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INDIAN CHIEFTAIN. Dovotod to llio Intercut of tho ClicroUccs, Cliocliiws, Clilcltiisiius, Hemlnolcs, Crocks, nml nil Other Indian of the Indian Territory, - 1 CHIEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO. VINITA, INDIAN TEKIUTORY, TIIUUSPAY, MARCH 26, 1885. VOL. III. NO. 28, L i v ., . . . . , OOnUENT COMMENT. Ur.ror.T8 from varloiin parti of Illi nois represent tho prospect forfruitaiid winter wheat its uniisuull" bad. Tin: Dgko of Ulchmond,, tho largest owner of rented pronorty In London', recently reduced till l.i rent tun per cent. ' Tiif.iik ' nro over llility Mormon churches In Colorado; In Idaho tlicro nro over sixty; In Arizona nljout sov cnty. The action of Knnsasnnd New Mex ico In establishing n iptarntitlno against Tejcnsicattlc, was cnnalngsoino dissatis faction at Lampasas. Tex. A NEi'innv of Lord Wolsoley, In tlio person of Mr. ltu'dolpli Strong, a young comedian, Is at present plating at ono of tlio theaters In Chicago. It was said that (Sencrnl Foster was to he rctulnpil for tlio present as Minis ter to Spain, with a view to conducting 1 negotiations for u inoro fnvornblo treaty. Tin: annular ccllpo of the sun ex cited the Interest of .astronomers all over llio United States on tlio ICtli, Tho-clondy weather Interfered serious ly tvlth the observations. ,..,. TTTR WnPT.Tl At1 T. A"RlTP 'screams were heartrending. Eric John injj WVSXhU ill llAXtU-ij, Uf Hvrcil((( nRC(, ,nrty.o, was burned tf. dentin W. J. Town nml Edward Down Idk wero fatally Injured. Tort others wefA severely Injured by Jumping troni tlio building, but nomi fatally. Tub thiprcmo Court ot California Issued an order that no alimony should x paid to Mrs. Hill-Sharon nor fees to her counsel A. Summary of tbo Dally Nowo. cr-v John Brut), n cluVdi of Homo, (la., xvlillo digging In his gsirdon, turned up Kovurut pots of treasure ono of which contained twelve hundred gold dollars. It wai on n placo owned by n wealthy family named Attavtay during tho war. and tho money was undoubtedly buried to hide It fro in ndvanelng Tiderals. Tug United States Circuit Court at St. Louis, after an extended argument by Judge Djllon, of Jjcw York, Issued nn order tinder which all tho Wabash llnllroad cases' aro consolidated tindor tho title of Central Trust Company et ul.-vs. Tho Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Hallway Company ct nl. This take jurisdiction In the case from the .State courts. coNonrssioxAt- r.XTTtt atssiov. Ik tho Hennto' oq the Kth Mr. Dlalr's resotuton authorising the Committee on IMucaiion ami I.nbor to sit during tlio recess wait adopted. Mr. Cullom's rctoliitnn tor tho telectlonof a conunlllco to Invcstlcnto thn subject of lntt-r,!Hatocntnmorco waslnld ocioro inn r-ciiniwtnu alter n lunjrncnnio nilnnleri without division It iruviucs ftr select committee of flm tjenntorsto sit dunnir tliurocossaml inakTiill examination or tea regulation of the trsnsportat on uf frrluW. and pnssowrcrs ii-tvrcen the several Hours by railroad and Tiitcr routes In connection or completion theroirlth and to report to the Hcnato nost l)icelnbr. In eictutlto sossinn Iho discussion nf Central American HRaIrs was resumed, (ho pending question being the resolution previously ottered by Hcnutor lMimimls, dcilarng It to to thn seno uf tho Kenato that llarrlos, President of (Juntcinnln, should bo prevented from currying out his sohetnesof snnox n neigh- iMr nK llcpuiil cs The resolution wns criti cised as ninoutitlng substantially to a dcoar ation of war, but was adopted with but soen dissenting totes Senator Kdinund noted the Injunct on of kvcrooy bo removed from tho resolution and asked a roto upon It, hut n s nalo objection carried It over uudcr tho rules for n day. In tlioHeudte on t ha 18th tho resolution stitliorlzlng tho Committee on Agriculture and forestry during rccois to consider tho best means of preserving the forests Hn ma punuo unmu n unit 10 employ a clone wai adopted In executive seas'on 3otcph H, until tho parties should haveappoared lie forq tho Kupremo Court. Bt. Josriyi'a Academy, tlio mother louse of tho order of rJIStera'of Charity, at Em- Inctsburg, I'd., nnd tho finest building of tho kind in tho United Btatcs, caught fire iho other morning and was destroyed. Loss, $.10,000. Oi&HfiAt- Ouaham had n, desultory "en Knjrtnicnt with Osman DIgna's Arabs near Biinklin, on the 10th, the result being, as fcorted that a iosltlon was obtained com manding tho llnshecn vnllov and facili tating future operations against Tnninl. It whs rcortcd that tlio Coffoy vlllo or Southern Kansas, Oklnhoma colony had outwitted the Uultod Utates soldiers amd reached tlio forbidden lands. AH INTERESTING SUBJECT. rwn Jtedlesl .tdnrnalt Ilufcius Oenxnt', t)rants t)llifr Ml the t'hnncei Aptr enlly Agnl.Mt Him. t'lilt.Atir.i.riilA, 1'a.i March 20, the I'hllsih-li hla frdlcYit SWu SAys rditorlslly rontcfnlns tho disease front whlib (Jenetftt Grant Is suITorliiir. "Lingual epithelioma as a rule rapidly progresses towards a fabd tnrinlimtton, When left to itself the llrant the pAtlcllt frnm the flrt nppcaranre of the dlsenso varies in aceonlnnce with tho esti mates of, riillcrciit tibscners from ten and a BAYARD CM PAHRlOSi The United States ftoternment tfllt Watch II 1'roeeedlncs til" l.te ('entrat America Compiles tlans-l'n.tllils Trouble ItreWIng, Wasiiixoton, Mxcah 18. Secretary lla)nnl hasnrlttcu ft letter to Secretary Miller, chairman of tho Stftalu Committee on Foreign llclatlons, gUIng him nil ths Information possessed by the Stato depart ment concerning the HarrlM !iiocmcnL Tlio first Intimation rtcclvisl by tho depart ment in regard to the revolutionary move- hAlfto thirteen months. Death ensues first, ment uas a telegram from llarrlos to Hit from a generalization nf the disease: second. President, announcing that he hud assumed .. ii .. .'. . 1 Mi.. .,... .. .. ....... till l-. m.i.r a,l irom septic pneumonia from tlio inlinlaliou nt the putrid emanations which result frorfi tlio tlccompiHH'oii of Iho products of thi ulcerated sutfaco; third, from starvation through tlio pressure of the Infected Ijm phutlc glands and surrounding parts upon tho rtopliarus, theteby Jntcrfering vlth deglutition, ami lastly, from thnhrniorrhnte: proceeding from the ulcerated lingual nt Va ries or ves-els of tho neck, Tlio duration Tnr. Hpnuldlng" Iron works at Ilrllllant, ' "' ' "' f ,h10"' ,0 MinUo anc-per In a recently published volume) en titled "lliographlcal Sketches," by tho Horn L. A. Tollcmache, tho writer records thn opinion of tho hlo Lord Lansdowne, a distinguished orator lilmiiclf. nnd for many years the leader of-tho Liberal party In tho Homo of Lords, that Mr. ilright, a nn orator, was fully equal to Charles James Fox, nnd that nono of Fox'h contemporaries wero cipual to Mr. Gladstone. Miller, nf West YlririnliL wit eonBrrned (Mm misslnuerof Internal ltorenue. and llio In Junit on nf secreoy nmovud.Jrom the reso lution adoptcl In regard to tbo Central Amcrca troubles. I.N the Kenato on tho 10th (leorge (Iray was sworn In as tho successor to Senator lla)ard, of Delaware. Tbo Committee on l'rintlnir was atithnrled to lit during tho re ci. Mr. Inirnlls' rcsuluUon. calbuir for In tnrmnlioii rclHt nir to the alleircd Illegal oc cupancy or tho Oklahoma lands, was lad lo fore tho Svnntv. Mr lnsllssld that slnco tho resolution was offend thad been prac tically answered tiy tho President's mossnire, and ho moved It bo laid on the table. This was aimed to Mr. Mauderson ottered a res oliitlon provd'nir for a cnmtii ttec of 11 ro fcnalnrs to proci-cl to Alaska and make an Invcstlirat on This was laid orcr. and tho hciiatn went Into osccuthe session and rail net tho treaty with tho Khedive of Kgjpt nnd tho contention relat ve to tho bound ary lines between this country and Mexico. In tho Senate on tho Mtb Mr. Van Wyck Indulged In tomo sotcro strictures upon tho Couth American Commission, charging It with reckless extrnvairsnco. Senators Har rison and Vest Uurcnded tho Commission. In executive session tho following nomlnii t ons wero continued! Martin V. Montxom err. of Mlchfiruu. Commissioner of Patents; Miltmi J. Iliirlinm. nf Kentliekr. Flrmt Cotni. trailer of tho Treasury) Malcolm Hay, oT Pennsylvania, First Assistant l'oitmsster ien of Iho Mint. Carson Cltv of Nenilu. iiiperlntondent of the Mint at Carson City; J I). I' Atkins, of Tennessee, tomm'ssinncr oi Ionian .nwrs: jaincs n. Porter, of Tennessee, Assistant Fecretarytof State. In tbo Bcnato on the 21st Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution providing for U'tth polntrocnt nf n special commission at Ave Hcuators to Imiiilre and report not later than tho second Monday In next Decembers to the number of tmdo dollars put In circula tion In tho fulled States before their lesal tender poner was repenbl, and also report upon other mutters embraced In the resolu tion. tM'iiators Van Wtk and Teller bad an other wordy tilt ami tho Senate went Into ex ecutive session. A hill has been Introduced In tho New York Legislature, at the sugges tion of Fish Commissioner lllackford, for tlio destruction of slnr-lish, which aro said to bo one of the most danger ous foes of the oyster. Tho bill author izes a reward for stnr-llsh taken In quantities from any of tho oyster-beds in the waters of tho Stato, tho reward to bo at the rato of twenty-llvo cents rneral; Joseph II. ltan. of Norada. foloer Iho Mint, Carson City; Will am (larraid. pcrbushcl when tlio number of stnr-llsh taken amounts to Thirty or nroro buslF-Mormcrly-Cliaplalu f -ito-Unlted, mates cb nt any ono time, The miners employed by tho Now York nnd Cleveland Coal Company near Pittsburgh, l'a.. mndo a demand recently for three cents per bushel for mining. Thu company refip-ed to pay tho advance nnd shut down the works. Over ono thousand men wero employed. Tho strlko for threo cents was nearly general, nnd fully ton thou sand miners wero Idle. Coal for local consumption was very scarce, and prices had been advanced one and one half cents per bushel. l ri:itsoN.i, ami roi.iTioAtt The hcnlth of General O rant wm re ported Improved on the 18th. Susan W'AnxKii, tho novelist, died' re cently, agent sixty-eignt. , The Prohibitionists of Chicago nomina ted a full city ticket, headed by W. 11. Uuth for Mayor. Caiuiinal. McCloskf-.y was seventy-live years old on the I9th. State Senatok DnimiES, of Illinois, a Democrat, died recently. President Cl.r.VKLANDhas rented a pew In tho KIrst I'resbvtorlar. Church at Wash ington, of which the llev? Dr. Sunderland, near Steubenvllle, O., was compelled to shut down because of the coal miners' strike. Three hundred and llfty men wens thrown out of employment. FCivniKii disputes have taken place be tween ltussla and tho Vatican. Catholic clergymen in tho Empire have been re quired to forswear allegiance to the l'opo, Mid Incase they refuse, nn Independ ent Cathollo patriarch will bo established at St. Petersburg. ALL was reported quitt at Panama. Tbs United States steamer Wachusett has re lieved tho Ilritlsh frlgnto guarding tho rail way. DeWitt J. Ccmminos, nn employe of the Denver jiost-omVe, committed sulcldo recently by throwing himself from n sec ond story window. Aaiiox Hmscii, n salesman for A. Sam uels, of Ebnira, N. Y., w as arrested re cently on a charge of syste'iiatlc specula tion. Two trunks packed full of costly shawls, silks, laces, velvets and other Qno goods wero found In his room. The Ind blew nt tho rate of 181 miles an hour at Mount Washington, N. II., on the night of tho 19th while the thermometer registered forty -eighth low zero. The lioller In Ed. Montgomery's saw mill, near Pine IllulT, Ark., exploded re cently, fatally wounding Montgomery, killing Engineer Morris and seriously scalding several other men. The British steamer llhonddal was run Into aud sunk In the rtrlstol Channel re cently by tho steamer Brooklyn Oily. No lives were lost. A rxnT of tho wall of the wareliouso of ' the Knoxtlllo Iron Company, ngntust which largo quantities of bar Irpn bad been stacked, fell recently. Tour men wero In jured, ono probably fatally. Osuan DioxaM Arabs forced a British square near Suakiui on the '.'Jd, by making a sudden attack from concealment. The Arabs vrtro eventually driven oil ntth heavy loss. The British and Indian casual ties numbered over one hundred. A re erat dispatch staled that Kassala as still holding out. An attack had Lu repulsed and the Governor stated that ha could hold his own for some time. ' A Keokuk (Iowa) special of the 22d says: Oeorgo AVilson and Oeorgo Dickin son, of Hamilton, 111., were duck hunting In a canoe near this city to-day, when they wero struck by n cake of ice and upset. Both drowned. Dynamite was placed under tho skating rink at Girardvltle, Pa., tho other night by an unknown jcrson nnd exploded, tearing out tho end of thebulldlug. A largo crowd was In tho building, but uooue was hurt. The Langbam Hotel, Chicago, was de stroyed by tiro on tho night of the 21st. Hon averages nineteen months. Not only tine operative Interference prolong life and rcllCicstinVrlnir, built effects a final cure In fourteen per cent, nf alt cases. In at taining these results It must, hmmcr, bo remembered that an Incision of the tonguo Is attended with mortality In twenty-four ;ier eciiL of tint cases, llio )dinclal dangers being shock, hemorrhage of the sedemi ol thu glottis, septic lung affections, pn mla nnd erjslpelas, some of which risks ran bu aMiIdetl by taking careful precautions during thu operation, and h) adopting anti septic measures during nnd after the pro cedure. When, In addition to the tonito Itself, the palate and tonsils are Inwilwd, the prognosis Is far inoro grave, whether llif (list nso be ie rmlttcd to pursito lis un aided course or whether It bo subjected tn the knife. In tho latter event not only will the tongue havoto lie ctlrpstcd but the iho title bf Supreme Military Chief anil that the Minister of I'olelgn Kclittlons of Guatemala would won conio to Washing ton. Later il!iin'chcs were received slat ing that the republics of an Salvador, Nicaragua nnd Tosta Ttlci would rwist Unrri.i and teqiiestlng the Interfcrciieo of (lie United States Government. A tela grain from Jlail, United Stales Minister to Central America, reported that Honduras was an active imrty to the Bar rios mnviiiirtit. Upon these rep risenlathms tho State I)cpail ment Mnt dlsintclies tn Minister Hall in Guatemala, instructing mm tnai tins i,nv eminent, while believing the Voluntary as sociation of tlio Intercuts of the Central American States desirable, would not coun tenance anj display of forro by any one or tnore States to coerce the others, aud lhat tho Cnited Slates stood ready to exert Its Inilurnee tn avert n ronlllet and promote wace. SImllnr messages werof.eniio me Governments at Nicaragua and San Salva dor, and llko verbal assurati'-cs git en to the Minister from Costa lllca In resiect to his Gov eminent. No communications have been received from or sent to tho Govern ment of Honduras. Thn Mexican Mlnlstet here coiifcircd with Secretary Bayard as lo the course to be tiken by Mexico, and was In fori., d that this Government would nso all moral inuuenee ami icr.it us disease of tlmpalato ami lonxlls have to be , . ,. .... ti,e destruction of Sn fur As unrnn I, am llinr.. t nn ' -. . .. ..... . Senate, Is pastor, Sin IlExitv I'AiiKEa, tbo British Minister to Peking, iUd) recently. It was Iwlleved that ho died suddenly, but nothing tUllalte was known. (i&VERNOit Katok, of Colorado, signed tho now charter bill for Denver. Tho new bill has tho cflcct of legislat ing out of ofllco nluo members of tho City Council and nearly nil tho city ofllceholders. Tho new charter pro vide for two branches of tho city gdv ernment or upper nnd lower homo similar to thoiinmIcjp.il government of St.' Louis. Tho amendment nf tho old city charter makoj nn election fall duo ou April 7, when nn entire new set of city oiheers aro to bo elected. Accoimi.Nu to last advices Constanti nople was about to bo deprived of tho benclit of nnothor nnclcnt Institution. The (lovornnient, having mndo a cru adu lately ugulnst tho numerous char latans, was giving directions to Its olllclals to prosuoutu tho magicians, de nouncing them as common chonU nnd rogiios. Whether the court astrologor Is doomed remains to be seen. Con stantinople, has always enjoyed a good supply -of-'magicians, Iho host bolng from Morocco, and many of thorn blacks. Tho magicians, whoso studios can bo seen In tunny n struct, linvn been found of tho greatest benclit, being preferred to doctors, .doing alurgu bus iness In Into charms, nnd finding tuoro thieves thiHt, tho police. M. Victok de Lksskps nnd M. Mottot, of thu lldard of Directors nf tho Panama Canal Company, nnd M. JMartiu. L'utiornl .Secretary of thu com- pnnlu' rrls, jlcft I'uuhina recently byj tho steamer Colon, m. uu Lcsfcii uml nssojlntcs cxprcsjod their cxtUfncuW with their month's careful and elab orate Inspection of canal work, nnd believed that tho most, tudlous and au noylng poitlou of tho (ask before thu company bad been performed. Thoy find that tho Canal Company ltns. bean defrauded of a largo 'sum In nvorpnhl and orcrnicasurcd rueres pf canal ex cavation, aud that Borao of tho loadlug chiefs of tho ootnpany nro inTccolpt of largo sums from coal, lumber and ctuor contracts, oHoctcd privately, at rates much higher than thq'cntinl wbuld have paid had ptibllo competition been pcrmlttcds One contract for Ucnty thousand font I coal which Was not required, mid for which Ihmonro neither fljeaus to dollror or lo etoroJs noV fcolng citrrled gt, siis(:i:i.i..m:oc;s. Tub Concord (Mass.) Public Library Committee would not admit Mark Twain's lDok, "Huckleberry Klnu " to tho library, alleging that It was tho t crlest thrash. The Philadelphia JruVra! AVt'i, of the SQth, had little or no hope of General Grant getting well, Its opinion being that the nd tanced stago of tuo disease necessitated a double, operation If recourse wero had to surgery, which double, operation tras uu known tonedlcul science, tbd single opera' tlon proving fatal In 21 per cent, of the cases. The Hocking Valley strike ended by the miners accepting mty cents per ton. I.mteiinal UeTonue Commissioner Miller has entered upon the discharge of his du ties. Ho received many congratulations. The United States vessel "Alliance" has been ordered from New Orleans lo Central America to protect American Interests, reached, example of the performance nf a double opftutlrm on record, aud It Is In our opinion not jusiutanie. A NEW VOIIK OPIXtOX. New Toiik, March 20. Tlio following appeared In the Jfoffcvil ilccrml: "During tho past week tho local disease of General Grant has shown no mnl.cd tendency to wanl piogreslve ulceration. At the n-o nt weekly consultation Dr. riril)co Barker was unavoidably nhnent. Dr. .1. II. lh- -g-las, Henry II. Sands and George V. bin. My, who wero pre-ent, made a thorough exami nation nt the General's thio.it with a view tn discovering tlio cxix-illeney of a radical surgical operation for the removal of the growth. Such a measure wouldlnvolven di vision of the lower Jaw In the median Hue, tlio extirpation of tho entire tongue and the greater put of the soft palalo tnzttticr with the removal of the ulcerated and Infil trated fauces and the Indurated glandular MniLtures under llio right angle uf the lower law. This was cons tiered ineehanl-' eally posslblo despite the close proximity and probable Involvement of tho tissm-i ol thu adjoining large arteries and veins la the ncluhlvoihood of the ulcerations; hut In the best Interests of the dlstliigulslied jtt Kent tlie surgeons did not feel inclined to recommend the piocedme. Even by such means there could be no guarantee In levr of the extensive surrounding Infiltration that tho limits of the diseaso could be readied without Immediate risk to life, by a severe shock to the constitution altrsdy much enfeebled. The low tlul power Is such a strong clement in the dccl.-Ion that for the presuit at least no kind of oj.era tlon will bo undertaken. The ulceration on tho sldo of the tongue has not progressed far cnougli to produce the usual lutulerabli pain associated with that condition, but should the latter svmptom appear It may Ik deemed advisable to divide the custatory nerve. The general tono of the pallent'i system remains nbnut thn same ns at tin last repoit, notwithstanding lhat ho hat sunervn inucii irom insomnia, -i ne lauci in the last day or two has been kept millet TTve iKfsOiH wrro-Hlled by fnlllntf-ttalls-c,n,tioniy- n-aultablo juiodjnc 'JJiero It or consumeu in me names. Adviceh from I'rlnco Albert and Carlton received at Winnipeg show that tho rising among tho Saskatchewan half-breeds Is somewhat serious, and they hnvo been joined by a largo numlier of Indians nnd have taken ossess(on of tho Government itdres at Carlton, made prisoners of tbo Cfllclsls and threatened tho fort there. The Italian Chamber of Deputies ad journed until April 27, after rejecting by majorities over 100 tho two votes of cen suraon4he Government. mJtsada Sorakicki, tho Japanese wrestler, Jtas got Into trouhlo with his wlfev llle.was married n few weeks ago to Ufs&nja D. I.olgc, n Philadelphia lady, aqdflshe fias had him arretted liecauso he threoteued to LIU her. ADKITIOSAI. DIM!' VTCUr.S. Tnn Sinate, on thc2.t, was In executive sejs'on. Strict orders wet o given to licp the proceedings private. CouiXel Bernejo, comniauding tho cavalry regiment at Badajas, was arreetmt on the cliarge.tof cousplrlng to rcstoro tho Ili'puUuTof Spain. A cortioml aud two An attempt to escape from tho lllversido policemen, were eonvlcteii on a similar Penitentiary near l'itlsl urgh, Pa., was charge In Fanipeonl, Prot luce of Navarro, fmttratcxl by the discovery of llfty feet of Gexedai. WoLHELtr has ordoee,! tho tunnel, which reached almost outsldo of the. evacuation of Kortl. Cases of typLold no pain In swallowing and siitllclent fooo is taken with reasonable relish." ms riir'KST CONDITION. Jf iw Yoiik, March 20. Colonel Grant stated this inomlnic that his father had slept better last night. Ho took food twice dur ing the nlghL This conhtcd of milk ami prejiarcd beef. That he felt somewhat weak from a sick stomach when ho tried tf sit up this inomliiir.nnd had to lie dovv n again. After a visit tn General Grant Dr. Douglai said: "Tho General slept seven houn continuously last nlghL He was ttry well through tlits day. Ho asked for roast mut ton aud ate It. During the afternoon and evening thu General revised enough uf hit book tn keep the printers busy for Hint da's. When I left him to-night he was In clined lo sleep. His throat looks betlet this evening. It lias, not the nnurj appesr- mice It lias Had. the autonomy of tho Central American States, and to tills end would bo glad to have tho co-ooeratlon of Mexico. Later hut uuofllelal details state tint on the 10th Instant the Gtmteinalian expeditionary movement against San Salvador wnsstopprd anil IUrrlos nsked President Tahllvar to send two commissioners to arraunc a rtile niut. Secretary Bat nnl further states that Si nor Basres. Minister from San Salvadoi at this capital, bail been deprived of his mission because of his association with the movement of Barrios, and a new minlstei w otild soon be sent here. The orders glv en Hie naval oftlcers for tlio protection ol A inerlean Interests In Central America are given In detail, and tho Secretary expresses the' opinion that no obligation to Interfere rets upon this Got eminent under any treaties with tlie states Involved. Tliede pattmetit has no Intimation that any Euro jpcan power has. Interfered or contemplate Interfereiico hi the present iliclculties Id Central America. In conclusion Mr. B.i ard said that this Government ran not counteiianca nnv measures subversive of the freo autonomy of any oi me reverai states and believing the moral intlitene and oftlces nf the United States can be maJe a iittntlal agency In the preserva tion of peace, be Is u liable to fcUggest an) action of the Senate. The dispatch from the President of San Salvador, nl luded to In Bay ard's letter, states that Barrios is trying te enforce a Ctntral American union wi.h the avowed purpose, of aiinullng the canal treaty with N'caragua. to I'imitixi i.tvrs Asn rnorKirrr. Secretary Whitney has sent a dis patch to Commander Malum, of the "Wa chusett," at I'aiisma, Infnniahig him thai hostilities were likely lo take place Detwecr some of the Central American States und Barrios which would endanger Hie lives ana proirty of citizens of tho United States, ami directing him to proceed with blste selto La Union and La Llbcrtad. and othet points on the Central American coast U protict American Interests. TheSecretarj also dlrtctcd Commauder Mahon to protest against any attempt to cut any cables or t Interfere vvltli their use and to talc all lre 1 rautlons to protect tiiolieoltli oITIts oftlcrrT : 1 ....... ..... ldA..u. .. I.I..I. ...... l.l mn.i Hllll IIICll 1IUIU IHS,llT. W(lll- ,,U,U .UlUCI It necosoar)' for thu vessel to leavu thai coast. s . Wfdsetey fr Ootrrnnr. LOXIMI.V, March 17. The British offlciah at Cairo sent numerous dispatches to tli Government urging tho ImpoiLimt) of ap jMilntlnj; sonic energetic person as Govenioi Gtneral of Soudan. They name Wolsele) as the most eminently fitlol i-eixm for tht ixislllnn, and a-sert that hts appolutnienl would have n wlulurj' and Iinpresslvo effect 011 thu natives. They atKo urge tuigiana ' ..... .n nli.H.lnH l.d n... . , ... l 1 1 1 1 1 ft Vtnl.lu IlUb W IIU.lllllUII 1,1 U..I.1...J .1,,,,. .. Haw.b, Uludstone ANOTHER HOTEL FIMF. The Lanhaiti Hotel t Clllesco flurned I'lve 1'rrsnhs Killed nnd Fnnr OlIffN Krflonslr irjnred, CniCAdo, ll.f., March 38. At eight 6'r lock SallircMy etenlug fodrteeit flfo en gines lKiiired vvAler Into tho Itngham Hold, which was a mass of flames from basemen! lo garret, '''he firo originated In ono of the lower rooms from a kerosene lamp, which was accidentally overturned. The gtiesls at supper had no trouble In getting nut. but several peisonsjn the upper rooms bads very narrow escape. Beforo the second alarm was luniiil In tlio llnmos were burst ing through the roof. A general alarm Was given In half an hour, but all the rnglnes present rouid not get tlio fire tilidct control. Mrs. Belknap, an c'derly lady, was killed In trying tit Jump from the fnnrtli story Into tho nl ey. Subsequently the cry wns raised that the walla were fall ing, nnd that llulewlnkln's fire Insurance patrolmen were Inside the building. A por tion of tin- south walls was seen to tottci sud theil it CAlli: IIOWX WITH A CttASlf, Two members of the firo Instir.lico patrol barely escaped Hid tnmbllng brick and thn liers. Two others wero pinned fast, but after strenuous efforts were finally extri cated. Thn legs of both Were severely hrursed. Patrolmen A. Jones and John Walsh were aubbosed to hato wen snffo- ceteil liemeath the walk. Policeman Marts saw two donn-dles at one of the second sto ry windo'vs after it was supposed Ml the Inmates bail been rescued. He rushed tin 1'ic burning staircase nnd n low moments later appeare-l dragging out both jvomen who bed been rendered unconscious 14- tho smoke. The firemen never reased their clToits to rescue the two missing firemen, and alxmt font hours afterward they wero found In the basement nf llio building next to the hotel, bulled under tlie broken flooring and frag ments of the fnllcn wall. They were taken out alive, but will not survive their Injuries. The i-scapo of Mr. J. A. Murray and child was mart eiou. The lady occupies! a room nn the fifth lluor, and was unaware of the danger until It was too late to ATietiiT to m:cKxn the stairway. She reached a tiro escape, but at each floor found the hole In tho grat ing loo small to admit of th passing of herself nnd her Infant, and was therefore ronuiellcd four times, with the flames hunting around her to seat the child upon the platform, lower herelf over the tslgo ami reaeli up for the llttl one. Mrs. Mur rav reached the ground without assistance. ami a niiirter of an hour afterward had wholly recovered from tho ef fects of Iter terrible experience. The hotel, which Is a total loss, was erected immedhtll-l) after the great fire, but while ul stantial looking outside. It hts been called a fire trap. It was formerly known s thA Biirdlck House, then as the Craw foril, and recently as tlio Langhsm. Cum nihigsand Howard were the owner, while Shaw and son leased tho establishment. The Inttcr's los Is 8X0,000; Insured for F12,000. The building wns tallied at SIS0, 000. and Insured for half that sum. Kletr 4. Son, picture frames, and Hardens band grenade agency suffered n total loss. THE WAR CLOUD, rull Tst ol the Itesolutlon Adopted by h n.le Concerning (lantematsi. WASittSOtov. Jfarch IP. In the execu tive session of llie Brnale yesterday the In junction of secrecy was removed from Mr. Edmunds' resolution, adopted Tuesday, re lating to tho trouble In Central America. Th resolution Is as follows 1 Wltr.ur. vs, The Fennte Of tbo- United ftJ has learned that the lloternment of the He publlo of tlunlcinsla has set on root, or Il.rn.thn, Ihlntnn fnOf- All InVSS OO Ot ItlS territories of.lhe Itcpublics of Nicaragua, Costa II and Pan Salvador, with tho pro fcstmlnhltsc: of consolidating Into ono Uov ermnontlho ltepubims ot Central AmellcOj by forcoor arms and tgalbst tho wlsbes 01 the several Hepublles concerned, IsMd , WiiriiKts, There Is pond nir between tn United Htates and tho llepublln or Nicarnirdl a treaty providing for the construction of nn inter oceanic canal across the continent nnd In tho Kej.iibllo or Nicaragua, for Iho beneflt of all t'rulrMt American Itcpubllos, as well sstho t'nltrsl States, which treaty It Is un derstood tlio IlepubllO of Nicaragua has rati fied; therefore . Hi If resolwd. As tho judgment of the Boil; i (hut. In view nf the ancolal and Important Interests .f tho fn'ted ltales in conjuncuon with the Itoptiblics of Mcaraeua and Costa Ilea In the iiiter-oceanlo transit across the continent now In prn-rross of ndmstiucnU any invasion of tho territory of Nlcarsiriia or Costa llica by tho forces of Cliinteinrvht under tho elrciimstnneos and with tho pur pose before stated, m regnnled by tho Sen ate and ought tol treated by the united .Mutes as an act of nurr endly nnd hostile in inpfAmnni with thn rltrhts of the unfed States and of the lleptililles of .Nicaragua and losm Itlca In regard to said matter. HAZEN'S SENSATION. tie Creates a sisiisitinn lir Haying II tVrnt Oulslito nf Iteil Tap- to 1'iirtber Ilia It 4 cue or (Ireeiy. WaiiinotoK, March 18. The examina tion of General Hazen was continued before the Court Martial. He testified that the newspaper Intert lew complained of was in accurate In several particulars, and that he was not aware that he was being Inter viewed with a view to public tlon. There was a iltcidcd sensation in eon t when Gen eral llaz u with great feeling said: "1 had no o.llclal responsibility for Iho declslo s of tlio Secretary of War. I had the responsibility to do everything In my power for me reiier oi me expedition the n sensibility which one man bears to another. There was no for tune which I iHissesscd, no energy which I IKissesed that was not due those lmertllcd men to help them out I was ready la spend etery cent I possessed, and in 1881 tv lien the Ncpt tins' was to us sent ami Cnugrcws was late in making an appropria tion for It, I engaged tint teasel on iny own responsibility. I would hato done the same th.ng In 1SS.1 If I lud been per mlt"ed to do It." The cross-examination ol the wltnetis then began, but nothing Im portant was elicited up to tho time court ad journed. THE COVBOY WAR. PERSONAL AN LITERARY. Mark Twain Intends T:ltlnir En gland for tho piirposd of giving readlngn. Thoro U rt widow In lllmi'njtham, Ala., thlrt'cn yearn old, and sho attend tlio publlo school. Oorfrrt Bancroft, Iho historian, says that (Jeord Was'ilngton was tho wisustmnn taatevor llvtd. Tlio rnon nnd women who are born to vvrilo can not bo kept from writing. Tho things they hnvo lo say compel utterance. Boston Herald. Y. V. IlotrclU aiy that nil the fcmilo characters In hU stories are tnkoi from ono niolcl, h' tvlfo, whom ho photographs from different angles. Jrv n?'a Wa h nuton rccelpta for one tVOJ1 woro $ll,8i0. Wnihinjrton Irvinri's receipts for ono week wero different. HoWSVer, Irving Isn't Irving. Afrrinnl Tracttet". 51 Dallln who w.tj fflvcn 825,001 nn 1 two years' timo to rucsiei mo uo sign for tho Paul Hcvero atatua for the city of HoUon, did Iho work lu three weeks. ISotlon Journal. United States Senator Dawes, oi Massachusetts, an 1 S-nator W. M. Uvarts, of Now York, nro couslus, both being grandsons of Hocr Sherman, who died a Senator In 17U3. Troy Times. T icro were iiMbllshcd in England. last tear, -1,8:1 aow books rgilnst4,73a In ltm. Usldoi this thero wero 1,511 now cd Uons of older books. As for several years, theology loaiU tho list In pol-,t of number. In tho United State lltthn i. most numerous. Tiid report that Jefferson BUI, ol Lyme, had been seriously Inured nl X w Orh-a is vt-a lncorr-ct- Ills full uamo Is Jeircrson Davis BUI. The names of two tf his brothers aro Lo oiipton Coi tltution Bill .tnd Kansas Ncbraika B 11. All nre sons of Hon. James A. B II. of Lyme. Ilartfuril Conn.) Courant. Tho FrincPM Colonna'a (Miss Em MicVicvl wedJinz o itliL nil tho forty- tirco tratclintr, town, con-o-t, matinco ami dinner drcssw, camo from tho skill ful hands of an obscure but artistlo cou turlerc. On this Mrs. Mackoy is said to havj wittily rcm.rketl: "I like to cm p'oy a drojsmakcr for what alio Is worth, und not bcoauso ilia is 'Worth " A Georgia paper rcla'cs of William, Jono. of Ilall County, who is nino y two years of ngo, that his hair has bcea perfectly wlu o. but soven or eight tears ago it noan to cnange, ut " Is p 'tfdctly bl.iok aid luxuriant, while Ms lw.ird is Htlll tvii tc. Mr. Joniw was t"1 mi fvi-ti rti-ti niitn I In italntttlnln il. till) Ullililllt It J SITU,,,., ,,..., a a-x-ov ' , u Ahwikiul irt netitnliit W'i .1 ! v l.nvttittl ' Genital of Soudan, or In tsct any Engluti- Thero was a catairhal ' man, nsirrting that such action would tx A Worse Itepnrt. CiiicAi.o. Ii.l-. March 8S. The firo which destrojed tho I,ingham Hotel Satiirdty night proved intieli more dreadful In the loss of life and ph steal Injurlea entailed than was at llrt supioseiL It Is now 1-no.vn that nt lwtst five iiersons wero killed and four Injured. Jut before the touth wall of the hotel fell upon the Faxon bulldlmr, a number of jMrsons besides those of the fire Insurance jialrol, trcro Inslile the latter building assisting tn save goods, as no Immediate danger was apprehended. There are no means of knowing Just how nianv of these toluntecr heliiers were In the structure at the time, but excavations hato proceeded to an extent which Justifies the hope Mint AU. TttK Iir.All IIAtt. I1KEV TOCM Ah far ns known those, at work In .ho Faxon building when It was crushed by the falllne hotel walls were the following: Cap tain Kdwatd Shepard, James llov it. Knate TWiwy I'aUlek-MuUhis John Walsh and Ffciler'ck June, all of the lire Insurance) lifr trol; William Ileum, piano tuner, nnd John llemiessv. clerk, Uith emp'oyed in the build ing. Mulltus snd Thine being near the tear tif Ihebulldlng were forced out through one nf tho windows by tie rush or air as Iho building fell, and are not dangerously hint. Captains Shepanl nnd Uoyd wcie pinned down by falling timbers and were rrsciirslnllvu about midnight. Iloth were seriously hurt, but It Is believed that thoy I will recovir. Walsh and Jones were taken out about ono o'clock yeMcnlay uiomlnr both crusheil tn death, lloani was alits. when found and taken to tho County Hos pital, where he died at five o'clock In the morning. i i in tho war of 1812. and served years in tho late unpleasantness. four STATE HOUSE ON FIRE. The Slay.rs nf the Three Desperadoes Taken to Ijh Ves by the Troops. Dtuevnti, Col., March 10. A Springer, A. M., spiclal says: "By order of Presi dent Cleveland u. detachment of the Tenth Infantry arrived this afu-'.noon and escorted to Las Vegas for svfe keeping the besieged officers, Lee, Klmberly and Illxenbaugh, thesiajcrs of threo desperadoes, Kogcrs, Currle and Ited lllver Tom, in their attack on the officers In lalt Monday last. While many of the cowboy avengers left town last night many remained determined to avenge the death ot their comrades as soon at the officers made their appearance, Uf lull the latter were advised, heuce the request of tho Governor for a military escort out ol town. On the arrival of the train the In habitants flocked to the housetops. The greatest excitement prevailed, as It was ex pected an attack would be made upon the soldiers and an attempt made to seize the officers and lung thein. N'o demonstrations weie made, however. The train arrived nt Las Vog-ts at eight this evening. The des perado, Currle, was the same who shot and killed thn actor, Parker, some years ago at Marshall, Texas, while the latter was tryhi to save some ladles from Insult, - . -- . BUSHYHEAO. Tlie Ills Indian on Ills Way Home Negro Indian. St. Louis, March 18. Chief Uiuhyhead, ot the Cherokee Nation Is at the Planters' House, on his way homo from Washing ton, wliero ho went to confer with thu then Secretary of tho Interior, Teller, lr regard to devising some mean of effect ually disposing of the claims which were con-tantly being made by jicrsoiis to mem bership In tho Cherokee Nation. "We ure," he said, "continually nbllgrd lo pass upon the claims of persons having hits of m-gre blood and no Indian blood lit their veins, to bo taken Into tlie Nation, and I visited difficulty In. the morning that caused gugglng, but no bad results. Coconino li now being used, and there Is uo pain. II Is mental occupation that lenders the Gen eral wakefuk" walls. About fifty prisoners w ero believed to bo concerned In the plot. Intkiuoii reports from Nicaragua and San Salvador state that troops were mail ing on the frontier ot Honduras nnd an at tack w ould probably soon be tnado. Hon duras was reported In a state of iusurreo- ' tlon. fevrr, dys.utery aud aunstroko were in creasing among the troops. Tho heat w ns luteuse. The troops will proceod to eu trenched lines at Debbch, Annl and Uou-. gola, (" The SLerlS'took bold ot the effects ot tbe Huckcye Brush Company at Cleveland, I O., recently.1 Ono hundred workmen wero j ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY. I A Lively Coiupetltiuii Anvinc the Cadcti 'fur 1'iislllons In the Nary. - I AxNAror.ts Mach 10. Tlie class ot Natal cadets that graduated a four) cars' course at tlio Naval Academy In 1SS.1, and are now serving two years at sea, will re port at the Naval Academy on tho IsUj-iJ, May for final examination. Some of thf members of tho class have nlready started fur Annapolis, Including JKwrs. Greine, Street, .you 'Sdirider, l,egurek D-irfali, George nnd Halstcad, ,vvlio Jiailbecn pb lamed to me l.uropean statioiu riavai 1 tho Ilritlsh House of Commons It wns thrown out ot eiuploy ment, agreed to Introduce bills authorising the TilBrlstrjgf haifrbreods and Indians In raising of loans of $10,000,000 In Kngland tbo British Northwest wns considered very for tho completion of railways In India and serious by the Canadian Oovernmont. Vol. 100,000 for tho railway from Cape Town i "uteers and mounted police were being to Klmberly, South Africa. , hurried forward . ANoxinsit lire at Atlauta, Ga startwl In , Kurthb particulars hovo been, pub- the tobacco storo of Carter & Co., destroy- . Irsnexl of the extreme desiltutlon prevail ing property amounting to 4100,000. Tug employes ot the Ilankcis' and Mer chants' Telegraph Company, at Uoston, etepped work on tho 10th, their pay bclug In arrears. Tiik Huprome Court of Maryland has de cided to admit Charles H. Wilson, a colored man, to tho bar. This Is contrary to a pre vious decision affecting colored men and the practice of law, THE Legislature of Montana has sent a memorial to the United States Senate pro testing against the repeal of the desert land act. Plliu lu a live story building, No. 17 Water streat, flostou, destroyed tho stock Ing in flrai tor, tfljiner aud Calhoun Coun ties, W, Va, Amiuals were dying for w ant of food. James CoLtcnr and John M. Cuilfant, ot Pittsburgh, Pn havo been appolnUd receivers of the Pittsburgh & Western and Pittsburih, Bradford tc Uuffalo ZUllvvay Companies. liu proeller, '.Michigan," after being locked lu the Ico near Grand Haven, Ulch,, for four wceki went to tlio bottom. Tho captain and crew 'pro xayed. Thu vessel was valuol at HfJ,0W. KnwAHD I). CiatutK, of 31lslsIppl, tho uowly nppoluUL1?AssI(taat KvcreUry nt tbo Interior, died .!& Wsshtugton on tho equivalent to n pledge by Lugland ti pro tect Its viipitlon of Epjpt. Ilritlsh offi cials In Cairo, however, continue to presi the matter, nnd expresr the lwllef that tin aphitmriit of Wolselny would be uiosJ adraiitageous to llrdlih interests. Don't Like llletlns. llAi.TiMOm:, Mix,, March 18. The Exec utive Committee of the Civil Service Ite fnnn Association of Mar laud adopted i reso'utlon last night snj Ing: "Theseleetloi of Eugene Hlggliis for Iho rcsiousible osV lion ot appointment clerk In the Treason Department has been o painful surprise to this association and all thu friends ol honest gut eminent In the Sstato of Mary land, and Is explicable only on the supposi tion that tho Secretary of the Treasury wai Ignorant of 'the character and antecedents ot !.. -lk.ns-. .. aI,aj..iiI tit aSs tint I'lrll Sh asi AA Cadet T. V. Toney, of Illinois, died on the !, , ' . "',.T"A TviZir,n cruise, and CadetV Olgiillllat.t, of Georgia, l'cforn' ?lai 0" .f, & I "vi,s ond Mlti bell nt Mabaina will niolublv 1 uggets his lenioyal therefrom, showing M wlirlwl a "the nlrS eal ninlnat.on a rausB for "cU 0,,"n "'V Ml "V" ii m e ! - of ltlchard Davis, stationer, aud Martin !2JJ, of pntumoulo. Oberhauser. Iss over flOO.000. Tns signal corps sbatlon at Cape Henry A wiskck occurred tbo other day on tho reported recently that the schooiier A. M. Penhsylvalilallallroad.nearPaoll. Harry Ilaljoy, Bomer's Polnt N. J., went ashore jjitt, a Ureinsn, Was scnldod to death, nnd off Cape Hf nry, nd was a total wreck, au cuclueer and conductor serloutlyjn- Tltr Senate tn execti.lve sosilou on the lured. The accident wns caused by freight M coullrmeil without reference thoN cars luinplugona track nudobsttTjijtlngjiu- nomination of Oeorgs IL Pendleton, ot other, tbo fait mall ilaihlng Into tho ob- Ohio, to be UtdttdBtatM Minister to Oer tructlon. . '")m many, lr Is positively douled in Washington t Eowiie J. ruBirs, bf v Vermont, was that Preitdeut Clerelaud has requested nominated by tbe President to be Minister Minister Morton to remain lu Prance. to Ureal Dritaln. ,1 , Tug Bi.hohorio National Bauk, In Suho-J Jlennr IL Jaciso, oi atorglit, wm hirle Village, near Albany, N. Y., sus- 'nominated b the Prothlunt recently as peudod recently. The hankoMlcIals claimed 'Minister to Moxlco. that the assets oxecedod tho. deposits, and j IUllkh, Si M'gasKa'j ultra marine blue that tlio depositors would be paid In full. works at Newark, N. J., were destroyed by In their eases. These would reduce the class which graduated fort) -four members, to forty-suie as the numlier to rejiort for final gradiiatlon. As only about one-third of the members of tho clssiwlll bo retained to tho Navy to supply vacancies, a lively comietltIou Is rxmctcd among Its nfctn bets for llrst phu-cs, the selection t tlie a caneles belugjnvlo kmong tluisttwoo show thu must .pruurlency In their tiullei during the term. Others who pas a fiicceiuiful examination ami are not rul.ilned .lu the service receive a v car's salniy aud aiihou omole discharge fnnn the Nv). s -. Klopers Arrested. Ci.r.vKi.ASi), March 10. -Upon the re ceipt nf a telegram fropi Ilurtulo, from (he Superintendent of Police Monday aftei noon, Detective Beeves arretted Jnstln tiegris, aged nlueteen. and May Baker, six Uen. blio Is the ilaughter of William Baker, of Baker A Farren. comedians. The youthful coupln were on their way to St, Louis, where thoy tvriu ti bo married. Miss llakcrnajs that nothing can change her, and that she will yet many ty'grls. The ryuplo nro locked up at tho Central Police Station, Tsciidliig the urrlral of tomo one rested with authotlty to dako them bickto ButTRlo, i . lalut ltuliro4d Aecldent. 1'Aolt, Pa., March 19. A dlastroni wreck occurred early this inonilngon the main Una ot the Pennsylvania itallro-ul near here, resulting lu the Immediate death of Harry Lutt, fireman, scalded to death. Jacob Bhultr. engineer, and William I Keeth, freight train conductor, wero both cut about the brad nud burned. iSchultz's Injuries nro dangerous. Tho ac- A Kansas keletoii. Mimxiiapoms Kax., March 18. Whin Trustee bcldinoro was uiakiug some ro pairs and liuprovenients on the rords Juu west of town teetorday, a human skeletnr was unearthed. He brought the skull and i-ome other pieces to tow a. It has evldentl) lieeit In tlio ground a lumber of years fiom the decayed appearance of the Isines. It lias rreated some speculation ns U, who tlio skeleton was at one time. Tltubollrr ot ChauilK-rs' mill, Newton, tire early tbe other morntrigfcMislng a loss n. swiimmj e,iii ioiihi wm M i.,oip Oiled recently, kill iikBoIii O bus, of over SlOO.OOOi fully nsuredft viJL, ',", f. .i. . "'""" "" ereman, and badly InjiringlLlL Wilson TnK.uodltled ifoll.ni 0&SSutIn pro. .mwH ! "ttclVvHs oS and M.rlon Cbau.bers, the former faUlly. Ule. the crown ,brJ pas. toitf. Princes. ;iilffiilT,?AsS mtlmed! tothe A rinic the other morning at Heattle, W. ot tbe House ot Grauire. nheihi tlie nearest T., destroyod the Orleutal Hotel. Tho related to the hut King, wb there Is uo heuio was filled with guests, whole frAuUo d,lroct t.suo, The locomotlvo and leven cars were com. nlelely detro)ed. The wreck Vwl; fjrn, Vliroo of four vPI tre lunjcL, Cons, rt at 1 r 1'olley. Wasiiiso.on, March 17. An apparently well founded rumor nt the Capital tide morning Is to tlie effect lint President Cleve hnd lutiiualed to certain Seiialors that there Is no disposition on his part to send to the Sonata miring thU special session an) but tlie mast Important nud uece&sarv nom inations. ' i l'roinoleil. llALTtMoni:. March 17. -.-David Lee lias lieen apiolnteil to succeed William M. cieuii'tiu as general hupcrlntemleht ot M Ualtlmoro A Ohio lbillroad, to date from April 1st. Mr. Lee lias been In the einplo) ot the Baltimore & Ohio for thirty years. n m m i . i Ills Country First. Berux, March 17. In the Uelchstag, In reply to Ilerr Itlchler'a exprysslons ot dis pleasure In regard to tbo Anglo-German dis putes, the objection being based ou the ground ot existing blood relationship. Prince Ilitlimtck Insisted that his Intlucnce w lb the, (itruian d nasty would ..be extrtesl always In favor of nntlpnal Interests, and never In favor of princely relationship. This declaration was loudly applauded by Uie Consetvallved. i According to tlio statement of the Impe rial Bank of Germany, thu specie In the milt, had decreased 1,753,oqq uniks In the ock: tiled the Jtth, The i;r I'ortlon nf tlie New .larsi-y State ilnaseUutted. TitiyvTOsj, N. J., March 21. Fire broke out early this morning in the Quartermas ter General's office In the State House nnd soon spread to the Chancellor' cliaiiibei and fiom there tn the museum nndsupreuif court chamber. The Treasurer's office wca alio burnid out before the tlames could be checked. Nearly the whole rear portion of the building Is gutted, fortunately all the valuable papers were locktd up In the vault and are safe. The loss Is not as yet known, lut U Is believed to be heavy. I.ATEIL Tlie fire In the State House lias been got ten under complete control about three hours after Its breaking out. Tbe flames completely cuttrd one wing of tho building. The cold is Intense, and when the flremcu arrived tliet haduiiieli difficulty In obtain ing a sufficient supply of water. All the pumps In the vlclnltv were frozen nud this gave the names much headway. The fire men, however, by hard work suc ceeded In confining the flames tc the old portion ot the building. The Senate and Assembly chambers, executive nnd Comptroller's, departmontj olllees of thu Adjutant General, superin tendent of Public Construction and Com missioner of tho Sinking Fund, with the law library and court chambers, escaped serious Injuiles. There Is n largo force al work clearing out llio debris, aud It Is be llevrd ever) tiling will twin good shape bj Moiid.i), when the Legislature meets. Quartermaster General Perrln thinks tin tim was caused by an explosion of gas It the chancery office. Tlie loss s eMIuiatcc at $150 two. Fully Insured. Secretary Teller In order to secure his ad vice uiun the formation of a tribunal which would dispose of such application In a satisfactory and final manner, lie was, how ever, so busy winding up the af fairs of his department, that I was unabls to have the matter disposed of. und shall havo to wait until the tlmo comet when Secretary Lamar's attentlou can be brought to It. I mvv the Cleveland inauguration while I was Is. Washington, and ttiat sight alone amply reiald the troub.e and trial I had under gone." FEARFUL MINE EXPLOSION. Tiro Hundred Men Hiippossit to be Killed In CUriuany. Br.HL.!r, March 18. A terrible dlstslct occurred hi the mining tillage at Camp llousen, near Saarbrucken, this morning, by which It U believed fully two hundred miners lost their lives, the explosion oc curred In ono of the large mines. The miners had hardly began the day's work when firo damp, becoming Ignited, ex ploded, causing a heavy cuv e In and around the shift and entrance to the mine. Ovei two hundred men are known to be In the mine at the time. All efforts to reach them thus far b ito been unsuccessful It U feared that all hate Iwen cither ciuMicd to death or asphlxiated. The scenes in and around thu mine are heartrending. The wives, mothers and children of th6 Im prisoned men Hocked around thetntrance. sobbing Irjttericnlly nnd Imploring of God to help them nnd spare thu lives of the dear ones eutouibcd below. i HUMOROUS. (Iris who tv sli to havo small, pr-tt.Iy shaped mouths ahould repeat at frequent Inter, nU during tho day, "Puuny Finch fr.cJ five floundering fish of Francis Fowler's fathor." Edith: "They tat in tho gloaming" means tint they occupied ono cha r. A gloimmi mav bo obtained at any fasli'onnblo fumlturo store. No parlor Is (.ompl te without it. A". K Mall. "I sav, Jim did your s'stcr know you at the masked ball last night?" Well, I think thi must havo douo so. for when I ratted her on tin? shoul der slio turned round nad said "You donkey 1" Clilcago Journa'. Th to Is no blank so blank as tlio blank that app-'art before a man when ha gets up In public assembly nnd for gets what ho is g dng to say unlois It Is the b.ank which npp'ars beforo an amateur in a skating rink tv.ien his lo ;s lo?in to spread and ho don t know which one to follow. Burlington Free Vrets. Whcir-Mrs. -OW-Or tho lioanling houso mistress, wns to'd that the In spector of prov'slons had saUed 4C8 pounds of veal, 'ii pounds of poultry, 52 pounds of bear meat, 37 lambs. r h.irrdls of peas and 200 boxes of herrin -he remarked: "Pretty gojd appetite; but no blnsr to some ot.my boa-dor. You'd ought to sco them vvhen thoy nr good nnd hungry. A'. 1" Intlepend' ent. Horolo Bom-dy: "I supposo I shall b3 na old tualil all my life, sls;hel a young woman of twjuty-Ilve. "That's a g -iovou com, liint," responded nu t!d btcheior. "Very," again sigueii t'io maiden. "D jott wnnt to euro it?" "Of tourse I do." "Take mi for a husband." 1? you mean it?" Cer tainly." "Well, desp 'rite il'si-aw ro quiro dosperato remedies, nnd I guess I'll try yon." Tney fell ttMin uach others neck. Mereant Traveler. Tho'o are sotno poiplo who talk without thinking. Mrs. Bcasly Is that sort of a woman. Her husbarhl one ulg'it recently dropp ul a cpuir'or. "I 0 n't fnd that ptoo of nioiey I've lott." ho sa d, groplug arouu l on tho hall 1'oor, when Mrs. Bcasly opened tho door. "Of cour,e you can't, jf you look for It out tin ri lu the dark. Why don't you hunt for It It ;r in tho 1 ght whore you can hoc. Nobody can llud anything out there in tuo uarK." ExJianiju Ouo of tho crack m'lltary companies of Hon -ton was out ono day last wejk prao'lo'iig targct-shootin?. Ouo of the no nbo.-j was to'd to ehoot nt the door of u deserted burn, lie d d so, but nd-s tl the ent ro barn The Captain, was very unirry nnl told tho young man i ow bad it would be, In case tho enemy were shoitlig from Udilud thu door, that non j f them would ba hit "Yes, lut Wouldn't tho hostile jncm'os that wero coming around tho corner of thu bam otto.1 Hts" replied this Texas Bognrdus. 'leras Slflinqs. Dr. M. K Wads worth says the. earth has "a hoUrugonoous vised, ulastic, I qu'd Inter or irregularly Inter locked with nud gradually passing iwo n lighter heterogeneous1 crust." havo thought so right along, but re frained from 6ymg unythmg about it, fearing that; wo might be tho only "no who hold that idea. Botlon HoiL ret sons addicted to tho habit ol sticking their tongues out while tvoi fe int ehould tako warning from tho ex perience Of an Alleshetvy man, who. n b.lo chopping wood a few davs ago, was struck on the chin tvith such force by a fragment as to nlmost completely tover hU organ of spooch. IMUbunjh ilwf. i .. S i i ' If nlno-tonths of us city people aud professional paupers hadu't acted the fool and left tbo farm, wo would luvo been far better off am happier lu oicry respect than tvo nro now, God made the country, but man made the town. Son Anlvnto (Tex.) 2.rnc. I. Tbe Manchester Untfn polnta with Erldo to a Now Hampshire woman who nsn't broken a lamp or n lamp chlnmoy in thirty yoaro, Perhaps she used gas or (.antlfc yatlunal rassanaer Agents. Kbw Oui.eans, Mardi 18. Tlie National Association of General la.ssenger and Ticket Agents met hero yesterday. C. A. Taj lor was eiectwl President; J. N. Abbott, Oeneml Passenger Agtpt of the Nevt York, Lake Erie As Western, Vice-President, aud A. J. Smith, ot Vick&burg, Sec retary. About one hundred and tlfly mem bers were present. The report of Wilson's Conunlttoo was ratl(lrd, maklug a uniform rate of one cent a mile otrr all (he United States railroads for tickets to and from New Orleans until the closo of the exposition. This momliig passenger aent left for Uia cxpcsitlon by special boat. i 1 1 i Is Tour Noma Written Thra." WAsiiisaTOK, March 18.-.Bcfore twe o'clock Assistant Secretary Pruden reached tho rupltol with the folttiwlu: list of Presi dential nomination: Milton J. Durham, Kentucky, to be I'lrst Comptroller of the Treasurj ; William Oarrsid, Xevada, Super intendent of Mint at CaVson, Nov.; Joseph IL B)aii, of Nevada, coiner of the mint at Corson, Nev.j Davis T. Baker, Jr., of Ilhodo Island, Attorney ot tho United States for the District ot Ithnds Island; Ueiiinmln 1IIU. Jr.. (Itorvla. Attorney of the Unl'cd btaUts for the Noillieril District nf OcorzU; Malcnm Hay. PvMins)Ivaiila, to bo First Assistant. I1slnuiter Gcnctalt Martin Y. Montgomery, Michigan, to b i Coumil'Jdoner of lteuU. , IIIISfcM11 ' (1 ') 0 Conant and tho Affected Author. Conant, the lost e Hlor of Jlurper't, had an ardent d'.l ku of sham, nnd when, ono night, llia.u oitcr-'d the nu thot's olnb roomi a man of world wtdq reputation, who weaiily rumurkcd, on opening a letter asking for hts auto graph, that lea was lorctl to death by suo i requists, tho provocation to expose the humbug wai uut resisted. "How many letters begging your au tograph do you got every tvu.lr, on tho nvcM te? ' Conant InqU.rcit ( "Not less than bfty," was the piten ttt'ouj reply, "aud thcymaku my he at serable " "How lout' dowlttako voutawrlfo your name on a aLoet of ppor. fohlfi, ical an envelope and ml Ircss it?" "Will. I really don t know." "Let us. s-e. 'and Conant laid .'s watch on tho tnb'e, tvhilo slowly going turotiL'h with tha process. Thai took Just littcen scroudf. Answer ng lira tn tiro fifty polite, o'tmpllinentary reqnosUt for your autograph If you are so fortu nuto as to receive tbu. number of tok ni of popularity neuklj won il ccupy co moro than a Quarter of an hour.'1 Th,d J i' mob wjs ii souad orc. "irf. is ro Mll'er an-tMe lhH ist of b'alug bero- by thu teysth fta4s, 4 IK. ), ktur, i wass tp" wit -A 'iT, WJP