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4 B0Tl0NilESS LAKE.
A Mysterious Natural Curiosity In Ala.
bnMa-Poisonous Water.

A Mysterious Natural Curiosity In Ala.
bnma-Poisonous Water.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, March lG.-"Dey.
ills Lake" in Calhoun county, Ala, sew.
enty miles east OF this city, is one Of the
most remarkable natural curiosities to
be found in America. Tho lake is oval
in shape and covers about four acres OF
ground. No vegetation Of any kind
grows On its banks and nothing lives in
It's waters. Even snakes and tarrapins
shun the waters Of DEVILS Lake, and fish
placed in it die in few hours. The
water is clear limestone, with peculiar
taste, which makes it unpalatable for
man or beast. Horses and COWS will
not drink it, no matter how thirsty they
may be.
Deep down below the surface Of the
lake may be seen what appears to be the
charred and blackened trunks OF large
trees. They stand upright in the water
and have neither root nor branch, and
never rise to the surface or sink to the
bottom. The lake has no outlet, and
the volume Of water in it is the same all
the timc.
A strange fatality attaches to this lake.
Once it was the favorite resort OF the
boys of the neighborhood for bathing
and swimming, but now they never 20
near it. Fifteen boys have been drown
ed in its waters in twice as many years.
a few Of the bodies were recovered, but
those who were drowned any distance
from the banks sank to the bottom and
were never brought to the surface.
The depth OF the lake has never been
ascertalned. Soundings to depth OF
700 feet found no bottom, and the people
in the vicinity say the lake has none.
The Indian legend Of the origin Of the
lake is that before the white man came
to this country two tribes became in
volved in a war, and after number OF
bloody battles the smaller tribe was
almost exterminated. Then the old
men and chiefs Of the weak tribe sued
for peace and arranged for council.
While the pipe was being passed around
a signal was given and the chisis of the
strong tribe suddenly sprang up with
drawn tomahawks and murdered every
one OF the chiefs OF the smaller tribe.
Then the war was renewed and carried
on until the weak tribe was sexterminated,
A few moons alter the massacre OF the
chiefs fire broke out in the pine forest
where the massacre occurred. The fire
burned in this spot for eight moons and
the ground sank down out Of sight; the
fire disappeared, and in it's stead appear.
ed the lake. The Indians gave the lake
name which means "lake OF DEATH"
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,ln,er.stntu Commerce. pcclslon.

WASHINGTON, D. G., March 1o.-The
Interstate Commission yesterday, in IN
opinion by Commissioner Schoonmaker,
decided the cases brought against the
trunk lines by I. .. Thurbsr and others,
Tfomas Greene and Francis B. Leggett
4 Company, OF New York City, known
as tho carload cases." in favor Of the
complainants. Complaint was made Of
too great differences in rates charged on
carload and less than carload quantities.
The cases excited widespread interest,
and more than hundred persons, firms
corporations doing business in various
sections OF the country filed memorials
with the Commission expressing their
views for or against the relief sought for
by the complainants. '1'Iil.t
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CONDENSED TELEGiAMS.

Bankers Of Marion, Ind, have been
warned OF plot for raid on their
banks.
Two children Of John Cline, Of Del.
mont, Pa, ate wild parsnips with fatal
results. t"'
Governor Thayer, Of Nebraska, de-
mands that the railroads give the farmers
better freight rates on corn.
At Pleasant Hill, NO., Eli Stahlnecker,
aged Il, drove his wife and children
from home and then committed suicide.
At Glen Falls, N. Y, yesterday morn.
ing, an old wooden bridge fell, killing
two men and seriously injuring four
others. :.5;a
The s. clothing and shoe house OF
Clutches & Stark, together with Mat.
terms photograph gallery, Frankfort,
KY, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
Loss Si0, 900; insured. ~ ,a2
Unknown persons spiked the track OF
the Lake Shore, near Andover, Ohio, in
order to wreck fast train. The attempt
was discovered a few minutes before the
train passed the spot. ~
Jay Gould has purchased land at El
Paso for depot for the Texas Pacific,
and will build bridge across the Rio
Grande to secure independent connec.
ton with the Mexican Central railway.
Attorney General Miller has appoint.
ed Calvert Wilson Assistant United States
Attorney for the district OF Arizoza. He
has also received the resignation Of R.
E. Noyes, as Assistant U nited States At.
torney for ihe district Of Minnesota.
The returns issued by the French
Board of Trade for the moath OF Febru.
ary show that the imports increased
s., 0l6, 400, and the exports s., ,543, 600 over
those fur the corresponding month last
year. l55gl ri y, 4 ~. !. .7I3H
1t is now understood that Senator
Voorhees, will be; the principal counsel
for Mr.. Kincaid when he is put on trial
for the killing Of x.Representatiye Taul-
bee. Senator Voorhees, has had several
long consultations with Mr.. Kincaid.
and has marked out tho line Of defense.
John Moran, brakeman OF Hoken.
dauqua. Pa. was murdered at the house
Of Patrick Murphy yesterday. Murphy,
Moran and Dick Hurley were drunk,
and Moran was cut on the head With a
knife. Murphy and Hurley deny any
knowledge Of the murder. Moran leaves
widow and two children. NJ;
Intelligence has been received from
Cah9l, the capital OF Afghanis,an, that
arevolution against A Abdurrahman Kahn,
the Ameer, has broken out in that coun.
try. Among those concerned in the re.
port were q number OF the courtlers OF
the Ameer. Several Of them were cap-
tured by the troops who remained loyal,
and were beheaded by tho order OF the
Ameer, .ggii'ia 3ss5l.5l,}i 81
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A Bond Holdcr Jynnt, 1Icr 1n,crc.,

The answer Of Nancy Wallace has been
filed in the Spaulding Iron Company
case. She prays that the court may as
certain the amount due her on the in
terest coupons she holds, and that il the
same be not paid within short time 10
be fixed by the court, that the property
covered by mortgage bonds be sold and
the proceeds used to pay bonds held by
her and others. She states that she
OWNS l03 Of the mortgage bonds, upon
thirty Of which five inBtallments of semi
annual interest arc past due and unpaid,
each installmeat being SIG, and upon
the remainder Of the bonds installments
OF interests ranging from three to one
are past due and not paid, each OF tho
bonds being for $500; that on the eighth
day Of March, 1890, she properly pre-
sented all OF the coupons for the interest
SO due, and demanded payment Of the
coupons, which was refused for the req
son that no money had been provided
to pay them. She also says that she is
the owner OF fifty.seven shars of the can
ital stock of the Spaulding Iron Com
pany OF the par value Of $500 each. n
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Z AN IMMENSE SHIPMENT.
The Great Arinor Plato Hendipg Maol!as
Shipped to oIare Island, California.

The Great Arinor Plato Hendipg Machine
Shipped to olare Island, California.
HAMILTON, O., March, 18.-The i'm.
menso armor plate bending machine,
made by the Niles Tool Works Tor the
navy yard at Mare Island, California,
was shipped yesterday over the Cincin.
nati, Hamilton & Dayton and Southern
Pacific Railroad. The machine was
loaded upon eleven specially built and
extra heavy flat cars. The two
largest castings weigh respectively
G6,40O and GG,2OO pounds, and the gross
weight Of the train was G73,35O pounds.
This train will DO run through the entire
distance Of 3,40O miles without change,
the distance being greater than the entire
System Of the Canadian Pacific. The
freight, which was prepaid by the Niles
Tool Works, amounted to little more
than $4,000. This is the largest dis
tanca any solid freight train ever
Travelled and it Is the largest shipment
Of enc single machine ever made In the
United States. li'f25f ~
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JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Biennial Meeting of tho Assuclntion-Tho
Presidents Address,

Bienninf Meeting Of tho Assuclation-Tho
Presidents Address.
New YORK, March 1G.-The biennial
convention Of the jewish Theological
Seminary Association was held to-day in
Cooper Union, Joseph Blumcnthal pre-.
siding. Seventeen congregations, OF
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Pittaburg, San Francisco and New Ha.
ven were represented. President Blu
menthal, in his address, spoke hope.
fully OF the prospects OF the seminary.
There are now fourteen young men
students in the seminary whom they
hoped to send out fully equipped with
secular and Hebrew learning to take
their places ably as teachers in Israel.
It was necessary to secure the best re-
suits that the teaching force should be
increased, that well-equipped library
should be provided, and that the semi
nary should have a building OF its own.
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AMERICAS SIBERIA.
A Catholic Bishops Description
~. Of the Sufferings
OF THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS
In North Dakota Tho Government
Stole from Them Eleven Million
Acres Of Land and Now They
are Starving to Death. ~

PHILADELPHIA, March lG.-Right Rev.
John Stanley, D. D., Bishop OF North,
Dakota, occupied tho pulpit Of the Ca.
thedral hero to-day and told pitiful
story OF the privations and suIeriugs OF
the Chippewa Indians occupying the re.
servation at tho extreme northern part
OF his diocese. His object was to secure
assistance for their relief. With this
end in view he described most wildly
the condition OF these Indians as wit
messed by himself during the recent cold
weather, when the thermometer marked
forty degrees below zero. He charged
the Government with having stolen
eleven million acres OF land which
this tribe possessed when Dakota
Territory was divided between the
Sioux and Chippewa Indians. Eleven
million acres stolen boldly and not one
cent paid in return for it," said His
Grace, "and tho owners sent to tho
Northern border OF the State, the coldest
and bleakest spot in the country, where
two townships were organized with 5000
acres OF land. This Is filled with bad
timber, forests and lakes, swamps aud
rocks. On these5 ,O00a were put $3.50
Indians who are trying to make their
living; these wards Of the United States
are living where 100 white men could
scarcely raise enough to keep them
alive" His Grace then described per.
sonal visit to these townships, where,
he said, he witnessed scenes that would
have disgraced Siberia.
II spent over week among these
people, with the thermometer register
ing forty and sometimes forty-four de.
grees below zero. The Indian houses
are log huts constructed by tho Indians
themselves, without flooring and with
sheets and quilts covering the windows
and doorways. The crevasses between
The logs are filled with mud that cracks
and falls out by the summer heat and is
blown out by the northern winter
blasts, so that the occupants may as we'll
be sleeping outside. In these
huts It is not infrequent to find six fam
lies living there. They have never been
supplied with proper agricultural 'imple-
ments. Last spring the director OF the
Catholic Indian Bureau sent twenty-four
plows to these Indians, and with these
hey managed to break 500 acres OF the
virgin soil. But there was no rain and
.o-day they are absolutely destitute-no
grain. no food, no clothing, no money.
$3.50 Christians, 1880 OF Gods children
ire living on this continent to-day on
he point OF starvation"
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NEBRASKA JUSTICE.
Murderer Hanged by Mob Half nm Hour
Aftnr Conn MI IL Int. Tim Crl,,.., 4

Murderer Hanged by Mob Half nm Hour
After Committing the Crlmu.
KANSAS Cry, March 16.-A special
from Bloomfield, Neb., says: A murder,
which was committed here, was followed
thirty minutes later by the lynching OF
the murderer.
"You're'the man l have been looking
for for two or three days" These were the
words uttered by J. Stratton as he en-
tered the butcher shop OF W. w. Lewis,
who was reading newspaper. They
were followed by several shots. The
first bullet entered the breast and lodged
in the lungs, and was sufficient to have
caused death. Bleeding and faint,
Lewis groped his way to the door, and
went to the back Of his house. He was
followed by the murderer, who con-
tinued firing. Finally, Lewis fell to the
ground and died almost instantly.
AS soon as the newsl Of the. murder
reached the ears OF tho city authorities
they arrested Stratton and placed him in
Jail to await the arrival OF the Coroner
and Sheriff from Hastings. The story Of
the murder soon come to the knowledge
Of the citizens OF the town, and in fifteen
minutes large crowd Of determined and
passionate men, armed and masked,
forced their way to the cell where Lewis
was confined, and paying no attention to
his appeals for mercy, hastily placed
rope around his neck aud dragged him
IN a livarv afah1a naor hv Arrivipn
there he was strung up to one OF the
rafters, and in q few minutes life was ex-
tinct. The lynchers then hastily dis
persed. The Coroner arrived not long
after and found the dead body Of STRAIT
ton hanging to the ratter. 1t was cut
down, and he rendered & verdict OF
death by hanging at the hands Of un-
known parties" ~
Lewis leaves vile and Eve children.
Stratton was bachelor, living about one
mile south Of Bloomfield. No cause is
assigned for the murder.
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Memorial Church Dedicnt.d

ST. AUGUSTINE. FLA, March lc.-Tbo
Memorial Presbyterian Church erected
by the Il. N. Flagler in remembrance of
his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Louise Raro.
d1ct, who died in a Yacht Doae nesr
Charleston year AGO. @ waa ~; heuf
Gated to-day. Rev. John Pa1ton ooui ~
New York, delivered Tho Jad;o, JI1di;oa, OF
sS.om tbe paator tnla morning aHa and F. K Mitchell,
aito.ppnon sHe pas.of' m me memorial service this
aI.ernoon. afternoon The church is an eIepane st
structure ; costing, with the parsonsna 1ss"p'
quarter Of q million dollars' ''IAVn1sv, AmnsS.,
ti the congregation were Mr.. Flaper's onE fomE.
ily, Mrs. BENJAMIN Harrison iirs Nrs VAN talr
amaker, Miss Wanamaker, r. B. j. Harah + n
ana wife, and Architects Caryera .I'oI nnI
Hastings, Of New York. Il ''0 '1lpa ui'o
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A meeting was held over in A;tnavillo
yesterday for the purpose Of DISCUSSING
the labor question. The attendance
was not large, that fact being explained
by an error which crept into The nm.
nouncement Of the meeting. Thomas
Wllliams, Master Workman Of the local
assembly, knights Of Laoor, presided
over the meeting. A general discuasion
OF the subject of organization and ita
aims and objects was had, alter which +
+. Green and Washington Caycet were
appointed a committee TO cali and udver' @
tise another meeting to bo held in in ii tbo
same place sunday, March 80. " Col
Wig, list; Charles, Mich, representativ.
o. the Silver Coinage Association. ad.
dressed the meeting at length "
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PASSING THE LIE.
Mayor Grnnt, OF New York, Rescnts an Al.
tack on His Onlcial Integrity.

NKw YoRK, March 1G.-In the STATE
Senate Committee on Municipal 1nvea.l
cations yesterday, while Mayor Grant,
who stepped from sheriGalty to the
Mayoralty, was being questioned about
his acts in the former Office, something
about Sheril's fees came out. He said
that while Sheriff he took personal
charge Of cases involving more than
$4,000. He took all the fees In thcse
cases, about 5000 per year. In some
cases he had takon extra compensation
because he had been advised that he
could do 80. In cases OF auctioneers'
fees the deputies had been the auction.
ecrs. Such charges had been made in
cases exceeding $4,000. lie had EN-.
ployed m auctioneer, agreeing to pay
him hall what was received asauctioneet
fees. They each made from $4,000 to
5000 year from these fees, 80. e
The witness became angry at a further
question Of Mr. William Twins, a County
Democracy lawyer, and said that MI,
WINS or his brother had been connected
"AsA - pAit AA WAtCu IGuDcE kUUub' VI
questionable character had figured.
Mr.. 1vins-iou tell liz when you
say so.
The Mayor-You tell deliberate lie
when you deny it.
The witness said that Warden Keat.
ing, now under indictment for bribery,
had become keeper Of Ludlow street Jail |
the day ho became Sheriff. Hs knew
prisoners were allowed in certain cases
to 80 out to see counsel, and In other
instances ia the discretion OF the Sheriff.
He did notknow that Charles G. Franck.
!yn, while under arrest in the suit of Sir
Bache Cunard, held dinner parties at
his private house while he was sup.
posed to be in Ludlow street Jail. He
gave Deputy Martin power to take him
lown town to See his counsel, but was
sure Mr.. Martin had received no money
or this service. The Mayor said that a
aw should be passed doing away with
Ill imprisonment in civil cases.
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It Had Its ENtct.

GUTHRIE, I. T., March 1C.-Thc Presi-
dents proclamation ordering all settlers
on the Cherokee strip to vacate is
already having tbs desired effect. This,
together with the orders received by
General Merritt at Fort Leayenworth to
use troops il necessary to eject the
boomers, has already caused consider
able OF an exodus from tho forbidden
territory. All day long the trains were
loaded down with boomers leaving the
strip.
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WHERE YOUNG WIDOWS PROSPER.

Section Of Kentucky In Which Husbands in
the Eighties Can Be Found.
OwlSGsvILLE, KY, March 16.-Esquire
Geo. z. Coyle, aged IS years, and Mrs,
Mollie Riddell, aged 26 years, wereEmar-
ried at the homo OF tho bride, near Craig
vile, this county, Friday. Daniel Tai.
bott, Of Nicholas county, aged so years,
and Mrs. Mary Rails, aged 50 years, were
married at the BRIDES home, near Moore
field, this week.
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r Finest Hotel on tho Continent.

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-The City Of
Mexico is to have the finest hotel on the
American continent. It is to be erected
by syndicate Of Mexican capitalists,
and its cost at the lowest estimate will
exceed S2,000,000. OF this sum, the
Diaz government will provide Sl,0OO,00O
in the form Of subsidy, in addition to
granting the free importation Of matter
to be used in its construction.
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Tho Annual State Dinner,

WAsnlSGroS, D. G., March lo.-Tho
President and Mrs. Harrison on Tuesday
evening April s, will give state dinner
to the Justices Of the Supreme Court,
and on Tuesday, April 20, they will give
areception in honor Of tho Army, Navy
and Marine corps. A week later a re-
CCepton 10 the public will be given.
These entertainments are state affairs,
which has become customary for the
Chief Executive to give each winter
before Lent. The bcrcayements Of the
families OF Secretaries Blaine and Tracy
caused their postponement until after
Lent this year, ~ o 35,{
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AllOuiot ut Sau,on

SAN FRANCISCO, March lG.-Adyices
to the Chronicle from Apia, Samoa, re-
port everything quiet on the Islands.
King Malietoa has not yet formed a
permanent government, preierripg TO
wait until the arrival OF the new chief
justice provided for in the Berlin treaty.
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A Tennessee Lyncl,lnp,

NASHVILLE, TESSn March 1G.-At
Gadsden, this State, at $3.50 p. m. to-day
Henry Williams, colored, was taken from
jail by mob and shot to death for m
attempted assault on Miss Tinder,a an aged
white lady living near that place, on
February 2S. He entered her house at
night, and after beating her nearly to
death was frightened away from some
cause. Since then he has been at large,
but was captured at Springfield, Tenn,
Saturday and officers reached Gadsden
with him this morning,
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WIN Open tho l,n,l soo,

CHICAGO, March 1o.-At a meeting u
house |, employees this afternoon. tHrIe.s p,e.is
dent q o'Neil, Of the Packers, 11n;a,, isS.-
would be made witb;n .nul :. tt: demand
aigbthon aight 1or the establishment Of 't the
e,ghnour e3s uay for all classes Of lahor sio "
Rba Rabskang mi Towns, commencing vf Moy u
pay from the men by the larrer ep rms Teess p
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Elslllleu Lost.

CHICAGO, March lG.-Three fishermen,
Andrew Sorenson, Andrew Mason and
an unknown man, who were out on Lake
Michigan in the storm Of Friday night,
were given up to-day as lost. 1t is be-
lieved they werr caught in IN ice foe
and frozen to death or capsized and
drowned. -. Mt--
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Tho Fleming Well.

Special DispaleA 10 tt lnitu tul0tnetr.
4 FMRMoSr, W: Va, March 10.-The
Fleming oil well has been behaving
badly, squirting and throwing oil in every
direction. The oil is flowing on pawpaw
creek and running into tho Alonongahela
river at Riyesville, twelve miles from the
vall n r. +, 81 n e. g. = IA ~
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THE ED NOT REACHED.
Tho Fight for the Worlds Fair Not Yet
Done by Any Means.

WASHINGTON, D. G., March l5.-For
tho first timo since tho House decided
tho question Of the site, tho full Com.
mlttee on tho Worlds Fair met yes!er.
day and received the report OF the sub.
committee In the shape OF a bill pro-
yiding for tho fair, with amendments to
suit the wishes OF the Chicago people.
Tho proceedings were not entirely bar.
monioa8 and before The conclusion OF
the session 1t became evident that the
New York representatives were disposed
to differ from the subcommittee in
respect to the financial scheme and other
important details. r1
Mr.. Belden offered a resolution 10 the
effect that II Is incxpedient to adopt n
bill on the subject OF the Worlds Fair
until the city OF Chicago had furnished
a site and Sl0,0O0,00 security. This
resolution was debated at some length.
The friends Of Chicago insisted that the
nature OF tho security required should
be specifically defined In the resolution,
go that they could not be compelled at a
.hsoa otaso w AutAinu Bull uLllcT btCuIlLy.
Thereupon the resolution was modified
80 as to read: "That when a guarantee
fund Of Sl0,000,0O0 shall be secured by
the citizens Of Chicago, the sulliciency
and legality Of which shall be satisiac.
tory TO this committee, that we report
the pending bill with such amendments
as tho committee may agree upon" The
debate upon this proposition was con.
tiuued until tho committee became
weary, and after 4 o'clock adjourned un-
til Monday morning.
The Chairman and Messrs. Hit, Bow
den and Springer expressed themselves
as OF the opinion that Chicago had al.
ready given sufficient guarantee in tho
papers presented by the Chairman Of
the Finance Committee OF the city of
Chicago, but the New York and St.
Louis people insisted upon bnying the
matter more accurately defined.
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lie MADE MONEY.

Tho brilliant" Career Of nn American
g.ts Coiored Man in Europe.
LONDON, March l6.-George W. Will
liams, the colored gentleman who wrote
"The History Of the Colored Race in
America" and became engaged to q
white English girl on the trip to Europe
last summer, is at present in Congo.
Williams, who attended the anti.slavery
conference in Brussels, did not leave a
good impression there. %aHe represented
TO the King OF the Belgians that he vas
the official representative Of the United