OK THIRTY KILLED.
Portions of Kansas City Halted by One of
thcSZost Destructive Storms Ecer Known
CChe Killed and Wounded.
-K.ANSA8 CITY , May 11. A fearful storm
of wind and rain swept over this city to-
day , continuing from 11 o'clock to noon.
The court house was totally demolished
above the second story and a number of
personswere hurt there , but none were
killed , eo far as is known. The Lathrop
school building was partially wrecked and
many children were caught in the ruins.
The overall factory on Second street was
blown down and five deaths are reported
but of fifteen girls at work in the building.
RIVERS OP WATER.
The storm struck the city in full force
about twenty minutes past eleven and
raged for half an hour. The streets were
running rivers of water , carrying boxes ,
signs and other similar freight blown from
buildings or swept up by the flood. A num-
"ber of vehicles were overturned and in
numerous instances drivers abandoned
horses to their fate and sought refuge in
houses. Some hail accompanied the storm ,
but the fall was not great , otherwise the
\ loss to property would have been enor-
iiious from water streaming in at broken
windows. As it was windows in quite a
number of buildings were blown in and
goods and furniture were water-soaked.
All this , however , proved entirely insigni
ficant when tho full extent of the disaster
wrought by the storm became known. The
Lathrop school building occupied a prom
inent site at tho corner of Eighth and Main
streets. It consisted of a main building ,
to which a wing had been added. The
building was surmounted by a tower ,
which for some time had been considered
unsafe.
3.1 HAD BEEN TWICE CONDEMNED ,
once within a few weeks , but no action had
been taken in the matter. This morning
the building was crowded with children ,
many of nvhotn went nearly frantic with
grief over the appalling darkness and still
ness which preceded the tempest. Tho
wind swept midway across Broad way from
the west and seemed to concentrate its
force in a descent upon the tower , which
yielded with a crash and , tearing down the
heavy bell plunged through the intervening
floors to the basement. The main building
is a mass of ruins within the shattered
walls , which still stand. The wing was
comparatively uninjured , and the scholars
in it were not hurt. In the main building ,
however , one fact was awful , the falling
floors
PRECIPITATED THE TERRIFIED CHILDREN
TO THE BASEMENT ,
A.
where masses of bricks and boards crushed
them to the ground and buried them from
view. Persons near , hearing the crash ,
made their way as best they could against
the beating storm to the scene. The gale
quickly subsided and the work of rescuing
was undertaken by eager hands. Owing to
the prevailing excitement the first work
was not very effective , but tho fire depart
ment and police soon arrived and an or
ganized search was commenced. The dead
and wounded were taken out as quickly as
possible and carried to the uatatoriuin ad
joining , which was turned into a hospital.
Here the parents and friends of the little
_ ones soon gathered , each searching for his
( or her own , and uttering heartrending cries
as they recognized in the maimed and
bleeding forms those whom they loved.
* Among the first taken out several were
dead and one or two mangled almost be
yond recognition , their clothing torn and
their bodies covered with dust and mortar ,
the deathly palor of the skin showing in
painful contrast against the grime and
blood stains.
, MANY HEROIC SCENES WERE ENACTED
during the rescue , and the wounded chil
dren , some of them at least , seemed to have
greater control than their elders. One lit
tle girl , half buried in thedebris , over whom
the rescuers were busy , begged them to
leave her and help a boy beside her , be
cause , she said , he was only five years old.
The scenes in the natatorium as the little
ones were brought in and laid upon the im
provised cots , the dead being placed to-
"j gether upon one side , were pitiful beyond
expression. A dozen dead were taken out
during the day and their bodies sent to the
houses of sorrowing families. Several of
the children belonged to prominent families
in the city. At No. 110 West Third street
stood a three-story brick building in the
middle ol the block , the third floor of which
was used as an overall factory conducted
by the Hoar Brothers , and the first and
second floors by the Graham Paper com
pany. In the factory were about twenty-
live employes , chiefly girls. Whenthestorm
broke out they started for the cellar. The
( building fell with a crash , being razed en
tirely to the earth , and the most frightened
girls were caught in the ruins' . Four have
been taken out dead. A number of others
V are wouuded and some are still missing.
The storm struck the northwest corner
of the court house , blowing in the roof and
major portion of the walls of the third and
four stories. The south wall at the east
end was blown into the street and Deputy
Sherjff Dnugherty was caught and killed.
All others succeeded in getting out of the
building alive. The jail is located in the
basement of the building and that portion
escaped injury. The prisoners were intense
ly alarmed , but became quiet when the
crash had passed and they found them
selves unhurt. Judge Stover had beenhold-
ing court on the third floor and had ad-
f journcd just before the storm descended. A
portion of the roof , in falling , struck the
chair the judge had just vacated. Tho loss
* " of property cannot yet be definitely esti
mated , but the total will be large.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The following is a list of the killed and
wounded as far as ascertained at 10 o'clock
to-night :
Killed at the school house Josie Mason ,
aged 12 , lives on the corner of Eighth and
Wyandotte ; Bessie Inscre , aged 9 years
1025 Central ; Nellie Ellis , 11 years , 807
Central ; Julia Ramey , 12 years , 904 Cen
tral ; Ruth Jainison , 10 years , 916 Wash-
ingtonEdna ; C. Evans , 11 years , 701 Penn ;
Robert Sprague , 11 years , son of the super
intendent of telegraph of the Kansas City ,
Fort Scott & Gulf road , 620 West Eighth
' street ; T. T. Moore , jr. , 12 vears old , son
of Jj. T. Moore , one of the most prominent
business men in the city , Hotel Brunswick ;
Richard Terry , 11 years , Ninth and Jeffer
son ; Mary Lambert , 12 years. Tenth and
Bluff ; Mary Bishop , 9 years , 303 West
Twelfth.
The killed at the overall factory Jennie
Fitzgerald , aged 20 , skull crushed and neck
broken , borne , Kansas City , Kansas. Willie
Eckman , age 16 , chest crushed and badly
mangled , Kansas City. Kansas , Mina
Crane , aged 22 , skull broken , J.713 Char
lotte. Nellie Cavanaugh , age 21 , head and
chest crushed , Armourdale. Katie Kreel-
man , age 17 , large hole in head > ear tem
ple , 5S Gillis. Wm. B Towne. age 19 , face
/ crushed beyond recognition , 1231 Cherry.
Mrs . Ida Bowls , superintendent of the over-
K all factory , was terribly crushed about the
T T h ad and hips and died to-night.
Killed at Smith & Moffatt's Frank 0.
Smith , proprietor , 32 years , hole in left
temple , boarded at Centropolis hotel.
John Kane , othce roaster , 28 years , skull
broken , Central and Walnut. Henry Jack
son ( colored ) , head crushed and badly
mashed , Wyandotte , Kansas. Sam Black ,
18 years , neck broken , residence unknown.
Killed at the court-house
- Henry Dough
erty , deputy sheriff. 28 years , 616 Locust ;
Wm. Hedges , deputy recorder , died this
afternoon , No. 1012 Forest.
Injured attheschool Maude Askew , aged
10 years , daughter of Frank Askew , whole-
Bale leather dealer , ankle broken , mayloso
limb ; young son of Postmaster Shelly ,
severely bruised ; James Bailey , severely cut
over the eye ; Frankio.Mattison , internal
injuries , serious ; Beatrice Terry , legbroken ;
Nellie Curry , arm broken and back hurt ;
EVJI , Harlzell , head cut ; Katie Smith ,
severely cut and bruised ; Margaret Hoover ,
aped 11 years , injured , may die.
Injured at the factory Joseph Hoar.
proprietor , 35 years , collar-bone broken
and leg fractured ; Julicn Hoar , aged 29 ,
slightly bruised ; Rose Butler , aged 18 , con
cussion of thebrain , probably fatal ; Ma
mie Creedon , aged 18 years , head gashed ,
probably fatal ; Lizzie Riley. bruised ; Atari-
Bird , hurt internally ; Jessie Woodward ,
19 years , cut in the head ; Annie Travis , 31
years , thigh crushed and arm broken ; Mag
gie Bird , 17 years , bruised ; A. P. Hutchin-
cutter , 38 years , arm broken , head
and chest hurt ; .Kate Carroll , 18 years , cut
in the face ; Annie and Burt Turner ( sis
ters ) , bruised ; Stephen Morse , shipping
clerk of the Graham paper factory , cut on
tho head.
Injured at the court house Ed Hedges
( clerk ) , leg broken. James Chase and
Eugene Mooro ( clerks ) , hurt about tho
head. Win. Scurris ( clerk ) , bnised.
Injured at the United States engineer's
office W. A. Walden , seriously hurt about
the head and breast. Md j. Livcrmore , hurt
about the head. Lieut. F. N. Young , skull
broken. A mnu named Nelson , head hurt.
It is probable that the list will not be
completed for a day or two until the miss
ing ones are accounted for. Several of tho
injured were probably carried away with
out the names being reported.
The storm struck Leavcnworth , Kas. ,
at 11 o'clock and unroofed several build
ings among them the Morse school and
market house.
KANSAS CITY. May 12. The searcli ! n the
ruins of the bu'ldmgs wrecked yesterday
was resumed this morning. The bodies of
the dead children have all been taken out
of the Lathrop school building , but three
men are missing , who arc supposed to bo in
the overall factory. The telegraph compa
nies' wires are being rapidly replaced.
Folio wing aresomeestimates of damages :
On the ' bridge , § 30.000 ; on the court house ,
§ 20000 , ; on the overall factory , § 10.000 ;
Smith & Moffatt , stock , § 12,000 ; building
owned by Frank Oglesby. § 45,000 ; on the
school house , § 10.000. The total damage
is roughly estimated at § 150,000 , a por
tion of which is covered by storm insur
ance.
The storm is generally considered a hur
ricane , not a tornado or cyclone. It was a
tremendous gale of wind with a flooding
rain fall. The telegraph and telephone
\\ireswereproslrated to the extent of the
total stoppage of business at the time. The
Western Union had but one wire working
out of the city until night , when several
more were obtained. Communication has
been resumed with Chicago and St. Louis ,
.Omaha and Denver , besides south , but the
work is carried on under great difficulties.
THE CHARGES AGAINST ROSECRANS
What He Has to Say of Tliem in a Public
Statement.
Gen. Rosecrans has written a statement
in answer to the charges that have been
preferred against him , based on a decision
of the supreme court. lie treats them as
if they involved a question of law instead
of morals. He was charged with suborna
tion of perjury , and with having fraudu
lently acquired 800 acres of government
land in the vicinity of Los Angeles. Gal.
He induced a number of men to go through
the form of entering his land as home
stead , paid all of their expenses , and re
ceived from them deeds conveying the land
to him. The men testify in the court that
they were paid by Rosecrans for signing
certain papers , the contents of which they
were not allowed to read and did not
know. They were not aware of the entries
of the land which stood in their names , and
had no idea to do so , merely to obey the
order of Roecrans and accepting the money
for the same. The papers they signed
were affidavits and similar documents
requiring an oath before a notary. Rose
crans afterward sold the property , while
they were in possession of the same. The
land was legally entered under the law. A
suit for possession was brought and carried
up to the supreme court of the United
States , the decision in each case being
against the party who purchased the land
of Rosecrans on the ground that he had
acquired it by fraud , and that the title was
worthless. The parties who were ejected
could recover from him , but could not hold
the land. Rosecraus in reply dismisses the
charge ns trivial , although they appear in
the judgment of the highest court in the
laud. He does not deny the transaction
as stated , but says he did nothing that was
not legal , and that he acted on the advice
of his lawyer. This ho thinks to be suf
ficient defense , but the committee on
finance do not agree with Lira. They think
that Rosecrans' reply shows a moral ob
liquity that unfits him for holding an office
of trust.
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POWDEIiLT SPEAKS HIS SENTIMENTS.
Excellent Advice Glren to the Knlglits of La
bor.
The Chicago Daily News publishes the
full text of a secret circular from Grand
Master Workman Powderly to the district
assemblies of the Knights of Labor to be
read at their meetings. The circular con
tains a call for a general meeting of assem
blies to take place at Cleveland , 0. , May
25 , at which matters relating to interests
of the order will be canvassed and action
taken upon them. Also in the circular
Powderly takes occasion to rebuke the
tendency to drunkenness in some quarters ,
and adjures members to forswear the in
temperate use of intoxicants. lie reads
quite a temperance lecture , pointing to the
fact that drunkenness is a great incentive
to riotous methods. He deprecates all
talk of use of violence and illustrates many
abuses to which the boycott is put.
"I hate the word boycott."hesays , "and
forbid its use except as a last resort , and
then only upon the consent of the general
assembly. Powderly then announces th t
hereafter he will receive no committees and
answer no letters addressed to him pend
ing the holding of the meeting at Cleveland.
His mail , he says , contains 400 letters
daily , and he has 2,000 on hand that are
not and never will be read. He must have
time , he says , to perfect his plans for the
good of the order.
MUCH ABUSED JII7S. PACKARD.
Mrs. E. P. M. Packard began a suit on
the 12th in the Kankakee ( III. ) county cir
cuit court for § 20,000 damages against Dr.
McFariand , of Jacksonville , 111. , the expert
in insane cases , and the Newark ( N. J. )
Sunday Call. Twenty-five years ago Mrs.
Packard was confined in the insane hos
pital of Jacksonville , III. , of which McFar
land was superintendent. On a habeas
corpus , after a sensational trial and legis
lative investigation , she was released as
sane. She has since been lecturing on
abuses in insane asylums. She alleges that
Dr. McFariand hinders her work , relent
lessly pursuing her , and that last winter ,
as she appeared before the New Jersey legis-
laiure , nn article bitterly attacking her ,
written by McFariand , "was published in
the Call , hence the suit. McFariand. who
Js following her trail , acted as superinten
dent of the state institute at Jacksonville
but now manages a private institution
there.
INDIANA AND OHIO RAVAGED.
Different Elements Combine in Fearful
Work in the Above Slates.
XENIA , May IS. A terrible storm rngeil
here from 9 until 12 o'clock last night. It
is supposed to have been a waterspout. It
struck the southeastern part of town and
followed the course of the Shawnee river ,
which was swollen in a few moments so as
to inundate its banks and neighboring
streets , sweeping away or totally ruining
more than 100 houses. Many were swept
down the current with families in them.
One of them , that of Aaron Ferguson , con
tained nine persons of his own family and
three of John Lurch's , who had fled there
for safety. A man named Earbor risked
his life by throwingliimself into the current
and floating against a house , and with a
rope in his hands succeeded in saving the
inmates of the house by means of a boat.
Twenty-three dead bodies have been re
covered from the ruins of the once happy
homes which are now naught but a tangled
mass of timbers and slime. Relief parties
are hard at work. The doctors are all
overworked , and nearly every uninjured
house is a hospital. The condition of the
town is sickening. The groans of the
wounded lill the air , and whole families
have been killed. Over a mile of the Little
Miami railroad js completely gone , and no
trains can be run. The nearest approach
is Dresden Junction.
The list of dead is as follows : Mrs. Nel
lie Anderson and sister ; Lydia Casey ( col
ored ; three widows past GO years of age
ho lived on Barr's bottom ; Mrs. Samuel
Cochron and two sons aged 12 and 25
years , widow and two sons of the lateSam-
uel Cochron , better known as "Sam
Patch , " who lived across the creek on King
street in the bottoms near the depot ; Mat
Evans ( colored ) , day laborer , wife and
child , the child is missing : Orrin Morris
( white ) , laborer , wife and five children ,
three girls and two boys , the oldest a girl
15 years of ape and the youngest a babe of
10 months , who lived on the west side of
Second street near the creek ; Stephen Dev-
son ( colored ) , laborer , who lived on Barr's
bottom ; William Powell , cart-driver , wife
and six or eight children , who lived on De
troit street. One of his children escaped
from the house , as did Henry Brazzilton ,
his son-in-law. Mr. Powell and two chil
dren were found this morning.
The rest of the missing are Lewis Antler
son and wife ( colored ) . Thelived in
Barr's bottom. Mrs. Ed Lindsay , who
lived in the fork of the crceknearthedepot ,
is also missing. The incidents were of an
exciting nature almost beyond description.
A line-man xvas standing on the embank
ment , and before he could realise his danger
lie was in the flood and swept a mile by the
raging waters. A telegraph operator got
into the water , and floating some distance ,
lie caught onto a tree. Ahouse camedown
in the flood and sunk the tree he was
perched on. He climbed on the house and
started do'wn the current until he came
across another tree. He clinched it and
remained until rescued several hours latdr.
AT ATTICA , INDIANA.
A tornado struck Attica at 6:10 last
evening , and in five minutes 200 houses
were destroyed , among which were the
Revere house , and the Chicago & Great
Southern freight depot. Many business
houses and residences are in ruins , and
about seventy people injured. A Mrs.
Davis was found dead in the ruins of her
house. Many telegraph lines are down in
the track of the storm. The midnight ex
press train on the Wabash road ran into a
washout and was ditched. It is a total
wreck. The mailing clerk was slightly in
jured , lleports show the following deaths :
Jott Davis , seriously injured.
Jane Idle.
Mrs. A. Maxham.
Will Vandcvenderc.
Mrs. Ann Moorehead and son.
Mrs. Benton Gamble.
Two ( laughters of John Bethel.
Mrs. Kirby and son.
Reed Brady.
E. S. Paris.
John Ersi tigers.
A terrific cyclone struck Logansport ,
Intl. Hundreds of houses were unroofed ,
fences , trees and houses blown down. The
high school and American normal college
lost their roofs. Thousands of trees block
the country roads. Lightning struck sev
eral houses and their inmates were badly
shocked , but there was no loss of life.
Damage , about § 50,000.
The storm did frightful damage in and
about Springfield , Ohio. The High street
bridge , recently completed , was under
mined and is now a mass of ruins. Hun
dreds of families have been driven from
th ir homes in the eastern and southern
portions of the city , many bare ] , } awaken
ing in time to save their lives. The scene
in that quarter is one of frightful devasta
tion. Dwellings are washingfull of soil and
debris. The railroads are all locked up.
The York street sewer broke and tossed
the boiler , engine and heavy machinery of
the Common Sense Engine company and
immense Ohio Southern railroad shops
like feathers , and a four hundred foot
bridge over the east fork of the Little
Miami river near Harman was swept away
and surging down the stream tore down the
iron bridge two miles below.
In many sections of Ohio the storm pre
vailed to greater or less extent , spreading
death and destruction on all sides.
MEN WITH POLITICAL CALLING.
Congressman Ranney , of Massachusetts ,
declines to be a candidate for re-election.
Senator Jones , of Florida , is still away
from his post , but the senate has two
Joneses left.
It is rumored in Washington that Sena
tor Allison is about to marry a beautiful
young lady of that city.
Congressman Gates , of Alabama , thinks
the speaker of the house should be a par
tisan leader and not a judicial officer.
The illness of Senator Mitchell , of Penn
sylvania , isa nervous disorder complicated
with an affection of the eyes. He denies
that he does not expect ) to be able to re
sume his official duties.
Senator Collum , of Illinois , avers that
the relation between himself and General
Logan are now as cordial as they have been
for the past fifteen years. This expression
is called out by a published report that he
was trying to undermine Logan's influence.
Representative Morrison , it is whispered ,
when he wants to keep his temper , dresses
in black. In his semi-clerical garb he
never swears. This is pr .bably when he
has no tariff bill on hand and Mr. Randall
is not found in his neighborhood.
About thirty congressmen attended a
base-ball match in Washington the other
dayand the correspondent says : A curi
ous fact noticed during the game was that
the congressmen sided with the visiting
club , cheeredwhen its members made fine
plays , and looked glum when the tide
turned against the strangers. The feeling
exhibited partook much of that existin
in every college village between town and
town. The struggle on the field was be
tween Philadelphia and Washington , but
on the grand stand it was the capital city
against the nation. How natural it is to
abhor centralization. J
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND NOTES.
A Record of Proceedings in Both Brandies
of tlie U. S. Congress.
House , May 8. The house went into
committee of the whoo ! on the military
academy appropriation bill. Wilson , of
West Virginia , while he was not in favor of
lowering the graduation standard at Anna
polis or AVcst Point , thought the standard
of admission to the institutions at those
places was too high and precluded from the
benefits of military and naval education
fully 99 per cent of the youth of the land.
Henderson took the same view. He did not
now have a young man at Annapolis be
cause of the high standard there and the
iron application of it. The application o !
the standard was such as to make the ad
mission simply impossible except to those
who were thoroughly equipped by private
tutors. The bill was then read by sections ,
but no amendments were offered and the
committee rose and the bill was uassed.
SENATE , May 10. Van Wyck introduced
a bill to authorize the Union Pacific Rail
road company to construct branch roads.
Referred. A bill was offered by Ingalls di
recting the postmaster-general to report to
the senate all cases of unadjusted salaries
of postmasters and late postmasters in
Kansas under the act of March 3 , ISSIi ,
with a statement showing the amount of
pay each postmaster would have received
if paid upon the basis of commissions un
der the act of 1854 and the amount of sal
ary allowed and paid under the act of
ISO J. Conger moved to amend by extend
ing the inquiry to all states instead of con
fining it to the state of Kansas. The
amendment was accepted and the resolu
tion as amended was agreed to. The inter
state commerce bill was then placed before
the senate and considered until adjourn
ment.
HUITSI : . May 10. Under the call of the
states the following bills were introduced
and referred. By Dingley , of Maine To
limit the commercial privileges of vessels of
foreign countries in ports of the United
States to such purposes as are accorded
American vessels in the ports of such for
eign countries. The bill provides that
when any foreign country shall exclude
any American vessels from any commer
cial privileges in the ports of such foreign
country the president shall issue his proc
lamation limiting the commercial privileges
of vessels of the same character of such
foreign country in ports of the United
States to such privileges as are accorded
such American vessels. The bill to punish
the advertisement of lottery tickets in the
District of Columbia was called up and
after some time at an effort to secure a
quorum it was passed.
SENATE , May 31. Hoar presented a
memorial from the republican central com
mittee of Ohio charging that the election of
Henry B. Payne to be United States sena
tor was secured by bribery , fraud and cor
ruption , and requesting the senat to in
vestigate it. Referred. A number of peti
tions were presented and referred praying
congress to enact legislation against oleo
margarine. After the routine morning
business the inter-state commerce bill was
taken up and its consideration resumed.
An amendment offered by Wilson , of Iowa ,
which would punish men who knowingly
asked for or received a reduction of rates ,
was , after a short debate , rejected. Several
other amendments were offered , some being
adopted and others rejected. The bill was
finally ordered reprinted as amended , and
the senate adjourned.
House , May 11. The special order for
the day being consider ition of business re
ported from the committee on private land
claims the house , after the reading of the
journal , went into committee of the whole
on bills providing for the appointment of a
commission to settle private land claims in
the territories of New Mexico , Arizona and
the state of Colorado. The committee on
commerce reported the bill authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Missis
sippi river at St. Louis. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the
army appropriation bill , consideration of
the measure occupying the time until ad
journment.
SENATE , May 12. Mitchell submitted a
concurrent resolution expressing the sense
of congress that negotiations should be en
tered into between the United States and
the Chinese government with a view of
securing such modifications of the present
treaty with China as may result in stop
ping the coming of Chinese to this country ,
excepting in the case of diplomats and their
servants , and except , also , in the case of
persons at sea to seek a place of shelter.
Referred to the committee on foreign emi
gration. The consideration of the inter
state commerce bill was then resumed.
After acting on a number of amendments ,
some of them being adopted and others re
jected , the bill came to a vote and was
passed yeas 47 , nays 4. The negative
votes were those of Messrs. Brown , Col-
quitt , Morgan and Ransome. A number of
pairs were announced. The bankruptcy
bill was then laid pro forma before the
senate , but Hoar yielded in favor of the
pension bill , which latter accordingly re
mains the unfinished business.
HOUSE , MPV 12. In the morning hour
Belmont called up the joint resolution
providing for indemnity to certain Chinese
subjects for losses sustained within the
jurisdiction of the United States. The res
olution was considered in committee of
the whole. Belmont gave the history of
the Chinese massacre at Rock Springs ,
"Wyo. Hitt and Worthington , of Illinois ,
spoke in favor of the bill. Pending further
discussion the morning hour expired and
the committee rose and the house went
into committee of the whole on the army
appropriation bill. Rockwell moved to in
crease from § 300,000 to § 400,000 the ap
propriation for the manufacture of arms
at the Springfield armory. The motion
was agreed to 8G to 84. The committee
then rose and the house , by a vote of 103
to 10G , refused to agree to the Springfield
armory amendment , thus reversing the
action of the committee and the bill was
passed.
SENATE , May 13. The bill passed cre
ating a new judicial circuit of the United
States. Under this bill the Eighth circuit
is made to include Nebraska , Kansas ,
Arkansas and Colorado , the Ninth to in
clude Minnesota , Ijwa and Missouri , the
Tenth to include California , Oregon and
Nevada. The bill also provides that the
present judge of the Ninth circuit , as here
tofore reconstructed , being California. Ore
gon and Nevada , shall be judge of the new
Tenth circuit , and that the president shall
appoint a judge for the new Ninth circuit.
The pension bill was then considered. Mr.
Blair explained that it was intended to
provide for the disabled union soldiers of
the late war who found it difficult or im
possible , without their own fault , whether
by loss of papers or death of witnesses , to
prove their cases under existing law. Thebill
Mr Blair said , included pensions for depend
ent parents who lost a son in th&service ,
but who were not , as required by existing
law , dependent upon the son at the time
of the service. He did not think the num
ber of persons to be added to the pension
roll , under this bill , would exceed 250,000.
Mr. Logan did not think it would amount
to more than one-half of that number , as
it related oi.ly to persons who had not
heretofore been able to get pensions. Mr.
Blair did not believe the amount of money
involved would exceed § 25,000,000 ayear. '
HOUSE , May Iff. Mr. Rice , from the com
mittee on foreign affairs , reported back the
resolution requesting the president to in
form the house what steps had been taken
to have the seizure of the "David J.
Adams" investigated and to communicate
at the earliest practicable day the circum
stances under which the seizure was made.
Adopted. Mr. Worthington , from the same
committee , reported back the resolution
calling on the president for copies of any
correspondence with the Mexican govern
ment relative to the claims specified in the
fifth section of the act of congress of June ,
1878 , and other information on the sub
ject. Adopted. The Chinese indemnity
bill was , after considerable discussion ,
passed. Then the bill enlarging powers ami
duties of the department of agriculture
was considered in committee of the whole.
Mr. Weaver favored a bill which would give
labor an impetus which it had notj-et en
joyed. Labor was organizing for a great
contest with monopoly , and it had ' Uo
right to be heard in every council that
might pass upon its condition andupon the
lined of power and respect that must bo
given to it. Pending further discussion'tho
committee arose and the house adjourned.
SENATE , May 14. Among bills passed
were the following : For a public building
at Ft. Dodge , la. . § 100,000 ; increasing the
appropriation for a public bnildingat Mnr-
quette , Mich. , to § 125,000.ami extending
the limit for a public building at Terra
Haute , Ind. , to § 178.000. The senate
then took up the calendar , and passed the
bills appropriating § 15,000 for the exten
sion and enlargement of the custom house
at Kansas City , Mo. ; extending the limit
and cost of the Detroit public building to
§ 1500,000 ; to f-rect a public building at
Lafayette , Ind. , § 75,000 ; to erect a bonded
warehouse at St. Paul , Minn. . § 140.000 ;
for extending the limit for a building at
Denver , Colo. , § 575,000. A house bill was
passed authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Ohio river between Cov-
iugton and Cincinnati. Senator Riddlubcr-
ger protested against these bills as takinga
large amount of money out.of the treasury.
He asked how much these bills would take
from this treasury , and said he presumed
no senator would violate his constitu
tional obligation by voting for a bill in
which he was interested. The general pen
sion bill was then considered until ad
journment.
HOUSE , May 14. The house this morn
ing passed the bill appropriating § 50,000
for the completion of a public building at
Wichita , Kansas. The bill proposing ex
tension of the patent laws gave rise to de
bate on the tariff. Mr. Dunn , of Arkan
sas , speaking in opposition to the tariff
bill , intimated that opposition to the-pat-
unt laws created monopolies , and mwiu
tuined that a protective injured the people
of the west , and benefited the manufactur
ers of the east. Mr. Kelley , of Pennsylva
nia , defended the tariff laws , and said that
if the policy of Arkansas would permit the
development of her resources , she would
shine resplendent among the industrial na
tions of the world , and her people would
abound in wealth. In reply to a question
by Mr. Dunn as to what now prevented
them from so doing , Mr. Kellesaid : ' 'The
theory that led to the establishment of the
southern confederacy was that our work
shops should be on the other side of the
ocean. " A night session was held at which
the house passed forty-five pension bills.
RAILROAD IN YELLOW'STONE PARK.
TIte Proposition Its Construction Jfccl-
imj irith Strong Opposition.
Washington special : The proposition to
build a railroad through the Yellowstone
National park meets with strong opposi
tion in the senate. Senators Harrison ,
Gray and Manderson , from the committee
on territories , will present a minority re
port. The company that seeks the right of
way is the Cinnabar & Clark Forks Rail
road company , organized under the lawsot
Montana , for the ostensible purpose of
building into the rich mines of the neigh
borhood of Cooke City' under the plea that
no other route exists. The company has
asked for a right of way along the Yellow
stone river , its east fork and Sodabutte
creek , this route being through the park.
The company asks for a strip of land 200
feet wide along this route , and for station
grounds , 400 feet by 2,000 feet , at dis
tances not greater than seven miles apart.
They represent that the road at its most
southerly point in the park is but six miles
from the northern boundary , and claim
that its entire length within the park
boundaries does not exceed twenty-five
miles. The minority report will be accom
panied by letters from Gen.'Slieridan , Secre
tary Lamar , Maj. Powell of the geological
survey. Prof. Hague , also of the survey ,
who has for three years past conducted
field work within the park , and by Lieut.
Kingman , the engineer in charge of park
improvements , all presenting strong rea
sons why the light of way should not be
gran tod. Gen. Sheridan says in his letter
that the rond dips down into the park
twelve miles instead of six , at.d traverses a
length of nearly forty-five miles entirely in
side of the park limits. The region con
tains some of the finest grazing land in the
park , and is the favorite winter resort for
the few buffiilo now remaining on the con
tinent. The buildiii ! : of a , railroad , he
says , will inevitably lead to forest fires ,
uhich would drive out the go Hie. There
are other routes equally good , and along
which the road can invite settlement ,
which will lead to an ultimate advantage
in freighting. Lieut. Kingman says that
the Stillwater vallev affords a far bettor
entrance to the Clark Forks country , and
that the real object of tl.is road is to put a
station yard on some valuable coal lands.
Secretary Lamar goes into the matter at
great length and deplores the idea that
anybody should be so wanton as to desire
to break in upon the ic.serve. which is
set apart for its great natural beauty and
to be maintained as a home for .the buffalo
and other game that will soon disappear
before the rapid march of settlement. The
precedent of allowing railroads to pass
through the park will , he fears. lead to
similar concessions to several other roads
that have been clamoring for 3'ears for
right of way. But , lie adds , if the conces
sion is to be made , no more land ounht to
be granted than is absolutely necessirv
for railroad purposes. He thinks that
station grounds 400 feet by 2.000 feet , em
bracing eighteen acres , are entirely too
large , and suggests that they be made GO
feet by 500 , and the railroad company ex-
ressly prohibited from building shops ,
hotels , restaurants , saloons or residences
upon them. He also insists that the bill
should be amended so that the company
shall notcuttimborortake other materials
off the park to build the road.
GRAIN rv STOItE.
The number of bushels of grain in store
in the United States and Canadas , May
9th. and the increase or decrease compared
with the previous week , as posted on
'Change , in Chicago , is as follows :
Wheat..41.89G,898 Decrease . . .1,352,109
Corn 10,021,901 Decrease..1,177.299
Oats 1.G22.495 Increase. . . . 7,837
Rye 370,052 Decrease. . . 25,505
Barley. . . . 1,542.193 Decrease. . . 152,55-i
The amount in Chicago elevators on the
date named was :
10.440.153
3,368921
480,527
, - 3 16 685
Barlt * . 54.884
FRAUD INLAND ENTRIES.
The Commissioner's Response to n Resolu
tion of the Senate.
The commissioner of the general land
office , in his response to the senate resolu
tion railing for the number of special agents
employed in his office and their duties ,
says that if the increased force recom
mended in his annual report bo granted ,
the entries suspended by his order of April
3,1885 , can all be investigated and dis
posed of in about a year and a half. A
large percentage of these entries he thinks
are fraudulent. The proportion of now
cases that will require such investigation
will be much less than in those previous to
April 3 , 1885. Since the order of suspen
sion had the effect to materially check the
making or completion of framlulententries ,
it was the case with which frauds could be
perpetrated under theexistiug laws and tho
immunity offered by the hasty issue ol
p .tents , ho says , that encouraged tho
making of fictitious and fraudulent
entries. The certainty of thorough
investigation would restrain such prac
tices , but ereat fraud m.ist inevitably
exist DO long af an opportunity of
fraud is preserved in tho lawn and no long
as it 5 hoped by procurers and promoter *
" rtad that examinations may be im
peded or suppressed. Tho commissioner
renews his recommendation that tho pre
emption , commuted homestead , timber
Culture , timber land and desert laud laws
be repealed , and says thequcstions , broadly
stated , are whether the public lands shall
bo protected and an honest acquisition of
title thereto insisted upon , or dishonest
appropriation be allowed. Those questions
cannot long remain in abeyance. With the
present heedless rush of speculation and
monopoly , the public domain will bo ab
sorbed in a period of time so brief that
oven preventativo measures against fraud
and misappropriation may soon be too
late to save any considerable portion of
the public lands for homes of tho peo
ple. The commissioner''Unes his commu
nication with the statement that his gen
eral information leads to the conclusion
that no large amount of public laud re
mains in the western states and territories
east of the cattle bolt which an actual set
tler can take up without first buying off a.
speculative claim or avoiding some invalid
entry by contest proceedings , while within
the cattle region it is a notorious fact that
actual settlements arc generally prevented
and made practically impossible outside of
proximity to towns through the unlawful
control of the country maintained by the
cattle corporations. The demand for free
lauds for homes of American citizens , which
is daily increasing in intensity can no longer
be met unless tlieunpatented lands now un
lawfully held or claimed , can be recovered
to the public domain and future illegal
and fraudulent appropriations decisively
stopped.
FATAL WRECK ON THE RAIL.
By a freight train accident on the Penn
sylvania road on tno llth near Conne-
maiigh three men were instantly killed.
Twenty-five cars were wrecked. The .acci
dent was the resultof the heavy storm that
swept through theConncmaugli valley. Tho
tornado picked up several empty freight
cars standing on a side trtck and carried
them to the main track. A heavy west
bound freight train , going at tho rato of
thirty miles an hour , crashed into the ob
stacle before the engineer had time to re-
verso the engine. Twenty-five cars were
totally demolished and the wreck was
strewn along the track a distance of sev
eral hundred yards. The conductor , engi
neer , and fireman were killed instantly.
West-bound trains have been delayed
twelve hours. The loss will reach several
thousand dollars.
THE HOARD OF TRADE SPEAKS.
The following is being circulated and
signed by members of the Chicago board ol
trade :
CHICvno. May 12 , 1SSG. To All Whom
it May Concern , Greeting : We , the under-
.sigiicd members of the board of trade ol
Chicago , hereby express our disapproval ol
any endorsement by this board orits direc
tors of any bogus butter or oleomargarine
or butterine as healthful or wholesome
products , or its sale as legitimate butter ,
and we hereby individually express our
preference for genuine butter , made from
milk or cream of the cow. and believe that
the dairy interest of the country is too im
portant an industry to be imperilled by
competition with fraudulent compounds ol
tallow , lard , cotton-seed oil and other in
gredients unknown and sold under the
name of honest and genuine products. We
are heartily in favor of a law compelling all
imitation products to be sold in every in
stance , wholesale or retail , under thcirown
names and none other , and weink our rep-
rcsealathes in congress to so legislate.
The Greekministirs persisted in resigning
tlesj'ite th ? Kind's rofusal to accept ttio.r resig
nations. The official journal approves the
ministerial action and says it believes it is for
the best interests of Greece. The King met
/he cabinet and accepted their resignation , so
the King immediately sent for Rikakis and
commissioned him to form the new ministry.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 GO ( ty Cl
BARLEY No. 2 4M " ( g ) 47
RYE No. 2 48 ( $ 50
CORN No. 2 mixed 24 ( g ) 25
OATS No. 2 27 ( n ) 28
BUTTER Choice table 13 ( ) 15
BUTTER Fair to good 7 @ 10
EGGS Fresh S ( ? 4
CHICKENS Live per doz 3 50 375
LEMONS Choice G 00 650
ORANGES Mesina 3 75 @ 4 00
BEANS Navvs 1G 5 @ 1 75
ONIONS Per bbl 2 50 ( $ 300
POTATOES Per bushel 35 ( < $ 40
WOOL Fine , per Ib 14 16
SEEDS Timothy 2 20 250
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30 @ 1 40
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50 ( o > 625
HAY" In bulk G Oo ( oa. . 700
HOGS Mixed packing 3 G > ) % 370
BEEVES Choice to extra. . . 4 G ( < t > 480
SHEEP Heavy grades 4 25 @ 500
NEW YOUK. .
WHEAT No. 2 red 89 @
WHEAT Ungraded red 8G 97
'ORN No. 2 4 7 | 47J
OATS Mixed western 37 40
I'ORK 9 25 ( u > U 50
LARD G 15 G 20
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Winter 4 40 @ 47
FLOUR Patents 4 65 500
U HEAT Perbushel 77' < < ? J 773' !
CORN Per bushel 31'.M
OATS Per bushel 29 ( f
PORK 8 GO
LARD 5 85
HOGS Packing &shipping. 3 90
CATTLE Stockers 3 00
SHEEP Natives 2 00
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red S3' @ 85
( . ORN Perbushel 27Mffi ) "Jf or
OATS Per bushel 29J ) 30
'
HOGS Mixed packing 3 So'a } 402
CATTLE Stockers it feeders 3 25 @ 4 35
SHEEP Common to choice 3 00 ( o > 400
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbtishel GO @ 61
CORN Perbushel
OATS Per bushel 251
CATTLE Stockers 3 4O ( o > 420
HocsGood to choice 3 G < 39o
SHEEP Common to good. . 3 00 395
