THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNT2TJ3FEBRUA11 7 , 1808. SINGLE COPV "FIVE CENTS , IDEAS ON AUTONOMY Ecnor Galycz , President of the Cabinet Reviews the Situation , NOTHING IN THE NATURE OF A CRISIS Ministers Understand Their Business nni All Are in Harmony , WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH INSURGENT ! Endeavoring to Bring About a Tavorabl in Cuba , ARMS AND POLITICS GO HAND IN HANI tii IH'iiuinKlrnlc Hie Hill entry of ( ho .Spanish Military 1'oucr ltf < ru I'l-iife llruoilH Over tliu iHlaml , HAVANA , Feb. G Scnor Jose Maria Gal Tez , president of the autonomist cablnol t > ayn thcro is no disagreement among" It members or anything in the nature of crisis. On the eontrary , all the minister understand their program and mlsslor which ho sums up as "to establlHh the noi regime , to prepare for the elections and t constitute a Chamber of Deputies " Under no conditions , declares Senor Gal veIs It the mission of the members ot th cabinet to addiess the Insurgents offlclall or to negotiate for peace Unless they shoul have n guaranty n to the outcome of thol efforts. Nevertheless the members of th cabinet , in their unofficial capacity , will d all In their power to smooth the pathwa and will contribute to all private efforts t bring about a favorable Issue. Scnor Galvc ? says the cabinet Is expectln favorable news from the province of Sant Clara and assurances that General Maxim Gomez retired across the trocln , Into th Camaguey district owing to lack of suppot and to "tho conflicting opinions that dls tract the Insurgents In eastern Cuba " I'caco will come , he declarca , by the com blued action of "arms and politics , " but I Is necessary to demonstrate the clllclcncy c Spanish rms at the- same tlmo that th beneficial Influences of the new regime or being made known. The French cruiser Dubordleu arrived her today. The American ( variously named In th dispatches as Henry W. Falm , Henry \V Till in , and Hmory Fcnn , the last probabl liclng correct ) who has been serving wit the Cuban artillery in the province o Santiago do Culn , and who , It was reportec had surrendered to the Spanish authorltlc at Glbcrgn , denies that he surrendered II tays ho was taken prisoner by the colum ot General Ilunarcs On Its becoming know that ho was on American ho was we ] treated. He will sill for New York by th Ward liner Yucatan , but will not carr with him $5,000 as reported. At Merlano today provisions were dls trlbuted to SOO persons In each caseth recipient was given a ticket showing tha the gilt of food was from the United States ails'iv is S"AM > 'io uu OITIJMJI : ! ] Hi-cent Sin-cell of mi inirllsli Cnliliio OlllonIM tinCniiNi - . LONDON , Feb. 7. The Dally Chronic ! rays this evening It believes tint the rccen speech of the chanccllrr of the exchequer a Swansea , when ho snld the government va determined , even at the cost of war , that th uoor of Chlncfio commerce si ould not be shti to Great Drltaln , greatly offended Ilusbla , The Vienna correspondent ot the Dall Chronicle tays a telegram leeched there fror St. Petcisburg says Russia and Germany 1m fiigned a contract for the Issuance of Chinese loan. A dispatch from Hong Kong saye it I rumored there that the Ilrltlph cruise l dgar IB storing all po&alblc anununltloi preparatory to going north The cruise lionaventuro has been ordered from Devon port for China , and the first cla a battleshl ] Harllcur has left Malta for Chinese waters. TURKS UVUMMi MOHi : TIKU lll.l : Hum Vlllaucx on the rroiillvra ( ii-ecoo , LONDON , Feb. 7. The Athens correspond cut of the Times says- The Turks , afte severe fighting , have occupied and burnei llvo villages In the Agrapha d'strlct In tin north of Acarnlcn , about midway hetvvco' ' Arta and Domoko Ulght thousand Turklsl troops were engaged In the cccilllcts. It i reported that In the neighborhood of Palace castro the Turko were icpulaed. A panic prevails umong the Inlmbftants o the neutral zone The Gieek outposta bn been strengthened eiid the situation I ominous. It U probable that the CrctK question will bo dropped until the cvacua tlon of Thesualy hats been secured , .S1 VI > WII.lf MM % riUl'O > V TMIi : 1'iinlilo ' Sii ) U'licii It Can 1'arlf ; Culm. LONDON , Feb. 7 The Madrid corro rvomlcnt of the Standard says * Senor Sagasta's response to the official not presented yesterday ( Saturday ) by Gcoeca Woodford , the United States minister , com plains of filibustering e\fcdltlons and declares clares that Spain cannot ontcrtaln the aug Kcstlon for fixing a date for Its completion o the laclficatlon of Cuba. Pessimist Imprrti Hlons tire now current regarding the lelatkn between Ftialn und the United States and havi depressed the Madrid and Barcelona bourses Public feeling amcuig all clasaca Is stroni against America. J'rnncMHUH .No UllKlit to I In' Outlet LONDON. Fob 7 The Times , rcferrliii this morning to the claim ot Franco to m outlet cci the navlgiblp part of the Nlgei for Its Soudan and Dahomey establishments says Frame has no right whatever to BW ! an outlet , and a proterulon to obtain It a England's expense Is a proposal which couli only be accepted on the hypothesis tha Great llrltaln had loet the iKJwer to defttu 1U ) legitimate Ilio > i'ouffili > Cnlilf. LONDON. Feb. 7. According to a dispatch from Shanghai , Admiral Sir Alex under Duller , commander In chief ot the llrltlsh Meet on the China elation , has ar riU'd thcro and an Important exchange o vlawu by cable has occurred between him the llrltlsh minister at Pek'n , Sir Claudi llacDonalJ , end the admiralty. l-ollrKrx Will lie ClONiMl. VIENNA , Feb. C. The government has de cided to close all the colleges tomorrow am' to keep them closcJ until March 21. when before readmlralon , students will bo com pellcd to sign an agreement to observe thi tUiclplliiary regulations , This Is the sever ret measure ot ltd kind that LOB bcea pu into uppllcutlMi eluco ISIS. ' TIII-KM Malic More Trouble. ATHENS , Feb. C. Sanguinary conflict ! contlnuo between the Turkish troops ant the peasants in Thcssaly. It Is reportci that the Turks have occupied several \ | | and that 100 persons have been killed. Inimu DfiniiiuU n Coiilrnol. LONDON , Feb. 7. correspondent ol Iho TImea at Kobe , Japan , ajo ; "Thi Corcan government having adopted a resolu tion thit no railway concesJlonn fihall be granted to foreigners , the Japanese mlnlstci at Seoul , M Koto Masuo , will demand thai the contract for the construction of the Seoul-Fu an railway by Japan , under at agreement mode In August , 1891 , shall be signed without dohy " VVNSKV TALKS \IIOIT AMIMUCV Ponrn llPiiorlorn Mor < Tlinii ll - Iliicf Polar Ilrnrn ( CopyrlKht. 1S9S , by l'rc-s 1'ubllthlnK Compiny. ] LONDON , Feb. C ( New York World Pa blegram Special Telegram ) When Nanser was met by an Interview or In Liverpool hi Bald : "Don't ask me BO many tunny qiles tlons as American reporters did. They askci cmbirrasslng questions of what I ate , how much and wtcn. I didn't answer. Ihej made answers for me. " "Was your United States tour enjoyable ? ' "Yes , I think BO , " somewhat dubiously. "Wcro your Impressions of Americans th ( Kamo n these of the KngllHh ? " "Well , now , I couldn't say that 'hey won very kind to mo , but not llko my Kngllsl friends. " "Wcro you struck with any definite difference once between the pcoplo of Iho old countrj and the new ? " "Yes , rather , " said Nanicn hesitatingly. "What distinction would you llko elc. ecrlbed ? " "Ah , you want mo to say what I aon'i want to say , " he rejoined , laughing " 1 wll say nomcthlni ; good of them. They are KOO > buslneffi people. " "Uut give a candid criticism. " ' 'There Is n fresh breczo blowing , " sale the doctor , evasively "Did you find1 lecturing as hard as cxplor Ing' " "I did. It was evcrv diy , nvery night When I wasn't lecturing I was traveling , nni I didn't much care for their style of travel Ing. There were no private salons OIK could engage. They are open all Iho lime. 1 was bothered by people wanting cither i handshake or handwriting. Newspaper 'iicr watched me until I .got more nervous Ecelni the papers than I would seeing puUr bears They described how I broke my ogis m breakfast , they told the public when I loolvCi tiled. I nuiat say , however , that New York Chicago , Montreal and Louisville , and in al the cities \laltcd , the greatest courtesy wa < shown me. " /.oi.vjj THI vi. wn.i. nir.iTOJJVY He Will MiiKi * nil VililrrsN to the Jurj III lllii OIMI llcli.lJf. PARIS , Feb. C. The trial of ninllo Zolf will begin before the Seine assl/ea tomor row' . M. Zola said tonight that he awaltei his trial without fear of the result. He wll address the jury , as will also his counsel M. La Borl. M. Clemenccau would , h < said , In spite of any attempt the authorities might make to curtail the trial , address the jury , representing the Aurore , the papei which published M Zola's attack , and whld io a' co-dcfcnCant in the suit He hoped , hi said , that these speeches would throw mucl light on the Dreyfus case Several prominent anti-Semites have is sued an address to "all Frenchmen , " li which they declare that "tho people will take the law In their own hands If the friends and upholders of Dreyfus and the traducers of the army organize a demon stration" and say they rely on the jury in the Zola case to deal with them. { 'retail Matter IH Postponed. LONDON , Feu 7. The Constantinople cor respondent ot the Dally Mail says : The candidacy of Pi luce George of Greece for the governorship of Crete , and the Cretan question generally , ha\e been shelved foi the present. The sultan's progrcra through Stamboul today ( Sunday ) was a magnlflcant spectacle , Thcro was no disorder. HUM > I'altli In Our llanKcrs. ROME , Fob C A government measure has been published allowing the Hank ol Naples to take charge of the savings ol Italian immigrants in North and Eoutl America , with alevv of securing then- against the rap.city of the so-callei : "bankers" there. OlfHlstoiu * GOCN to Cliuroli. CANNES. Feb. C Mr Gl Jstone , accom- pinled by Airs Gladstone , drove to churcli today and received communion. He was abk to walk without assistance. Tin : isinaivis Au.i < AVIV Colonel PiuiHtoii Tlilnl.K the SpanlNli \riu > Will Hot oil. ST. LOUIS , Feb C-rFcedcrlck Funston , who , aa lieutenant colonel and chlet of ar- tlllciy , held , until the close of last year , tin highest position occupied in the CuLan in surgent army by an American since I'JB death of Colonel Gordon , focal today In this city as the guest cf Mrs Mary Norrls Deny This afternoon a dinner wa given in hh honor by .Mis Herry at the Hotel Nornnndlo. Ho defected tonight for his homo In lola , Kan. , where his mother and the other members ol his family , whom ho Ima not secci for nearly two years , reside. Colonel Funston's \lslt offorded an oppor tunity for learning the state of affaks in Cuba Eighteen months' contlnuouu service In the Cuban army as the associate and con fidante of General Garcia and others gave Mm an Insight Into the war that few have had. had."I "I fully expect to see the war terminate In less than six months , " said he. "Tho Cubans are confident that the conflict will not last until Juno and I do not doubt that the In surgents will como out on top They arc willing to make most any kind of a fait agreement with Stain to Indemnify It for thu expense of carrying on the war The Spanish army Is on the \erge of revolt. Whether or not the government desires to contlnuv the war , the army will refuse to prolong the con flict many months. " Asked what the feeling Is In Cubi concernIng - Ing the attitude- the United States , Colonel Fnnston e > ild the Insurgents had ccusol to hope for Intervention en the part of this country An Injury to his left leg , roused by his homo falling upon him , was the Indirect cause of Colonel Kunston's return to America. While on hU way to receive treatment ho was captured by the Spanish and fee some days lay n orlsoncr In a dungeon at Port an Prince. He secured his release on the pro vision that ho would never return to Cuba until the presnit hostilities are ended This , of course , precludes the ijosslblllty of Ills asbumlng again tils place In the Cuban ranks. Ji\Tll IIDCOIII ) . I'rof. John J Camplx-lI , WARRENSI1UHG , Mo , Fcb C John 3. Campbell , vice president of the state normal school , and professor of language and lltera- turu In that Institution , died at hU homo In this city today of cancer of the stomach HU was born in Hamilton county , Pennsyl vania. M , < ' . Troup , WINFIKLD , Kan. , Feb. C Judge M. G. Troup , ono of the oldest and best lawyers In Kcmas , dropped dead at his homo In this city to lay of heart disease. Ho was n pioneer of Kansas and at one time served as judge ot the Thirteenth judicial dis trict. Iiliiiex U SliiUcx. HERMAN , Neb. , Feb. 6. ( Special. ) James C. Stokes , ono ot the wealthiest mc'.i ot northern Washington county , died -In Herman and was burled In the llUIr ceme tery. Ho came to Herman about thirty years ago. Ho leaves a wife and cue child , M. C. HIU ! , HERMAN. Neb , Feb. 5. ( Spcclal.-M ) C. Ellis , an old resident ol this section , died suddenly this morning ot aitbma. He was 06 years of ago and a tcteran of the civil wtir. PUSHING FOR ADJOURNMEN1 House is Considering thu Appropriatiot Measures. WILL RUSH THEM THROUGH IIURRIEDLV Ai Inlf nnln Contcntc'il l lrctlnn Cnoci AIII He Tnkcii Up Hint of OiiiilpnlK lolU oreil. WASIIIN'OTON , Feb. C. It Is probabli that the program fop the house , which is ti ho confined almost exclusively this sessloi to the consideration ot appropriation bills will boarlcd this week with the consider atlon of a contested election case It is the purpose ot the house leaders ti keep the appropriation bills to the front It order to obtain an early flnil adjournment or as the alternative throw the responslbll Ity for delay on the senate. Hut after thi appropriation bill Is on the calendar for thi ptescnt , the military academy , and It shouh not consume more than a tow hours. It Is the Intention ot the leaders , therefore to fill the h'atus ' this week with the consider atlon of the Aldrlch-Plowman contested elcc tlon case from the Tourth Alabama district The elections committee has divided on till case on party lines and the Indications an that the house will do the Mine thing am Mr. Plowman will be unseated. The members on both sides have been uslnj the latitude allowed In debate extensively ti the Impending congressional campaign Mil fall and tlrcso are likely to continue Inde finitely. All the mcniLcrs are kocmly alive t < the opportunities to make political capita for themselves or their party and this fae at any time may upset prearranged program ! by plunging the house Into .rancorous am acriir.cnloui political discussion. The demo cmts und populists seem to bo directing thol assaults against the republican assertlot that prosperity has returned to the countrj GO that all evidence on this point , pie or COM Is likely to find Its way sooner or later Inti the congressional record for distribution thi. fall. SENATE rORECAST. The atttntion of the senate this week wll In all probability be divided between thi Hawaiian annexation treaty , appropriate bills and the right of II W. Corbctt to i seat in the senate from Oregon. The treatj will probably occupj the greater share o attention Monday , but after that tlmo thi committee on appropriations will claim tin attention of the senate for the Indian ap propriatlon bill , which it Is expected will hi reported ex.rl > In the week. This bill wll provo a considerable debate and b > the tlnu It Is dispose ! of the committee on appro prlatlons hope to have the foitlficatio.is bll before the senile Senator Heir will at thi same time press the Corbctt matter upot the attention of the senate as a matter o the highest privilege and seve.ral hpeeche : v.lll bo made on It It docs not appear prob oble , however , that a vote will bo roachct during the week en the Corbett resolution. IJOM : STVKTS 0 % ins UITLII\ > IUI i \\lll Mslt Iliinnlii , Cl.-ioliiiul iniil St l.fllllN Illl IlOllll- WASHINGTON , Feb. 6 President Doll and his party ceased to be the guests of tin nation tonight at 7 JO , when ho started foi Buffalo and thus began his return Journe : for the Haw aitn Islands. The presideni airlvcd at the Penns > lvanla station but t few minutes before his train vas ready t ( start. He went lirnncdlately to the prlv-lc Pullman car , which he will occupy en hi trip to Huffalo The i.rty was escorted It the depot by Assistant Secretary of State Cridlcr , Major Ilclstand of the aimy , Com mander Phillips of the navy , -nd severa friends cf the president. Minister Watch am Mrs Hatch was also present. The train will arrive in Buffalo tomorrow at about 10 o'clock The president will re main in Buffalo until 11 45 tomorrow night when ho will lca\c for Cleveland , where hi will stop a few hours in order tint Mrs Dole may meet some of her ( relatives llvlnf there He will then go directly to St. Louli ami will take- the Sunset Limited train leaving there at 10 o'clock Saturday night Ho will arrive In California Tuesday 01 next week and will spend several d > ys al Riverside , the home of ! hls brother. Ho will go to San Francisco , where ho will be giver a banquet by former residents of Honolulu , Ho expects to sail on either the Gaelic 01 Marlposa , leaving February 22 and 23 re spectively. DVNCI : n vii. nuroM coi/i , u-.srs Panic AIIIIIIIK ( In * l' < > iiilu | IN Varronlj V % rrli'il , CHICAGO , rob. C A panic among 20C dancers was narrowly averted at mldnlghl last night at the North Shore hall. Thirty spectators were crowded Into the little bal cony watching the dance. The supports became - came loosened and slipped back to the will , The balcony sank g-adually , allowing the spectators to sllclo topsy turvy on tbo pol ished floor. When the creaking and pulling com menced , Indicating that the balcony was falling , the largo number of persons frith- cred tinderneath quickly stampeded toward the central portion of the hall , leaving John Kruslo behind. Kruslo was caught by the timbers an1 had his side crushed In. As the north end of the balcony began to fall , the musicians became panic stricken and seized their Instruments and dashed for the door The dancers followed Several police officials stationed at the door threw It shut and held It against the panic- stricken dancers , thus averting a certain catastrophe on the narrow stairway. Ot the thirty pel sons in the gallery , Kruslo alone sustained serious injuries All the otheis , however , were painfully brulseJ. HU\STY ; Tii'itiri ' : nin sis IIUI/P. ( iooil OlIlcM'H "f I in1 1 1- Sam Are Tnrncil Jlim n. CHICAGO , Feb. 0 The Tribune's Wash ington Epccial Bays * Premier ag < ista has declined the third offer of friendly mediation on the part of the United States. This In formal Ion was conveyed In a cipher message received from Minister WooJford by Fi'esl- dent McKlnley on IVIday The message was a most unusual one. Instead of being ad dressed to the secretary of state , It was ad dressed to the president , a thing which has not luppcncd since Consul General Lee's famous cablegrams to President Cleveland of nearly a year ago This cablegram trom Woodford was not long , but recited the fact that Premier SagasU rofiucd to admit that cpaln had reached the end of Its rope In Cuba : that It uai > unable to Hupprcsa the Insurrection , that autonomy was a failure ; or thn it needed the assistance of the United States lu blinking the Cuban struggle to an end. TO W.lTIJIl 1T.S STOCK. Stiiiiilnril Oil ( ? < mii > iin > Hun n .St'lii-iiii- for HcorKiiulriitlfiu , CINCINNATI , Feb. C. The Enquirer , In Its business columns , will gay : It has leaked out from the recent annual meeting of the stockholdere of the Standard Oil company for this territory that a reorginUatlon plan Is on the tapis , to be perfected In a short time. This plan contempt : lea Issuing stock dividends to the extent ol four shares for each ono chare or certificate of stock held by present holders of stock , 'ihU will In crease the face value of the present loldlnga of stock 400 per cent. It Is said that tbo quarterly dividends of iVi per cent arc to bo raid on this stock thus augmented. MJXV YOIIIC I.OSIn TS EXPORTS , They 1'nll Off Onc-lliill | In n Tlilril al a Century. ALBANY , N. V. , reb 6-Tbe annual report - port of State Engineer AcUma devotes mucti space to the commerce ot the state. Elab orate tables have been compiled from the records of the general government and other sources dating back 200 years , giving the values ot the trodo between the several American colonies and Great Britain up to the beginning ot the revolutionary war and after that time and up ( o date the values ol c\iorts from the leading Atlantic ntid gull states. Mr. Adam. ? says that the port of Now York , which a third of a century ago commanded T3 per cent ot the total -exports of the * nation , today commands 37 per cent ot them. Sta tistics presented show that New York foreign commerce has never been so low as last year , Elnco 1830. It Is In Its exports that New York's com mercial losses have occurred In Imports It almost holds Itfl own , at two-thirds ot the nation's total. In exports it has ( alien from two-thirds to a little more than one-third ol the whole. From 18SO to 1S07 the nation's foreign com merce. Increased J300.000.000 In value During that tlmo New York's Increased $20,000,000 , Boston's $63,000,000 , Galveatoo'a $29,000.000 and New Orleans' $17.000,000. Thcso and similar timely and telling statistics In Mr. Adin-s' report show that the problem of retaining New York's com mercial prcvjtlgo Is a grave and pressing one , the chief factor tn which ho believes to bo adequate and efficient \vaterways , constantly forcing the lowcU possible transportation charges , and ample docka equipped with everything that will expedite and minimize tbo cost of handling commerce. Mr Adams bcllcvcf ) lhat the present In adequate condition of the canals Is largely responsible for the decline of commerce at New York City , and that the Improvements now being made should not only be com pleted , but steps must be taken ImmedlUcly for better facilities and lower terminal chargca for canal ( raffle , espechlly at Buffalo and New York City. Ho believes that the great danger to New York state Is that without these improved conditions an enor mous volume of trade Is now and will con tinue to be diverted to points outside of thin state , so that canals , railroads , and the people generally will lose the profits that should accrue from this traffic. Mr Adams described the iirogrew ; that has bccu made on the work of Improving the canals , and presents a number ot tables showing the total estimated cobt of the work to be $10,000,000. SYVVVNVII nvs ni'iiinio or mm. Iiicciiilliirle's Coiitliiu < ? < < > Itrliiir Dilnl- IIRTC to lroiierty OI\IIITH , SAVANNAH , Ga , Feb. 6 Savannah's epi demic of fire continues. Tonight damage to the extent of $125,000 was caused bj a con flagration which started la a hay warehouse on the wharf at the foot jit Jefferson otrcot. The fire started In the toy In the warehouse and had burst Into a laige , brls'it conflagra tion by the time the alarm was turned In. The fire communicate J itself to several brltl- buildings on Bay sleeet and throe of them were entirely gutted The firemen fought the flames bravely , but the fire was difficult of accws and the destruction was consequently quently greater. The hetwlest loss was that sustained by Cuarlcs A. Conklln & . Co of At lanta , who carried a $100,000 stock of hard ware The ficm carried , about $75,000 in surance. There seems to bq no question but that the fire was of Inccqdlary origin There have been a dozen fircM hero within the last two weeks and there Inconsiderable talk o [ firebugs. . / "Before the fire In the hay warehouse had been brought under control fiamcj ourst out in the magnificent cathedral of at. John the Haptlst , the head scat of the Catholic rhurch In the state of Georgia , and It was soon a mass of ruins. All of the fire engines in the city were engaged at the othei Hie. The consequence was that It was neur'y an hour bcfoie an engine arrfvcd to turn a streim on the \aluablo property that was fast going to waste and on other property around that needed protection. Tlu tiemondons shower of sparks that was car.-Ii-l up in the l.eat ro an hour or more falling In the square and on other buildings made a grand spectacle The fire stalled In the organ lo't and spread rapidly through the church Every thing was removed from the residences In the \iclnity and It was only after a etrugglo that they were saved. At midnishttho destruction or the cathedral was complete. The cathedral cost about $225,000 , and was insured for $ CO,000. It was' ono of the finest ecclesiasti cal structures In the south The edifice con tained many works of art , all of which were Beved. llllll % IlllNllK-XH IIOIIMI'H Dlll'll. ALBANY , Ind. , Feb. 0 A furious fire broke out hero at inidnlg'ht ' in the Spelcher business block and raged for two hours and a half An application lo Munclo failed to bring relief. Albany IKS no fire protection to cope with a big conflanatlon and the citizens were powerless , but nt an early hour were tearing down buildings to finally stop the flic by want of fuel. Ono thousand men formed In line with 500 buckets and saved much propcKy. The total loss is estimated variously ut from $50,000 to $80,000. The Spelcher block was destioyed and the follow ing were the pilnclpal losers S. Wolff , clothing , loss , $8,000. with $500 Insurance ; Glven's g-ocery , $4,000 , Insurance , $1,500 ; Mull & Co , shoes , loss $5,000 , Insurance , $1.500 ; I. W. Wilson , $3,000 , no Insurance and every dollar Invested In his business ; Paxton Hrothers , hardware , $10,000 , Insur ance , $2,500 ; Odd Fellows' lodge room , loss $1,000 , halt Insurance ; Hobbs clothing store In another block with stock worth $20,000 was badly scorched , all the stock removed , but one-half of that was stolen afterwards. \Vlnti-i- Hold IK Ir\tnij < ( ! . AIKI.N , S C. , Feb. 6. The Highland Park hotel at this place was destroyed by fire early this morning. The flames started somewhere In the laundiy room and grad ually picked their way pver the building The loss Is $1-)0,000 ) , with , $98000 Insurance. Ono hundred and sixty-eight guests were sleeping In the building , ! mlt tliey ln(1 ( no trouble In getting away vvlth their baggage , The Highland 1'ark hotel was one of the best known of the southern winter resorts and was Improved to tha extent ot $00,000 this season t Ilxi'tt'r 'I lire .lU'iii-il vlth DlNHNlci- . LINCOLN , Neb. , Fob. fi.r-Tho town ot Exe ter , fnrtfive miles west-Jof Lincoln , on the Burlington , Is threatened with almost total Destruction by fire , wUUli started shortly before irkUiIght Exeter has nearly 1,000 in habitants. but has no flrotfightlng apparatus The west side ot M.lnstreet / has already been bwept nearly clear. LATKH Ten business house * arc reported burned. t Tumi HoiiMi * Illliriu-il. SURPRISE , Neb. , Kcb. C ( Special ) Tiie farm house of Epiiram Palmer , two and one-half inllc-a east t here , was com pletely destroyed by fire ( .hLa afternoon. The organ , bedding and part of the clothing was buved , i IM Coining from Auntralla SAN FUANCISCO , Feb. C-Tho Btenm- bhlp Murlposa , from Sydney , Australia , duo hero February 10 , la reported to have on board nearly J7K > , ftX > Australian gold con signed to the AiiKlo-CallforniiL bank of this city. Added to the former recelptx , this will bring the total shipments of cold from that source for the season up to $ ! 3,0'XOuO ) , by far the largest iimount ever received In California from Australia dur ing any ono year In bottling the balance of trade In favor of this country. Mie-rln U IiuUcted. CAUBON , Nev. Feb. 0. Sheriff Brockllss of Douglas county , where the lynching of Adam L'ber recently occurred , 1ms been In- dieted for willful neglect of duty In not tuklnf Blips to prevent ( he Illegal execu tion. His trial has been. , set for February 1C. A similar charge aialuit the county commtsuloncrs wan TRAINS OVERCOME DISTANCli Now Service Brings Chicago and Denvei Nearer Together. RUNNING RIGHT UP TO THE SCHEDULE Moilcrn l'nla&r on Wlipeln JMICCI AurnN the Country , MurkliiK U .NiM\ Urn IneNlcrii. . Trael. . JULESnURQ , Cole , TOD. C. Tlio new fasi train known as the Chicago special scheduled to run from Denver to Chlcagc In twenty-eight hours over the Union Pacific Denver & Gulf , Union Pacific and Northwest crn railroads , arrived here on Its first trlt at 855 o'clock this evening , five mlnutci ahead of time , having run 200 miles In live hours and ten minutes. At 3:30 : p. m. George Hockcnbcrgcr , a member of the famous family ot locomotive engineers , opened the throttle to his locomotive and the trait ( started on Its Journey from Denver 1,02 ! miles across the plains eastward. Fron Denver to Julcsburg the train ran over tin Union Pacific , Denver & Gulf railroad , mak Ing 200 miles without change ot locomotives From Julcsburg to Council Bluffs It rims over the Union Pacific , und fiom Count'1 ' Bluffs to Chicago ove. " the Northwestern The train Io the counterpart of the Ovcrlano limited. The train today carried fifty passengers and Is under the personal supervision o ! Samuel Hutchlnson , assistant general pis scnger agent of the Union IMclllc. The fol low Ing ofllcKls of rhe Union Pacific am ! Denver & Gulf nre also on the train and al Grand Island , Neb , will board the corresponding spending train from Chicago , on vvihlch they will return to Denver J. K. Painter , div ision superintendent , M F. Egan , mastci mechinlc ; W. E Towler. superintendent ol rolling stock ; Guy Adams , superintendent ol agent , T. E. Fisher , chief clerk of general passenger agent. These-gentlemen are elated over the fact that no trouble was experienced In making schedule tlmo fiom Denver tc Jjilesburg , proving groundless the contention of engineers that as P.st time could not bt made on the western roads as those on the cast It Is piobablo that the running time from Denver to Julesburg could bo reduced half an hour In case of need. The departure of the train from Denver was Blgnall/cd by cheering and waving ol hats and handkerchiefs by several thousand pcoplo gathered at the Union depot and in the streets alongside the tracks , and at cvory station ifrom Denver to Julesbuig , crowds vvutchcil the flyer speed past HundreJs ol people passed thiough the cars nt the Union depot at Denver und all agreed that no finer train was ever put in regular service out of Denver Arrangements have been made'for direct connection to the cast at Chio-go. Indica tions are that the now train will bo very popular in the west. A party ot newspaper representatives are going through to Chicago cage on the first train by special Invitation of the railroad comp'.nles and are being sumptuouslv entertained. NORTH PLATTE , Neb , Fcb C ( Special Telegram ) The. first "Chicago Special , " the now fust train betvvei n Denver and Chicago inaugurated by HIP Union Pacific , Denver & Gulf , c'nlon Pacific and Ndrthweattrn rail roads , arrived In North Platte promptly on schedule time at 10 30 p m. The run of olghty-ouo miles from Juleeburg to North Platte in 100 minutes flat was no trick at all for Engineer George W. Vroman , the oldest engineer on the Union Pacific , who lias a record of 123 miles In 113 minutes , recently made between Sidney and North Platte. 1)1- vlslon Superintendent Park of the Union Pa cific saw the train through from JulcsburK to North Platte mid will board the ( aat west bound train here. The Chicago Special ovci- took the Union Pacific train No 4 , the "fast mall , " at this place and the two California mail cars and the Salt Lake City sleeper go cast from here on the faster train. M \ivus TIMI : . rij IIIR from the Mountain City on UN Win lo riiii-iiKii HASTINGS , Neb , Fob C The first run of the Burlington's Cnlcago special to this point was made on schedule time , covering the distance of 3S7 miles In nine hours nnd forty-five minutes 'The ' train was as steady as a house , and It was proven that the engi neers did not l.avo to strata their machines to make the time , for there wcro stveial de lays , which made a total losa of about folly minutes , which was recovcioJ without turn ing a hair. H was not notlceablo at any time that any cxlra hpced was being nude , far the train gluc ! * . over the solilly balholol roadbed llko a Vm o-i a ( inlet lake. General Superintendent Culvert doriare.l that the time betweo-i Denver and the Mis souri river could be cut down two hours more without any effort. The average time of this train Is thlrty-elgnt miles an horn , which means an actual tunning time of from fifty to sixty miles an bout. On one stretch today this train attained a speed of hixty-fivo miles an hour. It was ruilo elver the track between Denver and McCook , which is bal- lahted vvlth smelter bhg The train consists of one baggage oar , ono express car , one choir car for a smoker , an other chali car for first class passengers , the Pullman sleeper "Farna , " a dining car and a special car. It la a box vestlbulcd train throughout , with steel platforms coupled up close , and every car Is lighted by IMntncb pos The weight of the cars IB 400,000 pounds and the engine weighed 130,000 pounds , a total tonnage of C30.000 pounda There were seventy passengers on board the train out of Denver. Besides the usual paswongers , thcro were several llurllngtcn oflicla'a on board , Includ ing John L Gardner of Boston , a monitor of the finance committee of the board of directors ; Geroial Superintendent T. E. Cal- vcrt. Trainmaster J F Kenyon and George W Vallery general agent nt Denver. The runs wcro an follows- Denver to Akrcn , 112 miles , 12 M , three minute , ? ahead of time ; Akron to McCook , 143 miles. I 17 , three minutes ahead of time ; McCook to Oxford , CI mild ) , G 40. on tlmo ; Oxford to Hastings , 78 miles , 8:45 : , on time. At every citation along the road crowds Fithered at the depot to watch the train lilt by , and at division terminals , where stops were made to clitngo engines , the ela tion platforms wcro crowded U i-NtliouiKl Iliirllnurlon Train , OT-TUMWA , la , Feb 0 ( Special Tclo- ; ram ) Interest hero In the ro-establlshmcnt of trains Nos 1 and C on the Burlington to- lay was manifested by the gathering of yto people on the depot platfrrm to sco No 1 , kvoctbound , pull In at n 10 till" afternoon They gave It a cheer when It left. DiiAsno Mm.siiins or MI AVUI , . liuliiHtrlal .Selmol for Clrlx HUN a ChaiiKe I" Management DENVER. Colo. , Feb. C. A sweeping ; haugo was made today In the management if the State Industrial School for Girls , 1'aptaln Robert C , Sinlthcrs being placed In : uargo as superintendent , with his wlfn as natron , by Governor Adams , on recom mendation of the State Board of Charities ind Corrections , which IB Investigating ( he : onditlon of affairs at the Institution. The nvcstlptlon has ulrc-acly made It plain that : ho old management utterly ( ailed to con- rol the Incorrigible Inmates , although It tad employed such drastic measures aa lock- ng them In dark dungeons , dousing them , \lth cold water , putting them on bread and .vatcr . diet , ami stringing them to the wall vlth their hands behind them. These meth- ) ds of discipline will now be dropped , PVCTJS HIV coMiiir.c VTIOY ' < * liurcli IN Cromled Alornlau- ml U\eiiliiK : to Hear Him. CHICAGO. Feb C Rev. C. O. Browr faced his congregation at the Green Strecl Congregational clivflM Jay tor the first tlmo slnco ho ina/SjJ Stonfcsslon In San Francisco. The ls jC3Hwcli was filled al both morning ftVg "nB servlcs. At the morntfi { plco Dr. Ihouii made no reference JH KUIp to San Fr.incUnc and his seilfl Sw state-merit before the Sou FranclA/oSjSjiratlon , the services belnp conducted Jtj'oJT alll > the Bcrmou lia\Int no reltttl 35 sjRo ; minister's trouble. Ai Iho cverjgj'-a'jFvIce ' , however. Dr. Brovvi : made nKU y statement , somewhat te the s.ifl HFu as that ho read at San Since Dr. Brown's sensational confession ton days ago there has been much specula tion as to what action the Green street church would take. Following his confes sion Dr. Drown forwarded a letter ot resig nation to the church , and also one to the Chicago association. Action on both letters was deferred , In order to afford Dr. Drown an opportunity for defense. When ho re turned to this city on Saturday ho stated that ho had no defense to make It was decided that action on the resignation then would l e talvcn nt the trustees' meeting next Wednesday After the1 meeting of the trustees this evening It was given out that In nil prob ability the action to bo taken on Wednes day night will bo In fnor of retaining Dr Hi own as pastor , and handing back to him Ills letter of resignation. On the other hand , however , It Is said on the best au thority that the Chicago association will diop Di Urovvn's name from Its list , In which event the Green street church can not retain him as pastor , unless It formally wlthdiavvD from the association VM'ICll'VTU Tltorill.iT A I ICON , Can ml ll PrrjiiireH to Forward Its Mounted 1'iillee. SALT , LAKE , Utah , Fcb. C A special ! c the Tribune from nnlte , Mont , says Information received from Lethbridgo , on the Canadian boundary. Is to the effect tlm great excitement has been caused there by oidcis received from the Dominion govern ment that e\cry man of the mounted pn lice l.old himself In readiness to proceed tc the Yukon nt a. moment's notice for tem porary duty. SupeiliitendpiH Dean has re ceived notice to go to McLeod to relieve Major Steelc , who was ordered to the Yukon and had left for that place before the ar rival of the second message. Five men wrto also ordered to the- Yukon and left yesterday. The orders which were received by wire by the officers In command of the division aio said to be due to the existence' ot ssrl- ous trouble between the Canadian and United States authorltlis In Alaska , rela tive to the attempt by the Americans to got provisions Into the Yukon free of duty , ostensibly for the relief of thn dUtre'bS , but in reality for sale to the highest bld- dera. _ _ TOI.CDO n vs A TOICH OK Police' Clone All HiiNliiCNH IlniiNeM on .Sllailat a nil Hal. < Seiernl VrrcMtN. TOLEDO , 0. iFeb. C This hitherto wide open town was closed up tonight by an or der of Chief of Police iRultz , to all pcisons who do business on Sunday. Saturd.y night all the saloons were ordered to close at 11 o'clock and remain closed all day Sunday. Milk dealers were notified to stop serving their cuhtomors and the news stands were ordered to discontinue hellingpapers. . Drug gists wcro wained that If they sold uny- thlt'g except upon prescription from a physi cian , they could bo arrested. Candy stores and cigar counters were closed. .Manager Stiohlo of the Toledo Marine band and Bandmaster V ndorn were taUen to the police station for giving a band con cert at the Valentine this afternoon A rrowd gathered and hooted the police and for a time a riot WMS fearel Manager Stevens of the People's theater and Manager Mc- Fadden of the Wonderland , were arrested Jhls evening Fully 3,000 people gathered In the vicln ty of the playhouse to hoot the ofllccia. I'UIIMG SlMI'VTIIV IS POIl THU MOD. Tnelto Arri'NlN for tinSeiiiluole I. > nrhlnir Vllalr. GUTHRIU , Okl , Feb 6 Excitement pie- vails In the Pottawatomic and Eeminole country over the arrests made there of men Implicated In the buinlng of the two Scml- nolo Indians. Marshal Harry Thompson and f > l\ ot his deputies , accompanied by strong posses , have been scouring the country the last three days , and so far twelve arrests have been made , with 110 moro warrants to serve. Three of the men under arrest are promi nent Seniinolo citizens. The people In the community whcro the stake-burning oc curred , are In sympathy with the mob , and the officers aie experiencing great dilllculty In forvlng warrants. Governor names' reward of $1,000 Is still In force Rewards , also , have been offered by the Department of Justice for the appro- hvnslon of the mob leaders. Marshal Thompson fears trouble when the prisoners are arraigned befoio the United States commissioners. WIIUCIC ON MMITIinilV I'VCII'IC. Train , I'lim ex lain n VVaslionf , Kill- In Ten People. SPOKANE , Wash. , Feb , C A special to the Spokesman fiom Rltzvllle , Wash. , nays Probably one of the worst wrecks for several years on this division of the North ern Pacific railroad occurred late laat nUIit near Lake , a station about twenty-five inllrs east of Pasco , when the castbound passen ger train , No 2 plunged Into u washout unknown to the engineer. None of the trainmen or passengers were killed. T ej hoboes who were beating their way on the blind bagpago car were crushed between the tender and mall can and ono of them was Instantly killed , whllo the other otio llvnd but a short time Another man was fatally Irjureil and will probably die. The names of the killed and Injured ha o not been learned as yet KultlliiKT IIIIlM Mart I'p. LACONIA , N. H , Feb C The Wlnthrevp knitting mlllH ut Likcporl , which have been tlowd down for neural months , will resume operatlonH tomorrow on full time The cornpiny will start In 'with IM employes nnd hopcH within n short time to have another 100 men nt work. California Drouth IN HroKeii , SAN FUANCISCO , Feb -IteportB re- celvcil htru from all hecllonB xhovv general rain throughout the Mate. It will prove of great benefit und will save the fnrmcrs mil fruit growers from the great IOKH which the threatened dry season would huvu oc- cabloncd. MoemcntN of Out-ail V 'H -IH , Fell , tl. At London Sailed Michigan , for New- York ; .Mobile , for New York. At Liverpool Arrived Ccvlc , from Now York. At Quccnatown Arrived Ktrurln , from Liverpool , for New York. At Havre-r-ArrlVMl La Clmmpagne. from S'ew York. At New York-Arrlvtd L-i Oniicogne , 'rom ' Jlnvro. Salted from lower bay Lu irttapne , for Havre ; Kaiser Wllhclm II , for Naples , HIS TRUSTEES QUIT Venorab'.o lr. ) Hull's Now York CHurch i Divided Into Factions , DISSATISFACTION OVER HIS RETENTION Trouble Grows Out of the Wannwinlj Incident , MAY SERIOUSLY EMBARRASS THE SOCIETY Lrro Per Cout of the Congregation iu Sympathy with the Paster. NUMBERS MEET TODAY TO TAKE ACTION Ollleer * lli-iiri'Nont Mtioli o ( tin * \\enltli mill Support ( if , the Ot-Kaillra tliiii. NEW Y01UC , Pcb. O Tlic trustees of th rifth ANCIIHO Presbyterian church have re signed. Aiinouiiceinent to that effect was made from the pulpit by Rev. Joliu Hnll this morning , ami the membcm of the con- Kicgatlon were notified to moot at the ehuroli Monday utter noon , February 11 , anil choos.ii now trusties The church was crowded , and prior to the giving out ot the te\t of hla scniion , Dr. Hall mudo the aiiiioiititeinciit. He ri'acl thn notice In n sad tone of voice , bat ho inailo no comment on the matter , though It attracted attention 01110115 the pew holdeis. \\lio began whispering to ono another , but desisted when ho begin his sermon. Aftci the morning sen Ices , Dr. Hall helil n short session with manj ot his warm sup- poitcis In the congregation , and aftorwnril there were manj conferences In the \tstry room and the pastors private roam The congugallon Is bound to stand by Dr Hull , no mattei what mnj bo done by the tics- slon next Thursday evontag , and today they \\ero giving him the wannest assurances of their support and abslstance. The niembcrs of the congregation were loath to discuss the significance of the trus tee1 ? ' actionJjut It was admitted bj Hobert Homier , J. II Work and others that It was the direct outcome of the differences ot the factions of the chuich 'Iho trustees arj the financial governors of the church They are also the financial barkers of the church. They not o-ily represent In themselves finan cial support , but represent the MeCooks , the Maltlands and the Sloancs , who are sup posed to bo opposed to the continuance of O. ' Hall In the pastorate. The resignation of the trustees , follow ICIR closely the atiind taken bj the ccogrega- tlon lost Wednesday night Is cxpccti'd to bo folowed , next Thursday night by the with drawal from the ectttlun of many Influential and wealthy membcra. STANDS IJY WARSZAWIAK. Hobert Honncr , a warm advocate of Dr. Hall , said today the resignation ot Dr. Hall had not been prompted by the financial con dition of the church Mr. Honncr na ertcd that the dissatisfaction with Dr. Hall by members of the session commenced wltli the Warsravvtak Incident last slimmer. Had that not occurred there would never have been. Mr. Bonnet believes , the slightest op position to Dr. Hall. Herman \\.jrstawlalB lad charge of ono ot the chinches. Charges of misconduct wcro made against him and ho was found guilty by the eesslcn anil dlsm'ased from the church. "Ir Hall's sympathies wcro with Wars- yaw iak , and ho stood by him n little too long " continued Mr Homier. "At the tlino I huid Wnrs awlak should bo dismissed from the church , or John i : Parsons was guilty of a great libel on him " This Incident , Mr Homier thought , tended to make n breach between these who thought Watszawlak should be dismissed and Dr. Hall The diamatic Incident In the PIftin A\cnno Presbyterian church lost cummer , when Dr. Hall announced the decision of the session in the ease of Warariwlak , helped to widen the breach so far as Di Hall's posi tion was concerned The congregation , how ever , as n whole , was not affected by tha Incident the manifestation ot avmpithy ton Warszavvlak solving only to endear hlnj the more to them Mr. Homier Bald that prior to the Wars aw iak incident and long befoio the charge wan preferred against the man. Dr. Hall announced to him that It was his Intention to resign the pastorate of Iho church nt the completion of the thlrt } years of labor. Dr. Hall made no reference In liln ser mon to the affairs of the church riinv MUST cnr'roKiTiiiii : on rviu IN \ VnrUlllK.ViuniiKr til HOSTON , Pub 0. In on Interview after secret confeicnco of the leaders ot the labor organization. ) today gamut 1 Rangers , piest- dent of the American Federation of Labor , hold that unless the hostile factions of the textile' unions came to some agreement vuy quickly thostrlkoal Now Hcvvfo , d will bo ot little ( nail. It Is for the puepose of harmonl/lng these dlffcimt unions and uniting them la the In terests of theHtrlkcrs that Mr Oompers Is now making an extended tour of the textile ccntcis of New England , and tomorrow ho vvjll blurt for Hlddcrord , then lo Lavvreiic and Lowell and on Wednesday evening to \'ew Hedford. NE\V BEDFORD , Mara. , Tub C Secre tary fioss of the Sair'nncrs' ' uilon denies the truth of the fltnteimnlH vv tilth liavo Kilned circulation relative to the weakness of the dlrlUe. While ( hero may bo some Individual complalntH and willingness to glvo up , ho lord not feel that the general bed ) of op eratives la In a petition whom it will yield , mi ! as to the end of the strike through thu weakness of the un'oim , ho says such wtate- rnenta are untiuo , Mr. ROSM returned from IloHton tonight feeling greatly pleaded at the oltuatlon Ho lad been to a conference ot labor Icadcrn assembled from all over Now England tn meet President Hompcrs of the American reiteration of Labor and from the talk that was had at this uonfcre neo ho feels that aid will noon bo forthcoming to Nuw Ilcd- 'ord strikers , which will put them in a po sition to riblat with additional strength At the conference otci we're taken which Mr. Rcas thinks will furnish the ntrlkcrn with the aid they have lacked. lie told ! these present that (16,000 will bo required weekly. i'iuv AMI : IIVVIMJ A ( .ODD TIM is. I'ort Artlinr I2 ! iir loiili ln An * IIB ) TlnlrVn < > Iliinii- . I'OJIT AHTHLIH , Te-x. , Feb. C ( Special IVlegram ) The I'ort Arthur excursionists iail a splendid time on Sabluo Ixiko Pass and ) Gulf of Mexico All tame back safe-ly ancV are now at supper at Hotel Hablne ivery-f : ono In In good liealtli. Will start for Onu'.i at 7 1C this evening and breakfast at ShrevoV ort , La. , at 7 o'clock _ } Sliiiiinoii ( ie-M Hut I'rl/c. 1 l > HIIyAD13LI'IlIA , Keb. C.-Tno I'cnnsyli , vunla Acndemy of rinu Aria' Walter I.t | iliicott prlzo of ( OOJ liuu been awarded Juinea Jobun Shannon tor hlu oil p < ilntlng ' L'lilltlcd "liiibis In the Wood" Mr. Hhan-f ion la ( in American who IUIB lived for aomrf1 eura In London , where Ills ponrultu of. women urn much In r < ] Uu8t , Ills plctura Liitltk'd "MI H Kitty In nlbo In thu uC Liny'i ) uxhlbltlon and won Ural prlzu 'Utuburg thin year.