Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 February 1897 — Page 2

ktConntggrworral M. M«C. STOOPS, Bditor and Proprietor, ERSBURG, INDIANA, Mb. ahd Mas. Gladstone started from Ha warden, on the 27th, for London, on route for Cannes. Both were In excellent health. Uxited States Sexatob E. O. W«r <COTT. with his family, has left London for Paris, where he will continue his mission in the interest of bimetal* l ism. * Tn Hawaiian Gasette of the 19th, in its annual review of trade, says that the past year was financially the most prosperous in the history of the island. Hm Fbbktikl, a merchant of Berlin, and Herr Krupp, the sun maker, of Essen, have been appointed life members of the upper bouse of the Prussian landtag. Dispatches from Goa, the capital city of the Portuguese territory of that name In India, on the 29th, said that there were three cases of bubonic plague in the hospital there. A dispatch from Madrid says that President Can or as has made a formal denial that any negotiations for a new •commercial treaty between Spain and the United States are in progress. The house committee on labor, on the 27th, ordered favorably reported the MU of Mr. Watson, of Ohio, prohibiting the use of prison labor on buildings erected for the United States. The president-elect of the United .States is 24 years old. It was on January 29, 1943, that he first saw the light of day at Niles, a, where his father was manager and proprietor of an iron foundry. lisxBT CHKXowm, a mason, 55 years old, returned to his home in Long Island City, N. Y., on the 28th, after recovering from an operation by which the whole of his tongue was removed. His trouble was due to cancer. Faiacbes throughout the United States, as reported by R. G. Dan A Co. for the week ended onJ^he 29th were 111, against 409 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failarea were 57, against 70 last year. Ox the 22d State Insurance Commissioner Matthews of Ohio announced that he would not reiicense«tbe^.ioyd’s insurance concerns of New York to do business in Ohio, because they w ere not legal organisations under the laws ofithat state.

Among the first-class post offices showing a falliug ofit in receipts for the last quarter of 18U6 Chicago shows a decrease of 94,735; Cincinnati, 910,431; 8t. Louis, 922,504; Cleveland, 37,705; Kansas City, 92.221; Minneapolis, 14,204; bu Paul, 93,005, and Louisville, 92,5W, - Ox the 27th the president approved, among others, acts to enable the town of Flagstaff, Aria, to issue water bonds; to incorporate the convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, and for the relief of telegraph operators who served in the war of the rebellion. _ lx the Missouri senate, on the 27th, a joiut concurrent resolution was introduced by Senator Schweickardt, and adopted, that 9250,000 be appropriated for the relief of the tornado sufferers at bt. Louis, and that a commission be appointed to attend to the distribution of the money. A nova to break down the great Welsbach monopoly in iucandescent gaslights will be made in the United States circuit court in Chicago. The attack will be made on the patent itself, and it will be claimed that the legal rights ol the Welsbach company aspired in August of last year. Tux formal enthronement of Rt. Hou. and Ru Rev. Maude! Creighton, who was recently appointed bishop of London to succeed Kt. Hon. and Most Rev. Frederick Temple, the latter having been elevated to the office of archbishop of Canterbury ana primate of ail Kngland, will take place on the 90th. Thx large grain elevator of the W. IL Purcell Matting Co., at Due Hundred and Twenty-third street and the Kelt line tracks, ; Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the 2tttu. The elevator was recently rebuilt, two former structures having been damaged by fire. The loss, wnich is estimated at £350,000, is nearly covered by insurance. Jus am and the whale furnished an hour's mirth to Plymouth church, Brooklyn, on the eveuing of the 24th, and Rev. Lyman Abbott, the preacher, dissected the Hebrew prophet with a skill and a humor that delighted his auditors. Indeed, the audteuce became so hilarious at the close that Dr. t Abbott felt obliged to administer a mild rebuke. TXX Hall-Lansing block, 1330 O street, Lincoln, >ieb., was totally destroyed by fire at au early hour on the morning of the 20th. The block was occupied by roomers, and, aa the legislature was in session, was quite fuiL beveral had narrow escapes The building was valued at 975.2U0; partially insured. ' The cause of the fire was e lamp explosion. Tax senate committee on foreign relations,'on the 25th, discussed the general treaty of arbitration for store than an hoar, but no conclusion eras reached on any portion. The whole time aeeina to have been devoted to a discussion of the relatione ol the Nicaragua canal and the Qay-ton-Bulwer treaty to this proposed sew convention. Many suggestion* were offered, but jnone took tangible J

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEW8 Df BRIEF. FI FTY-FOU RTH CONGRESS. !■ the senate, on the ttth. Mr. Burrows (rep., Mich.) culled attention to eorrupt politics.] practices in the state ot Delaware. A hill providing that no person shall he tried In a United States court (or acts in aid ot the republic of Cuba was introduced and referred to the oommittee on the Judiciary. Mr. Turpi** idem., lad.) spoke In support of the right of congress to recognise a new state and in favor of an immediate declaration ot belligerency. Eulogies of the late ex-Speaker Crisp were then pronounced.In the house a lot ot miscellaneous business was disposed of. and consideration ot the Indian appropriation bill was commenced. Bills were passed to regulate the disposition of dead bodies in the District of Columbia and to prevent the spread of contagious diseases In the district. Ur the senate, on the ttth. Mr. Turple (dess.. Xnd. > resumed and concluded his speech in favor of the recognition of Cuban independence. Mr. Chandler suooeeded in getting consideration of his bill for a commission to any International monetary oonferenoe. The bill went over, and the remainder of the day’s session was occupied by Mr Daniel (dem.. Va.) In a speech against the Nicaragua canal bill as being “In fraud of the oontrack."....In the house the bill to restore Jonathan Soott to the pension roil (from which he was dropped by the bureau In ISM) was passed over the president’s veto. Mr. H1U reported the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, which was placed on the calendar. The rest ot the day was spent in committee of the whole in consideration of the Indian appropriation hill. 1* the senate, on the ftth. the military academy bill was passed, after a lengthy controversy over an amendment providing for the attendance of the West Point cadets nt the inauguration parade. The Nicaragua canal bill was takes up. and gave rise to s spirited debate. The bill was pending when the senate adjourned.In the house the conference re- j port on the immigration bill wms agreed to after many speeches tor nnd against the measure. As reported from committee It is practically a new bill. The principal objection to the bill was the clause requiring immigrants to read and write "la the language of their native or resident country.” lit the senate, on the 28th. Mr. Allen (pop.. Neb.) introduced s resolution intended to impede foreclosure proceedings for the sale of the property of the Union Pacific railroad, which went over without action. The bill for a commission to an international monetary Conference was taken up. and. after speeches by Messrs Chandler, Bacon and Stewart, went over. After a season spent la executive session several bills were taken from the Calendar and passed... .. In the house the Indian appropriation bill was passed, with some changes relating to the scope of the measure. The bill making appropriations for the agricultural department was called up, and gave rise to an amusing and sometimes acrimonious debate, based on ex-Gor. Aligeld's charge of fraud in the Ohio election. lx the senate, on the 29th. the bill for the representation of the United States in any international monetary conference that may be called occupied the session almost exclusively. and was finally passed by s vote of 48 to 4......In the house the report of the conferees on the bill providing for the incorporation of the purchasers of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, after a heated debate, was rejected—71 to 14S. The house refused to take up bills from the private calendar, and for nearly an hour continued in committee of the whole in considI h a Will.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A dispatch from Constantinople ■ays: The sultan is dejected at the prospects of his Mohammedan sub* jects backing- the European demands. His grand vizier and foreign minister are both exhausted from vvoVry, and the grand vizier is seeking permission to resign. Thk recent cold wave found many unprepared to resist the biting blasts, and intense suffering was reported from the big cities in its pathway. In Chicago especially the distress of the many thousands of hungry families of the unemployed was truly pitiable. Mbs. Hvngkkpord, the novelist, better known by her nom de plume, “The Duchess,” died In Dublin on the 84th. Mrs. Uungerford had a rare personality and was a famous hostess. Though past middle age, she always retained a bright, youthful appearance. and was generally in a vivacious, cheerful mood. As Egyptian commission, appointed for the purpose, has started on a tour of the various Red sea ports to arrange precautionary measures against the bubonic plague which is raging in Bombay and other ports of India. The marquis of Dufferin. the retiring British ambassador to France, has accepted the presidency of a committee to celebrate, at Bristol, the four hundredth anniversary of Cabot's discovery of America. Thb preparations for the Bradley* Martin ball in New York, that is to outshine the Vanderbilts, continue. It is said, however, that several wealthy women have concluded to remaiu at home on the night of February 19, fearing an outbreak of some kind a|t the Waldorf as the result of the great prominence which the affair haa received. The plague news from Bombay is not reassuring. The British sanitary commissioner has reported seriously on the situation, but Engligbmen regard the chances of the plague getting a foothold in Great Britain as being remotei Tn consular and diplomatic bill was reported to the bouse on the 25th. It carried an appropriation of 61,651,903, which is an increase of S2u,0U01 over the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Edward J. Itobt, alias Bell, acquitted in London of a charge of complicity in a dynamite conspiracy, and John A. McIntyre, formerly district attorney in New York, who went to London in defense of Ivory, sailed for New York on the 26th. Thb senate foreign relations committee, on the 26th, favorably reported a bill providing that the shore end of any new submarine telegraphic cable which shall be protected in any for-; eign country by exclusive landing\ rights or other special privileges shall, not be permitted to land in this country without the consent of congress. Mm McKixlet, wife of the presi-dent-elect. accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Barber, arrived in Chicago over the Lake Shore road from Canton, (X, on the 26th. They were driven at once to the residence of Mr. Lafayette McWilliams, 2961 Lake avenue Miss Abba Vakdxwatkb and two children, a boy aged about eight years and a girl about four, perished in a burning farm house four miles south of BsMsviUa. Mich., oo the 26th.

Os the 26th 11m boose passed over the president veto, by More than a two-thirds rob, the bill to restore Jonathan Scott, of Oswego, Kas., a veteran of the Fifth Iowa cavalry, to tiie pension roll, at the rate of *71 a month. N Cokcudt Bros.’ Great Western pottery, at Pern. JLnd., one of the largest in the eoontry, was burned on the Mth; loss, *40,000. At Linton, IS miles eaat of Sullivan, Ind., on the t?th, Mrs. Robert Wilkey left her two children, aged one and four years, in the house while she went out calling. The house caught fire and was burned down, and both the children perished. Ox the 28th Comptroller Eckels of the treasury addressed the house committee on banking and currency on the several bills referred to him. He said a great deal of the present depression had been brought about by overtrading, unwise credit and unusual extravagance, public and private. Thk senate committee on commerce, oa the 28th, agreed upon and reported favorably to the senate Mr. Caffery’s bill appropriating *550,000 to dose the crevasse in the Mississippi river at Pass a Loutre. The committee expressed no opinion as' to the liability of the Eads heirs in the matter. Mpmavury, the newly-appointed head of the Russian foreign office, arrived in Paris on the 38th. A large crowd of persons assembled at the station to await his coming, and greeted him with cheers and cries of “Vive Russie” as he made his appearance. Thk body of Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the Pitman system of shorthand, who died in London recently, was cremated at Woking on the 28th. A telegram from Port Eads. La., says the steamer Albert Dumera ran down and sunk the steam yacht Argo on the 28th. Two reporters of the New Orleans Picayune, who were on the Argo, are missing. The fishing schooner Hattie Rebecca Carter, from Atlantic City, went ashore two miles northeast of Sea Isle City, N. J., on the 28th, during a thick snow storm. Her crew of six men were

The Italian war office has ordered six battalions of troops to get in read* iness to start for Massowah. At Jackson, O.. on the 29th, Alice Hill, a blind woman, aged 45, while groping her way acrosfa room in the house in which she lived, came in con* tact with a stove. Her clothes were set on fire and she was burned to death. Her mother, aged 72, also nearly blind, was fatally burned trying to save her daughter. The northbound train on the South* ern Pacific railroad, which left San Francisco, on the 28th, for Portland, Ore., was held up near Roseburg, Ore., on the 29th, by two or three men. Two small safes in the express car were blown open and looted. The express car then took fire and the car and contents were destroyed. ’ The house committee on the library, on the 29th, recommended favorably the bill appropriating $50,000 for the erection* of an equestrian statue in Washington city to Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Slocum. The business portion of Caledonia, O., was burned at an early hour on t^he 29th. At Cleveland, O., on the 29th, Willard Colton, 45 years old, shot and almost instantly killed his wife, Clarissa, aged 42, and then shot himself in the head and died in half an hour. The tragedy was the outcome of a domestic quarrel. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The senate was not in session on the 20th...,In the house almost the sole subject of consideration was the agricultural appropriation bilL As usual the distribution of seeds was the subject of discussion, a motion to strike off the appropriation altogether being lost by a vote of 94 to 10. The proposed rearrangement of salaries of bureau officers were stricken out of the bill and the provisions of the present law inserted in place of them. The bill was then passed, as were two or three private bills, when the house adjourned. The German government is about to send a special commission to Bombay to investigate the bubonic plague which is raging there with a view of adopting precautionary measures, against the introduction of the disease into Europe. Dr. Kock, the eminent German bacteriologist, has been summoned from South Africa to head the Cotn mission. There will be no commutation of the sentence of eight months’ imprisonment imposed on Lady Scott for libeling her sou-in-law, Earl Russell. Earl Cadogan and other of her friends have sought to obtain her release, but they nave failed to shake the home secretary's decision not to set her at liberty. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the :<0th showed the following changes: Reserve, increase. 92,080,450; loans, decrease, 91,573,000; specie, increase, 9550,500; legal tenders, increase, 91,.493,000; deposits, decrease, 9147,800; circulation, decrease, 9308,300. The New York W’orld alleges that the government is annually robbed of 910,000,000by the railroadsof the oonntry by means of padding the mails for a period of 50 days every four years, when the government is about to utake its quadrennial reweighiug. Between one aud two o’clock, on the morning of the 31st, the extensive plant of the Scranton, (Pa.; Heat and Power Co., in the center of the city, was almost totally destroyed by fire, at a loss of $50,000. Half the town was left in darkness. Princess Louise, eldest daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, and wife of Prince Philip of Saxe-Cobnrg and Gotha, brother of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has eloped with an Austrian captain of hussars. The resignation of Lient. C. A. Stone, 0. & S., retired, has bean accepted, dating January JL

INDIANA STATE NEWS. UfitUtlre PMBUtop. DWAvavolu. Ind.. Jan. XL—The closing mi in the election of a United States senator to suooeed Voorheea occurred at noon Wednesday. when Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks was formally declared elected to represent Indiana in the senate during the next six yearn. The | two heuesa of the assembly met In joint con* | vention. Nr. Fairbanks when he entered the I bouse was received with great applause He i spoke briefly, saying in conclusion: **I be- | litre, with President Hayes, that he serves his party best who serves his country best Upon purely partisan questions I shall not hope for the approval of my democratic friends, but with respect to the great majority of questions which are oonpolitical I trust I l may be able to win some share of their approbation. " At the close of the address of Mr. Fairbanks both bouses adjourned, and the newly elected senator held an impromptu reception. Indian apous, Ind., Jan. Sfl—Sxnatb—The senate turned down a majority report against the constitutional amendment providing tor the election of United States senators by popular vote, and adopted the minority report favoring the resolution for the amendment. This was done by a vote of tl to IV The big surprise of the day developed when the senate, by a majority of two votes, voted ! In favor Of a measure to permit real estate mortgages to be deducted from tax returns up to s limit of NOU The resolution to Investigate the alleged indebtedness of the Vandalla Railroad Co. to the state, which passed the house a few days ago. was called up and a substitute for it adopted by the senate It confines the investigation to the ques - tlon of whether the state has a valid claim in the matter, and directs the committee, if U shall find that the state has a legal right of action against the company, to prepare a bill for that purpose Hops*—The house spent the whole day in discussion of comparatively unimportant matters on committee reports. Among the raft of bills killed on these reports was one relieving the plaintiff in damage suits of the burden of proof that there was no contributory negligence and another reducing the penalties in cases of election bribery. The bill of Mr. Reynolds making it a misdemeanor to teach any other language than English in the schools was Introduced

INDIANAPOLIS. JA& X3. —SENATE—TuC question of the Vnndnll* investigation created a breeze in both houses of the generAl assembly Friday morning. The senate took up and passed under suspension of the rules the bill that passed the house the day before, requiring county officers to take acknowledgments of pension papers free of charge Hors*—Mr Henderson, the author of the original resolution that passed' the house, gave expression to his feelings by Introducing a resolution calling upon the attorner general to transmit all information he could obtain In regard to the claim of the state against the Vandalia company. This was adopted without dissent and without discussion. The house received a measure from Mr. Fornshell declaring it a misdemeanor for a woman to wear a high hat in the theater. and another from Mr. Patterson, of Franklin, declaring football an unlawful sport and imposing a' fine of *25 upon anr person who In any way participates in the game. The house concurred in favorable reports upon a bill to create a labor commission and providing for voluntary arbitration; a bill for a commission to make a thorough revision of the laws relating to city, county and township government, and a bill limiting very greatly the authority of township trustees in purchasing supplies The ags of consent was fixed at 18 years Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. & —Sknat*—Not in session Saturday. Hoes*—The house met Saturday morning, and as the roll call disclosed no quorum an adjournment was taken until Monday. Halt an hour after it had adjourned the attorney general appeared with his report upon the status of the claim of the state against, the Vandalia railroad system, called for by resolution of the house Friday. The report will not be submitted until Monday. Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 2&—Both branches of the legislature Monday took the necessary action for investigating and recovering the claim of the state against the Vandalia railroad. supposed to amount to anywhere from nothing up to I1.500.00U Both branches accepted a report from the attorney general reviewing the subject, and passed under suspension of the rules. a bill prepared by that officer requiring the company to submit to him by February 4 a full accounting of its financial operations during the SO years that it operated under a special charter. The concurrent resolution for a joint committee to suggest further legislation for the institution of . a suit to recover was adopted by the house, but has not yet been acted upon in the senate. Immediately after adjournment this evening both sides of the house held caucuses on the appellate court bilL In the republican caucus there were 44 members, with all the rest accounted for but one. A number of speeches were made and the roll was called, showing all those ore sent ready to support the bi£ and the absent ones were vouched for. The caucus then took up the question of the Olbson county contest aad‘ agreed unanimously to sustain the report of the election committee seating Mr. Cockrum when it is presented to the house Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan. 27.--The republican members of the legislature held a joint caucus Tuesdiy night and determined not to make a congressional reapportionment A subcommittee was appointed to prepare a caucus measure for legislative apportionment The bill of Senator New to repeal the apportionment law of 1885 was made a caucus measfure. As this is the only 'apportionment law on the books, if the supreme court should overthrow the one to be passed at this s-e-ston. an extra session will have to be called, it was decided to amend the election law so that no man's numb can appear more than one# on the ballot A committee was chosen to draft a bill to abolish tve office of custodian of th* state houseIt was this me. sure that caused the riot at the close of the last sessioh. The house Tuesdav unseated the member. Mr. Hart, of Gibson county, aid sqated Mr Cockrum. The appellate ooujrt bill was passed—59 to 38. At Ae close of the senate session Lieut Gov. Haggard announced that he had appointed Messrs. LaFoUeue. McCord. Drummond and Gilbert on the special committee for the Vandalia inquiry. The elections committee of the senate at midnight decided to oust Senator Rogers, of Laporte eounty, and seat the republican contestant, Uriah Culbert Ths bill to prohibit the playing of football haa been favorably acted upon by a committee of the Indiana house. Tax Upland bank has quit business after a series of misfortunes, and a Hartford City firm establish a bank there. At Washington Edith Osman, aged three years, was burned to death the other day from her clothes catching fire while playing in front of a grate. A post office has been established at Freeport, Shelby eounty. Jeannette, an elephant in Wallace's show at Pern, died after a 40 days’ fast. She was brought to American from Africa in 1824. James Sflithole, a Cherokee, in Henry county, haa fallen heir to rich Indian territory lands. Three brothers named Allen, aged 10. 14 and 11, were arrested at Evanswille, charged with attempted tr&iu wrecking on a high bank. The big Marts canning factory will be rebuilt at Tipton. Charles West, of Anderson, ha* inwen ted a “lego me ter” for pedestriaaa. Fire gutted the railway station, a grain elevator, the poet office and sew* aval residences at Florida, Madison eonmty. Emma Lamb, of Economy, is going la India aa a Methodist missionary.

THE WAR PORTFOLIO. <S«k BmmII A. Alger, of Michigan fMtt Canton. O., at the .Invitation of fra-Mont-Klact McKinley and U Offered and Accapta the Secretaryship of Wat la the Mew Cabinet. Canton, O., Jan. 3a—Gen. R. A. Al* iper arrived here early in the afternoon. He came by invitation, and as in the case of other prominent cabinet possibilities who have visi{ed Canton by invitation, his coming was taken to mean that a portfolio would be offered him and that inference was found to be warranted by

Gen. BvueU A. Alger. (he facts. Gen. Alger has, by com^ mon consent, been considered for sev* eral weeks as the man most likely to be appointed secretary of war by Maj. McKinley and his visit here meant that objections made to him by certain factions in his own state, had been overcome and that the presidentelect was ready to discnss the cabinet with him personally. Geo. Alger for Secretory of War. Columbus, 0., Jan. 30.—A Pres* special from Canton, says that at 3 p. m. yesterday Gen. Russell A. Alger was formally offered the secretary* ship of war and accepted it. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Change* Which Hare Occurred Through Death or Keelgnatloa*. Washington, Jan. 30.—The changes which hare taken place in the Fiftyfourth congress through death and resignations are given in the new edition of the Congressional directory, which will be the last for this congress. There have been seven deaths, as follows: Myron B. Wright, Fifteenth Pennsylvania district, November 13, 1894; succeeded by James H. Codding. Andrew J. Campbell, Tenth New York district, December 6, 1894; suo> seeded by Amos J. Cummings. Philip S. Post, Tenth Illinois district, January 6, 1885; succeeded by George W. Prince. Win. Cogswell, Sixth Massachusetts district. May 22, 1895; succeeded by Wm. H. Moody. Frederick Remann, Eighteenth Illinois district, July 14, 1895; succeeded ,by E. L. Hadley. William H. Crain, Eleventh Texas district, February 6, 1896; succeeded by Rudolph Kleburg. j Charles F. Crisp, Third Georgia district, October 23. 1896; succeeded by bis son, Charles F. Crisp. [ Julihs C. Burrows, Third Michigan district, January 23, 1895; succeeded by Alfred Milnes. James C. C. Black, Tenth Georgia district, March 4, 1895; succeeded by himself. L. F. McGann, Third Illinois district, December 2, 1895; succeeded by Hugh E. Belknap. Frank S. Black, Nineteenth New York district, resigned January 7, 1897 to become governor of New York. Hi/ seat is not yet filled. A GENEROUS OFFER. Will Entertain the We*t Point Cadet* Free of Charge. Washington, Jan. 30.—The secretary of war some time ago arranged for the West Point cadets to come to Washiugton and participate in the inaugural ceremonies on the 4th of March. A controversy arose over the expenses.of the trip, and it became necessary that some arrangements be made for their subsistence while here. Congress has so far failed to make an appropriation for that purpose and yesterday* Mr. H. C. Burch, manager of the Ebbitt house, where Maj. McKinley will have his headquarters, wrote to Secretary Lamont offering tc entertain the cadets free of charge at that hotel during their stay here. The question of transportation, it is understood, rests with the war department, as a sufficient amount ii available for that gmrpose. » POWDER MILL EXPLOSION. P*opl* Around HssUton, Fa., Though* Thor* Wm aa Earthquake. Pottsyillx, Pa., Jan. 3a— A powder magazine at the Crystal Ridge colliery, one and a half miles south of Hazleton, exploded shortly before midnight, the concussion of which was distinctly felt here. Herman Rickert, night watchman, was the only person injured. The loss will foot up several thousand dollars. Plate glass windows in the stores at Hazleton were broken. The citizens of Hazleton thought an earthquake had visited them. The greatest excitement prevailed until the extent of the damage was learned and the cause which created the agitation. Folmor'* Third Victim Dood. Labchmont, N. Y., Jan. 30.—Gertrude Palmer, the third victim of the murderous frenzy of Arthur Palmer, her brother, died at la. m. Palmer, who Was a well-to-do farmer of M a maronock, shot and instantly killed his brother, Leonard Palmer, a teacher in Grammar school No. 39 of New York, and fatally wounded his mother. Harriet Palmer, and his sister Bertrnde, on Monday evening, Jannary IB. Mira. Palmer died on the morning of the J9th, bat it was hoped that the girl would recover. Thursday night peritonitis *Un»9M»ing death.

THE COMING CABINET. With LUtte Over Foar Week* to Make riwU Selections, tue Freeldent-Mleo* Hm Meek to Do »n«l to Think of— Jadf* Goff's Probable OeelinaUoa WUI Cease Another Look Over the Soother* Field. ; CAJiTOM, 0., Feb. J.—With the inauguration but a trifle more than four weeks distant there still remains a. Jg good deal of work to do ih the way of completing the cabinet. No word ha*, been received from Judge Goff, bob the conviction grows that he may find it impossible to accept a portfolio. 1st case he does not go into the cabinetthe whole question of southern represent at ion in that body will be reopened and there will be another rush, for Canton on the part of delegation* in the interest of rival candidates. There is no light to be had on the New York situation to-day ana there is reason to believe that the presidentelect may not choose the last member of his cabinet till ha gets to Washington. It is also likely that only one more of the cabinet appointments will be formally announced before the list is sent to the senate on the fifth day of March. The preaident-eleet has taken the public into his confidence to a very considerable extent already and may deem it wise to keep his own counsel during the next mouth, consideration of some of the candidates for the position of assistants to the cabinet officers will next follow in order. It may be stated upon excellent authority. and no donbt the statement will be of interest, that application* for appointment to the diplomatic and consular service will not be considered till after April 1. This will not, of course, apply to the important embassies, which will be filled shortly g after the 4th of March. [ i

MJKfclUN liH i tnr kntNUt. Attempt to Prevent XatlonslLegUlstlon bp Bulldoxlac American Congressmen. Washington, Feb. 1.—Senator Lodge said to-day: "Since receiving a copy of the telegrams which Claussenius Co. were sending out to affect votes^pn the immigration bill and which I gave to the press, there has been sent me % copy of the circular which this same firm have been sending out through the mail. As they stated in an interview that they were sending out their telegrams only in their individual capacity, it will be interesting to observe that this circular is addressed to agents, who, I suppose, were aUo to act in their individual capacity,- and not as agents of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. The. circular in full is as follows: Chicago, HI.. Jan. SJ. 1897. To Agents: The immigration bill, which is intended to materially restrict immigration, comes up for tinai disposition in the house of representatives. Washington. D C, on Wednesday, sirth inst. It is quite clear that immigration will really be restricted almost to the extent of total exclusion of Immigrants should the bill become a law, and every effort should therefore be made to insure the defeat of the bill. You are indirectly interested in the defeat of the bill as much as we are. and we would respectfully ask you to wire your representative in congress immediately upon receipt of this to vote against the bill, informing him that the measure virtually means exclusion and that Mis vote in fuvor of the same will mean retirement at the next election. Trusting that you will not fall to give this matter your prompt attention, we are, yours respectfully. H. Clacssenil’s & Co. There was a little slip in red type as follows: Wire your representative fully and let us know cost of telegram, and we will promptly refund amount to you. "1 think it very desirable that the attention of congress, of the press and of the public should be drawn to this attempt on the part of the agents of a foreign corporation to defeat a measure of great public importance, in which the people of the United States are profoundly interested.” TO BE ONE OF US. Ex-Qaeco Lllluokalanl to. Tab* Up Hen Residence In Washington. Niw York, Fob: 1.—A Tribune special from Washington says: "The interesting rumor has been printed that the present visit of the ex-queen of Hawaii to Washington may result in her making this city her permanent home. Those who |ather the rnmor point to the fact thdi sine would undoubtedly find Washington a more attractive place of residence than Honolulu, where her surroundings are all i such as to remind her of the days | when she was on the throne and ruled i the islands with a firm hand. She has | never been sineerely reconciled to the : new condition of affairs, and should j she really become satisfied that she | has no.chance of returning to power, j it would be onljr natural that she should choose to separate herself from the scene of her former greatness. - I AN INHUMAN ACT. A Glassblowor Scorches His Helper la His Furoses. Anderson, Ind., Jan. 31. — Peter Able, a glassblower, was arrested Friday night for an inhuman act. Valdiato Kumkowski, a 16-year-old lad, is his helper. Able became angered with him for some little mistake and knocked him down. Not being satisfied, he then took the boy, ran with him to the furnace and stuck him in through the gathering hole. He only kept him there a second, bat it was long enough to^barathe lad’s face and shoulders horribly. It is thought he will die. He is a sickening sight. * - ■ *1 / 9 A SPANISH OUTRAGE. Aa American Teasel Boarded by Spanish OHcers sad Papers Seised. Nsw Haven, Conn., Jan. 31.—Capt, Dorr,of the schooner Jennie A. Stubbs, of Lemoiae, Me., which arrived here Wednesday, reported that his vessel was boarded by Spanish officers in the harbor of Porto Rica A package of American newspapers were seised. This was done, the captain states, so as to prevent the natives reading the * accounts of the war in Cuba. The Btnbba sailed for New York Friday afternoon.