A TORTURE HOUSE. FIF.NDISII TUKATMKXT OP PA Horrible) Ilrvelallnna About the Chicago Inaaiio Asylum. The moat horrible revelation yet mndo In Judge I'rcndergasl's Investigation of the management of Chicago Public Insane Asy lutn was thit reiched In tho testimony of George XI til, n locomotivo engineer, now run ning mi etulno for tho Liko Shore Si Mich igan Southern Railway Compiny. Mr. Hill is a rhrend looking ninn, with lilnrk hair an I nmi'ache and a stralghtforwsril mtnucrthat carried conviction with It. Ho ikiM Iio waa admitted to the Institution at Dunning on January 8, IWS, oul was discharged as cured tho following May. 'Ho was partially initio when ho wont to the ft') lutn, nti'l on hi nrriva! was osk.il I t an attendant named Iott If hn was Insane Ho said ho win not. ' 'Well,' he replied, 'ws will ninkn y a il sight inn uicr than you nro n iw,' Then another attendant named Julinn ordered nix to sweep out tha room. I rcplie I tlmt I wax not sent there for that pur se. 'Yoti nin't, oil f lie s iii. 'U'e w ill s. about tlmt.' Then lie knocked nw down ami kicked me in the lxty mid tnoiitli ntnl kicked two tc-th out. I trie 1 to cover mv fnee ly gut ting my he.nl M'tiotth a lie tdi. My nrm was over it and thr nigh n spvo in the hick of tho bench. Julian turned tho bench over to ct another kick nt my face. In doing thin my nrm was broken." Hill rolled up hin righ'. r nt sleeve ai.il bowed about threo inches below tho elh w a hugo lump whero tho ends of the broken tamos, illy Joined, stuck out, " They kocked me down nntn, continu -d Hill, "ai.il broke ono of my rii it. My nrm -nuod ill) great piln an 1 I ha 1 n j r. er treatment. Ou iluy Ju inn mid 'It jyo 9 that nrm,' and he tori my e at r,IT, Ihen he ruUed tho arm with liniment. Tlmt wan tho only atlen hi'icj 1 had. I trio I to wo the doMor, but Julian told mo that if 1 dnred tospoik ho Would kill me right there. I told Supervisor Jones that I wa bully treated and hi! Raid ho would Ken t ma to nn other ward. Thuii L 'k mid another attend ant held me down w hile Julian kicked ma in tho head and troast. I got up bleu ling nnd aaiil I would have justice soinn day. Y u 'mid Julian, 'wo will give you nil tho justice you want,' arid ho struclt in 4 in tho lace and knocked medium a;aln," 'That wax all that was done to m f nir arm and rib healed up in n kind of a wsy and 1 got along all illit. Uno dy a poor fellow named Levi w.i brought in. He did not know enough to go t tlio diniug.room and I was showing him tho way, when Lick asked me wh it I wax doing. Ju'iiin rnm up and Lock nid, 'The won't cat.' 'I'll show him how to ot,' sii 1 Juil'in, and lie gnujied L.-vi by tho hair mi l throwing his head buck j mimed a'big piec of I ro d in 111 mouth. Ievi trio I to run uway and tilde in ono of the room. Then 1in mn Caught by Julin-i ari I L wli, They utrucic Llin in tho fuce, k io'.'k-d him djwn nnl jumped on hi slom icli. L-vi'.i faco tunud black. 'Got up,' they su'il, hut he couldn't move a id thoy piekid him up ft'id throw liimon a bdd, i ho poor fellow dinltlitt night, Further evideneo wai tnlton to tho cITe -t that the attendants wero brut il in tholr treat inontof pHti-iitn. O io iiimato wan cruelly beaten for going to bod itli iiix nc'ii on, ami it wan a common thing for the uUendiintH to come into tho ward with club and drive tho jmtlellU to b'jd, using til Ir ht-ck with free, doui. It wn further in v ! ionco tlmt tin jfoo I wan inoufll: :!eiil in q I ntity a tl tlmt t'i -clothing nii'l ledlliig funiMio 1 W.To eet!r jiy iiiadcqtiiilo for tho comfort o-rflj jutleuU in rol l neither. County rhyiirian io Id t s i He 1 t hut ltobert Luni, win was U'nt'nto deutli by attend mU in tho asylum, did nut die of consumption, an wax stntod by .' uper. inteudunt Kieruan in t io c -r;illc ito i f deulu. diotkctivks is amiil-sii. Tlicy nro Attacked liy a Dcnperutc Ciiing in AVcNt Vlrilnln. For mime tlmo iloUvliviw haro InM-n work lug olii.n in tho Jaco'i Moroni o h, of Tyler county, Morgmi'd miirdoi, whio'i was n porle I at the tim, wa coll bio i lot and prcmislitiited. His wifn and n neighUir wen nrieHted, lull relonso I, btc iUhj tlio vvidonct wax not mill -iont. I etictivea Harnett and (i iio and Constable Onneintiinctter r c mtly oMiined morii evi. deuce, and last r'ridtty went iutothi Mor.m tieighljurh'Mkl to uukke arrosU. () i Saturduy night, whilo ntoppin at tin r.ni. iIiiicj of Mrs. Wyko thoy were notU fled they would Iio attacked before liiorning. Tho detective)) m ild prepara tions to retvive th attacking pii'ty, an I nbout S o'clock in th iii initiig it nu nlmr of them urroimdiid tlu Iioujm and doinuiidct th i surrender of the ollloors, who rpli! by llriuf atthe jarty. TUa mob ro'.un ol th tiro and ri idlmi the li'iuw with bullets, wounding (inlo in tho arm. Una of the iw-. aailsnu wa riortel mortally woundwd aui wo others badly hurt lief ire they rotirtL 1 1 tho nioriiing tint (illlo-r fouad IiIo-nI tiiarks in the woodi, ihnvin tiiat several ha I Imvii hurt and cirno 1 olT, but oi l not succej in c.iittiriug any of the g.mg. They thou e it for reinf 'icvmeuU and rutiirno l to tlu iumiio of tin tight, and an hourly eXiH'tiu an other attack. Tlioul ;ed mur lerorai-uib'-jNT iteau l liet.Tinije I , an 1 it is I'olivviv will in ikon hard flht bforo they surrender, (real rxcitement i ivpn ted in lh:it part of U'ylu.- oouuty over the ulTiir. Very Svre) I'looiln. Tba lattst reixirta from tho flooded dlstrkti in A istrla , iliow that the loss of Ufa is much preat-r than was suppoteiL Tho rivers are till greatly swollen. In inauy places th bursting of dykes bos fljodat tho surrounding territory and utterly dm troy el tho crops. Many narrow escapes from death are reports ed. The deepest distress prevails throughout the submerged district and stop ar be n( taken to relieve the immediate want of the suffjrera, Fart tinako In California. Telegraphic reports from whit is termed Middle California report an carthquaki aUmt3:15 Huiuluy inornlog. At sotnepolnls eK'cinlly in the Man Jotupjtii Valley, sho-ikf weiequiti severe, and in a K w cases thi tfi of chimneys werj thrown down. A CI nCL'S BMASIIF.IX Wild Deaata Liberated In ibefttroeta t Chicago. Two gray wolves, a mountain lion and a fanther had a brief spell of liberty, and for alf an boar explored tbn streets of Chicago it their will. The paeengr train on tlie Chicago and Evansville rullrond liad dasheil astthe intersection of Division and Halstead .tract Jtixt as tho wagons belonging to a llrx-u wero crossing. The train struck oi e of the vehicles loaded with wild animal snd snvsliOil It to atoms, throwing the drls t r a distance of 1) feet. He was stuiine I by Jieahock an I lay uncoiixdoiis on the street, while the former occupants of tho wagon, liberated from the Various Compartments, scattered in all directions. Their bowls were .a ken up by the animals in the other wagons nd a h rrildo inidley resulted. A psnttif-r an l several other animals were it u n 1 1 I by the collision, but t of tho larg I wt wolves, another panther and a mountain lion made a break for liln-rty. The solves went down Division street nt a brisk run, and finally secreted them selves in an alley . The panther and lion ran town the trni ks to a lumber yard, wheri .bey als i were hst sight of. Th j wolves acre dli-covered first. They were In a cors tier, and tlm circus people Imd theui Sieedily 41 hand, Il was a ddTereut matter with tha argsr sniinnK A longsiarch finally revealed thrmrrouch ng on the top of a lumber pi e where their lupture wns no en-y matur. At l ist, hws sver, they Mii'Clliiilcd to the ilifluonce of the whips and wi r t carried b:iek by the circus lien and sill nutted to linpi isouuieul In an I'ldnm.ied cuo. cm:ani:i oi;r mi; uanch. Ilorrlblo Crimea of a Drnnkcn Man Two Kllleil, Hubert D.iy , "7 yearn old, son of a wtl!hy farm r living two miles from I, ivelon I, O., reacheil homo about midiiig it from a c.rcu, iutoxiratol. The family w is awsiting him. Drawing two revolvers hidecl irel his in tention of "cloiuiug out thi ranoli." Tlu family hastily left th t ram. Ho w t Diy, Sr., 4 yo.m ell, wai lie Inst to lo.iva, and his sou with do it erate a in (Ire I at him aiidaiota bill through his boly. Yuuuj Day then wont in search of othur members of the family, but flu ling unn-t h i went to an adjoining farm whore Mrs. Hu'ibell, bis divorOHii wife, lived. H forcixlan entrar.ee. The noisn awakened Mis. UuOImiII, whoiautu out to se the vnusu. M'ting her Diy fired , striking hr in tho stoimcli. Tin servant girl aptoar(s mid ho fire 1 ut li r k't'"(? ''or a slight wound in tho fnco. Ho then tired tho barn and kept the neigho bors nwny with 4 drawn revoivers until th'? manhl oveip jwi nil him, during which Day fired ten shots at tho Jsirty, one of which touched thofaeoof the iniirslial. Mr. Diy mid Mrs. lluhh II w-e luinlly wounded, 'lhrcn yeirs ago the murderer mnriie 1 Mr. Ilu bell hilo cmployo I by her o i her farm. Two years later hn hog in ilriiikin and sho wa compel od to get u divorce, lie has Uvu heard to threaten to get even, but uo re.iMin is known for killing his futhor. SHK NATION Ali TINANCfN. Ksllmate of I'xp ndltiirra anil Iters enucn for IHSI)-(X). Statement showing thj result of tho acts of tho second Hsdouof the Filtoeiith Con gre up i the flimntvs of tho Oovei n iient have Imu'H prep ire I. Tlnysliowed that th t'td amount upproprlnt) I liy Coirot wis f'J-(i,;iii,4'ii), whilo tho pirmineut sp. cill; an ! ill 10 lit) appropri Ulo is wero es'.iimi'x) 1 b th "T.'firy of tho Treisuiy at H0-t,(l.H,0"'l, m xUi i.i ilu totul ostuil ite I tp nl.HliMi of tH ' lii'T is meiit for laVJ '.., 1 1'. 4 17.5M. Tue flma. to I revenu for Hie sauio tint i nro H !'., 'i )'., 68. Th acta provide for H.VJnew otlle.irs, tho snlario of which agr gsto fltl.SX) whilo th iucivase of s ilarieH of old ulU er BiuountM to f I.oj.'t.Csj. Suly-nliio o 111 on are abolished, tho silsriis ut which ur tl.7,Ur.',and salarici of other ofllc ns uro re duced f 7,'JOJ. it ii.r.oAi mtini;i; accidi.nt. .Seventeen Men lull l-'ifty I'ect Itnce Killed ami Klglit Injured. 1 ho ruilroid bridge Herons Stouo river, near Nadiville, Teumissee, caught llro Ka' urd iy Iroui a pns.iug train. Neveutoon mmi, two white and lit t-oii negroes, who were Hoiking on thu rciil near by, went to the biido and took an engine on it will) tho intention of extinguishing tho Hi with thu w liter from tho tender. Tho spun yave way, miryingtho nuni into tlieiivoi fifty fit Isdow, Win. Morgan, whit, tin i ngineur, received serii'us internal iujuiies 'lb llninaii, Charlw liribtde, also whit had bis Irg biokeu and rtcoivoil othur son t'Us injiirie. ThrvM of Uie nvro ialior.ri wire kilksl and six wr injuiixl, four dsn lwrwusly. UTAH GOI,l l'lKIDS. Camp llcln Itnpidly l atubllshed and flood I'lnda Itelng Mil do. New go'd fluid hsvw been h.eatoil neat Dimly 'crossing, L' tab, mid close to the Ar azonii line, tho llilils yielding from two tits to f.i 'T yard, and t'.ie gold is cosily sopa rtted. Three camp have been etuhlilii il there, M liiou a, d two women or on th ground, and a town situ culled Hit City, nf ter Odouel Hite, of K in sua City, has boon lomteiL Thu Colonel, who has been working hl claims for four or five months, is washing 1 , UOU yurds a day, with a cleauup Hhowiug (1 JHr yard. Theclimuto is mild, the scenery Crand, and no liquor selling or gambling u ullowed in tho digging. It is chiiiuo 1 oi h fact that the gold flehis will prove the rich est siuce the flush tiiuo In Ca ifornuw Tin best road to the inlaws is vii Uro.'ii lUver. Good Oropslnlho Nortliweat, Fvorablecrop reports c)ntlnue t- arrive and from prosent i idicatioii a goo I ye it a-anire L Eery portion of the Northwest has leen viU-1 witlii-i tho pas', wee t or ton days rr heavy rilus, and tna long drouth Inn Ido ifr ctual y broken. Th woitier lis. been much ixsiier sine. , which is very favor ali'e fir growing crop. Altoietier tho out look s mot e ic 'urui'i;. AN AERIAL RAILWAY. A NEW8CIIKMK OF TRANSron-TATIO.V. Pasvcnffcr to be Whisked Throngh the Air A new schema of transportation is to b Introducsd between New York and Boston wherehy, It Is said, large pickagoaof mall, and even cars containing passengers, can b whisked from one place to another, a distance) of '430 miles, in less than an hour. This would oe tqunl to a spoo l of four miles per minute, An experiment with tha nw machine was held in Boston, lu tho presonce of many scl ntista, including I'rof. A E. Dolboar, of Tuft's College, who aunnuueed that ho was thoroughly satisfied of the success of tha sye tern. The Inventor, J din O. IVUlinms, Is a rods dent of New York, His machine consist of a magnolia cir, hanging from a single rail, where it follows a streak of electricity. With oneshorso power it is add that one ton can bo thus transported a dis Unco of 1,41) miles a day at a eost of 3D conta. Tills, in mail matter, woul I represent somo 2,SuO,UO0 letter, and by this system pnekngos of mail couU be sent off svery five minutes, if ticcosssry, thus pre venting largo accumulations. Tho sing) i track is to be carried on trinds somo distance abovo the ground, and tho car will pis through coils of Insul ited wire at intervsls. In the experiments the curing exhibited was mounted on a woolen truck, on posts bout throo feet high, wit'.i an ascent of alt Inches ill 50 feot, and it ran on one wheel at ea?h eii'L Theic etitillo principle Involve I Is said to be that I y which a hollow coil of Insulste I wire will draw a magnet into its self, and in the c.is of the aeri.il rail way the car, piuming thi Migh such c il, cuta off the eurrent, which goo on to the e:ie aheuL A II01titlltI,i; THAUKDY. Saloonkeeper llchendsj Ilia Wife and Thou Kill Illinsclf. John Hhrocder, a German sa'o inkoep. r, S7 fears old, born 11 d tho city of Indianapolis ty the murder of his wife under (iccullarly atroi'lous circumstances. Mrs. tSchroidercarv rylng a nine-mouths old bnbo, early tb la Horning wont int.) tho bar room where bar susband was oiiing for the day. Apparent y in a (It of insanity ho sprang upon hor aud almost severed her houd fruiu in r body with I razor. Tho womau fell to the flour, died instantly, the blood almost drowning her child. tSchnador then ran to the common nenr by, knelt down un 1 killed himself with the razor used on his wifo. Thorn was hereiU itary insanity iu the family, hchroeder was welMu'wJo. oci:an Itl.l ki iikokkv. Voynae fiiim lliiinbiircj to New Yolk in i :iglil lliiya and One Hour. The twin screw steamer i f tho Hamhurg rm-kel Line, the Augusta Victoria, ban just coinp cted li e most leoiai kiili, Ucuuse thu fustest, trlpcver ma leacrowi the Atlantic by ary stoamer. Hhebri nhl'l'iciitjlii piasengnrs and TJi iii iniraiits. The new racer made the voyago from Hamburg to iow York, a Uistiitico of y.tHS miles, iu 6 days and 1 hour an equivalent of (I days and U hours from the Faxtuvt to New York. Taking off 4 hours vihiili the it anier was dclnyoil on the 17th and ISth brcau.-u of hentod journals, and the sc iml lime betwin tho Fustnct and Handy 11. ok L ight-ship would bo 5 days, '3 hours sn l .'iii iii nnt 's,or la'tter than th great Toy ng ol the utw 1H.0UU greyhound, the City of li.i is. ICItX UtllN-ltUllNKUS. Wblle Cap Mako (Jooil Their Tlirratio-Ciit a librae's '1 bront. Tho White Caps'' in the vicinity of Mt, I'le.-u-ant, l'a., brought their thr.viU into ex ecution, and S. L t i IToiiin, a cilizo i of tint Illness was tho victim. It 'ontly Mr. Coff mini was waniisl U leave the neighborhood ur punUhiiiviit of a sevoro uutur would be meted out. On Sunday morning hi Lam was discovered to 1k) oil lire, and when Mr. CoITuiiiii hurried to the scene to rescue a Tab uabl horse ho found tho animal's throst cut, evidently with a btitcherknifo, and although he succeeded ill getting tho anim il out of the burning burn it will die. The lust notice re eoivtd by Mr. ColTuian was a rudolysdrawa picture of a cotliu with the it ion to lesvo the county or bis body would soou be depo. itod thuro. A TurfSurprlso Tho Brooklyn handicap hsa been run aud ffon and Exile is tho victor. Fiftoeeu tbiu sand people saw him win. Th time was withiu onehalf second of the best on rooord for the distance, which waa madii by Dry MoiiojhiU in the Brooklyn hsiKlicap wf 1H87. iAstyiwrTUo Bird won th huudlotp, ln aUng Hanover by a bnigth, who was three lougths iu frout of Exile. Time, 2:13. The other bure iu th raoo were Fuuuioo, V lanto, Favor, OiiUimuu, Royal Arch, Ur ver Clvvslaud, tSaxony aud ICilooUh. Utile is a buy borne, owned by W. Likolaud, aird by Mortimer out of HoojuI Haul. foro Appolntiucnta, The President has made the following ap point monts: John JniTett, of Pennsylvania, to be Unl tod HUitee Consul to Birniiiighaiii. Bolomnn Hirsch, of Oiogou, to bo Minister to 1 urkey. Clark E Corr, of Il'lnols, to Minister Resi dent and Consul Oeneral to Denmark. Honry W. Heveranoe, of California, to be Consul Osueral to Honolulu. Thomas IL Sherman, of the District of Columbia, to be United Status Consul at Liverpool, Ileeiffnalloa ot Judge Jonka. The Presideut has accepted the reslgnatlos of Judge George A. Jenks, as Solicitor Osneral of tha Department of Justloe, o take effect at once. Mr. Jouk resigned upon tho change of Administration , but waa re qiitvtod to remain in cflloa until th close oi tue existing term of the Supreme Court, Judne Jenks wilt be retained iu the service of th J Government as couna 1 in the tele phone canes. It is expect 1 thit an app jlut ment as Bolicltor-Ue .eral wl l b) mad thli week, THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Uat fall Miss & E. Taylor, of Nllea, Ohio, Injured by being crush 1 I J the c. srd, thatsurgeil thrJUjhtheU Ion depjt at Pitts, bnrgh. Sue now baa brought suit for (10,000 against the Pennsylvania Rillroid In tha courts of Trumbull ounty, O. The Illinois Supreme Court rofused Ih ap plication of the Impris me I Anarchist! to bar the reoird In their case amended. Cedar Rapids, Ii., report a severe hall storm Thursday, some ot tha bail being at large as hens' eggs, which did a great deal ol damage, A man name I Randall was knock ed down and stuned by thi hill A director of the B. & J. asserts that tha dividend declsreJ by that corporation from 1.363 to 187 were pal I out of I io net profits of the concern, the dividend amounting t to,2u9,ai0, while lb larnings were $7,330, 73L The wifo and daughter of Vic President Uorton, Robs rt, John V, , Horatio, Mr. F. Harrison and Miss M. E. Garrett were among hose who sailed for Eurtp from New York Saturday. A cyclone swept across Northern Texas fri day atU I noon. A schnollioMse at Forest burg, Montaguo county, wus blown down snd two children killed. Many others were seriously hurt and three are still missing. R. H. Jacobs, aged Co, shot and kill, d John Hughes at Greenville, f. C, in 1A7, during a quarrel and was sentenced to tho peniten ;lnry for live yvais, S iturdey Jacobs was tsrdonid by Governor Richanlson on thi jround tint if ho remained in prlsuu lunch louger be would Leciinj a lunatic. At Jolict, I I., t nttirday, Ilnrney Kotdiler while drunk II nd hi lev.dver in th stieet, thattoring the arm of .Mis Delia Hart. Olll .er Bibb giivo ch'is i, fire I excitedly and kill ed Willism Hantoii. Uuth Koehliraud Bibb ar now Iwhiud bars. Tho Inw passed by the Indiana Igislntur prohlVitin the piping of nituril ga outsi ie the Slato wa do arod unoons'.ttutional hat orda by JuJ.e Bjb). It is rumored that Chicago CJ it'ilists into. id t'j pipj gas to the Windy City immliately. Tha schooner Merrick hn bo.u reportsJ sunk In deep wato. iu l.o Huron. 10 mile east of Pre qn Isle. Five lives lost Martin Johnstou, of Detroit; Mr. Cole, CloveLaud; Joku Charlovoix, Detroit; Win, Our, Ash Ubula, Ohio, aud Patrick Kinuolly, CLsytoa, St.Y. The aiitl-prohibitloulsU of tho Houtbside, Pittsburgh, hav booJi djlii elTjcliv work sine thy organic xl. During tli pist six week or two mjiittH morj thin 4.0JJ aliens hav tieon naturallzi 1 in this cojoty, all of whom will vote ag iint tho a in id u int. Secretary Win loin bus directoi C iptiiu Hoaly, omui'in lin th rovjnui slxiiuor Boar, a. Han Fr.iiieM'ij. to purclis-so th necessary luiuhor, provisiom an Ifu l for tin conriruction and lluin oil", of a refu;u station at Point Birrow, Iu l)j!iriu strait. The nionoy avaiUhl for tlnestililis'ima it of the rofuga station, $I.1,0.)J, I rgardd ut the Trensury Department a sulll iio it oily for toe ereotlon of a sin ill hui with supplies for ono year's iiiilntonauej of UJ iu 1 1. The Domocruta have carriod Monlnna at the eloclton for delegato to the constitution al convention, which is preliminary t)State bood. Th is Indicates thit the uow State will be Democratic On the Fitchburg Rillroad, near ShoU burno Fall, Misi., Wjdiuiliy night, a track walker found a pile of ties and sleepers pile 1 on tho track at a sharp curve. Ho at tempted to remove the obstructions and was vloroUrtly stoned by soma unknown or sons. Uo ran to Shelborna Falls and secured help aud cleared thu track iu time. Ulllcurs are iu pursuit of the w rocker. Tho Sioux Indian aro arranging to sclJ seven townshla of their resorvut'on north of Yankton Agoucy. The tract embraces some of tho Quest laud ia South Dakota and a rush of settlors i expected to follow its Goon lug to homo stoadors, which will probably bs within Sd days. These Iambi will furnish home for 1.C0J fmuilios, ullonin each 100 aero A ierul'ar horse disease, r seinbling mils orlal foaver, prevails at Indiiinupolis and puzzles tho voterinarios. Fifty-six animals have died within a week, John Eiliott, of Iroudule, O , wont to slee: ou a rail roa 1 track early Moud iy liiorning. Hu loaves a wifo aud ouo chil I. A rattlesnake 4 feet :i'inchcs long and ty inches lu circuiiiforenc., wa killed by Charles Uitws, of Morell Id W. Va. Frank Snyder, Charles Thomas and Cora Snyder at cnuod blackberries at Waverly. Physician wur busy trying tosav thm at last accouuts. Oftlcers of the law prevented a lynching bee at Moorcheail. A mob waa in puruit of Anlbooy Tuylor, a cjlored mu, who had assaulted a child. Priuo Bi-mirck' speech before th Rolch stag has ci en toil a swusation. U used very strong luugusge toward all tbos wha oppoe d biiu. H duucuneoJ SvC.alism and said that Diossurv would U lakii luaid of three day t prevent lh sprsvt-liug of srike. Th rsprsiwiitaiiv s of th monorchial pow rsrefuied to attend the Utr.quat given In boiuor of th A i .nan rvpubll. at Paris. 1VVOBOYS SHOT DOWN. Mordcroua Work of A Young Cbl vagoau Vliollsis Wild Writ Ouilit. Frank Jasinski, agod 10, stepped out In front of his father' suloou lu Chiujgo, with a rifle lu bis grasp. Glancing down the street b saw Frank Kiowski, a Ud of hi own ago, standing in front of li s home. Jxslnski rats, ed th r.flo, took dolilior.ite aim, and fired. Kiowski foil, the ball having passed through hi body two inches abav bis heart. Jssiuskl than coolly took aim and fired at another ao quabitance, Mk Meki, who stol in th front door of bis homo, 100 feet away, and Meke fell to th ground, tb ball having n teredsix iucbea below tb left shoulder blade. Jasinski iscsped. Kiowski' wound is fa'al, but Meka's ins jury is not considered serious, Jusluskl be longs to the same 'gang' as young Kuben owski, who, without provocation, shot a lad named Trinor last Sunday night. Jjsinikl bad gathered In his room a 'Wild West' out fit, including knives and rovolvori, at well as a lot of flaab lltei a uro. A TOWN IN RUINS. A CONFtiAORATION NEAR QUE 11KO. Two Soldier Klllml by Prematnre L'xploalon. A disastrous fire broke out In 8t Ssnveur, in the house of Mr. McCano, on Valier street, Quebeo. The flime spread with great rnpldlly through the wooden district which surrounded the place where the Ore originate J. The peo ple were dismaye 1 at tb rapidity with which the flame jumped from one wooden build iugto another. BL Sauveur has but a poor fire department nd it could make no headway against th flame. Help was asked front Quebec, and engine were quickly ent, but, owing to a lack of water, their efforts were crippled. Batt j B was Anally called out and rend t td valuable assistance In 11 litlug the flames. At 7 o'clock, a. ni. the flr hid about burn d itself out, having destrjyed over a hun dred buildings. While tho military were preparing to blow tip m bousos to check th spre 1 of the flames, a premature explosion took place in one of the houses, killing Mnj ir Short and Sergt. Wallaek, of Battery R Bjth were buried in the ruins and their bodies have not been recovered. The districts north and west of Mnssue an I Bt, Amtiroise street were swept cleir, with Ihe exception of a portion of Valiers street. Seven hundred h us-s were bur no I. and, a a large number were tenement, occuniod bv more tliau one family, the number of fiimlliisj ri'iidoreil bomeleas w ill rcli 1,200, onnprLs iiigalsrtit 0,0X10 souls. Prombieiit business men aro lnt"psting themselve in behalf of tho deslltute. Appllontluu has been m ulo for the mse of tho Government buil liiigi to shel ter tho people. Fool is being distribute 1 lib erally by tho clergy. A majority of the homeless belong to the worklngclnas and, as Insurance rate wore al mot prohibitive, very few have anything to fall back on. The total loss will be tCJO.COJ; Insurance $1:!0.00J. l'lCHISIHU) IN TIIK DICF.l', An Oregon Steaiuer Wrecked fc'lve hailor Drowned mid Many Missing. Th steamship Columbia, from San Fran cisco, brlugs the cip:aiu, mate and 11 of tha crew of the Oregon Navigation Compauy's large slibvwhoel iron stoamer Alaskan, which left Portland, Oregou, May 11 for Sail Fran cisco, aud was wrecked in a g il May Iii. Five of the crew are reported to have been drowned. Two boat containing mombors of t ie crew have uot be.m hoard f ro n. Tho Alaskan lm 1 no passungor aboard. Slio wa to Imvo been docko I at Siu Francisco for ro pairs. Tho latest reliable news concerning tin loss of tho steamship Alaskan oil t 'npa Blanco is that us so in as she began to founder the oillcurs and men took the Ix ats, Cuptaiu UoAso, Captain Wools and 11 of tho crew iu ono bciat and the rem li nUsT of tlie crew in others. The boats drifted towards th. ) uid, and Captain Uowso and his pirty wore pick up by the tug Vigllnutu aud tako.i to Astoria. The fate ot tho others Is not yet known, but it ia hoped that they drifted landward and were saved. The Alaskan was elegantly fitted up and cost foo0,"0 J. She was insured for U'JO.OOO. miot iu-) M.iaiinou. C Farmer in Greene County Suddenly Itccotiica Insane. Mrs. Wm. Cotterel, who resMin near Clurksville, Greene Co., Pa., notice I lust Sun day that hor hunlmnd acted strangely, and spoke to blm ahout s mding for a doctor, but when she mentioned It ho grew angry and said ho would shoot the first doctor tout cam sliere. Nothing more wai said abmtlt, but on Wedn-slay morning o'jou', dsyllght Mil. Cotterel, booomlug al inn 1, ns hor hus band bud been up neirly all nUht, going In and out of thj house, slipped out of bed an 1 ran to her neirost neighbor, Mout Uroonleo, aud askoJ biia to go over and aei what waa the matter. s Mr. Greenlee went ovoraud, Just a he got to th feuc, ho saw tiini one stooping be hind the well. Uo spoke and Cotterol raised upandshotGroenloothrouxh t'i left arm and side. The arm wa completely torn to piece an 1 aUo tho shoul lor au t sido. It is tliought ha oatiuot recover. Cottorol was on tho best of term with Greenlee, and nothing Strang was ever noticed before In hi man ner, II U still at heme refusing to say thing. sss.. .s SjBs Oklahoma To-Day. Three weeks ago Oklahoma, which has sprung into nUioual fame, was barren ot settlors. To-day tber is sonroly a quirUr soctiuu lu all it 2,600 mile that hi uot beeu located er fllad ou, and its populatl )U is est i mated ut SJ.OOO. A rid through Oklaho n since It opeuiug has enabled th New York limes' oorrtspoudeut to obsorv for hiuuwlf th sctud condition of affairs. All quarter seulious that ar deeirablo are either actually oocuplid by settlors, who, in many cases, were son ulready 'plowing, or have some sort of claim mark U):i them, indlcstliig they have have beeu bikon up. Many people wer noticed leaving tha country who had boon unable to secure a piece of land suffi ciently valuubl to be worth utilising tlu hnmeatoud right for. Cue m in wus seen who bad boon "left" in thu ruiha id who intoudol to wait for thereat of th)OJuntty to be opin ed before he would uat hi "right." II hal served four year aud thro mouths ia the army during the war and cjnsidiroa his "right" too valuable t- be wasted on au iu d iff oreut place of hind. Thi land in valley of all the stream has boon taken up, exuept the school stotions th only vacant qu irter auctions wer found along th topi of the di vide betwaan tha main water-ooursos. Thia land is high, away from water, aud has a very thin soil. Itaiidall Improving Itapldly. Hon. B. J. Randall, wl o baa been confined to the house for several weeks, is convalescing radkllyaud expect to be cut shortly. Hit appetite Is good, and a geutleman who saw aim says he looks as well as at any time dur ing the lust setaion of Congress. Mr. Randall will probably speud th summer at the sea-ihoro. ALLEN THDRMIBS Sadden Death of the w, pointea Minister to Ba$' Taken Sick in New York . , Was About to Sail for Ttlonvnier. rirr Hon. Allen Tliorndiki liie r. ., Xiinted l:nitel State Mmiiter t , i j uro at s ociocl; tlie other in .- ., . 1 rum rtvenuo jiou-1, .ew Ynv. , tlottis. The diseam Is a i,-... ' e ir-v.t.vt r... ..r " ' ' " "". cJ " - ' ....... ... UIIII.V. i- in...-, .i....:,. .'ii. 1. ill-ill II wu aiti,-. i;... j xn-ted. Having lieet, ai.p..int.- f ,, , ;1 Minister to Russia by l'r. ..i,. tit li,- 1 ,., mll ,r r.llli,;,.. ... I ri- iree Hill s. Sll'l he day after he was to lmv v , .....,: . post at .St. Pclerr b-.u-g. su-trh oriiui.ir.. Allen Tlim ililike Ilj. o l ... l .. the editor r.nd proprietor of the y,,,.,, . I Mi Jin ifw. II.. was born iu li..s,,11P Jf wealthy parents, and ut eiLlu,-.,, 1 ige weutto Knglnnd nnd ent..M , r J I tiiversity, where he tmk Ins ,(,vr . I neturning to tlie I intisl Mt,.. ,c the Columbia College Ijiw Sc,fc,, (, .. . practised luw. lie purcliiiMsl tC (, rtinrrtcnn rerieu' lu 1S7'.. nun h.i It ono of the best known of Anicrusi, :als. lulSTOhe organiroil the (liwnav ...ii hi iiiesiiKaieaucu nr ei ilia;,. c tral America und Mexico. In l-sii,, ,. s coiiiroung lllllllence In l.r .in'in. i J uiirroi ir. tie eiiiie'f "iii inniivrv- Mirnhnm Lincoln," nnd - t it i-iliUt--l sr , .leiii sllli-soi vno n iiorl.t. , roeatnl the Australian M slem of v .- In lKNi ho was the Repiihlieici for CiuiKi'i".a in th Tenth iiin.t". York, uniu.-t. Gimernl pinuln. the Mipjiort of the "Henry l r... Ho aiim svithin .V.T vot. s i'n" m i t iefejt was attributed to the tr. u h , oiirty leader to uhom ihcc ni in..: , ; i va wus iiilriivtcd. Mr. Ri-e .... trencherv. and e.'iny.il t!u. i.vi...'. '., aecUHil leader from tlie party i rk-e l 31r. Rice Has the proprietor i a !r; no i.oii-ii in r.aith:ist wuicu nr. .u:- i iiauiisomo revenue, lie hml mi ,; know -ledge of literni-y topics, ami i iccoinpli.slieit Iiukuisl, Hjieiuiii'; llw : rrencli oud Geriuttn lunuii:,.-s. Verltlonal pov.ci- .ri i uiouly tjrlilin.nl. Ho Imd i mg pesj-ouaiiiy, uenig tnll, yirl ana proxrvioneu, onra brown liair.jl ol siuulur culor. His manners in and engaging, and be was verv "iiri'. s hard worker. A ha'. lt of sK-j.in; n 1 especially ill an anunaieu couver-itu led to stammering. Mr. Rice possessed an inlicritrj' l mil was estuni'.leil at. several mi!.: i never married. Both his pareats ; and he hnd uo brother or iUl r. 'J'lio Hurley Crop. Tho following npH-nr in tU I. Htrivw: 'The ana town to bar e; I'nited Hut' renin in iibout tin- ut i jo ii to year. In Dukoli quite un ' ' i.crio.;o wus seedeil iu IN-, wl.irn st si c si by rediict ons in o:!.rr t but this year rep its i f cm respondent show u falling this iesiei-t. This limy I o iIiid t t' that cliim-li-biigH iliiiuaed tlu i r ; : exU-ut. lust tb-ason. It is qu t.- i i tin- entire iicringe ol the pie.-ii.t not much, if uny, iin unl ibnt ol 1N I mis estimated by tho ih purtim-u: !4,tifL,,li.'i7 acres. Ti e reM i is ot e ir enls show thut only a very iiiailai"' bteii sown iu Michigan imll-o pliu tleally none iu Iiidiunii, -' lucky and Kansas. Illicit ltcer. At Iiurlington, Iown, a lur.o w; seer was made under tho I'n.liU iist State. The Mien IT, uriin-i eaioh warrant, took four curs kl- Mi r, and removed the lstur U h nisody. The larger portion ef w lei to J had Leon consigned to D.-rtuoi- & Moehu. The baluuce b lootjiu k keuser-Uusch Urewiug As.'iutoiii- X.Tvmp, of St, Louis. Tiio teUinj 4ie beer with vessels is esUinnUd It is said th tU Louis purlin mils for dimagu at once, clui.m '- leisur was a violation of tho n.ti ' State oouuueroe. AVabuaU f-'orcc-iosurr Sib The line of lbs Wabash Hi"'"" the Mississippi were sold before JuV bam and Jucksou at -'"1 Miwrs. Ashley und J-T. leuting VJ p-r cent, of and acting in tlie interest of U Western Purchasing Committer, loO.OOO. The Wnbusi linovr t- ln four sections aud theu sold ' The lines east of the river will, ':J itood, be consolidated with t lu the river, with beadqututeis st Messrs. Poprwr. Johnson. Purl)' 5- 'epreeeutud the minority l-ntnltJ'11".' In Favor of tue Amend non. a U. MiUer received U1 telegram from Qaveruor IVaivsf 1 to an inquiry j I n.vnp ha.1 1HT OU'!"'' personal duty ia ivgard to the i and will vote for it, of oours-, -wayslntemlel to do. Tho onl)' 4'' my mind has b-en one of du',4'' tatlveof the iwrty, without pfj represent tlie Ropublican party. frat lr sa rv--v ill m la n.il.lielvln flVOT ' " - r j -.- - meut In du time." JamusA- The Piubsiau uiiiiy has 1" soldier by tniaU-ix): in thirtf
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