Alaska, which come over from yester­day, after which adjournment was taken until tomorrow.

Friday.—The anti-civil service re­formers scored a victory in the house today. The legislative, executive and judioial appropriation bill was taken up for conside.ation and when the ap­propriation for the civil service com­mission was reached, Mr. Evans, Rc- publican, of Kentucky, made a motion to strike it out. This motion has been rando annually for n dozen years or more, but has invariably failed. But today the opponents of the law laid great stress on the fact that they could not got a direct vote upon the proposition and were therefore com­pelled to seek its nullification in this manner. Even these appeals failed to bring out the full strength of the op­position, though the motion to strike out carried by a narrow majority, 67 to 61. This was in committee of the whole, where no record is made of the vote. Mr. Moody, Republican, gave notice that ho would demand a record vote in the house, where the friends of the civil service law expect to re­verse the decision. Adjourned.

Saturday.—The houso of represen­tatives was engaged all day on the legislation of the executive appruk^ge tion bill and completed it .substiij 1—111 as reported as-e^pt for -Hie the civil service commission wll.™ went over until Monday. There werS” soveral side debates during the day. One of these brought out Mr. Gros- venor, of Ohio, in a speech of an hour on current political questions.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.ANTHER ENGLISH CLASSIC. Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville, njid the Chicago, St. Louis and New Or­leans, §3,985,733 36; Alabama and Vicksburg, §681,195.73; Alabama Great Southern, §97,842.72; Mobile and Ohio, §3,861,086.64; New Orleans and Northeastern, §1,085,732.50; Moss Point and Pascagoula, §1,506.21; Gulf and Ship Island, §158,297.87} Gulf and Chicago, §50,000.

MISSISSIPPI NEWS NOTESGOLDEN RÜTHE TEXT OF THE TREATY OF PEACE

COMES BEFORE THE SENATE.Bishop Galloway adds one in his

tribute to Prentiss.Mr Edgar S. AVilson, the talented

writer for the Picayune, lias shown his rare good taste in reproducing in full in one of his letters to that journal the tribute of Bishop C. B. Galloway to that other talented son of Mississippi, Sargent S. Prentiss. The article of the Bishop was first printed in leading Magazine and has attracted marked attention all over tho country. It tells of the, wonderfully eloquent man in the most eloquent and charming way. It has woven a garland about the brow of one of Mississippi’s dead, and in the weaving the work of a master fully appears. Prentiss was unquestionably tho greatest orator of his time, hut he could not have told with all his wonderful gift of speech any man's virtues more elo­quently than this gifted writer has t jld of his. This effort of the talen­ted and accomplished churchman will live as an English classic. Its choice and beautiful diction and its pathetic beauty strive for ["the mas­tery, in every sentence. When one has finished the reading, he has for­gotten the flight of time and won­ders why such a pen should have stopped its marvelous work. No more beautiful gem can find a place in any scrap book.

RAINSTORM OF LAS j WEEK DIO MUCH

DAMAGE IN VICKSBURG.Published Weekly at

VICKSBURG, MISS.

Civil Service Reformers Score n Victory—

Mr. Frye, of Maine, is Acting President of

the Senate-—The Codification of tho L(

of Alaska Considered.

Subscription Price,

0 o Dollar per Annum, in Advance.Gross Earnings of the Various Railroads in

the State—Tragedy In Yazoo County-

Grip Is Epidemic—A Shooting Scrape at

Canton."Tli refore. Whatsoever Ye Would that

Men Should Do to You, Do Yo Even So ‘ o Them. HOSTILITIES EXPECTED.Rilled by a Railway Engine.

Laurel.—Ed Toe, colored, 19 years of age, was killed by an engine on the Laurel & Northwestern Railroad near Laurel, one day last week.

Robbery at Sandersvllle.

Ellisville.—The depot safe of the New Orleans & Northeastern railroad at Sandersvllle was blown open and robbed last week by unknown robbers. The ameunt taken by the robbers is not known.

SENATE.

Wednesday.—The first, sossion of the senate after the holiday recess oc­cupied only fourteen minutes, al­though iu that brief time two open sessions and an executive session were held. Before the presiding officer’s gavel fell on today’s session the sena­torial members of the peace commis­sion appeared on the floor and were given n hearty greeting by their col­leagues. Mr. Frye, who was in the chair, immediately recognized Major Prüden, . assistant secretary to the president, who presented a message from the president of the United States. On motion of Mr. Davis the senate went into executive session in order thnt the treaty might be re­ferred to the committee on foreign re­lations. In a few minutes the senate reconvened in open session and Mr. AUiaajàjmüpunced the death of Sena­tor Morrill. After eulogistio remarks the senate adjourned as a furthor mark of respect.

Thursday.—In the absence of the vice-president, on account of illness, Mr. Frye presided at the opening of today’s session of tho senate, Mr. Berry, of Arkansas presented a pro­test from the J. Ed Murr ary camp of United Confederate Veterans of Arkan­sas against the adoption of tho pro­posed amendment of Senator Butler of North Carolina to the pension appro­priation bill providing for tho payment of pensions to the Confederate soldiers. Mr. Berry said the members of the camp deemed it unwise to adopt such a proposition. They say, said Mr. Berry, that they have provided for themselves and their families for more than a generation} and they regard such a proposition as that of Mr. But­ler as “ungracious.” Mr. Hoar then presented the following resolution, which was adopted: “That the com mittee on foreign relations be directed to inquire and to report to the senate whether the proposed treaty with Spain makes any provisions for claims of citi­zens of the United States against Spain which were in existence before the beginning of the present war, the oxtent and number of such claims, and what will be the legal conditions of the same after peace shall have been declared.” The senate bill providing for the classification of clerks in first and second class postoffices was passed, The bill also fixes salaries. It divides the clerks in first clasp offices into eight grades at salaries ranging from §500 to $1000. The Nicaragua canal bill was then taken up and Air. Caffery was recognized to continue his speech in opposition to tlio pending bill. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Caffery’s speech the senate adjourned.

Friday.—Immediately after the bou- ate convened today the resolution of­fered yesterday by Mr. Hoar, of Alas- sachusetts, calling upon thé president for information as to the instructions to the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of Paris, together with all correspondence and reports relating to their work, was laid before the senate. Chairman Davis, one of the commis­sioners, desired that it be referred to tho foreign relations committee, but Mr. Hoar insisted that the senate had as much right to such information as tho members of tho foreign relations committee and that the president should determine whether the senate should linve it. The resolution was adopted iu secret session. In support of the resolution offered some time ago by Mr. Vest, of Missouri, in op­position to expansion, Mr. Caffery, of Louisiana, delivered an extendod speech. At the conclusion of Mr. Caffery’s argument, Air. Alorgan, of Alabama, announced on behalf of the Nicaragua canal committee, the ac­ceptance in a modified form of the amendments offered by Air. Berry be­fore the holidays, ta the pending canal bill.od upon by the senate. Adjourned.

Saturday.—At a brief sossion of the senate the first of the regular ap propriation bills to bo reported to that body, the District of Columbia, was passed. It carries a trifle over $7,000,- 000, and was passed practically with­out debate. The presentation of a memorial from camp of Confederate veterans in opposition to the proposi­tion of Air. Butler, Populist, of North Carolina, to pension ex-Confederate soldiers, was made the text by Air. Allen, Populist of Nebraska, for some remarks, iu the course of which be said Air. Butler, in making his prop­osition, and the president in suggest­ing that the nation care for the graves of the Confederate dead, had been carried away by their enthusiasm. The senate after a brief executive ses­sion, at 2:10 p.m. adjourned, add house congress

house.

Wednesday—The houso spent to­day consideiing the bill to define and punish crimes iu Alaska and provide a code of criminal procedure for the Territory. The only section of tho hill which promises to cause a contest, is that providing for tho sale of liquor in Alaska. Upon this question con­siderable difference of opinion devel- opes. The house adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late Sen­ator Morrill.

Thursday.—Under a special order adopted before the holiday recess, the house devoted today to the considera­tion of hills presented by the commit­tee on judiciary. The bills were first considered iu committee of the whole, The house also considered the bill for the codification of the laws of

>Y. E. A10LMS0N, - ■ - Editor.FRANCE AND ENGLAND THOUGHT TO BE

ON THE VERGE OF WAR.H. L. Slaughter, Publisher and Business Almiager.

S. R. Ellis, B. W. Currie, H. 8. Oa- olos. Local Editorc.

JNot responsible for tho vLws ex pressed by correspondents.

No attention paid to anonymone communications.

Entered in the Postoffice at Vicks­

burg, Miss., as second-class matter.

Madagascar, Africa and Otlor Points of

»Iflerciicd Exist, and tlio Tension Be­

tween the Two Countries is Increasing- —

Cecil Rhodes’ Gigantic llaiiway Project.

London.—All events seem to work together in European politics to in­crease the tension between Great Britain and France. The past week has brought Madagascar and Egypt forward as irritants, just when the mutual irritability was subsiding. Even tue most conservative observers begin

, „ „ .. to take a pessimistic view of the rela-„ _ , _ . _ turns between the two powers. ThisCanton. Alike Jones colorW^*i^«inojlu}os ti,OBO -ndio, up to the present,

and dangerously wounded John Tee- r have considered the belligerency to bo ter, a respectai, e Northern man, who more talk, due to suporsensitiveness emigrated to this county two years upon the part of Franco and to un- since. Mr feeler was unconscious at necessary gruffnoss upon the part of tlio time of this dispatch. Officers are Great Britain in insisting upon what m pursuit aud export to capture tho 8be considers to he her rights.Qe*=10‘ On one side Franco seoms to foster

the growing belief that Great Britain Vicksburg.—The cornerstone of tho is determined, under some pretoxt or

other, to force her into war, and is willing to make a pretext if no plausi­ble excuse arises. On the other side, a large part of the British public pro­fess that their patience has been Strained beyond endurance by what they deem to bo’tlie unvarnished dis­honesty of French diplomacy. The publication of the Aladagascnr blue book, which was followed by a leading editorial in the Times, denouncing France in language so fiery for that conservative newspaper that French­men are reading the two together and are construing them as parts of a de­liberate policy inspired by one mind. That mind, in the theory of the man in the street, is Air. Joseph Chamber- lain, the secretary of state for the col­onies. Other papers may storm aud

. scold and are not noticed, but whenmoved out of their houses m wagon.* the Times becomes abusive, foreigners A great quantity of cotton is still in tb interpret it as being the voice of the fields has been totally destroyed by j government, the floods, causing a loss of many thousands of dollars to the farmers.All business was suspended until the water subsided.

Grip In Epidemic.Scranton.—This whole section is

suffering from an epidemio of grip, which is aggravated by the foggy, raniy weather of the last few weeks. Up to the present, however, none of the eases have proven fatal.

FOR STATE SENATOR.

V.’o authorized to announce

Du. W. G. KIGEll

a candidate for re-e^ertion to repre­sent the senatorial district, composed of Warren county.

as “ for

Gen. Miles has received a solar plexus blow at the hands of Gen. Egan. The testimony of that indi­vidual before the war board yester­day was sufficient to turn the atmo­sphere a bright and lasting red.

The senate has confirmed the nomination of Hon. Thomas Rich­ardson 'as postmaster at Port Gib- sou. We congratulate the town up­on having so efficient an officer, and the incumbent upon having so excel­lent a town.

Oporahouse Cornerstone Laid.Agoncillo’s Claims.

Washington.—Senor Agoncillo, who is in Washington as the representa­tive of the Philippine government, has asked to be recognized by the United States ns such and be accorded the same rights as other diplomats. Ac­companying a letter from Senor Agou- cillo to the secretary of state is a mem­orandum setting forth the establish­ment of the Philippine republic and the provision for a detailed system of government. “From the facts sub­mitted,” says Senor Agoncillo, “it will appear tbat the Philippine gov­ernment is now, ns it has been prac­tically over since June, 1898, sub­stantially in full possession of tho ter­ritory of the people it represents.” Tho representative of the Philippine government will now await action upon tho request made.

Hud yard Kipling Will VIkU America.

London.—Rudyard Kipling will sail for New York on January 25. He will spend two months in America, mostly at Washington and at the City of Alexico, which the popular writer has not before visited. Kipling deplores tho impression created by bis writings that he is unfriendly to America, recently remarked that he admired Americans aud the colonizing English and thnt tho only men he could not tolerate were tho stay-at-home Eug- Hahmon-^

Cabinet Considers Cuban Affair«.

Washington—The cabinet at its meeting Friday gave special consider­ation to affairs in Cuba. It is not be­lieved that Gen. Wood, who is in com­mand at Santiago, misunderstands the purposes of the government in regard to rovonues, but nothing will be done in (he mutter until Gen. Wood arrives here. Then an effort will be made to arrivo at some general plan for the handling of the receipts in tbo islands. No city will be allowed to expend all of its collections at tho expense of other cities.

tho new opernliouse was laid at noon Saturday with elaborate ceremonies. Mayor Trott bridge and lion. Alurray Smith were the principal speakers, and on immense crowd witnessed the pro­ceedings. Tho building, which is to be completed by the 1st of March, will bo a modern and up-to-date play­house iu every particular, and will havo a seating capacity of 1,200.

The United States of Ce» lea—Salvador, Nicaragua duras—start business as a federated republic with the usual grandiose an­ticipations and performances. We wish them well, says the Philadelphia Record. Under the managing hand of a man like President Diaz of Alex- co, who is practically a king masquer­ading as an elective official, tho now states might be glued together by something more substantial than wittten ngreemonts. But there is nothing in the part history of the Central American states to justify hopes for tlw future of settled govein- nnnt.

Amor- ami tion-

Rainfall Destroys Property.

Gov. McLaurin is making an ac­tive and thorough canvass for a seat itr the United States senate. His only opponent so far announced is Private John Allen now in the lower house at Wellington. It is likely that the governor will win in a walk. He spoke at Port Gibson on Thursday’, and we learn will honor Vicksburg with a call at an early date,. *

Canton.—The rain last Thursday and Friday has caused the greatos: destruction throughout the country; bridges, fences and houses have bee washed away and numbers of famille- in bottom lands have been competle to abandon their homes. Iu “Frog- towu,” a suburb of Canton, m<uk than a dozen negro families had to .tF

In the present instance some Eng­lishmen will place the same construct­ion upon its utterances, recalling how the Times led the “No surrender” cry ever the Fashoda incident, under evi­dent inspiration. One fart is certain, public opinion in Great Britain w'ill not sanction the government to swerve an inch to avoid war with France, thinking that if it must come, this is the best time to have it out.. Maii'i Vl'hÿl'i'W.irt U|q?yf""ce to theni^nost simultaneously with the quiet

but unmistakable pronouncement at Khartoum, by which the British agent there, Viscount Cromer, in his remarks to the shieks, announced that Great Britain had set her seat upon Egypt.

In the meantime another enterprise of the utmost moment in the further­ance of Great Britain’s domination in Africa is about to be consumated. Air. Cecil Rhodes, the former premier of Cape Colony, alleged instigator ot iho Jameson raid, aud so-called “Na­poleon of South Africa,” is going tc England to arrange for pushing for­ward the Capo to Cairo railroad, sc long the dearest dream of the imperi­alists. A definite proposition will be presented by Mr. Rhodes to London capitalists for an extension cf the rail­way from Bulawayo to Lake Tangan­yika.

lie does not protend it will bo a pay­ing investment from the start. Its importance for some years will be po­litical instead of commercial, and he hopes to persuade tU8 British govern­ment to smooth the way by guarantee­ing three and a half per cent interest on tho bonds to cover the cost of con­struction. Rhodes counts upon in­fluencing moneyed men to back their patriotism with their cash, even if he is unable to enlist the government on his side.

If any man can succeed in this pro­ject AH. Rhodes is the man. But one barrier stands in the way, in the form of a Congo convention, guaranteeing the neutr dity of the part of the con­tinent ab« A Lake Tanganyika, which even the autocrat of Rhodesia will find h.u-d to force. Here Germany has the eto on Great Britein’s advance, which he cannot be expected to waive with- ■ut a heavy indemnity.

r The new city government has l>3en duly installed. The only changes worth noting are those in tli9 offices of city attorney and city physician. Col. William J. Vollor has been selected for tho former, and Di J. P. 'A’Leary for the latter

—nosith>-; ’rl) • board voted solidly

doing aff tho 'to see the city move off smoothly, although there is an indebtedness of nearly half a million dollars, and streets that run into the river du­ring every hard rain. There is talk of a sewerage system and vitrified brick or Blegian Block pavements with electric car trimmings. There is a prospect of a park and"a zoo in the dim distance, hut we are going a bit too rapidly; let us have rapid transit and then we shall believe all things else probable; just now they are only possible.

The London Xime3 says: "A good story of the ‘things one would rather have expressed differently’ type is be­ing whispered about Gloucester. Some ‘crauk’ has been writing to the local papers complaining that during the festival he is not abutted to the

«1- il !,.- ,k jjfaeo ot tECrthip. The ‘crank’ turned up at the cathedral the othei day and was told he could not be admitted without a ticket. ‘Do you mean to tell me,’ he excitedly argued, ‘that I shall re­quire a ticket to enter tho kingdom of heaven?’ ‘Well, no,’ explained tho polite steward, ‘but you won’t bear Mme Albaui in heaven.’ And them wheu the enormity of his remark dawned upon him, that steward turned and fled.”

Tragedy Yazoo County

News has reached Jack-Jaikson.

son of a tragedy that took place last week near Meehanicsburg, in Yazoo county, in which the principals were a 5-year-old hoy and 1 is 3 -year-old

Ho

sister. They were tho children of Air, Jo-^ü'.i.-.-V'Çÿ • ■ « ’hab-d jbi-ict.. audtheTflÿpisfol iiaiJitriB Kirh rv-1 to - .r. >te i»rthe result. It seems that the little hoy had been in the habit of snapping a toy pistol at his little 3-year-obl sis­ter with impunity, and he drew the conclusion that the same experiment might bo succe sfnlly made with larger firearms. Ho thereupon took up a Winchester rifle that happened to be iu the room, pointed it at her and pulled tho trigger. Tlio ball struck her full iu the forehead, killing her instantly.

Rfiinstorui Doph Much Damage.Vicksburg.—Property in the city

and surrounding territory has been damaged to the extent of many thou­sands of dollars by tho rainstorms of Thursday aud Friday. During thirty- six hours, seven and one half inches of rain fell. Traffic to tho south of tho Valley road was suspended for twenty- four hours because of a serious wash­out at Stout’s station, six miles south of Vicksburg. Trains to the east on the A. & V. were also suspended on account of the washing away of a small trestle at Baker’s Creek. In tho city soveral of the streets were cover­ed to a depth of ten feet with edrth washed down from tho hillsides, and three houses were washed from their foundations and carried a considerable distance. The country roads are re­ported to be completely blocked, in many places the roadway having been entirely obliterated. A horse aud rider on the Hall Ferry road were caught between caving banks Thurs­day night and covered with three feet of dirt. The man succeeded in get­ting his head out aud was found iu an exhausted condition Friday morning alter having been burioil for live hours. His horse was killed. What cotton is still unpicked is now considered to be a total loss. Local river men fear that immense damage has been done to the levees. The National cemetery and the government road havo suffered heavy damages from landslides.

vitli all remnants of did live” business. We hope

One of the latest inventions is said to be a fog disjieller, an apparatus consisting of a Lor zontal outlook- pipe, some eight 1'eet in length aud eight feet iu diameter, into which en­ters a tube from below, connecting with a blower deep down in a steam­ship’s interior. This blower sends a powerful stream of air into the tube, the current of air, so to speak, bor­ing a hole through the fog, and in­ducing a cone of clear atmosphere with its apex at the mouth of the tube. By the aid of this apparatus a pilot who stands with his eye at the glass at the rear of the tube, can, it is claimed, pick up his buoys nnd look out for other vessels ahead. Tho in­ventor hopes eventually to make the fog-dispeller” effective at a range of a thousand feet. Certainly any appara­tus or agency capable of dissipating fogs at sea or on land, whether the mists bo physical, mental, or spiritual, would be a boon to mankind.

Terrible Boiler Explosion.

London.—A big boijer, while being tested in Hevitt’s ship building yard at Barking, bursted Friday, and the superintending engineer and eight men were killed. About forty persons were injured—some fatally. Tho bodies of the dead were frightfully mutilated. The whole ship building works were wrecked. A lad was found dead three hundred yards from the scene of the disaster. A number of men and boys are missing. Tho win­dows in houses a half mile away were shattered.

We have very many'and frequent remedies proposed for the running of this paper. Some of our readers want the sewers turned 'inside out and all the skeletons in every closet except their own unearthed. Some want a red hot rabid "journal that they would he afraid^to’let it be known that they ever read, while others want anything but"what they get. It is a source of regret that the' colored people are not prepared to support a newspaper of any class. Without the support’of the’ business community, composed almost ex- elusively'of whites,"no newspaper can long’’survive. The"'men who

r find the most fault are those who 'want 'to'wait and see whether "a pa- P -T can li ve a year'without collect­ing its subscriptions andJthen if it dies m*'the attempt,'will'shout “I told you so.’ Of course, it is true that the Vicksburg public has been somewhat imposed upon by cam­paign sheets and such m'the’ part, but there is no community in"the United States that 'contains’ as few colored people who are willing to do right by an enterprise upon which they lean so heavily.

The amendments were not pass- America Kilters a Protest.

Pekin.—-The United States minister here, Edward II. Conger, acting upon instructions from Washington, vigor­ously protested Thursday against tho extension of the French or any other powers exclusive concession at Shang­hai, but bo urged tbe extension of tbo existing settlements on an interna­tional basis. The British, minister, Sir Claud AI. Macdonald, formally pro- - tested against the mining and railroad regulations.

Sanitary Precaution* at. Army Camp*.

Washington.—Profiting by the ex­perience of the recent war, Secretary Alger has issued shingent regulations for tho sanitary inspection each Satur­day of all military camps, including regimental, brigade and division hos­pitals. A opecial medical inspection also is ordered on the last Saturday of each month. Similar inspections will bo made on the last day of each month of all posts and general hospitals.

General Wheeler is old bnt full ol ideas, and his plan for higher educa­tion among Cubans is excellent, oh-

j serves the New York Commercial Ad­

vertiser. Ho proposes, in brief, that each American college give free tui­tion to a few Cuban youth. The col­leges are doing well iu agreeing to General Wheeler’s plan, aud it will be a good thing for Cuba. Wealthj- Cubans have sent their sons here to be educated nearly as often as to Eu-

and six months iu jail to speak your r0Pe> no'v tho wealthy class mind Août William, the people go up embarrassed, and tbe middle class are in their garrets, muffle the keyholes, Poor- No <loubt ma,,y Gubriu y°ntb and tell what they think to the chim- wh<> wou!d otherwise be prevented by

In America, where Poverty fro:u coming here for eduea- | tion will be able to come under this

Fiendish Murder.

Cincinnati.—Ida Price dered in a horrible manner in her room in a flat on West Sixth street, Saturday, by having coal oil thrown over her clothing and then fired. Her screams brought help, but the door was locked. The door was broken iu, the flames subdued and the woman taken to the hospital, where she died several hours later. She -was able to say during her conscious moments that William Kennedy, who was living with her, was the man who had thrown the oil on her and sot fire to her cloth­ing. After doing this, Bhe said, he had locked tho door of the apartment to insure her death. The police have Kennedy in custody.

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Jackson.—The necretary of the rail­way commission has prepared tho fol­lowing tabulated report of tho gross earnings of tbe various railroads oper­ating in tbe State for tbe last fiscal year, Tbe figures given below will be contained in the next report of that body to tho legislature. They apply simply to the gross earnings iu the State of ATiasissippi, and although the cost ot operation, interest on bonds and and taxes materially reduce the show­ing. Tbo figures indicate au increase over the business of the previous year. The gross earnings of the Southern railway in Alississippi were §057,030.- 67; the Memphis and Charleston earned $45,813.05; Southern Railroad company, not including leased lines, §49,112.86; Kansas City, AlempLisaud Birmingham, §724,414.81; New Or­leans and Mobile, §621, 676.51; Yazoo and Alississippi Valley, $2,996,- 867.70; Illinois Central, lessee of the

ling* for I.nst Yi

Spanish System Will Contli

Washington.—The war department has finally decided to continue in force, for a time at least, the system of collecting taxes in Cuba practiced by the Spanish authorities, but with some very important changes in the plan, all iu the direction of liberality to­wards the taxpayers and in the hones­ty of administration.

In Germany, where it costs §1000are

ney swallows, you can say whatever you like about him, you don’t care to say anything, ] It’s human nature.

Sagnsta Ministry Will Resign.

AIadrid.—Owing to tho inclemency of tho weather, Senor Sagasta, the premier, was unable to visit the queen regent Alouday to submit the question of confidence in the cabinet. The crisis is therefore postponed, but there is no doubt that the Sagasta ministry will resign.

plan. Anything to spread American ! ideas, tho English language, aud quaintanee with scientific and mo-

While tho British lion is waiting to ' chanical progress among the Cuban havo the powers twist its tail, appav- people will bs salutary, reutly just yet tbat is not the end they . connection there is between Cuba and

ac- lîurmd to Dentil.

Searcy, Ark.—Vera nnd Alamio Tanner, tbe young daughters of Hon. A. D. Tanner, were burned to death Friday morning. While their mother was absent from home the childrens’ clothing caught fire from an open fire­place.

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The closer

are seeking. tho United States the better for theCubans and lor civilization.