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VOLUME LXXTIII. LOUISVILLE, WEDXESD AY MORNING, JAKUABY 13, 1832. NEW SERIES NO. 8,414. News and Comment.

TE wVATHiR. Indication for Kentucky to-day: 6aow, clearing and colder, except stationary temperature tn ctcm portion. Some time ago Octave Ratwinler, proprietor of Uie Uotol RaMeinier, of this city, mtfc an owunment. lie had ba a yw to obtain a statement of his busiue from his bookki-eper, Thomsa Ffctning, who ha boon found to be short about FV-tuing declare ho Las not token a coot, awl that ne i not) responsible fur the alW'd do-ficit, though be admit thae-'the books bsve not been. proprly kept.

Mrs. Rosa fcvaun, reprtd killed in the Monon wreck, is still Uve and may recover. Sevral of tl.e injured are in a ciiou condition. At Cruwfordsville, a wreck train wan run into by a ferigTTt train late at nitcht and nine nu nairowly escaped being kilhd. Commander Kvaus, of Uie gunboat Yorktown, report tliat tils gig, while Ijiiig ofl the landing plaee at Valparaiso, stoned ly men on ahore.

Complaint waa made to the Chilian luthoritie. and afsurance of protection wu promptly given. J41aewhero in tfiiis morning' Courier -Journsl appear the eMails of a scheme fcy which, it is said, the physical and financial reoi ganization the Kiohiuond and West Point Terminal Railway and IW aroboune tympany is to be perfected. The surgeons of the era tar Baltimore testified in the inquiry at Vallejo that the death of Turnbull, one of the Ameri- can sailors wounded in the riot, was caused by neglect in tlie Chilian hpital to which be wa taken by the polios. Rpresmtative Clover, of Kansas, will Introduce a resolution etUing upon the Ways and Means Committee to report Uie Mills Tariff bill to the Ilouw, with-'stich modifications as the present condition of the country may suggest.

The condition of Trince Allert Victor Is sai to be so serious that his recovery is donbtful. lie baa pueumonla, and is. believed to be in a mnch more precarious stale than tlie court announce In their bulletins. The $oshone and Arapahoe Indians Lave agreed to cede to tlie Government 1,100,000 acre of land, half their reservation in 'Wyomirvs, for $60,000. Most of the land to mountainous, and all of It is rid.

Mr. Bart, of Fleming county, yesterday Introduced in the House at Frankfort his measure providing for new Capitol buildings and outlining the manner of raUing funds with which to build them. The tsbooner Jessie of San Diego, Cal bar arrived in port after being oat thirty days. Both water and food gave out, and the crew had no time to sleep, owing to tlie heavy weather. 1 A resolution providing for an investigation of Mr.

Brioe as a Senator from Ohio waa discussed in the lower house of the State Legislature yesterday, and will be token up again to-day. Mr. Iloerti's bill calling upon the Attorney General to begin proceedings gainst all lottery companies in the State waa unanimously adopted in tlie Senate yesterday. The report of the Senate Committee on Ccsst Defenses, presented yesterday, recommends, an appropriation of extending over a period of tea years. Eepresentattve Kichardion, of Tennes see, Chairman of the Committee on 1 "Tint ing, will endeavor to save half a million in the annual cost of the public printing.

A broken rail wrecked a passenger train on the Urd branch of the Union tftoifte, near Grand Inland, and several pacnger were injured. A new fast mail train between New York and St. Louis, making connection at Indianapolis for points South, will te put on about the 20th inst. tills for fifteen new public buildings Mere reported favorably in the Senate fester-by. TIh places to be thus favored are all in the North and West.

The third secticn of tlie report of Che Revisory Commi-h'on- was presented to the Hon ae at Frankfort yesterday. It Kdateh to the election law. i A bill introduced in the House yester- Bay provide Cor a induction of tlie cus-tudis districts, and a eonae-iucnt saving in hm cost of collections. Ways ard Means Committee con templates aaving much time by refusing prolonged healing on matter affected by proposed legislation. Ucnry Ctewe and others are trvini to get a aettlement with the State of Georgia en repudiated Donas fo tbe amount ef stout i Tbe Vaneeburg Deposit Hank closed its door yesterday after a heavy run.

caused by dlMgrceiuent among the ftock- ciders. The snow-storm of yesterday waa general over the MiMitsippi Valley, and reaibed ss far South a T)uIkUj. J. M. Jloquet waa yesteiday re-elected IVet-klent of the irench Chamber of Deputies.

Cardinal alAnning la suffering from fcronchitia and congestion of Hho luag at Laondon. JoLa Sherman was formally: re-elected Senator troin Ohio yeuterday, BURNED AT NQGN Sibley's Big Seed Warehouse At Rochester Destroyed By Fire. Eight-Story Walls Fall In and Crush a liaptist Church. A Woman and a Baby Heroically Rescued From the Flames. The Famous Benedictine Abbey In France Reduced To Ashes.

BLAZES ELSEWHERE. Richest, Jan. meet UayHgit tire that ha visited Kocbeitter in many ywr Antroyed today the big toed bouse built by Hiram Sibley, on Kast Main stnfex, in 18BO, and aUo seriously tlio adjac-eut block, which belongs to the Sibley estate, and the Second Buptim chuich. Just as the w'ntstles were blowing for noon greut sheets of flame Been to sudtlenly burst from tltrt appcr windows of tlie seed house whik huge volume of smoke poured loith. Tne enure tire department -quickly r-xponded to the alarm, and a eoore of streams of water were oon pouring into the burnirg building without any appar ent effect, 'i he waroiiouso burned like tinder, and the firemen were aoon 00m- peiked to turn their attention towards ving the adjoining The wed bouae waa eight atoriu in height.

and overaiiadowcd the loug four-otory blk which fronted on the etrwt. lie lower floor of this block was occupied by tiuzen stores, white the upper floor? were divided into tenements. The City Hotel stands at the corner of the street. No fire in many years has probably had so many spectators. The.

sped house was unoccupied, with the exception of the lower floor, which Utwe St. Batuiett, plumber, used for a store room. Within naif an hour al ter tiie alarm the great walhv fell, crush ing the rear of the Sibley block on the south, and burying the chapel of the Second Baptist chuich on tlie north. Several Bremen had narrow escapes from death under the walls, but no one wav seriously injured. Before the noino caused by the fall- in; walls had died away, woman appealed in a' third-rtory window over How.

fc Bassett store, and vainly endeavored to rain tbe sash and jam the flre-ertcape. She was seen by to firemen on tlie lire-escipe and tlie window wm manhed in and the men united into the loom, which was dense with smoke, and in an instant tlie bewildered occupant scrambled through the window and was taken down the fire-escape eafely. Close after her came the other fireman bearing in his arms a bnbv. Hirum W. Sibley, owner of the burned building, haid tbo rear building been recently refitted at considerable expense and had been pronounced by the insurance men a good risk.

It was equipped with automatic sprinkler and had a large tank on the roof. Hie flames seem to have started on tbe sixth floor. but Mr. Sibley says the upper stories were unoccupied, and he can not account Cur tbe hie. 1 tie structure was worui about 300,000.

BENEDICTINE AB8EY BURNED. A Faasoas French lastltalien De slrey4 Br Fire. Jan. 12. Fire broke out last night in the Benedictine Abbey at 1 re- amp.

Department of Seine, and notnvith standing the efforts of tlie firemen, who were aided by tlie monks of tlie Abbey the building, was destroyed. The Abbey was noted as being tlie place where the celebrated beueuictme liquor was manu factored. Tlte dtunase from the destruction of the Abbey is placed at francs (Stoo.oooj. lite prosperity 01 the town depended in a measure upon tlie Aoney. The flame broke out afrvh tliis afternoon in a part of the institution that wnt still rn U11K, and voon roUk- of liruor were burning, and a stock of hectoliters of alcohol Uirwl In the cellar wa- in rrrnt dancer.

Kxilomona were henrd in tlie celltrs at hort intervn. rinaily Uie belfry col Upol. FIKE IN CLEVELAND. Ls el $140,000 Hastalasa' By Severn Fit ma. Ck-velaod.

Jan. 12. The six-story brick power olook on the viaduct was totally lct roved by lire at 1 :30 o'clock this morning. It wa occupied by tlie CleveLind Klectric Supply Company, the Cnmrion Lock Company and the National Iron works. All suffered total loc, which amount in the aggregate to about $140,000.

Tlie building waa worth $40,000, and waa owned by F. N. York. All the concerns carried in- Caaaaa School Baraed. Montreal.

Jan. 12. Shortly befor 1 o'clock Una morning fire was discovered in tlie Academy of St. Louis de Gonsaque, large atone building on Sherbrooke street. The Academy is conducted by the providence nuns and there are over HOO children in the Tbe flames spread with great rapidity and ail tha lower portion ot the building was aoon burning.

The great ert confusion relsned and the nuns hud the utmost difficulty in preventing a panic. The re men nnaliy Bucceeutd in getting an the nun and pupils safely out of the nuuuing. im loss win Heavy. Fire' at Piltsbargh. Fltttouigu.

Jan. tills evening destroyed the building. 602 to tOt Liberty street, this city, occupied by A. JjllU Co barber supplies: Wil son ev inutips, eommlsMon merciiants Farmers Vrodune Company, and the Chautauqua Butter Company, lotal loss, tuiiy insured. Power-li ease Baraed.

Pittsburgh, Jan. It. A tint at Cniontown, IV, this morning destroyed tlie power-house and threo new cur of tlie Cniontown Klectrio Riiiwav Com- tiiny. Ixm, fully insured. LOOKS IIKE A DEADLOCK.

Forces la the Iowa Haase Evenly Dl- tided Fhiladatphia rsr Blaiae. Ies Moines. Jan. 1 2. The members of the Senate whoso credentials were de fnetive had theio perfected this morning, and all of the new member were sworn in.

On a motion to proceed to the elec tion of officers. Engie, independent, voted with the Republicans in the afliimative. making a tie, and Lieut. Gov. 1'ogner cast the deciding vote in the affirmative.

J. A. Cliff was named by tlie Re publicans f'ir Secret-try. The Democrats refrained from voting. Lngle voted with the Republicans, but the Lieutenant Gov ernor decided tliat it wua not a constitu tional quorum and no election.

It looks like dead-lock. The House this morning seated all of the new members whoso ercdeutiald were disputed. New Jerr Letalalar. Trenton, N. Jan.

12. The Demo- crate of the House held a caucus this morning and renominated Speaker Ber gen, of Somerset, and all the other officer of the last year. Both hotuea of tlie Legitdature organized at 3 o'clock. and received Gov. Abbett' annual message.

The message deals almost en tirely with subjects of no InteieM outside of the State. On the subject of the World's Fair tlie Governor roeom-ruenda an appropriation, in addition to tne already at in order th.it the Stite may be creditably represented. i Saermaa'a Noiaiaatloa Ratified. Columbui, Jan. 1 2.

The Senate and Houne vuted separately for United States to-day. In the Senate John Sherman received eighteen vota and James E. Neal eiglit. In the House Slienroan recuived niuetr-tlireo vutca and ca! Tne resolution to investigate the eligibility of United States Senator Brice was in viiioroua spueclies in the House, but tlte action was postponed till 'Woduebilay afternoon. Altianeo la fwaaion.

Lincoln, Jan. 1 The Stite Fanners' Allianc met to-day with cloetd doors. An effort will be made to is a resolution indorniiur tiie ur-Trea- ury plan also a resolution bordering on fr trade. tx-iSenator Vanwyck and J. II.

Powers are mentioned at candiduttH for Governor. Beanies. Edwards Recognise. Albany, N. Jan.

Ed- wards, the Independent Republican whote ifesmce rewultrd in a quorum be ing prwMit at the organization ot tlie Senate by tlie Democratjo majority, has ben made Chairman of the Committee on liail roads. Nearlr All Fr Blaiae. PhiWlelpliut, Jan. 12. As a result of the iUepublioan primaries held here to night to 4ect delcgitteu to tlie State eon- veirtion tliat will dt deWaW to the National Convention, fifty-five out of th fifty-three deWates wero elect d.

with inKtruction to vtfto for Jame G. Blaine for IYesident. ALL VACANCIES FILLED. None of the Regular Messengers Take Out the Southern Express From Nashville. Italn lasac tbt Striken it lasiaaaps'l Prartlrally I stkaagH Hrls Iran) Otkrr laisa.

Nashville, Jan. 1 1. (Speeial.r- Tlie strike of Southern express nicMen gers ordered at midnight went into ef fect tliis morning, and none of the reg ular men went out from Nashville. New men were, however, put on the runs. Mr.

C. L. Loop, General Auditor of the company, who is in the city, says that only thlrty-teven out of 275 men have quit, and that all the vacancies have been filled. He say the men demanded the reuiatuteuient of a man who was dis charged for cauwN and demanded that no tnau be discharged until the matter had been submitted to three messengers. He decbir.

that salaries have recently beet permanently increased, and that no trouble would have neeurrnd had not scheming men used the meeacngem for their own ends. From sunn information as I have gftiufd," Mr. Loop nid, it seems that a man formerly tlie emptor of one of the express companies at Chicago, but discharged yometime ao, has been going out iwncng the niefKengers getting up some kind of an orjsnlation, which has proluced tlit result referred to. During to-day lour ot the niossencers im compuny tnat tiwy nave withdrawn Irom Tlie Brotherhood, and made sppltcalioit for reinstatement by tne ei pi ess company. THE CAR STRIKE.

Affairs at ladiaunpolis Practically Cachaiged. Jan. 12. The itua-tton in the street car strike is to-night practically nnchanged. '1 bis afternoon Xtio Tm other hood mavle tliat tbe difference be submitted to an arbitration committee composed of ths three Judges ot Uie Superior OourC This waa percmptordy declined by Freudaot Fmiiel, wuo insist that he has nothing to arLluate.

At present there is not the alighteet sign 01 weakening on either side. The strike ba been neartly indorsed by all the Labor iUniona of the city, and-to-day Uie international Con veution of hricklarers Unions in session here extended a vote of sympathy to the strikers. An attempt was. made to run another cir on ColleKC avenue Ute vriis a ft 000 which resulted in a slight disturbance and tlie arrest of about a docen of strikers, who weie immediately bailed out by sympathizing citizens. Several of tne iirotiieriiooa committee are aoU ing secret nweion to-Bicttt.

Showalter VTias the Championship. St, Louts, Jan. 12. In the chess diampionthip contest here to-day Max Judd resigned the deciding game, thus making J. W.

Rho waiter, of Kentucky, the winner of the slakes of foOO and the ehampionaluni HALF A MILLION. Retrenchment In Extrava gant Bills For Public Printing. The Prnning Knife of Reform Used For the Teople's Benefit Congressman Clover To Request the Reporting of the Famous Mills Bill. Alliance Members Consider It the Quickest Way To Start Tariff Reform. US.

HUSK AND THS FARMERS. Washington, Jan. 1 UL)-Pcp- rtsentative Kichardson, of Tonneweo, Chninnan of the Coinn-ittee on Printing, will introduce to-morrow one ot the most important retrenchment mensurus which the xifty-oecoud Congrers win have be. fore It. It provides fcr a codification of the Is wa relating to printiug and reduces the prinl.ng of fortress, tlie departments and tlieir bureuus, provides for better ditribution to libraries, etc, of what is printed; provides by ginerul law for the current printing of the year; maa-os a law for annual reports by permanent law instead of special enactment; does away with one document-room, so as to hav one instead of two; provide that as to Government publications, instead of one copy, whether a member or Sen ator want it or not, he mttst mike requi sition for it and nut have It forced on him.

There is great w.tt of publio printing in this direction, nnd it is esti mated thst this Single item of the bill will make a saving of 171.000 a year. But tbe rt-trenchm-nt will extend all along tlie line. Tbe prunin-knife of the Committee is Intended to cut down the printing in all the deivtrtmenfa onn- half. II bill taket away the power tn have printing done at win by chief of departments, and reouires them to come to Congress. It 1 estimated tlie meas ure will make an annual saving of WWW Secretary Rusk ih.

ing over to Balti more Thursday to tell a convention of Maryland agriculturis something about farminfr. The big, genial-hearted farmer is a faforite among Maryland husbandmen of all shades ot political opinion, snl his presence at the farmers' convention is looked forward to with a great amount of interest, and no one doubts that hia address will contain suggestions of practi cal value. No subject has been assigued Mr. liusk for discussion, and ss yet he has not notified Secretary Sands of what be will speak. Thing can not be so immensely cordial snd enthusiastic for President Harrison in Indiana as his friends lie re would have persons to believe.

If they were, why should the personal organ of tbo 1 "resident, the Indianapolis Journal, give foith such a wail as the following: "It will be a disgrace to Indiana Kepublioana If the State Centrsl Committee is not organized in the interest of President Harrison. It will be a disgrace bo tlie State if be does not receive the solid support of the de ligation in the Na tional Convention." Surely there if something wrong. Representative Clover, of Kansas, baa a lev lution whl he will introduce to morrow, calling on tlie Ways and Means Committee, to report to tlie House the Mills bill, after making such change as tlie present buylner-s condition of tha country warrant. Congressman Jerry said tlie country wat familiar with the provhi.na of the Mill bilL ami valuable time rould be uve: by reporting the Mills bill, with r-uch mod ification a is necessary, and passing it without delay. Representative Kilgore, ot Texan, says be mean for his motion to lay on the table Mr.

Blount's motion to reconsider the resolution appropriating ilOO.OOO for tbe Russian famine, sufferers to stick. The former says he doesn't want to hear any more talk on Uie subject. Repre sentative Blount, of Georgia, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affair. seem dlsimscd to lot tbe mutter tesO for the present, but soya it will not be long before he calls it up. The Tammanv committee of ti.iv.

live tbe second Inner Circle of the Wigwamwill fteflil a couimittm of wnv. five to Washington, on January 21, to boom new loric as tne place to okl Uie Dem or ratio National Convention. As Uie convention is about the only thins' in Slffht that Tammanv hain't got, the bra be aeem really in earnest in ineir aeaire to nave tne big political show located there. Cary A. Harden, of Butler.

Ky wa tbia afternoon appointed united States Storekeeper In Internal Revenue Col-loetor Comimrores diatrlnt. Hnne am lialf a doztw or more Interna Rovanu aprolntnienti for Kentucky hanging lira, and It was taid at the Tieaaurv fin. partraent UUs afternoon that some ot the appointments wm be announoea tonnor- row. The following fonrth-chu postoffise have been established in Kcntaoky: Blancbett. Grant oounty, Albert S.

BUck, 1'ueblo, Wayne oounty, Jss. T. Bates, pottinasler: Camal, Trimble oounty. Win field S. Wood, postmaster: Joyce, Casey county, Orant Elliott, festtnarter.

If the Hour Investigates the Keystone Bank fraud, the good PostJiattor-fJeneral I wil have a fine ornortnnltv of Ing' himself. ft closed Uft nnnas nwacreeaaeats Cnao Taacebarg 'Baas la Qalt Hssiaens-Ueavr Graia Fallaro. Kt- Jan. Hi Deposit bank at Vaneeburg elosed Its doors to-day. Tbe bank was started fcane three years ago on a capital stock oi $25,000, and has been doing a successful business.

At the annual election of oflleer last week several ohanges were nrado that caused dissatisfaction, and yesterday a ran was made on the bank by desoaUors. It led to rloiUng Uie dcors thia morning. One eause of tbe trouble was the failure to te-eleat S. Buggies rresident, and A. H.

Parker Cashier. Tbe bank is in good condition, but on aeeount of disagreement as to Uie man agement, will wind up its affairs and quit. Most of Uie stock is owned by MaysvlUe people. Judge WaU and P. P.

Parker, of this city, are directors. MANY FARMERS CAUGHT. A First of Big Illinois ttrala Dealers Pail For ft 24 ,000. Jacksonville, 111, Jan. 12.

Keener Pike, of Meredoeia, grain dealers, one 1 ef tbe oldest firms in this part of tbo State, have assigned, with liabilities of $123,000. Tlie firm has branch bouaw at Perry Springs, Naples, Cbainbersburg and Versalle, and has done Ute heaviest businoe abng Uie Illinois river. The failure is attributed to extravagance on the part of young Keener, whoso father. Fritz Keener, of Denver, is among Uie list of creditor to the amount of 00. Other creditors are: Tbe Farmers' and Traders' Bank of Meted.

eJa. tlU.OOO: two banks of Jseksonvilie, and ltU XX). remwctively. wh.fe many farm er and tradesmen in ttae county are listed as rrediu-ra. I no assets are dif ficult to ascertain, consisting of aerouuts.

wamhouMm. land, etc. Irving Lninlap, of Jaokaonvilin, the assigraw. Aiffaseat laasea Br Poor Heol a. Mt.

Sterling. Ky, Jan. 1 2. iSpeeinl.) W. Ik Morris, a grooe of thia city, assigned to-day to K.

A. Mitchell. Ldabil-(ties, aesets unknown. Poor health and ronaeuuent Inability to give kla bnabietui proper attentioa is the cbuno or too sangnment. Big onalwifi Fallaro.

ZMw Orleanti, Jan. US. JanVs II. tTalah, eranmiwann reliant, has madj cession of bis property for tlie bene fit of his rreditora. Asate pledio-d.

unpl4)rei, uainii-tiee unsecured, seoured. 00. 1 Assigaaaeal of Carriac Hakers. Phimdelnhia. Jan.

1 -Hloch A. Sehwerin. carriage maker, have assigned. Liabilities aeseu about usi DIED FROM NE6LECT. A Seasaliaa taix Br the Sargeoas Testimony la tbo Baltiasoto Isqalry.

Vallejot Jan. 1 2. A genuine sen sation was developed in Uie Baltimore investigation to-day, a thing entirely un expected at Ud late stage of the proceedings. Tbe easo bad dragged along slowly in the morning session, a number Of sailors being recalled to testify ss to the soberness of 13 Sin, Trunbull and Davidson before and during the riot. Af- rreeM, however.

Surgeons Stitt snd White, of the Baltimore, took the stand. After testifying to Uie wounds of the members of the Baltimore' crew, they declared last the death of Torn bull waa dir roily caused by neglect in the hospital where bo was curried by Uie police. Tlie Chilians refused to allow the lialtlmore surgeon to treat their men, and de-elitwvi to do it themselves except in a very super fietal way. ror four oaya the surgeons vainly begged Judge ot Crimes Poster to allow them to remove tlie sailors to tbe Baltimore, but not All I it became probable that Tumbull would toon die, would he grant them permission. The men were taken to tne snip, out it was too late for Tumbull.

Wood nnia.mtnr bad set in. snd Tumbull died five days later. The mrgeons were posi tive tbst deatn remilteu I roiu nesiecv ana Imperfect treatment in tlie hoxpital. 1 be Kiiteea of Clmritv. who had charge.

n.rrel. tlteir Inabllitv to helD the sailons but bad to oitey tne orders of their superiors, from a summing up ih turiaHtni it snnears that as a result of the mob, two sailors of the Baltimore were killed. nv eTiotiity wounnea, oe-inir disabled for from nine to forty-four days, and twelve received iKni wounoi, dibbled from two to rtirht dava It further snnears that if Itigvin had not been shot he would probably have recovered, as bis knife wounus were no very serious. A FLORIDA RIOT. Two Killings at a Tight Rope Pr forms ac a ad Then a 5 Lyaebiac.

1 Mincanopy. FU Jan. 12. A serious riot ooe.umd here last night about 9 o'clock, between some whites and blacks, about 250 of whom bad gathered I the public square to witness a tight- twe peifm nuince. A negro namea llenry in son used insulting mnguage tn too nrrence of w'lite women.

Jonerson tjnitty, a prominent young white man. ordered him away, liinson went, but returned with a pistol and de- nberateJy shot CldUy, killing bim in stantly. A free fight followed, in wiidoh about forty pistol shots were exohanged. John Jones, a negro friend of Uinson, wo killed. In the confusion Uinson escaped, hut Marshal Fnrdy organised a posse and eaptured Idm about midnight five milo frjrn town, lie was brought back and placed, hi Jail bnt at 2 o'clock this morn- PIS 'a mob took aim ont and banged blot ta tree.

Both whites and negroes Jtutify Uie lynching. The excitement ha subsided. enough liinson body at stall swinging from a tree in tbe publio square. Foal Flay Siaaectcd. Alexandria City.

AU- Jan. cliD E. 0. Landlln, Jr. ttged alxtcen years.

sober aul Industrious boy, has been missing fcr several days, xesterdsy hi body wss found by a negro tahl brv in nis tattler's loader loct nnikr the hsv. Tbo bodv was eom'nencinc to aeeunipose. oui piay is susnecteJ. although there wss no motive for Um erune. SupiclM point to bo partic ular person.

STONED THE GIG. Another Small Chilian Out rage Eeported By a Naval Officer. A Boat From the Yorktown Stoned By a Crowd of Boughs. Assurance of Protection Spoils An Opportunity For Blustering War Talk. Tbe Effect of the Supreme Conrt's Baling On the Interstate Commerce Law.

INDIAN LANDS TO BE CEDED. Washingtt.B, Jan. 12. A cable me- npe from Conraiantler Kvanfe, command ing the gunboat lorktowa, the ouly I'niO-d States veeel now in Chilian water, was made publio this afternoon. It is dated Valparaiso, January 7, and snys "Yesterday altera 100 my gig.

while lying off Uie landing place waiting, was stoned by tline men in a crowd of bad clioiacterf. Bio one was injured. 1 visited immediately the senior naval officer of Chili, afloat, and requested him to notify tlie police sutlioritics that I demanded their efficient protection and that if tlie offense was repented I would take Uie matter into aiy hands and protect my men with a nor. Much regret was expressed by the Chilian senior naval officer, who went at once to the police To-djr I have tlie ouranco that tlte artiea will be punielwd and protection given." A dispatch tn the London Times from it eorMfpoudent at Santiago de Chili My that nil political prisoners will bj liberated within a week. The corre spondent of Tbe Tunes further says thst four refugees rtilt lemain in the Anseti-can Legation.

Mr. Ezan. the United States Minister, he ud.U has tent four of hi protegee aboard the Yorktown. Sen or Concha, who fcimerly occupied a min isterial poeition and. who waa.stportca to have been killed, is alive and has lieen Indicted for high treason.

S.retanr Tracy desire to -h. vie is known tliat 1m did not say, a lie has widely lieen quoted as saying, that tlie nav.il strerurth i CMli i greater than that of tbo rjfied Statet. What I did say," remarked tlie Sern-tai to-day, wa Wiat I "Mieved Chili waa aal.iti- ou to maintain a stionger naval power In the lViflc than any other nation, and that tr there had been no war in that country and had not lost her ships, and if Uie thre- new skips eon- etructed for licr in tnu-p-j were out. she vul.l kve done everything he plc-ised with ur IVeific squalren. I wa not speaking, Lowver, of ojr nal a v.

hce fti thr reason thst our l'jcifie and AtlenU'3 )tudrons cinn- hin-'d are much stroirer si.d more power ful than the Chilian fleet. THE COMMERCE LAW. Mr. Morrlaoa Thiak Its Weakness Mar lie Ameaded. Washington, Jan.

12. Tbe decision of the Supreme Court of Uie United in the Counsetmaa case was the subject of much discost-ion to-day, and popular inquiry turn to Uie question of whether, in the light of this deei.don, the interstate law can even he so amended as to give tbo eflicienry that was intended by its trainer. ltilL are being prepared for introduction In both houses designed to correct tlio defects of tlte law, but the opinions of prominent lawyers of U10 two bouses are divded as to the possibil ity of frandng an amendment which will afford the remedy desired and at Uie same time be constitutional Hon. W. TL Morrison, the member of Uie) largiwt service on (lie Interstate Com mission, does not view the situation with Uie diseooragement that ha been manifested by some oUier friends of tlto interstate law.

What do yon think of Uie Supremo Court derision in Uie Counselman cse Mr. Morrison was asked by an Associated Press reporter. There is not much profit in discu ing the decision of Uie court of last resort." be replied. If the court had been so inclined, it could have lieid tlio law constitutional upon very good author ity. Tiie derisions of State courts on aub-sUintlally tlie same question have not all been one way.

Will the decision seriously hamper the work of the Commiseion, in your opinion It will be at icnt a temporary hln-diance to the enforcement of the law. there are usuaLr two amity parties to the most flagrant viclitiocs of the interstate law and these two sre not likely to have witnesses to the trsnssctton. It one of tlie guilty par- tie cannot ie oompeneu 10 testily agmirtfit the other it will rfequentry happen that boh will go anpunislied and go on in wtong doing. After -11 aomo of the Eiiilty will to overtaken for mur der, though it leave no tongue to sneak. la Ah AtieU nna win nh vmi hmtr can be removed by leg In lotion Yes.

it can bo partially removed. The court points tlie way to. a remedy. 1 lie way is, give immunity or let go unwhlpped of jvtiee one guilty pnrtr who is made to tostifv a en i 11st anotlier. Tbe remedy which the court sug-peats, and to which Mr.

Murriaoa refers, is contain. in Uie following paragraph of the decifioa: We are Hourly of the opinion that no statute which leaves Uie nartr or wttne-s subject to prosecution after ho answers the criminating question pat to. Mm, can have the effect of supplanting tion ot tlie United States. Section S4 does not sunnlr a Complete protection from all the perils against which the constitutional prohibition wis designed to autrd and is not full substitute for thft prohibition. In view of the consti tutional provision, a sjatutcry eaict- ment, to be valid, munt afford absolute immunity front prosecution for the often- to which tlie question relates." Juoue James of Crentoi.

la the newly appointed interstate Ccmmerce Commissiouor, said sr Chicago yesterday that he doe not believe the decision of the United ttates Supreme Court in Uie Coun.ielman easo will seriously impair tlie efllcieuey of the Interxtuie Ctscuierca mw, tnoucti be thinks it will be neces sary to auienU the liw in some parUo- uars to make it fuuy enective. A MILLION ACRES. The Agree me at For the reiea of Ia diaa Laads la Wyomlag. Wahlnton, Jan. 12.

-The President to-day sent to Congress, with a recommendation urging its early und favorable consideration, the agreeuniit Mera-a J. II. Brighara. of Ohio, aud C. U.

Merrill, of WahinTton, Uie majority of Uie Shot-hone and Arapahoe Indian Commis-kion, made with Uie Sho lone and Arapa hoe Indiana, of Wyoming for a cetion of more than half their reservation on the Wind river in Wyoming. Tlie lands ceded comprise acres of land in the northern part of the reservation. and Uie prioe to be paid is SfiO.OOO, or about 55 cents an acre. The report of the commission accompanying Uie agree ment says: The cormniMiion believes that thia agreement is fsir both to Uie United States and to the Indians, and that the effect of it proviKiuna will he to mate rially advance the Indian in rivilization. Tim Quantity of the ceded hind winch can be opened up to agricultural sctlhment by irrigation is estimated hv n-nwms well anquatuWd with the reservation at from 100,000 to 1S0.00 acn.

t)f pta--. tion of the cedd land not suitable to agriculture tlie greater part is well adapted to stock and sltnep raining. 1 il and oil are found on the ceded hind-vaud there are Indications of Uie pncnf of nioro valuable minerals. As Uie lands, how ever, st prce'nt beloii ou the Indian reservation, there haa. of course.

ben no opportunity nor inducement hii.fc.foro to persons to demonstrate whether -or note minerals exist in paying quantities. he lands which tbe Indi.ius cede to the Lmted Stiles are not now nsed. nor are they likely soon to be 11 -d litem. Their rharicter. except tls btittoin-lands.

on which Indians who have loeatious re tain all their rights, is such that the members of tlie two tribe, with their exceedingly limited capital and resources could never realise them. Ihe Indians are left with all the lands, a icr: culture I. timber, grarina and coal kinds included, which in Uie opinion of tlie oouiminsion they ran pobly use to advantage." 1 be oominixsum made an nnsu eessf ul effort to secure for (1 Oti.OtiO additional a stiip of land of about slxy thou-nnd acres on the southern bordiY of Uie reser- 1 vation. near the t'Jwn of Lauder. To the reTusal of the Indians to ll this land, tbo majority attribute the fact that Uie Chairman of Uie committee refused to ign the agreement.

A minority re port, signed by J. I). Woodruff, of Wyoming. Chairman of the commission, oppose tlie tieatv priaetpallv on tlte ground that the Indians weuld not sell the southern tract of Uie reservation. BMjar Lonoer.

THE CABINtT MEETINO. The Ckjiliaa aad Beriag Sea AtTalt Dlscassed, Washlurton, 12. Tbe trouble with Chili was Uie principal topio ef discu. udon at the ranting uf Uie Cab inet, with tbe view of transferring the further consideration of the subject to Congress. It is understood that the entire eorresj londence will be submitted to Congress early next week.

All the members were present except Secretary Foster, who is at Fortress Mnuroe. The Bring sea question was also be fore the Cabinet meeting. It is under- ttood that Uie case lint taken a favor able turn within the past few days and that Secretary Blaine has been udviwd that I-ord Salisbury will agree to his Migpe-dion as to Uie niethtd of selecting thrie of the nrhiri-itorr. from countries which have no interest wlutevr in lle q.ieKtiens at iwue. Wlien the three neutral irbitrators have Iteen acreed ou.

thent need lie no further delay in deeid- Jna on the ptivoniiel of tlio tribunaL it having already been arn'el tliut the United Mae and Oieat Brititn sliall on have Uie Appointment of two of t- Anotlier soint settled is on? of ureat Itritain a roiarcFentatives shall do a resident of Cuada. I he dtos- iiecte are thnt one of tlte arbitrator 011 the pjrt of th Cnftl State. ill lie selected froi.i Uie Kepublican party and the other from the liemocTatie nartv. lion Klward J. ilielps, ex Minister to rjiglanU, la mentioned as most likely to be one ot tte aibitratora ou Uie Dart of tbe united states.

Shippers Want More Lie hi. Washington, Jan. 12. A rommitte, reprvenring the Lake Vessel Association luid a conference with Ute officer of tho Light-houc Board, with a view to the establishment of additi-sial lights for signals and light ship at Uie western end ef Lake Erie, in Uie Detroit, St. Clair and St.

Mary's rivers, on Uie three. upper lakes snd in the Strait of Mack inaw. The committee wa inform. si that tbe board would willingly increase, tiw aid to navigation at Um point indicated if Congress would give Uie authority. capital Sneaker Crisn emtlnur to iint.mve Monday night he pained one of tlie most cum tor Utile niguts since his illness be gan.

The Secretary of Uie Navy to dar maile Uie fifteenth payment of to the Union Irot. Works of San rran- risco on account ot tiie coustructiou of the cruiser no. The Secretary of War has ranted the request of Maj. Lewis C. Overman.

t'oris of Knjrineers, tor a itostponmiieut ot his trial by court-martial at Cleve land until February 3 A telegram was received at tlie War aVptwtmeut yesterday saying that a gusrd of soWlrers aco.anpa.iy lug 1 array paymaster naa Deen arracKeu ny rougns St Nogales, snd that tbe Sergeant had Urn arrested by Ute civil authori ties for his share in the fight that fol lowed. Arcuioents were begun before the Senate Committee on Privilege and Election vesterdsy In the Idaho eon- tmt of Dubois snd Clajreett for a seat 1n the United States Senate. Senator Dubois now holds tiie, seat which is contented by Mr. Clsggett on the allega tion that was not legally eiecrea oy tne Lecishtture of Idaho. Tlw ituiMu of American liepuldica Is informed that the lVcsiilent of Uie irmniiiw Tfennblin has annoiiitid Julio Yiotorlc and, Caiios Oixklett as Cora- BiUNanrri 10 coiiees ana imnr" ma Villi, fur the Argentina Keoublio for the World Fair in 1 8 S3, and has tssned.

a deerce placing at their tiispcani too 1100,000 appropriated by Congress for tliat purpose. Tbo comma elal traveler of the onnntn liave 1 rea1 beiran to move on r'inrret for an amendment to the Inter state Commerce law, wiuun will permi the railroads to givo tnem special rates fmm and an extra allowance ot hag- gage. The House Committee on Inter-atata Commctoe seems favorably dis posed toward the request of Ute oom-. mercjai tra ea'ra ONLY THREE DEAD One of the Monon Wreck' Eeported Victims Still Alive. The Condition of Several of the Wounded Very Serious.

A Young Woman Buns Two Miles To Giro Aid To the Suffering. Eear End Collision Comes Near Caus ing Another Terrible Accident On (he Eoad. A PATHETIC SCENE. Crawfordsville, Jan. 12.

LiLr Up to this evening only HanS deaths have resulted from the Monon wreck of yetcrday afternoon, instead of four, ss Bnt reported Ben Ham burg, of Cincinnati, whose friends arrived and took his lemalns home: Mad cue Von Bokey, who wss burtod bsr undet CaUiolie su. pices, being of that faith, and C. N. Clieek. of GrseneasUsv show family arrived two hours before liL tiath.

lie rcmuned oaks and! ronieions to the last. although, suffer. ing untoli apooy. Iluwe still in a serious oondittom are Nellie Hanley. of tbo City Clab Boa.

league Company, who is having awfal bytterics caused by her sufJeringa from a spinal couciosion. Mrs. iiosi Evsns, of GreoncakUe. lata -ported da-od latt night, may recover by careful nuf4n. Sho was in a taint.

K. VbiteMid. or Frankfort, I in a very critical cnditlm from a spinal fractur All thu otherK are out or will 1m in. the course of a week or two. Zacl.urUiu Fulton, an aged ooiored man, of" bediord, was found to-day among friends with hi sho alders snd bcfct crushed, und James Townsiey.

of this city, was so badly bruited ap that lio is continually Fpitting blood. Ihe wreck wa guarvkd all night by railroad employes, and in the raoraina; the baggrge And prortr was claimed. I ho most of the )e Iters ta Ute mail ear were red with blood, and hundreds of se-kcri carried OK frigiiieuts of any kind with blood at them There has been no change la opinion in regard to. Uie cause of Uie di-iiter, and publio sentiment now exonr ciate toe tvo unknown section men. Tlie Iteroic action of Miss Helen Wat- foimc-ly of Louisville, daughter of II.

S. WatMin, local aR.nt of be road. had thu far enrapet! publicity. Sho lielp lsr father Ui depot, Sud at Uie firnt hi rnd to tb scene, running the entire two n-ile. Ueing Um only woman unliurt, alie was of infinite sct vice, giving Isi tloaw to some neipie sufferer an.l well ing in Uie cold blast a hard as any mn.

A Ivilf a doren iaU liave been bere all dy settling rlxiru for tA. hero they could, and rel using to settle wIvt. th pas sengers were uiiteooclle in Uieir de-ma rids- Claim Agent Ilcustcn had a satchel of greenbacks, which ho dit-trihuted in lot of $10 to 9100. At 11:30 o'ekek lact night Uie Mcoon bl anotler wreck bere, in which nine men Imrely ewped with their Uvea. Tli-'y wer- sleeping In the cato-se ot Uie wrecking ti-iin st tlie station, which w.is lyijfc en tbo main track, when sud-dehly aiourfl the curve eamo througk freight No 7 at full i-pcd witn thirty- ve ir lieoxily haded.

Tbe last three enrs of tlie wrecking train were com pletely demolished anil some barrels of oil aed in utking a tarribie Oon- Bagn.ti n. How tjo nine sJeeoera es caped with seriou injuiie is a minwK 'but did. The rUtioa caught, but the fire departmeut saved la, Coi.dui-tor liills wn able go homo to Lonisville last right, an Dt. Brey-fogki vl wir i-e staying wiUi H. Warson, aptnt of tb load at Uus point, Mr.

Hreyfogle is not so seriously injured ss was st first supposed, and will oon 1 -lover fiim tU. cut on her face. Tlierv were many pathetic joenes at tlie Sutt IIot.1. where the most of tb mere rated for. Among theca none wa more touching that wit-neesid by the Knights TempHr, who watt lied at the bedside ot Asitant Supirinteudent U.

Lowell, as bo r-h'pt lie was continually troubled by dreams of tlio wufk and fiiUenUy a prater, which had passed hia lips when buried ia the dohria It was: od have mercy on mo and all my felrow-pusMMigen imbedded ha this wreck, beep tbem from Uie flames and furtiut soflerinrf, nnd let thtm all ba t4, be.ith and 1 hi-, if A He would then interrupt htoself aLd Call OUt MIS I 0 wmm, all right: go to that man over there. for God ake. lie needa yon mora than I do." MR. LOWELL BADLY HURT. Ths Assistant Saaeriateadsat tbo Moaoa Uroagkl Here liaageroaslf Isjared Other Tiotisas of tha Ktaakh t'p.

Tbo iniurie received by George K. Lowell. Aadstant Superintendent of tba Monon, tn tbe wreck at Crawfordsvilla, aro more 'iious than was aa nrs tbuug'iit. onlay nlgbt there were conflicting reports concerning his rnjariea. However, it now torn out that be la badly hurt.

Ills wife reached Cxaw-foidsvllle at an early hour yesterday morning, and concluded to bring hint te Loutsvilk at once. She arrived bere wttit him at 9:33 o'clock last evening, and be was removed to the Louisville Hoeel in an ambulance. Mr. Lowell is badly hart about tbe abdomen. Is Internally injared, and is severely braised.

Ja bow seriou bis injuries are could ana 1 1 -I.