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»&rr. TT *"fT f W*, diiii i VAN «LYtI, C«n«r Pswiit»«r. IET, - . * -. II»LINOM 9 liViKg shield. IbAIDLAW THINKS HIS ¥ WORTH 960,000. • , V, i RISK ^Dfclp|>ewa India** W»«t aFail Qwartor W iwiUoii-ttlt Uwni|^i for • locomotive %}••[ *lreman-(ie*». tunicbt. of Ltbhy Prison T >••• » At Wftdllnctoti passed bytke PenaSston tit? £?th was one to reclssilf/ and pre­ scribe the salaries of raiiway postal clerka Mr. Stewart's free coinage bill w»» be;ot$B ttfce Senate again. and after debate It was1 •greed that the bill be taken up as the un- flnlsheri business on the 31st at " o clo'lt- Mr. fpiinsjer nppeare.1 la the House (apparently fully restored to health) and moved, and the House pas-ed.'the gwwtffe bill to establish a bridge across the Illinois River ;it, Havana. 111. Afior three weeks* debute the lloiif-e parsed the sundry plv|l< appropriation bill. Mr. Hatch endeavored to taring the anti-optlon bill to. the front, but tile motion was defeated bv a '1J vote-- yeas, 108; nays. 1)8. The postoffi je appro* W?s &-J Soorm ot Lives Crashed Out* • Ml WEIIIJIKGTON, Kansas, had a viaita- .,'tJoR Friday night froxn A cyclone wli*<*h •jplowed its way through tho business part of the town, with immense destruc­ tion of property and heiivy loss of life. A storm of wind preceded the , cyclone about half an hour. A few minutes after • o'clock the cyclone struck the city, ooroing from the southwest. There were no premonitory signs. Everybody was Indoors. Jefferson avenue, the princi­ pal business street, is lined on toth6ides for blocks with ruins, anK the number of dead is placed at over fifty. The prop- , «rty loss will exceed half a million. The most appalling s'-ene was that at the Phillips House, where a ball was in Eogress. As the building tegan sway-g in the force of the terrific gale, the' people in the crowded ball-rom made a frantic rush for the door*. With the crash of the walls about and over them there •roee » great wall of despair from the Imprisoned and doomed multitude .As the timbers crushed down upon the strug­ gling merrymakers their hoarse cries were throttled in their throats by the weight of th? mass of timbers above them. Then came the silence of death and insensibility, only to be followed a moment later by the shrill blasts of the tempest as it rushed on to other de- etructfve work, and the a {ionized shrieks of the injured or dying who were pinned SkgKftjja the mass of debris. " " t$:l * NEWS NUQGBTS. HARD coal prices have again been ad'-' danced 23 cents per ton; to dealers by tie Beading trust. ^ - THE unexpected balance of public |* .Moneys now in'the hands of distributing lug officers is $22,559,900. THE Tennessee delegation to the Democratic National Convolution isln- •tructed for cx-rPresident Cleveland. :KI . OHIO prohibitionists at their State If<Jonvention nominated a straight ticket, f -having declined all offers of alliance. : V I^AST week Minneapolis flour mills *•>. inade 173,115 barrels of fl'our. or 23,000 0 itorrels more than in t&epf$?e4ingWeek. THE ravages of small-pox: continue in Guatemala, and the'eountry Is in an al- most hopeless edndf&on, owing to'law­ lessness and a feeling of political inse­ curity. ' •' ' PRESIDENT HARRISON gave a recep­ tion, Thursday afternoon, ̂ o about seven hundred delegates to the Home Mis- 'fe •ionary Society, of the. Congregational Church. M3:: THE Armours will build a large meat­ packing < etabllshment at Kansas City, it is saidi Chicago will'then "be no longer the greatest meat-packing center p to the country. , . t;GEJC. A. D. STBEIGHT, the offieer who fanned the scheme 'by which 108 men effected their escape from Libby Prison, died Friday morning at his home near t Indianapolis. M. W. Fox, OF San Francisco, was -}• Thursday awarded a judgment of $!,- HMi.OOO against, the Ncroross Silver Mining Company and the Nevada Mill - an^ Mining Company. ^ A LOCOMOTIVE fireman. Walter Sfe- • lert, who was injured in a wreck On the Pennsylvania Railroad, has recovered a :_jerdict of $14,600 from the corporation. """"^The case was tried at Pittsburg. THE golden wedding; celebration of *, fhe King and Queen of Denmark closed ' • "irith a special performance at the thea­ ter, where the royal couple were re- .peived with the greatest enthusiasm. %I;/. - RUSSEIJII SAGE has been served with a ' notice of a suit for $50,000 damages', fjz brought by W. R. Laidlaw Jr., who al- * leges that Sage made a shield of him at - the time o*. Dynamiter Nofcfoss' at- w ^tempt upon the milliona'.re's life. - * THE Chippewa Indians on the WKlte *«'•' -lEarth Reservation have rejected the ^ ifeovernmeni's proposition to allot them eighty acres of land in severalty for ^ ":v each man, woman and chil 1. They de- - -""fcand 1^0 acres cach. ^jv ^ THE Xa^ional Editorial Association , elected officers at San Francisco, Thurs­ day. B. P. Price, of Hudson, Wis., was ( chosen President; j. M. Page, of Jer- " fceyville, I1L, Corresponding Secretary; and Wm. Kennedy, of Chambersburg, ^ JPa., Recording Secretary. ' THE Methodist Conference at Omaha Adjourned after voting to allow confer­ ences to decide to admit women as dele­ gates. It resolved also to reduce the representation in future conferences to one minister tnd one lay delegate to every ninety ministers represented in jthe annual conferences. EXPEBIMEXTS with the submarine gun of the Destroyer Thursday showed a marked deflection^ caused by the re­ sistance of the water. THE steamship City of New York ar­ rived at Liverpool six days and twenty , minutes from New York. This is the " best eastward record ever made. AT Omaha, the. Methodist conference 'decided that hereafter that body shall be composed of an equal number of lay jand clerical delegates, oa the basis of one each to every forty-five ministers in «ach annual conference. . ; s. ' Sfe jfeet; feelet fee has beei mested at Loa An- Two REPORT* were rendered on the toase of Dr. Briggs at the Presbyterian General Assembly, one la his favor and one against him. THE decision against Stephen F. Sher- *nan, manager of three Buffalo elevator companies, who was charged with grand larceny and sentenced to five years im- nrisonmeht, has been affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals. THE buildings on Coaster's Harbor Island, near Newport, R. I., which are designed for the navy training station, are ready to be turned over to the Gov­ ernment. At present there are 340 boys there, and on the ships Jamestown, Portsmouth and Monongahela 450 more. WESTERN. ^AT Bjrtghtdip Cityi Utah, #R« destroyed property to the~vaftue of $100,000. THE street-car men at Youngstown, Ohio, have gone on a strike on account of the refusal of a demand for more pay. GEQROE W. SwYOARt, a wealthy res­ ident of 8outh Bond,- Ind., bought a poQsa, Ga;» has beea ar&a&ed on a charge of violating the State banking law. The bank has been placed in the hand of a receiver. AN extraordinary murder and lynch­ ing occurred at Bastrop, La. One man committed the murder And one man did the lynching, with the assistance of the murderer. S. Chambliss Brigham was manager for Col. George C. Phillips, who owns a plantation on Island de Siard. Mr. Brigham was 25 years of age. While he was in the field he was shot from 4s*- ambush by an old negro, who fired three 6hot with a Winchester rifle, killing Mr. Brigham instantly. The negro then walked to the plantation residence, sum­ moned Col. Phillips, and told him that he had killed Briuhain and wanted to be hanged for it. Col. Phillips put a rope around the negro's neek, pulled the rope over the limb of a tree, and the negro was soon swinging in a death struggle. THE water-works at Atlanta, Ga., was the scene Monday night of three trage­ dies, two of which have resulted fatally, and the victim of the third will die. Owinjj to the stringent liquor laws,' the people around the water-works lay in supplies by the quantity Saturday. A large number of men got up an im- 'fcsm. rWiSKt mm men got up an gold brick from auetoaoger, and is. out promptu dance on the bill near by They (wm ! were half drunk and hilarious. Kid Sand- ford stepped upon the toes of Mack Mathews. The latter drew a revolver and shot Sandford dead. This scattered tho time. In one of the groups which wm? discussing the tragedy later, Bob Taylor and John Johnson disagreed. They fired simultaneously. One ball w£nt through Taylor's breast, leaving no hope of -life. Within the next half hour John Kennedy and "Kicking" Bill Tay­ lor came together. Taylor was shot in the abdomen and died from its effects. None of tltc guilty men had been easghfc just $7,000. AT Eau Claire, Wis., Mrs. Elizabeth Russell is found gniify of murder in the lirel uegtue. olio niw iu iuvo ntuu IK> hired man and poisoned his bride. MBS. LrciNi>A SEARLS, of Alma, Neb., has won her suit of $50,000 damages for breach of promise against Judge Gas- kin, a prominent citizen of the place. AT Omaha the Methodist General Conference decided that the Epworth League was tbe only society of young people to be recognized by the Church. WILLIAM HOSTETTER and William Miller, notorious horse thieves, w6re killed by United States Marshal E. L. Drake, fifty miles east of Guthrie, Okla­ homa. CHARLES BAILEY, of Red Bluff, Cal., and James Lynn, of San Francisco, per­ ished in Joyce's Hotel, at Fairfield, So- lan6 County, Cal., which burned Satur­ day night. MRS. MONAHAN, of Independence, Mo., 94 yeare old, is alleged to have won a s::it th?.t should give her possession of an estate in Ireland and Australia valued at $2,000,000. • HENRY MORRIS, aged 65, wanted to marry Lena Williams, aged 15, of Mar­ tin's Ferry, Ohio.* The father of the girl objected, whereupon Morris shot, him fatally in the stomach. THE town of Chehalis, Wash., was al­ most entirely destroyed by fire Sunday, sixty-two buildings having been de­ stroyed. The town is on the Northern Pacific Railway, fifty-five miles west of Tacoma. THE Minnesota State Supreme Court, in* a case brought before it from Sibley County, decided the special law pro­ viding for the payment to a particular school district of the money received from the sale of liquor licenses- in a village embraced within such district to be constitutional. NEAR Columbus, Ind., there has been :a series of religious meetings in prog­ ress which Delilah Cox, a young woman 20 years of age, attended. She became deeply interested, and lost her mind. She imagines she can. walk upon the water and raise the dead. She was taken to the Central Insane Asylum at Indianapolis, AT Whiting, Ind., a reservoir of 12,000 barrels of oil, the property of the Standard Oil Company, exploded with terrific force, entailing a loss of $20,000. The shock was distinctly felt for a dis­ tance of thirty miles. The tank was filled with a superior quality of oil, and the rapidity with which it burned pre­ vented any great quantity being saved. IN the dead of night, with darkness intensified by a drizzling fog, two lake steamers, the Pilgrlfn and the Kalama­ zoo, crashed into each other with terrific force. As a result the Kalamazoo now lies under a thousand feet of water in midlake, and the Pilgrim with her bow shattered is tied up at a Chicago dock at the foot of Illinois street. No lives were lost in the collision, which occurred at 12:40 o'clock Wednesday morning. A GENUINE case of small-pox was dis­ covered at the Palmer House, Chicago, Monday, and fort^r minutes later the victim was on his way to the pest- house in charge of a health officer, his room was filled with sulphurous fumes,- and a score of protesting chambermaids and recalcitrant bell-boys and porters had been vaccinated. T. S. Meek. 34 y^ars old, a traveling salesman for Hub­ bard Bros., No. 406 Race street, Phila­ delphia, iq the person affected. AT the Omaha conference the report on the Columbian Exposition matter, touching Sunday closing, was presented. The report commends the objects to be attained by the holding of the World's Fair, but demands that the gates of the Fair be closed on Sunday.' This part of the report was accepted. A second part recommended the appointment of" a com­ mission to make a church exhibit at the Columbian Exposition. -The report ex­ cited some discussion, lut was finally adopted. THE original homesteader'to the town site of El Reno, O. T., John A. Fore­ man, has been defeated in his contest, and there is no limit to the rejoicing among the citizens. The Interior De­ partment gave the Norman Townsite Board instructions to setttle the con­ troversy. The board has just completed its labors, and will give fifteen days' notice for the issuance of deeds to set­ tlers who have proved upon their lot, but the speculator is also left. The city has always been in a state of uncer­ tainty because of the clouded title, and now that the actual settlers have been successful the citizens are rejoicing. THE new "monitor" steamer Andaste has brought down her first cargo of oil and abundantly justified the expectations of the builders of the new type, says dispatch from Cleveland. She is a compromise between the "whaleback* and the ordinary type, and carried 2,300 gross tons on a draught of 14 feet 10 forward and 15 feet 2 aft This is 150 tons bettei than a steamer of exactly the same dimensions of the old type carried on the same draught, which means an extra margin of over $100 per trip profit. As her cost is about 10 per cent, less than that of a steamer of or­ dinary type, this margin means that a "monitor" steamer can make a profit of 15 per cent, or more on the investment when the ordinary type of steamer is paying expenses. , WASHINGTON: THE House Committee favorably re­ ported the bill in regard to army officers in connection with the World's Fair PRESIDENT HARRISON has recalled from the Senate the nomination of Frederic A. Bancroft, late Librarian of the State Department, to the Brunswick Consulate. MR. MITCHELL, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, has reported to the Senate a joint, resolution propos­ ing a constitutional amendment provid­ ing for the election of United States Senator by popular vote. FOREIGN. BY. a decree of the King of Belgium Parliament is dissolved, and the country will now vote on the proposed constitu­ tional revision. SPANISH authorities are satisfied with American inspection of bacon, and will allow Its import into Spain without ex­ amination in that country. GLADSTONE made a brilliant speech in parliament in opposition to the con­ servative Irish local government bill, which he declared to be unworthy of support. UNITED STATES MINISTER LINCOLN and wife Will soon sail from Liverpool. Mr. Lincoln says he will be at home un­ til October, when he will return to Lon­ don to await the expiration of his term of office. CONSIDERABLE excitement has,been occasioned by the discovery of a dyna­ mite cartridge at the residence of M. Beaupalre, the Public Prosecutor of Paris, who had charge of the case against the anarchist Ravachol. THE celebration of the anniversary of the Queen's birthday took place in Lon­ don. Tbe weather was splendid. There was a parade of the horsa guards and a trooping of the colors by the footguards. This ceremony was witnessed by a vast throng of people; The Duke of Cam­ bridge, Commander-in-chief of' the forces, accompanied by Prince Chris­ tian, was in command. A PARIS cable says: At the Theater d' Application the wife of ah obscure tenor named Peralde, who could not bear to hear her husband hissed by the audience, died suddenly fn the lobby, her husband meanwhile continuing to sing and play his part on the stage. The body was re­ moved t) one of the boxes, and, by the manager's orders, the play was not In­ terrupted. When the occurrence be­ came known much indignation was ex­ pressed by the audience. IN GENERAL THE announcement by telegraph that the Northern Pacific Railroad . had at last succeeded in establishing a line of steamers between Tacoma and China and Japan is confirmed. THE author of the "History of the People of the United States," Mr. John Bach McMastcr, has been offered the Presidency of the University of Illinois, at a salary of $10,000 a year, and will probably accept. GEN. JOSE FRANCISCO GANA, ^ho was Commander-in-chief of the Chilian Gov­ ernment troops when the late insurrec­ tion first broke out, has left Lima, Peru, en route for New York. Admiral Vlel, the Balmacedist Intendente of Valpa­ raiso, who surrendered that city to the victorious Junta after the battle at Pla- cilla, is a fellow passenger^ des­ tination is also New York. MARKET REPORTS, EASTERN* • .• PATRICK FITZPATBICK was hanged at fk - ~ Pittsburg for the murder of Samuel Early. > THE seventy-eighth annual session of >the American Baptist i6) being :• %eld in Philadelphia. THE steamer. AuraQia has V small-pox on board, and isde a ease talned SOUTHERN. WHEN Bryant B. Crandall, <jt Buffalo, f N. Y.,died, several insurance cczuMani^a 15-*"* united to pny his family $20,000. Now itfr- *«a lonmia/i rKofr Hirir.-f «iia» (n A MORMON colony has been granted a tract of 100,000 acres in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. POISON in his beer caused the death of John T. Rouse, a prominent stock­ man of Waco, Texas. Suspicion rests on three men and a woman. Gov. BROWN of Kentucky signed the Separate Coach bill. The law provides that every passenger railway train shall be provided with a separate coach for negroes. VICE PRESIDENT SPENCER, of the Merchants and Miners' Bank, at Talla- CHICAOOB CAWTVB--fommon to Prime. 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Their occupation is somewhat like that of tho African rainmakers. They foretell the weather, redicting wet and ry spells, hot waves and cold waves, floods and gales. So Jong as their predic­ tions turn out cor- ,._reot nobody pays jlmuch attention. If they make a mistake howls of derision and indignation arise. People have no use for prophets who exhibit fallibility like ordinary mortals. Propbesyiag about the weather is al- 1 Tf lc? 1TAMT wcij'o nu auMvuo uuoi»»vww. different from running an oracle after the Delphic pattern, dispensing ambigu­ ous replies to fool questions. , If the rainmaker of the Congo promises a shower and it fails to arrive he is dis­ credited as a fraud. It is much the Bame way in the Signal Office at Wash- ington.. The weather reports, which come by telegraph to the Signal Office at; 9 o'clock every night, are curiosities in themselves. Here is an actual. speci­ men, illustrating the style: ^ BOSTON, March 14.--Bashful barmaid damnable bony hirsute pirate. It is wonderful what a lot this means. "Bashful" signifies that the barometer is 30.12 and the temperature 30 degrees Fahrenheit. "Barmaid" tolls that the wind .is from the north and that fifty-two hundredths of an inch of rain has fallen during the last twenty-four hours. "Damnable" says that the ve­ locity of the wind is twenty-two miles an hour and that the highest tempera­ ture during the day was 42 degree*. "Bony" declares that the sky is covered with cirrus clouds. "Hirsute" makes it known that the observations were made at 8 p. m.;' that the dew point is 80 and that the local prediction is for fair weather. "Pirate" communicates the fact that the highest wind velocity dur­ ing the day was fifty-two miles an hour. Each letter in every word means some­ thing, and in this way it is possible to condense a deal of information within a brief space, each observer having his own key to the cipher for making up dispatches. These dispatches begin to pour in at 9 o'clock in therevening from 15d signal stations all over the country. /As fast as they arrivo they are translated by an expert into ordinary English.yHe reads them aloud in a sing-song .,4»ne, while four skilled men at desks close by jot down the information they convey on as many outline maps of the United States. On each map the 150 signal stations are indicated by as many small circles, in which the facts noted are penciled with symbols and figures. One operator records the condition of the clouds and the direction of the wind at every point. If it is clear at Chicago, for example, he leaves that circle unmarked. Sup­ posing that it is cloudy, he marks lines across it. If partly cloudy, he shades Only one-half of the circle. Rain is in­ dicated by the letter "R," snow by the •letter "S." The point irora which the wind blows is shown l»y an arrow. By equally simple means the second opera­ tor records changes of temperature, and the third puts down barometric changes. The fourth registers the temperature and barometer at the time the observa­ tions were made, the velocity of the wind and the amount of rainfall during the past twenty-four hours. These maps, when finished, present a complete picture of the meteorological conditions at 8 p. m. all over the United States. Upon their showing the prophet --only one of the three is on duty at any given time--bases his predictions. Meanwhile, however, other things have been going on. Ttro swift compositors, sitting on tall stools at cases near by, set up in tabu­ lar form the data given in the dispatches as fast as the translator reads them off. Instead of single letters they have type words and figures in their boxes, deci­ mals to indicate barometer heights, eto. Thus they are enabled to do the work with surprising rapidity, and so accu­ rately is it performed that no reading of proofs is necessary. The table made in this way is to be printed in the right- hand lower corner of the weather map published for the next day. At the same time still another expert sits in front of a brass plate exactly the size of a weather map of the United States. The plate is perforated with 150 square holes, corresponding in po­ sition to the signal stations. They are' not labeled in any way, but he knows them all by location perfectly, so that when the translator of the dispatches calls off Sacramento or Minneapolis, he fits a little slug of lead Into tho right hole without a moment's hesitation. The slug bears an arrow crossing a cir­ cle, and the way in which it is set to point indicates the direction of the wind. If you will look at a weather map you will see these arrows scattered all over it, and will also notice that the circle through which each passes shows the state of the weather at that station. Supposirg that it was clear at the hour of observation, the circle will bo white; if rainy, it will be black. The useful­ ness of this brass plate will be presently seen. f '111 > I r >phet Gets In His Work. At this stage of the performance, when the contents of the 160 dispatches have all been noted on the maps, re­ corded upon the brass plate, and set up in type, the prophet steps in. He has been keepfng an eye upon the situation all the while, but now the time has come for him to analyze the present Situation and forecast the future for one day, two days, three days ahead. No wonder that he passes his hand through his hair, while his eyes assume a glassy look, premonitory of a prophetic duck fit, as he feels the afflatus of Inspiration corning upon him. Turning to a elerk at his side, he begins to dictate in a low voice, saying: "For New England, fair weather, westerly winds, followed by increasing cloudiness and probably light snows." And so on until the prospect for the entire country has been declared in de­ tail. The clerk writes the forecasts with a stylus in manifold, one copy be­ ing handed at once to the printers, who set it up in type. All the words neces­ sary for the purpose are cast entire in separate types, no that it is quick work; but the case containing them has no lees than 1,050 boxes, and that is a good many for the compositors to keep in mind. The other copies of the manifold are passed over to clerks, who telegraph the predictions to the press associations and to observers in different parts of the country. The copy in type is to be ^X^^Lrt»tt!PE!SBfTERIAN3 MEET. prepared %riwdat* n0ted4o%n Wti$eot- ' ' lag these matter*. Also, he draws a line ciroumsorlbihg the area in which rain is falling. The map is then laid on the braes plate, the type slugs In which have been duly Inked, and a sort of press is shut down upon it, transferring all the arrows and circles to the map. Thus prepared, the map goes to another room, where the lines and arrows are transferred by rapid processes to a lith- ographlc etone. Copies from the fore* casts and tables of figures set up by the compositors are likewise added upon the stone, and plain maps of the United States are used to print the result upon, producing in this manner the completed weather charts. Predictions and weather charts are issued every twelve hours. Maj. Dunwoody is senior phrophet; the two oth rs are Pntf. H. A. Hazen and Lieut. Glassford. The Major makes a better average of accuracy in the fore­ casts thAn either of the others, although1 he relies much iess than they upou rules. Inspiration goes a long way in the busi­ ness of pixrophoey. Incidentally, it is wortji saying that the most important office of the signal service is not to make predictions, but to study meteorology, fqr the benefit of farmers chiefly. The i IMPORTANT SUBJECTS ' CONSIDERED. May Is tfce Month of KeUgtmu -Oinw-- Mew, and Before the Oaisks Assem­ blage ot Xetbedlsts Has Adjeerned Coines the Convention of ftuftyieriaai at Portland. Oregon. To hold a general assembly west of the Rocky Mountains. is a decided in­ novation for the Presbyterians. Rut It has a pur­ pose. P or t- land ie in the very center of the home missionary field, says a dispatch from that city. The Pacific Slope has for years enlisted mis­ sion ary ef­ fort, but the population j, has far out­ ran. c. A. BRJYAS. grown the capacity of the churches to supply advantage to them of being able to ob- 1 pastors and places of worship. It is ex- tain the fullest information respecting i pected that the holding of a general -is--is- . . assembly at Portland will stimulate greater interest in the home-mission climatic conditions in any locality, so that'they can knowwhere to Kettle and what crops to exnent «nfwA<*« 'wi4th. t*t ob­ viously incalculable. * * r,i'? ' : SriOT BY HIGHWAYMAN. . r,- Train BobbM Resort to Slarder and lisp Without the jRlnnder. One of fhe most daring attempts as train robbery that ever occurred it Florida took place at 1:30 o'clock the otheT momlijg OB tho J^ckannvllle. Tampa, and Key Vifest Road, Just north of Monroe Junction, four miles from Sanford, Fla. The West India fast mail, which left Tampa carrying two express cars, the limited States mails and Some passenger coaches, Was boarded at Mon- ret Junction by lour men. When just north of the junction and while the train was running at about five miles an hour, two of the men got on the engine and presented revolvers at the heads of Engineer Dumas and his fireman, order­ ing them to keep quiet at the peril of losing their llvefc. Thia engineer and fireman being taken by Surprise could dc uGyhiug but uboji, lie .ueieir- mined action of the desperadoes showed they meant, what they said: The two other men entered the express cars, which were occupied by Messenger W. N. Sauriders and Special Agent I. M. Cox, and attempted to over­ power them. The two expressmen, al­ though taken by surprise, made a des­ perate resistance and the robbers then deliberately shot Saunders, two balls taking effect in his breast and head, kill­ ing him instantly. Mr. Cox had his man at bay and was about to subdue him, when the other robber, after killing Saunders, fired at 'Cox twice, one ball hitting him in the arm and the other hitting him in the face, the ball pene­ trating to the left eye. His nose also was shot nearly off; The desperate villains then hurriedly and without securing any booty jumped from the car, fearing that the noise of the firing would bring the train bands to the rescue, and fled to the woods, which are particularly dense is that section. There was be- tweea $35,000 and $10,000 in the safe. Railroads In India. -t* Railway travel in India toay be* made very cheap, for although flrst- class fare Is three/ cents a . mile, the second-class is but a cent and a half, and third-class orily a half cent: One has little trouble with his biiggdge at the station^. As sobn as the train stops, says the author ot "Indiaka," he has only to go to tJhe door of his compartment and call out, "Kali hai?" which m«a»s, "Is there a porter about?" and the question will be answered by one or perhaps half a dozen barefooted natives. At the time of the decennial pil­ grimage?, thousands of natives take the train, crowding in with such per­ sistency that there is no withstand­ ing the pressure. Sometimes the railroad officials stand near the cars, and with great bamboo rods beat away the pilgrims, pounding them over the head and shoulders with all their might, it> order to prevent the dense crowd from overwhelming tA\e train. The pilgrims and the ordinary natives use the third-class carriages, but Europeans are taking to them very rapidly. When Bishop William Taylor was making his four years' evangelistic tour through India, he succeeded in setting that economical fashion. It was not then considered respectable to adopt such humble means of travel, and he was asked: "Why do you ride in third-class cars?" : -. \ ; His reply came on the instant. "Because there are .no fourth-class cars!" , Since then,. it has been respectable for Europeans to travel by any class. Hnslness Instinct. ' . When the "street" says of a. man, "He has a long head for business," it credits him with an instinct for dis­ covering a profitable investment or scenting a bagain. An illustration of this "long head" was given by the late Judge Prattt of Oregon, at the beginning of his business career. Mr. Bancroft relates the anecdote in his "Chronicles of the Builders." During a trip from Portland to San Francisco Mr. Pratt and Captain Crosby, the commander of the vessel, conversed about the probable price of lumber in San Francisco. Pratt thought the vessel's cargo would bring at least 925 a thousand feet MI wish you would guarantee me that figure," said the captain. "Well," rejoined Pratt, "there is no reason why I should guarantee you any sum, but it seems to me that lum­ ber ought to bring that price there," and he gave his reasons. "Will you buy my cafgo, laid down at San Francisco, at *20 a thousand?" asked the captain. "I will;" and a contract was at once drawn up and signed by both parties. As the vessel entered the harbor of San Francisco she was boarded by a purchasing agent of the United States government, who offered $250 a thou­ sand for the cargo. The offer was de­ clined; the vessel went up to the city, where the lumber was sold for $400 a thousand. Mr. Pratt cleared *10,- 000 .by his venture. WHAT Is claimed to be the pl&w which General Putnam left in the furrow, up ki Connecticut, when he rushed to the defense of his country, 116 years ago, is exhibited in front of a hardware store in Every great religious convention nas Some specially, burning topics to discuss, 'i'his year's, general assenabiy is no ex­ ception. to the rule,: although it is con­ fidently expected that harmony will pre­ vail in the end* The Briggs case comes up again and upon it - hinges a question pi great interest to tbe church--the status of the Union Theological Semi­ nary. Since the last general assembly Dr. Briggs and the Now York Presby­ tery declared a truce, but it has turned out to be temporary. The delegation from New York to the assembly is what is known as "anti-Biriggs" in sentiment. There have been threats that the Union Theological Seminary would promptly withdraw from the Presbyterian fold if Dr. Briggs is to be harassed by hereti­ cal charges. The common belief seems to be that the General Assembly will refer the whole controversy back to the New York Presbytery for final settle­ ment. In this event a very important educational institution may be preserved to the church, as it is thought doubtful whether the case will be again reopened on the question of Dr. Briggs' orthodoxy by the local body. Then there is a question of the re­ vision of the confession of faith. To most Presbyterians this will appear the t • < -A VIRSt PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, POBTLANIfc most vital issue with which the fathers of the churoh have ever had to deal. The conservative traditions of the church have for many years prevented any change in the Westminster confes­ sion. If the American church adopts a revised confession *it will be the first of the world's Presbyterian bodies to de­ clare that the letter of a creed must give way before its spirit, and that modern thought makes a revision of church standards necessary. The Committee on Revision has completed its labors, and all the presbyteries have declared for or against the changes proposed. .The question now comes before the su­ preme council of church leaders, and its decision will be awaited with great in­ terest. Besides these special topics there is • multitudinous variety of subjects with which the General Assembly must deaL The union of evangelical bodies Is one of these. Church .unity is more than a theory in all tbe leading evangelical bodies, and it may be a question of only a few years when certain lines will dis­ appear in a common effort for the cause of religion. Like the Methodists also, the Presbyterians have pronounced views on practical questions of the day. The General Assembly is certain to make a report on the need of Sabbath observance, lind will doubtless make a special'report on the World's Columbian Exposition. HILL TO WITHDRAW. tDanielsonville, Windham County, Conn., printed in the left-hand lower corner of near his old home. The antiquity of tho the weather map. Before uttering his predictions the prophet has drawn lines off equal tem­ perature and barometric pressure--you relic seems to be unquestioned, but the Hartford Courant betrays a doubt as to whether "Old Put" ever jEuidcd it 80 mat tney tSuwmhtibeeolL/^\ >",."i,|ha«nselves on the subject. The Senator Now Said to Be Preparing a Letter of Declination. According to a New York dlspatoh, Senator Hill is writing a letter of with­ drawal, and that the letter will be placed before the public very soon. It is stated that the Senator has had this matter under consideration for the last month, and after considerable deliberation he has decided to withdraw irom ths race at last. To get at the nature of the let­ ter, or even surmise its contents, is • hard matter, but it is believed that the_ tenor of the missive will be in the direct tion of promoting harmony in the ranks of the party in New York, so as to unite the Democracy of that State on one candidate. Who that candidate will tw* it is hard to tell. Home are of the opln4 ion that Hill will throw his weight and strength to Cleveland, and will assist lit making his nomination unanimous, whil* others think that Cleveland would b«r the last man to whom he would throw hit] influence, and that his strength will go to some Western candidate--ex-Gov. Gray of Indiana or Senator Palmer of Illinois. The Presidential Term ot OSee. The Committee on Civil Service has reported to the Senate with a favorahle recommendation a joint resolution pro­ posing so to amend the Constitution as to make the term of office of the Presi­ dent and Vice President six years in­ stead of four, the former to be ineligible for immediate re-election. The change is to take effect March 4, 1897, which will be the commencement of the term of the President who will be chosen four years from next fall. It is not stated in the dispatches whether a Vice President who succeeds to the Presi­ dency by the death of the incumbent of the office is covered by the provision re­ garding ineligibility. The amendment Would lose some of its efficacy if it per­ mitted a Vice President who had filled the office of Presldt nt Jor four or five years to be elected President fc r the six years following. It is stated that this proposed amendment will have many strong friends in both Houses. It is de­ sirable that it should be submitted to the States so that they may express NATIONAL SOLO] SENATE A N D HOUSE OP RBF» SENTATIVES. DvrVfciional Lawmakers and What Are Doing for the Good of the Coun •aatons Measures l*rnnsuio ami Acted Vpom, v';- I'M XHrtnar* of CongNik," The 23d, Mr. Cullom occupied the chilr tbe Senate. The following bills Authorizing the Secretary of War to pi cute and present suitable medals to tbe\ survivors of the "forlorn hope storming] party," of Fort Hudson, on June 15, 1S6$; appropriating 115,000 for tbe introduction of domcstlcatPd reindeer Into Alaska; ferrint? to the Court of Claims the claim of the Citizens' Bank of Loul<dana for spec!» taken from the hank by Major Qeneral Butler. Passed (with an amendment ex­ cluding allowance of interest). For a com­ mission of three to examine and report/ relative to the employment of the pneiiP sr.stJc tube system, or other prcecs; forth* rapid dl«pa'ch of mails In lame cities* (Appropriating 120,030). Appropriating 815.000 for the purchase of the* Travis oil painting of Abraham Lin- c»ln to be hunsr In the Capitol. Ap­ propriating J20.000 for a statute of the lafca Robert Dale Owen, of Indiana. In th«t House the Senate bill granting a pension to ex-Senator George W. Jones, of Iowa. wfc«" passed. Tbe river and harbor approprla- tlDn O il with the Senate amendments was referred to the Committee on Rivers and Uaroors. :i On the 24th the Senate passed several, bills for public structure*, among them opj* providing for a $50,000 building at Ownssot Mich. Mr. Mitchell, from' the Committee, on Privileges and Elections, reported to the T Benate a Joint resolution prop is In t a Con-' stitutlonal amendment providing for the election of United States Senators By popular vote. He said that the memb«BF of the committee Were divided on ther subject and would make separate report*. •' The joint resolution was pia,ce(5 on tbV calendar. In the House. Mr. Stewart. Texas, from the Committee on Rivers and? Harbors, reported back the river and har­ bor appropriation bill with the 8ena<ii: amendments thereto with the tccommendu-' tlons that the Senate amendments be noit^ concurred In. The bill was referred to th$>. committee of the whole. The . balance the time was sponton the sundry ctvil ap-" proprlatlon bilL In the Senate, the 2Sth, Mr. Morgan'#; resolution Introduced in March. Instructing* ' the Finance Committee to examine and re»:* port upon the effect of the silver law of 1890 upon the price of silver bullion, was called up. and after a lengthy debate. In which MB?- Sherman 'was tlio priucipni speaker in oppc^ sltion, the Senate refused by a vote of yeas 17. nays 28. to refer the resolutions to th<> Committee on Finance. In the House, the sundry civil bill was taken up. the first Item being the Government exhibit at the* World's Fair. Mr. Houk. of Ohio, offered an amendment appropriating $100, OOfc* to pay the expense of collecting sta­ tistics pertaining to the Industrie^ advance of citizens of African descent from 1863 to 1893. This was ruled out of order. Mr. Dockery offered an amendment - which was adoptel. reducing the salary flw tbe Director General to {8.030, and that of the Secretary to $3,003. A provision w#S adopted that the gates shall not be openc on Sunday, and another that no Intoxf eating liquors shall be sold upon tt grounds. The 26th, a bill extending for two yearn'* longer the act of March 2. 1889, for tho co^t rection of military records wns passed bjT. the Senate. By a vote of yeas 2*. nays 29. . the Senate decided to take up tho StewaiS" free silver bill, and the measure is no#? on the calendar as unfinished businesas, In the House the* World's Fair items In tbe sundry civil appropriation ', b|il were under discussion all day. Most Hi. the amendments were directed to the SuiJ- dny-elosinz question, and the matter was finally settled by tbe adoption of amendment providing for the closing of the Government exhibit on Snnday. which leaves tbe larger question to be decided by the Exposition management. ."-"J On the Diamond. Following Is a showing of tbe'stand tag of each ot tbe team* of tbe different associa­ tions! KATlOHAt. XjHAOUR, „ W. Ij. tte. w. b .X • .. ,7** .Louisville... 1 j i > 9 jM i New vork. ..1> 1* 1« .->67 Phliadeln'*. I t 19 14 .5 3 VVasblngt'n. U V 11 J5S3 St. IJOUIS.. .. U iff, 15 Ji31 Baltimore ..8 21 Boston-- Brooklyn....^ Chioaco..... .17 Cincinnati...! * Cleveland.. .11 Pittsburg.... 17 SS .wo. .401 i .9'i Quinoy « .663 R. 1.-Molina.. 8 TE* ILLIJJOI8-IOWA LKAOCE. W. L. lie. i W. JoMet 'JO 1 Peoria 14 7 Hockford It 7 .Cll'Terre Ha^te.. & Eyanavllle...l9 12 AS' Jacksonville. 5 WESTEBH UEAQD* W. JU. Vs. W4 Columbus. ..3 • 7 .< >» Omaha U Milwaukee...!4 7 Minnn :p'lls. 8 Kansas (Jitv.ll 11 .51) St. Paul..... 1 'lolcdo ...... » 10 ,47i,lndlan'p,rs.. 3 1* .3M 11 .V» 17 337 U *e. u .n 13 .49 • 12 .Sftf 19 OH Men and Women. A DXESS does not make a woman, but often breaks a man. • WHY are blushes like girls? Because they become women. You can easily fill the public eyes if you can only have the dust. A MAN is as old as he feels, but not always as big, not by a heap. THE best time to keep away from some people is when you are in trouble. You have found out who a man in. when you have found out what he loves. A BACHEZiOB is a man who never ha*'-,., to answer questions he does not want.. to answer. •- - WEARING wigs and dying whiskeiw'^ never deceives anybody but tHe people" 40 j who do it. Ji DON'T make father a bugbear to the' children by threats of what he'11 dp when he comes home. / PUT two doors side by side and the small boy will be sure to go through the one that squeaks. "A BORE," says a witty cynic, "is the . man who talks ot himself when I want" to talk of myself." IN society it is never "good after=nr noon." It is "good morning" up to6 o'clock, and after 6 it is "good evening.* A MISS,is as good as a mile. This ie probably why a man doesn't feel the distance when he's got a nice girl with him. A "CAMEL" and "beauty" are synony­ mous in Arabic. An Arab widow gen­ erally mourns her husband with the cry of "0, my camel!" WHATEVEB accounts a man may have to settle with the recording angel, he cannot be held responsible for what is said in his obituary. * THE shoemaking business in Califor­ nia is controlled almost entirely by Chi­ nese. Fully 10,000 Chineee are em­ ployed In such labor. „ THE man in the choir may have more drawing power than the man in the pul­ pit, but the tenor of the talk of the lat­ ter is more edifying than the talk of the tenor. RIVEB8: "Whit, do you think of that story that a pug nose can be straights ened out by lying on one's face when in, bed?" Banks: "I think it's a lie on tlwn face of it." MBS. HATTIE DA*, of East Buckport, Me., has sold $30 worth of braids made from her own hair, and yet she ha* abundant black tresses threo feet iin length. THE work of extending woman's field of labor goes merrily on. 'At Harvey's Ranch, near Salmon City, Idaho, sig, sisters have for some time past beejst . regularly carrying on the business*^ stage robbing. ; > IT is estimated that the time wasted:" * by women in looking under beds for me||^ at night, if devoted to work, would re! suit, in a year's time, in making ov«#t seventeen thousand 'suits of clothes faf heathen." *» r.'.v-'V i'r i £ w-4%-