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-onosvi?e, Va.,
*: C0UK, PROPRIETOR.
THIRTY-FIVE,
The Number Lost in tho Louis,
ville Brldgo Diaaater.
Their Rodle? Plnnod Down by Timber*?
Morning Break? on a Desolate Sceuo?
Relative? Awaiting the Worat~Tuo
Bridge Co. Will De Jiankrnpted?
Jeff?rsosvtllic, Ind., Dec, la?The
j Bcene of the Lbuisvillo and Jeffersoa
j ville bridge calamity Saturday morn
: in,? baffles description." Only a con
i glomcration of iron and timbers meets
the eye. Saturday morning thousands
flocked to the wharf and looked in
amazement at the effects of the catas?
trophe. Many wives whoso husbands
were employed on tho structure could
be seen among tho throng awaiting in
expectancy to learn their fate.
No bodies were discovered Saturday,
but it is said that no loss than thirty
fire bridge hands arc under the debris.
The Phoenix Bridge Co. is using all of
its energy to clear the wreckage so
that the bodies can be brought to the
surface.
All bodies v*'hon rescued will bo taken
to Louisville, where they will be pre?
pared for burial It is said that tho
calamity will not only prove disastrous
to the Phoenix Bridge Co., but it will
likely bankrupt the lino.
Bridge men look upou the disaster as
Cue worst that has happened in bridge
building in tins country. The bridge
proper was to be completed by January
1, 1S94, consequently a large force of
men were employed on the structure.
LouisviJ.Li-:, Ivy., Dec lb.?After tho
fall of a spun of the Louisville and
Jcifersonville bridge Friday, carrying
down 60 workmen, the banks o: tho j
river were lined with horrified specta?
tors, ami the ferry-boats carried thou?
sands out to tiie scene, and under a sec?
ond part of tho bridge where an unseen
danger lurked.
Whcrf night had covered with her
?aide mantle the gaunt timber*, and
the chaos of wreckage, another span of
the bridge came crashing down, enitre
ly blocking the river. Providence
Stayed this second wreck until after
dark. Had the span fallen while tho
ferry boats were steaming underneath,
the los3 of life would have been
doubled.
The crew at tho life-saving station
worked like beavers and dashed right
Into the wreckage to save the maimed
and the drowning. It is a settled fact
that the high wind loosened the trav?
eler, which in toppling over, carried
the span with it. Eighteen are known
to have been killed, and thirteen are
badly hurt Tho river may give up
move of the dead.
Louisville, Ivy.. Dec. IS.?General
Foreman MeKee lias a large force of
men at work at the sccno of Friday's
disaster.
At the scene everything is in con?
fusion, and the work qf recovering the
bodies will be rapidly pushed until all
uro found. Tii.-' impression is that not
many of the bodies are entangled in the
del uns, but have floated away and have
probably gone over the falls.
The bo lies that go over tho falls, and
do not lo Ige at the island or at. Port;
land dike, may float many miles down
the river before they are recovered.
Tho iron and steel, in an entangled
mass, now lies 40 feet below the top
of the piers. The ferryboat W. C. Uite
had a narrow escape whan tho span
foil
The injured are confined in a sep?
arate ward in the new part of the city
hospital and are receiving the best at?
tention. It is thought all will recover.
Tho inquest will probably not be held
for several days.
SENSATIONAL PREACHER.
Advocates Religious Instruction In tho
Public Schools.
New Vohk, Dee. IS.?Rev. Dr. \Vrn.
S. Rainford preached a sermon in St.
George's churcn Sunday that caused a
sensation in tho congregation that lis?
tened to it. * The subject in general
was the "Children's Season," but
as he proceeded the clergyman
Lore heavily upon tho subject oi
the lack oi religious or moral educa?
tion given to children in the public
schools. Ho asserted that religious
training in the public schools is absor
lutely necessary, and is the only form
for society. "If Protestant churches
can not do the work, let Catholics take
it up. Let him save who can," said tho
minister. lie has caused more than
one sensation beforo, but his sermon
Sunday surpassed all his other sur?
prises.
CONFEDERATE STAMPS.
A Sale of Raro Postage Staini>s Attracts
Jinny Purchasers.
New York, Dec IS.?A sale of rare
postage stamps of tho confederate
states was held Saturday night in the
rooms of the Philatelic society. A set
of agricultural department stamps sold
for H?.SO; executive, $31.05; justice, ?33;
state, Sia75; while a ?5 stamp, aftor
some spirited bidding, was knocked
down at ?07.50. The local stamps
of the * confederacy brought tho
following prices: Athens; Go.,' ?55;
Danville, Va., $140; Fredericksburg. 10
cent stamp, $SG; two Knoxvillc stamped
envelopes, SS2 and $73 respectively; Le
noir, S. C, ?01; LynchUtrg, Va., ?42;
two Macon (Ga.) stamps, ?35 and $75;
and another on tho letter brought
$125; Marion, Va., a very fine copy on
the letter, for $301. A great many of
the stamps sold wore secured by Eng?
lish dealers.
Sandbaggel and ftob?sd.'
PiKPMo-vr, YV.". Va.', Dee. 18. ?P. &
Haldem'.n, superintendent of the
Franklin Coal Co., was sandbagged at
Franklin, a suburb of Western Fort,
Saturday morning, and robbed of about j
$0,000, money with which ho was to
pay the miners. There is no clew so.
far. .__^
cortsm-Genaral Jones IWes at Spa.
Raleioh, & CM D3a. i8.-rA di'sp'atoh
received here Sunday night from Sau
Francisco announces that A. IX ionWK
consul general at Shanghai. China, died
at sea on the' 0th inst. Ho was on hi?"
way homo on leave of absence*
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A Nev/ Cbin?sw Treaty.
Sax Kka scjscg, Dec 18.--Try VVi?:?
Vow, Chinese consul .general r.t
Francisco, has been s?mmpr>ed lf>>Va^U-.
ington to cvnfer yvitb tlm Chii >
ister regarding now treaty s 'I ' *
submitted to China by..the;v.C|tf!.
THE MESSAGE.
I it Will Endeavor to Show That Lil Was
Overthrown.
By Acts Sanctioned by Minister Stevens;
That It Received the Approval of tho
United State*?Cleveland Thinks It -
?\Vronj-, and It Should Bo Undone. *'
Washington, Dec 13.?It is under?
stood that the president's message on
the Hawaiian affair will be sent into
congress after the cabinet meeting Fri
j day and the sailing of the Alaraeda
i from San Francisco.
Secretary Gresham -was equally reti?
cent on the subject Thursday when
i questioned about the message, and
1 said he had no-information in that con
j nection to impart.
The message had been prepared, and
the correspondence was at the white
house, ready for transmission with it.
At Tuesday's cabinet meeting it was
discussed, and it was decided that it go i
to the senate practically in the same
form as originally prepared, there hav?
ing been no change In Hawaii of im?
portance which would in any way
effect the tenor of the president's state?
ments.
The president will attempt to show ,
that the queen was overthrown by acts
sanctioned by Minister Stevens; that,
as they received the approval of the j
United States, and are considered by
the present administration unjustified I
and unfriendly, they must be undone, j
The president will nay that Minister
Willis was instructed to first decline
formally the proposition of annexation,
and to then announce that the United
States demanded that the queen bo re?
stored to power peacefully. That if
she was unwilling to be seated without
the assurance of this government that
she would be protected from harm, then
to take no slops, but await instructions
from the United Stales.
The president will say that Minister I
Willis has found tho provisional gov?
ernment much stronger than stated.
AU conditions are such as to prevent
the carrying out of his instructions.
The president having exhausted the
prerogatives of his office to bring about
a settlement with Hawaii without call?
ing upon the naval force to assist it,
there is no other resort for the presi?
dent but to leave the question for the
further action of congress.
COLORED DEMOCRATS.
A National Organization With Washington
as Hoadqaarters.
Washington, Dec. 15.? At a meeting
of the executive committee of the Na?
tional Negro Democratic association it
was decided to establish permanent
headquarters in this city. It was
agreed that a consolidation of the Na?
tional Negro Democratic organisations
would bo advisable, and the following
officers of the new body, in tho ovenfc
that it became an accomplished fact,
were agreed upon: president, 11. C. C.
Astwood, of New York; vice president,
J. A. Koos, of Kentucky; secretary,
John J. Deli, Jr., of Georgia; treasurer,
George T. Downing, of Rfroclc Island;
chaplain. Rev. W. U. Hoard, of Dela?
ware; sergeant-at-arms, W. T. Scott, of
Illinois: chairman of etcecutivecommit?
tee, James A. Ross, of Iowa; chairman
of campaign committee, W. E. Gross,
of 'New York; chairman of advisory
board, James C, Matthews, of New
York; chairman of organization com?
mittee, J. Milton Turner, of Missouri;
historian, W, 11. Johnson, of New York.
To Coin Seigniorage.
Washington, Dec. 15.?Senator Voor
hees, chairman of the finance commit?
tee, has introduced a bill for the coin?
age of seigniorage on the treasury
stock of silver at the rate of $3,000,000
a month. After this seigniorage fund
is all coined monthly silver purchases
are to be resumed sufficient to coin $2,
000,000 a month. E'rovision is made for
the appointment of commissioners to
another international monetary con?
ference. The bill was referred to the
finance committee.
United States S'.dpH Safe.
Rio de Jankiro, Dee. 15.?Thomas L.
Thompson, United States minister to
Brazil, announces that whatever
other nations may do, the United
States will protect their commerce
from all encroachments of the insur?
gent naval vessels. The actio:; of other
nations iu withdrawing the protection
formerly accorded to merchantmen by
their naval vessels at this point is con?
strued "as an attempt covertly to aid
the insures ts in taeiveUcrts to restore
the monarchy.
Au Outlaw's Fate.
Feesso, CaL, Dee 15.?Tha jury in
the case of Outlaw Ch.ru: Kvans,
charged with the murder of United
States Deputy Marshals Wilson and
McGincis at Sampson's Flat, disagreed
Thursday morning. The judge, how?
ever, refused to discharge them and
sent them back. They returned in half
an hour with a verdict, finding him
guilty of murder in the first degree and
fixing the penalty at life imprisonment
Mines Sold tc an English Syndicate.
DKNvr.ii, Col., Dec. 15.-D. ri. Moffat
and Eben Smith have sold the Victor
mine, one of the best in Cripple Creek,
to an English syndicate. The price was
not stated, but it is supposed to be
about $1,000,000. Messrs. Mofi'at and
Smith paid $??,C0? for the mine, it
yielding them a profit of about $50,000.
The Mary Daveu mine at Cripple Creole
has also been sold to Geprge Lochen, of
Chicago, for ?50,00Q,
Tho Kioction Law Repeal.
Washington, Dec 15.?The senate
committee on privileges and elections
has agreed to report the houso bill re?
pealing the federal election laws with?
out amendment. The senate was pre?
sided over Thursday by the vice presi?
dent and a basket of flowers greeted
him upon his return.
An Indian Loan;
London, Dec is.? In the house q$
commons Thursday, by a vote of 145 to
fitt, the second reading of the bill an
|&?'ri2!ng a loan of ?10,000,000 \o India,
>wing to the failure of the government
to sell India bills, was passed,
Ho Was Iitsano.
Cuicago, Dec. 15.?John Westgartb,
the Lily Lake farmer who issued a eii-j
cioo.1' tailing for "10,000 armed and;
i:'.uuru-?" Jiiuu to meet him on the lakft \
:r<~ui '.' r-e^'.ay night, waa Wednesday j
;uf v-"^-^ h:>ui;e U Geneva, ill Th?r?
day ho Avas taken to the asylum afeKl
j FIFTY-THIRIT COMJEESS.
Second Session.
Washisgton, Dec- ia-S:^'atk?Monday
the political debate on the ?deret election*law
repeal was averted by Tdz !LH, (N. Y.) ac<jtdes
Ing to the suggestion of Mr. Hoar that the bill
should be referred to the committee on priv?
ileges and elections. Mr. Ebar (rep., Mass)
offerod a resolution attacking by im?
plication ibo president'3 Hawaiian policy, and
asking 'or information on lhe Hawaiian matter.
Mr. Gray (dem, DeL) spoke in opposition to
the resolution, and said he thought It would
have teen better taste all round 1* the senator
from Ma-sachussetts hid trailed until tho of
cial information ashed for a few days ago had
come to the senate. After some further discus?
sion the resolution went over until Tuesday.
After an executive session the senate adjourn-,
ed until Tuesday.
House?-The session of the bouse was brief
and uninteresting Monday. Several bills of
minor importance wero passed during the
morning hour, and an agreement was reached
by which Tuesday and Wednesday, will bo de?
voted to the consideration of the bill for the
admission of the territory of Utah. The bill to
revlow tho claims arising out of the captured
and abandoned property act aroused the parti?
san opposition of the republicans, and notice
wao served on the democratic side by Mr. Reed j
that this bill could only be considered tho,
stress. of a special order from the com- j
mittee on rules. Tho remainder of the ses- j
slon after the expiration of the morning hour
was devoted to District of Columbia matters.
Washington, Dec. 13.?Senate?In the sen?
ate Tuesday Mr. Cullum (rep. IlL) indicated a
desire to address the senate on th? bill to re?
peal the fedoral election laws, but, as the Ha?
waiian resolution offered Monday by Mr. Hoar
and a resolution offered Monday by Mr. Pcffer
had precedence in the morning, unanimous con?
sent was given that those resolutions should j
remain on tho table and should be presented at,
a lato hour Wednesday. Mr. Cullom thereupon
addressed the senate. Mr. Stewart (rep.,Nev.) j
then addressed the scnaie in favor of the repeal
of the federal oleotion laws.
Hojdse?Mr. Wheelor (dem.. Ala.) called up j
tho bill for the admission of Utah a3 a state. ;
Mr. Kllgore (dem.. Tex.) spoko iu favor of the !
admission of Utah. It had the requisite popu j
lation and wealth. Mr. Kllgore believed that ?
polygamy was dead and tho chief objection oi |
the admission of the territory was thus re?
moved. He was followed by Mr. Morse (rep.,
Mass.) The latter Wi>s opposed to the admis?
sion of the territory, on the ground that tho
character and practices of the Mormon church,
to which a majority of its citizens belonged, un
fltteJ that territory and the peoplo to become
members of the federal union. Mr. Morse? vraa
followed by XJr. Rawlins, cf Utah, who deliver-!
ed an earnest and eloquent speech in favor of j
the bill. The bill was discussed Iu an informal j
war for some time by Mr. Harter, Mr. Power
and others, and at 5:30 the house adjourned.
Washington, Dec. lt.?Senats?The Ha?
waiian question was again the .subject of ani?
mated discussion in the sonato Wednesday.
Mr. Blount's report was characterized as con?
taining "not one line of unvarnished truth" by
Mr. Frye (Me.), -while Mr. Vest (Mo.) deolared
that, while he was oppcaed to the annotation
of the islands, the restoration of the queen by
foroe would bo "an aot of war." The resolu?
tion offered on Monday by Mr. Hoar calling up?
on the president-for further information in tho
Hawaiian matter was-finally referred to tho
committceon foreign affairs. The sonato also
listened,-with the attention always accorded J
tho venerable'aenator, to a ? tariff speech from !
Morrill.sOf Vermont At'the close of his speech,
tho senate at 4:30 went into executive session,
after which It adjourned,.'
"Hocas.?In-th? house the* resolutions of Mr.
Hin, as reported by the foreign affairs commitr
tee and arhonded so as to include informA-icm,
of Hawaiian mat'era during the Harri.-em ad*
ra'n'straUqn?these resolutions requested in?
formation from, the president ubout Hawaii?
Y'ero Adopted aftor Mr.'Hitt had scored the ad?
ministration. . The bill for tho admission of
Utah to statehood was passed without
division at tho conclusion of the debatp, the
only umendmentsof importance- incorpor'i-.t'J in
the erabling act being one by Mr. Powers, pro.
bildt'ng polygamy forever, and another ">y Mr
Wheeler, reducing o.ne-balf the land granted to
the iUvio t& cdminon school purposes.
' Washington, Dec. 15.?Senate?The house
bill repealing tho federal olectlon laws was re?
ported back favorably Thursday from the com?
mittee on privileges and election.", ami placed
on the eclondnr. Senator Voorltec.? int reduced,
a bill providing tor th* coinage of the seignior
asein the treasury to,the amount of 5-2,000,000
per month, and when that is erlmistod, for the
purchase r.rd coinnge of a-similar amount of
silver monthly. A house bill -providinr for two
additional associato justices of tho supreme
court of Oklahoma Territory was passed. A
resolution for the appointment of a select com
m'trce on the Ford's theater disaster was
taken up discussed, and passed Senato bill to
repeal a clause in the last pension appropriation
bill, which prohibited the payment of pensions
to persons residing in foreign countries, was
taken from the calendar and passed. The .sc-u
ato, then, at 4: l?, went into executive session,
and soon afterward adjourned, until Monday at
12o'closk
^ousii?The house was deadlocked for two
nours Thursday b; the refusal of the repub?
licans to vote on the motion to go into commitr
tee of tho whole for the consideration of the
Arizona sir.tehood bill. Mr. Dockery, from the
joint commission on expenditures in tho e^eu
tlvo departments, called up tho bill Introduced
by hint a few days ago to improve tho methods
of accounting in the post office department
Without debate tho bill was passed Under tho
call of committees, Gen. Cradlings, from tho
comrnittoo on rules, presented the report of ihc
oommlttee, making the hills for the admission
of Arizona and New Mexico a special order
aftc-r the morning hour until disposed of. With?
out division tho report was adopted and the
order made. Adjourned.
Washington, Doe. 16.? Senate -Not in ses?
sion.
House?The course of events in tho housa
Friday resembled tho halcyon days of sho Reed
congress, when legislation was rushed through
at a galloping speed. The bill fur the admis?
sion of Arizona was put through undor whip
and spur by a vote of 135 yeas to 63 nays, and
the bill for the admission of New Mexico was
well under way when a wrangle over what was
to be dono with Oklahoma intervened and the
debate precipitated lasted untd adjournment.
The house committee on appropriations report?
ed the urgency detlcieney oill Friday morning,
lite Mil oarkie* jl,Ct?1,ft"JjJ. The hou^e commit?
tee an iuter-siate and foreign commorce, after
listening to arguments by Senators Morgan
(Ala.) and Frye (Me.), reported favorably the
joint resolution cf Representative Doolittle, of
Washington, for the appotatwent of a joint
commibsion, consisting cf throe senators aad
six members, to investigate tho prosent status
of the Nicaragua canal project.
Washington, Dec. 18?Senate-Not in ses?
sion Saturdav.
Househo pension debate lajpb house
Saturday was lively and interesting; The de?
bate oamc up over a clause in tho deficiency
bilL One member stated that ?>3J,00O had been
spent in Investigation of pension fraud?,
aad so far :20,(XW in alleged frauds had
been discovered, none of them proven
and nearly a 1 involving pension agents aad not
pensioners themselves .. He did not think the
investigation busiacsj paid. Mr. Cannon, of
Illinois, represented the republican aide, and
Mr. Liviugston^ of Georgia, the democratic
side. It was a iong and lively delate. Mr.
Morse (Rep., Hass.} closed tb.0 debate for the
day. At tUy-tfobcju-'on of his speech an agree?
ment was reached ,..tc clcso the debaie after
throe hours' further discussion on Monday.
Then, at 5; It) p. m., the house adjourned.
Three New States.
WAsKUiCtTGX. Dec. 10. ?It now ap
pears to be a certainty that Utah, Ari?
zona and Now "Mexico territories will
be admitted to statehood at this ses?
sion of congress. This means six mere
democratic senators and the postnonsr
ment for some years oi the possibility;
of the republicans' gaining' control of
the L'nii-od States sonata. - Without tho
creation of these states,, -the rgpub*
Means could not gvt octroi of th? sen"
ate until'>tarch-i, IS'JT. agd it isXe
lieved that with tb,e adiftissiGi...of theses
territories, tho ch'/nro. of political com?
plexion in the senate v. tU ho deferred
until 1300, ?---^V^
Banker Yard Acquitted.
PiHLAii-LLi'iiiA, Dec. l^-pi^e-'jiiry in
the case oi Henry *i Yard, who was
charged - with" lniir^Viir;colIt( >ian with
the of&sers ox tlte defunct-K^?tone. na?
tional bank in. w?k '-. Institu?
tion, brought in aveyaic1
CLEVELAND
Win Not Favor His Opponents, Sayi
a Democratic Congressman.
Bo Wag Given to Understand That If He
i Expected Any Favors He Most Prove
If imse!/. by Voting, to Be JTriondly
Toward the Administration*
Washington, Dec. IS.?Stories, re?
garding the determination of President
Cleveland to subordinate everybody in
ail issues, unless they agree with his
ideas, multiply. The latest has for its
author a 'prominent democratic con?
gressman, who went to the white house
to look into certain post otnee appoint?
ments.
"After patiently waiting for a num?
ber of congressman, who preceded me
to make their wants known, it did not
tako long for me to discorcr," said he
Sunday, while relating his experience,
"that the president was in,a mood to
descend to the pettiest tricks which j
one might expect to find in the make?
up of the poorest politician. After ques-.
tioning me pretty closely as to the avail?
ability and capacity of my condidato,
he wandered off on a dissertation on the
tariff and Hawaiian questions. Then he
sounded his views on both subjects, and
gave mo to understand pretty clearly
that if I expected any favor at his
hands, I must prove myself to be friend?
ly toward the administration iu my
voting. This was a revelation to me,
for I expected better treatment and
hoped that stories circulated concern?
ing the president's methods were ex?
aggerated. My experience taught me
a lesson, and it will be a long time be?
fore I subject myself to a repetition of
the treatment accorded me at the white
house."
Another story in which Senator
Palmer appears as tho luckless man
appears here. The senator from Illi?
nois went to the white house and in?
formed the .president that he wanted
John Donnelly appointed marshal not
later than Wednesday, so that he could
depart for Chicago to help elect Hop?
kins, the democratic candidate for
mayor. Wednesday came, but no nom- j
ination.
Senator Palmer receives little sym- j
pathy from his colleagues in the sen?
ate, who say he ought to have followed
Voorhees' example and got his patron?
age before he became an administra?
tion senator. The answer which tho
president is said to have made not long
ago, when asked }\ow he camo to ap?
point young Eekels controller of the
currency, "Oh, I heard Senator Palmer
wasn't going to let me do it, so I
thought I'd see," is recalled by those
who heard of his late rebuff,
p i ttsb?rgT? S~po o r.
Andrew <"?r.t-ef;lo Han a Scheme for Ft-.In.
lug & 100,000 ior Thcnt.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dee. lc.? When the
police and firemen of Pittsburgh start?
ed out Tuesday to take a complete cen?
sus of the unemployed and destitute, it
was ?Pn.fii!?ntly expected that they
would finish in two days. They have
been at it constantly since, yet the
work has not been finished, The
names of 2,9?0 families have been
turned in to Director Brown, of the de?
partment of public safety, who has 1
charge of the census, Mr. Prowu said j
that tho compieie returns will show j
3,500 families who are actually iu want 1
In nine out.oJ^ten car.es the families are j
large, and a fair average to each would J
be six persons. This would make 21,- j
000 people to be assisted by the relief j
committee.
These figures may seem a little high,
but Director lhowa says they are
right. Tho officers were provided with
blanks iu which they entered the
name, residence, number of people in
each family, how long the wage-earn-1
ers have been out of work and whether j
any of the family is ill. Over halt the ]
blanks turned in tell pathetic stories of |
sickness. In but a few cases were phy- J
sictans in attendance, the great major-;
ity. suffering for medicine and nourish
ment There tire also a number of
cases of births in which there were no j
physicians in attendance, the people
being too poor to call one.
Andrew Carnegie has intimated that
he will raise $100,000 for the benefit of
the poor. He has a scheme for the \
city to furnish employment for all the j
able-bodied men, and pledges himself !
to raise this sum to pay them. The j
work will be on public improvement, \
such as grading the Schenly park, in !
which Mr. Carnegie is building a SI,-i
000,000 library, ana street labor. As,
the city appropriations have been ex- j
hausted and no work eau be done until j
next yeav'b rtppropriv.tions &rc made
the moiicy will be lent to the city. Mr. j
Carnegie has intimated that lie does;
not care whether the loan is repaid or j
not so long as work is furnished to j
thoso who want it
Ths'wother"
Tclis the Jjry Ab mi t!ia Insanity That
Has lV..*en th'j jiorlt^;?p of Pr?u;lerga?it.
Chicago, Dec. IS.? When the Pren
dcrgast trial was resumed Saturday
morning, Mrs. Preuaergast, mother
of the prisoner, was recalled by the
defense and asked in regard to the
sanity of her husband's father.
She testified that tha boy's grand?
father was insane in 1S39. and that
he was confined in an asylum at tm>t
time and was irrational p,t times after?
ward, lie was a *.c?!dler in the English
army and his arm was shot off in a
battle in the south of Spain. The wit?
ness was very much confused during
cross-examination, but made her story
straight when interrogated in a kindly
manner by Judge Krentano.
Threo Killed In a tvreoU.
Louisville Ky., Dec. 18.?A freight
train, east-bound on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Southwestern railway was
hurled down an embankment 185 feet
high, noar .Vuldrough's station, at ft
o'clock Sunday evening.
The killed are: Thomas Keegan, en?
gineer, Louisville; John Downs, fire?
man, Louisville; unknown man.
^Injured: Two unknown tramps and
two colored brakemen.
Thirteen cars wore wrecked, five con?
taining hogs, 500 of which were killed,
and five containing cattle, of which 100
wero killed. The loss will amount 'to
$125,0.00.
Fall. Dwy*r, Jr., is Dead.
Los Angeles, Cel., Dec. lS.?PhiL
Dwyer, Jr.. son of the noted iiu'fman,
who came from New York to this coast
about a men.th ago, died at Westmin
*tjor hotel. He has been ill for soma
time past with consumption.
FOREIGNERS
Are Interested in the Propped Tariff
Ciuinscs?Ambasffaders and Ministers la
Washington Keeping a Watchful Eye.
Washington, Dec, 18.?The proposed
tariff changes will very much affect the
trade with other countries. Ambasso
dors and ministers located at Washing*
ton are Iceeping a watchful eye on
every phase of tho tariff development
Most of the foreign represenuilives
have secured copies of the bill reported
by the ways and means committee for
transmission to their respective gov?
ernments. It will interfere with com?
mercial treaties and compel an entire
readjustment of our trcatjr relations.
This is the true case of the Brazil
reciprocity treaty negotiated by Mr.
Blaiue; Spain, with which Gen. Foster
affected a treaty and other South
American republics.
Senor Don E'Deinuruaga, Spanish
minister said the treaty conferred many
commercial benefits to the United
Stales. American flour was admitted
into Cuba at a much lower rate of duty
than before. This feature resulted in
the shipment of thousands of barrels of
American flour to Cuba. Many other
articles of American production wore'
also admitted to Cuba and other Span?
ish colonies either free of duty or at re?
duced duties. On the other hand Cuba
received benefit by the remission of
duty on raw sugar.
As to tobacco also, the commercial
relations between the countries will
undoubtedly be aided by a reduction of
duties.
Tho Japanese minister is interested
in the progress of the tariff bill. At-the
legation it is said Japanese silks ;<re
used in cnormi/us quantities in thio
country. As the silk schedule cf the
tariff bill is very lightly touched there
is likely to be little change in the Jap?
anese exportation.
SILVERTTE3 IN CONFAB.
Behind Closod Doom tho White ?Jelu'iltC2
Are At It.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Id.?The confer?
ence of tho leading silver of the coun?
try to devise ways and means to con?
tinue the fight for free silv.-r
coinage opened Friday at tho
headquarters of the bimetallic leaguo.
Most of the familiar faces of the
silver leaders wore there, including
Gen. Weaver and Gon. Field, of Iowa,
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, Cant
Kolb, the Alabama leader; Mortimer
Whitehoad, lecturer of the National
grange; Morton Frewen, the British
authority on bimetallism; Col. Beverly,
of Virginia, Judge Sheldon, of Connec?
ticut, and many others.
Mail for Grand Master Workman
Sovereign, of the knlgnte of labor. Iras
boon received, so that Mr. Sovereign
himself is expected later. In all the
confreres number about fifty, repre?
senting the bone and sinew of the free
silver movement.
The conference is proceeding behind
closed doors. Gen. Warner, president
of tho Bimetallic-league, said that th.^
meeting would probably lust for sever?
al days, as it was intended to full}- can?
vass the sentiment of the bimctallbts
and reach some conclusion among them
as to the course to be pursued.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
The Ilouse CorauKrcc C'omtnitte? Wants
the I'rcject In vest heated.
Washington. Deo. 10.?To consider
Nicaragua canal and the duties of the
government toward it was the subject
which. Friday called or.t a full meeting
of the house commerce committee.
Senator Frye argued that the govern?
ment could build the Nicaragua canal
for $75,000,000. Tho bonds would sell
readily while bearing interest of only a
per cent that would make the Intere-1
money and repairs not exceedS5,500,000
per annum
The government control would per?
mit lowering rates, yot $1 per ton profit
would result at that figure. .After an
address by Senator Morgan, Mr. Storer,
of Ohio, offered a resolution, which was
unanimously adopted, providing for the
appointment of three senators and six
representatives, each to Le appointed
by the presiding officers of the two
houses, to proceed as soon as possible
and make a personal Inspection of the
route. The resolution will be reported
to the house Sasurt!ay.
No?ro Murdered by "White Boy?.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. IG.
Frida}- night, as tho result of a bo}'ish
quarrel, a young negro named Alex?
ander, about two-tlurds grown, was
killed by one or two white lads several
years younger, being stabbed to the
heart. The little murderers escaped
and have not been found, although the
polico are hunting for them. The lads
went into a store near at hand, boasted
of their deed anil disappeared.
Died on His Eirtiicia7.
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 16.?lion.
Alpheus F. Raymond, ex-judge of the
supreme court of appeals, died at his
home in Fairmouut Friday night
Judge Haymond was born in 1823, and
died on his seventieth birthday. He
was one of tho ablest jurists in the
south, and was on the supreme bench
for ton years.
T&2 Same to Mayor Swift.
Chicago, Dec. 16.?American Federa?
tion of Labor delegates refused Friday
to permit Mayor Swift to address them.
There was considerable opposition to
the action on the ground that inas?
much as Gov. Altgeld had been invited
\ to speak the same courtesy should be
extended to Mr. Swift \
?? ? ??
Enjrl&nd Doesn't want Hawaii.
Ottawa, Out, Dec. 10.?Sir John
Thompson denies that the visit of Hon.
> Mackenzie Bowell, minister of trade
and commerce, to Honolulu, had any
political significance. The object of
Mr. Bowell's visit to Honolulu and also
to Australia was to study the possibil?
ity of developing trade relations be?
tween the Dominion ami those coun?
tries. _
Oae cf Harvard's Oldest Deal.
Cambridge, Mass., Deo. 16.?Prof.
Henry Warren Torrey, one of the old?
est professors of Harvard university, is
dead. Ho was SO years of ago.
. ? _
j Z-ur.istar Thuratcn Satis
j San Francisco. Doc !<!.?Among the
! passengers whti U?it on the steamer
j Alameda, Friday, i >r nonolu'U, was U
I A. Thurston, l.h:v u: <; a m'nh*er to the
1 United States
A MEW BRIDGE
As LrahnrUle Tumbles Down tu the Klvar*!
Bottom?A Number of Liven I o*t - lii^h
Wind Canted the FbIm Work to GIv?
TT*y.
- Louisville, Kj.t Dec 16.?At 10:13
Friday morning- a -whole span of the
?effcrsonville bridgo fell. The bridge
ia now under construction by the 'Phco
wixville Bridge Ca, of Phasnixvilie.
Pa. Fifty men were at work on tho
bridge, all of whom were precipitated
into the river. The number killed may
exceed thirty.
The bridge has been under construc?
tion for a number of years. Several
times work has been suspended for lack
of funds. Two years ago the Masonic
savings bank failed la cause of its con?
nection with the bridge company. Re?
cently financial assistance was ob?
tained and work was resumed.
Three years ago in constructing the
piers a dreadful accident happened at
the caisson, resulting in the death of
twelve mon. Accident* have toon fre?
quent and from "first to last it Is said
that fifty mon have been killed, fed,
Simmons was taken out dead. An un?
identified body was soon afterward re?
moved. Many more can be discerned
among the debris*
Tho acoident was due to the Insecure
placing of the "traveler" Thursday
night. The wind still further loosened
it, and Friday morning tho order was
given to draw it back into its place and
the engines were started.
The wind was high and the swaying
of the false work forced the traveler
from tho piles on which it was placed.
When the end slipped off tho men real?
ized .their danger. The engineer called
to the men, and ten of the nfty-ono on .
tho span escaped. Iforty-one fell 110 ..
feet into the water.
The span which fell would havo hcon
finished Friday afternoon. After the
"traveler" had been fastenod to the ;.
pier there would have been no danger
from the wind or current.
At 11 o'clock it was known twenty
five men had been killed, as that many
dead bodies had been recovered. Tho
bodies wore most horribly mangled.
At that hour the number of wounded
could not be ascertained, though tho
number was kown to bo largo.
The shocking accident was witnessed
by men employed along the river front
and on the boats plying up and down
the river.
The forry company at once sent two
boats to assist in securing the bodies of
the dead and dying and rescuing the
workmen 6till alive.
Both banks of the river were crowd?
ed with peojjlo many women were in
tho throng, arid it was apparent there
were present the wives and children of
those who had gone down to death.
Three patrol wagons were kept busy
and tho guards were assisted by the
fire department in carrying off the dead
and the injured. The wagons could
not go to and from the hospital fast
enough to receive thoso taken from the
river.
The only street leading to the ap?
proaches to tho bridge is Campbell
street. Here the throngs rushed to?
ward the bridge, which became so
dense that only with the greatest diffi?
culty could the police keep this passago- ?.
way from being completel}' blocked.
The injured were brought to the city
hospital at the rate of about.one a
minute. At 11:15 seven men had bean
brought in. All wcro unconscious, und
as a result their names could not bo
learned. Some of the men were col?
ored.
Later?It Is now known that six
men were killed in the bridge di&uiitvi.
and sixteen injured, some of whom will
dio. Seventeen are still missing. It is
claimed that the criminal niggardiness
of the contractors is responsible for
the horror.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 16.?A second
span of tho new bridge fell Friday
night. This span is the one next to tho
bigger one which fell Friday morning
toward the Kentucky side. Tho river
channel Is now entirely blockaded and
uo boats can pass. The wreck is piled up
between three piers, the spans on either
side of tho middle being down. Thoro
ia also wreckage on the Indiana side of
the third of the piers, a part of an un?
finished span having fallen, tho work
that went down being the continua?
tion of the work of the span which fell
in the morning.
DIG SWIDLE.
St. Paul, Minn., Mon Tum h 8250,000 Trieb
on Their r riouds.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 10.?Export
accountants have been going over the
books oi the American IJuildiug, Loan
and Investment Co., of Chicago, for two
mouths, and it was learned Friday in
St Paul from directors of the company
that there is a skrinkage of more tiiaa
$',250,000 in assets and that the securi?
ties are practically worthless.
One item of assets i? for & 140,000,
loaned on pasturoge at St. Paul park,
which is not worth one-fifth of the
loan. In April, 1981, Vice-Prosidont M.
B. Modica and Secretary Wm. Marstou
got M. D. Miller, of this city, on the
board of directors, and through him
eastern capitalists Were induced to
make the loans on the St. Paul park
property. All tho lots arc: remote fron;
the city and arc unimproved It b* bo?
lieved in St. Paul that Monica and
Marston got all the raqnoy and nrnU
out the mortgages to 'Straw"' men.
FiUjr Day* O^er line.
Boston, Dec. 16.?The two-hundred;
ton schooner Margaret A. (Irep
Capt. Gregory, from Capo Hay lien
Island, of 11 ayti, ia now fifty days over,
dno and is thought to be lost
Slaughtering Indians.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. Kx?The tor?
pedo gunboat Boomerang, of the
Australian squadron* returned from
New Hebrides to her headquart?
ers shortly before "R. M. 8. Arawa
sailed'for this port The Boomerang
had been cruising sitico last April, and
in company with the French ei-ai ^cr .
Scorff visited and fired ou native settle*",
ments on the inlands of Pentecost, lay* -
ing waste the villages of tribes klVim a
to have butchered white men. Many
of the islanders were also arrested end!
fined or imprisoned, according to the
extent of their guilt.
Ths Cholara at Coaafcaufctnople.
London, Dec. 11.? -A. dispatch to the
Standard from Athens fcayw Cholera
has assumed dangerous proportions at
Constantinople. The Creek: 'r^?uenta
there complain bitterly of th? iut*?i?
maivAv of tho Turkish Boston*