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OUMENT OOMMENT. ?
Tw Buaetaa OoTermneat will ball
mod mw troaclads Bad erulsers dur
, tag tk aummer.
Tn later-State Commerce Commie
haa decided that special low rate
to theatrical oompaalea are Illegal
TMAmmM Huston says positively
that ke will Rot retire from tlin treasury
t present, but May da so la a year
FATHmKimiaiJl has beea sentenced
to two Month! at' hart labor for bla coa
section with the eviction at Gleagsry,
lrelaad.
Tin performance at the Broadway
Theater, New York, for, the benefit of
Kra. Jamea 0. Blalae, Jr., who la elok,
smSsTbmmj PfWynj
.
Cunts BratoiEM appeared before tke
Hoaae Committee oa Waya and Moana
recently aad proteated against a re
alaetfaa of tke duty oa sugar.
. Ma. .Matthrws, the British noma
mr , ana laronaM a aspumuoa or
it mum Mm Gevuraraeat will aot
m lata
afcpjotii
an aUght-Hour bill ontolally.
Paon jrty owaera of Dubuque, Iowa,
4o aot fear tke proposed auit of the
kelra of Jullea Dubuque to ehtala aos
awaatoa of tha' site of the olty oa aa old
Tm Royal Geographical Society haa
JariteAThoMae Stevens to aaad a paper
nhm Nfora toe aooiaty,
describing
how ha reached Henry M.
flatten Afriaa.
BUnley la
Tm Prealdeat haa pardoned PrlTate
If lid, who received aa outrageous tea
waace of a court martial at PortSnelllng
tor refusing to do menial work for Lieu
tenant 8teele. The lTesldent slso rep
rimanded Qeaeral Hsgcr.for' approving
thefladlnga of the eoiirt martial Steele
was likely to be cashiered.
Ik the British House of Commons Mr.
VT. H. Smith aUted that under. Lord
Aahbourne'a aot the application for ad
wanoes of money to the tenants who de
aired to purchase the farms they rented
had reached the total sum of 141,513,975,
aad that apoa these application tke
urns edvaaosd aggregated H,8T8,1W.
A dispatch from Ban Angclo, Tex.,
which Ilea la the Midst of thooattle
aroduolag region of that State, aays the
President's proclamation ousting the
attla mea from the Cherokee Strip will
mtaU heavy losses tostockraea of Texas
who hate leased large paatiirea In the
National great expense, aad have pur
chased cattle with a view to driving
there to fatie this spring before ahlp
tdagtoXartkan markets.
Oaaoosaionaa Oaorr, of tke General
Laad-oAoe, haa rendered a decision la
the1 celebrated Peralta grant caao In
Ariaoaa, la which heholda that nogrant
of-the character claimed fraa ever made.
He todies .agalast the claimant oa
very pblat aad orders the ease Strieker.
from, the Surveyor-Oeneral'a docket
TheeUtMhaaheea aiaay years before
the department and embraoea about
4,Nsew Mree u tke oeatral part of
Arlaeaa.
AMaanSom to a Parte cable aaeelala
1 of Daa Pedro haa received
K'ftasa BtoaM i-tl--tt -th
at tattratft alaee the exBmMrar
twtia.lM.tlaa for the Prealdeaoy of the
publto U strengthening aad spread
.tot. '.Tho'Bmperor haa been laferiaed
' tha iateaUeV of his frleada aad they
await hla consent to the aae of hla aame.
The Bmperor haa already expressed hla
vrUllagaees to retara to Mraalltoaay
apaelty, public or private.
Tan atoamaalp China from Yokohama
aad Hoag Koag reports that tke atom
f JaauaryMiwept about 1,000 fishing
hoate, coatalalag hetweea t.500 and
a,totamle,tlrom the Boahva coast
lffae handred of these beau with all oa
hoard were lost Oa the same day
Mvea boats were wrecked off Tablsh
ana aad ifty ishermea were drowned.
Oa January M twenty-three fishermen
were drowned off the ooeatorhtafcehawa.
4kk the ttth M flshlnt boats. oonUlnlu
Jto men, wore lost
VkHiRT AaPHAsav. the Hnngarlaa
ttateamaa, reeeatly deceased, came of an
aneleae 'aad aobla family. He took a
prominent part la the revolution of
J4 aa aa adherent of the popular
aaaae aad was condemned to death In
IN, hat ho eaaaped aad weat lataexlle.
When the right of aelf government was
teatored la Hungary la Fehrtuwy, 1W7,
Aadmasy waa appelated Premier of a
bjww Heagaito Ministry by the Kmpe
aer. He aaeeaeded Von lleust, IsTl-Ttf,
aa Mlalator af rorelga Affalri
A TARTY, headed by Prof, Charlea M.
TJabaea, f Loadoa, aad Colonel Frank
Trlplett, a promlaeat Western mining
xpert aad engineer la being formed la
, tt Louis to make a thorough sclvntlfio
xpleratlea of the great unknown region
, lyusg la the far Northwest between the
oaet range aad the mala range of tho
Kooklea chlety la ihe aew Bute of
Waahlagtea. This region embraces en
vareaar verto,009 eHare miles, end It
to heUeved that lie axploratlea will have
f wary Imaortaat reeulu tor the sclenUflo
ad commercial world.
'Haamxx Thwault, embeuler 811
ait's friead, la la New York. la aa
tatorview aha aald: "la regard to the
'aaaart that I offered to reveal Mr. till
J
htdlarplaoa to the ottelale la
keara. pravlde i was glvm
way, taa Mea la preposterous. I
haww whore Mr. eMIeott la la the
alaja, aad It I did I weald aot give
oratMBt. i ana aot aeea Mr.
tortwoweeka before hla (light.
I aeea or beara of nlm atace.
1 waa aalWd to Qaebee by a telegram
Mm atekaese of my Mother.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
OtottAwA By Telegraph Hd 1UH,
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CONURMM.
Parmons ware prcMntad In the atnate en
the 17th to forbid the Importation of llqeora
to Africa) eemplalnlex of the snppreilnn of
the Republican vota In MlMlMlppl, favoring
the pontlonlng of armr nursMi favorln the
Kdacatlonal bill, and aovaral other pmslon
petitions. After the report of committees a
bill toaetherlae the I'renldiat to confer bre
Vl rank nrmn army nffleers for gallant ear
view In Indian campaign paMtd. Mr. Blair
spoke three hoars en his Kdueatlonal bill
nad ths tonate non-eonourreo In the House
amendment to the bill to have statistics of
mortfsce Indabtednuss laeludsd In the
nssl census. Adjourned The lions got
Into a wrangle over the power of the Spanker
to eoeat e quorum without the report of
tellers, ths question being upon the eeasld
eratloa of the World's Pair resolution. The
motion to suspend the rules and make the
World's Pair bills 4 special order Realty pre
vailed. The bill to provide for the appoint
msnt of thirty additional msdloal examiners
la tho Pension OMee was then called up aad
debate on It continued until adjournment
Taa morning hour of tho anat en tho
Hth was devoted to routine business and
than tho Ren ate want Into executive session.
The doors were reopened at l:W and Ihe
Bdaeatlonal hill was taken np aad Sen.
ator Blatr continued bis remarks, speak,
lag nearly two hours, In which he
attached the press of the country for
keeping from Ihe people fsets that be had
laid before the Senate. The conference re
port, recommending that ths Ifouee amend
msnt to tha bill requiring the oensus report
to show the mortgage Indebtedness of the
entry was agreed so. Senator Hlalr an.
nouneed that he would talk two more days
en hie hill aad tho Benate adjourned..... In
the House the Pension bill wss reported end
Jilsesd on the ealsndar. After considering
or n time Ihe Benate bill for the appoint
ment of an Assistant Reeretary of War, the
Oklahoma bill was taken ep aad debated
natll adjournment
Taa proceedings of the Senate on the tsth
were devoid of gensrsl Interest The reeo
lutlon In regard to tha late killing of n depu.
ty marshal la florid called out some ex
planatory remarks from Senator Pasro. Mr.
Hlalr continued hla remarks on hla Rdura
tlonal bill and again "pitched Into" the
firess. In tho course of his remarks he aald
hat the time might come when n dog fight
will not ha more Important In the opinion of
this press than e great school bill, but that
time had not yet been reached. After an
executive session the Henaie adjourned....
The House pasted the flenato bill to author
ise the 1'resldont to eonfer brevet rsnk upon
any affloera for gallant servleea In Indian
campaigns alnee IW7. The Oklahoma bill
waa thn debated In Committee of the Whole
until Adjournment
Avtir Passing several unimportant Mil
on the jotli the annate look upthe resolution
Of Inquiry ai to Ilia recent kilting of a deputy
marshal (W. B Maunder) In riorMa, and
cnnlor 1'aseo continued hi remark, to
whlih Senator Chandler replied. Brtmtor
Call and 1 1 aw ley alio took part In tha dis
cussion. The resolution calling en the At
torney.Uennrl for the facts was then
adopted. Reuator Blair then talked on hi
Kdueatlonal bill until adjournment.... In
the House Mr. Merrill (KauJ.) presntil
the conference report on the Senate
bill to Increase the pension of help
less soldiers. The agreement makes
the proposed Increase take rff.-ct from the
date of puassgn of the bill or the Issue of
surgeon' certificate. Mr. Morrill explained
that the bill Involved an expenditure of
M0,0aorttW,O90fnr this year. The report
waa adopted. The World' fair bill then
cam up as Ihe special order and member
poke until adjournment The "claim of
Washington, Nnw York, Chicago and ft
Ixtuls.wtre urgently advoested by friends of
each elty. '
Thb Senate on the 31st agreed to the con.
ferenee report on Ihe bill to Increase the
penalona of totally disabled soldier. After
several bU had been reported and placed
on thecaleiidar the Hcnato proceeded to con
alder the, Moose Oklahoma bill fur aeveral
hour a. A number of hill for public build
lns ware then pad, nmong them fur
nbulldlngatKanaasOlty Mo.,ll,iMn,ou)iAtoh.
Ison nnd Kmporla, Kan, each li,mn. and
Saline, Kan.,tl,ti Adjourned until Mon
day.. ..The entire day In ihe Hume waa de
voted to apeechee on the World's rlr bill,
different member again advocating in Now
cry language their favorllo cltle. Pension
bills were considered si tho -Tuning session.
rBRMlNAI. AND ItlMTICAL.
A Rtu. haa been introduced In tho
House by Mr. Wado, of Missouri, to es
tablish a Government postal telegraph.
It appropriates 10,000,000 for tho pur
pose l'AnNKi.t.'s amendment to tho address
waa defeated la the llrltlah Parliament
by 807 to 940.
Court Anuramy, the noted Hungari
an statesman, dlod oa the 18th, aged
alxty-seven.
The extradition treaty with Great
Britain haa been ratified.
CiiHUTomxn I Hiiolkb, the Inventor
of the typewriter, died at Milwaukee,
Win, on tho 17th.
PMKnttiKNT Hahiiikon haa approved tho
resolution congratulating the people of
llrasll on tho adoption of a republican
form of government
Tin; House Committee on Agriculture
heard arguments regarding tho regula
tion of the manufacture of lard on tho
Kith. The hearing waa not concluded.
I'nxMltKMT Hahhiaox, accompanied by
Andrew Carnegie, loft Washington on
tholVth for lHtUhurgh to attend tho
dedication of Carncglo'a free library at
Allegheny City.
Tun Iowa llouao of r.onrosontatlvo,
has succeeded In breaking the deadlock
with which It had been wri'stUntf for tho
paat four wetiUn. John T. Hamilton,
Democrat, from Linn County, was elect
ed (Speaker, lly tho torma of compromlso
which havoheon accepted tho Democrat
have the Speaker, and the l.cpulillean
tho Important chalrtuanshlps of com
miiteoa.
Thr llouao Commlttoe on IHibllo
Ianda haa una'ilmoualy agreed to ro'iort
favorably n bill to repeal thuTlmbtr
Culturo law.
Thr, full vote, corrected, la tho Fourth
Congressional dtatrlot of Pennsylvania
for the unexpired term of tho Into Judgo
W. IX Kelloy was; Iteyhurn, lteiubllo
aa, t.H.iO; Ayrea, Democrat, lu,44t;
Tumbleston, ProhlhltlonUt SS8; Key
burn' plurality, S.8S4. Kulley'a plu
rality over Ayrca. in lenn waa h,kj,
KKXATtm MawvkH baa Iptrtaluccd aa
antl-lottory bill, one of tho feature of
which authorise the Poetmaater-Uea-oral
to return registered letter ad-
drrsacd to lottery companies stamiwd
with tho word "Fraud."
Mkmkhai. F. L. Chamrh, a Mason of
high degree and one of the beat known
mea la the ladlaa Territory, dUd V
ccntly at Oklahoma City.
Thr Socialists made notable gains In
the election for the Herman Uolchttag
oa the toth.
Mr. Cahmsmc speaka of teatlng.in the
Kuprvme Court the constitutionality of
Speaker Reed's counting a quorum.
l'ttxaiitRXT Harmsox Ktagned to
Washington on the'JIst and at once rv
aumed hla dutlee at the White Uouee.
MMCKLtJUrMOVn.
Maroi Oras at New Orleans waa cred
lied with being a brilliant eucoea.
Thr arrest of J, H. Kelley at St
Louis for supposed connection with the
Cronln murder at Chicago turned eat
to be a ease of mistaken Ideatity.
Thr Navasaa "rlotera" were sea
fenced at llaltlmom, Md., on tke 90th.
Ueorge M. Key, Henry Jeffrey and Ed
ward Smith, convicted of murder, were
aeatencod to be hanged March 38. The
fourteen mea tried upon ckargca of
manslaughter were sentenced to terms
In the Albany, N. Y., penitentiary rang
log from two to ton years.
ATToHxr.Y-UitJir.KAii Stapp haa written
aa official letter to Hank Examiner
Kenyon In which ho aaya tho facta
In the report of the latter In regard to
the American Ilulldlng A Loan Associa
tion of Minnesota do aot- constitute
sufficient grounds for proceedings
against the association.
No mora four per cent bonds will be
purchased by tho Tteaaury Department
until further notice.
Lrttrhs from the City of Mexico re
port terrible ravages by influenza.
Jacob Hcuoor end Thomaa J. Cole
were hanged at Philadelphia on the 90th,
Schoop was a baker and killed hla em
ploye for the poor rnan'e savings, leav
ing hla body In Falrmount Park. Cole
killed a companion while drunk.
William 8. Iloraixs waa banged at
Bellefonte, Pa., on the 80th. He waa
given two drops, the rope breaking at
tho first fall.
Tiihkr minora were Instantly killed
at Aspen, Col., recently, two by scaffold
ing giving way and one by a fall of rook.
St. John's Roman Catholic Church at
Oreenbush, N. Y., waa destroyed by lira
the other day. Loss, f 75,000; Insurance,
43,000.
UuaiNRss failures (Dun's report) for
the seven dsvs ended February 90 num
bered 971. For tho corresponding week
of last year tho figures woro 370.
Thr retiring Htato Treasurer of Minnie,
alppl, Colonel W. 8. Hemingway, waa
reported J50,000 short It was said,
however, that every thing could be ex
plained.
Onr thousand minors of tho Central
Coal Company, of Springfield, 111., re
cently quit work because not paid the
wages due them.
Thiikk thousand almrlglnos nnd many
French convicts In Now Caledonia havo
lioen attacked with leprosy. Tho dis
ease Is spreading at an alarming rata
Loulsu Michel talks of going to their
succor.
Thkhk waa a serious fire in Toledo,
O., on tho morning of the 91st breaking
out In Ilrcoklnrldgo's fruit can factory.
Lofl. 1150,000; lnsuranco, ono-half.
Tiir Toledo (O.) Pump Company's
worka havo been soiled by tho aherlff.
Tho failure Is total.
Tiir Uobhard Paper Company, of Buf
falo and Detroit, has assigned; assets
and liabilities unknown.
Thr Jury In lllshop Dub'a caao at
Cleveland, ., returned a verdict of
guilty. Ho waa suspended from office
uutll tho meeting of tho general confer
ence In September, 1801, when tho caao
will bo reopened.
Thkhk havo boon two bad accidents
with engines and snow plows In Call
fornla. Near Nlsaon thoro waa a col
IIhIoii of tho engines caused by a coup
ling breaking. Several of tho laborer
were killed. At Capo Point tnllla five
locomotlvoa were wrecked. Two mea
were killed and two Injured.
CiiAiuiK have been made of cutting
on tho now Missouri river rates and an
uncomfortablo fooling exists among
freight men.
Tiurrio Manaorr Sarornt, of tho
Kansaa City, Fort Scott A Memphis
road, pronounces tho Alton's Federal
railroad control achemn nonsenaloaL
ADDITIONAL DiafATCI
Thr tobacco factory of Cameron A 81
ser, niuiimond, Va., was burned reoeat
ly. I.0, 9M,000: Insurance light
Two prominent ladtea of Newark.
N. J., Mr. M. K. Tyler aad MlaaC B.
Tyler, were killed recently In a ruaa
way. Another'lady waa badly hurt
llv deoroe of tho Pope the Lenten fast
hai been abolished this year. Tho
cause was aald to be on account of tha
infiuonu.
John Jacob Astoh died at New York
on lite 'J.M. Ho waa worth fl50.aoo.000.
Hy tho explosion of a boiler In James
Turner's saw mill at UutherUlon, Va.,
the other day, throe men wore killed
and six wounded.
Twkmty-onk persona havo been In
dicted at Lafayette, La., tor conspiracy
In connection with tholr acta aa regu
lators. Tiik French Senate hy a voto of ITS to
107 has paiMed tho bill providing for
summary proceeding against news
paper publishing libels on Oovcrnmont
onivlaln.
Ax actor named Duncan C Harrison
w us stabbed recently by another actor
at the door of tho Standard Theater,
Chlcaj-o. A heavy overcoat prevented
llio knltii wound extending aa far aa
UarrUon'a heart
Ci KAitiMi hotiHo returns for tho week
ended February 30 showed an averago In
cri'iiw ot 5.0 compared with tho torro
tpondlni week of last yoar. In New
Yalk tho incroasn was 4.S,
" Viiir at Fortieth Htroot New York, on
tho .:hl deitintyed tho Kaglo wtro works
and other protorty. Loss, H'JO.OOO,
NoiiTiiKtiN Montana Is experiencing
a boom on account of discoveries of
-old mine.
Tiik Infant King of Spain took aa
other lok spell on the 9.td.
KKV. IIKNRT linXOAN, B WBIIB rrOO
Will llaptlst pnacher, waa hanged re
cently at (.Hark, Ala., for the murder ot
his wife.
Fdiiiivkkx bodies ot lafaata wcr
found recently In Warsaw, Poland, after
tho burning of an establishment kept by
a woman named Hkobllnaka.
A (invKttxMKNT bill haa been latro
ducHl In tin Keleharath to extead the
boundaries of Vienna. The measure
will double tho population of the city.
Tiik sentence on the Duke of Orleaas
has Iteen commuted aad he haa beea
banished from France.
Jkkkmuh O'Doxnrix wtjafeawdgwllty
atChteago ot attempting to bribe the
t'ronln Jury. Ho was aenteaeed to the
ltnlteatlary for thrvo year.
WAHiNiTix'a birthday was els
brated throughout the ooaatry as
oa the tod.
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NEWS.
Thk loss by the burning of the O'Neill
roller mills was 150,000 aad tha Insur
aaoe K4.W0.
Rrcrxtt.y the two-year-old child of
Elmer William, a farmer living three
mllea northwest of Dorchester, got hold
of a box containing neuralgic pills which
Its mother had left open on a stand and
when discovered It had swallowed nlno
of them. Death followed la a few
hours.
OonrKKT Burrow, a llohemlaa living
near Table Hock, recently undertook to
crawl undor a freight train, when the
train started and ground him to death.
C'HARlJcs Schoot, of Nebraska City, re
cently forged hla wlfo'a name for R550.
secured tho money end left for ports un
known. She scoured a warrant and offi
cer and went In pursuit
Thk other day 8am Insoo drove to the
house of Sara Alstott In lilalno County,
aad in a threatening manner demanded
tho payment of a small sum due. Alstott
told him ho would pay It Just aa soon as
ho could ralso tho money, and that ho
waa making every effort in hia power to
raise It lnsoo then drew his revolver,
saying If he did hot pay It he would have
his heart's blood Immediately. Alstott
retreated Into tho house followed by hla
creditor, and securing his shotgun fired
at Insco, who got Into hla wagon and
drove off, btit soon fell dead. Alstott
surrendered.
At a recent farmers' convention at
Cosad It wan resolved to build a hundred-barrel
roller mill at that point, and
more than half the anoeaaary funds were
rslsed to push tho project
Thiikk young women of Cbadron re
cently dressed In male attlro aad visited
all tho salooas In tho city. They finally
foil Into the arms of the minions of tho
law and wore fined ton dollars each and
costs.
Thk large barn of Daniel Cahill. near
Springfield, burned the other afternoon
together with all the contents. Loss,
Se.000; fully Insured.
IlAliuv Fttowl, a young farmer living
about seven milos from Pender, was
held up and robbed of fit) while on his
way homo tho other night
Tiik mayor of Norfolk ha issued an
edict that ttnmtiMlcd dogs shall bo shot
Juimik Maimiiam, In the district court
at Fremont, ha refused to grunt a now
trial in tho caso of Minnie Reynolds
against tho Fremont Klkhorn A Mis
aourl Valley railway for damages, and
entered Judgment against tho company
in tho sum of 84,000.
William Dknxy, a well known farmer
of Uago County, wan fatally Injured by
being thrown from hla wagon during a
runaway near his homo at Fllloy tho
other day. Ho waa frightfully cut and
torn about tho neck and right Jaw.
A MTTi.K son of Thomas Corby, living
southwest of Wallace, waa choked to
death tho other day by getting a grain
of corn Into his throat
All tho property owned by the Kear
ney Planing Mill Company burned tho
other night Ios, .about tt3,000; par
tially Insured. Thomas Kinney, a fire
man, fell from the roof of the burning
building and waa seriously Injured. J.
W. Dunn, another fireman, was seriously
Injured by a flro engine running over
him.
Will Coi.k, a Jeweler of Beatrice, haa
succumbed to financial embarrassment
and his establishment Is in possession
of his creditor.
A rovxn man named William Ham
hart living near llaaactt became vio
lently Insane tho other night and Jump
ing 'from bed escaped In his night
clothes. The neighbors gavo chase,
and after a hard ride on horseback over
took'the lunatic He did not propose,
however, to bo captured, and during the
struggle for freedom struck ono of the
men on the head with a hammer, Inflict
ing a wound which nearly proved fatal.
John Hollkh, a alxteen-year-old boy
living near Champion, was recently
killed while hording eattte. Becoming
tired ot sitting oa, his posy he had thrust
hla baad through tho strand of the ropo
halter and dismounted. Whllo In this
position the pony became frightened,
ran away and dragged the boy to death.
Mho. (iKWRrRR, living in tho south
eastern part ot Fillmore County, has be
come Insane aa the result of an attack of
la grippe.
Tiik Chadron butter and cheese fac
tory ha boon oompleUd and will open
'for business about May I.
Tiik Farmer' Allluiwo Is seriously
considering tho advisability ot putting
In a store at York.
Tiik era for sod houses in passing away
hi lilalno County, and Brewster Is to
havo a firat-claa lumber yard.
An Alliance haa been formed by tho
farmers In tho vicinity of Ponder.
A wkmxxi waa recently celebrated
near Praguu by a dance which lasted all
night and In the morning tho bride
dropped dead upon rcooblng tho home
ot her parents. Heart disease waa the
cause.
John Knait, a Platto County farmer,
residing twelve mllea north of Columbus,
waa found dead In hla bam the other
morning, with hla face eaten off by
hog. Tho caiiso of his death waa not
known.
A human akeloton aad a number of
flint arrow heads were unearthed at
Ansley the other day by a maa who waa
digging a cellar. The body had been
burled la a" sitting posturo facing tha
north.
A (Ixhmax expert fop auperlatcndlag
the culture of sugar kceta haa beea
visiting Hall County farmers recently,
closing contract for the raising of sugar
beet and giving them the accessary In
struutlona.
Thr body of a maa waa recently found
la a field la the aerthweatera part of
Otoe County. The coroner'e lnquct de
veloped tho fatt that It waa doubtless a
suicide, aa he was shot through the
heart aad the pistol waa still clasped la
hla hand. There waa aa clow to his
ideatity.
FtRR reeeatly destroyed the Kearney
planing mllL Loss, ffeaW; partially
Insured. Two tremea, Thomas Klaaey
aad J. VT. Duna. were seriously aad per
haps fatally lajared.
by the raving la ot a bank ot earth la
the quarry aear Pleasant Hill reeeatly
August Friday waa hilled aad his
brother Arthur severely UJurrd.
FRIGHTFUL FLOOD.
Bursting? of Darn aad Oatbraak
of a Immaxuaa llaaanrolr.
rertf- aw More Uvea Thswgvri
teBM
The IMeastor TnaagtU la
DtM U Criminal Mmms-
PKBsroTT, A. T., Fob. 34. The lino
largo storage dam built arrow the
Hasayampa rlvor by the Walnut drove
Water Storage Company two years ago
BtacostofnoO.OOOgave way Saturday
morning undor the pressure of a heavy
flood aad swept every thing before It
Forty persons are knowa to have loat
their Uvea.
As the towa of Wlokenburg, thirty
mllea below tha dam, waa on the nemo
stream fears were entertained for the
safety of that town, but as there Is no
telegraph communication no certala
nowa can bo obtained at present
The service dam of tha company, lo
cated fifteen miles below the reservoirs
and fifteen mlloa of flume, Jus. ap
proaching completion were also swept
awsy, slthough the company had spent
over 1000,000 oa the enterprise of storing
water. The hydraulic mining machine
had arrived, and they had expected la
commence) operation next week.
The dam which held the water back
waa 110 foot long at Its base and forty
at tho top. It was 110 feet thick at tke
baso snd ten feet st
r, fo-t . k. . LTi.!r I
"n1" A" JM-1 M
Iske three
fourths of a mile wido and 1 10 feet deep.
Lieutenant Brodio, in charge of tha
work-, waa absent st Phoenix superin
tending the shipment of machinery to
tho works and wasaaved.
Those known to havo been drowned
are J. Haines, wife and four children,
II. Boon and daughters, John Sllby,
Joseph Reynolds, Mrs. McCarthy and M.
Hands McMUler.
Arthur Allen, formerly In the enter
prise, and John McDonald, owner of the
Blnn Lick mino, havo Just returned
from tho Doxorln divide, fourteen miles
south of the town, from whoro a view of
tho dam could bo had. The wash of the
water could be plainly noon with their
powerful glasses high up on tho sldd of
tho cliff, whllo tho break in tho ntono
work ot tha dam was also plainly seen.
The break in tho dam U sloped to tho
eastward, leaving tho impression that
tho main break was on tho east side.
There can bo no estimate yet of tha
loss ot life or property, but tho latter
will reach Into millions, whllo tho lose
of Ufo will without doubt lm, groat as
many of the families 1 1 vo near tho stream
In tho narrow canyons.
The confirmation of the news of tho
loss of tho big dam has heightened tha
excitement and more definite news is
anxiously awaited, but tho wires are
now all dowa near Prescott Junction.
Tho courier who brought telegrams for
the owner of tho Walnut drove dam
notifying them of their lose loft Imme
diately after daylight yesterday morn
ing. Ho could glvo but little particulars
further than to reel to tho number of
missing, five bodies having boon re
covered whon ho left The distance
to tho storage dam from Presoott by the
shortest route Is forty miles, whllo , tho
service dam, whore tho employes were
located, Is flftoon miles further down
tho stream.
Immediately on receipt of tho ncwa
hero Adjutant-lloneral O'Ncil started
for the scene of the disaster with two
surgeons to care for tho sufferers and su
perintend the burying of tho dead. A
representative of tho Journal-Miner, a
local paper, accompanied tho party, and
will send a special courier with particu
lar, bnt It will take twenty-four hours
or loager to make the round trip. Satur
day courier came from the, lower
dam, and aa tho road does not 'coma by
tha npper dam It waa only aurmtaed
that It bad given away on account of
the Immense quantity of water.
TIIR HUII.DRIW TO RLAMR.
San Fhaxcisco, Feb. 34. Luther
Wagner yesterday gavo some details of
the construction of the great storage
dam serosa Hasayampa river which
how that this dUaater, like that at
Johnstown, was, according to him, duo
to carelessness and meanness of the New
York corporation that built It
Wagner was called In to report on tho
dam about a year and a halt ago. It
waa to have been facod with stone four
teen feet thick at the base and four feet
at the top and filled with loose rock and
made water tight with wooden sheath
ing. It waa about half dono when
Wagner inspected It and ho found
that tho stonn had been filled la
carelessly and waa high In the
center, making the structure unstable.
Tho Junction ot sheathing and bed rock
waa Intended to bo secured by thick
layers ot Portland cement hut this
work was not well dono beoauso of the
coat of getting cement to tho worka.
Thus a dangvrous crevice was formed at
tho base ot the dam and tho leak ago
was heavy, being 1,4 laches with seven
feet of water In tho dam. Tho lumber
used waa also full of knothole.
Wagner ordered the discharge of tho
contractors and engineers, a he regard
ed them as worthless, but thla waa net
done1. The company, however, acting
on his advice, cut a large waeteway and
strengthened tho weak places. Wagntr
warned them tha dam would he uaaafe
ubUnm some ot the work was gene ever
aad rectified, but they would aot llstea
to him.
Mr.
LoxnoM, Feb. S3. Mr. Gladstone, who
Is suffering from aa attack of catarrh, 'la
Much better to-day.
Noval
Nirv. Italy, Feb. . A reespttaa waa
gives aboard tho American war ship
CMeagu yesterday hy Admiral Walker
aad tha oatesrs t the white squadron.
Tha docks ef rtk Ckkrago were
red with aa awalag, aal tha
aad strips nlayad a
part with the tags el other aathMsv
The upper decks wars sfaatly wee
rated! with axasastva ffeaaia. Tha
swsBBBJffa wsmV sBBJffJgBjIJfJBBJ ffgBJBJff
Asaoag tha aoa-Amsrinuns prrarat were
Captain FlUgwgs, saw of the Duke of
OuBsaHdg aad tteroa aa aiua
Vea Seuylea, tha latter aaa af aha
WUsohUda.
DUN'S NEPORT.
Wawasy Maawtt erf tke C dlMsw erf taa
Nrw York, Feb. M.-K. U. Dun A Co.'
weekly review af trade aays: While tho
revelling Impression in business circles
Is rather less confident than It was a
week ago, there are aeveral signs ot im
provement Cooler weather ha caused
a little mare aatlvihy la some lines or
trade. Wheat la a little stronger snd,
without clearly deflaed reason; thoro Is
a firmer tea la Baste ra Iroa market,
while tha redactloa la ths) Bank of En
gland rate froM d to 5 par rent, with It.
largo gain of S4,gJ&.0aa gold during
the past week, diminishes tho
chance of lneoavealeBt demand
from abroad. Oa tho other
hand, general trade U aot Increasing In
volume or In profits, snd while its sound
ness is indicated by the occurrence of
fewer failure than many expected a
the result af ahaaameaallf anaaasonahlo
westher, the aom plain f of 'alow col
lections common and rathor inoress
lng. Wool sella slowly, esaJ very
dull, hatdwara dslfwlMrMtsudte fair,
tobacco ajutet with slow collections, and.
the grata trade gsaarSlly depressed
with collections very poor.
Wheat exports are atlll much above
last year's sad the price has risen C
cats, with reports of injury to the grow
ing crop. Cora exports largely exceed
laat year'a and the pries Is X cents lower.
with outs f( cent lower.1 Pork products.
are steady ana moving outward fairly.
. Bd oU' ftor decreasing a million in
" K cent, for the week. Specula-
tion in coffee i stronger at 30 cent, but
sugar hs noVchsnged. It la difficult to
account for a better tone which clearly
exists in the Iron market here and at
Philadelphia, ualeaa It be due to hopo
that Southern Iron, which Is now mov
ing from Sheffield st 3.50 per ton to
Pittsburgh and selling them somewhat
largely, may hereafter affect Western
rates more thaa Eastern market.
Tho buslnesa failures occurring
throughout the country during tho past,
seven dsys number 371. For ( tho samst
week ot last year tho figures woro 370.
, -
NATIONAL EDUCATION!.
CS-rar of HaperlMtentWnt A HtriMg-He-mlullan
tan IMUIe Hetieal.
Nkw York, Fob. 31. In tho superin
tendent conferenco of tho National
Educational Association, ex-Prosldent.
William E. Shadon proposed a resolu
tion declaring that tho association re
garded tho publlo school system as tho
chief source of civilization and tho bul
wark of civil and religious liberty; that,
they approved of placing tho American
flag over school house, and revotn
mended the study of tho Declaration or
Independence nnd other historical
American paper; that they should meet
hostile criticism and mako tho public:
schools tho allies of the home, and be
come source of tho highest 'moral in
struction without any sectarian bias;,
and that tho mnmhem pledged them
selves to do all In their powrr to estab
lish tho system In all sections of tin
Bcpubllo and make Intelllirenco and
loyalty a blosslag. It was passed unani
mously. v
II. 8. Tarbol, I'rovldenco, It. T., Intro
duced a resolution approving of the rec
ommendation of tho Indian CommU
sloner dealing with tho education of In
dian children.
Tho following officers wore re-elected
for the ensuing yesr: I'resldont An
drew 8. Draper, of Albany; first-vice,
president J A. B. Lovett, of liunti
villc, Ala.: second vice-president K. B.
MoEIroy, of Salem, Ore. ; and secretary,
L. W. Day, of Clevelaad, O. Tho anxt.
annual meeting of the association will
be held in Philadelphia.
BQUATTEBB SQUAT.
TWO Uvw-atewk A esattao Call I'm
Chief Ma to Ksawl tntrader.
Tarumicam, L T., Feb. IM. The 're
port which had beea prevalent here for"
tha laat few daya that the Cherokee
Strip contained a number of squatter
wha had moved Into the country and
commenced to mako Improvement alnoo.
the publlcatioa of IrestdBt Har
rison's proclamaUoB ordering the cattle
man to vacate the land, was verified
yesterday by a letter from J. (.
Hlalr, secretary of tha Cherokee
Llve-Stock Association, informing
Chief Mayes thst a number of meu
had settled on the Strip on Black Bear
ereek aad were preparing to put In a
crop. The letter urged upon the Chero
kee Executive tke Importance) of imnte-
dlate actioa upoa tho matter of ejecting
the Intruder and it aald that It wa a
general rumor that a rush of settlor
waa practically Imminent and ln.ra-
they were not driven out at oaco It would
result In great damage to the Stock As
sociation. 1b replying to the request ot tho sec
retary of tho association Chief Maye
aid he had ordered policemen to tho
aceno who would eject tho Intruder
from tho country. The Chief further
aasHired tho asaeclstlon tkst the Chero
kee Nation would extend all the aid
possible in' order that' the arremenk
with the cattlemen might bo carried out
TW tVowg aeMl HtMl
Wabhixotox, Feb. . The lavastlga
tioa Into tke working ot the long nl
short haul clause ot the later-State-Commerce)
law la tho country Iwt
the Becky moaatela aad the food dis
tributing cears of the East ordered
to be made by the fteaatr-, will be eon
ducted by the lBtsr-Mtate Commercsv
CosBMlssloa. aot by the SoBatn Com
taltte aa iBter-Stata Commerce true
whtsh tha issMllsaessVstiag.,Ua la
vyUgatioa waa adopted.
RWsnisaw.
HxurxA. Meat, rah. at.-Ta Ufa ot
fha Uvtehttera of Maataaa
Thuraday hy ConatttaSiaaal limit
both houara adjourned sis IK Taa
treasury h empty aaa act a SJasMWap-
Jsoa : auaar, laUl havlag hseav
aad althaagh tha MaiV awa ac
aawaaedWrsasaataB UisslirlawwUl
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,drftatoiaaiu4ea. BaiSica-
salt1ary at Pear Ls-igu
htMblhsaa satsat-ahaW a tk Lawta-
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taa state tunyajg t yas-tSy tha
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