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H I !)' PHB RED CLOUD CHIEF. ' A. O. MOtMBR, Publisher. RED CLOUD, .... NEBRASKA. OURRENT COMMENT. Tn Dolsgos Day railway to the Transvaal Republic is open. Br ' " A CtncAao syndicate has purchased all Hit Street railroads of Ban Antonio, Tax., for 11,600,000. SfOOTt Indians have been arrested for starting destructive prairie flros on tho reservation in South Dakota. Taa French Ministry has decided to make retrenchments in tho budget to the extent of 90,000,000 francs. Taa Superior Court of Massachusetts has virtually decided in a test case that compulsory vaccination Is lawful. Tme state of siege on the inland ot Crete has been raised and martial law abolished. The Christians were Jubilant. A bu.t. haa been introduced in the Spanish Cortes to prohibit the working of boys'under ton and girls under twol vo and to fix the heurs ot labor for all chil dren. It is stated that Prince l(lmarck In tends to make a visit to England and Scotland during the summer and that Count Herbert lllsmarck waa also going for a long stay. Tan strike of the employes of tho Greet Southern & Western railroad in Ireland ended through the efforts of Archbishop Walsh and Michael Davltt Both sides are satisfied. Fjiask Evans, aged thirteen, hasheon sent to the Chicago county Jail for thirty days for putting a snake in a boat of Solomon II. Durham, where It waa found by and gave Mrs. Durham a severe shock. Title streets of Hamburg, Germany, are Infested by night with gangs of rob bers, whose depredations have made po stastrisnlsm at late hours extremely un safe. The police seem to bo powerless to remedy the evil and the oltlxcna are bout to take the matter In their own bands to the extent ot dealing sum marily without delay. Harhv Dktihhik, tho world famous sprint runner, has gone to England to clalo his share of a large fortune left by sn uncle in Scotland, who recently died. Georgo Dethune, his brother, State He ologlst of Washington, Is also an heir. Harry saya that after receiving his In heritance hn will never race again. The state amounts to 175,000. Ok the arrival of tho Japanese steamer In Hong Kong, March Do, from Nagasaki, the bodies of eight deed Jspsnesowomen wore discovered In a hole between the engine room and the hold, having been suffocated. They had stowed themselves way with four other women and a male attendant, being desirous ot leaving the country and not having official permis sion. The survivors were Insensible nd much emaciated. In the lunatlo asylum at Dundrum, a village near Dublin, Ireland, the pa tients became furiously enraged the other day because their dinner boor was cut off and threw their dinners at the heads et their keepers, smashed' the crockeries snd demolished things in general The fire department wascalled out to aid tho authorities, and tho water being turned on In force the lunatics were soon drenched Into submission. Ltrowio Hanskn, native of Ger any, but an American eltlten by adoption, recently called at the State Department and reported that when, In 1M1, he visited his parents In the old country hla papers were Inspected and pronounced regular. Nome months sgo he decided to sgaln visit his parents. Upon hla arrival his papers were demanded and ho waa warned to leave the country within two weeks. Ltmraas from the late Missionary McKay give details of the fighting which resulted In the restoration of Mwanga, In the first battle the Chris. Haas were routed and scattered. Later they were reinforced, numbering 80,000 gvns. They met and defeated the Arabs on October In a sharp and short con flict The usurping King fled. Mwanga is. nominally a Roman Catholic. The Catholic and Protestants have become united In amicable relations in view of their common danger. William Lamskht, the richest col ored man in Michigan, committed sui cide at Detroit, while temporarily In sane, by hanging himself In his wood hod. lie waa born In Trenton, N. J oventy-two years ago and was one of the foremost conductors of the under ground railway, and many a slavo he helped to Canada before the war. In D, whew John llrown camo to De troit, Lambert met him and In the eon ferenee Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry waa ptaaned and discussed. In that conference Fred Douglas opposed Brown's plans, while Jean Uapttste waa more fiery tiiaa Brown and believed in blowing p th churches, while Drawn and Lambert were outspoken against It. JTmk auMtion of finiMliltl f,iP.... Interments la Westminster Abbey baa aow assumed an aspect which promises the success of those who have long be lieved that the nraotiee should cease. commission haa beea -nnlntad adder the matter of selecting a special wLsee for tan mhuI ui f u.i. jrutshed persons, which shall be under v. exclusive control oi the abbey, ana interment therein regarded as con ferring the same degree ot honor upon , the memory of the dead as burial in the ; abbey has hitherto done. In addition to this satiable memorial will lie dep-w-; Jted la the abbey testifying to the worth 4rf the dsoetaed and Indicating his rest , Jmf alssa, . The plans of the commission v a bm son template the ultimate removal 'V'tfjaaaew plsoe of all the bodies now ' Ma-1 Vio M ''jvttlaf la the abbey. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Oleaaed By Tatovrt.pl. and Mall. CONOR) Am Informs! discussion took place In the Renal on the JMh to the best method of touring tlin Mississippi against overflows. Senator Hlackburn Introduced a bill for the admission of Arlsona, when Ida I -and for. fcltuie bill strain csms up snd waa furtlier discussed. lh fact was soon disclosed that no quorum was present sndthn Senate ad Journrd... Tho session of the House was of little or no Intereat. The conference report on the bill for a public building at Kremont, Neb.r(lmltlng the coat lo flO,ow), waa agreed to. The message of the I'rrsldnnt vetoing the bill to allow Ogden, Utah, to Increase Ita Indebtedness was laid before the Homo Tho remainder of the sitting- ot the House waa la Committee of the Whole. Tiia Venal or the Wth had a lengthy ftqushhln over the Lsnd forfeiture bill snd It wss flnslly passed. Senator Matt offered a concurrent reaolutlon, whloh was agreed to, requesting tho I'realdont to return the Oklahoma bill for the correction of s clerical error. Henstor Mol'heraon Introduced a bill granting a penalon of 17,801 a year to lbs widow of Uunrral (Jeorga U. Mo Clellan. The bill to almpllfy the laws lor the collection of revenues was then considered until adjournment.... The Howe concurred In the Senate reaolutlon for the Irrigation of arid Isnds in ths valley of the Hlo Grande. After dlspoalng of unimpor tant bualneas ths House went Into Commit tee of the Whole on ths bill for theclam'n. cation of worsted cloths as woolen, which wsa considered until adjournment. Is the Senate on ths SOIh Senator Dnlph reported a oonourrenl reaolutlon requesting the President to negotiate with (i mat Brit ain and Mexico for treaty stlpulstlnns to prevent the entry of L'hlneae from Canada and Mexico Into ths United Hlstes. The con. fereace report on ths bill for a publlo build, leg at Fremont Neb., was agrsed to, snd s resolution adopted correcting the clerical error la ths Oklahoma bill. Ths Customs Adtnlnietrstlva bill was then dsbsted until adjournment.... Th Mouse further considered snd Anally passed the bill for the clsssllcstloa of worsted goods as woolsas. Mr. McRlaley, from ths, Committee oa RuUi, reported a resolatlon for ths linmodlsteeonslderstlon of the Dependent Tension bill to which the Morrill Service I'enalon bill may bo offered as a substitute the previous question to be considered ordered st four o'clock. Mr. Car Halo proleited sgslnst the adoption of res olution of till character which ruahed through money bllla without debute In Com mittee of the Whole, especially aa thla bill Involved an expenditure of Ito.ono.ooa A long debate followed but the resolution waa adopted. The bill waa then taken up and the Morrill bill aubatltuted for the Senate hill ami paaaed by a vote of ITS to 70 Ad journed. In Ih Senate on May I Senator Veil, from the Celccl Committee on Meat Products, made n lengthy report accompanied with an explanation recommending four measurea for tho consideration of tho rtensto, vis.: Negotiations with Knglsnd to bring about n modification of existing quaran tine laws; a National Inspection Isw; to proh hit a shipping monopoly, and to prevent discrimination In cattle ship ments by trunk lines esst from Chlcseo. The Customs Administrative bill waa thun considered until sojournment.... In the House the Senate bill lo protect trade snd commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies was considered In Commit, teeof the Whole for some tme and pssssd. Adjourned. IN ths Hensl on the M Senator Vaat Intro. duotdablll smandlng the In ter-Htate Com merce act so na to bring express comnanlra under Ita provisions. Mr. Ikilph'a resolution requesting the 1'resldenl to negotiate with Ureal llrltaln and Mexico with ths view of preventing the entry of Ch nese laborers In. to Ih United Slates waa agreed to. The iiepenuoni rensinn bin was received from the House snd referred. Ths Cos. touts Administrative bill was then dlscusaed si length and Anally passed. The confer ence report on theOalahomeTown sites bill waa agreed to and Ih Senate adjourned.... In ths Houiothfl Copyright bill wsaillsoussed sll dsy and finally defeated by yeas Wt, nsya IDl 1'andlug s motion lo reconsider the re cesa hour arrived. Private pension bllla were considered at the evening aesslon. r-RMINAl. AND POLITICAL. Titr. President on the uh vi,iwl thn bill for an additional wing to tho public building at Dallas, Tex., which was to have cost 100.000. He thouirht the, -it. proprlatlon extravagant TlIK Pennsylvania, IWonmeatln ,n. vention haa been called for Knranton July 3. I)K MoHKs. arrested In Parla recently. Is said to bo Implicated In an Orleanlat plot and not In an Anarchist uprising. Ex-PllKSIIIKNT CLKVKt.ANM annnarml before the Supreme Court at Washing ton on tne ist ana on motion of Mr. Garland waa admitted to practice before lUBt Douy. TUK Irish Land Purchas hill uwl tho House of Commons on ita imubiI reading by HtS to MB. TUK lower house of thai New York Legislature haa passed a bill abolishing capital punishment by the vote ot 75 UIW. TllR IVesldent on the 3d innmnul li act for a Territorial Government la Ok lahoma. Another error haa bIbica Imwib discovered In the act, the date of the President a proclamation tain ! aa April I, IKtni, when It should have been uatvn aa, 1S(W. Stanlkv will retsln hla American clt lionahlo. A chaniro inlvhtnoaalhlv vltl. ato the copyright of his booka In this country. Skciiktahv Window utes that hla silver measure did nut eontiminlatn a contraction of tho currenoy as had lioen aucvu. Daniki.Distin Is tho new assistant United Sutea treasurer at Chicago. MISCKtXANKOt'B. A hovt containing four men waa rap sIhhI on tho lake at Newport, Vu, the other ulght and thrto ot the men were drowned. They were VA Fuss, clerk at the Memphreiuagog House, Ned Green ami Joo llohitatle. A rioiiT with rifles between union and noa-union flshernven on the Columbia river resulted in oao man being killed and two seriously wounded. Skvrntkkx iullan labareraatHsjulres' packing house, at Uostoa, were savagely attacked by the striker, and several of them were seriously wounded. An expedition under Mr. Jackson, an officer ot the Drltlsh East Africa Com pany, has arrived at Uganda and con cluded treaties with Mwanga and other chiefs, placing Uganda exclusively ua der llrltish Influence. Coxm'rrotts on roads centering at In dlanspolls, fnd., are smarting under wholesale discharges. Itaeemaaaneak of a spotter obtained free transportation from conductors by giving the Masonle sign of dUtreas. He then reported the conductors who showed hlui the favor and they were discharged. A Insurrection has broken out la Paraguay. Several persons have beea killed sud msuy vtounde Powiikrlt, of the Knights of Labor is out with his views on the eight-hour movement He thinks s gooddesl of the profit-sharing scheme Tiik body of K. D. Walker, editor of tho Cosmopolitan Magaslne, New York, haa been found floating In the Koanoke river in Virginia with bis hand grasp ing a fishing rod. Tiik forebodings concerning labor demonstrations of the 1st of May were quite unnecessary. In tho United Htntcs carpenters struck in a few cities and poscosble demonstrations took placo, tho most notable being the ono st Chi cago. Tiik publlo debt statement showed s decrease during tho month of April of 87,WW,WH. A Misi'i.At'Rt) switch at Castrovllle Col., caused tho wrecking of a freight train and the death of a fireman. The englncor stuck to his post anxl was not hurt Itr an explosion of natural gas In cracker factory at Fort Wayne, Ind., the building was wrecked and ono man fatally hurt DmtiNo the labor demonstration at 1'esth, Hungary, on the 1st a riot oc curred at tho rolling mills. The mob wss charged by the military and several persons received bayonet stabs. KxniTKU French worklngmen on the 1'laco do la Concorde, Paris, were charged by a squadron of cavalry on tho Ist rJeveral worn wounded and many were arrested. A huhiik.'ank passed through Dloom ing Grove, Tex., on tho 1st Many resi dences and the llaptlst Church were de molished. Two little girls wero struck by sn ex press train whllo playing on the rail road track at Norwood, Ont Ono was killed snd the other fatally injured. CitAitLKH F. Wrkiht, who shot and killed .Sheriff Marshall and Deputy Thurbor at liensonla, Mich., last Au gust has boon sentenced to life Impris onment for tho crime. Tiik lluptlst and Catholic churches and tho Catholic parsonago at West lloylston, Mass., wore burned to tho ground recently. Tiikhk was a report that tho Wells Fnrgo messenger on the Southern Puelllr, train had been robbed ot SVf.OOO ut Kuglovlllo, Tex. Ax Israelite named Solomon tschurged with robbing tho Hank of llenirul of 9300,000. Tiik theft ot the Jewels of the Duchess of Kdlnburgh Is stated to bo an irre parable Iohs. Ilv u collision st a railroad crossing at Limn. ()., recently an engineer and two tramps were killed. Tiik Merchants' Dank at Atlantic. N. J., has suspended. rAKNKMtiKii tickets from Kansas City to Nt Louis wero selling us low as la. 50 on tho 'id. At Chicago Georgo Sloaver is seeking to establish a common law marriage with Allco M. Case in order to get a divorce recorded. This Is tho first Instance whero a man has sought to establish the fact of such a marriugo, though soveral women liavn dono so. A com ti am a hy of police, accompanied by a number ot gendarmes, went to the house of u Husslan Jew In Sofia, llul garla, to search far seditious documents. The Jew resisted and procuring a re volver shot and killed the commltetury. IltisiNKss falluroa (Dun's rojMirt) for tho seven days ended May 1 numbered ill, compared with 'JIM tho previous week and 'JM tho corresponding week of last year. Htiiikks In Chicago planing and iron mills and reaper works were declared on the ''d for the eight-hour day. Tho master carpenters, It was reported, wero ready to tuuko the concession. ADDITIONAL DUrATCM-t Gilhoa, X. Y., waa ravaged by Are re eently. Loss, 160,000; Insurance, lie,. 000. Insprctoh Uviinks, of New York, has refused to spologlxe to the Woodhull sisters for disparaging free love state menu In his book. Cijcaiiixo house returns for the week ended Maay 9 ahowed an average In crease of 61.(1 compared with the corre sponding week of last year. In New York the Increase wss sS.0. Tiik remains of the murdered Dr. Cronln were laid to rest Anally at Cat vary cemotery, Chicago, on the 4th. Tiik net decrease In circulation dur ing the month of April was S4UV,7'JI. Uusinkss continued to expand on the London Stock Exchange during the week ended May 3. In Paris business was fstrly sctlve and prices firm. Securities were strong at Berlin and Frankfort. Sugar was quiet at Havana. Mits. tiKNKRAi, Grant declares that she has never heard ot a proposition to remove her husband's body from New York City to Arlington cemetery, Wash ington. Tiik building operatives ot Ottawa, Ont, hao obtained a nine-hour day. A tiiain wont through a burned trestle on tho Sttckney branch ot tho Great Northern between Holly and St Francis sutioss, Minn. No one, fortunately, waa hurt About half a million people were aald to be In Hyde Park, London, on the 4th, attending the labor demonstra tion. Tiik session of the Senate on the 3d was out short by the announcement of the sudden death ot Senator Deck. The House passed the Dtplomatlo and Con sular Appropriation bill. IT la positively denied that there baa been any robbery of aa express mes senger si Kagle Lake, Tex., or any other point Tiik captain and four seamen ot the Hrlttsh ship Inchcspo Rock, from San Francisco for Liverpool, were washed overboard and drowned off the coast of IVrn recently. Thk lrvBldeat has nominated David K. Ilryant as United States Judge tor the Kaatcru district of Texas. Tiik llriilsh Kast Africa Company has abolished slat cry of all kinds. A siui'i.tankoi's strike has occurred In the state railway factories In Vienna, Prague, IVsth and Temesvur. A SAH.OK named Jordan, who tried to Vscrt from a teasel uear lleaufort S, l, was seised by two man-eating ahsrke snd torn to pieces before he could be rescued NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. A party of Wahoo boys played ghost the other night and frightened lit tle Nusle Keefer Into unconsciousness, which has since been followed by a num ber of severe sinking spells. Tiik Omaha Dee recently reoclvcd re ports from correspondents in twenty-five towns of tho State answering an Inquiry as to the price at which corn was being sold at various points In the State be fore the ten per cent reduction In rail road rates; tho price a month ago; the present )r!co; tho proportion ot tho crop shipped, and tho comparison of tho price with that of a year ago. The reports show that most of the corn was sold be fore tho reduction was made by tho railroads, and that, with few exceptions, tho quantity of corn on hand is no greater than is required for feuding jiurposes. Tho only advantage, farmers derived was from tho advance In tho price of pork and boot. Piiki'AIIationh are itelng made on a largo scale for a grand old soldiers' re union at Plalnvlew July I to ft. Jamkm Cook, whllo shelling corn at Julian tho other day got his arm caught In tho tenth of the machinery and It was completely torn from the body and grotind to pieces before thoHhellc rcould ho stopped. Ills Injuries were thought to bo fatal. Tiik three-year-old child of Jacob Oarhcr, a farmer near Duncan, whllo lately playing about the house fell from tho second story into a boiler of hot water on tho cook stove and was so ter ribly scalded that death ensued In a few hours. C. W. WAi.l.iNoroiai, who resides near North llend, recently discovered a rab bit about three weeks old enjoying the companionship of a nest of kittens. The little fellow was made welcome and took nourishment from the mother cat tho same as tho rent of tho fuiully. Gcoikik Kiimilkv. a prosperous farmer living near lleatrlce, whs killed by lighte ning In a Held durlnga recent storm. N. P. Dii.uk'h tailor shop at Omaha was badly dumsged by tiro the other morning, and Draco lost his life in tho llamas. He attempted to pour gasoline into a lighted atove, when tho can ex- ploled. C. II. MfCtiNK, night editor of the Columbus Dully Telegram, was wayluld and almost beaten to Ut stli the other night by four young toughs, who hud u well-laid scheme to seek revenge for an article which appeared In the paper a few days previous. Two of them were nrrested. William Ilnoviiit.t, a young fannei near Dakota City, was cutting corn stalks the other day when his team got frightened and attempted to run away, throwing Droyhlll down, ono or tho knives catching his foot against the woodwork and al moat severing It Two attempts wero made the other day to burn tho Atlantic Hotel nt Nollgb. Wiik tho family of 'Allien llnupt man, living eight miles south of Ne braska City, awoke tho other morning they found that some time during tint night tho stable had burned to tho ground, consuming three fine horses, two mules, names and a lot of grain. The origin of the lire wax unknown, but was lwillevetl to have been caused by tramps. Tiik house, of J. W. Ingslls. near Long Pine, was struck by lightning dur ing a recent storm and tine end of tho structure torn out Tho family wero in ImhI but were not Injured. Mr. Hawlkv, of Pierce, ha returned from Oregon with 11,000 sheep, which ho will feed in Knox County, and It. A. Tawney, of tho same place, will feed 'J, 000 head. Tiik farmers of Marietta, Union and Pohocco precincts, In Saunders County, have organised a mutual Insurance com pany. A Hin Jack rabbit hunt Is being organ ised at Shiokley In which many ladles will take part Tiik McPherasn military reservation in Lincoln County, which was trans ferred to the publlo domain throe or four years ago, will he aurveyed the coming summer and opened up so It can lie set tied upon. The reservation contains In the neighborhood of ten thousand acres but as the Platte nver runs through it and part of Its extremity rough, the available land Is about six thousand acres. A rAHur.n near Ft I ley, wishing to re move a largo quantity of potatoes which he had hurled last fall, set Are to the atraw covering the vegetables and was left with two Urns ot baked potatoes on his hands. Tiik acreage of wheat oown In Cherry County thU year Is three or four times greater than that of any previous yvr. The good quality and the abundant re turns from the crop last year Indicates that that portion of Nebraska will runk with any of tho wheat producing dis tricts In the United. Sutea. Tiikoihiiik Fiikkman, a prosperous fsrmer living near Clearwater, haa Wen missing for several weeks and hi friends fear that he has committed suicide, a It Is thought domestic troublu unbalanced hi mind. Tiik York County Sunday School As sociation will hold Its annual meeting at York. May ii, 't and 34. John Kysthom, who waa accidentally shot In the knee, died at hla home In Stromsburg ten daya after the acci dent. He was a native ot Sweden and one of the oldest settlers In the county. He leaves a wife and four children. GitAKT was visited by a heavy snow atorm on the UMh. Fihr broke out In a large barn of S, D. Newton, six miles mile east of llarttng ton, the other night and consumed eight fine work horses, s Urge quantity ot hay, harness and a In aUlllon valued at 11,500, belonging to stock. company; liMss 4,oo0; Insurance fuoa on th work horses only. Supposed to be Incendi ary. The house, granaries and an ad Jacent barn were barely aaved. A. T. HosiJtv, living near Dower, In Jefferson County, last year sowed two acre of land lo onions, from which he gathered M0 bushels, which an selling In the market now for fl.&V per bushel, making the gross recvlpt of one acre t$3T.50. DEATH OF SENATOR IEOK. Maw4dly rails D4 After Matt Es evtlM at Railway StatJea hi WsSleg torn. WAsiM.irH'o, Msy 5. Senator James II. Deck, of Kentucky, dropped dead In the llaltlmoro t Potomac station at four o'clock Saturdny afternoon. Ho had Just arrived on the limited express from New York and was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Goodloo, wife of Major Goodloe, of the United States marine corps, lie got off tho train with tho rest of the passenger and walked with his daughter the entire length of tho platform and throug'i tho gate leading to the platform riopur. He seemed to walk with sn effoit and to breathe with labor. These symptoms were tho usual accompaniments of exertion with Mm for some months past After passing into tho station, the Senator and daughter were joined by hla privnto secretary who had brought a cnrrlagn to tako him home. A fow words wero exchanged with regard to tho earn of baggage when the Senator suddenly turnud pato and with the re mark: "I feel dlxzy," fell Into the arms of bis compiin.ons. Thoy could not support his weight and hn dropped to tho floor where he swooned away. Ills daughter was naturally alarmed and screamed for help. Willing hands wero numerous, as the station was crowded nt tho time, and tho limp and helpless Ixidy was Iwirne Into the office of tho station master, about twenty feet awny. Great excitement onsued, and although it was apparent that the Senator was dead, half a dozen messen gers were Immediately dispatched for physicians, and all tho remedies at hand were applied, but to no effect Dr. Chamberlain wss tho first physlclsn to srrlvo, and he was soon followed by Dr. Well and others, but there waa nothing for them to do except to examine tho body to determine tho cause of death. lOORArMtCAL. James Ilurnle Iters, United Mates Senator, waa born In Dumfrleshlro, Suotland, rbru. nry M, prj. He received an academic du ration in hi native country, and coming lo tho United HtHte with his parents, aettlnd In LesliiKton, Kv , and was graduated at the law school of Trans) Ivanla 1'nlverslty In that pliico In isiti. Hn then practiced law la Lexington mid In M4l was elected to Con gresi, serving four successive terms, frnin lb', .11, ... ... . ...... . in in siay, 1711, lie was appointed iiicinlier of tho com. mission to defluit thu Virginia end Mnry land boundary, and In the same year was lectcd In thu United Males Punate. lie took Ills sent on May 4, ItT7. snd uni reelected In IVUaud iikiiIii In iwei tor the term expiring In March, 1n. liurliu his Concessional career Mr. Heck bus served on Imnnriini committee and bus often been prominent Inliupoitnntdelia . He has been specially Interested In iiestlons relating loth tarlg anil tin currency. a texaIThurricane. Two Persons Killed and Several Injured Ilv railing Holloing. Wills Point, Tex., May 5. A hurrl ?une struck hero at ia:30 o'clock Satur day and every house In town Is more or less damaged. Two persons were killed outright und several Injun-d. The killed are: Mrs. Dowen, caught under a falling wall and crushed to death; a negro girl, fourteen years old, daughter of Tom Mitchells. Tho Injured arc: "Jack" Italian!, In jured Internally, dangerous; son of M. K. McManus, arm broken In two places; Mrs. Mitchells, colored, mother of the girl k lied. Mrs. Freeman's residence was blown over, the family getting out Juit In time to cm-ape the fall. The Methodist Churoii and public school building wero completely demolNhed. whllo other churches wero blown off their founda tions. A number of stores and resi dences wore blown down, and nearly all business houses unroofed and all their good badly damaged. Tho hurricane also visited Mesqutte, Thornton, Terrell and other point la its trsck, doing great damage. atsNos) Move Deo, Kalamaxoo, Mich., May 4. Bishop Csaper Dorgeas, who wan atrtcken with paralysis at St. Augustine's deanery last Sunday night died at 1:10 o'clock thla morning, aged sixty-two. Bishop Bor gess was born in Kappenberg, Germany, in 1834, but camo to this country with hia parents when quite young. He received his education for the priesthood ' In Cincinnati and for many years waa pastor of St Pbilomena'a Church in that city. He was chosen to succeed lllshop Lcfevre, who died In 1870. Bishop llorgesa, dur ing his administration, established nine charities la Detroit In the spring of 1877, knowing that he waa subject to hrsrt dlscaae, he sent In hla resignation, and Kev. John Foley, of llaltlmoro, was chosen to succeed him. Melting saTwa. SroKASK Falia Wash., May 4. The melting of snow in the mountains baa caused a rapid rise In Cour d'Alene lake and Spokane river and it tributaries. Many families have lice a compelled to move out of their houses on the lowlands. In thlsclty there Is note drop of water In the mains and no protection against fire, the high water having washed away the mains, which wero laid at the bottom of tho river. A large force of extra policemen were on duty all night The mayor haa advised property owner to employ watchmen to guard their prop erly. stsaataasera Die. Ralkigr, N. C,, May 4. Letter re ceived by negroe living at Tarhoro from other negroes who last November went to Louisiana from Edgecombe County, this State, y that seventy eight of the latter have beea drowned or died there in tho past fortnight, caused by floods. This will do more than any thing else to check the exodus. Vi WAHtX0TOg. MV 4. CunCTPaamM Sayers, ot Texas, sad Ittand, of Missouri, have returned to the treasury the drafts made out In their favor for the money they lost through tho defalcation of Sll rott and It 1 understood that other will follow their example. This action waa taken on the ground that the lloua should not have voted to repay It mem ber for this stolen money. It Is under suiod that ttee member hold that the money they were entitled to wo the pro rata share of what remained la the aafe and they will not take a sum Ut ; oi mis amount FOR EIGHT HOURS. flM Strike re Eight Mean a Chlragv- Usn Wk aa Jala IN Striker. Ciiicaoo, May S. The threatened strikes In this city, which msy bo said to hsve begun Thursday, when organ ized labor took its holiday, wore not mado apparent till yestorday morning, when tho men failed to resume work at many shops. Tho "Black road" In the vicinity of McCorralck's reaper works bad much the same appearance ns it had four years ago. None but strlkerscould bo seen, and they had entire possession. Kvcry man, boy and girl employed in tho mallcuhlo Iron works, corner Twon-ty-slxth and Rockwell streets, Is out Tho total number of employes 1 l,f()0. Among others wero fifty girls employed as "core makers" In tbo foundry. No particular reason la assigned by tho manufacturer for their quitting. A committee consisting of two men from each department was appointed to wait upon the olllclals. but they aeemeddhln clined to consult their employers. At tho great McCoruilck reaper 0rk9 about fifty moldert went out but work progressed as usual. At tho Chicago car wheel foundry and the Wells & French car shops every on of tho 1,000 employes went out and the shops wero closed. Tho 'J00 blacksmith wero tho only ones who made known their demand, which was for eight hours a day. From !!,uoO to 4.000 sash, door and blind men walked out of tho various factories In the southwest lumber district. The action was apparently without warning. Four hundred men in Dcmun & Hurka's furniture factory struck for eight hours, and 100 employes of tho Chicago CotUgo organ factory did the same for a like cause. RAILWAY SURGEONS. Officer for th Knaulng Tear Huffalo. N. V., the Neat fksrei of Meeting. Kaxsa Citv, Mo., May a. The rail way surgeons In convention hero yester day elected tho following officers: resident Dr. Warren II. Outten of St Louis, Mo.; first vice-president Dr. S. S. Thorno of Toledo, O.; second vlco-presldent. Dr. .1. J. Buckley ot Helena. Mont; third vice-president, Dr. G. B. Conn of Concord, N. II.; fourth vice-president Dr. It. S. Toombs oi Jackson, MIhs.; fifth vlco-presldent, Dr. J.Galbreathof Omaha, Neb.; sixth vice president, Dr. N.J. Pettiohnof Kaunas City, Mo.; seventh vice-president, Dr. William II. KUIutt of Savi nnah, Ga. Corresponding secretary. Dr. A. G. Gumaer, of Buffalo. N. Y. Recording secretary, Dr. K. B. Lewi, of Kansas City, Mo. Assistant recording secretary, Dr. C. B. Powell, ot Davcntiort, Iowa. Treasurer, Dr. R. Harvey Kecd, ot Ohio. Executive committee, Dr. C. K. Cole, ot Helena, Mont; Dr. A. A. Ames, of St Paul, Minn.; Dr. B. F. Wilson, of Slater. Mo.; Dr. J. F. Dinnen, of Fort Wayne, lnd.; Dr. D. J. Holland, of Atchison, Kan. Tho placo of meeting for the Hrst week in May, 1MM, was named at Buffa lo. N. Y. MAJOR HUDSON INDICTED. Slitvea Conat I the Indictment Against the Topeka Kdllor. Topkra, Kan.. May a. The indict ment found by the recent United States grand Jury against Major J. K. Hudson, editor of tbo Capital, was mado public yesterday afternoon. There are sixteen counts In the Indict ment, which charges Major Hudson with knowingly, wilfully and unlawfully de manding, receiving and embeullng moneys from the registry of the United States Circuit Court contrary to th stat utes made and In auch cases provide!. Each of the sixteen counts covers separate charge tn a separate publication fee snd Is described In detail, bat each charges the same general, offense. The mount Msjor Hudson Is charged with embeullng is 1159, covering a period ol two yesrs. On account of the persons! controversy between Judge Foster snd Msjor Hud son, the Judge msde an order yesterday transferring the case to the United States Circuit Court snd Judge Caldwell will fix the ball; ROW IH FRAHOE. striking MrH HaasW KaW Tvwabt la m MMafactwtaf Twaw Paris. May S. A dispatch from Tour eolng, an exenslve manufacturing town in the department of tho north, states that serious trouble has broken out there. The hands employed In twenty six mills at that place went oa strike yesterday morning and great crowd of men gathered about tho streets to discuss their grievance. The crowd was augmented by a body of 5,000 strik er from Boubalx, another luanufactur Ing town a abort distance from Tour rolng, who marched in a mas into tho latter place, and soon all hands began to show an ugly feeling, which cul mlnated In serious rioting. Military re laforcetnenta were summoned to aid the authorities la restoring order. At 8:30 o'clock 80,000 striker wer parading the atreeU ef Toureotng, com. mittlag many excesses. The cavalry disponed all group. Twenty penona hare been arrested. nuamsMB, Bartkioxa, May 8,-Tb striker wersv vary riotous threwghout yeektrday aad greatly obatmcted business. Th guard having failed to quell the disorder. A state of disorder ha been declared. At ten o'clock last night the striker eetflro to a hut la the street The guard charged upon the mob and drove Um way, wounding several. b Sa Fosrr LRAVXXwoarra. sT. v.. . Upon the atthorityef the VcreUryot Wsr General Mvrritt has lamed an order direct! an increase of the nrweens strength ot the company ef Indian ssenu at Ion Beno, I. T.. t ISS. The compsay I to be recruited on the term whleh govern enlistment In the Indian scout rompaale as new rgaslssd. and be given a like organlsaUe to that et a cavalry troop la the matter of aea-com-ml4one4 officer, with th sddlUon. it srr. ot two Interpreter, prefer sbly ladloas. The company of scouts at iort KlMotv Tm-. I to be conJoU tated with the comfaay at no. ii u . n fi"jt ,!