Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 35, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 January 1900 — Page 2

tHwi’ittf (Sotmtg gtwttxt “•* MeC. STOOPS, Editor «nd Proprietor. PETERflRURG, : INDIANA. r, ■***■ ' , ■ ... Jilted'Cross subscriptions for the Transa&U in Berlin already reach a • total of< 100,000 marks. Mrs. Florence Worth, wife of Brig.- ► Gen. \ViWorth, U. S. A., retired, V. died at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., on the 29th. ^ ‘ The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 29th showed* Cash balance, available, $297,500,368; gold reserve, $238,919,482. The bureau of interpafrevenue decided, on the 29th, tj*d!t insurance com* panies doing a call loan business are liable to the bankers' tax imposed by the w^r revenue law.. The stockholders of the Lackawan- : na Icon and Steel Co., in special ses* sion at Scranton, Pa., On the 29th, - voted in favor of increasing the capital » stock from $3,750,000 to $25,000,000. The order which has been issued opening to trade the ports of Zamir boanga, Cottabato, Davoa and Isabella, P. I., will apply provisionally to the Jolo amt Siassi ports. Gen. Bates will . appoint the customhouse agents. Prince David of Hawaii passed •through Minneapolis, Minn., on the ■» 28th, en route to Washington, via Chi- • cago. The prince in a nephew of exQueen Lilioukalani, and was to have married Princess Kaiulani had she . lived. -. ■

Prince Arenberg, recently courtmartialed in German Southwest Africa, for killing a subordinate without provoca tion; and fiendishly torturing • his victim while dying, and who was • ordered to Berlin for sentence, will, it is said, have a new trial.* * Florence Blythe-Hinckley, heiress to several million dollars left her by her father, Thomas Blythe, which were : . awarded to her after protracted litigation, -has been quietly married, at San ’ Francisco, to A. A. Moore, Jr., deputy • attorney general of California. ^ A. ruli ng which legalizes marriages performed by judges or the clergy of any religious denomination ip the Philippines has been made. Under ^he Spanish regime only such marriages • were recognized as legal as were performed by lloman Catholic priests. Smallpox among the Indians in the • Indian territory and at Crow Creek .pgency,in South Dakota,and other resr • ftrvations, has assumed such serious phases that congress, immediately af•ter reconvening, will be asked for an •appropriation of $50,000 with which to ^ s [Fully 200 representative members of the Kansas State Live Stock association moet .at Emporia, on the 28th, at a called meeting to discuss and put into -effect “all honorable means to fight the. advance .in freight rates made by the railroads in their change from carload rales to hundred weight.” tGapUJohn Cowdon’s son, Mr. James f>e!4on . Cowdon, of Washington city, has. completed a plaster model of Low■er Louisiana, showing the flood plane and.floor..plane of the Mississippi river e from tle mouth of Red River to the tSulL of Mexico, as. well as the location aftthe,proposed LakejBorgne outlet. The .news, that Germany will not •caul military, experts to the Boers is awtnsived .by> the German press unfavorably. £Gbe Deusfche Tages Zeitung says,: ‘“It is hard to conceive why not. From'.the .Boers, one may learn h*w to win .victories, but from Gen. Buller only how .to lose,battles and cannon.” It was .officially ..announced, on the 28th, tint .the Dominion parliament had been ..called for February 1. The principal business to be brought up will be .the .voting .of money for the milii»riy .contingents, sent to South Af-, rica and the .adoption of motions indorsing .the notion of .the government. Joim Houseman, 83 vyears old, who says be .was .once .a wealthy man in SacrammtQ, vCaU .was .taken to the workhouse An JXew York, on the 28th, to serve three months for vagrancy. Housemsen said that while a young , ^man he had g<uxe west and settled in Sacramento and .amassed a comfortable fortune. i •

An appeal ifco itfce world to provide funds for thecautmuation of the work begun and for 20 years successfully carried on by Dwight L. Moody, was issued, on the 27th, by the trustees of the Northfleld (Mass.) seminary. A fund of $3,000,000 is asked for, which, at four per cent,, will perpetuate the work of Mr. Moody. In answer to its appeal for contr*v buttons of books and papers for the ! garrison at Guam., the navy department had received, up to (the 28th, 928 books, 3,217 umg&e^nes, 2,MS illustrated weekly papers, 72 acts of dominoes, J72 sets" of checkers and 72 sets of alphabet blocks, the last to be used in teaching the native children. 'JThe Panama Canal Company of Aiperica, with an authorized capital of ,$3^00,000, was incorporated at Trenton, jtf. J., on the 27th. The object of *he Qfl»ipany, as shown by tbe artietea iqqqrporation, is to acquire, by par/rhflse,,^? ship canal of tbe Campaign** Js'oave)le<du Canal de Panama and the railway ;ft*y°ss; the Isthmus of Panama: ship .construct, equip and opcd .q^f* i and railway and the ses c<>tmected tact*

■WHF ii if m British Soldiers in South Africa Enthusiastic Over Roberts’ and * Kitchener’s Coming. DISAFFECTION AMONG THE CAPE DUTCH. A Story to the Effect that a Large Number of tbe Orange Free Stater*. Headed by President Stem’s Brother, Definitely Refuse to Contlnae tbe War.

London, Deep 30.—Dispatches from all parts of South Africa emphasize the great enthusiasm . among the troops and public occasioned by the appointment of Generals Roberts and Kitchener. The announcement that the former will hare supreme command and that the latter will be ciiief- ' ol-staff has largely dispelled the depression in Cape Colony caused by the recent reverses, while the soldiers anticipate everything from the presence of *‘Bobs” from success in battle to Caper beer. , Cape Dutch DliaflecHoa. . Advices from Cepe Town dated December 34, say an investigation shows : that the reported disaffection among j the Dutch in the Victoria West district has been overdrawn. The farmers, it is pointed out, are mostly land owners and will not risk the loss of their farms by rising. A Carious Story. A dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez, dated December 23, says a curious story is current, emanating from Boer sources, that Matt Steyn, brother of the president of the Orange Free State, and 800 Free Staters have definitely refused to continue the war. ! Steyn’s “Unwarrantable Conduct.” Matt Steyn, acting as spokesman of the party, is reported to have told the president that he was Oqjy authorized to iutervene In the interest of peace, apd that the burghers did not feel that they were bound by his “UnwarTentable conduct,” especially as they ran the risk Of confiscation of their property, and they simply desired to be permitted to fanp^in peace and proposed to ■ immediately return to their farms, f^irihflr at StoriuburK. Cape Town, Thursday Dec. 28.—A dispatch from Cradock reports heavy firing in the direction of Stormberg. It is supposed this is connected with the Indwe collieries. -j . GEN. BULLER’S PLANS.

Dispatches from Chleveley Hint Darkly at Important Movements. London, Dec. 30, 4:30 a. m.—The latest special dispatches from Chieveley camp hint darkly at some important movement as imminent. This is interpreted, with some misgivings, to mean that Gen.Buller contemplates a renewal of his attempt to relieve Ladysmith. ( ! Boers Return Across the Tugela. It is reported by the same dispatches that the Boers have now retired to the north bank of the Tugela, being afraid that ttoe swollen river may bar their retreat. They are also moving their laagers nearer Ladysmith, probably I with the intention of putting further pressure on the garrison, which now seems to be suffering pretty heavily from bombardment. “The total casualties since the siege began are 70 men killed and 236 wounded.” Another Frontal Attack Not Likely. • It is difficult, however, to conceive that Gen. Buller would make another frontal' attack, especially now that the ! river is rising, and an additional indication that this is not his purpose is |. the fact that he has removed his headquarters back to Frere. The Boer movement northward from the Tugela is quite in keeping with the enemyV usual plan of securing a safe line of retreat. Anxious to Retrieve Reverses. It is now known that further artillery is due to arrive for Gen. Buller, but the belief here is that his4orces, even then would be too weak. He may, however, be animated by a desire to accomplish something before the arrival of Lord Roberts, and to satisfy the keenness of his men to retrieve j their defeat. | The reported engagement with ! Kaffirs is very vague, and can not be explained, pending the arrival of later dispatches. WooJd Enroll Volunteers. t The earl of Mpunt-Edgcumbe, broth-er-in-law of Lord Lansdowne, says the war office would countenance a scheme to enroll volunteers in a sort of preparatory stage in order to learn drills and the like. I The number of members of the house of commons who have volunteered for the front, threaten seriously to reduce the government’s majority, when par-, liament reassembles. The Volunteer Fund. The Rothschilds hafve donated £2,000 to the Buckinghamshire volunteer fund. It is estimated that £ 200,000 will be contributed privately to'volunteer funds throughout the country. Already the fund for the relief of the families of soldiers exceeds £ 500,000. RTS FROM PRETORIA^ tins Now Said to be Rnnnim. Colenso. Pretoria, Dec. 25.—(Monday)—Gen. Schalkbui*ger reports, under date of December 23, that trains are now running to Colenso, .indicating that the Boers, have built a connection around Ladysmith. I ‘ Gen. Cronje reports from Moddei S river, December 24, that the Boers capi tured two British forts at Kuvuraan, j December 17. I It is rumored that Gen. Methuen’s ; Wg naval gun has exploded. ■

THE MONTGOMERY’S CRUISE. - The View Taken of It la Loedan—It Maj Have Some Volitleal Sl*niflcmaee. Lorfdo*n, Pec, 30.—It has been learned by a representative of the press that the United States cruiser Montgomery's visit to Liberia is apparently tbe result of overtures made to Washington by that republic. Though tho British government is in complete ignorance of the Montgomery’s mission, the establishment of a coaling station in Liberia by the United States is regarded ns scarcely probable, as if is asI sorted that no Liberian port ha^ faj cilities for coaling, all of them being open and surf hound.

A Par Mure Important. Step. The press representative learns, however, that a far more important step is under consicieration. It consists in a joint request of the United States and Great Britain upon France to deline the boundary between the territory she claims and Hint claimed by Liberia. This step is not yet decided upon, but Great Britain only awaits the United States’ assent to become a party tosuch a request. It is alleged that France, I for many years, has-been encroaching on Liberia, and it was bnly by strenu- ! ous protect of the United .. States that she was prevented from appropriating a large slice of Liberia £h 1892. To Keep an Eye on Prance. According to Hon. Arthur Ponsonby, managing director af the Liberia Rubber syndicate, which recently guaranteed the interest of Liberia's public debt, the Montgomery’s visit was prolv. ably prompted by a desire to ascertain the extent of French activity. Mr. Ponsonby said: “Bishop Hartzell, while in Monrovia this year, strongly urged the government t^fiTferest the United States in provingme boundaries, with the result that Liberia appointed a> mission to Washington. ] believe it has til* ready made representations, and pie- : sume the commander of the Montgon- ! ery investigated both this and the posj sibilitv of a coaling -station. The latter Liberia would gladly lease to ‘ he United States, but beyond hoisting her flag upon it it would oe of little service. British and American Protection. “The feelin« among British subjects commercially interested in Liberia is that the republic's progress had been under the protection of either Great Britain or the United States. But both the British government and those hav- : ing interests there believe that so long j as Liberia can continue to struggle on j in her present condition everything j possible should be done to support her.” Liberia decorates Mr. Btonsonby this week with the Order of African Redemption, in recognition of ibis services against encroachments.

RKAL OBJECT OF THE CRUISE. How the Mysterious TMp of the MoutKomcry is Kesarded iu Washington. >- Washington, .Dec. 30.—Although the naval officers will make no official statement respecting the cruise of the Montgomery to West Africa, jt is admitted that the ship was there in the early fall, returning to her station at Buenos Ayres about the firsfc of last November. These dates in themselves i^may be regarded as sufficient to disi pel any impression that tho cruise was in any manner connected with the war between the British and the Boers. To Secare n Coaling Station. As to the real objects of the cruise it is believed that the aavy^depart ment had its eye on a possible coaling station on the west coast, as is indicated in the foregoing dispatch. Before and during the civil war the United States had no less than three coaling | stations on that coast. They were pracj fically abandoned when the West African station was dropped from the list, but the chief of the equipment bureau. Admiral Bradford, has strongly urged that they be re-established, so as to insure our naval vessels a source of coal supply when passing from the eastern Atlantic states around to the Philipp pines and China in the event that the Suez canal should be closed against them. The I.iberian Government Willing. The Liberian government always has been willing and even anxious that the station on its coast should be kept if only as a manifestation of the interest of the Uniled States in the colony it created, and to protectit by our moral influence against European * aggression. , , . Within the Line of Probability. The British conception of the object of the Montgomery’s visit to Africa, therefore. ** may be entirely within the line of probability, as intended, not only to afford us a good coaling station where one is badly needed, but also-to exhibit to other nations our naturaal interest in‘the negro colony founded by Americans. Sousa's Bond Selected. New York, Dec. 30.—Hon. Ferd W. Peck, commissioner general of the United States to the Paris exposition of 1900, has named Sousa’s band as the official American band to play at the exposition. The engagement will cover eight ito ten weeks. X- L,. , dome Resolutions.1 s New York, Dec. 30A-At the meeting of the New York city counsel yesterday,, resolutions of sympathy for the Boers, which were offered on last Tuesday, were adopted with but one dissenting vote. Resolutions condemning the action of the government in continuing the war in the Philippines were also passed. The latter resolutions stated that the war was begun against Spain for the “purpose of procuring the liberty of the Cubans and was now being carried on £br the purposes of gain. v, an

ALL OVER THE STATE. *-. Events in Various Portions cl la* diana Told by Wire. Burned the Munt j. Brazil, lnd.. Dee. 29.—Porter A. Kennedy, a leading farmer, discovered his relatives were taking steps to have his mental condition inquired into. He at once came to this city and drew $5,000 out of the First national bank. When he was adjudged insane the money coukl not be found, and Kennedy informed his relatives that he burned the money when he drew it from the bank. He is now sick and in a critical condition.

Fire at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Inti., Dec. 29.—The three-story building in the north side of Washington street, between Meridian and. Illinois streets, occupied by Brosnan Bros., dry goods, was gutted by fire early in the morning. The firm loses about $65,000, two-thirds of which is covered by insurance. The building was owned by Edward Schurmann and was damaged several thousand dollars. Three Samed. Mishawaka, Ind., Dec. 29.—The rectors and consuiters of the diocese of Fort Wayne have submitted' to Rome as candidates for the bishopric the following: Rev. John Schoenhoeft, D. D.. reetor of St. Lawrence churgh, Price,Hill, as most •worthy candidate; Rev. John H. Guendling, of Fort Wayne, as second candidate, and Very Rev. F. A. O’Brien, of Kalamazoo. Mich,, as third choice. i Death of a Pioneer. Portland* Ind., Dec. 29.—Abijah Bowman. one of the oldest pioneers of Jay county, died at the home of Mr, Rigby, near West Grove. Had he lived until February he would have reached the age of 92 y ears. He and his father built the old grist mill at Pennville, in 1835, and he was one of the earliest survey-, ors of Jay.

Found Dead. Fort Wayne. I ml., Dec. 29.—Thomas. Brooks, one of the survivors of Gen. Lawton's company in the Thirtieth Indiana, was found dead on the Nickel Plate traeks near New Haven. Several trains had passed over him.1 and fragments of his body were strewn along the track for a quarter of' a mile. ‘ ' _' Ran Into a Gutter. Acton, Ind., Dec. 29.—Court Caldwell, while driving in a buggy with his mother and sister, ran into a gutter, which overturned his rig. He received injuries which terminated fatally. Mrs. Caldwell, his mother, was severely cut about the head/aud the little girl was bruised. Exploded. Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 29.—John Ivalmbach, of Henryville, while charging one barrel of an old-style, doublebarreled shotgun, forgot the other barrel was goaded, and in the discharge whfeh followed one eye was destroyed and several fingers -were blown off. Both Dead. Rochester, Ind., Dec. 29.—Two more deaths have occurred at Delong, in this county, of milk sickness. He ary F. Long and wife were the victims The deaths occurred within a few hours ofj e^ch other. Their son is also lying at the point of death. School Building Burned. Princeton, Ind., Dec. 29.—Fire destroyed the high school buildi ig in this city. It was erected in 189) at a cost of $22,000, was a large brick structure, and had accommodations for nearly 700 pupil||$* $8,000 insurance was carried. Mill Destroyed. Greencastle, Ind., Dec. 29.—Charles II. llarnaby’s sawmill and hardwood manufacturing plant was burned, entailing a loss of $10,000. The plant was one of the most complete for its size in central Indiana, and was doing a flourishing business,* Suicide. Goshen. lnd.„ Dec. 29.—Frank Medlem. committed suicide by cutting his throat. Last week he brought suit against his wife for divorce. He called on her Thursday morning and then went to his mother’s home and killed himself.

Wrecked a Store. New Albany* Ind., Dee. 2C.—Jefferson Blaukenbaker’s general store at Crandall, on the Air line, west of this city, was almost wrecked by sr.ie crackers. The robbers secured $90 in money and $200 in notes. The robbers, escaped. A Mnrvelon* Esj' ipe. ■ Logansport, Ind., Dec. 29.—Samuel Smith’s dairy wagon was struck by a Vandalia passenger train and the wagon was splintered apd both horses were killed, but Smith escaped with only a scratch oh his right hand. Stricken with Paralysis. Liberty, Ind., Dec. 29.—( apt. Silas D. Byram, postmaster of Liberty, was stricken with paralysis and is in a critical condition. His children have been telegraphed for in anticipation of a turn for the worse. Boy Is Killed. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 29.—Ralph Lingle, aged 13, was killed by an electric car\ He had been skating on the ice and climbe^ from the river bank on the track unaware of the approaching car. Murder Trial. Bedford,. Ind., Dec. 29.—David O. Harris is on trial before the Lawrence circuit court for the killing of George Brown, at Seymour, last June.5 Elect n President. N Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 29.—The Indiana State Teachers’ association elected Robert I. Hamilton, of Huntington, f as preside"*

The Cheyenne Flyer < rashed. Into a Boulder Valley Train at Brighton, C*L ONE PERSOH KILLED, FOL UTEEN HURT. The Boulder Valley 1 rat* Should «ave Been o* a 314etracti~Tkc Flyer’* llnfflnr Ljilaf Out ou the Prairie4<r«t«l Col l*, ou Xear Fainter hake. • ? • Denver, Col., Dec. 30|— The Cheyenne flying: on the Union iVaiflc railroad crashed i’Ho the BouliSe? Valley train ut Brighton, Col., at f. £. m. One man was killed and 11 pers *aj. were injured, as far as kwiwn, as fo lk >\s: * The Kit cn . Winfield Randlemai , express messenger. Denver, body trt med to crisp. Passengers imr nred. H. S. Ilopker, Olin, tl.; head badly cut. % ' Mrs. Margaret Yi-ti} g, Mansfield, Mo.; forehead cut. j R. G. Hurst, banker E righton; badly cut and bruised. y T. V. Davis, traveling salesman, Denver; head badly cut, hack injured, libs broken. | W. G. Tompkins, traveling salesman for Bradley. Alderaoa & Co., Kansas City; head badly cut tack injured. C. H. Pay ne, Lamm e, Wyo.; head badly cut, right hand : hashed, Mrs. McCiinna, Lar-i lie; braised. Tr|lnmcu ai d Sectl to Bands Injured. Fred Laws, brakemm , Denver; right leg cut off. \ Michael Regan, se ition foreman, Deliver; hear badly :u j. - Thomas McGovern, t fcctiOn foreman, Denver; head badly c it. ' John Kennedy, Dm ery badly cut and bruised. .Iqhn Carrington, Driver; head cut. < Franks Sloan. Dt n\ er; cut and bruised. ‘ I '■

.ferry Flennery, Dim er; back hurt. Both Trains ;W »re Late. The Boulder Vail ?y train left Denver g little late, and. t,3 usual, stopped at, Brighton, which s Hlie junction for the Boulder Valley in f from the main line to Cheyenne. I' was here that Banker Hurst, of B ig iton, got on the train, just before, hi collision. The Cheyenne flyer, Ke io Pacific train So. 3, also left DenVjrtrte, and in coming into Brighton ; ntES''ww*y morning dusk, ran into f h* rear'end of the Boulder train, teiese<n Yng two or three cars and derailing rlu passenger locomotive. The section gangs froni the Denver yards and hi If a dozen passengers occupied the Boulder train. Two cars on xlie flyer vere burned. Mrs. Young was i y the chair car with six children. N me of the children were hurt. . The Woumleii nred For. ‘ Supt. Deuel wen$ • ut on a special train from Denver Awl :h Doctors Lemon and Taylor. They also took a lot of stretchers and oth« :r supplies. They found all the wounde» i at the Brighton hotel, .being cared t’o by the citizens. The Brighton Hose Co. was pouring water on the blazing oaggage ear, anti had discovered the re lains of the dead baggageman. , t Mistake :icne\vhei-e. Supt. Deuel'says h i: can not understand why 1he Boulter train was not on the sidetrack, it had 20 minute? to cleait the Cheye me flyer.* The Boulder ti»in consis ed of 14 loaded freight ears and a heavy caboose. Engine No. 815, the big machine hauling ’the flyer, lies out on the prairie, a total wreck, an evidenc * of how hard the crash was. " The wounded were brought to Denver, about noon, 'ai d taken to hos- , pitals. Conductor McAllisi er of the Boulder Vailey train was on ze<} by the accident. He attempted to jump into the burning wreckage,, a id had to he for cibly restrained. Fatal Head-Fa | Collision. Palmer Lake, Col.i Dec. 30.—A Col orado Midland pas.se iger train, northbound, and a Santa Fe train, had a head-end collision r\ o miles south of this place. Fireman Edgar Jones, ol the Santa Fe, being .killed, and Engineers Leavitt and Turk being seriously hurt. No pas sengers were injured. The cause of '. he collision is not yet known. J . ' &

SUPERVISORS OF CENSUS. Date* nn«l Plaee:« Where A»ai»ta»t Elector Winex V. ill Meet Super* Washington, Dee. SO.—The census bureau has announced the following j places and dates wh ;re supervisors iu ' various sections veil assemble for in- : pi ructions in taking : he census of 1900: Charlotte, N. C., Ja tuary 4; Atlanta, (la., January 5; Nc .v Orleans, January 8; Houston, Tac., January 5; Memphis, Tenn., Ja: uary 11 and Cin-; cinnati, January 12.1 Assistant IJirec- ; tor W ines has bens < rdered to give the instructions. Open Door <3 isranteed. Washington. Dec. i J.—The open door in China is guanui eed. The .United States government is informed that the • l'uropeam powers ha re decided to give j the written nssurarc is asked in Secretary Hay’s circular note. This is regarded as one of t ie greatest diplomatic triumphs of t ie age. Liable to the £ anker’s Tax. New i’ork, Dec. 2 ,v—The bureau ol internal revenue ilia decided that invisorw«for h struction, imposed by the v surance companies business i re iiiabtc t loing a call loan the bankers’ tax revenue law.

HALF A MILLION IN SMOKE Costly Flames Illuminate the Bast Side. New l'erk-S»%eral Flee- " nee Injured—Narrow Escapes, New York, Dec. 30.—Two seven-story, buildings at Nos. 425 to 435 east Twen-ty-fourth street, occupied principally by the wall paper factory of William Campbell &, Co., were destroyed by tiro last night. The k>s§ is fully $500,GN>0. The H»ht*;Weat Oa*. 3 The plant of the! Nrtr York Hygeiu ■ y. Ice Co., whieh occupied the basement of No. 425, and that of the Manhattan* t Electric Light Co., on the first am| sec- j ond floors of the same buiidjn«,'Vere | totally destroyed. A large portion of f I the East Side gels.Its light from" that < company, and was, on account of the fire, cast into complete darkness. -j, 9 lllnuiluated the East Side.' The Campbell company employed 400 hands, who will be thrown out of work by the fire. The two buildings destroyed occupied a frontage of 200 feet on Twenty-fodrth street, the ^entire Avenue A frontag^ to Twenty-fifth street, and 150 feet on the latter street. The glare from the fire illuminated the east side of the city as far dowif as Brooklyn bridge. Discovered the Fire. A night watchman in the building discovered the fire on the first floor at 10:15 o'clock. It was then burning fiercely, and spreading with great rapidity on account of the inflammable nature of the stock- mostly paper and paper products. Five Alarms Turned In. Five alarms were turned in, bringing to the scene five fire engines, 13 hook and ladder trucks and two water towers. Within 20 minutes after the fire was discovered the entire west side of i the factory was a roaring furnace The flames shot from the windows on all the floors and out over Avenue A. ' There were no large buildings: close enough to ignite, anti the firemen were able by hard work to keep the flames confined to the Campbell buildings. Three Firemen Severely Burned. Three hook and ladder men, Andrew Degnan, Joseph Shaugn^ssv and Joseph. Ressiuger, Were caught on the sixth -.floor, and escaped with great difficulty. All were severely burned. Skaugnessy ' and Byssinger were sent to- Bellevue hospital. Rescued from Impending: Death. Two other hook and ladder men were eaughaj|dn one of thes,high win- ■ dow iedgesJUwith the flames roaring all around tfuun, and the dense smoke , making them almost imperceptible ! from the street, b Extension ladders j were’run up, and firemen brought j them down in an almost unconscious ; condition. One of the men, Lee PotIters, was very severely burnetf, and sent to Bellevue hospital.

KILLED BY CARELESSNESS Dropped m Hot Poker Into a Backet of Dynamite—One Killed and Two Injured. . * ■ • _____ Lock Haven, Pa., Dec. 30.—Grant Bathurst, assistant postmaster at Rote, this county, was killed, and two other persons were injured yesterday by an explosion of dynamite in the weighmaster’s office of the Bellefonte Liniestone Co., at f?alpna, eight miles front this city. One of the men in the office raked the lire in the stove with a. poker, and while it was stiil hot hung: the poker on a nail. It slipped fronj the nail and fell into a bucket filled with dynamite and fuses, and a terrific. explosion followed. The building ..was blown to pieces. Pathurst was 35 yfars of age, and leaves a wife and oi%£ child. WAS A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE. Frau kiln fit. Liitngnton, the Rliid | Man Wk<» Killed His Wife, Dim. charged from CuMody. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 30.—Franklin H. Livingstmjt, the blind man who. Iate on v Christmas night, strangled hut wife, Dora Livingston, and bn the; following day, paid a man a dollar to lead him to the police station, was discharged from eustody, yesterday, by Judge Stockbridge. His attorney asked that he be released on the ground that the coroner’s jury had decided that the murder was committed in self-defense, and that the commitment of the. coroner, charg- . ing Livingston with murder, was defective. Judge Stoekbridge took this i view and dismissed the prisoner. The evidence before the coroner’s jury showed that Livingston had been attacked in the middle of the night by his wife and that he choked her to death to save his own life. BURNED TO TEE WATER'S EDGE

Five >'cgro Roosters Kltber Bnraeii or I)r6wne4 on the Steamer Linda, of Shreveport. Shreveport, La., Dec. 30.—The steamer Lincla, of Shreveport, burned to the water’s edge and sank off Vanceville, on the Red River, yesterday. The officers and crew** were compelled to take to ;he water ^md swim for shore, as it was impossible to run the boat ashore when the fire was discovered. Five negro rousters. from Shreveport, were either burned Or drowned. The sause of the fire is unknown. Found With Her Throat Cut. Ellenwood. Kas., Dec, 30.—Mary Beck, 42 years old, was found by one of her four children dead in: her rocking chair at?h<er home iiere, her throat cut and her forehead bruised. One of the children said he heard his mother say during the night. that she had killed some one and would kill herself. The* “Watermelon Man" Dead. Elgin, 111., Dec. 30.—J. W. Andrews, *.he old-time ‘’Watermelon man” of the Haverley minster! company,; died at ihe Elgin hsylum. aired 64 years.