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The great West., 1890-04-25
BALFoUR's BILL CRITICISED.
Parnell Speaks Against the Irisl
Land Purchase Bill,

Parnell Speaks Against the Irish
Land Purchase Bill.
LONDON, Special.-In the house of COM
mons to-day Mr.. Parnell moved that the
Irish land purchase bill be rejected by the
house. Mr.. Parnell declared that he could
not admit that the bill was q satisfactory
solution of the land question. The
experienced gained by the discussion of
Mr.. Gladstones land bill in 1886 showed
that the taxpayer would not go far enough
to finally settle the land difficulty. He OBJ
jected to the bill because it did not carry
out what it proposed, while it exhausted
the only Irish credit available The bill is
parody on land purchase and a swindle
on the English taxpayers. He continued
in an elaborate criticism of Mr..
Balfour's views, dealing with and
against the advantages which Mr.. Bal
four would accrue to landlords and tenants
under the bill. The measure was unwork-
able and would produce discord instead of
content. The debate was adjourned until
Thursday. The Parnellite members are di-
vided on opposition on Mr.. Parhells mo-
ton and think a complete explanation
necessary. The Daily News has sprung
mine under the Unionist camp by printing
extracts from the speeches of thirty Union-
ist members of the house of commons con-
demning Mr.. Gladstone's land purchase
bill of 1886.
The great West., 1890-04-25
BOOTH NOT DEAD.
So Former Confidante Of Abraham
Lincoln's Slayer Says.

So Former Confidante Of Abraham
Lincoln's Slayer Says.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Special.-Louise
Worcester, at one time confidante of ].
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham
Lincoln, is credited with saying that Booth
is not dead. She declares that in 1867, two
years after Booths supposed death, she re-
ceived letter without date or signature,
but unmistakably in Booths handwriting.
This letter, she says, is still in existence. As
to the probabilities Of the man shot by Bos-
ton Corbett being Wilkes Booth, she points
out that the body was closely guarded and
secretly buried without an opportunity
having been given for Identification by any
Of those intimately acquainted with him.
She believes that the man killed was one
the conspirators and that Booth made good
his escape but that in the excited and clam
orous condition of the public mind it was
thought best by the authorities. if they
knew OF the deception, to allow it to pass
unchallenged, in order to allay the fever Of
excitement which the assassination had
aroused.
The great West., 1890-04-25
AN AMICABLE <TTLEMENT.

The Railroad Strike in Pittsburg Will
Not Occur.
P1TrsBuRG, Specialize consultation of
Grand Master Wilkeson with the railroads
to-dight has not been without result, and
an amicable settlement is announced Of the
long-threatened railroad strike. Conces-
sions are being made by both sides, though
the result of the meetings will not be known
until tomorrow.
CREATED DISTURBANCES.
CHICAGO, Special.-The striking carpen.
ters created disturbances in several portions
of the city to-day by using force where ar
gument was of no avail in inducing the few
men at work to quit. Many arrests were
made. The problem of settling the strike is
as perplexing now as when it was first or
dered, it being plainly apparent that the
strikers care only to treat only with the
members of the old Carpenters and Build
ers' association. The latter still claim that
they will never recognize the journeymen's
union.
WILL CONFER WITH THE STRIKERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Specialize contractors
Mayor Sullivan. tonight appointed COM
mittee to confer with the striking car
penters. The Indiana division of the Order
Of Railway Conductors at q secret meeting
held here discussed the recent wholesale
discharge of conductors by the several
lines centering here, and decided by an
almost unanimous vote that the non-strik-
ing clause in the constitution should be
stricken out.
A VICTORY FOR THE MEN.
New YORK, Special.-The strike Of the
The great West., 1890-04-25
FOREIGN CULLINCS.

Seven hundred shoemakes at Frankfort,
Germany, have struck for higher wages. A
general strike of shoemakers has been decided
upon.
A coal vessel bound from Shields for Lon
don foundered at sea. She carried crew OF
fourteen hands, eleven ofswhom were drown
ed.
Millet's "L'Angelus" is now deposited in
owners were obliged to remove it from the
United States or pay $50, 900 duty on it,
and they chose the former course.
There was a renewal of the labor riots at
Troppau. Austria. Nearly every window in
two streets was smashed by the mob. The
soldiers hospital was one of the places at
tackled.
Eighteen district meetings were held in
London recently in respose to the call Of the
federation of labor unions, and all voted in
favor of the proposed demonstration on
May 1.
Sixteen hundred journeymen shoemakes at
Berlin have struck work to enforce their de-
mands for reduction of hours to ten a day
and a minimum stipend of eighteen marks
per week.
Russia's assistant minister ofjustice has re-
signed, and the resignation of the minister
ofjustice is expected daily at the result ol
difficulties encountered in executing the re-
forms proposed by Count Tolstoi.
sensation has been created in St. Peters.
burg by the announcement that the young
woman arrested day or two ago for at
tempting to bribe government official to
surrender copy ofthe governments obili
zation scheme and the plans of the Russian
frontier Notifications acted under the orders
of Baron Won Plesson, naval attache of the
German embassy. When the disclosure was
made it was found that the baron had sud-
denly taken his departure from the city.
The great West., 1890-04-25
CAREY'S SLAYER.
Some Incidents in the Life Of Patrick
O'Donnell Hanged in England.

Some Incidents in the Life Of Patrick
O'Donnell Ha anged in England.
SPOKANE FALLS, Wash. Special.-A resi-
dent of this city relates several incidents in
the life of Patrick O'Donnell, the slayer of
Carey, the informer. He claims that O'Don-
nell had no connection with the Irish pa
entirely accidental, and finally that he
killed Carey in selfdefense. For two or
three years previous to 1883 O'Donnell was
in the service Of a cattle firm near Boze-
man, Mont. He made frequent visits to
Bozeman upon which occasions he usually
drank a good deal and played faro. He
often spoke of having friends in South
Africa, and said he intended to visit that
country some day. Finally in the spring
of 1883 he left Bozeman, telling his &C.
quaintances that he was bound for Africa
He had $3.50 in cash in his possession. On
the train between St. Paul and Chi
cago he fell in with some gamblers who
feeced him out of all of his money. O'Don-
nell had these gamblers arrested at Red
Wing, Mimi, and after several weeks he
succeeded in getting his money back from
the swindlers. He Immediately went East
and July took passage on the steamer
Kinfauns from Philadelphia for Cape Town.
At Dartmouth Carey and his family were
smuggled aboard this vessel. The two men
became acquainted and associated familiar
ly together on the boat Finally the men
got into dispute, the outcome of which
was the death Of Carey. O'Donnell was
taken back to London, where he was found
guilty of murder and executed. The prose-
cution claimed that O'Donnell was in the
service of the Irish patriots and that he
murdered Carey as matter of revenge on
account of Carey's having betrayed the
Irish cause There seems no doubt, how
ever, but that O'Donnell's presence on the
same vessel with Carey vas purely acci-
dental
The great West., 1890-04-25
EXTRAORDlNAR DURATION.

For Eighty Days the Lower Missis-
sippi Has Been Above the Danger
Line.
V1cKsBuRG, Miss, Special duration
of the food this year has been something
quite extraordinary. 1t is difficult to realize
that for seventy-niQe days, or since
Jan. 80, the river at Vicksburg has
been above the danger line, but the signal
service records establish that fact. The
river began to rise in January, and on Jan.
% had attained the height of 40 feet Il
inches. 1t reached the level of 4s.O5 on
March sixteen, after all almost con-
tinuous rise of 70 days du-
ratien, in the course of which it several
times came to a stand, but never lost a
point gained. The Raleigh and other Gre
vases ensued and gradually reduced the
level to 46 feet 81 inches on April l. Since
that date rise of feet 81 inches has
brought the river to the highest level
of the season. Considering the soaking
that the levees have had the fact that they
have yielded in places ceases to be remarka-
BILE. The Audley levee below Shreve-
port, La, has broken, and sew
eral plantations will be flooded.
The great West., 1890-04-25
OUTRACES INDIA.
Natives Put to Death by British
Agents.

NATIVES FuL TO D00In Oy 6TIIlSn
Agents.
LONDON, Special English mind is
deeply troubled about the situation on the
eastern side of India, in the recently &C.
uuired provinces which form the kingdom
of Burmah. The oppressive mismanage-
ment of the agents of Great Brit
ain reaches every class, however
humble, and day after day come the
sickening tidings of outrage provoked by
outrage, while undoubtedly much of the
worst is kept from the public. Burmese
who refuse to acknowledge the queen are
treated not only as rebels but as bandits,
and put to death when captured. In cold
blooded way that reminds one of the hor-
rors that followed the Indian mutlny. Just
at present little of the British sympathy
lavished on political prisoners in Siberia
might we'll be bestowed on BHmah. Anoth-
er opportunity for British protest against
inhumanity perpetrated under the British
colors is offered in Borneo. Recent ac-
counts from the states in that island under
English protection represent that thousands
of coolies, virtually kidnapped from China,
are held in condition of slavery to which
that of the American Southern states was
comparatively mild. These poor creatures
are induced to leave their homes under
Misrepresentation, and once in Borneo they
are Kept in bondage from which there is no
release except by death. If they attempt to
escape they are hunted like wild beasts,
rewards being offered for their capture. 1t
it is called a contract labor system, but it is
in reality servitude, compared with which
African slavery is mildness itself, and yet
the English colonial authorities are wilfully
blind to the hideous evils, while society in
London and other parts of the country are
raising money and proposing expeditions
for the suppression Of slavery in Africa.
The great West., 1890-04-25
A TOWN FLOODED.
Bayou Sara, La, Entirely Sub
merged by the Overflow Of
the Mississippi.
All That Human Effort Could
Do Failed to Stem the IT.
resistible Flood.

BAYOU SARA, La, Special.-After . most
heroic struggle to save our city from the
food we had to surrender to the great Faith
er of Waters at 1890 a. M. At that hour the
guards reported that the levee had given
way at the foot of Fountain street. A gen.
eral alarm was sounded and the
people responded promptly to the
call. This break was closed, but
on examination it was found that the rising
river was running over the front levee. All
that human efforts could do had been done,
and at last the solemn cry went up all
along the line, "Give up men; we are gone, I"
and the confusion of the people can be bet
ter imagined than described. Every I'M
promptu boat and raft was brought into
requisition. Lanterns could be seen every
where, and the cries of men, women and
children attempting to save their effects
was sight that was sickening. Not
q house in town has escaped. The
home of Mayor Irvine, supposed to be the
highest, is submerged. Our town is in
ruins-nothing but chaos and destruction
meets the eye at every view. To-day it
rained hard, which made the picture more
gloomy. The water is also running over
large extent of the Pointe Coupee from the
Taylor levee, which has given way: and the
Fanny Yoor crevasse will probably prove
verv serious one. The large levees from
the last accounts are intact, but things look
critical.
THE SITUATION DEPLORABLE.
WASHINGTON, Special.-1n accordance
with the request of Representative Coleman
of Louisiana, Secretary Proctor has trans
mitted to the house report of Quartermas-
ter General Robinson in regard to the con-
1ition of affairs in the overfowed district of
St. James and Ascension parishes,
La. Gen. Robinson says that
in pursuance to orders he went to White
hall and Convent, St. James parish. Con-
vent is at the lower edge of the great Nlta
crevasse; Whitehall, above it, is further
back in the country. He says the situation
is deplorable and hundreds of planters have
lost their crops, while thousands of labor
ers will soon be thrown out of employment.
At Grande Point, where there were probably
sixty to eighty families, the people escaped
in skiffs and the whole precinct is under
water. Opposite the levee break at Nita
numerous poor whites and colored people
lost all but their lives. He recommends in
stant action tending to the relief of the suf-
ferers by the United States There is liable
to be in St. James, St. John and Ascension
parishes total Of 5000 people destitute
within month.
BODIES FLOATING ABOUT.
VICKsBURG, Miss, Special.-A CORES
pondent has just returned from q trip up
the Sunfower river delta by boat. He
describes the scenes in the overflowed re-
gion as pitiful. He thinks the loss of life
has been greater than heretofore reported.
He saw five bodies floating about in one
place-those of a white woman and four
negroes. The bodies had to be left where
they were, as there was no way to bury
them,
The great West., 1890-04-25
STANLEY AS GOVERNOR.

Belief That the Explorer Will be the
Ruler in the Congo Free State,
LONDON, Special.-In lthe present aspect
of the case it is regarded as great deal
more probable that Mr.. Stanley will become
the governor of the Congo free state than
that he Will enter the British service. AS
governor Of the Congo country he would
exercise more power than in any capacity
to which the British could assign him, and
he would be able to govern with an abso-
lutely free hand. Mr.. Stanley recognizes
the fact that King Leopold had the first
claim upon him, and the implicit confidence
which that monarch bestows upon him is
sufficient guarantee that no interference
with his government would be offered. It
is, therefore, believed that Mr.. Stanley will
The great West., 1890-04-25
THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from Vest
ern Markets.

eTn MaTk9CSs
CHICAGO.
WnEAT-No. 2, Spring, 79@79ssc: No ::
Spring 70h@72c.; No. 2 red. 79@79asc.
CoRN-No. 2, 28Bc
OArs-No. 2. 21A@22c
RYE-No. 2, 4215c.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c
FLAX SEED-$1.4s@1.4 .4s11c.
BurrER-Elgin creamery 2312@24c.; West
ern creamery 20@22c.
EGGs-Quiet at 144c.
ST. PAUL.
wHEAr-No. hard, 79@s0c.; No. North.
ern, 78@79c. No. 2 northern; 75@77c.
CoRN-No. 8, 25@26c.
22A@23c.; No. 3, 22@221ac
BARLEY-No. 2. 45@5Oc.; No. 8, 3S@42c.
RYE-No. 2, 32@33c.
GROUND FEED-No. /, s11.25@11.75.
BRAN-Bulk, SO.
HAY-Upland prairie s6.75@7.25; No. /,
$5.75; timothy. So.
EGGs-Fresh. So. 3.75@4. .O5.
BuTrER-Extra creamery, 2Ol22c.; dairy
15@1Sc.; roll and print, S@12c.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAr-No hard. SOC; No. 1 Northern,
7SA@79c: No. 2 Northern, 75@77c.
FLoUR-Patents, sacks to local Dealers
T4.OOVD4.OOs patents TO 6ulp eACKe, car lOCS
81. 1904. .5O in barrels, 81. 1904. so; bakers
here, $6@3. 40; superfne, $1.7O@2.25; red
dog sacks, $1@1. 20; red dog barrels, $1.25-
W1.5O.
CoRN-Samples, 27@28c;
OArs-Feed, 211s@2219c.; good to choice,
23h025c.
BARLEY-25@35c
HAY-Upland prairie, $3.50; common wild,
$500. 50.
BUTTER Fair to fancy creamery. 14@2Oc
per fb; dairies, medium to fancy, 1O@12c;
grease and packing stock, 4@5hc.
MILWAUKEE.
WHEAr-No. spring. 72@73c No. /
Northern. SIC.
CoRN-No.3, 29c.
OATs-No. white, 24A024Ne.
RYE-No. 1. 431ac.
BARLEY-No. 2, 44c.
EGas-Fresh, 14c.
BUTTER-Dairy, 16@18c
CHEEsE-Cheddars, 1O0101c.
The great West., 1890-04-25
NEWS BREVTTIES.
The Latest Telegraphic News
Chilled from Associated
Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.

J The application forrelease on bail has been
made in the case of Charles E. Kincaid. who
il confined in Jail charged with the murder of
ex-Representative Taulbee in Washington.
1t is stated that the negotiations now 60
ing on at Washington respecting Behring sea
will result in the adoption of "close season"
from which the Aloska company now enjoy
ing franchise there will be partially ex-
empted.
The steamship Michigan, which arrived at
Port Townsend, WASH, from Portland, Or,
reports seeing q two.masted schooner on
the entrance Of Puget sound. A boat loaded
with people was also observed leaving the
schooner.
The great West., 1890-04-25
RECORD OF CASUALTIES,

RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
The schooner w. II. Brinefeld Of ofRappahan-
mock, Va, has sunk of Point No Point, Md,
and three of the crew and q passenger, all
colored were drowned
Five hundred houses at Taungdwingye
India, including the commissariat stores,
containing 10000 rupees worth of corn,
have been destroyed by fire.
At Ottawa, Ont, Miss Alice Elliott, while
suffering from demeutia, swallowed O small
penkni.e, with the blades open. So far she
has experienced no unpleasant results.
At Faribault, Mimi, Peter Becker was
thrown from his sulky and trampled on by
his horse, vicious stallion. When picked
up both legs were broken and the bones pro-
truded through the flesh.
The log house of Farmer Andrew Young of
Pennsville, Pa, was burned. Two little chill
dren of Mr.. Young were burned to death and
Mrs Seilfs the hOusekeeper, was horribly
burned while rescuing the other children.
At Denver Denver & Rio Grande transfer
backed into North Denver cable car. There
were about thirty passengers on the car, but
III. A Chambers was the only one thought to
have received injuries that are likely to prove
fatal. A dozen Others were hurt, but not
seriously.
In New York John H. Griffith, young
tailor, in attempting to jump across an
area way between his room and the roof of
an adjoining house, where some girls with
whom he had struck u Irritation were stand
ing, missed his footing. fell to the pavement
sixty fl ve feet below and was instantly killed.
During a severe thunder storm in Iowa,
lightning struck the dwelling house of May or
Jess of Barnard, twenty miles south of Du-
buque. The bolt tore hole as large as
barrel through the roof and second floor and
went out through the side of the house.
Mrs. Jess was seated in rocking chair in
by the bolt and was picked up unconscious
rom the floor. She has since been lying in q
comatose state and death is hourly expected
All the hair was burned from her head.
The great West., 1890-04-25
WORDS OVER A WIFE.
Results Of a Fast Sending telegraph
Contest.

Results Of Fast Sending Telegraph
Contest.
NEW ORLEANS, Special.-The first South
western telegraph sending contest took place
here, each operator sending five minutes,
with the following result:
Class A, first prize, medal valued at 500, W.
g. Brewer, 211 words, superior Morse; second
prize, L. g. Mentzner, 211 words, good Morse;
Class B, first prize J. Griffin. 1914 words, su-
perior Morse second prize, J. w. Gordon. 1856
words, fair Morse. Class C, first prize, p. A.
Moke, 1872 words, superior Morse.
The receiving contest on the typewriter
resulted as follows:
First prize on Remington typewriter, given by
the Remington company, W. r. Wallis Of Louis
vile, KY; second prize, gold medal, L. S. Reed.
Brewer and Willis, winners of the two first
prizes are attaches of the associated press in
this CITY,.
The great West., 1890-04-25
Charged With Pofsoninr.

PIrTsBURe, Special. The pretty sixteen.
year-old Mary Stewart OF McKeesnort 10
under arrest on the charge of POISONING
Friday the girl cooked soup for dinneT.
All the family but herself partook. and
were immediately seized with violent pains.
Physicians pronounce the cases arsenical
poisoning, A four-year-old boy died YES
terday, and three others of the family are.
in serious condition. The girl evades ali
questions, and stoutly declares her inno-
cence. She says she did not eat the SOM
because she did not care for it.
The great West., 1890-04-25
WORK OF FIEND.
He Attacks a Young Lady on the
Street and Outrages Her.

ASHLAND, Wis, Special Telegram,
AS Miss Lizzie Morrisette was passing
along St. Clair street Saturday night man
stepped out from an old shed and seized
her. After gagging her he dragged her be-
hind heshed, and there accomplished his
devilish purpose, leaving her in a state of
insensibility. When the girl regained con-
sciousness she screamed for help, when
some friends came to her assistance and
carried her to the house of her aunt. A
doctor was called and found that the girl
the villain who ontyaaed her. can mi be S found
and the girl herself was so terrified that she
was able to give no description of him, al
though she thinks his face was covered by q
mask.
The great West., 1890-04-25
HONORS TO STANLEY.
His Stay in Brussels Is a Continue,
Ovation.

His Stay In BRUSSELS Is Continue,,
Ovation.
BRUSSELS. Special.-After dinner in the
palace last night Henry NJ. Stanley the
guest of the evening, conversed with the
king. To-day he drove through the CITY.
accompanied by two orderly officers. To-
night he went to a banquet in the town
hall. After the banquet Stanley had con-
versation with the king. Tomorrow the
explorer dimes with M. Lambert the SON
1n-law of Baron Rothschild. Wheneve,
Stanley appears in public he receives an
ovation. Enormous numbers Of cable dis.
patches, letters and presents are reaching.
him.
The great West., 1890-04-25
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. Robert Stevens of Chicago, whom it
was thought drowned herself and her eight
year-old boy has returned to her home
At Topeka, Kan, Pro. E. E. Craig, bal
loonist, was severely injured in an attempt
to make balloon ascension and parachute
drop A strong wind was blowing, and the
balloon camein contact with telegraph wire,
throwing him out.
The great West., 1890-04-25

cement and asphalt laborers, cement ma
sons, artificial stone masons and cement
laborers Of both this city and BROOKLYN.
which was begun two weeks ago for the en-.
forcement of the eight-hour rule, has re-
suited in victory for the men.