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ft WASHINGTON GOSSIP. fiappeiuDEs from Day to Day in National Capital. Appointments in the Various Depart ments—Proceedings of the Senate. THE SENATE. The decisions of Judges Taft and Kicks in Ohio and Speer in Georgia in relation to the right and duties of rail road employes came up in the senate Monday in connection with a resolution instructing the committee on interstate commerce to inquire into that and other subjects, and quite a long and interest ing debate resulted, which had not clos ed when the senate adjourned. The remarks of Senator Gorman and Voor- hees as to the effect of those decisions being to convert railroad employes into serfs and galley slaves, were criticised by Mr. Piatt as intemperate and merely tending to excite the passions of laboring men. A resolution for a committee to wait on the presi dent and inform him that the senate is ready to adjourn sine die, was offered and agreed to without queston; but sub sequently a motion fo reconsider was made by, Mr. Hoar aod entered to be called upon hereafter. Mr. Hoar’s rea son for moving to reconsider was under stood to be his determination, if possible, to force the senate to take action in the way of investigating Senator Roach, of North Dakota. Resolutions to investi gate Mr; Roach’s case and that of Mr. Power, of Montana, were offered by Senators Hoar and Chandler and went over .without action. In pursuance of the same purpose, Mr. Hoar successfully resisted a motion to proceed to executive business. The democratic succeeded in forcing an executive session Tuesday morning face of the combined republican opposi tion. As soon as Monday’s journal was read a motion to proceed to executive business was made by Mr. Gorman and antago nized by Mr. Hoar. The vote was taken by yeas and nays,and the motion was car ried—39 to 101, a strict party vote.Peffer voting with the democrats. In the senate, Wednesday, the resolu lion offered by Mr. Call on the 20th of March, declaring that the committee on finance, naval affairs, military affairs, judiciary, foreign relations, appropria tions, commerce and inters'ato com merce, shall each consist of fifteen mem bers, was taken up and Mr. Call made an argument in support of it. At the close of Mr. Call’s speech the resolution went over, without action. The resolu tion reported by Air. Nance, from the committee on privileges and elections, was referred to the committee on con tingent expenses (under the rule) Tor the investigation of the claim of Joseph W. Ady to the scat as senator from the state of Kansas. The senate then, on motion of Air. Faulkner, proceeded to the con sideration of executive business. In the senate, Thursday, a memorial signed by seventy-seven members of the Kansas legislature against the right.of Afr. Afartin to hold his seat as a senator frojh that state, and asserting that Ady -■was legally and fairly elected, was pre sented by Air. Sherman and referred to the committee on privileges and elec tions. The resolution reported Wednes day from that committee for the investi gation of the question came up again and at the suggestion of Air. Harris, was laid over till Friday. A motion to pro ceed to the consideration of exe cutive business was made by Air. Vest and carried by a strict party vote of-38,to 19. In consequence of a remark made by Mr. Hoar, three or four demo cratic senators who had voted, although paired, withdrew their votes, while claiming that they had reserved the right to vote in order to make a quorum. The senate then, at 12.30 p. in., pro ceeded to the consideration of executive business. The doors were reopened at 1 o’clock. Air. Chandler expressed a de sire to address the senato on the Roach resolution, but postponed his speech till Friday at the suggestion of Air. Gorman, and tbo senate adjourned. ABOUT TIIE DEPARTMENTS. The president, Wednesday, sent the following nominations to tho senate: To be postmasters: Conway C. Floweree, at Vicksburg, Miss.; Robert G. Wright, at Waynesboro, Va.; Richard Adams, at. Radford, Va. The total number of fourth-class post masters appointed was 161. Of these ninety-seven were to till vacancies caused by resignations and deaths, and sixty- fouv by removals. Of the sixty-four postmasters removed, fifty-seven served four years or oyer. The senate will adjourn very soon. Both the senators and the president are anxious for this. The majority of tlie democratic senators have worked harder since Alarch 4th than during utl t'ue lour years of the Harrison administration, and Afr. Clcveland-'himself has been at it •from 9 o’clock until long past midnight. Secretary Morton has tendered the po sition.of foreign agent of the agricultural department to John Alattes, Jr., of Ne braska.- The position is now held by Dr. Frank' Dewey, who 1ms beeu assistin' Colonel Murphy at Birlin in advertising American corn. Mr. Alattes is a mem ber of the Nebraska legislature aud a personal friend of Secretary Morton. The democratic senators held a caucus Wednesday morning and decided, that there ehould bq.no investigation of the Roach case at this session. The resolu tion will, therefore, remain un’icted upon ween the senate adjourns.. The caucus decided to investigate the “claims made by Ady to the. seat.,held by Martin. I' was annrunced 'to' the caucus that tin president would comp'ete the business hi has for the senate by the end of the week, and it is believed that the senate will then adjourn.»' Thesennte made the following confirm ations Wednesday: Iliunis Taylor,'of Alabama, miuinister to Spaiu; James S. Ewing, of Illinois, minister to Belgium; William Lochrau, of Minnes ta, commis sioner of pensions; Lou s C. IIughes. of Arizoun, govcrnor.of Ariz ma; a'so many postmasters, among whom were the fol lowing: Kentucky, Horace AshtoD, Flemingburg; Amos Best, Alayiield, Tennessee.; Comic F. Priestly, Hunting- dun, James T. AIcCu'chen, Jackson, Ar kansas, Robert A. Baird, Morrillton, Texas, John T. Hart, Orange. The treasury department was advised Thursday evening that six hundred and fifty-seven Chinamen had; arrived at Vic toria, B. C., on the steamer Empress of Japan, direct from Chinese ports. These Chinamen are all destined for the United States. The steamer Alogul also arrived Thursday at Tacoma, Wash., having on board one hundred and fifty-nine China men, one hundred and forty-seven of whom claimed to be Chinese merchants and entitled to Land. Assistant Secretary Spaulding sent telegraphic instructions to the treasury officials at the Pacific ports to exercise the utmost care to pre vent the law from being violated. The senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the following nominations: Eben Ahxan- der, of North Carolina,minister to Greece, Roumaniaand Servia; William T. Towns, of Virginia, consul general to Rio de Janeiro: James E Neal, of Ohio, con sul at Liverpool.; Q. O. Eckford, of Mis souri, consul at Kiugstou, Jamaica; Janus M. Daol>3, of Georgia, consul at Valparaiso; William T. Thornton, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, governor of New Afexico; Charles E. Ingerso'.l, of Penn sylvania, appraiser of merchandise, Dis trict of Philadelphia; Williafii Alaize, of Ohio, surveyor of customs for the port of j Columbus. j The President tent to the senate, Tuesday, the following nominations: Edward H, Strobel, of New York, to be third assistant secretary of the interior, vice William M. Grinned, resigned; Daniel N. Morgan, of Connecticut, to be treasurer of the United States, vice Enos H. Nebcker, resigned; Conrad N. Jordan, of New York, to be assistant treasurer of the United States at New York city, vice Ellis H. Roberts, resign ed; Daniel M. Browning, of Illinois, to be commissioner of Indian affairs; Frank C. Armstrong, of Washington, D. C., to be assistant commissioner of Indian affairs. The president sent the following nomi nations to the senate Thursday: Alex ander W. Terrell, cf Texn’, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotenti ary of the United Stales, to Turkey; John J. Hawkins, of Arizona territory, to be associate justice of the supreme^ enurt of the tirntory of Arizona; James F. Reed, of Kansas, to be attorney of the United States for the Wi stern dis- tiict of Arkansas; George J. Rump, of Arkansas, to be marshal of the United Statis for tke Western district of Arkan sas; J. bn H. M. Wigwam, of Wiscon sin, to be attorney of the United States for tlie Eastern district of. Wisconsin. Alexander Watson Terrell, of Texas, who is nominated Thursday to be min- isster to Turkey, is a man of about sixty years. He has one of the finest resi dences in Austin and a great ranch of 8,000 acres, lyiog about twelve miles from the city, where he spends most of his time. He is a man of fine cu^Wre, a graduate of the University of Alisaouri and his education was supplemented by a special course at Heidelberg. For some years he was repotter of the stite supreme epu-t and was later a state sena tor. Ho was.at one time a candidate for the United States senate" and was Air. Reagan’s strongest, competitor. In local politics he has been a Hogg man and tuS appointment was endorsed by. itofh' of the Texau senators, and especially by Senator Alills. • A COAL MINE HORROR. Hundreds of Men Entombed and Great Loss of Life; A Londomcabkegriign-of Tuesday says: A spark from an engine ignited a gas coal-pit near Pont-y-Pridd, Wa'es, and caused the gas to explode., .A large num ber of miners were at work at'thff tljrie, and the explosion caused terrible tf&yoc. Three hundred miners are entortibed. in the mine. The engine house is in flames and there is the greatest fear that hun dreds may have perished, The rescuers who went down were' driven back with out being, able to bring more than five of the dead and the fate of the other miners is in doubt. The most agonizing)«ceaes are witnessed aud throngs of men, women and children—relatives of those below— are crowded about the mouth of the coal pit. WORK OF RESCUE. At the entrance of the shaft,. a. rescu ing paity was formed by thfe pit survey or. The party got os far as the (anding at the seam where the'fire started but were driven hack almost' immediately try the dense smoke issuing from the seam. 'I he surveyor took hisfflen - buck' to the surface. After a half hour’s rest they went down again and forced their way ten yards into the workings. They found four dead which they brought back with them. Attempt to go further into the workings were vain, as the woodworks were burning and 1 rge ntasses < f. ruins were falling incessantly from the roof. One of the reselling party who ventured too far was killed. LATEST NEWS OF THE DISASTER. The latest news from Port-y-Pridd is to the iffect that the fire in the mine has been quenched. The fumes of gas, how ever, are still so n xious as to drive out those who undertake tn explora-the mine in search of the dead i.and^forilhe rescue: of those who might be iiv.q^g.,- Many of the < xplortrs are suffering severely from the effects of the smoke and deadly gases which.,they encountered. Further search will be necessary to ascertain the. full ex tent of the calamity, FIFTY-THREE CORPSES. At 11 o’clock Wednesday evening, the pit had become so cool that three explor ing parties were able to descend and go some distance iuto the seam. They found three dead men, but discovered no trace of the main bo ly of miners, who were cut off from escape by the flames. Up to 2 o’clock Thursday rimming, fifty-three corpsts had been taken from the pit. Searching parties had found no sign that any of the missing miners were still alive. The be dies of eleven meh were huddled behind a door, as if they sought shelter there from a hurricane of fiery sparks sweeping by. Other bodies were tound in the return a rways where the victims were caught while probably trying to escape. A doctor has exam ined- the bodies and ieporls that all of the v'rctimst'died -of-“suffocation: The' seafchiug-.partics <we of the : opinion that other bodies will .-be. found, under the 'piles of debris lying everywhere in the juj-ine,' ' ; - y ■ • " BIG,STRIKE IN CHICAGO. Workmen on the World’s Fair Build- jugs Hare a Walk-Out; In obedience to the. order of the Build- jng Trades jjouncil, 4.000 union mr- fihanics, employed at the World’s Fair grofidds did not' go to work Monday morning. The trades represented are carpenters,aup^fljtcra, • ornamental iron worker.--,Juri c triers, tin and sheet iron .Workers* lathers, cornice workers, etc. The bricklaycis, 'stone cutters and plas terers are not included. The men claim that the Council of Ad ministration*. of they World’s Fair I hhs THBOUGHOUT THE SOUTH Notes ot Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day io Day Tersely Told. broken l'a-fti with the allied trades Upon arbil FOn w the Arbitration question. The men are quirt, but ns fast as workmen approached they were taken in hand by pickets and requested nut to go to work, .^Probably eighty per cent of the traefe interested did not work. During tin? morning a messenger was sent .from the administra tion building inviting the representatives of the strikers to a conference. The in vitation was at once accepted. It was 10 o’clock at-night - when the meeting between-the council-of 'admiritst- trstiiut and the representatives pi £f .tite building trades council came to an agree ment which is to . continue throughout the entire period of the exposition, aud under which further trouble is impossi ble. I he men received the formal con cession of a minimum rate of wages and yielded to the demand of the "exposition officials that they may employ any man whether he is a member of acy labor or- gan'zaiion or not. Tne fir-t step looking toward peace was made when a committee of the strikers submitted to the world’s fair council the folio ving proposition: That if the world’s fair council will agree To’ submit the diff .rences between the men aud the exposition to arbitration at 4 o’clock p. nt., April 12th, the building aud trades council will order .the men back to work at once pending the result of arbitration. The building and trades council binds itself to abide by the deci sion of the arbitrators. One -arbitrator is to be selected by the building and trades council, one by the world's fail; management and a third bv the two. A Missouri Cyclone. Meager particulars were received Tues day of a cyclone at P-age City, Mo. Three people were killed aDd a large number in jured. The most terrific hailstorm that has been known in that section for vears visited St. Louis Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The falling stones hit upon the skylights with sufficient force in many, instances to break th'-m. _ j A contest to set aside the will of the late Dr. Washington Ryer, of San Fran cisco, who died in Juue last, leaving an estate valued at $1,500,006, was com menced Tuesday in the interest ef Chris topher Rye-, who claims to be a natural ton. Governor Turney, of Tennessee, Mon day, appointed John K. Shields, of Bean Station, Grainger county to be judge of tbe twelfth chancer^ division, just crea ted by the legislature, and composed of the counties of Sullivan, Hawblesn, Hawkins, Grainger, Claiborne and Han cock. Governor Turney, of - Tennessee, ap pointed the following penitentiary com missioner Thursday: R. J, Alorgan, of Memphis; D. K. Young, of Clinton, and M. L. McDowell, of Winchester. They will proceed to purchase coal ard farming lands to build a new penitentiary and stockade, for which $600,• 00 will be ex pected. Their salary is $2,000 per an num. The bombirdment of Fort Sumter was celebrated at Charleston, S. O., Wednes day, by memorial exercises in honor of the late General Beauregard. A parade participated in by civic and military or ganizitions, was followed by impressive exSrcfses at'the Grand opera house.' Al- examJapRobert Ghisholm, o’f New York, delivered the opening address on “Beau regard at Manassasj’ A’Nai#fVine,Tenn., special of Wednes day says: TSte mystery surrounding tit ■ failure of JOojib.ins & Dazey and the ’wrecking of the Commercial Nationnl bank^is beginning to assume that shape where an explosion may be expected at most any moment, and by some who are cognizant of what is going on. It i- stated that some startling developments may be expected very shortly. The investigation of the looting of the Gate City bank, at Atlanta, by the grand jury is proceeding by slow and regnlat stages. A large number ^df witnesses have been examined and it is said tba' some interesting facts havejneen discov ered, but W'na't they are cannot be learn ed. -The'secrecy which is’thrown around the grand jury room and what transpires- therein is deep apd ponderous.. In the United States, cjurt.at. ^Atlanta, Wediifeuay morning, Henry'Fink and Charli¥L. Magee were appointed re ceivers in two important cases brought by the Central Trust company of New. York, against the East Tennessee rail road. The bills Were presented to the court several days ago, the one forech fl ing a mortgage on the general property of the road, the other foreclosing a tnori gage on the rolling stock. * News reached Raleigh, N. C., Wed nesdax night of a disastrous forest fire in Warren county, which has swept over mile's of the country destroying 200 farm dwellings and much other property. It burned ten dwellings, St. Stephen’s church, two public schools aod B. M. Collins’ flouring mills worth $10,000. One wealthy farmer lost eleven buildings, cattle and hogs were burned to death and miles of fencing destroyed. Ex Governor A. G. McGrath died at Charleston, S. C., Sunday, aged eighty years. Previous to tbe rebellion he w»s re-appointed by President Pierce district judge of South Carolina, but.on the an nouncement of the election of Lincoln to the presidency, he discharged the grand jury and declared the courts adjourned sine die. He was subsequently governor of the state and at the fall of the confed eracy was arrested and imprisoned by the 'federal authorities. On his release he resumed the practice of his profession. A special of Tuesday from Los Angles, Cal., says: Since last Tuesday there have been between forty and fifty earth quake-shocks'in the' Pico canoD, near New Hall. The’Pico canon is in-the San Fernando mountains and is the cen ter of the oil region. Last Tuesday, a severe earthquake, which ’was felt all over southern California, shook th< houses in the Pico canon and very badly frightened the inhabitants. Since thei there have been several shocks even day, but these have been confined to a small area in the mountains. The Southern Afternoon Press bureau, comprising fojFty-six leading afternoon newspapers of the south and southwest, concluded its three days’ session, i Washington Wednesday. Rufus ’N Rhodes, of the Birmingham News, w i elected president; J. W. Burson, of thi Galveston Tribune, vice-president; J. Pirlkmy Smith, of the New Orleans- States, secretary and genera] manager. t aad Fred S. O x, af'the Mobile New . treasurer. The Amsi.au■-determined t. have-a, pr< ss report of its owd, made up in Washington by_ its own_editor and imjirov. d both in matter and quality. . A Nashville special of Monday says: It is.generally conceded that there will poisibly be-further trouble in the mining districts in May. It, is^an_ open- H t ret that a general strike is *in prepara tion to take t fleet May 1st, find state an i civit military authorities are pr^jjaring for ano her attack on the convicts work ed in mines* Positions''have bees And are; -bei-ng-'- s'rengthened, fortifications built and everything is JneiDg .put; i?. readiness for an. has passed ernt.r to urn suppress disorders**:, < : Ktl" A meeting of the .-creditors, of Dabbim A O'&'.y was held in Nashville, Tenn.. Tuesday. All debts of the firm exept about. .$5,000 were represented. Mr. Dobbins^ made . a * proposition to turn over tlte''as'§etVto the creditors, - if they would- release hlni, so he could rebfgan- ize the business. Another proposition' was suggested by some , of the. .-largest creditors, in substance to turn over the assets of the firm to Mr. Dobbins and let him realize all possible for the creditors. It was agreed tjiat this proposition should be formally, drawn up and pre sented to ea’ch efediter for corsidera~ lion, with a statement of the condition of the assets $nd liabilities a9 soon as an accurate Tne can he" made; 1- • - “OLD ' GLORY” HAtfLED DOWN By Order of Commissioner Blount, and Hawaii’s Own Flag Furled. A San Fraricisfco sptcisl says: Advices from Honolulu by Thursday’s steamer say that Commissioner- B eu tV. arrival in Hawaii whs a wet blanket for. the pro- -visional government, but his procedure has paralyzed the leaders, as well asMin- isjer Srevens. By. Mr. Blount’s order$he American flrg was hauled down and the protictorate dissolved. The event took place April 1st, and was marked by brief and simple ceremonies.- On bis arrival tbe United Statis commissioner held two audiences wkh: the provisional govern ment, at the first of which Mr. Blount presented a letter from President Cleve land introducing the envoy and defining his duties. The Hawaiiu flag has been hoisted. I• received ho cheers for every r.ne knew it was not what the Inew gov ern m ut dt sired. THE INEXPRESSIVE SHE. Mr. X. E. Yerylate— Have you ceased to care for me. A dele ‘ I came earlier this afternoon, and- xou do not even look glad to see me. Misi Adele Sartean.—ludeed, I am (glad to~sce you! But this is my hour ffor resting mv features from all expres sion,—[Vogue. An English State Secret. I hope that the revelation I am about to make may he considered as’ strictly confidential. It must not be told across the Atlantic. It is one of those secrets which one learns with shame and repeats in a whisper. It refers, in fact, to the venerable house of birds. It has to do with a thing which greatiy adds to what the peerage calls the enjoyment of a title. It is a secret of the vestiarium, or robing room. It is no'hing less than the long and carefully concealed truth about the coronet. You know that it is a crimson velvet cap, very soft and pretty and comfortable, round which is the gold co#onet set with pearls. Now, a coronet is just a broad circular band, as .v.rybody knows. The iron crown of Lombardy is such a band of gold set with great rubies roughly cut, and without any palliative of-velvet. With the bare crown stuck firmly on his head there he was—a king, just as with his wig adjusted on his head there is the other man—a lord chief jus tice. Very well, then. The peer’s cor onet is not of gold at all. Iam assured, by one who knows, that it is of copper jit, and that the pearls iu it are not i)carls,but silver thiogs as big as pigeons’ eggs. One more illusion is gone. We -hall learn next that the velvet is cotton v. 1 vet or sateen or soft merino, .or even ted flannel. Only coppir guilt! Is it nossibie?—Walter Besant in London Q t en. Whittier’s Spirituality. Splritua'ism, as it is called in our day, was a subj -cl which earnestly aod stead- ly he’d Whittier’s atteation. There are many passages in his letters on this ques- ion which state his own mental posi- i-m very clearly: “I have had as good a chance to see a ghost,” he once said, “as anybody ever ! ad, but not the slightest sign ever came to me. I do not doubt what others tell me, but I sometimes wonder over my own incapacity. I should like to see •erne dear ghost walk in and sit down by me when I’ am here alone. -The do ngs of the old witch days have never been explained, and as we are so soon to be transferred to another itate, how nat ural it appears that some of us should have glimps4S-of it here.” ■As the end of his life-drew near, it was i asy.to see that the village home where his mother and sister lived and died was the place he chiefly loved, but he was mire inaccessible to his friends in Ames- bury, and the interruptions of a fast- gnwing factory town were sometimes less agreeable to him than the country life at Oak Knoll. Once only he expresses this preference for the ilear old village home in one of his letters: ‘ I have.been at Amesbnry for a fort night, .. Somenow,.I seem nearer to my mother and sister; the very walls of the room seem to have Income sensitive to the photographs of unseen presences.”— Annie Fields iu Harpei’s. Serious Danger Threatens every man, woman or child living in a region of country where fevf r and ague is prevalent, since the germs of malarial disease are inhaled from the air and are swallowed from the water of such a region. Medicinal safeguard is absolutely necessary to nullify this danger. As n means of fortifying and a climating the system so as to be able to re sist the malarial poison, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is incomparably the best and the most popular. Nearly 100,000 persons are in our jails and penitentiaries. Many persons are broken down from over work or household car. s. Brown’s Iron Bit ters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, re moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A splendid tonic for women and children. Thirty-two states and territories have given women some form of suffrage. Mr. Simeon Staples Four Physicians Failed k Running Sore Five Years Hood’s Sarsapa rilla Perfectly Cured 4i Taunton, Mass., Jan. 9, 1893. “ C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. “ I was troubled with a running sore on my ankle, ihe doctors pronouncing it salt-rheum. For 5 years (during which time I employed i different physicians), I received very little, if any, benefit, and it continued to increase in .size. I t-herr commenced taking Hood’s Sarsa- HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES parilla, and using Hood's Olive Ointment, and at the end of 2 years I was completely cured, and have had no trouble with it since.” Simeqn Eai-t Taunton, Mags. HoodV Pill* dtlre liver ills,-sickTieatlaclie, jaun- Stflce, indigestion.: Try a box. 25 cents. . « ' ijniike' tlie Dutch Process No Alkalies — OR — Other Chemicals are nsejd in. the preparation of W. 1IAKER & CO.’S reaBastCocoa which is absolutely pure and soluble. t} It has more th an th ree times \^the strength of Cocoa mixed iwi£h Starch. Arrowropt or mm ■yj,— p Sit^ar. and is far mofe eco nomical, costing less than one cent a cup. It is delicious, nourishing, and Easilt DIGESTED. Sold by Grocers everywhere. W- BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. - RAD FI ELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR has proven an infallible specific for all derange ments peculiar to tno female sex,such a3chronic womb and ovarian dis eases. If taken in time it regulates and promotes healthy action of all func tions of the generative organs. Young ladies at the age of puberty, and older ones at the ’meno pause, will find in it a healing, soothing tonic. The highest recommendations from promi nent physicians and those' who have tried it. 'Write for book “To Women,” mailed free. Sold by all druggists. Bradiieed Regulator Co., proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Not Be Deceived I with Pa*>££3. Enamels and Paints which staizz the I bands, Injure the iron and bnra red. | The Rising Sun Stove Polish is Brilliant, Odor- I less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin or glass package with every purchase. STORM IN THE NORTHWEST. Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Missouri in its Path. A Chicago special of Wednesday says: Tuesday night’s storm wrought such havoc with the telegraph wires that it is almost impossible to obtain particulars of the damage done in the west, where the des’ruction seems to have been general and widespread io the states of Iowa, Il linois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Probably the grea'est damage was done in Iowa," although the reports from Ne braska indicate that when full particu lars are received that state will lead in the loss of property and human life. Along the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, in Iowa and Ne braska, the storm cut a wide Ewath. The town ~of Akron, in the former state, is wrecked, and Westfield, a few milts distant, badly demoralized. Meagre reports from localities in the interior show that the devastation is widespread, a though its full extent wilt not be kuown for several days, owing to the lack of telegraphic facilities and the washing out of the country roads, ren- dtring communication difficult and in many cases impossible. Continuing along the railroad in Nebraska,the storm swept tip farm buildings, fences and bridges and finally swooped down on the town of Page, which it wrecked. LATEST NEWS. A spccialof Wednesday afternoon from Kansas City, Mo., says: As communict- ion gradually becomes opened up with the small towns and hamlets through Kansas and Missouii which were cyclone swept Tuesday, and the neirs always makiDg additions to th'- list of lives and property is received, the real extent of the storm becomes known. It is impos sible to get the names of the victims, however, and in most instances the ac counts of destruction wrought are in complete. Even in some places where communication has been restored, Dews is not available. The strioken citizens are engaged with the important duty of caring for the injured, the care of the dead, and putting together what was once their happy homes. Fifteen people are known to have been killed; thirty or forty were injured, while num berless houses, a: well as smaller proper ty, were destroyed. Much stock was also.killed. A MISSISSIPPI TOWN IN BCINS. A Vicksburg, Miss., special says; Conductor Thomas, of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, wired the following Wednesday night: “The en tire town of KobiDSonville, Coahoma county, was swept away by a cyclone about 4:30 o’clock this evening. All the stores are in flames. Several negroes and perhaps some white men are buried in the ruins. The depot was completely destroy, d and the night operator’s wife killed. A colored child was nlso killed. Only two houses are left standing.” STORM IN TENNESSEE. Jackson,.Tenn., was struck by a cy clone about five o’clock Wednesday after noon and a dozen buildings were wreck ed. There was no loss of life, though a number of persons were slightly injured. Everything in tbe path of the storm.was leveled. The damage in the tutal districts cannot be learned. BASHALITIES IN MISSOURI. A Bpecial of 'lhursday from St. Louis, Mo., says: Though two nights and a day have passed since the cyclone tore its way through Missouri, from south west to northwest, the repor's of dam age and loss of life Bre still coming in. The towns which suffered most are com paratively small and nearly all located in the northwestern part of the state on a strip lying to the southeast of Kansas City. A summary of the casualities shows the following result, the list of dead and injured corrected to the best possible extent: At Higginsville, Mo., eight persons were killed outright and three mere will probably die and twenty-five wounded. At Hawkins Bank eight people were killtdand thirty one seriously injured; at Lexington five were killed and three fatally iojfired; at Stanbury, four killed and one fatally hurt; at Steelville, seveD killed. In addition there is a long list of tcose who were more or le3s hurt, and whose injuries will not prove fatal. As if this horrible roll was not enough, the storm left little to the survivors to be gin life again with. Houses, barns, stock and everything wss swept before the storm’s fury. A. Hawkins Bank the scene was most horrible. When the re lief reached there not a soul in the place had had a morsel to eat for twenty-four hours, as provisions, cook stove 0 , etc., were all blown away. Farmers from the surrounding country came nobly to their assistance, and many are now beiDg cared for in the immediate vicinity of the bank. - RUINS AT VPSILANTI. According to dispatches of Thursday, Ypsilanti, Mich., is in a lamentable condition and business is suspended owing to the bavee caused by Wednes day night’s rainstorm. Almost all the principal block—stores, the opera house, postoffice, hotel and several dwellings— were either demolished or badly dam aged. Houses were lifted from their foundations, buildings were unreofed and walls tumbled into the Street, a mass of ruins. So far as known, not a life will be lost as a result of the storm. Rough’y ^estimated, the total loss is between $100,000 and $150,000. A Memphis, Tenn., special of Thurs day says: It is hardly possible to exag gerate the havoc made by the cyclone fire at Robinsonville Wednesday. There are parts of two houses and a water tank ’aiflrfctanding', and everything else was "razed,' to the ground, and most of it "burned. The number of killed, so far as can he ascertained by a census of the bodies found, is seventeen, one white and sixteen colored, and about ten in jured—two so seriously that they are ex pected to die. The wounded who have not been sent to Memphis, Tunica or Lake Cormorant, are quartered in the two houses still standing. The property loss will reach $100,000. PERU APOLOGIZES For the Outrage Perpetrated on One of Our Consular Agencies. A Washington special of Monday says: The Peruvian government has taken the initiatory steps toward complying with the demands of the United States that reparation be made for the outrage com mitted on one of its consular agencies in Peru. It was not until Monday morniDg that the name of the place attacked, which was omitted in the first dispatch from Minister Hicks notifying Secretary Gresham of the affair, was made known to the state department. The informa tion was contained in a cablegram from Minister Hicks, stating that the consular agency is at Mollendo, Peru, and that in answer to the demand for satisfaction made by the administration the govern ment of Peru immediately removed the sub-prefect of the department in which Mollendo ia situated, and promised to provide suitable reparation; and, fur thermore, that the government has ex pressed its regrets for the occurrence. This information is entirely satisfac tory to the United States government. The name of the consular agent at Mollendo, which is omitted from tbe dis patches received from Minister Hicks, is William R. Griffith. He was appointed from Pennsylvania, March 30, 1889. Nc news has been received by Secretary Gresham concerning the reported out rage against a United. States consulate in Bolivia. A man in Wolfe County, Kentucky, has been disfranchised for ljfe for selling (lis vote. v The One With Blno Eyes; A little Harlem boy who has an old maid Aunt who is very fond of cats has been in the a2t of officiating as exscu- tioner whenever the kittens multiplied around at his auntie’s to a degree that even that venerable feminine cat fancier could not support. As a natural result he became very expert at putting kittens in a bag, together with a big paving stone, and consigning the whole iot to the tender mercies of the Harlem river. As it happened only the other day, the little Harlem boy’s mother presented her husband with a couple of daughters in the shape of a splendid pair of twins. As a great favor Johny was allowed to go into the room to tee his newly arrived sisters. He gazed upon them with a lan guid interest for a few moments, and then looking up at his father said sud denly, “Say, pop, let’s keep the one with the blue eyes.” It was kept.—New York Herald. A Lenient Pawnshop-. The Monta di Pieta at Rome, which has existed ever since 1585, is probably the most lenient pawnbroker’s shop in the world. Any person who brings a pledge may borrow from $15 to $25 without paying any interest, but all that is lent above that sum is paid for at the rate of two per cent per annum. At the end of two years, if the pledge is not re deemed nor interest on the money paid, it is sold and the overplus of the debt is laid by for the owner, who has it in his power to demand it within 100 years.— Yankee Blade. A Cat Exterminator. An ingenious Brooklynite has come out with an invention which bids fair to relegate the bootjack to the attic with tbe distaff and spinning wheel. He has run a wire along his back fence. To this is attached a strong electric battery. A button at the inventor’s bedside sends forked lightning through the wire, and the current is turned on when the cats begin their midnight parleying. One wild feline screech and all is over.—Chi cago Inter-Ocean. Random Shots. Many people are busy in the world gathering together a handful of thorns to sit upon. The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him. Never wait for a thing to turn up. Go and turn it up yourself. It takes less time, and is surer to be done. Forbearance and self-control smooth the road of life and open many ways which wouid otherwise remain closed. It is well to be sanguine and full of anticipation; we are the better off for our hopes, even if they are never realized. What is experience? A poor tittle hut constructed from the ruins of the palace; of gold and marble called our illusions. An Unnecessary Announcement. One of the melancholy but unnecessary announcements in connection with an obituary notice is the statement that the deceased “left” half a million, less or more. If some day the deceased takes with him half a mill, the announcement will be well worth printing. But how melancholy for the heirs should depart ing friends find a way of taking their savings along!—Boston Commonwealth. A Great Effort. Wee Miss—“I hate that little girl.” Mamma—“You should not hate any body, my dear.” Wee Miss—“Well, if I mustn’t hate her I’ll try not to, but I guess it will make my head ache.”—Street & Smith’s Good News. Brown’s Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala ria, Biliousness and General Debiiit'-. Gives strength, aids Digestion, tones t!:e mrves— creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing Mothers, » eak women and children. Th“ statement is male that Victor Hugo left 400,000 unpublished manuscripts, long and short. B echam’s Pill- are better than mineral wa ter-. Beecham’s—no others. Ho cents a box. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son’s Eye-w ater.Drmrgists sell at 25j per bottle. The Argument Used B Y the makers of the second-class baking powders to induce the dealer to push i them off on Royal consumers is that they cost less than Royal and afford the dealer much more profit. But you, madam, are charged the same price for them as for the absolutely pure Royal, which is perfectly combined from the most highly refined and expensive materials. The lower cost of the others is caused by the cheap, impure materials used in them, and the haphazard way in which they are thrown together. Do you wish to pay the price of the Royal for an inferior baking powder, made from im pure goods, of 27 per cent, less strength? If you buy the other powders, insist upon having a corresponding reduction in price. HALL’S City of Toledo, Lucas Co., S. S. State of Ohio. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL’S CATARRH CURE. Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1889. : NOTARIAL SEAL : LUCAS CO., O. 6 -.« HALL’S CATARRH CURE IS TAKEN INTERNALLY, and acts directly upon the Blood and raucous surfaces. A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. CATARRH TESTnVrOTVTT A T.ft : E. B. WALTHALL & CO., Druggists, Horse 3aTe, Ky., say; “Hall’s Catarrh Cure cures ;very one that takes it.” CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMIS, Detroit, Mich., »ys* “The effect of Hall’s Catarrh Cure is wonderful.” Write him about it. KEV. H. P. CARSON, Scotland, Dak., says; “ Two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Cure complete ly cured my little girl.” J. C. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va., says; “Hall’s Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad case of catarrh.” Hall’s Catarrh Core Is Sold by all Dealersin Patent Medicines PRICE 75 CENTS A BOTTLE. CURE Teetimonials sent free : r »Dclication. THE ONLY GENUINE HALL'S CATARRH CURE IS MANUFACTURED BY F. J. CHENEY & CO., TOLEDO, O. * * * BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. “August. Flower” “ I am happy to state to you and to suffering humanity, that my wife has used your wonderful remedy, August Flower, for sick headache and palpitation of the heart, with satisfactory results. For several years she has been a great sufferer, has been under the treatment of eminent physicians in this city and Boston, and found little relief. She was in duced to try August Flower, which gave immedaite relief. We cannot say to much for it.” L. C. Frost, Springfield, Mass. % Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore Throat* Sold bv all Druggists on a Guarantee. opium; tosfdiri. Nojpay till cured. P8. J.STEPHENS, Lebanon.Oh.0. AN ASTONISHING TONIC FOR WOMEN. 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It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. * Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is t.ian- ufactured by the California Fig Syru Co. only, whose name is printed on eve package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. DIAMONDS, WATCHES and SILVERWARE. Send for our'Catalognr. J. F. Stevens tfc Bro., 47 Whitehall St., Atlnirtai (J»^**«^ DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMETUER D R R 18 A POSITIVE CURE .FOR . . .. K LaGrippe, Catarrh, R lieu mat ism, K I Neuralgia, Dyspepsia. Hotrcl, Kid- I N ney and Bladder DiMeaiies, Blood N Q Poison and General Debility. « Pleasant as Lemonade. 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