The News Condensed

The bill to enoourage American shtp-building was passed in the senate on the 9th %nd the resolution for payment to the Chootaw and Chickasaw nations ior their interest in the Cheyenn and Arapahoe reserva tion was agreed to....ln the house the river and harbor bill (M7,0O0,O0O) was passed by a vote of 186 to 66. Thb senate received the river and harbor bill on the lOth from the house and it was referred to the committee on oommeroe. The conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed to - In the house the Pennsylvania contested electton case of Reynolds vs. Shouk was decided in favor oí Shouk (rep.), the sitting member. The sundry civil bill (Ï25,157,T87) was considered. On the 11 th a bill was introduced in the senate creatlng a new grade of letter carriers, to receive ll.üOO per annum. A bill was pagsed appropriating 1100,000 for a public building at Pierre, S. D - In the house a favorable report was made on the bill to remove the duty on silver lead ore. Mr. Bland offered an amendment to the sundry civil bill requiring that approprlatlons'be paid In silver. The amendmenV was ruled out Mr. Watson gave notie that hereafter the alllanc members would object to allrequests for unanlmous consent. IS the senate on the 12th bilU were intro4uced authorizing the president to proclaim a general holiday commemorating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, on Octcber 12, 1892, and to enoourage American shipbuilding. The naval appropriatlon bill was sidérea and the nomination of T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Massaehusetts, to be minister to France was conflrmed Ia the house the time was occupied in committee of the whole in disoussing the sundry civil appropriation bilL In the senate on the 18th a favorable report was made on the bill requirlng the heads of the executive departments to dismiss from the public service all persons who are not citizens of the United States and prohibiting the appointment of suoh person in the future. The naval appropriation bill was considered. Adjourned to the 16th - In the house the entire day was spent in fllibustering against a private bill. DOM ESTÍO. By an explosión of gas in the slope of mine No. 2 of the Northern Pacific Coal Company at Eoslyn, Wash., between forty-flve and fifty lives were lost. The mine was on flre and it was impossible to recover the bodies. In Anderson county, S. C, William Wilson, a farmer, cut his wife's throat with a razor, killing her instantly, and then cut his own throat. Jealousy was the cause. Major Henetrix (colored) killed his wife and baby at Earlington, Ky., ard then fled. Domestio trouble was the cause. 1 iré destroyed the stable of Henry Gusue in New York and roasted to death twenty-seveu valuable horses. L. A. McCrbart, of Detroit, was elected president of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit association of the United States. The Johnstown flood commission held its first meeting in Philadelphia. The total amount disbursed by the commission amounted to $2,966,384. M. W. Weltojí's feed store and six dweilings at Meadville, Pa., were burned, the loss beinff 8100,000. Geokge Girdam and David Markley were drowned at Toledo, O., by being caujrht in the current of the swollen Maumee and carried beyond help. The statistical returns of the department of agriculture at Washington for May indícate an average condition of 84for wheat, against 81.2 last month. The Ohio supreme court rendered a decisión sustaining the oompulsory education lavv. Flames at Portsmouth, N. H., destroyed a lumberyard, fifteen buildings and a brewery, the total loss being-over 500,000. William Howakd Neff, a Cincinnati capitalist, made an assignment for the benefit of creditors with liabilities of I 8130,000 and assets of 8200,000 I. F. Mack, of Sandusky, was elected department commander of the Ohio, G. A. E,., and A. A. Steadman, of Council Bluffs, was elected to the same office by the G. A. R. in Iowa. A grand celebration took place at Astoria, Ore., in honor of the hundredth anniversary oí the discovery of the Columbia river. , The General Federation of Women's Clubs opened its flrst biennial convention at Central Music hall in Chicago. The navy department at Washington ordered the Yorktown, Mohican, Rush and Adams to sail at once for Behring sea to protect the sealmg industries. Jackson Moore (colored) shot and killed lus wife at Palatka, Fis, and then committed suicide. Jealousy was the cause. About 5,000 persons witnessed the launching at Bath, Me., of the United States gunboat No. (, named the Castine. An extra session of the North Dakota legislature will meet at liismarok June 1. Luther Wells (colored) was ljnched by a mob in Meroer county, W. Va., for murdering D. M. Justice, 'a white man. Robert and Thomas Stansbury attempted to cross the river at Ravenna, O., m a small boat, but were run down by a passing steamer and drowned. B. A. Schofield, of Ewing, Mieh., shot and killed his wife at Duluth] Minn., and then took his own life. Mrs! Schofield had left her husband because' of his drinkinc. i he wife and chilcl of William Coon, living near Presoott, la., were mnrdered during the absence of Mr. Coon. A nephew named James Dooley, who had disappeared, was thought to be the criminal. Foub boilers exploded in a lumber mili at Midland, Mich., killing John Allen, Eugene Valkenburg and Dick Stears. Several other men were injured. The new steel bridge across the Mississippi river at Memphis, Tenn., was opened for traffic with imposing ceremonies. The structure is nearly 3 miles long and cost 82,500,000. At Cherokee, Cal.. Jack Powers. Jr., J. C. Hall and L. P. Hall were killed by the in of the walls of a mine in whieh they were working-. Thomas A. Maddock & Sons' pottery works at Trenton, N. J., were burned, causing a loss of 8175.000. The caterpülars have made their appearance in large numbers in North Carolina and have stripped the forests of all their leaves. They were moving lowly westward. Twenty-sevkn houses were burned in one of the best residence portions of Savannah, Ga. Loss about $100,000. The territorial capítol at Santa Fe, N. M., was totally destroyed by an cendiary flre. Loss, 250,000; no ïnsurance. The records were saved. The Childs-Drexel national home for indigent printers was dedieated at Colorado Springs, Col. The building cost 860,000. At the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 13th aggregated 81,231.297,204, against 81,280,083,610 the previous week. The increase as compared with the corresponding week of 1891 was 4.9. Ihe auditor's statement for April shows that the total receipts for the world's fair from all sources to April 30 were L8,186,717.22. The disbursements were 85,277,883.22, leaving a balance of 82,908,834. In the United States the business failures during the seven days ended on the 18th numbered 175, against 209 the preceding week and 237 for the corresponding week last year. The dweiling house of Wal ter Fitch at Spades, Ind., was burned and Mrs. Leah Fitch and Mrs. Knapp, the housekeeper, were burned to death. Edwabd Zehmkr, a general storekeeper at Perrysville, Pa., shot his wife and sister-in-law, Mrs. Eapp, and then committed suicide. No cause knovvn. Thk executive board of the Knights of Labor, in session at Pittsburgh, Pa., decided to ask all farmers not to buy footwear unless it is union made. The secretary of the treasury and the director of the mint have approved the pian suggested by the world's fair management that 820,000,000 in fifty-cent pieces be struck off with designs appropriate to the exposition. Etienne Deschamps was hanged at New Orleans for the murder of 13-yearold Juliet Deitsch; Elijah Cheavers was executed in Ware county, Ga., for the murder of Sheriff Culpepper, and Coleman Wilson, wlio murdered D. F. Adkins, in McDuffy county, Ga., was also hanged. During the season just closed 5,354,320 bushels of oysters were measured in maryland. All the bodies of the victims of the recent gas explosión in the mine at Roslyn, Wash., have been recovered. The total number is forty-three. About 250 children are left fatherlees. James Taylob, the man with sixty vvives, was sentenced in Boston to three years in the state prison on one count. Resolutioxs were adopted at the deep waterway convention in Memphis that congress should make liberal appropriations to improve the Mississippi and its tributaries. The confedérate soldiers' home at the "Hermitage," Andrevv Jackson's place at Nashville, Tenn., was opened. It has accommodations for 125 men. The Missouri river was nearly a foot above the danger line at Kansas City and the flats were flooded. At St. Louis the water was higher than it had Deen at any time since 1883. Eeports from other points in Missouri and from Kansas were to the effect that the waters were steadily rising-, doing-great damage. Lumber dealers of Cincinnati, Coving-ton and Newport have advanced the price of their lumber 5 per cent. Jüstice Harlan and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, have been selected as Behring sea arbitrators by President Harrison. The Federa-tion of Women's Clubs in session in Chicago reelected Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown, of New Jersey, as president. Sahdelis Harter, fireman at the Pabst building in Mllwaukee, shot himself because of domestic trouble, and his wife killed herself by poison. Chables Jokes, aged 24, shot and killed Anna Devan, aged 15, at Eden, 111., because she refused tö marry him, and then took his own life. James Dooley, arrested ior murdering his aunt, Mrs. Coons, and his eousin, at Prescott, Ia., has confessed his crime. Dooley's aunt had seolded him for getting drunk, and this caused tbe deed. Pifteen residences were torn to kindlinjj wood and scattered far and wide at Augusta, Kan., by a cyclone. No lives were lost. William Frazer, of Kansas City, was elected president of the International Printers' Protective fraternity at the convention in Milwaukee. Two highwaymen held np Royal F. Fox, paymaster of the Solray Process Company at Syracuse, N. Y., and secured $',300 f rom him. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. The Federal Suft'rage association of the United States was org-anized in Chicago with M. B. Castle, of Sandwich, 111., as president. lts object is to enlist and unite all persons of the various congressional districts for earnest work to secure the ballot to all citizens of the United States. Congkessiostal nominations were made as follows: Ohio, Eleventh district, C. H. Grosvenor (rep.). Missouri Fifth district, Mr. Tarsney (dem.) renominated. North Carolina, First district, Charles C. Pool (rep.). Indiana. becond district, M. W. Ackerly (farmer's alliance). David Lowe, aged 71, and Esthei Jane Allen, aged 74, were married at Otsego, Mich. This is Mr. Lowe's second matrimonial venture and Mrs. Allen's fourth. The democrats of Connectiout in state convention at New Haven nominated delegates at large to the national convention favorable to Cleveland. The platform adopted demands a revisión of the tariff along the lines of the democratie national platform of 1888 and denounces the free coinage of silver. The Louisiana legislature convened at Baton Rouge. Uncle Jimmv Layton died at May's Landing, N. J., aged 105 years. Ho leaves a wife aged 90. His' father died when 102 years old and his mother also passed the century mark. The Colorado prohibltionists in oonrention at Donver selocted delégate to the national convention at CincinnatiJune 29. The platform demands the immediate repeal of all degrading and discriminating legislation airainst silver. The Iowa democrats in convention at Council Bluffs elected delegates to the national convention instructed to vote for Boies for president. The platform denounces the protective tariff system, trusts and monopolies, and f avors the finanoial system of the fathers of the republic based upon eqüally free bimetallic coinage. The delégate at large are: J. H. Shields, of Dubuque; L. M. Martin, of Polk; E. Campbell, of Jefferson, and J. F. Duncombe, of Fort Dodg-e. Db. Enoch Fithian, of Greenwich, N. J., celebrated his lOOth birthday anniversary. The democrats of Missouri in convention at Sedalia elected deleg-ates to Chicago favorable to the nomination of Cleveland for president. CoNGRESSiojfAL nominations were made as follows: Kansas, Fourth district, Charles K. Curtís (rep.). Ohio, Fourth district, F. C. Layton (dem.). Pennsylvania, Twenty-fifth district, Thomas W. Phillips (rep.). R. P. Earhart, collector of customs at Portland and for eight years secretary of stat of Orejón, died at Portland. The New Hampshire democrats in state convention at Concord elected deleg-ates to Chicag-o who will vote for the nomination of Cleveland for dent. Ihe democrats of the Second Indiana district have nominated John L. Bretz for congress. The people's party national convention will be held at Omaha, Neb., July 4. Robert C. Winthrop observed the 83d anniversarj of nis birth at his home in Boston. He is the oldest surviving ex-speaker of the national house of representatives. The prohibitionists of the Eighth district of Indiana have nominated John L. Shields tor congress. FOREIGN. British troops in East África have defeated the natives and captured a number of slave caravans. While 100 workmen, with theirwives and children, were the river near Brody, Austria, on a raft the raft capsized, all were thrown into the water and sixty persons were drowned. A labge rink in course of construction at Buenos Ayres collapsed and thirty persons were killed. The Orchard sugar refmery and stores at Greenock, Scotland, were destroyed by fire, the loss 8150,000. Gex. Gkesser, the prefect of pólice of St. Petersburg, who was poisoned by nihilists, is dead. In a fig-ht between Garza bandits and Mexican troops in Mexico Gen. Flores and nine of nis bandit followers were killed. Ten THOtTSAND f oreign Jews in Odessa have been ordered to leave Russia forthTvith. Heymann, Alexandeu & Co., yarn merchants at Bradford, Kngland, have failed. with liabilities of $400,000. By the of a dwelling house at Crefod, in Prussia, seven people vvere suffocated to death. Thk suspension of the People's lottery in Montreal is announced. Thousands of tickets have been sold for which there will be no dravvinf. A waterspout burst over the mines at Fuenfkercben, in Hungary, and the mines vvere flooded while the men vvere at work and 100 or more lost their Uves. LATER NEWS. The United States Senate was not in sessionon the Hth. In the house a committee was appointed to investígate the affaire of the Freedman's bank and the Freedman's and Trust Company. The death of Senator Barbour, of Virg-inia, was announced, and appropriate resolutions were adopted. Fire at Newton, Kan., destroyed W. Pherson's livery stable and eleven horses. The territorial convention of the people's party of Oklahoma was held at (ruthrie and delegates were chosen to the national convention who favor James B. YVeaver for president. A cave-ijt at the Acerada mine in I3utte, Mont., caused the loss of eleven lires. Thomas Da vis and Henry Dickerson, two negroes, were hanged at Nashville, 111., for the murder of Marcus Deitrieh at Richview December 26, 1S91. The shoe factory of F. W. Breed & Co. at Rochester, N. Y., was destroyed by fire, the loss being 115.000. John S. Bahbour, United States senator from Virginia, died at his residence in Washington of heart failure, aged 72 years. A fishing smack was run down by a steamer off Skiebbereen, Eng-land, and the crew of eight men were lost. OwïNG to the forgetfulness of Charles Smith, the station agent of the Big Four railroad at Cleves, O., a passens-er ana Ireight train collided and seven men were killed and eight otlier persons were injured. The Silver Lake Ice Company's immense ice house at Perry, N. Y., was burned by incendiarles, the loss beinn8250,000. Contijíued rains caused great floods along the low lands of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. At St. Louis factories and railroad property suffered great loss, and in Kansas many buildings in Kansas City, Armourdale and Argentine were swept away. About 87,500,000 was paid out during the last fiscal year by the government as sugar bounties. Is the National league the percentages of the baseball clubs for the week ended on the 14th were: Boston, .783; Brooklyn, .650; Cleveland, .571; Louisville, .565; Pittsburgh, .542; Chicago, Cincinnati, .522; Philadelphia, .455; New York, 450; Washington, .450; St. Louis, .292; Baltimore, 200. The percentages in clubs of the Western league wereMilwaukee, .786; Columbus, .737; Kansas City, .588; Toledo, .539; Omaha, 400; St. Paul, .833; Minneapolis, .231: lndiana'polis, .111.