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The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Miscellaneous Items,

The Confederate veterans of Pine Bluff and vicinity met recently, and organized camp and appointed delegates to the State Confederate Association 10 meet in Little Rock. M. G. Sennett, representa- tive eX-Goafederate, was elected con- mauder J. r. Murphy. second. and John s. Bell, third commander; C. c. New man, adIutaut; Tom Green, quartermas . ter; Horace Jewell, chaplain.
 Governor Eagle has received an official copy of the resolutions adopted by the Kausas Legislature last winter. censur- ing Arkansas for political crime. and calling upon Congress t0 adopt measures for the protection of ctzens in their po- litical rights. The Governor had them filed with the following inscription: "Placed upon the shelves of the Arkansas library as a living monument of the igno- rance ana prejudice of the Legislature of Kansas.p
 The first annual meeting and election of officers of the Old Hickory club. the leading Democratic organization of the State, was held at the elub-rooms in Lit tie Rock, recently. Colonel Joseph w. House was elected president; Colonel J. II. Mccarthy, first vice president and Major John D. Adams, second vice. presi- dent.
 A Cotton Belt passenger train was de- railed, few days ago, between Hum- phreys and Goldman. by striking a bull Route Agent Stafford was killed, and nine others received serious injuries.
 Hon. Paul NJ. Cobbs Commissioner of State Lands, has been enjoined by Henry NJ. Cooper, agent for W m. Mckee and w. C. Whipple, from selling lands in the counties of Ashley, Drew, Cleveland, Clark, Nevada, Columbia, Ouachita and Union, which have been returned delin- queut by the respective collectors. The merits of the casehaye not yet been made public.
 Governor Eagle has ordered a special election to be held in St. Francis County to fill the vacancies existing there in the offices of sheriff and assessor. Peace and order have been fully restored in the county. and the Governor is confident that perfeclg free and fair election cap De held there
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS

A PASSENGER train on the Norfolk x Western railroad went through washed out culvert, near Roanoke, Va, at l:05 a. m., on the 2d The entire train, con- sisting of locomotive, baggage, express, smoker, passenger and two Pullman ears, was piled up in heap of wreckago which immediately caught fire from gasoline lamp and burned, together with Ia large number of dead and wounded passengers and train hands pinioned in the debris.
 J. C. CHANEY, of Indiana, was, on the l2d, appointed Assistant Attorney in tho Department of Justice, in the place of E. U. May, resigned
 THE German officers in the service of China are about to resign.
 THE London Chronicle says that when lthe Pope received the Spanish Ambassa- dor he spoke of the possibility of leaving Rome, and adds that arrangements for his refuge in Spain have been made.
 AT his own request, Colonel John G. IParke. of the Engineer Corps, superin- Itendent of the West Point Military Acad- lemy, was on the 2d, placed on the retired list of the army. Colonel Parke had served forty years as an army officer. THE members of the Cherokee Indian Commission left Washington for their homes on the 2d. They will go to the Cherokee country about the 25th.
 MRS. ANNA GROSS, aged thirty -four, patient at the Buffalo tN. Y.) State Asy- | Ium for the Insane under treatment for suicidal mania, hanged herself in her room with a sheet on the 29th. An unsuc- cessful attempt was made to hush the matter mp.
 l hah nf fA Castle to see the Queen on the 2d. He i held reception on the same morning, at which Lord Salisbury and the members of the diplomatic corps were presented. AT the recent examination in Wash 1 mgton for assistant surgeons in the Ma rine Hospital service, there were twenty
 six candidates examined, of whom only
 four were found qualified for appoint
 ment.
 MR. THOMAS J. MORGAN, of Rhode
 Island, the new Commissioner of Indian
 Affairs, arrived in Washington, on the 2d, to take charge of the Indian Office. l A DESTRUCTIVE water-spout broke over | Altoona, Pa., and vicinity, on the night of i the 2d, and several persons were pros-
 trated by lightning during the storm.
 A THIEF entered Sol Mier's Bank at i Ligonier, Ind, through a side window, on the 2d, while the cashier was at dinner,
 secured nearly S10000 from the cash drawer. and got off without detection.
 ELI MIX, the coroner who has been ln-
 vestigating the fatality which occurred on
 tue New York, New Haven & Hartford
 railroad few miles north of New Hav-
 en, Conn.,, on the 29th, handed his report
 to States Attorney Doolittle on the 2d.
 He finds that the accident was caused by
 the criminal carelessness of Thomas Shields. a section boss.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
lNZTHE DITCH.

An Express Train the Boston & Al-
 bany Road Dftched Near New Haven,
 Conn-Three Persons Killed and several
 Injured Spreading Rails Caused the
 Accident.
 NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 3O-The lim- tied express which left Boston at II a. m. via the Boston & Albany railroad, was ditched just outside the city limits yes- terday afternoon. Three persons were killed and several badly injured.
 The killed are:
 Miss Mary A. Brigham, of Brooklyn, N. Y, who was recently appointed principal of the Mount Holyoke Seminary al South Hadley, Mass.
 Clarence May, drawing room car con- ductor, thought to belong at Stamford, Conn.
 E. Pfeffer, g travelling agent for Emil Lang. of Nos. ? and Stone street, New York.
 The injured are: Rodney Beers, con- duetor, arm broken; Drawing room car Conductor Ellis, thrown through a win- dow and cut about the head; Brakeman MeKean, thrown through window with the porter of the car, but not badly in- jnred; George Craig, of Meriden, badly injured internally.
 w. II. Lockwood, of No. Ss Pennington avenue, Hartford, with his two sons and two daughters, together with Benj F. Fisher, were on their way to Short Beach. All were badly bruised. Mrs. Lockwood is now at the hospital with a broken ankle. Miss Bertha Lockwood was quito badly hurt on the wrist, but has left tho hospital.
 There were several hundred passengers on the train. and the majority of them got bad shaking up and were more or less bruised and cut. They scattered so quickly after the accident that it was im- possible 10 get their names.
 The accident was caused by the spread- ing of the rails where gang of track men were at work re-laying the track. The engine passed ovsi all right, but the rails spread under the baggage car, turn- ing it across the track and the other cars behind it pushing it into the smoker. One passenger coach and two drawing room cars also went over on their sides and landed ill the ditch The rear car left the track but did not turn over.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
THE RATIONAL WALLET.

The Decresso In the National Debt fGs
 June and for the rlseat Year-Tbs
 status of the Puhlic Debt-Rercipts aud
 Expenditures During rho Year JuH
 Closed-The Pen -ion Charge.
 WASHINGTON, July 2.-The reduction in the public debt during the past month. as shown by the statement issued from the Treasury Department yesterday was sic 255, g29, and for the fiscal year iast closed, $ss 93s 03s. During the preceding fiscal year the debt was reduced t:,3,sft,- 0s0 The total debt now, less cash in tho Treasury, is $1.076, 646 621. Tine net ash or actual surplus in the Treasury Tesf.r- day was S7l ,ei2, against Sl03 ,33). fa year ago.
 Receipts from all sources during the fiscal year just closed aggregated $5JS.- 59ltG75 against S379, 2GG, 074 for the pree"i- ing year,
 Customs receipts for the past year amounted to S22f 971, 23i, an increase Of nearly six millions over the preceding year, and is the largest revenue from this source ever collected by the Govern ment in one year. Customs receipts in 1882 came very close to this sum, aggre- gating S220, 500, ,000.
 Internal revenue receipts for the year Just NlpSth dSEi titth &iHi if-t ht't eA nearly seven and n halt millions :aere than during the preceding fiscal year. While the revenues for the year just closed have increased about eight mill- ions and a quarter over those of the previous year, expenditures for the year which aggregated $500 06f 795 are thirty two millions more than they were during the preceding year.
 The ordinary expenses of the Govern ment during the past year were Y153 I3i,- 137, against S13i 650 442 during the preeed- ing year. About $l1 GOO 000 of t,ns in- creased ordinary expense during the past year can be accounted for by s3541,- GOO increased War Department appro- priations; S2,50o poo appropriations for new cruisers; E 000 GOO postal revenue deficiency, and g. 800, 00) Court of Claims judgments.
 The penGion charge for the past year was Ss7, 977, 6s2 or about ssg00 GOO more than for the previous fiscal year.
 The total receipts during the year amounted to S3ss 59l, 67l.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
An "sunnecessary Luxury.'

DETROIT, Mich, July 1.-Prosecutin1- Attorney Wilcox made formal demand for grand jury before the Circuit Judges sitting ell banc, Saturday, alleging that he had evidence to submit to the effect that the leading members of the City Council had demanded money from competing contractors as a prerequisite to the awarding of contracts. The court, in a lengthy opinion, refused to summon grand jury holding that the ordinary machinery of the law was sufficient to bring the guilty to trial, and asserting that a grand jury is a useless, expensive and unnecessary luxury. It is probable that the charges of .boodlism" will be dropped.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Arkansas Christian Church.

The State convention of the Christian church was held at Little Rock. The proposition to build college at Pinnacle Springs was rejected, and it is understood the majority of those interested are in favor of erecting the edifce in Little Rock. The report of the delegates on church organization shows a rapid growth, and the society is in an excellent condition. John Fletcher, of Little Rock. was elected president, and the following members were elected to cons titute the board of missions: K. L. Lotz, 4. B. Sibley, Dr. J. W. Pruitt, ". NJ. Ragland, T. J. Smith and c. Matthews. A resolu- tion was adopted expressing fuli sym pathy with the efforts being made to sup press the liquor traffic.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
THE RED CROSS.

Characteristic Letter From Clara Barton.
 President of the National Red Cross, to
 the Citizens Finance Committee of
 Johnstnwn, Pa.-Clara Is There Every
 Time.
 JoHNsTowN, Pa., July 2.-In response to the T equest of the eitzen's finance committee to take charge of the putting up of the houses, Clara Barton, of the Red Cross Society answered yesterday in the following letter:
 GENTLEMEN-The great courtesy shown mo by your request that the ergani2ation over which l have the pleasure to preside shall unite Us efforts with yours in securing iulme- diate shelter for the homeless people Of this afflicted town and your offer To cooperate in every way possible to that end has left ma practically without words with which to ex- press my thanks or my acquescence, and you will not wonder that should have taken a few hours in which 10 look the situation in the face and attempt to form some judgment as to the probable aid which we might be able to reuder. If Inc need were less imperative the decision might well admit of hesitation; but the pressing necessity of the people who wait anu sufer on the one hand and the great and perplexing bur den Of you who have undertaken and are striv- ing amid s0 many and SO appalling difficulties for their relief oa the other admit Of DO reserve, but demand every energy and every risk; and. God helping us, our organization will assume these, and looking to the aid of your great hearted public, whose generosity is eQuaied only by its sympathy and it's abundance, We will labor hand to hand With you for the cree tion Of the little homes wllch shall quickly take these dazed hereft and hoaseless people up from the ground and shelter them from tho sun aud the storms, under a roof they may re- gard as their ewn. The whole country will be glad of the click of tho hammer on The hilSides cf Johnstown, and every staunch lumberman from Maine to Michigan and the mills of Iowa, from the Pine Tree State to the Rio Grande will be proud Of the little plain cottage that he has helped to rear in the Conemaugh Valley. l have the honor to be, gentlemen, most re- specttully, CLARA BARTON,
 President Of the National Red Cross of Amer ica
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
FATAL FLAME ES.
Ga several Eiremen Carried Down by Failing Waiis-One Killed and Eight Injured, Some of Whom Will Die.

Destructive ConfIagration at Savannah.
 Ga several Bremen Carried Down by
 Failing Walls Killed and Eight
 Injured, some of Whom Win Die.
 SAVANNAH. Ga, July 2.-Fire started in the furniture house of \. J. Miller x Co, on Broughton street in the heart of the city last evening about seven o'clock, and i'll an hour destroyed the entire establishment. The establishme of J. I. Cohens, dry goods; Nj. Sternberg, jewelry, and L. E. Byek & Sons. dry goods, were also burned. The total loss on buildings and stock is St50,000. The approximate losses and insurance are: A. J. Miller < Go, s65.000; insurance, S40, 900. !, T. kohen, loss Si5 GOO; insur- ance, S25, GOO L. E. Byck 65 Son, S10, GOO; insurance, S5,50o. The buildings occu- pied by Miller, Sternberg &s Co were completely gutted.
 While the fremen were at work on Brougeton street on the front of the building in the heat of the fire, the wall gave way and carried the firemen with il, burying six of them under mass Of hot bricks. J. T. " ehrs, driver of the Pro- lection Hose Company, who was holding the pipe was killed, and eight others were injured, and one or two may die. Murray LaplhsN sustained compound fracture of the shoulder blade and was burned and bruised about the face and head. Thomas Davis was burned and bruised about tho head, face and hands. Maurice Buttimer was seriously burned and sealded Henry Goodson, foreman of No. 3 en- zine, was badly cut over the right eye; received a slight fracture of the skull. and internal injuries and bruises about the limbs. Richard Hart received frac- ture of the skull, and is injured inter- nally. E. D. Paeetti, driver of tho MogHl, received a scalp wound. Mir Strobhar had his arm broken in two places. and also suffered a scalp wound. Several other persons were slightly injured.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
A Scientific Expedition.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Navy De. partment is making preparations for ob- serving the total eclipse of the sun, which will occur on December 21. It will be visible in it's totality at St. Paul de Loando, on the coast of South Africa. Captain R. l.. Pythiau, Prof. Asaph Hill and Prof.Simon Newcomb, superintendent of the Nautical Almanac, have been ap- pointed oy Secretary Tracy to make tho necessary arrangements. The scientists, who will be sent to observe the eclipse will go to Rio de Janeiro and from there will be taken, with their instruments and apparatus. across the ocean to St. Paul de Laudo in the Vrited States man .ef- var Richmond.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Nothing New in the cronin Case.

CmcAGo, July 3.-There were no new developments in the Crontn case yester- day. SD far us the reporters were per- mitted te learn. Judge Longe checker said that nothing of importance had been turned up, but he had a long talk with Detective Palmer, and later with Luther Lafiin Mills The subject of the oonver- sation i'll both cases was the Cronin busi- ness, but still Mfr. Eongeneeker protested that nothing of consequence had hap- peued. Should sufficient new evidence be found to warrant the calling of special grand jury an effar will be made to have the same gentlemen who acted oa the June jury serve on the July jury also. This will be done i'll order to avoid in- troducing the whole of the testimony nneW.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Land Titles involved.

An unusual piece of litigation involv- ing land titles was commenced before judge Caldwell in the United States Court of Little Rock. Some time since ". II. and c. Benedict, of New York, bought 20 acres of river land in Faulk ner County from the State. D. A. Hor- ton purchased the same land from the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Com pany, and the suit is brought to secure possession of the land. Tho case is con. sidered one involving many fine points. Judge $. R. Allen, Assistant United States Attorney, and Hon. J. H. Harrod, represent the plaintiffs, while Maj. E. B. Moore, ex-Attorney General. represents the defendant
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Arrest of Belle starr's Son.

Ed Reed, son of the late Belle Starr, and Ed Lear have been arrested and lodged in the United States jail at Fort Smith on a charge of horse-stealng. Young Reed has been under indictment for horse-stealing several months, but was out on bond. It is charged that he and his companion, Lear, stole two horses in the Choctaw country and took them to Logan County, this State where they traded them off Lear acknowledges that they traded the horses in Logan County, but young Reed like his late mother, is shrewd and stoical He says he don't know what he has been arrested for.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Many Were Called, but Few Were
 Chosen.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-At the recentex- animation for assistant surgeons in tho Marine Hospital service, there were twenty-six candidates examined. Secre- tary Windom yesterday approved the re- port of the board, which states that four of the candidates were found qualified for appointments. The successful can didates are John F. Groenwelt, of Lou isiana; George B. Young. of N York; Wm. c. Simpson, District of Q%.mbia. and Benj. w. Brown, of Virginia. They will be recommended to the President for appointment as vacancies occur in the order of merit as shown in the examina- tion.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Committed Without Bail.

After two days examination into the circumstances surrounding the killing of J. W. Gregory by George Crosby, 4. c. Haley, the examining justice of the peace, committed Crosby to jail without bail. From the testimony it appears that there were no justihable grounds for the killing, no more than the receiving of the whitecap notice would justify Crosby will wait the action of the grand jury that sits next NoYember
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Addition to the List of Injured.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. July 1.-In addi- ton to the injured in Saturdays accident to the Boston limited express, whose names were reported last night, are Mrs. 0. C. Hutchins and son, of Worcester, Mass, who received scalp wounds, and Mrs. Heddrick and son, of Springfield, Mass, who were cut about the face and head. All of the injured are doing well, and none of them will be detained in the hospital more than a week. The wrecked cars were hoisted out and brought hers yesterday.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Balloon Ascension Accident.

PARIS July IA balloon ascension on the Exposition grounds yesterday became entangled on a projection of the maehin- cry gallery. The cars which contained three persons became detached and fell to the ground, killing one of the occu- pants and so severely injuring the other two that they may die.
 LATER.-The man who fell from the balloon and was supposed to have been killed will recover. His name is Mayer. The other two men clung to the scaffold.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
For State senatnr.

The Democrats of the Twentieth Sem atorial district held a convention at Pres colt, and nominated C. C. Hamby, of Prescott for State Senator to succeed Hon. F. ". Thompson, who resigned to accept the position of Government su- perintendent of the Hot Springs Reserva- ton. Governor Eagle called spAial election for July 6 10 fill the vacancy.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Movement for Permanent Exposition.

special meeting of the Board of Trade of Little Rock was held with the object to devise means for the establish ment of permanent exposition. II is proposed to buy ground and put up q brick building to cost not less than $50, 900.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
Decision Affecting Election Contests.

Judge Martin, in Circuit Court at Little Rock, has made very important ruling, which will expedite very much the Jones, Rep, vs. Glidewell, Dem., contest for the office of treasurer of the county. The court holds that the abstract of the votes cast as made by the Board of County can vassers is competent evidence, and will be accepted. Officers have been sent ut to compel the attendance of witnesses subppnRd.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

FRED MAURER, an old pioneer, died at hls home in Urbana, Ind, on the 1st. Deceased was eighty two years old, and leaves q large family.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

Readjustment Of Postmasters' Salaries.
 The Annual readjustment of postmas- ters' salaries has just been made, with the following result as regards the offices in this State:
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

DURING the last three months of tho hSeat year, ended on the 3oth 1913 patents Were issued by the Patent Office.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

Ing British gunboats Bramble and feacock stationed at Cape Town, have been ordered to Delagoa Bay.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

MIME. CHRISTINE NILSSON IS making . se9ourn in London. It is not prohsat6ie that she ~'li N,i.3 eyer again si7sh bu6lic, as e e.'g r,'. le u'i. e'eo deafness and loss
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

TIE United States steamer Adams was, on the 27th, ordered from Ponolulu to samoa. to take the place of The Alert and Nipsie, then en route to San Francisco.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

-zzrs.1rfE won the fourteenth annual stratght-away eight pared boat race from the Harvard crew on the Thames river course at New London, Conn.,, on the 2Sth, by six boat lengths.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

0S the lst Governor Beaver ordered two hundred two-story houses built for tie Genemaagh Valley food sufferers as soon as possible, and the work com- meneed immediately.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

TIE Shah of Persia, on the 29th, in con- pany with King Leopold, visited the works at Seraingc, Belgium. He was much pleased with what he saw and shook hands with delegation of work men, to whom he made a short speech, alluding to their employment in few pleasant words.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

THERE was heavy rainfall at Wash. ington, on the 1st, and the large silver vault in the courtyard of the treasury building, in which over so GOO, 900 silver dollars are stored, was flooded with two inches of water Considerable damage was done to the boxes and bags contain ing the silver.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

GEORGE STARR, agent for r. T. Barnam, ou the 29,h, signed contracts on behalf of the American snowman, giving him con- troi of tho Olympia, the largest building in London, in which to give exhibitions nayf s-aar
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

A MEETING ef the pottery manufact- nrers of the United States was held al cressea, Pa. on the 2I, to consider tho advizabiiity of forming a combination to eqasaze prices, prevent cutting and maiu- ian Iricrs.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

A NUMBER of rolling mill firms in the Sehuylkil Valley, Pa, advanced the wages of puddlers from S3 to S3.25 per ton on the lst. This advance IS due to the better tone prevailing in the iron t444sfs.t
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

TIE funeral of General Cameron, of Pennsylvania, took place at Harrisburg oil the 29th. Tie State departments were closed and flags were displayed at half mast over the several armories through out the Slate.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

THE Princess Louise aged twenty two years, youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales, has been betro thed to the Earl of Fife, her fathers bosom friend and the Queens neighbor at Balmoral
The Springdale news., 1889-07-05

A NEW YORK HERALD special from the City of Mexico says; The Bank of bon don, Mexico and South America, branch of the institution of the same name in London, has been organized in tho City of Mexico, and will do business as a purely Mexican institution, with a capital of $l,- boo 00O