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years, but she left him some time ago.
Shortly after midnight he met her in this
city and asked her to return to him. She
said her husband would not allow her TO
return, and that George Collins had adj
Ylsed her to keep away from him.
Ferguson then saw Collins across the
street and ran over to attack him. The
desperate then plunged long dagger
three times into Collins body, one deep
thrust being in the bowels, through
which the intestines protruded. Collins
had small pistol in his pocket, and fired
one shot, without effect, which attracted
the attention of the officers. Ferguson
ran, but was caught and jailed. He said
he had done up Collins, and intended to
kill him, but claimed that Collins fired a
shot before the cutting.
Collins was carried 10 the Receiving
Hospital, but the surgeon said he could
not live. This afternoon he felt better for
time, but died few hours later.
Ferguson is an eX-convict, and has the
reputation of being desperado.
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COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Convention In Sos
sion at Denver.

Proceedings of the Convention in Sos
sion at Denver.
DENVER, May 21.-At the morning ses
sion of the Trans-Mississipp Congress.
representatives of the different sections
urged the selection of their cities as the
next place of meeting. Omaha seemed
to have many friends. The matter was
not settled.
large number of resolutions were in
troduced: Favoring the Nicaragua and
Hennepln Canals; urging the early adj
mission of Arizona and New Mexico:
tavoring the restriction of Immigration:
recommending AN amendment to the nat
urallzatlon laws; faVoring the free COIN
age of silver; detenses for deep water
harbors and navigable rivers; Torrey
bankruptcy bill, etc.
Ex-Congressman Bedford, of Colorado.
made speech for free silver and river
and harbor improvements, etc. He said
the time was not far distant when the
clamor of the West would demand that
the nation give its attention to the deyel-
ment of the Vests resources.
The committee asked further time
for the selection of the next place of
meeting. 1t was not accepted, and the
vote resulted: Omaha Ia, New Orleans
1O5. The announcement Of the selection
of Omaha received cheers.
Hon. q. G. Simms spoke on the silver
coinage. The East, he said, was misled
by pamphlets, circulated by Eastern
bankers. Free coinage would break ND
three-quarters of the English commerce
on seas.
Ex-Governor Anthony of Kansas
spoke against free coinage, and Chairman
Ferry for it.
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Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.

n.
SAN DIEGO, May 2l.-Judge Alfonso
Taft passed away at 4:10 this morning.
he was unconscious, and surrounded by
members of his family who were in the
city. As soon as mis- death was known,
and in pursuance of instructions from the
Secretary of War, General A. d. McCook
rendered a guard of honor of the United
States amy corps for the body, but Mrs.
Taft has declined with due appreciation
of the honor implied in the offer.
The remains will be taken directly to
Cincinnati, where quiet funeral will be
held. The body and family will go East
on tomorrow mornings train.
Judge Taft leaves widow, one daugh-
ter and four sons, all prominent men.
All three departments of the Superior
Court adjourned to-day as mark of re-
spect to the late Judge Taft. A meeting
of the bar and bench was held this after
noon, at which eulogistic resolutions re-
gardlng Judge Taft were adopted.
[Alphonso Taft was born in Town
shend, VT, November 5, 1870 He was
graduated at Yale in 1885, was tutor there
in 1857, studied law, was admitted to
the bar in 1898, and after 1910 practiced in
Cincinnati, o., where he won reputa-
ton in his profession. He was a dele
gate to the Republican National Conven-
ton in 1856, and in the same year a can
didate for Congress, but was defeated by
the late George III. Pendleton. He was
Judge of the Superior Court of Cincin-
natl from 1866 to 1872, when he resigned
to resume the practice of law. In 1873 he
was candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor of Ohio, but a dis
senting opinion that he had delivered on
the question of the Bible in the public
schools caused much opposition to him
The opinion which defeated his nominal
ton was unanimously affirmed by the
Supreme Court of Ohio, and is now the
law of the State. He became'Secretar of
War on March s, 1876, on the resignation
of General William w. Belknap, and on
the I'D of May following was transferred
to the Attorney Generalship, serving till
the close of President Grants Admins
tration. Judge Taft was appointed
United States Minister to Austria on
April g. 1882, and in 1884 was transferred
to Russia, where he served until August
l, 1885. He had been Trustee of the
University of Cincinnati since its founda-
ton, and from 1872 until 1882 served on
the Corporation Of Yale which gave him
the degree of LII. D. in 1S67.-EDs.l
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THE PREsBYTERIANs.
Ono Hundred and Third Annual Meet
ing of the General Assembly.

ing of the General Assembly.
DETROIT, May 21.-The one hundred
and third annual meeting of the Presby-
terrain General Assembly convened here
this morning. Rev. DR.. Radcliffe of De-
troit invoked the divine blessing. After
singing, Rev. DIR. Patton, President of
Princeton, read the sixteenth chapter of
Isaiah
Rev. DR.. Moore of Cincinnati, Modera-
tor of the last assembly, delivered the
opening assembly sermon.
After prayer by Mr.. Moore the organ
ization of the assembly was perfected.
The Committee on Arrangements was re-
ported, and the assembly took recess
till 3 p. NJ.
AT the afternoon session the nomina-
tons for Moderator being in order, Rev.
DR.. Dickey, of Philadelphia, nominated
Rev. Prof. William III. Green, of the
Princeton Theologic Seminary. Rev. Geo.
ID. Baker seconded the nomination, and
DR.. Green was elected by reclamation.
The newly-elected Moderator was then
escorted to the platform, where the re-
firing Moderator welcomed him in brief
speech.
Moderator Green replied, thanking the
assembly for 1.-THE distinguished token of
coincidence. He accepted with deep
sense of unftness, but feeling that the
TASK OF presiding over such an assembly
as TINS must be comparatively light,
where all the members are animated by
one spirit. seeking one great end, and
nave as their supreme desire the promo
ton OF the glory of God and the advance
ment of the kingdom of our blessed
Savior.
DR.. William Radcliffe, pastor of the
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NEwFoUNDLAND TROUBLES.
The Correspondence in the Matter
Laid Before the Legislature.

The Correspondence in the Matter
Laid Before the Legislature.
ST. JOHNS On. F., May 21.-Morrin
laid before the Legislature to-day copies
of the whole correspondence between the
British Government and the delegates
sent to London to state the colony's case:
also confidential letter from the dele
gates to the Legislature, in which they
described the steps that had been taken
by them in the present situation.
Tomorrow both branches of the Legis-
lature will meet to hear Morrin's ex-
plantations. There is no certainty that
any bill will be submitted here, but if the
delegates press the matter. an attempt
will be made TO pass temporary Act.
Lord Salisbury and Lord Knutsford
are said TO have been imperious and un-
yielding with the delegates, who have
turned to the Liberals. Lord Hershell
drafted bill for them to pass here.
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Taken under Adyisement.

Los ANGELES, May 21.-In the United
States District Court to-day the Federal
Grand Jury reported to Judge Cross that
it had examined Frank Jaynes, Superin-
tendent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, who admitted that he had in
his possession kilograms which had
passed between Trumbull and Burt, but
declined to produce them and said he
had not examined them.
The Grand Jury asked that the witness
be compelled to answer the questions
and produce the kilograms. Jaynes APP
peared with counsel, p. B. Carpenter.
who argued the case with Alexander
Campbell, and it was then taken under
adviSement blythe court,
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A New Idea

A traveller comes back from Mexico
with new idea which he hopes to utilize
in the manufacture of -four. He notes
that for centuries the Mexicans have
been accustomed to parch their grain
before grinding it, and claims to have
discovered that the heat gives the -four
sweetness and a fragrance unknown in
the -four of the ordinary brands and at
the same time adds much to its powers of
nutrition. Mills are to be equipped with
apparatus for parching the wheat before
putting it into the hopper, and we are
told that the result viii be culinary
reVolution-CHicG0O Herald
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Look out for Red STOCKINGS.

1t has been remarked in Paris that the
wearing by children of red stockings CO.
incides with pustular eruptions on their
legs and feet. The Board of Health en-
ployed chemical expert to ascertain
whether the dyes coloring the stockings
contained poisonous matter, and his re-
port says that all the many specimens
submitted to him derived their red color
from aniline and containing large pro-
portion OF antimonic oxide As children
perspire freely this matter enters into So
luton and is thus taken into the pores.
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DESTRUCTIVE FLAMES.
An Island Almost Devastated by Forest
est Fires.

An Island Almost Devastated by Forest
est Fires.
SAULT STE. MARIE (A1ich.), May 2I.-A
small boat loaded with people from Sugar
Island arrived at this port early yester-
day and reported that fire broke out in
the woods, and when they left the island
at noon the last house was burnt and the
people who remained were in danger of
being cremated. Another boatload of
people arrived from the island late in the
afternoon and reported an increase in the
danger and declared that those still on
the island must certainly perish unless
help was sent Immediately. They report
number of lives lost already A tug
has gone to the rescue of the islanders.
RAILROAD SHOPS BURNED.
ALBANY On. W, May 21.-Early this
morning the shops and other buildings
of the New York Central Railroad, at
West Albany, were burned. Over ], 900
men are thrown out of work
1t is estimated that the loss will reach
Sl50,000.
LUMBER YARD FIRE.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 21.-A disastrous
lumber yard fire has been burning since
O'Clock this morning. Day Il Co.'s
stock of lumber has been DESTROYED, but
their mill was saved. The loss on lum-
Der is S223, 900; insurance, $4,000.
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LABOR WORLD.
Big Breaks Reported in the Ranks of
the Coke Strikers.


the Coke Strikers.
SCoTTDALE (Pa.), May 21.-Everything
to-day points to the early ending of the
coke strike. The strikers are weakening,
and big breaks in their ranks are re-
ported from various places in this region.
The men are dissatisfied with the result
of the Scottdale convention last night,
and have decided to go to work
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
ST. Louis, May 21.-It is a significant
fact that while the Order of Railway
Conductors decided to federate, the con-
yention took no step looking to the
of that object, and no
application has been made.
The order, it is stated, seeks to become
members without making application,
SO that if at any time they should become
dissatisfied with the federation they can
withdraw and say the officers had no
right to enter the federation. The officers
decided TO discuss the matter,
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PADDED THE MAILS.
a Railway Magnate Indicted by the
Grand jury

Grand Jury.
DIES MONIES (Ia.), May 2l.-The Federal
Grand Jury has indicted J. C. Newton
for conspiring to defraud the Government
by padding the mails.
Newton is Vice-President and General
Manager of the Des Moines and Kansas
City road. During April the mail matter
is weighed on the trains to form basis for
the yearly contracts. 1t is charged that
Newton secured a large quantity of old
newspapers and shipped them back and
forth on his line, making sufficient differ
ence in the weight to increase the COM
pensation for carrying the mail from
5000 to $4,000 per year.
The indictment caused great surprise
here. Newton is a millionaire. He came
to Iowa from Holyoke, Mass. 1t is said
that he shipped a lot of the papers to
relatives in California and Texas.
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ACCIDENTS AT GRASS VALLEY.
A Young Man Crushed by Horse
Injured In the Mines,

GRASS VALLEY, May 21.-Y esterday
afternoon James Hayes, on PERKINS,
ranch, had horse he was riding rear up
and fall backwards. The young man was
caught under the horse, with the pommel
of saddle striking the mans stomach. He
is vomiting blood, and the doctors con-
slider the case dangerous.
Last night Chris Temby was badly in
jured in the Hartery mines. He was
caught between a descending car and
some timbers and his body was crushed.
Internal injuries make the case danger
Gus.
James Yields, of Boston Ravine, while
working sulphurets pan near his resi-
dence, yesterday, got his fingers between
the grinders and one or two of them were
taken off.
Last evening Samuel Henwood had an
arm badly crushed at the Idaho mine by
a car lamming him against the timbers
of the mine.
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Schooner Yacht Halcyon.

VICTORIA (B. C.), May 81. = The
schooner yacht Halcyon, during all the
time she has been reported as lodging
round the Hawaiian Islands and the
California coast has been lying quietly at
the head of an inlet on Barclay Sound,
on the west coast of Vancouver Island,
She reached here on April 30th. Nothing
is known of her future movements.
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National Brewers, Association.

CLEVELAND, May q. = The National
Brewers Association to-day decided that
a special building for display of the
brewers at the Worlds Fair was not prac-
ticable. The Committee on Restrictive
Legislation recommended that formal
protest be sent to Congress against the
excessive duty on imported raw mate
rails used by brewers
Ellis wainwright, of st. Louis, was
elected President, James Liebemann, of
Brooklyn, Treasurer, and Henry Clau-
sen, of New York, and Leo Ernest, of
Chicago, Vice-Presidents. The Board of
Trustees and various committees were
also elected.
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JOINED THE SILENT MAJORITY.
Death of stephen Venard, Famous as a
Foe to Highwaymen.

Death of Stephen Venard, Famous as a
Foe to Highwaymen.
NEVADA CITY, May 2l.-Stephen We
nard, famous as a hunter of highway
men, died at the County Hospital last
night after a lingering illness, at the age
of 81 years. He came to Nevada City
from Ohio in the early sos and engaged
in merchandising. Subsequently he
mined and did police duty here, and was
for time engaged in cattle raising in the
State of Nevada. On the morning of Nav
10, 1866, the stage from North San Juan to
this city was stopped few miles from
here by George Shanks, alias Jack Will
Jams, Bob Finn, alias Cation, and George
w. Moore, who captured 81 800. Venard,
who participated in the chase few hours
later, came up with the highwaymen in
one of the widest and most inaccessible
portions of South Yuba Canyon, where
they were dividing the spoiIs. An en-
counter ensued, in which Venard, with a
rifle, killed all three and escaped unhurt.
Governor Low appointed him Lieuten-
ant-ColOnel on his staff for meritorious
services in the field, and the Wells-Fargo
Express Company presented him with
valuable rifle. He was man of modest
demeanor, thoroughly temperate, of the
strictest probity and not afraid of any
thing.
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Davis VIII Case.

BUTTE (Mont.), May 2l.-The contest
ants in the Davis will case state that they
will prove, when the case comes up for
trial, that j. ii. Eddy wrote the disputed
Davis will. In substantiation OF this
claim they state that J. b. Weaver, Jr., of
Des Moines, Iowa, has letters written by
Eddy, to which he signed the name OF
James Davis.
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Colusa County Election Frauds.

MARYsvILLE, May 21.-The examina-
ton Of witnesses in the Colusa County
election frauds began in the Superior
Court this morning. District Attorney
Swinford, in his opening statement,
stated that the prosecution would prove
that up to the time the polls were closed
l69 votes had been cast i'll Willows Pre-
clnct No. 2, but that 90 names were after
wards fraudulently added to the poll list.
dozen witnesses We're examined who
swore they did not vote in that precinct,
as recorded. From the action Of the at
torneys for the defense it appears that
they admit that fraud was perpetrated.
but deny defendants responsibility, as
he was merely clerk and not supposed
to know who the men We're who voted
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A DRAW.
COrbett and jackson Meet
in the Ring.
LONG DRAWN-OUT CONTEST.
Sixty-One Rounds Fought With
out Result.
NEITHER ABLE TO DELIVER THE
KNOCKOUT BLOW.
LONG DRAWN OUT CONTEST.
NEITHER ABLE TO DELIVER THE
KNOCKOUT BLOW.

AT the End of the Sixty-First Round
the Contestants Were so Weak That
the Referee Declared the Fight No
Contest-No Decision Made as to
the Purse Time of Match, Four
Hours and Four Minutes.
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Secretary Blaine.

New YORK, May 2l.-Secretary Blaine
rested comfortably last night and this
morning was somewhat easier. If the
weather permits in day or two he will
be taken out for q drive, and if strong
enough will then go to Maine.
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WORLDS FAIR.
An Erroneous Statement Corrected by
Secretary Butteryyorth

Secretary Butterworth.
CHICAGO, May 2l.-Secretary Butter
worth of the Worlds Fair Directory to-
day received telegram from the Aus
trian Consulate in New York, saying
that statements were published there to
the effect that the Worlds Fair would
have to be postponed until 1894. In re-
ply, President Baker and Secretary But
terworth sent a telegram characteriZing
the report as false and malicious.
1t is supposed that it grew out of an
interview with ex-Mayor Cregier, pub
lished in st. Paul, in which he expressed
the opinion that the fair could not be
gotten ready for opening in 1893.
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FATAL sTABBING AFFRAY.

George Collins, a Negro, Killed by An
other Negro at stockton.
STOCKTON, May 21.-George Collins, a
negro, was stabbed early this morning
by another negro named Warren Fergu-
son, and died this evening at o'clock.
The killing was wholly unjustifiable.
Ferguson had been living with white
woman named Jessie johnson several
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GOT THEIR JUST DESERTS.
Two Brutes Captured and Shot to
Death


Death.
LOUISVILLE Q<y.), May 2l.-A story of
brutal ravishing, attempt at murder,
and swift vengeance, comes from East
ern Kentucky. Near Sandy Hook, Maud
F1eemer, beautiful young school
teacher. was met while riding through
the woods by George and John Wilcox,
rejected suitors. They dragged her from
her horse, breaking her legs in the strug-
gle. They took her to a lonely cabin.
drew lots as to which should have her,
and demanded that she agree to marry
John, to whose lot she fell. She refused.
They tried to set the broken limbs,
and kept her a prisoner in the cabin,
chained to the wall. When found by her
brother and intended husband, she told
the story, and said that she had also been
brutality outraged. The WilcoXs were
captured and shot to death by the brother
and lover.
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Strangled to Death.

BEILEvILLE (Ont), May 21.- James
Kane was executed here this morning for
the murder of his wife Elizabeth. The
drop fell at $40, but Kane's neck was not
broken, and he slowly strangled to death.
His grOans were horrible.
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Instantly Killed.

SAN RAFAEL May Ill. c. Perry.
grandfather of Florence Blythe, one of
the contestants in the noted Blythe will
contest, was thrown from his carriage
this afternoon, one mile from here, and
was instantly killed.
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Suicide at Port Townsend.

PORT TOWNSEND, May 21.-William
Donovan, a prominent Democratic politi-
clan, was found dead in his room this
afternoon with a bullet-hole in his head.
What prompted him to take his life is q
mystery
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wALLA wALLA LYNCHrNG.
The Investigation Sensational In Some
ReSDectS.

The Investigation Sensational In Some
Respects.
WALLA WALLA (Wash.), May 21.-The
fourth day of the investigation by Il
Court of Inquiry into the late lynchiI
Fort Walla Walla was sensational in
some respects. Colonel Compton, COM
mandant of the fort, was put on the
stand.
The Colonel contradicted the Sheriff and
the prosecuting attorney in much of the
material testimony. He testified that
there was nothing in the manner of the
soldiers to impress him of any real dan
ger. He believed the disturbance of the
night before had all subsidized, and that the
troops no longer manifested muffin
Gus spirit. He denied that he
said he could not keep the men
at the post till after II o'clock
because of an order of the War Depart
ment. Still he took measures to prevent
any outbreak
Compton was subjected TO a severe
oss-examination, which he stood man
fully for several hours. At last he broke
down, and his eyes filled with tears He
said it was all due to his non-commis-
stoned officers. He bewailed the conf
dence he had placed in them. He had
trusted them and found them unfaithful.
Had they done their duty, the lynching
would not have occurred. He thought
he had such perfect discipline, and after
his lecture the night before he thought
no further violence would take place.
About dozen on-commissioned Off
GERS and privates We're examined. Some
justified the killing. They said they did
not think because they were soldiers they
had no better right than body of citizens
to lynch man who murdered their COM
rade. Some realized now that they made
a terrible mistake. All the men ex-
amined had foreign names.
The court has adjourned till Saturday.
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Fire az Duneeness.

PORT TOWNSEND, May 21.-At Dun
geness Monday night, f. j. Words hotel
was burned to the ground. The house
was a two-story frame building and
valued at 5000; insurance, s., 800.
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Rain in the South.

SANTA MARIA, May 81. - It rained
heavily last night, but, falling without
wind, it did no damage to the crops. The
weather is clear to-day, with prospects of
a good harvest.
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California Cherries.

CHICAGO, May 2l.-Porter Bros IL Co.
sold to-day one carload of California
cherries. Black Tartarians brought
- 50Sg2 50; White Biggerreaus, 81 LOG
20; Rockports, 81 30@12 35.
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Chinese Lazaretto.

VICTORIA (B. CO., May 2l.-A Chinese
IaZaretto has been established on Dorcey
Island, about twenty miles from Victoria,
and five patients were taken there yester-
day.
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Parnen,s Chances for the Leadershin,

CHICAGO, May 2l.-William Redmond,
one of the Parnellite ENJOYS, is in the
city. He predicts that Parnell will again
be restored to the leadership of the United
Party, brought together by the surrender
tion," said Redmond, ''of morals or re-
ligion, but of politics." The opposition
of the priests will have very little effect,
he thinks
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The public debt statement shows de-
crease OF S37ll ,SS1 in the bonded liabili-
ties of the Government dnrinu Anril
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Rabbits Foot Philosophy.

have been glad and have been sad.
but never hopeless.
Reputation will do for the present !:
time will attend to the future.
The eccentricities of a great man fur-
nish more material for his biographers
than his deeds.
Somewhere in mems best efforts you
will lind the saving grace of woman's in
huence,
Old age is sometimes beautiful, some
tunes pitltul, but it is never Desirable
Ernest II. Gqtey IN -Arkugasnac TgaUeIey.
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EASTERN HAPPENINGS.
Later Particulars of the Tornado
in Missouri.
AN ISLAND IN MICHIGAN DEVAS-
TATED BY FIRE.

A Millionaire Railway Magnate In
dicted by the Federal Grand Jury
at Omaha for Padding the Mails, in
Order to Secure Larger Compensa-
ton from the Government-An Err
roneous Statement Concerning the
Worlds Fair Corrected.