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CRUEL TREATMENT.
n Woman Confined in Scow. witt
Scant Clothing and Little to Eat

Woman Confined in q Scow, With
Scant Clothing and Little to Eat.
NEW YORK, May 29.-The authorities
OF Jamaica, IL. l., are investigating case
of cruelty, of which the annals of Long
Island appear to hold no equal. All
through the winter woman was con-
fined in cabin of disused scow, which
stands in the mud at the edge of Jamaica
Bay She had little TO wear, little to eat
and no bed clothing. There was no bed
on which the woman could rest. The
cabin was in almost perpetual darkness,
and the sudden glare Of the sun when the
unfortunate woman was taken out al
most blinded her. She is bodily and
mentally affected, and is now in the
Emergency Hospital in Jamaica, and
her husband is being sought by the au-
thorltleS. The case was brought to the
attention of the Deputy Sheriff, Sebastian
Hestach, and he started at once to inves-
tigate.
The story was that the woman was con-
hned in scow in Goose Creek, near
1.-THE Stumps," in the bay. The place is
occupied by fishermen OF the lower class.
In one of the hovelS' lives Paul Kemn.
He is fisherman, AZ years old His
home is dark, but still as good as any Of
those in the vicinity. There Kemn lived
with his six children, all girls. The eld-
est is Is years old and unmarried. Kemn
made a living by fishing, and was away
from home most of the time. Deputy
Hestach went 10 the house, broke in the
cabin door, and stepped inside. He dis
covered the woman lying on a pile of
damp rags in the corner. She was almost
naked. The rags on which she lay were
damp, where the water had soaked
through the bottom of the boat. Hestach
procured help and had the woman re-
moved. She was hurried to the hospital,
but was too weak to permit thorough
examination.
The condition of her body was beyond
description. To all appearances the
woman was black when she entered the
hospital, not having washed in a long
time. An application of water showed
that her original color was white.
A warrant was sworn out for Kemn,
but up to late last evening it had not been
served. The officers charged with arrest
ing him waited until dark. 1t is thought
he learned of the rescue of his wife and
fled.
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and the band playing. They accom-
plished their mission without an unklnd
word on either side. This clears every
mine in the Pomeroy bend.
TROOPS ORDERED TO CAMDEN.
HUNTINGTON wv. Va.), May 29.-Com-
panies l and G, State militia, were or
dered by Governor McCerkle this morn
ing TO 90 TO the Camden mine to protect
the working miners.
BUSINESS GREATLY AFFECTED.
ST. LOUIS, May 29-Specials from the
railroad centers of Missouri Kansas and
Arkansas, indicate that business there is
becoming affected by the coal miners
strikes and the consequent scarcity of
coal. At Sedalia, Mo-, the Missouri-P Pa
cific shops shut down at noon yesterday
for the remainder of the month. The
shops Of the Central Branch at Atchison,
which is controlled by the Missouri
Pacific in that city, have been closed
down indefinitely. Several regular freight
trains have also been discontinued. At
Van Buren,, Ark, the Missouri-P Pacific
shops are at a standstill and nothing but
passenger and perishable freight is NOV
ing owing TO the scarcity of coal, caused
by thousand men striking last Sunday
al the Coal Hill, Huntington and Jenny
Lind. There are but twenty-five cars of
coal accessible. and that is to be used for
passenger trains and emergencies only.
The shutdown is only until the strikers
resume work.
LINCOLN (Ill.), May 29.-The effect of
the coal strike is being felt stronger than
ever here. The roller mills have closed
down, and yesterday the electric street.
car lines were obliged to stop running
cars
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SUGAR TRUST SCANDAL.
Senator Gray's Report of the Invests
cation of the Senate Committee.

Senator Gray's Report of the Investi-
cation of the Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Gray,
Chairman of the Senate committee to in
vestigate the alleged operations of the
sugar trust in connection with the tariff
legislation, to-day submitted partial re-
port of the proceedings of that committee
bearing upon the refusal of the news
paper correspondents, Edwards, Shriver
and Walker, to answer questions pro-
pounded by members of the committee.
The report, after reciting the resolution
by which the committee was authorized
to sit, states that h. j. Edwards, whose
Holland letter. was one OF the melting
causes OF this investigation. had refused
to reply to questions of the committee.
The Chairman read to him that portion of
his letter in which he stated that Secre-
tary Carlisle had secretly visited the
Democratic members of the Finance
Committee, and had demanded that sugar
in the bill be taken care of, as the Demo-
cratic party was under obligations to the
sugar interest
The recommendation of the committee
is as follows: In the opinion Of the
committee such question put to each of
said witnesses was a proper question and
pertinent to the question under inquiry
before the committee. and was necessary
to make the examination ordered by said
resolution of the Senate, and that each of
said witnesses is in contempt of the SEN
ate, aud ought to be dealt with for his
misconduct, and that each of said wit
neSses by his various refusals to answer
the questions as herein set forth, have
violated the provisions in the Act of
Congress for such cases made and pro-
vided, being Chapter VII. OF the revised
statutes OF the United States.'
Here the report cites this old law
which provides that i witness who re-
fuses to answer questions put by a compe-
tent committee shall be considered guilty
of misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of not more than 81 900 nor less than 500,
and by Imprisonment IN a County Jail of
not more than one year nor less than a
month. The law expressly provides that
no witness shall be excused from testify
ing on the ground that such testimony
would disgrace him, and directs that in
such cases the President of the Senate
and the Speaker Of the House shall certify
the facts TO the District Attorney of the
District of Columbia.
The report closes as follows: where
fore. the committee request that the Presi-
dent OF the Senate certify as to each wit
ness his failure to testify and his afore-
sad reiusals to answer, and all the facts
herein under the seal of the Senate to the
United States District Attorney of the
District of Columbia, to the end that each
OF the witnesses may be proceeded against
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UNITED pREsRYrER1ANs.
The Next General Assembly to be Held
at Pittsburg.

The Next General Assembly to be Held
at Pittsburg.
ALBANY orr, May 26.-After the open
ing of the morning session of the United
Presbyterian Assembly a rule was
adopted limiting all speakers to five min
utes.
The report of the Committee on the
Board of Foreign Missions was taken up.
The report condemns the action of the
board in neglect and carelessness in not
auditing the accounts of defaulting Treas
urer Joseph ID. Mckee, but otherwise ap-
proves the action Of the board.
Several appointments 10 foreign mis-
sionS were confirmed.
A resolution to send two missionaries
each to India and Egypt, and to employ
school teachers there, was adopted
Pittsburg, Pa, was selected as the place
for holding the next General Assem- bly,,
and Cannonsburg, Pa, as the place of
meeting of the General Committee on
Home Missions.
The report OF the Committee on Educa-
ton was read and discussed, particularly
on the recommendation to make special
appropriation of $50, 600 for colleges and
seminaries, and the whole matter recon-
mitted.
Aho "iISi uoon sosSloH was ueNoteu 10
hearing the report OF the committee on
the report of the Board of Publication.
A resolution TO appoint a committee to
investigate the business methods of the
board was voted down after warm de-
bate.
After long discussion, the report of
the Committee on the Board of Publica-
ton was adopted as amended.
An invitation of the Albany G.. A. r..
Post to participate in Memorial Day serv-
ices was accepted.
The evening session was devoted to a
Sabbath School conference.
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Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
CALCUTTA, May 29.-In addition to ths
loss of 200 lives by the bursting of a dam
formed by a landslide in Charkupria,
Kulu, the Jettinga has overfowed its
banks in North Cachar and inundated an
area of hundreds of miles. The result
has been a tremendous loss of property,
and the loss OF life is believed to be enor-
nous. Whole villages have been de-
stroyed. The flood is pronounced the
most severe in many years.
VILLAGES SWEPT AWAY.
LONDON, May GA dispatch to the
Times from Calcutta to-day, describing
the bursting OF the dam at Charkupria.
says the water swept onward like aforty-
foot wall, sweeping away several villages,
among them one OF eighty houses.
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HIGHEsT wATER EYER KNowN.
WORK OF A TRAMP.
Conductor Haines Shot and Killed at
Santa Margarita.


SALINAS, May -9.-At Santa Margarita.
n. B. Haines, conductor of the north
bound freight, was shot this morning by
a tramp, who was sleeping in the car.
The tramp is described as a small man
with closely cropped head. sandy COM
plexion and hght-colored slouch hat. He
was sleeping in "a box car, wrapped in a
tarpaulin, with a stew pan. a bag OF
crackers and cheese, and new copy of
Advanced Arithmetic State series, by
his side. He escaped and no trace has
been found of him.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff Mat
thews of Salinas arrived here with two
blood hounds to try to track the muir
derer.
a tramp was arrested by train hands
this morning at Asuncion. He claims to
be Ed Holland, tramp telegraph oper-
ator, and while he is now thought to be
innocent, he will be held until the arri-
val of the hounds.
Haynes was very popular and had been
on the road hong time. lie was un-
married and his parents are supposed to
reside at Saco, Maine.
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OUR NATAL DAY.
Brazilians Preparing to Celebrate
Fourth of July.

Brazilians Preparing to Celebrate the
Fourth of July.
Rio, May 29.-Active preparations are
being made for the occasion of the Fourth
of July. The great national fete of the
United States will be celebrated here in
manner fitted to demonstrate to the
United States the gratitude of the people
of Brazil for the support of the American
republic during the recent civil war. The
public demonstration will consist in a
military and naval review, and the lay
ing of the cornerstone of statue of
President James Monroe, author of the
Monroe Doctrine. President Cleveland
has been asked to send United States
squadron TO Rio to take part in the naval
review. and special medals will be pre-
sented to President Cleveland and Presi-
dent Peixotto in commemoration of the
triumph of the established Government
over the reyOlutionistS.
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NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.
Talk of Establishing One Betwe
Nladfvostock and San Diego.

Talk of Establishing One Between
Nladivostock and San Diego.
SAN DIEGO, May 29.-In connection
with the current stories outlining the
plans of Russian and American capital
lists to establish line of steamships to be
operated on the Pacific in connection
with the great Russian railway system to
be completed to Vladivostock, it is now
stoutly asserted here that the principal
American port for the steamship COM
pany will be established at San Diego 1t
has heretofore been claimed that capital
lists largely interested in the Santa Fe are
closely identified with the Russians in
the scheme.
General Thomas S. Sedgwick, San
Diego's Harbor Engineer, gave further
information of the scheme to-day. He
states that since August last he has been
furnishing the interested parties with
technical and complete information con-
cerning San Diego's harbor, He had
been requested, however, to keep the
matter a secret. Now that he is free to
talk, he gave the substance of a letter re-
Gently received by him from a friend who
is an engineer connected with the land
department of the Santa Fe. His friend
informed him that representatives of the
santa re COMPANY, The STANDARD OlI
Company and the Russian Oil Company
has just held a conference in Chicago with
Ivan Gavetsky, representing the Amoor
Navigation Company of Nladivostock,
for the purpose of organizing a steam
ship line between that Russian port
and San Diego. 1t is a well-known
fact that the Standard Oil Company not a
great while ago formed a ombination
with the Russian Oil Company for the
! purpose of controlling the worlds sup
ply of petroleum.
1t is probable that it is the plan of the
! two great companies to have the western
/ part of the United States supplied from
/ the Russian plants, an undertaking that
would III reality be more economical than
] the method OF transportating oil across
the continent from Pennsylvania and
/ Ohio. The Amoor Navigation Company.
owned by Sibiriakow, who also is the
principal owner of the Siberian Trans
continental Railroad, and at present
handles the greater portion of the oil out
/ put of that country, as well as other
commerce with Siberian ports. and the
determination of the oil combine to es-
tablish a line 10 America, has evidently
caused the Santa Fe stockholders to take
advantage of the situation of affairs and
endeavor to secure the tremendous traffic
which would naturally follow the estab-
! lishmaut of such q line of steamships
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Chinese for Mexico.

MONTGOMERY (Ala.), May 29.-Kill
Wing of Merida. Mexico. has reached
Mobile, Ala, en- route 10 Hongkong,
China. where he goes to get 300 600 of his
countrymen to settle in Mexico. Wing
is a wealthy merchant of Merida, and is
highly educated man. 1t has been with
great difficulty that be has persuaded the
Chinese Government to permit him TO
bring so large number OF his country
men over at one time. They are to be
employed on coffee and hemp plantations
which are to be opened by Wing.
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Industrlals Sent to Jail.

SALT LAKE, May 29.-A special from
Helena. Mont, says: Five of the Seattle
contingent of the Coxeyites were up be-
fore Judge Knowles to-day for stealing a
Union Pacific train a few weeks ago aU
Heron. There are 125 of them to be tried.
Judge Knowles sentenced the leader, j.
w. Kelly, brother of the Kelly leading
the fleet down the Mississippi, to six
months in the Jail for contempt. John
Ross, the engineer, an ex-convict got six
months. The other three leaders got
thirty days each
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RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERs.
st. Louis Selected TO be the Permanent
Headquarters.


Headquarters.
DENVER, May 29.-The Railway Tele-
graphers' Convention to-day indorsed
the action of Grand Chief Ramsay in sus-
pending the Omaha charter. He ex-
pressed a willingness to restore the
charter if the Omaha division would obey
his former orders.
1t was decided to hold a biennial con-
vention. and st. Louis was selected as
permanent headquarters. The next con-
vention will be held in that city. Grand
Editor Thurston was exonerated from all
charges. The offices of Assistant Grand
Chief and Senior Telegrapher were Gre
ated. 1t was decided to organize ladies'
auxiliary. Chief Ramsa3's recommends
alton that a federation Of all railway or
CARNATIONS be formed was adopted.
The Railroad Telegraphers held their
election to-day, which resulted in the de-
feat of Grand Chief Telegrapher Ram
say, his successor being Walker Y. Pow
ell of Wichita, I<as. The vote was 50 10
Sf
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in the manner and form provided by

law"
Senator Gray has prepared and submit
ted to the Vice. President warrant di-
recting the District Attorney to proceed
against the witnesses, Edwards and
| Schriver, under the Act OF 1885. This
warrant certified the facts set forth IN the
report, and is signed by the Vice Presi-
| don't. Senator Gray had consultation
with the Vice President when the writ
ten document was first presented to him, i,
and explained that it was to be issued
when the Senate authorized 1t.
THE INQUIRY CONTINUED.
| WASHINGTON, May 20. = The Senate
Sugar Trust Investigating Committee
continued its inquiry to-day, and exam
| lned Senators Voorhees,, Jones and 9TH
ers, concerning the sugar trust to inf1u-
ence legislation. They all made denial
and contradicted the story that Secretary
| Carlisle had made secret visit to the
committee and demanded that the sugar
| interests be protected by the Democratic
party. They agreed that Mr.. Carlisle had
neither made such visit to the commit
! tee, and that no such demand had been
made upon the committee tor the reasons
given in Mr.. Edwards letter or any other
account. They also denied the report
that meeting had been held by the COM
| mittee on Sunday before the tariff bill
was reported for consideration of the
| sugar schedule, and said that if the sugar
| people had been together in any adjacent
room while the committee was in session
at any time, the committee was not cog
infant of the fact.
The committee adjourned over until
| Thursday. The examination of mem
bers OF the Finance Committee will he re-
! sumed at the next meeting.
]
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Prospect of a Lynching.

OMAHA, May pa Lexington, Neb..
special to the Omaha Bee says; A moi
is now organizing here to take from the
Jail Ben t. Hilton and William Thompson,
charged with criminally assaulting To-
year-old girl, and lynch them. During
the evening the mob banished Rufus
Gum and Sam P. Roberts, giving them
three minutes to leave town or be tarred
and feathered. There are three murder
ers confined in the jail.
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and baggage he was not prepared to state
whether the men would walk or not. The
majority of the army are very footsore,
having walked twenty-five miles in "a
week. Quartermaster Mccormick stated
that he would leave the army for steady
work at 81 per day and board. No official
recognition of the army has yet been
taken, and tits not probable there will be.
Since their arrival here Saturday even
ing eight have been discharged for drunk
enneSS
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InnendiarIes at work.

A dastardly attempt wss made to burn
the residence of Mr.. Stall. at l0l2 street.
at an early hour this morning. Rags
saturated with coal-oil had been placed
in the basement and set fire to, but were
discovered in time Ia prevent any serious
damage Mrs. Harris, who lives next
door, heard a noise and awakened her
husband, who, on arriving at the scene.
heard footsteps running away from The
premises, but could not tell whether
there was one or two persons.
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Two Cottages Burned.

STOCKTON, May 29.-Two cottages, one
belonging to W. r. Stackhouse, the other
to Mrs. Wisehaus. were burned on the
Fair Oaks tract, east of the city, last
night. The fire originated III the Stack
house cottage and was caused by the lady
tripping ON the stairway and dropping a
lamp. The loss is $1,000; no insurance.
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Thought to be Senegal wreckase.

SAN Francisco, May 29.-The British
bark Swanmore, from Newcastle, n. S.
W.. arrived to-day, and reports that on
last Saturday afternoon, when about 100
miles from port she passed wreckage
which looked like the quarter deck and
rail of ship, with piece of canvas fly
ing. The wreckage might have been
made for raft, with sail for signal
Seafaring men have no doubt that this
wreckage is all that remains of the bark
Senegal, which sailed from San Diego for
Tacoma seventy-hve days ago. Two
other vessels were near the wreckage
when the Swanmore sighted it.
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The French Nfinfstrr.

PARIS, May 29.-This evening it is an
nounced that Dupuy has named the men
who will compose the new Cabinet, and
the following is regarded as the final list:
Premier and Minister of the Interior and
Minister of Worship, NJ. Dupuy: Public
Works, NJ. Barthoui; Education and
Arts, NJ. Ieyque; Commerce. NJ. Lorties;
Husbandry, NJ. Vigier; Justice, NJ. Que
rim; Marine, NJ. Felix Faure; Finance,
Nj. Poincaire. The portfolio of Minister
of War has not yet been bestowed, but it
is said it will go to M. Hanloux or to NJ.
Canhau.
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Wine Cellars sold.

SAN FRANCISCO. May a9.-The Bourne
wine cellars near st. Helena have been
sold to e. Carpy, wine dealer of this
city and Napa. This cellar is the largest
above-ground winery in the world. 1t
has capacity of almost 100000 gallons.
The price paid is said to be considerably
less than S600,000 the original cost.
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COLD WAVE IN THE EAST.

Heavy Frosts in Pennsylvania and
New York.
PITTsBURG, May ga heavy frost last
night did damage to crops. The mercury
fell to 400
Norwich IN. W, May 20.-The heav-
lest frost for ten years at this time of the
year occurred last night. Ice an inch
thick formed.
SARANAC LAKE, May 29.-There was a
slight fall of snow throughout Northern
New York this morning.
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WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Low Temperatures Eetard the Growth
of Vegetation in Central States.

Low Temperatures Retard the Growth
of Vegetation in Central States.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-The Weather
Bureau in its weather crop bulletin for
the week ending Saturday, says of the
weather east of the Rocky Mountains: The
night temperatures have been unusually
low, and injuriously affected or retarded
the growth of vegetation in the States of
the central valleys The rainfall for the
last week was greater than usual in Col
orado, Utah, Montana. Northern Wash
ington, and from Central California
northward to Oregon. Throughout the
central valleys there has been but littl @
rain, and practically none had fallen in
the States Of the Missouri Valley and
along the southwestern border from the
Gulf to Southern California. Drought
conditions are reported from Iowa, Ne
braska and Wyoming, and rain is needed
in Colorado, Arkansas. Oklahoma and
Missouri.
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Keener,s Partner Captured.

SAN ANDREAs, May 29.-Local officers
to-day brought from Copperopolis
Dowdle, the robber who was the COM
panion of Keener, killed by Messenger
Hendricks while trying to hold up the
stage between Angels Camp and Milton.
He was found in a chicken-house, fully
armed. but he made no resistance He
has been fully identified.
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yacayIlIe Iiioters Acquitted.

FAIRFIELD, May 29.-In the case of the
People VS.. Captain Wood and eighty
others implicated in the riot at vacaville
and in the neighborhood, the jury, after
being out eighteen hours, returned a yer-
dict of not guilty. The jury stood for
ten hours eleven for not guilty to one
against
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CASE OF MRS. MAVERICK.
Appeal to the Press for Assistance
Behalf of the Prisoner.

Appeal to the Press for Assistance in
Behalf of the Prisoner.
LONDON, May 29.-Baroness Roques,
the mother of Mrs. Maybrick, now un-
dergoing a sentence OF imprisonment for
life upon conviction of having poisoned
her husband, has sent letter to the
newspapers, accompanied by pamphlet,
which is said to give the latest evidence
collected in favor of the prisoner. The
Baroness asks for the assistance of the
press in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. The
Baroness says she understands the re-
fusal of the Home Office to reopensthe
| Maybrick case is due to the fact that the
officers are IN possession OF secret adj
verse evidence, but. she adds, she IS cer-
tain that If she was informed OF the ma
ture OF this evidence she would be able
to refute 1T.
Baroness Roques says she is confident
that her daughter could give her much
assistance ii she was allowed to converse
freely with the prisoner. Ibis private
| evidence, however is denied her. The
pamphlet contains an affidavit, dated
February 8, 1894, setting forth that the
prescription the Baroness found in
Bible was one mixed by NJ. Barount, the
chemist of the Avenue De LIZ Pau, in
Paris, in 1878. The Baroness explains
that she now remembers that Mr.. May
brick obtained this prescription when he
suffered from face eruption.
The affidavit of Valentine Charles
Blake, the youngest son of Sir Valentine
Blake, is also given, and he declared he
gave the deceased in February, 1889, 100
grains of arsenic, as Mr.. Maybrick COM
planned that he was unable to obtain as
much as he wanted as q tonic.
Finally it contains the declaration of
Captain Fleming of the Ulanda, who
also testified that he often saw MIR. May
brick take arsenic at his home at Norfolk.