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Devoted to the Intcrciti oftho Uliorokocf, Choctaw, Chickasaw, HchiIiioIc, Crock, and nil Otlior Indian of iho Indian Territory.
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VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1887.
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OUnilBNT COMMENT.
- The big bridgo between Now York
nntl Uroukhn Is being treated to n now
cont of paint, ami It will tnko about
twenty tons of paint to cover It.
Mits. Howe, tlio feninlo swindler of
Uostoii, wus born In Alexandria, near
Washington, In 1820. Her maiden
nnniu Is said to havo been Sarah 0.
Chase.
It Is stated from Wnslilngton that nil
,bo orders suspending tlio operation of
tho long and short haul provision of tho
Intcr-StJiIo Coimitcivo law nro to ccaso
on tho samo date.
In lliusla, on tlio northern railways,
tho locomotives, hltheito burning
wooil or coal, nro being adapted for
lcnt burning, tlio Having being cttl
Hinted at sonin fifty per cent.
A iiecent enactment of tlio Idaho
Legislature i-cfiulrca that all practicing
jihjslclnnslti that Territory must lllu
their diplomas with tho auditor and re
corder of tlio county beforo continuing
their practice.
The late Lieutenant Danenhowcr was
n tall and jHiwerfully built man. Ho
wns gcntloof speech, courteous In man
ner and was especially fond of chil
dren. Ho was extremely popular with
tho mulct at tho Naval Academy.
William C. Jones, n prominent
joung officer, was thrown from his
horse, tho other day, during n street
parjulo nt Clinton, N. C, causing a
utrango fatality. His ilrmvn sword
transfixed II, A. Jiinics, nuu of tlio
inarriinls, passing clear through his
body.
Tiik Princess Valerie, tho second
daughter of the Austrian Emperor,
must l added to tliolfst of royal mi
llion). Shu has just published somo
verses In an annual periodical connect
ed with n clmriublo institution forchil
dreu, which thocrltlcs havo pronounced
admirable.
Two citizens of Hradford County,
Viu, wero arrest til a few days ago for
shipping 200 rabbits, CO pheasants, ten
partridges and ono squirrel, killed out
of season. Juslico Codling, at Towan
da, inflicted flues upon them amount
ing with costs to $2,200. They took an
appeal nnd wero held in $1,000.
The gold fields of South Africa nro
nttraeting a great deal of attention in
England, nnd n largo number nro rush
ing to this now Kldoradu. Tho Sheba
quartz ledgo in tho Transvaal was lo
cated last June. Tho town of Ilarbor
town, near It, has sinco sprung up nnd
now has urnriy len. tlipiiuud. inhabit
ants.'' '
1'niNCE ViCTon Nai-oleon, exiled.
now residing in llrussels, hold weekly
ivcoptloii. Among his regular vislt-
-i rs aro u niimliur of tho lloiiiipnttist
member of tlio Paris Chamber of
Deputies, who niako a weekly visit to
lielgium to pay Ihclr respects to tho
rojiivsoniittivo ol tlio Iiouo of Napoleon
nnd tho "lost cause"
Six tramps became engaged in a
light nt tho natural gas well at Ander
son, Intl., tho other day. Two of them
wore pushed into tho llamoof tlio burn
ing gas. On whooo immo wns said to
bo Donovan, inhaled tho flames and
died almost Instantly. Georgo Dwycr,
.of Krie, Pa., was burned nlnmst be
lypnd recognition nnd could not recover.
Thrco of tho tramps wero arrested.
Just as tho memorial day.processlon
was entering Oakland cemetery nt At
lanta, On., April 20. and whllo tho
Mreots wero thronged with troops and
fpectntoni, a homo bccnino frightened
nnd ran away through tlio crowd,
trampling d'twii tho peoplo nnd caus
ing tho wildest panic. Ono lady was
kicked in tho lioad and thought to bo
fatally Injured, whllo a largo iiumbor
of other vcrxons bud arms or legs
broken or dislocated.
Skciiltahv Kaiuciiild said recently
In answer to inquiries' on tho subject,
that ho had not yet mado up his mind
with regard to tho uncalled thrco per
cent, bonds. It Is, however, regarded
as practically settled that there will bo
no more calls for bonds during tho
present fiscal year nnd that tlio amount
of thrco percent outstanding, amount
ing to $10,000,000, will bo reserved for
Iho sinking fuud requirements of tho
next fiscal year, beginning June 1.
Juimik Davis nt Washington recent
ly del I vend the opinion of tho Court of
Claims on tho Chickasaw claims for
owr fCOO.000 with Interest by reason
c( alleged Improper dlalmrsumcuLs of
luclr funds held in trust by tho United
States, Tho caso nrnso from tho trans
fer of tho tribe In 1837 and succeeding
years from Mississippi to tho Indian
Territory. Tlio court reached the con
clusion that tho Indians should havo
credit on their accounts for $210,108.
OrriCEiiJ. U. McMaiuin, who wns
wounded in tho leg nt tho linymarkct
bomb throwing In Chicago a year ngo,
Is mid to bo In a crltlcnl condition
nud not expected to recover. Ho wns
never nblu to resumo hlsdiitlcs after ho
wnj wounded, owing to tm Injury to a
bono. A fow weeks ngo a surgical
operation on tho wounded leg wns per
formed, but without cfl'ccl. A second
operation was performed later but In
stead of rallying, as expected, McMu
lion tins been sinking avcr since.
Tub trial of nlno moil and thrco
wnnion. mostly youngstudonts.chargcd
villi complicity In tlio attempt to kill
tho Czar, commenced nt St. Peters
burg on tho 27th beforo tho political
law sonntors with closed doors. Kvon
tho relatives of tliu accused wore ex
cluded. Tho Indictment drawn up by
tho Attonioy-flenenil was a voluminous
iloiminont- of twenty-thrno folios. It
'rns stated that tho accused hud con
fessed. It Is mid that tho Czar would
havo been killed April 10 If ho had
taken his usual carrlugo drive, but tho
) ilot leaked out through Information
given by tho landlady of Iho house
yylu'i'O Homo of tho ilmfenU bgnnlud.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Glotmod by Tolotrroph and Malt
I'lCILIONAL Ant I'OMTIUAt-
Mixisteii HoStr.no, of Mexico, wus re
ported qulto sick a, Washington on tho
27th.
It Is reported that ltussla has proposotl
to remit tho Turkish war Indomnlty In re
turn for tho cession of territory In Asia
Minor.
The HivlssBtnta Council has ratified tho
literary copyrisht convention with tho
United Htatc
Tho DclglHD Hcnalo has passed tho Congo
Loan till,
Dom Pkuiio, of Dratil, was reported seri
ously sick on tho 27th.
Toe voters of a canton in Switzerland,
havo dismissed tho members of tho local
administration for financial mismanage
ment. It Is reported that tho British ovacuatlon
ot Hgypt has been set for llvo years henco.
The l'rlmato of Hungary will present to
tho 1'opo on his jubllcoagold chalico weigh
ing .s much 230 gold ducats.
A DisrATCii frutn Cairo says: A skirmish
has taken plaeo at S.irrnss between a boily
of Arabs and a foreo of Egyptians, under
commnnd of Major Chcrmsldo. Tho Arabs
lost 200, killed and wounded tho Egyptians,
forty wounded.
Dak is, tho member of tho Michigan Leg
l.lnturo charged with bribery, has been
found guilty and oxpcllcd.from tho House.
l'sronTs havo been received fromMusso
wah that tho Italians ndvunced to capture
Keren and mot a strong forco of Abyssln
Inns, who gavo them battle Tho result of
tho light was lu doubt.
M. MciiNArncLES, over whom nn exciting
tlmo was had botwocn franco and Ger
many, was released on tho'JUth by order of
Emperor William.
Tle Vienna TagblaU publishes tho alleged
terms of agreement between tho King of
Italy and tho I'opo. Tho King becomes a
suzerain of tho l'opo, the latter advising
tho ducal famillos ot Naples, Tuscany and
Modonn to renounce nil claims to tho gov
ernment of any part of Italy,
James D. WEsTCOTT.ox.Assoclnto Justice
of tho Florida Supremo Court, dlel at Till
lahasseo recently.
MATTiir.wAiisoi.li favors tlio Irish Crimes
bill, but admits tho necessity of remedial
legislation.
Kixo llt.Miir.itT unveiled n statuo of Vic
tor Emanuel at Venlco recently. There
wero thousands of spectators present and
much enthusiasm was displayed.
The Vail en n has notified Franco that
General Itoulangcr's tnillta-jr law, which
refuses exemption from mllltnry service to
youth or men studying for tho priesthood Is
an Infringement of tho Concordat, and has
demanded Its withdrawal.
HrAjcisii troops from Soiloo Island, havo
defeated tho natives of Malbug island, cap
turing many prisoners.
Hev. P. J. Fuiidex, was consecrated
Illshop of tho tcq of Syracuse, N. Y., nt
tho Church of tho Assumption In that city
ro.cntly.
UISCCUJU4KOUS.
Customs ofllccrs throughout Orcat
llritaln and Ireland havo received stringent
orders to search all vessels arriving from
America, China and tbo East, tho Govern
ment having been warned that explosives
havo been sent from Han Fruiclsco to ports
In the East to bo transhipped to England.
The JJuko of Portland's country soal in
Ayrshire, Bchtland, has been destroyed by
Arc.
Neaii Bonbam, Tex., recently, thrcosmall
children of J. T. Halo wero burnod to death.
Tlio mother had gono somo distance to ob
tain mcdiclno for tho eldest when thohouso
took Qruwlth tho nbovo fntal results.
The pictures for tho British Academy ex
hibition this year are of only average abil
ity, und there Is u marked ubsenco of start
ling subjects.
Mart Hon and Maud McDonald were
thrown under tho nro tralu on tho Hccla &
Torch Lako railroad near Houghton, Mich.,
recently, a coupling pui breaking. Miss
Hoar bad hor bead cut from her body and
Miss McDouald's legs were crushed so
badly that amputation was nocessary.
Advices from Kodiak, Alaska, bearing
date of April 5, stata that tho scaling
schooner Flying Hold, sailing from that
port, was lost at sea with all on board. Tho
owuer, IK Anderson, Caption Nets Hansen,
Vaslla Grignoft nod his sou and fourteen
nativo hunters were lost
The western-bound Southern Paellla ox
press was stopped and robbed at l'npago
station, eighteen miles eat of Tucson,
Ariz., 011 tho night of tho 27th. Tho num
ber of men engaged In tho robbery wus
variously estimated at from flvo to eight.
Wells, Fargo ct Co. lost fAOOO. Tho passen
gers wero not molested.
A uesolutiox censuring President Cleve
land's action In ordering troops to Dakota
to evict tho settlers on tho Crow and Win
ncbago agencies was adopted by Local As
sembly Mo. 3,'JIT, Knights of Labor, at Den
ver recently.
A TEhuiriu wind storm on tho afternoon
of tho "JSth demolished four now frame
cottages In tho town of Lnko, noar Chi
cago, and under tho debris two workmen
wore crushed to death. Tho victims wero
Judsoa l'laco and Charles Carroll.
DisrATciies received in London on tho
ISth from Australia tell of a territlo
hurricane which swopt over tbo southern
coast April UJ, and states that forty boats
engaged In tho pearl llthing ludustry,
having on board crows aggregating 6M
men, wero lest nnd not a soul saved.
Tun. Micfilgun Central and Canadian Put-Mo
roads havo iruulo an arrangement re
garding Interchange ot business.
A msrATcu from Cooktown, Australia,
announces that tho steamer Uouton, of
Bingaporo, was suuk In a collision with a
bark off tho island of Formosa and that 1M
parsons wore drowned. No Europeans
wero lost.
Tub Cambrldgo (Eug.) University Boat
Club has appointed a commlttco to mako
arrangements with tlio Harvard Univer
sity Boat Club for a ruro batweon tlio
Cambrldgo and Ilurvnrd crows lu America,
in Soptembor.
Tub Stnto Hanltary Board ot Colorado has
decided on mora quarantine agnlnsllowa,
against tho Umaha stock-yards und against
tho Kansas City stock-yards,
AxoriiEn attempt was mado on the 23th
by a mob to lyuch Tumor aud Patterson,
tbo negro assailants of Jcnnlo Bowman, at
LoulsvlUo. Ky. Conflicts with tbo olico
resulted, tho mob being finally driven off.
Business failures during tho weak endod
April SS numbered for tho United Htatct
lot, and for Canada 37, total 101, against 1W
tho previous weak and 'JU7 iho correspond
ing weak of lust year.
A si'ecial from Montreal soys; "Kcports
from Mcdiclno Hat say that tha blood In
dians are becoming bold and aro firing upon
scouting parties of mouutod police. A
strong doluchment has beeu sent In pur
suit Tho Indians are killing right and left.
The wire nail manufactories of America
have formed a national association.
Commissioner Couian has been notified
by his Inspector at Golden IUdgo, N. V.,
that pleuro-paeiimonla existed there among
a herd of cattle, from which some animals
had already boon shipped,
Tiir water In tho Merrlmao nt Lowoll,
Mass., wus very high on tho '.Vth, and ris
ing rapidly Tho mills wero all ruuniug,
but tho backwater mode It very dlfllcult to
run them. A shut down was reared.
AsoTimn mob guthorcd lu Louisville,
Ky., onthsSUth, beut on lynchlug tho as
sailants of Jennie Bowman, After an ox
citing tlmo and the calling out of tho mili
tary qulot was restored.
A colossal system of robbery by means
of prepared packs of cards has been discov
ered at tha Casino at Monte Carlo. The
proprietors ot tho tables lost lfl,000.
It Is reported to tha East that several of
tho Wcstarn roads have Issued pusses slnco
tho Commerce AW wtmt nto effect.
Hi.aiii' Hmitii nnd his older children wore
recently working In their field near Colum
bia, H. C, and left thrdo chlldcn In tho
liouso, not far distant, Tho building caught
flro aud tho children wero burnod to death.
Tho mother was killed In a tornado which
passed over that section two years ago.
The Indian Commission has concluded n
treaty for tho division of tho lands of tho
Flathead Indians lu Montana iuto farms.
JtnoB Van BntST, of tho New Y01 k City
Court of Oyer nnd Tcrmlnor, has denied
tho motion to quash tho Indictmont against
Jacob Sharp.
Foster's Opera Houso at Dos Molnos,
town, burned tlio other day. Loss, 3.,0U0
insurance, tfU.WJO.
A ntcF.XT dispatch from Savannah, Go.,
says Captain Patrick Doyla nnd eighteen
men, part of tho crow of tho British steamer
Ben Hope, were picked up In Tyler lloads
by a pilot boat and brought to this city.
Their vessel, which wns bcjnd from Now
York to Vera Cruz, wns burned nnd tho
crow had to tako to tho beats. Tho vessel
cost St.V),0U0; value of cargo tt stated.
A recent special from Kankakco,Ill.,saysi
A lira originating In Hchodlcr's tin shop
destroyed llaehanl's warehouse, tho Pres
byterian nnd Lutheran Churches and ten
dwellings. Olmstc.id's wnrchouso was
partly burned. Loss, 40,000; lnsuranco
fJO.tWO.
Duiuxa tho week ended April !0, 2.018
emigrants left Quocnstown for America.
Tho total for tho mouth ot April wus 11,851
against 11,0.75 for April last year.
Tuc coal-laden schoonor Louis O'Neill, of
Amhcrstburg, Out., was recently thought
to havo bean lost on Lako Erie with- its
crew of eight men,
Jai and Leo Moore, aged fourteen and
Uvclvo years, nnd Ira and Bcrtlo IlOtcii
kiss, axed cloven and eight, sons of well-to-do
fanners of South Valley, Cnttcrau
gus County, N. Y-, recently went fishing
nloug tho Allegheny river. When nly ut a
rod from shore lLo current capsized tho
Doat anu nil lour were drowned.
Ci.eaiu.no houso returns for week ended
April .10 showed an avcrago Incrcaso ot
255 compared With thUcorcsondlngwcck
of last yeur. In New York tho Incrcaso
was SD.li.
Business was Inncttvo on tho London
Stock Exchango during tho week ended
April .f). Tho Paris Bourse was buoyant
after tho liberation of M. Schnacbvlos. At
Berlin business wns stagnant; nt Frank
fort tho bourse was firm.
Hevvt froshcts were rejiortcd from
Maino on tho IsL Tlio peoplo were appro
ticnslvo ot serious damago from tho over
flowing rivers.
The west bound Paciflo express on tho
Northern I'lieillu juni;cd tho track near
uriacoii Hlation, u. T., tho other day and
precipitated flvo of Its seven coachcslnto a
ditch. W. O. Breed, of Faribault, Minu.,
wns killed und qulto a number seriously
wounded.
To sharp shocks of earthquake wero
felt at Spokane, W. T., on tho Hh. Thoy
appeared north to south. There wns only
a few moments' Intermission between
them.
AnouT 5,009 trados unionists paraded In
St. Louis on tho IsL
Til ncr. U reck officers havo been sentenced
to death by court martial for treachery
during recent fights with tho Turk-.
Mn. Heviit Lurean, acd thirty; Tctor
Bruso, aged thirteen, and Sarah M.-Evcrly,
aged twelve wero rowln? In a boAt after a
hat at Putnam, Conn., tho other dujr when
they wero carried over Tnrglll's falls and
drowned.
One hundred and thlrty-nlno arrests of
saloon-keepers w era mado In New York on
tho 1st under tho excise law prohibiting
liquor sailing on Sunday.
Tub triut of tho persons charged with
plotting uganist tho Czar has been con
cluded and all tbo nccused have been found
guilty and seven sentenced todealh aud tho
others to servitude for lifo.
Jamts N. Taooaiit, who for manyyoars
was paying teller of tho Union Trust'com
pany, at Nos. Cll und 013 Chostnut street,
1'hllsdrlphla, has absconded and an exam
ination nf thn books ot tho company shows
a deficit or nbout 1100,000.
Aiivices fom Croto report a fight be
tween a band of Turks and n number ot
Christians, which resulted In several
deaths. Tho Turks had kidnaped n
Christian girl and were attacked by her
friends.
AsrcciAL from Proctor, W. Va., says:
Tho bodies of throo negroes, brothers,
named Sylvester, wero found banging to a
trco 011 tho roadside, six miles cast ot ncro.
Each body bore a placard on which was
written, "Nigger thievery must bo broken
up."
A statement prcpnrcd at tho Pension
Onieo shows that during April there were
1I,3W pension certificates Issued, classified
ns follows: Original pensions, 5,513; In
crcaso tensions, 5,317; Mexican war pen
sions, MJ. This is said to ho tho largest
number issuoi In any 0110 month in tho his
tory of the.buroiu.
ADDITIONAL DlSl'ATCIIUS.
A msrATcu from Bordeaux. Franco. savif
Prince Jerome llonuparto bus hud mi attack,
t n,,'n'nvt. il.i.l la In at il......nnniia mmlL
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ion,
The west bound nissengor train on the
Atlantic fc Paclllo, which left Albuquorquo,
N. M-, on the .d heavily loadod with pas
lengers wus derailed fifteen miles west ot
L'oolldgo, N. M. It was unknown If any
lives wero lost.
A veiit disastrous fire broke out tho
ithcr mornlntr at tbo immenso warchouso
if Brown, Johnson & Co., Fourteenth and
Maple streets, LoulsvlUo, Ky. Loss, (JU0,-
Tub British Cabinet has decided to send
troops to tho nsslstuncn ef tho Ameer ot
Afghanistan, If called upon todo so. Ixatlve
Indtun troops, under thulr own oQIcCrs, dt
rooted by superior EugUsh ofllccrs, will bo
selected lor this purposo.
The main stcamplpes 011 tho tow boat J.
C. ltlshcr exploded at Pittsburgh, lu., re
cently. A deck hund numod Harris, who
iva.i standing In tho cabin, Just over tbo
boiler room, wus blown through tho cabin
roof aud Instantly killed. Engineer James
Campbell and tho tlxcman were terribly
tcaldcd.
It Is oxpcctrd that tho Cherokee Council
will upprepriato fl),ou) to rebuild tho fo
aialo seminary In that Nation.
aiiout y,ww ChicHgu hott cnrrlors wont on
l striko ou tho 2d lu accordance with a do-
otsion rouchetl by them previously, fully
3110 half ot tho contractors declining to ac
cede to Iho demands mado upon them for
sn increase.
Til e captain nnd crc w of the lako schoonor
Loulo O'Nell reached Cleveland, O., on tho
;j. 1 heir vessel had been cut down In u
olllslou.
All but ono of tho big shops ot tho Chi
cago Forgo uud Dolt Company, on Forty
bird strcot, burned tho other nlnht. Tbo
loss reuchnl Jlum. During tho lire Durt-
ctt llustot, u siKi'tutor, was fatally injured
ny n falling derrick, and l'lpeinan William
unruer nun n leg crushed.
Tub Maiden Creek Iron Company of Head
ng, Pa., has failed with tJO.UuO assets nnd
fib,M liabilities.
Notices havo boen posted In Miehaols
town, lrolai.d, ordering tho pooplotoboy
ott thd Couutess of Kingston
DESKHTKII3 rdmrt Hut tho Hsdeudowa
Arabs, ass stoj by othir fritmlly tribes.
auvo dislodged tlio Soudaneso rebels from
ivUBsuta and captured Osman Dlgna.
Tim representatives of tho Marquis do
Mores, lu Now York, dcuy tho truth or tho
i-ciiort thut a boycott hud been placed upon
iho Marquis' moat supply establishment by
ilieKulghtsot Labor.
iiiKdoercaso of tho pubuo debt during
April aniduntcd to l;t,UAiw.
Tiik Cnmptrollnr of Currency has doslg
iiated Chicago us u central reserva city
inder tho provisions of thu aetnassed at the
last session of Congress.
, 1 1 ixy jiaif tho coke workers of the Con
lel'svlllu tl'u.) region quit work or tho 2d
jiid the others mh cunecletl to follnw
tun unless the operators 10 them, tin lu-ly'IVttSluWIK4
FLOODS IN MAINE.
Vatr In tlie IVnol.scot JUachm the
HlRlirst I'olnt K-r Known Urstructlon
nf locr llooms.
Gardiner, Mo., May 2. At eight o'clock
yesterday tho llroivn's Island boom, one
mllo nbovo tho city, guvdway and a greater
portion of tho logs wilt go through to tho
sen. Advices from Fairfield report that
tho boom thoro broko early this morning,
setting free upward of 2,000,000 logs. Lum
bermen aro on the lookout and an attempt
will bo mado to prevent their following tho
Brown's Island logs. All the wharves tu tho
neighborhood nro covered to n depth ol
several feet. Thu water In thd Caboso
coutno stream has reached tha highest
point ever known, causing a total suspen
sion of business nil along Us banks and
flooding many cellars on Water street, some
to tho aepih of six fc L Many of tha mer
chants moved their goods, but considera
ble loss can not bo avoided. It Is still rain
ing. Tlio tldo at cl;tht o'eb-ck lnt evening
waj tho highest yet recorded. Tho oaso
wuy was completely submerged, nnd tha
Mulno Ccutial railroad for moro than a
quarter of 11 mllo In Farmlngdalo was from
eight Inches to two feet under water. Ev
ery liusemont along Water street is Oiled,
Tbo height ot tho water In tha Caboio
con Ice slopped thu running of tbo shoo fac
tory and every saw-mill, planing mill and
machluo shop, throwing fifty employes out
of work. Tho malts east ot Augusta and
from iho stage routes can only bo reached
hero by tho carriers leaving tbo coaches
and fording tho streams. Tho main road
between Augusta and Gardiner is under
wnterln sevoral places, rendering travel
ing impossible, nnd roads through tho sur
rounding country uro reported generally
Impassable.
TUB rr.N0nsC0T ASH STILLWATER.
Oiiono, Me., May 2.--TI10 water In tho
Penobscot and Stillwater rivers Is tho high
est ever known nnd it has been rising
steadily. Ono houso on tho banks of tho
Stillwater Is completely surrounded with
water and tho family has been obliged to
raovn out Others uro lo nearly tho samo
condition. Tffo railroad track lending to
tho lumber mills at Stillwater is In many
places from two to four feet under water.
Ouo of tho llnest mills on the river, onned
by E. tc T. Froi Webster, is under wntcr,
and tho proprietor and n force of mn aro
constantly at work strengthening nil lis
parts. All tho booms hero are safe nnd no
extcnslvo damago has occurred yet. Tho
river bunks ere lined with persons watch
ing tho nngry waters. Tho Judsuu Brlggs
boom at Brownvillo broko yesterday,
letting l,UM,00t) feet of logs go down tho
river.
PASSCIl ITS RECORD.
BANnou, Mc., May2. Tho water In tho
Penobscot river has passed Its records and
tho roads out of tho city are overflowed,
and many culverts havo been carried away.
Numerous washouts havo occurred on tha
ralirends and trains are delayed. No so-
rlous damago has been dono yet In tho city,
though tho rain Is not ct over and tho
water is still rising la tho Penobscot, and
Is now four inches higher thnn over known
before. Tho Piscataquis railroad it washed
out from Guilford to Abbott. All tratUo
bus been suspended on tho Bar Harbor
branch smco Friday. Considering tho ex
tent of tho freshet, tho losses thus fur are
light. !t
MILLIONS or LOOS.
Watkhvii.ls, Me., May 2. Haln has been
falling for thirty-six hours, aud tho water
In Iho Kennebec river has risen to a greater
height than has been known far eighteen
years. Two million logs nt Somerset mills
havo brokon loose and aro floating past to
tho sea. Many buildings along thu river
bank are afloat and tho water is still rising
at tho rato of six Incb -s per. hour.
IIEMOVINI) THEIR ErrCCTS.
Acocsta, Me., May 'J. The water In tho
Kennebec Is rising slowly. The owners of
property ou wharves and in cellars along
tho rtvor aro removing their effects to
places of safety.
the Texas' drouth.
Unparallrlril In the Norlliwr.t nnd South
nest Districts Still huirTlnE.
Galveston, Tex., May 'J. Tbo .Vein,
commenting upon tho drouth, sys: "Tho
drouth of last year und that o.' tho present
sejisMi tiro unparalleled In oxl.'irao North
uotl Texas aud cxtremo SouthvesL There
havo been rains of lito that will prove ot
InculcLlablo btncllttocattloO;stricts, but
tbo agricultural districts pure lad simple.
except, psrhaps, in a limited ut u In North
ern luxus, are sunerlng severe! f for want
of rain. In all that belt of country
between San Antonio and Austin, from
Austin to Waco, Waco to Brrmond, and
down tho Central Brunch to Houston, and
uithin tho clrcumfcrcnco described by this
geographical circlo tho country stands bad
ly In need of molsturi. Outs and small
grain within tho district specified aro al
most n total failure, whllo corn that should
bo well advanced nnd In vigorous condition
Is seriously wilted and In bad condition at
tho rCot, This is tho worst feature ot thu
agricultural situation In Central and Middle
and Southern Texas. There Is utill tlmo
ahead to uiuko a cotton crop, although at
Dost 1 no cren is uouua to bo lata Un
less rains como within six or eight days
the cent crop In Texas will bo very much
of u failure. So serious is this outlook that
wholesato houses are withdrawing their
men roin tho road pending a solution o'
1110 rainfall problem."
A liceTiTious' LICENTIATE.
The rclsComliiCOuHrr the Kllllnc"!
Ilv. Miter Fanlrr's rroluullccoid lu
the hliuullnp Line.
Grenada, Miss., May 1. Itov. C F.
Stiver, rector of tho Episcopal Church of
this city, who wns shot by Captnin W. P.
Fowler, 11 leading member of tho samo
church, about noon AVcdncsdny, died at
seven o'clock yestenlay morning. Silver
signed a statement before bis death exon
erating Fowler. It would appear that ho
had mado indecont proposals to Mrs.
Fowler, with whom bo boarded. Stiver
wns a licentiate and but recently received
his appointment, preaching bis llrsl ser
mon during Lent ut this plaeo. Fowler's
antecedents aro such that many persons
demand tho publication of tho facts In tho
caso. In lbTO Fowler married a daughter
or Judge Gray. In tho sonto cur ho killed
at man ut Cairo, III. In 1673 ho sent a man
named Annant to his last uccouut at Jack
son, Miss., and ut Winona, Miss., in 1VM,
ho killed a man named Wright who wus
Imposing on him and firing at him with two
pistols. In every caso ba has been acquitted
on the plea of sclf-dofensn.
MliuekliiK ItvHlli.
Biiexasooah, Pa., May A Tho llromau
it no of the colllorlas here on bis way
homo from work about seven o'clock this
morning found tho bodv of a boy named
Jutnos l'oloy, aged cloven years, jammed
between tho bumpers of a coal oar and un
oil tuuk nt tho gus houso. Tha hula follow
bad been playing around tha cars with sev
eral companions last evening, and when ho
was Jammed and killed thoy ran away aud
loft htm and did not even tell cf what
had bapponod to him. Ho wns not missed
from homo list n ght and tho Urst Inllma
tlou his psreuts hud ot his nwful death was
tvhon they were Informed by thoso who
discovered bis body.
Tha t'Hpseu 'train Itotibcre.
Ban Francisco, Cat., May 2. The latest
Information concerning tho I'upago train
robbery is that u man numod Cook has been
found In Tusccn who claims to know ull
the moo Implicated In tho robbery. Ho
states that a short tlmo ago be was askod
to conspire with theso men to rob tbo
train, but refused nod that tho plan thon
proposed was jirecltely like that carried
out. Cook furnisbod tho officers with the
names In full, and description of all five of
tho dotporadocs, and s ates that thoy wero
all in concealment in Tucsou. The officers
refuse to divulge the name), but say that
the men ure located and can not potslbly
escaic Every -oxlt fipnj furson s clely
RAILROADS LEC TURED.
The I'rntdrnt ltrlWwr Tlist Hflt'lrrs IlsrH
Home ltlRhts That Onrpnmllnns Klinattl
Jtespect-llad Methods Should Not ImS
followed and llsil lMt Should be It
prated
Washisotow, April ). Hit) President
has sent lo tho Secretary of tho Interior1
tho following letter In relation to tho com
trovorsy between Guilford Miller, a set.
Her, and n railroad corporation, involving
tho question of tho ownership ot certain
lands 1
Exhctjtits! Mansion. WAtniKOTON, April
a, 1(W7. Dear Kir 1 I bate HaCllttctt with mm-H.
care and Interest the questions Intbhbdln thd
conflicting claims r Oullford Mlllcf Slid thd
Northern l'aclnc fUilroad Company to ref
tain publlo land In Washington Territory. Thd
legs! aspects nf tbecaso have been examined
and passed open by several officers ot
the Government, nho do not agree In
their Conclusions. Miller claims to be a set
tler upon tho lands In question, whom poi
session dates from 1S7S. He alleges that he has
mado substantial Improvements upon this laid
and cultivated the same, and It appears that ha
filed his claim to the same Udder the Home
stead law December sO, 1SJI. The railroad
company contends that this land is within thd
territory or area from which It Was entitled to
select surh a quantity of publlo land as mlitht
bo necessary lo supply any deficiency that
should In found to exist In the sr-ecided Und
mentioned In a grant li,tuo lo eminent to
laid company In aid of the corutrucuo n of the
road, auch deficiency being contemplated as
likely to nrlse from the paramount right of
prlrato parties and settlers within Ibe territory
embracing said granted lards, and that the land
fa dispute was thus selected by the company
December 19. IBM.
A large tract laclcdlna this land wss with
drawn by nn order of tlio Interior Department
from sale and from pre-emption and homestead
entry In ISTS In anticipation fit the construction
of said railroad and s deficiency la Its granted
lands. In IWO. upon the filing of a map of tho
definite location of tho rood, the land In contra
vsrsy and much more which had been so with
drawn was found to lie outside tho limits which
Included Iho granted land, but Its withdrawal
snn reservation from scltlemnl arid entry un
der our Und laws was continued tinon thd
theory that It was within the limits ot Indem
nity lands which might M selected by the
company as provided in the law making
tno . granL The legal points In tills.
controversy turned upon the validity
and tercet of the withdrawal and Mserratloa of
this land snd tho continuance thereof. The
Attorney-General Is of the np'slau that such
withdrawal and reservation wen) at sPl times
ctTcctual and that thev e penned W prevent
Miller from ocqulitng t Interest In Or right to
tho load claimed by h' With this Interpreta
tion ot tho law, and .ao former orders and
act ten of the Interior Department, It will be
sen that tho effect has been tho with
driwal and reservation slnco 1S7J ot
thousands. If sot millions, of acres ot these
lands from the operation of the Und
Uwsot the United States, thus niacin them
beyond tho reach of our cttliens desiring wider
men laws to settle nnd malie homes on the
same, and that this bos been dono for the bene,
fit of a railroad company baring no Died, cer
tain or Ucluuta interest In aach lands, la tats
manner the beneficent poller and Intention ot
the Government in relation to the public do
main nave ion all these years 10 mat extent
been thwarted.
' There seems to be no evidence presented
showing how much. If any. ot this vast tract
fa necessary for tbo fulfillment of the grunt to
the railroad company, nor dors there appear
to be any limitation of the time within which
,thls fart should be mado known and the cor-
purauoa is ocugea 10 mairo lis selection.
After a lapse of fifteen years this large body
of the publlo domain Is still held in reserve, to
the exclusion of settlers, for tho convenience
of a corporate beneficiary ot the Government
snd nwoiil-i? its selection, ibotwh It Is entirely
certain that much ot this reserved ranomnr
never ins honestly naimeu by said cor
pornilon. Piich u condition of the publlo
Ucds should no lonper continue. Bo far as It is
the result of executive rules and methods Ihcso
should he abandoned, and so far as It Is a ronse
queaeoof Improvident Uws theso should be re
pealed or amended. Our public domain it our
national Health, tho earnest of our growth and
the seritage of Tur people. It should promlso
limitless development nnd riches, relief to u
crowding population and homes to the thrifty
and Industrious. These Inestimable advantages
should be Jealously guarded and a careful
and enlightened policy en Iho part of the
Government should secure them to the people.
In tho rase under consideration, I nssumo
that there Is an abundance of land within the
urea which ha been reserved for Indemnity,
la which no citizen or settler has a legal or
equitable Interest for all purposes ot such In
demnification to this railroad company II Its
grant has not already been satlsncd. I under
stand, too. that selections made by such corpor
ations ore not complete and effectual until the
samo hae brer, approved by tha bvcretaryof
the Interior, unless they are mado In the words
ot the statute, under his direction. You hao
thus tar taken no uctlon in this matter and It
seems to mo that you are la a condition to deal
with the subject la such a manner as to protect
this settler from hardship and loss.
I transmit herewith tho papers snd docu
ments rt latins to the case which were sub
mitted to me at my request. I suggest that
you exercise the power and authority you have
In the premises, upon equitable considerations.
with every presumption and Intendment In
faorot tho settler, and la case you Hud this
corporation U entitled 10 select any more of
Ihcso lands than It has already acquired, that
you direct It to select. In lieu of tho Und upon
watch Mr. Miller has settled, other land within
the limits of this Indemnity reservation, upon
which neither he nor any other citizen has la
good faith settled or made improvements. I
call jour attention lo sections atSOnnd tut ot
the revised statutes of tho United States as
pointing out a mode of procedure which may
pcrbupt be resorted to. If accessary, for Us
purpose ot reaching a Just and equitable dupo
slllon of the rase The suggestion herein con
tained can, 1 believe, be adopted without dis
regarding or calling in question the opinion ot
tbo Attorney-General upon the purely legal
propositions which were rucmllted to him.
Yours very truly, Guovtii Cleveland.
Thn Itnponslblllty lived.
Hojton, Mass., April 23. Tho Ilallroad
Commissioners mudo their report yester
day to tho legislature on tho ltusscy bridgo
disaster. They find that tho bridgo wus
not constructed under competent super
vision or by a responsible contractor. It
was ucver properly tested, aud tbo cniployo
whoso duty It was to Inspect It from tlmo
to timo was not an engineer, und performed
his work without enra or lutein
genoa. Tlio company neglected to
mako or prcscrvo periodical tests, as
required by law, aud wero negligent
ot parttcul&s concerning tho bridge. Tho
train wus not furnished with proper brakes
or safety appliances unit did not buvo a
sufficient number ot brukomen to comply
Willi tho law. Tin dlsastor would havo'
beon p-oventcd If U10 law had been com
plied with in all respects. 'Iho Commis
sioners recommend a careful Inspection ot
tho other bridges on tho lino and that tho
company bo required to tuko steps to com
ply with tho law In ovory particular.
Outraecri and Murdered
DunvquE, Iowa, April 27. Tho dead
body of a young woman was found this
afternoon near tha bunk of tho Maquoketa
river. In tho vicinity ot Thompson's mill,
four miles north ot tho city, in ((tinsel's
field. Sho was lying on her back uud had a
wound ou bar bcid, no oyo being de
stroyed. Her clothing was torn badly,
leading to tho belief that sho hod boau out
raged. Investigation developed that sho
was tho wifo ot Bsrney Kennedy, a milk
man, residing In that vicinity. Hbo had
beon missing slnco Bunday. Sho bad been
at a neighbor' houso, and was returning
home, when sbo was nssaultoL Tho cor
oner Is now investigating the caso.
Five Men Buirocated.
1'lTTsnunau, Pa., April 23-A special
from Ashlnud, Pa., says. "Tunmd colliery,
owned by tho Philadelphia & lleadiug Coal
and Iron Company, on the outskirts of town,
was tho teens of u thrilling accident lata
yesterday uftornoou, resullicg In tbo death
of flvo persons. The news ot tho tern bio
affair spread rapidly aud la a short time
fully 1,&UQ men, women and children had
colloctod about tho mouth of tha slope,
Hera they were informed that one of tha
largo pillar had collapsed, cutting iff tno
retreat 01 too men. a urge, foreo w .pea
tvero put to work to rescue tbo impris
oned ucn, nnd after scvdhiI houra of
Hard work, thu doud bodioa ot th? mu
Vorartiiciiod. nil tuvinir auflocatod.d
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A LOUISVILLE MOD.
The t'Hy nf Lonlsvllle Kxclted Over the
Jennie HoirttlilnMnrllef Lynching oflha
Murderer Only rrevehttd by the Milt'
tttry Und 1'olleCi
Locisville, iCf.i April 80. fit try tblflg
was quiet about tbo Jail ycstctday mofn
Ing, though tho talk wus that another and
mora determined effort would bo mado to
lynch tho negroes at night, Tho rumors
that Miss Jcnnlo Ilowman had died Of hkt
injuries In circulation tended to revive the
excitement over tbo outrage, and toward
evening crowds began to collect on tbo
Streets In the vicinity of tho Jail, until by
ten o'clock several thblltnnd men and boys
were Ih tbo neighborhood. Later Sfiother
Crowd assembled, probably MO strong, nnd
marched down Jefferson street) steadily and
sIlenMy, until near the corner of Sixth and
Jefferson streets, where they were inetfey
ono hundred police, who rushed out of a
hall where thoy wero bivouacked. Tho
crowd moved on Ih 11 determined manner
that sc-jed likely to forco tlio pollco csldc,
but tho latter stood firm, and fortt tiNi
there wns n pell-mell, hand-to-hand light,
which resulted ih several broken heads and
arrests, Tho leaders wefo soon taken and
rushed off to a station house, and tho crowd
gavo way and took to their heals nnd In a
moment were In full flight Tbo pollco,
after pursuing them a short distance, re
turned and formed a lino across tbo street,
where they remained on guard,
Tho answer of tho Governor lo a call for
aid from tho milltln was received alllllft
o'clock yesterday morning, Pi.1 Several
companies were ordered to g'jnrd tho JaiL
Despite this, however, at I'-ftS p. hi, the
agreed signal ot eleven taps by tbo fire
department bells in caso ef ah attack Upon
tbo Jail was rung, as great crowds of peo
plo were pressing toward thd jail, around
which tbo militia were stationed, nnd the
pobco aod a mob wero fighting.
lly 12:43 p, m. nbout3,00J people wero as
sembled on tho Jail square, and Jefferson
struct was Ih fceeno ot great confusion,
peoplo rtishibg lOtvnrd tho Jail from all
points, but no serious collision had occurred
and It Was not expected that any would at
present, as tbo crowd was forming out of
curiosity. Later, however, it was rejiortcd
that the alarm was tho usual call touotlfy
tho members of tbo legion when they wero
expected to report for duty at tha armory
Tho people misunderstood tha alarm. The
crowd then dispersed and no mora troublo
wns feared. I.nto In tho afternoon tho
mayor issued the following proclamation!
Mayou's Omci, Luuisviu.r, Ky., April S3.
To Ibe people of Louisville! It Is my duty
a mayor to enjoin upon tbe people the neces
sity for preserving order end maintaining tbe
majesty of the Uw. A most diabolical crime
has liccn rcmmltted la our city, but the
law must Inflict the punishment A riot
Is morn dangcrcf to good government
than any Individual citmlnaL Lynch Uw
subverts every principle of law aod at
tacks our very dvllucatlon. I, therefore, la
the discharge of at duty, renaest cverr citizen
to remain at home to-nlcht andi to aroid all
fathering, and I caution parrnUnot to permit
ineir cnuuren to go la toe streets, a their
presence Increases the number and adds to the
excitement. I mast and wilt discharge my
duty to uphold tbe law and lo preserve good
order, and I command all riotous auembUges
to disperse. 1. If. hxed. Mayor.
Wbila tbo mayor was lndlllug tbo abova
tha first movement looking to an organiza
tion of tbe exasperated people, who openly
nnd on all sides advocated lynching, was
being mado. In rcsponsa to a notice which
had been distributed among tho thousands
who rushed lo tbo jail at tbo alarm at mtd
dayT given -to tml.r tL jumlvm f Ihn
militia to report for duty, about 500 men
gathered in front of Lcldcrkranz hall, on
Market street Tho janitor refused tho.n
admission to tbo hall and tho pollco wars
endeavoring to disperse them, when Or
Berry, a well known physician of tho city,
mounted a barrel on tha sidewalk and ad
dressed them. Ho said that sluco the
brutal crime of Patterson and Tumor none
of thp women and children feel any secu
rity, and that while bo generally wus op
posed to mob law, there was nothing to ba
dono In this case but to lynch tho negro
flunds. Tho law bad again and again failed
to punish murderers. They bad been scat
to tho penitentiary when tboy ought to
havo been hung. Tho lawyers dof-iaded
blood-stained criminals whom they l.'ucw to
bo guilty. If this crlrao was not uloncd
for a chanco would bo missed to set a ter
rible example to tho hundreds ot idle,
worthless and thieving negroes who In
fested tbo alleys and slums of tho city.
Tho doctor was cheered at frequent Inter
vals. Whllo ho was speaking Major Kinney,
a leading criminal lawyer, passed through
tho crowd. A number of tho men stopped
him and then, surrounding him, demanded
lu an excited nnnnor wby bo defended
men whom bo know to bo criminals. Tbo
major commenced to explain and expostu
late, declaring that bo had never acted as
attorney for a man whom bo believed to be
guilty. Ho was never moro earnest or elo
quent In bis life, and breathed a hoavy sigh
ot relief when bo slipped outof th-t throng.
Tho doctor resumed his remarks and the
meeting adjourned to a hall near by, whore
tho names ot about ono hundred citizens
whoso sentiments were known, and who, it
was bclicvcd,would join any organised effort
to lynch tho negroes, wero selected.
On Murkot street a crowd of nbout 100
mcu were murchlngup nnd down, each with
nbout a foot of wluto cotton ropo tied to
tho arm. In a prominent plaeo on the
court houso Is tha Illuminated design:
"Wantcd-600 men to Join this mob." Up
to this writing good order has prevailed.
Tho mob appears to havo uo leader and ap
pears to bo only watching out of curiosity
for eomething to turn up. Tho pjllco and
militia aro determined to defend the jail,
como whut may, and It tha attempt Is mado
there will bo bloodshed sure.
Tho soldiers lato lust night were ordered
from tbe armory to thu Jul!, with a Galling
gun. A crowd of fully HUW0 people was
surging to and fio ou Jefferson street
Many women wore scou ralugllng with tho
crowd. All appeared to bo attracted by
curiosity only, and tuo best of order pre
vailed. At 13:30 a. m. tho crowd nbout tho court
houso square dwindled down to 300 or 400
peoplo, undtbey were dispersing gradually.
Thrco hundred and lifty soldiers with a
Galling gun and ISO armed policemen
stood guard at tho jail. The
meeting iigrccd upon to tako
pluco at tho court houso today Will
not bo allowed, and there Is hardly u doubt
now thut tho law will bo allowed to tako
Its course. The girl Is almost certain to
die, and tho ovldenco Is strong enough la
that caso to bring both mon 10 tbo gal
lows, . 4 '
A Clew tu the Jtubbeis.
Bas Fiiancisco, April 30, Whit Is con
sidered an Important clow to tho Idoutity
of tho train robbers has been obtained.
A few weeks ago a stranger purchased a
suit ot clothes at au establishment on tho
corner ot Fort and Uupont street, und
lu taking off hit old suit a letter dropped
from a pocket Tbo lotter was found
by tho clerk after tho purchaser', depart
ure. It gavo a description to an accomplice
of a plan to reo a train on tuo oouiueru
Paciflo railway. Tho conjvlerato was la
structod to gel oft tho train at Nogales.
Tho letter concluded with theso words 1
''Paint ycur face black and be sure to cover
your red hair." The letter has been yiven
to the police authorities.
1 1 m m
The I'ullinan Suit.
PiiiLADELruu, April '-'J. Judges McKcn.
nan and Duller, la the United Status court
yesterday sfturnoou, la tho litigation bo
tweeu tho Pullinau Palaco Car Company
and tho Central Transportation Company,
granted a preliminary Injunction restrain,
lag the Central Transportation Company
from prosecuting suits for tho recovery of
rental under the terms ot thu original
leasa accruing after July 1, ISiJ, tb time
the surrender was. mode, also enjoining tbe
defendant company from paying fV a share
dividend to tho stockholders, representing
the reduction of par vulue from (SO to 13a
per share, and declaring the resolution ol
reduction passed by tho Central T.fan.SRCP'
WUgo. Ccuipauy director. Invalid, '
FORTUNATE FAMILY.
The family of Defunct Mfsrt- ytreWent
ally 1'lnd a llnx Containing O30,Ut!d,
Milwai'kee, Wis., April 29. A romantld
discovery ot bidden treasure In tho cellar
of a houso on tho Mouth Hldo camo to light
to-day. Tho foftUHafo ffalnofby tho find
are tho family of Henry J. Peters, an old
resident of this city, who died near) a 7ar
ago, oged about sixty years, l'eters, Who
for many years Kept n grocery and nlooft
at tbo corner of First avenue and Mcott
street, was n'Rgdrdly In his habit, was al
ways rolsornbly drVssed and bore tho repu
tatlen of boing a miser. Whvn on bis death
bed ho declined to mako a wilt cr gita tls
wife accurato Information as to his nfTalfi",
but told her that after his death sbo would
find that ba had left plenty for bcrselt and
children. After tho old man's death L'10
houso was ransacked from top lo bottom,
but no signs of molioy, bonds or securities
of any kind were found, Months went by,
and tho heirs were Inclined to give tip hope,
when oi,e day recently nn accident occurred
which brought a happy result Tlio sewer
under the .louse bccaimi clogged aid work
men wero oogtf'ed to remedy tho troublo.
On taking up tho tloorlrtg' of tha cellar pre
paratory to their work, t homed ca mo across
a heavy box, securely locked and too pon
dcrou to bo easily moved. On opening tbd
chest It was found filled with gold coin, dob
lars, eagles and foreign n.oicy io as aggro1
gato of nearly t30.U0O. Tho probate Judgd
was Immediately notified of the flrd. Tho
family, comprising tho widow and three
children, are bow living In comfortable cir
cumstances. Peters hud been a resident of
Mllwaukco for twcnty-flvo years.
BURNED AT SEA.
Loss of a Valuable llrltfsfi Ship by Fir
The Crew Hrseiicdi
BaVasxaiI, OS., April !. Captain Vat
rick Doyle and e'ghtcert men, part ot tho
crew of tho Ilrltish Steamer lien Hope,
were picked up this morning Id Tyler
roads by a pilot boat and brought to this
city. Their vessel, which was bound from
New York to Vera Crux, was burned yester
day morning andllio crewhadtotako to tbo
boats. Thoy Were then fifty miles southeast
off the mouth of tho BaVaunah river.
The Ben Hope's cargo Consisted
of 1IS,OCO gallons of credo petroleum. Tbd
lira wns first discovered nt ono o'clock
Thursday morning. Tbo cases of oil ex
ploded rapidly and the heat was so Intense
that tbo flumes could not bof'extlngulabcd.
At eight o'clock tbo crew took to tha boats.
Tha steamer was owned by Joseph Holt, ot
Liverpool, nnd cost fMO.OUO. Tho cargo
was shipped "by Lambert & Ayers, of New
York, but their loss hatnot been ascer
tained. Tho second mate Dundas, and
Seamen J. Morlcy, It. Cutjillb, Thomas Col
quill and Albert GospbrUuro missing, but
the captlau thinks" Usiytwlll reach shore
safely. 'Mft -
MICHIGANIMKiOR LAVT.H
The lute Hill JnlValBte the Liquor
Traffic In M lelllgan.
Lans ixo, Mich., April 30. Datos' Llouor.
bill appeared this morning. It provides a
tax ot tSUO for manufacturing, selling or
keeping for salo spirituous and malt liquors,
with a bond ot from 3,000 to tO,OJO, no of
ficial or person engaged as principal, agent
or servant in tho salo of liquor being
accepted as surety. Tbo husband, wife,
parent, child, guardian or employer
may forbid tbo salo of v liquor, and
may recover actual and exemplary
nraairAA.f.w.zxia lntnn-innittttl vu-, tvv
sons to wnom saics nau dccu loruiuueu.
Tbo bond covers tho damages. Ten dollars
will bo paid to tho person making tho com
plaint upon conviction of accused. Half
tho tax goes to the county and half to tho
city or township, A lino of ICO is provided
for an assessor, county treasurer or pros
ecuting attorney orother officer refusing to
mako complaints. No billiard, card or pool
table shall bo kept in tho same roovi with a
bar or In an adjoining room.
THE KINO a'nd" THE POPE.
The Agreement llctween tlio Vatican nnd
tlie Qulrlnsl.
Viexxa, April 30. Tho Tagbtalt aays the
Vatican favors tho following conditions for
a reconciliation with tbe Qulrinal; First
the I'opo will advlso tho royal Arehducal
and Ducal families ot Naples, Tuscany and
Modcna to renounce all claims to sovereign
ty In fnvor of tho Holy Bco; second, tha
I'opo will crown Humbert King; grunting
htm and his Catholic descendants terri
tory in Italy: third, tbo King will govern
tho whola kingdom with full temporal
rights but will acknowlcdgo tho l'opo av
suzerain and plecgo himself to rulo accord
ing to M10 dictates ot tho Church; fourth,
tho King will resldo la Homo; fifth, terri
tory Including the Leonine city and part of
tho Tiber shore will ba idlotcd permanently
to the l'opo with absolute ruling and pro
prietary rights; sixth, a special convention
will bo concluded fixing tho amount Italy
shall pay to maintain tho Papal household.
Want JCrclproelly or t'rotectlou.
TonoNTO, Ont, April 29. At last night's
session of tho farmers' convention which Is
being bold here, tho following resolution
was passed: "That, In tho opinion of this
convcntlon,tho removal ot all restrictions oa
trado between tho Dominion of Canada and
tbo United Btatos Is desirable cither by a
reciprocity treaty or otherwise as may bo
agreed upon by tho Governments ot tho
respective countries, and that tho ofllccrs
and executive commlttco ot the convention
I aro hereby authorized to tako such action
In tho premises as shall bost proinoto the
object of this resolution and that in tho
event of fair reciprocity being unattaina
ble, this Institution momorlaluo tho Gov
crnmontof Great llritaln to thoexpedlonoy
ot entering Into a commercial union with
tho colony in regard to tho food supply and
of Imposing a rroteclivo tariff against all
foreign countries."
A Surprise For CoKe Worker.
PirrsatiKon, Pa., April 2U. Umpire J. B.
Jackson, ot tho coko arbitration board, ap
pointed to settlo wages disputes botwocn
tho operators and minors, decided to-day
that tbo condition ot tbo coko trado would
not justify any Incrcaso In wages. Tbs
workmen demanded a twenty percent ad
vance, and tbo oporatots oRorod to co m pro
mlso oil an Incrcaso ot five percent Tho
award was a great surprlso to tho miners,
who confidently expected a decision In
their favor, but, whllo it does not glvo sat
isfaction, It Is believed tbo men wilt accept
tho decision as final It affects tho wages
ot over 13,000 men.
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Serious I'olsuulug Case.
Chicago, April -J. A special from Cov
lugton, lad., says 1 "Word ban been re
ceived horo of tho wholesale poisoning of a
family named Illchardson lu tho southern
rurt ot this (Fountain) County. Tbo wlfa
aod ono boy are dead and two other chil
dren uro lying nt tho point of deuth. Hu
mors are vory conflict lug as to the au
thor of tbo poisoning, bomo accuso Ter
ry Hlcharusoa, too nusoanu 01 tno ueaa
woman, and others think that tho woman
did It herself. There Is no doubt they wore
poisoned, as a postmortem examination
showed considerable poisou k tho stomach
of tho woman. Mr. Illchardson admits
that bo bad soma arsenic, but says bo bur
ted It somo tlmo ago.
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Illenr Out the lias.
New Yoak, April 30, Charles Warren
dcr, aged about Dfty-llvo years, snd bit
daughter, Baruh Wurreuder, aged about
twenty-live, cubic, to this city jestorday
from Hartford, Conn., for a tow hours'
Visit, but missed tbo return boat, and went
toDcmarost'a hotel, where tbey occupied
adjoining rooms lost night This morning
aaouoroigasiQ tno noiis louvrwarreu
der's door bolog broken. Wurreuder wus
found unconscious, and In tbo next room,
tha door between having boen left
ajar, was found tho daughter, also un
conscious. The sea j:t wa turned on.
tamer ana aaugmer wero rumoveu in sn
ambulance to tho Chambers atroul hospital,
Where ,ht)jf remain. lq u swotf wnditten.
TRAIN nODEERg.
Robbers Attack Honlhrrn rnrlflo Kiprt
Trnlii Irt Arlaotm Ihey llrlng tliolraln
Hm lo Tlmo With Dynamite Xhei
Amount fSeenred Vnl Ijsrge.
Tfcso.v, Aflfc. April SM. Tlie Southern
Paciflo western bound express, duo bcra at
lU'fW Inst trttiu. ,-, Wa stopped nnd robbed
nt Papngo statvn, sixteen miles east of
here, about 0:30 o'clock Wednesday even
ing; The number of mon engaged In tho
robbery ls variously estimated from flvo to
eight Cal Harper, tho engineer, when ap-
preaching Papago, a side station, was sig
naled by a red brntorn to stop. Ha slowed
dowti, and, as ho approached tha
llgbt ho noticed obstructions on tho
track o placed that In caso ho
failed (9 step the englno would spread tho
track and derail Itself. Immediately on
stopping a dozen or mora shots wero flrod
Into tho express car, and a mun with a pis
tol In each band boarded 'he locomollva
nnd commanded Harper not fo got down.
Tlio other robbens bad In tho ricantlmo
been prying at tha express car door, and
falling to get It open they placed a stick of
giant powder Under It and compelled Har.
per to light tho lose at' ached This bo
was obliged todo, but to avoid bclngblown
tip, tha messenger opened tho car and tho
robbers took possession. After ex
tlngUllhlfig the fuso the men tools
chargo of tho car, uncoupled tho engine,
baggngo nnd express car from tho remain
der of tho train and made Harper get on
tbo engine and pull ahead two lengths.
This bclnjr done, Harper was again put off
and tho robbers took ohargo of tbo cnclno
and pulled six miles toward Tucson. Hero
they killed tho englno and left it During1
tbo run tho robbers went through tho raall
and express cars, but did not get more than
18,000. They got two packages of railroad
money, ono ot I1.2JJ and the other of $300,
and alo two packagce ot postage stamps
going to tho pvsLofilca nt Han Francisco. It
is rcportod that tho express messonger
threw f3,&00 In gold Into a stove, and so
saved It from tbo robbers. Nothing was
known hero of tho affair until past mid
night, when a trtHfraui was received from
I'antnno-a brakemnti haying walked baclc
eight miles to that plnco. A special was
sunt down and tha train brought la at six
o'clock yesterday morning. None ot
t19 passengers wero molested and
somo ut them know nothing of Ao
troublo jtltil after their arrival hero. Un
der Bbcritf Bblbcll was early at tho aceno
of trouble, but could discover nothing that
would lead to the Ideality of tho robbers.
Ten trailers under Deputy Hherift M. F.
8haw bavo left for tha scenaof tho trouble
Tho robbers are behoved to be discharged
railroad employes, although they compollod
Engineer Harper to show them how to
.nndid tbo locomotive; It Is bollovod by
.heir actions la handling tin train that thoy
wero familiar with s(lch worlc.
FISHERY Pe'rPLEXITIES.
The Tains or Alaska deal Fisheries Jteee
altatea m Temperate Canrse.
WAsmsoTox. April 29. Tho Department
of State is carefully considering tho ques
tion of tho jurisdiction of tbo United States
ver tbo Alaskan fur seal fisheries. The
statement mado In tho Canadian Parlia
ment yesterday to tho effect that a com
munication on the subject had been sent by
that Government to "Secretary Bayard la
denied by tho State Department, and it la
said that all of tho correspondence touch
ing fisheries bos been carried 01 directly
With tbe Government of Orcat Britain.
SivlV"
bcllrvT'l, , will ex
Btato Department, of which complaint
has been mado at Ottawa. Tho United
States laws under which certain Brit
lsh Columbian vessols wero seised by tho
revenue cutter Corwln last season are moro
than twenty years old, nod tho question of
a conflict between them and tho Uw of na
tions is ouo peculiarly knotty ond difficult
of settlement Tho fact that tho question
bos been raised strengthens tho Depart
ment of Htato In Its determination to con
tinue to pursue tho teraperato courto It haa
so far followed la tho negotiations with.
Great Britain concerning tho Canadian
fisheries. Tbo vast Alaskan fisheries
aro thought to be qulto as important to
this country as aro the Nova Scollan In
shore fisheries, and the Btato Department
is necessarily obliged lo so sbapo lu con
struction of laws nnd treaties as to pre
serve tbo right of tho United States to tho
excluslvo enjoyment of tho Alaskan
fisheries, while maintaining tho treaty
rights of our fishermen In North American
waters. It is held that there can not bo
two constructions of tho Uws, and any
position assumed by tho department must
apply equally to Atlantlo and Paciflo
waters.
' MARINE DISASTERS.
Ureat Lo of Uf From Hurricane on tha
Coast or Western Australia Lobster
Fishers Lost.
Loxdox, April '.V. A dispatch from
Perth, the capital ot Western Australia,
says: "A hurricane swept tho northeast
coast on tha HM Inst Tha pearl fishing
fleet numbering forty boats, was destroyed
and CIO persons perished."
A dispatch from Cooktown, Australia,
announces that the steamer Benton, of
Singapore, was sunk In a collision with a
bark off tbo Island ot Formosa, and that
ISO persons were drowned. No Europeans
wore lost
LonsTEn risuzns lost.
Yabmoutu, N. &, April 2ft Tbo
peoplo living about tha Tuskot Islands and
tho neighboring mainland have passed
forty-eight hours ot terrible anxiety.
Thoso Islands are great lobster fishing
grounds. Tuesday afternoon thoro was a
gate and tho men were unable to go out to
the traps. Towards lire o'clock tho wind
died out and boats put out by scores to tako
In lobsters. They had just about tlmo to get
to the traps when thegala camo up with In
creased v iolcnca and blew with wild fury all
night Koturn was Impossible, and their
families on the shore spent an awful night
listening to tbe shrieking Jf the wind and
tbe roar ot the breakers. When moratng
camo nothing was to ba seen ot b fisher
men's boats, and it seemed as l they had
all been lost It was not until this morn
ing, when several steamers cad schooners
arrived, that any definite Information as to
tho fate of tho men could ba obtained.
Albert Harris, of Little lllver, U known to
have been drowned, nnd his brolhor Fred
erick; Georgo uud Gordon Hamilton, G.
Mulso and another man, namo unknown,
are behoved to bavo boon drowned, as their
boats have been found bottom up. Many
marvelous escapes are reported.
Terrible For a Mother.
IIosuam, Tex., April 8a Intelligence
was received In this city yesterday of tha
burning lato Tuesday evonlug, of the resi
dence of J. T. Halo, twelvo mllfs south
of this city, In tha Leslie neigh
borhood. Thrco children were la
the houso at tbo tlmo and were burnod to
death. Tha children wero aged respective
ly six, thrco, and the youngest a baby ot
six months. Their mother bad gone to a
neighbor's at somo distance to get medi
cine for tho oldest child, which was sick
and helploss, and when she returned tho
bouse wus almost entirely consumed, and
all that remained of her thrco children waa
charred bones.
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AMUMsltlMMtd.
PoaisMOUTit, O., April Si-Mr. W. T.
Nartbrup, a prominent physician at Have,
hill, In tbo eastern portion of Scioto Csw
ty, was murdered yesterday by TheasaaJtor
Coy, a saloonkeeper, and his WaHiar Alfred,
nostmaster at Haverhill, aided k t-svo aeaa
of Alfred McCoy- He had incurred laaalsv
pleasuroef tha McCoys by wurjr aeW 1st
favor of local option, and they wayUM tttaa
wkea coining from hi oalca aid Ksmms
firing-on him with pUtol mi. taaffsw '
Howunrmod, butdrwa paejtai kail
aid badly wotliubsd Atf ted MoOy frafsxw
ba wa fatally h6t TU dtr irao
about thirty five years c14 and unini-,
Tha McCoys have boeu at resUtd u.d n
u 1 !ei!it)(f la ivw ? i Iv&thistr; is-
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