Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 40, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 February 1896 — Page 2

£lu gifet Emmtg Jmofrat & Wdk ROOFS. Editor nd Plytotw. PET EES BURG. - . . DTDULNX Tbs crop of Cuban sugar, the grindfag of which has been finished, amounts to 17.0CO bags of centrifugal sugar. Hos. Wtt t tam H. Ehglish, capitalist, statesman and liters teur, died in Indianapolis. Ind., on the 7th, after as Illness of six wee ks. Tint Union Republican club of Washington is arranging for a celebration to he held in that city, on the 23d, of the .fortieth anniversary of the birth of the national republican party. Tax British Press association announces that the Scotch oil combine ]»«» completely dissolved, with heavy losses to its investors, and that the Standard Oil Co. is again master of the situation.!

ytTf-iruM for the week ending on the Wit as reported, by R. G. Dun A Co., were, tor the United States,’ 323, as against 281 for the corresponding week last-year. For Canada the failures were 38, against 58 last year. A report from Cuba, on the 8th, said that Gen. Maeeo and his main army of nearly eight thousand men had extricated themselves from the trap which the Spaniards, under Gen. Luque, had laid to keep them hemmed in at the extreme west end<of Pinar del Rio. _ , Tbs steamer St. Paul of the American line, Which went on the sands at Long Branch, N. J., at 1:55 a.' m., Jannary 25, since which time many ineffectual . attempts had been made to float her, was towed into deep ^vater, on the 4th, and steamed away fo^New York. The sub-committee of the house ways and means committee on “miscellaneous Subjects." heard ex-Repre-sentative Batch, of Missouri, on the 3d, in support of several bills “defining filled cheese and imposing a tax upon its sale, exportation and importation.” I Secret art Smith of the interior department appeared before the house Pacific • railroads committee, on the 8th, and gave his views on the various propositions for the settlement of the debts of the bond-aided railroads, particularly the status of the land granted to them. r Joint Hates Hammoxo. the American engineer* arrested at Johannesburg by the Boers, has l>een released on £10,000 bail, conditioned that he remain underconstant police surveillance, and that he should not be permitted to see any visitors except w ith the permission of the authorities. lx an interview at Coruna, just after his arrival there, on the 4th, Gen. Martine* Campos, late captain-general of * Cuba, declared it imperative that the trouble in Cuba be ended, either by force of arms or by the granting of reforms, comprising even Cuban autonomy, if necessary. A RESOIXTIOE, introduced by Mr. MoKeill, conservative, was unanimously adopted by the Dominion house of commons, on the 5th, declaring Canada's inalienable loyalty to the British throne and her willingness, in ease of war, to make any sacrifice for the integrity of the empire. Cot. W. M. Cocke, who once represented the First Tennessee district in congress, died at Nashville, on the 8th, at an advanced age. While a member of congress Mr. Cocke caught John Quincy Adams in his arms when the latter fell in the corridor of the qapitol''shortly before he died.

The house committee on poet offices and'post roads, on t&e 4th, ordered a favorable report on the bill of Mr. Sperry, of Connecticut, concerning' free delivery in small towns upon the petition of not less than twenty per* eons who receive their mail matter through the same post office. THE opening of 4,WO bids for $100,000.000 30-year four-per-cent, government bonds at the treasury department, on the 5th, disclosed subscriptions aggregating $553,209,830, ranging in price from par up to 119. Besides these there were a large number of “crank” bids rejected as bogus. Owtso to the news from Washington Concerning the success of the new government loan, there was ah advance in United States four-per-cents of 1895 at the New York stock exchange, on the 5th, from 1139£ to 116KThe fours of 1907 rose from 10$5i' to 109H' and the fives from 111 to 113 bid. Him Clara Bartqx, president of the American Red Cross society; Mr. Pullman, her secretary, and the rest of her party left London, on the 5th, en route for Constantinople, via Paris. The railway company reserved a carriage for the exclusive use of the party, and a cabin was also reserved for them on the channel steamer. Business all over the Isle of Wight eras practically suspended on the 5th, and the mass of inhabitants flocked toward Cowes to pay a tribute of respect to the remains of Prince Henry of Battenberg, husband of Princess Beatrice, which were interred in presence of Queen Victoria and members of the royal family at Whippingham chtrch. The Ecuadoran minister to Washington received a cable dispatch, on the 4th, from the secretary of state ol Ecuador, stating that the Central American governments of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica had accepted the invitation to join in a con vention of American republics. with a view to unifying them.

CURRENT TOPICS^ THE HEWS IH BRIEF. LIV. CONGRESS.

(First Session.) Tn senate was not la session on the 3d. in the house the army appropriation hill for thecoming fiscal year was reported. A bill was passed fronting right of way throueht the Choctaw nation to the Arkansas A Choctaw Ballway On. The senate free coinage substitute for the bouse bond bill was received and referred to the committee on ways and means. Nearly the entire session in committee of the whole was spent in discussing the District of Columbia appropriation bill and pending amendments thereto. , Ik the senate, on the 4th. the finance committee reported the house tariff bill with a substitute providing for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. A resolution, offered by Mr. Quay, to recommit the report with infractions to the committee to report back the original bill and the substitute as separate bills, went over toe one day oa'objection of Mr. Hill (N. Y.) to its Immediate consideration. A discussion of proposed amendments to the rules occupied the remainder of. the session _In the house the committee 'on ways and means reported recommending nonconcurrence in the senate substitute for the house bond bill. A number of minor measure* were passed, and the remainder of the day was devoted to consideration at the District of Columbia appropriation bUL IN the senate, on the hth. the foreign relations committee reported a substitute for that committee's former concurrent resolution on the Cuban question, recognising a condition of actual war and according to each party thereto all the rights of belligerents In the ports of the United States. The joint resolution directing the secretary of agriculture to carry Into effect the provisions of the: agricultural appropriation bill for thejmrehase and distribution of seel, etc., was discussed during* the morning hour, but went over without action. ......In the house the Dlstrict of Columbia appropriation bill was defeated by avote of 143 to. l*V A bill was passed forbidding prise or bull fights In any territory of* the United States or the Distinct of Columbia. The report of the committee on ways and means recommending nonconcur renct* tn the senate free-coinage substitute for the house bond bill was takes up. Is the senate, on the «th. Mr. Qua^ modified his resolution to recommit the house tariff bill, with the free coinage substitute, to the finance committee, with instructions to report them both as separate propositions, but striking out the latter phrase abd inserting the words "tor further consideration.” Mr. Quay also consented to let the resolution lie over a few days. Resolutions of Inquiry were agree! to la r^ation to the bond bids received on the &ih. and to discrimination against American cattle, meat and other agricultural products by Germany, Prance. Belgium and Denmark. The Catron anti-prlre fight bill was passed. ......In the house the day's session was devoted exclusively to the further consideration of the bond bill and tbe senate free coinage substitute therefor. At five o’clock the house took a recess until 8.30, the debate thing continued at the night session. IK the senate, on the 7th. tbe chaplain, in his opening prayer, thanked God for “tho confidence of the peenie In the financial strength of the nation.” Senator Frve, of Maine, was chosen president pro tern. The Dubois resolution. on motion of Mr. Allison, was referred to the committee on rales by a vote of 40 to 28. ......Inthe house Mr. Talbert (dem.. S. C.), arising to a question or personal privilege, referring to the criticisms of the press upon remarks previously made by him. reiterated that he believed secession to be right, and declared that under the same conditions, he would repeal his former action. Mr. Barrett (rep.. Mass.) asketr that Talbert s words be taken down, and offered a resolution denouncing them as seditious and treasonable. The matter was later referred to the committee on the judiciary. The remainder of the session was devoted to the discussion of the bond-silver-oolnage bill. ’

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. It was announced in Belgrade, on the 4th, that King Alexander of Ser- ( via, aged 19, had been betrothed to; Princess Helene, third daughter of the ! prince of Montenegro, who is 23 years ! old. » Martixez CAnros arrived in Madrid on the f<th. The crowd in the streets hissed him on his arrival. Maj. W. C. Mortlaxd, ex-city attorney for Pittsburgh, Pa., and his asist- ! ant, W. H. House, were called, on the 5th, to answer charges of malfeasance in office, before Judge Stowe, presiding in the criminal court. Ladt Jax# Fraxcesca Wilds, I mother of Oscar Wilde, died in London, I on the 5th. Ei.mer Wktheruolts, a young man ; who was confined in the county jail at ] Woodstock, Va., for wife beating, i made his, escape, on the 5th, and shot and killed his wife at their home near that place. . Harry J. C. Ctbt, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, London, and Mr. Muller, his assistant editor, having declined to resign their positions, Mr. Astor, on { the 5th, ^summarily dismissed them. They announce that they will immediately publish a statement of the reasons for the action. The editorial staff, upon learning of the action of i the chief, resigned in a body. MansTER TEKREUURt Constantinople, intimated, on the 5th, that he would not appoint any natualized Armenians or newspaper reporters6 for the relief i work in Armenia. The British steamer Lamington. from Gibraltar for New York, with fruit, went ashore 35 miles east of Fire Island, N. Y., on the 5th. The life-sav-ers rescued the crew of the steamer with a breeches buoy. Sixes Secretary of Agriculture Morton discontinued sending seeds to farmers at the request of congressmen, lie has been persona non grata at the capitol. On the 5th Senator Vest jiaid his respects to the secretary and mauled him unmercifully. Miss Jessie Pitcher, ^ 16-year-old girl of Attica, Ind.. was seised by two unknown men on the night of the 4th, forced into a buggy and driven off. Absolutely nothing is known of the men or the reasons for their conduct Mias Pitcher is a school-girl and has been involved in no love affairs

Al earthquake sheek of an alarming nature was experienced, on the 5th, at Santa Crux del Sur, province of Puerto Principe, Cuba. Houses rocked and furniture was thrown about, causing the people of the city and vicinity to run in terror into the streets and fall on their knees in prayer for mercy. Assembly man Robinson's resolution providing for an investigation by the attorney-general of the alleged coal trust, was passed by the jfew York asr sembly, on the 6th, by a vote of 90 to 42. Thk British government received a j dispatch, on the 6th, stating that the British had won two victories over the slave traders in central • Africa, and that 14 Arab chiefs had- been taken prisoners. By the collapse of a bridge over me j Pequabuck river at Bristol, Mass., on the 6th, a score of workmen, who were j trying to Ave the damaged structure, j were precipitated into the water, and 14 of them were drowned. The examination of the prisoners I arrested at Johannesburg and taken to Pretoria for trial was formally opened on the 5th. Hog cholera has broken out in Okla- j homa, and is causing great loss to j many farmers. A report from Bound Brook, N. J., on the 6th, said that 100 lives had been ! lost by a flood, followed by fire, the j people being driven from their burnhouses only to he drowned by the flood. The Catron anti-prize-fight bill, pro hibiting bull and prize fights in the territories of the United States and in the District of Columbia, passed the senate, on the 6th. and was sent to the president for his-signature. The body of the woman found mur* dered and decapitated near Fort Thomas. Ky., proved to be that of Pearl Bryan, of Greeneastle, Ind„ and Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, dental students at Cincinnati, and William Wood, son of Rev. D. A. Wood, of Greeneestle, lnd., have been arrested for participation in the crime. Gen. Johx Gibbon, the famous Indian fighter, died at his home in Baltimore, Md„ on the 6th, at the age of 68 years. His death was caused by pneu monia. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross society, with her party, started from Paris for Geneva on the 7th; thence to Vienna, and direct to Constantinople. Senator Hale, of Maine, introduced in the senate, on the 7th, a bill making February 12, President Lincoln's birthday anniversary, a national holiday. | A dispatch from Accra says tha|t Gov. Maxfcell of the Gold Coast colony has issued a proclamation declaring a British protectorate over Ashantee. j W bile rendering lard at her home in Marion county, Kas., Mrs Grant Carter seized the kettle, which had caught fire, and in attempting to throw it ottt doors threw the boiling grease into the faee of her three-year-old daughter, who was just approaching, fatally burning her. | Fra ex Brown,a hunter was decapitated by the wheels of a Hannibal & St. seph train on the bridge across Mississippi, at Quincy, III., on the the head of the victim falling into river. The British steamer Lauresti: Capt. J.NGavin, whieh sailed from I timore.Md.. on December 6. for SI Ireland, was officially posted at Lid; on the 7th, as missing. It is believied she went down with all on board. Harry Howard, famous as the chief of New York city's volunteer fire department half a century ago, died,, on the 6th, of pneumonia.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. The senate was not in session on the 8th-In the house Mr. Towne, a niew member from Minnesota, spoke-(for nearly two hours in favor of free cdinage and brought new arguments to the aid of his contention, presented j in an eloquent manner, that secured (for him, when he ceased speaking, an uivation that has not been equalled in Ithe house for a long time. Mr. Grosvepor l rep., O.) made a general polit cal speech, and the senate free-coinjage substitute was discussed until 5:13 p. in., when a recess was taken uijutil eight o'clock p. m. the same bill ] occupying the hours of the evening (session.. I Hon. William S. Kenyon, of Kingston, X. Y., died, on the 9th, aged Tfit In 1858 he was elected a member of the thirty-sixth congress from Ulster; and Greene. He was a- delegate to the National republican conventions in 1872 and 1878, and was for many years the chairman of the republican central committee of Ulster county. He was considered one of the ablest lavjyers in this part of the state. While fighting fire at the residence of Mr. lloilinshead. a wealthy resident living near Stroudsburg, Pa., on the 9th. Jesse B. Palmer, 24 years old], lost his life by a chimney falling on him. Mr. lloilinshead. his wife and itheir twochiidren had a narrow escape] from being burned to death, and a fireman, who was going for a doctor,] was thrown from his horse and fatality injured.

aue reports irom tape toionv tnat John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, and others who! were arrested at Johannesburg and taken to Pretoria for trial, had been ill-treated and confined in filthy cells has been disproved by a letter written by Mr. Hammond, since his release, to the Brit* iah agent at Pretoria. Official reports from Commander Harwell of the United States dispatch bout Dolphin show that the. survey of the gulf of Honduras, upon which that vessel has been engaged for the past month, is progressingrapidly, and that accurate charts of this important harbor will soon be available. Ax error has been discovered !in the printing of the back of the new bonds which will necessitate their destruction and reprinting. It affects hundreds of thousands of bonds. Ml Pekbt Allen, of Washington city, the private secretary of Justice Harlan, has been appointed assistant secretary of the Venezuelan commission.

INK IANA STATE NEWS. Richmond will entertain the State Travelers' Protective Association’s annual meeting in May, and the local post, which has 76 members, is making preparations for'the event There will be from 900 to 1,000 traveling men and their wives present and the city will extend every courtesy. It is announced that ex-President Harrison will be one of the speakers. Henry Mash and family drosre to Valparaiso to attend, church. Upon arrival at home they found their infant child dead, having smothered to death on the way home. Thomas Ryan, wholesale tropical fruit and commission dealer at Fort Wayne, assigned the other day, with liabilities estimated at 54,000. Assets, oa Piter Rosselot, a, lamp trimmer, ho has charge of the municipal elecic towers, was instantly killed at Wayne. The tower elevator broke d the weight, weighing 500 pounds, 11 50 feet, striking him on the head. The elevator, weight and man were driven into the earth three feet. Seth Thomas, aged 60, killed John Cooper, aged 70, at the Spencer county poor asylum, by striking him over the jhead with a club and stabbing him (with a knife Both were inmates of (the asylum. Cooper was * one of the j contractors that built St. Meinard church and college. Jo ax Striexe, a farmer living near Michigan City, was fatally injured in a runaway accident. He was kicked in the abdomen by his horse and his vitals torn out. . Another man has been taken from the debris of the Big Four wreck, Lawrencebure. He is supposed to.be Joseph Lynch, a railroad man. Driven insane by religion,•John L. Andrews, a wealthy farmer of Laporte, committed suicide the other morning by hanging himself. James Rybqi.t, grand secretary of the National Bricklayers' union, and Amelia E. A. Weilacher eloped from Indianapolis and were married at Jeffersonville, the other morning. Terre Havtk will not be represented at the meeting in Toledo called to organise a league with Wheeling, Youngstown, .Newcastle, Washington, Pa.; Ft. Wayne and Terre Haute in the circuit. Mart B. DirrESPERrrER. aged 84, died in the hospital at Muncie from the [ effects of a fall. At one time her hus- ! band owned a mansion in Philadelphia | that covered a block of ground and, cost, over $100,000i She died in poverty. The Muncie flint glass works and the | Indiana bridge works resumed work a ! few days ago, after a month's idleness*-, and the new bar mill at the Midland' steel works was started. The three give work for over six hundred hands. The Muncie iron and steel \fcorks, which h£*e been idle for some time, resumed work several days ago, Messrs. Sticxxey, Alvis and Menaies, composing the Indiana-Kentucky boundary commission, met in Evansville, the other night, and decided on the dividing line of the two states at Green Rifer island. The line runs along Indiana territory above Green River slough, and is about six miles in length. By a decision of the United States supreme court the island was given to Kentucky. The commission was appointed to settle on the location of the boundary line north of the island. With the approval of the supreme court, their decision? is final. Thus ends a dispute of 100 years' standing.

Oct about six miles from Kockport, at a colored church the cole red people are carrying on a revival meeting. The other night at the meeting a number of white men were in attendance and were expelled for disorderly conduct After being expelled the young men went around to ae side window of the church, where they remained until the preacher. Rev. Pingree, raised his hands to dismiss the congregation, when one of the young men said, “Watch him jump.” and drawing a revolver, shot the preacher in the right arm.> They then lied, and have not been captured. Bud Goodman, arrested in Richmond for forgery committed at Muncie, was sentenced to two years in prison. G. \V. Feher was badly burned bv an explosion of natural gas while at work digging a gas well north of Jlua[«eie.V Indiana 'and Kentucky boundary line commission, sitting At Evansville, has almost finished its wark. Twentt-nixk democrats want, to be . sheriff of Sullivan county. _ John Weaver, druggist at Knightsj town since 1342, $.itd at the age of 76. John Reville, of near Anderson, was shot and fatally wounded by an unknown man. Whulk attempting to c -o&s the Calu- ; met river on the ice near Hammond 1 two boys, John Morris and Ben Armitt, i were drowned.

William Lambert, of KockviUe, | challenges the alleged champion cider maker fbr this season vrir,h a record of | 1,390 barrels. Charles Hilliakd, of New Point, an employe of the liig Four, while coupling cars in tireensburg, was pushed under the train, receiving a broken ; leg. mashed hand and internal injuries. S His condition is critical. Clarksce Merritt, proprietor of the National house, Terre Haute, is dead^ ! aged 35. of brain fever. He was a* prominent Elk. - \Y Cl liar Metzker died and was buried at Fowler. He leaves his fatu- ; ilj in destitute circumstances Metzker. together with his wife and,.six children, came to Indiana from Kansas overland a short time ago. The Michigan City Stone and Brick Co was closed by the sheriff cm attachments issued by the Rice machine works, of Chicago. Assets unknown, but liabilities amount to over 940.000. Samuel Kerch, charged with larceny, wan held to the circuit court in 9500 bonds at Bluff ton. He stole his employer's wearing apparel, and was arrested in Hew Corner, Del* county, j

THE CUBAN REVOLT. XoM Sftere lighting ShM the Beginning ot the War—The Spnnnrtfs Abandon Their Plan to lone a Battle with Gen. Maceo. and Hasten to the Relief of Beieagnerod Towns, and Find All the righting They Want. Havana. Feb. 8, via Key West, Fla., Feb. 10.—'The fighting' in Pinar province in the last few days has been the most severe since the beginning of the j war. The condition to which the Spanish forces in the west are reduced has led Gen. Marin to abandon the at* teiiipt to force a battle with Gomez, delay his return to Havana and go to the relief of the beleaguered towns. „■ Maceo's forces include the bands of Miro, Sotomayor, Delgado, Zayas and Dermatic*. The official government report gives them a strength of 6UG, probably much greater. The combined forces fought a pitched battle with Gen. Luque at Paso Real Monday. The latter reported that the rebels formed in line of battle and charged the Spanish lines with great valor. Luque claimed a complete vietocy and asked 'or the San Fernando cross, having re- » inained m command though shot j through the leg. After the fight Luque ; withdrew his force to the capital of ! the province. Wednesday the same parties Of reb- j els besieged Candelaria, a railroad i town near the Havana province bor- j der. They had apparently recovered f from the battle with Luque. The volunteers and a small detachment made | a heroic defense of Candelaria for 2(5 j hours. Marin, who was about leaving j Artemisia for Havana,ordered Canella j to the relief of Candelaria and to at- | taek Maceo. He took all the available ! forces and proceeded in person to sup- j port Can alia. The latter -made Ja re-j markable march, reached Candelaria : and found insurgents smarming in the ! towns in that vicinity. The garrison held out. though many fell.' The troops of the Simancia and Zamoria battalions attacked the besiegers, and the fight continued * two hours. The insurgents made several machette charges against the Spanish troops. The latter used artillery. s The, losses were heavy on both sides. The troops finally entered Candelaria Thursday night. ! The insurgents moved west to San Cristobal. Marin's column arrived at Candelaria, and Canella followed Maeeo. Another battle' is expected. It is impossible to learn the losses at Candelaria accurately. The government says 26 dead insurgents were found on the field of battle and is more were found afterwards. Their own losses are given as five dead, and 48 wounded. The American correspondent Manning remains pending the result of the action of the state department at Wash* [ ington against his summary expulsion, f The government reports Jose Maceo ; wounded in the leg in Santiago province. and also Bermudez killed ! Neither report is confirmed. ’ * DEATH AT A , FIRE. One,Fireman Killed, Another Fatally la Jared, and a Widow Distracted with Grief. STRori>SBUK»,t Pa., Feb. 10.—While j fighting fire hi the residence of Mr. Uollinshead, a wealthy resident living near here, Jesse B. Palmer, 24 years old. lost his life by a chimney falling on him. Mr. Hollinshead, his wife and their two children had a narrow escape from being burned to death. Shortly before Palmer was killed he had run a ladder up to the second story and attempted to rescue^ man and wife named lletopp, who were supposed to be in the house, but who, it was afterwards discovered, had gone to visit a friend. r A fireman named Nevil, while going for a doctor, rs$^5 thrown from a horse and is believed to be fatally injured. * The house with its contents was entirely destroyed, and there is but little - insurance. Palmer had only recently been married and it is feared that his wife will go insane over grief at his death.

DRIVEN ASHORE. The Vessel Doomed, and Little Chaace to any of Her Crew. Newburtport, Mass., Feb. 10.—The three-masted schooner Florida, of New York, went ashore-yesterdav afternoon on Salisbury beach. When first observed by two Seabrook fishermen, seven men were seen on the schooner. They attempted to launch a boat, but it was smashed to pieces in the terrific seas. The men then took to the rigging and lashed themselves to the ma*n ami mizzen masts. There is no life-saving station at Salisbury beach, the nearest one being at Plum island; but the Merrimac river asperates them and there is no means of communication except via Newbury* port. '' . The telephone station is three miles distant, and to this point one of the fishermen hastened. lie communicated with this city and the station, at Plum island was notified. Shortly after eight o'clock the life savers started to throw a life line to the ill-fated vessel, but owing to darkneiss and the heavy wind no definite aim could be taken. About nine o'clock one body was ^washed ashore and shortly afterwards a second body was observed in the sui-f. At 10 o’clock the life-savers were endeavoring to get a line over to the vessel and they will continue their efforts through the night in the hope of rescuing the five men who are sup-< posed to be on the sehooner. It is highly probable, however, that all have perished.

A BAD WRECK. CollUloo Between n Freight and Paaeew(er at a Craedsf. (|cnCT, IU., Feb. 10.—The south* bound St. Louis. Keokuk A Northwest* era train, which left here at 1) a. m* yesterday, was wrecked while entering Hs.nnibal at noon.- The train was pacing the tunnel just as a Wabash if ight was coming out onto the bridge which spans the Mississippi The fre ight train crashed into the middle of the passenger and sent two of the couches down the bank to the water's i ed;je. Seven passengers were injured

A POPULAR MOVEMENT. D««p Interest m tte Sesth In tkc UMcag*and Southern Status Exposition—R«aa» iutloa Adopted by the A«p»ta (Gtt.> Provisional Committee. Augusta, Ga., Feb. IQ.—The Augusta provisional committee of the Chicago and Southern States exposition has adopted the following: Betoictd, That in addition to the delegates provided tor in the southern cities, as suggested and agreed upco by the mayor and council of Chicago, the governors of the southern states be authorized and requested to appoint three delegates-at-large from each state, to represent the agricultural, manufacturing, ,, mining, commercial and railroad interests of the south in the convention called to meet atChicago on the l. th lust., and that the governor be requested to accompany his delegation. There will be a very large attendance of manufacturers and citizens generally from this section of Georgia* and South Carolina at the meeting in. Chicago on the 19th. The Augusta committee Is receiving assurances every day of very general and very deep interest on the part of the south in its exposition. i 15 One of the popular features of the opening will be a three-days* encampment of southern soldiers on the lake front in' Chicago, as the guests of the Chicago .volunteer militia, plana having been arranged by Col. Turner, who accompanied the Illinois troops, on their southern trip.

A SAD ACCIDENT. Three Children Crashed Uuder a Falllufr Chimney—Two Dead. Brooklyn, Feb. 10.—Two children were instantly killed and one young1: man was seriously injured as a result of a fire whieh occurred at 5 o'clock yesterday morning in a cottage on Fort Hamilton avenue and Eighty* filth street. . The building \va s totally destroyed, but a brick chimney was left standing after the house was burned. About two'o'clock there were several children playing about the ruins, when suddenly the chimney gave way and fell to the ground with a crash* Minnie Speehti, Harry Botzen and Edward Hill, who were playing near the fireplace, were buried in the ruins. The greatest confusion followed. Children screamed and rau for their • lives from the house. The police of the Twenty-fifth precinct were called out and went at once to work to recover the bodies. The firsfc oae brought out was Hill, whose groans attracted attention. „ After an hour's hard work the dead bodies of Minnie Speeht and Harry Botzen were removed from be* ueath the debris. WELL TREATED IN JAIL. 1 False Reports from Cape Colony OS* ctally Contradicted. London, Feb, 10.—In consequence of the circulation of reports that John I Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, and others who were arrested at Johannesburg and taken to Pretoria for trial had been; ill-treated and confined in filthy cells, Rt. lion. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, telegraphed to Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of Cape Colony, inquiring as to the facts in the ease. In reply Gov. Robinson stated that since Mr. Hammoud has been released op bail he has written a letter to the British agent at Pretoria thanking him for having sent him delicacies while he was in prison. Gov. Robinson also says that the s agent at first found Mr. Hammond and three other prisoners in one cell. Subsequently, however, he secured two’ cells for the occupancy of these four • prisoners. The doors of these Ssella were always open, allowing free circulation of air..and the doorways were shaded by awnings. The prisoners were also supplied with their own food. A HOTBED OF DEFAULTERS: The Latest Bemc of an Inventive Turn of ’ ' Mind. Toledo, (X, Feb. Id-Last Friday evening Frank Spencer, agent at Dunbridge, Q., for the United States Express Co. and the Ohio Central railroad, was found unconscious in his office . When he revived he said he had been slugged by two robbers, who had taken an express package containing Slid which he had just made up. Clinton Raab was arrested on suspi-; cion and loeked up at Bowling Green, charged with the robbery. Yesterday Speneer confessed that he had not been robbed, that he wan short in his accounts, $200 and that he had invented the robbery story, hoping to cover up his defalcation. To lend plausibility to the story, he had hit himself over the head with the stove poker. Speneer is the. third defaulter in the Dunbridge office in ae many years.

GENERAL SYMPATHY With the Suffering: Aru»enlm»» Shown by the People of Toledo. Toledo, O., Feb. I<X—The Valentin* theater coaid not hold all those who turned out yesterday afternoon, at the citizens' meetings toe ire for tnaf expression to their sympathy for the suffering Armenians. Xetrly three thousand persons were crowded into the theater and: half as many were unable to get in. A resolution was adopted to be eabled to the English government, urging interference by the combined powers in behalf of the Armenians. A seeond resolution was adopted asking congress to use its in due no* toward the same ends. DROWNED AT A FORD. % Fatal Attempt to Cfoi» k Swotla*. ; " Otirwam , Middletown, X. Y., Feb. 10.—Peter Atkins, a blacksmith of this city, and a companion named Maud Kelly, were . drowned in the Walkill river at Hopkin's bridge, four miles from this place, Saturday night. Atkins attempted toWoss the stream, which is greatly swollen by the recent rains, in a light wagon. The atrtmg current overturned the vehicle, and its occupants were thrown out and carried away. Thn bodies were recovered,