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suppIanted by rhelr Gcrman nhni..

LoNDoN. March u Contracts had becu
made with an English firm to import % rsi.
plant into Persia, to light the principal
cities. but now the information has come to
light that the agreement has been anuullcd
and that German parties have obtained ihr
presumably valuable concession Tho
money returns may not be- very great hui
the Introduction of German material. th,.
increase of German prestige. and the 0fsu.
ing OF new market. count for great deal
In the present state Of business
German engineers and experts WH h'
able 10 give the home government 4 uHf thr
outside world. "A mass of valuable iuflml.
tion conccninga singular country of which
Europeans know very little The British
Minister at Tchean attributes thr ,up.
planting Of the English company by their
German rivals tO the machinaiion, of thc
Russian representative. who feels himself
bound 10 thwari English PROJECTS of all
kinds in country which Russia has marked
out as a tributary and openly boasts of soOn
holding lu u state of Vussaluise
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80 sLndcni, slandered.

New HAVEN. CoNN., March li-All Yale
COLLEGE is up I'm arms about the appearance
to-day of the Horoscope sheet devoted
tO the discussion of the candidates for the
three Senior societies. IL has always been
more or less gossipy, but this year has eX--
ceeded AN the bounds of propriety, and
drags up stories which. il true, would turn
the COLLEGE upside down. The religious
men are branded as hypocrites, those Of
good family as snObs, and everybody Is mt
in some weak part The son OF a we'll
known New York soap manufactures Is as
badly hit as any. for il says of him; III ne
is elected 10 will be ON soap and religion.
The captain of the football team Is called a
snob and his roommate is accused OF
schemiug for every honor in college. one
of the editors of the yale Literary Maga-
zine. noted for his unassuming character,
is spoken OF as being 'deserVcdly unp0pu-
lar" because of his nasty work IN college
politics.
inent member OF Junior society. should
the guilt be definitely fastened on him the
Faculty would discipline the offender heav-
ilv
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Highest Point Ever Reached.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 4.-Thc river
rose onc-tcnth of foot to-day, and Is
now 3G.4 ON the gauge-the highest
point ever rccorded-and is still rising.
The conccnSuS of opinion here Is that
the lcvccs on the Mississippi side VIII
be- able to withstand the pressure oil the
great flood. Passengers on the LOUIS
willie. New Orleans and Texas railroad
ON trains leaving New Orleans last night
were treated to novel scenes along the
road.
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,.-,rhteneh. rut Not Hurt.

TorrKA. K,Ns.. March l+-Ihe hISt ~
tion of west bound passenger tr'llli ~, Il
,..,.t.,,,i..v tbr,e miles from Scranton anu
;be ,yhoie train of nine cars were der3iieu
,,-irh me exception Of the engine and pas
s.a,,s car Although the train was fuhhlhs
m fbe rate of thirty-tivc miles an hour tne
en,,ine,r brought IL 10 a standstlu before !.
bad conc hundred feet and not one ol Iue
.eirht coaches had left the ties ~ VIZ
ronch ride for the passengers ana irls1tell ,,,l.
al them half to death but mo- one was "u''
ia rht least
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BURNED WITH THE BUILDING.
Fire Destroys Boarding House Near
.JohnstOwn.

JomNSTowN, PA. March 14.-At a
late hour last night fire broke out in Il
frame building at Bridge No. &, an the
Pennsylvania railroad, six miles east Of
here
The building was used as a sleeping
apartments for the laborerS employed in
rebuilding the vaiduct at that point,
which was destroyed by the food. Two
men. whose names are aS yet unknown,
were burned to death and several others
injured.
John Williams. an old man who runs
little candy store on Iron street. this
city. was overcome by Illuminating gas,
which escaped from pipes under the
floor Of his sleeping room and was found
dead i'm his bed this morning.
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SITUATION At CAIRO.
The River Failing slowly and the Worst
Anpears to- be Over.

CAIRO. ILL. March l4.-The Ohio
river fell three-tenthS Of a foot last
night, and is still falling here slowly.
The late rains IN this section are sup
posed TO have all run out by this time
and the rise coming from above will not
materially check the fall here.
The rise i'm the Mississippi. unless
very high. will not affect the stage of
water here. The Ohio being so high,
will cause back water in the Mississippi
and this water will run out through the
lowlandS of Missouri.
Trains from the north are all running
and also from the south. on the Illinois
Central and Mobile and Ohio. \ wreck
ON the Illinois Central between Golden
and Makanda delayed trains some on
that road, but they had everything go
mg again by noon. The weather is
cloudy and cold.
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Syracuse. y. Y, March IA ofe,scn 4. ol
promise case crowded the Supre.l.e ,S.u Sou,'
yesferlav The plaintiff was Miss Nellie \.
Nrrrav formerly of Boston. and the DE
f..rlanf Erred e. Cutting. a representative
of I.aupson's cash railway systems. MISS
Murray brought her action 10 recover SlV'-
OOD for damaged affections. She Is a Pre
possessing brunette of about -, while Ou'-
ting is about y. ...,.,.;,,,.
me plaintiff testified that her meet'ns n
with Cuttiug was by chance, ana thaI ne
promiscd to marry her They lived toseti.ler
and he failed % fulfil his promise. O0'.lu5
denied her statements and the jury 'ouN"
for thcdcfendaut
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rnnncl Fen ON Him.

Special TsiegraBi 10 he Register
CLARKsBURG. March IA man by
the name OF DufTer. who removed re-
Gently from Wheeling to this city, met
with a serious accident to-day at the
tunnel above this place. lie was a
walking boss. and while ON duty the
timbcrs broke and the tunnel fell in ON
him. cutting him in horrible manner.
DR.. Ramsey rendered medical assistance.
II is doubtful whether Duiicr RECEIVERS.
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CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES.
An Editor Imprisoned for Expressing An
nexation Xicws.

HAVANA, March f4.-The agitation in fa-
vor of the annexation of Cuba by the Uni
ted States has at last reached u crisis. The
journals which have been boldly and openly
advocating annexation, encouraged appar-
emily by public sentiment and immunity
from interference by the authorities, have
received a warning which has checked
their utterances. La Tordo. which has
been conspicuous for its vigorous denuncia-
ton of the Government and advocacy of in
dependence or annexation, capped the eli
max last week by saying:
The Spanish Government by its dis
graceful and ruinous administration of af-
fairs in this island has done more than any
thing else to throw Cuba into the arms Of
the United States
The editor of the paper was arrested two
days ago, and is still in prison. Other jour
nails are now more cautious, but agitation
among the people is stronger than ever
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DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment Is
the only sure cure for Blind. Bleeding
or Itching Piles ever discovered ~ :
never fails 10 cure old chronic cases oi
long standing.
Judge CoomS. MaySville, Ky. says;
DIR. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
cured me after years OF suffering.
For sale at Logan Il Co.'S
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1T DIDN'T WORK.
Russell sage.s scheme to Get Control of "A
Bridge.

Bfluec.
New YORK. March 1.-THE attempt
Of the Iowa Central Railway to obtain
possession of the KithSburg bridge
across the Mississippi, ended in the de-
feat of President Russell Sage. who con-
ccived the project of dcfaultng on the
bonds in order to bring the real owners
of the bridge to terms.
After spending thousands of dollars.
and after abandoning 10 miles of track
To cocrcc the bondholderS, the railway
company was forced To make Il Surrcn-
der. BY its terms it will guarantee 6
per cent. on the bonds, provide for the
sinking fund, pay for Il II repairs. inter
est and taxes, and take up the $1,000
worth of coupons on which the alleged
fraudulent default was made.
The final arrangements were made by
counsel for the Central Trust Company.
the bondholdcrS' representatives. AS
soon as the Iowa Central surrendered,
they telcgraphcd to KeithSburg author
ty for the railway to use the bridge
pending the formal signing of the papers.
The bondhOlderS are well pleased at
their victory over Mr.. Sage.
Some of them, however, are stock
holders in the Iowa Central Railway,
and in this capacity they do not relish
the prospect Of the bill that company
will have to pay for its fun. In the
first place it must defray the KeithSburg
bridge expenses during the period Of It's
contest. just the same as if it had used
It: in the second place. it will have
To pay the cost of hauling its trains
about 100 miles out of the way on anoth-
or road to another bridge across the riv-
er: in the third place, it must pay track
age for the privilege of using the lOC
miles Of track mentioned; in the fourth
place. it must pay tolls over other com
panies' bridges; and, in the fifth place,
there comes the cost of running dummy
and unproductivc trains over the aban-
doncd track once a day 10 maintain the
cOmpany'S charter.
This does not include lawyers fees oI
the wages of the men hired by the rail
road to take forcible possession of the
bridge.
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Resented for Murder.

WASHINGTON. March l4.-Ihe grand
mrv to-day. after examining the VII
nesses who testified al the inquest, pre-
sented Kincaid for the murder oi eN-
Congressman Taulbee, and the District
Attorney was directed TO prepare an IN
mont no Der submitted TO the court To-
morrow.
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No rrnst of the Nall NIaker..

CLEVELAND. o.. March As; II: CIls- M
holm. President Of the II. +. Nalt - ",
Cleveland. declares that the manulactuis uisi I.i
OF wire nails have not formed uus' .rHl an
have no intention Of forming one, ~
sb,,t,i1y down Of the leading wire nail Fac
tories was agreed 10 by the different mills
for the purpose of reducing the large accu-
mutation OF stock in excess Of the demand
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Bitter Feeling Against Jewish Tailor.

LONDON, March l4.-In spite OF J0hn
Burns denial there is bitter feeling
among working tailors at the East End Of
London against the Jewish workers at the
same trade there The business has gone
largely into the hands Of Hebrew middle
men. who have imported a swarm Of their
poorer brethren from the Continent, and
these latter work at wages which the En-
glish iourneymen tailors find themselves
unable to compete The sweating com
plained Of IS by no means new A similar
outcrv against it arose over forty years ago.
and the whole iniquitous system was laid
bare in Canon Kingley's novel, Alton
.ocke - published at that time
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y.n,f-ov.. PathGnders

Had a good audience at the Grand last
nigbt They present this afternoon at
,he matinee their own farce comedy,
"a pair of owls" Every child will re-
.oiva n souvenir al the matinee. Ladies
will be- admitted to reserve seats for 25c.
Tbl. evening will close their engage
ment. when they will present the laugh
ablc comedy Of six Peas In a Pod.
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Kanawhn County Wheat.

Speciai TtlegrdD. 10 he Register.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. March 14.-From
what can be gathered, the growing wheat
crop in this section has been much injured
by recent freezes. \ very large acreage
was sown last fall and up to the month oil
March wheat was looking unusually fine.
1t is not known exactly how far 1t has been
damaged, but experienced farmers say that
il will not be more than average crop, and
the Weld NAV be much less than that.
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Fatal Fall of Stone.

Sp,cili T.lsgram 70 he Register.
PIEDMONT. w. VA, March l4.-ThiS
morning while repair men were rolling
a stone from the West Virginia Central
track ut ChaiTe. fourteen miles south OF
Piedmont. a fall of stone killed two
Italians and man named Lambert and
injured four others. Van Reed cannot
recover
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RIVER RIPPLEs.
News About the Boats aud Boatnen on
the Ohio.

All the local packets were running 300
time yesterday
The marks on the landing last cyenlrt
indicated - feet inches aud rising
In the damage suit Of Capt ID. ii. silver
vs.. Missouri Pacific Railway Company. ior
the loss of the steamer Bright Light i'
the Brookyillc bridge. on the Missouri
river. some i've years ago. and Tor whi,h
he received q judgment in the Laiht t'''
county Circuit Court for $1,000 apF''iiI.i..t
Ia the Supreme Court Of the STATE hnI il.'
opinion handel down by judge bla'A' Al
Jefferson City. on Monday. reverses ana i'
mands the ease. ..,,i...
4 late New Orleans paper SAYS n'
steamer 7. Z Leathcrs was Yesterday j,
heled by the wharf less''.s for sSi.'y wharf
ag,, dues. CAPT Leathers having refused io
nav The usual tax. on the ground that ,he
steamer Pargoud. which was iaid up Jog
sone time. was allowed - remain az ana
obstruct the wharf and cause him unneces-
sarv expcnse in unloading his boat DE-
iibel was served little before p. m but
tbe Leathers' owners gave bond and secur-
ed her release and she left here on time.
The Leathers was built by Sweeney & Son.
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Another Creva..e Above New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, March l4.-The Lc-
wee at the Nita Plantation, 50 miles
above the city, ON the New Orleans side
of the river. broke at II o'clock last
night. and in less than two hours the
break was - feet wide. The lcvee was
"A new one and had become soft. The
water from this crcvaSSc will do but lit
tie damage: it will flow into Pontchar-
trniu
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ENGINE GOES INTO THE RIVER.
Accident to B. n o. Train-Onc Man
Killed and Two Injured.

CINCINNATI, O., March l4.-FaSt YES
tibule train No. ). on the Central Ohio
division of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. ran into a landslide few miles
east of Newark this morning
The engine was thrown into the river
and the fireman killed. The engineer
of the train and an engineer who was
riding on the engine as a passenger
were seriously injured. None of the
passengers were hurt. but they all re-
ceived a severe shaking up.
The fireman'S name was Thomas Bo-
land. John Moore was engineer OF the
passenger train, and the other engineer
was John Hart.
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Veteran At Beaver Fall. XIII. Himself.

BEAVER FAILS, PA. March l4.-Alberi
Robb painter. aged about % years, com
mitted suicide at his home here at 10 O'Clock
this morning.
He placed the muzzlc Of adOuble-barrelled
shotgun TO his face and discharged it with
his foot. One side Of his head and the en-
tire face were blown away, and his brains
scattered all about the room.
Pobb was an old soldier and addicted to
neriodical sprees when he drew his pension;
Hard drinking is assigned as the cause oi
suiride
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At NEW ORLEANS.
The streets Again Free From Overflow
Mnter.

NEW ORLEANS. March l4.-Thc Gov
crnment gauge at 7:3O this morning
showed 1876 feet, and fall Of four-tcnthS
from the highest point reached yeStcr-
day afternoon.
The streets here this morning were
free OF overflow water along the river
front, except at 81. Peters street, and
there the tlow will soon be stopped. It
raincd slowly all night and was driz-
zlng this morning.
Large gangs of laborerS worked all
night Strengthening the leveeS, and the
outlook is more cheerful than was anti
cipated last night.
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Iron Bridge swept AWAY.

JACKSON, Miss. \ fine iron bridge several
hundred feet in length, over the Bayou
Pierre creek. on the Natchez, Jackson and
Columbus Railroad. between Jackson and
Harrison, was washed away by the flood
last night. Pearl river at this place Is
higher than ever before known. The city
toll bridge. an iron structure, and the
bridge of the Alabama and Vicksburg are
eaf fa So fal.
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Forced to make Good His Promise.

poRr WASHINGTON. March l4.-Per-
hans the largest Judgment for damages re
covered i'm the Circuit Court OF this county
for some years is that of $1,000 againt VIM
Lupke. of Mequon The plaintiff in the case
Charles Lucht. is stepsou of the defendant
aged "a. who proved that his father had
promised him If he would remain and work
an the farm he w0uld.at some future period,
dsed him 40 acres Of land Charles, who
isuow married. brought action against ms
stepfathcr % force him 20 tulhH ms
promise with the above result \ motion
Tor a new trial was denied by judge sloan .c,..
ana the ir,d,neut ordered recorced. This
Indictment has since been adjusted, Lupke
giving in settlement deed OF - acres OF
improved land TO the plaintiff and MS
wife
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Morgan Raid Claims.

Special Tsi,gram 10 he Register.
Co1UMBUS. O., March 14.-Morgan'S
Raid was recalled to-day by the intro
duction in the House Of a bill TO pay
Morgan Raid claims. Once before the
bin became 4 law and was declared un-
constitutional by the Supreme Court.
The claims now filed amout To Sil9,5O9.
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-,Np. d.. March IA dis
iludiay. o.. SAYS that Ed
Us, rcprc>eutIng AN English
has secured options ON ~ Of
factories 40 thar place for
THE options expire i'm thirty
..., said THAT 10 the sale is ct-
.apacity of Che factories viii
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AGreats sncce.s.

Natural Gas closed it, engagement
AT the House last evening to large au-
diencc. which was also enthusiastic. II
was the general verdict that the play
and company are among the finest that
ever visited Wheeling, and they would
b. welcomed back.
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Beckley Joins the brotherhood.

PIrrsBURG, PA, March lit is re-
ported on good authority tonight that
Jake Becker. the big first baseman
who deserted the Players League to
sign Pittsburg National League con-
tract. has turned tail again and signed
PLAYERS League contract.
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West virginia Deacons.

BALTIMORE. MD. March l4.-At the
NJ. +. Conference to-day Charles Is.
Millikcn. Of Charleston, W. Va. and
VIM. f. Locke, of Springfield. W. Va
ministers on trial. were elected deacons.
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Indictedby the Grand Jury.

PIrrsBURG. March 14.-PreSidcnt w.
w. Young and Cashier John Hocrr, OF
the dcfunct Lawrence bank. were In
dictcd by the grand jury to-day for en-
bezzlement. or taking money on de-
posit. knowing the bank to be insolv-
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scnooL-BooK LAW VALID.
Indiana Supreme Court Says it Must he
Enforced.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, March 13.-The
Supreme Court this afternoon decided
that the Indiana Sehool-book law is con
Stitutional and that it is imperative on
the officers named in the law to fully
execute its provisions. Justice Elliott
wrote the decision. all the Court concur
ring except Justice Berkshire (Republl-
cam. who disSented in an SO-page opln-
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Apnstcnr pntIrnt nrnh.

DUBLIN, Morch IA boy named
Rankin. wis was bitten hy a rabd
animal some time ago. and who was sub.
j"ctcd tO a course of auti-rahic iuocu'a-
tions by Professor Pastcur. of Paris. ha,
just died Of Colcrainc Of hydrophoh.a.
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Intoavnt Of Sulphuric Acid.

NU,-idl TflegrdnI % tl' hsgtNtfF.
CorUNBUS. O.. March 15.-Timothy
Thomas. colorcd convict. fell into
vat of sulphuric acid this afternoon. lie
was burned 50 severely that he will
probably die.
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iieginning Early.

'a i. n.gi.fsr.
,,utE o.. March l4-Carl
,.-. li.ed to-day on the charge Of
battery preferred by his step
hc is Quly sixteen years old, but
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THOSE TELEGRAMS.
ONE OF THE BURCHALL MYSTERIES BELIEVED
TO BE SOLVED.
The Supposed Murderer Makes Statement Con-
cerning His Going 70 Canada-The Line
Of Defense That Burchall's Doun-
sci viii Set Up,

Tucson, ARIZ.. March 14.-Ncville
Pickthall, Of Woodstock, Ont, whose
name is connected with Birchall, alias
Lord Somerset, the alleged murderer of
Benwcll. says he left Woodstock sud
denly on February 10, for the reason
that he had lost heavily in SpeculationS
and, fearing suits, wanted to avoid per
SOnal service"
He assumed the name of jackson and
went to New York, where he stopped at
the Metropolitan Hotel. On February
Il he left for California. At Deming,
n. NJ he lost his ticket and all his
money and baggage, and is now strand
ed at this place for want of funds.
Pickthall admits that he knew Burch-
all, and says that many Of his actions
were ShrOuded in mystery. Pickthall
says he did not know Benwcll, and is
surprised to learn that Burchall is charg-
ed with the crime, aS. with all of his bad
traits of character, he cannot believe
that Burchall would commit murder.
1t is believed that a solution has been
found Of the mystery surrounding one
of the kilograms produced at the Bcrch-
all examination at Niagara Falls on
Tuesday. The telegram reads as fol-
lows:
BUFFALO. Feb. -.
To BWchdU, Imperial Hotel, Niagara
Falls, ont:
Telegram and letter were sent on to
you yesterday to ship heavy baggage TO
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
Signed STAFFORD.
As the Burchell-Bcnwcll-Pcllcy party
stopped at the Stafford House. in this
city, it was supposed that the telegram
was sent by the hotel people, but the
authorities were puzzled to account for
their being so well acquainted with the
movements of the party. An inycSti-
CATION here reveals the fact that the
telegram was not sent by any one con
nected with the Stafford House. The
clerk there says that on February ~.
the date OF the telegram. Burchcll
walked into the Stafford House and in-
quircd If telegram had been received
for him. The clerk recollected that a
telegram had come and had been for
warded to him. Burchcll said he had
not received it, but appeared Indifferent
about it. The clerk says he did not
open the telegram and does not know
its contents. 1t is now believed that
Burchell wrote the telegram signed
stafford, and that he did So To sub
Stantiatc some statements made by him
about the baggage at the Falls.
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