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BOUND THERE SHALL BE WAR.
Beiiigerent Popular Feeling Ia Argentine
Against Chill

Washington. u. e.. june 3.-RepOrts
from the Argentine republic show that
there is very active war party which is
sgftadDg the prospects Of war with
Chill. The Argentine boundary COM
nissioners have returned from Chill and
reported satisfactory progress, bur thu
Argentine press keeps up the talk of
war. and the report received here adds:
In the present critical state Of feeling
any such efforts on the part Of our press,
Or II public men. are TO be sincerely de-
plored. S0ule street row in b6rder
town. GONE petty insult ~ either Of the
national flag and We would see the er-
perienee Of a quarter Of a century ago
repeated"
The Argentine government seems 10
regard bostiliiies ~ possible. and is tax
ing every step If precaniioB. The ma
fi0nsl guard j. arning and drilling, and
officers h5ye been Dispatched to Europe
~ puTcbase armament. A Iosn Of S3n.-
opD.VyD is being considered 10 meet pos
sibie war expenditures. A report from
ROsano states that popular outbreak f.
Imminent. - much 20 that The govern
Inpnt has stationed the Monitor FL Plata
in the barber ready for action, and The
strategic points Of the town are nightly
occupied by the forces.
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on the nsernods wnfen originated IN the
siave-holdiDg period. when legally eeie-
b-ated and recorded marriages between
negroes were almost unknown. Some
of the m1si desirable real estate IN
Washington in direct line with the
White house. is clouded as TO title by
conditions arising ont OF this order 81
things. the property being in the bands
of colored people who are entirely IN
able 10 say whether their fathers and
mothers were married according 10
forms OF law or not
A recently inauguTa;ed crusade against
persons living in this legally unreoos-
uizaI condition has resulted in great
increase in the demand for marriage
licenses the highest record In any one
day baing I3si- Ii has also brought c2s'es
before the courts. and this afternoon 3
TEST Indictment was found by the grand
Jury 10 bring TO an issue the question
whether the Utah and-polyeamy Law a9-
plies 10 the District OF Columbia and 10
all other territories Of the United States.
including. OF course. the Indian resefFa a.
ions
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posrorelcE THIEVES CAUGHT.
a Number of important Arrests Made In
Sew York

New Y0rk. June 3.-The biggest and
most daring Of posiGffiee robbers have
been arrested ia 1his city. They arr
Joseph KillOrau, Charles Allen and Har-
" Russell According 10 Inspector Hol-
den. the Scranton Irsiofiice was robbed
by them in August Ia7', during the alb
s..ncs Of Postmaster Yanding and his
assistant az the noon hour. The thieves
entered The vault by the inner steel
DOR. and over $3.50 worth % postage
stamps were taken. The IspsiOfiice was
entered during the absence Of POstmas-
Ter Curran. and 1851 worth Of stamps
we've taken. Then on april last the
udstoificc in Springfield. Illinois, was
robbed. and upwards Of 5000 worth Of
STAMPS taken, II this cs8se also. there
was no forcing Of doors.
The three prisoners have been IN New
York fOr several day, before they were
located. They took their arres, cOolly
and denied their guilt
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The ladies of the Cabinet have >.
some extent resumed their wednesda,.
afternoon receptions-that Ia tn 81,
they are ''at home To their friends III,
afternoon Wednesday last Mrs II
mont asked party of young friend In
tc spend a number Of hours Informa,lr
to drink tea and enjoy other light "a
freshments- During the afternoon an
amusing incident occurred which Tho
charming hostess herself Acknowledged
was good enough to publish One NJ
the fascinating young bellies. who re-
sides near by, happened to peep into ,ha
hallway and noticed. as She secretly
confided to Mrs. Lamont, .the hand.
soonest foreigner she ever saw and
then the other bellies. of course, all fol.
lowed suit, and each returned with
"Ohsr' and "Ahst' in describing the dis.
tinguished looking stranger. who appar.
entity seemed these to meet a friend ha.
fore being presented to the hostess. Fin.
ally the young men looked at the stranp-
er, and at last Mrs. Lamont herself AT
the urgent request of the maidens. went
out into the hallway and said. in her
genuinely cordial manner:
Wont you come ing' Whereat the
handsome stranger touched his hand To
his brow. giving most proper up-to-
date English footman's salute, as he
said:
Il beg your pardon, madam, but am
waiting for Mrs. -"
The real chappIe boys of the town ars
still laughing at the expense of those
popular west end bellies who were anx-
ious to meet Mrs IS footman.-
Washington Post.
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FLOODS AT oENven.
The Pi.:se River Inondsses the sahnrb~n
Districts

Denver. June 3-That portion Of
Denver known as Jerome Park Is in
great danger Of food more iisas-
t-oGs 10 property than the one that
took place 2 year ago. The river
Platte Is steadily rising and nj noon
began TO overflow It's banks just above
Rio Grs1nde Avenue. Since O'clock
the water has risen al least one foot
and the flood Is increasing al the rate
Of one inch an hour
Many OF the people living on Rio
Grande Avenue, Rochester. aIilli<on-
San Francisco and Weir streets are
moving out their effects but Il Is no.
likely that more than THE first floors OF
the boglses viii be delused
The first break in the Platte occurred
about II O'Clock about one hundred
yards above Rio Gr8nde Avenue At
this point the banks have bessu pushed
little by little into the bed OF the
stream and not enough space has been
allowed tire strain when il becomes
active BY noon Alillfsou Street WIS
Inundated and some fear WIS ex-
pressed that the grounds Of the Gar
Held SchDo! would be turned into a
lake. The principal = closely watch
ing the rising waters and VIII dismiss
the children II the danger Increases
The water has driven TWO families
pur OF their homes Al the corner of RID
Grande Avenue and AiillisGn Street
4 this point the y-ar,s- = a foot da5sp-
The lower mill ditch bgDke through
the ws=sr bank on Holden Street. bur 8
force ~ men by throwing Logs In the
breach prevented any great damage
being done.
Wild EuIng-s prpTun in Jerome Park
that the food s. due 10 z cloud-bursz-
and that tin high waters have not
reached them yet
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SILVER SURE TO WIN
coupERTs SIGNIFICANT PRE-
DICTiON.
say. Tha, the Restoration Of silver Il.
Bound to Come.-This Country Holds
the Key to the Situation.

New York. June 3-Frederick r. Cou-
dert, the legal representative in this
country OF the government of France.
keeps Il sharp eye on financial condi-
tons. both in This country and Europe
He read the interview with Senator Hin
with a great deal Of interest. and also
the interview in which William c. Whit
ney expressed his views on the silver
question he said:
III the nations OF the world could
agree upon a uniform standard, there
Is no doubt in my mind that 1t would
be the greatest boon the world OF
finance has ever received. 1t strikes
me that a ratio Of 15is to 1, 16 to / or
~ TO j would be immaierial, 50 long as
the ratio was uniform. II may come TO
this, however, that the United States
will start ont alone in the declaration for
bimetallism- ] am not political eoono-
mist. but | have watched the course OF
events with much interest. and have
read and talked with European writers
on finance.
Il find that they are becoming i'm
pressed with the fact That unless the
European nations soon reach an agree
nent on the question Of adopting a uni
form double standard, They will have
10 face the Certainty that the United
States VIII do business on silver basis.
The spirit which IS abroad throughout
the West and South IS such that ii can
not BE- ignored. and il the fact becomes
evident that the nations of Europe in
tend TO refuse any relief, the storm will
break"
THE result would undoubtedly be a
financial revolution and lass TO the
United States. but it would be ruin TO
Europe They are beginning TO recOg-
nize the fact that they cannot get along
without ~. while We can &c; along
without them If the worst comes to
the worst. we could build 4 Chinese wall
Of silver around our country and the
world would b. knocking at our doors
/ tell you. they are afraid to tempt
PruTidsnce too long. They are just wax
ing up 10 this fact. and the prudence Of
the financiers Of England and the con
tinent Will force the conclusion that sill
yer must BE- recognized ~ a currency. or
they VIII De forced 10 recognize it,
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MUST WALK sTRAioHT.
-Four Hundred Girl, Who Won't Marry
drunken Busbsnds

New York June 3.-The Suns Dan
bury. Connecticut special says: The
temperance society. composed Of young
women who hare pledged themselves
not 70 marry man who drinks into1i-
cants. now numbers 40, and the young
women st Bethel, about three miles
from here. VIII Join the society. The
society perfected an organization last
night. aud elected tho following officers:
President. 3iss Maggie Drum; vice
president. 3Iiss Mary Higgins; SeeFe-
iary, Mis- Annie Fox; treasurer. Miss
joe Mcnamara. The name Of the or.
ganizafIDn VIII b. tho 81 PEERS Ladies
Temperance society, Tie Res. Father
Lynch yFas present at the meeting and
spoke Tor an hour, commenting and en-
cDursZing tic young women In the step
.hey had taken Zach member sub.
ssribes 10 the platform u tho society.
one Of the clauses ~ which Il against
marrying neu who drink Each young
woman declares thar she would rather
live an old maid than to put Herself In
the position u bsiBg he wife Of sucb
rnan. The members Of the society e1-
poet TO enroll 1873 names.
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Parkersbnrg. ~ Va. June 3.lTwo
hundred and fifty quarts ~ nitro gi,.
e.srine. beipg ioke1 up the Little Kan.
awba river By Jim Hines. exploded 10.
night iDI1sJjaieIy opposite the largest
nil In The city The men had jysf qui,
work. but s.yeral were stunned an.,
badly cut Hines and his boat were an.
D,b.lgied The damage to gIas aupI
nu'hlngr Ia this city u enormous. 4
battery 81 seven boilers at the ParkeFs-
burg mill vas thrown seven inches on.
~ line. Several peopIe were injured by
falling ceilings, broken glass. rtBa ways
SIC. Tbs dat15at, ~ property, including
mills. churches, steamboats,, etc., viii
reach s75,yyJ.
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THE NEXT CONGRESS-
PoLLED ON THE SILVER CUES
TON.
The New York World Tries to Get an Kx
PRESTON OF Sentiment by Telegraph
Blu: n Small FrotsorsIon spe.k Ont.

New York. June 3.-The World yes
terday published ,elegraphlc pon Of
the next Congress as far as obtained on
the silver, tariff and income TAX The
World sums up the resul, as follows:
In general way il may be said that
out OF II5 members who gave unequivo-
cal answers TO the silver question, fifty
1--WE are in favor Of free coinage, forty
four favor binetalltsn generally. with
the proyisO OF an International agree
Dent- Only seventeen can be fairly
CHASED as fayorins q single gold stand
ard and 1he attitude u s1me Of these.
even. j. not definite The South and
Far Western states are almost unan-
lmgus for free coinage. the Central
states lean toward silver with interna-
iiOnal blme7silic qualifications. and II Is
ODly in New York. New England and
adjacent Eastern statss tnat there are
any ayOwedly gold standard men
In regard 10 the tariff only twenty
eight members are asains. any change
while thirry-five favor moderate changes
and shirry-eiehl are pronounced for
radical changes. few are free traders
The mode-ates are chiefly those who
blink changes Will - necessary in Or
utI 10 auGaei-t- Ef-feilBt-S-
The income tax question brought out
many sharp and piquant answers For
ty-nine cDnsressmen say they favor the
principle Of the lax FOrTy-=eyen op-
post H. A great many cvaded the qneS-
ton or failed 10 answer il.
a few details by states will he inter
esring- Alabama. Arkansas. California,
Colorado. Florida Idaho Mississippi.
Montana, Nevada. North Carolina.
South Carolina. South Dakota. Virginia.
Washington and Wyoming are solid for
silver. 80 far as heard from. The hi
meiallisIs are chiefly in Delaware.
Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa. Kan
sas. Louisiana. Michigan Minnesota
Missouri. Nebraska. Ohio. Pennsylvania.
and West Virginia
New York. New Jersey. Peunsy lTania,
Rhode Island. Massachusetts and Yer
mont have the gold Delegates Ala
bama. Arkansas. Texas the CarOlinas.
Georgia. Louisiana and most Of the
other Southern states are gold for the
income TAX New York and the East
generally oppose 81 Elsewhere the Oh
vision is nearly even
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ILLINOIS SILVER MEN.
Prediction. a. to rbs Action of. the Com
ing Convention.


Ing Convention.
Springfield. Ill. June 3.-SpecUlafiOn
is considerably divided a. 10 whether Or
not there will be q large attendance e.
the Democratic silver convention which
m@etz here on Wednesday. Secretary
Henrichson. who has the arrangements
il charge. gays II win be the greatest
political gathering ever held In the state.
He estimates the attendance Of dele
gates and spectators al $3.50. and says
Fl may 90 higher than that. Robert Z
Burke. secretary Of the Cook county
committee, telet.raphs that Chicago will
send at least 1000 people 10 the conyen-
lion
Very few Of the old-,ime leaders Of the
state Democracy VIII attend the con
veniiOu- Vice President Stevenson. Sen
ator Palmer. Colonel W L. Morrison.
ex-CJnsrezsnau Springer. National
Committeeman Ben 7. Cable and Cen
eral John g. Black will be conspicuous
by their absence They arr not train
Ing with the silver crowd r. p. Hun
ter Of Paris is one Of the Old-timers
who viii be present. Hunter has al
ways been a silver man. He II one %
tine few advocates Of free coinage who
seems TO tnink that Jus adoption by this
country would send VI to a silver basis
Ben Cable wall stay at home. but his
county viii send q strong delegation To-
honest money.
II is practically decided. II is now re
ported. that the convention win formal
IS indprse David y. I'm Of New York
FOR the presidential nomination on the
Free Silver National ticket with probab-
ly Ex-Governor Bpies u Iowa IN second
place. OF COURSE. II Mr. Stevenson
Il "a
yer-tOngGed blast. even az this late day
the Chicago free silver patriots might
accept him. bar they DO not look for
such an uttcranee. They say he IL be-
lug held back BY bis relatives. the EW
ings. all Of whom arc pronounced anti
silver men. II r. therefore. probable
that II an attempt Il made 20 Ind0rse Mr.
Stevenson. the Cook county delegation
viii kick over The traces.
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DEFICITS IN JUNE AND July
Lear In the Former add Greater In the
Latter Hoatb.

Washington y. T.. June Q. -Trsasury
officials are now confident that the close
N the fiscal year one mg1th hence viii
show a deficit Of not more than So 500.
0JV, and possibly not more than $40.
PyJDJp. which q a. least SJ.OJ0.DDJ le.as
Than was predicted only a few week
ago, and *3.fsD.Df0 Or S3.OJg.CDO lsess
than the present figures u Il shown
that the pension yaymants during June
Biil h. at least SZJOlkD less than FOR
May, aud that fhe payments on accpu.it
u Interest viii also h, reduced 81 800
100 with an increase Of the internal rev
enBe Of $3.JJJ.lsJg. On account u
special liquor. tobacco and Oleomargar-
Inc licenses, which mUst be paid before
July J. and very material reductions In
pension and Interest payments. it IL con-
ldeniiy expected tbat next month viii
show a small surplus with the deficit
further reduced 20 at le1Ht s4s.gyoDyJ.
The month u July. however. II llkeIy
10 see the defect increased by at leset
EIo.J'DGD1 as that months intcrcs,
payments will aggregate about sT,yyJ.-
go
Disbursements In every branch Of the
zpyernment are usually much hea yler IN
July than IN any other month. 10 that
without the receipts are greatly in
creased. the deficit on August / next
VIII moi likely fan much short of $50
IyD.pJp for the thirteen Uonihs.
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THE HAWAIIAN ARMY.
An Americas onbo-r BA. Been Placed In
charge.

indianapolis. June "a private let
ter from Honolulu under date u May
20, printed in the News today. says
among other things. that McLane. late
Of the United States army and navy,
who had charge Of General Grants
funeral procession. has been made col.
Onel Of the Hawaiian regiment He ar
rived on the last boat and took charge
az once. He Is regarded by the troops
a. thoroughly military and has made
some radical changes and inau2uraied
q course u strict discipline. which has
been rather lax
The letter adds that there are lots Of
rumors afiOat on the island If a Illbus-
tering expedition that j. supposed 70 b.
On It's way down 20 lie island or else
getting ready 70 come, The govern
ueut has hired q steamer. placed can
non on board and las lis patrols around
the Islands watching for any suspicious
vessels that may e1Ine IN sight
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WILL HAVE 4 UNIVERSITY.
Ia.,it1tion 70 Re Established at Kansas
Clay Kaa.s.-

Kansas City. No. June 3.-Kansas
City. Kansas r. 10 have q Theological
university The university Il 20 BE- an
extensive institution from The start, the
ultimate intention Of the projectors b.
ing 10 make X one Of tine best in the
United States. The institution, which
viii BE- known as the Kansas City uni
ver.ity is 20 b. backed By the Method
Isl Protestant denomination Of the Unit
I'd States. but u VIII b4 s-@ctarlan only
Ia in theological department. Special
attention win De given TO the collegiate
department ~ the beginning, although
the departments Of law. medicine,
dentistry. .cisnce. music and Histology
VIII probably be open at that time Tn
der the agreement which has just been
ratified. the board Of trustees Of the uni
versiry will erect buildings 10 cost BE-
tween S7J.gyJ and S1O0C4O between now
and October i, 1886. In consideration Of
which the university Il to receive gifts
Of land agsFeZa1ing thirteen and d half
acres. and ss0rth not isss than 100000
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The dog al a burglar alarm and hause
guard Il played out Tg0 man-eating
nagtiIs slept quietly behind the stove
the other night in Ravens1OOd, Ill,
while burglars gagged and robbed their
mistress. On the same night a citizen
OF Lake Forest named Chatheid-Tsy
lost BIZ theft TWO valuable bulldogs
with bow legs and Undershot jaws. ex-
preasIy built for rending the human
frame Let ag train our cats In the
tactics Of defense; their canine BROTH
ere aren't worth dog gone.
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BIG FLOOD rw NEBRASKA.
FrixhsfuI Rash Of Water Down fne Med
icine Valley.

trfue Valley.
Omaha. Seb.. June "a special 70
the Bee from Curtis Nebraska. says.
The bursting ~ me Curtis lake here 10
day has seriously menaced property
and possibly life in Medicine VALLEY
Tho grade Is torn up. freight carr are
strewu al0ne the Medicine bottom, tins
fins rOlier mills an ruined Curtis lake
= nearly empty and Hood Of water IL
rushing down the Medicine valley car
7yinS destruction In is mad rush. -Four
~ tie i've yard tracks. besides the
main line AZ. torn mp and gone, while
train " freight csirs reach over the
bank and aTe swinging in the flood
Twenty thousand dollars damages
has been done here and all other points
ar yet 70 b. heard from. Tine fine al
faIta meadows Just below the city arc
ruined. and homes all along the valley
destroyed
A special from NcCODk- Nebraska
Says. Grave fears are entertained here
that the wall " water which swept
down the Medicine Valley from Cur
Is VIII DO much damage hs-e-
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A Nr. Wood, who lives near Hoods mill,
owns a very peculiar milk COW. She j. Just
an ordinary black cow. but Is 20 much at
iached 10 Mr. Woods children that she does
not like to be separated from them II the
children are at home the COW VIII stay IN a
pasture with fence three feet high: but "
the children are taken away she will throw
down even very high fence. In order TO fOi-
low them. At different times when the coz
would be In the pasture Mr.. Woods has
slipped the children away from home, but
when she came mp and missed them she
would get out and track them az a dog
wO1ld do until she found them, when she
would follow wherever they went-Sayan.
nah News
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Don't forget that the great summer
tourist route is the Michigan Central
THE Niagara Falls Route" first
class line for first-class travel, the pOpu-
lar line to Niagara Falls. Aackinae
Island, the Thousand Islands Of the st.
Lawrence, the White Mountains, the
Adirondacks, Portland by the Sea, Boz
ton. and New England points. New
York and the seashore.
Send ten cents postage for "A Sum
mer Note Book" II win tell you all
about these places and how to reach
them. o. w. RUGGLES,
Gent Passr and Tiki. Agt., Chicago.
Anarchy threatens to revive In Chlcag1
The brewers have cut prices until beer cat
he obtained for almost nothing
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ConstsntiDople. June 3-The sultan
has sent his brother 20 the English
French and Russian embassies flere 70
express his profound regre, al the Jed
dab outrage, an ATTACK d the natives up
o. the consular representatives Of the
departments. and 10 inform he ambas-
sailors thar TIE Offenders would BE- court
martiaied and pnDiabed. Ten BedOuius
have already been arrested. bot II n
feared II yrill b. difficult 70 discover the
real Offender, az the even, happened az
twilight
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Another -ladies' cycling eIub"-tha,
at Tifan, O.-has Issued a proclamation
On the subisct Of ~bloomers-" AZ has
already been pointed ont. it IL quite
a important 10 BE accurate Of speech
AZ correct in he neither draperies. The
garment named after the late Amelia
Ann Boomer bore no resemblance TO
any costume now in use IL "a extinct
What the ladies Of TifIn. and Of many
other places, mean, Is knickerbockers.
Why can't they say Eo2
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FOUR KILLED.
a Darlington Ksp,ir Train PIsDges Isto
washouf.

Omaha. Neb.. June IA special 10
the Bee from HcCook. Nebraska. says
that about nine O'Clock last night. while
searchlDg for wazfcuts between Ell.
son and oxford. the engine Of the
burlington repair train plunged int, q
FsastiDUf- about two mills from Edison,
and ~ the five IncfI on tine engine four
gere Killed. The names u tho dead
are:
u. v. Haley. roadmas;er.
Frank Jerries engineer.
&. g. VI. Howell. fireman.
Samuel 1nndsy. conductor.
Frank Harris, private secretasy 10
superintendent Campbell ~ The Bur.
l1ng.Dn, miracuipuSiy e4ca,ed wjth
slight injuries All but Mnndsy are
married men. whose families r.zxids. 81
NcCpok. where The dead men wara
brought this morning. This Is ibe
most disastrous accident 70 life tiiat
jlas ever occurred on this division and
is one ~ ,b4 results ~ the breakiug ~
the Curtis lake dan.
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Worth Trying In Chicago. Also.

At a concert In Orange. New Jersey. the
other night. there was not visible bonnet
IN the house. Everybody was happy. The
women never looked 20 charming. and the
was not turned on against the hat-weare-s,
either. 1t was a simple line on the pro-
grnmIne that did the business. for 81 asked
the women to remove their hats. II the
thing may be done easily that. why
do not the managers Of our Brooklyn and
New York theaters make the same request
on their pIaybilIsf 1t costs nothing to do
that much and the public will be eyeriast.
ingiy gratefuL-Brooklyn Eagle.