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Show FROM WtMintCTOY. The Clayton Xnt eatlrall.n t.nea Indlana.-atandaj-d Hill. WASHLNOTONjMay 1 2. The Clay, ton investigating committee has returned re-turned from Arkansas. Of theresull oflhelnvestlgationiofar, tbe chairman chair-man says the entire committee 1; convinced that the Hooper story of tbe killing of Claj ton does not meet the facts In the case. The evidence was overwhelming that Hooper was bedridden la Los Angeles. CaL, when hater said he killed Clayton. Borne more testimony remains to be taken, bat Justin what line thecom-mlttee thecom-mlttee Is not yet prepared to tell. . A DELEGATION. of Ponca Indians called on the Secretary Sec-retary of the Interior to protest against the order of removing cattle cat-tle from the Indian Territory. They said the removal would deprive them of revenue and the grass would go to waste. The Secretary replied tliat the Irani were illegal and apive toleeseea unfa!. advantage over small ttcck. raisers, as they escaped es-caped taxation. In t occlusion the Secretary suggested, as they had no fuither beuluesa lu Washington, that they return to their reservation at once. SESATOR 1'LUJID today introduced a bill providing that the unit of value in the United States be a dollar, and that It may be coined of 412 grains of standard sliver or 25 6-10 grains of standard gold, each to be equally legal tender for all purposes. Any owner of silver bullion may deposit it at any mint of the United btatrs, to be f jrmed into standard sliver dollar! or bars for bis benefit, and without charge. But It shall be lawful to refuse any deposit of less value than SIOOU or any bullion so base as to be unfit for the operations of the mlnL In any deposit of silver in which gold and silver are combined, com-bined, no allowance shall be made for the gold unless the two metals can be separated advantageously. Inolher llnrrleane. Jefferson Crrv, Mo., May 12. A terrific hurricane, accompanied by an extraordinary fall of rain, sweptovertbe city this afternoon. A large section of tbo roof of the Slate bouse was blown off and the offices deluged with water. Tbe roof of the penitentiary hospital was blown away, and much inconvenience incon-venience to the patients occasioned. A heavy area of the stone top wall of St. Patrick's cathedral was blown down, crushing through the roof, wrecking the altar aad ruining the sacristy. Smalt houses all over town Kf demolished, and much damsge done to trees and shrtlbberyt In the country many barns were demolished aud miles of fences leveled. Xo Uvea were lo-tas far as retorted. The stosmahlner. Frankfort, Ky.. March12. Up ton lite hour to night nothing further fur-ther was beard from Car tain Harris and arty, but fears as to their safety arc not generally entertained now. Tbe rumors were first started by a report that a battle bad occurred in tho mountains. It now seems that on Thursday morning H-twkins' party came on a gang of moonshiners moonshin-ers and a brief txihange of shots t56E)LlV. o one waswouuded, however, and afteratzief parley the mountaineers, to the number of twenty-one-, surrendered. Hawkins sent them back under an escort of three marshals and art of his guards. It was thL tarty which telegraphed for a train and they have gone to Covington long ago. Hawkins, with the remainder of the party, pressed on into the rholtn' talus, and, while he had a fight, most of the i-opIe here are slow to think the iarty has been annihilated or even met with serious disaster. Such liapjienlngs, like the famous Roman County tattles, are generally gener-ally in the minds of the correspondents, correspon-dents, who "work" the poiwrs out-sldo out-sldo the State. |