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A. O. MOtMllt, Putollahar.
RLD CLOUD, .... NEI1RASKA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Foun torpedo boat aro to lie sent by
Knglnnd to Nova HcotU and tho liarba
doe for duty.
Tnr. Czar of Hussla linn decided to
tnsko Theodosla tho future commercial
port of tho Crimea.
Sknatou Goiiviax linn lioen chosen
chairman of the Democratic Senators in
placo of tho Into Senator Hock.
.It'ltoic Grxisox, of Krlo, Pa., has do
rldcd in a damage suit that common
ticket aro not (food on llmitud trains.
Tin: Common Council of Chelsea,
Mas., has reconsidered iu voto to peti
tion tho Legislature to change tho namo
of tho town because of Clin expression
"dead n Chelsea."
Tint directors of tho Chicago Hoard of
Trada have adopted a memorial to Con
gress asking that tlio t'nlted States
steamer Michigan bo replaced 'by a new
and sultablo vessel.
Juitin: Ntkvvaht, of Haltimoro, Md.,
ban delivered an opinion In tho rase of
Ktovenson Archer, ex-State Treasurer.in
which he held that Archer can not bo
tried for embezzlement.
Hkiiiiln WAnKiioi.it, llaspelmath and
T.cuby, officers of tho Herman navy,
have been convicted of receiving bribes
from contractors and have been sen
tenced to terms in prison.
Tub famous Ogdcn residence, which
escaped from the North side fire, Chica
go, in IHT'J, Is to bo torn down to make
way for the great Newbury library. The
building was u landmark.
Ciiaiii.ks KaniioM'H. ox-secretary of
tho Hoard of Trade of Chicago, who dis
appeared somo time ago, Is at l'ortlaml,
Ore. He could not tell how he left Chi
cago, his mind being a blank.
Tin: race between Kemp and McLean
for '.'00 aside mid tho scullitigchumplnii
ship of the world took place on the
Paramatta rler, near Sydney, N. S. V.,
Teeontly. It was won easily by Kemp.
A roNi'ltACT has been signed between
the Gorman Govcrnlncnl and tho Fast
African Steamship Company, which will
receive 000,000 murks annually for u line
of ntcamcrs from Hamburg to Dclagoa
bay.
Ilo.v. .1. O. Caim.im.k Mas nominated
to succeed Senator Heck by the Demo
cratic caucus at Frankfort, Ky. All tho
candidates withdrew, excepting Carlisle
and Lindsay, the Dual ballot resulting
as follows: Carlisle, 7'-': Lindsay, iX
H. II. M. SiorAiii:, a member of tho
broker firm of George K. Slstaro Sons,
which recently failed, has been arrested
In New York. Klchnrd llerkshere, of
Philadelphia, on whose warrant he was
arrested, says ho had SII'.'.UOO worth ol
bonds which worn embezzled.
Tin: steaiiiMiip Werra, of tho North
German Lloyd Company, has reached
New York, having on board Director
Strauss, of Vienna, and his well known
orchestra. Then aro forty-six In tho
party. A party of friends and admirers,
among whom was the Austrian vice
consul, went down the bay to meet the
party and bid them welcome.
8r.vr.UAl. of tho St. Petersburg news
tapera express surprise at the war-like
tenor of the sKcch made by Kmperor
William at the bano.net at Koenlgsburg,
after his pacific speech from the throne
at the opening of the Ilolchstag, Tho
paper expres especial surprise at the
nature of the speech when It la con
sidered that hia Majesty la making prep
aration to attend tho maneuver of
the lluMlaa army at Krasnoo Holo.
They declare there Is nothing in tho
altuatlon aa far a Russia is concerned
to justify tho tone of the speech.
An authorized person near President
Diaz says that thoso favoring the aboil
tlon of the duty on paper used In print
ing are bringing a strong pressure to
bear on tho Mexican Government, but
that tho Government will not accede to
total exemption from duty, although
It will reduce the tariff. The American,
General Sturm, has obtained a conces
alon for a paper manufactory, granting
free entry to the first material used In
manufacture. It Is liollnved that he will
Ito obliged to sell paicr at a reduced
price. Others are demanding the same
privileges accorded him.
- -Tub
libel suit of SIO.OOO brought by
Attorney Albert Knettles. of Minneapo
lis, Minn., against the Pioneer Press
was thrown out of court by Judge Hicks
In favor of the newspaper. The point
in question was whether a newspaper
bad the right to publish a statement or
a question when that statement was
libelous In itself, ex en though the pub
llcatlon of it was accompanied by no
malice. Judge lllcksdcclded that it had
tueh right and that the fact of the mat
tor being privileged exempted tho news
Vaper from it. and the paper could not
lie compelled to rest Its case on tho truth
of tho privileged publication.
IXTltuiUB for the succession to Mr.
4'ilftdstono are at the present moment
ery active, write Kdmund Yate, Mr.
Gladstone waa talcing very little part In
the business of the House, and, there
fore, it wa necessary that the claim
ant for the place should put themselves
much In evidence, All that was act
tied, ho believed, wa that Lord Gran
ville would bo shelved with Mr. (Pad
stone and that Karl Snencer would he-
come titular, leader of tho party. The '
rivalry Utween Sir William Yemen
Harcourt and Mr. Money ha ieen t-un
porarlly arranged by Mslgnlng to the
member for Derby chargo of the opj.tsi-
tlon to the Tithe bill and by giving to
member for Newcastle the same funo -
tlo with regard to the Land Purchase
Mil. -
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
aiaanad By Telegraph and MalL
t'ONcmtm
I the f-enntn on tho 12th Peimtor Hoar,
from tlm Judiciary Committee, reported
back tlm lloimn amcniliift'iit toll.- Henst)
Antl-litiit bill with an amendment. The
riilu bill flxiritf the times sail placet for
IioIiIIiir Kudrrnl Court In Knn was rv
pnrti-il Hint passed. The Oliver bill wn then
tskrn up met srnnlor Jones, nf .N'evndn,
opened thnilebntc In fnvornf his bill, llvforo
the conclusion of hi speech the Penalnail-Jourm-il,,,.
The House hnd a lively scxilon
In Committee of tlm Whole on tint Tiirlff bill,
which was still timJer consideration at tlm
tlnntof mllntirnuiciit.
In Ihn Annate on tb 11th a petition wa
presented from I'lillivlclphl builnei men
rtoiuin.trstlmr iiualnit tlm Incrratn of duty
on ilroM Kood made wholly or pnrlly from
wool. Attiir report of cominltlms fenu
tor ItnvU, from tlm Pensions Committee,
reported Imrk tlm House substitute, for Ilia
l))'ii'iiili nt Pension bill, mill imivnl u nim
concurrent unit conference, which ws
HKircd lo. Tlm Heniitn then re.
limed cmmlderstlon of tlm M ver bill
and Henntor Jones (Net ) continued his
remiirk In fuvorot tlm bill, st the roncbi
slou of which rcnuloi Jones (Ark ) inl.re.el
the Semite In oppoNltlon, ,, After the ill,
position of routine business In tlm lions)
debute on tlm Tariff bill win resumed, utid
Mr. Iliittcrworlh (Ulilo) created .iiiiiewlnit of
a sensation by III peculiar tcimtrks unit
vlewHontlm tariff ((notion. Hut little pro.
Kre wn made before the lloinm adjourned.
Wiikm the Fetiatti met on the lllh senator
Wilson (Iowa) rcport'd it bill Irom tlm Jiidl
clary Committee miI)i. t Iiik Imported Honor
to tlm provlolonn of the law of tlm severs!
Mate. Tho bill I Intended to meet tho Into
tltcMon of tlm Miprumn Court. After ev.
nut Senators had exprensed their views on
the subject, tlm reuulnr order ws driusnded,
and the Hllvnr bill whs tsken iipund Himator
Teller spoke In It favor, fvventl bill, of a
local or private nature, pamed and tho Hrn
ate adjourned. ...Wlien tlm House met, on
motion of Mr. Morrill, of Kan, tlm llmmi
InnUted on It Htnendinents to tlm lltipftid.
cut Pension bill and asked for a confi retire.
The Tar ff bill then emtio upas unfinished
btislnttti. and wsa debated until sojourn
ment. AITKH the reporting of liltl In the Hon
ii tn en tlm 1Mb tlm Silver bill twain cstne
up it unfinished business and tfenstor
'lellnr eotitliiuoit hi remark In tor
nf tlm frcn enlnnao ef silver. Henstor
Cuke nIio spoko In favor of the frea
lid unlimited colonics of sl.vrr and sKSlnat
thu bill s reported. Tho dvbnto occu
pied tho entire siosloii,,, .When the lloio
tint Mr. McKlnley, fioui tlm Committee on
Utiles, tepoiteil h resolution ptovlillnu for
tlmcoii tit ritlon of tlm Tariff bill ench day
until Wediies lay noon, In Couiiultteii of the
Whole, when tlm bill uml till putidltix aim ml
ttienls Klinll be repotted to the llotlxe. 'I III
wit iintaKonlred by tlm minority but tlm
plevloim iiieKllou srns ordered mid tlm
tei-ollttlon adopted. A t'oiltert lien Colli-
lilltti II the dependent I'c indou bill wunp
pointed, uml ilebuto on I'm Tariff bill ton
fliiutd. I'enxon bill Hem (onaldetod nt
Ihcctcnliiu hchhIoii.
'lllKSeiistetiti tholCth furtbrr considered
the Slucr bill, llioipiexlloii beluironSi nn'or
I'luiuli'it suu'iidiiient that no ftinil iiallubln
for tlm pnytneul of tlm ptibllo tlebt xliall be
letalued In tlm treasury lit exceotiMino,.
l Heii'tlur I'l tub In a iKorntl Hpeech ml'
vocatetl tho amendment, and fenalor Slier
mail opposed It. Aftt r a loint dlscumlon the
bill went over mid the henatit hdjnuructl .
After pitssltlK tlteHenilln bill ailthorlllliK the
reUl I ut Intuit reiiHit liutll iimtlerthelli tie
rcKiimed the Tsrltf bill Hint a lively discus,
shin wn kept up during tlm entile sitting.
At thecvenliiK hcIoii t'Venty ouu private
eliloii bills pmied.
1'KnatlNAt ANIt IMII.ITICAU
Tt.vas Prohibitionists have nominated
a full State ticket,
Majou WissmANN bombarded Until
May to and captured tho town.
Sknaiiih HltoWN, Georgia's Senator,
has failed to appear during this tesslou
and It Is generally understood that ho
will resign on account of continued ill
health. Tho present Governor of
Georgia, General John II. Gordon, will,
It Is suld. succeed him.
Tut: Paruellltes snatched a victory In
tho House iif Commons on tho Mth, the
second reading of tho Irish Agricultural
Laborers' bill being agreed to without a
division. Tho Government's usual sun-
port was absent when the measure was
sprung.
Sknatou Wolcott, of Colorado, waa
married at HutTalo, N. Y recently to
Mrs. F. M. Hass, daughter of tho lato
James II. Metcalfe.
Tnr. Senate on tho Mth confirmed all
tho Oklahoma nominations.
lU.v. Sam Small has announced him
self as a candidate for the Georgia
House from Fulton County.
Tub Republican decided not to put
up a candidate in Randall' district,
leaving the election a walk over for
Vaux.
Tiikiik waa a small outbreak against
the Hrazlllan Provisional Government
at Porto Allegro recently. It waa aup
pressed after a number of person had
been wounded.
Tub President has approved the Okla
homa Townalto bill.
Nklson H. Davis, Hrlgadlor-Goncral
United States army, died on the 1Mb.
He had just arrived atGovornor' Island.
N. Y.,to visit friends, and was apparently
In good health. On entering General
Tomklna' office he was stricken down by
an apoplectic, fit and expired.
Ji'Imh: Ditt'MMiiMi, who was succeeded
by Judge Gresbam In the United States
Circuit Court, died recently at Whoaton,
111., aged eighty years.
It- Is said that Henry M. Stanley la
engaged to Miss Dorothy Tenuant, a
young KtiglWh artist.
MiK-:tXANKora.
Tin: Kentucky Derby at Louisville on
the Hth was won by the Kansas City
horse Riley, owned by Corrlgan and rid
den by Murphy, defeating the favorite,
Robespierre, by nearly two lengths.
Ir I reported that Junes Hell,
therokee, living near Vlulta, I. T.,
will 1k tho first ponton to test tho
forty-third section of the Oklahoma
bill as It applies to Indian Incoming
citizen of the United State.
KtniiT Inches of snow fell in North
Dakota, doing tho wheat crop much
good.
Tin: suspension of tho extensive
brokorago firm of IKtran, Wright
Co., of Now York and elsewhere, has
boon formally announced. Liabilities
to it bucket shop patrons, $100,000;
asset, nil.
Clinton G, Rr.vNoi.ps, a lawyer, of
W Wall street. New York, wa shot and
nfortally wounded In hi office by
Alphonso J, Stephanie. Reynold wa
the lt'L'Ill adviser of StittiliuntiVu ttithr
. mid had nlaced certain iiMM.rtv.mt .f
t), nwx ot lho ahWlShtni wiul ttM a
sNMidthrift.
' Tin: I rUh tenants' defense fend lu
reached AMO.ooo and has Uen closed.
County Cork people subcrlbcd &',ouj.
Tub sentence on Commander Me
Calla, of tho Knterprlsc, wa three years'
suspension. Tho pecuniary effect wa
loss of half pay, or about 81,400 a year.
Poiso.nku sausago cattaed the death of
Mrs. Clem Killers, of Ivanhoe, O. Two
of her children am seriously 111.
Tiik casn against .lames Campbell,
president of tho Window Glass Cnion,
for Importing L'ngllsh workmen In vio
lation of the Alien Contract law resulted
In an acquittal.
Tub Immense flour mill of tho Winona
(Minn.) Company wa burned recently.
The los was :!:, 000.
Tub striking minor at Hllbao, Spain,
indulged in another riot on the lBth.
C M. Wiiittakbh and J. M. Htublm
were crushed to death under a hugo
piece of granite near Monrovia, Cab, by
tho breaking of a derrick.
I'l iik In San Hornanllna, Cab, de
stroyed tho West Coast Lumber Com
pany's mill and lumber, causing S00.0OO
loss. ,
Tub Typographical Unions of Minne
apolis and St. Paul have demanded ten
hours' pay for nine hours' work, which
has been refused.
Castaway II. , a rank outsider, won
tho Hrooklyu handicap on tho loth.
A cavk In occurred in initio No. 8 at
Ashley, Pa., on tho loth. A number of
miner woro entombed with no hopes of
their recovery all vo an choko damp ac
cumulated. Tub wlfo and daughter of President
G. Stanley Hall, of Clark University,
were found dead in their bed at Worces
ter, Mass., recently, accidentally sulft
cated by Illuminating ga
Tiiiiki: children playing In an excava
tion for a cellar ut Seventh avenuo and
Fifteenth street, Hrooklyu, were killed
by falling earth recently.
Tin: French Hoard of Trade return
for April show an Increase In Imports of
more than a million dollars and an in
crease in exports of more than four
millions.
Two river driver near Moose river,
Maine, were recently killed uml three
others were terribly Injured by the ex
plosion of a keg of powder In an old
cabin iu which they had taken refuse
from a storm and built a (Ire,
Ili'sisKNs failure (Dun' report) for i
tho seven days ended May K numbered
'XVi, compared with UO'.l the previous
week ami ','I'J tho corresponding week
of last year.
Tilt', toport concerning three iictorof
tho Nat Goodwin Company being killed
In a railroad wreck Iu Montana proved
unfounded. A member of the company,
Miss May DulTee. had died ami this hail
delayed tho company, causing the false
report,
Tomsk:, In Western Siberia, has been
almost destroyed by Hood anil tin.
Ct'itA is troubled with drought.
Ov tho river Oder, near Ratlsboti, Si
lesia, a ferryboat loaded with passen
ger wa crossing, when It suddenly
cupslrcd and thirty-six of tho Mopln
were drowned before nssistanco could
reach them. All the passengers were
children who were returning home from
a confirmation service.
Tinti:i: men were drowned near York
ville, Pit., while tlshlng from a boat.
Hv a collision between a pay-car
sicclal ami the rear end of an accom
modation train at Tuscola, III., n lady
was fatally and other poisons slightly
hurt,
At.t'iii'.im ljt't.i. President of the
Gould ,V Curry mine, wa drowned near
San Francisco recently.
Tin: union stonemasons and bricklay
ers of Jollot, III., have struck for eight
hours ami Increased wages.
Tnr. Herlln Tagchlntl says It Is a sg
nlllcaut fact that visits of foreign news
paper writers and other recognized vis
itors to Frlederlchsrue have been very
frequent of lato.
ADDITIONAL DlHPATCIIEii.
Ct.BAitiMt house return for tho week
ended May 17 showed an average In
crease of HU.'J compared with tho corre
sponding week of last year. In Now
1 nrk tho Increase waa IMt.0.
Moxkv wa plentiful mid discount
was li Ml In London during tho week
ended May 17. Railway securities were
largely dealt in, owing to Parliament
allowing companies to split ordinary
stock. Tho Continental bourses were
reported active, though uneaslnes wa
eiprcaved over tho effect of tariff and
financial change pending In America.
The Havana augar market wa dull and
heavy.
Tiiiikb hundred Russian Jew tailor of
Philadelphia have struck for the recog
nition of the Cloakmaker'a Union and
for the discharge of American girl.
Hv the explosion of one of the boiler
of a steamer at Marseille, France, three
sailor were killed and four badly in
jured. Gluiuik Fhanris Tit a ix, the eccentric,
arrived at Now York on tho 1Mb, well
ahead of time on hi trip around the
world.
Jamb Caiiii, father of President Rob
ert Carr of tho Weat Yirirlnla Senate. 1
taking stops to liogln milt as one of the
heirs of tho A. T. Stewart estate. Ho
always knew of hi relationship to
Stewart, but did not think there wa
any thing in It until lately.
Ax anti-Semitic meeting was held at
Halle, Germany, at which Deputy Sotn
enherg wa tho principal speaker. Riot
ing broke out between Socialists and
antl-Scmltlc and tho meeting was dis
solved by the police.
At the next Papal consistory three
new Cardinals w ill be created.
It i reported that tho Argentine loan
will le arranged in Kngland.
It I again asserted that J. F. God
Jard. third vice-president of the Santa
re, ha retired.
Maboahrt IsAtiKt.Ui, daughter of
Hon. James G. Hlalnc, ww married to
Walter Uaiuroach, sob of tho .late mu
sician, at Washington on the 17th.
Tiioma McChbaxb, consular agent of
I tho United State at Portsmouth, Kn
gland, ha committed suicide at South
Sea castle, near there, by shooting him-
sen with a revolver.
Tin: Senate en the ITtlt paed a bill
appropriating &t00,000 for a statue to
General Grant. An exciting day was '
pasted In the House, Mr. Rj mint, of In-1
atana. Introducing a personal matter
when the tariff wa undivr consideration
and using some strongoxplctlvc. which
caused an uproar and led to hi censure
before the bar after a vote of CM to 103
had been taken.
NEBKASKA STATE NEWS.
A?r unknown man about thirty-two
year of age, who had lieen vainly look
ing for work, recently laid down lieforo
an approaching train at Dunbar and ln
fore the engine could be stopped ho was
killed. Tho coroner decided It to bo a
caso of deliberate suicide.
AnotTT four o'clock the other afternoon
a severe storm of wind and rain visited
tho central part of Hurt County, doing
considerable damage to bridges, build
ings and live-stock. School had not
closed at Vnlder school house when the
storm came upon them, and It was only
a few minutes before the rising water
compelled the children to escape to the
hill for safety, and shortly after the
abandoned school house was washed
into Silver creek.
Dl'itiMi a heavy storm tho other night
August Swcltzer and Herman Hauman
took refuge In a vacant house near
Crowell. The hoiisu was blown tlown
ami Sweitzcr seriously and Hatiiinin
slightly Injured.
Tiik Farmers' Alliance of McCool Is
having the York County record over
hauled In order to ascertain the expense
of running the county during the last
two j ears under tho commissioner
system ami the two 3 ears just past under
the supervisor system.
Damli. Cai:v, u prosperous farmer
near Hralnaiit. (iiarrclcd the other day
with James Itacidon, a neighbor, over
trespassing, and Racldon assaulted the
other with a dub. Next morning Casey
met Mrs. Itacidon on the road and killed
her with throe shots from his revolver.
He then surrendered to the authorities.
Tin: other morning Fred Williams, u
railway switchman, went home at Oma
ha slightly intoxicated and was chilled
by his wife, lie kissed hi child, went
Into the next room and killed himself
with a revolver.
Tin: Supreme Court has divided tho
celebrated Klmwotsl elevator case.
About a year ago the Partners' Alliance
at Klmwotsl appealed to tho Missouri
Paclllc for the right to creel tin elevator
on the right of way at that place mid
uas refused. It then carried the caso to
tho State Hoard of Truimiortiitloti and
secured an order on the company to
comply with the request. The company
refused to obey, and Attorney-t5eiier.il
Loose, on behalf of the board and the
Alliance, appealed to tho Supreme
Court for a writ of mandamus to compel
the railroad company to respect the or
ders of the hoard. The rotirt granted
the writ, thus sustaining the action of
the board.
Tin: four-year-o'id son of Gilbert Kest
lors. of Cordova, was recently watching
his mother make soap, and when she
went away ho took a saucer, as he hail
seen her tlo, and put It in the kettle
when his clothe caught lire and he was
burned to a crisp before his father could
reach him.
Mils. Ansa Haii.ak, wife of a well-to-do
fanner living in tho northwest part
of Dodge County, committed suicide tho
other day by jumping Into a well forty
-foot deep. She had for some time pre
vious shown signs of insanity.
I Tin: State Medical toticly, recently
in session at I le.it rice, elected tho fol
lowing oillcers for tho ensuing yean
President. D. A. Wuldon, Ueatrlce; tlr
v co-president, Charles Inches Scrlb
tier: second vice-president, II, D. Low
rey, Lincoln: secretary, W. L. Ilildreth,
Lyons; treasurer, W. M. Knapp, Lin
coln; corresponding secretary, L. A.
Merriam, Omaha. Lincoln was xnlcutcd
as tho place of holding the next meet
ing. Wiiili: hauling a loud of hogs to town
tho othertlay Will Farnsworth, resitting
near Sprlngvievr, was struck by light
ning and instantly killed. The boll
stripped him entirely of hi clothing.
A uvitv at Madison was struck by
lightning and entirely destroyed the
other day.
Chop in tho vicinity of Tobias were
badly damaged by a late hail storm.
Tin: school house at O'Fallon, con
taining Mrs. Robinson, the teacher, and
seven pupils, was blown over during a
recent storm and all tho Inmates wero
badly bruised.
Win it: the little son of M. A. Kief,
living near Rushville. was recently in
the act of unharnessing an ox the ani
mal was struck and killed by lightning.
The hoy was severely shocked, but Is
apparently it well as ever.
A fAMi' of Son of Veterans and a
Woman's Relief Corps have liecn mus
tered lu at Lyons.
Tin: young ladles of Greeley Center
ate raising lumls for a public library.
A M'miihi of human skeletons have
been discovered near Herwyn, Custer
County, a short distance from the place
where three skeleton were unearthed
several weeks ago. The bones aro 'M
to be those of white people, and It Is
generally believed they were Mormon
emigrant who were massacicd by In
dians.
Six Inches of rain and a foot of hall
recently fell, at West Point Hrblges
woro washed away, some crops wen en
tlrcly destroyed and the mill property
was badly damaged.
UoiiKon the free wagon bridge across
the Platte at Louisville will begin at
once. It will probably lie finished in
time to have a celebration lu honor of
tho event July 4.
V.tnniBi'.x fat bogs were stolen from
the stock yards ttf John Nle. at Nellgh,
the other night
I r Is stated that a large numlier of the
banks of Ihe State have boon violating j
the Mate Hanking law relating to real
estatt Inettiint ami rediscounts, and
prohibiting the combining of two kinds 1
of baukVng under one capital.
Ai.vin MrGt mr, a horse thief, and
Frank Hecker, held for highway rob
lery, nvently escaped from jail at WU
Wr by cutting the bars of thw cage with
u saw1. A reward of Jloo Is ottered fur
their arrest.
W, lM Gori.tt's blacksmith and wagon
hops ut. Shelby were nvently destroyed
by lire, causing a loss of 5i,000.
A iit'ii.niM) at Schuyler filled with
ninety tons of lialisl hay burned the
other night. l.os, Jtt,ooo.
Sit.Vi.u in paying quantities Is de
clared to be an assurvd fact in Kea
Paha County, another vein of ore having
recently been struck.
POWDER EXPLODES.
Over Thirty Lives Lost at Havana,
Cuba.
Awful Heath of a Man In (Julrkaand-dreat
Ire at Toledo Hallnr Drowned
Off Irclaml-
Ktc
Havana, May Hi. At eleven o'clock
Saturday night a fire broke out In
Ysasl'ri hardware store. In a short time
tho llames reached a barrel of ttowdcr In
tho building and a terrific explosion fol
lowed, by which tho whole structure
was blown to pieces mid many persons
were killed.
Among the dead are four flro chiefs,
Sonors Mussct, Sonsovioch. Oscar Con. 11 I
and Fruncesco Ordonez and the Vene-1
xuelan Consul, Semir Francisco Mlvn,
who haptmncd to bo iu front of the
building at the time of tho explosion. .
In addition to the killed over 100 t,or-,
sons were Injured.
'I'lie explosion caused tho wildest ex- 1
cltement throughout tho cltv anil thou- '
Hand Hocked to the scene of tho disaster.
Tho Governor-General, tho civil Gov
ernor and principal authorities of the .
city were promptly tin tho ground mid
did every thing in their power to aid 1
the Injured and calm the grief-strlc'sen
relatives. Several houses adjacent to
the wrecked building were damaged by
tho explosion.
Gangs of men are at work on the
debn.s. Many human limbs have been
taken from tho ruin. Tho relatives of
missing persons supposed to bo in the
ruins uro gathered on the spot mid as
the holies nrtt brought out tho scenes
are most distressing.
Tin! conduct of the authorities is the
mibjeet of universal prulso. The high
est ottlclals have Incurred personal risk
In couductlnir the search for the dead,
and have offered the use of their own
carriages to convey the Injured to the
hospitals.
Ysasl, the proprietor of the wrecked
hardware store, has been arrested.
Up to the present time tho number of j
the dead is thirty-four.
mi vKr n.v Klin:. I
SifAvioKiN, Pa., May 10. Tho Nell
son shaft Is on lire, having caught from
tho burning timbers of tin- breaker, I
which was destroyed last Friday night.
Ili lower levels are tilled with gas.
Twenty-live nuiles at the bottom of the
shaft are dead and nineteen m the top
levels will probably bo suffocated.
At ten p. in. tho tire In thu Neilson
shaft hud assumed a serious aspect Tho
tire Is known to bo In No. VI vein at it
depth of l.'JOO feet, but Its extent can
not bo determined, as no one can visit
that level and return nllvo. Smoke and
foul air wero noticed issuing from tho
air source of No. VI level at four p. 111.
The nineteen mules were in the ".Ml foot
level. The breaker fire destroyed tho
boiler and one fan.
Yesterday steam facilities were ob
tained, and a fan started to ventilate
the mine, but failed to drive out the gas
In tho upper level. The mine Is making
gas fast, and serious evplos'ons will oo-,
cur If It reaches tho tire.
rii:isiti:n lv tjt iu(txn,
Ni:w Yoiiu, May 10. James II. Par
cells, night dlip.it her In the New York
post-olllce, was killed by the caving in
of a well on his place at Woislslde, Long
Island. Mr. Paivells was repairing the
well, when It partially caved In, bury
ing him nearly to the neck. The quick
sand continued to run tlown and the ef
forts of neighbors to extricate the
unfortunate man only Increased
bis danger. A ruhltor tune
was procured and placed In Mr.
Pa reel Is' mouth, so that ho could breathe
after the sand had covered his head.
After several hours' labor, tho sand was
cleared away again, but It was found
that Mr. Parcells had been unable to re
tain tho tube In his mouth, and had liecn.
choked to death. Ho was one of the
leading cltlrensof Wmslsldtu He leave
a wltlow and six children In comfortable
circumstances.
TOl Kilt) FIIIM llt'llNKIi OlT.
ToLBito, O.. May 10. F.arly in the
morning lire broke out on tho third
floor of tho Crescent Candy Company's
establishment In tho Hlett Itlis'k, Su
perior street, which speedily spread to
tho wholesale grocery of Wood .t
Mutisoy, next door. There wero six
hundred latxes of firecrackers and
roman candle in the stock of the
Crescent Candy Company and the ex
plosion caused the llames to spread with
great rapidity. All four stories of the
candy stow were destroyed anil the
wholesale grocery slock Is nearly a
total loss. The losses aro: Crescent
Candv Company, S.V,00; Mausey, SU,.
7.'.0.
N KTi:IVK WltKCK.
Jot.n:r, 111., May 10. An extensive
wreck was caused on tho Alton about
two mile till side ot Wilmington, at
Prairie creek. Twenty flat cars loaded
with cinders are piled la confusion at
the place named, Tho engine Jumped
I tho track, tearing up tho rail for a long
distance. No one wa reported Injured.
HOTEL tirilXKtt.
Ari.vXTJP ITV, N. J.. May 19. The
Oitkirno Hotel, this city, caught tire and
wa partly consumed yesterday morn
ing. The hotel was but recently opened
for the summer season and is one of tho
largcot In the town. There were thirty
1 cuests, but all escaped unharmed. The
house will bo Immediately rebuilt
S HIIOWXKD.
I,iivihiv, May tt. The steamer Har
old, bound from Hllbao to Glasgow, ha
foundered off the Irish coast Six per
sons were drowned.
MurIIa( atl.
Sax Fkaxch-csv May is, Rogolov.
the Alaskan volcano that blazed and
smoked for a time about seven year
ago, Is again In eruption. February 17
and 2J there were sign of great activ
ity, smoke and flame pouring from the
crater and rising to a great height.
The sky for weeks was clouded with
athes, which fell In liberal shower la
tho town of Ulutluk, forty-four xnllr
away. To those who saw the eruption
it seemed that a pillar ot flro and smoke
wa fully flltcrn mile high. Usgoslov
roue, originally from the ocvta and
formed an UlanJ.
THE ANARCHISTS.
A M j.rnt I M Mad for Tlielr RfUsM
Prow I'rUon.
CiurAno. May 15. Preparation have
been made to attempt to secure tho re
lease from the penitentiary of tho con
vieted Anarchist. Fielden, Schwab and
Neebe. by a method heretofore not hint
ed at in tho case. In a short tlmo an
application will m mado to Judge
Oresbatn for a writ of habeas corpus on
the ground that tho prisoners aro de
talned without due process of law. No
less an authority than General Henja
mln F. Hutler says that tho effort will
almost beyond doubt lie successful, tho
opinion being based on the expression
of the United States Supreme Court in
the proceedings heretofore brought Imi
fore that lxsly. "lien" Hutler I a regu
larly retained associate counselor In tho
case.
The Anarchists' lawyers say that tho
writ of habeas corpus will lie asked for
on the ground that after the sentence of
death was passed upon tho condemned
Anarchists and Neelaj wa doomed
to spend fifteen years in the peniten
tiary, the caso was appettled to tho
Supreme Court, where the finding of the
lower court, with the sentence of death
for Spies, Parsons, l.lngg, Fischer,
Kngol, Schwab and Fielden, wasalllrmed.
Tho ptlsoners wer? not taken before the
Mipromo Court to hear the a (Urination of
their sentence and their lawyers were
not even notified to bo present Tho
claim Is mado that this N a breach of
their constitutional rights and that tho
Constitution even goes so far as to say
that a sentence of death rendered In
the absence of the prisoners U not duo
process of law. General Hutler writes
under date of Mav 10: "After giving
Mitllclont examination to the record in
the erne of Fielden, 1 have come fully t
the conclusion that such action is errt
neous In that It was an attempt to take
his Hfo without cfuo process of law. I
therefore advlso very strongly your tak
ing a writ of error to have such pro
cedure corrected by tho judgment of
tho Supreme Court of tlm United States,
if any technical objections are made, to
tho Circuit Court, for a writ of habeas
corpus for Fitdden, because under that
writ the facts, as well as the law, can
be discussed and forms are of no conse
quence when they stand in the way of
the duo course of justice. Of course,
the decisions of thes questions will re
Ucvn any of his follows who are suller
Ing from the same errots If tit elded as I
believe they must be, save tho men
whose lives have liecn taken without
duo process of law."
KANSAS JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Tho State lllvblril Into Two llUtrlrta-l'ro
vision r Nriislnr rinniti' Hill.
WaiiimitoN, May H. Tho .Senate
has passed Mr. Plumb's bill to fix tho
time and places for holding Federal
Courts In tho district of Kansas. It
divides the State Into two districts, to
be known as the First and Second
division ttf tho district of Kansas.
Tho Second division will Include tho
Counties of Sedgwick, Cowley, Hutler,
Harvey, MePhonon. tlice. f.llsworth,
Hartott, Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott,
Wichita. Greeley, Hamilton, Kear
ney, Finney. Garfield, Hodgninn,
Pawnee, Stafford. Reno, Kingman,
Pratt, Kiowa, Kdvvmds, Ford. Gray,
Haskell, Grant. Stanton. Morton,
Stevens, Sew anl, Meade, Clark,
Comanche. Harper. Harbor and Sumner,
and a term of the Circuit and District
Courts shall be hold at Wichita on the
first Monday of September of each
year.
The remaining counties embraced In
the district are to constitute tho First
division and tho terms of the C.rcult
and District Courts are to 1st held at tho
time and place now prescribed by law.
Tho fourth and last sts-tlon of the bill
provides that all civil sulta and pro
ceeding now pending in the Circuit
or District Courts of the district of Kan
sas and which would, If Instituted, after
the passage of this act lie required to
ho brought In the Second division of
district may bo transferred by consent
of all parties to tho Second division of
the district and there be disposed of In
the same manner and with like effect
as If they had been there Instituted;
and all process writ and recognizance
relating to such suits and prtx-eedlngs
so transferred are to be considered a
belonging to the term of the Court in
the Second division of the district in
the same manner and with like effect
a If they had Wen Issued or taken in
reference thereto orlalnally.
THE PICKLER BILL.
Th rarmrr' Alltanrr llrard on ttohalf nt
Mnb-lreadirlf ttaaril Mapl I'rml
iirt. WtsinxoTov, May II. A delegation
representing tho Farmers' Alliance ap
peared lioforo the Ways and Means Com
mittee to sdto-ate the paag of tho
Plckler bill to create sub-treasuries in
d fferont parts of the country for the re
ception of staple crops produced by
farmers. The spokesman wa C.
W. Macune, chairman of the legislative
committee ot the Alliance and editor
ol the National Economist He said
ihey did not ask the enactment ot any
unconstitutional measure, but aa the
great debtor class, aa the men who had
gone out In the West after the war and
laid the soil under contribution with
borrowed money, they protested against
the contraction of the currency at atlme
when their debt became due and asked
that the condition be restored to what
they were when the money wa bor
rowed. They asked justice, pure and
simple.
Kawla aaxl laraer.
Ioxnoir, May 14. A dispatch to the
Time 'from Vienna toy that the re
moval of Prince HUmarck decided the
Ctar to reverse hi policy of an alliance
with France and to revert to the policy
of forming an alliance with Germany.
Ill Ciar. it U aw r ted, aly dis
trusted the stability of ihe trench re
public, but it wa ImposaihU for hint to
agren with Germany while lllamarck
a in office. It l thought prohabl
that the meeting ef the Cur and the
Kaiser at Kreaeaa will remit ia a
roaapaot waitb will altogether changw
the frouplnf of the Eurefeea Power.
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