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II PROBABLE DISASTER ON THE OCEAN.
1 ] A Steamer WW. 680 Patiengtr * Believe * la
II Have Foundered *
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Ij t uoonstown dispatch : Tlio Intnns
I ' line steamer City of Chester , from Nen
I vYork to Liverpool , which arrived here
J to-day , roporta thnt April 8 she passed
tho Damah steamer Danmark from
m Christiana for Now York. Tho Dan-
H mark had been abandoned by her crow.
jf j , - Her stern was level with tho sea , and
I ' ' -hor bow stood high out of water. She
FI I was apparently sinking. Tho Danmari
fl was a vessel of 2,200 tons , and belonged
jf to tho Tliingvalla line.
I Now York dispatch : A dispatch from
R 1 London was received at tho maritime
jm j exchange this morning saying the
i steamer Danmark from Christians
IJ was seen April 8 abandoned in mid-
lu ocean. Sho is said to have 050 pas-
II Bcngers on board , mostly Scandinavians.
I ! Funch , Edyo & Co. , agonts of tho comI
11 * pany here , say they placo no reliance
I' ' in tho dispatch , but have cabled to the
j ; agents in London and Copenhagen foi
11 further information.
fl Tho greatest oxcitcment prevails in
I shipping circles over tho loss of the
I Daninark. The Tliingvalla lino isprob-
I ably tho largest carrying immigrant line
II that plies between this port and Europe.
, | U The Danmark had on board when she
1 left Christiana for Now York , March 28 ,
I CRO passengers , presumably immigrants.
Tho crew numbered forty men. The
, ofiico of tho agents of tho steamer ,
* * ' Fundi , Edyo & Co. , has been thronged
j "with people all morning anxiously in-
quiring for lato news of tho vessel.
[ Tho Danmark was formerly the
f , freight steamer Jan Bydel , of tho White
: Cross line. Last fall Fundi , Edyo &
f I Co. , who aro also agents of the lattoi
. - i line , hud tho vessel put in condition for
! passenger traffic , rechristeued her the
{ , Danmark and transferred her to the
, ' Tliingvalla fleet. This was tho vessel's
I first trip from tho other side under her
1 new colors.
! The Now York agonts of the Thing-
i \ y- valla lino this afternoon said that the
' ] steamer Danmark had been overhauled ,
' ' and it is thought by all that sho was the
V best of tho fleet. Thero were on board
} at tho timo of her departure * from 710
[ j ( to 775 people , of whom 050 were passen1
V gers. Tho Danmark was commanded
> wT \ by CaptainGudson , an old seaman ,
known for his courage and presence of
mind , and ho is ri'otli-man to abandon'a
ship to tlio mercies of "tho waves when *
there is one chance in oven a thousand
of getting her into port. No incoming
I steamship to this timo reports any life
boats or rafts that might have belonged
to tho Danmark. Even if tho Danmark
had been abandoned sho had sufficient
means'to accommodate all passengers'
and crow.
v Further particulars of the sighting of
j \ tho abandoned steamer Danmark by the
[ ' City of Chester Jiave been slowly arriv'J
* ' ing sinco noon. Tho Danmark was
, " Tapidly sinking when the Chester saw
j i her. There were no visible signs of a
| | -collision. No wreckage was floating
about. .The boats were all gone from
their davits , and nothing indicating
i liaste and panic was noticeable.
M No _ answers to cables sent by agents
v in-this dty to London and Copenhagen
I , Lave been received up to 2 o'clock-this
9 J _ nfternoon. Excitement is still intense
1 "N and agents are losing hope. The steamj j
ship Iceland , of tlio Tliingvalla line , ;
• which left Copenhagen four days later
than tho Danmark , and which is due
here to night , will probably bring some
intelligence of the disaster.
BY THE TELEGRAPH AND MAIL
Colonel Swords , formerly sergeant-at-
, ' armsto tho republican national com-
mittee , has be6n appointed inspector of
I ; - furniture in tho treasury department.
• j . Acting upon the recommendation of
the secretary of war tho president will ii
> • 1 order a court martial for the trial of P
Maj. G. A. Amies , retired , upon charges *
of condnct unbecoming an officer and
j . gentleman.
t A cablegram was received here this
f „ morning , says a Chicago dispatch , from
Havre announcing the arrival there of
i \ the French line steamer La Bretagere ,
which loft-New York last Saturday and
which thus made a run of 3,280'miles to
. • the continent in seven days and a few
- " hours , which is one of the fastest trips
across tho ocean on record.
I k _ , The "United States marshal's posse
* otha went to evict settlers in Hamilton
, county , Iowa , has returned. _ The men
say that no more attempts will be made
at evicting for .1 few days , as the settlers 1
aro prepared to use force , and the
evictors ore not prepared to meet it.
All the passenger conductors employed
by the Buffalo , Bochester So Pittsburg
. - ? railroad have been discharged and -
freight conductors given their places ,
The . conductors who were discharged
are very popular and Lave tho reputa'J
tion of being honest and capable men. 1
> Their discharge is the result of the 1
I 1 train agent system adopted by the road
' . some months ago. 1 1
% A reliable man just from Oklahoma
| L claims to have learned that the boomers ,
_ ' . hundreds of Tvhom are hid in thickets c
and brush on many streams in that t
pi country , have combined to plan to burn T
t * all the bridges on the Santa Fe road on
\ the night of April 21 , or sooner , so that 0
gj no trains can get into Oklahoma on the -j
22d. He says the boomers swear they *
Sjs % are ' going to have the claims they have Jj
i out at wliatever cost. People bound for j
p § , - i Oklahoma are arriving daily from all c
hSl - over the union and tho excitement runs \
§ J high. J
f The semi-annual general conference j
f of the Mormon churcb was formally
opened in Salt Lake by President c
P'i Woodruff to-day. Addresses were made °
&L by Apostles Herbert Grant , John Henry D
P Smith , John W. Taylor and Elder Bose.
fe All tho speakers urged their saints to "
f&pi' ' - keep their commandments of God , and f
'W&L ve nP * ° ue r religious teachings.
Up * Elder Bose urged that the saints rec
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- - criticisms of the Lord
R a- - frain gossip and
Spf. - 1 annointed. God should Tie the judge of
gr alL Apostle Taylor predicted that the J
P c Mormon church would roll on till the
f whole earth would be filled with its
| L * members.
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Tho mail steamer City of Sydney , < 1
r -which arrived from Hong Kong , brings i
the folowing dispatches regarding the ?
| fight between the British , Northeni \
WP % f * - B6rneo comi any and a band of rebel
- rebel chiefs : ' Oh the 11th the forces'of c
5i -the British North Borneo company capf
lltm tured Gurleela fort after three and a c
> ? W * hours hard fighting , taking nine 1
5 % guns. Tho rebel loss was twenty killed 1
Xi ' Jjfc "while athe Britisli force lost one killed i
HtyN Wand five wounded. The export of 'arms a
B j m dxom this colony has been prohibited
BkS ° r six months on account of fighting , t
H | Will to His Job.
H Washington dispatch : Jerome B. rB
ivj Burke , chief of the gazette division in
KT// * fcio-patent office , has been notified by
mr a ! 16 commissioner of patents that his 0
m JjF tendered resignation would be accepted. 3
JT Burke , however , declines to resign , and 1
W \ Seclares his intention of allowing the c
- II commissioner to dismiss him if he so
IS JfSesires. . Burke is a Grand Army man
fl ] * nd was at one time commander of * he t
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HIS CHARACTER HURT (100,000 WORTH.
Jltuselt HarrUott Aflted to Come lato Court
on a Llbetout Charge *
Now York dispatch : Russell Harrison
was arrested this afternoon in tho offices
of Judge , in tho Potter bitflding , on :
charge of having published in his paper ,
tho Montana Live Stock Journal , an
articlo taken from a Buffalo paper ac
cusing ex-Governor John Schuyler
Crosby , of Montana , with having stolen
jowols from a Washington lady. Har
rison camo on from Washington last
night for tho purposo of having papers
in the suit served on him. Tho warrant
was issued by Judge Beach , of the
supromo : court Stephen B. Elkins ,
Vice President Bice , of tho Park bank ,
and W. J. Arkell , of Judge , became
Harrison's bondsmen.
Judgo Lamareaux , of Ballston , Pa. ,
is : Mr. Harrison's counsel , and W. L.
Swotzor I his attorney. Harrison was not
in : chargo of his paper at the time the
articlo ' was published , and knew nothing
about i it. When his attention was drawn
to tho fact that the Buffalo paper had
not : told tho truth , Harrison offered to
fmblish 1 a suitable retraction. This ,
J lowever , Crosby would not accept. Ho
demanded < that Harrison should writo
him ] a personal letter of apology , and
also i print tho same. Harrison declined
to < do this , and Crosby hopes by having
him 1 arrested to force him to do so.
Busseil Harrison , when asked if he
had ] anything to saj' , replied : "Noth
ing i at tho present time. The facts and
evidence will bo given to tho public in
tho 1 court proceedings. I will be able to
Bhow conclusively that I had nothing to
do with tho instigation of the story pub
lished 1 , and did not learn of it until
80 1887 six weeks after its
April , , publi
cation in tho Buffalo Commercial Ad
vertiser. "
William Swetzer , Harrison's attorney ,
said : "Considerable delay in bringing
tho i action , ' 'and then instituting suit in
a locality where tho defamatory matter
would not have been known had it not
been 1 brought to tho public notice by
Crosby < himself , aro matters which will
be fully explained in tho trial. Mr.
Harrison disclaims all responsibility in
tho matter , his only connection with it
being that of president of tho company
owning the paper that made tho pnbliJ
cation. It has been charged by Crosby
that Harrison caused the libel in ques
tion to bovpubjished out of personal
'hatred or vindiotiveness toward him. In
point of fact , Crosby has not been un-
favorably mentioned , with this excep5
tion , in the paper since the first day of
its publication. In his complaint
Crosby introduces the article printed ,
which is of a rather scathing na-
ture. It was originally written
for a Buffalo paper by its Wash
ington correspondent , who was after
wards discharged for having written it.
Tho matter complained of bears refer-
euce to * alleged questionable acts of
Crosby while governor of Montana ,
and concludes by alleging theft of diar
monds from a lady in Washington. Tho
complaint closes with a demand for
8100,000 from Mr. Harrison , with costs ,
for alleged malicious and criminal libel.
In his affidavit accompanying tho com1
plaint , Crosbjseeks to show cause of
hatred of him on the part of Harrison ,
and states that after he had resigned tlio
position of governor and was acting as
lirst assistant postmaster general , the
defendant , Harrison , removed Major
Brady Wilkiiis , formerly Crosby's pri-
vate secretary , from his position in the
assay office at Helena , without making
charges against him. Through the in
fluence of Crosby , Wilkins was rein
stated , and he alleges that this action
created , an animositv on the part of the
defendant towards him. "
Appended to the complaint is a letter
from one Leslie Fullgrove , formerly
editor of the Montana paper , disclaim-
iug personal responsibility for the ap
pearance of the objectionable matter ,
and asserting that Harrison and Lawyer
McCutcheon , of Helena , caused its
publication.
U. S. OFFICIALS IN CLOSE QUARTERS.
Ticcnly-flve Indictments Found Henrj
Ward Beecher'a Son Implicated.
Port Townsend ( W. T. ) dispatch : The
United States grand jury has found
twenty-five indictments against Wil-
liamHarned , ex-deputy collector ; eleven
against Herbert F. Beecher , ex-treasury'
agent , and twelve against Quincy A.
Brooks , for stealing from the govern-
ernment. The records and accounts
have been thoroughly overhauled and
presented to tho grand jury the first
.
time by government officials especially
sent from Washington by the treasury
department in January to make an ia-
vestigation of the many charges pre
ferred by the press and public. The re1
cords'were examined for a year back.
The first thing found was that vessels
had : been overcharged in entrance and
private receipts issued. The govern
ment receipts came out of what is
known as the "blue book , " and many
leaves of this were destroyed and
private receipts issued instead. By this
method the vessels were swindled out
of small sums which aggregated many
thousand dollars in each year. In other
places it "was found where the payers
were charged in some instances hun
dreds of dollars more than credited.
Two thousand government receipts were
found in a mutilated condition con'
cealed in various parts of the office.
The largest steal discovered was in the
duties paid on a cargo of the British
bark Maderia , from Liverpool , last
June ; $6,038 was paid , of which the gov
ernment received $5,044. The. records
indicated no money paid during the .
month , but one of the , consignees t
claimed to have paid Harned. Harned
acknowledged appropriating the'money
and , took a bag containing $2,000 to
Acting Collector Cullom to make an t
account. The clerk at Seattle holds a 1
receipt for 21,660 and § 378 is credited to r
the government for the entire month , i
After Harned was' dismissed over {
12,000 was found , in various parts j
of the office , secreted under car- '
pets , in flower-pots , pigeon-holes \
and other places. The records j
of daily receipts during the latter part .
of Beecher's time are also missing. Tn j
addition other records uptoHarned's ]
dismissal last November are gone , mak- -
ing it impossible to accurately deter- ]
mine the amount of the deficit. Brooks (
is short $15,000 in addition to the illegal \
fees collected-amounting to $15,000. <
All three are specificallj > ! charge "d "with (
extortion , removing public records and J
falsifying accounts. There are 638 i
opium stamps missing valued at S5 each , |
besides a large number-of Chinese re- t
turn certificates which have been miss- ]
ing since the passage of the exclusion
act.
act.Harned and Beecher will. 'be arrested
to-morrow. They refuse to talk.
Brooks is in Washington. Harned is
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worth $40,000 and has many warm per-
sonal friends on Paget sound. <
The late John Bright
was a great T
admirer of-John G/Whittier's poetry. 1
He could repeat "Snowbound" and <
many others of.-Whittier's poems , and
often did sd'in public t
The" Washington correspondents are \
unanimously snubbing the McKeebaby. a
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DISASTROUS WRECK ON THE ROAD.
37ie Family of a Prominent Hallway Official
Meet Death While Atlcep.
Chicago special : A collision occurred
on the Chicago , Santa Fo & California
railroad , near Joilet this morning , in
which three persons were killed out
right and several wore more or less in
jured. Tho regular eastbound train was
311st leaving Lorenzo station , whioliis
fifty miles from Chicago , at 4:80 , when
the accident ocourrrd. Attached to the
rear of tho train was the private car of
J. F. Hart , mayor of Brookline , Mass. ,
and director of the California Central
railroad. The party in tho car consisted
of Mr. Hart and his wife , his son
Henry , his niece , Miss Winslow , tho
porter , known only as Harry , and tho
cook , named Thomas Smith. Just as
the train was pulling out of tho station ,
an extra fast stock train following ran
into tho rear of the passenger train at a
good speed , demolishing a private car
and damaging tho freight engine so that
large quantities of steam escaped , scald-
ing those who had escaped from the
effects of tho crash.
As soon as the wreck could bo cleared
to allow tho removal of the dead and
wounded , they were found to bo as foi-
lows :
Killed Miss Winslow , Henry Hart ,
the engineer , porter and cook.
Scalded J. F. Hart and his wife.
Tho fireman of the freight train
jumped and escaped injury. Tho engi-
neer was crushed to a pulp against the
boiler head. None of tho cars except
those of Hart's was seriously damaged ,
and none of the passengers in the
other coaches hurt. It is impossible as
yet to locate tho blame for tho accident.
The dead and wounded were put upon
tho train and brought to this city. Tho
bodies of tho dead were taken to an un
dertaking establishment and tho wound
ed were convoyed to Mercy hospital ,
where they now are.
The passenger train was running on
time , and tho extra freight , through
some ( inexcusable error of tho train dis-
patchor , , was allowed to follow. At Lo-
renzo ; tho grade is very steep , and tho
\ engineer of the extra saw that tho train
was unmanageable just as ho perceived
the { tail lamps of the passenger. Ho
whistled for brakes , but it was too late.
His ; engine crashed into the private car ,
driving J it upon the steps of tho Pull1
man j car ahead.
In addition to being scalded , J. L.
Hart had both legs broken. Henry W.
Lamb ; , also in tho private car , was
j scalded about the face and body. Pali
mer , a freight brakqman , was hurled
over , the freight engine into a mass of
dobris and escaped with a scalded face
and horribly burned hands. JohnByn-
der , engineer of the passenger train ,
was severely hurt.
The fireman on the passenger train
said : "We are not to be blamed for tho
accident. It was pitch dark when the
crash came. We were running on time ,
but j the freight was an extra. Tho freight
engine ran right through the last coach
and then the boiler burst. The cries of
the dying and injured were simply
awful. i The boiling water had been
thrown over them and they were terribly
scalded. The brakeman and fireman of
the freight must have jumped , because
they were not fatally injured. "
The wrecked coach was the private car
of General Manager McCool of the Cali
fornia Central road , tho western branch
of the Santa Fe. The occupants were a
party of McCool's friends from Massaa
chusetts who had been spending a few
weeks with his family at Los Angeles
and were returning home. It was
stated by one of the trainmen that a
number of wounded persons were left at
Lorenzo. *
Gicjanlic 1 Smuggling Operation Unearlhed.
New York dispatch : Special Treasury
Agent Simmons has unearthed one of ,
j the most extensive smuggling.operations ,
ever ' carried on in this city. Thus far .
the ' loss to the government amounts to
about i $50,000 , and it is expected the
total j will finally foot up to $250,000.
The firm is Allard & Sons , of Paris , who
have ] also a branch store in this city , and
deal in antiques , old furniture , articles V
of { vertn , paintings , tapestries and other J
articles \ of luxury. The discovery was t
made . through a discharged agent of the
firm named Blossaire , who gave infor-
mation ] to the customs authorities. The °
scheme 1 was to consign to their New ?
Yo'rk house furniture in which were con- tJ
cealed ' costly portiere curtains , rich gobeP
lin tapestry , etc. Duties were only r
paid on furniture. Purchasers were in- c
variably : charged extravagant prices for 5
articles 1 with duties , out of which the tl
government \ had been swindled , added 5
thereto. . The smuggling operations was L
the main topic of conversation to-day ?
at , the office of the special treasury ,
agents of customs. Hitherto the high u
standing of the house and the financial ?
standing 1 of its customers adds to the in- tJ
terest * of the case. The office of the c
firm : was open as usual to-day for the ?
transaction of business. Nothing furr
ther will be done until Secretary WinV
dom < is heard from. The facts in the V
case ; were embodied in a report sent to
Washington last night. No arrests haye *
been made. W. EL. Secorah , counsel
for : the Allards , and Boulez , the agent , }
said 1 the affair was an outrage on a most
respectable firm ; that the result would n
show i the Allards are innocent of any J
attempt to defraud the government , i
Collector ' Magone , in an interview this
morning J , stated that Boulez , the pres- ?
; ent representative of Allard & Sons ,
had J admitted smuggling and had told
him 1 all about it p
American Dairy Products. u
Springfield ( HL ) dispatch : Tho secred
tary of the home and foreign produce °
.exchange , of London , recently notified
the secretary of the Chicago produce ex0
change that American dairy products t
are in danger of being excluded from
the English market under an act of par
liament , on account of adulteration. P
The London exchange secretary says j *
it-is of the utmost importance to the fu-
ture of the trade that American dairy
products shall continue above suspicion , f
The matter calls for prompt action. *
The secretary of the Chicago exchange A
has forwarded copies of this letter , tov
gether with other facts on the prevaT
lence of dairy adnlterationsto , the legisn
latures of the various states , and efforts e
will , be made to secure the passage of "
bills in all the western and northwest- "
ern states for the prevention of fraud in P
the manufacture and sale of adulterated
dairygyrpducts.v ; The ouse committee
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on live' stock-and dairy to-dayTield a n
meeting ) at which the subject was fully C
discussed , and the committee will pres
pare xi bill covering , not only this , but ei
other recommendations made by the fi
Illinois Dairymen's association. d
A Fight on the Prairis.
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Denver ( Col. ) dispatch : A fight tofc
day , witnessed by 400 men , occurred p
this afternoon on the open prairie , * J
twenty miles from the city , between u
Charlie Gleason and Patsy McCartin ,
with skin tight gloves for the feather
weight championship of the west. The
mill lasted nine rounds , in which Mc- . ,
Cartin was most brutally punished , both *
eyes being closed and badly cut about tl
the month and nose. In the last round b
he was knocked senseless and remained ? (
in that condition for several minutes , * <
and recovering.cried , like- baby over
his .defeat. 11
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[ I MISCELLANEOUS NEWS AND NOTES.
Tho postoffico at Oscola , Nob. , has
been raised from tho fourth to tho pres
idential class.
Herbert Chambers , of Chicago , has
been arrested for stealing $800 from his
employers.
Gernmny has ordered three vessels to
Samoa to replace those lost in the recent
hurricane.
The Santa Fe "road has arranged for
monoy to carry it over until this year's
crops aro assured.
One man robbed a coach near Mur
phy Station , Cal. "Very little booty was
secured.
It is reported that a conspiracy against
tho life of tho czar has been discovered
at i Petersburg.
The American sugar refinery , of San
Franoisco , was formally sold to the
Eastern sugar trust on the 1st.
Betty Shea , of Lexington , Ky. , was
found : in her room with her brains
beaten out.
Countes3 Josephine Badelzki com
mitted ! suicide in London by shooting
herself J with a revolver.
* Tho debts of Vandertalen , who re-
cently ( suicided in Brussels , are said to
amount , to $920,000 and assets $240,000.
Tho committee of the house of com-
mons i has approved the proposal for in
creasing < the naval strength of England.
, Lansing Lossing , of Greenwood
township , Michigan , is short in his ac-
counts ' with tho township , and is under
arrest. '
Adelo Menard , a 17-year-old girl ,
committed ( suicide in Minneapolis by
shooting. / She was undoubtedly insane.
The eldest son of John Bright , who
is ' a liberal unionist , will contest the
s at in commons , mads vacant by the
death of his father.
In attempting to ford a stream near
Clinton < , Mo. , on Sunday , the wagon of
John Boylo was overturned and four of
his j childred were drowned.
E. P. Allis , head of the great Beliance
works of Milwaukee , died on the 1st.
He ] employed about 1,500 men , with
whom he was always on the most friend-
ly 1 terms , even during the labor troubles
of recent years.
General Butlerlost s his'temper while
arguing a case irf the supremo court at
Washington and referred to Browning ,
opposing counsel , as a cur , to which the
latter replied by saying that ho did not
propose to be bullied by a bull dog.
The court called them to order by
threatening a fine.
The secretary of tho navy has cabled
to Auckland that men of the wrecked
naval vessels who are sent home aro to
come to Saiu Francisco. Benewed in-
structions have been sent to San Fran-
cisco to hurry forward the preparations
of the Charleston and every effort will
be made to get her guns and carriages
transported overland at the earliest po3'
sible moment.
HOW TO GET TO OKLAHOMA.
Permission Given for Settlers to Cross th *
C/ieroJcee Strip.
Washington dispatch : In answer to
an inquiry from the secretary of war ,
on behalf of a number of persons conJ
templating settlement in Oklahoma ,
asking if permission is to be given
these intended settlers to cross the
,
Cherokee outlet to the northern line
of Oklahoma about , the 22d day ol
.
April , the date upon which the presi-
;
dent's proclamation opening Jhe terri-
tory ! goes into effect , the secretary of
the interior has replied in part as foi1
lows : "I think tkoy may be allowed to
cross without extraordinary delay , and
therefore recommend that you instruct
your commanding officers to place no
obstruction in the way of persons who
desire to journey m good faith , in quiet ,
peaceful and orderly manner , upon and
along the public highways , post , milis
tary ; roads , or established and custom
ary cattle trails , through the Cherokee
outlet , in going forward to the tract
of laud to bo opened for settle-
ment. Care should be taken to have
the Indians understand that by this
passage there is no disposition to appror
priate their lands , and that it will be
continued no longer than absolutely
necessarv after the first migration to
the Oklahoma country is over. The
military forces should then scout the
Cherokee outlet and require all persons
unlawfully there to move on , either
back to Kansas or over into the Oklaa
homa lands. " The secretar } ' , in ana
other , part of his letter , says he deems
that settlers are entitled to as much
consideration as has been given to the
cattlemen and others who have been a
heretofore , permitted to travel through "
this outlet. It is urged upon the secrec
tary , , among other reasons for granting v
this permit , that settlers coming through s
Chickasaw and other Indian lands , are t
gathering on the immediate borders of
the Oklahoma tract , without obstruc-
tion , thus putting those in Kansas , who t
must pass through the outlet , at clisadt
vantages. No movement will be alv
lowed ! under this permit until full au-
thority and instructions shall have been V
received by the military in charge of a
these J matters. The recommendation of °
Secretary Noble was laid before the r
president by Secretary Proctor , and t.
after consideration an order bearing b
upon the snbject was sent from the war t
department this afternoon to the army , t
officers in chargo on the borders of In
dian territory , presumably to carry into
practical effect Secretary Noble's rec
ommendations. Authoritative informa-
tion on this point is , however , withheld. 1
XEI1T1OW PEVEB AT BIO JANIEBO. r
The United States consul general at r
Bio Janeiro has reported to the secre-
tary of state that yellow fever is preva
lent there to an alarming extent.r
Charles M. I. Leslie , an American citia
zen , died at Bio on.the thiid of March J
from ] fever. Of 127 deaths reported v
March 7 , 24 were caused by yellow fe- °
ver , 13 by typhus fever , 0 by other fe- j1
vers and 33 by "aeusso pernicioso , " a
new disease supposed to be caused by
emanations : from .tho sewers , which , ow- * >
ing to the scarcity of water caused by s
dryness of the season , have not been
properly cleaned. j1
THE PBOODAIIATION WAS SWEEPING.
• It appears , that the .president's proclar
mation"3 opening up ; apportion of the 'r
Oklahoma lands to settlers was more
r
sweeping in its terms than was intenda
, in the matter of excluding persons t
from entering upon lands before the
date named in the proclamation. Un
der its terms army officers have been
compelled to keep , out officials of the ,
interior department , whose duty it is to *
provide for the establishment of the
new land offices. To relieve these of- .
ficers , an order was made to-day by the
war department , for their admission into } j
the territory. to
When a mud hole in Cairo dried up
r
the other day they found portions of r
three wagons , a barrel of salt , a pair of
boots and .a keg of. nails. They are now c
searching it for two men "who myster-
iously disappeared. i
Get ready for Arbor Day and on J
that occasion plant trees early and late , *
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EXPERIMENTS FROM SUGAR CANE.
Jlfr. Wiley' * Jte2H > rt l > rcUton by Secretary
Wlndom Other WtMhlnyton Matter * .
Washington dispatch : H. W. Wiley ,
chemist of tho agricultural department ,
has completed his record of experiments
in tho manufacture of sugar from sorg
hum , conducted lastycar at Bio Grande ,
N. J. ; Kenner , La. , and Conway
Springs , Douglass and Sterling , Kan.
The work at Sterling differed from that
at other places. It was an examination
of all obtainable varieties of tho sorg
hum plant , begun by tho Sterling Sugar
company and coraplotcd by tho depart
ment. The work at Bio Grande , N. J. ,
was carried on by H. A. Hnghes ,
whoso purpose was to determine
whother or not sorghum sugar
could be successfully manufactured
on a small scale. Professor Wiley says
ho does not seo any favorable result
coming from the two years' trial at Bio
Grande. Tho practical experiments
carried on at Douglass consisted in a
thorough trial of tho 83'stem of diffusion
( the Hughes sj'stem ) to test its fitness
for working on a largo scale. They
were not a success , owing to the failure
of ' tho battery to work properly. Tho
agricultural ' results , however , were of a
most eucouragiug nature , showing that
in ; that locality tho crop of sorghum
cane 1 can be grown , and with propor
treatment , may bo expected to yield
eighty ' or ninety pounds of sugar from
a ton of puro c < me. Professor Wiley
devotes , considerable space to the
points to be considered in building a
factory. Southern and western Kansas
possess the best soil and climate for
I sorghum raising , so far as is known.
Indian territory is destined to be tho
center ! of this industry. The expecta-
tion of establishing a successful sor-
ghum < industry in the great maize fields
of < the country , must now be definitely
abandoned. 1 In detail , tho bulletin is 7ery
complete. 1 It contains tho reports of
assistants ' in chargo of tho experimental
stations , with a daily record of results ,
in j tabulated form. Analysis of sugar
beets ] grown in Kansas from seed grown
by ] Clans Spreckles , and tho effect of
the 1 difusiou process upon the extrac-
j tion of sugar from sugar cano. The
latest . report on this subject showed
that an average 194 pounds of sugar ia
made J from one tone of cane.
THE COIiIiECTOIt's DECISION SUSTAINED ,
Secretary Win dom has sustained tho
action of the collector of customs at
New York in refusing to allow the Swiss
emigrant 1 named Flaig to land , and as a
consequence he will be sent home at tho
expense of the vessel which brought
him ] over. It appears that Flaig came
to \ this country in response to an adver-
tisement j inserted in a Swiss newspaper
by ] Georgo Banm , of Arasacho , at the
instance of A. Borneman , of the Newark
embroidering works. It was shown that
Flaig ] paid his own passage money , and
had ] made no contract with the Newark
company. Ho , however , brought a let-
ter \ from Baum to Borneman saying he
had j engaged him as an embroiderer.
He ] also admitted that he had made up
his mind six months ago to come to
America , and had availed himself of the
present 1I opportunity to secure work in
advance. \ The collector hold that Flaig
was prohibited from landing by the pro
visions of tho contract labor law.
THE EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS.
Secretary Busk has issued a pamphlet
giving a history of the agricultural ex-
periment stations which have been
established under the recent laws of
congress , and are now conducting
scientific and practical experiments in
regard to soil , tillage , manures , crops ,
stock feeding , dairying and horticulture
in the various states. All states and one
territory , Dakota , now have agricultural
experiment stations. The total numt
ber of stations now in operation is
forty , and , including branch stations ,
nearly sixty. They employ more than
370 j scientists , and will this year receive
§ 505,000 from tho national government ,
and about § 125.000 from states and
other sources. The most cordial feel-
ing is said to exist between the stations
and department of agriculture , which s
is charged by congress with the duty of
supervising and aiding the work of the
stations.
Railroad Building the Present Year. t
Chicago dispatch : The Bailway Age ,
.
in its issue to-morrow , will present an )
elaborate table showing the number of ?
miles of railway projected during the
three months > of the present year tp y
March 31. It says sixty-six new lines , t
with an aggregate contemplated miles
age of 53,430 miles , have been projected "
since January 1 , last ; that on these lines
14,818 miles are under contract , 9,617 |
are surveyed and 29,001 arc incorpor- -
ated or projected. The Bailway Age ,
commenting on these figures , says : -
"The fact that many and perhaps most
of the great companies had given
assuraance to each other that they
would not engage in competitive j
construction this year , the hostility to-
wards railwaj's indicated in the several .
state legislatures , the great falling off in „
the earnings of nearly all existing roads
and perhaps more than all , thereported
determination of eastern financial agents
to discourage the floating of new securi
ties all seemed to the general public to
warrant the belief that little railway
building would be witnessed during the j
present year. But those who have made i
deeper and more detailed examination
of the opportunities and needs for new .
railways in this vast country have seen
that the generalization was being refuted
by the demands of innumerable locali- *
ties : for additional transportation facili- _
ties. :
The Dastardly Act of Robbers.
Butler ( Pa. ) dispatch * : Louis Patterj
son , a prominent , aud wealthy farmer ,
living near Centerville. was robbed last
j
night by three masked men. There was
nobody in the house at the time but he
and his mother , eighty years old. The
men called to Patterson to come out ,
and . , on Ins refnsing to do so , burst in
the door. Patterson felled the first man n
to enter with a poker , but the others 1
overpowered and tortured him , burning c
his feet to make him tell where he kept °
his money , but to no purpose , as Patter-
son insisted that he had none. They n
then searched the house , and after a
securing $43 in money and Patterson's
gold watch , departed , "declaring that if J
he moved until they were gone half an
hour lie would be shot dead. °
There is no positive clue to the despea
radoes , but every effort-will be made to °
"ZTlleraisa firm deter- ' *
'ran-them down. > - -
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mination among tho citizens top revent
series of Fayette county outrages from *
being perpetrated in this county. *
An Order by the Pension Commissioner. hs'
s'
Commissioner of Pensions Tanner j
has issued the following order , which n
will favorably affect a large number of a
veterans now on the pension roll :
Whenever a pensioner is disabled fn a
hand or foot in a degree entitling him
§ 24 per month , under the act of
March 3 , 1883 , such pensioner shall , by "
reason of that fact , be entitled to the n
rate of $30 per month , nnder the act of k
August 4,1886. This order ia made to 2
carry Into effect the principle enunciated p
by the department on October 15 , 1887 , a
the case of Allen Cook and again on ° .
June 18,1888 , in the case of Charles W. %
Harrington. " If ,
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THE DISASTROUS STORM AT SAMOA.
How Much of tjte Jiamaye to ihn Trenton
Might Vara Jlren Averted.
'Apia , Samoa dispatch ( via Sau Fran-
jCisco ) : After tho great storm of March
10 had subsided , Admiral Kimberly waa
visited by nn Associated press corres
pondent Tho admiral was found sit
ting on tho porch of a small house fac
ing tho harbor , watching tho wrecks of
tho American men-of-wnr. "Isn't it
awful ? " ho remarked to a correspond
ent. "In all nvy experience on the sea.
I have never seen a storm equal to this.
I can hardly realize yet tho oxtcnt of
damage done. My chief anxiety is to
get these 800 or 000 sailors back to
America. "
The adpiiral was aske 'd regarding his
own experience during tho storm. Ho-
told of occurrences on tho Trenton
which have already been described. Ho
attributed much of tho damage to tho
Trenton to the fact that the hawso
pipes were placed on tho lower deok.
It is a faulty construction which
government officers havo been asked
several times to remedy. If they had
been located on tho deck above , the
water could not havo poured in on tho
Trenton as it did , flooding tho firo room
and ; putting out tho fires. The admiral
considered ' this as indirectly tho causo
] of tho loss of tho Trenton. Tho ship ,
he said , was handled most skillfully.
It : was impossible to steam out of tho
harbor , as tho engines were not power-
ful enough. As it was , with every
pound the Trenton could carry and tho
anchors ' out , tho ship could not hold up
against ' the storm.
The confusion which was present
everywhere in Apia during tho first few
days ' after tho storm disappeared by tho
end ( of tlio week. Tho quarters of the
shipwrecked ' sailors had boeu mado
moro ] comfortable , tho daily routine of
of < duty was properly attended to , and
marine ] guards had complete control of
the * town. Working parties wero kept
busy ] all tho time on the wrecks of tho
Trenton and Yandalia , and articles of
ovory < description had been brought
ashore from tho vessels. It has not
j'ot 1 been ascertained whether tho Nipsic
will be able to leavo tho harbor or not.
King Maataafa camo down from his
camp a few days ago. A light rain had
fallen 1 the night before and the water
had j leaked into the tents occupied by
the sailors. Mataafa pointed out to tho
admiral the dangor of sicknessbreak5 ,
ing out among the men on account of
this exposure , nud on behalf of his peot
.
pie offered to vacate all tho Samoan
houses { in Apia and allow tho American
sailors the use of them. Admiral Kim-
berly j thanked Mataafa very warmly ,
but ] stated that it would bo difficult to
control tho men if they were scattered
around among tho native houses. Ho
promised , however , to consider tho
offer j if the situation became more
.
pressing.
On March 23 the Germans held a
memorial service at the French Catholic
church , which was attended by Admiral
Kimberly and a nnmber of other offi-
cers , and also a guard of honor from
the United States marine forces. On
March 24 American memorial services
were held , but none of the German
officers attended.
There is no important change in the
political situation here. Both parties
are , still encamped in the same position
the } ' havo occupied for months. Tho
German consul , Dr. Knappe , is still
pursning the spiteful courso which al
ways characterized his work here. Nott
withstanding their noble efforts in sav
ing i the lives of Germans during the
storm , Knappe posted a printed notice
a few dajrs later declaring that natives
were rlealing products from tho Gorc
man farms , and warning the public not
to Durchase from them.
Inquiries Concerning Beef Caiile.
Washington special : Secretary Busk
said to-day that ho had received a great
many inquiries concerning tho number
and value of beef cattle on the hoof in
the markets of Chicago , Omaha , KanI
sas City and other great packing points ,
as well as on the ranches. These ind
quiries grow out of the efforts being
made in various states to secure legislaJ3
tion looking to the suppression of the
dressed beef traffic. The statistician of
j
the department who was referred to for
information ! on this subject said that
the department had no data on which to
baso reports which would tend to show a
whdther , or not tho charges were true
that * the dressed beef packers in the t
slaughtering centers were engaged in g
depressing the price of beef on the hoof n
on the ranches and in manipulating the f
price of tho product to the consumer ,
Ho has received numerous inquirv
ies for data of this character emti
bracing a period of many years , but no s
information on the subject has ever t
been secured by the department of agriI
culture , nor does the census give any i
adequate information upon which to C
base an estimate. Secretary Busk intis
mated that owing to the great imporI
tance of this subject at the present time , 3
and the many outcries that are being tl
made by butchers all over the country c
against the dressed beef traffic , he conti
templated carrying on an investigation s
which would furnish the parties interC
ested witlrauthentic information which J
might be used in times such as these , b
It is probable that the state agents of e
the department may be authorized to "H
report upon the number and yalue of t
these cattle in the various regions 0
where the animals are raised or fed from
month to month , and.that hereafter in
formation will be obtainable at the de
partment.
She May Have it for the Asking. S
Baltimore ( Md. ) dispatch : The Sun's g
Bichmond , Ya. , special says : It is asr
serted upon the authority of Mr. si
Blaine's warmest personal friends here fi
that Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has been 1
offered tho postoffice at Bichmond or n
Charlotte , N. C. Some days ago , as al-
ready telegraphed , Mrs. Jackson was Ci
assured upon authority of the same re- jt
publican leaders that if she would ac-
cept it she could have the appointment 0 q
of _ postmaster at Lexington , Va. The
climate of that section of the state does
u
not agree with this lady , and for that
n
and various other reasons the proffer jj
was declined. The same republican
leaders | insist that the widow of the dis- p
u
tinguished confederate chieftain has j ,
only to signify her willingness to accept gj
and she can have her choice of the post- „
office at Bichmond or at Charlotte , N. }
C. This has been (
assurance communif -j
cated to Mrs. Jackson by her Bichmond f . ,
friends. ! She is living with her aged ii
father in Carhart , Lincoln count } ' , N. O.
Her home is twenty miles from Char-
Iotte , the nearest railroad or telegraph at
station , and it will bo a day or two be- in
fore a reply can be had. The Biohj. .
raond postoffice is worth S4,000 a year
and is a bone of contention between I
Mahone and the Wise factions.
The Cigarette Must Go. \
Lansing ( Mich. ) dispatch : The house i
lo-day passed the Johnson cigarette bill , (
which prohibits the manufacture , sale , 1
keeping for sale or giving away of any
sigarette or any imitation thereof , comJ
posed in whole or in part of tobacco or <
any substance in the form of a cigarJ
.tte containing narcotic elements , Or :
ny rice paper or any paper designed
for cigarette wrappers.
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FOR TWO IMPORTANT FOSITIOflS. M
Coming Men for the Treamry Vepartmet.t- ± ; | 1
Other WalMnaton Matter * . ' M
Washington spocfal : Thora in every JM
reason to believe thnt tho president has ( M
settled upon two names for two' im- .
pnrtant positions in tho treasury tie"M
partmont , and that theso names will bo M
announced to-morrow whon tho ap- 1
pointments will bo mndo. Tho friends $
of ox-Congrcssmad Edward S. Laoeyr
of Michigan , havo never had a doubt J
for a week past that ho would bo ap"Q
Tiointod comptroller of tho enrroncy ;
which oflico has been vacant somo timo. ! "
Tho other placo to bo filled at tho samo
timo is tho second comptrollorship ol j |
tho treasury. Mr. John B. Thomas , of jg
Illinois , is snid to bo certain of this
position. Tho duties rolato totho ?
auditing of the accounts of tho army
and navy officers , and Mr. Thomas'ex- >
perionco as a member of tho houso com
mittee on naval affairs willit is thought ,
prove valuablo in this oflicc. Tho pres-
out deputy comptroller is authority for
tho statemont thnt Secretary Windom
has said that Mr. Thomas has boon
chosen ' for the place.
TO IiKAVE TIIK WHITE nOOSC.
A report is current to tho effect that
tlm 1 presidout intends to abandon the
white house entiroly as a business office , ,
and 1 that he contemplates securing quar
ters 1 in tho south wing of tho stato de
partment ] building. Thero is room
enough < in that structure to nfford ample
accommodations 1 for tho clorlss of the
oxecutivo < office without seriously in
commoding 1 anj * of tho present occu
pants. ] Tho white houso is entirely in
adequate 1 for tho president's private
needs ] , and it has loug been considered
a 1 foregone conclusion that somo othor
place ] would soon bo found to accommo
date Secretary Halford. Now it is said
that 1 tho president has consulted with
Secretary Blaine , and that tlio result
will bo an early transfer of tho offices
to 1 tho building across tho way.
TnC ADJCTANT-OENEHAIiSinP.
The fight for tho position of adjutant-
general of the arm } ' is commencing to-
wax warm as the retirement of General
Drum ] , the present adjutant-general ,
draws j near. Colonel Kcltou is tho offi
cer most often spoken of for tho posi
tion. j General McKeover and Colonol
W. D. Whipple aro his strongest rivals.
There will lie a tremendous amount of
influence j , social and otherwiso , brought
to j bear on. Secretary Proctor and Gen
eral Harrison. General Drum retires
May 10 , and he will at once occupy his
country home near Tennallytown , Md. ,
where ho will lay down his aword after
long j years of service , and substitute tho
pruning knife in its place.
POSTAIi CHANGES.
The following changes havo been
made in tho Nebraska , Dakota and Iowa
postmasters :
Nebraska John Mueller appointed at
Kiowa , Thayer county , vice II. Blan-
kin resigned.
. A. T. Smith at Bopublicau City. Har
/ lan countvice J. F. Kolley , resigned.
J. E. Baxter at Sherman , Furnas
county , vice Isaac Orr resigned.
B. E. Terry at Spring Bunch , Clay
county , vice F. Conradt resigned. 5
J. B. Empfield at By no , Custer coun- , '
ty , vice M. Conley resigned.
, Dakota W. 1 } . Glidden at Boresford ,
"Union J county , vice T. T. Bradloy re
moved.
Asa Fausct at Neche , Pembina coun
ty , vice P. C. Donovan removed :
Iowa Charlc-s Ford at Concord , Han
cock county , vice C. E. Doolittlo re
moved.
W. H. Wolsey at Vincent , Webster
county , vice J. M. O'Brien , removed.
The Coming Centennial Celebration.
New York dispatch : The committee
on arrangements of tho centennial cele
bration of Washington's inaugural has i
arranged for the reception of President i
Harrison at Elizabethport , N. J. , on j
Monday , April 29. Tho president and
t
the cabinet officers and other officials of
distinction will arrive at Elizabuthport
from Washington at 11 o'clock in the
morning. The presidential party will
be received by the committee on navy
and embark on the steamer provided by
that committee. The lino of United.
States ships of war , yachts and steam
boats will be formed in the upper bay ,
under Admiral Porter as chief marshal ,
and will be reviewed by the president.
On landing at the foot of Wall street
the president will .be received by the
governor of the state of New York , tho
mayor of the city and the president of
tho inaugural committee , and escorted
to the Equitable building , on Broadway ,
w'icro a reception and collation will bo
tenoered him by tho committee on
states. This reception will last from 2
to 3.30 o'clock. The president will then
be driven to the reviewing stand at Mad
ison : Square and the parade , headed b } '
Gen. Schofield. will start from Wall
street and proceed up Broadway and
Fifth avenue. On the evening of the
30th the president will be escorted to
the Metropolitan opera house by the
chairman of the entertainment commit
tee , being accompanied by Mrs. Harri
son , Yice President and Mrs. Morton ,
Gov. Hill and Lieutenant Governor and
Mrs. Jones , and will be met at the door
by the manager of the ball , who will
escort him to the floor of the ball zoom
where ho will be formally received by
the ] mayor. The ball will then be-
opened by a quadrille-
Terrible Ravages of the Prairie Fires.
Minneapolis special : Aid. Smith re
turned this morning from. Sully county , .
South Dakota , where he went to investi
gate the extent of the damages of the-
recent < prairie fires. It was a terrible-
sight. He said : "I did not suppose the-
fires were so badThere are at least
100 < families in Sully county who losb
most : of the wheat they had. Some of
them saved a few things , but in most
cases nothing was saved. Those who
witnessed the fire toldme that the flames ,
jumped four and five rods so thai an.
ordinary fire protection was of no avail.
One man had.a sick daughter in bed • t >
when he saw the fire coming , and his- J
wife rushed Info the barn to untie the * •
horses while he ran to save the girl , and. . ;
he had just carried her out on the j
ploughed field when the fire sprang upon j
his house , his wife barely escaping. The j
horses were burned. 1 saw where 40C L \
Bheep had been burned in a heap. The- | j
people , of Blunt have done a good deal } \
for the sufferers , but they are unable to. j j
do , half enough , and I nope tho good. I
people of Minneapolis will put their ± \
Bhonlders to the wheel a once. f a ;
"Seed wheat is what they want par / Wk
ticnlarly , now that the spring season is IS
j hand. Everything that can be given Mt
the shape of relief ought to be turned i5
at once. " 1
The Dakota reservation. il
Chamberlain ( Dak. ) dispatch : A gen- § /
tleman whoarrived to-day from a trip P
to Sioux Falls and through numerous
cities anci towns , states that much in- \ t
terest i& mken by the people in those j-
sections in regard to the opening of the : 1
resercation. Colonies from a number > . i
of different towns expressed themselves. {
a3 • determined to locate on the reserve }
nen opened. When the reservation ia , * I
? nallv opened for settlement the rusil < j
to lands will be unprecedented , • ' 1
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