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The morning call., 1891-03-25
SCR0FUL0US SORES
From Head to Waist Mass Of Dis
ease. Suffering Terrible. Cured
by Cuticura Rem edieS.

1 was covered with scrofula from my mead
to my waist. suffering that | could not slesp
nights, and could lie down only with pillows under
my arms. My head was sore that could not
wear a hat: and being farmer could not 20 bare
headed, so very soft handkerchief on my
head. I'm fact, was disgusting sight to others
and to myself After dOctoring for six years with
the best physicians in the country and getting
all the time. had given all hope OF getting we'll
when | saw your CUrICURA KEMsDIEs advertised
and procured set, although with little faith in
them. The first set, however, did me such vast
amount OF good. that cOltiGued their use, and
now, after using four SETS am happy TO say that
am entirely cured Any OF the prominent business
men aud farmers here will lndorSe my story.
GEORGE A. HEINSELMAS, PlainheId, Ill.
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NOT CLOSED.
a National Bank in Charge of the Comp
troIler of the Currency

4 National Bank in Charge of the Comp
troller of the Currency.
New YORK, March 2i.-Techncall speak
ing. the doors of the Washington National
Bank, whose failure was spread broadcast
yesterday afternoon, were not closed, as it
was announced they would be to-day. Con-
spicuously posted or the doors was the fol-
lowing notice: AT the request of the Di-
rcctors l have taken possession of this bank
in the name of the Comptroller of the Cur
reney, Edward >. Lacey, under whose drec-
tion its affairs will be liquidated. Signed
A. 3. Hepburn, National Bank Examiner"
The clerks were all at their accustomed
desks in the bank, but no money was re-
ceived or paid out 1t was said at 10 o'clock
there was nothing new to make public at
that hour.
Iigham SIdell, one of the Directors, to-
day said the capital stock of the bank WAS
S3j0,C01, and it had been impaired to the eX-
tent of $4,000 by loans made by President
Sherman. Sidell said ne felt certain the de-
positors would be paid in full, and that the
only persons WHO would be losers were the
stockholders. Notices were posted this
afternoon that all checks drawn on the
Washington National Bank by the CONNER
ciaI National Bank of Fremont, Nebr.,
would be paid by the First National Bank of
this city.
United States Examiner Hepburn gave
out a lengthy statement this afternoon, in
which he said as far as his exam lnation ex-
tended there will be an apparent loss 10
the bank from various sources of S143,000.
This would still leave the stockholders en-
titled to dividend of 30 per cent. He thinks
the depOsitors viii be paid in full. Among
the instances Of bad business done, he says
the bank received out-of-town collections
and sent them forward marked mo pro-
test" instructng the corresponding bank to
hold them subject To order. At the same
time they certified checks that had been de-
posted against these collections. and al
lowed such items TO stand. mo one thing
ails the bank" added Hepburn, but
everything. Inadequate security for loans,
loans to parties OF notorious impecuniosity,
and utter disregard for established banking
principles characterized the management
throughout"
NASHVILLE (Tenn.), March 24-Ander-
sOn. Green IL Co., wholesale dry goods, no.
tiOns, etc, of this city, failed to-day. The
liabilities are S175,000 1t is SAID the assets
will cover the Liabilities. Inability to make
collections is the cause of the failure
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CHICAGO DEMOCRATS.
General Palmer Requested Not to Interfere
in Local Politics

General Palmer Requested Not to Interfere
in Local Politics.
CHICAGO, March 24.-Carter Harrison
made his first appearance in public tonight
since he was nominated fer the
mayoralty. 1t was at Central Music-hall,
and the place was crowded with his ad-
herents. The meeting proved to be one that
is likely to be memorable in Illinois politics.
and indirectly. perhaps, also in national
affairs. Harrison savagely denounced his
fellow-Democrat and his opposing candidate,
Mayor Cregier The announcement that
the newly elected United States Senator,
John NJ. Palmer, is coming to Chicago to
work for Cregier's election was received
with much distavor, and the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
Resolued By the Chicago Personal Rights
League, to the number OF 1000 IN massm meeting
assembled ana 10000 other members in Chr
cago that General Palmer be requested not to
interfere with home rule In Chicago, as repre-.
sentng no faction but The whole people OF Il
lInOs.
General Palmer, who is in Springfield,
was shown a copy of the resolution late to-
night, but refused to talk on the subject
until he received official adyices from the
mentin0
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HUyTIyGroN's REpREsEYTATIvF
CARS DERAILED.
Fatal Collision Between Freight and PaSS0l-
Ger Trains.

MILWAUKEE (Wis.). March 25.-Reports
from Racine to the Sentinel at 2 o'clock this
morning tell of a fatal railroad collision be-
tween a freight train and Chicago and
Northwestern Green Bay night express
train at crossing. Nearly all the cars
were derailed and caught fire. One sleeper
and several cars were burned. Willis An
drews, fireman of the freight train, was
buried uuder the wreckage, and his body
has not yet been eXtricated j. T. de Silva,
an express messenger, was seriously burned
and injured. About a dozen passengers
were IN r. or less injured, one OF two, 1t is
thought, fatally. The Fire Department was
called out to eXtinguish the flames.
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NEGRO PROG RESS.
Charles a. Dana's Views on the Improvement
of the Oolored Race.

Charles a. Dana's Views on the Improvement
of the 0olored Race.
JACKSONVILLE Fla.), March 24-In an
interview here to-day Charles A. Dana was
asked: Have you noticed any progress
among the negroesP" He replied: 81 think
they have improved Immensely. One
great Improvement is in the publication
of the race. An evidence that free
dom produces purity" Will the negro
catch up with the whites in civilization, and
some day stand on the same footing ?" "You
must remember white men have been en-
gagged in political amelioration and intellect
ual pursuits for more thln 5000 years. The
negro has been engaged in these only a
little over ceDtury-125 years. If you ex-
pect them to achieve degree of progress in
character and refinement in 125 years that
the whites have used 5000 to accomplish YOU
will be greatly disappointed. At the end of
1000 years lie viii be up to US in every
thing"
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GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.

Compilation of Appropriations by the Last Two
Sessions of Congress.
ST. LOUIS, March 2i.-Ihe Republic has
received from Congressman Dockery an
elaborate compilation of the appropriations
of the Fiftieth and Fifty-frst Congress,
which shows n net increase of appropria-
tions by the Fifty-irst over the Fiftieth
Congress of s190, 900, ,269. Dockery calls at
tention to the fact thata statement made by
Chairman Allison and Cannon a week or so
ago shows a total of $40. 463, 600 less than the
above, which he accounts for by saying that
Cannon did not include in his statement ST.
236, COO back pay in bounties, $4,000, 600 for
sugar bounties and S15, 227, 900. the amount
of the Direct Tax Bill.
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Africa, part of which territory is the scene
of operations of the British South African
Company, between which company and the
Portuguese authorities there is much hos
tiIity. It is believed here that if this re-
ported action of the Portuguese is true, 1t
viii result in further straining the relations
between Great Britain and Portugal. The
stated purpose of the Portuguese in de-
claring state of siege, is to coerce the
English who have settled in Manicaland.
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Crnftars VIII Resist.

EDINBURGH, March 24-Dispatches re-
ceived here from StornOway state that dur
ing last night band of 100 crofters of Lewis
Island, the largest island of the Outer
Hebrdes, off the west coast of Scotland,
they had been evicted in order to make room
for a deer preserve, where they entrenched
themselves in the ruins of their former
homes and announced that they are pre-
pared to resist by force any attempt made
TO oust them
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POSTAL SUBSIDY LAW.
Wanamaker in Consultation With Large
Shippers Upon the Subject.

Wanamaker in Consultation With Large
Shippers Upon the Subject.
WASHINGTON, March "a. - Postmaster
General Wanamaker is busiy engaged in
the preliminary work necessary to carrying
into effect the new Postal Subsidy act.
Yesterday he had long conference with the
officers of the Inman Steamship Company
ON the subject, and has also taken steps to
ascertain the views and desires of shippers at
prominent Southern ports. Large shippers
and others interested at Baltimore, Norfolk.
Savannah, Pensacola, New Orleans and
Galveston have been communicated with
and invited TO submit any propositions they
may desire as to the new lines of communi-
cation with South America and other for
eign ports. Judge Tyner, Assistant Attor-
ney-General for the Postoffice Department,
to-day submitted to the Postmaster-G General
his Interpretation of several sections of the
subsidy act upon which his opinion Lad
been solicited.
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good faith before the Government of the
United States will announce to the British
Minister that it will give any official recog
milton 10 these Commissioners, even although
they may come in the name of Great Britain.
Such undoubtedly is the attitude of Secre-
tary Blaine, and Sir John Macdonald and
his Minister will be compelled to make the
nnnst of Ii
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WILL NOT NEGOTIATE.
Secretary Blaine Declines to Let Sir John
Macdonald Make Catspaw of Him.

WASHINGTON, March "a. = The report
which comes from Ottawa is true that the
Secretary Of State has given the British
Minister to understand that there can be no
formal conference between the authorities
Of the Dominion and the State Department
here as TO reciprocity, to enable Sir John
Macdonald to redeem his election pledges.
Secretary Blaine does not propose to permit
this administration. Ii there is to De any
formal negotiations on the subject of re-
ciprucity, complete or restricted, the repre-
sentatiyrs whom Sir John Macdonald may
send here will only be received in private
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INTER-CoNTINENTAL RAILWAY.
Meeting of the Commission to Perfect Plans
of Operations

WASHINGTON. March 24.-The only mat
ter considered to-day by the Inter-Conti-
mental Railway Commission was the perfec-
tion of plans and arrangements for sending
surveying parties to South and Central
America to begin work In determining the
route of the proposed road to- South
America. Nearly all the arrangements have
been decided upon. The first work will
commence in Guatemala.
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The Grant Mnnnment.

NEW YORK, March 24.-The Executive
Committee of the Grant Monument Associ-
tion he Id a meeting this afternoon and
passed resolutions asking the Legislature
to appropriate $500, 0O0 of the State direct
tax, recently refunded by the United States,
for the purpose of erecting monument to
General Grant at Riverside Park. A com-
mittee to advocate the plan will be sent to
Albany.
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FRENCH sPoLiATIoN CLAIMS.
The First Payments Made Under the Recent
Act of Congress.

The First Payments Made Under the Recent
Act of Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Leonard Myers
of Philadelphia obtained the first payment
from the Treasury in the long delayed
French spoiiation claims to-day. The first
draft for S13,5OO was issued to Mrs. Mary
Ann Buchanan Smith of Philadelphia,
lady SO years old, whose father, John Smith
Jr., was a merchant in Baltimore at the
brother, General Samuel Smith, noted
member Of Congress from the latter city,
lost heavily by French captures. The ship
Friendship, Tor losses on which this appro-
pration was made, was commanded by John
Rogers then in the merchant service and
afterward so conspicuous in our navy as
Commodore Rogers Several other pay
ments were made to-day.
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Big Seal Catch.

ST. JOINS q. F., March 24.-The sealing
steamer Neptune has arrived here with
catch of $4,000 seals. She reports the Hec-
tor has p, 600, the Greenland 20, GOO, the VAN
guard 2O,OOO the Wolf 10000, the Walrus
5000, the Kite 5000, the Iceland II 900, the
TeIranova j,O00, the Aurora 5000 and the
Esquimaux Il, 900 seals. The Gulf steamers
have not been heard from.
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VICTIMS OF THE GRIP.
alarming Increase in the Death Rate in
Pittsburg and Vicinity

PITTsBURG, March 4.-From a street
joke the grip has become generally a danger
GUS disease. The death rate Is swelling rap
Idly and this month will break the record by
the alarming increase Of 80 per cent. The
direct causes given on many certificates are
the grip, influenza, pneumonia, typhoid
and diphtheria. The grip is daily growing
more severe, and now the number of victims
is nearing the 5000 mark in the city and
suburbs. The physicians are overworked
and some have as high as forty to sixty
cases of the grin alone
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Reported Collision at Sea.

NEW YORK, March 24-Captain Richter
of the steamer Saale, which arrived here to-
day from Bremen, reports that on the 18th
inst. he passed the British steamer Critic
flying signals indicating that she had been
in collision. She did not ask for assist
ance. The Critic carried crew Of forty
seven men.
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A Norwegian Bark Lost.

NEW YORK, March PA cablegram to
the Maritime Exchange from Sydney,
n. 5. W., announces the loss of the Belgian
bark Don Nicolas. The vessel left New
castle, n. 5. w, March Sd for San Fran
cisco and foundered at sea. All hands have
been landed at Sydney.
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Huntington's Movements.

NEW YORK. March 24.-C. p. Huntington
left this morning for California. He will go
to Newport News and Louisville on the
way, and probably to New Orleans. He
may attend the annual meeting OF the South
ern Pacific at San Francisco April Sth. He
will be absent several weeks
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A Knockout.

MINNEAPOLIS (AIinn.), March 4.-Billy
Manning of California, once the champion
lightweight of the Pacific Coast, and Char
ley johnson of this city fought tonight at
the Twin City Athletic Club for purse OIL
SIS. Manning was knockLd out i'll the
twentieth round
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m NOT RE DISCOURAGED

TFYoUR PHYSICIAN HAS GiVEN You UP AS
i incurable, having CONSUMPTION, TUBERCU-
LOSIS AS fHMA, BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA,
INFLUENZA, GRIPPE. CATARRH. COUGHS
AND COLDS or any difficulty with the LUNGS,
WINDPIPE OR HEART. Go to the Herb Instt-
tutc of DIR. L. SHAPIROS. 1905 Market street. and
get a bottle OF the Red Glover Lung Elixir, and you
will derive more benefit In "a hours than from any
other medicine known Prompt attention given to
country orders mr5 cod exSu 15t lp
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PROMPT VENGEANCE.
The Instigators Of the Belangna Massacre
Put to Death.

PARIS, March 24.-Prompt vengeance has
fallen upon Ramiasatra, the Governor of the
province of Belangna, Madagascar, who.
according to news received here March 4th,
massacred 27S persons belonging to leading
families. Dispatches received here state
that RamiaSatra, together with his brother,
who is supposed to have instigated the mas
sacre. were executed on the spot where the
wholesale killing took place.
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The First Rattle.

New YORK, March PA special cable
gram to the Herald from Puerto Cabello
says: The first fight has taken place be-
tween the Veuezuelans and English on the
frontier of British Guiana. The dispute
relates to the boundary line between Yene-
Zuela and British Guiana.
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ARRESTED IN BOSTON.
4 United States Consul to Canada Charged
With q Sarious Crime

With Serious Crime.
HALIFAX, March 24.-Mr. Tanner. late
United States Consul at Picton, who fed
from the province to escape prosecution on
a charge of attempted assault on little girl,
has been arrested in Boston, and 1t is said
will be brought back for trial. He was
prominent in society while at PictOn, but
one day inveigled into his Office q
little daughter of well-knOwn citizen,
whom he attempted to assault. He was
severely beaten by the clfld's father, but
soon after left, when prosecution was about
to be inaugurated.
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THE LATE JOHN F. SWIFT.
Secretary Blaine Desirous of Showing All
Honor to the Dead Minister.

WASHINGTON, March "a. - Secretary
Blaine is deSirous of showing all honor to
the memory of the late Minister Swift, who
died at his post in Japan, and is endeavor-
ing to ascertain from the relatives what
they desire respecting the final resting place
of the remains. If they would like 20 have
them brought home by war vessel, the
Navy Department will be asked to furnish
one for that duty. AS yet no suggestion or
word of any kind has been received from
the Minister'S family, and consequently
nothing can be said as to what the Govern
ment will do concerning the burial.
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Iotterv-Ticket selIers Arrested

MILWAUKEE, March 24.-The United
States Marshal and Postoftice Inspector to-
day arrested Ben II. Elelle. Mrs. j. b. New
bauer aud ALI Smith for dealing in Loulsi-
ana and Mexican lottery tickets. Other ar
rests will follow
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Plotting Anarchists.

ROME, March "a. - The police to-day
searched a number Of anarchists houses
and seized papers showing that Italian,
French, German and Spanish anarchists
are concerning to give the May day mani
festation a revolutionary character.
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REFUSE TO vACArE.
An Election Claimed to Be Illegal by De-
feated Officers

feated Officers.
ST. PAUL, March pa Pioneer Press
special from Pierre. S. OAK, says: The
Capital Investment Company. generally
known as the Woonsocket Company, is in
trouble. At the election March 18th the old
Directors and officers were ousted and Car
penter and Reed respectively elected Presi-
dent and Secretary. The former officers
refused to give up their offices, claiming an
illegal election, and the matter Is going into
court. Carpenter and Reed claim that the
old officers President Lumley, Secretary
Ryan, Vice President Groton and Treasurer
Hinds-are attempting to wreck the com-
pany. These officers have published a no.
tice warning the people not to pay moneys
to the new officers.
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Barber's Itch Ia Years.

In 1874 caught bad dose OF the BARRIERS itch,
and from that time until the fall of 1888 doc
tored almost continually, without any beneficial
results. l was induced TO try youc CUrICURA
REMEDIES, and now, after taking some twenty-one
bottles am cured, aud my face is again as smooth
as a babes. l had already spent nearly S400 with
doctors aud different proprietary medicines.
OHAS. L. WILLIAMS, Oshkosh, Wis
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Teemer,s Cballenge Acosnted

New YORK, March 24-William O'Con-
nor telegraphs from Toronto that he ac-
cepts Teemer's challenge TO row for S24O0
a side and the championship, and asks the
latter to cover the forfeit he has on deposit
in this citv
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Two Men Found Dead

BAsTRoP Crex.), March 24.-Bob Jenkins
and his father-in-law, Henry Chambers,
were found dead near here yesterday. They
were concerned in the killing of a man
named Smith last fall, and the murder WAS
probably in revenge by Smiths friends
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Fatal Railrnad Accident.

LOUISVILLE, March 24.-The fast express
on the louisville and Nashville road ran off
the track last night near Anchorage, and
the sleeper was demolished. Mrs. Belle
Ellison of Kokomo. Ind, was fatally injured,
hurt.
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the local Regent, Mr.. Truman, on behalf Of
the board, suspended indefinitely three
seniors, three Juniors and one freshman.
and the faculty presented a report request
ing the President 10 resign.
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siIuar Policy Sustained

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Secretary Fos-
ter has sustained the action of the Superiu-
tendent of the Mint at Philadelphia in re-
fusing To accept for coinage the silver brick
presented for the purpose of testing the
legality OF the Treasury silver policy.
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BRIDGES Carried Awav.

DEs MONIES, March A.-The Des Moines
River is rising rapidly, and with large
masses of outgoing ice is destroying much
property. Several bridges. including that of
the Belt Line, have been washed out. The
loss to the city AID surrounding district is
already great, and much more is threatened,
as the water is still rising.
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Steamer Ashore and Going to Pieces

NORFOLK (Va.), March M.-The Signal
Service reports Swedish steamer ashore
OH the North Carolina coast, south of Cape
Henry. Her name is not known. She is
going to pieces and only one of her crew has
been saved.
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MANY RUMORS.

A Story That Edmunds Will Succeed Asso-
ciate Justice Bradley.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Rightu upon the
heels of the report that Senator Edmunds is
to resign and succeed Secretary Proctor
comes another that leaves him out of the
War Department entirely, but elevates him
to the Supreme Court bench. Those re-
spousible tor it say that Justice Bradley
will soon retire from the court and the
President will name Edmunds as his sue
cess0r. The resignation-stOry makers as
sert that in this way a seat in the Senate is
to be made vacant and will be filled by
Proctor
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Settling Ronndaru nisnntas

ROME, March 24.-Marquis di Rudini, the
Italian Premier, and Lord Dufferin, the
British Minister here, have exchanged pro-
tocols delimiting the British and Italian
spheres in East Africa
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Ted Pritchard have posted e100 to fight for
e500 q side and the championship OF En-
gland. The men will sign articles to-mor-
row. Pritchard is the lightest pugilist since
Tom Sayres' time to fight for the champion
ship.
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The Sherman Fund.

NEW YORK. March 25.-The recorder
closed the subscriptions this morning to
the Sherman fund, which amounts to over
$4,000.
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University Troubles.

VERMIIIoN Is. Dak). March 24-The
university trouble is assuming more
serious aspect than before. This morning
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AN A AGGRAvATING SOLE THROAT is soon re
lleved by DR.. d. Jayne's Expectoraur, an old
time remedy for Bronchial aud Pulmonary Alice
tions.
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For the Champiousbip of Englana.

NEW YORK, March 2i.-A special cable
from London states that Jem Smith and
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Colored Nan I,vnnhed

BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), March 24-John
Dances (colored) was lynched at Columbia
this morning ior an assault upon white
woman.
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A new discovery was made in the famous
Wind Cave of the Black Hills last week. by
which openings were found that took
seven hours tramp to one of the subter-
ranean chambers and return. This cave is
surp lssing the famous Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky in magnitude, and will be prin-
cipal object Of attraction TO visitors of the
Black Hills.
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A STATE OF SIEGE.

Action Of the Portuguese Authorities in
Manlcaland, South Africa.
LONDON, March "a. - Intelligence has
reached here that the Portuguese have de-
clared state OF siege in Manicaland, South
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A Clergyman Dying.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Kev. DR.. Howard
Crosby is dying from pneumonia.