Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1898 — Page 2

THE: REPUBLICAN, GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, r - INDIANA.

CRISIS IN GUATEMALA

WAR FOLLOWS THE ASSASSINATION OF BARRIOS. General Marroqnin and Other* Killed While Trying to Seize the Reins of Government—Kaiulani la Soon to Marry David Kawananakoa. Morales Plot Frustrated. A special from San Jose de Guatemala says civil strife and bloodshed have followed the killing of Barrios. Before the body of the late ruler had found sepulcher the factious were flying at each other’s throats, and as a result Gen. Marroqnin, the chief supporter of Prospero Morales, ,one of the aspirants to the presidency, is dead and his forces are seeking safety in flight. It was reported that Gen. Marroquin attempted to seize the reins of government in behalf of Morales. He made an attack in force on the palace barracks. The assault was vigorously resisted, and in "the fighting Gen. Marroquin and a few others were killed. Seeing that their efforts would not prove successful, the attacking forces, consisting of 2,(NX) men headed by Qen. Majerea and Col. Arrevalo, fled from the city. Gen. Toledo, who has been appointed minister of war by Manuel Estrada Gabrera, the president pro Jem, of the republic, ordered the artillery in pursuit of the fleeing revolutionists. The populace mid soldiers are demanding that Gen. Meudizabal 4»e proclaimed president. The situation is becoming more complicated and the crisis is acute. A Royal Engagement. At Honolulu, the engagement is announced of a marriage that has been arranged between Frince David Kawananakoa and Princess Kaiulani. The formal betrothal merely awaits the signature of certain deeds of family settlement of Dowager Queen Kapiolani. Princess Kaiulani is the daughter of ex-Gov. Archibald Scott Cleghorn and the lute Princess Mariam Likelike, nnd under the monarchical regime would have succeeded Queen Liliuokalani to the throne of Hawaii. Prince David is the son of Kahalepouli, a famous high chief, nnd Kinoiki Kekaulike, the younger sister of Queen Kapiolani. He has been well educated in English, partly in California nnd England, and was destined under the monarchy for a diplomatic career. *» Austria’s Ruler to Resign. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria will celebrate this year the fiftieth anniversary of his succession to the crown. He has decided to signalize the event by resigning in favor of his eldest nephew, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, who is now entirely restored to health. This news, circulating in Vienna court circles, is confirmed by the emperor’s relatives nnd by the dignitaries of his household, who declare that he is tired out by the cares and worries of governing. It will not be a complete abdication, ns he will retain the title of emperor and possession of the crown.

BREVITIES,

Frank C. Weed, an insurance agent of Kansas City, Mo., is missing and foul play is feared. The first estimate of population of the consolidated city of Greater New York made by the Board of Health gives a total of 3,4118,809. . The New York Assembly has passed a resolution censuring United States Senator Murphy because he Voted for the Teller resolution. Humors are current in Rio Janeiro that foreigners, probably British, have occupied a small port of the State of Amazonas, near British Guiana. The American Line steamship St. Paul, which has been in dock at Newport News undergoing her usual spring overhauling, has sailed for New York. Nassau Chumbers, a seven-story business building on Nassau and Ann streets, New York, was completely destroyed by fire. The loss will reach $500,000. The building was owned by Levi P. Morton. Senor Juan L. Cuestas, the president of Uruguay ad interim, has executed his threatened coup d’etut, lias issued a decree dissolving the assembly and has formed a junta, with himself as provisional governor. Count Inouye, Japanese minister of finance, is reported to have in view the rnisiug of a loan in the United States of from 100,000.000 to 150,000,000 yen through the instrumentality of Mr. Duu, ex-Ualted States minister. The Government will make application in the United States Court in St. Louis for the postponement of the Kansas Pacific sale. It will nlso ask for leave to take up the first mortgages of the eastern and middle divisions and for the appointment of a receiver. It is believed tliat C. W. Sterling, under arrest in Mnttnwnn, N. J., for passing Worthless cheeks, is C. W. Thomns, who is wanted in lowa for criminal assault and in Illinois for theft, robbery and forgery. Thomns, alias Sterling, works G. A. It. and Sons of Veterans and other secret societies. The passenger steamer Mnrhclln, bound from Hull, England for Hamburg, was sunk by collision with the bow of the British warship Galatea in Hull Bonds. All the passengers and crew were saved. The Galatea wns run nground near flic entrance to Alexandria dock at Hull. The Mnrbelln Was a steel screw steamer. She registered 983 tons. The Galatea is built of steel and bus a displacement of 5,000 tons. An explosion of •chemicals in a San Fraudsco, Cal., photograph gallery caused a loss of $25,000 to adjoining property. At Denver, the Colormjp board of arbitration ha* rendered its decision on the question! in dispute between the miners and operators of the northern Colorado district. The board found in favor of the striking miners in every particular. Secretary Hester of New Orleans estimates the world’s visible supply of cotton at 4,400,510 bales, against 4,403,114 last week and 3,942,758 Jast year. Of the former amount 4,179,510 bales are Ameriicn cotton.

EASTERN.

The Buffalo Beet Sugar Company has been incorporated in New York with $600,t)00 capital stock. John Lumberson, said to have been the last survivor but one of the war of 1812, died at Baltimore, aged 91 years. The Fairpont Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Mass., with a capital of $825,000 and employing 1,000 hands, is to go out of existence. A syndicate of New-Yorkers has obtained a concession to control for twentyfive years the exportation and importation of live stock from and to the Republic of Honduras. Henry George’S widow has sued the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for $5,000 damages. She says she was injured by stepping in a hole in the floor of the company’s Philadelphia station. •“Elizabeth Flanders and Fanny Eaglehorn, the Indian girls who tried to burn the girls’ building at the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., pleaded guilty and were sentenced to one year and six mouths. Before April the Lake Shore and the New York Central railroads will have completed a belt line railroad at Buffalo, which will provide both lines with ample facilities for handling through freight at that point. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been awarded the contract for transporting the herd of reindeer to be used in Alaska across the continent, notwithstanding the bid of the Canadian Pacific was $1,400 lower. Mrs. Annie C. George, widow oT the late Henry George, has been awarded a verdict of SSOO against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company because of a sprained ankle received from a fall in the company’s station at Philadelphia. Members of the Banda Rossa, which went to pieces in New York City a fiw weeks ago after an unsatisfactory career, have reached such straits that they have been forced to accept positions with the contractors who clear the streets. New York claims td have a musical prodigy in the person of the G-year-old daughter of a Polish barber. She is said to read classical music with readiness and executes Gounod and Chopin in a manner to put all other prodigies to shame. An many of unemployed men camped around the State House at Boston, Mass., In order to be in line.to register for civil service examinations in the mechanical department in the morning, but 1,000 wore turned away after the lists were full. A decision in the much-discussed brandy cherry ease was handed down by the customs board of classification at New York in favor of the importers. The surveyor in Cincinnati had ruled that the merchandise should be regarded as “brandy containing cherries,” rather than “cherries preserved in spirits.” The explosion of whisky in bon'd during a fire in the immense plant of the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company and Union Storage Company at Pittsburg, Pa., caused the walls of the seven-story building to fall and thirteen persons were killed nnd a score injured. The number of people known positively to have been killed is thirteen. Gen. John Cocbrnne died at his home In New York. Gen. Cochrane was an oldtime soldier. On July 17, 18G2, while with the army of the Potomac, he was made brigadier general. In 1864 he was nominated for Vice President of the United States on the independent Republican ticket, Gen. John C. Fremont being the candidate for President.

WESTERN.

Lnte raina in Ivansns have greatly benefited the growing wheat. St. Joseph, Mo., will remain in the Western Base-ball Association. Western railroads are embroiled in the bitterest kind of a passenger rate war. Miss Nancy Fix of Delaware, Ohio, aged 79, was beaten and robbed of $15,000. Frank ladles has confessed thnt he killed his brother and sister by poison nt Suisun, Cal. Edwin P. Harmon Jr. accidentally shot himself at Kansas City, and died twenty minutes later. Lead and zinc in paying quantities have been discovered in the new Kaw reservation, Oklahoma. The Wiremakors’ Association of California is making strong efforts to prevent a further cut in the price of wire. Howard Kemp committed suicide at Ada, Ohio, because Miss Bannister, his fiancee, eloped with Ifarry Young. Three men were burned to death and another received fatal injuries in a fire which burned the Victor (Colo.) jail. The California Board of Trade has taken steps to arrange a first-class exhibit from that State ut the Omaha exhibition. The deal whereby a syndicate of New York capitalists hope to secure control of all the breweries iu Cleveland still hangs fire. Joseph Leiter of Chicago is to build the largest elevator in the world at Kansas City, according to a dispatch from that 'city. Mrs. Maude Ely, who murdered her little daughter at Pnlncsville, Ohio, last August, committed suicide in jail iu that city Adam Rubblns, of Hudson, Ohio, was found dead in the woods. His nx had glanced while he was chopping wood, klllj lug him. The regents of .the University of California have decided to establish a college of commerce os one of the departments nt the University, Judge Haxen, In the State District Court at Topeka, Ivan., in a decision holds that a bicycle is a tool ami essential to a man’s profession or occupation, and that as such 1b exempt from execution. A party of scientists has just returned to Sau Francisco from the south aeas with many vuluablo specimens, sonic of which have never liefore boon secured. The specimens will go to enlarge Baron Rothschild's, collection. Guilty of murder, with the penalty of imprisonment for life, was the verdict rendered by the twelve jurors against Adolph lamia Luotgert at Chicago—seven and one-half hours after Judge Gary had completed reading his Instructions. George Ixinf, the oldest Mason in the United Stntes and probably iu the wcrld, and also the oldest Odd Fellow iu this country, Is dead nt Han Bernardino,-Cal., a Victim of n paralytic stroke* He wan born in Netv York City, June 27, 18(d). A report comes from Cincinnati that the Standard Oil Company is about to

reorganize, the plan contemplating issuing stock dividends to the extent of four shares for each one share or certificate of stock held by present holders of stock. Dr, S. H. Sampson, or Samson, was removed from the village jail at Lnurelville, 0., to the Hocking County jail at Logan as a precaution against lynching pending the coroner’s investigation of the death of Bessie Neff, found dead in the doctor’s oflice. The damage suit at San Francisco by Peter D, Peterson, against F. F. O’Connor, general ticket agent of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff. The suit grew out of Peterson’s arrest for forgery in signing another’s name to a ticket purchased from a scalper.

SOUTHERN.

J. H. Polk, postmaster at Goodwin Station, Ga., was murdered and robbed in his stoife Saturday night. Chief of Police J. C. Arnold of Dallas, Texas, accidentally shot by Rev. G. W. Truitt, while hunting, is dead. John Shea, a watchman, was assassinated by an unknown negro near the negro settlement of Claysville, Ky. The Planters’ compreA in Jackson, Tenn., and a large quantity of cotton burned. Loss about $25,000. By the explosion of a machine which they ha'd invented Joe and Gus Wylie wore seriously injured at Dallas, Texas. John Schofield shot and instantly killed Peter Pfeffer at Louisville, Ivy., because the latter objected to Schofield's attentions to his daughter. Savannah, Ga., has had a dozen fires within the last two weeks, and it is believed an organized gang of firebugs is operating in the city. George P. Tucker,'a coal miner of Cres-. cent, W. Va., shot and killed his wife and William McAllister, whom he surprised together at his home. An earthquake of five seconds’ duration shook Christiansburg, Va. It caused much alarm, but no material damage. The shock followed a snowstorm. A shortage of $13,000 has been discovered in the accounts of former Treasurer Ford Trepp of the Elmwood Cemetery Company of Memphis, Tenn. At 3 o’clock one morning recently the eight-story Hurley office building, the Dreyfus company’s mammoth dry goods house, the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank, the general offices of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company, the Worth Cycle Company, and one or two small merchandising companies at Fort Worth, Texas, burned to the ground. The firemen were unable to get the fire under control before 9 o’clock the next morning. The total loss is estimated at over $250,000.

WASHINGTON.

Miss Aileen O’Donnell was wedded to Viscount de Say ve of France at. Washington, Cardinal Gibbons performing the ceremony. A settlement of the Government’s claim against the Kansas Pacific may be reached without a foreclosure sale. It is believed the Union Pucific reorganization committee will offer the full amount of the Government claim, $6,303,000, in a short time. Enrique Dupuy.de Lome is no longer the Spanish minister to this GovernmentHis recall has been asked for by President McKinley by means of a cable dispatch sent to Minister Woodford at Madrid, and in addition to this Minister Dupuy de Lome has tendered his resignation to his Government. At the Cabinet meeting in Washington it was decided to send two companies of troops to Dyea and SJtiguay, Alaska, immediately for the purpose of preserving order and protecting life and property. Advices to the Government state that the rush to the gold fields has attracted hundreds of the lawless element and that troops are necessary at once to prevent trouble.

FOREIGN.

Five thousand Japanese laborers arc preparing to invade the Klondike gold fields. President Iglesias of Costa Rica denies that there is any revolution in fhnt republic. A copy of the first Kilmarnock edition of Burns’ works was sold in Edinburgh for £572. Anatolia, Asiatic Turkey, was visited by an earthquuke, which', it is reported, caused widespread devastation. Ex-Empress Eugenie is not dangerously ill, as had been reported. She is suffering from influenza, but is recovering. Sanguinary conflicts continue between the Turkish troops and the peasants in Thessaly. It Is reported that the Turks have occupied several villages and that 100 persons hnve been killed. Capt. Leutze, la command of the Alert, has cabled the Navy Department that he has landed ninrines at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua,' for the protection of the American consulate, owing to the fact that a revolution has broken out. Earthqunke shocks continue to lie felt at Balikesr, Asia Minor, and its vicinity. About 4,000 people have been rendered homeless, some 8,000 houses, thirty mosques and fifteen khans have been more or less destroyed, and 120 persons have been killed or injured. Japan is going'to invade tbe Klondike. An army of 5,000 able-bodied laborers is beiutf got together for the gold fields and in a month or so will .make a descent upon Dawson City. One of the Nippon Yuren Kuisha steamers will tnke the laborers there, but as they will uot land on the soil of the United Stutes. there will lie no one to say them nay, unless Great Britain takes a hand in the matter. One of the Japanese steamers that hnve been carrying laborers will be used to carry them to their destination. It ,is added that the Japanese will be taken over by n syndicate, and trouble in the Klondike I* predicted. “The United States is more of a factor in a game of international politics which is now in progress over affairs iu the East than Is generally understood. All the great European powers arc seeking to ascertain tbe attitude of this country op the great Eastern problem, and until that Is known then* will be no moyc on the International chess hoard. Yonr country thus hss a commanding position in the 4>ig tight thnt Is'going on, and by n shrewd diplomacy ought to be able to obtain almost any concessions in the East that are desired." This ileclaration was made by one of tile oldest members of the diplomatic corps a man whose

country occupies a neutral position In regard to the Eastern question. “There can be no doubt,” this diplomatist continued, “that the grea't European powers are planning for further acquisitions of territory in the East. How much farther they will go depends in a large measure upon the position of this country. It is k contest on one hand between Russia, Germany and France to secure a distinct declaration that the United States will not concern itself about the opening up ofany more uew ports by foreign countries, and England and Japan on the other hand to protest against a policy which will give apy nation or group of nations superior rights in any Chinese ports. The head and center of the light is just at present right in Washington and it will become even more exciting upon the arrival of the new Russian ambassador. Until his arrival you need not look for any new move by Russia in the East.”

IN GENERAL.

A dangerous counterfeit $1 American certificate is circulating in Montreal. A special cablegram to the San Francisco Evening Post from San Jose, Guatemala. announced the assassination of President Barrios. J., R. Sovereign, ex-feeneral master workman of the Knights of Labor, announces that he has almost completed arrangements for a secret politico-labor organization to bo an adjuuct" of the free silver cause. «, The high price of wheat has produced shipments from the far Western States, but the stocks in farmers’ hands are said to be the lighest ever known. There is an increasing export demand for flour, and the Minneapolis mills are running at their full capacity. Minneapolis has 3,800,000 bushels of good -wheat now on hand, not more than enough to supply the mills for five weeks. The Leiter syndicate proposes to reserve its enormous holdings for use in the United States. Mr. Leiter predicts one dollar and a half wheat. He denies that there is any corner and bases his estimates on the fact that there is a world-wide shortage due to the short foreign crops and large home demand. Bradstreet’s commercial review says of the week’s business: “Severely cold weather, accompanied by high winds and heavy snow, has been a feature eSercising considerable influeuce upon the movement and distribution of staple goods this week. In 6pite of this interruption of business a satisfactory trade for the season is reported in most lines, with special activity reported in the iron and steel trades and kindred lines. In the East the distribution of dry goods and wool has been checked aud the movement of produce greatly interfered with, but the tone of the cotton-goods situation is, if anything, improved. In the Middle States and in the Central'West the movement of iron into consumption is still very large, but nervousness as to possible overproduction affects the market. Steel is slightly lower in the East, but firmly held in Chicago, which also reports advances in iron bars, wires and nails. In the Northwest better trade is reported. The; export movement of cereals shows a heavy falling off for one week, but is still ahead of the same week of preceding years. The total shipments of wheat, flour included, nmotint to 3,433,794 bushels, against 5,020,000 bushels last week. Indian corn exports also show a large falling off, aggregating 4,104,981 bushels this week, against 4,902,000 bushels last week.”

Authentic information just obtained indicates that the proposed Copper River route to the Klondike is utterly impracticable. A short distance from the sea the river divides into Reveral branches, all of which are beset by flats and snndbars, and the water is extremely shallow and swift. Further up the main stream numerous glaciers project and are continually breaking off into the river, causing whirlpools and eddies. Beyond the glacial belt the river passes through deep canyons in furious rapids. The river is not navigable for steam craft of the lightest draught nnd even Indian canoes in experienced hands can be used only in certain places. The interior of this district is unexplored, but from the nature of surrounding country it is considered likely that it will always remain a sealed region. One of the latest arrivals in New York is Sir Adolph Caron of Canada, formerly a cabinet minister of the dominion. He is there in the interests of a Klondike company, recently organized in Montreal, of which he is the chief promoter. Sir Adolph has been to Boston for the company. “Canadians,” he said, “are greatly interested in these new 1 goldfields and beyond a doubt thousands will go there as soon as the way is open. There will be a good deal of Canadian capital invested in the territory.” /

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 rdd, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 49c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, couimou to choice, 52c to Cue per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; Tvheat, No. 2,94 cto 95c; corn, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; outs, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. St. Louis—Cuttle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wljeat, No. 2,90 cto 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c. Cinciuuati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to *4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 95c to 90c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,93 cto 95c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, 49c to 50c. Toledo—Wheat, - No. 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, NO. 2 white, 24e to 25c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c; clover seed, $3.05 to $3.15. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 01c to 93c; com, No. 3,28 cto 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c; barley. No. 2,38 cto 42c; pork, mess, $9.75 to $10.25. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 96c to 98c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c. New York—Cattlb, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03 to $1.04; corn. No. 2,36 cto 37«; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 15c to 10c.

COERCES THE PRESS.

CENSOR ATTENDS TO EDITING HAVANA PAPERS. Gen. Pando Prohibits Reports of Gen. Blanco’s Failures or Sarcastic Laudations of Autonomy—Rumor that a PiK Iron Trust Is Being: Formed. Works Bis, Blue Pencil. .Gen. Pando’s sudden return to Havana was due to the failure of Capt. Gen. Blanco’s trip through the East, where the latter met with a cold reception at the hands of both Spaniards and Cubans. He immediately assembled the editors of all the daily papers except La Lucha and emphatically prohibited direct or indirect attacks upon autonomy, as well as articles of a laudatory character which were in his opinion sarcastic. He is there now to keep the papers from printing any news relating to the failure of Gen. Blanco iu the field, to coerce th* press and to prevent an outburst of indignation among the masses of the people over his failure tcf’bbtain the surrender of the insurgent leaders, as loudly promised. These strenuous efforts to choke the press prove the desperate position of the Government, which grows weaker day by day. Even the leading editorial in El Pais, the official organ of the autonomist party, was suppressed by the censor. Capt. Geu. Blanco, it is reported, is seriously disgusted because of his failure to secure the .submission of the insurgents in the eust of the island and it is also reported that before May he will return to Spain. While on ship the captain general’s “cane of command” fell overboard and the occurrence is considered one of ill-omen and an indication that he will soon lose his command in Cuba. „ . * Collision on the L. & N. A disastrous head-end collision between a passenger and freight train occurred ou the Louisville aud Nashville Railroad near Kirkland, Ala., instantly killing Will Ursery, engineer of the passenger train, his fireman, Ed Davis, and three white tramps. Henry Davidson, engineer of the fast freight train, nnd his fireman, Will Lee, were seriously injured. Charlie Harrison, brakeman on the freight, hod both legs cut off and will die. A trainman named Hughes on the passenger train was fatally hurt. Barrios' Slayer Is Killed. Official confirmation of the assassination of President Barrios came to the State Department at Washington in the following telegram from Minister Hunter at Guatemala City: “President Barrios was shot aud instantly killed while walking with two military officers near the palace. The assassin while attempting to escape was immediately killed by the president’s staff. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, temporarily the constitutional successor, has been peaceably installed. All quiet.” Rnmer of a Fig Iron Trust, - In Cleveland iron circles the sensational story is circulated that an effort is being made by the Carnegie Iron Company to form a trust, controlling the entire pig iron trade of the country. Local iron dealers recently received communications from the Carnegie company urging that such a deal be considered and advancing lengthy arguments to prove the benefit a trust would be to all concerned.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross, has arrived at Havana. The Union Beet and Sugar Company will erect a $500,000 beet sugar factory at Santa Mar iff, Cal. At St. Lotfis, Mo., Isaac B. Potter has been re-elected president of the League of American Wheelmen. Richard Burton of Hartford, Conn., has been offered the chair of English literature in the University of Minnesota. Morris Ablitzky, his wife and sevea children narrowly escaped suffocation by coal gas at their home in Cleveland, O. Rev. D. J. M. Buckley, editor of the New York Christian Advocate, was made seriously ill by canned corn at Pittsburg, Fa. J. F. Ivumber of Toledo, 0., representing an English syndicate, has secured an option on the Stangkuebler Brewing and Multing Company’s plant at Sandusky, O. John Wilson, city marshal of Nowata, Kan., was killed by Thomas Dwyer, a whisky iieddler, and the latter died soon after from wounds received during the encounter. An application for a receiver for the Rocky Mountain Oil Company has been made in the Federal court at Denver through a complaint filed by the Central National Bank of Cleveland, O. The steamer Tess sailed from Vancouver, B. C., for the north. She carries 100 passengers and 877 sacks of bacon, being part of the provisions sent by the United States, and which was allowed to go through Canadian territory duty free. The question of the national sovereign ty to which Clipperton Island belongs was presented to Judge Sea well in Snn Francisiu in a oaae on trial before him of Captain Perunen, the discoverer of the island, against the Oceanic Phosphate Company, to whom he sold it. Mrs. George Gould created a sensation at the Drexel ball at New York by wearing the Emperor of China’s crown. Thin costly gem was purchased by Mr. Gould at the close of the recent war between Japan and China' nnd is said to be the most expensive crown that any society leader in the United States possesses. The governors of the New York Stock Exchange have censured “Deacon” S. V. White for bis peculiar methods of advertising. Sir William Dawson, formerly principal of McGill University and one of th* greatest geologists in the world, is very ill nt Montreal, his left side being almost paralyzed. Rev. W. D. Rockwell has brought suit for $35,000 damages for libel .against Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University nnd Dt. James M. Buckley, editor of the Christian Advocate of New York.

From 300 to 400 reindeer above the requirements of the United States Government' having been purchased, but unpaid for, by Lient. D. 11. DeVose, U. S, A., to be used by the Ynkon relief expeditions, are detained at Christiania until the lieutenant furnishes security to, the amount of 30,000 crowns. • - .

CONGRESS

Consideration of the Indian appropriation bill was resumed in the Senate on> Friday, and, after being amended to some extent, the measure was passed. The most important amendment was that of- < sered by Mr. Pettigrew, which, if finally enacted, will restore the free homestead: law so far as it relates to Indian lands; ceded to the United States, for which' lands the settlers have been obliged to pay the purchase price paid to the Indians. The bill carries appropriations aggregating nearly $8,000,000. The Senate adjourned until Monday. The House was* not in session. The House during its entire session of Saturday had under consideration the* bill making appropriations for fortifications and coast defenses. Little interest seemed to be manifested iu the proceedings, less than one-half of the members: being present during the session. The bill was passod. s It carries $4,144,912, against $9,517,141-last year. The Senate was not in session. On Monday the House passed the military academy bill with only one important amendment. The debate on the measurewas desultory and tonched a variety of political topics. The bill carries $453,540. being $26,032 less than the amount carried by the current law. The bill to limit the period for the refunding of the certificates of deposit of 1879 to Dec. 31, 1599, was passed. In the Senate Mr. Chandler presented a memorial prepared 1 in 1874 by the late Admiral Worden, who. as a lieutenant in the navy, commanded the Monitor in the historic fight in Hampton Roads between that vessel aud thefronclnd Merriinac. Mr. Chandler said that Admiral Worden conceived the idea that it would be proper for the Government of the United States to pay. to the officers and crew of the Monitor the sum of S2OO each, ip the nature of prize money, but after having prepared the memorial concluded not to present it to Congress; lest his motives might be misconstrued. The Hawaiian question consumed most of the day. « In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Allew offered as an amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill a resolution recognizing the belligerency of theCuban insurgents. Mr. Cannon offered » resolution urging the. President to notify , yjpain that if it did not recognize the independence of the Cuban republic before March 4 the United States would recognize the belligerency of the Cubans and within ninety days thereafter would assert the independence of the Cuban republic. Mr. Mason followed with a resolution requesting the President to notify Spain that the Cuban war must cease at once and to declare the intention of the: United States to restore and maintain: peace on the island. The House entered upon consideration of the AldrichPlowman contested election case from thefourth Alabama district. The majority of the committee reported in favor of seating the Republican candidate on the ground of conspiracy, an allegation vigorously denied by Democrats. Mr. Plowman’s plurality on the face of the returns was 2,967. The majority revised the figures so as to give Mr. Aldrich a plurality of 342. Messrs. Taylor of Ohio and Mani> of Illinois spoke for the majority, and 1 Messrs. Fox of Mississippi and Settle of Kentucky for the minority. In the House on Wednesday the Af-drieh-Plowmnn contested election case from the Fourth Alabama District was settled by the passage of a resolution declaring Mr. Aldrich (Rep.), the contestant, entitled to the seat. The vote was on party lines. Cuban debate consumed the whole day in the Senate. Speeches were made by Messrs. Cannon, Masoa and Hale. The House was in a very bad temper Thursday, and the whole session was consumed iu filibustering against two bill* of minor importance—one to issue a duplicate check, and the other to make Rockland, Me., a subport of entry. Neither got further than the engrossment and third reading. Finally, when it became evident that no progress could be madewith the bills presented, an adjournment was taken until Monday. During almost the entire session of the Senate the Indian appropriation bill was under discussion. Tlie reading of the bill was completed, and all of the committee amendments wereadopted. Subsequently several amendments of n minor character were attached to the measure. Mr. Allen of Nebraska enlivened the proceedings a few minutes, before adjournment by making an attack upon Speaker Rped for preventing the ennelment, ns the Nebraska Senator declared, of meritorious legislation, sent to tb~ House of Representatives by the Senate. He denounced the Speaker’s action in this regard as a “disgrace” to Congress and to the American people.

Sparks from the Wires.

Bolivia fears a war with Peru and Argentina. Kid McPartlnud nnd Lemon 7 the colored boxer, will meet in Buffalo the lat-’ ter part of this month. Steamer Penniaud, which grounded o» Chester bar while on route from Philadelphia to Liverpool, has been floated. At Leavenworth, Kan., Prof. F. Hawn, aged 90 years, was found dead in bed. Hawn was one of the incorporators of Leuvenworth. Thomas L. Thompson, ex-United Staten minister to Brazil, committed suicide at Santa Rosa, Cal., by cutting his throat. Despondency is supposed to have been theca nse. At Philadelphia, Pa., Eli Mansfield Bruce of the pi/tno and organ (inn of Esty & Bruce, died suddenly, in his sev-enty-fourth year, \ ? Edward Mack, who died at Huron, Ohio, and was buried in Sandusky, warn the oldest man in Ohio. He was 109. Typographical Union No. 6 of New York has appropriated $2,500 to cultivatepotatoes on vacant lots for the unemployed. A man named Francis Carroll, described as an actor, was remanded at London on the charge of threatening to murder Miss Florence St. John, the actress. A six-story building at 42 and 44 North Sd street, Philadelphia, occupied by Blnmctithal Bros., wholesale clothiers* waa damaged $75,000-by fire; insured.