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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1889)
H | A DARINQ COWIOY ROBS A 1ANK. H 1 -A. Caihler ( drover , Colorado , Hands Otn HI I .411 Mm MUab { Cosh. H 1 Pueblo.Col. ( ) special : The gang o H 1 • dosperadoca who took possession o B I Boston , this state , last Friday and Sat H 1 I ) nrdny , with tho object of killing Dr 1 I Brown and Editor Daniels , who wer < H I ( not to bo found , however , rushed dowi K I * upon the town last night , surroundec B : 1 * Editor Daniels' residonco , and oponec B I tflro. Daniels ran out tho back dooi H | < and started to oscape , but wap piercei H ; by two bullets nnd fell to tho ground H I hoArolbqrn supposing tlist.they hac H t finished Daniels rode to the residence H | of Dr. Brown and commenced firing , H | but tho doctor by this time had gol Hj | wind of tho raid and made good his oa H I cape. Tho robbers , after running the H i town for a few hours and stealing sucl Hj | articles as they desired to carry away , Hj loft for tho neutral strip , whero tho of- H fleers of this county scat have no nu- H \ -thority to arrest.and which is vory dan- H ! gqrons of approach. Active measures H | 'will now bo taken hy the state authori- m j ties to break up this , the most dosper- B ! te ' gnng of outlaws that inhabit Col- B ; i -orado. Daniols will probably die. He J ( - was shot iu tho right side and tho hip. M | HE GOT AWAY TO THE HILLS. B \ Chcyenno ( Wyo. ) spcoial : A success- J I -fill bank robbery was committed at J $ Grovcr , Colo. , this morning , the rob- bcr taking all the cash in sight and got- f i ting away with his booty to tho hills. H | I Tho bank at Grover is a private institu- | ' ( 'tion owned by 0. C. Smith & Co. Mr. H' ' Smith is also cashier. This morning B shortly after the bank was opened a Hlf medium sized man , with light sandy moustacho and wearing n cowboy snit , f broad sombrero , chaps aud canvass coat , • stepped into the bank and presented a -check for payment to Mr. Smith , who H was alone. Tho check was written with 1 palo ink and Mr. Smith bout his head m -down for a minute closely. When ho looked up to tell tho mau the check was not good ho looked into the muzzle of a ( six-shooter held within a few inches of his head. The cowboy said very po- HU Utely : "Mr. Smith , I'll trouble you I , for tho funds of thi3 bank. " Al- HE though * a Winchester rifle was al- K3 most at Smith's elbow , there was noth- H ? tug for him to do but hand out . the Hj * * -uCnsli. Therobber pocketed all tlinVwas G. r givonvbiin , 'reached over their counter Hj ( i and took tho Winchester rifle and back- H ed out of tho door. His horso , a dun- Hf ! colored cow-pony , was at the curb. He Hln mounted and roclo away. Hfi Cashiov Smith rushed to tho door and Hni gavo the alarm. Ho noticed that tho B Kpl cowboy had left tho Winchester rifle Hjjl leaning against the front of tho bank Bj | building. Ho picked it up and got four Hj j -shots at the fast retreiitiug robber. He Hn failed. _ however , to hit his man , who 1 -soon disappeared over a range of bluffs Hl just outside of town. A pursuing party HJf of cowboys and merchants was soon 'in H'Jl the saddlo and on the trail of the rob- Bl ber. At dusk this evening his horse Hl was fonnd grazing on the prairie near H2 Pine Bluffs station , on the Union Pacifio B | railroad , and it is thought ho boarded a Hf freight train at this point. The amount B | taken is about a thousand dollars. There HJ -were four < 5r iivo thousand dollars in tho Eij -safe. Descriptions of the man have Hj j been sent out over tho Union Pacific , H \ - and it is probable that ho will be caught. JACK THE KIPPER STTIiE. IMobilo ( Ala. ) dispatch : Captain Tones ; of tho schooner Arthur , arrived -to-day from Bay Islands nnd reports I that at Buatan , last mouth , Bev. Henry Hobson , _ wife and her companion , a young girl , nil of Jamaica , were mur- < lered _ by Joseph Bures. Bures , dis covering that Mrs. Hobson had money , _ , -entered tho house nt night and cut tho Ef throats of nil three persons. He robbed B < them of what money nnd valuables they Br possessed. The next day Bures was ar- Hj rested , and he made a full confession of H guilt. Captain Jones says that the H | butcher } ' of the three persons and the H8 mutilation of the bodies of both women KJ bore a strange resemblanoe to the mur- H | * • dera committed by the Whitechapel E i murderer in England. U'HAT IS THE SOUTHERN QUESTION ? Interviews With Prominent JPoWiciant Souti % of Mason and Dixon't Zine. ! Philadelphia dispatch : The Inquirer will publish to-morrow interviews which * dt has collected with prominent politi- HV -cians of the southern states in answer K ] t ° tbe qnestion : "What is the southern Bj -question ? " and "How to be met to pro- B duco the greatest Rood to tho south ? " ' k The responses nearly all voiced the E -sume sentiment that the race problem H ' is the grejit one to be solved , and that B the south should be allowed to manage H [ - Iter own affairs without interference. B Among tho most prominent gentlemen B from whom replies were received are : P BS Governor Bichnrdson , of South Caro- B linn ; Governor Lee , of Virginia ; Gov- B BM -crnorBuckner , of Kentucky ; Attorney B B General Miller , of Mississippi , nnd B BI . Tiicutenant GovernorMauldin , of South B BV Carolina. The tenor of their replies is B BM -contained mainly iu that of Governor B BB Bichardson , who says : "The south- B BM ern question is the race problem B BM shall the African or the Cancas- B BM' iau predominate ? The solution is B BM 4i strict avoidance by the general B BM . government of any distinctly southern B BB policy , and leaving to the states them- B BB selves the management of their own B BB domestio affairs. Governor Bnokner , BBB1 of Kentucky , protests that there is no southern qnestion. Sncb unpatriotio agitation , whether originating in the north or the south , should not be en I couraged , nnd the injury resnltinsr from suck agitation , would be reduced to a minimum if the people of eaoh state HHrv would continue to attend to their own B BBi affairs and unito in supporting the gen- . BB BJ end government in its just exercise of B BK all its legitimate powers. Attorney B BMi 'General Miller , of Mississippi , says B BBj that the controst between tho negro and B BBj white government has been so decided- B BBl ly in fuvor of the latter that the white BB BJ people are determined there shall be no BBBBn return to the former ; indeed , a military B BB despotism would be preferred. When BB H iuterest nnd judgment instead of passion B BB and prejudice shall control the southern B BB negro , then the whole question will be B BH solved. Lieutenant Governor Mauldin , B BBj of Sontli Carolina , says tho federal gov- B BH -ernment can help the south by nppoint- B BBj -ing to office men of character and ca- B BB jjacity , by dealing generonsly in the B B1" - * -fmStter * oi internal improvements , and B BB \ l > y refunding tho cotton tax. In other B BH -words , says he , let the south alone. HLv Liauor May ba Sold In Oklahoma. BT X Washington dispatch : Commissioner BbV % \ \ - -of Internaldvlovenue Mason has decided < mkf\ \ that under the recent act of congress / \ 4md Iho proclamation of the president Hbi V - relation to Oklahoma that it ceases B B H i -to be "Indian country , " and that special B B B B BR I tax stamps may be sold to wholesale and B vJ t „ retail liquor dealers to engage in bnsi- BBBBBBr1 3iess there , uuder the same Terms and BBSBB / ( ' gnhitious as iu other states and terri- B B B / Itories of tlie United States. The effect . BBBB * It 1 of this decision will be to allow whole- • B B B ' J > i enlo and retail liquor dealers to purchase ' Blr w J .special stamps in Oklahoma under the \ B BB"Vv J - samo terms as in other sections of tho ! B BBf M Fcountry. . Arrangements are being made ' B : f $ * ° bavo a force of deputy collectors and ' B * , & $ • revenne agents on hand to see that the B B ) . . " / / laws are enforced , and that the interests BBBft Mi ottue gQYerument are protected. J1 § 1JTm b bL i-WS RULINGS IN SEVERAL PENSION CASES , JstitaHl Secretary Jtutey Jten&en Hotm JHeUlotiB. Washington dispatch : Assistant Sec retary Bnssoy to-day rendered threi pension decisions which involved th important questions when may and when may not a soldier be considered "in lino of duty. " The first case is thai of W. H. Brockenshaw , late of company H , Twonty-ninth Michigan volunteers , who applied for an invalid pension. Tho basis of his claim was an injury to tho left side , incurred in the service ai Jackson , Miss. , in March , 1867 , said in jury hnvingbeen.caused by "thtfee bo ! diors jumping on the claimant while hi was climbing into his bunk , crushing the ribs of the left sido just below the heart. " The claim was rejected by Com missioner Black on the ground that the claimant was not injured in tho line oi duty. Assistant Seoretnry Bnssey , in his decision to-day , overrules the former decision nnd directs that Brockenshnw'a name bo placed on the pension rolls , rating his disability in accordance with the law. Another caso is that of 0. M. Sedg wick , lato midshipman of tho United States ships Santee nnd Constitution. Tho claimant in this case , was injured l > y a kick by a comrade on board the ship. He was at tho time , to use his own language , "twitting and teasing" his comrado , who , becoming incensed thereat , administered to him a kick from which his disability resulted. The assistant secretary , in this case , sustains tho former decision rejecting the appli cation , and adds : "Hero it is apparent that the claimant not only contributed directly to produce tho cause of his in jury , but that ho was engaged at the time in n manner that was manifestly in violation of tho rales and regulations of the service and subvoi-sivo of discipline and good order , and the injury result ing from sneh conduct on his part was unquestionably not incurred in the line of duty. " Tho third case is that of Elizabeth Hull , widow of Williom Hull , a soldier who died in a military prison at Nash ville , of diseases contracted in prison. The soldier , it appears from the evi dence , wasarrested and confined in prison for being absent from his com pany and regiment without permission. In this caso Bussey says ; "To entitle a widow to a pension tho wound , injury , or disease which caused her husband's death must have been contracted as a result of tho compliance by him with the • requirements of military duty. Such connection between fatal disease and service did not exist in this case. Tho former decision is sustained. " SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATION MEASURE. Government Wards Said to be Unanimously in JBavor of the Bill. Chamberlain ( So. Dak. ) special : * The Indians at Lower Brule agency have liad couriers running to and fro be tween the agencies to find out the feel ing of the different tribes towards the Sioux reservation bill. A courier , who irrived from Bosebud agency , brings tho good news that the Indians are al most unanimous in favor of the bill , as ire , also , the Indians at Pine Bidgs igency. The news is very gratifying to tho people who are very anxious to liave the lands opened to settlement. The Bosebud Indians are the most un civilized nnd the wildest Indians on tho reservation , and there are so manj' of hem that the agent in charge does not iiavo as good control over them as at tho ) ther agencies. The commission that reated with the Indians last j'ear in re gard to relinquishing a part of their ands did not visit either Pitjo Bidge or Rosebud , as all reports from these agen- : ies were very discouraging , aud the : ommi.ssioners gave up the attempt and md delegations of chiefs from the dif ferent agencies to meet them in Wash- ngton , where the chiefs , on the part of ; he Sioux nation , nnd the commission 's aud ex-Secretary Vilas , on the part ) f the government , agreed upon a bill bat the rank and file of the Indians vould accept The ontcome of this igreement is the present Sioux bill , and is it was framed according to the wishes ) f tho Indians will undoubtedly become i law. Bosebud has about seven thnns- md two hundred Indians , nnd if this igenoy was against the bill it would not become a law , even if the commission incceeded in getting the unanimous support of the other places. The Indians nt Pine Bidge will sup port tho bill , as section 27 of the Sioux > ill appropriates $28,2 0 in payment of he ponies thnt were taken from them md sold by the government troops in .876. They do not get this money un- ess the bill is ratified , and this alone vill urge them to work at the other iirencies in favor of the measure. This ection was incorporated in the bill at he urgent request of Bed Cloud , head ihief of the Pine Bidge agency. He ind his followers are working hard in avor of the measure , and with the jews received from Bosebud , there is tot much doubt but that the Sioux eservation bill will be ratified and be- : ome a law , thereby throwing open to • ctnal settlement 11,000,000 acres of the aost fertile land in South Dakota. The nany years' fight for the opening of tbe eservation is drawing near an end , and rill terminate in the work being sne- essfnlly accomplished. Can Now Account for the $45,000. St. Louis special : Walter B. Smith , laying teller , who left St. Paul over hree years ago with $45,000 belonging o the Second National bank of that ity. was arrested here to-night. The hief of police this morning received rom a Pittsburg detective a telegram rdering the arrest of CowanCowan , 07 Piue street , for attempting to swin- le the Allegheny National bank of 'ittsburg out of a large sum by means f a bogus draft. Cowan was fonnd at is de.sk in the Pine street office. One f the first articles taken from the pris- ner's pocket when being searched was photograph of himself attached to a ircular issued by the American Gnar- atee company of New York , offering. 1,000 for the arrest of W.B. . Smith , le absconding teller. The prisoner it up as defense that ho was once a de- active and had followed Smith aronnd , le country. He will be turned over to 3 officer of the Guarantee company for jtura to St. Paul. . , > * * • _ _ „ * A Bag of Gold Mysteriously Disappears. Brninnrd ( Minn. ) special : A package lutuiuiug $15,000 in gold has myster- msly disappeared from the office ofrthe " ortheru Pacific Express company in lis city. Louis Hohman , the night erk in charge , received from the train esterday afternoon four sacks of specie , vo of which contained $15,000 eaoh iu aid , and two $500 each in silver. The \ ouey was consigned to the Pirst Na- ; Diml bank of this city by the Northern : ncifio railroad express company to be jed in payiug the employes of the tad. Hohman says he is positive he deed all the specie in the vauls. Half i hour later , in checking up , he fonnd ] at one of tho bags of gold was miss- < g. He at onoe notified his superior , i it n close investigation failed to reveal clue to the missing money. Hohman is been Jn the employ of the company i r several years and u regarded m : > nest and faithfoL , ' \ t -r HEADY FOR THE FORWARD MOVEMENT Waiting for Oklahoma's dates to bo Tltrowi Wide Open. Arkansas City ( Kas. ) special : Tit. . boomers' Sabbath has been n quiet a wolls happy onewith only n fow hour between them and tho green Eldoradi in which their hopes are centered. The ; are experiencing the first feeling of con tentmont they hnvo felt in many a day They will nil bo ready to go when tin signal is sounded at noon to-morrow and if they carry out their present plai it is safe to predict the most of them wil bo comfortably seated on homestead before tho sun goes down. They wil iiavo a race with tho cowboys and specu Iators for the fertile fields along the banks of the Cimarron , but ns the onci who are going into the interior are wel mounted , they arc confident' finnllj winning tho homes for which they hav < been straggling so many 3'ears. WHAT CONGRESSMAN SPniNGER HATS. Springfield (111. ) dispatch : Willian M. Springer , chairman of the commit tec on territories of the national house of representatives and author of the original Oklahoma bill , has returned tc his home in this city much elated at the success of tho parry of which ho wai tho loader , in succeeding after so manj years in having the Oklahoma lands opened up to settlers. Springer is grat ified rather than embarrassed at tho ex cess of immigration into the Oklahoma country , and does not share tho appre hensions so generally indulged in re garding probable lawlessness aud blood shed over disputed lands. "What effect , will this movement , in your opinion , have on tho southwest in general ? " was asked. "I have always contended , " replied Mr. Springer , "that tho settlement oi Oklahoma would bo a matter of great public interest , and that a great popu lation would set in soon after lawful en- trj' could be made , and from what I see in tho newspapers , my most sanguine expectations are more than realized. There aro twico as many persons going in at thojieginniug as I had anticipated , and tho interest manifested is more uni versal than I had ever supposed it would be. Tho opening of Oklakoma is to-day the most absorbing topic before tho American peoplo , nnd it has become a great national event. Its importance is now scarcely realized. It is tho begin ning of a movement of tho population of the Southwest which will continue for years to oome. It is of much more importance than was the discov ery of gold in California and will havo a much greater and more far- reaching consequence. It makes no dif ference to the country at large whother John Doe or Bichard Boe ma3r occupy a particular quarter section. The suc cessful applicant has only to wait a short time , possibly only a few weeks , when other portions of the territory will be open to settlement. "If the commission appointed by the president meets with the anticipated success the Cherokee outlet , containing over 0,000,000 acres of land will , in a few weeks or months , and without addition- ul legislation , bo opened up to settle ment under the same terms as the laud now being occupied. Tho strip of land is nearly 200 miles long and sixty-four miles wide , or nearly three times as large as Oklahoma proper. Part of the Seminole nnd Creek purchase west of the ninctj'oighth degree of longitude and north of the Canadian river contains about 2,000,000 ticres , and will also be opened up at an early day. These lands havo been pur chased and paid for by the United States with the privilege of opening them to settlement under tho home stead laws , and all that is required now to accomplish this is tho order of the secretary of the interior removing the Arapahoes and Cheyennes north of the Canadian river to the south sido of tho fiver , the larger portion of the reserva tion being on the south side of the river. " IDAMBADEAU WILL NOT RECEIVE PAY. 1 Decision to Tills Effect Jtendered by the Courts , Washington dispatch : An opinion vas rendered by tho supreme court of he United States to-day in the case of Idam Badeau , appellant , vs. the United States. This suit was brought by Ba teau in the court of claims for pay as a etired captain in the army from April , 870 , to September , 1881 , during which ime he was consul-general to London , md from November 25 , 1882 , up to the lato of the filing of the suit , during rhich he was consul-general at Baven- la. The United States filed a counter Jaim , stating that Badeau was indebted o the United States for money errone- msly paid him as an army officer for tortions of the period from December , 809 , to Octol > er. 1882. The court of laims. by a divided court , dismissed 10th claims. The supremo court holds hat General Badeau , while drawing a alary ns consul-general , was expressly uhibited from receiving any additional ompeusation for discharging the luties of any other office , t is true , the court says , that it has ieen decided that a person holding two { fices under the government , when the ervices rendered or which may be re- nired of them were not incompatible , 3 not precluded from receiving tho alary or compensation of both , bnt the rensnry department did not apparently egard this case as falling in this excep- ionand tho court agrees with that con- Insion. It is held that thongh uuder lie act. of 1875 certain army officers may old diplomatic or consular appoint- leuts without being held to thereby esign their place in the army , this does ot entitle them to pay as army officers. 7hen they are absent from their conn- : y in the discharge of continuous uties inconsistent with subjection to library rules , officers , thongh they may ill be borne on the retired list , can not iceive double compensation. The court also refuses to disturb the ulgment of tho counter claim of the United States. If he was not an officer i law ho was serving snob in faith , and oreoson is seen why he should be re- nired to return what was paid him bile he was discharging duty as an rmy officer. The opinion is by Chief ustice Puller. A Masonic Jubillee. New York dispatclft > .Gran3 > Masteii' ' 'rank ' B. Lawrence announces that ar- ingements for the Masonic jubilee , to e hold simultaneously in 77 lodges in le state of New York on the evening f April 24 , have been completed , early 75,000 Masons will participate i the jubilee in this state , 3,000 of horn will meet in the large Masonic all on Twenty-third street and Sixth renne. The celebration will commem- rate the order's freedom from debt , id will be a grand occasion. The nilding fund , which was started in 142 , is now discharged from debt. Ber. Campbell has resigned as the tstor of the M. E. church of Milford , ting to Indianapolis to accept a lnora- re position with a publishing house. Nate S. Porter , of Ponce , has been > pointed commissioner to allot lands i severalty to the Indians in' Indian rritory. * * -4-- - - > * " t r - • * j > - MII l CAMP FIRES GLIMMER ALONG THE LINE And Xiiousands of Covered Wagons Are Siov ing on the Trait. Caldwell dispatch : Two thonsnm camp fires glimmered along tho oh Beno trail last night from Caldwell t < Pond Creek. To-day a thousand can vas covered wagons aro slowly movinj along tho trail. Tho day was favorabh and notwithstanding tho late heavj rainB , tho trail was in very good con dition. The most popular outfit is i a strong canvas covered wagon , drawi by two large , stout horses , and th < horses of tho boomers are all in gooc condition. Some of the largo wagoni have four or oven six horses. Sorai parties aro mounted on ponies ant carry whole camp outfits behind theii Baddies. Some are crossing tho strip ii bnggics. Ono odd turnout is a large high , old-fashioned buggy , drawn bj two shaggy , yellow horses , with i colt hitched by its mother , and t black cow tied behind. Tho drive ] is a woman , nnd she drove witi one hand while the other sup ported n littlo child. A shocky-headet youngster of ten years followed behind. The woman was a Kansas widow seek ing a homo in tho "promised land. ' All stories to the contrary notwitb standing , it does not seem that then can be airy trouble among the men whe are driving over tho trail. They aro ai fine a body as over went into a new country. The most of them are Kan sat and Nebraska farmers , and although s gun is in every wagon and across every saddle bow , tho owners aro men whe will use them to keep tho peace , and not to make trouble. Most of the wagon boomers got out of Caldwell yesterday , and this morning. There Avere about four thousand of them. Many of them have littlo or no 11101103' , but almost all are well equipped for camp life. Salt Fork , Pond Creek , and all other streams in the Strip , it is thought , can be ford ed , although every ono is very high. All is doubt about the chances of ford ing tho Cimarron , and a wagon left Caldwell , last night , bearing a large boat , with which the owners expect to start a ferry. SOIiDIEBS HOLD A CONFERENCE. Last night tho old soldiers , union col ony of this city held its last meeting be fore going to Oklahoma. Tho colony consists of 150 old soldiers. One of these will leavo Monday to look up a homestead for each under tho soldier clause. Tho members will go by train. They havo started a wagon train with supplies of tents and provisions and a raft sufficiently largo to ferry all ac- contermonts across auy stream between hero and Oklahoma. Tho old soldiers * colony of Wichita started ten wagons yesterday. They will enter at Caldwell. Land Eegister Dill returned last night from Guthrie. He says the roof is on his land office and it will be ready for occupancy to-night. The land officers , both at King Fisher and Guthrie , held a consultation last night and gave out offi cial notice as to tho manner in which applications for claims should bo filed. Two hundred land filings per day will bo the limit of each office. Word was brought here last night from Purcell by a man who was there yesterday that a great deal of lawlessness exists along the southern border of Oklahoma. He said a man was "held up" in the streets of Purcell in broad daylight and robbed of S300. The boomers defy tho law. They have purchased or hired every available horse iu the neighborhood nnd Ayill mount and wade through the Canadian river just before noon Monday. When the signal flag drops at noon there will be a desperate laud race on the opposite bank. Gamblers and toughs de clare they will let no one pass a certain distance who is not one of them. The town is full of special correspondents , who are writing from imagination and against space. A cowboy from Cald well , who arrived late last night , says the Cimarron is very high , and that up to the time he left , eighteen persons had been drowned while trying to ford the stream. No definite information can be learned of the drowning. At one time this morning there were over a hundred rcngons on the streets. Tbe Fruit and Vegetable Outlook. St. Louis dispatch : The Bepublic will print to-morrow a report giving tho fruit and vegetable prospects of the whole country. These reports have been written during the present month by the best informed parties in their re spective states. The peach crop is ex pected to be the largest ever grown , the peach buds being alive at this time in avery stato in the union , and the season being now so far advanced thnt the crop is assured in tho west and south , nnd al though too early to safely predict a full ' field in tho east , a good crop is expe et- 3d. The crop of apples will be much smaller than that of last 3ear , it being m off year for the crop at many of tho jig shipping points. The strawberry crop s hardly up to the average , yet much argcr than that of 1888 the lightest n manyears. . The pear crop will iverage light , through its great enemy , be "Blight. " The grape crop in the vest and south has been favored with inch a mild winter that bnt little injury ms been inflicted , nnd nenrbdouble lie j'ield of last year is looked for. The general vegetable crop , which is attract- ngmore attention , labor and investors fenerally , especially throughout tho lonthern states , is reported fully. Flor- da is now the most formidable rival of ill other southern states as .a shipper f early fruits and vecetnbles , getting uto every market east aud west before my other state by several weeks. Her irnnge crop promises to bo larger than ast year , the heaviest on record. Cali- orni , it seems , is drying nnd evapor- .ting her fruits to a much greater ex- ent since the inter-state commerce law aised the rates to distant markets ; yet he almost unprecedented low prices irevailing for dried and evaporated ruits , and for months past , will dis- onrage operators and reduce the mount of f rnit so saved largely in all tates. The Presidential Parly's Movements. Washington dispatch : Two managers f the New York centennial committee rere at the white house and state de- artment making arrangements for ransportation of the presidential arty to Netw Tgrk on the occasion t thescentenniardelebration. Accord- ag to present arrangements'the presi- ential trainwill leave Washington arly Monday morning , the 29th , bear- l ; ; the president , bis cabinet , and their imilies. Arriving at Elizabeth , N. J. , 1 the morning , tliej' will breakfast with lovernor Green , of New Jersey. The arty will then proceed to Elizabeth , rherethey will take the boot for New r ork City. Landing nt the wharf whero Washington stepped ashore , the party rill proceed to the city hall and listen 3 the oration to be delivered by Chann- ey Depew. After luncheon President [ nrrison will hold a reception lor two onrs and will then be driven to the 'ifth Avenue hotel. He will also attend ball Monday night. Secretary Blaine as promised that he will respond to the jast , "Th Honse of Bepresentatives , " t a banqn jt on Tuesday night. * * Robert Garrett's general health is id to continue fair , but his mental va- iriea are as pronounced as ever. ' agmmmmgagggshmmtammmmmmmmmMmmetsm THE PASSENGERS AND CREW PICKED UP Ttie Vanvtm-k'e Zoad of Hainan Fret git Jtescned in Mid-Ocean. Now York special : Tho agonts of thi steamer Daumnrk received tho follow ing cnblcgram from Lisbon this art or noon : "Passongors and crew of thosteamshi ] Daumnrk landed at tho Azores. Threi hundred and forty of tho passengers ar < on the steamer Missouri bound foi Philadelphia. Best to follow by tin next steamor. " In an interview with n reporter Potei Babsen , third mate of tho steamer Dan- mark , related tho circumstances of the loss of tho vessel. Her ongines , Ik stated , broko down on April 4 , whih the vessel was 800 miles from New fouudlnnd. Eugineor Kaas was fonud lying dead on tho floor nud the cause of tho accident could not bo as certained. On April 5 tho Dnnmnrlt was spoken by tho Missonri which towed tho Danmark until April 0. "Tho Dan- mark was then setting down , " Babsen states , "and wo asked tho Missouri tc take our pnssengers. The Missouri , at sho was loaded , had room for only twenty additional persons , but sho jetti soned her cargo nnd took us nil on board 800 of us landing ns nt the Azores. She then proceeded for Phila delphia , taking 840 of tho passengers , besides tho captain nud sailors. Three of tho ongiueors proceeded to London on board tho Demerara steamer. The first and second mates are still at the Azores , aud the remaining passengers and forty-two sailors sailed for Lis ' ion on tho steamor Acor. Tho death of tho engineer was duo to the bursting of tho engine pipe. Tho engineer was killed on the spot nud the ship was badly damaged. In conse quence of this damage , together with tho breakiug of a shaft , tho vessel was helpless iu the heavy seas that prevailed. BEJOIOINO OVEK TIIE NEWS. London special : Although there were no English passengers on board tho Danmark public interest in tho fnto of thoso on board that unfortunate ves sel has been intense hero. At 7:40 o'clock this evening the afternoon pa pers got out extras containing special dispatches announcing the safety of the Danmnrk's passengers and crow aud their sale was enormous. Bulletins were displayed in front of tho various newspaper offices , and tho crowds which surrounded them blocked the streets. streets.the the mssouni AimrvEs. Philaclelphia special : Tho steamer Missouri with part of the passengers of the steamer Danmark has just arrived at the Delaware breakwater. Circular From the Interior Department Washington dispatch : Assistant Sec retary Bussey of the interior depart ment issued the following rule of prac tice , which will in future govern in the reconsideration of pension claims : "With reference to motions for the re consideration of pension claims that have been already adjudicated , on appeal to the secretary of the interior , the de partment holds now , as herotofore , that the right of an incumbent to review or to reconsider a predecessor's decision does not relate to questions involving mere discretion and judgment , but ex tends only to mistakes in matters of fact arising from errors in calculation or to palpable errors in law and to cases of rejected claims , in which material testimony is afterwards discov ered and produced. This rule is deem ed by this , as by former administra tions , to be essential to the establish ment of well defined legal precedents , and to the putting an end , sometime , to profitless litigation of appeals involving the same case or claim. Where the in correctness of a former adjudication is so manifest upon a review of the evi dence that it is not a matter of dispute , the department will not refuse to do justice because the error is of long standing and has been sanctioned , by subsequent action. A faithful observ ance of the foregoing rule by claimants and by attorneys alike will greatly facil itate business of the department relat ing to pension claims. " A Rhode Island Heiress Elopes . Providence ( B. I. ) special : There is a societysensation here over the an nouncement that after acourtship of some twenty days a beautiful daughter of a milionnire , possessed in her own right of § 300,000 , has eloped with a handsome son of a mechanic. Tho heroine is Miss Fredora King , a grand daughter of tho late Deacon B. jving , and has just turned her twenty-first vear , when she camo into tho possession af the fortune left her by her grand father. Sho has many admirers , but never manifested any special partiality to them. Her homo on College street faces Brown college , and from her ivindow she daily watches the students come and go. Ono of them , Gteorgo McLeod , the 19-yenr-old ; on of a machinist in the Corliss Engine works , attracted her attention jy his handsome face and athletic fig- ire , and she finally began to have a sin- sere passion for him * . She did not ; uow him bnt , after diplomatizing , she : ound a mntual friend to engineer an ntroduction. Theyonngman was nat- lrally smitten with Miss King's beauty ihd she was completely earned away by he culmination of her happiness. Such 1 state of rhapsody naturally led to a ) rompt engagement , and then fearing > PPosition nnd storm from the social iifference between them , nn elopement vas determined. It is understood that hey departed and nothing is known of heir whereabouts. But it is supposed hey are on a wedding trip. The girl's Mly are greatly distressed. A Call on the Great Father. Washington dispatch : Bed Cloud , he big Sioux Indian chief , called on he president this afternoon , accompa- lied by Agent Jordan , of tho Bosebud gency. Bed Cloud was attired in civ- lized garb. It is his custom to make a tilgrimage to Washington on the in- omhig of every new president , and his is the ninth time he bos paid his re- pects to the great father : Bed Cloud 3 in a hnrry to seenre tho payment of 28,000 appropriated by congress to pay ocva lot of ponies which the United • tates troops took away from his band a 1875 , when it was feared they wore oing on the war path. Ono of his pur- oses here is to see if this money cannot e paid to him and his people at onoe. Mr. Joseph Jefferson has beenen - aged for a number of years upon his utobiography , which will soon begin 5 appear in The Century. No more iteresting record of n life npon the tnge conld lie lafd before the American nblic , aud Mr. Jefferson's personality perhaps more sympathetic to tho peo- lo of this conutry thau thnt of any ctor we have had. He is fourth in a enerntion of actors , and , with his liildren and grandchildren npon Ihe : age , there Are six generations of actors niong the Jeffersons. The antobio- raphy will begin in The Centnry dnr- lg the coming antnmn , and the mstall- lents will be illustrated with a portrait allery of dioiinguished actors. HOUSEHOLD. 1 Hints for tho Home , A littlo snltpetro or carbonnto o joda mixed with tho water in whicl 'lowers ' aro placed will kcop then resh for two weeks. Tho Novel Tints in millinery an English rose , magnolia , nnemom Dink , wisteria , lity-leaf green , oal aeart , summer sky , and opal. Tin mme colors appear in straw ; anil Druid hats as in bonnets. The new washing surahs that now omo in all the delicato fine shade * tyillbelargely used for summer frocks , brties. for draperies , chemisettes md will beespecinllyvaluableforhal and bonnet trimming. Dress shoes are slightly pointed ai uho toes and are cut down deep ir ront. They havo plain pompndoui heels. A narrow strap holds the ? hoe over the instep , this 3trnp runt through an oblong buckle of Froncl brilliants. To launder red table linen : Use tepid water , with a little powdereel borax , which serves to sot the color ; svash the linen separately and quick ly , using very little soap ; rinse in tepid water containing a little boiled itarch ; hang out to dry in the shade , ind iron when almost dry. A Disinfectant May be mndc cheaply by dissolving a bushel of salt in a barrel of water , and with this barrel of water slack a barrel ol lime. This forms a sort of chloride of lime which may be usee ! freely in cellars , outhouses and drains. Washing Colored Goods To pre vent fading , rinse in salt wator , or soak first for a few minutes in salt water ; or , what is better for some goods , soak in water and ox gall. A spoonful of ox gall to a gallon of wa ter is a good preparation. To cure a felon , fill a tumbler with * qual parts of.fine salt andice ; mix ivell. Sink the finger in the center and allow it to remain until it is aearly frozen and numb , then with draw it , and when sensation is re stored renew the operation "lour or Sve times , when it will be found the lisease is destroyed. This must be lone before pus is formed. Borax water will instantly remove ill soils and stains from the hands , md heal all scratches and chafes. To 3iako it put crude borax into a ai-ge bottle and fill with water until xt last the water can absorb no more , and a residum remains at the Dottom of the bottle. To the water n which the hands are to be washed pour from this bottle enough to inake it very soft. It is very cleans- iig and health } ' . By its use the aands will be kept in excellent con dition. Wash dresses for home and coun try wear are made with belted waist , Till or plain on the shoulders , at the ancy of the wearer , and straight gathered skirt four and a half yards .vide. Neither lining nor foundation jkirt is used. The skirt is some jhree inches longer at the back and aas about half the fullness massed : here into a narrow space. The col- ar is a narrow knife pleating turned lownfrom a standing band. The sleeves are either full and gathered nto turned-back cuffs or else coat- jhape , with much fullnessntthenrni- lole. . i . Words to a Wift. In your study to master your hus- ) and's temper , do not forget to keep I firm hold of your own. Women ire less selfish and less imperious , > ut they are more sensitive and hasty ban men , and more apt , on small iccasions to mount into aflame and ecome indignant about trifles. Of II things in the world beware most if this fault , for by indulging it you Dse the grace and vantage ground of our sex. When your husband peaks harshly to you as even the est of husbands may do in an evil loment either remain silent , or , if ou are pressed hard , give a firm ut placid reply in a tone that ex- resses neither exasperation or con- 2mpt. Cassell's Magazine. Virtue in Onions and Beef. What is the most strengthening ) od for a convalescent ? Well , you now the beef-tea theory has been xploded. The most life-giving and igestible food that can be given to ne just recovering from an illness 1 chopped beef. Just take a pound fthe finest round of raw beef , cut ff all the fat , slice two onions , and epper and salt. Then chop the on- > n and meat together , turning them ver and over until both are reduced Imost to a pulp. Then spread on ices of rye bread , and eat as sand- iches. People talk about celery be- lg a nervine , but let me tell you lat there is nothing which quiets le nerves without bad results like nious. The use of them induces eep , and much strength is obtained om them. That is the ideal food > r convalescing , or for any one in weak state of health. Canners' azette. Trouble With the Kar. Dr. J. Herbert Claiborne , jr. , talk- ig in the Medical Classics about re- oving insects from the ear , ex- resses the belief that "sweet oil is ? rhaps the best thing to keep the isect from moving. That is the first jsideratum. The oil , by its thick insistence , will so entansrle and 'draggle the insect's legs urid wings lat the intolerable noise Avill-be ; opped. If oil be not at hand use ay liquid that is not poisonous or irrosive. Water will probably be ithin the reach of every one. This also more liable to float out , too , lan either sweet oil or glycerine. > has been suggested to blow to- icco smoke in the ear to ' stupefy le insect. We cannot endorse this J advice ; tobacco smoke blown into Wt tho ear of a child 1ms been known to ' ] cause alarming symptoms * When J tho movornonts of tho intruder hay * % been arrested syringo tho ear gontiy "M with warm water. All manner of in- jj | sects and bugs havo been found in w tho enr , but you can never tell in a " 1 given caso who tho rudo caller in _ ] Knocking at tho door of your brain k until you have him out. " m mHi Com Ved. \Jjg Some of our com belt editors are { | I inquiring the value of corn bread and M mush as food , now that ; the now rol- 3 ler process of flour is in voguo and wheat high in prico , and yet thoy i | should know that a corn diot baa > 5 been proven to bo the cause of tho decline in vigor and hardiness in Jj hogs , rendering them peculiarly liable | to cholera and other diseases. Now , " it corn is not a good steady diet for , ; animals it is not good formen , and r - ought not to bo recommended lor thorn. Wheat flour , mado by tho t4 roller process , has a greater per cent. - | of muscle-making food than that | made by the old process and makes ; - ( more wholesome bread , and wheat bread is far moro wholesome than -1 ' corn bread. Corn bread and pota- ' \ * toes are both very common articles of dietbut do not build up , and are not proper food for growing ohil- 3 dren. Mush is generally eaten with ? % milk which helps it out. Corn fed % people aro not a high typo , and tho v agricultural papers in tho "corn j belt" don't want to encourage rais ing corn-fed children. To find corn- -1 fed people , go south among tho " Crackers. " "Georgia . ! ] Work oftnellfits. The pen w mightier thnntho sword ; 1 but sometimes the pig is mightier than tfie pen. Dreams go by contraries. Bnt'it is something a fellow never can seem to J remember when he is asleep. \ \ ' Women are not usually as strong- r\ \ minded as men , but they possess great staying qualities Clens Falls Republican. . Lndies apparently Jiavo not so much confidence in their own sex , for they generally send their letters by mail. Boston Gazette. Quite So Yes , there is no doubt ot it. "women are riddles. " Just So > ' , But they are the sort of riddles men ar'n 't likely to give up. "Now , Johnny , ifsomebodyshould call Jimmie a fool , what Scripture would you quote' . ' " Johnny : "The truth should not be spoken at all i times. " J | Clerk atleading book-store : "What can I show yon , sir ? " Intellectual- looking Customer : "I've hcerd a good deal about ; a new book called Robert L. Smear. Got it ? " A crochety London Journal asks "ifitisthepink faces of American girls that charm so many foreijrn admirers. " No , it's the girls' green backs. 1 "I am surprised , Horace , " said the Boston girl on deck to her brother , "that you have on your tropical litigation this cool day. " My tropi cal what ? " " 0. your summersuit. " 3 Doctor You say you have'a feel ing of distress after eating ? Patient Yes. Doctor What sort of a feel ing ? Patient as if I hadn't had enough to eat. "i In Canada the humblest American citizen is always spoken of as a ' • State nirinThis is very pleasant " for bank cashiers whose salary as pirations are not being realized. Hardupp Mrs. Cashley , Hove you devotedly. Won't you become my better half ? Mrs. CaBhley I am ifraid Mr. Hardupp. that you are not seeking a better half so much as better quarters , Terre Haute Ex press. "You have become a regular Mic- lwber , my young friend , " said the ninister. "What are you waiting or now to turn up ? " "Waiting , " • eplied the young prodigal , "for my • ich uncle to turn up his toes. " New tork Sun. "Her voice trembled and her iheeks grew pale , " was what an ora- : or meant to say when telling a mthetic story while making a speech mt he became a little excited and aid instead : "Her cheeks trembled ind her voice grew pale. " Loving husband : "If women could • ote and I were to run for office , rould you support ine ? " Dutiful rife : "Well , if you lost , I'd help sup port you ; but if you got the office , think you might support me. " Citizen , to little boy : "You sny rour father is out of town ; has he ; one on business ? " Bobby : "I lunno. I heard him tell ma. he'd be lack when she got through cleanin'y - louse Mebbe it's business , an' mel * e , it's pleasure I dunno. " A teacher who had asked a girl to mrchase a grammar received the allowing note from the girl's mother : I do not desire that Muttie &hail ngnge in gram mar as I prefer her t o ngage in more yousful studies and , an learn her to speak and write pro- er myself. I have went through , ! , vo grammars and can't say as they \ id me no good I prefer Mattic to g igage in German and drawing and iw okal music on the piano. " Mrs. M. : "How is your papa get- ing along ? " Miss Precise : "Oh he ] i convalescent. " Mrs. M. : "Oh , • ly , how unfortunate he is , to be y < ure ? First he had newmony , then ! ' lumbago , and now convalescence. " * ; -Miss Precise : "How do 3'ou feel. * j Trs , M ! " Mrs. M. : "The doctor * j& ays I've got twobuckles on my Wi angs , and I'm going to the drug- K ; ists to get some Brown's Bronchial \ Irooches . for myhenflewendwnys. " Irake's Magazine.
