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NATIONAL NOTES,

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Revenue Cutters Ordered to Chase Filibusters,

The Latter Leave in a Schooner a Cubian Expedition M^of Belief. T"'"

Proposed Amendment to the Silver

sisi Coinage Law Introduced in the Senate. ,••

yMr. Attorney Bliss Tells About Bis Fees—Postmasters Salaries—Courtesy to Oeneral Grant.

CHASING FIL.LIBUSTEBER8'

A Cuban Expedition. L«BTM Oar Shores and Bevenue Cutters Oo in Pursuit. WASHINGTON, April 2.—Information

originating with the Spanish consul at .Key "West was received by Secretary Folger through state department channels last Saturday evening to the effect that a Cuban revolutionary expedition was being organized at Key West by Agnorrs that he had collected 1,000 well-armed men and stores of explosives, and the expedition might be expected to depart from our Bhores at an early day. Orders were thereupon telegraphed the commanders of the revenue cutters Governor Dix, supposed to be at Key West, and George S. Boutwell at Savannah, to take steps to immediately prevent any such violation of law. Instructions were also telegraphed two special agents of the navy department, who are in Florida, to proceed to Key West and assist in any needed investigation. The Dix, however, had left Key West Saturday for Cedar Keys, 300 miles distant, and a message to her commodore reached him on Monday, when he arrived at Cedar Keys. The Dix then started back immediately, and nothing has since been heard of her at the department, but no doubt is entertained that she started in pursuit of the fillibustering schooner, as stated in the press dispatch from Key West early this morning. As the Dix is under steam and capable of making ten or eleven knots an hour, it is believed she will easily overhaul the small sailing schooner, unless the latter diveits from the usual course to Cuba and evades direct pursuit by temporary concealment along our shores. The Boutwell, which was put. in order at Savannah last Sunday and left that port Sunday evening, has probably by thiB time reached a position to aid in the work of search or capture, but nothing has been beard from her since she departed. Our government was similarly informed several months ago that a filibustering expedition against Cuba was said to be organizing at New Orleans, and several of our revenue vessels were continuously on the watch for it ever since, but without discovering any attempted evasions.of the law.

NEW SILVER BILL."

POSTMASTERS' SALARIES

The Work ot Readjustment that is to Be Done. WASHINGTON, D. C., April, 2. The

annual readjustment Jof salaries of postmasters for the next fiscal year has begun at the postoffice department. The salaries of 2,405 presidential postmasters will be adjusted on the returns for the quarter ended March 31st. The adjustment takes effect July 1st. The department is about to begin the examination and review the claims of postmasters for readjustment of their salaries for the period between the years of 1864 and 1874, in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 3d 1883. Circular letters are being sent to all persons who were postmasters during that period, or their heirs, calling for information concerningthe'u' claims but it is said at the depaataient further progress in the eases is not possible unless congress makes provision for at least twenty additional clerks. There are mai^ thousands of claims, covering penodsfrom one to ten

years,

and postal officials

the enormous sum of fifty million lars will be required to pay them,

one say dolls

General Grant

Floor of the

on the House

WASHINGTON, Dsession of the bouse to"We have the

where, leaning on one of his crotches, he received the respects of the members, the speaker standing by his side and introducing to him the representatives with whom he bad not before been acquainted.

BLISS' FEES.:

He Tells

How Much He Charged for His Services.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2. George Bliss continued his testimony before the Springer committee to-day. He swore that his relations with star route cases formally ceased last week. The examination then proceeded with, "What was your entire charge?" "Fifty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-two dollars. Of this amount $4,324 was for expenses and about $8,000 is Btill unpaid." "Gibson says you got$150 a day?" "That is not true. My bills covered greater periods than he reckoned. "How many men did you cohvict?" asked Representative Eyan. "Only two." "Were they punished?" VK "No, sir." "Did you collect any money for the government?" "No,

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Coinage

A Proposition Regarding the of Silver. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—Sen

ator Maxey has prepared an amendment to the house bill for the retirement of the trade dollar which provides that after January 1st, 1885, the trade dollars shall be received in deposit at all United StateB depositories, and together with all half-dollars, quar-ter-dollars and dimes now coined and in the treasury or which may hereafter come into the treasury, and all other silver which, after said date, may be purchased for coinage by the secretary of the treasury, shall be sent to the mints and coined into half-dol-lars, each of which shall contain 206.64 •«rains of standard silver, and such coins shall be legal tender for any amount for debts public or private. It provides, however, that the secretary of the treasury may in his discretion continue under the existing law the coinage of quarters and dimes which shall, however, contain respectively one-fourth and one tenth of the standard silver now contained in the standard dollar, and all said quarters and oimes shall be legal tender to any amount for all public and private debts. It provides also for the issue by the secretary of the treasury of silver certificates based upon half-dollars, qoarterB and dimes thus provided for in the same manner as required by the law in the case of the suver dollar.

I've not gone

i/ito

the in

surance business." "Would you charge for Sundays? Springer inquired. "I think my bills will show that I chaiged for Sundays. I know I worked on Sundays." "That is probably why you did not succeed," said Springer. "Whose fault do you think it was that there was no convictions asked Ryan. "I think it was the fault of the jury. Continuing Bliss said: "I say distinctly I never charged more than $100 a day, except possibly when the trial was being conducted. I consider it a mighty poor day in New York when I don't get $100. Dorman B. Baton said to me the other day: 'They are finding fault with your fee.' For years before I gave up the practice in New York I did not think of leaving the city without a charge of $100 a day.",

French's Vindication,

WASHINGTON, D. C.f April 2.—The board appointed by the postmaster general to investigate the charges of favoriteism and injustice to subordinates, discrimination against Union soldiers, inefficiency, intrustworthiness and dishonesty in connection with weighing the mails made against C. J. French, superintendent of railway mail service for the fifty-seventh division, headquarters at Cincinnati, made a report that they fopnd the charges not sustained by evidence, and say from the testimony they believe him to be a just, competent and honest ofllcial, entitled to the support of his superior officers and the respect of subordinate's.

Preparing Him for the Museum. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—This

morning in the Criminal court case of Wm. Jones, charged with attempt to kill assassin Guiteau by shooting into the prison van as it was taking Guiteau from the court house to the, jail, was set for trial April 28th.

i' National Notes. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—The Republican senators will meet in caucus to-morrow morning to further consider the order of busineds.

Senator Mahone's condition is not improved. His friends are very anious.

2.—

April

During the "day Mr.Randall said honor of having with

the floor

to-day General Grant. There are no words needed from

far as he

Uis concerned. I think we should do ourselves honor by taking a fifteen minutes to give the mambers an opportunity of shaking him by the tiand" (Applause.)

The

recess having

been taken by unanimous vote, Speak«r Carlisle escorted General Grant to the Bpace in front of the clerks desk,

The president made a proclamation restoring to the public domain all the Turtle mountain Indian reservation in Dakota, with the exception of townships 162 and 163 north, range 71 west, which were reserved for,Jhe benefit of the Indians. •_.• I

The sub-committee of the house juditiary committee to-day heard E. B. Wiegand, special examiner of the department of justice on the chaiges against Judge Axtell, of New Mexico. He read a report on tbe case which he had submitted to the attorney general and in which he gave .his opinion that while there is nothing against the integrity of Axtell he was unfitted for the place of associate justice.

Secretary Chandler directed Commodore Fillebrown, commanding the New York navy yard, to arrange a suitable reception for the remains of ExSecretary Hunt, which will arrive in New York on the ship Elbe. The funeral arrangements in Washington have been placed in the hand of Lieu-tenant-Commander McCalla. The interment will be at Oak Hill cemetery with military honors and the navy department will be closed the day of the uneral.

SPRING ELECTIONS

Th.

MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 2.—The Democratic city ticket, with the exception of mayor, is elected. The city council is Democratic.

ST. LOUIS, April 2.--Elections at the interior cities of this state yesterday resulted as follows: At Springfield, the Republicans elected the city clerk, attorney and one councilman the Democrats elected the remainder of the city ticket and three councumen, At Carthage, the Temperance ticket was elected over the Citizens' ticket. At Concordia, the Republics* elected foot council men and a colored city marshal. Lexington elected one Democratic and one Republican member of school board. At Sedalia the city ticket is equally divided, the Democrats electing the mayor and the Republicans three aldermen. At Lebanon the license ticket was elected with one exception. At Laplata the Republican and Prohibition was elected.

The towns in Southern Illinois so far as reported show the elections generally were conducted on the Purely local issues, temperance cutting the chief figure.

ST. PAPL, If inn., April 2. Members of all political parties the state met this evening ana organi^en a Minnesota State Free Trade League. The constitution pledges the members neither to support nor vote for any

candidate for congress or member of the legislature who is not pledged te free trade. The members inclnde some of the most prominent members of both political parties,

PROVIDENCE, R. L, April The following is tbe vote for governor, with one district lacking: Bown, Republican, 15,827 Legar, Democrat, 9,545 scattering, 15. The legislature will stand:|senate, 27 Republicans, 9 Democrats house, 57 Republicans, 15 Democrats.

•100,000

Damages for a

wife.

PITTSBUEG, April 2. Anthoney O'Donnell will shortly enter suit ftgninirt. the Guion Steamship Company for $100,000 damages. O'Connell alleges that his wife, who took passage on the ship Arizona October, 1881, and died from neglect while enroute to America. She was attacked by seasickness when a few hours out, and although confined to her berth several days before death, neither the captain, steward, physician or stewardess visited her. The physician pronounced death the result of heart disease.

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Missouri Crops*

ST. LOUIS, MO., April 2.—The secretary of the Missouri state board of agriculture, who received reports from every county in the state, says the acreage of the growing wheat is 98 per cent, and improving. He also states the per cent, of wheat now in the hands of producers is 17J and corn 24. Peaches are severely injured, and apples promise fairly, but small fruits will be short.

THE CYLCONE.

Farther Details of the Disasters of Tuesday.

A Graphic Description of One of tbe Whirlwinds.

Another One Yesterday Morning in the Monongataela •'*£s fcf- Valley.

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The Village of Oakville Utterly stroyed "by a Cyclone—Six Persons Killed and Fifty Injured.

MUNCIE, Ind April 2.—A destructive cyclone struck this town and county about 5 o'clock p. m. yesterday, wiping Oakville, seven miles south of here on the Ft. Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad, completely out of existence and doing inestimable harm to lives and property. About 5 o'clock a heavy black cloud came driving from the west and another from the north the two clouds met at the house of Louis Cochran, two miles from Oakville, lifted it bodily from tbe floor and foundation, and tearing it to kindling wood, deposited it two miles and a half from there. A minute later the sterm struck Oakville, carrying death and destruction in its track. Of the thirty houses in Oakville all but three were torn to atoms. Four persons were killed outright in Oakville and the fifth this morning, while James Sanders, two miles west, was also killed, making six in all killed and a large number injured. Fifty are reported wounded. The large warehouse and saw mill adjoining are in ruins, and the scene is a chaos of rubbish, of whose ownership it iB impossible to tell.

Anna Dearborn, an old lady, the sons of Col. Johnson, and James Sanders, are killed, and two other persons whose names are not yet ascertained.

Christain Swain lost everything and had his house blown from over his head, but like Cochran, escaped uninjured. L. Hale had a new house removed entirely from its foundation. The track of the cyclone was about a quarter of a mile and everything in it was destroyed.

The following were killed: Mrs. Anna Dearmond, widow, aged 50 Susan Hiles, aged 15—when discovered she was almost in a nude condition, her clothing having been literally blown from her person. C. C.Johnson was found in afield 150 yards from where the house [stood, with his head crushed. Turner Johnson, the 12-ear-old son of C. C. Johnson, was own twenty rods, scull crushed, will probably die Nancy Myers, 60 years old, arm broken Lemmie Myers aged 13, arm broken John Huffman and wife, both badly bruised in the head fifteen others were more or less injured, none seriously. Among the houses smashed was that of John Sullivan, in which were himself, wife and six children, the youngest a babe of two weeks old. They most miraculoudy escaped, none of the family being injured in the least. The babe

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ttesnlt in Chicago—Reports From Other Places, CHICAGO, 111., April 2.—The elec

tion for eighteen members of the city council and tax officers of the three towns in which the city is divided was held here yesterday. The indications point to the election of twelve Democrats, five Republicans and one Independent to the council, and that the Democratic town tickets are elected except the assessor of South Town. In two wards there were trials of strength between Logan and anti-Logan Republicans. The Logan men won in the Fourth and the anti-Logan^in the Fourteenth.

was found in bed covered with debris, but unscratched.

The Storm in Ohio.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2.—Word was received this morning that a destructive wind storm passed over Reynoldsburg, twelve miles east of here, last night. Several houses, baftis and bridges were blown down, and a still greater number unroofed fences and fruit trees laid waste and five miles of telegraph poles along the^national road were torn down. So far as learned, no lives were lost.

CINCINNATI, O., April 2—Reports from eastern Indiana and western Ohio Bay the storm of last night was very severe. The wind blew a hurricane, prostrating fences and telegraph lines, and communication is badly interrupted. No lives reported lost Near Greenville, O., the storm was very severe—houses, barnes and trees being blown down. James Fleming's residence and barn, near JaysviUe, four milee south of there, was destroyed. Mr. Fleming had his 1 broken, and his aged mother, who is an invalid from the result of an accident about a year ago, was very badlj injured, and her lite is dispatred of. The horses that were in his bam cannot be found.

Another On* Yesterday.

PrrrsBUBG,

Pa., April

2.—By

cyclone which passed over the. Monongahela valley this morning property was damaged and twenty-one persons injured, four probably fatal. Tbe sun was shining bright at half past nine. A Jew nfinutes later the sky became overcast, hail began tailing and there were vivid flashes of lightning and

loud peals of thunder. A terrific gale followed which leveled fences, wrenched signs from their fastenings and demolished houses. On

The most serious dairagein the «aty was to Oliver A Roberts' wire mill on the south side, which was completely wrecked. The building_ was 200 feet square and almost entirely of iron construction. It had. not yet been placed under roof. About 100 men were engaged inside patting in engines when the storm rent the Duildingin twain. Heavy iron girders fell with a crash and the men were scattered sell mell seeking places of safety. All jut six escaped uninjured, and oaly one of these, Wm. Lacy, is seriously hurt. The storm continued its course along the sonth side of the Monongahela river, sweeping small out-houses and fences from its' path until Homestead, Pa., was reached, when it seemed to gather new force. A frame house owned by Evan Jones was blown down and six men working on the building injured. Many other houses were damaged.

Thunder, Lightning and Snow. LONDON, Ontario, April 2.—Six

inches of snow fell last night. He storm was accompanied by the phenomena of thunder and lightning.

Killed by Politics.

HUNTSVILLK, Ala., April 2.—Captain Wm. H. Robinson, Democratic candidate for congress in the Eighth Alabama district against Gen. Joe Wheeld, committed suicide at Scottsboto, Ala., last night, by sticking a penkigfe into his heart. He had just returned -from an electioneering trip and it is supposed the excitement affected his mind.

East Bound Bates.

NEW YOBK, N. Y., April 2.—A rumor circulated here to the effect that Commissioner Fink has ordered an advance of all rates on east bound grain to a basis of 20c. from Chicago. The rumor is denied however, by Commissioner Fink, who says he_ has no intention at present of making any change in-the rates.

Fit Subjeetfor Lynching. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., April 2.—At

Fairview, yesterday, John W. Gibson, a young rough, walked into a grocery and fired two pistol ballB into the heart of John McCoy, killing him instantly. No reason is assigned for the deed. Gibson escaped, but a party of citizens is in pursuit and will lynch him if caught.

Who Asked Ton to, Sir? TSy Said. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 2.—Judge

Field writes from Washington to ex-: Governor Johnson that he is not, ^ni does not intend to be, a presidential candidate.

The Illinois Central management. NEW YOBK, N. Y., April 2.—The

board of directors of the Illinois Central railroad company decided to make no change in the executive management. Bobbed of 810,000 Worth of Diamonds.

NEW YOBK, N. Y., April 2.—Wm. Renner, jeweler, in the Astor house, was robbed of $10,000 worth of diamonds by Joseph Rosenbaum, his clerk.

TERSE TEIIEGRAMS.

THE TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS

TERRE HAUTE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. APRIL 3. 1884.

Twenty-eighth

street a frame house was completely demolished on Wyhe avenue the roof of a residence was blown off and a brik portition overthrown, burned Mrs. Rosenberg, Fanny Skaulkinand a baby and injuring them so severely that it is doubtful if they will recover A large was blown from a building on Fifth avenue and struck a boy named Portsell and slightly hurt him. Several other persons were hit by flying debris.

to.day, 800,-

Oold shipped to Europe 000. Receipts of hogs at Chicago yetarday, 12,000 of cattle, 5,700.

An unknown woman committed suicide In the Laclede hotel, St. Louis, last night.

A whisky Export and Loan association, with 8500,000 capital, was organized at Lexington, Ky., yesttfrday.

Prof. Cyrus Northrup. of Yale, has accepted the presidency of the Minnesota State University at Minneapolis.

There are rumors of a battle among cattle men near Cedar Mills, Indian territory, growing out of the ownership of cattle.

Prank Elliott, a rapist, of Boekvllle, N. C.. and Edwin McCnllock, a murderer at Dallas, N. C„ both colored, were lynched yesterday,

In St. iKJuis yesterday Carrie Swain, the actress, was granted a divorce. Her husband failed to appear, and the divorce was granted by default.

A convention of stock men from all parts of the west met at Dodge City yesterday. Those present represented nearly 400,000 cattle, worth 81,600,000.

The suit of MifBanryihore to restrain Modjeska from performing the play called Nadjeska has been settled by the defendant waiving all rights to produce the play.

Congress has been in session four months and yet but one appropriation bill oat ofslxteen has been passed. There are indications that the session will last till August.

The trial of Samon, who killed the Ruddy family and Mrs. Ford, In Laconla, N. H., has begun. The prisoner wishes to plead guilty, but will fList be examined as to his sanity.

Mr. N. W. Fitzgerald, of fraudulent pension claim notoriety, made his appear

ance

before the public again on Tuesday ia a fight in a Washington court zoom, and had a ohalr broken over his shoulders.

Miss Clara Barton, prestdent of the Red Cross association, left EvansvlUe for St. Louis. She will leave St. Louis Thursday night on the steamer Mattle Bell for the lower Mississippi. Supplies were sent from here to Cairo.

Prof. Hialmar Day Gould,B.C.S., M.S., principal of a scientific school In Cleveland, has solved, he claims, the long contested problem of the trisectlon of an arc. His discovery was made by using chords having one extremety of the arc for a centre.

Information has been received at the headquarters of the army from the United States consul general at Matamor-

as, concerning the Apaohes in northern Mexico, which tends to strengthbelief that little Charley McCoi

hen the imas was

killed by his captors. Tbe testimony ot Police Superintendent Walling, of New York City, before the legislative investigating committee shows him to be wholly unfitted and incapacitated for the position, and Commissioner French says the board has no power to retire him under the law, except by making charges against him and trying him.

A Noble Tax-Eater.

London Truth.

That the country should be required to pay £548 for the Garter fees of Prince Albert Victor is quite monstrous, and I do not understand why it should cost £100 more to make H. B. H. a knight than was paid last year for the king of Netherlands. This amount is, for the most part, a "perquisite" of the Dean of Windsor, who (a young man not yet thirty-six) receives besides over £2,000 a year, (with an excellent house) from the revenues of "heT majesty's free chapel," and JCpOOa year as domestic chaplain to the queen

SECRET

Prince Leopold's Death Primarily Caused by a Shipwreck.

Suppressed Facts Regarding His ^§st Honrs Now Coming to Light.

The Egyptian Situation Not Improving—Gerdea Expecting Troops.

The Turkish Treatise—Arrested aa Invincible*—Don't Approve of Henry George.

A SUPPRESSED DISASTER.

Prince Leopold Wrecked on the French Coaat Before HI* Death. LONDON, April 2.—A most extraordi-

nary presentiment on the part of Prince Leopold is now related on the highest authority. On his way to Cannes tbe prince was conveyed aboard the fine private yacht owned by his favorite companion, Extra Equerry Captain Alexander Glentworth Paul Clifton Perceval. It is not generally known that this yacht was wrecked with the royal party aboard in the Gulf of Naponlo and when but a short distance off Cannes. The wreck of the craft was complete but no lives were lost, as help was near at hand. But the young prince was much prostrated by alarm, and npon his recovery issued the strictest orders to keep secret the story of the accident, because he feared the result of the intelligence upon the health'of the princess. That afternoon when Leooid when Leopold had safely reached is private apartments in the Villa Nevada he lay down to sleep away his nervousness. When he awoke he sent for Capt. Perceval and talked with him about the wreck. Leopold was unusually melancholy. He sat at a window overlooking the beautiful bay, and casting a sorrowful look towards the place where the accident occurred, said plaintively: "Perceval, I don't know why it is, but I have the most gloomy forebodings. 1 have such ill-luck. I wonld not mind it if it affected me only. But my evil fate seems determined to make my friends share my misfortunes. I believe am doomed to bring sorrow and disaster to all those I desire to be with me as my friends. This feeling oppressed me inexpressibly today, and 1 have been unable to rid myself of the thought that 1 would rather die here than anywhere else I have ever been."

Captain Perceval tried to argue the rince out of his melancholy, but iiled to effect his purpose. Leopold di»id in Perceval's arms in the very room and before the very window where he confided to him his forebodings.

The Egyptian Situation,

SDAKIM, April 2.—Osman Digna is actively resuming the offensive. He is attempting to cut off friendly tribes about Andaub and Tamanieb from water. Sheikh Mahomed Ali is opposing him. A battle is expected.

Dispatches from Gordon, dated March 18, state that El Obeidis poverty stricken and destitute of trade. A few of El Mahdi's followers are there. There are no signs that El Mahdi is about to advance upon Khartoum. The Kabbabish tribe is in open rebellion against El Mahdi.

LONDON, April 2.—The Times correspondent at Alexandria says he possesses positive proof that Gen. Gordon expects the British troops to be sent to Khartoum.

The Turkish Treaties.

LONDON, April 2.—Ambassadors to to the porte insist that commercial clauses in the capitulations shall not be abolished by commercial treaties, but shall remain valid. England demands that she receive the same treatment as is accorded the most favored nations.

Arrested as Invinciblesi

DCBMN, April 2.—A number of tradesmen and farmers, charged with being invincibles and belonging to the body founded at Tnbber Curry, by Sheridan, have been arrested taken to Sligo.

and

Don't Approve of Henry George. LONDON, April 2. —The Parnell

branch of the Irish national league has passed a resolution condemning Michael Davitt for inviting Henry George to lecture in Dublin.

FELT HIS BliOOD TURN COLD.

Thrilling Adventure With Nitro-Qiycer-ine Behind a Runaway Team. Olean Special.

Scarcely a week passes in the oil regions without the recording of' loss of life or property by nitro-glycerine explosions. So susceptible is that explosive to the effect of even slight jare that the experience with a load of the material which is related by Harvey McHenry, a torpedo shooter in the employ of the Roberta Company,seems almost incredible.' Wagons are made especially for carrying nitro-glycerine. McHenry started for Berger Hollow, in the Bradford district, with fifty quarts of the explosive in tin cans in hiB wagon. The road through Berger Hollow is one of the worst in the district. McHenry was driving carefully along, and while descending a very long and steep bill the pole suddenly snapped in two, and the wagon ran against tbe horses. They immediately started on a run down the hill. McHenry says be could feel his bloody turn cold. When he saw that a collision between the wagon and a roadside tree was inevitable, be closed his eyee and waited for the explosion, from which there seemed to be no possible escape. The wagon struckthe tree, bnt to the Burprise and joy of the teamster no explosion followed.

Believing that such unexpected and unprecedented good fortune could not possibly continue, McHenry^ resolved to jump from the nitro-glycerine magazine as it went flying down the hill. He jumped, and striking against a tree diaini—twi one knee and injured his spine. The wagon had gone but a few feet when to ihe.horror of the helpless teamster it was overturned. Still for gome unaccountable reason the nitio-Icome

glycerine aiid not explode. The' hones fell to tbe ground, and in their efforts to regain and keep on their feet they dragged the wagon until it was overturned four times This occupied but a few moments, bnt to Sr. McHenry, lying helpless at a spot where, if an explosion occurred, there would not be a tree left standing, nor the fragment of a rock, and he himself be torn to atoms, the time seemed an age of agony. The horses finally broke loose from the wagon and ran on. That was the last that McHenry remembered until he was picked up and carried to a house near by. Some men working at a well in a lot 300 yards away had seen the runaway, and knowing the wagon to be a nitroglycerine vehicle they lost no time in placing still greater distance between it and themselves, as the possibility of avoiding an explosion was not for an inslant expected by them. When tbe horses broke loose they went to McHenry's aid. No instance is on record in the oil regions where nitro-glycerine subjected to so severe a test ever failed to explode. That none occurred in this case is only accounted for by the fact that the material had been stored in the wagon with unusual care and regard for salety.

THE RIOT.

The True Story of the Origin of the Mob.

The Barricades Removed—Governor Hoadlj's Message to the Legislature.

THE CINCINNATI RIOT.,

Forty-flve Death* to Date—The Origin of the Affair Purely Accidental—Barricades Bcmoved To-day.

CINCINNATI, O, April 2.—Dr. J. N. Weaver, surgeon of the Fourth O. N. G., in explaining the failure of the regiment to report at the court house as ordered, says it was a case of downright cowardice on the part of the men.

The origin of the riot, which started from the Music hall meeting, has been ascribed to a gang of fellows who marched down to Elm and Twelfth, when one of them, bent on mischief, gave the order to "file left," which started the^crowd toward the jail. The man who gave the order, "file left," is an old soldier, who had been at Music hall. He heard the tramp of the crowd behind him, which put him in a military frame of mind, and as he and his friend lived ea?t of Twelfth street, when he got to the corner he said, "File left," and started home. In the excited state of their minds, the crowd at once thought of the jail, and tramp, tramp, tramp, down Twelfth street went the nucleus of the Friday night's mob. The soldier and his friend walked on, when the latter suggested that the crowd meant mischiefT The captain said,'--Oh, no but it was soon evident .that there was trouble brewing, and the man who had innocently started the mob, crossed over with his friend to get out of their way, and they went on to the death and destruction that followed.

One of the most encouraging outward signs of the" supremacy of order has just appeared in the removal of barricades in the streets about the court house. At noon the first street cars of the Mt. Auburn line were permitted to pass, after being Bhut out at half-past nine Saturday evening, when pistol firing and stone throwing began near the court house, frightening the drivers so that they all refused to further risk their lives. Travel of all kinds at once was resumed about tbe court house. One of the first lots of freight delivered on North Court street was an immense quantity of bacon, to pork house opposite the court house.

While Main street and north and south Court streets are open to public travel, the barricades in front of the jail and on Sycamore street are still in position. These cause comparatively little interruption to business, and they make it impossible for a crowd to press closely on the jail.

At the burial, vesterday, of Adolph Meinking, one of the killed, Saturday night, his father fainted at the grave. He was carried home in an unconscious condition, and died before morning.

There is no longer that menacing look of presented arms, but a very few soldiers are pacing the sidewalks around the court house for the purpose of preventing entnresome ones from entering the dangerous structure. The entire military force will be withdrawn to-day, except the Seventeenth regiment, which has orders to remain until further orders.

The latest revised list of dead and wounded make the number of dead, 45 wounded, 138.

The executive committee of fifteen hold its meetings with closed doors because their duties are advisory, and they regard it wise to keep their plans from the general public. At the meeting to-day, the only business transacted proper for the public to know, was the adoption of a resolution advising against the holding of public meetings in the city, wheie the riot and its incidents would be discussed. While all signsare hopeful and the belief general that no further voilence is probable, there is some apprehension among those charged with the preservation of order.

To-night the barricades are all gone and the militia are simply patrolling the sidewalks around the jail and court house. They have no molestation, not even the taunting, as they had on Sunday when behind the barricades The feeling has had time to cool, and the good conduct of the Fourteenth regiment in prompt obedience, soldierly bearing and unflinching bravery in facing the desperate mob around the burning court house tends more and more to develop respect for the state troops. Nothing could have been finer than the behavior of these troops in that charge. To-day as they are returning to their homes -at Delaware

and Marysville, they are welcomed proudly by all citizens. Old soldiers are glad to recognize the true soldierly spirit. The conduct of the Fourth regiment appeara in a worse light the more it is known. Sheriff Hawkins to-day says he sent Deputy Sheriff Max Buckeye to meet CoL Mott and escourt him to tbe jail. When he reached Ninth and Vine, four squares from the jail, the colonel halted and said he would go no farther until met Jby the sheriff himself. Buckeye reported this and Hawkins, though wearing the uniform of a colonel, and therefore a special target for the mob, went within a square of the mob and sent Buckeye to' tell him to on. He waited half an hour

"Vhen Buckeye returned saving, "T cowardly men wont come. Hawki then returned to the jjail and the Fourth regiment marched hack to the depot lne next day the colonel with a portion of his command, re-

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uty till to-day when relieved. Col. Hunt, of the First regiment, makes a vigorous protest against the charges that his troops fired recklessly and without orders. He says in the most toying situations they behaved like veterans and corroborates Capt. Foellger's statement that the first firing was by direct order of Sheriff Hawkins, and -adds that Capt Foellger ordered, his men te shoot light. He says the marks on the walls show they did fire high- Several of the troops were hit by missiles and some were shot. All the firing by the troops on Friday night was by direct order of the sheriff. To have disobeyed or refused to go into the jail would have been cowardice as well as subjected the men to Bevere penalties. The colonel says the men were perse-, cated, threatened to have their houses burned and be discharged from their places of employment. .Hje thin.M the regiment will disband.

In the Legislature.

COLUMBUS, O., April 2.—Gov. Hoadly in a message to the general assembly to-day recommends a provision by-law for the offer of adequate reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Oapt- John J. Desmond, Co. B, 1st regiment, O. N. G., killed on the evening of March 28th, in Cincinnati, while in the discharge of duty in the service of the Btate. He also recommends the propriety of making a provision for the relief of Desmond's aged mother from the pecuniary loss entailed by the. death of her son. he being her snpport

A bill passed the senate to allow all militia men injured or prostrated by sickness while in the services of the state at Cincinnati for 120 days at $2 a day.

A bill was introduced in the senate roviding that citizens may recover rom the state damages for the destruction of property by riotous crowds. The bill looks to making good the losses sustained by the citizens of Cincinnati.

Hendrieks' Opinion.

PABIS, April 2.—Ex-Governor Thos. A. Hendricks has been interviewed respecting the Cincinnati riots. He thinks the citizens of Cincinnati will soon come to regret the events which led to the burning of the court house. He does not believe any organized effort exists to establish vigiience committees in the great cities of the United States.

He is of the opinion that the sensible thing for the Democratic factions is to compromise their differences with respect to protection and free trade.

A CATTLE QUEEN OF TEXAS.

Mrs. Rogers,. Who is Worth a Million, and Who Can Bide Itke a Oow-Boy. Galveston Letter in the Inter-Ocean.

There is a genuine cattle queen in the person of Mrs. Rogers, who lives between the King ranch .and Corpus Christi, about fifteen miles from the latter place. Her first husband was a cow-man named Rabb. Right here I should explain that a decided distinction and difference exists between a "cow-boy" and a "cow-man." The former is a hired man who rides after the herd the latter is l.is employer who owns, the cattle. Well, after Rabb, from a small beginning and by good management and thrift, had accumulated a hetil of 40,000 cattle, he died, and left all to his better half, who had been a helpmate in every sense of the word, and not only understood the cattle business, but had managed it successfully during her husband's illness.

Widow Rabb was not only thrifty, but she was pious and belonged to the Methodist persuasion. A young preacher by the name of Rogers came along, and the result was a matrimonial one, although the odds in age were in favor of the parson by something like twenty-three years. She had no children and he had seven, but she took the motherless bairns under her wings, and the alliance has turned out in every way Buccesstully. .Rogers had not long been married to the widow and her cattle when he acquired a bad case of broncbitas and was compelled to give up preaching. Such cases are freuent But the widow gave him notice tiat she was competent to run the ranch and kept the cattle in her own name. Rogers knowing no more about them than any of his neighbors. He took to politics when he found his services were not needed at the ranch, and is now the Democratic memberof the legislature from Nueces county.

Mrs. Rogers, although worth a round million, lives in quite an humble home, e^d appears to have no other ambition further than to carry on the business her husband left her and accumulate money and cattle. She goes to Corpus Christi every week or so to sell stock or purchase supplies, but has no taste for dress or society. She is fifty years old, but rides a horse like a cow-boy and does not even own a carriage. She never entertains any one except a few people who visit her on bnsiuess, ami lives in tbe plainest possible manner.

A Case in Medical Jurisprudence. At a recent meeting of the Cuyahoga county Medical society at Cleveland an interesting case in medical jurisprudence was reported. A doctor dressed a boy's injured elbow and gave his mother directions for after treatment. The mother neglected the directions, and a deformed elbow was the result. The mother brought a suit for damages, and, notwithstanding the fact that the doctor conld prove the mother's negligence he was advised by hir lawyer to ^settle." The ground for this advice was that in Ohio "a child of tender years, injured by the fault of another, is not deprived of aright of action by reason of contributory negligence on the part of the parent or guardian." The surgeon must not only give the necessary directions, but see personally that they are carried out

A Scene fn a Oemeterjr. An extraordinary stene took place a few days since at the Leek cemetery, in England, on the occasion of tbe funeral of a retired farmer. On arriving at the grave the ofliciating clergyman, tbe Rev. W. Berrisford, vicar of St. Luke's, Leek, pointed out that the corpse's leal would not point to the

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eastward, and although the sexton told' him that the grave was in a similar position to hundreds of others, and showed him the headstones in eonfirmation, the clergyman insisted npon his point, referring to the difficulty which would be experienced on the day of resurrection if the corpse was placed otherwise than with his feet to the east A rule was procured, when it was found that the grave would just ,• take the coffin the reverse way, and the ceremony was then proceeded with. THE SECRET OP AN OLIPCHEHV-

NUT TREE.'

The Mysterr of a Girl's M—pe»|M Probably Kxplalaed. Ponghkeepsie Correspondence New York

Tribune.

One of the oldest landmarks in the' village of Delhi was a large hollow chestnut tree, which stood nearly opposite the home of A. W, Webb, in Main street It had grown to such huge dimensions as to occupy at least one-half of the sidewalk. Doting the last three or four years the tree has been dying, and as many of its dead branches hung over the .walk, the anthorities feared that some one might be injured by them in falling so gave an order that the tree be removed. The work was begun several days ago by sawing off the limbs. When this was done workmen began to saw tBfc trunk off about three feet above ground. They had sawed only onethird through when the saw struck, a hard, metalic substance, and the men had to stop. Axes were secured and the tree cut open. To the surprise of everybody the obstruction to tbe saw was found to be an old pistol of French design, bearing the date 1748. It was covered with rust and the date was almost undiscernible. Immediately below the ancient weapon lav a human skull, in the centre of the forehead of which was a round hole evidently made by a bullet Tbe news spread like wildfire through the villsge, but no one ventured aa explanation of the strange find. There has for a long time been a tradition regarding the tree, but it was not until on Friday that the Tribune correspondent learned the true story, when he called upon Abram Johnson, who lives about a f, mile outside the village, and who is now in his ninety-third year. Mr. Johnson had not heard of the discovery, bat readily recalled the story of the tree which: he had heard from his grandfather, who was an officer of the revolution. "That tree," said Mr. Johnson, "must be nigh onto two hundred years old. Why, my grandfather used to tell us boys about plaving around that tree when he was a lad, an' that is over a hundred years ago, an' 'twee an old tree then. Lemme see," and he reflected a moment "Oh yes, I can remember what he used to tell us about that tree. When he was young they called it the 'Injun's fate,' from the fact that an Injun was oncet hanged r. there fur murderin' a poor white girl in cold blood. She war a pretty thing, an' the Indian who war a sort o' chief in his tribe—I forget what tribe it war —wanted her to become his wife. 8be refused, an'he met her one night just about dusk an' quarreled with her under the tree. There was no settlement here then, only a few scatterin' cabins of the hunters. Nex' mornin' arter they ^ere seen under that tree, the poor girl was missing. Under the tree tbar was a Wm pool blood found. All efforts to p•?,•$ trace the crime failed, but it was deemed certain that the Injun had killed her, and the few white men that JL lived about here made a sort o' vigilance committee and swore vengeance pf ~. on him. They captured him one day an' took him to the tree an' prepared to hang him. He begged piteously to be allowed to live, but they were unrelenting, an' then he grew sullen and would not speak. Even when he had the rope around his neck he wouldn't tell what he had done with the girl. No doubt this explains it all. The tree must have been hollow, and he dropped her and the pistol he did the shootin' with in there and thought to conceal his crime. Th' affair made a good deal of excitement in them times." „,

LEMON AND BLACK CABB.

The Cheap Hack Experiment Started at

Twenty-five Cents a Mile..

New York Sun.

Twenty-five of these cabs paraded in Broadway yesterday. A Sun reporter itopped one and said: "How much?"

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When people from out of town reach the city this morning by any of the down town ferries they will find waiting outside a number of vehicles shaped like common cabs, but smaller "L in size, and having the lower half of the body painted a bright lemon yel- pu.. low, while the upper half and the running gear are glossy black. A small yellow and black sign on each side of these cabs will read: "For Hire." $

The answer was: "One mile or less, •, 25 cents for the cab. It will hold two' adults and one child but you ridek alone if you wish. You can put at trunk on top for 25 cents, or a parcel

for 10 cents. Twenty-five cents more for anything over a mile and under two miles, and so on. By the hour, 75 C6&ts«" I "If you want to stop on the way to your destination for less than five minutes," siid a representative of the company, "no charge will be made. For -1' each quarter of an hour stop or fraction theieof the charge is 25 cents.' There are some four-seat cabs. They are double tbe price, except that the charge by the hour is $1." "How are we going to find the CFTT)S?" "The cabs will be found on all cab stands and traveling up and down the principal streets below Chambers street during the day. We have only enough to cover that district now. After night they will be found around Union and Madison squares, the theaters and the crowded streets in that part of the city. Later on we will have plenty, and will cover the wbol® city."

The public hackmen jeer at the new ellow-banded cabs, and call them the black-and-tan carts."

Women and Walkina.'

New York Son.

If the report or advertisement that' Mrs. Langtry.walked twenty-two miles-, the other day be true, she deserves to be ranked henceforth as one of the best "walking ladies" on the stage. A great many American women wonld consider themselves hardly treated if they had to walk one-quarter of the distance covered by Mrs. Langtry. They have a suspicion that the big feet which they insist belong to English^ women may be due to the pedestrianhabit Be this as it may, it is a good, habit