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Country and City Buyers IF YOU WANT TO BUY Should send their orders to adver- tisers in Go to those who advertise in Ife THE GLOBE! THE GLOBE! And always mention where the ad- vertisement was seen. And don"t forget to tell where yon bew the advertisement. NO. 07. VOL. XII. ST. PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1890. DISTRESS EN OIXEE. The Great Flood Doing Tre- mendous Damage in Three States. Twelve Women and Children Drowned From a Frail Raft. Terrible Suffering Reported Among People in the Af- flicted District. A Levee Is Cut at Red Fork, Ark., to Get Temporary Relief. VICKSBUKG, April 6.? Nineteen ne- groes, the survivors of a large party of refugees which atttMnpted to escape from the overflow down Bogue Falaya on a raft, arrived here on the steamer Hill City. They report that twelve women and children were drowned when the current dashed their crazy vessel against a tree, and they escaped with extreme difficulty. This is the most tragic event ?of the flood. The situation is growing daily more serious in the Steel bayou country. Earl Miller, a prominent planter, and brother of Attorney Gen- eral Miller, arrived from there to-day by steamer Evergreen with his family and stock. The Miller plantation, though very high, has gone under. The Evergreen reports the water along the bayou still rising. Cattle and hogs are offered for sale by the people at a song. Much more stock must yet be brought out or allowed to drown. A steamer leaves Tuesday fur Sunflower, and that planters will desire to remove their stock is certain. The steamer Osc.ola arrived this evening from the bends. Her officers report that the overflow is beginning to empty into the Mississippi through Eagle lake, and predict a great increase in pressure all aloiigthe Louis- iana front from that point southward, for the next two weeks. The Osceola begins an inspection of the levees from Delta, La., northward to-morrow, and will be joined by President Maxwell and probably Assist- ant Engineer Thompson. There is the most unmistakable distress along the Steel bayou, and it would be cruelty to deny it. The Evergreen returns there to-morrow, and the Bousam, with Capt. W. D. Pugh and M. M. Smith on board, will follow Tuesday or Wednesday. Tl'ey will bring out all people who are Buffering or in danger. Barges cannot be taken there, and only the smallest boats are suitable for relief work. Capt. Pugh will relieve the distressed, whether they have money or not to pay their fare. Telegrams irom Sharkey, Tallahatchie river, report a decline of eighteen inches. Capt. John B. Mat- tingly, who has just returned from Austin break, says it cannot affect the Yazoo and Tallahatchie country, as its current is too feeble. Engineer Stubbs, of the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific railway, reports the prospects more cheering, and only twentypoints rise in twenty-four hours at the worst places on the line. He is confident the road will hold its own. A DESPERATE FIGHT Being Made to Save the Bayou Sara Levee. Bayou Saua, La., April 6.? The Steamer Pargouda, now under govern- ment charter, arrived to-day, having on board Capt. Kimrsman, United States engineer in charge of this levee district. He has been inspecting the levees between New Orleans and this place. He reports the Point Cour.ee front in good condition, with the exception of the levee at the Pres- ton P|ac<\ almost opposite Bayou Sara. At this point he had left a large num- ber of sacks and several thousand feet of lumber, and thinks there is no Im- mediate danger, if the people in the neighborhood and on the False river will rally at once and use the material to the best advantage. His motto is that the government is willing to help those who are willing to help them- selves. He is of the opinion that the situation is a critical one and warns people to lookout for at least eighteen inches more water. The large dykes or levees, such as Morgansea, Seotts, Waterloo and Grand Bay, are receiving his personal and untiring at- tention, and all that can be done in the way of engineering skill is being done. Morgansea levee is like a besieged fort. A large number of men are on constant duty. The earth work is thoroughly braced with timbers and a pile driver and piles are kept ready for immediate use when needed. This great bulwark that guards so many of our alluvial parishes is being put to a very severe test. May the prayers of all Southwestern Louisiana for its safety be favorably answered. Bayou Sara still holds out, and is making a desperate fight. A force will be put to work to-morrow to raise the levee to meet the coming rise. We are having lovely weather. The river at this point lias risen two-tenths in the last twenty- lour hours, and is now only seven-tenths below the high water mark of ISB2. CUT THE LEVEE. Curious Action of People at Red Fork, Ark. Arkansas City, Ark., April 6.? The weather is clear and pleasant. The water on the inside is rising slowly, caused by a crevasse in Boggy bayou levee. At 1o'clock this morning Capt. Tollinger, United States engineer, re- ceived a dispatch saying that Red Fork ppople had cut the levee about Bixty feet wide and five feet deep. Capt. Tollinger left immediately for that point, and will be followed as soon as possible by men and material for clos- ing the cut. Boggy bayou is a very im- portant point to all the country below here on this side of the river. Burned Over a Mile. New Bedford. Mass., April6. -Some one of a party of men in the woods at Cummings' hill. Russell Mills, to-day dropped a liehted cigar, setting the un- derbrush on fire. Before it was stopped over a mile of territory was burned. Fell Through a Window. Moncton, N. 8., April 6.? Jud?;e Botsford fainted and fell backwards through the second story window in the Moncton club last evening and sus- tained internal injuries which resulted in death to-day. He was seventy-seven years of atre and the pioneer member of the Royal Arch Masons, belonging to the lodge bearing his name. THE ADIUATIC'S OFFER, Aid Proffered the Disabled City of Paris. New Youk, April 6.? The Adriatic arrived here to-day. Capt. Roberts was questioned about his action toward the disabled City of Paris. He states that the story published is not true, and is vouched for by one of Ms saloon pas- sengers, George C. Steams. Capt. Rob- erts states that he laid by the Paris six hours, and that on the boat from the Paris coming alongside his vessel he informed the offi- cer in charge that he would do all in his power to assist the disabled ship. He signalled the steamer Aldersgate, and with her proceeded to come up to the Paris, and, on reaching her, informed Capt. Watkins that he had spoken to the Aldersttate, who was willingto tow the Paris to Queenstown. He also offered to take off her passengers and leave them at Queenstown, not Ne?v York, as has been incorrectly reported, and even stated to Cap. Watkins that if it was ab- solutely necessarvto save life.he would tow the Paris to Queenstown. Capt, Watkins, on learning from Capt. Ro- berts that the steamer Aldersgate would tow him, signalled: "Thanks; go ahead," so he proceeded on his voyage. CHOKED 1O DEATH. A Tight Collar Chokes a Daluth Celestial. Special to the Globe. ?Dui/UTir, Minn., April 6.? Wung Lee, a Chinese laundryman, died in a singular manner during the night. His companion, another Celestial, was awakened by Lee's heavy breathing and gasping, but thinking it was owing to a little heavy dose of hitting the pipe, paid no further attention. Shortly afterwards Wung Lee made a heavy, gurgling sound, and the other China- man, recognizing the death rattle, fled in terror, leaving the dying man alone. In a few minutes he came back with aid, but Wung Lee was dead. Examin- ation proved that he had strangled slowly to death by the pressure of the tight collar of his shirt ou the neck un- der the chin. EXTREMELY HEAVY STORM. Rain Docs Much Damage in New York. New Yokk, April 6.? Passengers wno arrived from the central part of New York state to-day describe the raiu storm, which was reported from Ithaca yesterday, as being the most severe in their experience. One man said he had never wit- nessed such a storm even in the tropics, where he had traveled exten- sively. The train on which he was a passenger was delayed over an hour by a w.ashout near Caroline, where the track was destroyed for a space of about 150 feet and in some places it was seventy feet deep. The passengers were transfei red. The storm was ac- companied by a gale of wind which threatened to blow the train from the track. A Steamer's Peril. London, April 6.? A fog signal pre- maturely exploded last night at the famous Bell Rock lighthouse, off the east coast of Scotland. The dome was shattered by the explosion, and the light was extinguished for the first time since the linhthouse was built in 1811. After the explosion a passing steamer had a narrow escape from being wrecked on the reef, owing to the absence of the light. She was warned just in time by fog signals, and a disaster was averted. Into a Landslide. Troy, N. V., April 6.? A big land- slide occurred on the West Shore road, east of St. Johnsville, at Diefendorf hill. Both tracks 'are blocked. An east-bound freight train. Engineer Pot- ter, ran into it. Engineer Potter and three other trainmen were buried in the slide. The four victims were exhumed from the debris. None were killed. Engineer Potter and Fireman Gorman were seriously injured: two other train- men were badly hurt. Gorman may die. Down an Embankment. Omaha, April6.? An axle on the ten- der of the engine on the fast freight on the Burlington road broke at South Omaha this morning. The train was running at a high rate of speed. Twelve cars and the engine went down a twen- ty-foot embankment. Fireman Swanson was slightly bruised; others of the crew escaped unhurt. The track has been blocked all day. Looks Reasonable at Least. Niagara Falls, N. Y m April6.? W. A. Welch rode out into tbe river March 27, to set a night line, since which time he has been missing. To-day an oar and a part of his boat were found be- low the falls. He is believed to have gone over. -' --~;. A Shocking Accident. Wichita, Kan., April6.? When Rev. Mrs. Thomas Cefton returned home from church to-day she found her baby, one year old, hanging by the neck from a hammock. The child had fallen and was choked to death. ;/?;' 7 Destroyed a Block. Worcester, Mass., April 6.? The Forest block and the corner of Main and Austin streets were wholly de- stroyed by fire about 4 o'clock this morning. Loss $70,000. - : . * One Lone Steamship. New York, AprilC? Arrived: Leip- zig from Bremen. DRUNK OR SOBER. Lieut. Brooks Says Fechet Was Neither./ Fort Yates, N. D., April The court martial of Capt. Edmond G. Fechet, Troop F, Eighth cavalry, which| began yesterday, adjourned over to- day. The charge is that of drunken- ness while presiding over a court martial, and the specification sets up that he was so drunk the court was compelled to adjourn to permit him to sober up. Judge Advocate Gen. Groes- beck conducted the prosecution and Lieut. Crowder, who acted in the same capacity at the Steele court mar- tial at Chicago, appeared for the defense. Fechet pleaded , not guilty. The first witness, . Lieut. Abbott, said that he moved to , adjourn the court because it was Ins opinion that Capt. Fechet was suffering from the effects of a long : spree. -. Lieut. Brooks testified he thought Fechet was neither drunk nor sober, but just be- tween. Lieut. Ayer testified the same. None of the witnesses were willing to swear positively Fechet was drunk, and he may be acquitted on a technicality. STORY OF THE SOUTH. econstruction and Its Re- sults Discussed by Distin- guished Southrons. The South Said to be Solving the Negro Question for Itself. Montana Senators, World's Fair and Other Things in Congress. The Say-Nothing Policy of the State Department Cre- ating Comment. Washington, April 6.?Representa- tives Herbert, of Alabama: Hemphill, South Carolina; Turner, of Georgia; Stewart, of Texas; Wilson, of West Virginia: ex-Representative Barksdale, of Mississippi: Senators Vance, of North Carolina ;Pasco, of Florida; West, of Missouri; 'and Messrs W. M. Fish- back, of Arkansas, Ira P. Jones, of Tennessee, C. S, Long, of West Vir- ginia,and B. J. Sage, of Louisiana, have collectively written, and will soon pub- lish, a book entitled "Why the Solid South ; or Reconstruction and Its Re- sults." It undertakes to narrate, fairly snd dispassionately, in concise and papular form, the history of the reconstructed governments in each state, showing how the Republicans ob- tained control and how they lost it, the figures and facts as to shrinkage of val- ues and increase of debt and taxation under those governments, and the pros- perity of the South under present au- spices. The book speaks of Abraham Lincoln's death as an appalling calam- ityto the South; argues that Andrew Johnson follosved strictly Lincoln's plan ofrestoration, and contends that if Lincoln had lived he would have been able to defend that plan against the as- saults of congress. Each chapter is signed by its author, who thus becomes directly responsible for the truth of his statements; and the claim of the book in its preface (written by Gen. Herbert, its editor) Is that, in all the chapters, the facts are understated rather than over- stated. The race question and race troubles are extensively discussed, and the statement made that there is no in- tention to agitate for the repeal of the fifteenth amendment or the deportation of the negro. Educational and material statistics of many kinds are given in support of the contention that the negro is prospering, and that the South is solving for itself the negro problem. The book is dedicated to the business men of the North, with a statement that they are interested in continuing the prosperity of the South. THE MONTANA. SENATORS. They Will Be Discussed Again This Week. Washington, April 6.? ln the sen- ate, the Chinese enumeration act will come up to-morrow, and Mr. Mitchell's amendments, intended to restore the bill to something: like its purport when It was received from the house, will be in order. It is not expected that this bill willoccupy much time. After itis disposed of, the discussion of the re- ports in the Montana election case will be. resumed. At the rate of progress made last week, the case bids fair to go over into next week. It will give way, however, for a prompt consideration of the world's fair bill, should the select committee on that subject make a re- poit after its meeting next Thursday, at which time the sub-committee is ex- pected to report upon the extent and quality of Chicago's subscriptions to the guarantee fund. The administra- tive customs bill stands next to the Montana contest on the regular caucus programme. Saturday, according to the new order of business, will be de- voted to the calendar for the passage of bills to which no objection is made. To-morrow will be "district day" in the, house, and the greater part of the ses- sion will probably be devoted to the fur- ther consideration of the bill to estab- lish a national park on Rock creek, which is the unfinished business. Naval matters are likelyto be discussed Tues- day. The committee on naval affairs has several measures of interest on the calendar, prominent among which are the McAdoo bill to prohibit the enlistment of aliens in the navy, and the Mates retirement bill. The naval appropriation bill is also in a position favorable to a speedy consid- eration. About the middle of the week the elections committee will take the floor and call up three contested elec- tion cases in order, namely: Posey vs. Parrott, Indiana: Bowen vs. Buchanan, Virginia; and Waddell vs. Wise, Vir- ginia. Over the first two cases, as the committee has reported in favor of the sitting Democratic members, theie is likely to be little discussion, save that Mr. Cheadle is expected to champion Posey's claims. But in the case of Waddell vs. Wise there will be a tri- angular fight. The majority of the committee will contend for Waddell, the Democratic minority for a new elec- tion, and Mr. Wise for his own seat. Saturday afternoon has been set apart for the delivery of eulogies upon the late Representative Laird, of Nebraska. SAVING NOTHING. The State Department Very Like a Clam. Washington, April 6.? The state department is like a clam. It is practi- cally shut up. The officers who are easier of access are not at liberty to say anything for publication, and Secretary Blame is not to be seen. All efforts to find out anything about the recent or pending negotiations about the fisheries qu?6tion, or the seal fishery question in Behring sea, or the reciprocity negotia- tions with South American republics, have been futile. The state depart- ment officials will not even admit that such negotiations are in pros- ress. They have even cone so far aVto refuse to affirm that Sir diaries Tup- per was in Washington, when he could be seen any day at the Arlington hotel, from which he has made frequent visits to the residence of Secretary Blame, half a square distant. In fact," but little or no information of public interest is given out from the state department, and Secretary Blame, since the death of Walker Blame, who was the medium of communication between the public and the secretary, has lost, in the esti- mation of many of his warmest friends, much reputation by his secretiveuess about affairs of which the" public had i right to be informed. .: v ;.,';. '\u0084,., HAUMIS A RUSTLER, And Will Reduce the Surplus at a Rapid Kate. ; ; ? Washington, April 6.? ln a report to Secretary Noble upon the business of ' his office. Gen. Raura, the commissioner I ofpensions, says that he will be able by, the last of May to cause the examina- tion of every claim pending in the office on the first day of January last, have every claim allowed that is completed \ and calls?for evidence made in those not completed. This result has . been secured, Gen. Ranm's letter , says, largely by means of two orders issued the latter part of December last. The first order required that an examination of the claims pending in the office should be made, and that all cases which appeared to be- complete should ; be' placed upon the "completed . files." The adjudicating divisions were di- rected to spend five ' days in each week examining claims on these files and one day exclusively to ma king calls for additional evidence inpending, claims. As a result of the examination made,30.857 claims were put on the"com- pleted files." A subsequent order di- recting that claims should be placed on file upon application accompanied 4 by a s statement of facts showing ; that the claims were completed has, up to date, added 25,350 cases to those already on the "completed files." During the past three months 52,229 of these cases have been acted upon, leaving only 3,978 cases remaining on the files. Applica- tions at the rate of 400 a day are being, received, and hereafter every claim placed upon these files will be taken up and acted upon within a week. The record of the past month i? that 16,374 pension certificates, 8,183 of them ord- inal cases, were issued, being the larg- est number ever issued in one month by the pension bureau. v \u25a0' ri(f MAY NOT APPROVE. |; Capt. Healey Not Yet Out of the Woods. \"V/ r '.vi',? 'V Washington, April 6. ? Secretary Windom has not yet received the report of the board of inquiry that tried Capt. Healey, of the revenue steamer Beat, i at San Frauci&co, for brutality to * his seamen, though the report has reached the department and acquits Capt. , Heaiey. Before, "however, its- conclu- sions become final it will have to be ap- proved by Secretary Windom. The ao- tion of the court of inquiry in acquit- ting Capt. Healey, in view of the evi- dence published in the East, is so strange that many think Secretary Win- dom will not reach the same conclusions that the court did. The case lias; at- \u25a0 tracted considerable attention here. . i- \ '?:? .: . ...:-".;4 SLAVE MA liIiIAGES. f \u25a0'.'C I -\u25a0 ?"\u25a0\u25a0* '\u25a0'- \u25a0 i">- .-**:;\u25a0. .._, '\u25a0 i -<\ An Indiana Court Holds. Them ; '-;.:\u25a0 Illegal. \u25a0 .".'? / \\J> Washington, Ind., April 6.? case was decided here Saturday -winch practically - declares slave mar- riages' '\u25a0'\u25a0 illegal. In the ''fifths Andrew Thomas, ; a Georgia . slave, married another slave, according to it?- gro rites. Three children were bom. Later Thomas escaped, settled in Dav- iess county, Indiana, became prosper- ous and married again: After the war Mrs. Thomas No. 1 hunted him up. For her Thomas built a house on his farm, where she has since lived in harmony with Wife No. 2. Re- cently desiring that her children should inherit a share of their father's estate she brought suit 'to quiet title to the farm. Saturday the suit was decided against her, the court holding the slave marriage illegal. The case will go to the supreme court. ;-".:-'- , | \u25a0' : ?\u25a0?- : ? ?' i REMEMBBRhO THE GRAY. Confederate Decoration Day Opened at New Orleans. , / , New Orleans, April6.? Confederate Decoration day attracted thousands bf visitors to th? cemeteries. The Ladies' Confederate Monumental association,, the Confederate veteran organizations. Sons of Veterans, and the citizens' sol- diery, in uniform, participated. Tie Grand Army of the Republic did not take part, in a body, and no invita- tion was issued, owing to the division existing in that organization, and union veterans participated individually and sent offerings. The Lee Confed- erate army of : Tennessee and army of Northern Virginia monu- ments were beautifully decorated. Out- side of the other decorations at the army of Northern Virginia tomb, where the body of Jefferson Davis is interred, the Confederate veterans placed a magnifi- cent presidential chair of yellow immor- telles, inscriued "To Our Chief," :in front of the resting place of the distin- guished dead. . ''?"!/;':' i ? I) ii I nth stands Pat. j j Dumjth, April6.? The Duluth board . of trade, which has handled 17,000,000 bushels of wheat since September, has determined to get even with the Chi- cago board of trade. Yesterday it sue-" ceeded in getting direct quotations from New York. The directors at yester- day's meeting voted to instruct the Western Union and North American Telegraph companies not to furnish the Chicago board witii. Duluth quotations until the Chicago board consents to fui- nish the Dulutb board withquotations. Forty Cents an Hour. Chicago, April 6.? The carpenters' council declared last night at 12 o'clock that the sttise was on, or would be \u25a0to- morrow morning. About seventy-five delegates were present, representing over 6.000 men. Until 12 o'clock the council was prepared to receive any committee from tfrj master carpenters' association with a view to arbitration, but no committee appeared. The object of the strike is to make 40 cents an ntmr the minimum wages; to secure an eight- hour work-day, and to bring about a recognition of the council from the em- ployers. Wedded a School Girl. Kingston, N. V., April 6.? Dr. M.E. Sheehan and Miss Lulu Terhuue, aged sixteen, eloped from Green bush on Thursday. Miss Terhune's parents are wealthy, and the matter caused a sen- sation. A detective found the couple at Saratoga yesterday, but the doctor was able to prove l?y a marriage certifi- cate that they had been wedded Thurs- day by a priest at Schuylerville. Miss Lulu had started from home for school as usual and had met the doctor and driven with him to the rectory. The youutj bride's parents have become reconciled and all is well. ? ? Came to Life Again. Wichita, Kan., April 6.? Mrs. Cln- thte Mollcr, aged ninety-one, appeared to nic this morning, from a disease with which she had been suffering recently. The body had been placed on ice before it was discovered that life was not wholly extinct. Physicians were sum- moned, and Mrs. Moller was resusci- tated. She recovered sufficiently to converse with her friends, but this af- ternoon a relapse occurred.and she died this evening. SHOT THE CONDUCTOR Four Ohio Tramps Furiously Attack a Man in Charge of a Train. On Ordering Them to Leave a Car They Begin Firing at Him. A Ball Passes Into His Left Side, Producing a Fatal Wound. The Excited Populace Threat- ens to Hang the Four Scoundrels. Lima. 0., April6.? As the third sec- tien of Freight Train No. 98, eastbound on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago was pulling into the long side track half a mile west of this city at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, Conductor Gardner J. Tuckey noticed six tramps getting into a box car of the train. He stepped over the train until he reached the car, and getting down to the door he gave them orders to leave the train, and to get out lively. One of the tramps said to him: "You will be the first man to get out." At this moment Tuckey grappled with the man, when one of his companions dis- charged a gun inside the car. The train was movingduring this occurrence, and had reached the Main street crossing. The target man, hearing the report of the revolver, ran to the car with a flag- stick, which he gave to the conductor, and endeavored to get into the car to aid him, but in trying to get hold of the stick Tuckey was shoved out of the car door to the ground. At the same time the tramps jumped out of the door on the north side of the train. Tuckey climbed over the train, and, as he alighted on the opposite side one of the gang produced a revolver, which Tuckey wrenched out of his hands. The two others then caught him, holding each of his arms so that he was power- less to defend himself. Then the other one of them placed a 38-caliber revolver at the conductor's left side and fired, the ball taking effect in the region of, but a little below the heart. The tramps then started to run north on Main street, Tuckey bravely starting in pursuit, but soon fell exhausted from loss of blood. There were a number of \u25a0men on the street at the time who .would have given Conductor Tuckey 'tneir assistance, but they could not cross over the track, as the train blocked tbe way. Tuckey was picked up and carried to the .nearest drua store, where he received medi- cal assistance. The doctors soon decided that the wound would prove fatal. Telegrams were sent to Fort Wayne, his place of residence, for Mrs. Tuckey, and Supt. Law speedily got a special train ready, which brought Mrs. Tuckey and little children here, arriving at 7 o'clock. The police went in search of the tramps and arrested four of them after a lively chase of about three miles out of thecity. They were identified by Tuckey, one of them as the man who fired the shot. He was examined and a thirty-eight-caliber revolver with one empty chamber found on his person. Intense excite- ment was created by the shootine, and a large crowd gathered at the jail ready to hang the miserable scoun- drels on sient, but cooler judgment prevailed. TucKey was removed to the parlor of the Burnet house, and his an- te-mortetn statement was taken by pros- ecuting attorney. The tramps were brought over from jailand again identi- fied by the. 'dying conductor. He picked one of them as the one that did the shoot- ing. The man gave his name as William Thomas, of Springfieid, O. The other parties arrested give names as Lewis Duebret, of Columbus; Charles Sager- man and William Black. Tuckey is still livine at 8 o'clock, and is receiving every attention, but he cannot last over two hours. He is a member of the ?conductors' brotherhood, -and the local branch is giving him all possible care. ? THRKK FOR ONE. Four Deaths Will Result From a Fight. Birmingham, Ala., April 6.? A tele- gram came here from Irondale to-night asking for a physican. All that can be found out is that three negros were stealing railroad iron this afternoon, when City Marshal England and Deputy Sheriff Forten- berry-came up and called for their sur- render. The negroes ran about a mile, with the officers in pursuit, when one of them turned and shot England. Deputy Fortenberry opened fire on the negroes, and when the firing ceased all three were dead. Marshal England will probably die. _____ SERVED HIM RIGHT. A Michigan Spiritualist Fraud Run Down. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 6.? Dr. Walter E. Reid, president of the Michi- gan Spiritualists' association, was con- victed of using the mails for fraudulent purposes in the United States court here yesterday. Reid published a Spiritualist paper, in which he inserted an advertisement to answer letters ad- dressed to persons who have "passed to spirit life" without breaking the seals. His fee for answering questions in a letter sealed in the ordinary manner was SI; if .sealed with wax or sewed with thread, $5. He did an extensive business and reaped rich profits until his methods were brought to the atten- tion of Postmaster General Wana- raalcer. Sentence was deferred to give counsel time to prepare a motion for a new trial, the respondent being re- quired to give bail for $1,500, SPEED THE CAPTURE. A. Tramp Whose Neck Should Be Stretched. Akron, 0., April 6.? At Cuyahoga Falls, a few miles north of this city, yesterday as the eleven-year-old daugh- ter of Night Watchman Rhodes was passing along an unfrequented street slie was caught by a tramp, who stifled her cries with his hand and carried her into a wood, where he kept her for three hours. The child was discovered last night and taken to a physician, who pronounces her recovery as very doubt- ful. A posse of 100 men was organized to search for the tramp, and all the roads are guarded by horsemen, while the woods and fields are being scoured. Capture means a lynching. Itamey Was Jealous. Bushneli,, 111., April B.? At 5 o'clock last evening Barney Arkermau shot Mrs, Hess, landlady of the National hotel, and then fired a builet into his own brain, causing instant death. Mrs. Hess will recover. The deed was sup- posed to have been committed during a fit of jealousy. A BAD LOT. An Illinois Preacher's Certificate of Character. Charlotte-town, P. S. 1., April 6.? A committee of sixteen members of the Baptist church in this city has reported to the congregation its finding on charges preferred against Rev. Edward Whitman, late pastor of the church. The ex-pastor has been found guilty on the following counts: Associations with a young woman under an assumed name; misappropriation of church funds, and untruthfulness. Mr. Whitman was pastor of the church here for seven years, and is now pastor of a large church in Joliet, 111. He came here a few days ago to obtain his letter of dismissal, whjch had been refused by the congregation until the charges were disproved. MORPHINE AND LEAD Employed as Means to an End at Denver. Denver, Col., April 6.? E. A. Culver, whose wife resides at 806 Pearl street, Cleveland. 0., was found dead in his room at the Henshow hotel late last night. Culver came here from San Francisco the first of the week and, be- ing out of money, pawned some clothes. Friday afternoon he went to the hotel, engaged a room, which he immediately went to, locked the door, took a Dottle of morphine, then blew his brains out. The physician who examined the body after the room was broken into last niaht says he must have suicided shortly after going to the room Friday. De- spondency on account of lack of money is supposed so be the cause. His Skull Crushed. Hamilton, 0., April6.? The body of Joseph Jacobs, Jr., son of a wealthy citizen, was found this morning ;on the hydraulic reservoir. He has beeu miss- ing since March 18. His skull was crushed in and his face was disfigured. Every evidence exists of foul play. There is much excitement on account of the prominence of his family. This is the third case of the kind in this city within the last month. TO RUIN A GIRL. A. Despicable Scheme Blocked by the Police. Last night two couples from Minne- apolis came down to St. Paul on a visit. They registered*at Keefe's hotel as man and wife. The proprietor of the hotel discovered from one of the young woman's crying there was some- thing wrong, and notified Sergeant Sweitzer and Officer Call, who arrested the parties. At the station one of the girls" said she was the daughter of a re- spectable widow in Minneapolis, and came down with a friend of her cousi n, Charles Beche, who accompanied the other girl. They had missed the last train back, and her Cousin Charlie had induced her to go to the Keefe house. She did not know they had been registered as man and wife, and when she found that the others were endeavoring to induce her to retire with her male escort, she made the protest which the proprietor overheard. The girl is rsspectable and her name is withheld. Her cousin, Charles Beche, gave the name of Gibson at the station, and is employed in a fruit store, and his com- panion, Lou Nelsou, is a Minne- apolis prostitute. Beche's male friend, who was In the arrange- ment to ruin the girl, gave the name of W. A. Rogers. The young man and the Norton woman will be prosecuted to the fullest extent to-day in the police couri. NOW THEY ARE OFF. Gold and Glory in a Pittsburg Walking Match. Pittsburg, Pa., April 7.? At 12:15 o'clock to-night one of the largest and most evenly balanced fields of menlever matched in a six-day go-as-you-pleasa race started in a 142-hour pedestrian contest at the Grand Central rink, in this city. The contest is under the man- agement of Harry Davis. There will be twenty-six contestants, as follows: Herty, Guerrero, Noremac, Hart, Mooro, Cartwright, Golden, Connors, Howarth, Hegelman. Day, Horan, Burns, No|an, "Lepper"Hughes,Crozier,Tracey,Glick, Fox, leoe, Gibbons. Sullivan, "the Baniror Ghost;" Barclay Holsbeke and Taylor. Score at 1o'clock: Miles Milesj Miles Herty 3 Hegelman.. 4jFox 3 Guerrero.. ..4 Day. 2 Igoe 3 N'ormac 3 Horan 3 Gibbons 3 Hart 3 Burns 3 Sullivau 3 Moore 3 Nolan 3 Barcley .. ..3 Cariwright. .3 Hughes 3 Uick 3 Golden 3 Crozier 3 llolsbecke 4 Connors 3 Tracy 3 Taylor 3 Howarth. ...4Giick 3 Dunlap Signs. Pittsbukg, Pa., April 6.? President Nimick has received a telegraw from Fred Dunlap, of last year's team, stat- ing that he was satisfied with the terms offered and wouid report on Tuesday to the National league club. Dunlap has been coquetting with both leagues for some time. However, the offei of the Pittsburg club of $3,700 caught him. He was offered $o,00l) in cash to sign a three-year contract, but it is not known whether he has accepted or not. Are the Times Hard? St. Louis, Mo., April 6,? Abont 15,000 people witnessed the game at Brother- hood park this afternoon between the Chicago and Cleveland players' teams. Score : Chicago 0 30 10 2 10 x-7 Cleveland 0 0 200 0 12 0-5 Base hits, Chicago 6, Cleveland 10: errors, Chicago I, Cleveland 3; batteries. King and Boyle, Bakely and Brennau; umpire, Cuth- beft. Crooks Very 111. Columbus, 0., April 6.? Jack Crooks, the fine second baseman of the Colum- bus club, has been confined to his room for the past few weeks with a serious attack of inflamation of the stomach and neuralgia of the heart. It was thought this afternoon that he was dying, but he rallied toward evening and is resting easier to-night. Without Opposition. Special to the Globe. Jamestown, N. D., April 6.? At the city election yesterday Senator Bailey Fuller was re-elected Mayor without opposition, George L. Webster, treas- urer, and Messrs. Adams, Hotchkiss, Alley and Elans, aldermen. Lenten Sacrifices. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "We ought to deny ourselves some- thing in this penitential season," re- marked Mrs. Snaggs. "What sacrifice willyoumake John?" "You know how I love to go to church?" replied her husband. "WelJ, I have resolved to give it up." INSANE OR INGENIOUS Mamie Starr Proves a Suc- cess at Spinning Peculiar Yarns. She Denies Ever Having? Been at the Residence of the New lands, Proves by a Drug-gist She Did Not Purchase Poison of Him, And Then Says She Purchased It to Kill Herself With. Chicago, April 6.? A champion story- teller is in jailhere in the person of the woman Mamie Starr, who cooked the corn that poisoned to death Mr. and Mrs. Newhind, by whom she was em- ployed. The prisoner's narrative that she had a sister who was a perfect im- age of her was startling in its ingenious detail, but her latest explanation, the most sensational yet advanced, Is that she bought the "Hough on Rats" at the drug store intending to killherself, and afterwards threw it away without open- ing the box. When Chief of Police Marsh and his assistants locked the girl up last night she had positively denied all con- nection with the poisoning. More singular than this, she had denied tnat she was ever at the Anchorage mission, the institution from tvliich the Newland family secured her as a servant. She also denied ever being at the residence of the Newlands, and maintained, in spite of the fact that a dozen persons identihed her, that her sister must have been the girl who prepared the dish. A circumstance that greatly strengthened the denials occurred when she was tak- en before Dr. Rogers, the druggist who sold the poison. Dr. Rogers looked her over carefully in all possible lights, and formed his conclusion most delib- erately. Finally he said: "She is not' the girl who boueht tha "Rough on Rats." lam just as sure of that as 1 am of the fact that I am alive. The girl who came in for that poison looked very cool andcollected.and I con- cluded as soon as I saw her that it would be perfectly safe to trust her with the stuff. She said she wanted it to kill rats with, and remarked that she would have to be very careful to keep her little brother from getting hold of it. She was older than this girland better dressed." "Can it uot be possible that you are mistaken?" asked Chief Marsh. "No, it cannot be possible, ifou have surely got hold of an Innocent girl. I am sure thac this girl never was in my store before." The officers went away puzzled. Early this morning Chief Marsh and Inspector Hunt entered upon a house- to-house canvass to find if anyone in the neighborhood had purchased rough on rats at Dr. Rogers' store. It was a tedious task, but they kept at it all day. Every house within a mile of the store was visited, and nobody was found who had bought poison at the store, or who answered the druggist's ?description. However, a man was found who had seen the girl enter the drug store, and he described Mamie Starr accurately. Finally, the chief and his companion drove into the city convinced that Druggist Rogers was either intention- ally or unintentionally, mistaken. The girl was brought up from the cell where she had been confined and taken into the presence of Chief Marsh, Inspector Hunt, Capt. Laughlin and other de- tectives. "Mamie," commenced the chief, "why did you toll me you were uot in that drug store?" "Surely, 1 never said anything of that kind," said the girl, and her eyes rolled wildly. "Of course, Iwas in the drug store. I went there and bought the box of poison. I paid 15 cents for it, and 10 cenrs for some gum. I had just a quar ter." "Why, you told us last night that you had never been in Hyde Park in your- life; that you had never seen the New- lands; that you were never in the An- chocage mission, and a dozen other things." "Impossible; you must have misun- derstood me. Of course, I was in IJyde Park. I'lltell you just how it was. I was very despondent, and did not want to live any longer; you know I have often been despondent, and once tried to kill myself in Chicago two years ago. So I went to thu store for the poison, and thought I would take it while the family were asleep that night. I hid the stuff while 1 cooked suDper. I cooked the corn, and 1 am sure there could not have been any poison in it; but it was wrong somehow, for I took a taste of it myself and was dreadfully sick afterwards. When all the family began to get sick 1 was scared, and thought the best thing 1 could do would be to get out. I took the box of poison and rolled it up in my apron and then went away. 1 was very much excitea at the time, but I remember that I threw both apron and poison away. I wrapped them up tight and threw the package over a fence. lam sure I don't know just where it was, but probably I could find itifI had but half a chance." "This is an altogether different story from the one you told yesterday," re- marked Inspector Hunt. "Oh, no," responded the girl? and the same crazy gleam was in her eyes ? '?that is just exactly what I said yester- day. By the way, do you know 1 can't find my umbrella anywhere. 1 wonder where it is." it was an open question with the officers after the examination whether the woman's apparent insanity was ieiffned or real. "I never heard of a case similar to this one," said Chief Marsh. "I never saw a prisoner so self-possessed and cool when under arrest for a serious crime. 1 do not know whether the members of the family were poisoned byrouajh on rats or by some other sub- stance in the corn. lam sure that the girlhad no possible motive to poison them, and that she had never seen them before last Friday morning. All the rest is in the dark." SHORT OF GOOD WATER And Long on River Water at the Same Time. CmciKJf ati, 0., April6.? Clifton, an outlying suburb, which has a contract with Cincinnati for its water supply, andJAvondale, which has a similarocon- tract, have had their water supply cut off for several days. Price Hill, Wal- nut Hill and Mount Auburn, all within the city limits, are supplied with water only a few hours each day. There is not over a day's supply of water in the city reservoirs. All the pumps at the pumps at the water works are reported in bad condition. The water for nearly three months has been so hiirh that ft has been impossible to repair the pumps, and the river last night, instead of full* ing, was stationary. RAILWAYIfKN UNITE. A Scheme for Federation of All Trainmen. WBB Ei.mira, N. V., April Three hun- dred delegates, representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, firemen, brakemen and switchmen, met here to-day, and, with a few members of the new order of Railway Conductors, discussed and adopted a scheme of federation be- tween all the organizations of trainmen in the United States; Delegates were present from Buffalo. Jersey City, New York, Hoboken and many places in Pennsylvania and Ohio. There were two secret meetings during the day and a public meeting was held in the opera house to-night. A number of promi- nent citizens delivered ad- dresses. Grand Master Sareeant, of the Firemen's.brotherhood, Grand Con? ductor Howard. Grand Master Wilkin? son, of the Brakemen's brotherhood, the, well known "Shandy McGuire," and other prominent railroad men also spoke. All declared that federation would be in the interest of harmony, and that the death note of strikes on railroads had been sounded. The ob- ject is federation under one head of all the different bodies, each to retain ltf own organization. \u25a0 CUTE CHINAMEN* Captured in an Attempt to Enter the Country. San Diego,! Cal., April Thirteen Chinese were arrested last night in an attempt to cross the line between Mex- ico and the United States at Tiajuana. They had come up the over- laud from Enscnada, Lower Call* forma, and are thought to be a part of the eighty-seven taken there on the last trip of the steamer Newborn, from San Francisco. They were transported to that vessel from the steamer from China. The whole eighty-seven had tickets to Mazatlan and (in ay in a?, but all disembarked at Ensenada, itis thought, with the inten- tion of crossing into the United State* as soon as possible. Seeding Begins. Special to the Globe. Wadkna, Minn., April 6.? A steady rain has been falling for Mm past twenty-four hours, and still continues. As a consequence, there is great re- joicing among (be farmers, and tney claim the outlook for a big crop was never better than now. Seeding has already commenced. St. Vincent, Aprilo.? Messrs. Ryan, Gamble and Clow, of St. Vincent town- ship, were the lirst farmers to sow wheat this spring. They commenced on Friday. To-day sowing In this local- ity is general. The sprint: has opened two weeks later than last year, but oa account of the snow, which is much heavier than last year, and has now just melted, the prospect?? Tor a good crop this season are very promising. He Muse Do His Father's Bidding*. Boston Transcript. Deacon Jones? Mr. Hollman, that sermon of yours bewailing the mad rush for riches which characterizes the present generation was the most beau- tiful thing I ever heard. Your pulpit efforts are getting better and better, and we trust that you may continue with us many years to inculcate in our community the lessons- of humility and meekness which yov exemplify so pow- erfully in your own life. Rev. Mr. Uollman? Yea. deacon. I shall be only too glad to remain with you. But? er? my expenses, you know, are pretty heavy, and I've re-, ceived a very flattering call from an- other parish. I'm getting along in life where 1 ought to be putting by some*- thing for old age. * Curious Signs. Washington Star. A correspondent sends in the follow- ing curious signs noticed in lowa and Nebraska: Omaha barber shop: "Foam on bed sc. . extra." Columbus, Neb., depot: "Gentlemen keep out ladies room." Norfolk, Neb., real estate office: "There are no > flies on my land." Norfolk butcher, shop: "We won't give no tick." Norfolk insurance agent's sign: "AH small fry agents in. this town but us." Lawyer's advertisement on hand-bill in Gordon, Neb.: "Legal work promptly executed and divorces cheerfully granted." Gordon hotel: "Horses anq men accommodated." Stanford Will Resign. San Francisco, April 6. ? The Chronicle willto-morrow print an inter- view with Senator Leland Stanford, stating that Stanford has positively de- cided to tender his resignation as presi- dent of the Southern Pacific company, at a meeting of directors of the com- pany to be held here this week. The resignation is on account of poor health and a press of other business. The senator states that C. P. Hunting- ton will be elected to succeed him as president. BPM *** Judge Thurman Not 111. Columbus, 0., April 6.? The report sent out from Columbus that Judge Allan G. Thurman is seriously ill Is without foundation in fact. A call at his residence this evening developed the fact that he is in excellent health, much better than he has been for sev- eral months. Judge Thurmau has been entertaining company all day, and is la the best of spirits. \u25a0 . The Place for the World's I air. Lawrence American. Chicago Man (to stranger)? l tell you, sir, Chicago is the place for the fair, and no other city will get it. '-.'\u25a0 - Stranger (evidently a foreigner)? Yes, ot course, But what is this great fair to celebrate? Chicago Man? Celebrate? Why, the ?the emancipation of? no; the? dis- covery of gold in Cal? or, the invention of the tel? hanged if I know! Why She Was Sorry. Lawrence American. . Peterby? And was your sister sorry because I did not call last night? Her Little Brother? Well, 1 should say she .was! You - see. she bet five pounds of candy with Cousin May that you looked like a poodle dog, and when you didn't come and they couldn't set- tle the bet she was awfully mad. Why They Are High. Terre Haute press. Mrs. Figg? Ten dollars for this mir? ror? Last winter my sister bought one like it exactly ? for seven and a half. What has caused this advance? Is it - the glass trust? . Dealer? l think It's on account of the mercury being so high all winter.
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NO. 07.VOL. XII. ST. PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1890.
DISTRESS EN OIXEE.The Great Flood Doing Tre-
mendous Damage in ThreeStates.
Twelve Women and ChildrenDrowned From a Frail
Raft.
Terrible Suffering ReportedAmong People in the Af-
flicted District.
A Levee Is Cut at Red Fork,Ark.,to Get Temporary
Relief.
VICKSBUKG, April 6.? Nineteen ne-groes, the survivors of a large party ofrefugees which atttMnpted to escapefrom the overflow down Bogue Falayaon a raft, arrived here on the steamerHill City. They report that twelvewomen and children were drownedwhen the current dashed their crazyvessel against a tree, and they escapedwith extreme difficulty. This is themost tragic event ?of the flood.The situation is growing dailymore serious in the Steel bayoucountry. Earl Miller, a prominentplanter, and brother of Attorney Gen-eral Miller, arrived from there to-dayby steamer Evergreen with his familyand stock. The Miller plantation,though very high, has gone under. TheEvergreen reports the water along thebayou still rising. Cattle and hogs areoffered for sale by the people at a song.
Much more stock must yet be brought
out or allowed to drown. A steamerleaves Tuesday fur Sunflower, and thatplanters will desire to remove theirstock is certain. The steamer Osc.olaarrived this evening from the bends.Her officers report that the overflow isbeginning to empty into the Mississippithrough Eagle lake, and predict a greatincrease in pressure all aloiigthe Louis-iana front from that point southward,for the next two weeks. The Osceolabegins an inspection of thelevees from Delta, La., northwardto-morrow, and will be joined by
President Maxwell and probably Assist-ant Engineer Thompson. There is themost unmistakable distress along theSteel bayou, and it would be cruelty todeny it. The Evergreen returns thereto-morrow, and the Bousam, with Capt.W. D.Pugh and M. M. Smith on board,will follow Tuesday or Wednesday.Tl'ey willbringout all people who areBuffering or in danger. Barges cannotbe taken there, and only the smallestboats are suitable for relief work.Capt. Pugh willrelieve the distressed,whether they have money or not to paytheir fare. Telegrams irom Sharkey,Tallahatchie river, report a decline ofeighteen inches. Capt. John B. Mat-tingly, who has just returned fromAustin break, says it cannot affect theYazoo and Tallahatchie country, as itscurrent is too feeble. Engineer Stubbs,of the Vicksburg, Shreveport &Pacificrailway, reports the prospects morecheering, and only twentypoints rise intwenty-four hours at the worst placeson the line. He is confident the roadwillhold its own.
A DESPERATE FIGHT
Being Made to Save the BayouSara Levee.
Bayou Saua, La., April 6.? TheSteamer Pargouda, now under govern-ment charter, arrived to-day, having onboard Capt. Kimrsman, United Statesengineer incharge of this levee district.He has been inspecting the leveesbetween New Orleans and thisplace. He reports the Point Cour.eefront in good condition, withthe exception of the levee at the Pres-ton P|ac<\ almost opposite Bayou Sara.At this point he had left a large num-ber of sacks and several thousand feetof lumber, and thinks there is no Im-mediate danger, if the people in theneighborhood and on the False riverwillrally at once and use the materialto the best advantage. His motto isthat the government is willingto helpthose who are willingto help them-selves. He is of the opinionthat the situation is a critical one andwarns people to lookout for at leasteighteen inches more water. The largedykes or levees, such as Morgansea,Seotts, Waterloo and Grand Bay, arereceiving his personal and untiringat-tention, and all that can be done in theway of engineering skill is being done.Morgansea levee is like a besiegedfort. A large number of menare on constant duty. The earthwork is thoroughly braced with timbersand a pile driver and piles are keptready for immediate use when needed.This great bulwark that guards so manyof our alluvial parishes is being put to averysevere test. May the prayers ofall Southwestern Louisiana for itssafety be favorably answered. BayouSara still holds out, and is making adesperate fight. A force will be put towork to-morrow to raise the levee tomeet the coming rise. We are havinglovely weather. The river at this pointlias risen two-tenths in the last twenty-lour hours, and isnow onlyseven-tenthsbelow the high water mark ofISB2.
CUT THE LEVEE.
Curious Action of People at RedFork, Ark.
Arkansas City, Ark.,April6.?Theweather is clear and pleasant. Thewater on the inside is rising slowly,caused by a crevasse in Boggy bayoulevee. At1o'clock this morning Capt.Tollinger, United States engineer, re-ceived a dispatch saying that RedFork ppople had cut the levee aboutBixty feet wide and five feet deep. Capt.Tollinger left immediately for thatpoint, and willbe followed as soon aspossible by men and material for clos-ing the cut. Boggy bayou is a very im-portant point to all the country belowhere on this side of the river.
Burned Over a Mile.New Bedford. Mass., April6.-Some
one of a party of men in the woods atCummings' hill. Russell Mills, to-daydropped a liehted cigar, setting the un-derbrush on fire. Before itwas stoppedover a mile of territory was burned.
Fell Through a Window.Moncton, N. 8., April 6.? Jud?;e
Botsford fainted and fell backwardsthrough the second story window inthe Moncton club last evening and sus-tained internal injuries which resulted
in death to-day. He was seventy-sevenyears of atre and the pioneer member ofthe Royal Arch Masons, belonging tothe lodge bearing his name.
THE ADIUATIC'S OFFER,
Aid Proffered the Disabled CityofParis.
New Youk, April 6.? The Adriaticarrived here to-day. Capt. Roberts wasquestioned about his action toward thedisabled City of Paris. He states thatthe story published is not true, and isvouched for by one of Ms saloon pas-sengers, George C. Steams. Capt. Rob-erts states that he laid by the Paris sixhours, and that on the boat fromthe Paris coming alongside hisvessel he informed the offi-cer incharge that he woulddo all inhispower to assist the disabled ship. Hesignalled the steamer Aldersgate, andwith her proceeded to come up to theParis, and, on reaching her, informedCapt. Watkins that he had spoken to theAldersttate, who was willingto tow theParis to Queenstown. He also offeredto take off her passengers and leavethem at Queenstown, not Ne?v York,ashas been incorrectly reported, and evenstated to Cap. Watkins that ifitwas ab-solutely necessarvto save life.he wouldtow the Paris to Queenstown. Capt,Watkins, on learning from Capt. Ro-berts that the steamer Aldersgate wouldtow him, signalled: "Thanks; goahead," so he proceeded on his voyage.
CHOKED 1O DEATH.
A Tight Collar Chokes a DaluthCelestial.
Special to the Globe.?Dui/UTir, Minn., April 6.? WungLee, a Chinese laundryman, died in asingular manner during the night. Hiscompanion, another Celestial, wasawakened by Lee's heavy breathingand gasping, but thinking itwas owing
to a littleheavy dose of hittingthe pipe,paid no further attention. Shortlyafterwards Wung Lee made a heavy,gurgling sound, and the other China-man, recognizing the death rattle, fledin terror, leaving the dying man alone.Ina few minutes he came back withaid, but Wung Lee was dead. Examin-ation proved that he had strangledslowly todeath by the pressure of thetight collar of his shirt ou the neck un-der the chin.
EXTREMELY HEAVY STORM.
Rain Docs Much Damage in NewYork.
New Yokk, April 6.?Passengerswno arrived from the central part ofNew York state to-day describe theraiu storm, which was reported fromIthaca yesterday, as being the mostsevere in their experience. Oneman said he had never wit-nessed such a storm even in thetropics, where he had traveled exten-sively. The train on which he was apassenger was delayed over an hour bya w.ashout near Caroline, where thetrack was destroyed for a space of about150 feet and in some places it wasseventy feet deep. The passengerswere transfei red. The storm was ac-companied by a gale of wind whichthreatened to blow the train from thetrack.
ASteamer's Peril.London, April6.? A fog signal pre-
maturely exploded last night at thefamous Bell Rock lighthouse, off theeast coast of Scotland. The dome wasshattered by the explosion, and thelightwas extinguished for the first timesince the linhthouse was built in 1811.After the explosion a passing steamerhad a narrow escape from being wreckedon the reef, owing to the absence of thelight. She was warned just in time byfog signals, and a disaster was averted.
Into a Landslide.Troy, N. V., April 6.? A big land-
slide occurred on the West Shore road,east of St. Johnsville, at Diefendorfhill. Both tracks 'are blocked. Aneast-bound freight train. Engineer Pot-ter, ran into it. Engineer Potter andthree other trainmen were buried in theslide. The four victims were exhumedfrom the debris. None were killed.Engineer Potter and Fireman Gormanwere seriously injured: two other train-men were badly hurt. Gorman maydie.
Down an Embankment.Omaha, April6.? An axle on the ten-
der of the engine on the fast freighton the Burlington road broke at SouthOmaha this morning. The train wasrunning at a highrate of speed. Twelvecars and the engine went down a twen-ty-foot embankment. Fireman Swansonwas slightly bruised; others of thecrew escaped unhurt. The track hasbeen blocked all day.
Looks Reasonable at Least.Niagara Falls, N. Ym April6.? W.
A. Welch rode out into tbe river March27, to set a night line, since which timehe has been missing. To-day an oarand a part of his boat were found be-low the falls. He is believed to havegone over. -' --~;.
A Shocking Accident.Wichita, Kan., April6.? When Rev.
Mrs. Thomas Cefton returned homefrom church to-day she found her baby,one year old, hanging by the neck froma hammock. The child had fallen andwas choked to death. ;/?;' 7
Destroyed a Block.Worcester, Mass., April 6.? The
Forest block and the corner of Mainand Austin streets were wholly de-stroyed by fire about 4 o'clock thismorning. Loss $70,000. -
:.*One Lone Steamship.
New York, AprilC?Arrived: Leip-zig from Bremen.
DRUNK OR SOBER.
Lieut. Brooks Says Fechet WasNeither./
Fort Yates, N. D., April Thecourt martial of Capt. Edmond G.Fechet, Troop F, Eighth cavalry, which|began yesterday, adjourned over to-day. The charge is that of drunken-ness while presiding over a courtmartial, and the specification sets upthat he was so drunk the court wascompelled to adjourn to permit him tosober up. Judge Advocate Gen. Groes-beck conducted the prosecution andLieut. Crowder, who acted in the samecapacity at the Steele court mar-tial at Chicago, appeared for thedefense. Fechet pleaded ,not guilty.The first witness, . Lieut. Abbott,said that he moved to , adjournthe court because it was Ins opinionthat Capt. Fechet was suffering fromthe effects of a long:spree. -. Lieut.Brooks testified he thought Fechet wasneither drunk nor sober, but just be-tween. Lieut. Ayer testified the same.None of the witnesses were willingtoswear positively Fechet was drunk, andhe may be acquitted on a technicality.
STORY OF THE SOUTH.econstruction and Its Re-sults Discussed by Distin-
guished Southrons.
The South Said to be Solvingthe Negro Question for
Itself.
Montana Senators, World'sFair and Other Things in
Congress.
The Say-Nothing Policy ofthe State Department Cre-
ating Comment.
Washington, April 6.?Representa-tives Herbert, of Alabama: Hemphill,South Carolina; Turner, of Georgia;Stewart, of Texas; Wilson, of WestVirginia: ex-Representative Barksdale,of Mississippi: Senators Vance, ofNorth Carolina ;Pasco, of Florida; West,ofMissouri; 'and Messrs W. M. Fish-back, of Arkansas, Ira P. Jones, ofTennessee, C. S, Long, of West Vir-ginia,and B. J. Sage, ofLouisiana, havecollectively written, and willsoon pub-lish, a book entitled "Why the SolidSouth ;or Reconstruction and Its Re-sults." Itundertakes to narrate, fairlysnd dispassionately, in concise andpapular form, the history ofthe reconstructed governments in eachstate, showing how the Republicans ob-tained control and how they lost it, thefigures and facts as toshrinkage of val-ues and increase of debt and taxationunder those governments, and the pros-perity of the South under present au-spices. The book speaks of AbrahamLincoln's death as an appalling calam-ityto the South; argues that AndrewJohnson follosved strictly Lincoln'splan ofrestoration, and contends that ifLincoln had lived he would have beenable to defend that plan against the as-saults of congress. Each chapter issigned by its author, who thus becomesdirectly responsible for the truth of hisstatements; and the claim of the bookin its preface (written by Gen.Herbert, its editor) Is that,in all the chapters, the factsare understated rather than over-stated. The race question and racetroubles are extensively discussed, andthe statement made that there is no in-tention toagitate for the repeal of thefifteenth amendment or the deportationof the negro. Educational and materialstatistics of many kinds are given insupport of the contention that the negrois prospering, and that the South issolving for itself the negro problem.The book is dedicated to the businessmen of the North, witha statement thatthey are interested in continuing theprosperity of the South.
THE MONTANA. SENATORS.
They Will Be Discussed AgainThis Week.
Washington, April6.? ln the sen-ate, the Chinese enumeration act willcome up to-morrow, and Mr. Mitchell'samendments, intended to restore thebillto something: like its purport whenItwas received from the house, willbein order. Itis not expected that thisbill willoccupy much time. After itisdisposed of, the discussion of the re-ports in the Montana election case willbe. resumed. At the rate of progressmade last week, the case bids fair to goover into next week. Itwillgive way,however, for a prompt consideration ofthe world's fair bill, should the selectcommittee on that subject make a re-poit after its meeting next Thursday, atwhich time the sub-committee is ex-pected to report upon the extentand quality of Chicago's subscriptionsto the guarantee fund. The administra-tive customs bill stands next to theMontana contest on the regular caucusprogramme. Saturday, according tothe new order of business, will be de-voted to the calendar for the passage ofbills to which no objection is made.To-morrow willbe "district day" in the,house, and the greater part of the ses-sion willprobably be devoted to the fur-ther consideration of the bill toestab-lish a national park on Rock creek,which is the unfinished business. Navalmatters are likelyto be discussed Tues-day. The committee on naval affairshas several measures of interest on thecalendar, prominent among whichare the McAdoo bill to prohibitthe enlistment of aliens in thenavy, and the Mates retirement bill.The naval appropriation bill is also ina position favorable to a speedy consid-eration. About the middle of the weekthe elections committee will take thefloor and call up three contested elec-tion cases in order, namely: Posey vs.Parrott, Indiana: Bowen vs. Buchanan,Virginia; and Waddell vs. Wise, Vir-ginia. Over the first two cases, as thecommittee has reported in favor of thesitting Democratic members, theie islikely to be little discussion, save thatMr.Cheadle is expected to championPosey's claims. But in the case ofWaddell vs. Wise there will be a tri-angular fight. The majority of thecommittee will contend for Waddell,the Democratic minority for a new elec-tion, and Mr.Wise for his own seat.Saturday afternoon has been set apartfor the delivery of eulogies upon thelate Representative Laird, of Nebraska.
SAVING NOTHING.
The State Department Very Likea Clam.
Washington, April 6.? The statedepartment is like a clam. It is practi-cally shut up. The officers who areeasier of access are not at liberty to sayanything for publication, and SecretaryBlame is not to be seen. All efforts tofind out anything about the recent orpending negotiations about the fisheriesqu?6tion, or the seal fishery question inBehring sea, or the reciprocity negotia-tions with South American republics,have been futile. The state depart-ment officials will not even admitthat such negotiations are in pros-ress. They have even cone so far aVtorefuse to affirm that Sir diaries Tup-per was in Washington, when he couldbe seen any day at the Arlington hotel,from which he has made frequent visitsto the residence of Secretary Blame,half a square distant. Infact," but littleorno information of public interest isgiven out from the state department,and Secretary Blame, since the deathof Walker Blame, who was the mediumof communication between the publicand the secretary, has lost, in the esti-mation of many of his warmest friends,much reputation by his secretiveuess
about affairs of which the" public had iright to be informed. .: v ;.,';. '\u0084,.,
HAUMIS A RUSTLER,
And Will Reduce the Surplus ata Rapid Kate. ; ;?
Washington, April 6.? ln a reportto Secretary Noble upon the business of
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his office.Gen. Raura, the commissioner Iofpensions, says that he willbe able by,the last ofMay to cause the examina-tionofevery claim pending in the officeon the first day of January last, haveevery claim allowed that is completed \and calls?for evidence made in those notcompleted. This result has .beensecured, Gen. Ranm's letter ,says,largely by means of two orders issuedthe latter part of December last. Thefirstorder required that an examinationof the claims pending in the officeshould be made, and that allcases whichappeared to be- complete should ;be'placed upon the "completed .files."The adjudicating divisions were di-rected to spend five
'days in
each week examining claims on thesefiles and one day exclusively to ma kingcalls for additional evidence inpending,claims. As a result of the examinationmade,30.857 claims were put on the"com-pleted files." A subsequent order di-recting that claims should be placed onfileupon application accompanied 4 by a s
statement of facts showing ;that theclaims were completed has, up to date,added 25,350 cases to those already onthe "completed files." During the pastthree months 52,229 of these cases havebeen acted upon, leaving only 3,978
cases remaining on the files. Applica-tions at the rate of 400 a day are being,received, and hereafter every claimplaced upon these files willbe taken upand acted upon within a week. Therecord of the past month i? that 16,374pension certificates, 8,183 of them ord-inal cases, were issued, being the larg-est number ever issued in one monthby the pension bureau. v \u25a0' ri(f
MAYNOT APPROVE. |;Capt. Healey Not Yet Out of the
Woods. \"V/r'.vi',? 'VWashington, April 6. ? Secretary
Windom has not yet received the reportof the board of inquiry that tried Capt.Healey, of the revenue steamer Beat, iat San Frauci&co, for brutality to
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hisseamen, though the report has reachedthe department and acquits Capt. ,Heaiey. Before, "however, its- conclu-sions become final it willhave to be ap-proved by Secretary Windom. The ao-tion of the court of inquiry in acquit-ting Capt. Healey, inview of the evi-dence published in the East, is sostrange that many think Secretary Win-dom willnot reach the same conclusionsthat the court did. The case lias;at- \u25a0
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SLAVE MAliIiIAGES. f\u25a0'.'CI-\u25a0 ?"\u25a0\u25a0* '\u25a0'-
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Washington, Ind., April6.? casewas decided here Saturday -winchpractically
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riages' '\u25a0'\u25a0 illegal. In the ''fifthsAndrew Thomas, ;a Georgia . slave,married another slave, according to it?-gro rites. Three children were bom.Later Thomas escaped, settled inDav-iess county, Indiana, became prosper-ous and married again: After the warMrs. Thomas No. 1 hunted himup. For her Thomas built a houseon his farm, where she has sincelivedin harmony with Wife No. 2. Re-cently desiring that her children shouldinherit a share of their father's estateshe brought suit 'to quiet title to thefarm. Saturday the suit was decidedagainst her, the court holding the slavemarriage illegal. The case will go tothe supreme court. ;-".:-'- , |
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iREMEMBBRhO THE GRAY.
Confederate Decoration DayOpened at New Orleans. ,/ ,
New Orleans, April6.?ConfederateDecoration day attracted thousands bfvisitors to th? cemeteries. The Ladies'Confederate Monumental association,,the Confederate veteran organizations.Sons of Veterans, and the citizens' sol-diery, in uniform, participated. TieGrand Armyof the Republic did nottake part, in a body, and no invita-tion was issued, owing to the divisionexisting in that organization, and unionveterans participated individually andsent offerings. The Lee Confed-erate army of :Tennessee andarmy of Northern Virginia monu-ments were beautifully decorated. Out-side of the other decorations at the armyof Northern Virginia tomb, where thebody of Jefferson Davis is interred, theConfederate veterans placed a magnifi-cent presidential chair ofyellow immor-telles, inscriued "To Our Chief,":infrontof the resting place of the distin-guished dead. . ''?"!/;':' i
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I)iiInth stands Pat. j jDumjth, April6.? The Duluth board .
of trade, which has handled 17,000,000bushels of wheat since September, hasdetermined to get even with the Chi-cago board of trade. Yesterday itsue-"ceeded ingetting direct quotations fromNew York. The directors at yester-day's meeting voted to instruct theWestern Union and North AmericanTelegraph companies not to furnish theChicago board witii.Duluth quotationsuntilthe Chicago board consents to fui-nish the Dulutb board withquotations.
Forty Cents an Hour.Chicago, April 6.? The carpenters'
council declared last night at 12 o'clockthat the sttise was on, or would be \u25a0to-morrow morning. About seventy-fivedelegates were present, representingover 6.000 men. Until 12 o'clock thecouncil was prepared to receive anycommittee from tfrjmaster carpenters'association with a view to arbitration,but no committee appeared. The objectof the strike is to make 40 cents an ntmrthe minimum wages; to secure an eight-hour work-day, and to bring about arecognition of the council from the em-ployers.
Wedded a School Girl.Kingston, N. V., April 6.?Dr. M.E.
Sheehan and Miss Lulu Terhuue, agedsixteen, eloped from Green bush onThursday. Miss Terhune's parents arewealthy, and the matter caused a sen-sation. A detective found the coupleat Saratoga yesterday, but the doctorwas able to prove l?y a marriage certifi-cate that they had been wedded Thurs-day by a priest at Schuylerville. MissLuluhad started from home for schoolas usual and had met the doctor anddriven with him to the rectory. Theyouutj bride's parents have becomereconciled and all is well. ?
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Came to LifeAgain.Wichita, Kan., April 6.? Mrs. Cln-
thte Mollcr, aged ninety-one, appearedto nic this morning, from a disease withwhich she had been suffering recently.The body had been placed on ice beforeit was discovered that life was notwholly extinct. Physicians were sum-moned, and Mrs. Moller was resusci-tated. She recovered sufficiently toconverse withher friends, but this af-ternoon a relapse occurred.and she diedthis evening.
SHOT THE CONDUCTORFour Ohio Tramps Furiously
Attack a Man inChargeof a Train.
On Ordering Them to Leave aCar They Begin Firing
at Him.
A Ball Passes Into His LeftSide, Producing a Fatal
Wound.
The Excited Populace Threat-ens to Hang the Four
Scoundrels.
Lima. 0., April6.? As the third sec-tien ofFreight Train No. 98, eastboundon the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &Chicago
was pulling into the long side track halfa mile west of this city at 3:30 o'clockthis afternoon, Conductor Gardner J.Tuckey noticed six tramps getting intoa box car of the train. He stepped overthe train untilhe reached the car, andgetting down to the door he gave themorders to leave the train, and to get outlively. One of the tramps saidto him: "You will be the firstman to get out." At thismoment Tuckey grappled with theman, when one of his companions dis-charged a gun inside the car. The trainwas movingduring this occurrence, andhad reached the Main street crossing.The target man, hearing the report ofthe revolver, ran to the car witha flag-stick, which he gave to the conductor,
and endeavored toget into the car toaidhim, but in trying to get hold of thestick Tuckey was shoved out of the cardoor to the ground. Atthe same timethe tramps jumped out of the door onthe north side of the train. Tuckeyclimbed over the train, and, as healighted on the opposite side one of thegang produced a revolver, whichTuckey wrenched out of his hands.The twoothers then caught him,holding
each of his arms so that he was power-less to defend himself. Then the otherone of them placed a 38-caliber revolverat the conductor's left side and fired,the ball taking effect in the region of,
but a little below the heart. Thetramps then started to run north onMain street, Tuckey bravely starting inpursuit, but soon fell exhausted fromloss of blood. There were a number of
\u25a0men on the street at the time who.would have given Conductor Tuckey'tneir assistance, but they could notcross over the track,as the train blockedtbe way. Tuckey was picked up andcarried to the .nearest druastore, where he received medi-cal assistance. The doctors soondecided that the wound would provefatal. Telegrams were sent to FortWayne, his place of residence, forMrs.Tuckey, and Supt. Law speedily gota special train ready, which broughtMrs. Tuckey and little children here,arriving at 7 o'clock. The police wentin search of the tramps and arrestedfour of them after a lively chase ofabout three miles out of thecity. Theywere identified by Tuckey, one of themas the man who fired the shot. Hewas examined and a thirty-eight-caliberrevolver with one empty chamberfound on his person. Intense excite-ment was created by the shootine, anda large crowd gathered at the jailready to hang the miserable scoun-drels on sient, but cooler judgmentprevailed. TucKey was removed to theparlor of the Burnet house, and his an-te-mortetn statement was taken by pros-ecuting attorney. The tramps werebrought over from jailand again identi-fied by the. 'dying conductor. He pickedone of them as the one that didthe shoot-ing. The man gave his name as WilliamThomas, of Springfieid, O. The otherparties arrested give names as LewisDuebret, of Columbus; Charles Sager-
man and William Black. Tuckey isstill livine at 8 o'clock, and is receivingevery attention, but he cannot last overtwo hours. He is a member of the
?conductors' brotherhood, -and the localbranch is giving him all possible care. ?
THRKK FOR ONE.
Four Deaths Will Result From aFight.
Birmingham, Ala., April6.? A tele-gram came here from Irondale to-nightasking for a physican. All thatcan be found out is that threenegros were stealing railroadiron this afternoon, when City MarshalEngland and Deputy Sheriff Forten-berry-came up and called for their sur-render. The negroes ran about a mile,with the officers in pursuit, when oneof them turned and shot England.Deputy Fortenberry opened fire on thenegroes, and when the firingceased allthree were dead. Marshal Englandwill probably die. _____
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
A Michigan Spiritualist FraudRun Down.
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 6.? Dr.Walter E. Reid, president of the Michi-gan Spiritualists' association, was con-victed of using the mails for fraudulentpurposes in the United States courthere yesterday. Reid published aSpiritualist paper, in which he insertedan advertisement to answer letters ad-dressed to persons who have "passed tospirit life" withoutbreaking the seals.His fee for answering questions in aletter sealed in the ordinary mannerwas SI; if.sealed with wax or sewedwith thread, $5. He did an extensivebusiness and reaped rich profits untilhis methods were brought to the atten-tion of Postmaster General Wana-raalcer. Sentence was deferred to givecounsel time to prepare a motion for anew trial, the respondent being re-quired togive bail for $1,500,
SPEED THE CAPTURE.
A. Tramp Whose Neck Should BeStretched.
Akron, 0., April 6.? At CuyahogaFalls, a few miles north of this city,yesterday as the eleven-year-old daugh-ter of Night Watchman Rhodes waspassing along an unfrequented streetslie was caught by a tramp, who stifledher cries with his hand and carried herintoa wood, where he kept her for threehours. The child was discovered lastnight and taken to a physician, whopronounces her recovery as very doubt-ful. Aposse of 100 men was organizedtosearch for the tramp, and all theroads are guarded by horsemen, whilethe woods and fields are being scoured.Capture means a lynching.
Itamey Was Jealous.Bushneli,, 111., AprilB.? At5o'clock
last evening Barney Arkermau shot
Mrs, Hess, landlady of the Nationalhotel, and then fired a builet into hisown brain, causing instant death. Mrs.Hess will recover. The deed was sup-posed to have been committed during afitof jealousy.
A BAD LOT.
AnIllinois Preacher's Certificateof Character.
Charlotte-town, P. S. 1., April6.?A committee of sixteen members of theBaptist church in this city has reportedto the congregation its finding oncharges preferred against Rev. EdwardWhitman, late pastor of the church.The ex-pastor has been foundguilty on the following counts:Associations witha young woman underan assumed name; misappropriation ofchurch funds, and untruthfulness. Mr.Whitman was pastor of the church herefor seven years, and is now pastor of alarge church in Joliet, 111. He camehere a few days ago to obtain his letterof dismissal, whjch had been refusedby the congregation until the chargeswere disproved.
MORPHINE AND LEAD
Employed as Means to an End atDenver.
Denver, Col., April6.? E. A. Culver,whose wife resides at 806 Pearl street,
Cleveland. 0., was found dead inhisroom at the Henshow hotel late lastnight. Culver came here from SanFrancisco the first of the week and, be-ing out of money, pawned some clothes.Friday afternoon he went to the hotel,engaged a room, which he immediatelywent to, locked the door, took a Dottleof morphine, then blew his brains out.The physician who examined the bodyafter the room was broken into lastniaht says he must have suicided shortlyafter going to the room Friday. De-spondency on account of lack of moneyis supposed so be the cause.
His Skull Crushed.Hamilton, 0., April6.? The body of
Joseph Jacobs, Jr., son of a wealthycitizen, was found this morning ;on thehydraulic reservoir. He has beeu miss-ing since March 18. His skull wascrushed inand his face was disfigured.
Every evidence exists of foul play.There is much excitement on account ofthe prominence of his family. This isthe third case of the kind in this citywithin the last month.
TO RUIN A GIRL.
A.Despicable Scheme Blocked bythe Police.
Last night two couples from Minne-apolis came down to St. Paul on a visit.They registered*at Keefe's hotel as manand wife. The proprietor of thehotel discovered from one of theyoung woman's crying there was some-thing wrong, and notified SergeantSweitzer and Officer Call, who arrestedthe parties. At the station one of thegirls" said she was the daughter of a re-spectable widow in Minneapolis, andcame down with a friend of her cousi n,Charles Beche, who accompanied theother girl. They had missed the lasttrain back, and her Cousin Charlie hadinduced her to go to the Keefehouse. She did not know theyhad been registered as man and wife,and when she found that the otherswere endeavoring to induce herto retire with her male escort,she made the protest which theproprietor overheard. The girl isrsspectable and her name is withheld.Her cousin, Charles Beche, gave thename of Gibson at the station, and isemployed ina fruit store, and his com-panion, Lou Nelsou, is a Minne-apolis prostitute. Beche's malefriend, who was In the arrange-
ment to ruin the girl, gave the name ofW. A. Rogers. The young man and theNorton woman will be prosecuted tothe fullest extent to-day in the policecouri.
NOW THEY ARE OFF.
Gold and Glory in a PittsburgWalking Match.
Pittsburg, Pa., April7.? At 12:15o'clock to-night one of the largest andmost evenly balanced fields of menlevermatched in a six-day go-as-you-pleasarace started in a 142-hour pedestriancontest at the Grand Central rink, inthis city. The contest is under the man-agement of Harry Davis. There will betwenty-six contestants, as follows:Herty, Guerrero, Noremac, Hart, Mooro,Cartwright, Golden, Connors, Howarth,Hegelman. Day, Horan, Burns, No|an,"Lepper"Hughes,Crozier,Tracey,Glick,Fox, leoe, Gibbons. Sullivan, "theBaniror Ghost;" Barclay Holsbeke andTaylor.
Score at 1o'clock:Miles Milesj Miles
Herty 3 Hegelman.. 4jFox 3Guerrero.. ..4 Day. 2 Igoe 3N'ormac 3 Horan 3 Gibbons 3Hart 3 Burns 3 Sullivau 3Moore 3 Nolan 3 Barcley .. ..3Cariwright. .3 Hughes 3 Uick 3Golden 3 Crozier 3 llolsbecke 4Connors 3 Tracy 3 Taylor 3Howarth. ...4Giick 3
Dunlap Signs.
Pittsbukg, Pa., April 6.? PresidentNimick has received a telegraw fromFred Dunlap, of last year's team, stat-ing that he was satisfied with the termsoffered and wouid report on Tuesday tothe National league club. Dunlap hasbeen coquetting with both leagues forsome time. However, the offei of thePittsburg club of $3,700 caught him.He was offered $o,00l) in cash to sign athree-year contract, but itis not knownwhether he has accepted or not.
Are the Times Hard?St. Louis, Mo.,April6,? Abont 15,000
people witnessed the game at Brother-hood park this afternoon between theChicago and Cleveland players' teams.Score :Chicago 0 3 0 10 2 10 x-7Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0-5
Base hits, Chicago 6, Cleveland 10: errors,Chicago I,Cleveland 3; batteries. KingandBoyle, Bakely and Brennau; umpire, Cuth-beft.
Crooks Very 111.Columbus, 0., April6.? Jack Crooks,
the fine second baseman of the Colum-bus club, has been confined to his roomfor the past few weeks with a seriousattack of inflamation of the stomach andneuralgia of the heart. Itwas thoughtthis afternoon that he was dying, buthe rallied toward evening and is restingeasier to-night.
Without Opposition.Special to the Globe.
Jamestown, N. D., April 6.? At thecity election yesterday Senator BaileyFuller was re-elected Mayor withoutopposition, George L. Webster, treas-urer, and Messrs. Adams, Hotchkiss,Alleyand Elans, aldermen.
Lenten Sacrifices.Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"We ought to deny ourselves some-thing in this penitential season," re-marked Mrs. Snaggs. "What sacrificewillyoumake John?"
"You know how Ilove to go tochurch?" replied her husband. "WelJ,Ihave resolved to giveitup."
INSANE OR INGENIOUSMamie Starr Proves a Suc-
cess at Spinning PeculiarYarns.
She Denies Ever Having? Beenat the Residence of the
Newlands,
Proves by a Drug-gist She DidNot Purchase Poison of
Him,
And Then Says She PurchasedItto KillHerself
With.
Chicago, April6.? A champion story-teller is in jailhere in the person of thewoman Mamie Starr, who cooked thecorn that poisoned to death Mr. andMrs. Newhind, by whom she was em-ployed. The prisoner's narrative thatshe had a sister who was a perfect im-age of her was startling inits ingeniousdetail, but her latest explanation, themost sensational yet advanced, Is thatshe bought the "Hough on Rats" at thedrug store intending tokillherself, andafterwards threw it away without open-ing the box. When Chief of PoliceMarsh and his assistants lockedthe girl up last night shehad positively denied all con-nection with the poisoning. Moresingular than this, she had denied tnatshe was ever at the Anchorage mission,the institution from tvliich the Newlandfamily secured her as a servant. Shealso denied ever being at the residenceof the Newlands, and maintained, inspite of the fact that a dozen personsidentihed her, that her sister must havebeen the girl who prepared the dish. Acircumstance that greatly strengthenedthe denials occurred when she was tak-en before Dr. Rogers, the druggistwho sold the poison. Dr. Rogers lookedher over carefully in allpossible lights,and formed his conclusion most delib-erately. Finally he said:
"She is not' the girl who boueht tha"Rough on Rats." lam just as sure ofthat as 1am of the fact that Iam alive.The girlwho came in for that poisonlooked very cool andcollected.and Icon-cluded as soon as Isaw her that itwould be perfectly safe to trust her withthe stuff. She said she wanted it to killrats with, and remarked that shewould have to be very careful to keepher little brother from getting hold ofit. She was older than this girlandbetter dressed."
"Can it uot be possible that you aremistaken?" asked Chief Marsh.
"No, it cannot be possible, ifou havesurely got hold of an Innocent girl. Iam sure thac this girl never was inmystore before."
The officers went away puzzled.Early this morning Chief Marsh andInspector Hunt entered upon a house-to-house canvass to find if anyone inthe neighborhood had purchased roughon rats at Dr. Rogers' store. Itwas atedious task, but they kept at itall day.Every house within a mile of the storewas visited, and nobody was found whohad bought poison at the store, or whoanswered the druggist's ?description.However, a man was found who hadseen the girl enter the drug store, andhe described Mamie Starr accurately.Finally, the chief and his companiondrove into the city convinced thatDruggist Rogers was either intention-ally or unintentionally, mistaken. Thegirl was brought up from the cell whereshe had been confined and taken intothe presence of Chief Marsh, InspectorHunt, Capt. Laughlin and other de-tectives.
"Mamie," commenced the chief, "whydid you toll me you were uot in thatdrug store?"
"Surely, 1never said anything of thatkind," said the girl, and her eyes rolledwildly. "Of course, Iwas in the drugstore. Iwent there and bought the boxof poison. Ipaid 15 cents for it, and 10cenrs for some gum. Ihad just a quarter."
"Why, you told us last night that youhad never been in Hyde Park in your-life; that you had never seen the New-lands; that you were never in the An-chocage mission, and a dozen otherthings."
"Impossible; you must have misun-derstood me. Of course, Iwas in IJydePark. I'lltell you just how it was. Iwas verydespondent, and did not wantto live any longer; you know Ihaveoften been despondent, and once triedto killmyself inChicago two years ago.So Iwent to thu store for the poison,and thought Iwould take it while thefamily were asleep that night. Ihidthe stuff while 1 cooked suDper. Icooked the corn, and 1 am sure therecould not have been any poison in it;butitwas wrong somehow, for Itook ataste of itmyself and was dreadfullysick afterwards. When all the familybegan to get sick 1 was scared, andthought the best thing 1could dowould be to get out. Itook thebox of poison and rolled itup in my apron and then went away. 1was very much excitea at the time, butIremember that Ithrew both apronand poison away. Iwrapped them uptight and threw the package over afence. lam sure Idon't know justwhere itwas, but probably Icould finditifIhad but half a chance."
"This is an altogether different storyfrom the one you told yesterday," re-marked Inspector Hunt.
"Oh, no," responded the girl? and thesame crazy gleam was in her eyes ?
'?that is just exactly whatIsaid yester-day. By the way,do you know 1can'tfindmy umbrella anywhere. 1wonderwhere itis."it was an open question with the
officers after the examination whetherthe woman's apparent insanity wasieiffned orreal."Inever heard of a case similar to
this one," said Chief Marsh. "Ineversaw a prisoner so self-possessed andcool when under arrest for a seriouscrime. 1 do not know whether themembers of the family were poisonedbyrouajh on rats or by some other sub-stance in the corn. lam sure that thegirlhad no possible motive to poisonthem, and that she had never seen thembefore last Friday morning. All therest is in the dark."
SHORT OF GOOD WATER
And Long on River Water at theSame Time.
CmciKJfati, 0., April6.? Clifton, anoutlying suburb, which has a contractwithCincinnati for its water supply,andJAvondale, whichhas a similarocon-tract, have had their water supply cutoff for several days. Price Hill, Wal-nut Hill and Mount Auburn, all withinthe city limits, are supplied with wateronly a few hours each day. There isnot over a day's supply of water in the
city reservoirs. All the pumps at thepumps at the water works are reportedin bad condition. The water for nearlythree months has been so hiirh that fthas been impossible torepair the pumps,and the river last night, instead of full*ing, was stationary.
RAILWAYIfKN UNITE.
A Scheme for Federation of AllTrainmen. WBB
Ei.mira, N. V.,April Three hun-dred delegates, representing theBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,firemen, brakemen and switchmen,met here to-day, and, with afew members of the new orderof Railway Conductors, discussedand adopted a scheme of federation be-tween all the organizations of trainmenin the United States; Delegates werepresent from Buffalo. Jersey City, NewYork, Hoboken and many places inPennsylvania and Ohio. There weretwo secret meetings during the day anda public meeting was held in the operahouse to-night. A number of promi-nent citizens delivered ad-dresses. Grand Master Sareeant, ofthe Firemen's.brotherhood, Grand Con?ductor Howard. Grand Master Wilkin?son, of the Brakemen's brotherhood, the,well known "Shandy McGuire," andother prominent railroad men alsospoke. All declared that federationwould be in the interest of harmony,and that the death note of strikes onrailroads had been sounded. The ob-ject is federation under one head of allthe different bodies, each to retain ltfown organization.
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CUTE CHINAMEN*
Captured in an Attempt toEnterthe Country.
San Diego,! Cal., April ThirteenChinese were arrested last night in anattempt to cross the line between Mex-ico and the United States at Tiajuana.They had come up the over-laud from Enscnada, Lower Call*forma, and are thought tobe a part of the eighty-seven takenthere on the last trip of the steamerNewborn, from San Francisco. Theywere transported to that vessel fromthe steamer from China. The wholeeighty-seven had tickets to Mazatlanand (inay ina?, but all disembarked atEnsenada, itis thought, with the inten-tion of crossing into the United State*as soon as possible.
Seeding Begins.Special to the Globe.
Wadkna, Minn., April 6.? A steadyrain has been falling for Mm pasttwenty-four hours, and still continues.Asa consequence, there is great re-joicing among (be farmers, and tneyclaim the outlook for a big crop wasnever better than now. Seeding hasalready commenced.
St. Vincent, Aprilo.? Messrs. Ryan,Gamble and Clow, of St. Vincent town-ship, were the lirst farmers to sowwheat this spring. They commencedon Friday. To-day sowing In this local-ity is general. The sprint: has openedtwo weeks later than last year, but oaaccount of the snow, which is muchheavier than last year, and has nowjust melted, the prospect?? Tor a goodcrop this season are very promising.
He Muse Do His Father's Bidding*.Boston Transcript.
Deacon Jones? Mr. Hollman, thatsermon of yours bewailing the madrush for riches which characterizes thepresent generation was the most beau-tiful thingIever heard. Your pulpitefforts are getting better and better,and we trust that you may continuewith us many years to inculcate in ourcommunity the lessons- of humility andmeekness which yov exemplify so pow-erfully in your own life.
Rev. Mr. Uollman? Yea. deacon. Ishall be only too glad to remain withyou. But? er? my expenses, youknow, are pretty heavy, and I've re-,ceived a very flattering call from an-other parish. I'm getting along in lifewhere 1 ought to be putting by some*-thing for oldage. *
Curious Signs.Washington Star.
A correspondent sends in the follow-ing curious signs noticed in lowa andNebraska:
Omaha barber shop: "Foam on bedsc. .extra." Columbus, Neb., depot:"Gentlemen keep out ladies room."Norfolk, Neb., real estate office: "Thereare no >flies on my land." Norfolkbutcher, shop: "We won't giveno tick."Norfolk insurance agent's sign: "AHsmall fry agents in. this town but us."Lawyer's advertisement on hand-bill inGordon, Neb.: "Legal work promptlyexecuted and divorces cheerfullygranted." Gordon hotel: "Horses anqmen accommodated."
Stanford Will Resign.San Francisco, April 6. ? The
Chronicle willto-morrow print an inter-view with Senator Leland Stanford,stating that Stanford has positively de-cided to tender his resignation as presi-dent of the Southern Pacific company,at a meeting of directors of the com-pany to be held here this week. Theresignation is on account of poorhealth and a press of other business.The senator states that C. P. Hunting-ton will be elected tosucceed him aspresident.
BPM ***Judge Thurman Not 111.
Columbus, 0., April 6.? The reportsent out from Columbus that JudgeAllan G. Thurman is seriously ill Iswithout foundation in fact. A call athis residence this evening developedthe fact that he is in excellent health,much better than he has been for sev-eral months. Judge Thurmau has beenentertaining company all day, and is lathe best ofspirits.
\u25a0 .The Place for the World's Iair.Lawrence American.
Chicago Man (to stranger)? ltell you,sir, Chicago is the place for the fair,andno other city willget it.'-.'\u25a0-
Stranger (evidently a foreigner)? Yes,ot course, But what is this great fairto celebrate?
Chicago Man? Celebrate? Why, the?the emancipation of?no; the? dis-covery of gold inCal? or, the inventionof the tel? hanged ifIknow!
Why She Was Sorry.Lawrence American. .
Peterby? And was your sister sorrybecause Idid not call last night?
Her Little Brother? Well, 1 shouldsay she .was! You
-see. she bet five
pounds of candy with Cousin May thatyou looked like a poodle dog, and whenyou didn't come and they couldn't set-tle the bet she was awfullymad.
Why They Are High.Terre Haute press.
Mrs. Figg? Ten dollars for this mir?ror? Last winter my sister bought onelike itexactly ? for seven and a half.What has caused this advance? Is it-the glass trust?.Dealer? lthink It's on account of themercury being so high all winter.
