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THE TI&BUNE. IT. M. A Iv , M. KiaiMKLT , , 1'nbn. McCOOK. : : : : NEB NEWS OF NEBRASKA. FRUIT Cnop. Mr. Day , ot Burt county , writes that apples will be half a crop , plums , Miner , very full , other kinds one-half ; raspberries and blackberries , one-half ; strawberries were tho best crop ever had. His grapes will not be moro than one-fourth , the Janesville being tho best. He thinks tho trees were left in a depleted condition last fall from an over-crop and Buffered from the severe winter. Although they were full of bloom they had not sufli- centstrength to bear fruit. Mr. McVicker , of North Bend , Dodge county , reports the fruit crop in that vicin ity is a full average but not uptolastyear. Summer apples are bearing heaviest. Tran scendent and other crabs aro loaded. Raspberries , grapes and currants , good crop. Cherries , light ; strawberries , a fair yield. Reports from the northern part of the county arc about as above stated. Trees have suffered some from the blight , especially winter varieties , Ben Davis being the poorest. Mr. Allan is receiving * complaints about trees dying after the hard winter and says his observations and reports from growers show that the bark of tho trunk turns black , shrivels and cracks. The tree has sufficient life to put out leaves and blossoms but sickens and dies before midsummer. The bark on the south side is affected first , but when a tree by acci dent leans to the south it escapes. An old fruit raiser says ho noticed the fact some years ago when the trees suffered after a severe winter. There was a warm spell in March , succeeded by hard freezing weather. This would indicate that the sap on the ' south side of the tree , influenced by tho . P. sun , had commenced to rise , and was sub sequently frozen between the wood and the bark , detaching tho latter and causing its death. Mr. Allan thinks mulching after the ground is hard frozen will be found to be the remedy. By this means the time of leafing and blooming may be retarded two weeks and the crop also be out of danger from such late frosts as Nebraska had the past spring. Cherry trees , which are reported dying in some localities , are early and heavy bear ers , hence short lived. He refers to an orchard of 150 trees he visited a year ago in Iowa. The trees had been planted fif teen feet apart , were then eight to ten inches in diameter , and had borno large crops. On inquiry of the owner as to the cause of their dj'ing condition , he replied , "Starved to death ; they have eaten up all the tree food in the soil. " Omaha Repub lican. Doons MUST SWING OUT. County Judge " ft - Parker , who always has the welfare of the public in view , called the attention of a Journal reporter yesterday to the fact that in many of the public buildings now in process ol erection the doors are made so as to open inward , contrary to the statutes in such cases made arid provided. The judge has taken it upon himself to notify some of the contractors that they will have to change their plans , and in so doing he has found that ignorance of the existence of the statute is quite general. For the benefit of those who may still be in the dark in regard to the matter we _ quote section 1. chapter 70. of the com piled statutes of 1SS3 touching on tho subject. The law may be found on page 380 : SECTION 1. That all public buildings now in process of construction , or hereafter to be built or constructed , which may or shall be used for. churches , school-houses , operas , theatres , lecture rooms , hotels , public meetings , town halls , or which may or shall be used for any purpose whereby a collection of people may be assembled together for religious worship , amnsernent , instruction , or other purpose , shall be so builc and constructed that nil doors lead ing from the main hall or place where said collection of people may be assembled , or from the principal room which may be used for any of the purposes aforesaid , shall be BO swungupontheir hinses and constructed that they shall open outward , and that all means of egress for the public from the main hall , or principal room , and from the building , shall be by means of doors which shall open outward from the main hall or building. Lincoln Journal. THE STATE IN BRIEF. . THE creamery at South Auburn , an fai Btitution that was turning out about 2,500 pounds of butter per day , was destroyed by fire last week. It was partially de stroyed. A SWEDE near Blue Hill was waylaid by five highwaymen for tho purpose of rob bery. Finding nothing of value on his person they killed him in a brutal mauncr. THE fire department of Schuyler pre- aented J. T. Clarkson with a gold-headed ' A. cane on the Fourth. ? * A PARTY of Beatrice citizens seized a house "of ill-fame in that moral town , the other night , and held the inmates in quar antine until the police arrived. L. D. WIUJAMS , of Dodge county , in forms the North Bend Flail , that cattle are dying in his vicinity of an unknown dis ease. The head and throat swell aud they run at the nose. Those that run at tho nose most freely are doing best. It is af * , * S * > < ? J fecting several herds in the vicinity. ABSESSOBS of Douglas county found only 1,537 dogs. Ten times as many can be counted any day in the city of Omaha alone. A BEFOHM movement has taken hold of Hastings , the city of late being freer from vice than for many months previous. THE Schuyler Herald says the Iarg English draught horse , owned by Babcock Bros. , became angry while being groomed , and , seized the groom , Charles Grcenleaf , by the left leg a little abovo tho knee , lifted him over into the manger. So tcna cious was tho animal of his grip that his nose had to be seized and breathing stopped before he would release the unfortunate man. Upon examination no broken , bones were found , but the horse's teeth had lacer ated the flesh ot the leg so badly that it made a very painful and serious wound. Tire Central City board of education witf employ no teacher hi its schools who does not hold a certificate of first grade. DR. REUT exhibited to tho Ainsworth Journal a monstrosity in the shapo of a pig. It was horn on the premises of P. P. Shodc. It has the nose of an nntcater , the cars of an elephant , but connected beneath the neclc , with its eyea about the HJZC of a marble and low down on the nock , aud xninns mouth and vertebra. BEATRICE people aro a little disappointed about the census. It was expected to show a population in that city of 0,000 , but the returns aro hardly equal to this. * BOOHS county has organized an agricul tural society and will hold a fair this fall. LADIES of the Christian church nt Fair- bury netted $80 on the * th inst. with their dinner and supper tables. Two more saloons have been added to tho business of Humphrey , putting $1,000 in the town treasury. THE store of Hill Bros. , Plainview , was broken open last week and some goods taken. The thief is believed to have an abiding place in the town , and it is only a question of timo when he will be unearthed. MR. G. D. MILZ.EII , who resides near Deer creek , northwest of Arapahoe , met with quite an accident while crossing that stream. The bridge gave way , precipitat ing team , wagon and driver to the bottom of the creek , a distance of twenty-nine feet , with the result of "stoving up" Mr. M. and his horses as well as wrecking tho wagon. THE daily output of the Fairmont cream ery is about 300 pounds daily. HASTINGS proposes to claim third in the matter of population until the returns are all in , which will doubtless be several weeks yet. WASHINGTON special : Patents were issued to the following Nebraska inventors : D. Bartholomew , Red Cloud , threshold ; G. B. Dawson , O'Neill , milk cooler ; F. Dean , stock cover. TitE round-up season will be completed about the 2Qth of this month and the rail ways are preparing for the active work of the shipping season. The Union Pacific , which taps the greater portion of the Ne braska range region and is Wyoming's only eastern outlet for her great beef product , is equiping its cattle rolling stock in readiness for big business. THE servant girl of a wealthy farmer liv ing near Fremont has sued the old Lothario for $5,000 damages. THE man recently found dead in1 an.oat field near Orleans with a bullet hole through his head is said to be William T. St. Clair , a soap penman and window dec orator. THE canning factory has opened in grand style in Beatrice. THE solid men of Fullerton propose to bridge the Loup at that place. TRIAL of the postoffice riot case at Hoi- drege has been postponed to August 4th. OMAHA took fifteenth place last week in the United States clearing house list , with a total of § 2,865,711. The next in order is Minneapolis , with § 2,323,000. Stretch ing along behind are Cleveland , Columbus , Hartford , Indianapolis aud seven other large cities. MANAGERS of the Omaha exposition are making efforts to secure the presence of the celebrated trotters , Phallas , Jay-Eye-See and Maud S. , HOT weathar has been prevailing through out the state and corn is coming forward at an amazing pace. WortK np'on the Adams county f.-iir grounds is to be commenced at once and pushed vigoiously. Tun Auburn creamery , burned last week , had an insurance of § 2,500. NIHAMA county will have a fair at Auburn this fall. E. W. BAAXD.M , of Liberty , was thrown in front of a , reaper by a runaway team and mi rowly escaped death. Oneheel was cut off and he was otherwise bruised. THE little child of JohnRestle , of OmaHa , waB terribly scalded last week by the over turning of a po * of boiling coffee. THE legislature ol 1875 passed an act authorising county commissioners to ap point an undertaker in each county to take charge of and bury the bodies of de ceased soldiers and sailors when notified so to do , allowing a charge not to exceed § 35 for each burial , to be paid from the county fund. THE village of Dorchester has a popula tion of 1,344. THE Thompson & Huston Electric Light company have openedfor business in Omaha. THE negro Webster , reported killed "by the city marshal of Hastings , is recovering from his wounds. WEST POINT'S completed census shows a population of 1,680. DIPHTHEUIA , which has brought mourn ing to many households in Kearney the past year , is still prevalent in that locality. THERE is talk of bridging the Missouri at Nebraska City. Soundings have been made both above and below the town. SENATOR VAN WYCK is having his Ne braska home fitted and furnished in ele gant style , as if he means to stay at home for a few months. RUSHVILLE scooped Gordon on its Indian display July Fourth , and is correspond ingly happy. AT the reunion races to commence at Be atrice , September 9 , prizes to tho amount of § 1,500 are offered. A SNEAK stole a § 150 gold watch from Mrs. Crittenden , of Lincoln , while that lady was industriously attending to her household duties. THE Beatrice Republican asserts that th B. & M. and U. P. railways give Lincoln better freight rates by. 30 per cent than any town in the state. THE special committee appointed by the 40th congress to investigate the Indian problem rendezvoued in Omaha tho other day previous to an extended tour of in spection among the Indians. The commit tee consists of Messrs. Holman , of Indiana ; Hatch , of Missouri ; Peal , of Arkansas ; Cannon , of Illinois , and Ryan , of Kansas , the first three being democrats , the two others republican. AT Hastings on the 15th a Mrs. Finley , living in tho southwest part of town , was struck and instantly killed by lightning. She was working in the garden when the flash came. There was no storm , but a dark and threatening cloud hung off north. Only a few drops of rain fell and the sun was shining at tho time. THE Red Cloud creamery made 14,670 pounds of butter during June. AN attempt was lately made to chloro form L. K. Bell and wife , of Ashland. Rob bery was the object. LYDIA BRIELY was the name of the young woman who suicided at Columbus a few days ago. Nothing was found to assign any motive for the rash act. THE Schuyler Herald says that never in the history of Colfax county have the pros pects for good crops been more flattering than at tho present time. Dn. LYNN , city physician of Hastings , has extracted one of tho balls placed in tho colored soldier at Hastings some days ago by the marshal and his little revolver. The wounded man is in a fair way to re cover. BURGLARS forced an involuntary loan ol a hundered dollar watch and a five dollar bill from Mr. James Brown , of Beatrice , the other night. Blair reports tho recent racing there to have been the first honest , legitimate rac ing ever held in that town. THE number of school children in Gage county is 8,314 , and the apportion to tho county is § ,355.57. MRS. H. NOUNAMAKER is a petitioner for the postoffico at Arlington. THERE is some complaint of rust in wheat fields of Washington county. THE ladies of the Episcopal church at Beatrice are taking steps to build a rectory for Rev. Hamel , and have already about $1,000 raised for tho purpose. THIRTY thousand dollars will be expended on improvements on Fort Niobrara this summer. Two occupants of tho Central City jail made a break for liberty the other day , but were overhauled before getting far from town and returned to prison quarters. PREPARATIONS for the fair at Lincoln go forward with vigor. Tho management aro determined on success and will labor un- ceasiiigly to this end from now until Sep tember. THE session laws of 1885 have been for warded to the various county clerks to bo distributed to county and precinct officers. CHDAR county is credited with having paid § 10,000 state taxes last year. THE Lincoln live stock commission has requested Governor Dawea ' , o issue his proclamation prohibiting tn ! > importation into this state of all cattle from the states of New York , New Jersey , Delaware , Mary land , Virginia , West Virginia , Ohio , Illinois , Kentucky , Tennessee , Missouri and the District of Columbia. It is the purpose of the commission to keep out all diseased cattle and to eradicate it from this state. NELIGII has no saloons , but the town board has granted permits to the drug stores to sell liquors. WATNI : county has a population ol 3,583. OMAHA employs 150 teachers in its pub lic schools. DAWES county , recently organized , cast 049 votes'at its first election. THE Dodge county fair will be held at Fremont , September 8 , 9 and 10. THE Chadron Brick company fired its first kiln of 100,000 brick last week. THE contract for building the insane asy lum at Norfolk has been awarded to Mr. King , of Brooklyn , Iowa , who is said to be a prominent and highly reputable builder. IT is said of the woman killed by light ning at Hastings the other day , that she has often been heard to express the wish that her death might be swift and painless. She was about sixty years of age , anil leaves a husband and seven grown up children to mourn her loss. THE treasurer of Sherman county is said to be short in his accounts about $10,000. It was surmised some time ago the treasur er's accounts were not well "balanced , " and the county commissioners ordered an in vestigation , but through the influence of friends it was for a time quashed , but the final result came with unerring aim. The county will lose nothing , as Mr. Wilson turned out all his property and his broth ers made up the deficiency. AX A11RAXT IGTATE. A Swindler Caught in Milwaukee Who Proves to be a Xottd Forger and Confidence Man. Milwaukee dispatch : Harry C. Stewart , alias H. S. Cummings , alias H. S. Dale , who. was arrested in this city yesterday , is be lieved to be a noted forger and confidence man. Stewart for some time past has made his headquarters at the Kirby house in this city , and it is said has systemati cally swindled persons in Wisconsin , Illi nois , Iowa and Michigan , through the me dium of advertisements in Chicago papers. His plan was loadvertiseforabookkeeper , cashier , etc. , and on various pretenses secure a remittance of § 5 or § 10 from each applicant. The extent of his fraudulent operations is unknown as yet , but they are believed to be quite large. Checks on the First National bank of thb city found on his person show him to be a forger also. On being questioned he said his right name was Harry C. Stew art , but that he had registered as H. S. Cummings. On his person were also found several private letters , memoranda , cards , etc. , all bearing the name of Harry C. Stewart. The cards indicated him to be a- dealer in wines , liquors and cigars at 157 East Washington street , Chicago , and his residence as 209 East Randolph street. Among the papers was a telegram , dated Chicago , July 9 , as follows : H. C. Stewart , Plankinton House , Mil waukee Brother is dead ; you will hear from me by mail. ( Signed ) ESIMA. The prisoner declined to say anything re garding his transactions , but sufficient proof thpt he has been carrying on exten sive swindling operations was found on his person. The letters were from persons in Wisconsin , Iowa , Illinois and Michigan. The police are looking for his baggage. He will be held until his case is fully investi gated. It is suggested that the mucilage on 2-cent fetamps ba flavored with Itmon aud on the "ones" with vanilla , as a needed reform in the department Heroic JD ath of Two Firemen In Albany. N.Y. Albany dhnatch John A. Laby , tho "Stal wart" politician recently removed from the position of surveyor of customs , and Daniel Wheeler were killed at a fire early on the T2th In the piano factory of Broadman * & Gray. E. J. Wallen will not survive and Rufus K. Townsend , son > of Adjutant General Franklin Ton nsend , also raceived fatal Injuries. At 2 a. m. , flames were discovered shooting out from tbe rear of the piano factory and the liv ery stable of A. W. Burch adjoining on North Pearl street , near Livingstone avenue. When the department arrived the fire had made such heauuay that it was impossible to S.IVP either building. 'Ihestable two-story frame building , 147 feet In depth contained twenty-eight horses , ten coaches , two hearses , several other vehicles , and a large quantity of hay and feed. Five animals were rescued , but everything else was destroyed. The piano factory was a four-story brick structure , 110 feet deep. The first floor was used for the oilice and showroom , where a number of pianos were awaiting shipment. In the rear were the engine and'the drying-room , and the upper stories were fixed lor 'manufacturing and were filled with lumber. Nothlusr was saved from tbe factorwhirh burned like a tinder box. Several wooden buildings on either side were destroyed. William Kil- bourne barely escaped from his residence with his wife and child. While the conflagration was at Its height pipemen from steamers NOB. 2 and 4 were sta tioned In a narrow alley runninsr alon the north of the piano factory , directing powerful streams through the windows of the bla/ing structure. The hose wire manned by Fore men F. J. Walleii and Rufus K. Townsend of steamer No. 4 , and Foremen John A. Lubv and DanielVheeler of No. 2. Although warned that they occupied a position of dan- trcr on account of the tottering wall , they uiantaiuud t'ueir | osts at tie exullcit * orders , it is said , ot Chief Mc(2uade. ( Suddenly a loud cracklins was heard aboye the roar/the wall , towering fifty feet in the air , swayed for a moment , anil then fell with a crash on the daring firemen. The narrow alley was piled hi h with red hot bricks , smoking tini- beri , anil seething debris. The crowd spr ng to rescue the buried men , and first drew from the pile the mangled form of Mr. Lubv. He was terribly Injured. His ribs were crushed , his skull fractured , bjnes broken in various parts of the body , and internal inju ries sustained. He was" bevond hope when reached and died in three hours , after suffer- in r great agonv. Mr. Townsend was next brought out. Although It was feared that he was fatally hurt , surgical examination snowed only two fractures of the leg and several bruises. Fred Wjllen was found with his Lead crushed and collar-bone and arm broken and internal Iniuries. Later , at the bottom of the debris , Daniel Wheeler's dead body was discovered , the bead beinir crashed. " The"victims were very generally known in the community and had hosts of "warm friends. ' John A.'Luby , from h s activity in politics as one of the most energetic and skillful lieutenants of the Stalwart republican man agers , had aqcuircd a reputation throughout the state , lie was about 45 years of aue : , a shoe manufacturer , and an incident fireman. Fred W llen w > s the lejdin gas litter in the city. Wheeler was a quiet and industrious wo'rkman. Mr. Townsend is a wealthy young man , who has a mani-i Jor jioine to fires and has been injured once or tuice before. He is the | roprietor of the Townsend iron factory and a director of the State National bank. The origin of the fire has not been definitely ascertained. It is supposed by some to have been caused by the spontaneous combustion in the drying loom of the piano factorv , while others maintain that it caught in the rd.ir of thestiibles. The loss is about § 30,000 : in sured for § 23,000 PUBLIC MEfiAXD MEASURES. President Cleveland Said to Be Gittn-j nts Personal Attention to Jiotlt. Washington dispatch : The president's habit of seeking information with regard to men and public affairs from other than cus tomary "official" sources has already be come a matter of considerable comment. Recently a prominent business man in one of the middle states , whose name is entirely unknown in politics , became personally in terested in the proposed transfer of an offi cial from one post to another , and wrote to the president , giving his reasons in a business way for opposing the change , which reasons were chiefly personal to the official , the order for whose transfer had already been issued. The president wrote in reply that he appreciated the validity of the reasons which had been given him and would countermand tho order for the transfer. Ho also expressed a wish to meet his correspondent whenever the latter should find himself in Washington. A brief friendly correspondence grew out of the episode , and the gentleman , who dad business at the capital one recent Sat urday , called at the white house. Although a new custom excludes visitors on that day , the caller was cordially greeted. The president sat for an hour conversing with trim , and spoke freely on many general matters of public policy. He expressed a Jetermiuation to have none but good men in office , and said with some emphasis , that when a politician deceived him in uaking a recommendation to office that would end that man's in fluence with the administration. Among the topics referred to more particularly was the selection of Collector Hedden for the port of New York. Tho president is reported to have said that this was not made in compliance with the suggestion or wishes of any politician or political organ ization , but a view solely of meeting as lar as possible the views of business men. To ascertain what the views were , ho ( the president ) had first set on foot a private .nquiry among business men to see whom they would like to have in the place. In this way Mr. Hedden's name was brought bo the president's attention , and thereafter the inquiry was pursued more directly to ascertain if his appointment would be ac ceptable. The result was strongly in the affirmative and the appointment followed at the proper time. The president said he was giving personal attention to'the mat ter of appointments , and that personal Itness of the applicant for the office sought was the first question considered. A Monument to Mrs. Snrratl. A sensation has been created in Wash- ngton by announcement by Brick Pome- roy that he will receive subscriptions for : he erection of a monument to Mrs. Sur ra t , who was executed as a conspirator in ; hc assassination of Lincoln. Pomcroy claims that Mrs. Surrat was worse Mian murdered ; that she was an innocent Ro man Catholic woman without murder in icr heart. He points to the fact that all : he members of the military commission ; hat condemned Mrs. Surrat to death are dead , except Judge Holt ; that he , residing n a suburb of Washington , is almost crazed , and that the majority of those dead committed suicide proof , he thinks , ; hat they saw the iujustice of their verdict. Xo Cholera There , Tho reports of two cases ot sporadic cholera at Toledo , Ohio , are without oundation , and originated from the fact hat two Poles confined in the city prison were attacked with cholera morbus. The ity physcian , credited with declaring it poradic cholera , denies ever having mado uch report. The health of the city is ex- ellent , and the death rate the post month or below the average. CJTBOlfZCLES BX OABXJB. BRsceltaneous Matters of Interest Pertaining to foreign Countries , General DeCourccy wires tho French mln Istcr of war that the king of Annam Is held a prlioner by Thuget , the prime minister and Instigator of the rebellion , and Is restrained from accepting DeCourcey's invitation to re. turn to the palace. Twenty persons were at rested at Listen ell , Ireland , charged with intimidating a care-ta ker who had been left In charge of a farm from which the tenants had been evicted. The prisoners were arraigned under the pro- vlsons of the crimes act , and discharged for want of evidence. The Irish party , however , claim that in causing the arrests In the man ner referred to , the government has broken 'ts pipmlse to Parnell to considei the crimes act a dead letter. A delegation of the leadlns citizens of Bel fast called at the castle and were granted an interview with the Earl Carnavan , tho newly appointed viceroy. Mutual ex res- elons of good will were passed. The earl said he would Tlslt Belfa&i shortly. It is now asserted in political circles thve cannot now longer be any doubt but that Italy has designs on Abyssinia , and is anxious to obtain possession of a portion of King John's territory. Jt Is further stated that England- is in full accord with such a scheme , while Russia Is strongly opposed to It The French government on the other hand Is willing that Italy should undertake the conquest of a por tion of Abyssinia , hoping thereby to divert the attention of Italy from Tripoli. Gen. Brackenbury telegrapha from Fatmeh that a letter received there states that El Mahdi is dead. The letter was written by a merchant at Handak on July 8th , and says that since the prophet's death his followers bare fallen to fighting among themselves. A refugee Egyptian soldier arrived at Fatmeh and asserts that he saw an Arab on the first of July at Abuclom who told him the M-ihdi was dead. It Is proposed to erect a statue to & Tale Baron von Manteuffel at Strasbourg. Many letters of sympathy with the project have been received from France. Bismarck has ar ranged to meet Count Kalnoky , the prime minister of Austria , at Salzburg relative to a settlement of the vexed question of Austro- GermaD customs. The Austriana are much Incensed because of the recent changes In the German custom laws. The suspension of the Munster bank causes the wildest excitement in southern Ireland Crowds surround the offices In Cork , Lim erick , and elsewhere clamoring for their mon ey and denouncing the directors of the insti. tution. A strong force of police guard the various offices. The crowds are Increasing and theexcitement Is becoming uncontroll able. able.The The London Daily Telegraph says the par- leymgs between Enhland ana Russia upon the Afghan question have become senous. Russia has brought forward new claims and refuses to make any concessions. Lord Salis bury's tone , while friendlis firm. The Standard declares that England will never condone a repetition of the L'enjdeh affair. It Is learned that the British Afghan fron tier commissioner moved to Hjrat at the re quest of the Afghans , who are anxious that the British engineers shallassist in lortifying that city. The Pall Mall Gazette in response to re quests for its opinion as to the nature of the changes required to the English criminal law makes several Important suggestions. The first Is an addition to the criminal act , raising the age at which female children may legally consent to sinful conduct from 12 years to 16. In the house of commons Right Hon. W. H. Smith , secretary of war , asked for a grant to enable the government to raise the effective force of the army by 30,000 men. In making the request he took occasion to remark that a eood Issue of the negotiations was , however , still hoped for. The vote was granted. The "London Daily Telegraph" says satis factory assurance having been given by Ger many and the other powers , the government will in a few days issue an Egyptian loan of 9,000,000 pounds. Dispatches received state that the remain ing members of the British boundary commis sion In the Afghan frontier have suddenly struck their tents and are hurrying on to Herat The reason for the move Is unknown. The news has excited a great uneasiness In official circles here. The London Standard says that although more reassuring news was received from Col. Ridgeway , chief of the British Afghan boun dary commission , yet from other sources re ports regarding the movements of Russians were of the gravest character. The only re deeming feature of the Intelligence from Af ghanistan , says the Standard , was that the Afghans attached themselves more firmly than ever to our side. The British Government has notified Russia that any Increase in Russian forces in the direction of Zulficar will be regarded as an unfriendly act. inn PRESIDENTIAL PEDAL. It Is Emphatically Flit Down in Regard to Changes in Office. The Washington Evening Star gives prominence to the following : "The presi dent has called a halt. A little over a week ago an order went out to all depart ments that all dismissals and appoint ments to fill places not vacant must stop at once. A week ago a stop was put to all work in the appointment division in the treasury department , and the appoint ment clerk was told that no more commis sions were to be made out or papers con sidered unt'l further orders , and a lot of changes that were contemplated by him were killed in their conception. Commis sioner of Pensions Black was sent for per sonally by the president and given to un derstand "that the offensive partisanship cry had become too indefinite in its meaning , and that no more changes in his force would be made until there was a thorough understanding on the subject on the part of the president. The reoult was that orders for a number of changes in the pen sion office were countermanded and every thing put at a standstill. The president , it is understood , then had an understanding with the heads of the postoffice and other departments , declaring his policy to be to stand by the civil service reform declara tions in the letter to Curtis and in his ad dress on the 4th of March. "Removal for cause" he held to mean that , and not re moval with excuses. Theresult ia that the axe has been stuck in th ! block lor the pus t week , and is still there. HO T Ltr this thing is to go can but merely be surmised , but it is true tlmt the president is decidedly in earnest and does not intent ? that his dec larations shall be ignored. USItUZT 3022V TiaOROVSLT X * lllger- Ute Strike in Clerelanl Attumts a ent Aspect A Sanguinary Collision JFUft the Police. The anticipated col Cleveland dispatch : lision between the strikers and police oc curred this afternoon at 4 = o'clock. A meeting was held in Newburg , and several reporters who entered were savagely thrdwn 6 out. Alter the meeting 700 men , mostly Poles and Bohemians , formed into lino and marched to the plato mills , which was in operation. The men in the plate mills ara not affected by the reduction , and were op posed to stopping work in the first place. They were forced out finally by the foreign ers and remained idloui'.til yesterday , when the mill resumed operations. The mob in creased in numbers as it progressed , and when it arrived at the mill it aggregated at least 1,000 men. The strikers were armed with clubs studded with nails , pieces of iron and large stones. Fifty policemen on duty were supplied with maces twenty-two inches long and self-acting revolvers. They were stationed at the 2Etna street entrance- to the mill yards. A picket fence fifteen i feet high encloses the grounds , the gate was open and near it were the police.&tna street at this point is sixty feet wide and paved with cinders and slag from the neighboring furnaces. Thirty-four additional policemen were scattered in the mil' ' . At 3:45 the patrolmen were ordered IIOMC to rest preparatory tq going on duty to-night. They started down JEtna street and met the strikers. They turned and double-quicked to tho mill. They were hooted and stoned by tho strikers. Dep uty Superintendent McMahon gave orders to fall in and a line was formed about fortv feet from the mill gate. The mob ap proached and McMahon asked what was wanted. One of the leaders replied that they were determined to close tho mill. The police officers argued with them , but to no purpose. Tho men in tho rear ranks bean to throw stones , cinders , and flour ished their clubs. The policemen used their maces and drove the strikers back inch by inch. The strikers fell by the score or reeled away with blood streaming down their faces. They poured aterrific showerof stones into the police , but could no t use their clubs to any advantage. Finally they fel , back very rapidly , and tho police , seeing their opportunity , charged on the run , yelling as they went. The whack of their maces could bo heard for a long distance. The fallen strikers lined ZJtna street , and their wives and sweethearts bore them away as fast as possible. The mob broke and ran , but the police kept up an untiring whack until every striker was driven out of sight of the mill. The result of tho battle was as follows : Patrolman Manzelam , two deep cuts on the head ; Patrolman Caldwell , badly cut on the head ; Patrolman White , hit on the head with a club ; Patrolman Reese , struck on the head and wrist and badly injured ; Patrolman Eckhart , cut overthe right eye ; Patrolman lies was cut over the head with a piece of iron. Thirty-five strikers were lying on the ground when the skirmish was brought to an end , but only seven of them were ar rested. The remainder were carried ofl the field by their friends. _ SOW HE I.OST A LEO. Tlie Perilous Plight in Which a Man at Oak Point Found Uhnself. New York dispatch : Tho largest crowd that ever visited Oak Point was there on Sunday. All the old attractions were there and one new one. It was a man who made a sliding descent along a 700-foot wire run ning from a tall polo into the water , and James Pilkinton , who went out with Harry Thompson to anchor the wire to tho bot tom of the sound very nearly made the central figure of the performance. Tho weight attached to the wire was a 600- pound rock , which had to be lowered with a rope into the water. As Pilkington and Thompson started wivh their heavily-laden boutrallace Ross , who saw them off , said : "Be careful how yon put that weight , overboard , boys. I was anchoring a buoy once uitha big piece of railroad iron , and the rope got around my leg , and I was dragged overboard and nearly drowned. " Pilkington and Thompson laughed at the warning , and tenminutes later Pilkington dropped the stone into the water. A moment afterward his leg was nearly torn off and the boat capsized. The rope had somehow or other been twisted 1 around his ankle. As he was going down he clutched at the wire that was already lightly fastened at the bottom of the sound and held on for dear life. Pilkington is a. man of enormous strength , but says his muscular strength was never so strained as at that moment. His friend swam to his Bide and tried to support him. "Harry , " he said , "a 600-pound weight is hanging to my foot ; 1 can't hold on to the wire many seconds longer and when I let go I'm gone. ' "Cling to it for five seconds , " said Thomp son , "and I'll save you. " Still supporting Pilkington with one hand he used the other to draw a clasp knife from his pocket. He opened it with his teeth and then disap peared under the water. The strain on the athlete's ankle and arms was tremendous , but he sustained it until the diver cut tho rope and relieved him. Both men were taken into a boat that had been pulled to their rescue. Pilkington was exhausted and his leg was frightfully lacerated. Ho will probably lose his leg. THE HOXSTER. It Results In XtooUg Murder , Followed ly a Suicide. An Eldora ( Iowa ) special says : Buckccy township , in this county , is all agog with jxcitement in consequence of a unique anil horrible tragedy enacted last night at a farm house four milen from thia place. Grace Rand , a beautiful girl 19 years of age , was a member of the ' nily of George Johnson , a farmer , whose wife was her sis ter. The ladies customarily occupied one bed in the second Btory of the house , while Johnson and a hired man slept together 3own stairs. Last night the family letired tis usual , Mrs. Johnson with her sister , and the two men in a room on the first floor. Miss Rand fell asleep quickly , and just a Mrs. Johnson had nearly lost conscious ness she was aroused by some one ap proaching the bed. It was her husband. He leaned over the bed , kissed her affec tionately , bade her good night and left tbr room. ImmediateHJ- her husband hail J ' ? one Mrs. Johnson's attention was at- " tracted by strange movements by her sis- \ > ter. Putting out her hand on thegirl's face she was terror-stricken to feel 1)1 Jod gush ing from her sister's throat. A moment later the girl , writhing in the agony pi death , rolled from the bed to the floor. Mrs. Johnson struck a light and discov ered the girl lying dead , her throat cut from ear to ear. The hired man came in answer to her screams and instantly started to alarm the neighbors. When the nearest arrived Johnson was found dying near the door with a broad gash in his n throat and a bloody razor lying beside aim. aim.As As the coroner's investigation has only just begun , no theory has been brought to light in opposition to the one generally held , namely , that Johnson , who had vio lently opposed her approaching marriage lo n young man of the neighborhood , loved his sister-in-law , and in insane jealousy- murdered her and took his own life.
