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The Princeton Union. R.C.DUNN, Publisher. Terms:92.00 per year in advance. THE Treasury Department has un. der consideration the establishment of a custom house in the midst of the World's Fairgrounds, for the conveni ence of foreign exhibiters. Th idea is a practical and sensible one. Is? New York's murderer shall prove to beth original and only Jack the Kipper he will deserve a vote of thanks from the American press for his kind ness in lowering telegraph tolls by crossing the Atlantic. MILLIONS of flying ants swept down in a dense mass upon Sa Antonia, Tex., a few days ago. Several busi ness houses were forced to close their doors on account of the insects, which wore swept out in great quantities. A VIRGINIA old gentleman who is mildly insane upon the subject of the advantages of out-of-door life has taken up his residence in an apple tree. Strange to say, his health has not suffered by the exposure, but has actually improved. QUE EV VICTORIA has forty favorite dogs in her kennel at Windsor which she has had photographed in a group recently. Photographing themselves in groups will now be the fad of half the dudes in New York. Just like the queen's dogs, doncher know. THERE is no money in the Arkansas State Tieasury and the financiers of that State are studying the problem whether it is because -what they raised was stolen. In proper form the ques tion stands. Is it a deficit or a defal cation The only clew that they have to an answer is the fact that the money is not there. IT is doubtful if John Sullivan would ha\e announced his retirement from the 1 ing for some time to come if Slavin had not come over to lick him. John is pretty cautious when sober. will continue to knock out consumptive reporters and bell boys at hotels for some time yet, that is, if he doesn't get shot by somebody who can't appreciate his payfulness. A PAR IS p^per of a late date,in its notice of musical matters during the week, speaks of notable music given by Mille. Clara Guntler, one of Mme. Marchesi's most brilliant pupils, and the niece of Mme. Krauss. Among the young ladies whose singing was highly complimented was Mille. Emma Dreyfous, a New Orleans girl, who rendered charmingly an air from "Suzanne des Noces." THE Countess Edla, the widow of the late King consort of Portugal, has decided to sell her husband's magnifi cent collection of pictures, but it is not yet settled whether the sale will take place in London or Paris. This galleiy is one of the finest collections in the world. Th famous Holbein, -which was at Whitehall during the reign of Chailes II, and which Cath erine of Braganza carried off to Lis bon, may be purchased foi1 tional Gallery. the Na- GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN is fleeing the country, he says, to escape the revo lution which is to come within thirty days. Among the immediate ap proaching events are bankruptcy, war with Italy, pestilence, grip, Jack the Ripper, famine, food and fire! This gives every indication of a lively sum mer. Under the circumstances it must be apparent to the most casual thinker that now is the time to sub sbribe. A ST. LOUIS paper says that glass may be cut with scissors as easily as if it were a piece of paper. Th secret consists in plunging the pane of glass into a tub of water, submerging also the hands and the scissors. Th scissors will cut in straight lines with out a flaw This result is achieved in consequence of the absenee of vibra tion. If the least portion of the scissors is left out of the water the vibration will prevent the glass cut tins. IT is not many years since Russian literature was discovered by the po lite world and now the music-lovers of NewYoikare awaiting with impa tience to be instructed in the intrica cies of Russian music. Th famous composei 'TV halkowski, whose works have been much talked abo ut in Eu rope has arrived upon our shores in the steamship Bretagne, and is about to conduct certain of his compositions in the music hall founded by Andrew Carnegie. If the analogies of litera ture hold good, it nviy be expected that Tchaikowski will out-Wagner Wagner. i*~n EVENTS A WEEK. Flashed by the Wires of the Telegraph Condensed and Classified for Convenience of Readers. Washington, Foreign, Accidental, Per sonal, Criminal and Other News of Importance. WASHINGTON. THE treasury department is receivinj numerous applications for the shipment of minor silver coin, in response to Treasurer Nebeker's circular. Many of these applica tions are from merchants in the far West and Southwest. Shipments are being made as rapidly as possible. SECRETARY FOSTER has sent itoJPred JUL. Thatcher, keeper of the Cleveland break water light station, a gold life saving "second service bar," suitably inscribed, in recognition of his gallantry in rescuing Mrs. Catherine Hazen from drowning ear Cleveland breakwater, Lake Erie, on the night of Oct. 26, 1890. IN the legislature Colonial Secretary Bond read a messagefinojaaLord Knutsford, addressed to Gov. O'Brien, foiranally inotify ing the Newfoundland legislature that un less it passes an act to carry out the treaties between Great Britain and Fxanee, the bill now before the house of lomds will become a law. Lord Knutsford's message was treated with silent contempt, and no notice was taken of it by the members of govern ment or the legislature. THE clerks in the treasury office have identified $16 900 of the $17,000 chaired and burned in the recent wreck at Waring sta tion on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, in Maryland. The money was so scarred and black that the packages looked like char coal, but by expertness in separating each note and putting it under a strong magni fying glass all the money was identified with the exception of $100, which the ex press company carrying the money will lose. PEOPLE IN PRINT. PROF. C. S. NASH, of Hartford theological seminary, has accepted an appointment as professor of homiletics and pastoral theo logy at the Pacific theological seminary, Oakland, Cal. BARRY ScLLiv^N, the well-known trage dian, is dead. He was born at Birming ham, England, in 1824, and first appeared on the stage in Cork in 1840. He visited America 1857 and had an enthusiastic reception. He also visited Australia and India. CAPT. HUGGINS, in charge of army head quarters at Chicago in the absence of Gen. Miles, received a dispatch from Fort Wash aki, Wyo to the effect that Company of the Eighth infantry had just been organ ized as an Indian company. The company is composed of twenty-eight Shoshones and twenty-seven Arapalioes, and they will be subjected to the same regulation and discipline as the white soldiers. White of ficers will command them. CASUALTIES. AT Syracuse, N. Y., fire did $120,000 damage to the building and stock of J. W. Eager and three tenants. Half insured. The Albuquerque (N. Mex.) foundry and machine works have been totally destroyed by pie, Thefirewas no doubt the work of an incendiary. THE large livery barn of August Hauntz man at Manson^ iQwa, was burned, Sine teen horses, including two thoroughbred stallions, were roasted. The loss will be over $10,000, with slight insurance. AT Cambridge City, Md the family of Thomas Knox ate very heartily of weiner wurst and shortly after showed symptoms of poisoning. One child is dead and tour others are a critical condition. IN a collision between passenger trains on the Pan Handle road near Dennison, Ohio, Baggagem aster Longnecker was kill ed. Several passengers were injured, but none seriously. CHESTER E. WILCOX, a billard table man ufacturer, while speeding his horse at Cold Spring Park, Milwaukee, was thrown from his sulky and instantly killed. His neck was broken. AN explosion of gas occurred in the Ocean coal mine near Clarksburg, W. Va instantly killing George Feather, William Dougheity, Nathan Gains and Charles Welsh. The mine is on fire. CONRAD'S opera liou was destroyed by fire at Tyrone, Pa Templeton & Craw ford's nnllmery store and the establish ment of Charles Conrad were also burned out. Low, $20,000. partly insured. The cause of the fire is unknown. WICKEDNESSES. WILLIAM PRICE was hanged at Marshall, Mo., for an assault upon Miss Alice Ninas, who afterward married but later committed suicide rather than testhy regarding the assault. WILLIAM JACQUES,anAmerican gentleman from Newton, Mass., was out driving with his daughter at Florence Italy, when a mob of people pursued his carriage, attacked it, pelted it with stones and severely injured his daughter, who inter!erred in his defense. IN the Somerville police court at Boston, Dr. Leach was held in $10,000 for malprac tice in causing the death of a girl domestic in his employ, and his wife was held in $5,000 as an accessory. Both were held for the grand jury. CONSIDERABLE disorder prevails at Barcel ona. Five petards exploded, causing great alarm and doing much damage. A conflict between the police and strikers has just ta ken place. Pistol shots were exchanged. The ring-leaders among the rioters were ar rested. IT has been learned that J. L. Dunn, who is under arrest at Atlanta, Ga., for forging a bill of cotton which enabled him to se cure $12,500, is Tnomas Sibley, who on March 19 last swindled Wood Bros, of Chi cago out of $5,2,00 Requisition papers have been applied for, and it the authori ties at Atlanta will release Dunn he v*ill be brought here for prosecution. FOREIGN. MARQUIS I EUDINI, the Italian premier, has signed a ueaty renewing the dreibund for five years. A FRLIS ^H scientific expedition in Terra del Fuego was attacked by Indians* and it is reported that only two members escaped. THE rumor is again current London that United States Minister Poiter will soon leave Rome. THE Bolckow art collection was sold at auction in London, and realised $346,900, Meissonicr's "Sign Painter" was sold lor $83,860. A CABLE from London says that Nunc Wallace has issued a challenge to fight Cal McCarthy at 7 stone 12 pounds for 500 to 1,000 either in England or America, give or take expenses. THE reichstag budget committee has ap proved of the grant of $25,000 to defray the 'jfli.^%- cost of the steps to be taken am en able Getm'any to, make a suitable ipaxtiei pation in the Chicago worlds fair. A SAVAGE attack on thte Stock Hsland management is printed in & late edition of the Financial Times of London. Itclaims that President Cable and the directors de vote too much time to dabbling tin stocks. THE queen regent of Spain having ibeen appointed umpire to the dispute 'between Columbia and Venezuela over "the bound ary lines between those two republics, has rendered her decision, whidh is entirely in favor of Columbia. IT is reported that the treaty of com merce between Spain and the United States contains no stipulation in regard to its du ration, and that therefore the treaty,may be renounced by either side upon due no tice of such action being given. THE Chilian insurgent party, over .the signatures of Senors Moutt, Sitva, Barros and Luce, has issued a notification which has been presented to the French govern ment for the ministers and congressmen who are opposed to President Balmaceda has been established for the administration of the affairs of the eight Chilian provinces which are now in the hands of live insur gents. SPORTING TRIPLES THE California Athletic club tuts decid ed to* match Abe Willis, the Australian bantam-weight, and George Dixon, color ed champion, for a fight. The purse wiilil be $5,000 and the fight will take place in June. IN Chicago Rolla Heikes not only suc ceeded in his attempt to break 450 artificial flights at trap shooting in ninety minutes, but established anew record. He shot at 523 flights and broke the stipulated 450 in 52 minutes and 58 seconds. CHAMPION POWERS and ex-Champion Deore played off their tie for three-corner ed $450 jackpot in Chicago. The Cuban was "rattled" and he missed easy shots. Had not his nerves forsaken him in the nineteenth frame he might have won out. THE challenge game of billards between Jacob Schaefer, the world's champion, and Eugene Carter in Chicago, was easily won by Schaefer. The score stood: Schaefer, 800 Carter, 481. Though beaten, Carter had the best run, 111, Schaefer's highest being THE board of appeals of the American Trotting association concluded its semi annual meeting, held in Chicago. About fifty cases were disposed of, but none were of sensational interest. The Nelson case was not presented to the board and no action was taken in the matter. LABOR CIRCLES NEARLY one thousand dock laborers at Ashtabula harbor, Ohio, have struck against a reduction of wages. AT Milwaukee a settlement of the stone cutters' strike has been effected, and this is apparently the beginning of the end of the trouble in the building trades. STRIKING quarrymen near St. Louis drove the negroes who had taken their places away from two quarries and carried off all the tools. NOMINALLY a general strike of the union carpenters in Milwaukee was inaugurated but in reality the strike had very little ef fect on the labor situation. Many carpen ters were idle before the strike was declared. THREE thousand non-union men are at work in the coke region of Pennsylvania, and it is thought that unless the strikers return to work soon the 14,000 men still idle 111 the region will be forced from their work, homes, and eyen tbe region, NEARLY 1,000 dock laborers at Ashtabula Harbor, O., straek against a reduction of wages. The menspent the day in parading. They have committed no acts of violence as yet, but sayrfiheywill permit no one to take their places. SEVENTEEN hwndred journeymen cigar makers employed in Chicago went on sti ike for an increase of pay. About one half of the manufacturers conceded the demands of the union. In all such shops the men returned to work at once. With the firms which have refused the increased pay the fight will be kept up as long as it is possible to maintain it. POLITICAL CIRCLES. O. K. PECKHAM of St. Louis has been elected president of the National Confec tioners' association, in session at St. Louis. THE Iowa Republican state central com mittee has issued a call for a state conven tion to nominate a gubernatorial ticket, to be held at Cedar Rapids, July 1. RAILROADS. UNION Pacific earnings for March: Gross" earnings, $3,170,857, decrease, $308,720, net, $1,010,888: decrease, $42,091. A DISPATCH from Tacoma stated the Great Northern road had decided to cross the Cascade mountains through theNachez pass. Vice President Clough was asked if there was any foundation tor the report. Mr. Clough said there was none whatever, and that no definite plan had been decided upon. IN GENERAL. JonN CALDER & Co., commission mer chants of New Orleans, have asked a respite of one, two and three years. The liabilities are $265,000, and assets $500,000. AT Springfield, Ohio. Elder Green im mersed Mrs. Alice Madison, who is dying with cousumption, in a metallic casket, in which she will be buried. WOLF'S periodic comet has been rediscov ered by Mr. Barnard at Lock observatory. It is extremely faint and small, and is fol lowing closely the path predicted for it, THE New York supreme court continues J. Edward Simmons as permanent receiver to wind up the affairs of the American Loan and Trust company. He was pre viously made temporary receiver. CHARLES J. DICKSON, who declared him self to be vice president of an organization known as Christ's Followers and who said he went to New York from the West to kill Jay Gould has been declared insane. THE bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church -are iu session in Greencastle, Ind., with closed doors, diseussing the laying out of conference work for the coming year. THE Rio Grande is now within a few inches of the highest point in the history of flood of 1884, and residents of the low lands are greatly alarmed. The bridges at Albu queique and Los Lunas are wrecked below bocorro. THE Knutsford Newfoundland bill has passed the committee stage in the British house of lords after a futile attempt to post pone action until the Newfoundland par liament could pass a bill affecting the French fisheries. THE world's fair directors have refused the demand for a minimum rate of wages made by labor organizations. An appro priation of $200 000 has been made for the building on the lake front to be known as a world's fair congress hall during the fair and a permanent art palace thereafter. EFFORTS to remove the so*called intruders from the Cherokee strip are liable to result in blood-shed. Two hundred negroes have appeared on the seene underarms and are drawn up in regular battle array. The sit uation is decidedly critical, and it is feared that the parties will come to a clash before the matter is ended. j.^r4 tt*s PLUNGED INTO FIRE I A Horrible and Fatal Accident Happens to a Pennsylvavia Logging Railroad, ft is Thrown From the Track Into the Midst of a Great Pile of liuming Loss. CoiJDERsroRT, Pa., May 13.To-night the pretty little lumber and farming towns of Austin, Coatello, Galeton and Moore's Run, in Potter county, are on the verge of a panic, two especially being threatened with annihilation from fires that seem to iorni an impenetrable wall on every side. For several days past the skies have been lighted up with fires apparently in every direction. But little fears were entertained by people living in the towns, as those threatened and in danger were farmers in the country districts, or lumber camps in tl.e midt of the blazine forests. In spite of every effort, however, the flames crept fcteadiiy in snaky lines of smoke and flame toward the helpless towns until it was seen the people must fight back the flames or have their very houses burned down over 'their heads. At Moore's run, on the Sinnemahoning Valley road, a train load of seventy-five willing men sent out from Austin Sunday night had been fighting back the fire by every conceivable means. They made trenches, piled up earth, and lighted back fires, but were finally obliged to retreat. The men hastily boarded the train, and started to make a run to another point, when it was found they were hemmed in by the. forest fiie on one side and A HDGE SKIDWAY OF BURNING LOGS on the other. It was finally decided to dash past the burning skidway, and the engineer and fireman, with faces covered with damp ened cloths and their hands and arms wrapped in wool, mounted the little engine and pulled out through the wall ot fire. The seventy-five exhausted men gathered in groups on the flats for protection, or lay on their faces on the floor. As the blazing fur nace of logs was approached the heat be came unbearable, and the smoke so blind ing and stifling the men were obliged to cover their mouths with cloths. Just opposite the millions of feet of burning logs, where tbe heat and smoke and flame were the greatest, a terrible thing occurred. The engineer had forgotten that such great heat would surely spread the rails, and he pulled the throttle wider in the hope of sooner escaping fiom a tor ment of heat and smoke. Then there was a lurch, an ominous heaving, and a shriek of despair as the train toppled over into the hell of fire beneath.. A scene ensued never to be forgotten by those who escaped, though every man will bear to his grave a mark of that awful mo ment. The cars caught fiie like so many paper playthings, and the men within, half blinded and scarcely realizing any thing except that they were being slowly /OA&TED TO DEATH, struggling feaiiiilly to regain the track, where safety lay for a time at least. Those uninjured from the fall, and only smarting from the pain of intense heat, bravely turned their burned, blackened hands to aid their more unfortunate fellows. At this hour it is impossible to secure de tails, though enough is known of the scene that followed the hurling of the struggling mass of men into the furnace of flames to say that its like had never occurred before. Supr. Badger, of the Sinnemahoning Val ley road, was in charge of the relief train, and had worked the hardest of all to save tbe properties of others. When the train was ditched and rolled over so suddenly he must have been injured so as to be unable to help himseP, and, owing to the smoke and panic, he was not found until too late. Jammed in the wreck, he had evidently burned to death. At this time9 30 p. 111.it is known that six others also miserably perished at once, or died soon after, and thirty others of the party were badly burned, many probably fatally, owing to fears that they inhaled the flames that seemed to fairly spring into their faces. Seven others of the party are missing and their iate is unknown, though they are likely the charred wood of the Jogs or tram. RLLIEF PARTIES Started for the scene as soon as the fearful news spread, many male relatives of the men injured insisting on accompanying the train, though they will hardly be able to reach the place of the wreck unless the fires have burned themselves out. Owing to tne great devastation done to everything 111 the way ot the fire communi cation is badly interrupted, and it is impos sible to learn the names of the men burned or those still missing. As to the damage, it is known 40,000,000 feet ot hemlock logs and timber and 25.000 cords ot valuable bark have already been destroyed, and the fires are raging without any appreciable diminution. This evening the people are praying lor rain, as it seems nothing but a drenching will quench the flames that have grown so fierce they must either be extinguished by the floods of heaven or burn out for lack ot material. The timber lands are owned by Goodyear Bros, of Buffalo and are situated in Potter, McKean and Tioga counties, and cover about 108,000 acres. The film's ex tensive sawmills are located at Austin and are capable ot turning out 4,000,000 ieet ot lumber per day. The Goodyears built the Sinnemahoning VaLley railroad some years ago to carrv their lumber to the Western New Yoik and Pennsylvania roads. SHOT HIS MOTHER-IX-LAW. Then Ho Sent a Bullet Tlnoiigh His Hod. Ln M\RS, Iowa, Special Telegram, May 13.Thomas Saunders, a farmer living twelve miles soutli of Le Mars, came to town this morning and shot his mother-in law, Mary A. Lidster, and then shot him self through the head. The woman will recover. Saunders' wife walked home to her mother, twelve miles, Saturday night, after a stormy scene with her husband. He blamed the mother-in-law for the domestic trouble. The coroner's jury declaredSaun ders insane. The widow and five children are left 111 good circuni&tances. An Old Litit'l Mark I'.urned. PLEASANT VALLEY, Wis Fpf-cial, May 13 The house ot S. W. Matteson caught fire this morning ami burned to the ground. His son-in-law lived with him, and they lost most of the bedding and all ot their best clothes. No insurance on house or contents. The house was an old land-mark, built about thirty-five years ago. Arrived Surety. TACOMA,Wash.,May 13 Areport reached here to-day that the party of colonists on the steamer Lucy Lowe, reported wrecked on the straits of Juan De Fuca, arrived at their destination satcly this morning alter many hardships. 1st I FIRED O N STRIKERS. Desprat Fight in Denver Growing out of a Strike of Brlckmakers. DENVER, Colo., May 13.-A desperate fight took place in City Park to-day be tween P. N. Davis and Ed Gavis (white), and John White, Tom Davis, E. Farris, J. W. Smith and J. Blackburn (colored), on one side and fifty or more strikers on the other. Two men were fatally shot and about twelve more wounded, more or less seriously. The fight, which was at close range, was brought about by the brickmakers' strike, which has been in progress at the Davis yards for several weeks past. This morn ing F. N. Davis and son, proprietors of the brick, with eight negroes, with double barreled shot guns, heavily loaded with buckshot, started for the yards with the avowed intention of be ginning work or dying in the attempt. As they were nearing the vards a party of strikers, headed by Frank Surber, appeared. Davis ordered the strikers to allow his men to pass. This this the strikers would not do, and Davis and BOH five men opened fire on the strikers. Thomas Kelly was shot in the small of the back and died two hours after, Kelly was not a striker, and only went to the place out of mere curiosity. John Kidenoui was also mortally Wounded, and was taken to the Sisters' hospital in a dying condition. W. J. Shamet, who was one of the injured, said: "We were sitting under the trees when Davis and his party came up with their puns on their arms. Mr. Surber said 'Mr. Davis, we would like to talk to these men.' Davis replied: *We want no talkimr.' Then he shouted, 'Fire'' and emptied his gun at the strikers. When poor Ridenour fell, voting Davis shot him again after he was down." A number of men who were present at the time corrobor ated the story ot Sharuul. The men about the park say that in ad dition to the men who were shot two little boys who were crossing the street at the time were hit by stray shot, but neither was fatally hurt. FEW TAILS' MURDER, It Is to Be Investigated by the Meade County Grand Jury. STURGIS, S. D., Special Telegram, May 13. The regular session of the Meade county circuit court opens here to-morrow. This session is of more than ordinary interest, as the signs indicate that the ca-e of the slayers of Few Tails, the Indian killed last winter on Alkali creek by certain settlers, will be brought before the grand jury. Deputy United States Marshal Matthieson arrived here yesterday from the Pine Ridge agency with Few Tails' widow and young daughter, as well as other Indian witnesses, to testify in the case. The squaw of Few Tails, it will be remembered, was severely wounded at the time of the af fray, and made her way more dead than alive across the snow-covered prairies to ward the agency, a distance of over ninety miles. She is now a cripple tor liie. Attorney General Miller has instructed United States District Attorney Sterling ol this state to appear here and assist our state attorney in the proceedings. Mr. Sterling arrived this morning. The prob abilities are that a most interesting case will be heard here, even rivaling the trial of Plenty Horses at Sioux Falls. A BLOODY FIGHT. Three Men- Ri'Ied and Five Otheis Fatally Injured. K^OXVILLE, Tenn., May 13 Details of a murderous affray which occurred on Wolf creek, near the North Carolina line, have been received here. Jonathan Bell, an old and well-to-do man, the head of a mountain family, lost his wife by death six weeks ago. After two weeks he married a girl of seventeen, greatly to the disgust of his family. As time passed they grew more dissatisfied, and finally they went in a body to the old man's house, and taking the young wife out, stripped her and gave her 100 lashes. On the iollowing &&y, on complaint of the elder Bell and John Ballew, the white cappers were arrested, but released on bonds. Ihey went to Ballew's house to punish him for interfering. Ballew and his family lesisted, and in the battle which followed John Bell was killed, "Big" and "Wild Bill" Bell, Hiram Morton, Jack Johnson and three others were itally shot Johnson and "Big" Bell have since died, and it is said otheis are dying. There have been no arrests, and both sides are aimed for more warfare. A LIVELY COXIEST Going: on for the Location of an Indian Industrial School. BLACK RIVER FALLS. Wis., Special, May 13. The Indian commissioner is to estab lish somewhere in this state an industrial school for the Winnebago Indians, and there is at present a lively contest going on between this and Shaw ano counties to se cure its location. A very large percentage of the Winne bagos reside in this county, and many them have comfortable houses and are nearer tl.e verge of civilization than they are elsewhere. There are also many pleas ant associations and traditions of the tribe especially calculated to make this accepta b'e to Indians as the location of such a school. Black river has always had strong attractions for them, and especially as along its bank was the old camping grounds and battle fields ot the famous old chief, Dakorah, whose name will live as long as the history ot the tribe. The citizens are largely petitioning the commissioner to locate the school some where in this county, as good farming lands can be obtained at very reasonable rates for the farm to be used in connection with it. IN THE MOUNTAINS. President Harrison and Party Visit Sev eral Colorado Cities. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., May 13.The presidential party arrived here this evening after a day spent in Leadville, Salida, Villa Grove, Pueblo and other places, where they met with rousing receptions. At Leadville the president was presented a brick weighing eighty ounce?, or nearly seven pounds, made ot Leadville silver 999 fine, and the ladies of the party received beautilul souvenirs, including silver spoons, bullion bars, etc. The presidential party retired to-night on the train, which will leave for Denver to-morrow morning. Died in Church. LITTLE FALLS, Minn., Special, May 13. Lewis Scott, the aged janitor ot the Epis copal church in this city, fell in an epilep tic fit last evening while attending to his duties at the church, and died in a lew min utes without regaining consciousness. He was a veteran of the Eighth Minnesota Vol unteers. Touched by Death. ST. Paul, Minn., May 13.Hon. John W. Roche, for over a quarter of a century city controller of St. Paul, dropped dead on a Selby avenue cable train. tMAMMats^4il^4l!SiMyteAt k"^ Love's Chilling Baptism. Sam Haskell, a young man from Western avenue and Nineteenth street, whose ambition is to open a saloon, met his loved one Birdie Brown, of 443 South Clark street, and accused! her of coquetry. "Sam, do you doubt me," she cried. "Avaunt, false one! Yo threw me over for Amos. We part forever," I swear that I have never ceased to love you deeply, devotedly. "Then prove it. "Come then if you love me as I do you we will walk arm in arm into Lake Michigan, and there end our troubled lives." "I'll go you and the lovers linked their arms and started for the lake. When the couple arrived at the foot of Peck court they threw their arms about each other, lingered for five minutes, And then plunged into the lake. Officer Gilman, of the Harrison Street station, saw the pair disappear, and, securing a long pole with an iron hook, stabbed Sa in the pantaloons and dragged him ashore. Then he hehed Birdie out. Both were chilled. Sam. was taken to the Armory sta tion, where he was hung over the steam pipes. Birdie excited the sym pathy of a woman who was passing and who placed her in a cab and sent her home.Cnicago Tribune. Fish Hatched In the Sky. I observe a reference made in the American Angler touching upon show ers of fish, in which it states that science has not yet' fully explained the phenomenon. This is perhaps slightly incorrect. Several causes have been suggested. Might it not very probably be that fish and frogs which fall apparently from the skies are really bred there? Water fowl, it is known, very frequently carry eggs of fish to a great distance, having swal lowed them, and in their flight dis gorging the same unharmed, where they can and do fructify and mature water over which these birds pass. The eggs of many old fish are very glutinous, and readily adhere to sub stances brought in contact with them during particular times of their incu bation. Is it not very probable that not only do these birds convey ova upon their wings as well as in their crops, and when flying at great heights the ova, becoming detached from the wings, may remain suspenedd in the moist atmosphere, which is quite pos sible under certain conditions of at mospherical pressure, and that which underdevelopment they may become too heavy and naturally fall to the earth? A "Night of Terror. The priest of the district of Bristen, in the Canton ot Uri, writes to the Lucerne Vaterland an account of "anight of terror," which his people passed through a few nights ago. The whole valley was covered deeply with snow. Shortly after midnight those who Avere still awake felt a sort of shudder pass through the valley, fol lowed .by a succession of explosions with a noise like the loudest thunder. It was an avalanche of the finest snow, like powder, which swept down the valley from the Bristenstock with such force that its destructive force extended nearly half a mile below the termination of the glacier. Some houses were entirely wrecked, and the roofs were entirely blow away from others. I one of those unroofed houses two girls were sleeping in an upper room when the avalche fell up on them, completely burying them. In the morning they were dug out Beyond their terrible fright they suf fered no harm Numbers of trees have been uprooted and even broke into pieces, and the whole neighborhood presents a picture of desolation. London Times. The Milkman's Confession. A St. Louis lady tells the strange, confession of a milkman. For some time past she had suspected that the cream left at her house was diluted. Although it had plenty of foam on top it did not seem equal in quality to good milk. She determined to inter rogate the milkman, and so she watch ed for him. When he came she inform ed him of her suspicions. A first he insisted that the cream wTas as good as any sold, but when she persisted in her statement that she had drunk country milk that was far better, he weakened and said: "Can you keep a secret, mum? Well, to tell you the truth, mum, the cream you got is not cream at all. The foam that is on top is made from the white of eggs, and is put there to make you believe you are getting the genuine article. But you are right in suspect ing you ain't, mum It's nothing but a delusionand maybe you might say a sham, too, Bu I don't know7. Most people never find out the differ ence, and so long as they don't know" as how they are being fooled, why, what's the odds?" He Earned It. The other hot daj 1 when a tramp^ asked a woman on Clifford street for something to eat, she replied: "Earn it and I will." "But what have you to do! "Nothing, really, but you get that snow shovel from the shed and go out and pretend that there's a foot of snow on the walk. Go through the motions anyhow." The fellow saw the humor of the situation, and he plied the shovel so vigorously that at the end of twenty minutes he had a crowd of thirty peo ple looking at him. "Snow all cleaned off, ma'am'" he reported at the door. "Very well, clean your feet and comer into the kitchenFree Press. ^'/Iw^Vj^ a^k 3 "4/ 3^k!!