| Show doings ill both of coup a S I 1 MURDERERS G rains floods and goow fever ravages DAYS OF DIRE DISASTER the ill lie pasha ri sot the lost stanley after all 0 A 1 STYLE et mir cases strool othir W tera Ass cited press to tun THE tile bidese till abot aej now coe to ake wasim arox sept 17 an the senate mitchell introduced a bill to reduce letter postage to one cent an ounce baid on tile table ire that on thursday submit some remarks on tile motion to refer tile presidents annual message Sherm ailt offered a resolution direct in I 1 be committee on foreign relations to inquire into and report at the next 1 I of congress the of the relations of tile united states with great britain and canada with such mea stires as are to t friendly commercial AMI zo e a r coll i the committee to have lease to sit the recess of co agress ile asked that the resolution I 1 le over til I 1 tomorrow to morrow and said lie would then address the senate briefly upon it hear offered a resolution adopted instructing the committee on finance to inquire as to the cotton bagging trust and what legislation was feces gar to counteract it g J e hour of one havengar hav ingar rived the senate proceeded to vote on beairs blairs motion to reconsider the v ate passing the chinese exclusion bill rho motion was rejected yeas 10 nays 21 so the bill remains p asea and now oes to the president for his ap pros i the house bill to enlarge the pow era and duties of the department of agriculture and torreano tor reato an executive department to be known as the department part ment of agriculture was taken up tile question being on an amendment striking out section five which transfers the weather bureau of the signal of ficeto the department of agrical ture in the course of the bbate in by senators butler 1 almer abed ill dawes and plumb the latter do garl he competition which the A dieric agriculturists met and would continue to meet in the markets of the world from south america australia india and africa and dec larga hid unless the existing we changed and in charta india wheat would sell in the new york market in five years duty paid in competition with amer can wheat it was therefore do that the president should have in his cabinet a man who represented t great agricultural interest of the country and it was necessary to diversify agriculture so as to look more to the home market rather than to the foreign markel in this connection he favored the encouragement 0 f the of sugar from sor hum and without action t bill was laid aside till tomorrow to morrow and the senate adjourned THE RUSE wrangling our various matteri bedding none or thein sept 17 cox of new york v as elected speaker pro tem to act during the absence of carlisle tile house bill to transfer to the state of Loui slang the es 9 ion of a certain tract of land lor quarantine was reported and passed 3 ordill of kansas offered a resola tion reciting grave charges of official misconduct against the sioux indian commission which have appeared in tile public press and callina on the Secretary 6 the interior tion as to whether there is I 1 foun d aaion for these charges and 1 arec tin 9 him to ascertain whether an undue influence ilia been used to secure the i signature of any of the hintlian n to the treaty referred dingley of blaine offered a resolution calling on the president for infer mation as to whether the rights of american fisherman have been violated by the canadian anahori ties mathin the ast yeat and it so whether he bp As retaliated as he haa tile authority to do under the act of arct I 1 I 1 lele ed OI 01 ill of 0 u r I 1 offered a reso lutto age d Y for the con 1 icar ab I 1 e and moved its reference to the committee on labor the vote resulted 54 to 37 la favor of oneille ON eills motion but blount of georgia made the point of no quorum thereupon forney of Allt barns interrupted the proceedings by calling up the conference report on the sundry civil bill but yielded to kellsy pennsylvania m he offered a resolution broadening the scope of the investigation now in as to the new library building so as to direct the special committee to inquire whether any member of congress has FA at I 1 v undue influence to secure ii cc by the of till material and whether any member has endeavored to cause tho removal of from h 1 a or to dp rIvo him of any 0 f his powers or duties for the reason that to by such member taulbee of kentucky asked conseria con serit to offer an amendment authorizing I 1 he committee to inquire any member has used or corrupt influence to retain ilia a it on or has endeavored to d I 1 V e artt lle attention from the invests cation in the proceeding in which is involved or to date the committee or any member low arigi aged in investigating the construction of the library building kelley to accept taulbee a but accepted one offered by springer directing the committee to report its conclusions within two weeks the resolution wag then adopted forney came forward with his conference report but oneill of raised the point of order that even anch privileged liged re 1 could not bis presented when the P 1 0 so was dl riding on its motion to refer ilia labor resolution to the committee I 1 I 1 is point of order having been sustained tile tellers resumed their places for an hour posts patiently waiting for a quorum various ro positions were submitted to bre k t abo deadlock dead lock in tho found itself but there was an object lion to each one A motion to adjourn wag voted down yeas 37 nays 92 oneill then asked the unanimous consent to have the labor bill tile special order for wednesday week after the reading of the journal with the night session if to this there was necea ton aril th e I 1 1 ouse adjourned fellow river JACKS OTILLE fla sept 16 tho official bulletin of the board of health for the 24 hours ending at 6 p m re ats 0 c eat a ota lage to ate 0 total deat s is roiling a corps of 14 nu a letb clarry bliner arrive from ork by er to e I 1 it twenty three nurses from orleans arrived today to day it has oil A sad sunday the weather is still un settled amona those prostrated in colonel walked internal revenue collector for florida and mrs walk or ire Is doing well sept 17 the marine hospital burdau has received resola aiono adopted by the philadelphia permanent relief committee which recites the fact thata great number of sons are leaving the fever stricken r tr c to and are carrying the yellow fever to nor thern cities it urges the government to enforce the strictest quarantine to prevent spreading and if necessary to establish a military cordon tenn sept 17 it is claimed bi ibe of wildwood town nine miles from Chatta noo ga that a yellow fever refugee fro m decatur ala died there of th dread disease tile state board of health has been asked to investigate and will at once send physicians for that pur pose ST sept 17 A faintly of emigrants of pensacola fla ing of joel davis wife and small child n a 10 d mrs have en charge of by the catl beadth authorities and sent to the hospital where they were placed in an ward mrs mclaughlin Is sick biti feve rand her jaundiced appearance is not inviting altho ligh tile citi ph alel i lans say it Is not yellow levei jacksonville YACK SONVILLE sept 17 the oell cial report today to day shows 12 4 now caff 9 and 7 deaths this does not include the report of the medical bureau of visiting physicians came in just after the official list aimed and embraced 54 new casda which however were kanj PJ I 1 bated only seven deaths were reported up to six this efon ing but it Is certain there have been several others during the past hours the aw a ast men g the making air report rendered correct figures to impossible quite a number of nurses have reached here from various places and it Is expected than a dozen willcie returned to camp perry en route tomorrow to morrow the we wet and unfavorable kepf 17 the case of wilson reported as having died from yellow fever at wildwood was not tane of yellow fever so prove dby a thorough investigation sept 17 the catl zens relief committee today to day tele graphed to an additional making h total of A biose call NIAGARA F ALLS N Y sept 16 charles A percy who went through rapids august 20 ad 1887 in his life boat and some days after wal A proceeded from whirlpool to lewiston attempted the same feat this afternoon ire left tho bild maid of the mist landing above Sap pension bridge at p in and era led into one of the apartments odthe boat the boat passed whirlpool aar ids and out of the whirlpool safely when about half a mile below the whirlpool the waves dashed in the manhole door forcing him out into the boat being thrown overboard he swam through the dangerous danger rapids to lewiston a distance of miles I 1 where a fisherman packed him up I 1 an exhausted condition at percy had contracted to make the voyage from bridge through the tragic river and acres 8 the lake to toronto to be put on eahl there nith his boat tragedy si framcisco Fam cisco apt 17 word has reached here from steine rig flat an isolated Pep ot in brinit county in california that fast tressla I 1 light one iverson a man whose mini had been apparently growing weak for several months shot his wife dead in d then after reading the sections in a book placed the muzzle of a ri bryer 0 in his mouth pulled the trigger with his too and killed himself the deed was committed at night when both were in bed when the neill bors found their bodies next morning they alio found eversons iversons Iver sons babe who was with the in at the time in alth it face and body core vor blood in which it had crid effort to wake its parents central ind amt ag this was a lay of interrupt Inter rup quiet with lea harrison and ilia household they attended services in tl 0 mom ing and were accompanied home by gen lucius fairchild of wisconsin lie was ion buet this aft C rn 00 n T 0 mo rr ow G e n harrison anticipates a day of comparative tuesday a delegation of thousand is expected from louisville and other cities the irish american club of left for home at 1 this afternoon they were escorted t 0 tile do pot by a committee of local 1 rish ile publicans public ans the stills own sept ag andrew a well to do farmer living six miles from here was the contral figure in a triple tragedy last night for several months bad blood has existed between the It hueland their farms adjoined and their trouble was caused by some pa raging rem arks made by rhuel about blips annie fink for this lie aft I 1 ras d b y re d fink gund roby acri rot her hoe is ai yes t rdv and p ch dill A pitol I 1 ill the d or 1 I na to 0 1 k In Z I 1 1 I sk I 1 rae were ply t 0 O t them brothe rawl sister went to tile home of firtko lie mot fred atrid a word shot him through the jaw 1 I without pani ting to ascertain the of the first victim he hin rii onto complete his murderous mork at the house he hibard bliss fink cool ing super elio bad board the r t 0 I 1 the pistol whon her brother w a s shot and see ing ithiel approaching sought safety in flight she ran out of the house wit tile mailman close upon her track instead tead of firing at her as he ran he abased her for a distanced dista ned of yards the poor woman after her long race for lif becoming utterly exhausted turne ea and I 1 d her pur stier with the appeal aar rhuel don t shoot MA this had no effect to placed the muzzle of the pistol at her left breast una sent bullet tigh liar heart not fled with tats tie fired again and again at his prostrate victim then returned lome reloaded big weapon bade 1 1 i wife and children adieu and goina to the barn blow his own brains out neb sept IO jno split nol a Loher nian in a fit of tem big wife this try insanity shot a pori to r noon lie discharged four chambers ot a revolver at her each bullet lie then placed the 0 effect nh mouth and killed him self tho woman is still alive but will afo CHICA lao sept ag gifts snell widow of the millionaire who was murdered in bia own house by a burglar doubt lefts the young scapa raco today to day to auble the amount of tile reward which wal for the capt ture of the fugitive it is known than any deff nile to Ta scotts whereabouts has caused this action in flikki silk CHICAGO sept ag A I 1 special brair I 1 consisting of ve pull man cars and a liol el car arrived over the baltimore and ohio r 0 ad on saturday night it was the first see tion of a of twenty four cars chic carried zionists to tho grand army encampment in columban ohio The first section was by general 1 IT goodman commander of the department of california 0 A rt R t ids tilo famous veteran guards of caland acting as escort to the commander the guard is commanded b joe ow iton and Is one orthe crack veteran 0 organizations of the county and exhibition drill at columbus were received in the most flattering mauner by well as id soldiers who gathered there the guard was to have enjoyed a carria ge ride toay to ay but the rain spoiled that part of the pro gramme to stock yards ani wipe of the arks will be jilt visite dand tomorrow to morrow the home will be begun I 1 gentilam Gent ilat dati CATTLES BUrta ky se ta 17 two men steele and bloc 1 abie both drunk boarde d a train at mount ster ling yesterday afternoon and fought all the way to the conn the safety of the pas gers the men off and told them to P ht it out they drow pistols and ch an ged fire shots each the fifth hot from steele astol assed through el r 1 I ill illing him instantly they were cousins after the killing steele boarded the tiala and proceeded neward hol the train having waited until the duel was over at wt ind sept IO 10 john X aged 60 the most notorious desperado in southern illinois who for ten years has figured in the C rim inal courts of wabash county wag hot and killed night by con stable half of belmont halt bad arrested on 06 charge of attempting to kill III own son and daughter and wogan made a ous us move indicated alo fence to hall the latter drew a revolver and fillet him through the head alth ahot 4 js sept 17 A rica cial from OP Ls idys morning at villa blat prairie a crowd of armed men rodo to the houses negroes named jean pierre salet and D eare and after leading them a abort dis tance awa 7 riddled them with buck shot killing them both instantly the billing Is supposed to have been brought about by incendiary language recently used by these two negroes school trouble PA sept lo 10 feeling has been engendered over tile establishment of a parochial school by catholics in the first ward an alic school building seven protestant ministers denounced catholicism from their pulpit k to day and arjang 0 ments havo neen made for a mass meeting next evening to protest against tile 1190 of public school buildings for religious purposes the iwhite ii hite rasta BRUSSELS sept 17 captain von gele who has awit returned from the congo country states in an interview that he believes lie himself Is the in a n described as the white pasha who is said to lave been seen in the district beginning of the year lie had a number of conflict a with natives in the direction of the sept 17 cases of the alleged comparators Ile abek and chleboun charged witt a plot to murder the officials here were called up and continued until abe october term of court on the assertion of Ile and scinic that at the proper time they could show evidence to prove their I 1 inocence cence I 1 fire it ky sept 17 an in are here this morning calia 1 a acos of insurance jwj tile chiel losers are 0 lerv ellis alid Z 1 lalord Lall rd C flaak aa sept 16 flood in the savannah has covered rice plantations near savannah and the rice crop Is nearly if not quite a total loss reports fro the ehst all under water and the roads and bridges are carried away so that travel Is almost impossible I 1 there Is groat damage to property no deaths have yet boon reported washington sept 10 A severe rain storm accompanied by a driving cinq prevailed lavro for two hours or I 1 more this afternoon was |