Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 January 1897 — Page 2

I1ug%C0«iitj§fm(«nrt M. MX STOOPS. Editor ud Proprietor. _ PETERSBURG. - INDIANA. - Thk senate committee on finance, on the ISth, ordered a favorable report to be made on the nomination of Secre, tary of the interior Francis. ^ A Washdwtox special says that a bill was introduced in congress, on the 15th, providing for the purchase of the island of Cuba by the United States tor the earn of, 8200,006,00a Annexe received at San Francisco, on the mWning of the 15th, by incoming steamer from Honolulu, announce the death of United States Minister Willis, after aft* illness of three Cokrkoxu Eckels went to Chicago, on the 14th, for the purpose of signing the first dividend checks of the JUlinmji national bank, which recently fmleC His going toChicago wasasav^4hg«f valuable time.

Ai.tt 4xr>rK Graham Bill, th« io* tenter of the telephone end a resident of Washington city for a number of yean past, has renounced allegiance to the queen of England and become a citizen of the United States. Os the 11th at 13 o'clock, James A. Mount and Thomas Haggard were inaugurated governor and lieutenantgovernor respectively of Indiana, upon % platform erected in the main corridor of the capitol building at Indianapolis. XjOrd George Hamilton, British ^secretary of state fetr India, says that districts in India with a population of 17,000,000 will be sufferers from famine until the end of March, and that it may'continue in some parts until the and of June. A HORRIBLE massacre was reported, an the 12th, fron Faso del la Virgen, district of Regia, across the hay from the city of Havana. Eighteen persons were assassinated by order of May I'oudeviella without any trial, aud only on suspicion that they were sympathisers with the revolution. The state department recently revised the diplomatic regulations, and Secretary Oiney took occasion to write a provision aud inaeri.it in the regulations prohibiting speeches upon political matters by diplomatic representatives of the United Mates: This is understood to be a rebuke to Minister Bayard. The national monetary conference called at the suggestion of the indiauapoiis board of trade and composed of representatives of similar organizations from all parts of the country, assembled in Tomlinson hall, Indianapolis, ou the 12th. Ihree hundred delegates, representing nearly every city w the country, were present. lx the oleomargarine debate in congress, on tne 14th. the fact was brought out by Representative Northtray, of Ohio, that the old soldiers at the home in Dayton, U-, were beiug fed on oleomargarine at seven cents E pound, while the convicts in the Ohio penitentiary were gettiug good dairy butter at about three tunes that price.

Cjlpt. BoiskauuS, of the Niger coast force, and Consular Officer Locke, who were of Che Itritish commercial expedition recently reported massacred by wild tribesmen in the territory of the king of iteuiu, and who were supposed to have perished with- the otoers, hare arrived at New Lenin, wounded and exhausted, haring succeeded iu escaping from the onslaught of the natives. Tut deep waterways commission appointed by President Cleveland in .November, leP5, has bundled its report, end submitted the same to Secretary 'Oiuey on the 12th. It is an unqualified indorsement of the ship caual project between ti.e Uni tea Stales and Canada, and embraces a recommendation for an appropriation of 3td»o,uuu lor preliminary surveys. Senob Goszalu Qi'esapa, the head of the Cuban junta iu Washington, was informed, ou the 14th, that a story liad been published to the effect that Secretary Oiuey and Minister Lie Lome had drawn up articles to eud the Cuban war on the hues proposed by Gcu. Cromer. Senor Queseda emphatically denied that any such action had been taken or could be approved by the tabauv Tux Pacific railroad bill, w hich w as defeated in the house, on the lith, provided for the settlement of S112,ooo.Uoo of indebtedness of the Union Pacihe and Central Pacific ou the Lssis of an extension of over tn years st two per cent., witn an annual extinguishment payment on the principal at the cate of fur the first ten years; JiK),0W) lor the second ten jrcars, and fe«£U,0nO lor the remaining years. Ox the 14th the sentence was read in the case of Luis bomeilan, the nataraiised American citixcu, who had been found guilty in llavana of conspiring against the Spanish. The sentence of the tribunal before which he was tried is that ha he imprisoned for life in chain*, bomeilan's lawyer w ill j appeal to the supreme court at Madrid agaiust the decisioa of the Havana tribunal. At the annual meeting of the American Geographical society, in New York, on the lSth, after the annual re- j ports had teen read President Daly j arose and, addressing the arctic ex- j ptorer. Lieut. Peary, announced that j the council oi the society hed unanimously voted to present to him the first Cullum gold medal, in recognition of his services as an explorer, la accepting the medal Lieut. Fearr mads m Wt j gracious speech.

*qr .poke la six for of repre-idem-.Tex.) declarof ane* to congress, etc.. which r..in tike bouse the Pacific rail- « rounding bill was defeated by a majority «« votes. The boose devoted the remainder Use day to the military academy approprtabill* and to Measures brought forward under the eaU of committees. lx the senate, on tbe 12th. a bill was introduced and referred fixing tbe tens of fourthclass post mis tees at four years. Tbe resolution in regard to tbe violation of tbe eightbour law in Brooklyn by contractors with tbe navy department was taken up and agreed to. House bill for tree homesteads ou public lauds acquired from Indian tribes was takeaup as unfinished business, but went oTer witkoefaction.In tbe bouse Mr. Johnson (Cal), rising to a question of personal privilege, denounced Mr. Maguire for publishing in tbe Congressional Kecard a column of personal abuse instead of uttering it upon the floor M the house. He admitted tbe truth of tbe charges, but said be had expiated bis fault and that ihe people of his district were aequainted-wltb bin full history when they sent him to congress The attack on Mr. Maguire was expunged from

th^reeurjL \^__y Is the s&ate. os the 13th. two hours were sprat ia executive session oa the extrwdltSan treaties with Argentinaand the Orange republic. the remainder of the day being occupied In the deli rear of a speech by Mr. Bacon oa the question whether the recognition of a aew power was an executive or a legislative act— In the house the day was spent ia work upon the calendar, a number of minor bills being passed by common consent. The bill proriding that oleomargarine and other imitation dairy product* shall be subject to the laws of the states or territories into which they are transported was voted down by a narrow mai jority. [ lx the senate, on the 14th. house bill for free i homesteads on the public lauds of Oklahoma j territory was passed. It provides that ail setI tiers on those lands shall be entitled to pat- < ents oa payment of the usual and customary j fees, and it at ho further charge Of any Kind 1 shall be rei’uVed.In the house, notwithstanding the opposition developed, the oleomargarine bill was passed, after certain amendment*, had been agreed to. The remainder of the day was spent by the house in transacting routine business under the unanimous consent rule. *• Tax senate was not in session on the 15th. ......In tbqhouse five hours were devoted to routine business, principally private pension ! bills, a number of which were pa-ed. Senate bill gran ting an increase of pension to the | widow of Gen. Gibbon met with opposition , but went through in its original shape, giving 1 Mrs- Gibbon BOO per month. A night session was held for the consideration of private penaioa bills. PERSONAL ANQ GENERAL. -Sd: . < I News from Washington indicates that “fret** silver coinage has been ; practiced to such an extent that millions of spurious dollars are Hooding J the eouutry which can never be de- ; tected because their weight and fiueI uess are equal to those coined by the government mints. John R. Tansfr was inaugurated governor of Illinois on the 11th. Fifty thousand strangers are said to have visited Springfield to witness the ini auguration eeremouie«. Ax last the fatal chunk which divided the Missouri river and the famous fishing rfesort, Lake Quiunebaugh, in Nebraska, has dropped into the river, and what was once a body of inland j water next summer will be nothing I but a barren pieee of land.

A board* of fiaval officers has com* I me need investigations looking to the | rehabilitation of the fortifications on I the Dry Tortugas, the key to the gulf of Mexico, and the establishment of a j naval supply station there. WffliE returning from church at West liranch, la., on the 10th, Mary J. llawiey,: an aged woman, and a pioneer of that community, suddenly dropped dead on the sidewalk from heart failure. The conference of gold standard democrats, held at the auditorium in Chicago, on the 5>th, declared for continned opposition to the tenets of the free-silver wing of the party and for a continuance of. the party organization. With more ceremony than ever be.ore known on such an occasion in Jefferson City, and in the presence of i the largest and most brilliant assemblage ever gathered there, Lon V. | Stephens was, on the 11th, inaugurated governor of Missouri. Tub United States supreme court, in au opinion by Justice Gray, on the I 11th, held that an application for an injunction against an executive officer | of the government was vacated by his : death or resignation. The sum of £130,000,900 is the total amount of Spain's expenditures in Cuba in the year, not yet ended, of Capt.-Ueu: tt’cyler’s misgovern meat. The final paper in the Durrant murder cisewas filed, on the llth, in the offictf of the clerk of the supreme courfof California. No further legal proceedings can be taken in this celebrated V-ase until the supreme court renders.#ts opinion in decision of it. tziu, of SC Louis, has been appointed architect to draw plans for Llie hup military prison at Fort LeaveiiwSRh. Kaa. The new prison is to COSt-^«|0.UOU , Late dispatches say that copious raius have fallen in most of the fam-ine-stricken districts of India, but a great deal more rain is needed. The bubonic plague is increasing at Karachi. The Anglo-American general arbitration treaty was signed in the diplomatic parlor of the state department, in Washington, on the llth, at 13:30 p. m., by Secretary Oiney and Sir Julian Pauncefote. * . The tariff hearings before the ways and means committee were concluded oa the llth, the schedule containing “Sundries" and the “Free List" being considered. The United States steamship Montgomery, which spiled, on the 13th, for Florida waters on filibustering duty, returned to Ihe Brat klyn navy yanLon the llth, having met with an aeeident before she got clear of the harbor which necessitated her going into the dry dock immediately.

A*9:15lb. on the ml, th of the Columbia Powder Ox, lorn hollow midway between the of Sheusetown and Shanc^V pin. Pa., blew up. Mr. Stiekney, thr proprietor at the works, and his two daughters were killed. Mr. P. Me* KLukey eras fatally and Walter Crane very seriously injured. Thk national monetary conference, which had been in session in Indian* spoils, IncL, two days, on the 13th. adopted a declaration of what legislation,, in its opinion, is needed upon the subject by a practically unanimous rote. This declaration included a demand for the maintenance of the gold standard and the retirement of the demand obligations of the government. The conference then adjourned sine die. Tbs Colorado Potato trust has gone to pieces, and Texas consumers, who take alihp&t 1,000,000 bushels a year of mountain tubers, can gloat oTer the prospect of a potato war. Thx nomination of David R. Francis, of Missouri, to be secretary of the interior was called up in executive session of the senate, on the 13th, and after a short speech by Mr. Vest (dcm.. Mo.) went over without action. The Consolidated Candy Co., of 1108 Harrison street, Chicago, has been baTred from the use of the mails.

V A QUANTITY of chemicals m the anthropological laboratory of the Field Columbian aroseum in Jackson park, Chicago, exploded, on the 13th, and caused a fire which was extinguished with some difficulty. The damage is estimated at S&CX* H. A. Ferguson, postmaster at Cob orado Springs, CoL, and F. P. Hoop, money order clerk, were arrested, on the 13th, hariug confessed to a short* age of fS.QOQi The Paris newspapers express satisfaction at the appointment of Count Maravieff. as Russian min is ter of foreign affairs. London financiers generally express the opinion that the. purpose .of, the visit to Europe of Hod. E. O. Wolcott, United States seuator from Colorado, is merely to test the sentiment in monetary circles8upon the currency question. f • Rt. Rev. Wv. Ball Jones, bishop of St. Davids, iu the church of England, died at Abergwili palace, Carmathan, Wales, on the 14th. He was consecrated bishop in 1S74. C. Stcart Patterson, the chairman of the monetary conference, will announce the names of the 15 members of the executive committee about the -•1st. * £ A SPECIAL cable from Valparaiso, Chili, says: **A telegram received here ▼ia Montevideo, says that the mail steamer Corcovado, bound fqr . Liverpool, was shipwrecked off Cape Virgen. Straits of Magellan.*’ The proposed anti-annexation organization in Hawaii, beaded by British and German planters, came to nothing. It proved impossible to secure any support from the Americans, who are said to be a unit for annexation. A strong minority of British residents favor it in .spite of their own patriotic inclinations. Secretary Carlisle has directed that the portraits of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, and Cyras W. McCormick, inventor of the reaper, be not put upon the new silver certificates, as eontem plated by Superintendent Johnson of the bureau of engraving and printing. Sib Travers Twigs, the eminent English jurist-consult, died in London on the 15th.

LATE NEW8 ITEMS. Tmk senate was not in session on the Hth. .In the house two or three private bills were passed, also one au‘horiiinp the Columbia and Red River Valley Co. to build a bridge across the Columbia river in Washington. In accordance with an order issued some weeks before, the house turned aside from the transaction of publis bus:uess and listened to eulogies upon the life aud services of the late ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp. A TAicrr of emigrants traveling from Missouri to Oklahoma were held up by seven outlaws in the Creek reservation, on the' 17th, and robbed of everything valuable, amounting to several thousand dollars. The leader of the gang was recognized by one of the Missourians as George Taylor, the escaped murderer of the Meeks family. It is officially aunounced that the gorernifients of England, France, Germany, Austria, Russia and Turkey t are agreed to hold an international coufereuce, to sit in the city of Rome, for the purpose of considering precautionary measures against the spread into Europe of the bubonic plague which is raging in India. Ox the evening of the 17th the people of Cleveland, O., were startled by an electrical storm which would have been unusual even in midsummer, but whicn coming as it did in midwinter created consternation. especially among the superstitions, for the lightning was vivid and the thunder loud and nnusoaliy severe. As ax evidence of the rapid growth of Si. Louis the records of the city register show that the street railways of the city made 5,635,1*04 trips last year, carrying 112,1*1.07$ passengers, an increase of 9,183.301 passengers over 1893. The Sunday London Times confirms the report of the illness of the czarina. It says that her condition, which is very serious, has ended for the present the hopes of the birth of an heir. Fiat completely destroyed the Bnckner Orphans’ home, near Delias, Tex., early on the morning of the 16th. Thirteen children were cremated and nine injured, three of them fatally. Edwa&o Pebct, a member of a theatrical company, committed suicide by inhaling gas in his room at Brady’s hotel in Newark. S. J.. on the 16th. His home was ia Adrian, Mich. The French government has issued a decree forbidding the importation of linen rags from the districts in India, in which the bubonic plague is prevailing.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. LtfitUtlT* Proc^Jins*. I5WA8APOLB. lad.. Jan. 8 —The two house* | «t the general assembly were organized Thursday withe at incident except ia the senate ; where the first political brush of the session occurred. Lieut-Got. Nye. immediately after the republican caucus nominees were pat in place, was met by Senator Hubbell's prep* I osition that a president pro tern, be elected. ' The lieutenant-governor declared him oat of order, and the effort was not renewed until Senator Newby placed Senator Shi rely in nomination for that honor. The democratic lieutenant coventor said the constitution provided for no such officer as presideat pro tern: that only In the absence of the lieutenant governor could any one bo elected to' preside Senator Newby appealed from the decision, and SS republican senators sustained the appeal Senator Shivelyjras therefore elected Senator La Follette has a leaning toward Mc- | Keen's candidacy, and sought the honor of ! being president pro tern. The Fairbanks | managers picked oat Senator Shively to op- ; pose him Lieut. Got. Haggard made up his ‘ committees without appointing La Foi- | lette to a chairmanship other than that on in- : sura nee This little play oa the Fairbanks | side may force the incoming lieutenant gov- | entor to recast all his committees. Senator [ McCord was replaced in the chairmanship of i the new committee on corpor.it ions by heni ator Hubbell. a building association attorneyj In the house Speaker Pettit gave a neat rec- | ognition of the honor conferred on him and ; the clerks and doorkeepers were elected. | Nothing- w s done pending the governor’s | message, which will be delivered Friday

mommy Jan. »—Sxsat*—Among the bills introduced Friday was that of Senator New by regulating budging and loan associations. its essential features are that all fees most be credited to earnings, and that all expenses must be paid out of them.' Paid up stock is subjected to taxation. Reports to auditor of state and county auditors are provided for Tee former officer will hare power to examine each association and to apply for * receiver for those he declares insolvent. Withdrawals must be paid in full, except as to lines and withdrawal fees, but interest only after one year is to be paid on withdrawals Forfeiture of stock for nonpayment of dues is provided for. and all bonds, mortgages and other securities held by associations are made non-negotiable. except on order of the circuit or superior court, and there is a provision prohibiting the diversion of funds of one department to another of the association, or from one association to another. In addition to the fine for violation of tee act. a jail imprisonment of six months cm be added. Another bill of significance is that of Senator Leich aliowin** county auditors one per cent for caring fon the school fund Hors*—Rut little business of importance transacted outside of listening to the reading of the governor s message. Isdiasapoi.is. Jan. 1-—Sxpate—The inaugural ceremonies occupied the attention of j the legislature almost to the exclusion of everything else. The senate was in session during Monday morning only long enough to pass the bill appropriating monev for the expenses of the session and did not meet in the afternoon It was amended so as to make the amount f 10a,000 instead of 1100 OH as the bid passed the house The amendment will probably be concurred in by tbe hous*. for two years ago strict economy was practiced, but still there was a defieienev in the appropriation. the amount being fixed at #,00u.*.i HoTS**=TS^lle’,;st‘ held a brief se-s.ai and ■djourned until Tuesday moreing The only incident of the session was an effort to reconsider and upset the rules adopted 1 j; Friday. A motion to, reconsider was lost by a vote of &i to 47. The two houses In ;oint session accepted the figures of the s*cre:aryof state and Gov. Mount's official plurality was declared to be fi6.«77. IsdianaPo’LIS. Ind. Jan 13 —Senatb— Among -the resolutions offered in the senate welre three expressing sympuhv for Cuba, and nil were referred to the committee ou federal relations Senator HoUor introduced a set of c resolutions favoring the election of United States senators bv popular .vote, and it went ¥> the same committee. The only | measure finally act'd upon was the bif| oppro- ; printing *105,000 for the expenses of the ses- : sion. which passed the houjSs^s amgdded by the senate J Kocsk— Bills introduced! Providing for a valued policy, a bill twemittiag mortgage debtors to deduct the value of their mortgages from their taxables: two compulsory educational bills: to amend the fee and salary law so ns to relieve auditors and treasurers of the necessity of making up their salaries from the fees of their office, to encourage the formation of home insurance companies: providing for a commission to codify and revise the laws concerning local government, taking in city, county and township government: providing for a very elaborate system for township government by a board of three trustees Thk MaridinvStreet J«rftwayV. Co., which now opepdies^tm electric yroac from Marion to Gas City. witf-extend its line to Fairmount this spring'. A. M. Hootmax, pastor of the Union City Christian church, writes that he has immersed about fifty converts during Evangelist Combs’ revival in that ! city.

Thk Crawfordsville city council has elected T. L. Stilwell mayor, to fill out the unexpired term of Fre--C llandel, deceased. Mr Stilwell has served a term as mayor there. Miss SrsAX Miller, S7, inmate of the county poorhodfe, at Muncie, for several years, has received a legacy of : $4,800, willed by a long-forgotten relative in Germany. j Early the other morning fire destroyed the two-story frame building | of the K. of P. lodge at Geneva. The fire was incendiary, starting in a lower room used as a general store by Jefferson Howard. Loss on building. $1,000; cn goods, $700; on paraphernalia, $300. ! Building insured for $500 and goods for $70a The chief .of the night police at Warsaw, Capt W. A. Winebrenner, comI pany H, Fourth regiment, accidentally shot himself. His revolver fell on the sidewalk and was discharged. The ball entered his thigh. I\ Saluda township, near Madison, Charles Benham, aged 14. was playing with a cartridge, when it exploded, tearing off his right thumb and a part | of the index finger and mutilating twc of the fingers of his left hand. Six residences wens burglarised at Lebanon at an early hour the other morning and a large quantity of money, jewelry, silverware and clothing stolen. Bloodh ?uads were sent lor from Darlington and Wheaton and arrived late in the evening. They were put on the trail at once, but no news of the robbers has been obtained. Tn post office at Williams, Law- j pence county, has been discontinued. i Mail to Mt Olive. Thk partly decomposed trank of a man was found in a field near Helton- ! viile. It is thought to be the body of i John Davis, an in mate of the poor j farm. When found the extremities had been eaten away, e vidently by hogs, | and identification is not complete. Sritt Labor day officers elected at a meeting the other day in Anderson are: President, A. T. Dye, Anderson; vice president, J. C Fox, Muncie; secrets! y, J. R. McClain, Muncie; treasurer, W. Tobin. Muncie Labor day will be held in Monde this rear.

CUBAN REPRISALS. Butcher Fondeviella Given a Surprise at Guanabacoa. 7" A 8pui«k Patrol, Scat to Sxaeata Tea. (Maw t’poai % Supectad Cubaa. * Fell 1b to an Ambux^da Prepared for Them. , E*r Wist, Fla, Jan. 17.—IntelliIfence that reached the city to-day has thrown the Cubans into ecstasies, as from reports “Batcher” Fondeviella, Spanish commander in Guanabacoa, has had a taste of his own medicine, losing many of his men in a.weltplanned ambaseade by a suspect whom he had doomed. . Xearly all the houses of the suspects there are marked and the inmates know that it is but a question of time till their ’ turn cornea One of the sosgjfts, Jesus Miranda, a res4. taurant keeper, was secretly informed by friends that he was to be visited last Tuesday night. His house is^tocated near the city limits, aud with few residences near by. He sent word to hit friend, a captain of an insurgent baud, and 50 of his men were secretly taken into the house and hidden away,

oil armed to the teet^p. Tuesday night, at about ten o'clock, the Spaniards knocked at his door, and as he did not open quick enough they knocked it down. Rushing in, they foynd the Tbwer floor vacant,' They aacended the stairs, and as they did so the Cubans emerged front their concealment, threw a huge flashlight in the faces of* the affrighed Spaniards a$id opened tire. The Spaniards were too much taken by surprise to reply, and they attempted to fla^ To their horror they found another strong foree at the bottom of th<? stairs. Caught between the two fires they attempted to escape from the windows, but the Cubans, now thoroughly infuriated, cut their down mercilessly with their machetes, and but five of the entire Sd^)f the patrol escaped. These fell and hid under the bloody corpses of their coo&raues. Thai Cubans then fired thr house and escaped. The Spaniards were attracted to th* spot by the fire, and they rescued some of the dead bodies, but most of them were cremated. Maj. Foudtv vielia was furious at the news, and issued striet orders that not a word should be giren out about iL The Cubaus there soon knew of it?di<$weve£, and thrills of sympathy were fell throughout the city. Ail patrols haw* been doubled since -then, and Fondyvielia swears he will have two Cubaji lives for erery one of his soldiery Over 300 families have moved to Ua* vanathis week. Wednesday night th*i patrol killed two men of Cubau birth near their own houses as they were returning home not later than sever, o’clock, shooting them without halt 5ng them. ' THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. •Arrangements for the Trip to Wuhlor Cleveland, a, Jan. II—The details of Maj. McKinley's inauguration trip to Washington have been arranged. The train will consist of two private cars, one of which will be used by himself and family; two sleeping cars, one baggage car, a dining car and a car for the transportation committee and newspaper correspondents. Mis mother, wife, brother and nieces wul accompany Maj. McKiuley, and on 9clsm9^ of the age of Mrs. Melvinmade to the Pennsylvania company that the train be run slowly. The tram will leave Canton at two o’clock in the afternoon of March 1 and reach Washington at 11 a. m., March 3. The Forest City troop, which is tc act as escort, will precede the McKit ley train by four hours. Ion for th* Inauguration. 4 THEY ALL ESCAPED.

fhe Mlulae Grten bay Fishermen LanA «1 on Green Island. Menominee, Mich., Jan. 17.—Tht fishermen believed to have been it sneh great danger Effciay are all safe, having landed on^weJn island at tha first manifestation of Mlanger. Tha only one in great danger was Edward Huffman, who was taken off by a boat three hoars after the rest. Gas Lune reached the shore nfair Peshtigo on a cake of ice. The ia at 3 a. m. war movjng eight miles an hoar. - The excitement that prevailed hen has switched to the case of Theodor* Johnson, a millwright, who started to skate from here to Sturgeon Bay Friday morning, and has uot been heard from so far as can be learned on either ahore or on the island. The. fishermen estimate their loss at 300 nets, some of which may be recovered. WORKED HIS GUN ALONE. Mwlal of Honor Awarded Samuel J. Churchill, of Lawrence, Km. Wasun’OTOa. Jan. 17.—By direction of the president a medal of honor haa been awarded to Samuel J. Churchill, of Lawrence, Has., late corporal Battery C, Second Illinois light artillery, for gallantry in action at the battle of ‘Nashville, Tenn., December 15, 1864. 'The non-commissioned officer commanded a one-gun detachment, and when the enemy’s battery opened upon his guns, compelling the men of his detachment for a ahort time to seek shelter, stood manfully at his post and for some minutes worked his gnu alone. OFFICIAL NOTICE. tk* State Department Notified of tha Death of Minister WUtte Washington, Jan. 17.—The state department has received official newa of the death of Minister Albert & Willis, at Honolulu and that in the briefest of telegrams. In view of the broad divergence of views between the president and congress on the Hawaiian question it is altogether probable that President Cleveland will leave the appointment of Minister Willis’ enreeesor to Frost-dent-elect Mc&inler.

~f ANOTHER CHANCE. The Cadets Recently Ordered DteasSuedf Front tike West Folat Military A cade nay fee Failure to Fan Kxamiaatloe, to to (Mm Another Chaace. by Order ojC tto Secretary of War. New York, Jan. lb.—The Journal iaj£»: By order ol the secretary ofi war, the West Point cadets who were dismissed after the Janaary examination are to be given another chance for military honors. Thirty of the; cadets were discharged for deficiency, in this examination. Among them were sons of Gen. Fitch ugh Lee and Col. Ward, assistant adjutant-general of the eastern department of the army. Winnie Haneock. grandson of the great department commander, also , failed, but he was given another chance. Col. Ward went to Washington sever* I al days ago and lodged complaint of fa* | voritism against the examining board. | Secretary Lamont gave his personal attention to the matter, bat at first ; refused to act on the ground that it ' was not within his jurisdiction., i There the matter rested until Satur* ; Jay night, when Col. Ward returned | to hjs headquarters on Governor’s Is* ; land,, with the announcement that the i examining board would reconsider the ; entire batch of 30 cadets who were dis~ ; charged. It was believed at the island last night that the action of the secretary I of w»r;wasdue to influences brought to i hear oh the administration by Gen. L”- /

TREASURE TROVE. * ! A Fortue FaomlW Che E»t«$ »f ca 014 Baildlnc. Millville, X. J., Jan. 17.—While - working on an old building oa the Hayes property, near Port Elizabeth, , Somers Cole, carpenter, found a for- ’ ; tune secreted in the eaves of the struc- | ture in a long box. It consisted of bonds, mortgages, gold and silver coin and paper , rnouey, aggregating nearly §25,000. , Cole was extremely happy over his hud. but it will probably not benefit him much, as Lawyer Newcomb, of this city, says he was the a.luiinistraj tor of the Hayes estate and will taka ■ fcharge of the bo*. Tlie fortune will be claimed by Lorenzo Hayes, of MiltTille, who states j that he is the uldest living heir. Ha says that he aud his sister searched for the money up to ten years ago, and then gaTe up in disgust. He is now 70 years of age, and states that the money belonged to his grandfather, John llayes, and the three daughters of the latter. ' ’■ -^ THE ILLNESS GF Tbfl*CZARINA CoaBrmcd anti Reported to be of a Very J, Serlou* Nature. London, Jan. 18.—The Sunday Times confirms the report of the illness of the czarina, ft says that her condition, which is very serious, has ended for the present the hopes of the birth of an heir, f As cabled by the United Associated Presses yesterday the czarina was threatened with a miscarriage which, however, v^aspiyerted. Sue has sines been seriously ill, and to this faet was I due the abandonment of the usual receptions during the Russian New Year week. Her physicians say that I it is necessary for her to take a long rest at Livadia, one of the cz&r’a estates in southern Russia, where the czar Alexander Ill.died in 1HW. Here | she can have perfect quiet, which is a ' prerequisite to her recovery. TALMAGE ON THE T REATY. the IllKhtiMt, Grandest Moremoat-WtU Render lte Anchors Immortal. Washington,Jau. 18.—Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage, who succeeded Dr. Sunderi land in the active pastorship of the Presidential Presbyterian church ia Washington, in his sermon yesterday mornLj&g referred to' the pending arbitration treaty with Great Britain, characterizing it as the mightiest, t grandest movement for Hie driving*©* ; brutal war out of the earth. He said the men < who on . either side of the sea did the most to effect that plan of arbitration have made themselves immortal. The evening of the present government of the United States has been honored with f the greatest and gladdest event of li i centuries. All civilization will copy ■ the sublime example. He implored the senate to promptly ratify the ~ : treaty. * . President Cleveland was not present at the services.

DASTARDLY WORK. frmla Wrecker* Pile Cross-Tie* #u the Track* and Ulteh an Eipreu. Dallas. Teat., Jan. 17.—The through express from St. Louis on the Iron Mountain and Texas Pacific route,.due at Dallas at 6:20 a. m., was wrecked last night at the little station of For* l est. in Cass county, Tex. Engineer | Clemmons, of Marshall, Tex., had i both legs broken and sustained other j injuries so sfvere that he died this afternoon. The express messenger is reported ; fatally hurt and a postal route agent seriously injured. Half a dozen pas- [ sengers are reported injured, but none fatally. The engine and three cars, baggage and express, were thrown down an embankment, but no passenger coach left the track. The disaster was the work of train wreckers who had piled cross-ties on the track. AGED AND ILL. Senator Barrie Is Summoned to the Bed. aide of His Wife. ^ Wasiuxgtox. Jan. 17. — Senator Iabam G. Harris, of Tennessee, has received a telegram stating that his wife is seriously ill at Pari4 Tenn. The senator himself, who is 79 years old, has for some time been in such, condition of 'ailing health as to arouse the affectionate sympathies of hia friends. He has been confined to but room for over a week, bat left foe Tennessee yesterday afternoon accompanied by his son, Mr. Edward Hue ffa.