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raLTrt, '"' if'i i i'"'i f" i"""11 Jixnior^ RAGOEii EDGE . JTESTERN UNION AND BTLL TELEPHONE ARE OUT. fajr • W»»- r*orla*s W»tw Tower Bum with htol %MolMh«r the VMte to D*th-S««tlj J* i-3 \ > sh mifik -. rf.' & m.' ' »£r * i •ffi: H' Wi?: ; Giants *ay FlffMb ' THE Western Union Tetegra^® t38tl*» yany and the Bell Telephone (Company lire on the verge of a legal batt'c Their community of interests has sus- 1e.ined a truce that has now become much worn by the ravages of inherent antagonism. The whole network of t-ham harmony is threat­ ened with total collapse. It re­ mains for time to reveal whether diplomacy can avert what promises to l»e the giant corporation struggle of the era. The present upheaval, which l*a< not yet taken definite shape, is in­ terwoven with the merged histories of the two concerns very intimately, and lias been brewing sinee 1879, the year the Bell company assumed position a? :rf |t rival for business. Barled by an AvnlMeheb • ' ! ": Three families,consisting altoglflfftr ; between twelve and fourteen per­ sons, were buried by the snowslides near Wallace, Idaho, Thursday. Their bodies are buried under thousands of turns of snow, and any possibility of Sy of them being rescued alive is out the question. The snow accumulated «D the mountains to a depth of sixty tffeet, and the late rains caused the huge nass to move at several places. A sec­ tion 300 feet in length, near Black Bear mine, became detached and startei down the steep mountain side. Before the inhabitants of the eabinfc in its path ; eould get away the avalanche was upon them. • War til the Palmetto State. , ' THE expected has happened, and the ttter animosities, gtirred up by the en-lavor to enforce the dispensary law in South Carolina has resulted in a bloody clash between citizens and con- j Stabulary. A fight took place between citizens and constables at the railway j •tation in Darlington, Friday after- i noon, as the constables were leaving town, and four men were killed ana three desperately wounded. Colorado's Gold ^elds' Prod art. THE enormous increase in the devel* Opment of the fields in Colorado is shown by the report of the United States Mint at Denver for March. The total value of gold bullion received at the mint for the month was $320,187, ail increase of $208,655 over the corre­ sponding month of last year. The re­ ceipts -since Jan. 1 are $730,926, an in­ crease over the same period last year $448,063. L ; 1" Caaaot BMOM CI thorn. JTTDGR DALLAS has filed an In the United States Circuit Court at Philadelphia, holding that Chinamen eaanot be naturalized. Judge Dallas days that the act of Congress of May H, 1882, entitled "an act to execute cer­ tain treaty stipulations relating to Chi­ nese," forbids the admission of Chinese to citizenship at any time after its pas- sage, and iastiii in'force. j>', , r; * BREVITIES^"* " * HARKY LEE, claiming to be a broth- ; 0c of General Robert E. Lee, applied lor shelter at the Galesburg, III., po­ lice station. Six HUNDRED cigarmakers employed by Eugene Vallens & Co., Chicago, vent on strike Thur: day on account of the discharge of one of their number, Albert St. Cyre, for coming late to work. 1*0, '• Yf ®S¥; $ T' $ £ , | i A G E N E R A L s t r i k e o f t h e 1 0 , 0 0 0 c o k e •K' ] workers and miners of the Connells- >; «.•< ' ^iUe, Pa., region was ordered by the ; executive committed of the United ^ - Mine workers, t> go into effect next ,r;. ' > ' Monday. ^ - t THREE workmen were killed and five £ Seriously injured Friday afternoon r', fi while tearing away an old bridge con- |^'-5; fffejvliecting the east and west wards of f / f ' Jiadford, Va. This structure fell car- ; s * „ *ying the eight men with it. • , AG.A. R. DELEGATION represent- Ing.the State of Michigan arrived at "Pittsburg, Fa., to secure quarters for ? the State Department during the an- ^ total encampment next fall. The dele- Stion also arranged for headquarters •Judge Charles D. Long, who is a candidate for Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army. # A SPECIAL from Middle town, Md., gives particulars of a frightful dash 4own South Mountain of a runaway team of six horses driven by Albert liilier. The rubber on the wag-on broke; the saddle horse, a valuable an­ imal, fell »qd broke his neck, throwing Mr. Miller wad so injuring- him that he Bowjigsja a comato ie condition, with bis death anticipated; most appalling disaster Peorte, 111. j has known since the wreck of the steamer Frankie Fol-om, three years if «" ago, occurred Friday morning. An ;> Immense standpipe belonging to the f ' \ . F 0 o r i a W a t e r C o m p a n y s u d d g p l y t m r s t , £} K ©auaine terrible damage. One boy w •' ^ was kuled and at least ten other per- sons were seriously injured. In addi- to this fiye houses and bams were I^T^' • Crushed, several Others were swept - Irom their foundations and an immense jC; » ^ amount of damage 1f»s done to sur- * bounding property. & *}' , Israel JOHNSON, colored, was hang- R* A#. %d at Union Springs, Ala., for the mur- , Uf ' • of Wash Roberta. •' ^ ^ It. ' THIS year's appropriation for Chj- •v • «ago harbor and river improvements been fixed at $80,000 by the Housa committee. THE President has approved the act to regulate the making of property re­ turns by officers oi the government, ; the act repeaung section 311 of the re­ vised statutes, and the act for a charter Bridge Com^Jy Neb~skl Pont«>" ' EASTERN, |bBV. SYLVESTER MALOWE, of Brook- to succeed the late Bishop Mc- Nlernv, of Albany, as Regent of the University of the State of New York. WILLIAM ZELL, the absconding Sec­ retary and Treasurer of the Lehigh •nd Wiikesbarre Coal Company, who Mil away with $93,000 on Jan. 19, ha? Surrendered to the New York police, having spent all the money. JUDGE BUTLRR in the United States Circuit Court at- Philadelphia, has decidM that the sugar trust did not . of gfeveriiittsnt broturfct an! jMee of having too tfust the grotmd that the econbi nation wa» oontrary to law. JAMKS CAULFUELD, a reportar on a Brooklyn newapaper, has suddenly be­ come totally blind in an extraordinary manner. He lost his sUrht through a flash of light of darling tntensity from a trollev wire of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company. Caulllela came out of a restaurant and stopped on the sidewalk to light a cigar. A trolley car came rapidly along. When nearly opposite CaulBeld the trolley wheel slipped from the wire. There came a vivla flash. Caulflcld threw his head back with a cry of pain. "Take that looking-glass from my eyes," he ex- olaifflaa. and he was totally blirulH ' 1 \ :r * "WESTEM^tc ' JUDGE GLYNN, in the Denver Dis­ trict Circuit Court, dismissed the con­ tempt and quashed the injunction against Mayor Van Horn and Fire and Police Commissioners Barnes and Mullin, and empowered the latter to assume their duties, to which they had been appointed by Governor Waite, at once. EMMA CARLSON, of Tacama, Wash., was arrested on arriving at St. Paul on her way to Sweden. The arrest was made in answer to a telegram from the Chief of Police of Tacoma. who tele graphed he had a warrant for her and that the requisition papers would be forthcoming. The girl is charged with the larceny of $8,000, but denies com­ plicity in the crime. W. J. CLIFFORD, a mail carrier, was fatally shot by an ex-mail carrier named Guy T. Olmstesd at the corner of Madison and Clark streets. Chica­ go. Clifford was at work on his mail route when the shooting occurred. Olmstead walked up behind him and placing his revolver close to the back of his victim's head fired. An immense and wiidlv excited crowd gathered about the busy corner almost instantly, and wild threat! of lynching were in­ dulged in. THE development of the oil fields of Central Wyoming has been greatly im­ peded because of the inability to secure : reasonable freight rates for transport- I ing oil. A company composed inostly ! of St. Louis capitalists is to lay a pipe | line to run oil from the Salt Creek wells through Or in Junction to Fort I Laramie From this point it is pro­ posed to ship the oil in barges down the Platte and Missouri Rivers to St. Louis, where it will be refined and put on the market. * WHEAT jumped 3 cents a..bushel in about as many minutes on the Chicago Board of Trade, Wednesday. The weather wai the prime factor. Some of the morning papers had exciting crop-damage reports, and these were re-enforeed by quite a run of the same kind of news through private dis­ patches received on the floor. Thepit was aflame with excitement. The market went up from 58f cents early to 614 cents, and closed at 00| cents. But other markets did not follow us fully. Liverpool was quoted lower, and there wa^ free selling against calls, all of which led to a reaction of H cents, followel by a good recovery. IT is estimated by a San Francisco expert who has made a special study of the subject that it has cost this gov­ ernment $600 for every one of the 1,50J Chinese deported to China tinder the exclusion act. On the other hand, it is notorious that the cost of smuggling a Chinaman from Hong Kong to this country by way of Victoria does not exceed $300. Prior to the recent stringent regulations on the northern border the quotation price for importing coolies unlawfully was $200 a head. There is believed to be something rotten in the Govern­ ment procedure for deporting Chinese, which honest investigation would bring to light. Among other things, investigation would show why many coolies ordered back by the Federal Court are al'owed to remain in the country, and why the steamship com­ panies who have unlawfully brought thousands of coolies into to* urantrjr have escaped penalties. M- 80UTHBRN. WILLIAM INGRAHAM, a young farm­ er, was married near Evergreen, Ala. He ani his bride were serenaded at midnight by a band of villagers with horse fiddles, horns, and tin pans. Ingraham became incensed at the joke and rushed out of the house with an ax, which he threw into the crowd of serenaders. It struck a small boy named James Dixon and cut his spinal column through. The boy died and Ingraham has surrendered. NEWS has reached Dallas, Texas, of the assassination late the other even­ ing of Captain Thomas H. Dunn, su­ perintendent .of the Olive iron mines near Llano^ Texas. His body was found three miles from the mine. He had been shot through the head. Cap­ tain Dunn during the day had been to the town of Llano and drawn $800 to pay off the miners. The assassins took the money and what jewelry their vic­ tim possessed. Captain Dunn was a native of Virginia and recently went to Texas from Birmingham, Ala. The body will be shipped t5 Virginia. Sher­ iff (Ligon and posse are on the trail of the murderers with bloodhounds. A DELEGATION of Mormons has ar rived in the Degolado district, situ­ ated in the northern part of Chihua­ hua, Mexico, and is making the pre­ liminary arrangements to establish there another colony of several thou­ sand polygamous Mormons. The new settlers will come from Salt Lake and other parts of Utah. The concession which the Mormon leaders have ob­ tained from the government is a lib­ eral one and embraces 2,745,(500 acres of rich agricultural lands in one body. If the plans now under way are com­ pleted in time there will be a great ex­ odus of Mormons from the United States to Mcxicc this fall ' WASHINGTOH : &' •••?&/- » . . . " ( n - I Tfife pension rolls will be ^reafwy en­ larged by a decision of Assistant Secre­ tary of the Intarior Reynolds an­ nounced Tuesday. It is one of the mofft important made by the present administration and will admit to the rolls the names of a large number of insane, idiotic and permanently help­ less minor children of deceased soldiers, where the pensions ceased by reason of the children attaining the age of ltt years prior to the act of June 27, 1890, the decision holding that the act of l&'JO has the effect of restoring these dependent persons to the rolls during life or a continuance of the disability. WASHINGTON dispatch: President Cleveland's decision in the case of the Navy Department against Carnegie, Phipps & Co. was made public Monday, it is in effect a conviction of the work­ men in the employ of that corporation of an attempt to defraud the United otates Government for the benefit of varnegie, Phipps A Co. it was the workmen who stopped up blow-holes with plugs, who " fixed " . irwiHKa nlettacui 4ftwaby tl ecutive to 1110,000, Phipps * Co. aland dear worn aa martyrs to ttis dishonest al­ truism of mechanics earning, about 50 a day. The report cauted some wondeviaent in the House when ttiwaa delivered in response to the demand of Congressman Amos CummingB, com­ mittee. THE marriage of M. JuleePatenotre, French Ambassador to timsv Unlted States, to Miss Eleanor LoitSae ElVer- son, daughter of James Elveraon, pub­ lisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Golden Days and Saturday Night, took place at Mr. Elversoa's residence, 2024 Walnut street. Philadelphia, Tuesday at 2 p. m. Sir Julian Pauncefbte, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador, and Prince Cantaouzane, the Rus­ sian Ambassador, Were witnesses for the groom, and the Major, Edwin S. StuaM, ana James Elverson, Jr., broth­ er of the bride, were witnesses for the bride. The French Consul was also present in an official capacity. After the usual congratulations an elaborate wedding breakfast was served to the guests, thO dignitaries sitting at the bride's table and the rest at that of the hostess. Afterward the couple left on a wedding tour of a few weeks. When they return to Washington they will occupy the magnificent new legation building which the Ambassador has fitted up for his bride at great cost and with that display of taste for whioh his nation is known the world over. FOREIGN. THE government of Portugal has feet* fused to surrender insurgent refugees to the Brazilian government. A DISPATCH dated Havana to Presi­ dent Win son, of the Boston Towboat Company, from the captain of the steamer Orion says that the United States steamer Kearsarge has been blown up and burned by the natives. Marchh 15 the Orion was fitted out with every appliance needed to float the wrecked corvette off Ron- cador reef. The steamer reached the reef March* 21 and found matters as abave stated. The remnants of the hull below the water line were wrecked and broken and showed the effect of the explosion. Previous to the destruo- tion of the vessel the natives of San Andres Island rifled the wreck of ev­ erything movable. AMBASSADOR BAYARD has beien pressing upon -the1 attention of the British Foreign Office the necessity of speedy action upon the proposition to replace the existing modus vivendi relative to the seal fisheries by one on broader lines to conform more closely to the decision of the arbitrators. There is - rea­ son to believe that Sir Julian Paunce- fote, the British Ambassador here, will soon receive authority to consum­ mate such an agreement, by which the small differences between the two par­ ties to the treaty respecting the extent of the closed zone will be adjusted on the basis cf the forty-second parallel. This would make it impossible for seal­ ing vessels to lawfully take seals any­ where in the Pacific north of the boundary between California and Ore­ gon ̂ ter MayJL__^___ ^ ; .. IN QENBRAE. \ "/ GILES, CLOUGH & Co., will build an­ other glats factory at Redkey, Ind.,. SIXTY foreign countries were repre­ sented at the World's Fair by exhibits valued at $28,000,000. IN relation to the charges against L. A. Dodge, Appraiser at Boston, the special agents have reported to the Treasury that there was much direct testimony showing great looseness in the conduct of the affairs of the Ap­ praiser's office in some respects, and an utter disregard of the customs regu­ lations. FRESH WATER BAY, outside of St. Johns (N. F.) harbor, on Saturday filled with ice, among which plenty of seals were seen. Men from all parts ol the coast went to hunt them and met with fair success throughout the day. In the evening the wind changed to west­ erly and drove the ice off again. Most of the men who went out were on the ice field when the wind changed,but the greater number of them succeeded in reaching land. About forty were car­ ried out into open water. Measures for their relief were taken. Signal lights were burned and men were sent for steamers to go to their assistance. Another followed four hours later. During the night changes in the posi­ tion of the ice caused by currents drove some of it close to the headlands and most of the men got ashore, by swim­ ming. though eight nearly died from the cold. They reported that nine persons were far off, and all energies were devoted to rescuing these men. At last a party wa? sighted from the outer cove and a boat put off to their resque. In this party there were six men, all of whom had been frost-bitten severely. A little distance from them the rescuing boat's crew sighted three more people, of whom two were dead. a gfARKBT REPORTS. '•Si:?;' IB so « no s 26 ® 4 IS & SOS Stf & 3G & 81 ® *» «9 21*® io 00 9 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prims..., HOQ8--Shipping Grades........ BHEKP--Fair to Choioe .... WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed... Cobn-NO. % OATS--No. i. RYK-NO. 2 MUTT KB--Choice Creamery Eaos--Fresh POTATOES--Per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping 8 00 0 * W HOGS--Choice Light.... 9 00 0 4 76 SHEEP-Common to Prims...., 3 00 s 80 WHEAT--No. 2 Red « » CORK--NO. 2 White 87 9 OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOU& CATTLE Hoo* WHEAT--NA 2 Bed. COE^--NO. 2 OAWlS--NA "fr • ! R* E--No. 'jl.'.Y.Y.'/: "'A'. Y.YJ.'.'* CINCINNATI. CATTLE... 87 S3 X& STARTS FROM MASSILLON, #HIO, , WITH ABOUT (BO MEN. | ' IJ..S . . ' :* ' Cm--de Agabit the National Capital Begun Cnder Dleeoaraglag Ctrcam- itMMw--Crowds of 8fMtoton 1Jb> THE ~ Roads--Soeaeo In Camp at Cntoa •0 *t » 3» 11 UX 3 CO & 4 7* a U) &690 •H1" " Commonweal * Sets Forth. Ooxey's army of the commonweal Uft Massillon, Ohio, Sunday forenoon, night had covered the first miles of the long heralded march to Washington. A Caoton, Ohio, dis- fMtoli mys that as the column passed through the public square of the city of its Mrth there were just 122 peo­ ple 0$ foot, in wagons, or horseback. The iiMional colors were carried at the head of the column by Sam John­ son, a Massillon negro. Carl Browne came next, mounted on a splendid white horse weighing nearly 2,( 03 pounds. He wore high top boots, corduroy trousers, a buckskin jacket, a fur overcoat, and a big sombrero. Doc Kirk- land, of Pittsburg, was Close behind With two aids. Then came Coxey in his phaeton, with a coachman driving a spirited team. Ami. Coxey, her little son Legal Tender, and her sister, Miss Jones, drove with tuoui t>G wo urst Stopk A light running gear, having a speaker's platform, was next. It is to accommodate Carle Browne and his panorama illustrating his harangue against the national oanking system as the monster of the age. Lew Smith, the great unknown, headed the f-ection of footmen. He is the man who made such an incendiary speech in Massillon that he was not al­ lowed to speatc the second time. Peo­ ple in the crowd the firBt time he spoke thought he wa^ Fielden, the Chi­ cago anarchist, and so announced. He replied: "I am the great unknown and must remain so." He is hand­ some, commanding and well dressed and maintains good discipline. Seven­ ty-four footmen followed. A covered wagon accompanied the band of fourteen members. Two wag­ ons accompanied the tents and a com­ missary, and an ordinary farm wagon loaded with horse feed brought up the A a coxar. ®C3 If/Jl/o) i <5'® u W® thJs ri# •;*. ®y<Tj» ' 5 AT i fCMIT §R! banker CAltniBD BY COXEV'S MEN. CABl, BBOWlta. -- S 00 <2£j 4 80 Hoos:.v<.<;' 'i» § sss gfuKp %w m»» WHEAT- Now a Bed I "• «• COBN-NO. S SUM W* OATS--Mixed SSI R*E-NO. -I. .....A: SI e M ^ v DETROlir. _ . CATTtB......... 3 00 & 4 as Hoos S 00 (#4 7S SHEEP...... 200 &».n WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed M « COBN-NO. 2 Yellow............. SS • Sp OATB-NO. 2 Mixed.....!......., 83 4* S4 TObBDO, -* WHEAT-NO. 2 Red ....T.... 68J4# CORN--No. 2 87 49' ». OATS--NO. S White 82 • S4 RTE--NO. 2 " to & M BUFFALO. WHEAT-NO. 2 Red «)4 COBN--No. 2 Yellow 41 9 49 OATH-NO. 2 White... 87 & SS RIB-NO. 2 . . . . 68 <s» 65 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. sSpring........... ST?4 COBMt-NO. 8 36 0 ST OATS--No. 2 White SS «S S4 ST*--No. J..... 4S • 40 BABLET--No. 9 H f SS POKE-Mess 4... 10 78 #U* a NSW TOBX. imt so# OOS........ S» BHBEP... s«0 WWiT-Sfc 1B4ML 44 COBB--Me. 2..... 4S gATS-WlUte WenUte SS «8 ofthi^ asked to Introduce thes#: rear. The first stop was made, at Heed- urban, and here, according to the scriptural idea which Browne intro­ duces wherever possible, there was a feast of loaves and fishes--rye bread, canned salmon, and oiled sardines. After an hour's rest the order to fall in was given. There were some re­ cruits by this time--a dozen more horsemen--and probably 153 marched through the city and to Camp Lexing­ ton, just outside the city, where the night was spent. Marshal Browne says that the name, age, residence and oc­ cupation of every member is enrolled, together with a satisfactory reason for enlisting. The list was not open to Sublic gaze, but Browne indignantly enies that there is a single tramp in the company. He says that others will join in camp all along the route. Coxey is elated with the start and says a grand success is now assured. Before leaving Camp Concord at Mas­ sillon, a meeting was held. Carl Browne delivered his idea of a sermon. He read from the scriptures, selecting several pas­ sages from Reve'a- tion. He took the ground that all of the prophecies had been fulfilled. He ex­ plained the passage of the beast with seven heads and ten horns. New York, he said, was the beast, the seven heads financial con­ spiracies, and the ten horns such grasp- ing, grinding monopolies as the Stand­ ard Oil Trust, the railroad trusts* and the land trust). • . Purpose of the Nareht J. S. Coxey's "army" of utilSmpbyed was organized to march to Washington and in person demand relief from Congress. Mr. Coxey associated with him as assistant Carle Browne, of California. The work of organization was begun months a.?o. Lab .>r unions, farmers' alliances and similar or­ ganizations were invited to join intapt. All organizations were advised to pro­ cure a wagon, if possible, to carry camp utensils. Appeals to Populists and various societies throughout the country were mailed at intervals for several months. The itinerary of the trip is an inter­ esting one. It has been so arranged that day meetings can be held in lead­ ing eities where labor troubles are abundant. It is from these centers Mr. Coxey expects to secure the greatest number of recruits. Arrangements, it is said, were concluded for seven thou­ sand acres of land in Washington, owned by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, upon which the army is to camp. Ed­ itor Redstone, of the National Tocsin, is the agent. When the »rmy reaches that city, Redstone will meet it with the unemployed of Washington and vicinity and escort it to the Capitol. When these pilgrim* have surrounded the Capitol with a hollow square, they will separate into groups according to their Congressional districts, and will call upon their Representatives to come out. They will be petitioned to feed the army during its stay. An inspection of Coxey's headquar­ ters before the march began disclosed, in readiness for the march, a round tent sixty feet in diameter, used by a circus last year, two smaller tents, 24 by 40 feet in size, a commissary wagon of six or eight tons capacity, an ambu­ lance wagon, with medical and surgi­ cal appliances and numerous smaller articles for the accommodation of the army. JPhe big circus tent is to be used for sleeping quarters at night, and for the meetings en route, when the weather is too inclement for the open air. Congress will be demanded to two bills. One provides for the i of $500,000,000 in legal tender notes, to be expended by the Secretary of war at the rate of $20,000,000 a month in constructing roads in the various FATAL TO THE rRUITS. ' Country Visited by FMnfaif Cold--Drop •« Fifty D>|Wt» According to the press dispatches the recent cold snap niw beea fsML to the fruits. Throughout Illinois, Indi­ ana, Iowa and Michigan the tempera* ture has been unusually low for this season. At Anna, 111., the thermometer fell to about 20 degrees. The frost did great damage to fruit and veflmtfrib.es throughout the section. The Dips of the pears, cherries and early apples are jthought to be killed. Strawbeiries are Injured some, and there will be no peach crop whatever, thi-s freeze hav­ ing finished the ruin which the Janu­ ary eo.d snap be^an. , Cairo, 111.--The temperature here has fallen several degrees below freez­ ing. The damage to fruit growers and gardeners in this vicinity will reach many thousand dollars. Mascoutah, 111.--In two days there has been a drop in the temperature of from fifteen to eighteen degree*. Peaches, pears and plums are ruined. Detroit, Mich.--Dispatches from va­ rious sections of Michigan' report the temperature at far below the freezing point everywhere. The thermometer registers 10 degrees at Sauit Ste.Marie, 12 at Alpena. 10 at Grand Haven and 20 in Detroit. Tha cold wave in Michi­ gan is accompanied by northwest winds and light snow in some portions. Fruit-growers will suffer almost uni­ versally. St. Louis, Mo.--The freezing weather that now prevails throughout this sec­ tion of the Southwest is unprecedented for the month of March, and is causing consternation among fruit and vegeta­ ble growers, who will be heavy losers therefrom. Ice an inch thick" formed in this city, and as far south as San Angelo, Tex., it was a quarter of an inch thick. Muncie, Ind.--The temperature has dropped thirty degrees, and Muncie was visited by one of the severest bliz­ zards of the season. One grower says that all the fruit in this section of the county has been killed, which will be a loss cf thousands of dollars to farmers. Wabash, Ind.--It is believed the fruit is all killed. Wheat which had grown rank is also injured. Valparaiso, Ind.--Wheat is thought to have been killed. Burlington, la.--Easter Sunday will be memorable as the coldest in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The mercury was near zero. Many flowers -with which the churches were deco­ rated were frosted during the*night. Fruit buds suffered severely. Buffalo, Wy.--Last week's blizzard, continuing seventy hours, has never been approached in severity by any other storm in this locality. Traffic £s entirely suspended, and communication by wire with the outside world has only just been restored. Snow is drift­ ed Jfrom ten to twenty feet deep in ev­ ery direction. The loss of stock is terrible. St. Paul, Minn.--The temperature reached the vicinity of six degrees be­ low zero, which was the lowest record for the month. DENOUNCE BRECKINRIDGE. ?*** t 1 Social Purity League of New Tock Wants Cyngress to Expel Him. The fourth annual business meeting and.election of officers of the National Christian League for the Protection of Social purity was held in New York at the headquarters of the league, 33 East 22d street. One cause of the long continuance of the meeting was the animated discussion concerning Congressman Breckinridge, in which the ladies became involved. They finally decided to send a memorial to Congress protesting against allowing Congressman Breckinridge to retain his seat. They also decided to send a communication to Mrs. Breckinridge calling upon her in the name of woman­ hood to renounce her husband and to refuse to live with him longer. In ad­ dition to this they voted tj call upon the presbytery with wh oh Col. Breck­ inridge is connected, asking to have the Congressman expelled. These actions were taken upon the motion of Mrs. Clarke Bell, President of the Womau# Health Protective- Aaeioci- ation. . Overflow of News. Two children were killed by the caving in of a dugout home at Enid, O. T. MRS. JOHN JOHNSON and her son were killed by lightning at Lawrence* ville, Ga. GEORGE DRAPER, President of the Cincinnati Common Council, is violent­ ly insane. JOSEPH LEUVENMARK, champion high diver of the world, died at San Francisco. TELEGRAPHERS had their inning be­ fore the conference to settle Union Pa­ cific labor troubles. Enginemen will follow. MRS. CORNELIA A. SPINDLER, a widow at Defiance, Ohio, has sued Briee M. Alshouse for $5,000 for breach of promise. EASTERN roads have announced a rate of a cent a mile for the Grand Army encampment in Pittsburg in September.- L. R. MCMERRELL committed Sui­ cide at Shreve, Ohio. He had been indicted by the grand jury for em­ bezzlement! THE Poor man lead mine, in the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho, has been bought by English capitalists for half a million dollars. SECRETARY SCOTT, of the Illinois Board cf Health, says there are hut thirty cases of small-pox in the State outside of Chicago. THE Standard Pottery Company, at East Liverpool, Ohio, will soon com­ mence work on Improvements to dou­ ble the capacity of the plant. ELMER SMITH was arrested at Oates- ville, Ind., for shooting at Frank My- rick, with whose 14-year-old sister Smith was keeping company. THE 2-year-old son of Henry Ward, of Kiowa County, Kansas, was scalded to death by falling into a barrel filled with hot water for scalding a hog. A "SHIRT-TAIL PARADE" was held by the freshmen of Williams College in honor of St- Patrick's Day. They were headed by a band and made a b g dis­ play of fireworks. 'THE general Western headquarters of the American Cereal Company, con­ trolling all large oatmeal mills in the United States, will be removed from Cedar Rapids, la., to Chioago. HENRY MCDONALD, in jail at Chatta­ nooga, Tenn., for obtaining money un­ der false pretenses, sought to kili him- self by using his head as a battering ram against the brick walls of the jail. -r • ... \'yt -ty , «*" . . ' >RESj THE MEASUI BBI Is Retarded to tbe Hoos* Without Approval -- S*i*nlor»g« Might B* -. Cobsod OB M UMM «E taf sissii Bearing Bonds. Woold Rob (7« of Oar Gold. President Cleve'and has vetoed the Bland bill. Long before Hi was culled to oftder Thurpd^y the news had spread over tile that the teigniorage bill had lean-v#» toed, and later, according to a Wash* ington dispatch, when the positive an- riouneement was made it caused little excitement. The President's objec­ tions to the bill, in brief, are that the bill is loosely drawn and would rob us of our gold. He says he believes the coinage of the bullion Mtgniomge might hi saf-iy and advantageously done provided authority were given the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds at a low rate of interest. He expresses a hope for a comprehensive adjustment of our monetary affairs in a short time in a way t J aoeord to sil­ ver its proper place in our currency. In his veto message the President says: "My strong desire to avoid dis­ agreement with those in both houses 01 Congress who have supported this bill would lead me to approve it if I could believe that the public good would not be thereby endangered, and that such action on my part would be 4» nnnrvA«. ^9 J..J-- ** VJI-VS. viiwvMwi g, VA UU&VAOl UUl^t "Inasmuch, however, as I am unable to satisfy myself that the proposed leg­ islation is either wise or opportune, my ccnception of the obligations and responsibilities attached to the great office I hold forbids the indulgence of my personal desire and inexorably con­ fines me to that course which is dic­ tated by my reason and judgment and pointed out by a sincere purpose to protect and promote the general inter* ests of our people. The financial disturbance which swept over the country during the lost year was unparalleled in its severity and disastrous consequences. There seemed to be almost an entire displacement of faith In oar financial ability and a loss of confidence in our fiscal policy. Among those who at­ tempted to assign causes for our distress it was very (generally conceded that the op­ eration of a provision of law then in force which required the Government to pur­ chase monthly a large amount of silver bullion and issue its notes in payment therefor was either entirely or to a large extent responsible for oar condition. This led to tho repeal, on Nov. 1, 1803, of this statutory provision. We had, how­ ever, fallen so low in the depths of de­ pression and timidity, and apprehension had so coiiipletjly gained control in finan­ cial circles, that our rapid recuperation could not be reasonably expected. Our re­ covery has, nevertheless, steadily pro­ gressed, and though less than live months have elapsed since the repeal of the rnia- chievous silver purchase requirement a wholesome improvement is unmistakably apparent. Confidence in our absolute sol­ vency is to such an extent reinstated, and faith in our disposition to adhere to sound financial methods is so far restored as to produce the most encouraging results, both at home and abroad. The wheels of domestic Industry have been slowly set in motion, and the tide ol foreign investment has again started in our direction. Our recovery being so well under way nothing should be done to check our convalescence, nor should we forget that a relapse at this time would al­ most sorely reduce ua to a lower stage of financial distress than that from which we are Just emerging. I believe that if the bill under consider­ ation should become a law It would be re­ garded as a retrogression from the finan­ cial intentions indulged by our recent re­ peal of the provision forcing silver bullion purchases; that It would weaken If It did not destroy returning faith and confidence in our sound financial tendencies, and that as a consequence our progress to renewed business health would be unfortunately checked and a return to our recent dis­ tressing plight seriously threatened. Ill-Advised and Dangerous. I am convinced that this scheme Is ttt» ' advised and dangeroua As an ultimate result of Its operation, treasury notes which are le3al tender for all debts, public and private, and which are redeemable In gold or silver, at the option of the holder, will be replaced by silver certificates which, whatever may be their character and description, will have none of these qualities. In anticipation of this re­ sult, and as an Immediate effect, the treasury notes will naturally ap­ preciate in value and desirability. The fact that gold can be realized upon them, and the further fact that their de­ struction has been decreed when they reach the Treasury, must tend to their withdrawal from general circulation, to be Immediately presented for gold redemp­ tion or to be'hoarded for presentation at a more convenient season. The sequel of both operations will be a large addition to the silver currency In our circulation and a corresponding reduction of gold In the Treasury. The argument has been made that these things will not occur at once, because a long time must elapse before the coinage Of anything but the seigniorage can be en­ tered upon. If the physical effects of the execution of the second section of this bill are not to be realized until far in the fu­ ture this may furnish a strong reason why It should not be passed so much in ad­ vance; but the postponement of Its actual operation cannot prevent the fear and loss of confidence and nervous prostration which would imme­ diately follow its passage and bring aboat Ue wttlsut consequence* „ ^ , Overflow of Mews. .-r.-V5. 'INshSp. JONES, of Portage la Mfitfe, was frozen to death in a snow storm. DR. O'REILLY, OI Detroit, has been summoned to Paris to testify in the Parnell fund contest. GEORGE MILLER, a Hew York sa­ loon-keeper, is under arrest charged with poisoning his wife. FIRE wiped out the village of Money Point, Va , causing a loss of $300,000. Only six houses are left. BY the explosion of a paraffine lamp, in a London dwelling-house five per­ sons were burned to death. MILT JOHNSON was murdered at JoHet on the Chicago canaL He is the ieuili victim iii twO Wcoii. LILLIAN WILLIS killed her father at Homer, Ga., in defense of, her mother, and was acquitted by a jury. R. C. BRICKEL has been appointed Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, vioe Stone, deceased. REV. JAMES 6. RYAN, a* pioneer Catholic priest, of Nebraska, died very suddenly at his residence in Omaha. COUNTESS DECALYO was found in the street at New York violently in­ sane. Alcoholism caused the attack. LONDON papers profess to be much mystified by Cleveland's action in es­ tablish ing a naval station at Honolulu. W. S. FERRELL. a wealthy West Vir- Einia land owner, was shot and killed y one of the notorious Riddle brothers. IT is said that Mexico is endeavor­ ing to secure an international mon­ etary conference to settle the fate of silver. EMMA CARLSON was arretted at St. Paul charged with robbing McGovern at Tacoma, Wi 18,000. * Oar National Law-) Are Doing for the •arteoe Me--nr-- and Acted Upoa. The House adjooned Monday after brief seastoe Oa eeooaat of the death 9e**u>r CeleWlt, Jlr. fotaer. ' Had Utea ctewea by tl»s eecrtfa tke Koine;. ' tbettm |t*v matef to Georgia: HeUaaa, Bonn. Cabs sz? ,1. "gag- ae In a few tea«%iag,..Mei " counted thfrwirflmntrf tfi» ifoafl ffeHilfaf'j the f.eld of politics and la his domeMle Hf<* The customary resolution of regret #as adopted and a committee ot tea £eaa*ei« appointed to ecceupaay the remains to Maoon. Ga. The fdltowlnc committee was appoin ed by the Vice President: Sen­ ators Gordon. Morgan. Butler. Gray, Hoar, Proctor. Oatey, Perkins, andt Allen. Prayer.was offered at th« casarea- Ing of the Senate by Mr. Colquitt's pastor* Rev. Isaac W. Canter, of the Mount Ver­ non Place M. E Church, and at 12:1i o'clock the Fen ate adjourned. The Hpuse did but little buslnec* Toe&> da jr. Representative Boen, ot Minnesota* Introduced a bill for the redaction of com­ pensation of persons in the government service It provides that salaries from $1, SCO "to *5.COS tiv touuedu 25 per vent, aen that those from $ 5.000 to S20.009 be redaeed 33% per cent; all above $20,000 reduced &o per cent The Pen ate met at 9:45 and im­ mediately adjourned. Wednesday, the House van engaged with contested election cases, the seat of Mr. Joy fRep). of Missouri, betas at stake The majority report of the committee bad gone against Mr. Joy. 1 he vote on the substitute for the report of the majority of the committee, presented by the minor­ ity, declaring Mr. Joy entitled to his seat, resulted: Yeas, 102; nays, 14fi. The substi­ tute was rejected. Mr. Burrows or Michigan moved to reconsider, and Mr. Springer, of Illinois, moved to lay that motion on the table. Friends of Mr. Joy then precipitated another filibuster by mailing the point ot no quorum on the division, and the roll call was taken. No quorum. On motion of Mr. Patterson the House at 5:45 adjourned. In the Senate Senator Berry, of Arkan­ sas, called up the resolution authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treas­ ury to receive at the subtreasury la New York from R. T. Wilson & Co . or a as! gnu, the money, amounting to 80,740.000, to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation. It WHS asreed to. Then the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business, and when the doors were again reopened took up the Mc~ Garrahan bill. Senator Morrill of Vermont speaking In opposition to the claim. Mr. Hunt of Virginia followed Mr. Morrill, and argued in favor of the bill At t* o'clock Mr. Hunion concluded his speech* and Senator Vilas rose to address the Sen* ate, but yielded to a motion for an execu- tlve session made by Mr. Pugb. which was carried. At 4:05 the Senate adjourned. The House Thursday renewed considera­ tion of the Joy-O'Neitl contest, but !t la still unsettled. In order to get a quorum to transact business, the Sergeant-al­ arms was directed to arrest all absentees, and the Speaker counted a quorum, as WHS done in the days of the Fifty-first Con­ gress by ex-Speaker Reed. Scenes of the wildest confusion prevailed. Iu the Senate, The bill prescribing limitations ofj time for the completion of title to certain lands disposed of under the act of Congress known as the "donation act," and for the protection of purchasers and occupants of the lands, which are situated In the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, was passed by a vote of 40 to 7. The House joint resolution appropri­ ating 9100,000 additional 10 carry out the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act was passed. The McGarrahan bill was passed without division. It refers the claim of William McGarrahan to the Ranclio Panocho Grande to the Court ol Private Land Claims, which shall report Its findings to the Secretary of the Interior, who shsll Issue a patent to McGsrrahaa If this decision shall be In his favor. A Great Engineering Triumph. A triumph in engineering' is reported from the mountains ol Peru, where a twin-screw steamer of 540 tons, 17C. feet long ana 30 feet wide, has been successfully launched on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable waters in the world, more than 1.1,000 feet above the sea. This steamer, which belongs to the Peruvian Government, was Duilt on the Clyde, then taken apart in more than a thousand pieces, ana shipped to. Mollendo by sea. It was then carried to Puno by railway and transported over the mountains on the backs of llamas and mules, and put together !^ a Scotch engineer. t . , s, „ * . r J > 4 A $400,000 Pipe. The Shah of Persia has in hii treasure room jewels valued at $40, 000,000. His crown contains a mass oi diamonds surmounted by a ruby as big as a hen's egg. His royal belt weighs twenty pounds, and is a solid mass ot diamonds, rubies and ̂ emeralds. When the Shah was in Rurope he wore a variety of diamond-; and gems, the smallest of which svould have been a fortune to the lucky possessor. The buttons of his coat, were five in num­ ber, and each b«tt<pi was a diamond lareer than the Kohinoor. He smokes a pipe valued at $400,000. • Here and Them BUFFALO IS the only United States that has given the coun* try two Presidents. OF all the things in the world that are "better late than never," going to bed certainly ranks first. TIME is the greatest of all tyrants. As we go towards age he taxes oar health limbs, faculties, strength, and features. HORS D'CEUVRES are small dishes of sardines, anchovies, Mid other relishes of the kind, served to guests at tabl& during the first course. BEWARE of the vulgar things, words, and people, as you would of the gentle­ man in black-and-red, for vulgarity and siu are first cousins. JF a man does not make new friend­ ships as be advances through life he* will soon find nimseif left alone. A man should keep his friendship in con­ stant repair. THE accordion is said to have been, invented in Germanv, but there Is no doubt that previous to the introduction, of this instrument in Europe it was known to the Chinese. COFFEE is found to have a remark­ able antiseptic power, its effect in de­ stroying microbes seeming to be due to empyreumatic cite.- developed in roasting, and not to caffeine. ' * • RHODE ISLAND haj 2,200 factories, employing 38,000 men, 22,000 womeji . and 4,400 children. The eombineal capital of the mills is 178,000,000 and the annual output $104,000,uOO. MICHIGAN produces one-fifth trf the iron of this country, mining 9,000,000̂ tons a year The copper minea are richest in the world, having produced over $200,00J,000 worth of metal. OBBaON'8 salmon fisheries prodi about 000,000 cases a year, and4t» r clip exceeds 16,000,000 ponltia. 25,000 square miles of pine totochh* the annual gold yield exoeeds 11̂ - .ooa