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PUBLISHED WKBKLY.
RED CLOUD,
NEBRASKA
Members of n church In Buffalo will
take roomers and boarders during the
Pan-American exposition and apply
part of thn proceeds to clearing up tha
thurch debt.
A Tall Mcn'B club has been organ
ized In tho University of Pennsylvania.
Jt has twelve thombors, each of whom
In 0 feet 2 Inches tall or more. Six
other men, termed "ahortlns," because
they arc only G feet 1 Inch, nro asso
ciate members.
A landslide: occurred recently In
Switzerland. An Inn nnd Its garden
and outbuildings slid down a hillside
a distance of thirty-five fcot, without
being In the lenst Injured. Two stately
elm trees In tho gardon wero nlso
moved without Injury.
Tho French government has Just ap
propriated fiindH for tho erection of a
bronze statue of Juno Nlcot, who first
Introduced tobacco In Europe In 1650.
It was from his nnmo that tho word
"nicotine" was derived. This status
will bo situated In front of the main
government tobucco manufactory In
Paris.
Tho Irish member who recently bo
gan a speech In tho IIouro of Com
mons In his "natlvo tonguo" was out
of order. Ho declared that Irish was
the only language In which ho could
adequately sot forth the wrongs of
Ireland. Certainly good Irish 1b better
than bad English and not so painfully
common.
George W. Putnam, a descendant ol
the famous Revolutionary general, li
said to be the oldest railway mall clerk
In the country. Ho wnB appointed by
Lincoln in 1861, nnd has been In th
eervico over slnre. HIb home Is In
Westfleld, Ohio, but his "run" is be
tween Ashtabula and Oil City, on a
branch of the Luke Shore road.
A terrible tragedy of revengo oc
curred In the court In Naples. A
young mnn nBmcd Glacomo SImcoll
wns charged with the murder ol
another young mnn named Negrlm,
and on his being brought Into court a
brother of Negrlm, a boy of 1C, dashed
between the guards and stabbed th
accused In the stomach. SImcoll fell
in a dying condition.
A Russian clergyman whose church
Is located at Woods Run, Pa.., has been
making a census of his countrymen
in the United States and finds that
there are In all only about 600. These,
not Include many thousands who
bo explains, aro real Russians, and do
though speaking the Russian language
and belonging to the Greek church, art
nieroly of Slavic blood In partial de
gree. Deltrnml county, In northern Minne
sota, Is bankrupt, and conditions verge
on nnnrchy. Judge nnd Jurors have
Mruck for their pay, and tho sheriff,
who has been caring for the prisoners
at his own expense, threatens to turn
them loose and closo tho gaol. Tho
trouble Is caused by a decision of tho
court allowing the vnrlous logging
lompanles doing business In Ileltrnml
county to avoid paying their back
taxes, upon which the county depends
for Its revenues.
Arabl Pasha was tho man who
headed the revolt against foreign con
trol In Egypt In 1882. Ho wns taken
prisoner by tho English nnd banished
to Ceylon. In tho eighteen years ol
his captivity his narao has been almost
forgotten. It Is said thnt ho will soon
be liberated, and thnt ho will return
to his natlvo country. Conditions
political and other, havo undergon
great changes for tho better in Egypl
since 1882, nnd the British government
runs no risk now In setting him free.
He has given no trouble whllo In ex
ile, and will return, an old man, to
a happier and more prosperous Egypt
than ho has ever known, or than th
success of his political enterprlss
could have known.
Speaking of youthful offenders, a
Knnsas City Justice says: "I have had
nlno boys publicly whipped with n
rawhide by their lawful guardlnns.
Not one of them has ever been back
In court for nn offense, nnd every ono
of the nlno Is now leading an exem
plary life. On tho other hand, boys
whom I sent to Jail six years ago for
petit larceny are now men serving
terms In the penitentiary for serious
crimes." The Justice concludes that a
Jail sentence transforms a hoodlum
Into a hero, to other hoodlums, of
course, and in Jail ho acquires now
knowledge of vlco, so that ho 1b better
prepared and more determined, when
ho comes out, to follow criminal
courses. But tho boy who Is whipped
Is ridiculed and disowned by his
"gang," and there Is nothing for him
to do but to bo good nnd go to work.
Proposition is under way to make nn
endeavor to lighten to soma oxtcnt the
equipment of an infantry soldier In
heavy marching order. The board of
ordinance for fortifications will un
doubtedly tako this matter up In tho
near future and give It careful consid
eration. Whon It Ib taken Into nccount
that n soldier of Infantry under hoavy
marching orders has to carry sovonty
threo pounds, fifteen nnd one-half
ounces, exclusive of tho water in his
ennteen, which weighs approximately
three pounds, It will bo seen that tills
auestion 1b worthy of action.
PLEADS FOR SON
Mother Asks Mercy of Court in
Case Against Allen.
PRISONER WAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY
Mr. Allen Rome All the Way From Ohio
to ruttntnoutti, Hut Iter Mlsulon Un
availing Other Now of Impor
tance From Many Nourre.
Thero was lather a dramatic scene
to the district court room at Platts
mouth when Georgo V. Allen, con
victed of forgery, was sentenced to five
years in tho penitentiary for his crime.
Allen's mother mndo an earnest plea
for tho prisoner. With that affection
which only a mother can feel towards
her son, sho stated that sho had come
all tho way from Canton, O., to implore
the court to bo lenient in passing
sentence upon her boy, and, if possible,
to save him from going to prison. She
had not progressed far with her re
marks when she broke down com
pletely and had to resume hor seat. It
was an affecting scene and brought
tears to many eyes.
In passing sentence. Judge .lessen
stated that he considered perjury a
very grave crime; that it was as easy
for a man tp go on the witness stand
and, by swearing falsely, place an in
nocent person in the clutches of tho
law, as It would be to keep a guilty
person out of tho penitentiary. The
court thought Allen was the victim of
evil associates and had been lured
away from the straight and narrow
path. A motion for a new trial was
overruled.
Allen was the principal witness In
tho Holmes brass stealing case, tried
at tho last term of court and, by giving
false testimony, was very instrumental
in securing the acquittal of the pris
oner. HELD IN PRISON UNJUSTLY
rretiure to lie Drought to Hear on
Mexican Government.
Edward King, an American who has
occn iu the railroad service of Mexico,
was In Topeka on his way to Washing
ton, where ho will trj to secure gov
ernment aid in releasing the flfty-two
American railway men who are in
Mexico prisons. Mr. King says that
the men are unjustly imprisoned nnd
that they aro being kept in jail with
out being given a hearing. King him
self Is out on parole and must be back
in the City of Mexico by April 15 to
stand trial. When Mr. King reaches
Washington ho will call on Chester I.
Long and Charles Curtis, Kansas con
gressmen, and enlist their aid in bring
ing the matter to the attention of the
proper authorities. At the same time
he will endeavor to interest the na
tional organization of the railway em
ployes' associations in aiding the un
justly impriboncd men.
PUT POISON IN THE SOUP
Wife of Prominent Montana Man DUi
From Eating It.
At Helena, Mont., Mrs. J. E. Tolc
aian died as the result of poisoning.
With a few members of her family she
was stricken while eating dinner. The
others recovered, but she steadily grew
worse, death resulting iu tho greatest
agony. A celery soup, served during
ho meal, is supposed to have contained
the poison. The servant who prepared
the soup Is now in the hospital suffer
ing from nervous prostration, and It is
believed that whilo temporarily un
balanced the put poison in tho soup.
Mrs. Toleman was the wife of the su
perintendent of the big Blnckfoot Mill
ing company.
Colony for North Dakota.
Possessed of homestead rights, house
hold effects and renulrcinntR of lam',
development, between 1,700 and 1,800
persons left Chicago recently over the
Wisconsin Central for the agricultural
regions of North Dakota, Six special
trains were required to carry tho party
and belongings. The prospective set
tlers gathered in Chicago from Ohio,
Indiana, Penusylvnnla, Vlrglnla.Mary
land, Illinois and other states, and
among them were between 300 and 400
members of tho Morgan Ilaptlst church.
All but a few of tliu hind huntoru will
settle In tho Devil's lake, Mouso river,
ana turtle mountain regions.
No Election.
The election of a lieutenant colonel
of tho First Nebraska failed, the vote
standing 10 for Major Mooro of Nel
son and 10 for Captain Talbot of Broken
Bow. Adjutant General Killan had
power to break the tie by casting a
vote, but he preferred to call another
election. The date of the election has
not been announced.
Kdltors May Fight Duel.
Editor E. L. Bautscr, of tho Watch
man, a newspaper published at Clay
ton, Mo., has chall'onircd S. J. Harris.
editor of the Argus, a rival paper, to
mortal combat, according to the French
code. The challenge Is the outcome of
recent utterances In the columns of
their respective papers.
Mutt Oijkb Hinging.
Mme. Sembrlch may never sing in
public again. Her physicians have
advised the famous operatic soprano to
cancel all her engagements and to re
tire toher home lu Dresden for n rest.
Manager Graff has dismissed tho com
pany and the entire organization will
return to New York.
Mme. Sembilch was attacked with a
scvero throat trouble whilo In Salt
Lake City, and there wns no Improve
ment when she reached San Frnuclsco,
where she Insisted on keeping her en
gagement for the opening night.
GAME OF FREEZE-OUT.
The United State May Cut Small Fig-art
In China,
i
While attention has been centered
upon the crisis connected with tin
Manchurian agreement, an entirely
now and Important phase of the Chb
nese question has been presented bj
the action of the ministers at Pekln,
in agreeing to submit to their various
governments whether articles eight
and nine of the Chinese protocol shall
be carried out by the military authori
ties of all the powers who nro continu
ing to take part in tho application ol
these articles. The action of the min
isters has been communicated to sev
eral of the foreign embassies and lega
tions here, and doubtless Mr. Rockhill
has made, or will malco known, the
soino facts. Tho articles in question
aro as follows:
"Article 8. The destruction of the.
forts which might obstruct frco com
munication between Pekln and the sea.
"Article 9. Tho right to maintain
occupation of certain points, to bo de
termined by an understanding among
the powers, iu order to obtain open
communication between Pekln and the
sea."
These two questions nppear to In
volve territorial affairs and it may be
come of considerable moment whether
the determination of such affairs is to
bo left to the military authorities ol
all the powers or with such powers aa
continue their military forces in China.
In tho lnttcr case the Uulted States
may quietly but effectually be deprived
of all voice in the settlement of bo
much of the Chinese question as re
lates to tho determination of the
strength of the military forces to 'b
continued there in tho futue. It also
is possible that an nfllmatlve decision
by the powers which would exclude
the United States from participation in
the discussion on this important point
might be extended to put us out ol
China altogether.
MUST RECOGNIZE UNION
President of Miner Think Operator)
Can Afford To.
John Mitchell of the united mine
workers gave an interview in New
York concerning a statement made in
Wall street to tho effect that the coal
operators could not accede recognition
to the union since they considered it
unbusinesslike to bind themselves to a
body who Be leaders could not make any
agreement that would be legally bind
ing upon the miners. Mr. Mitchell
said:
"Such an objection cannot consist
ently be made to recognition of onr
union by the operators. They hav
been, and are now, treating with laboi
organizations whose responsibility Is
Is no greater, if as great, as that ol
the miners. In the light of these pre
cedents the operators cannot stand be
fore the public consistently In a refuse
to recognize our union."
PLAN TO LYNGH MURDERER
Mob at Oaleburg, 111., Cloei After a
Negro.
A mob of f00 or more gathered at
Gnlesburg, 111., bent upon lynching
Ed Jackson, tho negro who murdered
Engineer Charles Howe. The mob met
and marched on the jail In a body.
News of Its coming reached Sheriff
Mathews, and ho smuggled Jackson
out of jail into a carriage, and tho
prisoner wns driven to Monmouth.
Committees from the mob searched
the jail and finding the murderer gone
the crowd dispersed under the solicit'
tlon of prominent citizens.
Fatal Tern Affray.
W. B. Duncan nnd his father-in-law,
W. K. Waul, were shot and Instantly
killed at Liberty, Texas. A dlfllculty
started between Duncan and Thoniiu
Brunch nnd Waul and Wharton Branch,
father of Thomas Branch, interfered.
Duncan and Waul wero both shot
through tho heart and died instantly.
Wharton Branch was arrested, charged
with tho killing. Ho was hurried to
Houston on the first train. Branch
a prominent attorney of south Texa
Aged Minor Itobheit.
News is just received that nugh Bra
dy, an aged miser living near Marys
vllle, in Benton county, la., was rob
bed of a sack of gold said to have con
tnlued over S000. Three masked men
enterod his house whllo ho was til In
bed, bound and gaged him nnd made a
search of the house. They found the
sack which contained the savings of a
lifetime and mado off with it. There
Is no clue. Mr. Brady is over ninety
years of age.
Gambling Muit Ceaiie.
Governor Davis of Arkansas, signed
the drastic anti-gambling bill passed
by the legislature and it went into
immediate effect. The chief of pollca
of Little Rock Issued orders at once
for every gambling house lu Llttl'
Rock to close.
Clayton to Ileuialn.
General Powell Clayton, ambassador
to Mexico, who 1h at Little Rock Ark,,
attended a meeting of the republican
stato central committee, announced
that he had promised to servo four
years more as representative of the
United States lu Mexico.
To be Kolil Under Foreclosure.
Judge Wing, in tho United Stales
court at Toledo, O., issued a decree for
the foreclosure of mortgages and sale
of the Dotrolt & Lima Northern road.
Tho property will bo sold at public
auction at tho depot of the company
of Lima, O.
New Hteamer Launched.
The steamer William L. Brown wns
launched from the yards of tho Chica
go Ship Building company at South
Chicago. Tho vessel Is 450 feet in
length 'ul cost S300,000,
DIETRICH MILLARD
The Now United States Sonators
From Nebraska.
CHOSEN BY CAUCUS-EIECTION fOLLOWS
The Deadlock Ilroken by Withdrawal of
D. K. Thompson In Fa?or of Governor
Uletrlch and Itonenater In Favor
of Millard Happy Ending.
Governor C. II. Dietrich and J. n.
Millard were elected United States
senators by tho Nebraska legislature
March 28, as the result of a political
transformation such as had never been
heard of in Nebraska. It took place
on tho last legislative day of tho ses
sion just when almost every ono had
despaired of a choice. For nearly three
months tho politicians of the stnte
wrestled with the problem of breaking
the senatorial deadlock but all sides
refused to listen to the pleadings of
the friends or the threats of foes. The
state and national committees hnd
tried in vain.
Early in the morning the anti
Thompson members of the legislature
met and decided to voto for an ad
journment of the joint convention af
ter the first ballot If tho candidates
continued to stand In the way of a
settldmcnt.
The edict meant the withdrawal of
D. E. Thompson or no election and
he chose tho former. The agreement
upon new candidates was effected in
an adjourned meeting of thoBhort cau
cus held at tho Llndell hotel at 8
o'clock in tho morning. News of the
change iu the situation soon reached
tho legislative halls, where it was re
ceived with rejoicing, and in an incred
ibly short time the acrimony that had
begun to be shown between contend
ing factions hnd almost wholly disap
peared. '
Representative Mendenhall who had
been with theanti-Thompton members
almost from the start le't his follow
members iu the morning and signed
the short caucus call. Crouuse and
Martin who had never signed the call
or participated in the caucus went in
for the first time this morning and re
mained to the end.
Senator Currie of Custer, one of the
candidates, first withdrew in favor of
Senator Crounse. D. E. Thompson
soon entered the caucus and withdrew
In favor of Governor Dietrich. This
nomination was speedily made and
that of J. H. Millard followed.
Tho anti-Thompson men went in
to tho caucus after the with
withdrawal of Mr. Thompson and par
ticipated in the deliberations, Mr.
Rosuwater also withdrew and request
ed his men to voto for George W. Lln
Inger, but his suggestion was not fav
orably received by tho caucus and the
tide began to turn toward Mr. Millard
who was also receiving tho personal
support of Mr. Thompson. Mr. Rose
water at one time withdrc w his men
from the caucus, but later ho request
ed them to support Mr. Millard and
the nomination was easily made. The
Crouuse boom in tho caucus at one
time promised to place him In one of the
senatorial seats, but Rosewator and
one or two othor candidates would not
assist. This in short is tho story of
the lightning-like change in the polit
ical history of the state.
AGUINALDO CAPTURED
Leader of the FlllplnonTnken by General
Fred l'unntou.
General Agulnaldo, leader of the
Philippine army, and president of the
Philippine republic, was captured in
his hiding place in tho province of Isa
olla, island of Luzon, by Frederick
Funston and a band of picked Ameri
cans and native scouts. The capture
was effected by strategy. General
Funston had learned of the hiding
place of the noted Filipino.nnd secured
permission to head a small scouting
party to go to it and capture him. He
selected his men, and with a number
of Macabcbe scouts he started on his
perilous mission. His plan was to make
it appear that ho and his American
comrades wore prisoners of the scouts,
being led to the Filipino general, and
that on being led into Agulnaldo's
presence they would seize him. Tho
plan worked, and Agulnaldo is now a
prisoner in Manila. Funston is the
hero of tho hour, and can sec a briga
dier generalship in tho regular army
coming to him as u reward for hie
daring.
Wage to lie Kedneed.
In consequence of the reduction of
the selling prico of Iron, wages
throughout tho north of England in
the manufactured iron trade will be
reduced 7J per cent. This is the
largest reduction recorded Blnce adop
tion of the sliding scale In 1889. Tho
production of manufactured iron for
the months of January and February
of this year is 2,000 tons less than for
any preceding two months since 1885).
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mme. Sarah Barnhardt was taken
suddenly ill and was unable 'to appear
at Pittsburg, Pa.
According to statements made by
prominent labor men a movement is on
foot to establish a uniformed rank in
all labor unions.
Tho Stovo Founders association and
the Moulders union in joint session at
Chicago agreed upon the same scale
for the coming year as the one in force
last year.
WILL HASTEN PEACE
Capture af Agulnaldo a Death Blow U
the Itebelllon.
A Manila dispatch says: When Agul
naldo was captured he woro a plain
blue suit, with the coat closely but
toned to the throat, and a wide white
helmet with a leather band. He takot
his capture philosophically. He is gen
erally cheerful, but sometimes moody.
His health, during tho past year, has
been good. It is uncertain what atti
tude he will now assume. Certain vis
itors are permitted to sec Agulnaldo,
but newspaper interviews with tho
prisoner aro not allowed.
Slnco Agulnaldo has been domiciled
at the Malacanau palace persons nol
provided with special permits have
been denied admission to tho grounds,
General Trias, the commander of th
insurgent forces in southern Luzon,
who recently surrendered to tho Amer
icans, visited Aguinaldo and told tho
latter why he surrendered. Trias said
that a continuance of armed opposi
tion to the United States was unjusti
fiable and ruinous; that the indepen
dence of the Philippines was impossi
ble and that tho Filipinos would bet
ter accomplish liberty, prosperity and
progress under American rule.
The capture of Aguinaldo, following
tho surrender of General Trias, will
probably causo the surrender of Mala
can Bcllai'inluo in A limy aud Lucuban
in Satnar Within a month.
Many people visited the rcsldonce ol
General and Mrs. Funston qn tho Calle
Real, in the suburb Ermclin, The
gencinl modestly declined to talk. Mrs.
Funston is evidently the happiest worn,
an in tho Philippines. General Funs
ton has been'reeommcuded for the high
est practicable reward. It is belioved
here that he will receive an appoint
ment as brigadier in the regular army,
New Nebraska Fottmniter,
W. M. Wisner has been appointed
postmaster at Rcdington, Cheyenne
county, Neb., vice T. S. Mnckie, re
signed. Joseph F. Estes of Greenwood, 8. D.,
has been appointed superintendent of
the Saute, Neb., Indian school at 8909
per annum.
Tin Flute Mill to Open.
The American Rolling Mill company
has bought from tho American Tin
plate company tho rolling mill plan!
of tho latter company in Muskegon,
Mich. The mills have deen idle for n.
year. They will bo operated at one
with a force of 500 men.
Hoy Accidentally Killed.
Word was received from Byron, Neb.,
that William, the sixteen-year-old son
William Grcber, had been accidentally
killed, but no particulars wero given.
Tho family formerly lived In Humboldt
and relatives left at once for the town
to attend the funeral.
Mine Sold to Trnit.
The big Agruon mine at Norway,
Mich., has been sold by Ogleby, Nor
ton & Co. of Cleveland to the Unitei
States Steel corporation. The consid
eratlon is believed to bo in the neigh'
borhood of 82,000,000.
8nrah Urrnhardt Better,
Mme. Bernhardt, who was obliged
by illnoss, to cancel her date at thd
Alvin theatro at Pittsburg, is so far re
covered as to allow her to fill her pari
In Cyrano do Bergerao.
McCltire Quit the Time.
Colonel A. K. McCluro has announced
his severance from the Philadelphia
Times. He hits been in editorial chnrgt
of the Times bincc its establishment in
1875.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Ohio Rolling Mill company have
granted an Increase of 10 per cent 1b
wngeB to 400 employes.
The directors of the Calumet fc necla
Mining company, at a meeting held a
Boston, declared a dividend of $15 pei
share.
A San Pedro, Cal., dispatch saysi
The Los Angeles &. Salt Lake railroad
has begun tho work of construction bj
preparing to lay seventy-five pound
rails along the present right of way o
what has been known as tho Loi
Angeles fe Termlnnl railway. Whej
this is completed the company expecti
to continue the line to and through the
mountain.
Maurice Barrymore, the actor, wat
taken to tho insane pavilion of Boll
vue hospital at New York by his son,
John Barrymore. He went to the hos
pital willingly. He hndinothing at alt
to say and acted like a man who wat
dazed, John Barrymoro told Barclay
that his father's real name is I! lye and
thnt he was born in the East Indies
about fifty years ago. Barrymore'i
daughter, Ethel, is now playing in
New York theatre.
The coal miners of tho Pittsburg
district, in convention, ratified th
wago scale signed last week by th.
wage committee. This action insure!
steady employment for more than 20,
000 men in tho district for the coming
year. The convention then went into
executive session to consider the situa
tion in the Irvin district and devls
means to induce the miners in that dis
trict to Insist upon the adoption of th
Pittsburg scale.
Joseph A. Colin, the postoffice clerk
arrested In SanFrancisco recently on
the charge of stealing 843,000 in regis
tered mall in New York was sentenced
to four years' imprisonment in Sing
Sing.
The published report that Mayo
Hartenblower of Pes Moines, la., Jhac
ibsued a proclamation requesting thai
schools, theatres aud churches b
closed on account of tho prevalence ol
smallpox was untrue. The mayor saidi
"Tlicro are several coses of smallpo;
in tho city, but the epidemic is no)
serious."
FUNSTON A BRIGADIER.
('resident KewnriU Noted Kaman For 111
During Feat In Luzon.
The following important army ap- m
pointments have been announced:
To be mnjor general United States
army; Brigadier General Lloyd Wheat
on, vice Miles, promoted.
To be brigadier general in the regu
lar army: Col. Jacob II. Smith, Seven
teenth infantry, brlgadlo general vol
unteers, vice Daggett, retired; Brig
adier General Frederick Funston,
United States volunteers, promoted.
The announcement of these appoint
ments was mado after a conference be
tween tho president, Secretary Root ,r
nnd Adjutant General Corbin, and at
the same time the long paymaster's
list of appointments of majors and cap
tnlns in the paymaster's, quartermas
ter's, and commissary departments and
of chaplains wns made known.
The chief interest, howevcr,ccntcrcd
in the three high appointments of a
major general and two brigadier gen
erals and more particularly in the se
lection of General Funston after his
gallant exploit lu capturing Agulnaldo
Omiilnt. Jtnllroiul Chnngo.
J. A. Kuhn, for years general agent
of the Chicago A Northwestern railwuy
in Omaha, has been appointed general Y
freight agent of tho Elkhom, vice K.
C Moorehousc, resigned, 11. C. Che
ney, general manager of the North
western at Sioux City, may take tho
place vacated by Mr. Kuhn.
Only Three Killed.
There were only three In the Weaver
mine at Gallop, N. M., nt the time of
the explosion. It was thought that a
number of Japanese were entombed,
but this seems to havo been a mistake.
Tho three men, as reported, two whlto
and ono negro, were killed, and the
works of tho mine were destroyed.
Is Hopelessly IiiMitne.
Drs. Stewart, Wildmatl and Fitch
mado an examination of Maurice.
Barrymore, of New York. At tho
conclusion of the examination Dr.
Stewart announced that the patient
was hopelessly Insane.
BRIEFLY TOLD-
Jnpan is steadily going forward in
her preparations for war with Russia.
Mrs. Esther Cohen aud two children
were burned to death in a New. York
tenement house.
Roland Reed, the nctor, died at tho
homo of his mother-in-law in New
York of cancer of the btotnach.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, is con
fined to his bed with an acute attack
of grip, says a Washington dispatch.
Fierce gales have been sweeping
over the English chnnnel consts and
life boat crews are having hard work.
Sir Thomas Lipton iu a recent in
terview regarding a yacht race, said
that all he wanted was a fair race and
no odds.
A dispatch from Salonlca announces
that 9 men were scalded to death by
the bursting of a steam pipe on tho
Turkish torpedo boat Shehab.
Florian lrner, a saloon keeper, aged
forty, was found hanging to a trco
over his wife grave in Amwood
cemetery, Kansas City. Grief over his
wife's death is supposed to bo the
cause.
All trouble between the motormea
nnd street car conductors, and tho
Monongahela street railway company
at Pittsburg has been settled, and all
differences adjusted. There will be no
strike.
Governor Yates, of Illinois, issued a
proclamation designating Friday, April
20, as Arbor day and recommending
that said day be set apart for the plant
ing of trees, shrubs and vines to
beautify the homes, highways and
public grounds of the state.
The first trace of the stolen express
booty taken at Manila, la., has hcen
found in a barn about one and a half
miles south of town. The sack was a
currency sack and contained about
810 iu silver. It was known to have
S450 in it.
A dispatch from Denver says: Tho
Stubbs capital punishment bill, which
us it passed tho house provided for A
electrocution as the method of execu
tion, was amended In the senate by
the substitution of hanging for electric
chair and passed. It is believed that
the house will refuse to accept tho
amendment.
Isaac Maalge, living on a thirty acre
island in Black river, was arrested at
Holland, Mich., for selling horse meat
to a local meat dealer, who In turn
retailed it to his customers ns dried
beef. Maalge has been under arrest
before, it is alleged, for similar crimes.
Lately conflicting stories are rife about
Maalge that ho has sold meat of
diseased hogs to local meat dealers. f
After a joint conference nt Spring
field, 111., of two days the miners and
operators of the Chicago & Alton sub
district adjourned without any results.
There was dlfllculty over the scale and
though sub-committees representing
both sides conferred for a day on the
matter, no agreement was reached. In
consequence last year's scale on all
sorts of labor will continue in force for
tho present.
In nn Insane fit Christian Loix, aged
thirty-five, cut the throat of Jacob
Mooth, aged sixteen, and then ended
his own life with the same instru- f
ment, says a Mayville, Mich., dispatch.
Mooth wns employed by Llex on his
farm and was dead when found.
Tho diary of Major Andre, after ly
Imr hidden for over 100 voam. lmWn
discovered In England. Lord Grey un- W
earthed It whilo searching among'
some old family papers. Lord Grey's
great grandfather was an officer in tho1
British army in America and Major
Andre served on his staff,
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