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Show THE SUN. SPANISn FORK, - THE WINNER. OXFORD UTATI. t lotory Over the Cumlirlclge Crew. On the 22nd, lor the fiftieth time, crews of Oxford amt Cum bridge sat In their shells on the Thames waters ami rowed for dear l.fe to vicwin, and Oxford won her tory over Cambridge, Tbo course is the historic stretch of water lying between Iulncy and Mortlakc, which measures approximately four and a quarter miles. It w us exactly 4: tit when the plrUil wasflred. Cambridge took to the water first and also s slight lead, which as Clampers bout house was reached amounted to about three fuct. Both crews were pulling thirty-eigstrokes to the minute. It was a very .pretty and close race to Hammersmith bridge, a mile and s from the start. Here Oxford, which in the Intervening distance bad forged to the front, had a lead of a quarter of a length. The light bluet, however, tut out passing the bridge, and'tbcir spurt placed them level with their opponents. This position they were unable to maintain, and when the lead mills, a very short distance he- yond Hammersmith bridge, were reached, the Oxonians were again slowly hut surely regaining their lead. Never afterward were the Cambridge crew able to catch up with tbo Oxfords. At Chiswick Evolt, the small Island lit the Corneyrcach, about two and a half miles from the start, the Cambildgo crew made another spuit, but their efforts wero vain, tho Oxonians, who were then three feet ahead, easily kept the advantage. The light blues struggled manfully to overtake the Oxonians. Inch by Inch they gained, but the Oxford crew, wllh all their reserve strength brought Into play, swung backward and forward, fairly lifting their shell from tho water. Both of tho crews struggled desperately for the mastery, but the Oxford crew, despite tho twenty-twpounds heavier weight In their bont, pulled the more powerful and telling strokes and pas-e- d the finishing line two and a half lengths ahead of Cam-ITer Twenty-Sevent- h ' twenty-sevent- A WELL-CONCEAL- STILL. NEWS h ht Tba lilt) leu 1'Unt of a, North Carol!. i Moonshiner Jlseovered. Tho ingenious contrivances of tbo moonshiners of the Southern states to outwit the revenue officials ar many and of tho most unique kind. Tho latest was unearthed near New-higlit, S. (. three-quarter- them-selv- The officers knew that blockade" liquor was being manufactured in this township, but no one had ever seen tho still. Sufflcieiit evidence had been gathered to show that Dick" liay and his son Nick" and Junius E. Catlett had been retailing liquor without license, but the where abouts of tho still rould not be disOn tho night of February covered. 7 Deputy Collector 1. T. Massey, Deputy Marshals J. 11. Holland and John 1L Upehurst, and F. M. Soinroll and Lera" Massey left Raleigh on a raid through this township. They concluded to give tho night to tho hou-of Dick" liajt, which is on a bluff about fifty yards from tho Neuso river. It is a largo log house, about forty foot square, with a porch running through tho middle, and a chimney at both ends. Ulge. About daybreak the two Rays The olllclal time was 18 minutes 47 secand Catlett wore observod in the onds, tho best time ever made over the course, yard cutting and carrying wood into the t previous time, made by Oxford last the house, but there was no sign of year, having been minutes 21 seconds. a still anywhere and neither of tho Oxford bus now won for four years In sucmen left tho premises. Search was cession. For the four preceding years Cammado up and down tho ravines and bridge was the victor. The Oxford boat carbranches, but no sign of a still could ried 1,471 and the Cambridge boat 1,447 .pounds. be found. The Oxford and Cambridge race la of InterTho following night the officers by reason ot the prospective again surrounded the houso and Upo est to Americans of theso famous and famously appearance on was of tho bank hurst th6 opposite against our pelted river. About sunrise ho noticed In trained crews In America tho river what appeared to him as Harvard or Yule. So the comparison a of time made at home and abroad becomes matter vapor rising from the water. This of importance. In tbe race Harvard was very unusual ami lie called tho and Yale have never tbe lime made equaled attention of tho party and they mado by Oxford lust In 1888 tbe distance was an examination. They found a pipo covered lu 20:01.year. running through tho river in tho diMontana's hover Hiatus. rection of Ray's houso. Hy digging Tbe largest silver statue ever known was a few feet into tho hill they got at on tho 18th. tho pipe above tho water and found HixU'CUy hundredt at Chicago pounds of sterling sbver that it was running slops made by a were melted In a crucible at Grand Crossing, tbe nmllen muss wus poured Into a huge mold whisky still. This discovery added mystery to and Moniaiia's silver stulue ot Justice was an fact. tho situation as there was no sign accomplished For six weeks past half a dozen of the most whatever of a still at Rays house. expert (minders in the world have been enTho officers then decided to search gaged lu preparing for the event. Tho plasmodel of the statue made by Sculptor K. house. tho were met ter They il. l'ark stood before them, and tbelr business at tho door by tho three was, first, to construct a mold which would men and tho woman of tho famrepioduce the exact counterpart of the model and, second, to cast It ily. Assent to search the house was lu precious nieliil, without (law or blemish. The mold was readily given, livery nook and cor- made of French clay, and when It wus accurner was pried into and not a drop of ately finished a baking process followed. liquor could Iw found nor any sign of This hardened tbe clay ml titled It for Its a still. Tho officers rctirod for con- ulllmute object. It was lit tlie presence of a distinguished sultation and decided that they would company the molten metal wn slowly poured retnove tho passage floor and soo Into the mold, which had been burled in a what was under tho house. deep pit. When, after Hie lapse of an hours was remove and the slain: When tho floor had been taken up time, the mold revealed, It proved to la: Indeed a beauty. In under it the apthe white, shilling metal the majestic proporpresented overj thing pearance of dry ground where chick- tions of Mr. Park model were seen to the ens bad roosted and wallowed in tho greatest possible advantage, and cuconluius showered upon the workmen. dust Holland crawled around and werefulily The total cost of the statue. It la stated, .Is Anally thought tho eurth gave way $70,000. The height of the statue la five feet undor him, and removed tho dirt and tell Inches, and It will stand upon a silver found a plunk ulmut four inches un- globeIntwo feet In din meter. The scales to lie one held aud the sword which will der ground. As soon as this was Iw) grasped hand lu the other w be separately discovered Nick" Ray aud Catlett cost, but every part of tbe statue will bn of took to the woods. Tho latter wus sterling silver. Tho metal comes from Montana, every ounce having been extracted front ouught but Nick" mado good his es- tho uativa ore lu various smelting works of cape. His father had Ken paralyzed the state. and did not make any attempt to get Coni Stines II timing. away. The planks wero removed, a The Honey Brook mine, operated by the cellar nearly as largo as tho homo I.ehlgh and Wilkesliarre Coal Company, Is on was found, and it was a complete distire again. It la several months since fire was tillery. Tho smoko was conveyed to discovered in this mine, it was sutd several one of the chimneys, tho slops and tunes that the lire was out. At no tune, howwater wore curried to tho river ever was the fire thought to lot of any consethrough the pipe, and water for tho quence, Tho present outbreak shows that It Is alarmworm was brought clown into tbo celingly extensive, T he surface near the strip lar by a pipe from the well, which ping Is so heated that w ater Dow lug over il is iuiiHediately dried up. Work ou the stripwas artistically hidden. iirave pings will soon have to The elder llay went to tho river apprehension is felt for the surrounding and examined the pipe, and declared mines, will, il a radius of four mi.es the Buck Mountain and that the dry weather hnd reduced the veins knownaress Wliaitou, winked by dilUrcot compaMammoth water in tho river so low that thee nies. Miottld the lire spread to auy of these was not enough to keep the vapor opening the loa will l liiimense. Millions of dollars worth of coal property from the at ill from rising to tho sure o bi Lc-- 111 four-mil- e ca-- succc-sluil- 1 111 I la Imperilled. face. It was ascertained thnt tho still had been there for nearly eight Tho capacity was twelve gallons per day, and it had been running constantly tdneo it had lecn put up. There aro several registered distilleries near Rays, and it is tho opinion of tho revenue officers that tho product of Ray's distillery was sold to theso for a small sum. the material p-ar- loing furnished by tho government distilleries, as they aro called. Tbe pevuharity of the fire Is that ttsorlglu Is a mystery. It burned so rapidly at tirsv that the tlinlwit tuppui ting the slope gave wav, closing that opening bciore au Investigation could be unde. Every ef- fort matte since to gutn aeee-- s to the mine has The village of Houey been uusticces-fu- l. Brook, which Is directly over the mine, U a menaced by collapse of the earth. I Issurrs run through the toaru. They have been caused by a settling of the earth after the slope closed. These cracks serve ax chimneys for the escape ot the gas accumulating lu the Interior. So thick aie lint vapors Hint on several occasions It wax linixH-ib- l toseeany distance. The pvople of Honey Brook are In a slate ot terror. More Appointments, The Right fort of a Doctor. President Cleveland on the 22ml sent to the I recently mado a visit to Indiana. Senate the following appointments; mong the c haracters" In the lit-tl- o of Conneciirut, to be John 8, Hoosler town which proudly owns commissionertvjnmur of patent; 8 las W. Lsmore me as a favorite son is an Irishwoman raux ot i"ohsn, to le coiunitltmer of the biller; Mllllamll. Mins ot Misby tbo name of Lynch. Not long ago general laud to he first assistant secretary of tbe Mrs. Lynch made a vMt to tho town sissippi, EJwnud A. Bowers of nshlugton, Interior; comml.ltmer of tbe cemetery. Tho sexton welcomed tho D. C., to be iii-wV old lady with a mournful smile, and said pathetically: You have quito a number of little graves to look after, Mrs. Lynch Yls. God be praised, I hov. 1 ? nine children buried bore." What physician do vou eraplc, 1 Mr. Lynch?'" Dochter Drown. Hivln Mess hln lie the only dochter In town who understands the constitution of me chlldor." Washington Post Industry nu l.land.. Crisfleld. Md., is interfiled m the operation of a strarger who has bought tvven islands to raUe delical cies for the market fl4, ctaba and perhaps terrapin among lb possibilities. soft-shel- general laud office; Henry C. Bell, to be second commissioner of p't.a mis. 11 or see H. l.ui ton of Tennessee, to be United 8tte Circuit judge ft r the Sixth judicial district Ths Work of blends. Four makfd men entered the bouse of J, C. McClelland, a wealthy farmer of Finley-vlllPennsylvania, and upon the refusal of Mrs. Kerr, a i anted spier, to disclose the hiding place of .McClelland's money, the deshair and Wind end peradoes cut n!t gagged her. They then took her beby Into another notu where they stuck plus Into Its fret to make It rty. The men w l,o remained la the room with Mrs, 1 Ciet.aud told her the child was bcia muidred tud the only wav to save Re I'fr was to tell where tho money w icvreJ railing to force her to ted, they ransack-- d the house, but left withAs this U the third out securing gaytbing outre.,' ly g)4ieJ uuu lu that local. tv with, few weeks the citizens have hreotnn lu tbe fiends If roused and threaten to capture d e, hr i OFJTIE WEST. Colorado, The Republicans of Denver have nominated M. D. Van Horn for mayor. The fourth annual bench show In Denver, will be held April 11th and 12th. A girl mimed Ilavdeu was fatally burned at Colorado Springs a few days ago while playing with a tire. Mr TV, F.. Fubor, known to nearly everyone In Colorado, has started a paper at Avon Bark, Florida, called the J'lneapplr. The officers at Greeley think that they have John Davis, a negro, w ho la wanted lu Missouri and Texas for murder and rape. The Humboldt mine lu Mandmll Busin has been abut down aa the seventy-fiv- e miners employed refuse to work for $3 per day. Anton Woode, the boy, wbo shot and killed a hunter near Denver lust f.nl, has been convicted of murder in the second degree. Granville Pendleton, a lawyer at Yutu.i. wire horsewhipped a few days Hgo by Mrs. John Grannie. A lawsuit was the cause of the trouble, A would-b- e had man attempted to rob an Aspen woman In her home a few days ago, hut she picked up a loaded riilo and he vanished from sight. G. W. Kramer, superintendent of ihe Deliver A Klo Grande Express Company, has resigned, and D. D. Mayo has been uppoln'cd to succeed him. Governor Waite has appointed John If. Voorhees. of luehlo, district judge of the Tenth judicial district at Pueblo, w hleh hire been but recently created. The Colorado Coal and Iron Company has greed to pay $ 10 towards the fee of every patient who enters the new branch Kcelty Institute Just established at Bessemer. Dr. Richard T. Ely, one of the lendlllg writers and thinkers on economic subjects, has been engaged to deliver a course of lecBummer tures on 'Socialism before the School at Colorado Springs. The Woman's Gold Mining Company of Cripple Creek, capital stock $800,000 has filed Its incorporation papers. The directors are Miss Mary E. Gover, Mrs. Mary C. lb-- colds, Miss Annie Grimes and Mrs. J. 8. Manning. Charges having been made lu the eastern press thatVTlie Printers Homo nt Colorado Springs was not properly conducted, the Typographical Union of Colorado Springs Inaud disproved them vestigated the charge entirely. The people of Denver aro scandalized at the loose and objcctlonablo manner in which tlm bodies In an old cemetery are being carted away to n new .graveyard by a contractor. Mayor Rogers has ordered Hie work to be stopped. Hon. KatbnnB. Coy will send to tbe World's Fair the group of Colorado school building exhibited at Philadelphia In 1875. Along with it be has prepared a group of reveniccii buildings of the present date, labeled Colorado schools In 1803. The Stock Growers Association will meet In Ogden on tha 20th and will be followed on Ihe 24th hy a sessiou of Tho Il.o the Congress. Grande road announces a rate of onn fare for tbe round trip from Colorado points. The Colorado Springs Telnjrttph savx: This Immediate section ot country Is being secured for old hones. Kansas agents for soap ami fertilizer works have been here and oni meted for bones nt 7 per ton. Tbe offer has ree vived an Industry and several have been shipped of lute. The praiiio country has not been cleaned up for several years. Denver Markets Eggs, ranch lfie, stale 15o; butter, best creamery 1W affile, da.ry 22c; bay, upland baled $lltil2, second botlom $7.50(q48.50;slfalfa $5.50; wheaiy5c;coni, Imlk 75c; sacked 80c; oats, $1.15, sacked $1.2.1; potatoes 1.C5; cattle, choice steers 3 25 (1114 25, cows $2.0O7j3.25, native feeders $..00 fif (3.50; hogs, elm co 47.25; spring chickens 13c; bens, $5.50 V doz. Trinidad was visited with a disastrous firs Thursday night, the first In over a year, and the McCormick block on the corner of Manr and Commercial streets, is almost a wreck. The fire broke out In Ellis' photograph gallery, over Springer's saloon, and had broken through the roof before tbe alarm was scut In. Tho lire department was promptly on hand, tint the fire was confined lu the lmek part of the building aud was hard to reach. Everything on the upper part of the block w as destroyed. No one was Iniured. Hie total damage to the building will bo about $5,000, while to the contents It will be fully $5,0o0 more, Inter-Mounta- old-tim- car-loa- Vlyouuug. B. F, Guy, a mall clerk, lost a leg In aa accident a few days ago near Piedmont, lit the car and striking the switch thrown under the car wheels. 7 Arrangements have been made to shear 40.000 sheep at BnrnUvga, beginning In the middle of next month. Each animal will be dipped. A large crew will be engaged for several weeks. A lump of coal weighing 1, SOO pounds has been brjught Into Saratoga from Fred out on the Kindts new coal mins twelve-utile-s read to Rawlins. This is excellent fuel and there Is an extensive deposit. Three accidents occurred nt the mines nt Rock Borings lust week. John Honda, 18 years of age, was killed on Wednesday hy a piece of falling rock. II. Morgan bud a leg broken Frit lay and a Finlander wax hurt the same day by a piece of falling rock. son of John Zcttl, an AusTbe trian coal miner, wandered from his home at Rock Bprlngxon the 15ib. The frozen body of tbe Itltlo fellow was fottud lust week two miles from the town. It wax lu a gully In a territory which bad several times been traversed by searchers. Bchool children made tho discovery. Two of the men Implicated In (ho killing of George A. Wellman in Johnson County during the stack Invasion last f.t.l, are now behind the bars. Clnvton Crti-- e suriendere to the authorities at Buffalo, ami Henry Ninth was raptured In the Indian Territory, and lx In jail at Cheyenne. Tom Hathaway, who sm with Wellman at the time, swears thc.e men lu jail ami Ed. Burr did the killing. Bturr la being pursued. Ground tia been broken at Sheridan for the new $l.uoo city hall. It will bn mado of brick ; la to be completed August 25th, ami payment to the contractors will be in cash out of the city treasury. The Burlington is sinking au artesian well at the cuinpnrws round-housthere. They have xuirtetl nh a twelve-inccasing, which will tie reduced to eight. Arrangements have been made to bore At thirty feet the loot) feet, If neces-ardrill passed through a vein of coal. Jamrs Monahan, The Edueuted Section wandeted off Into the biKx near Hand, Clcarmont, alter a spreeand was frozen to death. The body wits found after a search of a wet k. Monahan wax a Wyouiln character. He was educated for the priesthood, hut fell through drink. At the limn of his 1. appearance be had started for homo with a pin.v anil lus's'ed on returning alone for one more diluk. Hewiisquitn a gambler, and atone time bad an establishment of Ids own with bunk rolls aggregating toO.tMd. Mol of this was lost la tbe East on horse races. from jtunedwas target 1 h -- Tbe Tanning Extract company at Doming, tons Is receiving something like twentv-flv- e of esnslgre root per day. Over luJ lahorers sre employed In the digging and sh'pment of tbe same. Late reports regurd'og the d'x.ipprarance of lank Llnd. late receiver of Roswell land office, give r.ee to the belnf that ho has not been murdered, bulls hiding out brrause of au alleged slim tag ot hi account. A United Btstcx Inns'll y warrant for C4S. New Mexicos n.'bpoitlon of the f.ibtnl lu Wl. has bom direct tax U vy ly Cougn received oy ij'tvernor I'r.nc Byscitfthe revrnt legularar this money Istx b l St fobo to tsirltO'ial lustlt'V.fnx " rid' Lo'.t of Mine at btcoiro. M7.fc bluu coium Mott so l lireaua a;.lu in ri.0 eai'h: ugiKuimrai rjpciimentui s.a' on in deaf and dumb !fuu Juau conn'. $5,ood. Institution at Bins ho-v- - I, sil IN FORTUNES FIGHT, THE MINNESOTA STAMPS. A Murder and Lynching In Iowa. frightful crime was committed at Hite-a 1 I town of about 2,0J0 population of the man, mining Some of the Notable Collection lu Monroe county, Iowa, on the 22nd. Has Its Own Way and World Forged Isxnes, Lewis Frasier, the murderer, lived In Car- It I nlTx a Judge. another mining towu, situated In If these postage stamps were not forged," bondale. Maua.-U-a county, fifteen miles from Hitemau The fight between theMlnneota legislature said Mr. J. W. Palmer, pointing at the walls It seems that Mrs. Fra-ie- r had left her bus- and Judge Egan of tbe district court, wbo of the room, they would be worth $5,000,-Ouband because of bis continued lit treatment Is about twelve feet square, room Tbe of to take the books The Legislature had ordered the sheriff tbe coul combine from the officers of tho legislature, took a turn in favor of the latter ou the 20i.h. Tbe court ordered the detention of the ant-at-arms of the House and on Monday morning had Representative Walsh called beof the fore him and demanded -book of the coal combine, which contains very damaging evidence. Mr. Walsh refused to acknowledge the authority of the court'so far as giving up the book was concerned, nor would he tell where the book could be found. At the time Mr. Walsh was before the court the Senate was considering the House Joint resolution Instructing the Investigating comSenator mittee to retain tho le Ignatius Donnelly mado another of his scorching speeches when Senator Sanborn wanted to bave the legislature withdraw and leave the whole matter to tbe decision of the court. He denounced not only the coal combine, but In the strongest terms excoriated Judge Egan, whose persoual character, as well as official acls, was attacked, aud the resolution was adopted hy a vote of 34 to 3. In the Houso an even warmer debate was Indulged in, and threats of impeachment of Judge Egan for detaining an officer and a member of the legislature w ere freely expressed. Various methods of procedure were proposed and finally a call of the Houso was ordered and Assistant Scrgeant-at-Arm- s Wells was Instructed to bring Into the House the body of Representative Wul sh, detained Illegally by tbe District court. The greatest amount of feeling was expressed during the il 'bate and several speakers jdvocated the passage of resolutions Instructing the governor to cnll out the militia to enforce the orders of the legislature. Wells hen Assistant Sergeant-nt-Armappeared In the District Court Judge Egan wus about to nnuounce his decision on Representative Walshs refusal to give up the letter book or disclose Its whereabouts. The appearance and demand of Mr. Wells for the custody of Representative Walsh disconcerted the judge and Mr. Wells and Mr. Walsh walked out without any attempt at detaining them, as also did 8ergeant-at-Arm- s Soult, wbo bad been under arrest since Friday. In tbe afternoon Judge Egan dismissed the whole proceedings und peace reigns once more, although the temper of the legislature Is still very much rutiled. The judge read a decldon on the case of Representative Walsh, admitting tbe power of the legislature and of tho legislative committee to retain possession of the letter book, and stating that Mr. Walsh bad appeared voluntarily nnd bad at no time been under arrest. He further stated that everything had been done legally, that too much heat had been engendered, with which the court bad nothin., to do, and be bcld that the sheriff should be held responsl ble for any attempts to take the book from tbe cupltol, and In conclusion said: The court respects the legislative department of the government, and the legislative department of the government is expected to reciprocate the orderly proceeding in courts of law." serge- letter- t) ttcr-boo- s THROWERS .BOMB IN ROME. Persistent Attempts to Blow Up Some one In the Holy City, Six bombs were- thrown In Rome on th - General alarm U felt. No arrests hav been made. A short time after the explosion Monday sight of a bomb at the Marlgnolll palace, In the suburbs of Rome, another outrage was attempted In the city, being (fie second of the kiud within the city proper in less than a week. The first occurred on Friday last at the Anclul Mattel palace, the residence of Hod. William Potter, the United States minister. The last outrage wus perpetrated at tbe residence of the Marquis Saccbcttl, grand mare shal of the papal court, and has caused a feeling ot great anxiety in Vatican circles, In view of the fact that tho efforts ot the dynamiters seem, In a measure, to be directed against tbe attaches of tbe popes court. The bomb which exploited Monday night had been placed within the entrance of tbe Marquis Baccbetti's residence, and tbe noise ot the explosion was heard a great distance. Fortunately the only material damage dona was the smashing ot many windows In the palace, though the walls ic some places bore evidences of tbe explosion. This affair has caused the police to ,)o more than usually Vigilant. During the night another bomb was found e. on the staircase In the Via Dulle Qunlro A lighted fuse was attached to the bomb, and It was discovered In time to prevent the explosion that In all probability would have resulted seriously to the building auil Its occupauta. The police have no clue to tho authors of tho outrage, though they firmly believe they are auarchlsts who are try tog to Intimidate the authorities aud liras prevent the punishment of a number ot their friend who were recently arrested. This theory Is not generally accepted, however, as have been directed as much the outrage against the Vatican ctlkera as against the government. Every possible effort It being made to detect the guilty parties and prevent a repetition of the outrage. 21st. Fon-lan- I loom era Along the Strip. The boomer ranks are fast filling np, and the scenes along the border of the Cherokee Btrlp are growing livelier every day. Tbe town of Orlando, on the south line, has trebled In population during the past ten tl u s, and nt mIIUhut It look aa though an tinny was eutnped around the town. A vl-- tt to the northern line reveals a continuous Hue of tents, covered wagons, hntlex and from the Clilllocci) Indian schools, thirty miles west, to Caldwell, and every hour the mmilier grow greater. Every few lullca a xquad of cavalry Is quartered, and icntrsr ride buck and forth regularly, keeping out of tfie promised land all who cannot show proof thnt they are Journeying to some point beyond, and are not In search of good locations. dug-out- Mr. Cleveland s, Appoint. Freildent Cleveland sent to the Senate on the 2oth a largo number of names of appointee among which wero th following: James R. Lnsils of L"uMnna to ho minister to France; Theodore Runyan of New Jersey, to 10 minister to Gerumnv; John E. Rlslcy. to bo minister to Drnm.it k ; J. U. Jcnkm of Wisconsin, to I lulled fates circuit Judce of tbo Bcvctih J;. diet'd Circuit; Walter 1, solicitor for the deDabney of trghila, in partment of :aie, I'tsrtes H. ?:cwart of Tex i to be Judge of tbe United Buie court for th In liau I ei i limy ; Ern"it P. Baldwin to W first ami, 'or of th treax-;trof Mar'!. llioms fioV'iifil- - of Delaware, to b ; Wade Hampton fifh sudicr cf the Vtn-sof r.x, ;i no ei'uiu 'xxtontr cf 1 and the four walls are completely covered with postage stamps. Mr. Palmer, who Is probably the most widely known stamp merchant In the world, is able to tell, almost at a glance, whether a stamp, no matter what Its nationality may he, Is genuine or not. He has been a stump merchant for thlrty-thic- e years, having bought and sold million. On the four walls of the imall room there are 70.000 stamps, says the J'utl Mall Muthet. out of them kept four To make pairs of bands busy for three months. They are pasted upon canvas, so that In order to remove the stamps it will not be necessary to remove the building. In the Chamber of Pbtlntellcal Horrors," as Mr. Palmer calls It, Is a desk. Instead of leather the top Is Inlaid with postage stumps. These aro genuine, and they number 1,440. Near the desk stands a soreen. It Is about five feet high and six feet long. Both sides are covered with stamps. Several persons have attempted to count the stamps, but lu each case life was found to be too short. The most valuable among the forgeries Is a Bratlleboro, an American stamp of the face value of five cents. If It were genuino It would be worth $1,250. A genuine Brattleboro was sold by Mr. Palmer for that amount How many million have passed through bis hands as buyor and seller Mr. Palmer can only guess at In 1884 be bought 3,000 collections. Some of these cost biut only a few shillings; some of them cost him a fewr thousand. The finest private collection In the worlds Is owned, he says, by M. Ferrari of Paris. It Is worth about $1,250,000. Perhaps next to It In value Is tho collection contributed to the British museum by the late Mr. T.K. Tapllng, M. 1. The duke of Edinburgh possesses a very good collection, and so docs tba duke of York. The young princes of Slam are keen stamp collectors. A fine collection is owned by ono of the Rothschild family. Tbe czar of Russia used to take much pleasure In his collection, and there are several collections of grest value 1b America, Germany aud France. wall-pap- of her, and had gone to live with her sinter Mrs. Smith, at lijtemun, whose husband i employed lu the mutes at that place. Wednesday morning about It) o'clock while Mr. Smith was at work In the mine' Frasier came to Hiteman and went to Smith's house. Ho called for his wife nnd tried to get her to go homo with him, w hleh she refused to do. A scene ensued. Frasier drew a knife and atnbbcd bis wife and also Mrs Smith and her little baby, which she w.u bolding lu her arms. Mrs. Smith died with-Ia fe.v hours and Mrs. Frasier and the baby are both dangerou-l- y wounded. Immediately after committing the lerr.bie crime Fraz.cr left the bouse, going south through the timber for a mile or so, then turned w st. The news of the tragedy spread rapidly and In a very few minutes a large number of Infuriated citizens tinkered and started lu pursuit of tho murderer. The greatest t prevailed. The people fairly went wild and the scene was one which beggars description. In a short tlruo a parly was formed aud the maddened mob started on Its mission. Frasier was found aiCiimmliig'ai'rns-iiig.ne.i- r the Cedar mines, about txo miles west ot Albla on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Ills captors took blui back to and lynched him. f ! I I I n excite-incu- Uitr-niu- n Iatrlotlo Foreigners. The city council of Chicago recently passed ordinances setting apart Bt. Patrick's Day and the birthday of Emperor William I. as legal holidays. Mayor Wasbburiie In Issuing a proclamation au'liorizing the lattes hohdai grow sarcastic. Jlu says: I desire to here commend the spirit which dictated the netting apart of this day and the setting apart of March 17 hy the c.ty council as Anierlcun holidays, and 1 trust that the council in its wisdom, having recognized the cosmopolitan cbnracrer of our population hy granting holidays to the different nationalities whose blood here commingles m the production of the American citizen wilt not deprive the city employes or other nationalities of ihe to properly commemorate the opportunity A Mexican Volcano, birth of all dead saint and heroes, as well as Great alarm Is felt among the people living the till th of all reigning monarchs. in the Tonola district, In the state of Chiapas, If tbo catalogue of dead and living saints and monurehs ho not sufficient to exhaust the Mexico, over tbe eruption of the San Martin volcano, which has been belching forth flame, secular days of the ycur, I would sugge-- t that lava and ashes for the past two weeks. This the council, as a change, appropriate the few volcano Is situated In the very midst of tbe remaining days by closing the city ball in orpopulous agricultural country, aud at Its der that we may commemorate the birth of huso wero extensive coffee plantations. It has some American hero. been extinct for more than a century, and gave no Indication of becoming active until Rioters Break Into Church. about three weeks ago, when thero were a Socialists at Koubnlx, France, stormed a series of slight shocks ot eartbqake felt in that locality, followed by a blast of sulphur- ball In which Catholics were holdings private ous smoke from tbe volcano. The Inhabitants meeting Inst Sunday. When the nuters had of tbe surrounding country abandoned their broken the doors several Catholics tried tc bar their progress Into the meeting. The homes and sought refuge at a safe distance. The earthquakes and smoking condition of rioters threw them down and forced their wuy the crater were followed by one of tbe most to the platform where the priests hud raised magnificent and eruptions ever an allur nnd placed a crucifix. TLey spat on witnessed. It occurred at night and the the crucifix, broke It into fragments, nnd heavens for 100 miles around were lighted up. tossed Hie pieces Into tbe congregation. The The flames rose straight up from the crater to priests, hoping to allay the excitement, began a height of nearly 1,000 feet. The lava to Intone am hems. 1 heir calmness only agTut poured down the side of tbe mountain in gravated the ugliness of the mob. priests were attackcu, knocked down, carried streams, destroying the crops and all vegetation at Its base. A grand sight was witnessed to the doors nnd thrown Into the street, while by the people living in the city of Tuxtla In some of the rioter drove out the men, women the district and the alarm was great, particuand children of tbe congregation, others larly among the common people. Tbe severe smashed tbe furniture In the hall. Many woeruption lasted several hours, gradually sub- men and several men were severely Injured still flowing from the by being knocked down and trampled w hilt siding, but tbe lava the rioters were ejecting them. Tlo pol.et crater. did not arrive in sufficient force to control he mob until after the hall bad been emptied Fighting In Brasil. of the Catholics and all tue furniture had General Saralvas defeat by government been destroyed. troops near Alegretc, Rio Grande do Sul, on Thursday, was a greater blow to the Brazilian A Novel Water. revolutionists than the early story of tbe light A Chicago lady Is now enjoying a novel indicated. A dispatch from Riviera says that General Saraiva was not only badly beaten, but trip. While discussing railroad posslhlliiku that 3,000 of hla men became prisoners of lately In the windy city by the lake, Colonel Matta, the commander of tho governparty of railroad men became Involved in an ment troops. argument that resulted la a peculiar wager. Tbe news from Bage It that General Lava-r- e The lct made was that a person could travel from Chicago to lortlaud, Ore., tlienre t Is entrenched outside the Castllblstas stronghold, and Is shelling the town from the San Francisco by steamer, to the City of Mexico by rail, to the summit of the volcanic hills with several large seige guns. No genMount Iopocatepetl and back to the city, eral attack has been made upon the Castll-hlstthen to St. Louis, Chicago, Near York snd garrison. bock to Chicago, and never set foot on tin ground. Miss Bessie Mitchell, the duiighm Modest School Girls, of one of the railroad men, was selected fa Oakland, California, high school girls have tbe trip. truck. They have refused to read In mixed class an unexpurgated edition of Hamlet, Cholera In Western Russia. which IJrofesKor Burrtll had ordered. Ho Infrom Western Russia show that the Reports structed the class to buy a cheap edition of cholera has got a bold on several cities and Hamlet," and assigned the different parts to boys and girls. All went well until tbe many villages. In 8lavrool the fresh case In last week have nuuihercd on the aveboy who was reading Guildcnsterus" part ragethe fifteen dally, and tho deal li between even a line. Then the skipped degirl who was to resd Ophelias" song declined to do so, and and eight. In Astracban lil7 cases have tbe told tbe professor she did not think the edi- veloped since February 23. In both cities snd tion fit for a clast room. He made light of authorities called the disease dysentery lu any cholera has appeared there their protest, but they held a meeting and denyla-that the -t four mpnths but private advices reappealed to the principal, wbo called the In down and told him he should have ceived In Odessa from physicians resident as to the doubt no infected leave tbe districts selected a school edition of the play. cbolcralo nature of the epidemic. 4 ) ( ' I ( t 1 a SI s' b P a d g s. S t i 1 1 at pro-feas- England Grows Deferential to Cl, Tbe tat department bat received official Information that Queen Victoria has raised the rank of Sir Julian Paunccfote, her envoy In Washington, from that of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to that of ambassador, and that his credent, als as such are on their wsy here. Under the provisions of the d plomatle consular appropriation bill of March 1, 1 fil3, President Cleveland Is authorized to confer the same rank upon our representative In London. It It highly probable that Franee, Germany, Russia and Austria will lie prompt to follow the example thus set hy England, thus necessitating by International courtesy a corresponding change on our part. A Clever Scheme. for robbing po(nffloe bsi direovered by a lawyers clerk st Iraguc. This man Invented a bolt which couid lie readily fixed to a door. Armed with one of these he went to tho poetoflloe and managed to fix It on tbe door on tbe oul do without atructfng any attention. He then went inside, picked up a bund.e of regttered letter containing valuable amounting to thousands of dorms and ran oul of the door which lie Inst mtly bolted. Necessarily some little lelay took place before those lnlde could get tfie door open, and In the nwsndme the thief made good hi escape. In the end, however, he was captured and tbe letter recovered. Lomiim Matt. A new dodge been foyal Baking; Powder Is Absolutely Pure AHILE there are so many alum baking pow- - ders in the market, the use of which all physicians decide render the food unwholesome and liable to produce dyspepsia and other ailments, housekeepers should exercise the ut most care to prevent any powder but the Royal from being brought into their kitchens. In the use of Royal there is an absolute certainty of pure and wholesome food. The official State Chemists report: The Royal Baking Powder does not contain am monia, alum, lime, nor any injurious ingredients. It is absolutely pure and wholesome. The Government reports show all other baking powders to contain impurities. In the use of any baking powder but Royal there is uncertainty if not actual danger. It is unwise to take chances in matters of life and health. '. ( 1 |