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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-20

Doin~s I'm the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives-

Doinxs I'm the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives-
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE senate
passed the river and harbor bill 81 to o.
carrying el2, 600 direct appropriations
and authorizing continuing contracts ag-
gregating 100000; also bill for ap-
pointment Of guardians TO pensioners In
the District who squander their money
through vicious habits; bill authoriz-
ING the building of bridge across the
Mississippi at st. Louis; including as en-
TRIED 70 pension veterans Of several Indian
wars: making years residence In ter
ritory requisite for divorce: authorizing
a life-saying station near Port Huron,
Mich. and a railway bridge across the
Illinois near Grafton, Ills; gazing all the
remaining condemned cannon TO the Ma
tional G.. A. Il.
The house spent the day on the Rinaker-
Downing contest from the Sixteenth I'LL
nors district, sending the case back to the
committee with instructions to recount
the ballots The vote was 139 TO 35-the
Republican minority filibustering for
time TO prevent action. Speaker Reed
counted quorum several times and had the
satisfaction of receiving Democratic ap-
plaus9
WASHINGTON. May 15.-Gibson Of Mary
land and Nelson of Minnesota spoke In
the senate against the bill restricting Inn
migration, the former taking the ground
that the chief hacker of the bill was the A.
=. A. and it's object a blow at Roman
Catholicism and the latter insisting that
this as nation of immigrants owed too
much TO immigration TO shut our doors
now The balance Of the day was devoted
90 debate on the Dupont contested election
case from Delaware. Sixty pension bills
were passed which cleared the calendar OF
all except the vetoed one.
The house under the special order de-
voted the whole day to private pension
bills They were disposed OF at the rate OF
about one every five minutes, fifty-eight in
all being favorably acted upon before ad-
journment. Among them were bills
granting pensions to the widow of General
o. NJ. Poe, $50; widow of General Jane
son, $50; widow of General John Newton,
$75; widow of United States Senator
George 4. Spenser, of Alabama, $50, and
Representative Smalls, Of South Caro-
lima $50. The senate amendments to the
river and harbor bill were disagreed to,
but Hepburn raised a point Of order
against this action and the speaker said he
would decide 1t today.
WASHINGTON, May l6.-By vote of 81
to 30 the senate yesterday determined that
Henry A. Dupont was not entitled to a
seat in the senate from the state Of Della
ware. This closed long and animated
controversy, which had become one of the
most notable contests of its kind in the
history of the senate.
The house passed 100 private pension
bills at the day session. Howard of Ala
bama denied in a personal explanation
that he was drunk five months ago in the
house as reported by newspaper CORE
spondents. The night session failed for
want of quorum
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SAVED By A FEW MINUTES.
Chicago Murderer Snatched Almost from
Under the Gallows.

Chicago Murderer snatched Almost from
Under the GaIlows.
CHICAGO, May l6.-At noon yesterday
Joseph Windrath was to have been hanged
In the county Jail. At IL; 57 o'clock Judge
Baker granted a stay of execution In his
case. The condemned man will now be
tried for his sanity The order was an
nounced amid intense silence, the court
room being crowded with nervous, anx-
ious assemblage, which, when the sentence
granting the stay was concluded, gave
expression TO loud expressions of approval.
BY the order of the court Windrath will
now be given a respite of twenty-one days,
during which time he will be tried for his
sanity. If he Is, after fair trial, declared
TO be of sound mind the postponed SEN
tence will be carried out FRIDAY, June 8.
Should he be adjudged insane the muir
derer of Carey Birch will be removed to
an asylum.
Immediately after the stay had been
granted deputy hurried from the room
and communicated the decision to Sheriff
Pease. At the precise moment that the
Judge uttered the words which prolonged
Windrath's life three weeks at least the
death march was about TO be begun. The
deputy explained the case to the sheriff,
and soon afterward Windrath was brought
into Judge Bakers court room to hear the
order Of the court.
Meantime Alfred G. Fields, negro who
murdered Mrs. Ellen Randolph robbed
her of $40 and set the bed on fire, was led
out to the scaffold and hanged for his
crime, which he said he committed be-
cause he loved the woman-another
mans wife. He died brayely, buoyed up
by religious fervor.
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FURTHER DETAILS OF THE HAVOC.
Sixty Dead and 100 Wounded Now the Fig
ure-Property Damage,


FORT WORTH, Tex, May l6.-Later de-
tails of the horror at Sherman are as fol-
lows: The number of missing is large
and includes great many children. and
il is quite probable that the most of them
are dead. 1t is very conservative TO esti-
mate that the list of fatalities will reach
sixty, while the injured will reach 100 At
least fifty houses are totally wrecked.
Most of them are small cottages, except in
Fairview and Washington avenues, where
the handsome residences of l.. +. Ely. Cap
tain j. c. Stalter, Mrs. Pat Mattingly and
James Falls also succumbed The loss
will reach at least Sl500O0, and but little
If any of it was covered by cyclone insur.
apce.
The list of killed, white, as far as re-
ported by the authorities at this writing is
as follows: Mrs. Otto Baldinger and two
children; Mrs l. l.. Burns and two chill
dren, Johnnie, aged g. and Grover, aged
10; John Ames and wife and two children !;
Rev. j. :. Shearer; Mrs Luke Mont.
gomery and two children-another is also
missing; William Hamilton, farmer; Mrs.
George Anderson and an infant daughter;
Mary Belle Jenkins ID. L. Pierce and son
Tom, aged IA; Mrs. Dave Herring and two
children; an unknown woman and two
little white children, about and years
of age.
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Chicago suburb Swept by Fire.

CHICAGO, May lS.-Nearly half the bust
ness portion of the suburban town of Blue
Island was destroyed by fire yesterday
Altogether twenty-six buildings were
consumed, entailing a loss of about $50,
600. A shifting wind was blowing almost
a hurricane at the time, and the fire
spread rapidly. Three hundred people
who were attending a dance in Saenger
hall had narrow escape from death. The
building caught fire while the dance was
In progress and a stampede ensued. Many
persons were bruised, though none was
seriously injured
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FATAL COLLISION ON THE LAKE.
Schooner Mary ID. Aver Goes Down with
Five of Her Crew.

CHICAGO, May lS.-The schooner Mary
ID. Aver was sunk in collision with the
steamer Onoko in Lake Michigan off
Crosse Point yesterday and five members
of her crew drowned, two being saved.
The lost are: Captain Williams, Charles
Matson (mate), Henry Sara (seaman),
Tom Jones (seaman) and - Fitz Cook
all were from Chicago. After the acct
dent the Aver drifted down the lake with
her bow stove in and was picked up by the
steamer City of Duluth.
Shortly after being taken in tow she
sank, and only two of the crew of seven
were able to escape. The captain lost his
life in endeavoring TO save the schooner
which he could easily have abandonded in
time to escape drowning. There was "A
dense fog on the lake at the time of the
collision, and the accident is not believed
to have been the result of carelessness
The Onoko was damaged bat not seri-
Ously.
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Lochren Returns to the Bench.

WASHINGTON, May l6.-Judgc Lochren,
who has been nominated for United States
district judge of Minnesota, TO succeed
Rensselaer, Nelson, was appointed commits
sioner of pensions at the beginning of the
present administration. He was then a
district judge in Minnesota. Judge Mel.
son, whom he succeeds, was appointed in
1858 by President Buchanan, and has the
longest service of any Judge in the United
States courts. Ever since Judge Loeb
ren's appointment as commissioner of
pensions 1t has been the desire of his
friends to promote him to the bench in
case Judge Nelson should resign.
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NO BISHOP ELECTED YET.



Sight in the Rear.
CLEVELAND, May lS.-The Methodist
Episcopal general conference spent all
Saturdays session in vain attempt TO
elect one Of the two bishops who are to be
chosen. Five ballots were taken The
only result has been to narrow the con-
test down to practically three candidates
DR.. BUTTE, president of Drew Theological
seminary; DIR. G. G. McCabe, the mission
airy secretary, and DIR. Earl Cranston the
senior agent of the Book Concern at Gin
cinnati. DIR. BUTTE and DR.. McCabe are
now the leading candidates. and both of
them might be elected but for the feeling
which is growing that both bishops should
not come from the east
The last ballot was as follows: Buttz $50;
McCabe, go: CranstOn, 263; Hamilton, 100
and Bowen, 81. While the votes were be-
ing counted the conference proceeded with
the transition of routine business. The
most important action taken was in con-
nection with the report of the committee
on itineracy. The bishop had recon-
mended that two of the questions usually
asked of ministers when they were or
dained inquiring if they are in debt or are
addicted to the use of tobacco be stricken
from the rules The conference refused TO
change the rules
The incident of the days session was the
appearance on the floor of Ex-Governor
Mckinley, who had consented on invita-
ton to deliver an address at Central ar
mory on George Washington" The ex-
governor was given cordial reception
and was the recipient of considerable APP
plause. He spent some little time shaking
hands with the bishops and delegates.
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CONVENTIONS OF PRoHlBITIoNlsTs.
Cold Water Men i'm Council i'm Iowa and
Wisconsin.


Wisconsin.
Dies MoINEs May 1.-THE Prohibition
state convention was held here yesterday,
200 delegates in attendance. w. X. Brown,
of Guthrie county, presided. The platform
of 1895 was reaffirmed The following del
egates-at-large were selected: b. F. Wright,
of Floyd county; j. II. Harvey, of Dallas;
Levi Marshall, of jefferson; j. NJ. Wood
ward of Woodbury.; Mrs l.. A Bennett,
of MARSHALL Mrs. A. f. McMurray, of
Polk Il. G. Orwig, of Polk; A. c. Bon
durant, of Polk; Rev. G.. Nj. Adams, of
Powesheik, and p. d. Smith, of Jones
The convention nominated the following
state ticket: Secretary of state, William
&. Wright, of Story county; auditor J.W.
Wonders; treasurer, +. j. Bye, of Cedar;
judge of the supreme court, Samuel
Holmes, of Fremont; reporter of the SUI
preme court, Miss Belle Mix, of Des
Moines; railroad commissioner, William
;. Pickle, of Lyon: attorney general, F.
NJ. Ford, of Woodbury..
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May 1.-THE Pro
hibition state convention was called to
order yesterday afternoon. Captain j. F.
Cleghorn, of Clinton, was made chairman,
and DR.. Mosely, of Tomah, secretary A
platform will likely be adopted for prohi-
bition only. Rev. f. l.. Eaton, of Racine,
is talked of for governor.
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DEVASTATION WAS WIDESPREAD
Church Demolished Over the Heads of $50
People Gathered Therein.

Church Demolished Over the Heads of $50
People Gathered Therein.
KANSAS City, May lS.-A special to the
Journal fran Concordia Kas.. says: An.
other cyclone visited north central Kan
sas yesterday afternoon. 1t is impossible
to gather the details because the telegraph
wires on the Missouri Pacific and Grand
Island railroads are down. The cyclone
started in the northern part OF Clay
county, seven or eight miles south of the
little town Of Palmer and passed in a
northerly direction through Riley county
and into Marshall and Nemaha counties
1t crossed the Blue River at the junction
of the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific
railroads and passed near the town of AK
tell. The little hamlet of Bodaville, In
Riley county was entirely swept away
Several are reported killed there and many
injured, but nothing can be learned def
nitely.
At Spring Valley, some six miles south
Of Barnes, the storm demolished a church
in which 80 people were worshipping
Many were injured. The pastor, Rev.
Mason suffered broken leg. The storm
formed about o'clock, almost in tho
track Of the one that visited this section
three weeks ago. The cyclone was followed
by a heavy hail and rain storm and great
damage was done tie crops.
The valley of the Blue river In Marshall
county is one of the richest in the state
and thickly populated. 1t is expected that
reports coming in later will tell of the
death of many persons and the destruc-
ton of a great deal of property.
KANSAS CITY. May lS.-Reports received
here indicate that the cyclone which
passed over Marshall and Nemaha coun-
ties, Kansas last evening swept over an
unusually large territory, dealing death
and destruction through two counties
A dispatch from Bern, Nemaha county,
reports that Seneca, the county seat, was
struck by q cyclone, one-third Of the resi-
dence portion Of the town destroyed, five
persons killed and fifteen badly injured.
The county's new court house, the towns
big school house and the Roman Catholic
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Veterans Warned to Keep Out of Politics.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 16.-Commander-in-
Chief Walker from the headquarters of
the national G. A. X. calls attention to
the fact that some posts have been en-
gagged in political worD and some officers
have been using their official positions to
further the interests of certain candidates.
The order says: such action and viola
ton of our rules and regulations, If per
mitted to go unrebuked is likely to breed
discussions in our ranks, and the good of
the order demands that 1t be discon-
timed ["
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IN MEMORY OF A WAR HERO.
Equestrian Statue of General Hancock Tn
veiled at Washington.

WASHINGTON, May l3.-The president,
vice-president many senators and repre-
sentatives, other national officials and a
large delegation from the diplomatic corps
witnessed the unwilling yesterday of the
handsome equestrian statue of General
w. ;. Hancock. The statue was unveiled
by the generals grandson, and military
parade of United States troops preceded
the ceremony. The orator of the day was
Senator Palmer, of Illinois. His address
was devoted to eulogy of the manly and
soldierly qualities of General Hancock,
and contained beautiful tribute TO the
general wife, who was his biographer.
Another address. a brief one. was deliv-
cred by President Cleveland
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HAD A CHANCE TO ESCAPE.

hut jackson and Walling Thought No
Place as Safe as the jail.
NEWPORT, KY, May ls.-Seven prisoners
escaped Jail here. They were companions
of Scott jackson, convicted of the murder
Of Pearl Bryan. and his companion,
Alonzo Walling. Some prisoner sawed off
the hinges of the back door of the Jail
and let the seven men out. Jackson and
Walling could have gone with them, but
preferred the Jail as safer than the open
country, fearing lynching. News of the
Jail delivery spread like the sound Of an
explosion. In less than half an hour 5000
people surrounded the Jail, but dispersed
when assured that jackson and Walling
were safe
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THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

New YORK, May 10.
Money on call easy at 2k per cent;
prime mercantile paper 4d51 per cent;
sterling exchange steady, with actual bust
mand and 4s71tl4s734 for sixty days. posted
rates. 4SS04s9 and %S9laG490; commercial
bills 1861
Bar silver, 671s; Mexican dollars, 53l1
United States government bonds steady;
new As registered, ll7S; do. coupons. ll71s;
SIS registered. 1926; do. coupons, 1895; ls
registered, l0s58; As coupons l09s4; rs regis.
tered, 9ale: Pacific 6's Of 81, l03asc.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, May IS:
The following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-May, opened
60csc, closed 6l1sc; June opened 6lssc, closed
Gl5sc; July. opened 62l4c. closed 6sssc. Corn
May, opened 2s3sc, closed 2slsc; July.
opened 29l6c, closed 29<c September. opened
80s4c, closed 3ESc. Oats-May, nominal,
closed l9c; July, opened 1890, closed 1870;
September, opened 1910. closed lg34c Pork
May nominal, closed s7.62,S; July, opened
81 62&. closed S7.72&. Lard-May, nominal,
closed $4.6O July, opened Sass closed $4.e5.
Produce: Butter-Extra creamery, loo per
h.; extra dairy, l3c; fresh packing stock,
&C. Eggs = Fresh stock, 71x0sc per dozen.
Live Poultry-Turkeys Sa10c per lb; chick
ems (hens), size; ROSTERS, 515I<c; ducks,
Q6ll0c; geese. 81. 00715O per dozen. Potatoes
I-UlD Dusuel, lONl-C
New potatoes Sl.5O6t30 per Dbl. Apples
Fair to fancy, 81. OO6J3. 80 per Dbl. Honey-White
clover, Bale per Id; broken comb, 9Gl0c; sx-
tracted, S5GE6c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, May IS.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
Yards today ranged follows: Hogs-Es-
timated receipts for the day l50O; sales
ranged at S2.sO13.5O pigs. S3.25a3.5o light,
s3O5d3.l5 rough packing, s3.200t3 AN mixed
and S3.20d3.45 heavy packing and shipping
lots.
Cattle = Estimated receipts for the day,
1OO quotations ranged at S4.05D435 choice
to extra shipping steers, S3.9004l5 good to
choice do, S3.75GD4. 10 fair to good, s55sd3.s5
common to medium do, S335d3.SO butchers
steers, S2.9OGD36O stockers, S3.250t39O feeders,
81 .6513.70 cows S2.6013.90 heifers, 81 OO13.60
bulls, s2S5d4.0 Texas steers. and S3.00CG4.60
veal calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Estimated receipts for
the day. 900; sales ranged at t30003.90 west
erns, 81. 6O6t3.70 Texans, 90 natives and
81. 25G5.05 lambs
Detroit.
DETROIT, May 16
wheat-Cash white, T1fc; cash red. 6sc;
May. CSC; July, 6456c, CSC asked; August. 64s<c.
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DEATH In A FURY
Rides the Cyclone and Strews
His Path with Slain.
TEXAS TOWN VISITED BY HAVOC.

Scores Killed by the Rotary Terror and
Other Scores woundcd-Two Buildings
Required To Contain Those Picked Out
of the wreck-Ten Corpses Found In
Creek-People Frantic with Grief
FORT WORTH, Tex, May l6.-A special
TO the Gazette from Sherman, Tex. says:
A most disastrous cyclone struck Sherman
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, wiping
out the entire western end of the town.
The loss of life is appalling The dead are
estimated at between thirty and forty.
This is very conservative estimate. Many
more are fatally or seriously injured. At
o'clock last evening twelve bodies were
lying cold in death in the county court
house, and as many more were scattered
about across the desolated west end of the
city. No accurate estimate can as yet be
The work of rescue and search for the
missing goes on. The business part of the
town is deserted and in the greatest ex-
element The Western Union office is
overlooked with anxious ones sending
messages and inquiring the fate of other
towns.
Cut Path 100 Yards Wide.
Every available wagon, buggy and horse
is in use by searchers and workers on the
field of death AS time grows later reports
of greater loss of life and property arrive.
e
told The Sherman court house being in
sufficient TO hold the dead and wounded
the vacant Moore building on the south
square was utilized, fifteen colored people,
dead or dying, being placed there The
highest excitement prevails and the great
est difficulty is experinced in getting the
names of the victims and accurate reports.
The storm struck Sherman on the south
west corner Of the city and cleared path
100 yards wide along the west end Of the
town. Houses, trees, fences, and every
thing went before the terrible force Of the
cyclone. The negro part of the town suf-
fered the most severely. There are prob
ably thirty negroes killed.
Ten Bodies Found i'm a Creek.
Ten bodies have been picked up in Post
Oak creek. The food Of rain which at
tended the storm was severe. The town Is
a mass of mud and floating debris. There
is much difficulty in finding the dead and
injured. Captain I. F. Ely's house was
demolished and his wife and two children
had miraculous escapes. Captain b. Ber-
ges residence was also leveled TO the
ground, but fortunately the family was
away from home. Frank Ryan manager
of the Sherman base ball team, had his
house blown off its foundation and COM
pletely turned around. His wife and two
children escaped serious injury.
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Fatally Hurt on the Drainage Canal.

CHICAGO, May l5.-During a short but
violent wind storm yesterday u derrick on
the drainage canal at Sag Bridge, few
miles from this city was blown down and
ten men injured, three of whom will die.
The fatally injured are: II. j. Kuetsch.
legs cut, chest crushed and internal In
juries; K. M. Lantz, skull fractured; Pat
rick Roach, four ribs broken and internal
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Colorado Republicans.

PUEBLO, May l5.-Soon after 2 o'clock
Chairman Howbert, of the state commit
tee called the nearly 300 delegates to the
state Republican convention to order and
the convention was formally opened
The convention declared for bimetallism
and protection-free silver the paramount
issue. Teller was chosen to head the dele
CATION. No instructions, except obedi-
ence to his directions
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Rome.s Order. TO Quebec Hoters.

QUEBEC, May 1S.-The Roman Catholic
election mandament approved by the pope,
which was read from all the Roman Ca.ho-
lie pulpits yesterday, commands Roman
Catholics to vote only for such men as
will support the separate schools in Mani
tOba
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Want. ruro,e To Intervene.

PARIS, May 1s.-The uGalois says that
Senior Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish
premier, is about to ask the Intervention
Of the European powers with regared TO
the interference of the Usited States In
Cuban affairs
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Hanged Four Children and Herself.

LOUISVILLE, May IA special to The
Times from Ripley, o., says: A widow
named Fitzpatrick, living near here,
Thursday morning hanged her four chill
dren and herself. IL is supposed that the
woman became suddenly insane.
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Assigned Because of Hard Times.

ST. LOUIS, May 16.-George NJ. Flana-
gan, proprietor Of a cormeal mill, has as
signed because of hard times. Charles G.
Carroll, the assignee, said the liabilities
are about s60, 600, with assets Of 100000.
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Gold Reserve Continues To Shrink.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE treasury
yesterday lost l,5ll 300 in gold coin and
ga 900 in bars, which leaves the true
amount Of the gold reserve STA, 436, 3Sl
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California "Prohibs' for Free Silver.

STOCKTON, Cal, May l5.-The state Pro-
hibition convention has adopted plat
form declaring for free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 10 to l and protesting against
the passage of the refunding bill by con-
gress
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wheat-Cash white, 7llfc; cash red. 6sc;
May, CSC; July, 6456c, CSC asked; August. 64S<c.