Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Fitaicri Owe Ire. than Ami Other
Lare (rop of People? and reiver
Farmcra r'ail. tonimercialljr
fcpeakias, than to Other llua neaa.
The Credit of Farmer.
The pessimli.1, tbe Iguoraut and t
calamity hhoulcnt are very fond of
irai.n' on tlj "iwverty of l he farm
ing -ommuuily." and aouie agricultural
Journal, not conversant with the facts,
have assisted in nir-aiing the Idea.
They have dune their utmost to destroy
the faniiiTii' credit. But the real truth
la thittf While liiaiiy farmer have I -!
In distress, yet, taking the farming peo
ple a a whole. It In safe to Kay that tin'
farmers have passed throiiKli the yearn
of depression tM-ttt-r than anylsidy In
Ihe country- To-day Tanner owe lent
than any other large group of people.
Fewer farmer have 'laih-d," commer
cially H-aklug. tl.iin In any other luisl
lies. Some farm mortgage companies
have failed thai did an extenxlve busi
ness, especially In the scml-arld region,
where agriculture Is in an experimental
Mage, liut the records of well managed
concern In this line of business In the
Central West and Northwest show that
arniera' interest la Im-Iiij; promptly met.
and the irlneiial on many mortgage
reduced or paid In full. The number of
farniB ownwl free of deht In the South
hows reniarknhlc gain. In the Middle
and Kaatero State farmer have inain
jined their goo-I rredlt In the fare of
keen Western roinetitlo!.
f kintrast this with the record of fail
urea among merrhanta, manufacturer
and railroad. The 151 ruilronda that
havp Roue Into receiver' hand In the
hint three and a half yeara were mort
gaged for twice a a much ax all the mort
gages on all the farina In the Cnlted
State. Probably t lie actual los on In
vestment In railroad mortgage In the
pant fix yi ;ir ha exceeded the amount
of all the tartn mortgage In the coun
try. Our Judgment I that, taking the
country a a whole, i5 imt cent, of the
loan on farm during the punt twenty
five year have either lieen paid In full
or are to-day worth 1h cents on the dol
lar. Without In the slightest degree trying
to cover up any of the evlla of agricul
tural depression, we here enter n sol
emn protest against the great wrong
that ha been done our farmer by the
irrepressible calamity howler. We aol
emnly maliitaln that the farmer' whole
history demonstrate hi desire and hi
ability to pay hi Just debt. Kallrond
"rw-elvers," corporation wrecker and
tniKt promoter have made an unenvia
ble record a repudlalor, but the vast
majorty of farmer have, can or will
pay )00 eent on the dollar. More cap
ital I the crying need of many fanner,
and It In to be obtained on reaonable
term by proving the farmer' credit,
l-t ti build up. not tear down. I.et u
inaugurate Ihe policy of construction.
io a reign of destruction. American
.rn-uliurlKt.
Management of Poultry.
The condition for success In poultry
raining are: Warm, light and dry quar
ter, clean water, wholesome food, anil
a moderate range. My cold weather
ration for thirty hens consists of a
touch finely -cut hay as can la? grasped
in both ha nil, two quarts of bran, and
the refuse from the table for the Inst
twenty-four hours. This Is scalded,
cooled, and fed In the morning. They
set grain, usually wheat, with an occa
sional feed of barley and corn, al noon
and evening. They get warmed water
Iwlre a dav. which Is liberally taken.
They should be kept well supplied
with cold ashes, and receive ground
Txine I wire a week. liens should
mteh for their grain, which keep
them healthy ami prevents egg eating.
The house should be cleaned twice a
week, and given a sprinkling of fresh
lime. To keep Ihe fowl free from ver
min, sprinkle the roosts once a week
with coal oil and turpentine, nupply
plenty of coal ashes for dust ballis and
whitewash the house once a year. To
keep up the stock to a high standard
the hen should not be kept till over -I
years old. In the early part of Maren
wleet about eight of the beat hens and
tnate them with a male possessing n
many as possible of the points de
wired to be perpetuated. Only Ihe
ggs from thi pen should he set,. This
are will nay well for the doing. There
Is no profit In the haphazard system
f management. Rural World.
On tb Care of K lire p.
It Is knack and personal manage
ment, and not lur k, w hich w ill keep a
flock of nheep In go1 condition during
the winter. They should enter their
winter quarters In good shape, ami then
I tended with Intelligence. It I folly
to try In make anything out of the
weakling, and liny should tie weeded
cut closely. It I noticeable that the
preion of confidence In the future
if the sheep business cotum from men
f experience, who have la-fore come
l'iro:i(;b periods of great depression up
i i greater prosperity. Those who rush
.h'ii (Hid out of It w ith every breejic of
r.n.ine are alsnit shaken out of the
.!!. ihvm. and sacrifice will le fewer
Mme'orth. I'eople eat meat and wear
i IkIIiIiic: sheep furnish both, and no
other animal doe. In Ihe beginning of
the depression some one wanted to nee
It go ihut way and Itegan calamity
howling. low a sheep are, Ihey will
buy more which the farmer need than
they did when higher, and time point
to a renewal of proairlty. The loo
common opinion in regard lo Mheep I
Dial they are hilt scavenger and fitted
ly to eoiuHimc the weed and cither
waste on the farm, not out of nothing
come nothing. If there la no proper
food, care er ehelt" prorklcd tti ot"!
eret our sheep to pine away and c
Ish. A good aheep will make a growtl
of m-arly thrw-uaHera of a und
dtv the flrxt 2m I day, when it Is-comes
excellent inuttou. I"..r Kl days it will
make hali a pound. Six h a shii'p will
net I cents a pound on the farm, usual
ly, and su- 'i shM-p. having a large cur
ea, will rirc a irojMirttoiiately l.trga
flee-e. Is- it worth what it will. In
aiteep breeding tiiere is but one wa.f of
keeping an Ideal mx k. and that Is by
trying to Improve it whfii It Is sinmii
lugly at Its very best. The betit iuys
in all tilings fsTta'tiiug to stis k. The
averag- Americau ea's tlv the
amount of mutton he did twenty year
ago because he gets It ts'tter. The
fleece weigh double, too, Ix-aupe of
lM'tter breeillng and handling. ;h1
sheep will pay. but the old scrubs will
not.- (Jermantown Telegraph.
Immense Apple Croi,
The apple crop thut year amounts to
about iisi.issi.tKHi barrels, lu bushels
It Is about e-( ua 1 to our wheat crop.
New York contribute OTt.OUO.tKrf) bar
rels, Michigan ,10,(HSi,(HKi, New Kugland
40.mh.mhi. and other section also jro
duee largely, tine-half or more of this
enormous crop Is wasled -allowed to
rot ou the ground -although It could b"
dried or converted Into vinegar. Aa a
"good apple year" Is usually followed
by small crops the succeeding wason
It would have Ix-en profitable to have
made vinegar. This year the product
was about three Imrreis for every man.
woman and child In the country, but
apples will be high, nevertheless, In a
few month.
"H'ond W ill Tell."
The expression "Itlood will tell" ap
plies to all classes of slock. It may
be noticed ill Ihe fleet running and trot
ting horses, the beef, butter and milk
breeds of cattle, the numerous breed
of sheep which are bred for mutton and
heavy fleeces, and lu the swine, which
possess meritorious characteristics pe
culiar to each breed. Stockmen must
bring themselves to a point where they
must recognize thte facts ami obliter
ate from the farm the thousands of
scrub animals which fail to give profit
because they ore Incapable of o doing.
High fanning, with Improved methods,
depends for success upon stock raising
based upon the bent breeds of stock.
Apples tor Mnrsea,
A quart or two of sweet apples per
day for each horse will 1m worth more
to It than the same bulk of oat addi
tional to lia regular ration of hay or
grain. The apple are better than any
kind of roots, and this year they ar
everywhere cheap and plenty. Sour
apples are nearly as good, but the
horses prefer the sweet apples when
they can lie had. In nutritive value
there Is very little difference. There Is
much sweet In what we call a "sour"
because an acid disguises the sweet it
contain.
Farm Nott-a.
Turnips for table use should be put
in layers of sand !n ba rrels. When stor
ed that way they are fresh, and never
wilt or shrivel up.
fruit, bee and sniltry can Is- kept
on the same land, and a crop of buck
wheat, for tsth lxe ami poultry, will
assist In reducing the cost.
There an- aeventy-four stations and
sub-ntations In the I'tilted State, lu
which H"'! trained Kpc-iallta are em
ployed throughout the year, solving by
experiment and study the hundreds of
Important problem which confront the
tiller of the soil.
KxH'timeiil made In Ihe use of suit
upon crop demonstrate that It is to a
certain extent beneficial to onions, cab
bage ami celery when used in light ap
plication, lint Injurious lo potatoes,
Ih'cIs, tobacco and melons.
t'harcoiil is not comtidcrl a fiod,
though It is uil largely for lslh awlne
and poultry. It serve as a corrective
of Ihiwi'1 disorders and Is of value only
when freshly burned. Wood ashes,
which ate alkaline, are some! lines
readily eaten by hog, especially when
they are finl mostly on food of a floppy
kind which is acid.
There I fur more dimmer of giving
house plant loo much water rather
than too little water In winter. Iiurlng
the short day and long nights, with
very little sunlight on the soil. It Is hard
to keep it at a lemcraturc where the
plains can grow vigorously. All the
surplus water added lower the tem
perature until It reflohe a point where
the plant Ixi rely exist without inaklug
any growth. If the soil ha much veg
etable matter, humle acid will lie de
veloped at a low ic niMraturc, and this
will poison Ihe plant root.
Tb Temptation.
"Whatever Indiwed you to marry me.
anyway, If I am o distasteful to .vimi?"
he aked, ttervfly.
"I think It was Ihe adTeriiwiiieni,'
he said.
"The what 7"
"The advertUwuienl. The household
bargain, you know. I thought It would
be o lovely to go to the department
More and buy lev pick for 9 rent,
real f-eent dipper for only 1 rent, and
all that ort of thing. Of course, I had
no use for that sort "of stuff a long a I
remained ingle,"-C1nclnnall Knqnlrer.
Try ! t I hear Him.
"There I one thing I have made up
my mind to." said Willy Wellington.
"KeiillyT answered Ml Cayenne.
"Vw, I shall never he a man of one
klea."
"Oh, don't my thiil. You are el III too
young to be discouraged." Washington
Htar.
Awfal HeapoBjalblHU.
"I tell yon that a Juror In a murder
case ha an awful responsibility en
him."
"Ye, Indeed. If he goet l sleep 04
W liable to be fined for contempt of
toiiii.-Trut.
ti t 1.IMI I llhEIU
Plafie a li,dia 1'rvjii Tfeo.aaads Int !
tbe ouuirjr. j
lkiv, Jan. IV It ia estimated
that over &i0,00 pereons, comprising J
more than hull the population of the !
ritr, have fled to the e juntry to et-cape j
the plague. The street are practically I
lewr ed, shop and baziar are clost-d
and business i practically at a etmd- :
Hill. I
The doctors are lieginning to fear
treating t tie plague patieol, lest they
contract the dieeaae, and many of ttie
native doctors have fled. About MX) ,000
pertom ate encamped at And her i, but
they will not !e able to remain there,
long, owing to the scarcity of water and
the uneauitary conditions prevailing.
Tbe cemeteries of the city are filled
with the dead, and it ia becoming very
difficult to bury the corpses, Owing to
the refusal of even friend and relatives
to handle tht m, dreading contagion.
Up to Wednesday night the oflicial
statistic (bowed that ttiere ere 3.8W4
tasea of the plague and 2,;Wi death
ironi the disease.
tt Aground In t e f.ltte
IlAxni KU, Jan. l.'i. During the past
few days there has lieen a series of
groundings in the river K.be that has
not been equalled in a long time. The
Hamburg-American stesmer Fnerst
r.ismatcli, which struck bottom a week
ago, remained fast until Wednesday
night, when she managed to get gfluat.
The Normannia, belonging to the tame
line, while coming to the port from
Genoa also took ground am! is still
fast. 1 he German rteanier Hochheimer,
from Bombay, ran aground in ihe river,
and while in ibis position she was run
into by the British steamer Feimoor,
from Galveston. The latter bad her
item stove and her bows cut down to
tie mater's edge. The stem of tbe
ilex hheiirier was also damaged. The
Hamburg-American line steamer, Pola
ria, from New Orleans, and several
other veeecla, are fast in the mud.
Villi Marry Ouuld.
Ham Francisco, Jan. 15. Katherine
Clemmons, the Califarnia actress, will
hecoma the wife of Howard Gould. This
statement was made yesterday by Mrs.
J. W. Dayan, mother of the lady, who
has just returned from a visit to hei
daughter'.
"My daughter will be with us very
soon" sne said, "when she will leave lot
New York. Miss Clemtnons is engaged
to marry Howard Gould, of course, and
baa been for a long time. It would b
foolish to deny it, but we dislike the
notoriety which the announcement
brings. Proieasional notice Is one
thing and the intrusion into personal
matters is quite another. In de:erencl
lo the wishes of Mr. Gould she has given
up her proles-ional engagements, not
because Mr. Gould has any prejudice
against the theatrical profession, but
only because he feels it to be unriecea
eary for her to continue at work.
No date has been set for the marriage
of my daughter, and I aui not at liberty
to give an opinion as to whether it will
be celebrated here. For my part I al
most wonder that it is to occur at all, pc
thoroughly is my daughter in love iih
her profession."
A K. form I'anv.
St Lot is, Jan. 15. The commonweal
conference at the Lindeil hotel was in
tesston from 1 o'clock p. m. till 5:30 las)
ii ght, when its labors ended. The sts
i ion was largely occupied in discussing
an address to the public. This docu
ment of about 800 words was issued ovi t
the signatures of Jacob S. Coxey ai
chairman of tbe conference. The re- J
forms advocated are tbe imperative
ruanilate to legislators, none -interest-'
bearing bonds, direct legislation, good
roads and trionomic ballot. The pijjiu
list leaders of the last campaign aie ar
raigned a corrupt and incapable. An
organization committee was chosen, ol
Which J. S. Coxey is chairman ami Carl
'Browne secretary. All reform nrg-ui na
tions are InviteJ to send delegate to tl
national convention to be held at Nash. .
ville. Tenn., on July 4, next. No namt
was decided ujkhi lor the new party,
that being left to the Nastiville contemj
tion. One of the resolutions calls upon '
all the unemployed to meet in their ie-1
spective towns on Washington's biitli-
day aud organize for weekly parailef
thereafter. Tbe conference adjourned
at 7 p. in., to meet in Memphis, Tenn.,
on February with the reform prrsi
assisiation.
Hrave )BI-w (icine Mxil
w asHiKoro.v, Jan. 15. Capt I'hiii
MiGlffen, the former offii-er of tht
United States navy and aftemard ol
the Chinese imperial navy, who fought
in the flagship Chen Yoen, against the
combined attack of the entire Japanese
fleet in the vemorable battle of the
Yalu river on the afternoon of Septem
ber 17, le04, has been taken to the post
graduate hospital in this eity, a violent
madman. The complete wrecking oi
this brilliant naval officer ia the result
of the terrific strain to which he was
subieced during the battle of the Yalu.
Both hi oar drama were raptured, hi
eyos permanently affected and his. bean
nd body filled with splinters of wood
work and steel. It ia only by operation
that the cause of the oftcer's insanity
can be determined.
May fight la Nevada
Ci.tvn.Ann, O., Jan. 15. The Carton
City location (or the CorbetUFItttlm.
mont fight waa almost confirmed bj
Oorbett laat night. Ho hat evidently
boon adviaed by Stuart, and baa shaped
bla plaui acooidingly. He told a per
tonal friend yeetenlay afternoon that
titer tbe elote of bit engagement ia Kan-
eat City neat week he would visit hie
home ia 8mi Fraecisee aod would fleleh
training In California, "which will be
very close to the aeene of tbe battle."
I si IK (;i'Hs IT IT
fcpain Acknowledges be Can Kevei
Suppress tbs P.ebellion.
rHE U- S INTERVENTION ACCEPTEf.
Oliir kul mln ihe TVrnm t pi n Whlili
Spain hhuuld lve I'pt uba ( alia tu
he iva Vontplet Autoucimr
a'd TainiK I'wi-r.
New Yokk, Jan. 14 The Journal's,
fonetpoudent at Madud telegraphs: i
aiu has at last C'Jiui-'ded that al
her effurts to suppress, or even to makt
iiny impression upon the Cuban insur
reitiou are futile and useless.
Appreciating this fact, which ha,
I'een patent to all other nations fo
pearly six month, Prime Minister Cam
i.vus ''"l Castillo has definitely accepter
rerr. of State Olnty's proffer
Ann i.. ,n intervention as eli as tbe
leriii- bis excellenry, President Oleve
land, and Mr. Olney prescribe as the
I j ice for their interference and the use
i-f their prerogatives in attempting td
bring alsMit a state ol peace in tbs
is-bind of Cuba.
Kollowing the refusal of the American
ecretary of Btate to accept, so far as
America was concerned, the plan of tb(j
Munich prime minister for a restora
lion nf Spanish rule in Cuba, Mr. Olney
through the usual oflicial channels, sub
milted in full to Senator Canovas the
leruie for peace with Cuba upon which
the admiriibtration o: President Cleve
land was prepared to intervene and use
its effort to bring about a settlement
between Srain and the colonies.
Tbe conditions, I am able to state
uisjn the highest authority, mean per'
feet and complete autonomy for Cuba
I am unable to transmit now an suthen
tic copy of the correspondence on the
lubject between the United States and
pain, through Secretary Clney and
he Spanish minister to the United
Ktates, Deputy de Lome.
I can state with absolute knowledge
of the facts, however, that they provids
for home rule; to disburse all public
Dooeys. Spain to be debarred from 111
chare in the revenue of the island and
all interference in elections held on the
ihland.
In fact, the scheme ent to the ex
treme point of empowering Cuba to levj
tariff in bar own iavor against export
irom tpain sent to tne isiana. in
Cuban attitude toward Spain was
i to hi
;pt orj
entirely one cf independence, except
tli'j one matter that Cuba was to re
a tin in name Spanish province.
To M. tribute eedl
WASmwroN, Jan. 14. The agricul'
;ural appropriation bill was presented
to the house yesterday by Mr. Wads;
wirth, chairman of the committee on.
agriculture. It carries an appropria
tion of 1:1,152,752, an increase of $102,
080 over the amount appropriated fo
the current flical year. The only ma
terial increase is tinier tbe head of the
bureau cf animal industry, and is in
tended to allow the extension of meal
inspection. The committee disoutsej
the matter of compulsory meat Inspeci
tion, but decided to make it the subjeej
pf an independent bill and not to p!ac4
It in the appropriation bill.
For the purchase and distribution o)
valuable seeds an appropriation of $120,i
000 is made and the secretary is directed
to expend the appropriation, Secretary
pforton made no estimate for this ex-'
iienditure, and as in former bills it wi
'n sorted itliout his sanction. I
Olney Is Hnaltbcri. j
Washington, Jan. 14. After an txec(
utive seBsion of a little more than twq
bouts the senate refused to reconsider
the treaties with the Orange Free State, '
and the Argentine Kee-ublic, as re.
quested by Secretary Olney. Mr. Olney
bad railed attention to the fiirt that s
clause preventing the extradition of the
citizens of the country from which tb
extradition was asked had been omitted. I
It was contended that each government
Has the charge of it own subjects on'
the question of their extradition and tht !
explicit language suggested by Mr, j
Olney would create an unnecessary in.
novation for which no good reason could
lie given.
A resolution was passed removing tht
injunction of secrecy from the genera)
traly oi arbitration tatween this conn
Irv nd Great Britain.
War Vrsaat strike
N'nw Yokk, Jan. 14, The Unite)
States steamship Montgomery, whicb
tailed for Florida waters on fllihusterint
duties, returned to the Brooklyn navt
yard, having met with an accident be
fore she got clear of the harbor, which
will necessitate her going into the dry
dock immediately. Captain Bradford
lays the vessel struck something at tht
rounded Governor's island Tuesday and
that he thought it best to come back
and have the vessel examined. He
could not aay what the obstruction was.
Wainotox, Jan. 14. The navy de
partment hat been advised that tht
cruiser Montgomery struck a submerged
object of snrue kind while rounding Cas
tie William and the cement nnder her
port propeller appears to be damaged
She hat been ordered to the Brooklyn
dry dock for thorough examination.
Will Pareelma the V P.
Ntw York, Jan. 14. A member of tbs
Union Pacific reorganization committee
says that President Cleveland will adopt
one of two course, either call upon com
greet for an appropriation to ay eff tht
first Mortgage bonde aad attune gov
ernment ownerthin and ananaa-tment ol
the road or to diapoeeof tht government
eiaim try lorecioturt. TBe latter eonrtt
will no doubt be taken ia the matter,
u President Clevelaad't vtewa In
I iltlon te governmeat rMtrol of rallroadf
liKO IUl K Hl.HT rilKA HUtiH
Suitors for lb K m r II ,ud Mild the Wotnxa
Ci ge Them On.
New Yokk, Jn. 13 A Herald epe
cial irom C'rawlordbville, Ga , tay s:
I ecause of a woman John and David
Wui na fought a duel to the death near
jiere Saturday. The men ere brothers
and the wouiMU aas the wife of David
Warri-, who married her during Christ
mas week.
It eeeins that the girl had been en
paed to marry John Wains, but with
out giving a reason ele j lted him a
week la.er and wedded David Warris.
kecently John Warris learned that the
girl b.d been t M glanderous storie
coucerniug biiu by hi brolher David.
For this reason the young woman had
j lt-d John and out of pique a few days
later married David.
John War is saw bis brother's wife
Sunday morning and i elated the story
of her husband's duplicity, bhe was
greatly enraged by t lie recital and both
agreed that David should be punched
fur bis treaelieiy. The woman told
John be in iit-t dght David and kill him.
The couple reparate I and in tiie aiter
n'xin John went to David's home and
chatged li'in with treachery. David
did ' t deny the story and Ji bn then
insifted iliat 0113 or ilie ol her must die
Mrs. Warris also denounced tier lius
bmd and insisted tliat be muht flight
John. David consented and the two
brotbors went, to the yard, revolvers in
hand, and pared earn other at ten paces,
Mrs. Warns looking on.
John gave the signal to Jire and the
p'stols cracked Bimuitaneomly, but
neither was bit. At the second ex
change of shots both men ere slightly
wmtidi d. At the third exchange John
Warris' right band was sha'.lereci, but
he took his pistol in hi left hand and
insisted that the duel be continued
lourth exchange of shot followed, and
David Warris fell dead with a bullet
through his brain, and lohn received a
third wound, which may prove fatal.
Seeing that her husband was dead
and her brother-in-law badly wounded,
Mrs. Warris sent for a physician to
whom she told the story of the duel.
She seemed to think that her husband
received only justice und that she and
John Warris acted proiierly. John
Warris is badly woundv.1 He i close
ly guarde! and will be removed to jail
if he recovers. Mrs. Warris may also
lie arrested.
Hp.iln Innnot Win.
Washington, Jan. 13 Speaking ol
his recent visit to Cuba, Senator-elect
Money says :
"I went ttiere to personally inform
myself, for my own guidance as a mem
ber of the house committee, to the con
dition of tilings in the island At the
very outset I will say that everything
I saw and heard taught me that Spain
is unable to cope with this insurrection
She will never put it down. Spain will
never end this war with victory to her-
eelf.
"This is also the opinion of ConBul
General Fitzhuh Lee, and he has here
tofore expressed it to Secretary Olney.
He lias sold the secretary of state that
the insurrectionists, whether soon or
later, were bound to succeed. The last
thing General Fitzhugh Lee said to me
as I left Havana wag : 'Please see Sec
retary Olney and tell him that today I
am more firmly convinced than ever
Spain cannot put down the insurrection,
and that every day it continues means a,
loss of life and property without the re
motest encouragement of any final
Spun sii success As I long 'since told
him, the insurrection will succeed. My
judgment, lo that effect receives daily
loiilirms'ion.'
'Saiurdsy I saw .Secretary Olney and
roiniiiiuiirateil to him General Lee's
message,"
Mr. Money says that toe province of
I'mar del Rio is dill occupied by in
surgents, although General W'eyler as
certs that thev have disbanded.
H. pt.rt of a Mann civ.
LuMjuN, Jan. 13. A dispatch from
Bonny, on the coast ol Upper Guinea,
reports the massacre of all the mem
bers of a peaceable British expedition
which left tbe coast about January 1,
intending to prccecd to Ban in City, on
the Benin river, by way of Sapele. The
expedition consirle.i of Acting Consul
Phillips, Maj. Cop. Iniul Crawford, Cap
tain Ho srsgon, v.lii v- the comman
dant of the force of the Niger toast pro
t.'ctorate; Cap'ain rlalinr, belonging
to the same force; Messrs Campbell and
Locke, consular official; Dr. Elliot.
MerMS. Powis and Gordon,, civilians,
' and a number of kroomeu and native
! carriers.
I The yacht Ivy has returned to Bonny
I and reports that the entire party wat
killed by Mihjcctt ol the king of Benin,
which country is included in the Niger
coast protectorate.
A scanty unuflicial eport of the affair
which has reached the foreign office tayi
that the members of the expedition
were raptured and not kiil.'d Tbe for
eign otlire deprecates the assumption
they were massacred nntil oflicial ad
vices shall have been received. It is
stated that the expedition was not
armed and it ia likely they have fallen
victims to some of th". wild tribe in
festing tbe borders. It is probable tbat
the king of Benin will not be involved
in the matter.
sell a Kallrund
Wali.ai x, Idaho, Jan. 18. The prop
erty ol the Coeur d'Alene Railway and
Navigation Co., consisting of a narrow
guage railway from Mission to Wallace,
and a line ol steamers plying between
Mission and Coeur d'Alene City, was
told here yeeteiday by order of the
United 6tates circuit court, under decree,
of foreclosure held by the Central Troet
company of New York lor $220,000, the
Northern Pacific Railroad company be
Ing the purchaser.
GLOOMY FUTURE
Bpain Kcw in a Serious Condition With
the Oatlook Dubious.
fHE PEOPLE MISTRUST THE LEADERS
Puliry or eylr ia i ul4 rrutokes Ureal
Juijiaii-ur - Atuutiff lb .-. who Hava
Mum iu ib VI ur -ltiimoia of a
liHugr iu tbe Cab art
Maheiii, Jan. Vi. The pupurir im
tat encM with the government because
of t'.e failure to euiipiess the reisllion
in Cu a and the Phil ippine islands is
daily increasing. Thousands of the
young men of pain have been sent to
L'uba, where they have met their death
from disease or the hardships of the
campaign. Their families believe that
they ho:iI. Lj alive if it were not for
the procrastinating policy of Captain
General Weyler, who despite his prom
ises to put down the insurrection, has
apparently accomplished little, while
bis unacclimated troops havirg been
dying by scores of hundreds. The
leaders of bith the conservative and
liberal parties are distrusted, and th
presens outiook is chaotic. Rumor of a
change in the ministry are frequenty
put in circulation and as frequently
denied, but in tbe present temper of the
people the succession of the liberals to
power would not banish the distrust
which prevails everywhere. The future
is looked forwa-d to with much anxiety.
lie lis Ooliig- to the Ktrike.
Denver, Colo , Jan. 12. Eugene V,
Debs passed through this city yesterday
en route to L-aiiville to investigate the
miners' strike, which has been in pr
ges there for (he past five months.
"I deeire," he said, ''to look over the
military camp which hat been main
tained against t lie miners, to see with
my own eyes ho much force has been
considered necessary to keep the miners
from committing arbitration. I have
not read your governor's attempt to
justify himself for keeping the armed
guard at Leadville. In the east wa
have heard that over 2,000 men wer
kept there, but I am informed here
tberu never have been over 957 soldiers
in camp. My conviction is that the
minere' stand is wholly to maintain
wages. No laboring man upholda vio
lent measures, and I do not believe
that the Leadville miners, the body ol
them, were interested in the attack.
In so far as the miners seek a peaceful,
lawful way to maintain wagea they
ought to be supported by every class ol
organized labor. Every wage worker is
vitally interested in the result. It ii
my impression that the men will win,
for the mine owners cancot operate,
with the men they have taken in. I do
not know that this is a move to break
up labor organizations, but I am satis
fied that if thty can break up the organ
ization hire t will be the initial step.
Break up organized labor in Colorado
and the miners will soon be in tbe con
dition of the Pennsylvania coal miners.
They will simply be convicts."
fight at th thurcli, 1
Constahtinoplk, Jan. 12. Oflicial ad
vices received here from Jerusalem
ahow that there has been further trouble
among the Wi r.diippere at the church ol
the Holy Sepulchre. It appears tha
the Roman Catholics were opposed to
members of the Orthodox Greek church
entering the church by a certain dool
on the eve of January 6, the day ob.
served by the orthodox church at
Christmas. Tbe latter insisted upon
their right to enter and tbe result wa
that the two factions became involved
in a serious fight, which did not end
until the Turkish authorities intervened
to restore order. Some of the combat.
ants were bandly injured, but it is nof
known whether anybody was killed.
Will I'robablT be Pardon, d.
Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 12. An effort
will be made to secure a pardon for 8.
R. Dawson, serving a ten years' sentence,
in the penitentiary for murdering Wal
ter Scott a year ago. Dawson it the in
venter of a method ol hardening cop pet
and making Damascus steel. Hit eigh-teen-year-old
daughter Cbnstmaa eve a
year ago left her father's houae and
eloped with Scott, a merchant. The)
were married, and an boar later Scott
went to Dawson's houae for hit bride's
clothing. Dawson murdered him on,
(light. A local corporation it intonated
in the manufacture of tbe Damaacul
steel. Dawtoo has the secret, and will
tell no one about it unlets he it released
from confinement '1 hit leverage may
secure his pardon. ;
Relief fur f amlae Batterer. i
LoNiMiN. Jan, 12 The queen hat con
tributed 600 pounds to the fund tbathai
been started by George Faudel Phillips,
lord mayor of London lor tbe relief ol
the famine sufferers in India.
High Water In (lie Tlianit.
Iaikdon, Jan. 12 There ia very bjgj
water in the Thame and at several
places between Teddington and Readint
tbe river is out of iu bankt. The eel
lart ol tbe houses along tbe riverside at
Windsor are full ol wetw. Further flood
Ing it certain, at the river it rltidg.
A (.oetijr Fire.
Bt)KAi.o, N. Y., Jan. 12. Fire broke
out in the Richmond block and dam
aged the building and contonta to the
extent ol $100,000. Tbe building la a
flve-ttory itrnctoee, located at th tar
ner of Seneca and ElliooU atrtett. It it
occupied by the clothing firm of Altmaa
at Co. The retail department la on the
first floor and (ha other floort are aaad
to ttore turpi a atock. Nearly M. OJtZi
worth ol stock waa In the bulldta aad
It waa more or lea damaged by tbe Ira
aad water. ..
ire well known. . ..