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VOL. VIII. SPARKS IS DISPLEASED. j Ihe Land Commissioner Dissatisfied "With the Work of His Corps of Ex aminers. He Says His Democratic Assistants Are as Derelict as Their Republican - Predecessors. 3eu. John Black Severely Scored in the Senate Over a l'cn slon. Dleomarjjariiie Discussed in House of ltepresentatlves--Tlio Fisheries Question. Untrustworthy Agents. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 25.— Commissioner Sparks is dissatisfied with the present -corps Df special agents, whose duty it is to inves tigate fraudulent entry of land in the West. When Mr. Sparks became commissioner of the land office he removed all the Republi cans, believing that they were acting in collusion with the land sharks and others engaged in robbing the government, and tilled their places with Democrats. lie now confesses that the one set is fully as derelict in the performance of its duty as the other was. Several weeks ago one of these agents was sent on a special mission to a Western state, and when he arrived at | the capital lie fell into the hands of the men he was instructed to avoid, who feted him in ferand style for several days and ac companied him upon his tour of inspection, lie was kept in a state of intoxication the entire time, and his report states that his investigation failed to reveal the slightest evidence of fraud. The commissioner says this is but one of several instances, and he is thinking seriously of making a sweeping change in the entire corps. SEXATJE I'KUCEEDIIVGS. Gen. Black Koiiffhly Handled by Senators. Washington, May During the con sideration of a private pension bill in the senate this afternoon, Mr. Ingalls severely criticised Gen. Black, the commissioner of pensions, declaring him to be an impostor, to whom congress granted the highest pen . sion rate on false allegations of his being a "wreck."' He protested against Gen. Black's enjoyment of such a pension while opposing pensions to other soldiers. Mr. | Cockrell defended Gen. Black's administra tion of his office, citing figures to show that more claims were allowed each year under his administration than in any year in any former administration. If -Mr. Ingalls be lieved Gen. Black's pension unjust, Mr. Cockrell said, he (Mr. Ingalls) should in troduce a bill to discontinue the pension. Mr. Yourhees warmly defended Gen. Black and with energy and emphasis denied . that there had been any false allegations in the matter of his application for a pension. He represented Gen. Black's condition at the time as one of ABSOLUTE AND COMPLETE DISABILITY and his survival and recovery as wholly un expected and extraordinary. Mr. Logan would not say that Gen. Black was not entitled to his pension, but he ex pressed a hope that the pension office would be administered in sympathy with the wounded soldiers. He thought that unfair statements had been sent broadcast over the country about the action of Commis sioner Dudley. If Gen. Black was entitled to the pension Mr. Logan hoped he would retain it. Gen. Black had been a badly wounded man, and if entitled to a pension, no matter how large. Mr. Logan would not reduce it one cent. It did not come with the best grace, however, from men who had received pensions by act of congress to ob ject to others receiving pensions by similar means. The great majority of men who applied for pensions were disabled, either from wounds received, or diseases con tracted in the service. Mr. lugalls said he did not stand here to disparage the valor or courage of Gen. Black, but merely asserted that that officer had received his present pension upon allegations that did not exist and that do not exist to-day. After some further debate in which Gen. Black was VKET KOUnLY HANDLED by the senator from Kansas (Mr. Ingalls), the senate proceeded to consider the At lantic & Pacific railroad land forfeiture bill. After a few words debate by Mr. Plumb and Mr. Call the bill was passed as it was reported from the committee on public lands of the senate. (It forfeits all lands except the right of way adjacent and co terminous with the uncompleted portions of the road.) On motion of Mr. Sewell the senate then took up the bill heretofore reported by the committee on pensions, "To amend the pension laws by increasing the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or leg in the service." The bill gives $50 a month to soldiers and sailors who lost one foot or one hand in the service, $'M a month to those who lost an arm above the elbow or leg above the knee, and 845 a month to those who lost an arm at the shoulder joint or a leg at the hip joint. Mr. Miller offered an amend • ment extending the provisions of the bill so as to include among the 645 a mouth pen sioners, the cases of men whose legs had been amputated so near the hip joint as to prevent the use of an artificial limb. The amendment was agreed to, and as so amended the bill was passed. The urgent deficiency conference report was submitted, and on motion of Mr. Allison agreed to. The bankruptcy bill was then taken up. Mr. Teller spoke against the bill and Mr. Hoar in its favor. After an executive ses sion the senate adjourned. BOGUS BITTER. Tbe House Engaged in a Discussion of the Bill. "Washington, May 25.— After the trans action of routine business in ihe house to day the oleomargarine bill was taken up in committee of the whole. After some dis cussion on the subject Mr- Hepburn de nounced the methods by which oleomar garine found a market, declaring that none of it was sold under its proper name. This declaration was earnestly denied by Mr. . Lawler (111.) and a noisy colloquy on this took place between the two gentlemen, in which Mr. Frederick took a hand, with the assertion that Chicago was so used to fraud that it wanted to palm it off on the whole country. [Laughter.] Mr. Lawler did not relish this attack upon his city, and replied with the declaration that Chicago to-day was one of the most healthy Cities in the United States; that its death rate was less than that of any other city in the United States. "It went up a little the other day, suggested Mr. Iteed. "Not a bit of it, replied Mr. Lawler. Mr. Frederick remarked that the people of Chi cago could not afford to die; they were too devilish mean to die. Mr. Struble sug gested that the reason was that they knew they were going to — and did not want to die on that account. [Laughter.] After some further debate the house ad journed till 7:30 and held an evening ses sion which lasted till 11 o'clock, no action, however, being taken. The Fisheries Question. Washington, May 25.— "The state de partment is neither indifferent or inactive in regard to the fishery dispute," said As sistant Secretary Porter to a reporter to day. "We have been acting m the matter and have taken a very decided interest in the question, but it would not do for us to publish our every move." No official information has yet reached the department in regard to the " seizure of the Sisters, by the Portland, authorities. '-'If DAILY ST. PAUL GLOBE. any navigation laws or customs have been Infringed by any Canadian vessels this de partment has had no information of the fact at present," said Acting Secretary Fairchild of the treasury department. Washington Waifs. The governor of Ohio lias forwarded to tho United States senate a series of resolutions of tbe legislature of that state, asserting that Hon. H. B. Payne obtained his Beat in tho senate through bribery and corruption, and requesting that body to make a full Investi gation of the matter. Mrs. Mary F. Kimtmll. wife of Dr. Kimball, the director of the United States mints, died yesterday afternoon after a puiufuil illness of several weeks. ■ ■ Till: WOMAN A WITCH. A IVlurdcr Trial With Strange Com plications. Special to the Globe. Albuquerque, N. M., May 25. — A unique and unusual ease was tried here to-day before Judge Brinker,slttinx in the district court for the trial of offenses against tho United States. It was an indictment for murder against Nan NockQui, a Zuni Pueblo Indian and a native of the inuch-tttlked-of Zuni in this territory, charged with the killing of Lia Lusi, a Zuui ■woman of about 2J years of age, on Dec. 31, ISSo. Tno prosecution was conducted by United States Attorney Smith, mid tho ac cused Lai able counsel in the person of Hon. 11. B. Warren, one of the leading lawyers of the Southwest, whom the court assigned to that duty. The jury (principally composed of Mexicans) having been impanelled, the de fense moved the court to exclude all evidence on the ground that the facts expected to be proved did i:oc constitute an otieuse properly I cognizaUe by the United States authorities. This brought on an able, legal discussion, in volving the whole vexed and intricate ques tion of the citizenship of the Pueblo Indians and their relations to the United States gov ernment. The court refused to exclude evi dence, holding that it would not be proper to pass ou the objection to the proceedings at this stage of the case. Witnesses testified that the woman wo, found DEAD IX HER HOUSE and that the defendant admitted having killed her by striking her twice over the head with an axe. When asked why he had done so,' he said: "Where are my children?" and then went on to state the woman had killed his two little girls by witubcruft,tbat she was a witch, bad "put boards across their backs," and i from that charm they died. She had told him, ! he said to another witness, that she wouid destroy these children by her spells and also kill his other child and then him. He at tempted uo concealment of his crime, and showed no contrition.aud kept about his work in the usual way until ho was arrested some weeks after. The prosecution having closed, the defense demurred to the evidence and tho court sustained the demurrer on the ground that in the present state of the law tho offense was not j against tl.o United States as charged in the indictment. The jury was discharged and the defendant held to await the action of the territorial grand jury, or a new indict ment in form by the Uuited States grand jury, both of which bodies are now in session. During the trial Nan Nock Qui, with a red handkerchief bound around his brow, sat ap parently unmoved by and regardless of what was going on. He has tho features of a fanatic, and is said by somu to be insane. In the audience were conspicuous tho swarthy countenances and savage garb of other Zunis, summoned as witnesses iv tho case. — m COIiLDX'T CAY A DOLLAR. A Chicago Youug- Man Sent to the House of Correction. Special to the Globe. Chicago, May 25. — Aid. Dixon to-day secured the pardon of a young man named W. H. Custer from the house of correc tion. He was among some unfortunates arrested at Lincoln park on Sunday tor picking flowers, and upon his failing to pay a line of SI, imposed by Justice Kersten, was sent to the lockup to work j out the same. * It turns out that he was a young. man of respectable connections and a, mem ber of the Young Men's Christian associa tion, and upon being lined wrote a note to the alderman asking his assistance. In stead of the alderman being communicated with directly, the note was mailed and did not reach him until to-day, and in the meantime the young man had been trans ported. The alderman was very indignant over the affair, as was also the mayor, and at the next meeting of the council he will introduce an ordinance prohibiting the sending of persons to the house of correc tion, unless the fine imposed is in excess of 85, This, he says, is tire first case in which anyone has been sent out on aSi line, and it will be the last if he can get the council to act in the matter. Discoveries of Grave Diggers. Special to the Globe. Wellsville, 0., May 25.— Workmen engaged in removing bodies from the old graveyard in the west end of the town, made some ghastly discoveries this morn ing. Both were unknown dead, and had been buried thirty-five or forty years. One coffin was noticed to be very heavy, and when opened contained nothing but large stones. The body had undoubtedly been stolen by ghouls years ago. When another coffin was opened, a ghastly sight met the gaze of the party. The head of the skele ton was turned face downward almost under the shoulder, while the position of the hands and knees were such that little doubt exists that the unfortunate had been buried alive, and his struggles must have been frightful when he realized his awful situation. ; .,y. r , :.-.-_.■ } Confessed the Crime. :: . ' 0 Special to the Globe. V: Wilmington, Del. .May 25.— Paul Reed,' one of the negroes who are in jail atElkton, Ind., charged with the murder of William Green (Billy the joker), at Chesapeake City, has made a full confession of his crime. He says he and J ulius Goff ner, the other negro prisoner, and George Mannon, . the white boy also under arrest, plotted to rob old Green and made several attempts to waylay him, all of which failed until the one when the murder was committed. They went to Green's cabin and pretended to bargain for whisky. They quarreled over the price and all struck Green with clubs and a hammer until he was dead. They found 5300 in his pockets and divided it among themselves. Mannon afterwards stole lieed's portion of the booty. AIQ OF IRELAND. Ten Thousand Chicago Citizens In dorse Gladstone. . Chicago, May Fully 10,000 people as sembled at Battery D armory this evening:, for the purpose of indorsing the efforts of Gladstone to obtain homo rule for Ireland. Gov. Oglesby was chosen chairman of tho meeting and the list of vice presidents num bered fully 300. Speeches were made by Gov. Ojrlesby, Alexander Sullivan, improperly re ported as having sailed for Europe, • and a number of other gentlemen prominent .in politics, the bar and the church. Vigorous resolutions were passed, warmly indorsing Gladstone's efforts, sympathizing with Ire land, abusing the English press and congrat ulating the Irish people on the sagacity of their leader, Parnell, and his associates. Be fore the meeting adjourned a cable message was sent to Mr. Parnell, congratulating Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Parnell on their efforts on behalf of Ireland, and expressing admiration for tbe Irish leader and his associates. -'■'•' Died by mutual Consent. ' Cahrolton, Ky., May 24.— Wi1l Wiiltehead, a respectable young man of this place, fatally shot Miss Laura Harwood, his sweetheart, at oa. m., and then shot himself. They wanted to marry, but tho young lady's parents ob jected. Circumstances clearly show tho tragedy to have been the result of ■ mutual agreement. Miss Harwood lived twenty minutes after being shot. Wbitehead still lingers, but can Lot recover. Neither spoke a word after tho tragedy. Snow in Pennsylvania. PITTSBOBG, May 25. — Snow fell to-day nt Kane, Pa., and at Clarendon, Pa., about forty miles north of Oil City, there was quite a snow storm. The indications are that there will be frost in that region to-night, which will do much damage, as vegetation is greatly in advance of former seasons. st: faul; Wednesday morning, may 26, issa BURNED IN THEIR BEDS. Dreadful Death of Three Children at the Village of Bushvillei Indiana. A Trio of Unfortunates Lose Their Lives by a Midnight Fire in Their House. Fifty Families ltendered Homeless In San Francisco by a Costly Con * llajjrution. - Thirteen Horses and a L.arce Amount of Property Cremated at Pitts burg^ Fa. Three Children Cremated. Eusiiville, Ind., May 25.— The house of James Dawson, near this place, was dis covered to be on lire at midnight by the children, who were sleeping in an upstairs chamber. They were aroused by fire drop ping upon their bed from the ceiling. Be fore they could escape the names had filled the room and the three children were so badly burned that all died in a short time after being discovered. The oldest was a girl of fifteen, the youngest a girl of seven, the other a boy of twelve. BLAZING WELLS, Natural Gas Reservoirs on Fire Front Lightning. Pittsbubo, Pa., May 25.— The new Edgar natural gas well, which the Manu facturers' company brought in last Satur | day at 3 o'clock, and which was set on fire by lightning about three hours later, is still burning, the flames reaching into the air nearly 200 feet. No attempt has as yet been made to extinguish the burning gas, and it is probable that it will be left to blow and burn for several days. The Duff well in Murraysvifle, which was also struck by lightning on Saturday, is still burning, and do attempt has been made to put out the i flames. Considerable fear is expressed in Murraysville, since the Duff and the two Philadelphia companies' wells were set on fire by lightning, over the McWilliams well of the Hartier company. This is the well that caused the terrible disaster at that place some weeks a^o. It has never been cased off, and the gas escapes from the hole in close proximity to a number of buildings. The majority of the other wells in the town not turned into the pipe lines has been shut in completely, so that no gas escapes. AN AAV HI, EXPLOSION. One Hundred Kegs of Powder Ig nited by a Spark. Nashville, Term.. May 25. — Details of the terrific explosion of 100 kegs of powder at Soddy coal mines near Chattanooga yesterday have been received to night. One of the locomotives of the company was going from the railroad station to the mines with the powder in charge of William Lloyd and David Harper. The locomotive was running at a rapid rate, when a keg of powder was overturned and the coutents scattered in the car. The next moment a spark from the engine ignited the powder, and the explosion followed. Three seconds after every keg of the powder had exploded, and three mangled human bodies lay fifty feet away, down the embankment. The effect of the explosion was frightful. The loco motive and two flat cars were torn to atoms and some portions of them hurled hundreds of yards. When the explosion - occurred a miner named" Ike Ramsey was stand ing near the track waiting for the train to pass. He, together with Lloyd and Harper were thrown down the embankment, and when found all were in a dying condition. They presented a most sickening sight. Their bodies were blackened from the burns and the flesh, covered with dirt and blood, hung in shreds from their bodies. All the men died at midnight last night. An Awful Affair. Milwaukee, Wis., May 25.— A dispatch was received from Rhinelander, in the northern part of this state, that a house of ill-fame about a mile from that village, was, together with four of the inmates, destroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday morning. A fifth escaped alive but is so badly burned that his life is despaired of. The dead are: A. J. Smith, keeper of the place; Maggie Conville. Dan Doyle and a woman reputed to be Doyle's wife. William Clark is fatally burned. It is thought the fire was the work of an incendiary, and two per sons who escaped from the burning build ing were arrested but were dismissed for lack of proof by the coroner's jury. Firemen Frightfully Burned. Erie, Pa., May 25.— Shortly after mid night last night fire broke out in the Star Oil company's works in this city, and one building was consumed. The fire was caused by the explosion of the night watch man's hand lamp. The works are owned by the Standard Oil company, and the loss will foot up 850,000; fully insured. The chief of the fire department and two hose men were frightfully burned. . Disastrous Waterspout. •-Ltnciiburg, Va., May — A special to the Daily Advance from Abingdon, (Va.,) says: Yesterday evening at 5 o'clock a waterspout struck the residence of David Whittaker on Gasper creek, : this county, destroying the dwelling and tobacco barn and drowning Mrs. Jennie Mongle, who had just stepped in out of the rain. Whittaker had his jawbone broken by fall ing timbers. Two horses and three mules were drowned. The body of the young lady was found half a mile below the house. Odd Fellows and Friends Injured. j Toronto. Ont, May 25.— While a train, which had the Odd Fellows' excursion on board, was going into Brampton on a steep down grade last night, the rear car became detached. The engineer, not knowing what had happened, stopped the train, and the detached car ran into it with great force. The car contained forty persons, and every one of them was injured more or less seriously. San Francisco Scorched. - San Francisco, May 25.— A fire which broke out shortly before 11 o'clock last night on Braunan street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, destroyed a furniture factory owned by Kragen &■' Geist, and a number of dwelling • houses. Total loss $75,000. Kragon & Geist's loss is §25,000; insurance 818,000. There was a very small amount of insurance on the other property. About fifty families were made homeless by the fire. A Blaze in a Brewery. Pittsdurg. Pa., May 25. — building and stables owned and occupied by the Philip Best Brewing company of Milwau kee, was entirely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Thirteen horses belonging to the brewing company were roasted alive and a three-story brick build ing, belonging to the Allegheny Valley -Railroad company, was badly damaged. A number of employes, who were sleeping in the Best building, barely escaped with their lives. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss was about 812,000. Minor Mishaps. Two of the three men who were injured by tho explosion of powder at Chattanooga, Term., yesterday, have since died. A Riot in Toronto. Toronto, May 25.— For over three hours to-night the city was under mob rule. Word was received by the Knights of Labor that omnlbusses from Kingston for the use of the street railroad strikers would arrive hero bo tween 6 and 7 o'clock to-night, and a largo crowd wont to meet them, accompanied by a brass band. On their arrival the ouinibusses wore driven slowly through tho principal streets, the crowd i gradually increasing in number until nearly 2,000 persona were following in tbe procession. Every street car met on the route was attacked with bricks and stones. Passongers, drivers and conductors were injured, and the wildest up roar was kept up, the police being powerless to do anything. Between thirty and forty street cars wero wrecked In this way and are now lying in the company's shop. Such a scene has seldom, if over, boen witnessed In Toronto. Fortunately, so far as ascertained, no person was dangerously injured. Had not the Knights of Labor broken up the pro cession, much more serious results would have followed. «T. LOUIS' TRUNK TRAGEDY. The Prosecution Brings Its Case to a Close. Trial of Illinois Officials for Safe &3£ Robbing. Bold "Work of a Montana Eoad Agent. The Maxwell Trial. St. Louis, May 25. — sensational de velopments in the Maxwell trial yesterday afternoon and tho < expectation that the prosecution would rest its case and that Maxwell would be placed on the. "witness stand to testify in his own r^teiise to-day, literally packed the crii>'' Jlla l court this morning with spectator.? t^f all classes. Extra seats provided for HIS anticipated large attendance of ladies were each one occupied by a representative of the fair sex, who took an extraordinary interest in the proceedings. The preliminary business of the court having been disposed of, the jury in the Maxwell case and the defendant were brought into court, and the examination of Deputy Sheriff Kenebick | was proceeded with. M.'Kswell appeared a trifle paler than on prev/ouj occasions, but he maintained his former calmness and al most indifferent bearing. Kenebick testi fied that he was present in the circuit at torney's office when Mr. Brooks, of En gland, called to see the prisoner. The pros ecution asked the witness to tell the jury the nature of the interview between Mr. Brooks and the defendant. Mr. Faunteroy, of the defense, asked that the private words spoken at that interview, and the emotion of the gray-haired father, be not laid be fore the SENSATION-SEEKING; PUBLIC AUDIENCE. The prosecution answered that they desired to prove that the prisoner had on that occasion thrown aside all disguise and had admitted his identity, that he was H. M. Brooks. The defense said that the point would not be denied, and the witness was withdrawn. All of the clothing marked "P. A. P." iv Maxwell's trunk at Auckland, New Zealand, the va lise, hat box and trunk, medicine bottles, letters from Maxwell to Preller and from Detective McCullough to Maxwell and the latter's attorney, the articles bought by the defendant while in St. Louis after the murder and those purchased in San Fran cisco were admitted in evidence and shown to the jury. The prosecution then stated to the court that they desired to rest their side of the case. The defense asked that the coroner, who witnessed the post-mor tem examination of Preller's body, be placed on the stand by the prosecution and be made to testify as to the result of the examination. The prosecution refused and the defense appealed to the court, who de cided he could not interfere in the matter. The defense accepted the ruling and asked that an adjournment be taken until " to morrow at 10 o'clock. The court then ad journed. MAXWELL'S OPINION. "How do you feel about the McCullough testimony?" asked a reporter of Maxwell after the adjournment of court last night. "I feel all right." "Did you make any statement to him?" "I decline to answer that," said the pris oner at first, and then, after a moment's con sideration, said: "We were friendly, and talked a good deal about our case, but that was all." "Did you receive that letter he wrote you from New York?" "No, I did not. The first I heard of It was in court to-day." "Was his appearance a surprise to you?" "Yes, it was. 1 haven't any more to say about it. What he told was a pack of bloody lies, you know." The prisoner relaDsed into meditative silence,aud refused to convors3 further about bis case. ILLINOIS OFFICIALS OX TRIAL. The Canty Brothers Under Exami nation for Safe Robbery* St. Louis, May 25. — J. Canty, ex city clerk, and T. A. Canty, ex-city re corder, of East St. Louis, are now on trial at Belleville, 111., charged with misappro priation of the city's funds and the robbery of the safe in the treasurer's office. The crimes are supposed to have been commit ted about two years ago, and in the mean time Thomas Duffy, a lieutenant of police, has been tried and convicted of the latter offense, and is now serving a sentence of live years in the penitentiary. During the proceedings in the court yesterday Duffy was placed on the stand, and made a con fession, which, if it shall remain unshaken by subsequent testimony, will undoubtedly convict the Canty brothers. Duffy testified substantially as follows: In March, 1884, Canty and witness were in Shea's saloon in East St. Louis, when Canty remarked that he had lost money at poker, and he wished some one would blow the Mar ket house to h— l. The next day he said if I and another man would blow the safe open, we could MAKE A GOOD HAtTIi. Canty promised to have everything put in readiness for working the job. Duffy then got Clark and Egan, two of his subordinates, and so informed Canty. Ho told witness when things were ready to let his brother Tim know. I first consulted Egan, and he got a man. At our last meeting Canty told me to get in the vault : and wo could find tho safe door unlocked. . The first time I saw Canty after the robbery he told me to keep from getting drunk and talking, and if I got in any trouble he would, back me up. When witness was arrested, he said Ilal loran and Mayor Bowman had offered SSOO to him if he would implicate the Cantys, but he did not take the contract. No one offered to secure his release or decrease his term of imprisonment in the penitentiary for testifying against any one. Witness told Clark and Egan that Canty had said there was no danger to be apprehended. When arrested Canty told him not to squeal and he would come out all right. D. J. Canty was put on the stand and denied each detail of the above confession, after which the court adjourned until to-day. A BOLD ROAD AGENT. One Man Attempts to Hold Up a. Montana. Coach. Fort Keogh, Mont., May 25. — The coach from • Melrose brings word that the stage running from Melrose to Glendale was "held up" Saturday by a road agent about nine miles from the former town. The driver, George Ferguson, was shot and killed. There were two men, two ladies and a little girl in the stage at the time of the attack. As the stage was passing between the blutf and the creek a man stepped out and fired at the driver with a shotgun. He fell forward over the dashboard, and struck on the tongue and \ doubletrees. A merchant traveling from ! San - Francisco caught and held him from falling to the ground. As soon as the gun was lired . the team ran away. Mr. Le doux, who was riding . on the second seat, stepped over and caught the mail bag, which , had slipped from the coach, and i seizing the reins, drove into Glendale at full speed. A posse is searching for the highwayman. A BIG SOP TO CERBERUS. Gladstone and His Cabinet Aepree to Make Modifications in the Home Eule Bill, But Lord Eandolph Churchill and His Followers Decline the Proffered Olive Branch. Rioting at a Conservative Meeting Be '-. tween Irish. Military Men and the Police. * Greece and Turkey Exchanging Pris oners — France Decides to Expel the Orleanlst Princes. Tim Homo Rule Bill. London, May 25. — The cabinet met at noon, and when it had been in session half an hour, a special messenger was dispatched after Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor. He was at the time engaged in a great law suit, but the nature of the summons he re ceived induced him to abruptly cancel his engagement and repair at once to the cabi net meeting. The meeting lasted an hour and twenty minutes, and very soon after the adjournment Mr. Gladstone started for Windsor to see the queen. Various con jectures were indulged in as to tho nature of the decision arrived at by the cabinet, but the actual upshot of it is virtually a move in the direction of a concession to the disaffected Liberals. Several of the ministers urged that clause 24 of the home-rule bill be eliminated. After a long discussion it was decided to Jleave the matter in Mr. Gladstone's hands to deal with as he might think fit. His mind was apparently quickly made up, for early in the . evening the government whips were instructed to summon the rank and file of the Liberal party to a general meeting on Thursday, when modifications of the home rule will be announced in or der to preserve, the government from defeat on the second reading. Mr. Morley was alone in continuing to oppose the elemina tion of clause 2-4 from the home rule bill. The Hartington section main tain their enmity to the bill, and will not attend the Liberal conference. The minis ters are confident that with the accession of thirty-five diffident and "doubtfuls" they will have a majority of forty. The bill will be estopped after the second read ing. It is probable that parliament will be dissolved in the autumn. If the Gladstone government be returned the winter session will be devoted exclusively to the discussion of the home rule bill. _%'<■? Talking: of Dissolving. London, May 25. —Mr. Gladstone went to Windsor to-day in obedience to a sum mons from the Queen and conveyed to her the opinion of himself and colleagues with reference to the home rule bill and the proposed dissolution of parliament. The Queen intimated that she was willing to meet the wishes of the min isters. The Liberal Unionists, in spite of their new and untried committee, are sanguine of success in the coming elections. They are receiving financial support daily. Baron Rothschild sent them £500 sterling, and it is believed they have received sev eral large sums. They are widely circu lating anti-home-rule literature. The gov ernment does not promise to reconstruct the home-rule bill, but proposes to with draw it after the second reading and to bring it up for the committee stage later, when objections will be dealt with open mindedly. The agent of the Belgian government of fers to . supply 000 rifles, as advertised for, at Belfast at 8 shillings each. . Riotous Soldiers. - >'..' London, May 25. Some members of the Inniskillirig fusiliers stationed at Alder shot attended a Conservative meeting to day at which some of the speakers savagely denounced home rule and described the Irish people as being in it for self govern ment. The fusiliers became enraged at the speakers and attacked them and their supporters. The police were called in to protect the speakers and a fight ensued be tween them and the Irish soldiers. The comrades of the fusiliers went to their as sistance and the police were badly whipped and driven away. They secured rein forcements, however, and returning, sup pressed the rioting and arrested five sol diers. To Expel the Orleans Princes. Paris, May 25. — The cabinet by a vote of 6 to 5 to-day adopted the principle of the expulsion of the Orleans Princes. A bill providing for their expulsion will be drafted on Thursday and afterwards submitted to the chamber of deputies. Gen. Boulanger, minister of war, introduced an army bill, reducing the term of service to three years. The house of a workman at De Cazeville was wrecked by dynamite to-day. No lives lost. A Severe Tornado. Berlin, May 25. — A tornado visited Webler, Prussia, to-day and destroyed the railway station, unroofed a large number of houses and factories, overturned scores of chimneys and lifted barges out of the River Lalm and carried them in some in stances considerable distance in the air. In the neighboring county the wind uprooted entire forests. * The Turkish War Over. Athens, May 25.— the Greek and Turkish armies are mutually surrendering their prisoners and tho positions the re spectively captured during the frontier fighting of the last few days, and both armies will to-day commence retiring from the frontier. • Foreign Flashes. In the Italian elections on Sunday all the cabinet ministers were re-elected. The oppo ition gained three of the five seats in Koine. he cabinet have a majority of from fifty to sixty. BIG STONE FABLERS. An Interesting- Institute Session at Ortonville. Special to the Globe. OiiTONViiiLE, Minn., May 25.— This was the opening day If tho Farmers' institute.and tho attendance was large. J. C. Gregg of Lyon county opened the session with a very learned and able address upon dairy farming in Min nesota. . He has a very pleasing- and effective way of illustrating his subjects by diagrams, so all can comprehend his meaning. His strong points were that Minnesota has tho most favorable climate for dairying, tho best feed and tho best general equipments, so that with proper care In the selec tion of breeds Minnesota ought to make the very best butter and cheese hi the world. In the afternoon W. D. Hoard, president of tho Northwestern Dairymen's association, spoke on the . dairy cow as a specialty. His description of such a cow was so graphic that the veriest amateur in such matters could hardly go wrong in ' the selection of a dairy cow. The Jersey and ■ the Guernsey, ho said, are the best . for butter, the - Holstein for cheese,, and for beef the shorthorns and Herefords. c There is no such thing as a best cow . for several purposes. Each breed has its points of excellence, but you can't combine them. Mr. Hoard was followed by Dairy Commissioner Rice, who went over tho oleomargarine ques tions and reviewed the struggle in the courts that had been made to crush it, and closed with AN EARNEST HOPE that congress and a judicious state legisla ture would pass laws that would event ually thoroughly do away with the evil. At the close of tho afternoon session tho speak ers and directors accepted an invitation from Hon. C. K. Ortoa for a short fishing excursion in his steam yacht, returning in time for tea. Tho party had captured nearly 150 pounds of fish. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Or ton for the courtesy extended. The even ing- session-was addressed by H. £. Hoard of Montevideo and J. C. Gregg of Lyon county. In the absence of Prof. Maria Sanford of the state university, who had been expected, Mr. Hoard spoke of the great value of farmers' institutes, and hoped the next legislature would be less liberal with tho railroads, and more liberal with farmers, and vote a reason able appropriation for the . purpose of paying tho expenses of these farmers' institutes. Congress last year appropriated $50,000 for such purposes, and there had already been thirty institutes held, and 30,000 people reached and instructed. Almost every state m tho Union, and some of the territories, are holding these institutes, and great, good Is being done. Wednesday is the last day of the institute. There is an excellent program pre pared. A STRIKE ENDED. The Clcarfield, Pa., miners Settle Their Grievances. Special to the Globe. _~-* Tyrone, Pa., May 25. — settlement of the strike in the Clearfield bituminous coal district was effected to-day by mutual con cessions on both sides. The result was wholly unexpected and gives rise to great satisfaction to both operators and miners. To-day a committee of five, representing 3.000 miners, instructed to act independ ently of the federation or Knights of Labor, met here with a committee of operators ap pointed by the Philadelphia coal exchange. After considering the question of resump tion a written agreement was effected whereby the miners agree to resume at the old wages of 40 cents per 2,240 pounds, on condition of just weight with check weighmen, abolition of the store order system and cash monthly payments and the privilege of making pur chases wherever desired. The price for all dead work and other disputes will be settled between mine superintendents and their, men and that all miners shall be re employed ■ without discrimination. Work will be resumed on Thursday next. This action governs two-thirds of all the miners in the district. No action the miners in Federation No. .3 may now take, can change the result of to-day work of the independent committee. __ A LARGE LOCK-OUT. Eight Thousand People in New York Idle. New York, May 25. — general lock out threatened by the Contractor Tailor's as sociation, unless about 300 journeymen who have struck in twenty-five shops against the task system should return to work by Sun day, was carried into effect yesterday, and in consequence about 8,000 men and wo men are now idle. As soon as the work men learned of the lock-out they flocked to the headquarters of their executive commit tee. They were sent to Turner hall, in East Thirty-fourth street, where a mass meet ing was held. The workmen expressed their determination not to abandon their de mand for the abolition of task work, and the adoption in its place of the weekly wage system on the basis of ten hours work for five days and nine hours work on the sixth. The contractors thereupon held a meeting and declared that they would keep their shops closed for a whole year, if necessary, to compel the men to come to terms. A number of the contractors, however, in con versation said they would like to see the trouble ended, as this is one of the busiest seasons. — m Opposed to Dressed Beef* St. Louis, May 25. — About 500 dele gates from fifteen states have arrived here to attend the first annual convention of the National Butchers' - Association. , The butchers met this morning and were called to order by C. H.|Simpson, chairman of the committee on organization, and were wel comed and given the freedom of the city by Mayor Francis. He was responded to by Thomas Armour, president of the associa tion, and the convention then proceeded to effect a temporary organization. The com plaints against the dressed beef "monopoly seem to be uppermost in the minds of the delegates, and there is no doubt that the great work of the convention will be to organize in self-defense. It is proposed by many to practically boycott the great dressed beef firms and to pledge themselves to con tinue slaughtering for themselves or at any rate in their own cities. The Knights in Convention. Cleveland, 0., May 25. — The confer ence between the committee composed of trades unionists and Knights of Labor to day was highly satisfactory. The trades unionists presented the plan adopted by them in Philadelphia for a solution of the difficulties existing between the two orders. The plan will be submitted to the general assembly for ratification, and it seems to night as if a perfect understanding is alto gether probable, although there is unmis takable bitterness among many of the dele gates. The general assembly to-day ac complished nothing save the appointment of a press committee and a committee on credentials. To-morrow the real business of the order will be taken up. A Lucky Contestant. Chicago, May 25.— Judge Foley rendered a decision to-day which sets asido the will of James Ward. The deceased left an estate worth about $322,000. After the will whs made, but before Ward's . death, another heir was born to him. This heir brought suit as a post testamentary legatee, under section 10 of the statute of descent. Judge Foley decided that the claim was a just one, and that after deducting tho share of the widow under the will, the minor is given one-ninth of tho estate. Trouble in Arizona. Paktano, Ariz., May 25.— party of Mexi cans struck the Indians about eight miles from here last nigh* and killed one. The re mainder fled to the mountains. Benson, Ariz., May — Robert Lloyd, a well known dairyman, was killed by the In dians this morning' at bis residence, between here and Pantono. a TELEGRAPHIC TRIFLES. Mr. Blame, who is now at Bar Harbor, says he has had no interview with any one in regard to the fishery question, and is in no manner accountable for any opinions that may have been attributed to him. He has had no reason to change the views uniformly expressed by him in congress. The whereabonts of William S. Warner of New York is still a mystery. Those who are in a position to know whore he is eitner declare they do not know what quarter of the world he may be found, or frankly say that they are unwilling to tell where he is. Tho thirty-second annual session of the grand lodge of the world of Good Templars commenced at Richmond, Va., yesterday. In the Presbyterian general assembly at Augusta, Ga., yesterday, Rev. 1). B. M. Palmer of New Orleans, recited the causes which separated tho Southern from the Northern wing of the chureu which he claimed was that the Northern church bad undertaken to make a deliverance upon a political issue which had divided this country since the formation of tho constitution and had undertaken to settle the question of tho sovereignty of this government. This re lated to the question of slavery. Tho total exports of produce from tho port of New York during the . past week were valued at 80,032,052. The oaths of offlco were administered with due ceremony at the stato house yesterday to Gov. Wetmore, Lieut. Gov. L. B. Darling and tho other members of the Rhode Island state j government. Tho national convention of flro chiefs will bo held at Providence, R. L, beginning Aug. 24. Springfield, Mass.. is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of its foundation. - Steamship Arrivals. Glasgow : Nevada, from New York. Queenstown: Lord Gough, from Philadel phia, and Richmond, from New York. London: Westernland, from Now York, for Antwerp. Plymouth: Suevia, from New York, for Hamburg. Hamburg: Gellert, from New York. Philadelphia; Grecian, from Glasgow, and British Prince, from Li\ erpool. • New York: Canada, iroin Havre.. NO. 14 6 A MORTIFIED MAIDEN. Miss Polsom Said to be Indignant at the Gossip, and Declines to Marry Grover. The Assertion Made on Letters Eeoeived From Buffalo Ladies Now in Europe. Secretary Lunar Said to bo Engaged "to a Charming Widow of Macon, Ga. A Famous Louisville singer Pleading ' for a Divorce From a Brutal Husband. Can It Be Possible? Buffalo, N. V., May 25.— The Com mercial Advertiser in an editorial to-day says: Letters received in this city from Buffalo women now in Paris, and who have personally seen the young lady whose name has been mentioned as that of the intended wife of President Cleveland, report that the mortified girl positively declares tiiat she is not going to marry Mr. Cleveland. SECRETARY LAMAK. Belief that He is Soon to be married. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 25.— engage ment of Secretary Lamar to Mrs. Holt, widow of Gen. Holt, of Macon, Ga., which was hinted at when Mr. Lamar visited the South last month, is now believed to be true. The date for the ceremony is as yet unknown, but that the wedding will be celebrated sometime during the summer, while the statesman is enjoying his vaca tion, is the belief of all who know him. Mrs. Holt is described as a fine-looking well-preserved woman of the blonde type, about 55 years of age. She was a Miss Dean, a descendant of an old and wealthy Georgia family, prior to her marriage to Gen. Holt. There is believed to have been a romantic attachment between her and Mr. Lamar, who was at that time quite a young man. Events did not shape them selves as the young people wished, and after a time Miss Dean married Mr. Holt and Mr. Lamar married someone else. Mrs. Holt became the mother of two daughters, both of whom are married — to Mr. Bergen, the representative of . AX OLD MACOX FAMILY, the other to Capt, Kobert E. Park, for merly of La Grange. When Gen. Holt died some three years ago he left his wife an estate valued at 8150,000. She had also inherited some money from her father, so that she became one of the richest women in Georgia. Most of her property is invested in local and railroad securities. She has a large interest in the Southwestern railroad, of which her brother- : in-law, Col. Jones, is president. CoL Jones and his wife, who live at Macon, are all that is left of the immediate family of Mrs. Holt, aside from her children. Her son-hit law and daughter, Capt and Mrs. Park, live with her in the family mansion, which, is one of the handsomest in Macon. It stands in the center of a handsome bit of property in the most fashionable part of the city. This is the only piece of real estate, which Mrs. Holt owns. ABOUT TO BE DIVORCED* A Well-Known Louisville Lad]* Asking- Protection. Special to the Globe. Loxtisville, Ky., May 25.— Mrs. Kate Elliott Upperman, the well-known singer, has filed a suit in chancery against T. H. Upperman for divorce and for the custody of their child. The petition states that the defendant cursed and abused and mis treated plaintiff so that through fear of him she was compelled to go to her . fathers house to live. That on one occasion, and taking advantage of the absence of her father, the defendaut came into her room and in a fit of drunken rage tore off the lambrequin from the mantel and threw it in the fire, and plaintiffs pocketbook and bonnet were also destroyed by him in the same manner. It is further stated that de fendant has frequently besought plaintiff's father for permissisn to return and live at his house, and that under promise of reform such permission has more than once been given, but defendant invariably began drinking again. Letters are filed as ex hibits with the petition, wherein the de fendant begged Mrs. Upperman's father to forgive him for the past and to give him another trial. One dated Dec. 2, ISS4, says that the writer is without a home and moneyless and begs pity in the name of heaven. The plaintiff also states that the defendant finally abandoned her July 29, ISSS. In addition to a divorce and the cus tody of her child she prays a restoration to her maiden name, of Katie Fisher Elliott, and for an order restraining defendant molesting or in any way interfering "with the plaintiff as to the custody of said child. The restraining order was granted by the court pending further proceedings. Mrs. Katie Elliott Uppennan is a soprano singer of local popularity and high social position, and is the daughter of Judge Elliott, a well known lawyer. TAKING IT COOLLY. Nova Scotia People Not Concerned About the Schooner Seizure, Halifax, N. S., May 25.— As the schooner Sisters was seized at Portland for violation of American customs laws, it is not probabla that the people of Nora Scotia will attach any importance thereto, or show the slightest de» gree of excitement, la ordinary times such an event would have no interest except to those immediately concerned. The affair oc casions no excitement here. FISHERMEN PLEASED. Gloucester, Mass., May 25. — The fisher* men here were much elated when the news came that a Nova Scotian vessel had been seized at Portland. Dispatches from Nova Scotia indicate that extra exertions are being made there to be in readiness to seize some of . the American mackeral catchers when they arrive during the first part of June. UNEASY INDIANS. A Party of Apaches Leave the Ret* ervation»Rlurder in Arizona* Special to the Globe. Albuquerque, May 25.— A special recelTed from Winslow, a small town on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, states that some of the Azteo Cattle company's men, who have a camp on the north line of the Apache reser vation, about forty-live miles southwest of Holbrook, report that the Indians are getting reckless, and a band have left their reserva tion, coming north. These Indians entered the Aztec camp and stole some provisions and ammunition. They were seen by tho cow boys, who iollowdd them some distance and had a scrimmago with them and recovered tho property. It is feared by the people of Apache county that if these Indians come north they may incite the Navajoes to join them in a campaign of rapine and murder. Maj. Warren, general manager of the Azteo company, is very uneasy, and loft for the scene of the trouble. «»» Iron Business improving:. Pittsbukg, Pa., May 25. — Pittsburg iron manufacturers who were spoken to to day agree that the prospects are brighten ng and the indie ations are more promising than at any time since the first of .the year. The labor disturbances of the Bast few weeks are quietly subsiding, and there is more confidence in the iron business than for some time past. Cleveland School Bonds* Special to tho Globe. Cleveland, 0., May 25.— city board of education has just awarded to N. W. Harris & Co., bankers of this city, $165,000, 4% per ' cent, interest, bonds, at a premium of I $7,543.50. which is the largest premium ever paid in this city for similar bonds. \