The News Condensed

IN the senate on the 2d the bül to fix the price oí lands entered under the desert-land laws at 1.25 per acre was passed. A substitute for the bül to indemnify the settlers upon the Des Motnes rlver lands in Iowa was reported which appropriates J500.000 to be applied to this purose upon condition tht the state shall appro)riate an equal sum. ... In the house biUs were assed to pension survivors of the Black Hawk, aerokee, Creek and Seminóle wars; appropriatlng J160.000 to pay the expenae3 of the 3ehring sea arbitration, and the free binding twine bill. The senate agreed to the conference report on ths Chinese exclusión biH on the 3d. The resident's message on the subject of an interïational conference as to silver coinage was dlscussed. Mr. Kyle spoke in favor of th free coinage of silver.. .In the house the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was passed. The senate amendments to the army appropriation bill were non-concurred in and a conference was ordered. In the senate on the 4th bilis were passed conveying certain land to the state of Kansas for the benefit of the old soldiers and for the sale of :ïie lands of the Klamath river Indian reservation in California In the house the conference report on the Chinese exclusión bill was agreed to. A bill was introduced providing for the repeal of all laws imposing a tax upon the currency of olrculating notes tssued by authority of any state or any banking ansoclation organized by the authority of any state. IN the pénate a remonstrance was presented on the 5th against legislation to close the world's fair on Sundays. Bills were passed to establish sub-ports of entry at Superior, Wis., and Ashland, Wis In the house the river and harbor bill (S47 ,000,000) was presented and Mr. Holman (Ind.) and Mr. Breckinridge (Ky.) attacked the bill as being an extravagant one. In the senate on the 6th a resolution was discussed to pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for their interest in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations about f3,000,000. Eulogies were delivered upon the late Senator Wilson, of Maryland. Adjourned to the 9tta.... In the house the session was devoted almost entirely to consideration of the river and harbor bill. An adverse report was made on the bill proposing an amendment to the constitution providing for uniform divorce in the several States. DOMESTIC. Heavy snowstorms prevailed in portions of Minnesota, Wiseonsin and South Dakota. Gen. üeorge F. Dutassigi, general manager of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., committed suicide at Wilmington, Del. Christian Nelson, of Denmark, Ia., became angered at his wife on some slight pretense and beat lier fatally with a club. Mus. Samuel M. Bauer was filling a gasoline stove at Louisville, Ky., when the fluid exploded, fatally burning Mrs. Bauer and her 16-months-old son. A passenger train going at the rate of 55 miles an hour ran into a freight train on the Panhandle road near Scio, O., and several passengers and train hands were injured and the engines and a mail car were wrecked. Theodore S. Bakeb cut his throat with a razor at Landes, 111., beeause Miss Lulu Paddocks refused to marry him, and died at her feet. The treasury department monthly statement of changes in the circulation during April shows a net increase in the circulation during the last month amounting to 84,930,724. The total cir culation May 1 was 81,613,572,244. Thirteen persons were injured, three fatally, in an accident on the San Fran cisco and San Mateo Electric railroad Mrs. Bridget Walsh was murderec in a fiendish manner in Chicago by her nephew, Thomas Walsh. The body was hacked and gashed in sixty-five places Jesse Moobe, 19 years old, who livec with her mother near Zanesville, O. was fatally injured by a vicious cow. Considerable excitement existec over the ugly attitude assumed by the . Cheyenne Indians toward the settlers in the lands recently opened to settiement in Oklahoma. Makt and Susie Demitaler, children of Mrs. Mary Demitaler, were fatally injured bj" the cars in Chicago. A FIRE at Eushville, Ind., caused a loss of $150,000. The Eobinson Woolen Company of Kansas City, Mo., failed with assets of $1,000,000. Liabilities unknown. Charles Emory Smith, United States minister to Russia, arrived in New York on the Teutonic. Mrs. Ellis Carpenter, wife of a prominent farmer of Shupp Hill, Pa., was struek and killed by lightning while praying. Jennie Mitchell and Sylvia Guihen were struek by an express train at Knobnoster, Mo., and killed. The hawser of the steamer Peruvian snapped at her pier in Boston, cutting; off both feet of Joseph Silver and both hands of George Neal, stevedores. Paul Conrad, manager of the Louisiana lottery, says that the lottery will eease to exist in any form when its contract expires in 1S95. The department of agriculture has issued a bulletin which shows that at least 15 per cent. of the entire food product of the country is adulterated. All the streams in southern Nebraska and northwestern Kansas were out of their banks and were much damage to crops. An express train on the Santa Fe road went through a bridge into a ravine near Dumas, Mo., and se ven persons were killed and over thirty others were injured. Patrick O'Sullivan, the ice man, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for connection with the murder of Dr. Cronin in Chicago, died at the penitentiary in Joliet. All the great central región has been swept by nood and much dam age was reported from cities in Illinois, lowa and Kansas. í'lam#s in a slaughter house in New York city caused a loss of 8150,000. Two hundred horses and a hundred head of cattle were burned. At the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 6th aggregated 81,280,683,610, against $1,088,019,716 the previous week. The decrease as compared with the corresponding week oí 1891 was 4.0. L. D. Slaughter and Torn Bailey (both colored) were hanged at Little Rock, Ark. Slaughter murdered his mistress and Bailey killed a peddler. Thomas Lawton was hanged at Canon City, Col., for the murder of John Hemming in 1891. Bishop Thoban's report on mission work in India at the Methodist conference in Omaha shows 30,000 member lave been added to the church in the jast four years. rr"TK Michigan Salt Company has reuced the price of salt ten cents a brel at all its western agencies in order o meet New York and Ohio compe,ition. Charles Kendai.l Ada ms, president of Cornell university at Ithaca, N. Y., ïas resigned. Chari.es Pinckham, Jr., formerly president of the Bank of Harlem, N. Y., was arrested on the charge of misappropriating $70,000 of the bank's unds. IT' was reported that ex-Tax Colector P. J. Becker, of Covington, Ky., ïad been found to be 850,000 short in nis accounts. The Chinese minister at Washington denounces the exclusión bilí and says the measure is a most flagrant violation of treaty stipulations. Dr. Lbwis Swift, of Rochester, N. Y., has been awarded the cornet medal given by the Astronomical society of the Pacific coast. In Lancaster county, Pa., an earthquake shock was followed by a terrific rain and hailstorm which unroofed houses, leveled barns and caused life of life. Charles Vansarten and Minnie Goff , who were engaged to be married, tried to ford lieaver creek at Stuart, Ia., and both were drowned. The larg-est horse in ttie world, standing twenty-two hands high and weighing 2,800 pounds, died at Fort Worth, Tex. High water was stilldoing great damage in portions of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Theodorf, L. Woodruff, aged 81, the pioneer in the building of cars, was killed by struck by a train at Gloucester. N. J. The people's party of Maine met in convention at Gardiner and nominated L. C. Bateman for governor. Delegates at large to the national convention were also chosen. James Khoons, aged 101 years, died at Peru, Ind. WiscojfSiN democrats in convention at Milwaukee instructed delegates to the national convention to vote for Cleveland. The delegates at large are VVilliam F. Vilas, Edward S. Bragg, Edward C. Wall and John H. Knight. The platform opposes free coinage of silver, opposes state interference with parental rights in the education of children, and approves the record of the last democratie naticnal administration. The North Dakota republican convention at Orand Forks elected delegates o the national convention favorable to larrison. The republicans of Connecticut in .tonvention at Hartford adopted resolutions indorsing the administration of President Harrison and expressing continued belief in the principies of protection to American industries. The delegates to the national convention were uninstructed. Maryi,and republicans in convention at Frederick adopted resolutions indorsing Harrison's administration, re ciprocity and the McKinley bill, anc against free coinage of silver. The delegates elected to the national con vention were instructed for Harrison The Michigan democrats in conven tion at Muskegon elected Spencer O Fisher, Don M. Dickinson, Edwarc Ryan and Edward F. Uhl as delegates at large to the national conven tion anc the delegates were instructed to vote for Cleveland. Tarilï reform was pronounced the overshadowing issue of the coming campaign. The republicans in state convention at Nashville, Tenn., nomioated George W. Winstead for governor. The platform adopted indorses the administration of President Harrison and the McKinley bill, and denounces the state convict lease system. In state convention at Stockton the California republicans elected delegates to the national convention who go uninstructed. The platform favors free silver coinage, the eight-hour law and the election of United States senators by direct vote oí the people. President Harrison's administration was indorsed. Charles Harris, known as "Cari Pretzel," for many years well known as a newspaper publisher, died in Chicago, aged 49 years. The republicans of the Thirteenth Illinois district have nominaied Charles P. Kane for congress, and in the First Missouri district nominated R. D. Cramer. In the Eighteenth Illinois district the people's party nominated John Poirrot. In state convention at Spring-field the Illinois republicans renominated Joseph W. Fifer for g-overnor. Delegates at large to the national convention were eleeted as follows: Shelby M. Cullom, Richard J. Oglesby, Joseph T. Cannon, Joseph Eobbins, James II. Gilbert, Miles Kehoe, George B. Swift and Samuel B. Raymond. The platform indorses the McKinley tariiE bilí, instructs the delegates to vote for Harrison for president, denounces the proposed free coinage of silver and advocates the repeal of the compulsory education law. George G. Willits and Richard Yates were nominated for congressmen at large. In the democratie convention at Montpelier, Vt., B. B. Stnalley was nominated for ffovernor. The resolutions indorse Cleveland but do not instruct the national delegates. The republican convention at Poca tello, Idaho, eleeted delegates to the Minneapolis convention instructed to vote for no person for president or vice president who is not in favor of free coinage of silver. In convention at Martinsburg the West Virginia republicans selected delegates to Minneapolis instructed to vote for Harrison. The resolutions indorse the administration and the McKinley bill. The republicans of the Sixth district of Ohio have nominated G. W. Hulick for congress. In the Twelfth Illinois district the democrats nominated John J. McDonald, and in the Thirteenth Indiana district Jameo S. Dodge is the republican nominee. In convention at Hutchison the Kansas republicans nominated George T. Anthony for congressman at large. The delegates eleeted to the national convention were instrueted ior Iiarrison. The platform heartily indorses -resident Harrison's administration; commends the McKinley tarilï and reciprocity and paises Secretary Blaine's ddrainistration of the state department. The republicans of Rhode Island in convention at Providence eleeted dele gates to the national conventioi. who jo uninstrueted. The prohibitionists of Arkansas met at Little Rock and nominated N. J. Nelson for governor. The Minnesota repuulicans in convention at St. Paul eleeted delegates to the national convention and adopted a platform indorsing President Harrison's administration, protection to American industries, favor a currency based on gold and silver, and denounce speculation in agricultural products. The republicans of Wisconsin in convention at Milwaukee eleeted Henry C. Paine, John C. Spooner, Lucius Fairchild and Isaac Stephenson as delegates at large to the national convention. The platform indorses President Harriton's administration, favors protection to American industries and labor, opposes the free coinage of silver, and declares the educatioual issue in the state as permanently settled. The prohibitionists of the Third Illinois district have nominated Joseph E. Young for congress. W. A. McKeeghan has been renominated for congress by the independent people's convention of the Fifth Nebraska district. The Virginia republicans in state convention at Richmond eleeted delegates to the national convention who will go uninstrueted. The republicans of the Eighth Ohio district have nominated Thomas R. Morgan for congress. FORE1GN. Alfred Friedlander, a well-known Berlín banker and broker, failed for 2,500,000 marks. The Russian government has offered 100,000 rubíes reward for the detection of the publishers of anarchy pamphlets in which the czar is blamed for the f amine apd misery now prevailing in parts of the empire. At Vilna, Kussia, six Jews and Jewesses were convicted of murdering babies that had been intrusted to their charge and were sentenced to from six to twenty years' penal servitude. Bombs were thrown at the mail trains running from Pesth to Temesvar, in Austria, and three passengers were injured. Pibe at Montreal destroyed the Island City paint and oil works, with a large stock. Loss, $125,000. A sp ark from a locomotive was the cause of a fire at VVaterloo, Can., which destroyed twenty buildings. The pólice of Paris have notified the St. Petersburg pólice of the departure from France of a party of nihilists who are plotting against the czar. Premier Rudini, of Italy, handed in the resignations of himself and cabinet. John Datid Nichol,, editor of a London anarchist paper, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Lamperti, the f amous singing master, died at Milan. Amonpr his pupils wera Mme. Albani, Miss Van Zandt and apanini. LATER NEWS Thk United States senate was not in session on the 7th. In the house the time was oceupied in discussing the river and harb-r appropriation bill. Throughout the northwestern tier of counties in Nebraska snow feil to the depth of 16 inches. The famous castle at Rantzleu, Germany, stored with antiquities, has been destroyed by tire. The plant of the Butters & Peters Salt and Lumber Company near Ludington, Mich., was wiped out by fire, the loss beiug 175,000. It was said that 12,000 negroes were preparing to leave Tennessee for Oklahoma. Fire destroyed forty-five dwellings and many places of business at Fairville, N. B., and eighty families were left homeless. In a fit of jealousy Abel Smith shot and killed his wife at Canarsie, L. I., and then threw himself before a train and was instantly killed. Reports from points in Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Indiana showed conditions caused by the prevailing flood. By the eapsizing of a boat at Woodsdale island, near Cincinnati, Alice Larue and Katie Clark, young ladies, were drowned. In Kentucky the people's party made the following congressional nominations: First district, B. F. Keys: Second, Thomas Pettit; Third, C. W. Biggers; Fourth, M. R. Gardner. Near Orlando, O. T., a cloudburst caused a flood that drowned many cattle and washed away several houses and barns. John Crockett was killed. Chablks Tamerlin, a stevedore, committed suicide at San Francisco while drunk by throwing himseli intO the f urnace of a fire tug. A F1BK in Niching1, China, destroyed 2,000 houses. A number of persons were killed and thousauds were left destitute. Scott's f amous Haymarket restaurant was burned in London and four waiters perished in the flamea. In the National league the percentages of the baseball clubs for the week ended on the 7th were: Boston, .883; Brooklyn, .722; Louisville, .611; Pittsburph, .579; Cincinnati, .526; Philadelphia, .500; Washington, .500; Cleveland, .471; New York, 438; Chicago, 889; St. Louis, .294; Baltimore, 111. The percentajes in clubs of the Western league were: Mil waukee, .800; Kansas City, .714; Columbus, .643; Toledo, .546; Omaha, 400; St. Paul, .333; Minneapolis, 250; lndianapolis, .000. ■