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SUDDEN DEATH,

Half Hundred Miners Perish.
RosLYN, WASH, May PA terrible gas
explosion occurred in the slope of the North
ern Pacific Coal company at this point, in
which the loss of life exceeded in number
that of any other disaster that has evec been
chronicled in the northwest.
1t is believed every miner who was at work
in the slope at the time has persisted.
It is believed between forty-five and fifty
were on three levels that were effected by the
explosion.
Six bodies were taken out almost immedi-
ately after the explosion.
These men were working nearest to the
opening and at some distance from the point
where it is supposed the explosion occurred.
Most of the men were ], 500 to 1900 feet far
Their in the slope and in the immediate vicin-
ity of the accident.
There is no doubt either in the minds of
the miners or the company officials that every
man was instantly killed.
The Roslyn mines are the largest in the
state, supplying the western divisions of the
Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific rail-
roads with coal, and had a capacity of 1900
IONS per day.
The explosion occurred just as two gangs
were shifting. Two boys who were in the
tunnel escaped, but they are the only ones
from either gang so far recovered.
Reports SO far received indicate that the
explosion closed up the shaft, that the mine
is on fire and that it is impossible to recover
the bodies.
II is known definitely that thirty-eight men
were in the mine; possibly more.
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Memphis Big Day

Memphis Big Day.
MEMPHIS, TENN.-The town was crowded
as it has never been crowded before.
The exercises opened with a parade, the
6rst division being composed of visiting and
home military companies, Knights of Pythi.
as, Knights of Innisfail, and other secret go
cieties, and friendly and benevolent associa-
lions. the members of the German funniest.
the fse department., displays of local indus.
triee, and the attaches of the municipal de.
partments and distinguished visitors bring.
ing up the rear.
The procession moved through the princi.
pal streets of the city and halted at the bridge.
and Mhile Governor Buchanan. of Tennessee.
and Eagle, OF Arkansas, clasped hands in the
center of the bridge. President Lucas b.
ClApp of the taxing district of Memphis
placed his hands upon their heads and de.
ciared the union of the great west and the
great east, and cannon doomed from the nv.
er, and the great multitude on shore made
the air culver with cheers for southern ener-
q and enterprise.
The Grafton was delivered by Senator Dan
voorhees, of Indiana.
At night there viii be grand illuminated
trades display. The length of the bridge ma
iD approaches from Arkansas to Tenneseee.
V three miles. It is in five spans, Is built on
the c4ntilever principle, 5000 tons of stael
have been used in its construction, and -
CO.'S has been over three million dollars.
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Indian Trouble Feared,

GUTHRIE, o. T., May Ex-Governor Seay
had delivered to him dispatches by couriers
from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reserva-
tons, stating that 100 Cheyennes were of
their allotment and were driving the white
settlers of their claims. The Indians claim
that they never signed the treaty for the sale
of their lands, and that if the white settlert
do not leave the country inside of ten day,
they will be driven out. The Indians are al
armed.
At the town of Cheyenne line of guards
surround the town day and night, and the
citizens request that troops be sent at once
for their protection.
large number of Indians refuse to come
to the agency, and unless they are controlled
will be apt to cause serious trouble.
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Corn and Wheat.

New YORK, May 12.-Reports from twen-
ty-two states say: Corn has suffered from
the late spting, but more particularly from
continuous heavy rains. In some states
blowing is not half done, while in others it is
not yet begun. Still. if good weather should
come at once, there would be an average
acreage and yield. Of the wheat growing
states, South Dakota is the only one that
promises large crop, the acreage being
per cent, and the probable yield per cent.
greater than last year. Reports from other
states are discouraging.
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Nxw YoRx, May 16.-R g. Dun d Coz
Weekly Review of Trade says:
The continuance of every unfavorable
weakness in the market and unfavorabls
weather throughout large portion of the
west begins to cause apprehension regarding
the crops Of the year. In all other 10
spects the situation seems satisfactory. and
at almost all points the prospects of trade
are considered more hopeful. The money
markets are everywhere easy, with variable
Improvements in demand at few points.
Foreign trade in April was remarkable.
The exports of cotton, breadstuffs, Prov
sions, cattle and oil amounted to So, $40, on,
against 81, 665, 213 for the same month last
year, with large decrease in cotton. because
OF lower prices, but heavy increase in bread
stuffs and cattle. The months export from
New York show gain of % per cent. thus
tar over last year, and meanwhile the imports
OF last year are barely maintained.
Reports about collections from all parts of
the country are favorable, considering the
weather and the state of the country roads.
Wheat declined ~ cents ON sales of 49,
OOOO bushels. Instead of 81 per bushel, as
predicted by the farmers alliance, the price
on Thursday was 89x. Cotton declined a
sixteenth, corn rose cent and pork products
were slightly stronger, but coffee declined.
A small hand-to-mouth trade in mems
woolens, and manufacturers are still short of
orders, but confident Wool sales at the
principal markets since January has been
1900, 900 pounds, or IA per cent. more than
last year. More activity is seen in cottons,
and prices of prints and many other quail
ties are to per cent lower than last year.
Shipments of boots and shoes are now prac-
liz - l~-A
leather are seen, with an advance of to 10
per cent, because the meeting of tanners
agreed to stop the production for sixty days.
The supply of hides does not stop, and re-
ceipts of cattle at Chicago for the year have
been 159, 600 head, or 16 per cent greater than
last year to date.
The business failures for the past week
were It's, compared with 2O7 the previous
week. For the corresponding week last year
the figures were 357.
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Wheat Condition.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May dissatisfied
returns of the department of agriculture fol
May indicate an average condition of "a pei
cent. for wheat, against s1.2 per cent. i, last
month.
The weather has been too cold for rapid
growth, yet the crop has improved percept
IDLY. The change in the central wheat re-
gion is from Il to IS in Ohio, 50 to "a in
Michigan, 70 to IS in Indiana, S5 to 86 in IL
linois, p to "a in Missouri, and "a 10 30 in
Kansas.
In Michigan the April weather was quite
severe, causing considerable heading in clay
soils, which nearly offset the improvement in
other areas. Low temperature prevented
much improvement in Missouri. The condi-
ton has slightly declined in California, yet
the prospect is still good on the Pacific
coast.
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aggregating about $3.50, which he claims i
still due him as unpaid salary. Mr.. Leigh
bases his claim ON the overtime which he
served beyond that required by the provisions
OF the eight hour law for postof1ice employees.
passed by congress in April, 1888. when
thus law was passed an effort was made in
the larger cities to carry it into practical
effect, but with only partial or unsatisfactory
results. In Trenton no change was made in
the hours OF work. The reason assigned for
this was that the postofice department. would
not authorize the employment of the extra
number OF carriers necessary 70 make it pos
sible to carry out the provisions of the Law.
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Starving Negroes.

WICHITA, KAN, May 12.-Colored people
mp from King6sher, o. T., report fearful
state Of destitution and starvation among the
negro colouists scattered through the black
3ack country around Kingfsher. They assert
That there are between 500 and 600 families
With starvation staring them in the face.
From what can be learned. it seems the ne
groes blame the men who organized the col
0nists in the south, and charge them with
misappropriating the funds which it was sup
posed would tide the emigrants over until
they could raise crop.
An earnest appeal has been made to Cover
nor Seay through E. P. McCabe, the colored
ax-auditor of this state, who was prime
noyer in the attempt to make of Oklahoma
- uegnc state.
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The Colored Man Barred.

Inc COlOT0O man Barred.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE International As
ISOLATION of Machinists, in convention here,
refused, after lively debate, to strike from
the constitution the clause limiting member.
ship to white men. The southern delegates
opposed any change, and enough northern
delegates voted with them to overwhelming.
IL bar out colored men.
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Liable to Big Punishment.

Liable to Big Punishment.
CHICAGO. May 16.-Abram Fell, of Buffalo,
N. Y, agent of the Wabash q LAckawanns
Dispatch. . freight line composed of the
Wabash, Grand Trunk 4 Delaware, Lacks
wanna 4 Western railroads, has been indicted
for conspiracy by the federal grand jury here.
The case against Fell b the outgrowth Of .
recent investigation which resulted in the in
dictment of every member Of the stock yards
finn Of Swift 4 Co, for receiving freight
eyidencs aasinst Fen y nd to Be conyictings
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Silver Conference.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1.-The accept
ance bA England of the invitation of the
United States to take part in an information
al conference on the silver question will, it is
believed here, carry other notions with it and
assure the success of the movement. All the
prominent nations of Europe have been in
vited to take part in the conference, and it is
understood that favorable responses have
been received, not only from England, but
from Italy and Austria Hungary as well.
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The Alliance Daily.

TOPEKA, KAN, May ia contract was
made and signed which makes the Topics,
little daily published at noon by Chesney q
Fluke, the organ of the peoples party.
The contract provides for the publication
daily of two columns of editorials" by Q
peoples party man, A. o. Gngsby, who win
also issue weekly, the New Age, from the
same Office. The contract is made with the
Peoples Publishing company, of which w.
81. Bennington is president.
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WEATHER-cRoP BULLETIN

OF the Weather Service Of the Kan
sas State Board OF Agriculture, In
Cooperation With the United
States Weather Bureau, Central
Office, Topeka, for the Week End
ing May IA, 1892.
PRECIPITATION.
counties, the fall for the week being from
two to four inches, and, for so large ram
fall, is remarkably uniform over the state.
The heaviest rain extending from the south
east of Ford to the central portions of Stat
ford and Kingman, in which area it ia over
four inches. It is three inches and upwards
in q large portion of the central counties.
Snow fell on Monday to depth of two inches
in the northwestern counties, followed by
frost on Tuesday.
TEMPERATURE AND SUNSHINE.
There has been very little sunshine this
week, while the temperature is decidedly be-
low the normal
The ground is full of moisture in all parts
of the state, and the streams are full of water.
In the southwest, west and south of Barton,
where the want of rain was being felt, the
timely rains of this week are proving benef-
Clal, ana Tue ground WHICH ndQ DeCOule IuOr0
or less cracked through the extended INSULT
cheney is now full of moisture, while cloudy
weather prevents its being baked.
The wheat is in splendid condition in all
counties except the north central, where the
very wet and cloudy weather of the past sew
eral weeks is proving too much for it, and it
is turning yellow at the roots in spots; it Is
heading out in the southern counties, espe-
cially in Barber, Harper and Sumner.
Corn is being cultivated in the southern
counties; it is ready for cultivation in the
central as soon as the gaound will permit; it
is not all planted yet in the northern owing
to the extended wet spell.
Grass and pastures are now in good condi-
lion in the central and southern counties, but
very backward yet in the northern.
The blooming apple trees, in all parts of
The state, promise an abundant crop of apples,
but the peach trees still indicate q shortage.
The frost Tuesday morning has apparently
done no damage.
The rains have done some damage by wash
ing out hillside fields and overlooking others.
T. B. JENNINGS,
Observer Weather Bureau, Asst Director.
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British Press Oppose It.

bTItI8n FT9SS OppOSe It.
LONDON, May 1.-THE newspapers gener-
ally look with disfavor upon the announce
ment that the government will participate in
an international silver conference at the invi-
tation of the United States. The News says
the double standard plan is falacious, and If
carried out would be disastrous. The Stand
ard says it hopes the conference will prevent
harm rather than attempt to do good. The
Times regrets the course of the government,
and says it appears to be playing into the
hands of politicians in power in Washington.
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Floods In Missouri,

BRUNSWICK, No., May 1.-The waters of
the Grand and Missouri rivers overlooked
their banks. Sunday was spent in rescuing
inhabitants and stock. A ferry boat was
broken from its cable and went floating down
the river with people and horses aboard.
Dozens of homes are destroyed and large
acreage of land was covered with water.
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Cheyenne, O. T., CycIoned.
Gu1HRn, O. T., May 1.-The town OF
Cheyenne, in county F, was visited by tor
nado and every tent and manv buildings in
the town were blown down. The Arrow was
about to 60 to press when ITS building was
wrecked and the type scattered over the
prairie.
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In Oklahoma.

Ell RxSo, o. T., May 1.-THE rivers in the
territories are all out of their banks. The
Rock Island railroad bridge over Washita
have come IN that q cyclone visited eastern
Oklahoma and destroyed much timber and
many houses; at least twenty houses were
blown to pieces in Canadian county, many of
them having totally disappeared. No deaths
have as yet been reported.
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Chicago's Stone Trust Under Fire.
CHICAGO, May H.-In addition to looking
into the methods of the coal combine, the
federal grand jury will look into the stone
trust. It Is claimed by many builders that
combination exists among the quarry owners
represented in Chicago and that no builder
can put up building except at the terms OF
the trust.
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Three Killed.

SAGINAW, MICH, May 14.-At Midland,
twenty miles west, battery of three boilers
house and killing John Allen, the fireman,
Eugene Volkenburg and Dick Stearns. Gus
Malcolm was fatally and six others seriously
injured. The cause of the explosion was
defect in one of Che boilers.
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Would Not Compete With Negro.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, May 14.-Lebbus Red
man Wiley, NJ. A., of Mexico, Mo-, and
James Robert 'Spurgeon, of Richmond, Va,
both members of the senior class in the Yale
law school, were named some time ago to
speak for prize offered by Prof. Francis
Nayland, dean of the law faculty. Sturgeon
is a cofored man, while Wiley is white. The
latter has announced that he would not COM
pete for the prize because of his opponents
color.
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After the Coal Combine.

CHICAGO, May H.-Subpnnas for ten big
anthracite coal dealers were issued by Dis
trict Attorney Milchrist and they will be
served, and it is to be the intention of the
federal authorities to prosecute a vigorous in
vestigation into the Philadelphia d Reading
combine, which controls the output of the
product. That several indictments may be
returned by the federal grand jury as result
of the inquiry is not improbable.
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Thm , The I'M CO On record where IL
feoeral laws covering conspiracy have BEEN
applied against railroad o03cials.
Tho punishmsnt ID tenfold more severe
than for violations of The interstate commerce
law. CONVICTION implies fine Of mot lee
than 5000, or imprisonment at hard labor
in the penitentiary for not lees than two yoaIs.
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Not Yet Broken.

New ORLEANs.-So far there has been no
confirmation of the rumor which gained cur
rency that the Morgansea levee had broken.
Reports from various places along the river
at that place make no mention of the break.
The Morgansea levee is only fifteen miles
above New Orleans. If it should break and
let loose the immense volumes of water which
1t now confines in the channel the loss would
be immense.
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The Two American Arbitrator

The Two American Arbitrators.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May I.-ustice Har-
Ian, of the United States supreme court, and
the Hon. John Morgan. senator from Ala-
bama, have been selected by the president -
arbitrators on the part of the United States
in the Behring sea arbitration. The Hon. e.
]. Phelps, late United States minister to
England, has been selected as chief counsel
before the arbitrators
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The Work Of a TWiSter,

LANCASTER, Pa, May ia cyclone swept
over portion of Martin township, this coun-
ty, demolishing a number of barns, tobacco
sheds and other outbuildings and destroying
many acres of valuable timber. In some in
stances the timber of the wrecked buildings
were broken into kindling wood, and in other
portions joists and rafters were driven sew
eral feet into the ground. Many narrow es-
capes are reported. The path of the cyclone
was about 100 yards wide and three miles long.
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Drunk and Fighting.

CHEYENNE, WYo., May 1.-THE Texans
who are confined with the cattle men at Fort
into q quarrel with the soldiers. One soldier
had his face broken with beer bottle, while
one Texan was badly bayonetted by a soldier.
It was with great difficulty that the officers
Quelled the disturbance.
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Alton Flooded.

ALTON, Ill, May 1.-THE Mississippi at
this point is higher than for nine years past.
All the packing houses along the levee are
flooded and temporarily abandoned. The
Lamothe levee broke, doing immense dam
age on the Missouri side. The bridge ON tho
bluff line at Medora is aAoat and liable to
complete destruction.
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On the OLD Farm.

CARLISLE, Pa, May 12.-Mrs. B. Z. PETER,
sister-in-law of Senator W. A. PETER, Of
Kansas, died at the old PETER homestead,
seven miles south of this place, aged "A years
The whole of her married life was spent upon
the farm, which was the birthplace of Sena-
tor PETER.
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Preachers c

Preachers Go to Portland.
Kansas CRY. No., May 1l-Three car loads
of Presbyterian ministers left Kansas City
for Portland, Ore, to attend the annual
meeting of the general assembly OF the United
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a rest Gaze of Importance.

Tms1os, n. J., May 12-Samud Leigh,
no was letter carrier in this city under the
Cleveland administration, has begun pro-
3ings in the United States court of claims
nfnst ths general government for sum
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Silver Men Pleased.

WAsHNeTox, d. c., May 1.-THE moderate
silver men in congress are pleased with the
progress which has been made toward an IN
transitional monetary conference, and they
accept it as an earnest of the sincerity Of tho
administration.
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Saloons at the Columbian.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Worlds fair mana
gers have decided to sell liquors ON the
Worlds fair grounds, even if it takes spe-
cial act Of the legislature to make liquor cell
ing poesiblA
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Constitutional Objections.

Constitutional Objections.
ArcH1soN, KAN, May 1.-THE court al.
lowed the motion of two grocery compa.
mics of Leavenworth to intervene in the
Symns Injunction suit, and they fled theiI
interpleadings. They attack the constitu.
tionality of the law creating state board Of
railroad commissioners.
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EmIn Pasha Blind.

Bxnm, Nay IA dispatch from zanzi
bar septes that Emin Pasha has become to-
tally blind. The report il believed 70 b net
inrrobable, . Emin's sishtneverv aeszuno'
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Big Fire in savannah.

SAVANNAH, Ga, May 16.-Tventy-ssvex
houses wese burned hare in The residenu
portion Of tie city. Loo about @1o400Q
n fro = thought to b Of incendiKy oEiaiA
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Denver Does Honor

DENvxR, CoI.-Mr. Childs held Q public
reception in the new Mining Exchange build
ing. Many leading citizens and all the men,
bers of the local typographical union took adj
vantage c. the opportunity to shake hands
with him
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IndIctments Ouashed.

Indictments Quashed.
Bosrox, May 16.-Judge Nelson, ef ths
United States district court, quashed ths in
dictments against Joseph B. Greenhut and
other officials Of the whisky trust. They win
be re-indicted.
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Prehistoric Relic.

AIroN, liz, May 1x-Professor william
Mediums returned from trip mp The MI
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BISHOPS.
Proposed Removal Of Their
Residences Opposed.

Bishop NInde Argues Strongly to be
Left at Topeka; All the Rest OBJ
ject-No New Bishops to be Elected
Unless II be q Negro.
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APPREHENSION.
Unfavorable Weather Causes
Fears in Regard to Crops.

Exports OF April Show q Marked
Increase. While Imports Are Barely
Maintained = Wheat for Export
80 l-2 cents-Trade In Cottons
Active.