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THE HERALD SUPPI.EMGNT. Odka'oosa - - lowa April 7, 1892. FEMALE BANDITS. Caught in the Act of Robbing a Stage in Idaho. Six Daughters of a Ranchman Trained by Their Parents to Hold Up T raveler s. THE IS CAPTURE. Salmon Citv, Idaho, April s. —An im portant arrest of one woman and six girls has been made here on the charge of stage robbery. Numerous hold-ups of the stage have been made near Harvey’s ranch lately. Sus picion was directed to old man Harvey and his family and the sheriff -set about to trap him. The sheriff with ten men waited in hiding near the place the robberies usually took place and when the stage arrived there a short time afterward six bandits stepped out in the road and stopped it, eveling their guns at the driver. Girl* as Stage-Robbers. The sheriff here came forward and took the whole gang, which proved to be composed of Harvey’s six daughters, who had assumed male attire. When the arrest was made one of the girls weakened and told the whole story. She said she never liked the work and was glad they were caught. They were trained to it by their father and mother and the proceeds were shipped east for sale, so as not to excite sus picion in the country. PASSED THE HOUSE. The Chinese Exclusion Bill Goes to the Senate by a Vote of 179 to 42. Washington, April s.—ln the house Mr. Hatch (Mo.) reported the anti option hilL [The provisions of this measure are published in another column.] Mr. Geary (Cal.) moved to suspend the rales and pass the anti-Chinese bill. A second was ordered, 158 to 145. Mr. Hooker (Miss.) asked that on« hour be allowed for debate ou each side. Mr. Heard (Mo.) objected, and under the rule fifteen minutes were given to each side. Mr. Geary briefly explained the pro visions of the bill, and said that in his opinion it was of the utmost importance that the Chinese should be entirely ex cluded from this country. They had vi olated all treaty obligations. Mr. Hooker opposed the passage of the bill, and especially deprecated tbe haste in putting the measure through under suspension of the rules. The bill abrogated every treaty which had been formed with the Chinese emperor. It was an insult to China. Mr. Hitt (111.) said the great objec tion to this bill was that it was a delib erate violation of our plighted faith with China as we had written it down and proposed to the Chinese govern ment, who assented reluctantly at our persuasion. The bill was a perfect shame. It was an absolute disregard of moral sense. Stanley found in dark est Africa nothing more barbarous. It was a bill of non-intercourse, whoUy unjust and infamous. It was an infamy inflicted upon a nation —a deliberate falsehood. Mr. Cutting (CaL) and Mr. Herman (Ore.) spoke in favor of the bill, which was finally passed under a yea and nay vote of 179 to 42. The bill as it passed the house abso lutely prohibits the coming into the United States of all Chinese persons, except the minister from China, his at taches, servants, etc. Bold Robbery in Omaha. Omaha, Neb., April 5. Saturday night burglars entered the train agent’s office at the Union depot and stole nearly SIO,OOO worth of tiokets. The train agent always keeps a supply of tickets good between Omaha and the coast, and these were the tickets stolen. Prom the manner in which the theft was committed the officials believe it was the work of an ex-employe. Reduced to Ashes. Baltimore, April 5. —The body oi Hon Charles D. Drake, formerly chief justice of United States court of claims, who was found dead in his bed in Wash ington on Friday, was cremated in Lou don Park crematory Saturday evening. The cremation was in obedience to the terms of a will left by Judge Drake. In one hour and a half tbe body had been reduced to ashes. Hot Day in New York. New York, April s.—New Yorker* are experiencing unusually warm weather for this season of the year. Sunday the thermometer reached 74, and at present it is just as warm. The nearest approach to this for the same date was in 1887, when the temperature was 71. The signal service bureau says that warm weather will continue until Wednesday. Hurled and Covered with Cement. Dublin, April s. —The body of a giri has been discovered underneath the floor of a cottage near Bandon, 20 miles southwest of Cork. The body had been buried and then covered with cement in a manner identical with that followed by the m urderer, Deeming, in the case of his wife and four children. W*«hiit|[ton Booth Dead. Baltimore, Md., April 6.—Washing ton Booth, ex-collector of the port of Baltimore, died at 2:80 o’clock a. m. after a lingering illness, caused by gen eral breakdown. Mr. Booth has held many positions of importance in Balti more. He gfj*ns~ e - Effect of tho Coal Strike. London, April 6.—Serious effects are imminent on account of the eoal min ers’ strike in Durham, Bug. The large factories are out of fuel, and a number of heavy failures are expected. OPTION BILL AMENDED. Prohibitive Taxes Prescribed for Specu lative Dealers and Severe Penalties Pro vided for Evasions. Washington, April s.—The house committee on agriculture has formally adopted the report prepared by Mr. Hatch’s subcommittee in favor of the anti-option bill. The measure as agreed upon is the Hatch bill with some modi fications in line with the sugges tions made some time ago by Sen ator Washburn. The bill does not propose to interfere with future contracts for the delivery of actual products, but it levies a special tax on those dealers in options or futures who at the time of making such contracts or agreements are not the owners of the articles to be sold and delivered, or have not by purchase acquired the right to their future possessions. These dealers are required to pay SI,OOO annually as a license fee for conducting their busi ness, and shall also pay the further sum of 5 cents a pound for every pound of raw or unmanufactured cotton, hops, pork, lard, bacon or other edible product of swine, and the sum of 20 cents a bushel for every bushel of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, grass seeds and flaxseed. Records of these transactions are to be kept by the dealers and by the boards of trade where they may be made, and reports are to be sub mitted regularly to the commissioner of internal revenue, who will collect the taxes. All dealers in options or futures are to be registered, and all transfers or assignments of contracts shall be in writing and signed in dupli cate, with the date and length of the option explicitly stated. False or fraud ulent entries are made punishable by a fine of from SI,OOO to $20,000, or impris onment from six months to ten years, or both. Commission mer chants who simply desire to conduct a business of making, transferring or as signing future contracts or agreements of the legitimate sort will be required to pay a fee of $2 a year. Failure to make proper reports to the internal revenue department is made punishable by a fine of from SIOO to $5,000 The special taxes imposed are to be collected only from such dealers as fail to show posses sion of the articles alleged to be purchased, either by an affidavit or a warehouse or elevator receipt or a bill of lading. The fact that they shall refuse to furuish this assurance shall be prim a facie evidence that the con tract or agreement is of the kind upon which special taxes are to be imposed. Attempt at deception under this provis ion shall render the dealer liable to fine and imprisonment as indicated above. FIVE DROWNED. Sad Fate of a Boating Shirty In Massa chusetts. Greenfield, Mass., April 5.—A boat containing a pleasure party of six was carried over a dam near Coleraine, on the Deerfield river Sunday, and five of the occupants were drowned. They were Joseph Egger, 85, two boys named Lord. 15 and 16, Miss Lord, 18, and Miss Bugeny, 18. Caroline Frink was saved by people on the bank. Two bodies have been recovered. The disaster is attributed to high #aspr and swift cur rent. % * I* Burned to Death in His Bed. Leadville, Col., April 5.—A fire at tended with fatal results occurred here Sunday morning. The immense board ing bouse owned b X Mrs. Fitzgerald took fire shortly before daylight and was entirely consumed. John Kear ney, one of the boarders, was burned to death in his bed. John Noble was se riously burned. The fire started by a miner leaving a candle burning, which set fire to the canvas in his room. Small Bills Are Scarce. Nbw York, April s.—Several of the banks in this city, and especially those up town who do a large business in pay ing checks over the counter, are com plaining of the scarcity of small bills, especially of ones, twos and fives. Some of the banks have found it im possible to get from the treasury more than one-fifth of the amount asked for. Famine in Germany. Vienna, April s.—The famine in the north of Germany is spreading. Two thousand persons have been without food for a month in a commune near Munkacs. Many deaths from starva tion are reported. In fifty communes the suffering is extreme. Driven to Suicide by Insanity. San Rafael, Cal., April s.—Anna Story, daughter of Rev. W. H. Story, rector of the Episcopal church here, committed suicide by hanging. Heredi tary madness is believed to have been the cause, as her mother and brother are both insane. 'Cyclist* to Meet. New York, April s.— The national racing board of the League of Ameri can Wheelmen concluded its session here Sunday. The national champion ship contest was awarded to Washing ton for July 17, 18 and 19. Drowned Himself. Baraboo, Wis., April s.—Dr. Irwin, 60 years of age, a well-known physician, was found drowned in the mill pond at Lodi Sunday morning. It is supposed that he committed suicide, as he had been despondent. A Year at Hard Labor. Dublin, April s.—Mrs. Montagu, on trial at the Dublin assizes for inflicting a punishment on her child which re sulted in its death, has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one year at hard labor. Two Rook island Boy* Drowned. Rock Island, 111., April s.—Fingel Hill and Lee Johnson, the latter a son of Editor Johnson of the Union, were drowned in the Mississippi here while boating. Their two companions were barely rescued. Failure at Adrian. Adrian, Mich., April s.—The failure is announced of the firm of Festus B. Matcalf A Co., a large dry goods house. Liabilities, $62,000; assets unknown. Tbe causa, smut business during tbs SIXTY ARE DEAD. Victims of the Recent Oyolone Placed at That Number. Later Details of the Death-Dealing Storm—Some of Its Queer breaks —Piknickers Killed in Arkansas. THREE-SCORE SLAIN. Kansas City, Mo., April s. —As the telegraph service is being reestablished through the storm-swept district of Kansas many strange stories are being brought in about the freaks of the wind which caused so much devastation all over the west ern part of the state. The list of dead and injured is increased with every new report received and it is now estimated that the list of fatalities will reach sixty within the state border, while three are reported killed at Okla homa. The Death Roll. The following is the estimate placed on the dead and wounded as near as it can be ascertained at this tii#e: South Haven, eight dead and thirty-twd in jured; Wellington, four dead and twen ty-three injured; on farms between these two towns, five dead and nine in jured; Towanda, seventeen dead and forty-five wounded; Augusta, seven death and nineteen injured; Homestead, five dead and seven injured; Strong City, two dead and eight wounded; Sa lina, fifteen injured, three fatally. These towns are the only ones from which anything like a definite report has been obtained, but from meager reports received the dead at other places will make up the estimate of 6ixty, as stated above. In most instances those who were killed died instantly from being struck by flying debris, and in only three or four cases were the deaths lingering. The hundreds who were injured have principally broken limbs and severe contusions. In very few cases will the injuries prove fatal, although many victims were compelled to lie all night in the soaking rain which followed the storm. Some Strange Freaks. Butler and Greenwood counties ap pear to have been the worst victims, as they were in the immediate center of the low atmospheric pressure. From these counties come the stories of the w ind's fantastic work. A son of Wil liam Eggers, in Butler county, was taken from his father's arms by the force of the wind and dashed against a tree in front of the horrified parents, while the father barely felt the force of the wind. William Conners and James Horton were driving in a light wagon when the storm approached them, and they whipped their horses into a run to es cape,, Conners jumped out and ran to the head of the team, when a tornado struck them. The wagon with Horton were blown away and he was killed. The horses and Conners were unhurt, and he says he did not feel the wind at all. James Wilson, in Greenwood county, was caught up by the tornado, carried through the air and forced against the side of a barn, where a scantling was run through his body. He was pinned to the barn 8 feet from the ground and died in horrible agony. At Haven River a cow was lifted frettf the ground and carried to the top of a house and deposited on an angle of the roof so that she could not fall, and it was necessary to kill her to get her from her position. Sumner County Devastated. Wellington, Kan., April s.—The cyclone and waterspout which passed through Sumner cousty Thursday night was the most destructive in the history of Kansas. The roaring of the wind was heard for miles. Start ing at a point eighteen miles south east of this city, it cut a path of ruin and desolation twenty miles long and one-fourth to one-half a mile wide. Nothing was spared and everything above ground was literally torn to pieces. Trees were torn up by the roots and buildings, live stock and fences were picked up and carried long distances. Over thirty farmhouses were blown to pieces besides innumerable barns and outbuildings. At Dalton, 5 miles west of this city, the storm was fiercest. The house of William Little was crushed, he and his four children killed and his wife badly injured. Near by, Samuel Butter worth’s house collapsed and he and four members of the family were car ried 800 yards and dropped into an orchard. His hip was crushed and his leg broken. His daughter was caught in the timbers of the house but escaped with slight injuries. There were thirteen persons in Joe Showal ter's house when it was struck and aU were injured. Show alter had a leg broken and other injuries. Mr. M aple and his son, of Portland, were badly injured by the wrecking of their house and the father will die. About fifty persons in all were injured and as yet it is impossible to make any esti mate of the damage to property. Wiped Off the Map. Salina, Kan., April s. —Reports from various parts of the country bring news of great disaster caused by the storm Thursday night. The little village of Vine Creek was wiped out. At Smolar ever house Is demolished and one child reported killed. Oakville, a small vil lage, is blown away and not a house left standing. Several were injured there but not seriously. Great Damage at Omaha. Omaha, Neb., April s.—Thirty of the best residences in the town were com pletely destroyed by Thursday night’s cyclone. Almost every house in the north and west part of the town is more or less damaged, and almost every store in the business portion sustained some injury. The damages are 1100,000 and probably more. There was not any tornado insurance. Plcuicksrs Killed la Arkansas. Little Rook, Ark., April s.— An al liance picnic near Cove, Ark., Saturday afternoon had a very sad termination. Those In attendance were enjoying themselves in a piece of woods when a sudden windstorm of much force arose. Trees were blown In all directions, killing two of the picnickers, mortally Injuring two, while several of the j others were dangerously hurt. Heavy Rain in lowa. Boone, la., April 5. —The heaviest rainfall in years occurred in this region Sunday night; water fell in torrents, and the whole country is flooded, the water-courses are full, and it is still raining. Storm* in the Fast. Wheeling, W. Va., April .—A heavy storm passed over this city about 5 o’clock Sunday evening; also over Mar tin’s Ferry and St. Clairsville, 0., about the same hour. Enormous hailstones fell at Martin’s Ferry. The electric lights were extinguished at St. Clairsville and the town was left in i darkness. Much damage to live stock is reported. Rain fell in torrents; wash outs on railroads are reported near here ! and trains are delayed. COLUMBUS DAY. 1 Entire Country Asked to Participate on October IS in the Recognition of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of Ameri ca’* Discovery. Chicago, April s. —President Bonney, of the world’s congress auxiliary of the Columbian exposition, has issued au address regarding the celebration of Discovery day, October 12. That date —the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America —is to be celebrated in Chicago by the dedication of the exposition grounds. The con gress asks that the whole continent participate in the recognition of the day. The address says that the day of the finding of America should be celebrated everywhere in America, and makes the further suggestion that this universal oelebration be systematic, pervaded as far as possible by a single idea of lead ing national significance. The address accordingly proposes that the most rep resentative institution the public school —be everywhere the center of the local celebration. The schools of the United States are requested to celebrate the day in their various localities, and to make this possible the world's congress invites the cooperation of educators and teachers throughout the nation. The press is asked to en list itself to make a systematic celebra tion general. Tbe address suggests that at least one feature of the exer cises be identical in both exposition dedication and local celebrations. President Bonney and the national body of superintendents of education have jointly appointed the following named executive committee to promote the celebration and prepare a uniform programme for use in all localities: Francis Bellamy, of the Youth’s Com panion, Boston, chairman, and the fol lowing named state superintendents of education: J. W. Dickinson, Massachu setts; T. B. StockwelL Rhode Island; W. R. Garrett, Tennessee; W. C. Hewitt, Michigan. This committee will also, through state superintendents of educa tion, solicit the governors of the states to proclaim October 12 a holiday. LIVED A LIFE OF CRIME. Has Not Been Out of Jsii for Two Con tinuous Yoars Since Ho Was Sixteen. Columbus, Q., Aprils.—Charlie Ward, one of the most notorious criminals of the United States, will be released from the state penitentiary April 15. ing to his own story, which is cor robomted by the prison annals, he has not enjoyed Iwo years of continuous liberty since he was 1$ years old. He was born in Scotland and claims to be the son of a Presbyterian preach er. He has been an inmate of nearly all the state prisons from Missouri to ths New England states. He is well known as an expert forger, safe blower, confidence man, kidnaper and hotel thief. He has been the com panion of such notorious criminals as “Blinky” Morgan, “Black Hank,” “Dutch George,” and other stars in crime. Ward’s striking face, with its long white beard, is conspicuous in the principal rogues’ galleries of this coun try and Europe. Bi( Strike at New York. New York, April s.—The cabinet makers and varnishers of this city have gone on a strike. They demand eight hours’ work a day and the establish ment of the old rate of pay. One-third of the cabinetmakers’ firms have granted the request and about one fourth of the varnishers’ employers. Over 1,000 men are on strike. Thrown Into the River. Charleston, W. Va., April 5.—-A freight train on the Chesapeake & Ohio road struck a huge rock which bad fallen near Ronceverte Sunday morn ing. A dozen freight cars were com pletely demolished and the engine was thrown into the river. Engineer Bu chanan, Fireman Brown and a brake man are reported killed. Killed h j Her Husband. Laconia, N. H., April s.—Mrs. Dru cilia A. Wiggin was murdered at the railway station in Meredith by her hus band, George E. Wiggin. She was seeking divorce and had not lived with him for two years on account of his ill treatment. Wiggin cut her throat and stabbed her in a horrible manner. He has surrendered. Two Hundred Said to Have Perished. St. Petersburg, April 5. —It is re ported here that a steamer bound from the Persian coast for Baku, in the Black sea, with 200 passengers and a cargo of cotton, has been lost with all aboard. It is said that the disaster was due to the fact that the steamer was greatly overloaded. Made an Assignment. Chicago, April s. —Joseph P. Cadieux, a wholesale cooper at Twenty-seventh and Clark streets, has made an assign ment to George A. Trade. Assets are placed at $45,000 and liabilities $30,000. Big Order for Rifles. Sofia, April s.—Ad order has been sent by the Bulgarian government to the Austria small arms manufactory at Steyr for 40,000 Mannlicher rifles and A 000 oarbiaea. IN ASHES. A Couple of Costly Fires in New Orleans. Four Cotton Presses, Together with 80,000 Bales of Cotton, Consumed —A Dozen Residences Burned. LOSS ABOUT $4,000,000. New Orleans, April 6.—Property valued at $4,000,000 was destroyed and a hundred or more persons robbed of their Romes by fire here Sunday. Flames were first discovered at 10:30 in the morning among some cotton on the sidewalk In front of the fire-proof press on North Front street. General Alarm Sounded. After three repeated alarms a general alarm was sent in, and all the engines in the city, with the exception of two or three, were called out. The fire-proof press had about 10,000 bales of cotton stored in it. This was entirely consumed. It would have been madness for fire men to enter the press. On every side the flames were raging, forming a formidable and impregnable fire walL The streets were lined with spectators drawn to the scene from every portion of the city. In half an hour after the flames had started the fire-proof press was totally consumed and the flames communicated to an adjoining press. In a marvelous ly short space of time the flames had attacked the building from aU sides, eating their way through the woodwork with wonderful rapidity. In this press was stored 50,000 bales of cotton, some of which was taken out to a place of safety. The major portion, however, was in flames in a short time and it was impossible to save it Solid Block of Fire. Suddenly a small flame was seen lo leap skyward from a corner of the In dependence press. In a second almost the entire square was ablaze and the flames formed a solid block of fire. In the yard were stored some 10,000 bales. This proved excellent fuel for the flames, and in a little time it was consumed. At length four rows of charred walls were all that stood to remind one that a large building had once occupied the site. The walls of the different burned presses feU within a short time of each other. Tbe district burned over is bounded by Peters, Front, Thalia and Rokin streets, and the presses destroyed were the Fire Proof, Penrose Bros., managers; tbe Shippers, Boyd <fc Her rick, proprietors; the Independence cot ton yard, the Orleans cotton press, Adam Lorich, manager. Estimate of tbe Los*. Tbe total amount of cotton burned, as near as can now be ascertained, is esti mated at SO,OOO bales held by factors sad commission merchants and covered by their open policies. Much of this cotton will be sent to the pickeries and saved, so that the total loss will proba bly not exceed SBO a bale, making ths total on cotton between $2,000,000 and $2,250,000. Loss on presses and sheds estimated at $150,000. It is thought the fire started from a cigarette which some person threw among the cotton. Driven from Their Homes. For three blocks around the burning presses the residents moved out their furniture for fear that the fire would spread to their homes. Men, women and children were seen running to and fro with pieces of furniture or other property which they wished to save from the devouring element. A Demen Houses in Flames. While the cotton-jgess fire was raging an alarm was sent in for a fire in the residenoe portion of the city, it being bounded by Laurel, Annunciation, Sec ond and Third streets. At the time the fire department, police and the major ity of residents of the burning districts were at the cotton-press fire. A gale was blowing and the flames were fanned in all directions. The people who lived in the square bounded by Laurel. Magazine, Second and Third streets began to feel alarmed at the encroaching flames. At first they packed up valuables, but as the element refused to be subdued they took fright and a wild scene ensued. Houses were dismantled of their con tents and carried away. House after house went down, and the efforts of the firemen seemed in vain in the face of the overwhelming odds. Hundreds of People Homeless. The flames spread in every direction owing to varying winds. The fire swept across Laurel street with a ra pidity that was at ooce alarming and soon the section bounded by First, Third. Laurel and Magazine streets, four squares, was ablaze, and the wooden buildings were devoured as if they were so much chaff. Magazine street staid the march of the destructive element westward and acted as a bar rier on the south. Every building in the four squares mentioned except four were destroyed. Most of the houses were small, but some very handsome houses on Magazine street were destroyed. Hundreds of people have been left homeleaa by tbe fire and in many cases nothing will be saved. The scene presented was truly one of desola tion. Nothing remains of the many handsome buildings embraced in the four squares but tall, gaunt-looking chimneys, like huge spectral forms standing guard over the blackened rains. The losses by this fire are esti mated at $250,000. It is believed that the buildings are mostly insured Tracks Buried Under Mud. Fort Madison, la., Aprils. —Sunday night’s storm washed out 600 feet of track of, the St Louis, Kansas A North western railway, 2 miles north of this city, and buried it 4 feet under the mud. Imprisoned for Life. Morbis, 111., April 5. —William Bar nett, tbs Chicago bookkeeper who mur dered his wife here last fall, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitent liacy lor life. BITS OF INFORMATION. John Laudermann, of Oarthage, m , was kicked to death by a horse. New York police think the bomba* ploded in Brooklyn an April fool joke* The post office at La Grange, Ga., wue entered by burglars and stamps to the value of SI,OOO were taken. The Sullivan boiler shops at Mane field, 0., were burned, the loee being SIO,OOO, with $6,000 insura aoe. James Moran, a policeman of Char lotte, N. C., was killed by a negro whom he was trying to arrest ■! By an incendiary fire A. Steffen Aj Son, of Davenport, la., lost goods] amounting to $25,000; fully insured. At Fort Madisou, la., the clothing! store of Stoevener & Bergthold was' robbed of about S2OO worth of goods. Near Huntington, VV. Va., Allen Har rison shot and instantly killed Battle Adams because she refused to many him. Thousands of window panes In resi dences and in store buildings at Bur lington, Kan., were broken during e hailstorm. Michael Wool weaver, the notorious highwayman, of McArthur, 0., has been oonvicted of manslaughter for the kUl ing of Frank Leaman. Deeming, the man who it is alleged confessed to being Jaok the Ripper, de nies the confession and the various crimes imputed to him. The steamer Missouri from New York with food for the famine sufferers in Russia was enthusiastically welcomed on her arrival at Libau. A lawyer’s surety company has been formed in New York city with a capital of $500,000. Its business is to furnish bonds as surety in lawsuits. French troops captured the rebel forts at Yentse, in Tonquin, after hard fighting, during which three officers and seventeen privates were killed. Secretary Blaine has recover*! from his illness and is again at his desk and will take up the seal question. Infor mation has been received that a fleet is killing the animals along the American coast, the eatoh for a week was esti mated to have been 2,252 seals. SHOT DOWN. An Kx-Oenvlo* Murders n New Or 1 sans Policeman. New Orleans, La., April s.—Job* Harley, a police officer, was shot and instantly killed by Frank Lyons, a noted and desperate thief, recently pars doned by Gov. Nieholls. Lyons was in volved in a fight at the French market* when Harley stepped in to separate the men. The ex-convict fired hiß pistol at the officer, the bullet passing through the heart. Lyons then made his escape. Drowned Out the Pumps. Plymouth, Pa., April ».—Ths Not tingham mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company having the greatest outpnt of any colliery in the anthracite regions is flooded, and will probably remain so for many months. Ths trouble began on Thursday last and the water rose so rapidly that on Saturday all the large pumps inside were drowned and stopped. Ravachol Confesses. Paris, April s.—Ravachol, the an archist, has made a full confession. Hsi says the St. Germain murder was com-J mitted by him to obtain money foi spreading the propaganda. He says ha is too proud of what be has done to deny that he is the author. If he had not been arrested, he says, he would not have been content with three ex plosions. 3 TUden's Estate Appraised at SS,2oo,eo<k New Yoke, April s.—The appraiser of the estate of Samuel J. Tilden has filed his appraisement in the surrogate court. His report makes the total amount of the fortune $0,200,000, which, after deducting bequests, etc,, is $8,208.00S to be divided among the heirs. THE MAEKETB. Grain, Provisions, Eta. Chicago, April 4 Flour—Qnist and firm. Spring Wheat Fat eats, KSO3IN; Rye, C4.SSQfi.OO; Winter Wheal Flour Patents, C4.50e4.70; Straights, CAMQAIA Wax at Moderate trading at lrregxlaa prloes. No. S oaah and April, 77Q78H0; Map, 7*®7**o. Oats—Were quiet and steady. Ne. t sash. ■ ©2B*o; May, toHOaVio: July, tfiHQMA Samples la moderate supply and steady. Ne. A MQ»*o; No. S White, »H©3lc; No. t, Mt| •COHo; Ne. * White, «l*©3lHo. Bt>—Wae dull No. C oash, 750; No. A Tts May delivery, to*QT4a. Babuit—Steady and quiet Sound, fair to oholoe, tanaso; unsound, inferior te good, NQ 40s. Mass Poaa— Dull and lower. Cash, N&tBM •1C.07H: May, Clo.lSHfillo.l7H; July, CIdMQ 10.BH- Labd—Quiet and lower. Cash, C6.I7HQCJMI May. CfiSOddSCH; July, tA»oe.»H. Poultry— Live Chickens, lOQiOHo per lb.; Live Turkeys, 9Ql4c per lb.; Live Duoks, U •12Hc per lb.; Live Qeeee, C3.00Q7.00 pet doses. Burras—Creamery, 18QS7o; Dairy, lOQSCst Packing Stook, 14Q17c. Oils—Wisconsin Prime White, Tlfs; Watss White, 7*c; Michigan Prime White, »Ho; Wa ter White, 10Ho; Indiana Prime White, Mgei Water White, 10s; Headlight, ITS test, *He; Gasoline, 87 dag's, 14o; 74 deg's, B*a Liquors—Distilled Spirits steady and un changed at CI.IS per gal. for finished goods. Naw yore, April 4 Whxat—Moderately active. April, 98*Q «Ho; May, 89*0*0*0; Jun# , g7*Qßß*ei July, toHQ88*o; August, 17*087*0; Septem ber, 87*o«7Ho; December, 90Q00H& Cobh— Dull: la part %o lower, easy. Mo. A 4SHOCOHC.; steamer mixed, 48*Q4»*a. Oats—Dull, easier. Western, 34Q40Ha Pao visions— Beef dull, steedy; extra mess, 87 6008 00; family, 80.fiOQ10.Bd Pock moderately motive; steady; new mesa, CU.OOQ 11.10; old mess, tl.BOQ10.00; extra prime, 81L8A Lard quiet, steady; steam-rendered, CfifiSH Md Cleveland, a, April 4 Pbtbolbum—Slow. Standard white, 110 dag. test, SHo; 74 gasoline, 7o; 80 gasoline, Ms; M naphtha, BH<x Live 8 took. ’ Chicago, April 4 Gavbud—Market fairly active; prices e—lee. Quotations ranged at C440Q4C8 far oholoe te extra shipping Steers; CA7OQUC for good te oholoe do.; M.«QACO far fair te good: CAOOQ ABO for common te medium da; to.OOQS.BQ tor butchers’ Steers; IA0OO&8O for Stockers; AS OAIC for Texas Stesn; CAIOQ* 87. ter Feedsset CLCOQAIt for Oews; to.TCQS.to lor BuUa, Mad toOOQAto for Ysal Calves. Hoos—Market aaoderatoly active and astoee Mo klgher. Salsa raaged at to-CCQA* lap Pigs: C480Q4.90 tor Ugh* C4.SOQ4.4ft tornsQh paeklagt tor C4COQ4CC tor t-