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clincine to the rigging. The body oi tho
engineer who was aboard one OF the miss.
ing boats, was recovered.

parture from that place for Tangiers OF a
| detachment oil British engineers. No one
| u able to say why they are going and It is
feared that In the event Of an attack up.
on Taneiers by American war vessels that
Che presence oi :hc English engineers will
still further complicate matters. Ameri.
cans there do not expect that the issue Of
the Morocco affair will be very serious.
/ They deriia the quarrel and its origin, but
are unanimous in the belief that the only
course left open to the Uuited States al.
thoritiCs in tho circumstances has been
taken.
Directory estimates place the popuia.
tion ot st. Louis at 449. 100, an increase
OF 2O,0S2 III the past year.
~. J. Cunningham, tho editor oi the
Times o. Chippewa Falls, Wis, Who waa
and who is charged by Agent Gregory with
having Offered him 81. 800 to allow The
Calligan Bros. to continue operations ON
tho reservation, has been summoned to
Washington to appear before the commit
tee to explain his position. There are q
number OF other. who have been connected
with the scandal who will probably be
summoned bcforc the Investigation closes.
! Iho,nis Hill. bf Ca.iett. Wisconsin. conf
n revolver of rs calibre. He was 40
years old n blacksmith by trade,
and had been separated from his wife two
years. Domestic trouble il supposed to be
the cause.
Bridge Waterman Edward Brislan was
Killed ut crookston. Mimi, by an engine
that ran him down. His head was severed
and the body horribly manglcd.
The mystery surrounding the identity Of
the insanc poctess suicide, Miss Bull, who
died in New York. lins been solved. She is
u second cousin to Gen. w. 4. Sherman.
She vas thirty-siX years old. Her father
i'latt Bull, married an own cousin to Gen,
Sherman.
Nine. Diss Dc Bar, the alleged medium,
comes from Harrotsburg Ky. Her maid.
en- name was Ann Odclin Salomon. j. Sea.
yer Page, OF New York. has given her lair
challenge tn test her powers. lie proposes
to furnish marked cunvas on which u
spirit nicture is to be produced by her in
iimence before edisinterested witnesses. Nine.
hiss DO Bar has not sisniiietl any willing
ness to accept the challenge. The relatives
ot Luther II. Marsh, who has unbo,intletl
iaith in tho w"man's powers, aro taking
steps to prevent the woman from securing
any more OF the old mans property.
The latest reports from Rich Hill, 40,
place tho total number Of deaths from the
coal mine explosion at twcnty.fuur. Il js
NOW reasonably certain that no more
bodles are i'll the ruins.
| Judge Stephen G. Sharp, of Lexington,
| ky. chairman OF the state Dernurratic ok.
! echtivt committee. has been appointed
treasurer by the Governor to succeed tho
dcinulting treasurer, Tate. The nom;na.
tion was confirmed by the senate.
/! Head man War.ne sar.hoo. of the Chin.
nrwas, died II few days ago ut Crooked
Lake, northeast Of lsrainerd. lie had
lived ut his late abode very many years,
and was an Indian of large influence. He
was specially anxious that the Chippewas
should be removed to the White Earth
reservation md ailed the reccnt Indian
commission very greatly in their efforts to
secure the treaty. The oil ! man was near.
lya hundred years old.
Several more villages in Hungary have
been Hooded and tine inhabitants are
starving AT HcthrarIs 12O houses have
bean burned and 200 people rendered
homeless. The villages OF Alezo. Bereny and
Hundsorf have also been DESTROYED by
fire.
Phillips and Barntt. tho American
sporting men. have sailed for New York.
t1Nfxy tssS|l s6Rt y is ia.al9xsib!a ie1fe
maintain That Heennn. Kilrain and Sulli.
van all really won. notwithstanding the
fact that draws were declared.
| "A Hc'tSy HNI unI Wllu bIOfin nj Dccn.
tur, Ala, cn,Ihetl great damage to fruit and
broke all the unprotected windows in
town. One building was blown down and
Eckford Cooper, of tIniontown, KY, was
killed.
| Nine. Putkry. the Hungarian tragedi.
enne, who wis reported to have committed
snicile after her husband had mortally
wounded her setluccr in u duel, has recov.
cred from her Illness and will llsIiortly make
her appearance on the stage at Pesth.
! Since the closing of the testimony in the
coroners inquest ut Mankato Mimi, new
developments have sprung up in the poi
| soning case OF Louis Il. Andrews. This led
! to the arrest OF tieorsc Dawson, tho man
boarding with Andrews. and who purcllas.
| ell arsenic. and Mary Il. Andrews, wife OF
!! the deceased. They are confined in the
county Jail to await their hearing. The
charge OF arrest was murder in the first dc.
gree.
! Ths bark British Princess has been
wrecked off Caminha, Portugal. Twenty.
three persons were drowned 1t is report.
ed that Spanisl, customs officers prevent
ed tho saving of II number OF lives by firing
upon IL Portuguese liiesavins boat which
had gone to their rescue.
The public debt was decreased Sll, 1856.
5o9 during The month of March.
| Fire broke out in the offices Of the Ho.
mer Leo Bank Noto company. ON the
eighth iloor of the Tribune building and
despite the supposed fire proof floors ate
its way to tic Iinor above. On this floor
are located the rooms Of the reporters
and city editor oi the New York Tribune.
The fire dc-troyed files manuscript and
valuable papers in the Tribune office which
cannot well he replaced.
| \ deplnrable domestic tragedy occurred
in, ,uI,s s,t,
death OF IL young married couple. Ellis.
! worth Setter II tcanstcr, who has been
l'avin. trombIo with his wife, MoiIie, met
her in the hall of the building in which
their rooms are located and kissing her af.
fectinnatcly asked to speak to her in her
! room. they went into the room
and few minutes later the neigh.
cd l,y II woman y Bcre:tin, aud moment
later by two more shots. When the door
was forced open the wife was found ON the
floor with IL bullet wound in her abdomen
| and the husband was leaning against the
he'd with two bullets in his abdomen.
Both wounds are necessarily fatal.
Information has been received at Wash.
| ington that registers and receivers OF land
offices along the Northern Pacific road in
Minnesota have been rc :eiving filings upon
lands lying within the indcm nifty limits OF
that road, although no order has been is.
sued at the interior department yet de-
declaring these indemnity lands open to
settlement. The secretary OF the interior
viii issue at All early day an order direct.
! ing the anl officers to receive no filings
upon indemnity lands. The decision OF
the attorney general in the matter of these
indemnity lands may he delayed some
months yet.
The official correspondence between the
United States and Germany, gsowing ont
OF the rccrn, troubles in .he Samoan
islands. shows that this government has
scrupulo,sly rcfraincd from increasing it's
prestige and inllusncc in the islands. The
! United States merely used its good offices
to preserve the autonomy Of the islands
without any further consideration than
that OF protection to American interests
Gov. McGill OF Minnesota. has appointed
April rs, AS Aabor Day.
The house bill to give the widow OF Gen.
j. A. Logan a pc::siun of $4,000 passed
the senate without ieba,e and will be ut
once presented TO the president.
y city ticket, composed Of women, ior
I he council aud IL woman iur mayor, WAS
elected at Dsk:l!Oos;l, Kansas, bv sixty.six
majority.
The supply oi logs for the Ashland, Wis,
mills will reach IL total OF $1,000. 900 feet
S,nOn.o,O new LOGS and 5000, ,OOG old
logs from last season.
The subcommittee of the public lands
committee have agreed that separate bills
shall he reported for the forfeiture Of the
grants to the Southern Pacific and North