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MADE ITS KEPORT.
The Senate Tariff Committee Com
pletes Its Work.
The .ileaiure Reported to the Senate and
Its Consideration to ltegln April Z
Frincipal Changes Irom
the Wilson Itlll.
IN THE SENATE'S HANDS.
Washington, March 22. Senator
"Vborhees, chairman of the finance
committee, reported the tariff bill to
the senate soon after the reading of the
journal Tuesday. Senator Morrill,ne of
the republican members of the com
mittee, stated that bo far as the re
publican members of the committee
were concerned they did not object to
the reporting of the bill, but were op
posed to the income tax feature in it
and the change from specific to ad.
valorem duties. Senator Voorhees gave
notice that he would call up the bill
for consideration April 2.
The most important change made in
the bill is in the sugar schedule, a
change being made by which an addi
tional duty of X of 1 per cent per
pound is given on all 6ugars teting
above 98 degrees by the polariscope
test, or which are above Ko. 15 Duch
standard in color.
The provisions abrogating the Ha
waiian reciprocity treaty are struck
from the revision bill.
The reciprocity sections of the Mo
Kinley act, sections 3, 15 and 16, are re
pealed and all agreements or arrange
ments made or proclaimed between the
United States and foreign govern
ments under the provisions of said
feections are hereby abrogated, of
which the president shall give such
notice to the authorities of said foreign
governments a-: may be required by
the terms of such agreements or ar
rangements. A very important amendment is made
in the section governing the manufac- j
ture of tobacco, which is intended to
prevent the sale of leaf tobacco by I
dealers from competing with the sale
of manufactured tobaoco, bat is so
worded as to protect the farmer and
grower of tobacco in his right to sell
his own product without the payment
of a tax.
The lead and lead-ore duties are left
unchanged from the senate subcommit
tee rates, as are the iron-ore and coal
duties. So also are whisky and opium.
There have been added to tse free list
pineapples, bananas, cocoanuts, (horn
strips and tips. No articles were taken
from the free list.
Collars and cuffs are left unchanged :
from the senate subcommittee rate, but
Bhirts and all other articles of every
description not especially provided
for, composed wholly or in part
of linen, 50 per cent, ad valorem
instead of 85 per cent., the Wilson bill
rate; oatmeal 15 per cent, ad valorem
instead of 20 per cent., the Wilson bill
rate; castor beans are restored to the
Wilson rate of 25 cents per bushel; .
playing cards are restored to the Wil-
ton of 10 cents per pack, instead of 2
cents per pack as fixed by the senate
subcommittee. I
In the internal revenue schedule the
committee strikes out the provision I
which the senate subcommittee insert- I
ed first taxing cigars and cigarettes
weighing more than three pounds $3 j
per thousand, and cigarettes in paper I
weighing' not more than three pounds, j
$1 per thousand; and wrapped in to- '
bacco, 50 cants per thousand, thus
leaving the taxes on
these articles un-
changed from the present law.
The provision in the income tax
amendment relating to a tax on build
ing and loan associations, which was
exempted by the house and stricken j
out when the senate subcommittee re- I
ported the bill, has been restored with !
the proviso that the tax shall not be j
levied upon thesis institutions who j
make no loans except to shareholders j
for the purpose of enabling them to
build homes.
RICH IS UPHELD
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.Michigan's Supreme Court Satisfied with,
the floTeraor'i Official Acts.
Lansing, Mich., March 22. The su
preme court has rendered a decision
sustaining Gov. Rich in removing Sec
retary of Slate Jochim, State
Treasurer Hambitzer and Land
Commissioner Berry for gross neg
ligence in failing to personally
canvass the returns of the amendment
election of 1S:)3. It is held that it was
within the power of the governor to re
move such oHieials under the constitu
tion, and that he has power to de
termine as to the facts. A judgment of
ouster was entered.
The court denies that thure is any
property rig-ht in an office and that
consequently the provision of the
Michigan constitution giving the gov
ernor power to remove for gross neg
lect of duly does not conflict with the
fourteenth amendment to the federal
constitution providing that no state
bhall deprive a person of life, liberty or
property without due process of law.
Lansing, Mich., March 22. Michigan
has three new state officers. These
changes follow the filing by the
supreme court of a unanimous opinion
written by Jnstice Hooker sustaining
the action of Gov. Iiich in removing
Secretary of State Jochim, State Treas
urer Hambitzer and Land Commission
er Berry for gross neglect of duty.
New appointments were made at onco
and are as follows:
Secretary of Slate Rrv. Washington Gard
ner, of Albion.
Stut3 Treasurer James M. Wilkinson, of
Ma-quttte.
Land Commissioner William A. French, of
Belle.
Cyclone In Arkansas.
Helena, Ark., March 22. Helena
was visited Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock by the heaviest rain and wind
storm that has struck this city for
many years. The roofs were blown off
two stores on Cherry street, occupied
by Tanner & Co. and Cool Bros. The
front of the large building occu
pied by M. Selig's wholesale dry
goods house was demolished. The
building of the Eidge City and
Loitus clubs was demolished. Two of
Seiij's employes escaped death by al
most a miracle. The Presbyterian
chracii sustained slight damage irom
fly iag timbers.
KOSSUTH IS DEAD.
Close of the Remarkable Career of the
Famous Hungarian Patriot.
Turin. March 22. Louis Kossuth,
died at 10:55 o'clock Tuesday evening.
His end was extremely painful. He
showed signs of consciousness until the
last. He expired in the arms of his
eon and died pressing- the hand of the
Hungarian Deputy KarolyL
Ninety-two years ago Lonis Kossuth, the
Hungarian patriot, wag bora ot an ancient but
impoverished family in Monoli. in Zemplin. one
of the corthern counties ef Hungary. Tho ex
act date of his birth is somewhat obscured by
conflicting memoirs, soma biographers giving
April 27, 1803. and some September 16 or 18 as
the date, and all have been at varieas times
celebrated as the anniversary by his admirers.
After reaohing manhood Kossuth became
Identified with the liberal faction in his native
land. From the beginning of his political
caTeer Kossuth determined to throw oS tae
yeke of Austria and Russia and establish Hun
gary among the independent nations of Europe,
and he became in the course of time, advocate,
journalist, minister of finance, president of the
fommlttee of defense aud governor of the Hun
garian republic.
As a lawyer he was brilliant in debate and
as a newspaper man he was daring. He pub
lished accounts of the Hungarian diet In
spite of prohibitory laws, and at the age of
found defying the whole Austrian
In the advocacy of this cause
tried for treason in 1837 and con-
LOUIS KOSSUTH.
demned to four years imprisonment. This
enshrined him as a martyr and a general out
burst of Indignation followed. After three
years of imprisonment he was set free through
the strenuous efforts of his friends. It was
then that be married Teresa Mezlenzl, who be
came noted for her untiring devotion to her
husband during his exile.
When released he was elected to a foremost
place In the diet. Afterward he was given the
portfolio of finance Under his administration
internal reforms were effected. The last traces
of federal oppression were abolished and the
peasants were declared free from seigniorial
claims, the country undertaking to Indemnify
the landlords. In 1S43 be was elected to the
position of governor of Hungary, aud held
that office during the civil war of 1848-9.
After the fall of the republic Kossuth fled to
Turkey, where the porta refused his extradi
tion. In 1851 he was liberated, and, in company
with his family, visited America for the pur
pose of enlisting sympathy in the Hungarian
cause, but his agitation received a fatal blow
by the coup d'etat ot LouU Napoleon.
At the time ot the alliance between France
and Piedmont Kossuth's hopes were raised to
the very highest. Here was Hungary's
chance to strike a fatal blow at the bated
Hapsburg. Louis Napoleon deceived him, as
he deceived everybody. The great chance
passed by, and. worst of all. as years went
on the Hungarians tnemselves showed a dispo
sition to yield to circumstances. A us tro-Hungary
was the result This was a terrible blow
to Kossuth, whose enforced exile now became
voluntary. The time bad come when he was
out of touch with the people, aud so he was but
the shadow of the past.
In U62 he returned to Europe and devoted
some months to a revival of the cause without
avail. Undaunted, In 1853 he visited Paris
and the emperor, with whom he con
certed a plan of attacking Austria in
the Hungarian possessions. This was pre
vented by the peace of Ylllafranca. In
he removed to Turin, where he resided
many years. During the war of 1866 he again
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of Prest, he remained a voluntary exile, occu
pied with studies and the publication of sev
eral papers. For a quarter of a century his
life has been one of entire seclusion in Turin, a
city full of e tames, broad piauas and Alpine
scenery.
Of late years he had been in rather desper
ate s'raits. His only source of income was
what he drew from teaching language lessons,
and this income often fell below V-iJO a year
worse than a pittance. His condition was more
recently relieved by money he received from
publications he consented to have made, so that
his last days were not his worst
Among all tho great liberators of mankind
there was no patriot greater than Kossuth.
His hold upon his countrymen was marvelous.
ENDED LIFE
TOGETHER.
! A Youiij Couple trotted
In Love Hang
j Themselves.
! Oskaloosa. Ia., March 22. The bod
i ies of John Heed and Etta Shaw were
i found late Monday night hanging to
; the limb of a tree in Adams township,
this county, where, it is supposed, they
' had been since Sunday night. They were
, in love with each other and their parents
: refused to permit them to marry on ae
'. count of their 3'outh, neither being over
18 years old. They were last seen at
I 11 o'clock Sunday night driving near
this place where their bodies were
; found. They had unhitched the horses
j and tied a card to each giving direc
j tlons where they would be foun'i
I Then, standing in the buggy, a rope
I was thrown over a limb, one end tied
' around each of their necks, and both
; jumped into eternity.
j The horses on which the placards
j had been placed announcing where the
two bodies could be found were turned
! loose. During Monday the workmen
: in a field noticed the harnessed team
wandering around ami seeing the card
; caught the, horses. The relatives were
: immediately notified and a company of
: five found the dead bodies hanging
j from the tree as given in the card of
j instructions. The bodies were taken
j down by the relatives and cared for at
I their homes.
Letters on their bodies instructed
their friends to bury them in coffins
alike and have a double funeral. Tho.
requests were carried out and Monday
morning the funeral occurred.
r -i Two Hundred Slain.
Madrid, March 22. Advices received
, here from Minianao, capital of the
i island of that name in the Malay arch-
iperago. show that a large body of Mo
, hammedan natives made an attack
upon the Spaniard's on the island of
. Pantar. In the fighting that ensued
'. one Spaniard was killed and many
j were wounded. The Spaniards infiicted
j severe losses upon the natives, 200 of
them being killed.
Drowned in a Water Tronjrh.
Newark, O., March 22. The 2-year-old
son, of Val-andingham Keller fell
into a water trough and was drowned.
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IS HE INSANE?
The New Trial of Prendergast to
Commence Immediately.
Doubt as to Procedure tieveral Open
Questions That Must He Settled At
torney Kern Outlines the
State's Position.
TO TEST HIS SANITY.
Chicaoo, March 20. The jury trial
of Patrick Eugene Prendergast for in
sanity, ordered by Judge Chetlain last
Thursday night, will begin this morn
ing in the same courtroom and be con
tinued from day to day, Sunday ex
cepted, at 10 a. in. and 2 p. m. until
finished. There is scarcely a possibil
ity that it will bo quickly disposed of
and it may stretch out to great length.
This trial might almost be called a
legal novelty. State's Attorney Kern
said Friday that, so far as he knew, it
had never been resorted to in tho state
of Illinois before. But Luther Lailin
Mills, who as state's attorney in 1885
had better reasons for recalling it,
was able to furnish one prece
dent. This was the case of James
Dacey, who murdered Alderman
Gaynor. Dacey took a change of
venue to Mcllenry county. Mr. Mills
prosecuted the case and Dacey was con
victed acd sentenced to be hanged. The
usual writ of error to the supreme court
followed, and the sentence of the court
below was affirmed. But some time
before the day of execution Judge T.
D. Murphy, the prisoner's counsel,
filed in court an affidavit that
Dacey had become insane since he was
sentenced, and moved for the impanel
ing of a jury to determine his condi
tion. The jury was impaneled and the
issue was duly tried. But the verdict
was against Dacey. and he was hanged
at the appointed time. With this ex
ception it is doubtful if the process in
voked by Mr. Gregory for Vrender
gast's deliverance was ever brought in
to requisition in the United States.
The neglect of this potent remedy is
remarkable for several reasons. It is
agreed, on all sides, to be an indispen
sable safeguard of justice in regard to
human life. It has been in use in Eng
land for centuries, and has withstood
every attempt to abrogate it. But.strang
est of all, it has been provided for in
the laws of Illinois ever since 1845. and
possibly for over fifty years. Consid
ering that the proceeding i.-, so suscep
tible of abuse, is is regarUeti us remark
able that it has been resorted to only
twice in fifty years for the purpose of
cheating justice.
The trial which begins to-day will be
of extraordinary interest and impor
tance for the reason that, while its
legality is conceded, the different steps
in the procedure have all to be deter
mined without any clear guide from
the books. No one can say au
thoritatively whether it is a civil
or a criminal proceeding, though
that fact determines a dozen others
which may decide the fate of the pris
oner. It is not clear whether the jury
should consist of twelve men or of six
men, one of whom is a physician, as in
insane cases. There is nothing to show
whether the court can set aside the
verdict of the jury and grant
a new trial. Worse than all this,
fthere are no laws for the safe de
tention of the prisoner, if adjudged in
sane, in an asylum, no law for sen
tencing him to any particular asylum,
and no legal process provided by which,
to watch for his recovery, determine in
a legal manner that he is sane again,
and turn him over to the sherill for ex
ecution. In an interview State's Attorney
Kern, consulting, as he spoke, with his
assistant, Mr. Knight, said:
"The people of the state of Illinois and my
self have no interest in the execution of inno
cent people Tht-refore I shall do my duty in
the PremlerBast case without the sliphU-st
bitterness or ambition for a victory. Hut I
will, of course, see that the investigation
is a thorough one. I may say 1 have
a large number of witnesses who will
testify to Preudergast's sunity. Many of
them are experts, and amousi them Dr. N. S.
Davis will testify that he has examined Pren
dergast, both before and since senteuce, and
that he is in better condition every way now
than he was before he was sentenced. !So, you
see, the inquiry has got to be a thorough one.
au-1 I am glad of it. Whatever tho result may
be, I shall feel better to think that every pos
sible .step was tii ken to secure justice."
Attorney tlregory was not so ready
as Mr. Kern to express an opinion on
the questions of procedure involved in
the trial. The only opinion he would
express about it was that he was in
clined to - regard the trial as
a finalit3'. With reference to the
disposition of Prendergast in case
he should be adjudge. I insane,
Mr. Gregory said he did not believe he
would be confined in an insane as3'luin.
He thought he would lie sent to the
penitentiary and remain there until he
became sane or died. If at any time
it was found that he was sane he
would be executed under the original
sentence.
Prendergast gave little evidence Fri
day of feeling of an' sort in connection
with the stay of execution which had
been granted him. He walked in his
cell nearly the entire day. Just
before Iliggins was swinging in air the
assassin seemed to arouse himself. At
11 o'clock he arose suddenly from his
cot and began to scribble on a piece erf
paper. He expressed regret for Hig
gins, adding, however, that the murder
er of MsCooey had had a fair trial and
that tho law should take its course.
Discovery and development of val
uable coal mines have increased the
population of Toluca, I1L, from 200 to
a, 000 in a year.
Former Capital Itflle Dies a Pauper.
Daxbury, Conn., March 2(5. Mrs.
Sar-ih Newton Blauchard, at one time
one of the most prominent of Washing
ton society belles, was buried in Dan
bury as a pauper at the expense of the
town. She was S5 j-ears old. For a
number of years she had lived in pov
erty, her pride preventing her from let
ting her condition be known to her
friends.
War on lirewerles.
St. Louis, March 20. Knights of La
bor are said to have declared war on
the twenty or more breweries in this
I city controlled by Englishmen.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Fix Persons Killed by m Dynamite Explo
sion In Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 28. The dy
namite works of the Acme Powder com
pany at Black's run, 14 miles above
Pittsburgh on the Allegheny Valley
railroad, blew up at 7:10 o'clock a. m..
killing two men and four women and
badly wrecking houses and other
buildings in Acinetonia, directly across
the river, at Hulton, 3 miles south, and
at Johnston station, a short distance
east. Superintendent James Mooney
was the only person to survive his in
juries. His legs were shattered and
will probably have to be amputated.
The following is a complete list of
the killed: William Arthurs, aged SO;
Mrs. William Arthurs, aged 19; Sadie
Remaley, aged 30; Nellie Remaley,
aged 35; Charles Bobin, aged 20.
Nellie Eemaley was injured by fall
ing timbers in an adjoining building,
and died on the train bringing her to a
hospital in Pittsburgh. The other
four were literally blown to pieces.
Fragments of their bodies were scat
tered over a radius of miles. The
largest portion of the remains yet
found is one of Robin's feet. It was
picked up fully half a mile from the
scene of the explosion. There
were, it seems, two explosions. The
first occurred in the packing house, in
which those who were killed were at
work. This building was scattered to
the winds. An instant later there was
a terrific explosion in the mixing
house, which razed the building and
machinery to the ground. The sur
rounding forest has the appearance of
having been mown down by a gigantic
scythe. The hole blown into the earth
has the appearance of a monster cellar.
The cause of the explosion will prob
ably never be known. Mr. McAbee,
the principal owner of the plant, esti
mates his loss at SI 5,000. At the time
of the explosion there was stored in the
works live tons of dynamite, a
consignment ready for shipment to
day. The works had a capacity
of 20,000 pounds per day. The
explosion created the wildest kind
of excitement in the Alleghany valley
above and below Black's run, at the
mouth of which the works were locat
ed. At Acmetonia, Hulton, Oakmont,
Veronia, Johnston, Parnassus, Ken
sington, Tarentum and other towns
within a radius of several miles there
was great alarm. Nearly every win
dow in Acmetonia, Springdale and
Hulton was shattered, and a few of the
houses were considerably damaged.
PAID THE PENALTY.
Thomas lllcgln Hanged In Chicago for
the Murder of Peter MrCooey,
CuiCAfjo. March 20. Thomas, alias
"Buff" Iliggins, was hanged at the
Cook county jail for the murder of
Peter McCocjey on September 3 last.
The drop fell at 12:08 o'clock p. m. and
at 12:17 o'clock he was pronounced
dead by the physicians, his death being
apparently painless. Iliggins showed
great nerve on the scaffold and met
death unflinchingly, displaying a won
derful coolness to the end.
(Thomas, alias "Buff," Iliggins was arrested
early the morning of Sunday. September!
IS'JS, charged with the murder of Peter Me
Cooey, of No. l."3 Johnson street A few hours
previous to the arrest MeCooey was shot in his
bed by a burglar A few days previous to tho
murder Mrs. McCoocy, Peter's wife, drew
1400 from a West side bank. It is
supposed that this fact reached tho ears
of McCooey's murderer, and the bur
glary was committed for the ourpose
of securing this money. The money, however,
had been placed in the bank by Mrs. MeCooey,
aud the burglar got nothing. At the Maxwell
Street station Higuins is said by the ofllcers to
have made a confession. lie also confessed
before the coroner's jury the next day.
HiKKlns repudiated these con'esstons. lie
said the officers made him drunk and
punched his head until he signed a con
fession they had written. After a trial lasting
five days Higsrins was found guilty. Judge
Brentano refused a motion for a new trial and
sentenced liitfgins to be handed March 23, lf-94.
Iliius was born in Ireland In 1870 and came
to America with his parents when he was 2
years old. He had only been out of the Joliet
penitentiary a few days w hen he was arrested
for the murder of MVCooey. Iliggins had been
sent to the penitentiary for one year on convic
tion of burglary. 1
MINERS TO ENTER POLITICS.
Cn.tert Workers' Convention to Follow the
Course of ISrltinh l uluut.
PlTlsni'RGii, Pa., March 2(5. Presi
dent John McBride. of the United Mine
Workers of America, has issued a circu
lar call for the fifth annual convention
of the organization, to be held at Colum
bus beginning April 10. In the call
for a convention is sent a programme
for independent labor politics to be dis
cussed at the meeting. The proposed po
litical action is based on the course pur
sued by the trades unionists of Great
Britain. The programme includes com
pulsory education, eight-hour work
day, sanitarj inspection, abolition of
contract system in public work, mu
nicipal ownership of street cars, jjas
and electric light plants, nationaliza
tion of telegraphs, telephones, rail
roads and mines.
NEW COUNTERFEITS.
Spurious Issues of a Silver Certificate and
n Treannry Note.
Washington, March 20. The secret
service of the treasury department has
discovered that there are two new coun
terfeit government bills in circulation.
One is of the two-dollar treasury note
and the other is of the one-dollar silver
certificate. This is the first counterfeit
ever found of the two-dollar treasury
note. It is of the series lS'Jl, check
letter "C," W. S. Kosecrans, register,
E. II. Nebeker, treasurer, portrait of
McPherson. The one-dollar silver cer
tificate counterfeit is series lS'Jl, check
letter "A."
I'clxoto to l liculf Alt Kelicl.
Bio IK Jankiko. March 17, via Monte
video, March 24. President Pcixoto
has revived the imperial decrees of 1S:J8
and 1S51. These decrees authorize the
execution, without formal trial, of all
persons who have taken up arms against
the government, as well as those who
have aided or abetted, directly or indi
rectly, the cause of an insurrection.
irat Strikes in iev tiold Fields.
Ai.ui'yi'EKCii'K, N. M., March 20,
Phenomenal strikes in tho Cochiti min
ing district have set New Mexico wild,
and the prospectors are pouring into
Cochiti from all directions.
SPURIOUS COINS.
Counterfeiters at Omaha Issue 600,000
Itogua Dollars.
Omaha, Neb., March 21. Half a mil
lion perfect silver dollars in circulation,
unauthorized by the government, is the
fcubject over which many detectives
and Omaha bankers are disturbed.
"Last week the headquarters of the
United States secret service bu
reau at Des Moines was com
bined with the Omaha station
and all the special agents in both are
in a hot chase after tw gangs of coun
terfeiters who are flooding this city
with the product of their work. It has
Teen necessary to secure reinforce
ments and .four special agents of the
government, in addition to Marshal
White's forces, have been cooperating
with the division chief.
A good clew to one gang has been
found and some arrests will be made
within a few dajs; in all probability.
This latter clique has been making a
clumsy imitation of silver half dollars,
which indicates that its members are
amateurs in the business. But the other
gang is regarded as a professional
one, and its scheme is one of
money making magnitude. It has
practically established a little mint in
Omaha right under the nose of Uncle
Sam, and is working so smoothly with
such clever product that the secret
service men are mystified as well as
amazed at the extent to which this
monetary deception has been practiced.
For months Omaha and vicinity hava
been the hotbed of a smooth crowd of
"minters." They have coined, so it is
said, &00.090 or more of dollars which
contain the same amount of silver and
alloy placed in the regular dollar by
the government mint. These men hava
simply started an opposition to the gov
ernment and their money cannot be de
tected from the genuine. They are
making money figuratively and liter
ally. It is 6aid they realize fifty-one centa
profit on every dollar they turn out.
So cleverly have they worked that the
cash drawers and banks of this city,
Council Bluffs, South Omaha and else
where have been receptacles for thou
sands of these home-made dollars. It
is a "seigniorage" on the si', and has
finally attracted the attention of the
government.
The purchase of several thousand
dollars' worth of silver at the Grant
smelter in Omaha weekly by persons
unknown to the trade gave the authori
ties the first clew to the affair. The
dollars are exactly like those coined
by the United States mint.
A SCORE KILLED.
At Least Twenty Lives Lost During- the
Cyclone in Texas.
Dallas, Tex., March 21. The storms
which swept over northern Texas Sat
urday, Sunday and Sunday night were
ULparalled in severity. The death roll
will reach twenty and the list of
wounded over 100. Mayor Barry has
called upon the citizens for contribu
tions to relieve the sufferers, many of
whom have been ruined and mourn the
loss of members of their families.
Nacogdoches. Tex., March 21. Sun
day evening a cyclone passed through
this county, and Monday morning an
other tornado traversed a wide scope
of country. Kvery house of the Whit
aker negro colony was blown away and
a number of persons were severely
hurt. In the Grimes neighborhood,
miles from here, there is not a fence or
a house left. Dan Grimes was killed
and his wife, who was, confined to her
bed, received fatal injuries.
Monday morning a cyclone began
operations 2 miles east of here, wreck
ing all the houses in the McCuiston
mill settlement. The corpse of a
young woman, who died Sunday night,
was mangled beyond recognition.
Many inmatesof the houses were fatal
ly injured. "Jake" Ballinger, an old
blind man, was killed by Hying tim
bers. A MICHIGAN CLOUDBURST.
The Village of Hear Lake, Near Kalama
ioi, Inundated.
Bear Lake, Mich., March 21. A tre
mendous cloudburst 6truck Bear Lake
Saturday af Lernoon. The village is sit
uated on the northern slope of a large
hill, and down this hill the water
began to rush at a terrific rate,
soon rising to a depth of 3 feet in
the streets. Immediately after a clap
of thunder a great shet of water de
scended. It burst in windows and
flooded houses, the mud and watr be
ing 4 feet deep. No lives were lost, but
the town is the most disconsolate look
ing place imaginable. Trees, side
walks and fences were destroyed, and
the first floor of every house is a place
of mud and mire.
DEATH OF A VETERAN.
Commodore W hiting, of the Navy, Passes
Away-
New York, March 21. Commodore
William 1). Whiting, retired, of the
United States navy, died on Monday.
Death was the indirect result of being
run over by a cab at Broadway and
Thirty -fourth street last January. The
shock of the accident developed into
Bright's disease, the cause of death.
Commodore Whiting was retired from
the navy in 1SS1 on account of failing
eyesight He afterwards became al
most totally blind. The commodore
was one of the officers connected with
Perry's expedition to Japan, and it was
said "that he was the first officer in the
fleet to set foot on Japanese soil, lie
was born in 1S24.
Forest Fires in Iiansas.
St. Louis. March 21. A special to the
ros'.-Dispatch from Charleston, Kan.,
says the forest fires which have been
raging on Cvnnelton mountain for sev
eral days past continue unabated, and
that twenty-five families have been re-
' duced to destitution. No steps have
yet been taken to stop the conflgra
tion. Woman Shot at Iteartlntown. III.
Beards-town, 111.. . March 21. Miss
Lizzie Church waa shot and instantly
killed here by Bait Morrissey at 7
o'clock Monday evening. Morr'svey
ipol after tho shooting.
PANIC IN THE FLAMES.
riv Hnadred School Children Threat
ened with Death Several Hurt.
Evanston, IlL, March 23. Fire de
stroyed the South Evanston publia
school Wednesday morning and ia
the panio that seized the terror-stricken
pupils and teachers several children;
were badly injured. Five hundred
skirls and boys were in the building at
the time, and it was only by rare
good fortune that scores of them
were not burned or trampled to
death in the mad rush for the doors. In
the excitement following the discovery
of the fire a crowd of pupils ran np to
the top floor in a wild endeavor to flee
frm the flames and smoke, and were
there hemmed in. Several of them,
jumped from the window ledges and
vvere seriously hurt They are:
Newell Blmmens, head eut and shoulder dl.
located; Ella Saurt, leu broken: Percy Bral
ley. hip disloouted and iatornal injuries:
Esther Burden, 715 Evanstoa avenue, Jumped
from third-story window, heai and shoulders
Injured: Lucy Huxtoble. MS Wesley street,
fousa unconscious on the third floor, burned
about head and face: Carrie Johnson, 834 Wes
ley avenue, burned about hands and injured by
Inhaling smoke: Frank Johnson, fireman, head
cut by broken glass: Samuel Mack, injured fcy
lulling timber.
The scene about the burning build
ing was appalling. Tho firemen were
endeavoring to lift ladders to the win
dows, while the parents in the yard
and streets about the schoolhouse were
shouting to the children clinging to the
windows to hang on or go back and de
scend the stairs. Finally a boy stood np
In a third-story window and jumped
to the ground, 40 feet below. It
was Newell Simmons. He fell on his
shoulder and was picked up senseless.
Almost immediately afterward Esther
Burden leaped from an adjacent win
dow on the same floor. The Sagert
pirl struck squarely on her feet and
sank to the ground with a 6hriek of
pain. Physicians say that her right
leg is broken and that she may have
sustained serious internal injuries.
PROPOSED CHINESE TREATY.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Will Make m Favorable Report.
Washisgtojt, March 23. The senate
committee on foreign relations has been,
considering an important Chinese
treaty, negotiated by the new Chinese
minister and Secretary Grcsham. It
does not meet with the approval
of Eome of the senators, who are
members of the committee. It is un
derstood that this opposition, while
considerable, has not been sufficient to
prevent its being reported favorably,
though possibly with some amend-
'. ments. A synopsis follows:
I The new treaty run9 for twenty years, and If
at tLe expiration of twenty years neither kov-
j eminent shall gire notice to the other of its in
tention to have it terminated, then it shall re
main in force for another twenty years. During
! the period of the life of the treaty Chinese are
prohibited from entering the country except
upon conditions Provision is made for the re
turn of any Chinaman who has a lawful wife,
child or parent in the United States or property
to tne amount of ti.OOO or debts due him to
that amount. In order to secure the benenta
of this provision the Chinaman must leave with,
an officer of the United Stales a description
of his family or property and secure a cer
tificate entitling him to return. Ue must
also return within a year, which may be ex
tended another year in cases of sickness or
: other causes beyond his control. The existing
treaties providing for the privileges of travel
and sojourn in the United S'.ates of Chinese
officials, teachers, students and travelers for
curiosity, as well as the right ot transit of Chi
nese officials through the country are preserved.
In return for concessions granted by this
country to better protect the Chinese peopl
and to lesson the hardships which it is claimed
they suffer by reason of the Geary law, the
Chinese government is to take greater precau
tions to prevent the coming of Chinese la
borers to this country. The treaty renders ln
operative most of the features ot the present
exclusion laws.
WILL YIELD S38I.O00.O00.
Estimates of the Yearly Revenue I'ndel
the Amended Tariff itlll.
Wash iso ton, March 23. The esti
mates of the amount of revenue which
the tariff bill reported to the senate
will probably show that the total
amount will be about 3S1,OOO.OQO. This
is a reduction of between $13,000,000 and
$14,000,000 from the estimates in the first
bill reported to the committee. The
; principal reduction is made in the inter
nal revenue part of the bill through the
restoration of the present tax rates on
domestic cigars and cigarettes, which
amounts to a loss of over 1 10,000,000.
There will also be an appreciable fall
ing off in the duty on tin plate, caused
by changing the duty on that importa
tion from 1 1-15 cent to 1 cent per
pouncL The change in the fruit sched
ule, whereby bananas, pineapples and
cocoanuts are taken from the dutiable
list, will niaiie up the other principal
items of losses. As the bill stands, if
the estimate is correct, it will produce
at least $30,000,000 more of revenue
than will be needed.
KulntMl by Flood.
' Memphis, Tenn., March 23. The
j damage to property in the Mississippi
I valley by storms and floods during the
s last three da.vs is beyond calculation.
Bridges have been washed away,
j houses wrecked, railroad tracks dis
I placed, farm land has been spoiled, es
! pccially in the bottoms, and crops
' have been delayed where before every
prospect for an early and highly favor
able season for farmers and planters
was anticipated. The precipitation at
Memphis reached about 8 inches. There
are eleven railroads entering Memphis,
and every one of them has been sub
jected to washouts. Two miles of the
track of the Chesapeake & Ohio and
Southwestern railroad were swept
away at the Ilatchie river, 7 miles
north of Memphis. The St. Louis &
Southwestern and the Tennessee Mid
land each reports washouts, while the
track of the former is submerged for
several miles in White river swamp.
Seized by th State.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 23. Tbo
6tate has seized about 2.000,000 feet of
logs in Minneapolis. This is another
move in the campaign against al
leged lumber thieves. The logs
were held by the Shevlin-Carpenter
company and were seized on the
ground that they had been irregularly
cut on land purchased from the state
by A. B. Matthews, of Stillwater.,
The question to be determined by the
courts is the value of the logs. A repi
resentative of the company says they
are not worth more than ST. 50 a thou
sand. It is understood the state claims
the logs are worth 10 a thousand.
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