Show telegraphic CHEYENNE WELLS col april IG saturday while IS B mcconnel and john morrison two young men from iowa were passing the house bouse of frederick baker five miles north the latter commanded the men mea to stop they paying no attention to the order baker tired fired upon them with a shot I 1 gun loaded with slugs the driver was uninjured but both McC McCan neland morrison Morr isoa were riddled with shot and died in five minutes baker was ar rested and tonight to night about 50 armed men went to the jail and deman demanded dd that the deputy sheriff turn the prisoner over to them the officer refused to do so but the men say they are determined ter mined and will take baker out and hang him before morning if they have to tear the jail down to get at him WINONA minn alton april ac 16 the mississippi sis sippi has never been known to be so high in april the rise of yesterday and today to day is unprecedented the water is creeping over the railroad tracks tracks at the ferry landing at the west end everything is afloat all the houses on west third street between chese dimits are in the midst of a broad sea stretching from fourth street to the wisconsin shore on the north side of fourth street the water is driving the people out the lake is and the water is running over huff street and backing up into the rear yards of mark street the water is still rising and a few inches more will prove disastrous NEW YORK april IS 18 the brewery lockout has be beun begun un and more than brewers brewery wagon drivers malt helpers wagon makers coopers painters and apprentices in this city Bio brooklyn oklyn jersey city newark paterson and staten island are out of work the financial week of the workmen ended at noon today according to instructions of the union severy brewer in every one of the above named cities returned t to w wore a sual this indications in morning ruing Th there were ote greated f bepp e outward indications that the greatest t lockout that has ever occurred in this section of tile the country would occur in a few hours just before noon the proprietors of each brewery met tile the men and informed them that their services were no BO longer 11 wanted that they had unanimously decided to be their own bosses and would not submit to anything dictatorial from their men man however if the men sought re employment as individuals li 3 and disconnect themselves from the unions they would get work the men passed quietly to berls desk after they had heard what the proprietors had to say received their weekly pay and departed at noon time according to agreement every brewery door closed and business for i he tiute time is suspended BUCHAREST april 16 the peasant uprising is extending several villare village magyars magyari have been killed large bands are assembling with the avowed object of attacking bucharest the telegraph wires have been cut at several r railway a alwy stations ons special trains are bringing troops from moldavia MoR lavia to protect th tae cap capital itai minn april 16 the lodges dormitories and private rooms of the shattuck school were entered by burglars last night the inmates ch chloroformed chloro lorono amed formed and worth of jewelry and money taken PITTSBURG april 16 the case of E ensign insign ryan and J H meade charged with the abduction of minnie rose parsons was called by alderman cassidy this afternoon and the waived d a hearing miss parsons will probably leave for now new york tomorrow to fill her theatrical engagement engal gement THE LAST STAGE LONDON april 17 A dispatch from berlin to the exchange ange tele telegraph raph co says it is learned froma from a direct source that the physicians at their consultation today agreed that the emperors malady was approaching the last stage this news has been guardedly conveyed to tb members of the royal family it being intimated to them the emperor requires the utmost care though for the moment there is no immediate danger the empress postponed her proposed visit till thursday to luneburg and wittenberg tue the following was issued at 4 pm symptoms of bronchitis have considerably diminished since yester yesterday dagand and have nearly abated afie emperor passed a better night and his general condition is satisfactory signed mckenzie krause clovell bergman leyden senator ST louis april 17 thomas M kennedy a wealthy cattle dealer of brownsville Browns ville texas was killed by sheriff jose maria Esp esparza urza a wealthy mexican near ferry landing texas cause jealousy the mexican was concealed behind a tree when he tired fired LAS CRUCES N INI april 17 while two indian policemen attempted to arrest dacate a Mi apache jn in blau diaab and aad his sin who wao we were re drunk and causing trouble in camp a fight ensued in which one of the policemen was killed vacates Da cates son was fatally and three women seriously injured by stray shots dacate was finally secured and locked up ALMA wis april 17 the water in the mississippi at this point has risen twenty inches in twelve hours twenty families have been bein driven from their homes railway tracks have suffered great aaman damage the boom pas nas gone out and feet of loss logs have been carried away damage to property has been estimated at logs to the value of have been carried away cincinnati april 17 conditions are favorable tor for a general lockout of brewers Al oerlin baving refused to I 1 reinstate aman a man at the r request t of his fellow workmen they s struck their action was ratified last night by the brewers union which declared an immediate boycott on ins beer boss brewers in anticipation of this decided to stand together in case any one was boycotted in obedience to a resolution one of ins customers who this morning stopped taking beer and tried to buy elsewhere was refused both sides are commit committed teel to the contest NEW YORK april 17 at dr barker called at Con Cori klings and re bained till he said conkling since half past twelve has developed edena of the lungs which is the sett settling liag of blood in the base ot of the lungs and lie he will probably die before morn ng mg 11 dr anderton says conkling will probably die in two hours dr barker called at and remained until he said conkling is IF slowly sinking but may linger tor hours yet dr barker seemed quite overcome as he be stood on the steps of Con klings house this afternoon and told the reporters P of the I 1 pending impending dissolution of his patient all afternoon ane sick statesman lay motionless in bed in the hoffman house annex he occasionally moved his arms which were under the bed covering he lay on his bight side in order that the wound on the left side ot of his head bead might not get irritated this cut cat it will be remembered is one dr sands made when tie be operated in the endeavor to save the ex senators life ed stokes came out of the house bouse and said conkling was sinking very rapidly his death was merely a question of time large crowds of people congregated in the street through the evau ev elbing Bing ing owin owing to the bulletins announcing that the end was near prominent politicians and aad members of the bar were seen in the corridors of the hoffman house discussing the abilities ot of the dying senator and ingui inquiring rin the latest pews bews everyone was anxious boget to get information anti ana yet feared that at any moment it would be learned that the end had come i A sorrowful group surrounded the sick mans bed mrs Conkling whose vigils vi ails have been beyond the endurance of many stronger women and who had watched her husband since early morning was a achis at his side looking worn and despondent his nephews judge alfred C cox and alderman conkling and brother col frederick A conk ling and mrs oakum were the sorrowful observers of the passing away of the great senator the strong frame that in delirium required the stoutest porters of the hoffman house to bold him even while wasted by disease now lay low and almost life less in the hands of the great destroyer nis 1118 DEATH NEW YORK april IS 18 conkling died at this morning at the bedside of the dying man were mrs conkling judge cox dr anderton and mrs oakman mr conkling Conkli og passed away without moving a limb he fie looked as it if peacefully sleeping there were a number of persons ou outside t on the street waiting to catch t the e last report within dours there were between forty and fifty persons also waiting to near hear the worst they were composed chiefly of representatives representative a of the press and friends oi 01 the dead senator mr conkling died in the rear chamber on the second floor of his residence it was a dreadful struggle that the patient fought against dealu said judge cox out but the end was peaceful grid and unaccompanied by pain his sorrowing wife and daughter were weeping at his side but the once keen kaen eyes were glazed and set in the death struggle mrs conkling and daughter both bore up bravely but the wife was tae most prostrated mrs oakman SUP supported arted her mother the ashen anor pallor deepened upon her emaciated face mr conkling Oon kling gasped three or four times and passed away in death the lines about the mouth and face were slightly drawn he was much emaciated but still in death his tace face seemed natural immediately after death judge cox co X and dr anderton left the house no ar arrangements range ments can be made tonight for the funeral the arrangements will be definitely settled when mrs conkling becomes more composed judge cox said that in death Con klings mouth was slightly opened as though he had died with a gasp mrs conkling is alone with her daughter and is completely prostrated with graaf later the interment will be at utica LONDON april 17 the paris cor responders respondeat eat eRt of the times is informed that startling revelations are about to be made regarding Bou langers election expenses the stories about bennett and others giving boulanger Bou laager money the times correspondent says are absurd PARIS april 17 in view of the threats mal badt the past few days by the alarmists alarmiste Alar mists and the revival of the boulanger sentiment and as a precautionary measure the troops will be kept in the barracks all day thursday and in addition to extra brigades of police an exceptionally large force will he be hede de tailed to guard the chamber of deputies of st petersburg the election of general boulanger i is s viewed with concern in official circles it is feared the internal disorders of france will paralyze her action abroad at a time when international questions will require to be dealt with DAw BuRy conn april 17 W H R hawley one of the leading druggists this morning shut shot and fatally wounded his brother in law I 1 virgil barnum he emptied a five chambered revolver two shots taking effect the shooting took place in hawleys harleys Haw leys residence and ang was caused by a family quarrel barnum is still alive but is not expected to survive the night hawley is also in a critical state suffering from a fracture frac turf of the skull the result of a kick inflicted by barnum and is not expected to live he is now in custody at bis bome ome here ST louis 17 the residence of L A hoffman a farmer near oakey ridge cape girardeau county was burned sunday morning aud and three of his bis children consumed three other children were so badly burned that it is expected they will die and hoffman was so seriously tired he died yesterday itis it is thought hoffman became suddenly insane and tired his bis house himself he had bad eleven motherless children and had been very gloomy for some time PENSACOLA florida april 17 the marines and ol 01 ue jackets of the north atlantic squad squadron roa participated in ia a abam battle today five blue jackets and a marine were wounded it is supposed the material in the cone ot of a shell had bad hardened and tore off the metal cone wounding the men SAN FRANCISCO april 17 at the regular quarterly meeting ot of the chamber of commerce today a memorial to the secretary of the navy was adopted urging the necessity of tile the completion of the monitor as a partial defense of our defenseless harbor A memorial to congress favoring favori ag the establishment of a naval reserve requesting that a sufficient appropriation be made to carry on the surveys of government lands in california and urging the necessity of prompt and favorable action upon the bill now before congress to establish a quarantine station at this port was also adopted the mC memorial morial on the quarantine bill cont contains aids the following the port of san francisco fra is visited by ships from infected ports more especially ally from china the home of the smallpox and our railways afford every facility for the spreading of the dis ease throughout the country our oar city has been otten thus afflicted sad aad our oar citizens have borne with patience the neglect of such guch precautions as are only obtainable by means of quarantine facilities cili ties commerce has been and Is seriously hampered and travel impeded and the public health is constant constantly impeded y endangered dang ered at this port SAN FRA FRANCISCO cisco aarif 17 the arrival of the steamers this morning from honolulu bring the news that the sugar crop is being rapidly harvested it is now estimated the crop will be about the same as last years 00 tons the laying kayin of the pacific cable is the one subject being talked of on the hawaiian islands honolulu tied had advices advises from new zealand that the surveying ship egeria w will ill probably soon begin surveying a cable route she will begin at new zealand proceed to tongs tonga sandwich islands and thence to vancouver B C A belt miles wide will be examined toe task will occupy from two to three years NEW ORLEANS april 17 the times es democrat special from jeanner says in a dispute at the polls today miche las provost was shot dead and his brother L P provost was mortally wounded the trouble is said to have arisen from a family feud all AH places place of business are closed as on OB sundays the election is progressing the central wards appear to be polling a heavy vote for davy and the regular ticket while the downtown and uptown up town wards it is clat claimed mad are polling a heavy vote lor for the independent youad mens democratic Ass association ocla candidate A difficulty occurred this morning at poll oil three in the second ward between amas thomas S nobles a special officer of the latter association and sergeant mike mclaughlin of the regular force it is stated some one struck nobles knocking him down and that he then drew a revolver and fired thre e shots one of which struck a man maul named byrnes nobles and a man named ke teno were locked up as principal and accessory in the af fairand the wounded man was sent to the hospital the shooting hooting caused great excitement and aurther further trouble is feared the young mens democratic association claims the election of the entire ticket over the straight democratic ticket by a large majority NEW ORLEANS april 18 1 a m in that nicholls is elected governor by a majority of philadelphia april 17 william cramp sous sons ship and engine build i ers company have nearly comple completed tda the dynamite cruiser gunboat called york toton designed for the united states navy it will be launched on 0 saturday april to in the pre presence cresenc 04 dt secretary whitney it carries four pneumatic guns for the hu burling biln 0 of dynamite lange projectiles each with a 1 r range of at least a mile the bhe training of the gun gauis is accomplished by steering the vessel and the loading Is all done by steam the guns are 11 1 inch calibre and the shells which will be fired with great accuracy twice a minute will contain pounds of explosive gela tine equivalent to pounds of dynamite or pounds of gun cotton it is claimed that this gun properly handled bandied 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