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rapSppliwf? Ifafltt IE Egii itrr a rx arr. ib xibkbtx trr. Established December 4, 180. Tolanae 35. 8atordar Morning, May 4, 1895 Twelve Pages.

Number 10,700. ts "sswsswsfw coHcjAiavr Trj Pillslnry's Bst Floor. Clean Grain! Bottom rices Flour, feed, Gnln, Bay, Straw, and Poultry Sop plto. James Reynolds Elevator Co. TOMS BEADLTWOBK Its Deastrtactlwe Work In a For tton oi cne state of Koira.

NOTICE. TOILET SETS, Worth 3. Only 1. 55 vtt hT na led of KnglUb. Decor sated Toilet Beti blcxi we titnolnv toe all tor I.OJ 8tl.

Us ne other JJrglo FAR2IUaT01Ir T7M.R. 2ft(l MAIS BTJUrrr. 100 ttcparted Killed. eTrace of tneCjrcloneBvvcpt Clean 'Bain on Every EX and. Garpots and Bears, Tha eld iayg the time to hunt bean when tij boars an out.

Tho sima vpplios to our CAEPET, UPHOLSTERY isd WALI PAPER DEPAHTITENTS. Tin timt to Tmy is "when we haw got thtm to tell, and If yen have any onthistpolnt, come In and lock us over and wo will convince tht this is the great year to famish and you will not ba.ve to hunt lcn to heirs axe ontinltheto departments in great shape, and it will tata'a very small load of ammunition to secure great game. We thoroughly under stand ammunition is scares with many people. We happeruilto have plenty of it in January and loaded our cannon up to the muzzle and mads the manufacturers', This victory enables give Scustomers great hunting with small guns Cqmj in enjoy the 'hunt. LUCEEY, PLMT CO.

rEB fA.YMBHlI.IFE Policy, 510,000. A reald; of roughkeqif as becams Insure it ant JMortbwseater In 1851 lb Ita Payment Utm Plan, at MlMlIt aiinuainremliin oaglO.OOO for lia ynrss being I1W.80 IC paid bis Brmtutnatsa fall etch yeuMsdusedhl saseal dli fr nd to purchu full till addiuoniie nu poiicr vmarv of Use policjla will stand follow, i iouoltC policy, Utsdetfs jaiUorj, the aol. illtaesocouot 110,000.00 S.WO.00 IfPalduiieJusofpolloy, Toial cm of same. 4.W3.C0 tbit er from do Ibss fall paid additions will exceed tba Issul ooalof lbs policy, so that in the of death tbt ortkm western will pay ihe uo. la addition sill rtluniln dliledian than the jKrfkry baa coat tbs taenia.

All othir Xlfa Compacts art chd leer to pro! no) in comrark on cue of ts mm slate. and ileal. 8, STOCKTON, Qeatrsl areaat, Hudson Kite Counties Itnlu BtrtoC, PMthkeepIe.N,T, Cyclists Notice, AUIZOnr Kcgalar $1.25 Leggings for Indies frill at 75 cents tills week, JLll Oar $3.00 Bicycle Shoes for ladles at And JUcn'sat $2 aodg2.50, IO0BE 167 MAIN STBEEX Sloax Cltr. 3Svr 3. Siout County aevuta tri by a cyclone thl afternoon.

Tli torn came from the ftorthwect and truck eioux Center, a iortn aorth of tlilm point, at four o'clock. feleiraptlo rcoot ta from the Rene of lh itorn trc very meagre, the wires beinfdomi, tutlt. la understood that a eomldermble rum bw wen killed and Injured. They first, report! wrera received tr tbt 81ousr City and Northern Railroad from Uielr stcent. at Sioux Center.

The Jeipitch read: "Crelone ptAtied three miles north feal of here. Sctool how near town blown down, teacher killed and sev erml children, kllle and Injured. Er ict number names have not yet been lesuned. VTiole country In the trsack or the storm devastated Sioux CI ty ind Northern tracks between Per klnstnd Doone trashed out for several ml let," Xpatcbes from Sioux City at 8 30 ay that, leaast twenty 'residences and boarni near thtt place were swept twar At the school house two teach ss and thre pujlli were killed and nsanr Injured. Twro women wen found deaad about clock not far from the point where one of the school build Intra Hood One man who arrived In lloui City late la the evenlnsr reported Ihrnt his house tolown sway and his family killed, lie says that at least a hundred people must have been killed.

Parties have heen sent out from Hull. Btoui City and Orange City, nelghbor Intsr towns, hut their work Is belnsr car ried on In total darkness and In the midst of a tnemeradous wind and rain norm It Is consequently progressing; ik wlr. A nurnbes of oodles have already been recovered, sJthouRh the exact numher cannot be learned Evey one? Is violently escclted. snd accrurate rtrorH cannot be obtained It Is said thsat the town of Perkins, between Blouse Center and Doone, was directly In Ihe path of the itorn, and was almost entirely wiped out. Physicians nave been sent out from Hull, Oraiii Clly and Slouc City, but ire meetlnr with many obstacles In their efforti to reach the scene of the itorro.

News has been received from Sibley that a ctorm struck at p. rn destroying the bouse of John. Watter ainv and killing Mrs. Watterson, and Injuring Vattenon and his son. No namea call yet be learned of the Injured ibout Blout Center and Ferklna The Blouz City and Northern train which arrived here at 10 o'clock this evening brought several pcassensers who witnessed the storm They reported that thirteen desd bad been brought into Bloux Center at I It Is estimated that fifty people have been killed.

The Northern tnln barely escaped a smash up In a washout near Doone. but was stopped by section men before It passed upon the danserotaa territory. KILJ.ED BT WaHTNINO. Cleveland, Hay A special from Iron ton, Ohio, auya: J. 11.

Eoldman, 11. II. Xtaaell and Chilton Wood, of Rock Camp, Ohio, wrillaout fishing last evening at Bymmess Creek, were overtaken by a. storm snd shelter under a larnretree. Woods yraa killed by a stroke of lightning arad Boldman was stricken speechless.

JJavsell escaped unhurt. BASE BAJ.L TTE8TERDAT. At Phlladelpnl rIew York. Philadelphia, 8. At Boston "Waaratngton.

11: Boston, INDIANS ONi WAR PATH. Ttoe naif Breeds ltalu Bt. John, North Dakota, for Fire Arms. The People Are Excited. Indians Led by Worst Element, snd Groat Trouble Is reared.

Do Toilt Part. po your part, and do jour bear, fiafure will do the rest. Tart of your partis to secaro tlie JIET CRACKERS Pong lkeepsie Cracker Baiery Ahrays fill the Mil. I JLlira. Taatff ood.

CHINAJAPAN TBKATT. Bt. John, N. Uay S. Half breeds encamped near St.

John last night raided the town. They looted the hardware store of the town trader Brooks, securing ten runs, two revolvers, one hundred loaded shells, and all the other cartridges he had, three kegs of powder, and a large quantity of shot. There were sixty in the party. The halfi breeds have sent their children across the Manitoba line, and their encampment Is reported to be In a strong state of defense. There are 40O half breeds and Indians in camp, led by the worst element.

Little Thunder is as intemperate In his speeches as ever. Several families of settlers at and near St. John went south to Holla, this morning for protection. The excitement here Is Intense, and serious trouble Is now apparently certain. Marshal Cronan with hla posse arrived here at 11 a ra, but therwaa not a half breed In eight then.

Bt. John. K. May J. From 100 to 1M ndlana and half breeds are In camp two miles from the village.

They are armed with shot guns and 'Winchesters. Two camps of half breed women and children are located on the prairie a mile from St. John. The United States officers have not decided upon any course of action yet, and will proceed cautiously. The gren era! impression is that the half breeds are determined to resist arrest to the death.

Marshal Cronan has Increased his force of deputies to 24 men. Scouts are now out to locate the main band. Their camp is about one mile this side of the national boundary on the edge of the1 timber, Gabriel Du mont, RleTa lieutenant In the Canadian rebellion. Is reported to have arrived and taken command. settler's family, living; two miles from here, came to town to day.

lie said a party of thirty In war1 paint passed his house at 10 o'clock. The settler Is afraid to remain at home alone, and will stay In town. The ringleader In the raiding? of the hardware and ammu nition store hers laat night was a Frenchman named Chasseur de Poleau. formerly In the French army. It Baa Been Ratified by the Chinese ti Kmpsror.

Shanghai, May I. In accordance) with a special Imperial edict. Issued In order to prevent the posslbllty of the Japanese entering Pelcln, the Chinese have cut the river embankments near Pekln. Idlles of territory bave been flooded, and hundreds of Chinese have been drowned. The Brltsh minister to China, R.

O'Conor, has gone to Pekln in order to make an attempt to recover from the Chinese Government the arrears of pay due to foreigners who were serving in the Chinese army previous to the outbreak of hostilities. It Is reported in Tlen' Tsln that the German syndicate, who took up the indemnity, has failed to negotiate a loan with China, and it Is stated that the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Is making: arrangements for the loan. The Times correspondent in Shanghai says the Chinese emperor ratified the treaty yesterday, and LI Hung Chang will proceed to Chee foo at once to exchange the ratifications. EXPLOSION It A POWDER MILL. Acton, Mass, May S.

The three powder mills owned by the American Powder Company, situated near the boundary line of Concord, Acton and May nard, were blown up shortly after nine o'clock this and five of the employees, named Clemmena, Jones, Morton, Winslow and Smith, were The mills were located In a secluded place, four miles from the center of this town, and details of the affair have not yet been received. It is known, however, that the first mill exploded at three minutes past o'clock from some cause not yet known. The second mill went up Immediately from the Jar of the first explosion. This set a fire in the grass, which ignited the third some ten mlutes later. The financial loss cannot be stated at present, as It, is not known how much powder there was on hand.

The buildings were small, cheap affairs. ASKKD TO BKS1QN. Xtrwln and Murray, 2ewYorx Police Commlssiosers. New Tork, May t. Mayor Strong has requested Police Commissioners Mi chael Kerwin and Charles H.

Murray to resign. The mayor has asked them to do so in so msny words For two months it has been common, report that Mayor Strong wanted to get rid of Messrs. Kerwin and Murray, but he wanted them to retire of their own will. The mayor had selected the men whom he would appoint to the board aus their successors. Messrs.

Kerwin and Murray, however, refused to resign, and at last Mayor Strong; was forced, in order to make their places vacant, to ask them to get out A letter has been sent to each of the commissioners. This is what the mayor said in his communication: "Dear Sir: A careful consideration of the present and future needs of the police department leads me to the conclusion that It would be desirable for you to resign your position as police commissioner, to take effect Monday, May 6." Under the power of removal bill. If Messrs. Kerwin and Murray do not resign by that date, they can be removed, and that Is what the mayor In all probability will do. Oenenl Kerwlra has stated that he has never yet retreated under fire, and he will probably let Mayor Strong remove him from office without the formality of sending In, a resignation.

Mr. Murray will probably follow his associate's example. President J. Martin, of the police board, is a Tammany man, and he will probabily go on the sum data. May a.

The three new men who will go In the police board are Theodore Roosevelt, slated for president: Andrew D. Parker, and CoL Fred D. Grant. HELD UP A GAMBLING HOUSE. Dallas.

May S. The Gem gam bling house at El Faao was held up last night. One of the players was John Wesley Hardin, or Pecos City, well known as a killer. Luck was against blm, and he was soon several hundred dollars out. Turning to the dealer he presented a cocked revolver and re marked: "Tou seem so cute that I believe you may hand me the money I have paid you for chips." Baker, the dealer, passed over the gold.

THE ALLJANCA INCIDENT. Washington. May X. The Incident Is still unsettled, so far as the final act of reparation Ja concerned. Spain has road satisfactory that American shipping will not be molested In and expensed her regret over the Alllanca affair, and all that remains to close the Incident is tne receipt by this government Of some ad ditional assurances which were asxea for and which the state department has been given to understand will be furnished.

TUB BRIBERY INVESTIGATION. New Tork, May S. The Senate bri bery investigation on chaorges made agalnat Senators Robertson, Raines and Coggeshall, was continued to day. While there was nothing? In the evidence produced connecting the accused senators with the case, testimony showed that money was being" raised for Influencing legislation on the fir men's bill. TBS STATE LEGISLATUBt The Weekly Kxodnaof Xccrtfla tors Hakes slim Be along, Friday.

Very Littlo Work Done Or the Small Bandfal of Men ten nemalntncf in Klther Honeer INSPECTOR VOT New Tork, May i. Police Inspector Thomas F. McAvoy, of the second Inspection district, asked tor retirement this afternoon, and within an hour his request was granted by the police board in spite of determined opposition by Commissioner Andrews. The Inspector was. accused by Captain Schmlttberger before the Lexow comraltte of receiving bribes but was not Indicted.

THE H0UZT DISASTER. London, May The Paris corns, pondent of the Dally News says regarding the recent bursting of the Uouay dam; There is no longer any doubt that the disaster was due to the Incapacity of th state engineers. The dam was composed of various kinds of stone, sum friable and others much affected by the frosC TUB ARMENIAN INVESTIGATION, Constaatlnoele, May Tb Armenian commission has been ordered to proceed to JeUy Ooosan. shlca 14 said to have bsea the sceae so called tn A MUB.DEREH CAUGHT. Newburgh, May 1 Cuperintendent Byrnes, of New Tork, has Just telegraphed to the chief of police here that Homer Sarvis, of this city, has been arrested In New Tork on a charge of homicide.

About two years ago Sarvis killed a grocer here named Henderson, whose place he was robbing; and has since been a fugitive from Juctlce. He was one of the notorious "bridge bandits." who terrorised the southern part of this city and the adjoining town of New Windsor, tot years. GRATS RACING! BILL. Albany, May I. Governor Morton has received a request from Anthony Com stock for a hearing in opposition to the Gray racing MIL the.

Wilds anti rambling bills and the supplemental bill to the Gray racing bill. The governor answered the statement with a reply that he had several days ago de elded to give no more hearings on win, but that advocates or opponents of bills before him must file brlefa The bills are being examined by Mr. Lincoln, the governor's legal adviser, before being passed upon by the executive. Condensed Telegrams. i New Tork, 8.

II, Bostwlck. cashier of the New Tork custom house for many years, has sent In his resig nation, to take effect June 1. 186. it is undentood that W. E.

Northrop, of Oneida, N. will be his successor. Kansas City. Way S. Tho caving In of a bank to day killed Louts Vouehaser and fatally injured uavia YVIcnena.

The two men were excavating for a new building. Albany, May S. Oovemor Morton today nominated William O'Connor, of Little Falls, to be port warden, of New Tork. In place of Daniel Leahy, fcondon. May S.

Upon application of counsel for Oscar Wilde, the Judge today decided to admit the prisoner, to ball The amount will be fixed to morrow.morrow. Washington. May I Seaor poy de Lome, the sew Bpaalak minister, sal ptnsct his eredesuaJU to the presUtnt oa Monday. i Albany, May fc SENATE. Only twelve senators were present when the Senate met and general or ders were taken up.

The bill turning over the New Tork City National School to the state was recalled from the governor, who wants more time to consider It. The Senate not having enough votes present to pass bills, went Into committee of i the whole to advance bills. Among those progressed to third reading were: Mr. Miller's, providing for all night trains on elevated railroads. Mr.

Snyder's, authorizing the Intro ductlon or the bichloride of gold treatment in state prisons. BILLS INTRODUCED. The following bills were Introduced: Senator Guy, for the relief of the Church of St. Augustine, New Tork. Senator) Kllburn.

amending Elmlrs Reformatory law by providing for' the trial of prisoners who may commit felonies while out on leave. At 11 a. m. the Senate adjourned to 8:30 Monday night. ASSEMBLT.

The Assembly settled down to its usual half day session with a small attendance of members. The calendar of third reading bills was a small one. with but few Important bills upon It Mr. Foley, by unanimous consent. Introduced a bill to promote the efficiency of the civil service.

It provides that no private secretary of a civil service commissioner or any one standing in the first degree of consanguinity to any snori commissioner shall be appointed as ex aminer, secretary or other officer) to the commissioner. It was referred to the Judiciary committee. The Persons, blll.fftemp.tlng national and state hanks from taxation, It cams ip? on third readlngi'was'recotnr ml ted to the. Judiciary; committee. sar.

uersi iniroqucea a resolution. which MfweaenuBg to LoWrRoseberr premier VJf Ebgiand, and. the other'leaders reform in England's Parliament, the hope that the tlmewould not be far" distant when Ireland have homTrule. Adjourned until Monday' evening at CONDITION TRADE. Slight' 'I'mprovemenlln AH Dine Uobs.

Tork, May S. Bradstreets tomorrow will ay: The manifest improvement. In many lines of general trade, has resulted ha as Increase In the volume of notwithstanding the Impending Idleness of 1,000 Rhode Island worsted mul operatives, and many in other industrial llnea There were reported lot business failures throughout the United States this week, against 223 last weevl7 In, the week a year ago, 2M two years ago and 113 three years ago. The export of wheat from both coasts of the United States amount to against 2,431.000 bushels last week, Z.773.00O bushels in the week a year go, I.TH.VX) bushels two years ago, 3,951,000 bushels three years ago, and as compared with 2,349,000 bushels exported In the first week of May. 1ISL This week's outgo is about the, average for months past A Head on Collision.

Buffalo, If av 4. At 4.15 this moralse Lake Hhort passenger train No. era abed into a freight bead oa, just bejondtbe city line. Doth engines were badly damaged and the passengers oa No. shaken up, but no one is reported Injured.

eoretary Ureabst Setter, Washington, May 3 Secretary Grt sham is a little better this evening, bavins passed 'a comforable day. Representative Hltt does not tbow any signs of it provemrot, but is not considered to beta immediate daagtr. A Famous Oarsman Dead. Henry Ward, familiarly known as "Bank' Ward, one of tbe famous Ward Brothers, who in their day were the four oared champions of the world, was found dead In hi bed la his little housa at Crawbnckty Beaeb, a mil abort Hnc" Blngf, Wednesday afternoon. Ilia body was found by John Altcbuon, wbo bad one to the house with some" pro vlaloae Etsit middle ed man along lbs Hudson remembers tbe famous' Ward Brothers.

They lived at Cornwall, and. each one of the four was six feet or more' in height, long armed, broad chested and' equipped with powerful muscles that scot their shell to tbe front la many a. race. Jo. Ward was tbe beat of tie four, and for a time btld the single eeuHl Championship, Hank bad lived on tbe beach for several years, mean while carry leg oa bis business of tUblag, Qt waa for years a sufferer from dropsy, and it was to that bis death was due, te learn tares daughters aa4 tw oas, bis wife harlsg died eosM yean ago.

Be was about Mteaty rJ a eg age. tl vl fl.