Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 March 1892 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C DOAVX, rPubliakor. IXDIAKA. Tmr house committee on the judiciary, am tb cit), ordered a favorable report m Mr. Oates' Uill smcmiiug the naturalisation laws. ArsrsT Ukkiik. a Swiss eook, who wm admitted to Jtcllevue hospital In jw York elty, recently, ha been dUoavered to W suffering from typhus fever. Ykllow kkvkk still rages at Santos, It mid I. It k said that there are seventy-three ships there who crews have, deserted through fear of catching the dread ilkase. Kx-UxiTRi) Statrs Srnatok Hrxky W, lti.AlK. of New Hampshire, who hits hh accounted us mh advocate of rresi dent Harrison for a renominntion, has declared himself a presidential wiwli date. , Thr ease of M. H. Curtis, the actor on trial at San Francisco for the mimic r of Oieer Grant, resulted in a mistrial, the jury standing ten for conviction and two for acquittal, ami being tumble to fully agree. Thr Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Railway Co. has perfected arrangements by which its trains will enter the World's fair grounds in Chicago over the llnltimore & Ohio tracks, at the southwest corner. Edward M. Fiki.i, senior partner of the, Intnkrupt firm of field. Lindley, Velchers ,fc Co,, of New York, was ar-1 rained in the court of oyer and terminer, on the 21, for trial on an indictment for forgery. O.V the Hh. Judge Thomas, of Deadwood, S. IX, granted a decree of divorce to Mrs. James G. lUainc, Jr., with custody of her child, ? 1.000 to pay expenses of suit ami $100 a month as permanent alimony. A ihspatch to the London Times from Memloxa, Argentine Republic, says that the elections have passed off peacefully, that the state of siege has been raisel and that all danger of revolt appears to have iassed. Jonjf OtLMARvSiiKA, the well-known Irkdt-American author, died at his Itome in KltialnHh, N. J., on the til. He was 67 years Old. His principal work was a "History of th- Catholic Church in the United Mates." Thk Schmidt local option hill was defeated in the Iowa senate, on Jthe S4th, by a vote of, "i?t yeas to '2il nays, the number necessary to a constitutional majority iwing tH. livery demoorat wwi present and voted yea. Dr. J. It Ckawfokii, a well-known dentist of Haver-straw, X. Y., disappeared from his home, on the '.'1st, leaving a not to his wife saying he would not return and that his body wnld not be recovered, lie wa last seen walking toward the dynamite works. i Tmr man who tried to rob the American express ear on the New York Central on the night of the tint, Has been identified by J. It. Prentiss, agent of the express company at Rochester, N. Y., as Perry, who committed the robbery on an express car near Utica several months ago. Washington's birthday anniversary wns celebrated by the American colony in London in a quiet but hearty manner. The Stars and Stripes flouted over the United States legation, and there were several enjoyable unofficial dinners given at which the land of liberty wa enthusiastically toasted. The steamer Advance from Santos, which arrived at New York, on the Sth, had .several esses of sickness ami death from yellow fever during the passage. Her capMin reports that the inhabitants of Santos are leaving the city in great numbers owing to the continued epidemic of yellow fever. In the Uritish house of commons, on the kl. M. Hal four gave notice that on th Jth he would move that Mr. De Cobain, member for Kast llelfast, having faded to obey the order to attend the bouse of commons to answer the barges brought against him of gross immorality, be expeled from the house. Ci'stoms Inspkctor IkNOHt:i5 stroked the hump on an immigrant's back on board the steamship La llretagne, in New York harbor, just for luck, and hia luck came immediately, as he discovered that the protuberance was n artificial one, and was deftly stuffed with a valuable lot of jewelry, which the euntiing passenger was endeavoring to smuggle. t t Thr Fifth congress of International navigation will be opened, on the Sd Jay of July next, at Paris. The cobgross will consider questions relating to the construction of canals ami the Improvement of rivers ami harbors. Delegates from the United States interested in these subjects arc invited to attend the congress and take part in its proceedings. Sir Ji'MAX Paunckfotk, the Uritish minister, called tipoH I'ostmaster-Uun-cral Wan a maker, on the 24th, and signed a parcel post convention between the United States ami the Windward islands Uritish colony. The convention, which is similar to the one recently signed between the United States and Uritish Cuiana, will go into operation on April 1, Thk net gold coin and bullion In the treasury increased during the ten days ended on the 94th, more than $1,909, 900, Wing $199,7X1.018. The custom receipts at New York for the first twenty days of February were 6,t9,1. as 8 gain st 99, 111, 7, for the corresponding period of last year. The declared net lmlatice in the treasury, exclusive of the, S199.999.M9 gold reserve, wasftj,. W7)999.

CURRENT TOPICS, tie jtews iv nur.

FlfTY-MOOWD OOWq MESS. MamMML Hn cjaffaMm C uppiwrtlm w it ietJ o cownaMafcuo to th iwua lm wyart f $Im mnHnU XKMttC of tkm 4MMwat chk umIcMtgwctMctoNiUM lh lBrtiMi at rata will. A immUmh- f bills iavolrteK nhO tUmtm ww lrorii tor a cowtartirfon m ta mbjtet ml ta akafaouc Uqaor tnuttc wu rmm Hi. Wt, oa ob)otk by Mr. Vtwt, iu coaUiwrtoa w potMMMt. CoauMfrtoa ot tW ymnttmoi MM ctftal the nmnim&w at mW iioa la th hoNMP, ttr thr MkU wC tomumiH (or r-m-U asd tb inuMwctioM of KM rotte mm, ta bo4, m MMrttea ( Mr, CMcWaa, aJjowd at 12.29 p. an Ut ta f4nl. oa th 4tk. tM vk irHt lotatd MtMit. Carua aad IMrtlor m bwwYr of tb vMtiac eomodtW to tM miMUrr Madnwy at Wt Point. Tm riMohittMi Utaff oa me pwiMaat for Isfonaattoa eoarriac um weeat Caaadtea rwriiwdty MtotiatioM wm adopted. A bill to prral "gri-go tr4 u Tttrn4 U thr dictrj- tommHle. CMntio of tM UUUm eoat4 oWenoa eaeHiwt4. Tm irWafa awoagc m tM WorU' fair wa rwt aad iwfemd M Mm commltt oa cMdro-otattaaial . I m UottM a reeohutoa aathorisiag aa tawrtigatioa iato the oprMkiM of tM wgat Mor Jaw wm mm4. Tm koaw um wvat iato tomwiwtaa of tM whole oa tM Iadiaa afiprfatia MIL gMt aaadm:at to the Ctnr arfoat mtckcy bill wne aoa-coacamd ia. Ix tao aeaate, oa tM Sink, the ratelatt ropett of Mr. Dyreaforta wm pmwatod. A Wit wm introduced for tM oonotrartioa of a bridM acrata tbo MikiMi rivor at Xew Of Ihm. A rosolatioB to iermK Mr. Cliggett. the cobtoMaat ia tM Idaho mm, to addrewi tM MMt. wm alAptd K to 1. Xomts. Veot aad Haki had a abort argaawat oa tM ivciKtdtr potior of tM goveraaieBt. af tor waiok tat Idabo kctton cootoftt wm talca a) . In tM how. af -tr tM pabaaboa of r)ort f roaa variooa comaattl. mm eoatMtd lctio mm of Cratg t. Stvwart, from Um Twvaty-foarth PaMrtvaak ditrh-t, wm tabrn U- A atottoa to Hmit tM dobate to four boom oa oaea' aide wm objortod to, aad the remainder of the aaaotoa wm dovoted to the matter. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. At a tenement-house fire in New York, on the 31, a panic-stricken mother wrapped her babe in bed clothing and threw it from the window. The little one was caught by a fireman, but wns mortally hurt Thkre had been no railway communication between Constantinople and western Europe for several days, up to the tsd, owing to heavy inundations which swept away the tracks and bridges in many places. A Mrs. Komkkt Ueixp. living a few miles from Scligmaa. Ma, across the Arkansas state line. charged with having poured coal oil over her 3-year-old tepon ami burned him to death. Thk lower branch of the New Jersey legislature has pasaed a bill appropriating ?.jO.(KW more for the state's exhibit at the World's fair. There ws Ho dfbate. This makes 79, (MM in all for the New Jersey exhibit. Thr exar has appointed Prince Galitaen to restore order in the adminhvtrative branches of the government at Tobolsk, th capital of western Liberia, where consklerable coufttion exists. Hknja-MIX Eukr, of Philadelphia. agetl 21 years. diel. on the 23d. from the effeeU of laudanum taken with snlcidal intent because of his rejection by hit sweetheart A Moacow dispatch says the Russian government ha orderel Count Tolstoi to retnra to his estate, being displeased with his letters In regard to the famine. A ia rty of younfr people who had Wen attending a dance at Itmddock, Pa., on the night of the 91, were run down by a train on the Pennsylvania road while oa their way home. One was killed and two ethers seriously injured. The party had misoed the train and were walking home. A vast crowd surged through the White House from until 11 o'clock on the night of the 3d to pay their respects to the president and Mrs. Harrison. It was the closing reception of the season, ami was given in honor of the public Mrs. Morton and the ladies of the cabinet assisted the president and Mrs. Harrison in receiving. Thikvks at SU Jjeph, Mo., on the night of the 2-Jd, stole abont two miles of trolly wire from tlie Union Electrie line in the suUirlwof the city. They must hare understood what they were about, as the wire wa fully charged at the time they cut it The los to the company is about $1,309. Two jkkn dying and two others Iwdly wounded was the result of a desperate fight with burglars at Heaver Falls, on the night of the 53d. One of the wounded men is an oftlser. IX the Mitchell ease at Memphis, Tenn.. on the tad, the motion of Mis Mitchell's counsel tc compel the state to show certain letters was overruled, ami testimony was taken in the application of Miss Johnson for a writ of habeas corps. Thk large chimney of Thornton's mills, Cheekheaton. England, towering up 189 feet above the ground, fell, on the 4th. almost completely demolishing the mills, ami killing a great many of the employes, most of whom were women, and injuring others. Lkci.ir Stkphrx, M. A., the wellknown English author am! journalist, proposes that a fund be raised la England for the purpose of erecting a monument, In London or elsewhere, to the late James Kttsell Lowell. At Franklin. Ind., on the S4th, Rev. Frank S. Kirtley, son of one of Johnson county's most prominent eitiaens. was sentenced to One year in the penitentiary for forgery. During the last few years lie has committed numerous forgeries, amounting in the aggregate to $1,290. He is a preacher of the Christian denomination. A ykky rich strike was made, oa the 94th, in the Spring lode at Itreekearhlge, Col. A four-foot body of whMe quartz, heavily impregnated with gold in every form, with, many nuggets, wait uncovered, 'l itis in the riebest strike ht that vicinity for the past fifteen years. As usual, the miners are crowding into the locality, Thk New York Evangelist announces that Dr. William d Hubert, president of the university of Lake Forest, 11L. has len called to the senior jretaryship ef the Presbyterian boar of hoaw missions, and that be Was aetepted the ntL

CASMtttR KaLTM OtUXMJtK. Ot UM Lake Shore railroad at Detroit, Midi., nod a abort time ajpu, leaving a 4ortaf in mm account of flMta, Until the Uh It was uipposed that he wa la Canada, but It traanaairaa that ha k in Paso del Norte, Mexico, under the name of R. K. Hawk.

Cr aucoa t, urn Bars at Raaeesfm, 34leh. caused the death of a dfaaMdute woman ia a horrible manner on the nijrnt of the d. She was thrown Into a eaar- " coal kiln and left there for five hours, being; taken out inaennlula and never recovering. AS oxr of the trains of the Pennsylj vanla railnmd carrying the eoofrr- ' won ha4k ti WBshiaurtaa fraw (,kinaa passed through Salem, O.. soaae one fired a bullet through a ear window. No one was injured, but there are many speculations as to the perpetrator of and the motive for the deed. A i.akok quantity of dynamite and other explosives was seised by the Paris police, on the 5Mth. in the house of an anarchist. It is believed there is a conspiracy among the anarchists to make general demonstrations throughout Europe next May day. Empkror Wu.ua h of Germany made a remarkable speech at KraadenlMtrg, on the Stth. in which he advised those who were continually Ragging the imperial methods of government to1 Shake the dust of Germany fivnt their feet," H and the sooner the better. A SAXcrtXARV battle took place ia the Unter den Linden. Iterltn. on the SMh. between a mob of over 3,909 unemployed and hungry workmen who had marched to the castle to demand of the emperor the ennetment of laws for thv amelioration of their condition, ami who were met and finally dispersed aad driven away by a strong division of police. About 100 rioters were taken prisoners, and a much larger number were severely injure! in the fight. Thk house com in: nee on Indian affairs, on the, SSth, beard further arguments on the bill proposing to stove the Ute Indians from Colorado to southern Utah. Herbert Welsh, of the Indian Rights association of Iliiladeiphhu and Delegate Caine, of Utah, spoke in opposition to the measure. Mas. Moxtagik. the Irish lady charged with causing: the death of her little girl by eruel treatment, was. on the 25th, formally committed for trial for manslaughter. Thr; Dominion parliament opened. on the '.Mh. with the gtirernnaent's majority increased by the recent bye-elections from 'Vi to 41 Thk famine is growing worse in the presidency of Madra, ItfitKh India. M. Rocvira harm? failed to form a ne French cabinet. President Carnot. on the 2Mb, Sent for M. liourvmsl Kt. Rkv. I.ATir$ Y. Hou-TWAX. chancellor of theCatboliearchdiocoeof Philadelithia, was consecrated bishop of Cleveland on the 2..th. Jay Got'ti ha left New York city for an extended tour over his railroads in the west and south, lie intends being in St Louis March S when the annual meeting of the Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southera railways are held. It is said that a revolutionary movement has been started by the Cuban residents of New York and other cities for the purpose of establishing Cuban independence. Thra revolutionary clubs have been organiaed ia New York city with a total membership of s.tMft). A.vothrr monster gas well was developed on the farm of Joseph Prutcmaa. two miles south of Muncie, lad., on the mh. Thus is the ninety-fourth well for Delaware county, with not one fruitless effort LATE NEWS ITEMS. Ix the senate, on tlie COth. a confer ence was onlered or the disagreeing vote of the two houses on the census a rjren t deficiency biiL The Idaho contested-election case was taken up, ami Mr. Vance concluded hi remarks, when Mr. Clairgctt the contestant. was recognixed ami made a Seech in his own lehalf In the htvuse. after preliminary business, the Craig-Stewart election case was takn p, and after further argument a vote was taken and the contestant,1 lion. Alex Craig, was declared elected and was sworn in. The conference report on the census urgent deficiency bill was adopted. The house then proceeded to consider bills on the private calendar. Thk business failures occurring throughout the country during the seven days ended on the 2tHh. number, for the United States. 23. and for Canada 34, ora total of 3i 4; as com pa red with 29 the previous week. For the eorrespnudf ng week of last year the Sfrures were S99. Thk statement is made in Paris that tlie members of the right in the French chamber of deputies have decided to make no farther attack on the republic, but. to confine their operations to assaults upon the existing ministry aad individual statesmen. MlKK Waih almost decapitated Patrick Handler ami cut the throat of Jim Cople from ear to ear with a rasor in a fight ia New Orleans on the night of the Sdth, A ll the, parties were steamship firemen, and had previously had troulde. Rt. Ilnjc. Wm. E. Gi.ahsto.vr arrived ia Paris, on the 39th, to remain for a few days previous to resuming; his journey back to England. Mr. Gladstone appears to be bale and in every way enjoying; good health. Ox the night of the tWh burglars broke into the resk'unee of Lord Vernon, nt Payton. ia Cheshire, Eturland. temporarily tenated by a Mrs. Turner, of Manchester, and stole jewelry to the value of 4M,999. Thkkr hundred staff-workers at the World's fair grounds went on strike, on theMth, because their emplorers refused their demand for a general increase In wages f two cents an hour. M. IK Cora IX, member of parinwnent for ltelfast, Ireland, charged with unnatural practices, and a f ugHtre from wan expeled, on the ttth, by unanimous role. Thkkr .bank ofitcinls in Sydnny. X. . w.. hare neon sentenced for years each for fraudulent mlsmanag teat of the affairs of the Inatkatlna.

INDIANA STATU K1W8.

Thru are 1,100 men nn the ae-rett ef the ear-works at Jefferson vtths Nrw AutAXY ay or tarn en are having pleatf-of tod shooUng a the fioehaof daeks now f warming in the Ohio at J a con Ronixsox, the oW life eonviet at JeffecsouviUe, was pawled long; enough to attend his daughter's funeral at Oiarieston the other day. Two hundred structural iron-workers at New- Albany are on a strike because of a misunderstanding ctmeerainar how certain work should be done. Cora I)ammyhirk, of Muncie, who mysteriously disappeared and returned home, claims to have been abducted and taken to Chicago. A iAfKTKR of Dr. King, of Richmond, will sue Dr. Low Lorimer, her dead father's partner, for breach of promise. Lorimer ran off. and married a 140.009 heiress. Alrkrt C Carykr, the prosecutor of Madh-on county, has boycotted the weal police force. AutKRr PorrRXRAROKX, of Union City, had his haad cut off with a saw at the Union City furniture factory. Thk CoanersriUe Woman's Relief Corps presented the local G. A. R- post. of that city, with a new nag for the soldiers' lot ia the cemetery. Thk cftopers of Mount Vernon have gone on strike because of the employmeat of several non-union men. As a result the mills have shut down, having no larrels. , A Yo":.v. farmer named Perry Beck, l.ving in the country near Craw ford sville, suicided the other evening by shooting himself with a shotgun. He discharged the gnn with his foot, the charge taking effect in his heart His clothing was set on fire from the gua ant! he was nearly burned to a crisp when found by neighbors. til's Kr.MtKLT knocked down his uncle. Frank Miller, with a beer mallet in a Kraxil saloon. MlSfS Cartwrmmt, a young lady evangelist, is conducting; a successful revival at ltrazil. He.nkv Oykrlca.c a wealthy Elkhart maa, has sued for divorce, claiming that his wife scalded him with hot water. Sit rK.XT.- at the Crawfordsvillc college, in celebrating Washington's birthday, blew up a part of the building with dynamite. Thr Cooker! r and Rnhel weUs. just drilled in at 1'ortland. are both said to be good for 159 barrels of oil a day. Oil men report that operations from now on will be on a very extensive scale there. Al.iu Kr Ca rboi.i. who was found by the sheriff of Hamilton county in the workhouse at Indianapolis, was sent to the penitentiary for one year for obtaining a horse and buggy under false pretense at Noblesville. The Edinburg council has adopted the screen ordinance. Kotco.no has organized a base ball association with $S,909 stock, to enter the Ohio-1 sdiMM. league. Jjtatb Veterinary Surgeon M. K. Knowles, of Terr Haute, has been called to DeKalb county twice within the past few weeks to examine horses affected with glanders. Three horses have beea condemned and shot Lorii Kkckkr, of Terre Haute, gave one of his sons a terrible whipping and then went to the barn aad attempted suicide r hanging. The boy was hiding in the barn to farther punishment, but upon seeing his father swing off he cnt him down. ThcoImkk Horwoon. na insane pauper in the Clark county asylum, fasted twenty-five days. Uy self-denial he says a man soon loses his desire to commit wrongs and in consequence happiness and prosperity follow. LiRr.KTY conncil passed mn ordinnnee to keep minors off the streets after 7 o'clock ia the evening. J. K. Mittrn. of Hrattl. arrested for cutting down a postal telegraph pole in front of his rrsMence. Pat Savak. of Eransville. has been sued for S&.999 by Miss Fanny Edwards for writing her a rile letter. W h.i.i am Tm.tXKu. and Minnie Stackhouse, of Paoli. eloped and were married on horseback by 'Squire Hudleson. lxntAX.vrot.ts street car drivers demand the discharge of President FreazcL Lofis Waykax. of Dunlap. was taken from hk sick bed and ducked ia a freezing cold stream of water with a view of curing hinu The maa is still alive. Thk oflieers of the old Indiana Midaad railroad refused to allow the Uaited States Express messengers to take out their ''runs' because they want a new contract Dummy Trckri-ooo. a well-known man at Anderson, died from poison re salting- from eating boneless ham. 1.VM AXArOMS hasa "Jack the Chaser" who is scaring girls and women. GAt.K.vHRR, who worked one day for the Midland Steel Co., at Maude, is in jail for increasing his order for pay from eight to thirty-eight hours and drawing the money on it LkmoX E. Rkixhomi, the Indiana polls attorney convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for tea years, on the charge of conspiracy to commit burglary, mnst serve his time out at Michigan Cky. The supreme court the other afternoon, affirmed the judgment of the Marlon criminal court upon htm. The opinion was written by Judge Miller, and finds the record of the lower court without error. Chaw.rs Lnxn, a driller employed hi one of the stone quarries east of. Montpelier. was terribly burned a few days since. Ilk face was dose to the pipe which carried sixty pounds of steam, when it Inrsted. filling his face and eyes and scalding him m a painful manner. Fkki Wooikk:k. of Cool Spring township. Laporte county, fell from his wagon while returning home and broke his neck, lie survived only short time. J a mrs Walker, a noted eountorfeHr. was lodged in jail at Nobles vlUe, a few days age. Mm last off ease wan

"PULL YOU PI HOPE."

tfiUm rf IMek CuoWu, w!m. wMh Hh) MMlsrr, wr M t4e MarahRuM ) jo Oiaraod wh ane Mnrdor t a rour-Vear-tHd Adflod ChtWt, of Whom CwUea wm Joatoea. MARSMriKi.n. M., Ftb. 91 At R secret meeting Thuruday ndght It was determined to lynch Disk Cnllen when the abet iff brought htm out for the preliminary exnminatkm. Yesterday Htorninf Prosecuting Attorney onmuel Diekey, learning of this, refused to have him brought out, but had the examination postponed indefinitely to wait for a subsidence of the excitement Atf:4A p. m. 1S9 determined men were halted on the west side of the square. A rope wan asked for. and when produced the men were marched to the jail and the sheriff wns quickly overpowered. Then the mob forced themselves into the jail, an.l after an absence of ten minutes reappeared with the doomed man in thedr nridst, dressed in his shirt ami il rawer, ami with his hands bound. He wns quickly marched Over to the court house square, ami at the eastern entrance of the court house was asked if he was guilty of murdering the babe. With stolid indifference he replied that he was Innocent whereupon he was asked about the guilt of his mother, to which he replied that he knew nothing at ail about her, and said: "Pull your damn rope." "Enoughr replied the lender, awl placing one end of the ready rope round Cullen's neck the iHher was thrown over a V.xX i feet from the ground, and th comma ml was given U "Pull away, boys!" A .f k-HU imal.tuhl tt& nuu mimI . I ... ., .. ...... n ' w. - - - -- .... , Dkk Cnllen's soul patwed into efraity. I Itv direction of the lender hi body was to hang there till morning. The crime for which he suffered ia one Of the most heinous ever committed in this section of the country. Four years ajro a bali-e ten days old waf found at his stepfather's door, and was taken in and soon became one of the family. Younjc Cnllen lately thought that it was meant that the child should become nn heir by adoption, and to rid himself of that possibility last Monday night he tied a ear link to the neck of the babe and threw it into an unused well. As to his jfiiilt. it is settled beyond a doubt Uiatnbt? was jfttiliy. The footprints leading to the well fitted his boots exactly, and the hole, in his bootheel for elampi:ig on skates was clearly reproduced in the J oft mud about the well. Hi mother wa arrested as an nccessory because, m live night tlie child was mb-.M-d. she was asked as to its whcrcal.uts ami gave aa evasive answer ami, showing no concern whatever, she was eouplcd with t!e crime. Whence tlie munlered child enme no one know, but rumor has it that lie had no plebeian bhxal In his veins. Latkk. The coroner was sent for ami has had the body cut down and placed in the court room. Everything is qniet an.l the crowd has dispersed, feeling swibdled that justice was meted out tc the perpetrator of the foulest crime nt the history of the county, FIFTY-FIVE LIVESLOST. TerrM- KhhII -r a CotM(Mt r rit. wt Jtsamrra HC thr CmuC of Yor. Slrr. KHthnl The Fntwl (Jhcch Sen: to thr Kwttom with All wm Koarl ?vr thr CtafHatH. Loxnox. Feb. ST. A. frarftil disaster, involving the loss of about fifty-fire lives, has occurred in the North sea, off the coast of Yorkshire. England. The full details have not yet lin received. It appears from brief dispatches that the two Uritish steamships, the Forest thieen ami the Intghbrow, came into collision near the promontory known as Flamborough head, which rises, with the lighthouse that crowns it. to a height of Sit feet aUr the North sea. The collision appears to have come without th slightest wnrnlng. The 'two vessels crashed together, the bow of the Lough brow cutting the Forest Queen in two. In an instant almost without a cry. the Forest Queen sank, and every soul on hoard, passengers ami erew, to the number of fifty-live, with one exception, were drowned. The captain of the Forest Queen Wing on deck at tlie time of the disaster, appears to have been pulled on board the Loughbrow. The latter vessel wns considerably Injured, lmt not enough to sink. The greatest excitement reigned at, Flamborough when the news became known, ami IkrUs pushed out to the scene to see what could lie done in saving life. The wreck of the Forest Queen had, however, utterly disappeared. Further news is awaited with great anxiety. The vessels seem to have been coastwise steamers. STARVING CHILDREN. The Father IH-unk ant thr Mnlhrr Mlainff"l'Hl VUr Soapretetl. AsHt.AMi. Wis., Feb. ST. A family of three little children were found in a squalid hut nearly froaen ami starving to death, yesterday morning. One of them wns a nursing baby. They had burned their feet i4i trying to keep warm. The father had been on a spree and the mother had disappeared mysteriously over a week ago, and has not Wen seen since. Charles Crowler, was arrested this morning; on suspicion of foul piny, as it Is alleged that lie made threats to put his wife out of the way, and his little children says that he was "going to get a new mama." A search is being made for the body, as the circumstances now strongly indicate that she has either been killed and the .body hidden, or she has committed suicide. Crltlelortt Ht lrrrtrrr. Lixcor.X, Nek. Feb. ST. Adjt-0en. Virquain has handed in a report to the governor. The general does not approve of the manner in which the fund were handled by his predecessor. The appropriation of fts.099 for the support of the militia, he says was expended during the nine months Gen. Cole was in office, ami the balance now on hand m only !,$. 1X. He dissects the various items, ami affirms that many of the vouekers are unsatisfactory, pay rolls are net signed, ami money has been paid out whkdt authorised by law.

DOMESTIC TRADE.

Maar. Mat H.... KthrZ2 Cotten SUM Karrtmg , tJmZT naanoo at the iMV-B-jTrT o. Nrw York. Feb. 7.-M. q. Is,. . Co.' weekly review of trade say cbaamd tboMuh Ik rAwthnsd dutufu! has asm aoa-mllr f.h " f stfaeon' volwa, wtlk timuZFT ttrNrand targe uvatrra nnhn la drriJu cottoa milk writ ampiorvd. a ifclajT: woatea sad boot aad abwi laetorsTw? Loawer k ta boMor uemaud mm! wixj 1.: Ht, tkosea at mho ooornKtoiuu At rattsul phk moaer U mmy. iron mark srwaT saetbora satss, th wool mai-tut iniH hotsZ mida move active, whh aaba aba4 iat v aad ratbifactory oruora from tk wt Btitu mw notra eood badaoaa in dry gnu, batl! eoHeetiomi. At Chwhinati th h, buww torW are aohnt wall, ebr (actorhH awW aad the deaiaaa for Huteaiaerr btirk TnZ' btatChnreiaadhiallmwi rsvtx w sbix. bat koa k still iaactiv At Cfc? esao, nteiraoadrio aalro cra over btst ysar ami eotlm,, Z eaatrr: receipts of drrsstd Wef an? Ihrw tana aad of waat doulse krt ymr'a, u:l kiiwilkl crae amears ia other brodtuff , lt, Hm dmuase ia anintak aad animal prwlart. aj. waakoe rrjiorts budae oabr fak, aa4 ruil?. tfoaa alow , Si bad weather At ., the outlook i r i-riag trad fc i.rj aoHintxIni; tfcsu a weok aeo. Ruikling owntioas vroicif to W vory kr. ami tk- ku for mat erTaU ia already active. Miaa!UK, porta K1 busiarM with an output n a:. baireia of Hour, aauaot HS.CTN th am wrk kd rear. At Omaha tnwle 1m qukt, wot u bad weather. At Kaasaa CHy badar t aad at Denver very aatSUaetorr Littklkei rrfioits a fair trade, but at New OrloaB!-; butii&i'tti k dull, though swear k Mnn uti tire, aad rke ia fair demaad, but vAUm k ht awl low. At Savaaaah Imi the liw j.rio a eoUoH ia ilroaalag and atoaey k ta wtli k mm:l, fHt-cuntion hi Itraadstan has Wn madiW aetive siaee aoht beuaa to a ahroad,aaii wkt! am decimed eents duriae th paat wlt, AUaatk raports 1uhc smiui. waik rvip m the- werexjfn.9 9 buakola ia thre Ur Corn naa tken three -quarters of a cent m oat half a coat, wkikt arwrt-elr ckaBce aptear ia pork prodorti, K k oacqaartor rent lovrr. and ng one-elatbtk ftroajfrr. with Mr.all tnvai aetfcuM ia Wtk. Hut cotton ha d'is4 Mi teeth with m.m of HK.UIIbaka, aad the tr C4pts arill exceed tko of the mbom wsk W year, wmk exMrta haw faUea og durtnc ta mat work. EMthnahM of a larger poM las that of l)r now frequently keanl. The mly aront brnaeh of maaufaetnre wise: aak diMroarachur refMirta at prment b ti iron and -te-t taduatry, aad the dinV-ii'ty tfatU , abrinking enrMUmrAioa, but enormous is ereaea in j-roduetion. Ia cotton gd- a brs production than wa ever known hafore h & tained ly a demand m acriv that adr.UK t the prktw f wk- naaNttea ba Wn yr j a altf refxirted, ia sfiu- of tat caean of ti anaierhtl. In wookat the milk have nit' bsB mack more active, with taraer rdiV fa aoo, aad mamntactarera'' pnrchai of wf. fr the past wek were much krur ttaa year ao. The buildiaa; trades are irrvrchr The rail cambtaatkm rwtrht imrrhas Med rail, an transaction aavtaa; Wa r jrv forthe aat woctc Thrre are rder i-U-J f setrral ttotuuuad cars aad anaae lcerc Jtlrr aad the dam aad for plat ft iron is stmcwiu? h-: ter, ami for srroetaral iron aatbtfactory at rat, Jt no lmrroMat k area in !ar in whil, the. market for pur k depressed hv which are. vnrallr attrthutad to financial cahy. Monthern Xo. 1 is even quote. 1 at and northern at SkV sor toa, about the love? prk4 ever made. X oavy rontinuos hi abaadant aupplv, attd 1percent. oa call at Xew York, with aare. at aajr intarW market. But the aaiimnfak irM, amd uTh for Kaaa,lra n tnrw that moawy k to m dearer Mxn. and th-ivk wtr afudaat taw aaoa Ut r4r4h nt- hi aaeea. The atoek aaarket ksa Waa bat vhtit ately affected by th? oatao Bold, hat halLe stantry batrarwd dans at raanahnr wfeic Jku have bxme aekva oaoaah to rrnltr W eaay. and the prevakjat nataeaatoa U tint toea tair wul eouaa. The budaoaa failurm occurrtec thnmbc7 the country durimc the bist seven day, uaiakr for the United fttaim. 3m, aad fur (atila 34. a tntd of t: an rommmt with t'i week and the week prerkma to '.he kt For the rvrrroadiag week of lt TW the anuwa were NATURALIZATIONS VOID. Ilrrrrr f .ludce Thayer In the- t"ake Mte Court at St. f.HUt Aaaahai I'rwHttMli'Ht XataraliMtiHif. Jr. Lot IS", Feb. T.-.ludge Thayer, of the Uniteil SUtes district ctrart issuetl a decree declaring af'J naturaliatioii papers granted hy tbcourt of criminal correction t1 Is null and roid. lurintf tlelection fraud trials of last year l tr'tct Attorney Reynolds was ma aware of the manner in which csti7f Ntpers were obtainei in the tviu criminal correct km just before tin electhm by politicians, who swore the? knew the applicants for paper a knew they had come to IhK cms try lie fore tlier were 1 J'" of age. Fifty false afmiavits wn discovered ly the attorney. is confident there are several ItunJra more, ami he asked the court for decree setting aside the paper " v tained by framL The parties to the jmpers were granteil made nt) de fense. ami Judge Thayer made A PROCLAMATION, CJv. McK Inter r rhlo CalU rHr raatn balioWHi for the Keller of KUrtH rw HBrrra. ColvmbCH. 0., Feb. ?T.0ov. Mf Kinley vesterday issued a proclamatuw t tlie'people of (iJtlo, calling their att tkm to the widespread famine in tie empire of Russia ami its 9,9.9W starring .sufferer. He Buys: Xo other country m the worM k en"rk suek proerity as the Uarkd fHa-. 4 state k more tdeed than Ohio. Tue Tf huuMmttyfor bread aoW be rwN apowkd to by the Amerkaa peopk- M ernor of the state, I hereby oAckiir rail fZ tkm to the swat raiamHy atvl -the fHvaaked efforts t nlkve atarvhur heda peavwuits. ronftdt ttat "J ennmaaofthacommeawaahh wUl bonvi-MM coatrmute. I aneal to the varhnw h bodks. rrlkkma. chrrtabk aadbeaafwleat to the peonk mdivHuaMy. to pet ml commuakanon wkh the Masdaa fahie rm ndttee. Tat rVmmm street. wahial. i C.,whHirankattou k workhur J. with the Amerkaa Xanoaal Med CrW Vethnt and trantpxthia; wtwuha. The I'relcnt'a tlullngWashi.voto.v, Feb. ST. The P ' dent, aveomimnied by Mrs. Ht; Mrs. Dimmiek, the Mekec . drcn, IVirate Secretary H'f,"V ami two makK left the more A Potomac station ycn!; forenoon for Virginia 1 l'ctersbuiic and Kk-hmoml. The I": oceiifMeil the pr r "1 ton," whkh was attaehtsl to the lar fust mail. The train k dn torcsc Norfolf at s9 n. m., where a will be made to the wrnw-guag to Vlrgink Heaoh. Only a f per war at the atatkm k see the fI