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K h f A x THOUSANDS KILLED. An Awful Calamity at a Russian Festival. Jlniigry rrnsnnt Itimh for tho Table and Tmmple TlioiiRiinilft to Death oiicu, fllo., Itecolvc it Deudly Storm VU- Itiitlun .Many Drowned. fuliimltr iif. n. llusslnn l'emt. Moscow, .lime 1. A tjrriblo panic, resulting from tho great crush of people at the popular feast hero Satur day in honor of tho coronation of tho ar, caused the trampling to death of thousands of people. In anticipation of tho grand holiday and popular ban quotonthc Hodynsicy plain, tens of thousands of people began trooping toward the Fotrovsky palace, in front of which tho plain is situated, during the earliest hours Saturday. It was .at first arranged to accommodate 400,000 people, but in view of the hnmonso crowds assembled in and about the ltynt the coronation fote, oxtra tables iind benches were hastily erected and every effort was mado to provide seating room and a hearty meal for .100,000 people. Uy dawn tho mass of peasants about the tables was really enormous, and they were all desperately hungry, some of them having fasted, by choice or necessity, for nearly 24 hours. The police did everything possible to keep buck tho crowd, but suddenly tho masses, con trolled by somu inexplicable impulse, or impatient to get at tho food, pressed forward, swept everything beforo them, and overturned tables and benches as if made of grass, trampling hundreds under foot and crushing tho life out of a great number of people. The police barracks, to which the bodies of tho dead wero taken by the authorities, are besieged with persons beseeching for news of friends and relatives. The scenes at tho barracks where tho process of identification hi going on are terrible in the extreme. Id is said the fatalities will amount to between 2,000 and 3,000, but it is im possible as yet to learn exactly tho extent of tho disaster. An olllcial statement yesterday placed tho num ber of dead recovered at 1,330 and tho seriously or fatally injured at 280. r.ut, in contrast with this olllcial state ment, there wero 1,232 corpses lying at the cemetery, besides the many dead and dying that are known to have been removed from the ill-fated field by friends. Cloudburst lit Seneca, Mo. Nkosiio, Mo., Juno 1. Two cloud bursts occurred in this county at an arly hour Saturday morning, ouo at this placo and ono at Seneca. Sylves ter Wood was drowned at Neosho by the overturning of a boat while being taken from the flooded district. Eighteen persons are missing at Son cca and it is certain thut nil have been drowned. Fifteen bodies have already been found. Tho lost are as follows: II. Andreas, wife and threo children; Carl Schmidt, wlfo and flvo children; Mrs. Henry Robinson and ono child; little Willio Dobblcr and Archie Wil liams; wife of Rev Harry White. Rev. Harry White occupied rooms ovor the Dispatch oflico with his wife. The building was entirely swept away and Rqv. White and his wife with it. Mr. White was found in a drift, bruised and insensible, but at last accounts was improving and will probably re cover. The dead body of his wife was found Saturday afternoon. Tho condition of Seneca is pitiable. It is a town of 1,200 inhabitants, 10 miles west of here, and is situated in a valley. The water extended from blulf to bluff and was from four to six feet deep in every business house. Many buildings wero washed away. Tho M. E. church (south) was carried several blocks. The 'Frisco railroad has two bridges out near Dayton and Seneca, and much track washed away. Tho Kansas City, Pittsburg t Gulf has washouts north of Neosho. I.ATKST r.KPORT FROM SLNECA. Seneca, Mo., June 1. Tho scenes in and about the district of Soueca's aw ful Hood disaster present a picture of desolation. Cherokee avenue, Seneca's principal business street, is divided 'in two sections by tho loss of the splendid iron bridge which spanned Lost creek. Hundreds of citizens aro viewing tho ruins, while searching parties aro con stantly beating either side of tho stream in search of missing citizens, -who aro evidently drowned. Of those thought to have boon drowned 11 have "been taken from the water. Every mcrchanton Chorokcc avenue, which embraces fully nine-tenths of the business interests of tho town, has .suffered more or less direct loss to stock. Tho loss and damage to stock in stores alono Is fully 5S0.0O0, while tho total loss, Including the inundated residonco district and loss of buildings, brings tho total above S50.000 at a very conservative estimate. No accurate conception of tho loss to private resi dences can bo given, but probably 100 homes wore inundated with four to six feet of water, resulting in losses of from 82r0 to S.100 each. Two of these, tho homes of Messrs. Andreas and Schmidt, were carried down tho stream and every member of the families drowned. A number of families havo lost all and are destitute. Many families along the courso of tho stream lost their crops. Tho merchants themselves hav ing mot with serious loss aro in no con dition to respond to tho wants of the destitute and uuless some aid is re ceived from outside sources, much suf fering will result. THE METHODISTS. Thn IllfthopR Select 1 hulr l'laccs of Ilejl ilntico. Cleveland, O., May 23. A surprise was sprung upon tho Mothodist Epis copal general conference yesterday when a motion was mado and carried to refer tho report of tho commlttco on constitution to a commission to ro port four years hence. This roport has been under consideration for threo days and has aroused much bitterness. Tho reason for yesterday's action Is believed to be a desire for n constitu tion which will depart more from old linos than did tho report of tho committee. There is a fooling that tho layman should bo given more equal representation, and It is hoped that It may bogranted In tho consti tution which tho commission will pre pare. After tho roport of tho commit too on Epworth league, which recom mends that tho Epworth league, in ox tending tho spirit of national co-operation to tho other young pooplo's soci eties, Bhould never becomo nlliliated In any manner with any othor socioty which was not distinctly Mothodist, tho conference adjourned until threo o'clock. Tho bishops havo selected their places of residence as follows: Malla liou, from Buffalo to Boston; Fowler, from Minneapolis to Huffalo; Fitzger ald, from New Orleans to St. Louis; Joyce, from Chattanooga to Minneap olis; Nowman, from Omaha to San Francisco; Goodsoll, from San Fran cisco to Chattanooga; McCabc, to Fort Worth, Tex.; Cranston, to Portland, Ore. Foss remains in Philadelphia; Merrill, in Chicago; Andrews, in Now York; Ninde, in Detroit; Waldcn, in Cincinnati; Warren in Denver; Hurst,in Washington, and Vlucont, In Topeka. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS WIN. In tho Majority In tho l'reAhytorliin Aniom lily Arbitration Favored. Sahatooa, N. Y., May 2S. In tho Presbyterian general assembly tho roport of tho board of aid for col leges was presented. It showed re ceipts of $39,133 and expenditures of (S03,787, with a total balance on hand of S11.149. The receipts for tho year decreased S30.48H. During 13 years of existence the board had aided 50 insti tutions and oxponded SI, 143,301. It holds mortgages of S173.3SS on prop erty valued at 5042,429. Tho report coinmouded tho board and called for S1GO.00O during tho noxt year. A plau of co-operation in tho work of homo missions between tho Presby terian and Reformed churches in North Amerisa was unanimously adopted. Tho plan has been approved by tho Reformed, German Reformed, Unltod Presbyterian and Canadian Prosbytc rian churches. Tho report of tho com mittee on foreign missions was pre sented. It showed that the board of foreign missions received S37D.749, ex pended S9l'9,239 and reported a debt of S70.770. The reunion fund brought In 592,377. One hundred and eleven loga oies havo been received and 155 are on tho files. Tho cost of administration was $51,310. Tho board has 051 mis sionaries in commission. The debt of tho board was due to a reduction of 5100,000 in appropriations. AN AWFUL DEED. Fumllr Troubles :nuno tho Murder of m Whole Family ut fun .lose, (Jul. San Jose, Cal., May 23. About mid night last night a neighbor named Pago heard tho report of shots in tho direction of the home of Col. R. P. Mc Gllncy, ono of California's commis sioners of tho world's fair, and almost immediately thereafter thero came tho sound of galloping hoofs on tho county road. Hurriedly dress ing, Pago ran to tho house and found tho body of McGlincy lying in an outhouso in a pool of blood. Entering tho house he found the bodies of James Well, a son of Mrs. McGlincy by a former marriage, who had been shot, and Mrs. McGlincy and her daughter, Mrs. James Dunham, who had been stabbed to death by the assassin, and tho hired man, James llriscoc, and tho servant, Minnio Schcsler, who had beon hacked to death with a hatchet Tho rooms where the bodies lay wore bo spattered with blood and thoro was every evidence to show that tho dead had mado n desperato strugglo for their lives. James Dunham, husband of ono of tho victims and son-in-law of tho McGlincys, was undoubtedly tho murderer. When last seen ho was rid ing rapidly away on horseback. Fam ily troubles aro said to havo caused the murders. PROHIBITIONISTS IN SESSION. The Fimt Uny'd SdniIoii or tho Cnnveutlou Uproarious true HlUer Vlutory. Pittsiiuww, Pa., May 23. Uproar ious and caustic in tho extremo was tho first day's session of tho seventh national prohibition convention. At least ono-half tho timo the delegates wero in a bedlam of confusion, and on several occasions tho presiding officer had to call upon the band to play in order to quiet tho disorder. It was a fight between the broad gaugo or freo s'lvcr faction nnd tho slnglo issuo or gold standard delegates from tho east. Tho fight was precipitated a few moment9 after the convention was called to order ami at both the morning nnd afternoon sessions things in general ran riot. Tho free silver faction car ried tho day, however, and at six o'clock yesterday evening elected C. W. Stewart, of Illinois, permanent chairman ovor A. A. Stephens, of Pennsylvania, who was backed by tho gold btundard delegates. PROHIBITION SPLIT. Tim National Convention Nnmcs Candidate! for rreMdent mill Vlon 1'realdcut A Unit. PiTTSHUiioii. Pa.. May 20. The pro hibition national convontlonyestorday nominated tho following ticket: For president, Joshua P. Levering, of Maryland; for vico prosident, Halo Johnson, of Illinois. Tho freo silver plank was rejected nnd tho candidates were placed upon tho thinnest kind of n narrow gaugo platform, 'embodying merely tho principle of prohibition, and even omitting tho woman suffrage plank, which has been n feature of its platforms for years past Ex-Gov. John P. St, John made a gallant light for tho freo coinage of silver, and Helen M. Gougnr, of Indiana, ami. Mrs. L. A. Pool, of Now York, strugglod in vain for woman suffrage, but tho nar row gaugo peoplo controlled tho con vention nnd took everything. When tho nominations for president wero reached, the namo of Charles E. Rent loy, of Nobraskn, tho broad gaugo can didate, was not prosonted, his boom having been burst by tho overwhelm ing defeat of tho silver forces at tho afternoon session. Tho broad gaugo element left tho convention hall late last night and or ganized a rump convention in another IkiII. Elovon stato chairmen wero among tho bolters and 21 states wero represented. Among tho prominent bolters wero Helen M. Gomrnr, of In diana; ex-Gov. John P. St. John; 11. S. Thompson, of Ohio, editor of tho Now Ern; John Lloyd Thomas, of New Yorlt, nnd L. 15. Logan, of Ohio. Ex Gov. John P. St. John was called on for a speech. In tho courso of Ills re marks ho said: "Our object Is to de termine 'where wo arc at.' The crucial moment has come und wo must decide whether wo aro to be ruled by tho Standard Oil Co. and Wall street or not. Liquor is a great question; so is monetary oppression. I would rather go down with tho minority than stand by tho party which will sacrifice tho womanhood of tho nation. Wo havo the women nnd the worklngmen of tho west with us." It was decided to organize a new party, which will bo known as tho na tional party. Its motto will bo "Home Protection." Tho state delegates wero authorized to appoint two members from each stato to form a national cen tral committee. It was decided to appoint a commit tee of flvo to visit the national demo cratic, republican nnd populist conven tions and invito all dissatisfied persons to unite with tho national party. Tho platform will bo practically tho broad guago platform roported at tho prohi bition convention, with less of tho pro hibition feature. It declares for tho election of prcsidont nnd senators by a popular vote. It Is generally conceded that the nominees of tho new party will bo tho broad gaugo candidates, Charles E. Rently, of Nebraska, for president, and J. II. Southgate, of North Carolina, for vice president. J. II. Levering, tho regular prohibi tionist nominco for president, is a prominent coffee merchant of Haiti more, Md. llo is 55 years of age, re puted to bo very wealthy and Is presi dent of the Y. M. C. A. " Ho was for merly a democrat, but has been con nected with tho prohibition party slnco 13SI. and has for somo years past acted as vico chairman of tho stato execu tive committee. He ran on tho prohi bition ticket Inst fall for governor, re ceiving tho highest vote ever cast in the stato for tho party. Mr. Lovering was pronounced in his viows on tho questions at issue, and previous to tho convention stated positively that ho would not accept the nomination upon a free silver or broad guago platform. Hale Johnson, tho nominco for vico president, is 49 years of aire. Ho was born in Indiana and served through tho war. Ho is a past commander in tho G. A. R. and a colonel in tho Vet eran Legion. In 1SS4 ho was a dele gate to tho national republican con vention, but shortly afterward becamo a prohibitionist and has been proml nont in its councils ever since. Tho National Junior Prohibition League of America held its first annual convention this morning. About 150 representatives were present. The fol lowing officers wore elected: President, D. C. Hopkins, Now York city; vico president, A. M. Coffin, Hop kins, Mo.; secretary, II. 1). D.-loabach, Flndluy, O.; treasurer, Myrton T. Smith, Hnrtford, Conn. The National Junior Prohibition League of America has a membership of 20,000 young men nnd women who aro pursuing a sys tematic course of study of the underly ing elements of civil government Died In n Drunken Mupor. Kansas Citv, Mo., May 29. James Flannery, a brakoman for tho Maple Loaf road, living in Kansas City, Kan., was found in an unconscious condition from overindulgence In liquor by an officer early yesterday morning, at Ninth and Mulberry streets. Ho was sont to Central police station In tho ambulance, where he died three hours later without recovering conscious ness. Stunner Threo rrleml. Jacksonville, Fin., May 29. A ro port has reached Miami, but is yet to be confirmed hero, that tho filibuster ing steamer Three Friends, which left hero recently with a cargo of arms and ammunition, ostensibly for Key West, but really for Cuba, was chased by a revenue cutter and ran ashore on a reef off Upper Matecumbe, one of tho Florida keys. VETOED. The President l)liiptroven of the Hirer nnd Harbor Itllt lie l iuliler It loo Kxtntvaizniit. Wahiiinoton, May 30. As had beon confidently expected, tho president sent to tho house yesterday a message votoing tho rivers and harbors appro priation bill. Tho full toxtof thu mes sutro 1j as follows: To Hi House of Keprosentittvos' I return horowlth without approval homo bill No "., entitled "Au act making appropriations for thu construction, repairs unit preservation of cor tuln public world on i Ivors ami harbors, und for oilier purposes," Thero aro 117 ItomH of approprlitloa con tained In this bill, inul ovnrv part of tho coun try Is roprusontuil In tho distribution of favors. It directly npproprlntos or provider tor tho Im mediate expenditure of nc.ir'.y SIUWO.U)) for river nnd harbor work. This Mim Is In nddl dltlon to appropriations' contulnod in another bill for similar purposes, amounting to a llttlo tnoro tlutn W. ou.whi, which has already boon fuvonibly considered it tho present session of congress Thu result Is that tho contemplated Immediate oxponditttro for tho objects men tioned nmouni to uiiout l7,m)i,m A tnoro sUrtlln.' fe.ituro of tills bill Is Its nuthorUillon of ituilruou for river and harbor work amounting to mini thin Sd.'.uoo.oat. Though tho payment of those contracts nro, In most casus, ho distribute I th it thov aro to bo met by future appropriations, more than i!, ueO.OOO on their account nro Inoludod la tho direct appropriations ubovo mentioned. Of the .remainder nearly .',() in.ow will full duo during tho llscitl .enr ending June no, I8PB. nnd nmotinlH somewhat less In thu yours Im mediately succeeding. A fow contracts of a llko chararlyr, iiulhnrUol under previous statutes, nro still outstanding and to meet payments on these more tluin f 1,0 mhm must bo appropriated hi thu immediate future. If. therefore, this bill bosomosh law. the obliga tions which will bo Impo.sod oa the govern ment, togother with tho appropriations niiulo for Immediate expenditure on ncccouat of rivers und harbors, will amount to about ii , 00.1,00a Nor is this nil, Tho bill directs humorous nurvoys and examinations, which contemplate now work und further contracts, nnd which portend largely Increased expenditures and obligations. Tlioro Is no ground ta hope thut In tho laso of persistent and growing demands tho aggregate or appropriations for tho Mimllor scliomoi not covered by contracts will bo ro ducod or oven remain stationary. Kor tho llscal year ending June :i), 13.M, cucli appropriations, togothor with tho Installments on contracts which will be duo la that year, can hardly bo less than $.10.0 o.Oji), and It may reasonably bo apprehended thnt tho prevalent tendency to wards Increased expenditures of this sort und tho concealment which podponcd pay meats afford for cxtr.ivugunco will Increase tho bur dens chargeable to this account In succeeding years. In view of tho obligation Imposed upon mo by tho constitution It seems to mo quite clear that 1 only dlsennrgo a duty to our pooplo whon I lnierposo my disapproval of tho legis lation proposed. Many of tho objects for which It appropriates public money nro not re lated to tho public welfare, nml m.inv of thorn nro palpably for tho bouoilt of limited local ities or In nld of Individual Intorosts. Oa the Jnco of tho bill, It appears that not a fow of theso alleged improvements havo been so Im provldontly planned and prosecuted tint uftor na unwiso expenditure of millions of dollars now experiments for lUalriiscompll.shniout has bcoa entered upon. While thoso entrusted with tho maungomont or publln funds hi tho Interests of all tho pcople.can hardly Justify questionable expend itures for public- works by pleudlng tho opin ions or engineers or othcr.s as to tho pnictlca blllty of mich worii, It appears that some of tho projects for which appropriations aro pro posed lu this bill havo beon entered upon with out tho approval or against tho objections of the examining engineers. I lo.irn from olllcial sourcos that there aru appropriations con tained In thu bill to p.iy for worn which pri vate parties have actually a?reod with tho gov ernment to do In consideration of their occu puncy of public property. Whatever of doubt about tho propriety may havo escaped observation or may havo boon tolerated In previous executive approvals of similar bills, I um convinced that the bill now under consideration will open the way to In sidious and Increasing abuses, und l.s It.sclf no extravagant ns to bo especially unsulted U thoso times of doprosscd business und result ing disappointment In govormnonl revenue. This consideration is emphasized by tho prospect that tho public trnumiry will bo con fronted with othor appropriations mado ut tho present bo-i.slon or congress amounting to mom than $'.00,000,000. Indlvldual'coonomy and care ful expenditures uro sterling virtues which loud to thrift and comfort. Kcouomy and tho exaction of clear Ju.stlUcutlon for tho appropri ation of public- moneys by tho Hurvants or thu pooplo nro not only virtues, but solemn obll gatloua. To the extent tKV. tho appropriations con tained In this bill uro Instigated by private In terests and to promote local or individual pro jects their continuance cannot rail to .stimu late an Injurious paternalism and oncourago a Keiitlmcul among our people, already too prev alent, that their attachment to our got em inent inuv properly rest upon tho hope and expectation or dlroot and ospeel'tl favor a, and that tho extent to which they are roallzed may furnish aa estimate or tho vnluo of governmental euro. I bolluvo no groater danger confronts us usi a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trustworthy love und uf roctlon for our government ns the embodiment of tho hlghostand host aspirations of humanity and not as tho giver or gifts, and because Its mission is the enforcement or exact justice und equality and not tho allowance of unfair favor itism. I hope I may bo pormlttod to suggost at n tlmo when tho issue of government bonds to maintain tho credit nnd financial standing of tho country Is a subject of criticism, that tho coatructs provided for lu this bill would ore uto obligations of tho United States amount ing to ifli.OOO.oo). no loss binding than Its bonds for thut num. Ouovnii Cluvklamu. Executive Mansion. May 23, IB.H "BRICK" POMEROY pEAD. Tim I'rlnter, Journalist, Author, I'olltlclun Biid (Speculator .Succumbs to Dropiv. Nkw Yoiik, Juno 1. "Urlck" Pom eroy died at-his Brooklyn homo Satur day morning from dropsy, by which ho had been confined to his homo for sev eral months. Mark Mills Pomoroy was descended from tho Pomoroy s of Devonshire, Kng., on his father's side and of Gun. White, of revolutionary fame, by his mother. Ho was born at Klmtra, N Y., December '-', 1823. I'reo .Silver In Kentucky, Loulsvilli:, KyM Juno 1. Mass con ventions wero hold in every county seat in Kentucky Saturday to select delegates to tho stato convention at Lexington, Juno 3. Returns from all but four of tho conventions show that tho latter body will bo mado up of .VJ0 freo silver delegates add 309 gold Btandard men, with 11 to hear from, CONGRESS. Condemed Iteport of the l'nit Week' I'ro reedlnen. lr tho Rpnnto on tho SCth Mr. Slinrmnn goft tho tilled eheojo bill tnkon up and Mr. Dubois (Ida.) made an nmondmont adding 7i cents per barrel to tho tux on bonr, but after a general debate tho bill and ponding nmondmont wero displaced by tho bond bill, which win advo cated by Mr. Pritohard (N. C.) and opposed by Mr. Lindsay (ICy.). A bill was passed v ponslon tho widow of Clou. Ooorgo Spencer at Jf75 a month. Mr. Vost prcNontod a resolution from Kansas City Typographical union favor ing tho nationalization of telegraph linen, nivl Sonator O'ojkrell prnsontod ono ngulusl the repeal of tho Imprisonment aluuso In tho Inter state ootnmorco law for violations of Its pro visions. ...Tho house passed tho bill for tho ropenl of seotlou 01 of tho prosont tariff law. providing for a robnto oa alaohol usod In thu arts or for modlclnal compounds nnd also agreed to tho soaato nmondmontn to tho hilt authorizing tho eonstruotlon of a bridge across tho Missouri river at ML Charles, Mo. Tho sonnto on tho 27th defeated the proposi tion to Inoreaso tho boor tax IS cents per bar rel by tho veto of ill to 'it. Tho vote was taken as soon ns tho llllod cheeso bill was taken up, tho boor tax proposition bolug submitted as an amendment: with the amendment disposed of tho cheese bill was further dobutod. but not disposed of. Tho debato on tho bond bill pro ceeded after two o'clock' Mr. Hansbrough, of North Dakota, nnd Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, speaking for nud Mr. Klklns against tho bill. A partial conferonco roport on tho naval ap propriation bill was ngreed to. ...Tho houso spent almost tho entire day discussing tho Sen nto nmondmont to tho general dellelenoy bill appropriating $l,0'J7,0)(i for tho paymont of nboutTOO French spoliation claims, fcMS, km for DiS war clntms, found to bo duo under tho llow man act. and sovoral othur claims. Tho amend ment wns dually ngrood ta Tho remainder of tho session. wits tikoa up lu considering tho conference roport on tho sundry civil bill. Wiii:n tho senate mot on tho "3th tho houso resolution directing the secretary of war to provldo tents for tho St. Louis and Hast. St. Louis storm victims passed and was Immedi ately signed by tho president. Tho bond bill wns then further discussed, Sonator.s Daniel and I'effer speaking In favor of It. ...As sooa as tho Journal was rend In tho houso Mr. liar tholdt (Mo.) offered a resolution that the sec retary of war futnlsh tents to thu St. Louis hfwim victims, which was unanimously adopt ed Tho conference roport on tho civil service bill was then considered. Tiiuiintl-bond bill was further debated In tho sennto on tho '.Uth, and tho body then ad journed until Monday Tho houso spent tho entire day In debating tho Johnson-Stokes election oontost from the Seventh South Caro lina district. Tho veto message of tho presi dent disapproving or tho river and harbor bill was received and rolormd and tho naval ap propriation bill sent to furthor conroronco. Pension bills wero considered nt tho night ses sion and tho house adjourned until Monday, A CAR JUMPS THE RAIL. tinvontiiiiti Inode Narrowly Ksrape DoutU lit l'ltlnburgb, I'll. PlTTHiimtoit, Pa., Juno 1. Car No. GO, of tho Second avenue traction line, jumped tho track yesterday afternoon and tho 17 passongors on board wero all more or loss hurt, two of them seri ously. Tho car with its load loft Thirty-Fourth street at about three o'clock for Calhoun park, where a concert was to bo given. On approaching Six Mllo ferry tho speed being mado was that of a railroad train. Suddenly tho car took a fiylng leap and, after turning completely over, landed at tho bottom of tho ditch, 12 feet below, with tho wheels In tho air. Tho struggling pasT hungers, jammed in a heap under tho wreckage, wero screumiug and fight ing for release. Thoy woro finally ex tricated and taken to their homes, some more beared than hurt, but all bruisod and worso for tholr shaklng u p. Tho car Is a comploto wreck. BAKER TURNED DOWN. Sixth KunsiiH I'opullNtH Nominate u Lawyor for Congrenx. Coluv, Kan., May 29. N. II. Mc Cormick, of Phillips county, was nomi nated last night on the 27th ballot by tho Sixth district populist congressional convention, after a bpiritcd contest From the first tho fight was against tho rc-nominatlon of William Maker for a fourth term, with tho field repre sented by nine candidates. Although llakor's friends succeeded In enpturiug tho organization, the fourth term is suo was too much for thorn, and after an adjournment his delegates divided among the other candidates. INSANITY'S DESPERATION. Mm. Alorrix, Aged H.'l, 1'revunteil front Committing mi Awful lined. Kokojio, Ind., Juno 1. Mrs. Mary Morris, of Contor, this county, at tempted to kill her daughter, son-in-law and children, stealthily approach ing their b'odbido with a kuifo to butcher them whllo thoy slept Sho then tried to cuthorowu throat Mrs. Morris, who is 83 years old, was after wards adjudged insane, and will bo taken to tho stato asylum. Sho was injured by a fall 25 years ago, but de veloped no symptons of Insauity until now. Her youngest child Is 47 years old. RE-ELECTED MRS. HENROTIN. TbyC Federation of Women's Club Choose OniciTA for thn lCimtilni; Yeur. Louibvillk, Ky., May 30. Tho Fod aratlon of Women's clubs to-day re elected Mrs. Honrotln, of Chicago, president. Othor officers chosen arc: Vico prosident, Mrs. Alice Ives Dreed, of Massachusetts; recording secretary, Mrs. C P. Barnes, of Louisville; corre sponding sesretary, Mrs. P. N. Moore, of St Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Frauk Trumbull, of Colorado; auditor, Mls. E. Laws, of Cincinnati. SET-BACK FOR ENGLAND. Cannot Miiko War with ICcyptlun Money Wllhoii llondltaldern' Consent. London, Juno 1. A Cairo dispatch to the Times suys: The decision of tho mixed tribunal is un open secret, although It will not bo delivered until Monday, It will hupport thu French contention, nnd thus virtually decide that tho Egyptian government cannot make war ngalnbt tho Khalifa, or oven rehlst a Soudanese Invasion, wlthdut tho consent of each member of tha debt commission.