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Kentuckians Settle an Old Feud in a Terrible Manner in the Capital City. TROUBLE BEGAN DURING SPANISH WAR. unit( U<in Kill* I.lrul, Tto ll>lnmier* Also Mrl llrnlli anil Other* Are AVotimletl— ihr T run i'll > Take* I’lnef In I riMiilcil llnli'l l.olili>. Frankfort. Ky„ Jan. 17.—A hundred net .in. in i In - lobby of the t apitol ]i, ti-i 'I iii mI.-u .afternoon saw a ‘ln l '! I. tin' death between Col. David G. Col-.11l and I.icnl. lit hidbiTt Srott. I Ik* dncli-iv dodged about among the j, i, irii kin throng trying b> yet jj, nL ., nf riuli other, firinfr at every . ' v i,;i,:l\ wounded. two bystander* v • n -lam by stray bullet-, two other l.oncomhatants were wounded mid a ti>i cut I. man -nfTered a fractured I ' 't n tin- ri-nit of i eolli-ion with I.lent. Scott when the latter fell lifeless down 1 ft, -(net st airvv iv of the hotel, I'ol- J, i.e a !i-l of the dead; 1.,. ~t i;th• hrit Peoit. Pulaakl county, c, i r if > .in ytoi k trader and politi cian 1 I,mi,, r W 11. maree. r.M-lntant posimas- I , i.. ■ ; Hhelby county Tin injured: r,i I>a vld < > 1 "olson. i',),' in- It Holden, Knox county. 11 an y Mi Kvv an. Louisville, ii ii lud| tti, traveling man, Michigan City. Jnd 1..,1.1,11 I,IUeI> In Hie. 111.- wound- of (apt. flolden are thought to he fatal, lie was alive at h late hour. Itedpath was the man win. was struek down in the stairway by the reeling body of Lieut. Seotl, Fifteen -hots in all went home out of a).i, nt ..'li fired. Seotl had a bullet in temple, one in throat, two in longs, two in hack; Dcinarrcc, two in heart: Julian bullet In calf of right leg; Cap* HoMeii. two bullets in 'pine; ( olson, bullet Splintered left arm from wri t In elbow and bullet' lore hi- eulTs and ri,-.we to hreds; McKwiin, one bullet Ui left foot. Il.'illl of ii ■■ \rin > I'eiill. 'I he (Tair grew out of a<l i nil'll 11 y ill a >■..f• at Nuni-tou. \la., he)ween es ( (,nt;ri man David <l. (olson and Milled.(it Seotl, hot h of whom were a that time in the volunteer armv 'I ue e .-ii on that occasion drew revolv cl ;iiei < olson. who was colonel of 11 Fourth Kentucky regiment, vsas shot by Stott a lieutenant, in that com mand, ( olson and Scott did not meet i'r ai i until Tuesday . I (i I< ii I III* \uuminr, N n • \ #*\\ it in**- to tlii* afTrav .1. that Scott and 1 ipl. (iolden were go Jug into the re lauraut in the base ment of tie' hotel when (olson ealre vi11 to them, lie made some remark to Scott .md there was an interchange of som | idly sharp language, and both men began to tire at each other. Hidden turned away from them and v\ 1 tie 111 -t uia 11 -hut. I Mile p V rp'*t. (. 11 .11 urn tolered to Ihe city an lle.ii , i", minutes after the shoot iiij. Ind now ill jail, lie is one of tie 1 prominent republicans in hentii-ky. lie has served two terms *ll 1 1111 e 1 e leaving his eat to par jieip.iii in the Spanish American war. Pc.,! 1 w,i- a nephew of i \ tiov. Itradh'V and lood hit'll in social i itch- I ten lli (it lien. Sharpe. \.w yolk. .lan. 1.1. (it'll, George 111 111 v .-diai'pe of King- toll, M. 1 .died Satuiu .y 11 this, city of shock following tin opiiutim . aped .years. He was hut. tiid major getierill for distin puelei services during the civil war Hi wa pit sint as a member of (on Ii 1 ant - slalT when (on. Let- sum u <|i nll at A ppoluul I ox. and it was in his custody that the army of Virginia and (jen 111 w ere pa ruled. Will I lull! for I heir llluht*. 1.1 v ill. , K v.. dan. 17. The re,mb In an-, under the leader-hip of tioV T 1 \ l<>l mil Lieut tiov. Mar hall, detei 1 iiu ,11 i eon ft-reiice 11 the <ia It in i*i-e to tight foi the olti they vv < re el. , te,, to and for which they hold ’lie 11 11 t'n ~ 11" lie. si and ha been Ia Imli irnwoeably . lon r of I li,- Wo r 1,1 11, i- ton. In . IT. lie. Dr. Ifa tie is 1!, (lal I, t ■ ill in 1,-■ and pie idee I ,> f | fie I ■ iied x. i’ll ty of I hrt Han Kndeav.n, left (tie tun, aeeompßnied by his wile, )mi 1. 11 1 idml,io 11 a ry tour of tin- | world < h Jai nary I they will leave t. I i i,a iii for the orient Mm> S|,IH 111,. I 111 !■ Ire \a i mi, Jan. 1 5 Hiiiperm Frail' J, ef deehile- Ihille lll imi soldiers must II . the (ierilian word for “here" "I il ii ■vve I 1 lig 1011, lln det i on armi a . ( /, < .. i ppo ilinn again-t th< i inprinr a lid la iv >pi I the empire I I 4 I *llilll’ II I > 1; ix, < ,Hin., Jan. I ,1 ndpe Janie - Pin Ip died suddenly ul In home heie, a;-, il f y eat lb mii, and in Ihe I oi l v fifth, l oriy sixth and Forty seventh I pK..M-s. seegs lloit, 11 ii in i, u,. m . Spouney. I, dan. In .1 Wood So, lh. a iravil i.p man. ha- - ued the low i of Sipoio 10 y fill $15.",, for in- Jill I, - peeei \ed ftoln a defective side walk. lien lli of Soil Ilf (,ll r I lot lit 1. line, dan. 15 \ do pa (eh from P.oh igl.ern on tin Kiviera. all non need the ii i.th of Maiilio (iiirihaldi, a oi o! the hit, (ien. (ill ri haldi. Mi, t, > 1,1 eii I.nsl. St. John’s, N. F., Jan. Id An un- J, II teamer lias 111 ell Wieekeii ii t , .i ‘- bay and 7u live* have prob ably ia en lost. BLEW OUT THE GAS. Two Vo 11 iik German* A■ |>l■ > vlnteil In a Sew Vurk Hotel—Until of Thrill .Are llend. New York. Jan. 15. - Two young min, John Woessner and George Leh man, fierrnan farmers from Ackley, la., on their way back to their for met homes in Germany for a visit, put up at the*"True Itlue,” a Second ave nue hotel, on Saturday night. One if them blew out the gas and Woess m r's dead body was found Sunday. Lehman was taken to a hospital, where he died Sunday night. In Woessner’* I,cki ts were found several hundred dollars. SENT TO THE PRINTER. I’ll 11 Ipplne <oninillon tin* ( oniplet e.l ll* lie port mill First Volume A\ 111 Soon He Heady, Washington, Jan. 17.—The Philip pine commission has completed its re pot) and dispatched it to tha public printer, and there is every reason to believe that the first volume, tit least, can h. laid before congress within a week, because of the pendency of the Philippine t|iiest!on just, now before congress it is regarded as, desirable by the commission that this material be submitted at the earliest jtossiblc moment. (till) (ne of the Hi ml. Vi vv York, Jan. 17. William A. Krttr b-h. a Min of the former democratic vice | iesidi ntial candidate from In diana end a captain of volunteers in the war with Spa in, has returned to the treasury a check for $1,172 sent hiui tor pay for his army services', v ith the statement that he would not accept pay for service to his country in time of danger. It is the only ease of ti e kind in the Spanish war. In d*r \\ i 1 1* r. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 13.—A down pout of rain for three days, together with a prevailing ehinook rain, is melting the snow and has suddenly flooded several western Washington valleys and a great portion of Latah ( (nutty. Idaho. Hundreds of farms in Puyallup, Stuck and White river val- Icv are under water and the moun tain treams are raging torrents. Victim of fllood I'olnonlntt . J.ii ( rosse, W in., .lan. Id. Prof, (ieorge I*. I’erry died Mnndiiy evening df lilouil poisoning. the result of a ix.il which Marled sis weeks ago on (lie left hand, 't was repeatedly op erated on, hut gave >•** relief. He was principal of one of the district -ehools i real and prom it in edu lational circles. Me was horn .*<o yea's ago in liii lunond, \ a. ■ Irlllsli Kiirrnl to Uelire. London, Jan. 17. The war office has tr'iven out no further advices from South Africa. ITe- dispatches are se verely censored or not forwiuded. There are rumors of haltle in the vi eln.lv of Ladysmith. Asa result of the homhardmcnl of Mafeking the Mril i h fort at laistvvood was demolished and the Mi ll ish r* t ired. ( .inv 1,-ted of Murder, lay lorv i lie, 111.. Jan. 17. Fred Sih iey has heen found guilty of complici ty in the murder of Mi. June Mrunot mar I’lina, 111., and his punishment lived at imprisonment for life. Henry t' iit not. his aeeoiupliee. pleaded gtlilty two weeks ago and received a life sen leuee The murdered woman mm Hen ry Mi unot's aunt. Iteeleeled Senator. lies Moines, la., Jan. 17. l.'nited Slat. Senator .lames 11. Lear was for u. ai 1V elected ill the legislat lire Tues day lo succeed himself in the United slat, senate, The house vote stood 7 .lit) the senate 1 for dear, while Fred While (democrat) received II votes in lhe senate and Is in the house. I'len for s,i|.|iorl. Washington, Jan. Id. The feature of tin- thirteenth annual report of the inteistate eiiinnieree commission is a I rung plea tlint congress uphold the hands of the commission by amend mi nis making the interstate commerce law linn e i iTeet ive. 4 oil \ <*ll (101 l |*on t imiinl. ( hie.igo, Jan. 15. The I'epllhlicail late emiiinillee met at the (ireat Northern headquarters and voted to postpom the dale of the state conven tion 1 1 mu \ pril 111 to May *in deference to the reqnii etnents of the primary law. In n Hint I'llu 11. Iliii eehma, Jan. IT The Spanish Iran' \tlantie steamer l.eo XIII. his arrived here from the Philippines with former Spanish prisoners and their lam In \ majority of them arc in a la men Ia hie plight. I riiui'il) to ii limit.. ( . himhns, (1 ... Jan. IT. (‘apt. .1 W. Murphy, insider of the Third nation'll hank oi Ibis place, -hot and killed the teller. I I v hii I /e. and then killed Inn • If. s ( nn after the bank opened. \|i |io iiil f il \ iml I(o r, Washington, Jan. 15. Walter ii. Coleman, penei.il agent of the Florida 1 all il railroad, ha- been appointed iin 1 1 1 <it for the Philippine archipelago and i land of l inam. I'.iiiiml Iti'inl. Pel in, HI.. .Inn. 15. Jo eph 1!. Ir win. ape,l fd, editor and manage! of ■ the Daily I.veiling Post, was found ' and iii bed, Heart failure was the In lul ilnnrrel. Pi in tiap. Ky Jan. h.‘. Ta/.e Hall, If. cry l eap, Henry Sutherland and Henry < implied were killed here in quartet i vet a game of cards. I.nni|i Its |>l„lel, l.mii vilh, lu , Jan. Id. Mrs. Mary I heohoui. aped ss, and her dauguter | l.ueinda, apial •*•, were burned to I death by u lamp explosion. it nn i m. American Soldiers Are Driving the Filipinos in All Directions South of Manila. GEN. OTIS REPORTS TO WAR DEPARTMENT Uuuunm (lie (.'apt ore of Several Town# nml a I.urgo .lumber of Primmer*—lll uf t nvlte Provlfciee I* ><uv Oeeupled b > ’('roup* I Oder Urn. Wheaton, Washington, Jan. 1.3. Ben. Otis has made a report to the wardepartment in regard to the military operations in Luzon, south of Manila, showing the capture of several towns and u large number of prisoners with arms and ammunition. The message is as fol low s; ‘ Manila, Jan. 12 Continued operations Bales' comma mi South Manila; Thirty seventh and Thirty-ninth regiments, Ca latnha, commanded by Bullard. On Janu ary 1 Bullard, with two battalions Thirty ninth, attacked force Insurgents in vicin ity driving enemy, capturing town of t'ahayuo, following day Blnan, enemy s loss 3 killed, large number wounded. 20 prisoner!) and rifles captured, casualties three men slightly wounded. "January 3, Boyd, three companies Thir ty-seventh, captured Ben. itizal, official papers and property three miles east of Los Banos; January 4, Long, detachment Thirty-ninth, attacked Insurgents at Car mona, 25 killed, no casualties: January 9. Bullard, with portions Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth regiments, attacked ene my South I'alamba. whom lie drove be yond Santo Tomas, killing 24. capturing artillery, casualties one private killid; (’apt. Bake r and Lieut, i'elita. Thirty-ninth, s.lghtly wounded; January 11, Cheatham, Thirty-seventh, 106 men, supported by ar tillery attacked insurgents two miles west Santo Tomas driving them from that sec tion, t o casualties; Sehwan’s column con luadro Foui h ont ol Kiev eavairy. Thirtieth, Forty-sixth infantry, ind six Nordenl dl gu - inder Capl Van lausen. seized Blnan Silang, Indang Xale, scattering enemy, who were severe ly punished. Wheaton's column three troops Eleventh cavalry. Fourth, Twen ty-eighth. Thirty-eighth and Forty-fifth regiments, Astor and Henley's batteries, hav■ driven enemy from all Important points north of Slland line; had heavy lighting, captured considerable public property inflicting heavy loss upon anti scattering enemy; Schwarts column now moving in northern Batangas in southerly iirection .v 1 Cavitt pi vlnct occupied by Wheaton's command, heavy loss to ■ runty during week In men, ordnance and other property, all operations very success ful. OTIS." Sharp I'lgltl in Cebu. Manila, Jan. 15. Advices from Cebu report a sharp fight on January 8 be tween a battalion of the Nineteenth infantry and it body of insurgents oc cupying it strong |Misition in the Sud leon mountains. I lie enemy was routed, the Americans capturing a smooth-bore cannon, some titles and destroying the fortifications. Four Americans were wounded. \ n oilier Washington, Jan. 10. The wank partment Monthly received the follow ing report from Gen. Otis: .Manila, Jan ]5 8010 nun ni.d armed In surgents. rubbers from Eeamhebs moun tains, attacked two companies, Twenly (lfth infantry, o’Nell commanding, at iha. January lirlvi n and pursin and with loss to them of 50 mi n: no cusuaitii s; Bchwan't troops iast and south Santo Tomas, Ba tanzas; yesterday t'iuatam's battalion Thirty-seventh struck > nemy east of Santa Tomas on San i’ablo road, enemy lift Itv< lb id on held, cavalry soon appt wring, pur sued force eastward: no -sport, of result. i'lu .lit tin's casualll's. one woutub and; An ! • rson. Thirty-eighth, in route to I.lpa yes terday, struck insurgents few ml'is south Santo Tomas, drove them through Llpa lo IP- it... ■ m3 o 20 li ud . i woun ; and, tw Spanish prisom is, $20,000; Sehwiin , crated about 2t 1 Si anlsh pt nuw in roufi to Manila. Anderson* eas uultles yesterday one man killed, two w ounili and, Win a ton’s force activt ly op ■ rating In vn stern • avlle and Jlalanga provinces, all Important towns and ei n slant patrolling; great many Filipinos - turning to homes, believed to be insurgent Ji si rlers. OTIS." Naval Vetermi I’asnes tivay. Washington, Jan. 15. Lieut. Samuei luwtird, I'. S. X., the pilot and last of *l ~fl ewof Erit oi Mi it or" cl tiring her me morn hie engagement with rate ironelud "Men i intie." died here Sunday from concus sion of tin Drain, tin result of a full. He was Tit years of age, and for more than 50 years had traversed the seas. 4.ni||> of Dmilili* Mnnlt r. Cal bomlale, 111.. .lan. 15. Tim trial of Davie, charged with Hit- killing of his wife and a 16-year-old girl who .veil" encamped on the edge of Mur- I h.vsharo in a tent, cntne to u close i Saturday. the Jury rendering a verdict I of guilty and lixiAtg the penalty at 15 years in the penitentiary. Davie is a voting man, Hi) years of age. I,eft Kaliite Worth Millions. Chicago, .lan. Kl. Tlie will of the late I-;, .1. Lehmann, originator of the de ojirtmi nt store system in lids country, j was tiled for probate Friday. lie left : an estate valued at $6,(176,000. The will was made several years ago. It is he- i iieved the estate if now worth $lO,- i W.OOO, If ii (<■ • I in*rnim*il. New York. Jan. 1(1. The train atiantie steamship lines have inerea-ed their pusM-nger rates between New York and Knrope owing to the heavy travel that is expected to the Puns ex position. Vi’iini llsnitsil. Phlludelpliia, Jan. 12. Hubert Drown, a negro, was hanged in Moya met sing prison for the murder of his wife. P.row n’s crime was particularly hrnlal and savage. Itenlli of a IVat 1 Ja ' ■ lit. Ii Joseph Uudemneher, bishop of the liomati * atholie diocese of port Wavt.e, died Friday after an illness of a year’s duration. In n (on I niiil rluMMj. Washington. Jan. IT. . The Lawton fund chisi <1 with a total <>f s'.)n. , .iot), which will be turned over to Mrs. Lavv tun mi her arrival from Manila. MIN Oil NEWS ITEMS. For (lie Week landing Jan, 17. Burglars :-liot ami killed X. K Boss, the leading merchant of Edinburg, O. The customs receipts in Havana, Cu ba. in December amounted to $1 - 108,1.30. \V. \V. Ogilvic, the millionaire mil ler of Canada, fell dead on the street in Montreal. King Alexander dismissed the Ser vian cabinet on its refusal to grant amnesty to radicals. Julia McNair Henry, widow of (ion. Buy V. Henry, has been granted a pension of $.30 a month. Know is general in the northwestern part of Wisconsin, and will prove of great benefit to loggers. Secretary Root has taken steps f o institute at once sweeping reforms in the judicial system in Cuba. Twenty blocks of houses in the Chi nese quarter of Honolulu were burned to chick tlie bubonic plague. The Delaware, Lackawanna & West ern railway is equipping 16 locomo tives with electric headlights. Anderson Clause (colored) was lynched In a mob near Henning. Tenn., for aiding two murderers to escape. Three hoys, Richard French, Thom as O H/len and Charles Pnehow. were i n,wind in a pond in Louisville, Kv. The third annual convention of the National Livestock Association of the Cnited State- began in Fort Worth, Tex. Miss Orphn Sheets was arrested at Breen Spring, <).. on the charge of poi soning Claude Tuttle, her betrothed husband. Mr Elizabeth .1. French, M. IL.nged TO years, renowned as a physician and tempo;anee lecturer, died at her horn’ in Hoston. Robert M. MeWnde, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed consul for the Cnited States at Canton, to succeed Edwin S. Hedloe. The transport McClellan left San tiago for New York with the remains of 75 soldiers who died last spring from yellow fever. Jacob Slmdi'i murdered his wife and (hen killed himself at their home rear Knoxville, Tenn. Domestic trou ble was the cause. Thomas Eggleston, who planned and founded the school of mines of Columbia university, died in New York, aged (W years. Eighteen states wore represented at the opening session in Indianapolis of the national meeting of the I'nitel Mine Workers of America. Vn ordinance introduced in the Chi cago citv council offers a reward of s2ol' tor the killing of any highway man or housebreaker who is detected in the act. Mystery Cleared T|>. Lansing, la., Jan. IT. The mystery whicn lias surrounded the disappear ance of Edward Riser for a week past has been cleared up by finding his body iu the river in front of town. He w :,s last seen skating and evidently skated into an airhole. Ho was aged. MO years and one of tlie most exten sive farmers in tills part of the state. I'iiior Mc*firfifciinn Houle. Washington, Jan. IT. The senate committee on inter-oceanic canals Tuesday agreed unanimously to report a hill for the const ruction of the Nica raguan canal. The lull is the same as that reported favorably in the house l,v the committee on interstate and for eign commerce with a few verbal amendments, Kensn t laiin I ,1 on rim I ism. Albany, N. Y., Jan. IT. The prin cipal address before the State liar as sociation at its meeting here was by .lust ice Brown, of the Cnited States supreme court, upon “The Liberty of tlie Press," in which he severely de nounced what he termed sensational journalism. l.ravi'K on Winter Cruise. Philadelphia, Jan. IT. The famous oli I battle-scarred frigate Saratoga, now the selioolship <>f the Pennsylvania nautical school, Tuesday, left here on her annual winter cruise in the West Indies. Seventy boys, of whom 25 are new recruits, will make the voyage. \ (iPiiproiiH I■ Ift, New York, Jan. IT. Miss Helen Gould has contributed $50,000 to aid in the building of I lie new home for the naval brunch d' the Young Men’s Christian association in Brooklyn, a work that is I,,dug undertaken by the international committee o p that association. Ilnrnrd ti> l)*(ith. Manchester, N. 11., Jan. 15.—A. Blanchard, aged 05, his wife, aged 4H, , |,(| a hoarder named William Money, ~*r c d SH. were burned to death in their home in Merrimac, Saturday night, the cause of the fire is unknown. W heeler tins Kcmluiii-iI. Florence, Via,. Jan. IT. (ien. Joseph Wheelct writes to a friend here under date of December 2 that he will leave Manila in a few days for the Baited States and that lie has resigned Ids position in the army. Svve|i I li> l•'lre. Seattle. Wash.. Jan. IT. The steam ei Danube, at Victoria, from Skagnay, tilings news that a large part of the business portion of Dawson lias been wiped out by fire. The loss will exceed half a million dollars. Will Visit Kneniniunenl. Jacksonville. 111., Jan. IT. A dis patch ii<.m Ha ! ngton say that Vd inTal Dewey hits consented I , visit the grand army encampment here on May 2 or 3. Til,. Ii eit I nek > I imlMt. Krai kfort. Ky., Jan. 16 The con tests for governor and lieutenant gov ernor of Kentucky were opened be f, re tin joint legislative committee ycfU relay. K NAM HiSS. The Work Being Done by Our Law- Makers at Fifty-Sixth Ses sion in Washington. SUMMARY OF THE DAILY PROCEEDINGS In (be Sennle Tribute* \re I’nid lo the Memory of Vice President Hobart noil I lie Philippine tiueallon Is l>ls ensseil lmiiorliint Hills Intro duced In the House. Washington, Jan. 11. —The time was occupied in the senate yesterday in paying tributes to the memory of (he late Vice President Hobart. Address es were delivered by Senators Sewell and Keane (N.J.). Daniel (Va.), Depew (X. Y.), Cockrell (Mo.), Cullom (111.), Davis (Minn.), Morgan (Ala.). Chan dler (X. ID. Lodge (Mass.), Caffery (La.), and Allen (Neb.). Washington. Jan. 12. The senate yesterday listened to a debate on tlie Philippine question between Senator Lodge and Senator Pettigrew, the former urging full publicity on all matters connected with the issue and the latter bitterly attacking the ad ministration. Senator Stewart spoke in opposition to the currency reform bill. Bills were passed conferring ad ditional authority upon the director of tb(> census and increasing to $2,500,- 000 the limit of cost of the new Indi anapolis public building. Senator Spooner introduced a bill providing that the government of the Philip pines shall be vested in such person or pi rsons as the president may direct until congress shall direct how the is land shall be governed. Adjourned to the 15th. Washington, Jan. 16.—Most of the time the senate yesterday was spent in debate on various Philippine n solutions. Senator Pettigrew (S. D.) vigorously attacked the administra tion and Senator Wolcott (Col.) re plied. scoring the Dakota senator. C onsideration of the financial bill was then resumed. Washington. Jan. IT. —A petition was presented in the senate yesterday to stop lynching. A resolution by Sen ator Pettigrew calling upon the presi de).t for the instructions given the Philippine peace commission was tabled. In executive session the Sa moan treaty was ratified. lii the llotine. Washington. Jan. 11. —In tlio house yesterday hills were introduced to re peal the stamp tax sections of the war revenue aelj to license corporations, taxing them at the rate of one percent, per annum on stocks and bonds when they amount to $1,000,000 or less, and by a sliding scale to ten per cent, on $500,000,000 or more; for an appropri ation of SIOO,OOO for a government post office building in Sterling, 111. Washington. Jan. 12. The house was not iu session yesterday. Washington, Jan. 13. In the house yesterday bills were introduced pro viding for the appointment of a com mission to regulate trusts, and to pre vent hazing at military academies. The committee on interstate and for eign commerce ordered a favorable r ■- port upon the bill for the construc tion of the Nicaragua canal. Ad journed to Monday. Washington, Jan. 16.—'The urgent deficiency bill ($56,127,841) was report ed to the house yesterday. Hills were inf rod need to prevent adulteration of food and drugs: for the summary dis missal of any cadet of the military academy who engages in hazing. Dis trict of Columbia business was con sidered. Washington. Jan. 17. ln the house yesterday the urgent deficiency bill was discussed, the item appropriating $150,000 for free rural mail delivery be ing the principal feature. Historic Uridine I nsnfe. Zanesville, ()., Jan. 17.—The historic “V” bridge at the junction of the Muskingum and Licking rivers in tnis city has been closed to traffic in con seqnenei of a report of expert engi neers that it is liable to fall of its own weight at any moment. It has been in use for OS years. Weils nn American fiirl. Lomh Jan. IT. —Capt. Hon. C. J. Coventry, second son of the earl of Coventry, and formerly one of Dr. Jameson's raiders, was married at St. I’eter's church, Eaton square, to Miss Idly Whitehonse. of Newport, It. I. There was a fashionable attendance. I.nek W ns with Him, New York, Jan. 13.—'“Kid” McCoy got the decision over Joe (’hoynski in a bout which lasted three rounds at the Hroadway Athletic club last night. ( hoynski would have had the tight in the second round were it not for an accident as to timekeeping. 11 nii is <‘<l. Pittsburgh, Pu„ Jan. IT. William Newman, a negro, was hanged in the yard of ilie county courthouse at 10:31) o’clock. Death resulted from str fil iation. The crime for which he was hanged was the murder of Ids mistress, Alice Warner, alias Van Horn. >|| 111 I* M I Ilf iNMIIf N. Wellington. Jan. 15. Senator M. A. Hanna, as chairman of the nation'll republican committee, says the fore most issues in the campaign will be ptosperify of the working people of the country and retention of the Phil ippines. Kllleil ky h I'renelier. Middleboro. Ky.. Jan. 13.- In n fit of jealonsv Kev. Mr. Hall, at Hindman, shot and killed Mrs. Lucinda Isaacs because she would not. marry him. Mrs. Isaacs was a sister of Kev. Mr. Hall’s wife, who died some time ago. EDITORS SHOT. p, ti. Bon HU and H. H. Tamiuti, cf the Denver I’ont, llanKorously Wounded by an Attorney. Denver, Col.. -Tan. 15.--F. 0. Eonfili and H. H. Tammen, editors and propri etors of the Even!:* Cost, were on Sat urday dangerously wounded in an en counter with W. VV. Anderson, an at torney, BonHls, who made a fortune id a Kansas City lottery, was twice shot and may die. Tammen was also twice shot, but probably will recover. An derson is in jail. The trouble took place at noon, when Anderson was sum moned to the office of the Post to ex plain why he had declared to a prisoner at the penitentiary that he was patt owner of the Post, and as such was au thorized to negotiate fora pardon. SAFE BLOWN OPEN. Bobber* Seen re n l-nrate Sum from a Hunk I iik Institution In Oiinm Mil l . Ind. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 13. Robbers blew up the safe and vault in the bank ing house of McGinnis, f leel A’ Cos., at Owensville, this county, and secured $15,000, the total currency in the bank. The money was placed on a handcar on the Mount Vernon branch of the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad and run to Poseyville, 12 miles southeast. Here the handcar was left and the money removed to a vehicle. The rob bers then made their way overland to the Wabash river, crossing on the Illi nois side. Well-Known lowan Dead. Do- Moines, la., Jan. 15.- .1. X. Camp died at his home here Sunday, aged 0.1 years. He was appointed by President Lincoln consul to Kingston, Jamaica, in 1861, where he was connected with important questions during the war; was 'appointed collector of internal revenue at Galveston, Tex., in 1870, and in 1882 he was supervisor general of customs in Texas. From 1890 to 1893 he was editorial writer on the lowa Homestead in this city, and for two years later was editor of the lies Moines Daily News. Denounced Mob Violence* Jackson. Miss., Jan. 17.—Five thou sand visitors assembled here to witness the inauguration of Gov. Longino and the new state officers. In his inaugural Gov. Longino denounced mob violence as a detriment to prosperity and state hood. and advised the legislature to pass a law giving to the family of any per son who may be lynched the right to re cover a heavy fixed sum of damagt s against the county wherein the lynch ing occurs. Amo r lon it Mule Must He \ ncelnnted. New Orleans. Jan. 17. —The Amer ican mule must be vaccinated before he can be enlisted in the British army service in South Africa in the future. The admiralty has passed upon hi* case and the decree is final. Seventy five or a hundred, possibly more, of the mules died of glanders or a kin dred disease after they were landed on African soil. ■ Mol Suddenly Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17. —Jay 15. Bur* rows, one of the principal organizers of the Farmers’ alliance and the pop ulist party in Nebraska, died suddenly at his home in this city from lumbago. He was 07 years of age, a native of New York, and had lived in Nebraska since 1880. To Keep Out tin* I’lnttue. Washington, Jan. 17. Secretary Gage has approved a set of regulations prepared under the supervision of Sur geon General Wyman, of the marine hospital service, for the prevention of (he introduction of the bubonic plague into the United States and its depend encies. ('illicit lii Arum. London, Jan. 16.- A dispatch re ceived here says that Gen.-Warren has crossed the Tugela and occupied a strong position north of the river. President Kruger has issued a procla mation calling upon all burghers to take up arms and march to the front. Kitleil Willie at Mil ns. St. Petersburg, Jan. 17. —A church collapsed during the celebration of a mass in Maloouscne township, Sumara district. Nineteen persons were killed and 68 were wounded. THE MARKETS. New York, Jan. 17. LIVE STOCK—Steers J 4 SO 5 60 11 Sheep 300 # 4 76 FLOl'R—Winter Straights.. 3 35 (a 345 Minnesota Patents 3 75 4 00 WHEAT—No. 2 It .1 72'y.i 71% May 73 (n 73% COKN—No. 2 40%-a 41U May 39% OATS—No. 2 W'iU 29% BUTTER— Creamery 2o (ft -•< Factory IJ & 22 CHEESE 11*4® 16 EOOS —Western 14 <g/ 20 CHICAGO. CATTLE— Fancy Beev. 5.... $6 30 <& 660 Texas 4 35 it 5 .VI Stockers 2 Ha Cy 4 00 Feeders 4 10 m 4 75 Bulls 2 70 'ii 4 40 HOGS Light 4 10 r„ | 57% Bough Bucking 4 10 a 1 57% SHEEP 3SO 'i I 8a BUTTER Creameries 20 it 25 Dairies 18 4i 22 EGOS H 'a 17 POTATOES—(per bu.) 41 7i ;7 PORK Me.v lo rr. all 12% LABI) M*i- o7%'a ci, BIBS M If 5 82%'a 5 5.% GRAlN—Wheat. May H5 T vb t:o% Corn, Mey 33%'a ILAi oats. May rib-ta 2(% By. Nh " %'a 5a% Barley, Malting 78 (0 15 MILWABK EE. GRAlN—Wheat. No. 1 Nor’O I 64 'a 65 Oats. No 2 Whin 25’, it Sye. No. 1 56 Barley, No. 2 45 'g 46 KANSAS CITY. GRAlN—Wheat, May $ 62 -a 62% Corn, May ;io 50% oat. No. 2 White 24%'a 24% Rye. No. 2 50 a 50L ST. LOUIS. CATTLE— Natlvi Steers $3 65 a 6 .V) Texas Steers 3 35 '<'( 4 65 HOGS -Packers' 4 5o it 4 65 Butchers' 4 65 fa t 7.1 SHEEP Natlv< Mul’ ais, , 4 5a 5OO OM MIA CATTLE Natlvi SMrs ,14 25 r,i 590 Cows and lb If. r;s 3 25 fa 4 40 Snx ki t sand Feeders 360 it- 4 Ni lb l IS Mix. and 4 ,-,a ((/ 4 52% SHEEP—Western Muttons.. 4 20 (U 4 65