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The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
Explosion of the Boiler of the
 Towboat Percy Kelsey.
OHIO RIVER STREWN WITH WRECKAGE.
Six or Eight of the Crew Killed and Oth- CTS Injured Explosion Heard for Miles Searching for the
 Bodies of the Victims.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 9.-The boiler of the tow boat Percy Kelsey, owned by ". II. Brown & Son. of this city, blew up while going down the Ohio river, near Gente ld Pa, about II a. m., and six or eight of the crew were killed, and at least four of the others injured. The boat was commanded d by Capt. Leslie Jon es. of Shoustown, Pa, and the crew was made up of two pilots, two engineers, two mates, two firemen, chambermaid, cook and the decA hands, in all about twelve persons.
 The Kelsey left Pittsburgh about 8 a. m. with tow. consisting of seven barges and two flats of coal, and every thing was apparently all right till the explosion took place, when the boat was literally blown to pieces, and the tow scattered and lost. The hull sunk almost immediately, and the shattered portions of the upper works Hoated down the river and covered the wate r in the vicinity of the wreck.
 The explosion was most terrific, and was heard for miles. Hundreds of per sons ran to the river upon hearing the noise, and an awful sight met thei gaze. Bodies were floating down the river, and the debris was scattered far and wide. but no live person was seen. A few minutes later Capt. Jones and three others were picked up alive, but badly injured, and one body foated ashore near Neville island.
 The injured were removed to Capt Crows residence on Neville island, where yerything possible was done to alleviate their sufferings. It is be- lieved the rest of the crew were killed. and parties are lew searching for their bodies.
 The list of dead and injured, as far as known at 1:30 p. h., was:
 KILLED
 Milton Woods, pilot, Allegheny, Pa. aged 10.
 Thomas Flynn, second engineer.
 Joseph LaIly. second mate.
 Lee Webster. fireman.
 Lee Bechtold, fireman, and another fireman are still missing.
 INJURED.
 Leslie Jones. captain, badly burned and hurt about the body; condition serious.
 Percy F. Woods, apprentice pilot; wilt probably die.
 David Walker, one of the crew; se- riously hurt.
 AdoIph WandeIl, steward, seriously hurt.
 It is not known at present what caused the explosion. The boats boil CTS were recently tested and found to be in good condition, and the boat was considered one of the best and stauneh- est on the river. It was valued at S5, . 900.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
HORSES


 Heavy draft. good to extra. ......S 50 O0a130 co Drivers, good To extra ..s..+.. 50 0l9B200 Q0 Saddlers good t0 extra .....,,.... 45 00a lb0 % Matched teams. good to extra. 150 09 ae350 % Slreeters. -.tt...- 70 Ul9l 20 01 southern animals .....=s...s...s ta 0tB 55 to
 MULES.
 II hands f Go years old ....,....S 22 501 45 % l4tg hands, to years old ..,....- 2a | 4G 5a 00 l5 hands. to years .5z zzz54.ssss t 50 1 87 50 l51a hands. i to years old ......s. 42 50 7a % l6 to I62 hands, to years old. 55 00bl20 00 CHICAGO Hogs Estimated receipts 4to10 headi left over. t,519 heal Market active and strong. 5e higher Light S345a3 6 mixed, 800 83a0i heavy Si4083e5la; rough, s l0d3 45. Cattle Receipts l90o0 head. Market steady to loe lower Reeves. B 30 65.40, cows and hef- CTS, s2.00a440; Texas steers, S325 84 30 stock CTS and feeders. S320 sl.25. Sheep Receipts, s00J0 head. Market I0e lower. Natives. &. 500 460; westerns, 3,50a430; lambs 8E0JD560 KANSAS CITY =CattIe-Texas steers E. 900 42o, Texas cows, S249836 65. native steers, S3 69a5.01. native COWS and heifers. fl.500425: stoekers and feeders. S3.01a450. bulls S2 25a &65 Hogs Bulk of sales t35 43.55 heagies. a3.3oa 60; packers and mixe1. S885 5a35a5: lights E 3eg33af yart1ers st518355; pigs, 800a325. Sheep Lambs. SL00G5.5O; nut tons S30J0L30,
 CINCINNATI -Hogs-Aetive at s3o0a3e5
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
RIFLE TRAGEDY.
Horrible Murder of Family of Thre,
 Near BrookfieId, Mass.

WORCESTER Mass, Jan. I1.-Francis D. Newton, prosperous farmer of Brool1deld, his wife Sarah and their ten-year-old adopted daughter Ethel, were found murdered in their beds The crime was discovered by neigh. bors whose curiosity was aroused by the lowing of the unfed cattle The three had been killed with an ax. A hired man who had been employed by Newton is miss ing and the authorities are making q search for him. He was known only by the name of Paul He was last seen Friday night, just before midnight, more than mile from the Newton house going n the direction of Brook field.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
THE FlFTY-FiFTH CONGRESS-.
(First Regular Ses.ion.l SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. f0=Rev. Bishop Merrill D. D., of Chicago delivered the invocation at the opening of the senate
 4 bill was reported favorably from the Indian committee preventing rail road companies from charging more .han three cents mile for passengers through the Indian territory.
 4 resolution looking to the filtration of the water used in the city of Wash ington caused Senator Hale, before it was referred to the District of Golum- bia committee, to say that in no part of the United States was there city whose citizens are so inn posed upon and abused as to the water supply as are the citizens of Washington. We are confronted with bad, foul water said he. 50 filthy. indeed Us to make it dangerous to drink and irksome even to take bath
 At 12:5o p. m,, on motion of Mr. Davis tMinn.1 chairman of the committee on foreign relations. the senate went in- to executive session to consider the Hawaiian annexation treaty.
 The Hawaiian treaty was not taken up immediately ill the executive ses- sion as a number of nominations were first confirmed.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
EMBEZzLER ARRESTED.

Fred Jentges Locked ID It st. Louis \ l.
 ter Dodgtng the Police Nearly Three
 Years.
 ST LOUIS, Jan. Il.-Fred Jentges, wanted since April, 1893, for the eln- bezzlement of 8, 7oa from the Moon Bros. Carriage Co.,, Seventeenth and Morgan streets, was arrested by De- teetive Lee killian sunday afternoon in the saloon of his brother in-law, Paul Sanders, in Carondelet. He denied his identify at first al though confronted with a photo graph of himself, which was fur nished the police at the time of his dis appearance. His wife and relatives made a scene when told that he was under arrest.
 Detective Kllian handeuffed him and took him to the four courts. On the way he admitted his identity. He confessed his guilt to Chief Desmond, and said that drink and associates caused him to steal from his employers.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Grain and Provisions.

ST LouIs Flour Patents s466114s0 straight, St30a445i clear S40uI415. Wheat No. ? red 93e No. red. 90t Gorn-No 2, mixed 255a a255se No. ? white. 28e. Oats-No. 2, g ae. Hay Prairie. S8.098s58i mixed timo thy f6o0 s5g clear timothy s3 50a 1U.00 But Ier Creamery lgq22ci dairy. f30l7c. Eggs- Fresh. ise Lard Prime steam, 465c. Pork New standard mess sSa.3dea. Bacon Extra shorts 5I2l40537 ae; clear ribs. 525dg5 50c cIear 5.31 B562i se, all boxed. Woel-Gh5iae washed 216a 3le.
 Wheat Futures closed January. 92Ae n; May 37sd931ac b; July 79c q.
 Corn Futures closed January. 25se b; May, 2582ilaea.
 CHICAGO Opening quotations: Wheat May started at 90A 4905c. A few sales were made moment utter at 90ss89o4e, but later advanced to9le under good buying. IL then re- acted te aease subsequently, advancing 90zz c. and became Steadier around that price. Corn May opened at 2a d2914r and kept within that limit Oats-May opened at 23aSa29ac. Provisions May pork opened at 70 49 and de- elined to So32a May lard opened at 34s5, declined 10 s4s0 and advanced to sfs2H May ribs opened at 84.70H472l4 declined to Si671l and reacted to S45J
 CHICAGO Closing quotations: Wheat-Jan- uarY. Qo12e May. aUse; July, st4e; Septem- Der, 154c; December, 1594c. Corn-January, 26tac May. 28c; July 3o18c. Oats January, 2l54e; May, 23ac; July, 22ase Pork January, May S.11fa 85s0; July S4S71a Short Ribs January S455i May, S46f1a.
 GHfeAGo=eash Hheat: No 2 red, 92e; No. B dn- s5 50a1si No. spring. sde; No. }, do, s0Gg1e NNo hard winter. s5c; No g. do. s24sie No. I new spring. 93e. Cash corn: No. , 264e; No 3, 26 .67ae. Cash oats: No. ?, 224a822a4ei No. 3, 3,2t34a22l4e
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
LATEST FROM DAWSON.
The Meat Situation Relieved by wholesais
 Slaughter Of Moose and Carlboo.

VICTORIA. E. C., Jan. 1f.=Richard Morgan, just from Dawson, throws new light on the food situation there and also on the general conditions and present necessities of the camp. Meat, he says, is now drug, and worth but 30 to 10 cents, chiefly because large herds of moose and cariboo have lately passed the district and have been slaughtered by wholesale, one hunting party bring ing in as many as 54.
 Hunker creek, empting into the klon- diIe, 15 miles from Dawson, and fed by Gold Bottom, Last Chance and several other auriferous streams, is proving quite as good as Etdorado, while it's gold approaches the Bonanza creek standard Of fneness. The Hunker Is a long stream with room for upwards of f09 more claims, while there are quite as many newly pros peeted tributaries, including Last Chance and Gold Bottom. The pay dirt of the Hunkcr and these tributa- ries is said to average sls to the pam while claim No. is reported to have turned out one record pan of S104.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS.
Bra dstreet's Says the Year Opens with a
 Quiet Tone Of Confidence.

Quiet Tone Of Confidence.
 NEW YORK, Jan. s-Bradstreet's weekly review says:
 The year opens with tone of quiet confidence peryading nearly al1 branches of business, with encouraging activity in the iron trade, q resumption of work by many thousands Of in- dustrial employees in the western glass indus try. d largely reduced volume of business fail- ureS as compared with the corresponding periods in preceding years ant general out look certainly not inferior to any previous year at this time. Dstributiye trade has natural ly been rather slow pending stoek-tak ing and the return of statesmen to the field. While the volume of dis tributive business Is no larger industrial activity Is special feature, uucontined to any one section, but specially notable in the vest Resumption of work after the holidays has been generally encouraging in that section Autumn weather in the northwest cheeks dis tribution, but collections are reported good. Sales of southern iron are reported good. Lou isuna sugar crop returns have been very sat isfactory. Nine-tenths of floridaiS orange crop was gathered before the late freeze, and cotton is steady and in good export demand Wool has opened up actively in some eastern markets and lower prices for cotton seeds have stimulated some demand.
 Naturally enough there was slight gain in the number of failures reported this week over last, the total aggregating 333, against 2lf last week, but a heavy falling of from ls97 when the total was 468. The total in this week of 1896 Was 4i6, in 1885 4J5, and iii l.9i, ISL thus showing q falling of in this week from recent preceding years of from one-Quarter 10 one third. Bank failures in 1897 followed the gen. eral tendency Of business mortality in all other liRes of business. The reputation of the bank ing community for conservatism. however, is borne out by the relatively heavier fail- ing of in the number of failures and the reduced volume of iabi ities of banks and trust companies, as compared with pre- ed ing years than in ordinary commercial circles The total number of failures of national, state saving and private banks and loan and trust companies in ls95 was l05, little more than half of those of ls96 and less than one fifth those Of the panic year 1893. Liabilities also showed a heavy falling of being GO per cent. smaller than in 1898 and 90 per mt smaller than in 1893, The number and liabilities, how ever, were slightly larger than ill ls94 The percentage Of assets to liabilities in ts97 was only 76, the smallest reported since Bradstreet s record of bank suspensions was begun
 The holidays have exercised their effect oll export trade in leading cereals. Wheat eX. ports from the United States and Canada fol the first week in January amount 10 34sl .3a6 bushels against 3 496. GOO last week, 33s1 000 in this week year ago and 347l 600 in the cor responding week in 1896. Corn exports show a sensible diminution, amounting to LOSS 009 bushels last week. 4,sl9 900 in this week year ago, and 2 626, 000 in the corresponding week of
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
GARcIA,s ARTILLERY CHIEF.
Arrival Of Frederick Tunsten,. Wounded,
 From Cuba.

NEW YORK, Jan. Il.-Among the pas. sengers who arrived on board the steamer City of Washington. from IIa- vana, was Frederick Funsten, Cuban insurgent officer who comes to this country for medical treatment. Fun sten is also well known as an Alaskan explorer. He has been on the staff of Gen. Garcia for more than twelve months, and was captured about four weeks ago at Puerto Principe. He gave a fictitious name. and was released shortly afterwards. Mir. Funsten is suffering from the effects of bullet wound in his thigh.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
A LC VOYAGE.
Departure of the Revenue Cutter McCal.
 iaeh for San Francisco.

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. 11.-Thesnew United States revenue cutter MeGu1- loch has started on long voyage by way of the sucz canal to the Pa. cife ocean and San Francisco. The contemplated trip, which has attracted considerable attention in maritime circles, will be a S23 GOO mile cruise. Instead of taking the course around Cape Horn the McCul. loeh will proceed by way of the Mediterranean Sea, Straits of Gibraltar. Suez canal and Indian ocean. She will stop at Singapore, Ceylon, Honolulu and Yokohama, and expects to reach Frisco some time i'll the middle of May. She goes well manned and amply provisioned.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
THE M.KENNA NOMINATION.
It Went Over Till Tuesday in the Senate
 JndiciarN 0ommILLee.

WAsHINGroN, Jan. 1.-The senate judiciary committee did not consider the nomination of Att'y-Gen. Mckenna to be associate justice of the supreme court This nomination was incidental ly mentioned in the committee, but the different members desired to dispose of the unobjectioned nominations, and the time of the committee was taken up with those eases. The committee will meet Tuesday and consider the MeKenna nomination.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
PRESIDENT AND BlMETALLlsM.
Senator Chandler, Of New Hampshire, Com
 fers With the PreSident.

WAsuISGroN,J Jan 1t.-Senator Ghand- Ter had a conference with President Mckinley upon the subject of bimetal- lism, and he said after the close of the intereiew
 "The president stands firmly in ia vor of international bimetaliism, as promised by the St. Louis platform. He considers the negotiations with the European powers only temporarily sus- pended on account of the peculiar con dition of affairs in India, and it is the presidents intention to again send his enyoys to Europe as soon us the con ditions are favorable for continuing ne- gotiations.
 Senator Chandler added the opinion that the president is as earnestly in fa- vor of bimetallism-"th use of both metals as standard moneya-as the sen ator himself.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Death Of an Ohio Veteran.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 l.-Col. Joseph H. Carr, clerk in the pension office, died here Sunday. At the age of Is he enlisted in the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry April lti, ls5I, and served throughout the war. rising successive Ig to the rank of eoloael of the One Hundred and Sixty-Hinth Ohio infan try.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Not Authorized to Collect Money.

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 9.-T. Estrada Palma, of the Cuban junta, New York, writes to Robert C. Black. of Cascade Locks, Ore, that Capt E. P. Ma honey, who was in Oregon few days ago soliciting aid for the Cuban insur gents, is not authorized to collect money for the insurgents cause.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
THE CHICAGO POLICE.
The Legislative Investigation Big Dam
 age Suit.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The Investigating committee appointed by the state sen ate to investigate the workings of the Chicago police department met at the Great Northern hotel. As an outcome of charges which have been made Adolph Kraus, president of the civil service commission, who is a prominent democrat, entered suit against At torney E. R. Bliss, leading republi- can, for $50, 900 damages.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Insnrretlt. Resieelng MnxarI.

HAVANA, Jan. 1.-The insurgents are beseging and have attacked the port of Mayari, on the north coast of the province of Santiago de Cuba. Troops have left Gibara, the northern portion of the province, to relive tho garrison of Majari.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Said to Doing Business Without License.

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 1l.-Atty. Gen. Boyle has sent out to all county clerSs instructions to bring prosecutions against the New York Life company, basing his conclusions on information that the company was doing business in the various counties without q Kan. sas license
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Mountains Of Minerals.

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 1L-What are pronounced veritable mountains of gold and copper ores have been found on the Gravina. Annettes and Prince of Wales islands on the southeastern coast of Alaska
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
CIVIL SERVICE COM MISSION
Hon. Mark $. Brewer. or Michigan, Ten
 dered Position.


 WAsHISGroN, Jan. -Represen. tatiye Mark $. Brewer, of Michigan has been rendered position as mem Der of the civil service commission. He has the matter under consideration. but his friends are of the opini : that he will accept. Mir. Brewer is personal selection of the president. He was a colleague ol Maj. Mckinley when the latter was a member of the house, and he was an original Mckinley advocate in Michi. gan. He was delegate at large al the St. Louis convention, having been chosen on Mckinley and gold-stand- Nrd platform.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
HOUSE.

The attendance in the house was light, but the galleries were well flied. Tine civil service debate was re- samed, and Mr. Geoney dem, Mol took the floor.
 lie opposed the whole civil service reform idea, which he denounced as cheat aud narrow svindEe. A civil pension list and otfice=holding class, he argued, were logical and inevitable if it was to be continued.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
eonnterfelt s1o Gold pleces.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l1.-Three ooun. terfeit S10 gold pieces have been re ceived by Acting Chief Bracllett of the United States secret service. They are said to be of excellent workmanship, and in general appearance far above the average of spurious coins In weight, however, they are st grains short.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Tornndn AL NInrcaniieId. Ky.

MoRdANFfEED. Ky. Jan. IA torna do struck this place Sunday afternoon, unroodng the old Methodist church and Parsons hotel, totally demolish- ing .the large two-story brick hard. ware and grocery store of II. L. Mart X Bro, the city hall and j. NJ. keans produce store. The Crown roller mills building was considerably damaged, as was also other property.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Bacon for the Yukon Relief Expedition.

VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Jan. Capt. D. L. Brainard has awarded to c. H. Frye, of Seattle, the contract for furnishing $, o0o pounds of bacon, at s7. 95 per 1oc pounds, for the Yukon relief expedition. The total cost of the 10 900 rationc purchased aggregates about Si6 900.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
ALVAH MANSUR DEAD.
One of St. Louis Solid Business Men Suc-
 eumbs to Pneumonia.

Los ANGELES, Cal. Jan. 9.-Alvah Mansur of St. Louis, Mo, president of the Mansur & Tibbitts Implement Co, and president of the American Elk change bank, died in this city of pneu- monia. He had been iii fer week only The remains will be sent to St. T,ouiS
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
An Aged Veteran Seriously III.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1I.-CoI. Thomas Hover Monastery, the veteran fencing master of Chicago, is patient at St. Lul1e's hospital on account of rheuma- tism. He has been at lhe hospital for several days, and his condition is con sidered serious by reason of his ad. yanced age, the veteran being in his eiqhtY-tiflh Kear.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Murder in the second Dog rec.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. f1.-BiH Adler, town tough, charged with the the murder of Wm. Johnson, eolored. was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to ten years in the penltentiary.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
True Bin Against rerriss, Murderer.

LONDON, Jan. 1l.-At the Old Bailey court the recorder directed the grand jury to return a true bill against Rich ard Arthur Psinee, the super who as sassinated Wn. Terriss, the actor, on December IS.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Mrs. Mack sentenced.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1f.-Mrs. Augusta Mack jointly charged with Martin Thorn of the murder of Wm. Gulden- suppe, bath rubber at Woodside, L. L, in June of last year, was sentenced to l5 years in the state prison at Au burn.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14

FouR members of the council of Val etta, Island of Malta, have cabled to the marquis of Salisbury renewing their offer to assist in the military re- qairements of Egypt by raising l,e00 Maltese for general military service.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
anti-ciear.tte ordinance.

EUREKA. H.. Jan. 3. The village o. Roanoke has passed an ordinance pro- hibiting the smoking of cigarettes in any public place, with . heavy penalty for its violation. The ordinance also requires the payment of S250 annually for the privilege of selling cigarettes.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
\ KIon,ilke Fortune.

DULUTH, Minn., Jan. ll.-Frank Me Cornack of this city, who left here on August 1, 1897, for tho KIondiSe, has returned. He left poor man, and is now estimated to be worth S200, 900. Mccormack left Dawson cIty Novem. Der 24.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
An Important Decision.

MADISON, Wis.,, Jan. 11.-CountY Judge ]. H. Carpenter has rendered decision which, if sustained, will have a sweeping effect. He held that child can not bs legally adopted without the consent of both parents if living, and the child has not been abandoned
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14

JOSEPH LETTER is said to have closed contracts for the greater part, if not all, of his 8, 750 000 bushels of wheat in the Chicago elevators. The buyers are among the heav1est exporters of wheat in this country, and the price is said to be satisfactory to Letter.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14

TIE Madrid correspondent of the London Times says: Although the supreme council has decided not to prosecute Gen. Weyler, it is not eX- pected that the government will allow the matter to end there."
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Bricklayers' and Masons'
 

PEORIA, Ill.,, Jan. 1.-The Hnterna. tional BrielSlayers and Masons' union began meeting in Peoria, and will be in session ten days or two weeks. There are 200 delegates in attendance.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
Martial Law Decree Abrogated.

PRAGUE. Jan. 1l.-Martial law, which was proclaimed here on December 9 as a result of the riotous demohstra tions which followed the disturbanees in the reiehsrath. was abrogated.
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14
One Man Held Up Twenty.

PREseorT, Ariz.. Jan. Hone man succeeded in holding up the Palace sa- loon gambling place, and at the point of pistol secured all the money in sight He terrorized about twenty patrons of the place, and made his es- cape with nearly s59o
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14

A DISPATCH from Peltin, on the 9th, said; Germany has taken lease of kiao-Chau for 50 years Reports are also current that French occupation of uai-Nan island is imminent"
The Monticellonian., 1898-01-14

ACTION has been taken in Portland, Ore, looking to union of all the free silver forces at the coming state elee- tion i'll June. The state central com- mittee of the democrats aud the free silver republicans decided to hold state conventions i'll that city on March 23, and it is understood that the populists and the union party will also call their state conventions ill that city for the same date.