HUNG Til KM ALL
PtftM Envoys to the Cuban Insurgent
Thought to be Deal
THINK THEY HAVE BEEN HANGED
CWbaa Junta In Nfir Ii.rk l.nli h
Krp..rt pantarilii t lann that Uuinei
Hard I rmitrd A I.ittla Hpau-l-li
lloraa Flay.
Havana, via. Key W-et, Fla , Dec. 14.
It i officially announced that the
Spanish forces under the command of
General Pando, in the province of Pu
erto Principe, have been pushing the
insurgent leader, (ien. Maximo Gomez,
bo closely that lie was obliged, with
about 200 mn of his escort, to seek
refute in the woods and mountains of
Las Delicias.
The comiiiiionera sent by General
Pando to different parts of the island
with instructions, to negotiate with the
'insurgents for their acceptance of the
autonomous feature of government pro
pOBed by Hpain, have not returned in a
ingle case, which seems to confirm the
report that tome of them have been
hanged by the inHurgents, and others
bave elected to remain with the enemy.
It is reported mat Juan Delgado, the
insurgent leader has hanyed the two
commissioners who were sent to iim
with peace prop sitions.
A dispatch recently received her
from Madrid fays that the autonomists
unite in one party, and it is added that
the reformist deputy, Amblard, who is
now in Madrid, will, on his arrival in
New York, offer to Manuel Rafael San-
guilly, a member of the Cuban revolu
tionary junta, a portfolio in the new
autonomy cab' net, in order to induce
him to return to Cuba.
THE KKI'OKT QCKPTIONKD.
New York, Dec. 14. At the Cuban
junta headquarter! and from other
sources here It was learned that San
gnilly's loyalty to the Cuban cause had
been under suspicion for sometime, and
that hii reported action in offering hi
services unconditionally to General
Blanco was by no means a surprise
Delegate Toman Ksirada Pal in a, how'
ever, speaking for publication, -aid that
he could hardly believe that Sanguilly
had capitulated, but that he did not at
tach much importance to the report
even if true. A Culan merchant prom
inent among the revolutionists in this
city said Sanguilly was not likely to go
over again within the insurgent lines
and that whatever Mi-tion he had taken
would have no t ffcci upon tun insur
gent leaders still in Mie field.
Havana, Dec. 14 Marshal Bianco
and Senor Jope Congosta, secretary-gen
eral of Cuba, called upon Conul-Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee and tendered their
condolence on ttie death of the mother
of President McKinley.
Stain pad i d I award lloma.
Victobia, B. C., Dec. 14. By the
(teamer Topeka, from Dyea, news that
more than 1,00(1 ill-provii-ioned men
stampeded from Dawson during the la'.
ter part ot October, and, impelled by
the t aunting (ear of a famine, are now
forcing their way over the mountains.
Auk, the Indian mail carrier, who
brings this reort left the Yukon capl
tal fully ten days after the Dalton party
He eavs the vanguard of the terror'
stricken army U following less than a
week twhiud him. Auk declares that
full !2o percent of the stampeding army
ill hi ver live to reiate the terrors of
their flight from 1 1 - north.
The i ,er Bleain. r- Leila and Ware it
now appear, did ii"' and more than
100 Urns of proviaiuiii- on their arrival in
DawBon in the eany part of Octoler,
owing to their having been laid up at
Circle Ci: v.
Wahiiinutom, Dec. 14. In answer to
a senate resolution calling for such in
formation as the war department posses
ses relative to the lack of food supplies
on theYukon, Secretary Alger today sub'
mitted a letter reciting his action in
ending Lieutenant Kay to that country
to investigate and enclosing copies of
that cllicer's rep -rts, the feature of
'which have already been puolished
lKecretary Alger then reviews the situa
tion of Dam m, saying the danger of
privation, if not starvation, there thia
winter is about as bas already been tola
in the pres dispatcher declares there is
q j hope oi getting nupp.iea to the miners
u the Yukon river from St. Michaels;
avs the only (camble routes Irom Jun
an are via Chilkoot or Chilkat pass,
though even they are very hazardous,
imixxmible perhaps, and concludes
follows :
"from the best information that can
be obtained it is helieyed that the u
of reindeer will be the means by which
these supplies can lie gotten through, if
at all. It is therefore recommended that
reindeer be pui chased in Lapland to the
number of 500 and permiaiion granted
tn hnnu reindeer drivers from fiat
country, this upon the information that
it renin res mncii pkih io immune iuo
animals.
A ntl-riiiiVbaTr Hill.
Rh.iimosi), Va., Dec. 14 By a vote
of 5 to 4 a committee of the state senate
ordered a favorable report on an anti
football bill.
Afraid of lha Pda
Kmmlimii, lnd., Dec. 14. F. B. Hat
field of Bonneville, lnd., a cousin of
Cashier Willett, of one of the three bro'
ken banki in Crawford county, received
s letter from Willett a few Jays ago. It
waa mailed on a Lake Erie A Western
railway t-ain and waa but two days old
ahn nceived. It waa IndennlM ran
Ming and without elue to his wherea
bouts, present or' futuU. Willett aayi
4m would kill bimaelf bat for ' nil
wiMMd ebtid. ri tears personal vio
i la cm oi n mum.
tanciaal of lha Fmliiant' Mulbar Is
Hold ll-for I h.ia aniU.
Caiiton, Dec. 15. Although it
tamed almost ineetsintly all day Tues
day, the crowd attending the funeral of
Nancy Allis-n dcKinley wasnumlered
Iv thousands. The First Methodist
Ki'icopai church, doubled in capacity
by throing open the Sunday school
ro. ms and gallery, waa tilled to over
ti .wing longlHilore the beginning of the
r 1
'ervices. Ihe trreat rostrum oi me
hurch was a bank of flowers. After
the simpie ceremony thousand of peo
ple paHhed through the church, each
Hopping an instant at the altar to take
a last look at the remains. This pro
cession was composed of 3,000 people
w ho bad gained admisHion to the church
and thou ands of others who stood out
side in the rain waiting the time when
they could get in one tiide door, pass the
altar and go out at the other side. When
this had continued one tiour it was
f.,und necefcary to clone the side doors
and remove the casket to the funeral
car, a it was feared the interment
would Vie delayed until after dark.
Dnrimr the services and until alter
the remains had been viewed the family
and clone friends occupied the lronr,
pews of the central section oi ttie cnurcn
With the resident in the first pew was
hi sister, Mis- Helen, and hiB brother
Abner, with their sinter, Mrs. Duncan
of Cleveland. Immediately back of
them was the a,ed siBter of the de
i.ariMl. Mrs. Oaborue of Youngstown,
surrounded by grandchildren and other
npr relatives. B ck ol these were
memDers of the cabinet and the Wash
inotnn nartv : Conureesroan Taylor, rep
resenting this ditr X ; Hon. Whitelaw
Ruirl of Nw Yo k H. H. Kohlsaat oi
Chicago and maiiv other intimate
friends of the family from various points
When the cortege reached the cemetery,
the burial ground o: the McKinley fam
ilv was iuirr.und.d by an immense
crowd, who seemed to gve no heed to
tae inclement weather. A canvas can
opy had been erected near the open
grave for the shelter of the family and
those assisting in the last sad rites.
ORAVKS HANKKlf WITH FLOWERS.
The g aves of the children o( Pre.- idem
and Mis. McKinley, which they lost
long ago, and of th. president's father,
h,.hr and aister. ere literally cover
ed with floral offerings sent by sympa
thising friends from all over the country
which included, bendes the beautiful
pieces cent by th- cabinet and the
Washington friends, a large emblem of
the G. A. R., in hich the flag was
worked out in red a .d whit carnations,
sent bv Canton poHi. a beautiful piece
from the president's old regiment, the
Twenty-third Onto volunteers, and an
other from the Knights Templar.
The exercise at he grave were very
short and simple. The casket was ten
derly lowered into I e grave by the pall
bearers and the siniu.e lithurgy servic
of the Methodist Episcopal church wac
readresponsively b I'resi ing Elder K.
D. Holtz of this dift'ict and Rev. C. K.
Manchester, Rev. M;;c.Fee of Cleveland
pronouncing a bene iiction.
Kill " Louie Hack
Wasainoton, Dc 15 The following
advices bave been received at the Span
ish legation in this city from General
Blanco at Havana:
"Your excellency can authorize con
suls to i"8iie paespor'g for this island to
all persons having emigrated w ho solicit
them, without any exceptions, cave in
ca-esof common crime. This applies to
all political emigrant-, both these who
have emigrated voluntarily and those
who consider themselves obliged to re
main in exile for any purely political
motive, reason, cautse or act In both
cases you; excellency can assure them
that in this island their personal saafety
that of their families and their estates
will be guaranteed with the efficacy
with which the government today pro
tects and aids those who obey the law.
(Bigned) "BLANCO"
Havana, Dec. 16-The insurgents at
tacked the landing place at Gibara, pro
vince of Santiago de Cuba, but were re-
jvv " n
i-a.I unlit hiaa Accord inn to the of
ficial report they are reported to have
fired Uon the town of Supecilas without
result.
Reports have reached here from Man
zanillo saying that Calixto Garcia, the
Insurgent leader, has committed suicide
This report is not believed here, even in
ollicial circles.
W ICY LICK IN DANGER.
Madrii., Dec. l&.-The minister of
mrine, Admiral Berejj, is paying ur
gent attention to the improvement of
the Spanish navy.
It is announced that General Azcar
raga, late premier and former minister
of war, is to retire definit-ly from poli
tics. Qenral Weylcr received the leaders ol
the conservative and several generals.
The newspspers here say that the
OuWn reformistt at the opening of the
corters will demand ttie trial of General
Weyler.
A suppled anarchist disguised as a
woman, was recently found with hands
and feel tied in a ditch near Saragosa.
!N. r..e Hiratcli Mump.
Naw Oklkanb, Dec. 15. Two negroes
arrested for the murder of a storekeeper
named Bahln, at 8t. Gabriel, La., were
lynched. The proof of their guilt was
conclusive and popular indignation was
great. Sheriff Brown, fearing a Jail de
livery, put the blacks on the Texas A
Pacific, train to be taken to New Orleans
lor ssfe keeping. The people stopped
train sii miles itelow Plaquemine, locked
up the conductor and the deputy sheriff
and banged the ntf rots in the woods.
iULLJS A liOblitia
Attempt at Holding up Express Trai
is a Failure.
COW BOYS TURN TRAIN ROBBER.
Ill Fat-d I'.anilit Klii'U IJratli at Ilia 1Id I
of a Ma-iteiiger on the Moutlirrn I'ac tie
K .lln.ail-Takeu to Tuciuo
Dkvmng, N. M., Dec. 11. In an at
tempt to hold up the westbound South
ern Pacific passenger train at Ste'n's
Paps, ninety miles wet of this place, at
3 o'cl. ck. ''Sandy Collins'' was shot ar d
killed by Express Guard Jennings
Previous to the arrival of the train lour
bandits rode into the station and held
up and robbed Agent St. John and Seu
tion Foreman .tlcMuden and at th
same time cut. all wires so no warninp
ould bi given when the train pulled
into the station. The robbers attacked
the express car and ordered Messenger
Adaii to surrender. In the rear ca'
were Exprens Guards Thatcher and
Jennings and when the leader of th'i
robliers was shot in the head and in
Btantly killed by Jennings the other
robbers at once mounted their horses
and fled.
The body of the dead bandit was
laken to Tucson. The railroad com-1
pany has beeii expecting trouble and
had been employing extra guards foi
weeks past. Officers are in pursuit of
the remaining members of the gang
The name of the dead robber has been
ascertained to be "Sandy" Collina
Collins, until recently, bas been em
ployed afi a cowboy in eastern Arizona
and his companions, instead of being
the "iilack Jack" gang, as originilly
supposed, are now known to have beei.
a band of cowboys organized for th
single purpose of the attempted robbery.
The United States marshal and a posse
were in the immediate vicinity of Stein's
Pass pursuing the "Black Jack" gang
and they were at once notified and
started in pursuit. The chances for
the capture of the remaining three rob
bers is therefore good.
The robbers did not even succeed in
gaining an entrance to the car. When
they attacked the train Express Mes
sengea Adair and the two guards, Jen
nings and Thatcher, opened fire and the
fusillade was on when Collins got in
good range and was shot dead in hit
tracks, whereupon the others fled.
Little money was secured from the sta
tion agent and section foreman. The
original "Black Jack" gang are still
thought to be in hiding in their retreat
in the Sierra Madres in Old Mexia.
Hijr rotolllcn itobberlei.
New Yohk, Dec, II It was learned
today that one of the largest robberies
in the history of the New York post-
oflices occurred in November 9. The
amount involved is said to be in the
neighborhood of $100,000, and was taken
irom registered letters in the railway
mail service on that section of the Cen
tral railway of New Jersey known as the
New York, Somerville& Eastern branch.
On November 0 it stated that two
bags containing $.'it,000 were taken.
How long the defalcations had gone on
before that date has not yet been ascer
tained. Maj. Chafl. F. Lewis of th
Philadelphia branch of the government
secret service was in this city yesterda.v
investigating the robbery, which has
been kept secret until now by the postal
authorities.
Washington, Dec. 11. The postal of
ficials here laHt night admitted that
there ban been a number of looses of re
gistered mail matter reported on the
Jersey Central road but said that up to
date no definite advices had been re
ceived as to the amount.
Haya lr. I.iintf;ert la Allva.
Boston, Dec, 11. The Globe says:
"Mrs. Luetgert, tin- supposed victim c'
the sauBage manufacturer murderer, so
called, in Chicago, is alive and well.
Mrs. Luetgert waa seen in this city dur
ng the month ol July, acknowledged
Iter identity, besides giving more or less
explanation relative to the reasons which
caused her to leave her husband, who is
again to be tried for his life."
Such was the startling declaration
made by editor John H. Schofield of St.
Louis to a Globe man. Mr. Schofield
lupplemented this statement further
with the positive assurance that Mrs.
Luetgert was at the house No. 7, Bull
finch place for a period of three or four
days during the middle of July last.
He said he based this assurance
upon the fact that Mrs. Luetgert
while in Boston acknowledged
ber full identity, wuti the assertion that
she left her husbaim, the Chicago sau
sage maker, because of his actions with
other women, as well as for reasons
which she thought would help him in
his financial embarrassment in business.
He further aswrl-d ttiat he believed
that Mrs. Luetgert was still in Boston,
and that she would yet be found.
The Globe has interviewed the Mrs,
Moss of No. 7 Bullfinch place, who says
that the woman Viippoeed to tie Mrs.
Luetgert went by ttie name of Millie
Barker. One day the woman seemed
distressed after reading an account of
the trial of Luetgert, and when ques
tioned by Mrs. Moss said: "You would
be surprised if I told you who I am."
Try to Kill th Kultnn.
London", Dec. 11 The Athens corres
pondent of the Daily Chronicle says that
on Monday last two soldiers in the im
perial service at the Yildiz Kiosk, the
palace of the sultan, made an attempt
on the life the sultan. This was frus
trated by the attendance of the saltan.
The sultan had the men tortured in the
hope of exacting the names of the instU
gators, bat both succumbed without re
vealing anything.
Hht With Dih Kuala at Lait aaMt tka
Mother of tba PraaMlnr. Now &at.
Oadtom, O , Dec. 13. Mrs. McKinley
'ai-sed from life at a few minutes past 2
)'c''ck getter 'ay morning with all her
children and other immediate relatives
tt her bedside. She did not suffer any
n the laet hours, but gradually passed
irom the deep palsied sleep in which
she has rented almost constantly for the
paet ten days into the sleep of death.
No word could be secured from the
liout-e for some hours before the end.
Knocks of repoi tern as well as those of
telegraph messengers were unanswered.
At 2 :3o an undertaker was summoned
aid the first publicity given to the
death.
The end was most beautiful in its
quiet and peacefulness. She seemed to
sleep so soundly that it was difficult to
tell whether she had yet breathed her
last. This condition continued for half
an hour. There was no struggle. She
seemed to sleep her life away. The
president and all of her family were by
tier side. There were no recognitions,
however. Her last consciousness was
many hours before her taking away.
From reports received here Secretary
Bliss of the interior department, Secre
tary Alger, Attorney-General McKenna
his wife and daughters, Postmaster
General Gary and Secretary to the
Prenidpnt, J. Addison Porter and wife
will reach here Tuesday morning over
the Pennsylvania lines to attend the
funeral services of Mrs. Nancy Allison
McKinley, which will be held in the
First M. K. chuich of this city at 1
o'clock on that afternoon. Interment
will lollow in West Lawn cemetery,
just west of the city. Tuesday evening
President McKinley and the officials
from Washington will leave for the
capital, reaching there about noon
Wednesday.
These are the arrangements bo far as
c mpleted since the death of Mother Mi
Kinley shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning.
It was at first thought by the family
that the services should be of a private
nature, held at the old homestead, but
it was soon learned that the number of
friends who desired to pay their last tri
butes of respect to the beloved woman
by attending the obsequies, could not
be a comodated with tnoh arrangements
and cuurch ervices were decided upon.
Rev. Dr. Manchester, the pastor of the
church, nas announced that it ie his de
sire and that he will exiend an invita
tion to bave the ministers of all the
churches of the city, of which there are
about thirty, occupy the pulpit und par
ticipate in the services.
Pall-bearers have been selected from
among the older members of the church
and close neighbors of the deceased.
They are : Judge William R. Day, Hon.
William A. Lynch, Mayor R. A. Casei
dy. L. L. Miller, W. W. Clark, Judge
T. J. McCarthy, David Zollars, and ex
Mayor John F. Blake.
For a National Uulveraitjr.
Washington, Dec. 13. The bill to es
tablish the university of the United
States will again be introduced in both
bonnes of congress.
The bill in general terms provides for
an institution of the highest possible
tyjie ;or the graduates of accredited col
leges and universities only, with special
reference to the work of original research
and investigation in all important fields
of imjuriy. The government is vested
iu a board of regents and a university
cjuncil. The board of regents embraces
the president of the United States, the
chief justice of the United States, the
commiBsioner of education, the secretary
of the Smithsonian institution, the
president of the national academy of
sciences, the president of the national
educational association, the president oi
the university and nine other citizens to
be appointed by the president, by and
with the advice and consent of the sen
ate, and no two of them shall be from
the same state. The university council
is to have immediate charge of the work
of instruction, research and investiga
tion. It consists of the regents and
twelve other members, to be appointed
by them Irom among eminent educators,
with a like impartial distribution. All
courses and officers of instruction are to
be determined by the council, also all
r L'nlaionH governing the internal man
ugeineia of the institution. Neither
s 'darian nor political preferences in
any form are to be allowed, either in
the appointments or in any of the opera
lions of the institutions. Authority ii
given toentablish with other institution!
of learning such co operative relationi
as aie deemed advantageous.
I Ire In a M Ine.
Dm ki.nhon, N. D., Dec. 3. Fire hai
broken jut in the Electric Coal and
Powder company's mino at Lehigh,
four miles from Dickinson. All of th
lojal mines are in danger.
Mark llnnna Wall Again.
Niw Yohk, Dec. 13. Senator Mark
Hanna, it was stated at the Waldorf
Astor tel, has recovered from the ill
ness Mon which he has been Buffering
for several davs.
IIIK l'lillailalplila Hr.
I'iiii.adki riiiA, Dec. 13. Fire Satur
day night destroyed the sis-story builii
ing. Nos. 80and 811 Chestnut street
o iu ned by the carpet manufactures
firm of John and James Dobson aatheii
wholesale and retail sales room. Thi
total loss i (560,000 fully insured.
Sharptess Brothers' large dry goodi
establishment adjoining the Dobson oi
the west and William H. Hoskins, sta
tio ier, who occupied Nos. 813 and 8W
lost about 125,000.
FOIi FKEK CUBA
Souator Allen Makes Himself Cuba's
Staunch Friend.
WANTS TO REORGANIZE THE ISLAND
Intioduf-ea a Be-nlu'lun Calling; for tba
Independence of Cuban -ounilly He
rat m Preside nt M Kinley for liia
Attitude.
Washington, Dec. 9. In the senate
yesterday a resolution presemed by Mr.,
Aden of Nebrai-bi that the United
States recognize the rolitical indepen-i
dence of Cuba wan made the subject of
pome remarks by the Nebraska senator,
1 1 the course of which he criticised the,
( resident for not carrying into effect the
pledge of the republican party made in1
its last national platform to recognize
the independence of the Cubans.
Mr. Allen presented a resolution de
claring it to be the si-nse of the senate
that congress should, with all due and
convenient speed, acknowledge by ap
propriate act the political independence
of Cubi. Mr. Allen said that he had
long urged the United States to recog
nize the independence of the Cuban in
Hurgents. He would not be content
with the recognition of the belli
gerency, but would insist upon the ac
knowledgement of absolute political
liberty. He was satisfied that the peo
ple would not be content with the course
advised by the administration. Inas
much as the Cubanp for more than two
years on many battlefields had demon
strated their valor and their love for
liberty, he left lhat they had earned a
recognition of their political liberty and
that it ought to be accorded them with
Oic further temporizing. If necessary
this recognition should be backed by a
fleet of American vessels in Cuban
waters. He expressed a belief that the
owners of Spanish bonds in this country
and American citizens holding riroperty
in Cuba which had been injured or de
stroyed by the insurgents and the carry
ing trade of the country which might be
ffected by such a step, had joined to
prevent the recognition of Cuba's poli
tical independence.
THE PARTY PLEDGED.
Mr. Allen expressed the belief that
President McKinley's statement in his
message that the recognition of the bel
ligerency of the Cuban insurgents is
now unwise and theie'ore inadmissible,
wonld be a great disappointment to the
members of the republican party
throuehout the United States. The
national convention of that party had
declared in favor of the independece of
Cuba, going farther than the simple
ecoenition of belligerence. He thought
at the president was under obliga
tions to carry out the pledge which his
partv had m id 1 3 73,0T00C0 people.
Mr. Allen thought the president had
been lulled to sleep by the declaration
"f Spain that she would give Cuba a
"emi-political existence. He expressed
f.he belief that the president's neglect to
take snch action as would insure the
political independence of Cuba, was an
xhibition of "rank hypocrisy," and a
'flagrant neglect of public duty," which
would be corrected by the All-ruling
power in Hie own good time.
Kothing- Can i a 'lurrant.
San Francisco, Dec. 9 Late last eve
ning the supreme court dispelled the
last hope of W. H. T. Durrant, the mur
derer of Blanche Lamont and Minnie
Williams, by disposing in a summary'
manner of his two appeals.
In a written opinion from the pen of
Chief Justice Beatty, which is concurred,
i i by all but one of his associates, the
c iurt affirms the judgment of Judge
Bahers in remanding the prisoner to
can Quentin pending execution, but re
versing the sentence of Duirant to be
flanged on November 11, and commands
case to the superior court with instruc
tions to proceed according to law. Ab
the remittitur was ordered issued forth
with and the court holds that execution
can only be stayed now by the issuance
of a certificate of probable cause, it only
remains to resentence the condemned
murderer, which will probably be done
tomorrow.
Justice Ciaroutte alone dissented fr m
hie opinion, maintaining that Durrant's
appeal should have been dismissed, as
the time required by law for the perfec
tion thereof had been allowed to lapse.
Chantfl Th-ir I'lana,
New York, Dec. 9. The Brooklyn
Standard Union publishes a private let
ter from Surgeon Frederick A. Cook, the
only Ametican member of Cap. Odrian
De Gerlaclie's Belgian Anarctic expedi
tion, announcing that the plan of the
winter's cruise bas been considerably
changed. The expedition, after coaling
at Point Arenas, in the Straits of Ma
gellan, will go to Grahnmsland, thence
to Alexanderland, thence to Victoria
Und, where a party will be landed for
the winter.
The original plan of the expedition
whs to wait until the winter of 1898 be
fore effecting a landing.
A KhIbii of Trrror,
S. pi a, Dec. 9 Alarming news reached
i re today from Macedonia.
The Albanians are reported to be com
muting great excesses at Debra and
Kitcevo and the surrounding districts,
killing men, outraging women and
stealing cattle.
The local authorities are powerless.
Wh'lerale prosecution and arteaU of
R.doarlana bv Turks art also reported
from tba Bulgarian frontier. The news
una canted rat excitement ntrt.
VVAK IN WHEAT
Big Gang of the Wheat Market Freer
pitate a Lively Contest-
ARMOUR AND LEITER IN THE ARENA
l'olowtl Gumiiler i ljhi ing for - upranuMiy
in the t ontrol of Ihe Wh-at f tha
World Millions of liuaueU
Couit) In.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 16 The Tribune
ays:
There are just sev. nteen days left to
cake or unmake the December wheat
leal. The chances for fireworks and
)ld-time corner prices are scarcely so
bright as they were sometime ago.
Leiter is learning something about the
possibilities of Chicago as a receiving
narket and about the resources ot
irmour.
Earlier in the sea?on Leiter gave Ar
mour, who came back from Europe, a
"dollar wheat" bull, some points on
Sow to act promptly, but, in the last
two days, the local stock of wheat is
limply phenomenal, and represents a
part of the energetic campaign made by
A-mour nd Weare with the large car
roes of an abnormal Duluth-Chicago
movement, aggregating 3,645,000 bushels
which are arriving.
The bulk of this has been contract
vheat brought down for the special
tenefit of the market made by Mr.
Leiter. It has been variously disposed
if. Part of it bas gone into the house
elevators and part into private houses.
rmiur knows just how much contrast
wheat is here. Leiter would give a snug
mm for the last inform ition as to bow
much of the Chicago stock has come
here to fill short sales to him, and how
much is here to be dumped out on De
cember advances, such as those of las
Friday and last Monday.
CHANCE FOR PYRITECHNICS.
The chance of pyrotechnics is in the.
ipeculative market for December wheat.
The real battle is in the cash property.
Leiter has been holding a large assort
ment of speculative cards, and has been
nlavin them rapidly. He has brought
the deal up from July to September, and
'rom September to December but only
ecentlv has been pushing prices to a
point to bring wheat from all directions.
This is the situation which promises to
orive Armour an opportunity to recoup
any actual losses in his operations, and
lome of hia consequential losses lor not
having taken up the bull side of the
market when he came from Europe, and
not having held to it aggressively since.
Leiter has disclaimed any intention to
corner wheat. Armour has disclaimed
doing anything but a warhouseman's
business. Leiter's operations, and more
particularly his announcements of plana
to move the entire Chicago stock of
wheat out of the country, has put wheat
to $1.09 and, by forcing markets, have
started an avalanche of wheat to Chica
go. As an elevator man, Armour's oppor
tunity lies in the accumulation at Chi
cago of a stock ot wheat such as did not
seem possible at the beginning of the
sea-on. Tbe demand and supply pros
pect at the opening of the wheat season
was, that Chicago would need but little
vheat. (
All Loit Hat Ons.
Portland, Me., Dec. 16. The
achooner Susan P. Thurlow, bound for
Hillsboro, N. B., from New York, with
a cargo of plaster rocks, went to pieces
on Cushmg island, about three milei
from this city at 8 o'clock Tuesday
night, and the captain and five of the
crew were lost.
One sailor managed to reach land and
early yesterday morning he informed
the inhabitants of the wreck.
Thebnii sof the captain and one
sailor were recovered in the afternoon.
The Thurlow was built at Harrington,
Me., and hails from New York.
The single survivor of the disaster
was E. Keeman. He tells a story of
the wreck as follows:
The Thurlow encountered rough
weather and was only a few miles ou
from Portiand when the rudder rop
parted, the vestel became disabled and
she stuck on the reef. The captain and
mate ordered the men to jump for their
lives. Reoman was caught by a huge
wave and hurled into the sea. He was
finally carried upon the beach by the
waves aud dragged himself to the hut of
a fisherman, where he was cared for.
Tbe bodies of the captain, Mate McLean
and three sailors were washed ashore ou
ihe island during the night.
The schooner waB valued at about
5,000.
The Kmpernr Hem Ship.
Kikl, Dec. 16 Emeror William
Prince Adeibert, Admirals von Knorr
nd von Tirptz, CountB Eulenberg and
von Buelow, arrived here yesterdav.
The party were met by Prince Henry
of Prussia. His majesty inspected the
warships Geflon and Deutchliind. Ad
dressing the crew ot the Geflon the em
pfror exhorted them to remember their
oitb to their flag and to acquit them
selves bravely. The crew heartily
cheered tbe etnpe.-or.
Willett I'ronilHrii to Iti-tnrn,
Cincinnati, f) Dec. 16 Richard H,
Willett, the miffing cashierof the banks
at Leavenworth, Eng'ish and Marengo,
lnd., arrived in this city from August,
Ga., yesterday. Mr. Willett says bell
not a defaulter and declares he left $16
000 cash which he could, just as well
have taken with him. He says be loaned
too much. Hs says he will return to
Leavenworth Saturday and will do all ic
his power to assist the assignee in settl
ing the affairs of tbe bank.