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Ameer of Afghanistan , now a promlnenl figura In the Eastern Complication. He Is 55 years old. Since his being chosen by the Brit ish government as , ruler of * Afghanistan" 1879 he has relied upon England for his sup port , receiving from that government a sub sidy of 100,000 per annum. CHRON1CLTKO8 BY THIS CABLE. Miscellaneous Matters of Interest from the Old World * Letters from Alcxandriasay that the arms lande J to the westward of that point foi the Soudanese have been traced to an agency In Tripoli. As such traffic could hardly have escaped the knowledge of the French author. Hies , suspicion Is created that France has been treacherously aiding El Mahdl. The matter will doubtless be made a subject o ! some diplomatic Inquiry between LonJon and Paris. i A large meeting of Parnell's follow ers was held at Belfast , Ireland. Messrs Healey , Beggar , Harrington and Deaslej spoke. Henley accused Hartington , secretary of war , of shamm'ng Illness in order to escape tbe responsibility Jbr the cabinet's action on the crime's act. In the course of his address Healey also stated that the Parnellites will contest thirty-three seats In UJstr at the par liamentary election. He predicted that they would i\ln twenty-one of them and decide the ' "S issue on the remaining twelve. X. A Paris paper publishes a long arti- c'e In which it endeavors to prove that th { late Ylctor Hugo had long been insane. Tht paper quotes many of the lost-statesman's sayinss and writings In support of its argu ments , and points to many doings of the de ceased In late years as the results of a dls. eased brain. The temperance societies held a monster demonstration at Hyde Park , Lon don. Fully ten thousand people were pres ent and were addressed by several prominent advocates of the cause , who spoke In high praise of the government's policy in Increas ing the tax on liquors , " and urged the aboli * > tion of duties on tea. Mingled with the crowd ' n ere numerous anti-temperance people and I' publicans , who succeeded In makine things & " * - lively at intervals. The speakers were fre quently interrupted , hooted and jeered at while not a few missiles were hurled at theii heads. Experts prophecy that there will be a large deficiency in the English wheat crop this year in consequence of the cold spring. The old publishing house of Grif fiths , Farren & Co. , London , has just been pulled down. The firm Is 160 years old , and has published for Dr. Samuel Johnson , Gold smith and others. The" building Is well-known to American tourists , and stood opposite SL Paul's. A colliery near Durham , England , caught fire on the 3d. Over three hundred miners were In the pit at the time. Rescuing parties succeeded in recovering all but twen ty-two of the Imprisoned miners in the out pit. The missing men are supposed to have burned to death. The mine Is still burning and the loss will be heavy. The great event in the English sporting calandar , the race for the Derby stakes , was run at Epsom Downs. The weather was brilliant and the attendance enormous. Thos. SL Waller , consul general of the United States at London , was among the spectators , accompanied by a large party of Americans. Lord Hastings' bay colt , Melton , ridden by the famous jockey , Fret ! Archer , won ; Capt. C. Bowling's bay colt , Paradox , secured second place , and Mr. Child- wick's bay colt , Pioyal Hampton , third. Mel ton was the favorite In the betting ; Paradox second choke. A dispatch from Sinjou states that the Russians are evacuating Penjdeh , but public notice of its cesssiou has been posted at Herat. Afghan soldiers are much Inceased as they had erpected to .avenge their defeat. It is proposed by the corporation of London to present ex-President Arthur an 'address enclosed in a gold casket , fashioned In a style similar to the one given by that body to General Grant In 1877. Constantinople correspondents tele graph that Sir Peter Lumsden , in an Inter view , has asserted that the next attack by the Russians upon the Afghans will be made in Murghab valley. The English government resumed negotiations \ \ ith Italy for the occupation of Buaklm by that power , owing to the unsa'is- factory demands of the porte if Turkey should agree to occupy that mace. Prussia has presented a scheme to the Bunderath for a canal from the Xorth sea to the Baltic , to cost one hundred and fifty- six million marks. The Austrian government will grant Borne exceptions to the new law prohibiting Sunday labor. Printers and compositors are not yet exempted , and unless the decree ! d modified before Sunday the publication of Mondav morning's papers will be prevented. Ten o"ther Industries also Intend to appeal , and as Ylenna is particularly Parisian In its mode of life , there is likely to be a spirited of the measure. _ THE average life of a farmer is sixty- sis years. At sixty-five he may safely becin to return borrowed tools , pay old debts and ask forgiveness for cheating in horse trades. . . . A MODEBN novel has this thrilling pas sage"With one hand he held her beau sage- ' tiful 'golden head above the chilling wave , and with the other called loudly for as sistance. " FIGHX He Talics Possession of a Train and Is Haste r of tie Bltitnll n ExcUlny Scenes Attending Sis Capture. Chicago dispatch : Passenger train num ber sir on the "Wabash , St. Louis & Pacific road arrived to-day an hour and a "half late in charge of a madman. Out of tho twelve or fifteen men , officers and citizens , w io finally secured him , one officer Is dead , shot through the body , another probably fatally wounded , several citizens injured , and the lunatic him- eelf lies in the county hospital mortally wounded with three bullets in him. Shortly before noon the station policeman at the "Wa bash , St. Louis & Pacific depot on Polk street received the following message ; CHENOA , HI. , May 31. I have an Insane man on my train , who has possession of one car. The police at Kansas City , Jacksonville and Pcoria were all afraid to take him. Send ten policemen out on number one to take him when we arrive In Chicago. They had better come In citizens' clothes. They will have to look sharp or somebody will get hurt. PUTNAM , Conductor , No. Six. Number six , which left Kansas City last evening , was due here at 2:50 p. m. There was difficulty In starting out number one as directed IE. tbe message , and It was decided to meet the train at the depot Officers Casey , Ryan , Murphy , Rowan , Walsh , Strcnnlng. Dpheny , Barrett and Keenan in uniform , arid Smith , Perry , Amstcln , O'Brien and Laughlin In citizens' clothes , under command of Lieut. Laugh , made up the squad , which arrived at the depot ten minutes before the train was due. The train being delayed , as was subse quently learned , by Ineffectual efforts to cap ture the lunatic , the police were forced to wait for more than an hour. After considerable aaxious speculation as to the condition of things on number six , the officers were finally anvthlng but reassured by a dispatch from a suburban station warning them that the mad man was armed and would resist terribly. A little later number six appeared In sight , and the police separating so as to form two squads , awaited her arrival on either Bide of the tracks. As tbe train approached tho whistle sounded a number of warning notes in quick succession. People hanging half way out of the car windows were seen to gesticu late wildly to the crowd. Before tho train had come to a standstill a half dozen passengers jumpe'd to the ground and fled , looking back with blanched faces. Officer Barrett was tho first to observe the lunatic. Barrett TV as stand ing nepr tbe rear end of the smoking car. The madman , with leveled revolver , glared at him irom the front platform of tbe cha'r car , the length of one car distant. Barrett turned half round and stopped Instantly , but too late. A bah struck him in the stomach and in a few minutes he was dead. One look at the ma niac was enough to satify any one that while his ammunition lasted he would not be taken alive. Seeing this the officers , after removing their wounded comrade , began a fusilade through the windows of the smoking car where the madman had taken refuge. After a minute or two he plunged out onto the plat form , fired couple of shots into the crowd , leaped from the train and dashed down .Fourth avenue. Officer Laughlin started In hot pur- suit and at him the lunatic fired the last shot In the weapon but without effect. Tho maniac stopped there and awaited Laughlin's coming , with gleaming eves and frothing mouth. They cllnchod , the officer tripped his prisoner and : hey both fell , the madman meann hilc beating Laughlin unmercifully on the head with his revolver. The officer was In citizen's clothes and was set upon and terribly pounded by an excited colored man who mistook the officer for the prisoner. The rest of the. squad ar rived shortly. The maniac was secured and aken first to a cell and then to the hospital to inve his wounds dressed. When he realized that further resistance was Jiseless the pris- > ner grew calm and said quite rationally that its name was Louis Reaume ; that he was .hlrty-three years old and he was en route to lis home in Detroit from Denver. SECRETARY BAYARD AT ST. ZOUIS. He is Given a Hearty Jteccptlon l y the Citi zens What He Said on the Occasion. Secretary of State Bayard arrived at St Louis from Washington en route to Columbia , Missouri , to deliver the annual address before the students of the state university. The dis- .ingulshed visitor was met at the depot by Senator Vest and a committee of citizens , who escorted him In a carriage over tfcs bridge to the Southern Hotel , tthere he was received jy Mayor Francis and a committee of prom- ncnt citizens with a brief address of welcome. After breakfast at the Southern Hotel he was escorted by the reception committee. They drove to the Merchants' Exchange where the nembers met him. Ihe public were admitted so the main hall , which was packed to suffoca- Llon. After an Informal reception In the reading room of the exchange , be was Intro duced to the throng in the main hall , and after the applause ceased he delivered a short address , as follows : "I would like all to feel the satisfaction It iffords me to meet for the first time such a arge body of men who have done so much to advance the interests of this great inland sea of the country. lu my mind the Mississippi valley occupies as important a position as the itlantlc and Pacific coasts. 1 have always tried to do as much for this country as for another. I appeal to every congressman , every senator , every mannita whom I have seen associated in public life , to prove that nobody has done more to advance the interests of this great valley. I have seconded the in- .erests of your great Captain Eads to open not inly Memphis and New Orleans but also St ouis to the commerce of the world through , his great river. This is not my desire alone. As one of the advisers of President Cleveland , . think I am justified in saying that the ad ministration will make every endeavor to allay every effect of sectional feeling in every par ticular. The administration is for the whole country , and not for only part of it. Go on without fear ; embark In your enterprises ; ba at ease. Everything , you may be sure , will be flone to protect and advance the interests of every citizen of the United States. " At the conclusion of this brief address , Mr. Bayard was applauded heartily. Addresses were then made by Senator Vest and others , after which Secretary Bayard was shownover the floor and introduced to many of the spectators. He unched at the St. Louis club house , and waa afterwards shown points of Interest through out the city. THE DYNAMITERS Iff TEXAS. ' Dastardly Attempt on tlie Ziof a Railway Officer. A dastardly attempt upon the life of-Super- Ittendent Cummings , of the Te'xas Pacifld railway , was discovered at Marshall , Texas. As Conductor Harvey was walking through the yard , he says he saw two persons crouch ing near the superintendent's car and over heard one of them say , "Put It there whore it will blow him to helL" As Harvey approached the men they arose and ran. Ho reportd tha matter atonce and tho yard-master proceeded to search for the supposed explosives. They were abont to gjve up the search when a switchman discovered three long vicious look ing cartridges lying upon tho caps of the springs situated beneath the favorite seat ot Superintendent Cumminjrs when out on his trips. A chemical examination of the car tridges was made , and they proved to be gen uine cartridges , one of which would have blown the car into a thousand pieces. Uho cartridges were placed where they would not fall off , and where they would only explode through tbe jolting of the car after it had at tained considerable speed. "When the atttinpt became known among several hundred work- ingmen of the company , it caused great in dignation , and the men openly declare they will lynch the miscreants If found. No trouble whatever exists between the com- pany and the employes and Supt. Cummin has no personal enemies that are known. The affair Is surrounded with an air of mys tery. Cummings takes the matter coolly.and offers three hundred dollars reward for the apprehension of the guilty parties. Tbe su perintendent uses his car generally every w eek , and was preparing for a journey at the time , which fact was probably known to the wculd-be assassins. A. CRUSHING JJZOIT. Den. Mlddleton Exjpecta to Inflict it Upon Biff Bear at an Earl ] ) Day. Winnipeg dispatch : Middleton organized } U forces Mith which to join Strange and march apalnstBIg Bear , M horn the scouts re- jort to be In the same position as hen dt- tacked by Strange on the 2Sth ult The itcamers Northwest , Alberta and Marquis iteaaied out from Battleford at 9 o'clock this morning , amid the cheers of the garrison and Inhabitants , and started rapidly up stream to Fort Pitt , were Strange will te joined. Mid dleton , who Tas on board , had the following force with him : The Nineteenth battalion , oi Winnipeg , 270 men , under Majors Mackeantl and Boswell ; Midland battalion , 325 men , un der Col. Williams , M. P. ; Royal Grenadiers , 259 men , under Col. Gassett ; B battery , thirty men and a Galling gun , under Maj. Short and Captains Farley -Rutherford ; A battery , thirty men , under Captain Peters and Lleu- tenani Rivers ; Boulton's horse , sixty men ; Surveyor's corps , fiftv men ; Biittkbank's scouts , thirty men and sixty police. The lat ter , under Col. Hcrchmcr , left at the same time by the south trail. Gen. and Col. Strau- b-nzie and staff were on the Northwest. Middkton sent forward instructions to Strange to keep a large body of scouts out and ascertain the exact position and strength of the enemy , In order that no time may be lost in petting to work. "We must make short work of this business , " remarked Middleton to Otter , on bidding him goo 1-bye at Battle- ford. "I hope to be back here lu forty-eight hours , and then I expect my v , ork will be at an end. " If the scouts report Indians this side of Fort Pitt , Middleton will land troops at once and march by the shortest cut aeainst them. He has instructed Strange to follow the Indians pretty closely and be prepared to co-operate with his column at the shortest notice. A plan has been laid to sui round the Indian carnp. This can doubtless be effected with a large body of troops , which will be in force. Mul- dleton was heard to expiess himself ss de termined to strike a vigorous blow this time , Thich would instill terror Into the Indians and alarm them so thoroughly that they would never attempt another rising. The scouts re port that Big Bear's forces must number at least seven hundred , and small additions arc being daily made in the shape of aimless braves Irom different camps. One report comes In that Big Bear has taken the trail to Sound nz Lake , with a view of rceching Cvprcss Hills , which is the home of the Crct s , fvhom the wilv chief hopes may join him Xliddlcton expects to meet Big Bear to-mor row , when a final blow to the rebellion r.oubt- tess n 111 be struck. Reports from Edmonton indicate that the Indians north of that point are acting ugly , one band having thieatened to masr acre the Vhltes unless abundant food is given them. Local ratrol corps have been organized to pa trol the country and present the redbkuw from committing depredations. GRANTS AND OFFICES. Senators Tan Wyclt and Slorrlll and Others Interviewed How the Republican Senate Will Act on Nominations. Washington special to the Omaha Bee : Senator Van Wyck will leave In a few days to spend the summer at home. He has remained here mainly for the purpose of endeavoring to ascertain the policy of the new administration relative to land grants , the Indian country , encroachment of cattle kings , and the illegal fences. Van Wyck is confident that the com missioner of the land office is disposed to carry out in the full spirit the laws relating to these subjects , and he thinks that the administra tion in Its own time will concur with Commis sioner Sparks. There is such tremendous pressure of office-seekers , however , that there Is great delay , and so much time may be occu pied in peddling the places that the interests of the people In this direction may be neglect ed. Being asked whether the resolutions re ported to nave been adopted by the republican senators in caucus , as to their policy with respect to confirmations were accurate or not. Van Wyck said : " 1 did not attend all the caucuses , but I think that if such action had been taken in my absence I should certainly have been informed of it afterwards. Another reason for my disbelief In the publication is that I think the republi can senators would have more sense than to write or formulate such an Idle resolution as Is- the second , that in case any democratic par- tizan causes the removal of an efficient repub lican and receives as his reward for casuing such removal the nomination as successor to the decapitated official , such nomination will not be confirmed. No , sir. The general disposi tion of the senate was to treat the president kindly and fairly as the democrats did the re publican president. " Senator Morrill , of Vermont , on belne ques tioned on the subject , said : "I would prefer not to talk about It , but I will say simply this , that If I were editor of any paper I svould not think it worth taking the least notice of. " "I am satisfied , " said Senator Dolph of Oregon , "that such resolutions were never passed. I don't care to say anything further than that. As for considering that political reasons would be regarded as sufficient cause for the removal by republican senators , I can only speak for mvself. I believe that if fed eral officials who have a term of office to run be removed for cause the .senate would insider it a right to look Into the reasons Itself. Of course this Is my own Individual opinion. I can't savwhat the senate would 3o. Tbe truth is that the subject of the f u- ; ure action of tho majority in relation to the nominations was discussed in caucus atdiffer- : nt times , but no definite line of policy was idopted. THE WHITE HOUSE MISTRESS. Personal Points in Respect to the President's Sister. A few words chosen from the encomiums-of a personal friend , says a Washington corre spondent , will give the public some idea of tho personal qualities of tho lady who will preside over the white house : "Miss Cleve land , " says her friend , "Is a woman of sweet disposition , and of breadth and strength of character. After her mother's death she de termined to stay at her old homo In Holland Patent and to live In her own way. There she studied and wrote. But after tho elee- tlonand , from tho moment she know her brother's wishes and saw her duty plain be fore her , Bhe laid aside her pen work and lectures , bho is in the whito house just what she was at Holland Patent a woman of sen sibility and refinement. Inst-nctively kind and thoughtful of others , sho is a favorite with strangers. A lady who happened In at the white house one morninir recently , found her at her desk with her boobs about ber , studying and writing about an epooh in history which more than others interests hor. She had many letters before her , and the maid carried off a handful of replies which she had just prepared ; but the books were nearest to her , and she had been having a quiet hour with them. Dressed in a white flannel gown , with fleecy tulle scarf about her throat , and no other ornament than a pink rose fastened at her throat , sho looked as simple and unpreten tious as n nihool girl , and with her short brown hair falling in natural waves about her brow , as girlish. Her nervous hands played with a paper weight as sho talked of the work and pleasures of her place , and the mistaken views entertained regarding It. Tho substance of her remarksasthatthe duties performed by one In her plaso wero such ns could never bo understood save by those who had known them , and the publicity attaching to the place was Its greatest draw back. She talked of the white house , of its beauty , of the flowers which were about her In prof ussion. and of .the long lino of good and useful women who had been from time to time In the place she now fll s. "Miss Cleveland comes of generations of Presbyterian ministers. All the traditions of tho parsonage center about her. Her eldest brother is a minister , and her eldest sister is a missionary la Ceylon. Her brother-in-law Is a minister , and her kinsman in several In stances ore preachers. She Is an orthodox Christian , knowing all religions and all scien- tiflo schools antagonistic to them , yet believ ing , with childish tenacity , in the Instruc tlons she received at her mother's knees. " \ THE SEAT OF COKERA'JCC.VT. miscellaneous Matters of Interest at the Na * tlonal Capital. Agent Xlghtner , of the Santeo and Flaa drcau Indian agency , rescued some weeks ago , and not one Nebraska mnn boa yet ap piled far tho place , which pays J1.20J a year Several parties from other state3 are after It. Strong efforts are belni made to induce tho president to annul his order for the remova ol settlers from the Winnebago reservation. \Vm. H. Armstrong , assistant to the sollci tor of Internal revenue , has tendered his res Ignation , to take effect Juno 30. The cabinet meeting on the 2d was attendei by all the members except tho secretaries o : the state and navy. The principal topio o ; discussion was In regard to tho application of the laws concerning plouro-pnoumonia and other laws relating to cattle , to tho cattle herded in tho large puollc reservation in the part or Texas popularly known as "No man'g land. " No conclusion was reached. Uhc secretary or tne treasury or tne United States of Colombia , by order of his govern merit , presented special thanks to Admira Jbevotte for the v ery opportune and import ant services rendered Colombia in the diffl cult circumstances through which she recent ly passed. The commissioner of pensions has stricken off the list , of pensions the name of about two hundred residents of tho District of Columbia found to be not entitled to pensions , either because they had loeovcrcd from their disa bilities or because they wore not dependent upon the government. Eleven treasury TTVitchmon have been noti fied tlint their services will not be required after tho luth inst , treasury inquiry commission has con cluded Its investigation oi' tho internal rev enue bureau , and iiiado a report to the secre tary of tho treasury. Tho commission recom mends rod u olio us in tho present forco in several divisions and suggested changes in tho methods of doing business , which they think will improve tho work of the bureau The changes recommended involve a general reorganization of tho bureau. The commis sion will next devote its attention to tho su pervising architect's office. Washington special : The Nebraska delega tion had a long Interview with Secretary Lamar. The secretary announced firmly but politely that Professor Kittle , of Fremont , could not bo roappointed to Major Powell's place , but that if the delegation would agree upon some other position he would be commis sioned at once. The delegation then with drew and held a long conference , and tho list of Nebraska names for preferment will be submitted to tho secretary for agreement. The army and navy survivors division of tho pension office , rtcently organized by Gen. Black , is rapidly becoming a valuable branch of the bureau. During May the division fur nished to the adjudicating ofllcers and claim ants the names and postofTico address of 1,127 officers , 878 non-commissioned officers , and non-commissioned officers , and 4,054 enlisted men for use in establishing claims. "Ex-Senator Eoss , of Kansas , has received lis commission as governor of New Mexico , and started for Lawrence , Kansas , to escort tis family to his new post of duty atSantaFo SITUATION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Ttl patche8 from Official Source * What the Troops are Doiny to Subdue the Satayes. Washington dispatch. The following dis patches from Schofield to Adjutant Genera1 3rum , relative to the Indian troubles , have been received at the "War Department : "In reply to your dispatch of this date , please inform the Secretary of War that I do lot believe it practicable to do any more at this time than has been done to give pro- ection to the settlers in Arizona and "Jew Mexico from marauding Indians. t is not possible to guard all the frontier set tlements. That would require a force many irnes larger than the United States army. Be sides , the damage has already been done in ajizona and New Mexico. Settlers who have escaped have taken refuge at military posts indalanre settlement. I understand that icneral Crook and C.l. Bradley have all the troops they can use in tbe pursuit of ttie In- lian , but I will send more if they can use .hem. In my opinion the only w av to protect mattered settlers is tokeepthesavagejlnciiaus tinder military control and not permit them to oam at will over a large reservation. General Crook under date of June 2d , also elegraphs as follows from Fort Bayard : ' 'The ndlans shortly after crossing the New Mexi- : an line evidently divided into small parties , Inch raided in the widely separated locali- ies , while the women and children were hid iwaj in the mountains. The troops have been bllowing around different raiding parties without result , other than to break down their stock. It is impossible with troops to catch -aldinsr parties or afford the cituens so scat- , ered among the mountains protection from ; uch parties. A despatch from Captain Smith , dated So- MIlo Creek , June 1st , say that Indian women ind children are scattered throusrh the moun- ains east of Sairillo Creek , and opposite Gill ind Lieut. Davis , and. that sixty scout * are on ; he trail hunting them. The following is the aresent disposition of the troops : The Tenth cavalry and thirty Apache scouts ire moving north from Bayard toward Datel angc ; Captain Challe , with one troop of , he Sixth varan-vis in the vicinity of Cachillo ; Negro Major Va'n Horn , with cavalry from 't/Stanton and Mescalaro scouts are scout- ng on the east bank of the Hio Grand to pre- rent tbe Indians from crossing. Captain Madden with two troons of the Sixth is west > f Burrs mountains ; Captain Lee , with three ; roops of the Tenth cavalry , is moTin < r across ; he Black ranse , between Smith and Van Vliet. Major Biddle followed the trail of ten sr fifteen Indians , which crossed the railroad aear Florida Pass , bejond Lake Palamos , ' Mexico. There is no de'finite information oi any other Indians crossing the railroad. The roops are now moving to positions near all the known water holes between the railroad and Mexico , to intercept Indians moving south. Captain Lawton , with three troops of the Fourth cavalry and Lieutenant Rocli's scouts , are In Guadalonpe Canon , near the boundary inc. Major Beaumont , with two troops of the cavalry , is in Stein's Pass. No citizens have been reuorted killed since the 23th ult. It will be impossible for the Indians to keep their families in this country with seventy scouts alter them , and I shall endeavor to lave troops in position to intercept if they at tempt to get into Mexico. " The Commissioner of Indian affairs has re ceived the following telegram from agent Ford , at the San Carlos reservation , respect- no-the attitude towards the covernment ol the Anaches on the reservation : "San Car- os. Arz , July 2. A count shows that my jueks are all on their reservation. There is lerfect quiet and order here. These Indians lave commenced to harvest their grain. Tlie Raldiny Apaches. The latest news rece ved at Kl Paso , says a dispatch , concerning the raiding Apaches , comes from the neighborhood of llillsboio , S. M. Fifteen armed men. under the leader ship of one Jackson , left Ilillsboro on Tucs- Jay mormnsr , and before noon had captured twcnty-elirht horses. They continued on the trail , which before nisiht became very fre-Ii. and the men concluded to go Into cimp and = end for reinforcements , which , 120 strong , eft Hillsboro at 2 o'c'ock yesterday to assist Jackson's band. The Indians are apparently ariving a large lot of captured BtocK nd un- CPS they abandon the stock and take ill ht lackeon la certain toovertake and attack them. , oine Details of the Battle of Carthngena A steamerwhich arrived from Panam brings the following account of the attacl upon Carthagcna : Lato news from Cartha gena confirms tho Intelligence received b' the Spanish gunboat Ferdinand El Cath olico , and the American flagship Ten nessee. Gaitan on learning of the ap proach of tho Govcrment troops unde : Brlceno , and of their junction with a smal force led by General Vllo at Sincelefo. re solved on making a general attack on Cartha gena , assaulting it by both land and sea. lit paid dearly for his temerity. Securing a num ber of scaling ladders he sent a force" by set to approach as silently as possible the wall : of the city , and to cover this movement h < began a most furious attack along his wholi line of siege works , .particularly at La Papa. The assailants from the seaside succeeded it placing many of their ladders and a numbei of men succeeded in scaling the walls. Hat a sufficient number of them done so before making any demostration to attract the at tention of a small number besieged , their trl umph would have b jen secure , but with the characteristic enthusiasm , when only aboul sixty men had reached the walls , they begar the usual "vlves" which brought upon them at once the main force of the besieged. The result was that the attac i by sea was renulsec with a frightful loss , the bayonet and'knif * doing their deadly hand to blind work. E\en man who reached the summit of the walls was killed or wounded , and many at their bast who sought to escape by swimming , were drowned . The losses ot ( iaitan's forces were nearly COO killed ani wounded , and of tin Loyalists , U wounded and 1) ) hilled. Aftei the repulses , Gaitau withdrew his forces and proceeded to Barranquilla t await an attacl by the government forces. A dispat-h from La Libertad , San Salvador , dated May 3d , says that the natives are flving to the moun tains to avoid beinir taksn'for soldiers. Fig- uera's army is 7.100 strong. Stripes were ad- ministed to 710 men , who were then tied arm to arm and marched in single file from La Libertad to Santa Fecla , a distance of seven leagues. The cries of the menand women were heartrending. A Baby Esfcimo Sharpshooter. One of the first toys that a little Es kimo has is a small bow of whalebone or light wood ; and sitting on the eutl of the snow bed ho shoots his toj' ar rows , under tho direction of his father or mother or some one who cares to play with him , at something on the other side of the snow house. This is usually a small piece of boiled meat , of which he is very fond , stuck in a crack between the snow blocks ; and if ho hits it , he is entitled to eat it as a re ward , although the little fellow seldom needs such encouragement to stimulate him in his plays , so lonesome and long are the dreary winter days in which ho lives buried beneath the snow. These toy arrows are pointed with pins ; but he is also furnished with blunt arrows , and whenever some inquisitive dog pokes his head in the igloo door , looking around for a gtray piece of meat or blubber to steal , the littlo Eskimo , if he shoots straight , will hit iiim upon the nose or head with one of the blunt arrows , and the dog will beat a hasty retreat. In this sense , the lit tle Eskimo boy has plenty of targets to shoot at , for the igloo door is nearly always lilled with the heads of two or three dogs watching the baby's mother closely ; and if she turns hor head or lack for a moment , they will make a rush to steal something , and to get out as soon as possible before she can pound them on the head. In these exciting raids of a half-dozen lungry dogs , the little marksman is iable to getr by all odds , the worst of the encounter. He is too small to be noticed , and the first big dog that rushes by him knocks him over ; the next probably rolls him off the bed to ; he floor ; another upsets the lamp full of oil on himand ; while he is recking with oil , another big dog , taking him 'or a sealskin full of blubber , tries to Irag him out , when his mother happens to rescue him after she has accidentally jommeled him tvaor three times with he club with which she is striking at the dogs and were it not for his hid eous yellingand crying , one would lardly know what he is , so covered is 10 with dirtr greaser and snow. Thus the dogs occasionally have their revenge on the young sharpshooter. SL ST. NICHOLAS FOK Jura contains the opening chapters of "Sheep or Silver ? ' * a new serial by the late W. M. Baker. author of "His Majesty , Myself. " Tho story deals with and compares the cx- lericnces and final achievements of two > rothers who seek their fortunes in tho \Vost one on a Texas sheep ranche ; he other among the silver mines of Colorado. The illustrations will be 'urnished by James C. Monks and Henry Sandham. The other serials are car- iuri on in interesting installments. In addition to all this , there is a full quota > f short stories and articles. Frank II. Stockton opens the number with a quaintly fanciful story , entitled "Old 'ipcs and the Dryad , " 'illustrated by a rontispicce-picture by Kenyon Cox. \ddress the Century Company , New fork. THE MABKET3. OMAHA. S No.2 T NO.S tYE No. 2 . 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LOUia WHEAT No. 2 led . 1 01i © 1 02 CORN Per bushel . 44 © OATS Per bushel . 33 & CATTLE Stackers . 3 50 ffl 4 75 SHEEP Western . 3 45 O 400 HOGS Packers . 325 < a 423 KANSAS CITF. WHEAT Per bushel . S3 ( a 54 CORN Per bushel . 41Vi@ 425s OATS Per bushel . 33 & CATTLE Exports. . 520 © 540 HOGS . 350 & 375 SHEEP Common to good . SCO © 330 Diabste- Tne chief characteristicofQifa d&onaa is an abnormal nmonut o sugar in tho blood. The cause of Ifc isr qnila nucer tuin. According to Flint , it occurs in the vast majority of cases between the ages of thirty and fifty ; in men. oftenec i than in women. It mar coat a long time before it is noticed , and then , con * tinue years before proving fatal , IS often gives a'fatal issue to otherwise \ mild diseases. Its chief test is a large per centage of sugar in the-"water , the quantity of the latter , also , generally * not always , being increased. Among the earlier symptons are great thirsb , a strong appetite , dryness of th& month and acid saliva ; later , emaciation , , increasing muscular feebleness , and in many cases irritability , melancholy and mental weakness. To arrest it , it must be taken in its early stages. One-third ! or more of its cases end. in. consamn * tion. dj A diabetic patient , when _ _ the diseaso has become confirmed , is liable to sndden death. The heart mar fail from paralysis of its nerves , ; or , tho blood- poison affecting the brain , the person may sink into a stateof insensibility , , delirium and coma ( fatal lethargy ) . A slight cold may bring on this results So may mere constipation , and. trauma physical exertion , mental emotion , anxiety. ' Flint says , "The disease seems leaa formidable than heretofore , pranctecl proper treatment be adopted and per > sisted in. " The main thing is to arrange for the patient a diet which excludes , as far as possible , sugar and starch , and induce him rigidly to continue it while cutting off so many articles of the ordinary diet , pains must pe taken to supply their place with others sufficient" ly nutritious and appetizing. Gluten bread may take the place of common wheat bread. It contains only oner , third as much starch as that made from' entire wheat , and is acceptable to the taste. The body should be carefully pro tected against the influence of atmos pheric changes , and the skin be kept in a good condition. There should bo exercise in the open air , but it should be moderate. Mental relaxation and recreation should bo secured. Youth'a Companion. Origin of Masonry. A writer in a recent number of the Voice of Masonry upon the origin of the order , gives a variety of views held by high authority , but holds that it an tedates the Christian era , or is , at least ; not Christian in its inception. The writer savs : 'The whole Masonry blue masonry as we teclini- cally call it in its system of words , grips and signs , as well tfs its tradition , points to a non-Christian origin , and most unequivocally is Judaistic in its conception. Its hieroglyphic and mnemonic records , its oral transmission , its impressive manner of imparting in struction and fixing valuable lessons , and its thorough consecration to law , and order , all go to show that it is not modern in its origin and conception. I believe , then , in the antiquity of Mason ry that it was once specially Egyptian in its character ; that subseqnently it was purified by Solomon , perhaps , and by him consecrated to tho noblest pur poses ; that , becoming then the heritage of the Israelites , it assumed its un doubted Hebraic character ; that it has been largely modified by successive generations and nations ; that in tho lapse of ages it became , under the Providence of God , the inheritance of tho Anglo-Saxon race , who , after per petuating it for centuries as they re ceived it , finally , under the inspiration of genius , following the example of others , remodeled and reconsecrated it , giving it its Christian character , and yet , in the broadness of its cnarity and the glory of its philanthropy , not ex cluding anyone who , believing in the true God , has the other necessary quali fications for information. The Astor Millions. lleTr York Lotter. Another million or so of the Astor money is about to be spent on a largo office building. The location this time is in Pine street , just off Broadway. A few years ago one of the Astors put up a costly building of this kind in Wall street , between Broadway and Nassau street , and it has paid pretty well. The building in Pine street will back against the costly Equitable Life structure , which is to be enlarged pretty soon by running through to Nassau street , and taking in on Broadway a building that is now occupied as one of the Delmonico restaurants. Almost that whole block bounded by Broadway , Nassau , Pine and Cedar streets will then belong to the Astors and the Equitable Life. Pine street has been for years the headquar ters of the real estate brokers , and a Whole swarm of them will be turned out on the 1st of May , when prepara tions for putting up the new Astor building will begin. The Astors are still true to the family traditions in the matter of investing their money. Near ly all their accumulations go into real estate. All their millions were made in real estate and they still prefer that kind of investment to any other. Wall street never had any charm for them , and probably never will. A few years /i ago they bought a large track of land up in Westchester Countywith the expec tation that it will in time prove as good an investment as some of those made by the founder of the family when land was as cheap on Murray HOI as it is in f "Westchester County now. They are not s. very brilliant family , but they have a full share of solid "Dutch sense. " The President has made nearly all the leading foreign appointments , and they are generally approved of by the organs of both parties. The gentle men selected are not iikely to discredit this country abroad.