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VOL. XXXIY-NO. -IS. WKJiN INDICATIONS. FOR II I SDAY-Blowlj rllns temperature: fair vt ether; ulcds shlfilosiiontherlj; lowfr laromrtrr, followed by local ino a a tm WtJneiday mornlc. The veather is just a little cool perhaps for Spring Weights, but we are showing the Spring Styles from the Custom Department of the

IM riMrv sjj.rsj.jlhe. same as though it wns seventy-five degrees warmer than it is. liallct & Dans InNUd Aro tho Acknowlodgsd FAVOHITES OP THE V70BIiD. Moro of thora aro being sold ia this city than any othor flrst-c!as3 In All Styles at Tliw, Pfafflin & Co. II ani SI forth recssitofa S?. LUMBER Dry Lumber cf 11 Kinds Ami of All Thicknesses. ALEXANDER PRUITT, Edinlmr?, Jelicsca J unto, lad. BROWNING DBUGCfi:iTö, AND DZALKf I HiiifiiOEsiT ill Teilet Articles. Lubin', i'oiratc'B. Lnndtors's anl Kicrrrcier' Fine i'AtrtvCW, Genuine Imported Ki-'.rtr.a and rrtn.n Co'oenp, y in r i.l a aud Lavender Widers. F;n To.!:- fcCM trvl t-To:i;ri. Tootli. Ksir, t.'lotH atd lirm&ce, md 11 mich wanted lor ifre teilet at the lov;est figures MM) CAGES. Kctl rati, Mocking Bird and Canary Cacs, irVuiirtl t'ges, Breeding" Cages, (.'ae 1 looks and Swings. The Best Bird Seed. CEAELUS HA YES & CO., TO and SI XT. WahlC2toa August Erbrich, SOLK AGENT Füll LA QBE BEER, la Ilr'H niid ZJottlorit 720 and 222 north TWan-? " Airm 15THIS WEEK at Tin:M O D E L CLOTHING CO.

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Severe Wind, Snow an-1 Iialn Storrn3 Kaged In Various Parts of the Country Yesterday. Interesting Newa From Wnshinston - Celebration cf Maxell Gra3 at New Orleans. THE WEATHER. Mercury Down to Thirty-live De;rea lie. lv Zero Travel Impeded by Snow, Ch!-a-o, Teb. 10. The vreatner here today, and throahsut the Northwest Rensrally, is again intensely cold. At S o'clock this nuornmg, in Chicago, tba mercury indic. ted iteen decrees below zero, Tae weather i clear, bat the air is filled with little particle3 of Enow that are being blown aronnd by the teen wind which preva'Is. Trains yeslerday were somewhat delayed by tbe (now, bat the eiluation ia not regarded as serious by raUway men who have been 83tn to day. All est and west bound trains are starting out on time. Southeastern lines are subjected to delay. Tha Dro?pe:t is rot encouraging for warmer weather. Storm signals are flying and a farther drop of the degrees is predicted. At Omaha it is 13 below, at ßt. 1'aul 10- blow, at Das Moines 10below, at Dubuque Is"1 below, at Fargo, D. T., JSC b6low, at Jamestown ;iö- below, aud at WiDnipfg.'il5 below. Further and later inquiries develop the fiict that the Chicago and Alton, and Louisville, New Albany and Chici and several smaller lines are blockaded. The formtr sent out one train at noon, bat there is litt! hope of being able to r--t it through. Ih9 L-rand trunk refmed cens'nments of freight thi9 morninr. The chief trouble is south ai d southwest. Trains from the west end north aro nearly on time. Coal Famlnf iu Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 10. There is a coil famine in Chicego, owing to the heavy snowa of the past two weekj, which have blockaded the railroads in all directions. The supply of soft ccal here has reached a very low ebb. The supply of hard coal is ample, but only a small portion of the quantity of coal cor.3umed in Chicago is cf that description. The worst suHerin-: among the oor. Tha county scant h.s been utterly unable to nioet the demands ixade upoa him yesterday end t3 day. The f eriousness of the position is bast presented In the following statements made by a ledicR dealer in &oft coal: There lm not been fur ten years accti a scarcity of soft cdaI at present. During the Jajt tfn days there bus been virtually no coal received in the city. and the accnmulat'ona ti.at were on hand at the commeaceinent cf this blockade are new completely exhant3d. The grtat fcnlk of thi vIuoie of Bsft rjal that comes here ia customarily used i;nn:ediileiy after arrival. It ia irunract'cabln in vie-voftho meaner in which snof t coi! is lnd!rd t3 carry any considerable stcjci nt ore ticie. Unilwuv i-Dtisnniption a!on takes ;m lninu-ritH tuonas I g-jft c:ul. and then ourmanafanturins: intere33 all rrqciire f r.orniOwS quantities. Outsitlf cf the niinufacturir g demand, all our l:trgt building llcchs Ere heated by &tcara,to produce which soft coal is exclusively usfd. JUilwayi, n:anufe luring establishments and public buildirgs seldom keep nnrathan ons or two days' sleek on band. This storm viitatioa Las canned b general paralysis in the moveuunt of train?, and thfre are toverai bundied car lc&cia in the city ca thf InsiJe tr&c&a which arrived durinc the 8;orm and are nowed in, and which can not probably b iv.cved for everil dnya. Th ie cra are not ftprrcart rd by rnn s and cofisr jUrnJr, 8 far a delivf riüii ruj;er: td, u.iht m wtll lb in l'enr. sylvan5.". AIod; the Atlantic Coaat. Ni w Youk, Feb. 10. A heavy rain ttorm here to day gave i Uce to a wind storm in the evening. During the diy Theodore Ernst was blown from the roof of lis Franklin street, and killed. William IIow3, a cartman, and Simuel Waiters, were Totally injured by a flvirg fign. An iron fhutt of the new "Mortimer building feil o the reef of the Stock Kxchange and made . large hole. Snow and rain prevailed a! or : the Hudson Iiiver, and north of rou.z frffp:e r train wm blockaded bythesno. The Hudson and other rivers in tho Stattcje very hih and much dimai-ewas dorn The storm i3 vtry severe'along the Atlanti ; crest. At Atlantic City, N, J ? :0.O" dvisege wai done. Capa May reprs a f?arf:: ' norm swept tho const last night, and t'; n:ornir;ir a portion cf the ftoan bulwark xz.ftnt Üjirg acro tl. drive by th ra:K,1 purf and stcrm. At Wilmington, P.d , Mary Mc("at!erty was drowned in attempting t" crcs Squirrel Kun. The Rtreets at thi pis. & were ilooded. Similar reports a' made from other p'a es. Wind, Haiti nnl Snow. Wn k-iunm, I'a , Feb. 10,- The ti'-rcet storm of wind, rain and snow ever witne33?d here begun this morniug and has been raging all day, but is somewhat calmed down this evening. Thirteen inches of enoir have already fallen and if the etorm continues railroad trains coming down the mountains will be blockaded. At FitUtoa tho roaf of the Casino bkatinc Uink, a mammoth stras tur, fell and tha building was entirely demolished. N'o o:i was in the bnil ilrg :d tb timf. berions tlsmae to buildings it n ported frora the country district. Muck in tl0 hnoH, K.OKAKHE, 111., ich. I;. ihifoath-bouni mall train wlifch left Chicago at 8 a. tn. is snowed In at Mantrro in live fretoi'sno-v, drifted since 11 a. m. today. The northbound accomodation is enowed in at Tucker, five railcs beiow Mantero. The snow bl ockade of the Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Si. I.cula and Chicago is unbroken near St. Anne. It is believed It will o remain till to morrow noon. No trains are ruovin g on the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Road. Tralot StMlInt In the Snow. I'okt J r.nvis, X. Y Feb. The storm to-day was the worst of the teawn In this icction. Fix inches of snow fell here and drifted. Mnch dillhulty Is exprinceJ in petting trains through, ieveral becoming

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stalled. Thp etorm cban-el this afternoon to rain, which fell in torrents for f.everal hours. It ia no it colder and the ßtorja is cltarirg. Pcow Ilnuutl. Ka.nkakee, 111., Feb. 1J A psssenrer train West bound ca tho Cincinnati, IndiaDBfolip, St. Loais and Chicago liailroad, is mor bonnd in tf n feet ol enow caU of St. i Ani.e. The West bound pvsstfnser is h?M at Ikan-akpe. A rtliei crew 19 stacK ia tea ero rf r ft. Anne. Illinois Csntral t.-aira nre four hours late. Wortt Storm ofthe Season. LcKIo., Dakot?, Feb. 10. The worht storm of the winter has been raging all day. It ia Enowing hard and drifting badly with the temperature at zero. Trains on th Northern l'acinc aro all delayed seyaral hours. Retorts indicate that trie storm exteLds over haudrsis o: ralles ea,t aud wo -t of here. rniiitt'Kg storn. h r.AMov, l'i., Feb. 10. A bltmlirig sno tt'.rin begin about ö o'clock this morning. Trains were 'npped a".d ia 3ome iujlanc? wrecked. Telephone wires were prostrated, and teitfZTaph '.vires will no, work. NATIONAL MATTERS. Venezulea TA warl sutt to Preveot the Publication or tbe Letters of Andrew .lack ion. Washington, Feb. 10. At a meetirgot the House Ccmmittte cn Foreign AtTai, a report was a '.opted aflirming the action of the lebt Con res? in withdrawing tae awards of the Y' czuVaa Commissioner tainted with fraud, .nd j ?commecding the adoption of the resolutions providing tor the appointment of a new Commissioner. A resolution WES also adopted asking the Fresidant to nige in every proper way the settlement ct the claim of William J. Hale against the Areentir.e Keoubiic. Ttq claim arises out of the alleged ill-treatment of Iiale and femily while in th9 Republ.'c. l'pTf fentativo Dcuster was instructed to favorably report his joint resolution Introducrd at the beginning of the first ssiou of the rresent Congress, reqneating the President to take the necessary steps toward negotiating a treaty with the German l'mpir9 to secure more liueral and just provisions ia reference to tho respective right? of cit:ens, native born or naturalized, cf the United fc'tates and the German Ktupire. Representative I5r.ckr.cr today intndu ed a bill to prevent fke fr-mdalent mutiit.tion of the piBper circulation of the United Stite. It provide3 that pcraons guilty of mutilating note? wi'.h frinduleat intent fchall, on conviction, ha lined not more ttan J 1,000 or be imprisoned not more tnan thTee years, or botl, in tbj discretljn of the Court. An elTort made to day to verify the j-tab-ruent that iterator IVndletn had writto i a letter to tho President elect ttrongly favoring jLdg? Thür man for the Cabinet, iefailed in the discovery that no such letter had btea writ'.en and rone contemplated. Mr. Randall t-inihtd his if t-ntioa in tryicg to r h'-s, möer a suspension of the rale?, during the laat six days of tti fs inn, t::e I''mui:dd bill paj-f-i by the ??r,atB for tha Tei-rcr-.-et Henern! (J.-int, whicii ..s th l'rfsidt-nt authority to p'.ace a ."uerid in-? army cn the retired l'rt winiout upecifylu': var-Scs. This is th bill the lr 's;dnt dastres to hRve pafed. Colcnel Andrew Jackson, a grandson o! the late President, mil Ilevarend Jaskson, vho iridfa at tho Hermitage, to-day took cut letters of administration oa the estate of hid jTsndfiither, an:l in;meUtely ttironh Iiis policitcis, John Faul Jones and Robert 1). Lines, eutertd a bill of equity, ?tting forth that the v,idow of the lat.-j llo.i. Mcntguniery H'alr and her son, Wo-iibury Rlair, now have yoi-ei-s!on of and claim to own s larpe numbrr of very va'uab'e pv Itr relating to lha pnbiio end priva'.J LTe of .'enral Jackson, und praying aa injunction e;:aiht defendants t prevent t'.iflia from d:6j?ing of or publishing- aav of said papers. It ia fiiuted thee papers wor3 p'ar.d in the haudä of Amos Keadall in IM", with a view to the publieat'on o a lilrrranhy of Central Jackson, whicu he (Keudaii) had undertaken to writ. The pip?ra wer loit for many vears, nnd w--e found bv Colonel W. G. Swll. ( t Kentrcky, in 17 subsequent t the death cf Rend ill, when they war placed in the band of M ntomery li'ii"for E.ire keeping. ' as ( oionel Jaoksoa a! lefs In his bill. Ilepresentative Riüir, bow ever, claims th3 papers were given to F:an is P. l!nir, Sr., by Gaeral Jackson, an t i! is u; cu thii ip:f slion that the suit just fastitu'td will i robably turn. The' h.ll a'v: prt3n for tf e appointme nt of a R-"--otva! I tuning litigation. Cilonj! Jackson has re tun-d Str.Htf)n Harris, of renr.esiee, an..' Yco'l e cf h.diai a, nrjd Reprt-sentatiT' Cj'dw 11 r.i conns'! in tin? ca!e. Rene m. ntative Rnglivh to day intr.RK'' i a biif authf r! ing the donation of tbs lTnltil states Arenal tuiid!ng and grounds at Indiacatolis to the State of Indiana, to be used cs a Htatn University, the object bein.r to provide for tbe removal ofthe university ogw located at lUoomington t IridlauapcTs An amendment was to-day propvad !y Senator Morgan to Ihn Silver Coinage bill. It takes out the present provision for thesn pnlon of tbe coil aie ol silver dollars, and nuthories t)m President, on and afterthe lt of April, I-"), and In any sncceeding month until the 1st of April, "lo. to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to eupeud, fn whole or In j'Rrt, th purcheso of silver bullion lor the coinag.j of standard dollars. 1'x Vire Prefeident Handln, who is hfr to attend the dedication of the Washington Monument, tald to lay tb.at only nine men r now ilvin who were members of the rcrate in lh, wlin that bjdy ait.-n led the Uyint of tb comer ntoie of th moiiutunt. There aro Yuelee, of FJorid; Jeorg' W. Jcnt , of Nevada; Rradbury and H.iuilii, o' Maine; Fhz, of Michigan ; I.ivia, u! Miej'v tippi; Atrld'on, of Misiourt; S'mon Cann rr.ti, of Fennj'yU.t'.r.a, Rnd Hunter, of Virginia. Pr. titled to rt Penon. Wai-iiinoton, Feb. 10. On Julv 1, ls..', a Captain William HrgTave, of General Titoaeman's etalT, was proceeding with others in an ambulance to headquarters at Knoxville to attend & reception ia honor cf the day, the team Lecame unmanageable and pre ripltated the ambulance with IM c cupatut down an embankment, aad Hargrare sustaincd an Injury resultine In his disability, for.whh h be aked a pension. The Pension Rnreau decided against him, on the grnnd that the Injury was not contracted while In

te line o dutv, aud Assirtant Scretarv of the Interior Jceljn to-day decided Hargraye fhculd receive a pension, for the ree.son that any soldier in going to or from a sods! gathering, religions meeting', or places of jmnsement, with a superior otli:?r, dee s not place himself out of the line of duty. 2! ARD I Uli LS

Feetlslt!a at New Orleans Royal Kecep. tlon Tendered Hex. New Or.LEys, Feb. 10. The clear and cool weather favored the opening of the Mardi Gra3 festivities. The arrival and reception of Rex came oil according to tho programme, except as to time. His Majesty reached the City Hall at noon, Trhn Mayer Guillct ecrrendered the keyes of the city. Th? precision coneisttdof infantry, detachmeats o ruErii C3 from the United States Öag ship Tenne239 and th3 n.nof-war Galena, music, c.iLcdy h id her r.v lowers on van?, trumpeter, heralds, terrors cf the royal standi rd, a troop of ilia Uejs'y's mcn-at arms and LUs Majesty, Rex. attended by the Royal Continental Coards. The proce:?ion moed thrcugd il e principal streets to the Ic,ee at the beau r.r Canal street, where the par'y embarked on sicamera for the exposition. When th.-. procesiioa reached the lefie a silata of 100 guna waa frei. Tue rljtilla, :oListiug of eighteen steamers, goL nnder vray at 2 p. tn., the Eteamir Richardson bearing the King and his attendants. It moved slowly up the river, the United Slates war vereis Tonnestee, Galena, Yantic and Alliance tiring a salute of twenty-one guns, and manning their yards as the royal steamer passed. The shi; ping in the port was decorated with bunting. Large crowds gathered along tLe rente cf tae procession and the levee to witnesa the departure of the roval tleet. Thousands of his faithful subjects rrcwdtd in at all the entrance git:3 of the exposition ground?, and at noon the attendance exceeded anything in the history cf the exposition. Tie main tower was crowded with people loekiag down the river, eager 1o catch a s;ght "cf the royal licet. R'lov:, in Mcsie Hall and in the. vestibule, tha jni was bo grrat tl ;it locomotion was almost impossible. ICnowing the vast hall could not accommodate one-nfth of the great crowd that would seek admission, many persons hastened to secure places before the arrival of the feet. The elite of the city and many distinguished visitors attended the reception given in the forenoon by Commissioner Arnold R. Chase to Governor Rourne, of Rhede Island. The reception was held at the New Kugland platform in the CJovernmeat buiiding. Governor and Mrs. Rourne were attended by all the still' ollicers in fail uniform. :ith Tid lu New Ymk. New Ycr.x, Feb. 1;. The tide in th? North River th!3 mcrning was higher than it ha? been for many yeira. Tfte watsr was on level with the dc:kj, and it dii'icalt for ferryboats tj ir.ake ludins. stores along West strtt n? jr the river were .11 tloodeu, and contiderible damage was done. bf avy ra'u w.-3 falling ail morning, and narrow stref'. ar. i-Imoit a3 dark as night. '11 it.rrn wide higher tides in tiia Nortli LVvVrt"" Jo day than hse been known in oer tweivs yea-;. Aloes' Vve-t nil Scuta jitre'-ts nearly e very rellar was tlroded. All ayallabls apoaratui for pump-in-cut water was brought into us1. At Vt:ey street th? river actually o ve r u into th? street, and many stands of butch. -rs in Washington Martet were submerged. 3irn. Dudley llld lor Trial. Ntw Youk, Feb. 10. Yseult Dadlsy wai arraigned at the Yurkville Polieo Court tala niCrring for looting O'Donovan R0331 February '. Rosf a ?. aa not in conrt. The prosecuting ohoer anriounced th he would not fi.ll hnn, becau'-e there was s;i.-n rcitement about dynamite at the present time thst xtrar.eotis int!nencv3 niigia interfere wit i to orderly a lminidtral'o.u oi' jutici. Kx-Ju'ü' l'ullerton and Lawj'er Putts a'peiwt'l for Mrs Dudley, who sit compose tiy near her course) aud listened intently, bat witli little evident concern, to the testimony of vitnesse for the people. The We:sf oiu'.-nl no testimony, and Mrs, Dudley was heb m ö'..0Co bend !.r trial. Soe was ramandt d to jail in default of bad. An Kuroiirnxluc SlHtemt-ut. Yoi ; nc-tow: s, U., Fet. 1. The proipects f.r business among th$ roiling mills here is very much improved. C-utright, McCieeiy a Cr. and the Youngstown mids bavj starte 1 everything on double turn, while at the big mills of Hrown, Ronnsll A Cn. everything gofs on a lonblfi turn, except the pudddn ' milX To morrow tlie miild of Andrew Rf j. .V; Co., and tho ctruther rn:?, Hazleton, go cn double tarn. Two furnaces connected ith and owned by Rrown, Ronnell A Co. will mocii be blown in, as pi: metal Is getting 1 1 ar:o. Only a part of the Valley mill is on, but before the end of the weefc it it expected that tvery thing will start. Tha Trumbull Iron Company, Girard, lias closed a lar4e conliact for thdr rpfcialtis and are rnnnlng full banded. The Wood Mower aud Reapsr Works star;ed this morning in all department". Tin lMilrie Mnt U'U Ai.rAT,Cttl, Feb. 10. Citl.ons of this eity are compelling the Chinese to remove ouUido the city limit". They held a meeting and adopted n reuolutfoei piednin ttieinelv3 to ut all legal means to prevent the settlement of Chines in Areata. . ItrtR's Cre I'roti.bly I.nM. Cm a Mv, N.J., Feb. 10. A bri. is ashore on CoMspring bar. A heavy sea is running. The life ff.vlng r rewj stove their boats going to the rescue. It In feared the crew ia loit. The il'e ia7ir:g crew are awaiting abatement of tin? storm. Two Droter Killed. Fm.-j.i r..., Feb. io. In a collision of fctock trains at Conewaugn, on ttie Pcnnylvnla Road, yesterday, William Keeler and Joseph lrb, two Chi ago drovers, were killed, and a tramp iteslirg a ride wai seriously Injured. Itollcr 11 iiloloit. Ft fdNMirt.!', III., Fib. IO. Ths engine boiler at the east abaft o! the coat mine exploded this morn ng. Instantly killing the engineer and fireman and wre:king the building.

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FROM THE OLD WOULD, Opcriirs of the Trial of Cunningham, the Dynamiter, in tho London Polie Court. Unemployed Laborers of London Demand Werk cf tho Local Government. EXAMINATION Of Cnnidngliam arid Uarton, th Dynamiters. London, Feb. 10. Upon the Bow Street Police Court opening this morning for the re-examinaticn cf Cunninchara and Burton, a surprise was cau'ed to the public by notices conspicuously posted upon the ;urt dooiwaj3 that no person tarrying a ba would be permitted to enter the building. In addition to this, notices warned everyone that the police would search all persons whese appearance or conduct were suspicious. Btfors procelir::? were btgua era! net the prisoners, ailliam, of tie counsel for CurjutcgLam, announoa I that Burton wa" s:ck aud too ill to defend himself, and Cuakipsbftsi's counsel would defend both of the prisoners. The Crcwn prceeeded to produce teatimony inculpating the prisoners in the underground railway explrslon at Gower Street Station January 2. Poln eman Seward be ing sworn, testified he was oa the train which reached Gower Street Station at the time of the explosion, lie boarded the train at Bishop's Gate; be then taw Cunningham basing from the window cf the braie. Witness looked into tbe brake and saw what appeared to be a basket full of workman's tools. After th? witness entered a third-class car. It will be remembered that tbe three men in the rale compartrxent of the train that arrived at Gower fctnet Station at the time ofthe explosion eluded the police ;md the trenn men, and eiC8redfrom the sfatioa without leaving their r&mes and addresses, but not before the police and guards had scrutinized tbe suspicious travelers. Policeman Stewart today identified Cunninuham a3 one of these three men. Mejers also identihei Mm as one cf tha three men who occupied the brate. The dynami!.- wh'ch caused the explosion was thrown from the train that drew this brake and carried these witnesses just e.s tbe train approached Cower Street Station. All pecple aboard tbe train when it w.13 brought to a stop just after th explosion satisfactorily pas.-ed police scratiny except thice c ru; ants of the brake, who managed to escape. Kxp jrt3 btlieve the dynamite was thrown from tb biake. e-ard and Meyers not only p.were that Cunningham was one of the thre iren in the brake, but Seward also testihfd wrtien the train stopped Canninghorn left the break through a window, and said tbe prisoner's qufstiouRb! manner leavinc the van on th arrival of the train at tLe "station carrel aim to hka a better lock at lbs man than he otherwise would i hsve done. Joseph Meyeip.auctinneer.o! C!aDbam,7,'.n a x as-scrger on Hih underground railvdy the night of the explosion, and testified he tried to enter the brake compartment, and three men wlio were in it prvent-'d him, and t bat one cf tLe Ihres men wa.3 C inni-ighaiu. V ::..yt.p;-?rr imtr?cd.fe!y aro. fro n hia ttt-t sua el.cuted at t)ie -.vitrei5 : '"Vju aö a liar.'1 Cunningham and ilurtori ?r3 tif ain remanded Lor a week. (iENLKAL rOULIUX M1VS. I'nc n loj e d Lulmrer or LuikI on I-nirinl Woik of th City Oftl Ih1. Lom'On, Feb. 10 A deputation of workincmen, escorted by a procession o! ','' U untmployed labore-?. accompanied by hauls and carrying bannt" nurcbevl to the oüice cf the local government board to day. When they arrived tbero the deputation entered and demanded relief lor ths unemployed cf London through the in:-tUution of public works. The o'hcirtls in cbarg-; of the ooard rooms were somev. bat dismayed by the deinomtrati":). bt:t politely informed the deputation tbat no orhcisl answer to the demand rcuid at the tirns be givni, btcat:s :-ir Charles l:lke, President of the Poard, whs away, and during hid absence nothing could be done. This reply was nceived in sullen silence, and the crjwd, wiiich had b this time become a mob, rushed in a body into Downing street, depke all tne etforta of the police to prfVrnt thi?m, and nnttl lispersed stood howling around the o::i.r.tl re3idenc of the Prime Mini der. I om ov, Fe b. 10 Son n excitement was created, to day, e ri illj in commercial and financial circVi, by th?- receipt of a dispatch i rem Feriin unnouueirg that tbe Rusisn G'overnmeut hs ordered J.-') Krupp gnns for the purpos of trecl:thcnlng its position In Central Aia. The mms nre to be of the largest pattern, and are evidently intended fcr fervice in lortrfsscj nf sup.nor build. FimultariC'OUily with the above report came d!f atebes fruiu M. Petersburg stating that hebaatopoi Is to be mado a free port. Nnlr I'roni Itoinoi Romi:, Feb. io. At a meeting of American artists, held yesterday, at which W. W. Storey, the culpter and poet, presided, a petition to Congress was prepared asking for an abolition of tb dntle on works of art Imported into the Fnited States William Waldorf Astor. American Minis-t-r io Italy, will rein his position nt the ir.dol February. ivinrd I'lrrepont will i.ct es Cb:m: d'Atlalrfi until tbe new MmI'.ter arrivte. t'STPt'" I-'ibiiih .fT,ilr. Caiko, Fel. I The ßnanc'al question baa been settled, and the payment of indemnity fcr I esse Incurred In the bombardment of Ait xandria is expected ihortly tD be mate. A Commission, Onaistlng of tbe Consul Henerals of tbe dWVient Powers, will a.emble in a short time to settle the question c t free navigation cf the Hue Canal 7 tie Chamber of Dfputlei. Pxr.:s Ftb. its The Chamber of Deputies f. day took up Germain's countr proposal to tbe proposed bill Increasing corn duties. Germain s measure provides for the abolition of the present tax upon unoccupied land and the tnbatitutlou therefor of an extra

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duty upen alcohol. Sziih a change iu the taxetion, Germain contends, would bespit both the French Treasury and the French farmers. The Chamber referred the measure to tbe proper corm ittce. SU'smsMp. DisaHtem. Lcnton, Fsb. 10. The Belgian steamer Westerland, Captain Handle, from Antwerp f-.r New York, put in Plymouth. She bad be-en in collision with the steamer Holmcurst, which was surk. Four of tbe Ilolrahnrit's crew were drowned. The Western land w&3 seriouily damagfd. Tb steamer ATphonso, bound from Cadi? fcr Fiavena, foundered at Grand Canary !sU?. The passengers and crew and treasure were taved ; cargo and mail lost. Ur.tr on Wheat. Bfklin, Feb. !0 Döring tbe debate in the Reichstag to day on the subject of increasing the duty on cereals Bismarck said be bad reliable data which would warrant his stating that a majority of the mmr-ers of the R-;icbi.t.ig approve the dnfy of three marks oa wheat. Figtit .t a f uneral. Pa f.i?, Feb. 10. During the funeral procesEion of Jules Valley, the well known socialistic journalist of France, a large number rf Frenehmen attacked the German sccifihsts in the procesion and destroyed a wreath of the latter. Mr. T.ovrf 11 Seriously 111. Lon l on, Feb. Id. The wife of Mr. Lowell, Fnited States Minister, is teriously ill. She was laken ick at Madrid some time -ince with typhoid fver, and never really recovered from its erTeets. Feventweu Men IC!llft. Loni' i.v, Feb. 10. A terrible explosion cccurred In a powder magazine at Gibraltar t ;- day, killing seventeen men and doing considerable damage otherwise. Far th uttke. Ma nr. 1 1', Feb. Id. Freeh shocks of earth queke were f?lt to day at Grar.ada, Yel'zo ai.d Motril. damage was done. KRESHlir FEIIIED. Heavy Italiit in tl LadCaue Jlnt-h Dbui atr. Tar.Mov, N. J.. Feb. 10 A. heavy rain storm th:3 morning caused the river to rise and great damage to property i3 fearid alons the river front. Several mills ".re closed owing to water in th3 buildings. Reports from Lambertville, Milford French Town, and other points np the Delaware, say the river is rising, and a fearful freshet is apprehended. Bm.timokk, Feb. 10. A heavy rain storm visited this city shortly after midnight and continued nearly till noon to-day. A heavy fall of snow on Saturday obj:rnrtod the. I'ass-uge of the water, and the more derreese 1 sections cf the city were dooded. On rmy streets pub strianiem is out ct the question, as th-3 water vas nearly two fset deep. Many cellars rere Hooded. "The northctt winddrove the water np the P&tapsjo Rivvr, ai:d the tide rote even with the dor-s. Nr.w Bkunshick. N. J., Feb. 1'.: Aterri''d rain tor n nas ien ragia? this it rr.tr;.-: i The Raritsn River is rapidly rit:.;;, and i there is every prrspect cf a rep: tition of the ereat freshet of 1 J. Tr.e see in tae river has not yet renin enr ed to movf, but is gcr; ed at Martin's dock. Preparations are beii. g made for the removh.1 of valuable? fr-.m etorc-houses and Tnanufactores. YinlMe Supply of Creln. Cnb'A'.o, Feb. 10 The foiiowlng is the viVible supply ot grain oa February II, as rep. rted by the Secretary of the Roard ed Trade: Wheat, H.iLM.OOo bushels, a decrease cf 7 UOl bushels aj compared with latt week's statement; corn, Ö.T'Kck) bushels, an increase of 4-K-Od; oats, J :7! 00() bushel-, a drcreaie of ' .' ' no: rye, .(x O buhe's, an increase of ..O''); barley, l.FiO.tVJ bushels, a decree of Ot.UuO. (irain in store in Chicago at same date: Wheat, 1 1,:JJ.0m) bushels; corn, l,o-l,0o. bu3be's; oats, .".Od.O-'io bushels; rye, ll-V) bushels; barley, 1 ü.O -J bushels. Postal Clerk Arrested. Pitt-mt.'., Pa , Feb. 10 John Moore, a railway postal clerk, running between Nev York and Pittsburg, was arrested this morning m tbe information of lnsr( tor Spee?s sith a charge of robolng the !nn!s. Marie 1 bills which the irsp'Ctor ha-l p'are i in a letter wer found ujju person wh-n arrthted. Mooie ia a resident o N-ja V jri City. !.r'il ftl. Ti knt.'N, N. J., 1'e.b. 10. The trim leaving Philadelphia at II o'clock, on the Readin;: Road, wm derailed by a t!0'jd truck at Laothorne Station, in Pennsylvania, about 1 o'clock. The cars were thrown d own an embankment and the pasi-enrs wre bruited but none seriously Injured. Th tireman was thrown down the bank and badly Injured. Narrow l!irate to lintel. Wm-ior.o, I'a., Feb. 10. Cole'e Hotel and W. C. Kress' residence were burned early this morning, and the Methodist Church was badly damage I. Lof s, : ,003; Insurance, iJ'-.c'"). Twenty pfirsoi.i narrowly eernped, many In ttifir nlM rlotbrs only. All Io? their peror.al elLcts. Afraid of Dynamite. Ojta'w, Feb. 10. Speaker Miller, of thj Senate, Las if nt J an order excluding everybedv, t!iei rf:i included, from visiting ary of the adjacent rooms to the chamber, tm n att-r what th-ir errand may be. JIo said lit lj afraid of dynamite. INDICATIONS. w A-iii...-i..v, Fe. 17 1 a. xa. ForUeGiilo an 1 Tcaavsiui VaRcy Siowly rilne tcuipiNiturf, f.ir wtntLer, wln.ti ahiTtirr; toutlieny, lower tHromcttr, followed l.y local sr.0M Wedacslay wcralni. For the Li rer I-ko IUlijIou Xncrcailng c!oat! nei fullowe l t ylc. al mow!, alight rie In tec perature, viriaide wla3., Keuu'.lly outh and ca'.t ia Kiutteru portion.