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SHOT TO DEATH.
Road Agents Burned Out Of Their
Retreat and Shot Down.
Some JswsIry and $500 Of Stolen
Funds Recovered.
A Swell Bachelor at Springfield Ar
rested for Embszzlement.
Reports Of the Great Earthquakes
Throughout China.

SAN Francisco, April 23.-Captain
Burns, deputy United States marshal,
who returned from Arizona, where he
went % hunt down the Stein Pass
train robbers, reported that they were
burned out and shot down by sheriff
Paul and some Mexican soldiers. The
robbers started from Chihuahua to
STEMS Pass, 400 miles away, and after
robbing the train were returning,
when Paul intercepted them on Mexi-
can soil. They took refuge in a Mexi-
can adobe. After shooting through
the heart of Mexican sergeant, who
tried to force his way into the house
the alcalde ordered the robbers to be
killed and as the adobe was full of
women and children, a tunnel was dug
under the house and they were res
cued. Before they fed a robber fired
and wounded one woman. The alcalde
then fired the roof of the adobe.
When the fire became hot the despera-
does ATTEMPTED to make a break for lib
erty. Larry Sheehan, appeared at the
door and was riddled with bullets. The
soldiers kept up their fire through the
door and killed Hart, whose body was
found afterward in the building.
Johnson had the alternative of being
roasted or shot and preferred the lat
ter. He suddenly threw open the door
and rushed out with a revolver in each
hand. to be met with volley from the
sheriff and guards. johnson fell upon
his face, but raised himself on his
elbows and fred both pistols. In an
instant he was riddled with bullets.
Sheriff Paul searched Johnson's body
and found $500 and some jewelry that
had been taken from the express car.
When he got to Harris body he found
poor picking. The soldiers got there
first
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Proposals Tor BOND sales.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The secre-
tary of the treasury to-day at noon
opened proposals for the sale of bonds
to the government under the provis-
ions of the treasury circular of April
II. The total amount offered was
81 ,824 800, of which $3.50, 900 were cou-
pom fours, 1915, 900 registered fours,
81 ,152 800 registered four-and-a-halfs,
and S37 900 coupon four-and-a-halfs.
The rates ranged from 81 .O7-5O to 81. O8S
for registered four-and-a-halfs; from
S1.07-70 to S1.075 for coupon four-and-
a-halfs; from Sl.24-70 to S1.2S-73 fol
registered fours, and from 81 .24-7O to
81 .261 for coupon fours.
This afternoon the secretary accept
ed the following offers: $4,000 cou.
pom fours at S1.25, $40, 600 coupons and
81, 900 registered tours at S1.24s, S15, OO(
coupons and $40 900 registered fours Al
S1.25. All the other offers were re
iocted
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Infnriasea Necroes

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April PA
freight train left Bessemer at $50
O'Clock last evening. One of the gen.
tlemen who came on it for arms and
troops, says about fifty negroes got off
dummy at Bessemer about seven
O'Clock last night, armed with shot
guns. They went to the woods and
the town negroes disappeared from the
streets. A car loaded with shingles at
the end of avery long lumber train was
fired and burned at S:45 p. N. The
sheriff has the militia under
arms, waiting for a train TO get ready
and will go down directly. The
sheriff has just called for one-bundred
armed deputies. There was great
excitement and fears that the town
would be burned last night.
Later-A dispatch from Bessemer to
Sheriff TruSe says everything is
quiet, you need not come. "
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A QUIET DAY.
Secretary Fsirchild Opposed to the
Issue of Small Paper Currency.
Over Million and a Half of Bonds
offered for Sale.
The Trsasursr's Report of DspOsito
ries and Amounts Held.
Hills Name no Longer at the Head
of the Topeka Democrat.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Secretary
Fairchild appeared before the senate
finance committee to-day at the re-
quest of the committee to present his
views on the bill which has passed the
house providing for the issue of
fractional currency. The secretary
strongly opposed the bill. He asserted
that previous issues of fractional cur
rency had cost in the expense of pro-
duction and the loss from destruction
as much as the entire face value of the
average circulation maintained. He did
not believe that public convenience re-
quired a reissue nor that it would be
popular. Fractional silver and the
postal note system met all purposes
which fractional notes could serve ex-
cept by very large issue extending to
the most remote parts of the country
and requiring years in its preparation.
The cost and great loss incident to
such an issue and its manifest disad-
vantageS which led to its abandonment
were, to his mind, conclusive reasons
against renewal of such circulation.
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A Sensational Arrest.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, April 23.-A
sensational arrest was made here yes
terday, that of Samuel Whitney, who
for the past two years has been one of
the most prominent men in the city.
A person of large means and one of
the leading church men in the place.
About two years ago Whitney came
here perfect stranger, but supplied
with large amount of ready money,
which he said he was DESTROYS of in
vesting. He was a bachelor when he
arrived, but was soon attracted by the
beauty of a prominent society young
lady and a month ago became engaged
to her. A short time ago Marshal
Barrett received letter from the police
department at Baltimore, saying they
were looking for William SpurgeOn
formely confidential clerk in a private
banking house in that city, who had
embeZzled large sum of money and
fled, leaving his wife and three
children. They located him at Spring
field in the person of Whitney. Mar
shall Barrett, after some correspondence,
satisfied himself that Whitney was
really the defaulting Baltimore clerk
and arrested him. Whitney refused
to talk about the case, further than to
say he is confident that he will come
out all right, and was about to start
for Baltimore when arrested,
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DRAGGED by her HAIR.

COLUMBUS, o., PAS Miss Eta
Pinney, was driving spirited horse
through the streets of Dublin, a sub
burb of Columbus last evening the
animal took fright and ran away,
striking an obstacle, the lady was
thrown out in such a way that her
hair, which came loose, caught and
wound around the hub. In that po-
sition she was dragged about thirty
yards over the stony street at a fright
full speed. The shafts breaking re-
leased the horse. 1t was necessary to
remove the wheel and take it home
with the unfortunate young lady, as
her hair was matted with oil and dirt
so that it could not be unwound. 1t is
thought Miss Pinney is not fatally in
jured.
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Dlanatroua Ear.hounk,a.

SAN Francisco, April 23.-The
steamer ''City of New York; which
arrived yesterday from China, brings
details of earthquakes in slim Yunnan.
The project of Tin an, with Chic HENS
of Ship Ping and KEN Shut, under
him, have Jointly reported to the gov
ernor of Yunnan as follows: From
the second day of the twelfth month of
last year, until the third day of this
year, there were over ten shocks of
earthquake, accompanied with a noise
like thunder. The yamens in the cities
of Ship Ping and KEN Shut were either
knocked down or split right down, and
the temples likewise. In Ship Ping
eight or nine tenths of the houses in
south are falling down. and half of
those in the east aud norhN est, thou
sand being cracked or bent out of per-
pendicular, 200 people, men, women
and children, being crushed to death
and the wounded and injured are over
800. AT Tung sHiang over 800 were
crushed to death and about 200 or 800
wounded, AT Nan Hang there are
over 200 dead and over 400 injured. At
Peh Hang about 100 we're killed and
the same number injured. In the
town and suburbs over 1000 people are
either killed or wounded. At Kien
Shut, in the city seven were killed and
many wounded, and in the northwest
suburb 800 to 400 houses were over
turned and 249 people killed and $50 OF
$50 wounded.
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WOMEN'S WOES.
A Slack Wire Performers Fatal Fall
at Steubenville.
A Columbus Lady Dragged by the Hair
Over the Stone Pavement.
A Serious Stampede In a Female
Boarding House.
A Jealous Husband Murders His Wife
and Suicides.
WOMEN'S WOES.

STEUBENvHLE, April 25.-Mlle
Deco, slack wire performer, gave an
open air performance in front of the
opera house here last evening. The
wire was stretched from the hotel win
dow to tree on the opposite side of
the street, distance of One-hundred
feet, with a fall of one foot in two.
When in mid-air the apparatus gave
way and the woman fell, striking the
pavement with terrible force. Her
knees struct the curb stone first, throw
ing her against tree box. The ply
sicians found her knees broken, her
spine injured, and internal rupture
certain to cause an agonizing death.
Her real name is Annie Wilson, of
Philadelphia, where her parents are.
She is said to be well connected.
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STATE CONVENTIONS.
THE LAReEsr FOR YEARS.

THE LARGEST FOR YEARS.
HARRNGsBUe, Pa, April 25.-The
Republican state convention to nomi-
nate four delegates at large to the ma
tional convention, candidate for SUI
preme Judge and two electors at large
met in the opera house at eleven
o'clock this morning. The convention
is the largest held here for many years
and the opera house is overcrowded.
Reference to Blaine was greeted with
loud and long continued applause.
CANvASSING FOB CHOICE.
BOSTON, April 25.-The republican
state convention to elect delegates to
the national convention assembled at
fremont Temple this forenoon. Prior
to the convention there was consider
able canvassing at the fremont house
and also in the corridors at fremont
Temple. At 1890 O'Clock there was a
large gathering in the convention hall
and several different tickets were dis
tributed.
THE PLATFORM.
BOSTON, April 25.-The platform
adopted denounces the democratic
party as the foe of honest elections in
the north as well as in the south and
notices "that the same tactics which
made the south solid for Cleveland in
1884 are already renewed for his re-
election in 1888. That the same
strategy which has put upon the
congress contrary to the will of the
people is again in operation
for stealing seats in the
senate and house of representatives.
The platform favors liberal pension
laws, and denounceS the fiippant and
ungenerous treatment by the president
of the subject of pensions. The reform
of the civil service, which was inaugu-
rated under laws passed by republic
can congress and approved by a repub-
lican president, has so far made pro-
gress only under republican admin
istraJion. A democratic president, by
the confession of his strongest par
tisans. is guilty of disqualification
and surrender in regard to this
principle. He has made great profess
sions and has broken them, and we
call upon the people to restore
the work of destroying the spoils
system to the only organization which
has shown desire to accomplish it.
The platform then declares in favor of
high license. Local option on the
liquor question denounees the demo
cratic party for its opposition to the
admission of Dakota into the union and
finally declares in favor of reciproscity
in our trade relations with the other
communities upon this continent.
The following was the result of the
ballot for four delegates at lal ge to the
Chicago convention. Whole number
of votes, 924: George F, Hoar, 900; F.
d. Burden, 903; Henry S. Hyde, 902;
AlonZo W. Beard, 743: George B. Lo-
| ring, 224; scattering, 80. The first four
were declared elected and the conven-
tion adjourned.
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Assignments OF Array Omeers.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-It has been
practically decided at the army de-
partment to assign Major-G General
Cook to the command of the division
of the Missouri, with headquarters at
Chicago, and an order to that effect
will probably be issued in day or two.
1t is said that Major General Howard,
commanding the division of the Pa
cific. desired to be transferred to the
Missouri, but that it was found
that the interest of the service
could be subserved better by retaining
here at San Francisco, and assigning
the new major general to the division
of the Missouri, the duties of which
command have been performed
by Lieutenant General Sheridan at
the time that Major General Terry
was granted leave of absence. The
contemplated assignment makes no
change whatever necessary in the de-
cisions of the Atlantic and the Pacific.
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At Chicago.

CHICAGO. HI, April ., 1888.
HOGS-Receipts, 900 head; market rather
slow and weak and prices &c lower: light, $3.50
as 90; rough packing, IS 25G5.40; mixed, $40
95.60; heavy packing and shipping, $500
$40.
CArTLE-Receipts, TO- 600 head: market weak
and lower: beeves, s375G5.O0; COWS and mixed,
S1.I543.75: stockers and feeders, g 5OG3.65.
SHEEP-Recetpts. 4, 600 head; market higher;
wooden. s1.7591.75: shorns SL0o06.00; lambs,
575R5o0.
EWHEAT--Firm; No. 2 red, cash, SIC; May,
size: June, 81 516c.
CoaS-Firm; cash. sc: May. 54slc; June.
s. Bloc.
OATs-Firm; May, 225Sc.
RYE-65c May.
BARLEY-Nothing doing.
PRIME TIMOTHY-e25e42.G0.
FLAx-51.A5.
PoEE@Easy cash and May, srs-ssH; June
steady: cash. Gs5; May. s7.S1Sc;
June. $500
SHORT RIBs-s5.I5H May.
BUTTEE=Unehanged; creamery, 2I025c;
dairy, 16Ei21c.
EGGs-Fresh, EXC.
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Flre in = Roarding EIouse.

NEW YORK, April 25.-At half past
five o'clock this morning fire broke out
in the basement of No. So, West TWEEN
ty-eighth street, occupied as a board
ing house by Inera Endorff. The dam
age amounted to $4,000. There was a
general panic among the inmates and
several of the servants were badly
burned. The following is list of the
injured:
Annie Fannen, forty-three years old /,
colored, seriously burned; removed to
the New York hospital. She was res
cued by the firemen from a second
story window.
Hattie String, aged thirty-seven,
colored, jumped from the second story
window into fire net. She was also
badly burned; removed to the same
hospital.
Minnie Lewis was rescued from the
third story window of No. 81. She was
burned seriously and was taken also to
Bellevue.
Francis Rossell, taken from the sec
ond story of No. 80. only slightly in
iIlrad
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carrying ON Of trade. He turned his
attention to the subject of trusts. and
said for years we have had these halls
ringing with statements that by and
by home competition would give us
the lowest possible prices. The
Welkin has been made to ring
with this declaration iterated
who first proclaimed it have almost
gotten to believe it, but look at our I'M
fortunate situation and let this delu-
sion be dispelled, and while the gov
eminent has thrown up its tariff walls
without, monopolists have Joined
hands within for the purpose of put
ting up prices and plundering the peo-
pie through the devices known as
trusts, etc. Have the gentlemen of
have they framed bill to be adopted
in lieu of ours, have they told the
house and the country what remedy
they recommend for the evils which
all admit to be upon us? No, sir.
Thus they are mute as to remedy
tell them that policy will
never win with a tax ridden,
a monopoly oppressed, a trust. a
pool, combine-ridden people. This
is not a do nothing occasion, ours is
not do nothing people. / have no
fear concerning the ultimate result of
this conflict between the people and
the pool. l have no fear as to the
outcome in the contest between the
country and the combine. l have no
apprehension as to who will be the
victor in the battle about to be
waged between legitimate taxation
and that of oppressive taxation
which is invoked to aid trusts, and
make pooling profitable. The people
have waited long and patiently, but
they are aroused, their voice comes
laundering through these halls, de-
handing reduction of taxes. The
procession for the relief of the tax
payer is moving. There are but two
places about this procession, one after
it, the other under it. Seek to-day
whether you prefer to follow and aid
it, or go down under it and be
crushed by it.
Burrows, of Michigan, was the next
speaker. He said our tariff on imports
was to-day cOnfessedly protective, in
that it was levied not for revenue only,
but to encourage American industry
and protect American labor. One
wing of the democratic party under
the leadership of President Cleveland,
assailed this system and denounced it
as vicious and illogical, and declared it
to be not only unwise but uncOnstitu-
tional. The house then adjourned.
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DtsapDroyed the Sentence.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-In disap-
proving the sentences of dismissal in
the cases of Capt. J "A. Olmstead, ninth
cavalry, and First Lieutenant Mont
gomery and D. Parker, ninth cavalry,
the president said in his order that:
An examination of these cases tried
by the same court martial has fully
convinced me that a condition exists
at Fort. Du Chesne that must, if al
lowed to continue, result in scandal
and decentralization. This condition
should and must be promptly cor
rected by more effective plan than
the approval of the court martial pro-
ceedings, which rest upon suspicious
and weak evidence, and which it may
well be feared originated in question
able mOtiYes''
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PTTTsBURG, April 24.-The Chroni-
photographs Tifin, Ohio special
says six weeks ago w. N. Wilkin, a
travelling salesman of this city disap-
peared and no trace of him could be
found. Last Friday body was found
in Central Park, New York, which
answers the description exactly, even
to scar on the hand and in a pocket
was a card bearing the name of Will
kin. Relatives of Wilkin were sure it
was his body and to-day boarded a
train for New York to get the remains,
when they were startled by seeing
Wilkin walk out of the car alive and
well. Between grief first and Joy af-
forwards his wife was nearly crazed.
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LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE
AZ Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April q, 1888.
~ The Kansas City Live Stock Market Is
reported especially for the EMPoRIA DAILY
NEWS by FISH, KECK & CO., Exchange build
ing, Kansas City Stock Yards.
CATTLE-Recefpts, 2,4z9 head; 10c lower on
heavy grades, others steady.
HOES Receipts, S38 head; Sc lower than yes
terday's close; bulk hogs, S5.I50525; heavy
packing and shipping, s. 30: mixed pack
ing. s5.1505.25: skips and pigs. e3O0O4.6G.
WHRAT-Weaker; No soft, cash, 1910.
CORH-Steady; No. cash, 46c.
OATS-30c.
EGGs-Fresh. 13c per dozen.
BUTrKR.fancy roll, S0c; good to choice
HAY-Fancy small baled, 5000.
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Bond Offerings.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-To-day's
bond offerings aggregated SS,O22. 900. in
lots as follows: Four-and-a-ffaIf per
cents. registered, $4,000, 600, at SLOT;
1882 900, at 81 .0st; $50, 1000, at s1.O7E;
four-and-a-half per cents, coupon,
S4OO 600, at 1.O7f; four per cents, reg
istered, $500, zoo, at S1.26; $50. 900 at
S1.255; four per cents, coupons, SAC, 900,
at sl.255.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The secre-
tary of the treasury accepted tenders
OF bonds to the total amount of 80 $40, :
600 made up as follows: Registered As
$500, 900. at S126, 500, 900, at SI255; $780,
600, at S125. Registered AIS 5000, 900
at S1O7t; S4OO, 600, at S1O74.
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Enforcing she SUNDAY Law.

CINCINNATI, o., April 21.-Instruc-
tions have been given the police to
watch tomorrow for saloons that defy
the law by keeping open, and to notify
the proprietors that it is violation of
the law; but no arrests will be made
tomorrow, even if the saloons are kept
open after the notification. The next
Sunday, however, if any saloons are
found open the offender will be i'm
mediatelv arrested.
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Failea 20 Agree.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The COM
mittee on ways and means held long
meeting this forenoon, but failed to fin
ally agree upon the tariff bills. The
republican members of the committee
ask for ten days of five hours each. or
fifty hours in all. to be set for that pur-
pose. The democratic members held
that shorter time would suffice If
evening sessions were held for debate
only. The evening sessions were not
acceptable to the republicans who ar
gued that because the slim attendance
which characterized them as compared
to day session, the members com
PEELED to speak at night would be
placed at disadvantage. The differ.
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AChiid I1iIled BY eame-CoeLs.

Hot SPRINGS, Ark, April 24.-The
four-year-old child of William StringeI
meta peculiar death yesterday. Mr..
Stringer is something of chicken fan
cier and kept half dozen game-cocks
in his back yard. Yesterday his little boy
started to play in the yard and soon
found that chasing one Of the game
cocks was a most exciting diversion.
Suddenly the cock turned and attacked
the little fellow furiously, knocking him
The boy was cut and pecked in horri-
BILE manner before he was rescued.
and died in commissions in a few min.
Ofaa
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CHICAGO, April 2S.-Fire was diseov-
cred at 11:S0 q. m. in a row of barns be-
longing to the Union Stock Yards and
Transit company, located on Transit
avenue in the stock yards. Before the
first engine arrived the entire barn was
in q blaze and the flames had spread to
the contiguous barn. The barns burned
like oil tanks and the flames rapidly
spread from barn to barn until
five out of the eight located in
the vicinity, and two large corn
were valued at 5000 each and the loss
on the contents will be about $50, 600
The corn-cribS make an additional loss
for the company of about S25, 900. Tht
office and platform of John Brennock's
rendering establishment was also dam
aged to the extent of $4,000.
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Petitions from Kanaas.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-Among
the petitions presented and referred
were two from the state of Kansas, one
in favor of an import tax on raw silk
and the other to make good to officers
and soldiers of the late war the differ
ence between gold and the gold value
of greenbacks in which they were paid.
Among the bills reported from COM
mitteeS and placed on the calendar was
one to authorize the sale of tract of
land on the military reservation at
Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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BosroN, April 24.-Mrs. John L.
Sullivan, the champions legal wife, in
tends to set herself right before the
world. She is endeayoring to secure a
warrant for the big fellows arrest Inn
mediately on his arrival. on a charge
of improper relations with Annie
Livingstone She takes this step be-
cause John L., while travelling on the
continent during the past two years,
has acknowledged Annie Livingstone
as his wife.
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Motion 70. q New Trial.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April PA motion
to set aside the verdict, and for a new
trial, was made by the Adams Express
company yesterday in the Fothering-
ham case. on the ground that the yer.
dict was against the evidence, the
controlled by popular preiudices against
corporations and the detectives; that
fotheringham acted voluntarily; that
certain testimony WIS ruled out that
should have been admitted, and thai
the court erred in instructing the iury