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NATIONAL COMMITTEE Istiuoa a Formal Call for tho Ro publicnn Oonvontion, THE SELECTION OF DELEGATES. The K.xorutlvo Commltlco will Ilavo l'nll Cliar?o of Ilio Convention?It will Also Arrant.'" for the Steno. grnphln Keport of tlio Proceedings. Ulit) Condition of ilio I 'arty In tho Various Slates, anil Its Needs anil Prospects Discussed liy tho Com mittee ... Ex-Governor Pinchbeck Arraigns tho Southern republicans fur HalMlcarlednrss. CHAIHMAK CLAltKSOS". Washington, D. C., Nov. 2-1.?Tho National Kcpublican coinmittco has issued tho following call: " Z> the H'pultiic-in Electors of the United $(<\tf*: "In accorilanco with usago, and the instruction oi the Republican National convention of JSSS, a National liopubli can convention oi dologated representa tives of ilie Kepublican party will be held at tiie city oi Minneapolis on Tuesday, the seventh day of June, ISO:.', a. l'J o'clock noon, for the purpose oi nominating candidates for President and Yico President to be supported at tho next national election, and for the transaction oi such other business as may be brought beforo it. Tho Republican electors in the sev eral states and.territories and the voters, without regard to past political allilia tions, who relieve in Republican prin ciples and. endorse tho Republican j policy are cordially invited to unite under this call for "the formation of a national ticket. Each state will be-en titled to four dolcgates-at-largn and for each representative in congress sit large two delegates, and each congressional district, each territory and tho District of Columbia to two delegate*. Tho delegates at largo shall bo chosen by popular etato conventions called on not less than twenty days' public not ice and not less than thirty days beforo tho meeting of the national convention. The congressional district delegates shall be selected by popular state conventions called bv the congressional committee of each district in the same manner as the nom ination for a representative in congress is made in said district; provided that in any congressional district where thcro is no Republican congressional committee, owing to redisricting the state under the next congressional ap portionment, the Kepublican state com mittee shall appoint from the residents oi such districts a committee for the purpoEC dt calling a district convention to elect district delegates. The terri torial delegates shall be chosen in the samo manner as the nomination oi a delegate in congress is made. The delegates in the District oi Columbia shall bo chosen at a convention constituted of members elected in primary district assemblies under tho call and direction oi the lie publican central committee oi District of Columbia, which said committee shall bo chosen one from each assembly district, to be designated by a joint cail with not less than ten days notice sign ed by the member of the national com mittee for the District oi Columbia and the chairman oi the Republican com mittee oi said district. An alternate delegate for each delegate in the na tional convention to act in case of the absence oi the delegate shall bo elected in the same manner and at the same time as the dclegato is elected. All notices oi contests must be filed with the national committee in writing, accompanied by printed statements of the grounds oi contest, which shall bo made public. Preference in the order oi hearing, and determining contests will lie given by tho convention in ac cordance with the dates oi filing such notices and statements with the nation al committee. (Signed.) J. S. Ckaukson, Chairman. J a ion Sloat Fassbtt, .Secretary. An important step tnkon by the com mittee during the forenoon session was tliu reference to the executive commit tee with full power to act on all matters connected with the preparations for the next convention. The executive com mittee decided to assumo active direc tion of the matter itself and arrango for the hall, tickets, appointment of ser geant-at-arms, deputies, ushers and door-keepers for the convention. It will also take charge of the preparation ami publication of a stenographic re port of the proceedings of the conven tion. A conference was held imme diately with some of tho citizens' com mittee of Minneapolis and directions were given by tho executive committee for the preparation as soon as possible of a diagram of the convention hall, showing the number and tho location o: seats and all other necessary details. Mr. Channing F. Mocks, of Colorado, j was elected by the exccutivo committee as serjeant-at-arms of the next national convention. At half past two o'clock this afternoon the national committee again assembled I to discuss routino business, the only i feature of public intorest.bcing the con tii< t botween two elements of the Re publican party in Utah. After a short j ?'onsideration'of the matter tho commit tee settled it by the adoption of the fol- j lowing resolutions: /.'?Wrrrf, That in the committee elect- ? ed bv theconvention of delegates at .Salt ' l?ike City September, 18111, we recogni/o ; tii" h'epnblican territorial central com-, inittee of Utah. 7?V.?o/w/, That we recommend to all j Utemenof Utah whoso ideas of national j Jtovernmout aud policy are in harmony with the national Republican party, that they now bury their local differ enced and unite to reacuo thoir terri tory from the danger and dishonor of future Democratic control. Thero followed a succinct statement from each member of the committee of tlio condition of the party in the various statea and its needs and prospects. These were generally hopeful in tone, and were received with onthusiaain by tho committeo, as well as by nonio of the members of the executive commit tee of the National Republican League, who were admitted to the hall to give aid to the party council. Ex-Governor Pinchbeck, of Louisi ana, however, varied tho ?amoness oI tho addresses somewhat by indulging in a iierce attack upon tho whole Re publicans of the South, whom ho held to be responsible for tho lack of vitality of tho party in that section of the coun try, and whom ho charges with sup pressing the ncaro vote for fear of race issues, lie held that their pusillani mous policy had resulted in untold party loss and maintained that a few vigorous contests and manifestations of their rightful power by tho southern ncgroc3 would have a wholesome politi cal effect and redeem southern utates from Democracy. It was announced that a mooting of tho executivo committeo would bo held within two or threo weeks upon a call from tho chairman to undortake the work preliminary to tho convention, and as 7 o'clock,"the national commit teo adjourned tine die. NATIONAL HEPUHLICAN LEAGUE. Next Pinco or Mooting not Flxccl by tho Committee. Washington, 1). C., Nov. 24.?Tho sub-executive committee of the Nation al Republican League held a mooting of several hours duration at the Arlington Hotel tliid evening. The principal business boforo the committee was the fixing of tho time and place for holding tho next National Republican League convention. No conclusion was reached, however, and the matter was referred to a special committee. This committeo has full power to act. The naming of the time and placo for holding the convention was deferred so as to give to any city desiring to do so an opportunity to in vite the convention to meet within its borders. The committee adopted the cane as tho emblem for tho Republican clubs in marching. The cane was originally adopted several years ago. St. Paul ami tho Democralla Convention. ? St. Paul. Minx., Nov. 24.?Immediate ly on tho securing by Minneapolis of tho Republican convention the Demo crats of this city said they should have the Democratic convention and a move ment toward that end will bo made. CONSTITUTION AI j AM ENDMI5NTS Voted for In Ohio-Vote on tlio Two Propo nit Ions. Spccial Dispatch to tlis Intclli'jcnccr. CoLptnus, 0., Nov. 24.?The complet ed count of the vote as recorded in the secretary of state's otlicc shows that the propositions to amend tho constitution as to taxation and to hold a constitu tional convention worn both defeated. There was evidently an overwhelm ing majoritv in favor of the taxation auiendmon:, but too few marked it lor its adoption and it did not recoivj a majoritv of all the votes cast. Tho votes on the two propositions were as follows: Taxation amendment?Yes, 303,177; navs,. Go,014. Constitutional convention?ics, 99, 7S4;navs, 101,722. The total vote cast for governor was 790,529. ILLEGALLY APPOINTED Ah Trusteo of tlio Toledo, Ohio, Inanue Asylum. Special Dispatch to the McUtgciixr. Coi.umhus, 0., Nov. 24.?A few days ago Governor Campbell appointed Sen ator W. V. Sutton to be a trustee of the Toledo Insane Asylum. To-day a requi sition upon tho state treasury signed by the members of the Board of Trustees was received, and Auditor I'oo refused to honor it on the ground that Senator Sutton's appointment as a trusteo was illegal. . A law enacted last winter prohibits the appointment of a member of tho legislature to membership in the l'.oard of Trustees of any state institu tion. Under this act Senator Sutton's appointment was illegal unless ho re signed hia membership ill tho Legisla ture. LYING IN STATE Indiana's Dcatl Governor? His Hacct'i.sor Arrives in Indianapolis. Ixpiaxai'Oms, Nov. 24.?The mortal remains of Indiana's ileail governor were conveyed to the Stato Capitol this morning, "where they lay in state throughout the entire day and night. The burial will occur Thursday at two o'clock at' Mount Vernon. Messages of condolence to the be reaved family from prominent men in all parts of the country have been re ceived, among# them being sympathy from President Harrison, Senator Voor hees, Secretary Foster, General Lew "Wallace and a number of army officers. Lieutenant Governor Ira J. Chase, of Danville, who succeeds Governor Ilovey as chief executive, was notified of the latter's death yesterday. In response he came to this city immediately, lie will take the oath ot ollice to-day. l'rlnoiicrs Kscapn Jail. Special Dispatch to thr. JnttJligcnccr 1'arkeksiiukg, W. V.\m Nov. 24.?Three prisoners, John Mcllintree, Will Green, colored, .and John Brown, white, es caped from the county jail here this morning by forcing a lock. A reward has been ollered for their recapture. A Good Lumber lilac. Sjtecial Dlfpatch to the Intelligencer. Paukehsihtivj, W. Va., Nov. 24.?The | river hero at G o'clock was is feot and 1 rising. The Littlo Kanawha is out oi the lock and full of logs and ties. David Burns. of Burns Brothers HotTman. of Wirt county, expect to get | out 10,001) logs on this rise. EX'Clerk Clou*ton'H Trial. tfrnial D'.tpatdi to the Intelligencer. PakkKRsnvuo, W. Va., Nov. 24.?E. Ward Clouston, ex-Circuit Court Clerk, is again on trial in this circuit court, i lie has been acquitted on two counts. ECHOES OF THE STORM. Tlio Rough Exporionco of Four Cloveltuid Flshormon. TWENTY-SIX HOURS IN WATER Lashed to HtalccB?Whcu Rescued tlio Men wi re Nearly Dead IVom Cold KxpOHurc?Two FatalitleK at Wash liigtoii?Datiinge to tiio White House. A IIJ/i Hl(?v at nallinioro?lCnbclM ol tlio Ilurricaiio at Oilier Points. Cleveland, 0.v Nov. -4.?l'our fisher men, Nicholas Shedson, John .Scheuck, Cieorgo Solomon, Ira Craven, had a thrilling experience on Lake Krie, near Lorain, yesterday ami last night. Thoy went out to their nets ycstcrilay morn ing. Tlio sailboat capsized and was carried awny from them. Each man then swam to a pound net stako and lashed himself to it. They remained in that position for twenty-six hours exposed to the heavy scan that broke over thoip. Thoy were rescued thin forenoon nearly dead from cold and ex posure/ One man said his suflcring during last night was no terrible that if ho could have reached his knifo he would have cut his throat. STORM AT THE CAPITAL. Two rntnlltles-Tlui Wlillo llouso (ivtfi a (Shaking lip. Washington*, 1). G\, Nov. 24.?Tlio wind storm and cloud burst yesterday only lasted ten minutes, but loft a track of awful destruction. Georgo White, a fashionable ladies' tailor, was crushed to death and ono of his workwomen also killed, besides six girls in the es tablishment being dangerously injured, ida White, the dead man's daughter, had a leg broken. Nine iron workers on the Mctzerott building had a marvelous escape, and a colored hod carrier who was working with them is missing, and supposed to be buried under the debris. About two tons of stone coping was blown from the top of the Whito House onto the porch on the east side, crush ing it in. and tho lias stall* on top of the White House was snapped oil*. A win dow in tho East room was also blown in. BIG BLOW AT BALTIMORE. A Schooner Plays Ilavoc With tho Oyster l'lcot. Baltimoue, Md., Nov. 24.?The storm yesterday afternoon was a terror while it lasted. In the harbor there was a cauldron of boiliug water for a few minutes, and every vessel felt the gale to a greater or less extent. At anchor off Henderson's wharf was the large Now Ilaven schooner Will Converse, which dragged her anchor and cut a swath through tlio oyster licet, taking with her one here and another there until when she brought up she had several under her port quarter in a knot. Is her {light the Converse car ried away the foremas'. and broke the main boom of the schooner Holland Point. The tug Nasbvgot tlio Converge out of her tangle and the smaller ves sels were extricated. Several of the oyster vessels drifted on to wharves on the Canton side of the harbor. On the west and south, sides the effect of the blow was not so great. The ship Jabez Haines, for San Fran cisco, remained at anciior. IJi-hli'o Mown Away. llAumsnnta, Pa., Nov. 24.?Yester day's thuuder storm blew with fearful velocity. Two spans oi the Clark's Ferry bridge over the Susquehanna river were blown away. Arthur Crook, 17 years old, was blown from the trestle at the Lochiel iron works, and had both wrists dislocated, besides sustaining other injuries. About eighty feet of the roof of the State lunatic hospital was carried away, and a horse and buggy were blown off tho approach to the Paxton street overhead bridge. Mauy houses were unroofed. On tlio Now Jfrnoy Coast. Cape 31 ay, N. J., Nov. 24.?The storm yesterday brought in h heavv ticlo wave covering tlio meadows at "high water along shore gild far out over the shoals, immense breakers tumbled but no dam' sire is reported beyond the wrenching away oi a portion of the lower deck of the Ocean pier. At Capo .May point some portions of tho bltill'hoyond Capo avenue woro still further encroached upon. Duma^o ?'?t Attooim. Ai.tooka, 1'a., Nov. 24.-?Tho storm here bursit many sewers, blew in the gable of Fuerald ball, unroofed stores and dwellings and destroyed the brick sidewall of the city electric company electric plant. The engineer was seriouslv injured by falling debris. The cars will not be run fer several days. Church Mown Down. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 24.?A special from Uellefonte says: A church at Hecla, ten miles from this ]>lace was blown down on a number of children who had sought refuge from the storm. John Barnes anu Elias Dinklo were fatally injured and several others seri ously* hurt. Complexion of Now York Sunuto. New Youic, Nov. 24.?An Albany special to tho World contains the follow ing: "The senate will stand Democrats, 16; Republicans, 1">; Independent, 1. Tho casting vote oi tho lieutenant governor will give organization of the senate to tho Democrats. This calculation leaves to tho senato itself the ascertainment and de cision in the 6asc of Peck, of .Syracuse, who is alleged to be a citizen of Canada." Carbon Works Humeri. 1'r.r.MoNT, 0., Nov. 24.?The largest manufacturing establishment in this city, the works of ^tho Thompson Itouston Carbon Company, were totally destroyed by fire to-night. The factory was the largest of its kind in tho United States and employed loO men. l.o=s, $200,000; insurance, ?25,000. Another Ilueonl Hrokon. Stockton', Cai.a., Nov. 24.?Another world's record was broken today by Sidney, a vcarling filly of Frou Frou, who was driven by Millard Saudors in 2:2(3, beating Bell Bird's tiiuo j of a second. A MUCH W.\M i;i> 31 AX. Several Olllcora After a Forger?Ouoor Liiwn ?f Nrbrnaltn. Omaha, Nkii., Xoy. 24.?There was no man in the wliolo city of Omaha who was inoro sought after to-day than wad Mortimer Fox. The United States authorities wanted Mortimer, tiio eitv oflleers wanted him, but Sheriff Boyd had tiie pull and landed liin prisoner safely in the county jail. Fox arrived in the city sonio time ago and wan soon arrested by tlie police. It was churge'd that he had committed forgeries while a resident of Man Francisco. The pris oner wna hold and the California authorities notified. A few davs later officer Sullivan, from b'an Francisco, arrived and secured a requisition. Fox at once made appli cation for a writ oi habeas corpus. The case was argued beforo Judge Estell. The court, in pawing upon tho case, said thai he had given it considorablo attention and had concluded that the M'OcecdingH were irregular. Tho Ne braska law on fugitives from justico was a disgraco to the statuto books and a hollow mockery upon justice. The iudco announced that ho could not hold Fox and that any attempt to re-arrest the prisoner in tho court room would bo punished. A United States Marshal, a California detective, tho Omaha sheriff and a half dozen police men were all in the room waiting for Fox, but when tho judge announced his decision they retired ami stationed themselves outside the door. When Fox emerged tho sheriff nabbed him and served a writ of habeas corpus re-1 tumablo next Friday. Fox is now in the county Jai|-. ' 1 ho ban l rancisco ofheer states that he will come here and remain until spring beforo he will return without his man. Deputy Lyon is of the opinion that eventually he will slip tho wrist-j lets over tho hands of Fox, and will do so bv an order uf United States courts, claiming that county ollicials have no right to interfere with him in the dis charge of his official duties. SISTEltSVILJilO OIL FIELD. A IMj; ltoom in That Sectiuti-Tlie McDon alil l ipid. PlTTSllL'lUilf, I'a., Nov. 24.?Tho re cent strikes of the Bradford Oil com pany on P. Utissell't/ farm and that of tho Miller's Kun Oil company on the Colvin farm have been the cause of a great boom in the Sistersville field. The former came in last week and has ^ J,1G0 barrels to her credit, in nine days. The latter, which came in four days ago, started'olf at twenty barrels an hour, is holding up well, and is considered good for :)OJ barrels a dav. The summary oi the field is as foliows: The 1\ Kussell well is doing 100 barrels a day and the Jarrett Calvin wells are making 300 barrels a day. .Stewart No. 1, by the Brown Oil Company, is pumping GO barrels a day. Mittendorf is doing 73 barrels a day. Tenant No. 1 will commence pumping again Monday, the boiler having blown up last week, stopping "operations. The National Transit Company has found that tho great production of tho McDonald field will require another pipo line from the field to Nedskev, and it is now being laid. Tho new lino is :: six-inch one. A gang of men are ?at work laying it from Greggs to the Ohio river and another laying pipe on the north side of tho river towards Nedskey. The line crosses tho river at Davis Island. It will probably be ex tended to the storage tanks further north. The line will Incompleted about the first flf the year. The test well which Gillespie Brothers are putting down on the workhouse farm should reach the fourth sand in a few days. This is a very important well and is'being drilled as a test oi tho ter ritory for oil. FIKEMHN CAl'GHT In tliu lkiiiiiB of a Hurtling llullillng?One Seriously Injured. Cincinnati, Nov. 24.?A threatening lire broke out at 1 o'clock this morning in the Sextro Manufacturing Company's seven story building in the now part oi tho city. It originated in the molding rooirf. Being a furniture factory lull of eombustablo material a full force of fire men was called. Tho lire was confined to the manufacturing building, which is in the rear of the immenso ware rooms tilled with costly linished furni tare. About 3 o'clock this morn ing, when the firemen were still at work, the walls oi the rear building fell, burying seven lircmcn. "While they were all more or less injured, only one was ser iously, .John Connor?, who was taken to the hospital. All the others were ablo to go to their homes. The loss is es timated at $40,000; fully covered by in surance. CAUGHT IN* HIStnVX THAI*. A Iliiutor llelil by tlio lVrlita In :i lionr Trap Until Starved to Death. Kincstox, O.vr., Nov. 24.?David Al len, an Englishman, who lived in the Waynetawan district, started out a month ago to examine his imps, but failed to return. On the supposition that he had lost his way. the forest was searched ten days without result. The mystery surrounding his fate was accidentally solved by two hunters, who chanced to look into a copse of bushes and there saw Allen's dead body lying faco downward, his hands fastened in a bear trap. Allen was evidently in the act of set ting the trap when it closed upon his wrists with a vise-like grip and held him until he died of exposure and star vation. Trivia Ilobhcr* Foiled. San Fhaxcisco, Nov. 24.?-Particulars of an attempt, at train robbery have just come to light. Uist Saturday a little after S p.m. tho Los Angeles ex press stopped at Pixley, Cala., on its way south. When about to start again the trainmen were warned that three inert, masked and armed, were waiting in the shadow of a tank-house just be yond the depot. They had been loiter ing about there during tho afternoon, and were seen at tho last minute by some Chinese, who gave tho alarm. Tho train was backed some distance and then ran by the ambush at a very high rate of speed. No clue to the rob bers has been found as yet. it is a favorite plan of robbers to board trains just as they are pulling out of a station. Author or "Lucille" J)na ?. Pa ins, Nov. 21.?Tho Right Hon. Robt. ? lJulwer Lytton, Earl of Lyttnn, British ambassador to France, died sud i deuly to-day froui heart discr.se. BRAZIL'S REVOLUTION. Tho Swift Work of tho Revolu tionists at Rio Janoiro. FONSECfl'S DICTATORSHIP OVER And t ho i'eoplo Hejolclng Over tho Movement.-Only One Llfo Lost?Tho Arsenal Makes Slight Resistance to tho Attacking I'arty?Tho Ministry Keslgn?I'lorlano Pel* otto Assumes tho President*}*"*Ueul Causo of i'on aeon's Alnllcfttlon Ills Critical Ill ness. TII15 DEPOSED DICTATOR* Iiio Janeiro, Nov. 24.?Only one life was lost in the revolution hero yester day. Tho inhabitants of this city, whoso sympathies have been in the Conces sional party, yesterday morning throw off all guise of adherence to the exist ing government, openly declared their determination to oppose tho dictator ship of Da Fonseca and their resolve that he must abandon the presidency which he has held ior only a compara tively brief period. Like Dom Pedro, President Da Fonseca quietly yielded to the demands of tho people that the ex ecutive of the Brazilian government be deposed from his high ollice. Tho up rising was very successful, and the in surgents accomplished the ends for which they had so long been secretly planning. capture or Tin: naval arsenal. Among the first things the revolution ists did yesterday morning was to in crease their store of arms and ammuni tion. A strong force of insurgents then made an attack on the naval arsenal, and after a weak and only half-hearted effort 011 the part of those stationed at the place to* repulse tho invadarsi-thc latter captured it and took possession of the arsenal and all the munitions of war which it contained. Only a few shots were exchanged, and the poor resistance made by tho de fenders of the arsenal is shown by tho fact that none of the insurgent force ia reported to have been hilled or seriousl v wounded. A laborer in the arsenal, who was struck by one of the shots tired by the attacking party, is the only one of the contestants known to have lost his life in the assault. One oi the can non balls from the arsenal was badly directed and struck the Candelebria church, causing considerable damago to. the building. A PANIC IN* Tin: CITY. The news ot the uprising had a very disquieting effect and created the great est alarm in this city among women and children and those citizens who had not taken arms in support of either party. When the fighting began at the arsenal, and the rattle ot musketry and the boom of the cannon were heard, all were seized with a wild panic and lied to places of safety until the tiring had ceased and the conflict was at an end. The merchants and shopkeepers,fear ful that their places would bo looted by 'tho insurgents, or by thieving individu als, who would take advantage of the confusion and excitement to pillage their stock, made haste to close their establishments and securely bolt and bar both doors and windows and take such other measures for safety.of their property as tho occasion warranted. All their hurried preparations wore .un necessary, however, for, as already de scribed, the attack on the arsenal was of only short duration, and bovond the smashing of the portions struck by tho cannon ball, no further damage was in flicted upon property and very little disorder prevailed. ^ The alarm In tho city was gradually dispelled, and all the people in tho city arc now rejoicing at the" success which has crowned the efforts of those who took part in the revolution to put au end to Da l'onse ca's dictatorship. THU CARINET MINISTERS RESIGN. The members of the Cabinet which | had been organized by President Da I Fonseca resigned when tlio triumph of tlio revolutionists became an established | fnct, and the siego which had been pro-1 claimed was at onoe raised when the in-1 surgents obtained control of the govern-! ment. It is expected that the members of! the Congress which had been dissolved, by Da Fonseca will be recalled to office. The provinces have not yet bcen~h6ard ! from, but it is believed, from advices hitherto received in regard to growing opposition throughout the country, that the news of Da Fonsocn's downfall will everywhere be received with the same satisfaction as at the capital. Fonseca resigned the presidency in favor of Floriano Peixotto, the vice president, who is now endeavoring to torm a government. imOUGIIT TO TIME. London, Nov. 2-1.?Recent telegrams from the British Minister. In Brazil hav ing been altered in transmission the British foreign office protested against the liberties taken by the Brazilian authorities. This protest had the de sired ellect, and telegrams now come through without change. The British Minister telegraphed to-day that Mar shal Da Fonseca's readiness'to abdicate was due to the fact that he is criti cally iiL French Archbishop I'lnuil. Paris, Nov. 24.?The trial of the Arch bishop oi'Aix resulted in conviction, and a line of o,0U0 francs was imposed. A rOISONFJ) WliLIi IJrcalot Up n Hchuol-Two Scholar* Drail nm! Oilier* laying. Fraxkiort, Ini)., Nov. 21.?Informa tion has boon brought to County Super intendent l.ydock that one of tho public schools in Forest township^ in tho east ern part of this, Clinton county, has been closed by tho wholesalo poisoning of the pupils and also tho teacher. An investigation proves tiiat tho teacher and fifteen of his pupils arc in a critical condition, whilo two of thorn aro dead. The school is located in tho country, and a few weeks ago the township trus tee caused a well to bo driven on tlio premises from* winch tho school >,ot their supply of water. For the past throe weeks the teacher luts noticed tho attendance growing gradually less, all caused by sickness. One week ago ho was taken ill and compelled to close tho scnool. It was found upon investiga tion that all tho pupils who had regu larly drank tho water from tho well were sick, whilo a few pupils who lived near tho school bonne and went homo for meals wcro not affected. Tho symp toms developed aro similar to theso of tynhoul fever. Thursday a child of Itohert Dillon died. Saturday another of the pupils, a ten-year-old "daughter of John Bur* gett, became suddenly worse and diedN Sunday. Investigation this evening' shows that llftecn other pupils and tho teacher are decidedly worse, and sev eral more deaths aro expected by tho doctors. Tho doctors say its a clear case of water poisoning. Samples ol the water have been scoured and will bo subjected to a critical analysis in order to unravel tho deadly mystery. A* FOOHAKDV FAllMEIl Lose* Ills I.ifo in 11 Snow Storm in tho Mountains. Chicago, Nov. 24.?A special dispatch, from Knoxvillc, Tenn., reporting a freezing of emigrants in tho C'hilowotli mountains says tho story was that tho emigrant train consisted of six wagons and thirty-three people and had met with snow blockado early yestorday morning on the Chilowetfi mountains. The latter part of lastweok that num ber of well-to-do farmers and^lheir families, who havo been residing in Cherokee county, X. C., decidcd to go West. They disposed of all their land ed possessions and household goods they had and started 011 their journey westward. ' Everything progressed pleasantly until lat'o in the afternoon it commenced snowing mid the wind blow at-a terrible rate. Tho men, women and children with tho exception of a fanner named Gcorgo Akers, who was somewhat intoxicated, went into camp. Akers persisted in going through tho storm and said lie would not stop until ho reached tho mountain top. Monday morning when they started toward Knoxvillo they traced Akers and his wagon a few miles and then lost all track of him. Tho supposition is that the foolhardy farmer and his family either lost their \vay and rolled into the river or fell into soma deep ravino and wero frozen to death, or at least covered up with snow. A MOD OF MASKED WOMEN* Itald aDiirbputahln l!ounonn<l Mercilessly Whip the Inmates. New Bremen, 0., Nov. 24?There is great excitement at Cold ."Water, Mercer county, over a raid made Sunday night by masked women on a disreputable house at that place. Four women had taken up their abode in a frame dwell ing in the outskirts of the place. Tho house was just outside the corporation limits and no more arrests wcro made. About 0 o'clock Sunday about forty women, masked, surrounded the houso and battered in the doors.. Seven men in tho place made a dash and escaped, but tho four women were terribly beaten with switches 011 their baro backs, the blood running in streams. One was not only whipped, but was af terward taken to a small stream near by and ducked 111 tho freezing water uiitil almost dead. Tho four women were then jjiven twenty minutes to get out of sigtit. -After that the women literally toro down tho house, smash ing the furniture to kindling. *Tho 1110b was composed of the best ladies o? the town. Kfs'nlt of a Family llou*. Milwaukee, Nov. 24.?Wm. Koisk was shot and killed yesterday by his father-in-law, August Kaelpin. Tho son-in-law and father-in-law indulged in a quarrel, and Kaisk determined to move his family and what belonged to him from the house. With this object in view ho came to the city and en gaged an express man?Kaisk return ing with him. The men began remov ing the furniture. Tho father-in-law catno out and interfered. Kaisk, and it is said tho two men, joined in an as sault 011 Kaelpin. : The son-in-law dealt the old man a blow 011 the top of tho head with a hammer. Kaelpin ran into the house and roturned with a double-barreled shot gun. _ Ho dis charged the weapon at Kaisk, tho charge tearing away the left side of his face. Death was instantaneous. Kael pin was arrested. Murdered His titep-mollior. St. Louis, Nov. 24.?Charles R. Clarke was arrested in East St. Louis last evuningchargin;; him with murder ing his stop-mother, Mrs. T. C. Clarke, in Edwardsville, April 15 hist. Tho night of April 13, two burglars entered the house of Mr. and .Mrs. Clarke. Tho latter was awakened and jjavo the alarm, but was shot twice l?y tho burglars and died within a few hours. The burglars inado a hurried departure without se curing any booty. Clarke protests his innocence. Proslduut's Visitors. """ Washington, D. C., Nov. 24.?A com mittee of tho American Federation of Labor, headed by Mr. Samuel Gompera, of New York, had an interview with the President today on the labor ques tion. Governor-elect Mclvinley mado a call on the President today and sub sequently visited Secretary Blaine. Wenthor ForucniU for To-day. For Western !V'nu>ylv.i:ii:i. continual cold west .wind* inid* I;ilr Wclii'-diiyj exeetit Hurries: of muiw on.ilie Jake i-horo, fmrThursoiu*. For Ohio, continued cold wvit winds mid fair weather, c.\'i:p(>i Hurries of snow on lake and hi extreme northwcMVorilon, slightly warmer, fair Thurrdfiv. For Wot Virginia, slljrhlly wnrmir. southwest winds find fair weather, fair Thursday. TCJtrcR.vrcR'j Yr>Tn::?.vv. m Mmlslu-.t by 0. .Scasr.vr, dvr.jjl?*, Opsr* llouw comur: