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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
OIL Excitement.

TIrUsvILLE, Pa, April lot has been
unusually exciting in oil circles, and il may
BE- said unusually perplexins. Opening at
06, the market rapidly advanced Ia % 4
height despaired of recently by the bt!ls,
who turned ont in great force and bOusA
heavily. Refined oil advanced 10 81, and
Grandin well No. %, in the BalItOwn oil-field,
was reported IN the sand and dry. These facts
powerfully stimulated the bull movement
When 9715 was touched, however, New
York and Bradford entered the ring and
commenced a determined onslaught on pf,ccS.
To aid them. the Mills N Mullen we'll IN
the Macksburg. o., OiEfieid, was re-
ported doing seventy-five barrels a Gay. and
Grandin No. % was said To have started pro-
ducing heavily on being drilled deeper. The
bulls, who had taken hold of the market,
believing the long expected advance was az
hand, dropped it and Joined in the downward
movement. Prices fell rapidly. amid great
excitement and confusion. to 4t. NJ the
close of the day 945z was bid. Sales are
reported at 9l$!. The latest dispatches say
the Miles & Mullen well is boarded up and
guarded. Ii is impossible to- learn
anything a. 10 the Grandin venture
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
Strike at New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, April 21.-The carpen
tiers and jOiners and other h%ouse-buildins
mechanics have been for ten days in a state
of dissatisfaction. They have been pro
testing against middlemen. or con-
tractors, who take contracts to build
houses. The wOrkmen want to deal
directly with the owner of the work TO be
done. and they demand three dollars a day
wages for all jOurneymen regardless of skill.
They also demand the exclusion of all non
union men. "A refusal on the part of bosses
to class all jOurneymen is worth the same
wages eliminated in an order from the Cen
trail Committee of the I~IOusebuilders' Union
for a general strike. This will stop the
work of about 1000 nien OH the Exposition
building
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

The papyrus collection recently pur-
chased by Archduke Renter is now be.
ing examined under the direction OF
Herr Karabaczeh, at the Vienna
museum. and one-half of them are in an
excellent state of preservation. Anon;
them are two papyri dating from the
beginning of u era. and also a frag-
ment of Thucydides. written about the
end of the third century after Christ,
and therefore of great value, as the
Oldest manuscripts of Thucydides are Of
the eleventh century. There is also a
Latin papyrus of the fifth or sixth GEN.
fury, fragments of Greek Gospels of the
fourth century, and a large number OF
Arab and Greek writings, many Of
which will be interesting TO men
learning and others.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

julius and Curt Linbach, aged ten
and twelve years, are brothers, and live
with their parents, at the corner Of
Ashland avenue and Twelfth street,
Chicago. They were suspended from
school some time ago for bad conduct.
Their parents knew nothing of this, and
the boys continued to leave home every
morning and return in the evening. rs if
attending school. The fear of punish
ment from their parents. however,
weighed upon their minds SO heavily
that they resolved to leave this sphere OF
whippings and seedlings. Each took a
dose Of rat poison. Aphysician arrived
in time to pump them out, and it YVES
thought that they would recover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
Egyptian Affairs.

LONDON, April ct is reported thai
the English Government will convoke a
European conference TO regulate the affairs
with Egypt. After several conferences the
Erench Government aSSented to the mOdifi
cation of the Egyptian law on liquidation,
and agrees To support the English pro
pO>als for financial reform in Egypt
\ European conference on the question
is now needless. No further opposition is
expected from any power. General Gordon
has notified the British Government. owing
to the difficulty and delay experienced ir
sending ard receiving communications, thai
Ihe will hencefOrth act on his own judgment
and responsibility. General GariOn
telegraphed Sir Samuel Baker under
date Of April &. as follows: I'VE
have provisions for five months, but are
hemned in by 500 Differed and :, 900 ragtag
Arabs. Our position will be much better
when the Nile rises. Seminar. JeSsalS, Don
COLA and Berber are quite safe for the pres
ent. Do you think if an appeal was made
to the milliOnaires of England and the
United States for f2OO, 600. it would be
available? If the Sultan of Turkey will
send 1000 or 1900 NiZams to Berber under
Zebehr Pasha, We could not only settle af-
fairs at khartonm, but do for FL
Malul, IN whose collapse the Sui
tan is necessarily Interested. / am
sure if it was known how loyalty the in
habitants and garrison of Khartoum hold to
me, and how my lot is involved in theirs.
my appeal would be considered fully justi-
fed" kassala b is surrounded by 5000 rebels,
who fire into the town nightly. 1t is reported
that OSman Digna with 1000 followers,
again threatens SuakiIn, and if he attacks
the town, many neutrals will JOIN him
against the hated Egyptians.
SrAKIM, April 2I.-Tiie Government has
issued a proclamation to the friendly sheiks,
a5olisiing their taxes and requesting their
assistance in opening the roads to Berber
and kassala. Sheik MOrghani approves the
proclamation, which he believes will calm
the natives.
ALEXANDRIA. April 2l.-It is the opinion
of the German Cholera Commission, whic',
arrived from India, that there will be no ont
break of cholera in Egypt this wear.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

THE Republican State Convention of
Illinois at Peoria nominated Richard j.
Oglesby for Governor.
A. X. Won MARTELs, Judge of the Gin.
cinnati Police Court, died recently.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES A. FARRELL,
of New York, died recently.
THOMAS g. APPLETON, of Boston, a noted
art critic and %connoiseur, died in that city
recently.
EDWARD A. WEIRMAN, formerly private
secretary of ex-President Andrew John
son, is dead.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS departure for Weis-
baden was postponed on account of the
Empress illness.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL and NJ. De Les
seps received the degree OF LII. d. at the
Edinburg University Tercentenary.
REV. ALFRED A. WATSON, d. D., was
consecrated recently as Bishop of the new
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

In the United States Circuit Court at
st. Paul, Mimi, Minnie Heinrich com.
menced suit against the Northern
Pacific Road. asking Judgment in the
'um of $4,000 as damages for her suf-
fering occasioned by the careless dis
charge of pistol by a porter of the
company. in a sleeping car. on Novem-
Der z, while passing through Montana.
John Heinrich, her husband, also COM
menced a suit for 1920. The Helm
richs are the ones who instituted and
are pursuing line famous case against
the Pullman Company.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES

A LARGE number of refugees, owing to
the shortness of provisions, left Shendy.
Egypt, q few days ago in a steamer for
Berber, and the steamer ran aground near
Ell Baala and was soon surrounded by
swarmS of rebels, who attacked the steamer
on all sides and massacrei everybody on
board. The refugees numbered four hun
dred and fifty, including a portion of the
Shendy garrison and many women II
children.
DR.. GUSTAV NACHTIGAL has left Tunis
for West Africa and the Congo country.
He is sent out by the German Government,
and his mission has political, scientific and
commercial features.
1T was the opinion Of the German Cholera
Commission, which returned recently from
India. that there would be no outbreak of
cholera in Egypt this year.
DEwALr, the defaulting President of the
First National Bank of Leadville, which
failed last January, was captured recently
at the home of his mother in Canon, o.
THE health of the Emperor of Germany
was improving.
HENRY GEORGE recently arrived in New
York from England.
ADvICES from the far East bring rumors
of fresh massacres of Christians in Laos.
PARNELL recently received a verdict
agains, a enant whom he had sued to re-
cover arrears in rent.
OAKEY HALL, ex-Mayor of New York,
writes the London Times ~denouncinS the
London Government bill. He says the sys-
tenn of grand centralized municipal gov
m was tried temporarily in New
York and proved u~ntenable.
Two colored girls were drowned the
other day in Lake Edwards, near Cairo,
ILL.,, by a boat upsecting.
The re irement of X. T. Merrick from
the Star Route cases leaves Mr.. ker the
only special counsel now employed by the
Government. 1t was through Merrick that
an indictment was found in the kellogg
case.
REV DR.. H~EMENwAE, Professor Of
Hebrew Biblical Literature in the Garrett
Biblical Institute at Evanston, ILL.,, for
many years q prominent figure in the
Methodist Church work n renowned as Q
SC .olar, died recently in Chicago.
Mr.. AND MRS. H. c. FILLMORE, Of Fayett-
vile, N. Y, guests at the Palmer House,
Chicago, who blew out the gas on retiring
a few nights ago, have since died.
The Senate was not in session on the
19h. In the House a message from the
President was received recommending an
appropriation of SG25,526 for the payment
of thu French claims decided by the Com
mission. Also recommending appropr;a-
tions for other matters of an international
character. The bill for the es' alb ishment
of a Bureau of Labor Statistics was prssed
by 49, ayes to 10 nays.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

A SPECIAL from the CITY of Mexico
says the recent reports of disturbances
in Northern Mexico Were wholly false
The entire country was tranquil and no
brl,lge was burned on the Mexican Cen
trail Railway. There was great indigna-
non at Boston, overthe malicious stories
sent abroad for the purpose of depress-
ing Mexican securities. The report of
the attempted assassination of Diaz,
was without foundation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
Prohibition In Canada.

TORONTO. ONT, April 19.-The Canadian
Government passed a prohibition liquor act
fifteen years ago, making it optional for
adoption by any county in Canada. 1t has
until recently remained a dead-letter on the
statute books of the Dominion, but now in
many parts OF Canada arrangements are
being made to adopt it. Six counties now
prohibit liquor, and ten more will adopt the
act in a few months. Leading temperance
people assert that it is only a question OF
year or so before the whole If Canada
will adopt the prohibition liquor act. Pre-
hibition conventions are being held through
out Canada to agitate public opinion in favor
OF the movement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
Trying to Get up q Secret Rate.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April 2l.-Charles
Francis Adams, Of the Arbitration Board OF
the trunk-line roads, was a visitor at the
Pennsylvania Railroad office. The object of
his visit, it is said, was to ascertain if the
Pennsylvania Railroad would consent to a
secret cut rate. 1t appears that this is the
only point upon which there is any differ
ence between the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and other trunk-line roads. The
Grand Trunk AMI the longer lines are in
avOr of the differential plan, but also desire
hat in the event of any further cut rates he
Kept secret Tae Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will not consent, end so informed
Mr.. Adams.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
Summoned They Have Struck IL Rich.

FARGO, DAK.. April 17.-George Dinner
, brother of N. Dinner. of Dayton, o.
reached Fargo on his return from Devils
Lake. He SAYS that Iittle-Sheil and eight
members of his band came to Mr.. Dinners
house one day, sta ked their arms at the
Itor in military fashion, and told the in
mates they must leave. They endeavOred
Gith food to paci:y the Indians, but ssewed
&c fail. Quite a band of Indians ron Nan
itoba are said t. he encanyed in the Turtle
Mountains Oi the banks of the Lake, where
Willow Creck rises. There are mine persons
Il, the Dinner party George Ohmer viii
not diyulse the nature of the discoveries, but
1t seems apparent that valuable gold TRACES
nave been struck
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

The statement prepared at the Post
office Department shows that while the
revenue for quarter ended March 81 was
less than the corresponding quarter fcT
the previous year, the issue of two-cent
stamps exceeded by q per cent. the
combined issue of two and three cen
stamps in that quarter. The issue Of
postal cards has fallen off $1,000. 900
pieces since the Inauguration of the two
papt ratio
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
A SUPERINTENDENT of one of the IN

A SUPERINTENDENT of n of the In
dianapOlis roads states that since he has
enforced the order that train men
should use sticks when coupling ca-s
there has been ninety per cent. less
accidents on the road. He added that
seven-tenths of the accidents that cause
men to lose their hands. fingers. arms.
legs or their lives can be traced to their
own negligence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

The Buffalo Historical Society appeals
for subscriptions for the burial of Red
Jackets bones in Forest Lawn Gene
terry. 1t is also proposed to erect n
monument to Indians friendly to the
cause of America and our allies in our
second great struggle for National exis-
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25

THE stockholders Of the Franklin
Rubber Company of Massachusetts have
voted an assessment of fifty per cent. on
the capital stock of $4,000, owing to
losses during the year and the large
stock on hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
GREAT anxiety was expressed at Ber-

GREAT anxiety was expressed at Ber-
lin over the vast spread of the indus
trial agitation. Strikes were increas-
ing in every direction, and it was evil
dent that the propaganda which was
being extensively preached by Herren
Hasenclever and Bebel was taking a
firm hold of the laboring classes and
bearing important fruit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-25
CURRENT

A DENVER & Rio GRANDE engine re-
Gently rolled 600 feet after jumping the
rail on the Utah line. 1t was carried
back in sections for repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

TIE STAR viii be ISSUED as usual In double-sheet
or eight-page form tomorrow. AS these issues
msnd an extra edition they are most acceptable to
advertisers, who win confer favor by sending in
their orders early to iesure insertion and classica-
tdop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

Among the many cranky inventions on record
tn the Patent Office is styled lfe-savng coffin,
which IS so arranged that any motion ON the part
of a person accidentally buried alive is registered
above ground. Provision is ALSO made whereby the
imprisoned person can breathe and sustain life for
twenty-four hours at least. Such precautions do
not seem wholly absurd n the light Of the occa-
sional cases OF premature burial which the news
papers contain To-day, for instance. a report
comes from Ohio that young lady, afterremoval
TO d temporary vault, preparatory to interment,
was, BIZ accident. noticed TO be still alive. The
body Was hastily taken back TO the house. and doc
tors summoned. who at last accounts were en,ieav-
ortng TO rouse her to consciousness 1t may be
urged In support OF cremation that If such mistakes
were made under this system they would at least
never be discovered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

Next Tuesdays municipal election in Philadel-
phia VIII be the FIRST test oi force i'll the pres!den-
tal year. The issue IS obscured 10 some extent by
local questions. hut as the day approaches these
are giving place 10 the familiar political problems
of the day. Mr.. Randall has boldly challenged the
republicans 70 show OF hands, taking the ground
that the city election will strike the KEYNOTE To the
state campaign, and that in turn TO the presiden-
tal contest l nder the circumstances, therefore
the result Of the election VIII be studied with atten
ton IN all parts OF the country.
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WINTER Is STILL HrRE

WINTER Is STILL HERE-
AND WE HAVE JUST FEW COID-WEATHER
LOTS WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OF
COURSE WE ARE NOT AGOING TO TELL YOU
THAT WE ARE SACRIFICING THESE GOODS AT
FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. AS WE MAKE
1T FEATURE OF OUR ADVERTISEMENTS TO
STATE ONLY FACTS. so THAT IN READING
THEM YOU CAN RELY UrON EVERY WORD WE
SAY IN THIS SPACE WHILE OUR STOCK IS
NOT ENORMOUS 1T rs STILL LARGE, AND WE
OFFER THE FOLLOWING
SPECIAL PLCMs:
ONE LOT CHILDREN'S FUR-TRIMMED OVER
COATS. TO FIT AGES 21< TO YEARS, AT ST.
EACH
ONE LOT AIL-wooL CASHMERE PANTALOONs
NOW GO AT $3.50 PAIR
ONE LOT MEMS SUITS, ALL SIZES ALL KINDS.
SPECIAL BARGAIN AT sl5 SUIT
ALSO. LOTS OF OTHER SPECIAL BARGAINS
AWAITING YOUR CALL
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

TWO OF Gov NcLane's labor bil!s reached vote
yesterday in the Maryland santte, ami one pro-
vling FOR the Incorporation Of trades unions was
passed That providing for the collection nf labor
statistics was defeated by tie vote alth ugh a
motion 10 reconsider Is pending Meanwhile the
outside Discussions continue ana popular interest
In the general subject Is OF The increase The bill
which arou-es the most o2DOsitiOn-tle eight hour
law-has not vet been reached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

II Fagtn is counted hateful and dangerous
Character because he kept a school for thieves,
what shall be thought of Mr. Joseph E. Badger IT, OF
Frankfort, Kansas who grfnds out more dime novels
than any Other Inan in the world? Mr.. Badger has
been duly interviewed and confesses that he writes
one OF these stories each week. getting for them
slCo or $50 apiece. Ills qualifications for this
species Of authorship. given by himself are first
THAT he Is pretty good lIar," and second some
personal experience Of frontier life. He has about
tine same general plot and list OF characters and
turns the stories out with the regularity of ma
chnery- His stock OF pirates. boys dead shots
toinah1wk5, grizzly bears, female scouts, boy
hunters and the like must be pretty well worn by
this time. but he keeps 2t Iii. trade with perse-
yeraIice worthy OF q b5-fiFr are
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The government, both in its executive and legis-
htiVe branches, has certainly been caught nap
ping In the matter of the Panama canal. While
This country has been making light OF the project
and induging In idle dreams and cheap talk OF
nVal routes the Monroe doctrine. etc. The busy
little Frenchman has been digging his ditch, until
now III is seen that he is very much In earnest and
10 well on towards success Already the French
company have enormous vested interests at the
Ethmus, SO that it is too late for any warning from
our government on the ground Of the Monroe doc
trne. The machinery and stores along the canal
represent an expenditure of s15,OOO,OOO. and the
work of excavation and dyking Is progressing rap
Idly. The principal and what was held TO be the
fatal difficulty In the way OF the canal namely the
liability TO freshets In the Chagres river, has been
treated with skill and is probably surmounted. 1t
Is now announced that the canal Will be finished
and opened for traffic in 1885 Whether 1t viii ever
Be profitable remains to be SEEM but that 1t will be
built Is now almost certain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

After declaring The West shore railroad worse
than worthless Investment, which he would not
take as gif., Nr. Vanderbilt, it appears, has
bought control OF the road ana viii run IL as Dart
OF his system. WIFE Jay Gould in control OF the
Northern Pacific and Vanderbilt owning West
Shore, the 'anti-rnonoPoiy" opposition railroad
schemes OF recent date seem TO have fatted OUT
quite efectuaily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

Capt GOrdy's biOOdesS conquest OF the Maryland
oyster pirates and the dispersion OF their feet,
should o. followed M by tUdiclous legislation
which VIII defend the valuable beds from pnage
A state OF soeiety bordering or the barbarons
might also he pronJabiy improved BY more frequent
visits Of the constable and the schooimaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-15

The adoption by the Senate yesterday Of the
House bin making al public highways post routes
Is step IN the direction of relieving Congress from
the burdens 0; special legislation IT, row. the mass
OF claims could be referred the various depart
menJS having natural jurisdiction or TO special
courts, Congress would have SON. elbow room and
could attend TO- least fair fraction OF its leg1t
mare business.
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The Danviiie inquiry starts in a fog Of contra
tictory testimony. and Is likely 10 end there. II
was certain that there street fight that four
negroes were killed. and that many stayed away
from the polls II remains 10 be proved, however
that the whites precipitated the fight and that II
was forced up % ;he negroes with the deliberate de-
sign OF terroTzing them 81 that they would no,
dare TO exercise their political rights
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"The banks" said Mr. Beck yesterday, "are out
OF politics. nobody opposes them" This statement
from democratic and western Senator is significant
1t shows how completely the opposition 10 the sys-
tenn has vanished. and indicates how unpopular
would be an attempt on the part Of few sBour-
bons" In the House to hamper the banks In securing
the legislation necessary for their continuance In
the opinion OF the Senate the question is only one
OF DETAIL and as all the projects under discussion
are such as will enable the banks to continue bust
ness, the material issues at stake may be said to
have already been decided. The peculiar rules of
the House render less easy for that body TO reach
and pass on the merits Of any proposition; but the
pressure on behalf Of friendly and sensible bond
Dill IL 80 great that the House cannot ignore it
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Germany is showing her teeth at the proposition
advanced in Congress that enter upon retalia-
tory legislation as means of prying open Euro
pean markets for the American hog Its Official
papers hint that such regulatory legislation would
not De all on one side 1t is true that such action
as Is urged upon our government by the pork trade
+ always offensive to foreign countries and gen.
orally leads TO more or less open rupture, so that
y should be taken only for the most solid reasons
European nations nave a standing grievance
against US. as il is. in protective SYSTEM which
they regard in the light OF permanent embargo on
their trade. II BOW we place special obstacles In
their way with the avowed purpose of .budozing..
them into liberal policy towards US they may
object with good deaf OF vigor
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