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ESTABLISHED 1887. (IW IN MICHIGAN Several Small Towns Wiped Off the Face of the Earth. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS KILLED The Path of the Cyrlou* Wm Nearly a Mlle Wide and Extended In a Straight Course For a Di.tnnce of Over Thirty Mile*- Illinois Abo Suffers Severely From a Hurricane. Oxford, Mich., May 28. —A cyclon* •wept this part of Oakland county, doing great damage. Everywhere is devasta tion. Villages that- were Monday the homes of contented citizens are now desylate sites, and maimed and bruised fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters mourn for those who met death in the twisting, grinding, resistless wind. The death roll in this vicinity may run to the 100 mark, for many homes that were on the edge of the cyclone ■uttered fro-.n its fury. At Oakwood, a hamlet 50 tnftes north of Oxford, hav ing a population of about 200, not a house is loft standing. The two churches are flattened to the earth. The path of the storm was between a half and three-fourths of a mile wide and extended in a nearly straight course eastward foi over a distance of 30 miles. A remarkable circumstance is that buildings in close proximity to each other were blown in opposite directions, some being swept northward and others Southward. The following are known to have been killed in this county: Near Ortonville: W. J. Mitchell, wife and two children; Diyiiel Thompson ami s. >u;Absitm Quick, wife and tWb children; Mis. Henry Sluick, John Wilkins, John Porritt, Mrs. oseph Porritt, John Milkey, T. E. Gleason,.Mrs T. D Eaton, Abe’Kited ell, Mrs. William Kjtdjen, Edwin Fi field, two children of Mr. Howe. At Oakwood: > Mrs. Susan Stewart, Mrs. E. A. Wol verton, Mrs William Davidson and daughter Ida, Ed Fifleld, child of Alfred Fifleld. Ed Howe is fatally injured. At Thomas: Charles Hicks and son. At North Oxford: Mrs. Oscar Slate, Thomas Bishop, a farm laborer, name unknown, Joseph Smiley and son. Injured: • Frank Laidlaw, wife and child; Mrs. Lqidhaw was seriously hurt. At Thomas: Mrs. 0. A Hicks, frightfully crushed, Mrs. Sid C' peman, will not live; El veroy Hicks, badly crushed; T. P. Knapp, head badly bruised; William Althonse, internal injuries; George Hib ler, both legs broken; William Oarr, tearfully bruised and injured internally; Charles Bradley, injured about the head; A. M. Kidder, arm badly shattered. At Oakwood: Al Fifleld, both legs broken, daughter Jessie, badly hurt; Harvey Francis, in ternal injuries, cannot live; Myron Johnson, leg broken; Mrs. E. A. Howe and one or two children. Near O •■•nv’dlo between 20 and 25 were more or less seriously injured. Thirteen Lives Lost at Cairo. Cairo, Ills., Muy 26.—A storm struck this locality at 8:30 a. m. There was a terrific wind and rain. The opera house and union depot wore unroofed. Num bers of trees wei - destroyed and-signs blown down, but no houses were des troyed nor lives lost in the city. The ferryboat Katharine was capsized at the mouth of the Ohio, drowning all on board but the captain, and engineer. As near as can be learned, the dead num ber 13, among them Captain Ditten b *>se, superintendent of the ferryboat company, Dr. Orr’s two daughters and Richard Thurman of Wickliffe and Charles Gilhoffer, a merchant of this city. Oidy three bodies, those of Thur fiiqn, Miss Orr and a deckhand have been recovered. • - ' - - -- —. • —... ——.-w. , aata** Wholesale Killing In Indiana. VINCLNNES, Ind., May 26. Fort Branch, a small village south of here, was the scene of a wholesale tragedy. A circus steamboatdanded and those on board proceeded to take the town. They sold liquor on board and all were drunk and disorderly. The sale of whisky and beer was ordered stopped, but little at tention was paid to the demand of the town marshal. A posse of citizens was deputized and marched to the river where the boat was moored. The posse made an attempt to arrest the boat gang and a prolonged battlejensued in which it is reported several were mortally wounded and five killed. The citizens made an attempt to secure the craft but failed, the circus • anchoring it in midstream. All is now quiet and the circus has left. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New InduHtrlee ai Reported For the Week , ICndlng Tuesday, May 26. . Chattanooga, May 38.—The indus trial growth of the south shows no abatement during the week ending Muy 26. The following new industrial estab lishments were reported to The Trades man: Brickworks at Clarksburg, W. Va.; the Georgia Car and Manufacturing company, capital $500,000. at Savannah, Ga.; a cotton compress at Ruston, La., and another at Yazoo City, Miss., to cost $40,000; an electric light plant at Dawson, Ga.; a grist mill and gin at ’ Weldon. Tex.; the Bonanza and Dry Bone Mining company, capital SBO,OOO, 1 at Little Rock, Ark., and at Paris, Ark., the A merman Oil maximum THE ROHE TRIBUNE. capital $1,000,050, to .reVeiop coal and oil fields. At Sumter, Ark., the Sum ter Cotton Oil and Fertilizer company, capital $20,000, has been chartered; a tannery will be erected at Dillsboro, N. C., and a central ginnery at Vicksburg, Miss.; cotton mills will be built at Char lotte and Cherryville, N. 0., and a woollen mill at Columbus, Ga., by the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing com pany. Woodworking plants will be es tablished at Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ma rion, N. C., and Fayetteville, W. Va. Among other new industries in con templation which have been reported are clay works at Fort Payne, Ala.; cotton mill at Corsicana, Tex.; electrical plants at Barnesville and Gainesville, Ga., oil mill at Ellerslie, Ga., and water works and electrical plant at Alvin, Tex. The enlargements reported include an electric plant at Chattanooga, Tenn.; copper mines kt Ducktown, Tenn., and cotton mills at Augusta and Columbus, Ga., and Blacksburg, S. O. The Colum bia (S. C.) Water Works Power com pany has increased its capital from $600,000 to $1,000,000, and a cooperage plant at Friar’s Point, Miss., will be en larged. Among the new buildings for the week are a $40,000 church and a $20,000 club building at Louisville, Ky.; as2B,- 000 jail at Alvin, Tex.. and a iusidenoe to cost $16,000 at New Orleans, La. Business houses will be erected at Au gusta, Ga., and Victoria, Tex.; an SB,OOO church at Covington, Ky., and a court house at Murick's Corner, 8. C. GORDON ISSUES ORDERS. Calls Attention to the Unveiling of a Con federate -Monument at Winchester. New Orleans, May 26. General John B. Gordon, commanding United Confederate /Veterans, in a general or der referring to the approaching re union, says: Many of the veterans who attend the re union at Richmond will visit the historic battlefield in Virginia, numbers of which they enriched'with their own precious, blend and contributed by their valor to make memorable for all times la addition to tbe lading of the corner , stone of the Jefferson Davis monument, which will take place during the reunion, the general commanding deems it proper to call the special attention of all veterans to an incident of great importance which will occur at Winchester, Va., on July!, the date having been changed from June 27. The Louisiana veterans will take advan tage of the time and occasion to unveil the monument which they have erected 'in the beautiful Stonewall cemetery, in the historic town of Winchester, to the memory of their beloved comrade's, the confederate dead or Louisiana. The reunion will close July 2, and the unveiling of this monument to the Lou isiana heroes will occur J uly 4. It will be an event of unusual interest: t he • maimed hero," General Francis T. Nicholls, will be the orator of the 'day, and the good’ people of Winchester extend a hearty wel come to all. BIDS FOR GEORGIA BONDS. A Cincinnati Firm Makes the Highest Offer and Will I’robably Get the Entire Issue. Atlanta, May 26. —Bids for the issue of $242,000 of bonds of the state of Geor gia were opened in the treasurer’s office at the capitol. They were as follows: E. D. Shepard & Co. of New York for the 4 per cent bonds, 101.25; for 3% per cent, .93. W. J. Hayes & Son of Cleve land for 4 per cent, 100.67. Lamprecht Bros. & Co of Cleveland for 4 per cent, 103.60 for $25,000, with the privilege of taking the whole issue. Rudolph, Kley bolt & Co of Cincinnati, 105.54 percent and .97% for 3%. Deitz, Denison & Prior of Cleveland and Boston for 4 per cent, 102.78, for 3%, .96.16. Edward O. Jones & Co. of New York for 4 per cent, 102.10. John W. Dickey of Au gusta for 4 per cent, 104.87, for 3%, .97.97. Third National bank of Atlanta for 4 per cent, 101.16. George W. Par rot for 4 per cent, 102%. G. A. Speer of La Grange for 4 per cent, 101. The bid of Rudolph, Kleybolt & Co. being the highest, will probably be accepted. The bonds are to be payable in “law ful money of the United States.” Searching For a Negro Fiend. ' Little Rocif, May 26.—A negro went to the home of Mrs. Ingram, a respecta ble white woman, 40 years of age, liv ing three miles south of the city, and committed a criminal assault upon her and her 10-year-old daughter. The ne gro clubbed both of his victims lentil they were nearly dead. When the ne gro had left her house, Mrs Ingram, with her head and face cut and bruised, and her clothihg torn and covered with blood, made her way to the suburbs of this city and gayb the alarm. Large posses of officers are scouring the coun try, and if the negro is caught there Will surely be a lynching. Dwyer Has Confidence In His Colt. New York, May 26. The World says: “Philip J. Dwyer has announced to his friends that he will bet $50,000 that his colt Handspring will beat August Belmont’s Hastings in the Bel mont stakes at Morris park June 2. Mr. Dwyer also announced that he was will ing to mati-h his colt against Hastings for $50,000, or against any horse in the United States, weight for age, over any distance that a 3-year-old could fairly be asked to go.” Contracts Will Be Respected. Washington, May 26. —The state de partment is officially informed that all coiftracts for Cuban leaf tobacco en tered into before the publication of the order of Captain General Weyler, pro hibiting its exportation will be respected and that citizens of the United States proving themselves to be boualide own ers of such tobacco prior to the promul gation of the order will be permitted to export the same as heretofore. THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, OA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1896. A BIG DEMONSTRATION Tennessee’s Fair to Be Form ally Inaugurated Next Week. STATE’S HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY June 1 and 9 Will Be the Occasion For Speech making, Far a des, Etc., at Nash ville—Principal Address of the First Day to Be Delivered by Hon J. M. Dickinson* Nashville, May 26.--The magnifi cent preparations, that have been in pro gress for three mouths for the events of J une 1 and 2 in honor of the one hun dredth birthday of the state of Tennes see are nearing consummation, and the city is a beehive of hurrying feet and busy hands. On those days, with elab orate c*j;einonies, the Tennessee Cen teaflial exposition, now almost half completed, will be formally inaugu rated. The exposition will be open to the public from May to November of next year. The troops which are to give the splendor of martial array to the June demonstration will arrive Saturday. They will number between 4,000 and 5,000 men, infantry, artillery and cav alry, about equally divided betweenffed eral and state commands. June 1 Will open with a sunrise salute of 16 guns, indicative of the fact that Tennessee was the sixteenth state admitted to the Union. At 10 o’clock the parade, com posed of the troops, 38 bands, distin guished federal and state officials, so cial, benevolent and industrial orders and societies, municipal departments, bicycle brigades and citizens in car riages, on horseback and on foot,' will move through the city to the exposition grounds. Fifteen thousand, school chil dren, having previously marched in pro cession around the walks of the exposi tion, will meet the head of the prin cipal parade »t the gates, singing “America.” Where the Exercises Will Take Place. The exercises will take place in the auditorium, which has been completed, with a seating capacity of b,OOO. The governor of Tennessee will preside and the principal address Will be delivered by Hon. J. M. Dickinson of Nashville, at present the assistant attorney general of the United States. A salute of 100 guns will mark the 100 years of the state’s existence. The centennial proc lamation will be read by Major John W. Thomas, president of the Tennessee Centennial exposition, and as 44 guns gre fired for the states of the Union and as the thousands of children sing “The Star Spangled Banner,” the flag of the United States will be slowly hoistedtj the tppjif {he stag, or sejafs of staffs,’ 300 feet high. The prize centennial poem by Mrs. Virginia Fraser Boyle, who wdh the honor over 143 competi tors, will be read, and a recess will be taken until the afternoon, when the va rious bands in different parts of the grounds will give simultaneous concerts of patriotic airs. At night there will be a grand display of specially designed Tlie addresses of the second day will be delivered by Hon. A. A. Taylor, on “Early Days in Tennessee,” and Hon. E. W. Oarmack, on the “Future of the State.” The exercises of the afternoon will be conducted serially by the Ladies’ Hermitage association, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Co lonial Dames, and the day will close with a sham battle of immense propor tions. First State to Celebrate Its Birthday. Tennessee is the first state of the American Union to celebrate on a large scale its one hundredth birthday. The idea now being carried out took definite shape in June, 1894, and the actual con struction of the exposition began in the fall of 1895. The demonstration is not planned as a moneymaking enterprise, but for the higher and nobler end of meriting with proper dignity and dis play the end of a century of vigorous history; and only such things will be Considered by (he management as dis tinctly tend toward the holding before the world, for a period of six months, from a material standpoint, the most complete array of attractiyg features, and promoting, from a spiritual point of view, the most patriotic feelings. Three of tire exposition buildings have be4n finished, alia the visitor on June 1 will find the walks of the principal plan in perfect condition arid trees and grass and flowers growing in profusion. The three finished buildings are the au ditorium, with its handsome colonnades and 140-foot tower the woman’s build ing and the administration building. The commerce, machinery and transpor tation and fine arts buildings are com plete as to outward outline and another month will find them finished. The agricultural building has been com menced. AU the buildings are to be white. The exposition grounds comprise a park of 20 acres, lying two miles west of the state capitol and approached by three lines of electric cars and steam railway. KIECKHOEFER LOCKED UP. He la Charged With Eitihezz!lng 837,463 of the State Department Funds. Washington, May 26.—Francis J. Kieckhoefer, former chief of the bureau of accounts and disbursing officer of the state department, was arrested at his house on a warrant sworn out by Chief Clerk Renick of the state department. He is charged with being on Aug. 10; 189 u, an embezzler of $37,465 of state department funds. Mr. Kieckhoefer might not have beetr arrested had not a suspicion arisen that he intended to go to Europe, where his family ij->w is. Mr. 'Jxieck’ioefer has prominent and nfluential friends, and his release on ■ail will probably be secured in a few tays. Had lie wanted to leave Wash ogton at any time in the last five nouths since his removal he could etsily have done so. The Kieckhoefer scandal daces back o last August, when Auditor Holcomb ■f the treasury department began an nvestigarion of state department ac •ounts. He was incited to this by ru nors which connected Mr. Kieckhoef r’s name with that of a heavily losing ■ookmaker at the Jackson City and St. ksaph tracks. The state department accounts were ’ound to be badly mixed. The chief of he.bureau of accounts not only handled he salaries of ministers and consuls .broad, but also all passport fees, the noney received from the sale of bound olumes of the United States statutes, did the large sums in the various trusts unds deposited by foreign nations as (Wards to American claimants. Owing to the lax system of accounts t required long and careful examina ■•■ns by expert accountants to deter mine how much had been taken. The Audition of certain accounts rendered v impossible to tell how • much was ’one, but in November Secretary Olney oinunded Kieckhoefer’s resignation. Early this month Auditor Holcomb vas advised by the experts that they iad discovered shortages amounting to 129,000. This the in excess of the ulus which Mr. Kieckhoefer had turned ii by the sale of property in an endeavor o make good the deficit. Certain items of shortage were se <>.cted upon which a strong case could ■e made and the arrest followed. It is xpected that a presentation to the fraud jury will be made at the present erm, though no trial can be looked for ’ lefore fall. READY FOR THE FIGHT. ■ early All the Delegates co the Prohibi tion Convention Are Now In Pittsburg. Pittsburg, May 26.—Nearly all the relegates to the national Prohibition •onvention have arrived and thousands ■f visitors interested in the proceedings iave come with them. As each state •elegation arrives, the friends of both actions, free silver and gold standard, o after them with arguments of per vasion. Each faction is doing its utmost to ■ioselyte supporters of the other’s prin iples. Each faction claims a majority >f the delegates, but the efforts are un eiaxed and the contest is as yet any tody’s The first question upon which the op ■osiiig wings of the party will test their wul be the naming of a tem- TGriry chairihau. He will be chosen at be mating of the national central com uittCT to be held at the Seventh A va lue hotel. Those prominently men ioned for tbe place are A. A. Stevens of Tyrone, Pa., and Edward J. Wheeler of _\’ew York. The former will be backed jy the narrow gnagers or gold standard nen, while the latter will carry the tree silver standard. Wiiidowglafta Factories to Close. PITTSBOHG, May 26.-In harmony with the agreement of the Western and Pitts burg Windowglass Manufacturers asso ciations, all the factories in the country but one will down next Friday, May 29, for an indefinite period. The suspension will last at least three months, perhaps longer, and will affect 5,000 glass workers, comprising blowers, gatherers, cutters, flatteners, day hands and laborers. The one factory that may not close is that of James A. Chambers, at New Kensington, employing 500 men. In July a delegate convention of workers will assemble in this city to discuss proposed changes in the policy of the association. The convention is expected to be the most important ever held and the factional quarrels which have been disturbing the affairs of the association are expected to be fought to a sharp finish. A Big Fire lu Ontario. Ddseronto, Ont. w May 26. —Fire broke tiyt in the tie dock of the Rathbun com pany here, and in a short time spread ti. the docks adjoining, destroying large quantities of shingles, posts, Lardwood, etc., a flour mill, bran house, elevator aud the cajioe club northward and east ward it swept away almdst ths entire eastern portion of tlid* town. The Roman Catholic church and several stores were enisurned. The flames spread so rapidly that many lost all their possessions. About 9 o’clock a terrific downpour of rain helped to ex tinguish the flames. About 75 families are homeless. The loss will aggregate over $350,000. Turkish Soldiers Attacking Christians. Athens, May 26.—Advices received here from the island of Crete state that the Turkish soldiers at Retimo are con tinuing their attacks upon the Chris tians, who have barricaded themselves within their houses at that port. Tele graphic communication with the island of Crete, excepting messages to and from the foreign consuls there, has been prohibited by the Turkish authorities. Work For Six Hundred Men. Middlesborough, Ky., May 26.—The Watts Steel plant has been ordered by cable from’ London to start at once. This is the only basic plant in the south and the largest in the United States. Six hundred men are employed. An Ex-Coufederate Critically 111. San Francisco, May 26. Colonel John S. Mosby, the ex-confederate sol dier, and more recently coiiiul to Hong Koug, is lying critically ill at his home in this city. He is suffering Iron* ap . ueudicitia. BIBOWFMNON The Coronation of the Czar at Moscow Was Announced. NOW’RULER OF ALL THE RUSSIAS The Crowning Was Attended by the Great* est Ceremony and In Accordance With the Religious Forms and Ancient Rites of the Empire—Program Carried Out Without a Hitch. [Copyrighted, 1896. by Associated Press.] Moscow, May 26.—His majesty, the Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovitch, em peror of all the Russias, and her maj esty, the Empress Alexandra Feodo rovna, were solemnly crowned in the cathedral of the. Assumption with the utmost ceremony and in accordance with all the religious forms and ancient rites. At 7 o’clock the ceremonies com menced with a salute of 21 cannon shots, marking the opening of the day, and at the same hour the bells in the cathedral of the Assumption began ring ing. Half an hour later the court dig nitaries and distinguished persons who were to take part in the imposing impe rial cortege began to assemble in the halls of the palace and in the cathedral. The ladies wore cour' dresses and the dignitaries were in full uniform. The envoys extraordinary, the ambas sadors, the ministers plenipotentiary and the charge d’.affaires, with their wives, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps, assembled at the pal ace of the kremlin shortly after 8 o’clock and were invited by the master as cere monies to repair to the cathedral of the Assumption and take the places re served for them. Only 22 tickets were issued for press representatives to enter the cathedral of the Assumption to witness the corona tion, nine of which were allotted to British and American journalists. At 11:20 o’clock the booming of can non and the pealing of bells announced that the act of coronation was completed. The entire ceremony was finished at 12:30 p. m., according to program, and their majesties reached the Granovitaia palace at 1 o’clock. At the banquet which followed, the utmost state was observed, the imperial grand dukes and grand duchesses and august foreign princes and the leading members of their suites were in attend ance with the holy synod, the high clergy and others. But only persons of the highest importance weie present at the imperial banquet, the other guests being entertained according to their rank. WILL GO INTO BLAST. Greeufiboro Iron and Steel Company to Start Up on Sept. 1— Other Ncw». Raleigh, May 26.—The Greensboro Iron and Steel company has perfected arrangements to put its furnace in blast Sept. 1. It will also operate the iron mines at Ore Hill. The great testate of the late ex-Gov ernor Holt is equally divided among his live children. The Newberne Journal was purchased by Charles L. Stevens, editor of the Southport Leader and president of the State Press association, and he will edit it. Joseph T. James, for many years editor of the Wilmington Review, be comes associate editor of The Leader. John Gadberry, a negro of Yadkin county, w r as placed-in the penitentiary to serve 30 years for brutally murdering his wife’s young sister. Reports come in of the heavy damage to small grain by chinch bugs. The state board of public charities ad journed. It has examined criminal sta tistics in North Carolina for six years past and finds that there were more lynchings than legal executi >ns and that over one third of the cases in court failed of conviction. —— Commrni on Hie H6r.il Decision. London, May 26—On the subject of the decision of the United States su preme court in the Horsa case, the New York correspondent of The Times says: “The decision strengthens the hands of the government in dealing with the fili busterers and is expected to sweep away certaiq technical difficulties heretq£oi<) existing. TTie decision, which is final, appears to enlarge the executive powers and will facilitate seizures and will make such evasion of the law as in the cases of the Bermuda and the Laurada and other recent expeditions more diffi cult. ” WRANGLE AT SARATOGA. Approval of the Minutes the Cause. Work of Frortbyterians. Saratoga, May 26.—The opening of the Northern Presbyterian general as sembly’s session was characterized by a struggle over the approval of the min utes. These showed that the resolu tions in regard to the Presbyterian house in New York wore referred to the finance committee and made exclusive orders for Tuesday morning. Elder McDougall contended that the record was wrong. All of the clerks united in maintaining its correctness and the lat ter view prevailed. The order was subject to an under standing that in case rhe resolutions called for serious discussion that they should go over. Elder McDougall moved that they be referred to the joint cofn mittee on home and foreign missions , and that their report be made a special order for Thursday afternoon. Tije as sembly gave unanimous consent to this course. \ PRICE FIVE CENTS The 'committee on bills and overtures reported papers from the Presbyterians of New York and Long Island, stating their intention to exercise their consti tutional rights in the reception and li cense of theological students. These papers were called forth by the injunc tion placed on the presbytery of New York a year ago against receiving the students of Union seminary. The pa pers were referred to the judicial com mittee. The regular order was then taken up, being the report on home missions. The present debt was almost $300,000; re ceipts amounted to $729,433. and expen ditures reached $858,985. From the re union fund receipts reached $191,230. The cost of administration aggregated $81,922. Under the board is a total of 1,544 ministers, 180 churches and a membership of 100,000. During the year 1895 many new members have been added. The report of the committee made recommendations as tu methods of ad ministration and provided for a com mittee of nine to investigate the affaire of the board in order to secure improved efficiency and any possible retrench me nt. With the Southern Presbyterians. Memphis, May 26. The Southern Presbyterian general assembly convened at the designated hour, 9 o’clock. Th« opening devotional exercises were con ducted by Ruling Elder J. A. Enslow of Charleston, S. C. A telegram of greeting from the gen eral assembly in session at Saratoga wa» read by Clerk Cassell. On motion the communication was received and di rected to make part of the record for the day. The report of the committee on as sembly’s home and school was then read by Dr. J. A. Vance, the chairman. Alonzo Walling; on Trial* Newport, Ky., May 26.—The trial of Alonzo Walling, for the murder of Pearl Bryan, began before Judge Helm. Attorneys Lockhart and Nelson, the same who appeared in the Scott Jack son case, conducted the prosecution, while Colonel Washington and Attor ney Shepherd appear for the defendant. Thirty-two men were examined and six accepted as jurors before the noon re cess. ■ A Britlaii Bark Lost at Sea. S.an Francisco, May 26.—Shipping men believe the British bark Cambus Doon has been lost at sea. She left Java, carrying a cargo of sugar for Van couver, Jan. 2, and has not been sighted nor heard from since. She is 55 days overdue.’ She was commanded by Cap tain MacDonald and carried a crew of 30 men. • | —: ) An Entire Family Murdered. Harrisonville, Mo., May 26.—The sheriff has been summoned to Cleve land, this county, on a telegram stating that the entire family of Martin Frost, consisting of wife and three children, had been murdered. Frost is a promi nent farmer. , National Waterworks Association Indianapolis, May 26.—The sixteenth annual convention of the National Wa terworks association met in this city and will remain in session three days. About 500 delegates are in attendance. Governor Matthews and Mayor Taggert delivered addresses of welcome. The morning session was occupied by the annual address of Acting President F. A. W. Davis of Indianapolis, and a pa per by L. W. Case of Detroit on “The Management of Waterworks.” Reso lutions were adopted on the death of President W. C. Richards of Atlanta. At the afternoon session papers were read by Albert Leeds of Hoboken, J. N. Hurty of Indianapolis, and E. H. Wells of New York. There will also be a night session. May Reduce the Premium on Gold Bars. New York, May 26.—The director of the mint is expected to make a visit to this city within a day or two with a view ot conferring with the superin tendent of the assay office, regarding < the advisability of reducing the pre mium on gold bars from three-sixteenth per cent, the present jute, to Qne-eighth 1 per cent. There has recently lbe6h a disposition aj the treasury favoring the export of gold bars rather than coin tq as great an extent as convenient, as all of the shippers for soiree time past have been taking coin, owing Fo the high premium on bars. The stock of gold bars at the assay office amounts to about $21,500,000, and Superintendent Mason says that of this amount $17,000,000 or $18,000,000 is available for shipment if desired. The remainder of the bars would be required for commercial pur poses. rj The Zeigler Boys Surrender. Sylvania, Ga., May 26.—The two Zeigler boys, who killed Sheriff Brooker of Screven county last fall, and have ■ince defied arrest, walked into Sylva nia about 9 o’clock Monday night and surrendered to Sheriff Patrick. They i hope to get bail before very long, but of course surrendered to the sheriff un conditionally. Knoxville, May 26 Wyle Collins, a man of family, living at Whitesburg, a small station on thq Southern railway between Knoxville and Bristol, jumped in front of a passenger train as it passed that place amt was instantly killed. Refused to Table the Amendment. [ Washington, May 26 —The senate ' aas defeated a motion to table un ! amendment to the filled cheese bill add- S ing 75 cents to the tax on beer. Yeas, j 25; nays, 30. J