Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 16, Number 42, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 January 1895 — Page 6

ARE STILL FREE. Labor Leaders Did Not Spend Christmas in Jail. Woods Grants a Stay of Proceedings in the Debs Case—But This May Mean a Longer Term for the Defendants. Chicago, Dec. 2G. — 'When Judge IWoods took his seat on the bench |Monday morning Mr. Gregory, representing the defendants, sdid that his clients desired to test the constitutionality of the Sherman act; they knew that this could not be done so as the sentence imposed in the Santa Fe case was concurrent with the sentence in the government case. He asked the court to so modify the sentence that it become cumulative, giving precedence to the government sentence, and to stay execution until the defendants could take the issue before the supreme court. The Government Agrees. The counsel for the government asked a few questions of the opposing counsel touching the issue and, after a brief consultation, Mr. Walker said that it was evidently the desire of the defendants to test an issue which had never been passed upon, by tfie supreme judiciary, and he and his associates could not see any reason to object to the granting of the reasonable request of the counsel of the defendants. The defense'was willing to take the chances of having the accused spending twice the original sentence in jail for the sake of having both cases decided by the court of last resort. On that point the court issued an order •ir compliance with the request. IN GREAT NEEE^ Furi-her Reports of the Destitution—-In. Southwestern Nebraska. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 31.—Mr. Robert TL Beattie, the staff corespondent of the World-llerald, ojpe of the most reliable and accurate writers in the west, has just returned from a two weeks’ tour into southwestern Nebraska in order to investigate the reports in circulation of the destitution in that portion of the state. The results of his search through the counties of Buffalo, Dawson, Lincoln, Keith, Perkins, Hitchcock, Chase, Hayes, Dundy and Frontier may be thus summarized: In these counties, particularly in Keith, Perkins, Chase, Haves and Dundy the destitution is extreme. Almost two-thirds of the people in these counties are dependent upon charity for support. There is little or no fuel in the country, cow chips are in many places •the only fuel. The remarkably mild weather is all that has prevented loss of life by exposure. There is no money in the county treasury to help the des- j titute, because in fifteen counties of 1 the state almost no taxes have been ! collected since June 1. The shiftless : have left the country and only the farm owners remain. There is'almost no water there. No crops were raised • at all last year except in the occasion- j al irrigation ditch districts, and ditch j rfrrigation is not possible in some of j •these counties, because there are no j streams. Most of the destitute live | dn sod houses. There have j Ibeen only three > -ps raised in niwe I years. Heartrending cases of destitur | tion and suffering are heard of In j ejrery township. The present cold | wave will certainly cause death to < large numbers of settlers if* it con- ■ tiiyies and no aid comes. Fuel, provisions and clothing are needed, and the railroads will generally ship them ‘Tree if sent to the county commissioners at the county seats of these counties. - CONVICTED AND SENTENCED. The Lciow I'ommittee Secured a G#eat and Substantial Victory. . New York, Dec. 28. —The Le-xow committee, scorned, laughed at and considered a huge joke when it first began its work, has secured its. first great victory in the criminal courts. Ex-Police Capt. John L.Stephenson has been sentenced to three years and nines •months in the penitentiary at Sing .Sing and to pay a fine of SI,OOO. The laughter that first greeted the Ijexow committee ceased long ago, but Wednesday marked an epoch in the* history of its labors, nevertheless. It was the consummation of its first 4jreat case, and now no one can <4oubt that an almost endless number of convictions, with their accompanying sentences, will follow. The jury found Capt.' Stephenson ■guilty after a trial ending December 12. The crime charged against him was accepting bribes from street merchants and peddlers, although the only case conclusively proved was that he had accepted four baskets of peaches from a fruit merchant named Martin U. wards. It was of this that he was cdnvicted, but there were so many other matters that looked suspicious that the viction was generally regarded as one for general “boodling” and bribe-tak-ing - Reception to Ambassador MafcVeagh. Rome, Dee. 21.— Ambassador Wayne MacVeagh’s official receptioh, which had been deferred until the king's return to Rome, was field at 10 o’clock "Wednesday evening. All the diplomats, high government and court officials and cabinet ministers were

preaant I All Probably .Browned. Glencove, N. Y., Dec. 28. —An un known schooner foundered in Dong’ Island sound off Matinacock point, sear Glencove, Wednesday night. She sank in 5 fathoms, and it is believed that the entire crew were Inst. To Investigate the State’s Attorney’s Office. Chicago, Dec. 28. Judge Tuley has appointed Arthur J. Eddy special counsel to assist the grand jury in its investigation of State’s Attorney Kern’s office. Francis 11., the last king of Naples, died at Arco, in the Austrian Tyrol, at the age of 59.

THd rioDAY’S BLIZZAHD. Tho Rigors of Winter Felt Throughout the Country. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 2a —Thursday was the coldest day of the winter in Minnesota. Out in the state the range was from 26 below at Grand Rapids, to 20 below at Stillwater. Not over 2 inches of snow has fallen at any point and loggers are having serious trouble in moving logs from the wooers. 1 West Superior, *\Vis., Dec. 29—The cold snap has not moderated, and a cold, sharp wind has made traveling disagreeable. The thermometer stood at 22 degrees below zero at. 9 o’clock p. m. Thursday. Morenci, Mich., Dec. 29.v— The storm in this neighborhood was responsible j for the death of one man. AlI bert Neehaus, who resided about 2 miles from Morenci, was found dead in a fence corner on the public high* way about a quarter of a mile from his home early Thursday morning | having evidently Buccumbed to the ex- ■ cessive cold. I Chicago, Dec. 29. —The blizzard J which raged all of Thursday badly ! affected transportation lines of all : kinds. Horse cars, cable and electric | lines Were utterly unable to follow schedule time at any period of the day. Trains on all lines of railway were ( greatly* delayed, and the passenger stations wsrc tilled with travelers who ( had missed connections. Martin’s Ferry, ()., Dec. 29. John ; Moreland was found frozen Thursday • morning at GHem's Run, near his home. Jle was an ojd soldier, ands worked in the Elson glass factory. He started to walk home from here Wednesday night, and was caught in thC storm. v New York, Dec. 29. —Reports from all sections of this state and New Jer- I ; of the severe northwest snowstorm of Wednesday night which was so general in its extent. From one to tWb 'feet fell. But few casualties are 1 reported, and railroads as a rule, suffered only slight delays. At Corning, N. Y., as Excise CominisJ

sioncr Harrison Howe was shoveling a-now Thursday morning he dropped dead of apoplexy. He was a leading citizen and was prominent in G. A. R. and masonic'circles. Clearfield, .Lock Haven and HazelPa., report snow liav.ing fallen to a. depth of front 20 to 30 inches. Railway traffic was badly hampered through the coal regions, aaad street car traffic was alramloned. Omaha Nelx, I*re. 29. A veritably blizzard came upon this state Wednesday night and Thursday. At vitrious | places in the Mate the temf.erature j marked 12 to 1# degrees below zero. The mercury dropped 34 degjroos in ! twenty-four horn's. • AriiVRN, >*. Y., Dec. 29 —The rHorau j lias caused great imtonve-nienee tto I railway travelers. One train from, the \ west pushed through the drifts- at | noon Thursday, but could only gtt as I far as Skaneat'des Junction. Camden, N. L, Dec. *S9. —The sti rm j in this vicinity was the most se i since the cyclone of ls. v HL Electrical * wires of all kinds were tern from tlvdir;) fastenings and pules wer* blown down j, by the high winds. Market street, tnfr j of the principal- thoroughfares, yvt [; literally blocked with the debris urntil late in the dtiy. At Seventh aul Birch streets seven two-*tory houses were unroofed and seveial of the ixw *, mates injured by. failing bricks anl J plaster. Trees by the score were up* j rooted in different.sections of the city: I, Boston, Dec. 29. —The worst storm irt ‘ three years--a veritable blizzard— jj burst upon New England a-35:20 o’clock- j; Wednesday ii'ght and it howled till.l daybreak, when the snov* turned to \ rain, and all day there wa& a deluge .| Many ships have been wrecked, caus* ing great loss of life. The storm camo j from the gulf, and es'ablished world’s record for srpeed, traveling 50 R | miles in twelve hours. The wind played.a largd- part, un-j; roofing the South. Bostsaa Baptist \ ehurcb, the Bigelow school land numer* \ ouh dwellings at liity Poiat. In th* j harbor hundreds of craft dragged anchor, and there were numerous cob ; lisions. Reports from o£l along: the coast i bring tidings of wrecks, and so thic-4 | lias been the weather tluA. life-saving : crews could not see more than 108 , yards from shore. At liast a dozen • vessels were driwin ashore and their crews rescued with difflevity. A BOLD THEFT. A Connell Bluff*. Jeweler- Loses Goods Worth @1,500. Council Blitjfs, Ia. t . Dec. 26. —A very bold robbery occurred in city Tuesday evening. During the absence of the proprietor at supper burglars entered the jewelry store of N. I\ CcSbant* in the heart of the business district. They broke open a glass door in the ream of the shop and one show case was entirely gutted. Between thi7fcy-five and forty gold watches and about fifty silver watches and 100 gold rings were taken Will jjicoonimodte Got. Mo,g. New Y&ik, Dec. 37.—Henvy M. Flagler, of the Standard Oil company, who is wanted by Gov. Hogg, of Texas, for alleged conspiracy in advancing the j price of oil in that state in violation of I the anti-trust law there, is in New i York, and is not perturbed over the 1 outlook. Mr. Flagler declares lie will be in a position to be captured by the Texas authorities January 20, when he expects to return to Florida and regain for the winter.

Nobody Hurt. Paris. Dec. 26. —M. Barthou, minister of public works, and Jean Jaures, socialist member of the chamber of deputies, exchanged shots Tuesday on the field of honor. Neither was hurt The duel was the result of the violent debate in the chamber Monday in which Barthou gave the lie to Jaures. I.uvlgne Not Held. ' Nkw Orleans, Dec. 28. —The case against George Lavigne and others connected with" tlie contest is which Bowen was killed was dismissed Thursday morning, the court being satisfied that death was accidental.

ROTTED TO THE CORE. Supt. Byrnes’ Opinion of the New Yorls Police Department. Bo Tolls tho Lexow Committee That He Was Hampered in Ills Desire to Do Right by the Commissioners— His Resignation Tendered. New York, Dec. 31. —At 8:50 o’clock Saturday night the Lexow committee adjourned, subject to the call of the chair, thus closing a session of investigation which was brimful of startling revelations. The principal part of Saturday’s session was taken up in the examination of Superintendent of Police Byrnes. Just as he was through answering Mr. Goff’s probing questions Superintendent B3*rnes handed a letter to Chairman Lexow and said that it was a copy of one that he had sent to Mayor-elect Strong early this month. It was his resignation from . {he forces of which he has been a member for the last thirty-two years. When Superintendent Byrnes took the witness chair he was asked at great length regarding his wealth and how he came by it. His wealth, which he estimated at £350,000, was made by speculation, he said, in Wall street, through the instrumentality of Jay Gould and liis son George. llis purchases of real Estate were also very profitable and lie claimed not to have a bank account, lie said: “Old Commodore Vanderbilt asked me on I one occasion if I liad any money, and I said i yes. I had 52.0D0. He asked me for it and I brought it to him. About six or twelve months afterward I pot $<5,000 b::ck. as he had invested It very successfully fir me. This made mo worth some $20,000 in 1575.” The witness then told a long story as to bow he became acquainted with *Jay Gould. It was through catching who vvrote threatening letters. Mr. Gould offered him a present, but he refused. Then Mr. Gould,' he said, offered to buy stocks for him and did j not want to accept any margin, but | Byrnes insisted. He put up SI OVOOO, I with the result that the amount was j increased to £270,00H. J

The ms perm tend eu t said that on two occasion* since he was .appointed in Superintendent Murray’s place he wai on the point of resigning, owing to the continued conflict*, between the conftnissi oners and himself. The superintendent, he said, should have absolute charge of the* discipline of the department, but that all his efforts in that direction were frustrated by the commissioners. The department was honev-combed with abusers, wliitih had . been growing for thirty years add they could- only be remedied by radical legislation. Local politick! he claimed, were the curse of the dr parLiaent, an and as long as politic**- \v.m* a ! fact* r in the f< me such astute of i things would exi: h Although lie. ’itud ! dons "lids utmost to procure sul stall tiad. i information as to - lorruptibn aad bpfk i ery, he wus unabi'r to get it, and tluj ! who Vs department', was impregnate* j with the >jelief tha ; promotion had tin \ be bought and mer rh was of in nivaiil lie claimed: to have done a good deal; towarri:hewing to l "drag about the ex* posur?.- ]!.■ paid a trfbwte to Dr.’ Harkhurst, whi'x,- he sad, manufactured, public sentiment ibhont whi .h it/ would liave been fon the comm; ; Aee behave acquired the nforvnatioiv ih As 'foa witness was leaving tlie stand lie said in repiy to Sen a toe'• Lexow: “The* police force must 'h*- rer€>rganizetiil. The present system all wrong.” Mr. Goff stated tlviwi he had e iiun* ined Comriaiasioncr Martin’s bank books, liad titoxtthere vaanot an entry that needed, explan at ion; Resolutions • were passed thanking all who had been in the investigation i for the facilities extended to tho committee. . After some remarks by Mr. Goff, Chairman Lexow, i:i • a short saeeeh returned thanks to the various officers for tlte- courtesy displayed Ty. them, and rdeo to the counsel engaged, in the in ttigation v .and. •declarea.it.lije- committee-adjourned sine die. ltev. Dr. S*arkhurßt ivas asked hi. opinion of the of Superintelfdent Byrnes before-the Lexow committee, and in reply sadd that In--be-lieved, in fact knew, that there was an understanding the sujerint tendenL aund the counmittee as tothe manner in whiah Mr. Barnes was toi be treated om the witness stand., Jiust what the understanding was ha-declined to state, but he knew* that Byrnes was not to be badljs, damr, aged* With regard tu> the testimony oi the superintendent tio the effect, thatl he had been serioualy hampered by the police commissioners in the pei> formnnee of his duity. Dr. PardthursA said,, scornfully: “L tm only a poor llttd Presbyteriiui clergj- | man,.and what has takn me a year or t i yeaxs .to do Superlnteiulent Byrnes, with aaii plo power at his oommand. would ie ablfc do.ka a week if he wen* so minded.’

BURNED) TO DEATH. ” ' Sakher and Son .Ywrlsh In their Btiuteg Home La Michigan.. Newayoo, Mi*h., Dec. SI. —Charles White was awakened by fire at 1§ o’clock Sunday morning and ran upstairs. where tour children were sleeping. Three made their escape, but before lie could find tho fourth the stairway of his residence was in Dames, lie knocked the boardaoff the end of the house, hut could not get out before lie was overcome by the heat and smoke. His wife realised danger and called him repeatedly, but he would not sacrifice his sou to save his own life. Negroes l r *en to Ueatb> Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 81.—The severest weather experienced here in a number of years is now being felt in tiiis section of the country. Reports l of suffering are coming from all points. IntheWills valley the suffering is intense; cattle are dying and a number of negroes hava been found Irozen, to death. ’■ . ‘ * j One Life boat. I Toledo, 0., Dec. 31.—An elevator containing 625,000 bushels of wheat was burned here Saturday causing a , loss of $500,0U0. An employe lost hi* lift;, * •

SOFTER ANTHONY. A Witness Causes a Great Sensation in the Lexow Inquiry. New York, Dec. 29. On Thursday Louis S. Str t was sworn before the Lexow committee. He said he tvas indicted on June 20, 1889, for a felony in connection with “green goods.” There were two indictments against him. He declared he had never been in the “green goods” business. The witness then explained that a man by the name of Edward Beclcthold rented an office from him at No. 66 Beekman street. “Anthony Cornstock,” said he, “came to my office a month after and asked me to tell the name of the mafr-\ who rented the office. I refused to tell; was brought to the Tqmhs and in $5,000 bail for making ‘green goods.’” The witness further said that Beckthold gave his wife $5,000 )as bail for hinj, The bail was finally I reduced to $2,000 and Street was rej leased from the Tombs. I “Beckthold told me,” said the wit- | ness, “lie gave $1,500 to Anthony Comi stock to square an indictment in theUnited States court.” The witness also said that he went to Europe, and when he returned the state court indictment was still hanging over him. “I went to see Anthony Comstock,” said he, “and lie said he the, only man who could get the 'indictments -dismissed. I called to see Mr. Com-’ stock again in August, 1890, and I paid him SI,OOO in cash to get the state court indictments dismissed. He said when lie was taking the money: ‘Remember, you are not giving me this SI,OOO as a bribe, but as a donation to the society.’” This testimony created a sensation in the court. “Now, are, 3*oll sure you paid this money to Anthony Comstock?” “I swear before God and man I paid him SI,OOO to have the indictments dismissed ami to secure my liberty.” Mr, Goff offered in evidence the tyso-' original indictments vvliichfTfad been ! dismissed as the indorsement showed, '

Robert Street, a hotelkeeper of TuxJ edo and a brother of the last witness, j was then called. | “Did 3*ou visit Anthony Comstock’s office with your brother in August? 1893?” asked Mr. Goff. “Yes, sir. ' “What did-> T o see?" | “I saw m3 - brother pay sl,ooo’ 6c> An- 1 j jliony Comstock. There was rm agreej nent between them to get tlu? ;ndicV ! merits- dismissed. E gave m3' brother : ssqo:* Mr, Goff theja^sahlthat they lut V evidence* 1 that ths - police- had promoted: “green goods’ ’ men long ago. .‘We now evidinee;.’'* said he, “if the tefrtimon3 r is true, ilia? Anthony ( im.Rt(v?k, tthe president ©£ a private society, has acce) for / -il>staatialiy the sarse th;.ii£*as the police officr'als,” “TTiafs a pretty, liew-y indictment Mr. Coimvtockv ■'£ it is trun;? said Qiairman ijex nv. Th-idagt witness orroborated all Ds. brother’s story to t!ie interview?with lr. Comstock. SAFELY RETURNED. Columlus. RelicH at tlin Kzjponltion Re—stored to tlm Vivtipsn. i Rom ly. Dfec. 28. —I he pope at noon Wednesday in the throne mojq of the Vatican received tho officers of the United. States eruiswri Detroit, which recent! 7. arrived at ?Itoplo. with the raticar> relics exhibited at tlie world’s fair in (HitLcago. Among Hie officers present at the reception "vere Corajmander Newell, Lieuts. Rogers and Marsha.\i> and Ensigns Evans and ; Blakely The American were presented; by Mgr. O'ljoxmeU;. who expressed in- their name and in the •ante of President Cleveland thanks , lor thftr papal i u the Chicago) exposition.* holiness 1 replied inarms of great affeefeion, and praised the progress, activity and libjerty of thn-.Tnited States. Tlieaadienoe {lasted half an hour, its- conclusion . all' tke officers- wei>tl to Cardinal the ppial secretary of jstate, wild presented* their, compliments in* him. Lateri the officers (dined ah the American college. •The facade of that btuildirig and its were decorated; with the Stars ar.d Stripes. Wnoiiggthose present at t&e dinner were the* United . States ambassador, Hon. Wayne' Mac•Veagh;lL. R. White louse, secretary of j the United 1 States, naval attache, Teen. Hardy, au*d: ItCv. Dr. Rior- ■ dan.

FEARS FOFR HEIR LHrE. One of -fenaerica’ii Kithest WoniM Thinks She Is ia, Peril., Nev vYokk, Dec. 28.-—Che of the most remarkable cases aver beouphii into the Ameiraan courts promises ten be that of Mrs. tletty Green, one of, thae richest i worn an in Am.‘rioa, against the executors ivOal of he-r.f fiber’s estate invo>in"‘ mil lie os of to the s'fcjry ta>ld by hexlawyer, William I.V Stayton, Mrs. Greoa is in fear of bAn lifev A belief, firna&y fixed, f Jiat a* bajjdi of conspireatous took tha life of haw father, Ekltwaxl M. Robinson,, and of her aunt,. Sylvia J. Hwlni of New, Bedfondi are tow seeking her lifie arid the life f her continually haunts Glass, sho declares. Has been place i in heo food not six months ago; blocks of wood and stones have Wen hurled at her iirom windows as she was passing on the sidewalks* and on nuir,ierous occasions her' lifer has eeirthr eatened. !New ftullraad Kegun. Siikboygan, Wis.. Dec. 2T.—Work was commenced on the Sheboygan, St. Paul & Central railroad Wednesday morning. The first shovelful of dirt was turned by Mayor Geele, and speeches were made by leading oitixeiiK and others. This road will connect this city with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul road, asd will bn completed by July 1-Kx-Pre.ldeut of Uruguay DIM. □ Montevideo, Doe, 81.—Dr. .Jose Ellauri, formerly president of Uruguay, is dead. Dr. Kllauri was twice elected I president

TRADE AND FINANCE. Points of Interest in R. G. Dun Si Co.’s Weeklj Review. .New York, Dec 81.—R G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review ol trade says: “Commercial failures for 1894 already reported number 14.i92. against 15.242 last yoar, with liabilities of against $346,779,889 last year. Next week the final report for 1894 will probably include about 400 more failures, with liabilities of about $4,000,000. From these accounts. banks and bankers, financial and transporting companies are excluded. Manufacturing failures already number 2,756, against 3.422 laat year, but liabilities are only $64,491,287 against $176:982,091 last year. The trading failures already number 11,310, against 11.512 last year, but liabilities are only $87,899,057. against $130,062,333 last year. The statement by sections shows a decrease of about twothirds In defaulted liabilities In the middle and central northern states, one-half In the west and southwest and a third in other sections. “Wages actually paid In November are cpm- | pared to-day with working hours in establishj ments throughout the country, and in about I fifty branches of industry, tho average being j 236.4 hours per hand this year, 218 4 last year, I and 2j|3.2 in 1892. The wages paid per hour were 1.2 per cept. less than last year, and 8.59 I per cent, less than in 1892. As the hands emj ployed in establishments reporting were ! 8.53 per cent. more than last year, | but 12.02 per cent less than in 1892, the total I wages paid In these establishments in November was 16.33 per cent, more than in No- ! vein her. 1893. but 21.77 per cent, less than In I November, 1892. Thus the decrcaso in purj chasing power of the working force is found to ! be due mainly to decrease in number of hands and hours o: work, rather than to reduction of I wages paid per hour. “Holiday, trade has scarcely met expccta--1 tions. Purchases have been numerous, but | smaller than usual in amount and more con- | fined to needful articles, thus anticipating or--1 dinary trade. The - volume of . business represented by clearing house exchanges is 7.7 per cent, larger than last year, i but 21.8 per cent. less than the year before, and tho daily average for Decem- | her has been 7.1 per cent, more than last year. . bnt 26.2 less than the year before, in spite of J some sensational losses on western roads, the earnings of all railroads.reporting for Decem- ! her are 2.9 per cent, greater than last year, and i hut 11.6 per cent, less, than in 1892. j “Wheat has declined one-half cent during the wek. Exerts in December from both I coasts have been a little larger than last ye'ar, | hut for }he crop year about 2,000,0U0 bushels I smaller. The western estimate, usually roj. garded with most confidence. is, that i the crop' will reach 515.000,800 bushels, which will: leave for export, with stocks brought ovr-v. mom than 200,000.090 bushels, of which only '.0.00 LOOtf bushels have gone abroad. Corn has declined three-fourths of a cent, with good receipts. Tho price of cotton has not changed,. But tin? fact that receipts from plantations tlvis monflti have been greater than • .in- W9l, while stocks i-a sight here and abroad an?e larger thas-'at the iwe date that year, Is kn> obstacle to any rise. •Money is sti ll coming to’this city in a steady st rain, and exports of gold for tho week are exacted to be about S2;SOO;CM). The dissolution; the bond syndicate, on the ground that the pscaling cipsrency bill has destroyed the mar-Gfc for bondet is the most tmportanl event in fi'uinciul circles, and inliahie to have results -if some ei nsequeheg;. For comnwiTcial loans the denumdP’has a-lighMy increased, tlioughonly as mi fht be expefitrtti at thit> seubon. RAHWAY 'CONSTRUCTION. Less *T*la?i Two IHiousand of Track Laid Sip* Last .la.nuivry. (’inc.V'W, Dee ~<>. —RYom 1 adyßOe;| sheets ofi an article on '.tail-way- cmi- : strueti6> in 1894 to ap.pesbT'in- the next j number >f the R:iil\va3* Aga it appeals that no'.withstai sling’ tlvr maray diffir ! culties “nilroads, had encounter •luring he last eleven or twelve months nearly vOUO mi>*s o>s new ; tlrack ha Tr been '.aid in ttic United ; states during’ th r year rwnv clbsiug:,. ( while gracing- ai tG preliminary work, j has been lone 'o n a consideralilb ad(litional 11 ileag’e. In tliicty-four of ! the - states and territories, •amck has gine dov/n on 15%lines a-ii) ag-gregate, accord ixg to latest ret xms, ji 1,919 mil and it.. is possible that ai few miles 11 re marvbe reported* in tdie /inad statement. , r There are fourte at states antl lJerritocies wliicLshave aade no* additions i to*their rail'tmys. These arn Vemwmti,. 3h.ode Islanl v Connecticut, Delaware, , Maryland, Kentucluy> Indian oo'untny, [ t owa,JS’ebra , ika, Nvirth Dale >4a* Wash- ( ngton, Ne\ ad a aaad Idahz*. Oregon J ianely escap yd omiision by adding Iliss. > tMari>2 miles, and . NUkssachusetts, New i Hampshire, North' Carolina and: 'VJin- ; p’jnia kept in by b'ailding from 3 toT I 1 iles each. The number of new road#* l i3-1894 was 158, agranst 244 in/jlß9B.and i .19. in 1892., T>ke steam.' raaltvays of the United taAes now aggregate i a length. lQßtmiles. Of.this mileage miles v^ere added ad the u last ten^eaus,.an t.tovage of 5,430 1 miles each yea,r.

TWO SCORE PERISH. VSgatful Rwaltiof a Fire lu kißallED, an ()regx* Town. Klamath I'Uura, Ore., Dec, ML—ifcws has jjisti icached Here that a horrible holopausii occurred, at Silver bake, Lake-bounty, Ore., ja Christmas awe, in which, fanlty-une farsons.were Burned to deathiaaad sixtaen badly injjired, five ctwhuiß will die. A large crowd hack assembled in Christman Bros.’ halt to attend :iu Christmas ; taiee festivall While tie- festivities {were at thaiivhe-jjht soma one allLianbed ion a bench) trim which, point Ire expected to get a better view, ot what j was going' on.. In doing so his. bead struck a lamp, banging from, ahe ceili ing, mreuturning it. The oil immediately caught, fire andt.everything in I the rooinibeisg! dry ai li of an inflammable natune,. the rsom was soon a mass of flames, i Gosha tallerlDE BepodvU. SOUTH' ElUBi o. TANARUS,, ®e. 81.— A snowstorm, accompanied by, terrific wind,, began Thursday. Ftiday morning the thermometer registered 10 degrees below sero. There . great suffering among settlers, as many of them are without shelter jgid clothing. Tile lossof horses and cattle will be <ansiderable. K migration From Orest Brltals London, Dec. 3L —The emigration retarns just issued.by the board of trade Show that during the eleven months ending November 30 217.519 persons left the United Kingdom for places out of Europe, as compared with 299278 in the corresponding period of last year. Os the total the United States received i59,957. Three Indictments Against Howgato. Washington, Dee. 81.—Capt. Henry "W. Howgate, formerly chief cyf the signal service, was arraigned In the jcriminal court Friday and three Indictments were preaented and read.

NOTED HOTEL IN ASHES. Burning of the Delavan House at Albany, Ji. Y—Four Persons Hurt. Albany, JI. Y., Dec. ai.—The Delavan house pri?per was gutted by fire Sunday night- There were 100 guests in the house. All escaped, although two women and two men were badly injured. They are: Mrs. H. F. Fookes, wife of agent of the National Cash Register company, of this : city, formerly of Dayton, O.; Benjamin Heilman, and his wife, of Brooklyn, who were on their wedding tour; ! Edmund Walsh, a porter, badly burned. Mrs. Fookes jumped from the thirdstory window above the main floor on Steuben street, striking on the roof of the balcony on the main floor and rolling off onto the Sidewalk, a fall \of 60 feet. She received internal injuries and will die. r Mr. Heilman jumped from a window on the same floor, but jumped clear of the balcony, falling on a snow bank. Mrs. Heilman also jumped, bu#struck the balcony and likewise rolled off into the street below. All three came down, it seemed, almost together. ' Mrs. Heilman’s fall was broken somewhat by striking on the heads and shoulders of three men who were passing. Mr. Heilman ! was badly burned about the chest and j was internally injured. He may dje. | His wife is badly burned about the ; face, her nose is split open and sbo was cut on the ank&. She will recover* * Edmund Walsh, a porter, who, as ! soon as lie hoard the cry of fire, went through the housealarmi the guests, found his escape cot off on reaching the upper stories. He succeeded in getting out on the r sos the center annex, and with !• twin Murphy, another enfploye, was rescued with the aid of ladders. Walsh's hair was singed and his hands and arms were badly burned. He was taken to the hospital. The fire started in the basement on the Broadway side, directly under the elievator shaft and spreiUd with the rapidity of lightning. No onq had time to save anything above the main floor, and before the affrighted guests had: emerged upon the streets the flames had broken tli rough the 1 roof. The eleVator shaft was adjacent to the Broadway s flair way ftnd the flames cut off the egress of the guests m the northern end of the hotel!in which nearly of the guests were located. Those* who were not able to get past the elevator shaft so as to pass down the nain stairway on Steuben street were without hope of escap*- for some minutes, until their way was directed to the servants’ stairway in the north section of the !?truebu were many thrilling escapes and it is surprising that the casualties are so few when the sweep with which the lire spread throughout the guest floors of the maiaai building is considr ered. The lose'on the* building.is estimated at . $115,06#; fully insured. Messrs. Herty iV: Moore . proprietors of thehotel, place thoin ss at $85,000; their insurance is SSd,WHL. H>6 CAREER ENDS, Death of .lolm Freni dent f tho IriMh'Nt4iMii League. Neb.,. Dec. ?>l.—.John Fit®*gerald, of the Irisli Nar tional League of. America, died at l.is, suburban home near this city shortly, before 3 o’clock fSranday morning. He? was nearly 66 yeans old. His illness, while of long standing, was not until a few days ago considered critical,, and some: hopes* ware entertained of. his recovery. 4 slJohn Fltagerald seven'yean ago was as a three times millionaire. Business reverses recently have cat down his fortune n*teriully. He wus a man of liberal tendendos and contributed larje sums to the of Irish independeejee. Born in Covaty Limerick, Ireland, he. to America when a youriK man uiui in . un early, day of N jbrusku’s history a* a state, dri'ted to Plattsmouth, where, he Laid the foundation fora forune as'a railroad, contractor, later he removed to Lincctuf and> has been a prominent liK'e In the city’s- development, lb* was a steadfast supoiertcr us Patrick Egan during tt t stormy puriod when thut gentleeuun was president of th®.-, Irish National league, and succ veiled him tOk.thn.o/Hee. He was vout Catholic and oae of the mainstays oi, ihs local church. 1 G VES UP J ALL ASSETS.. State Treasurer Gallv. of Forced' to. Aaainn. Ind anapolis, . 1nd..,. Dec. 31. SfimU Treasarer Albert Galll, who was caught for $C5,000 in the failure last year of the ladianapolifr, uadional bank;, and who Has operated: a mammoth oarpet and Arall pa pen house here foir over thirty years, being reputed one at the weaUhiest men. in ludianapolisy has turned ove%r all his property, real., and personal, to Adolph sticker and lfrederick Bachman as trvatees for His creditors. Tjceasurer Gall will go auk of office in a law days having serwed two terms a& starte treasurer. H.e denies a rem-oar that aay of the state lands are iu solved nr his failiLM* Gall has newer carried ’.fees than SIjOO,OOG in stock at his carpet house and has suffered on,account of . lihe hard times. j Money for the Indiana. WAsiumaoN, Dec. 31.—The president has signed, an executive order to pay : $200,006 to the Osage Indians. This ia interest on their .principal, which amounts, in round numbers to about $8,500,.000i This interest* money will be distributed per There ire about 1,300 Indians in the tribe. Death of Allba Gerrj. New Haven, Coml, Dec. 81. — Miss Emily L. Gerry died Sunday at. her home here, aged && years. She* was the last surviving daughter of Elbridge Gerry, vice president of the United States in 1812, who died suddenly in Washington November 28, 1814, on his way to the capitol as preaU dent of the §enate. Suffering in Nebraska. Denver, Cob, Dec. 81.— People in western Nebraska are buffering from •curvy owning to lack of wholesome food. A dozen deaths, from want an<i cold arc reported _