, 1888-01-05

barely escaped with their lives. A
car load Of cattle were burned,
THE COLD WAVE.
MoNTPELIA. Vt, Dec.-The cold
wave reached this section early last
night. This morning the thermome-
ter was 80 degrees below zero.
WEEKLY BANk STATEMENT.
New YORK, Dec. 3I.-Tbe weekly
bank statement shows a decrease in
tie reserve of S477, ,290. The banks
now hold $3.50, $50 IN excess Of the
% per cent rule.
FORGED TICKETS.
ROME, Dec. 3l.-The greatest ex-
citement has been caused by the dis
coverey that 10000 forged tickets
have been issued for admission to
the jabilpe mass. The discovery will
compel the vatican authorities to
print another set of tickets.
INVITED To CO OPERATE.
MADRID, Dec 3I.-The Spanish
has invited representa-
tivcs of the United States and Span
ish American republics to cooperate
in the Christopher Columbus cele-
bration, and the proposal has been
heartily adopted All the govern
meuts of Europe and America. and
other learned societies OF the world
nave been invited to send delegates
to the celebration. The festivities
will continue one week, and the GER
will conclude with the un-
yelling of the monument to Columbus
at Huelra.
HANGED BY A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
PIrrsBURG, Dec 31.-A report
comes from Black Hills that John
former prominent and
wealthy resident of western More
land county, was hanged not long
ago by a vigilance committee of
Six ago months he went into
the Black Hills to prospect for gold,
and coming across claim that
seemed vacated jumped it. Some
weeks afterwards the original owner
returned, and in quarrel over the
property Jennings is alleged to have
shot and killed the man, for which
he was lynched by the sinfuriated
miners.
THE SMALLPOX IN CALIFORNIA.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 3I.-The secre-
tary of state and board Of health
health have called the Governoas at
tention to smallpox prevailing in the
state The Board will hold meeting
next week to take decisive measures
to check the disease.
SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY
PIERRE, Oak. 31.-A most sensa-
tionai discovery was made yesterday
at the ranch of James Lablant,
Sioux half breed, the ranch was
stopping place in the Blackhills for
travellers some years ago. A few days
since Lab. Mt was detected stealing
cattle. LII one of the rooms was
found a trap door hung on hinges SO
that it would drop when a cord was
pulled, the cord extended from a
bolt under the door to Lablant's
room. Beneath the door was cave
which on being examined revealed
the skeletons of twelve grown hu-
man beings and two smaller ones.
The ranch is on the banks of j creek
10 miles from any hulnan habitation.
ANNEXATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The annex
alton of tho northern part Of Idaho
to Washington Territory is exciting
some discussion. 1t is pretty well
settled now that Washington TerrI~
tory and Dakota will be admitted
into the union after the next presi.
dental election and an enabling act
will probably be passed at this ses
sion of congress providing for that
The delegate from Idaho is opposed
to the annexation of the Panhandle
of his territory to ashington. Sen
ator Mitchell, of Oregon, says he will
vote according to the wishes of the
people of that territory. If the peo-
pie in the northern part of Idaho
preferred being annexed to Washing
ton Territory he would vote for it,
bat he would not vote for the de-
OF the whole tprritoy by an
nexing the southern portion of it to
Nevada
THE CLEVELAND TARIFF BILL.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3O.-The new
tariff bill is ready IN the rough, and
is now in the hands of the secretary
of the treasury for revision. The
president and the secretary of the
tre lsury and Carlisle have all indi-
Gated clearly upon what kind of arti-
cles the tariff is to be reduced or en-
tirely removed, and the new bill car
ries out the purposes of the admins
tratlon completely. Whip and spur
will both be used to bring the solid
democratic support TO the Cleveland
bill. The measure strikes blow at
and horticultgraIists, as
well as at the hop growers, the lum-
bermen, coal miners and salt prodec
ers. The bill puts lumber and wool
on the free list.
The whole Cleveland bill has been
gotten up to cut down the tariff on
articles manufactured or produced in
republican states. 1t is the attack of
the South and the democratic strong
holds IN the great cities of the North,
upon all the industries and products
of the north
Representative Mills of Texas,
who will be chairman of the commits
tee on ways and means in the house,
said some tin g ago that if the Louis
ana democrats would support the
new bill sugar would be protected
and 1T they did not sugar would be
sacrificed. In all probability a bar
gain has been already made between
the Louisiana representatives and
otLer Southern democrats that the
new Cleveland bill shall be supported
and that sugar shall be protected.
Rubbing 1T in