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ANDBEW H. QBEEN.
{President of the Greater New York Com- ?
mission.)
three Bepublicnns and twentv-eight Demo- ri
^ orats voted in favor of 'the bill, and thirty- p
-light Republicans and eighteen Democrats sj
oted against It. Twentv-one of the twenty- n
?lght Democrats who voted for the bill were
Tammany men. The only Tammanyites who
roted against it were Delmour, Kempner and jj;
Soodman. Three Brooklyn Democrats voted "
for the bill?Cain, Ebb'ets and Newman. c<
twelve of the thirty-eight Republicans wno d<
ncainst thfl bill were from Brooklyn. b(
Assemblyman William Brennan worked hard tj
gainst the bill. Five of the eleven Erie .
Snembera and three from Chautauqua and g
Cattaraugus voted in the negative. So did ^
Cromwell, of Queens, and Post and Storm,
t>f Suffolk, who were incensed because the ..
towns of Flushing, Jamacia and Hempstead
were put back into the bill.
After a debate which lasted five hours the b;
Assembly began shortly after 3 o'olook to C
Vote down the various amendments whioh
the Brooklyn members had proposed to the H<
texow bill. The only significant vote was \
fen the amendment for resubmssion. This Ci
was lost?56 to 87. On final passage ninety- se
one members voted for the bill and fifty-six '
igainst it. / h(
The Greater New York bill as passed was ?
forwarded immediately to Mayor Strong, of .j.
New York; Mayor Wurster, of Erooklyn, and w
Mayor Gleason, of Long Island City. The
Uomra tiavn fifteen davs in whioh to ap
prove or disapprove the bill. It is expeated IC
that it will be disapproved by at least one of
them, and In that oasa will have to be re- ai
pasted by both Houses before It goes to the 01
Governor. It is, therefore, not likely to ol
reach the Executive before the third week of
AprlL He has ten days in which to act upon ^
it, and In case the Legislature adjourns be- y
ore the ten days expire, it will become a j,
chlrtyiday bill, and the Governor may hold
It for a month without acting.
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PROVISIONS OF THE BILL tt
Local Governments Within Territory Embraced
Continued Without Change. w
The Greater New York bill provides for 01
the consolidation with New York City on T
January 1, 1898, of all municipal corpora- g<
tions and parts of such corporations other
than counties within the territory covered oi
by the counties of Kings and Richmond, Y
Long Island City, the towns of Newtown, at
flushing and that part of Hempstead west
of a line drawn from Flushing between _
" * ^ Q^uUait tho w
jtvccKawny ucouu ?uu o:
ocean. It -will make a oily whose population m
will be 2,985,422 and whose area will be
859.75 square miles.
( The local governments within the terrlto- Pj
jpy embraced are continued without ohange
Unless they shall be altered by the Legls- L
lature. 5)1
| Andrew H. Green, the President of the
,Great<sr New York Commission, created in L
1890, the Mayors of Now \ ork, Brooklyn and N
Long Island City, the State Engineer and
Surveyor and the Attorney-General, and nine vv
Other persons to be appointed by the Gov- d
ernor from among the residents within tho
limits of the enlarged city, are created a _
commission to report to the Legislature by ?
February 1. 1897, by bill, a charter for the n
enlarged city and a soheme for securing k
equality of taxation and valuation. s
The commission shall go out of office J
iMaroh 1, 1897. It may employ counsel and
'clerks, subpoena witnesses and examine rec- ^
'ords and documents. It must provide for A
the election of the Ma> or of Greater New
"York and the other municipal officers at the T
general election tn 1897.
The cities of New York and Brooklyn are N
required to raise and pay 425,000, in propor- E
, tion to their assessed valuation, for the ex- li
penses of the commission. cl
MATABELES IN REVOLT. ii
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The Uprising Instigated by a Fetich S
Doctor. a
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Sir Hercules Robinson, British Governor of
the Cap3 Colony, South Africa, has tele- t
graphed from Cape Town to 31 r. Joseph 1
Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Col
onies, that in the revolt of the Matabeles in
the Inseza and Filabu3ti districts seven v
whites were killed with kuives and four were j*
wounded. Colonel Napier, with 750 men. is .
proceeding to Ziogen to arrest a witch doctor ?
who was the instigator of the revolt. 2
A. despatch from Capo Town says that a
force of colonists, under command of F. C.
iSelous, has started for the disturbed districts ?
in Matabeleland to quell the revolt of thena- v
tives there. S
Mr. Cecil J. Rhodes, late Prime Minister of
the Caoe Colony, has started for Buluwayo.
It is reportea that a sharp encounter has
taken place between a party of mounted
patrols and a force of Matabeles at a point r
twenty-five miles from Buluwayo. ^
Memorial Pythian Temple. I
The Knights of Pythias contemplate the *
erection of a large memorial temple in Wash
lngton.
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The Indiana Safely Docked. n
The battleship Indiana wa3 safely docked ?
at Port Royal, S. C., just after the tide began
to ebb. There \va3 an abundance of water In
the dock, the depth measuring nearly
twenty-six feet, while the Indiana draw* v
but twenty-four feet. Everything connected 1
with the docking worked beautifully, and
there was not the slightest mishap. e
The Xew Zevlnud Mine Disaster. I
All hope of saving tho six y miners who
wero entombed in a mine at Brunnerton, '
ITew Z>:i'and, by an explosion o? fire-damp, ,
which killed live men" outright, has been ,
abandoned.
Now Jersey Ls.ni slat arc A-Jjoar.ig. t
The 120th session of the New Jersey Leg
Mature adjourned sine die. The net result,
of the twelve weeks' work of tho lawmakers ,
i- _i?.* rtnvc l;inra nut of nlirmt SO I
is ttUUUL V'jjuvj ...
bills that have passed either or both houses,
and the consideration ol a total or CG3 pro- '
posi;d new laws. Iu the Senate the session 1
was wound up by passing resolutions co:n- '
pigmenting everyone connected with the
upper branch. In the House, Mr. Quo?n, i
the Democratic leader, in behalf ol the mem- J
bera, presented to Speaker Do liouse a large *
ball clock. The Governor has in his hands
nearly 3')u bills. He has alreaay signed or ,
flied without his approval 120. He has uu- ,
licited time to consider tliose in bis posjes- ]
ion. j
? NEWS EPITOMIZED' |
Wnsliinjrton Item*.
;i1j introduced in tho Senate a joint
Jon providing for forcible interven- _
/ this country in the Cuban insurrec- C
je President has approve I the bill rering
the disabilities of United State9
my and Navy officers who served under
te Confederate Government. *
The President seDt to the Senate the nomoation
of William A.. Little, of Georgia, to be
i83istant Attorney-General, vice John L
tall, resigned. *
President Cleveland has approved the aot
o grant condemned cannon and cannon balls
o the Thirteenth and Forty-third Separate
!ompanie3, National Guard of New York.
Secretary Olney called a meeting of diplolatsto
consider the future of the Bureau of
Lmerican Republics.
A bill to provide for the pavjnent^of the c
lebt of the Pacific railroads to me uovem- jj
lent was agreed upon by a joint ?ub-eomlittee
of the Senate and House Railroad P
.'ommittees. tl
In the Senate.a joint resolution was intro- n
Heed increasing the total cost of the new n
Lppraiser's warehouse in New York by $125,00.
making the aggregate $1,775,000.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
be nomination of Clement J. Dietrich, of f
Iiryland, to be United States Consul at r
fantes. France. ^
The official report of the Inspection Board
harged with conducting the trial of the
Government-built cruiser Raleigh has been
jeeived at the Navy Department. It shows
gratifying speed exhibit for the vessel,
rhich made an average of 18.64 knots an
our for the four hours' run.
The PreaMont sont tn thn Kennto the HOm
mtion of B. J. Franklin, of Arizona, to be
overnor of Arizona.
In the Senate Mr. Davis introduced a bill
roviding for the election of a delegate in
ongress from Alaska.
Domestic.
Tvro boilers in the Planters' Oil Mill,
reenvllle, Miss., exploded, wrecking the
till property and causing the death of four
)lored men and one white man and the seous
injury of half a dozen others.
The boiler of a portable sawmill owned by
rederick Groves, of Miamiville, Ohio, and
tuated on the Woo.iville Pike, four miles
orth of Milford, exploded. Two men were
llled and three injured, one fatally and the
(hers seriously.
Emanuel Ninger. for seventeen years
nown to the Secret Service men only as
Jim the Penman." because all his work oi c
junterfeiting $50, 820 and $10 notes was Jj
one with the pen. has been captured. He "
ought a farm at Flagtown. Somerset Coun\
X. J., about flvo years ago. ?
Five 'train robbers fought officers in j
remen, Ind.. who shot one of them and cap
irea anotoer. ^
Commander Booth-Tucker, of tho Salvaon
Army, arrived in New York Citj*. f
Colonel Henry H. Lyipan was confirmed t
j tie New York Senate as State Excise t
ommissioner. e
A broken strand caused two series of col- .
'tons on the Broadway cable road, New J
ork City, during the evening rush hour. J
ars were telescoped and five persons were J
iriously injured.* *
Edward Knauppe, a saloonkeeper, whose j
)me is in Lockbourne, Ohio, shot Mrs.
ranees Kuss, mortally wounding her, and
ten blew out his brains with the same
eapon.
The Maryland Legislature has adjourned
>r the session.
At Augusta, Ga., Secretary Hoke Smith
id ex-Speaker Crisp debated for three hours
i the financial question. The champions
r each assert victory.
A waterspout in Turkey Cove, Ya.,
rowned four children. In Russell County,
Irginia, Charles Holt and child and John
jnklns and two children were drowned.
The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the
jrdict and sentence against the Taylor
rothers, convicted at CarrolltoD, Mo., of
te murder of the Meeks family. They will
j hanged April SO.
The railroad station at Gate City, Va.. in
hich were the express, telegraph and ticket '
Bees, was struck by lightning and burned. |
he loss is heavy, as the station contained a
reat many goods.
*The "Compromise" School bill, legislating
at of office the Board of Trustees in New
ork City, was passed in the New York Senre,
at Albany, by a party vote of 31 to 13.
John MartiD, a politician, was shot and
lortally wounded by his wife in the corridor
F the City Hall, San Francisco, Cal. Her
lotive was revenge for desertion and abuse.
The Manufacturers' Club, of Philadelphia,
issed resolutions favoring a single currency (
andard and disavowing responsibility for
le Washington conference with free silver
anators. t
The steamship Paris, of the American
ine, went aground near Quickstep Buoy,
ew York City, but was soon floated.
Rivers and streams in Western New York
ere greatly swollen by the thaw and they
id great damage to property.
Information has arrived of an affair
ear Fort Sill Indian Aguncy, Oklahoma, in
hich more thau $18,000 in money on horsft
ices changed hands, two Indians were
illed, a Federal soldier wounded and two 1
jectators hurt.
Alvin N. Stono and his wife were murdered
y an unknown man at their homo near
kron, Ohio. Three of their daughters were
tlacked and one was dangerously injured,
he hired man was fatally beaten.
Propositions were made to the Mayors of
ew York and Brooklyn to operate the
rooklyn Bridge railroad as a connecting
nk between the elevated systems ofthe two
ities.
/l.I/vraf. ~F \rAn. .'n
VJTVJ > tliUJi V_?i m.W IU XOJU3- Q
ik to extradite Alice J. Jones, establishes a c
recedent whtreby persons living in liia j
tate who commit crime in New York City c
nd retuin home are secure from punish- v
lent. ^
Nearly two hundred cigarette girls, t
hrown* out of employment at an East
'hirtv-seventh street factory, Now York f
lity, by the installment of machines, hang id d
tie iuven'or in efflgy. c
The Ridley Hotel was burned at Geneva, *
f. Y. One boarder, Thomas Danton, a Are- *
ian, was burned to deatb. Engineer a
pang'er an i Brakemau Gorseline were *
adly burned about tho hands and face. ?
lorseliue died.
Warehouses Xos. 3 an.l 5 of the Pleasure '
;idg<; Distillery, twelve miles below Louisilie.
Kv., burnuJ, entailing a loss of nearly
1,000,000. e
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Voreisn Note*. >
Three Fronch warships have been maCe ?
eady to sail from Toulon at a moment'? a
iotice. Q
lu the French Senate. M. Bourgeois. the v
'rime Minister, replied to interpellations
ouchiDR ihe Government's ooiicy toward n
Jbina, Madagascar and Egypt. t
A cable despatch from Laguayra, Venezifc.s,
says that President Crespo has been
mthorized to negotiate a foreign lean of
$10,000,000 to extend railways. The report *
if the settlement of the Yuruan incident is*
lenied. E
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough g
rtirH welcomed to Blenheim Castle In Eng- ,
and.
Dr. Joseph E'lward Kenny, who represent- f
id the College Green division of Dublin in o
he British House of Commons, has resigned V
lis seat. He is a Parnellite. 6
The new British battleship Mars was
aunched from Lairds's yards at Birkenhead. 1
Che Mars is a llrst-slxss atmorei battleship 0
)f 14.'.100 tons and 12.000 liorso power, and
Till carry sixteen guus.
A despatch from Havana. Cuba, to a MaJ
id paper says that Captain-General Weylcr
as asked for 40.000 more troops.
Advices from Cairo, Egypt..are that Osmau o
i)iKiia is befoio Suakim, ou the lied Sea, A
,vith a large force of dervishes. a
The British House of Commons passed on c
ts third reading the Government's naval *
ivorks programme. The vote was 18G in favor "
.0 '27 against it.
Joseph Chamberlain in the House of Com- j!
:n jus ueuied that the purchase of Delagoa t
liny was contemplated by the English Gov- .
. rumeut. ?
The child of Mrs. Booth-Tucker, who re
-cuiij ijinvrum .>cw lorK io mice conuunuu c
nf the Salvation Army, died in England, and n
tier sister's child diud us it was about to sail j
irom India. 1
raiff m.
implications That Threaten Her ic
African Possessions. w
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'HE LAST MATABELE UPRISING. "
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'he Son of Lo Bengula Keturns to Matablo- fn
land and Starts a Revolt Against the 8C
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English Colonists?-The Boers JEx- at
on Invasion and Are Preparing to
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Kealst?The British. le
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Cape Town, South Africa, March 80.?F. gt
I. Seious, the explorer, who started from bi
tuluwayo at the head of a force of men to
ut down the revolt of the Matabeles against ei
bo British, has had an engagement with the N
atives, many of whom were killed. More "
lurders of whites by the Matabeles are re- v)
ortecL The transport riders are abandon- r
ag their wagons and hurrying into the town B
or safety. The rebellious Matabeles have
aided almost every estate in the disturbed a
iistrict and carried off all the cattle.
UNITED STATES BA'
A force of British troops, under command la
if CaDtaln Spreokeys, defeated a lorse body hi
if Matabeles* killing a large number of them. K
?he British forces lost no men. y<
A. despatch from Buluwayo represents the s
ltuation as beins of the gravest character, th
l thousand women and children are in the S)
aager at Buluwavo. The Matabeles burned di
i store forty miles out from Buluwayo and w
lanced around the flames. sc
Many murders of whites, of the most v<
lendish character, are reported. It is learned s|
hat the native police induced the Matabeles tl
o revolt, and joined them with 750 rifles 8!
ind a large quantity of ammunition. v
Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the l<
3ape Colony, has telegraph 3d to the British B
3oloniai Offloe that the reports of the mur- g
let of Police Inspector Jackson and the fl
lesertlon of the native police to the Mat- o
ibeles, taking their Martini rifles with them, B
s confirmed. Governor Robinson also says a
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oexeba.l kitcheneb. j
Leader of the British forces invading the
Soudan.) J
hat the laager around the market in Bulu- "
vayo is greatly in need of arms and ammuniion.
The despatoh says that Mabole, son of the
ate Matabele king, Lo Bengula, who was
lanished In 1895, has returned to Matabeleand,
and that it was he who incited the upising.
All of the Matabelos, Including the
pomen, number onjy 150,0C0.
BOERS PREPARE TO FiCHT.
Chey Expect a Conflict for the Independence
of Suuth Africa.
Lokdon, March 30.?Advices confirm the
mportance of the Dutch agitation for the
ndependence of 8outh Africa. A letter from
i member of the Cape Parliament says
hat the English and Dutch political leaders
loncur in the belief that the position was
lever so threatening in the Transvaal,
ilany newcomers who are seen in Preoria
are known to be German soldiers.
Svery steamer sailing to Oape Town, Dur>an,
and Port Elizabeth brings groups of solalled
prospectors who are unable to coneal
the stamp of the disciplined soldier who
s still under military command. The letter '
oncludes with the statement that every- (I
>ody knows that there is war ahead, and hat
plenty of British and Dutch blood will 01
>e shed ere the summer's grapes ripen. d
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Secretarylof State K
or the Colonies, recently demanded of Presi- B
lent Kruger of the Transvaal that he Imme- pi
liately accept or reject tho invitation to visit n
^ondon. In response President Kruger has ei
elegraphed that the Volksraad will only
issent to his going to London on condition ta
hat the Anglo-Boer convention of 1884 be so ir
.mended that the full independence of the A
?ransvaal will be recognized and guaranteed
iy Great Britain and the other Powers.
X lit? JUnilBll Ul ?T?UJ
cJAino, Egypt. March 80.?General Kitch- 1
ner. the British military leader, Sirdar of Y
he. Egyptian army, and his staff, arrived at bi
Vady Haifa. The second column of the ex- p:
edition for the conquest of the 8oudan, un- ei
ler Major Maodonald, Is approaohing Ak- tt
aheh. Sixty dervishes reoonnoitered the ai
olumn, but were fired upon by the artillery, m
thereupon they rapidly retired. f?
The report of the defeat of the Egyptian di
.dvance guard by dervisties, near Akasheh, T
urns out to have been untrue. ^
Oxford's Aquatic Victory.
Oxford University added another victory
o her long string over Cambridge by win- ai
ling the annual eight oared boat race on B
lie Thames. London. Cambridge, which w
tarted a slight favorite, having shown C
he greater speed in her final train- ki
Qg, led by two lengths at Barnes, but tt
rom that point Oxford spurted and re
ventuauy woa by a quarter of a length, ol
Vhite the race was a good one from a time
tandpoint and gamely contested, neither
rew can be regarded as phenomonal. As
ho rival eights represent the best amateur ^
ursmen in Eng'aud, Americans need not be
wirful of the result of Yale's advent at Hensy.
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Mrs. Booth-Tucker Here.
Mrs. Emma Moss Booth-Tuekor, the wife
f the nowly appointed Commander of the jj,
Lmorieaa branch of tho Salvation
.rmy, was a passenger on the Ameri- w
an liner St. Louis, when it reached
Jew York. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was mot .
t the pier by Field Commissioner Evange- lli
[no Bootn, the National headquarters staff,
,nd half a hundredsoldiersaud lassies of the n<
,rmv. While the steamer wto rounding into 0
he slip the Salvationists on the pier sent out
o the wife of their new Commander a wel- n(
omo of song, the chorus to the army song, af
'Let It Swing." Mrs. Booth-Tucker was ucompanied
by her three children, a secretary fl,
,nd a maid. Major Milan, of the Salvation jV
irmy, was also of the party.
THE IOWA LAUNCHED.
tie Monster Battleship Glides Safely
Into the Delaware.
The sea-going United State3 battleship
>wa, which, when completed, It is claimed
ill bo the best equipped fighting vessel
loat, was launched at Cramp's shipyard,
tilladelphla, Penn., In the presence of
?enty thousand persons.
An army of workmen began at a quarter
one p. m. the work of setting up the
>n<ferous hull. This was_ accomplished
t twenty-fl.ve minutes. xneii tne two
ilid oaken shoes which held the vessel
1 the ways were sawed apart, and
: twenty minutes to two the Iowa graceil
glided into the waters of the
elaware. Just as the shapely mass of steel
ft her cradle Miss Mary Lord Drake, the
lugbter of the Governor of the State which
ive the formidable battleship its name,
oke a bottle of wine over itp prow, saying, *
I christen thee Iowa." In the party to
itness the launch were Vice-President Stevlson,
Secretary of the Navy Herbert,
aval Constructor Hichborn, Assistant Sec
nary Oi mt> ireasurv numiiu, vxeurt;o \j.
asson. Enj?ineer-in-Chief Georgo W. Mel[lle,
Commodore Phythian, Rear Admiral
amsey, Paymaster General Stewart and
ear Admiral Walker. Iowa was also repssented
by Governor Drake, Secretary of
tate McFarland, State Auditor McCarthy
ad State Treasurer Herriott.
The Iowa is the last battleship that will be
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rTLESHIP IOWA.
unched for at least two years. Contracts
ive been mado for the Kentucky and the
earsarge, but they have not bean laid down
5t. The Iowa Is tho first of a new clas3 of
(a-going battleships as distinguished from
te coast line battleships of the Indiana class,
lie is 860 feet long, 72 feet beam, 39 feet
eep, and draws 24 feet. Her displacement
111 be about 12.000 tons. She will have twin
irewa, and her engines are expected to deelop
11,000 horse power. The guaranteed
;>eed is 16 knots; just a little bit better than
io rate at which she went off the ways,
he will be protected by 14-inoh Hareyized
nickel-steel armor, and in her two
I-inch turrets will mount four 12-inch guns,
esides these she will carry eight 8-inoh
uns, six 4-inch guns, and twenty-two rapidre
maohlne guns. She has a coal capacity
P Qflrtfl +r\na onnncrh tn r?niiap 10 AHA knnfrR.
[er full complement wilfbe 512 officers and
ten. The contract price is $3,010,000.
OCKS KILL THREE PERSONS IN BED.
Inormous Ledge CrashesThronch a House
at Echo, W. Va.
James and Frank Tllman and Lnoy Law
'ere Instantly killed by a rock crashing
irough the house where they were sleeping
t Echo, W. Va. The other members of the
unilv were seriously injured. The house
'as situated at the foot of the mountain on
le banks of the New Blver.
An enormous ledge of rooks broke loose on
le mountain's side, passing over coke ovens
nd tearing up the traok of the Chesapeake
ad Ohio Ballroad and breaking through the
ouse.
Henry Law. one of the occupants who
icaped had the presence of mind to run out
ad flag an express train, which was just due
ad which would have otherwise been
rooked on the rocks.
YAMAGATA IN THIS COUNTRY.
he Japanese Field MariUal on His Way
to the Czar's Coronation.
The Occidental and Oriental steamship
optic arrived at San Franoisco, Cal., from
okohama, having on board Field Marshal
amagata, Commander-in-Chief of the Japnese
Army, accompanlec^by his staff. The
larqnis is en route to Russia to attend the corQEXEBAL
YAMAOATA.
Jommander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army.)
nation of the Czar. There can be little
oubt that his Excellency will discuss the
orean problem freely in St. Petersburg,
ussia, it is said, is shaping hor policy to
lacate Japan, and it is thought that a deflitejunderstandino'
may perhaps be formulati
regarding Korea.
General lamagata was greeted by a depu?
ition of National Guard officers, reprosentig
Governor Budd, to welcome him to
merica. .
Dead In a Fire Trap.
A Are was discovered in the old-fashioned
rick buildlDg, No. 374 Hudson street, New
ork City, owed by Trinity Church. The
uilding is an old, tumbled down affair, not
rovided with Are escapes. There were
ghteen persons asleep in the building at
le time. Four of these were killed
ad one injured. One of the flreen
who came to the rescue
ill from a ladder and was fatally hurt. The
ead are Archibald Grogan, Mart McMuhon,
homas Molloy, Margaret Byan. Edward
felch, a fireman, was fatally hurt.
Shot While Committing Theft.
City Marshal H. D. Trent shot and killed
: Athens, III., Albert Batterton, son of E. C.
attertOD, a prominent citizen. Batterton
as committing a burglary in Haun <fc
land's restaurant. The Marshal, who
new of the project, was in concealment
tere, and called on the youug man to surmder.
Batterton started to run ani the
Bicer llred, wouiiding him in the back.
Railroad Car Building Active.
Thero is great activity in railroad car
illding this year, So far 12,500 cars havo
:en built and most o? the builders have
y<'r\ An honrl
Out of the Common Bun.
The city of Monteroy, Mexico, is to have a
:st-class system of water-works.
In 1894 Germany exported 56,414 ton3 of
ire nails and 209,000 tons of wire.
Xho Maine Medical School has a man in
3 freshman class who is fifty-four years oid.
A drivo of 1,000,000 feet of sawlogs is
>w being run down tho Mohawk River in
rogon.
Persons under eighteen ynar3 of a?e aro
>t allowed on the streets of Caldwell, Idaho,
ter 9 p. m.
Tho United States consumes more thaa
ity per cent, of tho tin plates exported by
reat Eritaln.
FLOODS IN NEW YORK STATE.
Blreri and Creeks Overflow and Towns
and Villages Are Flooded.
Spring freshets caused floods in many
parts of New York State. Elvers and creeks
overflowed and great destruction was
wrought in towns and villages, Dispatches
from various points give the following details:
< Lions.?Clyde Biver rose higher than it
has been since 1865. The Standard Oil Company's
station is surrounded with water five
ioet deep and milk is' being taken into the
oreamery on rafts. Newsboys delivered paSers
on Franklin, Depew, Elmer, Shulerand
[ontezuma streets with rowboats. The
amount of damage done is great. At the
Scott Malting Company's plant the water
overflowed thialower floor.
ueneseo.?xne weneseo mver ruao
and the flats between Geneseo and Flffard
are covered with water.
Palmyba.?Gunargua Greek was the highest
in the past ten years. The West Shore
tracks are under fourteen inches of water
and no trains can pass. The town was in
- darkness at night, water being over a foot
above the fire-box at the electric light power
house.
Buptaio.?South Buffalo was under two
to Ave feet of water, due to the overflow of
Buffalo and Cazenovia Creeks. Considerable
damage was done to goods in cellars
and house furniture.
Hobnellsville.?The Canisteo River is a
raging torrent. Several portions of the city
are inundated, and many of the highways
are impassable. The electric road to Canisteo
was not able to operate trains, and at the
latter place the flood is even worse than
here. A farmer moving his household Roods
was forced to abandon his wagon on the
lower flat lands.
Ithaca.?Ithaoa ia experiencing the worst
flood in its historv. Th6 ice in the
various feeders to Lake Cayuga running
through the city went out, but
a north wind brought the Ice
back again, with the result that the lower
portion of the city is inundated. The water
extends all over that portion of the city, and
for five miles out a rushing torrent sweeps
over the country. The railroad tracks south
of Ithaca are washed away and only trains
goinfir north can get out of the city.
CARRIED OFF THE P05T0FFICE.
Bow One Hill City Faction Outwitted the
Other by Nij?ht.
An old feud between two factions at Hill
City, Kan., has broken out again. Hill City
is the seat of Graham County. Several
years ago the people organized in the night,
went to Milbrook, a rival town threo miles
distant, and forcibly carried away the county
records and oompelled the officers to go
along. The town was able to hold the seat
of government, because J. H. Pomeroy, now
a wealthy citizen of Boston, owned most ol
tl^e place.
Ever since the removal of the county records
the principal street of the town has been
the dead line between the two rival factions,
the Pomeroy people and the opposition, led
by another wealthy man named McGill. For
years the postofflce has been on the McGill
side, but the postmaster, 0. B, Kikley, being
a Pomeroy adherent, secretly secured permission
from the Government to move the
postofflce across the street. A few mornings
ago, before daylight, fifty of the Pomeroy
faotion appeared at the postofflce and moved
it across the street while the McGill men
slept. When the McGill men heard of it, a
posse was organized to move it back, but fear f
of Government officers prevented them. A
riot was narrowly averted.
BOY, DOC, EAGLE.
Triangular Combat In Kentucky That Had
Novel Feature*.
While the two-year-old son of William
Stone, who lives at the foot of Jones's Fork
Mountain, six miles from Hmdman, Knox
I County, Kentucky, was playing in his father's
yard a few days ago, an eagle descended
from the mountain top and buried Its
talons into the little fellow's shoulder and
head.
The boy was accompanied by a large dog
that, upon seeing his friend in danger, ran
to the spot, and before the bird could raise
the boy from the ground he found himself
in th? dog's power. .
Mr. Stone, who was not far away, ran to
the boy. The eagle was already baaly cripI)led
by the dog, and Mr. Stone easily killed
t The left eye of the ohild was torn out
and its left shoulder badly lacerated.
Colonel Lyman Kxclse Commissioner.
Governor Morton, of New York, sent to the
State Senate the name of Colonel Henry H.
Lyman, of 0?wego, in nomination for the
new post of Excise Commissioner oreated by
the Baine3 Liquor Tax law. He will receive
a salary of $5000 a year and expenses. Mr.
Lyman will have the appointment of a deputy
at a salary of $4000, a secretary at a
salary or Silduuu, a nnauciai ciero. ui a anitii j |
of $1800; three special deputies, one In New
York, at a salary of 34000, one 'In Brooklyn
at $3000, and one in Buffalo, at $2000. Abo
the appointment of a clerk to each of the
special deputies. He also has the appointment
of sixty confidential agents lor the
various counties of the State at a salary of
$1200 each, and may also appoint special attorneys
to assist the confidential agents.
South'* Cotton Industry.
The Chattanooga Tradesman has issued
its report of new industries organized or incorporated
in the Southern States for tho
first quarter of 1896. The report shows a
total of 497 new industries, as against 576 in
the same period of 1895, and 617 in the first
quarter of 1891. The report shows thot
ninety-two new cotton mills were organized
or established in the Southern States during
first rhrps months of the present year,
and that 106 were reported daring the same
period of 1895. In the first three months of
1894 twenty-nine were reported, and seventysix
In the same months of 1893.
Killed His Wife and HlinSoir.
At Rogers, Ark., Pulaski Duckworth killed
his wife and mortally wounded his five-yearold
daughter, and then cut his throat. Ho
struck his wife two blows with an axe across
the forehead. He also struck tho child with
an axe. He thon cut his throat with an ordinary
pocket knife.
Shot tho Sheriff at a Faneral.
At Cedar Church, Indian Territory, Isaac
Reubens shot and killed Campson Battiest,
Sheriff of Cedar County, while both were attending
a funeral. Reuben says that Battiest
fired two shots at him with a pistol, and he
then drew his "Winchester and shot out his
brains.
.Ex-Governor Sea? of Alabama Dead.
Thomas Sony, who was Governor of Alabama
from 1?36 to 1890, died at his home in
Greensboro, of grip.
Bloodhounds as Kallroad Detectives.
Tho authorities of the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad division of the Seaboard
Air Lino have purchased a number of
bloodhounds, which they intend to use for
the purpose of tracking train wreckers who
have boon placing obstructions on the track
between Wilson and Goldsboro, N. C. The
dogs Uavo been stationed in pairs at sovoral
points along the Wilmington and Weldon
Road.
Philadelphia's oki J.eacner3.
Philadelphia has 150 men and women
teachors who have been instructing her
young idea for more than thirty-ftvo years.
Minor Mention.
An oysterman of South Nbrwalk, Conn.,
wont to New York with a boat load of oysters.
Ho couldn't find profitable sale for
thorn, so took them back and planted them
again.
The State of Washington hassalmon fisheries
worth ?1,500,000 a year, and catches 10,000
fur seals. It exports $8,000,000 worth of
lumber and coal and raises 15,000,000 bushels
of wheat.
Albert Shannon, a Kentucky colored man,
said that whenever he touched a pistol he
felt an uncontrollable impulse to shoot a bullet
into his own body. He recovered twicp,
"out last Sunday he touched a pistol once too
often. ?
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Agreed to by the Conferees as They
Passed the Senate. ?
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INTERVENTION NOT FAVORED. I
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The Friendly Offices of the United States a
to Bo Offered by the President to the J
Spanish Government for the Kecognl- (
tlon of the Independence of Cuba?A
Unanlmoaa Agreement.
Washington, D. 0., March 28.?The House *
and Senate conferees on tho Cuban resolutions
have come to an agreement. The ?
House conferees accepted the Senate resolu- I
tlons. These resolutions only differ in sub- j
stance from those adopted by the House in
that they do not carry a declaration in favor {
of intervention to protect American interests ]
in Cuba.
This result shuts off all further debate in
the Senate, where there was the evidence of ,
a spirit of antagonism that tbe committee <
believed would bo exerolsed to the ultimate '
defeat of any and all resolutions. In the
form as thus agreed to the resolutions are ab 1
follows:
"Besolved by the Senate (the House of I
Representatives concurring therein), That, i
In the opinion of Congress, a condition of i
THE CUBAJ* FLAG, MAC!
(The machete 1b the husbandman's Implement
chief-weapon of the Cuban lnsurgenl
publio war exists between the Government
of Spain and the Government proolaimed
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&QQ lor sumo UUiO Luaiiii aiuvu k/j jvawv v?
arms by the people of Cuba; and that the
United States of America should maintain n
strict neutrality between the contending
Powers, according to each all the rights of 1
belligerents in the ports and territory of the
United States. 1 ,
"Resolved, further, That the friendly
offices of the United States should be offered
by the President to the Spanish Government
for the recognition of the Independence of
Cuba."
The aotion of the five conferees was unanimous,
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the
sixth member of the Committee, being absent.
The House conferees, who have held
out strongly for their own resolutions, by
consenting to accept the Senate resolutions 1
brought the three days' conference to an
end. The Conference Committee did not act
until the sentiment of ihe House had been
sounded by Representatives Hitt and Adams,
and it was learned that tb^re would probably
be little objection to the cBference report
With the adoption of thBpnference report
Congressional action regn^ng Cuba will be
at a standstill for the ti^^eing. No one <
can tell just when the Pr^^nt will act or 1
what part the concurren^Msoiutions wn>
play In determining his^^vn. But the
situation is most delicate. are several
contingencies which may ^^Kce an acute
crisis any day.
TO TREAT PATRIOTSW?ANDITS.
Captain-General YVeyler Ig&uV a Characteristic
Order to Thai EKeot.
Havana, March 28.?CaptainlGeleral Wey- .
ler has issued an order declanngkat, "inasmuch
as the rebels aro eluding engage- (
ments with the Government troops and are <
committing arson and other crimes, such 1
bands will hereafter be regarded as bandits <
and treated in accordance with the last de- <
crees relating to such persons." '
The news received Jfrom the western prov- ]
ince (Pinar del Rio) is meagre. Several col- '
umns of Government troops are pursuing <
Maceo and other rebel leaders, who are said 1
to be moving westward. The insurgents havo
attacked the fort at Pinar del Rio City and ^
are destroying a great deal of property. The '
Government troops have bsen ordered to 1
prevent the return of Macoo Into Havana 1
province.
The Government troop3 report the capture J
of an insurgent camp in the vicinity of Los
Palos, nearjtbe line dividing the provinces <
of Havana and Mantanzas, together with a 1
number of cattle, a medioine chest and a 1
quantity of provisions, macnetes, etc. The c
official report of the affairsays: "The enemy
had many losses, leaving in our hands ten ?
dead. The Government troops had nope ?
killed and only a few wounded." J
Spain Raisins Money.
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London, March 28.?Paris and London j
financiers who were sounded by Spain on t
the Issue of a loan on the security of Cuban ?
bonds issued in 1890 declined to enter thb
proposed deal. The Spanish Cabinet now i
proposes to raise '924,000,000 by pawning the s
bonds with the Bank of Spain, the Bank of t
Barcelona and other provincial banks, t
through whioh a National subscription loan i
will be issued.
Heavy Coinage of Silver Dollars.
The United States mints aro now coining
standard silver dollars at the rate of' $1,600,- t
000 a month from the silver bullion pur- (
chased under the act of July 14, 1890, on /
hand. Of the number of silver dollars now (
being coined, 1,081,375 will be held for the j.
redemption of Treasury notes, being the cost
of the bullion contained in 1,500,000 silvor
dollars at the average cost of silver bullion
purchased under the act of July 14, 1890.
The remainder, 468,675 dollars will bo paid
into the Treasury as profits on tho coiuage 'n
of silver bullion and against which silver F
certificates can bo issued and used in the t
payment of any expenses of the Government, s
Governor Alt;eld Indicted.
Tho Champaign County (Illinois) Grand
Jury indlctod Governor John T. Altgeld and
the entire Board of Trustees of the Univer- f
sity of Illinois for not complying with the r
State law requiring that the American flag
bo displayed over tho State University Build- t
ing- J
Tho Lnlior World.
The cotton mills of Mexico are paying as f
much as fifty per cent, dividends. c
In New York there are 170.000 female I
servants, and in Pennsylvania 120,000.
The Railway Cripples' Association is the J
name of the latest organization for disabled 1
emdoyes. ... 8
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The bill pending fin Congress providing forj '
tie payment of all pensions by mall is said)
} stand a good ohanoe of becoming a law.
The Honse Ways and Means Committee or-i
ered a favorable report on the Senate bill;
aaking Stamford, Oonn., a sub-port of;
ntry.
Mr. Draper reported, favorably from thai
louse Committee on Patents the bill to!
emedy delay in fawning patents and several*
.buses of the laws. !'
Senator Hoar Introduced a bill giving to
iny State having a claim for expenses inurred
in defense of the United States the
lght to have it adjudicated by the Court of
Jlalma. i >
Leaders of the majority in the House of
tepresentatives defeated the proposal to in-;
Tease from four to six the number of new)
>attleshit>8 authorized by the Naval Approirlatlon
bllL
Judge JDIitenhoeffer, of New York, made
m arimmant before the Senate Committee on1
Patents hi advocacy of the bill making the
)iracy of musio&l and dramatic compositions
i misdemeanor. . -'*j
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, reported fromi ;he
Elections Committee the iolnt resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
providing for the election of Senators by direct
votes of the people.
The Senate passed the joint resolution
luthorizing Benjamin Harrison to accept
certain medals presented to him by the Govsrnments
of Brazil and Spain daring his
term of service as President of the United
9tates. | .v
In reporting favorably the bill granting!
Statehood to Arizona, tbe senate Committee!
an Territory says Arizona bas mora wealth!
find population than two-thirds of the States
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HETE AND SCABBABD.
: 1b all sngar-growIng conntries, and Is the
9. who wield It with deadlv effect.)
had at the time of their admission, having
taxable property valued at (27,618,332, ana
about 99,000 Inhabitants.
A joint resolution to amend the Constitution
by prohibiting Congress and State
Legislatures from using publio moneys In
aid of any institution controlled wholly or
in part by any sectarian or religious association.
has been introduced In the Senate by
Mr. Gallinger (Bep., N. H.) * .
Mr. Gallinger (Rep., N. H.) In the 8enate 1
presented numerous petitions in favor of setting
apari a Government reservation for the
benefit of persons suffering from pulmonary
diseases in the North, who might oe benefited
by a change of climate to the salubrious
atmosphere of the Rocky Mountain region;
and he said that he would introduce a bill
Betting apart the Fort Stanton military reservation
In New Mexico.
As a result of the caucus of the Republican
members of the House Military Committee
It was decided to report to the full committee
a joint resolution recommending tha
appointment of General Franklin, of Con- v
necticut: Thomas J. Henderson, of Ulinolsi
George L. Beale, of Maine, and George W.
Steele, of Indiana, to fill the vacancies
caused In the Board of Managers of the Na<
tional Soldiers' Homes which will occur thii
year.
MOTHER AND FATHER DEAD.
3Iartha Wlilttaker Under Surveillance to 1
Poisoning Her Parents.
Jacob Snyder, an engineer of the Erie
Railroad, in Port Jervis, N. Y., died in great
agony a few day3 ago and at the same time
bis wife was taken suddenly ill. The Uvea
of both were insured, and a married daugh?
tor, Mrs. Martha Whittaker, who made her
home with her parents, was sole benefl8lary
af the insurance money in case of the deatn
af both. She had been a wild, wayward girl,
*nd was separated from her husband. Suspicion
that sne had poisoned her parents
was aroused, and immediately aftwr the
ieath of her father she was placed under police
surveillance,^although not arrested.
Three days after the c'eath of Mr. Snyder,
VIrs. Frances Snyder, poisoned as her husDand
Jacob was, died, after many hours of
ntense suffering. Her body was placed in a
room next that in which was the murdered
nan, on the top floor of the little cottage in
2ast Main street.
And in a room underneath, the only child
)i rne aeaa man ana nia wne, airs. manna
iVhittaker, sat nearly all day, with a poiicenan
ev6r at her side, to make sure that she
lid not escape, or do herself harm.
The girl?she is a girl in years, although
ihe has been a wifp?is not yet accused by
iny one in authority, but it has been thought
vise to be suro that she will be at hand in
:ase future developments should make an
irrest imperative.
Her mother, when dying, practically exDressed
the belief that Mrs. Whittaker was
;he poisoner. But there is no proof yet
lgalnst her. or against any one.
Mrs. Whittaker is critically il). 8he fainted
vhen told that her mother was dead, and
loon afterward she was seized with nausea, M
be symptoms bein? similar to those caused
)V arsenical poisoning in its early stages. ~
5he soon revived, and for some hours aftervard
sne rested quietly.
New itelirfous Movement.
A new religious movement, called ihe
Lmerican League of the Grand Army of the
Jross, with some features like the Salvation
i?mr hoa boon in firaan nrJiih
:onn.', by William H. Hall, a New York
lusiness man.
Edlgoii'g Remarkable Apparatus.
Thomas JL Edison has perfected an apparatus
whereby hjs fluoroscope can bo put to
iractical use in hospitals, revealing the naure
of fractures of limbs or locating foreign
ubstances like bullets in the body.
Prominent People.
Secretary Carlisle is sixty-ono years old.
Governor Greenhalge was tho first Gov
srnor of Massachusetts to die in office in^-_ I
nc?ro than seventy years.
Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, declares 1
hat he has a dread of public speaking^ and fl
hat he is filled with a nameless tejror every
im$ he faces an audience.
Secretary Olaev is a Great stickler for oflei
11 precedence and other points of etiiu
Jte, and has reduced its rules to a fln*
>o4t at public functions at Washington.
M)bael Joseffy, the pianist, is of so ex- I
J He a disposition that on the day when
n ^o give a performance he secludes him.
elfj and. nobody is allowed to speak to high
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