THE OMAHA DAILY I3J&E. JFHIJL/Ar , JW.ABGH 14 , 1800. TOTALLY WRECKED BY FIRE. Larkln & Co.'a Dry Oooda Stook Oooa Up in Smoko. THE LOSS ESTIMATED AT $40,000. 1'nnlo Among tlio ( Jiicsm at tlio Hotel Ksiiiond Tlio Origin of llio rotiflatcrntlon a MjHtory. "A IJlit Dry Ooods Bln/.c. In department parlance , thcro was a dirty Uro at I-inrkln &Co's dry goods utaro , UK nnd fllG North Sixteenth , last night about 0 o'clock. It broke out in the Imiomont , whcro n great .quantity of refuse paper , cotton batting , cloth in bolt , clonks , etc. , was stored. This stuff catching flro first , particularly the refuse and cotton , caused HUch linnicnso volumes of dcnso nmol < o ns to seriously worry and hinder the lira- men , who wrro promptly on the ground , In gelling at the lire. The alarm had scarcely been turned In by Onicer Huylo , who was llio first to discover the fire , when tlio smduo wound I la way up into nnd filled the store room , nnd then on nil throughout the Hotel Ksmond , which occupies all thu upper floors of the block In which the dry goods establishment Is situated. ThU produced n perfect panic among tlio scores uf guests and servants , who rustled down Iho mnlnontrntico in tcrrl- bio contusion , many scared almost to the point ot Insanity. Scarcely any hud retired , though some of the ladies were partially en illsbabllo as tbey fairly flow into tlio streets , Hovornl of them screaming with terror. If every room In tlio large , Immluomo block had been on ilro the amount of smoke could scarcely linvo been greater , for ovcry corridor Wits so full of It thai the hundrcdx of gns jets seemed to have been suddenly oxtlngulslieil , and to this fact wns duo the Inicnso terror which for a tlmu reigned supreme premo . Night Clerk Oorold was Iho llrst to discover the smoke's entrance lo the hotel proper , nnd to discover that the prop erty then In his Care was in no Inuiiodiaio clanger. By his efforts and nbsurances any very serious results from the panic were avortod. When the firemen broke in various doors and windows of the basement to got ut the ilro the volumes of smoke which rolled forth surgnssed In grcalncs anything of the kind ever before encountered in Omnhu. Although it seemed ns much us life wus worth to crawl Into the turnnco-lika holC'.A'et many of Ihoui entered and had ono of tlio ugliest and most dnnu'crous ex periences of their lives. Tnoy could remain no longer than a minute , as it seemed , bo that it was necessary to resort to Hooding the immense collar. "While Ibis was being douo Iho store doors ivoro forced open. 1'ho heat seemed fur- nuco-liko , but tlio boys uiudo , ihelr way to the roar llrst , where it was found that tlio lira was making wny up ihrough iho lloor. Owing lo iho numerous counters , mass of Hholvlng , small boxen , etc. , serious troub'.o ivns again experienced hcic. Nearly nn hour was consumed in totally conquering the flames. During that time it was found necessary to almost drench the entire interior of iho big double store room , n process which , witli ttio firemen stumbling , Imlf sulfoculed and entirely blinded throughout all portions of it , resulted in ttio almost total wrcciiingol what an hour before wns one of the most extensive and handsomest retail dry goods stores in the entire west. Long shelves nnd counters piled full of the finest nllks , satins , velvets and vuriotm other rich goods were soaked with muddy water and covered with cinders. .Long rows of show cases containing laces , ribbons , fans , gloves , etc. , were many of them broken and in thu condition just dc- Hcribed. There were iuchcs of water all over the btoro lloor , and moie than three feet of water in ttio cellar. In Iho adjolujng alloy were piled ihreo or four wagon loads of line pluMi ami beaver cloaks , heavy skirts , blan kets nnd bolt goods , nearly every ono of them yet aliro or completely Beaked witn . water , piled UP in thu mud and filth. Air. Larklu , llio senior member of the linn , wuf nt iho Kilo club when ttio lira broke out , so that rvord was delayed in reaching him. When ho did nrrlvo , now- ever , nud took in the ruin and desolation of the sconellho Might proved too much for him nnd uo burst into tears , A litllo later MB wife , with but a shawl over her head , - rushed lo his aule nnd wns totally overcome by the situation , In response lo inquiries , Mr. Lnrkin said that it wus Impossible for him to collect his thoughts sufllcient to give ether than gon- ernlllgures. Ho valued his stocic ut10,000 , nnd after us close an inspection ns wus pos sible under tlio circumstances ho foil sure that tno loss would be two-tmrds of that amount. Ho carried but $10,000 insurance. Thu building is owned by Uroxol & Hart , and Ihu lalter said It was fully Insured , and that ho thought the dumaco done to 'It would iiot exceed $2,000. and possibly bo much less , owing to tno fact that the Ilro did not got above tno floor of the storo. Mr. Ilnrt said that ho had repeatedly cautioned ISlr. Lnrkin about allowing so much rubbish to accumulate iu the collar. The hotel men nlso spoke with great emphasis on the rub- bis li question. They said tnat they had been afraid of it for souio time , nud had intended to report it to the authorities ibis week. Whatever damage was done the hotel Inst night resulted from the lurrillu volumes of smoke whlon poured ihrough it for some tnno , though just what this damage is could not bo estimated at the time. Police Captain Mostyn nnd a largo squad of ofllccra were on the scene ns soon as ttio llremen , and with them dcsurvo special com- luondullon for iho excellent services they rendered In taking cnro of the immense crowds nnd protecting the poods which wuro carried into iho street nud alley. The origm of ihc Ilro is a complete mys tery. IS'cliraHkn , lawn nml Unkotn Pensions. \YisiiiNUTox , March 1U. ( Special Tolo- Kratu to Tim Bin.I Pensions have boon granted us follows lo Nebrnsknns : Original invalid Uornard Fltzpatriok , Syracuse ; Frederick Pump , Honuott ; John F. M , Totld , Sownrd ; Lewis Ooodsoll , Glen. At- plna ; William . llrowcr , Omaha ; James W. Ocorge , Piuibrook. Increase James U. Simpson , Norfolk ; Porter E. Johnson , Os- coola ; William Miller , York ; SamuoI.lJen- yers. Ageo ; Stephen Morgan , Orlonnai William H. Tucker , Pawnee City ; Stephen JSthorlon , Hloomlngton ; John Mulauoy , Mason City ; Original widows Hose Ellen , jvldow of William Hull , Urownvillo ; Alary ; E. , widow of Loren H. Waldo , Hastings. Iowa pensions : Original invalid Madison nl , Uogors , Gravity : Oeorgo Myor , Com- niunla : Nathaniel N. Englo , Llnovlllo ; Charles M. Wheat , Toledo ; Isuuo Williams , Newell ; John Potter , Eddyvllloj Henry E. 1'arkor. Shullsbunr Jmnes C. Hill , Deep River. Kostorutlon and Increase Henry Kotnouhl , Waterloo. Increase David W. Downey , Monroe ; James Coenen , Marion ; J5h W. Kocdor Wlntorsot ; Azariuh Hrown , ( Silica ; Kllslm Learning , Woodwards ; John ttl , Uonner , Kuosnuquu ; Charles H. Plant- ( tenux , Fort ItobuiBon ; Gilbert L. Uurrelt , Leon ; ( J cargo W. James , Wiomlng : James It. Sago , Uonnpnrto ; Thomas Ivillduff. Newton ; Gnndon Hen- drix. Knoxville ; William Nolle , Muscatlno ; " Xoloies S. Klndnll , Hawloyvlllo ; George W. "Hamilton , Carson ; William W. McGmsoy , Ued Oak ; Ernest Hcrano , Crcsco ; Uobort Howard , Dun Monies ; furl ; Gilbert , West Union ; Uoubon Hnrimau. Crostou ; Jacob li. Plnoy , - Shell Hoeic. Original widows Httcbol N. , widow of J. H. Lonsure , Muxiciui umvar John K Cartrlght , Noduwav. South Dakota poiulonsi Original Invalid Thomas Pullomon , St. Lawrence. Inuroaso Ilonry U. Vuudorbogor , Mitchell ; John T. Clnrk , Wessluuton. i . Konrful I'luuuoof n Train , lliHMiNiuuji , Ala. , March 13 , A freight train on the Georgia Paclllo was derailed aud broMe through a Ilfty foot high irostlo today. Vivo trainmen were badly hurt , but not fatally. Tlszu llaiidn In HlH llo liiintlnn. PBSTII , March 13 , The emperor has .for xnally entrusted Count Szapary with the t& k of forming a cabinet. Ti.izu announced to the diet today that ho had asked the em- l > ror to accept his resignation. nUTOIIKUY IN MMA. Over Ono H null roil I'ooplo Killcil In an ICicotlon Itlot. PAVAMA , Mnrch III.A correspondent writing from Muia nays the agitation In the province * caused by the nntngonlam bo- twecn the two candidates of the constitu tional party for tlio prosldontlnl nomliinllon nan assumed grave proportion * . At Punt ) there wa a collision resulting in the loss of a number of lives nnd the plllago of tnnny bonnes. There wns nlno n common nl Hunntn. unify on both sides bolng Ulljcd , among them being two c-hlofs of the parties. Senor Ln/ona , deputy of congress and hood of the Into revolution , and Dr. Urblnn , chief of tha rosn pnrty. Or. tJrbinn , after llvo members of his family were Killed. took rofuijo with othcm In n church whorij many wofden , children and Old pcoplu had nlronily g.Uhcrod. . The prlnti cxortod the Inillnin to desist from butchery , but the Indlntuvcro drunk nnd incnpablo of reasoning. Thov threatened to burn the church , whim Dr. Urblnn , Knowing 1m was the cniiso ot their notion and wishing tosnvu the liven of the other people , de termined to sacrifice himself , nnd alter ro- coivinir the benediction of the priest went out to the guerillas and was murdered. Not satisllcd wltli this tltoy , Iu their drunken fury , continued thnlr c.irocr of butchery for hours. Over ono hundred lives were sacri ficed to the old rancor between tlio fninlllcs of Lnzonn and Urblna. 1M.1NOIS U. A. K. DIstiii lOli-utotl Commnmlcr Without Onjiositlon. Quixcrt 111. . March 18. The annual en campment of the Illinois department of the tirnnd Army of the Kopubllo concluded to day. 'Colonel ' Willlnm L , . Uistin of this city wns elected department commander without opposition. The other ottlcors elected were : Senior vlcocommntidor , N. 11. Thostlowood , Cuho ; chati'.aln. Josinh Mnoro , ICowiinoe ; council of administration , Thomas \V. Cole , UocUford ; W. W. Ucnn , Stroator : Wlllinm Ycmiblo , Macomu ; 1 < \ Avery , Pontlac ; Will- lam CJIenilonnui. Molino. Colonul Dlstin to night nnpolntcd A. V. Keado of Evunston assistant adjutant general nnd F.V. . Scott of Fairllcld assistant qunrtoruiastor general. The next anuaal encampment will bo hold at Dccntur. National Capital Notes. WASHINGTON , March 13 , At n meeting of the Dolph Investigating committee today George II. Harries of the Washington Stnr. declined to antiwar when asked how ho ob tained n report of the proceedings of the secret sessions of the Bomite. Representative Henderson of Iowa today reported to the house from the comtntttco on military and tnllltia n bill to" improve the efllclcncy of the militia , which the committee hud under consideration some tune. tjTurpio today Introduced u bill npproorlat- iiic & > UO.CUO for the establishment and mam , tonunco on the grounds of the United States arsenal at Indianapolis of n factory for mak ing ordnance aud ordnnnco supplies lor the army. The sennto nnd house committees on im- miurution hold thoirlirst Joint mooting today , at which Secretary Windom nnd Solicitor Hepburn of tbo treasury department were present. The former made a statement of the reasons that had induced him to take charge of the landing of immigrants nt Now York. In the course of this statement it was developed that the Ford committee of the lust congress In its report recommended that tlio national government take chnrgo of the mutter. The reports of the mnnnor in which the operations nt Castle Garden arc conducted , and of the condition of affairs thcro , tha secretary said , also scorned to warrant , if not to demand n change. Noun n itioiis. WASHINGTON , March 13. The president today sent to the scnutfe the following nomi nations : Andrew Davidson of New York , first deputy commissioner of pensions , vice Hiram Smith , jr. , resigned ; Robert Waugh of Iowa , agent for the Indians of tlio Uintah and Ourny agency , Utah ; Franklin Sweet , register os the land nflico nt Grnnd Island , , Ncb. Postmasters , Wisconsin Joseph Harrison risen , jr. , Sturiroon 13ay. Minnesota Gott lieb Schmidt , Now Ulm. Iowa Charles II. Talmago , West Union ; Edward 13. Cousins , Audubon ; Asias Willisons , Crestuu. Illi nois Jnmcs C. Conkling , Sprinalleld. South Dakota John M. HUilcely , UaplU City. llio Ilotail Hiitchers' Union. The Omaha retail butchers' union hold its annual mooting for the election of ofllccrs at Mot/ ' hull lust night. The following oQicers were elected : President , P. Beoson ; vice president , G.V. . ICttrt < ! ; secretary , Fred Gullduor ; treasurer , W. Ivolbo ; trustees. H. J. Martin , S. J ) . Parsons , H. Geist ; door keeper , J. Welch. The union will glvo n free ball nt MoU' now hall on the 20th inst. They report that extensive preparations have been made to Imvo an elaborate affair , Kofusocl to Dcluiul llifl Client. PiTTSnuna , Pn. , Mnrch 13. In the sensa tional trial of the Uov. Dr. Munsoll of the Methodist Episcopal church of McKoosport , for lying and defamation of character , a aceno was created today when the counsel of the reverend gentleman refused to go on with the case. Ho stated that , ho had handed Munscll a letter which was to bo offered nganst ) him , nnd that that gentleman hud thrown It In the fire. The case has now tjono to the committee- charge. Will Tnko Up tlio Kndua Project. CITV or MEXIIO , March 13. Mnteo Clark has nindo a proposition to the government to take up the late Captain Eades * project for the Tolmuntopoo ship railway , for which a concussion is held by an American company , which concession , howuvor , has nearly ox- ulrcd by limitation. Hill Collector Disappears. NEW Yoitic , March 1 ! ! . Ira Uoss Aldrich , a well known and successful bill collector , has disappeared very suddenly , taking with him $10.000 or 515,000 In money belonging to other people , and leaving bohltm innumera ble debts aud a beautiful wlfo. Nolnml'ti Shortage1. ST. Louis , Mo. , March 13. The latest ad vices about state treasury affairs are tbat Noland's shortage is $33,7-15 , ns given by the examining committee , which hu-i completed the report. The late treasurer will probably to arrested and prosecuted. Tlio Uro Ilocnrd. NEW OitLEVNi , March 18. The Ameri can fally product company's worka at Poet and North Potcr atrools , burned ibis afler- uoon , logolher with other buildings on the sipjoro. The losses aggregate fTOO.OOO ; fully * * insured , Defaulter Arnstotl. IVVXSAS Cur , Mo , , March 13. Ilonry Kunzlo , Into defaulting treasurer of Blue Earth City , Minn. , was loday nrrostod nud a In chnrgo ol the sheriff of Fnrlbault county on his way to that city. Mlucr'H Killed. AI.MA , Kan , , March 13. Frank Lcggott and William Crokott were Killed nud Arch Uro fatally hurt this morning by falling out of n cage distance of 11 Hy feet while ascending a mine. Crndii Oil Advanced. CI.KVEI.AM > , O. , March 1 ! ! . The prlco of crude oil ut Limn Ims again boon advanced by the Standard Oil company today , The ndvanco is ! ) per cent par barrel. Hchnol lluolc lm\v Valid. iNDUN.U'Ous , Ind , , March 13. The su- oromo court today upheld the law onaotod by the last lofjiilnturo'providing for uniform school books for the ontlro state. Counterfoil * Arroitcd 'in . RiTr OF Mwcico , Muroh W. It l reported tbat the poll wliavo arroatod four Moxlcani for olrQUUUui ; counterfeit United. States { 5 gold piocoj Iu Grain I'ortors StrlUn. LiVKiiroot , March 18. Two thousand craln porters omploycd on ( look * bore struck for higher ONE OF J , GOULD'S ' SCHEMES , Ho Has n Llttlo .Tolcor Gonoofvlod in Fryo's Rntlrcmd Dill. ALL FOR THE WESTERN UNION. It Would Knock \Viumiiinkor'rt I'ontnl Tck-RniKli Hchoinn The Dlocovory CUHSOB Spind.'Uii- tuunlly Jjlvcly SCOIICH. AMiTKor In ttio Wooitp'lc. Nnw YOIIK , March ll.--Spccial ! | Telegram to THE Utit : A lltllw Joker ImsUieon discov ered In the Union Pncltlo * ftindlnC bill now pending in the United States senate. It was Intended to defeat the government postal telegraph scheme winch Is being .urged ny Postmaster General Wnnnmnkor. Although It is not generally understood , the construc tion nnd operation of the United Statos'pos- tul tnlcBrapti would bo much Blmpllllcd by the Immediate use of tholmoj'of the Pacific railroads ai an Important part of tlio pro posed system. It would give the govern- men' lines from the Missouri rlvor to the Pacific. There Is some question ns to whether the government would not linvo the right to utilize tlio tolo- grnph lines uf nil the brunch roads built by the Union nnd Control Pnclllc companies out of their earnings , ocsldos those of the tensed roads. If this point should bo established , then the richest nnd most populous section of the ontlro trnns-Mlssourl couniry would bo provided with a telegraph system thai could bo incorporated wit tlio ono established by the government or under Its supervision. Postmaster General Watiamnker , who is very much interested In having his pot project carried out and adopted by congress , lully understands tlio advantage of Using the lines of the subsidized Pacific railroads. Ho wus stnrtlcd last week when his attention was called to n little scheme of Jny Gould by which ho waste to bo bended offr It wns pointed out to Mr. Wnnnmakor that the passing of the i'Vyo funding bill for the extension of the Union Pacific's debt to tlio government would seriously interfere with thu postal telegraph. Section 3 of that bill provides for the removal of government control of the Union Pacific. That would permit the Western Union to retain its monopoly of all the Union Pacific's wires without any hindrance whatever , because It would bo u practical If not absolute rclinnutshmont of all claims against the railroad. For the public interest it became apparent to tbo postmaster general that section II , of the bill , nt least , would huvo to bo beaten. The consideration of the bill was * to have been taken up in the tno sonata March 'I , tut Senator Fryo caused its postponement then and assigned as n reason that the Blair edu cational oil ! wns in the way. Rumors of n conflict over tbo 'bill have bcon afloat aud it is said that there have been stormy scenes In the senate committee on' Pacific railroads within the past lew dnya. Confer ences have been hold in the Western Union ofllcos nnd an attempt was made to compro mise the matter. . The administration , bolng committed to the postmaster general's scheme , could not afford to have it blocked , but on the other hand several influential senators were pushing Fryo's bill and this complicated matters. Gould would not'listen to anything that did not abolish government control of the Union Pnclllc , as ho practically controls the board of directors now , n major ity of whom are interested in the Western Union. It would bo impossible to make Iho. railroad company accept nuy bill that did not contain this provision. Tlio House Committee's Action. 'WASHINGTON , March 13. The house com mittee on Pacific railroads today further considered Iho question as lo < whether it should report a single bill providing for the settlement of the government 'indebtedness of the Union Pacific nnd 'Ceptral _ Pacific railroads ( as wns done by'tho senaio'com- milleo ) , or whether it should report separ ata Dills in the rasa of each of the companies. There Is much difference of opinion in the committee on iho question , nnd ibis mo'rn- ' ing's discussion did not result in an' agree ment. The published statement that the secreta. of the treasury has1 invested moneys lo thu credit of iho companies in their llrst mortgage bonds was discussed and the following resolution Wns' oidered presented to Iho house : Hesolved , That the secretary of the treasury - ury bo requested lo inform Iho house whether the government of the UnitiHl States is the owner or holder of any llrst mortgage securities of any of the Pacific railway com panies winch were aided by the government , and If so the amount of such securities held or owned by the government , wlien and In what manner , nnd by what authority" the same were acquired. * Rnilrond Official * Questioned. CHICAGO , March 13. The intcrstato pom- mcrco commission ] hold no session this morning. This afternoon Chairman Faithhorn of the Western Freight association was put on the stand and questioned ns td Iho freight rates charged on corn and other producls between. Kansas , Nebraska and eastern points. Ho contended that the present rates from Nebraska and Kansas were " 5 to 30 per cent lower than llvo years ngo , the reduction having been constant and gradual. Ho said iu reply to a question tbat ho could not toll whether the cost of operating railroads was not considerably less than formerly. Chairman Walker of the "Giiutlomen's" association argued that the troubles ot the farmers was duo not to excessive freight rates , but to unusually largo crops , tlio latter fact causing prices to fall below remuner ative figures. Further reduction of railroad rates would only pull the market lower nnd not help iho farmers. The commissioner * ndjourncd to contluuo the investigation in Sioux City. 'Iho Snlc of tlio JMoiion. CHICAGO , March 13. The ale of the Motion Is a matter of great interest , It not yet bolng positively known whether it was sold to the Pennsylvania or thq Louisville' & Nashvillo. Certain it is , however , that an old Pennsylvania ofllcial will bo general manager aud that iho Pennsylvania is posi tive of perfect harmony for the future bo- Iweon itself and iho Monon. The sale wus a surprise to the Monon of ficials. Superintendent Woodward declaring today that no did nol yet know whether the Pennsylvania or Louisvlllo & Nnshvillo had , bought It. President Ureyfoglo and General Manager Dlack will bo hero tomorrow aud the mystery will bo explained , 'Iho ' ' . I'nnnsylvnnla'a Dnnlnl. PiiiLAiiBU'iiiA , March 13. The Pennsyl vania railway otllcials deny emphatically Iho stories published this morning connootlng that road with the purcnaso of western and southwestern roads. They behove , however , th.it the Louisvlllo & Nashville baa bought the LouUvillo , Now Albany &ChioajroToad. The statement that the Pennsylvania road is to acquiru tbo Manitoba road is said ay the olllcmla to be without any foundation what ever. An Unrounded Hcporf. NEIWISK.Y CITV , Neb , , iMurch.,13. To the Editor of THE UEKS I notlco in the com'- morolal news column of your Sunday's paper ttiat the Morton house of Ne'bri kfr,0lty | will bo closed on the IMl Allow mo to stnto that it Is nil a mistake. Your 'corre spondent certainly knowingly- misrepre sented the matter to you , and wo bollevO'dld it fnr the purpose of injuring thtf house , Please contradict the statement in your paper , as the house will not be closed for an hour. NKUHASKX CITV Hornr. Coiir-Atfv. Mrdtiood I-roliilit IlntoH Tor lawn. CuiCAdo , March 13. The Western Froieh't , association ngrood today to apply on March 1'J nreducod scale of rates In Iowa corresponding spending to tha reduction made between Chicago and the Missouri rivor. . Tlio fN. . A. & C , New Voim , March 13. In rogorj to the reported change of management of * the L6U- Isvllle , Now Atuany ft Chicago railway rep resentatives of the 014 board of directors' state positively they have boon assured by both Mho IPonni.vlvnnln | and LoUlsvIllo & Nnshvlllocomnaiilcsitnat they have nothing whntovor to do wjumho now board of direc tors nnd linvo no ( ranreat in the road. No Onn in it hut the I . ft M. BOSTON , March in. It comes from an ofllclal nourco that ndbody Is In the Chicago , .Burlington & Northern purchase but the Chicago , Burlington ft Qulnoy road. There Is no oresont phut fir the refunding of the Burlington ft Northern debt. Ttio present arrangement will probably contluuo until bonds can Do called. I'urilnjr l-'roleht Outline. ICtxaAS CITV , Mo. . March 13. U Is as sorted today that ttm Santa Fo road Is cut ting the rntea oil packing house products from -IS to 42 cents from the Mlfsoun river to Now York via Illinois junction points. The Uurllnuton is making n rate of 13 coiils from Kaunas City lo Chicago. Passenger rales are also bolng Mashed. A TA1IOOHI ) 8UIIJI3OT. Siberian OutrauuH Not lo llo Men- tinned nt thu I'rtonn ronfnrKiiuc. LONDON , March 13. A Times St. Peters burg dispatch says the report on the Sibe rian outrages has boon ofllclally compiled , but it is shown only to prlvilcscd porson- ngcs. The report shows considerable disa greement with the accounts published in its description nnd Inlcrprrlnlion of Iho fncis of the caso. The corrospondcnl adds : "Tho administrator of prisons told mo that the American delegates would maVo a great inistnko If they nttomptrd to broach the Siberian scandals at the international prison congress. Ho said Iho programme of the congress would bo strictly adhered lo , and no reference to political prisoners In Sl- boria or elsewhere would bo poruiltlcd. " An ofllcial inlorvlowcd by the correspond ent regarding the reported outrages prno- tlcally admitted that the facts were ns re ported , but ho oonldmlcd that Konnnn and others othorcallzcd nihilist women out of all recognition in their books , Thu struggle with the soldiers was provoked by the pris oners drawing revolvers nnd wounding sov- critl of the Cossacks. Three of Illn lUurilorers Found Guilty tn the I-'irnt Decree. MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , March 13. The trial of the first thr o persons charged with the Olcson lynching at Whlto Hall , Wls. , was concluded today so fur as the testimony is concerned' Tut wife and son of the mur dered man , and Ole Slotto , a well-to-do farmer , have been on trial for what , accord ing to the judge's charge , is murder In the ilrst degree. Thirty other men will plead guilty to the charge of rioting , though the judge's charge is unmistakabla that , they are all giftlty of conspiracy and murder. Tlio jury tonight returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the llrst degree against Mrs. Olcson , Ole Hanson and Ole Sletto. The two first , named were the wife nud son , respectively , of the man lynched. About thirlv of the persons who took part in the outrage pleaded guilty to riot and wore fined 100 each. Charles Johnson , who pleaded guilty with three others , was convicted to day , to bo sentenced to prison for life. CHEEIlFUty IlUIiCllEtilj. He Wants the Kcportcrs to Call on WOODSTOCK , Out.1 } March 13. Alleged Murderer Burcholl , ! arrived today from Niagara Falls. A. g'r'oat , crowd was about the station. Ho had a cheerful appearance and answered nil klhbstlons put to him at the jail in a nonchnlont manner. Ho cheerfully invited the reporters to call nnd sco him aficn , and said besides Ills attorneys hero his family lawyur from tbo old country would worlc in Uis paso. Before leaving Niagara tliib moruinif ho hud an interview with Ins .wife , silencing greatly affected. Ho allowed emouqii'nnj told his wife she could have all the f rponoy ho hud left and nlso got a divoreerf ; ) m him if she wished. Tljo poor womuiusoljflod.ftnd said she \vo\ild riot desert him. vaUurchflr ( is confident , ; ho will got cleared. " A Tlrr.int PAIUS , March J13. Th'o senate tonight ro- jccled the vote of confidence asked by Pre mier Tirrard on the question of ncommorcinl treaty with Turkey. Tirrard was ipnch dis pleased with the result and it is rumored he baa threatened to resign. Bell Tclcphonn Dividend. BOSTON , Mass. , March 13. The Boll tele phone company has declared a dividend of $3 per share payable April 15. - " FORTUNE CAME AT LAST. Ono Good Washerwoman Less , One ( ' Weixlthy 'Widow More. There is considerable stir amonjj a number of good Indies who are now looking about for a washerwoman , says the Indianapolis'1 Journal. It ctimo about in this way : Mrs. Kelly , if woman about fifty-Iivo years old , living in the rear of George W. Stout's residence , on North , Noridian street , has been etirn- intj her livelihood hy washing. She is a hard working woman , a member of the First Baptist church. She says that about ten years ago , upon the death ot her father , she in herited a piece of property in St. Louis , upon which there was a mortgage of S-,600. For this property she was of fered $15,000 , which she refused to take , her friends advising her that it was worth Inore. She got no income from it , but kept on wa'jhing having found a tenant to whom she leased tlio house and lot for 850 a month and arranged that all in oxcc.83 of taxes and repairs was to bo applied upon the mortgage. It was a temptation for her to take $ lo,000 , but she re sisted , continued at work , and the ether day she received , notice that the last payment had been made , and the prop erty , whicii ia in tlio heart of tlio city , was free of debt and all her own , being valued at nearly $ -10,000. Later came news of the death of a brother in Cali fornia , who loft her a fortune of $00,000. It is said sh6 arranged with a St. Louis imin , fur u fee of $1,000 , to go to Cali fornia and make full settlement ; that ho returned with S 10,000 in approved securities , cblolly United States bonds , but that $ liOOOOtinoro is coming to her , which will rcqlilrti lior personal pres ence to make proper settlement. The ladies lose a good washerwoman , but Mrs. Kelly gans(1 } $ HI,000. , An Al'riuqtt Tooth Uruuli. The native African is noted for his flno white tootlii\mt ; , although oleanli- iiess is presumably a virtue of civiliza tion , the Africans 'does not keep his "ivories" oloan without an effort. lie uses a small stioUi of llbrous wood , which in chewed until the fibres of one end separates nnd'Jresembles bristles , and spends considerable time rubbintr the end of thisHii'ltle ' stick over his tooth. Among tbo iHJ'amwox.i ot equa torial Africa , wholiuyo'splendid ' teeth , a man lB oldomxU/e"n / wliho t ono of these briitahes in his mouth. Although , as the emart school boy said , "clean don't show" op the dusky African , yet some fiavago tribes are far superior inhabits ( habits of cloanllnb& to many people who live in clvlllzqcl lands. The daily bath is regarded as a necessity of llio iu scores of African tribes , and many of them have soap as well as water. The soap is made by placincr aahoa in plantain loaves folded in the shuno of funnel , then pouring water over them , which runs oil us lye into another ves sel , and then uddiu ? fat to the lye nnd boiling down the mixture. This pro cess makes rather dirty-looking soft soap , but anuwors its piirposo pretty well. The manufacture of this soap was doubtless Introduced into equa torial Africa from Egypt and the Sou dan , THE SOUTHERN QUESTION , It Onuses n Heated Debate In the Bouato. MR. HOAR MAKES A MISTAKE. Scnntorn Blicrinnii and Ilutlcr Ilnvo an Animated Dialogue--The Olcln- lioma lUonsuru I'nsaoil In llio House. Bpnntc. S , March 18. In the senate to- diiy the bailie bill for bridges across the Alls- sou i' [ river'at Bouth Pierre , and nereis the Columbia river between Wash ington mid Oregon , similar to ttio semite bill pnsiod and sent to the house , wns amended by arfow vdrbal changes and passed. Air. Fr.vo , fiom the oomnilUea On com- me.rco. reported n bill to repeal the liuv ot the lust congress requiring steamships to carry rockots.nnd guns for Casting the line In cnso 01 distress. Placed on the calendar. Among the bills passed for public build ings wns ono appropriating $150,000 for Hast ings , Nob. , and fJlUO.OOO for Stlllwuter , Minn. Mr. Eustls took the floor and referred to the statements rondo by Mr. Honryestordny , ouo of them being that In the state of Louts- lana and In some other southern states thcro \voro laws which niado it a penal olTenso for a white rnnn to associate on terms of equal ity with a negro , and also to the effect that thcro was a law whloh provided for the sale of any colored man found for n certain tltno out of work , and that his former uiastors should have the preference In the purcnnso. He dented emphatically that thcro wns any such law in Louisiana , and spoke of the recklessness and destitution of any sense ol responsibility with which republican sena tors spoke of southern affairs. Mr. Hoar alu he might. Imvo erred as to the state in which such law was passed , but quoted , substantially from laws of Missis sippi passed in ISfiS. Ho thought substan tially the same law had been enacted in Louisiana. I lib educational bill then came up and Blair inudu a brief address. Ho also read oxtructs from a speech of President Harri son when u senator in 18SO , favoring the bill , and said the president hold thu same Bcntimonts. today. 'llio southern question cama up again and Mr. Hour admitted that his statements about Louisiana wuro incorrect. Mr. Sherman asked Mr. Eustis whether ho did not know ttio fifteenth amendment never would have been proposed but for the fact that' ' ttio laws of the southern states were , depriving the uogro of the rights-of citizenship. Mr. Eustis replied it was his honest con viction that all roconstruetioa measure.- , were adopted by the republican party with the single objcqt of Africanizing the south and of maintaining the political supremacy , and characterized it us the "greatest crime over committed against a civilized community. " Mr. bhcrman' then took part in the discus sion , which became a heated political contro versy. Ho truce'd the course of the recon struction movement and said at the close of the war it had not been contemplated to arm the negro with the suffrage , but the laws passed by some southern states were so un just to the colored people and to the whlto republicans in the south tuat the people ple o ! ttio north had been convinced that the object/of the south was to overthrow the results ot llio war and to deprive the freedmen - men of all the rights of citizenship. When the time came it was seen that there was no way to protect ttio emancipated people ex cept by arming them with the suffrage. Congress Had reluctantly , slowly , but delib erately adopted that remedy as the onlv ono llttod for the _ oaso. Ho ( Sherman ) had sometimes thought it might possibly have been better riot to have adopted the fifteenth amendment , conferring the suffrage on the coloredmaii , because that richt had been nullified and uprooted. The result of the fifteenth amendment was practically to glvo the southern states increased rep resentation in the bouse of repre sentatives and increased power in the electoral college. If there was auj thing wrong in the situation of southern affairs the people of the south had brought it on themselves. There was no feeling of hate in the north against the south. If equal rights were all thu people in the south secured the people in ttio north would bo satisfied. It was true the fifteenth amendment had not turned out as expected because no man dreamed that such measures as hud been re sorted to id the south would have been ro- sertcd to to deprive the negro of his rights. No ono had dreamed of the kuklux kluns and ail tlio savage machinery by which that exclusion had been perfected. Mr. Uutlcr suggested1'that the rcconstruo tion measures and the fifteenth amendment were not s6 much duo to objectionable legis lation in the south as to the conflict between Andrew Johnson and the republican con gress. Sherman replied that the selection of Andrew Johnson ; a southern man and a democrat , for the vice president was proof of tbo generous ticatment the north haa shqwn to the south , but Johnson had deserted - sorted the republican party and turned his back upon it when ho came into power and congress tied his hands and prevented the carrying out of his policy. Uutlcr Then I understand the Senator- from Ohio to aduiit that the southern peo- piu are not alone responsible , but that An- arow Johnson , a republican president , was inoro responsible for tlin enactment of ox- trorno measures ugainst the south. Sherman I loolc upon Andrew Johnson as a southern man and u democrat , Uutlor Ho wns your republican president mid the people of the south had no authority to look to after they surrendered except the executive. Sherman The southern pcoplo hud the right to look to congress as the governing power of tha country. Sherman wont on to say to the senators of the other sldo : "Thoro Is a feeling in the north tnat not only have the negroes in tbo south been deprived of their votes , but thiit , th'o pcoplo of tno south now enjoy larger political power than the same number of people in the north. Lot the south obey the constitutional amendments. Lot It give the negro luaivoto nnd permit him to vote as ho will , I would not euro if all tbo negroes would vote the democratic ticket , but this fooling of Injustice docs prevail In the north that while-you are depriving the colored people of their votes you are oxeralsing undue power in the government. The north denies any hatred , but demands justice. And now I say that beyond and above tills educational bill or any other pending measure is an act of congress that will necuro to every mini in the United Utatos entitled to vote his right to cast his vote have It counted , Whenever co'nitress rises to tha dignity of pusslncr such a law. that will bounform thioughoul the United States , Directing Massachusetts and Ohio as well us South Carolina , uvcry man will fool that.lt is a just and fair law and there will be no further ground for complaint. Congress cannot oxerclso any control in the local nf- fnlra of the southern states , but what wo insist uponI'D that there shall bo a law that will project the right of miffraco and that that law shall bo executed with such power that no , man dnro expose himself to Its ' penalty. " „ Duller followed Sherman. Ho upako of the exclusion of colored men In the northern status from all political otllcos and said that on the contrary theru was tin such discrimi nation in the south. "J liU very day and for tlio past wqok the newspapers have boon teeming vVHh accounts of white men In Ok lahoma , and republicans among thorn , an- nounclng to thu world that if ttio colonul people dared assert their rleht to control the territory by superiority of numbers they would drive thorn out at the point of the bayonet. " Ho had seen accounts of outrage on colored people in Ohio and Indiana , and yat had heard nol ono avllablo of protem. Ho would tell the senator from Ohio that when ever ho attempted to carry out bis throat of another cruaado on ttio south , through supervisors and United States mar * duals , for the purpose of domi nating llio olnctlonn there , ho would have n lira" in hla rear from men In the north who carried their money and ttieli- industry into tha south. Whenever ho at tempted to re-establish In the southern states tbwo reconstruction government * which had loft In their trait the black march o BK ] > lalon. ! ! disgrace nnd humiliation , thor would nrlso a protest In his own state tha would cuusa him ( o hcultnto before ho carried riod U out. Ho ( llutlor ) would not oxchnngt ono hour of good order In the south for nl thu political power" that negro suffraea Jmt given the south. Ho appealed to tbo sen ntoru and the people ot the north to bellovo the southern men when thov aid they were far more Interested in mi orderly , Humane honest sentiment of the question than tha pcoplo of the north could possibly bo. Ad journcd. IIOIIHC. WASHINGTON , March 1. ! . In the house today the bill was passed grunting rl/ht-of wnv through Millo Lao Indian reservation Minnesota , to the Llttlo Putts , Mlllo Luo A , LaUo Superior railroad company. At the conclusion of the morning hour the house wont into committee of the whole , Mr Pnyson of Illinois in the chair , for ftirthc consideration of the Oklahoma bill. On motion of Mr. Tarsnov an nmemlmen was adopted for the establishment of a lam olllcu In NO'Uinn's land. On motion of Mr. Holmaii an nuiendmen was nilotitod providing that no person havuif. the fcoalmplo to sixty aeres of land in an > stain or territory shall bo entitled to cute land covered by this act. 'Iho'cominlllco rose mid reported the bill to the house. The amendment providing Hint section 2,1110 of thu revised statutes , prohibiting ttio Introduction of intoxicating liquor Into In dian Territory , shall bo enforced In Okln homa until after the ndjournmontof tlio firs session of the legislature , WIIH agreed to by a vote of liHtolOt. U ho bill was Ihmi passoi by 1(50 ( to ! io. It Is a substitute for the gcunto bill an the same subject. The bill contains provisions which in substance t\x \ thu boundaries darios of the now territory so as to Include the Cherokee outlet with the proviso that no hinds which the Indians occupy under the treaty or law shall bo included without thuir consent except for judicial purposes. They extend over the now territory the constit i lion nnd laws of the United States and the codp of Nebraska without interference will local Indian governments nctlni , under their treaty rights. Seven counties are established. The countj seats will bo Guthrie , Oklahoma City. No Man , Lisbon or Kingfisher. Honver , Still water , amt ono inoro to bo fixed by the sec retary Of tbo interior. The Chcrokco outlet is declared public land nnd open to settle mcnt under tbo homestead laws and bona settlers nnd occupants nro given the preference - once right. All sections nf tor 21 are ( leveled to the establishment of u school system In Indian territory which shnll bo divided into three districts , and courts will bo hold at Muscogco and Vinite , Otokn nnd Ardmoro and Purcoll. Adjourned. Uncalled lior s-oldlor Commander J. A. Blair of Wiulo Post 520 has in his possession the discharge of the following comrades. The dis charges were among the olTocts of a claim agent , and were Siivctl from a de structive Hrc. Comrade Blair sends us the list with a request to publish the same , and to say that the rightful owners can , by satisfactory idciitiliea- tion , receive their discharges by ad dressing him at I'M Bicker street , Now York city : ' Aver. Jo'hn , 1st I.icut Co A 1st Md Cnv. Allen. David A , Capt Co 0. il'Jth N V 9 , Vet Vols Abelln , Pedro , piivnte Co I , 1st N" JI Car. Alder , Andrew , prmito Co K , filth N V JH11- lirandK Wm. Capt Co I ) . 131st N V Vola. Ituckley. Jonn II. Adjut TfiUi V U Corps. linker. Win II. Major U'-M N V Vet Vols. llrnslc. Win J jr. Cape Co II Sith N V I'av. J'.randls. Adolph , 1m Mont ll'd ) N Y Vols. Mermen , ( J I1 , 1st l.teiit llth Vet. Itoj Corp * . Hyrnes Thos II. Capt Co O 7Cth I'aim. Howers. Alfred , 1st Asst Surueon fitli N V Art. llrcdy. J'hlllp. Artltl-cr Co 11 , 15th N V ling. Illtlagnes , Donlsanrt , prlvito Co 1) ) IstN M. Ilmlr. Jnmes II , prhato Co I ) Ujth V Y Vols * . Hums , John , bugler. l'o C Mth N V Cnv. Collee. 1'rancls , musician Co 1 , 301th N V. Cartona , Andien , pilvato Co II , 1st N M. Ontupiis , ITuncisco. piivato , Co O , 1st N M Cnv. ' Cooncy. Win , Corp Co 11 uth M V Cav. Cocu , Antolnt ) . bugler , Co r 1st N .M Ciiv. Corbiay. 1'utrlck , prlvnto Co O 7th N V. Cl w. Jiiiii"inlvatc Co I ; ) d I'unn civ. Corrlgan , I'utilcK , private Co 1 , M \ et lies Coips. Crawford. Uobert. prlvnto Co It , M N J Cnv. Ionuc3tonlni3 ) ( ! il.pilvato CoC.lth N V Ciiv. Dowlmi ; . Joseph , corn. Co tl , Ultli N Y. Douehort } ' . Jlfchnel J. private Co H , Otli N. V. Deluuoy.A y.lst lleut Co II.1st N Y Lincoln Ctiv Devlnu.lnhu. sercenin Co 1. lilith N V 8 N ( J. Kvnus , Lemuel , 1st llont Co C.Ut N Y Lincoln Cnv. Cnv.T'orefi. T'orefi. Cccilio. rirlvnto Co G. 1st N SI ex. Volk. Daniel. 2it Ifeut. I'd N V Ait. Itardullo , Knrlco , colonel SAtn N V. Kox John , blacksmith , Co 1C , oth N VjC.iv. rurnelsen , Hoimnun. Co II. ttli NY Kognn , Mnttnew , private Co 13. 4th N Y II A Uuthno ( Jeorito L , liont co ) , nth N Y. ( lien Edward , capt Coi , l.'iSth N Y. ( ircen John , mljutunt , 'tn N 11. ( lately , ( > on , sorgumit Co C. r.th N Y V V. ( ioldmi. Witllum.animmer.Co il.lltti N Y II A Cnrcln , l-'ollcp , private Co r , Ibt N ilex. llanser , I'nul. prlvnto Co A , IITth O Vet Int. Ho aii. .Inlin , prh.itp. Co I ) . 71st 1'enn. llomird William , prlvnlc. Co I. llth N .1 Inf. Howe , Francis O H , capt Co I ) , nth Mo V V. Hammond , Irving M , prlvnto "ttli Co , llatt V ifnrkln. Mlcluiol. prlvnto Co A , ITStli N Y. Jackson. James T , prlvnto Co 11 , li.'d N Y. .lone1) . .Inmus. Q .M. ( Mth N Y. Jiiduii , John , prlvnto Co K. octn N Y. ICroober , Alfred , pilvuto Co U , IlJth NTS Vols. Lambert. Louis J , A A Genl Ilvt Hrlg ( Jon. Llvormorp. Ilonry , private ( .o A , nuth N Y. Louden , ( Joorge. privnte Co O , 4lth ! N V. Loud. John S , captain Co JI. litti N Y Cuv. JiUwrence , Alexnodor C , private OoJI , Ith U 8 Cav. Lent , Henry C , corp Co 8th , N Y Shnrpshoot- ori. ori.Mackey. . J\rnoi , 1st Lieut Co 0 , Old , N Y V V. JleKeon. James , captain Co D , iith N Y V V. MoKltchlt' . Koberc , private Co 1C. : i7th N Y. Machomiz , llonltace , bergjnntCo C , lat New Mexico. Moadown , Irn II , prlvnto Co H , 2d N J , Muller. Ilonry. corpl Co ( J , Krid N V. Mtupnjr. Willlnm. private Co II. InUlh N Y Vols MiiLntiRlilIn , Uobort W , itmlor lth : ) N Y Art. McL'ahlll , Ilunrv 1' . drnmmer Co K , until N Y. AlcCourt , prlvnto Co II. Mrt N Y. Macdannld , Doimld , ndjutant Itli H Y Cnv. Nafen , Sylvester W , M Liout Co llCth Hat N J Koot. Nolan , Tlioraas , private Co F , fi | > t N Y. Nnstehl. Otto. l t l.lent to A. f.'Jtll N Y V V. O'Mlillery. Jllctinol , pnvnto Co A , tlath N Y. ( )3termnnjOorKe ) ( , prlvato LV ) 1 , lat N Y Inf. I'owellTrunk , 1st Llent Co II. Ibti N Y II Arl. I'nscluil.Ouorga W , Llent CniSM Texn Cav. I'oilt/ell , I ) , IHI Llctlt 4ttl N Y C.IV. Itntht-nbcrg , Furdlu.tnd , 1st sergeant lid Ha * N Y Art. Unseen , Hdward J. private Co K , 1'ftli Ind. KOBC , Sidney , 2il Llout Co's II and C , 6'itli N V VolH. Iticc. CAhln A. Lieut Col Mltli N Y. Hlchnrds. William ) : . 1)1,1 , UTth N Y. Unman , Ucorge , captain Ifitll N Y 11 Art. Scymotir.Ch.irXiH J , nmjnrttitli N Y Cuv. Busiilorf , Kicdurlck. lat I.tuiit Co ( I. 4Hth N Y. .Sullivan , 'llmothy , prlvnto Co C , tfdtli N Y. HnlRhez. Juan , prlvnto Co I , 1st N M Cnv. Shilrror. Clint ten u , lat sergunnt Co ( i , I-Oth 1'enn (1st ( I'onn lion ) , Bann Juan C. private Co II , 1st N M. Wnla nr.Scnclon , prlvnto Co H , lnt N JI. Sargont , Tliomns II , ABU Burgeon , UJth Jf Y 8ch nrtz , : : dwnrd. iivijor. Pth f.iv N Y V V. st rr , Jlnymond T , lat Lieut , Host Qr , instn Bninbert , H ( I , lat Lieut HiUtery H. 2d LT S C Art. Art.Fchmldt , Adolph , cnptnln Co M , llth N Y Cav. Solnmp. Louis , corpl Co tl , HStn N Y V V. Schnulitur , Wlillum , prlvuto Co 1) , 7th N Y S Vols. Stack. CiiftUoi , private Co ( i , inthMlnn. Schmlat , LouU , 1st snntannt Co I ) . Iljt'i X Y S Vols. Thompson , J 1 > Jr , cnntnln2d I ? 8 0 T. Tnller , ( leortto A , private Co A. ilil N Y N , Into of Co O I'th ' N Y. Tmnion , Adclph C C , lat Lieut nnd Adj 40th Van Ne . Henry L , Llont Col rtUU N Y S. Vmnry. Fullx , lat Lluilt Mth N Y. \ \ ntson , Willlnm , private Co C. fl'Jth N Y B Wagnnr. 1'oter. prlvnto Co 0,5th N Y. WoortK , William , priynto Co ( i , a-Jd N Y , .Nut inoli on ICotroiinlininiit. Ilonry WalcoU , brotliot * of I'oloratlo'fl junior hunaior \ in Now York auaiii , sivya 11 corroRiMinilonl.of Ihu Ciiicliiiintl Knquiror. Tliia roi'pnt Hlurv is told iboutlilm : Ho win tinkod hy u friend , mortly aftot" his lrotli ) r wont to Wash ington , If lli'xtantUnr hal boon antladtu * torlly plixi'oil on cominlttcoH. "Not HO fnr IIM I am I'oncornod , " w.ii the reply. "Of course HO fur ti Oroihor Kd U run * corned it In ittfrmmhlo , boi'.iunci ho IH ulmlrman of : i comiultl < ) o nnd him a conunlttoo room , Hut for wlmt In the world the votmta aver put him iu llio hoadof thoooiiiinlttoo on rolruuchmont , except in pun ) miri'iiHin , PIIBSIOB my coin- | ) rolionslonVliy. . Kd uould HDond llio uirpluj in u woou If lit ) could draw on it us ho duos on mo. Hy .Invu , bill ho imuctH mo ruVrouoh tn Uooii up with Ulm. " A TRAMP'S ' TERRIBLE CRIME Shocking Troiitmont of tlio Yottna Daughter of a Fnmior. STRIPPED NAKED WITH A KNIFE. Hound nnd Oastgoil , tlio Torrorl/l Girl lriic Herself Homo nud Her ronrful Htory A' ij nulling In Sluht. OutrnBod In tlio Wootln. I'i.ut8\NT Hut , , Mo. , Mnrch 13.-Alllo , the olghtccn-.vonr'Old daughter of James W. Atkinson , n prominent and wealthy farmer living a few miles west of tins place , wlillo returning homo through u strip of wood.s yesterday afternoon , encountered a tramp who Holzud her nnd throw bar to the ground. Ho Ihrcatonod to cut her throat if she should maicu an outcry. As the ulrl struggled to rolcnso bcrsolf the tramp seized her by the hair and ' savored a brniJ from her bend close to the scalp , Inflicting a severe wound on the buck of her head as ho did BO. The terrified girl fainted , and when she gained consciousness her hands were tightly bound behind nnd her jaws were pried open by a pluc of wood so that sha could ultorno sound. Her assailant had cut her clothes from her body with his knife , nnd in doing so had inflicted several deep gushes on her litubs. After the wrctcli had accomplished his design Miss Atkin&on fainted and when she recovered she saw the trnmp escaping toward tlio direction of Kansas City. Half dead with excitement nnd terror , with her hands bound and the gag still in her mouth , she dragged herself homo , whcro she related her ternbio experience. Atkin son gave the alarm uinom ; the surrounding farms and by evening llvo hundred armed men were scouring the country for the tramp. A trnmp named 1'olllns , who resembles the description of Miss Atkinson's assailant , wns arrested early this morning nt Greenwood , six miles from hero. Ho is being held at the railway station tticro for protection I'ntll ho can bo tnucn to the Atkinson house for Iden tification. A mob of a thousand men sur rounded tha station demanding Hint the pris oner bo delivered up tor punishment. Tlio mob finally consented to ColllnV re moval to Allans' houso. where Miss Atkins sttttcd that ho was not her assailant. Collins then walked back to town , where ho wai again arrested by cnratred citizens , many of whom demanded that ho bo nt once strung up. Ho tlnnlly proved to , Ihoir salisfnclion that ho was not the man wanted and was al lowed to ( TO. Cure for Croup. IJBO Dr. Thomas1 Elec tric Oil according to directions. It is thu best remedy for nil sudden attacks of colds , pain and inliuuimnlion , nud injuries. QUEER MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND. Peculiar Unions ot IMny nnd Dcccm * ljr Kf ported to tlio Konislrar. Manchester Courier : Of the many interesting matters that come under tlio noticO of the reginlrar general there ia nothing more .surprising than tlio fro- qutfticy with which youth and ago try the pathy of matrimony together. Of : , ; ! Uli brides over Ilfty yoaro of ago who were married last year , onn .secured a youth of twenty , three wore accom- -modalod by men of twenty-one and fourteen otliord kept their choice of striplings below twenty-live. In one of the last named cases the good lady was forty years older than her partner. Turning to the veterans amongst the husbamlb there is ovou greater dispar ity. There were never fewer than 3UH bridegrooms above seventy years of ngq , and of these one took a girl of s6ven- tcon , another of nineteen , and four olh- ors kept iindor twonty-ono. Betwoou jixty and bovcnty yearsof ago H.OSi'mon married. Three of them took glr under eighteen , and twenty-suTOii ethers ors were content with piirtnoro who hnd not reached their majority. As many is 1,070 mules whoso ngos ranged be < \voon fifty and bi.xty were also brought : o tbo altar , and hero again a score of the wives were in their loons. A hun dred were not more than twonty-ouo and ! ! I8 were under twenty-llvo" . Among otnt-r strange matches was opo botwnen a couple of octogenarians , while Ihruo ladies of "eighty-live and upward" got hiHUands whoso ages were boveiity-llvo , aixty-llvo and iifty-ilvo re- bpoctivoly. Taking the geiitloinoii of ' ' and " iind that 'oighty-llvo upward" wo 0110 of ihom secured a bride of forty- : lvo. lut ! even greater contrasts are to jo soon in the venerable Adonis of seventy who gotatnatoof twenty-one , and in the sovonty-livo-year-old buck who secured a blushing damsel of nine- tee n. n.At the ether enn of the scale wo have a marriage botwcon a girl of thirteen and a boy of eighteen , another whcro the contracting parties were sixteen each , nnd a third whore men of twenty- ono saddle thomsolvca with wives of fourteen. Two husbands of thirty took partners wliuso ages were under fifteen , while no fewer tlmu neventy hmbuudo of forty found wives of from sixteen to twenty yeafd of ago. The most popular liniment ia the old ellablo Dr. ,1. II. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment. Keep llio AtinoHpliero If you would have a line display of window [ limits and llowoiv. keep the at- nosphoro moiul. if thin ! H neglected , tlio Icavod and buds dry and full off , tlio limits dwindle and soon become a prey or aphis , red spider and other plant lusts , says an exchange. Where the icat is supplied by a stove , an open vessel upon it kept constantly filled vith water will provide tlio ncouod noisturo. Whcro the room is kept rarrn by a hcator , a shallow pun of valor placed over the register is all hat is required. These who have been rying to have plants and flowers in the vhidow without some such device IIH referred lo. will bo surprised at the im- H'ovomont which will bo noticed after idoptingsomo method of keeping the atmosphere moist. Not only will the ilants bo benefited , but the room will ) o plonsntit and inoro healthful for tlioso vlio occupy it us a living room. Absolutely Pure. This powilnr n < var varrn A marvel of ptirttr Irtiistn nnilMiolin imineM. } loreoconoinU > * > than tha ordinary Undt , Hint rannot Uonolilbj with lint multitude of low lion wtlMlu Blum r nho | > rmt powders , .ScUl Olllu lulim mi _ KortU lUtl.MI 1'OWUKIl CO. ,