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People’s Party Paper VOLUME IL a nrajm. EE MEETS TWO DESPERADOES AND WHIPS THE FIGHT, Killing One and Making ths Other Jump Into the River—He ' Was Not Hurt Manchester, 0., Dec. 21.—Harry Blue and his wife recently came here from Colorado. Since his arrival he has been spending his time in mad carousal and exhibitions of his cow-boy proficien cy. Monday, in company with Thomas Bouvard, who lives in Lewis county, Kentucky, he proceeded to get drunk, and, as he termed it, “paint the town red.” The marshal, Robert McChesney, hearing of their conduct, followed them up and attempted to place them under arrest. He placed Ins left hand on Bouvard and, as ho did so, Bouvard and Blue pulled their pistols and commenced tiring at him. McChesney also pulled his pistol and returned the fire. For a short time the sound of cracking pistols and whistling of balls was suggestive of fearful carnage, as the street was crowd ed with people at the time. After the first two shots Bouvard reeled back a few paces and fell dead on his face with a bullet in his breast. Blue, after emp tying the chambers of his pistol, fled to the river and crossed to the Kentucky side in a skiff. It has since been learned that Blue received a bullet wound in his left side. Frank Pummel, a by-standor, received a stray ball in the knee. The wound is such as to cripple him for life. Mc- Chesney, the marshal, was shot through his overcoat. Otherwise he escaped un injured. Coroner Purdy, after viewing the remains and hearing the testimony, pronounced the death justifiable homi cide. The deceased was taken to his home for burial. Officers are after Blue, and he will soon be brought in. I Pierre Lorillard, Jr.', Got Whipped. i New York, Dec. 21. —Pierre Loril lard, Jr., eon of the millionaire tobacco man, and himself a wealthy club man, was horse-whipped in front of the Hol land house by Joseph Lyons, a cabman. Lyons had driven his cab up in front of the main entrance of the hotel and was waiting for his fare to get out when another cab drew up behind him. The driver of the second cab ordered Lyons to move on, but the latter refused to do so. A war of words ensued, when young Lorillard, who was in the second cab, alighted and attempted to move Lyons and his rig by force. Lyons warned him off, and when he did not go used his whip on the club man’s aris tocratic legs with vigor. Lorillard was driven into the hotel, where h« sought ' of Mr. Harrison, the su- perintendent. The latter had Lyons ar ' rested for disorderly conduct, but when he was arraigned before Justice Ryan in the Jefferson Market police court and told his side of the story, the justice promptly discharged him. Patrick Gilmore’s Property, New York, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Ellen G. Gilmore has been appointed by Surro gate Ransom as administratrix of the estate of her late husband. Patrick Sars field Gilmore, he having died intestate. Mrs. Gilmore has qualified. Austin Cor bin going on her bond. Sho says the great budmaster left $35,000 worth of real estate in the state of New York, and $5,000 worth of personal property. Fusionists Won in Michigan. Lansing, Dec. 20.—Secretary of State Blacker has announced that as a mem ber of the state board of canvassers he could state positively that Fusionist Candidates Newton and Shaffer were elected on the state ticket to the posi tion of justice of the supreme court and land commissioner respectively. All the returns are in the hands of the board except those from lona county. A Huge Mountain Lion. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 21.—A huge mountain lion lurks near Spokane, and is making nightly depredations. The beast was first seen Wednesday night by James Hall. It killed three of his hogs Thursday night, and killed two horses owned by Mr. Genoway. Sunday at dusk it appeared again and pursued two girls, who escaped by rushing into an isolated house. An Advantge to tho Democrats. Cheyenne, Dec. 20.—The supreme court unanimously overruled the motion to quash the writ of alternative manda mus granted in vacation in tho contest ed election cases from Carbon county. So far as it goes this is advantageous to the Democrats. A motion to strike out portions of the petition will be argued, and the case will soon thereafter come up on its merits. The Firet Case Reported. Pittsburg, Dec. 21. —Louis Sim, s Hungarian who worked at the Carnegie Steel works, at Homestead, during the strike, has just died at the Alleghany General hospital and the physicians say it is believed he was poisoned. This ia the first case of alleged poisoning re ported to the coroner, and a thorough investigation will be made. A Tax Collector Robbed and Murdered. Mobile, Dec. 20.—E. J. Armstrong, tax collector of Butler county, was robbed and murdered at Panther creek Saturday morning. His body was rid dled with bullets. Armstrong was out collecting taxes and had between SSOO and S7OO in hia possession. He was a great favorite and held in high esteem. How Dry Goods Como In. New York, Dec. 20.—The imports of dry goods for the week ended Saturday at the port of New York were $2,354,- 470, and the amount marketed $2,305,- 603. For the corresponding period last year the imports were $2,228,245, and •*-» r> unt mzu-lr At« 3 .131.050. Banker Graves Convicted. Dubuque, 10., Dec. 21.—The jury in the United States Court found President Rufus E. Graves of the Commercial Na tionalbank of Dubuque guilty of making false entries in reports to the comptroller of the currency. The case will go to the Federal Supreme court. "EOcfcxeil to All Privileges to Nones.” BROOKLYN’S TABERNACLE* ' * ho A Good Many Fun * There Sunday But Were Disapv New York, Dec. 20.—An unusuc. large number of persons flocked into Dr. Talmage’s tabernacle in Brooklyn when the doors were thrown open at 10 o’clock Sunday morning. A great many of them were attracted there by curios ity. The sheriff took charge of the tab ernacle on Friday night, having seized it to execute a judgment obtained against the trustees by A. R. Tong, a Brooklyn decorator. Mr. Tong deco rated the new tabernacle and was paid in notes which he was unable to collect Then he brought suit. The sheriff put a watchman in charge of the tabernacle on Friday night and re-enforced him Saturday with a deputy. It was inti mated that when the collection was taken up Sunday the proceeds would be seized by the sheriff, and therefore a largo number of persons not members of the congregation went to the tabernacle to see the “fun.” They were disap pointed, *or the trustees had an under standing with Mr. Tong, and the dep uty sheriff and his assistant were re moved. MRS. GLADSTONE A VOTER She Owns Property in Canada and Is Entitled to Suffrage. Niagara Falls, Dec. 21.—Upon ex amining the voters’ list of the Canadian town, it has been discovered that Mrs. William Ewart Gladstone, wife of the English premier, is a voter there for mayor, counsellors and school trustees. The lady is owner of three acres of valuable land overlooking tho great Falls of Niagara, just back of the falls view station of the Michigan Central railroad. Since the big boom in real estate at Niagara Falls on both sides of the river, Mrs. Gladstone’s piece of property has been in active demand. % The plot was presented to the lady by her hnsband about the time the Niagara Falls Queen Victoria Jubilee Park was opened. it is said to be worth $5,000 an acre. When that big hydraulic water power tunnel is completed on the Canadian, side this property will double, if not treble, in value. As yet Mrs. Gladstone has not taken advantage of her privi lege as a voter. HONORING WHITTIER’S MEMORY. His Birthday Was Observed with Appro priate Ceremonies in Massachusetts. • Amesbury, Dec. 10.—The memory of poet John Greenleaf Whittier was hon ored here Saturday. This was the an niversary of his birth, and according to a custom of many years the day was observed with appropriate exercised. There were many people from outside towns who attended the exercises, and among them were writers of national reputation, all admirers of the great pa triot and poet. The exercises were con ducted in the opera house, which was crowded to the doors. Orations were delivered, sketches of tne poet's life and selections from his writings were read. Tho leading feature of the event was the reading by Professor Churchill, of Andover, of original poems, written in honor of the great poet for the occasion by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Lucy Lar coxn, Robert Purvis and others. Welsh Tin-Plate Workers Strike. Elwood, Md., Dec. 21.—Tho Welsh workers in the tin-plate works here threaten a strike. A patent machine has been put into the tinning depart ment, doing away with the work of one man, and the company wants to operate it with an unskilled laborer and pay him accordingly. The Welshmen de mand that skilled labor only shall be employed, and until this is conceded, declare that they will not work. Tho works have been undergoing repairs, and had started up two mills and will start up another next week, when they had intended starting the tinning de partments. Goddard Pats Up Corbett Money. Chicago, Dec. 21.—Joe Goddard, the prize fighter, has deposited with George A. Siler, the sporting editor of a local paper, $3,500 forfeit money, as an evi dence of his desiro to fight Jim Corbett. Goddard declared that he will fight for $5,000 or SIO,OOO, as Corbett may elect, and the fight can take place in any large city in the United States. In the event of Corbett refusing the challenge, God dard says he will claim the champion ship of the world, and then look to Charley Mitchell for a fight. Hernandez Not Dead Yet. City of Mexico, Dec. 21.—The report that Colonel Nieves Hernandez, who is charged with having aided Garza to escape, would bo shot on Monday next is incorrect. The case is now on appeal to the Supreme Military court. The hearing of the appeal was originally fixed for Monday, but has been idefi nitely postponed on account of the absence of the defendant’s counsel. Later information is to the effect that the case of Colonel Hernandez will bo ■ heard in a month. England’s Power on the Lakes. New York, Dec. 20.—The t**ar de partment office here has received the new battery designs of the British gun- : boat Petrel, recently launched on the Great Lakes. The guns to be carried ■ by the Petrel are sufficient to destroy i any United States post on the lakes. j The British now have three formidable 1 ships on the lakes. Just by an Even Dozen. lonia, Mich., Dec. 20.—The recount in lonia county, on the Fifth Congress ional district ticket was completed Sat urday. It shows the election of George ] F. Richardson, Democrat, over Charles E. Belknap, Republican. the present in cumbent, by twelve plurality in the en- ! tire district. Governor Eagle Sick Again. Little Rock, Dec. 20.—Gevernor Eagle’s condition is such that his attend- j ing physician has called another mem ber of the profession in consultation. He labors hard on his message to the next legislature whenever able to work, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER >2 3, 1892. , A PRESBYTERIAN DEFENSE - 0- Ajj&iust the Unjust Criticisms’of Some Prominent New York People. » Pittsburg, Dec. 20.—The United Pres byterian ministers of Pittsburg, burn ing under the rebuke administered to them by the most prominent divines of New York city for their attitude on the social evil question, are now framing a vigorous reply in defense of their posi tion. This matter has been discussed at the regular meeting of the preachers’ association, and a resolution is now be ing prepared. A week ago the New York Herald published interviews with all prominent divines of that city on the attitude of Pittsburg ministers towards dissoluts women of the town, against whom a re lentless war was then being waged. W ith but few exceptions the action of the Pittsburg ministers was ‘denounced in emphatic language. It was in retali ation for these ministerial criticisms that Revs. Messrs. Robinson and Mc- Creery got together and proposed tho action taken by the United Presbyterian association. When the smoke of the animated dis cussion had cleared away, the associa tion, as a body, had adopted a resolution setting forth that the criticism of the New Yorkers had been most unjust and uncalled for, and that they were uttered without a knowledge of the existing state of affairs in Pittsburg. The sec retary was then instructed to have cop ies sent to New York ministers. A WEEK OF COCK FIGHTING. Over Four Hundred Eights Will Take Place at Dallas, Tex., Christmas. Dallas, Dec. 21.—Dallas will have a week of cock fighting during the holi days. A large number of the birds to participate have already arrived and the skirmishing has begun. Altogether over four hundred fights will take place. The three chief mains will be between Dallas and Kansas City, Mo., Dallas and At lanta, Ga., and Dallas and Sulphur Springs? Tex. Sporting men with a speculative in terest in the fights are begining to arrive. The holiday fights will be followed by fights every Saturday night between cocks from various points in Texas and Louisiana. An Alabama Sheriff Accidentally Shot. Montgomery, Dec. 21.—John T. Spi ers, sheriff of Elmore county, was shot and dangerously wounded in his office in Wetumpka. R. Tyler Goodwyn, ed itor of The Reform" Advocate and cir cuit clerk of the county, called at the office and was talking with Sheriff Spiers. During the conversation Mr. Goodwyn picked up a pistol which was lying on the table, and while examining it the weapon was discharged, the bullet striking’ Sheriff Spiers just abovp the navel. The two men are the warmest of friends, Goodwyn having been a stanch supporter of Spiers for sheriff during the August campaign. The wound is dangerous, but at night Spiers’ condi tion was better than at any time since .the wound was inflicted, and hope of his recovery was strengthened. Baseball in Cuba. Mobile. Ala., Dec. 20.—The All- American basebal team, now in Cuba under the management of John F. Kelly, of Mobne, has played five games with the Cubans and won four, having been defeated in the first game only. A. letter just received here announced that the last victory for the Americans Was won by a score of 13 to 1. The games were played before large crowds, the attendance at the last game being 5,000. The team will stay in Havana until January next. Another team, under the management of George Bur bridge, of Macon, Ga., is organizing and will visit Cuba and play with the Amer ican team there. While It Was Hot. Albany,Ore.,Dec. 20. —About 5 o’clock Sunday morning Fred Reis saw a bright meteor approaching from the southeast traveling very rapidly and with a rush - ing sound. It fell into the street fol lowed by bright sparks. Reis hastened to the spot and found a rock 14 inches in circumference, still very hot. It had the appearance of a volcanic production. May Become a Baptist. Cincinnati, Dec. 20.—Dr. Henry P; Smith, the suspended Presbyterian preacher, has been asked to start an in dependent church. He declines, but says if the system is sustained he will not remain in the Presbyterian church as a layman, but consider calls from other denominations intimating a prefer ence Rr the Baptist church. Domestic Measurements. Soft butter the size of an egg weighs one ounce. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to one table spoonful. One pint of coffee “A” sugar weighs twelve ounces. One pint of best brown sugar weighs thirteen ounces. ■ One quart of sifted flour (well heaped) weighs one pound. Two teacupfuls (level) of granulated sugar weigh oue pound. Two teacupfuls of soft butter (well packed) weigh one pound. One and one-third pints of powdered sugar weigh one pound. One pint (leaped) of granulated sugar weighs fourteen ounces. Two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar or flour weigh one ounce. Two teacupfuls (well heaped) of coffee “A” sugar weigh one pound. Two and one-half teacupfuls (level) of the best brown sugar weigh one pound. One tablespoonful (well heaped) granu lated coffee “A” or best brown suga* equals one ounce.—Good Housekeeping. To Answer for Fifty emerges. Parkersburg, W. Va., Dec. 21.—The jury in the case of Ward- Clouston, ex deputy circuit court clerk, who has been indicted in fifty cases for forgery os? witness certificates, obtaining money under false pretenses, etc., amounting to thousands of dollars, returned a ver dict of guilty. Clouston is also indicted for stealing a box of records, auditor’s papers and other papers in cases against him from the hotel during the absence of the auditor’s clerk. He is also charged with having been at the bottom of the attempted jail delivery when the janitor, Hall, was attacked and blinded by red pepper by James, a United States unitjopeiv - “*-■ - • f WOMEN SHUT DOWN, AND THREE CHILDREN DRIVEN INTO A BURNING HOUSE. Inhuman Work of Fiends Under the Guise of Revolutionists, at St, Ignacio, Mexico. Galveston, Dec. 21.—A special to the News says: During the fight at St. Ignacio, Cap tain Segur of the Mexican troops being hard pushed went in the Jackal and fought from there. There were in the Jackal a woman and three children. The captain called to the revolutionists asking that they might go out unharmed, But tho Answer was “No.” The woman endeavored to steal out with the children, but she was shot down and the children ran back. The revolutionists being unable to dislodge the captain, fired the Jackal, driving him out. When he was shot the deady body was thrown back into the burning build ing. The Three Children Were Burned to death. The bodies of the dead sol diers were thrown into the flames, and when the troops from Guerrero went to bury their dead, they found their bodies burned to a crisp. Another woman, the wife of a non-commissioned officer, un dertook to escape by crossing the Rio Grande to Texas, but was shot. May Want Indemnity, New Orleans, Dec. 21.—A. special to The Times-Democrat from New Mexico says: The revolutionists are nearly all refu gees from this country without any large following or sympathizers. Gener al Hinokbfa has declined to make any statement of the action of the United States, federal and military authorities in breaking up the lawless bands on the Texas border, or to say whether indem nity would be asked of the United States for the killing of Mexican sol diers by armed men who came over from Texas. AN OLD MAN MURDERED. ' He Lived Alone and was Killed for What Money He Had. Albany, Ga., Dec. 21.—Sam Wilson, a highly re >pected citizen of Arlington, near Alban was foully murdered and robbed Saturday night. The dead man was about 70 years’of age. He went j home aboffi dark Saturday night, and i ."\bput 9 «>.A k the next morning ne wls discovered dead. When he went, noma he was known to have considerable money, which was gone - when he was I found. i His head was split open with an ax -which was stolen from the hotel. When struck down he was at the fireplace fix ing to start a fire, and was found there with the kindling still in his hand. Bloody footprints led from the fireplace to the door, showing that the murderer was in his bare feet. Mr. Wilson lived alone and had considerable money. MR. OAKMAN’S COMPLAINT- He will Bring Suit to Annul The Georgia Central Deal. New York, Dec. 20. —The Herald says the receiver of the Richmond Ter minal will immediately bring suit against some or all of the parties con cerned in the Georgia Central Rich mond Terminal deal. According to The Herald Messrs. Root & Clark, council for the receiver, have furnished the complaint, and it only awaits Mr. Oakman’s signature and perhaps an occasional correction. In the complaint Receiver Oakman takes the ground that the contract made between the committee and syn dicate was illegal, and hence void, ex plaining that the alleged contract was never made obligatory upon the Rich mond and West Point Terminal com pany. ■ WILL HELP PORT ROYAL. An Appropriation for Naval Officers at That Station —A Naval Practice. Washington, Dec. 20. —It is said to be the intention of the navy department to have all the available vessels .of the North Atlantic squadron rendezvous at Port Royal, S. C., early in January for drill and target practice. The vessels that will probably take part are the Philadelphia, Atlanta, Concord, Vesu vius and Ke&rsarge. A letter has been laid before the house' appropriation committee from Secretary Foster, of the treasury, inclosing a letter from tlie secretary of the navy recommending an additional appropria-, tion of $25,000 for the constructioh of offices at the naval station at Port Royal, S. C. A Highway Robber Arrested. Johnson City, Tenn., Dec. 21.—Offi cers are here after Oscar Lee, aged 17, who waylaid and robbed the mail car rier between Butler and the Cross Roads in Jonesboro county last week. The exact' amount of money he got is not known though it is said to be a large sum. Lee was seen here but has fled "to Texas. Ti’ouble in the City Treasurer’s Office. St. Louis, Dec. 21.—The vault of the city treasurer, at the city hall, was found open and a number of papers therefrom had been placed on a table in the office and burned. Later it was learned that Ed Foerstell, a son of City Treasurer Foerstell, had committed suicide. Th«y Are Short on Fighters. New Orleans, Dec. 21.—Three of the great pugilistic events that were to make up the spring sporting carnival here, are virtually off and both the Crescent City and Olympic club are on the lookout for fighters. Chamberlain's Shortage. New York, Dec. 21.—The Herald says the amount that Edward P. Cham berlain, the missing executor of the es tate of John W. George, is accused of misappropriating $16,100 in money and bonds. X J vERDici rC>rt damages. )ho Memphis Appeal Lost $7,300 in a Suit for Damages. Memphis, Dec. 20.—1 n the United States district court here a judgment for $7,500 has been rendered in the case of Mrs. Ida C. Ryder vs. The Appeal Publishing company. The suit was for $20,000 damages consequent upon the publication of a defamatory article. The libelous publication was made two years ago. Mrs. Ryder is a handsome widow about 40 years old. She resides in Cali fornia, but has large property interests here, requiring the attention of an agent. In 1890 Attorney Lowery Humes was her agent, and she had him indicted for embezzlement and fraudulent breach of trust. Thq Appeal-Avalanche pub lished Mrs. Ryders testimony, which was rough on Humes. The following day Mr. W. A. Collier, president of the Appeal company, dictated and caused to be published in The Appeal-Ava lanche an article stating that the charges made against Humes by Mrs. Ryder were false, and that she was in the habit of making groundless charges against her attorneys. Mr. Collier had been her attorney at one time. Humes was found not guilty. •WITH A JOCKEY A Recreant Bi’ide Leaves Her Husband of a Few Days. St. Paul, Dec. 19.—Dr. Juan Alvarez, a Mexican physician, for a time editor of the Medora (N. D.) Cowboy, and for merly a writer on the San Antonio Ex press, is the victim of a sensational epi sode, the details of which has just coma come to light. Two weeks ago Dr. Al varez married Miss Belle Griffiths, 18 years of age, and one of the prettiest girls in South Minneapolis. They went to live on Cedar avenue, near Sixth street, from which point the wife of two weeks ran away with a neighboring liveryman. She not only ran away with another man, but she took all the doctor’s jewelry, money and clothing, leaving so few garments that the doctor had to call in a friend to se cure articles, enough to dress. Dr. Alvarez is a cousin of the famous Mexican rebel, Garza, and has many other well-to-do relatives in the land of tho Montezumas’ • Dr. Alvarez feels keenly tho scandal, and tried to get the newspapers to suppress the occurrence, that his Mexican friends might not hear of the disgrace brought upon his name by Miss Griffiths. THE SULTAN’S CHARMERS- Four Beautiful Female Slaves Murdered I in the Harem. I <u- iT'ANTiNOPLE, Dec.,2o.—Fourbeau f nale slaves were recently i>re sented by the Kiieaive pt vu ihc Sultan of Turkey and placed in the im £ erial harem. The odalisques appear to ave had a captivating influence on the I Sultan, who paid them so much atten tiod as to excite the jealousy of the other women. The four beahtiful slaves were found murdered in their beds a few days ago, victims of poison. The sultan was deeply enraged when he heard of the fate of his favorites, and ordered a rigid 1 investigation. Three eunuchs who had access to the apartments of the victims have been ar rested on suspicion, and were subjected ; to torture, to make a full confession, i Suspicion of having instigated the crime I rests on one of the concubines who, un , til the arriyal of the odalisques, monop olized the sultan’s affections. In the present temper of his majesty it is doubtful whether even she would es | cape the bowstring or the Bosphorus, if sufficient proof of her guilt be adduced. Ex-President Hayes’ Lawsuit. St. Paul, Dec. 20.—Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes’ has been sued by the Highland Improvement company of Duluth. Mr. Hayes’ owns considerable | property in Duluth, among which is an eighty-acre tract .on the hill near the new Seventh-avenue Incline railway. The Highland. Improvement company filed a complaint in the district court for $37,500- damages, alleging that the ex-president entered into a written con tract agreeing that upon the completion of the railway and the grading of a sin gle street beyond the terminus he would either pay the plaintiff $25,000 or convey to it twenty-five acres of his property on the heights. The plaintiff claims that the property to-day is worth $37,- 500. A Wreck That Will Not Sink. New York, Dec. 20.—The hydro graphic office announces that the old wreck of the American schooner, Wyer G. Sargent, had been sighted ggain, on October 12, by the steamship Asiatic Prince 990 miles duo east of Bermuda. A warning to seamen was at once posted in the exchange. Tho story of this wreck is one of the most remarkable in the records of drifting derelicts and , there is no account of one which has kept afloat so long. She has a load of mahogony said to bo valued at $20,000. The vessel was wrecked in March, 1871, apd this makes the twenty-seventh time she has been sighted. zln American Ship Lost. London, Dec. 20.—The American ship Mary L. Stono, Captain Park, from Shanghai, via Mania for New York or Boston, while entering Manila bay on the night of December 7 collided with a Spanish steamer. The latter vessel was so badly damaged that she soon .filled and sank. It is. supposed that several passengers aboard of her were drowned. The Mary L. Stone sustained only trifiling damage. An Old Man in Stripes. Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Judge But ler in the United States district court, has sentenced Nilson F. Evans, who was largely instrumental in wrecking the Spring Garden National bank, to seven years’ imprisonment. A fine of S2OO was also imposed. Evans is a very old man and will scarcely outlive his sentence. ' , I ; 1 a As your daughters grow up teach them at least the true merits of housekeeping and cookery. They will thank you for it later in life a great deal more than for ac complish meats. In the “spareroom” the bed should be made with only the spread and shams over until needed, when the sheets and bedclotbinElnay be mi ton. _ _ NUMBER 14 TtRSb-Lr i LutCaHAPHIC. News Items That Flash Over the Wires from All Points. Senn tor R. L. Gibson, of Louisiana, was buried at Lexington, Ky. Secrotary Foster says, with emphasis,- that the gold reserve will be maintained. World’s Fair souvenir half dollars to the number of 5'3,000 have reached Chi-* CfcgOr A mail pouch containing SIO,OOO was stolen on the way from Fairbury, Ills., to Chicago. * Great distress is reported in western and northwestern Kansas as a result of the cold at eat her. The treasury of Dallas county. Texas, is temporarily empty, owing to the slow ness of tax collections. During November 27,492 immigrants reached the United States, against 38,615 for November last year. A boiler in a ginhouse at Fort White, Fla., exploded, killing one man and in juring half a dozen others.. A reaction has set in among members of the house which will not improve Speaker Crisp’s prospects of re-elecvioa. Dan Folman, charged with robbery at Dallas, Tex., jumped from a train while being taken to prison and escaped. Mauna Lao, Hawaii’s volcano, is in act ive eruption, and the destruction of sev eral towns and plantations is threatened. Post H, of the Texas division of the Travelers’ Protective association, was or ganized at Waco with thirty-two charter members. Judge Bauman, ex-mayor of Kennes ville, La., charged with the murder of Judge Long, his successor as mayor, has applied for a change of venue. Mrs. Lena Harris, of Bt. Louig, with her babies, who started without a cent to reach her wounded husband’s side in Cab ifornia, has got as far as Denver. There has just died at Pawtucket, R. 1., a woman 47 years old, -who was paralyzed when 9, and who never left her crib, She was happy despite a hideous deformity. The World’s Fair directory has a row on its hands with -Secretary of War El kins, who wants to use the World’s Fair meadow as a camp for the United Stares soldiers. Agent Simmons, of Fort Belknap, has sent in the particulars of the murder at that agency and the subsequent killing of the murderer and his father by their tribesmen. First Sergeant George Loyd, I troop, Seventh cavalry, committed, suicide at Fort Riley. He was badly wounded at Wounded Knee, and it is thought that af fected his mind. A fireman in Brooklyn secured a ver dict for $16,000 for the loss of a leg. A house was left in the middle of the street, and his temin and engine collided with it in responding to an alarm. At Kittanning, Pa., Celia Boyd, aged 19, borrowed a revolver of Mrs. Philip Boyd, her aunt, and began snapping t.he weapon, diseharging it, the bullet killing Mrs. Boyd. The girl is under arrest. Au attempt was made, and was nearly successful, to wreck the Chicago-Nash ville express train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, near Danville, Ills, (several cars left the track, but no op a whs injured. It is believed that the United States soldiers are closely pressing the Mexican revolutionists- It is reported that Gen eral Rocha, military instructor at Che pultepec, the Mexican West Point, has joined' the revolutionists. A serious fire broke out in mine No. Bof the old Cahaba Coal company, at Bloc ton, Ala. The fire is believed to be of in cendiary origin, and it will be at least two weeks before it can be extinguished. The mine was in full operation, produc ing 1,400 tons of coal daily. A five-story brick building at the corner of Flushing avenue aud Beersou street, Brooklyn, N. Y., owned and occupied by William C. A. Jurgens, wholesale grocer, aud heavily stocked, has been totally de stroyed by fire, with several adjoining buildings on either side. The loss will probably foot up $400,000. Reconciliation has taken place between | Captain Pabst, the wealthy Milwaukee I brewer, and his son, Gustav, whose rela j tions were estranged soma weeks ago through the announcement of the secret marriage of young Pabst and Margaret Mather, the actress. Young Pabst and his bride are now at the mansion of Cap tain Pabst, where they are to permanent ly reside. Foreign Notes. Two fresh cases of cholera have been re ported in Hamburg. George Scarrett, head of a well known Vienna publishing house, is dead. France has established a customs ser vice for the coast of Dahomey, and raised its blockade. Lionel Seymour William Dawson-Da mer, fourth earl of Port Arlington, died recently in London. L’Esperance, a French vessel, wax wrecked on the Island of Guernsey and all her crew drowned. Senator Abreu has been appointed min ister of commerce and M. Quecoz minis ter of foreign affairs, of Brazil. Sir Richard Oween recently died at Lon don. He was one of the world’s famous specialists in comparative anatomy. The Reichsanzeiger says eight cases of cholera and two deaths have been report* ed in Hamburg in the last two weeks. The French imports for November de creased 5,065,000 francs, and the exports increased 10,684,000 francs over the corres ponding month last year. The British board of agriculture ridi cules the suggestion that a committee ba sent to inquire” into the pleuro-pneumo* nia among Canadian cattle. The United States man of war Benning ton. has sailed for Cadiz, having in tow the caravel, built in imitation of the ves sel in which Columbus discovered Amer ica. Another mill has started at Hamburg for the purpose of grinding Indian corn exclusively. It is the third mill now run ning which grinds nothing but meal from American corn. The French government was sustained by a narrow majority in the chamber o! deputies in its purpose not to invest the Panama investigating committee with full judicial powers. At Astrakhan, Russia, during a heavy gale, a fire broke out among a fleet of naptha barges. The people on the barge! made a frantic rush and escaped. Nearly thirty barges were burned. The Spanish conservatives held a meet ing at Madrid and resolved that the cabi net had not fallen through supporting corrupt municipal officials, but that their retirement had been caused by the dis cord in parliament. The receiver in London charged with the liquidation of the affairs of the Mer cantile bank,.o£ Australia, which recent ly failed, has advised the government of Victoria to prosecute the managers, direc tors aud auditors at Melbourne for issu ing fraudulent balance sheets. Mr. O'Connor, the newly appointed British minister to China, has delivered his credentials to the emperor. Mr. O’Con nor did not insist on his majesty giving him an audience in the inner palace, and this action has settled the diplomatic di£-; • ficulty arising from the emperor’s refusal) to hold such ceremonies within the cred precincts of his