TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER- TVOtLD-DH LYNCHERS SMOI DOW Jf. A Mob Which Bought to Take Von geanrcon a Mnrdoror l Driven Back With Much llloosj-. hod. At Birmingham, Ala., th mrxt Intonts x eitement prevails over tho attempt of a fnob to lynch Dick II mew, v ho it in j til Charged with killing his littlo dnughtor May and bis wife. Tlio body of the woman mi found in a mutilated condition nt n on Sits tirday, and 1 1 twos was arras tnl In tho after noon and lislge I in Jail. A crowd which hud been collecting for several hour a Ivniwcd on tlio county jail at midnight with tho Intention of lynching Hawe. Many of tlio Is-st oltijiMia tried to reason with tho crowd nu I provent trouble, and some lost theirlives in the attempt. When the crowd wn within n few f0 t of tlio Jiil door, and hnl failed to his.-it n un mis warn Ing fmm the Sheriff, tn i (11 Mr Insiibi of tho huildirg opened li,-p, Instantly killing three of the iinh, fatally Wounding novo I and more or less n'noiisly wounding nli mt thirty other. The following is a full list of th(o shot : Kii.i.to M. II. Thockmnrton, postmns'crt nil unknown negro; J. II. McCoy, A. II. Tar rsiit, A. D. Bryant, A. ('. Tate, n painter ol F.astl ike; C. ill. it Smith, (c Ii r.'dl. AVofMiti) Lawrence Fitjthugli, n civil on pint or, shut through the shoulder; Churlc Bailey, shot through tin h,nd, probably f is tally ; A. J. Scliied.-, will proh ilil y die; Cms. Jenkiic, sh t through tho he id, since died ; Brandon, wound -d in the thigh, since dii'd; J. W. Montgniinv-y, slightly won id -d in tin) J iw ; K I. It rkuiey, shot through Inllil.gs whilosittiiig on n porch fit th u-n-in r of i-'lst street mi I 'I'liiiil iivfiiin-; .J. II. M rrilt, shot in the leg; Malt lv 'iiu-dv, s'.mt in Inch legs nnd In left nrm; J. IV, Own, a vnr enter, allot throiuh the ri -lit thi;-h; J. V. Ililm ore, shot through til l Ii nvels, may die; Fftnk Childer Isilend; At. Sniit'i (mlund). serious y wouu led tn buck; Willui u Y unglioil, Mr. Alexin brand K, S. ( Vnp r, w ho were reported kills d or wouudo I, w- re not hurt. A. W. Ilrni I ni shot through tlio shuil lor, tlio ball com ing out iiciir tho spinal cord. Oniric liailey, n hrnkeinm on tho Louis ville n i l Nnshville railroa I, was shot in t'm right side. His hiiiuj is in C'hurcli street, Itostoii. Krcichwciii ha 1 las right uuklo hattcnsl. Col. I'. 1. Join s, of tin Second regiment of tho Stnte troops, arrived Sunday morning with live C( iii imes, an 1 is confident licit Im can prevent any further ii' tempt, at mob vi niic. Tho excitement his somewhat abated. pluck iti:wAui)i:i. Tlio llnytlnn Republic to ho Releas ed Action Taken by ltuynrd. The last uncertainty regarding tho fate of the American slcuiuslup llaytiun Republic1 seized I y tho llaytiau guu-b ut Desnline off the linrbor of Ht, Murk, I about to be cloirel up, Captain Compton' pluck in sticking by the VchhcI mid rofu ing tOWybwri tho Amori can colors, in ilellunco of tho command of tho colored guards in possi smIoii of tho sU-mur, will bo rewarded and tho vimd reloa-od. Tlii wns the iiohh received at Lord & Aus tin', agents of tlnsoj.'d Vissol ill 'oV Yol k city. Togeiher wil.li this intclligenco were received t !. .statement of the rivul exiting governments in llnvti, that of (ioiicriil Logis time, the Provisional President, being a put. li-hi-I i!iuiihli't detiiiliug his projsiso I pro giamnie; tho otlmr a printed memorandum, setting forth tho cla in of the government of the North to consideration of tho foreign jsiwers. A letter from the St ito Depirtment nt Washington told of its diclsion regarding tho Uiiytiau KepuMie. Swretary B lyard siys;i " Your counsel, Mr. Ilrandeis, hus now Ik-cii' adViwvl of tho conclusion of this Department,' Unit the valadity of the seizure nnd of the ml'Stqiiont procwslings of alleged c oinleinna tion cannot bo admitttsl, ami I have ho ins formed Mr. Trenton, the llaytiau represonta tio nt this Cnpitul, who had been instruct! ly his Government to defer tho case of tho 1 lay ti iu Republic to the Uoveruiueut vf thei Unit, d Stiit." Secretary Whitney, when spoken to on the tlbject, sod: "It is a diplomatic ipiestiou eiiv tir ly, mid I woukl not kuuw anything about it unless the Kts-rctury of State r quoted tho use of a Iiavul Vessel, In ciso u ilem Hid W as ma lo for thu releasj of t'm vokc1 in qu htioii and it was refusal, we shoull atoncitnk.t tos to euforo it by s aiding our vessels to that country. 'I'll c.ise c uiiiot h.ivo reached that siiutyet, as wo have not U'ou askul to wild any vessels to lbiyti. Some of our vo-i-tioU in ty go there, but so far no order Imvu I ceii issue 1 on this mlij ut." A l'rali lo Tragedy. At Chyeiine, Wyo., W. J. Vannlce, o rntn blent resident, was murdored. While nil tho family, except n child, were absent, a trauii entonsl Mr. Ya'inice's hous'i an 1 stole roiiio art idea of jewelry and a purse, iiiiniediately afterwords starting towards Fort Liramiit, Mr. Ya'ii.ico sturte I in pursuit and cip turv.l the thief at a ranch five miles from town, llcstii'tcd for town with tho tramp in a buggy. Lnto last evening the team wn found on tho prairie by cowboys, with tin) load lusty of Mr. Yiiunico fu tlio bottom of tho buggy. 1 ho Ixsly iiulicatisl that u terru ble siriiglo had taken pi lev. I', is suriiiiMsl that tho tramp seizod him, secured his revol ver ami killed him. A jkmso of citizens ii after the murderer, and if captured, ho will lo lyucui'd. A Ilattlo With thu Sea. Tho idiooner James A. Ourlleld, Captain Ilolte, arrived ut rlultiiiiore from Mavussa, with the crew of the schooner Albert II. Cross, which was uhaudonoi Novouii er 'M in a sinking condition. The wreikod steamer, Witl ew of live eaniea, and a cook, loft Clr toil Navemt er 15 for 1'etersburg, Va. O i l!5lu heavy wuvea swept away her ., and to add to tho terrible situulio Ji 1 sprang a leik. The men wert"' J41 . the pumps, a:id for five days batr" .h the sea for tlieir liv.s. '1 h ) s,nll2,,1ni!LPr?'v tro 1 wiih salt water sores WiiuiA oV,ll'J very iiioveuiviit iu lb"' heiu alu. AJf OLD CltlMK DDJCOVEnhD, A Btartllna Crlmo of Twenty Year A go Unearthed. Captain John Wad llo was on of the beM known sailors on tha lakm twenty yrars tgi and a resident of Chathim, Ont, He wh torn an I ma In few friends. Ha sailed tt schonne Explorer between O.wglan V.ay and points on the D.itrolt river. F.ightwn yetrs agu last fall hi st.rte I from Detroit with a cirgo consisting of 20) barrel of whisky anrl a lot of mill micliinery bou id for Oa-po Bound. Hi csrgii was well insure I. Ther was a crew of four aboard the schooner, bos si lea tho captsln and hi son. A month aftrcleiriu frnm De'rilt, h" turned up at thi Cina ban town of Tober mory and rep)rt)il th it hisluit hi I struck a rock and the c irgo shlfte I, and that h ha I ordi'rel his two mo 1 d iwn to shift the cargo, w-lien the vo 1 wu:i off the r.tck an I went to tho bottom. His story wai IHievist. and holml no trouble in collecting his lesuni'ico, hut I t-?r, ugly rum om were clrcul ito I ab mt th i sink itg of the boat, and there wni ev ry likoii his) I of an Investig ition, wa m th c in. mi son shoiml up at, a farm -r's hoiisj on th shori of Lake Huron o ie d ty, nnd, witu ilripping cloth-x, told tlio farm -r Ii iw h n id In father had bjn ii)x -t in a n i'l boa, ii 1 1 the ol I in in ilr nvno 1. li ipim',,'1 ou'- ttm overturned bo.it mil nirri ed a tlirillin; St ry. With the ciptil is s'ipp is) I d)it!i, the Investigation dropp d. Twelvo yoirs nft.r sin) siiIocnf thn Mi'suier Yic or d el i I tint, t'n :JM barei nf twe!vi-yea-ol I wuislty ni wort i ruisi i.; frouit'io KtpSorer, an 1 tli'Vllii-l u,i ti wns'k. Tii -y f u id, it w is r -p !.: I a', tli i. time, tint tin se'i loner- w n I vi . 1 wi-li r'K-ks.her b ittoin bor.i full of Ii U; and tli it, two ile id siilors were in the fore-act' with th -ir skulls cnish" I. Ap;s ir.ric -s mdoiiel acisjof c ild-blooili d mur.ler, Im', th I ap tun was den I hi I his s in go i,-, no one k.iov Where, so ic tiling w is ili:v. A few d iys) ago Captain M -rr iw n-i 1 II -no Lym'iurner, two frl mi 1 1 of Cupii. Waddle, were walking the s'r-ets of .v. i Sound when they saw a in in thv c aim to to h ivo recjgni.-l as Cipli n Wa Idle up ro idling, very iiiueli iutoxic it -d. Th -y ske to him by name, and the IT ct, th ' ilwlare, was magical. Ho lost all signs of drunkoiicss, nnd saying "I am not Captain WiidiHe," dash. si p ist th-m. Chief Constable McAulifre, win was told of the fuel that night, arrested Wud lie, or the mm uppn -d to be him, for ilruiikomien an 1 ho is now serving n llftnn days' sentenca for this of fens, while the olll vrs are hunting up pyi ileiico t hold him on a more serious charge. Situsj his arrest it has been learned, it is al leged, that tho c aptain's son is running a saw mill on tho tip-r cu I of tho Georgian U ly with th iii'ichincry which constituted a part uf tho Explorer' cargo, and now, after IS yetrs, both theaj men stand a gissl chance of U-ing b ought to Justice. A liinn claiming j to bo uu olllcer at Uen Sound was at Wlud sor muk ing inquiries ubout tho oa.si. THK 8TOIIY OF A WItlXK, Captain TrlU How Ilia Vcascl Woj Lout and tho Crew Sfveil. Captain C. S. Kuroy, of tho pr j"ler Rtar ruca, which was wreckea e ff Nivii.Ma-uis on Like Siih rior, on JTovemboi u'-aus re turne I U) HulTulo, JT, Y., and U-IU tho story of tho w reck. He says the crew had a tcrrltilo experience, and givi s much credit to Captain Clenry and the life saving crew at D. cr I'ark station for Kv.iHtim.-e rendered. The storm of wind and J i t ..ii.. .mi" iiii-i lenriuiiv, mill wiieu II was seen on tho night of the ITiih that nothing could save tho boat, the captain and bis Zl men took refuge in tho cabin. The waves Leut with b-rriblo violence against tho vessel, and seemisl every moment a if bo would go to piices. Homo of the crew who feired staying on Isiard made an aU b inptto get ustioro In n small boat, and final ly succrcdisl. They walke 1 twelve miles to the life saving station and tho life siviug crew at once sent out to rescue tho remain der of the propeller's crew. The storm still raged furiously, and it was with difficulty that tho surf-lsjiit reached the vessel and took off the shipwrecked men. Tho c.vw cumpoj on tin bisch for thirteen days, watching the cnrgoniul trying to get the bout off, but tho storm continuisl and she wa abandoned, Nothing will b done with her until spring. A small part of the ourgo was saved. CATTLKMKN filVK IN. Th Cherokee Annoi-IiiI Ion to Pay $1 OOO.OOO lor Their Louse. Tho Cherokee Cuttle and Live Stock Asso elation will have to piy fl.OOO.OilO for their leases during tho next flvoynirn. Five your' ago the Cherokee Cattle Association secured u leihe from the Indians of a portion of the Cherokee stripe, for which they pal I an an nual rental of f IOO,(XHt. In October the lease exilreil, nnd tlio Ass eiu tion, with liHI.OOJ lioad of cattle on hand, had no pine to grnzi them Tlio Indians were offered fliKI.OiK) a year, then f l'J5,0O, then flW.tXMI und finally I IT.i.llOi). Tho council at each time rat iflod the con tracts, but Chief Mays each time vebw I tho lease, and it could not bo p iss.) I over his vo to. llo placed the rental at t'JtV),()UJ a year. Tho cattlemen refuse I to look nt it. A terns pormy nrrangeuieiit wus fix d up that would last till January 1, and the cnttleiu u have hud to give in. President i. M. Howius, of tho assisilation, nnd T. H. Huttou, ono of tha dins-tors, arrived from Tahlemi-ili yos'erdav and anuouuceil that tho lease had b en signed and delivered to them by Chief Muys at a fixed rental of IJOO.IXX) jier year. Light Dollars For a Wife. Jacob W. Holllngor sued Wallnce D. Es bus, of Litiiz, I'd., for (5,tXH) damages for alienating his wife's uffcutioiis. Tho cast) had been on trial for two days, and a lurg oum-U-r of witnesses had been examined. Tho Jury reuib-red a verdict in favor of the plain tin for tl damages. Tho case ho U-en tried three tim . Iu the first trial the jury gave Uollinger (llK), and the second jury (Wide I In favor of the d -fondant, Evans will uonr buy IhofS, and that will end the suit. . Ii iao Nutt, of Milton, Mass., has left 90,000 to thu towu for themalnttjuuuou uf scUgol, NEWS IN BRIEF. Certificates of election hare not yet been Issued to the electors of either party in West Virginia. Texas cast 334..VX) totes at the late election of which Cleveland electors recelvd 2)0,130; Harrison electors, W,?0S; Cleveland's majori ty, 103,304 Tha contest for the United States Senators hip, in New Jersey, Is livening up. McPhsr ton and Ex-Governor Abbett are th only avowed candidates. About the first of January, 1SSD, a union meeting of the members of the Brotherhood! of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen, Brake men. Switchmen and Yardmen employed on Pittsburgh runs will be held In Allegheny to consider the plan of a federation of all rail road employes In the United States, except lug conductors. This confederation schemo lias been the absorbing toplo for railroaders during the past two months, ( M. F. 8nyder, who obtained money on the strength of his representations that bo was a tree agent at Darlington lost winter, and who escaped while being taken to Jail, but was some months later captured at Canton, Ohio, was found guilty of false pretence at Ikaver, I'a. H. r. Hutchinson, of Clilcnjjo, known as "Old Hutch," has been victimised to the amount of .'0,000 by Frank It. Hates, his clerk, who used tho seat on the Hoard of Tiado which Hutchinson had bought him and his knowlckgeof Hutchinson's Intention toninke money liimclf. J. hn Linergaui, another employe of Hutchinson, is also sus pected. A single hlghwnymai robbed a stage 73 tulles north of Sun Francisco. Ho rift si two mail sick uud tho express box, securing hea vy booty. What promises to bea vigorous war In piss senger rates between Chicago and Missouri river points is going on. Ilates to Ouuih t were cut to Simon Well, of Evansville, Ind., has disap pe ircd with about f-l."i,0o0, which ho is said to liave obtained by buying hogs from Kens tucky farmers and piying with worthiest checks and tb 'ii sVling the hogs for cash. Do-n'd Morris u, win last Juno shot Unit-d Stab's Dcpu'y Marsh il Warren, has taken refuge in the iiiounHiu fastm sses of the Lnk Megimtic region, wberj nearly the wholi population, most of which is Scotch, art worn to defend hi in and law oflicer are do tted. W.J. Luc is, President of the First Na tional Iiink of Columbus, Ind., which was r s centty roblied of a large amount of cash an l securities by Win. Schrolber, a bookkeeper, has recovered the f K),(KK) bonds and most of the $ 1 1,000 cash, which Sohrieber had depos itol in a Milwukee bank. According to a statement tn the Raltlmort iUtnvftirhirer' ltecord within the past mouth, $7,.ViO,0 10 of Northern capital bit len Invested in Alabama, TeiiWMSJo, North Carolina, Florida and Texas. Th Governor of Illinois has received number of anonymous threatening lottcri since the conviction of Hronek, the Anarchs 1st, similar in ch ii in-ter to those received dur ing tho imo the ietit!ons for tho Uvea of Spies, LI nng nnd other Am rchlst-s wore pend ing. The tetters are from Chicago ami s East Michael Dwyer's h-mso, nbout three mile from Plymouth, Out., was burned. Mrs, Dwyer, her d uighter, nnd three grandchild leu were burned to dotth. Robert M. (! .ingle, E. V.. H ack and Wil. iinni 111 ick have purch is. the llturcsof tho Eur. kit Pottery of Saliiieville, and will op erate it in the miiniilacturo of yellow Kick Ingham nu I white-lineil ware under tin iinui r of The Kuivk i Pottery Compa-iy. (bsirgo Armstrong, of Wneo, Texas, was nearly llogg.sl to death by White Cups Sun day. He left his wife and family In destitute circumstances, nn I was publicly living with another woman. An attempt was mi lo to blow up the tiers man consulate ul N qiles with u dynamite Isimb, a few days a 40, hut It fuilo I tocxplodo Members of a Republic hi society huvd bejii arrested, charged with the crime. Stewurt, the Wichita, K insis, druj clerk who was sent to prison for 10 years and tl nsl IJO.SOO, and after wart releuso I by thoO.-v-ernor lifter serving six mouths, lias bioii re arrested for not p iying the costs and will likely have to -rvo several years. Tho switchmen on tho branch line of the Yawbilia road iu the Clay county, Indiana, coul Holds, have struck for higher wages. The strike will affect tli co il miners of tint fcection, who (.yuiputhi. 1 with thu strikers, uud also ctiiso 11 sh irtige of coil, the cur supply having been cut tf. John A. Martin, nu engineer, sh t Mrs. P. W. Merrill, bis 1 nulla ly, at Chicag 1, H-rliips fatally wouu ling her, nu ltheu sh it ami kill ed himself, llo was dcspcr.itely iu love with Mrs. Merrill, but she, hiving a husband, paid 110 attention to him uud or.luro 1 him to ioivu the house. a cuii'PLi: roit lifi:. A KaiiNUH DcNpcrndo Ovcrliuulcil and Shot hy a Slii-rlfT. Hugh Ilui jh r, a ib sMradi well known throughout West tii Kansas, entered tho storo of Mr. Turner, in Harold, Ness county, nnd presented a bill, asking for change. When Mr. Turner oiened bis cash drawer Harper covensl him with a six-shooter and nude him bund over what money he bad, amount ing to ninety-live dollurs, Hars-r then got on his borso and headed for N. ssCity. The Sheriff organized a poso, and nft-r an exciting chase overtook the rob 1st seven iiiih s north of town. Ho fired on the posse, wounding 0110 ofllis r, and then put spurs ti his horse. Tho SaeritT took a near cut, overtook Harper and comipande l him to bult, but the latter turned und rode in an 0 issiite direction. Ho wus fired on and brought to the earth. The ball shatterod his leg below the knee and he will Is) a. cripple for life. He was tukeu to Ness City. League of Farmers. The farmers of Flat Branch township, Shelby county, Illinois, have formed a co. operative league, opened a store and will buy their own goods at wholesale and ship their own produce. The organization now has 150 members and the number Is rapidly increas ing, They claim there Is too great a dispars ity betwcim tho towu and city uiarkut prlcos, AJf OLD MAN'S FUI.T. lie Beta Fire to Ilia Ilonse and Tries to Hum Ills Wife. At Glen Gardner, N. J., the residence ol Joss Castner was discovered to be on fire, and cries were hesrd. Jacob Fioma and another neighbor burst Into the place, and while they were trying to extinguish the fire, Mr, Castner becami rloloat, a id It wai necessary to tie lilm. The aged wife of Mr. Cnstner siys; "I was awakened atsmt 0:5.) o'clock. I found the clot! les closet on fire. I tried to give an alarm, but Jessie caught me and pushed me toward! the closet. He had sH the lamp In among the clnthet, and thy were nil on fire. He caught tip the bed clothes and threw them on tin fire, and he also set fire to my dress. Just be fore Mr. Frome got In, I got away and stirted for the stairs, and he pushed me and I fell U the bottom." Mrs. Castner was terribly burned, nnd bei band plainly showed tho marks of lior buss hanif teeth where he had bitten her in his deflorate attempt to cremate her. After the fire Mr. Castner was untied. Suddenly he seized ax nnd, turning quickly, aimd a sivago blow nt Lomnns u, w hich luckily missed him. Castner thou set a'oul demolishing the house, hacking th) furnltur.' to pieces. Fully half tho villagers gat here I a' c lit tho house, but kept at n safe distance Finally tho old man throw the nx nt Lommii s in, missing him, nnd before he could regain the weapon ho was overpowered. As soon 111 f o-sible he will betrunsf rred t M nr.s Plaint Asylum. This is the third fir? nt the Castner resi lience. Cnstner is nn elder In the Pr-sbvters Ian church nnd much respected, lie hus h e i sul j ct to lit. Tnn PiTTsnuna ovs iu iist. It I'llcs to Pieces nt tho Second Trlol nt Annapolis. Tlio longsexpoctod trial of tho sixtonnsfoot, fj vestou six-inch bore lies iner c is', steel gun, lunde by the Pittsburg Steel Casting Coins pany, took plnco at the naval proving grounds near Annasilis, M.L, Wednosd ly. At tho re quest of W. G. Johnson, President of the Com pany, a charge of thirty-six pounds was tired first to wurui up the gun, uud after an inter val of ilftocu minutes, to allow tho bent to rolinto through the entire weapon, tho regulation charge of 4S pounds of powder was placet in the ciiinon with a lOQ-pouud bull. Evorybody got under shelter except two goiitlmen, who took posi tions at a safe distance to obtain a good view of the open field. The lanyard wus pulled and there c.imo a concussion that shook thv ground. Smoke, leaves and timU-r flew by and the groat gun 1 ly shattered in the lunvy easements it had wrecked. Tlio loss to the Government iu the damage it did to buildiul and apparatus is (5,000. MISSION A HI IIS K I LLP. I). Armed Chinamen Attack a Hcslilcncc nnd Murder the Inmates. A cablegram bus boon received nnnounc ing that Miss Sophie Pr.ston, formerly of Waitsburg, Washington Territory, bus Iweu killed near Canton, China, during a iiutivt uprising. Miss Preston went to China two years ago as a 111 ssiouury. The cablegram states the resiJence of the iiiIskIoii tries, in which she lived, was nt'nok -d by urin-'d Chl nameii and a iiuinber of p -isons killed. The nsidetices of some EuroHnus were atso nt tacktsl and several of the inmates murdered Miss Preston's brother, who lives in Portland, discredit the story. PciikIoiis. Coni?resxma-i Frank Liwler w ill introduco a billgranting H-usious to sol tier and sail ors, nnd widows of soldiers uud s ulors, ov.-r 00 year of ago Section 1 provides that the Secro'ary of the Interior be niithorizHl anil directed to pla -e on tho pension r dls the names of nil honorably dischnrged soldiers and sailors of the war of the ri b -1 lion who sorv.d nnd were honorably dischnrged from such service, anil who nro 15) years of ago and upward, at the rate of H'-S per mouth. All pensions under this net begin at the dot) of application and no pensioner shall receive more than oue ponsiou. Fatal Holler Mi plosion. The lwiler iu Strobl & Heman's feed mil', at Trowbridge, Ohio, exploded just as Honry Helium turned on the steam, ami Honiaii was fairly blown to pieces, a ghastly h ile being torn iu his iibd ininii from whi -h hi entrails protruded. Albert Kline, a eustomor, wo thrown loo feet and wus so severely injur.sl that he died almost immediately. Wall io Strobl, a b y of 15, wus seriously Injured, while another boy received slight bruises. The building was blown to ut m, mid tho machinery was 11 tot il wreck. The lire caught iu a straw stack and but for tin active work of citizens the town v ul 1 h ivo li.-cn burned down. I)i-muiids3 Statehood. The Noith Dakota convention bild at Jamestown, adopted res lutioiis f ivoring the immediate a Imissiou of North Dakot i to Statehood, under thu nuiiieof North Dakota; docl triug tint the Fiftieth Congress should io,ss the Admission bill, but, if it fails to do o, asking tlii- Presidniitsulwt to cull u coi d Session of th 1 Fifty lli-st Congress for thu pur pose; inviting South Dikutu, Montuiiu uud Washington TerrUoru to join tho moveiuoiit for admission. To Oil tho South. The lost project of the Standard Oil Com pany is the contemplated construction of a bugh pipe line from Lima, Ohio, to SU Louis for the transportation of oil to that city for distribution all over the Southern and South western States. Tho St, Louis line will be built after the manner of the one already iu use between Lima and Chicago, and tho right of way is now being secured. Active work on the line will b oouimeuced iu the spring. High License Pennsylvania. The Brooks High License law has very mas terially lessened the consumption of beer iu the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Berks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Schuyl kill, which are included in the First Internal Revenue district of Pennsylvania. This is ihown by a comparison of tho receipts of the oftlce for stumps for October, 1S-S7, and the same month of tho present year. Iu October, 1887, theie were UU,4liO,4.'i) while lor tho lu,t Uioutu they dcci'Ous.Hl to 1 100,3'JS. FOnF.ION NEWS, Sharp Knconnter of Dritlah Troopi With the Arabs. Reports from Massowah state that the pow serf ul Benl Ahmed and Bogoa tritx have ant serted the Mahdi and have refused to assist In the siege of Suaklm. If the English troopi inflict a defeat on the relwla, other tribes will probably desert The first detachment of British troops arrived at Bunk tin, on tho Steamship Hodelda, which entered the harbor, bringing from Suet S3 ofuVers, 1S3 men n the Scottish Borderers and 100 mounted In fantry, with horses. So soon as tli troopi assembled the Aral owned a hot nrtilerj Are from the trenches, mainly concentrate I on the Twelfth Black 1! itt.iliou, bul they wore quickly silem-e I by a reply from tho forts and the Rieor, The probability is that a fight beta-ion thf Arabs under General Grotifoll, Hu d ir of the Egyptian Army, will tike place next week. 1 lb-port puts tho strength of tin Arabs in t tie trenches at from seven hundred to one thous and men. Thera are, however, many more lying In th bush but n short distinco from the earthworks, and alsmt fifteen hundr. reserves stationed nt Ilandoul Wells, eight miles away. Many aro merely tribes men and slaves, but there are among them nearly 0110 thousand Dervish es anl ex-Egyptinn soldiers, Tho force under Gonernl Orenfi ll will cms sist of two brigades of Egyptian and black frKips, supported by the Second I! ittnlion King's Own So ittish Borderers, one company of mounted Infantry nnd a smilt force of Egyptian civnlry and artillery, alto-e-her about flvo thousml underarms. Gemral tirenfell has Informed the Government tint lie considers this force ample to in sth lege. He expects to be able to nmass bis eu tire force by the end of this week. Reports have ben received at Wndy Halls that the White Pusli.i is ndvanciug north ward. I he ilispa'ch-s concerning nfTiirsin Per ii contain nothing new, as K igln id and Itu si.i have for yours been striving for a-ci nln icy in the Shah's dominions. Th l itter o'eiis t ite b is a 1 emliirrnssing t nk to pn-foriii i 1 cliooing which of th two espjauts -Ii ill l ndmitted to nvowe I f 1voriti-.u1, 111 1 in truo E intern fashion Is ci quttlna with both. Until within a few years English i illu -neo wus predommii it at Tehera-i, but, either through aw kward luauig -meiitnr the sto idy encroachment of Rus-ia on tho north, 11 gr. a' ly increase I respvc: for the power of the Cz ir tins been observable in tho e induct of the Shah, A generation ago nnuy olll.-ors of the English army, cho en for their ncipi lin'unc.i with K. is Urn languages and customs, enters e l tho Persian servlc-, and, while bringing the troops to a higher stite of efll -iency, greatly I nereis si the respct felt for England's greitness and military streng'.ii. Since then tho gignutic stridoi of Russia In Asia, contrasted with tin station ary attitude of England on the E istorn fron tier, hive seemed to note tho former ns the p wer dostiiud to dominate affairs nnd tin Shnli bus shown a natural inclination to wor ship the rising suil. Appreciating the val ue of Persia us an obstacle of m ire imjioi' tunc) against a Russian iilvanc than oven Afghanistan. England has l iken tho alarm and is using every effort to recov er her waning influence ut tho court of tin Shah. wui:cki:i ov a cuitvu llwistre,iH Collision Ono Mnn Kill 'd mill Ot hern Pntully Injiirctl. A terrible wreck occurrel live miles north of Youngslown, Ohio, ou the So iron brancli of tlio Lnk Shore roid. A inixod p isseugi-r train colbdtsl with a locuuotivo on a curve, w liilo both trains were running at 40 miles at hour. The engineer of tin locomotive h-ur.1 the train, but supp -e I it was 011 tin udj lin ing track of the New York, Pouuylvani ii Ohio Ibiilroa L Conductor James Kennoly, of the passen ger truin, wo instantly killul, and Jainei McCoy, fireman, und I'utrick Riley, brakes man, futally injured. They wen plucei fu the hospital, but are not expected to live. Engineer Albert Liudsuy wus badly injured, but will recover. Both engines and ten curs were wre -ked, Involving 1 ss of ten thous md dollars to the company. The conductor uud the injure J men all reside iu Youngstowu. UtA.lin IIV THKIlt CI11MK A Nebraska Furmer nn I His Wile ;uilty of Murder, Two months ago a fu-m-r living at Co fid, Neb, wa iimrderiHl whilodriving along tho highway. No cljw was left us to w ho committed the crime and il was at first at. trihutcd to horse thieves, as the team which tho murdered man wu driving could lint l found. Neur thu scene of the crinn lived Mr. and Mrs. Juiiusi Lemons. No ono iu- peeled them or connected them with tin uiuivler iu uny way until the murdered inaii'i horses were found on lemon's fur.11, a circiim stance which naturally gave rise to grave sus plcions. Lemons and bis wife liroislod oici thu mutter until their reasons gave wu v. Tin husband showed signs of ini-anity lodiysac and bus grown worse ever since. Tin wif WM3II after bee tine insane and is now a ravin j niuiiiiie. Both were taken to tlio usylum ul Lincoln. DyiiMiiilteaml WhUky. An attempt has bouu mule to destroy the well-known distillery of Schufoldt & Co:, in the iiotrheru portion of Chicago, by dyna mite. At uu early hour many buildings were shaken by a tremoiidcus explosion, and the people in surrounding houses rushed into the streets in grent alnrm. An examination re vealed the f ict tint a bomb had been thrown from tie street into a detachsd warehouse Used for storing liquors. Tho building was almost demolished and tlio hoops and heads of the casks were blown off. Shortly afters ward a package was discovered, containing several sticks of dynamite and fulminating cai, a fuse was attached which had beon lit, but, fortunately, through some mistake, had gone out prematurely. They i.re iu the buniU of the police. For muny months the firm has boon fl liting the Whisky Trust, and, while mentioning 110 name. Mr. Lynch, a member of the Arm, is pursuing his investigation in that direction, although the p ilicisuspect AnurchUU. Notwithstiiiding police procuutlons, the Anarchists held a 1110-ting yesterday, at which the police were loudly denounced, Niuu Van Znudt bsiug uiuo.ig the most bit t.r of the speakers, - FIFTIETH CONQUER Senate. a resolution continuing tue existem ol Meet committee on the ones tion ....l 1 meat nrnliict nt llin Itnni u.. " as to its transportation, with lonvo,. '.f 1 Ing the session and during the next ' At the suggestion of Mr. Shermnn 7' Inl.inn srnM K.r..iiwl f-n ' rN. . ' li.-T .lllT,vt ori ,. tinseiit EHsiises. Mr. D twos otT.'ri-, olution (winch was agro-1 to) cil!i ' He-reUry of the Interior for ttiforirl-, b to alleged outrages nnd ro-traiiit J ,, ' ' nthiir ncfsmtis! miwI uo.nt it ii. v j.-., ii nuv i been taken by the Department to protL, ' fMniltlS fif fwlilfilna lii lln.b. I.... . '-ti. - - - ..fc.n , vim 8(1,.,. Mr. Hoar offered a resolution (wl,vv referred to the ( onimilto 1 ..,... ' ' .... - ' vi 11 -rq, : pens, s) c mtmuiiig theheles-tconiinittg..,' relations with Canada, with swvr to. 11 Ing the recess, and to reps.rt nt thel,.,w session of Mr. Plumb offer-. 1 sr. tion (which was agreed to) Instrir t.,! . Coinmitteii on Epi.iemiu D sivis. s tn i, s as to thecnuses of the introduction of Vu! fever into Fmridn during the ti wheth-r the inMruniontilities ot ,. duction are still In force nnd what 1,.- . LlOll. if lllltf ! lmn.-..rti ... . h'' similar or oU,.r introduction of yellow f,.. iii-i 111 inrni 'in w.is taK'-n up, nt ; ' Air. Harris, of Tenuwe, inove.l t,, " tho t.tiln the Bmeiiilnient to the II ,., ,. proj. W...I by tne Committee 011 y .., w inch is the whole Senate lull, and ul the yms uud nays. Mr. Turpie, ot l;n, however, e.l for the re bug ..f Biii'-niim nit mill it w is proc. e lo 1 wu?i motion t-i lav tnu tarilf siiostiluli' . , t, ,, bio w.is leju, ted by a strict puny vol, 10, nays '.'0. ; In the aensfe, Thursdnv, n c tni nn , ;,. , from tho secretary of state, with a ,- ,. copy of the llnal n-o rtiiinm,oit of r , . . ehs-toi-s in Kansas, was pre-ent .1, mi after discussion ss to the is.nst ut 1 ,; ., the procisluie, refernsl tntt.ee 111 in , priviliv-i's mid elect ioii.s. Mi. I'm ,., ln.tico th it he w.iu d, t mil 111 Iv d it., ,, SiMiato to cons il l-the D.-s Moiu".-. ri 1 bill. The r-Silutio s Im- contiiiui!, lect c itlllliitt. es nu the 111 ,it ,u ,ik ,, the lel.itloi, with Ciinel l Wi-ie r p buck from the coiimut tee mi -, ic, expenses, nud n lopte I with nm -i.. The Senate ntljo.i le-uuie I the co :i !, 1 of the Tariti' bill, lieiiiiniig withs, It, which c iveis earl h 'iiwa. e a d gl.-, - . Sciiat r lllair, We liiesliv, pr. 1 , toorcamz I uieuiis nl in'lorinnt on 1. ., to eiiipl.ivnicnt, im-i 11p.it irnis, wnnis, 11 , livelino ul und homes." It. .r . i-:. . 1 President is to e-ta- lish such lei; ea'i- rC .1 III lit-II. Lit 1. .11 ut tlio Comiiiis-iiini 1 nor. J lie lTisulcnt. is als to s Government. wm-L-u m-. .-..i-ri.,.1 1 tut sons who ure, or intend to b come, Am citixon. Monday, the Sennt 'resuni" I tin c , tion of the Tariff lull, tin- pen luij; , 1 being 011 Harris' niin-tuliii'-iit to i..l : tut y on Isiams, girhus, joists, an , -and nil structural sh ipos of Ir n nn 1 from 1 1-10 cents p -rpoun I to ii 10 c t Kiuiid. Mr. I'MiiioihIs, Iro n tin ,1 : : ( oimuitt-e, rep rts to the S -n-it tion, which was ngr-o I to, c illm l.-A- toruev lieiieral lor mli i iinti hi c in r , theexecutmn of the net nf tin lid m Mc IW, in reference to I ig unv ; 11I-0, to 1.: -the ii iiiies of nil l'nit-.l Slut sotli -i- ii have had any connection with sit -ii ; tion, In what capacity, and w ha' inin, . .,. Hull has been clainl -.1 or receive 1 l.y ',1 House. Tilesdny the Ss?uker 1 iid before the H ! tho annual reports of tho Secretary 1 tU Treasury and tho Comptroller f the t 'urri--. cy, which wero appr-ipriu'elv relerie I. ui motion of Mr. Savers, of Texas, le iv.. j ranbsl the Committee of Appropri I'm .0 s.t I'urin sessions of the House. Mr. I,... liee, of Kentucky, offere I u resolution r..: Ing that it. is stated in certain ii"spi;n that the Comiuissioners of tho Dis'n,-. ! Columbia have iu recent purchases o; ri estate, within and for tni Use of t. Di-trict of Columbia, puil to no. through certain a;ents, npsimt. d orempl ... 1 1 by them, prices above that a-ke I or r ceived by the veud -es of vend -rs ni s-v: property, contrary to law, nnd iluectni.-1: Speaker to appoint a speci il couim.t'e.' ol live meinbers lo investiatu the matter. 11-feri-e I to the Committee of lliil'-s. Mr. 51 D maid, of Miniies ita, pieseute.l a petiti ti '! o.liz -ns of N. u t Ii Dakota for the tin 11- I i'.i admis-ion into the union of Suutli l'.ii i und Mont 11111, nud for constitutional c ,10 .. tion in North D.tkot 1, Wusliinton mi'l N- Mexico. Rclerred to Coniiinttee mi lVrr tones. Mr Mcltue, of Arkansas, intr .1 . 1 n bill to allow imtsous who have 11b.H1 1 iM or reliiiquislusl their liomes'.en I euliiui l) make another entry, lUMoried. In tlietloiite, Wednesday, Mr. Rlclinrls r, of Tennessee, from the ('ointnitlnH on I'iiv big. n p iried u resolution fm- the priuti ih- ! .1,000 copies of the Prusjdeut's in--si,--. Adopted. Cutler the cull ol States, tln-t- .i lowing bills, etc, , were iutioslucel uulrv fen e.i : By Mr. Outs, of Alabuuiu, to regulate im niigintioii. iy Mr. Vnndevor, of C.il foruiii, tmbviia the State of Culiloruiii into two State, 1 By Mr. Motrow, Culiforiiiu, for tin- en triiction of a revenue cuiter for San Kr.i:i Cisco, Cat, ; ulso u resolution culling mi t' S. cn tary ot the 'I ri iisury for int. ,1 in it; u concerning tho relief of American wlulij und lislung v.-.ssoibiu B-hrings Sua und I14 Arctic Ocean. By -Mr. Stewart, of Georgia, to establi-ln gru iuuted income tu.x, the proceeds ut whu-b tlcill be 11pp.11 d to the pymeutot ei.-i ms. By .Mr. Anders m, of Kansas, a iv-m iti 'ii directing tim liiiur-Stuto Connin-rci-1 o,, iiii Siou to inlorui I lie Hons-, Hi ler prouipt ft ri 1 due invisl igaliou, in what ways and to ia extent lull ay couipunes, cai l ying iiil-r-Stjio tiullic may be or ure evuduij;, if 1 1 ch 111 ing bouse o,- other form of coinoiiuitii'i limy l,e sis kinu to evade, those provisions '( the Inlt-r-Statu Commerce ui-t winch were in tended to so lire to tiie n oplo the I eiii i'it u! low H eight rules, us too res ,1 It of coincti '3 among curriers. Tlio Commission is rcipi'-V.' oil to inform the llmi-u wliul legislation miy Ik) most i llei-nvo lo prevent coinbiimlloiis !"f the purpuM) of llxing or luuiiilaiuiug iin-el or uiiitoiuii I r, ik In rates, ami to tiiiii-niUJ stuuuziui h.u leiHji i ot tho u-siiiuoiiy t-.l-tu. fu tho Hi Sir. Gates giving notice that ho would ll'er end amendiiu'iits, one of which pr..vi l-s ( f reluiiiling the cotton Ux. The bill i I is't' niino I 011 'I'u. sd iy nud its c 11 si lorution e' tiuuod on Wednes.uv, when it is xicctc.l volo w ill be bud. '1 fins far the oppon-nt " the ineusiire have not iiidu-ate I u purpose u renew tin dilatory tactics of lust s, ssio i.u J thu friends of tho iiill uru now liopolul ol ' pas-ugo. All the proponed uineiiduiuiiU uit likely to be rejected. Among tin bill intrntucil and ferreJ to tb" lbuis', Mondsv, wore the follow ins : Bv Mr. I.iwler, of Illinois, granting I": sioii of Vi a month to honorably discli ire soldiers and sailors who nro sixtv years of nil''! by Mr. Morse, of Massuchusetts. to rel the inter-State commer!e law; by Mr Me Donuld, of Minnesota, for a constitution! convention iu the the TerriUirv of North Pi ant a; by Mr. Outbwaite, of Ohio, inskin Columbus. (). a port of delivery; by Mr. Mi Adoo. of New Jersey, pniposing a constitu tional amsrdinent providing for uniformity as to the duy for choosing presidential lfc" tors, and forbidding the voting for any otn'r pftlcor save represenutlves to cougrossoa thatday. Oflb lal Vote of Illinois. The following Is the oftloial vote of th sta'e of Illinois as shown by the coinoUito r turn now in the oHloe of the Secretary. Vol President Harrison, 870,471; Cleveland. SW.inajFisk.ai.tia.); Streeter, 7,000; hn' sou's plurality, 5S3.3D1, For Governor V(T, 3(.7 ,t00; I'ulnier, 355,313; Hurts, PJ,010; J 6.3U1; FiXur's uluruUly. 12.&17.
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