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STEPHENS REPLY TO POTTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 2S.--
Alexander H. Stephens has written
a letter in reply to Garrison N. Pot
ter, in which he defends his position
in regard to the resolution ordering
the investigation. He reiterates the
views already expressed by him
against the .reopening of the Presi-
dental election controversy, and con-
dennis any agitation Of the subject.
His letterto Potter is quite lengthy,
and contains correspondence between
him and Mr.. Potter and Mr.. Chand-
Ter, of Georgia, during the agitation
of the subject prior to the passage of
the resolution. He denies Potter's
statement that he had any commune
cation with Republicans prior to the
Lassage of their resolution.
CHICAGo's PLAN.
CHICAGO, May 25.-The board of
trade men heldan important meeting
yesterday afternoon, and discussed at
considerable length the troubled con-
dition of the country and the proba-
bility of an emergency being liable to
arise from the cOmmunistic and labor
combinations. Resolutions embody-
ing memorial to Cong ress asking
that the army be thoroughly organ
lied and increased to 100, 900 men
were passed. The plan suggested is
to organize hundred regiments of
200 men each and station them at
various points throughout the coun-
try.
RUSSIA'S WAR PREPARATIONS,
PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-Count
Grotfenburg, with Captain Cleops,
formerly on the staff Of the Grand
Duke Alexis, are stopping at the
Continental Hotel. They visited
Cramps Shipyard yesterday and
directed certain alterations to be
made to the steamers Columbus and
State ofCalifornia, recently purchased
for the Russian Government. Count
Grotfienburg, denies there is any
authorized movement here to enlist
men for the Russian service, or that
any cruisers are being fitted out in
San Francisco. A number of vessels
from the Baltic carrying soldiers and
sailors are now on route, it is said.
and will shortly arrive at some port
in this country. 1t is also reported
that two large torpedo manufac-
| turtles have been discovered in the
suburbs Of Philadelphia, and a COM
mittee of English citizens has been
| formed to watch the operation and
shipment and report to the English
| government.
THE GREAT WISCONSIN TORNADO.
CINCINNATI, May 2S.-A special
dispatch to the commercial from
Madison, Wis, says: "a large num-
Der of citizens are visiting the scene
of the recent tornado. The roads are
literally jammed with teams from all
parts of the county viewing the de-
vaStatiOns of the storm. None of the
accounts have been exaggerated, nor
has hardly half been told of its des-
Effectiveness. The eastern towns did
not suffer as much as Primrose, Bout
we'll and Perry. Thirty lives were
lost in this county alone and nearly a
hundred persons were seriously in
jured, while the destruction of
property will reach into the millions.
From the first appearance of the
cyclone at Mineral Point, through
its whole course across the State, the
destruction was great. 1t is estima-
ted that fifty people have been killed
and hundreds are left homeless, many
of them not knowing where their
next meal is coming from. The ac-
counts of survivors are narrowing in
the extreme"
MORE MORMONS COMING.
LONDON, May 27.-The Williams
and Guion Line steamers Neya da.
which sailed from Liverpool on Sat-
urday and Queenstown at eleven a.
m. Sunday, had among her passen-
gers 400 Mormons, mostly English,
Scotch and Welsh, who intend to
proceed directly to Utah. In addi-
ton to these, there are so Scandi-
navian immigrants on board.
COMMUNISTS AT RIFLE PRACTICE.
CINCINNATI, May yesterday
a company of men numbering 60 left
the city about daylight and went to
the Four-Mile house for rifle practice.
They are nearly all Germans. They
call themselves the Landineigher.
They are communists. They make
no secret of it, and claim they are
part of the communist organization
throughout the country.
THE MEXICAN MIDDLE.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, May 28.-
A special dispatch to the San Anto.
MO Herald says: "New Laredo is
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