as its first rule that none of the mem- bers should have anything to do with Wolf personally. The new discoveries of gold in: Alas- ka. quartz, on the shores of Cleyeland peninsula, in Alaska, by Seattle pros- pectors, in September, have been ex- amined by mining experts. It is said that $250,000 was offered and refuse] for a group of fourteen of these claims on tide water 18 SLOWLY SINKING MOTHER MKINLEY VERY NEAR TO DEATH’S DOOR, ‘Surrounded by Devoted and Loving Children Her Life Ebbs Slowly ‘Away—The President Will Return to Washington in Time for the ‘Opening of Congress—No Hope That Mrs. McKinley Will Return ‘to Consciousne: Canton, Olio, Dee. 4.—President Mc- Kinley will be in Washington for the opening of congress next Monday whatever may be the issue of his mother’s iliness. Although there has mever been in the history of the gov- ernment a case exactly similar, it is necessary for the president to be at the capital in person for the opening of a session of congress to receive the joint committees from the two houses, and that until this committee has waited Mrs. Nancy A. McKinley. e president and received his com- cation the regular business of congress cannot proceed. Mother McKinley is unconscious, and the attending physician can give the family no hope that she will ever return to consciousness. The presi- dent can do absolutely nothing for her by remaining near her. In view of these facts the president feels that it is his duty to return to Washington so as not to delay the proper opening of congress at the regular time. The day was one of great suspense in the McKinley family. The nearness of the messenger of death was realized every moment of the day, and that there could be no other than a fatal ending to the illness with which Moth- er McKinley was stricken. The family surrounded the bedside all day, watching intently for any rally from the comatose condition in which the patient has been almost from the be- ginning of the illness, and at short intervals the doctor called. But the word from the sick room was almost without variation, family and doctor announcing from time to time in- creased weakness and sinking away. Only twice was this report varied by the announcement of evidence of par- tial consciousness. The first was when President McKinley entered the sick room. His sister Helen announced his arrival, saying: ‘Mother, here is William. If you recognize him, hold out your hand.” The enfeebled pa- tient seemed to understand and to make an effort to extend her hand, which was immediately grasped by the devoted son. He thought he felt a responsive tightening of her hand about his own as he did so, but the recognition was so slight as to be al- niost imperceptible. It was some time later that a second slight raNy seemed to occur. A bunch of beautiful flow- ers was sent from the conservatory of the White House, and when they were taken into the room she noted their arrival and seemed to make an effort to reach for one. The president quickly snatched a beautiful white lily and handed it to her. She took it in her hand and carried it to her bosom, it being apparent that she was conscious of the act and appreciated the flower. Soon after this she quieted down into a rest that seemed to be almost a natural sleep. There has been many callers at the home, aged lady friends of Mother Mc- Kinley being numerous among those who called to offer sympathy. The in- quiries by telegraph are numerous and messengers are going to and from the house all the while. Calts a Special Sexsion. Springfield, l., Dee. 4—Goy. Tan- ner has issued a proclamation calling a special session of the general assem- bly to meet here Dec. 7. The session is called to consider amendments to the laws for the assessment of prop- erty for taxation, and regulating the manner of conducting primary elec- pete and to pass a reapportionment Lr Dry Goods Stock Destroyed. Waseca. Minn., Dec. 4. — Fire de- stroyed the dry goods stock of J. L. DeHuff, in the Barden building. The stock was a new and valuable one, Le- Huff having lately engaged in busiaess here, and was insured for $12,000, which sum covers the total loss. ‘The damage to the building is $600. The origin of the fire is not known. Thirty Families Homeless. Rome, Dec. 4. — A dispatch from Cuneo Province of that name in Pied- mont, says that twenty houses in the village of Roviera have been destroyed by fire. One man was burned to a crisp. The calamity has rendered thirty families homeless, and as the ground is covered deep with snow their condition is desperate. To Command the Manning. Port Totvnsend, Wash., Dec. 4—Capt. Thomas Munger, commanding the United States revenhe cutter Grant, has received orders to proceed at once to Boston to assume command of the cutter Manning. Smashed a Bike Record. Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 4.—Earl H. Kiser broke the five-mile bicycle record here before an audience of 2,000 people. He made the five miles in 8:13. James | Quelin of Fraace previously held the 1 record at 8:28, HEAPS OF THE BEAUTIFUL. Heavy Snowfall Throughout the West. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 4.—It has been snowing here for twenty-six hours without interruption. The fall has been between six and seven inches Street car and railroad traffic is much " Y TROOPS IN PRAGUE: REQUEST FOR THEIR WITHDRAWAL. 1S DENIED.. interfered with by drifts. If the wind ' 5... ment of the Standrecht Has- increases in severity railroad men fear that all roads centering here will be blocked. ‘There are no present indica- tions of a cessation of the storm. ge Omaha, Dee. 4—Snow has fallen in Nebraska continuously for twenty-four hours, and in some parts of the state it continues. It is the first general storm in weeks. At Cmaha the fall amounts to about eight inches. It is light and dry, and w it flies easily in the wind, the ¢ it makes are cles. In the north- of the state the fall was —o— Ce. pids, lowa, Dee. 4.—One of the ¥ orms in the history of the state 1 nailed here. Snow fell all day and last night the storm assumed the shape of a blizzard. Six inches of snow is now on the ground and it is still coming down. Aili railroad trains are more or less delayed. a a Sioux City, lowa, Dec. 4.—A foot of snow fallen here. ‘the fall is also heavy over South Dakota, Fighting All the Time. Cherokee, Iowa, Dec. 4. — “Boiler avenue” joints were raided by the sheriff and a quantity of liquor seized in each place. The complaint wae filed by A. H. Maltby and O. il. Met- calf, of the anti-saloon league. ‘The saloons have not been running since the effort was made to open up under the mulct law, and the saloon men claim that the liquor seized was on hand at the time of closing. It is like- ly that another big saloon fight will ensue. Merst-ughter for Mrs. Nack. New Yor, Dee. 4.—After consulta- tion with Judges Maddox and Smith, District Attorney Youngs has decided to accept & plea of manslaughter in the first degree for Mrs. Nack, the accom- plice of Martin Thorn in the murder of William Guldensuppe, according to the Herald. The extreme penalty for this degree of crime is twenty years’ imprisonment, with a commutation of seven years and seven months. Monon Collision. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 4.—The south- bound passenger train on the Monon read collided with the north-bound freight near McGoysburg, this side of Rensselaer. Engineer Miller, of the passenger train, had a leg broken. Others of the crews of both engines escaped by jumping. Freight and passenger cars were piled high, and traffic will be stopped for hours. The damage will be hea Smugglirg Diamonds. New York, Dec. 4.—Emanuel J. La- sar, a saloonkeeper of this city, and his wife, were each held in $3,500 bail by United States Commissioner Shields on the charge of having smug- gled into this country $100,000 worth of diamonds. They pleaded not guilty. The diamonds were seized on Wednes- day night at the office of Max J. La- sar, a diamond merchant. Accidental Death. London, Dee. 4.—The coroner’s jury which has been inquiring into the death of Cecil Barnard, the well known society entertainer who was killed by falling from a second-story window of the Savage club, has ren- dered a verdict of accidental death. Will Be Hanged. Berlin, Ont., Dec. 4.—James B. Al- lison, the seventeen-Year-old farm la- borer who has been on trial here for the past week on the charge of killing Mrs. Anthony Orr, the wife of his em- ployer, was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged Feb, 4 next. No Chinamen Admitted. Washington, Dec. 4.—Consul O'Hara has sent the state department a copy of the law of Nicaragua passed Oct. 9 last absolutely prohibiting the immi- gration of Chinese. The officer who infringes on the law is subjected to a fine of from $25 to $500. Russians in China. London, Dec. 4.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says that five Russian instructors have recently ar- rived in China, and that Russians have also been appointed customs officers, two at Canton, one at Swatau and one at Fuchau. Maj. Handy Is Better. Washington, Dec. 4.—Maj. Moses P. Handy, who has been seriously ill here, is better, though still unable to leave his bed. As soon as he is strong- er he will be taken to some place in the South where the climate is more favorable. German Colonial Councils. Berlin, Dec. 4.—The colonial council at its final sitting recommended the formation of councils composéd of the most prominent Germans in the vari- ous protectorates of the empire to act as advisory to the governors of the colonies. Suicide in a Lumber Camp. Republic, Mich., Dec. 4. — Edward Evenson, proprietor of the Scandina- vian hotel, hung himself in a lumber camp six miles from town. Financial embarrassment is thought to be the cause. He leaves a wife and six chil- dren. Beenme 2 Catholic. New York, Dec. 4. —A dispatch to the World from Paris says: Sibyl Sanderson was received into the Cath- olic church two days before she mar- ried Antonio Terry, the rich Cuban. Given Up for Lost. Boston, Dec. 4. — The three-masted schooner Julia S. Bailey, Capt. W. A. Wyman, from Norfolk, Va., Oct. 30, with coal for Saco, Me., which has been reported from the latter port as long overdue, and which left Hyannis, Mass., Nov. 10, has been given up as lost. To Feed Klondikers. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 4.—Ten thousand bags of dessicated vegetables are be- ing prepared in this city for shipment to the Kiondike. Se 3 Speedily Quited the Disturbances - in Prague—Reports From Various, Parts of Bohemia Tell of Riots” and Disturbances—iIn Towns Where They Predominate the Germans Are as Lawless as the Czechs Prague, Dec. 4.—The city authorities, the Bohemian National and’ Students’ ociations and the werkimen’s socie- jes met and appointed a» vigilance committee. The stadthalter was theu waited upon and informed that the ob- ject of the committee was to secure order and safety of life and’ property. The stadthalier was requested to with- draw the troops, but this he refused to = that he was responsible tenance of order. Another regiment antry and a squadron of dragoons e arrived to reinforce the garrison here. Reporis from various places: im Bo- hemia, including New Bidschow, Mel- bik and Kralup, tell of disturbances during the last few day the houses of Germans and Jews being attacked by the Czecl The Germans of Bod- enbach made reprisals in the neighbor- hood of Bohemian villages of Kroeg- litz, where a school, two inns and @ shop were attacked, a number of peo- ple badly injured despite the interven-- tion of the police and burgomaster. The Germans also fomented riots at Gablor toning a Bohemian school. It was necessary to call out the troops to quell the disturbance. The enforcement of the standrecht (system of summary trial without ap- peal) at Prague speedily quieted the disturbances the Four rioters who were arrested yesterday were tried and sentenced to twenty years’ penal servitude within three hours of the time of their arrest. There seems lit- tle to choose between the Germans and the Czechs. In towns where the former predominate th have com- mitted serious excesses against the lat- ter. The heavy snow storm which has continuous since last night has ted in keeping the people quiet. ‘The streets, cafes and the theaters are almost deserted. No advertisements appear in the newspay ; trade is at a standstill, and it is feared that there will be many failures owing to the sses from rioting. Much inhumanity and brutality were exhibited during the disturbances. The windows of a children’s hospital were smashed, exposing the inmates to the bitter cold, and other hospitals suffered like treatment. Smaller riots are reported from Chrudim, Schlan, Goblonz, Tetschen and Nachod, all Bo- hemian town Harvard Defeated in an Oratorical Contest. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 4—Yale or- atory carried an inter-collegiate audi- ence by storm here, the home debaters winning in their tenth meeting with Harvard in a close and spirited foren- sic contest on the question: Resolved, That the United States should annex the Hawaiian islands. Yale defended the negative side and won the battle. This is Yale’s third victory over Har- vard during the ten years, TROLLEY CAR RUNS AWAY. Lively Trip Down Hiil fer Burling- ton, Iowa, Passengers, Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 4.—Twenty- five or thirty passengers on an electric car were cut and bruised in an acci- dent. The car/ran away on Valley street hill, slipping on the icy track. ‘The car stopped suddenly suddenly at the bottom of the hill, breaking the windows and throwing out the pas- sengers. No serious injuries were re- ceived. GEN, PANDO NOT DEAD. Report of His Having Been Killed Is Pronounced False. Washington, Dec. 4. — Minister De Lome has received a cable from Dr. Congosto, the secretary general of Cuba, stating that the reports of the death of Gen. Pando, commander of the Spanish forces in the field, are false; that Gen. Pando is in excellent health and is striking some decisive blows against the insurgents. The Dawes Treaty Defeated. Ardmore, Ind. T., Dee. 4. — Returns. from part of the counties in the Chick- asaw nation indicate the ratification of the Dawes treaty on Monday’s elec- tion was defeated. It will be neces- sary, however, to have the full vote before the result will be known defi- nitely. This will probably take sey- eral days. Medical College Burned. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 4.—The Ten- nessee Medical college was destroyed by fire, and on account of poor pro- tection it burned slowly to the ground The building cost $25,000 and y comparatively new. The owners say the contents were worth $12,000. In- surance carried was only $10,000. No More Troops for Cuba, Madrid, Dec. 4.—According to a dis- patch received here from Havana, it is believed that no further reinforce- ments of Spanish troops will be re- quired for Cuba. The present forces. are regarded as sufficient to suppress the insurgents before the rainy season begins. A Decided Improvement. New York, Dec. 4.—Bradstreet’s lat- est report says: There are 250 busi- ness failures reported throughout the Tnited States this week, compared with 233 last week, 359 in the first week in December, 1896, 315 in the like week of 1895, 322 in 1894 and 383. in the week of 1893. Daniels for Senator. Richmond, Va., Dec. 4——The Demo- cratic legislative caucus nominated Hon. John Daniels to succeed himself in the United States senate, ;