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- r If' ! Is tie; f J . - THE DEMOCRAT. B. II. ADAMS, Publisher. CAPE GIRARDEAU. MISSOCRL The will of the late Pro! John Stuart Blackie leaves 4,000 for modern Greek library in Edinburgh university. A credit of 81,000,000, to be used in suppressing the insurrection in Cuba, was cabled from Madrid to Capt. -Gen. Calleja, in Havana, on the 11th. A dispatch from Lima, on the 11th, Raid that the insurgents had defeated the Peruvian troops in a battle near Cabanis, killing 300 government sol diers. Secretary La most, on the 13th, ap pointed Cornelius Cadle, Don Carlos liuell and Robert T. Looney commis sioners to establish a national mili tary park on the battlefield of Shiloh, Tenn. Frivate telegrams from Cuba re ceived in Madrid, on the 14th, failed to confirm the official statement that the rebellion had been crushed, but de clared that the insurgents were gain' ing strength daily. The steamship Olivette, arrived at Tampa, Fla.. on the 14th, from Ha vana, bearing intelligence of the formation of a provisional government in Cuba with Gen. Marti as president and Gomez as general-in-chicf. It was reported from Washington, on the 14th, that Secretary Gresham had determined to give the Spanish government the alternative of apolo gizing or fighting for the insult to our nag in firing upon the steamer Alli ance. The body of Victor Hugo was, on the 13th, deposited in a sarcophagus especially constructed for it in the pantheon at Paris. The only members of the family present were two of Hugo's grandchildren, Leopold Hugo and Paul Merice. Harrt T. Hatward, convicted at Minneapolis, Minn., of complicity in the murder of Miss Catharine Ging, was, on the 11th, sentenced by Judge Smith to be hanged, after the expira tion of three months, on a date to be set by the governor. The will of Mr. S. M. Burroughs, who died at Monte Carlo on February 6. bequeaths 4,000 to Henry George, ' the tax reformer. Mr. Burroughs was born in Medina, X. Y., and was senior partner in the firm of Burroughs & Wellcome, wholesale pharmaceutists, in London. Oxe hundred employes of the Cleve land (O.) Ship Building Co. went out on strike on the 5th. The company proposed to pay the old hands S2.37 and new men S2. 25 per day. The strike was for a 2.50 per day rate. The strikers were employed in the boiler- making department. Owixg to the refusal of the owners of the great manufactories at. Pantin and Aubervilliers to accede to the de mands of their employes for increased wages, etc, the labor union to which the men belong, on the 13th, ordered the employes of all the match facto ries in France to cease work. Two riots, in which white men were the aggressors, and negroes, as a rule, the victims, occurred in New Orleans on the 12th. Six men were killed and eight seriously and many slightly in jured. Among the dangerously wounded was Purser James A. Bain, of the English steamship Engineer. The information received by the sec retary of state that Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, had addressed Gov. Mclntyre of Colorado directly on the subject of the Walsenberg affair, created somewhat of a surprise at the state department, on the 15th, as being quite contrary to diplomatic usage. Prof. E. Stoxe Wiggixs, of Ottawa, Out., speaking of the late lunar eclipse, said: "The moon passed squarely over the earth's shadow, and it was of a dark brown color and distinctly visi ble during the eclipse. If it had no atmosphere to distribute the solar rays, and as there is no light in space, it would have been as black as ink." Capt. Crossmax of the American mail steamer Allianca, which arrived at Quarantine, X. Y.. on the 12th, from Colon, reported that, on the 8th, when his vessel was off the east coast of the island of Cuba, she was fired noon by a brigantine-rigged man-of-war flying the Spanish flag, and chased for 25 miles, when she distanced her pur suer. The National Afro-American Typo graphical association was organized in Chicago at a meeting of colored print ers and journalists of both sexes from the north and south on the 14th. It is the first colored printers' union in the world, and will include in its member ship printers, bookbinders, stereotyp ers, reporters, apprentices and all colored tradesmen. A cable dispatch to the American board of commissioners of foreign mis sions in Boston announced, on the 14th, the death of Rev. George Cushing Knapp. at Bitlis, eastern Turkey, where he hd lived as a missionary for forty years. Mr. Knapp's death was not caused by any violence, but his last days were filled with anxiety for the country and the people to which he had devoted his life. Some time ago Secretary Morton turned over to Delegate Flynn 5.000 packages of seed for distribution among those suffering from the drought in Oklahoma. Mr. Flynn ar ranged for the distribution through certain agents in various parts of the territory, who have competed appli cants for seed to pay twenty-five cents each for making affidavit that tliev are not able to purchase wad. CURRENT TOPICS. TEE HEWS Iff BEET. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The coronation of the czar will take place in Moscow during the latter part of May. Ox "the 12th Secretary Herbert re ceived a cablegram from Capt. Crom well, commanding the Atlanta, at Co lon, stating that all was quiet at Bocas del Toro and all well on board his vessel. Frederick George Brabazox Pon boxbv, sixth earl of Bessborough, died in London on the 12th. He was 60 years of age. Is London, on the 12th, the new American loan opened at 5 per cent, premium and closed at 5J. A six months' dispute for possession of St. Paul's (Polish) Catholic church at Omaha, Neb., culminated, on the 12th, in a pitched battle in the church edifice, in which pistols and all kinds of missiles were used one man in the party attacking the priest was seri ously injured by two pistol-shot wounds, and the altar was riddled with bullets, one of which pierced the image of the Virgin Mary. Several arrests were made. Joseph Pierre Drouillard, a vet eran of the war of 1812, died, on the 12th, at his home in Gallipolis, O., his demise leaving but four surviving vet erans of that war. Mr. Drouillard fought in eighteen pitched battles in the war of 1812. Had he lived until September, he would have been ninety-nine years old. The body of David Aldridge, of Rome, X. Y., one of the victims of the steamer Longfellow disaster in the Ohio river at Cincinnati, was recovered from the wrecked hull, lying at Traut man's station, 8 miles down the river, on the 12th. William W. Taylor, the fugitive treasurer of South Dakota, was traced by a 1'inkerton detective to Havana, where he had gone from Tampa. Fla. on the steamer Olivette. He had month's start, and got away from Cuba before the detective could lay hands on him. He was last heard of in the City of Mexico, under the name of Mason. At Stringtown, Okla., on the night of the 11th, robbers entered the store kept by M. Pounda, and, loading the safe on a pair of trucks, secured at the station, hauled it several miles into the country and blew it open with dy namite. They secured about S150. x ostmaster-Lten eral wssKi.L re turned to Washington, on the 13th, to close up the urgent business of the de partment prior to his retirement on April 1. While assisting the Ward line steamer Seneca, from Havana, to make her dock at New York, on the 13th, the tug M. P. Starbuclc was capsized and her crew thrown into the water. All were picked up little worse for their immersion except the captain, Joseph Brandow, in whose case the efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. Mrs. Katherixe Todd Crittexdex, widow of the late Maj.-Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden, of Kentucky, died, on the 13th, at the home of her nephew, Edmond H. Taylor, of Bucna Park, Cook county. 111., after an illness of two weeks. Agents Whitxet and Dennett, of the Parkhurst society, were arrested in Xew York city, on the 13th, on charges of conspiracy to prosecute De' tectives Jacobs and McManus. War' rants were also out for Samuel Cohen, who figured in the cases. George Griddall and Maggie Wachter, witnesses for Hairv Hay ward, the defendant in the Ging mur der trial in Minneapolis, Minn., r rested for perjury, were liberated, on the 13th, because the grand jury re fuse to indict them, believing convic tion impossible on the evidence sub mitted. The Spanish cruiser Reina Regente with 420 souls on board, was three days overdue at Cadiz, on the 13th, and much anxiety was felt for the vessel's safety. News was received from Shanghai, on the 13th, that Col. Von lleneken. the German commander, had left the Chinese service. Ix London, on the 13th, the new American loan opened at 5 and closed at S. Arthur Sauer, the bookkeeper and cashier of the Defiance (O.) national bank, who disappeared January 18, was arrested, on the 13th, in the Bre voort house in Chicago, by Central de tectives who had long been on the lookout for him. JrPOB Baker, of Chicago, on the 13th, discharged the last panel of twenty-three jurors, after rendering a de cision that the system in vogue of drawing citizens for jury service in Cook county is illegal, and that every jury serving in the courts to-day is do ing so on an unlawful basis and that all verdicts rendered by them are, therefore, illegal. By the burning of a hotel at Mac keysville, W. Va., early on the morn ing of the 13th, three persons lost their lives and four others were so badly injured as to make their recov ery doubtful. Fire in Kansas City, Mo., on the 13th, destroyed a four-story building occupied by the English Supply Co., dealers in engine supplies and wrought iron materials, and a five-story build ing occupied by the Western Newspa per Union and the Great-Western type foundry, causing a total loss of over $300,000, about one-half covered by in surance. Six Italiaxs and one American lad, were killed (the last-named accident ally), on the 12th, by a mob in retalia tion for the murder of a saloon-keeper at Rouse, Col. It is thought the Ital ians were all naturalized citizens. Ax order issued by Supt, James E. White of the railway mail service denies postal clerks the privilege of free transportation except over their own routes. All commissions and passes which have heretofore been is sued allowing clerks to ride free over other lines have been called in. iiov. siciXTYRE cr Colorado receive a telegram from Washington, on the 14th, asking him to proceed at once against the murderers of the Italians at Walsenberg. Ax amended bill to abolish capital punishment passed the Nebraska sen ate on the 14th. It had a good pros pect of passing the house, and the gov ernor was said to favor it. Four men were buried under the walls of the Commercial Trading Ca's building in Laramie, yo., which was destroyed by fire on the 14th. James Foster was taken out dead, and George loroinier, a university student, was fatally injured. A phenomenal vote, was cast at the republican primaries in Cleveland, O. on the 13th, the total reaching 23.332. Many women took advantage of their recently-acquired franchise and at tended the primaries. Capt. Leoxard G. Shepard, chief of the revenue marine division of the treasury department, died in Washing ton city of pneumonia, on the 14th, af ter an illness of ten days, aged 52. A concurrent resolution, proposing an amendment to the New lorkcon stitution giving women the right to vote, passed the assembly, on the 14th 80 to 21. A syxdicate is forming in Belgium to import Canadian horses into that country. Judge L. McRisick, acting as special counsel for the government, on the l.th, filed his claim, involving S15, 000,000, in the case of the government against Jane L. Stanford, executrix of the last will of the late Senator Stan ford, to recover from the estate the pro rata of taxes due the United States from the Central Pacific Railway Co. The women of Orange, X. J., will is sue, on April 1, an extra edition of the Orange Chronicle for the benefit of the Orange free liorary. Preparations for this edition are being made on a verv extensive scale and it is expected that this sample of purely women's work will ne one of the most unique of its kind. The failures in the United States, lor the week enaeu on the litn, as re ported by R. G. Dun & Co., were 266, against 264 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the fail ures numbered 57, against 55 last year. Alois Foidl killed himself on Logan avenue, a fashionable thoroughfare in Denver, Col., on the 15th, by exploding a dynamite cartridge about an inch and a half in diameter and four inches long. The entire left side of his body was blown into fragments. CJueex Victoria arrived at Xice, Italy, on the Kith, and was received with a great display of ceremony by the inayorand other municipal author ities. The Red Star line steamer Fries- land, Capt. Nichols, having on board 4"i0 American excursionists, arrived at Smyrna on the 14th. The California senate, on the 15th, defeated the woman suffrage bill, which had already passed the assem bly. The American loan opened in Lon don, on the 15th, at 5 per cent, pre mium and closed unchanged. Ox the 15th the Nebraska senate passed the Watkin's bill, abolishing capital punishment, which had already passed the house. Secretary Gresham, in spite of his sickness and the inclemency of the weather, resumed duty at the state de partment on the 15th. Li Hung Chaxg, Chinas peace en voy, sailed from Shanghai, on the 15th, for Japan, with his suite of forty per sons. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A coxtract was closed in Buffalo. N. ., on the 16th, between the New York Central & Hudson River railway and the Buffalo Car Manufacturing Co.. which calls for the construction of 1,500 box cars of the latest and most improved pattern, fully equipped throughout with air brakes, auto matic couplers and Street trucks. The contract price amounts to 5900,000, and the job will give employment to 1,000 men for five months. News was received, on the 17th, of an attack on Puerto, Colombia, by the rebels under Gol. Castillo. All of the officials of the customhouse were made prisoners, the rebels retreated toward liaraone, where a desperate battle last ing tour hours was fought. Nearly three-fourths of the town was burned, including the barracks and church. and fifty persons were killed. Br the falling of a wall during the burning of the Wabash railway round house at Toledo, O., on the 17th, three men were killed and a large number of others were more or less seriously injured. Six locomotives were ruined. and the total loss was estimated at from 575,000 to $100,000; fully covered by insurance. Up to the 17th forty-three dead bodies had been taken from the mine owned by the late Archduke Albrecht at Tronpau. Arckduke Frederick or dered that an annual pension of 100 florins be paid the widow of each vic tim, the first pay me at to be made at once. Intelligence from Cuba, via Key West. Fla., on the 17th, state that from a few isolated bands of marauders, the rebels have crystallized a well-armed force of 0,000 men. All reports of gov ernment victories are declared to be unfounded. The newspaper building on Ontario street in Cleveland, O.. occupied by The World, the A. X Kellogg News paper Co. and the United Press, was completely destroyed by fire on the tn. l be total loss was about 8150.- 000. Passengers arrived at Key West. Fla., on the 16th. reported the sinking. oft the coast of Cuba, of an American schooner by a Spanish gunboat and the loss of the entire crew of sixteen. Gex. Baratieri, commander of the Italian troops in Italy's east African possessions, ' occupied Adigrat, on. the 17th, without encountering opposition. J. he whole Spanish cabinet resigned, on the 17th, and Gen. Martinez, de Campos was appointed captain general of Madrid. MISSOURI STATE NEWS, Tote on the Fellow-Servant DHL The following was the vote in the lower house of the legislature on the leilow-servant bill: leas Messrs. Arnet. Avery, Beaner. Blt- tinger, Bothwell. Brett. Brock. Burks. Cape, warroi. Sherrington, Cblnn. Cot-Tell, Daneri, uavldson. Davis (of Taney). DaviH (of Wayne) Denny. Denslow. Drabelle. Drum. Freeman, Umelich, Griffiths, Grubb, Hall, Hammond, Hancock. Harrison. Hart, Higbee. Johnston, Jones (of Jacksoni. Jones (of Polk). Julian. Leroy, Mclntyre, McKee. Martin.Merriwetber, Moron, Mueller. Murray, Odneal, Pnttijohn, Robertson, Sailor. Sartin. Sawyer. Shoppen borst. Schooler. Shumacber. Short (of Cole), Short (of Pbelps). Smith (of Howell). Spencer (oi su Louis), Spurgeon. Steel. Stickney. Sul llnger. Swanger. Tartar. Tate. Tatum. Tubbs. Walton. Warner. Watson, Wetzel. Young (of St. Francois), Young (of Texas), Mr. Speaker tc. , Nays Messrs. Anderson. Armstrong. Bau- gher. Best. Bourn. Calhoun, Collins. Dyer. Ed gar, r erguson, Fuson. George. Gurney, Jones (of Hickory), Kyler. Maban, Melson. Old. Koss. Russell (of New Madrid). Spencer (of Douglass), Temme, Waymeyer, Weaver, Wein bold 36. Not Voting Atkins. Bennett. Buckner, Choate. Coppedge. Cox, Crisp, Davison, Da Ford, De Reign. Gay, Gill, Hinde. Jenkins, Kasey, Kline, Lane, Leasenby, Le Favor, Lynch, McCollum, McKearly, McPbereon, Marsh, Middleton. Miller, Minns, Moore (of Mississippi), Moore (of Stone), Mortimer, O'Dell, O'Reilly. Pbippa. Pollock. Portertteld. Pratte, Pritchett. Kohne. Kothwell. Sachsa, Shaw, Sherill, Smith (of Buchanan) 3i Narrow Escape. J. West Goodwin, editor of the Seda lia Bazoo, and his wife and son, Harry, had narrow escapes from being suf focated or cremated at 2 o'clock the other morning. Fire started in a room over which Mr. Goodwin and his fam ily had sleeping apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin occupied rooms on the second floor, and Harry on the third floor. Mrs. Goodwin was awakened by the smoke and heat, and called her husband, who is crippled and uses crutches, and then started to the third floor to call Harry. Blinded and choked by the smoke, she crept up the stairs and aroused the young man, when with difficulty they made their way down to the street, where Mr. Goodwin awaited them. The fire was finally extin guished. Sedalia School Overcrowded. The Sedalia school board has decided to submit to voters of Sedalia school district at the April election a proposi tion to vote S30.000 in bonds for the erection of a new high school building. As it is at present, every school in the city is crowded 10 per cent, beyond its capacity, and in case the proposition carries the present high school build ing will be utilized to relieve the re maining schools. Kev. Matthew C. Tatton. itev. .nauneiv u. i'atton, a pioneer minister of the Cumberland Presby terian church in this state and founder of many congregations in north Mis souri, cied at Webb City, aged years. He assisted in founding McGee college in 1SG, and preached the first sermon in Macon, ihe interment oc curred at Macon. Accidentally Shot and Killed. While John Wilson, a representative of the Adam Koth Grocery Co. of St. Louis, and Otto Werneke, of Bowling ureen, were playlully scuffling for the possession of a revolver, at Louisiana, the weapon was accidentally dis charged, inflicting a wound on Werneke that caused his death. I'nder Mysterious Circumstances. Says a dispatch from San Antonio, Tex.: Thomas Doris, a wealthy citi zen of Lyons, Mo., died here under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Mr. Doris had in his possession some valuable papers, which were taken charge of by the coroner. Justice Griff Jones. A Fine Residence Darned. The residence of Mr. Adolph Drey, glass merchant, 4513 Westminster place, St. Louis, caught fire the other night and was completely demolished. entailing a loss of 817.500 on the house and 930,000 on its furnishings. The in surance was 911,000. Burglars Make a Water Hani. The town of Corder, Lafayette coun ty, was aroused about midnight by an explosion at the Corder bank. The burglars became alarmed and escaped in the darkness. Only seventy-live cents was secured from a cigar box. Sadden Summons. William Moore, of near Kahoka, fell dead the other day after leaving the din ner table. Mr. Moore w .is a son of W. D. Moore, marshal of the city of Kahoha. He leaves a widow and one small child. To Pay Funding Bond. The state board of fund commission ers has ordered a warrant drawn upon the state treasurer for S409.OOO with which to pay 6 percent funding bonds due January 1, 1895.- Brnnswtek'a Oldest Cltlaen. E Corby, aged 80, the oldest citizen of Brunswick, was buried the other day. He was a clerk in the treasury department nnder Cleveland's first ad ministration. Robert W. Aiken. rtooeri vv. Amen, aged 63, a promi nent republican, died of heart failure in Macon. He was mayor of Macon in 1837, and for several years a member of the council. Women and School Elections. Two hundred Springfield merchants signed a petition asking the legisla ture to pass the'Porterfield bill giving women the right to vote in school elec tions. Longevity of Teachers. Since 1891 twenty public school teachers have died in St. Louis. Con sidering that there are 1,440 teachers. this speaks well for there longevity. Sedalia Daughter. The Daughters of the Confederacy have perfected permanent organiza tion at Sedalia. The constitution of the St, Louis society was adopted. Starved to Death. A burial certificate waa presented to the health department in St. Louis re cently in which the cause of death waa given as starvation. MISSOURI LEGISLATURE. jEFTERsox Crrr, March II Senate The beer inspection bill was hopelessly killed yes terday. On a motioa to indefinitely postpone the vote was: Yeas Amelung. Brewster. Busche. Davisson, Goodrkoontz. Kennish. Klene, Lancaster, Landrum, Morrissey. Mott. O'Bannon. Peers, Powers. Seaber, Tunnell, Williams, Wurde- man. eater 19 Nays Ballard. Dram. Dunn, Lyman, Mo- itinuc. Madison. Morton 7. House Immediately after the journal was approved the bouse resolved Itself into com mittee of the whole for consideration of the general appropriation bilL Briefly stated, the more important appropriations made are follows: Governor s office s.vx) Secretary of state : g.iju) tate treasurer -.ido Slate auditor 4.0110 Suite superintendent S.8.V) Attorney-general i.sno Railroad commissioners 5.200 Adjutant-general una Capitol contingent fund I.VUO Kansas viiy court 01 appeals. IO.O11O St. Louis court of appeals. 12.001 Renairs state buildinn 12.7110 Printing court reports, etc 76.0110 State stationery e.ooo Criminal costs 425. Supresslon of outlawry. 12.000 Library books. 4.000 Fish commission. I5.0U0 Stale board of agriculture....- 37.100 Horticulture society 7.500 Militia and cadets S5.0U0 Board of health s.ouu Bureau of leoloirv 20.01)0 Labor bureau 21.000 Mine inspection 6.M10 Insurance department So.OO Samuel Tarwater (pension) 200 jEFrERsoit Crrr. March 11 Senate Yes terday the committee on criminal juris prudence reported favorably the bill authoriz ing the attorney-general to bring suit against violators of the anti-pool and trust laws. An amendment was suggested which exempted the boards of are underwriters from the pro visions of the act. Tbe amendment was de bated until nearly noon, when it was adopted by a vote of 14 to 12. Tbe Dill recognizing tbe School of Osteopathy at Kirksville and giving its graduates the right to practice was Dassed, only Dn. Basket t. Tunnell and Goodykoontz voting against it. House A large number of bills were passed, among them a bill repealing a provision of the Australian ballot law under which a party is required to have polled S per cent, of the vote cast at the last preceding election before ob taining official recognition, except by petition. A bill was passed appropriating 0.000 for a completion of the St. Francois basin levee, in New Madrid and Pemiscott counties. Jefferson Crrr. March 14. Senate At last tbe Missouri legislature bas honored the memory of two deceased statesmen whose names are known in every household. Yester day the senate took up and passed Ma. Bit- tinker s bill appropriating (12.000 for tbe purchase of bronze or marble statues of Thomas H. Benton and Francis P. Blair, to be placed in Statuary hall, at Washington. The bill was introduced in the house January U. and the following day referred to the com mittee on appropriations. For some reason tbe chairman of the committee. Mr. Tatum, held tbe bill up until March 1. It was afterwards called up out of order and passed. In tbe senate it had smooth sailing. Years ago efforts were made to enact such a law, but it remained for Maj. Bittlnger to secure its passage through both houses. Tbe bill creates a com mission out of Gov. Stone, Peter L. Foy. of St. Louis: Odin Guitar, of Columbia: O. M. Spencer, of St. Joseph; B. B. Cahoon. of St.-r rancois county, and CoL James H. Birch, of Clinton, to contract for the statues and carry out tbe provisions of tbe law. House Senator Yeater's bill providing for a deposit of security in relation to tbe pro posed removal of tbe state capital to Sedalia was called up under a suspension of tbe rules and passed by the house. There was a sharp debate over its passage. Mr. Bothwell ex plained tbe provisions of the bill and recom mended its passage with a very effective speech. Messrj. Jenkins and Crisp also in dorsed it. Under the provisions of tbe bill it is made tbe duty of Sedalia and Pettis county, either directly or through some person or persons In lieu thereof, to deposit with tbe governor such securities, bonds or obligations as he may deem sufficient to guaran tee ttie erection of such buildings and donation of such ground "as necessary in connection with a removal of the state capi tal." These deposits must be made bv the 1st of May. 1KM. In the event the securities are not deposited the governor shall so declare by public proclamation, f Jefferson Crrr. March 15. Senate The senate yesterday took up and passed the house bill prohibiting the sale of imitation butter. There was no debate over the measure, as It bad been thoroughly discussed some days be fore. Tbe bill passed by the following vote Yeas -Messrs. Amelung, Ballard, Baskett, Bledsoe. Llavisson. Drum, Oray, Harrison, Kenuish, Klene. Landrum, Morrissev, Mott, Orchard. Peers. Powers, Seaber, Williams, Wurdeman. Yeater 20. Nays Messrs. Busche, Gash. Goodykoontz, Love. Lyman, Mc-Clintic. Morton. Tunnell a House bill requiring the sheriff of St. Louis to combine subpoenas for witnesses so that in stead of sending one for every witness a single subpoena may serve a dozen or twenty wit nesses was passed. It Is claimed tbat the bill will save 120.000 a year In criminal costs. Senator Mott's bill to prevent tbe docking of horses' tails was passed, as was the bill mak ing it unlawful for any person having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of 14 years to exhibit, use or employ. or In any manner or under any pretense sell. apprentice, give away, let out or other wise dispose of any such child to any per son in or for the vocation or occupation service or purpose of singing, playing on mus ical instruments, rope or wire walking, danc ing, begging or peddling, or as a gymnast. contortionist, rider or acrobat. In any place whatsoever, or for any obscene, indecent or Immoral purpose, exhibition or practice what soever, or for or in any business exhibition or vocation injurious to tbe health or dangerous to tbe life or limb of such child. House Among the bills passed were: House bill making it a miademeanor to trap or snare wild geese and brants. House bill requiring road overseers to de stroy thistles. House bill empowering towns and villages to organize independent of township lines. Jefferson City, March 16. Senate Yes terday senate bill extending tbe provisions of tbe school text-book law of 1891 was defeated after a heated debate. This law created a school text-book commission, appointed by the governor, to serve tor Hve years and enter into a contract with a publishing firm for printing uniform school text books. The senate refused to recede from its amend ment to the anti-trust and pool bill, exempting the board of underwriters from its provisions, which amendment was not concurred in by tha house. The senate surprised everyone, itself In cluded, bv passing the Julian house bill, pro viding for tbe sale of franchises. House Without previous notice. Mr. Moran called up the Steel fellow-servant law, and it was ordered to third reading before half the members knew what was up. A minute later there was a wild scramble of members to dodge out of hall before their names were called. For some reason, that will probably never be satisfactorily explained, the bill passed 72 to 36, with 32 not voting. Tbe law applies to railroads, and is regarded as a verv strung measure. LONDON GOSSIP. The Pall Mall Budget is to be given up, as it does not pay expenses. An artesian well twelve inches in diameter and four hundred feet deep was completed recently in fifty-five days for a brewery at Hackney, in Lon don. No less than ten new peers were en titled to take their seats in the bouse of lords at the beginning of the session, owing to the death of their predeces sors. The bishop of Rochester, Dr. Davidson, also became a peer, in place of the late bishop of Hereford. THE REVOLT. IN CUBA. ' The First Clear and Trustworthy Mtataw meat of Affairs Insorgeats Gaining Con fidence Fro m st few Scwtterlnc Band Ther Numbers Have Increased to Six Thousand No News of the Firing 00 tbe AiUsoea. New York, March 18. A special dis patch to the Ilerald from Key West says: The first clear and trustworthy statement of the condition of affairs in the eastern end of Cuba was brought yesterday by a passenger on the steamer Mascotte. "I have traveled through the moun tainous districts constantly since the trouble began," said he. "and matters are now in a much worse condition than at the beginning. The fighting started in a desultory and scattered fashion, but the forces gradually be came crystallized, and now there are fully 6,000 men nnder arms. "They are in a dozen or more de tachments, but are giving the govern ment no end of trouble. In many- cases the Spanish troops nave Deen beaten back with heavy loss. "The most deplorable feature of the warfare is the pillaging and burning on the part of the insurgents. "The insurgents have gained con fidence since the beginning of tha trouble, and matters in that district, are in almost as bad a condition as. during the war of 186S." "Jew leaders are springing up and by the force of their intellect and ability they have induced the insur gents not to hold off longer for the ar rival of old leaders. Tbe general opinion in Santiago is that if the in surgents can hold out until summer' the yellow fever will help them. greatly. "It is said that both Rabi and Masso are confident of taking Santiago be fore October. It is as much as a man's, life is worth in Santiago to talk in favor of the Cubans or to tell the truth. Several persons have been shot on account of an expression of opin ion. "Instances where the Spaniards were defeated have been published as gov ernment victories. Four Spanish cruis ers were in the harbor of Santiago one- week ago, now there are but two guarding the eastern coast and one the southern." The sengers said the revolt wouln. kill business in Cuba for two years. Nothing official has been received of the report of a Spanish cruiser firing- on the Allianca. It is understood that, the Spanish officials in Havana claim the Allianca was within three miles of shore and that the cruiser had a right to sink her on her refusal to halt. ANOTHER OUTRAGE. An American Schooner Kaid to Have Beest Sunk by a 8panlsh Gunboat and All Hands Lost. Key West, Fla., March 17. Passen gers on the steamer which arrived from Havana last night bring news of re ports in circulation there of further- depredations by Spanish cruisers on American vessels ' along the Cuban coast. The latest report is to the ef fect that the Spanish gunboat Arcedo. fired into and sunk an American. schooner off Puerto Padre. It is reported that the crew of the. vessel, numbering sixteen persons, perished with it. It is not known whether the schooner had arms or carried an expedition for the Cubans. It was reported in Ha vana that the schooner had sailed from Key West. Inquiries, however, fail to show that any boat is missing or unreported except those engaged in legitimate trade. Many sailed re cently for West Indian ports with, fruit cargoes. SPAIN'S ANSWER To the American Demand Entirely 8at!s-. factory to Mr. Gresham. New York, March 18. The Recorder- to-day published the following dis patches from Washington, D. C: 'Spain has replied to Gresham s de mand. A dispatch was received to night that, so far as it goes, is en tirely satisfactory to the United States. It is a response to the last part of Secretary Gresham's dispatch in which he insists that 'immediate and positive orders be given to Span ish naval commanders not to inter fere with legitimate American com merce passing through that( Wind ward) channell and prohibiting all acts wan tonly imperilling life and property lawfully under the flag of the United States.' "That part of the dispatch which re fers to the firing upon the Allianca is reserved for future reply, after an in vestigation by Spain into the circum stances that surround it. There is no doubt that in tbe minds: 0 the president and the secretary of state that this will receive 'prompt disavowal as an unauthorized act' and that a 'due expression of regret on. the part of Spain' will be forthcoming. Secretary Gresham communicated. the substance of Spain's response to. the president as soon as it bad beeu translated, but he was unwilling to- give it out for publication. "It is understood, however, that tha dispatch conveyed the information, that orders bad been issued to the commanders of the Spanish men-of-war in Cuban waters not to interfere with legitimate American commerce, and to use every precaution to avoid . international complications by an ex ercise of undue zeaL" Awful Fate of Mrs. Amelia Schwab, Who. Jumped from FWe-fctory Window. New York, March 18. Mrs. Amelia. Schwab, of No. 802 First avenue, while: suffering from a temporary fit of mel ancholia yesterday leaped from a rear window of her apartments on the fifth,, floor to the ground below. She struclc on the right side of her head, smash ing the frontal bone and crushing the skull to a pancake. In addition half : the bones in the woman's body were-t broken. In company with her hus band she was to have sailed on thas steamer Saale for her home in Germany en Tnesday.