Una. SENTENCED TO DEATH OeCRKI AQAIN8T HAMMOND AND HIS ASSOCIATES. Te Wuwtari Reform Committee Condemned t DMth FrapMt That Iks ejewteaee Mar Be Commnlid, Ot w rarlaa Chrave Trouble May Occur. Cam Town, April t9. At Pretoria John Hays Hammond, tha American mln l" nglner; Colonel Francis Rhodes, brother of ex-Prlme Mlnlater Ceoll Rbode: Lionel Phillip and Qeorg Ferrer war sentenced to death. Bvrfor sentence waa pronounced coun sel tar tha dafanaa mada an eloquent and Inifsresslv appeal on behalf of tha prison er, printing out that for years they bad agitate constitutionally, bnt In Tain, for Mi refona of serious grievances, admitted to be sn-levanor by Pretldent Krogst himself, and that a a lat resouroe they JOBS RATI HAMMOND. determined on an armed display by an In-' vltatlon to Dr. Jameson to oom to their Id If necessary. They, however, during the existence of lh reform government plaoed tbemsslve nnder the Transvaal flag and upheld the Independence of th republlo and advised Dr. Jammon'i return. Counsel pointed out that, owing to pre vious rebellion of th burgher them selves, local law bad been paaaed provid ing for too rlxdollar fin for treaaon. The (tats attorney, however, wa ex tremely relentless In hi address, urging the eevereat lentena possible, and Judge Grsgorowskl sentenced Hammond, Phil Up. Rhode and Ferrer to be hanged aadl remaining 70 to b Imprisoned for two year, to pay fine of 1300, or In default of payment en extra year' Imprisonment ad to under fro three year' Imprisonment. Th Argns lay: "The awful sentence will oreat a pain ful sensation throughout th civilized world. " Hammond wa accompanied by Dr. Boholts, hi medical advleer and hi fami ly, a It wa feared a relapse might take plaoe. Aeaordlngly th doctor wa In attend ance when sentence wa passed, but Ham mond bora np Ilk hi comrade, courage ously. Meanwhile flam of natlv warfar I spreading throughout South Africa. A serious uprising ba occurred In th Gar nan Damaraland, 50 soldiers having been attacked at a station In th east, near tha British territory. Two officers, Lamp and Sobmldt, and four trooper war kill . ad, but native numbering 800 war de feated, with a loe of to. . It I alleged th native were well np piled with modern rifle by British traders an tha east and Portuguese on th north. Among th other members of th reform committee who were nntenoed ar four American Captain Main, chief engineer of tha Robinson Gold Mining oompanyt Victor R. Clement, assistant consulting engineer of tha Consolidated Gold Field Mining company; J. 8. Curtis, a wealthy mining engineer, wbo I well known In Mew York, and a Mr. Lawley. They wen each sentenced to pay a Una of 110,000, to undergo two year' Impris onment and then to ba banished from tba Transvaal for three year. John Haya Hammond U 88 year old and I a bob of General Hammond. H wa educated at Sheffield Scientific school, connected with Yala college, for th pro fession of mining engineer and completed hi education at th mining achool at Freldburg, Germany, wber h took high honor. Hammond ha a splendid reputation aa a mining engineer, earned a a result of lb display of hi ability In th California mine. He wa engaged at salary of 125,000 a year a few year ago to go to South Africa and' take charge of th Da Beer diamond mine. HI (alary wa subsequently Increased to 100,000 a yaw. Tremble Imminent In Johaaaeebarg. JoBAJtHUBtTRO, April 0. It I stated that In addition to tha sentence of death peseed upon the leader of the reform oom mlttee by th high oourt at Pretoria 60 other member bava been eeutenoed to two yean' Imprisonment, a fine of 8,000 aad three yean' subsequent banishment. rRMIDUrr IHC8KR. Thar 1 gnat ucltsment bars, and an ises th sentenose ara speedily commuted treubl I (xpeoted. Th trial of the reform committee which b been, going on ta Pretoria I proba bly of aaors Interest in this plao than aaywbata 1m In th world. It outooma ha been awaited with an interest which wa almost a suspense. Th sentences have ba a great shook here, and the newt spread almost In an In stant through th wbol plaoa. Th cut ter of the town wa thronged with excited groups, and every person In the communi ty wa engaged In eager discussion of th news. Apparently no on can bring hlnt eif ta b!tv that the sentence will ba axrled out, and It I th vary general opinion that they will be at least oom- BUI lli. Notwithstanding these expression el assurance, howsver, averybody shows th ounost anxiety a to tba decision of tha executive, la whose hand the fat of th prlsonen now Ilea Tn sentiment of till pUo Is almost wholly with th men who have been on trial, but th greatest sym pathy Is expressed fur thoss prisoner who took aa loaotiv part la tbs movement, but who bav still bssn sobdrmnsd to suf i) fer equally with the others. Ths theaters and all other place of amusement her and most of the store have been closed, as no on found time or Inclination for anything but to discuss th Hurtling Intelligence from Pretoria. The public I awaiting with great anxiety the settlement of the question of life and death concerning th Johannesburg lend er end of Imprisonment and heavy fine for their follower. A deputation will wait on th president with a view to ob tain his promise to use hi lnflnenc in favor of ths prisoner. Nothing that un tiring energy and Ingenuity can dictate will be left undone to seours th assur ancs of the safety of th men sentenced to death and the lightening of the sentence of thorn condemned to Imprisonment and fine at th earliest posalbl moment. Hammond May Get Oft. Washington, April 89. United State Vloe Consul Knight at Cap Town cabled Secretary Olney that It wa understood there thnt Hammond' sentence would be commuted. Hammond' oas was referred to In cab inet meeting, and, although the state de partment authorised no statement con cerning his case further than making pub lie the cablegram' from Vic Consul Knight predicting a commutation of sen tenoe, It cannot b doubted that the gov ernment will do all within It power to se cure an amelioration of Hammond' sen tence, Innsmuoh a he I regarded as rather the victim of circumstance than a a de liberate oonsplrator against the Boer gov ernment. It 1 believed, however, that ven before the machinery of the depart ment can be set in motion Hammond's sentence will have been commuted. It Is felt at the atate department that It has been orltlolsed rather unjustly In con gress and elsewhere upon It conduot of Hammond' case. The complaint that It has worked through British officials to se cure fair treatment f or the A merlonn prls oner, It I said. I mad In Ignorance of ths requirements of International law. The United State ha no diplomatic rep resentative whatever In the Transvaal, nor can It have so long a tbs foreign relation of that country are confided by treaty to Great Britain, and It would be a manifest violation of propriety and International law for tha United States to Ignore Great Britain In this matter, and particularly so In view of ths alacrity with which tha British govsrnment has responded to oar request for the protection of American In th Transvaal. Asked to Commote Sentences. London, April 89. In ths bouse of commons Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secre tary of state for ths colonies, said: "I have received a private telegram, of the ac curacy of which I have no doubt, saying tbat flvs of th leaders of the so called na tional reform committee at Johannesburg had been condemned to death. "I thereupon cabled to Sir Hercules Robinson at Cape Town Instruction to communicate th following to President Kruger: 'The government ha just learned tbat th sentence of death has been Impos ed upon tbe chief leader of the reform committee. The government has no doubt that your honor will oomraute the sen tences. Indeed, the government ha as sured parliament that this I your honor' Intention. ' " FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Summary af the Proceedings of ths Sen ate and Hoase. Washington, April 23. The senate yesterday spent It time In consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. In th bouse the new general pension bill wa explained by Chairman Plokler. Mr. Goodwin, th Populist contestant from the Fifth Alabama district, wa seated. Washington, April 84. In tbe sensts th Indian appropriation bill wa passed. In ths house debate on tbe general pen sion bill was continued. Washington, April 05. In th senate th day wa spent In considering tbs sun dry civil appropriation bill, a large num ber of amendment being adopted. In the house the general pension bill wa dis cussed for flvs hours. Several private pen don bill were pasted. Washington, April 88. In the senate yesterday the day was devoted to consid eration of the naval appropriation bill. Tbe river and harbor bill wa reported. In tbe houss tbs general pension bill passed third rending. Washington, April 89. In th senate there wa a spirited debate on tbe provi sion for four battleship In th naval bill, In which Messrs. Gorman, Sherman, Hale and others took part. In th house tbs general pension bill wa passed and de bate on the bankruptcy bill begun. Satolll't Probable Saeeessor. Bt. Lotus, April 85. The apostolic delegate. Cardinal Satolll, will ba succeed ed In tbla country, It Is asserted, by Mgr. Averardl, th present nuncio to Mexico. He will coma to ths United States Imme diately upon finishing bis work In Mexi co, when he I now engaged In making a thorough Inspection of th condition of tb Catholto church government In that republic Jarere Drank Six Quarts af Whisky. Lawrinokbdro, Ky April 84. The counsel for th defenss In th oas against Jo Brown for murder mada a motion for a new hearing, itatlng, upon sworn affi davit by certain Juror, that th sheriff during tb trial had permitted the Jury to drink all quart of whisky and two bot tle of bear, and Judge Carroll granted a new trial, rremlaeat Lawyer bead. Corning, N. Y., April ST. Ellsworth D. Mill, city attorney, and one of th most prominent members of th Steuben county bar, died after a lingering Hints, agsd SO year. Ha wa for many years Junior member of tbe law firm of Hpenoer Mill and wa oounted on of tb ablest counselor la this Motion of th stats. Th Flags la Hoagkeag. London, April 89. Sir William Robin, son, governor of Hongkong, telegraph that then have been 76 new oases of bo bonis plagu and 15 deaths from that dis ease In Hongkong for the weak udlng yesterday. J TeaMraaee People Shocked. Jamkstown, N. Y., April 88. Th tem perance people of Chautauqua ooonty an horrified to hear that two wicked men have bought a stsamsr and fitted It up a a floating saloon with tb purpose of cruis ing about ths shone of th lak selling drink to the fanner boy In towns where o lloense prevails. Tbs boat scheme Is mad posalbl under tb Ralne law. Greater Mew York Bill Passed. Albany, April 88. The greater New York bill, allowing the governor to ap point a ooinmisslon to frame aoharterand declaring tba territory annexed, passed th assembly by a vote of 7 yea to 69 nay, only two more vote than actually needed. Spanish Beldlere Sheet Kaeh Other. Havana, April 87. A detaohmsnt of sentinels which wa patrolling th town of Saootl Sulrltus killed Lieutenant Ji quln Qulnunt and seriously wounded a corporal. They mistook th two o dicers tor insurgents. Mayes Killed by aa Aaarahtst. Pari, April 88. During a popular fete at the town of Lon 1 Saunlor, an an archist named Colin stabbed and killed tbs mayor. Tb luotlv of ths orlin wa political hatred. MR. RUSSELL SPEAKS HE 84 VS HE DOES NOT SEEK THI NOMINATION. It ta Intimated, Rowsver, That Be Weald Hot Refuse te ft the Deraoemey Can didate Far President Insists ea a Bard Money Platform. Bop to Jr. April 89. Ex-Govsrnor Wil liam K. Russell ba made the following statement: "I am greatly surprised to hear that th action of th Massachusetts convention ha attracted any special attention ootald th state. While I greatly appreciated the compliment of an Indorsement by my state, I am not seeking tbe nomination, nor am I desirous of being th candidate, nor do I wish any movement mad In any (tnta In my Interest "On the contrary, I have already ear nestly requested that no such movement be made In any other state by friends of mln. My belief Is that It la all Important that when tb Chicago convention meet its delegate should be absolutely tree to deliberate and act dear of all Instructions or pledges of svsn expressed preferences at least so far as I am oonoerned. I do not know that any movement personal to me 1 contemplated. If It la, I request and In 1st that It should not be made. "It seems to me that our party should end It strongest men to Chicago and leave It to their good judgment, In view of th situation aa It than appears, to de termine what I best to be done. It will be time enough to consider oandldatea then. "The Important thing now Is to make very effort to have the Democratic party take an absolutely sound position on ths money question, without evsslon or com promise. I believe this I of vital oone- quence to th party for it present and it luttir. "I am firmly of th opinion, a I bav recently said, that our national platform ought explicitly and emphatically to op pose ths free coinage of silver or It com pulsory purchase, or any compromise leg islation In that direction, and that It ought to Indorse and commend the admin istration of President Cleveland for Its re olute work In maintaining our present gold standard and In preserving tha credit of tb nation. The Issue Most He Penght Oct. "I think It would be neither right nor wise to attempt to avoid or straddl this question by any ambiguous or meaning less declaration. Tha Mm ha paased for that. "Tb isaus must b mad and fought out 1 trust to a found conclusion." In th course of an Interview Mr. Rus sell said: "The position of president 1 on of tremendous responsibility. It involve so many things, nqulre ao much of tb man who would fill It. I doubt yss, I doubt very muoh If I would oar to take -up the load were It tbrnst upon me. "I believe that a president should go Into office unfettered. Therefore, I bold firmly that I could never even be a oandl date on a platform tbat was not In accord nee with my own prlnolple. I would never consent to straddle on finance or any other publio question. I should not go Into oftioe bound by hampering declara tion, restricted in tbe power of veto, help less In authority." " Would y ou aooept a nomination upon a platform of your beoefsf" "I don't know. I should hesitate very aerlously. But this I too far ahead. toll you In all earnestness again, tbat tint the Democratic party most settle thess flnanotal questions that ar disturbing the country. I don't oare what other man xnay be doing about seeking a nomina tion, but of this one thing I am positive no one shall go to the convention pledged to me and unmindful of what I beat fof th party and th oonntry." THE SLAYER OF GIBBS. A W onus In a Wisconsin Prison Declares That She Mardered the BaAmlo Lawyer. WAtJPCN. Wis.. Anrll 87. Mtanle Al len, a oonvlot, 80 yean old. serving two years for burglary, ha confessed tbat on the night of April 88, 1894, at Buffalo, ah hot and killed Montgomery Glbba, lawyer. She lived at Niagara Valla- on th Canadian side and claim tbat GIbb had promised to marry ber. She aay ahe met film on the corner of Bryant street and Delaware avenue and repeated, ber request that he marry her. He refused, and sbs abot him three time. She says she make tb confession to dear Clarence Robinson and wlfs, wbo an serving life sentence tor th murder. She bats that at uhs ex piration of her aentenoe ah will go to Buffalo and plead guilty to tbe charge of murder. hs will be released In a f weeks. About a month ago she) sent for Mr. Bancroft and told him that ah bad a secret which bad been troubling her con aolsnoe for a long time. She then told him ahe had shot Mr. GIbb In Buffalo. Sh aald that sh bad Snt met GIbb In Canada several year before the murder and fell In love with him. He apparently returned her affeotlona, but subsequently deserted ber. Becoming desperate at tb wrong done her by Ulbbs, she threatened Hi in. Bat tb attorney paid no atten tion to her, and she say that after he left her In Canada shs followed him to Buffa lo. Again sbs pleaded with him and asked him to kp hi promise, but h refused to do so. Sb thn secured a revolver and m th night of April 86. 1804. followed him aa h was returning to his noma. At Bryant street and Delaware avenue she met him and repeated the nqtueet that ba marry ber. When hs again refused, aha snot mm down and fled from the city. Haabsad and Wife Baraed s Death. NiwbukG, N. Y., April 87 Mr. and "Mrs. Barney Cullen war named to dsaefa in their home near Cheater, Orange eoun- ty. Tbsy wsn unabls to escape from th burning building and perished together In th sitting room, whsnr Cullenj had dragged hi wife from their bed in bis effort to save ber. Morris Culled, a son. matured bis leg In Jumping front a i ond story window. George Tbomneon. an adopted son, sustained a bad soalp wound by being cut with glass when he was dragged through an upper window. The origin of the fin Is a mystery. Tbe house was entirely destroyed. Cullen waa an onion raiser, tilling 80 acres on a meadow between Cheater and Grayooturt, Well Kaewa Ceatraalar Dead. Canandaigua. N. Y.. Anrll 87. uel Backus died at hi home In tbla vil lage, agsd 70 yean. Mr. Baoko civil engineer of well known reputation and had been engaged In large ooncracte and project In this and other states. When a young man, he was a telegraph operator and at ona tlms wss Intimately associated with Professor Murso, the father of teleat- rapby. He married the eldest daagbter of ths late ex-Governor H. Clark of this Village Bad Seen Better Daya. Fond dc Lao. Wis.. Anrll 9. Charts Blanohard, who ba confessed to having burglarised a hardwan store harr and who Is now In Jail awaiting santeiioat car ries document In hi possession bearing th signature of presidents of thai Untied States appointing him to high pis oas. Ha was saslstant postmaster of tha olty of Nw York at on time. Hotel! from grace om year go and ha sinus- than beea a wanderer on tb face of the ea rtn. W3 OF THE WEEK. Ttiarsriey, April t8. Kitenelv damage bat been dona to the frnlt crop of California by frost. Flame In the Cable building, Broadway and Houston street, Nsw York, did dam age estimated at 16,000. A dispatch from Havana any thnt Ho mes I marching toward Havana prov ince to msks a demonstration In favor of Maceo. Th United States bttleshlp Massaohu- sMtt tn It run from th Delaware rapes to Cape Cod proved even faster than the bat tleship Indiana. Corporation Counsel Soott of New York has advised th police that hotels, to come within Ralne law limit, must keep open regularly for guests. William H. Dlnffenbnch and other cred itors of the old New York, Lake Erie and Western Railway company have sued to set aslds ths recent foreclosure and reor ganisation. Estelle Burmelstnr of Philadelphia, a demented stenographer, who oreated a dis turbance by ringing William K. Vaniler- bilt ( doorbell, New York, wa committed to Bellevu hospital. Friday, April t. United 8tate Minister Willi arrived at San Franolsco from Honolulu. Mayor Strong of New York sent th compromise cbool bill to Albany with bis approval. At ths Hebrew Orphan asylum In New York a memorial bronze In honor of the late Jess Sellgman waa unveiled. The Bourgeois 'ministry of France re signed. President Fsure Immediately ac cepted the surrender of ths portfolios. Louis P. Herrmann and Charles Pns- talka, wife murderers, were killed by elec tricity In the atate prison at Sing Blng. Edwin Booth' portrait, the gift of the New York Players'olub, was plaoed In tne memorial theater at Shakespeare' birth place. Testimony favorable to Superintendent Pierce was given In the Inquiry regarding tbe Home for Children at White Plains, N. Y. J. S. Casey, an ex-Fen lan, who In 1H78 waa sentenced to five years' Imprisonment tor treaaon, died at Mltchelstown, County Cork, Inland. Satorday, April tS. Mrs. Joseph Cocking and her lister, Mia Daisy Millar, wen murdered In Hill Top. Md. Th second antlcoal trust bill has paased ths New York senate and 1 now In Gov ernor Morton' hands. Tb Venejuela boundary commission held a meeting In Washington and deolded to aend an agent to Tba Hagua to aoaroh th Dutob archive. Louisiana want Democratic at th re cent eleotlon by 87,000 on th face of the return, but fuslonlsta oharge fraud and aay they will seat Pharr aa governor. Booth-Tucker, commander of tha Amer ican Salvation Army, Issued a statement urging th "Darkest England ' plan as a good on to apply In the slums of New xorK. Justice Patterson of th supreme oourt at New York, appellate division, all asso ciate concurring, declared the Raines liquor tax law constitutional. An appeal will be taken. Lawyer Samuel Untermeyer won a suit against th collector of the port of xsew York a to th duty on some antiquities which be Imported from France, but a penalty of 88,000 waa Imposed for under valuation. Monday, April ST. Tb Tbeosophloal society of America opened Its convention In New York, elect log Ernest T. Hargrove president. Fourteen-year-old Arthur Hagerman hot hi playmate. Stanley McDermott, In an mpty oottng at Asubry Park. Missionary Knapn, In good health, was handed over by Turkey to the United State consular agent at Alexandretta. Mrs. Gsudefroy, wbo was born In O'Brien' caitls. Intend, and wa rich and petted In her youth, died In the New Haven almshouse. A eonfennoe of New York state Repub lican politician decided tbat no measure supplementary to the greater New York bill should be passed at Albany. Rapid tin guns, arm and ammunition bav been taken on board the Bermuda at Jacksonville Fla. Th vessel will at tempt to land ber warlike cargo In Cuba. Secretary Olney ha mad an attempt to bring about a settlement of the Anglo- venexuelan boundary dispute by arnitra Won. The administration has Intimated to Lord Salisbury that the United Htates commission's report will be adverse to Great Britain. Tuesday, April 98. Th cruiser Newark arrived at Hampton Road after a four yean' cruise. A celebration In honor of General Grant's birthday wa held at Galena. Ills. Tb Nsw York presbytery bad a lively debate over tbe Iloenslng of candidate for th ministry. Tb burning of Cripple Creek la thought to have bean tbe work of a gang wbo de sired to rob a bank In the exoltement. Governor Morton signed th bill abol lahlng school trustees and Investing th board of education with additional power. The sum of 885,000 was subscribed at th tbeosophloal convention In New lore olty for th founding of a Mbool of oc cultism. Jamas J. Bush, cashier of the broken Elmira (N. Y.l National bank, wa In dieted after three attempt and placed un der arrest. Six suit bav bssn begun In New York by three nerson who claim they are enti tled by reason of kin to a part of A. T. Stewart' estate. A dispatch from Havana says that tbe destruction of nroserty in ins western to bacco district has been enormous and that suffering among th people 1 oa th norsaas. Wedassday, Aprtl . Tba Nsw York oourt of appeals granted a new trial to Vlnoenxo Nino, convicted baton Recorder Goff of wife murder. Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow attacked the plane of the Nicaragua canal promoters aad reaeoted anon the work of Engineer MenooaL. Arthur Maybsw. the negro, waa oon- vloted of murder In the first degree for killing Stephen Powell at Hempstead, N I., la March last. It wa reported that th Rev. Dr. Jaroe Lewis Park of Philadelphia bad been called to suooeed Bishop Satterlee as rec tor of Calvary eburcb In New Xork. Governor Morton nominated Daniel O'Leary of Glen Fall, N. Y., for state faotor lnaoeotor. and captain J. a. Barker of New York for assistant factory inspector. Tbe steamer Wyanoke of tbe. Old Do es! n lon Una ran Into tbe United State aruiser Columbia at Newport Nows, Vs. stad sank. All bar passengers aad arw Were rescued. A afanlarers Confeaaioa. rminn Anll OV Hank Yaneev of BroarasvUle, Tex., surrsuunreu oiuisen w tb poAtee and declared thai Jan. ic, ibuo, k Hmld Head at Oyer ton. Rnah smanty, Tax. Yanoey any h and Haed oaarraled over a woman. tsswla Hew Cosuauader la Chief. Madrid. April 87. Havana advl atats that Oil u to Garcia has been appoint ed oomandsr In chief of the insurgents by Maxluto Uoaaes, who. In future, will pro- la another eapauiur. MEL1NE AS FREMIER. HE HAS FORMED A NEW MINISTRY IN FRANCE. Kames of Ttiose Who Are Kipeeted te Conduct the Affair of ths Repnblle, M. Ranotans Named as Foreign Minis ter Melloe's Career. Paris, April 89. M. Mellne has suc ceeded In forming a cabinet, which Is as follows: M. Mellne. premier nnd minis ter of agriculture; M. Barthou, minister of the Interior; M. Hnnutaux, minister ot foreign affairs; M. Cochery, minister of nanoe: M. I ebon, minister of tne colo nies; M. Vnlle, minister of oommeroe; General Billot, minister of war: M. Dar lan, minister of Justice; Admiral Bee nnrd. minister of marine; M. Ijtoombe, minister of public works; M. Rambaud, Inlni'fer of public Innructlnn. M. Felix .Tules Mellne. who Is reported to have formed a nfw ministry, was born at Keiulrcmont, Vosges, In 1S68. He has 7IW M. MELTNS. had a long political career; as a deputy has never been unseated In the Vosges, which as an agricultural and manufactur ing protec tionist he ha represented for over two decades. Elented to the National Assembly. He got Into th national stsembly at the elections of 1888. Not being In touch with Gnmbetta, he lay nnder a oloud un til 18HH, when Ferry gave him th port folio of agriculture. He presided over the amber of deputies when Floquet wai at I he ministry of the Interior as premier. The election for tfie speakership In 1888 was a tic. Brlsson and Mellne having the same number of vote. But It was decided In Mellne' favor because hs was a few months tha senior of Brisson, who was, resides, out of favor. The Republican candidates having been beaien at the first ballot at the general elections of 1885, Mellne remained presi dent of the chamber until the general elections of C'onstans In 1H8H. In the fol lowing year he fulfilled his protectionist promises. His tariffs made everything dearer and remedied no distress. Mellne did not look farther than the Vosges, whose graziers were pressed upon by tbe Swiss nnd the farmers of the Rhine val ley, whose forest owners smarted under tbe rivalry of those of the grand duchy of Baden, and whose manufacturers bad no plant equal to those they left behind them In Alsace. M. Mellne npresent th oanton of Corsloa In the oouncil general of the Vosges, of whloh he was vloe pret ldent. Accident While Coaching. Albany, April 27. While taking a pleasure drive in a four horse tallyho near Sloans, a few miles west of hen, William M. Sneer. State Historian Hastings and Luther B. Little, correspondent of a New York paper, met with an accident One of tbe traces broke, nnd the bone ran away, tbe occupants being thrown to the ground. Mr. Hastings' collar bone was broken. Mr. Speer sustained a sprained ankle and a blood tumor, and Mr. Little had two rlhs torn from the spinal carti lage. The Injured will be confined to their rooms ten days or a fortnight. Mardered by Tramps. ' Erie, Pa., April 87. The body of Mrs. Anna Burger, wife of John Burger of this ilty, wbo disappeared from her bom last Monday, wa found in a ravine near the city. It had nearly been stripped of oloth- Ing, and bruise gave evidence of an out rage and murder. It Is thought the wom an was the victim of tramps who had been congregating In that violnlty. CONGRESSMEN FIGHT. '. Bepresentatlves Money and Ball Bave a Desperate Encounter. Washington, April 84. A desperate encounter took plaoe In the bouse naval committee room between Representative Hall of Missouri end Representative and Senator-elect Money of Mississippi. Money had his bead badly gashed above the temple. Representative Hall ie unhurt lave a bad bruise on bis neck. The weapon wen fist and heavy out glass' Inkstands. The light wa over tb Wilson bill re organizing the personnel of the naval en gineer corps. Representative Hall said that tba state ments msde by ths line officer of th na vy against th bill wen falss and without foundation. Representative Money took offense at this, and asked If tb assertion applied to all who took the same view as the line of ficer. Representative Hall' reply wa unsat isfactory, and representative Money called blm a liar. Representative Hall, wbo I tall and powerful, perhaps tb strongest man In the house, rushed at Representative Mon ey and (truck blm a heavy blow on the head. Representative Money, who la, though well Bet, muoh more slender physloally, grabbed an Inkstand and thnw it. Tbe mlssil struck Representative Hall on the neck, representative Hall threw n Inkstand, which cut a gash on th right fide ot Representative Money' bead. Tom Coakley rushed In, grabbed Money around the waist, pulled him bodily out of the room and abut th door. Both contestant had reaohed for their guns, but neither bad hi gun with blm. Representative Money wa half daied by tha last blow. He was taken to ths room of the committee on war claim. where bis head was dressed. His wounds, though painful, are not serious. Representative Hall shortly there after left the committee room and walksd down to ths floor of th house, but lft shortly. sound oa the tleaesu Sandy Hook. N. J., April 87. Super intendent Havens reports that the patrol of life saving station No. IS, at Cedar Creek, N J., found on th beaoh the body of a man 5 feet 0 Inches tall, very much disfigured. Tbe body had apparently been In the water a long time; had on blue flannel shirt, dark trousen and eon grass gultcrs. Mlalstor Haa- Hlmaalt Lexington, April 84. Tbs He v. Jama C. Cay wood, a distinguished minister ot the Southern Methodist ohurch, com mitted suiolde by banging at Maysvllle. He was recently sent to tb county Infirm ary asof unsound mind. His hallucination waa that hs would bav to hang himself t n i V A W .V. 'B 1-411 SVi V. to stive bis souL He wa 60 yean old. t A MIDNIGHT DREAM." BROTHER AND SISTER REUNITED IN A STRANGE MANNER. Meet After Half a Centory Stlllwagner Prayed For Divine Help Bis Sister's Reeldeooe Revealed to Him to a Vision. Story Is Touched For. Jacob Stillwagner, an Rgetl resident of Boydtown, a small village three miles east of Sliamokiu, Pa., has jnst returned from Stetsouville, Wis., and tells a remarkable story of how he and one of his long lost sisters were reunited through the medium of hia prayers and dreams. He claims that he was born in Iowa 65 years ago, where he lived, to gether with his parents, a sister and two brothers, until he arrived at the age of 7 years, when both of his parents died suddenly, leaving the four small chil dren without any means of snpport. Kind neighbors provided for the lit tle ones until permanent homes could be fonnd for them, but within a year of their great bereavement they were scat tered far apart and soon lost all trace of each other. Mr. Stillwagner says that his adopted parents drifted east ward, and just as he arrived at the age of manhood he located at Boydtown, where he has since resided. He made frrqnent attempts to find some trace of his brothers and sister as the years passed by, bnt it wag not no til early lant fall that he met with any success in this direction. Then while walking across the mountain from Boydtown to Slinmokin he was seized with an overwhelming desire to find his long lost relatives, aud kneeling on the fallen autumn leaves earnestly prayed God to direct his steps toward his broth ers or sister, and allow thein to be re united before being called to their eternal home. The desire to find hia loved ones be came the sole object of Stillwagner's re maining days, aud about three weeks after his prayer in tbe forest he dreamed that he was at Stetsouville, Wis., where be found his sister, from whom he had heard no tidings for more than half a oentnry. He distinctly saw the interior of her home and hud her foatnres and the external sarromidiiigs of her house indelibly stamped upon his brain. When he rotated this dream to his friends, they laughed and tried to oon ince the old gentleman that It was merely the result ot his continual think ing and talking on the subject that was absorbing all of his time and attention. Be could not be discouraged, however, and resolved to investigate on the lines laid out in his dream. The name of his sister, the most im portant clew, hnd not been revealed to him in his midnight vision, bnt he oom municated with the postmaster of the little Wisconsin village, describing the house and inmates he had seen, and closed by asking whether such a habita tion aud family really existed there. Beveral weeks passed before he received a reply, bnt the anxiously looked for letter gave the history of the woman oo- onpying the home he described, and con vinced Stillwagner that it really was his sister. So confident was he on this point that he left for Wisconsin, and upon his re turn east he startled his friends by an nouncing that the woman he dreamed of was none other than his missing sister, who is now surrounded by a happy fain ily. Mr. Stillwagner adds that since his return east he visited Philadelphia, where he found acquaintances of the family that had adopted his sister now residing iu Wisconsin, who verified her story and completely established her identity. His remarkable story is vouched for by the Methodist minister of whose church be is a member, and the aged dreamer is now earnestly imploring God to give him traces of his two missing brothers. Philadelphia Press. Another Pearl Bryan Case. Buffalo, April 28. Buffalo has now a Pearl Bryan case. The head of a woman was found on the farm of John Hoag near Orchard Park, and the fadt was reported to Coroner Tucker. Hoag had been draw ing manure from the city, and while spreading It out discovered the head. wa wrapped in a Buffalo newspaper and bad a bullethole in the occipital region It seems Impossible to trace the head defi nitely, aa Hoag had been drawing manure from several livery stahlos in this city. Dr. Tweedy, the post mortem examiner, has the member to examine and ascertain, If possible, If death was due to the decapi tation or the bole In the skull. Meanwhile the police an trying to find a body to fit. Shoe Factory Bnrned. Burlington, N. J.. April 25. A fire wa discovered In the boiler room of the Bunting Shoe Manufacturing company, the largeat concern of It kind tn the city, The plant waa burned to the ground, and 160 hands are thereby thrown out of em ployment. The Bunting residence, In front ot the factory, was saved thruugh energetic work of the firemen. The total loss Is 175,000, with insurance of 840,000. Th Snydera Were 'Poisoned. Port Jervis, N. Y., April 88. Profess or Wltthaus of New York ha deolded from an analysis of th vlsceras of Jacob Snyder and bis wife that both died of ar senical poisoning. Coroner Hardlna turned from New York with his allTdavit as to ths examination. The coroner's jury will reconvene this afternoon, when a ver- diot 1. expected. The Offer of Mediation. MADRID, April 24. The Heraldo el ill maintain that tha United States has emiofticially approached paln on th subject of political reforms In Cuba. General Markets. York. April SS.-FUJUnV-Stat and western weaker to sell: city mills patents, tt.ijual.50; winter omenta, t-i.WUH; nltv mills Clears, K-lSiM.J). winter Ktrmlxhta, 1.DOi13.7I. WUKAT-No. 8 red dull aud easier oa fine winter wheat news and lower cab ea; May. iOe &7i July, To a-ltt-uiTtHyc. CUKN No, t quiet aud steady on too much rain west, delay-ins farm work: May, 3d li-loc. July, to 7-la-'Hc OATS No. 1! dull aud featureless; May, 84 1-lnc.: track, white, state, ;&il2&c. POKK yniet; old to new mesa, S&lOi fam ily. Illl.n0iclu.7d. LAK1- Dull; prime weatera steaan. $5.06 bid. BUTTER fiteady; state dairy. WaitSsc. state creamery. UH-u'Slac CHfcisl tjuiel; uu, uune, &&9?4C. 4tatluc fclii8 Steady: etate and Pennsylvania. lltac: western. 10&llc. bL'UAH-Raw quiet and steady: fair retin Inn. W.itJ;o.; ceuirifUKal. W teot, 4 t-lrk-.; relineii ateaily: cruud. lisc.: iMiwderml, afeo. TUKPKN'l INK r-leady at -Jl.t-Dso. MOLA.vKS-Steady; New Orleaua. SK&370. KlCiC r'irin; UuimMlic, ilsJlc Japan, 3 tiHc rv.v;. Wv COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. Availability of TMnVrent Forms of Plant Food Preferences Shown by Plants. As a rule, commorcfal fertilisers are used for the purpose of increasing the Single senmn's crop to which they are applied. Most farmers plan to give to each succeeding crop by itself the plant rod it needs and to avoid supplying any one crop with more material than it can use to best advantage. This is especial ly true of those who do not own the farms which they work and who plan each year's work by itself without ref erence to the future, under such cir cumstances a farmer desires to use those rrms of fertilizing materials which will be taken np uiost quickly and oom pletely by the crops. On the other hand, the farmer who owns his land freqnent ly desires to use materials the plant food of which will be utilized gradually by crops aud which will laHt through several seasons. It will thus be seen that if one desires a fertilizer which will act at once and bo largely used up by the present crop then he will need to purchase his plant food in forms dif ferent from those purchased by the man who desires more lasting benefits ex tending through several seasons. Nitrogen in the form of nitrate of so da acts most quickly upon plants. Un der favorable conditions its influence upon the plant may be seen within 24 hours after its application. In the form of sulphate of ammonia nitrogen acts less rapidly than in that of nitrate of soda, but more qnickly than in such forms as dried blood, meat scrap, etc. Nitrogen in the form of bone dust, ground fish and bonemeal becomes available still less rapidly than in the form of dried blood. In the forms of wool waste, ground leather and similar materials nitrogen becomes available with extreme slowness. Potash in the form of carbonate, as in ashes, acts more rapidly than in the form of sulphate or muriate. Muriate acts with a little greater rapidity than sulphate, but the difference in availa bility between the different forms of pot ash is not nearly as strongly markrd as in case of the different forms of nitrogen Phosphorio acid in the form of solu ble phosphate of lime (acid phosphates. superphosphates) acts most rapidly. It acts less rapidly in the form of reverted or precipitated phosphate of lime, and least rapidiy in the insoluble form, such as ground rock. According to the weight of evidence, soluble phosphorio acid, whether made from bones, boneblack or rock, has the same effect and value as plant food, so far as the soluble phos phoric acid is concerned. It is an important fact that plants show preferences for different forms of food. This preference is indicated by greater yield or better quality of prod uct, or both. Thus wheat seems to give better results when nitrogen is applied in the form of nitrate of soda than in any other form. Spinach has been found to do better with sulphate of ammonia than nitrate of soda, while the reverse is true of asparagus. The qnality of to bacco is injured by potash in the form of muriate, and hence only sulphate should be uHod for fertilizing purposes. The quality of sugar beets and of pota toes appears to be better when sulphate of potash is used, while peach trees are said to prefer the muriate. Bulletin New York Experiment Station. Does Asparagus Need Salt? William Falconer, Long Island, writ ing to Rural New Yorker, says: Asparagus for market is largely grown by the farmers in this vioinity ; in fact, it is one of our chief money crops. We are in the town of Oyster Bay, and tbe Oyster Bay brand of "grass" is the lead ing favorite in the New York market. But salt as a fertilizer for asparagus is not used by any of our furmerg so far aa I know. Our proximity to the seaside Long Island sound probably renders its application unnecessary. I have tried it, however, on a part of our beds by way of experiment, but without any appar ent benefit to the crop. Some idea of how much salt asparagus will stand with impunity may be learned from the fact that spontaneous seedlings come np all along the seashore in the sand, and where extra high tides sometimes wash over them, and they live all right. Ni trate of soda, in quite light dressings, and these repeated twice in spring, gave us the best results. A "complete ferti lizer" was also good. Kerosene Emulsion. Here is The Farm Journal's formula for kerosene emulsion, a remedy for all sucking insects, and for others with soft bodies, with which it can be brought in contact : Boft soap, one quart; kerosene, one pint; water, eight quarts. Warm the oap until it becomes liquefied, remove from near the fire, add the kerosene and agitate rapidly with a force pump tor five to ten minutes, until it becomes a homogeneous cream mans, from whioh the kerosene will "not separate while stand ing. Dilute with water ao that the kero sene will be one-fifteenth to one-twenty-fifth of the entire mixture. If properly prepared, it can be used with safety up on nearly all plants, except squashes, melons, cucumbers and others of the squash family. A hard soap emulsion can be made by dissolving two ounoes of hard soap in boiling water and using it instead of the auft soap. Telephone on tbe Farm. Here is a story that is going the ronuds: "Ic many parts of the oonntry furmerg have established among them selves a telephone system covering eight or ten miles of wire, the wire used be ing barbed wire fencea. Tbe middle wire of tbe fence is used, and the farm ers are able to converse with each other without difficulty, thus relioving a part of tbe lonesomeneas whioh forms a chief objection to farm life. " Killed by th Trailer. Woodbury, N. J., April 28. Matthew Rowe, conductor on the CamduD, Glouces ter and Woodbury trolley line, was run over and Instantly killed wblle on hi first trip. Kowe started out with a trailer be hind his oar. At Broad and Cooper street a sudden jerk of the car threw the oon duotur backward over the daiihboard. The trailer ran over him, cruahlug bis body and head and killing blm Instantly. He lived at (jlouoeater City and had only re cently been married.
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