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Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Today's limited supply of cattle was sufficient for the demand. Prices as a rule were somewhat lower than those prevailing yesterday. Steers ranged from s4.OO to s4.25 for common grades up to $5.25@5.50 for the best offerings, the bulk selling at $43O@5.1o, there being the usual Tuesday scarcity of prime lots. Stockers and feeders sold fairly well, and butchers and canners' cattle were firm and anil mated. Calves were less active and lower, choice lots selling at $6.15. is5
 Hogs showed a reduction of 5 cents. Heavy packers, sS.5c@3.55 prime, s365@ 3.75; the bulk at sa.55Q3.65. Pigs, s335@D3 55
 Trade in sheep and lambs fairly active, firm; sheep wanted at $3.00@3.5O for the poorest up to $465@475 for few prime to fancy f1ocks. Lambs, $400@45O for the commonest up to s5.7OQ5.75 for extra lots, most of the offerings selling at s4.25 and upwards.
 Receipts: Cattle. 4.5Oo; hogs. 34.OOO; sheep. 15,000
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NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD
 COMPANY. .,sc

TIME TABLE NO. 3--IN EFFECT
 Monday, January 4. 1897. at 500 m. Passenger, I ra~Ssensel, ~ Daily except 1 Da1ly except Sundays. ouhuays.
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Tn w all Street.

New York, Jan. 4.-Prices of stocks show . ed further decline today and there was nothing to indicate, that the decline was due to any other cause than the preponder- ance of those who desire to sell over those who deserd to buy. There was some short selling by thep rofessional bears, but no marked recuperation such as would be caused by the covering of shorts was man. ifest, and the bears, if they sold, were ap- parently content to leave their contracts open. The specialties continue to absorb the largest share of attention, but the mar ket showed broader tendency and the liquidation extended more generally through the list. Metropolitan Street Rail- way was feverish and cratic throughout, moving over range of 21s points and clos ing with gain of a fraction. The stock at one time shared in the weakness of the general list and fell 1A points. Manhat- tan was under pressure all day after a mo- mentary gain at the opening and fell to the lowest, 110, only little before the close with Q feeble rally. There was obvious bear pressure against this stock Net losses of large fraction arc general throughout the list and a number of prom inent specialties and railroad stocks nota- bly, among Southern and Southwestern roads and the coalers, show no losses of Q point or over.
 Yesterdays furry fin the money market
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Financial ,rlr Ian 4-Eyening Pc.

New York Cotton Market. New York. Jan. 4-The market in cotton opened very ddsappointingly after beirx
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SAMUEL HUNT.
 General Manager. O. K. CAMERON,
 Master of Trains. N. R. ADRIANCE,
 Superintendent.
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TOTS LOCKED IN.
While Mrs. Buck Toiled Two Children
Were Burned tn Death.

Brooklyn. Dec. is Fire added two
more victims to it's tragic list in Brook
Ign yesterday morning. The fire started
at $50 in the three-story rear frame
house at No. 81 Sullivan street. Those who
lost their lives were Emma Buck. 3 years
old. and Jimmie Buck. ; years old. chill
dren Of Mr.. aud Mrs. Henry Buck. john
ny, their only other child. who is only l6
months old. had "A narrow escape from
death.
Mr.. Buck is a tar roofer and earns only
50 a week. His wife. an industrious wo-
wan. was anxious TO supplement his earn
lngs. SO that she could buy a Christmas
tree and some presents for the little ones.
For several days she has been doing
household work for families I'm President
street. and when she left the house at
$50 yesterday morning she gleefully told
her husband that Santa Claus would be
good to their children this year.
Mr.. Buck has all along objected to his
wife ~'eaving the children alone. but she
seemed to have nothing but the happiness
Of their offspring in view In the Christ
mas season and insisted on doing extra
work.
Mr.. Buck left home a half hour later
than his wife. She left the key with l.rs.
Mary a. Duncan. who has been looking
after the Buck children in the absence Of
the parents.
Mrs. Duncan went TO the Bucks home
AT half past eight o'clock. She saw Jennie
standing at one of the windows, the
shade OF which was i'm flames. Mrs. Dun
can opened the apartments and found
Emma lying on the bed. Her clothing and
that on the bed were ablaze and the child
was screaming in agony. Jennie stu
stood by the window, the flames licking
her neck and body. She was beating with
her fingers on the window and shrieking
for her mother. Johnny, half suffocated
by smoke. was fastened in a high chair.
The fire had not yet reached him.
An ambulance was from the
| Long Island College hospital. While on Its
way to the house Emma died. Jennie was
taken to the hospital. where she died at
2 o'clock I'm the afternoon.
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portant enough to require the best en-
ergies OF all the members OF TINS COM
mission for the period OF two years.
1T Is the first attempt made. under
governmental authority. TO ascertain
these facts for the guidance OF
and state legislatures In the enactment
Of a constantly increasing body OF In
dustrial Legislation"
The sessions Of the British-American
joint high commission end on the 2oth
inst. During their stay in Washington
the distinguished visitors from England
and Canada have been the recipients or
many social attentions. and have been
in a constant wbirl Of social functions.
Many elaborate entertainments of va
ried character have been given In their
honor by persons prominent in the po-
litical and social life Of the capital.
The gentlemen and their ladies seem
TO have thoroughly enjoyed all the din
ners, luncheons. receptions. excursions.
etc. But the commissioners have still
found time to do a great deal OF hard
work on the business that brought them
to Washington. On many points Ions
at variance between the United States
and h Dominion cordial agreement
has been reached. Others are still UNI
disposed OF. One of the most important
propositions yet at issue Is OF particular
interest to people OF the mountain
states. Canadian commissioners have
made the suggestion that the United
States admit LEAD ore and free nickel
matte from Canada free of duty. cou-
pied with free lumber or a reduction
in the lumber duty. In return for this
IL Is proposed by the Canadians TO
grant TO all American products the same
preferential duties as now prevail In
favor OF Great Britain. These rates are
a reduction OF one-fourth upon all ex-
isting Canadian tariff schedules.
Some of the American commissioners
are strongly in favor of agreeing to this
change in duties. believing 1t to be OF
decided advantage TO the United States.
one circumstance, however. operates to
embarrass them. Our last treaty with
Mexico provides that Mexican imports
shall. under the favored nation" clause.
receive the benefit of any reductions in
duties ranted by us TO importations
from any other country. To any Mex
lean duplication of Canadian conces-
sions there IL much opposition, al
though 1t would undoubtedly be ac-
ceptable to many shelters. 1t would.
however. raise the hole controversy
about the admission of free lead ores
from across the Rio Grande, and the
entire Mexican tariff question. and
therefore IL is doubtful II anything af-
firmative comes from the Canadian
proposition.
But whatever the legislative outcome
OF the meetings of the joint high COM
mission. there is not the shadow of a
doubt that relations between the United
States and the Dominion government
have been greatly improved as a result
OF the conferences and will hereafter
continue those OF amity and good will.
HOSFORD.
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alongside the collier. whose injury had
been temporarily repaired. and coaled
during the night.
Thirteenth-Inasmuch as Il was
known that. in case the Spanish squad
ron had reached Santiago. Admiral
Sampson was able to block any move
ment OF the enemy through the BG-
hama channel. my intention in stand
ing to the westward was. should IL be-
come necessary to bar any effort OF the
enemy to reach v by a dash
through the Yucatan passage.
Fourteenth-On the oath inst. con-
tinued coaling the Texas and Marble
head. n later the Vixen. In the af-
ternoon. having managed to get SUM-
Gent coal into these vessels to enable
them TO remain with the squadron.
shaped course for Santiago. OF winch
port we arrived about dusk. Estab-
lished an inner picket line. consisting
OF the Vixen and Marblehead. the re-
mainder OF the squadron lying of the
entrance OF the port about four or 1--WE
miles out.
F1fteenth-The next morning. 18th
inst. steamed in to examine the en-
trance to the harbor and sighted the
Cristobal Colon. apparently moored.
head and stern across the western chan
mel around Cayo Smith: also one OF
the vessels OF the Niscaya or Infanta
Maria Teresa class moored in the east
ern channel. and two small torpedo
boats Later In the day made out the
military tops OF a third vessel.
Sixteenth-A close blockade OF the
harbor has been maintained and no
vessels have entered or left since our
arrival. Yesterday morning. H.. NJ. =.
interchangeable came up to the line OF
blockade and made signal. requesting
permission to communicate with the
commodore" which was, OF course.
granted. A boarding officer came on
board the flagship with a letter from
the commanding officer, Captain l.. A.
Primrose. requesting permission for
the vessel to pass the line OF blockade
In order To communicate with the Eng
lish consul at this port. Ny reply was
thai there would not be the slightest
objection to his doing 80. Instead,
however. OF availing himself or the per
mission. the Indefatigable steamed OF
from the direction h came, signalling
mo harm done courtesy" IL may have
been that his learning that the Spanish
fleet was in port was of more import
ance than the consul. and he may have
desired first to communicate with his
government from Jamaica.
Seventeenth-On the 30th inst, the
New Orleans arrived, conveying the
collier Sterling.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the coaling Of
n large fleet of vessels, I would par
ticularly call the departments atten-
ton to the necessity for heavy bags.
holding about 500 pounds in addition to
buckets. which have not proven OF much
use. They should also be provided with
at least six cotton bales of heavy
wooden camels. six to eight feet
broad. to be used as fenders At pres
ent we are coaling on all favorable ac-
casions in plain sight of the enemy's
fleet. Respectfully, w. S. SCHLEf,
Commodore u. $. N, COMMANDMENTS
Chief Flying Squadron.
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APPLICATION FOR PARDON.
A Maine ArtiIIeryman Rugged n Citizens
Wife.

Savannah. Ga, Dec. 1~S.-Prominent cit
liens have interested themselves in behalf
of Moore. the Maine artilleryman. h
was the other day sentenced to pay a fine
of $500 or serve co days on the chain gang
by Judge Norwood for attempting on the
streets to hug the wife of a prominent
citizen. A petition to the governor for
pardon II being circulated and IL is being
signed not only by leading men. but by So
ciety women as well. Moore was hilar-
iously intoxicated at the time of the Of
Tense. He has borne an excellent reputa-
ton i'm his command. His petition Will go
to the governor probably tomorrow. and,
considering the high character OF the
signers. IL II probable the pardon Will be
promptly granted. Moore is now on the
chain gang. where he has been for two
weeks. The petitioners say they think his
degradation and punishment have been
ample.
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Locomotives for China.

Philadelphia. Dec. 1s.-The Baldwin To-
connective works has within the last few
days received orders for IS locomotives.
Of which l6 are for the imperial railway
of him making the second order re-
ceived from that country within 10
months. A contract with the Reading
Railway company calls for IS freight en-
gines and five switching engines of the
heaviest type ever operated on the sys-
tenn They are to be especially adapted
for use in the subway. The Chicago &
Great Western has also ordered 10 large
freight engines. while numerous smaller
orders have been received from railroads
all over the country, In addition to work
ing day and night. II has recently been
found necessary to increase the force OF
men at the works.
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A.. Iu,.rna,ionai Demonstration.

London. Dec. Is.-The venerable William
Mcdonald Sinclair. a~rchdeacon Of the st.
Paul cathedral. presided at a public con-
ference at ST. James Hall to-day, con-
vened by the heads OF the various relig-
Ious denominations in V Of an inter-
national demonstration on behalf of the
cars disarmament proposal. A telegram
expressing sympathy with the EFFORT was
received from Lord Rosebery. Among the
letters read by the chairman from prom
inent people was n sent by Lord
George Hamilton. secretary OF state for
India. who wrote advocating ian Anglo
saxon-Russian understanding. OF which
the cars script ought to be the foun-
dation." A resolution in accordance with
the objects OF the c~onveners Of the con-
ference was adopted unanimously.
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SUSPICION OF FOUL PLAY.
The Charred Remains of a Man Found i'm
the Ruins of "a Hut.

Rondout, Dec. 1S.-The charred remains
of Edward Hotallng were found in the
ruins Of a hut i'm the little settlement of
Cottekill, Ulster county. Hotaling was q
years of age. and a son Of Isaac Hotaling.
His identity was established by a small
piece of an undershirt on which there
was a patch. His sister. who made the
Identification. says she sewed on tie
patch. Hotaling. who was a cement quar-
ryman. drew his money on last Saturday
and. i'm company with William Oster-
houdt, also a quarryman, attended a raf-
fe in Cottekill. The two men. according
to O%sterhoudt. got intoxicated and wan
dered to a pice of woods nearby. where
they entered a small frame shanty that
had been built by some boys. 1t was then
2 o'clock on Sunday morning. They built
a fire in n small stove and stretched
themselves down on the floor. which was
of earth and covered with leaves. Be
tween 4 and : o'clock. O~sterhoudt says,
he woke up and went home. leaving Ho-
falling behind. At about 1880 on Sunday
morning Alfred Crispell passed by and
found tina the shanty had been burned
down. n among the ruins were the
charred bones Of a human being. The
head and trunk lay near the stove and
the hands and feet were burned on.
There was a pool OF blood where Hotal-
ing's head lay. and near the stove the
leaves were saturated with blood Dis
trict Attorney Cantine and Coroner Cou-
tant will make an investigation. Oster-
houdt. by his own statement, was the last
person in company with Hotaling.
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A Monument Unveiled.

C~onstantinople. Dec. 1s.-The Russian
grand Duke Nicholas, who arrived here
on Friday on board a Russian steamer.
unveiled to-day at Catalina, near San
Stefano. where, March. 1878. was signed
the treaty of peace which terminated the
Russo-Turkish war. a to the
Russian soldiers who fell in that con-
nlct. The unwilling was accompanied
with much ceremony and a military pa
rade. at which representatives from all
the states were present.
At the reception at the palace yester-
day the grand duke handed the sultan the
cars autograph letter and Informed his
majesty that Emperor Nicholas had dele
gated him Uhe grand duke) to draw
closer the ties of friendship binding the
two countries. Decorations and presents
were exchanged.
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A MIGHTY CLOSE CALL
Express Left the Track on Q High
Trestle.
SEVEN CARS IN A HEAP
One Man Was Killed and Eight Injured.
Baggage and Smoking Car Were
Ground to splintsrs-sixty
Miles an Hour.

Indianapolis, Dec. 1s.-A wreck &C.
CURED on the Indianapolis. Decatur *
Western railroad at 2:30 O'Clock this
morning, SO miles west of Indianapolis,
near Guion station. The Indianapolis
express, ~eastbound, left the track west
of a high trestle and passed over the
~trestle, which was so feet long, with
seven coaches off the rails and bump
ing along the ties. The trestle is SO
feet high and IL Is considered phenom-
email that the train was not hurled OF
into the creek. in which event the
slaughter of life would have been fear
full. The rear car just left the trestle
when a spreading OF the rails ahead
piled the seven cars into a heap. The
baggage and smoking car were ground
almost into splinters m all of the cars
were badly wrecked. There were about
so passengers on the train and not a
woman or child in the list. 1t is
claimed tina the train was running
nearly so miles an hour to make up
for lost time.
The killed:
T.. NJ. WELLS. superintendent Of
schools of Douglass county, Illinois.
Injured:
Daniel Pointer, Decatur. Ill. head cut
N neck and shoulders bruised.
Andrew Kafer, Lawrenceville, Ind,
head badly cut.
A.. J. Diddle. Indianapolis. Ind,
frightfully cut about the face.
NJ. j. Moore, Indianapolis. head cut.
spine injured and internal injuries.
Warren Sailor. indianapolis, slightly
injured.
J. A. Mitchell. conductor, ankles in
jured.
w. Scott, indianapolis, slight injuries.
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WILL BE STOPPED.
Havana VIII Not he Allowed to Dispose
of Franchises.

Havana. Dec. 1S.-General Clous called
on General Castellanos to-day by appoint
ment to bring to the latter's notice the
action of the Havana municipality. in at
tempting to hastily negotiate. during the
last days of Spanish control. a sewer CON
tract involving the city I'm an Indebtedness
of millions of dollars.
The project underlying the contract was
approved by the municipality last Friday
without sufficient examination. and the
contract was to be executed at the next
meeting of the council, tomorrow morn
ing.
General Castellanos expressed his sur
prise. asserting that he a received no
previous intimation OF the contemplated
action. and thanked General Clous for
informing him regarding a proposal which
was entirely without his sanction and OPP
posed to his directions and desires. He
promptly announced that his secretary
would inform the civil government and
the military authorities that no contracts
of this nature must be entered upon, and
that whatever had been done in this line
must be annulled.
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OUTLAW BREWER SHOT.
Fell Before q Posse After ~Forty-One
Bullets Hit Him.

Brunswick. Ga. Dec. 1S.-Bob Brewer.
the notorious South Georgia ~half-breed
indian outlaw. fell before a hail of bull
let's to-day. n Is now at deaths door
with Al wounds i'm his body. II Is
not thought he will live until morning.
II carried back TO Jesup. the scene OF
his former crimes, he will be lynched.
Brewer 10 years ago assassinated Cap
tain Forsyth. manager of h Hilton a
Dodge lumber company interests IN
Dodge county and who was a partici-
pant in the great land conspiracy mat
sent Hall. the well known Georgia at
torney. TO the Ohio ~penitentiary. m
Trough down the power Of the United
States court into the squatter Ian
grabbing game. After this event. for
which Brewer escaped punishment for
lack of evidence. he lead the Jesup riot
ers. and during Christmas. 1852. meade
a band of armed murderers, killing
alone four white citizens Of Wayne
county. and precipitating a riot that
resulted in the whites OF the surround
ing country banding together and
breaking open the Jesup jail. taking
therefrom all the negro inmates to deal
them terrible deaths AT the hand Of
lynch law justice.
In all IL negroes paid the penalty OF
Brewers riotous conduct that Christ
mas day, despite the efforts Of
Georgla's governor In calling out the
nuSSafS OF savannah anu Nnt IliltintH
of Brunswick to protect their lives and
property. Every negro around Jesup
was run TO the woods. Brewer escaped
the mob's fury and was only found to-
day at Johnston station and forced to
battle for his life. He stood against
the posse until. weighted with bullets
and weak from loss OF blood. he fell in
his tracks cursing the men that brought
him to his doom.
Solicitor General Benne says that
Brewer was an ndian h~alf-breed. with
all the cunning and rev~engefulness OF
an Indian. He terrorized Wayne coun-
~ for years and on the fateful Christ
mas OF 1889 shot the town marshal Of
Jesup To death. Three brave men Of a
posse that sought to capture him met
with n like fate. and waving n smoking
rifle at his pursuers Brewer escaped to
the woods. Crime after crime was af-
terward announced in that region. and
each time the half-breed was reported
TO have been seen In the neighborhood
where they had been committed.
When the Cuban war came Brewer
was said 10 have Joined the insurgents.
and not until his discovery al Johnston
station yesterday was he known to
have returned to his old haunts. The
organization Of "A posse was made
quickly and the blood which had cooled
since that day 10 years & boiled
again for vengeance. IL was a battle
TO the death and not n man ninched.
Brewer wounded several men before he
fell. and as they were carrying him to
the jail his avage nature vented itself
in kicks at the men who bore him.
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marked. New York and the continent do
ing most OF the buying. while London
was inclined to realize. the result being
that the close was generally lower.
Among the declines were New York Cen
trail A Hudson River railroad shares.
which fell II point; Atchison. Topeka a
Santa Fe adjustments. 1; Atchison. To-
peka * Santa Fe preferred. X: Atchison.
Topeka a Santa fFe ordinary. y: Reading
gold bonds. 1: Reading first preferred. "a:
Reading ordinary. u; Norfolk a Western
preferred. y: Norfolk a Western ordi-
nary. y: Illinois Central, y; Louisville a
Nashville. u; Wabash debentures. n;
Wabash preferred. n: Erie firsts. Is;
Southern Pacific. *: Baltimore a Ohio.
u: Chesapeake & Ohio. u: Denver & Rio
Grande. Y: New York. Ontario * West
ern. u: Northern Pacific. 4: Central Pa
ciic. y; Missouri. Kansas & Texas. y:
Pennsylvania. y: Union Pacific ordinary
rose 12s: Union Pacific preferred. a and
Denver & Rio Grande preferred. u
Money on call was in good demand at
from 2ixd3 per cent: three-months' bills
firm at from 3 7-lea5h per cent.