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A REVIEW OP THE WEEK’S
DOINQS.
Promise for a settlement of the silver
question by the international con
ference seems bright.
. According to Dun’s report the fall
ures for the past week were 175, as
oompared with 207 for the correspond
s’ ’ Ing weak of last year.
i' Lord Kosebcrry lias announced that
he will support Gladstone.
Italy is greatly pleased over the set
tlement of the New Orleans uffuir.
Col. Nicholas Smith has bought the
v. Baraboo (Wis.) Republic.
,r|. At liloomington the W. C. T. U. pro
poses to erect a white ribbon inn.
Dr. E. M. Reynolds was elected
president of the Iowa State Board of
Health.
Two masked men, near Syracuse, N.
Y., robbed the puymuster of a quarry
of $2,300.
Thomas P. Wilson has been up
pointed United States attorney for Ari
sona by the President.
A son of Joseph Wright, of Sterling,
111., was drowned by the capsizing of
a boat.
Mrs. Josoph Miller of Atchison, Kan.,
married only two weeks, died from in
haling the fumes of a gasoline stove.
Frank Hilton killed CharleN Jones at
Tullbright, Texas, after they hud
agreed to be friends. Hilton is pur
sued by a posse with bloodhounds.
England’s acceptance to participate
iu the silver conference will carry tho
acceptance of France, Germany, Bel
gium, Italy and Switzerland.
Ex-President Cleveland lias written a
letter declining tho invitation to be
present at the dedicatory exercises of
the world’s fair.
The twentieth session of tho Michi
gan superintendents of schools closed
at Jackson. Thu next meeting will be
held at .Saginaw.
By the burning of Walter Fitch s
home at Suninan, Ind., one of Fitch's
children, aged 4 years, and Mrs.
ICnapp, a servant, were burned to
death.
James Russ and John Maccy, con
victs, who escaped from the peniten
tiary at JetTersonville, lnd., two weeks
ago, were captured forty miles from
the prison.
Resolutions woro adopted at the con
vention in Memiphis that Congress
should make liberal appropriations to
improve the Mississippi and its tribu
taries.
lnc Kov. It. J. Henson, u delegato to
^he A. M. E. Zion General conference
at Pittsburg from Alabama, wont in
sane and was sent home in charge of
three friends.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Director of the Mint have approved the
plan suggested by the world’s fair
management that $20,000,000 in Ac
cent pieces bo struck off with designs
appropriate to the exposition.
Archie Ilradley of Henderson, 111.,
was killed by the cars.
The corner stone of the now Oddfel
lows’ building at Hloomlugton, lud.,
was laid.
A twelve-foot vein of coal has been
found near llawarden, Iowa, 200 feet
below the surface.
The lieariug of Gershom It. Lester
of Chicago, an alleged bigamist will
begin at Freeport.
Florida will raise $200,000 bv popu
lar subscription to make an exhibit at
the world's fair.
Thomas J, Farrell of Chicago has
been appointed chief of the Dayton,
Ohio, police force.
In the trial of the Fairland fox hunt
ers the jury brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
Next Thursday the Michigan Su
preme court will meet to test the con
stitutionality of the Miuer electoral
law.
Charles Slee of Chicago went to
Peria, 111., with an order for the arrest
of Mrs. C. C. Henderson, whom he al
leged is his wife.
Delia ^Vinters, 15 years old, of Low
ell, Mich., committed suicide by shoot
ing. She became despondent on ac
count of sickness.
The Quincy, lteardstown & Havana
Railroad company filed articles of in
corporation with the Secretary of State
St Springfield, 111.
An attempt is being made by the
Methodists in conference at Omaha to
change the location of all the Episco
pal residences of the country.
Gov. Mclvinley of Ohio sounded the
keynote of the coming campaign in an
address before the Lincoln league at
. Columbus Tuesday niuht.
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The flour output of the Minneapolis
mills last week was 134,150 barrels,
against 173,450 for the previous week.
Myron Pratt, engineer in the post
oflice at Lincoln, Neb., shot and killed
Mrs. Margaret Sperry as she was en
tering her own home. He said that
she had been extorting money from
him. He is 55 years old and has a
family that is highly respected.
Perry W. Burke, who has already
served seven terms in prison, was taken
from Belleville, 111., to Joliet for a
seven-years’ sojourn for horse steal
ing. He is a broken old man and may
not outlive the sentence.
' England declines to give its assent
to the convention between the United
States and Canada.
The Wollaston foundry at Quincy
Moss., was burned. Loss, §70,000; in
surance, S30,00o.
Gov. Fifer has appointed Theodore
S. Rogers of Dowers Grove. Du Page
county, a member of the State board
of equalization for the Eighth Con
gressional district, to (ill a vacancy
caused by Henry L. Bush having been
adjudged insane.
A local tent of the Knights of the
Maccabees was instituted at Harn
mosd. Ind.
POOR OUTLOOK FOR CROPS.
Tito Iowa llullotln for Tliln Week Re
port* » lIUcouranliiR Situation.
1)es Moines. Iowa, May 10.—This
week's Iowa crop bulletin says: ’‘An
other cold and wet week must be added
to the record of this unpropitious Rea
son. Tlie daily average temperature was
about 10 degrees below normal and
the rainfall was generally In excess,
ranging from one to three inches.
There we: c not more than twelve hours
of sunshine on tlie average during the
week, and ns a result tlie crop situa
tion '>■. becoming serious in a consider
able portion of the State. Very little
plowing has been done and a bare be
ginning lias been made in corn plant
ing in tlie more favored localities.
Formers are idly waiting till the clouds
roll by. In the western and southern
distriiis, .where the rainfall has been
heaviest, the arable bottom lands are
under water and the uplands are soggy
with moisture. Oats and other
Ntuall grain crops on well drained
fields are doing fairly well, but in low
lands they are generally drowned out,
and even with the most favorable con
ditions in the future there is now iin
modiutu danger of overstocking the
markets with the cereal products ot
Iowa this year. (Iruss is doing fairly
well and fruit prospects continue good.
Hi.oominoton, 111., May Ili.—It has
rained almost every other day since
the middlo of Murcli. No corn has
been planted and the situation is be
coming serious. Scarcely any work
lias been done in the country and
furmers are getting discouraged. The
thermometer hus ranged generally
from 4.ri to 00 and business has been
badly interrupted.
FIFTY THOUSAND MEN IDLE.
The Great Lockout of Quarrymen (1,1,1
Stonecutter* Inaugurated.
New Yoke, May IT.—The lockout of
granite cutters throughout the New
England Stales was declared this morn
ing, throwing from twenty to thirty
thousand men out of employment. At
the same time a number of strikes
were ordered in sympathy with
the stone-cutters, and it is esti
mated that fully fifty thousand men
employed in tho quarrying and stone
building works are now out. The im
mediate effect in this city was to bring
to a standstill all building operations,
witli a menace of still more far-reacli
Ing effect. Many other trades will un
doubtedly be influenced if the struggle
is protracted. Tho men say they have
the means to continue tlie contest in
definitely and believe that tlie urgency
of contracts will compel the employers
to surrender.
"SIX-SHOOTER WEANING.”
A Practice That Is Likely to Ito-Open
the War In Wyoming.
Chkykknb, Wyo., May 17.—A secret
agent sent into Johnson county
by Eastern men interested in the
range up there reports to-night in
cipher telegram. lie tells that
"six-shooter weaning” is in full
blast. This means branding calves
autl killing cows. The practice is com
paratively new. The agent adds that
the entire country is being patrolled by
details of Frank Smith’s lluffalo Home
guards of ,'i00 men. Another invasion
is expected. It is reported that a large
force of regulators is en route with
four machine guns. This army will be
giveu buttle.
Hail Turned to Stone.
Angola, Tnd., May 17.—Stephen
l’owers was in life a unique character
and in death he is still a marvel.
While alive he was the champion
whiskey drinker of the State. No
amount of it would intoxicate him.
Finally whiskey did not satisfy him
and for years before his death he
bought Fowler's solution of arsenic by
the dozen bottles and drank the stuff
in largo quantities. He lived to a very
old age and after death was buried on
his farm. A few days ago the family
concluded to romove the remains. On
opeuing the grave it was found that
the body had not decayed a particle
and hud literally turned to stone.
llulit Cense* at Ornuliu.
Omaha, Neb., May 17:—For the first
time in several days the rain ceased
last night and the river is no longer
rising. The alarm is not so great now.
At Floronee Lake the river was making
considerable headway, washing tiie
banks in the direction of the lake.
The lake was much larger than its
normal size, but was several inches
lower than a week ago. The renters
and gardeners within the district
where the flood is likely to occur are
not nil alarmed. They believe the
river lias atlaincd the highest point to
be reached just now.
Subdued the Indian Ardor.
Outiirie, O. T., May 14 —Red Moon
and White Shield, the Cheyenne chiefs
who caused the trouble in County F,
have arrived there with their foilow
ers for their rations, and have been
placed in confinement. Scouts have
gone out from Fort Reno and compelled
and compelled all other Indians to go
the sub-agencies; so all are now ae
counaed for and all danger of an out
break is past. The whites are already
returning to their farms and no more
trouble will be had.
New Hunk For Chicago.
Springfield, 111., May 17.—The Audi
tor of Public Accounts to-day author
ized the organization of the German
Illinois State bunk, to be located at
Chicago with acupital stock of $200,000.
The organizers arc William Ralhje,
Hiedricli F. Colirs ami William II.
Tatge.
The Last of "Med” Smith."
Wheeling, W. Vo., May 14.—A dis
patch from Laurel Creek, W. Va.,says:
‘'lied’’ Smith, who killed Lester A.
Fields on Laurel Creek last Saturday
to get possession of a revolver, was
taken this morning by a mob of 200
persons and lynched.
SEVEN PERSONS DEAD.
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FRIGHTFUL DISASTER ON THE
BIO FOUR.
I’antetiRfir and Freight Meat Near Clave*.
Ohio—No One Kocape* Uninjured—Ml»
iimlerntamllng of Order* the Cauae—
List of Killed and Injured.
Ci.evics, Ohio, May 17.—In the midst
of n terrific storm of wind and rain two
Big Four trams crashed into each other
yesterday mornlngjwith awful effect,
the full horrors of which are not yet
known. In the morning the summer
schedule went into effect, and orders
liud liccn issued accordingly.
The list of killed is ns follows:
ENGINEER NEWHKKRY EDWARDS Of
Greetmburg, Ind., of the passenger train.
ACTING BAGG AGEM ASTER PHILLIP
GRIlilJON of Luwrcncelwrg, Ind., of the pas
senger train.
ENGINEER WILLIAM HIGGS of Indian
apolis. of the freight train.
FIREMAN HIRAM BRUCE, of the freight
train of Greonsburg, Ind.
CONDUCTOR DAVID H. SHERWOOD of
Indianapolis of the freight.
The injured arc:
J' C. linn.Kit of Miamlshurg.
noi.TON Tehhbi.l, passenger, aged 18,
nephetv of Dr. Terrell of Delhi, Ohio, scalded
over body; cunnot live.
CoNDUtTon John ScnaoKDKB, a passenger
on tho train; crushed mortally between two
cars
Mils. Moiikland of North Bend, slightly
bruised.
Missing—Five to eight passengers
who are supposed to be in the smoker,
which is buried in - the wreck. Noth
ing is known tit this hour as to who
they are. It is a matter of rumor that
there are five to eight in that car. No
one is able to conceive how any of
them could escape death under that
mass of wreckage.
Story of the Collision.
Freight No. El, through train north
bound, had orders to stop at North
Bond to allow express No. 80,a cannon
ball special, to pass. Under the old
schedule the trains passed at another
point some miles further on. Instead
of stopping the freight the engineer
pulled and approached Cleves, running
at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
Why lie did not stop at North Bend
will never he known, as he is dead,but
it is thought that in his anxiety over
this storm, which might have washed
out bridges lie forgot the new schedule
and hurried on.
As the train approached Cleves,
Charles Smith, the telegraph operator,
was shocked, for he knew it should
have side-tracked at North Bend, aud
that tlie express, a few minutes over
due then, was but a short distauce
away, running forty-five miles an hour
to make up lost time.
Smith rushed to the signal wires and
dashed off the danger signal. Either
it was-not seen in tho blinding rain, or
the engineer could not control his en
gine, for it sped by without lessening
speed. At that very moment the ex
press came into sight with the speed of
the wind.
If any effort was made on either en
gine to slacken speed it was not ap
preciable, and the locomotives sprang1
at and crashed into each other with a
roar that rolled above the storm like a
clap of thunder. Both engines were
battered into shapeless masses and
rolled oft the track. The ears behind
were mashed into kindling, and the
track for 100 feet was torn up and tele
graph poles were thrown down. A spe
cial train was sent to the scene from Cin
cinnati. Long before the people from the
little village and from the surrounding -
country had gathered and in the fright
ful storm were doing what they could
to assist the sufferers.
Many of the wounded had been taken
away, and the number can not bo
definitely known. It is claimed that
some of those thus provided for are in a
dying condition. Not a person on
either train escaped uninjured.
FAVA IS AGAIN WITH US.
The Italian Minister ltetarns to the
United States.
New Yoke, May 10.—Baron Fava,the
Italian Minister to the United States,
arrived here yesterday per steamer La
(■arcogne. Fava expressed his pleasure
at returning to the United States,
where he said he had formed many
good friends, lie has always worked,
lie said, and would continue to work to
strengthen the friendly relations ex
isting between the two countries and
between the King of Italy and the
President of the United States.
Found Nii l*roof of a Combine.
Chicago, May 14.—The testimony of
the coal dealers before the United
States grand jury yesterday threw lit
tle light on the Philadelphia & Read
ing coal combination. Not one of the
witnesses knew anything about the
combination. District Attorney Mil
ebrist admitted after the jury had ad
journed that there was absolutely no
testimony brought out that would
warrant an indictment.
Fruit J rospecis Are Good.
Mascoutah, 111., May 17.—The re
ports from the great fruit-growing sec
tion of Southern Illinois, southeast of
here, are favorable for an abundance
of fruit in that section this season.
The apples especially are in excellent
condition. It appear.^liat the damage
done by the early frosS was confined
entirely to the early peach crop, which
wns ruined by frost.
liomb Cinder a Bed.
Steele Citv, Xeb.,May 17.—A dyna
mite bomb was exploded under the
residence of <1. 11. Johnson last night.
The building and contents were partly
destroyed. The only member of the
■ family injured was a 10-year old girl.
, The bomb exploded near her bed, and
| she is now deaf.
| Until recently the house was occupied
j by a notorious family,and it is believed
; that the person responsible for the
| explosion was unaware that the dis
reputable people had moved out,and in
tended to frighten them to leaving.
DOOLEY CONFESSES.
HE ADMITS THAT HE MURDERED
HIS AUNT.
Tlie Prisoner Taken to Connell Blank to
Avoid Lynching—A Michigan Physician
Accused of Wife Murder—The Crimi
nal llecord.
Corning, Iowa, May 16.—James
Dooley, who murdered his aunt, Mrs.
Cooms, and his cousin Wednesday at
Prescott, was captured at Villisca last
night. He denied everything for a
time, but later made a full confession
to Judge Davis of Creston and Editor
Shaw of the Union. To obviate dan
ger of lynching the sheriff took him to
the Council Uluffs jail. A crowd np
peured at the depot but offered no
demonstration. It was from Corning
jail five years ago that McKenzie was
lynched. The acquittal of Perrige for
killing Ilidinger in Prescott a few
years ago increased the dunger of
lynching. Dooley waived examination.
His case will come np cefore the term
of court commencing, May S3.
RUS8E1L CASE PLOT THICKENS.
District Attorney Frnwley In ltnd Light,
Accordlnr to the Evidence.
Eau Claire, Wis., May 16.—In the
Russell trial yesterday, F. Noble, a
Pinkerton detective, testified that he
came here in March and got into the
confidence of District Attorney Fraw
ley; that Frawley said lie had
caused a spoon and a bottle to
be stolen from Mrs. Russell's house
nnd had negotiated with an old for
tune-teller named Kennedy, who was
to Bwcar that Mrs. Russell had made a
confession to him: that Frawley asked
witness to place a bottle of arsenic in
Mrs. Russell’s house and then have an
officer go with him and find it, and
witness was then to swear Mrs. Rus
sell had made a concession. Mr. Fraw
ley cross-examined witness and asked
him if he had not attempted to black
mail him (Frawley), to which witness
answered “no.”
HELD FOB MURDER.
Dr. Foglesong of Hillsdale, Mich., Tries
Insaulty, Paralysis and Jail.
Hillsdale, Mich., May 16.—Mrs. M.
P.Fogleson of Waldron this county died
under very peculiar circumstances last
August and was buried. Rumors of
foul play were soon afloat. On Sept
17 the body was exhumed and the
stomach analyzed. This revealed
strychnine in large quantity, but
Dr. Foglesong had removed to Bron
son, and from there had been adjudged
insane and sent to Kalamazoo. He was
I soon released as cured and was arrested
and brought to this city for trial on the
charge of poisoning his wife. After a
long and tedious examination he was
bound over to the circuit court to an
swer to the charge of murder. Three
weeks ago he was stricken with paraly
sis, but is now well. He declares his
innocence.
Murderer Hold* a Posse at Huy.
Newark, Ohio, May 10.— David Hol
ler, a wealthy farmer living three
miles west of town, shot his wife with
a shotgun, and, when an attempt was
made to capture him, barricaded him
self in the house and held thirty men
at bay with a rifle, two revolvers and
a razor. No one dared to go in or
near the house. He Ihen cut his
throat with the razor. He will die
from loss of blood. His wife will re
cover. Financial trouble was the
cause. Holler is 49 years old, and had
once been in the insane asylum.
negro Lynched In Little Bock.
Little Hock, May 16.—The first mob
that was formed to lynch a culprit in
the history of this city met at the
county jail at 10 o’clock last nignt and
hanged Henry James, the negro who
assaulted the 5-year-old stepdaughter
ot Mr. Charles Johnston last Wednes
day. The mob numbered 500, among
whom were some of Little Bock’s best
know citizens.
I>nlntli*ii Stock Exchange.
Duluth, Minn., May 17.—There is
great dissatisfaction prevalent hero re
garding the operations of the Duluth
Stock Exchange and threats are prev
alent to the effect that measures will
Its taken to-day to close the institution
for an indefinite period. The proper
ties of mine owners, it is stated, have
been depreciated thousands of dollars
by bear stock operators who have no
interests in the property and the credit
of the best mines on the range, say the
dissatisfied ones, have been thoroughly
destroyed by the steady decline of their
stocks, notwithstanding I i fact that
their prospects have been growing bet
ter every day.
Bluff Line Offices Abandoned*
Alton, 111., May 14.—The general
offices of the “Bluff Line*' railroad on
the river front were abandoned to the
water yesterday. The terminal tracks
are covered and at one point on the
main line trains are being dragged
through six inches of water. Several
plank leeves have given away, letting
the flood on many hundred acres of
growing wheat. The worst appreheu
sion now is from the bask water caused
by the outpouring flood of the Mis
souri, which is just due at the month.
Incendiary Fire at Aurora.
Aurora, 111., May 10.—Two now
dwellings on Concord street were de
stroyed by fire last night. One, just
plastered and not yet occupied, was
owned by L. M. Wolley, a Lincoln nv- j
enue grocer. On this the loss is 835,000 j
and is covered by insuraucc. The other |
was occupied by Mr. Comely, who |
moved here recently from Ottawa.
The building, together with 8487 in '
cash, was consumed, though most of
the contents were saved. The loss is
81,500, partially covered by insurance.
The tire was sturted by an incendiary
|in the vacant building. i
capital Notes.
Before sailing1 from Port Townsend
for Bering sea, Capt Healy, command
lug the revenue cutter Bear, received an
additional order which will he commu
nicated to the commanders of the othei
seven United States vessels in North
ern waters. This new instruction it
to the effect that any craft caught in
Bering sea with implements for seal
ing, whether there are any skins aboard
or not, shall be seized the same as any
other poacher.
It is stated on the authority ol
Secretary Blaine that Mr. Justice
Harlan of the United Stales Su
preme court and John Morgan,
United States Senator from Alabama,
have been selected by the President as
arbitrators on the part of the United
States in the Bering sea arbitration.
E. J. Phelps, late United States- Min
ister to England, has been selected ac
chief counsel on behalf of the United
States before the Arbitration Commis
sion.
The pension office investigating com
mittee has virtually concluded its la
bors. Several witnesses, not now pres
ent in the city, will be examined May
S3, after which the committee will
consider and report on the mass of
testimony taken since the investigation
began. Only three witnesses were ex
amined at the brief session this morn
ing It is likely that the committee
will whitewash all concerned. Before
adjourning the committee caused a re
quest to be sent to Secretary Noble for
all the papers in the Smith case.
Free sugar and free binding twine to
gether is the little scheme which some
of the Western Senators are working
up. They think they can secure enough
support for such a scheme to put
it through the Senate. The
Senators from the Western States who
1 arc interested in the project say that
any blow at such a monopoly as the
sugar trust would be received with
favor by the people, and many that
think the Ways and Means com
mittee of the House would make no
mistake by taking the lead in an effort
to break down the trust with free
sugar.
The Durborow committee has at last
got down to business. There has been
a great deal of unfortunate delay and
the chairman promises that there
shall be no more delay; the work
will continue until the bill is com
pleted and reported to the House. Afr.
Walker began the proceedings by pre
senting the bill brought by him from
Chicago, which provides for an ap
priation of $5,000,000 in specially coined
half-dollars. After citing its various
provisions, he said there could not be
the slightest dpubt of the legal right
of the government to make an appro
priation. Air.Gage followed and made
his argument, and the matter is now
lef tto the committee.
What in all probability will bo found
to be one of the most important bills
passed by this Congress is the one which
gives an American registry to the two
Inman steamships, the City of NewYork
and the City of Paris. It is true that
only two steamships will be immedi
ately affected by the law; but two
more will be launched of even finer
character as quickly as human
energy, and capital cans build them,
and in addition it is expected
that other companies, seeing the ad
vantage reaped by the Inman Line by
the transfer, will make similar appli
cations, and that ere long the stars
and stripes will show to all the world
that the United States is once more
what she was before the war when
twelve out of every twenty ships that
sailed Into Liverpool carried the Amer
ican flag, the commercial mistress of
the seas. England is manifestly dis
pleased at the action of Congress.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
weeks have passed since Mr. Bland gave
up the silver bill as practically aead,
Representative Pierce is using the peti
tions which were signed at the time of
the silver fight in the House as a basis
for his present canvass. Pierce’s lieu
tenants have told members that they
were at liberty to take their names off
the paper, but that such action would
be promptly followed by a boycott
that would destroy their usefulness for
the rest of the present Congress at least.
One of the strongest arguments used
by the Pierce faction is based on the
consternation caused by the publica
tion of the appropriation^ Every
effort will be made to kill independent
measures carrying appropriations, it is
argued, and the consideration is held
out to wavering silver men that they
can only hope to pass private bills
carrying money by the combined aid
of the free silver men in the House.
FAIR PROSPfeCTS IN MICHIGAN.
Excessive Haiti and Lack or Warmth
Keep Crops Backward, However.
Lansing, Mich., May 17.—The crop
bulletin of the Michigan weather ser
vice shows that excessive rains have
done some damage' to wheat on low
ground, but oats and barley have been
more extensively injured. Corn plant
ing is far behind. In the central
counties all classes of farm work have
been retarded. In most of the coun
ties of this section wheat, grass, and
pastures are doing well and promise a
heavy crop. A week or two of warm
weather would put crops of all kinds
in good condition.
Fruit prospects are excellent and the
growers are sanguine of a full crop.
Veteran* Want Cow Ilutter.
Grand Bawds, Midi., May 10.—J.
A. Griffin, an inmate of the Soldier’*
Home, entered complaint and asked
for the arrest of Quartermaster Shank
of the home on the charge of violating
the state law relative to oleomargarine
That law prohibiting the use of ‘oleo-’
in any of the State institutions, itndet
penalty of 825 to 8100 fine for eaeh
offense. Griffin charges that in the
interest of economy Shank has been
feeding the veterans on the artificial
butter. Tlie prosecuting attorney
took the matter under advisement.
WASHINGTON.
Satiate.
tn the Senate on May 13 Mr. IIi8eock
offered a bill admitting the
City of CWnm **
Steamship line, to American reeist!„
on terms similar to those on which *1
City of Paris and the City, of Kaw York
have been admitted. Referred. Se
ator Call offered a resolution for
a committee of the House and Senat»
to investigate the condition of CuU
the Antillies, the Bahamas and tT«
Windward islands and report SUci
mei. .ares , as may be necessary to im.
prove the relations between the United
States and those islands. Referred
Also, a resolution authorizing the Pres
ident to open negotiations for the pur
chase of Cuba from Spain. Senator
Peffer called up the President’s me
tallic measure and delivered an ud
dress in favor of free coinage of silver
The Senate confirmed the nomination
of T. Jefferson Coolidge of Massac-1,u
setts to be Minister to France and of
Capt. Richard W. Mead to be a commo
dore.
The Senate Committee on Civil
Service and Retrenchment May h
ordered a favorable report on’ Sen’
ator Gallinger's bill requiring the
heads of the executive departments
to dismiss from the public service
all persons who are not citizens
of the United States by nativity or
complete naturalization, and prohibit
ing the appointment of such persons in
the future.
House.
Speaker Crisp laid before the
House yesterday a letter from the
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
May 14, transmitting an estimate of
deficiency in the appropriation for pen
sions for the current fiscal year of
87,074,132, and recommending that the
deficiency be supplied by reappropriat
ing that sum from the unexpended
balance of Si, 83s,079 remaining to
the credit of pensions for the fiscal
year of 1801. A letterfrom the Commis
sioner of Pensions shows that the total
amount available for pensions for the
months of May and June of the pres
ent fiscal year is 810,237,440, and the
Commissioner estimates that it will re
quire 820,811,762 to make the payments
for these months. More than 85,000,
000 of the 88,834,000 remaining on the
books of the treasury for the last fiscal
year has been drawn from the treasury
on warrants by the Secretary and
placed to the credit of the pension
agents and afterwards deposited to the
credit of the Treasurer of the United
States by said agents.
JUNE RISE IS COMING.
Tile Missouri nt is Standstill, but Dan
ger Expected.
Kansas City,Mo., May 17.—The Mis
souri river is now at a standstill, but
the signal service announces that the
June rise will come two weeks earlier
than usual this year and that it is com
ing now. If it does get here with its
usual twelve or fifteen feet of water
the damage cannot be reckoned. All
of the bottom lands for miles around,
including half a dozen towns, are un
der the flood and the damage now is in
the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
John Feely, a young Irishman, was
swept away in the flood from his home
on Turkey Creek, which empties into
the Raw not far from the Missouri, and
was drowned as he was trying to rescue
some of his widowed mother's property.
His body was recovered. Many other
persons were carried off from and in
their houses, but they all escaped
young Feely. Although all of Argen
tine, Armourdale, and Harlem are com
pletely under water it is believed that
every one is accounted for.
CORN PLANTINO IMPOSSIBLE.
The Fields Are Bare Near Oeneieo—
Crops Were Never So Backward.
Geneseo, 111., May 16.—The back
wardness noted everwhere in the
fields is surprising. Hundreds of farms
in the finest corn-belt of the State arc
just as they were last fall after tho
crops had been garnered. There is
scarcely any plowing done for corn
and in many places, especially on the
rich bottom lands along the rivers,
none can be done for the next three
weeks even under most favorable cir
cumstances. A great many farmers on
these lands have given up planting
corn this year and will get their land
in shape as soon as they can for millet.
They are badly discouraged, and say
they cannot remember a time when the
prospects for crops were so poor.
Judge Haller Warned to Leave Town.
EauClaibe, Wls., May 16.—Judge
Bailey, presiding in the Russell poison
ing case, received the following through
the postoffice yesterday morning:
Eau Claim? City, May 12, 18U2.—1The
Hon. W. F. Bailey—Dear Sir: Look
ing over your commencing of vouf
judgeship we would like to know what
is the use of a jury, or wha t way is there
left to put down crime of any kind?
To cut this matter short there is only
one conclusion, and therefore we g>ve
you ten clays from this writing to lea\c
I the city, and if not complied with we
will give you the privilege of choosing
what tree you wish to swing on in
your house yard, or in the park or css
j of the jail in the east yard. This is
i fair warning. Your constituents,
j White Cxrs.
j No attention will be paid to the note
Combinations of Great Interest*
Cleveland, Ohio, May 10-—^ ’J
rumored here that one of the grea
combinations of manufacturing'
terests ever attempted lias for a o ^
time been under consideration am '
be perfected July 1. A new eorP°__ ^
tion is to be formed with the na*m^
Carnegie Steel company, ,1U1‘ (>.
Among the establishments to be ^
dated together are Carnegie,
Co., limited, and Carnegie liros.
limited. The Keystone brK.ge. ^
pany will probably be included
combination. The aggregate*- r
of these companies is #l0,700,0w