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South Dakota precipitated fight in the
House Committee on Indian Affairs by
presenting for consideration a bill stipu-
latiug that none but civilians be ap
pointed as Indian Agents, thus doing
away with the recently established sys-
ten of detailing army officers to such
du les. The committee was greatly di
vided on the subject and the fight may
be transferred to the floor of the House.
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Internal Revenue Bill.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 23.-The Ways and
Means Committee made futile effort to
have meeting this afternoon to finally
pass on the internal revenue bill.
quorum failed TO appear, and the subject
went over until tomorrow morning at
ln.n0
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chief Drummond Dismissed.

LOUISVILLE (Ky.), Jan. 23.-Captain
Bauer the United States Secret Service
officer posted here, this morning received
information from Washington that Cap
tain A. t. Drummond, Chief of the Secret
Service, has been dismissed. 1t is be-
lieveG that officer Will Hazen, now
posted at Cincinnati. will be appointed
Chief, as he is strongly backed by
Carlisle.
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The New Bond Issue.

WASHINGTON Jan. 23.-Secretary Carl
isle to-day issued circular of instruc-
tions to bidders for the new five per cent.
bonds. The bonds will be issued in the
following denominations: Coupon bonds,
500, 500. $1,000; registered bonds, $50,
$780, 81 900, $4,000. Gold certificates will
be received the same as gold coin in pay
ment of subscriptions, but no payment
should be made by any subscriber until
he has been notified by the Secretary that
his subscription has been accepted.
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STORM COMING.
Indications Point to Heavy Rainfall
over the Pacific states.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 23.-High pres
sure and cold weather has caused the
temperature to fall over the Pacific Slope.
except over Southern California. The
storm has caused material drop in the
barometric pressure over Western Wash
ington. This storm. which is now NOV
ing on the land, has one of two probable
courses. The first, and which now ap-
pears to be most likely, is southwark
along the coast to Cape Mendocino. in
which event general heavy rain will
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fall over the Pacific States. The second
course would be eastward over Wash
ington. in which event only light rain of
short duration over Northern California
would occur. This latter course is possi-
bic, should the high pressure now NOV
ing southeastward from Montana move
rapidly. The conditions are, however,
not favorable for fair weather the re-
mainder of the week.
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settlers on National Parks.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The Senate
Committee on Public Lands authorized
Pettigrew to prepare a bill looking to the
payment of damages to settlers driven
out of the Sequoia and Yosemite National
Parks by order of the Secretary of the
Interior when those parks were estab-
liShnd
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Moonshiners, Feud in Arkansas.

CENTER POINT (Ark.), Jan. 23.-News
has just been received from Polk County
of a battle between William and Crockett
Mize on one side and two brothers named
Daniels on the other, in quarrel over
some business transactions. The MiZe
boys were both killed and one of The
Daniels died shortly afterward. All were
ynCOnShjnarS
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p,.;rish Successes in India

CALCUTTA, Jan. 23.-The expedition
against the Abors is meeting with success.
An engagement between the advancing
column and the Abors was fought Sun
day. Two of the Government force Were
killed and twenty-one wounded. The
Abors lost large number of killed and
wounded and the town OF Dumbak was
burned,
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mountaineering In Paris.

PARIS, Jan. pa bomb has been found
insiae the main entrance of the Magasins
du Printemps. on Boulevard Hausemann.
The fireman who discovered the bomb
managed to extinguish the fuse before it
caused an explosion. The bomb con-
tanned chlorate of potash.
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THE SEAL FISHERIES.
United States Vessels Which will Pa
troll Behriug Sea-

troll Behring Sea.
WAsHIN GToN, Jan. 23.-The recent or
ders by the Navy Department begin to
indicate the character of the fleet which
will be gathered in the Northern Pacific
for the patrol of Behring Sea. The reve-
nue. cutters in the Pacific will probably
all be used. These are the Corwin, Rush,
Bear, Albatross and Wolcott. From the
navy are indicated the Mohican, Alert,
Adams, Marion and Bennington. 1t is
said the Charleston, Boston, Detroit and
Yorktown will also be used, but this will
be only in case of pressing necessity,
when the smaller vessels are not adapted
to the service. The makeup of the fleet
has pot yet been entirely decided on, and
is the subject OF difficulty.
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JAIL-BREAK AT SANTA ROSA.
Six Criminals Escape from Sonoma
County's Prison.
ONE OF THEM THE NOTED MUIR
DERBR, BRUGGY
Also Espey, Convicted of Murder and
Awaiting the Settlement of His Case
on Appeal-The Men File Through
the Bars of Their Cage and Escape
Pursuit.
Special TO the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SANTA Rosa, Jan. 23.-On the :heels of
the Petaluma murder this city was
thrown into q fever of excitement to-
night over jail delivery, in which
Bruggy, the noted murderer. and Lorin
Espey, another murderer escaped, with
four other prisoners. The break oc-
Cured between and Z O'Clock, just after
Jailer Wise had inspected the interior of
the jail before going to supper. The pris
oners who escaped with Bruggy and
Espey were Craig and Smith, burglars.
and Pridgett and Owens, petty offenses.
The break was made by the same
means and in the same manner as before,
when Bruggy and Frenchy got out, only
to be retaken. One of the crossbars in
the cage was sawed at the north end of
the Jail near the water-closet, and from
there the prisoners climbed to the top of
the cage and broke out light Of heavy
glass in the roof. After gaining an open
ing it was an easy matter to climb to the
edge of the roof and drop down into the
alley-way on the east side of the building.
The Sheriff has organized posse which
is now in pursuit. The break is sup
who was in to see her husband last
Saturday.
This is. Bruggy's second escape. He
gained his liberty in June, 1893, with
fellow-prisoner called "Frenchy," and
both were captured In canyon by ex-
Deputy Sheriff Groshong and County
Recorder Clip Hall.
Espey was sentenced two weeks ago to
twelve years at San Quentin for the muir
der of man named Bannister at Wind
sor. His case had been appealed
Craig and Smith were To have been
tried on charge of burglary on Thurs
day. The burglary was committed at
Bloomfield, in this county, six weeks
ago.
have been tried this week for assault
with a deadly weapon Oh a man named
Casey. near Petaluma, with intent to
commit murder.
owens was petty thief.
A mail-carrier named Halbert saw men
on the roof of the Jail between 6 and Z
O'Clock, but did not think enough of the
circumstance to notify the officers.
Walter Bylngton saw two men, sup
posed to be Bruggy and Espey, driving
westward on Fourth street about Z
O'Clock, but knowing nothing about the
break at the time he thought the man in
the cart must have been likeness of
Bruggy. After learning of the break he
was certain the man was Bruggy.
Suspicion seems to center on Mrs.
Bruggy as being the chief outside confed-
crate, though many hold to the belief that
Espey's father had as much to do with
the escape as any one. The latter is Sher-
if Aliens belief Every precaution was
supposed to have been taken at the JAIL
though some blame the Sheriff's officers
for allowing Mrs. Bruggy so much lib
erty in jail with her husband. Sheriff
Allen telegraphed all towns in the
county, and put twenty men in the field
within twenty minutes after the break
was discovered.
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Lakeport a Dry Town.

LAKEPoRT, Jan. 23.-The result of the
conviction for violation of the prohibition
ordinance of this county last Saturday is
that all the saloons of this place closed
their places of business Monday after
noon. Now the county seat of Lake
County is dry town.
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Niagara Canal.

NIAGARA FALLS (N. ", Jan. 23.-
Water has been let into portion of the
great canal Of the Cataract Construction
Company, and before the end of the
week the turbine wheels IN the tunnel
will be whirling. These turbines are the
largest in the world.
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Enrt slrntinn

MADISON (Wis.), Jan. 23.-John John
son, the Minnesota skater, to-day COW
cred quarter of a mile in thirty-one and
one-quarter seconds, with flying start.
The best previous record was Donoghue's,
thirty-fve seconds.
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An ORer to LobenguIa.

CAPETowN, Jan. %. = Commissioner
Loeb sent a message to King Lobengula
assuring him in the Queens name that
his life and interests would be safely
guarded if he surrenders, and promising
that he will not be sent out of Africa.
Loeb has arrived at a settlement with
Premier Rhodes to give Lobengula an
ADEQUATE tract of land south of orange
River. Provision also has been made to
maintain him.
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Steamship Wrecked.

ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 23.-The Atlas
line steamship Andes ran on the New
Jersey Coast at the shoals of Little Egg
Harbor, yesterday, and is likely to prove
a complete wreck. The passengers were
all saved
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Cabinet Crisis i'm servia.

BELGRADE, Jan. 23.-The proposed Goa
lition of the Cabinet has been abandoned
and the King has charged Arkimovics to
form liberal ministry. It is understood
Arkimovlcs is meeting with serious OBJ
stacles.
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General Master Workman Sovereign.

DEs MONIES Qa.), Jan. 22.-General
Master Workman Sovereign says there
is no truth in the published report Of an
effort by Powderly's friends to oust him
from office and reinstate Powderly. He
declares there was no irregularity in his
election
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NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-John 6. Shea.
ex-street car conductor, this morning
shot and killed his wife and then fatally
shot himself. The cause was jealousy.
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COLD IN THE NORTHWEST.

The Thermometer Below Zero All
Along the Line.
ST. PAUL. Jan. 2S.-Cold is with the
Northwest, and according to present in
dications will stay until Wednesday even
inc at least. The thermometer was l00
helow zero in this city at Z O'Clock this
morning. Duluth reported 1S0, Moor
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An Atlantic Liner Encounters a
Huge Tidal Wave.
NO ONE KILLED BUT SEVERAL OF
THE CREW BADLY INJURED.
Report That the United States Govern
ment VIII be Called Upon to Arbi-
trate the Differences Between
President Peixoto's Forces and the
Brazil Insurgents-Extreme Cold
Weather Prevailing in the East.
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1oS.

AeA@CS~N@S
New YORK, Jan. 23.-The steamer
Normandie of the American Packet Com
pany, which sailed from this port on
Thursday of last week for Genoa and
Naples, returned to-day so severely dam
aged by tidal wave which struck the
vessel early Sunday morning that she
was rendered unseaworthy and had to put
back to this port in order to secure the
safety of her passengers. The damage to
the ship is estimated at from 500, 1000 to
SlO0.00 No one was killed, but the Sec
ond officer was injured internally 1t Is
feared. Six seamen are more or less IN
jured. The wave was encountered 100
miles from Sandy Hook at O'Clock in
the morning. All day Saturday severe
storm ragged. At 1:50 Sunday morning
the wind was so strong and the seas SO
high that it was deemed advisable TO re-
duce the speed. Before A. NJ. the weather
improved and the vessel was put at three
quarters speed. Six boilers were used,
and the screws were revolving tifty-six
times second. At 6:15, while the ship
was pitched down by the head, an inn
mense wave boarded her and struck on
the promenade deck, on the forward part
OF the vessel. The deck was literally
bent by the force OF the wave.
The damage did not stop there. With
even greater force the promenade deck
house forward was struck. This con-
tanned six compartments, and all were
carried away. Back of the promenade
deck-house the Captain and Second Off
Ger slept. The latter fell from his bunk
and was badly hurt. In the cabin every
Yestige of ornament, mirrors, etc., was
broken and carried off. The grand piano
was smashed into a thousand pieces. the
wave picking it up and hurllng it down
the promenade stairs. Tne cupola over
the main dining-room had all of its
wrought-iron work smashed to pieces.
Through this the water entered the din
ing-room, doing great damage. The
food proceeded as tar as the cabins, en-
tering some, and frightening the occu-
pants.
The great crash awakened and fright
ened all on board, but there was no panic.
That so few were injured is due solely TO
the fact that nearly everybody was asleep
at the time. Had the wave come later,
many It is believed would not only have
been injured, but drowned as well.
1t will take three days at least to make
the vessel seaworthy. 1t will be impos-
sible to repair the ship here so she can
proceed on her voyage. All that will be
done will be to strengthen her deck.
This was SO weakened that if another
wave had struck the ship, the Captain
says, it would have gone right through
the deck,
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Indian Agents,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-Pickler Of
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ST. Jan. 23.-Late tonight
word was received by Mitchell from
Billy Thompson, his representative in
junction was not granted tomorrow the
Duval Club will formally declare the
fight off, and allow the pugilists to work
out their own salvation. The Mitchell
party believes the fight may ultimately
be pulled off, despite the probable funk
OF the club. but are not very specific con-
cerning the methods. 1t was impossible
to see Mitchell concerning the message
tonight,
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head and Bismarck 24o. Huron 2Oo, Win
nipeg 260, Swift Current 30', Qu' Appelle
320, Minnesota 34o, Helena. Mont, 240-all
below zarn
Connecticut western news., 1894-08-02
KENT.

Kent Inn is we'll filled with boarders
 Mrs M. St. J. Fuller has a number of city boarders at her handsome residence on the west side of the river near Schaghtacoke.
 Boston, also Miss Julia Orton, of New York, are guests of Mrs D. J. Ingersoll.
 MT and Mrs Bradley and daughter, of New Haven, are at MT Randolph Frisbie's.
 Mrs Luther Eaton, who has been ill several weeks, gains very slowly.
 Mrs Seth Hopson is seriously ill at her home in Bulls Bridge.
 Miss K. M Hopson is visiting friends in Dover, N. J.
 Mrs Susan Watson, who has been spending some time with her grandson in Washington, D. O., returned home last week.
 The service at Cong1 church Sunday morning was conducted by MT O. F.. Coester. It is expected that Rev F. Woodbury, of New York, will preach next Sunday and will give an illustra- ted missionary lecture in the evening.
 The lawn party given by the Daughters of the Klng," on the rec tory grounds on the evening of We'd nesday. July 25, was pleasant and profitable affair. Japanese lanterns and refectors. made the lawn brilliant, and at the numerous tables young ladies dispensed ice cream and cake to the over-heated public at 15 cts. Piano music was part of the program. MT Hovedon, of New York, stopping at Kent Inn, very kindly sang two or three solos; and Miss Lottie Williams, of Boston, who is a fine elocutionist, gave some recitations.
 The much talked of base ball game between the married men and the sin gle men came off on the grounds just south of the school house, Saturday, p. m., and was witnessed from fine point of view on the hill, by large number of interested friends. The heat was intense but fortunately few clouds Inc rain in them) obscurred the sun and there was light breeze. Not hay ing witnessed the game, never having belonged to B. B. nine, and scarcely knowing second base from home run, must be excuse sufficient for not re- porting the affair more fully. It was pretty nearly an even game and there were some good runs made on both sides. but after long struggle the sin. gle men came victorious by 8 score oi 38 to Az in their favor. Is marriage a failure? We'll, the defeated nine cer. tainly had some one to comfort them, but the single men did not need any one to pat them on the back and say "you will do better next time my dear. , Base ball has not been among the amusements here for number of years, but now an interest has been awakened that will prompt another trial in the near future.
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The Way Out.

An amusing story is told about the construction of telegraph line from Bagdad, in Asia Minor, to the Persian capital of Teheran. The frontier line between Turkey and Persia was so in defnable that tract of no less than IT miles of land over which the telegraph would have to be carried was in dispute, each of the two countries claiming the right to its possession Now, the engt- neering stores supplied to the Turkish government differed from those supplied to the Persian government The former had wooden telegraph poles; the latter iron ones. The Persian government, in their jealous hatred of the Turks, fear ed that if wooden poles were erected across the disputed territory, posterity would regard them as proof that the ter ritory was Turkish. On the other hand, the Turks objected to iron poles being used lest in the far future they should be adduced by Persia as evidence that the land was hers. The way the super intendent of the work oontrived to get out of the difficulty did credit to his in- genuity and resource. He set up first a wooden pole, then an iron one, then am other wooden, then an iron again, and SO on, alternating wood and iron for the whole i7 uilsA --Bow RsllA
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Sun Light and Heat.

Science teaches physical impossibil- ity when it says that heat and light as such come direct to us from the sun, for these two forces-i. e., heat and light (which are simply different mo- dalities in the motion of electric force, or ether in motion) require ponderable medium for their transmission, radia- tion and reflection to render them per ceptible to our senses. Could we, then, be placed midway between the sun and the earth we would be wrapped in worse than Egyptian darkness" and subjected to degree of cold beyond all calculation. Then not only the sun, but all the planets as woll, would ap- pear as balls of fire, from which no ray of light or heat could reach us through the imponderable, motionless, forceless, rayless ether by which we would be surrounded From this I argue that the heat and light possessed by the planets must be generated within the ponderable sphere of each and is the nat ural result of the friction of the sun s electricity passing through our atmos- phere and rendering both more intense near the earth's surface than it is few miles above, which, believe, is an es- tablished fact St, Louis Republic
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Platinum.

The discovery of deposits of platinum in this country would be as welcome as the finding of diamond mine. At pres. ent the metal costs nearly half as much as gold, having risen greatly in price within the last three years. 1t is abso- lutely indispensable for many purposes, being nonoorrosive and resisting acids. It is used for chemical apparatus, scien- tific instruments and incandescent lamps There is some platinum in the beach sands of Oregon, but not enough to pay for mining. Small quantities of it have been discovered recently in the copper mines of Canada, where it occurs in new combination with arsenic.
 Two-thirds of the worlds supply of platinum comes from two Siberian mines in the Ural mountains. The metal is ob- tained there as by product of gold mining The mining is done by scooping holes in the ground to depth of about 15 feet and then burrowlng, rat fashion, in all directions. Twenty mine hundred carloads of earth are required to yield 15 pounds of platinum. The biggest nugget ever found was about the size of tum- bler. Now the gold is getting scarce, and the laborers have been drawn off to build the great transsiberian railway. Hence the increased cost of platinum, which, unless new deposits are found, is like. ly never to be cheaper than it is at pres. ent-St Louis Globe Democrat He Took an Exception.
 Lawyer W recently argued a case before the supreme court of errors When he reached the supreme court chambers on the morning assigned for the hear ing of his cause, he discovered that, owing to the illness of one of the su- preme court judges, judge of the su- perior court had been called in to sit with the higher court This did not please Lawyer W, who therefore addressed Chief Justice Andrews as fol- ! lows:
 "Your honor, I claim my constitu- tional right of arguing this cause before . full bench"
 ''I am very sorry, Mir. W" re- sponded the chief justice. "but do not see what redress you have unless"- and the chief justice looked covertly at the associate justices-''unless," he added, 'you take an exception.
 "very we'll. Will your honor kindly note an exoeptionf" ..." The dignity of our highest tribunal was sadly shaken by the laughter which followed, but Lawyer W will go down to history as the first man to note an exception to ruling of the supreme court of errors. Hartford Post
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1894
A Nice Mess.

Chicago is, essentially, a foreign city, and it's population is strongly tinctured with the kind of foreign elements which are not at all desirable but which tend to render it the center of socialism, anarchy and crime. Its inhabitants number 1909. $50. Of these in 1890, A50. 666 or nearly one-half are foreign CTS, born abroad, and mostly belong to the non-English speaking races of Flu rope. Of the native born who number 5000, two-thirds had foreign born parents, so that of the entire city 80 per cent is essentially foreign and only 20 per cent native. The foreign element are largely German, Hungarian. Scandi- navian, Polish and Bohemian, and 1t is among the Hungarians, Poles and Bo- hemiaus that the worst tendencies to prime and anarchy exist. These people have come to this country bringing their peculiar ideas. bred by the years of tyranny at home. and these ideas they adhere to and expect to be able to enforce because this is land of liberty. They do not understand the liberty that is amendahle to law, but to them liberty IS lawlessness and license. So they are ready, at any opportunity, such as that given them by Debs and his fellow plotters, to riot. pillage, burn and mur- der, and only the bullet and the bay onet can stop them. It is nice conglomer- ation, and the decent portion of Chicago which lives on the thin crust of this ever troubled volcano, never knows when it will overflow its bounds and bring at least temporary anarchy in its train.-Bridgeport Standard.