J FINANCIAL. THE CONDITION OP TRADE. cal from ill market i 8:ni of the Timss Not Entirely Flut tering. R. O. I'linn A" Co.'s weekly .Vn'rir nj Trmlr t: : The business of to-day is large. Hut signs are not entirely flattering ns t the busim-ssof to-mnrrow. Another belated fmg Incut of w inter which would have liii'ii wet C lino ill ,1:iii nit ry came just ill time to disturb trade a h'tle, b it tin- volutin- of business is in diq alt ably larger than in an v previous year at this season. 'I'lii- touting. shipp.-d tvi-twnrd hy rail from Chicago continues larger than eve. It thr .a t earnings thus f ir rcp.rtel for March ece-il thosenf any previous year Hank clearings at New York show a gain over last V' .ir of :'.J r rent.; at lloston, Philadelphia and Chicago of ).' .it rent. .and nt all other cities of 11 per cut All the signs prove tli.t! a tua! shrinkage of en AUtiit i ill is confine 1 to u few lines only, principally tho-e ai ?T-t -t 1 li n- 1 1 y by the absence of winter, hut I hat i it oth'-r branches consumption is larger than in any form-r tinii'. In Mini' ru-i i. in in iron, the only l : 1 1 1 1 ti 1 1 v or danger rouies fr I n tin" fai t that r iioniii'tioiiyicarly thi' la'gct rvrr known is probably surpass d by a Jir. h! ,i't t-ill far be yond all ns-ord-. Prports from every part nf tin' country rpri t train in fa.riy satis- factory. Those who lain ip'1 o hint; to convince thcuiS'-Ivi-s t iiat r t .- s of iron nri'l its pro lui ti inu-t rii in spit., "f tin1 iiii'i''i i' lent s outp it. iio.v ad-nit that ir ri'i are lower iiinl tin' in ivlo t uii'i'ttliil iin I on de- Inoral;. i'ioii. I h" "tl' r of Soii'hcrii irtri nr.- t In- obvious i-tii Tli I.t' t !" r.':tti'-t signili ati.-c. M-MM'rlly ti 1 InTe. ha-lcti tin' i1. i1 Ken. tig in ti.-sn in I lor liui-hcl pro il l. Ik, aii'l - ;ii'' 'ii v-sions are n nv in i ! in Kfti'in markets oil rails. 1'or hill. t tliiTi- iir" few f-'-l IiT it 1 1 I no buyers, ami thi1 har mill i an' rniiuitii; "liort of or.l"ri. In (nrral, r itinimjition i lar .r than it year ng i. b it dearly showi r-'.i' girat ru-li of la-t till 1. I In; ili'inorali."-!. In 'lry g io.li a rcvailin? feat or.' i the extreme i a itioii of buyers, except from thr S iiitli. which d e- a larger bu-ine-s than rvi-r, hut I In' state of trail' on tin' whoh' in encouraging. AnothiT imp .rt.tut failure i onics at a time w hen hanks ha 1 begun to seek roiiiiinTi-i.il I'.ipiT more freely. Im porters nrr rushing in goods in imtiripalioli of a ihiinge of tariil, hut in dress oimIh it in hi'twiM'li Hf'iii.n. In tin'ii! woolrm t nulr is limitc'l anl ninny inilN uri' no' mi I with orih'Pi, ami in cot'iin", hi!r :tli iirr fair ill volutin', tin' present hih pri. i' of ma rial atl' i'ts proliH. Cotton hai Im'cii tr.i.y. wool is ilull ii lui 1 ill 1-1 wi'.i'iiT, tint vrry li'st i.ihio ih .i i' o iiuiiia.i'liii.: only ." 1 to ' '1 ri'iits at lio-iton, aii'l ik' itiiii'i lieiiij; lu- l.-ti'il. Tin" in uii'tary fitiialloii lian rlian.'i" 1 for tho I'l'ttrr inorr ili-tini tly than any ot hrr. 'thr Tri'.iniry liavim; fmni'l iihmiis ti; pay out iluriiii! tin- work $ ,hiiii,iniii ni"r than it lui" taki'ii in. The stm-k mar it i" alllicte l with ili'.i'lly ilullnos. To all apl'i-araiiiiii, tho oiit i Id pu'ilic now iwrs thr matki't only for th" purpon- of wiling whrii tlirrr is any rally. Tho railroails arr iloim; a larr hu-iius'. hut most utiH'ks arn so Im'il aii'l o iii:iii.i.;i'l that thi- puhliii is not iuviti' I. Tiiilurrs ilurinthu l.t-t n.nrn ilays f.tMri ,rr for tin? I'nit.'l Slati'i 'Jl'i, for Camilla 4 . total '.'"i.'i, romp.trr l with 2'ft last wrk. l-'or On1 rorrrs)ion'liiu wrrk la-t .war tin! Il,:ur.'s kt -J) in thr I'liilril Status mil :'J in Caua la. TOF M"lTmtN OUI'IIAOKS. liussmn CJoviii.miMit Annoyed Furthrr Drtail.s . I' t lio Irkutsk OutraK'-s. llii'M. 1'iti'islnirj; i 'i rrsp ti'lrnl of tin' I.oihIoii . i. .Vims s:lvs tin' l! i--ian (!ov- tii I in-lit has I i ; ih-.-.Ti-eahly impri-si i hy tin- tnt'1'tiiu.ii Ir.i h hai' I is n lirhl in Kn;; hit i' I a 1 1' I A mil : a to ili'iiouii'-r thi" out rami's i oin n i ill i'i i : i 1 1 1 I- i.i'M in Sihrria. A i ' . ri-poii'li'iit :u Silirna inls 1 1"- io ta I-i thr Irki.lsk liliair. l!r says t hat the pri-oiii rs iinol.iil in the utl.iir w as rx'les f having l.i en rmii rrn nt in. h hi.-l Mar. Ii. Iir m ilh..:it ni-traints y foinnl rmploynii lit i who lire opp.iosl rxiliii;: politiial Went Well lllltil the evil is were ho rre MlsHTti-.t i 'I ill thr i 'l..siou TI.ev wi r.' .l io M"l I in i i km -k. iiinl n Hllioiiit inMI' 1:1 to the lit i : 1 1 1 sy-teni o risoiirri to i I t .a. All thr H.lire ilisi mi-rr l that fint inn pro 'laniaiioiis i.u.l m'ii.Imi.: them to .Mo-row. Assoi.li as tlir authorities learned what was oin on the leaders nuiolin the fxih were si at to I. il.. r in the mines nml the others wrrr t... to prepare themselves for a journey into thr interior. The unfor tunate prisoners appealed in vain, and at last resolvnl to s. II tin ir livisdrarly. Ihir raa lin tln iiis. les in a house they wait.nl an attack. They had hern well provided with arms and ammunition hy friendly Si lirrians and thry re. rived the troops w ho wrrr sent to rapture thrin w ith it heavy lire. N-vrral SoldiiTS wrrr killed hy thr li rist Vol ley. A fieri r lii;ht rnsue I, thr hrsirred ex iles holdiiiti out until a majority of their liiimhrr wrrr either killed or wouudi'd. Af tT it was all over thr rilicleadrr, who h l urvivt'd the haitlr, wits huni;isl. A CHANCE POlt SPECULATOnS. Bolievrm in Crank Eriekton's Predictiot. Unpos ng of thoir l'ropertf. As tho timr draw-i near for tlm fulfilment if Crunk r.ru'ks.Mi's prophr of the simul taneous iiuindation and ilestriietioii ofs.tu rraiirisii), Oakland, Chirau and New York, by nil earthquake. April 11, believers at Oakland, Cul., are hec.niiiu more and more excited. They are sellini? renl rst tte at half its value, and disixismj; of other proprrty for a nont; to second hand dealers. They say they will move to the surrounding hil i, out of liurm'i way. There will h.; mi orani..'! lie-ira, and daily prayer meetings will ho hehl until tbo niht of the 1.1th. A maijiiilUent piece of property, iisessrd nt flO.msl, was sohl for 1 1, '"', and all the furnitiiro In a 9 room house went for $ l.''. due devotes pave away fevoral cords ol wood, sayiui? he would not need It. M. Express Office Itobbers Caught. W. Srarles mid W. C. l'ltyne were urredel f..r rohhinji the Northrrn 1'acilio Kx press of fice at liraiiiard, Minn., of fl5,uK) about a year uo. The men have been living at Mis oula, .Mont., nhout six mouths mid wcro tracked hy lietectivis liotli, previous totho robbery, wcro iu t'io employ of the Kxpress t'oiiipauy. CTJK8E OF BPECTJI.A.'nOW. Non-Produoeni Absorb the Wealth of th Laod. Statistician Dodge's March Report. The prevailing depresion In American agriculture is treateil by the stntistiesn, J. It. Doilffe, in the March report of the depart ment of agriculture. He says It has been iiuted in nearly cviiry country, but it Is less severe here than elsewhere. Though prices of implements, utensils hik! fabrics are also low, the fanner's interest acsmnt Is unre ilui isl aii'l his mortgage harder to lift. The mam cause of low prices is referred to the (il ex. .raoh; ltw of supply and demand. Corn and vhrat and other staples ure cheap en accouiit of overpro lurtion. Immigration has increased the population ','). V (J) in 10 years. Inter continriital arras huve been t'lirvnl into farms fre to natives and for riners. i.s-ninn millions of acres to cultiva tion. Railroad rxtilitloti has pt iimil;tt'.I production and overw helmed th l.:ut w ith lorein products .S.r. D.slse says whili there is excess of prixluctioii of a few staples like wheat, and there are insufficient supplies of many other necessary products an i a total absence of scoris of others which should liiush profita ble employment to rural labor, there is too narrow a ratine ol cropping. J 'iversitication is essential to agricultural "alvation. I'lirm rrs arc sulfrritit; lor want of hundreds of millions of dollars that tin sweat of the bnws nml dexterity of hands miht pro duce in ' raw materials" for .scores of old mid new industries. The BMitistirian treats of what he charac terizes as the folly of w heat growers insist. iti) on froim; to tin1 antipoles for hinder twine, wh le one million acres of llax fiber is wasted in adjoining lirlds and when the yiel I tfrows enough in six inomhs to hind the wheat of th"' World. Tim is, he says, ex ceeded only b the twine folly of th tt.ni growers, who are wild to (to to India for jute, Wlil'll It W ill )!MIV ill their (.oto i, ,.s as readily lis weds. Iirprr-sioti Inorr in t.'iise will ri-sult, it is predicted, if farmers continue to ri'iirid their ellorts, walk in the lurrows their fiithers turned and ek to live. dill die in the allIl! ocrdonr and proliihss routine. Another serious raur of I. prrssion, he ivs, is the exorbitant share of the farmers' products taken by the liiidd.eincn aiidcirs riers. The army of dealers in futures disturb the natural How of trade, i he. k e.x nrtutioti by a temporary rise, to be followed by lowrr prii s am! jrreatrr llnctuatioiis. .pei ulators depress prices when arnrrs arr lull and hootu tli'lil when farmers have iiolhin;; to sell, as at present. 'J he roiutiiui.ity i in fested with icstu!aiit swarins of noil pro luc its. The curse of speculation blights and consumes the result of honest industry, leeclirs fa-ten on every p,-oduct of labor and urk from it the lifc bloo I of profit. Men who produis iiothim.', who neither toll mi the farms, nor spin in the factories, are ah sorbin); the wraith of the country 'y u..t binatioiis. Ohio Laws. The VcMa.'kin hill overtiing hours tliat railway employes should work is now a law. Com anics shall iictlnT resjuire nor sTinit them to work more than -I consisutive hours in any i iise, and 1J hours .shall be a day's work, ianploycsiaiitct extra pay for extra hours. Si nator iatimer introduced a hill prnvid- iiirf that not iiiorrf than two ollicial of the State i ii -t it lit ions cm he taken Iroin the same county. Senator Corcoran otlensl it bill providing for t hee-tiiblishturiit of un institu tion for ilipsomaniiics nnd victims of opium and CMoainc. Scnat. r Sutton of. f. I. I a bill to cmpcl the insurance commis ioiirr to publish iu two papers opposite of p .l.tn s in each c amty every three months lits of insurance com, anirs authoriird to do btlsiur-s ill t .e St ttr. The bill by Mr. M. K. lvy. of Ilelnioiit county, :u it In iri .'i ti n t he ; . c: nor to make a llei d of cer llill liltld ill ll 'lluont county to the heirs of Joseph I a-l, is now a la w. This is done to cure a del'. . t in thr title. Thr lull imp i-iii; a line of f 'i for every tl.iv's alien, e on in.'iub.rs of the le.;i -l.it urj iih.-cnt w ithout leave, passi.,1 tic hoii.e. This is simply a way ot f .rf.'tin; the pay of du ll members A U 1 has (mm n intiod.iccd iu the house roipurin the li.urd of public works to do the work of thecaual Coiilmis lioii. This is a move in the interest of ecoti ouiy by disconliuuiii a Uceuleos public body. NEW TLATK-tUiAbS WO It K 9. T'h-J Largest in tho World to Ho t'recto I Capital 8J,0Ut),000. A company has been organized at Chi. a.'O, whim its pronioteis hay, will build the largest plate-nlttsl factory in the world at Kllwood, Indiana, ami prove an important factor In coiiipetiii); w ith fnreitm (.da-s. Tho capital stiK-k is fixed at t.'.no'U M. '1 ho ('resident of the company is Colonel A. L. Conner, of Ohio, hii I amon; those asso. iat is( with him are. K. 0. Keith, of Chicago, and tieor),'o T. Perkins, of Akron, O. l-'or some time past Col. Conner bus been ex periiuriitiiiKat Kokotno, did , iu the liianu fucture of plate nhms, uud the result has hrrn ii production of a nhts.s which he says npials the bint rrrnch plate. "We shall bcitin buihlint; at onre," Kaid Col. Cotir-r, the l'resideiit of the company today, "and w ill s.aiii have works at Ivlwuod that will turn out 1! ,ouo fis-t of linishcl (,'htss per day and k'vc employ ntcnt to about 'J,') men. We have what we believe to be inexliiiust ible natural j;as welts and will g'vi! fjuria" uiunufacturers ucLii competition." DEATH OF GEN. CROOK. THE FAMOUS INDIAN FIGHTER GONE. A Brief Sketch cf Ilia Military Career. 30LD DRICIC SWINDLER CATJOIir. Ho Hud Chcnto 1 an Old Farmer in New York out of $7,000. lh teetiw John T. Norris, of Sprinjilield, i)., has just returne I from Ciiica;;o, wlitre ho arresti Jack .Sweeney, the notorious j?(ld brick man, who was ideutitie 1 by a snake tattooed on his arm, on a churo of cheating nil old farmer named Chapman, fiviiiK in Adams roiinty, New YorK, out of 17,0 ti. The brick was buried on Chapman's farm, and Sweeney went to tnc. farmer and told him that the brick wits buried by a friend of his. The old farmer excavated the brick, which Sweeney claimed, and the old farmer paid him fT.im for it. Sweeney had a confederate named I.inncll, over whom Norris and l'iukertou had a lively fi-lit at Coliimhiii recently, Norriscapturcd I.inncll and confined him eleven days iu a cellar, when he made a confession, leaving no doubt us to Sweeney' gull.. MaJ. Oen. Qeorfre Crook, U. S. A., in com mand of the IVpnrtmeiit of the Missouri, died at the tirand 1'acinc Hotel, Chicago, at 7:13 o'cbKk Friday morning, of heart disease. There had not been the subtest warning that (Jen. Crook was not K?rfectly well. He w as at army headquarters nil day Thursday, nnd Thursday night at tho hotel appeared to be In his usual good health. He got up as usual about 7 o'clock Friday morning, and whllo dressing suddenly said to his wife, "I can't breathe." Mrs. Crook helped him to a sofa nnd dictor was at once summoned, but before be could reach the room (Jen. Crook was dead. (ion. Crook had been In Command of the lieparttiient of the Missouri for several years, succeeding tieti. Scbolield. Ho was born near Ihiytoll, O., September 8. 1H.H; Was graduate at the Tinted states Mi diary Academy In 1 -.VJ, and wus on duty with the Fourth Infantry, in California, in H2iit. He was in tho lhuiire Kiver Kipe-titioii in Ki, and lonimimiled the I'itt Kiver Kxpe li tion in I In the hitter he was wounded liv an arrow, lie bad risen to a Captaincy when. Ht the hliiiuing "f the Chi' War be returned to the East and .hroillli! l oioin'l of the 1 liirty-siAtli Ohio .Infautrv. In is .5 be was wounded at U-wis-btirg, W. V:i. For his services at Antii'tani lio was brrvettisl Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. A. lie was iu lively I'lieaed in several cam pslitns during the' war. and took patt in ShiTidan's Shenandoah rainpai.'ii, r iviiik' the brevets of Itriadier t .einTal Bil l Major (ietieral. 11. S A., March 1 . He was mustcrisl out of the volunte. r service Jan uary !'. Is! '. July he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel Iweiity third liiliintry. I'.S. A., and assignisl to the ilistriet of Itoise, Idaho, where he remained utuil ih".', actively em;iwe I in In lian campaigns. In s7: he was assigtuid to the Ariz uit district, where he on-'lled serious ludiin disturbatii es In Is,. I, e was sent toWy oniitnr. whrrii, at l'owder river, he defeated the unruly Sioux and 'lii'vennrs. He mil- tin I his'cAiiipa'gii in th-Northwrst with rrlrntless viiTor until, in May. s7J, nil ol the hosldr tnb. s had yiel led. In I ss ; lien. Crook returned to Arizona, where he force i h I u sit crs to vacate the Indian lauds. In the I'oll.nvin ve.'.r when the Cliincahuas went on a raid, ii! purs. ted t'iciit utid made 4 "i prisoners. Iuriii)X the two wars followinc tioilep. relation, o.nirri il, fuit in the spring of ls-ui the Indians under lieroniiuo again went on tlie warpath, tien. Crook pursuisl them and forrisl tlnir .surrender under ronditioiis. The 1're-ident Heelined to ratify his action, and tien. Hicrida'i tel. -graphed him that the only condition that could be made with tier onlino, was t liit their lives would be spared. Iu the meant mi" loToiiiino and some of Ins men c-cap -I. and n. Slieridan haviiu critu'isisl his campaign severely, lieu. Crook listed to be relieved from the command of tlm liepnrtmnit of Arizona. When relieved of tin; eotnniniid of the Ivpiirtinnit of Arizona, tien. Crook was 8. 'lit to ( Inuliii, in command of the ilrpart metit of the I'latte. In sss. on the retiri! incut of (irti. Terry, he was made a majors general and sent to Chicago iu command of the 1i vision of the Missour, DUltNKD TO DEATH. Five Mon Perish in a llui-ning Mine. A great lire is racing in the tiermania M.ne, Hurley Wis., nnd thr. ntciis heavy lo.-s of property. Five miner.- penned iu the burning mine have Tish.-d All ellorts to stay the (tames have provi n unsuccessful. It was about midnight Tiles lay ttijrtit when fire was discovcri-d in No. shaft, at thr third lev.-!, in the icniiiiniit mine. The alarm was .jincklv given to t e force of men nt work iu the mine, but in spite of t heir ef forts to escape five, who wrrr between the fifth and sixth let el, in the same shaft, wore ct.t olV. Thr men are .lames Thomas, his sou, .1 ph Thomas. Hu;h Waller, Jimmy Milliviii. and W illi mi It. ni.-. all mint-is 'I he tire liu-ne t lien--ly an I so m found its way to tin1 surfa.si, and de -(toyed the shaft hou-e and tl.reateue 1 lilt! en ;iues and boiler hou-e I he entile titiilteriug of thr shaft iu the Moms in that part of the mine will Doubtless he destroye I. As soon us it hr.-iiiue know n tint' the nier. were in thr burning shaft, -"-arching partirs were oigani.isl and sent into the mine to r. si'uii theiu and tiring them out, or find their ho lies. Waller came to the surface once ami returned to look for his companion, and there is no doubt that he sutl'icated and fell down the shaft. The bodies of Thomas and lii son were found in the fourth level, near No. .1 shaft, t ould they have gone i" feet further they would have been saved. The loss thus far is about f lou.ouo. TIIK MISSOURI HALI)KNOI3DER3. Not Uiiunted by Focution nnd Imprison men , They're Still at Work. Tho 'Thildkiiobbcrs" have not lieen sub duct by the execution of three of their num ber and the life imprisonment of several others. They have appeared re-orgimizod in Douglass county. Jolm lhilton ami Josrph I'lumb. of Walls township were visited hy an armed band on the loth inst., and wero serve.! with notice to leuvo tho county by the l.sth or sutler the vengeanco of the "Halilknohhers." Dultoii and I'lumb were not to I bull dozed and they armed themselves, ami now await tho coming of tho regulators. William N urray, who had srotLsetl the ditilike of the "Kal'lknobbers," recently moved to Kipplo llall, where ho rented a house snd moved in his furnituru preparatory to bring his family hero. Uefnre he moved into the house, tho "llal lknob bers" told him to leave. Ho staved and the house and all bis furniture was destroyed by til incendiary tire. PASSENQEH TRAINS COLLIDE. A Coach Telescoped and Four I'orsona Badly Injured. Two passenger trains collided at Lavallo, Wisconsin, on the Chicago A Northwestern l'ailway. Four passengers -vera seriously injured and several others slightly hurt. The trains had orders to meet and pass at Lavalle, aud us train No. 4 was heading on the siding the vestibule train struck it between the bag gagocaritud smoker, throwing the latter on its side ami telescoping the second coach. One man's skull was fractured and he can not M)s.sibly recover, two others received iu jury to tli-ir sp ne w hich may prove fatal, mid luiotber man is thought to be seriously hurt. Miss Jessie Hume, en route from Pleasant (irove, Minn., to Nova Scotia, was in the telescoied car, and received bruises ubout her face to such an extent as to bo un able to continue her Journey. LABOR N0TE9. The Illinois Miners' convention declared for eight hours. Chief Arthur saye eight hours is all right at eight-hour pay. Johnstown (Pa.) plumbers and steam fitters struck for nine hours. Haiti more stonemasons demand 14 and eight hours on Saturday. Omaha Union boilermakcrs get 13 50 for nine hours; non-union, tX Some New York chmk makers work four teen to sixteen hours a day. Prooklyn framers want B7 cents an hour and nine hours on April 1. rtrooklyn Cornice nnd Skylight-mnkers' Union pays 175 ot death. On April 7 Chicago carjxMiters want eight hours, and 4') cents nn hour. The Coast Penmen's Vnion held parade and celebration at San Francisco on its fifth anniversary. An engineercmployed by the borough of Oxford, i'a , gets t l' a month. Laborers get II 25 a day. Pan Francisco stonecutters struck against the employment of strangers while mcmbe s of the Union were idle. TheScranton, Va. steel works, bent the record by on output of :4 tons with two i f -ton converters. The Chiittanixig.i roues says negro labor raises, bales nnd markets at least 80 r cent, of the cotton crop. A new iron-works nt I'.ellevernon, Ta., will employ over sV. The Cambria Iron Company has leas'-l the plant nt Cumber land, Md.. ami will double its rapacity. '1 he new woolen -mill at l'rxtrr, Me., will soon be rutiniiii full. A ten-pot window glass factory will be established lit Alexan dria. Iinl., by Harper Crozirr. They iny that Uritisli capitalists will put up cotton-, mills at Lenovcr, Cluster county, Peiiiisyl Tania. TIUED TO ESCAPE. ArreRt of thi Foreign Money Order Clerk at tho San Francisco I'ostofTloe. rostollice Inspectors Seyboldt ni.d Irwin and Assistant Postmaster Carr commenced an examination of the accounts of .Ins. K. Keimel v, Jr., foreign money order clerk of the San Francisco jsistoitjce, and the books show a shortage oft! s money orders, rang ing in value from H to tS'h Inspector Seyboldt received a di-pstch from the i hief of the Set ret Service of New York, iinpiiring about a money order isstud iu this city Feb. I t last, payable nt London, Fnghind, which was rejsirUsl missing. In spector Irwin w.us detailed to make nn examination of tho records, and Kennedy's manner at once attracted his attention. Alter a number of futile attempts to esrne, Ki'tinedy yielded and, it Is said, confessed at first that he was Bhort 1,(0 or tl.rV 00. lie stated he ha 1 been drinking freely uud speculating. When Kennedy was turned over to United Ftates Marshal Franks, last evening, J,0HJ in I'll dollur gold pieces and greenbacks, were found conce ded on his persons. He is said to have told Franks that the amounts em bezzled would reach tl.'.ciO or flfi.Ouo. Kennedy was appointed clerk iu the rost ollice by Tost master Hack us, in lsW ALAUM1NO ImTaIHIE FIUE3. Already 100,000 crrs Devastated in Col- oraJo 1-difht Kansas Hoetions Hurnod. Prairie tires are raging in Southeastern Colorado down to tho Kansas border. Al ready loo.ii.io acres have been d.'va-tated. TlnTr are lio facilities for lighting the tire. A dispatch from Wichita, Kan., says: Prairie tires in Kce hio tov-i-hip, this iSedgwii k) county, burned over eight sections of farming land, destroy in.; everything in its path. The farm bouses, with their burns and out buildings, are rc ported burned, tint no lives lost. A Ptuliiigtoii. Col., dispatch pays: Nearly n ii ism hiti-s of the eastern portion of the Slate tins been burned over by prairie tires, which have not yet hern extinguished. A number of houses, ami a large tpuintity of hay is reported bu'ned. Seve-al lites are believed to have been lost, though the lutter report is in it yet continued. 'I he lire was started by hunters. ON THE WAltl'ATU. l-eveii Persons Said to ITavo Ilocn Killed by Indians. A man named Carmicharl, who arrived on the Coney stage, reports that ceven per sons have been killel by the Indians on the Little lilue, which is about 2 miles from Alma. Thirty Indians are repoitnl out. The sit at which tho killiiu is reported to have occurred is near tr that where tho first depredations of (ieroiiiino's hand wero committed in lSH.'). The story of the killing has not thus far been ronlirmisl. Captain Hood, of Fort Hayard, s tys that so fur us known only F! renegii les are out, ami at last accounts were near the Mexican line, going s juth Tho Indians on the Rc ervatlou are restless, but every precaution is being taken by tho military to prevent a general outbreak. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF A bill is before the Maryland Legislature which requires every man who has the elec tive franchise to exercise it, under penalty of j and costs. 1 he New Jersey Conference of the Metho dist F.pis -opal Church Toted by 117 to 47 against the pending proposition to make lay representation equal to clerical in the Gen eral conference. lister ft. Faulkner, wrecker of the Dan ville, N. Y., bank, reported to have died January 27, is said to be In Mexico, having had the body of his deceased gard ener burled as his own. An anti-lottery league hu Wen fon.-.eVJ In New Orleans, compise.l of n number of bus iness men ami vohticians. Thisorgauization will make a vigorous fight against the pro posed extension of the charter of the Louisi ana Lottery company. Massachusetts is moving for biennial ses sions of the leg slature, and a constitutional amendment Is favored by leading men of both partirs to that end. liiennial sessions of the legislature arc now held in .Diofthe 4'J Slates, the exceptions being Massachu setts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, tihodo Island ami South Carolina. Queen Victoria has signed the extradition treaty with the United States, nml it will soon te put in force. A Terdict of guilty was found in th divorce case against Sheriff Flack, of New York, who, with Ids son ami the referee in the rase, were charged with conspiracy. .V other verdict was possible under the et idnico ItESIOMATIOW ACCEPTED The Action of Fmp ror Wiltinm is Final Cnprivi is President of tho Ministry. l)r. Lti nnus. chii f of tho civil c ibim't, accouipiinird by (ienerall II. ih ike, formally waited upon Prince Pismire, nnd prc lented the emperor's acceptance of his resig nation. A special election of tho iViVYvMreijrr i-ontiiiis imperial rt-s.ripts cordially thanking Prime Hisin irck for his services and appointing him duke of Iinenherg, a colonel general of cavalry, mil a field marshal general; also npsiinting Count Herbert Ih.siiiark ad interim minister of foreign affairs, ami lieii'Titl von Cnprivi chancellor and prrsideut of Uio Prussian ministry. Tho Xorth (iVnintii (Vo-rfV denies t"iat Prince llisiuarrk's rrsig mti.m was In any way eoiir.'-rte I with dilfereiic.'s between the emKTor ami himself on labor questions. H was mainly dun, the paper says, to con stitutional questions, such its the limits of ministerial responsibility, and the relations of tho president of the I'rusian ministry with his colleagues. The Cologne rVnirffe siivs the emperor, in along letter to Prince llismarck, extols his services aud expresses profound gratitude. WHY HE RESIGNED. Tho Cauno of ilismarek's Retirement is Now Disclosed. The North (ierman f.'oci.'e, in contradicts Ing statements concerning Piistnarck's re agnation, says this Is w hat ocnirrtsl: The Chancellor did not w ish to depart from the Cabinet order of Is relating to the in tercourse between the Priis-ian Minister and tin sov rign, but ilesir. d to r 'tain his citrol and right of ro-operatiuii. The int-.rcoiirse between the F.nipiTor and the Secretaries of State is regulated by the law of IS.'C. It was within the hist few we-ks that I!is marck felt it necessary to ref r to that regu lation. Iir ixmsidrre.1 its exe.-iitiou anil ob servant indispensable mid tlid not wish to be a party to its abrogation. The opposition he encountered in this it'.utti r finally brought clcurly liometohim the necessity for hisresignation. The negotiations between Prince P.iMiitirck and l'r. Windtliorst, with reference to the (iiiclpli fund, ami the alti tude of the clerical force in the lieiehstag wereotily coiuns ted with the crisis so far us that the t haiicellor refused to subject his in tercourse wilh tho Peptides to control. The I'cr'.in papers condemn the utile meuts of thr (oi:cff as iiiiedifying to on looking Nations. Tho X'ufsisi ff '.rihkiq repeats the story (hat Pisimirck rose from his bed to answer thr Finpcror's tlriiiand for an explanation of the interview with Windtliorst. I'.isinarck, it is said, insistrd that he should not be con trolled, told the I'.mperor that lie was qui'c ready to resign if his retention of the otlice was irksome ; that he only retained it to fulfill his promise to Kmperor it illiam I. The nmfiHrii'i .V i hnli ) says (hat His imirck was deeply affected aivl exs'cted to the last that the Kmperor woti'd osli him to tironsider his resignation. AT THE CAriTAll THE WIHDOM Bit,VEri IIoura Cnmmltljk A u , With. Number of Amy Hy a vote of 7 to Ii the h,,. ... coinngc, weights aud meaVir, ' fhfilrmitn fiiniw t . . imri me c:- i verhill to the lion.o n til . 1 milnlw'rnf. , ments. The first of th...- i. . 1,1 This section makes it the duty of ti! tary to refuse to receive dcp.;L, f ' bullion for the purposes of the ,,.,, ' ...I -o . ' 1 "II" '""""M"""! silver, asd..!,.,, him, shall exceed 1 for . pure silver. The committee aM.-J'T section the following nrov!.;,.. "I'rovldetl that when the ruark. silver, as determined In a, ,.,,.,) ' J'r lion 1 of this act. is tl f... ' ...... .:i i. .1.11 i , . .'"'' Kru i iiin, ii cum. oe iiiwiul f ,r ., nNn.lt.. lo, III.... .1 . tl.. m. ..a ' ' ''' ' tucrttiiii' m unv Itiilit 'iftj ! .ttmar,, j,;V(. ian mr ins oenriu ns pruvnled in t' iiiiiiiiry i.s, I.S.O. The next amendment sir;) ,,, (i o, which authorizes the set r.'arv t ' ' temporarily tho receipt of i;v."r 1 any time when bo Is s.itji:,.,i t!u' comblnatiotis or speruhitivi. ,." latiotl of the market the p-ir.. , r is arouriiry, iininiiiiii or lictit'.. ;, j nmemimrnt was one pro) ,v ,. , tary, adding a new sctte.n 1, .''ij for the "tamping wilh th . w ,r I the resultant bars of nil f..n ;,- , ;.i or coins that may bn remeit. ,,-., The next amendiiir..t ... , . nud provides that 'iio hin,: in .. , be ronstrurd to atl'-s-t tin- i.-g,;t, : .. ity of the stainlartl il vr tl . tiority report on the bill w " , . , luittid. TWO MOUE Pi-NSION DILLS Fitvornblo Reports Ord.-retl oi u,. to Lolp Moxicnn War ,diL:, The hou-e eoinmittei.' on . i,.; .. , . j two general pension bills t , i. ....., the hotio with favorable re.',,!,;.,,. . , The first of these is the I: granting pensions to t lie sur v .r iliutl wars, and to the surv.v in -.( those men who were tnarrn-d pr. . discharge, nml who have ti t r. in the rate ofH js-r month. Tl... .. was intr.slu.ed by Mr. N..r-.:i a poses to amend the Mcxi :u; v ,i art so in to include the sold ;; 30 days in tho Mexican war . rsl in a battle, and those e-- ' i.. by congress for ss-cific mt n .. :: and the willows of such s..,',.. ; Mr. Cariith, of Kentin k .-. the house a bill to amend ..-. t.,,:i intersUite commerce act so a- to p nothing in the art shall apply m "., nr handling of propi rty at re 1 1 1 i the I'nitetl Stub's government m governments or for charit.ih p the issuance of mileage, ex.- :--mutation inssrnger tickets. No . .-arricr shall, however, he r granting to commercial tr.r. rates of transportation tbr-ngl nfntiiket coupon boort, avii c ' less than 1!'(M miles of trav. l i- . mile. DIPIITHFRIA tl'IDEMIC. tho Disease Prevailing In Its Worst Form in Luzerne i ounty. An epidemic of diphtheria in a most ng jp.ivatfd form is raging iu some of the coun try tlistrlct'i of Luzerne county. Pa. It is what is commonly known ns black diph theria in a majority of cases, aud many faths have already occurred. In seems to bo located in the district about Lehman township, ten miles from Wilkesbnrro, and Ih spreading. Photographer Itoberts, of Pikes creek, has lost four of his little child ren within a short space of time. James Meeker, of I-chniau, bus buried one child. Harney Moss followed two of his children to the cemetery at almost the same time w bile three mora were lying nt home seriously III. Kverything possible, is being dune to check the disease. An African Massacre. Advices from Quilliinatio, East Africa, are that a Portuguese customs olllcial aud his escort of UOO natives have been massacroJ noar Lake Nyussa. It is reported that Ishak Khan is nt Bok hara with a large force equippal with re peating rifles aud artillery rcidy to invade Afghanistan lin-i.., .1, 1 if ii. e f v M.X sbat ! 1 IiKJ MIQUT BE WORSE. Effect of tho Cold Snap on Wheat and Fruit in Illinois. To meet the demand of tho Illinois State Hoard of Agriculture for iiiforuuliuu con cerning the growing wheat crop, u circular was addressed tho various counties of tho State for the condition of w heat and fruit llnce tho receiit unfavorable weather. Time enough has elapsed since the bitter freezes of the second week of the month for those familiar with wheat growing to make a reasonably fair estimate of the damage done iu their immediate vicinity. That the crop, taken as a whole, has been very materially damagi-d, there cuu be no doubt, but the extent of tho Injury tles)nds much upon the variety of the w heat, the character of the soil and the manner and lime of heeding. The Fulz variety lias been 'iijured to un alarming extent, w bile the old Mediterranean, or red wheat, has pulled through iu moderately fair condition. It should be borne iu mind, however, that the Fill is the popular grain in Central and Southern Illinois, w here a large per cent of tho w heat of the State is raised. Much of the wheat is weakened hy being covered with water during the few warm days of the month, which were immediately followed by the cold snap. That sown in corn has the appearanco of being In better condition than unv other. Apples have been but slightly damaged in that portion of the .State from which most of tlm market siiiuilv comes. Peaches are near ly all killed, as they were w ithin a few days nfhiuldinu when the frott caruo. While jnrs und cherries have been touched, there is still a good prospect for a hitr crop Mraw 'jerries are but little damaged. THE CYCLUK L'sJ 1 UK" South Carolina Towns Wrecko i-Lcu Life and Fropivty. Further details have been r unlay 's terrible storm in S. nth ' a: The fury of tho cyclone wiu : felt in SumptiT. F.vory hi:-e i to its foundation, roofs were lit... fences demolished and trees U) : . Richardson was killed by a l.il:.::: two men, names unknown, mi ." : jure.l, ami many pi r-ons w.-rel.a 1 y and cut. Muihiessoii's machinery th p .' v. . ishetl and two large she Is i f tii Coast Line liailroad wire K.. :i while the liaptist church, lln ji.: i buy are badly damaged, l ie' i't ' ltrontl river, on tin-Sp.nl inl. I': Columbia l.ailroad, at she!!.!:- : otl the piers into the river j I : demolished An unknown n.a'i. cm the bridge, was carried !. r i w.t Iu Clustrr county the toina-i. ilnmagr, and several small villag- wreckeil. At lvlgemoorr the I' H 1st church ami railroad depot down At lilackst.H-k the a i l.ii: ings were destroyed, and set.-i ' structures blown down, i.'iic 'in'i several rhildren are reported la i In Urangeburg county many !i uuroofisl. The immense ventilating r- : Peiiitcntiury was torn In. in its I"'' thrown down no. ui an a -lioinitig . i . i A score of convicts narrowly e- i;' ' ,"J '- It is nqKirted that the tow n nt l'f 'i"1- bin been swept away, but as ""' """. down nothing can be learm-.l. Lrafc twistetl trees min k the path of tin' : -m - '- it Is feared that great damage hit- ('- ! -A sH'cial from Camden suites tin', tl-' clone ftruidt a house then', F.asterling, who was iu the at". ' ' metiicine to tier stop-daughter. 1 i.c tick child was on was torn to p. .l...p LHI..1 while the clnM thrown into the yard, escaped ilighU'st injury. in :. it. .1; ! f a-.' ! i i:.f"?ii ii i'. : edit .lti'! t.. ,;'p . . .( inu: : ii'1 I ,1 : To Investigate the Liquor Tn--' The House Committee on Av Licpior Trallic has authoried a fi ' js.rt on a bill pr ivitiing for H'1! inentofa commission on nl.' di".n I ...ill., ti ,..,'i.tis ii.it this f. .mm' shall consist of live persons to l"' by the President, who U tigate tho alcoholic, ferine vlti.t.ta liolli.p Irildl! ill phases, Its relation to revenue"" I x ita effect UHiii labor, "',ll,1,l''','."l:lfn. tiiringund other industries and :'. .... .i..,t.,..l ...oral and l"'S'!l!'nC 1UIVII1IV VI llllllttl -l I ticcts in connection wnn y"t , ,,;. i...,i..i ..i ii. a v., ,1.11,. i l.lcamUl"11" quire into the practical resultsnfli ' . ?.ii.i.... i i. .i ti,n various nit" Uiui.VIJ ir,niu..oi u.i-a --- jo oi resiruini uuu iiixuuob prevention of iiiteiiieritiice. -is Ilritil! Hrcsdcn. Toon.. Iiss pur.-!i;f'l t.l .,.!. to... I- ft .n,.ra nld tl - 1C 11. Il.IU. 19 " ' ' ' that ihe cannot lat-t much !oo;e-'
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