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Important Intelligence From All Part.
CONGRESSIONAL.
A biix reported tn the aenate on the 6th
Vi facilitate the enforcement of the prrwet im
Xntrrllm and eeutrart-labor hwi Taw con
ultr ast diplomatic appropriation bill wan also
reported.... In le house bill were passed to
admit New Mexico and Arlsnna to statehood;
appropriating IVJ.OUO for a pnlnttal for a monu
Bent to Cien. V. T. Sherman, the JeglaletiTe
appropriation bill and Mr. Hatch aaul-optlon
bill. A concurrent resolulaon for the final ad
journment of congress on Monday, July 4, at X
o'clock, was referred.
OM the 7th the aenate wm tbe diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill tn the bouse
bill waa panned appropriating 115,000 for the
establishment of weather bureau stations on
Middle and Thunder Bay Island, la Lake
Huron, The urgent aaaOdency bill was all
-passed. June 18 was act apart for tbe delivery
of eulogistic addresaeai to the memory of the
late Senator Wilson, of Maryland.
Tm pension deflcteacw bill waa laid feefote
the aenate on the ath ea4 referred to the com
mit u-e on appropriation. A bill was Intro
duced appropriating S150.000 for a branch home
for volunteer disabled soldiers and sailors at or
near Beatrice, Neb In the bouae the agricul
tural appropriation MU was paswed.
lit the senate on tbe 9th the urgent -deficiency
bill appropriating ever I7,ono,000 for the pres
ent fiscal year was passed. Two of thtfrcneral
appropriation bill the legislative anad agri
cultural and the two bflht for the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona as states were re
ceived from- the hoime. Adjourned to tbe 13th.
....In the house bills were punned permitting
poor persons to sue in the United States courts
upon affidavits, and authorizing the courts to
.appoint counsel; defining the crimes of murder
In tbe first and second degree and manslaugh
ter in places and on waters under the exclusive
Jurisdiction of the United States, and modify
ing the revised statutes so as to dispense with
proof of loyalty during the war of the rebellion
as a prerequisite to beiiur Testored or admitted
to the pension roll.
There was .no Sfstdan of tbe senate on the
10th.... In the house the -day was spent In the
consideration of unimportant measures and
tie evening session was devoted to the consid
eration of private pension bills. Adjourned to
the 13th.
DOMESTIC.
Thk levee protecting the Hunt drain
age district below Warsaw. I1L, broke,
flooding thousands of acres of rich
farming lands and eamsing great de
struction to property. " " " "
A cxouDBusT betweejti Harold and
Blunt, S. D., flooded, a large section of
the country, doAhg great damage, and
Mrs. K. MyFoote and three children
were drained.
THErwrxHes of five dead babies were
under a sidewalk at Twenty-
street and Armour avenue,
Chicago. .
Johx C. Brows, of Saginaw, Mich.,
one of the most extensive logging con
tractors in the northwest, failed for
8115,000 and nominal assets of 590,000.
The United States will exhibit in
lata government building at the world's
fair spec interna of the various imple
- amenta nsed by the army since 1770.
Charles Lie, the Dubuque la.) boy
cvuvicbed of murder or complicity in
the killing of a street ear driver, was
sentenced to twenty years in the peni
tentiary. Aftek a shut-down of nearly three
months the Spreckles sugar refineries
at Philadelphia resumed operations,
nearly 1.000 men going to work.
Edward McMillan, who killed his
wife February 20, 1891, was hanged at
"Wilkesbarre, Pa.
A company with a capital of 510,000,
00 was organized in New York to build
a fleet of whaleback vessels to compete
for ocean carrying freight.
A relic of the recent war between
cattlemen and rustlers was found in
the shape of four human bodies swing
ing to the limb of a tree near Buffalo,
Wyo. The bodies had evidently been
hanging for weeks.
Austin Porter was hanged by a mob
near Grayson, Ky., for killing his wife.
Br carelessness in turning water into
an empty boiler at a tile works south
of Idaville, Ind., four men were blown
to pieces.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 6th was: Wheat,
27,910,000 bushels; corn, 4,478,000 bush
els; oats, 3,Sti9,000 bushels; rye, 450,
000 bushels; barley, 411.000 bushels.
Josiah Lawton sailed from Boston in
his 12-foot canvas boat for a trip across
the ocean.
An alligator 9 or 10 feet long was
seen floundering around on the bank
of the Wabash river near Andrews, Ind.
Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, has
issued a proclamation to the state at
larg-e for relief to the Oil City and Titus
Tille sufferers.
William Kaxeker (colored), who as
saulted the 11-year daughter of Joseph
II. II am at Apalachicola, Fla., was
strung up by a mob.
President Harrison has approved
the act granting a pension to ex-Senator
George W. Jones, of Iowa.
A clovdrcrst at Zwingle, la., swept
away nearly the entire village, only
one house being left. Much live stock
was drowned.
Fire destroyed the mammoth sewer
pipe works of Robinson Bros, at Akron,
O. Loss, $100,000.
Fire destroyed the malt house and
elevator of Macklem & Slater at Niag
ara Falls, N. Y., the loss being $100,000.
Four members of the fire department
were injured, two fatally.
A rainstorm flooded Oberlin, O., do
ing great damage to property.
Three men were killed in a freight
train wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railway at Hartford, Wis.
Bob Ford. Jesse James' slayer, was
shot and killed at Creeae, Col., by Dep
uty Sheriff Kelly.
Leon Diox, of Boston, has an electri
cal invention that does away with the
trolleys on electric cars.
Toor, McGowan fc Co., wholesale
grocers at Memphis, Tenn., failed for
$121,000.
The town of Old Windham, Conn.,
celebrated the two hundredth anniver
sary of its birth.
Nathan John, a farmer, was killed
by hailstones, while plowing in his field
near Canton, Miss.
Bert Coberlt and Frank Mowberry,
red 11 d 13 years, fell under tt"
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Charles HiU. (colored), who assault
ed Miss Starr, was hanged by a snob in
the county courthouse yard at IVducah,
Ky.
Ttirkk negro men and a woman were
killed by lightning on a plantation 10
miles from Canton, lenn., aunuj m
storm.
Fred Wetht, accused by the neigh
bors of abusing his wife, was flogged
by Pavilion (S. Y.) citiaens and taken
to the river and ducked.
A ci-ocdwi-hst flooded the business
portion of Belmont, 111-, and consider
able property was swept away.
The Cornell freshmen crew defeated
the Columbia freshmen in a 2-mile raee
at Ithaca. N. Y., by six lengths. The
time was 10 minutes 56 seconds for Cor
nell and tl minutes 24 seconds for Co
lumbia. Tore Cook (colored) was hanged in
the jail at Bastrop, Tex., for the out
rage and murder of Miss Ida Moore, a
young white woman.
CxTJERNSEr-OriBORNE, for twenty years
in the employ of Edward A Morrison
& Son, dry-goods merchants in New
York, was found to be a defaulter to
the extent of $20,000.
I the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 10th numbered 192, against 207 the
preceding week and 224 for the corre
sponding week last year.
Two cars were wrecked on the new
Chattahoochee electric line near Atlan
ta, Ga., and three men were killed and
two fatally injured.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 10th aggregated $1,
183,4S7,730, against $1,019,465,873 the
previous week. The increase as com
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 16.6.
The aggregate volume of trade, in
spite of all obstacles, was said to be 7
per cent, greater throughout the coun
try than a year ago.
The thermometer marked 93 degrees
in the shade at Kansas City, Mo., and
three persons were fatally sunstruck.
Jack Bliss, the king of the rustlers,
was killed near Arland, Wyo., by Depu
ty Sheriff Irey and a posse.
Up to the 10th sixty-five dead bodies
had been taken from the ruins at Titus
ville, Pa., caused by fire and flood, and
more were missing.
. Fire destroyed Woods, Jenks & Co.'s
planing mill at Cleveland, O., the loss
being $250,000.
The acreage of winter wheat, based
on returns of the department of agri
culture in Washington, is 99.9 per cent,
of the acual area of last year.
A tornado at Moscow, Pa , destroyed
many buildings mere and in tne sur
rounding country, but no lives were
lost.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The people's party of Iowa held their
state convention in Des Moines and
elected national delegates. The plat
form favors a graduated income tax,
postal savings banfes, and asserts that
land is the heritage of all the people
and that the government should own
and operate railroads.
Ex-Secretary Blaine left Washing
ton for Boston en route to Bar Harbor.
The republicans carried Oregon by
majorities ranging from 3,000 to 6,000
on the state ticket, and control both
branches of the legislature. Hermann
and Ellis (reps.) were elected congress
men. The tenth republican national con
vention convened at Minneapolis on the
7th. J. Sloat Fassett. of New York,
was elected temporary chairman, and
the various committees were appointed.
The Virginia prohibitionists in con
vention at Lynchburg elected delegates
to the national convention in Cincinnati
and adopted resolutions favoring the
suppression by law of the manufacture
or traffic in intoxicating liquors.
Maj. Etarts S. Ewino, a retired
army officer, widely known in military
circles, died at his home in Winter
set, la.
The following congressional nomina
tions were made: Illinois, Seventh dis
trict, H. M. Gilbert (people's party).
Missouri, Seventh district, John T.
Hurd (dera.) renominated. Kansas,
Second district, H. L. Moore (dem.).
Maine. Fourth district, D. A. Powers
(dem.).
Judge Frank L. Gibson, of the su
perior court, of Milwaukee county, died
suddenly in his library in Milwaukee,
aged 46 years.
George F. Green, who invented the
first self-binder, first electric street car
and first pneumatic shutler for photog
raphers, died at Kalamazoo, Mich., aged
60 years.
The Georgia prohibitionists met in
convention at Atlanta and decided to
put a state ticket in the field, but left
the question of its make-up to the state
executive committee. The delegates
from the Fifth (Atlanta) district nom
inated Sam Small for congress.
In convention at Bangor the Maine
democrats nominated Charles F. John
son, of Waterville, for governor. The
platform advocates changes in the pro
hibitory law so as to permit hotels
and drug stores to sell liquors and
recommends the nomination of Cleve
land for president.
The democracy of Mississippi in con
vention at Jackson elected un instructed
delegates to the national onvention.
The platform favors tariff reform and
denounces reciprocity.
The democrats of Alabama in state
convention at Montgomery split into
two factions and the bolters nominated
Reuben A. Kolb (alliance) for governor.
The regulars postponed making a nom
ination. Texas democrats in convention at
Lampasas adopted a platform demand
ing a tariff for revenue only and free
silver, and opposing national banks as
banks of issue. The national delegates
chosen were uninstructed.
The democratic state convention held
in Baltimore, Md., did not instruct the
delegates elected to the national con
vention. Nothing was done by the national
republican convention at Minneapolis
on the 8th except to form a permanent
organization and to adopt the report of
the committee on rules and order of
I asv McHinlev. of Ckx. waa
W exacted to -
quits littrxllj.
William Henry Harrison died in
Washington, aged 104 years. 6 months
and 29 days, lie claimed to have en
Joyed an acquaintance with George
Washington.
At the republican national conven
tion in Minneapolis on the 9th a test
vote on the adoption of the committee
ou credentials indicated a majority of
the delegates in favor of Harrison. The
platform was reported and adopted.
Pablo Perea, a noted Mexican exile,
died in Phoenix. A. T., aged 01 years.
Fifty years ago he was one of the most
prominent and active men in Mexican
politics.
The noted Osage chief tn-Tsa-VVah-Tah-In-Kah
died at Pawhuska, Kan.,
of Bright's disease. He was just clos
ing his second term as principal chief
of the Obage nation.
Sidnet Dillon, financier and rail
road magnate, died at his residence in
New York, aged 79 years.
The regular Alabama democratic
convention in session at Montgomery
renominated Thomas G. Jones for gov
ernor, five supreme court judges and a
candidate for attorney general.
In the Seventh Ohio district the dem
ocrats nominated James D. Richardson,
for congress, and in the Fifth Kansas
district the people's party nominated
John Davis.
At the republican national conven
tion in Minneapolis on the afternoon of
the 10th Benjamin Harrison was re
nominated for president of the United
States on the first ballot, the vote
being: Harrison, 685; McKinley, 182;
Blaine, 181; Reed, 4; Lincoln, 1. White
law Reid, of New York, was nominated
for vice president by acclamation, after
which the convention adjourned sine die.
FOREIGN.
During a severe storm a house in the
Styrian Alps was destroved by light
ning and eight persons were killed.
Advices from San Domingo say that
the report has been confirmed that Sa
mana bay, in the western part of the
terminus of the Sanchez Lavaga rail
way, Dominican republic, has been
ceded to the United States.
Dispatches from Berlin confirm the
recent rumors of the death in the in
terior of Africa of Emin Pasha.
The floods in the valley of the Dan
ube were increasing alarmingly. The
inhabitants of Vienna had been of
ficially notified that there was danger
of an inundation.
Seven bandits who were captured
near Orizaba, Mex., were executed.
Three persons were killed and a
dozen injured by a collision on the Mid
land railway near Ilkley, England.
The government troops at the canton
of Orizaba, in tbe state of Vera Cruz,
Mex., had an encounter with a band of
marauders and killed seventeen of
them.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius was
hourly increasing in violence, and lava
was pouring out of the crater in im
mense volumes like a river of molten
metaL
A cablegram from London says that
the original portrait of Pocahontas,
painted in 1612, has been secured for
exhibition at tbe world's fair.
Herb Gunjher, a master dyer at
Weissenfels, Germany, murdered his
three children to spite his wife, with
whom he had quarreled.
An explosion in a coal pit near Mies
bach, Switzerland, killed sixteen,
miners.
The rebels of Matto G rosso, Brazil,
had a seven days battle with govern
ment troops and utterly defeated them.
One thousand men of the government's
army and all their chief officers were
killed upon the battlefield and a large
number were wounded.
LATER.
John Gilson, secretary of the Judson
iron works, was held up on the Barke
ley train at B street station in Oakland,
Cal., by two men and robbed of $16,000
in cash.
The whole business portion of Roche
port, Mo., was burned.
The fifty-fourth body was found at
Oil City, Pa. This completed that city's
dead, all of the missing having been
found or accounted for.
Charles Rea and Will Haden were
killed by lightning at Paris, Ky.
Charles Daniels, a mine captain,
and Charles Dungelson, a laborer, were
killed by striking miners at Marquette,
Mich.
Thomas Cross, of Ottawa, Ont., com
mitted suicide by deliberately holding
his head under water.
The Crescent paper mill at Hartford
City, Ind., owned by Fort Wayne cap
italists, was destroyed by fire, the loss
being 190,000.
A hailstorm disastrous to crops and
fruit visited Nebraska, in the vicinity of
Doniphan.
Great excitement prevailed at Guth
rie, O. T., occasioned by two criminal
assaults by negroes upon white wom
en. One of the fiends was captured and
shot to death.
Mexican troops killed six brigands
and captured twenty-two in a battle
near Orizaba.
Thieves broke open the safe in the
office of the Bedeau Lumber Company
at Genese, Ark., and secured $51,100 in
in cash.
Col. L. L. Polk, president of the Na
tional Farmers' Alliance, died in Wash
ington, aged 55 years.
A ship laden with supplies for the
starving Russians, from the circles of
King's Daughters, sailed front New
York.
George Whitstone, of Cass county,
Tex., killed his two small children with
a hatchet and then shot himself.
Fire destroyed the People's theater
at Denver, Col., the loss being $100,000.
Sixty-two cadets were graduated at
West Point, N. Y.
In the National league the percentages
of the baseball clubs for the week ended
on the 11 th were: Boston, .739; Brook
lyn, .659; Cincinnati, .574; Chicago, .556;
Philadelphia, .522; Cleveland, .500;
New York, .489; PitUburgn, .479; Louis
ville, .444; Washington-1432; EL Loais,
.340; Baltimore, .207. r he percentages
in clubs of the r rn let were:
Columbus, .7 auLs, XZZ; Cia
saa City, J ledo "; r!r
rolis. .421, 457? To-i ,
THEIR PltLNCIPLES.
Tbm Platform Adopted by the Re
publican Convention
Its Deelaratloais on Protsetloo, Illmetal
Uain, Klst-tlona, Opposition to Truata,
and on Many Toplca of m Miscel
laneous Katnjaa,
MrsiCEAroi.is, Minn., June lOt Followln Is
the complete text of the platform adopted by
the committee for auumiasion to the convention:
The representative of the republicans of the
United States assembled in Ker.eral conven
tion on the shores of the Mississippi river,
th everlasting bond of an Indestructi
ble republic, whose moat glorious
chapter of history Is the record of
the republican party, congratulate their coun
trymen on the majestic march of the nation
under the banners Inscribed with ths principles
of our platform of 1MH8, vindicated by victory at
the polls and prosperity in our fields, workshops
aad mines, and make, the following declaration
Si principles:
Ye reatllrm ths American doctrine of protec
tion. We call attention to its growth abroad.
Ws maintain that the prosperous condition of
our country is largely d us to Ute wise revenue
legislation of the republican congress.
We believe that all articles which cannot be
produced in the United States, except luxuries,
should be admitted free of duty, and that on all
Imports coming in competition with the prod
ucts of American labor there should be levied
an ties equal to the difference between wages
abroad and at home.
We assert that the prices of manufactured
articles of general consumption have been re-d-iced
under the operations of ths tariff act of
lf.
We denounce the efforts of the democratic
majority of the house of repreentativea to de
stroy our tariff law by piecemeal, as is mani
fested by their attacks upon wool, lead and lead
ores, the chief products of a number of states,
and we ask the people for their judgment there
on. XVt point to the success of the republican
policy of reciprocity, under which our export
trade has vastly increased, and new and en
larged market) have been opened for the prod
ucts of our farms and workshops. We remind
the people of the bitter opposition of the demo,
cratic purty to tltis practical business meas
ure, and claim that, executed by a republic
an administration, our present laws will event
ually give us control of the trade of the world.
The American people, from tradition and in
terest, favor bimetallism, and the republican
partv demands the use of both gold and silver
as standard money, with such restric
tions and under such provisions, tc
be determined by legislation, as will
secure iho maintenance of the parity ol
values of the two metals, so that the purchas
ing and debt-pay ins power of the dollar, whether
of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times
equal. The interests of the producers of the
country, its farmers and its workinfrmen, de
mand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued
by the government shall be as good as an;
other.
We commend the wise and patriotic steps al
ready taken by our government to secure an
international conference to adopt such meas
ures as will insure a parity of value between
gold and silver for use as money throughout
the world.
We demand that every citizen of th
United States shall be allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot in all
public elections, and that such ballot
Shall be counted and returned as cast: thai
such laws shall be enacted and en
forced as will secure to every citizen, be h
rich or poor, native or foreign born, white oi
black, this sovereign right guaranteed by th
constitution. The free and honest populai
ballot, the just and equal represents tioz
of all the people, as well as their jusl
and equal protection under the laws, art
the foundation of our republican institutions
and the party will never relax its efforts until
the integrity of the ballot and the purity ol
elections shall be fully guaranteed and protectee
In everv state.
We denounce the continued inhuman outragei
perpetrated upon American citizens for polltioa!
reasons in certain southern states of the union
We favor the extension of our foreign com
merce, the restoration of our merchant marin
by home-built 5 hips and the creation of a navy
for the protection of ur national interests and
tne honor of our Bug; the maintenance of tht
most friendly relations with -all foreign powers
entangling alliances with none; and the protec
tion of the rights of our fishermen.
We reaffirm our approval of the Monroe doc
trine and believe in the achievement of tin
manifest destiny of the republic in its broad-
We favor the enactment of more "stringenl
laws and relations for the restriction of crimi
nal, pauper and contract immigration.
We favor efficient legislation by congress U
protect the life and limb of employes of trans
portation companies engaged in carrying on in
ter-state commerce, and recommend legisla
tion by the respective states that will protect
employes enga?ed in state commerce, in miu
iner and in manufacturing.
The republican party has always been th
champion of the oppressed and recognizes th
dignity of manhood, irrespective of faith, eolol
or nationality; it sympathizes with the cause ol
home rule in Ireland, and protests against th
prosecution of the Jews in Kcssia.
The ultimate reliance ef free popular govern
ment is tbe intelligence of the people and th
maintenance of freedom among men. We there
fore declare anew our devotion to liberty ol
thought and conscience, of speech and press,
and approve all agencies and instrumentalitiei
which contribute to the education of the chil
dren oi the land, but while Insisting upon th
fullest measure of religious liberty we are op
posed to any union of church and state.
We reaffirm our opposition declared in the re
publican platform of 1888 to all combinations ol
capital, organized in trusts or otherwise, to con
trol arbitrarily the conditio of trade among
our citizens. We heartily indorse the action al
ready taken upon this subject and ask for suet
further legislation as may be required tc
remedy any defects in existing laws and to ren
der their enforcement more complete and el-
We approve the policy of extending to towns,
villages and rural communities the advantage!
ef the free delivery service now enjoyed by th
larger cities of the country, and reaffirm th
declaration contained in the republican plat
form of 1888, pledging tbe reduction of lettei
postage to one cent at the earliest possibU
moment consistent with the maintenance of tht
post office department and the highest class ol
postal service.
Civil Service We commend the spirit and
evidence of reform in the civil service and the
wise and consistent enforcement by the repub
lican party of the laws regulating the same.
Nicaragua Canal The construction of the
Nicaragua canal is of the highest importance to
the American people, but as a measure of na
tional defense and to build up and maintain
American commerce it should be controlled by
the United States government.
Territories We favor the admission of the
remaining territories at the earliest practicable
date, having due regard to the interests of the
people of the territories and of the United
States. Ail the federal officers appointed for J
the territories should be selected from bona j
fide residents thereof and the right of self-1
government should be accorded as far as prao-1
ticable. I
Arid Lands We favor cession, subject to the '
homestead laws, of the arid public lands to tbe i
states and territories in which they lie. undei
such congressional restrictions as to disposi
tion, reclamation and occupancy by settlers aa
will secure the maximum benefits to the people.
The Columbian Exposition The World's Co
lumbian exposition is a great national under
taking, and congress should promptly enact
such reasonable legislation in aid thereof aa
will insure a discharging of tbe expense and ob
ligation incident thereto, and the attainment
of results commensurate with the dignity and
progress of the nation.
Intemperance We sympathize with all wise
and legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the
evils of in teaope ranee and promote morality.
Pensions Ever mindful of the services and
sacrifices of the men who saved the life of the
nation, we pledge anew te the veteran soldiers
ef the republic a watchful care and recognition
f their just claims upon a grateful people.
Harrison's Administration We commead
the able, patriotic and thoroughly American ad
ministration of President Harrison. Under 11
the country has enjoyed remarkable prosperity :
and the dignity and honor of the nation, at hoaae
and abroad, have been faithfully maintained, I
and we offer the record of pledges kept as a
SiWMMftlW Ql ItUUUUi )ICI1U1UWHVC J MOT -
BATTLED WITH MARAUDERS.
Troops Have aa Tm mmtmr
Kill Seventeen Bandits.
Crrr of Mexico, June 10. Informa
tion has been received here that ths
government troops' at th canton of
Orizaba, in the state of Vera Cruz,
had an encounter with the band of
marauders which . attacked and
sacked the hacienda at Toculla on
Hay 83. It ia stated that seventeen
ci Cm bandits were killed and a
trtber fc; j irecL Hone of the gor
rnmsct trr "7s trrs wounded. The
troop ara r the remainder of
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PRESIDENT POLK DEAD.
Tae Well-Known Alltaiiee Leader I'aaars
Awy In Washington aud la Hurled In
Kalelccb, X. C.
r- Washington, June IS. Col. L. I
Polk, president of the Farmers' Alli
ance, died at Garfield hospital Satur
day. The death of 1-resident Polk
smashes the carefully laid plans of the
alliance. They were to nominate
him for president at the Omaha con
vention July 4, according to Dunning;
editor of the third party organ. The
ticket will now in all probability bo
Weaver and Watson, the former from
Iowa and the latter from Georgia.
Ralkigii, X. C, June 13. The tram
bearing the body of President Polk did
not arrive here until S o'clock Sunday
afternoon. It was met at the depot by
hundred of people. The procession
was formed aud the body was escorted
tothej'irst Uaptist church, of which
Mr. Polk was a communicant. Ky 4
o'clock the church was packed, the au
dience numbering1 at least 1,000. After
the services, which were very impres
sive, the remains were escorted to Oak
wood cemetery, where they were in
terred. Lcontdas Polk was born in Anson county. N.
C, in April, 1837, was broupht up on a farm.
He .was elected to -the lower house
of the North Carolina general assem
bly in 1800; entered the confederate
army In lb61 and served with dis
tinction dnrlng the war. He was again elected
LF.OXIDA8 POLK,
to the North Carolina general assembly In IM
and soon after was elected as a delegate to the
constitutional convention of North Curoli
na. In 1877 he was appointed c-ommixsion-er
of agriculture. He began the publica
tion of the Progressive Farmer in 1886 and
commenced organizing farmers' clubs in his
state. In 1887 he joined the Farmers' Alliance
and was elected secretary of the Farmers'
Alliance of North Carolina at its first
organization, which position he con
tinued to hold until his death. He was
elected first vice president of the Na
tional Farmers' Alliance Co-Ope rat ive union
of America in 1687 and was re-elected in 188.
At the national convention held at St. Louis
December 3, 1889, he was elected president of
the National Farmers' AlHance Industrial
union, which office he filled up to the time of his
death,
CAN'T TOUCH THE TRUSTS.
Judges Say Congress and the Legislatures
Mast Keep Hands OAT.
Cixcinnati, June IS. Mr. II. L.
Greene, of the whisky trust, was be
fore Judtres Jackson and RioUtv of the
United States circuit court, Saturday to
answer for refusing to give bond to ap
pear in Boston to respond to an indict
ment found against him in that city for
violation of the United States anti
trust law. The court claimed, on read
ing the indictments, that none of the
counts constituted a violation of any
law of the United States. Mr. Greene
was accordingly released from the re
quirement to give a bond. Upon
the return of District Attorney
John W. Herron to the city the govern
ment will ask for bench warrants to
remove all the indicted persons to Itos
ton. This will be resisted if necessary
by habeas corpus proceedings. Judge
Jackson gave as the grounds of his de
cision, or rather in a general review of
the anti-trust law, an opinion that,
aside from the futility of the indict
ment of Mr. Greene, the application of
the law in this case would be to apply
an ex post facto law inasmuch as the
trust was formed before the law was
enacted. The trust seemed, moreover,
to him not to be a monopoly, for it did
not prevent other similar trusts being
formed, and congress had no right to
forbid business combinations for
mutuaf profit. The judge held, in ef
fect, that neither congress nor the
states has any power to regulate trusts.
NEW WORLD'S FAIR BILL.
Substitute Prepared by the Bub-Committee
of tbe Hoaae.
Washixgtox, June 13. A sub-committee
of the world's fair committee of
the house has prepared a substitute bill
for that now before the committee,
providing for government aid to
the exposition. The substitute pro-'
poses that 10,000,000 silver sou
venir half dollars be recoined from
the unfturrent subsidiary silver coins
now in the treasury to aid in defraying
the cost of completing the work at Chi
cago. The sum of $600,000 is appropri
ated to reimburse the treasury for loss
on such recoinage. Out of the net
amount received into the treasury of
the exposition the government is to re
ceive thereof such proportion as this
appropriation bears to the whole
amount expended.
Provision is made for the preparation
of 50,000 bronze medals and necessary
dies therefor, with appropriate devices
commemorative of the 400th anniversary
of the discovery of America, and for 50,
000 vellum impressions and diplomas,
the medals and diplomas to be awarded
to exhibitors at the exposition. The
bill will be laid before the full com
nittee next week.
Thx hose used in sprinkling the
plazas of Paris is a queer contrivance.
It consists of lengths of iron pipe, each
length mounted at the end on short
axles having two small wheels and the
lengths joined together by short pieces
of flexible hose.
The value of the words "not trans
ferable," usually printed upon season
tickets, has been tested in an English
court and it has been decided to be un
impeachable. -
A TVXtGT in a Massachusetts divorce
court has laid down the law thay when
a woman obtains a divorce she si 11 not
DEATH OF ElvN PASHA.
Noted Kxplerer Maid Hmwm rmnm
a Victim to Smallpox i,.
IlKiti.t, June 9. The TaB-ealt w,n
firms the recent rumors of the o,n jra
the interior of Africa of Emin Piw.)ia.
If it is true that Einln is dead the na.
ural supposition is that ho has fallen a
victim to Mnull-pox, from which report
in April stitU'tl he was suffering.
The birth mid early life of Emin l'aha are
Shrouded in mystery. He haa been called Ir.
iSchnltzer, and it is said he was tMirn In either
I'ruaslaor Auhtrlan Slleaia about I8.1M or 1K4U.
A couple of years ago an assurance was given
tat be wan bora March 8, IX Kt, atOpx-in.
I'ruaaian Silesia. Ilia father died when
the boy waa quite young, but hla
mother Is still living. According to this report,
young Scbnitzer graduated from the gyninualntn
at Neisse, went to the University of llresluu
and to Klngslerg to study medicine, afterward
Studying at 1'aris and Vienna. He also de
Voted much time to natural sciences,
ornithology especially. Wandering east
ward, he became tbe cotnpunion of
lsmacl Fasha In his joumeya to Treblzund,
Krzroom, Constantinople, Janina, In Kplrus. He
learned French, Kngllsh, Italian, several
Hlavlo dialects, and Turkish. Arabic and I'er
eian. In iF76 he took service with Virypt
and remained with Gordon until that leader's
death. He was appointed governor of
tho Kgyptian equatorial provinces with
the title of bey. He established himself
In the Albert Nyanza and for three years noth
ing waa heard from him. He was known to
be surrounded by hostile tribes, and Stanley
was sent to learn what had become of him. The
history of Stanley's march to the rescue Is fresh
In the minds of all. April 10, IKW, Kmin decided
to accompany Stanley to tbe coast and a atart
was made. They marched up the valley of the
Semllkl river, crossing at Awatnba, through
Usonora and to tbe Victoria Nyanza.
Mpwapws was reached NoveinU-r 11, and
llagamcyo on the east count of Africa oppo
site the island of Zanzibar Ueceniber i, where ,
during a banquet In honor of the vafe return of
the traveler, Kmin was seriously hurt by fall
ing from the second story of the hmise In which
he was quartered. Upon his recovery Kmin
went to Cairo, where he wrote the story of his
African experiences. It was an interesting
narrative, with mueb more In it, however, tc
touch the sympathies of the naturalist than of
the student of natural history or of political
conditions.
Emin found his element in the wilds, and hsv
lngc-mcrgcdfrom it he was seized with aronsura
Ing desire to return. The atmonphi reof Europe
had no attraction for him. Having written his
book he felt that he had paid all be owed to civ
ilization. He returned to the Interior late In the
spring of 1KKJ. Tho people were frlad to have
him buck with them, apparently, for tbe first
reports from him after his return were that he
had regained his control and restored order.
The reports seemed conclusive evidence that
Kmin was content to remain away from civiliza
tion, and that by letting him ulons explorers
would do him a service that he would appreciate
most highly.
The reluctance with which Kmin left Central
Africa Is to many unexplaluable, but still it is
not difficult to understrnd. His troops hud mar
ried In the land and refused to leave It. He had
Immense herds of cattle and flocks of sheep and
lived like a nabob. His stock of ivory, which he
could not take with him to tbe coast, would, if
the road to the north were ever opened, brlr.g
him vast wealth. What more could be desired 1
In a letter written at Wudclal 1n lb hn tald:
"I will never return with Stanley. I have
passed twelve years of my life here and have
won tbe trust and confidence of the people. I
taught them useful trades and have aroused
in them a desire to advance In civilization.
True, the work of yeara has lately been undone
in a measure, but lta Influence canuot be wholly
lost"
MANY IN r&ED '
Dlatresa In the ou Keg-Ion Hui .
Families Will Need Asslatanee
eral Months The List of Mead O
Kvery Day.
xiturvjli.k, ra., June v. wnue tne
loss of life here i probably not much if
any larger than that at Oil City, the
damage done to property is ten times
greater. The devastated area is near
ly 3 miles in length and 4 or 5 blocks
in width for most of the dis:
tance, including the tracks and sidings
of the different lines of railroad. The
severest loss, however, is in the de
struction of the - refineries - and manu
facturing plants where so many of the
survivors earned a livelihood.
It is this loss of permanent
work for months to come that
will fall heavily upon the working
class, and which will necessarily put
them on the list of those requiring re
lief. The relief committee is now ful
ly organized and is doing effective
work. Clothing and supplies are dis
tributed to all in need, and as these
were forthcoming immediately there
has been but little if any physical suf
fering. BOB FORD KILLED.
Deputy Sheriff Kelly Nhoots Him In Ills
Own ftaloon.
Cbeede, Col., June 9. Bob Ford, the
slayer of Jesse James, was shot and
killed by Deputy Sheriff Kelly in Ford's
dance hall Wednesday afternoon. Kelly
and Ford had a quarrel in Pueblo in
February last arfd ill-feeling has ex
isted between the two men since.
Wednesday afternoon Kelly was stand
ing fh the doorway of Ford's dance
hall when an unknown man waa
seen to hand him a double-barrel shot
gun, after which Kelly stepped inside
the hall and called "Dob." Ford, who
was about 5 feet away, turned around,
at the same time reaching for his hip
pocket. Kelly raised his gun and fired
a load of buckshot full m Ford's neck
and severed the windpipe and jugular
vein, and be died instantly. Kelly gave
himself up and refuses to talk.
Disastrous Wreck of a Freight Train oa
the Milwaukee A St. Paul Bond.
Milwaukee, June 9. A freight train
on the northern division of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul railway was
wrecked at Hartford, Wis., 87 milea
north of here Tuesday evening. Three
men were killed. They were: R. J.
FahL engineer; George Hood, fire
man; James Roach, brake man. The
first two lived in this city. Eoacli
was a resident of Madison. At the
time of the accident the train was
running on a culvert which had settled,
owing to a flood caused by a cloud
burst. The train broke through tbe
culvert and plunged into the river.
The dead are under the. wreck.
Hundreds of Houses Horned.
St. Petersburg, June 0. At Pot
cuinki, in the government of Xijni
Novgorod. Russia, a fire broke out and
destroyed 310 houses, causing much
misery. Many of the occupants of the
houses lost everything they possessed
and are dependent upon charity for
their food.
New Treaty Pending-.
Paris, June 9. The Paris Temps
says that among the questions pending
between France and tbe United States
is a fresh commercial treaty making
concessions in regard U froaen me as
end live cattle