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THE PLA1NDEALER J: VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. lIcHENRY. TLLINOt* AWElIL CLOUDBURST. TEN LIVES ARE LOST IN KEN- TUCKY. , Many Homes Completely Swept Away --Big Failtires in Massachusetts Towns--Negro Criminal Taken from Jail and Lynched--Red Cross Work. Swept Away by the Flood. The recent cloudburst in Clay and Ows­ ley Counties, Kentucky, was more disas­ trous than at first reported. Buffalo (Creek, whtich is- across the. south fork of the Kentucky river, suffered more than <3ex?to.n creek by the unusual rainfall. .Every house on tihe bank of the stream ijtfas '.washed away. Miss >lary Garrett Was drowned 'While trying, to escape the flood. George Oapson's vyife and. three • children, two children of Will Burns and two* others whose names are not given, Were also drowned. John Crane, a log­ ger, rescued his , wife ahd small- child when they' were drifting down the stream . on some uprooted trees; 'Thousands of logs are -going down -the. -stream. The •large booms at Boone'ville ate choked with logs, and St. is feared the-booms and all will. be carried away by the water. Part of the town is (inundated, and. a number of persons Imve had to remove ttheir household effects up on the side of the mountain. North Fork and Middle creek are both overflowing their banks, and at Jackson Military Instructor Bull, of the Jackson Institute, was droWned while riding on a raft. Quit the Old Army. Edward Fielding, of Chicago, brigadier general in command of the northwest di­ vision of 'the Salvation army, and. with the exception of Commissioner Bootii- Tocker, the m,ost prominent officer in tlie forces in America, has resigned his com­ mission and will join the forces of Bal- Hngton Booth's Volunteers. The ma­ jority of his staff officers go with him. and the blow is conceded to be the most severe Which has been suffered by the Salvation army since the recall of Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth. Brigadier Field­ ing's wide personal influence will now be exerted in behalf of the new organization, and it is confidently predicted that the news of his resignation will cause a tre­ mendous defection in the ranks of the army, not alone in his own division, but all over the country. Among the officers who have resigned are: Brigadier General Edward Fielding. Brigadier General Em­ ma Fielding, Adjutant Washington Blacklfurst. Adjutant Christopher C. Her- ron, Adjutant Bertha Herron, Ensign Duncan, Lieutenant Galloway. Manufactur ing Jewelers Ass icn . Wade, Davis & Co.. of Plainville, Mass., TTVflnnfnctnrinp- iwvflcrv aml Harlan G. Bacon, of Lincoln. Bacon & Co., also in the jewelry business, have made assign­ ments involving more than $100,000. It is feared that other jewelers will be forc­ ed into insolvency. The firm of Lincoln, Bacon & Co. is not affected by the per­ sonal assignment of Mr. Bacon. The exact condition of those involved cannot be ascertained for several days. The ac­ counts are being investigated and the creditors wifli hold a meeting. The reason given for the failures is dull times. BREVITIES. t«en hundred widows among the Arme­ nian survivors and 4,500 father. chil­ dren. Relief work hask just be^n begun and is simply appalling. The Armenians ai^e very timid, and so few of their men are left that they are reluctant to attempt to distribute aid even to their own people. We try to investigate the needs of all and to treat all sufferers with impartiality. We nped $1,000 a week for at least two or three months." • WESTERN. A Montana antiquarian claims to have discovered that the cathode or X rays were known to the Chinese many cen­ turies agp. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the sentence of the Taylor brothfers, con­ victed in the Carroll County Circuit Court of having murdered the Meek family near Milan. The date of execution was set for April 30. The Taylors have plenty of money and the case was bitterly fought.- While Mrs. John F. Seigel, wife of a prominent business-man at Bogart, Ohio, was drivihg along Hancock street, in. San­ dusky, accompanied by her sou, aged 1!) years,-a train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad struck , the vehicle in which they were riding, and both were killed. - _, , At Redfield, S. D.. Attorney General Crawford disposed at public sale of State Treasurer Taylor's bondsmen's property- under vexeCUtion, Only realty was sold, •aggregating $57,600. All property was bid |n for the State at the amounts ap­ praised some" time'ago. This, with the cash paid' and property previously recov­ ered, makes the total credit upo.p the shortage $270,000. Fred Payne, who was married only Sunday, and James McKinstry. married but a few weeks ago. both of Chicago, were instantly killed at the Henry street crossing of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in Harlem Wednesday after­ noon. They became aware of their peril and made desperate efforts to escape death, but could not get out of the way in time. The men were riding in a cover­ ed milk wagon and did not notice the ap­ proaching train until it was almost on them. They tried t.o urge the horse for­ ward. but the 'train was too near them. The engine struck the wagon between the front and rear wheels, completely de­ molishing it. The men were thrown through the side of the wagon to a point eighty feet west and south of the crossing and fell within a few feet of each other. The necks of both men were broken. Payne's left leg was broken below the hip and again below the knee; the right leg was broken above the knee. McKin- stry's left arm was broken above and below the elbow. He had also sustained a fracture of the left leg below the knee. The horse escaped without a bruise. The crossing «v,s unguarded. Several opinions of importance were handed down by the llliuois Supreme Court late Saturday night. Chief among them is the decision sustaining the ver­ dict rendered in Judge Brentano's court, sentencing Frank R. and Charles J. Meadowcroft, of Chicago, to one year each in the penitentiary'. The verdict was rendered Dec. 14, 1894, since which time the Meadowcrofts have been out on bail pending the final decision of the Su­ preme Court. The decision is especially Unfavorable reports regarding the pope's health are circulating at. Rome. The exports of Sheffield. England, to the United States for the first three months of 1800 amounted to $832,220, compared With $503,010 for the same pe­ riod of 1895. The Genesee river is out of bank aS Rochester. N. Y., and at Utica the Mo­ hawk is doing great damage. At Cin­ cinnati the Ohio threatens to become unmanageable. The national congress of Venezuela has authorized the president to negotiate a foreign loan of 50,000,000 francs to pur­ chase land for new railways and extend those already in operation. ' At Carroll ton, Mo.. Ole Ecton was kill­ ed, Will Godwin was shot in the face and the side, and Lee Cunningham receiv­ ed a scalp wound in a row. Godwin and Cunningham are in jail charged with Ecton's' murder. Rudolph Sjtreckels, president of the Ha­ waiian Commercial and Sugar Company, j in his annual report, says the world's product of sugar this year will probably be 1.000,000 tons short of rhe supply of several years past. The anti-coal trust bill, allowing the Attorney General to begin action to pre­ vent monopolies, passed the New York Senate by an affirmative vote of 40, no one voting in the negative. The bill had previously passed the Assembly. Miss Clara Bartun, president of the American Red Cross Society, now in Con­ stantinople. is much disturbed by the re­ ports circulated in the United States to £he effect that the Red Cross relief is be­ ing controlled by the Turks. This, it appears, is not the case. The Turkish Government allows the agents of Miss Barton to distribute the relief funds, the only stipulation being that at must be done in the presence of 'the Turkish officials. A telegram from Tupelo, Miss., sixty miles southeast of Memphis, says: "A young negro, about IS years old. was tak­ en from jail by a mob and lynched in front of the court house. The mob went to the sheriff's home, overpowered him "Ivith shotguns, marched him to the jail and forced the keys from him. The men wore •masks and their identity is unknown. The prisoner attempted to assault a promi­ nent white lady at Plantersville about two weeks ago. A warrant was sworn out at Detroit, Mich., for the arrest of Alderman John" •Chris Jacobs, charging him with solicit­ ing a bribe from a firm of architects in •connection with the plans for the new eounty building. Alderman Jacobs was indicted several years ago by the grand jury on a charge of "boodling,'/ but es­ caped conviction. Obituary: At Jefft-rsonvillu, Ind., Rev. Joseph Miller Hutchinson. 50.--At Supe­ rior, Vincent Roy, a wealthy Chippewa Indian.--At Middletowu, N. Y., Peter F. Conkling, 100.--At Carbon, Ind.. Joseph Fitzipatrick. ' EASTERN^ Four persons were killed and two in­ jured by a tenement house fire at New York city. The dead are Archibald Gro- gan, Thomas Malloy, Mary McMahon and. Margaret T. Ryan.. Bishop Potter,'of New York, has been invited by the authorities of Cambridge University, in England, to be select preacher to the university during the month of May, 1S97. The national Armenian relief commit­ tee of New York has received a letter dated Oorfa, Feb. 19, as follows: "The massacre of Dec. 28 and 29 left oviw fif- important, as it establishes the constitu- tionality.of the banking law under which they were convicted, thus being the first case under that law in this Sttate. The case was a long and bitterly fought one. The Meadowcrofts were convicted of re­ ceiving deposits when they knew they were insolvent. They were defended by ex-Judge Collins, Edwin Walker and A. J. Eddy, while A. S. Trude conducted the prosecution. Judge Collins said the case was taken to the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. Unless the opin­ ion discussed the exceptions entered by the defense during the trial, they would have grounds for another appeal. In their appeal to the -Supreme Court their argument was they were conducting a le­ gitimate business, such as a dry goods or any other business, and claimed the bank­ ing law was unconstitutional because it placed certain restrictions on one branch of business and not on all. SOUTHERN. Half the business portion of Weston, W. Va., was burned. Loss, $150,000. Mine. Duret Berthel, leading contralto of Louisville, one 6f the best-known vocal­ ists of the South, has been stricken blind and the probabilities are that her affliction will be permanent. At Richmond, Ky., Friday morning, a couple from Lee County, Virginia, ob­ tained a marriage license. The groom, Hiram H. Ely, is 15 years old, while the bride, Mrs. Jane Ely, his sister-in-law, is 40, fat, and has four children. An order from the boy's mother was produced which granted permission for his mar­ riage. Farmers who live on the Texas side of Red river, just across from Fort Sill County, say there is a gang of outlaws in the territory opposite them. They say Crawford and Lewis, who robbed, the Wichita Falls City National Bank Feb. 25, killed Cashier Dorsey and were sub­ sequently lynched by indignant citizens, were members of this gang. These crim­ inals tell the settlers that J. A. Ivemp, bank president and wholesale grocer, and Burke Burnett, the cattle king, are re­ sponsible for the lynching of Crawford and Lewis and they have sworn ven­ geance against them and the city of Wi­ chita Falls. Key West, Fla., dispatch: (Sent from Havana to avoid pi ess censorship.) Twenty-five thousand insurgents, under Gen. Maceo, are swarming over the prov­ inces of Havana and Pinar del Rio, de­ stroying property, ripping up railways and tearing down telegraph lines. Forty- five thousand Spanish soldiers are in the same territory and more are coming. Gen. Maceo is in immediate command of the center column of rebels, ^v-ith about 9,000 men. Gen. Masso is in the southern part of Havana Province with about 0,000 men, and Gen. Lacret is hovering about the outskirts of Havana with about 6,000 cavalry. The other 4,000 men are divided into small bands of pillagers. The in­ surgents are well equipped and have plenty of ammunition and are capable of giving the soldiers a warm reception. The activity noticeable about the palace of Gen. Weyler seems to bear out the idea that a crisis is near at hand. alone in his office engaged at Wtork aftet thehours for , receiving caller;; have passed. v ' An opinion was rendered by the Su­ preme Court Monday in the case known as the long and short haul case, involving the validity of; the provision of the inter­ state commerce act prohibiting a higher charge for a short than for a long haul, appealed from the decision of the Circuit Court of appeals for the fifth circuit. The appeal was taken by the railroads. Its title was the interstate commerce com­ mission vs. the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company, the Western and Atlantic Railway, Company and the Georgia Railway Company. The decision of the court below was affirmed in the main, the opinion holding that in cases of shipments from one State to another on through bills of lading railway com­ panies could not exempt parties and give them special rates. Justice Shirits deliv­ ered the opinion of the court. Justice Shiras also handed down the opinion of the court in the case of the Texas Pacific Railway vs. the interstate commerce com­ mission, appealed from the circuit-court of appeals for the second circuit, and known as the import-rate case. The opin­ ion of. the Supreme Go.urt reversed the opinion of the"Circuit"Gourt, which held that it was illegal to charge less on the imported goods than oh domestic articles.' .The effect of the opinion is to continue the alleged discrimination iii the interest of foreign shippers. ' :; .' foreign" .•••' ' -President Alfaro of Ecuador'has Issued a decree t!hat, ;tn the event of invasion or internal disorder, the cost of! maintaining an army'and other war expense shall be defrayed with the property of the leaders, if it can be seized. The seizure, deposit and transfer are to be carried-out as the president shall dictate. In consequence of the energetic repre­ sentations of the British ambassador. Sir Philip Currie, and the United States charge d'affaires, John W. Riddle, the porte has furnished written assurances that the missionaries in Anatolia will not be molested in the work of distributing re­ lief, on condition that an Ottoman official is permitted to assist in the distribution of the funds, etc. Orders have been received at Toulon to prepare a number of warships for ac­ tive service, stores and ammunition are being overhauled and sent on board the vessels to be prepared for commission and all naval officers on furlough have been telegraphed to rejoin their ships imme­ diately. These measures are believed to be of a precautionary nature. The French Mediterranean squadron, however, is to be strengthened, and the second-class .cruisef4 Cecille, 5,700 tons, eight five-ton "guns and ten three-ton guns, having a speed of nineteen knots, has sailed on a special mission to the African coast. While it cannot be learned thai the United States has yet joined with Great Britain in representations to Ft Since re­ specting the setting aside by the latter of the treaties of commerce and amity that have existed between them and the HoVa Government of Madagascar, it is believed the matter is rapidly assuming a phase that will call for some action by our Government. Like Great Britain, the United States has a treaty with the Hova Government that guarantees to our citi­ zens privileges equal to those accorded any other nation. This means for one" thing that no greater duties shall be im­ posed on goods imported into Madagascar from the United States than for any other country. It is the purpose of the French Government to remove this equality and reserve special privileges for French merchants, and France has notified our State Department that by virtue of this assumption of control over the foreign re­ lations of Madagascar these treaties shall fall. Our trade with Madagascar is quite-, large. IN GENERAL The sealing steamer New Foundland' has arrived at St. John's, N. F., with a catch equal to 30,000 seals. She reports that the Labrador has raken 16,000, the Walrus 12,000, the Leopard 8,000 and the Kite 10,000 seals. This is the worst opening for the fishery in many years. The New Foundland was only two-thirds full, but had to make port because she was leaking badly. Obituary: At New York, Roderick B. Seymour, 53.--At Cleveland, O., Miss F. Jenny Duty, 45.--At St. Louis, William D. Griswold, 81.--At Rockford, 111., Mrs. John W. Henderson and Charles S. Marsh, 00.--At Prairie du Sac, Wis., Rev. P. Massueger.--At Two Rivers, Wis., City Clerk William Hurst, 65.--At Mon­ tague, Mich., George PI Dowling, 56.-- At Mason City, Iowa, Robert Hall.--At Greensboro, Ala., ex-Gov. Thomas Seay, 60. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "No important change has occurred in the general condition of busi­ ness during the week, and if trade in some respects looks worse, in other re­ spects it looks better. Some failures of magnitude have occurred, which caus­ ed much apprehension and unwillingness to lend among bankers, and there have been somewhat less favorable features in the dry goods market, but in iron and steel conditions are slightly improved, and in boots and shoes considerably more hope is felt. The labor controversies, mainly in the clothing trade, still cause much interruption of that business. For­ eign trade is a little more satisfactory." TORTURED IN CUBA HORROR ENACTED AT A PUBLIC EXECUTION. Dread Spanish Inquisition Days Sur­ passed by the Garrote--Unfortunates Slowly Strangled to Death on the Scaffold--Agonizing Fate for Five. Work of Official Bunglcrsr^.^ A startling exhibition of bungling iir the execution by thePgarrote of five-Cu­ ban prisoners took place at Havana. The men, classed as "murderers, violators and incendiaries" belonging to.Cayajabo, were recently sentenced to be garroted, and at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning a Strong force of infantry was -drawn up in the form of a square around the spot where the garrojte had been erected. The instrument of execution, a chair .with a post behind it, an iron collar and screw behind it, which when turned strangles or breaks the neck of the victim, was set up by the famous executioner, Valentine Ruizt who, for some reasoii not fully ex­ plained, acted upon'this occasion as the assistant to his own assistant instead of as the principal executioner. ." The five prisoners in their dungeons re­ ceived the. ministrations of the priests,, One man confessed himself to be guilty of the crimes charged against him and as­ serted that his companions were inno­ cent, the latter stoutly maintaining their innocence to the last TO ROW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. Two Daring Men in an Open Boat to Cross the Ocean. Preparations are well under way for the most daring attempt that has ever been madd to cross the Atlantic in an open cboat. George Harbo, New York pilot, fisherman and seaman from1 his earliest youth, proposes to row from New, York to England, using an "ordinary row boat, buiit after plans designed by himself, and intended to show the improvement which he claims may be made in the lifeboats now in use. No sailing will be done pn ^tliis extraordinary trip. Harbo says he will" pull out into the Atlantic with a companion, about the middle of June, and that from then on they will row to Eu­ rope. The two men will take turns in rowing the boat, each • working about eighteen hours a day. Harbo estimates than an average of about four knots an hour, day. and night, can be made in this way. According to this they would make the passage in from forty to forty-five days. Tlie boat has been built with a stout piece of oak running along the bottom and separated from the keel. Harbo coolly says that this is for the two men to lash themselves to when the boat is upset and the sea is too rough for tlipm to right her. Each man in very rough weather is to be lashed at the end of a long line, tied about, his waist, which, will hold him to the boat when he is swept overboard, which Harbo expects will occur as a mat- ter-of course; In fact, it would seem that although the trip is to be made in June and July, Harbo looks'forward to the roughest kind of a time and" will only, be The. man selected to be.the first victim „.. . quietly and coolly mounted the steps lead- disappointed if he encounters uniformly QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL. K •• \ " Miss Arthemise Bald-win--One of th6 S 8wfeetest Maids of New Orleans. One of the sweetest maids of New, Or­ leans is Miss Arthemise Baldwin,^who was crowned queen of the recent Mardi Gras in the city near tfoe delta. She is the daughter of Albert Baldwin, presi­ dent of'the New Orleans National Bank. Miss Baldwin looked a real queen and certainly never did a real queen wear a more gorgeous "coronation robe, a pretty picture of which was made by Illustrated American. This gorgeous robe was of the richest white satin embroidered with gold thread and jewels. Around the bottom of the skir.t were five-large coro­ nets, wrought out of seed pearls and jewels. Above them was a rich applique of palest green velvet ccmched in gold thread and with the design picked out in amethysts, sapphires, emeralds and other glittering jewels. The corsage was cut round in the neck and the entire front was covered with the same exquisite jew­ eled embroidery. Huge puffs of satin N A T I O N A L S 0 L 0 N S . REVIEW OF THEIR WORK WASHINGTON. AT ing to the chair and took his seat. The man acting as executioner then twisted the lever or screw handle controlling the garrote, but he was evidently nervous, and this rendered him so weak that his hands slipped repeatedly from the lever. There were horrible, smothering, choking cries from the scaffold, and it was only after a long period of agony for the con­ demned man and almost torture for the spectators that the Cuban was pronounc­ ed dead. But this was only a beginning of the terrible performance. The second victim was brought to the front and led np the steps to the scaffold by the priests and assistant executioner. Upoii reaching the platform the nnfortunate man made an effort to say something to the people sur­ rounding him, but the executioner's hand was placed over his mouth, he was hastily .bundled into the deadly chair and in an­ other moment the iron collar was around his neck. If the executioner was nervous upon the occasion of the first killing he was ten times more so upon this occasion. The result was more slow, fearful stran­ gulation and another horrible experience for the spectators. mild' weather. The boat is 18 feet long with a 5-foot beam. She is .clinker-built, of cedar, with oak timber, and Weighs 200 pounds, drawing when light but three inches of water. The load which is to be put into her, however, will increase her draft to seven inches. She has the gen­ eral appearance of a double-ended sea skiff. There is an air tight compartment in either end of the boat< some twenty inches deep and three feet six inches long. These two tanks will make the boat unsinkable when they are intact. Next to the forward compartment there will be a twenty-gallon sheetiron water tank, which will conform exactly to the shape of the boat. Four other small tanks of a capacity of ten gallons each will ocdupy the corresponding position at the stern. A canvas cover, under which the men ma/ sleep, will button over the forward end of tho boat. The men will carry ex­ tra oars and a large pair of sweeps, using the latter when they work together. These, with the 4 instruments, cooking utensils and other necessities, will take up much of the spare room. The pro­ visions are to eon«sist largely of canned 1 HARBO'S EIGHTEEN-FOOT BOAT. By this time the prison officials, the priests and officers in command of the troops had endured so much that they openly denounced the acting executioner and called upon him to get down from the scaffold and let another man take his place. Thereupon the aenng executioner feverishly called upon the executioner-in- chief, Valentine Ruiz, who from loi^g ex­ perience is looked upon as being an expert in his line. i Ruiz, however, was almost as nervous and excited as his assistant and fumbled badly as he handled the third Cuban. But he succeeded in accomplishing the execu­ tion in shorter time and with less horror than his assistant. The fourth Cuban was then turned over to Ruiz. By this time Ruiz was shaking all over and he was much slower and considerably clum­ sier in sending the unhappy man out of the world. So much so that there was renewed murmuring at the official inca­ pacity and Ruiz stumbled away from the death post, insisting in choking tones that his assistant must finish the day's work. Consequently the assistant executioner again tried his hand at the terrible screw and was as unlucky as before, for there was another scene of horror which nearly caused strong men to faint before the fifth Cuban's life was pronounced extinct. goods and oatenmeal. The latter will be especially useful, as sea water may be used in boiling it. The canned goods will be selected so as to resist the great heat of a calm midsummer day on the ocean. Two spirit compasses will be fixed in the bottom of the boat. When the sea is so rough that little or no headway can be made by rowing, the men will throw over a sea anchor made of canvas and opening like an umbrella. Ilarbo claims that two hours of work at the oar will make up for the drift of twenty-four hours in a storm with the sea anchor out. Changes of clothing for the men will be taken in a water-tight case. Their underclothing is to be lined with siTk so as to avoid chafing. Harbo is 32 years of age, and has spent .his life upon the sea. M I S S A R T H H M I S E B A L D W I N . formed the sleeves and on "them the rich design of the skirt was repeated. About the neck was a costly medici collar, thick­ ly studded with jewels on both sides un­ til it formed a glittering mass of gems. From the shoulders, fastened by gems, hung the court train of royal purple vel­ vet, deeply bordered with ermine, and lined with heavy white satin. The train, three yards long, was richly embroidered with fleur de lis, wrought in the same jew­ els as those used in embroidering the gown. About her white throat she wore a superb necklace of diamonds, a jeweled girdle spanned her waist, on her head she wore a crown and in her hand she bore a scepter. G E N E R A L K I T C H E N E R . Man Who Lends t l i e A ng lo - Kgy pt ian lCxpedi t ion Up t l i e 'Ni le . (Jen. Kitchener, who is in command of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition in the Soudan, is an able soldier and well fitted to be head of the enterprise by which it is hoped, to reconquer 10asi Soudan, now under the rule of. the mahdi. lie is the sirdar' of the Egyptian army, and the expedition will consist chiefly of Egyptian troops. The native forces will be strengthened by 1.200 British troops, who will be under the command of Gen. Henderson, staff major of the army of occupation. The native army will be commanded almost exclusively by British -officers. The force will march up thft ITALIANS SHOW FIGHT. WASHINGTON. A bill has been introduced in- tfie Sen ate providing for the election of a dele­ gate to Congress from Alaska. A visitor at the White House the other day was surprised to hear the President whistling at his work in an adjoining office. The tune was "Silver Threads Among the Gold." Whistling is not a new accomplishment with'the President. An employe at tihe White House said that be frequently whistles in a low. tone while alone in his office. "Ho cannot siug well," grid the man, "because his voice is not modulated, although I have frequent- ea.rd him humming in a sort of bary- 'tone about the mansion.-" But he is a Whistler from "Whistlerville" and has' made the tune of "Silver Threads Among the -Gold" popular among .the employes about the White House. Another tune that has caught tlie President's fancy is Sousa's "King Cotton," although he does not wdiistle that air as often as the other. His Kivorite times for whistling are in tihe morning, just after breakfast, or while MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, '02c to 63c; Corn, No. 2, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 30c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 15c to 25c; broom corn, $20 to $45 per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 fo $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 07c to 09c; corn, No. 1 .white. 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. •St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 3(>c to 37c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00'; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No, 2 mixed, ,20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 39c to 41c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 37c to 38c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats,, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 37c to 39c; clover seed, $4.35 to $4.45. Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 62c to 03c; corn, No. 3, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No. 2, 31c to 33c; rye. No. 1, 37c to 39c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to,.7.oc; corn. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2,00 to $4.50 wheat, No. 1 hard, 75c to 70c; corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c butter, creamery, lfjc'to 22c; eggs, Weat ern, 11c to 12c. Horror Cuuaet l I n W a s h i n g t o n . The message from Havana giving the details of the killing of five prisoners by the garrote raised a cry of horror in Washington. Scnor Dupuy de-kome, the Spanish minister, admitted that the men had been killed, but declared that the form of punishment was the one prescribed by Spanish law. He said the men were ne­ groes, and had been guilty of a most atro­ cious crime in hanging a merchant at Guira Melena and in killing a small boy at the same place. He said the details of the execution had been exaggerated to suit the Cuban sentiment in the United States. The reports to the Cubans in Washing­ ton declare that the horrible execution of the five men at Havana is but a sample of the atrocious cruelties of Captain General Weyler in Cuba. They declare they have information indicating that such cruelties are practiced nearly every day in Cuba, and that they are so horri­ ble as to be beyond comprehension. SLAIN AT ADOWA. Gen. Albertone , the Off icer Ki l l ed by Abyss in ians . At tempt to Break Out o f the Depor­ ta t ion Fen a t E l l i s I s land . It was one continuous round of excite­ ment on Ellis island Tuesday. Twice a large body of Italians, held for deporta­ tion, made desperate attempts, to escape from their p.'ace°of imprisonment, and but for the courage and alertness of the few,keepers and inspectors who had them in charge riot and bloodshed might have resulted. It was shortly after 10 o'clock when the first outbreak occurred. There were 250 savage looking men, mostly Italians, shut inside the "to be deported" pen on the second floor of the main building. Suddenly there was a murmur among them. It inereased to a growl and to a howl of defiance and rage. Hundreds of sunburnt, dirty hands tried to tear open the wire work of the pen. It began to bend and in a moment more would have given Way had not the keepers rushed up and down outside, pounding the protrud­ ing fingers. Dr. Senner early in the day realized the gravity of the situation. He telegraphed to Washington that he must have more help. Just when all seemed peace the Arizona, the steamer which takes the im­ migrants from Ellis island to the battery, steamed-in. As the released immigrants ran to board her some of them shouted to the throng of "detained." In a mo ment all was excitement again. A fierce rush was made. Savage blows were struck at the officials, and more than one knife was drawn in the crowd. The ofti cials went at the undisciplined mob fierce ly, and after a few minutes' fighting tin little knot of breathless officers had the crowd subdued. Nile, passing through the two Dongolas (old and new) on their way to Berber, and there will be fighting unquestion­ ably at Dongola, where the mahdi lfas been collecting a strong force, to which he will add in anticipation of the ap­ proaching trouble. After Dongola is cap­ tured it will be made the base of opera­ tions against Berber. Twelve thousand G E N . K I T C H E N E R . Egyptian troops are on the advance al­ ready, and there is need for some alarm, for the dervishes are reckless fighters and scorn danger, believing, as they do, that if they die fighting they will be at once translated to the paradise of the koran. It is said that the purpose of the expedi­ tion' is to assist Italy by this diversion near Abyssinja, but tliis is not believed. On the contrary, there can be no doubt that the sole purpose of this great under­ taking is to re-establish British suprema­ cy in the domain of the fanatical succes­ sor of t)he late prophet. The territory sought to be reclaimed for Egypt compris­ es Darfur, Kordofan, Senaar, Taka, the Equatorial province and Bahr-el-Ghazal. It was. until 1882, under Egyptian rule. In that year the revolt of the mahdi made •it free. After the mahdi's death one of his lieutenants succeeded, and, with Om- durman as this capital, has since ruled over most of the territory. The khalifa still holds several of the prisoners taken at Khartoum. Last year France was said to have sent an expedition to the Soudan, but nothing has been heard of it. Detailed Proceedings of Senate and House-Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch--Questions of Mo­ ment to the Country at Large. The Legislative Grindi- The Senate indulged in an acrimonious political debate Friday. The controversy arose over Mr. Hill's motion to .strike from the legislative appropriation bill the proposed change of the date of assem­ bling the New Mexico Legislature from December to May, Mr.. Hill bitterly de­ nounced the change as a political trick." Mr. Elkins protested. The debate took a wide range, Senators Gorman, Faulkner, Cockrell and other Democrats attacking the provision as political, while Senators Elkins, Carter, Cullom and other Repub­ lican Senators defended it. Mr. Cullom sought to table Mr. Kill's motion, but a motion to this effect failed by a vote of 21 to 29, whereupon Mr. Cullom yielded to the Hill motion and^ the New Mexico provision was struck out. The Senate passed the legislative appropriation bill, -carrying $21,500;000. Aside from provid­ ing the usual appropriations, the bill .is important in effecting a reform of the sys­ tem of compensation for. United,"States District Attorneys and Marshals, sal­ aries being substituted for fees. The ap­ propriation^ committee attempted to taka up the sundry Civil appropriation bill in the House, but the members Who were interested in'bill's on the private calendar defeated them by a vote of 142 to 77. The Senate Monday passed the bill ap­ propriating $2,000,000 for a public build­ ing at Indianapolis. Mhch time was spent in discussing the settlement between Gov­ ernment and the State of Arkansas. The House took up the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill and dis­ posed of fifteen of the 100 pages before adjournment. Few amendments were added to the bill. The Senate resolution authorizing F. Green to exercise the du­ ties and powers heretofore conferred upon the late Gen. Casey in relation to the construction of the library of Congress was adopted. The Senate resohrtien au­ thorizing ex-President Harrison to accept certain medals presented to him by the Governments of Brazil and Spain was also adopted. The House spent Tuesday considering the sundry civil bill.and fair progress was made. Effort was made by some of the Southern representatives to strike out the appropriation of $50,000 for the pay of internal revenue i.nformers, but :t was unsuccessful. The expected debate on the resolution for a Senate inquiry into recent bond issues did not take place, as Mr. Peffer gave notice that he would de­ fer his motion. The postoffice appropria- :ion biii, carrying $93,000,000, was con­ sidered in part, but not completed. A sharp debate on mail subsidies arose, Mr. Vilas opposing an extension of the sub­ sidy system, while Senators Perkins and White of California upheld them. Sena­ tor George's speech in opposition to Mr. Dupont's claim to a seat occupied most of the day and was not completed. Ocean mail subsidies brought, on an ani- mated discussion in the Senate VVednes- day during the consideration of the post- office^ appropriation bill. ill-. Vilas op­ posed subsidies, and pointed out many nstances of what he declared were ex- essive payments for mail service. Mr. Perkins of California energetically de­ fended the subsidies for their encourage­ ment to American shipping. The subsidy tem was reserved for a separate vote. The balance of the postoffice appropriation bill was completed. Senator Call of Flor­ ida introduced in the Senate a jojnt resolu­ tion directing the sending of an adequate naval force to Cuba to put an end to bar­ barities and the violation of treaty obli­ gations. The House continued considera­ tion of the sundry civil bill. The House Thursday passed the sundry ivil bill, and wasted a lot of time in acri­ monious debate of the question of appro­ priating public money for private or sec- arian institutions. The postoffice appro­ priation bill served to bring out some sharp discussion in the Senate on the propriety of abolishing country postoffices and absorbing them as branches of city flices. The bill authorizing the light­ house board to proceed with the building of the lighthouse at North Manitou isl­ and, Lake Michigan, was passed. The House bill granting the Atchison and Ne­ braska and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railways a right of way through the Sac Ifnd^Fox and Iowa Indian reser­ vations in Kansas and Nebraska was passed. The Senate then went into ex- cutive session and soon after adjourned until Monday. Sparks from the Wires. Allen Ballew, 74 years of age, has just been acquitted of the charge of murder at Lancaster, Ky. While rabbit-hunting in Boyd County, Kentucky, Hugh Djxou accidentally shot and killed his companion, John Johnson. An intelligent shepherd dog saved Mrs. Oliie W. Evans and her son Harry, aged 10, from cremation at Wilmington, Del. The price of wire nails has been ad­ vanced 15 cents per keg--from $2.40 to $2.55. Cut nails will follow the advance in the.same ratio. ^ Henry Ahrens, tfr., nged 18, of Lau- rium, Mich., was found dead in his bed. It is thought he was suffocated during ft fit IN A RAGING BLIZZARD. Furious Storms Sweeps Down Upon Minnesota and Wiscons in . The month of March went out with a roar that was heard and felt all over th Northwest. Minnesota specials indicate that the weather all over the State was severe. With i\ steadily and rapidly dropping thermometer there was a heavy, wet snow, melting almost as fast as it fell. This'was followed by sleet, and later hard little pellets of snow are driven be-, fore the gale, while frequent thunder and lightning accompany the blizzard. All street car traffic was suspended at West Superior on account of the blizzard, and in that city drifts six feetyiigh are re­ ported. St. Cloud reports tlA the snow is two feet deep on the level. The oldest inhabitant is unable to give testimony as to an equally severe storm for the season. Over eight inches of show fell through­ out the greater part of Colorado Monday night. The snow fall promises to be greater than any during the winter. The snow was accompanied by a high wind. A severe blizzard also prevailed all over Nebraska. Miss F. Jennie Duty, formerly general secretary of the National Non-Partisan W. C. T. U. and widely known through­ out the country as a temperance worker, died at her home in Cleveland, the result of a paralytic stroke'. The deceased was 45 years old. . .- PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. Increase for the Mouth o f March Is Given as $5 ,274 ,780 . The monthly statement of the public debt shows the debt, less cash in the^treas ury on March 31. to have been $942,342, 253,^an increase over last month of $5,- 2(4,(SO, which is accounted for by an in­ crease of $14,209,522 in the amount of bonds delivered during the month, pay­ ment. for which had been made previously The increase in the cash during the month amounted to $8,934,741, making the net increase $5,274,780. as stated. The debt is classified as follows: Interest bearing debt. . . . . $S."7,404,140 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity.. . 1,059,510 Debt bearing no interest. .. 374,920.351 Total $1,213,984,001 This, however, does not include $502, 909,253 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equa amount of cash in the tr asur.v. The cash in the treasury is given as follows: Gold .$171.!S!$5,709 Silver Paper Bonds, disbursing balances, etc.. . . officers' 508.930,744 105,952.143 28.200,349 Total . . . $874,909,947 Against which there are demand liabili ties amounting to $003,327.1.98, leaving a net cash balance of $271,041,748, eluding the gold reserve. News of Minor Note. Patrick McGuinness, 90 years of age, was burned to death in a lire which de stroyed his home at Middletowrt, N. Y James and Frank Tillman and Lucy Law were- instantly killed by a rock washing through the house where they were sleeping at Echo, W, Va. Western Hospitality. People in the Eastern cities know not the meaning of the word "hospitality" as it is written in the dictionary of the Western ranchman. Why," said Senator Warren, of Wy­ oming, discussing some of the charac­ teristics of the Western people, with a representative of the Washington Post the other day, "I would regard it as n personal insult if I went to a house on any ranch and found the door locked. The first, impulse of the average West­ ern man on such an occasion would be to break the door down." "But how about locking up when the inmates go away?" Senator Warren laughed. "It would make no difference at all." lie said. "We all go on the general supposition that a man traveling through the coun­ try is hungry. If he has any food iD his haversack, and finds nobody at home, he goes in the house, takes pos­ session of the kitchen, and cooks his meal. If he has nothing, he helps him­ self 'to what lie can find. He does it as a matter of course, and the family would feel that he was worse than a dude if lie declined to share wltth tfiem even the smallest bit of food that they happened to have in store." A Curious Barometer. One of tlie moSt curious of the many natural barometers consists of a lialf- pint glass half full of water, a piece of muslin and a leech. The leech must be put in the water and the muslin tied over the top of the glass $o that the creaturecannotgetoutagain. When tine weather is to be the order of the day the leech will remain at tlie bottom of the water, coiled up in spiral shape, perfectly motionless. If rain is to be expected it will creep to the top of the glass and remain there until there is a likelihood of more settled weather. If there is to be a storm of wind it squirms about in the water with vio­ lence. For some days before thunder it occasionally moves its body in a con­ vulsive fashion. In frosty weather it behaves in the same manner as in fine weather, and it foretells snow in the same manner that- it does rain. Patti's Fut ore Dates. .Patti bias decided not to sing du Lon­ don again till 3897 She has not yet made any twentieth century dates so far as is known.--Spririgfield Republi­ can. j.