JRT.Damagingentgen-ray icture of a ies and an iluable tea-◦art at the Frank Du-he defend-red against is^iult with) a qnarrel lor atraok a revolver side of the lor went to ho dressed to find thensupported , and when tim that no he encoun-nly struck d with the to case hadodnced W.taken an ,or’s head a 1 shooting ed the bul-The photo-ad of Tay-onrt The ible, and a 16 place in ballet nowweight of the metal.The sight was a terrible one as one passenger after another sank, the boats proving unmanageable. The crew was all drowned, and only three men and a boy of the passengers escaped. The vessel sank soon after she was abandoned. The wreck occurred off the port of Dos Rayas, Tabaco.Tramped Across The ContinentNew York, Dec. 25 —Mrs. Estby and her daughter, Clara, aged 19 years, the transcontinental pedestrians, completed the journey from Spokane to this city at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. They left the Western city May 5, on a wager with a New York woman that they could cross the continent in less than seven months. The conditions of the wager were that each woman j was to leave town with only $5 and earn their living en route, if auy sickness befell either, the time consumed by it was to be abstracted from the total time.On the way -across the continent they did housework, sewing, and sold j photographs of themselves. At Lin- ! coin, Neb., Mrs. W. J. Bryan fed them and bought photographs. In Ohio they called on Major and Mrs. McKinley.Following is an appro* mate of our imports: Bt377,500 pounds; cheese, at bei*ig about one half the im the previous year. The e here to Alaska have been tt relieving our markets at va With our increased trade ii tory and a probable demai Orient, the outlook for tt not without hope.The total estimated va dairy products is $840,643.The expenses of the con the year has been $3,595.The Cruiser Brook!Philadelphia, Dec. 22.—' Brooklyn, which has bee League Island navy-yard into commission four wee] start on her first official Saturday. She will stea naval station at Newport, I her torpedoes have been board, the cruiser will Brooklyn where the citiz municipality will formall the ship a handsome silv After this ceremony and thlt; festivities are concluded, t go to Hampton Roads and ; lantio squadron.ggestion of 1 the intro-s evidence.Spain’s Warlike Preparations.London, Doc. 25—A Rome dispatch to the News says: All indicationshere seem to prove that Spain has been preparing for the event of warlike complications with the United States. The hurried manufacture of a large quantity of cartridges has been ordered at Brescia, and four cruisers have been ordered from the Ansaldo yards in Genoa.Smelting Works to St(Kansas City, Deo. 22.-nounced that the Kansas Ci Refining Company’s w for some time past have belt; with a reduced force, wil January 1 in all departn greatest number of men ever been employed by namely 609, will be excec hands.eecs.floods inColfax, Wash., Deo. 25.—The O. R. N. Co s freightbouse, depot, shops,fanir onfllhnnkflM. and aboutPolice Officer Kill*Kansas City, Dec. 22.-George W. Noah, the oldlt; noint of service on the f