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OREGON COURIER A, W. CHKNBY, 1'ubllaher. OREGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY CPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WORLD. Aa Interettlng Collection of Item! from the Two Hemisphere Freented In Uondenaed Tana A Largo Amount of Information In Small Bpaee. Ike Fizer, a negro, was lynched in Shreveport, La., for attempting to as ianlt two young ladies. Judge Piper of Moscow, Idaho, has fixed the date of the execution of Frank Smith for the mmder of Emmett Fox. Smith will be banged May 1. A dispatch from Bombay reports a tremendous fire in the native quarter of Caloutta, as the result of whioh many persons were killed. Governor MoGraw, of Washington, has offered $500 reward for the appre hension, arrest and oonviotion of the murderers of Dr. J. H. Lyon, of Roslyn. Thomas Hughes, (j. C, the author of "Tom Brown's School Days," "Tom Brown at Oxford," etc, and the foun der of the British settlement at Rugby, Tenn., died in London, aged 76. Rebels recently attacked the Japan ese near FuBan. After several days' fighting the rebels were repulsed. Many Japanese have been murdered, and Japanese warships have been sent to the soene of the disturbance. The athletlo team of the university of California received a telegram from the Harvard team accepting a chal lenge to meet May 33. The California team will meet the athletes of several other colleges on their Eastern tour, A prominent butcher and one of the stockholders of the American Dressed Meat Company of Walla Walla, and W. A. Montgomery, who was em ployed as butcher at the company's slaughter-yards, have been arrested on a charge of stealing oattle. i Bioyole tourists from the United States and other oonutries will this year be required to deposit, at the Canadian oustom-house, the full retail prioe of their wheels on entering Cana da. and when they are exported baok the money will be refunded to the own era. It is asserted in Faris that more powers besides France and Russia will seize the occasion of the British-Egyp tian expedition up the Nile to demand a guarantee for the evacuation Egypt. The negotiations between Franoe and Great Britain, however, promises a satisfactory settlement. The American Eleo trio-Heating Cor poration, which includes all the com panies of importance engaged in the manufacture of eleotrio-heating appar atus, has been formed, with headquar ten in Boston. The new corporation is controlled by a syndioate of Boston, New York and Western capitalists. A judgment for 183,649,280 was filed against the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad, in favor of the Union Trust Company as trustees for the holders of first mortgage bonds. The amount is for the detioieuoy Judg ment obtained in February last against the railroad company in Kansas. The trans-Missouri roads have not been as liberal with the Grand Army as the roads in the Western Passenger Association. They have deoided upon a rate of one fare for the round trip for the annual encampment in St Paul, Instead of a rate of 1 oent per mile, as authorised by the roads of the Western Passenger Association. A New York paper says the revolu tion in Nioaragua, according to intelli genoe received through private ohan nels, is more serious than the dis patches from that oountry would in dicate." The striot press censorship es tablished by President Zelaya renders it impossible for news of any oharaoter exoept what is favorable to the govern' ment, to be made public The Spanish government has offloialj ly disclaimed responsibility for the fiery views expressed in the ooluinns of the Madrid newspaper El Epooa, de manding that the united states cease talking about the Cuban insurrection or else declare war at once upon Spain. The government felt that it might be harmful because it was intimated that the article was inspired by it At a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom, held in London, a resolution expressing appreciation of the friendly feeling displayed by the ohainbor of commerce of New York and the na tional board of trade of Philadelphia, and representing their strong desire that a method be found for settling in a conciliatory spirit any differences which may arise, was adopted. The most important opinion handed down by the court of appeals from a pnblio poiut of view was that the state of Missouri has complete jurisdiction over the Missouri and Mississippi riv ers where those rivers form the boun dary line of the state, so that the state would have jurisdiction over gambling or illegal whisky on a boat in these rivers or any other illegal act done on the river. The Canadian government has re ceived advioes which show that Audley Coote, chief promoter of the Franco American Pacific calbe scheme, has met with a severe rebuff in bis negotiations in Hawaii in connection with the pro posed American-Japanese cable. His application for exolusive cable land ing privileges on the Hawaiian islands was refused. Mr. Coote then assured the Hawaiian government that suffi cient capital bad been secured Japan to build at ouoe and be asked be delegated to represent Hawaii at the closing oi tne contract wnu trie Jap anese principals on the basis of a draft which he submitted. This was also declined as beyond the power of the government to accept A dispatch from Athens reports renewal of the morders of Christiana in the island of Crete, and the exist enoe of a panio there owing to the be' lief prevailing among the Cretan dep uties that the Turkish troops are wait' ing for the Christians to retaliate outrages, when they will seize the oo casion to begin a general massacre, The deputies have invoked the protoo tion of Greece. The Constantinople oorrespondont of the London Times says the Turkish minister and first secretary of Turkish legation at Washington have been recalled, owing to the sympathy for the Armenians manifested in the United States. This has been denied at the legation, however. It is also said that the sultan has promised Abraham Pasha 10,000 if he succeeds in induoing the Armenian patriarob to retire. The state department has received oablegram from United States Minister Smythe, at Port an Prince, Hayti, con firming the Faris report of the death of President Hippolyte. A terrible explosion of fire damp took place in a mine at Brunnerton, N, Five persons were killed outright, and sixty more were entombed, with no hope of being rescued. An order in the Canadian council has been passed under which Spain is added to the list of the countries entitled to participate in the advantages oonoeded to France under the so-called Frenoh treaty. The Vose block, one of the finest in Maohias, Me., was burned and several business firms renting offices in tne building, as well as lodge-iooms, lost all their effects. The total damage is estimated at $260,000; insurance, $60,000. An attempt was made to derail the Oregon express between Tehama and Vina. Cal.. by placing ties on the traok. The engineer saw the obstruc tion in time to avert a smashup. No motive can be given for the attempted derailment The Iron Horse group of mines, among the best-known in the Trail Creek district in British Columbia, has been sold for $76,000 to Peter Porter. The Iron Horse is a gold produoer, and has a defined ledge, and is ship ping ore. The two three-story warehouses of the Pleasure Ridge Park Distillery Company were destoyed by fire in Louisville, Ky., with all their con tents, inoluding upwards of 80,000 barrels of whisky. The total loss is about $460,000, of whio'h $300,000 is on bonded wnlslty, fio.OOO on tree whisky and the remainder on the buildings. A new play is being written in San Francisco, in whioh Mattie Overman and Mrs. Tunnell are to have star parts. The play will follow closely the dramatio inoidents of the recent oareers of the Rev. C. O. Brown and Mrs. Mary Davidson. Riohard C, White is the author of the play. He says it wilJ eollpse tne lamoua Dur rant play. Three hundred Chinese were blown to atoms by the explosion of a maga zine attaohed to the fort at Kiangyin China. The disaster, acoording to mail advioes received by steamer, was the work of mutinous soldiers, who were preparing to join tne secret so ciety rebels in an attack on an ad jaoent town, but whether through carelessness or by intention is not known In the last week of mild weather, Grand Valley, Colo., throughout its length and breadth, is riddled with holes dug for fruit trees. It is estimated that between 760,000 and 1,000,000 fruit trees, apples, peaches, plums and pears, chiefly, will be planted as soon as water is turned into the irrigating ditches. This is far the largest plant ing the valley has ever known. The resignation of John L Hall as assistant attorney-general of the in torior department, was presented to the president this afternoon, to take effect May 1. Judge Hall resigns to accept the general oounselship of the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company. His successor as assistant attorney-general will bo W. A. Little, of Columbus, Ua. Consternation was thrown into the camp of the numerous heirs and claim ants to the Davis millions, when At torney M. J. Cavanaugh filed a petition in the district court in Butte, Mout., in behalf of Mrs. Huldah Queen Davis, otherwise known as Huldah Snell, of Kern county, Cal., laying olaim to the whole of the estate, worth many mil lions, alleging she is the surviving wife of the dead millioraire. The chamber of deputies in Paris, Franoe, 286 to 270, has voted for the government proposal of the principle of an iuoonie tax, but has referred the details of the scheme to the committee. It has been believed extremely doubt ful whether the proposal could pass the legislature. The action of the cham ber is in the nature of a compromise in dorsing the prinoiple of an income tax, but throwing aside the details of the government scheme. A desperate fight took place in the village of Berry, III James and Charier Horning, two promiueut young farmers, and James Housick were shot in the fight One of the Horning re ceived a wound in the leg, and the other had bis hand and srm shattered by a ball. Housick was shot in the neck, and bis injury is regarded aa seri ous. The trouble grew out of the sending of a valentine. DYNAMITE EXPLODED ALASKA MINING TRAIN WRECKED AND TWO KILLED. Heattl Street-Car Conductors, Firemen and Other Are tolug to the Alaska (lold FlelU-The Kxcltement Juit Now at Fever Meat. Seattle, Wash., April 1. The steam er Mexioo, whioh oarne down today, brought news of an explosion on Doug las island, Alaska, whioh killed an In dian woman and her child, and threw the engineer of a train to a height variously estimated at from 80 to 60 feet A trajn, carrying powder to one of the mines on the island, dropped a can of dynamite on the traok. An other train coming along later struck the innocent-looking box, and an in stantaneous scattering of engine, cars and engineer was the result An In dian woman, carrying her child, was thrown some distanoe from the traok and both she and the infant were struck by the fragments and crushed. The engineer was unhurt. Excitement prevails here, induced by the sailing of a number of boats for Cook's inlet The 36-ton schooner Loyal got away at 4 o'olook this after noon with twenty-three passengers, in oluding the crew. They are all going to mine owners, crew and passengers and the boat will be laid up for the summer in either six Mile or Resur rection oreek. The passengers paid $45 each and were not limited as to baggage. Among the passengers were several street-oar conductors and some men from the fire department Others were men who are leaving paying businesses or good positions to pros pect in Cook's inlet Other vessels will go this week. The number in tending to depart for the mines this week will aggregate 600. THE OREGON COMPLETED. Bin; Battle-Ship Heady for Her Official Trip. San Franoisoo, Apirl 1. The build ers of the battleship Oregon have given the last tap of their hammers on the big vessel, and she is now ready to es tablish ber record and take her place among the commissioned warships of the navy. She is now praotioally in the charge of navy officers, but it has not been decided when the offloial trip will be made. The ship's big armor- girded hull is filled with a mass of ma ohinery, intrioate in its workings, but simple to control. It is described as a big fighting machine. Every piece of maohinery is said to contain some improvement on like ma chines in previously constructed ves sels, but the greatest general improve ment in the construction of the ship, say the naval officers, is the almost en tire absenoe of wood in the Oregon's hull or fittings. That improvement was the result of a lesson learned dur ing the recent Japanese-Chinese war. On both the Japanese and Chinese vessels that took part in the engage ment at the mouth of the Yalu river the interior fittings of the vessels were of wood. That battle was a short but hot one, and the hulls of nearly all the vessels that were in the engagement were pierced with projeotiles from the opposing guns. As tbey plowed their way through the wooden fittings of the vessels splinters flew in all directions, and the records of the ships' crews show that more than four-fifths of the killed and injured received their in juries from flying splinters. On the Oregon wood is not used, ex oept where other material would not suffice. All the partitions in the quar ters of the offloers and men are of steel. The metal sheets are covered with oork and given a handsome finish to oover tne chilly look of the metal and give the rooms a comfortable appearance. Tne furnishings oi the state rooms are of metal, and every precaution has been taken in fitting out the ship to guard against flying splinters in ease of an engagement PENNILESS IN ALASKA. Ilav Terrible Plight of Miner Who Ventured North. Taooma, Maroh 81. If the rush Alaska continues much longer, and in the same numbers as at present, armed guards will have to be sent along on all the steamboats, to prevent the home less and penniless men from taking possession of the boats on their return trips, for hundreds upon hundreds are going north who have not got one dol lar left, after paying their fare, passenger who has just returned says that as the various boats lay at the wharf at Juneau, there is constantly guard kept over the gangplank, to see that nobody goes aboard unless he is known to have local business or is pos sessed of a return ticket This aotion has, he says, become necessary, on ao oount of the great number of men who try to stow away, so as to get south This gentleman warnsany one not pro vided with money or complete outfit to stay away from Alaska. He says that for every position in Juneau or Sitka today there are twenty-five men or women applicants. Alaska, he says has not been overrated, but the trouble is it is such a new country that the sudden immigration of such large numbers of people have made it impos sible to provide for their care. As there is neither farming nor manufao turing, unless one goes to that oountry fully prepared to mine on his own hook, or has an engagement with some oompany, or is grub-staked, he will al most invariably find himself stranded at the beginning of his journey. A TRUST IN NATURE Company Formed by Columbia River Cannerymen. Astoria, Or., Maroh 81. The Co lumbia river salmon-paokers today filed artioles of incorporation under the name of the Columbia River Paokers Association. The artioles were signed by J. W. Cook, S. Farrell, George H, George, J. O. Hanthorn, M. J. Kinney J. G. Megler, Charles Norris, N. W Tallant, R. R. Wintler and Sam. - Elmore. The capital stock nornin,. .ly is $20,000, fully paid up. Tbi ob jeots of the association are to tak yuoh steps as may be necessary for tne pro tection and propagation of salmon fish and the forwarding of the salmon in dustry in the states of Oregon and Washington; to deal in fish packed on the Columbia river and waters tnbu tary thereto; to do a general commis sion business; to borrow money on bonds, etc ; to assist in carrying on the general business and purposes of the organization and to mortagage its prop erty to secure payment thereof; to pur chase the land and buildings neoessary to carry on the business of the oorpora tion. The prinoipal plaoe of business is in the city of Astoria. The combine is in the nature of trust, and will control the output of oanned salmon and the prices to be paid for the product A GREAT STEEL TRUST. a THE COMMODORE'S CARGO. Sue. Of Consignment of Arm for Cuban ceeafully Landed. Washington, April 1. The treasury department has evidence tending to show the steamship Commodore, which recently cleared from Charleston, S. with arms and ammunition, did not lose her cargo in a storm at sea, as reported by her captain, but landed it the coast of Cuba. The collector customs at Charleston, in a report to the secretary of the treasury, says the Commodore cleared at that port on the 9th inst, for Tampa, Fla., with a manifest showing arms, ammunition and artillery. On the 23d she returned with other cargo, and on the following day she entered as from sea. Her cap tain made a wreck report, which says he encountered a severe gale, and that the steamer's cargo was thrown over board, sud the whole power of all the pumps was used to keep her afloat This statement is contradicted by one the Commodore's firemen, who stated the cargo of the Commodore was successfully landed on the coast of Cuba. Other evidence in support of the fireman s story is promised, and in case it is proven to be true, the vessel, it is said at the department, is liable to forfeiture for violation of the navi gation laws relating to clearance pa per. It is stated that the F.ev. C. O. Brown, of San Francisco, will be tried by the Bay conference on the charge of unministerial conduct The charges, it is said, will be presented by either Dr. Rader or Dr. Williams, and among the items alleged against the. accused minister are said to be his attempted deception of the press; the discrepancy in his testimony in the Davidson trial. where he is alleged to have testified one way in the polios' court and directly oppite iu the superior court t -y Gigantic Combine of Eastern Producer Will Regulate Produetlon of Steel. Pittsburg, Maroh 81. A gigantic industrial combine went through the preliminary stage of formation and was praotioally effected at a meeting of steel producers held in New York last week. Jl nother meeting will be held in Pittsburg for the arrangement of details. It is proposed to regulate the production of steel to aotual re quirements by methods similar to those used by the rail pool. Not much information will be given for publica tion, but it is learned from one of the attenadants at the meeting that at the start the price of billets will be fixed at $20 per ton, and will be changed ac cording to the prioe changes of raw material. Pending completion of the combination, steel-producers have withdrawn from the market, and will make no new oontraots. Nearly the entire production of the United States was represented at the New York meet ing, embracing capital of several hun dred millions. Manufactured War New. London, April 1. The suit of the Times against the Central News Com pany, a conoern whioh supplied a cer tain agenoy in the United States, was tried today. The Times charged that the dispatches regarding the Japanese war, whioh were supplied by the Cen tral News, were in some oases entirely fabricated, and in other cases largely altered and expanded, and that by pub lishing them, the Times suffered in reputation. A comparison was shown between an original cable message and one that the Central News had furnished. It contained over 26,000 words of pad ding. This matter was supplied and paid for by the Times at the rate of $1.60 per line. The original dispatch read "Wei-Hai-Weioaptured." These two words were expanded at great length and purported to give the most graphic details of the capture cf that port by the Japanese. X Ray Are Not New. Butte, Mont , March 81. John Ma guire, manager of Maguire's opera house, and an antiquarian of consider able note, baa unearthed what he be lieves to be the fact that the cathode or X rays were known to the Chinese many oentories ago. He found in the London Philosophical Journal of 1832 an account of a curious Chinese mirror which had the power of reflecting upon a screen, by the aid of the sun's rays, objects on the back of the mirror, the mirror being made oi Chinese silver, a combination of tin and oopper. The Journal stated that there were only a few mirrors then in existence, and that they were evidently the remains of a lost art In islands of too small size to have rivers, creeks are dignified by that 'name. ONE MOKE MYSTERY DOINGS OF CONGHfcSb. CHICAGO POLICE HAVE ANOTHER SUPPOSED MURDER. In a Trunk Purchased at Auction Wa Pound the Badly Decomposed Hody of a Mau-Mttle thauce of Identify ing the Remain. Chicago, March 80. The badly de composed body of an unknown man was fousid today in a trunk bought at an auction in Wakem & McLaughlin's warehouse, at 604 North Water street The auction was the regular disposal of unredeemed property, and many curious purchasers were on hand. The sale was almost over when a large rough box was dragged out and offered. Bids were made and the box was knocked dowi to two men from the suburb of Austin Philip Grief and Charles Haas. Inside was a square trunk, whioh was broken open, disolosing the badly decomposed body oi a man. As soon as the discovery was made the men oommenoed to searoh for some thing which would indicate where the box had oome from, or by whom it had been owned. Orr the top was written: G. M. Morgan, 166 Jefferson court, Chioago." Nothing else was found to establish the former ownership. J. W. Wakem, the senior member of the warehouse firm, said tonight that the trunk had oome to the auotion room with other uncalled-for baggage, sent fees. tO 08 BOICI. lie added: WAahinfrtnn. Anril 1 Tha annate a IT .L. 1 a. 1 I 1 i mu uie uux was sent dj we to have a revival of flnann nl anil hnnd Michigan Central Railroad Company, discussion as the result of an animated They sent us a lot of baggage a year debate shortly before the session closed gu, mm wo mix, ii i rememoer cor- t0day. Peffer's resolution for the sd Routine Work of the Pirty-Pourth Ha. Ion Senate, Washington, March 28. After a ses sion with the senate conference com mittee on the Cuban question today of less than half an hour, the house con ferees agreed to accept the senate reso lutions. This aotion will have the effect of taking the question entirely out of the senate and transferring all further discussion to the boute. The senate passed most of the day on the legislative apporpriaiton bill, but did not complete it owing, to Sherman's motion to strike out the proposition for the obange from fees to slaries for United States district attorneys and marshals. The subject was debated at length. Washington, Maroh 80. The senate indulged in an aroimonious politioal debate today, wihoh developed muoh personal and party feelings, and brought on two sharp personal ex changes between Hill and Elkins. The committee on publio buildings and grounds voted to recommend the pas sage of the bill appropriating $2,000, 000 for a new building at Indianapolis; the bill for a government building at Oakland, Cal., and the bill for the pur chase of a site for a building at Salem, Or. At the olose of the day the senate passed the legislative appropriation bill, carrying $21,600,000. Aside from providing the usual appropriations the bill is important, as effeoting a reform of the system of compensation for United States district attorneys and raarahls, salaries being substituted for reotly, was included." The police have taken the matter up, but there seems little chance of their doing anything with the oase. So far as oan be judged, the body is that of a man between 40 and 60 years old, of medium height At the address given on the box, Mrs. MoMullin resides at the present time, She said tonight that she knew noth ing of the box or of G. M. Morgan, to whom it was addressed. She added that one day, in the early part of the present week, an expressman came to her house asking for Morgan. He had a large box in the wagon and said he had been hunting for Morgan all day, but had been unable to find him. The polioe are now looking fox the express man in order to get hold of this second box if possible. me oare with wnioh the body was packed praotioally precludes the idea that it was a corpse sent out from the medioal college. When the box was broken open a cheap medium-sized trunk of green oanvas was displayed. Between the box and the trunk the intervening space was filled with sawdust and sev eral wrappings of white oilcloth, When the lid of the trunk was opened a thick layer of oilcloth was disolosed, oovering a square zino box, and in this the remains were packed. HANGED A MAYOR. Latest Act Credited to the Cuban In surgent. Havana, Maroh 81. The insurgent leader Valencia has burned the village of Pepe Antonio, near Guanabaoo, in cluding a ohurch. The insurgent? then hanged the mayor, Joaquin la Vandera, and an alderman, Rodriguez Gomez. The bands of Solomayor and Sooorres are moving toward Cabanas to reunite with Maceo, who was encamped at the plantation of Manuelita. They at tacked Bahia Honda. After the firing. whioh was kept up for an hour and a half, they retreated, with considerable loss. At Guira Menela the insurgents rob bed a merchant, and at La Salud they killed a boy 18 years old. The seoretary of the insurgent leader bills from the oommittee on war olaima LA urete has surrendered to the be laid aside without ninHin onrf pointment of a speoial oommittee of five senators to investigate the recent bond issues bad been relegated to the calen dar, owing to the opposition of Hill, but it was reaohed in the regular order today. Again Hill sought to have the resolution go over, but he was met by energetic protests. Peffer gave notice that he would move to proceed with this bond-inquiry resolution as soon aa George oonoludes a speech on the Du- pont case. This promises to bring a test vote, unless dilatory taotios post pone the measure. Among the bills passed today, were those appropriating $2,000,000 for a pulbio building at In dianapolis, and settling the long-pending accounts between the United States and Arkansas. floUM. Washington, March 28. The naval appropriation bill was passed by the house today without substantial amend ment An effort waB made by the ad vocates of a larger increase of the naval strength than was authorized by the bill to increase the number of bat tleships from four to six. This in crease was supported by Hanley, Cum mings and Johnson, and opposed by Boutelle, Lick and Robinson. The house by a large majority stood by the recommendation of the oommittee, the proposition for six battleships muster ing only 82 votes against 184. The bill as passed carries $31,611,084 and authorized the construction of four bat tleships and fifteen torpedo boats, the total oost of whioh will be in the neighborhood of $36,000,000. Washington, Maroh 80. Hepburn of Iowa, in the bouse, antagonized con sideration of the sundry oivil appro, priation bill, whioh Cannon, chairman of the appropriation oommittee, gave notice he would call up today, by mov ing that the house proceed to the con sideration of the private olaims. Can non opposed the motion of Hepburn, but on a rising vote he was defeated. He then demanded the ayes and noes, whioh were ordered. The roll oall re sulted 147 to 77. The bouse then went into oommittee of the whole for con- " sideration of bills on the private calen dar. Pickler, ohairman of the oom mittee on invalid pension, moved that authorities. The insurgents attempted to pass the military line between Neptuno and Montelo, but they were repulsed. The autonomist party has come to an agreement not to take part in the gen eral elections, and only to participate as far as the senators, the university and the economical society are oon oerned. that the oommittee consider only bills from the committee on pensions, in valid pensions and military affairs. Some filibustering was attempted, but Pickler's motion was agreed to. Washington, April 1. The house to day took up the consideration of th sundry civil appropriation bill and disposed of 15 of the 100 pages before adjournment During the general de bate, Cannon, the present head of the apporpriations oommittee, and his predecessor, Sayres, interchanged opin- Swarmlng With Maceo' Men. Key West, April 1. (Sent from Havana March 80 to avoid cress oen sorship) Twenty-five thousand insur- ion8 88 present and past appropria- gents under General Maceo are swarm- wons. cannon, in the oourse of hut re- ing over the provinces of Havana and marks, expressed the opinion that the Pinar del Rio destroying property, rip- appropriations for this session oould not ping up railways and tearing down Ial1 helow $506,000,000. The aotion telegraph lines. Forty-five thousand ' tne committee in appropriating for Spanish soldiers are in the same terri- contract work only until March, 1897, tory, and more are coming. General Maceo is in immediate com mand of the center column of rebels with about 9,000 men. General Masso is in the southern part of Havana with about 6,000, and General La Crete is hovering about the outskirts of Havana was attacked, but Cannon justified it on the gorund that the same thing had been done last year in the case of the fortifications bill. But few amend ments were added to the bill today. Eight amendments to increase the salaries of lighthouse superintendent with about 6,000 cavalry. The other rrom $1,600 to $1,800 were adopted 4,000 men are divided into small bands Horrible Butcherr. of pillagers. The insurgents are well- Akron, O., March 31. At a late equipped and have plenty of ammuni- hour last night, a masked man entered tion, and are capable of giving the sol- the farmhouse of Alvin M. Stone, near iders a warm reception. The aotivity Talmage, a village near this city, and noticeable about the palace of General in a brief space of half an hour, com- Weyler seems to bear out the idea that mitted a horrible butchery. When h a crisis is near at hand. took his departure, Stone and his wife, both aged people, were lying dead in bed, horribly mutilated, and Ira Still- son, the hired man, and Emma Stone, the eldest of three daughters, were un conscious from blows dealt by the murderer. Without Induction Coll. Harrodsburg Ky., March SO. Prof. H. 8. Greene, of Harrodsburg acad emy, and H. V. bpillman, photo grapher, have produced X rays from ordinary heat radiation, without any ininoti r-n on I rw. I V-u-lraa -n tww TV I - . iuuuviivu w.a vi viwci uwso. a ucj i .aai oi nonor ror senator Sewell uiio-uw,Tinim iuuuwjjk ouiue i WflaniDtTtOIl. March 30 A rnsJal cel.. BJaiagrapiis oi Tanoua ODjecu. oi Honor bad been awarded Major-Gen- " j uuuu to eis erai w uiiam aeweii, senator from New ia oramary neat raoiatiou, ana nave Jersey, by direction of tha r,i,w been made to penetrate several thick- for conspicuous gallantry at the battle oeaat ui upaque iuueuiucee. i 0l Uumoellorsville. May 6. 1863.