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    EKTRY OF THE CZAR.
AS DESCRIBED BY SIR EDWARD
ARNOLD.
A Grand and Gorgeous Show—Barbaric
Splendor of the Oriental Kepreeenta
tlret—The Monarch and the Caarina
Described— Moscow’s Illumination—
Money Spent Without Measure.
I
Never Anything Like It.
I.ondon. May 23.—Sir Edwin Ar
nold, who went to Moscow on behalf
of the Daily Telegraph, in his dis
patch to that paper, describing the
scene at the Kremlin and the entry of
the czar into Moscow, says: “Why
oannot one write in colors? There
was never anything seen on any stage
like the living kaleidoscope of fanci
'■ ful attire of fantastic hues and em
bellishments visible around me, par
ticularly in the Oriental element, and
all the far Eastern nations._ The ofll
■cials from Khiva wore magenta col
ored velvet robes, gold embroidered
and sugar-loaf hats. Now China
contributed a dazzling group with
flowered satin frocks and Vermillion
buttoned hats. Now a bevy of
magnates from Lake Baikal astound
j the eye with fur trimmed brocade and
long red boots. Now I recognize the
, .g™.Y surtoat and ‘amber capstrings of
the Coreans and try one of them with
a greeting in Japanese. He politely
murmurs. Some of the Khirgiz Tar
tars then appear in yellow silk and
scarlet shawls, outdoing all, and at a
. window of the Gostinnoy Dvor there
is a beautiful vision of a. Circassian
ladv in black and oranire brocades.
glistening with pearls and turquoises.
I abandon in despair the polychro
matic aspects of the pageant.
' “The Cossack guard was glorious,
uniformed in scarlet and cold, riding
little, weedy, Roman nosed Ukraine
nags, with only a snaffle and bridle
and with gold and black bandoliers,
looking quite fit to pace in front of the
czar. Alter these came upon the
scene almost the chief interest for me
personally, since I saw gravely rid
ing along as the vassal friends
of the great white khan all the
chiefs of the Central Asian king
doms and provinces, over which
his eagles cast the shadow of their
•wings. They passed demurely “upon
noble Arab stallions, the very least
among them mounted upon animals
covered from crest to haunch with the
costliest trappings of silver and gold
cloth. But these and other parts of
the pageant paled before the grand
master of ceremonies, borne haughtily
ouward in such a golden chariot as I
thought existed only in heaven or in
classical pictures, holding a wand of
gold topped with an emerald as big as
a walnut.
“But here at last comes the august
object of this unparalleled manifesta
tion, the successor and heir of Ivan
the Terrible. Ills handsome and
manly young countenance is pale
with the prodigious sensation which
such a scene must naturally excite,
and holds his gloved right hand
almost perpetually to his regimental
cap. lie bends his head gently to
this side and that to acknowledge the
boundless welcome. Every man is
bareheaded and every woman is wav
ing a handkerchief or shawl or vio
lently crossing her loyal bosom in a
prayer for ‘the little father.’
“The czarina also sat alone, dressed
wholly in white, even the jewels,
pearls and diamonds, seeming to mar
by their color the effect of this pure
apparel, which caused her to resemble
a marble saint within a golden shrine.
Most unmistakable were the affection
and loyalty of the crowd and I saw
more than one poor peasant woman’s
eyes fill with tears of sheer joy to be
hold this fair lady. One honest fellow
fell upon his knees to say his prayers
as though he had seen something di
vine, till a Cossack bundled him back
into the crowd. ”
It would be impossible to overdraw
the splendid picture presented by the
procession and by the illuminations.
No money has been spared 10 make
the coronation festivities memorable
in Russian history and up to the pres
ent' all efforts have been crowned
witli success. The Russian govern
ment is said to have spent ovei SUO,
. OOO.OOO on the fetes up to the present
and the eity of -Moscow is understood
to have expended nearly ,as much
money and more expenses have to be
The illuminations will last three
'evenings in succession and will cost
several million dollars, to the govern
ment alone, without counting what
the city will contribute toward this
portion of the expenses.
Beside the expenses of the Russian
government and the city of Moscow
the expenses which grand dukes and
grand duchesses, foreign princes and
ambassadors, etc., have been put to, is
really enormous, one authority going
so far as to estimate that there was
about S OO.OoO.Obo worth of jewelry
alone in the procession of yesterday.
Hill Villbuatering
! Washington, May 83.—The <;hap
lain's prayer hardly closed to-day
when Mr. Butler renewed his motion
to take up his bond bill. After some
sparring Mr. Hill Interposed the ob
jection that this was too important
. 4 Question to be considered “without
■a quorum.” This was the first evi
dence of a renewal of obstruction, but,
a quorum being found very quickly,
the motion was adopted—yeas, 34;
nays, >‘0.
Mr.-Mills of Texas gave notice that
be would object to any busiosss until
the pending bond bill should be dis
posed of, and after Mr. Pettigrew
presented a partial conference report
•on the Indian bill, which was ad
mitted and agreed to, Blr. Hill began
bis 6peecb in opposition.
Quay Wants to Be Chairman Again.
Washington, May a3.—It is current
.gossip here that Senator Quay pro
poses soon to visit William McKinley,
not to discuss the financial question,
but to try to secure that leader's in
fluence for his return to his old posi
tion of chairman of the Republican
national
a A ,. Grid’s Irish Coo ran t Ion Cal lad.
London, May 23.—The convention
of the Irish throughout the world,
which, it was decided yesterday at
the meeting of the anti-Parnellites to
-call, has been fixed for September 1 at
Lublin.
AID FOR TEXAS SUFFERERS.
Gov. Holcomb Urges Citizens of Ncbraskt
to Help.
Lincoln, Neb., May 24.— Governor
Culberson of Texas replied to the tele
graphic offer of assistance sent him by
Governor Holcomb. The message of
the Texas governor was as follows:
Austin, Tex., May 23.—Governor
Silas A. Holcomb, Lincoln, Neb: The
storm snfferers will gratefully accept
anything your people may send them.
Communicate with C. H." Smith, chair
man of the relief committee, Sherman,
Tex. Accept my personal appreciation
of your kindness.
C. A. Culberson,
Governor.
In accordance with the foregoing
Gov. Holcomb has issued the fol
lowing:
“Recognizing the existence of a very
worthy desire on the part of many Ne
braska citizens to show their apprecia
tion of the hitherto expressed generos
ity of the people of Texas, and realiz
ing the suffering which must have been
left along the track of the tornado
which recently devastated property
and destroyed life at Sherman, Texas,
and vicinity, I would suggest the pro
priety of those of our citizens who are
able and benevolently disposed con
tributing such articles as would be most
likely to relieve the distressed condi
tion of our unfortunate southern neigh
bora Major T. S. Clarkson of Omaha,
chairman of the executive committee
of the Nebraska club, will receive and
recept ior any contributions for this
worthy cause and will see that they are
placed in the hands of the proper local
authorities at Sherman. Tex. I trust
that at least one car load of provisions
may be forwarded to these distressed
people within a few days.’’ . t>,
HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.
Bill and Allen Exchange Left Handed
Compliments.
Washington, May 2 3.—The Senate
had an hour of much excitement with
a resort to obstructive tactics and
several heated personal controversies
at a late hour yesterday. The early
portion of the session had been given
to the routine of agreeing on confer
ence reports on appropriation bills.
At 5 o’clock Mr- Butler, Ponulist, of
North Carolina moved to take up his
bill prohibiting the further issue of
interest-bearing bonds. Mr. Hill im
mediately moved an adjournment, se
curing an aye and nay vote in order
to gain time. The motion to adjourn
was defeated, whereupon Mr. Chandler
followed with a motion for an execu
tivesession. Mr. Pettigrew asked leave
to offer a supplementary conference
report on the Indian bill. The con
sent being given, Mr. Hill immediately
demanded the full reading of the re
port. This was an unexpected move
for delay, as the report was volumin
ous. The presiding officer, Mr. Faulk
ner of West Virginia, ruled that Mr.
Hill’s demand was tegular, and direct
ed the clerk to proceed with the
reading of the report. Senators
Butler, Stewart and Allen interposed
a chorus of protests. Mr. Allen said
he hoped the senate would not violate
every decency and propriety by these
obstructive tactics.
“What right have you to the floor?”
asked Mr. Hill, sharply, addressing
Mr. Allen personally. Then, address
ing the chair, Mr. Hill added, “He has
no right to the floor.”
“I have, too,” declared Mr. Allen.
“I have the right to speak and I pro
pose to do so.”
“Others have rights as well as you,”
reponded Mr. Hill. The tone of tlie
Senator showed feeling.
Mr. Allen proceeded and said that
the obstruction was manifestly aimed
at a Populistic measure.
“1 am glad it is admitted to be a
Populistic measure,” interjected Mr.
Hill. r
it v uuui 1 u v a i/v,- j
curred between Mr. Hill and Mr.
Allen. The latter had continued to
hold the floor. He spoke with much
feeling, saying he had never known
the spirit of unanimous agreement of
the Senate to be violated, and the
Senator who committed such a viola
tion would regret it.
“I would like to know if the Senator
refers to me?” “said Mr. Hill, rising
quickly.
There was a momentary silence,
owing to the suggestive tone of Mr.
Hill’s inquiry.
“What does the Senator want to
know for?” asked Mr. Allen, with
equal significance.
‘T want to know if reference is made
to me,” replied Mr. Hill.
“I referred to the Senator,” said
Mr Allen.
“Then I desire to say here,” an
swered Mr. Hill, savagely, “that the
statement is false, absolutely false. I
have violated no agreement, and my
course was sustained by the chair. ”
“The Senator will never be able to
convince me,” said Mr. Allen, in some
what subdued tones, “that he was
honest in having that report read.”
“I care nothing about convincing
you; I stand on my rights here,” said
Mr. Hill, contemptuously.
The vote was about to be taken
when a snarl of parliamentary ob
struction was interposed. For an
hour roll calls and calls of the Senate
obstructed business, a quorum disap
pearing on most votes.
Mr. Stewart moved that the ser
geant-at-arms be directed to request
the presence of senators. The motion
prevailed and the business of the Sen
ate was suspended while the sergeant
at-arms looked up absent senators.
At L:35, no quorum having ap
peared. Mr. Butler moved to adjourn,
saying he would continue the contest
to-day. Senate then adionrned.
General Lucius Fairchild Vary Sick.
Madison, Wis., May 23.—The friends
of General Lucius Fairchild are much
worried over his condition and grave
doubts of his recovery are entertained.
QUAY CALLS ON M'KINLEY.
The Ex-Governor Meets the Senator
With His Family Carriage.
Canton, Ohio, May 23.— United
States Senator M. S. Quay of Penn
sylvania, accompanied by J. Hay
Brown of Lancaster, Pa., arrived here
this morning and was met by ex-Gov
ernor McKinley with his family car
riage. Senator Quay declined to talk
as to the object of his mission, saying
merely that he was paying Mr. Mc
Kinley a friendly -!s>t
The coliseum of Rome was built to ac
commodate 100,000 spectators.
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BISHOPS ARE CHOSEN.
M’CABE AND CRANSTON FINAL
LY SELECTED.
The Noted New York Divine Choten on
the Fifteenth Bmllot—The Cincinnati
Member Soccewful on the Next Vote—
Details of the Proceedings—Biograph
ical Sketches of the Successful Can
didates.
Two Methodist Bishops Chosen.
clkvelaxD' Ohio, May 20.—Chaplain
McCabe and Dr. Earl Cranston are the
two now Methodist bishops, being
elected on the fifteenth and sixteenth
ballots respectively.
On the fourteenth ballot 5W votes
were cast, making 336 necessary to a
choice. Tho leaders were Cranston,
£61; McCabe, 258; Hamilton, 149; Butts,
128; Neely, 113; Boweh, 8J, and scat
tering, 70. '
Tho fifteenth ballot was at once
taken and the tellers retired. After
the transaction of a little business the
tellers returned and announced that
504 votes were cast, making 336 neces
sary to a choice. Of these C. C. Mc
Cabe, of New York, received 344 votes;
electing him by eight votes. The y«te
on others was: Cranston, 338; Butts,
113; Hamilton, 109; Neely, 50; Bowen,
SO; scattering, 35.
Then the delegates began to cheer
and wave their handkerchiefs and
calls for “McCabe,” “Song,” and
“Speech” arose from all parts of the
hall. Delegates rushed back to where
he was sitting and be was surrounded
by an enthusiastic following. In the
first lull a motion to invite “Bishop
McCabe" to the platform was heard.
It was carried amid cheers, and as he
walked down the aisle cheers were'In
cessant. He declined to speak at
present. ,■ j , : ;
* uv oiAvccutu uaiiuu nna suuu au
Bounced, resulting' in the election of
Dr. Cranston as the second bishop. In
all 50t votes were cast, making 330
necessary for a choice. Of these
Cranston received 366. Cheers again
filled the hall, handkerchiefs were
waved and applause continued for
several minutes while Dr. Cranston
walked forward and bowed. • ■
* An attempt by Judge Caples of Ore
gon to make the election unanimous
was cried down.
The conference took Bp the election
of two book agents for New York.
The nominations were Dr. Homer
Eaton of Troy, N. Y., C. It. McGee of
New England, J. N. King of New
York, R. R. Daugherty of New York,'
W. M. Swindetts of Philadelphia, G.
B. Manisof New York, East, W. Al.
Evans of Central Pa., and John D.
Hammond of California., , Dr. Buckley
then obtained the floor and moved
that nominations be made on a call of
conference. This was carried.
Charles C. McCabe was born October
11, 1836, in Athens, Ohio. He entered
the Ohio conference in 1860 and was
stationed at Putnam. In 1863 he be
came chaplain in the !22d Ohio Volun
teer infantry. At the battle of Win
chester, Va., in June, 1863, while
looking after the wounded in the,
field, he was captured and taken tb
Libby prison, where he remained a
captive for over four months. After
his release he rejoined his regiment at
Brandy station, but with broken
health was sent back to the hospital
at Washington. He was invited, after
partial recovery, to speak at an anni
versary of the Christian commission,
and George H. Stuart, the presi
dent of that organization, asked
Secretary Stanton to grant him
permission to make the tour, of
the great cities of the United States
in the interests of that cause. After
the war he re-entered the regular
work of the ministry and was sta
tioned at Portsmouth, Ohio. In I860
the Ohio conference called him into
the service of the Ohio Wesleyan, Uni
versity. In 1868 he'first engaged in
church extension work and for six
teen years he traveled through the
length ana breadth of the land and
saw the work advance with unex
ampled prosperity upon every side.
In 1884 he was elected missionary sec
retary. Through his efforts the cry,
“A inillion-for missions,” is now one
of the brightest facts in the history
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
UWU »» 09 UUl AJ IU DUIULU
county, Ohio, about sixty years ago,
and graduated at Ohio university. He
' then became a traveling minister, of
the Methodist Episcopal church and
served in that capacity until the
breaking out of the war, when lie en
listed and rose to the rank of captain
of the Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer In
fantry. In consequence he is now an
honorary member of the military
order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States. Ilis service in the
church after the war was in Ohio con
ferences until he was transferred,
about 1880, to the Colorado conference,
where he became a presiding elder.
In 188-4, upon the election of Bishop
Walden, he was chosen one of the
book agents of the Western Methodist
Book concerns in Cincinnati, and has
held that position until now. He has
always held a high rank as a pulpit
'orator. _‘__
IudtiftQ anif.cB Reforms
Washington, May 20.—The secre
tary of the interior has sent to Chair
man Sherman of the House committee
on Indian Affairs a favorable report
on the Teller bill, providing for the
abolition of the offices of commissioner
and assistant commissioner of Indian
affairs and the substitution of a board
of three Indian commissioners, to con
sist of two members of opposite polit
ical faiths and an army officer.
Tanney's Nomination Favorably Reported
Washington. May 20. — Senator
Teller of the judiciary committee of
the Senate, reported favorably the
nomination of Hon. John C. Tarsnev,
at the Senate executive session last,
evening. _.
Kicked to Death by a Horse.
Ffi.T0N.Ma, M .y Vu.—James Par
sons, a well-to-do farmer who resided
seven miles south of this place, was
kicked by a horse and instantly kiMed
while leading another animal into his
stable. Parsons was 50 years old, and
leaves a large family.
nigh Water A'-ont Rich HIIL
Rich Piu., Mo., May 20.—This sec
tion has been visited by rain after
rain and the Marais des Cygnes river
is out of its banks and is spreading
over the bottoms and low lands. If
the downpour contiuues, a groat dam
age is certain.
ANT1-M KINLEY A. P. A. &
Tha Disgruntled Faction Holds an In*
dlgnatlon Mooting. :
Washington, May 20.—A condem
nation meeting' of some of the dele
gates of the American Protective As
sociation claiming' to represent twenty
States was hold after the adjourn
ment of the convention, and a pream
ble and resolution^ bearing on the
McKinley matter were adopted. The
preamble and resolutions adopted
follow:
Whereas, The Supreme Council of
the A. P. A. of the United States, at
its session Saturday evening, by an
unanimous vote adopted the report of
the National advisory board, which
report indorsed the action of the exe
cutive committee of said board and in
plain language said that the execu
tive committee was justified in pub
lishing the political i (filiation of Mc
Kinley with the Roman political
hierarchy, which affiliation Is proven
by the affidavits of reputable mem
bers of the order, and which affidavits
have never been controverted except
by the unsworn statement of Major
McKinley himself, and.
Whereas, Major McKinley did on
May It, lo9G, to a committee of the
national advisory board in the city of
Canton, Ohio, state he heartily ap
proved the principles of the A. P. A.,
and on the following day gave an in
terview to the press denying that he
had met such a committee, thus giving
the lie to the report of the committee,
which was composed of honorable and
truthful gentlemen; and,
Whereas, The members of the Su
preme council have, during its session,
been hounded and badgered by a large
MlilTinluir nnmnoanil n# mAin.
bers and non-members ot the order,
that has used the most disreputable
blackmailing- methods to discredit the
advisory board and turn the Supreme
council into a McKinley ratification
meeting, and having signally failed to
clear McKinley of the consequences of
his propapal' political record, to-day,
after two-thirds of the delegates had
started for home, attempted to take
revenge by abolishing the national
advisory board, and accomplished the
same by a vote of 30 to 39.
Resolved, That the delegates in con
demnation meeting assembled, de
nounce the unwarranted interference
of the paid McKinley lobby with the
affairs of the order, and denounce the
cowardly denial by McKinley of the
indorsement of the principles of the
order, given to our committee, and
Resolved, That because of his record
as reported by the national advisory
board, we herewith pledge ourselves,
by our influence and efforts, to ac
complish his defeat.
CHURCH AND POLITICS
Cardinal Gibbons .Gives His Views, With
a ltebuke for the A. P. A.
Washington, May SO.—In reply to
some questions addressed through
Rev. Dr. Stafford of Washington, D.
C., to Cardinal Gibbons, the Cardinal
sent the following letter:
It is the duty of the leaders of polit
ical parties to express themselves
without auy equivocation on the prin
ciples of religious freedom which un
derly our constitution. Catholics are
devoted to both the great political
parties of the country and each indi
vidual is left entirely to his own con
science. We are proud to say that in
the long liistery of the Government of
the United States the Great Catholic
church has never used or perverted
its acknowledged power by seeking to
make politics subserve its own ad
vancement.
Moreover, it is our proud boast that
we have never interfered with the
civil and political rights of any who
differ from us in religion. We demand
the same rights ourselves and nothing
more, and will be content with noth
ing less. Not only is it the duty of
all parties distinctly to set their faces
against the false and un-American
principles thrust forward of late, but
much as I would regret the entire
identification of any religious body as
such with any political party, I am
convinced that the members of a re
ligious body whose rights, civil or
religious, are attacked will naturally
and unanimously espouse the cause of
the party which has the courage
openly to avow the principles of civil
and religious liberty according to the
constitution.
Patience is a virtue, but it is not the
only virtue. When pushed too far it
may degenerate in*o pusilanimity.
DEKKAU DLL) DEPOSITORS.
Denver Bankers and Others Indicted—
The Case Against O. f. Miller.
Dexvicb, Col., May 20.—The federal
grand jury has found indictments
against several bank officials and
others, accused of having conspired
to defraud depositors in banks here
which have closed their doors during
the last three years. John .1. Rietli
raann, president, and John J. Reith
mann, jr., vice president, Charles M.
Clinton, cashier, and Charles Kunze
miller assistant cashier of the German
National bank, are charged with hav
ing falsified figures in their report to
the comptroller, May I, 1893, and it is
said that even - more serious ehargos
against thesemen are being considered
by the grand jury.
It is s%id also that O. E. Miller of
Chicago haa been indicted on the
charge of embezzling 8125.000 from
the Commercial National bank and
that Charles H. Dow, who was presi
dent of the Commercial, is charged
with having conspired with Miller to
defraud depositors and with having
violated the national banking law by
loaning Miller $143,000, whereas un
der the law the bank could not loan
to one individual or company more
than 10 per cent of its capital stock,
$200,000. Miller is the head of the
Miller Hernia Company, which has of
fices in Denver. Chicago and other
cities. _
Reserve Already Being Kebnlla
Hiawatha, Kan., May 20. — The
sufferers at Reserve are being well
taken care of. Governor Morrill sent
his check for $100, add the other citi
zens of this place sent $500 more,
besides a carload or more of provisions
clothing and podding. The four dead
were buried to-day, and the injured
will be brought here.
The work of rebuilding the ruined
homes has begun, every idle workman
who could use a hammer, saw, trowel
or shovel being sent to Reserve by a
special train this morning.
The losses of Brown county farmer!
alone amount to $73,000.
FREE SILVER FUSION.
A WHITE METAL DEMOCRAT AC
CEPTABLE.
W lb* Democrat* at Chlrago ‘ Nominate a
Tree Coinage Man for preeldent They
Would Endorn Him—Populist Con
vention! Being Delayed Until After the
Chicago Convention.
It Look! Like Fallon.
IndianAPOi.xs, lnd., May HI.-—Popu
list leaders of Indiana declare that
within the last ten days an under
standing has been reached whereby
the Populists of every state in the
Union are to accept the platform and
candidate at the Chicago convention,
in. case both are for free silver. The
leading Democratic advocates of free
silver'throughout the country have
been quietly Informed that if the
Chicago convention adopts a free
silver plank and nominates a candi
date who will pledge himself to sign
a free coinage bill if one comes to
him from Congress, the action of the
convention will be endorsed, by the
Popnllst and free silver national con
ventions at St. Louis, July 3a.
Representatives of the Populist
party have beeu traveling through the
West and South for six weeks sug
gesting that the State conventions be
postponed until after the Democratic
National convention shall have been
hold, and asking, too, that the Popu
lists stand for the free coinage of sil
ver as the pre-eminent issue. It is
announced that in all directions the
plans suggested are being carried out
AMNESTY FOR EXILES.
Coronation Ony Will Be n Happjr One All
Over Russia.
London, May 21.—The Berlin Tage
blatt says the czar's manifesto will
give partial or complete amnesties to
Russian prisoners in Siberia. Those
sentenced to life penal servitude will
receive mitigation of the sentence and
offenders domiuiled'in Siberia will be
permitted to return to any part of Eu
ropean Russia except St. Petersburg
and Moscow. The sentences of those
in jail in European Russia for serious
offenses will be reduced by ono-third.
A large number of minor offenders
will be completely pardoned. The
peasantry in certain poor districts will
be excused from arrears of crown
dues Even the Jews will not bo for
gotten and the ill-starred Hebrew ag
ricultural colonies in Ekaterlnaslay
will also be excused from arrears
The Rome correspondent of the
Chronicle also hears that the Vatican
has received information that the czar
will pardon all Catholic priests who
have been imprisoned or sent to Sibe
ria for breach of the public worship
laws, and that he also promises to
grant gradually a large measure of
religious liberty to all the subjects,
including the Catholics.
SECTARIN CHARITIES.
Senate Passes Bill Appropriating for
Them by a Big Tote.
Washington, May 31. —The Senate
passed the District of Columbia appro
priation bill carrying approximately
97,300,000. A debate on the question
of appropriations for sectarian pur
poses cropped out on the paragraph
making appropriations for charities
in the District On a vote, the Senate
sustained the committee in providing
specific appropriations for numerous
private charitable institutions, some
of them of a sectarian character, by a
vote of 35 te 13. Following is the
vote in detail:
> Yeas—Republicans, Aldrich,Allison,
Cameron, Carter, Chandler, Cullom,
Hale, Hawley, Mcliride, Perkins, Pet
tigrew, Shoup, Teller, Wetmore, Wil
son—15. Democrats, Bacon, Bate,
Berry. Blackburn, Caffery, Cockrell,
Faulkner, Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hill,
Jones (Arli.), Pasco, Roach, Vest,
Walthall and White—17. Populists,
Allen, Kyle, Stewart—3. Total. 35.
Nays—Republicans', Baker, Brown,
Burrows, Cannon, Clark, Galtinger,
,Nelson, Pritchard, Warren—1». Dem
ocrats, Chilton, George, Mills—3.
Populists, Peffer —1. Total, 13.
NEW LINE TO THE NORTH.
Mr. Itllwtll'i Kidiu city and Mai tbarn
Will Be Bollt.
Kansas City, Mo., May 31.—It is
now definitely announced that the
financing of the Kansas City and
Northern Connecting railway has been
finished and the actual construction
of this railway will go ahead as
quickly as the construction contracts
can be let. The joint promoters and
owners of the new system are the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust
company of Kansas City, the Drexels
of Philadelphia, Gilman & Son of New
York and the European capitalists in
terested in the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Trust oompany.
The Kansas City & Northern Con
necting railway is the scheme for
amalgamating the Quincy, Omaha &
St. Louis lines. The new Northern
Connecting road, to be pushed ahead
now, picks up the Omaha & St. Lcuis
at Pattonsburg, Mo., and the Quincy,
Omaha & Kansas City at Trenton, Mo.
Connection will probably be made
with the Des Moines & Kansas City at
Cainesvilie, Ma Thus a new system
is provided reaching directly from
Kansas City to Omaha. Des Moines
and Quincy. The Baltimore A Ohio
is now at Heardstown, 111., and will
be brought to Ka.,«as City. This new
system will create the first essentially
Kansas City railway north of the Mis
souri river.
Directors Re-Elected.
Parsons, Kan., May 31.—The an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
road company was held in the hand
some new general office building of
the company in this city to-day and
the old directors re-elected.
Long and sensational details of the
massace of Armenians at Urfa repre
sent it as entirely eclipsing the butch
ery at Sassoun. It is estimated that
8,000 persons were killed at Urfa, of
which number nearly 3,000 perished
while seeking refuge in the cathedral)
which was set on fire by the Turka
TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD.
The Northeast Kansas Death List
Increasing.
Seneca, Kan., May "0.— Fifteen per
sons were killed and fully fifty in
jured in this (Nemaha) county by the
tornado of Sunday night, while six
perished in and about Reserve, in
ltrown county, and four met death
across the State line in Nebraska.
This is the death list so far as known
definitely at present. Some portions
of the route of the tornado have not
been thoroughly gone over as yet and
the total number of the dead may be
increased. Of the dead in this county
five are here, six at Oneida and four
at or near Sabetba.
The losses from the tornado along
its deadly path are placed now at
fully $1,000,000 and this may be in
creased. In this county conservative
estimates put the total loss at $"00,
000, while at Frankfort it is $100,000
more and at Reserve $150,00ft At
other points a low estimate makes the
losses over $50,000.
The injured are doing well as a rule
at all points, but it is almost beyond
question that several of them will suc
cumb in a few days.
The tornado struck the fairgrounda
here first and demolished every build
ing. Then it swept through the best
part of the town, wrecking the hand
some court honse and either destroy
!«» or damaging greatly over 800
buildings, many of them the best in
this place. The citizens have organ
ised and are doing all possible for the
homeless, whose losses are placed at
$100,000, while those who are aiding
them have themselves lost $300,000
more.
At Sabetha, Ellen Carey, the child
injured by the storm, died yesterday.
About forty families are homeless and
destitute and about there twenty
more families in want The mayor of
that place has issued an appeal for
aid.
In all of the country clear across
the county the tornado left a well
defined path of ruin, but fortunately
in nearly every instance so far as ia
now known the occupants of farm
houses saw the approach of the storm
in time to get into places of safetv.
THfcIH UUnrobS FOR SALE.
A Despondent MUionrl Couple Try to
Contract With > Medical Colltfa
St. Joseph, Mo., May 2a—Allan
Wilson and his wile, to whom he had
been married but a few days, went to
the Central Medical College this morn
ing and offered to sell his body and
that of his wife for a small sum. Ha
was well dressed, and his wife, who is
19 years old, is very pretty. He in
sisted on the college officials agreeing
to take the bodies, saying that they .
would deliver them in a short time. *
• Dr. Thomas E. Potter tried to dis
suade the two from committing sui
eide and told them that the college
had no use for the bodies at this time.
The two came hern from Harrison
countv.
The Lomm in Nebraska.
Preston, Neb., May 20. —The storm
here Sunday night did more or less
damage to every building in town.
The Bethany Brethren church, four
miles southwest, C. Stuhl's house,
eight miles southwest, the Pony Creek
German. Baptist church, the United
Brethren church and Jacob Lichty’s
residence, southwest of here ar« total
wrecks.
At Falla City about fifty freight cars
were overturned and the Bur lngton
freight bouse and depot wrecked.
The mill was destroyed and the build
ings at Hinton park demolished. Near
there the son of J. M. Houcks, Samuel
Saylor and wife, Mrs. Shrock and John e
Smith were killed and William Bran
non and wife, J. M. Houcks and wife,
Isaac R. Rhoades and two children,
William Hinton and wife and daugh
ter, William Smick and a tramp were
injured. The farm houses of H. E.
temmon, J. R. Rhoades, W. R. Kent,
amuel Saylor, Jacob Lichty, Thomaa
Eakin and William brugmiiler were
destroyed.
Mr. and Mrs Saylor, Mrs Schrock
anil John Smith were in the cellar of
the Saylor house when the walls caved
in on them, killing them.
Prison Manufacturer* Involved.
Columbus, Ohio, May 30.—W. E. Jo*
seph, chief clerk in the headquarters
office here of the Patton Manufactur
ing Company of the State prison at
New Albany, Ind., and of the plant at
Muncie, Ind., has been appointed re
ceiver of the company in both places.
His bond is $50,000. The assets are
not known. Discrimination against
prison goods labeled by compulsion of
law is said to be the cause of the as
signment
A Kiss Thrower Pined.
Wichita, Kan., May 20.—On the
trial of Mrs Ashkraft and daughter,
Etta, tor throwing kisses at J. F.
Fawcett, tailor, the police judge dis
missed the case against the widow,
lined the daughter $5 and rebuked the
tailor for bringing such a case into
court Miss Ashkraft pleaded that
she had kissed her hand to Fawcett
in a spirit of fun and her fine was re
mitted during good behavior.
The President's Saeagerfast Promise,
Pittsburg, Pa., May 20.—President
Cleveland has written to the executive
committee of the twenty-eighth na
tional saengerfest, which begins in
Pittsburg. June 8, that he will be un
able to attend, but will open the
saengerfest by the touch of an elec
tric button at the White house. A
flag of red, white and blue glass, at a
given signal by the President, will be
illuminated.
Stone Opens 'the Kentucky Campaign.
Shslkyvii.i.e, Ky., May 30.—(gov
ernor William J. Stone of Missouri
opened the free coinage campaign
here yesterday, and made the first of
his four speeches to be delivered in
Kentucky. The court house was
filled with representative oitizens of
Anderson, Spencer, Henry and Shelby t
counties.
A Prussian Plnaaelsr at Bash
Berlin, May 20.—Herro Ott Camp
hausen, former'y Prussian minister of
, finance, is dead.