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A Collision Imminent.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 14-From
a United States marshal who has just
returned from the Chickasaw nation,
bringing eight prisoners for trial at the
Fort Smith United States court, it is
learned that serious trouble is brewing
in that country between the Indians and
stock raisers. Gov. Hernie, during his
administration, permitted white people
to bring cattle into and raise them in the
nation, charging 1919 cents head per
year, and as consequence the num-
Der of heavy stock-raisers now in the
nation is very large. Since Gov. Over
ton assumed Office he has ordered all
these cattle removed from the country
The order is mandatory. The stock
men have offered $4,000 for the privil-
eye of keeping their cattle till June 1,
but the governor demands $4,000.
This sum the Texans refuse to pay, and,
with others, are preparing to resist re-
moval. They are said to have one hun
dred men armed for protection against
arrest. Gov. Overton has tried to get
the United States troops to assist him in
driving out the cattle-men, but, failing
in this, he has organized the militia and
ordered them into camp to carry ont his
orders A collision is imminent.
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ST. LOUIS. April 13.-The leading
colored men here have organized so
ciety called the "Freedmen's Oklahoma
association" with headquarters in this
city. j. Milton Turner, the well-known
negro, is president, and III. c. Carter,
former secretary of state of Mississippi,
is general manager The purpose of
the association is to settle the colored
people upon that part of the Indian ter
ritOry known as the "ceded lands" or
Oklahoma, the Indian title to which
was relinquished to the United States
by the Greek, Choctaw, Chickasaw aad
Seminole Indians by treaties made witt.
them in 1856 for the purpose, as stated
in the treaties, of locating thereon other
Indians and freedmen. Congress has
since then indicated the location ofo!her
Indians upon the lands, but il is claimed
that they are still open and free to SET
Element by freedmen under the home
stead and presumption acts AT all
events, this association intends to test
the question and will take immediate
measures TO carry their plan into opera
ton. The association binds itself to
protect its members, and defend every
individual right TO the legal possessor
of one hundred and sixty acres of land
under the homestead and presumption
acts, and has issued large number OF
circulars explaining the scheme, and
giving all the necessary information to
those who wish to emigrate to these
lands. 1t is expected to move the first
colony by the 1st of May.
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HOW TO OIL AxbEs.

The efficiency of lathes, scroll saws,
sewing machines, and even watches,
often depends upon the judgment and
care used in selecting lubricator, and
this choice is frequently i'll made Com
mon kerosene oil is too often injudicious-
ly used in place of thicker or more
bland oil, because the heat produced by
friction rapidly yaporizes the oil and
leaves the journal dry. Crude petro-
leum for the same reason is only fitted
for very slowly revolving journals, such
as water wheels. For very heavy ma
chinery. or for gearing, tallow and black
rubbed up together is the best lubricator
and is the best for wagon and carriage
axles, during the hot weather. For
light running machinery sperm oil is
the best; good olive oil that has not be-
come rancid is perhaps the second best,
and for winter use lard oil is excellent,
but is rather too drying to be a first class
lubricant. Caster Oil is better for axles
in the winter, and black lead with it. is
a help at any lime Young Scientist.
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Violent Storms I'M the East

WEST RANDOLPH, VT, April ia Sc
we're snow-stOrm prevails throughout
central and northern Vermont. Several
inches have fallen here, and at Ro1bury
on the Central Vermont line, the snow
Is foot deep on the level, and in adjoin
ing towns lies two feet deep. with good
sleighing
BosTON, April 15-There was severe
snow storm all along the coast last night
and this morning. A number of vessels
are reported ashore.
New YORK, April 15-Reports from
incoming crafts show that the storms
prevailing are even worse than these of
midwinter, and have been unusual in
duration and range. Vessels from the
South American coast and the Bermu-
das have been caught in the gales almost
without exception, some of them being
partially wrecked and others suffering
terrible hardships. Several vessels are
ashore on the jersey coast.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, April 15.-It has
been showing and blowing hard all
night. Two vessels are ashore near here.
NEWPORT, r. l., April ia heavy
storm prevails here and considerable
snow fell during the night
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Ranrnah Racket.

/ PUEBLO, Col, April little Denver
81 Rio Grande railroad company has be-
gun the work of laying the third rail
between Denver and Pueblo. This will
give Denver another through broad
gauge, connected with the east, west and
south via the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
ST: IouTs,7 April 14.Icaidwen &
Nicely were to-day awarded the contract
for constructing ihe first "a miles of the
Chicago, Texas s. Mexican Central rail-
road. President Hale says 50 miles of
the road will be completed by Septem.
Der 1sGT hE{s'wa1 ST. - 4EaZ tfs3.-a e
/ 81. Louis, April 1.-the ST. Louis s.
San Francisco Railroad Co, through
Capt c. W. Rogers, General Manager,
fclosed a contract to day with the Jolies
/ (Illinois) Steel Works, for rails for the
southwestern- branch of thai road, from
Pierce City, Mo-, TO Dallas, Texas This
line is being vigorously pushed forward,
and will be concluded to Fayetteville,
Ark, by June I. ~e- 'H+ = II
ST. LOUIS, April l4.--The Republicans
Dallas (Texas1 special says stock com,
pany has been organized there to pub.
lish Republican paper, TO be called the
Daily Gazette, and that nearly all the
money has been subscribed. W. J.
Grant, formerly of East ST, Louis, Ills,
and cousin OF General Grant, will be
managing editor, and j. C.. Jones, for
many years connected with the Cincin.
natl Times, business manager The
Gazette, will be S'stalwart" Republican
IN politics, the state party organ, and
will make its FIRST appearance early in
] May.
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Aid for the pakota sufferers

CHICAGO, April 1G-on the board OF
trade to-day, the deprivations, disasters
and sutferIngs of the communities in
Dakota which have been subjected to
an overflow of the Missouri river this
spring were presented by several gentle
men who knew the situation. and a COM
mittee was appointed TO raise funds and
provisions. A liberal response is Ger
tain. The grain men, at an important
meeting held in a corner room, unani-
mously agreed to recommend that Nc
Geogh, of Milwaukee, who is manager
of the pork corner here, should send a
thousand barrels of pork TO the suffer
ers. 1t is not known that the recon-
mendation will be complied with.
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Terror,zefl by OutIaws

DENvER, COL, April 1.-THE Repub-
lican has advices from Durango that Ike
Stockton and gang, nearly all of whom
participated in the Lincoln county, n.
NJ, trouble several years ago, are send
ing raiding parties towards Pennington,
bio ARABIA, N. NJ, to steal cattle and
kill COW boys. A few days ago they
drove thirty-five head of cattle into Du-
TANGO, where they butchered and sold
them, and the latter town is in state of
excitement bordering on anarchy, and
growing worse every day. Citizens dare
not write an impartial statement of az
fairs to the papers for fear of death. A
Denver newspaper man, who was sus-
pected of writing an account for the
Denver papers, was a few days ago
stopped on the street at the point of re-
volver by Ike Stockton. Six marshals
are on duty, but are unable to cope with
the outlaws
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Eloped with Tramps.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April ia spe-
cial to the Times and Star says: About
a week ago two tramps, who had been
living for some time with Ben Davis 81
Son, on st. Francis river, seventy-fve
miles south of Memphis, persuaded the
wives of the two Davises, in the absence
of their husbands, to elope with them.
They started down the river on fiat
boat The younger Davis on coming
home, armed himself with a shotgun
and took passage on steamer in pur-
suit. Coming up to the party, who were
camped on the bank, and prevailing on
the captain TO slow up, he shot and kill
ed the tramp who had abducted his wife.
He got of at the next landing, and came
back, and found the dead man deserted.
From pardon in his pocket he found
that the mans name was Clark, an Hi
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spoRTJHG NEWS.

Dr. Carver, the American marksman,
has challenged ten of the best shots of
the Nottingham Gun club of London,
to pigeon shooting match for $500, the
Doctor shooting a thousand pigeons 20
his opponents hundred each. p, ST..
---- NIHILIsM AT MADRID.
MADRID, April 14.-Last evening three
large petards were thrown into houses
in this city, causing some damage to
property, but no person was injured.
THE coERCIoN ACT.
LONDON, April 14.-James DAILY, pro-
prietor of the ConnOught Telegraph
Company, was arrested, this morning, at
Castle bar, under the coercion act He
will be conveyed to Doblin. The arrest
caused considerable excitement
.,s DIED,
LONDON, April 14.-Rev VIM. Morley
Punshon, L. L. d., the distinguished
Wesleyan minister, died this morning at
BrixtOD, of complicated disorders.
FAMOUS ANTIJEHIsH PETITION. -
BERLIN, April 14ss-The famous anti
Jewish petition was sent to Bisn1ark,
yesterday. Il consists of twenty-six
volumes, comprising of $4,000 sheets,
with 225,000 signatures, including those
of noblemen, retired generals and offic-
'iais. -I}t.2s= tl
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A Booming Road and its Earnings.

q BOSTON, April 14.-The annual report
of the Atchison, Topeka s Santa Fe
railroad shows the gross earnings for the
past year to have been SO, SOC, 9T5; less
operating expenses and taxes, 81, 343, 205 !;
other deductions and expenses, includ-
ing ~ per cent. in dividends, fixed
charges, rentals, &c, aggregating So ,272,-
Q54, leaving surplus OF $941, ZIG. The
presidents report states that there
has been spent in construction, inciud-
ing 81, 351, 762 for new rolling stock, 81
sol ,025; and in order to provide funds
for this and other 0utlays, largely ex-
ceeding the balance of the equipment
fund raised in 1880. made necessary by
the vigorous extension of the lines in
Kansas and New Mexico, the directors
issued $2,242, 400 of stock to their stock
holders at par. The capital stock was
further increased by the purchase or ex-
change of the capital stock of the vari-
GUS connecting lines. Moreover, the
holders of the $3,257 800 consolidated
mortage bonds availed themselves of the
option 80 convert them into stock The
road with its branches is about 1865
miles long, and from the recently formed
connection at Deming with the Southern
Pacific, a large business is expected from
California and the mining districts of
Arizona. The Atlantic & Pacific rail
road, of which the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe company own one-half, has been
pushed 100 miles west from Albu-
QuerQue. ~ ...-..-. .-
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LARGE Land Sale.

st. Louis, Mo, April 14.-Lnad Com
missioner Coffin, of the ST. Louis s. San
Francisco Railroad, closed the sale to-
day OF one hundred and thirty-eight
Thousand acres in Barry county, this
state, to the Missouri Land company of
Scotland. The purchase was made by
Bayne s. Co., of Chicago, as agents Of the
Scotch ompany. The price has not
transpIred. A large number of Scotch
colonists will be settled on the land
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Arrested for Main Robherr.

CINCINNATI, April ID. G. Uneer, a
dispatch clerk in the Cincinnati post
Office, was arrested this morning for rob
bing the mails of letters containing
money. Mr.. Burt, the superintendent OF
mails, set decoy for HIM and hid,
watched and discovered him in the act
and arrested him. He admits this case
Of stealing, but denies having stolen pre-
viously. For several months valuable
packages have been stolen from those
mails. He was held to answer and is in
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For Eight Years.

New YORK, April Thames O'Brien
alias Robert or Bob Linday, who dur
ing the last political campaign deposcd
that he knew II. L. Morey, the individ-
ual to whom it was alleged that Presi-
dent Garfield wrote what is known as
the "Morey Chinese letter." and who
subsequently confessed that he perjured
himself, this morning plead guilty to the
Indictment for perjury presented against
him and Judge Cowing sent him to state
prison for eight years.
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z kid fDr ths Dakota sutfsrors..

YANKToE,H DAKOTA, April 13.AThe
following isthe address by the COMMITTEES
appointed at q citizens, meeting, at the
governors hands, this afternoon:
There is need for Immediate and to put
a stop 10 the suffering which prevails
The undersigned were appointed q CON-
mittee to make u statement to the public
of the destruction. caused by the over
flow of the Missouri river. For Two
weeks large areas of bottom lands, ex-
tending many hundreds of miles along
each side of the river have been sub
merged by water and heavy masses of
ice. A large share of this land is, or
was, well settled. All of their stock is
lost; dwellings, churches, stores, school
houses, even whole villages are demol-
ished and swept away. In many instan-
ces, groups of families who had taken
refuge in larger buildings are still i'm
priSoned in the gorged ice, and cannot
be reached by the most determined ef-
forts A careful estimate shows that ut
least 1000 people were driven from their
houses OF this number at least half
lose everything but the clothing they
had on, and viii need aid from one to
three months. Citizens in the vicinity
have done and are doing all in their
power to save and help the sufferers.
The government will issue rations TO q
certain extent, but after all this has been
done there will stif be a great need of
money and clothing; also of grain for
planting. The committee will receive
all contributions and distribute them as
faithfully and judiciously as possible
over the Inundated districts. 10 i-'l-'s
Signed by Geo. H. Wood, governor, j.
K LambeEn, mayor of Yankton; Rev,
James Ward, Newton Edmunds, eX-Gov.
Bartlett Tripp. .Al
1t has been asceFtained that che gorge
which has caused the flood upon the. bot
tom lands extends from Yankton to Yer
million, filling the river channel over
thirty miles with solid ice, and raising
the ice in places to 4 height or thirty feet
above the surface of the water. Nothing
but extreme warm weather or the use Of
q powerful explosive will release il. ~
One hundred and thirty people were
rescued from Mayville last night, where
they have been surrounded! by water and
ice for tive weeks They are being
brought to Yankton.
There are twenty families on the river
bend some fifteen miles below here who
cannot be rescued on account of q field
of heavy ice surrounding them, and have
not been heard from since the food Gov
cred the bottom Great anxiety is felt
for their safety. A party of men who
had been working eight days in fruit
less effort to reach this bend returned
this morning, refitted, themselves, and
t,haye gone back TO. their heroic. labor.
Two parties are Also sendeayoring to
work their way through the ice TO Mick
ling, where about fifty people are, still
Imprisoned. When the bottoms over
flowed vast amount OF, floating ice was
thrown upon them, and through these
fields Office, which stands from five 70
twenty feet in height, 1t is difficult and
often impossible to proceed, ~, H.. a.,
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A Barren Ideality

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 1G.-In a
test case to-day to determine the legality
of the celebrated anti-ireating law OF
Wisconsin, Il was found that the law was
imperative because of an error in the
text of its supposed enactment. The
bill. as drawn, specifying the repeal of
the law that was dropped when the state
statutes underwent their recent revision,
Judge Mallory held the law to be iuopera-
tive and void
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Will Not Become a Catholic

NEW YORK, April 14.-The Tribune
says that the reports that Rev. DIR
Stephen H: Tying, jr., was about to join
the Catholic church, have been circula.
ted of late, and his retirement from the
Rectorship of the Church of the Holy
Trinity has been interpreted as step in
that direction. Nothing could be more
absurd,' said DR.. Tying, 81 have nc
thought whatever of joining the Roman
Cath Ollie church; if had IshOuld have
leftthe MINISTRY long ago. No honor.
able man would remain under such cir.
cumstancesn
Reporter-"It has been reported that
you are in daily conference with priest
and receiving instructions"
DR.. Tyngl"That is ridiculous. This
talk has all been raised by sermon OF
mine on modern miracles, preached some
time last winter. 1t has been misunder.
stood TO large extent, though in it
very plainly stated the position would
take in regard to the miracles said to
have been wrought at Courdes.''
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Found Agaip.-Cbarlie Ross Turns Up In
England.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 16-A YER
liable trail for the recovery of the long
lost Charlie Ross is thought to have been.
discovered at last. Cot John W. For
ney has received two letters-one from
c. W.. KingsburF and the other from
Robert Benjamin Hugmau, of London,
giving some Information relative to
the abduction! Mr.. Hugman states that
he observed paragraph In aSan An
tonic, Texas, paper, of Feb. II, to the eff
feet that Charlie Ross had not yet been
found, while he was under the impress
sion that the child had been returned to-
his parents. This notice recalled to the
mind of Mr.. Hugman matter that had
come under his observation previous TO
the 25th of February, while he and his
family were residing at Langhton, Es-
sex, twelve miles northeast of London.
Has two youngest children went to a
school there, which was attended by
very pretty boy of about Q years of age,
who was called George by the woman
with whom he lived, but who fire.
quently said his name was Charlie
Ross, that the woman was not his
mother, and that he was brought over
from America in a big ship. The
boy claimed that his mother was q
lady. Mr.. Hugman says that the boy
answers to the description of the long
lost Charlie, and thai he left the village
some time ago, il was understood, with
the intention of being sent home. Mr..
Kingsbury vouches for the reliability of
Mr.. Hugman, and states that when he
was stopping at Laughton, about year
ago, he had his attention called to The
boy, but paid no particular attention TO
the matter, as he supposed that the
Philadelphia boy had been found. Mrs.
Hugman had told the writer that the
woman who had the boy in charge al
ways wore veil, her excuse being that
her husband was abroad, and that she
had taken a vow never to show her face
in public until he returned Mr.. Kings
bury concludes as follows; "A little be-
fore my visit, referred 10, the boy was
taken away, and, some months after, che
woman herself moved TO another town,
only few miles away, and, as we write,
we do not know whether the boy is now
with her or not, or whether the taking
away was only a blind or ruse played
by the woman or not, but afr. Hugman
will visit the locality tomorrow, and
/ find out whether the child is with her or
not. At any rate, have hardly any
] doubt but that this was and is the verita-
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small.Pox in New York.

NEW YORK, April 12.-Five persons
suffering from smallpox were removed
yesterday and to-day from 60 Carmine
street, where woman sold cigars for q
fortnight, knowing she had the disease.
The number to whom the woman has
communicated the disease may practical
lV DIT owe unlimited. The hospital on
BlackwelI's island and the tents are over
filled with sufferers from smallpox.
Many of them are tramps taken from
cheap lodging houses on the streets,
mission, are burnt to destroy infection.
For conyalscent tramps the board of
health has heretofore been compelled to
purchase other clothes and some $500
or 800 have been expended in the pur-
chase. With the recent increase In the
number of cases the board begins TO
feel this drain, and appeals to the public
to help it out by donations of cast off
clothing
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DYING In Want

CINCINNATI, April 13.-Sergeant Bates,
who carried the American flag through
the southern states, as we'll as through
portions of Europe, after the late war, is
reported dying in extreme poverty in
Saybrook, Illinois. He has a wife and
six children, who will be left destitute
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Moody and Sankey at Topeka

TOPEKA, April 16.-Messrs. Moody
and Sankey will hold Christian con-
vention in Topeka, "Wednesday and
Thursday of next week. Arrangements
have been made for the free entertain
ment of ministers. Clergymen who pay
full fare over the Atchison, Topeka i
Santa Fe road in coming will receive a
free pass to return. An Invitation is ex-
tended to all christian people to be pres
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Increase Of the Iron Industry.

WAsHINeToN, April 1.-THE bulletin
on the iron and steel industries of the
United States shows that the whole num-
Der of establishments in 1880 was 1905 /;
in 1870 il was S06 The size and capaci-
ty of the establishments were, however,
much greater IN 1880 than that in 1870.
The whole amount of capital invested
in 1890 was $23, 971 ,S84; in 1870 il was
$121, 7T2, 074 Twelve states made
over one hundred thousand tons
each in 1880. Pennsylvania for
more than one hundred years the lead
ing iron producing state in the Union,
made in 1870 fraction over 50 per cent.
Of the total product, and in 1880 frac-
ton over 40 per cent. Ohio is the next
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solicitation with the secretary of state
This will give continuous line from
Buffalo, via Erie City. Pennsylvania, to
Chicago, via Cleveland and Fort Wayne
The whole distance will be made with
out change of cars. The name of the
new corporation will be the New YORK,
Chicago S ST. Louis railroad COM
pany; capital, $50, DOC, O00-$II ,0O0, 600
of which is preferred at per cent the
remainder is common stock