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
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to stive bis souL He wa 60 yean old.
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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.