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GRASP HANDS ONCE AGAIN.
Friendly Relations Re-established Be
tween Jonathan and John.

Friendly Relations Ee-established Be-
tween Jonathan and John.
It is generally believed by diplomats in
Washington that Great Britain prompt COM
plisnce with the request Of this Government
10 use her good Offices not only in the Ham
mond, but In the case of all other Americans
in tse Transvaal. is intended as an acknowl-
edglnent Of the action OF this country in no.
forcing her to settle the Venezuelan contro-
yersy when she was on the road to hos.iE-
ties with European Nations.
It Is considered at Washington not iui-
probable that considerable benefit in bring
Ing about speedy settlement Of the Venez-
uelan boundary difficulty may result
through Mr.. Olney's instructions to the Am
bassador.
Certainly it Is the first opportunity this
Government has had Of showing its feelings
toward Great Britain since the Venezuelan
message was sent to Congress. and it may be
tina, the Administration was actuated in di-
recting Mr.. Bayard to secure the good offices
OF British officials, when it might as we'll
have selected German consular officers
in the Transvaal for the pur-
pose. by desire to show the British Govern
ment and people that the United States Gov
ernment is not hostile to Great Britain in its
ipsestions, and will take all proper means to
avoid possible trouble over the affair
Referring to the request OF the American
Government that Great Britain use her good
offices In behalf of the Americans arrested at
johannesburg, the London News says:
"Whatever may be the result Of the recent
occurrences in the Transvaal, The Govern
ment and peo"le Of the United States must
be gratifled that so cordial and gratifying a
response was made to Mr.. Olney's request.
It will DO to Euglishmen source Of peculiar
pleasure at this moment il they can in any
way testify to their regard for their Lin be-
YoSd the sea"
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The new males ournumber the. old IN
population five to one and are COM
posed largely of Americans. including the
principal mine managers. England ts the
only great Power In South Africa. She ls
now Threatened with German Interference.
which she Is bound to resent and resist. In
this she should have Americas SYM
pathy. Blood Is thicker than water:
Americans above all Nations insist
on civil rights In ones industries
here at the Cape. In the Transvaal ali my
managers are Americans. And yet we nave
the spectacle Of the two great English-speak:.
ing Nations of the world almost on the verge
OF war about some barren land In south
America, whereas working In perfect mar
mony the peace Of the world would De as
sured @. y. Rhodes
The London Post attacks Mr.. Rhodes for
appealing to the United States. 1t says tnat
If President Cleveland considers that the
rights Of Americans have been infnnged, ne
knows we'll how to vindicate them. Inc
Post says 1t does not see any justification ZOE
Mr. Rhodes's extraordinary appeal to the
Americans.
The London News says: "Mr. Rhodes's
ingenious argument in behalf OF concessions
to the Uitlanders proves too much On the
same showing 1t would justify Great brltaln
in annexing the Transvaal, with an the CON
sequences that such wicked fIbusterlng
would entail"
The London Standard says that 1t
pleased by the exchange of diplomatic eS-
pressions OF good will between the United
States and Great Britain, and again argues
that a way must be found to reconcile Eng
lands view of her rights in Guiana with tn Q
sensibilities OF the people OF the United
States.
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CECIL RHODES INVOLVED. 7
ITS Stated That He Knew Of DIR. Janae
sons Transvaal Plot.

TITS Stated That He knew OF DR.. Janae-
- sons Transvaal Plot.
A despatch from Cape Town. South Africa,
says It q asserted there that Cecil
Rhodes was aware Of the whole plot
which led. up to and included DR..
Jameson's raid into the Transyaal. Rhodes,
the despatch SAYS, Ia Ill at Cape Town.
Twenty-Five members OF the National Be-
form Committee, whose efforts were de.
voted to fomenting the recent rebelhous acts
Of tho Uitlanders, were arrested by omcers
of the Transvaal Government at the rooms
of the Reform Club, johannesburg, on q
charge Of high treason. They were az
taken to Pretoria. The prisoners included
Colonel Rhodes, brother OF Cecil Rheaes;
Sir Drummond Miles Dunbar, Lionel Phil
lips and other leading residents OF Johannes.
burg. The arrests created no excitement, the
attitude to the action of the authorities.
The report that DR., Jameson had bean
released turns out to have been premature.
President Kruger, In reply to the message
Of Queen Victoria, says that he intends to
turn Dr.. Jameson and the other English
prisoners who took part In the raid over to
the British Government for punishment,
but dispatch from johannesburg states
that the surrender of the prisoners will be
made conditional on the abrogation OF the
Anglo-Boer convention of 1884, which gives
Great Britain suzerainty over the Transvaal.
II such condition as this Is imposed by
the Beers It Is quite certain that Great
Britain will never agree to II.
/ Emperor William is incensed by the out
burst in England IN regard to the Transvaal
question, and intends to pay England no fur
ther visits. -.....
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ARRESTED FOR MAslA MURDERS.
Italians Indicted for . Series OF Crimes q =
Violence In Ponnsylvania. ~.

Italians Indicted for n Series OF Crimes off
Violence In Pennsylvania ss5e
Justice has ut last overtaken the gang OF
Italian assassins who, under the direction Of
the Malta, have committed murders and rob
,sries and terrorized thu people Of Southern
Luzsrne County, Pennsylvants, for the last
six months {a.-l "a
Nine of the worst members OF the gang are
now in the county jail in Wtlkesbarre, four
are fugitives from justice and one Is IN Ch1--s
cago under arrest. = =. q,
The Grand Jury of Luzerne County found
true bills against four OF the prisoners iorI
murder and against the rest for arson. rob-
berry, burglary, larceny, blowing up a house
with dynamite and assaults on women.
Detectives who. worked up the cases
against these men say that there Will DO
thirty or forty more arrests before they nave
captured all the criminals. i$:
Most startling OF all the discoveries con-.
cerning this band Is the fact that they are,
all members Of the Malta, that secret organ
ization of criminals born In Italy. but trans
planted to this country. Several OF the
prisoners have confessed that they worked
under orders received from the head
quarters OF the Malta In New York CITY and
Philadelphia: There Is every indication that
the organization now being broken up is the
worst lot OF thugs that has ve1ed this coun-
try since the citizens Of New Orleans TOOK
the law into their own hands and extermi-
mated that brood of Malta murderers VINO
brought long series Of assassinshons to an
end by ambushing and killing David Hem
messy, the Chief OF Police.
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HOW THE BoERs FOUGHT THE BRITISH.

the United States in the Transvaal. princ-
pally In johannesburg, but, so far as the
State Department is aware, none OF these,
with the exception Of Hammond, has been
arrested. Mr. Olney's despatch to Ambassa-
dor Bayard Is considered as significant in
showing that, despite the somewhat strained
feelings caused by the Olney note and the
Presidents message on the Monroe doctrine,
the relations between Great Britain. and the
United States are cordial.
Secretary Olney received a cablegram
from Mr.. Bayard, United States Ambassador
TO Great Britain, saying that Colonial Seere-
tary Chamberlain gave assurances that he
had instructed her Majesty's High Com
missioner (Sir Hercules Robinsonl to extend
the same protection in behalf OF John Hays
Hammond and any other American citizen
involved In charges of rebellion in the
Trausvaal as would be taken in the interest
of British subjects under like circumstances.
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The Labor World.

Piano makers in Brooklyn. N. Y, are try
ing to reorganlze.
The agitation for an eight-hour working
day is spreading rapidly.
Italian stone caryers in New York City
will demand increased wages.
The building of a labor meeting hall in
Newark, N. j., Is contemplated.
The average Of ships and sailors in the
port Of London every day ts 1000 ships and
9U00 men.
In one OF the small New York City thea
tres strike among the actors revealed the
fact that the heavy villain received only
$6.75 week.
The Kings County 81" road, Brooklyn, N.
Y, has restored the wages Of its employees.
which were subjected to ten per cent. cut
two years ago.
The Whittier Cotton Mill, on the Chatta-
hoochee River, near Atlanta, Ga. has been
put in operation. Its cost was $500 o0e. 1t
has 10000 spindles.
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OLuBY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
English Protection Promised t.
Americans in Transvaal.
RELATIONS ARE STILL CORDIAL.

The Secretary Of State Embraces the First
Opportunity Of Showing This Govern
mant's Good Feeling Toward Great
Britain---Good Offices to Be Extended
5 in Behalf OF Hammond and Others.
Great Britain has seen fit to extend to all
Americans in the Transvaal that protection
which she gives to her own subjects, and for
which she is justly famed. This action is
the result Of request on the part Of the
United States in the case Of John Hays Ham
mond, the American mining engineer, under
arrest in the Transvaal by order OF President
Kruger, of the South African Republic.
A dispatch from Washington says: At an
Interview with Secretary of State Olney con-
cerning the case Of John Hays Hammond, Of
San Francisco. prominent mining engineer,
who was arrested In the Transvaal, presum-
ably on suspicion Of being connected with
the alleged conspiracy of the Uitlanders,
Senators White and Perkins, Of California.
were informed that Mr.. Olney had cabled
Mr.. Manyon, United States Consular Agent
at Johannesburg, to secure protection for all
American citizens there. Dir. Olney also
sent a despatch TO Ambassador Bayard re-
auesting him to secure the good offices OF
British representatives in South Africa for
the same purpose. .
There are said to be about 600 citizens Of
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MURDERED HER SEVEN CHILDREN.
Poverty Prompts a Kansas Mother to Pol
son Her Little Ones.

Poverty Prompts a Kansas Mother to Pol
son Her Little Ones.
After Mrs. Joseph Hildebrandt's eight chill
dren, ranging from two to fourteen years
old, residing on farm near Maysrllle, Kan.
had finished breakfast they were taken i'll.
In short time fovt Of them were dead.
The mother refused TO go after medical aid
and did not arouse tac neighbors. Finally
one of the neighbors went In. and seeing the
situation, went after help. When the doctor
arriyed three more OF the children were dead
and another was missing.
Mrs. Hildebrandt was found In the barn,
suspended by rope around her neck. She
was dead. The eighth and only child LETT
was alive at late hour, but its death was
momentarily expected.
Some time ago the husband and father was
afflicted BY cancer Of the face. He used
up what little means he had in trying to ef-
feet a cure, and few days ago went to Kan
sas City, where he Is now being treated in u
hospital.
The poverty of the family so worked on
the mind of Mrs. Hiidebrandt that she ad-
ministsred poison to her children and then
hanged herself.
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WITH HIGHEST AoAoRs..
Success of Our Commission Of Inquiry In
China.

Success of Our Commission OF Inquiry In
China. .|-s..
The United States Chengtu Commission,
consisting Of Consul Read, Lieutenant Conn
mander Merrell and Mr.. Cheshire, decided to
leave ChunkhinR, China, q city in the PROV
ince Of Seohuen. by the Yangtsekiang route.
One Immediate result OF the commissions s
arrival at Chengtu was that the represents
tiyes of all the missions destroyed In the
Chengtu riots have now returned to Chengtu.
The rebuilding Of the mission houses Will be-
gin Immediately.
The officials throughout the province, and
moro particularly those at Chengtu, have
omitted no opportunity to make public
manifestation OF their consideration for the
American Commissioners, who were received
with great ceremony wherever they went, as
men of the highest rank. -. =. S.,
The Chengtu officials have furthermore
assisted the American Methodists to pur-
chase outright additional property, thereby
upholding before the people the terms OF the
Berthemy convention, IS amended with ref
erence to rhe purchase Of property.
Also, the China Island Mission has based
for term Of years the official building occu-
pied by the American Commission while at
Chengtu. -
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countered cyclone which swept Boatswain
Jessen overheard, and did considerable dam,
age. When this cleared the vessel entered
another storm that ragged for ten days. Nearly
all the boats were badly damaged py the
immense seas which swept her from stem 70
stern.
The matches were battened down and all
turret guns and forward gums had to be re-
moved to save them. The ships carpenter.
J. Cooper, had his skull fractured and died
at Honolulu. The vessel proved very sea-
worthy, but she had narrow escape.
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sm.ed in storm between and Honolu

duel. The men agreed to use their revolvers
at forty PAGES, and shoot till their weapons
were empty. After the flrst shot they were
privileged to advance.
The frst shots were almost simultaneous,
but neither man was injured. They ad-
vanced, firing rapidly. At the second ex-
change of shots Stafford hit Thomas, and he
fell. Stafford advanced again, firing on his
prostrated rival
When Stafford was within twenty PAGES
Thomas staggered to his feet, and, with his
left hand, steadied himself against small
saplIng. He took deliberate aim and fred,
the bullet hitting Stafford in the breast.
Stafford's last shot struck Thomas In the
stomach, and he died almost ms antly
The duel has caused great excitement IN
the settlement where the young men lived.
The young woman Is severely criticised.
When told OF the dreadful outcome OF the
affair she showed but little emotion. saying
how silly for men to fight about woman.
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LIVES II 1 Lest on 9HE / SEA. u |.
The Crew Of Fishing Schooner Per-
ish OF Massachusetts,.
CAUGHT IN THEIR BERTa!s. l:la''' II
The Fortuna, In Disastrous Collision With
the British Fruit Steamer Barnstsbls.
Sank In the Night without Warning
Vessel in Fifty Fathoms OF Water Be-
fore All Could Save Their Lives,


Inc gloucester hshing-schooner foreuns
Con.,,,. t,,;t e+oarer po-r.tohIa of,
60 - :,
HiRniano hlsht' mass' Nihe "emoefs "
the Fortuaa's crew were drowned and four
teen were saved.
~. :. a., d,.,s+or -oo,ho5 poa.
Inc nfst y ne"s VI .no u,soo, . -
ton on the arrival OF the Barnstaole with the
fourteen survivors on board. From these
,o,,,ad that tha collision took
meh u "as ieainoo '' -, .,,. ,,ooo,.
place at about 7.So p. M, Wnen tne sesee.'
were about four miles on Highland light
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Ont OF the Common Run.

Great Britain's navy is composed Of $4,000
men.
On january. 1895, the armies OF the world
included 4,209, 900 men.
The annual issue OF books Is estimated at
5000, 900 volumes, consuming $4,000 tons OF
sized paper.
Sylvanus Sawyer, the inventor OF the rihed
cannon, has Just died in Templeton., Mass,
at the aga of seventy-three.
The most expensive army Of the world Is
that OF Germany, which costs from $50, ,000,-
600 to $1O5, ,0O0, cooper year.
The Duke and Duchess of Fife will spend
800, 900 In the construction Of a new resi-
dence, Mar Lodge, in Scotland.
In the new home Of the new Duchess OF
Marlborough, there are said to be twenty
staircases leading from the main foor to the
second.
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THOUSANDS KILLED.
Frightful Destruction Wrought by Earth.
quakes In Persia.

Frightful Destruction Wrought by Earth.
quakes In Persia.
A Teheran despatch says that two severe
earthquakes. causing the loss Of HOO lives,
have occurred in the Khslkhal district OF
Persia The first shock, which was expert
enced on Thursday last, was very Severe. It
completely destroyed the village Of tzanza-
bad and partly destroyed other villages.
Three hundred persons perished in the sew
erai villages. .,g
On the following Sunday there was an
other and severe shock which destroyed the
small town of Col and did great damage In
many Of the villages In the district affected.
Eight hundred persons were killed In Col
alone. Large numbers of cattle and sheep
perished. Severe earthquakes were felt, also,
at Meshed and Kelar. No damage was done
at the former place.
On November II, 1888, most destructive
earthquake occurred at Kuchan, Persia.
The city was practically, destroyed, and the
loss Of life was enormous, 1t being reported
that $4,000 perished. ........
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FATAL DUEL OVER A GIRL.

Two Florida Men Meet In tho Woods and
Fight to tho Death.
Henry Thomas and Albert Stafford fought
duel near Mount Pleasant, Fla, over q
woman with whom they were desperately In
love. Both were killed. 1t Is alleged that
the young woman constantly excited their
jealousy for amusement. -
' Until recently the men were very warm
friends. They became rivals for the affec-
tons Of the young woman, and their friend
ship was soon changed to hatred. Each has
gone around the country heavily armed.
Their friends succeeded In keeping them
apart until few days ago when they met In
the woods. apparently by accident.
Arrangements were hastily made for the
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KILLED HIS WHOLE FAMILY.
HouSaard Turned On the Gas While The,
Slept and Died With Them.


Slept and Died With Them.
Police Officer Gibbons, OF Chicago, ILL.,,
received a letter from Peter Hougaard, of
Engewood. a suburb, informing him that by
the time it was received the writer would be
dead. Officer Gibbons at once communicated
with the police station at Englewood and
IN officer was sent to Hougaard's house,
where he found the dead bodies of Hou-
gard. his wife and five children, who had
been asphyxiated by gas. Hougaard was
milk dealer and was believed to be in cou-
Portable circumstances. No motive for the
crime has vet been ascerta keC.
The bodies OF Housaard. his wife, and one
year-old child were found in one room; in an
adjoining room was found the body of an
eleven-year-old girl, and in another room the
bodies OF the three other children. The jets
OF every gas fixture in the house had been
turned on, and the cracks OF the windows
and doors had been plugged with cotton.
Death had evidently overtaken every mem
Der Of the family except the father while
they slept.
Friends OF Hougaard say that in /, business
transaction year ago he took several notes,
which have long since fallen due out were
never paid, andtt is thought that this may
have caused his despondency.
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The Maryland Senatorship.

Tho first ballot for successor to United
States Senator Gibson in the two branches Of
the Maryland Legislature, at Annapolis, re-
suited as follows: House-Wellington. %:
westcott, l6; Goldsborough. II; Miihken.
7: DRYDEN. S: Mudd, /; Torbert, i; Smith
Dem.) ), 70: Henry pem.). 6. senate-smith
fDem. J. 9; Henry (Dem.),S Wellington. 8;
Goidsborough, s; Westcott, 2: DRYDEN: 9;
Robert B. Dixon The result Of the first
days balloting showed that both Democrats
and Republicans were badly split, and that
the fight was likely 10 be protracted one.
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NEW YoRK's VOICE FOR FREE CUBA

The Assembly Demands That the Island
Patriots BE Recognized.
Cuba had an inning in the New York AS
scmbly at Albany, when Mr.. Warner. of Nj
,.sara, offered resolution as follows:
"Whereas. The struggle for independence
and for republican institutions oy the
Cubans has awakened in the people of the
Uaited States deep sympathy for their
cause and hope that they may succeed in
their momentous contest;
"Resolved Gf the senare concur), That We
participate In the deep interest which is felt
for the success Of tho people Of Cuba:
Resolved, That the President and Con-
gress OF the United States be petitioned TO
extend to the insurgents of Cuba formal
recognition of their rights us belligerents:
"Resolved, That copies of this resolution
be duly certified by the Clerk and forwarded
to the President and presiding officers OF the
United States Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives."
The resolution was adopted.
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The Bridge Collapsed.

A rairoad bridge, which spanned Tinker's
Creek. Just southeast Of Bedford Township.
Ohio, collapsed and a powerful lOo.horse
mower motor, on which were three trainmen
and attached to which was heavily laden
coal car. plunged to the bed of the creek,
siyty feet below. William Young, one OF the
trainmen, was instantly killed. Of the other
trainmen, Haymaker, was fatally injured,
and Gieb, badly hurt.
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THE BALTIMoRE'S PERIL.

O,r rrniser,a Terrible Time at SeaL-Two
....r of Her Crew Killed.
News from Honolulu received by a schooner
shows that the United States cruiser Baiti-
more had narrow escape from disaster on
her recent trip from Yokohama to Honolulu.
She reached Honolulu on December 2S,
having been twenty-one days on q passage
which seldom requires over fourteen. She
was rust from Waierline to masthead, all her
boats were damaged, and two OF her crew
were killed. Wnen three days out she en-
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eoERs' AMERICAN PRISONERS.
VIII Resent an Attempt to Confiscate Their
Property

Will hcSeuS al Sh'leLnPe W SoithoSos0 ASsA
Property
A despa.ch from johannesburg says that
among the members Of the Reform Union ar
rested upon charges of high treason are
Charles Buffers. L. n. King and Captain
Mein, all American citizens. Among the
Americans arrested Is ]. s. Curtis, who has
fo- some time been resident Of Johannes
burg. He held leading position there aud
Is very wealthy. The property Of these
Americans is threatened with conflscation.
They have declared that the United States
Government would never permit the Boer
Government to execute this threat.
An interview was mad in London with Mr..
Wiltsee, colleague Of John Hays Ham
mond, the arrested American mining enci-
neer. He said there is no doubt that MIR.
Hammond and the other Americans belonged
to the Reform Committee, which was body
formed In a time Of emergency that was sui
dciently serious to justify the Uitianders in
acting as they did. Mr. Wiltsee concluded
by declaring that the sympathies OF all the
Americans In South Africa were with the
Uitlanders.
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land City Guards and the Fourteenth Regi-
ment. National Guard, proceeded to the
State house, where Governor Mckinley de-
hvered brief address in the rotunda, and
presented the commission to his successor.
In his inaugural address the new Governor
confined himself strictly to State issues.
The exercises we're simple and very brief.
Prayer was offered by Rev. ]. W. Russell,
and the oath of Office was then admins.
tered by Judge T. E. Minshall, OF the s9-
preme Court.