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II IolTlXY.-NO. 153. ' NEW YORK, MONDAY, JANUARY 81, 1808. -COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATE' , ' V PRICE WO CENTS. M
i DH. JOHN HALL WILL STAY.
I rOSITirE BTATBUBNTB MADE TO
t XU AT EFFECT.
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As ir " "" ta xh "tsaatla ef a
jtamber or Hmttn or lb BtJea Will
lie Announced, Prbably at the Conar-
catloaal Meeting WdndB Kvtalns.
The Iter. Dr. John HU preached la the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church yesterday morn-
' Ins. He wade n0 reference to bl recent resig
nation as pastor of the church or to his more
recent re all of that resignation, at the request
tf the congregation, voiced by a unanimous
Tola of a congregational mooting held on Jan. 10.
' Tnli reticence was probably somothing of a
disappointment to the majority of tho large con.
negation that attended tho chureb. It may not
be quite correct to say that thoy expected the
venerablo pastor to refer to the matter, because
there wis really no necessity tor it. He had in
formally told the congregation that he would
continue. Clod willing, tho work of tha pastor
ate wbllo strength Is glren from above." To tha
committee appointed at the meeting of the con
gregation on Jan. 10 to ask him to recall hie
resignation bo had sent a formal answer. In
which be expressed the same determination.
That ended tbe matter, so far as Dr. Hall Is con
cerned. The committee, of which Itobert Bon
ner Is Chairman, will report Dr. nail's answer
at an adjourned meeting of tho congregation to
be held next Wednesday ovenlng. But certain
things transpired last week which led friends of
Dr.IIallln the congregation to feel apprehen
sion lest be might, after all, hold to bts original
decision to resign, and they hoped to hear some
thing from the pulpit yesterday morning which
would allay those apprehension.
It has now come to be understood that tbe
meeting next Wednesday night mar not be aa
harmonious as It was expected to be. The ses
sion Is the storm centre It there la any. The
session, or a majority of them, to bo absolutely
correct, bad arranged with Dr. Hall that he
should resign and become pastor emeritus on a
liberal pension. Then came the congregational
meeting of Jan. 10. at which the resolution in
troduced by the clerk of the session, recommend
ing that the resignation bo accepted, was not
ten seconded. After that, the congregation
concluded to run things to suit tbemselres and,
amid much enthusiasm, carried a resolution
asking Dr. llall to reconsider his resignation
Then tbe pastor had his Inning. What he said
fe private, it ho said anything, nobody who
owe will tell In pubUo ho simply saldi
."If It be tbe wish of my people that I should
remain as their pastor. I must threw aside all
personal considerations and continue. Ood will
ing, the work et the pastorate while strength la
glren from abore."
This was the last thing those members of the
session who wanted a new pastor had expected.
Dr. Hall's decision fairly took their breath
away. They did not intend to giro up without
a struggle, however. After looking at the ques
tion on all sides they decided upon a plan. 8ild
a member of the 'congregation who Is perhaps
the most Intimate friend Dr. Ball has in tho
church;
"They sent a tort et Informal committee to
Dr. Hall to, aa they said, lay certain facts before
him. They told him that the action of the con
gregational meeting of Jan. ID did not voloe the
unanimous wish of the congregation, since the
vote, taken on the Question of appointing, a
committee to request him' to 'reconsider his
resignation, was a fo voe- vote, and, rather
than vote ant tho ngeUTe,a majorltr of the
session had refroiuedfrom voting,-This being
,,rrue.lt was plain for UO,oetpr to mo, ttjojv
'Bald.thartheactwnorraefTOngcouIaftno
sense be considered unanimous, and they hoped
that Dr. Hall would consider tbe best interest
'or the chureb and stick to his resignation.
"What Dr. Hall's reply was 1 amnot at lib
erty to state, but I can assureyou of one thing,
be will stick by the church. Even U a dozen or
more members of the session had voted' May I'
at the congregational meeting, what difference
would Jt have made! Could Dr. Hall have con
scientiously disregarded the wishes of a vast
majority of the congregation out of considera
tion for a few members of the session I I should
say not. He Isn't that kind of a man, He would
never desert practically the whole or a congre-
gallon that has stood by him, through thick and
thin, for more than thirty years'
"It has been stated,A said Tna StTO man,
"that certain members of the session havo writ
ten their resignations." .
''As I am not a member of tbe session! am
unable to say whether that Is so or not. I know
this, however, that the resignations of certain
members of tbe session are expeoted early this
week, In fact, they are expected to come in any
day. I think I may say that the resignations of
more than the two members of the session men-
Itloned in this morning's Sow are expected.
Alter these resignations are handed in and ac
cepted, I presume the church will be permitted
to go quietly along about Its business of ad
vancing the kingdom of Ood."
Dr. Beth B. Koblnton of 710 Madison avenue,
fnother-membor of the congregation, was asked
if he knew of recent overtures made by tbe ses
sion to Dr. Hal), and If be believed the antag
onism to tbe doctor on tbepsrt of a majority of
the session still existed. Dr. Robinson, in reply
to the Question, made the following prepared
answer)
"I am sorry to ear that It Is only too true. I
cannot understand how men in their sane mind
en act so or so misrepresent facts. The word
t of tbe resolution iassd by the congregation
was so clear that It could not be mlsunder
ftood. and, these members Of the session must
n blind Indeed It they do not yet see
that the congregation are In earnest In
their desire to have Dr. Hall remain,
up to the present time Dr. Hall's supporters
bare tried lo suppress all pubUo criticism of tbe
session, but it will certainly be impossible to
prevent some members of the congregation from
expressing themselves next Wednesday even
ing If these members of the session psrslst In
attempting to thwart the will of the congrega
tion, and It is the supreme duty of all Dr. Hall's
upporters to bo present next Wednesday even-
elf fi ",0 tbat tbelr Pr,T,0U T0W
Bllas U. Brownell, stated olerk of the session,
Jm asked by a reporter of Tn Bow yesterday
ariernoon If the resignations of any of the mem
Mrs of the session bad been sent to him. Mr,
Brownell was not at liberty to ssy,
'I cannot discuss the matter at all." he said.
.e are making history very fast these days,
bonerer, and tho expected or the unexpected
tnsv banpsn at any time."
.irom "other source It was learned that cer
tain envelopes, containing certnln communica
tions, hare been put in the hands of the stated
''";, If certain things happen at the meeting
2J.,.Veiln"ar. n'Rht. tbe contents of these
envelope; will be made known to the congre
gation of the church. If certain things don't
broken" ' ''" 0t tho en,,oloPe wl" not
'.'l1 '? statement made by one of the session
Mint church. When naked to translate It be
vi'L""?.10 me that he who runs may read.
ill, ? V?ou.'.1 ,'Dtf rret tbe statement to mean
Km " nf' llM concludes to stick by his reelg
k..onlJn? envelopes will not be opened, and
", If he does not, they will be, and that then
SuS vion.cl0B in session will havo to be
auedji don't think you would be fir out ot the
wliib.ensJm.l!D,hero' the session friendly to Or.
Hiyih"rilhe above he said:
On. fudge) That's a bluff at present It
iXr.orin",r "ot bo made good. They want to
fi,1,? "cn Mitementa Into the papers, so that Dr.
Jijl may see them. They know how he detests
K, "i' col"rovery, and they think that, if
SS ;?nl continuing as pastor Is liable to etlr
U.,'.'"f n"lnP ln lho church, he will gel out.
"the number of his friends and ot bis enemies.
W etnV,,Vii .unhUu'lml to remain at tho head
m our church, and that settles It."
V WEALTH IN A CRATER.
ll.ru or Nuinhur That Pror. Jennlns
lound mi a Purine Island.
ViscooixH, D.O., Jan. SO.-Prof. Jennina
K J "turned from Australia from a six months'
: "plor'nf trip to tbe New Hebrides and Santa
Ufc "e alsrj visited tbe Banks group of 11
H !r ana explored a volcano 2.Q00 feet high.
1 U be wud6d through many hot sulphur
.n , lnd al lce W eprlngs. Tbe exterior
U the0? rit.h! olcno contained sulphur, while
1 Mlbhur SJ J Jt,,'i;re w" cono or Puro WwUlM
M low?SJ,ticu,u.riPl"'oone of cclntlllaUng yel-
M- i ni-VS'.11 lt" ctnire- Prot, Jennlna says:
M' flndwinrKSaw "nithlnif like It In toy l"e. The
bsBV llulbSSLw,P,ecJmln which Mr. Jennings
sbbbIy A mu, ?hl bHck " ome of unusual InteresU
TO WED JAMKS TANDY JSLtlB.
Mtsa Harriet Balebriga RlahaMeea to Became
a Keataeby'Pset'a Wire.
LxxTKOTOrf, Ky,, Jan. DO. The engagement of
Miss Harriet Balnbrldge Rlohardson and James
Tandy Ellis was announced here to-day. Miss
.Richardson is the young woman who gslned at
tention by her assertion that she had been ap
pointed spohsor for the new battleship Ken
tucky by Mr. Herbert when be was Secretary ot
the Navy, and by her declaration that she would
break over the ship's prow a bottlo of tbe " wine
ot Kentucky," Bourbon whiskey, Ellis Is a
young poet rom Lawrence county, now doing
literary workln Louisville They were engaged
two years ago when Miss Richardson went East,
where she created a stir in Brooklyn and Wash
ington, and, it is alleged, became engaged to a
young Congressman there.
This report caused Ellis to ceaao his atten
tions to her, and It was not until Miss Richard
son was being severely criticised In the news
papers for having asserted that she ought to bo
retained by the new Secretary ot tbe Navy as
sponsor for the Kontucky that she heard from
Ellis. Ho wroto an article defending her. She
wrote him thanking blm for coming to her res
cue, and their engagement was renewed. The
wedding will take place ln June.
COLDEST DAT OF TUB WINTER.
rather Winter Olvea ratker Knlebnrkaaker
at Hd Reee and Hadaota Bairy Cneeke,
It seems to have occurred recently to tho old
gentleman from the north, who Is known by the
title (not given In any particular spirit of affec
tion) ot Father Winter, that he hadn't bestowed
much of his attention upon this region. Nor
had ho shown up to date what ho roally could
do ln tbe refrigeration line. So be whtstled for
a wind, and when Father Winter whistles for a
wind he gets it. A north wind responded to the
summons, upon the wings ot which the old gen
tleman floated into this city yesterday.
"Here's where I paint things red," he ob
served, and started In upon tbe noses of the
populace.
In a spirit of chuckling malevolence, ho and
his nipping frost sorites who attend his steps
when be Is out on business so beset tbe faces ot
the churchgoers that each man looked as if he
had oome to morning worship direct from a
Raines law hotel. Upon the women the effect
was somewhat different. The philosophizing
physiologist may find basis for speculation in
tbe foot that when the cold bites it encarmines
tho noses of the men, but the cheeks of tho wo
men. The latter aspect is generally regarded as
tbe more ornamental; so it may be the natural
gallantry of Father Winter, entirely aside from
any physiological reason. That the effect Is
appreciated was shown by tbe numbers ot fair
pedestrians who swung along the principal
promenade streta and through tbo Park, at a
gait smart enough to keep tho blood stirring.
In the morning tbe northern visitor did a
little more than was really required ot him.
Five degrees above xero Is calculated to Inspire
in the breast ot the average citizen, even
though that breast is covered with the thickest
of flannels, that domestic condition of mind
wherein be never cares to wander from bis own
fireside. Those who were abroad sought tbe
depths of tbelr overcoat pockets with as much
viKOras if they hod lost five-dollar gold pieces
In the lining. The motormen on the trolley cars
looked like unhappy mummies.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky at night, and
a moon that looked to be several million de-
Sroes below zero smiled broadly at tbe black
cures on tbe earth's surface scuttling ln many
different directions for cover and warmth,
while tba etars winked merrily at each other.
Father Winter had, in tbe language of tbe day,
passed the Ice pitcher to Father Knickerbocker.
However, his time Is. nearly over. According
to Farmer Dunn, whose fount of Information
everfreexesjip'awarsiseU will corns' to-day
no" chase the olft'trcntlemaQ. out of theplace.
It's time, too, says the Farmer, for this has been
by four degrees the coldest spell ot the winter.
. . . . '
HBQBO TBirSUtBlTT BKT OJT VIRB.
laeeBdlary Took advantage ef OH Caas Betas
tared la the Halt.
The colored folk who swarm ln some ot the
west a'de tenements have a habit, peculiarly In
viting to incendiaries, of saving space in their
flats by storing oil cans ln the balls. All an en
terprising Ipcendlary has to do is to drop a
match. If he wants to be real enterprising be
can make assurance doubly sure by tipping over
one of the oil cans. This Is exactly what hap
pened, according to tba opinion of tho Fire
Marshal, yesterday morning at 163 West
Twenty-fourth street.
That building Is a three-story brick tenement,
occupied by about thirty negroes. A passer-by
saw fire in tbe lower boll about 3 o'clock and
rang an alarm. When Engine 1 and Hook and
Ladder 13 got there ther found the hall blazing
merrily.
At every window were heads, and from every
bead were coming yells that pierced tbe Ten
derloin. Three men were standing on tbe side
walk holding a blanket outstretched, and call
ing to a woman who held two children ln her
arms at a window on the third floor to jump.
Battalion Chief Gooderson took In the situa
tion quickly, and shouted, " Don't Jump!" In a
jiffy tbe firemen ran up their scaling and exten
sion ladders. Fireman Broderlok of Engine 1
sprang up tbe ladder followed by others, and
they passed tbe woman and her children down
the chain. Another woman and her three chil
dren were passed down from tbe second story a
minute later, and in a short time all tho occu-
Iiants had been got to safety by means of tbe
adders. Escape by the stairs was cut off by
the flames ln tbe hall.
All tha men and women were rescued In their
night clothes, mid they suffered severely from
tbe cold before they got shelter ln the neighbor
ing houses.
Investigation showed that tbe Are had started
among the oil cans ln the rear of tbe lower hall.
There were six of them there, all containing oil.
The Fire Marshal said that be thought It was
tbe work of an Incendiary, and began a strict In
vestigation. Meanwhile the negroes are advised
to keep tbelr oil cans in their flats.
DISPUTE OYER HVOAR J1UET8.
Nebraska farmer Won't Balsa, Them Vales
They Can Oat Ton.
Omaha, Jan. SO. Sugar beet manufacturers
In Nebraska have a misunderstanding with the
producers of beats In tbe Stato which promises
trouble. AH the contracts of the company this
year have a clause Inserted to tho effect that If
tbe Hawaiian Annexation bill becomes a law
the producers of beets shall receive only 93.80
ner ton: otherwise the price paid last year, Q4.
per ton, shall prevail. ...
The farmers refuse to sign these contracts and
the Beet Raisers' Association has ofllcially de
clared that no sugar beets will bo raised in the
State this year.
This mesne, of course, that beets will not be
raited unless tbe Oxnards, who own tbe four
big factories In the State, agree to pay tbe
straight price of $4 per ton. The Oxnards have
declared that If these contracts are not adopted
only one of tbler factories will be operated in tbo
State this year. This becomes a serious ques
tion In Nebraska, for many farmers are engaged
In tbe production of sugar beets, the revenue
from that source alone belpgover 8100,000. and
the matter affect many other Nebraska fami
lies who have employment In tbe factories and
tbe Incidental Industries. Tbo owners of the
factories declare that they are willing to do what
tbeycan.but that tbo admission of Hawaiian
sugar free In tbe ports of the United States will
make this difference ot 60 cents to tbem, and
they cannot afford to pay tbe old price for beets.
KOULBAAT, TUB PIEKAlf.
Tba Cblease Bdllor Pnrrbaam Tbrea Mora
Luneb Bsema III Outfit.
CuiOAOO.Jan. SO.-H. II. Kohltaat fc Co., of
which firm Herman It. Kobltaut, odltor of the
Timtt-Ucrald, in the senior member, yesterday
bought out tbe entire business of tbe Troy Bakery
Company. This gives Kohltaat & Co. a total of
ten restaurants in ths downtown district. The
places acquired by the purchase of the Troy
lunch rooms are 110 and 11H ljandolph street,
140 BUte street, and U24 and B20 Dearborn
street. The restaurant on Dearborn atreet will
be closed, and tbe business funnerly done at
that place will be handled by the Kohlsaat res
taurant on tbe same street. This will leave
tbo Kohlsaat oompany nine restaurants In op
eration. Tbe entire capita! stock, the charter,
and good will of the Troy, company are Included
in tuesole. put tbe prioe paid baa not been
made public
.
WILFSON'SBADSON-IN-LAW
ItoaEHSTOCK ARBBBTED ON A
CUABOX OF EMRBZZLIHO $30,000.
Bavld Wilton, a Bleb Baltlnter raralUr
Dealer, gar That HI flea-la-law, Anew He
Bad Ceat His 910,000 la Addltlaa, De
serted HI Baagbler and Tbelr Children.
Moses Rosenttock, 81 years old, has been an
expensive son-in-law for David Wllfson, a rich
furniture manufacturer ot Baltimore, Md. In
Centra Street Court yesterday, Mr. Wllfson ap
peared as a complainant against Rotenstock,
charging him with being a fugitive from Jus
tice from Baltimore.
"This man married my daughter." said Wllf
son to Msgtstrsto Deuel. "He abused her, cost
me ovor S100.000 and then deserted her and
their Ave little children. I found that ho had
embezzled 930,000 from my business, and, for
two roars, I havo hod Plnkertondeteotlves look
ing for him. Ynur New York detectives found
him for me, snd I want htm held until I can
hare an indictment procured against him ln
Baltimore."
Mr. Wllfson. who is tbe head ot tho firm of
David Wllfson & Sons, whose turnlturo factory
is at Howard, Stockholm, Sharp, and West
Streets in Baltimore, said to a reporter that
Rosenttock camo to this country thirteen years
ago. as he bad to leave Germany on account ot
gambling debts and his entanglements with two
actresses. Fivo years later Rosenstock drifted
to Baltimore and thero becamo acquainted with
Wllfson' daughter ZInpora. They wore mar
ried, and Rotenstock went to work forhltfather-In-law
as head bookkeeper, receiving a large
salary.
" He was wild from the very first," continued
Wllfson. Almost immediately after bis mar
riage he began gambling and running with cheap
actresses. Time and time again I had to put up
large sums of monoy to keep blm out ot jail. I
spent moro than 970,000 ln this way from 1800
to 1800. but I did It for my daughter's sake. I
did not want to havo her and her children dis
graced." In March. 1800, Wllfson noticed that the ac
count of on of his customsrs had grown until
it was over 920,000. He demanded payment
from the firm, but it was refused on the ground
that tho bill had been settled. Wllfson brought
suit against tbe firm, and the action is still
Bending, Up to this time Wllfson had not
lought that Rotenstock was robbing him.
"He bad no need to." said he. "Here I was,
squaring bis gambling debts and paying him a
liberal salary besides. Why should he steal! Ac
cordingly, when he came to me after the suit
was begun, I listened to his story, and believed
him. He told me that he could never straighten
up In Baltimore, as he was too well known lu fast
circles, and could not withstand tbe tempta
tion! thnt came to him. Ho asked me for a let
ter ot recommendation and 9400, and said be
would go Weit and make his fortune. Igava
him two letters and more money than he asked
for. That's the last I saw of him until to-day."
Shortly after Rosenstock left Baltimore other
firms began protesting bills sent to them, and
experts wer put to work on bis books. Wllf
son doclarcd that they found that Rosenstock
had been forging the firm's name to drafts and
checks and collecting the money-falllng to en
ter the payments ln tbe books. The amount be
thus got was over 930.000. so WUf son employed
detectives to locate Rosenstook.
The detectives found that six months after he
loft Baltimore Rosenttock hod obtained entDloy
ment with a sewing machine company ln Phila
delphia and left suddenly, being behind In bis
accounts. The next beard of him was four
months later, when he appeared In Pitts
burg and applied for work as a book
keeper at a store that was a regular customer Qt
Wilfeon & Bona, He produced WUfson'e letter
Of recommendation, and wot told.tliat a. tele
gram wouM bn enc to, Wllfson toaoolf I twos
genuluo.' Ho left the tm prcmttlnio return
in an hour, bat never cams back.
In the meantime Wllfson' daughter had not
beard a word from bcr husband, and Wllfson
took herand her. Ave children to live with blm.
In the past two years two of the children have
died. Wllfson appealed to tbe police of this
city, and Copt. MoClusky detailed Detectives
Deevy and uallagbor ot the Dotectlve Bureau
on tbe case. They learned that Rosenstock was
living with his parents at 430 Pleasant avenue.
From 10 o'cloct Saturday morning until 8
o'clock at night the detectives waited In tbe
vicinity of tbe bouse for Rosenstock to appear.
He had been id Hoboken, and when ho returned
ho was arrested. At first he denied his Identity.
Finally, while on his way to headquarters, he
becamo anxious.
" It I tell the whole thing, and straighten out
their accounts for tbem," Detective Deevr says
Rosenstock asked him, "do you thick nir father-in-law
will be lenient with me and will with
draw the charge I"
Deevy answerod htm In tbo affirmative and
Rosenstock said be guessed be would confess
everything. He did not speak at all ln Centre
Street Court yesterday, but promised the deteo
tive to tell all he know to-morrow, when he will
be again arraigned.
Rosenstock was shabbily dressed. He was
thin and looked ill. Ho Is suffering from a skin
disease. He told the detectives that ho was at
present earning a precarious living by washing
windows for a number of firms. Ho Is a wolf
educated man.
Magistrate Deuel committed him to the
Tomba In default of 93,000 ball for further ex
amination to-morrow.
33 BTVDENIB SUSPENDED.
Ther Included Four Glrla All Acensed ef
Aasanltlnat Freabmsn.
Iowa Citt, la., Jan. 30. For interfering with
the freshmen's banquet twenty-thrco students
of Iowa Stato University have been Indefinitely
suspended by tbe faculty. Four ot tbo offenders
are young women. Misses Nina Patterson, Evans
ton, Wy.; Addle Brookway, Washington;
Mattle Brown, Solon, la.; and Margaret Barter,
Tipton. The speclflo charge against tho cul
prits Is assault and kidnapping, and It is said
the girls are as deep ln the mud as the boys aro
In the mire.
It has been the custom every year for the
freshmen to give a banquet at tho St. James
Hotel. It has also been the custom each year
for the sophomores to prevent all or some of the
freshmen from psrtakiog of the feast. The dif
ficulty of attending the banquet bos always en
hanced the pleasure of It for tho freshles.
Four freshmen were captured by the sophs.
One escaped, but three were manaoled and car
ried to Oxford, thence to South Amana, twenty
seven miles away, where they were left at a ho
tel and despoiled of their clothes. The four
girls tried, ft is asserted, to kidnap Miss Gush
ing, a girl freshman, but a crowd of freshmen
rushed to her rescue. In the melee tho car
riage ln which she was a prisoner was upset and
ehe was severely injured.
The suspended pupils are almost, without ex
ception, from the Best families ln the State and
?ood students. There was no Ill-feeling be
ween the classes, and there It much criticism
on tho severity ot tho punishment.
TO BlflT VF JEItSET CLASS WORKS.
Aa Ensllth eradicate wltb 900,000,000 laid
t Be Beblad Ibe Plan.
MlixruxK, N. J., Jan. 80. The reports that
have been afloat since last November relative
to the planned purcbaso of all the glass works
ln south Jersey wero vouched for to-day as be
ing correct. An English syndicate, said to
bavo a capital ot 930,000,000, is to increase the
output ot tho larger plants and close the smaller
ones. Several prominent glass blowers rrfuse
to credit tho rumor, and they say it is a move
ment to mass the manufacturers and secure uni
form prices to the disadvantage of tbe work
men. If tba deal It consummated it will not go
Into effect before the aummer months.
Ibe plants in south Jersey ore Whltall,
Tatum & Co. and T. O. Wbeaton & Co. of Mill
vllle, Cumberland Olaes Company, Bodlne &
Co., Kaatlake Company, and Park Bros, ot
It ridge ton; Moore Bros., Clayton; Williams
town Qloss Company of Wlilismstonn.
Jonas & Co. of Mlnotola, Elmer Olnn Company
and S. M. liastott of Omor, Whitney & Co. of
Ulassboro, John Uayuor & Co. and Craven Bros,
of Balero, and Hires & Co. ot Qulnton, So far
all tnese firms, with one exception, have given
options on their plauts to the syndicate. The
representatives ot the syndicate are John S.
Woodhull of Camden and Morits Lipmon of
New York.
Stammer Hotel In SJalan Burned,
Kennkbumki-oht, Me., Jan. SO. The Ocean
Bluff Hotel, tbo largest house at this summer
resort, was burned to-nlgbu It was a four-story
structure, owned by Gibson It 8hevrel or Haver
hill, Mast. Tneflro started in an addition in
process of construction. It is supposed one of
tbe carpenters left matches there and that mice
got at tuem.
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AS BNOINEEB SO M BBBOVg.
Reed Jamaed rrnt HI IXteesettva ta lav a
Olrl rrasa Brwnilg.
Biumokin. Pa., Jan. 30.-While the Northern
Central Railroad passenger train was running
from Hickory Ridge to this place last evening,
Engineer Alfred Reed saw a lllUe girl fall from
a footbridge Into Coal Run Creek. She was
Mary Bbuck, aged 13 years, on her way borne
from tho Ridge. Reed act the air brakos And
when the train slackened sutBoJently for him
to jump, he hurried down an embankment and
Plunged Into the running water. Tho girl was
struggling to keep afloat, aid tho engineer,
after hard work, reached her as she was sink
ing. He succeeded ln taking bar to tho shore.
Miners on their way home from work took
charge of tho little girl, and Boed boarded his
engine to complete his run. the fireman having
backed the train to the scone ot tho rescue.
The crow and passengers loudly entered the en
OBBAT FIBBB IN AUSTRALIA.
Vnit Area Sweet, Mas PWn Perltb. and
tbe Pnaertv ea I Verr Oreat.
Vancouver, B. 0., Jan. 30. A tornado
struck Perth, West Australia, last month, to
tally demolishing some buildings and wrecking
hundreds. Tho heat wave throughout the colo
nies is almost unendurable! and If It lasts long
terrible damage will be done. In many places
tho thermometer registered 194 in the shade,
and tho lowest registration wot 110 ln the
shade. Fires from spontaneous combustion
are very numerous, and bush tires are doing ter
rible damage.
In Victoria and otner colonies hundreds ot
thousands of acros havo been swept by flames.
In Tasmania hundreds ot miles of country have
been devastated by Ore, houses, orchards, and
fences all being destroyed. Some families were
burned to death, and the lost of Ufa was appal
ling. Many people saved their lives by wad
lug up to their necks ln creeks. Others raced
with the flames on bicycles and won. The gross
loss to farmers will bo mllltai ot dollars.
.JCI i
NEW CATTLE DftiASB.
Nebraska Buck Batter Herlentiy Alarmed by
Tbla Unexpected Calamity,
Lincoln, Neb Jan. 30. Nebraska cattlemen
aro seriously concerned over the numbor of
communications from stockmen near Hooper,
Neb., addressed to the Governor, complaining of
a now and fatal disease among the cattlo thoro.
NotUlng similar bos ever been aeon In Nebraska,
and experienced stockmon assert that the dis
ease Is unlike anything they have ever heard of.
All the letters designate ths disease as " toot
rot." Hundreds of cattle have died recently ot
tho disease. Tho feet of tho afflicted animals
turn black in a night, and within twonty-four
hours begin to peel and crumble away until
nothing but tho bono Is left. This disintegrates
ln from three to Ave days, and the cattle die In
great agony, apparently ot blood poisoning.
Tho dlseaso spreads from herd to herd In a short
time. The cattlo men aro greatly alarmed, and
beg the Governor to do something for tbem.
FLAT! AND BLACK MEET,
And, wltb Qtat Chairman Haebttt, Dltena
TVark at Albany Tbe Primary Bill.
.ZQov. Black camo down from Albany last even
ing and put up at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. A
recoptlon Is to be given to him by themembers
of his military staff at the Waldorf sittorla thU.
evening. , t giL. """
( Oov. iRIaok, araatoriaJatt-roJOhnlrtutri
Charles W. HockeK of the Republican State"
Commltteo had a long talk after dinner last
night about legislative affairs at Albany. AU
three wero agreed that the Legislature Bhould
be out ot Albany by the last week of March or
the tint week of April. They talked about the
Sroposod new primary law and all thrco, tho
lovornor, Mr. Piatt and Mr. Hackett, roltor
atcd what they havo frequently saldbeforo
that only tho fairest kind ot a primary bill will
be considered. It may turn out that no pri
mary bill at all will be considered. There Is a
disposition ln certain quarters not to legislate
on matters ot this character unlets It becomes
absolutely necessary. It was made known that
certain Republicans In the New York county or
ganization foci somewhat aggrloved over what
they say is a disposition on tbe part oftholr
country brethren to thwart all measures sug
gested by the rcpretentatlvcs of the New York
organization. But as already said, if any bill is
considered it will be a thoroughly .'air one.
The proposed canal Investigation, tbo Ells
worth newspaper libel bill and other matters
came ln for some of tho discussion.
irlXE TURN TO JACK BABBITS.
Oca. O.Btrx will Breed Tbem and Have Fan
In Hunting Tbem.
LxxmOTOK. Jan. 30. den. W. H. Gentry of
this countv has been a targe breeder of trotting
stock. The 'horses have fatlod to sell for satis
factory prices, and be has contracted with a
breeder ot Jack rabbits ln Kansas to send blm
thirty bead ot Jack rabbits for Ave bead ot
trottlng-brod mares. The jack rabbits will be
here In a few days, and then they will bo In
closed in a five-acre pasture. In which he hopes
to breed tbe rabbits. The rabbits he desires for
the entertainment of his friends and himself.
He has a great many hounds of different
varieties, as well as other breeds of
dogs. Ho purposes to test these bounds
with his jack rabbit ln order to find
Just what breed of dog has tbe re
quired speed and enduranco to capture a Jack
rabbit. He says tbey multiply twice n year, snd
that his foundation stock of thirty will soon
give him a supply from which each season he
and his friends can havoall tbo sport they want.
He will run them In a BOO-acro pasture adjoin
ing tbe breeding farm. Oen. Gentry Is well
known as a breeder of trotters and as a hunter
of foxes ln this region and ln Florida.
HER II AIR FIXED FOB BURIAL.
Lillian Cain Shot llar.eir and Then Tried t
Drew Hrir Altar riling tier Hair.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 30. Lillian Cain Is
lying at the home ot her paronts ln this county
with a bullet ln ber breast. Yesterday ber
sweetheart, Ben McMurtry, took his ring from
ber hand and left ber a note saying he might be
gone a longtime. In the afternoon her parents
tame to town. She took off her clothes, put on
a night robe, and, kneeling before a looking
glass which she placed against tbe side of the
wall, she fired a bullet at her heart. Surprised
to find that death did not rotult, the threw the
Elttol down, and, running into the lot, threw
erself Into n pond.
Tbe girl screamed at tho ran. and mon(worklng
near by rescued ber. She left a note to her
father taring that It wat all for the love of Ben,
and requested htm to tend for her lover and bury
her wltb ber hair as she hod fixod It.
BURNED DM VI. Ail IN O FLUID.
Fireman' Torek Caused Ills Oil Can to Bi
plod White H Wa Oiling Ills Knstn.
David E. Cook of 603 East 168th street, a fire
man of tbe New York, Now Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, was burned eoverely on tho face
and bands at tbo roundhouse at Forty-sixth
street last evening. While he was oiling up bts
engino preparatory to leaving It for tbe night,
he Kicked over bts torch, which was standing
on tbe floor,
Tb flame of the torch came In contact with
the oil can Cook cap-led and It exploded. The
floor of tbe roundhouse caught tire and an
alarm was rung, The firemen got tbe blaze un
der control before It bad done more tbau alight
damage, and the eight locomotives in the round
house wore nut Injured. Cook was sent to the
Flower Hospital.
DEATH AT A CHRISTENING FAB1X,
Joseph U.blUkr Fell r Wat Pushed Out or a
Feurtb Ultrj Wlndw,
Joseph Bobtttky, 27 years old, of 380 Kent
avenue, Wllllsmtburg, died latt night at the
Eastern District Hospital of a fracture ot the
tkull received in a fall from a fourth floor win
dow. Hewaionoof a number of sugar hands
at a christening party at 66 South Second street,
Wllllurutburg, which became so noisy about 10
o'clock thai u policeman whs sent to quiet it.
Bobittky and several others ruahod to a rear
window and he either fell or was pushed out.
He plunged head first through the roof of a
wooathed, and died within nil hour. The chris
tening party went right along after the accident.
ADMIRAL BUAINE DEAD.
TUB VETERAN RETIRED OFFICER
DIES OF HEART TROUBLE.
He Had Served HI Ceoatrx an Land aad
eat fr Mr Tbaa Frty-flv Teal He
Wa la the Pint Raral Battle af tb
Rblllu Had Been Retired Bine lot.
Rear Admiral Daniel Lawrenoo Bralne, re
tired, U. 8. N., died at his residence, 07 First
place, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. He had
been under the care of a phyttelon since Friday
night for heart trouble. He leaves a widow,
who was Mlts Mary E. Fulton ot Brooklyn,
three sons, two of them married, and a daughter.
Rear Admiral Bralne was born in New York
on May IB, 1820, He entered the navy In 1840
as a midshipman appointed from tho new State
of Texas, where he hod lived for a year. He
ssrved through tbe Mexican war, saw service
on the great lakes, and msdo two long cruises
before ho graduated from Annapolis as a patted
midshipman ln 1862. Before the opening of the
rebellion bis serrlco carried him to the Mediter
ranean, to tbe southern coast of this country on
survey duty, to Africa to capture slavers, and ho
had advanced to tho rank of Lieutenant. He
was appointed to the command of tho Monti
cello which tbe Union Defence Committee sent
to sea in forty hours to provision Fortress Mon
roe. He was ln the first naval engagement of
the war and saw heavy service all through
it. He was recommended for promotion for his
"cool performance of bis duty" ut Fort Fisher.
Fort Anderson and tho forts on Cnne Fear
River, and was oommltttoned as Commander ln
1800. He was In chargo ot tbe Ordnance Equip
ment Department of the navy yard at Brook
lyn from 1800 to 1873. ln which year be com
manded the Juniata ln her search for the Polaris
in the North, and on the trio to Santiago de
Cuba, whero the 103 Vlrglnlus prisoners were
received. He was made Captain In 1874 and
Commodore In 1883. He commanded tb South
Atlantlo squadron as Rear Admiral In 1880. In
1880 he was appointed to command the Brook
lyn Navy Yard, and ln 1891 he retired at the age
ot 02. Ho had lived In Brooklyn since that time.
Admiral Bralne was a naval officer of the old
school, a man ot striking appearance and pleas
ing personality, whose fund of anecdote and
reminiscence made htm a popular com
panion and story-teller. He kept a care
ful diary from the time be entered the
navy, and bis share ln many Incidents of consid
erable Importance Is recorded ln It. His
first Intimate connection with dlplomatto
affairs was when he was acting as
aide to Capt. D. N. Ingrabam, who res
cued a Hungarian refugee named Martin
Costa from the Austrian brig Huttar as she lay
at anchor ln tbe harbor of Smyrna wltb a
schooner and threo armed steamers near by.
Costa was released on tbe demand made by
the Americans, but Admirsl Brslno always said
It was rather because tbe Austrian Consul's
wife was critically HI than on account of the
justice of tbe claim.
While Admiral Bralne was ln command of the
surveying schooner Bancroft, and was mnklng
a surveyln Port Royal, N.C., harbor, a flro oc
curred in tho town of Beaufort, which was put
out by Ibe sailors. For this the formal thanks
of the whole town was returned.
In the winter ot 1858 Admiral Bralne was In
strumental In rescuing two American sailors of
tbe brig Rnfus Soulo on the shore of the Congo.
He returned home from that cruise In com
mend ot the bark Julie Dean, whloh had been
captured ln tbe slave trade.
ESCAPING GAB PROVED FATAL.
Woman's Tailor Pell Asleep Wb.ll Beading tba
Sunday nfewspnasrs.
Henry Propach. 01 years old, a woman's
tailor, who lived on tho top floor at 60 East
Eloventh street, was found unconscious yester
day morning by his wife, Emms, ln the sitting
room of their flat He was suffering from the
'Sects of inhaling illuminating gas. He died
twtftt-TetTAWTgY
'dots. '
Mrs. Propach went to church earlier in the
day. leaving her husband on the lounge reading
tbe Sunder newspnpors. In tbe hall room, used
as a kitchen, which connected with ibo sitting
room, was a gas bracket from which a rubber
tuba vtas stretched to a burner ln the sitting
room.
Mr. Propach. according to his wife, bad turned
off the gas at the sitting room burner on Satur
day night, and tho tubo Bllpped from its connec
tion yesterday morning when be had fallen
asleep wbllo rending newspapers. Mrs. Propach
saldtbnt ber husband Has in the best of spirits
wbensho left blm to go to church, and tbat
there wis no roason why he should have com
mitted suicide.
The dead man kept a tchool of instruction for
women's tailoring at 11 East Fourteenth street.
TUB BE ASPHYXIATED BT GAS.
Banket Found Wire nnd Children Unconscious
When U Beached Home.
When Thomas Hawkes got home early yester
day morning from his night's work at the stable
of the mounted Park police he found the door
of his flat on tbe top floor at 72 Amsterdam ave
nuo locked. II bad no key, and his knocks
metwtthnoretponte. After a time he klckod
ln tho door. A volume of gas rolled out, nearly
overcoming blm. He staggered Inside and found
his wife Kate and his two little children. Tom
and Maggie, unconscious on the bed. Hawkes
carried tbem out ln the hall and summoned aid.
'the woman and children were taken to the
Roosevelt Hospital. Tbe children soon revived,
but tbe woman's condition Is still sorlous, al
though the hospital physicians think she will
recover.
There Is no reason to suppose that Hawkes'a
wife, who Is a young woman, tried to kill nor
self. The gas escsped from the burner in tbe
kitchen, to which a rubber tube to a gas store
was attached when tbe stove was ln uee. Ibe
tube was not attached when the woman was
found unconscious, and the stop cock was
turned on full. There are two valves to tbe gas
fixture, one for Illumination and tbe other for
tbe gas stove. Tbe Illuminating burner was
lighted, and It Is thougnt that Mrs. Hawkes
turned the other cock on accidentally.
TITLED SPOUTSMEN ARRIVE.
Lord Elpblnaton and III Partr on tbe War
lo Mexico to Bboet Levpards.
A party of British hunters and fishers, con
sisting of Lord Elpblnstone. Lord Horbert An
drew Scott, fifth son of the Duko of Buucleuch,
and Major H. Scobell of tbe Royal Scots Greys,
were passengers on the Cunard steamship
Auranla, wblcb arrived yesterday from Liver
pool and Queenston n. Tbey brought numerous
rifles and shotguns, and when they were told
that thoy would haya to pay a duty of 940 on
each piece they protested. Tbey said tbat they
were not going to ute the guns In tho United
States, but In Mexico, whero tbey expect to
sboot leopards. Then the customs inspector
told them that tbey could havo the guns and
rifle sent through to Mexico In bond. This was
satltfaclory.
Tho party are stopping at tho Holland House.
After hunting the leopard In Mexico they are
going to It at) Tn Florida waters. They expect to
return to England In May, Lord Hi rhert Scott
it Captain in theThlrd battalion Royul Scote,
Lothlau Ileglmunt. He was aldo do-cump to the
Governor of Madras until lost October, when ho
resigned.
KILLED AT A GRADE CROSSING.
Alderman Birne Had Tried In tain far Six
Year lo Have Them Abolished,
Joliet, 111., Jan, 30. Alderman Christopher
Byrno and wife met sudden death yesterday In
a grade-crossing accident. Mr. Byrne eudwifo
and baby wore out slelgbrldlng lu the country,
and started toward tbe city, Whon one tulle
southwest ot tbo city they were struck by un
euttbound train on the Atchison, TopoLa and
Santa Kd road. Tbo horse was klllol Instantly,
and Mr. and Mrt. Dime were badly cut and
died later In the day. Thu baby was thrown
lutoatuowdrift.
Mr. Byrne was elected a member of the City
Council in 1880, anu had represented his ward
ever aince. ln tbe Council no Alderman has
been more persistent In an effort U seoure the
abolition of grade crottlugt.
electric Can, on Amsterdam Aveuua,
The Metropolitan street Railway Company
began running underground trolley cars yester
day on the Boulevard from Sixty-fifth street to
Seventy-second street, and then up Amsterdam
atenue to 130th street. Six cars were put on
yesterday for an experiment. Tbe schedule to
day will probably call lor more cars. Broadway
cable curs, fitted with trolleys, are used on the
biw lino.
UAB TAX iJITJs ZOAN FAILXDt
A Hepart That hMnvfied Sentaav WBI -
aty the ItMtep Cblna Used.
nptetst CaM ZtotaA t a Ti Btm .
St. PXTWMpXl, J. 8ar-The JVbroe Vrtmya
mentions a report ta ibe effect that in conse
quence of the failure of the Anglo-Chinese loan
negotiation. anew combination between Rus
sia and ,QerMJM, ho been started In the
fliiaaclal4fMtteif St. Petersburg to furnish
the loan.
The paper adds that a number ot Berlin flnan
cltrs hare arrived In B Petersburg to partiot
paie In the arrangement.
10,009 BUBBXAXS FOB TUB OBIBNT.
Ther Are ta Be Beat rnn Odessa, aad 9,000
Will aiart la a Pew Bay.
Sptelat OaM Detjmtea fa TB Box.
Odxwu, Jan. 80. Arrangements are being
made hero for tho trantportatlon of 10,000 men
to the for East at the earliest time possible.
A cruiser will take 2,000 men In a few day.
TOT BALLOON IN USB THROAT.
Heaa Carrevolll Choked is Bealb la Ktwerk
Ot tet In Pear Hlantes.
While 0-yoar-old Rosa Carrevolll of 03 South
Canal street, Newark, was returning home from
Bundar-school services In the Church ot Our Lady
of Mount Carmel yesterday atternooh, she and
ber companions welted at Ferry and MoWhorter
street for a train to pass the Commerce street
crossing and then started to run across tbo
tracks. Rosa tripped and fel) on the crossing
and waa unable to get up. '
She ley face downward. Her companions
screamed and several persons wont to her as
sistance. She seemed to be in a spasm, and Po
liceman William Barnstt carried her to the of
fice of Dr. William F. Beldler, atSlFerrstreet.
When he got there the child wa dead. County
Physician Washington learned from a com
panion ot the child that she bad been blowing
up a small toy balloon as she ran along the
street. On examination he found that ths rub
ber beg and the Inch-long wooden tube had been
drawn into her throat when she fell and had
lodged in the larynx, causing her to choke to
death in about four minutes.
CBAIBXAN HAT RESIGNS.
Cannot Indorse tba Tate r tb Wyoming On
atari on tb Silver Blulla.
Ciibyknkie, Wy., Jan. 80. State Treasurer
Henry C. Hay to-day tendered his resignation as
Chairman ot the Republican Central Committee
tor Laramie county on account of tbe vote of
the Wyoming Senators, Warren and Clark, for
tho Teller-Matthews silver resolution. In re
signing be says:
"The position taken by our Senators Indicates
tbat it is their Intention to force the Republi
cans of this State into a position antagonistic
to McKlnley, the national Republican party,
and the St. Louts platform, and a large majority
of them cannot so be forced."
Mr. Hay asserts tbat "straddling" on the
financial question of the lsst campaign lost
Wyoming to McKlnley. Tbo resignation is be
lieved to be the beginning ot a fight for suprem
acy in tho. Republican party of the State be
'tweeti'thtrtWld -tand8fd advocates.' dndef The
leadershlp'of ex-Sonalrir 'Cater, and thoblmet
alllsts, under Sears, Warren, and Clark, who
now control tbe, State organization.
BUNK INTO TUB MISSOURI.
A Part of American Island In Roulb Dakota
Baddealy Blaappar.
CnAHBKiiura, S. D.. Jan. 30. A portion ot
American Island, in tho Missouri River oppo
site this city, has suddenly sunk. The Island
was granted to the city by the Government for
park purposes. Upon It are two natural springs.
For a space about seventy-five feet ln diameter
tbe earth has dropped down to such an extent
that the tops of some of tbe largest trees are
Just visible, while others have entirely disap
peared ln tbe huge opening, whloh slowly filled
with water. While observing the extent of the
cave-in trom the edge, some observers felt the
ground sinking under their feet. Tbey suc
ceeded ln reaching a place of safety just as the
ground upon which they hod been standing dis
appeared Into the opening.
REED BUUXONS CONGRESSMEN.
Hsuso of Representative will Proceed ta
Smash Ibe Teller Silver Besolutlen.
All New York Republican Congressmen re
oelvod a call yesterday, lttued by order of
Speaker Reed, to be in their seats in Washing
ton this morning. So tho majority ot the Con
gressmen returned to Washington yesterday
afternoon. Tbe call was lttued because ths
Teller bond resolution pssted ln tbe Senate on
Friday by a vote of 47 to 83 is expected ta
come up in the Houte this morning.
Representative Qulgg said: "The Home is to
smash the Teller resolution."
POSTMASTER SHOT HIB JUAN.
Pournell Thought It Wa Tim lo Shoot Whoa
Dr. Jenkins Called Ulm Tbler.
SANDKRSVHiB, Go,, Jan. 30. Mark W. Pour
nelle, the Republican Pottmatter atToomtboro,
a small town near here, last night shot and
wounded fatally Dr. Jenkins of tbat place,
Pouroello for some time has been a citizen of
this town, but when the Pottmatter atToomt
boro tent In bis resignation be pretented his ap
plication for tbe place and got it.
Dr. Jenkins did not llko tbe appointment and
began a persecution of the new Pottmaatsr,
Thlt has boon going on for soma time, but Pour
nelle Ignored the attacks. On Thursday last tbe
doctor ittued circulars In which he called Pour
nelle a thief. As soon aa he heard of It Pournelle
started out to hunt Jenkins. Ihey met latt
night, and after some words Pournelle used his
revolver,
CRAZED II T CIGARETTES.
A Padded Cell for Bnocb Aker, HI Tear Old,
or I'atrrtou,
Paterson, N, J Jan, 30. Enoch Aker, 21
years old, was removed from his home, 205
Market street, this evening, a raving madman.
Ills condition is attributed to the excessive
smoking of cigarettes, a habit wblcb he acquired
In bis school days. He was tuken to tbe county
jail, where ho was put in a padded cell.
. , , r
sir. Josrphlno Aier'e Body Arrive.
Tbe body of Mrs. Josopblno Mellln Soutbwlck
Ayer, widow ot Dr, James 0. Ayer, wss brought
here by the steamship La Bretagne, which ar
rived yesterday morning. Mrs. Ayer died at
ber home In Paris on Jan, 3, Tbero Were fu
neral services In Holy Trinity Protestant Epis
copal Church, Parla.nn the 7lh, The committal
will be at Lowell, Mnat., thlt aftrrnoon. Mrs.
Ayer will b buried In the family plot In Lowell
Cemetery, the children of Mrs. Ayer accom
panied the body ettcrday to Lowell.
Two More t Irtlmt or the Orouo Wreck.
Olptowk, Mo., Jan. 30. Two more of the In
jured In the Maino Central wreck at Orono died
to-day, Ihey were Father M. II. McOratb, pas
tor of tbe Catholic Church nt Winn, Me., who
died at (I o'clock this morning, nnd V. Cunning
ham, a woultby lumberman of Troy, Me., who
died later, at 1 o'clock, Thlt makes the total
dead four. Mrt. U. Cunningham, who was In lho
seat with her husband, died a few hours aftor
the wreck, Both were about 00 yean of men,
and wero on a pleasure trip.
Pirtr-reur Sunday stsrls Arrests.
There were forty-six excite arrests yetterdnr
in tbe tborougbt ot Manhattan and ths Bronx,
six in Brooklyn, and two lu Queens,
OUK MEN CHEERED IN CUBA Ji
$
THB MAINE'S OFFICERS MAKEOIFTB f-4
TO TUB BTABVINO CUNCENTRADOB, 1$H
'"uians
Alter the Breakfast Clvon by Cantata MM
Ctaeral Lb (be Company Olvn Mtaap '
aad rood ta tb Hnngry Cubaat-ttabl Bala . 'i
t Have Been .Dofoatod la Bantlast. &9
Havana. Jan. SO. Consul-General Lee to-day, ffM
at the building of the Havana Yacht Club ln 1,9
Maria nao, gave a breakfatt to Capt. filgtbee t B
aud the officer ot the Maine. Tbe American ?
Vice-Consul, Mr. Sprlngor, and all the' members W
ot the club wero present, There wero thirty- ffU
seven persons pretont. Including tbe tlxAmerl- H
can correspondents now In Havana, '.
No Spanish official took part ln the demon-
strntlon. All tbe guests were Americans, ex Mjfl
ceptlng the Vice-Consul of China, tho Chance- ft
lor ot tho Chinese Consulate, snd the oorrs- !
spondent of tbe London Time: H
Oen. Lee tossted tbe ofllcors oft be Maine, and vjfl
Capt. Slgtbee repllod in tho name of bit staff. ' pB
After the breakfast was concluded provisions sl
and monoy wore given by nil the Americans to "SB
the starving concentrados of Marlanao. The Jlfl
poor people were gathered around the building -JM
and cheered the Americans and tbe United
State.
At 2 P. M. all returned to Havana la a special . "
train to see the bull fight, in whkh the cela- ' ''
bratcd Mazantlnl was the star performer. "SH
Gen. Blanco arrived at Santiago deCnbater -?!
A terrible fight Is officially reported here to- 1 VB
day that took place on Jan. 21 at Camazan and ' 9
Bacunto, Santiago do Cuba province, between i '?
tbe column ot Oen. Luquo and tbe InturgenU !' itjfl
under RnbL f-jsj
The report says that tha Insurgents were ut- I
terly routed. Agustln Luquo, son of the Span- "
ith commsndor. and the Spanish Major Catnaa j jjrfl
were toverely wonnded. Wm
Tho column returned toltolguln on Jan. 27, SB
and at tbo same time the Spanish column of ' Ij-jB
Qen. Linares went on Its way from Bayamo. , j ;gM
PROTECTING GEN. WOODFORD. 'M
The Madrid Pollc Will Guard HI Hoot 'Ml
Wben tb Student Parade To-Day. , mI
Sptetal Cablt Dtnvatei to Tn Box. ,'3ji
Madhip, Jan. 30. The autborltiet have taken 3M
police precautions to guard the American Lega Sb
tlon and tbe residence of Mlnltter Woodford on "If J
the occasion of the students' demonstration B
that will takoplaco to-morrow. Gen. Woodford M
will not send his fsmtly away. r3M
f.
FIRE ON THE RLUEJAOKXT.
-m
Cera Wa a Part or Her Cargo, aad It Was XI
Bnrned er Water Soaked. '
rrecial Call Dh patch lo Ta Btm. S
LoxDoir. Jan. 30. Fire started to-day In the A
after part ot tbo British steamer Bluejsckst, W
Capt. Thomas, from Newport News, Jan. 0, for tf
Ipswich. The cruiser Mersey ana two tug went
to her assistance, and she wo beached near &
Harwich, below Ipswich.
The Are began ln No. 4. hold, which was tilled 'M
with corn. The bold was filled with water, and ,'jj,'
that port of tbe corn that wo not burned wa &
water soaked. Capt Thomas wo rendered al. M
most blind while fighting tbe Are, and the com- '
mender ot tbe Mersey wss badly hurt. Jd
GLADSTONE'S ILLNESB. sf,
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HI Condition wars wott Sam lay, bat He E ' y $
How Improving. , fp
Special Cablt Df watch to Tb Bex. ('&
Cannes, Jan. 30. Mr. Gladstone took hla 'i'g
usual drive yesterday, but before It was finished fi
be became quite weak and returned earlier than $
usual. After his return he became worse, and !,'.
bts doctor was summoned. J
The phytloian again visited htm this morning. ' ,
Mr. Gladstone remained tn bed throughout the -&
day. He is now improving. 'f
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AMBUSHED y7- BRITISH. '
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Indian Tribesmen Kill Fix OflJoar aad Big I "!,'
Men nany Wounded. F.'
Special Cable Dapa tch to Tots otm . fe
Calcutta, Jan. 30. A force of frontier tribes- 'M
men has ambushed part of an English brigade i
at Mamanl. Five officers and elgbt men were J
killed and seventeen are misting. Many wero 't
wounded. The news has caused a eentatloa
here owing to Its unexpectedness. Reoent de- Wt
spatcbes pointed to peace. -fi,
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Hansen's Dispute wltb tb Lecture Bureau. j
Sucltl Cull Dt$oat,h to Tb Bex. S
London, Jon. 30. A despatch to the CAro .
Ute from Chrlttianla say that new ha bees
received there that the dispute between Dr. -J
Nansen, tho Arctlo explorer, and the bureau ' J
under whose auspices be lectured in the United 1
States was ended satisfactorily, and that the M
bureau offered Dr. Nansen a re-engagement un- A,
der the best guarantee. The offer was deolined, ,f
however. Dr. Nansen not wishing to deliver -j
any more lectures ln the United States at pre- 1
ent.
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The Steamship California Ashore. j
Spitial Cable DeipatcA to Tn Bra.
Ronne, Denmark, Jan, 80. The Oeraets .
steamship California, from Stettin for New i
York, is ashore off this port. ''
She struck heavily on rocky ground In a west- f'
erly gale. The crew was saved. A steamship V
It eitlttlng the wrecked vestel. w
PERISHED IN A SEWER.
Inspector Mouep and Sam Workmen K
Tbelr Lives Hear Melbourne. P
Vancouver. B. C Jan. 30. A number ef $
workmen went into tbe South Varra sewer near .
Melbourne, Australia, to make some repair. Jt;
Later another workman went down, but soon
rushed back, saying that Inspeotor Motsop and 3
all tbe workmen were dead and the sewer was I
full ot fins. T
Tbe Flro Department was callod out and tbe
sewer stopped up aud flooded after tbe bodies r
had been recovered. af
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Another Victim rcblrxt'a North wutTunnot. ?.
Ciiica o, Jan. 30. Samuel Keefo was killed
In tbe Northwest Land Tunnel to-day at almotl '
the tpot where James I'rendergatt's life was 1
crushed out last evonlng. Tbe fatality was a f.
repetition of the disaster of last evening, Keef W
being burled under tnna of rock and land.
Keofe wat one of n force of ten men tc-nt by tbe t;
contractors to repair the damsgodono by last "ij
night's cavo-ln, J
be Fell Dead nt tbe Cburoh Boar. ?
Elizabeth, N, J Jan. 30, Mitt Kntherln '
Sheridan, a worshipper at St. Mary't Roman 5
Catbollo Chureb, fell dead thlt morning at 8 'i
o'clock witbin a few feet of the church door, hbo &
. wat on her way to matt, having wulked a mile. A
I Whilu tbo wnt greeting a friend the threw up t
ber arnit nnd fell lo the tldowalk. She wat car- fl
rled Into the vestibule of the church and wa f
dead when a phrtlclan arrived. Tbe caute of i
death was heart disease. '
Woman Prosen to Dealb.
Tnov, Jan. 30, Mrs. Georgle Connell, 87 r
yours old, was found frozen to death on the f
road lea"lng over Mount Olymvut, In tbe north 1
ern portion of thlt city, thlt morning. There '
were marks of vlolenco on ton womun's face and ;.
arms, but lho autopsy showed that the had met 1-
ber death by freezing, Hhe had been drinking f
on Saturday night, and it Is believed she tell In 1
a stupor while on her way home. y
Molves Dasb Into a Texas Town. fyr
San Antonio, Tex,, Jen. 30. A pack of wolves i'
made a raid Into tho little town of Uvalde, j
Tex., a few nights ago and bit almost every dog Sf
und many horse and cows In the place. Since
I then several dogs bavo been taken wltb bydro- ,
phobia and were shot. 1 here bos been a whole- J
sale slaughter ot the bitten animals. ,
Ho Drake 1.1k lb Hal Bosk. I
rportirlresi ID IS ton St., next l'riue Exohisg, !
r. 7' Ij