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NINETEENTH YEAJtf , OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , JUNE 4 , 1890 NUMBER 345.
'INOIIIER ' IOWA HURRICANE ,
rho Institution for the Fccblo Minded at
Glcnwood Suffers Severely.
CWO INMATES CRUSHED TO DEATH.
6lx of the Pntlonts llnrtly Hurt Four
of tlic Injtircil Will Die Mu
Explodes n Powder
Mill in Ohio.
COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. , Juno 3. A special
from Glcnwood , nftccn miles southeast of
hero , tells of the disaster wrought In that
city by a great storm early this morning.
The special says : Shortly after midnight
n heavy black cloud advanced upon the city
from the west nnd the low rumble that pre
ceded It was suggestlvo of danger.
The blackness of the night was
frequently dispelled by vivid flashes of light
ning. The threatening object moved with
great rapidity and about 1 o'clock It reached
this place. The rain fell in torrents nnd was
lashed about by a strong wind. The hissing
of the lightning was followed by a deafening
clap of thunder. In a few hours the storm
spent Its fury nnd the dark curtain was
gradually lifted from the scene. A search
was Instituted to ascertain the ravages
wrought by the unwelcome visitor.
Among the first to report was the state insti
tution for the fccblo minded , within which
lay tno mangled remains of two of the ink -
k mates , and In the adjoining compartment lay
jslx more , who wcro Injured.
The storm struck the Institution nt right
angles nnd the large smokestack that towered
above the engine room tottered and fell with
n crash. The roof of the buildIng -
Ing was too weak to support
the weight , nnd the smoke conductor
toro Its way through nnd in its descent
claimed for its victims Willlo CHno of Chirk
county nnd Wesley Emery of Monroe county ,
they being Instantly killed and their little
bodies crushed almost to u pulp.
Six others were more or less injured by tbo
falling of the chimney.
The west end of the engine house of the In-
Btltution was blown in. The following is the
result of the storm's ravages as far as the in-
f'l ; stltuto for the feeble minded Is concerned :
TIII : KILLED.
WILLIE CLINK of Clark county.
WESLEY EMERY of Monroe county.
The father of young Emery resides in
Omuha.
JOHN S. WALLOW of Duuuquo , bruised
about the body and slightly cut.
SAM ASKINS of Council Bluffs , bruised
about the body.
Wii.Dii ! PitATiiKii of Wayne county , badly
bruised and cut. Ho may die.
Kiir.it WHICIIIT of Fort Dodge , body bmlsed.
Ei > STKEKT of Leo county , bruised about
the head and body , lie is seriously injured.
HENIIY SSVIIKK of Ilenton county , bruised
about the head and body and arm crushed.
Four of the injured inmates will die.
The new building in the course of erection
withstood the storm.
The damage to the institution will aggregate
gate- about fti.OOO.
Sever.il other buildings were wrecked
The canning factory had ono side blown in
mid the Glenwood mills are badly damaged.
1 Tim storm was the worst that has ever vis
ited this sec-lion.
Awful Powder Implosion.
MANsrini.it , O. , Juno 3. This afternoon
during a heavy storm lightning struck Tracy
& Avery's powder house , located ono mile
cast of the city. The house container
over fi.OOO pounds of powder , whlcl
exploded , causing a tremendous report.
Hundreds of windows in the city were
broken , china anil glassware knocked fron
the shelves and people thrown from theii
foot. Many of the buildings in the vlcinitj
were badly wrecked. Two frame dwelling
houses on the opposite side of the streei
from the nwga/.ino wore leveled to the
ground. Ono of the houses was vacant
the other was occupied by Henry Koost , his
wife and two children. The husband was
absent at the time of the explosion. The six-
inon tii-old baby was instantly killed. The
mother and other child are thought to bo
fatally Injured.
Nothing remains of the powder house ,
Bricks uro scattered in all directions , some
being found a quarter of a milu distant.
Nebraska , and lowu Patents.
WASHINGTON , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BEE. ] Patents wcro granted todaj
ns follows : George Brown , Ottumwa , la. ,
device for shifting vnlvo eccentrics ; Thomas
.T. Brown , near St. Paul , Neb. , assignor to T.
K. Wallace , header attachment ;
Alfred E. Brumwell , Huron , S. D. ,
potato planter ; Hudson S. Clark ,
Slgournoy , In. , stump extractor ; George
W. dishing , Omaha , Neb. , stock car ;
Robert W. Hiigel , Douglas , Neb. , listing cul
tivator ; Charles D , Haldcnian , assignor ol
two-thirds to C. V. Keith , DCS Moines , la. ,
and E , M. Haldcnian , Humeston , la. , horse-
tall tie ; George B. Bart , Viola , la. , cultivat
ing plow ; Henry T. Henderson , Kcoltuk , la.
i-oll paper holder and cutterGottlcib II.
Huttenlochcr , Dos Molncs , In. , key fastenei ;
Edward C. Johnson , Mncon , Gn. . and T
M. Johnson , Keokuk , In. , governor for stean :
pumps ; Everett A.- Johnson , Brady Island ,
Nob. , corn planter ; Robert M. Johnson
Slgourney , la. , stop clock ; William C. Mil
rev and J. II. Hoak , Shlckloy , Nob. , listei
cultivator ; Clark Robinson , assignor of two
thirds to W. S. Fuller , J. Al. Yeoman , J. W
Cravens and F. Patch , Hartley , la. , inoasur
Ing vessel ; John Bovnno. Keokuk , In. , roll
paper holder and cutter ; Rector Al. Thomp
eon , Crawford , Nob. , grading and ditching
machine.
The Wool Market.
' BOSTON , Mass. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BUE. ] The demand for woo !
has been steady with the sales fairly largo.
Good Michigan X sells at 30) @ 3lc , and
Ohio ntaiea'-'o ; XX Ohio Is firm at ! ! 3@Mc : ;
combing mid delaine elections are In snuil
stock and command full prices. No. 1 combing
Bells at 3'JdJIOo. ' Ohio line delaine
nt My ? 37o and Michigan fine delalno nt 3. < ( ?
lido. Siirlnir California wools met with n full
demand at 17i-0o. ( Spring Texas has bee
eclllng mostly at 0c. New territory wools
nro meeting with a good trade , with the sales
on a scoured basis nt COdfiWe for fine and 5S
( aVJo for line medium , lu pulled wools there
lias been a good trade with sales of choice
paper at 30 ( < i-Me , of fair to good super at ! l (
wtM. ; ' und of extra at Uito We. Foreign wools
inn. Australian sells freely ,
Slnvlu AVI1I Kl ht MoAnlirre.
Nmv Vonic , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to
THE BEH. ] There are prospects of an Inter
national prize light being arranged butwcci
Frank P. Slavlu of Australia and Joe Ale
AulltTo. The following cable was received b >
Richard 1C. Fox in regard to the proposei
match : "Slavln at Sportsman olllco am
agreed to fight McAullffo In Pelican club for
X'HKJ and the championship and would ullou
McAulltTo X'lOO for expenses. " Billy Aladdei
Biilil that ho would accept the challenge urn
cabled to London that AloAullffo would llghi
for on i'MK ) purse , ami ai soon us they it >
wived JL'100 for expenses they will leave fcr
England und muko the match ,
A Confectioner Drowned.
CiiivNit ISLAND , Nob. , Juno 3. [ Specia
Telegram to Tin : BEK. ] Horace L. Kendall
a young man aged twenty-throe , engaged litho
the confectionery business in this city , wen
out bout riding tills afternoon nt Ott's Ice
jiond and was found drowned at 5 o'clock .
It is supposed ho full backward Into the
xvutcr ,
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HT11VCK MtV A Cl'CLOXJK.
nrndshnw , Neh. , Nearly Dentroycd
nnd Flvo Persons llcportcd Killed.
YOIIK , Neb. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to
THE BEE. ] It Is reported hero that about 10
o'clock tonight the town of Bradshaw , which
ms a population of about three hundred , was
struck by a cyclone and nearly destroyed.
Five persons are reported killed outright.
The wires are down nnd no particulars are
obtainable.
HUE JkEVKll MOVED A 31VHC1.E.
A Woman Acquitted of a > Poisoning
Charge nt Vlnclnnd , N. J.
VINEI.AND , N. J. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE. ] Mrs. Cremer Jackson
Lockwood , charged with attempting to poison
her aged husband , was given n hearing this
morning. Airs. Lockwood was the most
composed person in the room nnd never dis
played the least emotion or Irritability. She
is on the shady side of forty , is flno looking
and was elegantly attired. Her husband oc
cupied a scat near by his sons , Arthur nnd
Maurice , nnd son-in-law , Elliott Cogswell.
They all swore that he came to them and asked
them tohavohlswifoarrcstcdas ho was afraid
she would kill him. Lockwood's daughter
swore that when her father found the powder
In his teacup ho brought it to her nnd told
her to have an analysis made. Doctors Bid-
well and Adams , who made the analysis ,
swore that the powder contained enough
morphine to kill a person Marshal Creech
swore that after arresting Airs. Lockwood ho
searched her room and found u revolver nnd
a dagger under the pillow of her bed ; also a
quantity of arsenic in the pocket of her
dross. It was also offered In evidence that
Mrs. Lockwood threatened to shoot her hus
band tlio day before. She is alleged to have
put some morphine in his teacup , nnd it is
claimed that recently her husband prevented
her from shooting his fifteen-year-old son.
There is considerable feeling hero favorable
to Mrs. LockwodW Many claim that she is
the victim of a conspiracy on the part of her
husband's children , who want to get her out
of the way. Airs. Lockwood was recalled in
the afternoon for the purpose of
giving additional testimony against
his wife , but bo declined to say anything pre
judicial to Airs. Lockwood , and created a sen
sation and dumbfounded the lawyer for the
prosecution by saying it was his children who
advised htm to make the charge against his
wife , instead of his asking the children to
make it. The lawyer th virtually threw up
the case , stating that Lockwood had been in
duced by some pressure to change his state
ments made previous to Airs. Lockwood's ar
rest. The justice then discharged All's. Lock-
wood , when her husband ran up to embrace
her , but she waived him aside , and told him
that she hud bad enough of him and his
family , and positively refused to return home
with him. Lockwood then became enraged
at 0110 of Airs. Lockwood's friends , and was
about to assault her , when an officer ejected
him from the court room. Airs. Lockwood , it
is said , will return to Virginia.
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THEY SEE TJlKljIQUOU COME.
But Xo Ono In Viiiikton Seems to
Know Where It Goc .
YANKTON , S. D. , Juno 3. [ Suecial to THE
BEE. ] To the casual observer prohibition
seems to bo enforced In this city. No strong
drinks are sold over the various bars of the
various saloons that arc kept open for the
sale of papers , lemonades and other swills ,
und if there any joints of boot-legging no ono
seems to know anything about them , but beer
kegs and cases may bo seen piled up in the
express offices und the delivery wagons nro
daily seen several times a day delivering
the kegs and cases in various parts of the
city , and shrewd business men say that from
$ T > 0 to $100 a day is sent to Sioux City for
these articles of interstate commerce.
Heretofore the consumption was from our
own breweries and the money paid for it was
kept at home , but now tbo money goes to
Sioux City and thence to Omaha , St. Louis
or Alilwaukco never to return , while our two
breweries .stand closed and silent. As yet
there arc no unbroken package houses run
ning in the city , but the * casks and bottles
that come in filled and go out empty , attest
that the usual amount of drinking is going
on. Tlio scales are fulling from their eyes
and many good citizens openly declare they
would not vote for prohibition again.
The "reformers , " so-called , having squeezed
the prohibition goosefor all there was in it ,
are now astride the woman suffrage hobby ,
and the same same Idyosincrufics that howled
for the ono last year , are howling for the
other this year , and many homes are ren
dered cheerless and desolate because of the
absence of those who should cheer and
brighten them , but who instead , are putting
In their time in tlio "reform" field. Verily
the world is "reformed" too much , A Aiiss
Ilowell of Now York und Siisiin B. Anthony
from all over , both underpay , are now lectur
ing in this city , and both of them are expected
to make u general canvass of the state.
If woman suffrage succeeds the next raid
will bo made on tobacco , and utter that , no
doubt , the universal substitution of graham
bread for hot rolls.
That prohibition has had a damaging effect
on business and values hero , none will deny ;
but it is in the constitution. The most , bibu
lous politicians nro cowards on the subject
nnd afraid to grapple with the dragon , even
Senator Woody having voted for the fool bill
that has Just passed the senate , nnd
it will bo iniiny years before the
people of South Dakota can rid
themselves of the stupendous frauds. Aluny
good citizens of Dakota are anxiously watch
ing for the result In Nebraska this fall , and if
the people of that state have the moral cour
age to turottlo the cranks and avoid the reckon
on which the people of neighboring states
have so signally split , many sober , industri
ous Dakotans will domicile on the south side
of the Missouri river before the close of un-
othcr .
year.
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JllSM.UtCK IXTItK ; 1'IXG.
A Xowppaper Charges the K.v-Chnncftl-
lor with Opposinu the Emperor.
NEW YOIIK , Juno 3. A dispatch from
Paris quotes the Nineteenth Century as say
ing In Its Sunday edition : There are proofs
that Prlnco Bismarck is intriguing a Httlo
with the German courts us well as abroad to
ralso difficulties of nil sorts in the way of
the emperor. There is some talk nt Berlin
of the removal of several high officials who
have been In communication with the ex-
chmicellor und who uro said to bo associated
with his opposition to the linitcrial decisions.
the Tariff Bill.
WASIIINOTON , Juno 8t The sub-committco
of the republicans of the senate finance com
mittee today continued its consideration of
the tariff bill. Items lu the Wood schedule
were examined and passed and the sugar
schedule was laid over for the
present , It being deemed best to
await the return ot Senators Merrill nud
Sherman before taking up u subject of such
importance.
The sub-commlttoo also passed over with
out any uctlon tlio tobacco , mines and agri
cultural schedules , which with sugar occupy
twenty pages of the printed bill.
Coining Hallway Changes.
AIiNNUirOLts , Minn. , Juno 3. [ Special
Telegram to TUB BEE. ] The directors of
the "Soo" railway company will meet in this
city on Alonduy next nud accept the resigna
tion of President Lowrj . F. N. Firrov will
bo elected to succeed htm. It Is said that
President Vunhorno of the Canadian Pacific
will bo at the same time chosen a director.
Other changes will be made which have uot
yet been divulged.
The Engineer \Vnn Uctipoiihlhlo.
SAN FIUNCISCO , Cul. , Juno3. Tbocoroncr's
Jury has .returned a vent let in the bridge
railway disaster at OuUlniul setting forth
that tno passengers came to their deutti
through the netllgenco of Engineer Duuurxl
and { hiding him guilty of uiuusiuub'hlcr.J _ ,
MORE IMPORTERS PROTEST ,
Now York Men Want the McKinlcy Measure
Modified.
SEVERAL GOOD REASONS GIVEN.
The Action of the Itcpuhllcnti Caucus
on the 'Pension Bill Considered a
Set-Bnuk for the Conference
Committee.
WASHINGTON BtmiuuTiiE OMAIU BBB , >
813 FOUUTKENTII STHEET ,
WASIIIN TON. p. C. , June 3. )
The hearing of the New York Importers on
the tariff bill , which was to have taken place
today , was postponed until tomorrow because
of tlio absence of Mr. Merrill and Mr. Sher
man , but the importers nro on their way hero
tonight , 200 strong , and have taken till the
spare rooms nt the Arlington and Riggs
house. They have selected a spokesman for
each of the Interests represented , and protests
will be made against an increase of duties
In thcpcndlng tariff bill.
1. Upon articles which cannot bo pjpduced
in this country ,
2. Upon articles which cannot bo grown or
manufactured in this country without great
and continued assistance from the govern
ment.
3. Upon articles which nro exported in
much greater quantities than Imported ,
4. Upon raw materials needed in Cur manu
factures.
Also against the giving by the government
of largo bounties. Estimates will ba sub
mitted by experts in dress goods , men's ' goods
and cloakings , silks and velvets , linens , col
lars and cuffs , Inecs and embroideries , hois-
cry , upholstery , braids and braid yarns , but
tons , corsets , wool , china and glassware , eye
glasses and spectacles , grocers' supplies ,
cigars , photographers' supplies , dcntinojco-
incut , bricks , hops , foreign fruit and window
glass , showing how unfairly these interests
wcro treated in the bill. The importers
will also ask that in order to allay
apprehension and restore confidence that the
committee shall decide and announce at once
that a rebate would be granted on all goods
In stock and in bond at the time of the pass
age of the bill. Under the present situation
merchants will not purchase goods that will
bo affected by the tariff and will make no
contracts for future delivery until they know
what the duty will bo. The unsettled condi
tion of affairs is distressing and is embarrass
ing every line of trade and manufacture , and
some manufacturers are suffering largo losses.
The committee on finance , in its considera
tion of the tariff bill has jumped the sugar
schedule as It has all others upon which there
is any decided controversy and will leave
them until the undisputed portion of the
measure has been reviewed.
A DECIDED SET-HACK.
The action of the republican caucus last
night on the pension bill was a decided set-
bank for the conference committee , and as a
result its meeting this morning was short
and sweet , and It afterward reported that Us
negotiations had failed. The committee had
formally decided upon the terms of the com
promise measure , which was to bo formu
lated and accepted by both sides at the ses
sion this morning. There was no intention
on the part of Mr. Merrill , the chairman of
the house commitcco , to refer the ques
tion to the decision of the caucus ,
but ho intended to sign the conference
report and then try to get it through the
house , but certain gentlemen who are in
favor of more radical legislation than Mr.
Merrill considers Judicious at this session of
congress decided to force the committee back
into the position which had originally been
taken by the house , and so they secured a de
cree of the caucus requiring the conferees on
the part of the house bill to stick to the meas
ure that passed that body and forb.ido them
to make any concessions to the senate. This
defers final action on the bill indefinitely , for
the senate will not agree to a service bill at
this session and would rather have no legisla
tion at all. As Air. Davis , the chairman of
tlio committee said today , every proposition
contained in the house bill had been brought
before the senate and bad been voted down ,
and there were not half a dozen
members In the senate In favor of the service
bill. "There is a general disposition , " said
Mr. Davis , "a unanimous desire , you might
say , to tuko euro of all the disabled soldiers
who cannot earn their own living , and to leave'
the service pension for future consideration.
It is a fixed conviction with nearly every sen
ator that a soldier who has become disabled
from any cause whatever , whether in the ser
vice or since , to such u degree as to disable
him from earning his support ought to bo
pensioned , provided ho has no other income
than that derived from his own labor.
Bills of this kind have repeatedly
passed the senate but they have
not been the subject of favorable
consideration in the house except once in the
Forty-ninth congress when such a bill was
passed and vetoed by President Cleveland.
The senate committee and the senators unani
mously agree that the needs of disabled and
dependent soldiers should bo provided for in
the most liberal manner possible at once , but
that the service pension bill oan bo post
poned. A service pension to the survivors of
the revolutionary war was not granted until
sixty-three years after tbo war , to the Sur
vivors of ttio war of ibl'J until fifty years
after , and to the survivors of tlio Mexican
war until forty years after , and the commit
tee did not believe that there should bo a
service pension for the survivors
of the war of iho rebellion until
at least thirty-live years had ex
pired. " Mr. Davis , says too , that there
Is no time at this session to give a service
pension bill proper attention. "It is a meas
ure which will require the most careful con
sideration to the end that justice may be done
both to the soldier und the country. This
consideration will necessarily involve the
tlmo when such relief should bo extended ,
thu amount thereof , ways and means by
which the expenditure is to bo borne , and
above all , whether it can bo granted with n
duo regard to the rights of those pensionable
by reason of disability incurred since the ex
piration of their term of service. Much em
barrassment has resulted and must result
from an attempt to combiuo measures of this
character. "
The senate committee believes , too that the
service feature of the house bill will not give
satisfaction to the soldiers because It Is pref
erential and Invidious. It places the man
who served ninety days on the same footing
with him who served four years. It com
pels the youth who enlisted at eighteen and
who was discharged a veteran at twenty-
throe , who thereby lost his chance of educa
tion ami who is now forty-eight years old , to
wait twelve yours before his claim for recog
nition will bo entertained. It is well known
that tho. enllbtments during the first two
years of ttio war were largely from among tlio
youtn of the country ; that thereafter , under
the imperative necessity of disaster and of
the exertion of the full military force of the
nation , the older men went , generally as vol
unteers , sometimes as substitutes und many
under compulsion as drafted men , Into the
service. Those men served for much shorter
periods than their comrades , who were vet
erans when they ioined them. It Is the opin
ion of the committee that whenever It Is
deemed wlso to Inaugurate a system of service
pension it should bo done for the benefit of all
living soldiers who are honorably discharged ,
ami It Is urged with grant force that the pen
sion should bo graded in proportion to luugth
of service.
On iho other hand , the house committee
argues that w.lnlo It Is true that servieo pen
sions were not granted to the survivors of
former wars until u long period of time
hud eluded , yet the fact ivmnlub that the
very principle upou nblvh a iervico
pension nt the ago of sixty-two years Is based
is that at that ago the soldier is presume * } to
bo past the ago of labor and unable longer to
engage in the active duties , of Hfo and on that
account mjcds the aid of the government that
he fought to defend and maintain. If this
theory bo accepted for the true basis of a ser
vice pension , then the question of the lenith
of tlmo which has elapsed after tlio close of
the wdr docs not materially enter In the con
sideration of the questionA law should bo
put on the statute books as soon after the
close of the war as any of' ' the soldiers have
required age. ,
If It Is urged that a longer time should bo
permitted to pass so that the number of the
survivors may bo the less and the cost to the
government thereby lessened the committee
would reply that such a proposition Is utterly
unworthy of consideration oy the representa
tives of n great government. It Is very prob
able that the house will have to glvo way to
the senate in this matter , and that the senate
bill will finally bo agreed to without a light.
rADDOCK'B ADULTEIUTION HILL.
By a vote of six to three Senator Paddock's
committee today instructed him to make a
favorable report upon his bill "To prevent
poisonous adulteration" and for other pur
poses. It provides that the secretary of
agriculture shall organize i.u his department
n food division and make ruics and provisions
for its government ; that the Introduction
Into any state or territory or foreign country
of any article of food or drugs adulterated in
such a manner ns to bo dclltcrlous to health
shall bo punishable by flno and imprison
ment ; that this division in the agricultural
department shall make examinations of
specimens of food and drugs which
may bo collected from t time to tlmo
nud publish in bulletins the result of such
analysis , but the names of manufacturers or
venders of such food or drufca analyzed shall
in no case bo published in snch bulletins until
after conviction in the counts of violation of
this act. And if such examination shall dis-
eloso a violation of thislaw'itho district at
torney is directed to prosecute the manufac
turer or vender. The term drug shall include
all articles used for feeder _ drink by man ,
whether simple , mixed or compound. In the
case of drugs the detlnitlonila made when sold
under a name recognized in.'tho United States
Pharniacnpccla. If It- differs within the
knowledge of the seller from the
standard of strength , quality or purity
according to tlio testa laid down therein , or
if any substance or substances has or have
'
bcen'knowlngly mixed and packed with it seas
as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its
quality or strengthen so thnt such product
when offered for sale shalljbo calculated and
shall tend to deceive thopurchnser , ttio manu
facturer or vender shall bo liable to punish
ment. This undoubtedly includes adultera
tion of beer and other maltjlquors.
NEW NEI11IASKA TOSTMASTKIIS.
Gushing , Howard county , Lizzie Glass ,
vice H. G. Grubbs , resigned ; Huxley , Custcr
county , A. Hendricks , vico. J. C. Ilendricks ,
resigned. /
MISCELLANEOUS.
Commissioner 1'aum today no'tiflcd Mr Dor
soy of the appointment of. Dr. William H. II
Ilagey as n member of the board of pension
examining surgeons atXNorfolk , Neb. , vice
Dr. Daniels. Dr. Hagoy ! , cominisslon was
issued today. Mr. Dorser has recommended
the appointment of Dr./J..V. ' Harris on the
board at Cliadron when a'\acancy occurs.
Sol Davidson , businossijniaiiagor of the Ne
braska Tribune , Omaha , ' , stopped hero for n
few hours on his wayjito Now York. IIo
called upon Senators Paddock , ' and Mandcr-
son at the capitol.
South Dakotans are flooding congress with
petitions in favor of thojWilsou amendment
to the interstate commerce law prohibiting
the shipment of liquors' i.uto prohibition
states. ' > „ ,
A postofflco has been established nt Leslie ,
Lincoln county , and Mrsil-.ddlo Palmer has
been appointed postmaster. v
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TJIE
Brothers Ileunltcd After a Separation
of Fifty Years.
ATCHISON , Kan. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BEE. ] Fifty years ago , when
ho was a young man , A. J. North of this city
lost track of his oldest brother , Caleb North ,
who was a roving school teacher. A week erse
so ago Mr. North learned as a result of bis in
quiries that have been kept up for many
years , that his brother was in Boise
Citv ' , Idaho , and very poor. He at once sent
for 'him and the old gentleman is expected to
arrive in Atchison tomorrow. Ho is now
sixty-four years old. Ho had a family , but
his wife is dead and his children are scat
tered. Caleb North will spend the remainder
of his life in Atchison at the homo of his
brother , who is not only generous but well-
to-do.
Njbraslcn , Iowa and Dakota Pensions.
WASHINGTON , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BUB. ] Pensions granted to Nc-
braskans : Original invalid Geo. F. Cole ,
Brcwster ; Amos Sniff , Elmwood ; Frisby N.
Kichardson , Red Cloud ; Lafayette Ritchie ,
Lincoln ; Win. Wasson , Beatrice.
Iowa : Original invalid Leander Ten-ill ,
Frederick ; Henry P. Minton , Knlo ; 13.
Thomas lirvln , Hastings : J. F. Frailer ,
Missouri Valley ; James T. Wolff , Keolmk ;
Waldo J. Medcaris , Fort Dodge ; John Mc
Lean , Elma ; Lewis H. Bradshaw , DOS
Moiues ; Morrison Collins , Llnovillo ; Win.
II. Neliugs , Monona ; Thomas Elder , Lewis-
barg. Original widows , etc. Martha A. ,
widow of Alex Myers , Shell Rock ; Eliza ,
widow Of James Barrow , Norwood.
South Dakota : Ro-lssuo and increase-
Robert T. Scdam , St. Lawrence.
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A Plciilo With the Uwtinl Results.
BIRMINGHAM , Ala. , Juno 3 , [ Special Tele
gram to Tim BEE. ] A Sunday school picnic
at McAdory springs thirty miles west of
hero ended in a light. Ono man was killed
outright and several were badly i wounded.
A crowd of young men who attended the
picnic had a keg of beer hid in the woods and
all of them became intoxicated , A free light
was the result and George Roebuck's head
was split open with a hatchet.
It is not known who struck the fatal blow.
Al Simpson nud David Hcndrleks received
wounds which may provo fatal. The light
broke up the picnic and women and children
ran screaming into the woods. Several chil
dren wcro lost for several hours.
The Gun lioat
CiicsTEit , Pa. , JuuoS. The United States
gun boat Bcnnington was launched at Roche's
ship yard at noon in the presence of a largo
company. She is the twin companion of the
Concord. Her length IsU30 feet , extreme
breadth 30 feet , displacement 1700 tops. Her
armament consists of t > lx six-Inch breech loadIng -
Ing rifles , n secondary battery of eight rapid
firing guns and revolving cannon , rail and
tripod mounts ; also eight torpedo guns and a
complete outfit.
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Tlio Amulganuitcd Association.
PiTTbUi'ito , Pa. , June 3. The annual con
vention of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron und Steel Workers Opened in this city
this morning with 200 delegates present from
all parts of the country. The session was
taken up almost entirely -with organization
and nothing of interest transpired. The con
vention will bo in besslon ubout two weeks.
Two ConurcNHional Nomination ) ) .
Pirrsiifiio , Pu. , Juno 3. Hon. Thomas M.
Bayno , congressman from the Twenty-third
district , refused n renomlnntlon today and
Colonel William Stone , United States district
attorney , was nominated. It the Twenty-
second district Hon. John Dalzell was nomi
nated ,
Mixed UcbiiU In Oregon.
POUTI.ANO , Ore. , Juno 3. Returns from the
state arc very meagre. The election of Her
man ( rep. ) for congress Is assured. The gov
ernor Is In doubt , with tue chances In favor
of Punnovur Idem. ) The republicans elect
the remainder of ttio stale tickut and a ma
jority of both houses of the legislature. >
Bond
WAIIIM > TUN , June -Special { Telegram
to Tuc BEBUoiidi offered : ; , ooo ul 1
1
THEY THINK HE WILL ACCEPT ,
Goddard tbo Probable Ohairman of tbo West
ern Passenger Association.
AN APPOINTMENT CAUSES SURPRISE.
Chnlrniaii of the Freight As-
Boulatlon , Mnkcs His Itcport Ho
Docs Some Unmerciful Scor
ing Kallwny Noted.
CHICAOO , 111. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bcc. ] A committee was appointed to
day by the general passenger agents to select
n chairman for the western states passenger
association , The membership of the com
mittee is as follows : Assistant General
Manager Tuekor of the St. Paul , General
Manager Choppcll of the Alton , Vice Presi
dent Newman of the Northwestern , Vice
President Harris of the Burlington , General
Manager St. John of the Hock Island , and
General Manager Hayes of the Wnbush.
Four of the six members hare already ex
pressed a wish that cx-Vico President God
dard of the Achlson accept the oflleo , and it
is altogether likely ho will bo the unanimous
choice of the committee if ho will nccopt. Mr.
Goddard himself will say nothing on the sub
ject. This hashed the committee to hope ho
would accept. When the committee formally
announces Its choice it is understood the gen
eral passenger agents will acquiesce unani
mously. The committee also undertakes the
duty of securing now signatures to the agree
ment , and it possible of Inducing every line ,
great and small , in the old western states and
present trans-Missouri territory , to join. The
re-organization meeting will bo called as soon
as the committee Is ready to report.
Ono of the greatest surprises of the year in
railroad circles was the appointment today of
A. J. Earlinj * as general manager of the St.
Paul road. Mr. Earlinpr has made u wide
reputation as general superintendent , a po
sition he has held on the St. Paul for years.
The appointment does not change the 'duties
of any of the present officers , as Mr. Enrllng
will bo as heretofore entirely in the operating
department. His position exactly corres
ponds to that of General Manager Whitman ,
of the Northwestern.
Assistant General Superintendent W. G.
Collins has been promoted to the olllco of
general superintendent.
Chairman Midglcy , chairman of the south
western aivision oi tuo ivreignt association ,
today made his report. It consists mostly or
statistics of trufllc. The most interesting
feature is a statement showing that the lines
In his association hud not reported nearly
$1,000,003 of traffic , which the rules of the
association demand shall bo reported to the
cent. It is supposed by the charitable that
this discrepancy is duo to carelessness , but
the white winged competitors of the derelict
roads claim all the unreported traflic repre
sents that which was manipulated.
The total trafllc of the lines in Mr. Alldg-
loy's association , those running between Chicago
cage and Kansas Ciiy and St. Louis and Kan
sas City , was , for Ibts'J ' , 3UinTi > ! ) tons as
against 1,1)51,210 tons in 1888. The revenue
therefrom was Sll.'O GiVi in IbSO against
$ r > ,55SMT in issS. The average earnings per
ton , excluding lumber , was 1.50 west-bound
and $3,28 east-bound , an Increase of10 cents
west-bound and 8 cents east-bound. Forty
thousand three hundred and ninety-four cars
of live stock wore shipped at an average rato'
of $25 a car , a decrease of $31 a car over 1SS8.
Of the west bound tonnage OS per cent went
via Kansas City ; 20 per cent via St. Joseph ;
2 per cent each via Atchison and Leaven-
worth , and 7 per cent via other junction
points. The east bound percentages were-
practically the same. In 18S ! ) coal traillc
tilled the largest number of cars , -VIM.
Beer came next with 3,0 15 , 'while oil was a
poor third , with sugar fourth. Midglcy
scores his lines unmercifully for manipulating
and reducing rates and again insists that the
era of stable rates cnn only coino with pooling
cither the business or earnings.
At the Chicago and Western Indiana and
belt line annual meetings today V. T. Mallott ,
receiver of the Chicago & Atlantic , was
elected president. W. J. Broyfoylo was
elected a director in place of J. B. Carsou.
The other officers remain the samo.
Promoted from the
AIil.w.xuKEE , Wls. , Juno 3. President Mil
ler of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
road , this morning announced the appoint
ment of A. J. Earllng as general manager and
W. J. Collins ns general superintendent. The
appointment takes effect July 1. Botli ap
pointees uro old employes.
The Pennsylvania Makes n. Showing.
PITTSIIUIIO , Juno 3. The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Pennsylvania company
was held in this city today. The annual re
port of the board of directors for IbS ! ) was
submitted and auiirovcd. It showed a profit
for the year , after paying all expenses , In
terest on bonded debts , rentals , etc. , of $72S-
000 , against a loss for the previous year of
$75,000. There will bo a board meeting in
Philadelphia tomorrow , when the election of
oflleors will take placo.
Census Takers
NEW YOIIK , Juno . [ Special Telegram to
TUB Ecu. ] The first day of census taking
was a success. A rough estimate of the num
ber of names taken places it at 50,000. The
scene at the ofllce of Supervisor Murray was
nn animated ono this morning. Some of them
came to resign. Among them was Abraham
Alexander , who had the twentieth and
thirtieth election districts of the
eighth assembly distil' t. Al-xiinlor said
that ho could not stand the work. Ho found
that running up and down stairs In the tene
ment houses was more exercise than ho cared
for. Alexander produced a physician's cei-
tillcuto to prove that ho was sick and was al
lowed to resign. About fifteen resignations
have been received by Supervisor Murray
since yesterday morning. The supervisor
was busy filling these vacancies this morn
ing. _
Paddock's Substitute.
WASHINGTON , Juno ! ) . Senator Paddock
today reported favorably from the committee
on agriculture a substitute for all the pure
food bills which have been introduced in the
senate. The bill provides that there shall bo
organised In the department of agriculture a
food division , whoso chief shall
receive f-VHX ) nor annum , and bo
charged with tuo duty of procuring
and having analyzed samples of the food or
drugs sold in any state or territory other than
where manufactured. The introduction into
any state or territory from another state or
territory of any adulterated food or drug Is
prohibited under a penalty of line and Im
prisonment. Persons are required under
penalty to submit for analysis samples of
rood , drink or drugs , and an official analysis
may bo made of such articles whenever the
same Is demanded by any responsible person.
lluhiikvd the Police.
CHICAGO , Juno 3. John Kaiser , the New
York anarchist whom the police arrested on
the suspicion of knowing something about
the placing of the bomb near the Ilaymarkct
monument , was released by Judge Tulloy
this morning on d writ of habeas corpus. The
judge rebuked the police for holding Kaiser
without u warrant and for not allowing his
friends to see him.
' The Wild Pftronlp Victims.
KINHSTO.V. Ont. , Juno 3 , Four members of
the family poisoned by eating wild parsnips
near Lake George , are now dead , and it Is
learned that the other three will die ,
The Congo Tariff.
Biti'SSEi-s , Juno 3. All the delegates to the
anti-slavery conference , with the exception of
tlius.0 of tuiI'nitcd States , have formally ud-
heivd to thu Uulit'u Unit us UctlnvU by the
cv
SIILI.EU f'H Z1.10TT ,
Majority Kcport In flu ' j.vonth South
Carolina Coi , 't.
WASHINGTON , Juno 0 , Thnjorlty report
in the cose of Mlllor VB t itt from the
Seventh South Carolina dls v. was sub
mitted to the house commltto iday. The
entire South Carolina * regh tlon and
election laws ore declared unconstitu
tional. The basis for this declaration Is
that the state law Imposes a number of re
strictions upon the oxcrvho of the right of
suffrage which are In conflict with the stnto
constitution. The report also states that it
number of negroes have been compelled by
poverty , while waiting the maturing of
their cotton crops , to negotiate
their registration certificates to
traders , who immediately sent them to politi
cal headquarters , with the result that the ne
groes uro permanently disfranchised.
The report cites that In cortnln precincts
the ballot boxes wcro separated in the ease
of each office and that the voters wore
deceived by the intentional shifting of the
boxes , so that the judges of election were able
to throw out nil of the ballots cast in the
wrong boxes. "There was also , " says the re
port , "evidence of ballot box shifting. " Sum
ming up It Is found that taking the position
most favorable to the sitting members
Contestant Miller had n majority of 7f > 7.
while if the law Is strictly followed , his ma-
Joritv will roach 1,443.
Wilson of Missouri will prepare the mi
nority report.
TOO S1XIWT * TO 1,11'E.
A YpnujjOlrl Suicides lleonnso of Her
Imagined Wickedness.
Nnw YOIIK , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bun. ] Maud E. Fisher , a religious girl
eighteen years old , committed suicide yester
day in New Britain , Conn. , by drowning
herself in the reservoir because she thought
she was too wicked to live. The girl was a
member of the Episcopal church. She was
known as a most zealous Christian and was
blameless In her life , but was constantly
complaining that she was unable to live up
to the exalted saintly ideal which she had
sot up for herself. She kept a little diary in
which she recorded daily the story of her
struggles , her victories and her defeats. In
her diary she wrote the words : "Tonight !
shall go down street and shall also go to
church , then shall go away forever to the
reservoir. "
This programme was observed to the letter.
At (5 ( o'clock she walked to the center
of town , where she met two of
her nearest friends , who walked back
with her. They parted within sight of
Maud's homo.
"Good bye , girls , " she said ; "I am going to
the reservoir and you will not see mo again. "
The young ladies were startled and after
kissing Maud followed her at a distance , but
soon lost eight of her. They could not see
whether she entered her father's house or
not. Finally they went to the Fisher home
and related what Maud had said.
"Is she homo ycU" they asked.
"No , " said Her mother , "but she will bo
presently. "
At this moment Maud was sitting on the
rocks on the brink of the reservoir. Maud
took olT her hat and placed it with her shawl
on the ground. Then s > ho took off ono shoe.
As she untied the other she saw a carriage
coming up the hill. Instantly she rose and
plunged into the pool. Two young men drove
up as she sank the lust time , saw the cloth
ing on the bank , realized what had occurred ,
and drove hastily back to town , "Where they
told the story. The body was recovered
within an hour.
JlfMVMS.E A HO LI ) SCHEME.
Plans of Corrupt Politician * Spoiled
hy Governor Thaycr's Action.
LIXCOLN , Nob. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BEE. ] It is generally understood hero
that Governor Thayer had other and very im
portant reasons for revoking the call for an
extra session than those stated In the counter
proclamation. It lias been whispered hero
that the governor might soon make public
some very sensational facts In connection
with the men who sought to use him to pro
mote their selfish and wicked ends.
Your correspondent met the governor today
and asked him if ho had anything to say on
the subject.
"It is true f had other reasons than the ono
mentioned in my proclamation for revoking
the call for an extra session. I found the
vast preponderance of public sentiment
throughout the state against It , " said the gov
ernor. "I have been astonished at receiving
petitions from alliance lodges asking mo not
to call a special session of the legislature.
I did not desire to force it upon the people.
I have no policy to carry out in opposition to
theirs. I yield to the will of the people. "
"It is claimed , governor , that you are with
holding some very sensational facts in refer
ence to the part taken by certain
politicians in attempting to bring about
an extra session ! "
"Tills may or may not bo true. I will say ,
however , that 1 had other and stronger rea
sons than have yet been made public for the
revocation. I am not yet ready to make
them public , but may In the future. I know
positively thatl have , by rescinding the call ,
smashed some villainous schemes of corrupt
politicians. "
A Successful Suit for
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Juno a. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bnn.J The St. Paul city rail
way tonight sent Miss Emma L. Thurson of
Milwaukee n check for &j,500. On the after
noon of January 27 , 1SSS , a cable train ran
away on Selby avenue hills , ono person being
killed and twenty Injured. Among the latter
was Miss Thurson , She was thrown against
the steve and held tncro by the other passen
gers until burned in such a horrible manner
tnnt her hfo was for u long time despaired of.
For two months she lay 111 nt the hotel Kyim
and her lawyers brought suit for $20,000. She
was given a verdict of $ Sf , > 00 and the case ap
pealed to the supreme court. Today the rail
way company withdrew the appeal und paid
the full amount of the verdict.
A Heavy Kiitlnro In Minnesota.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Juno ! ) . [ Special Tele
gram to TIII ; Bin.j : The heaviest failure In
Minnesota , outside of the twin cities , In many
years occurred today at Now Prague , Scott
county , whore Michael Summer , n merchant
and operator of n largo mill , made nn assign
ment to Julius H. Ackcrman of Shakopeo.
The liabilities nro $110,000 and the assets are
estimated at $100,000. The Inability to dis
pose of the flour on hand Is given as the cause
of the assignment. The debts , which are
largo , are mostly to Minneapolis and Chicago
business men.
Training Stables Itnrned.
FIIANKMN , Pa. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : UIJB.J The training stable on Miller
& Slbloy's stock farm , adjoining this city ,
was completely destroyed by llro shortly after
4 o'clock this afternoon. All the animals ,
comprising twenty head of trotting horses ,
valued tit fJ.'iO.OOO , wore gotten out unharmed
through the superior discipline and hcroio ef
forts of the employes , Ono employe was seri
ously but not dangerously trampled on. The
origin of the llro Is unknown. The total loss
is about $7,500.
A Praiseworthy Ordinance 1'nsncd.
Lmcoi.N , Nob. , Juno a. [ Special to TUB
BEE. ] The eight hour ordinance has unani
mously passed the council , and hereafter
all city employes will have to
work but eight hours a day , The
ordinance was introduced by Mr.
Pace , but there has been considerable filibus
tering In regard to It , and an effort was made
to pocket und thereby squelch it. The
Knights of Labor met last Sunday and passed
resolutions favoring it und appointed a com
mittee to louli uftur It. This has had thu
effect of bringing It uot only to u vuto but tea
a unanimous passage ,
MEETING OF IOWA MASONS ,
A Enrgo Attcmlnnco nt the Opening of tha
Grand Lodge ,
THE SCOTTISH RITE QUESTION.
Grand Master Gamble Deliver * III *
Annual Address Tim DOS
3Iolnrs Itivcr Land Hulls on
Trial llnwkeyo News.
OTTUMWA , la. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tun UKU. ] The opening day of the grand
lodge was largely attended. The chief inter
est centers In the Scottish rlto controversy.
Grand Master Gamble in his annual address
reviewed at length the troubles in the lodges
and courts growing out of the attempt to
crush Cernauism. IIo declared that the Cer-
nau and York rlto masonry cannot peacefully
and harmoniously occupy the same territory
and each maintain their Independence. The
tlmo has arrived for definite , specific and ef
fectual legislation , to the end that this annoy
ing clement of discord may bo effectually and
briefly eliminated from our midst.
The committee on Jurisprudence reported
amendments to the law so ns to glvo
Ccrnau Masons until August 1 to
tnko demits from n blue lodge or
else renounce consistories , otherwise
to bo subject to trial and expulsion by the
grand lodge. This was made a s ] > cclaf order
for Wednesday morning , when a healed dis
cussion Is expected.
The grand secretary criticised the report of
Representative Robbins and the action of the
Illinois grand lodge , which rebuked Iowa for
mixing in the controversy. The grand secre
tary's reflections on Robbins , who has repre
sented Iowa for years , and is very prominent ,
called forth a protest and the matter was re
ferred to a committee to report tomorrow.
Most of tlio talk in and out of the lodge Is
the Scottish Kilo controversy. The grand
officers are evidently bound to crush t'ornenu-
Ism , but sentiment Is strengthening that the
grand lodge has nothing whatever to do with
the controversy , and the Ccrneauitcs are very
hopeful.
Town Supreme Court.
DES AIoiNEs , la. , Juno a. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bnn. ] The following decis
ions wcro rendered by the supreme court to
day :
William Winter vs the Central Iowa rail
road company , appellant ; Ccrro Gordo dis
trict ; alllrnicd.
H. It. Grotto vs John U. Schmidt , appel
lant ; Carroll district ; afllrnied.
W. S. Mnyro , assignee of Cocko & Morgan ,
appellant vs Council Bluffs savings bank ;
Puttawattamie district ; iilllrmcd.
Carleton S. Miller , appellant vs Joseph
Bcardslcy : Fremont district ; reversed.
W. W. Wilkins vs Frank B. Severance Ct
at , appellants ; Sioux district ; reversed.
Mary J. Homer vs city council of the city
of Burlington , acting us a board of equaliza
tion , appellants ; DCS Molncs district ; af
firmed.
Albert B. Turner vs A. J. Hnrdln et ul , ap
pellants ; Lee district ; affirmed.
M. W. Matthews , appellant , vs the city of
Cedar Rapids and L. W.Mansfield ; Llnu dis
trict ; reversed
State vs Clans Voss. Henry Kuhler , Thora
Boo , George Tallin and Edward Conory , pro
ceeding by ccrtlorari originally cominoncuil
the supreme court ; judgment for plaintiff.
William II. Dent , appellant , vs W. K Pow
ell ot nl. Woodbury district , reversed.
State vs Orbit Thorp , appellant ; Appanooso-
district ; afllrmcd.
The Aultnian Taylor Company vs F II.
Trainer , appellant ; Ida district ; reversed
William Miller vs T. M. Terkeldson and
others , appellants ; Jasper district ; alllrmi'd.
J. C. Swift vsV. . II. Ward , appellant ;
Polk district ; reversed , Beck dissenting.
Skipped with the Xow I/ovc.
Dr.s MOINHS , In. , Juno a. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Br.i : . ] A rumor is current
about the city to the effect that ex Deputy
County Auditor 0. B. Kaufman has skipped ,
leaving his wife and family and running oft
with Mrs. Nellie Blair , a pretty dressmaker ,
the divorced wife of William Blair. Mr.
Kaufman resigned his position In the uudl
tor's olllco about a month ago to take a posi
tion with a mortgage company , and it was
thought that ho had gene cast on business ,
but it is said that ho went away with the
woman on Saturday last.
Severe Hlcctrlcnl Storms.
Ciiiun RAPIDS , la. , Juno a. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin ; Bin. : ] Severe electrical storms
prevailed tonight and today. Last evening
lightning struck the butcher shop of J. B.
Hawkins , and an employe named Bennett
was seriously Injured.
Uiver
FOIIT DODOK , la , , Juno .1. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin ; Ben. ] The famous suit of the
United States against the DCS Moines river
land company came up before the United
States court hero today. The suit Is brought
to settle the question of the ownership of
110,000 acres of land valued -,000,000. . This
Is the hind from which hundreds of settlers
were evicted by the river land company in
the fall of 1BSS. The suit will settle the title-
for good.
JUS SCHEJIH FAlhEI > TO H'OItlC.
A Swindler Tries to Make People * Bo-
llcvo IIo Has Boon Drowned.
LooANSi'OUT , Ind. , Juno a. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BBI : . ] James Christie , n well
known young farmer living near Fletcher's
lake , eumo to this city last week and obtained
fSOO from the banks on notes to which were
forged the names of farmers living in his
neighborhood. Christie then called on nn insurance -
suranco agent and took out a policy of $5,000
on his life. While the policy was being writ
ten up Chrlstio purchased u suit of clothes ,
shoes and hat. Going homo ho gave the pol
loy to lib wife and ate hlH supner. About 8
o'clock a neighbor called and the two went
swimming In the lake near by. Chrlstio swam
out into deep water before his companion
undressed. In n few moments Chrlstio called
to his friend on the hank , saying that lie had
cramps , and to got a boat near by and coino
to his rescue. The boat was secured but
Chrlstio hod disappeared. The hike- was
dragged for two days and nights In search of
Christie. Ills clothes on the bank were
found where ho took thorn off , and tracks
wore discovered yesterday of a barefooted
man colng towards Chrlstio'H house from tlio
hike. A peculiar shaped too , which marliod
itself In tlio foot prints and which tallies
with Christie's foot , bottles the fact In tlio
minds of the neighbors that Chrlstio made
his way homeward while fits friend was
getting the boat , und donning the new outfit
which ho purchased loft the country. C'tiriatio
was heavily in debt.
To Soil to the Hi ; , ' Konr.
ST. Lot'is , Mo. , Juno a. At the annual
meeting of the St. Louis , Alton Xurro
Iluuto railroad company held here yesterday ,
It was decided to glv * sixty days' notice of &
special meeting to be held for the purpose of
voting upon a proposition to sell the mam line
to the "Big Four" for f 10,000,000. The re
port for Ibs'J showed the gross ourningB
amounted to (1,110.000 , an Increase of f 101,000
over the preceding year. The operating ex
penses wcro iOI'J.OOO , an Increase of 1100,000.
Catholic Order of Fo ran torn.
CIIICAIIO , Juno a , The annual convention
of the Catholic Order of Foroaters met hero
today. Of the delegates oubildu the st.itu thu
inulority were from Ohio , Indiana. WibcoiiHla
and ( 'unada. Nothing but oivunlzatluu wui
iii.umplhUi-d ultuday's bossiou. Thu cou >
vt.-i.iiuu win lusi ilirco duya.