Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 31 January 1896 — Page 2

du Ou County Democrat K. MeO. STOOPS. Editor ud Proprietor. FETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA.' AccoRDiXGto the surreys of an agent of the British government, all that portion of Forty-Miile creek in Alaska where gold has been discovered belongs to the United States. FAH.T7BE8 for the United States for the week ended on the 24th, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., were 373, against 363 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures were SI, against TO last year. Miss Agues Belle Seele, daughter of the mayor of Helena, Mont., has been selected to christen the new gun* boat Helena, which will be launched* at the works of the Newport News (Va.) Ship Building and Dry Dock Co. on the •Oth.

This American Agriculturalist, which reported the value of farm animals throughout the country in 1893 at 92,' 483,083,000, now places their value, on January 1, 1896, at 81,860,420,000, a shrinkage for the three years of $622,$63,000, $62,139,000 of which occurred ' during 1895. The London Standard, on the 22d, Announced the death of Prince Henry of Battenburg, the husband of Princess Beatrice, who accompanied the expedition against the Ashantees. The prince succumbed to coast fever while on his return voyage from Cape Coast Castle to' Slerre Leone. v Dr. K. N. Fevwick, professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the medical branch of Queen university at Kftigstau.Ont.. and one of the leading „ 1 physicians of Canada, died on the 22d. Blood poisoning, contracted by cutting his finger while performing an operd- . tion, was the tause of his death. A dispatch from Washington, on the fist, said: “Associate Justice Field has yielded to the long-standing desire of President Cleveland ami agreed to retire. He will go upon the retired list at the close of this term of the supreme court, if he keeps the promise he made . recently to the president and Senator White, of California.*’ After the meeting of the Venezuela boundary commission, on the 24th, Justice Brewer told a reporter that excellent progress was being made, but that it would be extremely injudicious to attempt to tnake public bits of evidence in a haphazard way which might be exceedingly misleading and injurious to the work in hand. A series of resolutions passed by the Massachusetts legislature asking corn* gresa to regulate the hours of labor throughout the United States, were . ordered to lie on the table of the house . committee on labor, on the 22d, and *! the legislature of Massachusetts was asked to submit a form of bill that will accomplish the desired object. The annual report of the Dominion post mast eir-general, issued on the 23d, showed that the letters posted in Canada last year reached a total of 110,I 600,000; postal cards, 24,600,000, and newspaper* and book packages* 23,000,000. The total revenue of the de--i- partment for the year was $2,792,732 aud the total expenditures $3,593,647. It was reported in Washington, on the 21st, that the president had intimated to Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, that unless Spain suppresses the rebellion in Cubajn a short time the independence of the island will.be recognized by this government, to the end that protection may be afforded the lives and property* of Americans in Cuba. A select commission, consisting of Secretary Lamont, Gen. Miles and Gen. Dodge, of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, agreed, on the 10th, upon a site in the city of Washington, for the location of the staAfe of Gen. Sherman. It is just south of the treasury building, and in direct line with Pennsylvania avenue, where the statue will be in full view from the capital.

Secretary or State Oi.ney regards the mission of the American Rod Gross in Armenia under the circumstances as a grave mistake, which is likely to embroil this country in further'difficulty with the' Turkish government. If Miss Barton is peacefully ejected, the state department will enter uo protest; if she is maltreated our government will undoubtedly interfere. The London Globe comments angrily on the letter of the Tinted States Venezuelan commission suggesting that Great Britain and Venezuela be Invited to.e submit to the commission all of the evidence in their possession, and adds: “Will those pernicious commissioners undertake to answer for the effect upon their own countrymen of forcing the premier to snub the American secretary of state?*’ The Pall Mall Gazette ‘vouchee for the truth of the statement that an offensive and defensive alliance has been concluded between Russia and Turkey, the Unkiar-Skclcssi agreement of 1> :1 forming , the basis of the treaty. It Is a Iso thought that Prance ia a party to the new alliance. The British foreign office officials, on the 23d, denied knowledge of any such alliance, and attached oo importance to the statement. Minister Terrell telegraphedjto the State department, on the 24th, that while the porte still refused to grant permission to the Red Cross, or to members of the Red Cross, as such, to distribute relief in Armenia, and thereby declined to officially recognize that society. It will permit any persona whom Mr. Terrell names and approves, to distribute relief in the interior of Turkey, provided the Turkish authorities are kept informed of what they «pe doing. V- ‘ 7 , k

CURRENT TOPICS THE HE W8 DJ BRIEF. ! LIV. CONGRESS. (Tint gwiIon) Is the senate, on the 80th. the report of the committee on foreign relations as to the extent and meaning of the Monroe doctrine and its applicability to the Venexuelan dispute was received and placed on the calendar without discussion. No progress was made with the bouse bond bill and free coinage substiI tute reported from the committee on finance, j Mr. Refer s funeral bill was referred to the j committee on rules. Several bills of minor j importance were passed.In the house sev- ] eral minor bills and resolutions were agreed to. The president's message In response to house resolution of inquiry into the conduct of Ambassador Bayard was received and re-< ferred. The urgent deficiency trill was reported. and the military academy appropriatt on trill was passed in committee of the whole. in the senate, on the 81st. most of the day's session was spent in disjwsing of bills on the calendar that were unobjected to, ® of which we ~e passed. Two resolutlons.having reference to the war In Cuba. were, after brief discussion, referred to thewmmittee on foreign relations ..In the house the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, carrying ti.tSMQt, was passed, being the third appropriation bill already "passed at this session. Among other measures passed was a bill affirming and' legalizing J the issue of certain bonds authorised by the last legislature of New Mexico for public i buildings. Is the senate, on the 23d, Senator Woloott (Col.) held the rapt attention of senators on both sides of the chamber during a act speech in condemnation of the proposed extension of the Monroe doctrine and in criticism, of the action of the executive on the Venezuela question He spoke of the ingratitude of the Veneluelsns. less than one per cent, of whom are white, in forgetting that it was to the iud extended by England that they owe their freedom from the Spanish yoke. and hoped that the boundary line would be so fixed as to ghV the rich gold fields to the protection of the English common law.In the house a number of unimportant bills and resolutions were passed, and the unanimous report of elections committee No. 2 confirming the claim of H. C. Miner, the sitting member from the Ninth New York district, was agreed to without debate. Is the senate, on the 23d. after the morning hour. Mr. Vilas (dem., Wis.) reported a bill from the judiciary committee to prevent the carrying of obscene literature. ete..tfrom one state or territory to auother. The resolution offered by Mr Warren (rep, Wya) directing attention to the unprecedented shrinkage in the value of farm animais was made the text of a string protective tariff speech by its author. Mr. Dubois (rep . Idaho) spoke upon the bond bill, and Mr. Sewail (rep ) in advocacy of the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. In the house Mr. Henderson (rep., la.) reported from the committee on rules a modified form of the quorum-counting provision of the Fifty-first congress, which, after debate, was adopted. lit the (senate, on the 21th, the concurrent Resolution previously reported from the com-, in it ice on foreign relations on the subject of the Armenian outrages, was taken up and passed, after a highly Interesting discussion in which the barbarity of the Turks and the inaction of the powers, were roundly censured. Mr Jones (dem . Ark.) gave notice that-he would ask the senate, on the 30th, to remain in session until a vote was ^reached on the house bond bill with the free coinage substitute... In the house. In nig he session for the consideration of private pension matrers. 13 bills were passe !. among them one granting JT5 per mnn\h to the widow of Brig -ii,*n Coggswell. of Massachusetts, and one increasing to|T2the pension of the widow of Col. William Dulaney.

PERSONAL and general. SailIN'O orders of the steamships Friesland and LaTounrine. which were to have carried large pleasure parties from New York to the east, have been countermanded on account of the troubles in the east. A VKIX of salt 300 feet thick and said to be the richest in the world, has been discovered under the town of Little Hiver, Rice county, K&s. It is 500 feet down to the salt. Chicago capitalists will develop it. A DISPATCH from Madrid.-on the ijst, said: “It is announced that Marquis Ahrauda will 1,** the second in command under Gen. Weyler in Cubar and not Gen, Suarez Valdez, as previously announced. " ! ‘ , ■ - While August Voight, who lived_ at the edge of Michigan City, lnd., was sawing cord wood, on the 22d, the buzjf saw struck a knot and burst, and half of it. striking him in .the neck, almost severed the head from his body. Death was instantaneous. The Franklin county grand jury at Columbus, O., on the 22d, returned indictments against several members of the last legislature for bribery, and. it was reported, would find many more similar bills. The indicted belong to both political parties. Wit. E. llKocKWAf. the noted counterfeiter and forger, and Abbie L. Smith and Win. E. Wagner, two of (the gang connected with,him, and all of whom were arrested with several others in West Hoboken last fall, wore arraigned ip the federal court at Trenton, N. J.; on the 22d, and ^committed to jail in default of $15,000 hail._At the mouth of Fishing Creek, which empties into the Ohio river at New Martinsville. W. Va., on theSSd, M., It. Potts and two assistants cast a seine, and upon withdrawing it'found the most remarkable catch of fish on

rvcoru. • iihtc iu urwiuc o, • ;-v fish, of which all but about'300 were large enough to be marketable. .Mis* Clara Barton and her staff members of the National Red Cross society sailed, on the 23d, on the,steamship New York. Thcee who accompanied Miss Barton were Dr. J. B. Hubbell, field egent; Miss Lucy Greaves, stenographer and typewriter; Ernest Mason, interpreter and linguist, and- George 11. Pullman, secretary to Miss Barton. At the closing session of their coni vention in Chicago, on the 23d, the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States passed a resolution. among others, asking the establishment by the government of a department of manufactures under a secretary of equal rank with the secretary of agriculture. Commander Converse of the torpedo station at Newport, R. I., was called to Washington, on the 23d, to consider the details of placing torpedo tubes on the new battleships of the Kearsarge type below the water line. This will be a new feature in our war ships. The twenty-eighth annual convention of the National Woman Suffrage association met in Washington, on the 33d, with 100 delegates in attendance, including the moat prominent leaders in the movement from nearly every state in the Union.

: EX -CoHGSKSSXAS TltTBXMt, who, during hia four terms in congresa many years ago, earned the soubriquet of “The Outlaw” by his fearless and independent course, died at Louisville, Ky., on the 33d, aged 85. Os the 23d the po.te gave out the improbable story that two Armenians, believed to be members of the Armenian i•evolutionary committee, had murdered the Armenian bishop of Boghos. Bills have been introduced in the supreme council of Bombay abolish- i ing all duties on yarns, and reducing to 3H per cent, the duties bn woven goods. Is opening the New York state assembly at Albany with prayed, on the 23d, Rev. K. M. Kerwin asked for the success of the Cuban revolution and the maintenance of the Mcnroe doctrine. ' i,. • Is the senate, on the 23d, Mr. McMillin made a favorable report on the bill providing for additional reventyfe cutters: two for the great lakes, two for ■ the Pacific coast, and one each .'for the

guu ana->ew xorK. j The silver conference held in Washington, on the 23d, issued a call for a national convention of silver men to meet in St. Louis, July 22 next. WELIJAH W. Upton, who was appointed justice of the supreme court of Oregon in 1307, and subsequently became chief justice, died at his residence , in Washington, D. C., on the 23d, aged 78 years. A widow and five sons survive him. '. • The republican silver senators, on the 23d, signed a declaration which' is intended to be used in the coping campaign as the demand which the silver men will make for u plank in the national convention. President and Mrs. Cleveland gave their annual reception, on the night of the 23d, to congress and the judiciary. The drenching rain and wind storm that prevailed seriously interferred with the attendance. The postmaster general has decided to establish house-to-house collections of mail in cities having the free delivery system. A beginning will be made with 25 of the larger dities.Mrs. Emma Worman. the Wife of the principal owner of “Outing," committed suicide, on the evening of the 23d. Worry over the condition of her invadjul son is thought to have unsettled her mind and led to the rash act. Congressman Money. of Mississippi, was nominated, on the -3d, as the successor to Cnited States Senator George, of that state. Secretary or Wai$ Herbert, on the 24th, accepted the torpedo boat Ericsson. lie deducted for delays 816.000 , from the contract price 8120,000. An explosion of chemicals in the laboratory of the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., on the second floor of the oldstock exchange. Dearborn and Monroe streets, Chicago, on the 24th, wrecked the contents of the oftices on that floor, frightened into panic, hysterics or insensibility the occupants of the building, caused injury to three persons and a‘property loss of 810,000. Attorn e y-G eve ha l Maloney of Illinois, brought quo warranto proceedings in the eireuit court of CoCk county, on the 25th, against the Illinois Steel Co..for the purpose of having its eharlter revoked for an alleged unlawful expansion of its capital stock and for dealing in real estate contrary tc its charter. Ali.en Davis was instantly killer near Three Oaks; Ind., on the 24th, by the bursting of a huge iron fly-wheel, llis hotly was literally torn to pieces, one fragment of metal completely disemboweling him. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tue Baldwin heirs have entered suit for the possession of certain corner lots in the city of Montpelier, Ind., dedicated by the founder of the town for. park purposes under conditions which, the heirs claim, have not been j complied with. The lots, which are ; now valued at $500,000, have l^n se- ; cured by a real estate agent under quit claim deeds which the heirs allege were obtained by fraud, and which they seek to have set aside: i Legal proceedings have been instij luted in Cincinnati for the placing on j the tax duplicate of all property in s Hamilton county owned by the Roman | Catholic church and not used for j places of worship. The property in ! question is assessed at 51,000.000, aud 1 an effort will be made to have it charged for the past six years at an increased valuation of 5*1.000.000. The j move is said to have originated with the A. P. A. ! A dispatch from St. Petersburg, ou‘ the 26th, said the czar had given his ' sanction* to the naval estimates coyt ering a period of seven years, beginning in 1896, when 57,500,000 roubles will be appropriated for naval purposes. The figures are fixed in pro- | portion to the amounts expended on their naval forces by other powers? i Mbs. Betsy Moody, mother of Evanj gelist Moody, died, on the 26th, from an attack of la grippe at her home in { Northfield, Mass. All of her family | were with her, excepting one daughter ; who residesin Wisconsin. Mrs. Moody | was in her ninety-first year. A dispatch from Colon, United States j of Colombia, on the 27th, stated that tranquility had been restored in the prov^ice of Barranquilla, and that the state of siege proclaimed there recently had been raised. It was reported from Berlin, on the 26th, that Dr. Behring, of Leipsic, had discovered an anti-choler%serum, and that a public demonstration of its piroperties would be made at an early day. Castes Talnojk, the residence of Gen. Count von Schouvaloff, governor of Warsaw, near Kieff, was destroyed by fire, oil the 26th, together with all its valuable paintings and curios. John Tydkr,, the 6on of President John Tyler, died in Washington city, on the 26th, at a very advanced age, after an illness that had lasted for several months. Hon. Theodore F. Runton. American ambassador to Germany, died in Berlin, at one o’clock on the morning of the 27th, of heart failure, aged 73.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Late the other night the large farm residence of Jacob Kimberly, four miles east of Fortville, Was destroyed by fire, which caught from an overheated stove in the kitchen. Loss $2,000, insurance $1,260l We Stein ecker, a prominent business man of Bvansville, the other morning shot himself through the head with a revolver, after haring wrecked his three fine apartment flats by an explosion of powder. Steinecker was a widower. The general store belonging to Frank Kephart, at Kinder, a village nine miles northwest of Franklin, was burned to the ground the other night between nine and ten o’clock. Twentyfive pounds ef powder exploded with terrific force, the shock being distinctly felt in Franklin. Windows in the houses of the village were shattered and the immediate neighborhood had a severe shaking up. The loss is estil mated at about $1,500, with $1,100 insurance. Mrs. James Burge, aged 75 years, near Stoekdaie, Wabash county, was found dead in her bedroom the other morning. William Epson, at Vincennes, was sentenced to three years for larceny. This will be his third term at Jeffersonville. Mrs. Sidney Lyon, of Jeffersonville celebrated her eightieth birthday a few days since, her children giving a dinner party in honor ol the event. The jury in the 83,000 damage suit of Miss Maggie Aurelius against the L, E. it W. Railway Co. at Elwood, has returned a verdiet for 800(X Wm. Anderson and his wife, who live near Alert, Decatur county, left their infant child alone in the house with its three-year-old brother, the other morning, while they looked after soipe mat ters outside. In their absence the boy accidentally set fire to the clothing of the babe, which was so seriously burned that it died in a short while. Wm. Cummings, of Carbon, who shot and instantly killed Wm. Shaw, at Carbon, Christmas Eve. while engaged in an altercation, was acquitted on the ; charge of murder in the superior court at Brazil, a few days ago * At Hobart the other night Glen; Smith, aged six years, while playing ! tag with a number of little compan- ; ions, ran onto the track and was struck by the Pennsylvania limited train. He was thrown 20 feethgainst a box car, dashing hi&brains out. Mrs. Clark Nelson, a farmer’s wife, near Muncie, tried to light a stove which was full of escaped gas. In the explosion which followed her hair was all burned off, and her face and body were horribly burned. She will probably die. Six weeks ago, while Miss Lena McHue. of Muncie, was going to school she fell on the icj* pavement, sustaining injuries from which she died a few days later. She was the ten-year-old daughter of James Mcllue. The Orleans grand jury has returned an indictment against Ed McCoy for killing Deputy Marshal Co- | lumbus Brown at Orleans December 23. I charging him with murder^in the first .degree. P A large steel plant from Richland, I Va., has been located at Alexandria, on the Big Four railroad, and will be | put in operation during the coming j summer, with 500 emplvyjs. It will ; mean 830,000 more wages ; per month j for that city. 1 The citizens of Lawrence township | held an euthusisdltic temper:.nee meetI ing at Oaklandon a few' days since, j Constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the name' “The Lawrence Township Anti-saloon anc| Law Enforcement League,” was given the society. i Dr. Buck, of Kokomo, holds the local championship as a rat catcher. The other night the doctor set a trap i in hi? barn for the rodents, that he knew to be plentiful. On going out in the morning he found the trap so full j it would hold no more, bein^ 26 full1 grown rats in captivity. J William J. Henley, senioif member f of the law firm of Henley and Guffin, of Rushville. announces ht^self a? a ! candidate for the republican nomina- < tion for appellate judge for the second district. James Goodale, a bright young business man of Anderson has been adjudged insane as the result of an ati tack of typhoid fever. The fever left j him a few weeks ago, but his mind | has wandered ever sine-, and his con- | dition, is pitiable He will be sent to Richmond, and his wife and child

cared lor oy relatives in tranKion. Secretary Call ax, Of the Indiana liquor league, announced, a few days ago, that that organization would oppose the nomination of Gov. Matthews for the presidency, and in its efforts it would be assisted by the national organization. He says there are £35,000 members of the national league, and all of them will use their influence against the governor, the opposition ! being based on the fact that Matthews • signed the Nicholson temperance law, ! and thus made it effective, wheu he ! might easily have killed it with his veto, j Callan declares that the national league j- restored Tammany to power in New York, and that, that organization is pledged to oppose Matthews. , The old Peru Citizens* bank, which had a good reputation years ago, has been reorganised. It will be managed by a citizens* committee and Prof. Joseoh Merrill will be the director. PAST, PRESENT ANCTFUTURE. The different countries of the world now use 13,400 different kinds of postage stamps. One hunter in Connecticut shot 130 partridges and more than 200 woodcock during the game season recently closed. A free lodging house for tramps is to be established in New York, where the rule will be, “no bath, no bed.” In Jewish marriages the bride stands at the right of the bridegroom; with the people of every other creed it is the custom for the bride to take a position to tho left of her mate, i

HAS MET HER MATCH. Ragland Has B««n Overreached la Eastern Affairs—While She Is Loth to Admit the Fact, It Dally Becomes More Clearly Apparent that the Mistress of the Seas Is Becoming Palpably and Painfully Isolated. # Loxdon, Jan. 2t»—Though the government officials here and in Paris and in Berlin concur in, denying all knowledge of an offensive and defensive alliance between Russia and Turkey, little confidence is placed in their confessions of ignorance. Semi-official denials in a case like this are to be eX- , pected, especially when the defeated ! diplomats wish to conceal the truth or prevent it being told' It is now re- | called here that it was quite six months after the conclusion of the Unkiar- , Skelessi treaty-that the British gov- : ernment, on information vouchsafed by Russia, received absolutely definite aews that there was such a treaty- , Within three weeks parliament will ; assemble. The United Press has reason to pre- ‘ diet that ere then the evidence of the | existence of a Russo-Turkish compact^ will become so complete that further' denials will be useless. In the ministerial circle it is understood that Sir Philip Currie, the British ambassador to Turkey, will be recalled shortly, and that this action is due to the fact that he has been over-reached and discredited in Constantinople. The Speaker's Constantinople correspondent. whose accurate inside information gives his communications high reliability, has written, under date of January 18, that Russia is the absolute master of the situation. The secret compact guarantees the integrity of the Ottoman empire. Russia agreeing to assist in the restoration of order in Kurdistan, and,also to defend the Dar- j dandles. France has made her bargain w *h Russia; and will consequently give her consent to the compact. Germany is currying favor with the czar. Austria will maintain a neutrality and await her' opportunity. This, the correspondent adds, is the end of the intervention of the powers—a triumph for Russia and the defeat and humiliation of Great Britain. It is believed that the Russo-Turkish agreement is not embodied in a formal treaty, but consists rather in an exchange of notes. p As the entente practically makes Turkey a Russian protectorate, it is expected that it will be attended by a cessation of the Armenian massacres. The czar henceforth shares the sultan's responsibilities. The London papers, discussing what Great Britain will do. variously suggest the open annexation of Egypt, the seizure of an island near the Dardanelles, and the sending of a fleet to Constantinople. • They generally conclude, however, that it will bq best for Great Britain in the meantime to lie low.

’’ THE OFFICIAL CALL For the Democratic National Convention to -Meet in Chicago July 7. Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—National Chajrman Harrity has issued the official trail for the Democratic national convention. It reads as follows:/ Philadelphia. Jan. 2$. 1S96.—The Democratic national committee1 having met in the city of Washington. D. C-. January 16. IKW. has appointed Tuesday. July 7. 1896. at 12 o'clock noon, and chosen the city of Chicago. 111.. as the place for holding the Democratic national convention. Each state ; is entitled 10 representation therein equal nvdouble the number of its senators and representatives in the congress of the United States, dnd each territory and the District of Columbia shall ha4iirtwo delegates. All democratic conservative citiafns of the United States, irrespective of past ^liticnl associations and differences, who can unite with us in the effoTit for pure, economical and constitutional government, are cordially invited to join us in sending delegates to the convention. W. F. Harritv, Chairman. S. Shekrin. Secretary. A FOOL'S NERVE Almost Costs Him His Life la a Diving Contest. Madison, Wis., Jan. 3-7.—A sensational event occurred during the annual water tournament at the City natorium last evening. Fred Cull sv%in under water 163 feet in one minute and five seconds, and with almost unparalleled nerve he kept up the contest till he simply suffocated himself by holding his breath in his determin-" ation to win. He was in shallow water at the time aqd attendants quickly ^jerked him to his feet, when his breath burst forth, the black discoloration fledfrom his face and he was himself again. He was a startling spectacle to hundreds of beholders. 1 Professional athletes declare that . not one man in ten thousand would exhibit suqh nerve.

. COLLIDED AT A CROSSING. Sereq Person# Injured In # California Wreck. Sax Jose,'Cal.. Jan. 37.— Through the negligence of the signal man, a disastrous collision occurred Saturday evening between the Southern Pacific Monterey express and a north-bound train on the Narrow Change at the intersection of the railways near Santa Clara city. Seven persons were severely injured. The Monterey express, which had the right of way. was proceeding at full speed toward San Jose, when the watchman at the Narrow Gauge crossing became confused and signalled the Narrow Gauge engineer to go ahead. The baggage car and a passenger coach on the express were struck and derailed and the Narrow Gauge engine was badly wrecked. Politic# Enters Into a Legal Fight In Ohio. Columbus, 0., Jan. 27.—The regular insurance companies are preparing to make a legal fight against the decision of State Insurance Commissioner Hahn to admit the Hoyds Insurance Co. to do bn&iniess in Ohio. Tlie lead in the matter is being taken by ex-Commis-sioner Camp, of Dayton. They have I secured ex-Gov. Foraker to conduct ; the fight, and it is likely the mattei j will take upon itself a political aspect, j as Foraker is a well-known political j enemy of Commissioner Hahn, and will ; pleasure in defeating him in the j courts

THEODORE F. RUNYON, j_ * United States Ambassador to Germany. Dies Suddenly of Heart Failure—The President Apprised of the Death of Mr Runyon—Drief Sketeh of the Life and; Labors of the Distinguished Statesman. Berlin, Jan. 2?.—Hoc.. Theodor* Runyon, the American arabassadoi here, died of heart failure at one o'clock this naming. The President Applsed. Washington, Jan. 27.—The stadden death in Berlin of the American ambassador, Theodore F. • Runyon this morning, was communicated„ to the president by the United Press. Beyond that information the government had not been advised of the startling news. Its occurrence at so early: an hour in the morning, of course, pre*. vented the possibility of anything like ^ general circulation. It is certain that the president and state department will have official notice before the hour for beginning of business to-day, when whatever action is necessary td be taken, will be promptly attended to. • ? /: ' -

Theodore P. Runyon was born at Somervilta^ N. J". October 26, 1822., He graduated from Yale college in 1842, ' and in 1844 was admitted to the barIn 1863 he was made eity attorney and. in 1856 city counsellor of Newark, X. J.. a position retained until 1864, when, he became mayor of the city. He was appointed, in 1856, a commissioner to revise and codify the militia laws of New Jetsey, and in 1857 was made brigadier general and subsequently major general of the New Jersey national guard. At the outbreak of the civil war he was placet! in command of ; the New Jersey brigade of volunteers.! InlS&hha was democratic candidate* for governor of his state, buf was not elected. From 1873. to 1887 he was chancellor of New Jersey. In March, 18b3, he was appointed by President Cleveland American minister to Germany and shortly afterwards'Vvas made ambassador. The degree qt hli. D. was conferred upon him by .Yale, Rut- # gers and Wesleyan colleges. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT. Gen. Gart'la, at the Head of a Potent El. .-is ^edition. Satis for Cuba. Ph ii. a DELPHI a, Jan. 27. —A morning paper says: Gen, Calixto pnrcia, the most distinguished Cuban general now outside of Cuba, hits escaped £he watchful eyes of Spanish agents and sailed from this port last Thursday, it is said, on the. y fruit steamer Bernard; bound for Cuba. Gen. Gareva goes to Cuba at the head of the most formidable expedition that has ever left this country, of which he will tak<^ command on the high seas, where he will meet another fruit steamer, the Jasof, with over three • hundred men on board and a large quantity of arms ami ammunition. Prom those familiar with Gen. Garcia's plans it was learned that the expedition will make for some port pear the boundary line of the province of Pinar del Rio apd the province of Havana- Gen. Gomez is thoroughly informed of’all the plans of the expedition, and at the point agreed upon for the landing of the exedition he will havem strong .body of troops. Owing to his great popularity in that district, it it is expected that Gen. Garcia ill at once place himself at the head of a strong body of men in the province of Pinar del Rio.. Among Cubans in this'country great hope is placed in this expedition. One of the drawbacks of the Cuban cause has been the lack of commanders, whocombine both bravery and military sagacity. Should any misfortune befall either Gen. Maximo Gomez or Generals Jose or Antonio Maeeo, the Cubans1, j cause would be in a rathec embarrassed position. Gen. Garcia, however, is fully competent to take either general's place,at a moment's notice and when news of. the successful landing of his expedition reaches this country, there, will be rejoicing among the Cubans. ; ” - ' ! 1 ■ ■ •

DEATH OF PHILIP RIPLEY, ' j Once One of the Most YVldelj-Known Newspaper Men ia the Country* I * New York. Jan. 27 — Philip Ripley, at one-time one of the most tvidelyknown newspaper men in the country, died shortly before Saturday midnight at Bellevue hospital. The de- ! ceased was in his sixty-ninth *vear. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and j was educated at Trinity school in that ! place. Shortly after his graduation he started in the newspaper business ' and was first employed by Wasljingi ton journals. When the war broke | out he was detailed to New Orleans as ! war correspondent for a half dozen • prominent newspapers in the country. He is said to have furnished the most ! authentic accounts of the battles of j the rebellion. Several years after the war he came to Slew York and since then had been employed on many newspapers' in this. [ city. He was closely affiliated with ! all the old-time newspaper men, [notably Horace Greely, and for a j period of years wrote the famous edii torials \vhich were printed over the | name of Hurlbut.’y There is no one* ! now to claim his remains as far as j known, but a minister of .Connecticut;. Before Ripley died he told his physi- ! cian to send word to Rev. Starr, Newington Junction, Hartford county, Conn., which was done. The cause of bis death was Bright's disease. ’ Death of John Tyler, Son of Presidemk. - -Tyler. ' Washixgtox, Jan. 27.—John Tyler, the son of President John Tyler, died in this city yesterday morning at a very advanced age, and after an ill- , ness that lasted f6r several months. For the last 20 years Mr. Tyler had been a resident of this city, and was for & long time on the rolls of the .treasury department, but a partial paralysis had prevented him from engaging in the active duties of his office. He was well known, not onlv here, but in many other parts of the. country- , ■«