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FINANCIAL A135 COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK. May 3l.-Money on call easy at 1
per cent. Prime mercantile paper. WOM.
Sterling exchange steady. with actual busi-
ness in bankers‘ bills at 4.88% for demand and
at 84.87% for 60 days. Posted rates. 4.88%@
4.90. Commercial bills, 4.8636. Silver certifi-
cates,64@65: no sales. Bar silver. 61%. Mexican
dollars, 51%. Government bonds firm.
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds firm.
Lower prices were in the main registered aft-
er 11. Tobacco declined 2K; and recovered 1V:
Sugar preferred and Reading lost 1: Louis-
ville. %. and Chicago Gas. General Electric and
Cordage. is: St. Paul preferred on a cash trans-
action gained 1%,. The market closed fairly
steady. but without much activity.
Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 89.1
Bur. & Quincy. . . . 77%:
C.. C.. C. & St. L.. . 36%
Chesapeake 8: 0.. 17%;
N. J. Central ...... 105
North American. . 4
Northern Pacific. 4,14
Do. pref ........... 14-33
Chicago Gas ....... 73% N. Y. Central.. . . . 97% .
Cordage ........... 22% Omaha ............ 36
Cotton Oil ......... 26% Ontario & West. . 15%
Del. & Hud ........ 131% Pacific Mail ...... 15%
Distillers” Trust . . 2-1 Reading .......... 16%,
Erie ............... 15% Richmond Term.. 10%
General Electric.. 35 Rock Island ...... 67%
Hocking Valley.. . 16% Silver Bullion. . . . 61%
Lackawanna ...... 161% St. Paul ........... 59%
Lake Shore ........ 131% Sugar Refining. . .100%
Lead ............... 38% Texas Pacific ..... 8%
Louisville & Nash. 44%
Missouri Pacific. 27%
Northwestern ..... 106%
New England ..... 3%
General llarkots.
NEW YORK. May 3l.——FLOUR—State and
western steady and moderately active: city
mills patents. [email protected]; winter patents. $3.25
@1135: city mill clears, [email protected]; winter
straights, [email protected]. '
WHEAT—No. 2red opened weak on lower
cables and absence of frost west. but soon ralu
lied on unfavorable crop reports from south--
west and lowering of shorts: J uly. 57%.;
September. 60@60%c.‘
CORN—No. 2 firmer on bullish western news;
damage by frost said to be considerable: July,
We: September. Wfific.
OATS—No. 2 dull. but firm: July. 38%c.,
track. white state. 43®470. .
PORK—Steady; new mass. 813013.25; family.
Siamese.
LARD—Quiet: prime western steam. $7.25.
nominal.
BUTTER—Steady; state dairy. ”@1650;
state creamery. 14®l7c. T , '-
CHEESE—Lower: state. large, 8%@9}fic.
small. 8%@9§’4c. ‘
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania. 183
130.: western. llVflZIZC.
SUGAR—Quiet: fair rcflnin . 2%c.: centrif-
ugal. 96 test. 2%c.: refined qu ct and steady:
crusltsgi. 434024 l5—16c.; powdered. Slat 7-110.
Union Pacific ..... 15M;
Wabash pref ..... 15%
\Vestern Union... 83%
State A
THE DUFUY PROGRARII‘IE.
It Is Temperate In Tone and Promises Aid
to the Working People.
PARIS, June l.—The declaration of pol-
icy of the new Dupuy ministry was read
today in both chambers. It says that the
ministers have accepted office from a sense
of duty as patriots and republicans, add—
ing: .
“We hope that you ‘will assist us in deal-
ing with the troubles in the midst of which
we have assumed office. We are deter-
mined to resolutely preserve order and to
always secure a strict observance of the
laws of the republic.
"The government- hope that you will ac-
tively assist in the democratic tasks which
should distinguish the present legislature.
'But it does not propose to add to the pres-
ent ample programme before the house.
"We sh-zll give the closest attention to
the quosti ms of old age pensions, and the
practical c )liCillSiODS of the committees
upon this subject will prove that the repub-
lic does not need to become revolutionary
in order to improve the lot of the working
classes.
“The chief object of legislation, how-
ever, will be the financial problem, as the
fiscal reforms which are demanded urgent-
ly by the country cannot be postponed. In
our opinion, the fiscal are the leading so-
cial reforms. Republicans may differ re-
specting the methods, but ' not respecting
the end to be attained, and we'count upon
the hearty coroperation in this heavy task
of all those who have faith in the work of
the French revolution and in the destiny
of popular government. ”
Colorado Democrats at Loggerhead;
DENVER, June 1.—The attempt to har-
monize two Colorado Democratic state
committees has resulted in failure. After
a session lasting nearly all night the
White Wings or bolters’ committees. re-
fused to give up their organization and
decided tO'nominate a full ticket. The
other committee, headed by Frank Ar-
buckle, decided to do the-same.
No Clew to the Butler Murderer.
BOSTON, June 1.—A1though the police
are actively at work on the ,mysterious
and inhuman murder of Mrs. Annie But-
ler, the dressmaker found dead in hef
rgoms last Saturday, they have not sucs
ceeded in shedding much lighten the
cOmmi‘Ssion of the crime. There is no
slow to the weapon with which the mur-
der was committed.
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"Senate Finally Compromiscs on :1.
“Hands Oil” Resolution.
SE;._.-I‘OE SHERMAN SPEAKS.
He Delivers a Long Address on the Tar-id".
His Opinion of the Present Bill.
A Commission Suggested—Pro-
ceedings of the House.
WASHINGTON, J unc 1.—There was a
good attendance on both sides of the po-
litical aisle when the senate met today at
10 o’clock. Mr. Turpin (Dem., Ind.) pre-
sented a set of resolutions adopted by the
legislature of Ohio protesting against the
Russian extradition treaty.
Mr. Hill (Dem., N. Y.) then offered his
resolution directing the bribery investigat-
ing cemmittee to throw open its doors to
the public. It went over until tomorrow
under objection from Mr. Cockrell.
Mr. Dolph (Rep, Or.) followed with an-
other resolution directing the sergeant-
at-arms to bring E. J. Edwards, the
newspaper correspondent who refused to
answor queries of the senate sugar investl‘
gating committee, to the bar of the senate
to show cause why he should not be held
in contempt. This resolution also went
over under the rule.
Mr. Turpic then offered a joint resolu- }
tion declaring that it was no longer to the ‘
interest of the United States to continue
the treaty with Russia ratified April 21,
and that notice be served upon the emper~
or of Russia that the United States pro-
poses to terminate that treaty at. the expl-
ration of six months, the time required to
be given by the treaty. He also reported
from the commltee on foreign affairs a. res-
olution, with a unanimous recommenda-
tion that it pass, as a substitute for the
Hawaiian resolution reported some months
ago. It made no reference to annexation
and was as follows:
Resolved. By the senate of the United States.
that of right it belongs wholly to the people of
Hawaii to establish and maintain their own
form of government and domestic policy: that
the Uni ed States ought not in any way to in-
terfere t erewith, and that interference in the
political affairs of these islands by any other
government will be regarded as an act un-
friendly to the United States. ‘
' Hawaiian Resolution Passed.
Mr. Turpie asked for a vote on the reso-
lution. It represented the unanimous
sentiment of the senate, he thought. and
would meet the approval of men of. all
shades of political opinion in the United
States. ' ‘
Mr. Mills (Dem., Tex.) explained that
the resolution did not meet his approval,
although he would not vote against it.
Believing that; this government had over-
thrown an existing government in Ha-.
waii, he thought it the duty of the United
Stmes to tear down the *oligarchy set up
in its name. The resolution was then
passed unanimously, 55 senators voting,
for it. Mr. M is did not vote. ' '
Mr. Peffer (
lution, which was appropriately referred, *
instructing the judiciary committee to re-:
port Whether the government of the Unit-
ed States could, by virtue of an act of con-p
gross, constitutionally take possession of
and hold for public uses, paying com'p'eni
sation therefor, all the coal beds of the
country. ' ' " _
The hour of 10:80 having arrived, the
tariff bill was taken up. ' Several amend
ments offered to the lumber paragraphs
looking to a duty on rough lumber were
voted down by a strict party vote, as was
an amendment oficred by Mr. Allen (Pop,
Neb.) to place logs, boards, laths, shin~
gles, etc, used in the construction of
dwelling houses, on the free list. .. _ '
Mr. Allen moved tostrike out paragraph
178, as follows: “Lumber of any sort,
planed or finished, on each side so planed '
or finished, 50 cents per 1,000 feet, board
measure, and if planed on on‘ side and
tongued and grooved, $1 per 1, 00, and if
planed on two sides and tongued and
grooved, $1.50 per 1,000, and in estimat-,
lug board measure under this schedule no
deduction , shall be made on account of
planing, grooving or tonguing. ”
Mr. Vest threw a bombshell into the
Republican “ranks when he announced, -'
after Mr. Allen had offered his amend-
ment, that it would be accepted by the
Democratic side. As the amendments to.
the lumber schedule were being voted on.
Without debate under an agreement made
on Wednesday, the vote was immediame
taken, and it was agreed to—35 136.24, a‘
strict party vote, Messrs. Pefier and Al-
len, Populists, voting in favor of it.
This will have the effect of putting all
lumber on the free list.
The committee amendment increasing
the duty on chair cane from 7 to 10 per
cent ad valor-em was agreed to. ,_ ,
Wrangllng About Furnituré.'
Mr. McMillan offered an amendment
seeking to make staves of wood of all
kinds dutiable at 10 per cent ad valorem,
but it was rejected. When paragraph 181
was reached, making house or cabinet
furniture of wood, wholly or in part fin-
ished, manufactures of wood, or of which
wood is a component material of chief
value, dutiable at ‘25 per cent, Mr. Squire
(Rep, Wash.) declared that if the senate
desired to be consistent after having placed
finished lumber on the free list it should
now place furniture on the free list.
Mr., Peder thereupon moved an amend-
ment to the paragraph making the arti-
cles contained therein exempt from duty.
Mr. Aldrich gave notice that if the
Pefier amendment was voted down he
would move to increase the duty to 35 per
cent. On the common grades of furni:
ture, he said, the United States could
compete with the world. Large quanti.
ties were exported. The furniture im-
ported was of a very expensive quality
and a pure luxury and should bear a high
rate of duty.
Mr. Pefier‘s amendment was defeated—
5 to 55. Mr. Aldrich then offered his
amendment, and it also was rejected. '
This completed the wood schedule.
Mr. Sherman, the tall and venerable-
senator from Ohio, then, at 11:50, took
the floor and delivered a carefully prepared .
speech on the general subject of the tarifi‘.
As is usual when the Ohio senator
speaks, his words were listened to with. i
great attention.
Mr. Sherman’s Speech.
Any measure. he said, affecting every
interest in this broad land, imposing dun
ties and taxes to the amount of $400,000,:f
000, necessarily must create wide and hen}
est diflerences of opinion. But it was
strange‘that such wiéle and seemingly irs
reconcilable difieren~ as should exist with-
in the ranks of the dominant party. To;
these serious differences was to be attrlbr.
uted the chief cause of film: delay in its
'p., Kan.) offered a 3res‘o-' '
Read the GAZETTE.
"L
mnsv-irraumu . Mr. Sherman proceeded to
analyze the 13‘. t‘orm declarations of the
Dem-..cr:1ti:: at» Chicago and read
from the rrport of Mr. Wilson on the
house‘ bill to show that that bill was
framed upon the doctrine that the levying
.of duties for purposes other than revenue
was unconstitutional and robbery. He
then took Mr. Cleveland‘s letter of accept-
ance, which ignored. as he said, the Dem-
ocratic platform and promulgated another
doctrine—tho doctrine of revenue with in—
cidental protection. 4
Mr. Sherman said he would place on
the witness stand the Democratic leaders
in the house and senate to show the clash
Of opposing theories. Ho dwelt particu-
larly on the speech of Mr. Gorxnan, call-
ing attention to the fact that the Mary—
land senator announced boldly and openly
that when. the house bill came to the
senate it was consigned to the tomb. SO,
too,‘ were the original drafts of the senate
bill prepared by Messrs. Mills, Vest, and
Jones, and the bill later framed by the
majority of the senate finance committee.
Mr. German, he said, had made the
pregnant statement that none of these
bills could command a majority of votes
in the senate.
Finally the pending bill was brought
in, and the senator from Maryland, with
a fanfare of trumpets, announced that it
had back of it a. solid Democratic major-
ity, this in the face of the constant evi-
dences that it had the honest support of
neither faction, and that many of its pro-
visions were rcscnted as tin-Democratic.
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,How different this spectacle, said Mr.
Sherman, from that presented by the Re-
publican party, which stood united in fa-
vor of levying tariff duties for revenues
and protection, the one a necessary and
proper purpose of taxation, the other even
greater, to proteEt employment in the
United States and to prevent harsh and
unjust competition with foreign labor.
This doctrine of the Republican party
had been incorporated in the McKinley
bill. It was to an extent incorporated in
this bill. If our friends on the other side,
said Mr. Sherman, had come to us and
had said, “Some of the rates in the Me-
Kinley bill are too high,” the Republic-
ans might have joined with them in an
equitable revision. After four years’ a just
and proper modificaiton of a great revenue
measure becomes apparent.
' A Commission Suggested.
“If it were proposed to pass the house
bill here,” said he, “the political aisle
would divide two antagonistic principles.
But if the doctrine of protection were to
be accepted, as it was ‘in the present bill,
the contention between the two parties in
this chamber was one of detail, not of
principle. And if this were the situation,
as he believed it was, there was a better
way than the one now being adopted to
accomplish a revision of the tariff. It
,should have been done by a commission.
He always thought that the best way to
frame a tarlfl bill was through a commis‘
sion especially appointed for that purpose.
Such a commission could have framed the
present revision if the doctrine of protec«
tion was to be retained. This bill had
been framed without any of the advantges
which would have acérued had a nonpar-
tisan commission framed it. It so hap-
pened that even the finance committee—
the best equipped to construct tariff sched-
ules—had had little voice in the prepara-
: tion of this measure.”
Mr. Sherman said he had never favored
-..the disposition of the sugar question made
in the McKinley law, but added that the
,United States had assumed a moral‘if not
a legal obligation to those who had accept-
,ed their invitation and had gone into sug-
ar production. He would favor both a
' bountygaud a duty on sugar production.
Mr. “Sherman charged that the sugar.
schedule had been drawn by the refiners.
‘He contradicted the statement made by
Senator German that the protection of—
fered the Sugar trust had been reduced
, and asserted that the statement was a pal-
pable misrepresentation.
" He denounced the protection given the
Sugar trust and declared that it was five-
eighths of 1 cent, or equal to the entire
cost of [sugar refining, including the wear
and tear of machinery. '
Placing wool on the free list, in his
opinion, was the culminating atrocity Of
the preposed tarifi bill.
‘ In the House.
After the reading of the journal Mr.
Sickles (Dem., N. Y.) ofi‘ered a joint reso-
lution reciting that it had recently been
"decided by a Pennsylmnia court that au~
‘thority had not yet been specially given
, to carry out the provisions of the act of
March 3, 1393, making appropriations to
preserve the Gettysburg, battlefield, and
that there was imminent d ger that per-
tions of the battlefield wou d be irrepar-
ably damaged if immediate steps were not
taken to preserve it. The secretary of
war is authorized to obtain such lands on
or in the vicinity of the battlefields as may
be necessary for the execution of the act
of March 3,» 1893.
The resolution was passed. On motion
of Mr. Childs (Rep, Ills.) _ a. bill was
passed providing for an additional district
judge of the northern'district of Illinois.
*At 12:35pm. the house went into com-
mittee of the whole on the bill torepeal
the state bank tax, and Mr. Black (Dem.,
Ga.) resumed his speech in favor of the
total repeal of the law.
The Vigilant Sails.
NEW YORK, J unc 1.—-Thc yacht Vigi-
lant passed quarantine at 11:05 a. m.,
outward bound, in tow of the tug Charles
H. Runyon. She was escorted by the
steam yacht Vamoose, and on passing
quarantine boarding station she was sa-
luted by the boarding boat George F. Al-
len and steamboat Governor Flower. The
salute was returned .by the yacht, which
dipped her flag, and also by the Runyon.
An Enormous Land Deal.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 1.—An ex-
tensive land deal has been closed here, in‘
volving 2,500,000 acres of land lying on
the Rio Grande, in the Mexican states of
Coahuila and Chihuahua. The land was
sold by ex-Governor Gonzales of Chihua-
hua to the Mexican Cofiee, Cotton and
Colonization companyfighich will colonize
10,000 negrocs on the land.
Ono Stabbed, the Other Shot.
ST. LOUIS, J une l.—This morning in a
drunken row at the corner of Sixth and
1m streets Guy Rothschild was stabbed
by Fritz Clark. The former shot Clark,
killing him instantly. Rothschild, who
was not badly wounded, was placed under
arrest.
The Bank of Enterprise Closed.
ABILENE, Kan, June 1.-—-The Bank of
Enterprise, Enterprise, this county, was
closed by Bank Examiner Brcidcnthal to‘
day. The bank had born in bad condition
for some months, and the failure was not
unexpected.
A I‘m: bull Fatality.
PROVIDEMJH .iuuc l.——Patrick J. Cun-
ningham, 1!), v. .m fatally injured while
playing; 1' as. Lei at Earth Providence. He
was 1-1.. by a Dull.
Read the Gazam.
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'ery possible attention.
FLAMES ml WRECK
A Limited Train on the Wisconsin
Central Road Derailed.
SEVERAL LIVES WERE LOST.
A Horrible Accident “’hich the Rallroad
Company Thinks \Vas Caused by Mis-
creants—‘-Flames Add to the Hor-
ror of the Situation.
—
MARSHFIELD, Wis, May 31,—Train 4 on
the Wisconsin Central road was wrecked
here early this morning, with serious loss
of life, the cnrstaking .fire afterward.
Eight persons are known to be dead, and
others are missing and supposed to have
been burned to death. Between 15 am
20 persons are injured, some of them in»
tally. Among the dead are James Hub-
bard, the ginecr; 'G‘eorgc Gearhart, fire.
man, and' udson Bigelow, brakeman.
The bodies of the passengers who were
killed were consumed, and their name:
may not be known for some time. The
official report 'of the wreck made to the
railroadlofiice places the number of dead
at eight and the injured at 15. Several
of the latter will die.
The injured are being cared for at
Marshfield. A nut had been taken off the
switch, allowing it to get loose, and the
train jumped the track. The forward
cars took fire at once, and the conductor,
Gavin, succeeded in uncoupling the real
sleeping car and day coach 47 and saved
them from burning.‘ Everything elsolwas
burned, except some mail and baggage.
V Later. Details.
Later—No. 3 north bound passenger
passes No. 4 at this-place, and as soon as
word was received of the accident No. 3
went to the scene with a number of phy
slclans and nurses frOm- here. The dead
and wounded were brought back, and the
depot was turned into a hospital, where
everything was done to make the unfortu-
natps comfortable. ' '
Manville, the Scene of the accident, was
once a. lively sawmill town, but of late
years has graduallysunk to nothing, no
1.. now all that remains is a few scattered .,
buildings. During the'forest fires last
fall the depot burned, and about all that
is left to mark the place is a heap of
burned ruins and a number of side tracks.
The accident Occurred at ”the first switch,
where a supposed broken bar caused
switch to open sufficiently to derail th.
train. _‘ ~'" 1 f '
After leaving the track the train plowed
\along over the tics fern. distance of 10
rods and then toppled and rolled over,
the engine and tender going into the
ditch and the cars piling on top of each
other. All were soop set on fire from the
stoves. From out of this tangled mass
’mcn and women who were lucky enough
not to be pinned down» crawled, many
making wonderful escapes. The bodies
of Russell and Jud Bigelow, who were
caught in the timbers, were not recovered
for several hours and were burned to a
crisp. " "' V A
As near as can be ascertained, about 50
passengers were on the train, and as the
work of Llcaring a’way ithe wreckage goes
on others may yet be found to swell the
list of those who met death by burning.
Under direction Of'Division Superintend-
ent Horn, who happened to be on the
north bound passenger, is special train wa
fitted up and left. here for Steven’s Point
bearing the remains. of} Engineer Hub-
bard, Fireman' Gerhart"and Russell and
a passenger.” When the body of Bigelow,
the head brakeman, was recovered, it had
a watch in one hand "and a lantern on an
arm.
The injured, who are distributed among
the different hotelsjjt'ls thought will re
cover, except perhiips a—--—Ch'ester of thi.
city. - . ' " ~
4
The Compgniyfs Statement.
MILWAUKEE, May_._31.-At the com-
pany’s office it was stated the accident hap-
pened at 1:15 a. m.,_z_md that the wrecked
train was the south bound limited from
Minneapolis to Chicago' It was a fairly
heavy train nnd'was running at the usual
rate of speed when it struck the open
switch and went 0.51:?“ a straight piece 01
level track. The baggage and mail cars,
the smoker and second day coach and two
of the threeslc'e'pcrs' left the track, and
nearly all thecars, except one of the twc
sleepers, 'werc‘ either burned or badly
wrecked. " .1, '
The names of. the trainmen known t(
have been killed are: James Hubbard, en
gineer, of Steven’s Point; George Gear-
hart, fireman, of. Steven’s Point; Judsor
Bigelow, brakeman, - of Steven’s Point.
—-—,_— Russell, :1. civil engineer in the em
ploy of the company.
Caused by a Miscrcant.
Three of four members of the train crew
were reportedmissing, and it is though!
that they are beneath the wreck. Severn.
passengers are not yet accounted for anc‘
may also be dead. None-of the passengers
in the sleeperswas hurt, but 12 or 15 ii
the smoking car and day coach were in
jured. All the injured were taken t1
Marshfleld, where they are receiving ev
The bodies of the
trainmen were taken to Steven’s Point
The first. report that One of the Tweed]
brothers of this city was among the killer.
is thought to be one Of the Twccdys whc
employ laborers. Rush B. Tweedy is tilt
chief engineer of ' the \Visconsin Central
and the first supposition was that it was
he who was in the wreck. The opinior
strongly prevails in official circles of the
Central that the wreck was the ~reslilt oi
criminal tampering with the switch at
Manville. It docs not appearthat it coulc
be out of place except by being tampered
with, and it’ is said that. some wrecker has
caused the terrible accident by a murder
ous act. -' '
The town of Manvillc, where the cool
dent happcntd. was almost totally dc-
stroyed by fire last inll. and since that time
there has mural-1e there except a rail-
road station. it was funicrly a lumber
center, and a sif'wmill was operated there.
Receiver-Howard Norris was in the rear
sleeper and' telegr-uc eel 11w. i’rst facts tr
General Nitnazcr “'hilmwnh
Bet-d the Gazarng
,. their lives.
THE new WATERS. »
The Frazer River Overflows Its Banks
and Does Great Damage.
EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.
Villages, Towns and an Indian Reservation
Under “Water-Steamers Sailing Over
Submerged Farms—Horas of
Cattle Swept Away.
VANCOUVER, B. 0., May 31.—-The Frazer .
river has become a raging torrent and is
dealing destruction and death at. every
point. The surrounding valleys are sub-
merged, houses and outbuildings of ranch-
ers have been swept away, and where but
a few days ago waving fields of growing
grain met the eye, is now but a waste of
water.
\Vhole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep
have been drowned in the rushing flood.
\Vhole villages on the banks of the stream
are afloat, and so for eight lives are known
to have been lost. At Langley a little boy
fell from a porch of the Lanley hotel and
was swept away by the flood. The hotel
was afterward washed from its founda-
tions. The entire town is flooded.
A Reservation Under \Vater.
Langley prairie and the island on which
is the Indian reservation are entirely
under water. Four Indians who were try-
ing to tow some cattle from a ridge on the
island behind their canoes to the main-
land were capsized, and three of them were
drowned. The dead bodies of three men
and a little girl were found at Hatztic
prairie entangled among floating trees.
Many other bodiesare reported as hav-
ing been seen in the stream in other local-
ities, but so terrible was the current that
all attempts at rescue were futile. At
Morris steamers are sailing over sub
merged farms. Farmers, fearing to re
main longer, are taking passage on steam-
ers and bringing their families here.- -
The towns of Chillawack, Harrison and
Centreville have been almost entirely in
undated, and it has been with 'difiiculty
that the inhabitants have escaped with
The damage done to the Ca
nadian Pacific road tracks is very serious
all along the line.
Railroad Traffic Stopped.
At Hatztic the dyking has entirely given
way. and 600 yards of road have been
washed out. At Nicomen the whole town
is under water. Traffic over the railroad
is entirely stopped, no train having an
rived from the east since May 23. Ne
mails have been received or dispatched
since. _
At Hatztic prairie and Griffin lake500
men, with six work trains, are busi y en-
gaged endeavoring to repair the track. A!
places it 'is proposed to throw hawserr‘
across the chasms and in this 'way transfer
the mails to the western side of the breaks.
Despairing of reaching their destination
within a reasonable time, hundreds 01
passengers by the Canadian Pacific are be-
ing taken east.
Every farmer and rancher at Hatztit
prairie isruined. The latest reportsays
the Matzqui dike has caved in, and the
country is flooded. Reports from beyond
Mission City cannot be obtained, for the
wires are down. The Mission railroad
bridge, one of the largest on the road, is
expected to go every hour. The Salmon
arm bridge has collapsed. At. Yale the
river is rising two inches an hour.
A Confederate Monument Dedicated.
RICHMOND, May 31.——A monument to
the soldiers and sailors of the confederacy
was unveiled here today with appropriate
ceremonies. Fitzhngh Lee was chief mar
she], and Governor O’Ferrall with his full
staff. General Wade Hampton and staff,
the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans,
Department of Virginia, volunteer infan-
try, artillery and cavalry and militia
joined in the ceremonies, together with a
number of ladies’ associations and civic
organizations. After a parade the dedi-
cation was begun with prayer and music.
A Strange Revelation of Murder.
ST. LOUIS, May 31.—The petrified body
of awoman has been found by hunters
near V‘Valkerville, Ills.. imbedded in lime
stone, and a small stream of water ran
over it. Upon the forehead is a gash which: ..
indicates that the woman was killed with
a sharp instrument. Mrs. Bridgewater,
who lives at Walkerville, says that she
recognizes the body as that of Mrs. Lovess,
who was her neighbor 60 years ago.
The Bulgarian Cabinet Problem.
SOFIA, May 31.—Dr. Grecofiz' declined to
undertake the task of forming a cabinet
and advised Prince Ferdinand to consult
with the leaders of the Opposition. The
prince complied with this advice and has
summoned M. Radoslavofif and M. Stoilofi“.
It is stated that none of the retiring min-
isters will enter the new combination.
The Welsh Disestabllshment Bill.
LONDON, May 31.—The Standard says
that the government has offered the Welsh
members of parliament a pledge to make
the bill for the disestablishment of the
Welsh church the first. business of the
next session. It does not intend to call an
autumn session.
Railway Shops to Shut Down.
MOBERLY, Mo, May 31.—-Orders from
Wabash headquarters have been received
to shut down the shops on Monday
June 4. This will throw between 700 and
800men out of employment. Scarcity 01
coal is the reason for this action,
A Fast Trotter Sold.
CHICAGO, May 31.—At a special sale 01
horses at 3the stockyard‘s fair prices were
secured, ’ though the sales were slow
Among the sales was Prince Hal, reCOrd
2:16%, by Brown Hal—Jenny H.
VIENNA, may SITIPrch—e—Augustus m
SaxeeCoburg-Gotha was married today in _
the Church of the Hofburg, this city. to
his cousin, the -Archduchcss Caroline 1111‘
maculata of the Tuscan branch of the
Hepsburgs—Lorrnine. The ceremony wa-
. performed by the archbishopof Vieuzu
and attended by Emperor Francis JOSeph
- and the Austrian court. Prince A ugustus
'is ,a grandson of -. fate “emperor or
Brazil. -
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