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OREGON COURIER A. W. CHUNKY, PublUber. OREGON CITY OR KG ON EVENTS OF THE MY CPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WORLD. 4b laterettlng Collection of Item From tha Two Hemlapharee Presented In a Oondeoied Form A Large Amount of Information Id Small Spaea. The president baa nominated Leo Bergholz, of New York, ai consul st Erzuroum, Armenia. Rich plaoer grounds have been found in Wasboe valley, near Carson, Nev., and tbore ia considerable excitement in oonsequence. Charlea Voorbeea, formerly a lay judge of Bergen county, N. J., and an ex-member of congress, oommitted sui cide In Mew York. Five men were fatally Injured by an explosion of fire damp during a fire in the Red Ash vein of the Woodward mine in Wilkesbarre, Fa. r John Jones, colored, aged 19, who oommitted an assault upon a 13-year-old white girl near Mormon Springs, Miss., was hanged by a mob. Jones confessed bis orima A oable message from Cape" Town, Bouth Africa, reports the killing of three engineera near Buluwayo. The namea of two of the viotima are given aa Hammond and Falmer. An explosion occurred in the colliery t Wellington, 8. C. Eight miners are known to have been killed, and it ia believed eighteen persons will low their lives through the disaster. A dispatch from Buluwayo, South Africa, says: The whole country is in the handa of rebellious natives, and they are moving in great force north ward. It will require a large force of troops to dislodge them. On April 8 another powder explosion ooourred at Juneau, Alaska, this time in the new tunnel of the Treadwell Company, between the Troadwell and Mexican minos. Some of the men in jured are expeoted to die. Joseph Selumel was put to death in the state prison at Clinton, N. Y. , by eleotrioity. He murdered his sweet heart, Theresa Kammora, by cutting her throat with a razor, August 80, 189S. The cause was jealousy. The Madrid correspondent of the London Standard says: The new chamber just eleoted will oertainly sup port the government in resisting Amerioan interference in Cuba, and it will also be a very protectionist body. The Paris correspondent of the Lon don Times says be learna that at Franoe'a invitation, Rusaia now directs the negotiations with England on the subject of the Nile expedition, grow ing out of the objections of Russia and France. ability to carry out the provisioua of the law. Great frauda are aaid to be possible under the law, and many large oluima have piled up against the Government. Austin Abbott, LL. D., died at bia late residence, IS East Fifty-first atroet, New York oity, after an illness of ten weeks. A postofllce has been established at Chase, in Yamhill oounty, Or. Wil liam O. Chase ia the postmaster and thb office ia a special one from McMinn ville. The young ladies' club of the univer sity of Washington defeated the young ladies of the EUensburg normal school at basket-ball by a score of six points to three. A New York Herald special from Cairo, Egypt, aaya: A telegram to the war department rtatea that Colonel Lloyd defeated the dervishes near Sua kin. Joseph D. Higgina, one of the oldest of the pioneers of Oregon, died in As toria. He waa 78 yeara of age, having been born in Fulton oounty, 111., in 1833. A Madrid dispatch says: It ia an nounced that the royal apeech to be de livered at the opening of the new oortea will promise politioal and administra tive reforms for Cuba and Forto Rico. An old flintlock gun, smooth bore, and bearing the date of 1776, was found in a cabin on the Colville Indian reservation by two prospectors. They also found a string of ouriously oarved beads and a scalp-lock of a woman. From Washington, D. C, comes the news that the postoffloe at Excelsior, in Pieroe oounty, Wash., will be dis continued April 80, next. It ia to be consolidated on May 1 with the post offloe at Tacoma, to which all mail should be sent. Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of Cape Colony, telegraphs to the English government that there ia no aign that Buluwayo ia endangered, and that pre cautions are being taken to keep the road to Buluwayo open in order to sup ply it with food. The first sleeping car porter is dead. He waa John D. Mitchell, and he was with the Pullman company over thirty yeara. He began his service as porter on the "Pioneer," the first sleeping oar ever built, the rolling foundation of its inventor's vast wealth. The arrest of the Baptist missionary, Bishop Diaz, in Havana, was due to the declarations by some prisoners who were captured at Vivora, near that place, and to the documents which were found in their possession. His oase will be summarily pushed. A dispatch to the Volks Zeltung, Cologne, dated from Shanghai, deolarea that it ia true, aa baa been before re ported, that Li Hung Chaug, who ia on hia way to Mosoow to be present at the coronation of the ozar, beara with him a aeoret Russo-Chinese treaty. THE SUPREME COURT AN IMPORTANT OPINION DELIV ERED BY JUSTICE BROWN. A broken rail on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road wrecked the third aeotion of freight train No. 83, near Meadville, Fa. Two men were killed and three othera seriously in jured. The dead are: Patriok Kerr, engineer; Bert Rowley, brakeman. The senate oommittee on publio buildings and grounds haa authorized favorable reporta on the amendments to the aundry-olvil bill, increasing the limit for oost for publio buildings at Cheyenne, Wyo , from $150,000 to $360,000, and at Boise City, Idaho, from $150,000 to $300,000, and at Hel ena, Mont., from $150,000 to $800,000. An appropriation of $100,000 was made available in each case. Chairman Aldaoe Walker, of th Atchison, in an inerview stated that Judge Collier's decree in the foreclos ure case of the United Statea Trust Company against the Atlantic & Pa oiflo railroad, was a preliminary step toward the foreclosure sale of the line. The deoree covers the property in New Mexioo, but no deoree in Arizona has yet been given. Similar proceedings will be taken in other sections of the oompany'a territory. In the suit of the Loadon Times against the Central News, whloh fur nished dispatches to a news agency in the United States, demanding the re turn of sums of money whioh had been paid by the Timea to the Central Newa for telegrams alleged to have been fab ricated or unduly expanded, the Newa ageuoy submitted to a verdict impos ing upon it nominal damagea and oosta, the Timea withdrawing its charges of fraud. While brooding over the idea that hia family would suffer from want, John Lehman of Chicago shot and killed his three children. After com mitting this terrible deed, Lehman at tempted to end hia own life by hang ing, but, failing in this, he turned the revolver upon himself, and sent a bul let through hia heart, killing himself instantly. Meager reporta from the lower Bruls agency in South Dakota, state that Handsome Elk, an Indian belonging to that agency, shot two Indian police who were trying to arrest him. Indian Commissioner Browning and United Statea Marshal Peemiller have been notified, and deputy marshals have gone to the aoene of tha difficulty. More trouble ia feared. A dispatch from Rome to the Fall Mall Gazette, London, aaya the papal nuncio at Madrid baa been instructed to propose the mediation of the pope to bring about a settlement of the trouble in Cuba or to urge upon Spain the ao- oeptanoe of President Cleveland a re ported offer of mediation. A dispatch from Havana aaya: Three prisoners of war, Gregorie Birgea, Es taban Hernandez and Jose Paoallao, were executed at Cabana fortress. They belonged to the insurgent band com manded by Dr. Bruno Zayas, and were oaptured by the soldiers of Aarapilea' battalion during the attaok on Mana gua. A number of the newspapers of Mad' rid and elsewhere demand that the elections in Cuba be annulled and ex premier Sagasti intends to . ask the ohamberof deputies to annul the Cuban eleotiona on the ground that the elec tors, owing to the state of rebellion prevailing, were not free to vote aa they pleased. The London Daily Telegraph haa a dispatch dated Buluwayo, via Pretoria, which says: The enemy are maneuv ering and constructing laagers to pro vide for retreat and organized attaok less than Bix miles out. A council of war haa been held, and it has been decided that the local forces are too weak to make further attacks upon the Matabeles. State Untitled to Levy Taxes on l'a touted aud Surveyed Land Th Mormon Church Property to be He tored-Other tun IMamlited. Washington, April 33. Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the su preme court today in the case of the Central Paoiflo Railway Company vg the State of Nevada, involving the right of the state to tax the lands of the railroad company. The case came to the supreme court from the Nevad supreme court on a writ of error, sued out by the railroad oompany. The state courts held that the state was entitled to levy taxes upon patent ed lands, aud also for lands which had not been patented, but whioh bad been surveyed, and on whioh the oost of aur veying bad not been paid. Justice Browu'a opinion affirms thia decision ."If," he said, "the railroad had a possessory claim to the lands, they are taxable under tbe statute of Nevada. ' Remarking upon the plea that the land oould not be taxed where tbe gov ernment reserved mineral landa from the grant, he aaid: "If the state baa no possessory claim because tbe lands are mineral, it cer tainly cannot be injured by a sale of the landa to pay the tax." He did not think it possible that the railroad oompany'a enormoua land grant should remain untaxed until the character of the lands, aa to minerals, oould be determined. Justice Field dissented on the ground that the reservation of mineral landa from the grant made it impossible to determine what lands could be properly taxed against the lailroad oompany. The oases involving the Mormon ohuroh property, whioh waa confiscated under the Edmunds aot, were sent back to the supreme court of Utah for final disposal in conformity with the joint resolution of congress, approved March 26 last, restoring this property to the church. The ' decision of tbe court below was reversed for this pur pose. Three cases from the supreme court of Oregon, the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company against J. T. Mullan, Jane Skattowe and Francis Collin, were deoided by the supreme court, all being dismissed with costs. WASHED AWAY. The house oommittee on waya and meana haa deoided to report favorably the bill introduced by C W. Stone, to repeal that aeotion of the Wilson act whioh gives free alcohol for the use in arts and manufacture. The internal revenue officials acknowledge their in- James E. Allsop, alias A. A. Austin, who waa arrested in Seattle by Detec tive John Courtney, of Minneapolis, on the charge of murdering Lena Olsen on the shore of Lake Superior, near Du luth, in order to get possession of $450, oommitted suicide in the oity jail at Seattle, by hanging himself with a pieoe of blanket. Tbe steamer Gaelic brings news that Admiral MoNear, in command of the Asiatio squadron, is contemplating a naval demonstration in Chinese waters. The fleet, consisting of the Detroit, Olympia, Charleston and Boston, will rendezvous at Shanghai during the summer, aud will sail north along the ooasta of Cbina and Japan. Undertakers of Chicago are inter eated in the propositions of an Indiana oompany to manufacture glass oofflns on a large scale. In an interview George F. Kimball, the plate-glass manufacturer, stated that the idea is entirely practicable, and that coffins can be constructed in the cheaper grades for not more than 50 cents a running foot Tbe officers of the Chartered South Africa Company in London are persist ently representing that the situation at Buluwayo is not as serious as repre seated in non-official dispatches, and that the town ia not in any real dan ger. Tbe chartered oompany announce that the officials of Buluwayo are con fident that they can hold tbe town, and that the town of Salisbury ia also aafe, and ia organizing ita defensive foroea. Great Damage to Kallruad Property bv a Nebraska Flood. Moorefield, Neb., April 23. -Details of the flood whioh occurred in this sec tion of the state on Saturday night show that it did great damage. The scene of the greatest damage is on the Burlington & Missouri, four miles west of Faruum. The damage to railroad property far exoeeded any idea enter tained before the full effects of the ex tent of the storm were realized.' Where the greatest damage occurred, the traok follows a deep out, starting at the end of Plum creek canyon. The torrent of water oame through the can yon with frightful velocity. . When it reached the point where the canyon in tersects the railroad traok, the ourrent was diverted through the deep out. The railroad traok, ties and roadbed were swept down the stream like so muoh dirftwood. At the weat end of the cut, the topography of the oountry changes abruptly, and instead of deep out, there is a fill of 75 feet high and 200 feet long. The embankment was washed completely away. The steel rails were bent and twisted by the violence of the flood, as if they were so many pieoes of lead, ana big drainage tiles, weighing 1000 pounds, were torn out of the ground in whioh they were originally buried 75 feet deep, and washed down the canyon for a distance of 400 yards. All traffic is suspended. Wrecking orewa are at work on both ends of the washout, v About half a mile of the roadbed has been washed away, but the wrecking orews will oonstruot a tern porary track for immediate use. All westbound trains are stopped at Curtis, and those eastbound stop at Eustis. The danger to property of fanners in tne vauey cannot yet oe ascertained, No lives were lost, so far as known. A MANIAC IN CHURCH. An Armed Lunatlo Created a Benaatlou la Oaklaud, Oakland, Cal., April 21. Wildly flourishing a gleaming pistol over his head, Lewis Pastor shouted "When the anarchists threw the bomb in tbe French assembly," aa be stood in front of the pulpit of the First Unitarian church thia morning. There waa a stampede in tho orowded auditorium, and a rush of men and women to get out of range of the weapon. A pauio was averted by the call . for order from ooolor heads. That waa the very sensational inter ruption that occurred almost immedi ately after tbe organ prelude at the Unitarian house of worship gave the signal for the commencement of tbe morning service. A roughly-dressed man walked up the aisle with his hat on, and, flourishing his revolver, com menced to shout But the wildly dis claiming speoeh u?aker waa suddenly out off. From four oornera of tbe church four men rushed toward him, They were John Yule, John P. Irish Sam Hall and David Bush. Each in stinotively seized the flourishing arm and grappled for the pistol. Some of the audienoe watched the struggle. There was a very lively bont, but tbe weapon-wielder was presently over oome, and little further time elap before he was hustled out of the ohuroh. He waa taken to jail, where he gave the name of Lewis Pastor. He aaid he waa a laborer, homeless, and in need of assistance. Chief Lloyd' ordered him charged with carrying a oonoealed weapon and disturbing a religious meeting. The pistol wss loaded in every ohamber. City Physioian May one examined Pastor and pronounced him insane. ALL IS NOT HARMONY D0,NGS OF congress. CHINOOK BEACH TRAPMEN NOT IN FAVOR OF FISHING. GERMS KILLED BY RAYS by Tw Positive Announcement Made Chicago Phyalciane. Chioago, April 20. Professor H. P. Pratt and Professor Hugh Wightman announce to the world that diphtheria and typhoid are absolutely killed by tne roentgen trays. This statement is made without reserve. The decision was reached this evening, when the last of the germs which had been ex posed to the ray failed to show signs of me under tne glass the deadly bacilli remaining idle and inactive iu the midst of the best and most temptine imitation or human tissues. I our new oolonies of epidemic- breeders, labeled aa cholera, tubercu losis, hog cholera and diphtheria, were located in tubes filled with nutriment. Professor Pratt turned the ray into the group of bacilli. The magio agency was allowed to work two minutes. The two pbysioiana are risking their professional reputation by the prophecy that not one of the four groups will ever be able to recover. They are cer tain of the effect on the diphtheria germs, and ooujident conoerning the other three. The Indiana a Suoceaa. New York, April 22. The battle ship Indiana, the biggest United Statea warship, steamed from Hampton Roads up tbe coast on Saturday, with the naval board of inspection. She has appeared off tbe Highlands. This ia the Indiaua'a first visit to this port The inspection board came ashore and took the first train for Washington. The board is to determine and report on the advisability of having the tur rets on the new warships as they are on the Indiana, the 8-inoh guns over the 1 8-inoh guns or to place them as they are on the Kearsarge and Ken tuckyt Naval sharps olaiin that there is a saving of weight in placing one turret above another, but the firing of the upper guns is liable to stun the men in the turret below. Two shots were fired on the way up. Lieutenant Henderson waa in the hold below the 8-inch guns aft, and experienced no bad effects. Lieutenant-Commander Wm. Swift says that the Indiana haa shown herself to be a very able fighting ship, and that she waa the finest sea-boat he was ever aboard. The battle-ship will re main six weeks in port Her decks are to be caulked and some repairs made to the machinery. Bobbed by Servant!. London, April 30. William Danlap, desoribed as a valet, and William Tur ner, aaid to be footman, have been ar rested here. They stated that they left the employ of a gentleman in New York reoently. In Dnnlap's pockets the police found diamonds valued at $15,000, believed to have been stolen, and a search of the room occupied by tne oouple revealed bracelets, earings, diamonds and other jewelry of great value. There ia no doubt that these men robbed the house of I. Townsend Burden, of New York, in December last, of jewelry to the value of about $60,000. ahe offloiala of the United Statea embassy have oabled Secretary Olney to thia effect, and have asked for extradition papers. Streeter, the Bond street jeweler, oalled at the United States embassy today in refer ence to the Burden jewels. He aaid the prisoners called on him last Wed nesday, and he saw that many of the stones they wanted to sell bad been torn from their settings, while othera were blaok with dirt He told tbe men he would have them cleaned and make an offer on Thursday. Turner and Dunlap left the jewela with Streeter, and the hitter communicated with the polioe. Trying to Dlaaiiude Haker'a Hay' Trap per from Taking Salmon Sand aland llaputed Ground Few Trap- men Accepted tha New Hate. Astoria, Or., April 20. If reporta received from Ilwaoo can be relied upon, all ia not harmony among the trapniun ou that side of the river. It is said thut the trap-owners TeBiding at Chinook beaoh were not notified of the intention to hold the mass meeting at Ilwaoo, on Friday last, and that the resolutions passed at that time do not reflect the sentiment of a majority of the trappers. Tbe Chinook men are endeavoring, by every meana in their power, consistent with aa observance of tbe law, to dissuade from fishing those of the Baker's bay trappers who have atarted operations, and it is re ported that feeling baa been running high in oonsequence. Comparatively few of the trapmen have accepted the 4-oent rate, and these inolude only those who were forced to fish because of an inability to get advances of sup plies from oanners. A letter waa received here thia morn ing from Governor Lord in which he aaid that he would grant requisition papers in th cases of the fishermen who recently pulled the trap piles at Hand Island only after it had been shown that the offense bad been com' mitted in the state of Washington, Charts of the river, made subsequent to the admission of Oregon to statehood, show that the north channel ran on the north aide of Sand island and, as the northern boundary of Oregon extended to the middle of the north obannel, it would seem Washington baa been granting licenses for the maintenance of traps in Oregon, and that Governor Lord will not feel called npon to sign the requisition papers. NICE KIND OF EVANGELIST With Death of a New Tork Congreaenian. Watertown, N. Y., April 21. Hon. Willard Ives died at his home here this morning, in his 90th year. Mr. Ives served in congress from 1853 tc 1856. New York, April 20. Mr. Burden stated to a reporter today that he had received information from London that the men who had robbed his safe nad been arrested. In view of this news, be added, tbe departure of his family for Europe, whioh had been planned for some time, would take place tomor row. J. he most valuable piece of jewelry stolen by the servants was a diamond necklace worth about $20,000. The Pacific Cable. Honolulu, April 21. Colonel Spanld- ing's friends here are not pleased with tbe report of tbe senate oommittee of foreign relations on the oable bill. They take it for granted that the pres ent congress is not disposed to aid the oompany of which Spaulding is the head. The Hawaiian government al lowed Spaulding 18 months in whioh to launch his scheme; the option will not expire for nearly one year, and in the meantime (be hands of this govern ment are practically tied. No proposi tion can be entertained from any other company, li congress should refuse to grant a subsidy to the New Jersey oom pany, this government is assured that Spaulding will assign his contract and option to any oompany that might be able to secure tbe desired aid. Cable supporters here would be glad to have tbe New York and New Jersey com panies oombine, if such a combination wonld insure the building of the cable. Deeerted II la Family and Eloped a Widow. New York, April 20. Thu Rev. Harry M. Covert left his; home in Brooklyn March 81, and on the way same day, and at the same hour, by what may be a strange coincidence, Mrs. Helene Springer, a widow, also left her home, whioh was just around the oor ner from where tbe Coverts lived. When the Rev. H. M. Covert, who in one of the best known evangelists in the oountry, left his residence, he left behind a handsome wife and a stepson ged 14. When Mrs. Springer left her home she deserted a son by her first has band and a married daughter. She did not go away, however, until she bad sold her residence, disposed of $4,000 wortn oi nousenoid lurmture, and ne gotiated the sale of $9,000 worth ef bonds and stocks, whioh gave her a total capital of $20,00Q. Covert married Mrs. Alioe Mason ia June, 1892 She was a particularly oomely woman of about 40 years, and be was a man prepossessing in appear anoe. It was she who had the money : he had nothing. Yeara before ho bad been a real estate speculator and had massed anything but an exoellent repu tation on tbe exohange. She inherited from her husband an estate amounting to something more than $80,000. Mr. Covert, after hia marriage, be came an evangelist of tbe Baptist faith. Of magnificent physique.splendid voioe and a native eloquenoe, which waa rare and pleasing, he gained a reputation as a platform orator. He was known ia Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Kansas City, Omaha and in smaller oiites. Routine Work of tha rifty.Fourtn Sec tion Sonata. Washington, April 18. The resolu tion for an investigation of the rocent bond issues waa taken up in the senate today and Hill made a sensational and dramatio speech in opposition. The New York senator defended Secretary Carlisle and his administration of the treasury against loose insinuations of irregularities, and showed the preva lence of charges of this ohaarotor by presenting and reading in full the charges made by Sonator Chandler against the friends of McKlnley that a levy of money was being made on pro tected industries in behalf of McKin ley'a oandidaoy for the presidency. As a further evidence of the prevalence of me onargea, mil spoke of the suear investigation, where, he aaid, ono sen ator, referring to Uuav. had franklv admitted that he had bought sugar stook and had a richt to buv it. and today that senator waa the favorite son of the leading republican state aa a candidate for the presidency. Washington, April 20. To avoid a atruglge for precedence, the senate, on motion of Canon, took up the resolu tion directing the seoretary of the in terior to open the Unoompabgre reser vation without further delay, the un derstanding being that the bond in vestigation resolution should oome up at 2 o'oluck as unfinished business. After Brown had spoken for the resolu tion he sought to secure a vote. Gor man asked that action be deferred ow ing to the absenoe of Vilas, who de sired to be heard. Aldricb aaid it must be clear that there waa "some thing behind" these efforts at delay. and this persistence in putting off a vote. Gorman responded that it waa the first intimation coming from tha distinguished senator on the other aids of the chamber that delays in publio bnainesa were occurring. Washington, April 22. With the thermometer Btanding at 80 degrees, less than 20 senators were on the floor when the president pro tern, Frye, oalled the upper house to order. Dur ing the morning hour the joint resolu tion for the appointment of General Franklin, Representative Steele, Gen eral Henderson and General Bale, as members of the board of managers of tbe National Soldiers' Home, was adopted without debate. Cannon in troduced a bill for the construction, near Washington, of a ground map of the Unitod States on the scale of one inch to a mile. Mitohell of Oregon gave notice that ou Friday next he would ask to take up tho bill pension ing veterans of the Indian wars. Alli son followed with a report of tha sun dry oivil appropriation bill and said he would seek to take it up at the earliest day. ana. Washington, April 1 8. In the house Blue asked if Hull would allow the vote on tbe resolution to be dropped for ten days. This Hnll deolined to do. Tbe speaker deoided also that a motion to reoommit would not be in order, the vote having been ordered at three o'olock. Mahon's amendment to inves tigate Governor Simth's conduct was ruled out, and the vote was taken on the Blue amendment to substitute tha name of General Howard for that of General Franklin. On demand of Blue, the vote was taken by ayes and nays. and was rejected by 61 to 149. The resolution was then adopted without division. Several minor bills were- passed, and at 4:41 the house adjourned. Washington, April 20. The net re sult of five hours' work on the private calendar in the bouse today waa the passing of our pension bills, one to pension tbe widow of Rear Admiral Mrs. Springer is perhaps 60 years of Foote, at $60 per month; the rejeoiton The Walla Walla district Methodiaj Episcopal conference will hold its next session at Milton, commencing May 10. A large number of laymen and ministers are expected. age. She is still decidedly handsome. Neighbors oall her "dashy" whatever they mean. Mr. Covert met her at a missionary meeting in Brooklyn, and since that time his attentions to her have been marked. People told Mrs. Covert of this, but she bad faith in her husband An expressman oalled on Mrs. Covert one afternoon and asked for Mrs. Springer'a trunka, saying they were to be shipped to Loa Angeles. The express. man said he had been directed to the Covert house. Mrs. Covert obligingly directed the man to the widow's resi dence. That same afternoon the evan gelist's wife received the following let ter "Dear I am going away, probably to Chioago. My love for you is dead and I will never return. It seems hard that ws should part thus, but the Lord's will be done. I can no longer live with you, but may the Lord ever watch over and bless you and yours. Harry." It is believed tbe couple have goas to Los Angeles. Snppoaed to Be Hibben. Chicago, April 20. The ticket agent at the Santa Fe depot reported to the polioe today that a man who answers the description of S. B. Hibben, of Los Angeles, who disappeared last night, came to the depot last evening. lie acted strangely and procured a sec ond-olass ticket for Passadena, Cal A telegram was sent to the conductor of the train. A Murderer Captured Appleton, Wis., April 20. Julius Zilken, who murdered in cold blood his employer, Edward Daivs, a wealthy farmer, near Marksan, April 4, was captured here this morning, after a desperate struglge in which he was probably fatally shot by Policeman Garvey. Glaaablowera Strike. Hartford City, Ind., April 21. The glassblowers of the Hartford City Win dow Glass Company refused to go to work thia evening, because the blowers bad been discharged in violation of an agreement with their union. Six of a bill to retire a hospital steward as a second lieutenant of cavalry, and the passing of a war olaim of less than $600. The latter was the first war olaim brought before the house for oonsideartion and naturally provoked a genearl debate on the policy of pay ing war claims. It drew from Mahon. ohairman of the war claims oommittee, Walker, MoCall and Evans, eloquent pleas for the payment of the findings of tbe oourt of olaims. Mahon argued that these olaims should be paid or abolished. Dockery eulogized Speaker Crisp, and Sayers, the ohairman of the appropriations committee in the last oongress, paid a high tribute to Speak er Reed. Washington, April 22. For the first time this session Speaker Reed was late in arriving at the capitol. Clerk Mc Dowell oalled the house to order and announced that a speaker pro tem would be elected. Hull was nnani. mously elected. He had been seated but a few minutes when Reed ap peared, and, amid much laughter, said: "The house will be in Although this was suspension day un der the rules, Cannon, chairman of the oommittee on appropriations, insisted on proceeding with tbe general defici enoy bill. The house went into com- mittee of the whole for its considera tion. This is the last of the regular appropriation bills. Ks-Conanl Waller in Washington. Washington, April 22. Ex-Unirert States Consul Waller was at tha itnta department today in company with Paul Bray, his stepson. He had a short interview with Assistant Secre tary Adee and another with Chief Chifton, of the consulate bureau. He has gone to Baltimore to arranee for a course of lectures on Madagascar. To Keorganlia a Kailroad. Washington, April 22. The senate committee on judiciary today made a xavoraDie report upon the rennlnH authorizing purchasers at the mortgage sale of the Atlantio & Pacifio to orimn. ize the road. uo ngni yourseil, and you will hundred men were thrown out of work, 'help some other man tobehave himself!