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VOLUME 2, BRAMWELL. MERCER COUNTA W. VA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5,189!. ' NUMBER 29.
THE NEW&
John Hand was arrested at Webb City Mo
charged with counterfeiting, and a set .
molds were found in his room._One pas
senger train ran into the rear of another oi
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
and Rube Adena, a passenger, was killed, ant
seveial others injured. A coroner’s jury a
Nashville, Tenn., declared that Mary Anr
Dolan was murdered by John Moran, who hac
adopted and raised the girl.-Colonel A. A
Andrews’ diamond store, in San Francisco
was robbed of §7,500 worth of gems.-Allei
Heath, a Norwegian farmer, of Corona, Col.
was tricked out of $5,000.-The iargesi
mines of the Reading Company have sus
pended, owing to a scarcity of ears.-John
Creenleaf Whittier, the poet, has laid asidi
his pen, and declares that his writing days
are over.—-John Owens, a farmer, of Laurens,
S. C'., was burned to death in his barn.-Two
men were killed by falling eighty-five feet at
the Pennsylvania .Steel Works.-The grand
jury of Decatur, III., has found sixteen
indictments against C. T. Emory, the banker,
of Marco, 111, tor alleged embezzlement.
The American Biscuit Company has filed a
mortgage amounting to $545,000 on all its
holdings in Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin
and Illinois.-L. B. Imboden, of the New
England Savings Bank, has been indicted for
torgery.-An old man was robbed of $1,000
in a Chicago street car.--Jefferson Mercer,
who murdered his wife in Augustine, Ark.»
was arrested in Chicago.'-Ex-Mayor Roche,
of Chicago, was robbed of $5,CC0;-A case of
leprosy has been discovered in Madison, Wis
-Wm. Weathers, the Pittston, Pa., police
man who killed John Davis, was convicted of
voluntary manslaughter.-Representative
Witter, of the Republican house, Montana
died of pneumonia, leaving the house a tic
politically.
All the fruit canneries in San Francisco
have formed a compact, with §5,000,000capital
stock, to last fifty years. All of the Canneries
will he purchased for two-thirds cash and one
third stock. They will then be under con
trol of a corporation, which will he known
as the California Fruit Canneries, limited.
The company has $2,050,000 in the bank with
which to purchase the canneries, and 15,000
shares of stock have been subscribed for.
Rose Soldosky, of Richland Centre, Wis., is
charged with poisoning two women who were
between her and the man she loved.-Ex
_ y 1 i .. . .. - , .
v«wt. a. \. ra>vioni, «>i jYansits, uieu at
Grand Junction, Colorado.-The missionary
schooner Phoebe Chapman, Missionary J. H.
Cudaney in charge, has been given up for
lost.-A. true bill was found by the Phil
adelphia grand jury against the proprietors of
1 he Harrisburg Call,for libel.-Heavy snow
storms prevailed in Nebraska, Iowa and other
far Western states, trains being blocked and
• railroad travel nearly suspended.-The 107
bodies recovered from the Mammoth mine are
believed to comprise the entire list of victims-.
ijTlie Nebraska legislature -..lias adopted- o
u.-ei/forial to Congress asking an appropria*
tion of $1,000,COO for the relief of the sufferers
in that state.——Jacob Shancr, a butcher at
Lynchburg, Va., was shot by his clerk in the
market-house.-llardy Strickland, the mur
derer of Captain J. K. Woinock, a prominent
Louisiana Republican, escaped, after a fight
with the sheriff, who was taking him to prison.
-Congre s will soon direct the publication
ol'fhe constitution of the United States
ihe Farmers’ Bank of Augusta, Ivs., capital
stock $25,00), closed its doors.-——A bill passed
the Minnesota House o! Representatives pro
hibiting the sale of cigars or tobacco in any
form to Illinois under seventeen years of age.
Police Officer Schultz, of Wilmington, Del.,
who was shot by two burglars is dead.——The
Bellefonto Furnace Company’s blast furnace
shut down for an indefinite period.-Sir
Richard Cartwright, the opposition leader of
the Canadian Parliament, spoke at the rn
uj:tl banquet of the Boston Merchants’ Assn
eiation in favor of reciprocity.-Hon. Job
M ilc, the philanthropic ex-mayor of Plain
field, N. J., is dead.-Lou i C. Muller, dis
tributor in the mailing division of the St.
Louis Postoffice, was arrested charged with
abstracting money from letters.-The Dela
iuliters were again arrested on a charge of em
uezzlenient.-CharJes A. (jrreene,anas llow
erd, alias Gray, and John Laduca, alias Ma
son, two New York thieves, were arrested in
Saginaw, Mich.--Six blocks were burned
mid three persons perished in a fire in Cygnet,
O--Rev. Dr. Mitchel, charged wij,h forgery
•3n tort Worth, Tex., was found guilty and
seitt) prison for two years.——Dr. W. J.
He id was shot and killed at Andalusia, Ala.,
h: Dr. Cicero Jones.—The Bank of America
Roa i and Trust Company, Providence, R. I.,
h is attached the Oriental Mills in the sum of
-$','00.-No business was done in Congress.
Resolutions of regret over the death of Secre
tary Windom were pas-ei by both houses.
--Jacob ifuyota, a farmer, near Reading,
Pa., made an assignment. lie had three
farms, worth $30,000.-The Interstate Com
merce Commision decided that freight rates
from Wyoming, Del. to Boston, on peaches,
had been charged too high by $10.8>.
Three unknown Norwegians who were
walking on the railroad track near Galitzin,
Pa., were struck by a train and ground to
pieces.-Judge Warder has been indicted
for murder in the first degree at Chattanoga,
Tenn., for killing Banker Fugette.-Not
withstanding reports to the contrary the
friends and relatives in New York of Robert
Ray Hamilton declare their belief in bis
death.-A number of Indians were devoured
by wolves in Manitoba.-The Chippewa In
dians on the Red Lake reservation have be
gun dancing, and the settlers are greatly
alarmed,-In a canvass of the farmers made
by agricultural journals show Cleveland to
be the Democrats’ favorite.-The Connecti
cut House of Delegates accepted the report of
he canvassing committee recommending a
--recount of the vote of the state ticket.
Charles Miller was sentenced to be hanged at
Cheyenne, March 20, for the murder of two
boys.-The Kansas legislature, in joint ses
sion, elected Pefler United States senatorovcr
Ingalls. The vote was 101 to 58.-The State
National Bank at Atchison, Ks., closed its
doors. The bank was organized in Juue, 1867,
with a capital stock of 250,000.
OVER 100 LIVES LOST.
Terrific Storms Followed by Floods at
tlie Island of Massowah.
Advices from Massowah, on the Red Sea,
state that a terrific storm followed by floods
has caused enormous damage throughout the
Island of Massowah. Over ICO persons lost
their lives.
The Secretary of the Trei^w^w
Stricken at a Bartquet.
SCENE AT DELMONICO’S.
New York Board of Trade Dinner
inexpressibly Saddened.
HEART .DISEASE EXPELS LIFE.
Mr. Windi .r. Had Just Concluded a
So eeh on Finance.
HO PBEIO* "ION OF THE ATTACK.
X’hc Secretary 1. ft \V«sMnglol1 for Slew
York Sis ti.< Morning Apparently
In T"*rfect lUulth.
lion. WiJ!ii\ . Wiwlont, Secretary of the
Treasury of the T tiled States, died at 10.05
o’clock P. M.. in thebanquet hall at Delm-m
ico’s, where he was a guest of the New York
Hoard of Trade and Transportation.
His had been the first toast of the evening.
He had linshed his response, had seated him
self, rnvooned at once.and died almost immedi
ately. Every effort to restore him was made,
but in vain.
WILLIAM WINDOM.
He died of heart, seu'se. The great assem
blage at once (ILsso1 veil. Mr. Windom had
been the only speaker, and the seiKiment to
which lie responded was:
.“Our Country’s 1 perilv Dependent Upon
If is Instruments otTSmirtercc. ”
This was to have been a night of feasting
and ilow of soul at Delmonico’s. The New
York Board of Trade and Transportation was
to sit at its 19th annual dinner, and the great
gold hall was bright fwitb light and color.
And feasting there was happy aud unrestrained
but death sat, loo, at the board, and the only
soul that flowed out was that of the nation's
financial head. 11 is spirit |‘y w away at Hv.>
'Close of his speaking, which was the first oi
the night and the last. The unseen guest had
silently followed the feast. IIis shadow dark
ened all the brightness of the place, and those
who came to speak went away hushed and
grave.
In the early evening the staid and stable
men of the Board ot Trade and Transporta
tion gathered in the reception parlors ot Del
jiionieo’s hostelry, and there welcomed their
Quests and friends who had come from near
"tUid front far places to eat and drink and talk
and listen. Perhaps most prominent were
Secretaries Windoni and Tracy, of the Treas
ury and Navy respectively. Nova Scotia had
a representative among those present in the
person of her attorney-general. Mr. Longly.
Canada, too, was there in the person of Hon.
Wilford Laurier, leader of Her Majesty’s op
position in the Dominion Parliament. Those
in official life were welcomed with genial
demonstration, and in turn they became cen
tres of groups here and there welcoming those
whom they knew and greeting those who
were presented.
Mr. Windom, dignified of mien as usual,
was not the less genial. IIis face was bright,
his smile quick and his remark and repartee
were apt aud keen. His meeting with Ex
Seeretary of State Bayard was pleasing, and
the informal gathering of guests and their
senii-lormal reception was pleasantly prepara
tory to the banquet.
Then all formed a jolly procession to the
banquet hall, where members and guests be
came seated, the members at tables upon tire
floor and the guests at a long table upon a
raised platform.
J he dinner, which began at 0 o'clock, was
completed shortly after 9 o’clock, and Mr.
Windom, introduced by Judge Arnoux, who
acted as toast-master, arose to speak, being
the first speaker of the evening.
When the Secretary responded to his toast,
it was remarked that he was reading it off
hurriedly from the printed copy. At the last
he requested the audience not to applaud. A
quiver of fear shot through the assemblage
like an electric shock as the speaker finished.
Mr. Windom was standing erect under the
glare of the gas-light*, while the laces of the
most famous body of men in the country all
turned toward him. For a moment, the Secre
tarystood silent,whilethe banqueters, equally
silent, watched him. It was a moment that
no one who was present will ever forget.
Then Mr. Wintlon s at down quietly in his
seat, and 'loast*.naster Judge Arnoux arose to
in toil lice Ex-Secretary ot State Bayard, lie
began a short speech. Mr. Windom gave a
short, sharp moan of anguish and felt back in
his chair. His lace grew purple. His eye-lids
opened and shut spasmodically. The cigar
which he had been smoking was held between
the grim clinch of the teeth.
A cry went up from those silting near the
guest table. "Look, look at Mr. windom.”
Every eye was turned toward the man whose
voice’had just ceased upon the air. At the
rear of the hall many stood up, and many
echoed the cry. Mr. Windom had collapsed
in his chair and was lailing to the floor. His
face was ghastly, and a cry ot horror arose
lroru the late festive banqueters. Hr. Robin
son bent down, and, making a close examina
tion ot the prostrate form, discovered that the
heart was yet beating, and with the assistance
of Judge Truax, Captain Snow and others,
lifted him to his feet.
He was carried into the room behind the
banquet hall. Messengers were hastily dis
patched for electric batteries, and as many as
lour were applied to his body, which was rap
idly growing cold. This was exactly 10.05 1*.
M.
For six minutes the electric shocks were
applied incessantly, but without success. He
was pronounced dead by Dr. Robinson.
Dr. Robinson sard tiiat heart disease was
the cause of death. Mr. \\ indom was subject
to attacks of heart failure.
Judge Aruoux sobbingly announced to the
banqueters that Mr. Wisdom was dead.
When it was officially announced that the
secretary was dead Secretary Tracy at once
went to the nearest telegraph office ami sent
a message to President Harrison informing
him of the untimely event, and requesting
him to communicate with Mrs. Windom and
have her start on the 11.10 P. M. train for New
Y ork.
Dr.'Robinson said that when Mr. Windom
was brought into the ante-room he felt no
pulse, except threeirregular pulsations of the
radial artery three or Jour minutes alter he
was placed on a tab:e.
The scene that ensued when the depth was
officially announced is beyond description in
mere words. Gradually the excitement abated
and then the following death certificate was
issued:
, We hereby certify that ilon, 5ViIiiani Win
oom, Secretory.of the United States Treasury,
d»e« at Dei’iionico’scoriier twenty-sixth".' treet
and Filth evenueat New York City, about
"1 o’clock P. M., on January 29, lt>91, and
/nrther certi ty that the cause of his death
-■***>, first! Cerebral hemorrhage, and, second,
coma. E. J. Whitney, M. D., 109 Lafayette
avenue, Brooklyn; S. A. Robinson, M. B.r
West Brighton, S. I.
Undertaker Hengler, of Grace Church was
summoned, and was put in charge of the re
mains. The body was taken to Room 25 of
me Fifth-Avenue Hotel. Secretary Tracy
and Attorney .Miller, with heads bowed down,
awaited at the hotel to receive the remains.
Later, President Snow telegraphed to Pres
ident Harrison that the body would be pent
on to Washington on a special train in the
morning. President Snow appointed the fol
lowing committee to escort the remains: Am
brose Snow, Darwin R. Janies, F. B. Tliur
ber, W. 11. "Wiley, Setli Thomas and Norman
S. Bentley.
—
^ The News iu Washington.
The news of Secretary Windoni’s death was
first communicated to the President by the
Associated Press, ai.M lie was so shocked and
overcome by the sudden announcement that
he was unable to say anything with respect
to tlie Joss he has suffered.
The announcement of the sudden death of
Secretary Windoni in New York, gave almost
as great a shock to his official friends and
associates as did the shooting of President
Garfield to the members of his official house
hold. It was so terribly sudden and unex
pected that ail who heard the news were pro
foundly shocked and so overcome as to be un
able to express the grief they felt. As soon
as the telegrain bearing the sad intelligence
was received by the Associated Press its con
tents were immediately communicated to
President Harrison at the Wh te Hou-e. JJc
was in the Library at the time talking with
Mrs. Harrison, and when the message was
read to him lie was greatly distressed and
almost completely overcome. He imme
diately ordered ins carriage and went at once
to the house of Postmaster-General, but a few
blocks away, where a Cabinet dinner had
been in progress, and from which lie had re
turned but a few minutes before. A recep
tion had followed the dinner, so the guests
had not all dispersed. Mrs. Windoni and her
two daughters and 51 rs. Colgate, ot New York,
who is visiting them, were among those pres
ent at the reception. As soon as the Presi
dent arrived he had a hurried conversation
with Secretaries Blaine and Proctor and the
Postmaster-Generei, and told them ot the grief
that had befallen them. They then privately
informed 51 rs. Colgate of 51r. Window's
death,and she,without exeiiinr the suspicions
of Mrs. Windoni and her daughters, succeed
ed in getting them to their carriage and hornc.
The President, Secretary Proctor and Post
master-Gene: a! Wauamaker entered a car
riage and followed directly after. When Mrs.
Wimiom and her daughters reached the house
Mrs.- Colgate gently broke the dreadful news
to tne bereaved widow and her daughters.
Mrs. Wimiom was completely overcome and
had to be assisted to her chamber. The shock
was a ter ible one, as when the Secretary left
Washington he seemed in the best of health
and spirits.
inet who were i resent extended their sympa
thy to the stricken family and offered their
services to them.
Official information of tile death came in a
telegram from Secretary Tracy and A ttorney
General Miller, who were present at the ban
quet. It said: “Secretary Wiadorn, hn^'h'.
concluded his speech, and t'“
speaker was being an.acfSheed,sail
an iafeL^k-rtt J-eiLit di-ease and died
--mfStreCST^JIIFrcain occurred at 10 o'clock.
You will know bow to convey the sad intelli
gence to his family.” To this the President
immediately replied, saying that lie was
greatly shocked, and asking them to take
charge of the body and bring it to \Vashiug
ton as early as possible.
Probably no member of the President’s offi
cial family was more highly esteemed than
Secretary Windom, and the expressions of
sorrow from the President and those of his
Cabinet who are in Washington indicate how
highly they prized his lriendseip and the
value of his counsels. As the bulletin an
nouncing somewhat in detail the Seeietary’s
death was read to the President while still at
the Postmaster-General’s house, he covered
his eyes with his hand and moved away with
out uttering a word, so greatly was he moved.
He subsequently said that he regarded it as a
great calamity, which afflicted him sorely.
Secretary Blaine, in speaking of Mr. Win
dom, said he was a very valuable member of
the Cabinet and had worked with intense zeai
since he had entered upon the duties of the
office in connection with the finances. His
death was a great loss to the administration,
tie was exceedingly popular witti trie men*
bers of the Cabinet, Mr. Blaine said, and h(
did not think that one of them had ever had
an unfriendly word with him since the Cab
inet was formed.
Secretary Proctor said that words could not
express the feeling that all experienced in the
Secretary’s death. Their personal relations
had been most friendly. “Mr. Wmdam,” 1 <
said, “was a man of such a pleasant and amia
ble disposition that he endeared himself to
all of us.”
Ills Career.
William Windom was born in Belmont
county, O., on May 10,1827. He received an
academic education, studied law at Mount
Vernon, Ohio, and was admitted to the bat
in 1850.
' In 1852 he became prosecuting attorney fo!
'Aiiox county, but in 1855 he removed to Min
nesota, and soon afterward he was chosen to
Congress from thatState as a republican, serv
ing from 1859 till 1869. In that body he served
two terms as chairman of the committee on
Indian affairs, and aiso was at the head of the
special committee to visit the Western tribes
in 1865 and of that on the conduct of the Com
missioner ol Indian Affairs in 1867.
In 1870 he was appointed to the United
States Senate to fill the unexpired term ol
Daniel S. Norton, deceased, and was subse
quently chosen for the'term that ended in
1877. He ,was re-elected for the one that closed
in 1883, and resigned in 1881 to enter theCab
i/'etof President Garfield as Secretary of the
Treasury, but retired on the accession ol
President Arthu r in the same year, and was
elected by the Minnesota Legislature to serve
the remainder of his term in the Senate. In
that body Mr. Windom acted as chairman ol
the committee on appropriations, foreign af
fairs and transportation.
He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury
by President Harrison, and has since served
in that capacity. He lett Washington appar
ently in perfect health, to attend the banquet
of the Board of Trade and Transportation at
New York, where he was to make an address
»utlining the fiscal policy of the government.
Ail Official Or«?ei-.
The following executive order was issued
through the Secretary of State and sent to all
the other heads of departments:
Department of State, )
Washington, D. C. j
Sir—The Hon. William Windom, Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States, died
suddenly in the city, of New York, at the
hour of eleven minutes past ten o’clock, in
the sixty-fourth year of his age.
Thus has passed away a man of pure life,
an official fstainless integrity, distinguished
by long and eminent service in both branches
of Congress, and by being twice called to ad
minister the national finances.
His death has caused deep regret, through
out the country, while to the President and
those associated with him in the administra
tion of the government it comes as a personal
sorrow. The Presideni directs that ail the
departments of the executive branch of the
government, and the officers subordinate
thereto, shall manifest due respect to the
memory of this eminent citizen in a manner
consonant with the dignity of the office which
he has honored by bis devotion to public
duty.
The President further directs that the
Treasury Department, in all its branches in
this capitol, be draped in mourning for the
period of thirty days; that on the day of tk©
funeral the * executive departments
shall be'closed, that on all public build
ings throughout •. * s.. nit'<! Slates the national
flag shall be .. . . 1 at half-mast.
Ye : respectively,
J 1MES G. BLAJKK.
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WORK B m WORKERS.
About too-* .u; the 110 expert sheep
butchers, er - by Armour, Swift and
Morns, at in.. ago Stock Yards, are on
strike.
The nail work: ,t ibdiefonte, Pa., have re
sumed operation: i general reduction of 25
per cent, having ;; accepted by the em
ployees.
Thk lock-out of ate Mono cutters in Chi
cago by the stone cyntra tors lias been settled.
G.lierenccs that arise hereafter are to be set
tled by arbitration.
Thk striking Inst* - «t Kimball Bros.* shoe
factory, m hast Min.rhe-ter, New Hampshire
have agreed to re- ■ me allegiance to the Eas
ters Union and wur return to work.
The strike on (lit Chicago and Erie Rail
road has been setti d. De-patcher Scott is
not to be reinstate* or re-employed, but all
otjiGr employees are • > bo allowed to resume
work.
The New York ate Federation of Labor
adopted resolutions, filling on the Pennsyl
vania branch of * lie ' deration to demand o
the Governor of tkn .-State am investigation of
the mine horror m tit. Pleasant.
The Merriam an Monitor Collieries, at
Ashland, Pa., after v.-iree weeks suspension,
resumed work, givim employment to700men
and boys. r!Jie Non Ashland and other col
lieries are expected start m a few days.
Work has been e spended on the Mont
gomery, Til sen loos: a d Memphis Rairoid
on the upper rr To-- Moosa. end of the Jiue.
It is believed by th- ont: actors that work
will be resumed later sipvhk the company’s
finances improve.
The strike t the V. amsutta Mills, in New
Bedford, Mass, has f-ven settled, the mill
manager agreeing to t-hehnen back on the
old schedule of work;; hours. Spinners in
aos. 1, 2 and 3ini 1 Is wits remain out this week
to allow repairs to be made..
A despatch from ITtfsWrg says flint re
ports from many of tiic up-river miniim
towns indicate that th-re is now very little
nope of arbitrating -lie strike which Inis
thrown /TO) rui out employment, and is
paralyzing trade on th?- Monongahelu.
The strike of the ciftyJoyces o' the United
phut and Col far Gompa ly, in Troy, N. Y. is
ended. A uniform se; odiile of prices is to
be established for all • ie factories 'in Troy
Albany and (Ben EM Both sides made
concessions, i h- girls ( ill return to work at
once.
PwEPARATKi.m are icing made by the
Jvmghts ot Labor of mnellsvUle, in the
coke regions, And (he rnployers, the coke
operators, for a pro'on ed struggle on the
wage question: Heavy msumers are accu
mulating coke in -pia, ;y away ahead of
Bieir present necessities
NATIONAL FAB . IIS' ALLIANCE.
A Proposition f j As. lit All Laboring
M 01 Defeated.
The farmers'" Allia-? —-♦
membership provok .1 a oaie-.t Meoate, dur»
iug the course of wiaoh President Powers
said that such an amendment would break up
the organization. Ke s;iid: ‘We want to
carry the next election, and it we extend the
qualifications beyond farmers, the cities will
take advantage of it. New York city could
send a million dollars to .Omaha to pay init
iation fees, and in a few months designing
politicians would hire enough men to join the
order so that Nebraska would be in the hands
o' the ring. The same would be true in other
states. It would result in the capture of the
National Alliance, body end soul. This move
ment started among tanners, and should be
kept there.” The amendment was tabled by
a large vote.
The following arc some ol the resolutions
adopted by the Farmers’ National Alliance
Convention.
That we favor the abolition of national
banks, and that the surplus funds be loaned
to individuals upon laud security at a low
rate of interest; that we demand the fore
closure of mortgages that the government
holds on railroads; that the President and
Vice-President of the United States should
be elected by popular vote, instead of by an
electorial college.
That the Alliance shall take no part ns
partisans in any political struggle at affilia
ting with Republicans or Democrats. That
we favor the tree and unlimited coinage of
silver. That the volume of the ctirrancy be
increased to $50 per capita. That all paper
money be placed on an equality with gold.
That we as land-owners pledge ourselves
to demand that the government allow us to
borrow money from the United States at the
same rate of interest as do the banks. That
senators of the United States shall be elected
by vote of the people.
The Alliance also passed the resolution:
That we most emphatically declare against
the present system of government as manip
ulated by the Congress of the United States
and the members of the legislatures of the
several states; therefore.
We declare in iavor of holding a conven
tion on February 22, 1892, to fix a date and
place for the holding of a convention to
nominate candidates for the office of presi
dent and vice president of the United States.
We declare that in the, convention to be held
on February 22, 1892, that representation
shall be one delegate lrom each state in the
Union.
I -
Delaware Farmers’ Institute.
The state institute of the Delaware Farm
ers adjourned, after a two day’s session. They
indorsed the Myers’ American voting macl«
ine, and recommended the legislature to pass
a law providing for its introduction into Del •
ware, and appointed a committee to frame
bills for the extension of the present peach
yellows prevention law to the entire state,
and one to tax investments, bonds and mort
gages.
THE CHILIAN REVOLT.
Desperate anti Sanguinary Battles Re
porle<l—-Troops Rebel.
According to Chilian advices received at
Buenor Ayres there have been desperate and
sanguinary battles fought in the provinces of
Chili between the rebel forces and the govern
ment troops.
There have been many killed on both sides,
but the reports are conflicting as to which side
proved victorious.
There seems to he but little action taken on
either side at Santiago de Chili, the enpito!.
1 London.—Advice received in this city
from Buenos Ayres state that 15,000 insur
gents are massed at Quellote, Province of
.Valparaiso, 50 miles from Santiago, and it is
reported they art contemplating an advance
into the capitol.
The insurgents threaten to bombard every
port on the coast nless their demands are
granted by the government. Prc ident _Bal
maceda’s forecs have recaptured Iquique.
The insurgents have been forced to withdraw
from Lapena, where, after a desperate engage
ment, 5,(J00 govern? ..it troops compelled the
insurgents to retreat to to Lanorita.
Dr. Sghlieman’s widow is thirty years
younger than her distinguished husband was.
She is hardly more than a girl in years, but
site is a beautiful woman and has been most
careiully educated. She knows several lan
guages besides G;oek, and is said to know
nearly all the Iliad by heart.
IXirSRKSTlA'G X i'.'.Vj roilI'Il-ED
FI*031 31 AX* SOURCSS.
—-An incendiary fire, supposed to have been
started by robbers, nearly destroyed the village
of Seaville, Washington county, Ky.
—Mr. Jacob Ilessinger, of Middleburg, Md.,
] had a hog so tat that it con’d not get up, and
! the rats cut its jaguar vein by gnawing g hole
i in its throat.
| —-Captain 1. C. Duun. of N-wport. Teon.,
i was shot and killed i>y W. A. M > uv, who was
| in turn killed by Peyton Dunn, son of t.ie
murdered man.
—A curious accident oeeur ed to a mule in
Swainsboro, Ga., the other day. Ti e animal
fell, down in the stable and broke its neck in
trying to get up.
—Tlie nineteen-year-old daughter cf John
Simmens, a farmer m-ar Appleton, Cecil
cotlnty, Aid., is snB’ring 'ruin'' hydrophobia,
having been bitten by a spim dog about one
year ago.
—John Hicks fatally wounded Rufus San
ders, near Compton, Blount county, Ala.,
while the latter was returning from a visit to
the same girl that was ths object of Hicks’
attentions.
—The District Court of Louisiana decided
against the Louisiana Lottery and reinsed to
grant the injunction it a'Jced for compelling
the Secretary of State to promulgate the “lot
tery’s amendment to the Constitution.
—A charter has been obtained by the Shenan
doah Valley Railroad to build a branch road
from Summit Point to Bunker Hill, in West
Virginia, where it will connect with the Cum
berland Valley Railroad. Work will be
begun soon.
—Mrs. Lucy Cook, wife of the Rev. S raber
Cook, was burned to death in her house at
Burgin, Ky. She lei I asleep before an open
tire. A newspaper she had been reading
caught fire and ignited her clothing. She was
70 years old.
—Two white men called uponNeheraiah Evitt,
a merchant of Lafayette, Ga., and on plea of
urgency induced him to go to his store to wait
on them. His long absence caused a search
to be instituted, when hisdead body was found
on the sidewalk.
—News has been received of a murder and
robbery of the mail carrier between Whites
burg, Ky., and Big Stone (tap, Va. The car
rier had been missing since the recent heavy
snow. He bad been shot twice and the mail
pouch robbed. There is no clue to his mur
derer.
—The interstate shooting match at Pensacola,
Fla., has been fixed definitely for February
14. The Chicago Gun Club has engaged hotel
accommodations for 00 men. The navaldrill,
lasting several weeks, will commence Feb
ruary 16.
—Grade Thurston, the young daughter of
John It. Thurston,of Crozet, W. Va .swallowed
a piece of raw chestnut. Shortly thereafter
she was taken sick and died. The attending
physician attributes the death to the swallow
ing of the raw chestnut.
—An outgoing passenger train on the Central
Railroad of Georgia ran into a switch engine
on an open switch near Fort McPherson.
Engineer Waterhouse, Fireman Wright, and
Conductor Ennis were badly bruised. Several
passengers were hurt, none seriously.
—William V w; g ,.rreste& at
Parkersburg, "big to sdt
*’•' •moms
' hi
1
—In Stafford ooudiy, Va., Sheriff Rxjrv
attempted to ra-i t-i George Carter, alias GMd.
Stanley, on a requisition from the Governor
of Ohio charging him with theft. C ni ter broke
away from tlie sheriff, when the latter tired
his pistol, theyball taking effect in the back,
inflicting a dangerous wound.
—-The Legislature of Virginia to be chosen
next fall will have to elect five judges of the
Supreme Court of Appeals. The present
judges were elected by the readjuster Legis
lature in 1881 for twelve years, and the term
of their office will expire in 169J.
—Col. Gus Bates, a wealthy lawyer, living at
his country house in Georgia, died from the
effect of a wound in the head, which his son,
Dr. Horace Bates, says his father himself pc
lidentally inflicted. Dr. Bates, finding liis
father dying, shot himself in the side and will
also die. The cause of his suicide is likely to
forever le nain a mystery.
—The United States District Com l at Nor
folk, Va., authorized Watson B. Dickinson,
receiver of the Norfolk Southern llailroad, to
issue certificates of indebtedness for $'<10,000
to improve the road. The Atlantic and Dan
ville receivers were authorized to pay all
labor claims.
—Richard Lane and wife, negroes living on a
farm near Boston, Ga., went to preaching,
leaving their four children locked in the
house and a fire burning in the fireplace. Tiie
sequel is the same old story. During the
parents’absence the house was burned with
its contents, the four children perishing in the
Humes.
—Vice-President Eddy, of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, says his company is going
to make a vigorous effort to get New England
farmers to settle in Virginia to engage in
wheat growing. He has great faith in Vir
ginia as a wheat producing section and wants
grain farmers all along the line. N
—Simon Douglas,a farmer of App!in/;eounty,
Ga., had a remarkable experience some days
since. lie was passing through the woods,
when iie noticed two large bucks engaged in
fighting, as he supposed, hut as he approached
them lie discovered that they were hung to*
gether, their horns being comp ctely locked.
He had nothing hut an axe with him, but with
that he succeeded in killing both the bucks.
—Judge Virgiuus P. Chapin, of Clarksburg,
W. Va , has just been allowed £60,000 by the
United states government. A claim for $200,
000 was filed during the administration ol
Fillmore and l as been pending ever since,
j Chapin was United States commercial agent
I to Samoa and lost during a storm on the island
j goods, vests Is and warehouses to the amount
asked in the claim.
—Conductor Bush's pietly ll-yeur,olddaugh
ter is the wile ol Mr. W. A. Morgan, a young
business man ol Atlanta, Ga. The young girl
was a pupil ol the eiiy high school, and her
lather not being; able it I leak of) Morgan’s
attention had arrangeinei. ts perfected to put
her in a New York city convent. /Hie nro
duction of a marriage certificate Ala ted last
Wednesday, put an end to the father’s phnis
—The secretary of State ol West Virginia has
issued a charier to tlie Fairfax Coal ami Coke
Company,of Piedmont. The works will bein
Grant and Tucker counties ami oil the waters
of the north branch of the Potomac River.
| Jlons. 11. G. Davis and S. 15. Elkins are
! among tlie corporators. Operations will be
I giu at an early day and the enterprise will he
one of the largest in tlie State.
I —At Boykins, Southampton county, Va , an
unknown man shot an I killed iiiinseifin the
public road, lie walked into the village,
having come Ironi tlie line of the Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad. He .was about six
teet in height, had sandy hair and whiskers of
a reddish tint, and was about thirty-five years
old. He had t wenty cents on his person, but
no papers by which he could be idem j tied.
—While driving a new well at the pumping
| station of the Salisbury (Md.) Water Coiu
I pany, a bountiful supply ot water was found
i one hundred feet be.ow the suriace, and the
artesian well lias been throwing up water and
sand-five teet in the a r. A large stone weigh
ing three pound*, an I a piece of lignum was
also thrown out with the sand, which articles
are somewhat of a curiosity, as they have tlie
appearance of having been exposed to the
elements of a century ago.
The late George Bancroft was a good man
if business, in which respect he was unlike
nine literary men of the ten. Though he was
never economical in his living expenses, he
left a very snug fortune. As an illustration
if the enthusiasm of his old age, it is related
that he took up the study of Shakespeare
when 87, and prosecuted his new persuit with
all the ardor of youth.
tMOFTHE WEEK.
A Noticeable Expansion of Trade
Everywhere Reported.
Makers of Dress Goods Busy and Staples
hi Fair Demand—The Wiieat Mar
ket Active—Business Failures.
Special telegrams to Bradutrcet’x point out
only a few instances where general trade has
expanded noticeably during the past week
In industrial lines makers of seasoimbledress
goods at Philadelphia are running tlieir ma
chinery at full capacity, in some instances
being repugned behind on orders. Cincinnati
wholesale cloth'era 1 ave distribu etl large
stock®, and look confidently ahead to a profit
able season.
. Jobbers in boots and shoes, lints and caps,
,dry goods and rubber guodsatleadinginterior'
cities, Chicago, Omaha, and St. L uiis, report
those stanles in a fair demand, with rather
less activity in groceries,drugs and hardware.'
Rice is taken readily at advancing prices at
foe South. Delays by Louisiana planters in}
making contracts with factors has checked
genera! trade somewhat in New Orleans. j
Tiie decline in the Winter wheat states de
mand for gene a! merchandise hasstimulated',
wholesale houses to extend "their territory#
Omaha particularly having felt the need.
Colder weather through the West has stimu
lated general trade sane. Southern buyers
of dry goods appear buck ward. Cotton goods
prices are firm, except, as to print cloths,which
are weak.
The Winter’s trade in woolen’s lacks snap.
Wool is in only fair demand, with steady
prices. Cotton is less active and l-16c. lower
on increasing pressure of supplies.
BUSINESS FAILURES,
Business failures reported to Bradstreet’s
number 271 in the United States this week
against 357 last week and 28G this week last
year. The total January 1st to date is 1531
against 1628 last year.
Bank clearings at fifty-five cities in the
United Slates for the week are $991,028,003, a
decrease from this week Jast year of 12.7 per
cent., pointing in part to the effect on trade of
the storm which wrecked the telegraph ser
vice at Eastern cities. New York city’s clear
ings, which constitute 58.3 per cent, of the
grand total, are 20.8 per cent, less than those
for the same period Jast year, while at filty
lour other cities the gain is 2 per cent.
The stock market has been improved in
tone and temper by decreasing prospects of
disturbing financial or other legislation. The
money markets generally throughout the
country are exceptionally easy.
THE WHEAT MARKET.
Wheat opened by inclining to strength on
reported short export surplus, after which it
weakened. Renewed strength was lent by
the 1,000,000 available supply decrease. But
later, the market having been oversold and
exports increasing, prices turned sharply up
ward and trading became quite active. The
gain on the week is fully 4 cents per bushel,
while Indian corn, on reduced request, fell
away R cents and ostes i cent per bushel.
The decrease in available stocks, United
Stales s-.ml Canada, lwith — * "">,000
| bushels against i ' hl
! ».*»«■ u-w/u u it - . •1 <
-Ms of wheat ami : jur t>,- «m coat's.
vVic-iu<}fag Monties], reported to Sradst reel’s,
equal 2,193,14" bushels, against 2,-205,0(H.i bush
els la-t week, ami 1,613,854 bushels in the like
week last year. Total exports, both coasts,
July 1st to date, equal 58,730,773 bushels,
against-62,526,722 bushels iu 1688-89, and 83,
416,885 bushels in 1887-88.
Our own estimates, added to Beerbohm's
tota's, furnish a total of 350,008,000 bushels
available on January 1st, 1891, in Australia,
Europe, and afloat lor Europe in the United
States, and in farmers’ hands in the United
States and United Kingdom, as compared
with 419,856,000 bushels January 14, 1890,
408,880,OUO bushels 1889, and 399,256,000 bush
els January 1st, 1888.
HEAVY ANNUAL EXPORTS.
The value ot the foreign trade of the United
Stat< s in 1890, was the heaviist onlrecord, tlu ■
exports exceeding even those of 1S81. Gains
over 1889 and 1881, respectively, were 3.7 and
3 per cent. The value o!' imports was also
the heaviest year by 7 per cent. Larger ex
ports of breadstuff's and provisions offset
smaller cotton smd petroleum shipments, the
combined exports ot tn-ese lour great staples
exceeding those of 1889 by more than 6 per
cent.
THREE PERSONS CREMATED.
>A*t OliloTown Almost Wiped Ont—Many
Escape In Their Slight Clothes.
A disastrous fire nearly swept out ot exist
ence the business portion of the town ol'
Cygnet, Ohio, 13 miles north of Findlay, and
resulted iu the loss of three lives.
The fire started in the millinery store of
Mrs. Leon Ma'ouey, above which slept Mr.
Maloney and his 4-year-old daughter and his
brother-in-law, Michael Slattery of I’ennsyl
nnin, who was visiting there. These three
were suffocated by the smoke and burned to
a crisp, their charred remains being raked
from the ruins.
Mrs. Maloney and another child escaped in
their night clothes and are in a precarious
condition.
The fire destroyed the gr eery store of H.
D. Hahn, a drug store owned by L. J. Myers,
the dry goods and clothing store of Jacob
Fenberg, notion store of \V. IF Belknap, the
harbor shop of William Davis and the hard
ware and oil supply store of the Buckeye
Supply Company.
All of the buildings were occupied by
families in the second story, all of the persons
escaping in their night;c!othe«, some of them
receiving injuries, but none serious, except
Jacob Fenberg, who inhaled hot smoke so
that his condition is critical.
The total Joss amounts to $60,000, with no
insurance, except upon the Buckeye stock,
which was well insured. Cygnet is the centre
of the big oil fields of Wood county.
MARKETS.
Baltimore—Flour—City Mills, extra,$5.00
@$5.41 Wheat—Southern Fultz, 1.00@ 1.02.
Corn—Southern White, 58@6l’c., Yellow,
58@60c. Oats—Southern and Pennsylvania
4S@514c. Rye—Maryland aiid Pennsylvania
81@S2c. Hay.—Maryland and Pennsylvania
10.25@$10.75. Straw — Wheat, 7.00@$8.(i0.
Butter—Eastern Creamery, 28@29c., near-by
receipts 19@20c. Cheese—Eastern Fancy
Cream, 10i@llc., Western, 8@9ic .Eggs—25
@26c. Tobacco,Leaf—Interior, 1@$1.50, Good
Common, 4@$5.00, Middling, 6@$8.00, Good
to fine red, 9@$11.00. Fancy 12@$13.00.
New York—Flour — Southern Good to
choice extra, 4.25@$5.85. Wheat—No. 1 White
104@105. Rve-State 58@60c. Corn—South
ern Yellow, G0i@602c. Oats—White, State
52^@52ic. Butter—State, 25@26c. Cheese—
State, 7@9fjc. Eggs—28@28ie.
Philadelphia — Flour — Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25@$4.50. Wheat, Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, 1.0lf@1.02. Rye- Pennsylva
nia, 5G@57c. Corn—Souther i Yellow, 60@
G 'Je. Oats—59@50£c. Butter -State, 27@28c.
Cheese—New York Factory, 19@10Jc. Eggs—
State, 27@ 28c.
CATTLE.
Baltimore—Beef—4.50@$4.75. Sheep—
B.50@$4.75. Hogs—3.50@$3.75.
NEW York—Beef — G.00@$7.00. Sh eep—
L00@$5.60. Hogs—'3.40@$4.00.
East Li berty—Beef—4.40@$4.70. Sheep—
I.00@f5.20. Hogs—3.70@$3.9u.
LoriTTavistock, tiiu successor tothe titles
lind estates oi the late Duke of Bedford, is
taid to be excessively purse-proud. As he
has an income of $1,500,090 a year, it can’t be
denied he has a good deal to be proud of
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS
Senate.
41th Day.—The Senate by a vote of 35 tot
34, laid aside the closure resolution and took*,
up the congressional apportionment bill and;
reading of the report continued till 3 o’clocki
and the bill was then laid aside till to-morrow
®t 2 o’clock, when it comes up as the un
finished business. The next question was on
Mr. Gorman’s motion to amend the journal of
Tuesday last by striking out the words “It
was determined in the affirmative.” It was
agreed to without dissent, and then the journals
of Tuesday and Wednesday were approved.
Morning business being in order, the Senate
proceeded in the usual manner, nothing 'of
importance occurring, until 4.30 o’clock, when
it adjourned.
45th Day.— \tfei the stormy times of the'
pasi few weeks the scene Ip the Senate to-day
was wonde,. inn omty uunveuctf «
at noon, and the usual routine work occupied
the time until two o’clock, when the appor-,
tion-ment bill was taken up. Without taking*
any action the Senate went into executive
session, and at 5.15 adjourned.
40th Day.—The Senate met at 11 A. M.,
and atter some unimportant business in the
morning hour resumed the discussion of the
apportionment bill. Sir. Hale gave notice
that be would ask for a vote on the measure
to-morrow at noon.
47tii Day.—The Senate met at 11 o’clock
and at noon the voting on the apportionment
bill began. Every amendment offered was
rejected, and the bill was finally passed just
as it came from the House by a strictly party
vote of 37 to 24. The army appropriation bill
was then taken up and discussed, but no ac
tion was taken.
48th Day.—There was a feeling of pro
found sadness in the Senate this morning
when the Senators, already apprised of the
death of their old-time colleague, met at the
usual hour. In the opening prayer the sud
den death of the secretary was referred to by
the chaplain. The journal of yesterday was
then read, and as soon as the reading was
ended Mr. Morrill rose and, in a voice tremu
lous with emotion, Raid: “In consequence of
the recent calamity which has visitid us in
the sudden decen e of a former eminent
member of this body and a distinguished
officer of the government, the Secretary of the
Treasury, I move that the Senate do now ad
journ.” The motion was agreed to, and the
Senate adjourned till to-morrow.
49th Day.—The House resolution for the
appointment of a committee of nine to attend
the funeral of Secretary Wi ndom was laid be
fore the Senate, and Mr. Morrill off ered a reso
lution for the appoin'meut of a committee of
seven Senators to join the House committee
in attending tHe funeral, and to take .such
action as may be appropriate in honor of the
memory of the deceased, and to manifest the
respect and appreciation of Congress for his
public services. The resolution was agreed
to, and Messrs. Morrill, Washburn, Sherman,
Allison. Harris, Payne and Gorman were ap
pointed. The army appropriation bill was
then taken up and after some discussion was
passed. A number of bills of minor import
ance were then disposed of, and at 4.45 the
linnnf n orliAii nnnrl
House
42d Day.—After the usual skirmish over
the approval of Hlie journal in the House, Mr.
Boutelle, of Maine, moved that the House go
into committee of the whole on the naval
appropriation bill. The 10’.’ csl! was com
pleted, the House went into committee and,
after some discussion of a general character,
“'•B: .d.
lie lloiiS'- had i,- usual little
i s« . then wen! into committee of the
whoiA . the military academy appropriation
bill, but rose without takingaction.
41th Day.—The House went into commit
tee of the whole on the military academy ap
propriation bill, but lose without faking ac
I tion,
4 /Hi Day.—The Holts'- had another lively
session to-day in committee of the whole on
the Military Academy appropriation bill, and
fhe bill was reported to the House, but there,
being no quorum no action was taken.
46th Day,-* The chaplain of the House also
referred to the death of the secretary in a
touching manner. On motion of Mr.McKin
ley, of Ohio, appropriate resolutions were then
adopted, and as an additional mark of re
spect (lie House adjourned. The Speaker ap
pointed the following committee to attend the
funeral: Messrs. McKinley, Mills, Dunnell,
Holman, O’Neil of Pennsylvania, Forney,
Vandever, Blount and Snider.
47tii Day.—In the Hou«e to-day t ie Mili
tary Academy appropriation Dili was passed
without further opposition. The House then
went into committee o! the whole on the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill. Nr
action was taken, and alter some discuss'
the comm it tee rose. On motion of M
Kinley it was ordered that the House . -
meet at 2 o’clock on Monday in order to en
able members to attend the funeral of the late
Secretary Window. Public business being
suspended the House proceeded to pay tribute
to tiie memory of the late Lewis W atson, of
Pennsylvania. After eulogistic addresses by
i Messrs. O’Neil and Stone of Pennsylvania,
Holman, Boutelle, Herbert Pnyson, Mutchler,
Hall, McAdoo, Lacey,Brosius,Ray andMalsh,
the House, as a further mark ot respect to the
memory ol the deceased, adjourned.
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DEATH OF CHARLES EKADLAUliH.
Tbe Celebrated Free-Thinker and Rad
ical Passes Away.
A cable despatch from London, Eng., says:
Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, member of Parlia
ment for Northampton, who lias been critically
ill for some time past, has just died.
Mr. Bradlaugh was bora September 2G,
1833. Owing to tiie extreme poverty of his
parents lie ceased attending school before he
was eleven years old. lie developed an early
taste for politics, for at the age of fifteen he
appeared as an orator before street audiences
during the political turmoils of 1847-8. In
1858-9 he gained considerable notoriety by
editing a journal called The Investigator,
which was soon suspended for want of capital,
and in which he published his radical opin
ions on religion and other subjects.. He was
now well known under the appropriate name -
of “Iconoclast,” which he signed to ail his
writings. A year later he established "The
National Reformer,” which met ' l> success
and increased his reputation as a writer and
debater.
In 1868 he was a candidate for Parliament
in Northampton, and has been prominent in
.public and political life ever since. Mr.,
j Bradlaugb’s republicanism was of an advanced
j type, and lie was in favor of the establish
| ment of a commonwealth after the American
. model.
! Mr. Bradlaugh s end was quiet and peace
ful. He was insensible when lie died, and
seemed to sutler no pain. The immediate
cause of his death was uremia. The funeral
will take place on Tuesday. There will be
i no funeral procession, no show of mourning
and no religious service.
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A FAMILY MURDER.
t
i -
Strange Death of a lleautlfiil Young
Woman tn Nashville.
John Dolan, of Louisville, Tenn., swore out
warrants for the arrest of John Moran, Samuel
Ritter, Charlotte Jtacknitz, and Mrs. Anna
Phillips, Moran being charged with the mur
der of Miss Mamie Dolan, a beautiful young
i woman, and the three others with being aeees
' series.
j Miss Dolan was a sister of the prosecutor
and the adopted daughter of John Moran
She was found lying on the. back porch of the
Moran residence. She had a wound in the
| forehead. Near by was a hatchet which fitted
exactly in the wound. Miss Dolan’s neck.was
also broken.
Moran, Ritter, and Miss Itacknilz were ar
' rested and committed to jail pending an in
i vestigation.