The Coconino Sun, 1891-06-20

Threatened Necessity of ah Etra Sen lion ot the Kansas l.iiL-uilu;. KAtiSAS Guv, 'Juno 14. Tho JburnnCi Topeka fcbrrespondent says that nn emer emergency - gency emergency has arisen that throatens to close most of tho charltablo Institutions of the stato unless an oxtra session of tho legis legislature - lature legislature Is had to vote additional approprla approprla-tlons. - tlons. approprla-tlons. Tho troublo grows out of tho cut cutting - ting cutting down of the laws of labor by tho last legislature, without a proportionate In Increase - crease Increase of money for additional help re quired, Dr. Buck, superintendent of tho rororai school for boys, said tho how superinten superintendent - dent superintendent who tnkes his place July 1, would lo forced to discharge one-third of tho boys sustained Ihore. IJy so doing ho would bo enabled tr dlvldo his present forco so as to keop tho Institution opou. Dr. Eastman thought that by closing up entlroly two of tho Insane asylum build buildings - ings buildings and sending tho Inmates back to their own county, ho trilght possibly so dlvldo Ms attendants, ISO in number, as to keep possibly 00 Insane. Thero nro now 750. Tho samo action would bo taken at Oss.i Oss.i-watomlc. - watomlc. Oss.i-watomlc. At tho Imbccllo school, probably half of tho unfor.unates might bo kept, whllo at tho Industrial school for girls nt Bololt, fully one-half will havo to bo dU dU-charged. - charged. dU-charged. Tho board reluctantly docldcs that thcio must also be a reduotlon of tho number of orphans maintained at tho orphan asylum nt Atchison. Homos will bo found for tho children as rapidly as possible and no moro will bo admitted. Unfortunate It' True. Topska, Kas., Juno 13. Tho eight hour advocates havo succeeded In closing all of tho stato charltablo institutions, unloss tho legislature is convened by tho middle of Soptcmber, which it will bo, to undo tho work of last winter. At tho last session tho eight hour law was passed, making It a misdemeanor for any stato, county, city or municipal officer to permit moro than olght hours' work on tho part of any em employe, - ploye, employe, unless In enso of nn cmcrgoncy created by war or tho necessity of saving llfo. Tho attorney general has givon lt ns his opinion that thero is no way out of tho dilemma than tho employment of somo 1,200 pcoplo In the pubUo institutions of tho state. Tho board of trustcc held a meeting to today - day today and, loarnlng tbo opinion of tho at attorney - torney attorney general, notified tho governor that unless a special session of tbo legislature was called before tho end of Scptombor to oithor repeal this law or pass additional ap appropriation - propriation appropriation bills, to maLo appropriations covering tho necessarily Increased ex expenses, - penses, expenses, they would closo tho two insane asylums, the Imbecilo school and tho re form school for girls and would probably closo tho reform school for boys a month later. In ordor to do this they would ro ro-turn - turn ro-turn all tho Insane to tho counties from which thoy camo and send tho imbecile youths and tho incorrigible girls and boys back to tholr friends to bo cared for as best thoy could. Dcnson Is Gnllty. LEAvrNwomn, Juno 12. Tho Bens in Jury returned this verdict at tho oponlig of tho United States circuit court this morning: Wo, tho Jury, duly Impaneled and swom, do, upon our oaths, find tho dofendant, C. A. Benson, guilty of murder, ns charged in the first count of tho indictment, and not guilty of tho second and third couc ts as charged In tho indictmont, Tho verdict voices local sentiment nnd Is eminently satisfactory. Mr. Ady's closing speech last night was ten minutes longer than tho hour and a hnlf nllowed to him. Judgo Rlncr notified b.m whon tho time was up. Mr. Ady, who had denounced Benson with a fervor that was not fcignod, replied : "Your honor, I can't quit; I can't get over this caso." Ho was indulged for ton mtnutos and closed his thrilling denunciation and ar arraignment - raignment arraignment of Bonson to a crowded court room. Ho was doomed and ho knew It, wincing perceptibly at tho thought that morcy lor him on earth was no moro. This con conviction - viction conviction spread to tho minds of nil In tho court room, and whon. tho throng filed cut thero was no doubt of the fato awaiting Benson. Benson appeared In court this mornltig, pale and worn. Ho sat unmoved through throughout - out throughout tho session. More Labor Trouble. Columbus, O., Juno 13. Tho strlko of tho oro handlers at tbo oro docks at Anh Anh-tabula, - tabula, Anh-tabula, which has been In progress lfor several days la assuming an alarming as aspect - pect aspect and troublo is feared. An incrcuo of wages is demanded. Somo men at attempted - tempted attempted to work last Monday but they wero driven from tho docks. The oro com company - pany company mado requisition on tno mayor who in turn called upon the shoriff for protec protection. - tion. protection. Tho sheriff expressos tho opinion that any posse ho could raise In Ashtabula will bo Inadequate to copo with tho strik strikers. - ers. strikers. It is bellovcd a riot will follow an at attempt - tempt attempt to resume work and tho shoriff of Ashtabula county requested Colonel Gib Gibbons, - bons, Gibbons, whoso headquarters aro In Clovoland, to aid him with 2C0 of tho Ohio National Guard. An Indefinite Vacation. Wabihnftox, Juno 13. It is denied pos positively - itively positively at the stato dopartmont that Mr. Porter, our minister to Italy, has been .re .recalled. - called. .recalled. Ho has been constantly on duty in Rome for moro that two years whlct is not usual in tho mlnlstonal service. It is statod that ho will not loavo Europo but nevertheless thero Is reason to bo bo-lievo - lievo bo-lievo that his loavo of absence- from Homo will bo so indofinlto In Its torms as to war warrant - rant warrant him iu delaying his return to his post unless somo stop has been takon by tho Italian government looking to tho ro ro-turn - turn ro-turn of Its minister to tho United States. Dynamite For tho Police. Paws, Juno 11. At an early hour yester yesterday - day yesterday morning a dynamite cartrldgo was placod In front of tbo pollco station at Cllchy and was thon oxploded. Tbo po pollco - llco pollco building was greatly damagod by tho explosion, which aUo shattered a groat number of windows in tho lmmcdlato neighborhood of tho pollco station. Tho ex explosion - plosion explosion Is eaid to bo a plot by tho an anarchists, - archists, anarchists, An Inhuman Father. NEBnASKA Citt, Neb. Juno 18. Coinc llus Meyers, expressman, was arrested charged with inhumanly troatlng his 12-year-old son. Meyors has been In the habit of beating tho boy, and o few days ago chained him In a damp collar and loft him thoro without food or drinic. Hay Cutter Ejected. Arkansas Cur, Kas., Juno 13. Tho Chorokeo Indian pollco yesterday ejected a lot of hay cutters from tho Cheiokco strip. A largo forco of men has boon, at work cutting hay there for Urn daya or moro and hundreds of tons havo been marketed In Kansas, ,

Gcnorai Joh'ri 5l6Ncfi Vtupa Dead r Wt Louis. St. Louis, Juno 11. Gcnorai John Mc McNeil - Neil McNeil dropped dead from heart discaso last evening iu a branch postefflco in tho Southern part of the city. Ho was 77 years old. In 1801, on a call for troops from WasK Ington, General McNeil organized a com company - pany company and was elected captain, and later was appointed colonel of n cavalry regi regiment - ment regiment and sont to Northern Missouri, wbcro tho title of general was bostowod lipon trim. Ho became- generally known through what Is somctlnns called tho "Palyra massacre," he having ordered tha execution of ten Confederates becauso of the rofusal of Confederate General Porter to rolcaso ono Andrew AUsman, whom General .McNeil claimed bad been unlaw, fully lmprldoiicd. T Wonderful Cures PiTTsnuno, Juno 13. The truly remark remark-ablo - ablo remark-ablo cures of all ailments that flesh Is heir to, effectod by Father Mollinger at tho shrino of St Anthony on Troy Hill, Alle Allegheny, - gheny, Allegheny, Is attracting attention throughout tbo country. Over 1,000 Invalids from va various - rious various parts of tbo country havo arrived in this city Binco Monday, nnd thoy aro com coming - ing coming by every train, Soveral of tho num number - ber number whoso aliments aro apparently boyond all human power to relievo, havo already been restored to health or greatly relieved. To-day Fathor Mollinger was obliged to move from tho Sacristy of tho llttla church to the moro commodious school building adjoining. At ono tlmo over 2,000 patients wero nwalting their turn to rccolvo the vencrablo father's blosslngs and whatever remedies ho should apply. A Strange Accident. Berlin, Juno 11. Military and othor circles hero and olsowhero nro discussing a strango and fatal accident which oc occurred - curred occurred at tho Tempolhof yesterday In the presonce of tho emperor. A party of gren gren-udiors - udiors gren-udiors wero being exercised by tho em emperor. - peror. emperor. A vivid flash of lightning startled and half blinded the men on parado and hurled a number of them to tho ground. When tho men who had not been struck by tho elcctrlo fluid had sufficiently recov recovered - ered recovered their presenco of mind it was found that tho officer in command and thrco sol soldiers - diers soldiers wero lnsonslblo. Two of tho latter died almost Immediately afterwards. It. is supposed that tho rifle barrels and bay bayonets - onets bayonets of tho soldiers attracted tho elec electricity - tricity electricity which caused such fatal results. THE LAND tJOUllT. Henry C. Sluts Is tho Member From tho Etnte of Kansas. Washington, Juno 12. The president this nf tcrnoon made tbo following appointments- Leonard W. Colby, to bo assist assistant - ant assistant nttorney general, as provided by act approved March 3, 1801 Joseph R. Rood, of Iowa, to bo chief Justlco of tho court of privato land claims. Wllbcr T. Stono, of Colorado; Henry C. Sluss of Kansas; Thomas C Fuller, of North Carolina, and William M. Murray, of Tcnuesseo, to bo associate Justices of tho court of privato land claims. Matthew G. Koynolds, of Missouri, to bo United States attornoy for tho court of privato land claims. The Hunt Lynching. Walla Walla, Juno 13. Tho grand Jury cmpanoled to Investigate tho lynching of A. D. Hunt by the soldiers on April 25 has mado a report to tho superior court. The report says in part: "Wo found a truo bill ugalnst only scvon enlisted men of tho Fourth United States cavalry yot wo are certain thero aro a number of soldiers against whom insufficient c tdeuco is pro procurable - curable procurable to warrant an indictment, thoy aro equally guilty with thoso indicted." A Lucliy Knnso.li. Lincoln, Nob., Juno 18. Professor Jamos II. Canflold, professor of history In tno Kansas stato university at Lawrenco, has boon elected chancollorof tho Nebras ka stato university end accepted tho post tton to-day. Tho salary Is $J,0CO and his services will commenco July 1. He was n candidate against Pfeffcr for tho United States sen sen-ato, - ato, sen-ato, was a natlvo of Ohio and was onco a lawyer In Michigan. Sam Small A Defaulter. Ooden, U. T., Juno 13. Tho committee appointed by tho M. E. conferoncc, which has Just closed, to audit tho accounts of Sam Small In connection with tho univer university, - sity, university, report that thoy find him in arrears over $1,000. It was decided that no action should bo taken In the erring minister's case, but that tho latter bo left with the Georgia conference for whatovor settle inont Sam's brethren in tho South deemed best. Where Is Dulling. St. Louis, Juno 14. Thero seems to be a mystery about tho roportod capturo of Bulling, tho wlfo murderer, who escaped from Savannah, Mo., a wcok beforo tho day sot for tho hanging. Tho first advices stntod that ho had been captured in Gal Galveston, - veston, Galveston, Tex., but lt now appears that ha Is hold In Chicago by tho PInkorton de detectives, - tectives, detectives, pending tho settlement ot tho question of roward. Tho Urlgnnds notreatlng. Constantinople, Juno 10. Tho brig brigands - ands brigands who, on Juno 1, captured soveral passongcrs on a train near Tchcrskol and carried them to tho mountains, whero they wero kopt uutU a heavy ransom was paid, aro retreating toward tho Black Sea. Bulgarian gonskarmes attacked them, and it Is beUovcd Thanossla was wounded. A Tcrrlffle Hurricane. Buda Pestu, Juno 13. A terrlfllo hur hurricane, - ricane, hurricane, causing much damage, has swept over Eastern Gallcia. During tbo storm an entlro forest was partly uprooted, and tho towns of Podkamln and Prulkwn suf suffered - fered suffered considerably. The Illinois Fair Dill. SrniNariELD, 111., Juno 14. Tho confer conference - ence conference report on tho world'o fair bill recom recommending - mending recommending an appropriation of $SO0,000 was adopted by tho houso yestorday and tho bUl passed. It had already boon passed by tho senate. Following Her (Iusbaud. Trentov, Mo , Juno 12. Mrs. Mary A. Jolly, n widow of this city, attomptod suicide at n lato hour last ulght by cutting her throat with a razor. Several years ngo her husband committod suicide in tho samo manner, and sho has never rccovorod from tho shock, which, with ill health, caused her to commit tho doed. Cattlo lor Indians. Washington. Juno 14 A rimtmpt. m signed yesterday at tho Indiun bureau with Wlllalm S. Wood, of Kansas nitv. for thn delUery at tho Choycnno Indian agency of oou inucn cow ar, w.vj per head, and. 5J heifers at $14.95 each.

RUSSIA EXCLUDES EVERY ONE BUT THE FRENCH. Jewish rorsecutlon Extended to Others Among the Jews Are Old Sol- Ulors Who Have Sorted Itusila Faithfully. All Hut the French. Bf. PErriiisnrJuo, Jurlo 10. Tho Jewish persecution Is extending lo nil foreigners' in Russia, especially to Germuns, Poles and Tartars. For months past, tho press headed by Novoo Vremya, has been war warring - ring warring against tho Tartars, accusing them of being secret enemies of RUssla and tho orthodox church and of spreading sodltlori under gulso of explaining tho Koran. Ibis movemont, howeVor, is only in its ihfancy. Princo Kuropatkln, governor general Of Trans-Caspla, slgnod asocrctorder expell expelling - ing expelling nearly all Polish engineers, and em employes - ployes employes engagod In buildlog and. working tho Central Asian railway, who did all tho best work and filled sixty or eighty per eont of tho rosponslblo positions. Tho samo order gradually oxpols all foreign foreigners - ers foreigners engagod in tho servlco except French Frenchmen. - men. Frenchmen. Among the" Jows cxpolled from Moscow nro many old soldiers, somo decorated witn thoSt. George cross.tho highest posslblo re reward - ward reward for valor on tho flold. Ono hundred such, artisans, who had served their time, petitioned tho cznr against such contume contumelious - lious contumelious treatment as mon who had risked their lives and wero readv ta risk thrm again In tho servlco of tho country. Sensational ChnrscM. PniLADELPim. Pa.. Juno It Them vrn somo very startling evidonco produced oeioro mo xsarasloy investigating commit commit-teo - teo commit-teo this afternoon, nnd prominent United States officials names brought into thn caso in a mannor ontlroly unexpected to tho majority of tho committoo. Assistant Bank Examiner Jones, who Is vory closo to Bank Examiner Drew, was was on tho stand and gavo tho committee tho Information regarding Comptroller of tho Currency Lacoy's knowledge of tho affairs of tho Koystono bank that has hlthorto been kept carofully guarded. This was that on tho 13th day of last February Comptroller Lacoy was In this city nnd personally visited tho Koystono bank building and was shown tho books and given a full Insight Into Its condition as known at tho tlmo by Bank Examiner Drew. Another sensation was tho statomont mado by General Louis Wngnor, tho ct ct-dlrcctor - dlrcctor ct-dlrcctor of publio works. This statement connected tie namo of Assistant Secre Secretary - tary Secretary of tbo Treasury Nottloton with tho attempt to mako Nelson F. Evans director of tho Spring Garden bank. ar.,lNUFACTUEns of suoak. What They Must Do to Obtain tho 2-Cent llounty. Kansas Citt, Juno 13. General II. F. Dovol, collector of this Internal revenuo district, has Just received a letter from Washington relative to tho new law nra. latlng tho production of sugar. Tho Mc- ivinioy taw specmes mat any manufactur manufacturer - er manufacturer of sugar, may receivo therefor a bountv of 2 cents on each pound, provided certain regulations aro uvea up to, and tho iotter, which is as follows, cxdalns those regula tions : "Sin: Your attention Is called to tho nrnviatons nf thn nnt. nf rw 1 ica wmk requires that produccra of sugar should mo iuuir uuuees, applications tor iiccnso and bonds prior to July 1, in order to ob obtain - tain obtain a license." A Dastardly Attempt. MARsriALi, lit, Juno 14. Last night a dastardly attompt was mado to kill Ira Travolt, his wlfo and fivo children by blow blowing - ing blowing up their bouso with dynamite Thoy slept In the north end of tho house and all escaped unhurt. Tho entire south end was blown to atoms, and tho forco of tho explosion toro a holo In tho ground about four feet In diameter and a foot nnd a half deep. To-day a warrant was issued for tho arrest of John Loggett, whoso farm adjoins Travoll's. They havo quarreled a groat deal lately, and tracks from Tra Travoll's - voll's Travoll's houso to Leggett's wero plainly visi visible. - ble. visible. Chlstlnn Missions In China Attached. Lo.tdon, June 14. Dispatches from Shanghai announce fresh excesses upon tho part of tho antl-Europoan element In tho population of China. Attacks upon tbo Christian missions in tho Interior con continue - tinue continue In ono caso tho Chlnoso troop3 sent to repress tho rioters sidod in with them nnd mado matters still worse. Moro ser serious - ious serious rioting has occurrod nt Takatang, whero tho lady mlsslonrys wero compolled to floo for their lives. Tho ladles arrived at IClnklan, ono of tho treaty ports on tho Yang-tso-klang river. Reducing tho Untie. Panama, Juno 10. Tho president of Peru has issued a decree admitting free of duty Into tho republic tho following artlclos: Llvo sheep and cattlo, drlod meats, salt beef, dried, smoked or pickled fish, wheat and corn, potatoes nnd all other vege vegetables, - tables, vegetables, eggs, cheese, chestnuts, peas, beans, rlco, rapo seed, herbs and spices, and has decreed an export duty of 20 soles, silver, per head on cattlo exported, and 2 solos per head on sheep exported. Swift Justice. Greelt, Col., Juno 14. As tho second section of freight train No. 11 on tho Union Paoiflc was pulling out of Eaton yesterday Brakeman John Dillon tried to put a tramp off tbo train. Tho tramp shot Dillon four times, killing him instantly. Tho tramp Jumpod from tho train anit fan. Ho was foUowod by Brakeman Mat. tlngly, who caught him and shot him three times. The tramp diod in an hour after. Three Negroe Killed. Littlb Rock, Ark., Juno 10. Tho Ga Ga-zctto's - zctto's Ga-zctto's special from Arkadclphla, Ark., gives tho particulars of the killing of three negroes and tho wounding of tho fourth ono, near Clear Springs. Tho sheriff at attempted - tempted attempted to levy nn execution on somo property, tho negroes resisted, a pitched battle ensued with tho results above stated. Jewelers Look Out I Ciiicaoo, Juno 13. Tho secret servlco officers havo notified all tho Jowelera of tho city that hereafter they will" bo prosecutpd for counterfeiting in caso thoy aro caught gold plating silver or nickel coins for uso ns banglos. This action is taken becauso it has been discovered that somo of theso bangles havo been passed as tho gold coins they rcsomblod. No Armistice. Paris, June 13. A dispatch from Santi Santiago, - ago, Santiago, Chile, says that tho United States minister there has unsuccessfuUy tried to arrange nn armistice between tho Bal Bal-macedlsta - macedlsta Bal-macedlsta and the congressional party.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THB DEFENSE OF HOME. The Mortflaita Shark will bo Uanlshid from Jinny a Parmer's boorw Tho Outlook ftetvt Mors lEncowntliir;. A Glorlotu Promise Kan8s CiTr, Juno 10. In summing op tlio crop outlook for Kansas the Journal fflvos figures that nro excoodlngly onoour aging, und tho conclusions drawn are equally applicable to almost evrn'v mrl nf Missouri as woll. The Journal says i Tho acreage, tho avorago yield and tho prico all proraiso to bo big, and tho result will bo that Kansas will reap tho greatest suto bf monoy for Its wheal that It has over re received. - ceived. received. The ncrcago is about 50 por cent tnoro thau last year, or somowhat over 8,000,000 acros. Tho yield Is variously estimated at from fifteen to twenty bushels; somo oven placolt higher thau that and say that lt will bo bqual to tho gleatcst over known, or over twonty-two bushels. Taking on avcrago of 17.50 bushels, below which It Is not likely to fall, and tho total yield will bo 52,500,000, considerably moro than the yield of 1SS4. The prico Will not ro down to vnrv low figures. It Is pretty dlBlcult to pre predict - dict predict what prices of grain will be, but tho cortalnty of a demand for tho wheat of this country In Europe gives "assurance that good prices will prevail lnsplto of tho unlvorsaUy largo crops of this country. Last year after harvest tho prico went up, contrary to tho usual courso of tho mar market, - ket, market, and from August to December ruled from 00 to 93 cents per bushel, above tho presont price. Supposo that it woro to bo worth 75 cents por bushel, tho crop would bring ?S9,37S,000, fully 15,C00,0OO moro than the wheat crop of tho state has over beforo realized. It sounds almost too good to be true and yet tho figures furnished by the stato board of agrlculturo guarantee such a result. A HOItnilJLE ACCIDENT. An Anrul Catnitropho to s Swiss ricni ricni-ure.KxcursIon. - ure.KxcursIon. ricni-ure.KxcursIon. Berux, Juno 18. A fearful accident Is reported from Switzerland. A railroad brldgo across tho Monlchon, a small afflu affluent - ent affluent of tho Ithlne, nt Stein In tho canton of Basal not far from Germany, gave way to today - day today undor the weight of an excursion train, crowded with throngs of people who wero on their way to a musical fete. Two engines and the first car with all its passengers plunged Into tho river whllo tno other cars remained susponded over tho Stream. All tho trainmen wem IrlllnH and every passenger In tho submerged car nosurowned. Thirteen cars were saved. The number of killed was at least sixty and of those Injured not loss than 100. Tho fearful calamity has caused a terrl terrl-blo - blo terrl-blo shock In Switzerland and South Ger Germany. - many. Germany. Uescucrs hastoned to tho scene and tho Injured wero taken caro of. A Fatal Collision. IsriJAXArous, Ind., Juno 10. A special to tho Nows from EvansvUlo. Ind., says a icrlous wrcc occurred on the southern division of tbo Louisville & Nashville road about 3 o'clock this morning. Tho louth bound train, which left this city nt I :S3 o'clock this morning, had clear sail sailing - ing sailing until Just beforo reaching Sebrco City, shout forty miles away. Thero the main track was obstructed by three flat cars loadod with cinders and a collision oc occurred. - curred. occurred. Engineer Al Clark was killed Instantlv. Tho fireman, a man named Davis, was badly scalded and suffered internal injur injuries - ies injuries which will result fatally, and tho pos postal - tal postal clerk was pinioned by heavy timbers and had tho life almost crushed out of him. An Editor Shot Dead. Butte, Mont.. Juno 12. W. J. Penrose. editor of tho Mining Journal and a mem member - ber member of tho legislature, was shot dead, ear early - ly early thb morning, near his homo. Ho was found dead on tho sidewalk. A bullet nolo was in his templo abovo tho left oar. Thero is no traco of tho murderer. Belle Drowning has been arrested on sus suspicion. - picion. suspicion. Tho general belief is that tho crime was committed for revengo by somo ono who had been offendod by an articlo In Penroso's paper. A Boy Accidentally Shot. Maiconville, Mo, Juno 10. William Bolander, o lad about 10 yoars old, acci accidentally - dentally accidentally shot and killed himself yesterday at the rcsldcnco of his father, Henry Colander near Livonia, about twentv miles east of hero. Ho had bocn out hunt hunting - ing hunting with a smalt rifle and when approach approaching - ing approaching tho bouse tho hammer caught on a twig which caused tho gun to discharge tho bullet Into his right tomple, killing him Instantly. Edison' Latest. New, York, Juno 14. Edison's latest production, an electrical fan for ofllco ven ventilation, - tilation, ventilation, like all Edison's lnvontlons, has taken woll with tho genoral public Con Contrary - trary Contrary to tho usual run of now Inventions, tho mannfacturcrs havo placod It on tho markot at a very rcajonablo figuro, (twenty-two dollars) tho result being that tho Edison Company has been unable to meet the demand for them. A Bad Wreck. LiTcnriEi.n, IU., Juno 18. A passenger train en tho Dig Four road was run Into this morning by a freight train at right angles, wrecking tho baggage car and coach. About twenty passengers wero In tho coach, all of whom woro more or less hurt. TJJiomas Clegg, of Mnttoon, IU., was fatally Injured. Conductor A. H. Dixon and Brnkcman J. M. Miller wero seriously Injured. More Cnifmdcr. Maiuoxville, Mo., Juno 10. Word has been received from Mcndota, a mining town about cloven miles nnrtheast of this city, which has recently gono through n tomperanco revival, that a number of women temperance crusaders went to Guffcy & Erlckson'a drug storo In that plnco this afternoon and poured out nil of thuir Intoxicating liquors. Natural Ga In Minnesota. VABitrsf, Minn., Juno 10. In sinking an artesian woll two miles wost of -this city, natural gas was struck at a depth of twenty feet. It comos out with such forco that it throws stones thirty feet high. Gas was accidentally ignited and a fiamo shot up Into tho air forty feet. Arrested For Burslnrlf. WjcatTA, Kas., June 14. A notorious safo blower named Lewis GIrary alias tho Gopher," alias Bert Androw was arrested horo this ovcnlng by United state9 marshal charged with robbing tho n9tftfflrt.fit tflnmhrlrirm ITiia. end other

It Was larnfless, Hut It Greatly Ktcltert tho Great War Secretary. In tho days before tho wiir General IUifus In galls was quartermaster nt Ftfrilimd, Ore,, nnd ono of bla closest friend's' tf-sa James Ncsmith, a O already promlnont lawyer thero. The" war camo on and in tha muta mutations - tions mutations Of liifio- Oregon had becomo av stato, with Kesmith as ono of its senators, nnd Inpallrfhad been trans transferred - ferred transferred to Washington for duty. Both weV bachelors and Jolly good fellows, fond of Jolly companionship, and bo they jointly took ono of thoso old fashioned brick dwellings that tlicn stood on Pennsylvania avenue. When. General In calls became chief quarter quartermaster - master quartermaster of tho army of tho Potomac tho housekeeping was not broken up, for his dutltt brought him frequently here Senator Ncsmith was a democrat of tho Douglas stripe nnd a thorough union man. Ho was intensely inter interested - ested interested in tho progress of tho war and was flavor tired of hearing General Ingalls kll of operations in the field, marches, campaigns and battlos. Finally hs asked Ingalls to telegraph him tho text timo a battlo was coming, for he ardently desired to witness one. Ingalls aj.rrccd. In thos 3 dark days of tho war Mr. ' Stanton was the ono autocrat hero who was fearoi by everyone; not even Mr. Seward's "little bell" was eo droaded as one of his orders. Every telegraph wire from "tho front" led into tho old war department building, whoro a corps of telegraph operators was kept on duty d.iy nnd night, and every dis dispatch - patch dispatch thai, camo or was sont was sub submitted - mitted submitted to tho personal inspection of tho secretary of wnr or General Pelouze, Lis military secretary. Ono day in 1863 a message camo flashing ii.8 dots and dashes into tho operator's room in the war depart department - ment department It camo from headquarters of the army of tho Potomac and was addressed to "lion. James Nosmlth. senator from Oregon. Washington." Thon followed a lot of undociphcrablo words, and tho dispatch was duly gigned "Ingalls, chief quartermaster." Tho chief operator at onco rushed to Secretary Stanton with tho dispatch, remarking that it was In cipher. Mr. Stanton saw that tho message was unintelligible, but noting the names of sender and receiver, and also knowing that an Important movement of tha army was to bo mado in a very short time, jumped at onco at a conclusion, thus: Nosmlth, being a democratio senator, was, of courso, a traitor to tho union. Ingalls, being at headquarters of tho army, could communicate dan dangerous - gerous dangerous information, and hero it was. But it was In a strange cipher ogroed upon, no doubt. Thoy had mon theto in thoso days that could discount tho cryptogram business if a confederate spy was caught but they couldn't ranko head or tall of tho wiro message from General Ingalls to his chum, Soiator Ncsmith. Mr. Stmton went wild with wrath wrath-Ingalls - Ingalls wrath-Ingalls was a traitor. Ho would havo a summary court martial upon him at onco, and havo him shot beforo twenty-four hours passed by. Officer after officer was sent for, but nono could interpret tho strango cipher, until at list there was at least a dozen in tho room, and the secretary still raging for Ingalls' lmmcdlato military death. Just afi tho storm was at its height General "Bob" Williams (ho was a major then) appeared with a bunch of papers to bo signed and looked a bit astonished at tho commotion. Qulstly to a brother officer ho inquli'cd what all tho row was about Mr. Stanton overheard tho remark and rushod up to him with tho fatal telograni in his hand and asked ex excitedly: - citedly: excitedly: "WhB.t do you think of that? I'vo got Ingftlls at last for I knew ho was a traitor all tho time." General Williams took tho telegram, read it over slowly and then laughed. "That's just liko Ingallii," ho said as ho hirnded tho dispatch back to tho irato socrotary. 1 'What do you mean P Can you read that?" i "O, jes; that is Chinook." 1 "What tho dcuco is Chinook?" "I learned it when I was. up in Ore Oregon - gon Oregon in iho First dragoons, and it is a mongrel languiigo used by all tho In Indians - dians Indians from Pugct sound to tho lakes." "Whit docs it say?" ' 'If you want to sco a light as you eaid you did, como down as quick as you can, for wo will havo ono within a week. Bring about fivo gal gal-Ions - Ions gal-Ions of good whisky along, for I havo nothing better hero than commissary, and that won't suit you.' " Half a, dozen men thero would havo tittered it thoy had dared, but they all got out quickly whon tho secretary glared at them and asked what they wanted thero. Tho groat war secretary wilted and the orders in preparation for tho arrest of Senator Ncsmith and for tho sum summary - mary summary trial and execution of General Ingalls wero revoked. An officer (now dead), who was present that day, told tho writer that in a closo association with Mr. Stanton for several years, this was tho only timo ho over saw him completely taken off his feet A Comforting Reflection. Pat wanted a position undor tbo government and on being told that ho must bo prepared to pass n, civil 6orvico cxamlaition, applied himself faithfully to tho necessary preparation. Somo time later his ambition for publio pro proferment - ferment proferment seemed to havo deserted him. "Whit is tho matter, Pat?" asked his former employer, "couldn't you pass tho examination?" "I could that, ho replied. "I an swcred(1every question on the paper. But" ha added, his native wit coming. to his iroscuo, "I" guess they thought1 thought1-I - I thought1-I knew! too much to bo wastin' '.mo

A Bis Gun. Atlantic Highlands, N. J., June 13. Tho fifty-two ton now breach-loading gun, the largest over mado In this country, was tried at Sandy Hook yesterday. It was cast at tho WatervUst arsenal. West Troy, Is 86 feet long, bore 34 feot, and will stand a charge of 400 pounds of powder, it ts calculated to glvo a muzzlo penetra penetration - tion penetration in wrought iron of thirty-two inches. Tho gun throw a distance of fifteen miles. and gave all the buildings on tho point of tho Hook a lively shaking up. Doing I'P Lottery Men. Cincinnati. Juno 13. Last wcok tho lottory offlco in Covington, Ky., reuelved a falso mossage, purporting to bo from tho EvansvUlo dealer, to discontinue roports this drawings. At the usual hour tho EvansvUlo dealer received the reports of drawings In cipher, forwarded by a con confederate - federate confederate In Covington. Tho EvansvUlo man is said to havo lost 3,600 by this for gery. A Bis Sum Stolen. Chicago, Juno 11. Ed Thayer, tho aged president of tho Brandon National bank, of Brandon, Vt, after transacting somo business In Omaha, left that place for Chicago with a small hand satchel con containing - taining containing f 10,000 In notes and mortgages. Whllo ho was in tho dining car, cu routo, tho bag disappeared, and ho has been unable to get any traco ot It ainco. Bobbed a PostofJlce. WicniTA, Kas., Juno 10. Alfred McMur McMur-ray, - ray, McMur-ray, a youth of sixteen, was captured yes yesterday - terday yesterday whllo stealing letters from the post post-office - office post-office box hold by All Hallows academy. Ono of tho sisters of tho Institution lost tbo koy to tbo box n couplo of weeks ago nnd not a letter has been received at the academy stneo then. Newn Notes. Tbo Osage river is roportod higher than for many years. A 5-year-old girl in Leeds, Scotland, has been found murdered after tho fashion of Jack tho Ripper. Tbo natives of Matonga havo massacre (X roasted and devoured a French expedition from Loaugo under M. Crampcl. Bishop Knight of Milwaukee, directed in his will that ho bo buried In a plain pine box with no outer box or covering. Tbo commltteo examining tho stato in insane, - sane, insane, asylum in Anna, 111., reports gross brutality in tho treatment of patients. A druggist in Clifford, N. Y., throw sulphuric acid over tho heads of two dogs who wero dosperatoly fighting. Both dogs had to be killed. WiUlam Locker, a member of Friend' ship Alliance No. 57, of Reno county, was killed by a Missouri Paclflo passenger train, ten miles East of Atchison. Thrco editors of Quesaltenan.ro, Guate Guatemala, - mala, Guatemala, have been arrostcd and loaded with chains for ndversely criticising tho govern ment. They aro fed with bread nnd water und aro compelled to work on tho streets soveral hours dally. Frank Jcllnck and Herman Bluttig, both of whom wero waiting trial for burglary, had a quarrel in the county Jail at Mani Manitowoc, - towoc, Manitowoc, Wis., when Jollnek struck Bluttig on the throat with a pointed stick, which entered his lung, and killed him. Mrs. Martha Way land, aged 80, disap disappeared - peared disappeared from her homo, noar Macomb, 111. Hor grandson went Into a pasture and thero discovered a drovo of hogs fighting over somo object. An Investigation dis disclosed - closed disclosed that tho brutes were feeding on the woman's body. When J. K. Thompson, agod 05, re returned - turned returned from work last week, ho found the houso deserted. His handsomo young wifo, of 22, had packed her trunk and left. Frank Jcllnck and Herman Bluttig, waiting trial for burglary In tho county Jail at Manitowoc, Wis., quarreled when Jelinek struck Bluttig In tho throat with a pointed stick, which entered his lungs nnd killed him. For two days tho Santa Fo railway hired scores of mon at Arkansas City, Kan., and hauled tralnload after trainload cX stone to Purcell to try and keep tho tracks in place, tho high water having washed away nearly a quarter of a mile ot track and undermined much moro.

Dead In the Delaware. Camden, N. J., Juno 12. Tho body of t pretty young woman was found floating In tho" Domwaf e' river abovo tho Vine street terr? landing to-day. Mystery surrounds tho cau30 of her death. On the wharf aear whoro tho body was found a pockctbook was picked up Contain Containing - ing Containing a receipted bill in tho name-' Of Dlancho Humphroys. Several artiCIafc of wearing" apparel woro also found. ThcsO iro practically Jbfl only clues to tho un un-fcrtunato - fcrtunato un-fcrtunato woman's Idefitity. An examina examination - tion examination of tho body revealod two bnlses on ono of her limbs. No other marks" cf vle lor co havo been discovered. Tho clothing b of good quality and tho woman was evidently refined. Mrs. Cftleman, who resides near tho river, states that Hear midnight last night sho heard a scream and d rotco cry out, 'T'or God's sako don't," and then she beard a splash. A deck hand on a forry boat which SrOiSOi tbo river between Philadelphia and this City", abovo tho landing place at which the body was found, saw tho body this afternoon and rocognizod It ns that ot a girl ho saw on tho boat on which he was employed last night. Ho says that early la tbo evening two rather tough looking men accompanied by tho girl crossed from Philadelphia to thU city. Shortly afterwards they went back arid later on tho throo camo over again. Near mid midnight - night midnight tho men returnod to Philadelphia without tho woman. Tho man Is positlvo In his identification of tho body. Tho po pollco - llco pollco aro incllnod to tho theory of sulcldo. A Double Life. WicniTA, Kas., Juno 11. WUllam Lin Lin-gow, - gow, Lin-gow, one of tho most prominent farmers of this county, was arrested yesterday at Vau Burcn, Ark., as s bigamist. Lingow teems to havo been leading n doublo Ufo for somo years. Nearly twenty years ago ho married a girl named Mary Henry, In Kansas City, Mo., and now, after sho has borno him cloven children, comes tho dis discovery - covery discovery that ho had, whon ho married her and still has another wife with whom ho has been in the habit of spending a part of each year In Arkansas, whore ho is sup supposed - posed supposed to havo gono for his health. Pension OClco Work. Washington, Juno 18. Commissioner tlaum, of tho pension bureau, is making arrangements to still further increase the Issuo of pension certificates and hopes U3 bo able to reach a daUy Issue of from 1,800 to 1,000, which would bo an incroaso of about 400. During General Raum's Incumbency tho number of cases nwalting Investigation by special examiners in tho field has been re reduced - duced reduced from 14,225 to 2,200, and in conse consequent - quent consequent about forty special examiners now In the field will be called in.