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VOL. VI. NO. L.»;3. BIG BLOWING Now Being Done by the Third Party. THEY CLAIM THE EARTH As They Did in the Last Elec tion—What Tom Wat son Will Do. Atlanta, Jan. 17 —The gathering here of the State Committee of the third party has created a good deal of talk and it looks as if political matters would begin to liven up in the very near future. The members of the third party committee talked with a great deal of assurance about what they were going to do and it is no exaggeration to say that they seem confident of making a very strong fight in the state this year. If there are any possibilities of winning them back there is no indication of that possibility now. The fact of the matter is the third party is in it thia year for a fight to death. Their leaders profess to believe that there is a better chance than they have ever had before and they propose to organize thoroughly and make the liveliest kind of a fight which means that the Demo crats will have to prepare for a sure enough fight. The most interesting feature of the campaigu as it has so far developed is the uncertainty about Tom Watson’s in tentions. A great many of the commit tee are anxious for Watson to go into the race for Governor. As one of them put it in talking yesterday, “Watson might not be elected but he would make the party a great power in the state. But even if hedid not he would carry the legis lature and then step into the United States Senate. Watson is opposed to this now, and I don’t know whether we cangetnim to agree to it. The fact of the matter is that, smarting under the defeat in the tenth district last year he would rather personally beat Black than win any office in the state. We feel con fident that he will defeat Black in the text race. As to who will run if Watson don’t, it is pretty hard for me to say. A good many people would lite to see Peek in;the race again, but there is a pretty strong element against Peek on the ground that once having been defeated he would not make a good candidate. Most of these people are for Henry R. Harris in case they can’t get Watson. They will, all of them, go to work and try to induce Wasson to make the race, and will not make up their mind on anybody else as long as there is the least possi bility for Watson.” MAINTAINS HER CLAIM. lAUonkalani Says The Throne Is Her Right—That Damage Claim. ’ San Francisco, Jan. 17.—1 n a com munication received here by the steamer Australia there was the assertion that the deposed queen has given up the con test and will sue the United States for damages for the part taken by the for mer representatives of this country at the time the provisional government was substituted. Samuel Parker, prime minister of the ex-queen and minister of foreign affairs, A. Peterson, attorney general, and two members of the cabinet at the time of the change in the govern ment, came by the same steamer. They briefly denied the statement, deeming that It was important. They noticed in the telegraphic dispatches from Wash ington that considerable weight is given at the capital to this report. In consequence, Mr. Parker sent a strong telegram to Secretary of State Gresham, signed as prime minister of foreign affairs, positively denying those assertions, and declaring that the queen had submitted her case to the arbitra tion of the United States, and will pa tiently await that verdict. Mr. Parker and Mr. Peterson said that they saw the queen half an hour before they left on the steamer Australia, and she was firm in her determination to claim the throne. At no time did she or any of her advisers mention the pos sibility of presenting a claim to the United States for pecuniary assistance. How Would She Sue T Washington, Jan. 17.—The officials of the state department scoff at the story that ex-Queen Liliuokalana is contem plating a suit for damages against the United States government for having ousted her from her throne and having taken her government from her. It is inquired very pertinently, “where will she bring suit?” There is no court in which she has the privilege of bringing suit. The only means of enforcing a de cision would be to wage war. She might, indeed, file a claim with con gress, but she would be entirely de pendent upon legislation for any re turns. • A DOCTOR ASS- ULTED. But iced Into thr * B<j«tly Beaten nnd KtahLr.l. • Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 17.- Dr. R. Ashlirooke, r, leading phy<.■■•••: was called to visit a p iticnt at the --übnrb.nn town oI" Man<-h.‘st-r. i!o w.h r Mining about 11 o'< 10-i-: p. m.. wb> • t. < wa Mopped by a man who waiu< 1 :;:n to go to the iVniiistu.i io ali iii < a w'.i.j had been bully lir:r in a■: lu i doctor n«ked for !url..<-r in in .1. i.i. and the nr.n told ii m . ■ ii'iVw i. > i.e top of the hill, u > he would sue some one to direct him. The doctor says he drove on out to the Peninsula, and, leaching the top of the hill, he saw a man who called him over towards the creek. The doctor ad vanced and the man went over the bank THE ROME TRIBUNE. wnikuer cue uuctor rouowea mm. as ne was descending he was struck from be hind, rendering him partly unconscious. While in this condition his unseen as sailants beat him about the head and stabbed him once in the abdomen. After some time the doctor was able to crawl up the bank and make his way to Fulton. He is now at his home in a critical condition. The police have vis ited the spot where the doctor was at tacked and found articles belonging to him, and evidences of a struggle. Dr. Ashbrooke is under indictment jointly with William Groves, late the superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, of New York, who is charged with issuing forged policies. The doctor, as the examining surgeon, is charged with signing the medical cer tificates for the bogus policies. THERE’LL BE NO FIGHT. Governor Mitchell Will Prevent the Pagll. ists’ Meeting in Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 17.—The fight will not take place in Duval coun ty, unless the courts restrain the sheriff. Sheriff Broward declares that he will obey the governor. There has been a good deal of guessing as to what the sheriff would do, among those who did not know him. Some said that he would see his law yers and do what they told him to do. Others said that he would not interfere because his lawyer had already told him he would lay his bondsmen liable to suit for damages, and that he would disobey the governor to protect .them. The sheriff does not believe that there is any danger of a suit for damages in case he interferes, and that if time does not develop a case, it will practically amount to only a farce, be cause the club will be compelled to prove specific damages to make a case, a thing which cannot be done if the fight is pre vented. hi an interview on the subject the sheriff said: “I have been ordered by the governor to stop this fight and I propose to obey orders. He told me he would place at my disposal all the force at his command if necessary to prevent it. His instruc tions I aui going to carry out in all sin cerity whether they are unpleasant or not. “I shall do my duty,” said the sheriff, emphatically, “as it is laid down to me by the governor.” “Will you ask the governor to declare martial law?” “1 will not unless I see indications of such a stubborn resistance as will make me unable to cope with the difficulty. I am satisfied if the plan for the fight is persisted in, unless some intervention is secured, there will be trouble.” “The people here should, in my judg ment, look squarely at the true situa tion, and make every effort to prevent the forcing of an unpleasant issue. I have already made my plans to prevent their meeting, and I know that they will not miscarry unless their execution be restrained by rhe action of the courts.” Bowden, of the Athletic club, not withstanding the declarations of the governor and sheriff, offers to bet $20.- 000 that the fight will come off at the appointed time and place. WILLIAM’S SPEECH. What the Emperor Had to Say to the Priu sian Diet. Berlin, Jan. 17.—Emperor William opened the Prussian diet in the white hall of the castle. The emperor, in his speech to the members, pointed out the growing deficiency in the estimates, say ing the difficulties, coupled with the in creasing demands of the empire upon in dividual states, could only be removed by a reorganization of the financial af fairs of the empire and an adequate in crease of its own resources. The government, the emperor added, continued its efforts to promote the pros perity of the agricultural classes so as to enable them to cope with bad times, and the government would also endeavor to effect the requisite changes in the law relating to land, which were regarded as necessary by agricultural bodies. In conclusion the emperor said the govern ment was preparing to carry measures which would improve the credit system and remove the evils resulting from ex cessive debts on land and which would ameliorate the conditions under which land owners obtain loans. Girls, Get You a Gun. New York, Jan. 17.—Miss Gertie Morse, a typewriter employed in a real es tate office has bought her a p iarl-handled revolver. She lives with her parents, and it is usually dark when she gets home from her work. Saturday night, on St. Ann’s avenue, a strange man met her and attempted to hug her. The young woman did not faint. Instead, she struck her assailant a stunning blow with her umbrella and broke from him. She got home safely, but was badly frightened. Now she has a pistol, and knows how to use it. Weather Forecast. Washington, Jan. 17.—Forecast till 8 p. m., Thursday—For North Carolina, generally fair, northeasterly winds, shifting to southerly; slightly warmer Thursday. For South Carolina and Georgia, fair, easterly winds, slightly warmer in northern portions. Eastern Florida, fair, easterly winds. Western Florida and Alabama, fair, winds shift ing to southerly, warmer Thursday morning. Mississippi, fair, southerly shifting to westerly winds, colder in northern portions Thursday evening. They Expected Bullets Next. Bremen, Ind., Jan. 17.—An east bound express train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad struck a timber wedge between the rails three or four miles west of this place the other night and narrowly escaped being wrecked. The timber had undoubtedly been placed tilers for that purpose. There were six coaches heavily loaded with passengers. The passengers were panic stricken and huddled down between the car seats to escape the bullets that were momentarily . HOM KU A.. I'HUKSOat MORN In O. JANOAsI 18, lo»4 WILL ISSUE BONDS. Secretary Carlisle Reached a Final Decision Yesterday. ANNOUNCEMENT OF BIDS. He Has the Resumption Act of 1875 For His Authority. The Wool Schedule. Washington, Jan. 17.—Secretary Car lisle, during the day, will officially an nounce a bond issue. What form this announcement will take cannot be posi tively stated until the official statement is made, it is believed, however, that the announcement will be in the form of an advertisement inviting bids for 5 per cent bonds at a figure that will make a rate of interest of 3 per cent a year. The bonds will be issued under the re sumption act of 1875. but what amount will be issued cannot now be stated. Under the resumption act three classes of bonds run as follows: 4 per cent, 30 years; 4 1-2 per cent, 15 years; 5 per cent, 10 years. Wool Troubles Them. Washington, Jan. 17.—At 11:15 the house went into the committee of the whole to consider the tariff bill. There are two amendments and two substi tutes pending, relating to the date of the wool schedules. The question of limiting the debate on amendments offered to the wool sched ule became a bone of contention between the two sides of the house, which was finally settled by a council of war be tween the leaders of the two parties held in front of the speaker’s desk. It was decided to close the debate at 1 o’clock, half of the time to be given to each side. Mr. Payne’s amendment to make free wool go into effect Oct. 1. 1898, was lost by a vote of 68 to 154. The substitute offered by Mr. Johnson providing that the free wool clause should take effect immediately after the passage of the bill was agreed to, yeas, 112; nays, 102. This was the first defeat for the commit tee. In the Senate. Nothing of a public interest transpired in the senate during the morning hours, the attention of the body being occupied for half an hour in the discussion of a private bill for refunding a small sum wrongfully collected as internal revenue tax in 1865. The bill was finally placed on the calendar. At 1:30 a resolution for an inquiry Into the civil service reform, and whether its rules should be extended or re stricted, gave rise to a spirited dis cussion m which Senator Hoar took advanced grounds in favor of re form, giving Mr. Cleveland some credit for his position, but finding fault with the “looting” of consulships. He defended Mr. Josiah Quincy in connection with these consulships, say ing that Quincy had been made a “scape goat” of by the administration. The, discussion is still on. —•i —— Death of an Ex-Repre«entattve. Washington, Jan. 17.—Speaker Crisp has just received a telegram announcing the death of ex-Representative Forney, of Alabama. - - CRISP’S BIRTHDAY. He Will Celebrate It by Making a Speech on Hie Tariff. Washington, Jan. 17. —Chairman Wilson, of the ways and means commit tee, called upon Speaker Crisp and added his voice to the number of requests which have been made of the speaker that he should be heard in the tariff de bate. Speaker Crisp has decided to de liver a speech on the closing day of the debate, which will be Monday, January 29th. He will follow Tom Reed. When Mr. Wilson called upon the speaker Judge Gustin, of Macon, hap pened to be in the room. Judge Gustin and Speaker Crisp used to practice law together. They are exactly the same age, having been born on the same day. When the speaker told Mr. Wilson that he would enter the debate on that day, Judge Gustin spoke up and said: “What day is that?” "Monday, the twenty ninth,” responded the speaker. “Why, that's your birthday,” said Judge Gustin, "and I hope .you will de liver as great a speech on that day as tho speech you delivered on your birthday two years ago. You remember the oc casion. It was when you first appealed from Keed’s decision in counting a quo rum. I think that was the greatest speech you ever made, but I hope your speech on the tariff will be even a great er one.” Judge Crisp will be 49 years of age on the day he delivers his tariff speech. LYNCHED IN MISSOURI. A Brute With a Double Crime Paid an Awful Penalty. St. Louis, Jan. 17.—John Buchner, a negro who criminally assaulted a young white girl and a middle aged negro wo- 1 man near Valley Park, Mo., 15 miles west of this city, has been lynched. Buchner was captured late in the night, and locked up in jail at Valley Park. At 5 a. m. a mob broke open the jail, and dragged the negro fiend from the cell. They then placed a rope around his neck and strung him up to the rail- '■ road bridge. TLe body was still hang- ■ ing within full view of all the passen gers on the Frisco railroad at 8 a. m. Insuitea Her Womanhood. Colorado Springs, Col., Jan. 17. , Miss Fanny Davenport denies emphati- , cally the story sent from Denver last I week that the injury to her shoulder, 1 which causeiPthe omission of the per- I ■formance of “Cleouatm” there n» w eunesuay mgut, was caused oy any altercation in her company. “I sprained my shoulder,” she said, “in throwing the slaVe in the third act. The insinua tion printed is an insult to my woman hood and dignity as the manageress of so large an organization. Tnose on the stage with me know the exact minute I hurt my arm, and I finished playing with it hanging helpless at my side.” MORE WHEELS MOVING. Thousands of Hands Getting Back to Work Once More. Pittsburg, Jan. 17.—The Sligo rolling mill has started up as a non-union plant, the management having refused to pay scale rates any longer. The puddlers who went to work will be paid only $4 a ton, a reduction of 75 cents a ton. The officials of the firm claim that most of the old hands agreed to the new terms and that a majority of the men are at work. The puddling department of Moorhead Bros. & Co.’s mill, at Sharpsburg, has resumed. The guide mill will start up in a few days. New timbers are being put under the plate mill engine, and this department will continue idle for a few days. The rolling mill of Chess, Cook & Co., at Rankin, which has been closed for two months, has also gone into opera tion. j The plate'mill in Oliver’s South Fif teenth street plant went on again, the men having agreed to accept a 12 per cent reduction in wages. The mill will run on double turn for the present. Resuming at Braddock. Braddock, Pa., Jan. 17. —The wire drawing department of the Pittsburg ■ Wire mill has resumed operations. I About 100 men went to work. The rod ; mill started up on double turn, when ' over 200 men resumed work. The “rip- | pers” in the wire-drawing department were told on Saturday by Superintendent Pitch that they would be paid the same rate of wages as the “rippers” at the Braddock Wire mill. They refused to go to work and their places were filled with new men. Making More Machines. Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 17.—War ner Bros’, big corset factories and the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine company have started up to run full time, with a full complement of ein- t ployees, aggregating 3,000 hands. Since last summer these concerns have been running half time, at half price. After Six Months. Tarentum, Pa., Jan. 17, —The fires in all the furnaces of the No. 2 works of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company have been lighted. The works will resume in full, but at greatly reduced wages. They have been idle since last July. Eight hundred men will be employed. Three Thousand at Work. Amsterdam, N. Y., Jan. 17.—Sanford & Sons' carpet mills in this city started up on full time. Two thousand persons are now employed and 3,000 will be at work in a few days. Wages have been reduced about 20 per cent. ' 1 ' f-7 t . These Employ Five Hundred. Philadelphia, Jan. 17. Dobson’s blanket mills have resumed operations, , giving employment to about 500 per sons, at a reduction of 15 per cent in wages. CHICAGO’S TRADE. The Windy City Did a Tremendous Busi ness During the Past Year. Chicago, Jan. 17.—The annual report of the board of trade shows that the ac tual business of the board, measured by the volume of property handled, was larger for 1893 than during any previous year excepting the phenomenal 12 months of 1892. Receipts of grain and flour, the latter reduced to bushels, were 247,000,000 bushels, only 8,000,000 bush els less than 1892. The report shows a great shrinkage in speculation and intimates that the year was a bad one for the brokers. It winds up with this: “During the last year we have shipped for actual consumption and for export more than 100,000,000 bushels of grain, 4,100,000 barrels of flour, 956,000,000 pounds of pork product and 1,257,000,000 pounds of beef and beef product, aggre gating a value of not less than $250,000,- 000, making this the leading market of the world in grain and provisions.” A Preacher Confesses to Marder. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 17.—William Henshaw was shot to death three years ago when he was returning from a call on Miss Minnie Bond. His pockets were . rifled. Detectives worked on the case for a long time, but gave it up. Now ■ the Rev. Benjamin Baldwin, of Troy, Ohio, a Methodist minister, who former- I ly occupied a pulpit near where Hen- i shaw was murdered, has. according to a : dispatch received here, made a full con- ; session of the murder. It is said that < Mr. Baldwin was a suitor of Miss Bond, and that his jealousy of young Henshaw i drove hime to the deed. It is further , stated that the father of the girl favored the minister’s suit, and that Mr. Bald win, in his confession, implicates Mr, Bond. i That White Horse. ( Chicago, Jan. 17.—1 tis rumorod that ’ the defense has found, in Arizona, the ' man who hired the white horse on the , night of Dr. Cronin’s disappearance; ] that ho is now in Chicago and will testi- 1 fy in Coughlin’s behalf. He will testify, it is said, that he took the horse to visit a relative; that he drove north on Hal stead street because he was not acquaint- 1 ed with the city, and the relative he vis- 1 )ted will take the stand to verify his , story. The man will be identified, it is , said, by the hostler of the livery stable. , A COLLISION. Freight Ran Into a Passenger Train at Chester. SEVERAL PERSONS HURT. The G.» C. & N. Freight Dashed Into One on the R- & D. Where the Two Cross. Washington, Jan. 18.—A telegram has just been received in this city by General Manager W. H. Green, from General Superintendent Mcßee, of the Richmond and Danville railroad, which shows that the accident at the crossing near Chester, S. C., was fortunately not so serious as was first reported. It ap-' pears there were only 10 passengers on the wrecked Pullman, and only five of these were injured. F. H. Spears, of Pittsburg, received a scalp wound; J. H. Hoffman, of New York, wrist burned; Mrs. M. McCarty, of Washing ton, D. C., elbow cut; G. D. McCarty, of Washington, D. C., several bruises; J. T. Wilson, or Pittsburg, back hurt; Pullman Conductor Davis, bruised about head, and ear cut. No other persons were injured. Dr. Davega, the company's surgeon, has charge of the injured persons, and i says he does not consider any of them seriously hurt. The accident occurred at 12:38 a. m. The Richmond and Dan ville fast mail, No. 85, was crossing the Georgia, Carolina and Northern tracks and was run into by a freight train on the latter road, which struck the Pullman car on the front trucks. I The sleeper was overturned with the 1 results as stated. | It is intimated that the freight, at the time of the collision, had become un manageable. Another Account. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 17.—N0. 35, the United States mail, southbound, of tho Florida Central and Peninsular road was run into at 1:30 a. m. at Chester, S. C„ by a freight train of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern road. The Rich mond and Danville authorities here give out the following as the true facts of the accident: i The two roads cross near Chester. The : fast mail, with a number of sleepers at tached, stopped at the crossing, as is re quired by the railroad rules. The en gineer in charge of the freight train of the other road appears not to have paid any attention to this rule, and ran down to the crossing at a rate of 85 miles an hour. He saw the fast mail, but jumped from the engine and allowed it to crash into the rear sleeper of the mail train. It is marvelous that anybody in the sleeper escaped death. Tlie sleeper was smashed and the sleeper next to it was thrown off of the track. Nobody was killed, and it is not thought that any of those injure*, are fatally hurt. 1 Chester is a good sized place, and the 1 physicians there were able to take care ( of the wounded. The wreck was cleared ( at once, and the injured sent through to j their destination. ; This Was Fatal. Fairview, N. J., Jan. 17.—A con struction train on the Northern Railroad of New Jersey was wrecked at a trestle near this place. Several men were 1 killed, and 12 or 15 were injured. Six j of the injured have been taken to Ho- ( boken hospital. ( A NOTED BRIGAND. ‘ After a Desperate Battle He Is Killed. ! Other Foreign Notes. ’ St. Petersburg, Jan. 17.—The noto rious Caucassian brigand, Datck Mike laescholl, who has long terrorized tho i districts of Batoum and Ozurgeti, has been killed. ( Mikelaescholl commanded a desperate band, and had a network of spies. The ’ authorities obtained information a few ' days ago regarding his whereabouts, 1 and sent 12 soldiers and 23 volunteers to I entrap him. I They surrounded the hut in which ho 1 had sought refuge. The brigand opened fire upon the attacking party, and the fire was returned with such effect that he was soon mortally wounded. i Mikelaescholl, suspecting the owner j of the house of having betrayed him, sprang upon him and cut his throat just 1 as the soldiers rushed into the hut. The ’ brigand died scon afterwards, ' A Bomb With a Burning Fuse. Leghorn, Jan. 17.—A bomb with a burning fuse was found on the doorstep * of the Monarchial club. The fuse was J extinguished just in time to prevent an 1 explosion. The bomb was made of > wrought bronze and the rize of a wine 1 flask. < An appeal addressed to workmen by « labor leaders, urging them to go on i strike as a protest against the repressive t measures in Sicily, caused apprehension. Shops were closed, the streets were crowded and traffic was impeded. Later in the day there was a good deal , of serious disorder, and even the horse j cars stopped running. Liverpool Is Afraid of Manchester. Liverpool, Jan. 17.—At a special! meeting of the Liverpool chamber, of commerce a committee was appointed , to consider steps to prevent disadvantage t to the commerce of Liverpool, owing to , the opening of the Manchester ship t canal. The speakers favored cheapening J port dues, reducing expenses and en- , larging the facilities for trade. AT iJuauiy’Drived Bangor, Me., Jan. 17.—Engineer Ev eritt Haddock and Fireman George H en- t ry, with a big Mogul locomotive, tried to drive a snow plow through a drift near Harvey Lake, on the Canadian Pa- f dfic road. The engine jumned the tr.ick I r I PRICE hIVE CENTS. ana went iiyiug out upon tae ice, WHICH broke under its weight, and went down in 80 feet of water. Haddock saved himself by crashing through the cab window, but Henry perished. A diver . found Henry's body in a standing posi tion, the hands grasping the shovel, in the attitude of firing the engine. Direct Trade Begins. Charleston, Jan. 17.—The first move ment in the way of direct trade with •Europe from the west is 2,000 sacks of flour wnich has been booked from the Liberty mills, of Nashville, via Char leston. The Rosshire is now loading here for Liverpool. This shipment is thought to be the pioneer of a movement which will lead to the establishment of direct trade. The great increase of the depth of water on the bar by means of the jetties, which aro now rapidly ap proaching completion, admits ships of heavy draught of water to enter the port. Steamships carrying nearly 10,000 bales of cotton have loaded here and crossed the bar safely this season. Wildcat Companies Dying Out. Boston, Jan. 17.—The fifth annual re port of the commissioner of Foreign Mortgage corporations says that 21 com panies whose returns were printed in last year’s report have ceased to do busi ness in this state according to law. Four of these companies have failed, one has suspended payment in its savings bank department with no loss in the payment I of its mortgages, three have practically retired from business, and others have withdrawn at the suggestion of the com missioner. No state has suffered more than Massachusetts from wildcat insu rance. Manitoba Reports Confirmed. Montreal, Jan. 17.--The reports of of starvation in Manitoba and the north west are being verified. Hundreds of destitute people are walking the streets of Winnipeg, and the distress is terrible. To make matters worse the Canadian Pacific railroad has discharged a large number of men. It has just become I known here that the Grand Trunk rail way has made a reduction of 10 per cent in the salaries of employes. The men are dissatisfied. The company says the reduction applies only to trackmen. Lo Introduce Carlisle's Bill. Washington, Jan. 17.—The senate finance committee has authorized Seua ' tor Voorhees to introduce the Carlisle bill into the senate and also to present the letter from the secretary of the treas ury for the consideration of that body, which was done. The authorization as to the introduction of the bill is not in tended to mean, however, that the com mittee has decided to make an effort to pass the bill through the senate or that it has given it further endorsement than to allow it to be printed and referred to the committee in the regular way for consideration. > ' An Old Negro Woman Killed. Raleigh, Jan. 17.—Rosa Haywood, colored, aged 100 yesrs, was strangled to death in her house a mile from here about la. m. It is believed that OtL ange Page, a negro ex-convict, murdetea her, while Mary Smith, her oieoe, robbed the house. Both Page andinf Smith woman fled before daylight and are believed to have gone to Norfolk. Strangled 81. Guest. Milwaukee, Jan. 17.—Rudolph J. Peckmann, proprietor of the Create 01$' hotel, in which Mrs. Schrums watj found dead after the building was partly de stroyed by fire, has confessed thkt he strangled his aged guest for the purpose of robbing her and afterwards fired the room. He failed to secure the money. Peckinanu is now in jail. Instautly CiUMhed to Beatlu Chattanooga, Jan. 17.-A shocking fatality occurred on the Union railway, better known as the belt line, which en circles the city. Joseph W. Black, a beardless youth of 20 and a raw switch man, who was getting points on the business, was shaken from the rear of S flat car loaded with clay for the Mon tague pipe works, and instantly crushed to death beneath the back truck of the flat. T Skated Into an Air-Hole. Hartford, Jan. 17.—Barney Walden, aged 9, and Max Steele, aged 11, skated into an air-hole on the Connecticut river near East Hartford bridge, and Walden was drowned. The he is 11 inches thick here. DisnsLCT on ttin nlgfT New York, Jan. 17.—The Dutch steamer, Amsterdam, Captain Stenger, from Rotterdam, Jan. 4, just arrived lost her chief officer, J. Meyer, and five men by the capsizing of her port life boat, while proceeding to the assistance of the crew of the American fishing schooner, Maggie E. Well, which was in a sinking condition. The schooner is supposed to be lost with all on board. Hanged in Pennsylvania. Gettysburg, Jan. 17. -Henry Heist was hanged here for the murder pf Emanuel ’I inu, Feb. 1, 1893, ths drop fell at 11:13. ” V A Soldier Murdered and Robbed. Pensacola, Jan. 17.—A man killed on the dummy here has been identified as Charles Reed, of Battery A, Third ar tillery, stationed at Fort Barrancas, who had come here in citizen’s clothing on a short leave. He had just been paid off for two months and is supposed that he was murdered and robbed and his body laid on tho track. It doesn’t make much difference wha the price of coal is, it’s a grate expense Medical men are long lived. They ought to be. They never take their own medicine.