Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 March 1895 — Page 2

--—- €iu §?ilt Counts fkiaorut M. MoO. 8T00P8, Editor wd Proprietor, i 1 it -—r 4 PETERSBURG. - * - INDIANA A shortage of $13,000 has teen discovered in the accounts of County Treasurer Bell, of Durango,. Col. Is both England and America the new government 4s offered by the Edition t-Morgan syndicate weire subscribed for, on the 30th, many times over. _ 1 The centenary of the great philanthropist, George Peabody, was appropriately celebrated at Peabody, Mass.,' on the 18th. Many distinguished persons participated. Mr. Bailey, purser of the steamer Servia, which arrived at New York on the 19th, brought over the cup won by the Vigilant in the * regatta lust year. It was addressed to Mr. George J. Gould. . 1 ; I i-—t-Taotai Kano and Gen. Yih-Chi-Cao have been tried by the Chinese board of ptini&hment and condemned to imprisonment until autumn, ifrhen they will be beheaded for the loss of Port Arthur. A serious rebellion has broken out in Muscat, the Arabian sea{>ort and capital of the state of tyuscat, on the Indian ocean. The rebels are said to have seized most of the forts commanding the town. j On the 19th the president sent to the senate the nomination of Erskine M. Ross, .of California, to be United States circuit judge for th^ Ninth judicial circuit, provided" for by act"approved February 18, 1895.

A game of baseball, with the eighteen players and umpire on ska tes, was played on the ice at Clinton., la., on the 21st, between two local nines. The game was an interesting one, resulting in a score of 7 to 6. On the 20th Representative; W. A. Stone, proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting' the states from grunting the right of franchise to any person not a fully naturalized ciitizen of the United States. A dispatch received at the New York Maritime exchange, on the 18th, stated that the steamer City of St. Augustine, long overdue at that port from Jacksonville, Fla., had arrived at Bermuda short of coal. On the 18th, the senate committee on public lands favorably reported a bill to turn over to the state of Michigan the military reservation on Mackinac island, together with the buildings thereon, for use as a public park. In the United States senate;, on the 22d, Mr. McLaurin introduced a bill to make it unlawful to pay any contestee or contestant in congressional cases any money for expenses or other purposes from any government fund. The remains of the late minister to Atexioo, Isaac P. Gray, arrived, in Indianapolis, Ind., on the 21st, and after receiving military and civic honors at the hands of the people, were taken to Union City, on the 22d, for interment On the 20th the president awarded a medal of honor to Isaac Carmen, corporal Ca A, Forty-eighth Ohio volunteers, far gallantry in saving; the flag of his regiment at Vicksburg, May 23. 1863, and at the same time seizing and throwing from among his comrades a shell with a burning fuse. Cornelius Stough, who left his home in Akron, O., twelve years ago, has been found by a brother in Marion, Ind., where* he is a prosperous merchant He says he remembers little or nothing of the circumstances of his leaving home. His wife and children are now living in Cleveland, 0. On the 12th the Colorado senate confirmed Gov. McIntyre’s appoinment of Messrs. Church, Hogle and Wilson as members of the fire and police board. The old board will refuse to vacate, it is said, whieb may precipitate another city hall war like that which excited Denver and the country last summer. The Norway storthing was opened, on the 19th, by King Oscar in person. The king’s speech stated that the contemplated expenditures required an increase of taxation to meet them. His majesty also announced that it was intended to greatly increase the military defenses by the erection of e extensive works.

An unfavorable report was made in congress, on the 20th, from the committee on printing upon the joint resolution authorizing the publication of dairy tests made at the Columbian exposition. The reasons for the adverse report were that the matter was in no 6ense or connection a government affair, and that the expense of the publication would be about $80,000. Frederick Douglass, the wellknown colored orator, died suddenly, on the 20th, of heart disease, at Cedar Hall, his residence in Anacostia Heights, opposite Washington, D. C. He was 78 years old, and spent his last day in attendance upon the Womans National council in Washington, being a regularly enrolled member of the National Woman's Suffrage association. 5 ■ The commission appointed at the instance of. Gov. McKinley by the boards of trade, and chambers of commerce of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo', O., to make an official investigation of the destitution ol miners in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys, reported, on the 22d, among other things, that the miners earned last year only from $75 to $125 each, while, had it not been for the great national coal miners' strike, they might have earned from two to three dollars every day. , &

CURRENT TOPICS. t> _ THIS HEWS nr BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. [Second Session. 1 I» the sendee, oa the 18th, the resolution previously offered by Mr. Stewart (pop,. NTev.) declaring that there was no authority In law for the purchase of sold coin In preference to other coin was made the text by Mr. Gray (dem., Del.) for a speech in defense of the president in the bond-con tract matter. The agricultural bill was taken up. amended and passed. The bill providing for the issue of bonds and coinage of silver, reported from the finance committee, on the liitb. by Mr. Jones (dem.. Ark.), was taken up by a vote of 30 to 87; and after notice by Mr. Jones that he would try to have a final vote before adjournment on tbe 18th. the senate adjourned.In the house, under suspension of the rules three bills were passed and two9 were defeated. An hour was devoted to discussion of the naval appropriation bill. Tbe resignation of Representative Wilson, of Washington, senator-elect, was received and accepted Iw the senate, on the 18th. the Jones bill for the coinage of silver being under consideration, Mr. Vilas made a long, able and eloquent speech in defense of the president and his secretary of the treasury in the matter of the sale of 4-per-cent, gold bonds, contending that because of the attitude of congress itself, no better bargain for the bonds could be made. Mr. Platt spoke against the silver bill. Its antagonists refusing to fix a time for taking a final vote on the measure.. .. In the house most of the day was spent in consideration of the naval appropriation bill without disposing of it. A conference was agreed to on the agricultural appropriation bill. Tbe report of the conferees on the joint resolution extending from March 1 to April 15,1895, the time within which income tax returns may be made was agreed to. The views of the minority of the committee on appropriations on the bill to aid the Nashville exposition were presented and. ordered printed. In the sefiate,on the 20th, Mr. Chandler (rep, N. H.) made two set speeches, one oh tne silver question and the other on the likelihood and desirability of holding an extra session, and suggesting work for that session. Mr. Jones (dem.. Ark.), who has charge of the siver bill, announced that its friends would not press it further at this session. Two-third of the Indian appropriation bill was disposed of before adjournment at 6:30 pm .... In the house the naval appropriation bill was jtassed practically as reported from the committee. U pon the report of the conference over the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, tbe Hawaiian cable project was discussed, but not‘disposed of. A resolution directing tbe secretary of the treasury to inform the house how many old soldiers have been dismissed from that department since March 3. 1893, and the reasons for their removal was passed.

Ik the senate, on the 21st. progress was made in consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. An amendment reported from the committee on appropriations to strike out the two items for the maintenance and education of Indian children at Hampton. W. Va., and at the Lincoln institute at Philadelphia was defeated. An evening session was held for the discussion of district of Columbia business. 7_In the house a motion to concur in the senate amendment to the diplomatic and consular hill directing the president to contract for the construction of a cable between the United .states and Hawaii was defeated— 152 to 114—slxten democrats voting with the republicans for the amendment. The deficiency bill, the last of the general appropriation bills, was taken up. At 3:30 o'clock, under a special order, public business was laid aside, and eulogies on the late Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, were listened to. IK the senate, on the 22d, the day's session was almost exclusively taken up with consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, with practically no progress being made: and a proposition that the final vote be taken before adjournment on the 23d was promptly negatived by objection from Mr. Chandler (rep., N. H.)...,..In the bouse consideration of the deficiency appropriation billooccupied almost the entire day session without the measure being completed. Senate bill postponing, at the request of Great Britain, the enforcement of the international regulations of August, 1890, to prevent collisions at sea. was passed. An evening session was held for the consideration of private pension bills. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A Washington legislator has started to solve the Chinese question by introducing' a bill in the legislature making it unlawful for any person to wear a queue within the borders of the state. As the Chinese cultivate and guard their hack hair with jealous solicitude, it is £rgued that such a law would promote a voluntary exodus. The William coal breaker, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., was burned, on the 18th, throwing 1,500 men and hoys out of employment. It was owned and operated by the Connell Coal Co., of Scranton. The loss is $90,000. The French liner La Gascogne sailed from New York for Havre on the 30th. Her engines had been repaired for the homeward voyage and worked well. A great crowd was at the dock, and a great cheer went up when .the big vessel backed out into the stream. She carried fifty-five, cabin and 100 steerage passengers. The new 4s, for which subscriptions were invited at 112#, on the 20th, were hid for at 118 at the close of business on that day. Bishop John H. Oherholtz, of the Mennonite church, died at Center Valley, Pa., on the 18th, aged 87 years. Congressman Paul J. Sorg, of the Third Ohio district, on the 19th, directed his agent at Middletown, O., to send a carload of provisions and clothing to the destitute in. the Ohio mining districts. This is the second time Mr. Sorg has contributed to the assistance of these unfortunate people. Mr. Bate, of Tennessee, introduced in the senate, on the 19th, a bill to aid

and encourage the holding of the Nashville centennial exposition, a similar bill being on the house calendar. The gold payments of the MorganBelmont syndicate due from this country were completed oil the 20th. Mr. John Pierpont Morgan, finding that there was a surplus of SI, 123,000 gold on hand, * turned it over to the subtreasury at New York: city, and took legal tenders in exchange. The directory of the Chicago board •of trade, on the 20th, denied a petition to rescind its former action against permitting trading in puts and calls by a decisive vote. The war department has arranged to purchase from Dr. Emmonds, for 85,000, the right to manufacture and use in the United States army the high explosive emmensite, which related tests have shown to be the best adapted of0 all such explosives for the bursting charge of shells. Ex -Postmaster-General John Wasamake's vote was challenged at the recent election in. Philadelphia by Thomas Deacon, an employe of the post office and a democratic watcher at the pollis. The humor of the case lies in the fact that Deacon had been a resident of the United States iust lour i months.

Tine cadets in tht Salvation anay training garrison at San Francisco have revolted against : the doctrines of their leader, Adjutant McCabe, who has declared that he is in every respect the peer of Joses Christ The adjutant’s mind is believed to lx unbalanced i Mrs. Bovrkb CockraS, wife of Con gressman Cockr*«n. died at the Holland house, New York city, on the evening of the 20th, from hemorrhages with which she was attacked the uighll previous. Tnic village of Lindsey, in the west ern part of Sandusky county, O., was partly destroyed by fire on the 20th. Five stores were burned, entailing » loss of over $15,000. Hotel Victory, one of the largest summer resorts in the country, located on Put-in-Bay island, Lake Erie, was sold by United States Marshal Haskell in Toledo. O., on the 21st. A. C. Hager, of Boston, bought the furniture for $7,000. E. O. Fall is, of Toledo, the architect who designed it, bought the realty for $17,000. The hotel cost $260,000 and had been a failure.; An explosion of gas took place in the William Penn colliery at PottsviHe, Pa., on the 21st, by which three of the employes were badly burned, the lives of two of them being despaired of. No great damage was done to the colliery, but operations were suspended. Thb Lawson flag bill, forbidding the display of foreign flags on public buildings, was passed by the New York senate, by a vote of 20 to U, on the 21st. A Cleveland syndicate has become interested in the Little Mingo mines lease at Duluth, Minn., and the property will now be developed. The new shaft is already down thirty-six feet in fine quartz, and in a few weeks the stamp mill at Rainey Lake City will again be in operation. B. W. Hiatt, of Montgomery county, Kas., soliciting aid for sufferers in that section, says the people of Montgomery and neighboring western Kansas counties are eating horseflesh, not being able to get other food. Cows are being trained to draw plows, etc., to put in a crop this spring.

At the close of business on the London stock exchange, on the 21st, the United States loan was quoted atJt^ premium. The purchases of the new loan were chiefly for the New York account, confirming the belief that nearly all of the London scrip will come to the United States. The failures in. the United States, for the week ended on the 22d, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., were 3G2, against 288 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures numbered 38, against 51 last year. Four men who set out from New Orleans, on the 15th, under the guidance of John Bar rains ter, a colored nimrod, for a hunt in the Alliance woods, were found, oh the 22d, frozen to death. John Gkigher, a pioneer resident of Norfolk,Neb., received notice from New York city, on the 22d, that his brother, who recently died, left his entire estate, valued at $1,500,000, to him. Ward McAllister the late loader of the New York “Four Hundred” left no real estate, and his personal property, it is said, does not exceed 310,000. Henry C. Stillwell; a young clerk in the employ of the Bank of California at San Francisco; shot himself through the heart on the 21st. He , had been caught in the act of abstracting a $50 treasury note from a bundle cf notes in the bank, and promptly discharged, whereupon he fired the fatal shot. ! t LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 23d, the Indian appropriation bill, which had been under consideration for four days, was passed. The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up and became the unfinished business, A resolution eulogistic of the late Frederick Douglass and permitting the remains to lie in state in the rotunda of the capitol was objected to by Mr. Gorman and went over. The day’s session closed with the delivery of eulogies on the late representative Shaw, of Wisconsin.In the house the controversy over the payment of extra allowances to employes of the house was continued, and additional sums were allowed to the salaries of certain named employes. and Mr. Tracy*s amendment to the general deficiency bill to pay all employes a month’s extra salary, after amendment, was passed. The rest of the day was devoted to eulogies on the late Senator Z. B. Vance, of North Carolina

Capt. Henry W. Howgatk was acquitted, on the 24th (after the jury had been locked up nearly seventytwo hours), of the charge of embezzling 811,800 from the government while holding the position of disbursing officer in the United States signal service fifteen years ago, and of forging a voucher for that amount to even up his alleged wrongdoing. He was remanded to answer further charges. THE'statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the 23d showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease, 83,690.700; loans, decrease, 8766,700; specie, decrease, 86,986,600; legal tender notes, increase, 83,376,600; deposits, decrease, 83,674,800; circulation, increase, 8287,900. George W. McBride, ex-secretary of state of Oregon, was, on the 24th, elected to succeed Senator J. N. Dolph in the United States senate, thus breaking the deadlock, which had lasted for weeks, but a few minutes before the final adjournment, by limitation, of the legislature. The father, mother and brother of Count De Castellane arrived at New York, on the 24th, on the steamer La Champagne from France, to attend the wedding of the count and Miss Anna Gould on the 4th of March. On the 33d ex-State Treasurer William £. Woodruff, of Arkansas, was found guilty of embezzlement of state funds, and his punishment was fixed at one year in the penitentiary. On the 23d the associated banks of New York city held 829,833,723 in excess of the 25-per-eent. rule.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Tho General Aaaabljr. Utoiasapous. Feb. It—Sekat*—Bill* passed Wednesday: Requiring township trustees to keep a record of those to whom aid is ex* leaded; preventing discrimination by inaarluxe companies in rates: a bill providing that roadways that have been used by the pabilc for fire years without interruption become public roads: a bill providing that the salary of the commissioners of Allen oounty shall be 11.100 per year: a bill providing for the appointment in cities of police matrons, and another appropriating 110.000 to the state board of agriculture for the payment of premiums: providing that the key to the Jury box shall be ia the custody of a commissioner who shall toe of opposite poli ties to the clerk, whose duty lit is to appoint him. and that the box shall only be opened in nhe presence of witnesses. HotrsB—Van Arsdel's bill providing rates of charge for sleeping car companies to the third reading, after knocking out the section wkich required the companies to give the renter of a lower berth the right to the breathing space of the upper when the latter is not in use. The rates prescribed are 75 cents for the first hundred miles andSi cent for all miles additional up to II.SO for the night The bill as amended also makes the tipping of porters illegal. At the caucus Wednesday night the committee having In charge the congressional apport :onment filed its report, which will probably .with some amendments, become the law. It divides the state so as to make seven certain republican districts, four certain democratic districts and two in doubt The ^caucus also agreed to take the benevolent institution? oat of the bands of the present boards, and place them in the hands of boards of two republicans and one democrat, who shall be appointed by a commission composed of the governor, secretary, auditor and treasurer of state. IkdiaRArous. Feb. 15.—The Indiana legislature seems to have realized the necessity of taking some action to remedy the condition of Its benevolent and penal institutions. ExPresident Harrison warned Speaker Adams

not to allow tne legislature 10 aujourn wmiuut taking the management of the penal and benevolent institutions out of the hands of ring politicians. The congressional apportionment was lett, over till the next meeting, to give the membere an opportunity to study the map. Apporti onment bi Us will be presented by Nicholson and Remy. There was a majority re* port oil the appointment of metropolitan1 police ljoards. *lhe minority favored t he appointment of four police commissioners by the circuit judge and the majority three commissioners by mayors The action of Wednesday nights caucus in voting to appoint a board to supervise the penal and benevolent institutions hits caused a great deal of discussion. The members of the board are to receive small salaries, and it is feared that if this po licy is adopted there will be as many scandals in the future as they have had in the past. Indianapolis. Feta. 16.—Senate—The senate adjourned Friday morning after a short session in honor of the memorjr of Isaac P. Gray, the deceased minister to Mexico and distingu ished public servant. The flag was ordered to fly at half-mast for the rest of the session and a copy of the resolution ordered sent to the family of the dead man. Minister Gray was for four sessions the presiding officer of this branch of the legislature. The senate was In session long enough to kill Wray’s anti-pass billHouse—The house killed a bill providing that those who gradua te at the State Normal school shall not be required to take a teacher's examination for license. A majority report was made in favor of It, but the minority report^ against it prevailed. The house adopted thb report recommending the passage of Moore's bill, making compacts among local insurance agents unlawful. There was a movement on foot Friday to have the commission of state officers meet and fil itbe vacancy pn the monument commission by the appointment of Maj. Mulkey of Bloomington, who was a Mexican war soldier. This was headed oft. however, by members who think that the caucus decree that the commission shall be abolished shall have no obstructions in its way. Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—Senate.—The senate. Saturday morning, passed house bill 124 legalizing the acts of notaries publie whose terms have expired. Senator Stewart’s election offenses bill was the special order of the morning. The bill Is patterned after the New York la w, and tho committee on elections had reported against it. Among the bills introduced were the following: Providing for the creation of the office of county superintendent of public works: appropriating *1,336 to repair the damage by lire to the deaf and dumb institute, and *2.000 for a light station and boiler. House—A number of bills were introduced Saturday. One by Representative Hamrick proposes to appropriate *10.000 to place statues of William Henry Harrison and Oliver P. Morton in the statuary hall of the National capitoL The committee on education presented a bill drawn by Mr. Adams, of Parke, providing for free text-books. Representative Booher introduced a bill providing for the abolution of the office of justice of the peace, and a bill introduced by Representative McGregor provides that articles bought under state contracts shall bear a label, showing that they were produced by organized labor. Indianapolis. Feb. 19.—Senate—1The Remy bill, taxing greenbacks according to the new federal law, passed the senate Monday, and now only awaits the governor's signature. The senate committee which investigated the management of the Southern hospital for the insane will report recommending the removal of Dr- Rogers, on the ground of incapacity. The , doctor has offered to resign rather than have the rejiort printed. It is understood the charge of overindulgence in liquor is the principal reason of the recommendation. No fault is found with the financial management, or with the cajiability of the attendants. House—The house passed a bill for the teaching of the effects of narcotics on the human sy stem. House bill 32, providing a pension system for ilremen, was sent through its last stages in the house by a unanimous vote in favor of the senate amendments. Senate bill No. 1, for the establishment of the soldiers* home, was placed before the bouse with the recommendation that the amount to be appropriated be *75.000 instead of *100.000. This was pending when, just before adjournment for the noon hour. Representative Van Arsde offered a

resolution oi sensational mieresi. n prcviaes for a committee to investigate the fac s relating to the passage and adoption o the fee and salary bill enacted by the last legislature, in the transcribing of which an < rro ' was made which has caused the bill to be dec lared in a significant part unconstitutional Indianapolis. Feb. SO — Senate- rhe senate spent the morning in discussion o building and loan matters. The discussion s seined to indicate the passage of Senator New! y’s till, i Hoise—By a vote of 83 to 16 the ho ise Tuesday passed the new apportionment act. after a bitter fight by the democrats. T1 j bill will be passed by the senate on Thurs lay. The house also passed the bill abolishing the monument commission. The amendmei t related to wine rooms, and Holloway's motif a to permit them under conditions was lost >y a large majority. The bill is still pending. The soldiers’ home bill was passed just l >fore adjournment The governor said to a reporter: “I fought my own” party two rears ago on this (the right to make upp lintiments to state institutions) and I will not now yield the principle to the other part: by whose help .1 then won against my own. Three Gosport hunters ha e killed 3,000 rabbits this year. The cash drawer of the Hal 5 restaurant at Crawfordsville was ro jbec^ihc other night of SO. Isaac Dr; ke, colored, is in jail for the act, an 1 has acknowledged his guilt. A revival meeting of remarkable interest, conducted by Rev. and Mrs. N. Cl McLean, of Ohio, came t o a close recently at C'oloma. Over one hundred persons professed conversion. Ar Valparaiso the salooni its took out their screens as per order, but will put in stained glass windows. Sneak thieves in the schools at Princeton take buttons cS cloaks, trimming from hats and ail sorts of little articles

MOROCCO CAPTURED. fit* City Catered and! leot«d by Rebel Tribe* men — Bloody ttcbtiac ia the Street*—Many Killed and Hand red* InJared—The Jewish Quarter Spared—l>e■crlpttoo of the Once Grand City Now Almost a Rain. Paris, Feb. 25.—A special dispatch from Tangier* says that the rebels and the inhabitants of Morocco have had bloody fights in the city’s streets, and that many haveH>een killed and hundreds injured. The Jewish quarter of the city is said to have been spared. The city of Morocco, one.of the capitals of the empire, is situated in the southwest of the country, four miles south of the River Tensift, and at the north end of an extensive and fertile plain. It is surrounded by a strong lime-and-earth wall thirty feet high. The town is ill-built; the streets narrow, irregular and unpaved. The houses, generally, built of the same materials as the wall, are ope story high, with flat roofs and narrow openings instead of windows. A large portion of the space within the walls is occupied with gardens, open, areas and market places. In the bazaar and market places a large miscellaneous trade is carried on. The city possesses twenty mosques, of which six are remarkable for their size and elegance. There are several tanning and leather-dyeing establishments, some of them of great extent. The population is estimated at about 60.000. On the south of the city, outside the walls, stands a palace of the sultan of Morocco, occupying a space of about 180 acres. Morocco was founded in . 1072, and reached the summit of its prosperity in the thirteenth century, when it had more than 700,000 inhabitants. It has I since been rapidly decaying, and is now half in jruins. , *

IN AT THE DEATH, Oforgc W. McBride, I!t-Seo»tor of State Breaks the Deadlsek and Is Klet-tetl 'Senator from Orejjou to Succeed J. X. Uolph>3 ^Salem, Oro., Feb. 24.—George W. McBride, ex-secretary of state, has ! been elected United states senator to succeed J. X. Dolph. At the beginning of the twenty-third ballot last night Cleston, of Columbia county, a Dolph man, arose and presented the name of McBride. The ima nse throng in attendance immediately gave cheer after cheer for McBride. As the roll-call progressed it became evident that McBride would be elected. When he received the fortyfifth vote, which was necessary to election, bedlam broke loose. All the republicans began to change their votes and when the call was completed,McBride received the full republican strength of 72 votes. Mr. McBride made a brief speech, thanking the legislature for the election. It was a narrow escape from deadlock, for had the election been delayed fifteen minutes longer the time for adjournment sine die of the legislature would have arrived. George W. McBride, the senatorelect, 4s 41 years of age. He is a native son of Oregon and a lawyer by profession. lie has served in the state legislature, and held the office of secretary of state for eight years, going out of office last January. Mr. McBride has never been identified with the silver or anti-silver element, nor has he ever been in a position where he was obligecbto! make a record on the question. Inasmuch as he was elected by Dolph’s supporters, however, it is reasonable to suppose that he will not ally himself with the free coinage people. CONVICTS SMOTHERED.

Two Dead and Twenty Narrowly Escape— Twenty-Three Males Dead. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 25.—Two couvicts and twenty-three mine mules were smothered to death, early yesterday morning1, in Rock Slope shaft No. 1, at Pratt mines. Shortly after 2 o'clock the engine room in the slope was discovered on fire, and a general alarm was given on the outside. Willing hands with hose and water were soon in the mine fighting**the flames, which had gained considerable headway, for it was known that twenty convicts and twenty-three head of mules were cut off frcrn the outside by the fire. ' The smoke, which was following the air, was going toward the men and mules. After^ three hours hard work the fire was extinguished and the men pushed on. The body of John Patton was found lying across the track. His head was badly battered,as if he'had tried to kill himself before being smothered. A short distance away the second body was found. It was thahof Louis Stevens. The tweftty-three mules were found all in a heap, dead. They had kicked one another fearfiilly while maddened by the smoke. The other eighteen convicts were found in a bunch near the air shaft where they had gathered in hope of keeping alive. Several of them were on the ground. They were hastily carried out on S terra firma and all brought around alb right; Patton and Stevens were from South Alabama, and were sent up fpr grand larceny. •The fire was of incendiary origin, as no fire is used about the engine room, steam from the outside., being the power employed. FAILED TO HIT HIS WIFE, But Scut a Bullet Through HU Own Heart. Terre I^acte, Ind., Feb. 25.—A. G. Walker, secretary of the Hudnut Milking Co., committed suicide yesterday morning by shooting himself through the heart Just before doing so he fired three shots at Mrs. Whjker, neither of which,,, struck her. He leaves three children. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of the late Theodore Hudnut, the founder of the lludnut Milling Co., which has mills in several places, in the west.

HOWGATE ACQUITTED. Tto Cm* Mat Ramd by Uw St*tot* of LlmttatloM. bat Defendant Fnand Mot Utility-- The Prisoner, Rem»ncleit to Cane tody on Aecaunt of tke ReaublBf In* dletmeat, Danced for Joy—TLe dorp 8ternly DDchnrgrd. ,■ Washington, Feb. 55.—Capt. Henry W., Howgate was acquitted ,yesterday of the charges of embezzling $11,*00 from the government while holding the position of disburing officer in the United States signal service, and of forging a voccher for that amount <« even up his alleged wrongdoing. The verdict was rendered about noon, when the jury had been looked up nearly seventy-two hours. Cant. Howgate received the announcement without emotion, butafter he had been taken to his cell beneath the court room he danced for joy in the realization that part of the burden and anxiety of fifteen years had been lifted from his shoulders. In accordance with his statement wlien the court adjourned Friday, Judge MeComas entered the coart room shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and received word immediately that the jury had agreed. Some time was spent in securing the attendance Of the attorneys in the case. Messrs. Worthington and Wilson, of the defense, responded promptly, and at noon Mr. Jeffords, assistant district attorney, made liis appearance as the representative of the government. Capt, Howgate was brought from hiscell and took his usual seat beside his. faithful daughter, Miss Ida Howgate,

who was on hand promptly as usual. Judge McComas had instructed the jury to bring verdicts upon three distinct points. The first of these was whether the government was disbarred from prosecuting Howgate because of the statue of limitation. An affirmative reference on this point would have: the effect of not: only throwing out th© indictments charging forgery and embezzlement^ but of disposing in a like manner of aU the other indictments against the defendant and thus setting him free. Clerk Downs put/the usual question as to whether the jury agreed upon a verdict, and when Foreman Irsell had responded in the affirmative, lie said: “What say you as to the issue upon the plea of the statue of limitations, upon both cases upon trial? Do yon find for the United States or for the defendant?” “For the United States,” was the* answer, and Capt. Howgate turned a shade paler. - j “What say you as to the is^ue be- . tween the United States and the defendant as to the charge of forgery contained in the first indictment?’” continued the clerk. “Do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?” “Not guilty,” was the response. Two or three of the half-dozen spectators in the court room arose in their excitement and moved towards Howgate with outstretched hands, but toe clerk had begun the next question and they restrain* d themselves. “What say you as to the issue between the United States and the defendant as to the charge of embezzlement contained in the second indictment? Do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?” ' “Not guilty,” said the foreman. Mr. Worthington arose with the remark that the defendant would be remanded to custody on account of- the remaining indictment. Judge McComas made no answer to the question, but announced, somewhat sternly, that “The members pf this jury are now discharged.” ' ' Howgate was then taken back to the prisoners’cage.

THE DE CASTELLANES Arrive from Franc* to* Attend the W*4dlu( of the Coant and Anna Gould. New York, Feb. The French line steamer La Champagne arrived yesterday. Among her saloon passen- * gers were the father, mother and brother of Connt de Castellane, who will on March 4 marry Miss Anna Gould. The Marquis de Castellane and Count Jean de Castellane preserved, not the exclusiveness which their position as the head of one of the proudest families of the French nobility would warrant, but the most democratic graciousness. When the marquis and party reached the pier they were hurriedly driven to the Gould mansion on Fifth avenue, where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Gould. The amount of duty said to have been paid upon the presents and other articles brought by the De Castellanes was §2,500. Old. heirlooms which have been in the family of the marquis’ for years, are said to hare been among the articles of jew* here. “FEED MY SHEEP.”

The Sacred Injunction Obeyed by a Sick Mtamer** Wife. Beater Faixs, Pa., Feb. 24.—The members of the Methodist Episcopal church enjoyed something’ of a novelty this evening. Rev. George Turbush, the pastor, was taken ill after the: morning service and was unable to preach in the evening. That the congregation might not be disappointed, Mrs. Turbush took her' husband's, place in the pulpit and after the usual hymn and a prayer by on* of the laymen, she read a sermon from a book. The members of- the congregation were highly pleased. Mr| Turbush is* a cultivated woman, has a fine voice and her friends were delighted with the success of her undertaking. A SECOND MARRIAGE Resulted In a Once Wealthy Woman Hying Practically a Pauper. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 25.—Mrs. Malissa Rhodes, aged 65, died at her home,, a short distance south of this city, Friday. For some years past she had been, cared tor by the charity of friends. Ten years ago she was the wealthiest woman in Buchanan county outside of St. Joseph, her husband having left her a large fortune at his death. She* married a second tirae-uad her husband squandered her foriaae and thdn. deserted her.