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Show " ' ( THE SALT LAKE TIMES. LAST EDITIQrJ SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY. MAY 22, lSDlA) VOL.5. NO 201. ' SILVEE AND LEAD QU0TATI0N3. Silver, New York-...- . 97 Silver, London 44 d Lead, Now Tork 4.25; BI LLION ANI 0IIK KECKI1TS. MeCornick & Co. Ilanauer bullion, f :i"i)0; lead and silver ores, fiWO; total, 12,300. Bait lake Clearing IIouo, Today' clearimrs amounted to $10!!,. 034; lama day last year, J1 J,0ii.V, cash balances, i'J6,'Jr3. ASilEEPlIEKDtUS'WAR Three lien Were Killed and Many Siri-oiu- ly Wounded in a Battle for Tavorad Shearing Ground. BIO KIMS 3 SALE AT EICO. The Enterprise G roup Transferred for Patal Quarrell Ov.r a Chew of Tobacco. Special to The Times, ALiityuEKvCE, N. M., May 22. A shootiug alTair occurred between two Creole sheepherders ia Valenca county, io which three men lost their lives and several were severely w ounded yester-day. Buente Amarilla, who just came In from that part of the country, brings the following particulars of the affair: It is customary for owners of sheep to drive their herds to tho river for shear-ing, but owing to tha unusual high water thoy were unable to reach their customary places this spring, and had to make camps on tha plains. Peolidaro Sanchez rode out to Ojo Lefrigo near tiio base of the Mazena mountains and sat up a stake with uotico saying that bo had taken that spring a his shearing place. He then went away to bring his llocks. Miguel Dragon came along and had his Hock of sheep with him. He had decided on that spring as bis shearing place and did not propose to be frustrated, there-fore he drove hW sheep down to the spring and went to work. A abort time afterwards Sanchez came along with his shearers and or-dered In hi on. Dragon refused to go. A free for all fight occurred in which three men, Junta fdatire, l'erfecto Snanez and I). Garcia were killed. Sev-eral others were seriously wounded. Another attack ia expected. FAILED AND THEM SUICIDED. The Crash Was Directly Dm loth Fallars ol Hi Deris ahoi I uiupeey, Memphis. Tenn., May 22. The Hill shoe company failed yesterday and William Vilas Hill, president of the company, immediately committed en eide. lie was IIJ years of age and a nepnew of ex Postmaster-Genera- l Vi-las. The failure of the lirm is directly due to the failure at Lynn of the Davis slioo company, which owed the Hill shoe company between three and four hundred thousand dollars. The liabil-ities of the company are about $100,000 and vitts $2i)ii,00o. Tho creditors are principally eastern parties. fii rr i knts ox the dollar. Boston', May 22. A News bureau says: From good sources it is heard thut the liabilities involved in the as-signment of Joseph Davis will amount to liil.OOO.OUO auil that .V) cents on tho dollar may be realized bv the creditors. Boston. May 22. 'J lie announce, ment of the assignment of the Hill Shoe company of .Memphis and the sui-cide of its president consequent upon the suspension of the Davis Shoe com-pany created quite a stir in this city, it is stated several shoe and leather con-cerns of Boston held the Hill Shoe com-pany's paper indorsed by Mr. Davis. A FINANCIAL SENSATION. Itcilgaatioti of a Citr Treasurer eael tha Flight i( a llaak Officer. Piiii.adii.i'iiia, May 23. The public interest in the c cnsational develop-ments in the affairs of the Spring Gar-den bank and the Keystone bank, and the night of the indicted president of the latter institution, and the resigna-tion from office of City Taeasurer Bardsley, continues unabated today. Wm. H. Vtuiamaker, one of Marsh's bondsmen, today ottered a reward of tiiWU for the arrest of the fugitive, and has employed detectives to run hiiu down. Attachments were taken out this morning against the Bradford mills, of which ( ity Treasurer llarda-le- y was owner, by two of his sureties bond. This morning llardsley made au assignment of all his property for the heuelil of tho city. Th Matter of the Eevision of the Wst-minist- ur Confession of Faith Dis-posed of for this Year. PEE8BYIERIAN3 IN ASSEMBLY. Bev. Dr. Greene of Princeton, Elected Moderator Dr. Patton on the Work of th Eevieion Committee. Pkthoit, May 22. Rev. Dr. William Henry (ireen of the Princeton the-ological seminary w as yesterday elected moderator of the one hundred and third general assembly of the Presbyterian church. The committee on cousensus of creed reported that it had held meet-ings and sent a circular to the reformed churches holding the Presbyterian sys-tem throughout the world. The death ol Dr. Howard Crosby was spoken of as a grout loss to thu committee, ami Dr. Dickey was recommended as a suit-abl- e man to take his place. Dr. Mackintosh reported as to the missionary niaga.ina of the church at homo and abroad. It is winning favor, and other denominations are coming to appreciate it greatly. There is great neglect, however, lo heed the recom-mendation of the assembly that Presby-terian families should take it. It could he made, a quarter or a half cheaper if ?5.(H)0, who could well allord it, would subscribe for it. Mr. Lowery. chairman of the com-mittee of pro-t- lexis, stated that last year tho coiumit.ee reported to the as-sembly that it had finished revision on the proof texts! of the confession of faith. Since then the same was done for the larger catechism. 'VThe Presbyterian general assembly met at 9 o'clock this morning. Alter a season of prayer, the conference min-utes were read and the standing com-mutes announced and slated. 'I ho clerk read a list of the presbyteries that voted on the proposed cluuige in the amendment to the standard. Ninety-on-voted aye, seven no, six refused to report and fourteen had not reported. Several statements as to the overture on deaconesses were made. Tho report of the committee on revision of the con-fession of faith wai read by the chair-man, Kov. William C. Roberta, presi-dent of the Lake Forest university. Ho said in the introduction that the copy from which he was reading was the only correct one and that he regretted that some of the daily papers had by some means got hold of and published one partially incorrect. After the reading of the report it was moved that it be sent down to the Presbyteries as recommended by the committee, and coniiiutteo continued to make a linal report to the next as-sembly. Dr. Smith warmly seconded the motion. Hev. Dr. Patton of the revision committee supported tho mo-tion.. He would have preferred on strictly technical grounds that the re-port be recommitted and they be direc- - . ' l to send it down to the Presbyteries "iMher than for the assembly to itself send it down because some might un-derstand that action as implying some degree of endorsement of the recom-mendations of the report. He said: "1 think in the changes proposed in the report the essence of Calviuism is whollv preserved. We did not mean to and we did not. Every one who expected anything of that sort will bo disappointed. We were not unanimous, although harmonious. We want to see how the church views the proposed changes and the proposed methods of making changes before de-ciding to stand out for anything that does not appear in court. We want the report criticised without any restraint from misapprehension of unanimity in the sessions of the committee." The motion was unanimously adop-ted and the great debate is over for this year as far as the general assembly is concerned. Reports from the com-mittee on unemployed ministers was made the second order of tho day for this afternoon. Dr. Francis of Cincinnati recommen-ded that the method and time of deal iug with the question of accepting and voting on the election of professors in theological semiuaries at the session of the assembly be referred to the com-mittee on theological seminaries to re-port at its earliest convenience. The report of the enmmitee on the text constitution of tho church was read specifying certain changes in word-ing punctuation etc. Judge Hand of Kcranton Pennsylvania made the report committee on business management of the board publication. IT WAS A GRAND FIZZLE. Jaeksoa and Corbatt Ordarad Oat of the a Rimg by tha Referee 64 ltonad. Fought. San Fka.nc isco, May 22. At the end of the sixty-secon- round of the great heavyweight battie between Jim Cor belt of San Francisco and Peter Jack-son of Australia, at tho California Atb-leti- c club last night, the referee entered the ring and said: "It is evident that this contest is unsatisfactory to the members of the club and I declare no contest." The crowd was cheering and booting and both principals entered a vigorous protest, but the decision went aud the crowd left. All beta are held until the decision of the judges. Today Kefuree Cook'a decision np contest," is generally accepted al equivalent to a draw decision, Both men were then so weak that it was plain to everyone that they could not be expected to strike an effective blow if they remained in the ring until day light. Tho first half of the fight was tha most scientific contest ever seen on the Pacitic coast, but the last thirty rounds were simply a walk around. In the last few rounds Jackson staggered around the ring and Corhett was in but little better condition, lioth men were heartily cheered at the conclusion of tho fight. The referees decision is in affect that the club has seen no battie and is in no-wise therefore indebted to the pugi-lists for their nights work. AU bet on the linal result are off. ' No pugilistic event on the Pacific coast created more intense excitement." Tho ptirso was a largo one, tlO.OliO, $looOoi which went to tha loser. The wonderful degree of interest in tho match was due not only to tho merits aud prominence of the two principals, but also lo the fact that the contest would open tho way to settling the question of tho championship of the world, for it was generally understood that the winner would eventually meet Slaviu or any other man who might como forward for championship honors. Hiram Cook was referee. Jackson was seconded by Sam Filzpatriek and Hilly Smith; Corbett by John Donald-sou- , Bdiy Delaney and Harry Corbett. The betting generally continued at the same odds in Jackson's favor which preuailed during the past twenty-fou- r hours, $100 to SOO and $100 to $115. Time was called for the.tirst round at 7:2. After preliminary sparring and a clinch Corbett touched Jackson light-ly on tho jaw and as the round closed received a r on the ribs. Up to tho end of the twelfth ronnd the battle was decidedly scientific, and it looked as if it would continue some time. If there was any difference in the men Jackson was a little fresher. From that lime on the battle continued slowly. Jackson began to get weak but kept up pluckily. Hound after round was fought but nothing done and when the Bixty-secou- round ended the men were ordered out of the ring. There were no knock downs and no blood was drawn. FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. Everything points to and early end of the strike iu the Pennsylvania coke regions. , J. F. V. Skiff of Colorado, has been appointed chief of the w orld's fair department of ml no and mining. The National Brewer's association has decided that a special building for a dis-play of Uruwers at the world's fair Is not prac-ticable. President Harrison has issued a pro-clamation, opening to public s ttlement about IAuti,(Ui acre of land In tha Fort liertbold In-dian reservation, North Dakota. President Dillon of the Union Paoifio, Is In Denver and says the shop facilities ate to he Increased all ulontf the line, and that the road will stand by the Interests of thu western Clttt'S. Melville F.. Stone has been nominated by Dlrei tor doneral Uavls for chlof of the department of forel.no ailalrs of the World's Columbian exposition. Altogether, this is tha most Important nomination within tha gift of the director-genera- The cornerstone of the Masonic home ferl'idlKent Masons' widows and orphan, f I'vlra. N. V., was laid yestenUy. About yi,-- ) visitors from ttll parts of the state wit-nessed the procession and c- remonies attend-ant on the laying of the corner stone. Secretary Foster has appointed a com-missi, ronipiseJ of Concrcssm in Cnsvenor of uhli, Dr. Walker Kempstur, the noted ex-pert on Insanity, and K. Towde ly of Pennsyl-vania, brother of V. T. Powderly, to proceed to Europe and Investigate the Immigration. Tho National Urewer's association In session at Cleveland, Ohio, has elected the following Ohlcerf: Kllis Wainwrh-h-t of St. Louis, prtsl'le it; James I.ieb u of llrool.lyn. treasurer; and Henry Clausen of New York and Leo Krust of Chicago, The president will take up the ques-tion of appointment of Land Court .Indues within a few days and the appointments will probably be announced next week. Tho ap-pointment of tha Circuit Judges authorized by the last congress will not be announced until congress meets In Ueceinber. The annual assossmont return of the property of the Oregon Short Line railroad In the state of Idaho has b en tiled with the state auditor. The average asse-sm-- on aomeTO) miles In the siata Is shout il.'OJ per mile, aualnst a uniform assment of Ss:m in previous years under the territorial regime. The farmers representing Kentucky In the Cincinnati convention made their way across t he Ohio and set the movement Kolnir In the old commonwealth. A state ticket was chosen, headed by Polloi U Harbour of Jeilerson county, for irovornor. A platform was a lopt- - tl, substantially the peoples' party platform, j Gambling will not ba permitted on the world's l'alr(jrouud In any form. That Is ne of the first ot the series of Iron-cla- rules fhatnas bono laid down by thewayaandiuoans rommlttee to govern men who getconeessions. Nor will tho mon who get cotioes-lon- s be al-- , lowed to become drunk aud make public nuis ances of themselves. For the last, two days Wood river has been visited with au extremely cold snap of weather, snow having fallen during thp uU'ht to a considerable depth in the mountains and has reached the valley. Fruit trees are in full bloom, and but for tiie continuous cloudy can-opy, together with tho high wind, everything in the Hue of fruit must have perished. IMJfT GO. A lobraska Delegate Who Tried to er a Partisaa Harrangno Sit Down Upon iu an Euipbatio alannur, DISCUSSING THE SILVEE QDE3TI0N" An Effort will bs Made to Adjourn this Evening Omaha Selected a the Place of the Nogt ileeting. Special to the Times. Dknvkr, May 22. One of the mos interesting features of this morning's session of the Tians-Mississip- con-gress was tho vigorous manner in which the congress set down, on a Nebraska delegate who, in the course of Ids re marks, endeavored to deliver a political address. It was clearly demonstrated that politics would not be allowed to interfere with the object for which the congress was called. The entire morning session was d to the consideration of last night's report of the committee on resolutions. Kach claie had a tendency to provoke considerable discussion. This afternoon the silver question will be taken up, and a Jbitter debate ia expected. The attendance is already diminishing, and an ellort will bo made to adjourn unally this eveuing. In conversation with Timc Times' correspondent this afternoon Chairman Ferry expressed himself as more than pleased with tho action oi'the congress. ' He thought Utah should feel highly , honored at the courteous treatment it has received and was positive that nothing but good results oould be de-rived out t f thia meeting. The convention will adjourn this evening. Abairman Ferry, as a mat-ter of courtesy, called Governor An-thony to the chair this afternoon dur-ing the discussion on the silver ques-tion but tiie governor declined the honor. Dknvkr, May 22. (Associated Press.) The Trans-Mississip- congress voted on the place for the holding of the next session, with the following results: Omaha, Ml; New Orleans, 105. The announcement of the selection of Omaha was received with cheers. lion. (1. J. Simms spoke on free coin-age. The east, he said, was misled by a pamohlet circulated by eastern bank-ers. Free coinage would break up three quarters of the F.ngliah commerce on the seas. Anthony of Kansas spoke against free coinage, and Chairman Ferry for it. At the evening session the committee on resolutions made two reports on the silver resolvtion. The majority favors the free coinage of silver, tint limited to the American product, while the minor-ity favors the tree and unlimited coin-age. The report of the committee on reso-lutions of tho Trans-Mieeiftslp- con gresa which was made last night reeom mends that congress pass" tho Bur-roughs bill appropriating $ii),tiuo,-00- 0 for tho building and mainten-ance of levees on the Mississippi river; demands the government supervision of railroads; recommends granting lib-eral charters and subsidies to steamship lines under the American Hag; favors the admission of New Mexico and Ari-zona into the union; asks congress to pas the Torrey bankruptcy law; to rede the dillereut states the arid land except mineral land except mineral lands: to enact such legislation as will foster our mining interests; rec-ommends more stringent naturalization laws; immediate completion of tho let- - ties at Galveston. Upon the silver question it asks that congress be petitioned to repeal all the laws which in their elTect work dishonor upon, or in the least challenged the sovereignty of the sliver dollar as an absolute measures of values and to restore to silver the placo given it as perfect money by the framers of our goverment. Congress is also aBked to attempt to bring around the international recognition and adjustment of silver as money or that a limited agreement be sought with the nations of the Latin union, whereby tho mints of those nations may again be opened for the coinage of silver. It also favors negotiations with the Spanish American nations for a common currency for this continent, south of Canada. A minority report on the silver clause simply demands free and unlimited coinr.ge of silver. The forenoon session today was en-tirely taken upuu the discussion of tho majority report and at noon the con-gress took a recess without having tak-en linal action. ASOUT A CHE.W OF TOBACCO. A Blow with m Pair or Tongs that Basalts la DaaiU. Special to The Times. Color k do tSnuvos, May 22. Last evening a roan named Crow went in l'umsey's blacksmith shop and asked an employe named Lee Donuelison fur a chew ot tobacco. Donuelison ans-wered him in an insulting manner. Hard words followed which ended in Donuelison striking Crow over the head with a pair of tongs. Crow left tho place and got on a street car to go to Ma niton but before reaching there he became unconscious. Marshal Bowers was notilied and placed Crow in the city jail and several hours later Crow died from the injuries received. THE LYNCHING OF HUNT. Cvlaarl C'tiDiptoa airi tin Sheriff Dlda't fclvn Male a Siinw of KaaUtanor. Walla Wai.la. Wash., May 22. Colonel Comptou, commandant of the fort here, was examined by the court of inquiry in regard to tho lynching of the gambler Hunt, Ho contradicted the sheriff and prosecuting attorney in much of the material testimony. He insists that he took measures to pre-vent the outbreak and bad the sheriff made any resistance he would have been there with a company to save Hunt from lynchiug. About a dozen ollicers and privates were examined. Some justilied the killing. They said they did not think that because thtv were soldiers that they had no better right than any body of citizens to lynch n man who had murdered their comrade. BIG MINING SALE AT RICO. Tha Famous Knterprlna Group at Illeo . Turnxl Ovr for Two Mtillbas. Special to The Times. liico. Colo., May 22. Word reached here today that the sale of a number of properties situated ou Newman Hill had been consummat-ed in New York through Messrs. Posey it Crawford, well known mining men of .Southern Colorado, the purchase price being $2,000.01)3. The properties sold are the famous Enterprise group, comprising thirteen full claims, and tho Jumbo, Montezuma, and Nebraska group tunnel site. The town is in a furore of excitement over the transfer. STILL CUARDING THE COAL. Iateit News From the Baal of tha War la thll.. Citv of Mexico, via Galveston, May 22. The militia i still guarding the Pacilic Mail coal lighters at Acnpulco for fear the Fismeralda may attempt to take coal by force. IouiQL'E, Chile, May 22. Yesterday the government vessels Imperial, Cou-del- l, and Sarjaoto Aldea landed a force of 200 niariues at Fallal and stormed the custom house. The place ia now in the hands of the government forces and the old regime has been re estab-lished. THAT CINCiiMNATf BAST4itoT " What Prominent Haa Think af tha Polit-ical lotaat. Washington, May 22. A number of public men were interviewed on the new political organization formed in Cincinnati. Secretary of the Treasuay Foster thinks the broad and generous public policy of the republican party is such that there is no room for a third party. The new political organization could not do any thing necessary to national comfort or prosperity without stealing republican thunder. The wild schemes of the third party advocates cannot have lodgement in the minds of sen-sible people, and movements based on these eccentricities are necessarily ephemeral. Senator Chandler thought the plat-form rather dangerous, with the possi-ble exception of the plank relating to government control of railroads. Representative Crain of Texas said: "It will help the Democrats and hurt the Republicans. Only that and nothing more." HI i Purchase of Kuaniaa Wheat. Ohknsa, May 22. An syndicate has bought roubles worth ot Russian wheat. IT BIT OFF HIS LEG. A Monster Alligator Ma From tha State af Kansas. Special toTMBTlMKR. Shlvan Groves, Kan., May 22. A large specimen of the alligator tribe was killed near town yesterday. It measured nine feet in length and weighed 00 pounds. A farmer named Williams discovered the animal whilo working on bis farm. The huge mon-ster snapped at his leg and bit it Oil just above the knee joint. The Oiatd at Ilalmoral. London, May 22. The queen has ar-rived at Balmoral castle. Tha Record af I)tn. London, May 22. Sir Robert Follen, member of parliament, died today from heart disease. VENCANEE FOR AWFUL OUTRACES- - Thra Inhuman ItruUa ray tha Fanaltlei of Their Crimea With 1 heir laves. Loi isviLi.E, Ky., May 22. A story of brutal ravishing, murder and swift ven-geance conies from Eastern Kentucky, Near Sandy Hook Maud Eleeuer, a beautiful young schoolteacher, while riding through a lonely wood, was met by George aud John Wilcox, rejecting suitors. They dragged her from her horse, breakiag her legs in tho struggle. They took her to a lonely cabin, drew lots as to which should have her aud de-manded that she agree to marry John, to whose lot she fell, she, refused. They tried to set her broken limbs and kept her a prisoner in the cabin, chained to the wall. When found by her brother and intended husband she told the story and said she had also been brutally out-raged. The Wilcoxes were captured and shot to death by the brother aud lover. Evan.svili.b, Ind., May 22. A negro named Jennings yesterday waylaid and criminally assaulted a Id daughter of George Bowles. The negro was caotured and lynched by Bowie's neighbors, in spite of frantic, pleas for mercy. After ho was strung up the men filled his body with bullets. THE REPUBLICANS OF KENTUOKY, A. Full Ticket Nominated The Bmole. tloue Adopted, Lexington, Ky., May 22. The re-publican state convention nominated the following ticket: For governor, T, A. Wood; attorney-general- , L.J. Craw-ford; treasurer, Eli Turner; superin-tendent of public instruction, L. V. Dodire: register of the land office. W. J. A. Rardin; clerk of the court of ap-peals, E. R. Blaine. Resolutions were adopted endorsing Harrison's administration and calling on congress for an election law that will give every American citizen an equal right at the polls. A Man Literally Boiled Alive. Special to The Times. Coll'.miu s, Ohio, May 22. The large new tubular boiler of the Columbus Buggy company expjoded this morn-ing. Thomas Montgomery, fireman, was enveloped in steam and literally boiled alive. Another fireman, crazed by the scald;ng steam, tearing off his clothes, ran up the crowded thorough-fare stark naked. Though badly burned he will recover. Bontheru Freabyterlane. Birmingham, Ala., May 22. In the general assembly of the Southern Pres-byterian church today Dr. Dubes, mod-erator, appointed committees on for-eign correspondence, narratives, leave of absence, devotional exercises, an auditing committee, syndicate records, bible and overtures. Judicial overture reports were received from all synods. LATE LOCAL. County court will re convene Mon-day, June 1. W. L. Dykes went to Deep creek yes-terday to be gone several weeks. The funeral of Mrs. E. G. Iving will probably take placo on Sunday. Defin-ite arrangements will be anuounced to-morrow. Coon Richards, the pugilist., held for vagrancy, was discharged by Judge Anderson, who ruled that he was enti-tled to a jury trial if he demanded it. The funeral of Mrs. E. G. Ivins will take place at 1 1 o'clock Sunday morn-ing from the Eighteenth ward school house. All friends are invited to Charles Leonard, held for the Whit-mor- e gold brick swindle is at the United States marshal's ollice, awaiting bonds in tho sum of 150.0' which his friends are giving. Colonel liiliy. Finney returned from Eureka at which poiul he has decided launch the ship ot commerce and where his friends hope th sailing will be smooth and prosperous. About thirty local horses have been entered for tho spring meeting of the Utah Driving association next month, The entries Iron Denver and other dis-- i tant points will arrive in a few days. Acting Warden Oscar Vandercook has iioiilied Governor Thonias that J. C. Wilimms will bo released from the ' j penitentiary June 1. The. crime was that of assault and tho term of sentence tnree mouths. ; The ignal service predict that there ' is like.1 to be more rain iu this valley, with a lower temperature. Should it clear up, a frost tomorrow morning is 'not !tnprol aide. Tb'-i- wass snowfall at Raw. in Wednesday of pm-he- . A lather hod-lace- piece of grand larceny was perpeiraied on Foote's State livery stable on Tuesday by a good looking genius, who hired a horse and buggy to go to Farmiugton. Neither the mail or the rig have been ' heard from since. S. M. Jarvis, president of the Jarvis-Coukli- n Mortgage Trust company, K. R. Conklin secretary, H. Beardsley at-torney, H. C. Gilbert. Miss Jarvis and Mis McLean of Kansas City came down from Ogilen this morning are at the W alker. L. Li. Rhodes of Ogden is with the party. . Laid Waiita by Slave Dealers. Special to The Times. Marseilles, May 22. Advices from Zanzibar say that on the northern shores of lake Tanganayika ruined vil-lages aud the corpses of natives half devoured by wild beasts attest to the raids of Arab lave dealers. A peace-ful population of 10,000 persous has succumbed to the barbarous cruelties of the Arabs or escaped to the forests. The Murderer la Discovered. Liverpool, May 22. A man named Johnson, who sold the knife and saw found ou Tuesday in the bag which contained the mutilated body of a boy, identified steamship lireman John Con-way as the person who purchased both the' knife and saw. The proofs that Conway murdered the lad are now complete. A French Wheat Corner. Paris, May 22. Eclaire, a news-paper of this city, publishes today in-terviews with officials of of the minister of agriculture's department in refer-ence to the projected wheat Thee ofiicials said they iid not bcliove the people who were engi-neering the 'corner" would succeed in attaining the object in view, as the French farmers refused to with tlin m uiipuiators of the wheat deal. The French fartner3. the ollicers ol the nuu.stry of agriculture said, al- - ' ways soid their produce on the spot and would enter into no contracts with any large syndicate, especially foreign. The French crops are in a very criti-cal condition. 1 he homo supply, they said, would fall short by 820, 000,000 hec-tolitres. If the present rainy weather continue', the result wili prove disas-trous to the larmeis. THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY. teeretary Foater Sara there Will bi no troa ble ia Meeting; June I'aoiion Faymeata. Washington, May 22. Secretary Foster said this morning that he an-ticipated no difficulty in meeting the quarterly pension payments falling due June 4, as the available. casC balances by that time will go beyond the amount required. He further said that white It was not altogether settled it was Diore than likely that the department ' would give the holders of the $10,000,-C0- 0 4iper cent bonds outstanding an opportunity to renew these bonds after September 1, at reduced rates of inter-est. The secretary said the recent gold shipments clearly established that the credit of the United States was above that of any other nation and could not be shaken by the severest drain. The financial situation was considered at the meeting of the cabinet today but with-out result so far as is known. A I'lK Itlae at llomton. Hoi'ston, Texas, May 22. A fire w hich started last evening in the mills of the Poenix Lumber company swept five blocks of lumber yards and six blocks of residences, together with St. Patrick's church. The losses aggre-gate at least $1100,000; fully insured HE PADDED THE MAILS. Aa Iowa Millionaire Tried to Work a Neat Schems ou Uncle Sam. Des Moines, la., May 22. The fed-eral grand jury indicted J. C. Newtou for conspiring to defraud the govern-ment by padding the mails. Newton is vice president and general manager of the Des Moines & Kansas City road. During April the mail matter is weighed on the trains lo lorin a basis for the yearly contracts. It is charged that Newtou received large quantities of old newspapers and snip-ped them back and forth on his line, making a sufficient dilleiene in weight to increase the compensation for car-rying the maiis from $,jiM) to $ 10,0)0 pet-yea- The indictment caused great surprise here. Newtou is a millionaire. lie carno to Iowa from Ilolyoke, Mass. It is said he shipped a lot of the papers to relatives iu California and Texas. The'Frinae'6 Tomb Sealed, Tl'KlN, May 22. In consequence of the refusal of the French government to grant the request of the executors of the will of the late Prince Napoleon, the Italian government has ordered the tomb in the church of the Superfga, in which the prince's body lies, closed. Dudrr Arreet. Washington, May 22. The chief post office inspector haa received infor-mation of the arrest today of Detective Dominick O. O'Malley at New Orleans, charged with npeneniug and destroying letters addressed to Jimmy Carroll, pugilist. Flaaaclal Rnlerin In Portugal. Lisbon, May 22. The new minister of finance, in an interview today, de-clared that he had full contidenco in the credit of the country. Everything, be said, will bo retrieved by the strong government determined upon serious economical measures. Terrine Storm at Paria. Pakis, May 22. A terrifio storm passed over this city yesterday evening causing considerable damage and creating much alarm. A hupe water-- ; spout burst in the Jardiu dr Tuilleries uprooting treiM nn'i destroying the lawn and flower beds and washing; away the pathways. Gladstone ia Vfell Again. London', May 22. Gladstone has re-covered from the attack of influenza, and this morning he left for Ilawarden. A larire number of his admirers wit-nessed his departure. New Tork Money and terke. New Yokk, May 22. Stocks active and strong at highest prices this morn- - teK- - j Money, easv. 4T. Fours coupon : Pacific sixes. 11: At hi-fon. I1,: Central Panne. :0(; Hurlm ton.' NT, : Denver & Hio Grande, ll': North' rn 1'a. ltlc. i&'j: lTeferred. (is,; Northweste n, H',; New York Central. IdU't; Or-- i: n Nav tlou, S; Nortu American, la",': Purine Mail, do1,: Hock Issaud, "C'l: Ht. Louis & Sun Fraa- - eiaro. ; St. Paul & Omaha. T.i,; Texas pacific. I4: Pmon PaclHe, 4ti!; a'arco Ex-press, 40; Western L'ulon, SO. A Wife Maid rer Hanirril. Belleville, Out., May 22 James Kane.wasexecuted here yesterday morn-- 1 itigfor the murder of bis wife Elizabeth, j The drop fell at 8:1!) o'clock but Kane's neck was not broken and he slowly stranded to death. His groans were horrible. Pa-- I luetste Ite atnrr. Paris, May 22. The Side today re-affirms tho truth of the reported Itata agreement and says the Chilean steam-er will be taken to a United States port and an embargo will be placed upon her. Ia Favor of Doctor Hrooke. New Yokk, May 22. The dioceses oi New York, Albany, Missouri and In-diana have reported in favor of Doctor Brooks as bishop elect of the diocese of Massachusetts. THE ROPE BROKE. Ttut the Mu'-rir- r w llacd a S. eond T m and II a N I k llr k '. Buokek Bow, Neb., May 22. Albert Havenstein ths murder of Wm. Ashley and Hiram Boten, was charged at l:bJ this afternoon. Whea the trap sprang there was a snap and a groan and the body fell to the ground, the rope broken. Havenstein has half conscious and was at once picked up by the sheriff and deputies and brought back to the gal-lows. The rope was doubled and trap again sprug. This time his neck was broken and death was apparenly pain-less. A Dleaeterous Lumber Fire. Minneapolis, May 22. A disatter-ou- s lumber yard fire "has been burning since 8 o'clock this morning. Day As C'o.'a stock of lumber was destroyed, but their mill was saved. The loss on lumber if $223,000; heavily iaiured. ChlcaKO Markets. Cnir-A- ' o. May Wheat, easy; t:'"'. steadv. July,!.'', cash. K'i: duly. M'.'A O.it.s. weak, cash, 4;;Jttly. PorSy-Stluly..- . laid, quiet, cavbio&W&.;'uly. ir.&t Tea Miner Fatally Injnred. Caroiff, May 22. Ten miners in a colliery near Lantwitt, Glamorgan county, were fatally injured by a fail-ing mine roof. Blalae la I paad Around. New Yoke, May 22. Secretary Blaine is now able to be up and about the house and the doctor says his complete , recovery is only a matter ot a few dava, |