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i WAV WILLIAMS i ! my notice in Cuba. } Washington. THE SAN FRANCIQCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1896. . 3 e GAVE UP OFFICE Disliked by the Spaniards Because He Defended Americans. As Colnsul-General to Cuba He Would: Not Permit Treaties to Be Violated. In the Past Citiz>ns of This Country Were Court-Martialed and: Shot in Short Order. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 1L.—General Ramon 0. Williams, ex-Consul-General of the United States at Havana, arrived at his home in Brooklyn to-day from a trip through England, France and Spain. Re- garding the circumstances surrounding his resignation as Consul-General at Ha- vana last yearand about which so much was said at- the time, Mr. Williams in an | interview this afternoon said: “There was a treaty between this coun- try and Spain made in the year 1795, and article VITof that' treaty was construed by the representatives of the two coun- tries in a protocol signed January 12, 1877, by Caleb Cushing on behalf of this Gov- ernment-and the Minister of State of Bpain. 3 “On the first day of the present rebel- lion inm Cuba, February z4, 1895, three naturalized American citizens were ar- rested by order ‘of the Captain-General of Cuba,who announced that he would court- martial -them. They were Messrs. Banguilly, Aguirre and Carrillp, taken as | insurgents. 4 **Article VI1 of the treaty of 1795 pro- vides that unless arrested with arms in band, threatening the sovereignty of Bpeain in:her dominion, American ciri- gens, no matter what the charge against them was, must be accorded a civil trial. | These men, arrested at noon one day, were cour{-martialed and. sentenced to imprisonment for life. I protested that this was a violation of the protoccl. “Both the Captain-General and the; Insular Becretary of State were enzire!v“ jgnorant of the existence of -article VII, | as well asof the protocol construing it, and thereupon the Captain-General be- | came offended because I demanded tne | trapsfer from military to civil jurisdiction of the prisoners and the case was reported in such a manner to the Madrid Govern- ment as ta almost provoke the revocation of my exequatur. “They. did not succeed, however, be- cause the Minister of State at Madrid was | scquainted with the existence of the | treaty and within eighteen days after the | captain-general had taken offense at my stand he, by instruction of the Madrid Government, granted everything I had asked for, thereby showing that I was right and the Captain-General was in the | ™ wrong. The case of Sanguilly, Aguirre and Carrillo was transferred to the jurisdiction of the civil authorities in Cuba. Since then Banguilly’s case was carried on ap- peal from the Superior Court of Havana to the Bupreme Court of Spain and the proceedings of the Havana court have been entirely reversed and a new trial ordered. Thus it was shown again by the highest judicial’ atithority of Spain that I was right in demanding the transfer of these gentlemen and that the Captain-General was wrong. “I was enided in this by a recollection of simildr cases which have come under I was a young man employed as a clerk in Havana i 1851 when the Crittenden men were shot re- gardless of article VII and the treaty of 1795. I was a merchant in Havana when the Virginins men were shot in 1873.in an almost similar case. “Again, while I was there, Reccanoa, an American citizen who had gone, repre- senting certain Spanish elements, to ne- gotiate termsof peace with the insurgents in the eastérn part during the last insur- rection in 1878, and who was arrésted by | the Spanish forces, was tried by court- martial, condemned to death and shot in the fort of Cabanos, where Banguilly and the Competitor;prisoners are now heid. re- garaless of the safeguards of article VII of { the treaty of 1795 and the safe condluet | given to him by the Spanish- Minister at The recollection of - these cases animated me to make quick and earnest defense of these men, and it was this action on my part that gave offense to the Spanish authorities in Cuba. “I was then in Washingion. Acting on the rule that no man of self-respect will want to return to or enter-any place where he believes ibat he is persona non grata, and therefore not welcome, I re- solved not to continue longer in the posi- tion of Consui-General to the island and signified “my desire to resign. The cir- cumstances, however, Were of . such =a character that I went back to Havanha, re- sumed charge of the office and continued the defense df Sanguilly until the case was transferred to the civil courts. «“A few months before this an A'meri- can citizen, John Cepireo, had been ar- rested and subjected to court-martial, and | several other American' citizens had been treated the sape way, and in-consequence I was not able to present my resignation in due form until Febzuary, 1896. My suc- cessor -was appointed in April, and in June I personally transferred the office<o General Lee, the incumbent.” General Williams also said. that his re- turn o Havana was only atethe instance of the earnest solicitation of President Cleveland, and that {he subsequent iliness and deaih of Secretary of State Gresham occurred too soon to admit of his person- ally explaining to the Secretary his views on the matter. With regard to the chances of the in- surgents to secure their freedom,°General Williams positively declihed to -express his views. ‘ FIRE IN. A BIG BRICK BUIL DING. A Loss of Pne Hundred Thousand Dollars Sustained and Two: Firemen Severely Injured. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dee. 1.—Two fire- men were severely injured at a fire in the four-story brick building, 754 Broadway, and extending through to Mercer street, which did $100,000 damage. The men ase Captain Charles Kelly, who had two ribs broken, arm broken and severe concus- sions of the body, and Fireman Jobtn J. | Smedler, whdse body was badly bruised. Tley were knocked down by a stream of Water frum a line of hose which got loose irom the firemen. o’clock by a policeman who was standing on the corner of Clinton place and Mercer street. Smoke was coming from the base- ment of No. 754, The store and celler were occupied by the Rothschild Sons’ Company, manufacturers of bar fixtures and billiard-tables. The store extemnded through the building from Broadway. The flames spread with remarkable rapidity, and in a few minutes after the arrival of the first firemen the second and third floors, occupied by Leo Goodman & Bro,, necktie-manufacturers, and the flourth floor, occupied by David M. Garber, a photographer, caught fire. The flames then “spread to the roof of the building on the south side, occupied by E. V. Connett & Company, hat-mak- ers, and' the second, third and fourth floors by Holzman Brothers, manufac- turers of boys' suits. While. the firemen were trying to save the Connett” building, 756 Broadway, the .front o?.the building'in which the fire started, burst into flames which reached to & great height in the air and half across-Broadway. After a battle of :an hour and a half the fire was got under:control. The third and fourth ‘ floors ‘and “roof of the Connett building were damaged. E. V. Connett & Co. lost $30,000 -and Holzman Brothers place their loss at §24,000. The building, 754 Broadway, was- completely = gutted. The Rothschild 1oss - is about $75,000, the Goodman - loss $25,000 and the pho- tographer $2000. - The loss on the building, owned by the Boston estate, is over $50,- 000. The losses given are reported by the police, but Fire Chief Bonner thought the total would be less than: $100,000. Fire in an Iowa Town. DUBUQUE, Iowa, Dec. 1L.—A fire at Mason City, Iowa, this morning, destroyed the postofice block, with all the mail, Gale & Bradley’s grocery, Blythe’s market and Sinith's law library and damaged the City National Bank. The loss is $100,000. GOES INTO COMMISSION. } The New Cruiser Brooklyn Has a Comple- ment of Men Equal to That of | a Fiagship. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 1.—The new cruiser Brooklyn went into commis- | sion this afternoon. The ceremonies were | simple and did not occupy over ten min- She steamed away from Cramp's shipyard at 8 o’clock this morning, and proceeded down the river to the navy- yard at League Island. arriving at the lat- | ter place at 11:40. Captain Sargent, the navigator of the Cramps, was in charge of the vessel. The cruiser was docked shortly before noon. Captain F. A, Cook arrived at the navy yard from Washington this morning and waited on the dock for the cruiser and went aboard the receiving ship Richmond, donned his uniform and then formally re- ported to Commodore Howell, the com- mandant of the League Island yard. Sub- | sequently the other prospective officers of | the cruiser also reported to the command- | ant. Captain Cook said the Brookiyn would leave the navy yurd after receiving her stores, between the 11th and 20th. She will go to Hampton Roads for the purpose of ‘“settling down,” as the cap- tain expressed it, and will then proceed to Newport to receive her torpedoes. After- ward the cruiser will go 1o Tompkinsville, 8. C. Of the crew, 240 men, exclusive of offi- cers, about 210 are now here and the re- nder will reach the navy-yard this week. The cruiser will have the comple- ment of men allottea to a flagship, but whether she will be chosen as such could not be learned to-day. The following is the detail of officers selected by the Navy Department for the | new cruiser: Captain F. A. Cook, execu- tive officer; Lieutenant N. E. Mason, nav- | igator; lieutenants, Henry McCreary, W. |'B. Caperton, W.'B.-Burch, F. R. Bran- rard and J. E. Doyle; ensigns, A. T. Long, F. L. Sandez and Charles Webster; sur- geon, W. ‘8. Dickson; paymaster, L C. Voggs; chief engineer, J. D. Ford. Be- sides these -there are four naval cadets from the Newark and one from the Mar- blehead. % WHILE LIFE ‘HUNG -BY A THREAD. Rev. Louis Frederick Giroux Takes a Bride While Supposed to Be Dying, but ; He May Recover. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. L—A Journal spetial from Springfield, Mass., says: With his life hanging by a‘thread, Rev. Louis Frederick . Giroux, instructor in the French-American. College in this city, married - Miss Louise Battel Sampson, principal of ‘the women’s department in the same institution, yesterday. -Since Giroux was taken ill Miss Sampson has watched over him, and when it was an- nounced yesterday that he had developed symptoms of diphtheria she was quaran- tined in the house with him. The marriage certificate was taken out by Rev. S. H. Lee, president of the col- lege, who performed ‘the service in the presence of. the attending physician and the nurse. 3 The coupls were engaged last Septem- ber and {he wedding was set for- Christ- mas day. Giroux was taken ill two weeks ago. It was at first believed that he had typhoid fever, and "he was treated for that disease. Miss' Sampson called to see him daily, and was at his bedside when the physician announced that the patient had diphtheria, and that the chances of his recovery were small. . Miss Sampson-telegraphed her guardian, Leander- Clramberiain of New York, ask- ing him if he would sanction her mar- riage, knowing that Mr. Giroux might not live the night out. A favorable reply was received, and the' marriage ceremony, which was madé as brief as possible, fol- lowed. Giroux was greatly improved last night, and it is’ now expected that the brigegroom’s life will be saved. PRl s - Ran Away on a Grade. - BUTTE, Moxt.,Dec. L.—A freight train on the Northern Pacific Railway ran away last night on the grade east of Mullen tun- nel. Twenty-six cars were wrecked, and Ed Jarbeau, h ead brakeman, was killed. Conductor Jonn McBean, Engineer John Flynn and Firemaua Frank Young are se- riously injured.” The track was torn up for a distance of eight miles. -— s ZThe Santa Fe Ieceivership, TOPEKA, Kaxs.,, Dec. l.—Arguments in the Santa Fe case were concluded be; fore Judge Thayer of the United States Cir- cuit Court to-day. Judge Thayer asked the attorneys to file a list of the authorities cited, which was done, and the case was then taken under advisement, Decision will probably be handed down Thursday. ———— German-American Bank Fails. PORTAGE, Wis,, Dec. 1.—Tae German- American Bank to-day made an assign- meent to E. S. Baker for the benefit of its creditors. The assets and 1abilities can- not be learned. -— Inaugurated Governor. MONTGOMERY, Atra., Dec. 1.—Gover- Governor of Alabama to-day. The fire was discovered just after 7 GREAT VICTORY FOR THE PRIESTS Judgment Rendered by the Metropolitan - Egclesi- astical Court. . Bishofi Bonacum Judged to Have . Been Actuated by Vindic tive Motives, - So He .Is Ordered to Pay the Costs of Triul and Expe;su" of Exonerated Priests. DUBUQUE, Iowa, Dec. 1.—The judg- ment of the Metropolitan. Ecclegiastical Court of the Roman Church in the famous case of Bishop Bonacum of Lin- coln, Nebr., against Fathers Fitzgerald and Murphy of his diocese was delivered to-day. The court finds for the priests against the Bishop on every pomnt in the appeal, which was ordered by the Propa- ganda of Rome, after Delegate Satolli had refused to grant one. The Bishop is Judeed to have been actuated by sinister and vindictive motives, to have published falsehoods and deceived Cardinal Satolli. The court declares null and void all the sentences of the Bishop, withdrawing the faculties of the defendant priests, sen- tencing them to do perance in Canada for contumacy and condemning them gener- ally. The Bishop is condemned to pay the ex- penses of the exonerated priests and the costs of the trial, to pay ¥ather Fitzgerald $875 and Father Murphy $325, as damages, and to withdraw the priests he sent to Tecumseh, Nebr., where Father Murphy is rector of St. Ambrose Church, and to Auburn, Nebr., where Father Fitzgerald is rector of St. Joseph’s Church. The pay- ments are ordered to be made to the court within thirty days. There is no appeal from the sentence pronounced. The troubles in the diocese of Lincoln began soon after the consecration of Bishop Bonacum in November, 1887. The Bishops of the province ignored the priests of the diocese when it was decided to create a new see, and many of them re- garded the appointment of the Bishop as void. The next clash was between the Bishop and Father Kennedy of the ca- thedral in Lincoln over erecting a new edifice. Then came bitter resentment on the part of Hon. Patrick Egan, President John Fitzgerald and other prominent lay league leaders against the Bishop's at- tempt to stop collection of league funds at church doors in contormity with an edict from Rome applicable to Ireland, An- other cause of dissension was the suspen- sion of Father Walsh, pastor of the cathe- dral, because Mrs, Sheedy of Lincoln, ar- rested for complicity in her husband’s marder in 1859, had alleged that the prisst uttered scandal about the Bishop, after Father Walsh . testified against Mrs, Sheedy. Then a battle began between Bishop and priests, the former bending every power to drive all the priests who op- posed him from his diocese, and the latter derending their civil and ec¢lesiastical rights vizorously. 1In 1891 Father Corbett of Palmyra, who subseguently sued the Bishop for Jibel; was brought before a dio- cesan court to answer charges made by the head. Father William Murphy of Te- cumseh presided, and the charges-against the Palmyra priest were dismissed. This made the Bishop furious, but-on appeal the lower court was sustained. In 1893 fifteen vriests of the diocese filed a long bill of charges with Mgr. Satolli agaiust their Bishop, and the apostolic delegate came 10 Omaha. He decided that the case shouid go to ‘the metropoli- tan of the province, and induced the fight- ing Bishop to sign a truce with the priests, which the Bishop was accused of break- ing. This led to more trouble' and the Corbeti-Bonacum fight in the civil courts. Father Murphy signed the charges and Father Fitzgerald became involved by signing thé protest which was sent to Mgr. Satolli’ by the priests against the Bishop’s zlleged violation® ef the *‘truce” and threatening to prove the charges on trial of the injunction cases in:the civil courts. 5 The resuit of this protest was that.im- perative orders were sent to Archbishop Hennesséy by the Propaganda and Mgr. Satolli to hear the charges at once. Fathers Murphy and Fitzgerald main- tained that thé Bishop undertook to de- stroy them so that the charges against himself could not be revived. He sent them letters of expulsion from the dio- cese for failure to pay the diocesan tax, The Bishop went to the civil courts to get posséssion of Father Murphy’s church, but was beaten six ‘times, and threatened exconmmunication of all persons who at- tended their pastor’s services. The Metropolitan court trial began Oc- tober 28 in St. Joseph College here. Arch- bishop Hennessy abdicated as Judge in favor of Rev. Peter Abhart Marsnall, Mich., an authority on canonical law. Bishop Bonacum was present only the firsy day. The prosecution was conducted by Rev. Father Slattery of New Hampton, lows, and the defense by Father Fitzpat- rick of Dubuqu IN THE SUPREME COURT, Decisions Disposing of Thirty- Eight Cases, Two of Which ave Important. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1. — The Supreme Court of the United States re- convened and disposed of thirty-eight cases. The most important, aside from the Chapman c was that of the appeal of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company from the decree of the Supreme Court of Nebraska directing the railroad company, at the request of the State, Board of Trans- portation, to permit a party of farmers to erect a grain elevator on its right of way and itself to construct a switch therewo. The case was docketed in the Supreme Court of the United States Oct:n%er 3, 1890, and was argued at the last term. Disposing of the case the opinion said it was not a question affecting rates of trans- portation, nor an order compeiling the railroad company to erect an elevator, nor a matter affécting equal rights of access to the property from the outside, but a de- mand that, simply for the cunvenience of the petitioners, they be permitted to build the elevator on the property of the rail- road company. i “This,” the court is unanimously o the i ‘is the taking of private property for private use without the due process of law, and therefore in violation of the plain terms of the constitutjon.” The judgment of the State court was reversed, and the case remanded with instruetions to proceed in conformity with nor Joseph F.Johnston was inaugurated | the opinion. In the case of Pleasant Draper vs. the United States, it was decided that the woras in the act admitting Montana to the Union, *and said Indian lands shail remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of Congress of the United States,” do pot give (o the courts of the United States in that State jurisdiction over offenses committed on said Indian lands. % Draper was convicted in the Federal court of murder committed on the Crow reservation, and will now go back to the State court for trial. 2 - One of the cases set down for argumient this_week before the Supreme Court of the United States is that.of the suit of the United States against the Trans-Missouri Freight Association and the fifteen rail- road companies comprising the organiza- tion; todissolve the association as being .in contravention of the trust laws and also of the interstate commerce law. Tle Government was. defeated in the.courts below and the Attorpey-General appealed from the judgment of the Court of Ap- peals for the Eighth Circuit. The decree of that’ court was by a majority of the bénch, Judge Sanborn delvering the opinion concurred- in by’ Judge Thayer, while Judge Shirss dissented. In the meantime, however, the freight associ- ation has been voluntarily. dissolved, and it is a ‘question whether or not the court will consider the case at all, inasmuch as there can be under these conditions no re- lief afforded the Government. Notwith- standing this'a brief in the case was made to-day, filed by W. ‘A.. Guthrie, solicitor for the Burlington “and Missouri River Railroad "Company in Nebraska, one of the defendant corporations. 3 . b R BISHOP KE;/IE 'S PROMOTION. The Noted Prelate Makes' a Statement Showing - the Object -of His Re- moval-to Rome. ‘WASHINGTON, . D. C., :Dec. 1.—Bishop Keane, late rector of the Catholic Uriver- sity, sails for Rome Saturday in response to the commands of the Pope to come to that city and perform such duties -as may be there assigned bim. ; In response to the request of a reporter of the United Associated Presses Bishop Keane said: “When the Holy Father ex- pressed the wish that I should sever my relations with the university 1 resigned the rectorship without regret. Instead of going into that retirement that would be s0 acceptable to me, L am now on my way to Rome. The Holy Father has given me a position there of honor and responsi- bility, and I shall take the first opportu- nity to assume the new duties with which’ I bave been honored. This much of a statement will be perhaps of interest, and I trust that it will set at- rest idle rumors that hav: or may be put in circulation.” Bishop Keane goes to. Rome to become a member of the Propaganda which deals with the promioiion of faith and has a vast influence upon the ‘clergy of the church. It issaid that as an American representative in this college he wilil be in a position to do great work and still be in touch with the people with' whom he has been s0 long associal e "FINANCES OF THE NATION. the Treasury Department. WASHINGTON, ‘D.. C.,, Dec. 1L.—The debt statement: at. the Tlose of business yesterday afternoon shows a net increase in'the public debt, less cash 1n the treas- ury during November, of $8,200,333 16. The interest bearing debt increased $60, the non-interest bearing debt decreased $15,300 and cash in the treasury decreased $7,255,- 663 16, -The balauces of the several debts | at. the - closé of bfisingss November 30 were: Interest bearing debt, $847,364,520; debt on which interest has ceased since - maturity, $1,591,620 26; debt bear- ing. no interest, $372,170,117 40; total, $1,221,126,257 40. " The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $567,623,923 an in- crease of $3.183,000. The total cash in the treasury was $835,861.579 81; the goid re- serve was $100,000,000; net cash balance, $125,537,000 47. In ‘the month there was an increase in -gold coin and bars of $14.203,268 71, the total at the close being $169,5627,102 34. Of silver there was an increase of $621,708 65. Of the surplus there was in Nartional bank depositories. $15,832,804 57, against $16,119,096 51 at the end of the previous month. S RS AN ARMY EXAMINING BOARD. 2 To Examine Officers Who.Are in Quest of Promotiqn, - WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—A board, to consist of Lieutenant-Colonel Haskell, Seventeenth Iniantry; Major Chaffee, Ninth Cavalry; Major McCaskey, Twen- tieth Infantry; Captain Banister, dssist- ant surgeon, Captain Lif:pelt Jr., assist- ant surgeon, and First Lieutenant Hill, “I'wentieth Infantry, recorder, has been appointed to meet at Fort Leavenworth, ans., to examir'e such officers as may be ordered beforeit for promotion. Captains Thompson, Fourith Cavalry; Clapp, Sixteentn Infantry; Forbush, Fifth Cavalry; Loud; Ninth Cavalry; Rogers, Thirteénth Infantry; Jocelyn, Twenty- first infantry; Stephen Baker, Daniel T, Wells, Eighth lofantry; Keller, Second Infantry, and Higgins, Second Cavalry, have been ordered before the board. - : Captain William Gibson, ordnance de- artment, will visit the works of the Niles l'ool Company, Hamilton, Ohio, on busi- ness pertaining to the inspection of disap- pearing gun-carriages now under con- struction at those works, Spanish Interior Loan. A WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—The Spanisk Minister of. Foreign Affairs, the ‘Duke of Tatuan, cables the Spanish lega- tion as follows: ‘The payment of the ob- ligations of the Spanish interior loan re- cently subscribed twice over shows that the conditions of the. sale were as follows: .Ten per cent deposit with application; 40 gar cent deposit on the 25th of Novem ver, 5 per cent deposit on the 15th of Decem- ber. 25 per cent deposit on the 15th of January. The dispatch states that instead of awaiting the dates fixed for payment the public has already paid in 91 per cent of the total amount, whicn is 400,060,000 pesatas ($80,000,000.) It is further ex- plained in the Duke of Teruan’s telegram that the loan is issued at 93 and therefore pays an interest of only 54 per cent. — Admiral Walker’s Mission. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—Admi- ral Walker, chief of the lighthouse board, has gone to Portland, Or., to see about the completion of lightship 67, .which was under construction by John F. Steffin & Co. at the time of their failure a few months ago. It has not been- deter- mined whether the Government will com- plete tue work or the firm. There is also a question as to the sufficiency of the se- curity under the bond of Steffin & Co. From Portland Admiral Walker will pro- ceed to Los Angeles, Cal, to meet the rest of the Commissioners appointed to locate the deep-sea harbor for commerce and for refuge. Sy Coinage at the Mints. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.— The monthly report of the Director of the Mint shows that during the month of November there was coined 179,760 double eagles, valued at $3,595,200; 106,770 eagles, valued at $1,067,700; 76,960 haif eagles, $384,800; 6800 quart-r-eagles, valued at $17,000. Total gold, 370,290 pieces, valued at $5,064,700. In silver there was coined 1,914,000 ‘standard silver dollars; 312,045 haif dollars, valued ai $176,022 50; 788,000 quarters, valued at $197,000, and 380,000 dimes, valued at $38,000. Total silver, 3,- 394,405 pieces, valued at $2,305,022 50. Statement of the Public Debt Issued by TOWNS I8 DANGER. - 0F THE FLOOIS Gorged With,Ice-af Twenty | cent Points the Chippewa Overflows. . -~ Waters Already In-vadé_' Cities . That May: Be Swept. Out . - .. of Existence. CHIPPEWA. FALLS; Wis., The Chippewa River'is gorged points to-night, and the backing up of the: waler is' becoming gquite alarming. Af this point the wéter has-crept up from the bridge ‘to - the postoffice, two blocks back of the river, and ‘the river is now twenty-- four feet above the low-water mark: ' The Omaha tracks, thé transferbeing made Eau Claire. Duncan Creek, a tributary.tc the Chippewa River here, is 'a g much damage; as’ the water is backing:.up in it from the river.. The Chippewa Lum | ber and Booma Company’ nd ber'yards are ‘all under water, and every resident and business ‘firm on. River street has moved out. - The very latéstis that an’| ice gorge isforming. just below: the fall Itis the opinion-of-river men" that this will be the saving of ‘the city; thatit will scatter the water. on the -lowlandsabove: the falls and give “the water :below falls a chance torecede. *. . - 5 7. At Flambeau farm the river.ran over its’ banks, destroying 300 head--of livestock and-ruining a dozen ildi It is feared that the'course will be changed; throw: y the town and complétely inpndating: it. In that event heayy.loss of -property and life cannot be averted: The bottom lands are covered with Water and a'great loss of stock has beer reported. by farmers. * In making 1ts wa: t the region: where.ths ' flood is taging'a train.on the. Wisconsi Central, rupnirig from St: Paul to Chicago, lost more than two hours. - Finally it suc- ceeded in reaching Irvine station, a small_ place near Chippewa Falls. As far as’a mile on every side of the ftown, including Irvine station itself, the wate! teached such a_height that men and -animals éan’ no longer venture out with. safety.” - From 700 to 1000 men were at wWork, and the scene was dotted by lights of linterns used in the work. It was decided by the residents that the use of dynamiteé might save their homes and the town from. de- struoction. To-night stickssof the- strong break the ice gorge. Meanwhile: wagons, loaded with household goods and' the | portable possessions of residents - wer being hauled away to places of safety ii the woods to the east of the city. 5 Thé flood in the Wisconsin River con- north of- Wausau, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul tracks are.under water for some distance. This water is {thinly sheeted with ice, ‘Wwhich is" not strong enough for transfer, and 'vet is -thick enough to seriously impede any attémpt to clear the track,- No part of the track is vet washed out, butit is not considered safe to attempt to rin through the water. There is .a total suspension of railway| traffic on the' Wabasha and tion of the same road. 3 e DURAND, Wis., Dec. 1. ~The ice gorze which begun at'West Newton, on the Mis- sissippi, and gradually extended up -the Chippewa since Friday hasreached Round Hill, three miles below this gity. eighteen miles of the Chippewa below Round Hill, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.Paul Railroad track, is completely sub- merged. DAk . ekl 8o far as known no lives have been lost, but those living on the Chippewa bottoms have been rescued with difficulty. Sev- era] families on the Buffalo County "side -l were driven from their homes by the form- ing of a gorge at Plum Island. Scantily dressed they waded through the ice and water to a high place on the railroad track, from which point they were rescued by a relief train from this place. Beveral of the party.were badly frozen. At Flambedu the river ran over ite banks, destroying 300 head of livestock and ruining a dozen farms and buildings. PIERRE, 8. D., Dec. l.—Later storm returns from, the range country are not so-| While there were but few-cattle lost the| storm has proved to be a serious.one for sheep men. Henry Seviile, a rancher, came in this afternoon and reports passing 1400 dead sheep which belong to -a Mon- least 2000 are lost, with a Jarge part of the sheep range to hear from. AMOMG IHE RAILROADS. Portlond, Or. 5 ceived to-day from Chairman Caldwell of the Western Passenger Association, who the signature of the Southern Pacific Company to the agreement which will govern the payment of California immi- misgions will be reduced to a normal basis and the advisory committee of the Western emigrant clearing-house bas been relieved of a load of trouble. The first meeting of the rate committee, which was formed to -allow the general freight agents to consider the general business of rates and report their recom- mendations to the board of admiration, recently organized, was held to-day. J. M. Johnson, freight traffic manager of the Rock Island ‘system, was elected chair- man. A new timetable has been arranged by the Great Northern road from St. Paul which will greatly shorten the time be- tween Chicago and Puget Sound poin The time from Chicago to Portland three and a half days. B S Rl IN A CLOSEE SLLIANCE. Operations of. the Postal Telegraph and the Commercial Cable. NEW YORK, §. Y., Dec. 1. —The Postal Telegraph Cable Company and the Com- mercial Cable Company’s directors met to-day to take action in regard to formins a closer alliance. The relations of the two companies will not be changed ex- ’“'."’gm"‘“"" cept that they are to be bound closer in | 617 Kearny st. organization by the absorption of the 3'9 Postal stock by the Commercial Catle ”:' Company. The latter wiil give in ex- change for the Postal stock a debenture of coilateral trust bond dollar for dollar and guarantee 4 per cent. The capnal of the .| dends of 1 per dent quarterly. | he asks to-be 2 Wisconsin: Central tracks are covered. with | 1 water two feet deep and:the road uses the:|'jigoq; *| tical : |'company, who ‘shall sell the glass to job- powder were exploded in. the éndeator to | tinues, and at Granite Heights, ten miles.| Durand sec- 5 The [ favorable as those which came in earlier. | .; tana man.. So far as has been learned at |- Fast-Time Scheaule Irom Chicago to| Dinner Sefs CHICAGO, Iry., Dec. 1.—Word was re- | (Complete for S Persons) is now in New York, that he had obtained | Bread, Butter & FaneyPlates - 10, 15, 25 grant commissions in future., The com- | Wine Glasses, perset - - - - 25, 35, 40 Postgl Company is $15,000,000, with no bonds. The Commercial Company’s capital is $10,000,000, with no bonds. This closer alliance is fornied for the purpose of continuing in perpetuity the co-opera- tive working of these two companies. The stock of each company at present is held prac ically by the same ‘interests, so that in this respect the new .arrangement will make no change. The Postal Com- pany commenced this year to pay divi- 1t he Com- mercial Cable Company has paid 7 per annually for several years. X A meetinz of the stockhiclders of both companies has been called fqor December 22 to ratify the action of the directors. CLEVELAND I GENEROUS, Gives ¢ Daddy’” Brunn tae Use of Land <+ .. [ for g New Cabis BOSTON, Mass.,’ Dec, 1. — Fire a few weeks ago.destro, the cabin home of: ‘Daddy’’ - Brunn so-called, robbing the hermit.fisherman of all his-worldly posses- sions” Brunn owned oply the building and " his land ‘d miolitiori of his tabin he has not suc: He ; nd shrinking from the idea of becoming a town: charge, lowea ‘to continue to sup- ] self. . received money con- tributions sufficient-to build a .house, but ould not-secure asite. In his dilemma he ‘ote to President Cleveland, and the latter g ed ‘thiough ‘a mutual friénd, giving perniission for 'Mr. Brunn to build his 1 ot ident’s -Gray Gables | -gstate to be.used solely by Brunn and all righ to the ownef when Brunn cease " 1ind. a8 ‘his place of generosity is the neighbor+ INDIANAPOLIS, - Inp., Dec. 1, — The window glass'manyfacturers of the United i ‘day to-day com- ei ibortly - before- 6 :o’clock. - Theé result: ¥ e ‘reorganiza- tion of both the old associations—that in -the Fast to be cilled thie Pittsburg Win- ‘dow Glass. Company, apd that in the West "the Western.Glass. Company. An :ironclad : agreement. of great length was drawn.up .and signéd by the manufac- turers present. Each company has prac- ame. constitution, and-it con- lates ‘that all the members thereof .turp -over the products of their res- ent of the tem shal . pective- factories o- the sales a, bers:and acconnt to the factory for the price-of the glass, reserving'5 per cent for a general fund for the use’of the associa- tion. At -the end of each year ‘this re- served fund iz returned to the manufactur- ers.dccording as they haye cohtributed to it, or’ rather a portion of it, for the asso~ ciation always retains & certain amount for -penalties and fin 3 2 .CHICAGO, Iiv, Dec. 1.—George and William Bartusi, 19 and 21 years'of age re- spectively, whose parents live at.152 North St. Louis avenue, - retited :Sunday night rtaking of 4 meal served them by ‘mother. .Yesterday. morning the younger of the tiwo brothers was found .dead and the other was unconscious. Two paoysicians who were called said that they had been poisoned probably by the food they hdd taker. Other memibers of the fam:ly; however, had eaten from the same dishes and were not, affected.. The theory of-suicide is-not entertained. R Mary E. Johnson, :wi manager 6f thé Kernand Lyceum Theater, | | was found dead in bed ‘this'motning at her home, suffocated by illuminating gas.- "Coromer Hammet pronounced ‘it clearly a case’ of suicide. Mrs. Johnsen was..a handsome brunetie of 29 years. She left no note explaining the reason of her act. . | To Build'a Big Bridge. ' NEW.-YORK; N. Y., Dec: 1.—Secretary | Swan -of- the- New- York New Jersey Bridge Construction Cor day:- +*Thé New York and New Jersey Bridge and Construciion Company has to- day madea contract with the Union Bridge Company for the huilding of a bridge over the Hudson Riyeér.at a cost not to exceed . aiiure of Jewelers. . ST. LOUIS,; Mo., Dec..1.—The Provi- dence Jewelry Company, 409 North Broad- way, made uan’ assignment to-day. No- schedules of assets or liabilities are made. It. 1s thought the failure of the Swope Watchcase CoOmpahy yesterday involved- the Providence company. . R e - .An Engincer to Be Rstired. " WASHINGTON, D. G, Dec.. 1.—Ensign A. Rust has beeni ordered to the naval’ Eroving‘grmmd, Indian Head, Md. Chief ngineer David Smith will be cetached from the Bureau of Steam Engineering on. December 12°and retjred nex: day. I. Cheapest Prices In America for. - - CHINAWARE Dinner Sets Prettily Decorated (Complete for 6 Persons) PURE WHITE $3.50 Faney Cups and Saucers - - - 10, 15, 25 [ee-cream and Berry Dishes -.- 10, 15, 25 Wize Decanters, engraved - - 15, 25, 35 Knives and Forks, per set - 50, 75, 1.00 China and Bisque Flower Vases— . 10, 15, 25, 50 Common Sense Carving Sef - - - . .25 SEEING THESE GOODS —MEANS— BUYING THEM. . —WE RUN— 100 Stores wiits| BUY CHEAPER SELL_CHEAPER HANDSOME PRENENTS GIVEN AWAY. (sreat American mporting Tea (. MONEY SAVING STORES: 1344 Market st. 146 Ninth st. 218 Third st. carny' 265 Market sk Poik st. Sos6 Sixteenth st Montgomery sve. 104 Second st. Hayes st. 3285 Mission st. 52 Market st. s), S. P. Washington st. = 616 E. Twelfth st. #‘u Pablo ave. 9:'7 Broadway, Oskland 8355 Park st., Algmeds. e éase expiring with the |* $4.75 fursnn BRAIN IN A WHIRL! Sighi of a Balloon Ascen= . sion Upsets an Old Soldier. OLD MEMORIES REVIVED. The Whirligig of Time, How- ever, Nearly Does Him .. Up for Good. A couple of nfonths ago a man was standing on one of the vacant lots just® outside the Chutes watching the prepara- tions for a balloon ascension. Like they. say, of a raccoon, having once *got his at- tention fixed on the thing, he could think of nofuing else—indeed had eyes for nothing else. By-and-by the inflatign was finished, and away went the ®ronaut like a flash of lightning. “I'he man’s. eyes steadily followed the sphere as it rapidly - rose, There was little or no wind and the ascension was almost perpendicular. Not once did the man’ lower his eyes until the parachute commenced to drop, aid then he siddenly became pale, and began to rub his forehead vigoroasly. gered a step or two .and then fell to the ground. Some friends who were with him picked him up and.carried him to a ear, but e was moaning all the time, “My head'is alf . of a whirlL” "And that was about.all the satisfaction that could be got out of him. .He was thin and‘ hollow cheeked, and the observer in. ordinary would have said that he had an acute case of dyspepsia, A reporter got on the same car with them, and thé woman of the party would insist on' their taking the sufferer home, while the men :reemed to think-that the Receiving Hospital was the right place. But' the womlan prevailed. That is usual. . They went down to Howard street, and into a very-nice-looking house. Some re- storatiyes were applied, and in the course of an -hour‘or so he was able to taik about bhimself. He said: *“I am a discharged soldier, having left the army in the East and come home here, where I live. I have ‘beéen "having these spells.of very- funny trouble with my brain for a long time now. ' All the time it seems to be.go- ing round like a-top. I used to-be quite a baliconist myself onée, and 1 am always interested in the sport—for that is what it always.was to me. “my days for ‘going up’ are all over, I guess.”’ ~ He coniinued: “Many and many a time have I gone up with Bala- win, and he always praised my coolness, but now—why, d can’t even hold my hand steady.” Evidently there was sorething more serious than dyspepsia the matter with him. The woman had gone to pre- are something for, him to eat, so his riend broke in with, *‘John, if you'd only got, married when you tvere a young man, and ‘not played the fool so miuch, -you wouldn’t be where you are now, and you know it.”” It seemed a shame to twit the poor fellow for his follies in the past, es- pecially when he was in such an evidently weak state. But he did not Seeni to mind, for he simply retoried. I never did worse than many other; he only harm I ever did was to myself. I'm brokendown and nevér shall get well” new, so what’s the use of crying oyer spilt milk?” * - * * * * * But that manas alive and well tq-day, and there is quite a possibility that he* will make many a balloon ascension yet before he dles. about an hour after tbe above conversation tobk place, a friend of the sister came in’ and seeing the plight of Wilson—for that's the ex-soldier and balloonist’s name—in~ .| sisted that he be taken the next day to the doctor. There was no one*whd could do him any good he vowed again and again, but at last he consenjed to go anywhere ii. the young lady would accompany him, It He stag--, But,” he added sadly, : That same afternoon, * s0 happened that in her home she had* seen some circulars and testithonials of the marvelpus work that the well-known physicians of the Huason Medical'Insti- tute are doing with their great "vegetable remedy for nervous and general debility— -| the great “Hudyan”—and she had made up ber mind that if such wonderful cures as she had read of could be made’that ‘Wilson still had reason to shope. Aud so the next day they went. - The case was, after a most careful and complete exam- ination, pronounced periectly turable, although it wae very serious. 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