Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 January 1896 — Page 2

©u^UwGmmttj graomrt M. KoO. 8T00P8, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. Four hundred and fifty thousand pennies a day is the record now being made by the mint presses of Philadelphia. ‘ The senate committee on finance, almost immediately after it went .into session,, on the 6th, ordered a free coinage bill to be reported to the Senate. The government of Portugal has decided to remain neutral in the dispute between permaity and England, Venezuelan dispatehes however reiterate tbe assertiA. Oar the 8th Lord Salisbnry notified the German government that Great Britain will maintain her rights in the Transvaal unj^er the convention of 1884 at all co^s. It is said that President Kruger of the Transvaal republic has made a claim of £500,000 indemnity from the British South Africa Co. for the damage inflicted by Dr. Jamieson's raid Into the Transvaal. FAIIA'kks ft# the week ended on the 11th, as reported by R. G. Dun A Co* were, for the United States. 431. as compared with 420 for the eorrespondc ing week last year: and for Canada, 63, against 54 last year. Anthony Sni^R, an eccentric millionaire of Auburn. N. Y., was arrested. on the l»th. for refusing to rem^e anoM* from his sidewalk. He declined to give or accept bail and was incarcerated in jail, pending examination. The proposition looking to the establishment of an international bank* which was one of the recommendations of the late Pan-AYfierican con-' press, will reeCivothe attention of the house committee on banking and currency On the 1th. Tufc British^ on irrl o{lie® issued a jabatement, on ihe Sth. ^declaring that ‘theTeport published by a New York papeK in an alleged cablegram frv>m Caracas. Venezuela. that British troops ‘ and cannon ^had arrived at Cnyuni. was^abs.>1 ute!y unfounded. A mspati 'h from Cape 1 n says that aftiCr nightfall on tae^ day of thy "tiaptole between Dr. Jamfeson an<l his follow'JVs and the B<x*rx. the latter used search lights, themselves remaining undyr cover and relying upon their sharpshooters to pick off Jamieson s mei> . Tin: St. James Gazette says: * “We Would rather face a rupture w ith Germany thanAo renounce the stipulation of the eon vent i* *tyt4 t i;at any international arrangement made by the South African republic requires the consent ami ratification of Great Britain'.'* At the close of business, on the 10th, the treasury gold reserve stood at 856,100,164. The withdrawals “f g<>ki at New York f-r that day amounted to $1,626,000. of which Sl.S'O.ooi) w as in bars. presumably for export, and $337vOonin gold coin for ‘‘domestic" purposes. . •

A nkv Journal, thenrsw^rintea rrom .CoreAn type. ha- made itfl^ippcarance in Seoul. Tt i- entitle*! The Capital News lye port. and appears every other day. The editorial tope (V the paper favors governmental reforms along the liih* of systems prevailing ip western nations.’ . i Enoch Harkisos. asre\( tst». a pioneer resident,, died at MUlersburg, O.. on the 9th. His wife, aped 90. died last July. They had Iwen married 63years at the time* of her death. Mr. Harrison was related to ex-Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison. Thk Hamilton club, a prominent republican social organization of. Chicago. has*invited Gov„Morton,' the latest avfes. Ute r^r t-■ nomination, to be its guest of honor and principal speaker at tl\e annual banquet, on'the.3tst, to be held at the Auditorium., ■> AI'Vk ks from Persia sfjite that by two earthquake shocks. Jti the 2d and 5th. respectively, the larpe village of Janjabad »n4; the* town of Goi were entirely, apd Several other towns partially dest r. iVed. and l.loo persons were killed. Large numbers of cattle and sheep alsy perished. »t^ ", A movementds said- toihe. on foot establish a permanent Icqurt of arbitration, to be composed of an equal number of. judge*'ofjher majesty's high court '"and of the "United States supreme court, to consider and settle all differences arising betwgf'PT'Nfcn* gland and America. SiRJtniAX GotPsuin, mender of.thi British parliament for the south divi sion of St. Pancras, died, on the Tth St Brighton, where he had been se riousiy ill for several Weeks. He wa 68 years of age. and one of the wealth lest, most charitable and best-knowi Hebrews in England. Is formation reached the navy department. oh the 10th, that the British government was displaying great activity in storing coal at its well-forti-fied naval coaling and supply station at St. Lucia, near the Venezuelan coast. The disturbed relations between Great Britain and Germany was given as the reason for the^aetivity. The funeral of 1 Vince Alexander of Prussia, who died in Berlin on the 4th, took place in the cathedral in that city on the 9th. Among those present in tlfe cathedral were the emperor and empress, ex-Empress Frederick. Prince and Princess Frederick Leopold, ol Prussia, the members of the diplomatic corps, and many other distinguished persona.

JANUARY—1896: Su. 12 19 26 J3 fi— 20 27 Tu. 14 21 28 V»d. 8 15 22 29 Thar. 16 23 30 Fri. 10 17 24 31 Sat 11 18 25 if CUBREN'F TOPICS. THE HEWS IN BRIEF. UV. CONGRESS. (First Session.) The senate was not in session on the 6th.... In the house, during the 20 minutes, session, nothing of public Interest occurred. Although It had been expected that some notice would be taken of the published call forbids for the new bond ^issue. There was preposition made for the swearing-in of MrA Iley. as representative from the new stafe~bMfTah. but as hts credentials were not officially signed by the governor and secretary, objection was made, and the matter was referred to the judiciary committee. *■ "In the sedate, bn the 7th. the finance committee's substitute for the house bond bill was reported and placed on- the calendar. Mr. Chandler suggested a. plan for making the proposed lohn a really pbpular one. The statute making tne Pulitzer-fPrince of Wales cable correspondence a .criminal act was brought to the attention of the senate by Mr. Lodge (Mass.) Mr- Vest spoke In answer to Mr. Sherman....4. I fn the house an animated discussion on the sbhieot of committee employes was the princi- | parFfeaturb of thjeday’s proceedings. Mr. Allen,, rqpreseniative-dect from Utah, was sworn in. Several re*olutipns'of inquibjr were agreed to, and the house adjourned, j In the senate, on the «th. th* only incidents I of note du-iiig the 50-minute session were the I swearing-in of Senator Wolcott (rep.. Col) for I his new term; tfie reporting of an important |biH trini the committee, on*-naval Affair* foe | the enlistnient of additional men'fbr the "navy- ■ and a notice'by Mr. Butler (pop..*X. C.) of amendments to the bouse bond bill with a freesiiver su stitute.In the house a joint resolution offered jhy Mr. Spauldinj* (rep.. Mich.), looking to the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. was read and referred to the committee oa foreign, affairs- Several unimportant routine matters we-e also considered during th«j 40-m.ii’.iif session. ^ V MIs the se- ate. on the bth- the flay wgs mostly occupied in speeches by "Messrs. Baker (rep.. J,i\'ofof the rigid applicationt>f the foclrine—and Stewart (pop. New)— nnncijal question. Mr. Baker's joint i wus/ref erred to the cbmmittee on ns In-the house a resolution offered by Mr. Bingham (rep.. Pa.), and appro*-': by the committee on appropriations, cab :.y •: vn the s-cretary of, the treasury for a statement of. the reasons' for delay in the CbR'tr:.. torn of the mint'b’uilding at Philadelphia. was agreed to. ' 9 . In the s, hate. on the^Khh: piam^l^ie entire four-hours session Vas occ(Spied by set speeches Mr. .Prichard*'(rep.. N, C.) acfviicating a -higher protective yiri^^M^. White such an amendment to the senate Id'enaMe the majority to close debate and force a votVo® any pending measure, and.Mr. Jones (dem., Ark.> in fav«up*-df free hlleercolhag med un^il the fifth. In the' house during the dtscussiOhof •tlP'proyK»ed i wiles. Mr Hepburg KTep...Ia. t offered an amendment maklnjr it obligatory upon the speaker to recognize a member who addresses h m in a. -erdahee with the', rule, which being advocated by Mr. Bell (pop.. Col). Mr. Hepburn drarrfaticaliy withdrew. A night session ruIS*s‘;'t

PERSONAL ANQ .GENERAL* •Unknown men called at the home of Ed. Welsh, at Holton. ’Kas.. on the night of the . 7th. fblindfolded him. timwv/hiin to .the. flbor, cutoff his left hand with an ax and rpbbed him. The cdmnysnity wa's* abused an^blopll-• hounds-were put on the trail of .his assailants. who carrieW away the severed hand with them. A rinvATK bank.at Fayette. 0.. was entered by burglars on.-the night of the 7th. the safe{blown open and everything of vafee taken. * The robbers probably got ten thousand dollars. The delegation of the Cuban* republic. lien. Thomas Estrada llulma. Secretary Gonzala Querad^ and Treasurer HoratiofKubcns.- reached Washington, onthe.fth. after an absence of t^n days, to resume their efforts to securer recognition and an accordance of belligerent rights to their government. Several men t#ere injured in Winterset. fa . on the 7th. by the collapse of a building occupied by the C.» U. Beverington Hardware Co., on the south side of the square. The stock and building were ruined, as w^s the stock and building next west.-also ‘carried down by the crash. * The republican Senatorial eauc.us, on the 8th. decided to have the tariff bill reported to the senate a^ it came from the house, without amendment. Ox the 8th,7Acting Portuguese Minister Senor Taveir, at Washington receivAd__a cablegram conveying the in telHgccce of the capture of Gungunh^ina and his Son Guid%. 1 >% Portu--'guese troops. v The Akron. Bedford «fc Cleveland In-nir-Urban Railway Co.'s bridge which spanned Tinker's creek, just southeast of Bedford, O., went down under the weight of a lGb-horse powct-Tnotdr and a heavy car-load of coal on the 9th Three trainmen went down with the bridge, one of whom was kilfed outright and the other two fataTly .injured. - 6 . In the tank Of ‘ the .steadier Herrmann. which arrivedjit Hull.England, on the yth. from Bueno6 Ayres, were found fifteen stowaways. Six of them were dead, and the remaining nine I were in an insensible condition, and woulddiave died in a few hours. Mr. E. B. Wight, for nearly a dozen years correspondent in Washington of j the Chicago Inter-Ocean and Boston i Journal, died suddenly, on the 9th. of j heart trouble. Mr. W|ght had been a Washington correspondent for many j years, having been, at different limes, j connected with the New York Times, j Chicago Tribune and the two papers in whose service he was at the timerof his death. United States District Attornet McFarlane filed a bill of complain4, in the United States circuit court in New York city, on the 9th. against the 33 railroads forming the Joint Traffic association. He also gave notice that, on January 17, he would more for an injunction restraining the association from operating under iu agreement «

Persistext rumor* were in circula- | tion in Madrid, on the 9th' that Capfc.- | Gen. Campos Will be sucdf-eded “by Gen.' ; Polavieja or by Gem Weller, in command of the Spaniskl forces in Cuba, but the cabinet council decided not to ! accept Campou resignation. Ecbope is waiting' on President Kruger of the Transvaal republic. Peace i or war depends? on whether does or does not repudiate, the su^irainty of I Great Britain: lit is reported that on i the advice of the German emperor he | will demand complete independence. A New York paper has ireceived mail ! advices from Port-au-Prince, Hayti, to j the effect that a revolution, far-reach-ing in extent4 and importance and in I its probable results, is again threatened in the Black republic. The correspondent says that if the plans of the conspirators do not miscarry, it will be under way by the latter part of January. ’ I. Towxsexd Bttrdex, whose home is in New York city, was robbed, on De- ! cember 27, of diamonds worth $50,000# ' has received a letter from the thieves, in which they offer to returiy^he gems intact, providing Mr. Burden promises immunity from arrest and Wlso gives them the $5,000 reward. MrX^Jurden is willing. , - Unless the port© makes prompt reparation for the burning of the American mission buildings at Harpoot. the j indemnity of $400,000 demanded by the I United. States "government’ wilL be col-. ! lected by, force. This statement is made by a high officer of the government. . . The pension . appropriation bill “re- ! potted? to the house of represer,t:ttives carries an appropriation of $141.32%,- | 520. which i» .about .the sum opproprinted last year, arid estimated byThe commissioner of pensions to be necessary. • a Mrs. A. Marshall, a widow,- of Cleveland’ 0.. poured coal oil bn her tire on the 10th. An explosion follow.ed'and she wasoliteralh* roasted. Her two brothers, who went to her aid, were take% to the hospital.Electrician a! S, Krotz of the Springfield street railway in Cleveland. O., has made successful experiments withjhis invention of an underground electric conduit system for. street cars. L. Z. Reach. df Indianapoli? Ind., county supervisor of natural gas. *in 'his aytnua 1 report. on the 1,0th, announced that the gas territory - is getting smaller. and thai^ie supply* Jk gradually decreasing. The Unked States battleship Indiana arrived.at Newport, R. I.. on "the ?0th, for the ’purpose of; receiving her torpedo outhf-eor,sisting ofsten. White*. h.ead torpedoes. . Albert Tolt.is, a farmer living nine miles north bf Kentlapd. Ind.. was lodged^ in ju|il,'on ,the <>th. charged with murdering his eight-inontW-old child. The’ infant's crying annoyed Mr. ^’ollisi and he plaeetl tlis hand over j its mouth and smothered It. Representative Ike .Wilson. democrat, of Louisville, who Igot up-from, a sick bed to go to Frankfort. Ivy., and vote for Blackburn, for senator, was reported. on the 11th. to be dying. The greatest activity is being sh^vn bv the .naval authorities at Victoria. B. C. / , ■ * Ex-J^REsidext Harrison - left, his home in in<iian:tfpolis„ ImL. <^ji the 10th. j for New York, and lvis secretary said hov^going to consult wilb>other at-’ torneys in* the California^ irrigation cases. From New York the#ex-presi-dent will go to Washington to argue .the cases ip the United States supreme court. ■ » ' > „

' LATE fSjEWS ITEMS. - The senate was not in session opt the 11th......In the house fvji'tber .consideration of The cole of. rpfcs' reported by1 the committee on wiles ocenpied session. With ‘ tie exception "every change recommended In' the committee was agreed to. and pb proposition originating on. the lioor was accepted. • The rule relating to theicotinting, by request of Mr. Manderf>On (rep.. Ia.).. went over. For the tiyst time dur'.ing the session the speaker had an opportunity to count a: ou<wjiin under the .rules. Adj >urned ly ththiSth. Mr. Hays Hammo.nd, an American mining engineer, is among the members of the re for in committee who were arrested in Johannesburg, op the 1 l«h, and takeh t^ Pretoria charged | with high treason. Mf. Hammond is | well known in New York city, where j efforts are on foot to try anu secure ;• his release. . weekly statement of the XywYork city associated bapks for the week tended on thtr~Tftih showed the | fidlowing changes: KeseVve. increase, J7.304.4ia; 4oan», decrease, ''$7,372,300: f specie, increase. $2,301,500; legal tenders. increase. $4,9gS,40G; deposits, in-, creasy. $347,100; circulation; increase, 540.700. . ' [ The L ndon Globe says it hears that The flying squadron just formed Will t jjo to the Mediterranean, and adds i that the vessels\ttaehed to the squadron, which may eventually be ordered to proceed to Delagoa bay. Portuguese east Africa, Will probably go by way [ ofnhe Suez canal. ” a j Aliitb AUSTIN', the newly-appointed ! English poet laureate, has a poem in the London Times which may be said ' to be his first work in connection with his office, and which is laudatory oi | Dr. Jamieson's ride into th/ Trans- | vaal. ' Representative Isaac Wamon, dem oerat. of Nelson county. Ky., died, on j the 11th. thus breaking the tie in the I legislature.Senator Blackburn's friends I say there shall be no election of sen- | ator till Wilson's successor is elected. The suits for damages brought by • Mueller. Cranston and Johnston, the j Hawaiian exiles, agaipsit the CanadianAustralian Steamship Co., have been , commenced in Vancouver, B- C. On the 11th the associated banks oi i New York city held 827,183,100 in ex- ! cess of the requirements of the 25-per- ; cent rule. • s It is reported that fresh massacres of Armenians have occurred at Rum [ Kalf h and Djebine, in the district of | Orfaht

INDIANA STATE NEWS. At Hagerstown a very strong gas well has been drilled in by the local gas company. It is the best in that section and will supply sufficient fuel to the consumers there, who, so far this winter, hare not had enough to be comfortable. . • A won am broker is making a good living and building up a considerable business in Clarksville. She is a broker in sugar; coffee and tea, Neab Richmond, William Thomas and Harry Bessleman were hunting and Besslema^ slipped. His gun was discharged and Thomas received the full charge in the left shoulder. He may recover. - Indianapolis is well off, being worth $103,000,000 and owing but fl,J6S*.500. At the regular meetin g of the Dela-^ ware County Medical soeiety'-thee—fot^ lowing officers were „ e lected: President, Dr. G, W. Bucklin; Vice president. Dr. S. M. Reid; secretary, Dr. U. ll. .Poland; treasurer, Dr. G. .R. Green; censors, Drs. G. W. H. Kemper, L. L. •Ball, I. N. Trent, W. J. Boy den and Dr. Anna Leminop Griffin. * Patrick Galvin, at Indianapolis, snot Samuel Pugh through the stomach and ® ^Mrs. Mollie Murphy through the abdo'men, and was in turn shot dead, with his own revolver, by the husband of ; the injurAi woman. Mrs. Mnrpbyand Paug-h will die. ' ■ The free scholarships at Pilrdne university apportioned to Boone counjty .are going a-begging, S. T. Stephen- . son, president of the Farmer’s Institute, has called the newspapers to his aid. id -finding young men wiling to j accept The steam tug Cockrell, owned by the Michigan Fi.sh Co., while breaking ; ice at Michigan City.-sprung'a leak and sank in 20 feet pf w^ter. No lives were lost '. „ ' I Nearly 200 indictments have been found against d^ggists at Danville, Hendricks county^or illegal * sale of j intoxicants.. The cases were w^rkecP up by students. »j The* Keliar famiTy will be tried at Terre Haute on the 27th-for the murder of Clara Shanlcs. j The grand’ jury a|t South Bend re-^ turned an indictment against Ephyaim Brick 'for murder in the first- degree. He ’killed Ad^m Atlunderlick. ■ Wst Phelps. „of Cincinnati, a p’risober in the Muncie jail, has his heart , on the right side. ° " IkSoNE county farmers halve tried boiled water; as a remedy for hog chimera since Prof. D. W. Dennis, Earlham college, recommended- i£ They are surprised at its result, many 'marvelous cures beipg related. The new cure has resulted in a good under4-ton«-ih the prices of shouts. They had been a drug on the market since the ravages of cholera. r ■y^SfouNG Wm. Marlow, vho was shot by a companion while rubbit huntipg near Anderson, the other afternoon, is dead. Physicians amputated his leg in the hope of saving his life, but.it was of no.avaiL li

The- United States district court convened in New Albany a few days , ago, Judge Baker.^of Indianapolis. pre- * siding; J Ricuaioxif is still engaged in ar^at- ‘ tempt to find natural ga;. The drill is : down 2.100 and it will be sunk 400 feet deeper, u necessary. The 120,000 people of Indianapolis have? plenty *of room, or the city is • spread over 2Q. square miles of terri- , * tory. A storekeeper of Kokomo is highly" indignant over the action of a burglar who broke a 8100 plate glass windowto get at about ten dollars’ worth of “silver-plated ware. > , Vincennes Charles Hammond w|s ^sentenced to three* yearsin the penitentiary for horse stealing. This is the third time Hammond has'been sent to prison from this'county for larceny. U. C. Follett, 77 years old. a resi-' dept of Michigan City since 1S39, died a few'days since. «He was for several years paymaster of .the Michigan Central railroad and postmaster for eifrht years. „ A malignant form of measles which is raging at Aurora has compelled the board of health to close the public schools and the Sunday-schools. SLx . deaths have occci^ed and 30 cases pave Of eii reported. « ’ At Little York, ^Vashington county ^Valter Cobhibs. a prosperous young/ farmer, killed his wife Lizzie and then •attempted to take his own life. Coombs was jealous. He can not live. C L Poats, worth §500.000, has begun , the,erection of a home for fallen women near lien ton barber. Hf his^an^ non need that hUTife work will be one ; of reformation. A palatial home will be built, and girls w^o Wviil \j4 gathered from the brothels in lapge cities will be sheltwred^and educated for useful ; lives. Mr. I‘oats has announced that he will settle a portion of his fortune on each inmate of his home who' demonstrates (her ability to reform. HU relatives will immediately commence action ip the courts Xo ha\e him declared • of unsound ■ mind, and Poats will bitterly contest the proceedings. ^ Capitalists arp arranging to establish a cracker factory at Muncie. to be outside the trust, and put the product on the market cheaper than it is now •old. D. M. Alsbalgh. a well known at- ‘ torney at Salem, fell on the icy pavement, breaking hU leg above the ankle. * The loss by fire in Richmond the past year was about the lightest in the city's hUtory. ‘ There were 111 alarms sent in and the tothl loss was only §13,786. Three thousand hogs have died in Boone county within, the past three months of cholera. It is estimated that the fanners of Boone county have spent at least $2,500 for hog cholera remedies within thu time. Mb& Elizabeth Bkouillxtte, one of the early pioneer French- settlers of Vincennes, familiarly called ''Aunt Betsy,** died the other night aged 8& She was identified with the early settlement of the old cost. i v

ENGLISHMEN CALM And Not Disposed to Believe that War Is Imminent In Spite of Great Prepara* tions—If Great Britain is Threat ening Any Power or If Any Power Has Actu. ally Threatened Her the Fact Is Unknown. . London, Jan. 13.—Though official and diplomatic circles are 'said to believe that Great Britain is facing a great crisis, th^publie refuse :o believdHhat there is>w«u=a-po^sibility of war. It is thought that naval preparations making are well enough in their way to* impress upoif foreign powers that Great. Britain is ready to accept the gage of battle shoq^it be thrown down, but the popular opinion is that England will not herself provoke a war. The belief grows how^ ever, that the Transvaal government will need a reminders that GctaC Britan still exercises suzeratnjKnvers over the country, and does nofjabopose to forego any of the rights Conferred upon hereby the Anglo-BoeFconven-tion of lafs4. Much dissatisfaction is expressed at the attitude of President Kruger. Though it is generally conceded thathe is practically a dictator in the Tfarfs; vaai, it is belieypd-that the anger yd the burghers^ against the British is burning so fiercely that he dare not release Dr. Jamieson and :he other prisoners at present, and that in 'iqaK-ing th^ir release eontingen upon the restoration of order in Jc hanneslmrg-he Is temporizing \n order that the inlftgriution among, the B >ers may cool clown. . The report of the dis> pvery of documents showing the xisteUee. of "ha widespread conspiracy against the* Transvaal, simply coudrms the belief1 entertained in many ^quarters that there was really an intention/op tne part of certain ambitious mci/:o overturn tint Transvaal government, and then bring about the annexation of Giattfountr^ to Cape Colony, j It is thought -that the arrest atJoliannosburg of ,_d number of members of tiA* -reform- 'committee Was due to knowledge reaching the govern men) t h;!t the men arrested were iihpiieatel intljis conspiracy. Mr. John ll% Hack mond. the-American mining engineer Who was arrested., is well known ip New .York, add it *is reported that ef-tarisr-iar«r already being n^ide 'b^yhis rifiendsdn sthat city and elsewhere to secure ins release. " iJ ^ As stuteii in ti^ese dispatchers yesthr-f day. it is believed that all„ serious .rouble with tin® TransvaaJ has been averted by the prompt and energetic action-of „tlfe British government, and that whatever questions may uh"i«e or have already arisen, will be sctfeledthrough the usual diplomatic ojian

With regard to Germany.7it Nan be sjiid-that although the hiterfCrenyJoj ijpiperor■ William^ dv a matter thatTTn no wiseconcerned ..him aroused a most, warlike feeling- -throu^jjJm^Grieat Britain, that 'excitement to\u great exteht jte dying out Under the • repe it^ a’Ssuifaaees ot i^ie tier man preafe that Germa ny* neyer/mtended to affront England. if Great Britain is threatening any pd-vyer, oi/if any power had netuaIIy. t hre a t em-d her. it is impossible to say wj*ich ^ower it *is tluyt has ihecajced oris being menaced. Of course, h^is generally understood that Germany's tye power in Question, but there is nothing official to "show that she is. It is not known- whether or not Lord SalHbprv had asked for an explanation of Emperor Pulliam s attitude, or, if he has done so.-whether ‘any explanation has been vouchsafed hini. * At any rate. Emperor William is nht alone in german sentiment, so <fai*’ us can W; learned fiyun tke newspapers, against War.. To . declare war. thotaglT it lie merely defensive, the emperor^ must have the consent of~~the bundesrath; and it is believed that the commercial and colonial interests would exert ail their*- influence to prevent a declaration of‘war against Great BritSuch a war would undoubtedly be disastrous tothdse interests. amLnojone is quicker to seje this than the Gernjans themselves. It will, therefore, devolve on the British government to declare war. and it can be stated that scarcely anyone believes it will do so. - * There can. however, be no denial made of the fact that England is putting herself in a condition of prepared feadiuessdor any emergency that ifiay arise. Popular opinion supports this policy, and would sjmaort war should ’ Ik- ' necessary to T^oerte, British mor and the integrity of the, empire, but it is not thought now t hatcher is threatened, and there are hot laekibg perfSbns who do not hesitate to declare t'^jit fiord Salisbury is "“playing to the gallery.'* *. 1 - Harmonious Relations Rrttortd Between ' Germany anti England. ' Loxpox.Jan.13.—In to-<lay's issue t^e Standard says: *“It is now explained from Berlin emperor's message to President Kruger, instead of indicating a new departure in German foreign policy, was at the mast ah expression ; of momentary irritation, which we are authorized to declare has passed away, leaving'the relations between Germany a$fd Great Britain ns friendly as heretofore] 1m Made No Druianil for a Change. Loxdox, Jan. 13.—The Standard to: day says it is in a position to state that President Kruger has made no demand for a change in the existing stipulation of the treaty between the South African republic and Great Britan. . ft ^THIS CONCERNS US. Lord Sall»bury*« Finn for Settling the Venezuelan Dispute. Loxdox, Jan. 13.—The Daily News t<i»-day says that Lord Salisbury has refused to agree to arbitration of the Guiana boundary dispute on the terms proposed by Venezuela, and has also declined to * recognize the request of the United States to trace a boundary, but if the American commission define w hat, in their opinion, the * terms should be, anti if a European powei w ill then act. as arbitrator, all interests would be satisfied.

WRECK AND WEATHER Make Hard Liars for the Crew of tho Janet Cowan—Stranded on Vancouver Island—Three Men Jump Overboard and are Drowned, Four are Frozen to lXnkth and Five Abandoned to Their Fate. >^PoRr Towxsfxd. Wash., .lari. 13.— - The British bark Janet Gowan. Capt. Thompson, bound from Cape Town, South Africa, to Vancouver, B. C.. was wrecked on December 31 last near' Carmauah, nri the west coast of Vancouver island. The second mate and two sailors jumped overboard, when the vessel struck upon the rocks and were drowned, and the brave old skipper. together with three of his crew, were frozen to death while endeavoring to find shelter on tin? pocky shore. The Janet Cowan was a. Clyde-built v&Sselj owned by Shakland A Co,, and valued at 81-7,000. %he left Cape Town September 11. for Vancouver, Under charter to load lumber for a South. African port.7 Her voyage was uneventful until December 30, when she rounded Cape Flattery ami encountered a heavy gale which drove her | seaward. A succession of adverse { winds forced the unfortunate ship toI ward the dreaded west-coast of Vancouver island and despite nil efforts on the part of the crew, she struck a reef ! about 12 m^ies west of Carman ah j lighthouse on the night of December | 31. Directly the vessel grounded Sec1 ond 'Mate Howell and two of the crew ■"jumped overboard and perished. I As soon as It became apparent that | the *ship was doomed, the men set i about to reach the shore, an extremely fl*tneult task on account of the terri- : ble. surf. Finally, after several ati. tempts a sailor, named Chamberlain | succeeded in Swimming ashore with a | rope, and latenon a breeches buoy was 1 riggedyiprob filth the remainder of the crew succeeded in. reach ing the beach in safety. The men were almost entirely nude and. the weather was bitterly cold. The lauding was/ effected at the bottom of a snow-covered cliff, over the too of which jay Ahe only means of escape. A sauarSbcalgd ^thgel-ijlf and ' by means of V rope 'his compantops followed him t>0 ih|g,tablelarul.ai>ove. Here a telegraph line was found and, the party divided. half following the wire in&ithe*! direction. ' The little badd who faced, westward soon encountered a river which barred j further progress in thaqdirection. Be*, j tracing theiAsteps, tKey. followed/the j pole line eastfward until they discovered-* • the bodies of - Capt. Thompson and 1 three sailors frozen stiff and almost 1 covertnt*with/now. Fearing a-similar [ f%te,;the fgiriisheji and half-ftozem sea Lmen.once more beaded for their vessel, I Oik reaching the cli ff they found the ! sea.mueh calmer and securing a.iifeI bopt which had drifted ashore, the |^4arty returned to the ship. While attempting to prevent the sailors from ■pillaging.‘the captain's cabin the first S mate fell through a hatchway and | woke his. leg. j After looting the bark pf three j months' provisions, the,men landed on , the beach, wheye for 12 days they suf- ! 'fered in the sripw until Abe arrival of ? the 'fug Tyee Saturday morning. The ! first! mate and ten men were brought i to this, city yesterday, and arc now in ; charge of the 15r«)tish consul. ‘ All are | r$ore efr less frostbitten. The remain- : iiig five of the Crew were On the top of ! the bluff When the rescue was effeetI ed,’hnd either refused to leave orcould | not understand the signals from the I tug boat. >A rising stoym forced the | Tyee to leave them to their fate, and [ it is possible that'all may perish' from, “exposure. The vessel will be sent to their relief immediatelv.' *» %

A BLOODY ENGAGEMENT !a*Wh!fb the Rebels Retired .Viter In Uictlng Seriou,^ Low on the \ Spanish Troop*. - Cora>x.Tfee: via Tampa, Fla., Jan. IX.—To-dtfy the.column upuer the command of Lieut.X’bl. Perura -returned to this city. Yesterday it had a sharp and bloody engagement-s with the rebels under Gomez. The number of the latter was estimated at ,>,000. The vanguard hf Col. Ferara's colmaa. com* posed of a detachment of Santiago cavalry, met 20 mounted rebels between the town ®f Cali mete and the Triunffo sugar „ estate. The rebels fired a volley at the royal troops and instantly retired in the direction of their main body on the estate. The column advanced and on nearing the estate a general fire wa£ opened on it bv the rebel.^ Later a detachmenGpf mountedrebels charged with machetes. They were allowed to get near the t roops before the command to fire was given. The first volley emptied 20 saddles, when the rebels, precipitately retired to-shelter.baJk of some temporary barricades that They had erected. CoL Pardra advanced his column, taking up several positions. ...V Steady fire was ^maintained on both sides, and the royal troops charged en masse, whereupon the enemy fled. The Spanish loss in killed and wounded in dislodging them was-large. The engagement commenced at six a, m. and lasted until eight. After the rebels fled the royal troops gathered in their dead and wounded, taking them-* to CalimeteT "From the latter place they were transferred to-day ,to this city, where th*. dead were buried. The casualties are as follows: Dead, two lieutenants, and - 17 soldiers; wounded, twp captains, two lieutenants and 47 soldiers. Some of the latter have several bullet wounds. ’ , —;— -X- ' ‘ THE ARMENIAN . MASSACRES. \e« EftimatM of the Snmbcrs Killed and Village* Dotrojed. f Loxdox. Jan. 13.—Thei Constantinople representative of the United Press, telegraphing under date j of Saturday* says that more complete tables of the persons killed and property destroyed in the provinces of Harriot and Diar* bekir show that 176 jrowEs and villages, containing 8L06O Armenian houses, were burned. The Armenian»< in these towns and villages numbered 03,000, and of these 15,845 were killedThis excludes the uncertain reports. *