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REP oRrs FROM MISSOURI.
ThoWsGnds of Families ia st. Louis ~.
1n Dire Distresa

Thousands Of Families IA st. Louis Are
tn Dire Distress.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 25.-The cold
wave which gathered in British Columbia
on Friday swept down on this section
yesterday and still continues here though
slightly abated tonight. AT o'clock this
morning the tenn mperature was exactly
zero. At. noon 3 degrees above was re-
corded and at 5 P. M. degrees above. This
extremely low temperature following
sharply upon long season of mild
weather found thousands OF. poor families
unprepared.
The demand upon the associated chari-
ties for food and fuel was pever so great
Nearly 300 men and women were in line
today waiting for assistance. The Police
Department is doing everything possible
to relieve the distress. Twenty-Five frost
bitten victims were treated ct the City
Dlspensary to-day. and three amputations
were necessary. Hundreds of homeless
people are sheltered to-day at the police
stations.
The river has not yet closed here, though
it is full OF floating ice, which endan gers
shipping. Trains were generally on time
| tDlS morning, out InlS evening dll tnOSe
due from points west and south were late,
in one instance two hours and ten min
utes. All we're delayed by snow block
AIDES. Special dispatches show that no
section west or south of this city has es-
capped the sudden fury of the blizzard.
For the first time Ice formed for a short
time over Lower White River, in Arkan-
sas, to-day. Snow is reported in West
| Tennessee and Southern Illinois. The
great fruit section of Southwestern Mis-.
souri, and Northern Arkansas has es-
pecially suffered, and nothing can save
| the crop. fall of snow that would have
saved the wheat fields of Missouri. Iowa
and Nebraska did not come with the cold
wave, and predictions of disaster to the
crop we're frequent on Change.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. %. - The
| coldest weather this winter has prevailed
during the last twenty-four hours in this
section of the Southwest. There is no
snow, but high, freezing wind has added
to the suffering. Great loss Of livestock is
reported. The cold wave extended to the
| territories. An average OF 4 degrees be-
low zero is reported in Kansas, with no
prospect of imm ediate relief
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sUFFRAGIsrs FROZEN OUT.
Feto Delegates Coming to the HON am,
COnrention at Des MoimeS.

FetU Delegates Coming to the HOmtdn's
Contention at Des Moimes.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 25.-With the
mercury ior the past three days having
scarcely mounted up to zero and most of
the time 10 to % degrees below the at
tendance will be disappointingly small
when the annual convention of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association opens
tomorrow. There is hardly delegate
from south of Kentucky, and the East
will be poorly represented compared with
expectations. The Far and Central West
will be fairly represented. AS a result the
executive com mittee tonight discussed
having the conventions hereafter in the
summer or fall and change will pro ba bly,
be made. The more noted leaders are
nearly all here. Tomorrow afternoon
Susan B. Anthony. the president, will de-
liver her annual address and the reports
will begin. They are expected to show
the work to have made encouraging
progress.
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whether Admiral Navarro is playing a
game of bluff.
In Brujo, Pinar del Rio province, hot
engagement lasting four hours was fought
on Friday, in which the Cubans num-
bered 1000 men. In Sagua another en-
gagement of importance has occurred, in
which the Spanish Captain Carerras suf-
fered losses. and the Cubans lost three
well-known leaders-Estanilas Jose Rogue
| and Pedro Nodarse.
Near Victoria de las Tunas another en-
| counter is reported between Calixto Garcia
and the Spaniards, IN which Cuban VIC
tory is beyond any doubt The Spaniards
confess to seven killed, which is an ex-
traordinary admission in an official report.
Around Havana and even in the poor
districts of the city famine is spreading
and if the destruction of all the country
continues, as Weyler intends, the misery
of the once rich capital of Cuba will at
tract the attention OF the world. The
epidemic of smallpox is augmenting. The
cases mum ber 5000 to-day.
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At CLEVBLAND, oHTO.
No Such Want aud Misery We're Ever
BsTor- RnotUn

No Such Want aud Misery Wers EUer
BeTor- RnotUn
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Jan. 25.-The ter
rible cold continues and the suffering
among che poor of Cleveland eclipses any
previous record.
This morning the mercury had dropped
to eleven below, which brought number
OF haIf-starved, halt-frozen families to the
relief departments of the city. They ap-
piled for food and coal. Red tape in the
matter of the investigation was dispensed
with, and for the first time in the history
of the city the applicants for relief were
given the benefit of a doubt.
At 10 clock tonight the United States
Weather Observatory gives record of s
degrees below, with a prospect of Is or 16
degrees below before morning Tonight
the theaters are practically deserted.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Jan. 25.-There
have been no fatalities from the extreme
cold here, though it is reported that ther-
mometers on particularly exposed points
on the hills around here registered
10 deg. below. There is considerable suf.
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fering among the poor, but the charities
have responded to all calls for relief.
DEs1IrUrIoN IN NEB8AsKA.
Omaha Supplies n 7housond Families
HiH Food Gnd FHpI.

Omaha Supplies a 7houennd Families
Hifh Food dnd Fuel.
OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 25.-Pitiful stories
of destitution are coming to the attention
of the authorities, aggravated by the IN
tense cold, which still holds its grip on
the city and State. The city authorities
to-day had over thousand families to
provide coal for in addition to food and
clothing. The charitable institutions are
able 10 assist only small proportion of
those in need OF actual protection.
There is report tonight that woman
and baby have been frozen to death at
Oak Hill, suburb of this city. Several
persons were injured by bursting water
pipes. and one child cannot recover from
injuries received. The Missouri River is
entirely frozen over, and ice has formed
foot thick on the streets
The thermometer registers from Is to II
degrees throughout the State, it being
coldest in plum bia, 100 miles from this
city. Stock seems to stand the weather
better than expected.
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MOST BARBAkoU WARFARE.
Foreigners Protest in Vain against
Spanish Atrocities.

FOTet1neTS ffOteJL IN Idts AqutnSt
Spanish Atrocities.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. pa dis
patch to the Sun from Havana says: In
the province of Havana the war has as
sumed the most barbarous character since
Weyler gave his last orders to lay waste
the entire country.
Around the town of Guines the Span
iards have destroyed everything. Moth
ing can stay their inhuman work, and the
property of either friend or foe is reduced
to ashes. Many foreigners have vainly
protested. The protest of a foreigner is
brought to Weyler. or. in his absence, to
his secretary, the Marquis de Pelmerala.
The reply is generally: "Let the foreign
matte channels"
Senorita Sigarron, distinguished
young woman, has received orders to leave
the island within week under pain of
imprisonment. Another Cuban lady,
Emelia Cordova, has received similar
order of Punishment. Clemencia Arrange,
sister of the Cuban Colonel RaouI Arrange,
was the victim of still more cruel treat
ment. The police searching her rooms for
letters from her brother treated her so
roughly as to arouse the Indignation of all
the neigh bbors.
An editor of the Diario de la Marina was
summoned to the palace of Admiral Ma
varro as soon as the news was circulated
of the destruction of the Spanish gunboat
Cometa by the insurgents near Cayamos,
Matanzas. The editor received orders to
deny the news, and accordingly the fol-
lowing lines appeared in yesterdays edi-
tion of the paper: 1.-THE splendid gunboat
/ Cometa is doing her duty on the coast of
/ Cuba. She has not been destroyed by the
| insurgents. The press of New York has
again been deceived by the lies of the
Cuban sympathizers, who, by way of Key
West. send to the Unit ed States all kinds
of false reports"
La Lucha publishes the same denial as
official, which relieves it of any RESPONSE
pility in case the authorities are in the
wrong. However, the Cubans here have
ratified the news. 1t came to Havana
through trustworthy Cuban agent.
That the town of Cayamos, where the
gunboat is said to have be blown up,
surrendered to the insurgents and was
destroyed is beyond any question.
| Admiral Navarro was so angry over the
news that he said; "I will order the
Cometa to enter Havana harbor with all
her flags flying and salute MORO Castle
with twenty Shots" Time will show
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Georainns Get the chttt.

ATLANTA, GA. Jan. 25.-The ther-
mometer touched the lowest point in the
history to-day by touching 33 degrees be-
low zero. The thermometer has been
creeping down for ths last twenty-nine
hours. The fir,t effect was to almost un-
man the railroads, the brakemen not be-
ing used to such severe weather. and
most of them gave up their places. The
thermometer in the southern part of the
State ranges from 80 to 80 degrees higher
than the northern section.
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Illuminates the Way So the
Insurgents Have Time
to Avoid Him.
Assistant Butcher Fondeviella Is
Causing a Terrible Reign
of Bloodshed.
Continues to Arrest and Slaughter
the Unfortunate Citizens Of the
Town cf Guanabacoa.

KEY WEST, FLA. Jan. 25.-Advices
from Havana say that the conflict be-
tween the sugar planters and Weyler con-
tinues with more bitterness than ever.
Both are determined to carry out their
purposes and the unusual spectacle is pre-
senred OF two contending parties fighting
with one another without openly declar-
ing their hostiities.
OF the war little that is new can be said
Weyler continues on his march without
deviating from the highways and railroad
lines. Despite the strong column march
ing with him, he fears to enter the unex-
ploled regions. AS he burns and destroys
everything in his passage, he illuminates
his way as if he carried a torch in his
hand, and the rebels can easily avoid any
encounters with his solid column. Thus
it is explained why he has no encounters
with them.
As an idea of the notorious FondevieIla' s
character, it is said that when it was re-
ported to him that all the Spanish officers
captured by Aranguerin had been re-
leased he remarked: ',Aranguerin did we'll
in setting them free, or there would not
remain a single Cuban alive to-day in
Guanabacoa."
The arrest and killing of the unfortunate
citizens of that town continues. and as he
has prohibited their removal to this city
or other places. the situation can be un-
derstood Persons who have visited the
town say there could not be more shock
ing sight All the houses are closed, ladies
fear to look out of the windows. as the SOL
diers will sureIy insult them: few citizens
walk around the streets, only armed sol
diers soiled and repulsive, are to be seen.
Reports of the landing of expeditions
have been afioat in Havana for the last
few DAYS. One is said to have landed in
Pinar del Rio and the other around Man :
zanillo. The exact location has not yet
been ascertained.
The forces under Weyler's command
number $4,000 infantry, a cavalry regi-
ment and twenty-five pieces of artillery.
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TEXAS is Suffering.
SnOtc and Steef, FolIoeCed by Hear
Fro~t ia Many Places.

SnOtc and Steef, Foltoeced by Heary
Frost ia Dnay Places.
GALVESTON, TEX, Jan. 25 = The
weather to-day at Galveston has been the
coolest experienced this winter 1t sleeted
all afternoon, and indications Ioint to a
heavy fall in temperature before night.
At Dallas it has been freezing all day, and
the temperature is falling. The ther-
mometer registers % degrees above.
AT San Antonio this has been the cold
est day for many years; the temperature
was Is degrees above zero. Indications
are that it will be much colder before
morning. The ground is frozen hard.
Seve al big ranches west of here are re-
ported suffering with the cold and much
damage will result. At Ell Paso the
temperature is 46 degrees above and fall
in
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IN SENATE AND Ass EMBn1.

Bills of Small Importance and an Ap-
propriafion for Printing.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, Jan. 25.-In the
Assembly to-day Shanahan arose to
question of privilege and denied the asser-
ton made in San Francisco paper that
he had had two friends put on the tenn
porary roll.
Speaker Coombs announced the follow
ing committee to investigate the Duck
worth matter: Waymire. Kenyon. Strain,
Stansell, Keables, Emmons- aud Boone.
Belshaw's bill fixing the number of tenn
porary and permanent attaches of future
Legislatures was reported back by the
Retrenchment Committee with the rec.
ommendation that it be passed. North
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UnalIersated ANf.rl,.a az MtI,cnm,.ee.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 25.-The cold
wave which came here Saturday was here
to-day III full force. This morning the
thermometer registered 20 degrees below
zero. The relief organizations of the city
are overwhelmed with applications ior
help from the suffering unem ployed, and
there is mucn distress that cannot be al
Ieviated. Lake traffic continues under OBJ
stacles, a most impenetrable mass Of
steam arising from the water.
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city and throughout the State during the
past forty-eight hours, and still continues.
At o'clock this morning the thermome-
ter registered 8 deg. below zero. Several
cases of probable suffering were reported
to the County Commissioners and relief
was promptly furnished. Trains are pull
ing in and out on schedule time and no
serious delay is reported either on noun
tain or prairie roads.
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FROM THE VEST
Mercury 32 BelotU and Great Loss o
livestock Is Fear~d.

Mercury 80 BelotC and Great Loss of
livestock Is Fear~d.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 25.-Bxcessive
cold is reported again to-day ali over the
Northwest. 1t is 20 below In st. Paul and
as low as 81 below at points northwest of
here. Signal service reports, however. in
dictate that there will be slight mode
tion tomorrow.
Railroad trains are all running here,
but are from one to four hours late, ow-
ing to the inability of the trainmen to
keep up steam in such intense cold. The
South Dakota rotary snowplows are work
ing to raise the blockade caused on all
railroads by Saturdays and Sunday s
storm.
The Chicago and Northwestern n Railroad
will soon have its East and South lines
open from Huron. snowplow has bee n
sent to the train snowbound at High ore,
S. OAK, since Saturday last with abo ut
forty passengers.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroa d
in Dakota is com Uletely tied up, and it
will be several days before an attempt
will be made to open the Great Northern
line between Watertown and Huron.
Nothing concerning stock on the ranges
can be learned for several days, but it is
feared the intense cold and deep snow will
entail severe losses.
Apprehension is also felt for settlers in
remote districts where fuel is scarce. The
storm covers a vast area of South Dakota
and in many respects is more severe than
the storm of 1888, when 107 persons per-
ished.
DULUTH, MINI. Jan. 25.-The Gov
ernment thermometers here to-day regis
tered 81 degrees below Zero but private
instruments went much lower. There is
no wind. 1t is 81 below zero on the ranges
at Virginia, AZ at Tower, 40 at Ely aud %
at Two Harbors.
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ARREsrED IN CUBA.
President CLsveLand Submits Some In
formation to the SENATE.

form ation to the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25.-The
President to-day sent to the Senate, in
response to resolution, list of American
citizens, either native born or naturaliZed,
who have been arrested in Cuba since the
beginning of the present insured ton,
together with the action taken in each
case. The arrests number seventy four.
OF these seven have been tried. and ap-
peals were taken in two instances from
the sentence i'm posed-those of Sangullly
and SomeilIan. In the case of the five
Competitor prisoners a new trial has been
ordered. Seven American newspaper cor
respondents were also arrested and ban
ished.
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TOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.
Gathering at Ne+U York City to Attend
the Grand Council.

the Grand Council.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 25.-From all
sections of the country officers of the Vol
unteers of America are on their way to at
tend a grand council beginning next
Wednesday at headquarters, Union square
and Sixteenth street.
Besides Commander and Mrs. Booth
there will be present. among others, Lieu
tenant-CoIonels Fielding of Chicago,
Washing ton Blackhurst of San Francisco.
Cheeron of Grand Rapids, William Wool
ley OF Buffalo and Patty Lindsay of New
York.
Perhaps the most important topic to be
discussed will be the question of branch
ing out in foreign fields. Bylaws and
rules for the government of the Volun-
teers will be adopted.
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from sPANIsH SOURCES.
Information Given Ont by the Legation
at Washington.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25.--'The
most complete news that we have yet re-
ceived from Cuba" said Mr.. Dubosc, the
first secretary OF the Spanish legation +,
to-day, reached US to-day by cable from
Madrid. 1t is a telegram from the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, Duke Tetuan, en-
bodying the points of a dispatch sent to
him by the Captain General at Havana.
The Dukes dispatch reads as follows:
'''General Weyler at the head of four
teen battalions has traversed the provinces
of Havana and Matanzas compelling the
principal rebel chiefs to fly to Las Villas,
abandoning their horses in the river Ha-
bana, many of the fugitives perishing in
Maritimas. Weyler considers that in Ha-
vana and Matanzas there are no longer
great organized bands to disperse, and that
both provinces may be regarded almost
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Extremely Co,d IN Hisoonstn.

MADISON, Wis, JAN 25.-The temper
ature was recorded at Wash burn Observa-
tory to-day at % deg. below zero The
absence of the wind diminishes the suffer-
ing among the poor. AS the day advanced
the temperature rose a few degrees.
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mo Wave strtkes Alaban.a.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. j an. 25.-The cold
wave struck Alabama last night and it
has been getting colder ever since. The
lowest temperature reached up TO 10
O'Clock toni hit was: At Birmingham 20
above. Montgo merry %. Mobile q.
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Grorinn Coidcr in Michiann.

DETROIT, MICH, Jan. 25.-The in
tensely cold weather moderated some dur
ing the day and at o'clock this evening
the thermometer registered 3 deg. below
zero. Later, however, it again grew colder
and at 10 O'Clock it is deg. below.
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So 4hnre nero in .Ae,n York :.

NEW YORK, N. Y. Jan. 25.-The aver
age temperature here to-day was 10 de-
grees above. At midnight the thermome-
ter registered 6 above. This is the lowest
so far this winter.
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CoEorndo In ,he len GRIN

DENVER, CoLo., Jan. 25.-The coIdest
weather of the winter has prevailed in this
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POSTAL NOTIFICATIONS.
|at the Universal Congress Has
Accomplished.

III hNNottt
~astington. May 81. = The postal
kress held another session, dispOs.
Of important measures. The con-
Is raised the limit of value to be
WED and payable on parcels sent
post to $500. instead OF 500 rs at
bent, The report on international
bey orders was discussed and a re-
lton made Of one-half of the pres
TAX, which is 1 per cent on all
hey orders above $40. An official
1ement was given out reciting that
principal notifications made by
) congress Of the convention signed
Nlenna in 1891. and which will be
paed on Jan. /. 1899. by the treaty
4 agreed upon. are as follows:
|iSt-The taxes on territorial and
Fiime transit are to be gradually
fened every two years and the
ltement Of these expenses will be
Eiderably simplihed.
kcoad = International postal cards
prepaid will pay a double tax In
Re Of assessing letter postage rates.
reducing the fee for letters not
paid from 10 cents to 4 cents.
|hlrd-Samplas OF merchandise are
pwed in exchange with countries of
union up TO $50 grammes In the
ce Of go grammes as heretofore.
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THE DEATH OF RUIZ
diST VI DIR. CALHOUN'S FORTHCOM-
ING.REPORT.
Inc specini Co~mmissioner Agrees
win she Statement Of Consul
"e"erai Lee That DIR. Esuix ;s:Sa
OF Violence After q Shameful De-
MAI of His Treaty RightS-Wtt-
hesses We're Afraid to Testify.

Havana. May 31.-The commission
eonuuctlng the inquiry into the circum-
stances surrounding the death Of DIR.
huiz a closed its labOrs. A mysteri-
Gus messenge: from Washington came
from tampa on the steamer Mascotte.
out did not land. Mr.. Fisher. secretary
Oh the commission. accompanied by
consul General Lees son, went on
BOARD the steamer before she sailed
n had a brief consultation with the
stranger. and 1t is supposed that they
ueilyered to him the report of the com
mission and other highly important
dispatches from Consul General Lee
and Mr. Calhoun to be conveyed to the
state department at Washington.
Niessrs' Calhoun and Fishback will
cave next Thursday for New York.
IL Is understood In political circles that
a long conference was held between
slr. Calhoun and the Marquis de Mon
toro' chairman of the Autonomist
party, at which the Cuban problem
and the political reforms for the island
OHered by Spain were thoroughly dis
cussed. which fact is much commented
upon.
Or the two reports understood 70
nave been sent from Havana by the
commission investigating the death OF
Dr. Ruiz. the one by Mr.. Calhoun.
representing the United States govern.
ment, and the other by Jose Congasto,
the Spanish consul at Philadelphia.
who acts for the Spanish government.
the former will. 1t is said, agree with
the statement Of Consul General Lee
d a DIR. Ruiz died from conclusion OF
the brain. the result Of violence after
solitary confinement of more than
thirteen days. regardless Of his treaty
rights.
The exact facts as to how DR.. Ruiz
received the blow which killed him
Gen. Lee and DR.. Calhoun could not
learn because half OF the witnesses
examined were prisoners. and 1t is be-
heyed were afraid to testify fully.
The remaining witnesses were the jail
ers. who would not testify SO as to in
crlminate themselves. The relief of
suffering Americans by Gen. Lee goes
on daily. Several hundred have al
ready been assisted.
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Haired the Telescope.

Chicago. May 31.-Yerkes obserya-
tory, at williams Bay. Wis, will be
closed for the summer, the movable
floor Of the dome having been wrecked
by a fall of fortyIive feet This floor
which was seyenty-iye feet in diane.
fer. was suspended by inch cables and
unbalanced the floor. which fell to the
bottom OF the dome. In it's fall 1t
carried the winding stairway OF the
support OF the telescope with 1t. crush
ing the electric apparatus underneath
IL. The floor lies now a complete
wreck. The loss from this part OF the
accident Is slight. but it Is feared the
lar may have disturbed the accuracy
os some Of the very delicate machinery
Of the telescope.