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_ _ . . . I S THE OMAHA DAILY EE. H'- - . ' . 'I ' JSTA3L1SIThD JTJNE 19 , 187i. OMAHA , SATURDAY1ORNI , 1'J1IL 4 , 1S9G-PWELVErAc-E SflE + LE COPY FIVE CENTS. _ SENATE IS NOT 4SATISFIED ' S Ministry's ' Explanationa Not Sufficient to Command Oonflclenco. ; ' AGAIN IU coruci wiin TIlE CHAMBER In Vle f Iie StIeccsMIse VoeM ( If t t CflhlflIlI'HC ID flit' CIiniitIer the r 2UInIMtry 1heIdCM Not o 1LeNII& 0111CC. ' PARIS , April 3.-In anticipation ot a lively , debate upon the foreign policy of the govern. , mont , the Senate was crowded today and - . many deputIes , as well as most of the mm. : Isters , were preRent. M. 1)oumor , as minis. 4 ter of finance , submitted a bill providing for the Madagascar expenses. In supporting the Proposal of M. BseniL ( to defer interpelkitlons until alter the itoh. days , the premier , M. h3ourgeot , declared S S lie COUld not add to the explanations on the IgyptIan questions which hati been furnished , on Tuesday. lie declared that the govern. flout yesterday had obtained by a vote of the Chamber of D3puties poof that the majority , of that body was assured It had sumciont outhority to pursue ( lie pending negotiations , and a vote in the Senate today might heson ' the authority given by the Chamber of 1' ' , DeputIes , and therefore , he begged the Sen. ate. In the name of France to poetpone all Interpehlations until the reassembling of l'ar. ( Ilalnent. S ffl ipite of title appeal a motion to defer J the interpeliatlons was defeated , whereupon M. Uotirgeos declined to reply to them. I M. MiIlard ! stated that the explanations of M. Bourgeois were as inadeiiuate in the Chamber as In the Senate. lIe added that I the resignation of M. ilerthelot , the former minister for foreign affair. , had deceived no One. All the world , he asserted , understood ? that M. Ilerthelot's retirement vas an ad. ' 1 mission of tIundcrH committed. Continuing , S M. Mihhiard aI(1 ( that it impossible to / approve the position to which France had S len reduced during the last flve months , . both in Egypt and Madagascar. The InterS - S nal policy of the government , he Insisted , ; was not calculated to inreaso the jrcstgo ! . of France abrcal Thereupon M. Miiilard In. - troduced the fohlowiiig resolution : . - The Senate , noting the declaration of the S government that it cannot flld to Itit ox. I planatlons of Tuesday ( on the EgyptIan question ) and consIdering these explanations eS Iniiil1Iclnt , rofuKetI It a vote of confidence. i The resolution was adopted by a vote of to . : , All the ministers left the Senate after the passage of the Vote of non.confldence and I the Senate , ahtnst Immediately after ad. journed until APrIl 21. After leaving the Senate chamber the mlii. Ister met at th Qual d' Orsay in order to . discuss the situation. They separated at C o'clcchc , but maintained secrecy In regard to the eslon. At the close of the session , ; ) however , Mr. Bourgeois vent to the Eiyeeo S palace in order to see the president. , I Later it became known that the cabInet lied decIded that the successIve votes of con. , F. fidence of the Chamber of DeputIes made It L45 the duty of the government to contInue in office and M. llourgeos so informed the ' ; jresldent. . L SENATORS GREATLY AGITATED. f LONDON , AprIl 1.-The TImes will pub- hIsh tomorrow a dispatch from Its ParIs correspondent , which says : When M. Dour- geols refused to answer the question ( put to , litni In the senate ) there vaa great agItatIon . and several r1g1ttkts attracted attention by S theIr Interruptlon. The5 Comte'de MaIllo cx. claimed , 'SVe are dealing with the. ministry : of a mob , " Provost d Launay cried , "VIvo , in Commune. " ' M. I3ourgeohs replIed that he might ask ' ' the president to note the. Interruptions. but : P _ they were unworthy of notIce. The Times adds that after today's experlcace it wIll : - henceforth ho taken as the rule that the senate cannot upset a cabinet. S The Paris correspondent of the Times S. claIms to have the best authority for the - 'l followIng explanation of the resignatIon of S 4 M. l3crthelot a , mInister of foreign affairs : I "It appears , " lie says , "that after M. for. / thchot's speech of March 19 , which pledged In a definIte Way the polIcy of tim govern- I meat regarding Egypt and left nothing on- . 4 touched upon , the RussIan enbassador : , Daroti - do Mohronhielm , made a communication to -44 the French government , in whIch , after t forma'ly ' declaring that. lie had scrupulously S abstained from InterferIng in the domestic affairs of France , ho pointed out that the : present questIon was one at abolutcly cx- ? ternal Interest , In which the common action j of Franch. and RussIa wouhd naturally ho t 7 sought. consequently , It seemed surprisIng ; that such a declaration should be made In t the Chamber without having communIcated with tlto representatlvo of RussIa , whIch leftS S S him no longer able to freely express an opiti. 5 ! ion. " tS Prilbee Lobanoff-flostOVslY ( the Ruscian minIster of foreIgn affaIrs ) hastened to approve - prove tue attItude of the RussIan ani'uassa- 1 dot' . r1 At the cabinet meetIng on Saturday M. , rhourgeols cornmunicnteu tue foregoing to his ; I colleagues iii the ministry. It Is unknown : , what occurred at the cabinet meeting coon. I cii , but M , Iertliclot , after announcing his Intention to resign , quitte5 the council and has not returned to the Ouai d'Orsay since. " ; SENATORS , \RE ANXIOUS. The DaIly News' ParIs correspondent says : A curious parC of the sItuatIon is tilUt whIle thio Ohlalnher adjourned until May 17 the Senate will moot on April 21 , In order to atchi thin foreign policy of the governmciit , and to oversee thin course It may follow regarding the municipal electIons. The great strength of the Senate Is due to the fact that It lies ioo yotos in the vrel- I dehitial election. 1vcry notable pohitielaii , p expects to be president. Both Id. Hour- 4' . gcols and the Sunatt seem determined to : fight. Out the quarrel , hut sotito of the miii- Itcrs are scared at the Itlea that In Qrler to keep theIr liortfohlos they must plunge , I. Into a dIspute , slid they vI1l try to irntchi matters ui' . The Sonatti iii incenscd agaInst . N : , BourgeoIs. on account of his tour In the 4 ii eouth of France with Proldoiit Iattre , 'hero ho waa frequently hailed wIth cries of "Down wIth the Senute. " Moreover , the rich senators are frightened at M. Joumer' S schoiflo for an Iticonto tax. Hut thio Senate drat1 nioetly the influ- t once of thin radical government UO thio municIpal elections. 'ilto thIrd part of thin S vnator8 , whose terms cia next to be re- rowed , happen to be moderates and cotiecrv- atIViI. Shouhd M. flotwgeois got radical mu- tilcipalitles elected tiuabghout Fratico , hrjt ; . few oT the outgoIng senators would be re- tnrncd. ThIs woilhil mean , should i'reIdont S Faule ( lie or rcclgn wIthin four years , a radical ireIdent of the epubhic and perhaps ; . , n radical rovisioii of tim constItution , What Is belied by this Senate is to make phain to Preidont Fatiro that F'ranco is at I a dis.dvsntago sItIt , cgartl to the powers sltlt the hiourgeols cabInet , If the presi- S dent takes thh view lie iiiay disinlso M. 3ourgoOIS 011(1 send for M. Franck Chiau- yeaq 1)111 1 htsrdl ) think liii will. for If , : be thld every tnegijer of the Chianibcrwh would iife be lirfeldent would rotuso to veto tiio 4budgct tilitil there was a now : nISIL at the Elyf ' A dis1ltch1 % o tilO Standard fioiii P4rls . $ ' eaya Tue 'ioiirgeoIs cabinet will devote I Itself durIng the vacatIon to prcparationis fur the munIcipal elcctlona In May , 'vhiclt . are c'pccIaiIy IluhlorIant , owing to the tact I that thin iiitiiileipals torni a ina1ority of the I crnstituency vhiIclt elects tue i4eiirtte. Thin S ) radicals and socIalists hope that thcie dcc- ; , toes will favor the abolition of the Senate. ' TItle nccountB , far more titan any huestlon ot foreign IQhieY , for thin anxiety of thin Cl- iortunista Phil conptrvatives to ejcct thin 1 13ouricol8 mInistry. .c - UihZ CItisitItig Iliu ihi's ii , . llngxixngt' , ; ALDANY , AlriI 3.-Senator Ellsvortht I tjill compelling railroads to carry bicycles as taggagO tree ot churgo , was advanceil ii the : third reading In the senate today , cuh1ts IlUS'1'it' IS 1'AltAIaYZIfl. Croli ltiiiiiel nnuhlluMlni'iM lenI ii , . a hteMnit ( If the Vnr. ( Copyright , lS9 , by l'ress Pubhhing ! Company , ) hAVANA , Cuba , AprIl 3.-Now ( York World Cablegram-Special Tehegram.-The ) total amount of sugar made hi Cuba this year , I have excellent authority for stating , wllh not exceed 130,000 tons. The normal crop Ii about 1,000,000 tons , This enormous shrinkage means , it is estImated , a money loss of $5G,000,000. Tue tobacco crop will be greatly dimin. irhed , The other products of the island- hides , mahogany and cedar-are practically not to be had. Ilu.iiesa ! Is prostrated , Nothing is being done on the exchange , and the Produce ox- chiango Is hhfehes3 , Nova Scotia mIt cod. fish , a staple article and usually In great demand , sold recently , I hear , for 1 2-3 cCflt a pound below cost , Flour , potatoes and the commonest 110008- sarles of life cannot be hd on buslneso principles , There Is no money. havana is like a tomb. Yesterday anti today - day even the cabs ceased to run in the street In recognition of holy Thursday and Good Friday. Ittisuhese , what there Is , has been ourpendej. No newspapers are printed , The news that the steamer Ihormtida has been thetained hi Central iiinerlca with her cargo awakens no surpriro in well Informed circles here. That Gomez is In or near to Puerto PrIncipe - cipo hirovlnce Is now known In Havana. In govornnient circles there lies been itiuch dis. cussion abo. , him and many persons in sub- ordlnato posItions have believed that the rebel chIeftain was de.ad , Explicit accounts of hiow GOmez was buried have been related to tue. which the narrators evidently sin- cerchy believed. General Ando , commanding In Santa Clara province , has been blamed for allowIng Go- inca to get through that provInce. I do not think lie could havp stopped him with the troops at his ( IIi'posni. Gonlez was in such a physical condition that he had no warlike ! desIre. lie woe simply endeavorIng to avoid any Spanish force and to proceed by eaay stages to a point in Puerto Prlncipo province where ho could rest , hoping to rog3ln his hioahthi , Gomez is lyIng loss than 200 mIles front havana. lb has been in communication wIth ) Joe Macco. The subsequent movements o the hatter header are unceriaIn. One a'c- count is that lie vIhi try to come westward to aid his brother , Antonio Macco. WILLIAM SlIMY I3OWEN. No API'ROACII TO A S1TTLIMEXP. Vext of the Conference I'roceedlngs on thit' tniiitOhii % School QiesiIon , OTTAWA , Ont , , AprIl 3.-Tho text of tue ircceedings at the conference between the DomInIon and Manitoba government's corn- mlssloners , which closed without result at Winnipeg yesterday , wIth relation to the vexed schools quesUon , was made publIc here and in Winnipeg last night. The oiflcal ! statement shows that the Dominion government - ment made a proposition to Manitoba that the province shouhd adopt thin Nova Scotia or Now Brunswick system , under whtichi such schools. in a modified form , are retained , The Manitoba government replied , declining to accept the offer , but proposed to entirely secularize the schools , offering to set apart a half hour , between 3:30 : and 4 p. m. each day , for religious exercises and teaching , such exercises to be conducted by any Christian clergyman , whose charge included any portion of the school district , or by a person not a clergyman , but authorzed by the hatter and acceptable to a majority the sebioeh trustees. No puphs should be required - quired to attend the rehigious exercsa ! if the parents objected , and such pupls would ie dIsmissed at 3:30. : This proposition tie Dominion - minion government , through Its commis- sloners , refused to accept , and the conference - once closed. 'I'ALES OF SPANISh ATROCITiES. Citizen of Che''elnhIdRCpOrtM Souse of ills Obcrs'ntloiui IlL linvanit. CLEVELAND , 0. , April 3.-The etories that have been told concerning the tortures Inflicted by the SpanIards in Cuba are more tliap iiflrined by Mr. F. II. Taylor , who has , Iiist arrIved in this city after a reidenco of three years in Havana. In answer to in- quirles regarding the truth of the cIrculated reports , he said : "Thin worst has not been told. , I have known of priooners b&ng strung up by the thumbs at Moro castle and heft for days at a time to the mercy of the vIcIous flies , which were attracted In. . swarms by molasses smeared upon the vie- tim's face and chest for that pdi'pose Many other forms of torture are practIced upon the unfortunate rebels when taken. These outrages - rages against humanity do occur , as any citiZen - Zen of Havana can testify , In fact , if they would allow some of thio persecuted wretche8 In the Cuban dungeons to testify , stories of flerithishi torture could be unearthed , which would shock the christian world , Chirizuiu'ritiiii JelIIlIIiM liii AflNi'.Cr. LONDON , April 3.-A dispatch from Pretoria to the Times says : An Important dispatch from Mr. Chamberlain was pro- seated to President Kruger on Wednesday , In a friendly but firm tone It insists upon a rcdres of tile uitiandors' grievances , re- uiring also a reply to the Invitation to vIsit England , which canit be allowed to remain - main indefinitely unanswered. The firm attitude - titude of thin Dritish govornnient Is generally approWe , but the Dutch desire to control thin governmeiit hinders a settlement , It is very doubtful whether thin Afriheand. ere In Cape Colony and Natal would assist the Doors in the event of war , They are more hlkly to remain neutral , fearing the confiscatiOn of their property. Seseiitieit I'visoncrs Executed. TAMPA. Fla , , April 3.-Letters reeclyod from Cuba today state that Inst Tuesday seventeen political prisoners were eliot in the Fortress Cabanas , in Havana , and that wenty.flve were to be executed onVednes - ilay , Thin phaiitation Esreranza do Cespades , iii Santa Clara , has boon totally' ' deetroyed , IL was valued at 5OO,0O0 , It is rumored that a battle occurred in Pinar dcl Itlo Tuesday between tue forces of Macco and Colonel Suaren Inshan , in which thin hatter wac seriously - iously wounded. L.uis MartInez Y'Vlgner , the Macrican cItizen arrested March 26 , in havana , writes that lie will probably besent to prison at Ceuta , Africa , l'ruINcN the tiierlCiiI tIIsnhtiiiirles. LONION ) , AprIl 4-The duke of Argyle , in a cIrcular appealing for relief funds for Armenia , haYs a tribute to the work of the Anierican inissionai'les. who , he says , vitii bravery have undertaken the work in the face of inaiiy dlillcuitieii and much dlscour- ugeizient ttiiil urn wisely distributIng relief from nIneteen depots , which Sir Philip Cur- rho , the l.iritiih anibassador , anti Mr , Ter- roll , thin Unit.&I States mInister , have been the means of cstnbhlsbhig. flt CtIIitIOlll'ti I ) ) ' ( lie 'I'nvl H , CONSTANTINOPLE , April 3-Miss Clara Iarton , president of the 'tmerlcan lIed Crass society , is touch disturbed on account of the reports circulated lit the United States to tue effect that the Red Cross relief is being coatrolled by Turk . This , It appears , is not the cisc. Thin Turkhihi gover.men allows I ( lie egents of Miss iiarton to distribute the relief tuiids , the oitly stipulation being' that It must be done iii the prence of the Turkish officials , I - Cvltit'isIii' tile Ycflziit'liii. LONDON. AprIl 4-The Daily News has II column article ciitIclsln the methods of Venezuela regarding [ Tui bi'ntTjj7 citliii and askin'hero is thu Venezuelan reply to the firltishi blue book ? \\'hcre is thin I evidenes of most incontestable law referred to in Seitor Itojan' dispatch to Lord , ber- dccii of Fcbni.iry , 1881 7" t'ILCI'iIl Vcyler Goes iu Church , hiVANA , AiirIi 3-CaptaIn General \\'dy- her and bIn staff and hie clvii and military ittithorilies took part yesterday end today n the religious cereiiionles in the cathedral , at which were also assembltd all the elite of I Itavana LONC LIST OF ATROCITIES Terrible Stories Told by a New Oricans Newspaper Correspondent. SPANISH SOLDIERS ARE SPARING NONE i'iitllng flown the Itehiehlion h , ' i- teriiiIitntInj the Cuban i'COhiC- hhiondy TropilieN llxhtibitcil hJ3 ( lie Soldiers , NEW ORLEANS , La , , April 3.-The Picayune's special Havana letter , dated Marchi 27 , gives thi 4uniianry of events per. sonahhy invcstigatu by the wrIter , which is declared to be accurate in every respect : "Iii Ilalnoo , Dr. Vitlal Sotohongo made an operation on a poor old man , and when lie was convalescing ho was one night arrested and taken to the armory of the Guardia Clvii , where they lashed him all over the body , antt in spite of his cries they laughed antI took iiin on thin outside of thin town ; where they compelled him to make a grave , in whIch they buried him , after he died from the ill-treatment ho had received , On the Plantation Salvador , of tIm Count do liarreta , L'eutenant Detancourt , a Cuban by birthi , belonging to the troops of General Ahdecoa , 'hiot to death , after hacking hiini withi his machete , a defenseless colored resident , who was on his way to join his family. On the first machete blow lie host an arm and the second his head. In the city of Ilatabano the chIef of police and other local authorities arrested three individuals - dividuals and took thorn on thie outskirts of the town , where they were butchered and left dead on the roadside , the murderers brInging the report to the city that the Insurgents - surgents had killed the men. In the village of San Feilpo soldiers unher command of Colonel Galbis and Colonel Linares captured three Inoffensive laborers and hacked thiein to pIeces amid th langhiter of the troops , who shouted that they could not serve the insurgents any more. 'In the cIty of hiejutal , BrIgadier Callxto Ruiz was waited upon by seven Cuban Insurgents - surgents , vhio wished tcf surrender , as they were suffering from bilious fever. He veh- coined them and assured them they would not be troubled. However , the following day they were taken out antI shot. DEPOPULATED TIIETOWN , "The butchery of the peaceful inhabItants of Guatao still remains unavenged , and there is no hlkehLhood that this small-sized Amer. idan incIdent viil meet with justice. The hiving are too terrIfied to bear testImony agaInst Lhe Spaniards. On Colonel Marquez do torvera will eternally rest the honor of having entered a town and givIng hIs soh- diers orders to shoot every one , flQ matter who they were. As a result , the women and chliden , the sick and the dying were butch. ercd wlthi bali In some cases and with steel I in others. This happened again at Lugane , San Jose , Corral False and Jesus del Monte. In Guatao alone , I am informed by reliable persons , the number of killed , including men and children , was forty-seven persons. "On the plantation Jlquaibo , thin property of Don Caries Pedraso , in Juaruco township , a dotachmtdt of Spanish troops assaulted a iaboter's hianty and after tying Eladlo Pc. droso they shot his wfe. one of the bullets stIking her little child which was In her arms and breaking her arms. In the plan- tatlan of La Serafiba , ot.-.Don Fehipe Croz , Sergeant Altamirapo shot. a aged laborer nanied Sanchaz baUse he refused to act as guIde for the SpanIsh column. In the same vIllage on the "Azacatto' PlantatIon the aol. diers On thft' there shot one Luls Lugo without - out provocatIon. In the township of Jaruco , on the phjtntaton ! of Morales , the troops of C Iotel T rt , commandig the Rural guard , atred our pien and one woipaii on the ch1'g'of beIn insurgent sympathizers and took them t the armory , where they were hatr apd subsequently killed , as was also thl wonan , who rcfusod to admIt she was. In dbi'nmuntcatiom'i with thin reb2l forces. The womCi named Margorula Pedrosc , was soon to becbme a mother. In the village of San- tonlo ' fin Ls Batoos a man named Bonito Lozacl'a , uspected of Insurgent tendencies , was shot o death by the soldiers. In the viIha of B n Matlas , near Jaruco , the forces of Cohoil Tejerizo violated the women of the family of Jose Calabuche. On the plantation - tation of Cahizto , of Juan 4thtOflIO Herna- dez , neal' San AntonIo tie Lan Vegas , Cap- tam Mahuel Ruz of the regiment of Isabel the Cahohic , shot to death on inoffensIve imbecile wlh ? annoyed the troops. EXHIBITED TIlE PROOF. Troops under command of General Ecague entefed the towns of Limonar and Lunli- dero , boasting that they biad sent eIghteen rebel symapathizers to meet their fate and showing thier bloody arms as proof of their butchery. Lteutenant Ccrmal Y'Pedroao of a cavalry battallon , made the statement in the presnco of various persons that ie had atruck down wIth his swprd two negroes , and further added that when ho left for the field un killed every Cuban ho could get hold of on the simplest charge , as ev ry Cuban was an insurgent at heart al that General Woy- Icr had Ivehi instructiOns to the coinniand. era of thie operating cohumn to dispce of as many insurgent symnpahilzers au possible amid that hio would stop any talc and would stand bctweeii this omcers and the public , but that the Insurgomits must be put an end to at all hazards. "To further apQrec'ate ' the condition of this country , I will state what I heard In thin citl ot TrInidad , while there a few days ago. The Rev. Father Cueryo Y'Canonigo saId : 'I believe that all thio Cubans possIble should be killed off and clear tIme country , anil in that manner make room for fanllliai which would be brought over from Spa4xm to Cuba , The negroes and mulattos should all be killed off silently and without exciting any comment , and their property confiscated , Therefore , shemi se would bring families ever from Spain and colonize thin island , we could give them this confiscated property and they couhi make a good start in life. Tue Cubans who send their children to the UnIted States to be educated should. be taken hold of by the police and quietly placed where they could do the least harm , because those Anmerleans lawn republIcan ideas whIch are thin real cause of the present desire of time Cubans to revolt , The Yankees are the peo. iile s'hio sympathize with the Cubans and they are responsible for this war , ' "While at TrInidad I paid a visit to an Insurgent camp commanded by one of their leaders , I believe by one , Lacret and found that the wives and daughters of a great many of the insurgents vere with them , Those women are not camp women , but some of them were ladies who months ago vero ihining social lights of thin cities of Alatanzas , Cardenas , Clenfuegos , Santiago , Camaguey and Havana , Time camps were orderly , velI estabilehied and dIscplincd , " FECIH U t Ihtimol $ uflut'Icut , LONDON , April 3.-Mr. Chamberlain , time colonial secretary , hiss Issued a statement zalculated to celia apprehensions regarding time situation 1mm South Africa , to the effect that he expects the force of 600 men now forming at Mafeking , with the forces imow In Matabelehamid , to be sufficIent to crush Limo rebellion. An ofllclah dispatch receIved from flulu. ivayo eays the forces ( hero are suificient for iefeiis , but s ill not be suificient to quell be rebehiion , whmich iii hi } ely to beconio gon- raI when the MatabeJe btomne organized , Nortlnycst iliom't (151 " , Vomueii. MONTREAL , , 'prll 3-A nmeeting for the urposo of organizing an association for thq , rornotiOn of female emigratIon to the northwest - west territories has been held in Toronto. Fhie Canadian I'acitle raIlway otlhcials have tfered reduced tatca. Xcui'o llesitt'ii j , . % 'hiitvenps , mhEMI'hIIS , April 3-Samalipox originated it Wilhiim hIaloy'e , colored , several iimontlms igo , and ( or ibis he was white capped amid adly shot and beaten by a immob of twenty ersomu , before time eyes of his wife and I hhldreu , in DeSoto county , hiLOth ) % ' IIATTI.1I i'iTIE OIJTbA'S. GeorgIa flcspernilocs in Terrible W'orh& Itht Their Ithiles. CONCORD , Ga. , April 3.-4A tragedy occurred - curred here last night , in whIch two men were fatally shot , About 7 o'clock 'Sheriff Gynn and a posse went to the house of Taylor DeIk , notorious desperado , to arrest him on a warrant for robbery and assault to murder - der , As the sheriff arrived at the door ho was fIred at. thirotmgh a sindow wIth a rifle. The ball passed through lila heft side. About fifty shots were fired , Sheriff Gynn was hying on the front porch begging for some 000 to comae and get him , wlmen Mr , John F , Madden attempted to drag hini off. lie was also fired omm , and the bail passed through both thighs , breaking both legs. A crowd of enraged cltlzemms1 timirsting for the blood of the dcssperado , surrounded the house , and while some prdcured fire balls of tow saturated In turpentine , whmichi vero hurled at the building , others kept imp an incessant fusiIado from guns aiih revolvers to deter the three inmates from making a dashi out into the darkodss and so escape from theIr would-hp captors. If It is hiossi. hilo to take the trio of aesperadoes alive their fate wIll be a horrible one , death at the stake having been determined upon by the frenzied people. Sheriff Gyon is sinking fast , and it Is riot behioveil that ho ill survlvp the night. Dr. Malloy and assistants have the osmndcd imian under their care , but say that all that can be domic is to ease his last moments. Mr. Johui F. Madden is' a Prornineimt merchant - chant , wIth a wide business and eocluh ac- qunintance throughout thmeatate , , Ills condition - dition Is regarded as sorlous , and ho will doubtless have to undergo amputation of Olin if not both legs , ' WhIle thin hmouse surrounded by a posse , the desperadoes rxmshed froni the building , and shmootiug rapidly in every direction - rection , broke through the croad and made their escape in the darkimas. Two posses of several hundred mnen are now In pursuit , and old Taylor Ielk , time header , is surrounded iii a swanmp. He is shooting rapidly , but his nmmunition lmas about given omit , and he will be captured. If taken alive lie wiil be lynched. Posses are spreading out , looking for the I other members of tIme gang , who will meet a like fate it caught , -S CA1"i'UREI ) A OTOltiOVS SWIXILE1I. Gothintim i'ohlue teel.Jentnh1r Arrest is Mmmcli ' % 'nimIoit Criimilmush. NEW YOItK , April 3-George Johnson , who hmas a notable record as a criminal , and who is alleged to ho one of the gang of hatter-box robbers -who have operated In most. of the large cities of thmo United States , is a prisoner here with a bullet wound In his wrIst. Johnson's arrest was somewhat in the nature of an accIdnt. Last night officers discovered three iiientm'ing : to force an entrance to a houa'o on East EIghty- fourth street. The men rdn upon seeIng that they were observed. rrhe pohiccmcn pursued , and fired at the- fugitives , ono of whom was hit In the wrl t. This namm , Johum- son , and ono of hIs companions , were caught , but the third escaped. Thin wounded man W05 identified as Johpsoo , * agaInst whom there are pendIng numerous.couiplaints. lie is 42 years old , and has erved'several ternms of ImprIsonment for huigliway robbery and swindling. In 1894 lie joIned "Biijy"llainlhton , Charles Fisher and Steve Doyle in an expedItIon to hngland , purposimig a whohcsaio swIndle of banks there. The plan had been formed by FIsher and IIamIltoi , but tbeyfaiIed in one of the first ventures. iitmflIltomi , presopted a forged order for a check book for Adams , Gllfillart & Co. , at the Bank of Scotland , In London , A clerk of that 'sirdi ' happened to bo in the bank at thie"time and Hamilton wao arrested and montenccI to three year imprlsonrnnI , As ' Hamilton was the "ueratchei' or penman , his loss broke up the conibinatioti and' the obera returned to America. HamIlton was 'pardoned ' very soon an a consumptIve , and got bachc4o New York in 1894 in timoto Join tIme mail box robbery combInation , of which four' ' members , Kelly , Whelan , Wallace and Hamiltoti hulinselt are now behind prison bars , while I3oyhe , another member , Is dead. Charles 1'ihier , a seventh member of the box robbers , who was arrested - rested with Wallace iii Cihcinatl , contrived to escape. , IUMPS OUT OF' TIlE i'OU1t'1'1i S'I'OILY. l'rommtlnent Phiilntlelphiin NcwsiiIper luimi CoynmuItH SuIcide , PHILADELPHIA , Aprii 3.-Thomas Wharton - ton , Sunday editor of the Phihadehphia Times , fell or jumped from a fourth-story window of time house In whIchm he lived early this morn- lag and was Instantly killed. It is generally believed that hue committed suicide. Of hate the other occupants of time house had noticed that Mr. Wharton neomed to be melancholy , 110 was ccentrlc and made but few friends In the house , but durIng time past few days lie seemed particularly - larly despondent. Mr. Wharton was 37 years old anti wan widely known because of his literary ability. Ho was a freqimemit contributor to magazines - zines , He wrote several noveis , the best hcnown of which are "A Latter Day Saint" and "llanimlbai of New York. " lie graduated from thin University of Pennsylvania , and the honorary degree of A. LI. and A. M , had bee conferred ripen him , Ills father was the late Henry Wharton , a distinguished ameniber of the rlmlladelphula bar , and the deceased himself praatieed law before taking up journalism. Hts connection withi the Tunes dated from 1888. p - CILA'/.E ! ) hIY A PALL , P110)1 .4 TRAIN. Fmitztl CouNeq'mIeziceM Polhowing ii 'l'rlflIiW Accident , ELLIOTT , Ill , , AprIl 3-When the Lake FJrio & Western passenger train passed thirotmghi this place yesterday a nman fell backward from the steps of ono of the caiw , striking his hicad on a tie. Apparently crazed b' the blow , hme got up and , lrawlng a revolver , fired several elmots at thin crowd , ITo timen entered thin stable of Jolmn White , took a horse , which he miuounttn , anti started , pursued by a large crowd. At another stable lie cimanged horses , and rode on until ho was , stopped by a Iarbemi wire fence , when lie tlismnountetl and reurned his flight afoot , lie was finally lilt in the knee and head , captured amid takehm 5to a farni house , wimero hib leg was ainput.atpd , The suitor. tuimate man died hate last niht , Ills name was John Franklin , andhis flome Fort Recovery - covery , 0 , lIe lied beers enroute , with hmis wife , to St. Louis. Ills- wife was taken sick at flloomington , and they turned back and were returning to Dhibwhen lie fell from the steps of the trala. _ - - EXI'LOl ) \VI'i'1iPTtT. . fl1FHC'1'S. 'l'lmree Mliiers ICihleditnil Tsvim imijurcil by Glunt l'o'iv1er , DENVER , AprIl,3-A special to the News from Ward , Cob , , says. A - terrible oxpio- siomm occurred about noon today iii the Giice mine , about one end one-ipiirter mihes from thmis city , in which three men-were instantly killed and two otbes badly hurt. The death are : James Purmont , mhrjed ? ; Mart lIran- son , Grant iije. The Injured are : Jack Gallagher , Louts Snmithi , When the nien weit to 'work this atterpoon they took about fifty pounds of giant powder ilowul In time amino wItii them and-sbortly after they reached the bpttonm of time pbaft amid went to sork the p9wder In some unknown - known way exploded , Puramont. amid Bran- tori were blown to &mrds , " This lB the fourth fatal explosIon in the Cues mine , Not much laiiiago wan done tc the uilno , ' p Stopped hJI 1'usiirc 'i'rlsp , NEW YORK , AprIl 3-Dr. L. V. Cortelyou , i of Brooklyn , who &tarted from home hast Dceeniber on a tour of the world , has been brouglmt back from San Frimneisco and placed In a imrivate ssnitariuum , This doctor reachied 8an Francisco about Janmary 15 , and five I lays later visIted , Eurekai mnusle bali , where tie OCculmied a hex lie got Into an srgument which ended In a fight , lie was I baten and robboJ , Dr. Cartelyou iiaa never I recoycred , ( hAS BETRAYED IllS FRIEND. fox' ' Russian Exiles Searqhing the Country Ono of Their 1'lumbor , HAD KEPT hIM IN MONEY FOR YEARS Intliminlion 1111 % ' 1hl Meet ii. Violcmrt Deaths If P1)111111 UIIICSM lie lie- coiihilers , iii , , Ieterimiimmir- tioii. PIIILADELI'IIIA , April 3.-Agents of a Rus'aiami jatrlotic society are in the east hunting for Gregory Erasnow , who was Im. phicated in the plot that resulted in the as- amaslnation of Czar Alexamider II of Russia In ISS1 , Krasnov , who was then about 18 years old , was arrested at time time and sacimred hils release oh bail through power- ftml Influence , lie fled to Switzerland and soon after came to America , hiving in Chi- cage imntil recently. On Mnrchi 16 a story vas printed to time effect that lie han , after receiving time bounty of Ruosinn refugees for a nuiuiber of years , turrmcd traitor anti imp- lhietl to thin RussIan government for a par- dorm , offering to enter time secret service at St. Petersburg amid give the governmemmt valuable informatIon , Time principal motive for ihila action is said ' to ho Krasnow's desire - sire to obtniim a portion of the fortune of 6,000,000 roubles left by his father , who died soon after ImIs daughter , who was also imimphicated in time assiesinatIon , was cxc- cruted. A brother of Krasnosv anti three of his couslims were all hmanged , and theme clrcumnstances appealed strongly to time aymn- vathiies of Russians in this country aiim ! hod them to supply him liberally with funds. Whmiho living in Chmicago Krasnow was knovn an H. M , Shike , lIe was employed by Mayer , Engel & CO. , wholesale clothmiers , for twelve years , and afterward engaged In time clothing mnanufacturlmig business in that cIty , In order to deceive time Run- sian police , a cIrcumstantial story of his death amid burial was hirinted itt a paper published at Geneva by the Russlaum rofu- gccs. In ISS3 time Russian authorIties learned that lie was still alive , anti one of the most famimous detectives in St. Petersburg - burg cammio to thii country in search of time refugee , stImulated by an offer of a reward of tim Cress of Honor and 25,000 roimbles for Krarnow , dead or alive , This detective was outwitted by Krasmiow amid his friemids , and he returned to St. Petersburg wlthommt 1mm maim. lVhen Krasnow heft Chicago recently lie was followed to New York , where be was seen to meet a well known Chicago merchant - chant , with whom lie had been on intimate terms of friendshIp , and received aauni of money from himn. It Is believed that it was on tue advice at thin gentleman that I Krasnow heft ChIcago. The agents of thin Russian societIes , some of whom are iii this city , are determined to prevent Kras- now train returning to Russia If lOsSIble. They say that if lie can ho found and induced - duced to reconrider his purpose of joIning the czar's secret service imis frIends here will provide liberally for him , but It he is determined to betray those who befriended - frionded him he will have to suffer thin con- sequences. On March 28 ICrasnow eluded the men who were trackIng him to New Yorkandjio Is believed to have gone to \Vashliigton for the purpose of communi- eating with the Russian legation. They think ime will not dare to attempt to sail from New York , but wIll instead board a European etearner either at Baltimore or PhIladelphia. Meanwhmiho a. close watch is being kept for Imini in tIme cities imamed , TRAINS COLLIDE ON A lhhtIOGE. All limit Two of the Oecupnmmts , Tuinieti Imi Titmic to Siir'e 'Vhremmehyes , , WhEELING . Va. , April 3-A shocking and fatal accident occurred today en the Ilehiaire , Baltiinoro & Ohio railroad bridge across time Ohio river , tour miles below lucre , which coot two lives. A freight train westbound - bound wIth fifti workmen on board , started across the river , closely followed by a yard engine , on which there were also a miumber of workmen going to their homes In Del- laire. When on the first. span of the bridge the freight train broke In two , the caboose antI three carb running back toward the approaching - preaching yard eimgine. The mneim In thin cabopse of the parted train realized thin danger and Jumped , many ciinglng to thin iron frame work of thin bridge , Frank Smmlz- gayer anti Patrick Flnherty , however , corn- monced to climb up time ladder on the rear of the caboose , but before they reached time roof the crash came and both were crushmed to death in the collision with the yard engine. _ _ _ * _ _ , ( ' ( , ( ii 1ultllie ligisishici' , NASHVILLE , April 3.-A telegram from Tupelo , Miss. , sixty miles sommtheast of Memphis - phis , nayn : This morning at 2 o'clock a yotmng negi o about 18 years old wa taken from the jail and lynched by a mob in front of the court house. Thin mob went to thin sheriff's home , overpowered limo with shotguns - guns and marched him to thin jail and forced the keys fromum him. Time inca wore masks and their identity Is unknown , The prisoner attempted to rape a prominent white woman at Plantersville about two weeks ago. S 4tl I liii I ' 1'co 'Vere I ) riss'ri ( 'ii. MINNEAPOLIS , April 3.-A special to thin Journal from Croolceton saysi that Colonel A , F , Naff , time United tates inspector wimo stms reported diwned yesterday on tue Canadian boundary , has retmirimed to that city. All time party brake through time ice in Rmjiny river anti , with the exception of Neff and the United States deputy marshal , all were drowned , Those two managed to escape and secsmred horses , on which they reaohed civilization , Thin original report was I souL out by Indians. Ice hirilige HI Niagara GoCK Out. NI4GARA. FALLS , /pril 3-The Ice bridge I auccumimbed to time irmfiuince of spring this morning and the lingo liormeyeomhed hummocks - mocks of ice which have been piled mountain high iii tIme gorge are now scattered like ice. bergs all over Lake Ontario , at thin river's iuioUthi , The last person to cross ihic bridge was the ve'teran guIde of time American Cave of time WInds , John Dartow , who wemmt across safely yesterday nmornlng , Not iii twemmty years lies anyone crossed time river on ice so hate in April , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t Speelimi 31t't'titig Of Sthel.hu.ldrrs./ PITTSDURG , April 3-A cahi was issued today for a special mneefing of the stoelchmoki. ers of \Ventinghiouse Electric company n June 4 to take action upon a proposed in- m ereass of capital steel : from lO,000,000 to l5OOOOOO. Time ob3ect of thin increase is to ) ivipe out time floating debt and provide capItal ror time Increased business expected under thi recent arrangement made witbm the Ocimeral lectric company. C - C JIx-Comisril % ' , 'iilier ( uiiIoig hionme , DENVER , April 3-Colonel E , , G.Vood. . r rord has received a cablegram from ez.C4n- iui WaIler of Madagascar saying lie will eave London for America tomorrow , and will be In Denver insIde ot two weeks , Col. ) nel Woodford wasi at Tamatave when time x-conaul was arrested by the Freiicb goy- : rnmnent about eIghteen months ago. - * iCilleil lii it hioxiig Mulch , LA. PORTE , md. , Apr 1 3.-WillIam Kemper mud John I4ipkho of Otis , this couptl en- aged in a friendly contest for boxing iupremmiac in a saloon at that place yester. i lay. After a Sow passes Kemper struck L.ipkie in the abdomen. The injured man I e11 unconscious smith remained so until to- lay , when be expired. ! THE DEE BULLETiN. : . : sther Poreenat for Nebraska- l'robabhy Fair ; Variable Winds ; Warmer. , French St'timite StIll in ( ) iposltlnn. Tnis of Atrocity froimi Cribs , NIiiiiIst Searching for is Truritor. Caught 1mm ii Rcnttmchey Chomuibrmrst , 2 , Chechmmnh ( hIc. tin Intlmnmrtioim , Oinnhit's Espositloim ( hmtin throumuh , l'oor hIiihinrtl flit Bothi SItie , Why time Crmlmsn Negroes Were Exccrmtctl , 8 , Tcaciicr nt ; l'reiiioiit Conclude , Cause lit Maxcy Cobb's lcatii , iliilnmnii , ltiry Aguslir lhiurgrees , 4 , Editorluil imiiti Comnimient , II , tttC3' to 5lcimii thin Missoimrl , Ills-cr nun himirbur 4tpprolrimstion 11111 , liollo to Secure ExecutIve 4toiemmt , llitt's Siiei'cli OiL Ctuitiii mielhigerency , 0. Councli hiluff. T.ocuil Matters. lanimfitctiires lUll Not lcriit l'imt , . .7 , limterstitte Ccmmmimiilssloii tfter Similipers , i'rlce ( if Stetil Vlii ( lo itIgli.'r , Jtimsiimes. , of InsL S'eolc Itolewctl , i.cmsl LIve Sttchc 5iuirkct , 8 , hiumht liumcnmm ( iota In the Conimcll , x himt ) Use'ti to iociito is Itmiliet , AtTmiIrs at , South ( ) imiiitimt , 10 , l.miiitl of tb 5tmtimtlkt , lmtgs htommtel VIiIlo Yomi % 'aIt , 11. ieileiuptioii of I lie Arid t'lmriims , Facts Concerning l'ubllc Mcmi , 12 , "Aim Iumgter ittiiiimiimcc , " ] low time Iiooki.'II ' , Vcro Skimmed , NO A'i'rEMl'p TO hlShiUl"t' ThilI AiiM' iltmlhImigtoii hionthiSlnlcM a. Stitemmicmrt of hIM Fiitimr I'lnmiM. NE\ % ? YORK , ArrIl 3.-I3ahiington Booth iman decided to name his paper the Volunteer Gazette , It is to contain sIxteen pages of three columns wide , and wIil muako its first appearance on Saturday , April Ii , The lead. ing editorial In time first isuo will give thmo details of time Volunteer movement , over the signatures of liaihimmgtcn and Mrs. hlootim , Among otimer things it viii say : "Time Vol. unteer's warfare in mmot to be hooketi upon in any sense as a 'spilt' or aimy effort to disrupt - rupt the forces of the mnovemmmcnt to whicim until recently we belonged , Our cilcuice lit regard to thin nicimy accusations and questiomm now raised is front mme Inability to vindicate oimrsalvep , but from a desIre to let time mast- ter drop and leave 1mm God's hands time ordering - ing , directing and vindIcating of our lives lii the future. We have not thought to call to our aid any of time associates still etanding amid believing in the international organlza. tlon , It has not been our policy to bi'iig influence or suasiorm to bear upon them , and those whm are now with us have conic n.mtmirally upon tlmeir own responsibility and their own pers3nal ccnvictlons , formed quite apart from us. " EChO ' ' ' ' OF lIA'1'li'iflLiJM'COY FEUD. Another Vietlmmm oftime Qunrreh Vhmicim IIr.s lCihlel 'i'vm'emily Metm. HUNTINGTON . Va , , April 3.-Robert McCoy , a relative of time McCoys who sonic years ago were prominent throughout time country through time celebrated McCoy-Hat- field feud , moved to this county about two months ago from up the flI Sandy valley. I-in was here Wednesday night and left at a late hour on horseback Ibr Iml home. Yesterday - day hits horse 'was ' found about liftoen miles south or this city , . .gzing alongside time road. The saddlobianket'and the sides of time horse were .vet. ivith blood. 'SQUire Swaymio and others hiving in the vicinity of where the horse was found claim they heard aunts after midnight , amid time upposttton is that MOCo3 was assassinated and his body thrown iumto.the creek , as tracks of bhcod were feummd leading to the creek today. Blood hiountis vihl be securcd to ( oh- how up the trail of the suppcooml assassins. The hatfield-McCoy feud has been quiescent - cent for nearly two years , and time murder of McCoy cannot as yet be connected with the old time hostilities in Logan county , which extended over a dozen years and cost more than a score of lives , LANDON TO ASWEIt FOR MUIIDEII. Coromier's jury Jiohils Ilimir for time hCiliiimg Of itmmmmlc iUcUrathm. PHILADELPhIA , April 3-Upon thin finding - ing of time coroner's Jury in time case of Annie McGrath , Samuel P. Langdon was today held for limo action of thin grand jury. Langdon and Miss McGrath had been livIng as maim mind wife prior to the death of the inter , which was discovered emi March 28 , the young vomon then having apparently been dead more than twenty-four hours. Langdon was present at time Inqu'today , occupying a front seat amid evincing little interest in the pm ocoethings , Analysis of time blood tind vital organe of Misa mIcGrathi had railed to show time proonco of poison , Plmysicians testified thiat tIme L'ore spots on the girl's tongue , which have ; been regarded as indicating that dub- roforno hind been taken , were caused by time pressure of thin teeth In time lower jaw. 'i'iiimmlC T1mC ) ' hlnm'e time 'l'rnism Itoimisers. ST. LOUIS , April 3.-A sledial to time Republic from Lebanon , Mo , , sa's : Word was received hmere last mmight fromim NIcholas Junction , near Springfield , Mo. , stating that three mcii answering the description of time robbers were arrested there late last evenIng and would b helm ! for identification , Simper- intendent Simpson does not attach munich importance to time arrc , but will send a detective from imere to imiventigate thif report. The reword offered by tbe Wells-Fargo company is 3O0 for the arrest and conviction - tion of each of time robbers , xnakiimg 3OO in all. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Su''ii , to hlIiV ( ' lilt II imiilimg i'nimmt , DETROIT , April 3.-A warrant was sworn omit this morning for time arreot. of Alderman John Curia Jacobs , cimarghng him with solicit- log a bribe from a firm of archiltects in con- mection with time Iuiano .for time new coummty btmilmiln , Alderman Jacobs was indicted soy- Dral years ago by the granl jury on a charge if bootihing , but eecaped convictioum , 'rime ofilcers who were sent to servo time warrant en Aldernman Jacobo failed to find mini , but time aldernian appeared voluntarily In police court this afternoon , lie pleaded lot guilty , Examination wan set for April 10 , _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ - Vhi'es of a SARATOGA , N. Y , , April 3.-Time opera iQuso block 'was damaged by fire and wirier oday to time extent of O,000 , partly in- mured , FREMONT , April 3.-Specaij-Thue ( ! Iota ipoim time files block caused by time fire of nat week lies been adjusted at $10,021 , Iloth he damaged buildings will soon ho repamed , ICnechtel's loss was largely by water arid I tnirde , o Ntmmmicd liii' Arid I rml limit IInit'i , ALBANY , April 3-Time governor lies nomi. , I mated to time Board of Cojnmnlssioneis of jedlation and Arbitration Charles L , Pbmipps If Itackaway , Queens county , to succeed hubert Robertson , jr , , from May 19 next , Viliiamn II , II , Webster of Iluffalo as time epresentative of the labor organizations and a succeed Edward Henry ( toni May 10 next , Ir , Purcell wIll be a member of the board , . - _ - tuvcmmsczmls ci' ( ) eensi % 'i'ssels1 tpril II , At Boston-Arrlvetl-Cariemthla , from Liv- rpooh , At hlrcmen-Arrved-Aacimen $ fromim New i'ork. At Genoa-Arrived-Stcanier Fulda , trout ew York. At Naphes-Saihed-'tS'erra , train Genoa for ew York via GIbraltar. At LlvoriiQol-Arrh'ed-Cammmpania and No. nadie , from New York , At OlaEgow-Arriycd-Scandnayian , from lesion , At llaitiimiorc-i's-rlved--Muncben ; , frona i 3entemi. DRO\\'NED \ \ ' IN A CLOUD BURST Details of' the Lath Storiii Just Boginnin to Be Received , ' 5' NINE PERSONS SWEPTAWAY BY TIlE FLOOD Cln' nmid twsle' Coummtles in iCcms , ttse1' Iet'iitnmtemh Imi a SimIiIheIt Avulimmielme of 'umter , here- Int1ble iii It , . 'cighit , LEXINGTON , Ky. , April 3-TIme recent cloudburst iii Clay immid Owaley counties was mmore disastrous than at first reported. hluftalo creek , whmlcim is ncrpss the south fork of time Keimtticky river , suffered mmiore than Sextomi creche by the unusuai rainttiil. Time stream is as crooked as a worm fence ami' is closely hmedged about by steep hills , so that tiio water rose iiioro rapidly than It mild on Sexton creek , It wmts'hmeti away every imouso on thin bamuk of time stremsimi , Miss Mary Garrett was drowimerl s'imiie trying to escape thmo flood , George Capson's wife anti three children , two chmihdreum of W'ihl hiurmie , amid tso others whose mmaimmes are not given , Were also drowned , Mr. John Cramie , a logger , rescued his wife and summail chmilm whmen they were drifting doWmi thin streammi oh sOiimO uprooted trees , ' 5 Time rommthi fork of time Kentucky river rose rapidly , anti ii ; . higher timami It has been for many years , Timotmeands of hogs mire goiii J " down the streaimm , Thin large boomus at . floouievilie are choked with- logs , arid it Is ' tj feared time boommis and all wihi be carried avay by the water , Part of time town is inundated , and a ntmimiber of Persons imava ' hmad to nmove their hmou.seimohd effects up on time side of time mountain. Lad imighit Military Instructor full of time Jackson Institute was drowned while riding cii a raft. CINCINNATI , April 3-TIme Ohio rigor , continued to rise all timrosmgh time mm'ght , anti has naomi five inches in two hiours siiice S o'clock this niorniuug , mnaklng time height forty-six feet eleven inches. Reports froumi UI ) time river Indicate that the top of time rise is almost here , and thmat it will begin to recede - cede some timmie today. Time colt ! weather and. high winds favor thus temmdemmcy. At time saimme tliimo time winds make navgatiomm dliii- cult , especially for tow hcats. A vast numn- ber of small interests along the river banl are put to inconvenleumce , but tie seriouA losses -will arise mintih time river reaches fifty feet , which is not now probable , CINCINNATI , April 3.-A specini from floonevihie , ICy. , says : Thme cloudburst out Little Sexton anti Buffalo creeks did mare ' damage than at first reported. Instead of four there were probably aixteen . - drowmeth. Sexton crock rises near thorn- lag Springs and is one of the ( neil- erit of time sotithi fork of time Kentucky i'ver. It flows itt some places tltrougim deep gorges , Thiroughm these gorges time strcsmmm rushes , when in flood tIde , with time speed ef a race hmom'se , amid striking the bottom lands below spreads out withm wonderful rapidity. l'eople little thought the little braok would' rise so rapidly or was capable of gathering such a vohumeo water. - The cloudburst occurred up In time gorges , . the water gathered in a moment and the flood poured down in a solid wall , carrying death and destruction in its path. Five people were drowned by time Lttt1 Sexton , But- tab creek is oven more crookeana toxtu , .1 . oils than the Little Sextoim , andy its actiOns ; : after time burst nine people are believed o hare lest their Jives. A great muany hogs were hurled tiois'n with time tIde , amid these - speedily knocked , the caiminmi and outbuildIngs - S Ings to pieces , The dead on Buffalo creek ' are : : Mrs. G orgc , Geison antI three chill- dron , Will Burns' two chilldreum , Miss Mary. Garrett , two unknown ; total P. Fatally1- wounded by drIft : Mrs. Joimn Crane. L Johmmo Crane , a raftermanagetl to ride the q drift and rescued hmts family. Ills house was 4 lest. George Gepson's house , located below , was carried away , and hula wife and two chill- miren riorisiued. WIll Burns' Imouse wentout on time waiers anti tv cimli'lren were lost. - Ligo Garret's daughter Mary was drowned , numd two immmknown people also lest thmeir hives. ' On 'extomi creole and its tributaries five v vero drowneti , viz. : Captaimm J. S. J. lull , Mrs. Wade Marders and child amid two on- known people. Jackson county suffered heavIly , as dim ! Clay anti Owsley. It was the umiost thisas- ' troums ficoml 1mm years , and caine so quickly # t that it is a wonder any of time valley people escaped , 1'I ; I - - O'l'LI ON A1)MIPTING 'l'lhiO ' .VOMEN , - . 3lctimodiMts Coriidcrhii tile hhumltiniore , - ' utimI hlgimimlitoim AIII'muIhiIIeIitt4. SALNA , Ken. , April 3.-Thmo Northwest ICansas conference voted today on the hal- . 1. timmwre amendment with the followIng result : For , 1 ; against , 77. On the Hamilton amend- meat the vote stood for , 47 ; twenty-seven rc. fusing to vote. i Tlmo Dahtinmore amendment favors time ad . . , mission of women to the general confer- . - once. The Hamilton amendment is anotimem' form f putting time comae question , W. H. Sweet of Sauna anti H. W. Alien of Man- , ' kato were elected mninIeteriai deiegate to - ' tlmo general comiferemmco at Cleveland , 0 , LMVRENCE , Mass. , April 3.-At time Now hlaimmpshiro district conference of the Methodist - odist EpIscopal church ioday thin propos- ! j tioii that delegates to thin general confer- t 'nce mnay be either aisle or female was ' - adopted : 61 ayes to 10 nays ' ChESTER , l'a. , An.il : 8.-Dy a vote of 71. to 11 the Methio'Jist Episcopal conference in 4 session here today decided In favor of ad- nutting womomi as lay dolegatemi to time gen- -.4 end conference. 4 i'ii 1411 I ii i.e Ii rI'l for 'tIumihu'rgm I or , PITTSIIURG , Pa , , Apm'il 3-An entimimsi- / astic boom lies been inaugurated throughout western l'c-ntmsybvamiia to secure time selec. , , tion of 11ev. lr , Davitl Ii. hireeti , pastor of the First I'resiyteriaim church cit thie city , for mmmomlerator of the general assembly of time Presbyterian church , which convenes at Saratoga next mnontii , Dr. Jinotim of New York was immoderator for time last general as- eonmhily and It Is thought by Ir. ) Breed's friends tbmat tIme central or western states nhommltl be recognized tiuis year , As Dr , flreetl lit a s'estern maui , having come to thiimi city froui Chicago about a year ago , , ' it is believed time s'liolo conservative do- umment of the west cant be relied ripen to support hmimn , Tuesday next the Pittsbmhrg presbytery will meet and elect four Breed delegates , _ _ _ S _ _ _ 5. it midline Clii I pins ii t fur is In'l ismmc , DEN'Ehi , Aiim-il 3-A sreelal to time lie- imubhietmn ( rain hlutte , Mont , , says : 'lime latest clrmliimant to the iavis niiiiione Is - ' Viliinomn ImIcCuiminhma , ( it Fric'mmthitimlp , N. Y , A. letter % utii i'ect.ivi-h fromn thIn today by yeuimg Andress' J , havim , in which ide- L'imtmimipt says Ito huts abumidmint tmmmml 1)051- Live IHOOt hunt thmts detiti mnlillommaire wits liiii ( mitimcr-him-ltiW , who lIft imis wife In New York unit comae west. 3)avtm ) , 110 eayi , hind umarried Mnry 1Vestiiigiioiist , , Ii n'ister ot Eleonguestinniiouse , lime Plttsburr menu- fac'tumer , McC'imunmpa marricil a daughmiem' Dr iaVim4. lie ninmke a iiOimtsiiiOfl io young Mr. Davic to cattle thin ciuinn out of court , Arrestehl ( It , tmumrei. , El4 I'ASO , Tex. , April 3.-Israel lit , ICing , It Silver City , a. nmeimmlmer of the Now Mexico legislature , wmie nrreeieil in Juarcz iodrsy. lie must mitay mi jioii live days , the ity judge says. or until mum hsmd can be hiiioVCd at Chiiimuaiiua. Uomo personal flLim1y ucUPd iCliug of' stealing Mexican alvcs , in Ilrving ctmttlc ov'r limo ino at Palonias , though un says he hail bills of mm ( or all time stoCk.lm ulipeni will ha made to the uitmthorlies ( Ut Washington , iii rIll'i's'uI II t'smi tI'II Slim tes 3Iu. rslmmmi , l-/sNtS cii'rY , April 3-A eliecial to the tnr trout Nowalnlt 85) 13 II In reported thmat isiiuty United States Mmrsiial J , 3' , r4vchy mmts bee-nm lflurIiL'si by ( iUthU'H shiilft at- Lcmnptiiig theIr flrrt'it iii time hIlls timirty iiiilra soilihisseet 01' here Iuui timmot they uriod iil body in ii secluded rpot , 'rime ' timformatiun is ( ut-nisimed by is sister Of onto lit the outlaws.