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LATER NEWS.

THE business part Of Richmond, Vt, was
burned with total loss of 10000. But for
help from Burlington and Waterbury the
entire town would have gone.
COVER NOR RUSSELL, of Massachusetts,,
appointed Henry Z. Braley, of Fall River,
Judge of the Superior Court, vice Lsthrop,
promoted to the Supreme Bench, and John
H. Burke, of Boston, Judge of the Municipal
Court, vice Curtis, deceased.
BURGLARS broke into the home of Banker
Cowles at Clark, Neb., knocked Cowles
senseless and killed his wife. They got only
$50 in cash.
A PRISONER named Harvey, while being
taken to Wichita, Kan, on a fast running
train, handcuffed, sprang through window
Of tn. car and was killed.
The business portion of Winnebago, ILL.,,
was partially destroyed by fire. Loss $50, 900.
AN epidemic of smallpox is raging in Rusk,
Texas, and the surrounding country.
THE International American Money Com.
mission had its second session at Washing.
ton, and Senior Romero the Mexican Minis
ter, was elected President
COMMISSIONER MITCHELL, Of the Bureau
of Patents, submitted to Congress his annual
report.
SECRETARY BLAINE has purchased the old
and historical mansion which he has occu-
pied since becoming member Of President
Harrison's Cabinet. Two years ago the Sec
retary leased it with the privilege Of pur-
chasing it any time for S65, 900.
TIE English Postmaster-General has
promised to tabulate the arrival and depar-
ture of American mails.
THE people of Siam ar, suffering greatly
owing to the failure of the rice crop.
TIE Portuguese Government has failed
again in it's negotiations for loan from
Paris bankers
KING HUMDERT, of Italy, has summoned
General Vial, Minister Of War of tho Crispi
Cabinet, to form new Cabinet.
In tho British House of Commons Mr..
Gladstone moved tho second reading OF the
bill removing religious difficulties; the motion
was defeated after debate
AN earthquake ncar;y destroyed the town
of Iyana in Java Other parts of Java also
suffered severely, and twelve persons were
killed and seventeen injured.
NINE artillerymen were fatally injured by
an explosion of dynamite at Montpelier,
France
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

BY the premature explosion of blast at
the Bangor Excelsior Slate Company, Belvi-
dere. n. j., A. E. Rowland, Superintendent,
and James Rowland, workman, we're in
stautly killed. Both were married men and
leave families.
HUGHES and Buttner, the bogus divorce
lawyers of New York City, were sentenced
to Ave and seven years Imprisonment re-
spectively.
WILLIAM W. KINGSLEY. one of the Of
ficials in the Custom House in Richford,
VT, recently committed suicide by hanging
in his barn. Dependency was the cause
The bill providing for Rapid Transit in
New York City was passed by both Senate
and House at Albany, and sent to tho
Governor for approval.
BARKER Bros. & Co., bankers of Phila-
delphia, Penn, who assigned during the re-
cent stringency in the money market.
effected a settlement, and resumed business
under the firm name of Barker q 20.
GOVERNOR HILL signed the bill giving
Rapid Transit to New York City.
FRANK BUTLER, e1-tax collector for Ridley
Township, Delaware County, Penn, has
fed, and deficit in his accounts OF s7loo
has been discovered.
AN accident at the Pennsylvania Steal
WORKS, Harrisburg, Penn, cause1 tne
death Of John c. Beck, boss rigger, ami
John Engleman. They were in a cage
eighty-five feet from the ground, placing. IN
position O quarter section OF lip ring
weighing 2O00 pounds, when the cable
snapped and the cage dropped. Both men
were almost instantly killed.
ALASKA CoLLIERY, at Mount Carmel,
Penn, the Reading Coal and Iron Company.S
largest mine, suspended operations lndeh-
nitely, throwing out of employment TO)
hands, Bellmore and Morris Ridge mines
have also been compelled to suspend, owing
to scarcity Of cars.
GEORGE NJ. BRADLEY, who was the first
patient in this country to receive the Koch
lymph incubation, died few days ago at
New Haven, Conn.
GOVERNOR PATTIsoN has vetoed the joint
resolution Of the Legislature instructlng the
United States Senators from Pennsylvania to
support the Federal Election bill. This Is
his first veto.
The Manhattan Elevated Railway, of New
York City, secured control Of the Suburban
rapid-transit line.
The Philadelphia & Easton Railroad.
which is projected to run from New Hope,
Bucks County, to Easton, Penn, has passed
under the control Of the Reading Railroad.
FIRES in Brooklyn, N. Y, destroyed the
Hecla Iron Works and Wallabout Sawmill,
causing loss Of over $780, 0)o.
In the Legislature at Trenton William C.
Heopenheimer was chosen Controller Of New
Jersey, and George r. Gray Treasurer.
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the District Court Of Alaska proceeding to
carry out its decree Of forfeiture made in the
case of the schooner Sayward. libelled for
unlewfully taking seals within the waters of
Behring Sea.
THE pension charge during the. past
month was 81, $50, $40, and for the fiscal year
thus far aggregates SO, ,oSl, ,657, against s63-
455, 7lS for the first seven months OF the pre-
cedng fiscal year.
The reduction in the Public Debt during
the month Of January amounted to SIS, $780,,
496. The total debt is 1916, 5y5. .045 The net
cash in tho Treasury, including subsidiary
coin, is $40, $50, 545
The total coinage at the mints of the
United States during the month Of January
was 10, 25S, 1873 pieces Of the value of S6.5OS,-
736. 90, of which So, 720, 900 was gold, $685.
936 silver and S134, 800 nickel.
The Secretary of War has directed Briga-
dier General Daniel w. Flagley to assume
the duties of Chief of Ordnance of the War
Department.
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Foreign.

THROUGH the breaking of its tongue, a
sleigh in which were seated Thomas Ripley
and Ligdtholder Steinthope was precipitated
into the river Credit in Ontario, Canada.
Both men were drowned.
THE Scotch strikers have resumed work
on all the Scotch railroads, with the e3cep-
ton Of the Caledonian Road.
CHARLES BRApLAUaH, Member Of the
British Parliament for Northampton, who
had been critically Ill for some time past,
died at London. His end was quiet and
peaceful. He was born in 1883 He was
noted atheist.
EIGHT sypsies were buried in sudden
snowdrift In Moravia, and two died before
relief reached them.
JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MISSIONER, the
great painter, died in Paris, France. BE was
born In 1918.
A FIERCE storm caused considerable
damage in and about Dublin, Ireland, and
terrific gale swept over the Irish Sea. A
number Of small craft foundered during the
storm in Queenstown Harbor.
S1GNoR CR1sp1, the italian Prime Minis
ter, has resigned.
COUNT Won WALDERsEE, Chief of Staff OF
the German Army, has resigned at the re-
quest Of Emperor William,
KING HUMBERr of Italy has summoned
the Marquis A. di Rudini, second Of the four
Vice-Presidents Of the Chamber Of Deputies,
to form Cabinet.
AT Tralee Ireland, Bartholomew Sullivan,
a farmer was hanged for completely in the
murder of Patrick Flahive, an evicted
farmer, last August.
AT Skopin, in the Government of Riazin,
Russia, hospital has been destroyed by fire.
Fourteen patients were burned to death.
TIE Spanish election resulted in large
majority for the Conservatives; there was
rioting in Barcelona.
OF party Of forty men engaged in reop
ening Communication with snow-blocked
villages between Dimitzans and Tripolitza,
in the Morea, Greece, fifteen have been
frozen to death and number Of others have
been so badly frost-bitten that they are not
expected to recover.
THE King of Portugal has signed decree
orLering that the insurgent regiments al
Oporto shall no longer be considered as q
part Of the Portuguese army.
TEN THOUSAND shoemakers went on strike
at Vienna, Austria.
THE Canadian Government has dissolved
Parliament and will 60 to the country Oh
tho reciprocity issue, the election to take
place on March S.
THE latest news from Chill indicates the
gradual decline Of the insurrection in that
country.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

KING KALAKAUA's name meant DAY Of
Battle"
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL will yids
this country in the spring.
HISTORIAN BANCROFT considered ESQ words
good days work in composition.
PRESIDENT LYMAN j. GAGE, of the Chi
cago Worlds Fair Board, has resigned.
JOHN D. RocKEFELLER's income Is 1854
per hour, day and night, Sundays included.
Mrs. ABRAM s. HEWITT heads an associa-
tion in New York to enable women to study
law.
KING HUMBERr, of Italy, has often said:
u should wish to be q journalist were not
King" s
GOVERNOR RUSSELL, Of Massachusetts, :
rides on horseback to and from the State
House every day. ~
The late Duke of Bedford owned $1,000
acres Of land in Great Britain, including a.
square mile Of London itself.
THE German Emperor's youngest son was
baptized recently in Berlin, receiving tho
name Of Joachim Josef Humbert. ~
PRINCE BIsMARcK's present hobby, ac-s
cording to an interviewer, Is a little wten,L,
which flies about his roorl and cot out Of bis
hand. ~
ELECTRICIAN THoMAs A. EDISON Is said to
regard his deafness as blessing in disguise.
1t enables him to think and plan In perfect
quiet. :
IT is said Of Queen Victoria that no other,
woman in the world accepts and accom-
plishes during eyery twenty -four hours 30
many tasks as does her Imperial Majesty.
MRS MAY FRENCH SHELDON, who is 70
lead an expedition to the Congo IN Stanieys
footsteps, Is physician Of no maan ability,
and has also won reputation hs an autnof
and sculptor. '-s
AT the very hour when her brother, Wal
ter A. Abel, was dying in Baltimore, his
sister, Mary Abel, was taking tho veil IN the
chapel of the Convent Of tho Visitation. IN
Washington.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BERRY, who had
command of the expedition sent out to re-.
lieve the Arctic explorer De Long, Is now
the lighthouse district
JAY GOULD goes to bed every night at ten
o'clock, docs not drink tea or coffee, eats
with great regularity and takes admirable
care Of his health, but thepace OF Wal strees
has told upon him nevertheless.
DURING the forty nine years Of his life the
Prince Of Wales has drawn Sic. SOC, 900 from
the public treasury of Great Britain, and his
debts it is said, now amount to about s, COO.
900. He continues to grow stout and gray. z
THE fortune of Nine. Barrios, the widow
of the Central American Dictator, now
amounts to 5000, 900. In addition to hae
monetary possessions she has six children ana
is herself as fresh and youthful-loeking as q
young girl. y. s-siFs iFss
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THE SIOUX CAMPAIGN.
The War in South Dakota Cost Us
About 100000.

An estimate just sent to Congress by the
Secretary of War to supply deficiency in
the Quartermaster's Department tells the
story of the cost Of the Indian campaign
lust closed. The round sum Of 81, 900
Is asked for, the principal items of
which are s935,Ol6 for transportation OF
troops and supplies and s1S7, 7,7O2 for extra
clothing, camp and garrison equipage neccs.
sary to fit out for the winter campaign:
$4,000 to replace horses broken down in the
campaign and for the purchase Of ponies,
and $S7, 900 to cover the difference in cost of
supplies purchased for troops in the field
and the contract prices at tho post from
which the troops were drawn. There were
other expenses under the supply department
that will probably bring the total cost Of the
campaign up to 1000, 900, sum sufficient to
have given the Sioux the sl0O, 900 annual ap.
preparation promised them for a period of
twenty years.
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WASHINGTON.

THE body of Secretary Window was re.
novel from the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York City, and taken to Washington; flags
were at half-mast and different bodies passe
resolutions of respect ami sympathy The
body was met at Washington by the Presi-
dent and Vice-President and the members of
the Cabinet.
BOTH branches Of Congress adjourned as q
mark Of respect to Secretary Window, who
had been q member both of the Senate and
the House.
The Secretary of tho Interior has issued
On order directing that all persons engaged
In quarrying stone on the Cherokee strip De
removed therefrom as intruders. He has
further directed that all persons not having
proper authority be prevented from entering
the strip on any pretext whatever.
The Navy Department is informed that
the engines of the gunboat Concord de-
veloped 34C4. 529 horse power on her recent
trial trip, being 4.529 horse power in excess
of the contract requirements.
THERE was large number of callers at
the family home Of the Windows on the
cay before the funeral, and all who desired
to do 50 were permitted to view the body Of
the dead Secretary as it lay in state.
TIE War Department ha, instituted
system of inquiry at the Indian agencies,
the results of which are intended to give the
authorities a better acquaintance with the
Indians. Five army officers have been de-
tailed at as many agencies to observe the at
titude of the Indians AMI the nature of their
grievances, as we'll as to ascertain their
strength.
SINCE the system of examination for pro,
motion has been adopted for the army, l43
officers have been examined. of which num-
Der eleven have been found physically in
capacitated.
The Secretary of the Navy formally &C
cepted the cruiser Newark and ordered that
she be put in commission at Philadelphia.
CHEF JUSTICE FULLER announced that
the Supreme Court had decided to grant the
petition Of the counsel representing the
British Government for leave to file an ap.
plication for writ of prohibition to prevent
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William Alfred PfeHer, VINO succeeds
Senator Ingalls, in the United States Senate
after March 4, was born in Cumberland
County, Penn, September 10, 1881. He is
self-made man. His schooling was obtained
between the ages Of ten and fifteen, when he
attended the public school seven months Of
each year. At the age Of fifteen years he
was made master of small district school,
and taught there until he was nineteen. In
1850 he caught the gold fever and went to
California, where he remained two years. He
made considerable money and returned to
Pennsylvania in 1852. There he married
Sarah Jane Barber and removed to Indiana.
He engaged in farming near Crawiords-
vile. There business reverses impoverished
him and he went to Southwest Missouri
where be continued farmer. At the oreak-
ing out Of the war he left the State and he
enlisted In the Eighty-third Illinois Eolun-
teers. He served until June26, 1885, laving
been detailed principally on detached duty
as Quartermaster, Adjutant and Judge
Advocate. During the two latter years
Of his service he devoted himself 20 the
study Of the law. At the close Of the
war he settled at Clarksville, :enn:.,
practicing law He remained at Clar ksville
until 1870, when he moved - Kansas,
taking up q claim in Wilson County. He
moved to Fredonia in 1872 and there estab-
lished the Fredonla Journal, weekly news
paper, at the same time continuing bis law
practice. Afterward he moved to Cofey-
Vile, Coffey County, and established the
Cofrsyville Journal. In 1874 he was elected
to the State Senate as a Republican and
served one term. He was delegate to the
National Republican Convention in 1880. In
that year he moved to Topeka, assumed
editorial control Of the Kansas Farmer,
and afterward bought the paper.
He has been engaged in the publication Of
that paper ever since. Judge Pfefer is an
even six feet tall. he is quite as slim es Mr.
ingalls,, being unusually narrow chested and
lank of limb. Thick, black hair grows over
his low, retreating forehead. HIS black eyes
shine deep over heavy, black beard, which
reaches quite to his waist. His manner OF
speech is slow and deliberate, but not hesitat-
Ing.
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nearly sixty-four years old. His parents
had lived In Virginia, but migrated from
there early in the century. to Belmont
County, Ohio, and there the future Repub-
lican politician and financier was born.
He was brought up on farm,
went to the common schools, and then the
academy at Mt Vernon, Ohio; studied law
and was admitted to practice In 1850. Two
years later he was chosen Prosecuting At
torney for Knox County. Three years after
this he moved to Winona, MIMI, and from
that time until few years ago Minnesota
was the State In which he made his home
and found the political support that put him
in high office and made him, according to
Roscoe Conkling, an available candidate for
rhe Presidential nomination Of the Republi-
can party.
Soon after settling in Minnesota young
Window joined the Republican party and
made himself well known as stump speaker.
In 1853 he was sent to the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington. His services
there extended over a period Of ten years,
much of his work being done in
the Committees on Public Lands and
Expenditures, as Chairman OF the Com
nittee on Indian Affairs and on the
Special Committee on the Rebslious States.
In 1870 he was appointed United States
Senator to I'LL an une1pired term, and twice
afterward he was elected for full term. He
held the Office until 1881, when President
Garfield made him Secretary or the Treas
ury.
Upon the accession Of Arthur to the Pres
idency, Mr. Window resigned his Secretary
ship and soon after was elected by the Min
nesota Legislature to all his unexpired term
in the Senate. A strong opposition was
created against him, however, in his own
party, and his leadership In Minnesota and
general influence as i factor in Northwest
politics were bitterly attacked. His enemies
triumphed and he was defeated for renon-
ination.
From comparative obscurity, he emerged
when President Harrison invited MIN 70 TAKE
the portfolio Of the Treasury Office.
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FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-.
In the Senate.

4SrH DAY.-The Senate passed the bill
creating the Office Of Fourth Assistant Post
master-General with O salary Of $4,000
year. The Apportionment bill was passed
without amendment, on a strict party
vote. .. The Army Appropriation bill was
taken up.
mediately after the reading of the journal,
as q mark Of respect to the late Secretary
Window, who was formerly member OF
that body.
48TH DAY.-The Vice-President laid be-
fore the Senate the credentials of Mr.. Cam
eron for his new term. Mr.. Cullom pro-
ssnted two resolutions Of the House of Rep.
resentatives in the Illinois Legislature. He
said that they instructed the Senators from
that State to vote for tho Free Coinage
bill and against the Force bilP ....
The Army Appropriation bill was
then taken up and laid aside.
The Fertilization Appropriation bill was
then taken up; but it was laid aside infor-
mally and pension bills on thu calendar were
proceeded with There were ITO bills passed,
among them bills giving pensions of $50
month to the willows Of General Buell.,
General StarkweatDer, Majcr Gordon, of the
Fifth Cavalry; General Pelouse, Lieutenant
Colonel Lee, Brigadier-General Abraham
Duryee and General Edward F. Noyes. Also
tho House bill granting pension OF $lU0
month to General Franz S!gel. The bill to
pension Mary Anne Dougherty was objected
10 and went over.
49TH DAY.-The Senate met after the
funeral of Mr.. Window. Mr.. Turpie in
troduced a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution for the cleo
tion Of United States Senators by the direct
vote Of the people of the several States. 49,.
The Fortifcations bill was considered, the
defencelessness Of the country coming up
for debate. :. The Hawaiian Treaty and its
relations to the Tariff bill were discussed.
50TH DAY.-The House bill extending the
time to thirty days for which the President
may designate temporary succession in the
Cabinet was passel. -. The Fertilization bill
was discussed and some amendments were
adopted. The Senate concurred in tho
House amendment to the Senate bill for
public building at st. Paul, Mimi, reducing
the amount from 81, SOC, ,000 to sS9J, 600
5lsT DAY.-The Fortifcations Appropri-
alton bill was passed. The Senate then
proceeded to the consideration of the Military
Academy bill. There was only one amend
ment land that one to the amount of $4,000
offered to the bill. 1t was agreed to and the
bill passed. The Pension Appropriation
bill was then taken up and went over as the
unfinished business
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OF the twenty four new members, fourteen
90 to the West: Nebfaska's quota Of three
each. One each is added to California, Colo
RADIO, Michigan, Oregon, Washington and
Wisconsin. The South profits by the in.
crease, but not so much as the West If Mis-
souri, be counted Southern State, that Sec
tion gains total of six seats. Four Of these
go to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Mis-
souri, and the remaining two to Texas. In
the Middle States, Pennsylvania gains two
and New Jersey one Massachusetts, with
an addition of one, is the only New England
State that shows change.
Under the existing apportionment the
electoral vote is 40l. Under the new bill
there will be IA members in the Electoral
College, requiring 293 to elect. The gain in
electors by States is es follows:
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THREE PERSONS BURNED.
A Fire in an Oil Village Destroys
Most OF the Business Portion.

A fire at an early hour on a recent morn.
ing nearly destroyed the entire business Sec
ton of the village of Cygnet, in the Ohio
oil regions. Michael Slattery, Conrad Ma
loney, and his daughter Gertrude were all
burned to death. The fire began in frame
building occupied as millinery store by
Mrs. Conrad Maloney, and probably was
started from gas jet which was burning
near the ceiling.
Those who lost their lives were sleeping
over the millinery establishment. Mrs.
Maloney and five-year-old child, who were
sleeping in rear room back of the store. t
escaped in their night clothes.
From the millinery store the fire swept
along the street, destroying the barber shop
of William Davis, the grocery store Of Her
mann D. Hahn, the dry goods and clothing
store Of ". H. Belknap and the hardware
and oil well supply store owned by Shaw,
Kendall & Co., of Toledo.
At this point the fire burned itself out for
want OF material. In nearly all the build
ings clerks were sleeping, and many OF them
had narrow escapes The total loss will &c
about $50. 900. with about S30. 600 insurance.
A STATEMENT has been prepared at thu
Census Office showing the population Of th,
District Of Columbia by races. The state
ment shows that of the total population
C2S0, 1922 I54, 352 are whites, IS, 927 coiorej, Il
Indians, 86 Chinese, and Japanese. The
total increase in ten years has been 81, T8
md of this number 81, 3fS are whites and 49,
S31 colored
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MURDER, THEN SUICIDE.
A Farmer Fatally Clubs His Sistcr-ir
Law and Shoots Himself.

Henry Brehtold, a farmer living near
Smithton, ILL.,, discharged the contents Of a
shotgun at his sister-in-law, striking her in
the leg.
When Brehtold saw that the shot had not
produced fatal wounds he dubbed the
weapon and struck her on the head, inaict-
ing mortal injuries After reloading the
weapon he placed the muzzle under his chin
and pulled the trigger.
The entire charge took effect in his head.
killing him Instantly. No cause is known
for the tragedy.
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TRIPLE SUICIDE.

Tragic Results From German on
clars Dishonesty.
The story Of triple tragedy, the result Of
an officials dishonesty, has reached Berlin
Germany. Mayor Radcgast, of Anhalt, was
recently convicted Of the charge of embez
zling municipal funds, and fed to Leip
sic. The wife and father-in-law Of the
Mayor were unable to Doar the burden of
his disgrace and both committed suicide.
The Mayor, on learning Of their death, was
SO greatly shocked that he hllsd himself.