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tifiin *o •& laiuucala i VAN 8LYKE, €4i!er £«MI Pafetislitr, T""* IUJtNOlR ALEXANDER IS KING OCPO»Sfr THE SERVIAN_ »J' 1STRY. "•* ' '• UIM. I-*..-; Cars the Standard Oil (Tympany for a KIUi«m-Excitement Over a Wisconsin Tragedy.--Santa F« Road Blockaded with Mk-BobiMoo'i Death 9rtftJ the Throng ' *• ®INO ALEXANDER has arrested the jjiegents and the ministers of Servia. He IHLS declared that he has attained his majority and has assumed the govern- •lent of his country. For many months Hie situation in Servia has been crit­ ical, owing to the abuse of their power ty the regents and state officials. Affairs had become so bad that the wing determined to take the reins in his own l»n<is. In accordance with this deter­ mination plan9 were secretly laid by laeans of which the regents and rainis- Uy would be ousted without opportun­ ity for opposition. A grand banquet Has given at the palace to celebrate King Alexander's success in passing " the examination prescribed for Servian Students. Unsuspectingly the regents and ministers attended the banquet, and while they were enjoying them­ selves at the palace detachments of soldiers and bodies of police took pos* " sfs&ion of the minis'eis* houses and occupied the government buildings. At ajldnight, while the festivities were Miu iu progress, King Alexander pro- slkifned 'hat he ha:i attained his ma­ jority and that he had assumed, with the skuptshina, the government of the country. As a matter of fact he had not attained his majority, being about a year short of it. When the deposed regents sod ministers heard the proc* limaticn they were dumfounded. wno is < aiied a. confervaiive Of *«oder» Ate high churchman, and tho Rev. Dr. tireor, of Sc.. Bartholomew's Church, Who is a broad churchman. Is a cas » involving $40,888, assessed against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, under the corporation tax law of New York, tlio Court of Appeals has rendered a d« cision of great inter­ est, declaring the action of ex-Comp­ troller Wemple void upon the ground that the sole business of the Pennsyl­ vania Road within the Slate of New York is rommerco between the States, and that a lax upon such CQjflm&ycQi| unotinstitutional ' WESTERN. George by Are fatally •M- NEWS NUGGETS. )§^.\vinns!fc*ASD raged at Ellend&to, Jf, l-'-'vip!., Thursday. ?. : . PITTSBURG, Pa., Is to have a new Morning Democratic penny paper. CAPT. GUTHRIE, in his official report 5 t» the War Department on the Choctaw I v; toouble, regards the situation as serious. f,y; THE cyclone which destroyed Robln- son, Miss., caused the death of seven­ teen persons and the fatal injury of thirty others. ED NEWCOME, one of the Caney bank? - Jobbers and confederate of Henry Starr,1 . surrendered to deputy United States . _ marshals at Nowata, Ark - THE total earnings of the Whisky Trust for the year ending March 31st were $2,432,688, out of which $1,267,158 been paid Jn dividends and ex- jpenses. > THE Chinese registration law is giv­ ing the revenue officials in Colorado trouble without end, and with all their efforts scarcely any registrations have been made. THE Santa Fe Railroad is completely blockaded with stock. , There are fully 6,000 h< ad of cattle and 25,000 head of sheep being he'd at San Angelo, Texas, •walling cSis. . A. W. QrABBICB and Miss Ella Young ; went boat riding at Charleston, W. Va. J Thcr did not return and it is supposed f both were drowned. The young lady's heme was in Missouri. 5 THE ball of Cashier Flood of the ^onohue-Kellv Banking Company was < v ssised at San Francisco from $20,000 to i'i $40,000. He is charged with misappro- priating $164,000 of the bank's tunds. F. C. HEATH, in charge of a tie and ' (Stave camp at Yorktown, Ark., has been .<£, Missing several days. He left Pine |T,. , i • Bluff on horseback with a large sum of |> < Money with which to pay off his hands. ||\ Conor TREASURER JAMES S. BBOWS , - has created a sensation at Columbus, tf'i- Ind., by searching the mortgage records j&'$T% Mid disclosing over $600,000 in unreg- p:,Istered property and placing it on ths ; county and city tax duplicate. GOVERNOR CROCNSE, of Nebraska, fe '* has eigned the maximum rate bill. The P Measure reduces freight rates in Ne- fe, braska by one-fourth. The law will be a, ignored by all roads until they are gfe.? forced to recognize it by the courts. W, . 7 The Bev. Morgan Dix, of Trinity |L. Nei? York, d^gjUnes to bs * Bftmed for Bishop of Massachusetts, \ • saying in his letter, "There are insuper- |i't. sble obstacles in the way of my ac- F&'v septic g a call to a Bishopric anywhere If . . Hi the church." SUIT has bern begun against ths Standard Oil Company by the city of Toledo for $1,000,000 damages. The slty has been trying to construct a mu­ nicipal gas pipe lino and c" arges the defendants with conspiracy to prevent issue of bonds, constructing plant. ; '» ' «te., by securing injunctions in the y' V" fj. courts. ^ ^ A DISPATCH says: Matthew Bitson, , at La Prairie, Wis., will be lucky if the jjjj, ;i." Sheriff catches him before he is dlscov- < sred by a mob of his neighbors who are gv searching for him. Bitscn murdered p£"'- JMs wife and a Mrs. Hearne, a neigh- l>or, who tried to act as peacemaker be­ tween the husbaad and wife. Court expenses will be saved should the •eight ors catch him. THERE are grave apprehensions en- |f» tertained at Omaha by those who have property interests over north of Cut-off lAke on account of the high water and ft report brought in that the river is 1H- Me to cut thtough from Florence Lake to Cut-off and destroy the numerous railroad tracks and iue-houses. More $1,000,000 of Omaha property is NICK STEUER and h!s wife were killed at Cutnminsviita, O,, by a tra'n. THE Chattanooga cyclorama build­ ing at the World's Fair collapsed in a high wind. THERE is a complication at Cleveland, Oh o, the Republican Council refusing to recognize Robert Blee, ths Demo­ cratic Mayor-elect. META BOSSEL, a l<orse by Col. Clark, out of imp. Royal Title, owned by J. C. Ghio & Co., was turned in the fair ground stable at Fa*t St Louis. MBS. MARY VOX DEB EMSBE, of Terra Haute, Ind., has brought suit against her husband, asking that their marriage be annulled on the ground of bigamy. A TWO-STORY frame cottage at Chi­ cago, owned and occupied by Jensen, was totally destroyed and his throe children wjre buined. DrRixG the last week prairie fires, have done g>eat damage west of the Missouri River in South Dakota, and ?65 to stockmen aggregate an im­ portant item. . FIERCE pi oirie fres swept through banner, Keith. Dawson, Blaine and ad­ joining counties in Nebraska. Fort i?obinson troops had to fight fire to save 'heir quarters. THE winter wheat In Antral' Illinois VE8 badly damaged the last'winter, and ;he farmers are plowing much of it up* in unusually large acreage was sown ast full, but iully three fourths of it is •o poor that the fields, will be planted n csrn. THE Attorney General of Michigan »erved notice of suit against ex-Land : Commissioner Roscoe D. Dix. ex-Treas- arer G. L. Maitz. and ex-Secretary of State G. R. Osmun, to recover $1,600 embezzled ten years ago by Thomas M. Wilson, then Clerk of the Itesfd of State Auditors. FAIR WORK ON SUNDAY THOUSANDS EMPLOYED JACKSON PARK. Store VUltors Paid AdmlMlon Femtiil S.indajr Ihw Vpon Any Preceding Day --Th® White City Will OpM lis Gtte* - oa Time.: «r>lnc On with a Rash. Chicago correspondence: Sunday has ceased to be a day of rsSt at the World's Fair grounds. It is al­ most. as busy as any other day. Last Sunday was, perhaps, the busiest one the park has kno«n since that gang of Italian laborers went in to level off the grcuadc ssd vras p uuipily driven out by a bigger gang of native workmen. That was about two years ago. Last Sunday there were lively scenes all over the. grounds. Long trails of s^hibUs roilEA CHOLERA wuboriti Diends. It must bersady, r#4uld be disastrous, fol 'to move th© m&ehinerv Systematic Work of the City Health De­ partment to Guard Against Contagions l>toe»««s--Terrific Cyclones at Work la Sections of the West. . In the other buildings tho opening woul4 INSPECTION OF IMMIGRANTS IN not be at ail successful. Men are at CHICAGO. work day and night, here, too, and when } President Cleveland touches the button ' that starts things going on May I it is quite ?afe to predict that Machinery Hall will do the rest. There are to be COO gates st the hun­ dred different entrances at the Fair grounds, and they will be very hand­ some affairs of wire netting, steel and iron. Each of them will be provided with a self-registering automatic turn­ stile that will require the attendance of but one man at each gate. This official will take the ticket, see that it is all right, drop it in an opening in the gate- auu press a short lever that will at the same time "chop" the ticket and unlock the gate. Then the visitor presses against the turnstile and walks ia, l^isUaia« his OWJI admission. It Guarding the Publle Health. For the last two weeks a strict inspec­ tion of every passenger train coming Into Chicago has been made by the city henl'fc department. Offhers of the de­ partment have boarded each incoming train and carefully scrutinized all im­ migrants and eveiy other person who InAlrnrl anonlntntia *iy>m n '--,* 1 I a MtUXi (I ~ '* V -? ' • 'Ar "i -^5 /;* BSSSSSl CKAPING THE GROIKO At THE AGHIClII^TIJRAr, BIJIt.i>IXG. INDUSTRIAL. THE plasterers' tenders' strike st Bos­ ton is ended, the men being granted every demand made. THE lasters and cutters employed in Auburn, Me., factories have struck for % new scale of prices. Ix pursuance of the orders of the Building Trades Council Sunday, union .'abor as a body did not go to work at the World's Fair Monday morning. Those union men who did begin, work as usual quit upon receiving orders. Before noon 4,000 men were idle. At 3:45 at night the strike was declared off after a conference between the labor men and the Fair officials. . It was a victory for the Fair. • FOREIGN. SEVERE earthquakes are reported in Servia. The village of Viliki Popovitch was destroyed and several villagers killed. THE stride movement in Belgium is spreading. Three hundred miners en­ gaged in the strike perpetrated much wanton damage at l.ueragnon in the Province of bainut Wednesday. The strikers made an attack upon the sheds about tbe mouth of a pit, and smashed every window in them. There were many men working in the pit who had refused to. ;o;n the strikers, and the mob'6 efforts were directed against them as much as against the owners of the pit. All sorts of rubbish, old boards, stones, and dirt were thrown into the 6haft, the Intention of the strikers being to imprison the men in the mine. Assistance was asked from the gendarmes. The latter at once ordered the rioters to disperse, and upon their refusal to do so attacked them with the I!at sides of their swords. Thy strikers finally dispersed, fearing, if they resisted, the gendarmes would re­ sort to the keen edge of their weapons. IN GENERAL MARTI AXI law has been declared in the provinces ol' Santiago, Valparaiso and Aconcagua, Chili. Disorders arising from the cabinet .crisis led to the issuing of the order. THE Newfoundland budget shows to­ tal revenue to be $1,883,790; increase over estimate, $361,892; expenditures, $1,668,120, increase $146,322; surplus revenue, $215,669. THE Hekla, of the Tbingvalla Line, bringing 611 steerage passengers, w<*nt to her pier at Hohoken at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. The broken shaft bad been repaired three times at sea. than threatened. came rumbl nar into the grounds, work­ men were busy in all the buildings, and the park was thronged with visitors. The turnstiles showed a big attend- ante. When Csptair. Horace Elliott went around to all the gates just as the sun was' dipping below Midway Plaisance he learned that ll,9i>4 people had paid to get into the park. But that was not all the crowd that came out. Six thousand more tramped through Midw::y Plaisance to see the Arabs In the.r voluminous robes of B lafp-HAXXEO. 1ST TRANSPORTATION ISO. . «, . s_ bright calico and the people from Java, who are putting up houses, woven like the baskets that Delaware peaches and Indiana canta!eups come in later in the season. No charge is made to get in Midway. The 6,000 people who strut­ ted by the Columbian guard at Sixtieth street and Cottage Grove avenue stopped when they got down at the other end, where tho turnstiles were clicking a lively tune. There is no occasion whatever for worry about ths World's Fair not being will be very diffioult for either gateman or visitor to cheat this contrivance, for if the number of mutilated tickets in the box does not correspond to the num* ber of admissions registered by the turnstile the gateman will be held re- sponsible.for the difference, and there is no possibility of any one's passing ihrough without his knowledge, as by a simple motion of his hand he can lock the gate and hold the crowd back as long as he pleases. It Is going to cost a whole lot of money to make and print the tickets for the "choppers" of these stiles to destroy. A beautiful design has been selected, and the paper will be made especially for the purpose. At first thought this ̂ rould seem to be money wasted, but ths as­ tute Board of Managers knows of the .tendency people have to preserve such ihings as mementos, and estimates that a very large amount can be real­ ized on the sale of ticket3 that will never be used. _____ Expense of Attending the Fair, Answering the misrepresentations and falsehoods that have been circulated by the enemies of the Exposition, the fol­ lowing statement is complete and con­ cise. It should be carefully consulted by those who exj ect to visit Chicago during the summer: The Exposition will be opened for visitors on May l. An abundance of drinking water, the best sup­ plied to any great city in the world, will be provided free to all. 1 he report that a charge would be made for drinking water probably arose from the fact that Hygeia water can also ,Ue had by those who may. desire it at 1 cent a Ample provisions for seating will be made without charge. About 1,600 toilet rooms and closets will be located at convenient points in the buildings and about the grounds, and they will be abso­ lutely free to the public. This is as large a number in proportion to the estimated attend­ ance as has ever been provided in any exposi­ tion. In addition to these there will also be nearly an equal number of lavatories and toilet rooms of a costly and handsome charac­ ter as exhibits, for the use of which a charge of 5 cents will be made. The admission fee of 60 cents will entitle the visitor to see and enter all the Exposition buildings, inspect the exhibits, and in short, to see everything within the Exposition grounds, except the Esquimaux village and the reproduction of the Colorado cliff dwel* V . OX8 .61 .38 .16 .H» @ 5 60 <£S 7.00 & 5.00 .07 & .uo • JOHS F. WISESBAKER was shot and lOlled by a burglar at his home near Valdosia, Ga. JOHN E. MCBRIDE, of Ohio, was re selected President and Patrick McBride jAf Secretary-Treasurer of the United si? i Mine-workers of Amtrlca. * HEAVY rains have quenched dlsas- y-t trous forest fires that have been raging ^ In the mountains of Pennsylvania dur- the last week. In Somerset County the losses will be more than $100,000. In Blair the burned area is thirty-five eqpare miles. f/'l EASTERN. ^Plne'sum of *$£0,000 needed to meet pressing obligations on Dr. Tulmage^s ' Brooklyn Tab&rnacle, more lhan $10,- has been raised by contributions to $lbe. New York World, and it is an- jiR.>;^®ounced that the full amount necessary has been subscribed. ^ THE two candidates named for the Bishopric of Massachusetts, made va­ cant by the death of Phillips Brooks, gpyaiid to be filled by election of the dio- ..cesan convention, are well-known cler- »«ymt n of New York, vi*., the Bev. Pr. Morgan Dix, of Trinity Church, MARKET REPORT® CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to VRIMA.... $3.35 @ 4L3B Hoos--Shipping tirades J».fc0 <0 7.3# SHEEP--Fair tc Choice. 4.U0 <4 6.00 WHKAT--No. a Spring tf3fe<£ .8*H CORK--No. 2 .«i & ,41 OATS--Xo. 2, .27&<g .28 ItTE--No. 2 itf (0 BUTTEB--Choioc Creamtry 27 E«ics--Fresh u <9 POTATOES--Xew, per bu. 70 & INDIANAPOLIS. CATTI-E--Shipping a.55 Hoos--Choice Light a.50 SHEE p--Common to Prime...... a.00 WHEAT--So. 2 Ked eo COKN--No. 2 White 41 OATB--NO. 2 White.. 33 ST. LOUIS. CATTL2 3,00 & 5.00 HOGS 3.0U <9 7.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Red. t7 .t>7}$ COES--No. 2 -36*0 OA-IS--So. 2 81 & .32 RITE--No. 2 4J «S .51 CINCINNATI. CATTX.X $.00 @ 6.00 HOGS 3.00 (g 7.75 SHEEP 3.00 & 6.60 "WHEAT--No. 2 Red C8 .tu COBN--No.-z *l%& OATS-NO. 2 Mixed R\E--No. 2 67 & DETROIT. CATTLE HOGS ; SHEEP WHEAT--No.2 Red COKK--No. 2 Yellow OATH--NQ. 2 White TOLEDO. WKEAT--No. 2 COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White RYE BUFFALO. CATTLE--Common to l'rime S.S0 HOGB--BeHt (jradeH 4.00 WHEAT--So. 1 hard .80 & No. 2 Red .76.'V/- MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 60 & COKS--No. 3 3»^<3i OATS--No. 2 White 33V,<ws liVE--No. 1. .67 "«g llAKLEV--No. 2 62 POBK--MeiM... 16.50 NEW YORk. CATTLE ' .......... HOGS SHEEP...., WHEAT--Nd. t Red.. COBN--No. 2.:. OA re--Mixed i.:!! liUfTER--Best POKE--New Men .Kt .67 3.00 3.00 3.00 .72 .40 .31 .59 & 5.00 (Hi 0.75 <3T 5.<X> M .73 ® .41 .<f8)2<0 .aa*3 .74 .41 .54 .78 & .40 I © ?&6 @ 5.50 E# 7.00 tsl .C6H .40!j •34 J-a .58 (3) .64 @17.(At <§ 5.50 <A> 8.25 V!> <1.60 , <pl .«(i .mu<& .&3^ M «$ ,3> ' .20 0 .29 18.00 @18.50 ,8.50 3X0 3.p0 .7«J ready to open on May 1. A big con­ flagration or a severe earthquake might prevent, but nothing <dse that can be anticipated will he likely to interfere. Thete has been SQ much doubt on this point that it has been necessary to as­ sure the public from time to time that everything was in the best possible con­ dition under the circumstances, and that doubtless all would be in readiness on the appointed day. Now, a'ter an­ other careful examination of everything and interviews with all the heads of de­ partments on whom the opening actual­ ly depends, it is ppssible to assert that when the Fair opens on May 1 it will be in a far better condition than any world's fair ever held. "I declare." said Director General Davis recently, "that If the exhibitors will keep up the hurry that is now going on May 1st will find the Exposition nearer a complete whole than its most sanguine friend expected. There never yet was a World's fair that was entire­ ly ready on the day of its opening. I do not suppose any intelligent person expects that. But, in spite of unex­ pected hindrances, in spite of unfore­ seen opposition, we are ahead. I do not wish to overstate the situation." And so it was with all others. Every man having control of any department that could in any way promote or im­ pede the opening has staked his repu­ tation for veracity and ability on the result, and nothing on the ^ub~'ect now remains to be said. On the Manufactures Building men ( are working day and night, stopping ' only for their meals. The exhibits are rapidly being placed, and everything is very satisfactory. The same may be said of the Transportation and Elec­ tricity Buildings, the Liberal Arts, the Agricultural and Mines and Mining Buildings, aud of the various State and foreign buildings. Nobody connected with any of them hac any time to waste in worrying, and there certainly teems no need for it. Armies of men are at Work everywhere, exhibits are bein^ rapidly placed and everybody (ays things are satisfactory. Machinery Halt presents the busiest liogs. For these, cs well as for the special nt- tractioiiB on Midway Pialsance, a small fee will be charged. Imposition or extortion of any description will not be tolerated. Free medical and emergency hospital service is provided on the grounds by the Exposition management. The Bureau of Public Comfort will provide commodious free waiting rooms, including npacious ladies' parlor and toilet rooms in various parts of the grounds. ii. N. HIUINBOXHAM, President. Fifteen Tltonnxnd Men at Work. According to the c!osest possible es­ timates, 15,000 m»n went to work at Jackson park Monday, an increase of over 1,100 over the strongest force that has been inside the gates since dedica­ tion. Director of Works Burnham was in a very comfortable frame of mind over ihe settlement of labor troubles and the subsequent increased activity in all the construction and installation THE WORLD 8 FAIR GATE. forces. "We have a full force in the department of works," he said in answer to a query, "and are mov­ ing along all right. I should say we had 3,0(0 men of our own besides the labor employed by con­ tractors on .exposition work. That in­ cludes the landscape, installation, color and car,- entry divisions. The con­ tractors have all their old men baek and a good many more besides. It would be hard to say without an actual count Just how many men are at work inside the fence and on the plaisanoe, but it is enough to make things move along at a lively pace." boint. Immigrants who are not vacci­ nated are immediately made to undergo that operation. Every immigrant who has a blotch upon his cheek, a bad breath or a very red nose watches in apprehension until the inspectors have passed him. When the immigrants t ome in lots of 200 or 300 two inspectors go out forty or fifty miles, over in In- • • diana, to meet them, and in order to Ihave time to inspect eaoh one thor­ oughly. A 4 Health Commissioner Dr. John D. ."Ware thinks 4.he system Is very near perfect. He believes that no cholera tan reach Chicago from Europe, so per­ fect ate the systems of Inspection. "Wo have been inspecting trains for about half a year," said Dr. Ware, "but our hew system has been in force only for about two weeks. We have now eight Inspectors under Chief Inspector ur. H. B. Wiborg. They are all young graduates of medical colleges, and Ihey enjoy the work, although it is | hard. The railroads all send us tele- j grams informing us how many immi-.l grants each «rain will have on board, I and we prepare to meet them. The ' telegrams always tell us how many ! people are coming on the trains, and we | go out far enough so that we can handle all of them. When we board a train we immediately look out for the immi­ grants. We make them ail show their New York quarantine certificates. These certificates are made out by the Government surgeons at Elilo island, and state that the bearer has been ex­ amined and found free from contagious diseases, and also that he has been vac­ cinated. You see, all' the immigrants are now vaccinated on the boats when they come over. Their baggage is thoroughly fumigated and disinfected lit Ellis island, eo we don't have to look after it. Tho certificates show the name of the bearer and his destination: If he is coming to Chicago we take up bis certificate, which is registered at the office, and the man is kept in view. If the Immigrant has no certificate and has not been vaccinated, we vaccinate him, but such cases are rare. We can easily tell a sick man. if any of the im­ migrants looks sick or has marks or 6ores upon his face, we inspect him thorough­ ly. If he proves to have only sores, but nothing that is contagious, we let him go. It he has any contagious dis­ ease we stop him at the railroad sta­ tions and telephone the office for; in­ structions. Most all of such patients are taken to the pest house, at 26th street and California avenue. We look only for cholera, small-pox, measles and such dangerous contagious dis­ eases. You can see that our system is ftearly perfect. No train reaches Chi­ cago without such inspection. "Aside from an inspection there is the quarantine in New York. It is* practi­ cally impossible for any person suffer­ ing from a contagious disease to get through there. Then if he comes by way of Detroit, Pittsburg or Buffalo he meets other inspectors. We don't get much of a chance at the really sick people." TOWNS LAID IN RUI*I9« TerrlSo Cyclones at Work !® Sections of the West. A fearful cyclone passed over parts of Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska Tuesday afternoon, between 3 and 5 o'clock. It struck at Akron and West- field, in Plymouth County, Iowa, at 3 o'clock. At 4:40 o'clock lt*stiuck at Page, Neb., about 100 miles west of the other places. At Akron the sky became dark about 2 o'clock, so that lamps had to be lighted. The storm came down suddenly from the northeast, and In a few minutes Akron was almost in ruins. The storm covered a wide path--the Iron wagon bridge across the Sioux was torn to pieces, th$ great iron trusses being twisted and broken; houses were unroofed or carried from their founda­ tions and destroyed. The grain elevator Was torn to pieces, and the whirlwind carried its debris across the street, de­ positing it where a lumber yard had been. A #ood part of the lumber yard was left where the elevator had been. Several cars loaded with stone standing on a side track were picked up and car­ ried several rods. Several stone build­ ings were partly wrecked and unroofed. The storm followed the Sioux valley couth to Westfield. Its path was marked by demolished houses and barns. Two persons, a man and his Wife, were killed at one farm-house. The names ere not yet known. Several others were badly Injured and many horses and cattle were killed. No reports are received of any devastation between these plaees and Page, Neb., where the storm demol­ ished the Pacific Short Line depot and Several houses, blew cars off the track, and in ured a woman and a boy. The names are not known. The woman's injuries are serious. The only reports are from the railroad. Th-j storm pro­ gressed a distance of 200 miles in an hour and forty minutes. At Page City, Mo., the cyclone struck about 6 o'clock with fearful results. Many buildings were wrecked, and Dearly all suffered more or less damage. It is known that three lives have been lost and at least a score of persons have been injured. Meager dispatches received from the southern part of Kansas state that a cyclone passed over that part of the State, and that Ae three towns of Willis, Everest, and Powhattan were laid in ruins. Hail broke hundreds of windows, and, It is feared, spoiled pros­ pects of a fruit crop this year. Near Robinson the 14-year-old son of E. P. Pelton, a wealthy merchant, was stiuok by lightning and instantly killed. A terrific rain, wind and hail storm struck Burlington, Iowa. The electric lights went out, and Egyptian darkness reigned. Torrents of rain fell. A storm lasting thirty minutes did thou­ sands of dollars' worth of damage at Paris, Texas. Several stores were un­ roofed and flooded. WHEAT MARKET BOBBING. The Small Fry Milked by the Chicago Ex­ perts. May wheat bounced up 3 V cents Tues­ day in Chicago, and then dropped back 3 cents. July advanced 2^ and de­ clined 1 cent. The government report (77.4) is the lowest April condition with one exception since 188}. Cables were exceedingly strong, spot red winter wheat being up 2Ad. in Liverpool, equal to 3 cents a bushel over night. Coiin- selman & Day and Lester bid the May price up, evidently making or trying to make the pace rather hot for Pard- ridge or other sports. The decline was on ihe idea that May bulls were free sellers of July taken* on during the past few days at a lower price. Corn opened steady, but eased off later in sympathy with wheat and oats. May Btartcd £ cent higher, at 41$ cents, and d»*'ined to 402 to 41 cents. Oats were WP'blg trade InMpM. Hie \ 'the anxiety iUkMP tlis :«Mts • was a a great deal of land plowed up for wheat • w i l l i n t o o a t s b e c a u s e o f t h e f a i l u r e Of wheat. The decline amounted to 1 cent from last night's figures. Pro- Visions were easier on the liberal re­ ceipts of hogs. - CONDITIONS FAVOR CROPS. Reports of the Grain States Sent to the Agricultural Department. The Washington crop bulletin says: The week has been unusually warm ovor tho uOiiiLeati Staltjo, th© central valleys, southern portion of the lake re­ gion, and the Middle Atlantic States. The week was slightly cooler than uoucbi iu tud Spriu^-rTucttt ill* eluding the greater portion of Minne­ sota and the Dakotas. It was cooler than usual throughout th€i Pacific coast and plateau regions. Reports indicate that there is a deficiency of moisture throughout the cotton region and the east portion of the winter-wheat re­ gion. while there is an excess of moist­ ure in the fpring-wheat region. The week has been espec'ally favorable for farm work, and corn and cotton plant­ ing Is progressing. Following are the special telegraphic report?: Indiana--Weather favorable to all crops and farm work; wheat, clover and graasss wintered fairly well, and but little damaged: fruit In promising condition, except peaches; farm work far advanced; oats nearly all sown. Y Wheat improved over northern section; slightly injured by high dry winds over the re­ mainder or the state; oat needing and potato planting nearly completed; plowing for corn in general progress; increased acreage of oats andcorn. Michigan Weather favorable for crops: plowing Is perioral,'and oat sowing In progress in southern se-'tion. Wisconsin Winter wheat, rye, clover, and stock have seldom wintered better; plowing la progressing and some seeding done. Minnesota--Dyins in northwest portion where ground is covered with snow; seeding juHt !<e<-'un In central portion, general in southern portion; winter wheat looks well Iowa--Season opens two weeks earlier than last year; email srrain nearly all sown; condi­ tion of winti r wheat variable. North Dakota--Plowing and seeding In west portion fairly started; ground too wet in east portion. fcouth Dakota--Wheat and oat sowing begun In north and general in south; season from ten to fifteen days late; seeding and general crop prosiect e excellent. Kansas Week favorable to spring work and all crops, except In west, where much wheat and some oats and bnr.ey ore not spronted; corn planting in eastern counties. Missouri--Work being rushed; grass looking fine; wheat promises poorly; plowing for corn commenced; oat-sowing progressing; fruit prospects excellent. Illinois--Wheat badly damaged; considerable beinx plowed under for oats; com and oat seed­ ing completed in central and southern por­ tions, and nearly completed in northern por­ tion; truit prospects good; some com and potatoes planted; meadows and pastures good. Telegraphic Clicks. SIXTEEN ca3es of cholera are reported in Ualicia. , DAVID D. LUM, A well-known anarch­ ist, died at New York. MAYOR EUSTIS, of Minneapolis, vetoed the eight-hour ordinance. SECRETARY MORTON paid a visit to the fleet in Hampton -Roads, M. DE GANDOIIIIE, the noted botanist, died at Geneva, Switzerland. OTTO ANDERSON and Oscar Swenson were asphyxiated by gas at Boston. AN earthquake with an eruption of yfellow mud has occurred in Servia.. THE Republican National Committee meets at Louisville, Ky., on May 10. AMBASSADOR BAYARD will sail for his post in England ^n about a ir onth. Ex-Gov. MCGRATH, of South Caro­ lina, died at Charleston, aged 80 years. THE Bhode Island Legislature is a tie, and twenty-aix seats remttin to be filled. SCORES of farm buildings were blown down near Fort Wayne during a wind storm., o ON July 1 South Carolina will operate Ml plaees in the State for the sale of liquor. TIMOTHY HOPKINS has been awarded Mrs. Hopkins-Searles' $1,000,003 Cali­ fornia estate. SIV&RE earthquake shocks have been experienced a few miles south of Albu­ querque, N. M. A CASE of typhus fever developed in the West Sixty-eighth street police sta­ tion at New York. • SOCIALISTS made a demonstration in Brussels during the celebration of King Leopold's birthday. THE dally receipts at ths Postoffice Department of applications for post- offices amount to 2,000. THE Lilly block at Waterbury, Conn., was damaged $70,000 by fire. Occupants suffered $80,000 loss. ELEVEN Mexican cattle thieves were pursued by a posse from Mon Clova, Mex., and were captured. PETER WHITE, who was identified with the development of ths Irish wool­ en trade, died in Dublin. SUPT. WILLTAM SAMUEiiS was burned to death In a mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., by a gas pocket Igniting. THE New York Assembly has passei a bill abolishing electrocution and all forms of eapital punishment. A. R. SUTTON, who forged whisky warehouse receipts at Louisville, wae held to trlal ln $i5,000 bonds. MINO LOK, a New York Chinaman, cues Chu Sue Blain, a brother Celestial, for $35,000 damages for slander. THE Southern California fruit exhibit for the World's Fair was demolished in a wreck near Albuquerque, N. M. THE case of Dr. Br ggs will come up at the meeting of the Presbyterian As­ sembly at Washington on May 3. M. PATENOTRE, the French Embassa> dor at Washington, has leased the Blaine residence on Dupont Circle. J. JEFFEOATS, a farmer of Pickens, Miss., was lynched by a mob after he had confessed to having murdered his wife. A REGISTERED letter containing $4,000 was stolen from the mail between New York and Babylon, L. I. There is no clue to the thief. JEREMIAH O'ROTTRKE, of New Jersey, has been appointed supervising archi­ tect of the Treasury Department, vic« J. W. Edbiooke, resigned. M. TOCET, the French aeronaut, anc his two companions, who fell into the sea in a balloon voyage from Brussels, were rescued by a fishing smack. JOHN MORIABITY, of Anderson, Ind.. suspected Col. Struts of being one of t party who stoned his house. Meeting Struts, Moriarity drew a pistol and shoi the Colonel dead. CONSTABLE MCINTYRE, of Louisville, Col., received a notice, on which was marked a skull and crossbones, warn- in« him to leave the city or he would b« dealt severely with. THE Governor of French Cochic China telegraphs that tho French troops took possession of Knono Island, in the Mekong liiver. The Siamese withdrew without offering any resistance. AN unknown sneak thief stole from s suite of rooms in the "Windsor Hotel. . New York, while the occupants were at dinner, jewelry and cash said to rep­ resent at least $5,000. Mrs. Wm. H, Burnet and daughter, of Chicago, are the victims. PRINCE FERDINAND of Bulgaria ia devoting his time ^and money to prep­ arations for maintaining a magnificent court in Sofia after his marriage to Princess Marie Lbuise, daughter of the Duke of Parina. He has bought 700 gala liveries for lackeys, several gala coaches, eighty horses, and many valu­ able paintings. SHORT-LIVED STRIKE; WORLD'S PAIR LABOR LEADER!,. ARB SATISFIED. * KxpoeiUoo OSeitto Grant a Xtabaoa Ba# ef Wages and PMi Walking Deleg* Stake No Distinction Between Union JJon-Uiilon. Work (jloai Merrily Oa. Twelve hours saw ths beginning Ihe peaceful ending of a strike at World's Fair that involved ail unio: _ workmen within the gated, to the num­ ber of four thousand or more, and im^, . periled the successful opening of th§ uAjiuBliiuu. Tile BHiueuiaui ealisua^ the laborers and the Exposition authori| . ties and was effected in a conferencf that lasted nearly all day, with shori|' • 'Jyji Intervals for consultation on both sideei§; ; By its terms the union men gain * minimum rate of wages, are al!ow«4 " passes for their delegates, with th#v< C- Sjj privilege of entering the grounds an<| * talking with their tradesmen at any * time. The Exposition gains its con*: ' ' _ :-i tention that no discrimination shout#' , be made as between union and non*> - union labor. A In obedience to the order of the Build# -• • * 'M ing Trades Council, 4,000 union jot*' * sM chanlcs employed at the World'sTailt ' >• J grounds quit work--or rather Jailed to * ^ go to woik--at 8 o'clock Monday morn«y Ing. The trades represented were th^ „ *3 -.J carpenters, painters, ornamental iron-"." ,'1 u.Jj workers, hodcarriers, tin and sheet- > Iron-workers, cornice-workers, steamw, » ,; fitters, gaslitters, electrical workers^ . ,,V| tile workers, mosaic-workers, latheraL $£ \ gas and electrical fixture-bangers, ce*« ' > , ment-finishers, iresco-painters, hoists*# ^ ' \'p Ing engineers, marble-cutters, gia\el*( 'h roofers and other smaller trades. A§> | 10 o'clock 1,500 electrical workei joined the -strikers. The brlckiayor ^ stonecutters, and plasterers were not in#; volved. . r*", For some time there was no violence and the men confined themselves toftV - growling and to making stump speeche|f A at which they were listuned to by small - crowds of workmen. At 8 o'clock hflljf _ a dozen delegates entered the groundij and started to make a tour of th||::-v buildings. During the trip their numft f ' bers were increased until there was i|' .. long procession of the men. The leadHf < ers, tearing that the men might get intjjfr . * mischief, ordered them to disperse^-iju, , This order was shown to be a wise one*.' . as a few minutes later several of thi'^; strikers met some men who had recently - ly baen forced to join the union. Thesji'-v \ men were at work and the strikerfTT ordered them to quit. They re5*'*- fused and a f=mall fight was started* Some Columbian Guards came to th§f:!,v rescue and drove the strikers awajp; When this was reported to Mr. BurniT ham he gave prompt orders that afltW, delegates found interfering with ths workmen or trying to induce them tft*" ouit wefe should be put off the grounds^---- This order was promptly put In force; ' ' and the patrol wagon was kept busy. ' It also prevented any trouble in the grounds. The men claimed that the council of- , administration of the World's Fair ha{|> • broken faith with the allied trades upo$#?r the arbitration question. GIGANTIC FRAUDS UNEARTHED The.Minnesota senate Springs Another Sensation on the Country. The Senate committee, at St. Paul, Investigating the charges of fraud in the sale and • taxation of Minnesota lands, has presented its report. It is the most sensational report ever made by a legislative committee and all based on sworn testimony. Frauds and conspiracies most gigantic and far- reaching are Bald to have been un­ earthed. It is claimed that the Stats has been defrauded, directly and indi­ rectly, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and many persons hitherto . • above suspicion are said to be involve^ and besmirched by the committee'!^ findings. One instance is a case wherS' ' the timber on a piece of school land, estimated by the best judges to havs been worth $7,525, was sold for a palt $175. Some of the best pine land the State is eaid to have bee| falsely certified as swamp lane, and then patented to the railroads, an4 by them to the parties back of th#' deal. Innumerable cases of falss homestead entries, soldiers' pre-emp­ tions and Indian allotments, all mads on powers of attorney by men of straw In the interests of the corporations, ar{r said- to have been disclosed. Vasp tracts of land and vast quantities o£ standing and cut pine are said to have escaped the tax rolls, and one interest* oint is that there are miles of rail- the woods used for other pur­ poses tLin for transporting logs alone, which are not mentioned by the as­ sessor, and which are not reached as personal property, nor do they pay any -, gross earnings tax. The law which is designed to prevent corporations from acquiring more than 5,000 acres of land Is said to be a dead letter in the pine regions. The report says it is hardly possible to calculate the sums the Statto and Btate institutions have lost in th(T: alleged pine-lanJ Manipulations, nor is it possible that any considerable por­ tion of it can be recovered. , ft • : " i :1 ing poic road in GETTING READY FOR WAR.. r.iiraiy to Be Bloodshed at Morganfield, Kentucky. Ths excitement over the Oliver trage­ dy at Morganfield and Sturgls, in Unso^ . County, Kentucky, has not abated, ana the entire country is still worked u|S over the affair. It was given out as a fact that friends of the Olivers and other Sturgis citizens have organized jfc body to lynch the prisoners if justice is not administered properly at the exan#> ing trial. It Is also stated that friend* of the prisoners have organized and will resist any such atteor pt. Taylor Oliver* the wounded father, is still hovering be­ tween life and death. It is believed that his death will tend to further excite the mob, and violence will then be feared more than ever. The iflnth man wanted ' by the authorities is Frank Carter, anps\ It is reported that Detective Henry; Spencer has captured him. Howeve^, " he has not arrived in Morganfield. ThS 1 guard at the Morganfield jail ha3 been doubled. IS READY TO ADJOURN. Senate Takes Steps to Bring the Session to an End. Members of the Senate believe thai President Cleveland has made all ths appointments he desires confirmed at •£' the present session, and the SenatjjhJ!r Monday took steps toward adjournment* The Senate agreed to a resolution of- " " fered by Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, fof ( the appointment of a committee to wait upon the President and inform him that ' unless he has some further communico^f-;' J tlon to make, the Senate is ready to adw. . Journ without delay. A motion to ro»r consider was subsequently made by Mi,f;. Hoar, of Massachusetts, and was tered. r r ' * * T " t i t t # " 1 t o l * I * •U - \ » - ; * 5 r '* < Y "iT" *'* 4 <-s . 'v ^ ' - - * Z ' i d r /lT •jr'V: mm ^ 'M 'J ^ >, Cholera in European Landii Sixteen eases of choTera are ri from different parts of Galicia. Ths latest report from L'Orient says thajfc, there were ten deaths from cholera, there on Sunday. The Hamburg Seit|' ate has sent eight physicians to Cux* haven with instructions that they adogp energetic measures against inward* bound vessels infected with cholera. if*? » , ! i*. .4,