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THE CHIEFTAIN. CHIEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO. VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY, THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 1896. VOL. XIY.-NO, 35. H & laH K. HO Jff V. CURRENT COMMENT. According to the New York Stm 12, 000,000 voters participated in the presi dential election of 1892 and 12,500,000 voters, it is computed, will take part in the presidential election this year. Li Ilrxa Cn.oo, the eminent Chinese viceroy, who has pone to Russia to at tend xhc coronation of the czar, took with him on his trip a casket, in which he expects to be buried when he dies. PBor. John Fiske predicts that a great religious revival will come sur passing even that of the 13th century, the era of great cathedral building: His theory is. that a period of skeptic Ism is succeeded by one of faith. A kecest dispatch from London said that the craze for bicycles was spread ing1 into -the strangest corners of the earth, the ameer of Afghanistan hav ing sent for a lot of English wheels for the use of the ladies of his harem. The Daughters of the American Rev olution held a fair in Xew York re cently to raise a fend to erect a monu ment to the memory of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner," whose bones lie in the old churchyard at Frederick, JIB. PEOPLE in every part of the civilized world received with regret the news of Baron llirsch's death. His philan thropy was carried out upon such a scale and in so many different coun tries that his charitable work is better known titan that of any other man. Get Thomas Cx.ij.Gmas, of North Carolina, who gained fame as a com mander of confederate troops during the war and was at one time a United States senator, is an applicant for ad mission to the confederate soldiers' home at Raleigh, lie is S3 years of age and is helpless and without any re sources. Fresidext GoMl'Ens, of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, in an inter view stated that the eight-hour move ment was now paramount in the minds of labor leaders and that over half a million toilers would make the demand for a shorter day on May 1, and that most of them would get it without a struggle. It was asserted that three distinct cases of small-pox had come under the eyes of the Detroit, Mich, health board, where the contagion had been communicated by means of paper money, and one of the members was going to endeavor to have the govern ment recall all paper money now in circulation. The Russian transsiberian railway will enable the traveler to go around the world at the "little end" and great ly shorten the distance of circumnavi gation below any route now pursued. Persons who wisli the credit of going round the world at the least possible expenditure of time and distance will only have to wait a short time. A medal of honor has just been awarded by the government to Conrad Schmidt, late first sergeant, troop K, Second cavalry, for most distinguished gallantry in action at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1EG4, in voluntarily go ing to the assistance of his regimental commander, whose horse had been killed under him in a charge near the enemy's line. George A. Fisher, of Chicago, claims to be the chicken-picking champion of America, and is anxious to meet Frank W. Gurner, of Eastport, L. L, in a con test for any amount up to 10,000. Gnr ner some timo ago picked a chicken clean in five seconds and is prepared to meet any man in the world. Fisher is said to have taken the feathers off 200 chickens in 57 minutes. TnE "Pingree system," planting vacant lots in cities to potatoes and other vegetables, which made a great deal of talk and in some localities worked well and in others did not work at all, is to be tried again in De troit, Mich, this season. There seems to be no difficulty in securing the land in any city where there is a disposition to test the "Pingree system," but con siderable trouble in finding the work ers. William E. Rcpseli, of Massachu setts, is old enough to be president, with four years to spare. He is SO, having been born in the year 1657. The constitution of the United States pro Tides that a man must be 25 to be a member of the house of representa tives, 30 to be a United States senator, and 35 to be president. Grant was the youngest man ever elected to the pres idency, and 'William Henry Harrison was the oldest. Russell stands ready to beat Grant's record, while Levi P. ilorton is willing to go the elder Har rison oae or two better. Some time ago Charles Rouss, the millionaire merchant of New York, offered t give 5100,000 toward the erection of a confederate battle abbey, to be located in some southern city, provided the people of the south con tributed an equal sum for the purpose, and confederate camps everywhere have become interested in the scheme, and on May 1 an entertainment of some kind will be given in every city and village of the south to help raise the necessary 5100,000. The location is to be decided by the votes of the camps and considerable campaigning is going on. There are at the present moment some 9(5,000 insane persons in England alone, and to inspect the institutions in which they are confined, and see that no one is wrongfully detained, there are ten laymen and four phy sicians, the actual decision as to whether these 95,000 persons are or are not insane resting really with the phy sicians, the other officials not being considered competent on that point, and no medical man, even if ho spent the whole of the 3G5 days a year in traveling and inspecting, could possi bly do justice to his share 24,000 of the patients. The Grant mausoleum on Riverside drive. New York, which it was hoped would be opened on April 27, the anni versary of the general's birth, will probably be finished, however, before the summer is over. Much of the ex terior work has been completed, and by June ail the outside work will have been done. It is the intention to make the final dedication ceiemonies the most magnificent that the country has ever seen. Pains will bo taken to have the veterans of the confederacy partic ipate, owing to tho friendly feeling which is entertained for the dead gen eral in the south, NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gloanod By Telegraph and MaiL TERSONAI. AND FOUIlClb Ix a recent interview Grand Master Workman Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, said that R. P. llland would not get the united support of labor men for president. The republican state convention held at Staunton, Va., on the 23d elect ed delegates to the national conven tion at St. Louis, instructing them by strong resolutions to support McKin lcy. The Pennsylvania republicans met in state convention at llarrisburg on the 23d and formally 'launched tho boom of United States Senator Mat thew S. Quay for the presidential nom ination. The republicans of the United States senate in caucus on the 23d decided in favor of an early adjournment after the appropriation bills are passed. Iiie Bourgeois cabinet resigned at Paris on the 23d. The conference for international arbitration at Washington closed on the 23d with a mass meeting at Allen's opera house, in the course of which President Eliot, of Harvard, severely arraigned the policy of President Cleveland. Carl Schurz stated if the United States wanted to be a great sea power she must establish a navy twice as large as any two European powers. Resolutions were adopted for a per manent system of arbitration and urg ing President Cleveland to take such steps as will best conduce to that end. The United States government has called Spain to account for the outrage committed on Dr. Jose Manuel Del gado, an American citizen, on March 4, in Cuba. The congress of bimetallistsat Brus sels closed by adopting M. Heernacrt's proposal that the congress should be declared permanent until the question of bimetallism had been solved. At a meeting in M. A. Hanna's office at Cleveland, O., the official McKinley badge to be worn by supporters of the presidential candidate at the St. Louis convention was adopted. It is a bright red satin ribbon, four inches in length. In the center of the ribbon a photo graph of McKinley will appear, and in golden letters above and below it will be the words: "Patriotism, Protection, Prosperity. William McKinley, the People's Choice." A Disr-ATcn from Waterloo, la., stated the gold standard people won a victory in Boies' home county on the 25th. They outnumbered the silver Boies men three to two. At the out set the Cleveland men captured the convention. Just as the organization was perfected Chairman Scott, of the central committee, entered the hall, ignored the proceedings and called another convention. Thus the two conventions proceeded in the same hall simultaneously, each howling the other down. It was stated at Washington that the national advisory board of the A. P. A. would soon meet again to pass upon the religious records of the men whose names have been mentioned for the democratic presidential nomina tion. The records of Cleveland, Car lisle, Russell, Pattison, Olncy, Bland, Boies, Tillman, Matthews, Campbell and others will be gone over and the order will be notified which of these men are objectionable and which can pass over. RErDHLlcAXS at Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Rochester and other places commemorated Grant's birth day on the 27th by banquets and eulo gies of the dead general. E. A. Xearsheiuer, of NewYork,has been elected president and treasurer of the Thcosophical society in America. Thousands of citizens met at Galena, 111., on the 27th to do honor to the memory of her most renowned citizen, Gen. Grant. Gen. John C Black de livered the principal address. ailSCEUAXEOC. Rot Witcher, a ten-year-old boy, and Clyde Fox, IS years old, were scuf fling over Witcher's hat, at Perry, Ok. Fox attempted to tic the little boy with a rope when Witcher stabbed him over the heart with a penknife. The doctors do not think Fox can live and young Witcher is in jaiL Euge.ve Camrcrx, at Tipton, Mich, objected to Henry Luce, aged 17, keep ing company with his daughter, when Luce stepped outside tho house and fired a shot at Camburn through a window, inflicting probably a fatal wound. Luce then put a bullet into his own brains. The Lowell lumber yards and plan ing mills at Butte, Mont., were de stroyed by fire on the 27th The fire was supposed to have been started by a tramp who slept in the place. A ctcloxe did heavy damago in Faulkner county, Ark. A cloudburst oc curred near Conway and at other places hail covered the ground to a depth of from three inches to fivo feet in drifts. A church and cotton gin were blown half a mile, many farm houses, barns and other buildings were totally de molished and stock killed. An entire flock of sheep was blown away. At Sing Sing, N. Y., Louis llcrrman and Charles Pustalka, both wife mur derers, were killed in the electric chair. The bronze equestrian statue of Gen. U. S. Grant, erected by the Union League club, was unveiled at Brooklyn on the 23th. There was a splendid military pageant. United States soldiers and sailors and the state militia and G. A. R. veterans parading to the number of 10,00a U. S. Grant, the general's grandson, uncovered the statue amid cheers from tho multi tude Gen. Horace Porter delivered tho oration. Nearly 100 Moplah fanatics, who had risen in reliellion, were caught by the rajah's militia in a temple at Man ge ri, in southern India, recently, like rats in a trap, and the militia fired volley after volley at them until they were nearly all down. The most re volting spectacle was to sue the wounded Moplahs having their throats cut by those of their comrades who were able to stand. The dead bodies of Mrs. Joseph Cock injr and Miss Daisy Miller, her niece, and the unconscious form of Joseph Cocking, were found early on the 24th in the village store kept by the Cook ings at Hill Top, Md. Robbery had been the incentive for the murders. The women were on an upper floor of the store and were struck dead with a blunt instrument supposed to have been an iron liar. Cocking was left for dead in the cellar. lie had been bound with a heavy rope and brutally treated, but probably will recover. The Hotel Slocan at Denver, B. a, burnod to tho ground and the guests lost everything butUicir night clothes. , At the wire works at Braddock, I'a., John Stoll quarreled with Charles Ed wards, colored, and struck him over the head with an iron billet, knocking him down. Edwards then jumped to his feet and struck Stoll a blow with his fist under the left eye, killing him instantly. At Rosedale, Va., Mr. Duttcr and his son quarreled about money matters and the father shot his son through the breast, and tho son as he fell shot his father through the heart. Both arc dead. The boiler of a saw mill in Greene, O., exploded on the 27th, wrecking tho mill and fatally injuring two men and seriously injuring two others. Carl Feioexiiaum was electrocuted at Sing Sing, N. Y., on the 27th for the murder of Johanna Hoffman, his land lady. Feigenbaum went to the death chair asserting that he was innocent. Secretary- Hoke Smith has com mended to the attorney-general the dismissal of the suit against the Bur lington & Missouri River Railroad Co., to recover about 50,000 acres of land in Kansas and Nebraska, erroneously patented to the road, upon which 2,000 homesteaders have settled, the settlers having acquired a bona fido title to the lands. Three hundred employes at the yards of the Chicago Ship Building Co. struck on the 27th against the intro duction of child labor. At midnight on the 2Gth a mob of armed men entered the jailatMcMinn ville, Tcnn., dragged the jailer from his bed and forced him to give up "the keys. Willis and Victor Hillis were then taken from the jail, carried on horseback five miles from McM'.nville and hanged. The Ili'lis boys were guilty of murder and the work of tho mob was the result of a feeling that the courts were slow in disposing of the men. The greater part of Cripple Creek, Col., the famous mining town, was burned on the 25th. All the theaters, dance halls and sporting resorts were destroyed, together with tho post of fice, the First national bank, tho Mid land railroad depot and trestles, the Times newspaper office and many stores. An angry woman in a dance hall threw a lamp at her lover and started the fire. The loss was roughly estimated at over 51,000,000. Jessie Lixdley and Bettio Black ford, prisoners in the county jail at Oklahoma City, Ok., committed suicide by taking large quantities of cocaine. President Cleveland having failed to sign the agricultural appropriation bdl on the 25th it became a law with out his signature. Simon H.vsselbacii, aged 70, and his son William engaged in a drunken quarrel at Union City, Pa., on the 24th when the son seized an ax to kill his father and the old man drew his re volver and shot his son and then sent a bullet through his own temple. Both will die. Mr. Barney Cullen and his wife were burned to death in their home near Chester, N. Y on the 2Cth. John Love, of Milton, W. Va., arose from his bed and fired two shots at his wife, killing her instantly. He then entered his father-in-law's bedroom and fired two shots at him, fatally wounding him. He wound up by firing a bullet into his own brain. Miss Frances E. Willard sailed for England on the 23d to attend tho an nual convention of the World's Women's Christian Temperance union, of which she is the president. Before sailing she issued an appeal in behalf of the persecuted and suffering people of Armenia, urging that the . C T. U. of the United States raise S50.CO0 to aid in the relief work which is being carried on through Miss Clara Barton. Congressman Money, of Mississippi, and Congressman Hall, of Missouri, had a personal encounter in the room of the committco on naval affairs at Washington on the 23d. Mr. Money called Mr. Hall a liar when tho latter struck the former and then cacft picked up inkstands and threw them at one another. Mr. Money being struck and having an ugly gash cut behind his car. A dispatch from Cleveland, O., on the 23d stated that the proposition to admit women as lay delegates to the general conference of tho Methodist Episcopal church had been defeated by tuo narrow marxrin oi is votes. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. TnE south side of tho business por tion of Paris, Tex., was destroyed by fire on tho 2Sth. Estimated losses. 150,000. John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, was condemned to death for treason against the Transvaal republic in Africa, together with four others, by the court at Pretoria. They pleaded guilty. The steamer yanoke, while leav ing her dock at Newport News, Va., fouled the cruiser Columbia and sank. The crew and passengers were nil saved. She was valued at 530,000 and was partially insured, A fire of incendiary origin damaged the warehouse of the Atlantic refinery at Pittsburgh, Pa., to tho amount of SCO, 000. WniLEona fishing excursion Howard Strasslcr and Frank McElroy, two prominent young men of Corry, Pa., were drowned by the capsizing of their boat. Frank Daily, aged 31, and Joseph Bevard, aged 30, while attempting to cross tne iL Josepu river, near isco, lad., were carried over the dam and drowned. A. dispatch from Rio de Janeiro stated that yellow fever attacked those on board the Italian cruiser Lombardia at that port and out of 25S on board all suffered except five and 115 died, including the captain. The Russian ambassador to London has stated positively that there was no truth in the reported Russo-Chinese treaty. Lucky Davis, Louis Davis, Rufus Buck, M. July, Sam Sampton and Ed Wilkey, alias Davis, were sentenced in tho federal court at Fort Smith, Ark., on the 2sth to be hanged on July 1, for crimes against women committed in the Indian territory. Lucky Davis is a negro, Wilkey is white and tho others arc Indians. A passenger train on tho Illinois Central, leaving Waterloo, la., on tho 25th for the state G. A. R. encamp ment at Cedar Rapids, was ditched by a washout near Raymond and several cars were telescoped and badly smashed up. Fourteen persons were injured more or less seriously. The senate on tho 2Sth considered the naval appropriation bill and had an exciting debate over the item for four battleships to cost 515.000,000, Mr. Gorman pointing out that the revenues of the government were less than Its ex penses. 1 he house passed tho 1 lcklcr general pension bill and then took up tuo general unmtrupicy out. ON BATTLESHIPS. The Senate Ha3 an Exsitlnr Do bato Over tho Item. THE PICKLIR PENSION DILL PASSED. It 5cts Throuli tho Homo liy a Vote of 187 to 21-cnator Wolcott, of Col orn!r, Writes n Letter Defin ing Ills Position. Washington, April 29. The senate was plunged into an exciting financial debate yesterday after several weeks of serene and formal procedure on ap propriation hills. Tho naval appro priation bill was under consideration and the item of four battleships, to cost an aggregate of 515,000,000, served as a text for a speech by Mr. Gorman, pointing out that the revenues of the government are less than the receipts. Mr. Gorman's statements brought on an animated controversy, in which Mr. Sherman, Mr. Hale, Mr. Chandler joined issue with the Maryland senator as to the responsibility for the failure of the tariff legislation in the present congress. Mr. Gorman's speech and the frequent heated party colloquies it developed attracted great interest, crowds filling the galleries for the first time since the Cuban debate and many mcrabers of the house coming over to listen to the proceedings. The battle ships item was not completed when the senate adjourned. The house yesterday passed the Pickler general pension bill by a vote of 1S7 to 54. The republicans and pop ulists voted solidly- in favor of the measure, and the democrats, with six exceptions, solidly against it. The section to which the bulk of the oppo sition was directed provides that per sons otherwise entitled to pensions shall not be disqualified on account of prior service in the confederate army, provided they jo'ned the union forces 90 days before Lee's surrender. The bankruptcy bill was taken up under a special order providing for a vote Sat urday at four p. m. WOLCOTT DEFINES HIS POSITION. Washington, April 29. Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, has written a letter defining his position in regard to the St. Louis convention. The sen ator's position is radically different from the position of his colleague. Senator Teller, as Senator Wolcott in dicates his intention of remaining with the republican party, whatever action it may take on the currency question. His letter is addressed to Irvin W. Howbcrt, chairman of the re publican state committee of Colorado, and is in part as follows: There is no sacrifice I would not make to secure the rcmonctlzation of silver, not be cause Colorado is a producer of silver, but be cause, in my opinion, prosperity will never re turn to us until bimetallism at the former ratio is re-established, and because the ap preciating value of cold and shrinkage of values which necessarily follow this apprecia tion must bring only disaster and poverty and suffering to tho people of this country who aro not lenders of money. To secure the un limited coinage of siher. I would count party ties as nothing. At this moment, hotrci cr, the situation which confronts us is this: Holh of tho two great parties are apparently opposed to free coinage by the United States. Tho populist party favors free coinage, but only as a means to secure more currency as a step to ward unlimited paper money, and it unites with free coinage advocacy socIalNtic and pa ternalistic doctrines which aro dangerous In tendency, an J which would be. If adop'cd, de structive to free Institutions. I know of no fourth party as yet entitled to our confidence and support, although the wisdom of leaders whose character and abilities we trust may tlnil some common ground upon which blmctalllsls. untainted with populism, may stand. Under these circumstances and conditions, therefore, I desire to bo counted as a republican. HAMMOND'S CONVICTION. Washington, April 29. When Sen ator Stewart, who is a personal friend of Hammond, heard of his conviction at Pretoria for treason, he immediate ly set to work to prepare a petition in Mr. Hammond's behalf, which he had circulated among senators and mem bers of the house. Tho petition is ad dressed to President Kruegcr and is a plea for pardon. It sets forth the high character of the accused and states that his family and associations here were of the best, and while it is con ceded by the petitioners that tho crime to which he has pleaded guilty is a most serious one, and directed against a government for which tho signers have a high regard, they still ask as an act of clemency that tho offense bo condoned and the prisoner liberated. SUPPLIES FOR INDIANS. Iilds fur 83,000,000 Worth or Goods Opened at Chicago. Chicaoo, April 29. Bids for furnish ing the government house nnd farm supplies for the western Indians wero opened yesterday by Indian Commis sioner Browning. There are are over 5,000 different articles wanted by the government, including 1,100 wagons, 22,000,000 pounds of cattle on the hoof, 2,900,000 pounds of fresh beef, 9,000,000 pounds of flour, 2,500,000 pounds of corn, 1,500 cooking and heating stoves and 200 sewing machines. The aggre gate amount of goods wanted is about 52,000.00a There were 350 bidders. Goodly Hets on McKinley. Nkw Yop.k, April 29. Howard P. Frothingham, an arbitrage broker on the stock exchange, has offered for a Philadelphia syndicate to bet from 51,000 to 525,000 that McKinley will be nominated and elected president. Thomas II. Price, also a broker, has wagered SSOO to 500 on McKinlcy's nomination. llurned to Heath. Duruqi'E, la., April 29. At Hast Du buque Mis. Fille, an old resident, went upstairs for some purpose and struck a match on the way. A spark iluw up her sleeve and in an instant her cloth ing was ablaze She was alone and unable to help herself. Her clothes were burned from her body, and her terrible sufferings were relieved by death a few hours later. It is said the Flynn free homes bill will pass both senate and house this session, but that President Cleveland will veto in MULTUM IN PARVO. The use of time is fate. Chapman. Suspicion shall be all stuck lull of eyes. Shakespeare. Death and life nre in thepowerof the tongue. Bible. A thought often makes us hotter than a fire. Longfellow. Fellowship in treason isabadgrountl of confidence. Burke. Man is the weeping animal born to gotcrn all the rest. Pliny. The creation of a thousand forest? U lu one ncorn.Emcrson, IN GRANT'S HONOH. Tho Hlrttidnr nf tlio Dead General Ob served In I Iffcrent ll.icc. Boston, April 23. The grand dinner of the Middlesex club at the Bruns wick last night, in honor of tho birth day of the great general, was a fitting closing of tho banquet season. Tho distinguished guests of tho evening were: Gen. James Longstrect. of the confederate army; Senator-elect Jo seph B. Foraker, of Ohio; James IS. Hoyt, of Ohio; Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, and LleuU-Gov. Wolcott, and wero seated in places of promi nence near the president of the club, ex-Gov. Brackett, and all wero greeted with most enthusiastic applause Gen. Longstrect, when introduced, was very warmly greeted. He said in part: "Grant returned to service in the United States army in the hour of sanguinary war, at the head of a regiment of volunteers. His work soon drew the attention of his superiors and he began to rise. Modest as a maiden, the heavy blows of the strong arm of an Ajax were all there was to tell the story of work that pushed him up. until at the end of two years he found himself above all officers that held superior rank, com manding armies of a million soldiers spread out over lines of thousands of miles, yet humbly submissive to the government he so ably defended. If another record marks such an epoch I fail to recall it. Of all the union com manders Grant was the great leader who accurately surveyed tho great field of war. When it was all ended, incapable of malice, his generous heart offered all that his enemy could ask as terms of surrender, with abundance of provisions for the hun gry soldiers and transportation to their distant homes." At New York the event was most fittingly observed. Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, and Postmaster-General Wilson speaking. At Pittsburgh, Chi cago and other cities the great gen eral's record as a citizen and soldier was lauded by eloquent orators. Tho people of Grant's old home, Galena, HL, made, the day a holiday and Gen. John C Black was the orator. HAVE NO RECOURSE. The I'opn Says lie Cannot Interfere with the Marriage or IteMglous Laivs of I'cra, Kcaador and llolivla. Chicago, April 23. The Chicago Methodist ministers' mceting.-April 2, 1S94, appointed a committco to invito the pope's attention to tho fact that "our Protestant brethren in the repub lics of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia la bor under oppressive disabilities that affect not only the profession of their faith and the public worship of God according to tho dictates of their con sciences, but also their civil and in alienable right to be legally married without being compelled to forswear their religious convictions," and to respectfully nnd earnestly request him to secure for these Protestants "the same liberty of conscience that is enjoyed by Boman Catholic citizens of this country." Two letters each wero sent to Archbishop Ireland and Cardi nal Satolli and Cardinal Gibbons was also appealed to. Recently a letter was received from Baltimore by Kcv. Dr. John Leo, chairman of the committee on religious liberty for South America, containing a Latin copy of a letter from Cardinal Kam polla. In substanco the letter says that the conditions in South America relative to marriage and relisioas wor ship are regulated by special constitu tional enactments, with which the pope cannot interfere. LOOKS LIKE CARLISLE. The Movement Among Anti-Silver demo crat to Nominate llim for President Crowing:. Washinoton, April 2S. The move ment to make Secretary Carlisle tho candidate of tho sound money demo crats for president is taking a shape which leads his friends to believe that he will be practically the only candi date before the convention. The sec retary has declared that the platform is more important than the candidate, and this view is shared by the admin istration. Their theory is, however that having mado a sound money plat form, the northern delegates will do much to unito the party by placing a southern man upon the platform. The one man who will meet tho conditions of sympathy with tho platform, devot ed to the union cause during the war, and representative of the south, they argue, is John G. Carlisle, of Ken tucky. HAMMOND PLEADS GUILTY. The American Mlulnc fcuclnecr Says He Is (iullty of Illch Treason. Pretoria, April 23. The trial was resumed yesterday of the members of the national reform committee of Jo hannesburg. John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, pleadod guilty of high treason, following the example of tho other leaders of tho re form committee. Mr. Hanmond was prevented by illness from being prcs snt at tho time the other leaders made their plea. One Thousand Miners Strike. Houohton, Mich, April 27. Tho miners at tho Quincy copper mine went on a strike this morning in sym pathy with tho trimmers, who struck last week when refused an increase in wages. Surface work is progressing to-day but it must stop as must work at tho mills if the strike is not imme diately settled. One thousand men are employed in the mine and mills. Tremler Uovrc! Ilcslcn. Ottawa, OnL, April 23. Sir Macken zie Bowel left the privy council depart ment for llidcau hall to tender his res ignation as premier. There was a mcctingof ministers afterward. There is no doubt that Lord Aberdeen will send for Sir Charles Tuppcr to form a new cabinet. Important Neirs from Glasgow. Glasgow, April 2S. It is reported hero that the thread manufacturing companies of Coates nnd Clark, in Paisley, and tho United States wil amalgamate and form a central agency in the United States. A fire Marled by a Tramp. Butte, Mont., April 2S. Tho Lavcll lumberyards and planing mills in this city were destroyed by fire early this morning. Loss, 550,030. Owing to wnnt of water pressure tho whole plant burned down. Tho tiro is sup posed to have been started by i tramp who slept in the place. Killed Vt Iitlo (oupllng Cars. Nashua, X. II.. April 23. William Godfrey, unmarried, of Kansas City, Ma, was killed here yesterday whilo coupliug cars. Ho had been in the em ploy of the Boston t Maine railroad only a few days. A TRAIN BITCHED. Pourtoon Persons Injurod in an Ao cidont IToar Oedar Rapids, la. KILLED FOR SUCKIXG THREE EGGS. A Mnn .Shot liy Ills Danghter-In-Lntr Over u Trivial Affair Six Men Sentenced tu Hang Children Injured Hooth- Tucker Arrested. Ce:ar Rat-ids, la., April 20. Passen ger train No. 2, on tho Illinois Central, leaving Waterloo at 1:40, and suvcral extra coaches, conveying visitors to the state G. A. tL encampment at Cedar Rapids, was ditched by a wash out half a mile cast of Raymond. Tho storm causing the accident was the heaviest in years. The train was run ning at a high rato of speed when the accident occurred. Several cars wore telescoped and badly smashed up. Fourteen persons were injured more or less severely, the one most seriously being Charles Baldwin, an engineer on the road, but a passenger on the train. Tho passengers were unable to tell by what fortunate circumstances a great disaster was averted. The injured persons were taken to Waterloo for medical treatment. Tho remaining passengers were sent to Cedar Falls for connection with tho Burlington, Cedar Bapids & Northern special to the encampment arriving at Cedar Bapids at noon. KILLED FOIt SL'CKINO THREE E0OS. CiiETor.v, Kan., April 29. An aid man named James T. Rowland, living on Mud creek, about ten miles south of Chetopa in tho Indian territory, was shot three times Monday by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Rowland, and he died yesterday morning. The trouble grew out of the daughter ac cusing him of sucking thrco eggs. SIX MEN SENTENCED TO 11 AND. Tout Smith, Ark., April 29. Lucky Davis, Louis Davis, Rufus Buck, M. July, Sam Sampton and Ed Wilkey, alias Davis, were sentenced in tho fed eral court yesterday to be hanged on Wednesday, July 1, for crimes against women committed In the Indian ter ritory. Lucky Davis is a negro, Wil key is whito and the others are In dians. CHILDREN INJURED BY A RUNAWAY. Milwaukee, April 2a A runaway team attached to a hack dashed into a crowd of children who were emerging from St. Anthony's church school yes terday afternoon. Twenty-five of the little ones were prostrated. Seven were badly injured, two of whom will probably die. rooth-tucker arrested. New York, April 29. Commander Booth-Tucker of tho Salvation army, whilo out slumming lastnight, was ar rested and taken to the Elizaboth s'.-.ct police station. Bail was fixed .-t 51,000, which was furnished by Steve Brodio. BAD FOR TAYLOR. Not I'robahlo Thit t!ov. Stone ATlll Grant tho Murderer a Stay. Jefferson Citv, Mo., April 29. Marcy K. Brown, of Kansas City, ar rived here at 0:15 p. m. yesterday and went direct from the depot to the ex ecutive mansion. He was in earnest consultation with Gov. Stone for sev eral hours, and his mission here was to nsk the governor to reprieve William Taylor, sentenced to be banged at Carrollton Thursday. In reply to an inquiry the governor said: "So far as tho Taylor case has been presented to me, I shall not grant a reprieve or in terfere in any way with the sentence." Whether or not there Is to be any further matter laid before the govern or is not known here. Sheriff Stan ley wired the governor that poison and a saw had been found on the per son of Taylor. The governor wired back the following messaze: Ocorgo K. Stanley. Carrollton. Mo,: Mr. Jourdau has just shown mo your telegram stating that William Taylor Is now at Carroll ton aud that poUon and a saw were found on him. I desire to say that you should at once employ sufficient cnards to prevent the possi bility ot tho prisoner escaping, and let no precaution bo omlttc-t Wit. J. Stose. Governor. From the governor's words last night it appears certain that there will be no reprieve for the condemned man. TWO ALABAMA CONVENTIONS. still Another Stite Wliero the Dove ot Peace Hovered Not. Mo.ntoomerv, Ala., April 29. The republicans of Alabama held two state conventions here yesterday. One, the McKinley convention, adopted a ring ing sound money protection platform and determined to put a straight-out republican ticket in the field, headed by Gen. J. W. Burke, of Calhoun. The other, composed of all of the anti McKinley factions, adopted a plat form declaring that all other issues in Alabama were subserv ient to one fair elections and, therefore, all issues excepting this were avoided in the platform. Sound money and protection are not referred to in it. A resolution was adopted by tho nnti-McKinley forces that tho re publicans fuse in the state elections with the populists, allowing the latter to namo the nominee for governor and dividing the balance of the state ticket between the parties. The idea is to co-operate with tho populists and se cure fair elections in Alabama. A Pittsburgh Pugltlro Captured. Pittsrit.gh, l'a., April 29. John L. Cowan, of this city, who disappeared last February, leaving his friends relatives, creditors and victims about $200,000 short, has been caught in Gua temala. He was in tho lumber busi ness and his victims aro scattered over the lumber regions of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Canada. An Old Horse. TamoroA, III. April2 9. "Old Tom." the oldest hore in Perry county, died yesterday in this city at the age of 41 -ears. He was ridden from the south during the civil var. THE STAGE. Sardou's first play was a failure, but all the subsequent ones hate been suc cesses. He has earned oer $1,000,000 by his plays. Richard Strnuss" musical Iiunior cscjtic "Till Lulcnspiegel's lustige Streiche" hns licen gheii with success tit the Crystal Palace concerts. Here is a day now leforc me; a day is n fortune, and an estate. Kmcrson. Nothing precludes sympathy so much fa (i perfect indifference to it. llazlitt. CONGRESSIONAL Condensed Report nf the Past Week l'ro ceedlnsrs. Several minor bills were passd at the openlnic of tho senate on the 23d, including one authorizing a bridge across tho Missouri river st Doonville. Mo. Mr. Call gave notice that hs would call up his resolution, directing the president to dispatch a naval force to Cuba to protect American interests there, some other time. Tho Indian appropriation bill was then considered and finally passed, after which the sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up. ....The house adopted a motion calling on the secretary of state for all information relative to tho arrest of Kcv. Mr. Diaz in Cuba. The consideration of the Pickler penoral pension bill was then resumed. Mr. Hepburn (la.) giv ing notlco of aa amendment instructing the pension office to construo pension laws liber ally. The senate oa the 2lth debated tho sundry civil appropriation bill without completing It Mr. Peffer's resolution to investigate tho re cent bond issues was amended by the ICansas senator to meet the rocent criticisms of Mr. Hill and thenweat over. Mr. Dubois intro duced a bill to establish new regulations for forest reservations.... The houso consumed al most the entire day in tho dHcustlon of tho Tickler pension bill, tho feature btlng tho op position ot Mr. Connolly to the section of the bill which granted pensions to confederate sol diers who deserted and Joined the unloa ranks W days before Lee's surrender. At the even ing session II private pension bills were favor ably passed upon. In th; senate on tho fnth Mr. Sherman en deavored to secure action on tho bill relating to the tax on fruit brandies and alcohol used in tho arts, but his action was defeated, several senators declaring that If the bill was taken up It would involve a debate on the entire tariff question. Tho sundry ilvil appropria tion bill was finally passed. It carries $17,0 , 000. The senate then held an executive ses sion and soon af tcradJourned....The house re ceived a message fron tho president vetoing the bill granting a pension of JO to Francis K. Hoover, because hlsdlscasc was not of service origin. A committee report was presented upon tho Pacific railroad bllL Another par tial report was made on the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill aad it was adopted and the bill sent back to conference. Tho debate on the Pickler pension bill was re sumed, after which eulogies on the late Repre sentative William H. Crane (Tex.) were de livered and the home adjourned as a further mark of respect. THE naral appropriation bill occupied the senate j the 2Ttb, an amendment, offorcd by Mr Chandler, makicg it unlawful for retired naval officers to enter the service ot contract ors furnishing armor, eta. to the government occasioning an animated debate. The amend ment was not disposed or. ...Several District of Columbia bills were passed in the houso and then tho Pickler pension bill was consid ered under the fire-minute rule, with the un derstanding to take a Unal vote on the bill tho next day. THE X RAY. A Professor Discovers the YTny to Examine the Inside of the i:odr. Boston, April 23. Prof, a L. Nor ton, of the Massachusetts instituto of technolgy, has made the most prac tical X ray discovery yet. He has been enabled to examine almost the entire inner system of the human body and has seen the faintest pulsa tions of tho heart and the liver re spond to the inhalations and the ex halations of the breath. He actually has seen disease in all the vital or gans and is ablo to diagnose correctly cases by the sole use of the X ray. He has outlined tho internal organs and he has seen the action of the joints and spongy terminations of the bones as though not covered with flesh. All this has been accomplished in two conditions intense darkness in the operating room and intensified light. ANOTHER PEARL BRYAN CASE. Tho Head of a Womsn Fonnd on John Hoag's Farm ear lluffalo. Buffalo, X. Y., April 23. Buffalo has now a Pearl Bryan case. The head of a woman was found on tho farm of John Hoag, near Orchard park, and the fact was reported to Coroner Tucker. Hoajr had been drawing ma nure from the city, and while spread ing it out discovered tho head. It was wrapped in a Buffalo newspaper and had a bullet holo in the occipital re gion. It seems impossible to trace tho head definitely, as Hoag bad been drawing manure from several stables in this city. Dr. Tweedy, tho post mortem examiner, has the member to examine and ascertain, if possible, if death was due to decapitation or tho hole in the skulL Meanwhile, the po lice arc trying to find a body to fit it. M'KINLEY'S MONEY VIEWS. John Micrnnn Flucldates on the Ohloan'l Maml on the Money Question. Xew York, April 23. At a meeting of the young republican club, Brook lyn, last night, a letter addressed to the secretary of the club from Senator John Sherman was read. In the letter Mr. Sherman says: "There can be no doubt as to the opinion of Maj. McKin ley on the money question. He is committed in every form, every speech and otherwise, to the republican policy of maintaining the present gold coin of tho United States as the standard of value." A Cyclone In Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark., April 2S. A cy clone did heavy damage in Faulkner county. A cloudburst occurred near Conway and at other places hail cov ered the ground to a depth of from three inches to fivo feet in drifts. A church and cotton gin were blown half a mile, many farm houses, barns and other buildings were totally de molished and stock killed. An entire flock of sheep were blown away. De tails arc not fully in and it is feared that human lives have been lost. Tho llolln Jury Disagrees. Omaha, XeU, April 23. After a sen sational trial extending over several weeks the jury In the case of ex-City Treasurer Henry Bolln was discharged, being unable to agree. They stood nine for conviction and three for ac quittal. Henry Bolln was charged with misappropriating 5115,000 of Om aha funds. GOLD AND SILVER. A pound of feathers contains 1ft ounces, or 7,000 grains; a pound of gold contains 12 ounces, or 5,7C0 grains. In the calendar ..car 1S94 3,093,972 siher dollars w ere struck at the mints; m the fiscal year 1S95, ending June 30, 2,950,011 dollars were struck. A woman at Walkerville, Mont., who Keeps hens, gathered four dollars' worth of gold in the craws of thrco chickens she had just Killed. Xow she follows her hens to discoter the spot where they find gold. .V California gold prospector ha written a letter addressed to Mayor Pratt, of St. Paul, Minn., in which ho advances the claim that gold can be lo cated in eastern Minnesota. Production ot gold has cnormously incrcascd, particularly in California and Utah. Gold ore yielding as low as three dollars per ton can now be worked by the new cyanide process, whereas silcr ore must show $21 a ton before it can be worKed. The faculty of Princeton college has elected Sir Henry Ining honorary member of the American Whig society That is o ilistluctloa seldom conferred. AWJ'UL T0ENAD0. Elovon Porsoiis Killed in Olay County, Kan., and Vicinity. Thirty or Forty Others Said to He Injured llany Mouses and Hams Wrecked and the Damage to Prop ertv tireat. , Clifton. Kan., April 27. A tornado, accompanied by a severe rain and hail storm, prevailed in this section Satur day night. Between seven and eight o'clock a funnel shaped cloud appeared eight miles southwest of Clinton and traveled in a northeasterly direction, tearing up fences, granaries, farm houses and trees. Light lives ore re ported as being lost, among whom is a five-year-old boy whose body has not yet been found. Frank Wilkinson, a young farmer, is so seriously Injured he cannot survive. The entire family of John Morris is frightfully mangled. They had just reached the cellar when tho house was blown away. Tho resi deuce of Walter Haynes was also blown to atoms, but he had reached the cellar with his family and escaped unhurt. The barn of Lawrence Bains, a wealthy farmer, was completely de stroyed and several head of horses were killed. Great .damage to stock also resulted. The loss is estimated at 520,000; partially insured. A dispatch from Clay Center stated that at about 9:30 Saturday evening a tornado swept tho country some II miles northwest of there, killing many persons and totally destroying all houses and outbuildings within iU paUi. Its direction was from south west to northeast over a strip only about 40 rods wide. It came suddenly, without other warning than a calm ol some five minutes and was accompa nied by torrents of water. Frank Pe terson, his wife and daughter were killed and tho other daughter cannot live. A boy named Jesse Ham, about five years old, who was at Anderson's, his grandfather's, was blown 30 rods into an adjoining field and his lifeless body was not found until Sunday morning. Mrs. Halbersoa was also among the killed of the Peterson fam ily. One boy about 11 yeans old is the only survivor. Although he was with the others of the family, by some strange chance he received only a few scratches. At Concordia reports show that tha tornado was even moro destructiva than at first supposed. Tho path fol lowed by the storm is 400 feet in width and over 20 miles long, extend ing from SL Joseph, a small French settlement in the eastern edge of Cloud county, in a northeasterly direction through the northern part of Clay and into the southern portion of Washing ton counties. Fortunately the storm did not pass through any small towns, or the loss of life would have been far greater, but it did lay waste a thickly settled portion of the Republican val ley.Over 10 families who Saturday night boasted of pleasant homes and-com-fortable surroundings are to-day rely ing upon the kindness of friends to care for their injured and dead. At the first place visited by the storm, that of Eli Belthazor, six children ara left to mourn the death of a father and mother. The family were ju3t prepar ing to go Into the cellar, and several of the little ones had already gone down, when the building was swept away and dashed to kindling wood. Two of the children are so seriously injured that they probably will not recover. About a mile farther cast the house of Julian Trembly was destroyed and he was killed. Reports from Palmer, on the Mis souri Pacific cast of Clifton, state that quite a number were seriously injured, and that several will die. The power of the storm was terrific; nothing could withstand its force. Large farm houses and barns seemed to offer no resistance whatever, and wero swept away like so much chaff. The damage to properly is very great. It is thought that fully 20 houses were destroyed, besides barns, granaries and a largo number of horses, cattle and hogs. The latest reports giva the number killed as 11, while probably between 20 and 30 arc injured. TWO MURDERERS LYNCHED. William nnd Victor mills Hurried Into Eternity Without I.ecal Sanction. Xasiiville, Tenn., April 27. At mid night last night a mob of armed men, about 15, entered tho jail at McMinn villc, dragged the jailer from his bed and forced him to give up the keys. William and Victor Hillis were then taken from the jail, carried on horse back five miles from McMinnvillo and hanged. Before the mob succeeded in removing their victims from tho jail they had a hard tight with thorn, but the prisoners were overpowered. The mob came from Van Buren county, where the lynched men lived. The Hillis boys were guilty of murder and the work ot the mob was the result oi a feeling that tho courts wero too slow in disposing of tho men. A Noted l'nbllsher Head. Xew York, April 27. George Munro, the noted publisher, dropped dead ol heart failure at Pine Hill, in the Cat skill mountains, whither he had gone to visit his country home. Munro was born in 1S25. He started the Fireside Companion in 1SC7 and the Seaside Library in 1S77. Ho accumulated a fortune and in recent years contributed liberally to educational and benevolent institutions. A Maniac's Awful Deed. Rockviixe, Ind., April 27. Mrs. Haskie, her two children. Sheriff Mul! and Deputy Sheriff Swim have been killed by Peter Egbert, who is insane. Tho sheriff and his deputy lost theii lives while tryiug to arrest Egbert. He afterwards sent a load of buckshot into his own breast, dying instantly. No Preferment for Veterans. Boston-, Ap-il 27. The supreme court has declared the veterans pre fercuco law unconstitutional. Thit law gavo veterans, under certain limit ations, tho first claim to all vacant offices in the city or state. Territorial Soldiers Home. Washington; April 26. The houss committee on military affairs yester day decided to recommend favorablj the bill introduced by Delegate Flynn, ot Oklahoma, dedicating the old aban doned Fort Supply as a territorial sol diers home. A Hotel lluett Incinerated. Duxn.VR, Pa., April 26. Early thit mornitig fire, originating in the Ma honoy hotel, destroyed that structur and six adjoining buildings, all th property of James McCain. James R Lycrs, a guest at the- hotel, was buruec to death.