WOOD WIDE AWAKE. Now on a. Tour of Inspection Through Cuba. ILI‘STEl‘lS TO MANY COMPLAINTS. Law Reforms to Be Instituted In Ha? ‘vnna—I'ress Calls New Governor in Statesman -- Wholesale Disin- fection—Exhibits For Paris. CIENFU‘EGOS, Cuba, Jan. 23.-~—Gov- ernor General \‘I'ood. General Lee, Mrs. Lee, General Chaft‘ee, Mrs. Chaffee, Gen- eral Ruis llivera. Mrs. Rivera, Miss Lee, Miss i-Iicirards, Colonel Burton, inspector general; Colonel Black. chief engineer of the division of Cuba; Lieutenant Harper, aid to General Chaffee; Senor Gorirg'ilges, General \Vood's secretary, and Senor Pedigo, General Lee’s secretary, arrived here by special train from Havana yes- terday. ' _ The party left Havana at 6:15 in the morning The train halted for half an hour at Matanzas, where breakfast was taken, although the party did not leave the depot. The band of the Tenth infan- try played a selection, and all the officers on duty at Matanzas presented them- selves. - At the other places where the train stopped the mayors canre on board to make various requests, chiefly for assist- ance. Most of them asserted that the total absence ofpublic ,work of ankaind , had greatly impeded the circulation of money in their districts and that capital- - ists were apparently not investing to any large extent. _ ' ‘ The civil governor'and chief of the ru- ral guard boarded the train at Santo Do- mingo and accompanied the party to Cl- enfuegos. Here General \Vood went over all the public institutions of the town, General Chafi‘ee accompanying him. At all the stations on. the way the rural guards lined up and presented arms. General Wood and party left last even- ing for Trinidad. ' AFFAIRS IN HAVANA. A Brighter Outlook In General VVood’s Adnlinistration. HAVANA. Jan. 23.—The newly ap- pointed law reform commission will be- gin work almost immediately. Among the principal innovations will be the es- tablishment of police correctional courts. presided over by salaried judges. The ju~ dicial system throughout the island will be made to lend itself to the speedy han-' dling of cases in order that justice may be obtained without delay. At the same time.facility to appeal will be granted. The Lucha says: "General \Vood is a statesman rather than a soldier. This is exemplified in his latest decree, in which he softens the harsh and abrupt rules of the military regime and aims to stimulate civil pro- cedure as well as to avoid any confusion between the military and the civil an thoriiics.” . During December 2,000 houses weraJ disinfected in Havana. Senor de Quesada has returned from his tour of the island and reports that the people are cheerful and confident, of Cu ba’s future under the administration 01 General 'IVood. He is now busy prepar- ing exhibits for the Paris exposition These, he says, will be varied and numer ous. He has a large assortment of trop ical woods. tobacco and sugar and a real ly splendid collection of mineral speci mens. Condition In Honolulu Serious. SIOUX CITY, Jan. 23.—-Chrys Moller a bullion broker of Tientsin, China, has just arrived here. He says the bubonic plague in Honolulu is worse than re- ported and that a dozen people are dying daily. vHe describes the burning of Old natowu by a vigilance committee whih his ship was at Honolulu. The citizens claimed that the location was unsanitary and favorable to the spread of the plague The site embraced ten blocks in the heart of the city, which it is now pro posed to convert into a park. The celes tials were given time to remove their property and ordered to live on a hilltfi; on the edge of the city. ' Sweden Prepares For \Var. STOCKI-IOL'M, Jan. 23,—In the Swe dish budget, which balances nearly 150; 000,000 kroner and which is the largesr on record. King Oscar asks for 46 new batteries of artillery by the end of 1003 One hundred thousand new Mausers are to be manufactured and 50,000,000 car- tridges to be in store within f0ur years A credit is asked for a trial mobilization of the army reserves. Another impor- rant item in the budget is the railway ap [‘ropriarion of 30,000,000 kro‘ner, one fourth of which is to be applied in the purchase of new rolling stock. ‘Vhere the Fifty Millions Went. \VASI-IlNGTON, Jan. 23.——-Tlre presi- dent has sent to the senate in response tr: :1 resolution of inquiry a report from See- retary Hay as to the portion of the $50,- 000.000 defense appropriation expended by the state department. The total amount was $403,800, the principal items being: I'aris peace commission. $155,101 Philippine commission, $136,420; trans- portation of destitute refugees from Cuba and I'orto Rico, $14,890; pay of specia: agents, $10.32."); cablegrarns, $8,024. Attorney General Grig‘gs Accepts. 'l‘lll‘lN'l‘ON, Jan. 23.7-Senator l’ltney and A ssembyman Lewis of the joint corn rnitleo on the memorial session to-be lick in honor of the late Vice President Ho hart had a conversation with Attorney General Griggs over the long distance tel ephorrc last night, aner. Griggs accept ~ed the committee’s invitation to deliver the memorial address. The date of flu memorial session has not yet been fixed but will be either Feb. 7 or Feb. 14. . Supposed Thief Arrested. I’ITTSBURG, Jan. 23.——A man sup posed by the police to be one of the clev crest hotel thieves in the country ha: been arrested at the Union station. He is wanted by the Chicago authorities. ant. in his possession were found jewelry worth probably $2,000, a full dress coa . and overcoat and fully 200 keys. II: gave his name as John Peters and sait he was a Chicago jeweler. The Shock Felt In Canada. TORONTO. Jan. 23.-——A record from the seismogram at the Toronto observa tor-y issued yesterday shows that tlr earthquake which visited Mexico on Sat urday last was felt here some five or tel ‘rninutes after it occurred in Mexico. Ti. record is very distinct and shows the arr ’ plitude of. the tremors to have been 23. ' millimeters. ~ .-.p o DEATH OF RU's‘KrN. Famous Art Critic Passes Away lat . a Ripe Age. LONDON, Jan. 22.—John Ruskin died here of influenza, aged 81 years. The remains of Mr. John Ruskin, in ac- cordance with a wish he expressed years ago, will be interred‘in Coniston church- yard. The .funeral will take place on Thursday. ' ' John Ruskin was born in London in 1819, the son of a Scotchuran from Perth who had made a large fortune in the wine trade. given a charming account of his child- hood and early life, giving much credit to his mother, who aided in guiding the development of his native tastes and tal- ent. She even went to Oxford with him and remained during his early terms there. He was graduated from Christ- church, O‘xford, in 1842 with high honors, JOHN RUSKIN. prize for English poetry. He entered at once upon the study of oat. took ground against the prevailing tendency to con- ventionalism or imitation of the old mas- ters and in 1843 produced his “Modern Painters.” _ In 1846 Ruskin republished his “Mod- ern Painters” with many additions and continued to add to it till it finally ap- peared in five splendid volumes, having growu to an elaborate philosophical trea- tise on landscape painting. Meanwhile he was traveling extensively and study- ing the art of Europe, especially in Venice, the results of which appear in “The Stones of Venice” and the “Seven Lamps of Architecture.” Ruskin’s married life was strongly tinctured with an unusual form of ro-‘ mance. Having learned that his wife and John Millais, the painter, were very much in love with each other, although in a strictly proper way, Ruskin is said to have informed his spouse that he was unwilling to stand in the way of her hap- piness. Suit for divorce was accordingly entered by the lady. who afterward mar- ried Millais. Ruskin‘s friendship for the couple continued unabated up to the time of his mental obscuration. John Ruskin in his early prime did for art a great work—a work in some re- spects like that Bacon did for philosophy. He recalled artists from an excessive reverence for authority and from a cold and speculative refinement to a livelier study of nature and faith in nature’s methods. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. A New Haven ice company will use automobiles for delivery purposes. The Venezuela revolution is reported to be spreading. The Merchants’ Exchange in Rutland. Vt., was burned at a loss of over $30,000. George Silbee and Ed Meeks, convicted of murder, were lynched at Fort Scott, Kan. ,Rev. J. Henry Sharpe, D. D., one of the most prominent ministers in the Pres- byterian denomination, died at his home in Philadelphia. Andrew Carnegie has ofl’ered to give the city of East Orange, N. J., $50,000 for the erection of a public library on certain conditions. The buildings, machinery and manu- factured lumber of the Taylor Lumber company at Lafayette, Ind., were de- stroyed by fire. Loss, $47,000. , __.___._____ The Yaqui: Badly \Vhlpped. NOGALES, A. T., Jan. Ill—News has been received from the south that Gen‘ eral Lorenzo Torres had engaged the Yaquis at Macoyata on Thursday, killing over 200 and-taking 500 prisoners. Fa- ther Beltran and several sisters of char- ity who have been held as prisoners 01 war by the Yaquis for the last six months were rescued by the victorious. Mexicans and are now with General Tor" res. It is expected that this last impor- tant victory of General Torres will have the eltrct of scattering the Yaquls and will result in ending the war. Stranded Ship‘s Crew Saved. LEIVES, Del.. Jan. 22.——The steamer which the Fenwick island life saving stav tion reported Saturday night as stranded on Fenwick island sh'oals, about eight miles offshore, proves to be the British steamer Sutton, with a cargo of iron ore from Carthagena. Spain. for Philadel plria. The Sutton stranded at 6 o’clock Saturday morning during a dense fog After working all day to back off the shoals the vessel. from constant pound ing. began to fill and settle. The crew 01 24 were taken ed in safety. American Engines For France. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22. —The Baldwin Locomotive works have obtain ed another large order for engines from France. The order, which is for 30 large 10 wheeled passenger engines, isfrom the Paris and Orleans railway, and is the first order for locomotives ever placed by- the eornpany with an American firnr. The engines are to be shipped by Aug. 1. The ‘Baldwins have just shipped five locomo- tives to the Great Central railway of England. ' ' Typhoid In Trenton. TRENTON, Jan. 2'2. The number of typhoid fever cases in Trenton is still on the increase, the total reported now being 410. A majority of these have been re- ported during the. past week, and there have been four deaths. Tire local health“ authorities have not yet located the sourCe of the o/utbrcak. ‘ Duke of Teck Dead. ‘ LONDON, Jan. 22. —— Hls highness Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander duke of Teck, who in 1866 married Prin cess Mary Adelaide, daughter of Prince Adolphus Frederick, duke of Cambridge seventh son of King George III, died lusl . night in his sixtyfthird year. In his “Preterita” he has' , thority. PACK mm TAKEN. Filipinos Ambush Americans and Seize Goods. NEGROS UPRISING WAS SERIOUS. Officials of the Autonomous Govern- ment Were In Revolt—Many Prom- inent Men In the Island Arrest- ed and May Be Expelled. MANILA, Jan. 22.—The escort of 50‘ men of Company C, Thirtieth infantry, Lieutenant Ralston commanding, which was ambushed near Lipa, as already'ca- bled, consisted of 50 convalescents from the hospital who were going to rejoin the regiment. The insurgents hid in‘ the bushes along the road and opened fire upon the pack train from three sides. The Americans, in addition to‘their cas- ualties, were compelled to abandon the train, which consisted of 22 horses. The latter, with their packs, all fell into the hands of‘the insurgents, who. pursued the retreating escort for three miles along the road until the Americans were re- enforced. , . Mail advices‘from Negros bring par- .‘iculars ofw‘the upfising last month in the southern part of ‘the island. in which Lieutenant. A. C. Ledyard, Sixth infan- try, was krlled. Instead of being an un- important r'eVOlt of native police, as was at first reported, it appears to have been an attempt to overthrow American an- The movement was started by the chief officials cf the autonomous gov- ernment, the men who were elected and inaugurated with so 'much ceremony last , November. Eleven of these officials, including the president and several eouncilors, were lodged in jail on the charge of plotting treason. Several secured their release under heavy bonds, but others remain in prison. General Smith found evidence that the revolting police were following the orders of the autonomous government, which de- signed to use the forces under its control to overpower the Americans. The plot failed through being started prematurely, but Negros was in a state of uneasiness for a week. Two companies of the Twen- ty-sixth infantry were hurried from Iloilo to re-enforce the garrison at Bacolod. The officials arrested include some of the most prominent men in Negros. It is believed that they will be expelled from the. island. Major Johnson, with two companies of the. Forty-sixth regiment, and Major Muir. with three c'ompanies of the Thir- ty—eighth, have defeated 800 rebels at l‘aal, in the southern provincepf Bataa- gas. many other arms. The American loss was two men wounded.- The gunboat Marietta co-operated with the troops. Farmers Buy a Fake Corn Sheller. MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Jan. ZZZ—A short time ago a man claiming to be the authorized agent of an Ohio manufactur- ing concern took a large numberof or- der-s. for a patent corn slrcller from the farmers in this vicinity. By a special agreement the customers were to pay part of the cost at the tinrc the order was given and the balance upon the delivery 3f_tlre sheller. The agent has not been seen since, but the farmers all received a pine board, 12 by 6 inches, with one end bound with a piece of sheet iron. -The following directions were sent along with it; “Sit on the board and draw the corn over the iron end, and it can be shelled with ease.” Street Car Strike In Troy. TROY. N. Y., Jan. 22,—Not a street car moved in this city yesterday. The United Traction company was complete ly tied up by the men going out on strike at 6 a. m. The tieup is perhaps the most complete of the kind ever attempted. With lines operating in five cities all close together. the United Traction company officials were unable to‘ get a man to touch :1 Troy car. Three hundred and sixty-five. men went out. The strike was 'the result of the action of Superintendent Edgar S. Fassett in refusing to consider an application from the Troy employees for 20 cents arrhour and ten hours to constitute a day’s work. ‘ Bradley to Speak in Ohio. COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 22,—Ex-Gov- ernor Bradley of Kentucky will deliver one of the leading addresses at the an- nual banquet following the convention of the Ohio Republican league at Cincin- nati Feb. 12. Among the other distin- guished guests 'wlro are expected to be present are President McKinley, Senator lieveridge of Indiana, Hon. J. P. Dolli- vcr of Iowa. Governor Nash. ex—Govern- or Bushnell. Senators Forakr-r and Ham on, Don. II. M. lCharles Dick. n Atteniptell Jxlil Delivery. 5’ K1XGSTON, N. 53.. Jan. 22.——Tlrrough a timely discovery a jail delivery was frustrated at the Ulster county jail. where there are 40 prisoners. Boards had been forced loose from a ceiling of the, building and from the flooring above it, and everything was in readiness for [he escape into a roour above. from which it would be easy for the prisoners to have gained their liberty. Five prisoners made their escape in this way last year. Fire, Suifocntes Six. NElV ORLEANS, Jan. 22. -—A fire which started in a barroom in the old St. Mary market neighborhood soon after midnight obtained considerable headway before the firemen reached the scene, and half a dozen people in the adjoining building were suffocated before help reached them. They were mostly Sicil- ians. Four were taken out dead, and ~lhe others will hardly live. Novelist Bluekmore Dead. LONDON, Jan. 22.—Mr. Richard D. Blackmore. the novelist, died yesterday it ’l‘oddington. He was born at Long- worth. Berkshire. in 1825, graduated at Oxford in 1847 and was admitted to the liar in 1852. Among his best known works are “Clara Vaughn,” “Lorna Donne" and “Cripps the Carrier,” besides poems and translatioiis. " Relief Nearing Mnfeking. . LOL'RENCO MARQUES. Jan. 22,—A dispatch from Gaberones, undated, says: "Colonel Plumer has worked down this far tmvard-Mafekirrg with three armored tm'ns and a relieving force. The bridge I: 'zeing rebuilt so that he may proceed.” \Veuther Prolmbilltiel. Fair; warmer; variable winds, becom- ing fresh southwesterly. They captured three cannon and ‘ Daugherty and Hon. MUCH minim An Enthusiastic Meeting Held Q In Washington. STRONG RESOLUTIONS OF- SYMPAIH‘I ,Brltish Rupacity and Ban-barons War Tactics Strongly Denounced—The President Blamed For Not Tak- . ing Notiee ofthe Outrages. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.——The Grand Opera House, the largest auditorium in Washington, was' packed to the doors last night with an enthusiastic audience, which vigorously expressed its sympathy ‘ with the Boers in their fight With Great Britain. The-demonstration was planned. as a means of evidencing public senti- ‘ment and in numbers and enthusiasm was fully up to expectations. The speak- ers included members of both branches of congress, and on the stage were other public men who came merely to add their moral support. The keynote of the speeches [was that the Boers were fight; ing for their independence, as our fore- fathers had done in 1776. . Among those who occupied seats 'on the stage were Senators Mason of Illinois, Allen of Nebraska and Tillman of South 'Carolina, Representatives Clark, De Ar- mond and Cochran of Missouri, Bailey. of Texas, Car-mack and Cox of Tennes- see, Rhea, Jones and Lamb of Virginia, Shafroth of Colorado, Dovenor of 'VVest Virginia, Meyer of Louisiana, Sulzer of New York'and Lentz of Ohio and Mr. Van Sicklen, representative of the 0r: _ ange Free State at New York, and others. ’ Congressman Sulzer presided. - Among the speakers were Senators ., Mason and Allen and Representatives Champ Clark and Bailey. A number of letters and telegrams were . received, including one from Senator Hale of Maine expressing regret at in- ability to be present and entire sympathy with the movement. Strong resolutions of sympathy were adopted, in which England was accused of rapacity and greed and the president blamed for not taking proper notice of " the outrages. Pastor Kicks Over the Traces. OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 22.——The Rev. James C. McInness, pastor of the Oak- land Congregational chapel, yesterday announced his retirement t‘rom the minis- try. He said: “I believe in dancing and a long list of other things that are ta- booed by ehurchgoers when indulged in by ministers. If a man needs a drink, he has the right to take it. When I meet a man on the street, I like to slap him on the back and say, ‘Helio, there, Bill,’ in a good, hearty voice. I believe in God and Christianity, but the church is burdened with false ideas and full of sinful hypo- crites, and some of my friends who might be called ‘lushers’ are‘ infinitely better ‘than these frauds of piety. The ministry is no place for a young man who wants his personal liberty. He must use too much hypocrisy himself and overlook too much hypocrisy in others.” Mexico Badly Shaken. CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 22,—News is arriving from the interior points af- fected by the earthquake Friday night and Saturday morning. Much damage was done to property in Guadalajara, and the city of Colima, capital of the state of the same name, was the scene of terrify- ing experiences, accompanied by loss of life. The City of Mexico came off com— paratively unscathed, few accidents oc- curring here, although some adobe huts in the suburbs tell in and one bridge was partly wrecked. The Church of the Three Kings at Atzchatzalco, in the sub- urbs, wascracked and will be closed for repairs. Col-on Indicted For Murder. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 22.—The grand jury has indicted cit-Congressman David G. Colson, who was colonel of the Fourth Kentucky regiment, for murder on two counts. The first charges the willful murder of Lieutenant Ethelbert Scott, one of the principals in Tues- day’s triple tragedy. and the other the murder of Luther \V. Demaree, one of the bystanders who was killed. The grand jury was granted a further exten- sion of time, and it is understood that more testimony is to ‘be heard as‘to the killing of Charles Julian, the other by- stander. Democratic Traveling Agent. CHICAGO, Jan. 22.——The Chronicle today says: “W. H. Hinrichsen, ex-secre tar-y of state, err-congressman from the Sixteenth district and editor of the Illi- nois Democratic Bulletin, has been ap- pointed general traveling agent of the national Democratic ways and means. committee and will assume the duties 01 his oliice at once. Early this week he will start on a tour of the southern states and will meet tne Democratic state com- mittee of Louisiana Thursday." A House Breaker Arrested. NEW’ HAVEN, Jan. 22.—The largest robbery which has occurred in New Ha- ven in many years has been made public by the_arrcst of Aaron H. Swan, charged with burglary. Several days ago the house of H. A. Lincoln, 51 Lyon street= was entered and money, bank books, notes, etc..1to the value of $20,000 taken. The matter was reported to the police, who have been investigating the matter quietly ever since. Swan’s arrest was the result of their efforts. , Professor \Vashlngton In Chicago. CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—Booker T. “'ash- ington addressed the Young Men’s Sun- day club yesterday at Quinn chapel, his subject being “The Industrial Develop- ment of the Colored Race In the United States.” The speaker predicted a'bright future for the Colored people in this coun- try. He appealed to his hearers to culti- vate a high moral'charaeter and try to elevate men and'wornen of the race who are less fortunate. » , A Good Citizen Gone. PETERBORO, N. 11., Jan. 22.— Charles Brooks, one of Peter-hero’s most prominent citizens, is dead in his eighti- eth year. He was a native of Stow, Mass. He was president of the Pe terboro Savings bank and a director of the First National bank. He serv- ed as selectman seven years and had also served as town treasurer and represented the town in the legislature. Osman Dig‘nn In Prison, SI’AKIN, Egypt, Jan. 22.—Osman Digna. principal general of the late Kha. lifa Abdullah. who was captured last Thursday in the hills near Tokar. wax - brought here yesterday and imprisoned. FASTINI AND PRAYER. l'rnnkfort'aty.) Minister- Say People . Should Emulate Them-elven. FRANKFURT, Ky., Jan. 22.——-The clergymen of Frankfort have decided that next Tuesday shall be set apart in this city as a day of humiliation and prayer. Services will be held in. the Episcopal church at three different times during the day, the first service being at 9 a. ‘m., the sqcond at 4 p. m. and the third at 7 p. m. The churches uniting in observance of the day include the Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, two Presbyterian, Christian and Roman Catholic—all the churches in Frankfort. The clergyman of the various denomi- nations announced from their pulpits yes- terday that the deplorable events of the last week in the city of Frankfort and the continued talk of the possible repeti- tion of such afiairs as the Colson-Scott tragedy which is at times indulged in by indiscreet political partisans had render-. ed necessary some steps to awaken the public conscience to the dangers threat- ening the commonwealth. Prayers will be offered at all three serv- ices asking that men of both parties may. be guided to act with wisdom and moder- ation and that the danger of further bloodshed may be safely passed. Attorneys of both sides were busy all day preparing evidence to be submitted during the next week. While no agree- ment has been reached regarding the time to be allowed for the further intro- duction of evidence, it is believed that it will require all of this week for the ex- amination 'of 'witnesses and that argu— ments will not be made until next week. The Republicans have decided not to place W'illiam 'T. Clarke of New York on the stand and. have withdrawn the sub- poena served upon him. “These politi- cians,” declared Mr. Clarke, “run around with a bunch of subpoenas in their hands and read them to every stranger that shows up. That’s the only way they could have dragged me into ;the thing. Now, when I go back to New York, peo-. ple will say I posed as'the confidential man of Richard Croker when I did not.” And Mr. Clarke was deeply disgusted. ‘l. IN CONGRESS. _.__.‘, senate Will Tnlk Finance—House \Vill. Discuss Roberts. \V’ASIIINGTON. Jan. 22.——The senate agaiir this week will devote itself almost exclusively to speechma‘king. A variety of subjects will be covered. The finan- cial bill will remain the unfinished busi- ness, but the senate will not be held Strictly to its consideration. Several set speeches probably will be made upon it, among those who are expected to speak being Senators Cockrell, Daniel and Al-v len. No announcement has yet been made of speeches (in the affirmative side of‘ the measure, but now that a day has been agreed upon for a vote it may be expected that some of the friends of the bill will speak in its defense. The feature of the proceedings in the house this week will be the consideration of the case of Brigham H. Roberts. the Mormon representative elect from Utah. The case has attracted intense interest all over the country. Though both the majority and minority of the committee which investigated the case agree that Mr. Roberts should not sit as a member of the house on account of alleged polyg- amous practices, there will be a royal struggle over the question of procedure, upon which the committee has split. The case .will be called up tomorrow. and two, possibly three, days will be devoted to it. The majority of the committee hold that Mr. Roberts should be excluded, while the minority contend that he should be seated and then expelled. FATHER CHINIQUY’S WILL. Just Filed In Kunknkee—Some Queer Provisions. KANKAKEE, 1118., Jan. 22.——The will. of Father Chiniqny, the famous excom- municated priest who died in Montreal last year, was filed in the Kankakee county court yesterday. In the will Ira- ther Chiniquy says he dies in the faith of the Presbyterian church. He renounces more than ever, he says. the church of Rome and calls upon his compatriots to do the same. I-Iis property he leaves to his wife and daughters except his library, worth $7,000, which he bequeaths to his son- in-law, the Rev. Joseph Morin, who is carrying on Father Chiniquy’s mission- ary-work in Canada according to the dead priest’s directions. Father Chiniquy also asks that his cof- fin cost no more than $10. To each of the three poorest women in his parish is given $100. Infldel,Librnry Burned. TOLEDO, Jan. 22.—Marshall O. Wag— goner, the infidel whose conversion to Christianity was recently announced, has burned his magnificent library, consisting of writings of infidels. The ashes of the books rest in the bottom of the furnace of the Memorial United Brethren church of this city, to which he privately consigned them. He threatened to destroy this col- lection some time ago, but delayed doing so until the night of Jan. 8. \Vith su- preme satisfaction and a feeling that he was doing God’s will the aged lawyer watched his precious volumes wither and crumble into ashes in the furnace heat. Many of the volumes were exceedingly rare. There were a large number of manuscripts and first prints. lce Breaks Up In the Hudson. RONDOUT, N. Y.. Jan. 22.——A break up of the ice on the Hudson river has .oc- curred, and the outlook for the ice har- vest is bad. The recent heavy rains and mild, weather have washed the ice out all along the Hudson river. and the prospect of the ice crop this winter is very poor. The ice broke up near Albany last night and moved down the river several miles, leaving the river as clear as in summer. Tire ice has moved out of Rorrdout and Catskill creeks. _ Canal Arbitrators. MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Jan. Ill—The Nicaraguan government will appoint Se- nores Jose I). Rodriguez and Bruno Bui-- trage as arbitrators for Nicaragua in ad: justing the differences with the Maritime Canal company. It is understood that the government will object to United States Minister Merry and Mr. Rudolph W'eiser, the company's agent. as repre- sentatives of the company in the arbitra- tion. Japs Crowd to Honolulu. t». SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22. — The steamer Doric, which arrived yesterday from the orient, landed 700 Japanese at Honolulu. This completed a list of 2. inside of four days. The records of the Iimnrigration bureau at Honolulu show that since June 15 last 17,800 Japanese have been landed there. PRISON HORRORS. Investigation. In Cuba Reveal Ter- rible Conditions. HAVANA, Jan. 22.—Major Runcie, vestigating the circumstances surround- charged with various ofi’enses, to many of whom no trial has been" granted, is he recently paid to the women’s prison. filth and iniquity.” He did not find a the prison, where several hundred wo- men are confined. The sanitary condi- tions are almost indescribable. He says he cannot understand how such a place could have been tolerated in a so called civilized community. . His examination reveals a state of afiairs worse than any- management. known seems topastonish the Cuban offi- cials. They assert that Senor Lanuza is cabinet he ought .to have discovered the existence of these enormities. ' General W'ood describes the leper hos- pital, which he. recently visited, as a “filthy hogpen.” . The commission which has been investi- gating the records of prisoners confined labors. vestigation of cases in the Presidio. Next week it will begin the in- The great eagerness, as all expect some im- provement in,the conditions of confine- ment. The governor general’s decree of pardon has thus far been applied to 318. The bread strike continues. Neverthe less sufficient bread is made to supply the market by the masters and by some of. the strikers who have their own bak- erres. Mr. W. W. Howard, general manager of the Cuban industrial relief fund, re- ports that the first winter crops on the relief farms at Ceiba and Mocha are now being marketed at Matanzas, bringing good prices. Sweet potatoes, beans, peas and fodder corn are being- sold. Irish po- ard expects, next month. SHELDON WILL SHOW HOW. Author of “In His Steps” to Be Editor For One Week. TOPEKA, Jan. ill—The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of “In His Steps,” is to be given an opportunity to edit a daily newspaper as he thinks a Christian daily should be edited. For the week begin‘ ning March 13 he will have absolute con< Capital-News, editorial and advertising. At the Detroit convention of the Chris- tian Endeavor society Mr. Sheldon asked what “philanthropic gentleman in this age of munificent endowments to educa- tional institutions would give $1,000,000 for the creation of a great Christian daily.” The philanthropic gentleman has not to the appeals of the leading citizens of Topeka, Mr. Sheldon’s home, Mr. Dell Keyser, the president of the Topeka Cap- ital company, offered to give the paper for has been accepted. 1 is understood that able writers are to assist Mr. Shel- don and that statesmen, prominent di- vines and editors of some of the dailies of New York, Chicago'and St. Louis will help him by suggestions. Mr. Sheldon has not yet given any intimation of his plans. EYRE’S BODY FOU N D. Cluhmun of Chester. I‘n.. Haul Been Missing“ For \Veeks. shore of Raccoon island, in the Delaware river, near Bridgeport, N. J., yesterday John Carney: discovered the body of George B. Eyre, the missing clubman of Chester, Pa.. partially imbedded in the mud. It was towed to shore and taken to Bridgeport. ‘ Back of the right ear is a gunshot wound nearly two inches in diameter. The head and skull are crushed. The feet were tied with a rope which looks like the painter of a gunning skiff. part of the chain was attached to his gunning suit. There was no money in the pockets. Chief of Police Berry of Chester and several members of the Alpha Boat club went to Bridgeport andpositively identi- fied the body as that of Eyre. The wounds on the head show conclu- sively that the man was murdered. Eyre disappeared Dec. 21. Trude nt Manila. IVASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The war department has made public a statement showing the imports at the port of Ma- nila for the three months of July, Au- gust and September last, being the first official data relating to imports during so long a period since American occupation. The total value of merchandise entered at the Manila custom house for the three months named was $5,802,581. In addi- tion there was $52,520 in gold coin and and_$332,707 in silver coin from China, bringing the aggregate of imports up to $6,443,102. or at the rate of more than $25,300,000 a year for Manila alone. Veteran Editor Dead. STROUDSBURG, I’a.,_Jan. 22.—Ex- Judge Schoclr, the oldest editor in point of active and continuous service on one newspaper in the United States, is dead at his home here at the age of 86 years. Ex-Judge Schoch took charge of The J ef- fersonian in 1840 and since then had been editor and publisher. He enjoyed the best of health up to within two weeks ago and did work on his paper until quite recently. Juiler Henry’s Slayer Captured. “VEST PLAINS, Mo., Jan. 22.—Ben Henry in the jail here on the 17th, 'has been captured at Mammoth Springs, Ark., by Benjamin Elder, the mayor of ‘ the town. Richardson went to the home of Elder and begged for food. Elder in- vited him in and when he had seated him« self at the table covered him with a gun- Richardson surrendered without resist. ance and confessed his crime. . Spanish Finances. MADRID, Jan. 2:2.—The minister of finance has introduced in the chamber 01 at par into 4 per cent perpetual stock of the Cuban 6 per cent mortgage issue 01 . 1886, the Cuban 5 per cent bonds of 1890 ‘ I ’debt. .. . who has been at work for some time in-' ing the detention in prison of persons engaged in preparing a report of a visit - This institution he describes as “a den of ‘ .cot, a blanket or a female attendant in . thing yet written regarding Spanish mis- What Major Runcie has already made - principally to blame, as in his position as ' secretary of justice in General Brooke’s- in the Carcel has-nearly completed its. prisoners are awaiting the result with ‘ tatoes, which have greatly benefited by' the recent rains, will be ready, Mr. How- ' trol of every department of the Topeka , appeared with the money, but in response ‘ to Mr. Sheldon for one week, and the of- . PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22,—On the. \Vatch and rings were missing. Only a , $255,294 in silver coin from British India ,- Richardson, who murdered Jailer Allen . deputies a bill authorizing the conversion ‘ and'the Philippine 4. per cent exterior ‘
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