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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1S71. OMAIIA , 1T1UDAY 4 , 1SOG. SINGLE COl'V FIVE CENTS. TffiYLER'S ' MEN JOIN CUBANS Troop of Spanish Soldiers Abandons Its Post at San Jose do Las Lajas. RUMORS OF A VICTORY FOR MACEO Town ( if ( iiiatialiaeoa , .Tux ( ArrnnN Hit ) from llnvitim , In Slielleil liy In- lH nml lli < - Capital In Ilailly Senroil. JACKSONVILLE , Kla. , Dec. 3. A special to the Citizen from Key West says : News has been received hero that the troops of the Spanish garrison at San Jose do Las LaJoH , twenty miles southeast of Havana abandoned their post and Joined tbo Insur- gcntH. Many ot the citizens accompanlci tlio troops , and carried ammunition wltl them. The news caused great excitement at the palace , and fresh troops were Imme diately sent to the post and order was re stored. Before the troops arrived anarchy reigned , and when the troops reached the city many residents wcro shot down In the elrcets. News from Santiago do Cuba re ports that the Insurgents captured an 1m portant Spanish convoy of ammunition and mippllrs between Bueyclto and Manzanlllo with nearly a million rounds of cartridges No more r.oclal or family gatherings will be held In Havana unless special orders whal bo secured from the authorities. All of the homes of the leading Cuban families are watched , aa well aa the movements of for eign correspondents. Postolllce officials opei letters Indiscriminately. Outgoing passen gers , when suspected , are searched aboan the ships and steamship officers are closclj watched. CINCINNATI , Doc. 3. A special to the Commercial Tribune from Tampa , Kla. , says Kraut passengers from Havana this even ing It Is learned that rumora are rife In Havana that a fight has just occurred be tween the vanguard of Wcylcr'H army and 1 Homo of Maceo's men , with large force * , on each side. No details are mentioned because , as the passengers say , the people in Havana are more than usually reticent since It was ( turned that the Spanish army did not como off best. It Is believed there fore , that Maceo gained n victory. The p.ilace people Doomed more than usually vigilant and active today , which is signifi cant. Two hundred sick and woundoi Spanish soldiers were brought Into the city hospitals today from near Marlcl am San Cristobal. It Is reported that Weylcr has Icat two railway trains from dynamite c-xplcslons , including much needed army sup plies for his men Kent from Havana. Kitty persons arrested the past week wcro dc- portej today , but whither Is a mystery though Afrlcai Is supposed to be their desti nation. The rumors afloat for a proposer attack oil Havana by Gomez seem unfounded The best Information obtainable Is that scat tered guerrilla bands are hovering aroum Havana suburbs , ten to twenty miles out and their encounters are of almost dally oc currence. CHICAGO , Dec. 3. A special to the Trib une from Key West , Kla. , says : advices re ceived from Havana by the steamer Olivette state that on Tuesday the vanguard of the army of Gomez camped near Guanabacoa , which Is Just across the bay from Havana. On Wednesday at noon the Insurgents began to bombard Guanabacoa. The roar of the guns was heard easily In Havana and threw the loyalists of the capital Into a panic. Many houses wcro fired by the shells from the In surgents' cannon and the smoke and flames were , visible to the people In Havana. The Spaniards In Havana wcro greatly alarmed , ns they believed that the bombardment of Guanibacoa was only preliminary to an attack upon the metropolis. ATTACKS Tim AMH1UCA * PIII3SS. Culinii Journal IIINNM Hint 1'iilteil NIllli-H NeiVNiiiit > rN Are I'lifalr. ( CopyrlRlil. 1VJO , liy Trees I'ulillslilnc c'oinpany. ) HAVANA , Cuba , Dec. 3. Dlarlo do La Jlarlna , the Cuban reformist organ. In an Inspired leader today , makes a three column attack on the American press. It charges United States newspapers with a systematic attempt to deceive their readers In regard to the actual situation here , and asserts that those newspapers are morally responsi ble for the anti-American feeling prevalent here nnd for the majority of the "crimes" committed by the Insurgents In the field. In closing the article says Spain never will ngreo to a compromise or to a sale of the land ; that the struggle never can end. save In the aluoliitlon triumph ot the Spanish arms ; that the proposition for a Mexico- American Joint Intervention la as ridiculous an It is Impracticable and that any such Attempt would be met by Spain with a formal declaration of war. General Weyler's decrect.regardlng a cur rency Issue on a silver basis foreshadowed In a previous special cable despatch to the World , appeared In the Gazota ofllclal today. Private mlvlces confirm the reports of rebel * chiefs killed Tariff. In Plnar del Kin ; Jose Uunez , In the district of Sagua , mid Dr. Portunndo , near Santo Domingo. La Luchas , correspondent In Plnar del Rte , reports that the typhus fever Is spreading and that In the town of Palaclcc.s there are from eighteen to twenty deaths dally. TO Cl'LTlVATlFT .MliTlTT'UOTHCTION. Aivrleulliiral OperalloiiN to He Ite- 1 Ml in nl In I'liiar ilel Illo , HAVANA. Dec. 3. Captain General Wey lcr has ordered the mayor of Los Palacloa , In Plnar del Rio , to establish zaneu In his territory to be given over to cultivation , the ground to bo , uscd aw government camps , and the abandoned farms to bo allowed to the cultivators free of charge for two years during the war and six months afterward. This , It Is expected , will do much to alleviate the prevailing misery. The Asturias battalion made a reconuala- E.IIICO from GnaiMlmas to Gabalo. They en countered numerous bands of Insurgints and Inflicted upon them a loss of thirty killed. Their encampment was destroyed IK well us many dwellings. General Ruldti rqconnoltereil the country for nine miles between El Chlvo and Sabana. The Insur gents had notleo of the coming of the troops and abandoned their dwellings. The column burned about 300 country dwelling ! and destroyed a great many fields Sergeant Morto and Corporal Rodriguez , of the artillery , have been decorated with a elms and pensioned by Captain General Wcyler for saving their company from de- Htructlon by the explosion of an enormous dynamite bomb , which had In en placed In the road. General Wolnulzo roconnoltorod Guaca- inaya , where General Wcyler had established a camp , and at Golafrc fourteen Insurgents were killed. The Wadras and Asturias bat talions extended their operations to Pan Luis , killing thirty Insurgents and dispers ing their hands , Dr. Perna , a druggist named Klguorcm , "Juan Navarro and sixteen other prominent residents of Clcntiiegos , have been placed under arrest. The government will establish a compul- nory conscription to the mllltta ot those lintwcon 19 and 45 years of age. The provi sion U to apply only lo SpanUOi residents ami natives. About HO 000 Spanish residents of Ihivniia. It Is reported , have volunteered , , T'IO Insurgent attack nn nuanalucoa nn the outskirts of this city on Tuesday last was a much more serious affair limn at first supposed , According to accounts Guana bacoa was , attacked slmullanroualy at sev eral points.Uillo another Insurgent forcw filed upon the KianUh outpost ? at Bucaramia on the coast. Tin * garrUon of the fort , it lu added , left Iho place to awlst the attack on the town , but W.IH ambusc-mlrd between fctono walls and farm fcncr < * by about 3U3 Insurgents and In vplto of the gallant di- feiuo made all thu Spaniard * were killed , The exact number of soldiers slain U not known. H Is admitted that a number of In surgents were also killed , but hero again the number is not stated. On the other hand , the Insurgents are said to have burned seventy-four houses In Guanabacoa , Instead of ono house , as the official report of the affair stated. Further details stated that the attack on Guanabacoa began at 10:30 on Tuwday night. The Insurgents flrat fired upon the Spanish out posts of the city and suburbs , and In spite of the prompt precautions taken by the military commander and the fact that the local garrisons were- almost Im mediately placed under arms to repel the Invaders , the latter , after an hour's sltlr- Ish , broke through the Spanish picket lines , flocked Into the city and set fire to a largo number ot houses In Aguacato nnd Palo Blanco streets. These thoroughfares , as a rule , con tained private residences or cheap buildings occupied by refugees. Only one store of Importance was burned , It Is said , although the Infliirgcntfl made many efforts to set lire to other stores. The local authorities are doing everything possible to conceal the real facts In the case , but there is no doubt they have received a bad scare and that the Insurgents have demonstrated that It would not bo a very difficult matter , In spite of the reports of the military commanders , to create Just such another "score , " to say the least , in the City of Havana Itself. Private advices from Santiago de Cuba say that the province of Puerto Principe has been exceedingly quiet lncc the last engagement of General Castelonas with the combined Insurgent forces of Ooniez and Callxto Garcia. The Insurgent army Is said to be divided. Garcia Is reported to be re turning eastward , while Gomez Is moving west to rclnvado the province of Santo Clara. The latest advices Indicate that Go mez crossed the trocha between Jucaro and Moron when the military train there was dynamited recently. Official dispatches , dated November 28 , say that the local Span ish guerillas of Remedies and Calbalron , mistaking each other for Insurgents , have had a serious encounter , In which nine men were killed and fifteen wounded. General Ynclan , In Plnar del Rio , reports say , has arrived at Artcmlsa with fifteen sick soldiers , brought In carts from Caya- Jabos. The battalion ot Astruras alone Is said to have GSD men on the sick list In Ptnar del Rio hospitals. Artcmlsa advices announce the concentration tration of Insurgents In the rear of tht eastern part of the trocha. Unofficial ad vices from Plnar del Rio City report an en counter between General Mclqtilzo and the Insurgents of the district of San Juan } Martinez. Nineteen Insurgents were , It ap pears , abandoned on the field and numerous wounded were carried away. LIISIIICNKCUT IS CALLI3I ) DOW.V Deputy ItlilleiileN SnllorH Who Diet Cheerliip : for tile Kmperor. BERLIN , Dec. 3. The Reichstag today resumed the discussion of the budget. Her Llcbknecht , socialist , made a long speech on many subjects. Referring to the pane gyrlc of the secretary of the navy , Admlra von Hollman , of the sailors of the cruiser Itlls , who wer.t down cheering for the cm peror , Ilerr Llcbknecht maintained that the Itlls was unscawarthy , and , lie added , as to the crew , they hud not displayed greater courage than thousands of miners in the course of their work. Thereupon the president of the Reichstag Baron von Buel-Bcrcnbcrg , Interpcacd , re bilking the speaker for not appreciating the gallantry of the sailors. Herr Ltcbknccht , In no way concerned by the rebuke , said that threats had been helc out that the Reichstag might bo dissolve ! if the naval cellmates wcro defeated. Behind hind that threat , he asserted , there was a certain ( this might bo taken to be a reference to the emperor ) , whereupon no ono knew what he would do on the morrow or the day after. Such a state of things was unworthy ot the Reichstag. Hcrr Lelbknecht was hero called to order by the president , but , resuming his re marks , said that the trial of Herr Locker and other newspaper men now In progress showed that Intrigues of the basest descrip tion were conducted In the higher regions In conclusion , the socialist deputy asscrto that his party would not vote a mark nor a groachcn for mllltarylsin or imvnllsm. Dr. von Boettlcher , minister of the In terior , replied to H'err Llcbknecht. He sah he hoped all who rejoiced In the achieve ments of the German empire would unltt In the struggle against eoclalUm. There was no question , ho asserted , of a coup d'etat , nnd. as to dissolving the Reichstag no such proposal had ever been made. Re ferring to the dockers' strike. Dr. von Boettlcher said the strike In the seaports was the most unjustifiable which had ever occurred. Ho would pass over the sugges tion of English incitement , as he did not dcslro to inaJc charges against British shipowners. The co-operation of the social ists , however , was quite evident , and , as a result of the strike , British workmen had come over to earn the wages which the Hamburg workers despised. All friends of the workers , he further stated , should unite In efforts to end the strike. Admiral von Hollman , referring to the statement of Herr Llcbknecht that the Itlis was not seaworthy , assured him that this cruiser would have been seaworthy for an other two years. He added that the cir cumstances of the wreck ( striking on a submerged reef In the midst of a terrible gale ) rendered the Having of the crew Im possible. Baron von Stimuli declared that as the Hamburg strike was a struggle for suprem acy upon the part of the employers , the latter had done the public service In re fusing to arbitrate the dispute. Herr Aucr , socialist , said that the Ham burg dockers only earned S50 marks a year , and that they now wished to share In the benefits of Improving trade. He added that If they had been perfectly organized the strike would not have occurred. Dr. von Boettlcher answered that the dockers earned more than Hcrr Auer stated , nnd said It was clear that an Inter national strike had been planned , and that the ( Urmans had rashly started the move ment , while their fellow workers In other countries failed to follow their example. The house then adjourned for the day. ICIM.l.Vn OK ITALIANS IX AI-'llIOA. Details of Die MiiNNiiereN liy a Hand of Somali Trllirmneii. ZANZIBAR , Dec. 3. Thi < massacre of Senor Cacchl. the Italian consul here , the captains of the Italian warships , Voltiirno and SlufTctta , and about six other Italian officers by the Kom.ilIs at Magadoxo , on the coast of Somollland , Hast Africa , occurred on Saturday last. November 28. The party was accompanied by seventy Askarls , and was on a trip to the country omnlilo of Magadoxo , when tliu Slimalla attacked the Italians and killed nil the whites , and also killed thirty of the Askarls. ROME , Dec. 3. Further mlvlu-o from Zanzibar , which have been just received , give additional details of the assassination of the Italian consul and the Italian of- Icers who wcro with him at Magadoxo , somallland. It Is stated that fourteen Italians were killed. The caravan was at- lacked during the night by the Somalia. The latter were repulsed at first , but rai led later and continually attacked the re peating caravan. Tim Italians and their escort of AskarU fought desperately , but wore eventually overcome. So soon as the news of the fighting reached Magaduxo , a letachment ot sailors and a force of Au- ; nrls were sent to the assistance ot the caravan. But they arrived too late to save ho Italians , The rescue party recovered ; weiily-seven bodies and arrested many Somali tribesmen who took part In Iho mat- sacru Thoda prisoners were punished in an exemplary manner. Cireat LUNN of Life from I'liindx , ( iVjiyrlKht , U9fl. t'X I'ie I'ublliltliiK Cjinpany. ) KINGSTON , Jamaica , Doc. 3. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram , ) Ter rific llojtls on the Islands of Montmrat and 3t. Vincent have b.t'n attended by emit oea of llfo and widespread destruction ot iroperty. Thu Islands ot Barl/adoes and Trinidad have nurtured ohvt. TIIDRSTON VISITS M'KINLEY ' Nebraska Senator Calls on the President- Elect at His Home , SAYS HE HAS NO CABINET AMBITION CotiNlder * II IIIM Duty to Ilemaln In llu > Semite , Where Kvery Ilepuli- ItiMin IN Xeeileil Hxpeetn Cnliaii HvuoKiiltlou. , CANTON , Dec. 3. Senator John M. Thurs- ton of Nebraska and ex-Congressman Wil liam Mason of Illinois reached Canton this morning , and during the day. had an ex tended conference with the president-elect. Mr. Mason's political ambition Is not di rectly associated with the Incoming admin istration , but Is to succeed to the seat In the United States senate now assigned to Senator John M. Palmer. Hence , he says , his call on Major McKlnlcy Is purely of a social nature , and ho will return to his home today. Senator Thurston Is enroute to Washing ton for the short session. In an Interview ho said he did not think the short session could p.iss n revenue measure which would meet with the nrproval of republicans. He expressed the belief that congress will rec ognize the Cuban Insurgents as belligerents. He expecs the recognition to occur during the short session. He said ho could speak for no ono on cabinet matters but for him self ; he would not accept a position If ten dered him , because , he believes It to be his duty to rtn aln In the senate , where every republican U needed. The tariff , he said , will not be satisfactorily disposed of before a special session. "Personally I have been a high tariff man , " ho said , "and believe that this conn- try needs a vigorous protective policy In force. To that end wo will work. " The bright sunshine and good air of this morning afforded Major and Mrs. McKlnley opportunity for a drive about the city , which the rougher weather of tno earlier days of the week prevented. They returned from the drive much refreshed and expressed themselves us having enjoyed It very much. Mrs. McKlnley Is apparently enjoying as near good health as ever falls to her lot and seema to have regained the strength lost during her Illness following the elec tion. tion.Thero There were an unusual number of callers at the McKlnley house today. In the midst of the conferences with Senator Thurston , ex-Congressman Mason and others , the major found time to most cordially greet many social callers. Congressman-elect H. W. Taylor of this district was among the vis itors today. He has been In Washington a short time , and leaves on Saturday for the short session. Congressman Nelson Dlnglcy , Jr. , of Lew Iston , Me. , chairman of the ways and mean committee , and author of the Ulngley revenue enuo bill , arrived In Canton from Clevelam at 1:08 : p. m. He was accompanied by his son , K. N. Dlnglcy , proprietor of the Kola mazoo Telegram. They were met at the depot by attaches of the McKlnley house hold and went direct to the residence. litre lunch was had , following which a consulta tlon was held upon the pertinent qucs tlon.i of the hour. Senators John II. Mitchell and ( Jeorge W McUrldc and Congressman Blngcr Hermai of Oregon arrived In the city at noon today They are on their way to Washington for the winter. Congressman Herman Is accom panied by his \vlfu and daughter and little BOH. While hero they were tho-guests o ; Judge J. I1. Kawcett. When seen by an Associated press re porter Senator McDrldo said : "There is nothing political In our visit to Major Mc Klnley ; It Is purely of a social nature. We would be proud to have a man from Oregon gen in the cabinet , but as yet the senti ment has not crystallzed on any one per son. There has been much talk of Senator Mitchell for a place In the cabinet , but 1 don't think he has given It any considera tion himself. We In Oregon would sooner have him go back to the senate. " General Stewart L. Woodford of New York and A. J. Daugherty of 1'corla , 111. , called this afternoon. CHICAGO. Dec. 3. The National Woman's 'Christian Temperance union lias sent to I'rcsldcnt-elcct McKlnlcy the following let ter : President-elect McKlnley. Canton , O. Honored Sir : At the recent convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance ance- union , hold In St. Louis , Mo. , Novem ber 13 to IS , 1S30 , I , n national correspond ing Beeri'tnry , was authorized to write n letter of appreciation to yourself and gra cious * wife for the total abstinence prin ciples which you nre mid to hnve main tained for so ninny years , nnd for the Just grounds we hnve for believing that the use of Intoxicating liquors will be excluded from the white house during your adtnln- iHtrntlon. Knowing us wo do the weight your nnmo nnd position must carry , wo feel that a great victory will be won for righteousness by your attitude In this so vital matter. Very sincerely yours , KATHERINliTLENTO STKVKNSON. Corresponding Secretary. SACRAMENTO , Cal. . Dec. 3. At the Cal ifornia fruit growers' convention today a resolution was adopted nnd ordered for warded to President-elect McKlnley , asking him to appoint Elwood Cooper of Santa Darbara secretary of agriculture. Cooper Is owner of a large ollce orchard , and Is a plonee In ollvo culture. llryini CurrleM "Wyoming. DKNVKll , Dec. 3. A special to the He- publican from Cheyenne , Wyo. , says : The odlclal canvass of the vote of Wyoming was made today. The remit Is as follows : Hepnbllc.in electors' . Drlttaln , 10,072 ; How- ill , 10,033 ; Mm Mrlloy , 9.998. Ilryan and Watson electors , Jordan , 4SG : Slim.127. . Levering , probibitlon , electors , HIgby , 133 ; Jackson , 140 ; Smith , 159. Ilryan and Sewall electors. I ) . S. Van Meter , populist , 10,138 ; John A. Martin , democrat , 10,369 ; P. J. Quealy , democrat , 10.352. Congress. William Drown , populist , 62S ; Krank W. Monde ! ! , republican , 10,044 ; John K. Oi-borne , democrat , 10,310. WIM. IIKI.P KHYI'T OUT. Will Advance FiintlM It .NVciluiI In lie- pay the CMMHC. ! CAIRO , Dec. 3 , Lord Cromer , the British agent here , has Informed the Egyptian gov ernment that lie Is authorized to stnto that n the event of that government deciding a repay til the Calsso of the Egyptian debt ho 500,000 ( $2,500,000) ) advanced to meet ho expenses of the Anglo-Egyptian expedl- ion to Dongola , Great Drltaln la prepared o advance such sum of money as theKgyp - ian treasury Is unable to provide for that > urpose. The action of Great Ilrltuln In this matter 3 the result of the decision yesterday of he court of appeals at Alexandria that the unds of the Calsso should not have been ised for the war expenses and that the Egyptian government must pay back the money advanced , DIMIS : : UUSSO-KHUNCII ARitiii.Mi2.vr. Soiiil-Olili'lnl .Vnlr nil tilt * Slllijrrl IM- Hiu-d In SI , rctcrNlmru ; , ST. PKTEHSnUHO , Dec. 3. A seml-olll- elul note has been Issued emphatically do- lying that there has been any agreement jutween Franco and Hussla regarding for eign politics. HiiiiK Failure at Count , LONDON , Dec. 3 , A dispatch to the 'all Mall Gazette from Milan announces tlui he Luraghlerra company , bankers ot Corny lave gone Into bankruptcy and It Is state ! by the e&mo dispatch that the bank ot Como clc 4 Us doom at tUo eatuo time , IIIUTI.SII KMlMIti : I.R.V'CH MKKTS. Many I'rcxent lint Mttlp Kntluii < ln > iiii SluMvii by Drl Jm'to * . ( Copyright , HM , by this A nocl tcil rr * * , ) LONDON , Dec. 3. TKo [ llrltlsh Empire league held a meeting ( Ms evening at Guild hall. Lord Mayor | Qeorgc Kaudcl Phillips presided. TW halt was filled but there was a lack of "ohthU'la m , Among the Canadians present wreSlr Charles Tuppor , Lieut. Gov. Klrkpatflcl ; nnd Messrs , Dobcll and Laurie. ' - A letter from the GAnadlan secretary ot the league , dated Toron'to , was read , tinting that the Canadian branch had elected dele gates to the counclfbf the league In Eng land. v V The duke of Dcvonf'iijre , president of the council , made a cpccc ! ! . In which he paid he believed that thc'sSntlnicnt In favor ot Imperial federation \\-ta growing , but that Mr. Chamberlain's proposal to establish free trade within the empire had not met with such hearty re.iponpo In the great colonies ao to demand Immediately another colonial conference. The conrbrvatlvo government had considered It of the highest importance to renew the agreements shortly terminating , whereby the colonies contribute to the navy , an a practical step In 'the direction of Im perial federation. The Admiralty , the duke continued , had undertaken to protect all British territory from , tea attack , and It was the duty of the colonies to provide for their adequate defense , so that the strategic plans for the defense of the colonies might be complete , The duke of Devoneblro's motion approving of the constitution of .the league , announc ing that the organization \ now complete , nnd stating that the league Is ready to pro ceed with Its agreement ; , woo carried. Mr. Dobell cordially sympathized with the aim of the league , although ih'o regretted the lack of progress , and expressed the belief that tlio only solution ot their dream wao a zollvcroln of Great Britain and her colonies against the world. Continuing , the speaker said ho was proud to belong to Canada , "a country which Is Ecconil ito none In her loy alty to the mother country ; a country which could not look without admiration upon her great neighbor , the United States. "Yet. " added Mr. ' ' "Dobell , "she haa a greater admiration fo'rVlhe , forbearance am generosity which Great Britain has showi toward the United Sthtog during the lac thirty-five years , amUu'la to ba hopcd ; tha the time la soon coming when the United States will appreciate all Great Britain line done for her. " Mr. Dobell also ptWlctci } that Canada would bo the means ; pf. bringing about a better understanding Jjetwccn Great Brltali and the United States , which , ho claimed would then be ono of the best things whlcl ever happened to Great B taln. Ileferrlng to Prof. Gojdwlo Smith's state ment that the ultlmatD.rBood of Canada was Its absorption by theVUhltcd States , Mr Dobcll said that he believed that If Impcrla federation war effected lit might bo possible to absorb the UnHcd Stales , and ho con tinued , "I am wire that every part of the empire will welcome back ; the wandering child. " i , Sir Charles Tupper , spoke of the profoum belief felt In Canada an"d by himwclf In the work and alms of the IcXguc , and. rcierrlng to the rtatcment of thu duke of Devonshire that It was the duty'of. . colonies to provide for their adequate dofonre. Sir Charles de clared that no people In the whole empire were readier than theuCanttdlans to con tribute to the dofentvi pflhe _ empire. OP 7 nss' sAnid M-DOXAMJ iif * tli i , Ilrnlu mill 1'n- lH of.fl e Splno. ( CopyrlKliteil , 1S5C. by" the Associated I'rcss. ) - Dec. 3. The SYDNEY , New * SouOWalqa ; reprr'stfrttatlve Jn this city of the Associated press , acting on , Instructions received , has Investigated the death of Miss Sadie Mc Donald , the well known American actress and finds there Is no foundation ( or the sensational reports circulated on the subject In the United States' . Therd Is no truth In the statement thai' JU'.lan Harris the manager of the company with which Jilts McDonald was playing , Ifl , holding back "shocking news" or any other news of the death of the young actress. Miss McDonald died euddcnly on Sunday morning last of cerebral hemorrhage am paralyals ot the spine , | h all probability duo to over-exertion. Her demlso was quickened by a severe fall which she sustained recently ' cently while practicing' handsprings at the Prlncetn theater , Melbourne , for the last pro duction of "Tho Milk JVhlto Klag. " which she. appeared In. Her remains were Interred hero on Monday last , the funeral being at tended by many thcatrlftaljafid other friends and by all the raemb.eW of the company she belonged to. _ \ OTTAWA SCOIICHUn 1IY A III.AKG. Nearly IliiU a Mllllu" .IJollnrH * AVorlli of 1'roiuTlj pi-Ntruyril. OTTAWA , Ont. , Dec. , ,3. A terribly de structive fire broke out iij Mrs. Turner's confectionery ' fectionery establishment' Sparks street today. It extended toJ McDonald Bros. " furnishing store and thijn to the store of G. M. Holbrooke , clothier. ? whoso building as well aa Turner's and fMcDonald's were gutted and everything > consumed. On the top floor of this InillOiiiR was Scottish Hltc hall. All the paraphernalia Is lest. Hol brooke's building Is utthrly destroyed , as Is the Masonic hall , which was on the upper floor. From Holbrooku'fe the lire continued to the large dry goods' establishment of C. Hess & Co. Only part of the front wall Is standing. The loss Is about $400,000. The loss Is estimated 3-t $350,000 with over $2C9,000 of Insurance. The principal Icaers are : C. HOES & Co. , IKK , $190,000 ; Insurance , $95.000 ; .McDonald Dnw.'lcas , $14,000 ; insur ance , $6,500 ; .Masonichall , loss , $15,000 ; Insurance. $4,400. The loss above Insurance will bo $115.700. .lIurcliTrr llonilvil f < ir Anicrlcil. SYDNEY , New South. Wales , Dec. 3. Two persons who mysterlouoly disappeared re cently are believed to'have been decoyed Into the bush , under the pretense of. prot- pectlng for gold , and It It' feared they have been murdered , and tjiat others have met the tame fate. One body l\as been unearthed at Linden. Suspicion ; hfs fallen upon a man who Is now on his wai'to.San Krancl-ico. Detectives are followlnp'iilrn. , and ho will bo arrested on his arrival 'theic. KlniiilH oil Ilio I.reward iNlanilN. LONDON , Dec. 3. An olHclal dispatch re ceived hero from St. John * , Antigua , capital ot the Leeward islands' , k ays that scrloun leeds have occurred In tbc Island of Mont- zerrat. Roads and bridges , It Is added , lave been destroyed and s venty-flve persons mvu been drowned. The Leeward Islands orm part of the BrltUh Went Indian Islands. Montzcrrat has nil area .oti about forty-seven square miles and a population of nearly J.OOO. . ' . Strike Situation lit IIiiiiiliurK. HAMDUIIQ , Dec. S. Various meetings of the strikers were hold tills morning to con sider the situation IB view of the refusal of tno employers to submit' ' the dispute tea a court of arbitration , and It was resolved o call upon tbo strikers' ] committee to de clare against the strike , t Hlleli llelivecn llollvl/i anil ArKcntliir LIMA , Peru , Dec. 3. ( Via Galvcston ) . \dvlces received from Bolivia confirm the report that a hltcll hasf occurred between lolivla and the Argentine * limit commission. The president given a banquet to the Spanish minister today and It' will be followed by a reception. _ _ _ Knil of I InSirlUO a I Ilreinen , BtlEMEN , Icc.i3r-Tho strikers at a meet- ug Unlay adopted an agreement concluded vlth the wareliouB company and a coin- ultteo of the utrllters forMbo settlement of bo dispute , and fthcrefore , thu titrlko hero s over. J | _ ' , \iiolriillii Neeiln Ainerleiiii Wlieiil , LONDON. Dec. 3. A Tillies dispatch from Melbourne AJH that on account of the do- ftclcncy Au.tralla. required 103,000 tuns or vlicat and flour from America and that half iliat quantity has already boon ordered , PREVIOUS FIGURES TO STAND Official Canvnss of the South Dakota EC- turns Will Make No Changes. BOARD POSTPONE ? PART OF THE WORK fiiiMiN.v TlirtttiKli Kear ( lint IrrrKiilarltles In Some CouiitleH .May Defeat a .Vinalier of l'iil n Caailliliiteiit P1EUUB , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special Tele gram. ) The olllelnl canvass by counties on electors nnd congress was completed today , but the ofllelal footings were not made and will not bo until n late hour tonight. Un- ofllclal footings are as follows : McKlnlcy , 41,012 ; Bryan , 41,224 ; Levering , 650 ; Bryan's plurality , 1S2. Congress Crawford , repub lican , 40.6SO ; Gamble , republican , 40,913 ; Kelly , fusion , 41,125 ; Knowlcs , fusion , 41,247 ; majority of lowest fusion over highest re publican 1S2 ; majority of highest fusion over lowest republican , CG7. The official footings may change thcso figures , us formal protests Imvo been filed against Including the vote of Butte county on account of re turns from that county lacking Iho certifi cate of the court auditor and olhor Irregu larities In the returns , and against the countIng - , Ing of returns from Iho unorganized counties ; of Ewlng , Chcteau , Klihicliart , Martin , Wagner - | nor and Harding , which were attached to Butte and sent In as a single return for all without giving the separate vote of each county , and for Lawrence county on Irregu larities > ln the makeup of the canvassing board and failure of the auditor to attach his sral of olllco on the canvass of the coun ties of Butte , Kail Illver , Haiisen , Jcrauld , Lake , Lawrence , Lincoln , Lyman , Marshall and Potter , Three wore passed for the board to examine Into 1ho sufllclency of the re turning boards which canvassed the vo'.c. The populists are much worked up over the action of the board In postponing the count on the counties passed nnd aver It Is for the purpose of counting them out , but the board lias shown no Inclination to take any such action other than passing of the coun ties warned on account of protests and the probabilities are all will becounted. . The canvassing board adjourned at 10 p. in. without making ofllclal footings on any vote. It will reconvene for the canvass of stnto onlcors at 10 a. m. and the national officers at 11 a , m. tomorrow. The probabil ities are now that a further adjournment of several days will bo made on the stale can vass to allow time * to secure corrected re turns from the various counties. HIJUOX'S CAl'ITOI , WAHIIANTS VOID. South Dakota Supreme Court llenilern nil Important Ileeixlou. PIEUUE. S. D. . De . 3. ( Special Tele gram. ) An opinion was handed down by the supreme court today In the case of Shan non and Longstaff against tlio city ot Hu ron. The opinion Is by Fuller , In which the point a-t Issue Is the validity of warrants Issued for capltol purposes. The opinion holds all such warrants to bo void. This will Invalidate about $100,000 of the Huron In debtedness. Pierre and Watertown changed their warrants Into bonds and unless bonds are affected on account of having been Ibnued to take up such ! warrants It will not chaugo matters for them. Auditor Illppel authorizes the announce 'nisiit ' thei as soon as the count Is completed on 'the vote to abolish the various boards of trustees of the various state educatlona Institutions they will no longer have a lega existence and no warrant can be allowci for any Bcrvlcca performed by members o the boards after that date. Reform .Soliool'H Conilllloii. HURON , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) Tlie re port of C. W. Alnsworth , superintendent of the South. Dakota reform school at Plank- Inton , for 1895-96 , shows1 that eighty-eight children are Inmates of the school , of which sixty-nine are boys and nineteen are girls , representing thirty of the Ilfty-two organized counties In the state. The Increased attend ance nt the tchool taxes the capacity of the present buildings to the utmost , nnd the superintendent clearly chows that more room U needed. Mr. Alnsworth estimates that an appropriation of $41,000 will be needed for 1S97 , and $31,000 for 1898. While the Incom ing legislature may not make ns large an appropriation ay des'lrcd for thlo Institution , It will , however , bo more liberal toward It than was the last general assembly. loiva KariaerM HiiyliiK Keeilern. HURON , S. .D. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) Several cattle dealers from Iowa were hero today on their way to ranches west and north to buy cattle for shipment to Iowa for feeders. The late pevero storms have forced ranch men to dispose of a large proportion of their stock , the snow being too high for grazing , and the quantity of hay put up Is quite lim ited. The gentlemen hero ray 10,000 feeders uro wanted In Iowa , for which good prlceo will bo paid. ' Demaiiil llelter Hater * on Sutfar. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 8. The wholesale grocers of Missouri , Kansas , Kentucky. Illi nois , Iowa and Nebraska , backed by their respective state associations , have held n meeting here and ar ranged to demand ot railroad compnnlcB and other tiansportatlon corporations better ratea on sugar between New Orleans and points In the territory represented In the LUJ11 l-t vJIUL , lltu uuaia ui tiiij 1101111.111. LU uv the prevailing rales on this commodity be tween New Orleans , New York and othet- eastern points. IIiirHetvlilppeil liy Two IVoiiu-n. GUTHHIB , Okl. , Dec. 3. At Aropahne , Ruth Rlchcnbcrg and Jessie Kiddles , both respectable young women , have created a sensation by publicly horsewhipping Silas Richardson , a prominent business man , whom they alleged hud Insulted them. Both women have been arrested , Ti'ouliIeK III Hie ItilMiieNM Worlil. NEW YORK , Dec. 3. Application for a iccelvcr for the property of Oscar Hum- merstcln , the music and theatrical mmngor : , nnd for nn Injunction restraining him from disposing- nny of hi * as.sots , was made today before Judge Smythe In the Hupremo court. The applicant Is A. M. Dyers & Co. of iMttxhunr. 'Who hold n non-xntlsflcil Judg- iH'iit for $ SCKIO agahiHl Ilaminersteln for i aterlal nnd labor. Judge Smythe has with- icld hl decision until ho could cxumlno ; ho allldavlts which accompany the applica tion. KANSAS CITY , Dec. 3.-Tno J. II. Owens Drug company failed hero today n a re sult of the .Missouri National bank failure. The bank holdM notes of the firm aggrcgnt- ns $11,250. lleliretVM Kleet OllleerH. LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Dec. 3.-Tho executive committee of the Union of Hebrew Congre- ; ntloiiH of America thlH morning ro-elccted he following olllcers : Jullim Krelbertr , Cin cinnati , president ; Joslah Cohen , I'lttsburg , vlco president ; Llptnan Luvy , Cincinnati , secretary , and Loulx Krohn , Cincinnati , reasurcr. 1'cntiMMiMl .May fie lo 'N MV Yorlr , LONDON. Dec. 3. Rev. George K. Pente cost , the American ovungollHt , IH conuldcrlng n call to the pastorate of the Klrnt Pres- lytcriun church of New York. Ho has not yet decided whether to accept thu cull not , or _ _ m MovemeiilN of Ocean VeNNelN , Dee. 'I. At New York Arrived Dresden , from treintm ; Venella , from Stettin ; Augusta Corff , from Rotterdam ; Britannic , from Liv erpool. Sailed Htlittgnrt. for Hremen ; itrnthlsla , for Caj > e Town ; Niagara , for Nua- B.lll , IttU. At Liverpool Arrived Corinthian , from loxton ; Germanic , from Xi-w York. At Nnpli-H Arrived Kaiser Wllhelm II , rom New York , At QtieeiiHtown- Balled Majestic , from Iverpool for Now York. At Brumerlmven Arrived Lahn , from New York , vlu Southampton , X13IIHASKA MAXIMt'M Supreme Court lo Hear a AilvatieliiK the llei WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. ( S\t \ gram. ) Justice Brewer of the suf speaking of the maximum rate day that In all probability th ( advance the cases and ret nn argument would be ngreed to , I'ame the time when the court ! to roargmuent. "Tliono cases. " "nre of the utmo-t Importnicc , flBc court , r.ppreclatlng the great prlnclnHHivolved , rather than pass upon the questloiiiTinvolved without mature deliberation , decided to have them rear ucd. " Upon Venezuelan mnttorw. Justice Brewer was noncommittal , stating that the commis sion was waiting upon the secretary of state for ouch action n he considered neces sary In perfecting the lines of arbitration , which have been fully exploited throughout England and America. Senator Thurston IP expected to arrive In Washington tomorrow , n will several other members of the congressional delegation. Congressman J. I ) . Strode. Mrs. Strode and niece , Mlw Myrtle Smith of Lincoln , arrived In t'ie city this evening. Ex-Senator Paddock It authority for the statement that the Klrst National bank of Beatrice will reopen Ha doors In a few days. Mr. Paddock lias arranged for an Interview with Secretary Francis on the Otoo and MIsHiurl land matter on Saturday. Andrew R. Hasson was toJay commlfs'oned postmaster at Dodge , and Krank KloU nt Ithocn. Neb. , and l ewly A. Hosnier nt Mill- town. S. D. Examiner Zimmerman , who Is In charge of the Dakota National bank ot Sioux Kails , S. D. , which clot-od Its deere recently , has reported to Comptroller Eckles > that the stockholders ore endeavoring to secure stllfi- clcnt funds to rehabilitate the bank. Comp troller Eckles iay allowed them thirty days In which to do this , and has named the terms upon which resumption ot business will bo authorized. WeMeru I'nteiitN Criiuleil. WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) Pat ents have lii-cii Issued as follows : Nebraska Krank Barclay , Beatrice , nntl-frlctlon clip for reapers and mowers ; James D. Ream and M. Lewis , Broken Bow , grain elevator ; James H. Wlnspcar , Omaha , automatic signal pressure head. Iowa Joseph Itaumgnrtnor. Dubuque , mu sical machine ; Luke L. Blsbee , Spencer , stacker ; William H. Gray , Eddyvllle. corn harvester ; Robert G. Moon , Bedford , safety flue and ventilator ; Philip .M. Pramcr , Clear Lalo : , device for forming heel calks on horse- slices ; Joseph A. Schulte , Arcadia , electric clock ; Clinton W. Tarpcnlng , Bedford , bi cycle brake ; William H. Voss , Davoninirt , surgical apparatus. South Dakota John A. Dawson. North- vllle , newspaper rack ; Godfrled Laubo , Hu ron , trace holder. Wyoming James Mowrer , Casper , winding Indicator for clocks. I'eiiHloii IiiveNllKiltloiiN Are Slopped. WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. Exparte Investi gations by the government In pensions have boon abolished by recent action of the pen sion office. This Is a step of great Im portance to clalments of all classes and will be of great benefit to veterans. The action Is In line with the policy of Commissioner of Pensions Murphy to give the claimants the benefit of the doubt. Until 1878 every Investigation made by the bureau was ox- parte. The practice wtw done away with to Homo extent that year and It has been abolished save In criminal cases. The old practice gave rlsa to many complaints now on file. I'oHlmiiHter Lower * Hlx lleail. WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. The president has 'removed E. B. McClanalmn as postmaster at Waukcgan , 111. , nnd has appointed William A. Melody as his succesFor. Tlio removal la stated to bo duo to Inattention to the Mislnes'j of the office and too much activity In politics , HOLII ri > A IIUKWKHV CASIIIHII. Three IlolilierH Cov < r n Dozen .Men anil let ! a ThoiiMiiiu ! llolliirN. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 3. Three highwaymen with drawn revolvers entered the olllce ef the Home Brewing company at 3 o'clock this afternoon and held up the cashier , Robert Haverkamp , forcing him to hand over $400 , and then not being satisfied with the amount went behind the counter , lookIng - Ing for the money drawers , and secured J500 more. When the holdup occurred there were present in the olllce , the cashier , a ! halt dozen clerks and several customers. All were ordered to hold up their hands. The order was hastily compiled with. After the cashier had handed out 400. two of j the robbers held the occupants of the olllce , alone , while the other went through the | safe nnd money drawcis and secured bo- ' twcen $600 and $600 moro. Upon leaving I the olllco the robbers mounted a North Broadway car , and went toward the river. The brewery employes were unable to give the police good descriptions of the men. NATIONAL COUNCIL OK WO.MUN. KeportN from VitrloiiN nail DeleKiileN' CreelliiKN. BOSTON , Dec. 3. The national council of women of the United States met hero today In annual convention. Mrs. Mary I/owe Dick inson , the president , occupied the chair. The presentation of reports and greetings of delegates from organizations comprising the council took up the entire 'time ' until prior to adjournment for luncheon. Among those who took part In the program wt-ro Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens of Portland for the National Women's Christian Tninnerniif < union , and Mrs. Margaret I. Sanders of Chicago cage far the Illinois Industrial school , drillings WCTO briefly presented by Miss Susan B. Anthony , Rev. Anna II. Shaw , Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indiana and Mrs. Wllloughby Cummlngs of Canada. The report of the Woman's Republican asso ciation of the United States , of which Mrs. J. Ellen Koster Is president , was read by .Mrs. Emily S. Cliaco. l-MTIIKIl ATTACKS TIIH U'llONfi .MAN. SeeH KlopliiK Daiiuliterear ConKreHN- iiiiin ColNon ami AluiHeH Him. PINEVILLE , Ky. , Dec. 3. J. L. Christ and Miss K.itio Emmal ot Mlddlesboro wcro eloping yesterday when Will Emmal , the father of the girl , caught them Just as the train was about to move off. Kutlo was sitting beside Congressman Colton and Emmal thought that Colson was trying to aid his daughter. Emmal began to abuse him , when Colson arose and attacked the angry father. Emmal drew a pistol , but a train man grabbed the weapon. Miss Emmal Is a granddaughter of the wealthy banker , W. B. Emmal , of Lexington , Christ Is prominent In his section of the state. ColHon said that ho had no connection with the elopement , and ho know nothing of It until Emmal began to abuse him. Colson was on his way to Washington. DriilliK of a liny. NEW YORK. Dec. 3. Mm. Elizabeth C. Wilson , widow of Ilonry Wilson of St. LoulH , 3 dead at Montclalr , N. J. She wag C5 yearn of age. Mm. WIMon wax u first de scendant at Rev. Judan Champion of revolu- lonary fame. She wag a niece of ex-Gov ernor Williams of Vermont and a cousin of Chancellor Livingston. Mrs. Wilton was ono of the oldest membtrtj of the Daughters of the Revolution. KRHMONT , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) Henry Dern , a farmer living twenty-two miles nortli of the city , died at the hospital ycx- crday of cancer. Ho had been III for a eng tluic. Ho wan 40 years of age nml cavea a wife and flvo children. Ills funeral was hold from hta homo this afternoon. Ollli-lill Vole of .MilNmioliilMeltN , BOSTON , Dee. 3.-The olllelnl cain-axx of the vote for president In Ililw Htutu HIO ) H that 278,976 ImllotH were rnxt for McKlnli-y , Oj,711 for Bryiin find 11,74 ! ) for Palmer ; Mi' . rClnluy'H plurulltv , 173.ii5 ; , ngalnxt u plural- ty for Harrison in Itt2 ot 20,001. NO DANGER FROM THE FLOODS River Tailing at Unto of a Toot a Day and Water Will Got Away , EXPERT OPINION FROM COLONEL JONES SIIJ-N I IIP Couri < e of < lu > Illvrr Will lie dimmed SHulitly , lint Hint U IN ( 'oiiNtiiutl.v ( 'limiu- IIIK Auyuuy. C1I1PPHWA KALLS. WIs. . Dec. X "Th rlvor Is falling nt the rate of foot per tiny , mul there Is no reason whatever for npprcnhonslon , " said Colonel \V. A. Jones , U. S. A. , to an Associated PICKS representative ! this afternoon , nfter ho hnil put In a busy ilny Investigating the- situation along tlio Chlppcwn rlvor. Colonel Jones , who Is III charge of the government engineering works In the nortliwoft , linil boon called hero by the loenl authorities , who rought expert nilvlco In what teemed like an extremity nml a critical situation. He continued : "The situation of tho' river at Kail Clnlro anil nt Chlppewa Knlla Is prac tically the mine , nnd the stgo of wter at Kau ClaireIs really the stage of the river , as > the Hood hero ls > simply caused by the back water. Most of the water la able to get away under the Ice anil the Uack water rep resents the amount of water t'int Is iinablo to get away. As the Ptngo of the river sacs down , more of this water will flow away un der the IPO and the Hood hero will BOOII bo over. The gorge extendu about eighteen miles , and Is made up largely of anchor Ice , which la a sort of slui ! , packed closely , but not so hard ax ordinary Ice. Under this * the river Is running In tomowhnt cramped quarter- , and as the water falls more , the Ice will drop down Into the river bed. where it Is likely to utay until spring , the water ntlll running along under the mat * ? of Ice. Wo pem to bo starting a regular , old-fash ioned winter , MO that there Is every reason to expect the contlnntnre of the lee till pprlng. The courno of the river will bo changed slightly , but , as far ns that goes , It Is constantly changing , anyway. U lo a very peculiar circumstance that there should bo such a frost In conjunction with a Hood , but there would have been a Hood here , ynaawy. for you know wo had a very heavy series of rainfalls about Thanksgiving time , and the flood wao sure to come. I can see no caut > o for further fear of damage hero. " GOES TO KAU CLAIRE NEXT. Colonel Jones will visit Kau Clalro ami look Into the situation further tomorrow. The people of the Chlppewa valley will un doubtedly fci'l much relieve : ! over such an opinion from such un authority , nnd they certainly need to Im relieved , for a sort of demoralization haa seized on many business men In Chlppewa Kails , which does not Hpem warranted by the actual facts of the case. Asldo from loss of business to these in the Hooded district and property loss In the same location , the loss in the city will not be great. The big mill of the Chlppcwa Logging and lloom company Is In a serloua position and any sudden break of the Ice would seriously endaugur It , even though , there was u break in the gorge formed several miles above. Looking up or down the river from 'the wagon hrldgo a must * of the broken whlto Ice can bo seen , with hero land there a dark clump of logs frozen In the gorgo. At the lower end of the gorge , near Kau Claire , Is banked a mass of logs containing 20,000,000 feet of lumber. The > Ice and-flnotl have jwt encroached on the banks of the river BO much us feared and the damage Is much leas In the country than lit first thought. The water has been just iibont twenty-five feet all afternoon. It has been snowing tonight , ( ho ground being covered , but the cold weather continues with little change. Tim railroads are not suffering so much oa might bo expected. The Omaha runs along high bluffs and has not been in the least hampered In Its workings. The Wisconsin Central tracks are lower and have at times been covered by the water. BO many of Its trains had to use the Omaha tracks. Last night iho water dropped over a foot and It used its own tracks , but early today the water started up again and Its line had to ho abandoned. The river branch of the Mil waukee & St. 1'aul has stopped all business for the present , Its line extending along the eoursn of the Chlppowa river where the Ice gorges and floods prevail. One of the great uncertainties Is the way the water rises and falls. It will drop a foot or mow and the people begin to hope for relief from their feara and then the water rises faster than before and their fears tire redoubled. The water necina to find an occasional crevice in the U'o and the falling through these lowers the water , which Immediately rises again afterwards. In this way the level was lowered uvelvo Inches during the night and then climbed flve inches In two or three early morning hours. Along the river tliero are a number ot critical situations. In thla city Ihcro are more fears from the result 1C the Little Kails dam should break than over the local Hood situation. It Is feared that a break In the Little Kails dam , seven miles north of here , would carry nearly everything away here. In Iho same way the people of Kau Clalro fear the result if the Ice gorge hero breaks too suddenly , while those below Durand nvo entertaining the fear for the outcome tliero. The water yesterday reached twenty-four feet eight Ir.chcs , the highest yet , ami later dropped back nearly a foot , but at 8:30 : thla morning had again rbien to Iho highest ngure 01 yesicrciay ami was sun rising at 9 o'clock. Mayor and Manager Irwin of the logging company drove down the river to Gravel Island , six miles from here , where nn attempt will be made to break the gorge . ONB I1IIAVK ESCAPE. A thrilling escape of a- family of flvo pcrsono four miles below this place occurred thin morning. A man named Darker lived with Mo family , consisting of lil < wife , two fnmll girls and n hey In a lmu > x > built upon on Inland In the Chlppewa river. The IPO had plied up no formidably about thu dwel ling and seemed to threaten every minute to criwli It like un egg n'.icll that they deter mined to abandon It and make for the Hlioro. Darker Btrapped the younger girl to his back and Mrs * . Darker did tlio tame for the boy. Tlio older girl then grasped her father's hand and the little parly Act out on their perilous Journey across tlio moun tainous gorge , and made for the Bhoro. They leapc'd from cake to cuku , advancing with considerable rapidity until fiey reached a point where the Ice had funned a iccin- Ingly linpatvalilo gorge. Without hesitation they started to clamber up tliu fdlppory eminence , until about one-half way up , the older girl Hipped and reeled back , but was rescued by her father , and the rueo wont nn. Ily this time a largo crowd nf upcctatdrt had gathered on the shorn urn ) were xhout- Ing chcoro of encouragement to the bravo little family. After a dcpperato wtrugglo they finally reached the firm Ice near the Hhoro where the waiting ppcctators lent their assistance and the Illtlii party wan In tafety. A delegation of thirty or foity citizen * nf Kau Clalro arrived In the city at noon and callcil on Mayor Llndloy of Chlppuwa Kails. Mayor Henry Day of Kan Clalro nn their behalf ! i > eke briefly expressing tlio sympathy ot thu stater city In thl disaster and offering any assistance that may bo In their power to give. MILWAUKEE , Dee. 3.-A Hnt-dal to the WUconaln from Chlppewa Kudu says : Lalo this afternuon the water In wtlll rising. If the water geta much higher the electric plant will Imvo to suspend entirely and thu dark ness will bo total tonight. The weather In cold , but thnrn arc Irulloutlo'iH of a xtorin and If rain or wet snow came UIITO will bo a frightful etato of affairs , an u largo amount of valuable ) goods and merchnndliiu aru ex- piwod to Iho elements. Tin1 Wisconsin C'en- tial paMt'Kcr station IIUH been anchored with strong rr.bli < i , hut If the current grown much Htrongur It will bu carried away , to- with the railroad 'tracks. The road'