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ESTABLISHED IN 186 HORRORS OF A CYCLONE. -r ' .. ? . . ?_ / A PALL OF DEATH, DESOLATION AND RUIN IN MINNESOTA. Hundreds of Xtoople Killed and Mangled? Heart-Kernling Scenes and Incidents? The Ground Poughed Up, House* L)e moliahed and Kallroad Kails Twisted Like Wire. St. Cloud, Minn.. April 15.?A few minutes after 4 o^cloek yesterday afternoon the skies "became overcast willi a dark cloud, and a great black mass rose over the hills Southwest of the city, and coming with terrible velocity to the Western outskirts in a direct line for the Manitoba freight yards. The clouds hung low, and roll ed over and over like smoke over a battle Geld, and were accompanied by a loud roaring and cracking sound, that resembled a conflagration in its fury. The cloud was funnel-shaped, and the point dragged along the ground like the tail of a huge anal beast, lashing every thing that came in its path into atoms. The citizens had hardly time to flee to their cellars and seek other points of re fuge before a whirlwind was on them and the air filled with flying boards, shingles, bricks and other debris, that was strewn over the country and piled in promiscuous heaps. It came from the Southeast and moved in a North easterly direction uniil it reached the river, where its course was diverted and followed the river bauks until it reached Sauk Rapids, where it diverged to the left, passing directly through the centre ofthat town. * The utmost excitement prevailed. Women and children fled from their houses and rushed aimlessly about iu the midst of the dark cloud and dust and an avalanche of boards and brick. Men lost their presence of mind and stood in silence and inactivity in the presence of the wind demon. It was hardly noticed before It was on the city iu all its fury, and the people were not warned of their danger before it was upon them, and they fell like grain stalks before the reaper's sickle. The portion of St. Cloud struck by the cvclone was the Southwestern section, and was the residence portion occupied by the laboring class of people, the ma jority of them being foreigners employ ed on the railroads. Their dwellings were light built houses and became easy nrey to the monster that had so vicious ly pounced upon them. They were like cockle shells in the grasp of the whirl wind, and were picked up and tossed in the air and rent into a thousand pieces. The earth was plowed up in the line of the cyclone, and the path over which ?H^na83cd, to a. width of nearly a quarter 'ot a niile, 'T??Ks as though it had been" upheaved by a terrible volcanic erup tion. It had hardly begun its terrible work before it was finished, and the scene that greeted the eyes ot those who had escaped its fury was one that caused the stoutest heart' to shudder. The cries and sleeks of the wounded rent the air, and the cround was strewn with the bodies of the dead. Among them were stalwart men, weak women, and weaker children. The citizens almost to a man rushed to the demolished dis tricts, and summoning physicians began their work of rescuing those who were still living from beneath the piles of dirt and fallen buildings. Braiuard was promptly telegraphed to for medical help, and she immediately responded by scudmg a dozen physi cians and surgeons by a special train, but it was late in the evening when they arrived on the scene. St. Paul aud Min neapolis were also appealed to and a special car was sent out with twenty three surgeon aud physicians for the scene of disaster. After dark the scene was a ghastly one. Rain poured down in torrents aud hundreds of men wander ed over the ground, many carrying lau? terus, sear thing for bodies among the ruins. The hotel lobbies were filled with excited citizens, many of whom yet suspected that some portion of their families or their friends had,fallen vic tims to the terrible disaster.' Women, seemingly unconscious of the rain that was falling in the streets, and ignoring the gutters and turbid streams, glided about sobbing and moaning in their fright. On the arrival of the train yesterday ?with the surgeons, work was at once begun to relieve the wounded. Eighteen dead were taken to the Little Giant engine house and stretched out on the floor, while the wounded were sent to the First Benedict Hospital where they were promptly cared for by a corps ot physicians and the nurses, among whom were numerous lady residents who had volunteered their services. ? There were fifty-four wounded in the hospital last night besides a large number that were taken to private residences. To day there are forty-three in the hospital, two having died and the others have been removed. The bodies at the engine house were neatly dressed to-day and placed in coffins" The funeral will probably take place to-morrow. Scarcely a vestige of any of the wreck ed structures remained intact. The ground is covered with all kinds of tim bers, promiscuously tangled together. It is estimated that 400 structures (all frame)were blown down and the neat and costly Manitoba depot was unroofed and wrecked, thus almost entirely cut ting off telegraphic communication. The only building of any consequence aside rrom the depot injured was the brewery, and this was badly warped and twisted. l\\c force of the storm was such as to wrcnth of.' the door of the safe iu the pestofice Hid carry it some distance from tie building. A church bell weigh ing 1.OW pounds was fouud among the deb:is bur hundred feet away from the Kj. The remaius of the dead are tnrecogwzable. being complete he! and blackened. There are a abc number injured about the ?" Col M Glorcr Jan lt'S,~ hips and spine. Many of the survivors will be disabled for life. The delegation of doctors from St. Paul and Minneapolis worked all mght under the disadvantage of bavins no splints or drugs, as the drug stores were completely demolished. Splints were madejrom the shingles with which the ground was strewn In the track of the storm for miles. One tortunate thing was the fact that the school had been dismissed, as the fatality among the children would have beeu appalling. The school house was rased to the very foundation. Sauk Rapids, Minn., April 15.? The cyclone struck this city shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and in just six minutes the best portion of the town was in ruins. Not a single busi ness house was left standing on Main street. Many residences were demol ished. The wind came from the South west and swept everything before it for a width of about four blocks. The storm cloud wns as black as night, with a bright, clear sky on either side. The Court House is now a heap of ruins, and several couuty officers are killed. The Union- school house, the Presby terian and Congregational Churches, the postoffice, a dour mill and a large machine shop were all converted into kindling wood in less time than it takes to tell it. What was once the centre of the town is now covered with debris timber, doors, pieces of furniture, etc. Only the City Hotel remains intact. The* Northern Pacific depot is literally blown away and a large number of freight cars overturned upon the tracks. At the present time twenty-two dead bodies have been recovered from the ruins, and a large nurnber of people are injured. The bodies are laid out. in the neatest houses left standing and several half demolished buildings are made to auswer the purpose of a morgue. The spectacle is a sad one?the living being not only deprived of their friends, but of all their earthly possessions at the same time. The total loss of property is not less than $300,000, without a dollar of cyclone insurance. The town is well nigh ruined. The living are car ing for the wounded as well as possible, and the physicians from St. Paul, Min nepolis and Brainerd are m attendance. St. Paul, April 15.?Dr. Denslow, who with others went last eveuing by special train to St. Cloud, returned this morning. Upon arriving ot St. Cloud, he said the physicians from St. Paul and Minneapolis divided, some going to Sauk Rapids. Dr. Denslhw was on the force sent to the St. Benedictiue Sisters' Hospital, and they were kept busy untii 3 o'clock this morning. One probably fatal case is that of a woman, who has a broken collar bone, both bones of the left forearm, and both bones of the left leg fractured, all comminuted and the petus broken, an accident seldom chroni cled in surgery. Her head and face are bruised beyond recognition. Strange to say the woman is conscious and talks freely, saying her hip hurts, but other wise she lelt no pain. Auother proba bly fatal case is that of a young man, twenty years old. Both legs are so badly crushed that they had to be am putated midway between the knee aud thigh. One man, lying in the hospital b?my injured, said three of his children were dead. Another man in the next cot to him responded, saying his wife and three children were killed. Three little boys, about six years of age, were brought in at midnight, wounded cruel ly. A woman was found with a piece of scalp as large as a man hand torn from her head and hanging by shreds. Drs. Denslow. and Hiehic shortly after midnight went across to Sauk Rapids to render what assistance they could there. Twenty-three dead bodies had been found and the doctors from Minneapolis were busy caring for the injured. Drs. Higbee and Dolliver ol Minneapolis, just from St. Cloud, told an Associated Press reporter that new bodies were being recovered hourly from the debris and being brought in from the country in the track of the tornado. Twelve injured people were brought in, several of whom will die. Druggist Schubert's remains had just been found. He had only been in the city two weeks. Four have died of their wounds since morning. At a church East of Rye Station, thir teen members of a wedding party were killed, including the officiating minister. At Sauk Rapids thirty-one are already dead. The list will be swelled to forty. Dr. Ames ot Minneapolis, who is on duty at St. Cloud, informed Dr. Dolliver that at least thirty deaths can but result from the visitation there. At Sauk Rapids a man named Van Etton, who weighs 250 pounds, was carried 400 leet through the air and fatally injured. A dead baby was found in the street. No owuer for it can be found. At St. Cloud in the track of the storm stood the Manitoba freight house and cars filled with freight." The heavy cars were lifted from the tracks and cast in pieces in a shapeless mass. Iron rails were torn from ties and twisted like the smallest wires. Telegraph poles werejtorn up and the wires twisted into curious masses. The freight house was totally wrecked. The roof was lifted and blown several hundred feet. The sides next succumbed, and over 83,000 worth of freight was scattered piece meal over an area of a quarter of a mile. Fifteen freight cars were demolished. The operators in the telegraph otlicc and the employees at the freight depots saw the cyclone coming and lied into the cellar and escaped. It was 8.30 In.the evening when the special car arrived from St. Paul and Minneapolis. The run was made In two hours through a terrible thunder slorm. Along the road were signs of terrible storms apparent on either hand, and the streams, turbid and swollen.' had burst over the confine of their banks and covered .the prairies until the country had the appearance ol a world <sf ^jagxy waters. lANGrEBITKGr, S. C, TH1 THE MURDEROUS APACHES. Thousands of People Gather Along the Line to Sec Them En Route to Florida. New Oki.eans. April 13.?About 5,000 people gathered at the Morgan ferry landing yesterday morninc to see the seventy-six Apache Indians arrive. This band was captured in the Sierea Madre and are part of the band of Ge ronimo. The Indians were guarded by Company K, of the Eighth Infantry, consisting of thirty men and three offi cers, Lieutenant J. R. Richards of the Fourth Cavalry 'commanding. The first to alight was the notorious chief Chihuahua, who has raised many a white man's scalp. He got off, followed by his two wives aud a number of pappooses, one of whom was strapped to the back of its mother. Chihuahua's costume consis ted of a shirt and a breech clout, the legs being perfectly bare. His lace was painted re/1 and yellow, and he wore a cartridge belt, to which hung an empty bowie-knife scabbard. The bncks, six teen in number, stepped from one train to the other and gazed at the crowd, while the women removed the baggage. Nearly all of the bucks were without pantaloons, and only wore shirts. The squaws were dressed in calico and wore moccasins. One young squaw, about twenty years of age, carried in her arms a baby seven days old, which was born the day before the party left Fort Carlos. She had not even taken to her bed, and was as lively and did as much work as any of the other women. They travel leisurely on special train charter ed by the government. The Indians do their own cooking along side the tarck, the train waiting for the purpose. Their destination is Fort Marion, at St. Augustine. The most conspicuous Indian in the party was Chief Nana, now over eighty years old, but still fresh from the war path. He bears the. distinction of having slain more human beings than any man living._ A FEROCIOUS MUTINEER. Intrenched in the Ship's Hold Behind a Kerosene Barricade. Washington, ? April 13.?United States Consul Withers has sent from Hong Kong a thrilling account of the death of a Spanish sailor named Leon Salares. hired at Manila by the captain of the ship Granite State, of Ports mouth, N. H., aud who mutinied and sought refuge among packages of kero scene oil, with which the lower hold was filled. He threatened that if attacked, or unless furnished with food and water, he would fire the oil and burn the ship. For a night and part of one day he de fended himself by means of' sheath knives bound to pole?,vf*nd-throwing fire wood at the lanterns carried by the men, breaking the glass and compell ing a retreat, as the- naked flame could not safely be carried near the oil. A concerted onslaught was atlcngth made, and after four hours of desperate fight ing the man was secured. He had been wounded in the mouth and ar.n, and had cut his own throat just before bis cap ture, lie died in ten minutes after be ing taken on deck. The ship was hove toT her colors set at half-mast, the burial service was read and the body was launched into the ocean. a Murdered Man's Foresight. A. P. Hcnly, the clerk of the ordinary , at Athens. Ga., shows the copy of an old will on file in the ordinary's office that probably has not its like in the country. Reter Terry thought that one Wells would assassinate him . and. with this idea in his head, he made his will. In it he left his property to a certain num ber of his friends, whose names are mentioned, to be used in prosecuting , Wells to the utmost extent of the law, ? provided he killed Terry. A few days I alter the will was made Terry was found dead in his garden, shot through the heart. When his will was read suspicion was aroused against Wells, and, on a search being made, the wad ding from the gun that did the killing was found, and it proved to be a part of a letter that passed between those men. Wells was tried for murder, convicted and hung in three months after the killing. _ ... a Sad Incident. Early in January a young man from Indiana passed the civil service exami nation for a position in one of the de partments at Washington and was order ed to report for duty. When he applied the chief clerk of the department noti fied him that there had been a mistake. There was a vacancy, he said, but a man recommended by a senator had been appointed." The young man returned i home. His brother, a prominent law yer of the west, came on and protested agaiust the treatment, asking that his brother be appointed, as he had been out of work a long time and was in low spirts. Last week another vacancy occurred, and the chief clerk sent the young man the oppomtment for the place. Monday when he opened his mail hefouud the appointment returned, endorsed by the brother: "My brother died this morning." Blasphemy. At the 5Cth annual conference of the Mornian church, held last week. 8.0(H) j persons attended. The speeches made ; and resolutions adopted made parallels i between the Monuau leaders and the I prophets ot the bible. It was declared I that Taylor. Cannon aud others of the I Mormon leaders are as truly prophets I as Noah. Enoch and Elijah and the ! absence of the latter day saints was ex j cused on the ground that they had the ] example of the earlier prophets to justi 1 fy them in hiding from the persecutions of the wicked?to wit, the United States court where indictment for bigamy arc pending against them. "Lustro," the great metal polish for silver ware, sold only by P. W. Cant I well. JESDAT, APRIL 22, 188 THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. WATCHING THE NEW DEPARTURE IN CAROLINA. Tue Meeting of the Farmern and how It is Watched?Some Things to he Considered in Carolina* Spabtanburg, April 15.?The ap proaching "Farmers' Convention," and what it-can and should do, is a subject of great interest iu this Stute, and will be until the 29th mat. . In certain portions of the State, and among some parties, the cry is that it should devote itself entirely to matters connected with agriculture and should mgore politics altogether. A great many others, and particularly those who hnvo been most enthusiastic in support ing ,tlie movement, believe that none of the main objects which bring the farmers together can be accomplished unless tbe^-cau secure such a legislature and such an executive as will fiivor their pur poses and secure such legislation as they desire. It.is feared that some of the delegates to .the convention, instead of being in sympathy with the movement and de sirous of its success, will go therefor the express purpose of preventing the farm ers from uniting on any platform, and of making the Convention itself a failure. TJic Convention can meet, form a general organization, aud after delibera tion, adopt a general platform, embrac ing such changes and reforms as the farmers may demand from the Stale, and then adjourn, leaving details to the State Democratic Convention and the General Assembly, because the Farm ers' Convention cannot of itself do any tliing final. The first great difficulty will _be to get the Convention to agree upon.a platform, but a convention of farmers ought easily to agree upon the matters embraced in the call, which are a farmers college, the proper reoresenta tion of the counties, and the equalization and reduction of taxes by the abolish ment* of unnecessary offices, reduction of expenses, etc. Taking it for granted tliat the conven tion will agree upon some such plat form, then the question arises as to the means to be used to secure the ends hi view.',:?-How are the farmers to secure a ?'farmers' college" if they do not lake furthers steps looking to this organiza tion of the executive and legislative de partments of the State governments. How tire the counties to secure proper representation fn the General Assembly or the State Democratic convention without-some farther efforts being made after-the convention has adjourned. _?c|ufefiTorming a general organization n"fc9?flfS5nssing .%?ric?iiltupnl;-'rantfier^: . strict'y speaking, the convention cannot do any tiling except to frame certain issues or to make certain demands of the Democratic party and State government before the people in their election of delegates to the Slate convention (where, the Executive will be chosen) and in the election ot Representative to the Legislature. If i the convention can agree upon a platform, the next natural step to be taken, would be to look out for repre sentative men of sufliccnt intelligence, and capacity, whom they could present to the State and county Democratic organization as candidates, who are in accord with their views, as the reform needed in the State. In doing this, the farmers would have an opportunity of showing the non partisan character of their movement; that they are looking to the best interests of the State, and are not merely seekiug ollice themselves, by selecting the best mcu they can find iu the State, who are in sympathy with them, and their wants, regardless of the profession or avocation to which they belong. Such a course would put their movement on high ground, and show that they are not governed by any nar row feelings or prejudices. It is their best policy, moreover, to select the best agents they can find, to assist them in accomplishing the work they have iu view. There is an abundance of good ma terial in this State, among men who arc not mixed up with any of the complica tions of the past. Among the State offices it will be a matter of but little importance to the farmers as to who shall occupy them, except the positions of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, which exercise considerable influence over legislative affairs. If for instance, (after adopting a reasonable platform), the farmers could induce some sucu man as Gen. W. II. Wallace, of Union, or Gen.J. JL Kershaw, of Camden, to be come a candidate before the Democratic Convention or primary electiou, if such should be provided for, and pursuing a I similar course of supportiug good men j in the various counties, willing to repre sent their expressed wishes, they could easily secure such au executive and such i a Legislature as would grant the desired relief. It is true that the positon of Governor docs not. in itself, offer any great inducements to such men as have been mentioned, but tiie future will bring oppotunitics of fitly rewarding the sacrifices which the present may de mand. It is quite certain whether the Con- j j vention can agree upon a common plat- j j form or not. that what wc call "the<j Tillmail movement," has developed the , fact that the masses are waking up, and ; ' are anxious for some political and indus I trial changes. It is more than proba-! J ble, even if the convention fails to agree 1 that the advocates of the main princi ples of the movement will carry them ! before the. people in their primary elec- ', , tions. and continue the work until sue I cess has crowned their efforts, j As this movement has started in the I ; up-country and seems likely to beoppos-i i ed mainly in some of the lower counties, \ I it would be well for a demand to be made j i upon the State Democratic Convention I for a renpportionmeut of rcpresenta-' 6. PBic: lives from thodiffercat counties, or for a primary election or the Democratic party, A second convention, at least, should be called if a primary election cannot be secured, in which the counties should be represented in proportion to their Democratic strength. One or the other of these changes must take place j before any true expression of the will of the Democracy in this State can be as-1 certaiued, or any important reforms in our educational, industrial or political j affairs can be affected.?Spartan m Au-1 gusta Chronicle. ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE. Pretty Love Affair of Secretary Lnmnr? the Gentleman in Bfacon. Macon, Ga., April 14.?Hon. L. q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior in Cleveland's cabinet, arrived in Macon this morning at 9:30 o'clock. He was met at the depot by Col. Wm. H. Ross, Anderson W. Reese and Col. Albert R. Lamar. After the compliments of the day, Col Lamar was taken in charge by Mr. Reese and driven to his elecant home on Washington avenue. He will be the guest ofMr. Reese to-day and to night, and to-morrow and to-morrow nigh; he will be the guest of Mr. Ross. To-morrow evening Mr. Ross will invite a few friends to his residence. Beyond this no public reception will be tendered him. Col. Lamar was born in Putnam county, September 17, 1825. He was educated at Oxford, after which he moved to this city, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He after wards moved to Mississippi, where he has resided since. He served through part of the war, when he resigned to go to England on an important mission for the Confederate Government. Colonel Lamar says his visit South is not a po litical one in any sense, and is more of a social nature. Indeed, those who are in a position to know, say that he will soon be united in marnrgc to a Macon lady. As the romance goes, they were cugaged to be married in the long ago; they were parted for some trivial reason; each married; the husband and wife are both dead: now, after years, the two hearts which beat together in unison then, will be united In marriage, ne will remain in the city two or three days.?Augusta Chronicle. - Shot Iii? Daughter's Betrayer. ' Pakkersbubg. W. Va., ApriU3.? A special from St. Mary's, W. Va., says that a fatal shooting affray occurr ed there last night. Luke Leiper, a well known citizen, aged fifty years, induced au eleven-year-old daughter of Samuel Russell to elope with him last Monday. As the ill-matched pair left no clue behind, Mr. Russell, who Is also a well known citizen, could not follow and was compelled to await developments. Yesterday alternoon Leiper returned alone. Russell soon heard of his pres ence and hunted him up. The men met about 8 o'clock, when Russell immedi ately drew a revolver and fired four times at Leiper, who fell fatally wounded to the ground. Pussell was at once hurried away by friends and the officers have not as yet been able to discover him. Suicide of an Karl. The Earl of Shaftsbury killed himself in London recently while in a cab riding through Regent street. He shot himself several times in the body with a revolver. Dcatli was nearly instantaneous. The corpse was conveyed to the Middlesex hospital. Shaftsbury was in about two months of being 55 years old. He was the eighth Earl of Shaftsbury. succeed ing on October 1st, 1S85, to the title, on the death of his lather, the noted philan thropist. He leaves a window, one son and live daughters. Killed His Wife. West Bend. Wis., April 12.?Wil liam Helms, a farmer, aged forty years, who resides near Kewaskum, killed his wife to-day and is now in jail here. Helms is afflicted with insanity, and two officers were sent to take him in custody. He shot at the officers, but missed them, and the bullet struck his wife, killing her instantly. Four children were left motherless by the tragedy, one a baby two weeks old. Explosion of Giant Powder. Milwaukee, April 17.?A special to the Evening VV isconsin from Clinton ville announces a terrible explosion of giant powder there while unloadiug eight kegs from a train. One keg was accidently dropped, exploding the entire lot. Arthur Edwards had the top of his head blown off, killed instantly. Jas. Ringwood, telegraph operator, and George Storms, brakeman. are fatally injured. The conductor and three other men arc also seriously injured. Tin; friends of Major McSwecneyof the Hampton Guardian have put him forward in print ;us deserving of legis lative honors. A Varnville correspon dent pays this high tribute to the Ma jor: "His untiring energy and his true, patriotic and timely efforts in behalf of his country, so eminently servicea ble in the past, is a guarantee that he will prove a strong and useful represen tative. A man's success in life, coupled with integrity of character, is a sure and safe guide." After an exciting but peaceable contest, West Foint, Va., has gone dry by forty-six majority. Three hundred and seventy-four votes were polled, the next to the largest vote ever polled there. All the whites except thirty-two, and quite a number of colored voters voted dry. Three barkeepers voted dry and one did not vote. The announcement of thu result caused loud rejoicing among the large crowd anxiously awaiting. No matter what it is, call at Jos. Eros' for it. Bass ball goods, line goods of all descriptions, suitable for any occa sion. Books, Music, Stationary, line Cigars, call for Eros' Album Writer's Friend 10 cents; also the only place to get a large variety of line Candies at 15 cents per pound at Jos. Eros'. $1.50 PER ANNUM. A TERRIBLE FLOOD. THE FATE OF A LITTLE VILLAGE IN MASSACHUSETTS. The Village of East Lee, Nenr Plttafleld,. lUnsKiichusett*, Swept Away by the Bursting oi a Bam. Pittsfield. Mass., April '20.?At 6 o'clock ' this morniug the village of East Lee wasjmundated and devastated by the breaking away of the dam at Mud Pond resevoir, Mountain Lake, about two and a half miles from the village. The pond covered many acres of swamp, and was increased from its original limi ted size by exteusive dams built by a club of manufactnrers as a storage place for water. East Lee village, whose half dozen paper mills are situated on the stream* received its first news of the accident when the flood came pouring down the street, the water being from four to six feet deep and bringing with it trees, portions of houses, barns, fences, wagons and every form of movable property. People fled to the slope of the valley aloug which the torrent was (Muring, and some houses moved and toppled about like chips on a river. The flood passed East Lee and went on down the road destroying gardens, towns and fences, and moving the smaller buildings. It had not power, however, to wrecK utterly the larger houses though the damage done will amount to many thousands of dollars. As soon as possible the people went np the line of the flood toward the dam and found the ruin worse as as they ap proached the starting point of the flood. Fortunately the track of the flood was in a sparsely inhabited country, but what destruction there was for it to do in wrecking three or four houses along its way was thoroughly accomplished. Much stock beside property is lost. The explorers have already found the bodies of nine persons and are scarchiug for others. The scene is one of terrible desolation, and the town of Leo is wild with excitement. A BOY ROBBER. The Montreal Police Unearthed a Phe nomenon Recently. For some time the Montreal police have been looking for a band ot "New York burglars believed by them to be operating On retail houses in the eastern part of the city. The supposed burg lars baffled them, and stores with bur glar automatic alarms fared no better i than the rest. One cute detective heard the story of a young boy's doings from some companions and on Tuesday ar rested Joseph Landry. n perfect child in appearance. He is thirteen years old, but being very alight does nofc look more than nine. He burglarized stores as easi ly as playing marbles. On one occasion lie heard the burglar alarm ringing while at work, but continued on, as he knew the parties were at church. At an other time he entered a store through bars six inches apart. Money was his first choice, but when he couldn't lind that, silks and jewelry were taken. He choseiSuuday for his operations gen erally and in course of six weeks he cracked successfully eleven stores. When taken out of bed in themorninghe denied guilt until the olliccrs found stolen silks and other goods hidden in the room. He not only kept out of the clutches of the olliccrs. but had hidden his booty so deftly in his father's house that none but himself was aware of its presence. His love for whiskey and a fast horse bad given other boys too much knowl edge of his doings, or the police might have been still looking for the '"gang of Xcw York burglar*." The child was lent to the reformatory for four years, and the police arc astounded that ho did his work without accomplices. MURDER OF A BISHOP By a Priest itt the very Door Of the Cathe dral. Madrid, April 18.?This morning while the Bishop of Madrid was ascend ing the steps leading to the entrance of the Cathedral he was shot with a revol ver by a priest standing at the top step, the ball entering his abdomen. This was followed by another shot from the same source, striking the bishop in the side, whereupon the wounded man fell on the steps. The priest theu descended the steps aud fired still another shot, which took elfect in the bishop's thigh. The priest was theu seized, putting a stop to bis murderous work, and his victim was borne unconscious to a private chamber in the cathedral, where the last sacra ments for the dying were administered to him. JJclug Palm Sunday the cathe dral was more than usually crowded by worshippers, and when the fearful work of the priest was realized a furious mob followed the carriage in which he was conveyed to prison by the gendarmes, whose presence alone prevented the I lynching of the would-be murderer, j The motive for the crime was revnge. j The man who flred the shots was reccut ly dismissed from the priesthood and j had fruitlessly applied to the bishop to i be reinstated, t^uecn Christina has I inquired as to the bishop's condition. ! The Pope has telegraphed his blessing. I The bishop is still alive. The priest i made an attempt to commit suicide. j A train on the Charlotte, Columbia ? and Augusta Railroad had a lively 1 chase after a deer in the neighborhood I of Hath. Kor three miles the track is ' perfectly straight and level, and the | train kept about twenty rods behind ? the animal, which cleared fully fifteen I ties at a leap; finally, as the locomo tive began to gainon him, the deer 1 darted into the woods and disappeared. Ladies do you wish a nice pair of !Gloves? I thought so. Well Cornel | son's is the place to get them. He has ? just received the most complete line of j gloves ever offered to the trade, at very I low figures.