YOUNQ LOVERS' PARADISE
AmomK tha Boera a Glrl'a "Steady"
Can Mar Till 1 awn. J
Here U an ac-ount of Bwr courtship
from tbe pen of Mini Olive Scbrelnof, I
Id the Fortnightly Review:
"When he ha w-ated himself In the I
front room, the house mother In her
-lbow chair procecdx to Inquire after
the health of liiii relative, and. If he
now meets him for the tinst time. In-1
ojulrvH the number of bin brothers and
ulsters, and ijuentloim blm graVely ou
other pointti of iiersonal and family
history of the name nature,' which 'j
ountfderel a polite attention. There
are from time to time tijight creaklngs
of the door of the ln-drooni In which
the daughter are attiring tlieniHclve,
an one or the other attempts to pep
through the crack In the IxMirds, or to
lM It Klightly ajnr. If there be two of
marriageable age, they IkmIi put on
their Ixwt clean pwun and tie clean
handkerchief round their throat, and
If they be ho fortunate to retnemlier to
bring the rucoanut oil Into the room,
they heavily drew their hair with it.
Jtmt an the Kaffir maid Is bringing the
Unlit Into the front room they apicar
and Khiike hand with the tt ranger,
who nilently rlii- ami extend bin fin
ger, and they both proceed about their
evening luty, prewiring the coffee for
iiipMT, but In doing o tMith find it nec
"ntnry to return frequently to look for
Homethlnc In the little wall cuplxmrd
In the front room, or to fetch ttome artl
1p from the KltN-pIng apart menta which
open out of It. The young man Hits on
the nofa and tiinm hist riding whip
round and round. answering the house
mother1 qilent.lonM or flitting Hllent, but
kwtily noting the different figure or
other points of resemblance or dlffer
eneo between the sisters. 15 y and by,
when the family gnther round tue min
ever table, the elder girls, more ce
vinlly the ehb-st, wait on them; the chil
dren kee) their eyed fixed on the
Mtranger even na they ent, and the
young man looks Into his plate and eat
silently, or answers question from the
hotiMc father, but note all that tnkfw
place. When the upper I ended the
family return to I he front room, nnd
-the young children go off to led one by
one.
"Then comes the liour of trial if the
young man lie Imshful nul unused to
j-ourlship, for, having made up his mind
which daughter he dordres to pay his
attention to. It Is now necensary he
hould requmt the parents' is'nulsalon
to lt up with her. If either the par
tnti or -the young lady object, which
latter Is seldom the case, there ta a re
fusal, a ixl the courtship is nipped in
thfcs, Its very first phneve; If they cou-tu-Dt
the mother frequently sets out, or
allows the daughter to get out, n couple
of tallow candles, which are to bo burnt
during the night. Then, when the rent
of the family have retired, the maiden
of his choice conies in and seats herself
twwide him on the sofa. From time to
time there are creaking at the differ
nt bedroom doors that open Into tint
front room, as the children or the other
memlicin of the family get out of 1m-I to
peep through at them, and the young
juaklcti may even suggest their retiring
to the lmck room, If there 1h one, but
after awhile the whole household fall
asleep, the tullow candle burns dimly
on the table, and the youth and maiden
pans the long night seated side by side
and conversing, the girl generally mak
ing coffee near morning, that they may
keep themselves awake. About 4, or
a little earlier, she gives him a final
cup, and he saddles his horse and rides
1 ...I...., 1 1 . ....... F thn ramlli-
KWn; , II 4111 n (JT-u uir imi im:
rt he hns already gone. To lie found
there when the sun rose would be a
brvach of etiquette. If the youth and
maiden have approved of one another
they have made a promise to exchange
rings, or have actually exclwuiged them,
ami have made an lipiKcintmeiit for his
next coming In a week or ten day'
time. If cither luis disliked the other,
there 1 no necessity for him to return,
and In no nse la either bound by the
first visit. He may 'ride round' and
alt up with half a dozen maiden In
succession, and this Ih not uu-ominonly
done, though the young man who
rides round' too much runs the risk of
acquiring a lwid name, as It Is supposed
the girls have refused him, or that he
Is not serious In his Intentions. If all
goes satisfactorily he return again in
a week or ten days mi l s!l up oue-
more. And 11 is now necessary he should
think very gravely of the matter, for
the third or fourth time he. comes, In
stead of riding away lefore dawn. It Is
understood that he will wait till the
j rents have rlfton, and he and the
maiden of his choice will ask the par
cots' consent to the marriage, nnd It is
aWio an understood tiling that he would
not have come had his own parents not
(onacntod. The elders ore now formal
ly asked to give their consent, this part
of the proceedings being purely formal,
m, had all the parents not coiKiirrcd.
matters would never have reac-lwd this
stage. The wedding la supposed to
take place about three weeks after this,
the ceremony of the 'ou'em vra' (par
ent asking), and It Im either determin
ed to fetch the minister from the near
est village where one la to be found, or
a Journey la undertaken to where he re
Id cm."
For Gold,
i A French Journal describe a new
and promising aubstlriMc for gold. It
ia produced by allowing ninety-four
parts of copper with six of antimony,
he copper being first melted and the
antimony afterward added. To this
a quantity of magnesium carlonate la
added to Increase lt specific gravity.
fTbe alloy U capable of being drawn
out, wrought, and aoldered Jiwt aa
gold la, and I said to take and retain
aa fine a polish as gold. It cost la a
quarter dollar a pound.
Keeping your moutb abut la genius.
a Hebrasha Hotes
Ths Psrnee Republican li tenty
eilit yean old.
Elm Creek hu a camp of Koyai -N'fi(th.
bor, thirty in number.
The charity association Keann
report peeral csstsof de-tttution.
M. K. Turnerhat edited the Columbus
Journal for Dearly twenty-aeven years.
Skating and trapping minks are the
principal occupations at Nebraska City.
G. W. Hemic, jr., is loing eicel' -nt
literary work for the k Repubb n.
The large flooring mi" at Rush le
has been placed in the ha At of a e
ceiver. Several deatha from croup have oc
curred over the atate in the past few
days
8 L. Southard of Superior has 1 ad
two strokes of paralysis, and cannot re
cover.
The hog cholera is still causing the
farmers of Harlan county much trouble
and lops.
iMnbury wasn't abla to support a pa
per, and the News plant will be taken
to a larger town.
The Knsti Record announces that it
must m ike a raiee by the 15th inst. or
io up the epnut.
A Nuckolls county farmer let a valua
ble horse out to feed in the corn stalks.
It never came I a.:k.
The annual ni'-eting of the state press
association will be held at Grand Island
January 14 and 15.
The farmers have more corn than
nribs, and i"evern.l million bushels are
piled on the ground
The history of Franklin county was
publibhed lust week in the Sentinel. M.
O'Sullivan is the author. ,
Renters on the Scully farms in
Nuckolls county received a rebate of 25
per cent as a Christmas gift.
The North Bend flouring mill is run
ning night and day and finds it hard
to keep up with its orders.
The December number of the Nebras
ka Editor is the brightest and beet isnue
since the magazine was started.
The daily eUge between Verd gre and
Niobrara is supplied with a stove so
passengers can go without freezing their
feet.
The Gibbon Reporter iivs that within
a radius of six miles from Giblion 110
cars of steers are being fattened for
market.
An epidemic of hog cholera is prevail
ing in the western part i Buffalo coun
ty. Many farmers are losing their en
tire herds.
On the first of January D. F.Smith
will resume control of the Wilsonville
Review. It was leased for a year to C.
J. Resler.
Rev. George M. Gates, pastor of the
M E. church at Peru, has recently
started a religious monthly called the
Evangelist. i
J. B, Menerve, state treaurer elect,
has resigned as treasurer of Red Willow
county. His successor, by appointment,
is J. H. Merge.
Dropsy caused the death of Mathias
Kesalcr of McCook. He waa sixty-live i
years of age. A wife and five married
children survive. I
Rev. Dorman, who was last year the
-astor of the Methodist church at Brady
Island, has accepted the pastorate of the
Evangelical church at Gothenburg.
An enterprifing Ponca man is prepar
ing to build a dam on the creek between
Ponca and the river for the purpose of
abtaining ice to supply Ponca next eum
mer. A man subject to epilepsy had an at
tack while walking along the right of
way near Dunbar, and lay uncmseious
all night. Ho wag fatally chilled when
found.
So far Hall county farmers are not ex
periencing any loss of their hogs from
cholera, which seems to prevail to an
1 alarming extent in some portions of Buf
falo county.
An Arcadia farmer shipped a steer to
market that had recently been dehorned
and the. poor brute bumped the sore
place againxt the car and bled to death
, before reaching St. Paul.
The Palisade Times announced last
i week that It would be published no
j more. Editor Brickey gave as his reason
i for discontinuing the publication that
be was tick of the business. :
I A year ago Archie Cavanaoeh of Wa-
' neia sprained his ankle, but kept about
though nothing had happened. Necro-
i sis of the bone set in and the doctors re
! cently cut off his foot to save his life.
The Frontier county Republican say a
the vote on the poor farm question in
Frontier county was 684 for and 381
gainst. The proposition not hazing
received two-thirds of all the votes cast,
is lost
Wm. Rhaffer, a young Maplo creek
farmer, has husked and cribbed 1,050
bushels of corn in ten days making an
average of 105 bushels per day. Mr.1
Shaffer raised on a forty acre tract of
land 2,870 bushels of corn, an average of
a trifle under seventy-two bushels to
Jhe acre. I
Numerous parties have spoken about
prospects for obtaining contracts for
raising sugar beets for the Oxnards next
year. Mr. Forrar, the efficient manager
for the Oxnards, states that at present
'they were making no contracts nor
would there be anything done in that
line until toward spring. Applications
are already in for more than 20,000
acres, Oransl Island Independent. .
Dr. Hardesly of May wood, Frontier
county, was lately adjudged insane and
sent to the hospital lor treatment.
Ttlla uf Moo'i latk.
Havana, Dm. 11. Up to the time of
ending this di-patc.li yeiterday rveuiii
nothing has been learned of the where
about of Maceo't b dv, arid nothing
further baa transpired to c infirm there-
ports of his death.
La Lucha, the gov-'-nruent organ, is
the first paper here to speak editorially
of President Cleveland's meag. It
published a long leader, in which it ex
amines all the points of the Cuban sec
tion of the message, and makes severe
criticism of the whole. The paper makes
a vigorous protect against theagureenive
parti of the message. It says among
other things: "The message is no more
or less than a series of bypothexes. It
cannot pleare Spain, but it does not
wron her." It adds that Spaniards
cannot admit intervention in their own
affairs. They have spirit enough to re
pulse impofitions an I will a -cept noth
ing (iegisding or circumscribing their
to conduct their own affairs. When
their boi.or is concerned they are of tiie
same rank as the people of the moet
powerful and colossal nation.
fllYMCUXK SA8 IT IS 80.
Ir. Maximo Zertucha, who was f'om
erly Gfii, Antonio Maceo's physician,
had surrendered to Colonel Tort at San
Felipe, and conirms the report of the
rebel leader's death, which occurred at
2 p in. on I ec-ruber 2, in the engage
ment between tne rebels under Maceo
and ihe Spanish troops under Major
Cirujedas,
Maceo received one bullet, which pene-
traied his head, breaking his jaw and
passed out at the union of the neck and
the shoulder, and was also wounded by
another "hot. which struck him in the
stomach. Another attempt was made
yesterday morning to discover what dis
position had been made of the rebel
leader's body.
General Bosch baa had a serious en
counter with a party of rebels at Santa
Rita del Caulo, and Mazanillo, dispers
ing the enemy with a series of cavalry
charges and artillery fl re. It is believed
that the lorses or the rebels were verr
heavy. The Spanish bad one man
killed and six officers and forty-seven
privates woundej.
Wumwu Found Iad.
Wmtchkstkh, Pa., Dec. 11. Several
school children ye-terday found the
body of a woman in the pond in this
town. The gave the alarm and the
liody was taken from the water and
identified as the wife of Rev. Samuel
Baily, an evangelist, who has been liv
ing here since last spring. Inquiry
made by the police have placed the
preacher in a delicate position and he
was arrested and held to await the re
sult of the coroner s inquest, which was
held late yesterday af'ernoon. The
woman, it is generally believed, was
murdered. For sometime there hns
been trouble between the ouple. Last
week Mrs. Baily ran to a neighbor's
house and told how her husband had
attacked her with a butcher knife. SI e
had eacapad him after a desperate strug
gle, later he asked her forgiveness
and she returned to her home.
The accused preacher acknowledged
that he and his wife had lieen livingnn
happily, and said that she frequently
threatened to commit suicide. He de
clared that she arose aliout 4 o'clock
Saturday morning and left the home.
He did not see her again, but on Tues-
rlav niifht received a l'tter from her
j which nad hevn mai!(,d at Media and in
! which she said ahe was going to stab
' Kitr-plf
Arter lha Trust
Waco, Tex , Dec. 11. The gran 1 jury
two years ago returned an indictment
against the otlWrs of the StandarJ Oil
company, including John D. Rockefel
ler, Henry M. Flagler, A. Clay Pierce
and others, for violating the Texas truRt
law. The governors of t ie ctates in
whijh the moHt p)omjiient defendants
rfiBiaeJ. refused to fliiin writs of extra-
dition.
In order to get (he case into the fed
eral courts to test the constitutionality
of the trust law, two state agents who
were included in the indictment, have
been surrendered by their sureties and
brought into the federal court on a writ
of halieas corpus. In this way Mr.
Ro ;ke'eller hope to get rid of the indict
ment. Woman M aula to Fight.
Ciiicaoo, Dec 11 Mrs. Rosa Boyd, a
colored woman, whose distinguishing
qualities are her wonderful strength and
tMe (B,.t that she is the wife of a Bhout-
i,,g colore.l evangelist, wants to fight
Sharkey, the pugilist, and has already
sent a challenge to the hardy man-o'-
warsinan to box for points or to a finish
Mrs. Boyd has always been an athlete.
Bhe is the daughter of "Sleepy Frank,"
a once celebrated colored rough-and-tumble
fighter ahd loxer, noted for his
phenomenal stiength, and was trained
almost from he- infancy by him. She
is a tall, powerfully built woman, weigh
ing fully 180 pounds, is twenty-eight
years old, and is apparently as active on
her feet as the proverbial kitten.
Left the He by.
Adsi,, la., Dec. 11. 0. H. Lincoln
felter, alias Budd, has been bound over
to the grand Jury for abandoning hit
four-weeka'-olu baby, which he left on
the doorsteps of a house In Wisnta. The
wife of the accused left for Nebraska
Monday,
Made HeeU.
New York, Dec. 11. Preparations
are under way for an important experi
ment in medical treatment by sound
vibrations. The power of music to heal
will be scientifically determined.
Several years ago the St. Cecilia so
ciety was organised in London for a
practical test of the effect of music upon
certain forms of nervous oiseases.
Havaral nromlnant bhvsiciana an
pianninc the organisation of an Amerl.
' M B q,,,. anty.
MACEO IS DEAD FUR SURt
lamsh Press Feels Confident Thai
Maceo is Now Dead.
MACEO AND GOMEZ DIE TOGETHER
OS Ul orre.ponijeiit of Mxdrld Paper
Waaon tlm t leld ami Hurt ha Saw
Them Paper on Tbalr Peraou
Prove It.
Maikiu .Dec. 10. The correspondent
of the Imparcial, the only newspaper
representative accompanying he Span
ish army in its campaign against tbe in
surgent leader, Antonio Maceo, sends
an account of the engagement fought on
December 7, about fifteen rriles from
Havana, between a reconnoitering party
of M0 Spanish troops, under Major
Ciurajada, and about 2,000 insurgents
in which Maceo in alleged to have been
kiltad. The relielB were found in a good
position at San Pedoro, sheltered be
hind stone walls, etc., though the Span
ish troops had leen under the fire of de
tachments of rebels for gome time be
fore coming up to the main body of tbe
insurgents.
Major Ciurajada chaiged the rebels
with fixed bayonets and desperate fight
ing at close quarters t nnued, lasting un
til night. Tne Spaniards then retired
to Punto Brava, having exhausted their
ammunition and lost a number of men
During the reconnoinance upwards of
forty dead rels-ls were found, among
them two bodies which were undoubt
edly those of Antonio Maceo, the insur
gent leader, and a son of Gen. Maximo
Gomez. Upon the body of Maceo was
found a revolver and a drinaing cup,
and upon his hand a ring inscribed
"Antonio and Maria." His clothing
was of fine texture and his hirt bore
the initials "A. M." The man was mu
latto, with hair and inut-tache slightly
tinged with gray. In his coat was found
a small diary containing a sketch of the
operations covering the period from No
vember 27 to December 7. Some of ths
entrim were as follows: "December 2.
Left to explore trocha, and on 4th passed
it, joining forces with Lieutenant Vaa
quez on 5th, Colonels AcoHa and Sar
tori us on 6th and Sanchez on 7th."
The other man was white, and not
more than eigh'een or twenty years ol
age. Just before he died he had scrib
bled with a pencil on a bit of paper: "I
w ill die, as I will not abandon the corpse
of General Maceo." His clothing bore
ihe initials "F. G." ami in his pocket
was found a letter, from which the fol
lowing is an extract
"Army of Deliverance, Headquarters
Staff, Cuba, September 25. My Dear
Panchp: For three days we have been
attacking Caacorro an.'l already have
sufficiently weakened the enemy, and if
reinforcements do notarrive we can take
it. I can write no more, as reveille is
sounding and I must mount. Your very
affectionate fatwtr. M. Gomez."
The cor reap indent adds thai a second
r-c mnoisance was made when it was
found tl at the bodies had been taken
, iway. Their identity, however, was
i clearly established.
I Washington, Dec. 10. Ricardo Diaz
Albertini. secretary of the unrecognized
I Ouban legation here, was seen yester-
Jay morning regarding the alleged kill
ing of General Antonio Maceo in battle
He had no official information, but said
the story was obviously untrue, and
that tLi8 was about the twentieth time
that Maceo had been killed, according
to Spanish advices. He further s.iid that
the reported self-inflicted death of young
Gomez was equally ridiculous, just at
J much as the repjrted death of his
I father, General Gomez, who had re
cently been reported killed, just as he
had won an important victory.
Mr. Albertini said that be received a
telegram from New York Tuemlay night
. telling him that Maceo's death would
' be printed broadcast and would create
excitement. Mr. Albertini held the
' opinion that as the Spanish could no
longer conceal the fact that Maceo had
defeated the Spanish commander, Coru
)eda, with great loss of life, and had suc
cesHinully crossed the trocha, they bad
1 put out the rumors of Maceo's and
young Gomez's death to offset the effect
. of Corujeda's official report of his de
j feat, and alto to head off, is possible,
any action by congress in the way o'
Cuban recognition.
j Klpo.-aITUenicMri.it
San Fbancibco, Dec, 10. A large
crowd of1 ring followers crowded Judge
Sanderson's court room yesterday morn
ing in expectation of hearing sensational
j developments regarding the manner in
, which the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey prize
j fight was "fixed." If credence is to be
placed in the story told on the witness
stand Fitzsimmons was a defeated man
before he left New York. According to
Smith's testimony, J. J. Groom, J. H.
Glbbs, Danny Lynch, Sharkey's mans
ger, and Sharkey himself were the men
who composed the National athletic
club, before which organization the now
notorious contest was fought. These four
men, Smith swears.Jengagwi Wyatt Earp
as referee with the understanding that
he was to award Sharkey the fight di
rectly after Fitzsimmons landed a body
blow or stomach punch which might be
stretched into a foul. Earp was to re
reive $2,600 for his services.
John R Prllowa Laid Away.
Nxw York, Dec. 10. Funeral service!
over the remains of the late Col. John
R. Fellows took place yesterday after
noon at the Church of the intercession,
The church was crowded. Flowers in
the greatest profusion, sent from all
parts of the country, were scattered ove
the chancel and coffin. The na
tional democratic committee of Ken
tucky sent a wreath of palms. Gov--nor
Morton sent a wreath of Roman
hyacinths and white roses. The Rev.
I)r. D'.xon Jones conducted the services.
stpanlard UrM-d to Thlua Tlier Have
Uleaaed i t Him.
Madbid, Dec. 9. The Havana corre
spondent of tbe Impar.cal has sent a
dl-patch 'o that paper whicti has earned
r -joicing among the people of this city,
who take it for granted that the state
ments made are true. The correspond
ent claims t'. at he has personally made
an inveirti nation of reports current In
Havana of the death of Antonio Maceo,
second in com mand f the letwl army,
and the son of Maximo Gomez, the rebel
poinmander in-chief, and found them to
be true. In official circles the report is
accepted with reserve.
The correspondent briefly gives the
details of the defeat by a Spanieh force
of 2,000 lebels near Funta Brava, about
twelve miles wett of Havana The in
surgent lose is placed at forty killed.
. It has already been officially an
nounced
about six times that Antonio j
Maceo had been killed, and there have
been rumors innumerable to the uame
effect. Heretofore it has been the
custom of the Spanit-h officials in Havana
to announce the death of Maceo when
ever he defeated the Saniards eiiher in
strategy or open battle No recnt re
ports have been le-eived of the death of
the Cuban leader, and it is conjectured
that the American correspondents in
Havana knowing the ways of Spanish
officials, placed o little credence in the
report that they have not uu nticned it
in their dispatches. The report that
Maceo has crossed the trocha and is
moving westward to join the forces of
Gomez may have prompted the Spanish
official to circulate the statement that
he was dead, in order t s calm theexci'e-
rneiit certain to be caused by the knowl
edge that the Cuban leader had again
outwit'ed Captain-General Weyler.
There was found among the dead re
bels the body of a well dressed man on
which there were documents which lead
to the belief that the dead man was the
son of Maximo Gomez. Among the
papers found was one on which, wiitten
with a lead pencil, was the confession
that the writer had committed suicide
rather than abandon the body of An
tonio Maceo. The war diary of Maceo
was also found. In it there is an entry
which says the rebels crossed the trocha
on December 4.
CAIKKS ROYALIST REJOICINd.
Itia concluded from these circum
stances that Maceo was killed in the en
gagemertwith Major Cirupadas' com
mind. The news of his death has
caused the greatest kind of a sensation
in Havana. The royalists are jubilant,
believing that Willi itie Killing oi luaoeo
a blow has been struck at tlie rebellion
that wijl .'esult in its speedy suppres
sion. The rebel sympainizers leei very
despondent over the loss of the rebel
leader, though a considerable number of
them place little reliance on tbe truth
of the news.
The government officials vochsafe no
information as to how Maceo, with an
overwhelming superior force operating
gainst Irm and supposed to be watch
ing his movements, could have eluded
the Spanish forces, doubled on thtm,
1 crossed the troclm at what has been sup
'posed the strongest part of it, and
j reached the province oj Havana without
, any known lntei ferenoe until lie reached
a point c mpiratively tlose to liavanai
I Though the Spaniards are confident
j that Maceo is really dead thia time,
some of the Cubana profess to believe
1 that the finding of the confession and
' the diary was due to a trick of the in
1 surgents to delude the Spanish into the
belief that Maceo was killed while he
pursues his plan of reaching Gomez.
The important nes reached Havana
Monday night, but the censor would not
permit of its being cabled until yester
day evening.
Not Too Many lluibandii
Pkrry, Okl., Dec. 8. Yesterday morn
ing the jury in the peijury case of Lady
BrooRe brought in a verdict of not
guilty. The case grew out of a contest
in the local land office and has attracted
unusual interest Mrs. Brooke, former
ly Miss Lawrence of Elmira, Kaa., was
charged with swearing she was an un
married woman whin the contrary was
alleged. She first wedded E. E. Parker,
... . j
a ravelling salesman oi unicago, anu
I claims he deserted tier after ten days.
She married R T. Biooke, an English
nobleman of repnt'-d meat wealth, mj-
cretly at Garber, OU.. a year ago.
Young- Hoy Hang Ilimelf.
Omaha, Neb,, Dec. 9 Bernon 8.
White, the thirteen year-old son of F.
W. White of the Steel Smith grocery
bouse, committed suicide by hanging
tome lime yesterday afternoon. His
mother discovered the body about 6
o'clock, but life had been extinct for
......... Tha inv la thnillhf. TO naVfl
been simply experimenting with a towel
around his neck. He bad made a noose
and hung this, by means of a chair,
over the door. Swinging off into space
he was unable to regain bis foothold and
was strangled to death.
Holler Eiplode.
Savanah, Ga., Dec. 8. A special to
the Morning Call Bays:
The main boiler of the Wilcox Lumber
company mills at Seville, Ga., exploded
yesterday morning about 0 o'clock, kill
ing one white employe, a tramp, and five
negroes. No one was left to give the
cause or details of the accident.
A Haro'e Avt,
St. Loims. Dec. 9. While a Chicago
A Alton railroad train was pulling outof
Brighton, III,, at the rate of thirty-five
miles an hour, the engineer saw a child
playing on the track. He reversed bis
lever and Fireman James Butler crawled
along tht) aid of the engine until he
reached the cowcatcher. He got there
Just in time to seise the child with one
hand and lifted her to safety. The train
Waa brought to a standstill and passen
ten cheered Butler heartily.
CONGRESS IUSYESES AGAIN
lo Exciting Bcenei at tbe Opening oi
the Session.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE INTERESTS ALl
Bla Attitude la the ( ubim and Armaalaa
Maacrc' 1 Geuerelly A pproved by tha
Administration HamtH-rc.
Washington, Dec. 8. The first day
of the second session of the Fifty fourth
congress pre-ented no remarkable fea
tures. There were seventy-one senators
in their feats and eighteen absentees.
The president's annual message was
read without apparently evoking any
special interest. The only exception to
that rule was as to the Armenian out
rages and to the revolution in Cuba.
On the firet of these subjects tbe pre-
dent states his belief "that the present
sombre prospect in Turkey will not be
long permitted to offend the aightli of
Christendom. " The president's discus
sion of the Cuban queetion is extensive
and impartial, but its summing up in
cates the temper and views of the ad
ministration. It is in these words:
"When the inability of Spain to deal
euccescfully with the insurrection has
become manifest a situation
will be presented in which our obliga
tions to the sovereignty of Spain will be
superseded by higher obligations, which
we can hardly hesitate to recognize and
discharge." These declarations ap
reared to obtain general favor and ap
proval. The meesage covered eighteen
printed pamphlet pages' and its reading
occupied one hour and fifteen minutes.
The senate chamber was a center of
interest long before the hour of assem
bling had arrived, and by 11 o'clock the
public galleries were well filled and
crowds were at the entrances unable to
gain admission. Sir Julian Pauncefote,
accompanied by members of his staff
and several members of the diplomatio
corps, were in tbe gallery reserved for
foreign representatives, and with them
were several ladies bearing cards from
Secretary Olney. In the seats reserved
for the vice president's family and
friends eat Mrs. Steveneon and several
ladies. Back of them in the seats re
served for the families of senators were
many of the wives and daughters of
those prominent on the floor. The gal
lery crowds fonnd ease and comfort in
the new theatre seats put in since the
laBt session, although it resulted in re
O00ing the seating capacity almost one.
half. i
j
Tbe house devoted the first day of the
aessioit principally to hearing the
I president's message. . i
I I Mr. W. D. Stokes, re-elected from the
i Seventh South Carolina district, was
, iworn in. The first of the general ap-
! p?oprTation bills for the cominfflsoal
year the pensons was reported trom
the appropria'jons committee and
placed oh tlie calendar
, The death of ex-Speaker Crisp was au
nounced by Mr. Turnsr (Dem., Ga.)
and the house, as a mark of respect to
1 his memory, adjourned until today. i
I, The house presented a very animated
iCene for an hour before Speaker Reed
appeared
Tbe galleries, to which the
public waa admitted without cards,
were crowded to tlM doors before If
' o'clock, while the halls were jammed
( with those unable to gain entrance,. Tltt
reserved galleries filled more Blowly,
but before 12 o'olock were brightened
, with handsome gowns of fair ladies. j
On the desk of Mercer of Nebraska,
secretary oi me cotgreBBiouai campaign
I committee, was a huge shield of chrys
anthemums and Ameriaan Beauty roses,
! across which was written in large letter
I the word "Secretary," while on that of
I Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin, chairman of
the committee, was a miniature "Chair
man" of roses and soft mosses.
Violent 8trra off England.
r?- - .
London, Dec. 8. Violent gales have
occurred along the coasts, with several
casualties at Brighton. The chain pier
there has been destroyed and the shore
is strewn with wreckage. There were
exciting scenes at Dover.
A Bullet tu Hla Heart.
Chicago, Dec. 8. Henry Owen O'Con
nor, a real estate dealer here, commit
ted suicide at his home. No. 4507,
Wabash avenue, ye9terday afternoon by
shooting bimsell through the heart. He
was interested to a considerable extent
in western mining stocks and was iden
tified with Marcus Daly in some of the
latter's large holdings in Montana. A
few days ago he had expressed his in
tention of leaving for Wilcor, Aris.,
where he is interested in mining pro
perty, and had made all the prepara
tions for the departure. Yesterday af
ternoon he asked his wife to go to the
drug store for some medicine and he
shot himself during her absence. He is
well anown in real estate circles in Chi
cago and it is supposed that ill-health
and business complications led him to
take his life. Before doing the act he
, wrote a note to his wife. O'Connor was
! active on the side of the prosecution In
the Cronin mur'er trial. He leaves no
".hi Id re n.
Marebaudlae Have failed.
Eldorado, Ark., Dec. 8. Armstrong
Co., general merchandisers, failed. As
sets and liabilities aboue $00,000.
Wrrler Ntill In the Field.
Havana, Dec. 8 A correspondent at
Ran Christobal reports that General
Weyler was encamped on December 5,
at Arroyo Grande. It is yet unknown
whether orot he has had an encounter
with tbe rebels. The official dispatches
from other parts of the island are de
void of Interest. The recent attack oft
Gunanabocoa hu caused the military
authorities to commence the oonstrno
tlou of fortifications. A force of 1,800
arrived yesterday from Spain.