Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 January 1897 — Page 2

Slif 5ikc®owttt« fjrmoftat STOOI'S, Kdttur ami 1‘ioprletor. PETERSBURG, INDIANA. Ok the 18th the senate confirmed the Appointment of Hon. D. R. Francis, of ltiaaonri, as secretary of the interior. Ok the 80th the Indiana legislature, in joint session, elected Charles W. Fairbanks, republican. United States Cnator to succeed Dan W. Voorheee, unocrat. A woxt was received at Mr. George Bould’s office, on the 18th, from Paris, announcing that a son had been born in Countess Castellans, formerly Miss fcnna Gould. Tn senate committee on finance, on the 18th, ordered a favorable report to he made on the nomination of W in. S. Forman, of Illinois, to be commissioner if internal revenue. Tam United States court at Jacksonville' Fla., decided, on the 18th, that ihe Three Friends had violated no law, Snd should he released uuless a new libel was filed in ten days. reports say that the three ihocks of* earthquake which occurred M the island of Kishm, in the Persian self, on the 15th, destroyed thousands »f houses and killed 3,500 persous. Tut trial of Edward J. Ivory, the alleged dynamite conspirator, in. Lonlon, came suddenly to an end, on the lOth, by the complete collapse of the government's case and the discharge ti the prisoner. Ookscl-Gk.nkk.vi. Lex telegraphed he state department, ou the 30th, that lenor Delgado, correspondent of the lew York Mail and Express, who had ims a prisoner, died at the hospital n Havana on the 10th. Ij was decided at the cabinet j nesting, on the 23d, to begin forecios- J ire proceedings against the Pacific j ail roads at once. '1 he line of proced* , ire will be as iudicate.l by the at tor- . iey general in his annual report. Failures throughout the I nited tales, for the week ended on the ‘-2d, s reported by R. G. Dun A Co., were B8T against 373 for the corresponding reek last year. For Canada the failres were 05, against 61 last year. OK the 2Cd State Insurance Comtnislouer Matthews of Onio announced hat he would not relicense the Lloyd's asurauce concerns of New York to do usiucss in Ohio, because they were ot legal organisations under the laws f that state. Owixo to the shooting of four farrops by the game keepers of the Tolle.s>u Gun club, in Lane county, Iud., treats of organising to * “clean out” te game keepers, sack the property ud blow up the dam of the gun club re not infrequent. Tux remains of the late United States Miuister Willis arrived at ban Francisco from Honolulu ou the steamer Australia, on the 2oth, accompanied by Mis Willi* and her son, Albert S. They were taken to the home of the family at Louisville, Ky. Gek. Reis Kivkra said, in an iuteriw on the )Slb: “Tell the American ople to give us rifles and a supply of rtridges, and we will whip Weyler if ore the winter ends. We have 5«v ii men waiting in the province which ss the last to take up arms.” Tux United States grand jury at acksonville, Fla., having learned that udge Gibbous, engaged to a&slsi Dislet Attorney Clark, was in the employ of tho Spanish government, reused to permit him to examine witlessee in filibustering eases before the ary.

Ire bugs have been convicted iu .New fork eity and sentenced to an aggregate imprisonment turin of 27V years, k'iuree gang*, organized lor ruthless dander, have been broken up, and yet incendiary tirea have not beeu topped. He ward R. Tartou. alias A W. ’'bait, wao is uuder arrest iu Loudon, pun a warrant charging hitu with the urder of =Jeas« Tyree, in Kentucky, lgaft, was, on the Slat, for the Kith cue, arraigned in the Bo«v Street pooonrt and again remanded ioriurheariug. Tmohjui C. Pharr waa, on the 10th, .United elate* senator from Xork to sueceed David li. iiiil the term beginning March 4 neat, he houses oi the state legislature ttiug in joint convention voted ae illows: Piatt, 1?4; David B. Util, 42; enry .George, a Tux German savings bank, the largank in the city of Dea Moines, in point of deposits, ch&ed it* tors on the list A notice poated on douiv stated that the hank was in hands of the assignee, Harry bun, who, only two weeks belts cashier. v TUB plague iu Bombay is growing s daily, and the flight oi the in* ibitanu is increasing. It is astiid that nearly, if not actually, thirds of the population of the | have fled to the Amu try towns, or other cities, and iu many instance* to carried the cnatagion with kuut L. Srauvsi was rk ported, on ruth, to be dying at the Mouutaia se, hew Bedford, Maaa. where he gone against the advice of his ysician. Ue contracted a severe U and with an sente attack of his throat trouble—tonailitis— his end, physicians thought, was but the of a lew days Later, how* » he vh reported somewhat ia»* iving

CUBEENT TOPICS TEE HEWS DT BRIEF. F<£nr-FOURTH CONGRESS. BMWd SMtlon. ~ *' : 5 Is the s-nate, on the 18th, Senator Murphy "a bill for • new customhouse building in New York city, the ooat not to exceed SMkd.CWQ, was reported favorably from committee and placed on the calendar. The bill to provide for a representative of the United States by commissioners at any International monetary ©onferenoe was referred to committee. The army appropriation bill was classed, carrying over •»,*»,000..In the house the day was spent In consideration of miscellaneous matters, business of the District of Oolumbls occupying the greater portion of the session. Sew* eral bills of minor public importance were passed. Ix the senate, on the 19th. Mr. BUI (N. Y.) spoke for an hour and a half on a joint resolution relating to electrlo subways In the District of Columbia. The senate bill appropriating (12S.OOO for a public building at Altoona. Pa., was passed. Mr. Turpie (dem., Ind.) spoke two hours In denunciation of the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua. The legislative appropriation bill was then taken up and was completed with the exception of provisions relating to the library of congress, which went over without debate for one day .In the house the whole day's session was spent. In committee of the whole, discussing private pension bills, favorable action being taken upon &• of them. Ix the senate, on the 20th. house resolution directing the attorney-general to print as aa appendix to bis report all letters, correspondences. etc., relative to the Chicago strike, was agreed to. Interest in the Venezuelan question was renewed when Mr. Pettigrew addressed the senate In support of his resolution calling on the secretary of state for a report on the work of the Venezuelan com mission and lor a copy of the agreement entered Into between the United states and Great Britain. The conference report oa the army apuroprlation bill was presented and a further conference ordered on the Hot Springs provision. Ur. Turpie (dem.. Ind.) resumed his speech.in opposition .to the Nicaragua canal bill The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was passed; also the international yacht bid already passed by the house.The house spent .the day debating the Yost-Tucker contested election case from the Tenth Virginia district The conference report on the army appropriation bill was agreed to. lx the senate, on the fist, a certificate of election to the vacant seat in the senate from the stats of Delaware was presented in behalf of John Kdward Addicts and referred. The bill as to electrical conduits in the olty of Washington went over without actios. Mr Turpie closed his three days* argument against the Nicaragua canal bill, at the close of which aa effort whs made to have a day and hour fixed for taking the vote, hut objection was, made, and a vote disclosing the absence of a quorum, the senate adjourned......In the house, by a vote of liM member-,, including W republicans. In accordance with the recommendation of the committee on elections No. 3, to seat Mr. Tucker (dem ) as a member from the Tenth Virginia district, contested by Mr. Vest (rep.*, two hours were spent in filibustering before the vote was finally made effective. ' Clx the senate, on the SSd, Mr. Sherman denied that there was any understanding between him and thi retiring secretary of state on the t'ubau question. The question of the arbitration treaty coming up, a heu ed discussion ensued as to the propriety of its immediate confirmation. The Nicaragua canal bill was then taken up as tr.e unfinished business, and called forth another heated discussion between the friends and opponents of the measure . ...In the house UU.sMfamub.ic interest was d.-i e except tu«* constmupBou of private Detisiun bi.is.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The German national bank of Louisville, Ky.,did not open its doors for business, on the 18th. and the announcement was made that the institution was in the hands of Bank Examiner James, Kscutt. The capital stock is S-M.500, with a surplus of 831,000. Pekkt Ricuarpsox, who has been a fugitive for ueariy thirty years, was arrested at Bara boo, Wis., on the 16th. Ue is charged with having committed a murder iu the northern part of Sauk county in 1868. A insi'ATtSi from Port Louis, Mauritius, says that the British troop ship Warren Hastings was wrecked off the island of Reunion on the 14th. No lives were lost. The crew of the ship aud the troops that were on board hpd arrived at Port Louis. Tub gunboat Mach ins left Canton for Bangkok, Siam, ou 4the 16th, in obedieuce to .orders from Secretary Herbert, to “'protect American interests." Richard Holmes, the librarian of Windsor castle, is preparing the material for the authoritative “Personal Life of Queen Victoria/’ to be published this year. The M ad rid Tempo declares that the condition of affairs which recently brought the Spauish ministry to the verge of a crisis has been renewed, and a crisis is again imminent. A medal of honor has been awarded to Samuel J. Churchill, of Lawrence, K&s., late corporal Battery G, Second Illinois light artillery, for most distinguished gallantry in action at tha battle of Nashville, Tenn. Josej'H c. Wiijlard, owner of the well known Willard's hotel in Washington, died at his residence in that city, ou the l?th, aged about eighty years. Sir. Willard waa a native of Vermont. The British government will take prompt measures to avenge Consul Phillips and his party, massacred by the natives of Benin, on the west coast of Africa. The First national hank of Newport, Kf\, which closed, on the 16th, will be reorganised. The deposits are about 8320,000, and depositors will he paid in fulL Director Charles Spiuk says that the bauk closed because of the recklessness of the bank's officers. Ox the 18th the New York court of appeals decided the Fayerwesther will contest involving the distribution of §3.000,000 among educational institutions ail over tke country. Twenty different colleges and universities share in equal proportions in the distribution. Tax United States cruiser Montgomery, which had keen dry docked at the Brooklyn navy yard undergoing repairs since her accident off Governor’s Island, was Boated, on the 10th, again ready for sea. Tut supreme court of Missouri, on tii# lath, affirmed the verdict in the case of Arthur Duestrow, the SL Louis murderer of his wife and child, and fixed February 16 as the date of hia execution. Sexatob Heart M. TxT.uta was reelected in both houses of the Colorado general assembly, ou the 10th, the vote being non-partisan and almost unanimous \

Consul-General, KARREU^at St. Petersburg, sends the state department a copy of the ukase issued by the czar providing for the first general census of the Russian empire, which must be completed by February 9. Hox. Ebe W. Tuxnell was inaugurated governor of Delaware on the ietb. On the 19th the Imperial bank of Germany reduced its rate of discount ■ from five to four per cent. Richard R. Kennedy, a silver man, ; was chosen United States senator from j Delaware on the 19th. Hundreds of Oklahoma divorcees, ! who have failed to pay the costs In - court proceedings and have since mar- j ried again are guilty of bigamy, the j decrees not being valid until all' costs | are paid. Alexander Hull, ex-sheriff of j Boone county, Ind., was arrested, on j the 19th, on a charge of extorting j money while in office from his depu- i ties. Hull was also made the defend- j ant in a civil action brought by Prose- j cutor Holloman to recover about $6,000 in fees which, it is alleged, he col- 1 lected and failed lo account for. The Youths’ Temple of Honor, an insurance organization made a volun- j tary deed of -assignment, on the 20th, j to Dr. Russell T. Goodwiu, of Minne- I apolis, Minn., supreme secretary of | the organisation. Mrr Martha Maria Harris, wife ; of United States Senator Isham G. ' Harris, died at her residence in Paris, j Tenn., on the 2tith. Mhk. Carnot, mother of the late I President Carnot, died in Paris on the j 80th. By the explosion of the great fur- j nace at Wellstoo, O., on the 21st, John Kirby, aged 22, and John Matin and James Waddle, aged 21, were terribly j burned, and can not live. Wcaknessof ; the breast of the furnace was the cause. ' The official returns of the output of i j the gold mines of British Guiana for j the year 189$ show that it was in ex- j cess of $2; 250,000. The miners' strike in the JacksonA district of Ohio euded, on the 21st, the' miners returning to work at the rate of 51 cents, the same as paid in the Hocking valley. The official" returns of the health authorities of Bombay for the week ! ended on the 21st show that the num berof deaths from the bubonic plague was 470C Ex-Gov. William J. Stone, of Missouri, is confined to his bed at the j Planter’s hotel in St. Louis. He reached that city on tlje 21jst, and went at one to his room suffering from \ the effects of a severe e Id, Empkror Francis Joseph, on the j 22d, issued ‘a decree dissolving the ! reichsrath and ordering the holding of eiectious for members of the two houses composing the Austrian par- j Lament. j The grand tribunal of the Knights of Pythias, sitting in New York city, on the 23d, expelled Charles H. Klee, of Bayard Taylor lodge 157, of that city, from the order. Klee is the leader of the German wing. Cardinal Angelo Biaxchx, bishop of Palestine, died in Rome on the Sid. He was born in Rome, November 19, 1817, and was created a cardinal September 25. 1882. Thomas B. Youtsey, ex-cashier of the First national bank of Newport, Ky., which closed its doors on the ISth, made an assignment, on the 22d( | to C. W. Wagel. , Comptroller Eckels, on the 22d, ap> { pointed Robert H. Courtney receiver ; for the suspended German national j bank of Louisville, Ky.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 23d, 104 pension bills were taken from the calendar and passed in 93 minutes, and some 30 other bills, unobjected, to were also passed. The Union Pacific railroad compromise arrangement was made the subject of a resolution of inquiry addressed to the attorney-general. Another resolution was passed calling on the president for all' correspondence with the Nicaragua governmeut since 1SS? relative to the Nicaragua canal. .. .The house was not in session ou the 23d. Advices from the orient tell of a terrible panic in a temple at Kwong Tow. China, in which 300 men, women aud children perished. During a theatrical performance a lamp was broken, which set the temple ou fire. The main entrance was closed, aud the two smaller exits were also choked. Of the 40 actors in the performance but four eveaped. Tux weekly statement of the associated JOanks of New York city for the week ended on the 2Sd, showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $4,895,270; loans, decrease, 11,060,500; specie, increase, $1,312,800; legal tenders, increase, $5,105,800; deposits, increase. $6,003,300; circulation, decrease, $•-*64,100. Maj Rodriguez, who has been appointed by Gomes to succeed Aguirre as commander of the Cuban forces in Uavana province, has entered the district with 3,000 armed men. Rodriguez has five field pieces, and with the forces of Aguirre, Rodriguez now commands about 6,000 well-equipped men. The monthly crop report of the agricultural department, usually issued on the 10th of each month, was delayed this month on account of the failure of a number of the correspondents to send their data in time. It was issued on the 25th. Tke motion for a new trial for Albert J. Frantz, who was recently found guilty at Dayton. O., of murder in the first degree, has been overruled bjr Judge Brown. May 13 next is the day set for the electrocution. The French collier Madeline arrived at San Francisco from Gallao on the 23d. One ei her boilers exploded soon after the steamer left Callao, killing five men and injuring several others. She pat into Acapalco for repairs. Judge Woods, of the United States circuit court, sitting at Indianapolis, Ind., has ordered the entire Monon railway system sold unless the overdue bonds and inter.'st are paid by February 2.

INDIANA STATE NEWa UtteUtWe Proceedings. Ikdiaxapolis, InA, Jan. R—Sxnat*—The testate had 19 new bills, the most interesting at which was a measure brought in by Senator Wood to cripple the "quart shops" business, which has flourished so greatly since the Kichotsom law went into effect. The measure requires city and county licenses from all dealers selling in quantities less than four gallons It also slightly amends the Nicholson law by permitting employes of saloons to enter them during prohibited hours Senator Early also introduced a bill of some Importance. designed to bring all sorts of benefit and. assessment companies within \ the pale of the insurance laws There | was a pleasing little diversion at j the afternoon session of the senate.when Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky. -with j his corncob pipe, and Gen. Lew Wallace, of i Indiana walked in arm in arm. to pay a visit J to the senate upon its Invitation. The two j heroes of the war were given a hearty recep- • tion. and though they demurred against say- j ing anything, a bit of a speech was extorted j from each. Hocsx—There was the usual number of ! antitrust bills and it begins to look as though j every member would hare one of those before : the session is over. Outside of these, among ; the fifty bills introduced in the house there ; was but one of special importance, a legisla- ■ tive apportionment bill, introduced by Mr Lit- ! tleton, chairman of the apportionment committee Speaker Hewitt announced his com- : mittees near the close of the session of the house and they gave pretty general satisfae- ; tion. Isdiaxapous. Ind.. Jan Ifi —Sknatx --The senate held a brief morniqg session, devoted mainly to the introduction of bills, with no new ones of large importance among them. ; After a warm discussion it declined to rail- ' road the bill legalizing the acts of county commissioners who h .ve allowed county auditors and treasurers their full sulariea Horst—The house devoted both sessions t« i the introduction of bills. Mr. Lambert intro- i duced the prison labor bill, designed to abolish the contract system. It provides for a commission of three, to be appointed by the governor, to have charge of prison labor and manufacture all supplies needed by the state, and it appropriates $100.00) to carry out the purpose of the measure Mr. Nicholson introduced a bill to drive out the quart shops, and a general educational bill overhauling the school laws of the state providing for a system of district school libraries, etc. Representative Thomas introduced the election bill prepared by the republican state committee. It Is designed to prevent fusion parties from getting the benefit of their fusion b r having the names of the fusion candidate printed upon two or three devices on the sam; ballot. It also amends the election law bv putting the republican ticket in the first column ami making a few minor changes in the method of counting, chief of which is that it gives to any Tarty nominating a ticket the privilege of having two watchers at each town. Isdiakapous. Ind. Jan. 1&— Senate— Nothing particular was transacted in the senate Friday. Among the new bills nothing of interest developed.The isscably has now been in session a week and a half, and tne committees are just getting started to work fxpon a large in ss of bills before them. Though a large number of measures have been introduced. ihey do not cover a very wi le range of subjects. The majority of the measures introduced have been anti-trust b Us. anti- cigarette bills, compulsory educational bills and bills m iking minor amendments to the road and ditch laws. A few of the senate .commutes have gotten to work and killed a few bills submitted to them. Adjourned until Monday. Ho CSX—Mr Linek, introduced the Georgia anti-trust bill, which has proved so effective in-shutting the combination* out of that state. Mr. Smith, of Tippecanoe, introduced another legislative apportionment bill upon wr.irh he has expended a great deal of time and care. 1 House committees have as yet done practically nothing. The house Friday morning passed resolutions of sympathy for the Cuban patriots. and such resolutions have now passed ! both houses. House adjourned until Monday

Indianapolis, Jan 19. —Senate—Th^ sen- j ate at its morains session passed the two fee ! and salary bills drawn by the attorney sen* i eral and introduced by Senator Duncan. The ! first of these exempts county auditors from j the requirement that the salary thatl be ! made up from the fees of the office. Tbe second legalizes the acts of county com- j missiocers who have allowed the salaries ; of the-e offices at the figures stated in the ! fee and salary law. regardless of whether the offices produced sufficient revenue in the way j of fees to make up the salaries, and requiring co-nty commissioners to mate such allow- ; ances forthwith where they have not allowed j them a ready. The senate also too!* up and I pass'd Senator LaKollette s bill makiu« separate judicial circiuts of Jay and Adams coun* | ties. Hoes*—No business or importance was ! transacted in the house. At their caucus the democrats appointed a steering committee for j the house, headed by Ueilamy Sutton, and { they will use their utmost endeavor to defeat j the passage of any legislative apportionment bill in the house Indianapolis, ln&, Jan. IQ,—The senator- j ial election so thoroughly occupied both j branches of the legislature that little was ac- i complished at the morning session of either j house, though both branches killed many un- ’ important bills upon committee reports. The house held no afternoon session, but the sen- j ate continued its work. The chief event of i the afternoon was the Introduction by Senator I Homer of a resolution for an amendment to the I constitution providing for the introduction of ; "the initiative and referendum ” The amend- | ment provides that the electors of the state j shall have the right to reject any and all ! measures passed by the general assembly, and j provides a method for voting upon such meas- | urea It also provides for the same method of ] legislation In town and city councils. Even though the present assembly should psss the j resolution It would take six years to amend the constitution Under the suspension of the j rules the senate passed the bill continuing ; the life of the appellate court for four years, beginning January I. 1897. Charles W. Fair- | banks wan elected United States senator. At Seymour, Mrs. Calvin Beded, aged 86, who buried her husband a few days ago, died a few days later, of in- ; firm ity. When the remains of her husband were taken from the house she collapsed and soon died. She leaves a large family. Wm. Corn, who has been in business at Carrollton for nearly half a cen- j tnry, has made an assignment. His liabilities will probably amount to i $7,000, and the amount of assets is uncertain. Mbs. Parry Cboy, an El wood wid- ! ow, has been granted a pension of 88 per month and back pav amounting to *200. The homes of Senator A. W. Gilbert, j now of Indianapolis, and W. H. Twich- j ell, who is wintering in Mississippi, j were ransacked at Auburn by burr giars a night or two ago and wearing apparel and 'silverware stolen from ■ both places. It is thought pretty certain that the j Indiana legislature will pass a codnpul- j sory educational law. A law regulating building and loan associations is also regarded as a certainty. While coasting on the hill west of Connersville, John Remington and George Cane lost control of their sled and crashed into a hitching post The former received an agly gash on his bead and warn picked up in a semi-eon-scions condition. The latter escaped injury. Frederick Windmill was caught in s hern near New Carlisle, St Joseph county, In a wind storm and was hilled hr the collapsing at the barn. .

FAMINE IN CHIC AG X Bore Suffering than the Relief Commit* tees t an Alleviate—t he Uayor to Issue a FruflMiuatiun.antl the 1‘ulice to be Added to the Relief i'ulroi—Hundreds or t am* lUes Uel.ig Dally Added to the Litu of the Needy. Chicago, Jan. 24.—The cold wave which reached Chicago last night tightened its grip to-day and at midnight Chicagoans were shiverin g in a 16-below-zero atmosphere. At eight o’clock this morning the thermometer registered 14 belowV-"Tne temperature then moderated somewhat, but at no time during the day did the mercury rise above three below. Shortly after 6unset the temperature began dropping rapidly and to-night promises to be a record-breaker. The weather bureau promises no relief ior four or five days. The suffering among the poor is intense and Mayor Swift will issue a proclamation calling for bread for the starving. According to reports made to the mayor by the bureau of charities and other com mi tees that have applied to him, the number of destitute families is increasing each day until the conditions in some parts of the city are appalling. Immediate relief is necessary, or, it is said, many will die of starvation and cold. The police stations all over the city are tilled with lodgers, lluudreds^f homes are without fuel or food and skilled workmen are yeggiug on the streets. Committees on charitable institutions and many individual philauthro"pists nave called upou Mayor Swift to urge him to make an appeal to the public for immediate help for the sufferers. He will issue a proclamation to-morrow setting forth the exact conditions of the poor in Chicago and make an appeal for public help. Mo actual cases of starvation have as yet been reported, but many are suffering with hunger. Distributions of fuel and food have been carried on by the bureau of charities, but they say they are unable to take care of one-fifth of the people who beg assistance. County Commissioner Healey reported to Mayor Swift yesterday tbat the lists of needy are growing at the rate of from 300 to 500 families a day. These are not the families of paupers, but skilled workmen w ho are unable to get work, ’ Last night's blizzard continued until earl^- this moruiug. There was no serious delay to street car traiiicand the thc^ougblares were kept open by the huudreds of wen who were kept at work all nigut. Many of those suffering from want were given an opportunity to earn a few pennies by clearing away the snow. ^ All trains are late but the delay is not serious. Through the suggestion of Mayor Swift, Cuief of Police Badenoch issued an order to-night which will facilitate the furnishing of relief to such as are in danger from the want of food or fuel. The patrolmen throughout the city were ordered to make reports uu all cases of extreme destitution and explain the character of relief required. On ail such reports immediate assistance will be rendered.

CHINATOWN tXCTTEO (>v«r the AMUiiuntion of “Little 1’rtr" bjr Mictabiudon—The tee Yap »ud Saul Yap SucietiN lu UoaUiy Hostility. isAS Fkancisgo, Jan. 2a.—The assasinaliou by highbinders Saturday iveniug of Fong Cuiug, otherwise tnowu as “Little Fete,” has created a greater sensation in Chinatown thau iuy other happening in years. The ilreets in that quarter are crowded with exultant members of the See Tup society of Highbinders who are celebrating tue death of their most powerful enemy. It is said that the murdered man was to receive §40,hop tor destroying tho See Yup society, tnd that he was backed iu his efforts by the Chinese vice-consul, King ifwyang. The consulate is heavily guarded, as it is well known that the See Yups have placed a price of 52.U00 on the head of the vice-consul. It is understood that the assassins of “Little Fete” received 53,000 for their work: ' The Sam Yups have been thrown into disorder by the death of their leader, hut it is expected that when reorganized they will execute summary and adequate vengence upou the See Yups. ; Wong Sing and Chin Foy, the two men under suspicion of ha ving killed i “Little Fete” preserve stoical silence i in their cells iu the city prison. They j both claim to have a perfect alibi. ASKING FOR ARBITRATION. Good Effects of the Presence of tho Gan- j boat Mac bias at Bangkok. Washington, Jan. 24.—The gunboat ! Machias has arrived at Bangkok ubder orders to protect American inter- J ests, having been hurried there from i Houg Kong, 2,000 miles away, oa re- j ceipt of official news at the state de- : partment last week of an attack by j Siamese soldiers on United States Dep- j uty Consul-General Kellet. Commander McKenzie will confer I with Minister Barrett, and if the cir- I cuinstances warrant, a salute to the | American flag will be demanded. The i fact that the Machiias has been or- j dered to Bangkok has already had the | effect of altering the attitude of the | Siamese government toward the United j Stales. She is the first American war I vessel to visit Bangkok for seven j years, and the effect of her mission as j soon as its character became known is j reported to have been exactly as Seo | retary Olney desired. BISMARCK INCENSED AS She ladtjrntty Fst Upon Hie Men A $ Social Event. Bmi.ni, Jan. 24.—The Znkunft asserts that Prince Bismarck is greatly enraged at the indignity put upon his ■on. Count Herbert, at the recent marriage of the daughter of Minister Von Weidel to Prince Bismarck Bohlen, which the kaiser wonld only consent to attend upon condition that Count Herbert Bismack., a cousin of the bridegroom, should not be present at the wedding, despite the fact that ht had been invibscL ^

JOINED THE MAJORITY. Ifeath of Gen. J .hn D. Stevenson st Sv LobIs-Wu a Gallant Veteran of T*« Ware—ronarkt In Maaf Noted Engagemeute In the War with Mexico and DM Valiant Service for the Country In the War for the Union. St. Louis, Jan. 24.—Gen. John D. Stevenson died at ten o’clock Friday night, after an illness dating back to December 15, at his residence in this city-. [John D. Stevenson vas horn in Staunton, Va.. on June 8,1831. He spent two years in th* college of South Carolina, and was graduated in law at Staunton in 1511, and in 1S-4S begun the practice of law in Franklin county. Ua He organised a volunteer company in 1844, and served in Gen. Stephen W. Kearney’* invasion in New Mexico. * He commanded a company of dragoons in the war with Mexico in 1816 and IW7 under Col. H. W. Doniphan, and was with Maj. Wm Gilpin when he entered California He participated in the battle of Chihuahua and many other noted engagements. After hi* return he removed to Sc. Louis, and was frequently a member of the legislature, and president for one term of the state senate. He was a member of the electoral college in 1841. At the breaking out of the oivil war ho became a stanch supporter of the Union cause, aad raised the Seventh Missouri regiment. During the siege of Corinth he commanded the district of Savannah. He then led a brigade in Tennessee, and was made a brigadiergeneral of volunteers November 29,1S62. H* served in the Vicksburg campaign and mad* the charge at Champion Hill that broke th« enemy's left flank. He led an expedition that drove the confederates from northern Louisiana, commanded the district of Corinth and then occupied and fortified Decatur. Ala. bn August 8,1084. being left without a command, he resigned, but was recommissioned and assigned to the district, of Harper's Ferry. For a time during the reconstruction period he was in charge of northern Georgia. At the close of the war he was made a brevet major-general of volunteers, and, in 1867, for hts services at Champion Hill, was breveted brigadier-gen-eral in the regular army, in which he had been commissioned a colonel on July 28.1888. He left the army in 1871, and began the practice of law in St Louis, where he held manv public offices. , » On February 19,1845, he married Miss Hannah Letcher, of Lexington^Va-. a cousin of Gev. Letcher. The lady survives him, and they celebrated their golden wedding cn February 19. !S9o. Gen. Stevenson leaves two children—Judge John H. and Miss Virginia E Stevenson.] '. CAPTURED AND BURNED. Gallant Attack of Cubans Upon a Spanish Gunboat Key West, Fla., Jan. 24.—Havana advices received in Key West are to the effect that the Spanish gunboat Coiueta has been captured aud burned by the insurgents. The Cometa was one of the most powerful of the Spanish vessels in Cuban waters, and had been cruising near Cardenas to prevent the lauding of filibustering expeditions. For some time she had been accustomed to anchor at night off Sierra Morra, a favorable place for an attack from the shore, and the insurgents determined to capture her. Last Tuesday night they opened fire cn the vessel with a 12-pouud Hotchkiss gun. The vessel was struck several times and badly damaged./ While the crew were in confusion, boats loaded with insurgents left the shore and the Cometa was hoarded. A desperate hand-to-hand fight took place on the deck of the gunboat, the Cuba ns using the machete with deadly effect. ^ Finally, after the Spanish com- ’ mander and half his men had been killed, the survivors surrendered. The vessel was then burned.

I lit i rt ntt CHItNUb" Liable to Procedure me a Pirate—Proper* 1»S 1° Expedite the Case. Washington, Jau. 24.—If the published stories regarding the Cuban filibustering tug ‘“Three Frieuds” on her last voyage, of tiring at a Spanish vessel, are true, the attorney-general of the United States declares that the vessel is amenable, to the laws of piraey and her officers and crew are liable to punished as pirates. Attorney-Geueral Harmon, it is^oflleially stated, is considering the lidviability of instituting proceedings against the Three Friends on that ’ charge, and in order to expedite the case he has prepared an application to the United States supreme court for a writ of certiorari on the United States circuit court at New Orleans for the transfer of the case to the supreme court, so that the latter tribunal may pass on the decision, given at Jacksonville by Judge Locke, who held that the government in its bill of libel against the Three Friends did not show that she had violated auy law. He gave the government ten days to amend its bill and declared that unless this were done he would dismiss the application. FOR UNIFORMITY. a KrqoMt From Comptroller Eckels to Governors of States. Washington, Jan. *24. — James H. Eckels, comptroller of the currency, has sent a letter to the governors of the states requesting them to recommend legislation to secure uniformity in the collection of banking statistics for use in the annual report of the comptroller. In order that uniformity in time and manner of reporting may be secured. Comptroller Eckels has suggested in his letter to the governors that the attention of state legislatures be called to the subject, and that each legislative body bs requested to enact suen legislation as will result in the submission to a designated public official of the state, reports of the condition of all banks, banking institutions and private banks doing buainess in the state at the same dates on which* national banks are required to make their reports to ths comptroller of the currency. SMALL SILVER NOTES. tka Bureau of Engraving and Printing Betsjg Sparred Cp. Washington, Jan. 2&—The secretary of the treasury has informed the senats that unless immediate steps be taken to increase the daily delivery of silver certificates of small denominations by the bureau of engraving and printing the treasury will be so depleted as to prevent the redemption of the denominations usually called for by ths banka He recommends an appropriation of $46,000 for increasing the foros Is keep up with the demand.