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Great Anxiety Along the Mexican Border. Fears for the Safety of the U. S. Troops. NO NEWS FROM THE FRONT. Garz May Have Cut the Telegraph Wires. His Force Superior in Point of Numbers. He Has Threatened to Captnro Ft. Itinj;old antl It Is Feared He Has Carried His Threat Into Kxecution The Whole Population of Northern Mexico Said to lie in Syi$p,ithy with the Revolutionist. Sax Antonio. Tex., Jan, 1. The alarm on the border over the Garza revolutionary uprising 13 becoming intense. There are many rtartling rumors in circulation concerning the fate of the U.S. troops that are concentrated in Starr and Dural counties, in which eection Garza Ins e?tal lished his principal recruiting station. lie is known to havw a force of 5W desperate men, and if the 1,000 Mexican troops who are reported to have murdered end deserted Gen. Lorenzo Garcia, commander at Mior, Mex., have made their way to Garza's stronghold on the Texas side, the united forces would give Capt. John G. Bourke and big 150 U. B. troops a hard light. Gen. Stanley and the other military authorities are very uneasy over not receiving any information from the seat of war during the past twenty-four hours. The locality where the field operations are now supposed to to carried on is fully 123 miles from a telegraph station. It would not be at all impossible for Garza, with a force of 1,200 men, to capture Ft. Pdrjggold and the whole force of U. S. troops in that Bection on the frontier. lie has threatened on several occasions to take Ft. Kinggold if it became necessary for him to secure food and military eupplie3. If opportunity has occurred, it is not improb&bie to believe that he has executed his threats. Gen. Stanley will eend two more troops of cavalry to the scene cf the disturbance early tomorrow morning. If it becomes necessary additional troops will be sent to the front from the other military departments. No news has lean received hero in two days from the U. S. forces. The last advices were from Capt. Wheeler, commanding at Ft. Ringgold, who was on the eve of joining the company of Capt. Hardie, Firtt Lieut. Beach and Second Lieut. Langhorn, together with Brooks' Texas' rangers for an attack upon Garza with Ü50 men in tarr county. The region is eparsely populated and telegraph olBcea are scarce. It is believed the poor telegraph service on the border has been paralyzed by the wires being cut. It is not known from this fact whether an engagement has occurred or not. Garza has spies in this city who keep him fully informed of every maneuver of the troops, and if the rumored revolt of the Mexican soldiers at Mier to join his standard proves correct it is believed that the population of northern Mexico will flock to his standard rapidly. Tho recent persecution of the catholic clerey has hightened the disaffection toward the Diaz government, and all the people are waiting for to join any revolutionary moYement is the prospect of its success. Further news is awaited here with much anxiety. Laredo, Tex., Jan. 1. Gr.rza-and his followers are in Tamauliras, Mex., GOO ttroDg. II. A. Herbert of New York was discovered on a train cros-iinj into Mexico with arms and ammunition. An attempt was made to arrest him, but he escaped. The arms and ammunition were seized. San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 1. Late this afternoon newg was received of another engagement between Garza's men and the U. S. troops and rangers who have ben in pursuit for several days. The telegram, which was from Capt. Hardie to Gen. Stanley, was Bent from some station on the Texa3 Maxican road in Starr or Duval counties. It was eo garbled in transmission that nothing could be learned from it, except that an engagement had occurred aud the troops were in a perilous position. A full account is expected tomorrow. San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 4. Telegraphic communication between the military headquarters here and the posts on the border has been reestablished. Advices were received today that the scouting of the last few davs indicates tho scattering of Garza's forces on Texas soil and that thoy are either hiding or have taken refutre in Mexico. Either reeult is possib e, considering the vast stretch of broken and brushy country on both eidea of the liio Grande and the sparse means of communication. Minister Romero's assertion at Washington that a prominent Mexican citizen was being held by Garza at Ceja Del Prieto proves to be unfounded. Capt. Johnson of Ft Brown telegraphs Capu J. P. Martin, adjutant of this post, that be has just returned from a scout of forty-five' miles up the Bio Grande and searched several ranches, but found no revolutionists. Thirty Mexican troops acted in concert with him, proceeding on the Mexican side. Troop B, Third cavalry, under Capt. George Chase left Ft. Kinggold today with a detachment, for Garza's supposed headquarters at Palieto Blanco, in Duval county. Capt. Hunter, with another detachment of the Third cavalry, proceeded from Ft. Mcintosh to Los Angelea in the hope of coming up with the enemy. Gen. Stanley has called upon 17. 8. Marshal Fricke for additional deputies to assist in preserving order on the border. TROUBLE ON THE BLANCO. Clash Immlitii lictwn Innrcnts and UnUl States mint Maxtoan Troops. Rio Grande City, Tex., Jen. 1. The following report is received from Capt. Hardie, G troop, Third calvary, by courier: I straek te eamn of about two hundred of Garzia'a follower! on the 29th lniu, at iundowa la dem cbapnarel near Q&rcii'i

on OCT siae. Capt. Frocks' company of rangers, u w luitu was Bi J a-mvm7 Ana, 1a auu Short are with nie. Capt. Bourke and McKay are alio here as volunteer. Hardie. Capts. Bourke and McKay returned to this piece lat night and the following report was made to department headquarters by Capt. Bourke: Hardie has with him Capt. Honrke'a company of Texas rangers d a force of debuty marshals under Deputy Marshal Var Jliper, a posse under Sheriff Haines of Carrirso and some Mexican trailer? sect him by Gen. Lorenzo Garcia of the Jlerican arinr. There are two eomrnnies, under Beach and Miert, jut down from San Antocio. The taudiu scattered in the chapparrl at sundown, and I do not think they will C?ht mu:h unlets they get caught iu the toils. MoKay and I left Harare this morning after a gLit and came across country to I'inemo.twi-nty miles and bacfe tome of tbe ranches. The great danger is that these bandits will break into kinall equaJs aud plunder the trarelers. They have a perfect organization, a pood system of signals, know the country thoroughly and being without uniform, can tarn thf ru-e)Ts iato innocent rauchmen and coat herders in fire minutes. Th.-TC is a great need of pack trains and guides and trailers who know the country and pfoole. I give it as the opinion of Hardie, ilcKny, Urooke, Vn Kiper and myself that there should l a geltend rounding p cf ranches from I'olisto Bianco west. Hardie marched his command from 3 o'clock in the mormi;: until sundown cf the 2.'th, cincorerhfty miles, t.at it was impossible to bring tho outlaws to bay in the drkcens. Capt. JIcNxel's tompany of rangers arrived here last uiVat from Alice. Capt. Brito of the rangers telegraphs from Edinburg, Tex,, lilty miles south of here, as follows : To Sheriff Shel'.ey of this county: An armed party is at Arzells Blanco, twenty miles below here. M eriß dosner and mys'Jf. in combination wi:h Col. JJanero's ca,'tlry will raid them tomorrow niht later" t'a you or a deputy marshal with U. S. trooj9 come and meet us tomorrow at tdinhurp? Ihe bianco is very large and a larpe number is needed to rnard the river front. Blanco ia American s al on the Mexican side. Bkito. It eeemstbat Garza is making no attempt to cross into Mexico, but collecting all his forces together on this fide to defy the U. S. troops. Several oulaws who crossed the river, and one of Capt. Krito's prisoners that escaped from hita night before lat and swam the river, were captured by Mexican eoldiers yes-terday and is now in jail at Iieynosa, Mexico. A detachment of troops arrived thn morning with Sexto Louporla as prisoner, eeverely wounded in the leg, which will necessitate amputation. He was ehot in the recent light between IT; S. troops and the bandits and is one of the men who invaded Mexico with Garza on his first raid Sept. 15. Iugoria lives at the Lagrulla ranch. He was formerly a U. S. deputy marshal and is now reported to hi a prominent man among the insurgents. Capt. Dourke and escort left with theprieonor this afternoon for Browns'ille, Tex., by eteamer. Much valuable information is expected to be gained from the prisoner. An attempt will be made tonight by U. S. troops, rangers and Mexican troops to purround and capturo the B anco, on which there are congregated quite a party of revolutionists aai outlaws. Later A squad of Capt. McNeil's compafly of rangers had a gunning light with a Ecuaii party cf resolution iota about ten mile3 from here thi3 afternoon, lie succeeded in capturing one of their horses. About three hundred Ehota wero fired, but no rcnjrsrs were injured. The loss to tho other side not reported. Revolutionist Kreaklng Washington, Jan. 4. A telegram from Brig.-Gen. Stanley, dated San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 4, received by Gen. Schofield tonight, leads him to believe that the trouble on the Mexican border with the Garza revolutionists is nearin? an end. This telt gram was as follows: Commanding Ofiieer Ft. liiu.tfgo'd today reports courier in from Lieut. Beach at l'iner.o, who pased Capt. Hardie at Salenno. All information from that direction and from soouting parties in this vieinity indicates the breaking up and scattering of the taad of revolutionists that had begun to form into larger forces. WABASH COLLEGE WIN S. An Important Kßtate 8nit Decided In Its Favor. Chicago, July 4. JuJge B'odgett, in the ' federal court today rendered his opinion in a controversy between the heirs of an eccentric but wealthy old farmer named Jacob M. Ilarncon over the ownership of over 3,000 acres of land in Iroquois county, 111., and Warren county, Ind. About Cfteen years ago Harmon made a contract with to of bis nephews, Jacob and Jeremiah Harmon, which, in effect, gave the old gentleman'e possessions to them at his death, provided they made certain improvements on the land and paid an annual rental for it. In 1SS4 a new agreement, which provided that the two nephews must surrender the land at any time the owner desired, was made. In 1SS7 Harmon died and left a will which disposed of l,4iJO acres of the land to Wabash college of Indiana, a largo portion to dill'erent relatives and but COO acres each to the two nephews. The will also provided that these last bequests be subject to an annuity ot 25 cents per acre to be paid to the American bible society of New York. The two nephews rebelled at this and filed a bill in the U. S. circuit court to enforce the original agreement that they were to receive the land. - The written agreement made by the two nephews in 18S4 was fatal to their claim, however, in the court's opinion. There was some question in the court's mind as to the annuity in perpetuity to be paid to the bible society and there will probably be some further litigation on that point, but tbe bill to enforce the original agreement waa dismissed for want of equity. A DUEL WITH KNIVES. Two Mexicans Disembowel Each Other in the Presence of Multitude. Coeboda, Mex., Jan. 2. A terrible duel with knives has been fought heie between Antonio Gomez, the son of the proprietor of the riaza where the bull fights are held and another young man. The young men were in love with the Bame girl. When they met in front of the cathedral one of them struck the other. In a moment two knives were out and flashing in the air. One of the young men was completely disembowled and the other terribly backed. The latter lingered a few days and died in dreadful agony; the other was killed on tho spot. All the time the men were fighting Eervico was going on in tho cathedral as it was the fast of Santa Marie le Guadeloupe. The front of the cathedral Was grandly illuminated with colored lanterns while within were 1.000 people who were attending service. Fully 2,000 people wore watcbbe.no cno dirinz to interfere

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In Great Demand in New York Just Now. On His Vote the Whole Situation Hinges. HE'S SILENT AS A CLAM. Though He Controlstho Destiny of a Stat. Ho May Eat Peanuts All Day if He Chooses. Xo One Can Tell AVhat the Day in Albany Will l!rin Forth Tho republicans Prepared to Itxcrt to Anj tremc to Defeat the Will of the People They Are Vet Unable to Devise a Plan for Stealing the Senate. New Yor.ir, Jan. 4. Senator Jame3 T. Edwards, the clergyman-professor who defeated Commodore Ferry Vedder in the Chautauqua district, is today the biggest link in tho political concatenation which enzaccs the attention of political leaders of this state on both fides. His power is larger than that of Senator Hill, for he is an elected element in the situation. . He is more powerful than Governor TJower, for bo is ab;a to render helpless and inactive the otherwiso democratic legislature on which Governor Fiower relies. He is bigger than the legislature itself, for without him the eenate cannot organize with a lecal quorum to give itself pc?itive force. Hero is tho curious pituation of the state governmental machinery ready to operate but lacking tho wedge-pin to fasten its gearing and make all parts move effectively. The democrats have sixteen Eonators ready to eit in the leather chairs in the onyx chamber tomorrow, but there must be present the body of one more elected senator to constitute the quorum number of 17, or ono more than half the elected members. That one other senator may remain filent; he may read "Mother Gcose" or the bibie ; he may engage himEelf with peanuts and conversation with the senate orderlies; he may even slumber and encre all these inattentions would be pardoned by the other sixteen in the personality of any S2venteenth-elected senator. TLey would eveft ba welcomed as a condition of his pree'nee, for they need him, and need him much. With the eeventecnth Benator present only the law of quorum would be fullilied and the eixteen democratic senators might po forward with their purposes. Mr. Edwards, by reason of the independent character of his election acd of hia devotion to his personal conscience as a political guide, is the only available wedge to hold the legislative gearing from slipping when tho power shall be turned on tomorrow. Senator Edwards designates himself an independent republican. Ho has been quoted as paying that he would eit with the sixteen democrats to organize the senate tomorrow. The fifteen out-and-out republican senators are 6aid to favor a plan of absenting themselves tomorrow from the eenate chamber to prevent a quorum and when the morninz dawned today the republican leaders were doubtful as to Mr. Edwards' alleged purpose not to act with them. The out-and-outs came down to this citv to confer with Mr. Piatt and other leaders as to what should be done. They conferred last niht and have conferred more today as to how bestto act to deprive the democrats of a 6enate quorum tomorrow. Tho meeting place of tho chieftains was tbe Fifth-ave. housc. Senators O'Connell, Mullin and Derby weie seated on one side oi the richly upholstered benches which line the hotel corridor. They were ppeakin in undertones, and presently U. S. Senator Hiecock approached the group. After a minute or two Senator Derby left to consult with Senators Donaldson and Parsons, irho were seated on the apposite side of the hall. This group was reinforced by Senator George Erwin and later was joined by Senator lliscock. Seuator Erwin excbanped views with all and then held a consultation with Senators Smith, Vangorder and Saxton, The groups were continually changing, nd xn this manner there was obtaine i a general interchange of views, which made tbe formal conference to be held this afternoon of brief duration. The senators conducted their little talks so quietly that a stranger could not notice anything unusual happening. The conference, for such it was, had all the appearance of the usual interchange of courtesies between acquaintances who meet in a hotel. AU tue senators seemed at the outset agreed on one point, and that was that unless the Kev. Mr. Edwards refused to aid the democrats in organizing the senate, it would be useless for the other republican senators to remain away from Albaur. Senator Edwards had beea invited to meet his fellow republican senators in New York this morning and hid failure to retpond to tho invitation is recarded as ominious. The republican senators, however, were loth to think that Edwards would help the democrats, and up to noon had hopes of hearinzfroru him. This hoDe failed, however, for Edwards came not. There was only one sentiment to be gathered from the group of twos and threes about the corridor. It was thac anything was justifiable to prevent the democracy in its -lfbrt to seat enough democrats to control the senate. Collector Hendricks paid: "The republican senators, in my opinion, are justified in anything they eee tit to do. They are especially justified and tobe commended if they decline to eit with the men whom Hill has seated as senators. I am for anything that will 6how Hill that he cannot make senators at will and in defiance of the people." U. S. Senator Hiscock said everything depended upon tho courso Senator Edwards Vould adopt. Until he waa heard from the other senators would decide upon nothing. Ex-U. S. Senator Warner Miller pawed along the hotel corridor without speaking to. or in coy n&y noticing, the aEssmbled

senators. A reporter asked him if he thoueht Senator Edwards would act with the democrats. "I do not desire to be interviewed," said Mr. Miller, "and must decline to answer any questions." A few philosophical republicans who are here prötef3 to be inditlVrent to the attitude of the independent senator. His vote with the republicans cannot, they observe, control tho organization of tho eenate or prevent the peatinjr of Walker at the opening session if they Foe fit to act on that matter then. The democrats have IG votes to 15 republican, even counting Edwards among the latter. A majority of fliese voting is sufficient to carry all questions except the passage of a bid. At tho opening cession tomorrow, if the sixteen democrats vote to seat Walker and the fifteen republicans, including Edwards, vote agairst seating him, he will be seated. On this point, however. Senator Edwards is eaid to have declared that he would net vote to seat Walker over Sherwood in the Twenty-eoventh district. He said that no man thould be admitted to the Fenate who had 1,040 votes leps than his opponent, and that the electors of the dietnet should have another election. Sherwood is the republican ineligible who was elected by the above majority. Most of the senators left this city tonight for Albany, eo as to watch developments at close range. An Associated l'rps reporter late tonight asked Senator Edwards if ho would attend the opening eeesion of the senate tomorrow, lie replied: "I consider it the highest conception of duty to attend the soesion oi the senate tomorrow and ehall be present." Th Daniocratio Cauca. Albaxt, N. Y Jan. 4. The democratic assemblymen tonight caucused naming Robert P. Bush of Chemung (Hill's county) for speaker, and Charles Do Freest ulerk cf the democratic stat.a committee) for assembly clerk. The republican caucus named Gen. James W. Hueted for speaker, which constitutes him leader of the republican minority in the Louse. The democratic senators went into secret caucus at 9 p. m. None of the republican senators came to the capitol building up to 9 o'clock. It was expected they would hold their caucus as usual in the capitol at S p. m. The democratic senate caucus was in session less than an hour behind locxed doors. Senator' Cantor was namd for president pro tern and leader of the majority. The lieutenant-governor was authorized to appoint the senate committee on elections tomorrow so that the contested cases mav be considered during tho roceES for constructing committees. 'A DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.

Gorrriior Crnj, Stnator Toorlteat And Ex Congressman Luiub In Consultation. Terkk Haute, Ind., Jan. 4. Special. .Politicians are tonight discussing the probable significance ot a visit that it developes ex-Governcr Gray made to this city yesterday to eee Senator Yoorhees. The "senator was questioned about the matter this evening and declinyd. to say anything for publication,"Gov6f'nor Gray left for Indianapolis this morning. Senator Yoorhees was apprised of Governor Gray's coming, for he met him at the depot and the two got into a carriage and were driven at once to the residence of ex-Congressman John E. Lamb, where they dined with Mr. and Mrs. Lamb. . It is supposed that Governor Gray's presidential boom was discussed and that the meeting was for the purpose of consulting with Senator Voorhees on the subject. That it was an important conference between the three recognized leaders of the Indiana democracy no one doubts. Later in the evening Governor Uray and Senator Yoorhees repaired to the Terre Haute house, where they met a number cf well known local politicians. The conference has caused quite a stir among the politicians. AWAKENED TO MEET DEATH. Fatal Fire in an All-Night Restaurant at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 4. At 2 this morning Cre broke out in the all-night restaurant under the Waverl hotel, 202 Clark-st. The hotel was at once filled with smoke and the occupants rushed into the hallways and attempted to reach the lower floors. Asa result of the fire two persons were killed, one fatally hurt and four others quite badly injured. The killed are: JOHN MERIDITIT, sIxty-fiT years old, reideooe unknown, sutlocated. PAUL WOOD, leveateen yean old, ion of Samuel F, Wood, suffocated. Those injured are: Mus. S. F. Wood, right le broken tad in jurrd interr.lly. will die. Samuel F. Wood, badly bruised and partly ufi'ocated, will recover. JJls. Edward C Dwyeb, everoome by fright and smoke. J. K. Clav, overcome by heat. Mrs. J. E. Smith, overcome by smoke. X. Fhank, slightly injured about the shoulders by falling. The fire, although small and kept confined to the restaurant, was very exciting, all the scenes usually incident to a hotel fire being witnessed. The clerk, after strenuous efforts, succeeded in rousing all the guests, the two who were suffocated being found at some distance from their rooniH. Several were carried out of the building by the firemen and hotel employes after being half suffocated. The death of little Paul Woods and the partial suffocation of his parents was one of the most heart-rending scenes ever witnessed. The Woods family is composed of father, mother, two sons and ono daughter. The eldest eoa was in the office on the second floor when the fire broke out. He at once ran to the top floor and awakened his parents, brother and sister. They descended in the elevator. As Mrs Wooda was stepping out. tho elevator man started the elevator up again and the unfortunate woman was caught between it and the floor, her right leg being badiy crushed. IJefore Paul Woods could be removed from tho elevator he was dead. John Meredith was on the top floor and when awakened became bewildered. He lost his way, when attempting to go down stairs, and when found was nearly dead, lie died while being carried from the building. The lots to the restaurant is small, being less than $1,200. The unknown John Meredith has been Identified as the Itev. J. II. Meredith of St. Louis. He was a temperance lecturer. Hunted llrtself to Dat! Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 2. Mrs. Martha Moore committed enicide today by pouring kerosene oil over her clothes and then setting it on fire. She had been suffering from melancholia 'caused by the death of ber husband,

SENATOR TURPIE SPEAKS

' HIS VIEWS REGARDING HILL'S LATEST DECLARATION. Tba Pcnator Cnnsol InJon th Governor's Tnllry of Inaction Th Plan ef Cam r'jn Kot tu Slost SultabU Subject (ot Dlicmilon, Senator Turpie left for Washington Monday afternoon. Just before Lis de parture he was asked by a Se-titl reporter: What do you think of the recent epeech of Governor Hill at Albany?" "I do not favor the course ot action, or rather of non-action, outlined in thai speech," said the senator. "The democratic party ought not to abandon or posU pone its efforts to relieve the people from the numberless mischiefs inflicted by tha McKinley law merely because these efforts may be defeated by the senate or by a presidential veto. To expose and avenge) the monstrous wrong and injustice done to the interests of the farm and of labor br the tyrannical monopolies which controlled the last congress is one part of our duty; to show and to do someihiag better than the evils we denounce is another just as binding. If our efforts for the right fail, the people will reinforce them at the next election. "Laiseez faire to let things b as thejr are is a phrase which do- not belong ta the language of reform; ; rather to the dialect of reaction, ßloth and indifference. "There ought to be action. The detail of method may not be so material, only if we are to have tariff reform by piecemeal 1 want the pieces to be large, in goodly number and tho meal itself to ba a full one, As to the plan of campaign, to which much of the Albany speech is devoted, it may be permitted to remark, with due deference to the justlv distinguished aud very eminent and able senator from New York, that it seems no: to be the most puitable subject for discussion upon external lines in any way. "The body of the people, the general public, are only concerned about the differences between parties, that thev la clearly stated and set forth, both by word and deed, so that the voter may make bia choice. "fifferences between members of the same party about the plan of campaign stand upon a dirierent footing and lowei ground. I have full confidence in the representatives of the people so recently chosen and so lately come tezether. W have a house comprising in its majority membership men as capable irud as thoroughly verged in the trying questions ol our time as any who have at any period occupied seats in cither branch ol congress. Our efforts at reform and out btruggie to reiieve the country from th biliion burden of expenditure may not b successful but this will not be the fault oi the bouse of representatives." A DUEL IN THE STREET. Doubly Fatal Holiday Fleasantrles 1 a Florida Town. Greenville, Fla., Jan. 3. Meesengen coming in here by private conveyance todty bring, the news of a bloody itreet fiht last Thursday in Perry, forty miles eouth of here, in which llobert Parker and John J. Garn to, ex-county judge oi Taylor county, were killed and Thomas Walters so badly injured that he will probably die. Walters and William Parker got into disputein front of J. M. Garnto's etcre and Parker finally cut Walters across the 1 .1 1 1 1. i - 1 i t !.: nuuumeu vtuu luu-uisaru poc aei-Kuue. Walters then fired hia pistol at Parker, but without effect Parker got his shotgun from his wagon near by and the firing became general. By the intervention of Robert Parker, a brother of William. Marion Murphy (both armed) and of Judge Garn to, who tried to stop the fight, Walters put three pistol ehota into the body of Bob Parker in rapid succession and Bo! fell dead in the road. William Parker let go both barrels of his gun at Walters, bur both charges hit Judge Garnto full in the stomach and he was taken insensible into a store. Walters snapped his pistol at Parker twice while the latter was shooting at hint with his gun. Then he ran into a stör near by, grabbed some cartridges from a shelf and wason his way back to the scene of trouble when he became too weak from loss of blood to travel. He was picked up by friends. The coroner's jury in the matter of the, killing of Bob Parker found that Walter, killed him in eelf-defenee. l'ar'y thi morning Judre Garnto diel after euiferic intensely for nearly three days. RAVAGES OF PESTILENCE, Yellow Fever and Small Tox Claim. lng Many Yietims. London, Jan. 1. Lord Salisbury received today a epecial cable dispatch from her majesty's coneul at Santos confirminj the recent alarming reports in regard to the terrible state of aflaira there growing out of the ravages of combined yellow fever and small pox. Eichteen captains of merchant vessels have dil from either the black remit or email pox within two months. On some vessels the entire ship's company, officers and crew, have perished from theee awful maladies. Seven sailors died on the streets, so quickly fatal has Wen the shafts of disease. It is estimated that at least two-thirds cf the persons attacked have died. The great majority of deaths are emigrants and sailors. The consul writes that a much greater mortality than now exists is looked for during the hot months of January and February. FIFTEEN DROWNED. Hark linn Down and Cnt to Piece By a Steamer. London, Jan. 3. A eteamer believed to be tue lied Star line Noorland 'which Bailed from Antwerp yesterday for Xew York, ran down the British bark Childwell off the Wielingen light shifted cut her to pieces. The bark sank and fifteen of her crr were drowned. The steamer continued on her voyaga without offering assistance. The Great Eastern company's eteamer Ipswich rescued the captain and the remainder of the crew, who wero fount clinis; to the only remaining m&it. .