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J. VM S ITXC, «n4 feMtelatv COAL BARONS' THREAT. WTMNBSOTA TO SUPPER HER CURIOSITY. MeHKNfcT, «ri| |M;iindrain IIJUHOK M* roHi Ilk flrwt VrenehMHi XM«<I Saddtnly -- A PnfdMiom ropullit -- \rMtln(hoaM'i Blf IMkrldend-A Mother Sow U*X *om Boy Xacendtarjr../ It N»k(ii Them Sqnlrm. ' ^ The Pennsylvan'a coal barons seem feel uneasy over the investigation of the "combine" now being made by the legislature of Mil lesota. Senator Ig- f jiatlua Donneuy, riairroan of the in-Vestigating committee, said Friday: "I .Jiave a letter from a coal baron in Penn- .,,v ftylvania notifying roe that the coal ^ dealers In that State haw heard of the /f\! " legislative investigation now under way, :r.'V fcnd give us timely warning that unless '4 V© Btop it this entire State will be shut d.' <t>ut from the hard coal- market for V the season of 1893-'94. I have not ty v. Vot answered the1 letter, but when I *•*; 5o I think I -shall be able to satisfy 1hn gentleman that we in Minnesota are >-*ot"accustomed to being scared by - ., threats like that." All the books seized v*r, I from Mr. Rhodes, manager of the "com* ' • t>iae," were turned over to the custody , " of the Sheriff, with the exception of the letter book, which the committee is ';J^^ic«e^ng hidden in some safe pla||fe^*i ̂ ' X. .Tale* Ferry Dead. ; SJI&LM. JTJLES FERRY, but recently elected , • president of the French Senate, died i, "% suddenly Friday evening at Paris. His ' ' death has made a great sensation in the world of politics. He was one of "those upon whom the people counted vln the event of the Republic changing ® its conslituUunal form. He was a caudi- <Jate for the Presidency, without 6uc- > eess, and it was the jimpression of the public that he would tie again a candi- f", , cate in future elections. His death was .a most unlooked-for event. Death was V tauscd by heart disease. The affection <bf the heart, from which he suffered, ' n?as due to the t ffects of a bullet strik- \#ng a rib near the base of the heart at v tu£ uiia iici was attacked by Auircrtin *"• 5 to 1887. JF: NEWS NUGGETS. . sTHE Wheeler Opera House at Toledo *1 Was burned. Loss; $2'M»,000. resignation as leave the town on account of his pro­ pensity toward osculation. He kissed about every woman in town, however, Before it got too hot for him. LIGHTNING struck the Stoaington lino steamer Nelr Hampshire on her trip from New York to Stonlngton Wednesday night. A ball of fire seemed to burst o\ «r the stairway in the main saloon with a report as If a dynamite bomb had struck the upper deck. Fif­ teen of the ealoon windows were blown to pieces and glass in other parts of the boat was shattered. A bunch of elec­ tric lights suspended on tho rear deck was demolished and the sheathing around the deck covering was torn off and scattered about the deck. Tho eloctric wires carried the lightning all over the boat. The sheathing wa? rifled off in many state-rooms.r i V '=u-r-. n WESTERN. A:? Omaha'ju Ige has ruled that a di­ vorce is $ "necessary of life," and that the husband is responsible for al$ costs incurred by the wife attempting 4o in­ dulge herself in such luxuries. K. B. KINO, a brother of John W. King, paymaster of the Missouri Pacific at St. Louis, committed suicide at Denver, Colo., by shooting himself. It is said he was insane from overwork. AT Muncie, Ind., Bertha Marks, aged years, committed suicide by taking ro'.fon. Sho had slipped some money ou' of ;he house and spent It. Her par­ ents tlir< »tened to. send her to the re-, form school. A THE relatives of Charles Mosher, of Omaha, the bank w/ecker, have come to his rescue by offering $190,< 0) toward Covering the amount of his defalcation, and thereby save hiin with only a nom­ inal fine to pay. THE Sioux City '<Iowa) Street Ball-' way Company has discharged every em­ ploye. The officers claim that the com­ pany has been systematically robbed for years, the pilfering reaching as high as $3,t 00 a month. * FATHER J. J. NOCRI, the Armenian priest who gave a few months ago a de­ scription in detail of his alleged dis­ covery of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat, was declared insane at San Francisco and committed to an. asylum. THE tug Helena, belonging to Cleve­ land parties, is reported missing at Ver­ milion. She went out into the lake Tuesday with a crew of five men and has not yet returned. Search was made, but the boat could not be found. CATTLE AT THE BL£I ITX HI BIT OF HTGH*GTTADE < JERSEYS* pUkers Valued at 910,000 that Prodoc* '"> I'ountto of Batter Anawriljr-Cllm kr&tA Which a Veal Ca:let Would Cost • t 7,500. Costly Cows. X Chicago correspono'rnoo; " • ' Trudging away down In scftit&etttjt corner of Jackson Park, visitors to the grounds occasionally meet a man in top boots, with milk spattered on them, ana with a milk-pail of greater 0r lest capacity in one hand. There is a sug- gestiveness of the country about him not in keeping with the World'i Columbian Exposition, Visitors who have drunk Chicago milk down-town ean't reconcile the man to the scheme of metropolitan life. It looks like a mistake. It is not, however. Down in cattle house No. 1 are the most famous of America's Jersey milca cows and every morning the milkman squeezes the udder of a oow valued at $15,000. There are forty-four of these animals ?#®iyiPt8wr(,rvc\1 • H. .IK, SflipWt mi-Mqw York m atrei;Je|m Boyd, of Chicago; Ay at and MoKinney, of Philadelphia; and J. J. Richardson, of Iowa. It is said th« club membership represents mot* PROfcUWCfATIONOrtT % "EUBOTISBlMA. " wealth than any other organization in the country. With such wealth to back the manage­ ment the cows are treated like royal beings. They are bedded as luxuriously as can be with straw, the floors are ITS CONDITION IN MANY WEST- V ERN' STATES* -Y. W WASHINGTON. ffe- t' ' ; GREEK B. BACM'S pension Commissioner has been ac­ cepted. HAEBY H. IRVINE, of Chicago, has Inysteriously disappeared from a St, jPaul hotel. V SECRETARY CARLISLE has appointed ** " |&enesaw M. Landis, of Chicago, as his private secretary. I fci I PROMINENT Beading lave asked the trustee to remove HcLeod from the receivership. i THE new Philadelphia mint will be v ' fcuilt on property between Sixth. Sev- «nth, Walnut, and Sansom streets. k> •• - MR. MCCARTHY'S resolution calling IJ ^ for a reform of the tarifT was defeated the Canadian House by a vote of 61 V yeas to 116 nays.' J ^ T ' L E W I S A . ; W B I O H T , aged 17, has been :^;^^jurrested at Boston, charged with in- - ifendiarlam. He has confessed that he ®'<r, - etarted live fires during the last three > alnonths. ; ; HEAVT floods in Queensland are re- > : ported. The Victoria iron bridge, which ^ . | , tost $600,100, was swept away, and at v^ Brisbane the streets are covered With ; four feet of water. > ' SAN FRANCISCO: police raided a high- wl7 binder's meeting place and destroyed : the wooden images and lodge records. ^ - iThe highbinders present were driven r/ out with heavy rattans wielded with £ "• force. ?* STATISTICIAN ALFRED DODGE, who ' lias made up the crop report of. the De- V^jartment of Agriculture for years, is to be retired. labor Commissioner Henry "W. Robinson, of Michigan, is mentioned •}'i " as his successor. * • ' ? H E N R Y J O N S O N , the Iowa farmer who ^ disappeared from a Port Wayne train, > lias turned up at Massillon, Ohio. He V claims he was robbed of $1,500 while ;• 1 jms8ing from one car to another and ). thrown from the train. V* *" HEPRESENTATIVE SHERIDAN, of Bed 4- billow County, Nebraska, a Populist -tnemler of the Legislature, has taken . THE Helena Clearing House has of­ fered the Secretary of the Treasury $500,000 in gold coin for silver certifi­ cates or Treasury notes. SENATOR GORMAN is saVd to have written a letter declaring that the Democrats in the United States 8enate will not seat any Senator appointed by the Governor of any State. SECRETARY MORTON has been coai- ». JU U 1 pelled, on account of the insufficiency bondholders of the appropr;ation for the geed Di. vision of the Department of Agricult­ ure, to sign an order dismissing about sixty employes of that division. The dismissals take effect immediately. SECRETARY CARLISLE has amended the quarantine regulations recently promulgated so as to provide for the in­ spection of passengers taken aboard ships at intermediate ports by the Uni­ ted States Consular officer at the port, or in case of his absence by the local health officer. FOREIGN. J THE British, in a batt'e with the tribes beyond Chitral, in India, recently killed over 200 natives, and losing twenty-three. This victory greatly strengthens the British rule in that part; oi India. MRS. WNJSON, daughter of Henry Schuber, the oldest American resident in Panama, was out boating with Capt. Shackford and Miss Wilson. The boat swamped, and the three were thrown into the water. Mrs. Wilson was drowned. A DISPATCH from Lisbon states that the mail steamer just arrived at Lisbon from the Azores brings no tidings of the missing White Star Line steamer Na- ronic. Officials will not abandon hope until after the arrival of the next two mail steamers from the Azores, but the general opinion among shippers is that the Xaronic i3 lost. to physical force to chastise his men­ tors. The ediior of the Omaha Bee suf­ fered at his bands for presuming to crit­ icize his connection with an insurance jffflj.^^ineasura. THE wife of David Spencer, -who tracked the Illinois Savings Institution i At Chicago, ha3 brought suit at Mo- > fiawk, K. Y., against her son, De Witt 1-,'i She charges her son with £^extorting $40,000 from her under threat tV * t)f having his father ar.ested for wreck- i?) * v|ag the Chicago bank. YT V - THE Westinghousc Air-Brake Com- r^any has declared a quarterly dividend {£•" *31 5 per cent, and an extra dividend of per cent. This means the distribution " ' of $500,000. The directors of the Bio hy'/> Grande Western Bail way Company ttpvtlhave declared the regularly quarterly » dividend of li percent, on the preferred p,!' * stock payable May 1. , Ex-Gov. E. J. ORMSBY, of Vermont, Land Commlssiou^r of the United v States, appointed in conjunction with , '• Commissioners from Great Britain and Eggs Germany to adjust claims in the Sa- 6moan Islands, arrived at San Francisco gvfS'-v - on the steamer Alameda. The Com- mission, he reports, adjusted 1,800 claims. The other two Commissioners remain in Samoa to continue the work of adjudication. CHOLERA is spreading in Bussia and adjoining provinces. IN GENERAL JAMATCA, L. L, was shaken by an earthquake. THE harbor of Vera Cruz, Mex., with others, is to be dredged. CANADIAN engineers are to join with Americans in a survey of the boundary of Alaska. COL. ABTHUR RANKIN, father of Mc- Kee Bankin, the well-known actor, died at Windsor, Ont. THE widow of the late Senator Mc­ Donald will ask for a new trial of the celebrated will case. DIPHTHERIA is prevalent in the Bid- eau Street Convent in Ottawa. Ont. The institution will be closed at once. MARKET REPORTS. m:: f.v: KANSAS CITY woke up Friday morning to find six inches of snow, while at tfther points in Kansas and Western Missouri a bliszard of robust propor­ tions prevailed. SECRETARY GRESHAM has been em­ powered to conclude with Sweden a new 1 pj extradition treaty. 1 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime 13.25 Hoos--Shipping tirades SHEEP--Pair to Choice WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--No. 2 DATS--No. ?. * :; RYE--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery...].. EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per bn INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipplug Hoos--Choice l,l*ht SHEEP--Common to Prime. .. WHEAT--No. a lied COBN--No. 2 White ;.; OATB--NO. 2 White.. ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed '..". CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 .... :. RXE--NO. 3..... CINCINNATI" CATTLE Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed. .V.! BTJ--So. "8 t DETROIT. & 6.28 8JX) ® 8.00 4.00 & 5.60 .72!$® .73)$ .41 <§> .42 .30 <§I .31 .49 & .61 MH& .27 •1#H@ .10 .75 @ 27 lCiHt 85 3.25 3.50 3.00 M .41 @ 5.50 & 8.00 <9 4.75 4$ .08 « .42 .3556 3.00 & 5.00 3.00 & 7.75 .04 <3 .65 .37 & .38 .31H@ .32^ .*» & .51 8.00 &00 3.00 .70 42 & 5.50 <& 7.60 <<? 5.25 @ .7036 & .43 M & .35 ̂ .57 i CATTLE........ J HOOS............ , , 8HEEP A BrLii has been introduced in the | WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Kova Scotia Legislature to extend the rv'l>v"^x"" " v'" franchise to women. EASTERN. Hoo ISLAND, opposite the mouth of the Patuxent Biver, where Mr. Cleve­ land passed a duck shooting vacation after the campaign, is to be taken pos*1 session of by the government as a quar­ antine station. THE ice gorge In the Susquehanna Biver broke Friday night and the ice Started out with a tremendous crash. The town of Plainsville, Pa.,, ,1s under water and people are imprisoned in the I HHEEP! top stories of their homes. " THE Eev. William Chamb<^s, of Eapt Miirtjjch. ypp.,%s.b^n^p^io CORN--No. 2 Yellow..., OATS-NO. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 CORK--No. 2 Yellow OATB--No. 2 White B*s BUFFALO;"" CATTLE--Common to Prime HOGS--Best Grades WHEAT--No. 1 Htrd... CORN--No. 2 Yellow MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORK--No. 3 . OATS--No. 2 White BYE--No.-1 ,.... liABLEY--No. 2 L'OHK--Mess ..rt.."" NEW YOBK. CATTLB,...,,. HOGS ...... V S H E E P . . . * . . . . . / . WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western..ir.-..-. BUTTER--Best............ .. fo«K--Ncwifess 3.00 3.00 3.00 .71 .42 M .42 ® 4.75 (9 8-25 & 4.75 & .72 & .42« & .39 BOVINE AVENUE--AMONG THE STOCK BARNS. gathered by the American Jersey Cat- tie Club, of ICew York, from twenty-two States. They are entered in the great dairy competition, by which is to be determined the best grade of dairy cows. Haltered by twos in double rows of stalls separated by a passageway twenty feet wide, these animals enjoy a uniform temperature of 60 degrees. They are bedded knee deep in straw, and an air of tidiness prevails quite in keeping with animals valued at $15 a pound. Among the States represented in this stable are: Alabama, a; Connecticut, TI1E } 15,000 COW. S; Iowa, 3; Illinois, 2; Kentucky, 6; New York, 7; New Jersey, 4; Massa­ chusetts, 3; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1; Ohio, 1; Missouri, '2; Wisconsin, 2: Pennsylvania, 3; Vermont, 1. Alabama leads with the champion butter-maker of America. This cow is Signal's Lily Flag, with a record of 1,047 pounds of butter in one year; She is the property of W. E. Matthews, or Huntsville. Ala., and she is valued at $15,000. Massa­ chusetts comes next in order n^ith Euro- scrubbed dally with a solut'on of lime and water, the drains are purified with dilute sulphuric acid, and their diet is as hygienic as if they were patients in a hospital. Milk from the Jerseys is sold to peo­ ple who c»U for it, and the demand is much greater than the supply. "There are not less than ten babies," said As­ sistant Superintendent Goodoll, "whose lives depend on these cows. Physi­ cians had given them up to die, pre­ scribing as a last resort the milk of these Jerseys. You can imagine with what eagerness the parents "of these children applied for the privilege of purchasing. In nearly every case the babes improved from the first." A shipment of Guernsey cows was re­ ceived the other day and the animals installed in thed 2. There are twelve of these cows from the States of Mas­ sachusetts.' and Connecticut, but keep­ ers in charge are under instructions not to give out information. The shipment Is the first sent out by the American Guernsey Cattle Club, with headquar­ ters at Farmington, Conn. Other ship­ ments are expected in a few days. ^ Currencies Condensed. THE Missouri Senate killed the anti- pool selling bill. ' THE Ann Arbor railway strike is prac­ tically ended. THE free pold in the United States Treasury now amounts to over $5,000.- 000. THE Whisky Trust passed Its divi­ dend. It is said none will be declared for a year. WARDEN BROWN, of Sing Sing pris­ on, has tendered his resignation, which will be accepted. IT is said ex-Congressman Blount, of Georgia, will head the commission to be sent to Hawaii. BURGIJARB secured $6,000 in a raid on the Farmers & Traders' Bank at Mont­ gomery City, Mo. THE Maryland courts have decided that the Henry George single-tax scheme is unconstitutional. THE National Convention of Republi­ can Clubs will be held at Louisville, Ky., May 10 and 11. GEORGE WINN, a vagrant negro, was sold under the Missouri vagrancy law l k % AMONG THE JERSEY COWf. 8.50 440 412 .46%® M & .34H<! A9 .43 .8&H .57 & 5.50 & 8.00 & .64 .57 18.00 3.50 3.00 3/KI ,75 .63 •!W .47 A M'A .40 .355* .66 .69 & & (g 18.60 & D.75 8.50 6.25 .77 «£ .64 & .41 (G .29 01V.7I tlssima, an ex-champion, with a record of 947 pounds of butter in a year. This animal is owned by D. F. Appleton, of the Waltham Witch Company. Isllp Lonx, with a record of 700 pounds, ranks next. She is owned by Judge Foster, of Minnesota. Little Goldy, belonging to Mr. Matthews, of Huntsville, Ala., has a record of 34 pounds ounces of butter in one week. Alteration, of the same herd, has a record of 24 pounds and i an ounce for the same period. Taking the past records of the forty-four cows, their average, per head, Is 19 pounds of but­ ter each week. Separated from the cows In little pens are four calves, the oldest but three weeks old, and yet it was chewing hay, when your correspondent made his visit, with the gravity of a pine-woods ox. As a general thing kind-hearted people who see these little animals quit eating veal.. They are of a beautiful fawn color, slender in limb, and out of their great black eyes is a look of Innocence that might well make a butcher falter. How­ ever, veal cutlete are seldom made out. of these animals. Assistant Superin­ tendent Goodell estimates that an aver­ age cutlet from one of these calves-- breaded, of course, with potatoes on the side--would conic to about $17.50. The first of the calves born on the Exposition grounds is the property of Frederick Bronson, president of the New York Coaching Club. Chief Bu* chanan has asked the privilege of nam* ing the little aristocrat, but while he is searching for a title. John, the colored attendant, has dubbed her "Baby Bron­ son." John watches over the baby In her crated b;>x as solicitously as a nurse would watch a princess, and he declares his ward has as much sense as mo*t babies. The whole herd of Jerseys is in charge of V. E. Fuller, Superintendent for the American Jersey Cattle Club, which makes the exhibit. They we t o selected from 30,000 standard-bred covs. The roster of the exhibitors includes the three Vanderblite, iol\n D. Rockefeller, at Fayette, Mo., to Charles McCamp- bell, of Glen Eden Springs, for $20. Two INDIANS were killed in a row with soldiers at the Mount Vernon Bar­ racks, near Mobile, Ala. BARON FAVA, Italian Minister at Washington, gave a dinner in honor of King Humbert's birthday. THE Union Loan & Trust Company's building at Ogden, Utah, burned. Loss, $125,000; insurance, $55,000. THE pressure of rising water In the Mississippi Biver caused the levee which protects the lands of the Illinois "BABY BRONSOM. bottoms In Lime Lake district, opposite Canton, Mo., to break, and the lands are being overflowed. A CEMETERY vault at Denver Was broken open and two coffins dewol- lshed. The body of an infant was stolen, rings and other Jewelry wjre taken from the body of a woman, and aw«v. Appearances Decidedly A(i^ « Van Crop In Illinois--The Outlook In Ohio Better than in Illinois or Indiana--Re­ ported Good In Michigan, Condition ot the Wheat Crop. Reports from the principal wheat- growing States in the West, as gath­ ered by the Farmers' Review, show that the crop is at that sta$e when not much can be told by appearances, but a tew weeks will show the true situation. In Illinois the appearances are de­ cidedly against a tuii crop, but it is probable that a few weeks will improve the outlook. At present on many fields the tops of the wheat plants have been killed, but the roots seem to be all right. In Indiana the general condi­ tion is reported as fair, which means a little below an average. In Ohio the present condition Is much ahead of that in Illinois and Indiana. More than half of the correspondents report the outlook as good and that the crop appears to have come through the winter in fine shape. Most of the oth­ ers report fair. In Michigan the condi­ tion is similar to that in Ohio, half of the counties reporting the outlook as good. In some localities the wheat Is still covered with snow. In a few lo­ calities it is believed that the wheat has been greatly injured, but .there is no certainty of this, as the ice still re­ mains. In other localities the snow Is rapidly disappearing and wheat looks quite as well as it did last fall. In a few bounties it is small from the ef­ fects of the fly and di-outh. On low ground some wheat is known to have been smothered out by Ice. In Ken­ tucky the general condition is fair. It has been damaged in some counties by frees ng and thawing, and h&s been lifted out of the ground, but is again taking rdot and promising a fair crop. In Missouri the condition is hardly fair. Only one-fourth report the condition as a full average. Some correspondents report the wheat frozen out in places and that the fields will have to be plowed up. In some of the fields the crop can­ not be over one-half the average. Gen­ erally speaking the early sown fields are good. .Lata sown fields are of doubtful condition. In Kansas and Nebraska the condition is fair to good. The plant in some counties Is starting tu grow auu has a good color at the rooiS. In Iowa the condition is nearly an average. Snow is going rapidly. In Wisconsin the snow came early and kept the plant covered alt winter. In some places where the snow has melted the condition appears to be fair. * THE MISSOURI BOND TRAGEDY. A Deplorable State of Afl&lra the Outcome of Voting K. It. Honda. Another chapter of misery is opened up in the history of the bond cases in Missouri, says a dispatch. One of the St. Clair County Judges, who had been in prison for several months for con­ tempt of the Federal Court, was re­ leased on parole to attend the funeral of his daughter, who had died at a lu­ natic asylum, to which she had been driven by the imprisonment of her father. Before he could arrange for the removal of the body he was called to the bedside of his wife, who was • not expected to recover from the shock caused by the death of the daughter under such cruel circumstances. And the husband is so much prostrated that it is feared he may not long survive the death of his wife, and may not even live long enough to be taken back to jail. The people voted bonds for the con­ struction of a railroad which was ex­ pected to benefit them. The corporation to which the bonds were delivered did not complete the line, and the counties repudiated the debt, interest on which had been piling up e\er since about 1870. The bondholders obtained judg­ ments in the United States Circuit Court, and the County Judges have steadily refused to order a tax levy for the purpose of paying the debt. Judges were elected only to go to Jail. Iwo months ago the people of Cass County agreed to a compromise of • 70 per cent, which was acceptable to the bond­ holders, the finfes of the Judges were remitted, and they were freed lrom im­ prisonment, one of them going direct from the jail to be sworn in as a member of tho General Assembly. It is prot- able that the wave of sympathy aroused by the affliction of Judge Copenhaver will cause the people of St. Clah* County to demand a similar compromise. It is said that both of the Judges are In favor of submitting the question to a vote of the people. But such & vote may not be ordertd for some months to come, aud during that time one or both of the Judges will have to lie in jail. The situation is not a pleasant one ta be contemplated by the fell <ws who mis­ applied the proceeds of the bonds. ASSAULTED AN EDITOF A QOMUOR Ttwt Mny Have to Be 8ettled " by MunleijVal Authority. «?Of the many momentous /o^al prob.ems that are shaking St. Lwuis to its very foundation and one in fact, which agitates to a greater or Jess degree the entire country," said Col. Pat Dyer tc a Washington Star representative, "is the correct pro- nunciation of the name of my pros- pe.fius city. 1 have just arrived from St. Louis, and w hen I left there the discussion was heated. Shall it be St» Louie or St. Lewis? A gentleman once.said to me that he could dis­ tinguish a Western man from au East­ ern man by his pronunciation of the words St. Loui9 and Iowa, and I guess he's right. Thank Heaven the pronunciation of Arkansas is a mat- • \'i 4 J,tn . H #5 ' .*;,i I V. 4 *•<%* ' •presenietlve Sheridan Uiea His Fists In the Nebraska Capitol. Lincoln, Neb., special: The Xe- braeha Legislature has given evidence Of its ability to furnish sensations and many a hostile meeting, but the first actual knock-down and drag-out of the session occurred Thursday, when Re­ presentative S'nerdlan, of Red Willow County, took it upon himself to chastise Editor E. Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee. The Bee has been criticising Sherdian, who Is a Populist member. The two men met in the oorridor just outside Representative Hall and the editor was taken to task by the law­ maker. Following a heated argument Sheridan struck Rosewater in the breast and followed It up with a vigorous shak­ ing. E. Jt*. Roggen, ex-Secretary of State, an employe of Rosewater in the Bee office, who was in the corridor, ran up to the combattants and struck Sheri­ dan a stinging blow on the forehead. It brought blood, but apparently did not feaze the belligerent lawmaker, for his right hand went out like a flash, caught Roggen full on the jaw and he went down in a heap. Not satisfied with thte» Sheridan pounced on him and began be­ laboring him vigorously in the face. News of the conflict reached the hou-e and the members rushed out pell- mell, without the formality of an ad­ journment. Half a dozen pulled Sheri­ dan otT his foe and helped Roggen to his feet. The latter, the blood streaming from his nose and mouth, jerked away from the men holding him and reached for his hip pocket Sheridan, divining that he was searching for a weapon, again sprang toward him, but was held back, and the two men were taken to separate rooms and locked up. The men are well matched physicially, both weighing over 200 pounds. BOY FIRE-BUG CAUGHT. J Lewis A. Wright Confesses to Starting the Boston Biases. Lewis A. Wright, a 17-year-old yoqth, was arrested by Pinkerton authorities for lighting five successive fires In tho business district of Boston. Although young in years, he has shown himself a master-hand in hiding the evidences of hi» guilty work. On being confronted with ;ne evidence he broke down and made a full confession. Within two months there have been more than a dozen fires in the business district, one entailing a loss of one life and $3,000,- the silver handles and plate of a 1 000, another the loss of five lives nd casket were broken off and carried J $1,500,000 of property. In each case >4,' *r-f:W>.-J <her<# a stwptaioir- 0*-UwrendiaMsSnB,- ^ ' , -v. . ........ • ,.v W"« vi j uuiviui uuu ment The house of delegates and councU, tho legislative bodies of the city, will probably soon be called upon by petition to determine the question as was the Legislature of Arkansas. Then there will be fun, I assure you. Nearly everybody out West and most of the people of the city say 'St Lewis.' "Nevertheless, St. Louie, as we all know, is the correct pronunciation; though if we give the French pro­ nunciation to Louis why should we not give it to Saint, which .not one man in a thousand, unless he is a French scholar, can twist around his tongue. So it is with the pronuncia­ tion of Iowa. The Iowan and the Western mail 6ay «I-owav,' with a long*accent on the 'I,' and make 'way' of 'wa.' The Eastern man says 'Iowah,' with the accent on the last syllable. "We have instead of the custom, airy aldermen or common council or supervisors two legislative city bodies --the House of Delezates, similar to the House of Representatives, and the Council, bearing the same relation to the other as the Senate. One is elected by wards and the other at large. Wo are probably the otiiy city in the United States that has such a dual legislative bodv, and at first giance it would appear cumbersome and unnecessary for a city. But one acts as a check upon the other, and so long as it pleases us we are con- .tent." f-v ' -• "j Ben Butler'* Memory. Two wonderful things about Ben Butler were his memory and his power for sleep. A Washington cor­ respondent told me the other day how he called upon him one day for an in­ terview. Gen. Butler had oeen work­ ing right along for eighteen hours and he was still at work when the correspondent entered. He heard his request and then said: "1! would like to talk to you but my mind is full of this case, and 1 will have to sleep first. If you will wait twenty minutes I will give you an interview." "All right," said the correspond­ ent, and Butler went Into the next room. At the end of twenty minutes he came out as fresh as a daisy, and his mind was as clear as a bell. He had slept just twenty minutes, and I am told that he could sleep at any time and in any place. He often slept in his Qhair in his office, and neither his mind nor his memory evei seemed to fail him. He was nctcd for his kindness to his friends, and when he was elected Governor he was surrounded by tvffice-seekers. One ol these, named Smith, came up to him and said: "Gen. Butler, Ihaveaone all 1 could to have you elected, and ] want you to remember me now when you come into your kingdom." "Ah," said Gen. Butler, "what is your name0" ; "Smith," was the reply. ^j|ave worked for you for years." "Ah, Smith. It seems to me thai I remember you. You played mc false at a convention just fifteen years ago. You promised to vote for me and you voted for my opponent No, Mr. Smith, 1 don't think I shall need you Good day." XUrowMMly's Moonalilne Port. Your correspondent talked with a United States Marshal to-day who told of a moonshine still located in Walker County that has been run­ ning for years, and has made thou­ sands of gallons of moonshine liquoi and it cannot be captured by officers, it makes no difference how many at­ tempt it The fact is the officers cab not get Within two miles of the still. The still, he says, belongs to a man named Dunwoody. and is located in a most mountainous region of ISortt Georgia, and is only reached by s narrow path leading through huge ledges of rocks known only to the operatives of the still. The still is in an isolated cave, which is sur­ rounded by mountains of rocks. The old log still is enclosed bv a high rock wall, built like a fort, with portholes in the same. Weapons and ammunition are kept within, so that one man could defend himself against the attacks of a dozen. To guard against surprise the owner has cleared the timber away for a hundred yards arouud, so that no one can approach without being seen by some of the laborers. This still hftS been' running foi years, and neither United State: marshal nor revenue collector has ever attempted to cross these rocks to capture old Dunwoody and his men. Raids are made every day 01 so around these mountains, and some good hauls are made; but Duuwoody, so my informant says, is never both­ ered. The revenue officer, on being asked if he ever 'expected to attack Dunwoody. shook his head and said nothing.--Atlanta Constitution. : Shi Gave Him a Hint* A lady had been ill and undei medical treatment for a long time. As she grew no better ail the while, she became distrustful of her physl* cian's skill and did not wish to see him, and yet was not bold enough to tell him so. She communicated hei state of mind to her maid. "Lave 'im to roe. mum, lave 'im to me!" said the girl. By and by the doctor came to the dor>r, and Bridget opened It about an inch. "Sorry, sir,'! said she, "but ye can't come in the day, docthor!" "Can't come in? How's that?" "The mi:*thress do be too ill for to see ye the day, sir!" "-.H To WANT your own way te a. very had habit Joy you will never get & ' . • • * Republican AssUmmeats Undisturbed h> the Steering Committer--Hill to Wrestl* with Immigration and Voorheei with . • - y. "smefl by the Csncn*. t After the adjournment of t#fg"'^n«.w Monday the Democratic caucus com- raittefe held ;ts final meeting in relation to the assignment of Senators to com" mittees, and practically completed it» work. The two Pojuliet Senators, Pcffer, of Kansas, and Kyle, of South, Dakota, are classed with th - Democrats as part of the majority in the com­ mittee appointments, and each is given a chairmanship. The assignment of the majority as it now stands is as lollows: Agriculture and Forestry--Geor/e, chair* man; Jones, of Arkansas. Bale and Peffer. Appropriutlrms •-- Cock re II, chairman; Call, Gorman. Blackburn ani Brice. Claims--p*sco. chairman; Vilas, While, Daniel and Peffer. Commerce--Ransom, chairman; Coke, Vest Gorman. White of Louisiana, White of California, Murphy. T-. ot Columbia--Harris, chairman; laulkner, Gibson and Huntoo. Education and Labor--Kyle, chairman; . George, Hun ton, Lindsay and Murphy. Erolled Bills--Caffery, chairman; Qol» quitt. To examine the several branches of the civil service--Peffei, chairman; Gray and Vilas. Finance--Voorhee*. chairman; McPher- son, Harris, Vance, Ves , und Jones, of Ar­ kansas. Fisheries--Coke, chairman; Call, Ran- - som, Gibson and Hill. U Foreign Kelu.yons-- Morgan, chairman! " Butler, Grays. Turpie and Daniel. Immigration--Hill, chairman; Voofr bees, McPherson, Faulkner and Peffer. Improvement of the Mississippi and It* Tributaries--Bate, chairman; Walthall, Palmer and Peffer. Indian Affairs--Jone'. of Arkansas, chairman; Morgan, Vilas, Alien and Roach. Interstate Commerce--Butler, chairman^ Gorman. Brice. White of Loultfana, Cafe* u3n Lindsay. Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands --White, of California, chairman; Kyle^ Gibson, Roach, and Beckwlth. Judiciary--Pugh, chairman; George, Coke, Vilas. Hill, find Lindsay. Library--Mills, chairman, and Voorhee* Manufactures--Gibson, chairman; SmiU» and Caffery. ^ Military affairs -- Walthall, chairman! Cockrell, Eata, Palmer, aud Mitchell. Naval affairs -- McPherson, chairman;* Butler, Blackburn, and Camden. Organization, condition, and expend!* tures of the executive departments -- Smith, chairman; Gockrell, Hill, Walthall, and Caffery. .Pensions -- Palmer, chairman; Brice, Vilas, Camden, and Caffery. • Postoffices and pest roads-- Colquitt, chairman; Vilas, lrby. Mills, Hunton, and Hill Privileges and elections--Vance, chair* iran; Pugh, Gray, Turnle, and Palmer. Public buildings and grounds -- Ve3t* chairman; Daniel, • Pasco, Brice, and Gordon. Public lands--Berry, chairman; Walt­ hall, Pasco, Vilas, Allen, und Martin. Eailrouds--Camden, chairman; Berry,. Gordon, Palmer, Martin, and Beckwith. Relations with Catiada--Murphy, chaift* man; Pugh, Col quit. Hunton, and Mitchell. Revision of tho laws of the United Statte --Daniel, chairman; Call and Lindsay. Rules--Blackburn, chairman; Harris and Gorman. Territories--Faulkner, chairman; Hill, Bate. Gordon, Blackburn aud White or California. Transportation routes to the seaboard^- lrby. chairman; George, Turple, GordOb and Hunton. Pacific railways--Brice, chairman; Mor­ gan, Faulkner, White of Louisiana and Murphy. Indian depredations--Lindsay .chairman; Faulkner, Kyle, White of Louisiana and Cockrell. Quadro-ceatennlal -- Vilas, chairman;. Colquitt, Vest, Gray, Daniel, Gibson ana Lindsay. To investigate the geological survey- Martin, chairman; Jones of Arkansas and ' Beckwlth. To Investigate trespasses upon Cherokee' l»od»T-Roacb, chairman, and Butler. ̂ Telegraphic Clicks. THOMAS KANE was burned to death in a dwelling house at Honesdale, Pa. J. F. BAILEY & SONS, dealers in iron at Philadelphia, have assigned. L. L. DOSTEB, a rich lumber dealer ol Philadelphia, suicided by hanging. THE long-standing Cbill-Bolivtjigi boundary dispute has been settled, t MRS. MARY MII/LER, of Cold Spring.. N. Y., has given birth to her third set ol triplets. THE pontoon bridge across the Mis- eouri at Sioux City was carried out bj the moving ice. THE liabilities of Stitt & Co., woolen goods, who failed at Philadelphia, are placed at $1,250,000. THE Burlington Hallway bridge ove* the Platte Iilver, at Ashland, Neb., was partly carried away by a flood. THE body of an unknown boy was seen floating on a cake of Ice at Hen­ derson, Mich., but was not recovered; THE steamer City of Rochester was dashed against .the piers of a bridge at Charlotte, N. Y., and demolished. HARVEY LEVY, a ,drunken cook ol Leadvllle, Colo., shot and killed Dan. Cameron and fatally wounded Jaek Stuart. JAMES L. HAMILTON, sentenced to die by electricity at Sing Sing, has been Granted a respite of one week by Gov. lower. L. J. HINTZE, street commissioner of New York, died from a cold contracted at the Pres!,denlal inauguration in Washington. SIB JOHN THOMPSON, premier ol Canada, sailed for Paris to attend thf international conference on the Behring Sea seal fisheries case. M. CHEVALIER, of the department ol public debt at Cairo, has been chosen tc Bucceed Charles de Lesseps as director of the Suez Canal Company. THE boomB at Grand Rapids, Mich under the pressure of a flow, which 00)^ fined the logs at the Mich'gan Barrel1 Company's works, gave way, and 2,000,- 000 feet of logs started for Lake Michi­ gan. THE California - Legislature 'm adopted a joint resolution for a con* stitutional amendment to remove the State capital from Sacramento to San Jose. JOHN G. HABTINGS, of Port Gibson, Miss.,committed suicide at Birmingham^ Ala., with a revolver. He was organ­ izer of that-district for the Knights oi Honor. FIFTY members of the congregation of St. Joseph's C hurch at Swedeeboro, N. J., have decided to cast their lot with Father Treacy, the priest ex-communi* cated by order of Mgr. Satolli. NEWS of a murder followed by Bwift vengeance comes from Nitta Yum% Miss., a small town on the Illinois Cei*» tral Hailroad. Rufus Haywood, a col-' ored planter, was assassinated by Lee \\ alton, a notorious negro desperadQ. A\ alton wa3 captured and hanged bv • mob of 30» blacks. SHERIFF EWING, of Mercer Cou Mo., attempted to arrest three prii ers who had escaped from the Pri_ ton jail. They were J. L. Morrison, T. G. Edwards, and John Hodge. Wh«n the Sheriff and posse attempted to ar* rest them, they tired on the officers, and attempted to escape. Morrison was shot dead, and Edwards badly wounded.' Hew<Uldle. Hodge was captured. ; •f's- • ' A • ^ . . . VtrZ. :: . r \ j,....., s..• . it.