Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1878, Page 2

e . « o ‘< THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 25, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. the expediency of limiting the jurisdiction of the Gnited States Courts 80 as to relicve the pressure of businees therein. Agreed to. i ‘Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on_Military Aftairs, reported favorably on the Honse jolnt res- olution granting the use of tents 1o the sol aiers' re- Tnion o be heid at Des Moines, la. Passed. Mr. Oleaby, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported favorably on the House bill to provide for the publication of notices of contest under the Homestead Pre-emption and Tree- Cultare acts. Passed. At the expiration of the morning business, con- sideration ywas resumed of .the bill providing & permanent form of government for the Dietrict of Columbin, ana, after debate, xth roviding for the election Of a delogato to the Tonee o Representatives, was stricken out, on ) de oy a voic of 40 to9, motion ol N ™ for the clection of the ‘This section b: ke 1. stead of the Counc! bis sectics i stricken ont, there will District. - Yibe sections abolishing the Board of Police e asioners and Board of School Trustece, and transferring their powers to the Commissioners of the \District wero agreed {o, also 3 scction Ebolishing the Sioking-Fand Commissioners and Irausferring thelr powers to the Treasurer of the TUnited States, = e section continuing the Board of Health led %o = long discussion, during which Mr. Beck, referring to the personnel of the Board, esid one went member was a Homeopathist and ith his belladonns, and other pellets; another believed in _ cundurango snd 1o one knew what clse. {Laughter.] With these doctors, ne thonght we might have a good many funerals and very few sick poor. —[Rennwed latghter.] Thbey wonld be a very dangerons set of men if_together in & sick room. 'Mr. Merrimon referred to the public schools, and enid he- had learned that twenty-five or tharty ‘members of Copgress sent their children to the prblic echools here. What right had they to do 20% The Government paid them §5,000 per year for their services, and they paid no taxes in the District. Therefore they had no right to send 1heir children to the public echoola. Mr. Edmonds’ motion to abolish the Board of Health was then rejected—yeas, 18; nays, 25, Pending furtber discassion of ‘the bill, Mr. Christisncy ntroduced bill to amend the ‘act of March 3, 1875, to determine the jurisdiction of Circnit Courts of the United States, and to regu- Jate the removal of causes from the State courts, &nd also making further provision in reference to the removal of causes from the State courts to the Circuit Conrts of the United States. Referred 1o the Committee on the Juaiciary. Adjonrned. HOUSE, R Mr. Goode, the Chairman of the Committee on ‘Education and Labor. reported a bill to apply the proceeds of the sale of public lands to the educa- tion of the people. Relerred. - Mr. Hartndee (by request) offered a resolution directing the Commitice on Post-Ofices to investi- gate the practicadility of preventing frands in the 1al service. Referrcds The bill anthorizing the Secretary of the Treas- ary to constitute the Superintendent of Mints. or Asssyers in the Assay offices, Assistant Treagurers of the United States passed. The House then went into Commitiee of the Whole, with Mr. Springer in the chair, on the Army Appropriation bill. Mr. Hewitt (New York) withdrew his provosed smendment to the fourteenth ecction for the mus- ter-out of ofiicers reported unfit for service, and consented to the entire striking ont of the section 1le then moved the amendment to the fifteenth gection, embracing the same gencral provisions. In explaining it, he said that the corresponding provicions in the bill, as orizivally drawn, were more liberal, but they had been ruled out under points of order. ‘The bill had not been undertaken Dy him of his own chofce. 1t had been assigned to i him, and he had found the army organized in such ! » manner asthatno business man conld continuc ' to do business under such an organization witheut Veing ruined. He, therefore, ested such * meacuresof reorganization and retrenchment as + would effect economy under the bill. which. as orizinally reported, had come in tso forms: First, ‘conschidatton of remments; second, reduction of men. The reductivn of men was a mnor question. He confessed that when he s_rpmnchefl that sabject he had done 8o with 2 con- viction that the zrmy ooght to be atleast 25,000 nen, and it was only after an investigation that be Tigd come to the concluson that an army of 20,000 men was ncequate for such services s an army ought to be called upon to perform. In that par- ticalar, however, the Committee of the Whole overraled the Committee on Appropriations: 1t bad, however. sustained the Committec on Ap- propriations on the question of consolidation, by .xvhich twe-thirds of the entire saving wonliloe of- fected. Mr. Garfiela said thzt he was opposed to the amendment but that he did not consider it liable 10 3 point of order. Wathout disenssion thea nendment was adopted. Sec. 16 mow reads: ‘¢ That the President is _hereby outhorized to transfer a surplua of oficers from regiments of cavalry and infantry that may Dbe consolidated, and from the several stafl depart- ments, o the list of supernumeraries, and all va- Cancies now existinzor that may oceur in the caval- ry, artillery, infantry, or st deparfments, Ly Feason of such tranefcr, or from other causcs, shail be tilied in due provortion by supernamerars ofli- having reference to rank, seniority, sud fit- ese; and the President is hereby authorized atd reque-ted to place upon the retired list. or ta mus- ter ont of eervice, ofticers equal in number to the oficers who may be upon e supornumeracy lict on July 1. He shall pizce nuon the retired list all officers who may be. unfit for duty by, reason of injuries incurred or discase contracted in the linc of duty, but the number so retired shail nob exceed 100 in nddition 1o the present retired Yist. In order that -tne’ Vresident may prop- erly sclect the ofiicers to be placed on the Tetired list and to be mustered out, 1ho command- ing oficers of the several military gcographical divieions and departments ehzll. 25 eoon as prac- ticable zfter the paseage of this act, and befare the 1st aay of September next, forward through, and for the remarks of. the General of the Army, {0 the Secretary of War, & list of the-oficers serving in their respective commands and depurtments deem- ed by them unfit for any causc whatcver fora proper and efficient discharge of their aaty. sctting Zortn fally and specitically In cach case the cause of suchunfitness. The Secretars of War is here: uuthorized and required, on or hefore the Octaber niext, 1o conatitute & Board, 1o co the three Major-Generals on the active. which. lloard esid jiste shall be referred for cxz: fostion: and eaid Board shall report to the Presi- dont such ofiicers 25 it shall recommend to te ‘placed on the retired list and to be wustered out of ervice, und the Presicent shall thereupon prant leave of. abeeace to ench oficers aod E£2use them to bo pleced on the retired list, aud to ‘oc mustered out of the service on the lat of July, 7579: and. if the number €0 recommended to te murtered aut of servico shall not bo_equal. o the Tumber of officers remaning on the supernumErary Jist_on the st of January, 1879, the President sl forthwith Lransmic10 'Congress, at its nest scxsion, the list of ofiicers in_ excess ‘of the num- Der to be mustered out for such further action as =hall be decmed neccesary.” No amendments were offered to Secs. 16 or 17, ~which limit the number of Major-Gencrals to one, and of Bricadier-Generals to three, after thosc Sizures shall be reached. % Mr. Foster moved ta strike_ont Sec. 18, which . lizats the number of aides-de-camp, 23 follow: The General. four: the Lieutenant-eneral, thres he Mujor-Generals, two each; and Lrigadier- Genercls, onc each; and limits their stafl raak to ane grade above their Jneal rank. “The motion o strike ont was defeated. A point of order was made sud sustained agalnst Sec. 19, which prohibits the promotion of officers unless recommended . by the Bosra of Examiniug Officers; and the section was stricken oat. _Scc. 81, whicn provides for the appointment of Second-Lieutenants from graduates of the Military Academy, and * by the promotion of non-commis- Floned Officore; was smended, on motion of Mi Teifer, by adding the wards *'and aleo from able- ‘odied, honorably-discharzed officers and soldiers of the United States, volunteer and regular. ™ A point of order was made and sustalned agsinst Sec. 22, which prohioits s detal] to the etail ap- poatment of officers who have served lass than five ears, and the scction'was stricken out. _Sec. 27, abolishing the grade of wagoner, " was atso stricken out. A point of order was made amiinst Sec. 20, which provides that all military headquarters shall be established and maintained only at pointe where the Government owns buildings and barracks, and prouibits, the payment of rents for soy militery cadquarters. ~ The puint of order was overruled. r. Harrison_then argued against the section as one that would promote, not economy. but ex- pense in making the necessary ercction of barracke and headquarters, He moved to strike ont the section. Referred. Mr. Echleicher moved an amendment excepting the milltary beadquarters of troops in Texas o the Indian border. Rejected. The_thirtieth section having been read, which fixes the pay of army officers, Sir. Hewlit (X, ¥.) moved to mend the item making the pay of Store- kecper $180 by excepting the Storekeeper at the armory at Springtield, Mass. , who is to receive the pay sad allownuces of Major. Agreed to. d”’- Reagzan moved o amend the section_by re- ucing the pay tixed in the bill as follows: General Of the Army from $13, 500t0 $10,000; Lientenant- General from $11,000 to S8,000; Major-General from $7.500 to $0,000; Brizagicr-Ganeral from $5.500 10 $4,500; Colonel ffom $3,500.t0 $3,000; Flentenant Colonel from £3,000 1o §3,7007 Najor e m-;i‘)‘f; 1}: sfiam. -He contrasted the pay for ithemicials fn this countey and of forelgm armics portionate pa can officers, 1o show the dispro- e pas of the latter. He denied that b Was prompted by any hostillty towards the sy, & A AtcCook suzzcsied that members e 1 should reduce their own “pay before attacking company bay of officers of the army. i Mr. Reagan's repl ' g $hI7 s o the effect that mem- 2 Petform. and their votes snd ng the most vital ¢ Soton e w“l:‘m;-mmlp:[ Interests o the country, were b 'ofter intimate 135, 2" Fiulor and » Epringer e and & Reas ‘o 35 much pay a8 a Brzadier-Gene Lir. Baning—Taey do not get e Forter” remarked that mo one detted jEat the pay of the General and Licutenans General was igh, but it bad been so fed o3 oo Teware for disingajehed services of those oficers x own the Rebellion. and h it a gentleman who bad been Connected with thy {onfederaio Government should have moved to re- U5 e pay of these two officers capecially. . %klfinm“gmng:;fed that- the Confederacy . Garfleld—Do yon speak for ft® Ar. Banning—Yes, I speak for § or s £pect, and for your Government, xoéf Tt e izh and important hard); T 5 ) et Ar. McCook-=Call it *‘oufs." ~ r. Foster—The people wili conelder this rednc: tion of pay s all **cant,"” unlcss you taxe Lold of your own salaries and redace thea Mr. Harrison—The gentlemon s less particalar. 23 to the salary of x?cmh:fl since the redistricting of Ohio. [Laughter.] " * = » o otiod to Nir. Foeter's intimation about the Confederacy, and claimed that all mem- Dors were on the same footing, and had the same rights and dutles. > e Mr. Bragz moved to amend by fixing the pay of Generalat 812.000, of the Licutenant-General at $5.000, of Major-General at $6,000, of Brigad:er- Generzl at $5,000, ete. : ir. Reagan accopted the amendment as & substi- tute for, his own. q e Mr. Williame (Mich ) afgued aaingt auy reduc- tion below the sums fixed in tke bi Mr. Banning read from the testimony of Sherman in 1876 to the efect tnat whene c greenback and gold dollar were on_an egualliy the Day of - army ofticers mieht- be reduced 2 per cent. **Wehave, " continucd Bauniug, 1he preentiack equal 1o tau gold d *0n, no," said Foster, ter.} ¢ “le did riot ‘meau it sud Garfleld, in undertone 1o Foster (zlluding to somne remack of Banning's). = 3 i “-He"did not mean it,"" said Bauning. caicbinz atthe remark ana applsinz it differently. ~**‘Iho gentlemen will not be guilty of eaying that dis- Tinguished ofiicer said anythiny which ho dic not can. ™ Br. Garfield—I. merely s0id you did not mean znything by your inenlence. Mr. Dannine—You mean your impudence. My snsolence is not equal to thal. (Laughter.] These ‘salaries are too large. They are out of pll propor- tion. They wera eatablished when the cursency ‘s 30, 40, or 50 per cent below par. And a gon- tleman'who shakes the +*bloody ehirt in the face of a member becauee he has ferved the Confed- cracy resorts to unworthy argament, The country is tired of it. \hat people want is 3 reduction of expenditures, Mr. Foster repcated that the people would not approve of this cuttiug down of the pay of army officers unloss the Democrats would cut down their own salaries. Mr. Tucker—Did not thie House pass a bill last year reducing our ealarics? Mr. Fostér—Yes. but you yielded to the emallest amonnt of force imaginable. when the Senate re- Tased to concur. You conld mot et enough io order the yeas and nsys upon the proposition.” My friend Motrison did nut rise to_order them. Eveil Cox did not nse. [Laughter.] it was the most beautiful plece of farce ever scen in this country. Mr. Iewitt (N. Y. ) said that when 8 gentlemin on the other side fonght to check economy by throwing a dart Into the face of any member who felt constrained to offer an amendment in that direction, he committed an offeuse against good manners and against conrtesy which it was very hard to valliate. % M. McCook argned against tho reduction of the pay of General, Lieutenant-General, or of Jaj.- Gen. Hancock. i Mr. Finley asked Mr. McCook whether he thought that the services of the General of the Army were worth twice as much as his own (Mc- Cook's). Mr. McCook—Tuquestionably. Mr, Finiey—1 only wanted to know how you rated yours. The discussion having closed, the Commitee voted on Mr. Bragz's smensment as accepted by Mr. Reagan. The vote on the reduction of the salary of General to $12,000 was G0 forto 04 against. "All the other clauses in the amendment were al5o rejected. and the pay of oflicers stands as fised in the bill, namely: General, 813, 300; Licutenant General, $11,000% Major-General, $7.500; Briz- adier-General, $3.5003 Coloncl, 0 Licu- tenant-Colonc), $3,000: Major, '$2,500; Captain 000 Captain (not mounted), $1.500; S1.500] Lesimental Quartermasters §1,500; First-Licutenant _(mounted) First-Lientenant (not mounted), 81,5 Licutenant _(mounted), $1.500; Secon ant (not mounted), S1,400; Chaplain, $1,500; Sterekeeper (except at Springfeld, Mass.), $1.800. “Ihe foregolng ie to be in full of all pay and al- Towances, except lonzevity-pas, which 1a to be 10 per cent for cvery term of flve Years' gervice (not - 1o exceed in the aggregate 40 per cent nor §5008 year). 2 O motion of Alr. Dunpoll, this longesity-pay wae also extended toC havlaing (who hod aecn ex- claded by the bill), snd no change was made in the scctions as to fuel and forage, fuel to be allowed at the rate of $3 per cord of cak wood und af equiv- alentate for other kindsof fuel, and foraze in &ind 1o be issued only for horscs owned and actu- ally kept by officers 1n the performance of oficial militars duttes. The last section of the bl requires guarters In Kind to be furnished in public barracks where taere arc any, and where thero are none, then the rate of allowance for Fooms is not 1o exceed $9 ver room per month (the number of rooms being fixed by extstng law, according to rank). Commatation for quarters to the General shall be $125 5 month, 2nd to the Licutcnant-General at the rate of 342 month. No change was made in this section. . Maish offered g8 a new section o_provision that thic promotion of commiesionca_oficers shull be Jincal throuzh all grades up to Colonel. Mr, Maish made o point of order, which was sustained, that this was new legiclation, and there- fore out of order., a Mr Cos (New York) offered a3 a new cction a provision prohiviting musiciansor other enlisted men from ensusing in their businessyfor Lire or emolument, and be ecnt o the Ciefk's desk and had read a femonsjrancg on the subject from mu- sicians of New York. The amendment was cdopt- cd—$7 to 73. . “Mr. Scales (Chairman of the Committec on Tn- dian Affairs) offered nean amendment a new section transferring the charge of Indian affairs from the Interior Department to the War Depzriment. The usnal point of order was made by Mr. Hale, and vag argned at great length, the Republicans zen- erally opposing and the Democsats except Harris and Cox (New York) advocating the amendment. The Chalrman overruled the point of order, and decided that the amendment was germane to tne Vitl, as it related to the duties of oflicers of the army, and aid retrench expenditures. Without disposing of the amendment the Com- mittee rose, and the House adjourned. Gen. o we heve. o1 @ CHURCH COUNCOCILS. THE PRESBYTERIANS. PITT3BURG, Pa.. May 25.—Io the Presbyterian General Assembly last night’s session’ was con- sumed in considering the case of the Rev. Dr. Miller. of New Jersey, suspended from the ministry on account of publishing a book con- taining heretical doctrines. A ‘The Rev. Dr. Studdiiord read from Dr. Mil- ler’s book showing wherein it couflicts with the Confession of Faith. p The Rev. Dr. Dufficld, in on able argument, maintained that Dr. Miiler could mot hold his present views and at the same time fll & pulpit in the Presbyterian Church. The concluding address was delivered by Dr. _\flllf:r and was lstened to with the closest at- tention, 4 ‘The Assembly then voted on the question whether Dr. Aliller’s appeai from the Synod of New Brunswick should be sustained, . which Tesulted: Not to sustaiu, 2743 to sustain in part, 18; 1o sustain, 3. Alter innouneinz the Tesalt, the Assembly adjourned until 9 o'cioclk tois morning. At this mornmz’s session the minutes of the Synod were submitted and aporoved. . The Rev. Dr. Mattaews, of New York., pre- sented a report of the Commissioners of the Edinburx Council. The Counci! was attended by 33 representatives from forty-uine churehes, containing about 20,0 scpzrate congrezaty all of whom agree in_ Loldiug the Presbyteriau policy and the Calvinistic systamn of docurue. The Finance Committee ren Lalance on hand at the end of this ye: 5.16; add~ tions to permanent fund, § Lie account. of the Treasurer of the Qencral Assembly shows a balzuce o hand of. 3 The Commitece on Reduced Representation reported, and Dr. Paitersou submnitted tae ree- ommendations preseunted a few da The Assembly met again 232 ed to the consideraf Committes - on Reduction The entire afternoon was oceuy ommendition adopted fixing th sentation at 2,500 for one Commii for two, and one additivnal Comm every additional 2,500. . The discussion of the frecdman’s repost not reached to-day, but was fised for Mouaz and the Assembly adjourncd. . SOUTHERN PRESBYTERTANS. Exoxvi.Le, May The judicial case of Dr. E. T. Baird against the Synod of Vireinia was concluded late this afternoon, and his com- platnt was pot sustained. . X na ive was read ;h!c')i speaks of good thivgs amid discourage- cnts. ———— DECORATION-DAY PROCLAMATION, SpriNgriELD, TIL, May 25.—The following proclamation was issued by Gov. 8. M. Cullom this afternoon: ) Y In obedience to a custom 5o natural in its origin, €0 much in accord with all tho better feclings of the human eoul, £o beneficial in its inflaence that it bas already thie force of an unwritten law, I nns nounce to.the people of the State of Tilinois the, near approach of the 30th of May, the day devotedy 10 the decoration of the graves of the noble and il-} Iustrions'dead who laid down thelrlivesin dcfense of mman frecdom und the perpetuity of the Na- tional Unioa, -and { call upon them to celebratc it with all the soiemnlty and tenderness approvriste to its observamce. - Un the 23d of May, tho.remnants of the old flags carried by our troops throuzh the “Jate War, stafiicd, and torn,and rent with bullets and cannon shot, were removed to the new State-House. * The Dresence of thousands of veterans, who, many of %cm. ‘maimed, still survive, and marched ina eolid colamn benind tbese memorials of a & valor and patriotlsm unsurpassed in the anaals 9fjany natlon, £0 much movad the sensibilities of im spectators'of the interesting ceremontes as to Impress upon every mind the Conriction that the Spiit which carried the War to a xucceestul closing Sitlllives in the hearts of the people, and that they i never suffer its {ruils to be Wrested from them ¢ to honor_those to whom such & debt of o 4 g?u'gl!:g;&lnfl:le‘ In this convictiou I jssme this 8. M, Currox, Governor. . THE TORNADO:- Additional Notes from the Wake k “of That Mighty Zephyr. Eye-Opening Harratives Told by Veri- {eble and Truthful Eye- Witnesses. Appeavance of the Destruction-Laden Cioud as Seen [rom Yari- ous Points. The D:ath-Tist in Wisconsin Estimated as High as Fifty, ®Lils ik Loss of Property Is Supposed fo B * . Kearly $300,000. TLLINOIS. Speelal Dispatch to The Tribune. , ‘BARRINGTON, Iil., May 25.—The peculiaritics of the tornado, which swept throuzh this town last Thursday, do not scem to be appreciated by any of the correspondente. The formation of the great rolling cloud, which - expression fitly describes the tornado, was scen by a wit ness who explains that it was in reality 2 jour- ncy together of two clouas approaching from opposite dircetions, and that neither one bad any danger in it until joined with the other. It scems to have lkept® almost o uniform height throuzbout the whole of its carcer; that is, after it struck the house five miles from here. Before that time it had been pradually dropping towards the earth, but after that it maintainca substantially the same height all the way. This is'very clear from the fact that in the low places, bogs, aund“marshes fhroush which it passed it scarcely touched anything, whercas, when 1t came to a_rise of ground, or a hill of any kind, its force was ter- rific. The appearance of the country over which it passed §s most extraordinary. There is what might be called a furrow about 200 feet wide, perfectly black, and having not a fixed thing resting in it. ‘That is, the turf was torn uo and thrown either out of the track or forwards some distance. The fences were taken bodily, excepting here aud there a few posts. The hedges were stripped perfectly bare. Most of the trees were torn up by the roots, except in a few cases where theywere small. In these cases the insigniticance of the object saved it. The blackness which characterizes this swath or furrow of 200 feet is duc to the fact that the whote of the soil around about is of black loam after a few inches have een cut off, All through the path of the wind, and for as much as a half a_mile ou each side, the pround is_ sprinkled with various kinds f sticks and lumber, and, edriously enouzh,— a thine which cannot easily be . explained,— all these are-stuek in the ground and are up- right. - One can see o fence-bbard and the tim- ber of a barn standing side by side upright, and to look at a field over which’the storm passed gives one the idea that some onc has zone over it and driven stakes in it. This appearance is found from the beginning to the eud of the career of the cloud. The cloud made some cu- Fiotis discriminations which are hard to_cxplain. For instance, at Braun’s place it annibilated the house itsclf, and cven went so farasto tear outthe stone lining of the cellar. And yet, within five fect of that place, it left the floor of akitchen and_it took one of the beams out of the barn and brought it forwards some 100 teet, throwing it down neag, where the house Lad stood, though the barn was some dis- 1ance further on in the dircction that the cloud was going. Again, it killed almost every living thiog with which it came in contact, but made _n carious exception of Braun’s horses. It smashed up Lis hiogs, and sheep, and poultry, but thehorses were Comparatively uninjured, and will re- cover. Itismost remarkable to a person liv- ing here to see the path picked out by the cloud trom the time it left Elgin until the time 1t disappenrcd. Its full force struck but one house, though others were somewbat af- fected. And yet it was almost im- possible to pick out a straight line through the town without encountering at least a dozen residences. ~ Probably 8 most ingenious man could not have laid down a path for such a tornado and bad it strike only one house, as this one did. I it had veered to the right or left o hundred fest, it would have taken at least a dozen places. ; 1f thereis a morel in this for Sunday, these people who approve of the Sunday papers may malke it for themselves. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. ELe1y, 111, May 25.—During the severe storm of Thursday, the barn of A. A. Leg, at Ploto, was struels by lightning and a horse was killed, valued at $150. An immense water-spout or wind column was seen on the same day a short distance east of the city. It took up grass, sticks, aud carth, and passed away in the di- rection of Barrington. WISCONSIN. - Speciel Disvaten to The Tridune. Maprsox, Wis., May 25.—To-day’s reports from the track of Thursday evening’s cyclone only fncrease the original estimates of destruc- tion to life and property. What at flrst were deemed crucl exaggerations are now confirmed inall their sickening details. Full a score and ahalf of lives were lost during that terrible hour between 4 and 5 o’clock, twice as many seriously fnjured, and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of farm, village, and. personal proverty and live stock was destroyed in this county alone. The storm struck the county in the south- west town oi Perry, crossing through that into Primrose, Montrose, and Oregon, where it lifted slightly. making around to the north and west of First Lalee into the town of Duan. through that town, Pleasaut Springs, and Christiance, and so on through Fort Atkinson cast toLake Michizan, It literally mowed a swathe from a quarter to a half a milein width, and destroyed all in its path. The storm passed across the whole State, & little north of cast. It isimposeible at this time to calculate the damage entafled by this one of the greatest cyelones eser witnessed in the United States. As belore stated, telegrapbic communications are not established tlirourh theill-fated region. News is slow in reaching here; but, from au- iientic fuformation received from the outskirts L path of disaster, it s fair to estimate thatat least fifty lives have been'lost, hundreds of ns_seriously injured, and between $250.000 and $300,000 worth of property de- stroved. O1d scttiers report that nearly a quarter of a centery ugo 4 storm of like naturc passed arly this identical strip of country. mantleman of this ity says that the ¢ of the tornndo was largely deter- wined the mature of this belt ountry, © which. 1s low and wet, and believes that the reservoir of electricity through this low country drew the storm,which 1s known to have been intensely charged with cleetricity. Arternoon dispatehes from the northern part of the State convey information of a severe blow through tlie Flambeau River region. The Jozing villaze of Phillips, on the upper Wis- consin Central Railway, in the eastern part of Chippewa County, has been swept out of exist- encc, except one house, and there are fears that the pine woods in that region have suflered ma- terially. 5 PuiLiirs, Wis.,, May 25.—A tornado pnsscfl over Flambeau River, at Hackett's farm Thurs- day evening, demotishivg all the buildings and fencing, and prostrating a larde portion of the stanaing pine timber. Amouat not Knowo. Reports indicate that the storm was very severe north of here. SUFFERING STRIKERS. Suecinl Dispateh to The Tribune. May %.—A special dispateh from | Belleville this afternoon states that the condi- | tion of the strilinz miners is deplorable, 1,500 Ibeing on.the verge of starvation, and nothinz in iprospect to obtain sustenance for themselves pud families. Not a mine in the country around Raib’s Station.Belleville, and Dutch Hollow has ‘been worked for over 2 month. The coal oper- Atives recently met in East St. Louis and decid- ¢d to pay the miners 24 ceats per bushel, their demand, and next morning (Thursday) about miners went to work in the ¢oal pits, but, on learning that the op- erators did not intend to pay them the 121¢ cents, thev@withdrew from the minesma budy, and have since refused to work unless the proprietoraof the conl mioes accede to tleir demands. [n Dutch Hollow und st Raib's Station the miners are in a worsccondition than at any other place. There are hundreds of men, women, and children daily walking the streets begging for bread. In some instances they have been turned out in the wet, damp weather, women, children, and old men alike, and the doors of the miserable buts shut in_their faces | by the strong hands of the owners. A committee were in Bast St.Louls this mornine solfeiting sabscriptions of money and food for the retief of the eufferinz miners. Though the city continues quict, many of the miners- are desperate, and_growing more so daily, and the opinion strongly prevails that, if no compromise bevween the strikers and oper- ators is cffccted, at an early day there will be serious trouble. . w i FIRES. AT LEMARS, IA. Specjal Dispateh to The Tribune. DusUQUE, Ia., May 25.—The. depot house at’ Lemars, Ta., the_property of the Iowa Central Railroad Company, was burned this morning at 7:95. Loss, $7,000,- J. M. Emery, who had Jeased the hotel, saved most of his furniture,but was seriously burned. The fire Is supposcd to have been caused by a lamp_explosion in Room 15, us everything fn the room was envelooed in flames. No lives were lost. The Comdy:my will not rebuild, The hotel, freizht, and express oflice 18 now held in White's elevator. AT OTTAWA, O. .ToLEDO,O.,May25.—At Ottaws,0.,at! 20'clock this morniug, firo started in Shoup’s drug- store, on the north side of Mam street, and ex- tended castward to the rallrond, destroying the drug-store, Reed’s grocery, Schenck’s saloon, Willen's cigar manufactary, Studor’s meat market and_dwelling, Fiop's saloon and resi- dence, Burng' saloon, a barber sbop, two ice- liouses, stables. und the Dayton & Michizan passenger depot. Loss estimated at §20,000; largely insured. CIIICAGO. The alarm from Box 340 at§ o'clock last even- fnge was caused py o fire in the two-story frame house §No. 207 West Madison street, owned and occupied by Mrs. Dillon as a millinery shop. Cause, patterns in a show window catching fire from a gas jet. The fire was extinguished be- fore the m‘rfv:\l of the engines by Mr. Dillon, Who in §0 doing got'his hands badly burned. AT ANN ARBOR, MICI. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. -ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 25.—Fire to-night destroved a housc on East University avenue, owned by H. T. Morton, and occupied by o man named Wheelock, Loss $2,000; insurance, 1,000 in the Home. et s RO SR STRUCK A BONANZA. A Party of the Name of Dewoy Proposes to Get en with Flood & O'Brien—And Sues tho Consolidated Virginin Mining Company for 835,000,000—The Con.pzany Calls 1t Blackmail, and Divulges the Rea- son for the PlajntiT’s Animosity. Sax Francisco, May 25.—Last Seturday a complaint was filed in the Twelfth District Court by John H. Burke against members of the firm of Flood & O'Brien, Trustees of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, the Nevada Bank, and the Mill Flume and Water Companies, under control of the Bonanza firm, for the recovery of $35,634,335, alleged to have been wrongfully diverted by -the de- fendauts from the stockholders of the Con- solidated Virginia fn their management of the mine. To-day the Bulletin publishes a statement from the firm of Flood & O'Brien, three columns in length, giving their version of the causes which have led to the brinzinz of the suit, as well as statements criticising their management, which have appeared from time to time in print or have been circulated on the street. It is the first reply ever publicly made by the firm to the accusations against them. Following is a summary of the same: 101874, when the Big Bonanza was being de- veloped, Squire P. Dewey became the purchas- er of Consolidated Virginia stock to theamount of about 15,000 shares. The purchase was made, to great exient, on information obtained from J. C. Flood, between whom and Dewey friendly relations-then existed. These relations continued until the time of the failure of the Bank of California in August, 1875. It was then rumored that Dewey would be offered a seat in the new Directorate of the Bank of Cali- fornis, and he, with a view to that end, and in conformity with the belief which oprevailed, to a considerable ecxtent, that the failure of the hank .was larzely duc to the operations of Flood & O'Bricn, came out in denunciation of that firm, and particularly of the senfor partmer. This created the first breach of the friendly relations between Flood aod Dewey. Soon after the great fire in Vir- ginia City occurred. Dewey then sousht Flood for information, and was told that it was then impossible to say how soon work on the mine ceculd be resumed, and that whether tho Com- pany would pay a dividend that month was a question for the Trustees to decide at the next meeting. Oun this information, Dewey shorted his dividends at’ §5 per share, and, as the recular $10 dividend was paid, he lost 30,000 on the transaction. This has been the seeret of all Dewey’s subscquent campaizn against the bonanza firm. He then commenced a systematic course of detractionfrom the credit of the firm s maungers of mines, and avowed his intcntion of hounding Flood to the grave to foree him to refund the moncy he had been irobbed” of, At the anoual mecting of the Consolidated Virginia. in January of last year, he took advantage of the bad fecling gencrated by the falling market, and endeavored to sceure a change in the management. He also carried on his war through the columns of the press. About 2 month after the annual meecting, - Dewey waited upon Judge Lake, counsel of the Bonanza firm, stated his intention of bring- fne suit against the firm, but said: “I have 1,000 shares of Consolidated Virginia that stands me over $30 per share. If Flood will take that off my hands at that figare, I will be his friend and stand in with him, and make the market. 1f he does mot accevt these terms, I will go for him alf the time.” Lake rcported the proposal to Flood, who declined it. Dewey. has since continued bhis opposition. A gen- tleman io this city claims_to have in his posscssion letters from Dewey ureing Eastern fricnds to scll their stock, and stating that the mine is worked out.and can hence- forth be at best but milling property, and much more to the satnc effect. At the annual meet- ing of Consolidated Virginia last January, he araln cntered & protest azainst the procecdines, and did likewise at the last meetiog in_Califor- nia. He also caused the publication of articles in the Chronicle, signed by his paid attorney, John Trehane, attacking the management of the mines. Failing by these means to effect his purpose of .obtaining hush money, he next had an interview with C. O’Connor, one of the Dircctors of the Consolidated Virginig, and handed him a written nroposal to scll to the friends of Flood 1,000 sharcs of California for $52,600,—about twice its market value.—in con- sideration of which he agreed to renew friendly relations, and vothing would be said about the matter. This proposition was also declined. Feb. 12 Dewey's attoruev, Trehane, wrote to the Dircctors of the Consolidated Virginia, threatening, if Dewey’s proposition was not ac- cepted, he should commence procecdings. The Trustces declmed the consideration of the proposition on the ground that wno evi- dence was offered that Trehane was s -stockholder or represented one. Feb. 18, ‘Trebane, in company with 8. W. Tolladay, wrote to the Trustees, reiterating the charzes noainst the masnazement, and demanding that the Trustees bring suit against members of the firm of Flood & O’Brien for the recovery of the allezed misappropriation of moneys, profits, and property of the Company. ‘The Trustees re- plicd, saying that they would fnvestirate the charges, and wsking that the attorncys and ficwcy be ~present at the in- vestigation * and bring evidence. This wasdeclined: Dewey, in another letter, stating that unless the Trustees commenced action on or before March 1, hewould himself comwmence suit on behalf of the stockholders. Some two months azo, Dewey orepared a complaint which was verified by a Notarv, but not fiicd in coart, and handed it to Judge HeydenZeldt, of coun- eel for tbe Bonanza firm, with .the re- quest to show it to his clients. No notice was taken of it, and, on the 16th fnst., Dewey had 100 shares of Consolidated Virginia transferred to John H. Burke, and, substituting the latter as plaintiff, the complaint was filed as hereto- fore published. ' The avove statement is made in view of a doubt_entertained as to whether the suit wiil cverbe broumht to'trial. tg afford an uvppor: tunity for -disproving the®allegations in the complaint. Meantime, Dewey has £ot up 8 pamphlct attacking the Bonanza firm, which 1s to be mailed to Eastern stockholders to create distrast and il feeling. . FOREIGN. English Opinion Still Largely on the Side of an Early Peace. . There Is Still, However, Great Activity in the Russian Armies. Great Britain Scheming to Se- cure Possession of Egypt. The First Mecting Between Gamhetta and England’s FPuture Ring. THE DIPLOMATS. SCIOUVALOFF'S MISSION. Loxnoy, May 25.—The Times, referring to the fnterview of Count Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambassador, with Lord Salisbury, the Forcign Secretary, and the subsequent Cabinet council, expresses the opinfon ‘that there is legitimate ground fora tavorable fmpression which every- where prevails respecting. the resuits of Count Schouvaloff’s mission. THE BRITISI FORMULA. The Journal de St. Pelersburg, referring to the insistence of the London papers on the accept- ance by Russia of the British formula of sub- mitting the cntire treaty to the Congress, says: “]f there 18 o serious desire that the Congress should meet, and we hope it will mect, the formula will easily be found. If, unfortunatc! it should not meet, it is not a question of w will have prevented it. In a very short time the world will know what to think about the matter.” CONGRATULATORT. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25.—Prince Labanoff, Russian Ambassador, and Prince Reuss, German Ambassador, yesterday called at the English Embassy and congratulated r. Layardon the occasion of the Queen’s birthday. INCIDENTAL. COULD NOT AGREE. Loxpoy, May 25.—The Russo-Turkish Com- mission, which, it Was reported ina dispatch from Constaotinople yesterday, had failed to agree upon the line of demarcation befweeu the Turkish and Russian forces, consisted of the Russian and Turkish corps commanders, ap- polnted, ot Gen. Todleben’s suggestion, to fix a new line of demarcation and make new regula- tions for the better preservation of peace fn tho present dangerous proximity of the two armics. FRATERNIZATION. The Russian and Turkish soldiers, where the liries are [n contact, fraternize cordially, and no trouble is apprehended, despite the faflure of the Commission to agree, but it was thonght advisable to have the lines further spart aud more pracise regulations. The health of the Russian troops is improving. i ADA RALEIL Viexsa, May 25.—The Turks will to-day evacuate, and the Austrians occupy, the Island of Ada Kaleh in the Danube. | RUSSIAN ACTIVITY. Loxpox, May 25.—An American gentleman just returned from an cxtensive tour in Russia says 200,000 Russians are mov- ijng towards the Galicln frontler of Austrie. The garrisons throughout Po- lond arc moving southward. Camps of troops and recruits were noticed at many points aloug the railways. Moscow and St. Petersburg are full of troops, and new levies are constantly coming forward. The Commis- sary Department is purchasing heavily all kinds of supplies. ‘Therc is great bitterness among the people against Eugland. Busizess is active, but forelzn trade is unsettled by toe decline in exchange. ENOLAND YET WANTS EGYPT. Disateh to Lonaon Times. Paris, May 9.—It is eemi-oflicially stated that the Prince of Wales has renewed to the French Government the formal assurance that no measure would be taken by England as to the Suez Canal without a previous and perfect ac- cord with France. For the last few days telegrams from Berlin, and, indeed, from othier northern centres, have been alleging that Egypt is at present the focus of sttention, Some German papers even speak of dark desins of the English about to be divulged, meaning, in other words, that En- gland Is going to land troops at the Suez Canal, and that she will occupy in some way or other afl Egypt. It Is curious how a long-cherished idea ‘sometimes grows in men’s minds into an accomplished reality. The idea that England would seize Exypt as a compensation for the transformation brought about in the East origi- pated with Germany herself. She has obsti- nately clung to it, moreover, and notwithstand- ing England’s representations to the contrary, she scoms scarcely able to remounce it. I. am not going to eccho those short- Sighted persons _who maiutain that the clilef object of Germany fn urging Encland into this course was_to cast between the two countries a bone of discord. I believe those persons are attributing to the German Chancel- lor views quite bencath bis real schemes. I be- lieve those are more in the right who think that by this policy the German Chaacellor bLas sought rather o prevent the present difliculties between Eugland and Russia, aod that he thought that, on England taking possession of Eevpt, the Congress would have a majority in favor of a partition of ‘Lurkey, in which every: body would have n share, except Turkey, France, and_European law. But be that as it may, not only does England not scem to have adopted this policy, but she has declared hersell its most resolute adversary. The difficuity she has raised concerning thé San Stefano treaty shows that she less than ever thinks of sup- portidg a theory of partition and of cutting out her “peau de mouton® from tbe flanks of Egypt. ‘These German rumors, howeéver, about atten- tion concentrating in Ezvpt and the aliusions to the dark designs of Engiand are very curious at this moment.. How can it be supposed that a nation which raises its volee in support of Eu- ropean las, which makes itself the champion of respect for existing treaties, which arms in face of a victorious nation for the defense of tHese vrinciples, a nation whose attitude disinterested Europe applauds, would belfe this glorious ap- probation and seize the canal and 7pt, pro- claiming, on _the one nand, the fuviolability of public - law, and, oo thec other, puai- ring in force the principle of partition of the tealker by the stronger? This alone ought to Duve sufliced to show that the rumorsin question were a mere invention, and owe their existence to the obstinate desire of those who do not wish { to abandon a combination to which they looked for ou casy and advantazeous solution. The Prince of Wales’ speech has allayed the rumor, but it will certainly revive with the periodicity which has characterized it ever since the new phase in the Eastern crisis has arisen. BAD STATE OF THINGS IN BOSNIA. BELGRADE, May 10.—Bosnia is at present in a state of great azitation. The weurrection is spreading, those in revolt forcing all Christiaus to joiny them, and, if they refuse, burning their villages and otherwise maltreating them. All coined money, whether gold, siiver, or conper, has completely disappeared from cireu- latiou. . Caime is of no valuce. Commerce is ina state of staguation, and large tracts of land are Iying uncultivated. In this province, formerly aveounted rich, famine is regarded as fmminent. Tuiks and_Chrisuians alike, weary of their pro- longed calamities, look for deliverance {rom some forcign quarter. ‘Che; cct, when the first shot fs fired between Ru: and England, tbhat Austria will"begin to occupy thelr country. PARIS EXPOSITION. AMERICANS ON THE INTERSATIONAL JURT. JPAr1s, May 25,—The follawinz adcitional Americans have been named for the Interna- tional Jury at the exhibition, making thirty- four Amcricans in all selected: Classes 1 nnd 2—Oil paintings and various paintings and drawinge, Frank D. Millet. Class 5—Engravings and lithography, Joseph K. Rige: N Class 7—Organization and appliances for sccondary instruction, John D. Philorick. Cldss 9—Printing and books, Henry Stevens. Class 10—Stationery -and booi-binding, and painting and drawivg materials, Charles C. i 1o—rn bi : Class otographic proofsand apparatu: Joseph Tuckerman. 3 ¥ h Class 13—usical instroments, Fred H. Post. Class 17—Cheap and fancy furniture, Thomas B. Oakley. Class 24—Goldsmiths’ and silversmiths’ work, George T. Bourne. Class 27—Avfnrntus and processes for heating and lishting, Hurry 8. Homans. T‘glkus 33—Clothing for both sexes, James W. er. Class 54—Machines and apparatus in general, | Prof. Georze Davidson and Thomas James Sloan. Class 55—Machine tools, B. B. Hotcbkiss and Charles R. Godwin. Cluss 5S—Apparatus and processes for sewing and making clothiug, Isaae H. Burch. Class 62—Carringes and wheelwrights’ work, Jolin Munroe, i = Class 84—Railway apparatus, Theodore Bron- soD. Class 72—Meats and fish, Georze Wurts. FOREIGY FINANCE. - Loxpoy, May 25.—The Economist says the great improvement in Egyptian securities the past week has been due, in a great measure, to the extensive Freneb purchases, based upon advices that tho Commission of Inquiry bave made_certain important propositions to the Khedive which he accepted. These are said to involve reductions in the army expenditurc and a_more eqflniuble adjustment nf taxation: while, in addition, there are indications that this vear’s Nile will be a bigh one. ‘American Government securities may now be considered as completely -recovered from the falls which Tollowed the passage of the Silver bill. Railroad issues are als> for the most part firmer, as the revenue statements published in- dicate a general improvement. CHINA AND JAPAN. b cuINa. Sax FRANCISCO, Cal., May 25.—The following news comes per steamer China, Hong Kong: The Bradford casc, in Shanghai, has taken a fresh departure. Dr. MacGowan, the writer of the letter which, toward the close of last year, 0. B. Bradford, late Vice-Consul-General at Shanghai, was punished for stealinz, now avows fn a public letter that it was not stolen at all. A tornado swept across Canton River, doing greatdamage on eitherbanls, and on theartificial {sland of Shameen, occupied as a British scttle- ment. A new loan by the Chinese Government is launched for two million tzels, under the secur- ity of the Ningpo customs revenue, bearing in- terest at 12 millsper month. Several influential Chinese have already largely subscribed to the loan, and some foreigners have interested them- selves in the investment. JAPAN. Many arrests in Kochiken récently have been made of Shizoku. suspected of passive disaf- fection to the Government. The police an- thorities imagine they have discovered a wide- spread conspiracy aeafnst the existing order of things, and a number of the gentry of the Province are in custody awaiting trial. The ramifications of the supposed plot have ex- tended as far as Tokio, where three Shizoku be- longing tos_troubled province have been ar- rested. The British and Russian naval squadrons have been ampjy coaled and provisioned, and all the Russian and most of the English ships lately left the harbor within a short time of cach other. ~ They were at Kobe a few days since, but have left that port. The Russian fiect, 1s represented in Yokobama by the flag-ship Boyan, just returncd from a gruise. Business is very dull, owing to fears of war between England and Russia. MISCELLANEOUS. 2 THE SEALL Paris, May 25.—The Shah of Persia is ex- pected in this city about the 10th of June, to stay o month, incognito. Rooms have. been engaged for him and his suite at the Grand Hotel. The Shah will visit London, Madrid, and Lisbon. His whole European journey will last six months. AMERICAN COTTON. LoxDoxy, May 25.—The 3lanchester Guardian says: “From Liverpool we learn that orders have been received there to ship Amerfcan cot- ton for consumption in the mills of Bombay. It is intended with this material to commence the manufacture of shirting and other medinm classes of cloth in India. This cotton will pass into Indiz duty free, while zoods made from the same kind of cotton in this country will pay an iniport duty of 5 per cent.” DEAD. 3 Lgnus, May 25.—The Duchess of Argyle is dead. GAMBETTA AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. Dispateh to London Timez. ‘Pamis, May 11.—The Pricce and Princess of Wales are attending to-nizhga ball at Madame Alphonse de Rothschild’s, “On Monday they dine with the Marshal, and on the 16th they leavo for London, The Courrer de Paris, alithographed sheet dispatched to orovingial papers, gives the fol- lowing account of M. Gambetta’s interview with the Princo of Wales: +1t was, ns may be :supposed, on the desire expressed by the Prince of Wales that M. Gam- betta was introduced to bim. The eminent or- ator deferred with respectful eageriiess to the request our illustrious guest had addressed to M. Waddington. _The latter, in his twofold ca- pacity of bost and Minister of Forcign Affairs, was on the point of going throuzh the customa- ry formality, and about 9 o’clock accompanied M. Gambetta into the private room where the Prince already was with some persons of his suite, when Lord Lyons amicably claimed, as ‘Ambassador, the privilege of introduction. ‘I knew M. Gambetta at Tours,’ said Lord Ly- ons, ‘and I have always retained ‘an excel- lent recollection of the relations I had with him at that difiicult period.” M. Gam- betta could not resist a request made iu sucn terms: and it was, therefore, .Lord Lyons who went_and introduced M. Gambetta to the Prince of Wales. The latter having immediately offered his hand and moved a liitle way off the group in which he stood, M. Gambetta, in reply to some flattering words from the Prince, who totd him he had heard him in the Chamber, thanked his Royal Highness for the words so frankly sympathetic towards France that he had recently uttered. ‘I think I can say, in the name of my whole party,’ added M. Gambetta, “that the sentiments of concord snd union expressed by your Royal Hizhness respond to our wishes and our aspirations.” *I believe so, too, said the Prince, ‘and for my part, I bhave never ceased to be the’ friend of France—never at any period.’ The con- versation lasted pearly threc-quarters of an hour, and we will not—and cannot—mention all the topics of it. We believe, however, that M. Gambetta did not. couceal from his iflustrions interiocutor the satisfaction experienced by a1l political minds at seeing Great Britain emerge from her passive indifference and take in kand the principles of right and justice, the forget- fulness ot which can only be disastrous to our country. On all these points “constitutional ritles scarcely allow the heir to the English throne to express o opinfon. Nobody {8 ignor- ant, however, thathe is among those who, accord- ine'to M. Thiers’ expression, wish Europe to come to life again. Otnersifbjects, particalarly subjects of domestic politics, were touched upon fa the conversation. The Prince, we be- lieve, did not conceal from M. Gambetta that he heard many predictions on the ¢ probably short duration of our wisdom.’ M. Gambettu did not tind the Prince incredulous when he told him that our misfortunes and the very ex- ample of the English pation, accustomed to realize - gradually evers stage of Dprogress, had permanently modified our_ character and political habits. The Prince of Wales. at the end of the conversation, graciously offered to introduce to M. Gambetta his brother-in-law, the Crown Prince of Denmark. The lafter reccived the honora- Dble leader of the Kepublican party with no less good-will than the Prince of Wales. He showed espeaial delicacy in conversing with M. Gam- betta on the recent loss he had sustainca and in expressing to him his entire sympathy. As to the sentiments of friendship of a gnnlsh Prince for France, they are too natural to sur- prise a politician, however warmly they are ex- pressed. The Prince of Wales, on takivg leave of M. Gambetta, expressed a wish to see him if e visited England.” A DEAD FAILURE. New Yomk, May 25.—Ihe Evening Post an- nounces that the Stewart Hotel for Women will soon be transformed into o general hotel, anda adds: * Accordiug to report, the new hotel was to be opened the 1st of June next, and a bar for the sale of liquors was already in process of construction. It is said that eighty i3 the larg- est number of women who at auy time avalled themselves of the hotel, ana that the number has dwindled, until now there are but fifteen boarders. An attache of the establishment says, ‘Every day that passes takes at least 3900 out of the Btewart estate for the expenses of thi3 concern.” ™ : —_——— > CHANDLER WINS, Special Dizpaic to The Tribune.’ DasviLLe, I, May 25.—For several days the appointment by the President of Col. Chandler, | of this place, to be Survevor-Geperal of Idaho as occupied the attention of the politicians of Ceutral Illinofs. Even at Sprinafield, on Thars- day, where Col. Chandler was one of the prind- pal veterans in the soldiers’ reunion, his ap- e polntment oceasioned much Surprise. %o Fle was considered wuponularor yict that it was generally known that Cop, e Cannon was without fuflucoce with prr 505 istration. To-day your mflesnonden: IA“"‘ that Col. Ghandler owes his. fpporny s the influence of Senator Oglesh by a very stronz petition otk t! sonal request of ..Secro Col. m?hln;l(u ment ¢ Nai\'yl Thompszfm. h,: a civil-engineer of large experie all classes of people his mx)goh;?nuc“n:?: 2mong ered one eminently fit to be made. Ry LR to Idaho about July 1, taking John P, Yo 20 of this place, 08 his chief Clerk. * Sorvell, —————— CASUALTIES, A FALLING FLOOR, NEew YoRrk, May 25.—While a. Targe " quay, of grain was being received to-day on the il floor of a building used for a stable of the :MM Avenue Rallroad, the floor guve way, 2 oy o] ng ing to the second floor, the two were o stables. Two of the men, Joba Carlin snakfi < building turned topsy turvev, and fiys N and, . carried McMurth: gi McMurtha, were taken (1 i * and the third, Francs ;fi:z-}r‘;? Tbhish de broken and his body badly bruised, 2 ¥ LIGHTINING FREARS, Special Dispateh o The Tribune, JANESVILLE, Wis., Mayv 25.—While Tsnge g ford, of LaPrairie, Rock County, was in bie b:(n < yesterday the lightning struck it, felting bim the floor, where he lay insensible for Io\;z l!ut ! steers that were tied in thelr st i The stranzest part of the m’afi-lh lay deat, LB the ground, crushing threa men at work When he recovered he found the contents of y, e resulted from the stroke. s thafaa g RUNAWAY FATALITY, Spectal Dispateh to The Trisiune, MILWAUREE, May 25.—[rs. Lorenz Do, and two chilaren were thrown from s, s attached toa runaway horse, at the corper, Seventh and Galena streets, this cvening. " Dorseh had ber e brokes e chld TgRL ously hurt, and the other faf other occupants escaped. il fnjored. "1 Spectal Dispatch 10 Tae Tribune, WATERTOWN, Wis., May 25.—George Kerler. a student in the Northwestern University, mq’ 16 years, whose parents reside in Greenfily, ¢ near Milwaukee, while bathing this afternogn i+ Rock River, near the Rongh-and-Reaty pot | was taken, it is supposed, witha cramp, and drowned before assistance could reach him, L DROWXNED. g £ BURNED 'TO DEATH, ATLANTA, May 25.—rs. Folds and two byl dren, o Merriwether County, w ik v.fz. ¥, Were barned tp CRIME. SEVEN YEARS. Spécial Dispatch (o The Tridune, B Prr1sBURG, Pa., lay 25.—Joho C. Stoap, - convicted as one of the principals In the Alis, ' |’ Kernan butchery, was called iu the Crininy’ * Court to-day for sentence. A motion had been ‘made by his counsel for a new trial, which was overruled {his morning without srgument Stroup, by advice of his couosel, said nothing, and Judge Ewing made no remarks other tha to state that he would impose sentence ontha second count of the indictment, which charged him with being an accessory before the fact, He then sentenced him to seven years' imprison- ‘ment in the Western Penitentiary, which fsthe - uXemuunenn‘ny of the hri‘:l ] motion fora new i is i Dr. Marshall’s case, which will g:nml:,'gned o{l Wednesday next. He was, therefore, not sen- munccfl to-day. Marshall was Stroup's sccom- plice. A FATAL KICK. ; Topexa;” Kan., May 25.—James Dickson,a : ‘brakeman on the Atchison, Topeks & SsntaFe: | Railroad, died here at G o'clock thisevenng from injuries received at 4 o’clock. Conductor James 8. King, whose life he had threatened, kicked him as he was climbing up the ladder to the top of the caboose, while the train was in motion. He fell under the wheels and was shoved along, the wheels tearfog out his entrails and cansinzio- ternal hemorrhage. A Coroner’sinquestis now being held. The verdict will probably notbe knowa until to-morrow. Kiog 1s under aal FATAL ROW. JEFFERSON, 0., May 25.—Early this moring, Wililam B. Wood, a brakeman on the Lake Shore Railroad, and. o resident of Ashtabuls, +was shot and instantly killed by a boy 1 sesrs old, named Gibbs, of this place. ‘Young Giobs' father kept a disreputable house, and, during the visit of a party of men, 3 quarrel ocearn and the shooting was done. Both me‘mm his father were arrested and jailed. - Wood way 25 years old, and unmarried. THE RAILROADS. TOLEDO & ANN ARBOR. = ANN AmBoR, Mich., May 25.—Tbe sowl ¢ meeting of the Toledo & Ann Arbor Ralroad ¢ was hel@ here to-day. The following officeri i were clected: President, James M. Asbleyi F Secretary, A. W? Hamilton; Treasarer, Georzt 5. Shorey; Directors, J. M. Ashier, Sr, . M Ashley, Jr., H. W. Ashley, Israel, Hall, BC Waldron, A. W. Hamilton, J. T. Jacobs, 4. Stowell, and E. Barnes. The Compaoy b purchased the_six miles of road belooging 1o the Toiedo & State-Line Company for % ad from Toledo. Trains will run regaiarly afterJusel and pow run the whole roi CEDAR RAPIDS & OTTUMWA. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. CEDAR Rarips, Ia., May 25.—Officers of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad wero bere & terday ana to-day in conference with reore sentatives of the projected railroad from ere to Ottumwa. It Isgiven oiit that the Mitwage kee line offers, if the grading is -done by k aid, to complete nnd operate the - Whether sutiicient local aid ~can be Obtained 12 do the grading remains to be determioed- ———eT———— THE WEATHER Orrice or TmE CHIZF SIGNAL OPYIC®: WASHINGTON, D, C.. May 25—1 & m.—For the Tennessce and Ohio Valley and Lake Reghoss generally higher pressurcs and lower tcm?fl" tures, fresh and brisk west to morth winds cluar and partly cloudy weather, sod gecastobl rains. £ " For the Upper Mississiopl and Lower Misso = Valleys, rising and sationary foliowed by & ine bagometer, northwest to mortheast cooler; clear, and partly cloudy weather, 2sibly cocasional rains, with winds sbiftinz® easteriy in the latter. 31 Tho Missouri River and Mississippi {0 & Louis to Memphis continue rising. UCAL OBSEBVATIONS. i ‘Ciitcago, MUS. Time, \Bar. |Thr, Hi| IFind. |¥el. fl[{"’fi e I B | " Maximum, 7 L6l GENERAL OBYERFATIONS. Cuioauo, May 25 Foain et ¢ —Midalght_ Omaba : Leavenworth 2. Keok 0. 29, p— THE COMMUNISTS. oe KEw York, May 25.—A larze masrmem ol offthe Socialistic Labor party was held het njftht. Addresses were made 1o sty lerman, which were redolent orCommI;B 4 New Yous Mar Bd m:fi-n::::inh,e National Greenback Labor p: Bt Z evening in front of the Cily-fla[vl, Baourl V. Trevellick, of Detroit, was a speaker: — OCEAN STEAMSHIP.NEWS- abiss New Youx, May 95.—Arrived, swxmm=l~ Mosel, from Bremenj Britanoia, from 77 pool. BuusroL, gon, from New York. QUEEN3TOWN,- May Bothnia, from New York. May 25.—Arrived, steamship AT — Arrived, steamsii?