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CURRENT COMMENT.
The farmers of Catalonia Spain have
not made a success of their effort to
cultivate American grape vines.
Ex-Kino Milan of Servla has been
Invited to spend a few years In Russia
to work for the Panslavist cause.
Tiik Sultun of Morocco has (riven the
German Minister a monopoly of the bnsi
ness of exporting wheat and barley for
threo years.
Tiik Canadian Government Is prepar
ing to establish a fast Atlantic steam
ship service. Jtids for the vessels have
been asked for.
Coxohkks has been asked to approprl
ate 8X0000 for additional clerks copyists
and messengers and additional room for
the General Land-office.
An epidemic of suicldo prevails in
Vienna. Six persons endeavored to take
their lives in one day. Three women
succeeded and three men failed.
Ehitob Tci.i.y of tho Herald of Ros-
common Ireland has been sentenced
to three months in prison for publish-
ing an article denouncing land grabbers.
Tiik Mexican authorities refuse 1o
allow American stockmen to drive back
cattle which have strayed across the
line. Thousands of head have been
Boized.
Tub indictments against John Keenan
and Henry L. Sayles for bribery in con-
nection with the ltroadway railroad
franchise in New York City have been
dismissed.
It was reported in Herlln that the
German War Minister was about to re-
sign because his estimates for war re-
quirements were repudiated by Chan-
cellor von Caprivl.
Tiik reports that Mexico is overrun
by Chinese are declared to be nonsense.
There are not 1000 Chinamen on tho
entire coast Most of the arrivals are
on their way to tho United States.
A sensational Chicago story about a
man being buried alive and endeavor-
ing to escape from tho colli n and being
found horribly distorted in the coffin
was soon exploded when sifted down.
Tint first deposit of (500000 for the
sale of the ctty of Baltimore's 83000
shares ofltaltimore Ohio stock at par
has been made. 1 he deal must be
closed and all 1ho money paid by July.
Sthono efforts are being made fo rec-
oncile the differences between the old
Czechs and Germans in the Hohcmian
Diet Emperor Francis Joseph Is ex-
erting himself to the utmost to secure
that end.
rnii.AHKi.riUA newspapers contain
many nnu extensive auvcrui-emenis ot
Cape May property for sale and rent.
The boom is the outgrowth of ihe Presi-
dent's family taking up their residence
there for this season. " '
Tiik National convention of mutual
life and accident underwriters In ses-
sion in New York City elected H. J.
Reimund of New York president and
W. II. Swollingcr. of Galesburg HI.
secretary. Commissioner Wilder of
Kansas came in for severe condemna-
tion. It Is stated that Henry M. Stanley
will sail for New York with his wife on
October 20. Mr. Stanley has concluded
arrangements to deliver fifty lectures in
the United States during the fall and
winter. For the lectures delivered in
New York he is to receive 5000 and
for each lecture thereafter in the various
cities he Is to receivo 200.
IlY unanimous vote the Chicago City
Council has agreed to petition Governor
Fifer to call an extra session of the State
Legislature to consider an amendment
permitting tho city of Chicago's bonded
indebtedness to be increased 85000-
000. The sum named is for the pur-
pose of promoting the success of the
World's Fair. Effort to increase the
amount so as provide for other municipal
undertakings were defeated.
Tiik protracted negotiations between
the Senate and House respecting the
differences arising from conflicting
amendments to the Tension bill have
been brought to a successful conclusion
by the final agreement of the conferees
liy the terms of the agreement the
Senate recedes from its insistence upon
the dependent pension features and
the House agrees to drop the service
pension provision leaving the bill a
Disability Pension bill.
I.i Ellsworth Me. the other night
one of Robblns' circus men was set upon
by a (rang of roughs and a general fight
followed. Shortly afterward another
rlrcus man and Miss Wardell his wife
were attacked and the woman was
knocked down and kicked probably
fatally. The whole circus crowd then
marched into the village and proceeded
to whip the thole town. No perform-
ance was given and the circus got away
safely- Ellsworth is the home of Sen-
ator Hale.
Tommy Sctton after living without
Solid food for ninety-six days died re-
cently at Dubuque Iowa. During all
bis fast his only sustenance wss soda
water. Previous to the death of the boy
a council of physicians was held and all
nnited in pronouncing It a rase of paral-
ysis of the stomach and bowels. Some
years ago the lad suffered a fall and was
ftever In perfect health thereafter.
Ninety-six days previous to his death
his stomach refused all solid foods and
sods water was the only liquid he could
retain. His sufferings were intense and
he bore them uncomplainingly until
death came to his relief.
TnK Irish Catholic of Dublin slates
that the Pope in replying to the con-
gratulations of visitors at the Vatican
expressed himself as strongly of the be-
lief that great punishment was imjieud-
Ing on sis-iety for its disregard of and
indifference to the Church. 'The
Ixird" be said "will come no longer
with a sweet and peaceful face but with
an angry one to strike and purify the
burrh. I am neither a prophet nor the
son of a prophet but I feel in my heart
the jfresentiment A sea of evil Is about
tob-st against the rock on which the
Church is founded and will leave noth-
ing to ! seen on the horinon but the
threat of the anger of God. Prayer w ill
tit t f uffire to appease the Almighty."
Two hundred persons were hurled
from a broken footbridge in Ilyerlc's
park Cleveland O. on the l.'ith while
witnessing a man jump from a cable
Into the lake. Twenty-five persons
were seriously hurt some probably f-
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gleaned By Telegraph and Mall.
CONUKOiS.
Tiik 'male on Ilia I'M li referred Ihe House
Silver I. Ill lii the finance f ointnltlne. When
the Senate Hllver bill whi tnkon up unanl
umus consent was given that after Ihree
oVIm'k Friday debate should be limited to
Ave minute to any Senator on any question
Senator teller then addressed the tenate In
favor of silver followed by Senator Call
also In litvor or free coinase. After an exec
utlve session the Senate adjonrnod After
transacting unimportant business Ihe limine
went Into Committee ot the Whole on the
ltiat-ortire Appropriation bill. There belng
no opposition to Ihe bill it was speedily re
ported to the limine and passed. Adjourned.
Tub hllver bill went over In the Senate nn
the 11th and several ptihllu building: hilli
pe.aed. Tho Henate bill to prohibit monop-
oly In the transportation of entile to foreign
countriea was taken up end parsed also the
bill for the Inspection of live cattle and Ix-ef
prodti- ta intend -d for foreign export Her
enty-flve pension bills were then passed and
the Kenato adjourned The House adopted
the conference report on the Impendent
Pension bill after a long talk. No other
business of importance was transacted.
THK fennte on the 12th had silver under
consideration. Fenator Kvarts spoke in
favor of silver and Senator Vance addressed
the Senate In firor of unlimited coinage.
Pending remarks In favor of free coinage
by renator Morgan Ilia renato adjourned.
When the House met Air. Mills (Texas
tendered his resignation as a member
of the Committee on Ktiles to which he
had been appointed the day before
and sir BIcMlllan (lenn.) was appoint
ed. The . conference report on the
AntlTrust bill was lllsaKieed to. An I'r
geney Detlclency bill appropriating 1.17ns
poo for the payment of pensions and eH."7V
000 for the census was presented and passed.
A further conference was ordered on the
Pension Appropriation trll. After con-Oder
atlon In Committee of Ihe Whole the Agrl
cultural Appropriation bill was passed. An
evening session was held for the considers
tfon of bills reported frotn the Committee on
I omn erce.
Whkn Ihe Senate met on the 13th Senator
Morgan continued bis remark on the Hlver
bill arguing mainly In favor of free coinage.
Senator Aldrich also addressed the Senate
on the subject. It was finally agreed that
the Senate hill should be laid O'l the table ;
the House bill as amended by the Finance
Committee substituted and that general de-
bate be extended to three o'clock Monday
The silver question was then the subject of
debate until adjournment t he House In
Committee of the Whole had under ton-
sideration during the dny the Sundry Civil
Appropriation hid. It appropriates I's.oio.
fro. Private pension bills were considered
at the evening aeaslon.
Tiia Senate en the Ml li was engaged clear-
ing up Iho calendar many bills being dia
posed of among them thirty private pen-
sion bills -r. Morrill nddrcesed the renate
In advocacy of the bill to establish an ed-
ucational fund and apply iueBru"cd.:t of
public lands and the receipts from certain
land grant railroads to the more complete
endowment and support of colleges
for the advancement nf sclentllie and Indus-
t'lnl education Soon after assembling the
House went Into Committee of the
Whole for the considers! Inn of the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. 1 he committee
soon rose and public business was sua
pended for the put pose of paying tr hute to
Ihe late lt-prcscntntlve Itandall of Pennsyl-
vania. Many m tnbera delivered eulogies
after which the House adjourued.
I'KttSOVAI ANI t'OI.Il IOAI
Hon. W. W. Dickkkson of Grant.
County Ky.was nominated for Congress
to succeed Senator Carlisle on the 207th
ballot
Wll.MAM O'IIhiks tho Irish National-
ist has been married to Mile Kaffelo-
vitch. Tiik President recently received a
committee from tho Chamber of Com-
merce of New York beaded by Mr.
Cornelius S. Rliss to urge tho Improve-
ment of the Mississippi river and Mr.
Arthur ScwalL of Maine with a com-
mittee representing the shipping Inter-
ests of tho country.
Tub freedom of the city of Edlnburg
Scotland has been presented to Henry
M. Stanley.
Tiik Department of State is Informed
that by decree of May2S Portau Prince
Hayti was relieved from martial law
under which it was placed on May 24
1888.
Joskph Jonasson the young man ar-
rested In Herlln charged with malign-
ing Emperor William is twenty-seven
years old. He was born in San Francis-
co Cal. Ho is traveling in Kuroe with
his brother Henry. Ho is a Hrst lieu-
tenant in the Twelfth regiment New
York State National Guard.
Tiik President has vetoed the hill for
a public building at Tuscaloosa Ala.
Mas. Maiiv Jaiia aged sevunty-flvo
the last of the Nipuck tribe of Indians
died at Webster Mass. recently.
Tub House committee investigating
reform in the civil-service censured
Commissioner Lyman for laxity of dis-
cipline. Missorm Democrats have nominated
T.J. Gantt of Henry County for Su-
preme Judge; I.. E. Wolfe of Randolph
County for School Superintendent and
H. N. Hickman of Stoddard County for
Railroad Commissioner.
Govkrnoh Fikkk has railed a special
World's Fair session of the Illinois
legislature to meet July 23.
Tiik first Canadian woman's suffrage
convention was in session at Toronto
Ont on the 1.1th.
Tim Czarewltch of Russia will start
on a tour of the world August 1 return-
ing by way of the I'nited States
Hon. Francis Him. of Exeter Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of Maine
died unexpected1? on the l.'ith.
MISCKI.I.ANKOI S.
Thk House Committee on Labor has
agreed to report a bill that hereafter no
employe of the Government except fe-
males and hoys under eighteen shall
receive less than ii per day.
SrPF.RiNTKMiFNT I'oiiTEB has Issued
orders to the Pennsylvania census enu-
merators not to take numliers instead
of names for Italian and Hungarian la-
borers. A Catholic nun perishrl In a fire
which broke out in the Mercy Hospital
DavenjMirt Iowa the other morning.
The patients were all rescued by the
heroism of the other sisters.
Tiik instant closing of the flood does-
alone prevented the City of Rome sink-
ing when she recently struck Fastnot
rock off Queenstow n Ireland.
Tiik tornado at Wapello Iotils
County Iowa was quite serious.
Though no lives were lost many per-
sons were hurt and innumerable build-
ings were destroyed.
Ax incendiary lire in Frankstown Pa.
destroyed ten frame buildings. During
the Arc several dwellings were robbed.
Soacmakeiis have formed a combine
Fatiikii Mom .ix out a Catholic priest
is said to have remarkable success In
curing sick people at Allegheny City
Pa.
Thk striking coal miners in Heaver
County Pa. have won their battle for
an advance in wages after a six weeks'
Contest
Ht'siNr.ss failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended June li numbered
212 compared with 80S the previous
week and 2"0 the corresponding week
of last year.
Tiik American riflemen to participate
In the German contots next month
have arrived at HrcmorhaveB and been rommiltM on tho Sundry Civil Appro-
fj.vcn a grand reception. I priation bill.
Ekiiit men belonging to the Amer-
ican fishing schooner Fannie A. Spur-
ling are missing. The vessel arrived at
North Sydney N. 8. and Captain Dore
reported that the men were out in four
dories off Cape North. A strong tide
was running and the men were unable
to reach the schooner.
Ji'Huk Nn i it am of the United States
District Court at Sioux City Iowa has
decided the O'lirlen County ejeotment
cases in favor of the farmers who had
occupied their lands for years.
Tiik street railway strike at Colum-
bus O. ended In a compromise brought
about by the clUaons committee.
'1 iik attitude of the Cheyenne Indians
of Montana continues to lie menacing.
Work on the cattle ranches has been
completely stopped.
Salvationists tried to enter a town
In Prussia the other day in procession
and were attacked by the people. The
police defended the Salvationists and
fierce fight ensued In which several per
sons were Injured.
Ex-PftKSiiiKNT UAIH'IA of Mexico has
been excommunicated by Archbishop
I.abastidps for insisting that the peopl
do not profess the true Roman Catholic.
religion but an Idolatrous.
Til K K masked highwaymen robbed
the post-office at Joshua Tex. the other
night after holding up tho people pres
ent They got three gold watches and
J'joo.
A Ci.kvki.and Canton A Southern
passenger train collided with a freight
at the Jones avenue crossing Cleveland
0. recently. The cause of theoolllslon
was a mistake in signals.
At Hulls creek six miles above
Maysville Ky. a cloudburst washed
out the railway culvert cansing a train
wreck and the killing of several per
sons. In addition more lives were lost
by the flood sweeping away dwelling.
Tiik Sac and rox Nation have signed
an agreement with the Government
Commissioners. They will choose lands
in severalty and take $1.23 per acre for
the surplus.
Tiik Passenger department of the
Trans-Missouri Association has col
lapsed.
Tiikiik was a cloudburst in the vicin
ity of Hinghamton N. Y. on the night
of the l -'th. The damage was estimated
at 1 10 000.
Siiii.kv Iowa was struck by a tornado
recently. Half a doien persons were
injured.
Ci.kaiiino house returns for the week
ended June 14 showed an average ln-
rease of 10.9 compared w ith tlrvr cor
responding week of last year. In Now
York the increase was 8.4.
Kktwkkn sunrise and sunset on the
15th seven btidies of unknown dead
were taken out of the river along the
city front at New York.
Fivk tons of nltro-glycerino exploded
at C.tstorlino it Co.'s fa"tory Findlay
No lives were lost but buildings in
the vicinity were ut terly wrecked.
Asiatic cholera Is virulent at I'uebla
de Kugat Spain.
Pltop. I'.l) Ill.'TCIIINSON a parachueies
fell from his balloon seventy-five feet
on mo lofli and splintered his spiuUI
column.
Dr. Cai.vix H. iAitnxK.it and a son of
E. M. Tull wore drowned by thecollapse
of a w indlass cable ferry an Invention
of the dcxrtor's at Spokane Falls Wash.
Gk.nkkai. Caskv chief of engineers In
the War Department In a report sub-
mitted to the Senate states that It will
cost ') 0 000 to complete the Washing-
ton atjueduct Over fJ.OOO.OOO baa al-
ready been expended.
A itttohKN truck wrecke l a train on
tho Richmond A. Danville road near
Marshall N. ('. recently. A Mrs. Van
Hulolew of Hickory N. C was fatally
hurt
Ex-Shkkifk llitAw i.K.v of Ellis Coun-
ty Tex. has been arrested for com-
plicity In the train robbery on the Cotton
Holt railroad on the night of June 10.
Two or three prominent residents of
Texarkana Ark. have also Is-en ar-
rested on the same charge damaging
evidence such as masks etc being
found in their possession.
Hcsi.NK.ss was depressed on the Lon-
don Stock Exchange during the week
ended Juno 14. American securities
were lower. Itusiness was quiet and
stocks weak on the Continental bourses.
Sugar was firm at Havana though with
large stocks on band.
ADDITIONAL. DISPATCHES.
Nativcs of Mor.anibi'jiie are hostile
to Hritlsh Influences on the Zambehl
river Africa.
Onk of the peaks of Mount S'-asta
California Is said to have slipped out of
sight.
llF.Mir M. Stanley has lieen appoint-
ed Governor of the Congo Free State
and has accented. He will commence
his duties at the beginning of IHW1.
Mh. Hai.focii Bays It will be impossi-
ble to secure ihe passage of the Irish
Land Purchase bill this season.
A fJFNFHAL strike of switchmen on
roads entering at Cleveland O. has
been Inaugurated.
I UK t xar s palace at Gatschina was
found tobo undermined by conspirators
which account I for his recent hurri ed
flight to safer regions.
Jcih.k Ti i.kv has issued a temporary
order restraining a sale of the stock of
the I'nion Stock Yards A Transit Com-
pany Chicago.
iiif. M- h. A T. passenger train was
run into by a special while stopping for
breakfast at .N aeon a. Tex. on the lth.
Two persons were fatally injured.
Tiik west bound passenger train on
the Hnrling'on was wrecked ten miles
east of Council IllufTs Iowa on the 10th.
About twelve persons were hurt Rotten
ties spread out and the train was de-
railed. Glioti.K Swaskf. colored member of
the louisiana legislature was lynched
recently in East Feliciana Parish. He
was thought to bo a dangerous charac-
er so he wss hanged.
Ix'rcsponse to complaints from auper-
tisors that it would be impossible to
coinolete thecensus in the allotted time
Superintendent Porter has granted an
extension in certain cases.
W. F. MMtiiiLL genefal manager of
the Kansas City St Jtiseph A Council
IllufTs has been appointed general
manager of the Hnrlington system to
succeed Mr. E. P. Uipley who resigned
to become general manager of the t hl-
cago Milwaukee A St Paul operating
department
TiiitF.E hundred Soudanese and three
hundred Indian troops commanded by
English officers will go from Zanzibar
to Mombasaa to enter the services of
the P.ritish East African Company.
An ugly riot between two bodies of
whites and negroes 100 strong each oc
curred at Hrookslde Ala. the other day.
One was killed and several wounded.
Thk Senate on the 16th passed the
Peflcienct Appropriation bills for pen
sions and the census and took up the
House Silver bilL The House was in
DEADLY FIRE-DAMP.
A. Pennsylvania Goal Mixta Horror
Reported.
1 he Victims Tut Off By a Wall or name
Home few Keeened -Stricken Wives an4
Mothers Welch the Month of
the lit.
Dt'NnAn Pa. June 17. Yesterday
morning at 11:10 o'clock a sullen roar
hook tho miners' dwellslng on the Hill
farm In Fayette County near this
place and hundroi of affrighted per-
sons vafio knew tho sound well feared
another mine disaster and they reasoned
far too well.
In a moment the news had spread
that the Hill farm mines owned by
Philadelphia parties had exploded A
rush was made to the mouth of the pit
but Ingress was Impossible as smoke In
dense volumes was Issuing forth.
Fifty miners were In the slope when
the explosion occurred. Of these fifty
eighteen were In the left heading and
thirty-two In tho r ght Those In the
left got out all right but the retreat of
the others was cut off and not one es
caped. The men were at work about
S10 feet from tho mouth of the slope
when tho explosion occurred.
Near tho point at which the heading
started sn air bole had been drilled and
gas and water had accumulated in It
Patrick Korwln penetrated this air hole
with his pick whereupon a strong
stream of water gushed out Kerwln
alarmed sounded the danger signal.
and his assistant Patrick Hayes starr
ed hurriedly for the main entrance and
had scarcely moved when the foul gas
was Ignited from his lamp. The explo
sion that followed was terrific What
little air there was in the place drifted
to the right of the main entrance.
Ihe lire followed swiftly and before
the men could be alarmed all hope of
escape was cut off by tho flames.
Following is a list of the missing
miners: E. Joseph Hrlgner married;
Richard Hrlgner; Milt Ferney married;
Harney Moss; IVter Eitgau forty-four
years old; Robert McGulll single; Mar-
tin (avaner; John Cojie married and
Andy Cope his son; Pat Devlin mar
ried; John Debanney married; John
Joy married; John Debanney son;
Delvln Davis. married ; Thomas
Davis son; Pat f'shill married)
William Caliill single; Pat Court
ney married; .litrfii Courtney his
son; Jack Mitchell married ; Din
South married; James Shearn. single;
David Haves; William Hayes (son);
James Mcl'leary married; Thomas Mo-
Cleary married; Elmer Dewey single;
Joseph Higler aged thirty wife and
three children; Harney Maust Emanuel
Maust (brothers); John Mitchell mar-
ried. At a point near where the explosion
occurred the bodies of Daniel Shearn
Are boss and David Hayes were found.
They had evidently attempted to escano
through the flames. turned In !
at the mines the smaller gang drilling
off to tho left while the larger some
thirty-five in number -went to the right
and descended somo 800 leet from the
surface.
When the water was tapped young
David Hayes who had seen tho affair
leaped forward at the call and turned
down the left drift in a deluge of
water to warn bis endangered comrades
below. Just as be passed the air
shaft that had lieen broken Into
the rush of waters bad changed to
the ugly roar of a AimmI. Then as young
Hayes swung by the shaft a flash of blaz-
ing light slid through the shaft from
end to end It seemed. The daring youth
carried an open burning miner's lamp in
his hand and he bad hardly taken a step
beyond the roaring shaft when the
sparks Ignited a reservoir of the deadly
fluid fire damp that had already
accumulated and be sank a corpse
ten feet toward tho men whom
he had certainly doomed. In an
Instant an unquenchable fire sprang up
In the nine foot vein Just between the
main entrance and tm the right drift
forever shutting in tho tblrty-two men
Imprisoned there.
David Hayes driven mad by the fate
of his son dashed into the sulphurous
smoke and strangling fire damp only to
fall blindly beside his son and to be
drawn out an hour later with James
Shearn Itoth recognized only by their
wives.
The fire fanned by air from the main
drift and from the fatal shaft itself
soon sprung into an awful conflagration.
Pat Kelly who was driving a mine car
near tho place at the time says the ex-
plosion seemed nothing but the blind-
ing strangling smoke and gas followed
him like a fiend to the very door of the
shaft and poured out after him.
The miners from the left drift escaped
blackened and bruised but safe and
they tell a fearful story of the sight.
Just beyond the blazing coal on tho
right where half imagination and half
fact showed them a score of terrible
faces walled in by a flame no man could
pass and live.
The explosion was one of the most
disastrous and deadly in the history of
the coke regions. In the I.eiseuring
disaster of 18s:i twenty-three men lost
their lives.
Thousands of people gathered at the
mouth of the mine yesterday afternoon.
Among them were the parents wives
children and sweethearts of the unfor-
tunates and a strong guard of police
was necessary to prevent sny of them
msd with anguish from rushing Into
the deadly hole.
Clilna.
MissMillieHunnell aged ninety-sevem
years and six months died at Kearney
Neb. the other day- She was In good
health up to a few days before berdeath.
She took the first premium at the county'
fair last fall on fancy needle work.
which she made without the aid of
glasses. She was thought to be the old-
est person in Nebraska.
On the west coast of Africa there are
now 200 churches S-T0o0 converts 100-
000 adherents S.T.M) schools and 80000
pupils. Religious books have been
translated Into thlrty-flve dialects of
the section.
David Ely the three-year-old son of
John Ely of Freehold. N. J. lately met
hit death In a peculiar manner. In the
morning the father dug a post hole at
the hack of his residence and the little
fellow In playing around fell In. The
child's orine attracted his father'! at-
tention but when he rushed ont the
rrles had ceasrsl. as the child was dead.
The quicksand had sucked hiio down out
of s ght
Annie Jenness Miller Is an advocate
of complete rest and part of each week
gives her body and mind as nearly noth
ing to as Is possible. She can afford to
do this. Her physical culture fad pays.
ARMY REFORM.
Important Kill lor the Henellt ef Private
Soldiers.
Four Lkavknwohtu Kan. June H.
An Important bill about whinh nothing
has lieen said in the dispatches from
Washington passed the United States-
Senate last Saturday having previously
passed the House on April 7 and now
only awalls the approval of the Presi
dent to become a law. It Is one of tho
most Important and far-reaching meas
ures affecting the army that has been
enacted by Congress for a numlier of
years. The provisions of the bill are
thse :
That on and after July 1 1890 the
sum of fr4 per month out of the regular
monthly pay of all enlisted men in the
army shall be retained for the first year
of their enlistment whinh sum shall
not be paid until their discharge from
the service and which shall lie forfeit
ed unless they serve honestly and
faithfully to the time of their dis
charge. That the Secretary of War
shall determine what misconduct shall
constitute a failure to render honest and
faithful service within the strict mean-
ing of this act Hut no soldier who has
deserted at any time during the term of
bis enlistment shall he deemed to have
rendered good and faithful service.
That the money o retained from the
monthly pay of the soldior shall lie
treated as deposits upon which interest
shall bn paid as provided for by certain
sections of the regulations.
That enlistments shall continue to be
made for five years as now provided by
law but at the end of three years from
date of enlistment every soldier whose
antecedent service shall have lieen
faithful shall be entitled to receive a
furlough for three months and his dis-
charge at the expiration thereof If he
apply for it
That the President may In his discre-
tion and under such conditions as he
shall proscribe permit an enlisted man
to purchase his discharge from the army.
1 hat the army ration now provided by
law be Increased by the addition thereto
of a pound of vegetables the proportion
to lie fixed by tho Secretary of War.
That !'nitod States marshals sheriffs.
constables and police officers of towns
and cities aro authorized to apprehend
arrest and receivo the surrender of any
deserter from tho army for the purpose
of delivering him to any person in tho
military service authorized to receive
him.
This bill makes rasWaWeiaago) In
tho laws and regulations governing en-
listed men in the regular army as It
practically reduces the term of enlist-
ment from five to three years and it
makes very liherul provisions for tho
private soldier in other ways.
It has been passed by Congress main
ly to prevent desertions and if men de-
sert af ter it goes into effect they will ho
deserving of very little sympathy
should they become Inmates of the
United States military prison at this
Pi" '0.
"""Ed by the sacs.
Alan llr the raxes Iliieh fo the Klntlon ot
Ihe (anvermiient CommlMiion.
Sao anii Fox Aokkcy I. T. June 14.
The National Council of the Sac and Fox
Nation agreed on all tho terms of the
contract with tho I'nited States Com-
missioners yesterday afternoon. They
signed the treaty and closed the trade.
At the conclusion the Council rose and
Chief Keokuk delivered a prayer in the
Indian tongue.
The tkmimissioners are elated over
the result and consider paying 81. '-'1 for
their lands liotter bargain than they
would have bad if they paid the Chero-
kees 8 1 an acre for tho Strip. The In-
dians agreed to have their allotments
taken within four months after the sl-
loting agent arrives at tho agency. This
will probably have tho country ready
for opening next spring.
This reservation Is thirty-five miles
long by eighteen miles wide the longer
line extending north and south. Tho
Cimarron river bounds it on the north
and the North Fork on the south. The
western line is eighteen miles cast ot
the eastern lmund.-try of Oklahoma.
After the Indians take their allot-
ments there will lie 4 11000 acres of land
.'or homesteaders. The Deep Fork
separates the reservation nearly into
halves the northern part containing
the poorer laud. This has a sandy
soil and a red clay subsoil and is
nearly ali covered with small oak
trees which are evenly hut sparsely
distributed over the land and will never
be worth any thing except for fuel and
fence posts. South of Peep F-irk tho
land is very much lietler containing
much more prairie and equalling the
best parts of Oklahoma. This is the
part of tho reservation where nearly all
the Indians will take their allotments.
Tension Stat Ultra.
Washington June 14.- In the course
of some remarks on the conference re-
port on the Crgency Deficiency Pension
Appropriation bill Represee tative Hen-
derson of Iowa In the House made the
following statement of the appropria-
tions made by the present House for t he
benefit of the soldiers: Regular pension
bills 80S l;7 401 ; urgent deficiency M-
01.1. OOV; soldiers' home (deficiency) 81.-
60H; artificial limbs (deficiency) 8ti0msi;
nay and bounty claims 81 l'Jl.OJtl; sol-
diers' homes. f-J.HOl. "-"; aid for State
homes 8100000; artificial limbs 840V
000; pay and bounty claims $00000; ex-
penses of the pension .office 4110 150;
records and pension division wardepart-
ment 8W7370; set for total helpless-
ness $4!Vn00; general pension act (passed
Thnrsdayl 8.1-1. OOn.OoO; urgent defic-
iency 8.170"! MS; total. 8107.419711.
A l-erty In WrIL
Chii.lh-othk. Ma Juno 14. Mrs.
Moore wife of Prof. Allen Moore presi-
dent of the Chilllcothe Normal School
fell Into the well in her yard alwiut mid-
night and remained thereat least two
hours. Her husband was away at Man-
licrry. Ma and she was alone with hei
two children one an infanta month old.
She says she went to the well to draw
some water and fell in accidentally but
it is believed she was dreaming and
went to the well while asleep and fell
In. The well is thirty-six fwt deep and
contained fifteen feet of water and she
aupportod herself by clinging to the
walla.
A Itrelsl Oincer.
Hf.ki.in June 14. Duringa fire at the
Potsdam barracks a workingman was
arrested for somo slight offense during
the excitement He escajs'd but the
policeman pursued and overtook his
prisoner whom he assaulted with a
knife ripping open his body. The bru-
tal officer would have Won lynched by
the populate if he had not lieen locked
up instantly.
F-vajraermtrd.
City or Mrxico June 14. The re-
ports that Mexico is overrun by Chinese
are nonsrne. There are not I.OtHI
Chinamen on the entire cv.iL
A MURDEROUS PRISONER.
He Murders the HIierttT or lloonvllle. Ma.
While IteoelTlng Ills Mupper.
lloosvil.l.K Ma June 10. Sheriff T.
C Cranmer was dangerously shot at 7:30
Saturday evening by William West
who was In jail awaiting trial for shoot-
ing at s Missouri Pacific brakeman near
Otterrllle. Cranmer was standing talk-
ing to him when West pulled a large
pistol and shot Cranmer the ball pass
ing through tho loft wrist and entirely
through the left sldo.
West made his escajie but was cap
tured by W. W. Taliaferro city mar
shal and posse before be reached the
city limits.
Sheriff Cranmer died Sunday morning
at seven o'clock from the effects of the
bullet
During the excitement consequent
upon the shooting the other prisoners
in the jail attempted to escape but the
sheriff although shot through the body
kept them back and locked them in
their cells.
Cranmer was a brave and popular offt-
cor. One thousand dollars was raised In
a very short time for his family.
1 he Sheriff was taking the prisoner
bis supper when tho deed was com
mitted and an excited crowd soon
gathered and threatened to lynch tho
prisoner who confessed that the pistol
had been taken to him by outside ac
complices several days before whan the
escape was planned. Only the absence
of some one to take the lead saved him
from lynching.
Ihe citizens who got West's story
from him In tho jail at once sent a body
of men to the Ot terville tank where the
signal West named was given. Two
tough characters made their appearance
in answer nut having heard of West's
bungle and they were at once placed
under arrest and brought to this city
where they will lie held as aVcomplie.es
to the mnrderof Sheriff Cramer.
PACKACE VENDORS.
Judge Caldwell In the t lilted State District
Court at IHnioutlh Discharges "llrlt;-
Inal rat-hage" Yendors.
Lka vknwoutii Kan. June 10. Judge
Caldwell in the I'nited States Circuit
Court Saturday afternoon rendered his
decision In the noted habeas corpus
'original package" cases from Shawnee
County.
Nino of the cases decided were from
Tope k a the other being from Siillna
and g.rcwiot of 4'iv recent aiU'cksion My
the I'nited States Supremo Court in the
matter of the sale of intoxicant In the
original packages In which they are
shipped.
Judgn Caldwell's decision is in line
with the Supremo Court decision and
the petitioners for a habeas corpus writ
were ordered discharged from custody.
Their names are as follows: W. W.
Heine Carl Jock heck Christian Schmidt
J. It. Doisher J. H. Zinn W. H. Copn
L. Yout Jacob II. Sicher Hernard
Touchman C. A. Ruhrn George Hell.
Judge Caldwell In an elaborate opin-
ion hehl that Oo diwiul.m .f Iia I'nited
binding on nil courts of the country un-
til Congress should act and that "as
packages of liquor In any former size
may be lawfully sold by the 1m-
jKirter or his agent in a Prohibition
State the size of the package is not of
much consequence. Whether the size of
the package be large or small the prac-
tical effect will lie to seriously impair
the efficiency of all laws intended to
protect society from tho liquor traffic."
A FALLING BRIDGE.
Two Hundred I'eople Precipitated Into a
(illicit While Watching a Foolish Hm'i
Anllia.
Ci.lvvi.anii . Juno Id. Two hun-
dred s'ople were hurled from a broken
foot-bridge in Hyerlo's park at six
o'clock last night and piled in a strug-
gling mass on the sloping sides of a
gully or precipitated into tho bed of
the stream sixty feet below. Twenty-
five imtsoiis received more or less severe
cuts and contusions some of which
mav prove fatal.
The crowd had lieen drawn to the park
by the announcement that a man named
Hellar would jump from a cable stretched
from tl liffs to the artificial lake
nearly u hundred feet lielow.
One of the Is-st points of observation
was from a foot bridge across a gully
sixty feet high. This frail structure
some seventy feet In length was packed
with men. women and children. Tho
Jumper made the descent at about 0:10
o'clis k. He struck tho water near tho
shore and the people -in the bridge
made a rush for the place sn-1 nearly all
of them were massed on a thirty-foot
span adjoining the bluff when the
structure fell with a crush going down
in the middle. The fisit paths under
tho bridge were crowded with people
snd upon the'e the timbers fell while
those on the bridge were thrown in a
heap In the center of the span where it
struck the ground.
At least twenty-five persons were In-
jured more or less seriously but only
eight were hurt so badly that they had
to go to the hospital.
ald lie Was Not liisttne.
Nf.w Youk June 1 . George M.
Slorrs son of Emory A. Storrs. who es-
caped from the Poughkeepsie Asylum
for the lnane on Thursday last and
was recaptured In this city was re-
committed to the asylum by
Justice Ford. When arraigned in
court Storrs said he was not insane and
that all his trouble had boon caused by
domestic Infelicities. He talk and acted
in a rational manner and presented no
apis'aranre of insanity.
A t-ierre Storm.
Cincinnati J tine 10. At I'MO yester
day a thunderstorm set in and imprison-
ed people in churches for an hour. One
and a half Inches of rain fell in less
than an hour. Collars were flooded
streets on the hillsides covered wilh
mud and debris and side walks in places
were torn up. One house was struck by
lightning without loss of life. Fire
bolls were kept constantly ringing and
S.7II0 fli-o alarm and telephone wires
were melted or otherwise killed. El-
ward l-esenham was washed into a sew-
er snd drowned and for two hours one
of the cable roads was stopped.
Typographical t'nlon.
Atlanta (la. Juno is. The next
convention of the Typographical Fnion
will bo held In Hoston. B. W. Houston
ot Lynn Mass.. and YV. P. White of
New Orleans were elected delegates to
the American Federation of Labor.
Seven trustees were elected for the
Childs-Drexel htrme as folloms: James
U. Wrsslward of Atlanta: Amos J.
Otimminirs of New York: William Lam-
bert of Austin Tex.; William Wilson
of Nashville; John 1). Vaughn of Den-
ver; G. W. Morgan of Itcllingham
Hay. Washington and W. II. Pare of
Toronto.
ENCOURAGING PROSPECT.
I-e(ltluiete Hiisinee Continue to Kipsnd
A Confident Tone.
New YoitK Juno 14. K. 0. Dun A
Co. say: Speculation has lieen nolther
large in volume nor enthusiastic in tone
during tho past week but the legiti-
mate business of tho country continues
unprecedented In volume for the season
and highly encouraging in prospects.
There has lieen quite a declino in ex-
ports from New York for two weeks
past the value having boon 14 per cent
below that of tho same weeks last
year wbilo In imports hero a mod-
erato Increase continues lust week
P"r cent Kiit the flow of cur-
rency to this center supplies demands
and makes the market easy. Interior
cities report rather more demand for
money and at lloston rates are rising.
at Chicago and St Louis steady and at
I riiiauelphla dull not much commercial
paper offering but at most points the
oemand Is fair with a sufficient supply
Crop prospects liogin to rule all mar
kets at this season and these aro dis
tinctly Improving. Wheat has declined
1!V cents oats 1 cent and corn three-
eighths of a cent Coffee is unchanged.
Hogs lard and pork have scarcely
changed in price and the rise of
SS.V cents In oil is purely speculat
ive a bettor demand for refined
sugar is alleged as a reason for
an advance of three-eighths of a cent
In price but other reports indicate that
dealers are not buying freely at tho high
prices now asked. Tho general level of
prices is but a Bhade higher than a week
ago and the prevailing tendency seems
t-t present to be toward a lower range of
quotations for a time. The capacity of
iron furnaces In blast June 1 was 1N0-
705 tons against lKO.OOO May I and 11.1
U a year ago. The tone of the market
Is fairly confident Eastern makers are
Raid to have checked the incipient ad-
vance in prices In order not to establish
a market for Southern and Western pro-
ducers to unload on. The demand for
various forms of manufactured Iron
and steel Is still good and prices
steady. The wool market has been
dull. Phtladelph a and Chicago reports
indicate that growers are holding for
higher prices. Hut no improvement is
seen in woolen goods though dress
goods are in fair request here and stocks
of light weight cloths aro small.
The reports from other cilies show a
healthy state of trade with clear signs
of improvement where better crop pros-pects-1me
ttmnodiate irifluetufo. " Cffl-
cago grain receipts are heavy and hides
larger hut wool ri-colpts fall 00 per
cent below last year's with rrood
collections lint there is little present
activity in oUthing though bright
prospects for fall trade. St Louis notes
strong trade in nearly all lines Pitts-
burgh eon tinned activity in iron and
flint glass and the Northwestern and
Southern cIMoi generally report better
trade with brighter crop outlook.
BURSTING CLOUDS.
Terrible KITerts or a Clouilhnrat In
IxiCIKVII.I.K hV. .Illfle 14. "At
Ken-
JhUll
creek six mill's above Maysville Thurs-
day night two dark clouds met and
burst Tho creek jums d over its nar-
row banks and swept away several
dwelling houses and their frightened
occupants.
The stone culvert on the Chesapeake
A Ohio railroad was washed out Into tho
river and aliont twelve o'clock Thursday
night while the storm was at its height
tho west bound freight train ran into
the washout Tho engine und nine cars
were plbd one upon top of tho other al-
most out of sight in tho creek bottom.
Engineer E. 0. ltondcrap of Green
County Fireman Morris llonaker of
Irfwis County and Hrakeman Charles C
Eaton were hurled beneath the wreck.
Dr. L. W. Watts and Hoatman Love
jumped from tho rear car and escaped
unhurt
The train was made up of thirty-
two cars. Nineteen car loads of shoos
and boots for Louisville went down in
the wreck. They are broken Into
kindling wood. The engine is now out
of sight in quicksand
A little later an cast bound mixed
passenger train would have passed over
the fatal culvert w hen the loss of life
would have been appalling.
James Irwin had a portable saw mill
located several hundred yards up Hull
creek aliovo the railroad. Tho clouds
suddenly bursting caused a rapid rise in
the rreek already badly swollen by the
storm. Farmers say tho crock rose two
feet per minute and the witter looked
like a wall twenty-five feet high when
it got to the railroad fill. The saw mil'
was lifted from its fastenings and with
over a hundred big logshurled violently
against tho railroad stone culvert This
is probably what caused it to give way.
Huge stones weighing several tons
were carried by the rreek long dis-
tances. The creek rose two feet higher
than It has been In forty years.
The fury of the storm caused many
persons on Hull creek to abandon their
homes and take to the hills else the
loss of life would have been greater.
The storm did much damage to build-
ings fences and crois in that portion of
the country. A barn on the farm of
Dick Dawson (colored) was struck by
lightning and burned as was also Tom
Williams' dwelling his family barely
escaping.
Ahotitadozcn persons living on the
banks of Hull rreek are rcsirtod
drowned. The following dead bodies
have been found: John O. Kngglos a
well known fisherman; Lucy Pestler a
widow and her two daughters Hettie
and Jennie and two sons.
Kesc-ued Ity Ihe Nuns.
Davkmiikt Iowa June 14. Hy the
prompt and heroic work of thirty nuns
in the Catholic Mercy Hospital here
yesterday morning the forty helpless
patients who were in the institution
were saved from a horrible death. He-
fore it was light one of the sisters who
was sleeping on the basement floor of
the main building was awakened by
smoke and discovered a II rein the closet
of her room. A general alarm was
sounded and the work of removing the
helpless patients was Is-gun snd suc-
cessfully accomplished. One nun. called
Sister Mary Irene and whose name was
Ellen Murray perished.
Killed Ills Vile.
Kansas City Mo Juno 14 In Ar-
gentine last evening Jeff Mercer col-
ored shot and killed bis wife Mittie
Mercer. The deed was committed at
the gateway of her mother's house
l.ouise Moxie on Argentine street Af-
ter calmly shooting his wife three times
the murderer fled south and is still at
large.
lriTlng trreu the Trark.
Ilio Si'KiNiis. Neb June 14. John
Fneston and his wife while d.-iving
across the railroad track here were
mruck by I'nion Pac flc. train and in-
stantly killed. Fuealon was a 'armor.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
A Warning- From final Hrltaln Impels the
Agricultural department to Kxtlrpat the
New YoitK June 13. The stringent
measures adopted by the Secretary ol
Agriculture to stamp out the virulent
disease of pleuro-pneuinonla in cattle
from Its last stronghold In the counties
ot Kings and Queens on Long Island
has created tremendous excitement and
roused the dairymen into an attitudu of
armed rebellion.
It is understood that Secretary Itusk
recently received private intimation
that unless this disease should be ef-
fectively extirpated a severe quaran-
t ne would be proclaimed by England
against the Importation of Ameri-
can cattle. This would paralyze one
of the most Important branches of
American Industry for the time lielng
and result in Incalculable loss to West-
ern cattle raisers. Last week Secretary
Rusk spent two days in New York and
energetically Impressed upon his sub-
ordinate officers Mr. W. Judson Smith
Government agent for the Eastern
States and Dr. A. K. Robertson chief
Inspector for the State of New York
the urgent necessity of gathering in and
killing all cattle diseased or exposed.
A great raid was therefore organized
and executed by the two at the head of
a large posse of the bureau employes.
Dairymen were found prepared for vig
orous resistance. They launched paving
stones brickbats and other missiles upon
tne invaders hand to hand encounters
took place and In some Instances pistols
were drawn. Some of the herds were so
strongly defended that the bureau
forces were unable to captnre them.
Next day tho headquarters of tho
bureau in Krooklyn were In a state of
lege. Dairymen and dalrywomen
Joined in a chorus of execration and de-
nunciation. Some had obtained writs
of replevin which were practically use-
less because all the captured cattle
had been immediately slaughtered.
Meantime Dr. Robertson and Snecinl
Agent Smith had sought peace and im
munity In Now York City and only re-
turned Wednesday morning. It is
understood that there will be other
raids and that Secretary Itusk will not
modify the stringency of his measures
until this last lurking place of pleuro
pneumonia be effoctually conquered and
cleansed.
THE CROSS MURDER.
Kvldenre doing to Show the (lullt or the
Arrused on Trial at Carls. Tetaa.
Paiiis Tex. Juno IX When court
met yesterday morning the cross-examination
of Herbert Tonney the prin-
ipal witness for the Government In the
Cross murder case was begun and for
four hours ho was subjected to the most
searching questions but to little pur-
pose; his statement remained substanti-
ally unchanged.
Keen Hawes was then placed on tho
stand. Ho was one of the haymakers
camped at Wild Horse lake. Cross and
party arrived there about nine o'clock
tending to remain only an hour or two.
After talking awhile ho went to the
tent and went to sleep. Ho was
awakened by a commotion and went
out Sam Robinson and a numlier of
men were there and told Cross and his
men to walk out in a line. They did so
when they were told to hold up their
hands. Cross only partially raised his
when Robinson told him to raise them
higher. He then told Hubbard ho bad
to die and shot him. There was a
stampede and one man ran to the lake
and one to the tent A party of Robin-
son's men followed tho man to the lake.
In the meantime Tonney was shot
Witness did not see Sheriff Cross when
he was shot Wilcox was brought out
of the tent and shot None of the Cross
party shot unless it was Eaton
the man w ho went to the lake. There
were fourteen in the attacking thirty.
He identified O. (1. Cook J. H. Chamlier-
lain Sam Robinson C. C. Cook John
Jackson Cyrus Freer George Thomas
Sam Miller John Lawrence and Wil-
liam Smith. Tho others in tho party
he did not know. A. M. Donald James
Wrigley J. W. Calvert John Hitter
William O'Connor and Smith Grubbs
were not there.
Dr. It. F. Furness who dressed Ton-
ney's wounds the next day said he
could not probe his wound which was
in the shoulder until his arm was
raised and gave it as his opinion that
his arm was raised when he was shot
A PEOPLE'S PARTY.
Ilelrgstes Meet el Toueh swl Resolve I p-
on Calling a state Convention.
Toi'FKA Kan. June 1.1. Eighty-four
delegates met in convention at Repre-
sentative Hall yesterday ami organized
"the People's party." Its convention to
nominate a State ticket will be called
not later than August 1 and a straight
ticket will tie placed in the field in each
of the seven Congressional districts.
Every independent party in the State
with the exception of tho two old par-
ties was represented. There were
thirty-six delegates from the Farmers'
Alliance twenty-six from tho Knights
of I.alsir. fourteen from the Fanners'
Mutual Henefit Association and three
from the Patrons of Husbandry. In ad-
dition to this list there were three dele-
dates from the single tax clubs.
CeuKrtlan Crop I'r.ispects liood.
Touonto Ont June 1.1. - Crop reports
from every section of the country aro
most encouraging. The outlook in On-
tario is generally a bright one but much
depends upon the weather during the
next fow weeks.
The Austrian Sinker-.
IjC-nihin June 1.1. The weavers who
sre on a strike at Hennisch Austrian
Silesia continue their excesses which
sre increasing in violence. They have
reieat-dly attacked the factories and
shops destroying machinery and plun-
dering stocks. Huildings have Is-en
wrecked and burned. The police aro
powerless. In many of he encounters
between the mob and the rail Ice the lat-
ter have lieen pelted with stones and
ether missiles snd in some raws driven
from the field of battle. The owners
may concede the demands ef the men in
order to save their remaining property
from destruction.
A Slevt lenient Wllh tieraissj.
Iinikin. June 13. The St James
Gazette in an article on the negotia-
tions now lieing carried on by England
and Germany relative to territory in
Africa says it Is probable that a settle-
ment will be resched by means of which
the Germans will evacuate Wltu and
abandon their claims to the territory
behind it The Gazette further says
that a line w ill be draw n across the Vic-
toria Nyanza. one degree south of the
equator to the eastern boundary of the
Coneo State. All the disputed territory
north of this line will be Hritish and all
outb of it German.
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