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o INCONSISTENCY Tke Popolists tod Democrat Skew Their Keel Motives. REfMMS THAT DO NOT REFORM laetaad af Warh lag forth lul-rniiollhi MM 1 hey Hn Nun aelfl-h and D hoard Srhew 1 baa lur War Kuowi Before. Lincoln, Nkb , Feb. 8, 1897. Immediately slier election the new slate officers took to the road. That is, Uiey mounted the trains and went riding gaily over the state flutu-ring in am) pat of Lincoln, back and forth between Lincoln and Omaha, making a great ado over the new honors which lliey were to assume, making loud and boast iul pre tention wherever they met a group of nnderstrikers, that in the distribution of appointments and petty olficessueh fair ness, such honesty of purjsise, such loyalty to the public good would 1 ex ercised as was never wit netted before in any ita e. It is as natural for a populist office holder to lioast of his high sense of fairn ss and of his suerior honesty as it is for a duck to swim. Never be fore in the history of the M.!e. was there such a fluttering back ami forth on tl e trains, such caucussing behind hx:ked doors, such plausible palavering of fair ness, and never was there such a push ing acute of deserving men and such a putting in of a ring crowd. I cannot better describe the feeling, which gener ally prevails throughout the state among the fusi ouist limn to iiote from nn editorial in the Cedar Muff standard which wa on of the ables advocates o Bryan and fuiou in the lite campaign: "Slate making occupied the attention of the as ute polit'cians, Mate, olticerc and legislators during the week. Ti e machine is now in good working ord- r a' d those on the inside, and part and parcel of the institution are strictly in it, so to speak. The organization, not only of the legislature, but the state ollieer- and state boards, has been ma chine work from the start. No republi can combination in the ftate ever en gaged in more unprincipled schemes than our so-called reform party. The 'riff raff h organized the arty and made the fight for it in 1800 has been read out, and the lawyers, bankers, dudes and stinkers are carrying things with a high hand. Dissatisfaction pre vails in all ranks, and the dirty work of the past week has disgusted the old-line populists to such an extent that already they are ready to step out ami let the politicians have the party. Occasion ally a man is heard to advocate 'reform within the party,' but the experience of the past with other corrupt political organizations tells the old-line reformers that this is an inioiihility. The men who have been turned t'own are not so much disgruntled at losing the positions as the manner in which the woik has been done. As before stated, if you were not a part of the. combine you would get no show for anything, not even to a respectable hearing. Men who have sp'-nt their time and money for years in the work of forming the pop ulist party have been slapped in the face anil insulted. The fifteen minute men, "the new blood,' so to sjicak, are the salt of the earth.'' During the sixty anxious days and sleepless nights which intervened be tween the election and the meeting of the legislature, many a deserving free pilverite came to Lincoln or Omaha to confer with thee new state officials, bnt after being put off from time to time with these boastful promises of fair play, and finding an organized ring which had closed every door against hiin, went home a sadder but wiser man. You can tell these men as you gee them hanging about the populist headquarters in Lincoln or the Pax ton in Omaha, by their wanting and anx ious countenances. And then again, after days of waiting for one of these angels of patronage to appear and trouble the waters, ydu would see them meandering slowly toward the horne bound train, and you would know by their down-cast looks that they had scented the crafty manipulations of the ring, and had read their doom in the liouyant faces and whispered conversa tions of those who stood in with the machine. Hbakespeare understood the pungent grief of disappointed politician w hen )ie said, "Oh, how wretched is the man who hangs on Princes' favors. There Is betwixt tbat smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect as I'rinces and their ruin, more pangs and pains than war or women have." I It ie the same old story of broken promisee and disappointment that we have heard among republicans and (I em oc rats ever since we were born. This fusion victory In Nebraska Is also an object lease, showing tbat greed for (office and selfishness is the same gen eral weakness of human nature that we have found in the history of the old par tie.. I Hie greed for office it illustrated in those who came and went as I have above described during the sixty days and still more emphasised in the grand rush from the four earners of the state when hundreds came to the opening of the legislature seeking appointments in pll the petty placee st fee state capitol. Never before was toe rath m impetoous or the scramble so JJiglHsfal. Tbe selfishness is illustrated In tbe tic tbat each state official seemed bant en taking Ure of bis own relations drift.. Gevwrnor jOoeeomb na beat every erforgy of the Uaehine, eatd aaerifleed every principle a l in . a a A A a . i person) ootigasMa u am uiewie u oarer before did sell sh neat and flag rule stead eo oloaety together, band In hand, to appropriate the spoils of office, and this after years of boasting that populists are not office Barkers. Foot republicans havs been unseated from Douglas county without the slightest reason except that their votes were needed to seat the brother-in-law of the governor on the supreme bench. Two years ago the governor excused himself to some of bis populist friends for the skin game which he played as a money lender on the farmers of Custer county oq the ground that most of the cut throat chattel mor'gage business was done by Kirkpatrick. And now be is anxious to violate the constitution, and to wreck the populist party by seating his man Kirkpatrick on the supreme bench. Every school boy in the state knows that the supreme court amend ment was not carried, and yet the whole macliineiy of the populist party has been used, every principle of jiopulism has lieen twisted to suit this oi ejierson al scheme of the governor to seat his brother-in-law, a ifnrd rate railroad at torney, in the highest judicial tribunal, I-egialuiion waits on this one project. Nothing has l-en done so far exoe a to unseat the four republican from Dim g las county. J. BT A BARREL" OF OYSTERS. How a Ranker Konght I1U Freedom from Perfdotn. One of the best-known banking hous es of St. Petersburg, and the one to which most American visitors to Rus sia carry letters of credit. Is that of Messrs. Shalnunlne k Sons, the founder of which, father of the present head of the firm, owed his llberntiou from serl? dom fifteen years before the degree of ciiHiliclpution, to ii barrel of oysters. Kliiiloiirilne was a ei-f belonging to Count Kheremetlefl". one of the wealth iest nuhlcs In KusslH. He hud frequent ly entreated the count to grant him lib freedom, offering liim as much its $ri)i, oflfi for the boon. I!ut money was no object to the count, o ii I It gratified his pride to feel that one of Hie lending bankers of the empire was one of his serfs, unit hie to many either his sons or his daughters without his mauler's consent. Moreover, an serf, the hanker was liable to have his money seized and eon li sea ted at nnj moment by the count, since everything that belonged to h serf, including hi wife, children and property, belonged ipso' lucto to his muster. One day Shnlourilne, who had Just that very morning returned to the capi tal from Odessa, called nt the Slierem etleff pnlaec for the purpose of report ing his arrival, ss in duty bound to his owner. He had brought with him a barrel of delicious Crimean oysters for presentation to the count, but left them In his carriage at the palace door until he should have obtained his master's IntluiBtlon that his gift was acceptable. On entering the presence of the count, the banker found him surrounded by a party of guests aud engaged In berat ing his chief butler for neglecting to provide oysters for the breakfast to which they were about to sit down. The butler was explaining to the count that there were no oysters to be got In ttjp capital nt Hint moment for love or money. Catching sight of the serf banker, the count exclaimed: "Oh, It Is thou again, thou art come to pester me once more for thy libera tion! Thou knowest that It Is useless. I should not know what to do with thy money. But, stay, I will tell thee some thing: Get me some oysters for my breakfast and thou shalt hnve thy free dom r Shalounlne bowed low, left the room, fetched the barrel of oysters which he had loft in his carriage st the door, and laid It at the feet of his master. As soon as the barrel had been oieo ed the count called for a pen and paper, wrote out a declaration emancipating both the banker and his family from serfdom, aud then liowlng courteously lo the man who but a moment before had been his slave, exclaimed: "And, now, my dear Mr. Shalounlne will you give us the pleasure of your com pany at breakfastr-New York Sun. iDstead of Raisins. Recently, In Chicago, ss the Record of th city tells, a frosted cske was carried Into the room which b" been fitted tip for the newsboys to assemble In. The boys, who are organised into little eompsnles, had a competitive drill for the enke. Company D won It, and It was cut up to be divided among ths members of the company. There were some very small boys In the group. One of these little fellows, when he got his piece, began to cry becauee It was so small. Nevertheless he bit Into It, still whimpering, and then took It out of his raotrth In Astonishment to set what he had bitten Into. There was something quite hard and quite unblta bte In his little piece. ' Looking at It, he discovered that It was a silver half-dollar. Bergt. Dewey, who had provided the cake, and who ll known as the "father of tbe newsboys" of Chicago, by reason of his kind atten tion to them and guardianship over them, s.ild to tbe bey: "Do yon want to change your plecs ef cake for a bigger oner' "N-uo, I guess tfs big enough," an swered the little fellew, his tears turn ing Into smiles. Mean time the other beys were finding a strange assortment of quarters, dimes and nickels la the pieces of cake which fell to them. Twe or three mere half dollars turned np tB the other plecea Tbe boys were wild with delight. Tbe rake and Its contents were pro vided through Sergt Dewey by toes who could well altera to help the boya Tbe turn of (be ether bays will corns at another tin). Tbe Sergeant baa given good prises te those aaseavi tbe newsboys whs wrote the beet litter applying far a Ma nation. I vary one ef thee prises was taken by a bdfJnt bay btudai a feretgt atm faafun twya a mi i te Musi Randolph has a cat plague. Cattle rustlers are at work near Wake field. The old soldiers at Grand Island need an elevator in the borne. Eidney has more "society" than any town its size in the state. A man in Belmont was kicked in the leg twice by the same horse. Tbe Sargent Echo wants hens on sub sciiption, male bens included, j Tbe Cody guards of North Platte have adopted the new infantry manual, The Fremont school board will not i furnish any more school supplies. Fishing through the ice affords much amusement to the people of Hebron. J The people of Scott's Bluff want the j Pacific Short Line to cross the county. Pawnee claims to have more lawyers ttian any other city in the United States. The North Platte Tribune is the new siest paper in the western part of the slate. A gasoline tank exploded in a Hum phrey saloon and cracked a $100 plate glass mirror. i' The Wymore opera house is heated by wo Bunsen burners, if tbe Arbor State ells no tales. It is not generally known that the largest ice house in the United SU'.es is located at Ashland. I F.li Trullinger fell from a windmill at Star and broke both of his leg', which were afterwards amputated. Wilber Savage is tbe naune of the ' man at Wilber who forbids skaters on . the creek adjoining his land. While loading ccal at Superior, Char- , es I iceman was struck on the head by a tlenick handle and badly hurt. '. A small lioy in Sidney was scalded a month agi by a pissing locomotive, and iiis leg? are nt: 11 in a bad condition. ! At fieri i g a meeting was held Mon ! Hay for the purio) of organizing an Irrigation district north of the river. t j Rutland Bulla, the bright young edi tor of the Schuyler Sun, and Miss Ruth ! Davis of Fu.lerton. were married this week. A Beaver Crossing man, an axe and a clothes lino formed a deadly combina tion 1hsu week. The man is nearly Scalped. Half a dozen Nebrhskans have slippi d bp on the ice during the past week in flicting various injuries to their respect ive peieons. Two email bi.ys went hunting with a rifle near Grand Island. The in jured boy is doing nicely, with a bullet dole through his wrist. Seven-year-oi l boys and a box of mat clfes caused a fire near Suerior in which a poor man's barn, horses and (arm machinery were destroyed. , The Hr.yi s Centre editors spend most of their time calling ech other namns. It is lots of fun for them, but it makes poor reading for the subscribers. A barrel of whiskey fell from a dray at Lexington last wee and the spirits fermenti weie scattered over the ground, 1 entailing a lose of $100 to the owner. Perry Westcott's house, at Arcadia, was completely destroyed by fire last ' week. He managed te save his bed, but ' that too, caught fire from the sparks. I The saloons of Tecumseh were mads J to run last spring and now the sinners Will have their rac. Evangelist Sunday : commences work In that town this week, j A pony in which its owner, a North Platte man, had always placed the; Strictest confidence suddenly struck out ( and kicked him with both feet, cutting the man's legs badly. ' A report circulated Monday in Norfolk to the effect that a well known bushiest house bad gene to the wall turned out 'to le a fake which sorno maliciously in clined person had started. The Blue rivt-.r valley has assumed unusual activity. Men and teams are busy at work on the ice harvest. Blue Tiver ice is grxxl pure stuff, and as such is recognized all over the west. Sam Hart of Mead had advertised s big hog sale, but about a week before hand bit swine became afflicted with s disease resembling hydrophobia, and he ptands helplessly and watches his balov sd porkers kick the bucket, one by one. ! Will Clarkion has secured the contract I (for delivering 640 cords of wood at Fc j (Niobrsra from Valentine for the chief Quartermaster, ms uiu was i.uv pel j cord, and as he has four teams of his om n, he will make good wages out of the j contract. Horses in Buffalo and Dawson coun ties have died in large numbers during the pest two weeks from a disease ap parently caused by eating poisonous weeds found in corn stalk fields. Not s (tingle snlmal attacked by the disease has recovered. - The students of tbe Fremont Normnl biad a very exciting mock county con tention, under the auspices of the par lamentry law class. A full set of coon, ty officers was pat in nomination and the convention was organized according to Hoyle, and the other authorities on ( he subject The Valentine Democrat in speaking lofan artesian well now being drilled on the Roeebud reservation says: "Ths government baa been drilling this well for about two years and tbe drills are now down about 3,410 tat, and still go ing. Pipe need Is six inches In diam eter sad five men are employed. Indi- Sttions for striking a good flow of wain era never better and tba man are full of spirits In consequence. Tbe water Which oa ease np In tbe backets is so bet -nuiQUalHbUbpdtl It. . I Ml'MTIaO THE STKTHOoKAPHKIC StMit a la taa O'MaUry Caia at blrao a to Erldrara. Chicmgo, Feb. 5. Emma Shirley, pri vate stenographer of States Attorney Dineen, is missing and this announce in Judge Tulley'a court late yesterday afternoon produced a sensation. Dur ing the trial of Alderman O'Malley and John Santry, charged with the murder of Gus Co'.liander, C. W. Smith, a tele phone operator with the East Chicago avenue police station testified positively that lie saw O'Malley in the polling booth on the night when Colhander was killed. When Smith had finished his testimony Attorney Forrest, for tbe de fense, produced a sheet of paper which proved to be a typewritten copy of what was represented to be the substance of Smith's private examination in the states attorney's office recently. Too matter contained in the document showed that Smith had not been posi tive of his identification of O'Malley when in the states attorney's office. State's Attorney Dineen admitted tba'. the document was what it lepresented to be, and charged that either some one in his office was bribed or ebe that the document was stolen. Smith admitted that at his examination prep ratory to the trial lie hail said that he would not swear that O'Mal'ey was present in the polling booth at the I ine of thj shoot ing When the, typewritten sheets were produced by the defense Inspector Schaack began an invei-tigation and' soon Dineen was hurrying about to And, his stenographer. She, however, had irone and no trace of her movements has been learned. Recently she toolt a sonographic re port in a private examination of the five principal witnesses for the prosecution.! -he retained pot-session of her note! luniks after making a typewritten copy of the stuteni"nts which Attorney Di. m en took for bis private n'e during the; tr'.al .IniWe Tnley ifued an order for tho Shirley wi n an to be iTonght into court. A bah If nas s-eut to the ofhVe of the slut attorney but the stenographer was g ne. 1 1 is aliened by tho prosecution that the docmnen's were sold to Attorney Fo?r st by Mif-s Shirly and that she has left the ctty. ( ulji i Kt'frrmt. London, Feb. 5. -The Standard yes terday printed a dispatch from its Madrid correjpondent faying that at a meeting of the (ahinet, the ministers discussed for several hours the scheme of reforms f-r Cuba prepared by Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish pre mier, and Colonial Minister Castillo. The reforms include much broader mu nicip"! and provincial administrative decentralization than those recently granted Porto Uico The principal feature of the plan is the creation of a local as sembly, ttyh d Ihe council of administra tion, consisting of twenty-one members, part of whom (-.hall be elected by direct limited franchise and partly by corpo ration and commercial interests in a similar manner to that in which the Spanish senate is elected. The powers of the governor-general are much de veloped under the scheme, but the Cuban chamber will be empowered to make a colonial tariff on the condition of always securing a hieh protection for Spanish imports. Apart from this con ( cession the chamber will only have thq control of Ircal affairs, the cortes con tinuing to vote the budgets and con clude all legislative treaties. The Cu ban representation in the senate and chamber tf deputies will rema n un altered. Ittll-nerl for K'VenS1 GAirsHfRO. 111.. Feb. 5. F. B. Nel son, alleged to be one of tbe firebugs' who tried to burn the town of Williams' field and did destroy a large elevator, has been arrested at the Shafer home, two miles north of Williamsfield. OHi i cers also pulled out of bed big Jo Shafer, who, it is alleged, was the ringi leader, but he, after half dressing, dodged through a side door arid escaped! Nelson has confessed. He says be was ; intimidated by Shafer. Nelscn says; Shafer wanted to be revenged against, tbe drug store for refusing to sell himj liquor and against Caldwell & Alley forj , causing an execution to be eerved oil him by a colored constable. His family i held a note secured by Insurance agains the elevator. There is a suspicion thatj Snafer was implicated in a recent burg-l , lary of the drug store and in wrecking! a ito k of goods on George McOaniei's farm shortly after the burning of Mc Daniel's house. Both Shafer and Nel son belong to prominent families. I amine In Nova Ncotia St. Johns, Feb. 5. Great distress continues in the Fortune Bay district, owing to tbe failure of the herring fish eries. The mail steamer reports hun dreds being absolutely destitute. A, similar condition of things also exist here. A mob of unemployed visited the! government officers and demanded work and representing themselves as starving. Roup kitchens are being started by charitable organizations. . Hsjrard Honored, Londox, Feb. 5. At the dinner giv en the Prince of Wales Mr. Bayard saf at the head of the table with the Prince of Wales, who wts in a most genial mood, unon his right, and Lord Balis- bury upon his left. The only decora uowra- la were of tbel I at id of tbe tion! of the dining room and table wei made np of asaleas and lillies valley. The dessert was served o'clock whan the conversation gnatti became spirited. ' If rt. Bayer id not appear daring ike evening. WANTED TO KILL Remarkable Confession f a Young Mas Acxions to Shed Blood. TRIED MANY PLANS BUT ALL FAILED A Tonna- M&b la tba Haails of a fehrtwd Lawyer Makes Mmmy Atrnapta 10 I um nilt Ma. dor &urj of Hli Attempts. BuKiukBi KO, Pa., Feb. 4. One of the nost remarkable criminal cares in Penn syl;ania was brought into court here Tuesday. On September 10 last an at tempt was made to blow up the resi dence witb dynamite of Hon. Levi E. Waller, a prominent lawyer of tnis place. The attempt as traced to Clif ton Knorr. a young man of good family, but of dissolute habits. Knorr con fessed on bis arrest that he had been hired by Lloyd S. WinterBteen, a lawyer prominent at the bar of this county aud interested in many business ventures, to blow up Mr. Waller's residence, for the purpose of ki'.ling Mr. Waller and his family, Winterfteen was arrested and the grand jury lound seven true bills against Wintersleen and Knorr, charging them with several forms of attempting to kill. A still mere dastardly atfmpt at murder was confessed by Knorr. He made a confession that prior to the at tempt he made to blow up Waller's lanrly WinterBteen had induced him to attempt the assassination ot Mr. Waller by shooting him. Knorr laid in wait for .. ! er, but the tatter's life was save! by unexpected departure from town. As if this wa not enough, Knorr con tested to an attempt to kill his step mother, Mrs. Knorr, and that, too, by means that only the wildest of fiction ists would have thought of. Knorr in his confession, says that he twice at tempted to poison his Btepmother by putting poison in her tea, but each time, by a fortunate chance, the attempt was frustrated. Then, on Ihe suggest n of Winter sleen, he wrote te a certain place in New York city and there jrocured the baccilli of diphtheria, with the purpose of imparting the disease to his step mother. When the bacilli arived Knorr learned that the cnly way the disease could be imparted by this means was by inoculation. It was impossible for him to do this without his step mother's knowledge, but in hope she would contract the disease he scattered the germs through her clothing. All these attempts at murder, accord ing to Kuorr's confession, arise from a busintss transaction in w hich Winter Bteen was worsted by Waller, and in which Mrs. Knorr had a financial in terest. Km lib d Alive. Hocoiiton, Mich., Feb. 4. The North Tamarack mine is on fire, with five miners and trammers cut off from es cape. The fire was discovced Tuesday morning in a plat at the ninth level of No. 3 shaft. Heroic efforts are being made to prevent the fire spreading from the burning plant, into No. 3 shaft ot Tamarack, but the firemen are work ing under terrib.e disadvantage, nearly a mile underground. It is scarcely possible that tbe five im prisoned miners can survive the terrible heat to which they are exposed, though fresh air is being constantly pumped to them. All hope of rescuing the men caught in the burning Tamarack mine has been abandoned. The necessity of forcing air into the burning level in order to supply the entombed men with a chance for lift added to the fury of the flames and lii-t night orders were issued to seal up the shaft. The entombed men are Peter Limpin, William Limpin, Valen tine Tomiizhoski and Antonie Tomaz hoski. The fire was discovered at 7 a. m. in the ninth level No. 3 shaft, which is nearly 5.000 feet deep. Tne tire is in the most p oductive part of the mine. i'a-tillo'a lli-firinA. Madhid, Feb. 4. Senor Canovas del C-itt llo, the prime minister, after con ferring with Marquis de Apezteguia, the leader of the Cuban conservatives yes terday announced that the latter favored the reforms which it is proposed to in augurate in Cuba and expected that they would prove satisfactory to the Cubans. The prime minister added tbat he eould not say who would supervise the execution of the reforms, but whoever suppressed tbe rebellion would probably be the most suitable man for this task. Had W reek In Mouth Dakota Arlington, S. D., Feb. 4. A wreck occurred on the Chicago or North western railway at this place Tuesday night in which four persons were killed and three injured. The killed: Conductor Addington. BagfKnran Frank J. Hosek. W. L Harrison, a farmer. John Loftus, a farmer. They were buried neneath the wreck age, which caught fire, burning the bodies to a crisp. The injured are P. L OriffliDg, W. L. Loftus, of New Haven, la., and W. Rice. The train was No. 4 eastbound. The accident is attributed to frosty rails. Made Bis Escape. Khw York, Feb. 4. John Murphy, alias Whitehesd, the fenian and alleged dynamiter, who was imprisoned with Dr. Osllagher in the South Portland prison, England, escaped from the Amityville.L. I., Insane asylum on Sunday night When he got here after his release he lived with bis sister for a time. Later, lewwver, be began is develops a mania jar wandering. He took long walks. It it Resided te put bltn in tbe asylum. MCSf SIUHT ATliKS M, tagialaiaf af Nevada Deataad TaaS aha Prlaa right be Pulled OM Carson, Nev., Feb. 3. It was re po ted that tb9 sporting fra'ernity of Utah and Montana had offered to Dan Stuart inducements to pull the big fight on near Salt Lake City, just inside tho Nevada line. This report caused great exci ement here and the members of tbe legi-lature declare tbat if such an of fer was accepted and the fight taken from Carson they would repeal the prizi fight bill so quick it would make Hluart's head swim. Ii the bouse there are nine men who voted against the bill and one who dew clined to vote. A change of two votes in the senate will repeal it and they will be forthcoming at any time that Dan Stuart announces that the fight will not come off here. 0 ders for hotel accommodations and seals at the ringside are pouring into Cordon. Monday a cable dispatch to A. Livingston, Stuart's agent, came froi . London, asking for sats. Up to date seventy-eight Pullman can have been engaged in New York, St. Louis Chi. ago, Omaha, fan Francinco and other cities to transport gilt-edged sports to the battle ground. Corbett will train at Steamboat Hot Springs, near Reno, and Fitz-nmmons will train at Shaw's Hot Springs, at Carson. Boston, Mass., Feb. 3 A letter has been received here from London an nouncing that Charlie Mitchell lias completed arrangements to return to tliit- country wiihin the next three weeks. The letter states thai it is Mitchell's intention to challenge tbe winner of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. Kngliah I'rrH Bittrr. London, JFeb. 3. The Globe, com menting upon the modification of the arbitration treaty, says: '"The foreign relations committee of the United States senate has left the treaty meaningless, and it would be discreditable to the com mon sense if that body should approve the treaty as it has been altered." The Westminster Gazette says: "The jingoitts seek to destroy tbe treaty." The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Tbe committee i( doing its best to make way with the treaty. It has not dared to brave public opinion in withholding its approval absolutely, but it haa '.eft the treaty without value." Hhlp I'.xj.-loftiM. San Sebastian, Spain, Feb. 3, -While the petroleum steamer Loyola, from Philadelphia, was discharging yes terday at Passages, three miles east of this place, an explosion occurred on board her. One man was killed and several were injured. The vi-ssel wa? so badly damaged that, she sank. None of the shipping journals make any men tion of a steamer named Loyola. The Spanish bark San Ignacio de Loyola sailed from Philadelphia December 19, for Pasages, and this in all probability is the vessel on which the explosion occiii red Hoys Burned Out. Lima, N. Y., Feb. 3. Th.i boys' dor mitory of the Genesee Wesleyan semi nary was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight, causing the death of one stu dent and injuring several ethers. There were one hundred boys in the building, many of whom were obliged to escape without waiting to dress, C, L Robbnis of Tenfiold jumped from the fourth 8oor recei ing injuries from which he died yesterday afternoon. Prof. W. M. Pierce jumped from the second floor, sp aining both ankles. Frank Pnrdy of Genesee jumped from the. second floor, injuring his back and legs. The loss on the building ifi $50,000. The valuable library ot Dr. J. H. Ashley, president of the seminary, and the private libraries of the faculty were burned. These will entail an additional loss of $10,000. Many valuable trophies and curiosities owned by the students were destroyed. Spaniards InKUlt anAmeilran. Njiw Yoek, I'ob. 3. A Herald dis patch from Key West says: Consul Wa.ter B. Barker, United States representative in Sugu la Giande, Cuba, is indignant over an insult offered to him by the Spanish authorities of that place and it is understood that he has written a bitter complaint to Secre tary Olney. According to advices several dis patches to him from the department of state In reference to certain important matters affecting the relations of Spain and tbe United States reached Sagua La Grande, where they were seised, Opened and read by the Spanish author ities. The Spaniards kept the dispatches nearly a week and ti sated Consul Bar ker's complaints with contempt. Kx-Prleat Altnnkrd. Philadci.phia, Feb. 3. Slatlery, tbe ex priest, who has lectured thioughs out the country upon the priesthood, and Mrs. Slaltery, who is said to have been a nun, met with a warm reception after a lecture here last night, Theif vehicle was bombarded with bricks. Mr. Slaltery was severely cut and braised. At l olioned Fond. St. Louis, Feb.; 3.-Mr. William Jrye. wife of a huckster living at Sail rnaitlln avenue, prepared a dish of corn meal pudding for supper yseterda evening. All the family ata of It aa4 all were 111 within an hour. At o'oloei one of the three children died and tbg others cannot recover. The parents ate ,'in a dangerous condition. Tbo attends 1st physician says tba t(SBr wad poisoned. There la no stkbWM 4 crime in the guLnW. , i