1
p SUICIDE OP GEN. JOKES.
A VETERAN SOLBiBR AND LAWYER
DROWNS HiLlSELF.
CAUSED BY MISFORTUNES
Was Jt CoromuDd of the Sixty-Sixth
KfKiiiifnt, United States Colored
Troop and Was Mastered Oat
With the l:ur.k of !Hajor
Cieneral of Volunteers
Was a Noted Lawyer.
New York, April 20. Some time
ago the body of a suicide was found in
the Hudson river, off Yonkers, and
was declared to be that of a Mr. Jones
by the eoroner and the
police. Now it has been
found that it was that of Major Gen
eral Blackburn Jones, a commander
during the civil war.and subsequently
a lawyer in St. Louis,Chicago and this
city.
(Centra! Jones was in command of
the Sixty-sixth regiment. United
States- colored troops, and was mus
tered out with the brevet rank of
major general of volunteers. He re
ceived several wounds in battle and
was awarded a pt.-r.sion, which he had
made arrangements to collect through
William A. Harding- of this city at the
time of his suicide. He stopped the
practice of law atout three years
a?o &.nd accepted the proposition
of several mining- companies to become
their confidential agent in Europe.
He arranged to float their bonds and
stock in foreign markets. He had a
wide acquaintance in London, Paris
and Berlin, and made several trips
abroad aud was at first greatly en
couraged by his success. He finally
became more especially interested in
the Queen City Iron Mining company
and devoted most of his attention to
that corporation. Then the hard times
affected all American securities
abroad, and he became despondent, as
one of his old wounds was troubling1
him. He called on Mr. Harding- two
weeks before his suicide and told him
that hi? head was troubling- him
greatly. He continually heard ringing-
noises ano he said that he believed
his mird war becoming- affected.
(ieneral Jones committed suicide on
the dav Mr. Harding received his pen
sion certificate, with the request that
he collect the money. He belong-ed
to the celebrated Blackburn family of
Kentucy. He had three brothers; one
of them. Colonel John Wesley Jones
of thi" city, was postmaster of Brook
lyn ana is still very prominent.
LAST APPROPRIATION BILL
The Honff Committee Reports the Gen
eral Deficiency Measure.
Washington, April 20. The House
committee on appropriations to-day
reported the general deficiency bill,
the ia-t of the regular appropriation
measures for this session. The total
amount carried by the bill is S4.791,
34i. The principal deficiencies are
Treaury department, Sl,074,OoO;
District of Columbia, SUS.OOO;
War department, S007,000; Navy
department, S'-sOOO; Interior de
partment SJ04."UO; Department of
Justice, 00: government printing-
-. office. ii0.O0; House of Representa-
jf claims. 55143, 0"; Indian depredation
claim-. 540. 0H; audited claims. S'G9,
l)u'; out of postal revenues, 1,421.000.
In addition to this, the urgent de
ficiency act, passed early in the ses
sion, carried ,3i5.430, making a total'
for detieiencies this session of Sil,
OOO.TTi".. In . to-day's bill is a clause
authori2;ng the Secretary of the
Treaur- to transfer to the city of At
lanta the buildings erected for the
government exhibit at the Cotton
States exposition and an item of S10,
DOo to be paid to the Italian govern
ment for indemnity to heirs of three
of its subjects who were kilied and
two others injured by mob violence in
Colorado. In making the appropria
tion for Indian depredation claims, the
committee provides that none of the
judgments shall be paid until the at
torney general shall have certified to
the secretary that he has caused to be
examined evidence presented to. the
court ef claims and such other evidence
as he shall hi able to procure as to
whether fraud has been done to the
United States or exorbitant sums
allowed.
The total appropriations by the
Houe daring the session areS.05,-027,40-",.
Knti-h l'rep.nn- to Advance.
AorN. Egypt. April 20. At pres
ent there are about 10,000 men on the
Soudanese frontier, out of which there
are gathered at Akasheh three battal
ions of infantry, a. squadron of cavalry
and a lattery of six guns under
Hunter Iasha. The latter force, as
soon as sufficient camels have arrived
on the spot for purposes of transport,
wil' push on to Suarda.
At EvaugelUt Too Violent.
IIakahoo.' Wis., April 2a The Rev.
Morrill Twins, whose meeting's have
been broken up by persons who did
not like their peculiar style of evangel
ism, has been ordered out of town by
the mavor. His violence in denouncing-
Catholics and other opponents led
to a riot at the church Thursday even
nir. Linton Not a Candidate.
Saginaw, Mich., April 20. Con
gressman W. S. Linton denies that he
is or has been a candidate, and says
that the use of his name in connection
with the Republican nomination for
president is unauthorized, and that his
name will not be presented to the St.
Louis convention with his consent,and
that he will not be a candidate on an
independent A. P. A. ticket.
Theatrical Manager Stetson Dead.
Boston. April 20. John Stetson, the
"well known theatrical manager, died
at 1:30 this morning'.
MAY BE A SPLIT.
Sound Money Democrats Talk of Bolting
If Silver Men ttule the Convention
New Yokk, April 'Z' New York
Democrats have about made up their
minds that there will be two Demo
cratic parties alter the Chicno eon- j
Tcntion. During- the creat fight for
the repeal of the Sherman silver law,
"Silver Dick" Bland was continuously
predicting-, in his peculiar, dramatic
way, that the Democratic party had
arrived at "the parting- of the ways."
A great many laughed at Mr. Bland at
the time, and some of his own follow
ers even were not inclined to take him
as being- entirely serious. Now an
alarming- condition of affairs . has
arisen within the Democratic party,
and the sound money men beg-in to
realize that Mr. Bland's prediction is
to be verified.
Leading- Democrats in this state,
like Mr. Whitney, Senator Murphy
and ex-Governor Flower.are now fear
ful that the"parting of the ways"that
Mr. Bland talked about will material
ize during- the Chicago convention.
President Cleveland and the sound
money Democrats are now only hoping-
against hope that a free "silver
platform will not be adopted in Chi-cag-o.
They are perfectly well aware
that the chances are in favor of the
triumph of the silver Democrats, and
they are preparing- to act accord
ingly. It is said that as a result of their
plans the Cleveland, or sound money
men, will, in the event of the capture
of the National convention, bolt,
or g-onize another convention, and nom
inate a ticket. The sound money
people have figured that cities situ
ated in the Southern and Western
States would elect sound money dele
gates. While this might prove true,
although the silver Democrats have
just won big1 victories in several large
cities, like St. Louis, it would not
count for anything- in the convention.
In the Democratic National convention
the nnite rule is well established.
THE LAM BORN HEARING.
Preliminary Examination of the .Mur
dered Man's Children.
Leavenworth, Kan., April 20.
Justice of the Peace W. II. Bond and
the attorneys on both sides are expediting-
matters as much as possible to
day to conclude the preliminary exam
ination of Charles and Annie Lam
born and Thomas Davenport, accused
of the murder of John T. Lamborn,
which occurred two months ago last
night.
The trial was begun at 2:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon before as many
spectators as could crowd into the
hall. A large number of witnesses
have been heard, but no case what
ever has yet developed against either
of them.
"Detective" Charles Schaeffer ar
rived here this morning and will prob
ably go on the witness stand.
POPULISTS WILL NOT FUSE
Chairman Koselle of Missouri Declares
That llland Will Not lie Adopte I.
St. Louis, Ma, April 20. Chairman
A. Roselle of the People's party state
committee, declared to-day that the
Populists of Missouri would not sup
port ex-Congressman Bland if the lat
ter should be nominated for the
Presidency on a silver platform. He
did not think that the adoption, in
advance of action taken by the Popu
list convention, of a silver platform
by the Democrats at Sedalia the other
day would affect the Populist vote in
this state. He said: "The 45,000
Populists of Missouri are going to
stand firm, no matter what the Dem
ocracy does at Chicago. We will get
at least 10,000 votes from the Repub
licans in this state, and with the
accessions from the Democratic ranks
we are going- to mix things mightily
in Missouri this year."
Broker Chapman's Appeal Allowed.
Washington, April 20. The district
court of appeals has allowed the writ
xi error to the United States supreme
court asked for by counsel for Elver
ton IL Chapman, the New York stock
broker convicted of haying refused to
answer questions propounded by the
Senate trust investigation committee.
The case will probably be heard by
the supreme court next term, as a
motion to advance it on the docket j
has been made.
Alger as a Dark Horse.
Washington, April 20. Many storiet
are set afloat in Washington about the
schemes of the anti-McKinley people
to make breaks in the McKinley front.
The latest is that encouragement is
being offered to Alger in the hope of
drawing from McKinley the Michigan
delegation. The story is that Piatt
and Quay are inducing Alger to be
lieve that New York and Pennsylvania
will vote fcfr him at the proper time.
Connecticut Will Indorse McKinley.
New Haven, Conn., April 20. From
a careful review of recent events in
the Republican field in this State it
can be stated now that the Repub
lican State convention, which is to be
held in the Hyperion Theater in this
city next Tuesday and Wednesday for
the selection of delegates to the St.
Louis convention will instruct for
McKinley for president.
Indiana Pops for Debs.
Lapobte, Ind., April 2l. Prominent
Populists in this state propose to send
an Indiana delegation to St. Louis in
structed for Eugene V. Debs for presi
dent. The probabilities are that the
movement will receive no opposition
unless from Debs himself, who has
announced in an open letter that he
will not be a candidate.
Downpour in Central Kansas.
Salina, Kan., April 2 0. An im
mense rainfall occurred over Central
Kansas at a late hour last night. A
light shower fell at 7 8'clock, but later
in the night the rain came in torrents.
Inspection trains were sent out over
the various lines of the Union Pacific
about midnight and in many places
the track was under water. The rain
was accompanied by a light fall of
hail, but not enough to do any dam
age. Several lines of telegraph are
down.
MAINE HAS HER MAN.
SPEAKER REED BOOMED
THE PRESIDENCY.
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Platform Pres-nt Mr. Heed's Prin- 1
elples, Which Are For Protection,
Reciprocity, Restriction of Immigra
tion and Against Free Coinage A
Handsome Send-OfT.
Portland, Maine. April IS. With
enthusiasm almost unequalled in the
history of Republican politics in the
State, the convention for the nomin
ation of delegates to the national con
vention at St- Louis was held here
yesterday. The enthusiasm was cen
tered about the name of Thomas B.
Reed, the unanimous choice of the
convention for president. In fact,
there was no one to be found among
all the delegates from whom the
slightest reference to Reed did not
call forth a demonstration of some
sort.
When the formal organization had
been completed, Herbert M Heath of
Augusta, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, reported the following
platform:
The Republicans of Maine gladly
jcin with their brethren in other
states in presenting to the Repub
licans of the nation for promotion to
the Presidency the Speaker of the Na
tional House of Representatives. He
needs no platform but the record of
his life. Under his administration,
as his public efforts conspicuously
show, would be restored that Repub
lican policy of protection taught by
Lincoln, illustrated by the signal
prosperity of the country for thirty
years and surrounded by the recip
rocity of Blaine: a policy which would
be adapted to the business of the
country and adjusted with care from
time to time to the changed conditions.
Then, with confidence and prosperity
restored, revenue will be made ade
quate to the support of the govern
ment and the issuing of bonds ostensi
bly for the maintenance of the re
demption lund, but really to meet
deficiency, will cease.
He is opposed to the free and un
limited coinage of silver, except by
international agreement, and until
such agreement can be obtained, be
lieves the present gold standard should
be maintained. He has always been
uncompromisingly for the mainten
ance of the highest national credit by
the utmost good faith toward the
creditors, not for the creditors sake,
but for the nation's sake; for the
sound reason that the most valuable
possession of any nation in time of
war or distress next to the courage of
its peoDle is an honorable reputation.
Whoever pays with honor, borrows
with ease. Sound finance tnd cer
tainty at the Treasury, and protection
for producers will mean prosperity
and peace. Our candidate favors the
restriction of immigration. He favors
a just administration of pension legis
lation and is an earnest friend of
American shipping and its restoration
to its former rank in the world. He
stands for the preservation of national
honor at home nd abroad.
METHODIST WOMEN LOSE.
The Required Three-Fonrths Majority
Not Secured.
New Yokk, Air:l IS. Women as
lay delegates cannot enter the coming
general conference of the Methodist
church through a door opened wide
by a constitutional amendment for on
the direct vote of the ministers of the
church the women were beaten. The
Troy conference, in session at Glovers
ville, N. Y., settled the question by
voting down the Baltimore amend
ment, 113 to 76.
This does not absolutely decide the
woman question in its bearing on the
coming conference, but it does destroy
the chief reliance of the women.
This question, the most important and
the most far reaching in possibilities
the Methodist church has ever been
called on to face, is now left in a state
of more hopeless confusion than ever.
The women may yet win in the com
ing conference, but thej- can do so
only by lesorting to some parlia
mentar3r expedient.
Up to yesterday, with three annual
conferences to hear from, the women
lacked forty-nine votes of having the
necessary three-fourths of all the
votes cast on the Baltimore amend
ment. To make up that deficiency
and get euough additional votes to in
sure victory; they had to have 355
votes out of the 425 in the three re
maining conferences. The Troy con
ference having given the women only
seventy-eight vo.es and having thrown
113 votes against them, their last hope
of winning on the Baltimore amend
ment is gone. Whatever action the
East Maine and the North Dakota
conferences may take, with only 15?
votes between them, it cannot affect
the result unless every vote should be
cast for the amendment.
These figures, giving the total votes
on the Baltimore amendment, speak
for themselves: Total votes cast, 10,
120; total for Baltimore amendment,
7,511; total against Baltimore amend
ment, 2,c,09; required three-fourths to
carry amendment, 7, Goo; margin in
excess of one-fourth against amend
ment, 154.
But the Hamilton amendment, which
has also been before the annual con
ferences for consideration, provides
that lay delegates must be men. It is
also defeated. By its defeat the in
ferential declaration of the church is
that eligibility to a lay delegateship
shall not be confined tc men, but shall
be understood as being extended to
women. Thus the women are debarred
from the general conference by the
defeat of the Baltimore amendment
and admitted by the defeat of the
Hamilton amendment. The general
conference must wrestle with this
paradox.
Ex-Cashier Davies of East Peru, la..
Successfully Resists Officers.
Winteuset, Iowa. April 18. The
sheriff and other officers last night
succeeded in surrounding Davies, the
East Peru bank wrecking cashier, and
Ed Streeter, the thief who escaped
Wednesday morning. The officers
opened fire and the two men returned
their shots, one ball going through
the sheriff's grip. They succeeded in
escaping, but Streter was captured
while eating a lunch at a farm house.
Davies is still at large, though 00
men are hunting for htm He sava
be will not be taken alive.
PLUNGER PARTRIDGE DEAD.
Chicago's Most Noted Grain Speculator
Passes Away.
Chicago, April is. Edward Pard
ridge, the most noted and one of the
wealthiest operators on the board of
trade, d:ed of Bright's disease to-day,
after several weeks' illness.
"Plunger" Pardridge was born in
New York State. He fiist engaged in
the dry goods business in' Buffalo. In
the early '70s he came here and
started a dry goods store. He accu
mulated a substantial fortune here
and then began his famous operations
in grain about twenty years ago. At
the start he was, like most beginners,
a bull. Later ' he became a bear and
was first "Old Hutch's" rival, then his
successor.
Pardridge's first attempt to follow
in the footsteps of "Old Hutch" cost
him 8600,000. In August, 1891, wheat
was run up to $1.15 on him and in
order to settle he had to mortgage his
State street property, which was
worth 81,000,000.
When December wheat was $1 a
bushel and May wheat 81.06 and the
opinion prevailed that the latter
would go up to 81-50, Pardridge said:
"Well, boys, I believe it will go to
eighty cents before it goes to 81.50."
It was one man against the markets
of the world. It is known that Par
dridge carried '5,000,000 bushels.
Other speculators have carried as
much for a day or a week, but Par
dridge carried it for months. When
May wheat closed at S0 cents Par
dridge paid off his 8300,00-' mortgage
and cleared $1,200,000 besides, 81,000,
'jUO of which he made in a single day.
The above is but an example of
Pardridge's famous "plunges." He
was almost uniformly successful on
the short side of corn and provisions,
and on the whole his deals may be
said to have eclipsed "Old Hutch's."
For years he had the reputation of
being the most reckless and most suc
cessful speculator in the world, and
though sometimes nearly "broke,"
he finally became a multi-millionaire.
In person Pardridge was small and
lid not dress we'l, but he lived in a
Dalatial home on Prairie avenue and
spent money lavishly whenever he
Celt so inclined.
A BROADSIDE FROM HILL-
The New York Senator Pour Hot Shot
Into Peffer.
, Washington', April 18. The resolu
tion for an investigation of recent
bond issues was taken up in the Sen
ate yesterday and Mr. Hill made a
sensational and dramatic speech in
opposition. The New YorK Senator
defended Secretary Carlisle and his
administration of the treasury against
loose insinuations of irregularity and
showed the prevalence of charges of
this character by presenting and read
ing in full the charges made by Sena
tor Chandler against the friends of
McKinley that a levy of money was
being made on protected industries in
behalf of Mr. McKiuley's candidacy
for the presidency. As a further evi
dence of the prevalence of charges,
Mr. Hill spoke of the sugar investiga
tion, where, be said, one Senator
(referring to Mr. Quay) had frankly
admitted that he bought sugar stock
and had a right to buy it, and to-day
that Senator was the favorite son of
the leading Republican State as a
candidate for the presidency. In the
course of his speech Mr. Hill dis
claimed that he had authority to
speak for the administration in oppo
sition to this investigation.
IT KILLS BACILLI.
Efficacy of lioentjjen's Ray Is Fully Es
tablished Disease Germs Destroyed.
Chicago, April IS. Professor H. P.
Pratt and Professor Hugh Wightman
announce to the world that diphtheria
and typhoid are absolutely killed by
the Roentgen ray. This statement is
made without reserve. The decision
was reached last evening in the labor
atory, the last of the germs which had
been exposed to the ray failed to show
igns of life under the glass the
deadly bacilli remaining idle and in
active in the midst of the best and
most tempting imitation of human
tissue.
A Kiss for Senator Tillman.
Dexvek, Colo., April IS. At the re
ception tendered to United States Sen
ator Tillman of South Carolina, at the
Brown Palace hotel, the line of peo
ple who wished to greet him had been
going by only five minutes when a
corpulent woman with gray nair
clasped the Senator's hand with
a firm grip, and before he knew
it had pulled him forward and planted
a kiss on his cheek. The incident was
loudly applauded, while the Senator
blushed and the woman fled to the
street. She was Mrs. Darnell, and
she declared that she was not a
woman's rights woman, but that she
was in favor of free silver and she ad
mired Senator Tillman for his bravery.
Working Against 1 itzfiush.
Washington, April la. The Demo
crats of Kansas City, Kan., opposed to
Dr. Thomas Fitzhugh for postmaster
are making a fight against his confir
mation in the Senate. At their request
Congressman Miller induced Senator
Baker to have the nomination help up
until they could get their protests
against Fitzhugh in shape and before
the Senate,
Army Reorganization Favored.
Washington, April IS. The Senate
committee has agreed to report favor
ably Senator Hawley's bill for the re
organization of the army. This in
creases the force to 30. COO enlisted
men, to be composed of ten regiments
of cavalry, seven of artillery and
twenty-live of infantry, with the bat
taliOn of engineers as at present.
Suffocated With Molasses.
Chicago, xpril 18. Charles Viteth.a
baker, suffocated himself with mo
lasses yesterday. He was very fond
of the stuff, and in order to get all he
wanted he lay flat on his back on the
floor, so that when he opened the clip
on the barrel the syrup would flow in
to his mouth. Then he opened his
face and the clip and was literally
drowned by the syrup. Be was found
dead with his mouth open and the mo
lasses pouring into it. He was known
as a glutton, but was not strong men
tally because of an injury on the
head sustained seme time sinee in an
accident
THOSE ER0JI KANSAS.
WILL M'KIN LEY HAVETHE FULL
DELEGATION.
There Is Some Talk That the A. P. A. Or
ganization Will Go Back On the Ohio
Man Statements as to Existence of a
Revolt The Names of Those Thus Par
Chosen to Seats in the St. Louis Con
vention. Tbe Kansas Political Situation.
Topeka, Kan., April 16. The mem
bers of the A. P. A. of Topeka show
signs of making a fight on McKinley
because he refuses to say how he
stands on the question of appropriat
ing public money in aid of sectarian
schools, as on other questions in which
the organization is especially inter
ested. Whether the Kansas delegates
to the -Republican National conven
tion, who are members of the A. P.
A., will violate their instructions and
vote against McKinley, they will not
say; but they hint at it broadly and
try to convey the impression that
those deleeates would violate their
instructions before they would viclate
the oath taken in the lodge room.
They claim that of the sixteen dele
gates who have so far been chosen by
the Kansas Republicans, only two are
not members of the order. Who the
two are they will not say.
A prominent Republican who is un
willing to get into a controversy with
the A. P. A., and for that reason will
not permit the use of his name, said
this morning: "The fact that some
of the delegates are members of the
A. I. A., will not affect their support
of McKinley. They will vote for him
just the same in obedience to their in
structions. "So far elected, we have as dele
gates to the national convention:
Cyrus Leland, T. J. Anderson. C. A.
Swenson, A. P. Riddle, Nat Barnes,
M. M. Murdock, W. L. Hook, John
Schilling, John Randolph, II (J.
Dewey, I. E. Lambert, J. S. Dean, T.
D. Fitzpatrick, (leorge W. liisrgin
botham, H. J. Bone and Frank Vin
cent sixteen in all, with the Second
and Sixth districts yet to elect. Now,
I know to a certainty that Anderson,
Swenson, Schilling. Fitzpatrick. Bone.
Vincent, Higginbotham, Riddle and
Leland are not members o? the A. P.
A. I am satisfied also that I could
name others, but it is not necessary
to do so. The only delegate that I
know is an A. P. A. is Nat Barnes.
Possibly Marsh Murdock is, too. ITe
is regarded as a sympathizer, but I
doubt that he is a full fledged
member."
Major Thomas J. Anderson, one of
the delegates at large to the national
convention, said: "I have heard noth
ing of a revolt against McKinley in
Kansas, and I do not think there will
beany. This Slate is for McKinley,
and I am sure I am for him. I made
my campaign on that issue, and I
have been instructed for him. I pro
pose to stay with him and vote for
him, the A. P. A. or the world to the
contrary notwithstanding."
BLUE SCORES GOV. SMITH
The Kansas Soldiers Home Manager
Roundly Denounced.
Washington, April 16. At the close
of the morning's business in the House
to-day, Repressntative Hull, chair
man of the committee on military af
fairs, called up the resolution relating
to the appointment of a board of man
agers for the national soldiers' homes,
and Mr. Blue of Kansas secured the
floor and requested that he be allowed
two hours for debate. Mr. Crowther
of Missouri insisted that he demand
three .hours, but no agreement was
reached.
Mr. Blue baid that 2,000 old soldiers
of Kansas and Missouri, who were in
carcerated in the semi-prison at
Leavenworth. Kan., demanded just
treatment at the hands of this Con
gress, and time should be allowed
for a proper presentation of the con
dition of things at Leavenworth.
He then moved an amendment to
the committee report that the name
of General O. O. Howard be substi
tuted for that of W. B. Franklin as
one of the members of the board of
managers. He denied that he had
any personal interest in the fight on
Governor Smith, but said that his
only desire was to secure humane
treatment for the soldiers who wero
now being abuse. 1 by the "brutal and
drunken Tyrant Smith." "Be has
not only been drunk," he said dram
atically, in reply to a question, "but
he has been vomitingly drunk, and he
is unfit to be in charge of men."
Mr. Blue read letters from promi
nent citizens of Leavenworth who tes
tified i hat they had seen Smith in a
state of intoxication repeatedly. He
said that Smith was proprietor of the
biggest saloon in Kansas, and that
the man who ran it was president of
the Keeley League, with the saloon
and the league meeting place occupy
ing adjoining rooms.
Mr. Blue read the testimony of a
man named Williams, who said that
Smith, as president of the National
Keeley league, got a salary of 81,200
a year, and that Keeley got 8G for
every man in the home to whom the
treatment xvas given, while the man
agement of the home got 830 from the
patient, with 87.50 more for dues,
badges, etc. The witness said that he
had been compelled to take the treat
ment three times, paying for the same
out of his meager pension.
More Money for Kansas.
Washington, April 1G. Senator
Baker has offered an amendment to
the sundry civil bill, appropriating
8100,000 for improvements at Fort
Riley, instead of $50,000, as the bill
provides as it passed the House. The
Senator also offered an amendment
appropriating $50,000 to be applied to
erecting tbe United States peniten
tiary building fit Fort Leavenworth,
the total cost of buildings not to be
over 315U.U00.
Aimed at Race Gambling.
Washington, April 16. Senator
Piatt yesterday introduced a bill to
prohibit the transmission of the re
ports of results of bets on prize fights
or races from one State to another,
and making such transmission a mis
demeanor to be punished by fine or
Imprisonment,
MASSACRED BY INDIANS.
All the City Officials of Juquela, Mexle,
Killed.
City of Mexico, April 15. A tele
gram from Oaxaca City, states that
the rebel Indians at the town of
Juquela killed all the town councilors,
school teachers, local priests, chief of
police and the telegraph operator in
fact, every one holding a government
place. The people are in terror.
The Indians began their plotting in
holy week, instigated by Indian
lawyers, who informed them that the
new state taxes were unconstitutional,
but the authorities paid no attention
to the excitement among them, con
sidering they were encaged in their
usual drunken celebration of the sea
son. But, procuring arms and
machetes, they made a rush for the
town hall, and the prefect hastily
closed the doors, which they soaked
with petroleum and burned, thus
effecting an entrance. They sacked
the place, penetrated into the private
apartments of the prefect, grossly
maltreated the women of his family,
and then, turning attention to the
officials and armed servants, killed and
wounded several.
The scene was a horrible one, as the
assault took place in the early even
ing, and the excitement of the mob
was indescribable. The mob of
drunken Indians, after sacking the
town hall, went to the federal stamp
office and assaulted it, burning down
the outside door with petroleum,
which also communicated fire to the
entire house, placing Collector Gra
ciada, who was on the roof with his
clerks, in a most perilous situation,
but they managed to escape by the
rear jumping for their lives.
Many shops were burned after being
sacked, and the Indians decorated
themselves with finery. They all fled
on the approach of the soldiers, and
are now in the hills. The revolt is
local and will be suppressed, and the
instigators of the Indians will be se
verely punished, as they took advant
age of their crross ignorance.
MR. ALDRICH'S FIGURES
The Reed Boomer Claims 111 Delegates
for the Maine Man.
Washington, April 15. Represent
ative Aldrich, of Illinois, gives ott a
statement of Mr. Reed's strength, as
compared with other candidates, as
follows:
keel. Kinly.
Alabama 3 i
Arkansas. ... 0 18
Florida 2 0
Georgia 12 T
Illinois 0 6
Indiana 0 13
Kansas 0 18
Kentucky.......... 0 4
Louisiana 15 1
Massachu etts 26 0
Minnesota 0 10
Missouri 0 13
Nebrarka 0
New Hampshire.... 8 0
New York 0 S
diio o r
Oregon 0 S
Pennsylvania 0 S
Rhode Island 8 0
?kuth 'arol na 8 0
South Dakota 0 S
Texas '.0
Virginia 0
Wisconsin 0
Oklahoma 9 0
Distri' t of Columbia 1 0
Total Ill W3
"There have been 106 delegates
elected," says Mr. Aldrich, "who are
divided among Morton, Allison, Quay,
Cullom and Bradley and forty-eight
who are properly classed as doubtfuL
The summary,therefore, is as follows:
Reed, 111; McKinley, 169; the field, 168;
doubtful, 48; total, 494. We make no
note of the four delegates recently
elected in South Carolina, because the
legality of that convention is ques
tioned, and in any event they would
belong to the doubtful column. w
Domestic economy consists In catting
down house expenses and smoking 10
cent cigars.
LIVE STOCK AND I'KUDl'CE MARKETS
Quotations From New York, Chicago, St.
Louis Omaha and Klsewhere.
OMAHA. t
Butter Creamery separator.. 13 17
Butter Fair to good country. 13 (& 14
Epgs Fresh 8K 9
Poultry Live hens,per B 9
Turkeys Per tt 10 Cd 12
Lemons Choice Messlnas 2 73 & 4 CO
Oranges Per box 2 GO (LA 3 75
Honey Fancy white, per lb... 12 15
Apples Per bbl 3 50 4 60
fcweet potatoes Cood, per bbl 2 2 2 60
Potatoes 1'er bu 20 & 2."
Ueans Navy, hand-plcked.bu 1 40 CD 1 50
Cranberries Jerseys, pr.bbl 4 5) 5 00
Hay Upland, per ton 4 f0 W 5 00
Onions Per bu 35 so
Broom Corn Green, per B.. 14 2hi
Hoys Mixed packing 3 45 o 3 6"
Hogs Heavy Welehts 3 40 & 3 4
Beeves i?tockers and feeders. 2 75 (A 3 85
Heef Steers i OJ & 3 8.
Bulls 2 15 & H 00
Milkers and springers 20 00 &31 00
Mass 3 00 H, 3 2"
Calves. 3 00 Q, 4 75
Oxen 1 50 '. 3 2."
Cows 1 85 3 55
Heifers 2 ft) & 3 2
Westerns 3 25 A 3 3".
Sheep Lambs 2 75 L5 3 25
CHICAGO.
Wheat No. 2, spring 64 CI te
Corn Per bu 30 304
Oats Per bu 19 Qt 13
Pork 8 55 8 60
Lard 4 95 G3 4 i7
Cattle Feeding Steers 3 15 ut, 4 00
Hoys Averages 3 50 f 3 &
Sheep Lambs 3 K & 4 00
Sheep Westerns 3 60 & 3 75
NEW YORK.
Wheat No. ?. red winter 74 & 74
orn No. 2, 39 & Ms
Oats No. 2 20 W 24
Pork 0 00 & 0 50
Lard 5 25 5 85
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat No. 2 red, cash 69 70
Corn Per bu 2. i
Oats Per bu 13 fo I3
Hoes Mixed packing 3 6 ft 3 R5
C'attie Natiresteers 3 25 Gz
Sheep Natives 3 25 & 3 Ri
Lambs 3 75 (a 4 73
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No. 2 hard fl'ift C3
Corn No. 2 24 ?
Oats No. 2 17 (H 1
Cattl Mockers and feeders.. 2 75 3 S5
Hogs Mixed Packers 3 40 (. 3 52'4
Sheep Muttons 2 03 3 C5
A Scientific Director Proposed.
Wasuisotox, April 15. Senator
Proctor, chairman of the committee
on agriculture, was to-day authorized
by that committee to make a favor
bble report on a bill to provide for a
director-in-chief of the scientific bu
reaus of the Agricultural department.
Reed Will Not Ketlre.
Washington, April 15. The report
that Speaker Reed intends to retire
from public life at the close of his
present term in Congress, regardless
of the outcome of his political hopes,
is positively denied by his friends
here.