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$M7 v THE BED CLOUD CHEF. A. C. HOSMER, Publisher. BED CLOUD. NEBRASKA CURRENT COMMENT. The W&ltham, (Mass.) watch fac- tory recently made another reduction ol wages, creating great dissatisfaction among employes. . Genebai. Sherman is reported as having recently said that he would "sooner go to the Penitentiary than to the White House." Queen Victoria is said to be in good health, with the exception that she is unable to stand upon her feet longer than a few minutes at a time. It is estimated that during the past year fully one thousand Chinamen have crossed over from British Colnmbia into the United States. Senator Allison was recently re- elected by the Legislature of Iowa, re- ceiving the unanimous vote of the Republicans of both branches of the Legislature. It was reported that a massacre ol Christians had occurred at Khartoum. It was also said that King John offered a refuge in Abyssinia for the officials and foreign Consuls at Khartoum. The police of St. Petersburg are said to be occupied exploring cellars, exam- ining basements, dragging alleys and peering behind every box or other ob- ject that might shelter or hide a Nihilist Paris is said to contain a quarter of million of destitute people. Mechanic are reported as having pawned theii tools to procure food. They have nc work if they had tools, and no tools il the' had work. Two young Brazilian dudes, of New York, recently arranged to go to Canads and right a duel, but a young lady in- formed the police and they were de- barred the pleasure of enriching Canadian soil with their precious blood. TnE House Committee on Post-offic- es and Post-road- s, recently agreed to re- port favorably the bill fixing the rate ol postage at one cent for three ounces on newspapers and periodicals sent by others than the publishers or news agents. Henry Joiixson, of Iron County. Mo., aged thirty, was recently married to Charlotte Cooper, aged one hundred and three. The bride's descendants to the fourth generation attended the wed-din- g, and there were great-grandchildr- en present older ihan the groom. Dell Asnccorr recently confessed, at Chardon, O., that he, Ira Bidlake and wife, thireen years ago, murdered and robbed Mrs. Robinson, aged eighty years, in her own house at Mungen, where she lived with her imbecile son. The murder had been a mystery since its occurrence. The Chairman of the House Commit- tee on Public Lands recently told a cor- respondent that the report of the com- mittee in regard to grant of lands to railroads would contain "some mighty interesting reading," and that in the "next three months twenty million acres of railroad lands will certainly be de- clared forfeited to the Government and open to public entry." Fred Douglass, the well-know- n col- ored leader, was married in Washing- ton the other evening, to Miss Helen M. Pitts, a white woman of Avon, N. Y. The wedding was quite private, only two witnesses being present. His first wife, who was colored, died about a year ago. The woman he recently married is thirty-fiv- e, and was emplo'ed as a copyist in his office while he was Mar- shal of the District. Douglass himseli is about seventy-thre- e years of age, and has a daughter as old as his present wife. . An examination of the accounts of the late United States Marshal Hall, oi Western Pennsylvania, discovered a shortage of about $150,000. The busi- ness of his office was transacted in a very loose way, and a dishonest deputy discovering a shortage, attempted tc blackmail him. Marshal Hall defied him and refused to be bled, whereupon the deputy reported him to the Depart- ment The Examiner said Hall was very much affected by the discoveries and "was apparently more astonished than anybody else.- - The matter sc worked upon him that it was feared he might commit suicide, and a watch was set upon him to prevent any such unfor- tunate occurrence. William D. Ringo, a wealthy bach- elor, of Newport, Ky., died recently at the age of seventv-tw- o vears. Withir the last four or five years he had adopted r5v ornhan children, whose aces ranp-p- I ! i o e from three to five years. He was pos- sessed of a fortune of over half a minion of dollars, which by will he left to these friendless little waifs. He was eccentric; but very systematic even in bad hab- its. For years he had been addicted tc "drink, but always drank at one bar and never until after night, where he would remain two hours. He kept two mer under monthly pay whose business i: was to see that he conducted himseli properly when under the influence oi liquor and to take him home. V Jr"5- - THE WORLD'S DOINGS A Summary- - of the Dally News. PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS. In the Senate, the 21st, several petitions were presented praying an investigation of divorce legislation in different States, and to arrange for the collecting of divorce statistics. The Senate then took up the calendar. The bill permitting' retired army officers to head the civil offices of the Territories passed. The bill establishing civil Government in Alaska was taken up. It provides for a Governor, to be appointed by the Presi- dent, with powers similar to those of Govern- ors of other Territories, establishes courts etc. An amendment was adopted making the laws of Oregon as far as applicable, the laws of Alaska. A final vote was not reached Many bills were introduced in the House; among them one by Mr. Anderson (Has.) to provide for the adjustment of land grants made in aid of the construction of railroads. A resolution offered by Mr. Holman thutin the Judgment of the House, all public lands heretofore granted States and corporations to aid the construction of railroads so far as the same are subject to forfeiture by reason of nt of the conditions on which the grants were made, ought to be declared for- feited to the United States and restored to the public domain, and instructing the Committee on Public Lands to report a bill to carry into effect such views, was adopted by 231 to 18. The bill repealing the laws prescribing the iron-cla- d oath was passed. lx the Senate, the 22d, Mr. Cameron, Wis.) from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported adversely a number of petitions ask- ing the opening of Oklahoma lands to settle- ment. At the conclusion of morning business. Mr. Anthony's resolution relating to prohibi- tion of American pork by France and Ger-mut-iv was called up, and debated. It was amended and adopted. The Senate then took up the bill to provide a civil government for Alaska, but before reaching any conclusion, ivent Into executive session In the House, Mr. Parker offered a resolution directing the Committee on Agriculture to inquire into the allegations that the manufacture of oleo- margarine and butterine was detrimental to the dairy and agricultural interests of the country. After the introduction of bills the "House went into Committee of the Whole upon the Greeley Belief bill, which passed. The House then took up the calendar. When the bills relating to public land grrfnts were reached a spirited debate took place as to whether they should be referred to the Public Land Grants Committee or Judiciary Committee. The House by a vote of 111 to 38 referred the bills to the Land Grants Committee. The bill passed providing that no damages or profits shall Ik? recovered from any defendant for an infringement on patents when it shall appear that he merely iised it for his own benefit on any article pur- chased in open market without notice that the same was subject to patent. On motion of Mr. ltynn, Thursday, February 2S. was fixed as the day for delivering appropriate tributes to the memory of the late Dudley C Haskell. Ijr the Senate, the 2.1 I, Mr. Sewell, of the Commute on Military Affairs, reported favor- ably the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. Mr. Logan presented a minority report. Mr. Harrison presented a petition for the As- sembly of Knights of Labor lor Indiana, pray- ing for legislation to prevent the importation of foreign laborers under contracts made abroad. After other proceedings of minor importance the Senate went into executive ?ession In the House Mr. Anderson offered a resolution requesting the Secre- tary of the Interior to imme-Hatcl- y infonn the House whether or not the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston and At- chison, TojKjka Jc Santa Fe Railroads had leen completed within ten years from the passage of the act granting them lands, and if not. by what authority the list of lands was certified to the State of Kansas. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, which occupied the balance of the day. - The Senate, the 24th, passed the House Joint resolution for the relief of the Greely Dxpcdition, voting down all attempts to limit the expenses, a resolution was passed giving Senators a clerk at six dollars per day during the session of Congress. A bill was reported favorably making all public roads post-road- s. The debate upon the bill provid- ing a civil Government for Alaska was then resumed After the introduction of numerous bills, the House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill making appropriations for paying the rebate tax on tobacco, and the payment of the ex- penses of the New Mexico Legislature. After Donsideration, the bill was reported to the House and passed. The bill appropriates for the rebate on tobacco, and S2i,!V for the payment of expenses of the Legisla- ture of rew Mexico. The House .n the Senate bill providing for the relief of the Greeley party. Is the Senate, the 25th, Mr. Blair intro- duced a bill to provide for the free circulation of newspapers and other periodicals and pule-licatio- within the State where published. Mr. Hayard, from the Committee on Finance, reported favorably on the bill providing for the issue of circulating notes of National tanking Associations. A Committee of Con ference was appointed on the Greeley Relief bill. A bill passed donating a part of tho Fort Smith mili- tary reservation to the city of Fort Smith for the benefit of public schools. The Alaska bill was then taken up. debated and finally passed. It provides a civil Government for Alaska similar to other Territories, but prohibits the Importation, manufacture or sale of intoxicat- ing liquors, except formedicinalandsclentiflc purposes The House considered at length in Committee of the Whole the Fite John Porter till, but reached no final action. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL. Samuel T. Glover, a well-know- n attor- ney and prominent citizen of St. Louis, died recently, aged seventy-one- . John Frazek, a Liverpool lumber mer- chant, lately arrived in New York, was found the other morning sitting on a stoop, frozen to death. The Legislature of Kentucky continued at a dead-loc- k on the election of a United States Senator. Senator Williams was in the lead, with Blackburn close to him. A resolution asking Senator Mahonc to resign recently passed the Virginia Senate by a vote of 23 to 10. RIIKCBIXATVBODSr The House Committee on Indian Affairs has agreed to favorably report on the Wei-bor- bill, granting a right of way through the Indian Territory to the Gulf; Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad. Lewis Boedicker and wife, living on a farm near Fenton, Mo., twenty miles from St. Louis, were recently murdered in their house by unknown parties. The notorious Joel A. Fowler, who in November murdered James E. Cole, was recently taken from the officers by a mob at Socorro, N. M., and hanged. Over one thousand tobacco factory em- ployes at Petersburg, Va., recently struck against a reduction of wages. The strikers subsequently held a meeting and appointed a committee to solicit aid to enable them to hold out until employers consented to pay the former wages. BcsHRon A. Mahox, a wealthy broker, was murdered at Mount Carmel, 111., at six o'clock the other night within a few feet of his own gate, on the most public thorough- fare of the towu. No clew to the murder- ers. Henrietta Chadwick, wife of Frank Chadwick, a traveling man, recently com- mitted suicide at Chicago. The falling of a portion of the roof of a school-hos- e on Eat Broadway, N. Y., the other day, created a panic araong'the chil- dren, which resulted in the injury of a number none serious. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 24th a fearful explosion took place in the Colorado Coal & Iron Company's mine at Crested Butte, thirty miles north of Gun- nison, Colo., in which there was reported to bea great loss of life, as fifty-seve- n men were imprisoned in the mine, and it was thought perished from suffocation. They were mostly men of families. The bill prepared by the late Cattle Breeders' Convention, far the extirpation of diseases among domestic animals, wan recently favorably reported o the House, the appropriation being $250,000. Mr. Sterrett, a farmer, seventy years of age, left his home near Mount Pleasant, la., the other day, and was told by his wife that she would spend the day with her sons, but would leave food on the table for him on bis return, calling attention to some strained honey of which he was particu- larly fond. The old gentleman returned and ate some bread and butter, on which he spread some of tho honey, which his wife had poisoned. He was instantly taken with spasms, but succeeded in attracting attention. Immediate antidotes saved his life. It is thought that his wife, who is about the same age, had become insane. A BILL has been introduced in the House of Representatives providing for a national series of text-book- s to be printed at the Government Printing Office for use iu the Territories, which, if it becomes a law, the author thinks, will result in a saving of over fifty per cent, to tho purchasers of books to the country governed thereby,and probably result in the general adoption of such a series throughout the States. The highwaymen who robbed the stage carrying the United States mails, near Lam- pasas, Tex., a few weeks ago, were arrested at Austin recently. Some of the stolen property was found upon the robbers. Master ship builders at Aberdeen, Scot land, have notified their men that wages would be reduced ten per cent. At Liberty Mills, Ind., the other nigh the twin babies of Isaac and Rebecc Martin were frozen to death in their crib, which had been placed in a fireless room. The babes were three months old. Later accounts placed the number of killed by the mine explosion at Crested Butte, Colo., at fifty-on- e men and boys. Ox the 23th aheavysnowstorm prevailed in tho New England States. In Canada all trains were abandoned. The Pullman Car Works, of Detroit, Mich., recently discharged a large number of men. Frank De Walt, defaulting President of the defunct First National Bank of Lead-vill- e, Colo., was arrested recently at EI Paso, Tex. A mixed train on the Lake Erie & West- ern Road was wrecked near Bluffton, O., the other morning by a broken rail. A passenger car was turned over and took fire. Several passengers were seriously in- jured, and it being very cold several train men were badly frozen. The House Committee on Post-office- s and Post-road- s recently agreed to report favor- ably Mr. Money's bill fixing the rate of postage on second class publications de- posited at letter-carrie- r offices at two cents a pound. Two lads, Jim Anderson and Zack Sny- der, were hanged at Mount Vernon, Ind., for the murder of young Van Way, in August last. As Ignatz Puslejotsky, a farmer, was re- turning home with his wife, near Schulen-burg- , Tex., the other day, his horses got frightened, upset the wagon and both were mangled so that tho woman soon died. The man would also die. He was too drunk to manage the team. At a late meeting of the House ComiAit-- tee on Education a committee from tho Na- tional Colored Convention, held at Louis- ville, were present and urged that the col- ored people should bo aided by an appro- priation for educational purposes. In his statement to the House Committee on Commerce lately, a prominent Eastern railroad official took the broad ground that no power of Congress could" regulate rail- road inter-Stat- e commerce in the sense-propose- by the bills beforo the committee. He asserted there was no such thing as com- merce between the States by rail in the constitutional sense of the words. He ar- gued that tho roads are chartered by the States, are understate control, have rates regulated by States, and it is only thrdugh agreements between railroad companies terminating at State lines that inter-Stat- e commerce is now carried on. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. The Mormon press and church are jubi- lant over a special dispatch sent from Washington by Elder Caiue, Mcftmon Dele- gate from Utah, announcing the discovery of charges against Governor Murray. Every effort is being made by the Mormons to get the Governor out of the way. The Governor telegraphed to Washington that be was ready to meet and refute all charges. Early on the morning of January 2G a fire broke out in the Stato Prison at Still- water, Minn., and in spite of nil efforts the buildings were destroyed. All the prison- ers, including the notorious Younger brothers, were taken out and placed under a Btrong gunrd in the yard. The loss was probably $300,000. It was recently reported that orders had been sent out from New York to reduce ex- penses on all Gould railroads in Texas fifty per cent. The train and traek men had not been disturbed, but a large number of sta- tion and yard men were discharged. The other night while John Massey and William Jones were walking on the rail- road track near Coal Valley, W. Va., Massoy, who was drunk, called to a negro woman to stop. She refused and Jones fired at her, tho ball striking the heel of her shoe. Four negroes emerged from a cabin, near by, fired on Massey and Jones' and fatally wounded Massey, who died the next morning. Ttson, who it was reported was asked to resign as stenographer of tho House on the last day of the last session by Speaker Keifer, in order to make room for Keifer's nephew, was before the House committee again tho other day, and reasserted his former testimony to the effect that he was compelled to resign by the He supported his testimony by letters al- leged to have been written by Keifer. A man who gave his name as M. F. Lay-to- n, of Iowa, recently shot himself on the train from St. Louis to Pittsburgh. From his actions and expressions the passengers were convinced that he was insane and was probably the murderer of the Bodiker fam- ily, who were found slaughtered in a farm house near St. Louis a few days previous. The Senate was not in session the 2Gth. The House was in Committee of the Whole debating the Fits John Porter bill, but reached no final action. Since the Senate adopted a resolution giving each Senator not Chairman of a standing committee a clerk, a disposition is manifested by members of the House to enjoy the same privilege. It is understood in Washington that the office of Assistant Surgeon General of the army will be abolished. The Secretary. War, in speaking on the subject recently, stated that while he did not know who proposed the bill to that effect, still such a movement met his entire approbation. HORTICULTURAL. The Mississippi Yalley'Hortlcultaral Socie- ty Meeting at Kansas City Officers Elect- ed and Other Busiaess Transacted. Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan 23. The Mississippi Valley Horticultural So- ciety reconvened this morning at ten o'clock, many delegates arriving by the early trains from the Middle and Northern States. Over two hundred delegates are now present from twenty States, three be- ing from Connecticut, The display of fruit is very fine. In addition to the horticultu- ral display proper, there are on exhibition various specimens of wood indigenous to the different soils lying between the Atlan- tic and Pacific slope. One of the specimens is a small slab cut out of an Osage orange tree which was reported to have had a growth oi-ibr- ee hundred years and to have lakt buried upwsxd of two centuries. Tho first paper this morning was by Mr. Ohmer, of Dayton, O., on the culture of raspberries, after which irrigation and fruit-raisin- g in Colorado was discussed, D. S. Grimes, of Denver, leading. At the af- ternoon session Colonel D. S. Twitchell welcomed the visitors on behalf of the city, and tho annual address was delivered by President Earle, of Cobden, 111. Morton, of Nebraska, alluded to the death of Dr. Warder, a well-know- n horti- culturist of North Bend, O., and a resolu- tion of respect was adopted by the Associ- ation. At the evening session Oliver Gibbs, of Minnesota, read a paper on tho future of fruit-growin- g in America, and was fol- lowed bv Furnas, of Nebras- ka, on "Forestry on the Pacific Coast." The meetings are largely attended, and more delegates are arriving by every train. Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan. 24. The most important business transacted by the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society to-da- y was the election of officers for the ensuing year as follows: President, 'Parker Earle, Cobden, 111. ; Vice-Preside- tu. a. ituuson, JNew urleans, La.; secre- tary, W. H. Reagan, Indianapolis, Ind.; Treasurer, J. C. Evans, Harlem, Mo. State Vice-Presiden- N. Ohmer, Dayton, O.; J. L. Lyon, South Haven, Mich.; E. Y. Teas, Dunreith, Ind.; Prof. T. J. Burrill, Champaign, 111.; George P. Peffer, Pewau-kee- . Wis.; M. Pearce, Minneapolis, Minn.; R. W. Furnas, Brownsville, Neb.; Prof. E. A. Popenoe, Manhattan, Kas. ; D. S. Grimes, Denver, Col. ; Prof. J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa; L. H. Nolan, Little Rock, Ark.; V. Munson, Denison, Tex.; Prof. J. S. Colmant, Agricultural Col- lege, Mo.; Dr. Chas. Meier, Mobile? Ala.; Elisha Moody, Lockport, N. Y.; E. H. Hart, Federal Point, Fla.; A. D. Webb, Bowling Green, Ky.; S. Ragan, Independ- ence, Mo.; Dr. Samuel Hape, Atlanta, Ga.; A. W. Campbell, Wheeling, W. Va. During the afternoon and evening ses- sion interesting papers were read, as fol- lows: "Market Fruits of Kansas City," by L. A. Goodman, of West Port; "Best Fruit Packages," by E. T. Hollister, of St. Louis; "The Value of Careful Packing and Handling," by E. H. Williams, of Indian- apolis, Ind. The Committee on Nomenclature,consist-in- g of Messrs. Sylvester Johnson, T. E. J. Burrill, L. B. Pierce, J. H. Halo and J. H. Mesters, submitted the following report, which was adopted: Your Committee on Nomenclature beg leave to report that we indorse the recom- mendations made by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, President of the American Promo-logic- al Society, as well as those of our President, Mr. Earlp, looking to a simplifi- cation and uniformity of the names ot the fruits of America, and recommend the fol- lowing rules to-wi- t: L Every fruit should have one, and but one, authorized name. 2. If tenable, this name should be the earli- est one published as herciualter pro ided. 3. Each name should consist .f one word, and for all new American fruits such word should be readily prououncable in the English language. 4. No name should be considered authorized until published in some reputable and gener- ally accessible; horticultural periodical, accom- panied with a clear and full description of the fruit; such published name and description shall be sent to the Secretary of the American Promological Society and to the Secretary of the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society, 5. In ease of doubt as to tenability, priority or authority of publication, appropriateness as a good English word, special action by the above named societies, or by a State Horticul- tural Society should be considered valid and final. ti. No variety of fruit shall be named by a society which is not esteemed practically valu- able and worthy of cultivation; this report to be considered as recommendation to tho American Promolo'cal Society. The Committee on the Horticultural Ex- hibition at the World's Eair in New Or- leans next December made a report; first, approving of the exhibition and of the action of President Earl in the mat- ter; secoud, recommending that the Gov- ernors of States be requested to appoint commissioners to aid the scheme; third, that it be made known that all appoint- ments must be made before February 10; fourth, that all States be asked to place their products on exhibition; fifth, that pomological organizations be informed that the earlier varieties of fruit can be carried; sixth, that a general meeting of the direc- tors and commissioners be held as soon as possibl ; Seventh, that the States be asked to vote aid to the exhibition; eighth, that the States wanting emigration be especi- ally urged to advertise their States by sending their products to the exhibition. A comparison was instituted between Kansas and Minnesota at the Centennial Exhibi- tion. The former spent $40,000, the latter nothing, and in four years after, the popu- lation of Kansas had increased 503,Oo5; of Minnesota, 18 ,GGG: the wealth of Kansas, $120,0JO,0OO; Minnesota, W,000,000. .The report was adopted as read. At the session on Friday the Committee on Forestry proposed a resolution, which was adopted, calling upon the Government to establish in the West experimental sta- tions in the interest of horticulture and for- estry, for the purpose of solving the prob- lem of adaptation of trees and plants to the climate and soils of the Mississippi basin and the best methods of cultivation. The resolution further recommends the creation of a Board of Forestry and Horticulture in the West, which shall establish sub-statio- at each climatic belt; that agents be sent to foreign countries having similar climates to obtain seeds and recipes for the propa- gation here, naming especially Russia and China; that the President of the Society ap- point a committee to frame a bill for sub- mission to Congress embodying the above points, and that the Canadian Government bo invited to join in these foreign researches ; that President Earl act as a memberof this committee. The committee was then ap- - Dinted, as follows: J. Sterling Morton, S ebraska; R. W. Furness, Nebraska; Oliver Mobbs, Minnesota; Pro- fessor Bubb, Iowa; N. 'J.Colman, Missouri; G.J.Johnson, Kansas; S. H. Newlin, Ar- kansas; Robert Douglas, Illinois, and Par- ker Earl, Illinois. 1 he remainder of the session was occu- pied by the discussion of topics of interest and reading papers, The Society concluded its labors after a a very interesting four days' session and adjourned to meet in New Orleans during the third week in January, 1S85. 4 Frozen to Death in Sight of Home. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 25. Yesterday morning the dead body of Mr. W. R. Douglass, a farmer, who resided fif '. teen miles northwest of Dallas, on Grape- vine Prairie, was found frozen stiff within three hundred yards of his house. He started out the evening before with his team to go to the Trinity bottom after a load of wood. The weather being so bitter cold, he had started on his return home and was overcome and frozen to death. One of the horses was so badly frozen that it soon died. The deceased came to this city in 1871 from Gallatin, Tennessee. He leaves a wife and three children. Wednesday night was one or tl c coldest n glits this winter. HORRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT. fifty-Seve-n Men Imprisoned in a Coloradc Mine by aa Explosion of Fire Damp-N- o Possibility of Escape from. Death-Fu- ll List of the Victims. Gunnison, Col., Jan. 24. A fearful explosion occurred at eighl o'clock this morning in the Colorado Coal and Iron Company's mine at Crestec Buttes. It was one of the most appalling that ever occurred in a coal mine in thit country. Crested Buttes, near which thi mine is located, is a coal mining town thir- ty miles north of Gunnison City, on tht Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Th cause of the explosion is not definitely known, but it is supposed to be from fire- damp. The explosion occurred either iu chamber one br two, just half an hour af- ter the day force of sixty-seve- n men had gone to work. There were ten men at work in chambei four. These escaped unhurt except one man, John Angus, who was in the passage- way just outside the chamber. He is badly burned but will recover. Fifty-seve- n men were at work in chain-bar- s one and two. These are thought to have perished. The explosion was of such force as to completely barricade the main entrance, and the appliances for supplying air located near were badly wrecked, and the roof of the tramway blown off. Tne men at work on the anthracite mesa are the night force of the C. C. & I. company's mines. Citizens were generally working hard all day to rescue the men. although it is thought none can possibly escape alive. The Town Hall has been prepared for the reception of the dead. As soon as possible the fan was repaired, put to work pumping air into the mine, and men set to work to remove the obstructions so as to reach tho chambers and get the bodies out to-nig- if possible. Following are the names of fifty-fiv- e of the unfortunates; the other two are not ob- tainable: Henry Anderson. James Driscoll. John Williams. James Couglilin. W.T.Stewart. Henry tteu art. John Mar.in. B. Hctfrcn. Thomas Hogcrs. Lv. P. Hettron. James O'Neill. W. L. Jones. Jacob Lan. John Donnelly. J no. Anderson. Carl IJodenwald. James Walsh. Chas. Merlinjr. Fetor Baker. Thcs. Roberts. William Bar d on. Jim McCourt. Richard James. Fred Bccht. David Hughes. IberKing. P. McMtnas. Joseph eisenberg. W.T.King. H. Doncgan. Jno. Creeiman, Joseph hraust. John Hular. James F. Stewart, Jr. Thos. Williams. William Neath. John Shune. Morgan Neath. Patrick Barrett. Thomas ulancey. John McGregor. John Hutherford. John Myers. Wm. McCowitt-A.M- . F. W. Smith. Godfrcd. G. li. McIIalson. Dan Mclionald. Wm. Maroncy. Wm. Aubrey. Nick Probst. Hen Jeffries. Thomas Laffey. Thomas Stewart. Jonn fnnec. Many of these are married men and leave families, many living here. At this hour everything is in such confusion that it is impossible to give details. A special train left Gunnison at two o'clock this afternoon with surgeons and a large number of citi- zens to render all the aid possible. The town of Crested Buttes is in mourning, and crowds of women cluster about the entrance to the mine praying and wringing their hands and crying piteously, presenting a scene most heartrending. It is said at the time of the explosion there were ten kegs of black powder in zhambers one and two, where the men were working, and where the explosion is sup- posed to have taken place. Tho mine has three miles of drifting and so it is impossi- ble to definitely locate the accident until rescuing parties can gain admittance. At eleven o'clock ht no bodies had been recovered. Denver, Col.", Jan. 2f. Crested Buttes mine, where the great dis- aster of this morning occurred, has long been considered dangerous by those ac- quainted with it. While one of the best producing mines in the country, its opera- tion has always been attended with more or less apprehension and real danger. "It is a fire damp mine," said Superin- tendent Cameron, now in Denver, "and 3eems to constantly generate the most deadly gases. The seem to generate in the coal or under it, and pour out of the scams in the walls of the tunnels and shafts; yet the mines are the most perfect- ly ventilated iu the world. Air is forced in along the shaft by machinery. No less than 58,000 cubic feet of fresh air is forced into the mine every minute. This is quite sufficient to fully supply the wants of the miners and keep the air perfectly pure un- less some accident happens to cut off or in terfere with the supply. This is a greater amount of fresh air than is furnished to any other mine in the country. We send a mine reviewer through every chamber every morning before any of the men are allowed to go in. Ho must have returned this morning before tho workmen started in, and everything must have been all right when he passed through the workings." John McNeil, State Mine Inspector, left for the scene of the disaster this evening. He says he has no donbt that every man in the mine at the time of the explosion was instantly killed. He said d visited this mine five weeks n?o and then found it in good condition. He considered it a dan- gerous mine unless properly worked, be- cause there was more or less gas constant- ly exuding from the mine. Ho said he found every appliance for ventilating the workings and considered that the manag- ers understood how to run the mine, and were fully aware of the danger attending if the mine was not properly ventilated. The Wrecked Steamship. Falmouth, Mass., Jan. 24. Divers visited tho wreck or' the City ot Columbus to-da- y. They report all the works of the vessel gone, not a single state- room remaining on deck. Even heavy iron rods used as stays between houses ou the port and starboard sides wero bent and torn from their places, while the deck itself w s broken and open. Heavy timbers lay in various shapes beneath the broken sur- face of the deck, preventing divers from going into the hold No bodies were seen By tne divers. No attempt was made to find bodies in the steerage, the oiSy descent of the divers being in tho after pare of the vessel. To-nig- ht a terrible gale is blowing across the sound, and vast quantities of wreckage are coming ashore at Falmouth. It is expected that bodies will come ashore t. Seafaring men say Lodies now iu the water or in the wreck, i. no- - recovered in a day or two, will be completely de- voured by sand-eel- s. Soundings establish the fact that the can-buo- y was set as least a quarter of a mile toward the inshore and the ledge of Devil's Bridge extended 43J yards outside of where the can-buo- y was originally set, but this fact does not relieve the officers of the City of Columbus, as the boat lies near half a mile inshore fiom the can-buo- y. Justice Forestalled. Chicago. Jan. 24. Four weeks ago Herman Koerstefn, re- siding here, was arrested for embezzle- ment in Broinberg, Prussia." An officer bearing extradition papers from the Ger- man Government arrived in Chicago this morning. This afternoon, a, Deputy Sheriff went to Koerstein's cell for the purpose of bringing him out for transfer. As the prisoner was about to lewre the cell be drank what appeared to be a glass of water. Accompanying the deputy to the office the prisoner staggered and dropped into a chair, shaking violen'ly. He whimpered, "I am sick," and expiie-- t in twenty min- utes. Koers'ein i.ad drank a, ueudlv- - solu- tion of cyuni e or potassium. SHOCKING DOMESTIC TIIA(JEI)1 Tragic Ending of a Life of Marital lnr-Uc-it- y An Elgin (III.) Woman's Story of lion It Happened A Shadow of Doubt Knv. opine the Affair. E1.01X, III., Jan. 23. Shortly after noon to-da- y the famil . jqI B. R. Buzzell, living four miles west ot vZ gin, wero horrified at the appeara'e ir their midst of a bloody apparition."' Tl.U proved to be Mrs. William Combs, the wi.'t of a neighbor. The woman had stamen from her home, about 100 yards ditanr leaving a bloody trail on the su. u . SLt was frightfully mutilated about the necl and shouldir;. The fingers of her left hanc were severed and her arms badly gashed In one of her mutilated hands the woman carried a butcher-knif- e with an efcht-ii.- h blade and both edges sharpened. She Ja exhausted and incoherent, but managed t tell the Buzzells that her husband had her, and when he supposed he had succeeded in killing hr had cut his own throat. Coombs was found lyin,; on tht floor in a chamber of his house with hN head nearly severed from his body. Tim room gave evidence of a fearful struggle. Tables and chairs were tipped over, shretU of cloth were strewn about the walls,! 'at bed-clothin- g and furniture of the apart- ment bespatterrd with Hood, and the en- tire surroundings unusually horrifying. William Coombs was a well-to-d- o farmtr forty-nin- e years old. He was an English man by birth and the father of e en chil dren. Ho had been married three tiinos. His first wife, by whom he had lour chil dren, died in England. Coming to Aim n ca, he was shortly afterward inarnei again. Three children were the fruit r this alliance. Three years ago Ccnmbs ed from his second wife. One y$ r ago of the present month, agaiiwtthe conn sel of his friends, deceased married a wu man twenty-nin- e years old, calling heix.II Mrs. Green and claiming Clnc-ig- as hei home. The woman had a child and was looked upon by those coming m con'aet with her as an adventuress. The nni n proved an unhappy one and ttien have been bickerings for months, although w open quarrel occurred until now. Tlit,, neighbors say that the tantalizii pol ek cutions of the woman drove Coonil mill anil that he has been insane for two months past. To-da-y while the children living at home were at schoel the trouble that cul minated so tragically transpired. TIV woman's story is not credited by the neigv bors, and several important circumstance are at variance with it, which lead main to suppose that the woman killed her bus band. J ANOTHER LONG ISLAND TRAKEIrT. A Farmer Murderously Assaulted anil Left for Dead by n Xegro, who then Attack- ed the Farmer's Wife !ud Kolil( tht House The Villian Captured. IIICKSVILLK, L. I.. Jan. 23. At about half past six o'clock this morn ing Selah Sprague, a well-to-d- o farmer U East Meadow, went as usual to the barn U milk his cows and feed his horses. He hat just reached tho barn when a mulatto ar tacked him with a fish-pla- te used as a ciup ling for railroad tracks and, striking hnr several murderous blows on tho head, left him for dead and made his way to tht house. Here he saw Mrs. Sprague uutk-kitche- struck her one blow secured whir money he could and left. Some neighbors hearing Mrs. Sprague's cries, hurried t the spot and found Sprague lying in a poo of blood near the barn. A gene a' alam was sounded, nnd the fanners of link i".lt Hempstead, estbury and hitched up their horses and started in al directions, scouring the country for the as sassin. Tho man, is supposed to be the same who attempted fhe burglary at b'outt Oyster Bay Wednesday night. The barn presented tho appearance of a slaughter-house- . The body of Sprague lay against a bag filled with grain. Tht bag was bloody on one side. Sprague i not dead. He seemed to recognize the voic- es of the men. thouirh he could not speak. There was blood everywhere. Near the double door there was a irreat pool J i blood frozen into ice. Snra"ue lost much blood in this spot it ran over the door jamb and discolored the ground outside. There was blood on the tub u iler the wagon and on the right hand wheel of the wagon. Sprague was covered with hlooit There is great excitemetit ah throu' Queens County, in consequence of tne third and similar outrage following so quickly upon tho Maybee and Townsewl allairs. Mr. Sprague and wife were about filty f years of age. Physicians give no hopes t f the recovery of Sprague. While terrible wounds on the head of Sprague were iieni dressed, he suddenly rose up ami v iiii'hI a full pint and a half of blood. The doe', they were glatl of it, but still have h'-t- le or no hopes of his recovery. Mrs. Sprague in her statement says: 'A-- I stepped into the kitchen a dog barkil S is a very small dog), and but for thv v strange thing I might not have noticed tV man so promptly. He said: 'I want nun-ey- .' I supposed my husband w in tht-bar- n, and mv first impulse was to I did so. I" tried to rush by the coi jryd man into the yard, and got as far a stoop when he laid hold of me. He lute! ed me by tho hair and pulled a haiul.ul ouf by the roots. I struggled, but it was n use. He dealt me a blow in the mouth w.th his fist, which loosened mv teethand I saw fire. This brought us back into the kite! en. He was a powerful colored man, nft I tall, but very stout. He said again, 'Grv 1 me the money or I'll murder you.' I re- plied, 'You can have all the money in the house, but tell me, have you hurt my litis band' 'No,' he replied, 4I have not -- een him.' I thought it strange my husband bar! not been attracted by the incessant bark ing of tho dog. I went into the sitt.nj;-roo- m and took my purse from the bureau drawer and handed it to the man. The purse contained S. When the man was gone away I ran out to summon help and fell on the ice. I hurt my side badly." The negro, whose name is Chas. A. Sinitu or Chas. H. Rugg,was subsequently cap- tured and fully identified by Mrs. Sprague. He resided at Poverty Hollow, Oyster Bay. He was captured at a" store where he had purchased a complete new suit of clothes and had called for some crackers andW cheese. The excited farmers would have T hung him immediately but for the deter- mined stand taken by the officers of the law. It Is almost certain he was the as- sailant of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend of Oys- ter Bay. The officers had much trouble in getting tHeir prisoner aboard the trainJ-- J take him to jail. There were between 30j and 400 men with torches and ropes howl- ing and shouting, "Let us getathim. "Let us bang the murderer!" He was final-l- y locked in a freight car. AtWestburv the train was boarded by 2"J0 men with ropes and lanterns, who demanded to know where the man was. They did not give up. the search until the train started, some-eve- remaining on board and swearing-tha- t they would hanghim. The samesctne was enacted at Mineola. The prisoner was finally landed safely in the county jail. V The Sluffgers in San Franclen- - San Francisco, Jan. 25 Fifty policemen were detailed this morn- ing to preserve order on Sullivan's arrival. HL reception was a tremendous ovation. Six thousand admirers greeted the great-'slugger- . Fully 10,0 JO men and fol- lowed the carriages up the street trying to-kee- pace with the horse-!- , cheering all the way. The Palace Hotel wa with a crowd desirou of paving resp t to Bostonian. The attend nice this evening was spoiled bv ticket speculation. Only 4,001) were preent. Tie combination' sparring was a nt. 'i'h-- y leave Wednesday fo.- - O.von. O.i the re- turn they play at tne Grand e week. t- - .1

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tory recently made another reduction ol

wages, creating great dissatisfactionamong employes.

. Genebai. Sherman is reported as

having recently said that he would

"sooner go to the Penitentiary than to

the White House."

Queen Victoria is said to be in goodhealth, with the exception that she is

unable to stand upon her feet longerthan a few minutes at a time.

It is estimated that during the pastyear fully one thousand Chinamen havecrossed over from British Colnmbia intothe United States.

Senator Allison was recently re-

elected by the Legislature of Iowa, re-

ceiving the unanimous vote of theRepublicans of both branches of theLegislature.

It was reported that a massacre olChristians had occurred at Khartoum.It was also said that King John offered

a refuge in Abyssinia for the officialsand foreign Consuls at Khartoum.

The police of St. Petersburg are said

to be occupied exploring cellars, exam-

ining basements, dragging alleys and

peering behind every box or other ob-

ject that might shelter or hide a Nihilist

Paris is said to contain a quarter ofmillion of destitute people. Mechanicare reported as having pawned theiitools to procure food. They have ncwork if they had tools, and no tools il

the' had work.

Two young Brazilian dudes, of NewYork, recently arranged to go to Canadsand right a duel, but a young lady in-

formed the police and they were de-

barred the pleasure of enrichingCanadian soil with their precious blood.

TnE House Committee on Post-offic- es

and Post-road- s, recently agreed to re-

port favorably the bill fixing the rate ol

postage at one cent for three ounces onnewspapers and periodicals sent byothers than the publishers or newsagents.

Henry Joiixson, of Iron County.Mo., aged thirty, was recently marriedto Charlotte Cooper, aged one hundredand three. The bride's descendants tothe fourth generation attended the wed-din- g,

and there were great-grandchildr- en

present older ihan the groom.

Dell Asnccorr recently confessed,at Chardon, O., that he, Ira Bidlakeand wife, thireen years ago, murderedand robbed Mrs. Robinson, aged eightyyears, in her own house at Mungen,where she lived with her imbecile son.The murder had been a mystery sinceits occurrence.

The Chairman of the House Commit-tee on Public Lands recently told a cor-

respondent that the report of the com-

mittee in regard to grant of lands torailroads would contain "some mightyinteresting reading," and that in the"next three months twenty million acresof railroad lands will certainly be de-

clared forfeited to the Government andopen to public entry."

Fred Douglass, the well-know- n col-

ored leader, was married in Washing-ton the other evening, to Miss Helen M.Pitts, a white woman of Avon, N. Y.The wedding was quite private, onlytwo witnesses being present. His firstwife, who was colored, died about a yearago. The woman he recently marriedis thirty-fiv- e, and was emplo'ed as acopyist in his office while he was Mar-shal of the District. Douglass himseliis about seventy-thre- e years of age, andhas a daughter as old as his presentwife. .

An examination of the accounts of thelate United States Marshal Hall, oiWestern Pennsylvania, discovered ashortage of about $150,000. The busi-

ness of his office was transacted in avery loose way, and a dishonest deputydiscovering a shortage, attempted tcblackmail him. Marshal Hall defiedhim and refused to be bled, whereuponthe deputy reported him to the Depart-ment The Examiner said Hall wasvery much affected by the discoveriesand "was apparently more astonishedthan anybody else.- - The matter scworked upon him that it was feared hemight commit suicide, and a watch wasset upon him to prevent any such unfor-tunate occurrence.

William D. Ringo, a wealthy bach-

elor, of Newport, Ky., died recently atthe age of seventv-tw- o vears. Withirthe last four or five years he had adoptedr5v ornhan children, whose aces ranp-p- I !

i o efrom three to five years. He was pos-sessed of a fortune of over half a minionof dollars, which by will he left to thesefriendless little waifs. He was eccentric;but very systematic even in bad hab-its. For years he had been addicted tc"drink, but always drank at one bar andnever until after night, where he wouldremain two hours. He kept two merunder monthly pay whose business i:

was to see that he conducted himseliproperly when under the influence oiliquor and to take him home.

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A Summary- - of the Dally News.

PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS.In the Senate, the 21st, several petitions

were presented praying an investigation ofdivorce legislation in different States, and toarrange for the collecting of divorce statistics.The Senate then took up the calendar. Thebill permitting' retired army officers to headthe civil offices of the Territories passed. Thebill establishing civil Governmentin Alaska was taken up. It providesfor a Governor, to be appointed by the Presi-dent, with powers similar to those of Govern-ors of other Territories, establishes courtsetc. An amendment was adopted making thelaws of Oregon as far as applicable, the lawsof Alaska. A final vote was not reachedMany bills were introduced in the House;among them one by Mr. Anderson (Has.) toprovide for the adjustment of land grantsmade in aid of the construction of railroads.A resolution offered by Mr. Holman thutinthe Judgment of the House, all public landsheretofore granted States and corporations toaid the construction of railroads so far as thesame are subject to forfeiture by reason of

nt of the conditions on which thegrants were made, ought to be declared for-feited to the United States and restored to thepublic domain, and instructing the Committeeon Public Lands to report a bill to carry intoeffect such views, was adopted by 231 to 18.The bill repealing the laws prescribing theiron-cla- d oath was passed.

lx the Senate, the 22d, Mr. Cameron,Wis.) from the Committee on Indian Affairs,reported adversely a number of petitions ask-ing the opening of Oklahoma lands to settle-ment. At the conclusion of morning business.Mr. Anthony's resolution relating to prohibi-tion of American pork by France and Ger-mut- iv

was called up, and debated. It wasamended and adopted. The Senate then tookup the bill to provide a civil government forAlaska, but before reaching any conclusion,ivent Into executive session In the House,Mr. Parker offered a resolution directing theCommittee on Agriculture to inquire into theallegations that the manufacture of oleo-margarine and butterine was detrimental tothe dairy and agricultural interests of thecountry. After the introduction of bills the

"House went into Committee of the Wholeupon the Greeley Belief bill, which passed.The House then took up the calendar. Whenthe bills relating to public land grrfnts werereached a spirited debate took place as towhether they should be referred to the PublicLand Grants Committee or JudiciaryCommittee. The House by a voteof 111 to 38 referred the bills to the LandGrants Committee. The bill passed providingthat no damages or profits shall Ik? recoveredfrom any defendant for an infringement onpatents when it shall appear that he merelyiised it for his own benefit on any article pur-chased in open market without notice thatthe same was subject to patent. On motion ofMr. ltynn, Thursday, February 2S. was fixed asthe day for delivering appropriate tributes tothe memory of the late Dudley C Haskell.

Ijr the Senate, the 2.1 I, Mr. Sewell, of theCommute on Military Affairs, reported favor-ably the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter.Mr. Logan presented a minority report. Mr.Harrison presented a petition for the As-sembly of Knights of Labor lor Indiana, pray-ing for legislation to prevent the importationof foreign laborers under contracts madeabroad. After other proceedings of minorimportance the Senate went into executive?ession In the House Mr. Anderson offereda resolution requesting the Secre-tary of the Interior to imme-Hatcl- y

infonn the House whether or not theLeavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston and At-chison, TojKjka Jc Santa Fe Railroads had leencompleted within ten years from the passageof the act granting them lands, and if not. bywhat authority the list of lands was certifiedto the State of Kansas. The House went intoCommittee of the Whole on the state of theUnion, which occupied the balance of the day.- The Senate, the 24th, passed the HouseJoint resolution for the relief of the GreelyDxpcdition, voting down all attempts to limitthe expenses, a resolution was passed givingSenators a clerk at six dollars per day duringthe session of Congress. A bill was reportedfavorably making all public roads post-road- s.

The debate upon the bill provid-ing a civil Government forAlaska was then resumed After theintroduction of numerous bills, the Housewent into Committee of the Whole on the billmaking appropriations for paying the rebatetax on tobacco, and the payment of the ex-penses of the New Mexico Legislature. AfterDonsideration, the bill was reported to theHouse and passed. The bill appropriates

for the rebate on tobacco, and S2i,!Vfor the payment of expenses of the Legisla-ture of rew Mexico. The House.n the Senate bill providing for the relief ofthe Greeley party.

Is the Senate, the 25th, Mr. Blair intro-duced a bill to provide for the free circulationof newspapers and other periodicals and pule-licatio-

within the State where published.Mr. Hayard, from the Committee on Finance,reported favorably on the bill providing forthe issue of circulating notes of Nationaltanking Associations. A Committee of Con

ference was appointed on the GreeleyRelief bill. A bill passed donatinga part of tho Fort Smith mili-tary reservation to the city of Fort Smithfor the benefit of public schools. The Alaska billwas then taken up. debated and finally passed.It provides a civil Government for Alaskasimilar to other Territories, but prohibits theImportation, manufacture or sale of intoxicat-ing liquors, except formedicinalandsclentiflcpurposes The House considered at lengthin Committee of the Whole the Fite JohnPorter till, but reached no final action.

POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.Samuel T. Glover, a well-know- n attor-

ney and prominent citizen of St. Louis,died recently, aged seventy-one- .

John Frazek, a Liverpool lumber mer-chant, lately arrived in New York, wasfound the other morning sitting on astoop, frozen to death.

The Legislature of Kentucky continuedat a dead-loc- k on the election of a UnitedStates Senator. Senator Williams was inthe lead, with Blackburn close to him.

A resolution asking Senator Mahonc toresign recently passed the Virginia Senateby a vote of 23 to 10.

RIIKCBIXATVBODSrThe House Committee on Indian Affairs

has agreed to favorably report on the Wei-bor-

bill, granting a right of way throughthe Indian Territory to the Gulf; Colorado& Santa Fe Railroad.

Lewis Boedicker and wife, living on afarm near Fenton, Mo., twenty miles fromSt. Louis, were recently murdered in theirhouse by unknown parties.

The notorious Joel A. Fowler, who inNovember murdered James E. Cole, wasrecently taken from the officers by a mobat Socorro, N. M., and hanged.

Over one thousand tobacco factory em-ployes at Petersburg, Va., recently struckagainst a reduction of wages. The strikerssubsequently held a meeting and appointeda committee to solicit aid to enable them tohold out until employers consented to paythe former wages.

BcsHRon A. Mahox, a wealthy broker,was murdered at Mount Carmel, 111., at sixo'clock the other night within a few feet ofhis own gate, on the most public thorough-fare of the towu. No clew to the murder-ers.

Henrietta Chadwick, wife of FrankChadwick, a traveling man, recently com-mitted suicide at Chicago.

The falling of a portion of the roof of aschool-hos- e on Eat Broadway, N. Y., theother day, created a panic araong'the chil-dren, which resulted in the injury of anumber none serious.

At eight o'clock on the morning of the24th a fearful explosion took place in theColorado Coal & Iron Company's mine atCrested Butte, thirty miles north of Gun-nison, Colo., in which there was reportedto bea great loss of life, as fifty-seve- n menwere imprisoned in the mine, and it wasthought perished from suffocation. Theywere mostly men of families.

The bill prepared by the late CattleBreeders' Convention, far the extirpationof diseases among domestic animals, wan

recently favorably reported o the House,the appropriation being $250,000.

Mr. Sterrett, a farmer, seventy yearsof age, left his home near Mount Pleasant,la., the other day, and was told by his wifethat she would spend the day with hersons, but would leave food on the table forhim on bis return, calling attention to somestrained honey of which he was particu-larly fond. The old gentleman returnedand ate some bread and butter, on whichhe spread some of tho honey, which hiswife had poisoned. He was instantly takenwith spasms, but succeeded in attractingattention. Immediate antidotes saved hislife. It is thought that his wife, who isabout the same age, had become insane.

A BILL has been introduced in the Houseof Representatives providing for a nationalseries of text-book- s to be printed at theGovernment Printing Office for use iu theTerritories, which, if it becomes a law, theauthor thinks, will result in a saving ofover fifty per cent, to tho purchasers ofbooks to the country governed thereby,andprobably result in the general adoption ofsuch a series throughout the States.

The highwaymen who robbed the stagecarrying the United States mails, near Lam-pasas, Tex., a few weeks ago, were arrestedat Austin recently. Some of the stolenproperty was found upon the robbers.

Master ship builders at Aberdeen, Scotland, have notified their men that wageswould be reduced ten per cent.

At Liberty Mills, Ind., the other nighthe twin babies of Isaac and RebeccMartin were frozen to death in their crib,which had been placed in a fireless room.The babes were three months old.

Later accounts placed the number ofkilled by the mine explosion at CrestedButte, Colo., at fifty-on- e men and boys.

Ox the 23th aheavysnowstorm prevailedin tho New England States. In Canada alltrains were abandoned.

The Pullman Car Works, of Detroit,Mich., recently discharged a large numberof men.

Frank De Walt, defaulting President ofthe defunct First National Bank of Lead-vill- e,

Colo., was arrested recently at EIPaso, Tex.

A mixed train on the Lake Erie & West-ern Road was wrecked near Bluffton, O.,the other morning by a broken rail. Apassenger car was turned over and tookfire. Several passengers were seriously in-

jured, and it being very cold several trainmen were badly frozen.

The House Committee on Post-office- s andPost-road- s recently agreed to report favor-ably Mr. Money's bill fixing the rate ofpostage on second class publications de-

posited at letter-carrie- r offices at two centsa pound.

Two lads, Jim Anderson and Zack Sny-der, were hanged at Mount Vernon, Ind.,for the murder of young Van Way, inAugust last.

As Ignatz Puslejotsky, a farmer, was re-

turning home with his wife, near Schulen-burg- ,Tex., the other day, his horses got

frightened, upset the wagon and both weremangled so that tho woman soon died. Theman would also die. He was too drunk tomanage the team.

At a late meeting of the House ComiAit--tee on Education a committee from tho Na-

tional Colored Convention, held at Louis-ville, were present and urged that the col-ored people should bo aided by an appro-priation for educational purposes.

In his statement to the House Committeeon Commerce lately, a prominent Easternrailroad official took the broad ground thatno power of Congress could" regulate rail-road inter-Stat- e commerce in the sense-propose-

by the bills beforo the committee. Heasserted there was no such thing as com-merce between the States by rail in theconstitutional sense of the words. He ar-gued that tho roads are chartered by theStates, are understate control, have ratesregulated by States, and it is only thrdughagreements between railroad companiesterminating at State lines that inter-Stat- e

commerce is now carried on.

ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.The Mormon press and church are jubi-

lant over a special dispatch sent fromWashington by Elder Caiue, Mcftmon Dele-gate from Utah, announcing the discoveryof charges against Governor Murray.Every effort is being made by the Mormonsto get the Governor out of the way. TheGovernor telegraphed to Washington thatbe was ready to meet and refute allcharges.

Early on the morning of January 2G afire broke out in the Stato Prison at Still-water, Minn., and in spite of nil efforts thebuildings were destroyed. All the prison-ers, including the notorious Youngerbrothers, were taken out and placed undera Btrong gunrd in the yard. The loss wasprobably $300,000.

It was recently reported that orders hadbeen sent out from New York to reduce ex-penses on all Gould railroads in Texas fiftyper cent. The train and traek men had notbeen disturbed, but a large number of sta-tion and yard men were discharged.

The other night while John Massey andWilliam Jones were walking on the rail-road track near Coal Valley, W. Va.,Massoy, who was drunk, called to a negrowoman to stop. She refused and Jonesfired at her, tho ball striking the heel ofher shoe. Four negroes emerged from acabin, near by, fired on Massey and Jones'and fatally wounded Massey, who died thenext morning.

Ttson, who it was reported was asked toresign as stenographer of tho House on thelast day of the last session by SpeakerKeifer, in order to make room for Keifer'snephew, was before the House committeeagain tho other day, and reasserted hisformer testimony to the effect that he wascompelled to resign by theHe supported his testimony by letters al-

leged to have been written by Keifer.A man who gave his name as M. F. Lay-to- n,

of Iowa, recently shot himself on thetrain from St. Louis to Pittsburgh. Fromhis actions and expressions the passengerswere convinced that he was insane and wasprobably the murderer of the Bodiker fam-

ily, who were found slaughtered in a farmhouse near St. Louis a few days previous.

The Senate was not in session the 2Gth.

The House was in Committee of the Wholedebating the Fits John Porter bill, butreached no final action.

Since the Senate adopted a resolutiongiving each Senator not Chairman of astanding committee a clerk, a dispositionis manifested by members of the House toenjoy the same privilege.It is understood in Washington that the

office of Assistant Surgeon General of thearmy will be abolished. The Secretary.War, in speaking on the subject recently,stated that while he did not know whoproposed the bill to that effect, still such amovement met his entire approbation.

HORTICULTURAL.

The Mississippi Yalley'Hortlcultaral Socie-ty Meeting at Kansas City Officers Elect-ed and Other Busiaess Transacted.

Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan 23.The Mississippi Valley Horticultural So-

ciety reconvened this morning at teno'clock, many delegates arriving by theearly trains from the Middle and NorthernStates. Over two hundred delegates arenow present from twenty States, three be-

ing from Connecticut, The display of fruitis very fine. In addition to the horticultu-ral display proper, there are on exhibitionvarious specimens of wood indigenous tothe different soils lying between the Atlan-tic and Pacific slope. One of the specimensis a small slab cut out of an Osage orangetree which was reported to have had agrowth oi-ibr- ee hundred years and to havelakt buried upwsxd of two centuries.

Tho first paper this morning was by Mr.Ohmer, of Dayton, O., on the culture ofraspberries, after which irrigation andfruit-raisin- g in Colorado was discussed, D.S. Grimes, of Denver, leading. At the af-ternoon session Colonel D. S. Twitchellwelcomed the visitors on behalf of the city,and tho annual address was delivered byPresident Earle, of Cobden, 111.

Morton, of Nebraska, alluded to thedeath of Dr. Warder, a well-know- n horti-culturist of North Bend, O., and a resolu-tion of respect was adopted by the Associ-ation.

At the evening session Oliver Gibbs, ofMinnesota, read a paper on tho future offruit-growin- g in America, and was fol-lowed bv Furnas, of Nebras-ka, on "Forestry on the Pacific Coast."The meetings are largely attended, andmore delegates are arriving by every train.

Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan. 24.The most important business transacted

by the Mississippi Valley HorticulturalSociety to-da- y was the election of officersfor the ensuing year as follows: President,'Parker Earle, Cobden, 111. ; Vice-Preside-

tu. a. ituuson, JNew urleans, La.; secre-tary, W. H. Reagan, Indianapolis, Ind.;Treasurer, J. C. Evans, Harlem, Mo. StateVice-Presiden- N. Ohmer, Dayton, O.;J. L. Lyon, South Haven, Mich.; E. Y.Teas, Dunreith, Ind.; Prof. T. J. Burrill,Champaign, 111.; George P. Peffer, Pewau-kee- .

Wis.; M. Pearce, Minneapolis, Minn.;R. W. Furnas, Brownsville,

Neb.; Prof. E. A. Popenoe, Manhattan,Kas. ; D. S. Grimes, Denver, Col. ; Prof. J.L. Budd, Ames, Iowa; L. H. Nolan, LittleRock, Ark.; V. Munson, Denison, Tex.;Prof. J. S. Colmant, Agricultural Col-lege, Mo.; Dr. Chas. Meier, Mobile?Ala.; Elisha Moody, Lockport, N. Y.; E.H. Hart, Federal Point, Fla.; A. D. Webb,Bowling Green, Ky.; S. Ragan, Independ-ence, Mo.; Dr. Samuel Hape, Atlanta, Ga.;A. W. Campbell, Wheeling, W. Va.

During the afternoon and evening ses-sion interesting papers were read, as fol-lows: "Market Fruits of Kansas City,"by L. A. Goodman, of West Port; "BestFruit Packages," by E. T. Hollister, of St.Louis; "The Value of Careful Packing andHandling," by E. H. Williams, of Indian-apolis, Ind.

The Committee on Nomenclature,consist-in- g

of Messrs. Sylvester Johnson, T. E. J.Burrill, L. B. Pierce, J. H. Halo and J. H.Mesters, submitted the following report,which was adopted:

Your Committee on Nomenclature begleave to report that we indorse the recom-mendations made by Hon. Marshall P.Wilder, President of the American Promo-logic- al

Society, as well as those of ourPresident, Mr. Earlp, looking to a simplifi-cation and uniformity of the names ot thefruits of America, and recommend the fol-lowing rules to-wi- t:

L Every fruit should have one, and but one,authorized name.

2. If tenable, this name should be the earli-est one published as herciualter pro ided.

3. Each name should consist .f one word,and for all new American fruits such wordshould be readily prououncable in the Englishlanguage.

4. No name should be considered authorizeduntil published in some reputable and gener-ally accessible; horticultural periodical, accom-panied with a clear and full description of thefruit; such published name and descriptionshall be sent to the Secretary of the AmericanPromological Society and to the Secretary ofthe Missouri Valley Horticultural Society,

5. In ease of doubt as to tenability, priorityor authority of publication, appropriatenessas a good English word, special action by theabove named societies, or by a State Horticul-tural Society should be considered valid andfinal.

ti. No variety of fruit shall be named by asociety which is not esteemed practically valu-able and worthy of cultivation; this report tobe considered as recommendation to thoAmerican Promolo'cal Society.

The Committee on the Horticultural Ex-hibition at the World's Eair in New Or-leans next December made a report;first, approving of the exhibition andof the action of President Earl in the mat-ter; secoud, recommending that the Gov-ernors of States be requested to appointcommissioners to aid the scheme; third,that it be made known that all appoint-ments must be made before February 10;fourth, that all States be asked to placetheir products on exhibition; fifth, thatpomological organizations be informed thatthe earlier varieties of fruit can be carried;sixth, that a general meeting of the direc-tors and commissioners be held as soon aspossibl ; Seventh, that the States be askedto vote aid to the exhibition; eighth, thatthe States wanting emigration be especi-ally urged to advertise their States bysending their products to the exhibition. Acomparison was instituted between Kansasand Minnesota at the Centennial Exhibi-tion. The former spent $40,000, the latternothing, and in four years after, the popu-lation of Kansas had increased 503,Oo5; ofMinnesota, 18 ,GGG: the wealth of Kansas,$120,0JO,0OO; Minnesota, W,000,000. .Thereport was adopted as read.

At the session on Friday the Committeeon Forestry proposed a resolution, whichwas adopted, calling upon the Governmentto establish in the West experimental sta-tions in the interest of horticulture and for-estry, for the purpose of solving the prob-lem of adaptation of trees and plants to theclimate and soils of the Mississippi basinand the best methods of cultivation. Theresolution further recommends the creationof a Board of Forestry and Horticulture inthe West, which shall establish sub-statio-

at each climatic belt; that agents be sentto foreign countries having similar climatesto obtain seeds and recipes for the propa-gation here, naming especially Russia andChina; that the President of the Society ap-point a committee to frame a bill for sub-mission to Congress embodying the abovepoints, and that the Canadian Governmentbo invited to join in these foreign researches ;that President Earl act as a memberof thiscommittee. The committee was then ap- -

Dinted, as follows: J. Sterling Morton,S ebraska; R. W. Furness,Nebraska; Oliver Mobbs, Minnesota; Pro-fessor Bubb, Iowa; N. 'J.Colman, Missouri;G.J.Johnson, Kansas; S. H. Newlin, Ar-kansas; Robert Douglas, Illinois, and Par-ker Earl, Illinois.

1 he remainder of the session was occu-pied by the discussion of topics of interestand reading papers,

The Society concluded its labors after aa very interesting four days' session andadjourned to meet in New Orleans duringthe third week in January, 1S85.

4Frozen to Death in Sight of Home.

Dallas, Tex., Jan. 25.Yesterday morning the dead body of Mr.

W. R. Douglass, a farmer, who resided fif '.

teen miles northwest of Dallas, on Grape-vine Prairie, was found frozen stiff withinthree hundred yards of his house. Hestarted out the evening before with histeam to go to the Trinity bottom after aload of wood. The weather being so bittercold, he had started on his return home andwas overcome and frozen to death. One ofthe horses was so badly frozen that it soondied. The deceased came to this city in1871 from Gallatin, Tennessee. He leavesa wife and three children. Wednesdaynight was one or tl c coldest n glits thiswinter.

HORRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT.

fifty-Seve-n Men Imprisoned in a ColoradcMine by aa Explosion of Fire Damp-N- o

Possibility of Escape from. Death-Fu- llList of the Victims.

Gunnison, Col., Jan. 24.

A fearful explosion occurred at eighlo'clock this morning in the Colorado Coaland Iron Company's mine at CrestecButtes. It was one of the most appallingthat ever occurred in a coal mine in thitcountry. Crested Buttes, near which thimine is located, is a coal mining town thir-ty miles north of Gunnison City, on thtDenver and Rio Grande Railroad. Thcause of the explosion is not definitelyknown, but it is supposed to be from fire-

damp. The explosion occurred either iuchamber one br two, just half an hour af-

ter the day force of sixty-seve- n men hadgone to work.

There were ten men at work in chambeifour. These escaped unhurt except oneman, John Angus, who was in the passage-way just outside the chamber. He is badlyburned but will recover.

Fifty-seve- n men were at work in chain-bar- s

one and two. These are thought tohave perished. The explosion was of suchforce as to completely barricade the mainentrance, and the appliances for supplyingair located near were badly wrecked, andthe roof of the tramway blown off. Tnemen at work on the anthracite mesa are thenight force of the C. C. & I. company'smines. Citizens were generally workinghard all day to rescue the men. althoughit is thought none can possibly escape alive.The Town Hall has been prepared for thereception of the dead.

As soon as possible the fan was repaired,put to work pumping air into the mine, andmen set to work to remove the obstructionsso as to reach tho chambers and get thebodies out to-nig- if possible.

Following are the names of fifty-fiv- e ofthe unfortunates; the other two are not ob-

tainable:Henry Anderson. James Driscoll.John Williams. James Couglilin.W.T.Stewart. Henry tteu art.John Mar.in. B. Hctfrcn.Thomas Hogcrs. Lv. P. Hettron.James O'Neill. W. L. Jones.Jacob Lan. John Donnelly.J no. Anderson. Carl IJodenwald.James Walsh. Chas. Merlinjr.Fetor Baker. Thcs. Roberts.William Bar d on. Jim McCourt.Richard James. Fred Bccht.David Hughes. IberKing.P. McMtnas. Joseph eisenberg.W.T.King. H. Doncgan.Jno. Creeiman, Joseph hraust.John Hular. James F. Stewart, Jr.Thos. Williams. William Neath.John Shune. Morgan Neath.Patrick Barrett. Thomas ulancey.John McGregor. John Hutherford.John Myers. Wm. McCowitt-A.M- .F. W. Smith. Godfrcd.G. li. McIIalson. Dan Mclionald.Wm. Maroncy. Wm. Aubrey.Nick Probst. Hen Jeffries.Thomas Laffey. Thomas Stewart.Jonn fnnec.Many of these are married men and leave

families, many living here. At this houreverything is in such confusion that it isimpossible to give details. A special trainleft Gunnison at two o'clock this afternoonwith surgeons and a large number of citi-zens to render all the aid possible. Thetown of Crested Buttes is in mourning, andcrowds of women cluster about the entranceto the mine praying and wringing theirhands and crying piteously, presenting ascene most heartrending.

It is said at the time of the explosionthere were ten kegs of black powder inzhambers one and two, where the men wereworking, and where the explosion is sup-posed to have taken place. Tho mine hasthree miles of drifting and so it is impossi-ble to definitely locate the accident untilrescuing parties can gain admittance.

At eleven o'clock ht no bodies hadbeen recovered.

Denver, Col.", Jan. 2f.Crested Buttes mine, where the great dis-

aster of this morning occurred, has longbeen considered dangerous by those ac-

quainted with it. While one of the bestproducing mines in the country, its opera-tion has always been attended with moreor less apprehension and real danger.

"It is a fire damp mine," said Superin-tendent Cameron, now in Denver, "and3eems to constantly generate the mostdeadly gases. The seem to generate inthe coal or under it, and pour out of thescams in the walls of the tunnels andshafts; yet the mines are the most perfect-ly ventilated iu the world. Air is forcedin along the shaft by machinery. No lessthan 58,000 cubic feet of fresh air is forcedinto the mine every minute. This is quitesufficient to fully supply the wants of theminers and keep the air perfectly pure un-less some accident happens to cut off or interfere with the supply. This is a greateramount of fresh air than is furnished toany other mine in the country. We senda mine reviewer through every chamberevery morning before any of the men areallowed to go in. Ho must have returnedthis morning before tho workmen startedin, and everything must have been all rightwhen he passed through the workings."

John McNeil, State Mine Inspector, leftfor the scene of the disaster this evening.He says he has no donbt that every man inthe mine at the time of the explosion wasinstantly killed. He said d visited thismine five weeks n?o and then found it ingood condition. He considered it a dan-gerous mine unless properly worked, be-cause there was more or less gas constant-ly exuding from the mine. Ho said hefound every appliance for ventilating theworkings and considered that the manag-ers understood how to run the mine, andwere fully aware of the danger attendingif the mine was not properly ventilated.

The Wrecked Steamship.Falmouth, Mass., Jan. 24.

Divers visited tho wreck or' the City otColumbus to-da- y. They report all theworks of the vessel gone, not a single state-room remaining on deck. Even heavy ironrods used as stays between houses ou theport and starboard sides wero bent andtorn from their places, while the deck itselfw s broken and open. Heavy timbers layin various shapes beneath the broken sur-face of the deck, preventing divers fromgoing into the hold No bodies were seenBy tne divers. No attempt was made tofind bodies in the steerage, the oiSy descentof the divers being in tho after pare of thevessel. To-nig- ht a terrible gale is blowingacross the sound, and vast quantities ofwreckage are coming ashore at Falmouth.It is expected that bodies will come ashore

t. Seafaring men say Lodies now iuthe water or in the wreck, i. no- - recoveredin a day or two, will be completely de-voured by sand-eel- s. Soundings establishthe fact that the can-buo- y was set as leasta quarter of a mile toward the inshore andthe ledge of Devil's Bridge extended 43Jyards outside of where the can-buo- y wasoriginally set, but this fact does not relievethe officers of the City of Columbus, as theboat lies near half a mile inshore fiom thecan-buo- y.

Justice Forestalled.Chicago. Jan. 24.

Four weeks ago Herman Koerstefn, re-siding here, was arrested for embezzle-ment in Broinberg, Prussia." An officerbearing extradition papers from the Ger-man Government arrived in Chicago thismorning. This afternoon, a, Deputy Sheriffwent to Koerstein's cell for the purpose ofbringing him out for transfer. As theprisoner was about to lewre the cell bedrank what appeared to be a glass of water.Accompanying the deputy to the office theprisoner staggered and dropped into achair, shaking violen'ly. He whimpered,"I am sick," and expiie-- t in twenty min-utes. Koers'ein i.ad drank a, ueudlv- - solu-tion of cyuni e or potassium.

SHOCKING DOMESTIC TIIA(JEI)1

Tragic Ending of a Life of Marital lnr-Uc-it- y

An Elgin (III.) Woman's Story of lionIt Happened A Shadow of Doubt Knv.opine the Affair.

E1.01X, III., Jan. 23.Shortly after noon to-da- y the famil . jqI

B. R. Buzzell, living four miles west ot vZgin, wero horrified at the appeara'e irtheir midst of a bloody apparition."' Tl.Uproved to be Mrs. William Combs, the wi.'tof a neighbor. The woman had stamenfrom her home, about 100 yards ditanrleaving a bloody trail on the su. u . SLtwas frightfully mutilated about the necland shouldir;. The fingers of her left hancwere severed and her arms badly gashedIn one of her mutilated hands the womancarried a butcher-knif- e with an efcht-ii.- h

blade and both edges sharpened. She Jaexhausted and incoherent, but managed ttell the Buzzells that her husband had

her, and when he supposed he hadsucceeded in killing hr had cut his ownthroat. Coombs was found lyin,; on thtfloor in a chamber of his house with hNhead nearly severed from his body. Timroom gave evidence of a fearful struggle.Tables and chairs were tipped over, shretUof cloth were strewn about the walls,! 'atbed-clothin- g and furniture of the apart-ment bespatterrd with Hood, and the en-tire surroundings unusually horrifying.

William Coombs was a well-to-d- o farmtrforty-nin- e years old. He was an Englishman by birth and the father of e en children. Ho had been married three tiinos.His first wife, by whom he had lour children, died in England. Coming to Aim nca, he was shortly afterward inarneiagain. Three children were the fruit rthis alliance. Three years ago Ccnmbs ed

from his second wife. One y$ rago of the present month, agaiiwtthe connsel of his friends, deceased married a wuman twenty-nin- e years old, calling heix.IIMrs. Green and claiming Clnc-ig- as heihome. The woman had a child and waslooked upon by those coming m con'aetwith her as an adventuress. The nni nproved an unhappy one and ttien havebeen bickerings for months, although wopen quarrel occurred until now. Tlit,,neighbors say that the tantalizii pol ekcutions of the woman drove Coonil millanil that he has been insane for two monthspast. To-da-y while the children living athome were at schoel the trouble that culminated so tragically transpired. TIVwoman's story is not credited by the neigvbors, and several important circumstanceare at variance with it, which lead mainto suppose that the woman killed her busband.

JANOTHER LONG ISLAND TRAKEIrT.

A Farmer Murderously Assaulted anil Leftfor Dead by n Xegro, who then Attack-ed the Farmer's Wife !ud Kolil( thtHouse The Villian Captured.

IIICKSVILLK, L. I.. Jan. 23.

At about half past six o'clock this morning Selah Sprague, a well-to-d- o farmer UEast Meadow, went as usual to the barn Umilk his cows and feed his horses. He hatjust reached tho barn when a mulatto artacked him with a fish-pla- te used as a ciupling for railroad tracks and, striking hnrseveral murderous blows on tho head, lefthim for dead and made his way to ththouse. Here he saw Mrs. Sprague uutk-kitche-

struck her one blow secured whirmoney he could and left. Some neighborshearing Mrs. Sprague's cries, hurried tthe spot and found Sprague lying in a pooof blood near the barn. A gene a' alamwas sounded, nnd the fanners of link i".lt

Hempstead, estbury andhitched up their horses and started in aldirections, scouring the country for the assassin. Tho man, is supposed to be thesame who attempted fhe burglary at b'outtOyster Bay Wednesday night.

The barn presented tho appearance of aslaughter-house- . The body of Spraguelay against a bag filled with grain. Thtbag was bloody on one side. Sprague inot dead. He seemed to recognize the voic-es of the men. thouirh he could not speak.There was blood everywhere. Near thedouble door there was a irreat pool J iblood frozen into ice. Snra"ue lostmuch blood in this spot it ran over the doorjamb and discolored the ground outside.There was blood on the tub u iler thewagon and on the right hand wheel of thewagon. Sprague was covered with hlooit

There is great excitemetit ah throu'Queens County, in consequence of tne thirdand similar outrage following so quicklyupon tho Maybee and Townsewl allairs.Mr. Sprague and wife were about filty fyears of age. Physicians give no hopes t fthe recovery of Sprague. While terriblewounds on the head of Sprague were iienidressed, he suddenly rose up ami v iiii'hIa full pint and a half of blood. The doe',

they were glatl of it, but still have h'-t- le

or no hopes of his recovery.Mrs. Sprague in her statement says: 'A-- I

stepped into the kitchen a dog barkil Sis a very small dog), and but for thv v

strange thing I might not have noticed tVman so promptly. He said: 'I want nun-ey- .'

I supposed my husband w in tht-bar- n,

and mv first impulse was toI did so. I" tried to rush by the coi jrydman into the yard, and got as far astoop when he laid hold of me. He lute! edme by tho hair and pulled a haiul.ul oufby the roots. I struggled, but it was nuse. He dealt me a blow in the mouth w.thhis fist, which loosened mv teethand I sawfire. This brought us back into the kite!en. He was a powerful colored man, nft Itall, but very stout. He said again, 'Grv 1

me the money or I'll murder you.' I re-

plied, 'You can have all the money in thehouse, but tell me, have you hurt my litis

band' 'No,' he replied, 4I have not -- eenhim.' I thought it strange my husband bar!not been attracted by the incessant barking of tho dog. I went into the sitt.nj;-roo- m

and took my purse from the bureaudrawer and handed it to the man. Thepurse contained S. When the man wasgone away I ran out to summon help andfell on the ice. I hurt my side badly."

The negro, whose name is Chas. A. Sinituor Chas. H. Rugg,was subsequently cap-

tured and fully identified by Mrs. Sprague.He resided at Poverty Hollow, Oyster Bay.He was captured at a" store where he hadpurchased a complete new suit of clothesand had called for some crackers andWcheese. The excited farmers would have T

hung him immediately but for the deter-

mined stand taken by the officers of thelaw. It Is almost certain he was the as-

sailant of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend of Oys-

ter Bay. The officers had much trouble ingetting tHeir prisoner aboard the trainJ-- J

take him to jail. There were between 30j

and 400 men with torches and ropes howl-

ing and shouting, "Let us getathim."Let us bang the murderer!" He was final-l- y

locked in a freight car. AtWestburvthe train was boarded by 2"J0 men withropes and lanterns, who demanded to knowwhere the man was. They did not give up.the search until the train started, some-eve-

remaining on board and swearing-tha- t

they would hanghim. The samesctnewas enacted at Mineola. The prisoner wasfinally landed safely in the county jail.

VThe Sluffgers in San Franclen- -

San Francisco, Jan. 25

Fifty policemen were detailed this morn-

ing to preserve order on Sullivan's arrival.HL reception was a tremendous ovation.Six thousand admirers greeted the great-'slugger- .

Fully 10,0 JO men and fol-

lowed the carriages up the street trying to-kee-

pace with the horse-!- , cheering all theway. The Palace Hotel wa witha crowd desirou of paving resp t to

Bostonian. The attend nice thisevening was spoiled bv ticket speculation.Only 4,001) were preent. Tie combination'sparring was a nt. 'i'h-- y

leave Wednesday fo.-- O.von. O.i the re-

turn they play at tne Grande week.

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