Show x GENERAL NEWS dyla U TIr to hr A CHRIST texas may 14 burr shot at his wife mrs barnard hi mother in law springing between them was phot twice burr then struck his sister in law mrs brews ter over the head with a pistol cell ing her to the floor reloading the pistol he shot himself dead mrs barnarda barnards Barn ards wounds are pronounced fatal the cause of the tragedy is A disagreement between burr and his wife resulting in her returning to her fathers house ad s w may 14 cap t george A stone who has the management of maud S having been the letter of P A finnegan owner of santa claus that be will trot a series of fire races with maud S bays he cannot accept the challenge for for each race with BO large a forfeit as finnegan proposes nor can he agree to trot the five races on one track as by finnegan stones first kofl er was a race 2500 a side and was distinctly capi eased in his letter to mr buck of april namely to trot the adries aeries of five races for 2500 a side for each race with 2500 forfeit races to be trotted upon five different tracks to bo agreed upon by him finnegan before the races bes gin capt stone has been released from the obligation to enter maud S in the stake races both at chicago and buffalo in order to enable him to make this match NORWAY mich may 14 early on thursday morning the shaft ao of the lumberman mining co s ludington iron mine located eight miles from here caved in burying alive sixteen miners the shaf 50 feet deep and contained five feet ef water john tie an irishman isaac winn and oliver gardner cornishman Corn ishmen who were working di factly at the bottom of the shaft were taken out dead the others who were working in drifts were res cued alive immediately upon the caa ng in of the shaft alarm was given and miners from other parts of the mine hurried to the scene and actively to work to release the imprisoned miners and as it pro half tui located cries of the miners could be heard growing fainter and fainter at about U a ni an entrance was made and thirteen of the miners rescued from drifts of the shaft uninjured the remaining three being directly under the fallen rock were killed or suffocated and were taken out dead tut time may 14 A special express of four cars pulled by a new f locomotive which has but one C foot driving wheel at each side ran on a trial trip today to day from philadelphia to jersey city ninety miles in ninety seven minutes up old haorld NEW may 14 the sun of to says we are informed on behalf of justice field that his letter of regret on the occasion of the boss shepherds banquet was only formal and not really regretful in fact we are told it was simply a brief declination without expression of any feeling toward shepherd but it is admitted that beverly tucker who has hitherto been the most active and efficient promoter of fields campaign was present at the banquet and made a very eloquent speech in honor of the preat public robber and the boss of washington welcome EL ks may 14 wm ll amaon an englishman bas purchased from the atchison topeka santa fe railroad company fifty two quarter sections of land in milton township butler county in this state and arranged for breaking up acres on each farm A house will be built on each farm A house will be built on each quarter section and under the english tenantry system fifty two english families will occupy these farms each fam from 20 to and will begin fencing in the new homes and prepare for their future in kansas under most favorable auspices may 15 the times this morning published f story from leadville ville told allendorf to a reporter of that city regarding terrible massac rca of white prospectors for the reservation allendorf says be left bis home in linn county kansas seven weeks ago with seventeen others on an equip pd expedition in search of mineral which thy found on tho headwaters of the gunnison rich placers which yielded two to four thousand dollars per day on may ad while the party was widely scattered in dianci mounted and strong galloped down upon the camp end massacred the whole party cutting their bodies into pieces allendorf witnessed the an air from a mountain whither he had gone hunting the totes had carried off all the gold and the whole outfit allendorf escaped and walked for several dagg until he reached a settlement allendorf that his story had been discredited by the settlers to whom he toad it and who attributed it to a brain telegrams received at leadville yesterday report that men coming from to liOde City report that a party of 25 prospectors had been corralee corr aled on and 12 killed this h up posed to be bradburys Brad burys party which left del three weeks ago gen column is on the way to the scene A letter from says the ute s aro reported to have killed 12 miners 40 miles west of that place and troops from fort are on their way thither all these stories are subject to doubt and cannot be verified toon as the roada ure in a terrible condition but it is believed that the indians are making preparations for tho war path and dirring news is expected the 14 the herald publishes the latest tables of dele to chicago as follows grant blaine 97 ed munds 35 14 and adds it is calculated on the best authority that from nine that are yet to ae held anti third term candidates will receive a majority of at least ten delegates this would be a majority opposed to the ex president of nd would render impossible his nomination on the first ballot abw may 14 the table gives the up to the timofi the following votes grant blaine sherman W edmunds 34 washburne 13 necessary for a choice to be mill elector IX |