• MINOR DRAWLS AND BROKEN HEADS.
2Ti0 Street Cdt * Strike in Chicago Growing
Decidedly Merlons.
Chicago dispatoh : The second day of
the etreot car striko closed todaywith
• aovoral minor brawls and one serioua
collision v. 'ith tho police and the crowd
in which several heads woro broken.
'The feeling to-night is not as good-tern *
pered as it has been heretofore and it is
iprobablo tho scones of four years age
rcsay bo ropcatcd before tho strike has
-continued much longer.
Tho action of tho railway officials in
attempting to start cars on the west side
after announcing that no such action
'should bo taken to-day , was primarily
tho causo of most of tho trouble The
six cars that woro started out over the
MadiBon street lino manned by importod
• conductors and drivers and protected
by tho police , ran the gauntlet of a
• storm of cries of "scab , scab , " and
"rats , " but made tho trip without en
countering actualviolence. . Just as
• they had reached tho Western avenuo
barns on the return trip , however , Su-
* > M porintendent Hagle , who was waiting at
1 the burn to receive the cars , was at-
| i 'tacked by Jack Qleason , a Northwest-
j -cm switchman. There was a general
lg | 'rash made by the crowd and had it not
been for tho opportune arrival of tho
police who arrested Gleason after a des
perate resistance , Naglo would have
been badly injured. As it was ho was
• very roughly handled.
In tho meantime there was great irri
tation on the North side where tho
• crowds had beon angered by the club
bing of women and men by the police
at the corner of Garfield avenuo and
Archer street near the car barns. The
tracks were crowded with all manner of
I • obstructions and tho four cars which
were running under police protection
were stopped every few feet until the
track could be cleared. During tho
confusion a man said to be Attorney
Fnrthman , the counsel for the road , had
.a narrow escape from being mobbed.
He saw a little boy about 10 _ years old
bending over the road , and jumping to
tho conclusion that he was about to pick
-up a stono the man sprang from his
buggy and , after lashing the chilpj with
his whip , dragged him into tho buggy
jg And drove off at a furious pace , pursued
I 'for Borne distance by the crowd. At
f ! other times during the day four men
and two boys were arrested , charged
Wk \ * "with inciting to riot.
ij / To-night a largo placard , distributed
fi | by the strikers , is being displayed in
Bjj ( store-windows and on the outdoor fruit-
| stands , reading : "Protect Chicago labor
Bfc .sgainst Pennsylvania paupers. No Car-
? E niegie tactics for us. " No attempt has
' * been made to ran cars since dark and
B tho excitement had measurably dimin-
fl ished. It is scarcely to be doubted ,
mm. Tiowever , that the first attempt to start
Wry the cars to-morrow will be the signal for
W\ renewed demonstrations and possibly
Krt | * erirs t"onblf .
H DISASTROUS COLLISION ON THE RAIL
B forty or More Killed Outright and Many
* H Severely IVounded.
H "Wilkesbarro ( Pa. ) dispatch : A special
mM "train on tho liohigh Valley railroad , car-
BSj rying tho "Wilkesbarro delogatiou home
I from Ilazleton from the Father Mat
in thews celebration this evening , was
flj wrecked above Penn Haven. Several
j | " cars ara completely wrecked and some
| | fort3r or more persons killed.
Tho accidont is bej-ond all question
I ' - tho most awful disaster that over hap-
i pened in this portion of the state.
Though no details can bo learned , there
is no doubt that the number of killed
m will reach forty , and the injured nearly
I double that number. Seven trains , with
I cars filled to the doors , passed through
B v White Haven this morning , taking the
m ) old route bjr Penn Haven. On their re-
/ turn the first train left Hazleton about
[ 5 p. m. , tho others following as rapidly
H | as was deemed safe. The first three
• sections came through without accident ,
Bi the disaster happening to the fourth and
H i fifth sections. For some reason not ex-
B ! [ plained , the fourth section was standing
B | on tho track near the little station of
B > j Mud Eun , five miles below White Ha
ft : ven , when tho fifth section shot around
Br a curve close behind and crashed into it.
BL The cars were smashod and broken and
Bl hurled off tho track. The road lies by
Be - the Lehigh river , an embankment sixty
BB feet high , running down to the water.
Hj Several of the cars rolled down this ,
Hj and others wero crushed against the
Bi embankment. TJp to this writing (12:30
Bi a. m. ) no direct communication has
HI been established with the scene of dis-
H | aster , and the railroad officials here , if
Hj thej know anything , absolutely refuse
B , to give information.
B At 1 o'clock this morning reports
*
B ( about the accident are still very confiict-
B j ing. It is known , however , from dis-
B patches received at the depot , that the
B accident is quite as bad as at first re-
B ported , and that at least thirty or more
B. are killed. Nothing official can be ob-
B tained at the company's office , which is
B closed to reporters and all others. One
B train has been started from the wreck ,
B and it is expected to arrive here about 4
B 4 o'clock this morning. Most of the in-
B jured are said to bo from Scranton and
fl Jjackawanna county.
B Decided by tho Commerce Commission.
Bl Washington dispatch : The cases of
B GrifFee vs. Burlington it Missouri River
Bj Railroad company in Nebraska have
HI been decided by the interstate coin-
H merco commission.
Bk April 10 , 1SS7 , on tho request of one
Hi C H. D. Waite , trip passes were.issued
H to him by an officer of the defendant
Bj from Lincoln to Atchison , Kas. , and re-
H turn , to bo irood for forty daj-s. Waite
Bj had been officer of the company for sev-
Bp * " oral years and having been discharged
H proposed when he applied for the passes
H that he desired to go to Atchison to seek
H' employment on another road. They
H were issued to him as an ex-employe.
E They were not used and no one was ever
Bjl transported upon them. The offense
"I -charged is under the second section of
• J' tho act. The unlawfulness under this
| | • -section is tho doing of service by the
i\ \ - carrier in a manner forbidden by tho
\ \ statue , and if no such service has been
11 done , a contravention of tho act has not
ij , occurred. Tho passes in question not
y having been used and no transportation
upon them having taken place , the
chargo of unjust discrimination is not
snstainpd.
: f Adjournment Near at Hand.
Washincton dispatch : General John
TJ. Clnrk , clerk of the house of repre-
' I entatives , had a conference with Sena-
> tors Allison , Hawley and others this
e morning in relation to an adjournment.
t It was proposed to adjourn on either
5 . Saturday oL.next week or the Monday
following. The senators expressed n
i. . -preference for Saturday , and General
* # • Clark says it is probable a resolution
k" will be offered in the house about the
% . ' middle of next week providing for an
r * * adiournment on that day. Senator Alli-
; an adjournment was a mat-
uness and not of politics , and
for tho custom that an adjourn-
) lntion should originate in the
would as lief offer it in the
George Graves , who with her
was one of the earliest settlers ]
shorn valley , died at Oakdalo ]
0hat
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THE SliBSITUTE FOR THE HILLS BILL.
II { $ Tlacit i d in tlt Senate by Alllton nud
Vance ,
D nscus3ion on tho snbs tituto for the
Mills tariff bill was tho feature of the
senate proceedings on tho 8th. .
Senator Allison took the floor and en
tered into a long explanation of the
finance committee's substitute. He
spoko of the length of time it had taken
the houao to prepare a bill , not , he sairt ,
for tho purpose of strengthening tho in
dustries of the country , but with the
effeot of greatly disturbing those inter
ests. From the report of tho secretarr
of tho troasurf for tho first quarter of
tho present fiscal year , ho calculated
that there would be a reduction of $8 , -
OOJ,000 in import receipts as compared
with tho last fiscal year , and a reduction
of § 17,000 as compared with the secre
tary's estimate He thought a reduc
tion of $00,000,000 to $70,000,000 as great
as could bo safely made. The senate
bill contemplated that for the fiscal year
and in the years to follow there should
bo no Biirplus for the sinking fund , cer
tainly none beyond the amount neces
sary to redeem the bonds falling duo
October 1. 1891. Ho could not under
stand by what process of financiering so
great a surplus should have been allowed
to accumulate when tho government
should have purchased bonds so as to
havo made 2 per cent on tho money.
Cominir to tho features of tho bill he
said that the senato bill differed from
the house bill in that it proposed to deal
with all the schedules of the tariff , while
tho house bill did not. Tho senate com
mittee had songhtin this bill to care for
every industry in this country. He
spoke of the divergent action of the mi
nority of tho committee. Ho said the
report of the threo democratic sonators
who had been able to agree was full of
.misinformation. The calculation of the
reduction to be made by the Mills
bill was based on tho assumption that
the importation of articles on whioh tho
tariff was increased would be corre
spondingly reduced. This was _ pro
blematic , but there was no question of
the reduction to bo made by the senate
bill. It was between $ G1,000,000 and
$73,000,000. Speaking of tho tobacco
question , Senator Allison said that the
committee had yielded to what they had
supposed was a universal sentiment in
favor of taking the tax from that article.
As to tho abolition of the tax on alcohol
for use in the arts , Great Britain and
Germany had had that principal in their
taxing system for many years , and found
no difficulty in preventing frauds in that
direction. Coining to the sugar question
he said that oven with the proposed re
duction of 50 per cent the duty would
remain at 41 per cent ad valorem. Ho
believed that sufficient encouragement
for the production of sugar from sor
ghum or beets was left in the protection.
The effect of the house bill in regard to
the sugar schedulo ho said would bo to
legislate $0,000,000 a year at 12 per cent
of their capital into tho pockets of tho
sugar trust. The effect of the proposed
advance in duty on imported cigars
would not be felt much , as they were a
luxury. As to the schedule of "provi
sions" he said the senato bill proposed
specific duties as far as possible. The
committee was considering a rate on im
ported eggs. The committee had sub
stituted specific forad valorem duties on
silk and on silk goods following tho rec
ommendation of Secretar } ' Manning.
This he thought would increase some
what the duty on silk. In conclusion ho
said tho senate bill was a distinct meas
ure of protection to American indus
tries , while the house bill was a long
step in the direction of free trade.
Senator Vance , a member of tho mi
nority of the finance committee , then
took the floor. He said that the gov
ernment of the United States had en
tered into a partnership with the manu
facturers of the United States at tho
close of the war to establish an unholy
and iniquitous system of taxation upon
the many for the benefit of the few.
The house bill made a total reduction of
§ 78,000,000. How did the senate sub
stitute divide its reduction of duties ?
It took millions from the government
for every dollar it took from the manu
facturer. Senator Vance continued at
somo length saying that the senate bill
was framed for the benefit of tho favor
ites. He said that if Henry Clay were
alive he would denounce the senate bill
bitterly. It was nonsensical , he said ,
to hold that high tariff meant high
wages. If it did wages would not differ
in every state of the union. He denied
that tho manufacturers furnished a home
market for the farmer and saw that the
decline of agricultural interests was
most noticeable in manufacturing dis
tricts. He accused the republican party
of thwarting the efforts of the demo
cratic party to reduce taxes. They
would have the president pay a premium
of 30 per cent to their friends , the bond
holders , to reduce the surplus , he said ,
but the president did not choose to do
it. Nobody would be deceived by the
chargo that tho democratic house was
responsible for the delay in sending a
measure to the senate , for it was known
that the republicans of the house had
resisted every step in that direction ,
imd the democrats who had helped them
to defeat the efforts of the democratic
party had been lauded to the skies. In
conclusion he said that the house bill
had been framed to relieve the people ,
and tho senate bill to relieve tho treas
ury.
ury.To correct a statement of Senator
Vance , Senator Aldrich said that the bill
did not recommend ttiat opium be added
to the free lhs tjfe $ prohibited its im
portation.
The N w Liquor Law In lewa.
Des Moines special : Great interest is
taken in this vicinity over the operation
of the now liquor law. As registered
pharmacists alone can handle tho sale of
liquor now , and as permits can only be
granted by the judge of the district
court , a great responsibility is put upon
him. Judge Given , of this district , has
so far granted but ten permits for Dei
Moines. He wrote a long decision , giv
ing his reasons for denj-ing tho applica
tion of others and granting those that he
did. * Ho has figured the matter down to
a mathematical basis , estimating just
about how many gallons of spirits ought
to be used for medicinal purposes , for
compounding medicines and for chemi
cal uses , and divided the amount , pro
rata , among the population , and then
figured in the number of druggists who
would bo necessary to supply this de
mand. He thinks that for the present
ten distributed over tho city would bo
about the right number. He has refused
to grant a permit to any druggist in the
same building with a hotel. Several of
this kind applied , but he thinks that
such stores opening into hotels afford
means for the illegal sale of liquors , and
are likely to lead to violations of law.
So the hotel drug store must go dry.
There is no doubt that several such
stores have sold large quantities of liquor
for drinking purposes right along Bince
prohibition went into effect. Guests in
some instances could send clown for all
tho beer or whisky they wanted. Tho
judge evidently fears that this practice
would be continued and so cuts off all
hotel drug stores without p9rmits.
Since he got bacfc alive the emperor
of Brazil is receiving all sorts , of mani
festations of the people's joy. J
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DECREE AGAINST THE MORMON CHURCH.
A Vecltlon that i * Regarded a $ a Complelo
Triumph for the Government *
Salt Lako dispatch : Tho supremo
court of Utah to-day entered a final
judgment and decree in the caso of tho
United States against tho Mormon
church , which was pending to dissolve
the church corporation and have its
property declared escheated to tho gov
ernment. Tho suit was brought about
in the supremo court of this territory
under an act of congress of February
10 , 1887. In that suit a receiver was ap
pointed for the church corporation , and
he has succeeded in collecting over SI , -
000,000 worth of propcrt } ' , personal and
real.
real.The
The decree entered to-day is a com
plete triumph for tho government. It
declares tho corporation of tho church
dissolved , ascertains that the voluntary
religious sect now in oxistence has no
right to the corporate property , except
the temple block and buildings which
are set aside to it. It denies the inter
vention of a large number of individu
als claiming the property , orders tho
real estate of the corporation to bo held
by the receiver until the information
for the forfeiture for the same brought
by tho government can bo brought to a
conclusion , and it declares all of the
personal property of the late corpora
tion to havo becomo escheated to the
government. This point was the one
most bitterly fought , as the property of
the church was claimed on behalf of the
incorporated Mormon sect as successor
in interest to the late corporation and
by individuals who wero members of
the corporation , who intervened on bo-
half of themselves , and all others mem
bers of the corporation. Upon the
evidence the court decided that . nei
ther the present church nor the individ
uals had nny legal claims ; that all of its
property had been held upon trusts , tho
objects of which were principally to up
hold polygamy , and that theso trusts
were the only ones existing to which
said property could be devoted. It
furthermore decided that the present
church still upholds , teaches and main
tains polygamy , and that any dedication
of property to it would be for the pur
pose of upholding polygamy and would
be unlawful.
After exhaustive evidence the court
declared the property to belong to the
government by operation of law.
The defendants have taken the caso to
tho supreme court of the United States ,
where it will be hotly contested. Major
John T. Caine was renominated to-day
by the Mormon church fonvention for
delegate to congress.
PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTES.
Senor Silvestre Garcia Bango was re
cently captured in Cuba by bandits. It
coat him $5,000 to regain his freedom.
Ho says that such a tariff is a tax.
George West , the millionaire con
gressman , came to this country a3 a
teorage passenger when he was 26 , and
landed with only a shilling in his pock
et.
Bev. Dr. Hall , of New York , receives
a largo salary , but there is reason to bo-
liave that the Paris Figaro slightly ex
aggerates when it states the amount at
$450,000 per annum.
Christine Nilssoa has kept a diary of
every performance in which she ever
took part. From her debut in 1867 to
her retirement last July she has sung in
opera thousands of times , so that her
mems must make quite a little library.
Daniel Thwaites , who died last week
in England at the ago of 71 , was one of
the richest men in Great Britain. Ho
mado his money in beer. His yoarly
income from his Blackburn browery was
$950,000.
Quite a sensation was created on
'change in St. Louis last week by the
announcement that Joe Ewald , one of
the best known operators on the floor ,
had been caught in the wheat squeeze
and was financially embarrassed. It is
claimed that Ewald will come out all
right , having been temporarily unable
to realize.
Bev. Francis Jayne , tho new bishop
of Chester , England , is a large , stalwart
man , of remarkably youthful appear
ance. He wears no beard or mustache ,
but cultivates a long , curly lock of hair ,
which falls over his forohead a la Dis
raeli. His wife is a handsome woman
of the Spanish type. They have a large
familv. Tho salary of the bishopric is
521,000 a year.
There are now in New York city five
publications each of which is own d or
edited by a woman. The ladies thus en
gaged are Miss Mary L. Booth , aditor
of Harper's Bazar ; Mary Mapes Dodge ,
editor of St. Nicholas ; Martha J. Lamb ,
editor of the Magazine of American
History ; Mary Kyle Dallas of the
Ledger , and Mary E. Bryan of George
Munro'a Fashion Bazar.
Karl Goldmark is said to have devoted
even year * to his "Queen of Shcba. "
His methods of work are peculiar , and
he expends an extraordinary amount of
labor on every detail , nothing being too
trivial or too unimportant to receive his
very best efforts. He is of a nervous
temperament and is easily disturbed by
trifles. Hew.is at one time so much an
noyed by a finch which poured its song
from a tree near his window that for
days together he was unable to compose.
He finally secured the services of a
hunter to rid "himself of the noisy song-
Ur.
_ Velood by the President.
Washington dispatch : The president
to-day vetoed the senato bill granting a
restoration of pension to Sarah A. Wood-
bridge on the grounds that the prece
dent ought not to bo established of
granting a pension to a soldior's widow
after remarriage , when the second hus
band still survives. The president in
his veto ' "If in
message saj's : pension
legislation we attempt to determine the
cases of this description , in which the
husband cannot or does not properly
maintain the soldier's widow whom he
has married , we shall open the door to
much confusion and uncertaintj' , as well
as unjust discrimination. I am glad to
learn from a statement contained in the
committee's report that this beneficiary ,
though in a condition making the aid of
a pension very desirable , has a small in
come derived from a property inherited
from her mother.
The president to-day also vetoed the
bill authorizing tho secretary of the
treasury to settle the claim of James
M. Wilbur for extra work in laying the
tiling in tho New York postoffice build
ing in 1874. The claim amounted to
about $45,000.
H. Bider Haggard is said not to be a
literary man in the ordinary sense of the
word , his reading not being extensive.
This is stated by his friends to free him
from the charge of plagiarism , but to
those who are familiar with Mr. Hag-
sard's works , it is not the "curious fact"
it is claimed to be.
Herbert E. Tuttle , son of Bishop Tut-
tle , of St. Louis , has been injured in a
rush at Columbia college , New York.
He was the largest man on the Columbia
freshman's crew that beat Harvard last
June. His injury was the separation of
tho chords of the muscle of his right
arm.
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SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A Syiioptla of Proceedings in the Senate and
lloiue of Iteprenentatlves.
Senate In tho sonato on tho 0th tho
bill to constitute Lincoln , Nob. , a port
of the delivery in tho collection district
of New Orleans , and to extend to it the ,
provisions of tho act in relation to tho
immendiate transportation of dutiablo
goods , was taken up and passed. Mr.
Edmunds reported from tho committee
on judiciary tho bill to pay to the widow
of Chief Justico White tho balance of his
year's salary , and ns Mr. Berry still ob
jected to its immediate consideration
the bill was placed on the calendar. Tho
bill as to counting presidential votes was
taken np and passed. It directs that tho
certificates and lists of votes for presi
dent and vice-president of tho United
States shall bo forwarded to tho presi
dent of the senato forthwith after tho
second Monday in January , on which
tho electors shall give their votes ; and
that section 141 of tho revised statutes
of the United States is hereby amended
to rend as follows : "Whenever tho
cortificnto of votes from any states has
not been received at the seat of govern
ment on the fourth Monday of January
tho secretary of state shall send a special
messenger to the district judge in whoso
custody tho certificate of vo es from that
state has been lodged , and such judge
shall forthwith transmit that list to the
seat of government. "
House. In tho house on tho 9th tho
senate bill appropriating $75,000 to se
cure Cherokee freedmen their portion
of certain proceeds of land under tho
act of March 3 , 1883 , and tho conference
report on tho bill .to allow persons who
relinquish homestead entries to make
another entrwero presented. Tho
former was passed and the latter was
agreed to. On motion of Mr. Peel , tho
senato bill was passed supplemental to
the act of February 3 , 1887 , providing
for a meeting of presidential electors ,
etc. It provides that certificates shall
bo forwarded to tho president of tho
senate forthwith aftor tho second Mon
day in January.
Sejtatb. In tho senato on the 15th ,
Hale presented the report of the select
committee on tho operation of the civil
service law , and said the minority report
would be presented later. A bill to pay
to the widow of Chief .lustico Waite ,
the balance of a year's salary , was taken
up , and after somo debate , was passed.
The house bill for the relief and civiliza
tion of the Chippewa Indians in Minne
sota passed. Tho senate then resumed
consideration of the tariff bill , and was
addressed by Bate. Allison presented a
memorial of Thomas J. Palmer , of Mon
tana , and in connection with it offered a
resolution , which was adopted , instruct
ing the committee on improvement of
the Mississippi river to inquire whether
the construction of the Union Pacific
railroad bridge at Omaha is in conform
ity with law , or whether tho piers of tho
new or old bridge are an obstruction to
free navigation of the river.
MELVILLE W. FULLER IN HIS SEAT.
The Kciv Chief tistice of the Supreme Court
'JaUet tho Oath of Office.
Chief Justice Fuller took his oath ol
office and assumed the active duties ol
tho position on the 8 th. An hour be
fore the time for opening the court the
narrow space allotted to the general
public in the court chamber was crowded
by people who wished to witness the
ceremony of installation. Among the
people of note who found places in the
room wero Judge Thurman , who was
conducted to a seat within the small
space reserved for the marshal , and who
became tho conspicuous center of at
traction during the half hour preceding
the entry of the justices ; Mrs. Fuller ,
wife of the chief justice , with six daugh
ters and one son , for whom seats were
reserved ; Mrs. Justice Harlan , Mrs.
Senator Cockrell , Attorney General Gar
land , Japanese Minister Matsu , wife
and secretary ; Senators Davis , Butler ,
Hampton , Farwell , George , Mitchell ,
Dolph and Spooner ; Congressmen
Breckenridge , Wheeler and Herbert
of Alabama , and Solicitor General
Jenks. The chief justice arrived at
the capitol at 11:30 , and proceeded
to the private office of the jus
tice , where he took the oath of allegi
ance in the presence of the associate jus
tices , the oath being administered by
the senior member of the court , Asso
ciate Justice Miller. At 12 o'clock the
associate justices , in their robes of silk ,
headed by the marshal , entered in pro
cession. The chief justice , also wear
ing his robe of office , was escorted to a
place at the clerk's desk.
After a moment of silence Justice
Miller said : "Gentlemen of the bar :
I have the pleasure to inform you that
since the last meeting of this court and
adjournment , Chief Justice Hon. Mel
ville W. Fuller has been appointed , con
firmed by the senato and received his
commission. He is here and ready to
take the oath of office. The clerk will
read the commission. "
After the reading of the commission
Chief Justice Fuller arose and , holding
a bible in one hand , read from manu
script the oath of office : "I , Melville
W. Fuller , do solemnly swear Cor affirm )
that I will administer justice without
respect to persons and do equal right to
poor and to rich , and that I will faith
fully and impartially discharge and per
form all the duties incumbent on me as
chief justice of the United States , so
help me God. "
The chief justice was now escorted be
hind the bar and to his official seat in
the center. The court and assemblage
arose. Justice Miller took the hand of
the chief justice , and with a smile of
welcome addressed him in a low voice :
"I welcome you on behalf of this court
as one of its members and as chief jus
tice. "
The chief justice bowed , took his seat ,
and when tho assemblage was seated ho
said : "I will say to the members of the
bar that , as a well-known usage , the
court will transact no business to-day ,
but applications for admission to the
bar will bo entertained. "
After sonmtwentj * applicants had been
admitted adjournment was taken until
noon to-morrow.
In accordance with a time-honored
custom of the court , the members of the
supreme court , called at the white house
at 1 o'clock this aftemoonand paid their
respects to the president. All the jus
tices were present except Field and
Matthews.
An Insano Iowa Man Escapes.
New York special : William S. Green ,
of Iowa , has been confined at a private
insane asylum at Flushing , L. I. , for
four months. Yesterday he was taken
out for a walk by an attendant. He ap
peared rational , and during their stroll
both the doctor and attendant went into
tho Bridge street depot of the Long
Island railway. They were conversing
pleasantly until the 2:31 train from
Whitestoue to Long Island City came
into the depot. Suddenly he slipped
away , pulled a ticket from his pocket ,
had it punched by the door man and
boarded the train which was about pull
ing out of the station. He has not yet
been found. Dr. Barstow thought he
had no money ;
Joseph Jefferson is said to have more
than 2,000 head of cattle , mostly thor
oughbreds , on his big Louisiana planta
tion.
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A'Nowspapor Sued for Libol.
St. Joseph special : Another chaptex
has beon added to tho sensational Nave
divorco caso to-day. Jomcs Craig , Jr. ,
of tho law firm of Crosby , Busk , Craig
& Kelly , received a cablegram from Mrs.
Abram Nnvo , dated at London , author
izing tho firm to bring suit in her namo
against tho Kansas City Times in tho
sum of S50.000 for libel. Newspaper
readers will romombor tho stir created
by this celebrated caso , wholo columns
being devoted to it. Mrs. Navo was tho
second wife of Abram Navo , tho thrico
millionaire wholesale grocer of this city ,
and the family were constantly engaged
in broils among thomsolves , tho children
cf Mr. Navo's first wife taking a promi
nent part in it and siding with their
father. Aftor dragging through tho
courts a compromise was effected by
which Abram Navo was granted tho
divorco prayed for on tho grounds of
cruel treatment. The compromise was ,
effected by paying to Mrs. Navo a largo
sum of money , rumor placing it at $70 , -
000. Last January tho Kansas City
Times in summing up' tho caso stated
that the decree had been grauted on tho
grounds of adultery and it is on this ao-
count that Mrs. Navo is now bringing
suit
Tho Bell Tclaphono Cases.
Washington dispatch : The space in
tho supremo court was crowded to the
fullest capacity to-daj at 12 o'clock ,
when tho court was called to order , m
anticipation of Judge Thurman making
the opening argument tor the govern
ment in tho Bell telephone case. After
a few motions in cases of no general in
terest had been entered , Chief Justice
Fuller called caso No. 8-lfi , the United
States against tho American Bell Tele-
phono company. Judtre Thurman , after
a consultation with his associates , arose ,
and drawing from his pocket the familiar
old bandana and snuff-box , placed tho
latter on the table in front of him and
began his argument. His voice was low
and husky at the start , but soon gath
ered strength and remained clear and
strong to the end of his forty minutes
speech. His manner of speaking was
plain , simple aud direct , and in his
choice of words he used homely Anglo-
Saxon that was as intelligible to the
laity as to the learned justices them
selves. At the conclusion of his argu
ment Jeff Chandler addressed the court.
Mr. Starrow for the Bell company
followed Chandler. Argnments will be
resumed to-morrow. All tho justices of
the supremo court sit in this case except
Justice Matthews , who is ill , and Jus
tico Gray , who has relatives pecuniarily
interested in tho Bell Tolephono com
pany.
An Attack Upon Miss Willard.
Des Moines special : A breeze was"cre-
eated in the Woman's Christian Tempor-
ance Union to-day by tho presentation
bMrs. . A. Smith of a memorial which
was an unconcealed attack upon Miss
Francis Willard.
The paper petitions that tho National
union recede from its position identify
ing it with a political party. The mem
orial recites many acts of partisanship
on the part of tho national body , and its
officers quote a by-law of tho national
union forbidding political discussion ,
denounces the devotion of tho timo of
the officers , paid for by the union , to
the interest of political party , and char
acterizes the methods adopted by the
national body in this direction as un
christian and calculated to be disastrous
to the organization.
An effort was mado to discuss it , but
Mrs. J. Fllen Foster in the chair called
everybody down who attempted to op
pose it and it went through with a rush.
Mrs. Foster was asked if she had de
clared that she would stick to the repub
lican part3 * , no difterence whether it in
serted a temperance plank or not. She
replied that she was happy to say she
had ,
Tho Yellow Fever Scourge.
Jacksonville dispatch : Editor Martiii
died at 10 a. m. He had been delirious
since 4 p. m. His death caused univers
al sorrow. He had been very active in
his efforts to mitigate the horrors of tho
plague , having labored zealously on tho :
relief committee while keeping up his
useful newspaper work. Mr. Martin
was born in Tennessee , entered the con
federate army at the age of 15 , practiced
law after the war and edited a weekly
newspaper in northern Georgia , served
two terms in tho Georgia legislature ,
was on the editorial staff of the Savan
nah Morning News , came here as man-
. • unmr news editor of tho Times-Union
in 18S6 , was editor-in-chief of tho News
Herald in March last and on the consol
idation of that paper with the Times-
Union became managing editor. Ho
was 42 years old and leaves a widow and
three children. His funeral will occur
with Masonic honors to-morrow.
The Jacksonville Press club adopted
resolutions of eulogy of editors Bowden
and Martin and sorrow for their loss.
The resolutions also express thanks to
the New York Press club and other
newspaper people throughout the coun
try for their sympathy and assistance.
Visiting the Great Father.
Washington special : Captain Pratt , ol
the army , superintendent of the Indian
school at Carlisle , Pa. , and also ono of
the commission which is negotiating for
the opening of the Sioux Indian reser
vation , said to-day that there would be
about sixty of the Sioux chiefs here to
morrow night to see the president and
the secretary of the interior and discuss
tho work of the commission and the out
look.
"Sitting Bull , " saj's he , "will bo ono
of them. Considerable progress has
been made towards securing an under
standing and I am confident that there
will be secured the requisite number of
signatures to open the reservation to set
tlers. The treaty was drawn up and put
through congress with an entire under
standing of the situation. The Indians
want certain modifications and amend
ments which in my judgment are only
just. Fifty cents an acre for their land
is a good price , as much of it is bad land
and worthless. We must deal fairly with
the Indians , and when we fully impress
them that we intend to do honestly , I
think there is no doubt of our being
successful. " •
Sioux Chiefs Goina lo Washington.
Pierre ( Dak. ; special : White Swan ,
Grow Eagle , Spotted Eagle , Little Bear ,
Charger , Little No-Heart , Spotted Elk
and Swift Bird , Sioux chiefs at Chey
enne , with William Larabee and Ed
Maricelles interpreters , aro in Pierre
preparing to start for Washington to
treat with the great father on the Sioux
bill. They will meet a delegation of
chiefs from the other agencies in Chi
cago Wednesday night , and proceed
from there. These big men of the Sioux
tribe have been liberally interviewed to
night , and say they are firm in not sign
ing the Sioux treaty unless the govern
ment gives $1.25 per aero. Only one
other proposition will they listen to ,
and that is for the government to pay
them 50 cents per aero in a lump for
what land they surrender under the
bill aud not wait for the process of set
tlement before getting paid , as they are
afraid most of the land , will never be
settled. They said if paid S1.25 per acre
they will agree to run the chances of ul
timate settlement and getting their pay.
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Talc of the Selfish Giant.
j3vcry afternoon , an thoy wore com
ing from school , the child ron
used to go and play in tho Giant's
garden.
Ono day tho Giant camo back. 3To
had beon to visit his friond tho Cor
nish ogre , and had stayed with him
for sovon years. When ho arrived ho
saw tho childron playing in tho gar
den.
den."What
"What are you doing there ? " ho
cried in a very gruff voice , nnd tho
children ran away.
"My own gardon is my own gar
den , " said tho Giunt ; "anyono can
understand that , and I will allow no
body to play in it but myself. " So ho
built a high wall nil around it nnd
put up a notice board :
"Trespassers will be prosecuted. "
He was a very selfish Giant.
Tho poor children had nowhere to
play. They tried to play on tho
road , but the road was very dusty
and full of hard stones , nnd they did
not like it. Then tho spring came ,
and all over tho country thero wcra
little blossoms and little birds. Only
in tho garden of tho selfish Giant it
was still winter. The birds did not
care to sing in it as thero wero no
children , and the trees forgot to blos
som. Once a beautiful flower
put its head out from the grass ,
but when it saw the notice-
board it was so sorry for tho
ohildren that it slipped back into tho
ground again , and went off to sleep.
The only people who wore pleased
were the Snow and the Frost. "Spring
has forgotten this garden , " they
cried , "so we will live here all tho
year round. " Tho Snow covered up
tho grass with her erreat white cloak ,
and the Frost painted all the trees
silver. Then they invited tho North
Wind to stay with them , and he came.
He was wrapped in furs , and he roar
ed nil day about the garden , and
blew the chimney-tops down.
"lean not understand why the
Spring is so late in coming , " snid
the Selfish Giant , as he sat at the
window and looked out at his cold
white garden : "I hope thero will be a
change in the weather. "
But the Spring never came , nor the
Summer. The Autumn gave golden
fruit to every garden , but the Giant's
garden she gave none. "He is too
selfish , " she said. So it was always
Winter there , and the North Wind ,
and tho Hail , and the Frost , and the
Snow danced about through the trees.
One morning the Giant was lying
awake in bed when ho heard some
lovely music. It sounded so sweet
to his oar that he thought it must
be the King's musicians passing by.
It was really only a little linnet sing
ing outside his window , but it was so
long since he had heard a bird sing
in his garden that it seemed to him
to be the most beautiful music in the
world. Then the Hail stopped dance-
ing over his head , and tho North
Wind ceased roaring , and a delicious
perfume came to him through the
open casemate. "I believe the Spring
has come at last , " said the Giant ;
and he jumped out of bed and looked
out.
out.What
What did he see ?
He saw a most wonderful sight.
Through a little hole in the wall the
children had crept in , and they were
sitting in the branches of the trees.
In every tree that he could see there
was a little child. And the trees were
so glad to have the children back
again that they had covered them
selves with blossoms , and were wav
ing their arms gently above the chil
dren's heads. The birds were flying
about twittering with delight , and
the flowers were looking up through
the green grass and laughing. It was
a lovely scene , only in one corner it
was still winter. It was the farthest
corner of the garden , and in it was
standing a little boy. He was so
small that ho could not reach up to
the branches of the tree , and he was
wandering all round it , crying bitter
ly. The poor tree was still quite cov
ered with frost and snow , and the
North Wind was blowing and roar
ing above it. "Climb up ! little bo- , "
said the Tree , and it bent its branches
down as low as it could ; but the boy
was too tiny.
And the Giant's heart melted as he
looked out. "How selfish I have
been ! " he said ; "nov I know why the
Spring would not come here. 1 will
put that poor little boy on the top of
thetree , and then I will knock down the
wall , and my garden shall be thechil-
dren's playground for ever and ever. ' *
He was really very sorry for what he
had done.
So he crept down stairs and opened
the front door quite softly , and went
out into the garden. But when the
children saw him they w * ro so fright- !
ened that they .all ran away and the
garden became Winter again. Only !
the little boy did not run , forhis eyes '
were so full of tears that he did not ;
see the Giant coming. And the Giant •
stole up behind him and took him '
gently in his hand , and put him up ]
into the tree. And the tree broke at
once into blossom , and the birds came
and sang on it , and the little boy (
stretched out his two arms and flung
them around the Giant's neck , and '
kissed him. And the other children , :
when they saw the Giant was not '
wickedanylongercamerunningbaok , '
and with them came the spring. "It
is your garden now , little children , " '
said the Giant , and he took a great '
axe and knocked down the wall. And
when the people weregoingto market '
at 12 o'clock they found the Giant
playing with the children in the most
beautiful garden they had over seen ,
All day long they played , and in j
the evening tlwy cmne to the Giant ]
to bid him good-bye.
'But where is your little compan
ion ? " he said ; "the boy I put into i
thetree. " The Giant loved him the '
best because he had kissed him.
"We don 't know , " answered the •
children ; "he has gone away. "
"You must tell him to be sure and
come here tomorrow , ' * said the Giant , i
But the children said they did not
know v , here he lived , and never seen '
him before ; and the Giant felt very '
ad.
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Years went ovor , and tho Otej * -1 |
grow very old and feoblo. Ho couia , | j
more bo ho sa m
not play about any ,
witched tne , m
and
in a huge armchnir y
children play nt thoir gnmoa , and ad- , - ; J =
mired his garden. * 1 havo many , . rS
beautiful flowers , " ho said , "but tho . | 8
flow- - -
beautiful
childron uro tho most
ersofnll. " , . s %
Ono winter morning ho looked otio . r. '
of his window as ho was dressing. He i M
did not hate tho wintor now , for he , -v %
know that it was merely fcho Spring , - \
asleep , and that tho ilowors wor * 4
resting. *
Suddenly ho rubbod Ins oyea in I - * v
wonder , and looked and looked. Ifc
certainly was a marvelous sight. In * . " * § la
tho farthorest corner of tho gardon tf | |
was a treo quito covored with lovoly 3p
white blossoms. Its branches woro cf
all goldon , and silvor frwib hung t 'M' . M
down from thorn , and underneath ft , ? * i "J |
stood tho littlo boy he had loved. > * " " - § &
Downstairs ran tho Giant in groat - ?
joy , and out into tho gardon. Ho jf
hastened across tho grass , and camo -L m
near to tho child. Aud whon hocamo . ' Sl
quito closo his faco grow rod with - < ' Snk
anger , and ho said : "Who hath WU
dared to wound thee ? " For on tho /H / |
palms of the child's hands woro tho iI
prints of two nails , and tho printaof x - | |
two nails were on tho littlo foot. , , , $ ra
"Who hath dared to wound theo ? " ' 'Sll
cried tho Giant ; "toll me , that I may ? | | fl
take my big sword and slay him. " Wm
"Nay ! " answered tho child ; "but T H1
these are the wounds of lovo. " , m I
"Who art thou ? " said tho Giant , ' - 1
and a strange awe fell on him , and ho ffi I
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knelt before the littlo child. & I
And the child smiled on tho Giant , % 3
and said to him ; "You let mo play ffl
onco in your 'garden , to-day you 4
shall come with me to my garden. " j
which is Paradise. " I
And when the children ran in that j
afternoon they found tho Giant , lying j I
dead under tho tree , all covered with 1 I
white blossoms. Oscar Wilde. i j
g - oir i I I
In a Usui Fix. | I
Ono hot day recently , says tho Now jg I
York Sun , a young man wearing 1 I
side light whiskers , and a long , I I
crooked nose , betook himself to tho § I
classic sands of Isle do Conio with tho I
sole intention of taking a plungo in- I
to tho outstrtched arms of old Fath- 1
cr Ocean. Having deposited a 25-
cent piece with the man who is nob I
satisfied with tho earth , but wants I
to own the ocean , he received a bath- I
ing suit mado of Kentucky jeans. I
Tho suit had seen its best days , and I
was rapidly becoming bottomless I
and very holey. I
The long-nosed young man man- I
aged to hold the suit together until „
he had buried himself in the surf.
Then he took a little dive , swam un- fl
dor water for a little distance , and fl
when his head reached tho surface fl
once more ho found himself surfl
rounded by a bevy of mermaids. Ho H
felt something entangling his feet , H
and reaching down he discovered that fl
oh , horrors ! that the lower part fl
of his suit had dissolved partnership H
with tho upper part. Ho was in a H
pretty fix. Summoning a friend ho H
commissioned him to go after anoth- H
er suit of Kentucky jeans. While H
waiting for the return of tho friend H
the young man modestly swam out H
beyond the ropes and came near be- H
ing drowned. * H
The friend returned with the new H
suit and then b gan a struggle with \
the waves that has never before been | H
equaled. The young man raised a \
login order to incase it in the new M
suit. A heavv wave came along and m\ \
knocked him ovor. The spectators i M
tittered. The girls blushed and tho J M
action was roprsi ted. AI hisf. , after ' H
an hour of hard work , with the as- fl
sistance of no less than twelvo per- fl
sons , the young swimmer managed fl
to get into the new suit. The young H
man was very bashful and concluded fl
he had enough of salt water bathing. H
Once more he stood upon the classic H
sands of the island inwardly betting H
himself 50 cents that he'd never bo > H
caught again in a suit of Coney lalfl
land Kentucky jeans. H
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la-o-'sn
A Prcstidigitateur's Litt' Trick. H
From the New York Mail nnd Expresa. . B
There are many men whoso names H
occupy space upon the list of social W
called " " H
outcasts commonly "tramps ,
who , had it not been for rum and a j H
general antipathy to hard work , J H
might have made their mark in this - fl
cold and cruel world. Such a ono a U
low days since dropped into a liquor ' U
store near the New York entrance of |
the Brooklyn bridge. The place was { W W
crowded. This man inquired if tho - * * ' ( |
loungers would like to witness a nice h |
little piece of legordemain. Tho land- i |
lord was appealed to first , and , giv- H
ing his consent , the man continued. fl
lie placed three hats on the table and fl
. then requested the waiter to bring H
him three pieces of bread. He then H
said he could not proceed until begot H
three pices of cheese. These wero al- H
so produced , whereupon the magician H
proceeded to place one piece of bread H
and one piece of cheese in each hat. H
After an impressive incantation he H
stated that he would eat tho three H
pieces of bread and cheese , and then H
bring them all under one hat. When H
he had consumed two pieces he do- j H
dared he could not proceed unless he H
had a drink. A large foaming glass |
of lager of the schooner type was fur- j H
nished him , and the other niece soon |
disappeared. "Now , gentlemen , H
which hat must I bring it under ? " A H
hat was pointed out. and the fellow H
quickhplaced it on his head and left H
the store in a hurry , before hisaston- H
ished auditors realized what a heap H
of information they had derived from H
the little seance. H
An irate woman entered a dry H
goods store the other day and ac- H
costed one of the clerks : "I've come H
to find out what you mean by charg- H
ing me a dollar Saturday night for H
that table spread and selling Mrs. H
Ferguson one ju t likeit on Monday fl
for GO cents. Didn 't you say it was fl
imlast chance to get one so cheap ? " H
"You mistook me , madam , " re- * H
sponded the ready clerk ; "I said it , fl
was your last chance to get one for a , " 1 fl
dollar. And it was. for we pub them fl
down to GO cents Mondav morning. " fl
-Philadelphia Call H
