Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 3, 1898, Page 2

The Aevald--Review. by E. Kiley. . MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS - It is said that seasickness is a sure remedy for pomposity. The United States has decided not to annex the Cuban debt. It’s difficult to convince a schoolboy that history repeats itself. Paradoxical though it may seem, an odd genius is a genius who is not odd. The grandchild’s voice will always be raised in defense of the mother-in- law. Lots of men who make witty re- marks are too dense to realize the fact. The voice of the man popping the_ question has the true engagement ring. It’s well to “know thyself” and it’s just important not to give thyself awa It’s all well enough to be up to date, but it’s foolish to borrow trouble ahead. The revolts of intelligence are more dangerous than the insurrecuons of ig- norance, Solomon was the wisest man in his but then, of course, that was long re your time, da No matter how proud a girl may be of her family name, she’s seldom averse to changing it. It is said that the whisper of a beau- tiful woman can be heard farther than the loudest yell of duty, Perhaps the periodical toper realizes that there are periods in his life at which he should come to a full stop. Gen. Gomez is holding out stoutly against disbanding the Cuban - forces, but perhaps he is open to proposi- tions, Some people fancy that they can dis- card the bridge of faith which spans the swift stream that separates time and eternity. In the chill atmosphere which their doubts produce, they make the attempts to cross on the thin ice of their own human creation. It is too thin, and the outcome of all hu- man philosophy is well illustrated by the predicament of its unfortunate vic- \ tims in the following scene, \ If Li Hung Chang lives until next | February he will be 76, so that it is { hardly likely he will come into office again. If report be true, he is the richest man in the world, his colossal wealth dwarfing even that of the As- tors and the Vanderbilts. It is, per- haps, the most remarkable testimony to his astuteness that through all the tf ‘tudes of his political career he has always managed to keep the im- perial fingers off his “pile.” Li is also a diplomat. Lady Frederick Cavendish lately ad- dressed a meeting for young women in England, and referred to government interference in “our great complicated labor market.” What English states- man could better her simple affirma- tion: “I am sure there is more to be done for ourselves than can ever be done for us by any government, sim- ply by trying, employers and employed alike, to act toward each other on the great Christian principles of truth, honesty, unselfishness and brotherly love. The great drawback in Porto Rico is a lack of roads. There is only one good road on the island, and that is the military road extending from San Juan to Ponce, a distance of about 80 miles. This road is described as a marvel of engineering skill and one of the best roads to be found in the world. Other parts of the island are traversed by bridle paths or narrow roads in miserable condition. The telegraph system, which is operated.in conjunc- tion with the postal system, is a one- horse affair. It has been taken in charge by the American military au- thorities and is now operated separ- ately from the postoffice, According to the estimates of the treasury department the war with Spain since the outbreak of hostilities, April 21, has cost $187,529,941, or a fraction over $1,000,000 a day. The civil war cost $3,065,413,425, or an ay- erage ©f $1,685,156 a day. The largest amount paid out during a single day in the Spanish-American war was $4,110,- 000. This was just before Spain sued for peace. The next highest expendi- tures were $3,775,000. The daily ex- pense of the war frequently rose above $3,000,000. The highest daily expen- diture was sufficient to. construct and equip a battleship of the size of the ill- fated Maine. The independeht voter has become to oe a potent factor in city elections, and his influence will be still more potent- ly exercised in futwre elections, He has no respect for what is known as “regularity,” and takes no stock in th2 machine theory that to fail to “vote straight” is to destroy the purpose of the party. He sees that sustaining whatever the party bosses may propose leads to the betrayal of the party cause to say nothing of the party honor, quite as much as opposition to “regu- arity.” PITH OF THE NEWS| DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL | PARTS OF THE WORLD. ° A Comprehensive Review of the Important the Past Week Culled From the Tel- Notable | Events at Home and Abroad That | Mave Attracted Attention. Happenings of egraph Reports — The From Washington. i Internal revenue stamps issued dur- ing the year, 1,442,274,189; value, $192,- 153,933. The president has appointed John Morgan to be collector of customs for the Southern district of Oregon, | The state department has been in- | formed that a national expesition of works of art and of natural, agricul- tural and manufactured products will be held at Caracas, the capital of Ven- ezuela, beginning Jan. 1, 1900, and clos- ing April 27 following. Postmasters have been prohibited from approving bonds of mail contract bidders until the revenue stamp is af- fixed. This knocks out the combina- tion which sought to evade the reve- nue law by having all bids opened and | forwarding only the one accepted, thus requiring but one stamp. The scheme would have deprived the government of $100,000 or more. | Personal. Theodore Sedgwick Fay, the dinlo- matist and author, is dead in Berlin. Archbishop Chapelle apostolic dele- gate to Porto Rico and Cuba, has ar- rived at New York. Dr. Stewart Knill, head of the firm of John Knill & Co., and lord mayor of London in 1892-3, is dead. He was born in 1824. J. M. Baldwin Stuart, professor of psychology at Princeton, has received from Paris official notification of his eleciion to membership in the French institute of sociology. Lindlay Smith, who was prominent in Philadelphia financial circles prior to 1873, in which year he retired from active business, died, aged eighty-three years. John E. Graeff, for many years prom- inently engaged in the mining and shipping interests of coal, with offices in Philadelphia, died, aged seventy- eight years. John W. Keeley, the inventor of the Keeley motor, died at his home in Phil- adelphia of pneumonia. He was taken ill on Saturday last and continued to grow steadily worse until his death. Mr. Keeley was sixty-one yeurs of age and leaves a widow. Ex-Mayor P. H. Mast died at Spring- field, Ohio, after a lingering illness of several months. His estate is esti- mated at over a million and a half, in- vested in manufacturing interests. He is the father-in-law of F. E. Loomis, United States minister to Venezuela. Edward G. Asay, who was in former days one of the great crimigal lawyers of the country, died at Chigggo. He defended the leaders in e Camp Douglass conspiracy during the war and was prominent in the whisky trials in 1875-6. H. Harvez Saith of Toronto, Ont., is dead’ at Idaho Springs, Colo. He was thirty-eight years old and had traveled extensively. He .was a son of Sir Frank Saith of 1. said to be the | wealthiest man anada, haying a reputed wealth of $25,000,000. Accidental Happenings. A dispatch to the Pester Lloyd from Nikolaieff, Russia, says that twenty- one persons have been killed. there by an explosion in a rocket factory. Fire in the Green Point district of Brooklyn caused a loss of $103,000. The largest loss is sustained by Joseph Schriver & Co., furniture deale 60,- A dispatch from Iquique says that the British bark Inverclyde, Capt. May, which arrived there on Nov. 2, from Montevideo, is on fire. The British steamer’ Southgarth, Capt. Perch, before reported stranded, in a dangerous position on Diana bank, has been floated and is anchored at Gallpoli. Wash King, a jockey who has rid- den on Eastern and Western tracks for the past sixteen years, is dead at his home at Atchison, Kan., from the ef- fects of a fall received while riding at | Denver two years ago. A report entirely unconfirmed has been in circulation that the steamship Ville de Coblenz, of the North German Lloyd line, had foundered at sea with all on board. Lloyd’s agents have re- ceived no news on the subject and the owrers of the steamer believe her safe. A teriffie explosion occurred in the Cafe de Champeaux, underneath the offices of the Havre agency at Per's. A woman was killed outright and eight other persons were seriously injured. It is thought that the explosion was due to ignited gas, but there are rumors of an anarchist plot. Foreign. The Shanghai correspondent of the London Times says Tsai, the Taotai of Crimes and Criminals. Charles W. Cculdock, the actor, dying at New York. if Having been disappointed in love, Ida Lutz of Goshen, Ind., committed suicide by taking poison. J. M. James of Topeka, Kan., a prom- inent politician and business man, in a dispute over:property limits; shot and fatally wounded William Hayes, his neighbor. T, A. Hauxhurst, agent of the Pan- American Express company of Brook- lyn, attempted suicide at Havana by cutting his throat in the Hotel Inglater- ra. His condition is serious. Comptroller of the Currency Dawes received word from C. S. Jobes, bank examiner and temporary receiver of the First National Bank of Emporia, Kas., that the amount of President Cross’ defalcation would reach $65,000. La Republique says that during the | trial of M. Zola for libel Comte Ester- hazy was overheard to say that Gen. Belot, former minister of war, gave him 80,000 francs for forging the bor- dereau. A dispatch to the London Daily Tel- egraph from Shanghai says: “Mr. Fleming, a missionary, and a native evangelist were murdered in the recent attack by the rebels on the town of Kwai Fu, in the upper Yang Tse Ki- ang valley, when the Catholic mission there was burned,” In the Standard Oil company con- tempt case at Cleveland James Corri- gan testified that in 1896 he transferred to John D. Rockefeller 2,500 Standard Oil Trust certificates at $168 each. He claims they were worth $500 each and that Mr. Rockefeller withheld the in- formation from him. Sporting Notes. Jack Bennett of McKeesport, Pa., got the decision over Tom McCune of Detroit in a fifteen-round battle before the Crescent Athletic club at Toronto. In the Corbett-Sharkey fight, Shar- key won in the ninth round on a foul. He had shown up better than the Cali- fornian in each round. The whole thing bears the imprint of fake. Ed Dukhorst, the Syracuse giant, got the decision on points in a twenty- round go with C. C. Smith, Muldoon’s thunderbolt, of Buffalo, before the Maple Avenue Athletic club at Elmyra, N.Y. Sulphide, the famous race horse owned by A. V. Hunter of Leadville, died at Denver while undergoing an operation for paralysis of the larynx He was five years old. His sire wag Superior, dam Maggie R. Otherwise. Capt. Blanco’s resignation has been accepted. On the 20th of December Rear Ad- miral Dewey will be ranking admiral of the navy. The New York court of appeals says the state anti-scalping law is uncon- stitutional. Surgeon Gen. Sternberg has made public his report on the work of the medical corps during the war. Railroad Commissioner Longstreet, in his annual report, recommends a government double-track railway from Kansas City to the Pacific Coast. The joint committee of the senate and house which is looking into postal affairs will convene in Chicago Mon- day and discuss the cost of transport- ing mail, the rental of postal cars, ete. The second day’s session of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Columbus, Ohio, was devoted to constitutional amendments and committee reports. The sessions are secret and nothing*is given out. The joint committee of the senate and house which is looking into. postal affairs will convene in Chicago to take up that branch of the inquiry relating to the cost of transporti: mail over the railroads, rental of po cars, ete, Attorney ®eneral Crowe of Missouri has. petitioned the supreme court of the state for a writ of mandamus com- pelling the various express companies to pay for the war revenue stamps and their receipts to shippers. The International Grand Opera com- pany, composed of seventy people, in- cluding some of the best known sintrs of this country, as well as some of European fame, is stranded at Kan- sas City. A movement is on foot among the river coal operators to form a combina- tion of all the river mines and floating property, and if the deal is consum- mated it will make one of the most powerful business organizations in the country. Representative Hitt of Illinois, chair- man of the housgcommittee on foreign affairs and a member of the Hawaiian commission, has reached Washington to attend the initial meeting of the commission and mature plans for for- eign legislation. Attorney Ceneral Mouett filed suits in the Ohio supreme court against the Solar. Refining company and the Ouiv Oil company to oust them from doing business in Ohio. Suit is brought un- ; der the anti-trust order made by the court in 1892. At the recent session of the national grange resolutions were intreduced and referred, prohibiting the utterance of political opinions by state and national grange officers, when mentioned for public offices, shall resign their grange positions. : An order has been issued by the United States circuit court in Pitts- */ DO WE MEAN Sree a Progressist, has been de- | burg, allowing the receiver of the Pitts- py ig . ‘burg and Western Railroad company The king of Denmark intends to £9 | to porrow $500,000 from the Pittsburg, to England in January and will stay | Cleveland & Toledo Railway company, with the prince of Wales at Sandring- | to improve the road and pay ex- hain. | penses. Rev. Dr. Kane, rector of Christ) ~ * </ chureb, Belfast, Ireland, and grand be eae Siar th Pe Meas pane Ot ae abana! Seat « tein us | la, announcing the arrival of the trans- Pec seiarnis ig mine ad Nan el ‘port Vigilancia with all well on board. Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, first ca@ ,. i 5 of Lathom, # dead in‘Londan. He was 28 Steamship’ sailed from ‘San Fran i sico Oct. 19, born in 1837, and was formerly le | chamberlain and deputy grand master | Once more open gambling in Denver of the English Free Masons. » | has been stopped. The district court The Royal Geogranhical Society of | dissolved the injunction obtained by London has issued a formal appeal {or | the Iroquois club forbidding the police funds to fit out an Antarcti¢ exnedi- _ to interfere with the games conducted tien! Alfred Harmsworth, provri_tor in its rooms and all gambling houses of the Daily Mail and the Evening’ were immediately closed in order to News. has offered £5,000. . avoid being raided. oa WHAT WE SAY? FOOLISH QUESTIONS ASKED BY SPANISH COMMISSIONERS. First, They Ask if the Ultimatum Is Really So,,and Then They Ask if the United States Would Accept a Counter-Proposal by Spain Re- garding the Cession of the Phil- ippines—Spain Will Exhaust Her Time Limit Senor Rios Says the Spanish An- Before Replying— swer Has Not Been Decided Upon. 4 Paris, Noy. 27—It is now known that Spain will exhaust her time limit, which expires on Monday, before re- plying to the American offer regarding the Philippine islands. In the mean- while the Spaniards are canvassing the entire field and exhausting every re- source to postpone the inevitable. As cabled by the Associated Press on ‘Wednesday, they could not accept the American ultimatum as final without asking if it were really so. That ap- plied to the time limit. Now, the Span- iards apparently doubt the fixedness of the amount the Americans offered for the Philippines, and yesterday they sent a communication to the American commissioners asking if the latter would accept a counter proposal by Spain to cede the Philippines for $100,- 000,000, Spain imagines the Ameri- cans might be willing to lop off the great island of Mindanao from the Philippines and pay Spain $50,000,000 for what would remain instead of $20,- 000,000 now offered for the entire archipelago. Spain will learn in re- sponse to such inquiry that Americans employ the word ultimatum to signify ultimate conditions. However strenuously Spain may seek to increase her money advantages for the cession of the Philippines, she Will finally be compelled to know that the United States offer means $20,000,- 000, no more and no less, and that the whole archipelago must pass to the United States for that sum. Spain, be- fore giving up or turning away, will also propose some alternative bargain of the Carolines or the Canary islands to be held in possession of the United States in addition to the Philippine islands on condition that Spain should be permitted to retain her sovereignty in the Philippines. In other words, Spain would cede certain territory in the Carolines and Canaries and the control of the Philippines by the Unit- ed States under a nominal Spanish sovereignty, and, as a further induce- ment, propose that the United States shall pay Spain no money on account of the Philippine islands. Senor Rios told the correspondent of the Associated Press that the Spanish peace commissioners had not yet de- cided upon the answer to be given to the last American memorandum. “We are considering the matter,” he said, “ina conciliatory spirit, and are anxious to re-establish friendly rela- tions between the two countries. At the same time we are here to defend the interests and honor of Spain.” In reply to an inquiry as to whether there was any truth in the report that the Spanish commissioners had de- cided to accept the Ameri@n offer of $20,000,000 for the Philippines, Senor Rios, shaking his head, said: “No, no. The commission has not yet decided on its answer. What our reply will be can only be determined at the conference on Monday, when we will discuss the matter with the Americans. At the same time,” he added, in a still lower voice, “we will follow the instructions that may be re- ceived from Madrid.” “Then final instructions have not yet come?” “Ah, but we are approaching a con- fidential matter,” said Senor Rios in- nocently. “Everything connected with both commissions is a secret.” THE EARTH TREMBLED. Severe Earthquake Shocks in Vir- ginia and North Carolina, Richmond, Va., Nov. 27. — Many points in South and Southwest Virgin- ia experienced an earthquake shock about 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The disturbance was felt from Nottoway county to the Tennessee line. There was the usual preceding roaring noise. No damage is reported. ¥Franklinsville, N. C., Nov. 27. — A very distinct. earthquake shock was felt, here yesterday afternoon shortly after 3. Vibration was from east to west. At Winston, N. C., the shock shook the largest buildings in town. Two KILLED. B., ©, R. & N. Train Wrecked Just Outside of Burlington, Burlington, Iowa, Nov. 27. — While running sixty miles an hour a Burling- ton, Cedar Rapids & lorthern train dropped two cars about six-miles west of this city, cqgsing a wreck which re- sulted in the death of two persons and the severe injury of a tumber of oth- ers. Harry Meyers’ Suicide. Chicago, Nov. 27.—Harry J. Meyers was found dead in his room. The gas jet had been removed and death was caused by the escaping fumes. He was formerly connected with theaters in .Cleveland and Cincinnati. He left a note asking that Miss Laura Thomas of Summitville, Iowa, be notified of his death. Jury Says They Didn't, Chieago, Nov. 27. — Former State Grain Inspector Dwight W. Andrews agd Former Chief Cashier B. F, Jenk- ins, of the state railroad and ware- house commission, were acquitted of the charge of embezzlement of state | funds. f French Loan, Paris, Noy. 27.—The cabinet has de- cided to authorize a loan of 270,000,000 frances for the purpose of establishing an Indo-China connection with the Chinese railways, eS ‘WILL SOON BE SETTLED, Negotiations Over the Bering Sea Question Progressing, Washington, Nov. 27. — The Bering sea question was again taken up by the Anglo-American commission and such progress was made at the hear- ing of the experts that it is expected this branch of the subject will soon be out of the way. ‘The examination of Capt. Thayer, the American expert who appraised the Canadian fleet of sealers, proceeded through the’ morn- ing, and Capt. Cox, of the Canadian, who more particularly represents the sealers, will be examined and cross- examined this afternoon. This, with the testimony of Capt. Taylor, the Canadian appraiser, heretofore heard, places the commission in possession of every shade of opinion respecting the value of the sealing fleet, and it now enly remains to reconcile the differ- eure between the American and Can- adian experts. LAVIGNE THE VICTOR, He Gets the Decision Over Tracy at San Francisco. San Francisco, Nov. 27.—George La- vigne gained the decision over Tom Tracy at the end of a twenty-round fight at 142 pounds or under. The fighting was clever and interesting throughout, but lacked the execute- ment which usually accompanies a contest between two such exponents of pugilism. Lavigne did decidedly the main work, being aggressive in every round, forcing Tracy about the ring and compeling him to use all his cley- erness and shiftiness of foot to avoid the little champion’s rushes. Tracey did not seem to be at all chagrined over the adverse decision and took it all good naturedly. Probably 6,000 people were present. Tom DEPOSIT BOXES. Those in the Kansas State Treasury Are Found to Be Looted. ‘Topeka, Kan., Noy. 27.—The discoy- ery has been made that the private de- posit boxes in the state treasury have been looted within the last week. ‘The discovery was first made by Gov. Leedy on Wednesday evening. The governor went to his box to get some money before he went home for Thanksgiving, but he found his box emptied. He had $165 in it. Yester- day Mrs. J. M. Herrington, widow of the state house guide, who died the previous evening, went to the treas- ury and asked to get the money from her husband’s box. The box was found to be empty, too. Mrs. Herring- ton said that he had $500 in the box. BIG STEAMERS COLLIDE. Serious Accident in the Harbor at Duluth, Duluth, Minn., Noy. 27.—There was a serjous head-end collision in the har- bor between two very large steel steamers just inside the canal piers. ‘rhe vessels were the Globe and the whaleback James B. Colgate, and both were badly damaged. Their forward bulkheads kept them from sinking on the spot. The Colgate is resting on the bottom near the Inman tug office, and the Globe was towed into the Omaha slip, where she rests on the bottom. No one was seriously hurt, although some of the crew asleep for- ward had narrow escapes from drown- ing. OFFICIAL IN TROUBLE. Charged With Fraud and Accepting © Bribes, St. Louis, Nov. 27. Henry Besch, city register, was indicted on four counts by the grand jury, charged with keeping the city pay rolls froudulently and accepting bribes. The specific of- fense alleged was tke carrying of a fictitious name on the city salary list and drawing pay for it. Besch was released on bond. George W. Bech- man, a sprinkling superintendent, was also indicted for connection with the case. He was released on bond. Pierre’s Natural Gas. Pierre, 8. D., Nov. 27.—Work on the new gas well, which has been delayed several days by failure to receive a shipment of pipe, has been resumed. The well is now down about 200 feet, and it is expected, from the experience of like work here, to find the first flow of gas at about 400 feet. From that to the finish of the work the supply will increase until the limit is reached at the granite, nearly 1,400 feet down. From this well a bountiful supply of gas will be plat as to furnish the city for all the ordinary demands for sey- eral years. Trouble in Per Lima,«Peru, Nov. 27.—The political horizon is again cloudy. A large ma- jority of the nation supports Vice President Billinghurst, Democratic candidate for the presidency, but a small group of dissenters support Car- los Pierola. Serious consequences are foreseen for public opinion censures the latter's policy. The press daily de- nounces alleged alterations in the mu- nicipal registers. Capt. Sigsbee Led the March, New York, Nov. 27.—The sailors and marines of the battleship Texas, to the number of several hundred, held their annual ball at® the Lenox Lyceum. Capt. Sigsbee, of the Texas, and Miss Sigsbee led the grand march in which 400 couples participated. Capt. Sigs- bee was yociferously cheered during the march. Dined With the Queen. London, Nov. 27.—The United States charge daffaires, Mr. Henry White, and Mrs. White, dined at Windsor castle with the queen last evening and passed the night at the castle. Three Steamers a Week. Washington, Noy. 27. — Commencing Dee. 1 the Plant Steamship line will run three stegmers a week from Port Tampa, Fla., to Havana, touching at , Key West, leaving Port Tampa on Monday, Thursday and~ Saturday nights. ca Six Were Drowned. London, Nov. 27.—The local steamer Fitzjames, bound for Swansea, foun- dered off Beachy Head, in the English channel, during a gale. Six of the , crew were drowned. - i vs WILL NOT BUDGE OUR DEMANDS NOT SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION. J ' Important Advices From Paris Cause the President to Call a Cabinet Meeting at 10 O'Clock at Night— The Nature of the Advices Is Not Known, but That They Were Not Acceptable Is Shown by the Fact That the President Cabled the Commissioners a Reiteration of His Former Instructions — Belief That Spain Will Accede. Washington, Noy. 27. — A special meeting of the cabinet was held at 10 o'clock last night. All the members were with the president except Secre- tary Long, who is out of the city. The meeting was called by the president in order that his advisers might con- sider with him advices received from the American peace commissioners at Paris. It is understood that the ad- vices related to counter proposals in- formally made to the American com- missioners by the representatives on the commission of the Madrid govern- ment. At the conclusion of the meet- ing, which lasted only forty minutes, and was held in the parlor of the White House, Secretary of State Hay said to a representative of the Asso- ciated Press that the pre pnt had re- ceived some advices from Paris which he desired to lay before the cabinet, and that he had called the members together to consider them. ‘The na- ture of the advices Mr, Hay declined to discuss, as, he said, that y a mat- ter which could not be gone into for publication at this time. He added, however, that after considering the contents of the dispatches the pres’ dent had cabled the American cox missioners reiterating his former in- structions. It is understood that one point, new to the negotiations thus far, was raised in yesterday’s communica- tion by the Spaniards. It related to a modification of the terms of the prop- osition submitted to the Spanish com- missioners a few days ago by the American commissioners, but in just what particular the proposed modifi- cation was to be made could not be ascertained. That the proposition was not accepted was made clear by the president in cabling to the American commissioners a reiteration of his former - instructions. The American commissioners will insist that the de- mands of the United States as present- ed to Spain a few days ago be consid- ered without further modification. ‘That they will be acceded to by Spain is the earnest belief of the cabinet and the president. THEY ARE THERE. American Troops Arrive Off Ha- vana, Havana, Noy. 27.—The United States transport Florida arrived in front of Morro castle, took a pilot on board an@ proceeded to Marianao beach. Gen. Greene and his staff went to Marianao early in order to superintend the land- ing of the Americay, trops there. Mar- shal Blanco, whose resignation as cap- tain general of Cuba, has just been ac- cepted, sails for Spain on Sunday. He will be succeeded by Gen. Jiminez Castellanos, a division commander. Causes Alarm. London, Noy. 27.—The Rome corre spondent of the Daily Mail says the government is alarmed at the receipt of reports that Emperor Menelek of Abyssinia ‘is * advancing on Boug Miedel with 100,000 men armed with rifles and numerous trains of artillery. It is believed that the objective of the negus is the Bahr-tl-Chazel basin, and he will attempt to force a definite boundary solution. Handear Fatality. + Elkhart, Ind., Nov. 27. — While a party of twelve people were returning from a ball at Otis ou handcars they were struck by the Jake Shore fast mail east of Chesterton, two being killed outright and two probably fatal- ly injured. Murdered His Wife. Little Rock, Ark., Noy. 27.—In North Little Rock M. B. Lane, a station fore- man, while in a drunken frenzy, shot and killed his wife instantly. The wo- manés son seized the gun and broke it over the murderer’s head, crushing the skull. Depot Burned. Tripoli, lowa, Nov. 27.—The Chicago. Great Western depot at this place was destroyed by fire. Nobody was in the building at the time of the fire. The explosion of a lamp was probably the cause. Most of the freight was saved. Schooner Abandoned. Sand Beach, Mich., Noy. 27. — The schooner Fassett, ashore south of the harbor, has been abandoned as a total loss, the tugs which have been at work trying to float the vessel, having left for Port Huron. Washington, Nov. 27.—Mr. Bailey of ‘Texas says that he is sure of his own selection as house leader. He adds that he will be a candidate for the sen- ate, in 1901. Plainfield, Wis., Nov. 27.—The worst blizzard of the season has prevailed over Wisconsin—snowing, blowing and drifting. The Orr a Total Loss. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 27.—Capt. Alex McDougall, manager of the steel yard dry dock, has returned from the wreck of the steel ship Arthur Orr. He went ‘down in the hopes of figuring out a plan for saving the big ship, but re- ports her a total loss. Killed by a Water Wagon. Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 27. — Dan Maxsom, aged forty, died from in- juries received by a water wagon pass- ing over him. - The horse he was driy- ing ran away. ~| THE PRESIDENT