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wsk BSstont'Societyi YOL. XIII, NO. 23. WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY MORNING JUNE 14, 1S90. WHOLE NO. 1S90. c -a k -v - -W Jj THE TOWN'S SETTLERS U A QUANDARY. Rumor Alleges Two Different Quar ters as the Place for the Laud Office, A "Wild Bush by the New Comers' from One Spot to the Other A Beauti ful Location-, Two or Three Hundred on the Ground the First Day Many Headed for the Com ing City Guthrie Census Enum erators in Hard Luck Gen eral Western Gossip. Liberal, Kan., June 13. Which is which? is the question agitating at the present time a large number of people from Kansas and tho old neutral strip, who lire now assembled at Buffalo, a point about eighty mile southwest of Liberal and designated as the location of the land office for all that territory formerly known as No Man's Land or the neutral strip and now forming Beaver county, Oklahoma. Last Tuesday news reached this city and other points in Kansas, as well as Beaver City and other place in Beaver county that Buffalo had been selected hy the gov ernment as the Kite for the land office. A rush Awards the point was inaugurated at once and by "Wednesday evening a town, Buffalo, whieh up to this time was noth ing but a postoflice, wjls laid out and plat ted and hundreds of lots taken and occu pied. Everything went on .serenely and smoothly until one of the narties received a telegram yesterday afternoon to tho ef- lect tnat tne quarter section designated by the government was not on section 23, where the postoflice is built, but on f-ection 25. Several parties were informed of this as a secret and they, it seems, told others in the same way and the result was that about an hour after the receipt of the dispatch the crowd rushed to the new point and laid out an other town. Excitement ran high for an hour or two and then pcoplecooled off and returned to the original town sito and now they are wait ing for the official announcement by tho secretary of the interior designating the quarter section so they may know where to build. From a telegram received here today it would seem that the location is on the postoflice quarter, but this infor mation is not official. Buffalo has a beautiful location, sur rounded by good farming land and is al most in the center of Beaver county, a strip of land 160 mile long add thirty - four miles wide, but every body is surprised that this point was selected by the government, for there was uo town here up to Wednesday morning and several well established towns had asked for tho land oflice. There must have been two or three hundred people on the ground when your correspondent left Buffalo yesterday evening. Excitement is spreading throughout the south west and people are going to the new place from all directions, convinced that the land oflice town and probably county seat in such a big county is bound to become a large city. STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT. Lawrexck. Kan., June VA. The most Important event of commencement wek fct the university, the graduating exercises of the collegiate department, took place yesterday. University hall was filled to overflowing. The exercises commenced witli a prayer by Dr. J. A. Lippincott. I The graduating class is composed of the I following young ladies and gentlemen. Walter Boot Armstrong, Emma Ber telle Schuyler, Colfax Brewster, Nell C Brooks, Harvey F. 2L Bear, Abraham Lincoln Bnney, 13. J. Bait on. Emma O. Dunn, Daniel Edward Ksterly, llarriette Augusta Fellows. Net tie Delilah Goodelj Lelaud Deforest Hen rIi.iw, William Hill, Marcella Rowland, Fred Liddeke, Charles Stone MeFarland, John Andrew Mushrush. Frederick Scott Pickering, Harry BadclitTe, Florence Beasoner, William Henry Beynolds, Ed win Emery Slosson, Helen Tiiuiiinger Sut lilf, Inez Lorena Taggart, Campbell Maghie Watson, Park Austin Williamson. The clasK orators were: Frederick Scott Pickering. "Some Points in the American Kulway Problem:" Nettie Delilah Goodcl, "The Intellectual Development of Wo men:"' Marcella Howland, "What Should Be the Highest Purpose in Fiction:" John Undrew Mushrush, "Tho Ethics of Epi curus." The degrees were then conferred on the graduates. Chancellor Snow announced that in behalf of the regents of the uni- ersity he w oulil confer the degree of Doc tor of Laws upon Colonel John J. McCook, of New York city: also that tho degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon the fol lowing graduates of the university: Miss A G. lilrtckweeder, Messrs. Scott Hopkins, H F. Graham and Olin Templcu,and Miss Ariel E. Long. SOUTHWESTERN FIREMEN'S MEETING Four Scott. Kan. June 13. The South western Firemen's association transacted considerable business. The Jir-t thing ilouewns the adoption of resolutions in inumor;.' of II V. Phillips, deceased, late of Cartilage, Mo., and inspector general of the association. A resolution was adopted barring all gambling devices from thetour li.imcnt grounds. The following directors were elected lor the ensuing year: Kansas - Murvill. of Pittsburg; Elder, of Ottawa. Fans. of Fureka. Missouri T. W. But 2rr of Kansas City. S. S. Johnson of Hol dtn. W. W. Tcmnlin of Nevada: Arkansas - T F. Kevnolds of Foit Smith, J. F. M-is of Fayetleville. C. K. Kramer of Lit- j tl Bock. A. A. llaxelton, of Fort Smith, i was elected president: J. J. Little, of Fort Smith, vice president; II. II. Mitchell, of i ..rii.gfleld, secretary, and H. G. Brown, J of Ottowa, inspector general. The ath- It-tie contests e:e vtrv exciting and' elicited much interest, in the single-ladder climbing contest there was eight en tries, Louis Snyder, of Clinton, Mo., hook and ladder, winning in six and one-half sec onds. In the Burch medal double-ladder climbers contest, K. Anderson and J. Thornburg won in six and one-fourth sec onds. AN IMPORTANT CASE. Leavenwokth, Kan., June 13. The time in Judge Foster's section of the Uni ted States court today was consumed in the trial of an important cattle ranch sale, the plaintiff behur Shields & Cook, of Chi cago, who claim 40.000 damages from Dan- i id C. Milnvan aim ins motner, ,iuiia mii van, the former living at Ulysses, Kan., and the latter at Los Animas, Cal. Plaintiffs allege that m 1SS5 the Sulli vans represented themselves as the owner of a large cattle ranch in Grant county, Kan., embracing 'J. ."00 head of cattle m good condition, valued at $73,000. Plaint iffs relying upon the representation pur chased" the ranch, paying therefore $75,000, and that upon a "round up" they found less than 1,000 head of rattle. A fraudu lent sale is charged upon the defendants, and damages in the sum of $40,000 are u,.ed for." The trial is being stubbornly f Might and will cover some time. A FRISCO SPUR FOR GUTHRIE. GminiE, Ok., June 1.1 The Santa Fe Is building a Frisco spur from the Frisco man line 100 miles east of here to this citv. A new station costing $15,000 is Wng erected to accommodate the new business. ENUMERATORS IN BAD LUCK. Guthrie, Ok., June 13. One of the census enumerators George Porter-failed to report as required by law and an in vestigation by Supervisor Harry Clark showed that he had been overcome by the heat and was lying in a critical condition at a settler's cabin near the place where he had been overcome. Another enumerator had his left leg badly torn by a dog yesterday and may be laid off, but he had it thoroughly band aged this morning and hopped around though suffering a great deal of pain. BRIGHT CROP PROSPECTS. Atchicox, Kan., June l'J. An Atchison elevator Arm U in receint of information from the central branch division of the' Missouri Pacific to the effect that the re cent rains have greatly increased the con dition of crops. The rains in Jewell county were especially beneficial, and the people are feeling much better. The corn is in fair condition everywhere. The grass, which was about gone before the rains, is greatly improved, and the exodus of cattle to the eastern counties has increased. AGAINST MORTGATE FORECLOSURE. Toi'EKA, Kan., June 1.3. Among the resolutions adopted bv the People's party yesterday was one demanding that all lorpclosures of mortgages, which was called robbery, be stopped, and that judges of courts and sheriffs be prohibited from executing legal proceedings in such cases. This morning it was decided to hold an open convention of the state convention at lopeka, August 12. SALINA'S POSTMASTER BURIED. Salixa, Kan., June 1J5. The funeral of Postmaster N. F. Carroll, held at the Catholic church today, was the largest in the history of the city. Mr. Carroll was appointed postmaster by President Cleve land in February, 18S7, and no effort had been made for his removal, he filling the oflice with universal satisfaction. He was one of Salina's pioneer citizens and highly respected by all. A LOST BABY FOUND. OSKALOOSA, Kan., June 13. The 18 months old son of John Thomas was found yesterday afternoon about three miles from home where he had w ondered Mon day. He was apparently well. A large posse of citizens hunted for the baby for three days. WILL ANNOUNCE IT TOMORROW. Leavenworth, Kan., June 13. Judge Caldwell aunounced this morning that lie would render his decision in the original package cases at the opening of court to morrow. EX0TTKSI0N BATES. A Long List the Eesult of the Trans-Missouri Meoting. KANSAS Citv, Mo., June 18. The follow ing list of special excursion rates has been promulgated by the Trans-Missouri asso ciation, as the result of the meeting held here Tuesday last: Climatological association, Denver, Col., September 2, open rate of one fare from all association territory, to be used as selling and basing rates, tickets to be sold August 31 and September 1, return limit September 25, tickets to have transit limit of three days in each direction, and to be of the iron-clad, non transferable form; opening of tho Colorado mineral palace. Pueblo, Col., September 15, open rate of one fare from all associa tion territory, tickets to be sold on three consecutive davs. to be urranged with the secretary and announced later, tickets to have two days trany t limit in each direc tion, with final rcturnlimit of October 31, and to be of the iron-clad, non-transferable form; grand lodge of Odd Fellows, Topeka, Kan., September 1.V20, open rate of one fare fiom all association territory, to be used as a selling and basing rate, tickets to be sold September 1-1-20 from all points with in 200 miles, and September 13-14 from points beyond the 20(5 mile limit, final re turn limit on all tickets to be September 22, business interchanged at junction points; national encampment of Sons of Veterans-, St. Joseph, Mo., August 2o-2J, open rate of one fare from -all association territory, tickets to be sold August 24-27 from Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri points, with return limit of Septem ber 1, and from all other points August 23-27, return limit September 2; G. A. R. state reunion of Nebraska, Grand Island. Neb., September 1-5, open rates of one fare from Nebraska points, tickets to be sold August 31 to September 5, return limit September 7; Evangelical Lutheran synod ot Nebraska. Denver, Col., September I), rate of a faro and one-third, on tho certificate plan, from Nebraska points-. Rev. J. C. Jacoby. Nebraska City, Deb., to sign certificates: camp meoting bf the First Societv of Spiritualists, Delphos, Kan., August 9-20. territorial limit extend ed to include all Kansas points; Swedish Raptist church convention. Mead. Neb., June 2t-30, rate of a fare and one third, on the certificate plan: from Ne braska points, L. Johnson, corresponding secretary, Oakland. Neb., sign certificates; (.'. C O.'of O. F., Fayette, Mo., August 5, rate of a fare and one-third, on the certifi cate plan, from association points in Mis souri, A. II. Harrison, secretary, signs cer tificates; camp meeting. A M E. chinch, Kmporia, Kan., July 12-21, rate of a fare and one-third, on the certificate plan, from Kansas points, Henry Rogers, secretary. Emporia, Kan., to sigh certificates: Grand lodge A. F. and A. M., Kansas City, Kan., August 2fi. rate of a faro and one-third, on tho certificate plan, from Kansas points, A. II. Walton, grand secretary, Leaven worth, Kan., to sign certificate; Seventh congressional district Republican conven tion, Dodge City. Kan., July 30, open rate of a fare and one-third from points within the district (McPherson, Sedgwick, Har vov. Sumner. Harper. Kingman, Reno, Rice, Barton. Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Pawnee. Rush, Ness, Hodgeman, Ford, Lane, Scott. Finney, beward. "Wichita. Greeley and Hamilton counties), tickets to be sold Julv 2t) and 30; return limit August 2. Meoting of the state association of ex-Veterans cl Missouri, Nevada, August 20 and 21. open rate of one fare from association points in Missouri, tickets to be sold August 19-21: return limit August 23. Farmers' Alliance of Saunders county, Valpariso, Xeb , June 21. open rate of one fare from points in Saunders county, Neb., tickets to be sold June 21; return limit Juho 22. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY. ST. Loris. Mo.. June IS. The work of the convention of the Young Peoples' So ciety of Christian Endeavor opened this morning with a prayer .meeting at Music hall from I..30 to 7:80 o'clock. The first business session of the convention opened prompth at y a. m.. President Clark pre siding. "After mu-ie and religious exer cises William Shaw, treasurer of the unit ed society and ugent of tho publishing de partment, made a financial statement which showed receipts from societies and individuals $0,107; from publishing depart ment $1,500: balance from old accounts $4ts; total $S.1!5. Expenditures ?7.303: bal ance $302. The receipts of the publishing department for the year were ?84,3$3; ex penses ?20,S74; balance $7,500. Addresses were then made bv Rev. O. H, Tiffany, of Minueapohs; Rev. V. H. McMillen. of Allegheny City, and Rev. W.iyland Ho3"t. of M'inueapolK Next came statistical report from the states and the Canadian provinces which were the feature of the dav. Nova Scotia re ported 91 societies, Quebec 30. Ontario 220, j Kansas 209 societies o.02o active members aud 1.S25 associate members in lbSSi with a present total of 435 societies and .000 members; Missouri 280 societies and 13,000 members: Oklahoma had one society organized in December last, which now has 40 members. DUKE OF ORLEANS RELEASE DENIED. London. June 13. At a meeting of Royalists at Richmond yesterdayT the Count of Paris denied the rumors "of the release, of the Duke of Orleans, ICES. TWO ESTABLISHED IX OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. Oklahoma City and Buffalo, in Io Man's Land, the Places Designated, The Neutral Strip to be Thrown Open to Settlement Upon Completion . of the Survey. The House Silver Bill Substituted by the Senate for the Pending Measure Debate Extended Until Monday Position of the Important Bills" in the House Cap ital Items, "Washington, June 13. The new land offices in No Man's Land have at last been located, and the town of Buffalo selected. This town is understood to contain two houses, but the department will arrange for the erection of a building for the ac commodation of the receiver and register. These officials were appointed yesterday, and it is expected they will proceed im mediately to Buffalo. Under the provisions of the act organ izing the territory of Oklahoma, the lands in the strip were declared a part of the public domain, but they will not be open to settlement until the completion of the survey now in progress. A corps of .surveyors is now in the field and it is ex pected they will complete the survey in about three weeks. By that time all ar rangements for the housing of the new land office will be completed and the offi cials read 3 for business. A considerable portion of the land of the strip is already occupied by settlers who have been going in since 16. These squat ters, however, will be obliged to make entry and live upon the land, according to law "from the date of entry. The southern portion ot Oklahoma ter ritory is to have a laud oflice. It has been located at Oklahoma City. The register and receiver have been appointed. As the Kingfisher and Guthrie offices are greatly crowded with work, Secretary Noble has deemed it advisable to create a new laud office. This will greatly facilitate busi ness, and tho department hopes that town sites and other matters now pending be fore the land oflice will be dispatched with exceeding promptness. As one of the attorneys for the Delaware tribe of Indians, who are located within the domain of the Cherokee nation, ex Governor Fletcher, ot Missouri, ob tained from Senator Dawes consent to have placed in the general ap propriation bill a clause permitting the pro rnta distribution to tho 700 Delawares of one-half their trust funds held by the government, amounting to $400,000. Chief Johnny Cako, who is associated witli Gov ernor Fletcher, gets a fee of about $40,000 in the case, unless Sectretary Noble ob jects, as ho is likely to do. The secretary of the interior has also placed a new construction on tho treaty of ISSGVwifereby every adopted: ami home Cherokee is given ail the rights pertaining to that tribe. This will permit the Dela wares and other Cherokees to come in for a part of the $300,0 X) annually received by the Cherokees for the lease of grass lands for cattle purposes. Hy an act ot the Cherokee council, heretofore this monej' has been distributed among the pure blood Cherokees. AS A SUBSTITUTE. The Senate Takes Up the House Silver Bill for Discussion. "Washington, June 13 The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Edmunds ap pointing Edward K. Valentine; sergeant-at-iinns of the senate was taken up and agreed to. The senate silver bill was taken up and Mr. Morgan resumed tho floor, but sug gested that the time of senators in amend ment (after the close of the general dis cussion) shall be extended from five min utes to ten or lateen minutes. Mr. Teller suggested th.it Mr. Morgan should go on with his speech, and said he had no desire to cut off any senator who might wish to address the senate on the bid. When the time came, the limitation, lie had no doubt, would be extended. Mr. Morgan therefore went on with his remarks. His speech was mainly an argument for free coinage. Air. Aldrich next, addressed the senate. He also argued in favor of free coinage. Mr. Stewart was on the floor replying to some of Air. Aldrich's statements when the presiding otlieer (Mr. Imtalls) called attention to the agreement that general debate was to close at 3 o'clock. It was thou ten minutes afterthat time. Various pioposltious were made and finally it wib agreed bv unanimous consent that the senate lull should be laid on the table. The house bill as amended by the finance committee was substituted for it. The general debate be extended till 5 o'clock Monday, the session tomorrow being for the consideration of bills on the calendar. Mr. Reagan addressed the senate, in ad vocacy of the unlimited coinage of silver. Mr. Daniel next addressed the senate. He stated that in his judgment the abso lute free and unlimited coimce of silver wjis the onty- solution of the question. Without concluding his speech Mr. Daniel yielded for a motion to go into executive session, and after a brief secret session the senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE. "Washington. June 13. The houe after the reading of the journal wont into com mittee of the whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the chair) on the sundry civil appropriation bill Mr. Cannon said that the amount of ap propriations earned bv the measure was. in round Lumbers. 525,000.000. This waA $10.0iO.OUO less than the regular and special estimates. The sundry civil law for the current year provided fcr an expenditure of SJ.W-UXIOL TJie apparent excess in this bill was largely more than accounted tor bv certain extraordinary items. The four teen regular appropriations bills as report od to the house agregated an expenditure of $306,000,000, showing an excess of $35,000 000 over the appropriations for the current vear. This excess was nearly all accounted for in three bills pension f "lS.uOO.OX). post otfice $12,000,000 and naval $2,160,0CR The other $3,000,000 resulted from the expansion incident to the growth of the countrj-. Mr Cannon then gave a statement of the attitude of the appropriation bilR The oniv bill not reported to the house was the'general deficiency bill and this was reported before close of the session. There was pending the sundry civil and the Indian bills. In the senate committee on appropriations were the agri cultural aud diplomatic and postoflices bills and in the senate committee on com merce, the river and Harbor bilL Pend ing in the senate was the legislative bilL The fortification bill had jssetl both houses, with senate aniei'unieiit The dis trict of Colnmbia, naval and pension bills were in conference. The army and mili tary academy bills were in the bands of the president. This was a favorable showing compared with the condition of the bills two vears ago. Mr. Goodnight, of Kentucky, moved to strike out the clause making appropriation for the irrigation purvey. Alter debate Mr. Goodnicht's motion was rejected 15 10 07. YJthout conaulerinc the coniitlexa; tion of the bill, the committee rose and the house took a recess, the evening ses sion to be for consideration of private pen sion bills. 9 T.he evening Session was not prolific of results. Thirty private pension bills were advanced to the state of third reading, but none were passed and the house at 10:03 adjourned. PENSIONS FOR KANSANS. "Washington, June 13. The following pensions were issued: Original invalid Smith TV. Raber, Tisdale; James M. Mor ris, Gridley; William T. Eggen. Garden City; John Ruddick, Arlington: John W. Jones, McPherson; James Cunningham, Marena. George H. Blair. Quenemo; Henr3" Hazell, Shermanville; John Higgins, Cen traha; John N. Shultz, Liberty; Robert E. Stiuson, Clvde: William H. Wakeeney, Mortimer; Travis Dennis, Kirwin: Will iam Mock, Anthony; William Denmark Smith, Topeka; Jacob Fink, Kingman; James R. Grant, Junction Cit3 Reissue David Oldfield, Canton; Charles S. Tny lor, Delphos. Original .widows, etc. Ida K. Blending, for widow of Edwin II. Ba con, Garden City: Dafney Perkins, mother of Abraham McGavock Topeka; Rachel A., mother of John Elliott, Garnett; mi nors of Benjamin F. Fuller, Topeka, Wich ita and Fort Scott. WESTERN MATTERS. Land Decisions, Postmasters and Pension Surgeoas. Washington, June 13. The secretary of the interior has rendered an opimou in Kansas land cases as follows: Case of M. J. Sigsbee vs. Loyal W. Bar rett's heirs, on appeilof the former, in dismissing his contest acainst the arbor culture entry of the latter for a tract of land in Kirwin land district, is affirmed. Appeal of Casper S. Mitchell, holding for cancellation his cash entr3 for a tract of land in Wakeeney land district. The secretar3 reverses the commissioner of the land office's decision. Appeal of Frank J. Steinmetc, which re quired him to submit new proof in support of his la-t entry for land in the WaKeeney land district, has been reversed on an order that his entry should bo allowed to go to patent. Postmasters annointed today: Kansas S M Stewart, Talnio, Republic counts'. Missouri W. C. C. Berry, Cape Fair, Stone county; E. C. Holleu. Cora, Sullivan coun ty; G. E. Bonacker, House's Springs, Jef ferson counts. The commissioner of pensions has ap pointed Dr. J. W. Roff a pension examin ing surgeon at Russ'ell, Kan. CIVIL SERVICE REPORT. Roosevelt and Thompson Praised and Ly man Censured. Washington. June 13. The house com mittee on reform in the civil service, which during the present session of con gress, conducted investigation into the charges filed against the civil service com mission, had a. meeting today and finally agreed upon the report which will be pre sented to the house. It is said that it lias been signed by all the members of the committee except two Messrs. Stone and Alderson. Chairman Lehlbach, of the committee, will present it in the house at the first opportunit'. In concluding its "report the committee sajs: "We find, first that Commissioners Roosevelt and Thompson have discharged their duties with entire fidelity and in tegrity; second that the official conduct of Commissioner Lyman has been character ized by laxity of discipline in the adminis tration ot affairs of (he cghimission, and is therefore censurable. - Your committee will proceed at once to investigate the workings of the system and present a sub sequent report when said investigation shall have been completed, together with a report of their conclusions." TO FIX STANDARD OF CEREALS. Washington, June 13. Representative Butterworth, of Ohio, todas introduced a bill to provide for fixing a uniform stand ard classification and "grading of wheat, corn and other cereals. The bill author izes and directs the secretars- of agricul ture to fix, according to such a standard as he mas' prescribe, the classification of cereals, as in his judgment the usuages of trade warrant and permit, having refer ence to the standard and grades now rec ognized by the chambers of commerce and boards of trade. When such standard is fixed, it shall be made a matter of record in the agricultural department and notice given that such grades shall be known as the United States standard. THE NEW STATES. Washington, June 13. The bills for the admission ot two new states are to be taken up next week in the senate. The have passed the house. Wyoming will come in first and Idaho will follow im-mediatelj-. There is no doubt thnt both the bills will go to the president before the end of the session. They could have been p:issed earlier but it was thought best to delay and let the two states hold one elec tion in November to fill the congressional representation tor the balance ot the Fifty first congress and for the Fiftj -second con gress at the same time. TURNED OVER TO THE MINORITY. Washington, Juno 13. Work by the Republican members of the senate finance committee on the tariff bill is drawing to a close. Compiled schedules of that bill, except those of tobacco and sugar, have been given to the minority and Senator Carlisle is now engaced in preparing the report of the minority to accompany the bill in the senate. THE EAGLE PASS BILL. Washington, June 13. The committee on commerce ha ordered favorable reports on the bill to make Eagle Pass, Tex., a port of delivery MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR OUTPUT. Minneapolis. Minn., June 13. The past week, says the Northwestern Miller, has been an exceptionally dull one with the Minneapolis mill-, but there is promise of better times for the week to come. Tho aggregate output was .t!",812 barrels, averaging 0.J63 barrels daily, against Ji,770 barrels the week before," 1CO, 000 barrels for the corresponding time in 1S59. and 123,44 ) barrels in lv The dead condition of the flour inarkets.together Avith the delay in getting the water in the canal, causes the general dullness at the Falls. At noon Wednes day there were but live mills running, grinding at the rate of about S.705 barrels per twenty-four hours. The Anoka mill increased "the figures to abont 0,S0 bar rels. It is not likely that the output will be increased this week, but with the opening of the cunal next Monday nearly every mill is count ing on resuming work. The demand for flour will hardly warrant such an active condition of aifairs, but the millers propose to set wheels in motion, neverthe less, as well as to show the visitors at the national convention what Minneapolis is capable of doing. The export trade is very quiet, aud quotations remain slxnit the same as last week. The export shipments were ll,0 barrels, against 13,300 barrels the preceed ine week. London quotations for 2S0 pounds, a 1. f.. are: Patents, SOs 3deSJs tasking: bakers , 23s 3ds-4s; low grades, 12s Vl13s. The receipts of wheat during the past week were 305,150 busheLs, ami the ship ments lJ,S75 bushels. The shipments of flour were 57,340 barrels, and 01 niillstuff 2,257 tons. MISSOURI REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. St. Joseph, Mo June 13. The Repub-1 lican state executive committee met in ! thLs city today. The political situation in Missouri wis'canvassed. The only action taken was to asree upon a call for the state committee to meet in St- Louis on the bib. of Jalr. SHOT THEM DOM. TESTIMONY OF A.WITNESS IN THE CROSS CASE. Haymaker Keene Hawes on the Stand Makes a Statement of the Killing. Ten Members of the Party KrioTra to the Witness Great Interest ia the Case Manifested, An Elmira Youth Ells His Father in His Mother's Defense A Colored Man at Argentine Kills His "Wife A Brute Lynched at Port Worth, Tex, Crhninal News, Pakis, Tex., June 13. The Cross case was resumed this morning with the exam ination of Herbert Tonny by counsel for the defense. This lasted for several hours to little purpose, as the witness did not contradict himself in any particular. Keeno Hawes, one of the haymakers at Wild Horse lake on the" nighc of the killing, was next called. His statement was that Cross and party came to their camp, and while there Sam Robinson and thirteen others sur rounded them, marched them out. in a line and made them hold up their hands. He then told Hubbard he had to die and shot him down. This caused a stampede, and Eaton, of the Cross party, ran off to the lake, followed by some of Hobinson'H men. The witness did not see Cross at the time he was shot, but saw Tonny when he was shot. He was holding up his hands. Wil cox ran and hid in the tent, but was brought out and shot down. Tho witness saw, and identified as of the attacking party, Sam Robinson, C. Cook. O. J. Cook, J. B. Chamberlain, John Jackson, Cyrus Freese, George Thomas, Silvester Moher, John Lawrence and George Smith. There were fourteen in the party. He did not know all of them. A. M. Donald, James Wright, J. W. Calvert. John Hitter, William O'Connor and isniith Grubbwere not there. Dr. R. T. Furness. who dressed Tonny's wounds, testilied that Tonny's arm must have been elevated at the time he was shot. The testimony so far has been very damaging to the defendants. Great interest is felt in the case, and the feeling between Hugoton and Woodsdale factions has been transferred here. A wit ness forthe defense went to Marshal Dick erson and asked for protection, stating that he had been threatened by a witness for the government. Both sides keep 11 close watch upon the actions of the other and it seems impossible for one to do any thing without the other finding it out. A SON'S PATAL DEED. He Kills His Father for Making Threats Against His Mother. Elmiha, N. Y., June 13. Frank Warren, living at the corner of Second and Colum bia streets, was shot and killed by his 16-year-old son about 2 o'clock this morning. Warren was a traveling man, working for the Oswego Wagon company. Ho went away yesterday morning, telling his wife he would be gone ten days. He returned, however, about 10 o'clock bust night and commenced quarreling with his wife. The quarrel continued for some time, when his son, Herbert, arooe from bed and inter fered. Duriug the trouble Herbert pro duced a revolver and shot his father in the right breast. Warren died almost in stantly. Warren was a fine looking, robust man. His wife is grief stricken over the tragedy. Young Warren, who is a school boj has been arrested. He is very collected but says nothing. In an interview Mrs. AX'arren says her husband came home early in the evening and awoke her son and conversed with him pleasantly about the races. He then came into the bed room where she was sleeping and commenced an out quarrel with her about a simple matter. Hie says that in ' the instance referred to she tried to ac- j knowledge that she was in the wrong, but j that did not satisfy him and ho arose and 1 partly dressed himself. While partly dressed he threatened her with violence. At this time he asked bur, "What are you getting up for?" She replied, "I am not going to have a great strong man threaten ing me as 3011 are." She cot out of bed and started away. He followed her. Im mediately the son appeared on the scene and the fatal shot was lired. SWIFT JUSTICE. A Tesas Mob Takes the Lav7 into Its Own Hands. Fokt Worth, Tex., June 13. Three or four citizens of this county arrested a Mexican on Cottonwood creek yesterday on a charge of rape, committed in IJrs trop, Elgin and Hutto. They brought him to this citj' this morning about:) o'clock and turned him over to one of our oflicers, who started to lock him up. but before he could do o- he was snrrounded by a band of alout twenty armed men, who took the prisoner from him and start ed south in the direction of the railroad. A few minutes lafr a dozen or more pistol shots were heard, and this morning the prisoner's body was found just outh of the rail road crossing. His head was al most shot off. He had also receivfd "hot in the body. An inquest was held, but no decision has ben rendered. The officers j failed to rccognizp any of the mob, though no masks were worn. INDIAN TERRITORY MURDERERS. Paris, Tex.. June 13. Deputy Marshals McCall and Henderson reached here thta afternoon with William Cook and Joe Benson, charged with murder in Panola connty in th Chickasaw nation in August, 143. It seems that the accused and omc others were at outs, and that the country was in a terrorizfd condition by a gang of outlaws. One night Cook and Benson fired into a negro camp for diversion and killed a negro woman and her chikl. Benson married a woman a week after her husband had been murdered, and when Benson was arrested yesterday the people of the neichborhood thought ft was for the murder of his ife's first huslxuxi. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Philadelphia, Pa.. June IS. Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon two piti u: in ramA cmrssion hirrt in a cellar of the dwelling on Maple street be- j low Cumberland. I pon several ples trians entering the place they found Will iam Collins and Charles Denner both ly ing on the flood dead. Both were about 30 vears of age. Collins was shot through the right temple and Drnner in the mouth. The police claim that Colli flrrt killed Dcrmer and then shot himself through the head. UXORICIDE AT ARGENTINE. Kansas Citt, Mo June 12. Robert Mercer, colored, living at Argentine. Km., a. suburb of this city. bot and killed Ms wife at W o'clock tonight. Mercer had became jealous of bis wife. He went to tits nouse ai tee nour nameu, cajjeu nv wife to the door, grasped her in one ana, phafi the muzzle of a revolver agate ner temple and fired, producing iataat death. The murder escaped across the iiae Iqto J2souri - SHOT BY A WOMAN. Parsons, Kan., June 13. A Hunt, a prominent restaurant keeper of Cherokee, a station on the Gulf rocd, about thirty miles west of here, was shot twice and seriously wounded this afternoon, by a Mrs. Fessenden, the first ball penetrating the arm and the second striking thetcm ple just above the right eye. Troubiahas been brewing for some time betweSrf'Hunt and Mrs. Fessenden on account of rumors of alleged intimacy between Hunt and the daughter of the lady who did the shooting. Hunt is a man of family, and the affair has created quite a sensation. DETERMINED TO TAKE HIM. London, Ontario. June 13. J. W. Parker, of Burlington. Kan., who had been confined for extradition for forgery, wns released yesterday by order of the court. He was taken into custody again, however, and he will be brought to St. Thom.-is and the extradition proceedings will be begun acniu. It was the failure on the part of the prosecution to produce the original note forged that caused the first proceedings to fall through. FATAL FIGHT AMONG COWBOYS. ALBt'Qi'ERQrK, X. M , Juno 18. There was a free tight Wednesday among a number of cowboys in Soccorro county, resulting in the dea'th of John and Garrett Davis on one side and Fred Groslot on the other. This is the second of the Groslot bovs who has come to a violent death in that county. Owing to the isolation of the point where the affray took place par ticulars can not be given. There are two factions in that county. PECULATION GOING ON FOR YEARS. Kansas Citv, Mo., June 13. The Star of this evening says that the committee appointed by the council to investigate ex City Treasurer Peake's shortage has ascertained that peculations in the office have been carrieJ on for twenty years, the total amount being somothing in excess of $40,000. HIGHWAYMEN STRIP A TOWN. JosilCA, Tex., June 13. Three highway men, one of whom was masked, rode into Joshua at S:45 last night aud stopped at Mr. West's store in which the postotlico is located. They were heavily armed and cot three gold watches and &00 in money. They made good their escape. THE STOCK YARD SALE Sensational Allegations of a Scheme to Depreciate the Stock. CinrGO, 111 , June 13. The anticipated suit to prevent the cousumntion of the proposed $211,000,000 sale of the Union Stock Yards and Transit company of Chicago to an English syndicate was com menced before Judge Tuley this afternoon. Decidedly sensational ch'nrges are made in the bill and the court is asked to remove the present of licers of the big corporation, appoint a receiver and issue an injunction restrain ing the proposed issue of lainds and the sale of plant and stock. Tho bill charges that it is with no legi timate and lawful motive that the de fendants are seeuing to carry out the scheme of selling tho property, but that on tho contrary they are inspired with the intention of selling it in for a little over half its actual value: that they then propose to depreciate the value of tho stock and run the property down until it reaches tho minimum. Then, when the small stock holders are frozen out, it U said the ma nipulators will buy the plant and goodwill in it for a mere song. Mr. Bake declared that the company's stock is actuallv and intrin8ically worth $200 a share, whereas the proposed purchase price is $150, of which only the par value 100 is cash. Judge Iuley sent the bill to the master in chancery and tonight a copy was served up such of the defendants as was possible with notice to attend a hear ing tomorrow morning. A ESEIGHT ASS00IATI0N. The Passenger Departmentment of the Trans-Missouri Dissolve. Chicago, 111., June 13. The general managers ff the trano-Missouri association mot again today to further consider tho question of dissolving the passenger de partment, in view of the fact that the ma jority of the members have signed the agreement ot the new estern l'assenger association The Denver 6c Rio Grande and the Fort Scott & Memphis roads were not ready to join the association, though intimating tnat they might do so In tho not remote future and were op posed to an immediate dissolution of the passenger department of the Trans Missoun association. The Missouri Pacitic also objected to hasty action in that direc tion and voted against the proposition to amalgamate. Thereupon the Burlington and Bock Island and tlie siautn Fe and the Chicago & Northwestern all gave thirty days notice of their intention or withdraw nig from the Trans Missouri Passenger as sociation. Tlds will settle the question, as the organization m ill not be able to exit without these roads. The Trans-Missouri will be continued as a freight association exclusively. STILL WITHOUT FEEOSDENT. Legitimate Euiinesfi Large Price3 Gener ally a Shade Higher. New York. June 13 K G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade aj: Speculation has been neither large iv oluine noren thusiatic in tonr duriug th na.t week, but the legitimate bt-stnfet of the country continues unprecedented, in volmuo for the season and highly encouraging jn pros pects. There has been quit a decline in x orts from Xew York for two wekh palt' tn '-lir being 14 pr cent below that of the unw wek last year, whiia in imports here modern increa.se continue- over ltt werk of S pr cent. But the flow of currency to tni enter uppli the demand and makes the market ey Interior cities report rather more demand for money nod t Ikw-uw rp.tr are risintr: at Chicago and St. Loata stedy and at Philrulslphl dull, not much oommercMl paper offering hot at motA point the demand it fair with a sufficient supply Crop propstts begin to rate all n-arkeU at this sjf-on and theNt are dis tinctly improving. Waent him de clined ic om le mmI oora He. Coffee J unchanged. Jloigs hutl aad pork harp scarcely changed in may manner awl the change of 2c io oil i ply pec n hut re. A better dwaod for nasaed sujr is aHeeed as reaAOfi (r an a4vMct erf Hr n price, m otb-r report indxaai tksa denier are not Imrids freelv at Um hkb pnce now asked. The seraJ lev! of j prices ib dui a swujc bjoct fn cr-. ago and tb prevailing wodeney a at preheat to be toward a lower range of quo tations for a tJftte. The demand for vano form? of mas factuml iron and teel i M4I1 wA and pric tdjr. Tb w&ol mAtimt has brndaii. Philadelphia aad duraa) iadtf-Kte that rvpKcn are holding for high er pnee. Mot no itaproviraient it tM ia wooJen goo4s thoaga drrvi aol ar" la fair request hern aad stock of!g at weight t&ods are HnalL Flannel milh ar vrtmx ally cutting down production. Report from otr cities how a healthy ainim of trade with clear aigax of improfeiorot where better crop pmfct asve iwaetti ate iaflaeae The buMtsfes fail ars occurring tirroagk oct the errantry during te- itsM. Mran iyB number Hi a.s oostfK&red vrtih U6 ia w-el For the eorrt-f?diag week of ia year the agar, wtrrc 2&t. A TOUR AROUND THE WORt-D. St. PrrsmariMS, Jwae UL The eaare wicfe will start oa a tour of la wadd aa AagMHE. 1- Sac w1!J return by way of ta Csfetsl States. DEATH BY FLOODS. 5ISE LIVES LOST XEAK 3IARYS Y1LLE, KY, Six Residents Swept Away to Death lw Quickly ITis- ins Floods. A Freight Train Phingas Iato the Beep Waters and Three Trainmen are Drovrned. A Kailway Employe Instantly Killed by a "Wreaking Train En Bouto to t Sonne Several Persons Injured in a '7reck Near Cleveland, 0 The Dars Lat of Hisbaps. Marysvili-K, Ky., June IS. Bull creek, six miles above hero, wns swelled to such an extent by a cloud burst lnt night, thai it overflowed its bank.s and sweat away &averal dwelling houses. Several piiosa were drowned. Six bodies have been r covereL Their names arm John O. KrnauBs. Mrs. Lrcv Pkstlkk. Miss Bettv Pestle. Mhss Jkkxie Pusrunt. Two sons of Mrs. Pettier. Tho .stone culvert on tho Chesapeake & Ohio over tho creek was washud away and the westf bound freight train ran inso . washout. Threo men ware killed. Their bodies are still under the wreck. Tfcoy were. Engineer II C. IUoiKTlfor. Fireman XoRRls KojfAKKR. llrakeman Cuas. N. Eatok. A fnt wrecking train on the way t tho scene this morning ran over Frauk Stott, an employ, and killed him. Two wrecking trains have been laisy all day removing the debm of the train. The workmen have nist found two mangled bodies. The clouds .suddenly btirtlus caused a rapid riM) in tho creak, alroady badly swollen by the ntorm. Farmers say the creek ro- two feet icr minute and tho water looked liked a wall tweutj-tivo high when it got to tho railroud flu. llugu stones weighing several tons wrro carried by the creek long distance. The creek rose two feet higher tbnu it has been in forty ywirs. The fury ot the storm caused maiiy ersons on Hull crook to abandon their bomw and take to the hills, else thelos-sof life would have been greater. The storm did much damage to buildings, fences and crop, in that portion of 1I10 countrj'. SEVERAL HURT IN A WRECK. Clkevland, O , Juno 13. A iwa.ngor train on the Connoton Valley railroad waa run into this morning by a Cleveland & Pittsburg switch engine at the crossing at Newburgb, axuburb two milts from here. Nobody was killed but omu twelvoor fifteen were injured, tome Herlouly. Those injured are. W. 11. Carver. Kent, O.; Mr. Jocpb Nosh, of Kent! Mrs. W, Wcstfall and Mrs. Stephen Parker; Bed ford, O., Mrs. Ida Fisher, Cluveland, and Rev. Dr. D, 11. Muller, Canton, O. None were dangerously hurt. A NARROW ESCAPE. Lexington, Mo., June lfl. Frank NIoh olu.s and another lxy friend, both about 13 years of hk, went hunting near Tabo creek this morning. Fniuk ot idrpy und laid down on the JefTprhou City. UoonvHIa Ac Lexington railroad track, while hi com panion continued hii sport. lie woke up to find his gun barrel mashed aud a Might scalp wound on his head and a train roll ing within a foot of hit head. KILLED BY THE GAS. Jeffkrov Citv. Mo , June it. forgo G Glawbrook. heriT of Hates county, u ho left the khx turned on hi hi room at the Madixon houe,died here this morning. TREATMENT0TTHE INSANE. Dtfcostion by the Suporintendont3 of the Asylums of the Unioa. XiACAitA Fall. X. Y , June 1.Tha third dav'- vsim of the Med lea I Stipwfa' tenilents of the American liMtituttoaa tor the Insane hugan at Ida. m. Washington, 1) C , wh. tdeclfd aa tho next meeting place, the tiin to m fixed by t he McrKary. The value awl lgnW rttio of certain symptom in ruvatnl dtMus wan the subject of a pafHjr ur J. 1) Draper, ftiitMiriitUfident of thtt aaylnm for tro Jnwine at HaUleboro, Vt. G. Alder Hluiner, of I'Uca, N. Y.. read rt pnpr on "Music an a tnana of troalMttmt of the inuie " Tho import of tho paper waft thnt inuwtc had icrnat Malatory efloct upon the mind of too nn.ortttaaUm of aT)inii. ami that it waa. thwrofotv, of grmt boneiU and of va-t importMao. It held that mtwic butt Id bt Hd ia all Hylum. and urged that stops "s taken in tlat dirctoti. "The Kmploynvot of Wmeo Phya4dfia In Institution for the laaaaet" w tao Mibkuct of a paprr prrparad hf K. X. Haaa. M D The 9UUM ia)U oy ta was in deiod opooitioa to too ntent of fontalea a pnyrielaaa nt tho ar lam.", aad wa b-d apoa praettoa! ro'atlt. iUnatmtMMM ot which werr tfrrtrn. It wa hhnwn that dnrlnn a Drtd ot efajfct ytmr In each ea thora worn fewer cure and groaWr mortality at the asvloan when wa wr ara nlored taoa in tbot wb tfc waaMtt ataff coa4M4ai of aaea. Jt wan vrkfeat that a larsse ntajorky of la mambtf ct of tho mum opinion a mxprvM ia taw paper " Politic la A?lttat formed tjto abject of an warwtf dtM--ioa. 4 fca fact that tby rotcrmd iato Um Hmua meat of kohhi mjIoim km rooadfy aa-d-md. The eeo-uUon of too af lanw ia Ohio was citoi. H Gihaaa. of Iowa, latrodaea-1 3. Trm la tion coagratBlatiag Xw York on the BwaBf in which 1U to.' are tr-ted and ml for It aafed Ahr xm to follow th example of New York. The af twnooo HwaVMi opeaed at S o'dc. with a ppr oy Dwd CWJc. X. t) . oa "Crtro aad liaapwoatbtlity. "Traaa mimoa of Acquired Vanaiaaa.T ww ia tmbMct rjf a papr by A. B HlcaaxdMM, M. it sL linnet, t i rwma jm.ytr mt "in!teB aad Ftxod kit." CTnnmar of Um Maoiaet ' Ar HovaaVOx imr Ibjh Oely DfmtnMet xi , tao Ckaza trr of OnBtsh-rtKKi aad f oadsaxr" whm partklpMsd ia by Dm. A. K. aLaabaa. U MHtud, W. A- Gorton, J. Crw aad others. WELL KMOWH EDUCATOR OEAO. hUvA CtTT. Mo. Jaa IX Be. Dr. McAfe. poai-Uat of Park ooileg. at ParkjrriHe. Mo.. aie ntil aorta of are, died at m bnon. from aawt dltrtao at V: o'clock 1 Might. CamtaaciM-t vxmvbm had Jot Vw ouetplfited aad Dr. MeAir? vra uluadiug a MKwttagof Ue eotta wKcn k wa rteki Um wh well kaonra ht edfaav- Uoaal work, aariag adraaocat te aaBouo 10 n ja uat .waaotng. ?Har vf aar Hm wa a BESOLUTIOM OF COMOEMrMTIOK. Xrw Yowc, Juae IX -Ta paav-ii.ian mi aadorwrUwt txiar attar aapwiasr a naatu- of Utor eavoTMr C late fcmaiiadaaor 0 thr. Uat ataseaets 4sS2m adjaered sts &, .r?.-- -