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liELLIftERKKT RICHTS PROPRIETY OF EXTENOINO THF SAME DEFEATED. Hi* Hnhjpf i llnilpr DUpiimIoii In th* Hpfiair—Mr. full ***rrHj 4rr»lfin fh#> Hp»nt*h Oofprnmrfil far It* Adminis tration in CiiIni—How ft#n*tor* i *unon and l«nds* Hi and an tti# Qiiritlnn. _ Nrntlnr* lll*riiM « nlm Wssuinoroa, Feb. z!.—The Senate to-day, on motion of Mr, Chandler, po*lpound,nvnaldcraf Ion of Mr. ledge'* resolution for an Inve»tig*iion of re eeut bond Issues until Monday, Mr. Call, at a o'clock, called up the resolution to grant belligerent rights to the Cuban Insurgents. Mr. Cam eron moved * substitute resolution re questing the President to offer the good office* of this itovrrnmaat to bring the war to a dose. Mr. Call spoke, severely arraigning the Spanish government for its admin istration m Cuba. Senator Cameron followed Mr Call lie referred to the fact that lie was in President tiraut's cabinet at the time of the former ' *«»•*»■» *» |r» I'tip tff, iir </irjrrn;i| i>i| nur committee resolution as accomplishing ' nothing and giving offense to Spain 1 without extending any benefit to tuba lie .vanled the United Slates to act. Iln urged that the miseries of l tihs he brought to an end. Mr Lodge followed Mr. f'ameron In j m vigorous speech advocating I he rec j ognitfoii of Cuban independence lie 1 referred to flic unfriendliness of not \ only Spain >iut France and Khglaud ; as well at the time of the civil war. A letter from Secretary Carlisle, as to the coin and other money In circu 1st ion was road and ordered pr inted, Mr Squire of Washington reported favorably a hill requiring marine en pincers to be American citizens. Mr. rye, called attention to recent re ntal as of Mr. Squire criticising the un American course of the international steamship line. Mr Frye declared that the senator had unintentionally misstated the facts. having been '‘crammed with misinformation. UNION PACIFIC SALE tt*r*iv*r SailiiniM Olijert* to tbs Csiitral l-selflr Using l»l*|MM«d uf Hsparatsly, WASiuNfifoK, Feh. 31.—Mr. Ander son, a receiver of the Union Pacific railroad, and ex-Congressrnan Coombs, a government director, appeared be fore the house committee on Pcelflc isilrosda to-day. They asked that the Union and fJentral Puciflc roads be put un for sale «s a whole and given to tin- highest bidder. Mr. Anderson submitted an amend merit to the bill presented to the committee by him, providing for the Issue of patents to the several road*. The Union Pacific, he said, had used the proceeds of the sale of lands fur the payment of in terest on bond*; what was done with the money secured from the bonds he did not know. The Union Pacific was very much misunderstood as to its financial ability, for, Chough it was insolvent, It hail been able to pay every bill for operating expense*; The proposition to sell the properties in separate part* was not good- They should he sold as a whole, and iri that way would bring a much higher price than otherwise. Ail propositions for any other solution than a sale, he said, would meet with opposition from Congress, for however meritorious they might be, It was im possible l.o secure a unanimity of opin ion from so large a body. Mr. Coombs agreed with the propo sition that the roads should he sold together and carry out the original plan tnat they should he a through line from the Missouri river to the Pacific. 'I he government would probably ob tain £75,000,000 from them. It might be well, he said, for the government to protect itself by making an upset price. It would also lx; well to bring those persons owning terminal facili ties into the suit to settle the question whether the terminals should he sold with the road. The government should not sell it* lien upon the prop erties. If we osn rid ourselves of this rsilroad scandal, he said, the value of our stoeks all over the world would appreciate. TWICE HANGED. Ilia First I(o|h» llroke unit Fitzgerald tllil Not Ism* (unu liiiiiiiins Sr. Louts, Mo., Feb. 31.— James I tl/gcrald was hanged here this fore noon for the murder of Ilia sweet heart, Annie Nacsscus, on the night ■ >f November 34, Fitzgerald was ’aken to the gallows at 10. o'clock, bound in the usual way, the black cap adjusted, the trap sprung and tliecul |u it shot down six feet, hut uot to y tenth. The rope Orokr and th« vio Ftll«t lay struggling ou the ground lie* ueath the gallows. 'I lie l,luck cap was iuxtuuliy removed by I lie doctors, wlio found Fii/gcruld stdl conscious, stimulants were glveu and lie revived and was lakcu into the morgue a tew feel away, where he wa* eared for by the doctors A new rot>e wa* sent for at once, and at l| o'clock the sick and trrm bilug, hut nvrv.v victim, was uuaiu taken tu tin* eiaffulrt. At J l Hi (lie trap waa again *|>rung HU nark an broken Walter# •'*»*!»*« aigiieu. Harman ro«, feh. vi, *e«ret*ry ulr.ry th a luornlng reeelreil the fn|. lowoig cablegram euamiitiing the liariloutng of ettCouaut John I. Haller , I'rctUienl laure of Kraim |*atU, | eh P*. -The I'renbieat algneil I hi* looming UeMer'a partlnn Ur.lera are tieiug Uaneil for hi* reteaae. — ihigne It I.Htli* '' 111 ™a k Way* I awl la ateet- Waking l HM'imi, r ell fl the IlllaoU ainel j- ofanv U taaking plan* to tike the Uueatgen phut gnpiit for the tlrlr* I Ima |J *a •»* In aluel II .* »u rIiiiphl. going tbig Hue are aueeeMinl one of i hr gi rate <1 On until* of the near pint lugrepn* will nee ewe in umunfaettir ae eu*l <o« • tllgry*' n>» »te*Mto*a 1'iaaMaei Ueaanal Whawtaufoa. keb. I - The l>angh k«r* uf the Atorrieea HeruleUua he 4av aaeai«Muu*ljt eleete4 W*« hieieu tin, a ill of ibe Vine IWeaktewk, aa pfeeuieul gaaeral THE DAWES BILL VoUUf %falilng m fttrong Fight ' Against th* Mraann. Wasiiixoto*. Keb —i hnlrnisn ! Dawes of the commission that hear* 1 his name occupied practically the whole nt the time that tin- IndiAn affairs committee of the House va' aide to give the commission to-day. His address was in support of the hill for the government of the territory. A concerted effort to defeat the measure appear* to tie making pro gress President Cleveland assured the Indians and the commissioners alike that he would sign any measure which came to hint preserving the gen eral features of the hill tentatively submitted by the Dawes commission. Acting upon that information, the Indian lobby is manifesting the strong est real in liehalf of amendments which would make the hill extremely radical. In House and Henata alike the lobby is laboring for Its defeat LIVE STOCK MEN fh•/ Ash Congress for K*< l|ir»t al legis ts'Ion Is hirmlgii Markets, Wsshisoios, Kelt, tl! The officer* and members of the executive board of the National Hive Htock Kxchange of Chicago, St. Hoiiis, Kansas City and Omaha were given a hearing by the Senate commit tee on agriculture yes *_I-.. '1't. ..Hu,i L.n I ” ' " ••'■.J —.». whit li won hi o[hoi tli«; foreign markets to American live stock and while they suggested no especial plan, urged that Congress assist in llnding a way to do this. 7'hey complained especially of the restrictions placed upon importations of American cattle hy foreign countries and contended that there was no foundation for the charge that American live stock is diseased (senator* Warren, Hear and fieorge were appointed a suh committee to In vestigate tlie question and report. EDISON AND THE X RAYS The Wlisnl Succeeds In Taking an In slantwnenus Tlrlnre okanok. .V Keb. 2l. After ex perittieuting for two week* in hi* lab oratory in West Orange. Thomas A Kdisou yesterday succeeded in taking an instantaneous photograph hy means of the Uoentgen ray* from floreseent tuhex, the rays having penetrated a heavy cardboard and vulcanized fibre plated holder, in another experiment a sharply defined image of a metal strip was made on a plate with four ami one-half inches of wood lie tween the plate and tlie floreseent tube, and, after an exfosure of twelve minutes, tbe photogrAh was takeu. Mr. Ml son said by^llie end of tbe present week lie will be ready to try to take a picture of tbe human head and make other interesting photographic exprr i merits. BILL NYE SERIOUSLY ILL Suffering from a Ulrofce ol Apoplexy and Can l.lve Only a few Hours. Asni'.vii.i.K, N. Keb. cl —The read ing public of America will hear with regret ih»s W. Aiyo, sfu* oiOlie Nye of the world of humor, whose writings iiave made the whole world laugh, is seriously ill at his home at liuck Shoals, eight miles south of Asheville, lie is suffering from a stroke of apoplexy. It I* thought he can live only a few hours. COX GETS THE PAPER. Kansu* (Tty Time* Hold In the Receiver ' for (MU,300. Kansas f'lTV, Mo., Keb. 2b—The Kansas City Time* was sold to-day at sheriff's sale and bought hy Wiley O, Cox, the receiver, for $82,300. Mr, Cox represented a syndicate of promi nent Missouri Democrats. Mr. Cox wilt l>e the publisher and make it a straight out Democratic paper. forty Cars of Implements. Omaha, Neb., Keb. 21.—The Union ' I’acific this morning sent out a train 1 of forty car* of agricultural imple ments to Snake Hlver valley, Idaho, j and Utah. It is consigned to one of the co-operative concerns of Halt Lake ! City. It is one of tbe largest single j shipments of machinery in ihe history of tlie West, and Is designed to as»ist j til irrigation work in the great Snake , river valley. I.egUlalor* II,••cut Carlisle's tauter. I Ow> nshoHo. Ky , Keb. 2l. The, Daily Me*,euger published last night, ‘ response* from eighteen DeiuoeraUo ; me in tiers of the legislature severely i criticising Secretary Carlisle's letter. > in wliieii lie declines to advise sound i money men to vote for llin.'klnirn ! Nearly all say it looks like < ariisle is making a bid for lliu nenatorstiip him- I self l eft * Miniature folttn uu III* llnor*l*p I'Kitov, DU la , Keb 81. - Twenty mile* north of here a few nights ago whileeup* left a in ill is I ure coffin *>ti the <tiH>rkU>|Hi of I* A Irwin On ibe ( •mrttn warn inwriln'it tlin wool*: ! "IVbl'm’a|>k l)T." liikula Ilia irnflin »<> lltrup (tint of rn|M’. Il !• IhouifM il *•• lafl tliara by Irwin'* «Hrnl**»t* mil* in *«nre bun out of lha vuunlry. W M, IiIm’i l.uNlma, Tab J<,—Tbr I,anil* Mar aury ««yt lha •••fatfamani uf Vlllllmu MulUurf A •tor ami l.mly l.uu iu!|,h • hurt'll,II. fui uiarly M »* Jntuila Jr rumn III Sew Yurli. will ha *IInuliuavil •liurlty Mr* A*U>r dta.l Ifwaaml* <■ ts. IWI •ml l.inl ls*n4ul|ill I b irrblil 41*4 4m»tt*rv tfl, i*u‘. HI** l*«»iln.» u* * Uumiua IniMr KlIuiUlMI, KuW. Tab if| Mlkk.la* •la Iwwalilnif. lUiltrblri uf a* Our ariiur UwalliHy, uf Vltahita r| i n> t « >i*m *««f i lu»k bar a ya«lart|*y ill’ll furly |‘uiiti*, anil #*»* • mtUi.a i«a*|i iUm w ho h w uk ulUmla.t (■> • HUiu liar uf lamtliia v!|u< n* item • WafcaraaiiMMt t'wamuala Nut in Hull, Ini . lab il tha Trlbuna My* that Hn.-aar > (bin will nai-aiil tba t*i>|<MiUl «<MuiNi*lb>H fur guaarnur uf lmll«M uu ■ ululfufui farurluif Iba fia. <m»Imm« uf kilter nu4 In uuouklilww in aurimraUim* HELP OF UNCLE SAM. HE WILL BE TOUCHED FOR •250,000 Tl»*t fir in it th* Amount fo fC**n« drr *•««-<*#••• fnl th# Coming Trim- MU* •tsslppl K.(position A I oiifrrsnt's with Nsimtor THafftoa—AdvIe# m to How to Knhonro ths I'rojsrt. Tho Trons MIoolsslppi Eiposition. Omaha, Keh 21.—At the r*<|ne*t of m committee of tbe Trans-Mississippi end International Kxpo*ltion company, a number of business man of Omaha gathered at the <oinmercial club room* to confer with Senator Thurston re garding the beet meant of expediting legislation neceaaary to promote the ■ucceea of the expoeilion. Vice I’resl dentil. W. Wattle* of the Union Na tional bank prodded Senator Tbnra ton and a number of leading business men of Omaha were prenenb < halrrnan Wattle* aald that consider able progrea* had been made toward aecuring the endor*emant of the echernc Among the bodies that bail announced themselves in favor of it were the Nebraska I’ress a*«ociatlon, the beet augar convention of Nchraeka, the varlou* labor union* of Nebraska and the Iowa leglalature lie Ntated that the matter w*» now before the na tional legislature, having been Intro duced In both tbe senate and tbe bouse, lie said that the action of the Trans Mississippi congress had started the ball a-rolling, and that wherever the jjiltrj fiii*i r/fTii moiiu»»H* u iv »»i»'v wimi instant favor, lie said that great ad vantage* hail MHM to the south through the Atlanta exposition II* was sure Immigration and capital would he at tracted to the western stsles by the ex position oroposed. Senator Thurston, who is chairman of tiie senate committee having til* bill in hand, said tiiat tie caiue to the meet ing for the purpose of learning the ilc sire of the Omaha people in regard hr theexposition more than to speak on the matter himself. Me said that he was glad he was chairman of the committee to which the senate hill was referred, since he would have the opportunity of giving it his personal attention. He thought tiie disposition of congress was to give the exposition Just about the same amount of aid tiiat was given to Atlanta. "You will understand," said be, "the government of the Lulled States is not in the exposition business. All it does is to sttend to the government exhibit. It provide* for the formation of such exlilbiis, It* transportation, the em ployment of officials to look after it and the erection and maintenance of a building in which it may lie housed. That’s all the aid that can be expected. Of course the Columbian exposition was of national character and received more support." Mr rialor Thurston said that wiiat he desired especially to know was the amount of money the business men thought best to request. Me said that an appropriation sufficient to Insnre success should tie asked for, lest serious criticism of the hill be challenged. He thought that It might he wise to pass the hill through the senate, with the amount of the appropriation left blank. The endorsement of the senate would have weight with the hone* 1-sUir the senate would concur with the house on any reasonable amount that the lat ter might suggest. He recommended securing endorsement from as many states as possible and suggested that prominent men in other western states he asked to write to their representa tives in congress concerning the enter prise. "There is a disposition all through the country favorable to any thing that the west may ask for in order to help itself. I’ve sounded sen timent regarding it pretty thoroughly, and can safely say tiiat there will be no sertona objection encountered." /,. T. Lindsey spoke of the trip to Iowa. He said that the people there were as enthusiastic regarding it as were the Nebraskans. "There is no question hut that every business man and property ow ner in this region is hack of it with all his might." Mr. Kosewater recommended that $25<i,000 he asked for. He said that if as much aid was secured as was given Atlanta there would he no doubt that the Omaha exposition would be a much greater success, lie declared that the exposition would he the greatest thing for Nehruska since it became a stale. He urged active work all aloug the line, und especally from now until the pas sage of the hill, which must be secured before the adjournment of congress, lie predicted that the moment the hill became a law the value of Omaha prop erty would go up !■' per cent. Senator 'I liurston thought that tiie limit of the appropriation should he lixed at $200.(am. lie said tiiat there was a great demand for keeping down the cxDeiises of the government this year, and that i< was best to usk for a conservative amount at this time Mr. Lindsey said that the trails-Mis sissippi region was an empire of twenty four slates, and that the l iiuuliu exposi tion would completely outshine the ex position of the Cotton States He inought that Nebraska's representa tives were proeeeding upon an errone ous assumption when they considered that the exposition of INtis was to be on the level with that held at Atlanta, lie urged an uppioprialtou of r,is>,iiat Ik »» IIIHMIVt ll»*UI » U m ■'•HIM ,,rl iirlulluu ui lhl» 11iii*. Iiut Huiitkil tli* hum uf Hi* trovurnuikui'* *|i|»ni|irlk Hun k*i ul •-■uu.immi lie tlit**■ »• III lliul luil few prenviil ruuliiMHl III* |fr*kl uf Ih* wk|UM.tlun. *«*uui<*r 't hinmiiu Miht, I inn *» in* ei|ie«l*lii'« I’m hkil wllli Hi* Ifrull* iii»ii uf HutniiU They ilun'l lib* in (iluy lu u kiuull limit ' A v**li’ mi the umuuul uf lit* u|i|in> |iriulluii in lu- knuiMi fur *»•» u mn«i UMuiitmuuk in ilri uliiur mi •'> mi luayriui Ulli W iiUil III u|inru|iriulr iUl.iKNi uf Ihik umuUMl Ul on IV. Ik* fun* ***»...»« k !*•*••# ul IMikkk Ilium. N It, felt I. A ilniw nt (Hr**11**, k|>i>mv«(l hy I'upi !»*•»». mi» Ini of Ilk IiiiiiI *mr r««n»a*(| In * »»»• (lu, hk* fan*k irruktud In Jc i« h*> f*i w|iuikiik|f him Irnm Ufa wife «>* lb* yfiaiml nf uin>l*ltlv iim lb* iiurl nf lb* » ni(4«ii Mwvh lnl*r«**i I* rwllnt •*» lit* (■••iii'*»*iii<i fr>*tk Uum* k* n*m» itmluv* ii«* u 4!rnt«* b#*n rrung«tk«,4 In tin* munii v hr u Hnmkii illWta »it I bur 11 l b* .U.'r** *r**i*4 Km«** U nut ok!y un* uf v*|HMkinik, but fa lu-ruill* * ri'kiarrlu** A l***l 4lk*m I ul mu uf lb* murrlkij* b*» *'**• b*uk iibt«lk*4 Irnm lb* kutNvm* vunrl. AFTER CARLISLE. •VlUlam flniM WH KefassU H»n<U mi e Mid mt II A. Washington, Feb. i ■ —Representa tive Colson of Kentucky to-ilsy Intro duced in the House n resolution to in vestigate the action of Secretary Car- ( lisle in refusing to accept the bid of William Grave* for $t,S0O.(JU0 In bonds at 113.3301. I Tbs Senute amendments to tha mil- ! Itary academy appropriation bill were concurred In. The Senate bill to amend section Hid of the Revised Statutes, relati vs to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties and forfeit ures was passed; also the Senate bill relating to Huai proof In timber cul ture entries. Mr. McMililn of Tennessee Inquired into the effect of the latter bill and whether It had been indorsed by the commissioner of tha general land office. “1 do not want to appear oap | llous in these matters," aald he, "hut only a few days ago an Innocent look ing bill, carrying $40,000, was brought , up hern and I was assured that It had the approval of the Interior depart ment. Upon that assurance J with drew opposition. I have since learned | that It did not have the approval of the department and that it will cost $M>0,o00 to carry out its provisions. " ‘‘Tha committee gave no such as* , surance," said Mr. Lacey, chairman of tha committee on public landa '‘Someone whom 1 supposed had authority to speak did give it," re ; oiled Mr. McMilliu. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, Mil'll IfWB III bate Over Indian Affair*, Wssuiso roa, Feb. 22. Again the House attended strictly to business, j The conference report on the dlfiio | uiatlo and consular hill was agreed to, | the Senate amendments to'the pension ; bill were sent to conference, und »tics I Indian appropriation hill was taken | up. Tin- latter bill carries §s,i<:'.O.Vkft, j or 0132,727 less than the law for the I curient year. In connection wltli a I proposition to Increase the salaries of i Indian inspectors from 02,500to 02,000, the salaries fixed by law (the hills of the last two years have only appro priated 02,500 each for these salaries), • both Mr. Cannon and Mr. Ilfngley, the | Itepublican leaders on the floor, ap pealed to the majority In view of the situation of the treasury to keep down expenses, and refuse to take a step in the direction of Increased salaries Hut their appeal* were In vain, and the action of the committee on Indian affairs in restoring tne salaries was sustained. H7-5U. A hill was passed granting railroad companies In the Indian Territory ad ditional powers to secure depot, grounds. Mr. Kiynn, the Oklahoma delegate, moved to strike out the appropriation of §15,000 for five Indian inspectors, whom Mr. Flynn termed "Ifoke Smith's personal body guard.' Mr. Dockery. Democrat of Mfseourl, moved, as an amendment, to reduce the salaries of inspectors to §2,500 each, the amount of salaries fixed iu the current appropriation law. The motion was defeated. 'The committee roar with the Flynn amendment still pending. At 5:10 p m. the House aillourued. WALLER A FREE MAN. He I* Heleaasd From Frlaiui—Will Join HI* Family. WssilIXiiroN, Feh. 22.—Secretary Olney received a cablegram to-day from Am bass ail or Kustla, announcing that Waller, the ex-consul at Mada gascar, was released from prison to day. it is expected that Waller will Join bis family in the United Slates. A* Waller Is entirely destitute of means, Ambassador Kustis has been authorized by Secretary Olney to pro vide him with transportation to the United States He lias been in prison for nearly a year, having been ar rested on the 6th of March last, In Madagascar, and afterwards being kept in confinement In the military prison in France. The authorities here feel that they have reason to be gratified at the outcome of the case, which, as revealed by the correspond ence on the subject, came nearei than the public was aware at one time of leading to severance of diplomatic relations between the two republic*. Tlio point at issue was not whether Waller was guilty of the offense charged against him, hut whether the government had the right to Insist upon satisfying Itself that the Ameri can oltizen had had juatioe. The Waller family announces that, upoiv Waller’s return from trance, theyAwill return to Kanaas, and will live again In their old homo in Kansas City, Kan. Third IMatrlet Missouri Mepulillass*. Karri.mon Mfhiuos, Mo., Fab. 22. — A call has bi-eu issued in the Third district for the Itepublican delegate convention to meet here March 95 for the purpose of selecting two delegates lo the uaiiouat convention at ht, l,o«|is The count!** Ciouieisliig the district with the number of delegates i.. Hal* Iaaak * sat *i L **i.l.il*.,t mm follow* I aid wall a, Clay (Minton h, Ibikalti .1. Havu** ». Ocntry 7. Ilairlaon 10. Mrrt'tr 7. Hay h *«r HiKlalti and Mawt Tofkaa. Kau . IVIi S3 lior* roonty haa t'ttoaan (iff .laleyalat to lit* VV wblla vowvaiitlou In th* |M>rtona of j IV U, llelury au>l N. K Tarrltl. I loth an *iilbu»ia*llc for M.’kinl*) atol lot land Itoultdian aowtity alao baa rboH. it her >lala*alaa amt tliay at* for M. hmU-v awtl Udaud Tlia aaiu* t# trtt* of IHlaworth aownty. tN«| Will ant %aala Ha|WH Ih* I w«M Malta* at Ih* *!»*•«»* Vt liaitmul I rli Sit I ha |Si|>ull*t MMiator* liam now «!•-. nivd that whan Hi* motUm la r»n» w*d for tha towaUl■ • niton of Itr tariff bill, tb*y wilt anal I naif Mm in Ih* nllltmall** If thay adhvra lw tht* d**laton Ik*) will ha abl* ta tarn th* laaalt from Ih* fa dal If* to tb* a Airmail** able of Ih* a ih, a»l that anar* th* »<ia*Uait iton of th* m*a*wr* In th* tfanat*. too vblihtf aa lard* a aomtmi of U*|mb< thaa aanatord *» t» '» th* aMtm«tt»«. a* on th* tr*« uaanatwn A COLOR.AHO HORROR. none saved to tell of the DIHA*TER. 4 miir of th» EiplfMlon a « W»» Hrm-klHl. ami It U lm* I>o«*ii»|k to 4l«*t Air Into tl»«* ftliaft 4<m •ml tmubf Intrrfrrn With III* Work of Hoftror Or*mt lobor to Hr •or«r Hmllra of th« Hlnrffc l)U«atrr to • I »•! Mltir. Nr.wrASTt.it, Keb. CoL. W.— An un known number of men ere dead as tha result of a terrible explosion that oc curred In the Vulcan mine, one of tha eoel properties of the Atchleon, To peka and Haute Ke Railway company, at IlfW yesterday forenoon. Usually seventy lire men are employed In the mine, but lee# than tills number were at work when the explosion occurred yesterday. There la little doubt that all who were at work are dead The nu intern of victims cannot now be accurately stated, estimates run Ding from fifty to seventy. Those bent Informed think the numlier Is very likely between fifty-five aud sixty. The axulleineiit at presaut Is so Intense that efforts to aecure a complete list are useless. The only man who jfol out of the mines at the time or the explosion wkh K<i ward Welch, who was near tha mouth of the tunnel and was blown out Ills rkull waa fractured, arm broken, the fees badly cut and burned and all the hair burned from his bead lie was breathing when found, but expired shortly after without allowing consciousness. The miners who os raped direct death from the explor.Jon must Inive been 'pilckly suffocated by pas. as all meuns of ventilation were cut off. The first news of the disaster was a report us from I(XI cmnnon. I'epplc rushed out of their home* end place* of busbies* to *e« what hud happened and one look toward the Vulcan mine wan »uDlcleut, for a dense cloud of smoke issuing from the mouth of the slope told thu tale of death. A throng of people was soon at the scene of dis aster, a distance of nearly two miles from Newcastle. A glance was enough to dissipate any hope for the Urea of the entombed men. Tbn force of the explosion had caused a care-in and the tunnel and air courses ware filled with the fallen rock, earth and timbers. Moth fau houses were wreaked and thu slope and vicinity were so full of the debris and the gas was so bad that it was hard and dangerous work to begin the rescue. Nevertheless, willing hands were soon at work and Ore men want down as far a* possible to ascertain the con dition of the slope and found It such that it will require great labor to re cover the bodies of the miners. The gas was so bad that after the party had gotten 200 feet I hey were com pelled to return. A* soon as the uew* of the explosion reached Newcastle, Huperintendent i'aul (Mount closed the mine* of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, and, taking ills miners, left for the Vulcan .nines, whuru all arc actively at work aiding in the attempt* at rescue. ^%rvu.iMfe MpfiM place. In thu upper of these two liie rescuers are in about 800 feet and it is through this that the air can be forced into some of thu rooms, hut none of those in the mine have come out, and it is feared that this is conclusive evi dence that all are dead. The cause of the nxploslon is not yet known. The coal fields In which the Vulcan mine is located have been troubled with subterranean gases for many years. In many places over an area of eighty to Hr mile* smoke has issued from crevice* in the rock* slr.ee thu country was first known to white men, and In later year* more than one valuable coal mine has been destroyed by fire breaking inio the workings. A little over a year ago the mines of thu Vulcan company had to bu flooded on this account, and tbu old workings have never iieen reopened. The drift where yesterday's accident occurred was a new one. It is thought the dis aster may have been caused by the breaking illto Ul) immense pocket of gas, generated by these everlasting tire*. On February H, Ntate Coal Mine Inspector Griffith Inspected the mine and pronounced it in splendid condi tion unit tlie work is said to liuve been done at all times In the most careful manner. STILL AFTER MR. MORTON. Head Distribution Made Obligatory Upon lh« Mtwrfftftrjr. Waniiinuton, Feb. 20—The house yesterday passed the agricultural ap propriation bill, it carries 8.1,If,*, 192. The section of the Itevised Statute* for the purchase and distribution of "rare and tincouiiuou" seeds, which Secretary Morton declined to execute in the current appropriation law, was refiealed, the appropriation for seeds was Increased from 8140,000 to •IftO.tMMi, and its execution was made mandatory ujain the secretary, Mr. < ou-ilns of Iowa Introduced tils aiiieudiudiit to reduce Mr. Murlon's salary from 8*, 000 to VIA until he ex* (■ended the appropriation in the ent rant law, but tile amendment was ruled out on a |ailnl of order Several auieuduteuts to the meat inspection act of l*U\ recommended by Secretary SI _....... 1.1 l„.M. I. I... tiiUlIt|Miwrr Ut vnlurv* rafttl* IliiM *n*l li**« kir*utftlu>n«>l »!»«• law k>y ibn im|iuMlHiii ul |ivm*UIm« (ur *l« latlook, « rrn «lrt« k«*M nuL lMpurt*«l II tl»* UT I*»T*U»I»I*U< K*ti tU -Tl« ynuutf biutf nl tur** i* h»r* k**hluf III* |tiul*vllu« ul Mu«li fut hi* *uuu try. 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The operator at the telegraph station had orders to open ail telegrams ad dressed to me, and to telephone their contents to me immediately. Suddenly the telephone rang, and the children's ! gorernsss, who answsred ths ’phons, came to me and told me the person at i the other end of the wire waa saying something about ’shoes,'she couldn't quite make it out. ‘Oh,’ said I. ’it's my wife’s shoemaker, probably. Tsli him to let the matter rest until tomorrow ’ She delivered the message, but returned shortly to say that the man Insisted upon talking to me. I went to the tel ephone It waa the telegraph opera tor, and tha massage he was trying to send ms was: ’W hen shell I send you my shoes? Johnson It. Camden.' Then I knew that I had been choaea to All the shoes of thst worthy genUeaMn. — Philadelphia Record._ l)n pardonable Preeemptloe. “You know those people thst live la that two story house serous the way— the llumpersons, or some such name?” “Yes. I know them when I see them. ” I "I here e passing acquaintance with them. Hpcnk to tham when I meet any of them on the street. Well, one of the girls stopped me while I wss out walking the other morning. Hbe said, •Miss ilTgbfly, your bouse wssn't broken Into last night and robbed, wss it?* 1 said: 'No. Why?* And she said: ■I'm ghid to bear it I dreamed last night somebody had got into your house through the kitchen window and stolen aver so many valuable things' Think of the presumption of itl Dream ing about us! And they aren't in our sat at all.''- Chicago Tribune. Oklahoma sad the Indian Territory. A u..ll n._ v..ab laanaiaa Who recently made a business and pleasure trip through Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, In a letter to a friend gives soms very Interesting data and Information relative to "The Land of the Fair Ood." lie says, la part; “When 1 recall my experiences, while la Oklahoma and the Indian Tarrltory, It aeema to me to he more like a dream than a raality. I never wee mere fa vorably Impressed with a people, and the resources of the country ars truly vondsrful. ' “Before making thfa trip I waa Im bued with the idea, so prevalaat among the people of the east, that thla terri tory have llUle In common with the in terests of our people, end was a plaoa fitted more by nature for an abode for the red man and n rendesveue fer out laws than a home for a civilised aad Christian people. A personal Investl ; gallon aad InapocUon of tho country oarly dispelled this Idea, and I found that nine-tenths of tbs sensational arti cles of outlawry and other tragedies credited to that country emlnated alone from tho fertile brain of some over-en thusiastic newspaper correspondent. “The Chicago. Rock Island A Pacific, U* T/.n -.1.- a O »* B*a ft** Choctaw, Oklahoma A Gulf and the Missouri, Kansas A Texas systems ef railroads each lead Into nnd across this country, and the great amount of cattle, hogs, wheat, cotton and other produce 1 shipped out from there evidences the fact of the fertility of the soil and the productiveness of the country. I “The Indian Territory le rich In Its mineral lands and coal fields, and these industries ere only In their Infancy, while the cheapness of the land and rich soil over the greater part of Okla homa offers Inducements to capitalists as well as the farming and laboring class of our people. I "There le etlll some fair hunting In the Keebl hills, southwest of Annl 1 darko and la tha Gloss mountains, and 1 the streams are well supplied with fish. “Crop prospects are exceptionally good, and undoubtedly the eomlng sea son will see s large emigration from th« •net to that country." Mrs Emily Crawford, the well-known Paris correspondent, contributes to the March Century a biographical sketch I of Alexandre Humus the elder. The article is a succeaaion of anecdotes of j the old novelist, and presents him in a very picturesque light Mra Crawford , has an account of the Bohemians and i “sponges" who took advantage of llu mat' prodigality, and of hie architec i tural folly, the Chateau Monte Cristo, with Its strange menagerie. (•palling I'otataae. In a bull-tin lasued by Prof. Knyder of the Minnesota Htate Agricultural college he makes a point of inlerevt to ! the housewife, lie shows that where i potatoes are peeled and started to boll I ing in cold water there la a loaa of Hu per cent of the total albumeu. and where they are not peeled and started ! In hot water this lose is reduced to if Cr cent A buabel of potatoes weigh t slaty pounds, containing about two pounds of total nitrogenous compound* when properly cooked one half pound j la lost, containing si a- tenths of e i pound of the moet valuable protelda i it requires all of the protein from nearly (no (miiaa* n rounu In rr(>!*<•• Ik* lua* it imilaia (ruin lm< pruparly Utilintf n buattat ut p»n»t«a* 1H* r.in|ur* of the Npaular-la. fWMM In Antvrba a/t*r Ha tll#.M»rary by umtiua. i'iiin|irl«nl about Iwalv# million Nuan mil*# of urrHory. { Tb# (‘bln**# train lb# luimuiaal a# * •akin* bird A ring I* |4a«#4 *ruu«4 lb# blr4 a ***k wbWh pr*v*nl# Ha • lb* Sab It tall**. \t itt> ih* Mar. h ta.ua. lb* AltaaW# Monthly b#*iu* imp«cl#ul#arl#*»l umra tb# Irlab Hi Amartuaa I .If*, C || l'. Matwlu la ih. kraiollha I pt<nMM«*l arib<l*a on Itaaa I h*ra*<l#ft* lua la Aiwaru'an l.ifa I n4ar lb* #*• , *t*l b#*4lng. lb# « aaa nl Iba HnMm mb.ml. 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