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The Leader.
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At the 1*11 In New York, where each
of the (meats represented a vegetable.
It is said that when the onion, the leek,
the pepper and the horseradish found
themselves vis-a-vis iu a quadrille, and
gravely saluted, there was not a dry
eye in the ballroom.
OomrUlMUIAt, I.kk has not thought
of abandoning his dangerous post at
Havana. Bluff old Fitzhugh doesn't
allow even such things as mob violence
and warship explosions to make him
homesick in a crisis. He is the right
man in the right place.
Phoknix. Auir... is said to be the clean
est city in the world. She lias splendid i
streets, with asphalt sidewalks. No
one is permitted to spit upon them un
der a penalty of 8.V The city attorney
was the first person subjected to the
fine, and, to his credit, paid up and
promised to do so no more.
That astute old statesman, Horn
Paul, the Itoer president, is reported to
h»ee said to a relative who applied for
office: “I ain sorrv 1 cun do nothing.
The high offices of state are in good
hand*, and for the little clerkships you
are too stupid." President Kruger is
becoming noted for incisive remarks.
“It's Just this way.” said the young
lady, discussing the De Lome incident.
“Of course you know that people talk
alsait vou behind your hack, but you
needn't pay any attention to it unless it
comes out in such a way that every
body knows you know about it. and
then you are obliged to be offended."
President MoKim.ey said in his ad
dress at Philadelphia, on Washington's
birthday: “From the day our flag was
unfurled to the present hour no stain
of a just obligation violated has yet
tarnished the American name.” It is a
proud fact to recall a century after the
retirement of Washington from public
life.
The Massachusetts sheriffs are ask
ing that all executions shall take place
in one prison. They are supported
strongly by the prison commissioners,
who point to the demoralization of
prisoners in county jails where execu
tions take place. The commissioners
consider the electric method more satis
factory than the rope.
The death of Miss Frances Willard
will be regretted by the world at large,
while her place in the ranks of the W.
C. T. U. will indeed be difficult to fill.
Her whole life was devoted to the wel
fare of the human race, and that the
vital interests of the whole people were
advanced through her having lived
goes without questioning.
It is understood that the first step
taken by this government in the event
of war with Spain will be the seizure
and occupation of Cuba, and that the
United States regular army and the
national guard of every state in the
Union are under orders to be in instant
readiness for mobilization at Key West
as an army of occupation.
The poise and dignity of the presi
dent and the other prominent officials
of the administration during the ex
citing times which have passed since
the Maine disaster have called out trib
utes from the thinking men of all par
ties in this country, and have won the
respect of all European nations. Such
a strain as that to which the heads of
the government have been exposed sel
dom comes to any officials in any coun
try.
One of the fantastic forms that Span
ish ideas of honor takes is the notion
that a war with u people many times
as numerous us themselves, and in
finitely more resourceful, will quiet the
demands of honor in submitting to the
loss of Cuba. The supposition is that
striking a series of vengeful blows at a
much larger nation will shed some
glory on the Spanish nationality even
in defeat.
If it should become necessary for the
United States to declare war on Spain
or to accept the gage thrown down by
that nation, the administration will
not be embarrassed because of a lack of
cash. Members of congress have as
sured the president that whenever tin
crisis shall come, if come it does, a bill
will be passed by the house empower
ing him to set aside as a war fund any
amount that may be needed.
France is having a war scare which
has not attracted much attention on
this side of the Atlantic in the past few
days. Troubles nearer home have
driven France's complications out of
Americans' minds. That France's pres
ent regime is in danger, however, all
Europe seems to believe. It is hard for
an American to realize that a case like
that of Dreyfus would endanger a gov
ernmental system, but France is not
like any other country; and. besides,
there are matters behind it that do not
appear on the surface.
The question of coal is a perfect sea
coast defense for the United States
against Spain, unless the latter's ships
could coal at Havana, and then steam
for the United States. It is a defense
against all of the powers except Great
Britain. The officers of the army and
navy know that the fortification of the
Atlantic coast is with sole reference to
protection against Great Britain, which
alone has the coaling stations on this
bide of the ocean, which would permit
her navy to conduct operations against
this country. The hour war is declared
coal becomes contraband of war.
A 1’Komi.nkst American naval officer,
in talking to some newspaper corre
spondents in Havana, is quoted as say
ing. among other tilings: “But here is
♦ the main point I wish to make. It is
that ail of you should subordinate your
loyalty to your papers during this crisis
to vour spirit of patriotism. Don’t you
see that the linger the general public
is kept in doubt the longer we bhail
have to prepare to meet the troubles
that must coinc when the truth is
kuvfwn'.'’' These were significant words,
and account for the discrepancies be
tween official and unofficial reports.
Kx-Pbesipent Harrison, speaking at
Chicagoon Washington s birthday, said:
“We stand now in the awful shadow ol
one of the most tragic events that lias
happened in our history, and yet we
•tsud with poise and with the self-pos
session of a people who understand
their might and can abide the develop
ment of time. We are not an hysteric
al people. We can wait, and we will
know oar duty when it shall be re
vealed. We can understand that in a
time like this there are grave responsi
bilities developing upon the president
of the L’nited States—single responsi
bilities that )>e may not divide with
any man. Let us stand about him and
strengthen him. in the calm assurance
t country desires that
and can await until the
vq before it issues its
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
HEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
CONGRESS I ON A I. I'ROCEEDINGS.
Iw the senate, on the 21st. the bill providing
for the taking of the twelfth and subsequent
censuses was under discussion for three hours,
but the only action taken was the adoption of
an amen ment to place the bureau under the
sac ret ary of the interior. A resolution of
rered by Mr Allen (Neb ), directing the com
mittee on naval affair* to make an investiga
tion of the disaster to the battleship Maine,
was adopted without debate . In the house.
It being private bill day. most of the time was
taken up with private pension bills previously
Introduced. A bill was passed to pay to New
berry college, a Lutheran institution in South
Carolina. tl&.OUO for damages done by federal
troops during the war. An evening session was
held.
In the senate, on th« ‘-’d, the bill to increase
the artillery arm of the United States military
service was passed by a vote of 52 to 4. .. In
the house the sundry civil appropriations bill
was further considered, th ' end of the general
debate being reached.
In the senate, on the 23d. Mr. Allen offered
the < uban belligerency resolution as an amend
ment to the diplomatic an 1 consular appropri -
ation bill. After sour debate the resolution
was declared out of order by th * chair, which,
upon an appeal bein’/ taken, was sustained by
a vote of 51 to 5 _In the hou*' the amend
ment by Mr. Kitchen (N C.) t> strike out of
the sundry civil appropriations bill the appro
priation for the detection of violations of the
internal revenue laws was carried—ayes, fty;
nays. (IS.
In the senate, on th" 24th. an effort was made
to secure consideration of the Alaskan home
stead and railway right-of way bill, but it went
j over on a technicality The feature of the day s
proceedings was the speech of Mr. Spooner
(YVis.)onthe right of Henry YV Corbett to a
seat in the senate from Oregon under appoint
ment of the governor, which was not concluded
when the senate adjourned In the house
the sundry civil appropriations bill was further
considered. An amendment oftend by Mr Say
ers to increase the epidemic fund by WW.DW
was lost.
In the senate, on the 2oth. the case of Mr.
Corbett, appointed to gSje senate by the gov
ernor of Oregon, was further discussed. A bill
permitting the building of a dam between Coon
Kapids and the northern limits of Minnesota
was passed At 5 15 the senate went into ex
ecutive session, and ten minutes lat’T ad
journed. .. In the bouse the sundry civil ap
propriations bill was further considered, the
item appropriating $1» OK) for the San l*edro
harbor being passed.
PERSONAL, AND POLITICAL.
Bankruptcy proceedings against
Prince von Auesperg were concluded in
London on the '.’1st. The prince, it isal
leged. squandered an immense fortune
before lie was 2t>. and disappeared from
society. It is further reported, accord
ing to the Pall Mall Gazette, that the
prince is running an elevator in a big
New York hotel.
In making the new allotment of jus
tices to the various circuits, the chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, on the '.'1st. assigned
Associate Justice McKenna, the newly
appointed justice, to the Ninth circuit,
which includes Alaska, Arizona, Cali
fornia. Idaho. Montana. Nevada. Ore
gon and Washington, lie succeeds Jus
tice Field in this circuit.
A dispatch from Madrid, dated the
Sid. said: "Fnited States Minister
Woodford is making arrangements for
the care of American citizens anil in
terests with his British colleague. Sir
Henry Drummond Wolffe, as the repre
sentative of the only nation favorably
disposed toward the United States in
tlie event of war between Spain and
America."
Representative Ovkrbtkkt, of In
diana. on the .’2d, introduced a bill in
the house to establish a military post
at or near Indianapolis.
On the 23d Maj.-Gen. Merritt, com
mander of the department of the east,
left Washington for an inspection of
tlie defenses on the Atlantic coast
south of New York. The route was
understood to include Atlanta, New
Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola and Savan
nah.
The reception of United States Am
bassador Andrew I). White, in Berlin,
on the 2.3d, in honor of Washington's
birthday, was attended by about 300
members of the American colony in
that eity. The German-American so
ciety's costume ball took plaeeat night.
ON the 2’2d Gen. Henderson, of Iowa,
introduced a bill in the house to revive
the grade of lieutenant-general of the
army.
On the 33d the remains of Miss
Frances E. Willard, late president of
the World's W. ('. T. I'., arrived in Chi
cago from New York and were con
veyed to Willard hull in the W. C. T. F.
temple, where they lay in state while
thousands of people passed through
the beautiful hall to take a last look
at the face of the noble dead.
On the 33d the president nominated
Oliver d. 1). Hughes, of Connecticut, to
be I'nited States consul at Sonneberg.
Germany.
Ox the 33d Secretary Alger returned
to Washington, from Fort Monroe,
greatly improved in health, and called
on the president. He walked with a
drill step, and seemed to have almost
completely recovered from his illness.
Ox the 34th Mrs. Harriet Adams, of
Washington city, mother of ,J. T.
Adams, a coal passer who lost his life
on the battleship Maine, died an ap
plication for a pension. This was the
drst pension claim tiled in connection
with the loss of life on the vessel.
Ox the 34th Robert Law. the pioneer
coal dealer of Chicago, died of Bright s
disease. He was 70 years old. Mr. Law
began operating coal mines throughout
the state in 1850. and until recent years
was one of the leading operators.
On the 34th the queen regent of Spain
presided at a cabinet council which dis
cussed the relations between Spain and
the I'nited States.
Mii. M. W. Gai.t, widely known as
the leading jeweler of Washington, died
suddenly on the night of the 33d, aged
over 70. His son-in-law. Mr. Kendall, a
well-known attorney, died suddenly in
the Waldorf hotel, in New York city, a
few days before.
On the 35th Maj. E. J. Feck, deputy
internal revenue collector for the Fort
Scott district of Kansas, died at his
home in Fort Scott as the result at a
stroke of paralysis. Maj. Feck was65.
He served in a Wisconsin regiment dur
ing the war.
A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Bull, of Rhode Island, to
increase the strength of the naval mili
tia. It provides for the construction of
30 torpedo boats of 150 tons each, at a
cost not exceeding 83,500,000, for the
use of the naval militia.
I'KIMKS AND lASl'ALTllS.
! Ox the 22(1 Senator H. Ventura, sec
retary of the Portuguese legation in
St. Petersburg, committed suicide by
shooting with a revolver, at the house
of a lady with whom lie had quarreled.
Ox the 21st a bomb was exploded at
the residence of M. Messine. a former
president of the French chamber of
commerce, in Montpelier. Serious dam
age was done, but there was no loss of
life. The police later discovered three
similar bombs in the vicinity of the
headquarters of the staff and at the
railway depot.
Ox the 23d Charles Merritt, said to
be a discharged postal clerk, was ar
rested by the Kansas City (Mo.) police,
charged with having a hand in the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & (iulf hold-up
m the night of January 4.
At Webster City, la., robbers blew
>peu the safe of the State savings hank
with dynamite, on the night of the 22d,
»nd secured 82,700. The noise of the
! explosion attracted a crow'd of people ’
' x> the scene, but not before the robbers
iad escaped in a stolen buggy.
Gf.okok W. Simmon*, a millionaire,
proprietor of Oalc llall. Boston, and one
of the most widely known retail cloth
iers in the I'nited State*, was found
dead, on the 23d. at Nahant. Ma*s. It
was supposed he committed suicide by
shooting. No cause assigned.
On the 24th C. W. Martin, alias
Charles Dari*, was arrested in Omaha.
Neb., by Supt. Tillotson. of the Tinker
ton service at Kansas City. Martin is
wanted for aiding in the robbery of the
Hank of Sheridan. Mo..on February IS.
He had a large sum of money on his per
son when arrested.
At Coalburg Blocks. O.. on the 23th,
Angelo Will shot Martha Lawrence,
.loseph Farnndo. Mrs. IVter Farando
and Daniel Noute. Farando and Noute
were fatally wounded. All the injured
are relatives
On the 23th the picking,.drying and
steaming warehouses of the National
Tobacco Co., situated at Twenty-fourth
and Main streets. Fxuiisville. Ky.. were
destroyed by tire. Ix>ss. 9330,000; fully
covered by insurance.
On the 23th Wm. F. Clarkson, fore
man of the rolling-room at the I’nited
States branch mint in San Francisco,
was arrested on a charge of stealing
gold bullion.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ox the 33d the news that Spain had
made an independent investigation ot
the Maine disaster created wonder
in Washington official circles, as it was
generally understood that Spain hail
conceded the principle of extra terri
toriality as regards the wreck of the
Maine.
Ox the 74th half the Chinese loan,
amounting to £8.000.000 (840.000.000),
was fully underwritten. Some of the
applicants had to be rejected. The is
sue price was 00 and the interest from
the loan 4 V, per cent. The loan w ill be
offered publicly.
A svxiiicATK of English and Ameri
can capitalists have perfected arrange
ments for the construction of a road
from the head of Lynn canal over
White pass, and thence, bv a route al
ready located, to a point on the Yukon
river below the rapids and all other
obstructions to clear and safe naviga
tion. The road will be about T>0 miles
in length.
A Madkid dispatch of the 33d said:
"The sympathy and dismay which
at first prevailed in this city when
the catastrophe in Havana harbor
was announced has disappeared, and
has given way to an intensely bel
licose and angry feeling, which is freely
expressed on all sides and by members
of every political party."
I’ni.xi k Tai Wax Koox, father of the
emperor of Corea, died on the 33d.
I’rincc Tai Wan Koon was king regent
during the minority of the present em
peror.
Evipkxcks of ill-feeling toward
American people end exultation over
the Maine disaster do not lessen in Ha
vana.
Ox the 34th the navy department
gave out the figures showing the
strength of the naval militia up to date,
placing the total force at 4.41 A officers
and enlisted men. This is a gratifying
increase from the 3,703 shown by the
last report.
1 he cruiser Cincinnati reported lier
arrival at Barbadoeson the 24th. She ran
over from Para. Brazil, to take coal at
an uninfected port. Barbadoes, it is
said, in further explanation, has on
hand a large supply of excellent En
glish navigation eoal at very moderate
prices.
J. .1. Inoai.i,s. of Kansas, has em
phatically expressed himself against
the present agitation of war. in view
of the fact that international politics is
in so delicate a condition that to pre
cipitate hostilities would, he thinks,
place the I’nited States in an equivocal
position.
The steamer Mascotte, of the Plant
line, will start on its first trip .March
from Port Tampa, Fla., to Port An
tonio. .lamaica. touching at Key West.
The time between Port Tampa and
Jamaica is about GO hours. The line is
to be permanent.
On the 25th the Spanish cruiser Viz
caya left New York for Havana. When
last seen the American flag was float
ing at half-mast.
Eaili'Rks throughout the country, as
reported by Dun it Co., during the w eek
ended February 25, were 233, against 21MJ
for the corresponding week last year.
For Canada the failures were 30. against
50 for the corresponding week last year.
It is stated that the Italian govern
ment has decided upon energetic action
to compel Hayti to make reparation for
the illegal sequestrating of property of
an Italian steamer at Port-au-Prince.
The drought which seriously threat
ened the farming regions of the princi
pal valleys of California was ended bv
a downpour on the 24th. which extend
ed all over the northern part of the
state and as far south as .Monterey.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Illinois Central railroad has
placed a corps of surveyors in the field
to make a survey for a branch road
from Aberdeen, Miss., to Carbon Hill,
Ala.
An omnibus filled with pleasure-seek
ers was struck by a railroad train at a
crossing near Chicago on the 27th. Six
of the number were killed outright,
and none of the occupants escaped
without injury.
There is an appalling scarcity of food
in many provinces of Spain. Bread
riots are of daily occurrence at Sala
manca and it is feared that martial law
will be proclaimed.
A cargo of reindeer for the Yukon
relief expedition arrived at New York
on the 27th.
The Memphis A- Charleston railroad
was sold on the 26th, the Southern rail
road company buying it. The purchase
price was $2,500,000.
The reign of a notorious band of out
laws in Lamar county, Ala., has been
brought to a close by the arrest of four
of the ringleaders. The gang has been
murdering negroes, destroying property
and terrorizing the citizens generally.
Col. Clark of the Mobile & Ohio
railroad will retire, and E. E. Russell
will probably succeed him in the presi
dency.
I>r. Hebek Jones, president of the
Memphis board of health, has just re
turned from a tour of the South. He
is certain there is not a caso of fever in
the United States.
The mammoth plant of the Louisville
branch of the American Tobacco Com
pany was destroyed by fire on the 25th,
entailing a loss of over $350,000, fully
covered by insurance.
William R. Colt, colored, was hang
ed at Greensboro, Ala., on the 25th. for
the murder there three months ago of
John A. Single}’, wife and child.
The total number of failures during
the past week were 183. against 239 last
week and 258 in the corresponding week
of 1897.
Nine lives were lost in fearful fire
which occurred at Charleston. S. C., on
the 25th.
Refkeentativk Boi'telle of Maine,
chairman of the house committee on
naval affairs, introduced a bill on the
21th, providing for the relief of the vic
tims of the United States battleship
Maine.
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
•ladff Klmhronfh Not ft ( inilldiit*.
Judge H. F. Kimbrough, of Oxford,
last week authorized the statement that
he would not make the canvass for con
gress from that district. He said very
recent events had made his duty in
this respect manifest—events impos
sible to anticipate, but now all-controll
ing. He said that the hearty approval
that seemed to welcome his candidacy
throughout the district aud the gener
ous expressions of the public press in
regard to it had made it difficult for
him to follow this his recent conviction
of duty. To all those who had ex
pressed sentiments favorable to his
candidacy or extended courtesies in
that behalf he wished to extend sincere
thanks. He further said that the fact
of inability on the part of any to favor
his candidacy had not caused the slight
est feeling of unkindneas on his part.
The Town Mnrslml Has Disappeared.
Marshal J. W. King of Hast abntehic
was arraigned for unlawful retailing,
but the case resulted in a mistrial, five
jurors standing out for conviction. Sev
eral other charges of running a blind
tiger were preferred, and King's bonds
men surrendered him. The bond was
raised, and Sheriff McManus, trusting
t > King to make and forward the bond,
returned to his borne at Ktlisville. King
jumped the first train and went to Me
ridian. Tlie chief of police was tele
graphed to stop him, and officers cap
tured King as lie stepped off the train,
but in the absence of a description
King out-talked them, saying he was
not the man wanted, and was allowed
to escape, lit; left Meridian at once
for parts unknown.
Favor National Onarantine.
The city council of Vicksburg has
appointed I)r. S. D. Robbins and Mr.
John Walsh a committee togoto Wash
ington ami present the following reso
lution to congress:
"Whereas, The experience of the past
summer, so destructive alike to the
lives of our people and to our material
prosperity, has fully convinced us that
protect ion cannot be afforded to us by
quarantine under control of the State
boards of health, we therefore call
upon congress to enact a national (,uar
antine law. Our people are entitled to
protection for life and property, and
the past summer's experience fully
demonstrated that the State could not
afford that protection, and we there
fore call upon congress to do so."
A Distressing Accident.
A distressing accident occurred near
Holly Springs last week. Archie Jor
dan and Ray l’ottinger, two boys about
1J years of age, were out hunting when
the latter shot and instantly killed the
former. J’ottingcr says he had a sin
barrel shotgun, which he didn’t know
was loaded, and Archie had an air gun,
and they were playing “Rebel and
Yank,'' and that as he made a motion
with the gun at Archie’s back the gun
was discharged. It was so close as to
set tire to liis clothing.
White* Convict* Ho to the llill*.
All the white convicts have been re
moved from the Delta to the Kankin
county and Oakley farms. The white
convicts are usually kept on these two
farms, because experience has demon
strated that they are not able to stand
the climate and diseases of the Delta
as well as the negroes. All of them
were taken to the farms in the bottom
last season, however, because they
were needed to help gather the phe
nomenal cotton crop made by the State.
Shot Hi* Wife** Hrother.
F. W. Meeds, manager of the electric
light and gas company at Jackson,shot
and wounded his wife's brother, E. J.
Kust, last week, under very mysterious
circumstances. The shooting occurred
in Meed's house, in the presence of his
wife. Meeds at once gave himself up
to the sheriff and was released under a
$2,500 bond.
Training School Manager.
Superintendent Kincannon has se
cured Superintendent Greenwood of the
Kansas City schools as manager of the
training school at the university this
summer. M r. Greenwood is well-known
in this State and is very popular, being
regarded as one of the foremost edu
cators in the land.
Ivo Miller Released.
The preliminary trial of Ivo M. Miller
for the killing of J. S. McDonald at
Greenwood, resulted in Miller's dis
charge. Mayor E. L. Miller heard both
sides patiently, and at the conclusion
of the argument released Miller from
custody.
C harters Filed.
The following charters have recently
been tiled with the secretary of State:
The Natchez & Gulf railroad, capital
stock $250,000; the Corinth Clothing and
Manufacturing Company, capital stock
$20,000.
Senaler Walt hall's Condition.
Senator Walthall, who has been con
fined to his room at Washington for
several weeks, is much better.
Kecelpt* From l'oll Taxes.
In 189(5 there were collected $235,958.04
from poll taxes, and in 1897 $186,(531.78,
a balance in favor of 1896 of $41,336.26.
Hanging at Hattiesburg.
I.em Shows was hanged at Hatties
burg last week for poisoning Harriet
Murray and her husband in November,
1896. Arsenic was found in the midday
meal, and Harriet died in great agony
a few hours afterward, her husband
finally recovering. Richard Carver was
arrested and executed last June. On
the Scaffold he made a full confession,
implicating Lem Shows. The latter
was convicted at the last term of court
on the strength of Carver's confession
and other circumstantial evidence, and
sentenced to be hanged.
The Lipscomb Case.
A motion has been entered in the
supreme court by the State's attorney
in the Lipscomb case, asking that a
judgment of affirmance be entered in
stead of reversal. The ground of the
motion is. in substance, that the opin
ions banded down really affirm the
case, because the majority of the court
hold that the admission of the dying
declaration was not a reversible error,
nor was there reversible errcr in the
instructions, these being the two points
upon which the judgment of reversal
was had.
Sheriff Appointed by the Governor.
The governor has appointed K. C.
Applewhite sheriff of Lincoln county,
vice Charles McNair, deceased.
Fruit Grower* Organize.
A fruit and vegetable growers' asso
ciation was organized at Ellisville last
week with thirty members. B. K.
Daliley was elected president, Ed Wil
liams vice-president, and J. C. Bradley
secretary. Much interest was mani
fested, and it is expected that then
will be several hundred acres planted
iu vicinity this year.
DUNS COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Foreign rnmlblllflfw Affecting Apeenlntlon
—Imtnatrlnl Production larger — No
Flighty Advance In Any I4ne. hot In All
Narrowness of Profit n Matter of (on*
plaint The Failures.
Nkw York. Feb. 2R—R <». Dttn <t
Co.'s review of trade, issued yesterday,
mvh:
Foreign possibilities have affected
speculation and caused hesitation in
some large operations, possibly ac
counting. in part, for a check in the
rapitl advance of wheat, but industrial
production continues larger than ever,
a few more works being added to the
active list, with a decrease in the num
ber of hands on strike and renewed
evidence that the volume of business is
larger than in February of any pre
vious year. Nor is there any symptom
of a senseless craze based on rising
prices. The legitimate export nnd do
mestic demands press closer to the
capacity of works, and though there
is no tlightly advance in any line, and
in all narrowness of profit is a matter
of complaint, new business for this
dull season is unprecedented.
Wheat continued its progress upward
until JSI.083t was reached on Monday,
but declined 3l4c later, as if there were
fears that Spain would somehow stop
British vessels from taking wheat
across the water. Any yielding based
on foreign possibilities deserves little
notice, but the price has advanced
about ten cents since Chicago specula
tors last took occassion to shake off
weak followers, and the opportunity for
reaction was inviting. There is no
abating of foreign demand. Atlantic
exports were 1.968,814 bushels. Hour
included, for the week. against
1.220,444 last year and Pacific
exports 1,576.376. against 136.464 last
year.and. in view of current excitement,
these figures are more important than
the aggregate for four weeks, 10.496.912
bushels, against 6.588,415 laHt year
from Atlantic ports, and 4,05.3.028,
against 1.611.246 from Pacific ports.
Corn exports for the week were 14.5
per cent, less than last year, but the
cash price declined but slightly. The
spot price of cotton was not affected.
It is not the season for much improve
ment in textile manufacture, but
cotton has gained by the closing of the
strike in one Fall River mill and by
the addition of some works at the
south.
The woolen manufacturer meets
many cancellations. especially in goods
soli! early without definite price, but is
doing more than ever at this season,
though new business in the higher
grades of worsteds and woolens is not
particularly encouraging. Salesof wool
are slow, with weakness in clothing,
amounting to about two cents decline
from the highest point, indicating that
mills have at present abnndant stocks,
but some are selling foreign wool in
order to take supplies of other quali
ties. In goods of medium and low
grades the demand continues large.
The silk manufacture shows a re
markable increase during the last six
months, having imported raw material
far in excess of consumption in any
previous year and at a rate 120 per
cent, above the imports in the last cen
sus year.
The iron manufacture has more de
mand for products and slightly better
prices for Bessemer pig. which has ad
vanced to 810.40 at Pittsburgh, with
gray forge unchanged there, local coke
strong at Chicago in spite of some
southern weakness, and eastern an
thracite really unchanged, though
quotations are a shade lower. No fin
ished products have changed in price
and all are strong in demand, except
ing bar. which a combination has
failed to advance. Some large con
tracts are reported, especially in ear
and bridge building, ship and struc
tural work, and the demand for sheets
is heavy. Minor metals change but
little, tin weakening a shade to 14
cents, with large receipts.
Failures for the week have been 233
in the I'nited States, against 296 last
year, and 30 in Canada, against 50 last
year.
TO MEET AN EMERGENCY.
I.ong and Short Haul Claus') Suspended on
l.lueM Competing with the Canadian t'a
eltie.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The inter
state commerce commission yesterday
issued an order relieving the United
States lines by suspending the long
and short haul clause of the act upon
passenger traffic between all points on
their lines where they are in competi
tion with the Canadian Pacific railway
and its connections, but prohibited the
United States lines from charging
lower rates than from time to time are
made by the Canadian Pacific railway
separately or with its connections.
This is an additional order to the sus
pension of the 16th, and is meant to
cover all passenger traffic between the
Atlantic and Pacific, subject to compe
tition with the Canadian Pacific.
BRITISH AGGRESSION.
1’UntHi » FLvg Fourteen Mile* Inside the
American Boundary—Eight Men Frozen
to Death.
Skatti.k,Wash.,Feb. 26.—The steamer
Noyo, which arrived here from Alaska
yesterday, brings a report that the
llritish flag has been planted at Sum
mit lake, 14 miles inside of the Ameri
can boundary line and 12 miles from
Skaguay.
It is also reported that eight men have
been frozen to death on the trail since
February 15.
FfTortM Looking to an Increase of Strength
In the Naval Militia.
Washington, Feb. 26.—A delegation
of officers of the naval reserve of sev
eral of the eastern states, headed by
Capt. Miller, of the New York naval
militia, and Commander Emerson, of
Maryland, appeared before the naval
committee of the house to urge favorable
action upon the bill introduced by
Representative Bull, of Rhode Island,
to increase the strength of the naval
militia. The bill provides for the con
struction of 20 torpedo l>oats of 150
tons each, at a cost not execeeding $2,
500.000, for the use of the naval militia.
On the Century Kun.
Ai.ton, 111., Feb. 26.—Mrs. Sarah P.
Lindley, probably the oldest person in
Madison county, on Thursday celebrat
ed her ninety-ninth birthday anniver
sary, and entered on her one-hundredth
year of life. She was born February
24, 1709, near Beardstown, Ky., and her
maiden name was (ionterman.
Sawed In Twain.
Jkkskvvii.i.k. UV, Feb. 26.—Thurs
day afternoon Louis Hooper, aged 40
years, proprietor of a steam sawmill in
English township, Jersey county, was
cut in two by the saw.
Kentucky and Kearsage to be Launched
March 94.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 36.—The officers
of the New port News' navy yard an
nounce that the double launching of
the ships Kentucky and Kearsage will
take place March 34. and will be the
first double launching of battleships in
the world.
A Sick Juror at Wllkeabarre.
Wii.kekbakke. Fa., Feb. 36.—There
was no session of the Lattimer case,
owing to the illness of A. W. A. Wash
| burn, juror No. 13, who has a severe at
; tack of dysentery.
SPAIN MUST DETERMINE.
President and Cabinet Face a
Serious Contingency.
Actual Hanger RrcognUcd-The Cabinet
Meeting I>l..olve« with the Aceepted
Conclusion that the Country Must
he Made Ready for War.
Washington, Feb. 26.— Not in many
years has the White House cabinet
rootr known such a discussion as took
place lucre yesterday. The president
and Ilia advisers faced the contingency
of war squarely and resolutely.
For the first time in this adminstra
tion the question of arming and fight
ing to sustain the honor of the country
was considered.
There was no disposition to mini
mize the danger. The president and
the cabinet were of one raind. that the
course toward Spain must lie firm, and
that, if war was threatened, it should
not be avoided at the expense of honor.
The discussion covered the emergen
cies. increase of the navy, the size of
the army that would be required, the
probable duration of hostilities, the
cost and the method of providing for it.
If the court of inquiry hail reported
ami war had been declared, the cabinet
meeting could not have been of more
serious import. At the same time that
the president and oabinet went over
the field of preparation for war in
their minds they talked of the possible
outcome with peace anil honor.
As stated elsewhere, there was not
presented to the cabinet proofs that
the Maine hail been destroyed by de
sign. bnt it was agreed that the whole
tendency of developments was to im
press the belief that the report would
la* against the theory of aecident.
The cabinet meeting dissolved with
the accepted conclusion that the na
tion must be made ready for peace or
war. with the choice largely left to
Spain to determine—peace by repara
tion for the loss of the Maine, war by
refusal to meet the responsibility.
PENDING THE REPORT.
Almolutely No l.iehl Sheil I'poll the Flml
IilICs of ttie Hoard of Inquiry at Havana.
Washington, l-’eb. 2tl.—In spite of
the stories that cOtne from unofficial
sources in Havana as to sensational de
velopments in connection with the
work of the divers in the Maine's hull,
the administration remains firm in its
statement that there is no creditable
evidence one way or the other as to the
cause of the disaster, and holds to its
purpose to await the conclusion of the
investigation now making by the court
of inquiry.
The Spanish legation was equally in
the dark as to any of the discoveries
reported from sources that are not
cited, as was shown by the message
from Capt.-tlen. Illanco.
Secretary Long ha* been under a
heavy and almost constant strain ever
since he was awakened in the middle
of the night a week ago last Tuesday,
and now that matters are, at least for
the time being, in a quieter state, has
withdrawn from the navy department
or gone away for a few days' rest, leav
ing Assistant Secretary Koosevelt to
manage the department.
The latter has been thoroughly ad
vised at every step of the secretary's
policy of treatment of the Maine af
fair, so that there is n<A likely to lie
any change in that respect caused by
the temporary assumption of the duties
of secretary by Mr. Koosevelt. Just
before the department closed he had
word of the sailingof the cruiser Mont
gomery from Tampa for Key West.
I’p to that time the vessel had been
given no orders, so that the date of her
departure for Havana, if she is to go at
all, is conjectural. The ship went to
Tampa, instead of Key West, on her re
turn from San Domingo, in order to
facilitate the speedy return to his du
ties in Washington of (apt. Crownin
sliield. the chief of the navigation bu
reau, who saved a full day by the
movement.
The Castine, the second of the United
States war ships on the south Atlantic
station.arrived yesterday at Harbadoes.
where she joined the Cincinnati. It
may be that the Castine will go to
Martinique to be docked, as she is in
need of cleaning after her tropical
service.
Since so much depends on the report
of the court of inquiry it may be inter
esting to note that so far Secretary
Long does not know when to expect
this important document, up to this
time having heard nothing from any
of the members on this point. lie
rather expected that the court, which
has complete power to work on its own
lines, would wind up its work at Ha
vana before leaving, so as to avoid the
necessity for a return trip. One mem
ber of the cabinet had a more definite
opinion on the subject, expecting to re
ceive the report from the court about
the middle of next week.
There is reason to believe that mean
time. and to prepare for the reception
of a report.that would show the disas
ter to be other than the result of an
accident, some of the officials of the
administration have been looking up
the subject of indemnities, so as to lay
the foundation of a case, in the event
it should be decided to resort to that
method of settlement.
There are a large number of prece
dents which will aid the authorities in
shaping their action in this direction
when the facts are fully established.
While none of the cases show the fear
ful loss of life sustained by the Maine
explosion, yet they include many in
stances in which the United States has
adopted energetic measures to redress
the killing of American citizens in for
eign countries. In a general way, these
methods of redress have included de
mands for indemnity, proclamations
excluding the war ships of the offend
ing nation from our hurbors. display of
force, non-intercourse, withdrawal of
our minister, reprisal and blockade.
The principle of myiey indemnity
for the killing of foreigners has been
recognized in several-recent cases in the
United States.One of those was the kill
ing of Italians at New Orleans by a
mob. In that case, while the United
States did not admit the responsibilty
of the federal government for the act
of a mob, yet indemnity was paid out
of the federal treasury as a matter of
international comity and equity.
Similar action was taken in indem
nifying China for her subjects killed at
Rock Springs. In the case of the Vir
ginius a large money indemnity was
paid.
Demands by the United States are
at pesent pending against Turk ey for
the burning of American missionary
property in Turkey during the Armen
ian outbreak. There are many indi
vidual claims against Spain, including
the Ruiz case and that of Dr. Delgado,
now pending.
President Buchanan adopted the pro
cedure of reprisal in 1859. This is a
measure just "short of war. Mexico
was charged at that time with assent
ing to spoliation along the United
States border. l*resident Buchanan
asked and secured authority to send a
military force to collect indemnity as
diplomatic negotiation had failed.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Th* 1.0*Infill* Branch of Ih* Aaacrlcaa
Tobacco Co. Burned to th* tirooad Th*
I.OM Almost Half a Million Many Per
-on* Injnred -Fourth Hummrwm
r.mploym Thrown <Hit of Work.
Lotmvn.Mt. Kv.. Feb. M-The mam
moth plant of the Lonisville branch of
the American Tobacco Co. at Twenty
Fourth and Maine streets was de
stroyed by fire yesterday, entailing a
loss' of over *350.000, fully covered by
insurance. It was the most disastrous
fire that has visited the Falls City in
years.
The plant occupied half a square, and
at the time the fire broke out con
tained an army of employes, who
rushed frantically from the building.
Many made their way to terra firma via
fire escapes, but several on the upper
floors who had no means of escape, in
their excitement, leaped from the win
dows. two sustaining probably fatal
injuries. The injured are:
George Dissendorf. back injured and
severe injuries about the head and
chest; will probably die.
William Semple, skull fractured: will
probably die.
John I'ayham, both legs broken.
The firemen were hindered by a lack
of water.
Failing walls added to the danger of
the workers anil the escape of some
firemen was all but miraculous.
The hard fight lasted several hours,
but finally conquered the fire. Reports
to the effect that many persons had
been killed and injured spread rapidly
throughout the city and great'excite
ment prevailed. The loss is estimated
at over $350,000; at first it was reported
to be over 8l.ooo.ooo. •
Mr. \V. II. Duke, president of the
American Tobacco Co., witnessed the
destruction of his property. lie said
that it it would be at once rebuilt.
The origin of the tire is unknown.
Fourteen hundred men. women and
children are thrown out of employ
ment.
NINE LIVES LOST.
Death In a llurnlng Tenement lliillillng —
I Unavailing Effort i of the Police.
Ciiari.kstox, S. C.. Feb. 2tl.—Nine
lives were lost in a fearful fire which
raged for a short while in Church street
yesterday morning. At 2:10 a police
man on duty noticed big sparks flying
from the tenement house at 180 Church
street. The officer found that a blaze
was issuing from one of the windows
on the first floor. The doors were
broken open, and the family on
that floor were rushed out without any
damage. Some one yelled that a family
of women were sleeping on the third
floor. The police rushed up stairs and
when they reached the top story the
life-saving work was stopped by the
flames which seemed to be playing
over the entire building.
Screams from dying women were
heard and Officer Hagby rushed in and
pulled put three charred bodies. The
quick work of the fire department
checked the fire,,and it was soon under
control, but not until nine lives on the
third story had been lost.
FROM THE EADS BRIDGE.
Albert A. Henry’s I.eiip to Death at St.
LouIh.
St. Louis, Feb. 26.— Albert A. Henry,
traveling agent for a Philadelphia cold
storage concern, jumped from the
middle span of the Eads bridge at U n. m:
and was drowned in the waters of the
Mississippi.
It was the fifteenth suicidal attempt
in St. I/Ouis since last Sunday.
Henry was seen by teamsters cross
ing the bridge to take off his overcoat
and climb over the railing, and at first
thought he was engaged indoingsome
tliing to the telephone wires. by the
time it dawned upon them that the
man was about to commit suicide, and
one of them had left his wagon and
started towards where Henry was, the
latter had secured the place lie wanted,
from which he plunged, striking the
water bead first, and was seen no more.
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
Wholesale Shooting by an Italian at I'oal
hurg Mocks, O.
Youngstown, ()., Feb. 26.—Angelo
Will. Thursday night, shot Martha
Lawrence. Joseph Farando. Mrs. Peter
Farando and Daniel Noute. Farando
and 'ihute are fatally wounded. All
are Italians and lived at Coal
burg blocks, a little place about
seven miles north of here. All
the injured persons are relatives. No
motive has yet been learned. Mrs.
(iabriel Farando. at whose home the
shooting occurred, would have been
killed but for her sister-in-law, who in
terfered and was shot in the artn.
Farmers with Winchesters and shot
guns arc searching for Will.
MUCH-NE ED ED RA IN.
A Copious Downpour Relieve* the Anxiety
of California Farmers.
San Francisco, Feb. 26.—The much
needed rain has come at last and ended
the long drought which seriously
threatened the farming regions of
the principal valleys of Califor
nia. A downpour, which com
menced shortly after midnight,
Wednesday, has been the heaviest
for some time past, and extended all
over the northern part of the state and
as far south as Monterey. Only the ex
treme south seems to have escaped the
drenching. lx>s Angeles county was
visited by light showers, barely
sufficient to do much good, but the in
dications are that more rain is coming.
Killed in a Fight About a Young Lady.
Jamestown, Pa., Feb. 26.—Kay Fry
and Hugh Sewell, prominent young
men of this place, quarreled about a
young ladv Thursday night and Sewell
thrust a knife through Fry's heart, kill
ing him instantly. Horrified at the
deed Sewell attempted suicide twice,
but was arrested.
Strlekeu with l’aralysls.
Cincinnati, Feb. 26.—Mr. W. P.
Walker, freight traffic manager of the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, is lying at
the St. Nicholas in a critical condition
from a stroke of paralysis..
a widow and several children.
A Humor Denied.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 26.—The rumor
that the government is securing from
railway companies estimates of their
capacity for moving troops and muni
tions of war between Atlantic and gulf
ports and the interior is officially de
nied by Vice-President tit. John of the
tieaboard Air line.
Four Hundred Thousand Hollar, for (ten
l*edro Harbor.
Washington. Feb. 26.—The house
yesterday passed the sundry civil item
appropriating 3400,000 for San Pedro
(Cal.) harbor.
A New Line to Jamaica.
Port Tampa, Fla., Feb. 26.—The
steamer Mascotte of the Plant line
will make its first trip, March 5. from
here to Port Antonio, Jamaica, touch
ing atKey West. The time between
this port and Jamaica is about 60
hourb. The line is to be permanent.
School-Teacher Cut Hli Throat.
Tolbdo, 111., Feb. 25.—Barvey Davis,
the leading school-teacher of Cumber
land county, committed suicide at his
home, seven miles northwest of this
city, by cutting his throat with a razor
| He was in trouble financially.
America’s
Greatest
Medicine
Omatbit, Bec ause it does what all other
medicine* fail to do A* an instance
of ita peculiar and unusual curative
power, consider the most Insidious
disease, and tbo disease which taluts
the blood of most people, producing
Incalculable suffering to many, while
In others It Is a latent fire liable to
burst into activit and produce untold
misery on the least provocation.
Scrofula <s the only ailment to
which the human family is subject, of
which the above sweeping statement
can honestly be made. Now, a medi
cine that can meet this common enemy
of mankind and repeatedly effect the
wonderful cures Hood's Sarsaparilla
has,—clearly has the right to the title ol
America's Greatest Medicine.
HoodV^X
Is sold by all druggists. *1; six for (J.
HnftH’s Pill*; harmoniously «7iii
■ IvWtl rlllrs Hood'sSa>sapanlla. sso,
Aids.
Fannie—T wonder where Mr. Reggie got
his lovely English accent. He’s American
born.
Queenie—Why, I heard he bought his
teeth in London.
“How clever of him.”—Philadelphia Call.
Catarrh Cannot He Cured
with Local Applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh i* a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous -m
faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is a regular prescription. It is com
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, noting direct
ly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is o hat
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. .T. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0.
Sold bv all druggists, price 75o.
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
No Houm to Tarn.
“Did fcou ever turn over a u*w leaf the
first of the year?”
“Gracious! no; we live in a flat.”—De
troit Free Press.
Lots of boys say they cannot stand th*
confinement of the schoolroom, who car
stand to loaf around a billiard hall every day
—Washington Democrat.
A Handsome Metnl Paper Cotter nnit
Hook (lurk Combined
Sent free of postage under sealed cover on
receipt of ten cents in silver or stamps.
’1 he latest, I vest and most serviceable adjoin t
of every library and oflice. Address Geo. 11
Hcatford, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago,
111. _
Whnt Puzzled Him.
The most ignorant man in America lives
in St. Louis. The other day he asked his
employer, who was reading a paper: "Say.
boss, which does you read, the black or ihc
white?”—Kansas City Star.
"I suspect there has been some crooked
work going on here.” he said. And he was
right. His wife had been driving nails.—
Puck. _
Ob, Whnt Splendid Coffee.
Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes
“From one package Salzer's German Coder
Berry costing 15c 1 grew 300 lbs. of better
coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a
lb.”
A package of this and big seed catalogue
is sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, M is., upon receipt of 15 cents stamp!
and this notice. SeTtd for same to-day. k0
Information Wanted.
Teacher—At what age does a man usually
get bald?
Bright Pupil—What kind of a man—mar
ried or single?—Chicago Evening News.
In the advertisement of the John A. Salzet
Seed Company, La Crosse, Wis., a few week*
since, the price of potatoes was inadvertent
ly placed at $1.05 per barrel; this should bt
$1.50 per barrel. We advise sending 5 cent*
postage for Salzer’s catalogue.
The principles of acoustics are sound doo
trines.—Chicago Daily News.
A-lass!—The favorite interjection of th*
love-lorn youth.—Chicago Daily News.
Flag-raising is one of our standard in
dustries.—Chicago Daily News.
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Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
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may not have it on hand will pro
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wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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