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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXVIII—NO. 1K1 M'S. (tKuIKtIA: SATTKDAV MoKNLNO. MAY Id, |ssi;. THICK FIVK CK.N'TS A I* I'M. DAY IN I Hi: SKVATE. , ;al ConIImi-i H,v Iti-dinmti' Hill. Kti*. •ujiy Most of' flu Tlnu 1 - Si-nafo* ii*. Ivii‘*»ii .IruKs T**n«l*»r*- AiiMiln r CriM'iit A|ipr'i|irli»tloii Washington, May 14.—After the trails- action of routine business the house went into a committee of the whole, Harp, of Missouri, in the chair, on the private eal- emKr. The liill for the extension ol the patent gave rise to a del)ate which trenched upon the ground of the tai iff re duction. There was a disposition shown to lengthen out the tariff debale, but a protest was made and private business was proceeded with. •After some time the committee rose and reported a half dozen bills to the house. The first bill to be taken up was that authorizing the president to change the rank of Henry J. Hunt from colonel to inajoi general on the retired list, and it was defeated—75 to 111. The McMannville and Manchester claim i,jU g a ye rise to some discussion and pend- jpg action the house at 5 o’clock took n re cess until 7:30. the evening session to he for the consideration of pension hills. Tiie house at the evening session passed fcrfv-flve pension bills and adjourned till to-morrow. st;\ m:. The senate passed a number of public building bills, among them the bill pro viding for completion of the public build ing at Harrissonburg, Vu., the amount to bcA-10,000, and the addition to the United States building at. Jackson, Miss., £0,000. The senate adopted Hoar's resolution re quiring that tiie committee, when report ing the river and harbor bill, to state the facts that showltbe national importance of the several pieces of the work, and why each item of appropriation is advisable. At 2 o’clock the general pension bii! was placed before the senate and Vest took the Hour in opposition to the bill. In the course ot his remarks he animadverted with severity on the “nebulosity" of tiie estimates made by different persons as to the amount that the pending measure would take from the treasury, lie assert ed that the amount was beyond the ken of mortal man, and in conclusion declared that he would go no further in the direction in which congress had been hurried. These bills meant an indefinite raid on the treasury for an in definite time. Morgan submitted an amendment, to be moved by him at the proper time, provid ing that pensions covered by the hill'and not provided for by existing laws should be pavable only out of money to he de rived from the internal revenue and requir ing the secretary of the treasury to report to congress in December, 1886, what per centage of taxation on the capital stock of tue corporations would be sufficient to pay the expense incurred under this act, but not to include the corporations organized to promote religion, charity, education, morals or health, nor any corporation of less capital stock than 150,000. The senate at 3:15 p. m. went into execti- cutive session. At 5:20 the doors were re opened and the senate adjourned untii Monday. Postofllces unil Post llontls. Washington, May 14.—The house com mittee on postoffices'and post roads to-day agreed to recommend non-concurrence in the subsidy amendment and that appro priating £800,000 for the pay of the postal car service added by the senate to the post- office appropriation bill. All other senate bills are concurred in. All the democratic members of the committee present voted against the subsidy ameedment and till the republican members except Guenther and Wakefield for it. Another Auproiirintiun liili. Washington, May 11.—The appropria tions committee of the house has com pleted another deficiency appropriations bill It appropriates £0.000,000 for pensions S22AP00 forpublic printing, £200,090 for pay of the army and £50.000 for expenses of advertising for Indian supplies. Ji-iik- Iti-viinis. Washington, May 14.—Secretary of In terior Jenks has resigned his office, the resignation to take effect May 15. Other important duties, the nature of which are net specified, are assigned as a reason. The Emm-iiHh- Seeim. Washinton, May 14.—'The senate in ex- t stive session to-day again cleared its cal endar of unobjected cases. Nearly an hour was consumed in the discussion of a motion to reconsider the vote by which tlie nomi nee for postmaster at Lynchburg, Va., rained Button, was rejected. This nomi nation was again rejected, only four sena tors voting in his favor. His offense wi th- alleged publication in his newspaper of uncomplimentary comments upon seve ral prominent senators. Couflrniat ion*. Washington. May 14.—The senate has confirmed the nominations of >S. T. Hauser, governor of Montana ; J. J’. Kimball, of Pennsylvania, director of mints: J. \V. Hatcher, postmaster at Union Springs, Ala. ; J. F, Irion, postmaster at Paris, Tenn. Si-n-ctury llannitiL' ’’ituilj inqinivimr. Washington, May 14.—Secretary Mi.n- ning continues to improve slowly. He drives out every fair day with Mrs. Man ning. To-day lie drove to the treasury de partment to see Treasurer Jordan, who came out to his carriage and held a short conversation with him. licult to make a forecast of tin :■> «ult. as it is expew-'d that the protection wing of the party will incline toward the suhsidists. land also, possibly, some other democrats re) resenting huge seaport constituencies IIOVSK 4\It as might la- expected. Naturally, the rc- I publicans will go solidly for tin subsidy. I air Blount expects to carry the house with him, but he has a double light on his hands --first to heat the suhsidists In tile house, and then to overcome the senate's opposi tion. It is conceded that both branches of the contest will be such as to call for Mr, Blount's best qualifies as a parliament:.ty tactician. On Tlintiui 1 . Nev* York, May 14.—The news on the street this morning was generally to the effect that the Into rise had had its dav. The uncertainty in regard to the forth coming statement of the New York Cen tral, the troubles of the Lake Snore and | Xickle Plate, and the unfavorable statc- j ment of the earnings of the St. Paul, made I these stocks conspicuously weak at the | opening. The remainder of the active list i was all within a quarter of a per cent, of last night’s closing, but the market was weak in tone from the opening to the close, with hardly a rally worthy of tIk name. The coalers and St. Paul w’eiv vc ry weak, as was the Pacific Mail, which lost 1.4 ana Louisville and Nashville th The rest of the active list is down fractional amounts. The market closed dull and heavy. NEWS FROM CHARLESTON. veil: imkm u:m\(,s of the oi \ f.ini. <o\fi:itf.\< i.. I ID- ( L0roll lh n aftrr to Pa) lie* Kx ponses ol the luh'tfiUus I In* J , n.|»o>lli ui lt« i|uirlnu Hi' 1 llblm) to < otiMi't P’ , e*ilhiir KM'Th in .'bikini/ v|»i* iufimhus Pi*lt-ntM* , inl"*r*. .Must .Not • ' slum * or Ihnii jury of Washington county has returned true hills against niic. ty-ore of tin- striking coal miners, win w< re < ’..urged with coti- spira *y. Thtir irialswil! come up tit the present term of t !..■ court in that county. The mine olficiaisr.rc determined to test tin conspiracy laws in a most thorough man ner, and for that purpose have? retained the host counsel available. Should the de cision of the lower court be unfavorable they will at «mcc be carried to the supreme court. The indictments found against the miners are the result of rioting, which oc curred in the fourth pool several months •j, \\m. iiadsi'iim's I’oi.in rin 1.1, \tivomu m. toni. fuses i»i the t ii [ted Mutes fireuit feiirl—-The Kjiiseopiti foliveilthiil. CHARLESTON, S. C., May 14.- In tin- United States circuit court to-day ex-Unitcd States Marshal Ahsolom Blithe was tried for presenting' false claims and misappro priating gove'rnment funds and acquitted n.v instructions from Judge Bond. 1 lie of fenses being merely technical and without criminal intent. Chief Justice 'Waite signed an order for tiie sale of the Georgetown and Lanes rail road on a suit brought by the Bank of Xe-.v York, the road having failed to pay install ments and interest on bonds falling due July 1, 1884. The Episcopalians in convention, by non-concurrence to-dav, failed to sustain Bishop Maine’s ruling that the adoption of the report of the committee on clerical lists was out of order. The motion to re consider was lost by the non-concurrent vote. Subsequently a resolution was passed that clergymen whose names were referred to the committee on the clerg ( v list be de clared entitled to ail the privileges of the convention according to classification of the committee. JUDGE HORD DECLARED INSANE. The Atlnriipj-Gi-iii'ml of Iii.lianu l'laivl in an Iti-une IIt>H,ii1iil. Indianapolis. May 14.—The communi ty was shocked to-day by the information that the Hon. Frank Herd, attorney-gen eral of the state, had been declared Insane. The peculiarity of his case is that he seems to have been living a sort of double life. While he has discharged all of his official duties thoroughly and satisfactorily and his legul opinions have been remarkably clear and pointed, he has often armed and disguised himself at night, hunting until late hours for imaginary foes. Laboring under a hallucination that a certain doc tor had insulted his wife, he assaulted him on several occasions, once narrowly eseap- ing tragic results. The doctor and Judge Hord’s brother, the Hon. Oscar B. Hord, filed the neees- I sary papers, and the patient was taken to j the insane hospital. After hefiiad carefully i read the finding of the commission he de- i dared that he would effect his release by j habeas corpus proceedings and revenge i himself upon all engaged in the “outrage." ! Gov. Gray, who has had daily intercourse I with Judge Hord. was surprised amlshoek- ! td wlitr told of the matter by a reporter j to-day. Judge Herd's son William will probably succeed him :;s attorney-general. CAUGHT AND CONFESSES. 1 Tin- V-M-ic IV. VI ul la i .V'-m it Who llrtiliii'ii Hrr sti-p. Krill'll! Ciq.luri'ii nt \t*o THE STEAMSHIP SUBSIDY. Mr.lUomit to I.i-ml tin- Field Wnliist tin- *-00.(mi(i \ni»*»'lm» nf to 1 lit* Post Oflhe fill!, WashNgtoN,May 14.—Chairman Blount ot the house committee on post offices and host roads, is determined to make a fight against the senate upon the £800,900 steam- suip subsidy amendment to tiie post office Appropriation bill. He will make the light principle. The democratic party is committed against subsidies of all kinds, and Mr. Blount will make a party issue in the house. .He should not appeal in vain to his party associates in a matter involving palpable a violation of an elementary principle of the democracy; hut he hots not expect an easy fight. What ?re called “business interests” seem to be concentrating the other way. It is notice able that ail the memorials now being re ceived by the house—end they are many— are from boards of trade anc’l other com mercial organizations at seaports, and n'om individuals directly interested in for eign trade. There is not a single people's petition in the lot. Mr. Blount and the majority of his party associates are alive to this distinction. It is the seaport trad ers, and not the people of the country. '?? want the enormous subsidy * .“as been voted as an amend- , y the senate. The tight is to fie made on this as the dead-line. It is dif- Kew Orleans. May 14.—The police of tliis city arrested Mrs. .Sarah J. Dockery, j wlto is wanted in Fu’t iii. Kw, for the ; murder oi her step-mother, Mrs. Jane Wilkerson. at that place on Friday last. Tin police were informed several Pays ; ago that the woman with her two ch Jd. c-i. , had started for this oitv and was on her wav to Texas. Tiie Texas trains were 1 witched, but site evidently knew that I the police were looking for her and made no attempt to leave. Tlu-y got on her track and arrested her in an '.npre- tentious boarding house in a quiet neigh borhood. Hht denied that she was the woman wanted until confronted by J. T. Fulfill, marshal . f Fulton, who had come hen to look for her. and then she admitted her identity, and confessed the killing, it will l.e remembered that the accused beat Mrs. Wilkerson to death with a hoe. wounding her eleven times in the head, and heating it to a jelly. Mrs. Dockery says her stepmother attacked her with t, knife, and that she killed her in self-de fense. Silt- says that, influenced by her stepmother. her father iii- 1 treated her. and although a man of wealth, compelled her to work in the fields. After the killing she fled, with her two children, and walked to the farm of her brother in Obion county. Ti mi., and lie put her on a train for this oitv. The officers from Ful ton state that Mrs. Dockery was believed to have murdered her own mother, lint the crime could not he proven. Her husband mysteriously disappeared sometime ago. . and there is a suspicion that she made away with him. fine says, however, that her husband i- li\t mid that she can put the officers in the way of finding him. The accused is about twenty-six year-, of age. evidently lias Indian blood in lu-r veins and man ilV-sts some sign-, oi' insanpy. I In Vlii-iru: Ki-Jivn!. Petersburg, Va.. May 14.--The mu-i'a! festival of Virginia and North Carolina ended to-night. This afternoon then- was an organ recital at t he Academy of Music, at which Madame LVr.v Burineister Peter son was the solo artist. D. Martin and Charles Thomason also took part. En cores were embarrassingly numerous. To-night the last concert in which the full strength of the orchestra, solo artists and united choruses w-re brought in was given at the academy. Tiie attendance was very large and tiie most brilliant of the series. The convention, which con cluded its session to-day, determined to is sue an appeal to the associations in Vir ginia and North Carolina to i recta music hall to he located here. A grand german was given. Failures for lln* tt <-i-k. New York, May 14.—Business failures occurring throughout the country during tiie last week reported to It. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 150, Canada 20. a total of 17G as against )92 last week. I Richm-omd, Va., May 14.—The M. E. | conference opened to-day with the ordin ary religious exercises." Among tiie rc- I ports a very intereting one was made on the sulijeel. of education, proposing the es tablishment of four biblical schools with [ other matters of general literary interest I into the denomination. A resolution was uttered, signed by Dr. T. J. Dodd, of Tennessee, G. F. Tavior, j H. P. Walker and others, calling for a change in the rubric- of the church toueh- J ing the invitation to the Lord’s Supper. The resolution projtoses that the invitation I read, “Ail that do truly and earnestly re- I pent of vov.r sins and intend to lead a new life, living in love and charity with your I neighbor.-," etc., instead of “all that do ! truly repent of your sins and are in love,” j Several disciplinary amendments were j ' The proposition requiring the bishop to I consult the presiding elders in making ap pointments was submitted. The committee having reported non-concurrence with the | proposition, Dr. Kelly moved to strike out ' and made a forcible speech in favor of the proposition. Lrs. Whitehead and Winfield supported j Dr. Kelly. Drs. West and McFerren were the chief speakers in opposition. I Dr. Haygood, chairman of the commit tee, which hud reported non-concurrence, closed the debate, arguing that there was no necessity for such legislation because the bishops do now take advice and counsel | of their presiding eiders, j A vote was taken and the original reso lution was lost. j A paper proposing to arrange the man- ■ ual conference into permanent Episcopal I dioceses was read, but lost when voted on. ' The committee on revisai presented their report. The leommittee had referred to it a paper in regard to dancing: also a clause forbidding dancing, attending the circus and the opera. The committee fully agree that these evils are directly contrary to the general rules, which are sufficiently com prehensive to cover such cases and recom mend that such evils should he corrected under the law as it now stands. Judge Tucker, of Florida, of the commit tee on the defrayal of the expenses of the general conference, submitted a report recommending that the expense of the delegates be paid by the church. The re port stated that to meet the expenses would require an assessment of only two and a half cents once in four years upon each church member. Walter B. Hill, of Georgia, a lay dele gate, in opposing the report, contended that the general conference had no more right to have their expenses paid by the people of the church than any congress man or representative of the United States a right to claim their expenses from the people of the District of Columbia. A delegate from Tennessee was opposed to the whole plan and held that the spirit of Christian hospitality was yet abroad in the land of Methodism. Dr. Samuel Black, of West Virginia, thought that by adopting the report of the committee conference would be setting a precedent that would be followed by an nual conferences and district conferences. The discussion resulted in the commit tee’s report being adopted. IVlii ih,. Gianni- IVa* Made. Knoxville. Tenn., Mav 14.—The pub lished report that the htaringbefore Judge Jackson in the United Slates circuit court on the petition of the bond holders and stock Holders of the East Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia railroad to stop the sale, was postponed because the petitioners were li. i riady to piocced. is not correct. The change of the time from the 15th to the 17: h hist,, was made by Judge Jackson last week at the solicitation of counsel for the Centra] Trust company, who were not ready ’.<> meet the ease of the petition ers on the loth Inst. Notices ofthat change were served fr< m the clerk's office here last Saturday. Except for ih,- change- of date tin- j euiioncrs would have presented uieir (-am- at Nashville- Wednesday. The case will < c;t:.;niv b • heard at Nashville, .May 17th. CAPITAL AND lABCR. Herr Most inn i .Irini.l — !*ur-«iii-* Muluiti- Wife Wriles a :.•!■;■ In.ns ia-l'uri tintin'- t 'mu in ii lei V Inc •.[,„( I) It, El,.. Chicago. May 14. —At fi o clock last eve ning. in accordance with tie- decision, the wholse-al" clothing in a r.iifacturers notified! their cutters that for the present no fur ther work would he given iut. By tlfls action nearly 30.0X1 men a id women, a majority of whom, however, arc already on a striki , have beer cm otffrom employ ment. I’ric-: iei< l!\ K iiileil. Chicago, May 11 The >trike in the him lie r yards is apparent ly prac-t dally end ed. Reports from about forty ol the yards show that the old !:n-ii \o re straggling back to work. To-day, in some of the yards- m arly a full force was at work. The strikt’r-- committee became involvid in a wrangle and failed to mo t tin- lumbermen a- arranged. It was s-iid tl at it was finally aene,, to report to the hinibermen that tin- men would go to-vork.it the- old terms if all wen- tak, t. bai k. It sooms probable that a hirgi majority of the men will go buck info the cards to-day and resume work. The strikers' committee announces tin t it will call mi the lumbermen's cont- i in- r.ios st Xi-.d.i. l-Trr.-iin'.'tG. May 11.— A dispatch front N'-nii. Cl.io, to the Dispatch -..ys tin. de structive of property Wa« 'm avv. Correct figun-s arc wanting, but it is safe to sav tliat tfc 'a ss to the city and citizens will reach £75.imf-. while the railroads wifi suf fer a- mu., r. more. Three bridges, on the Little Miami are out, and as much us ti',- miles of track gone. The first section of the night express from CiiK-d.nati leached her,- all right, hut the next section was caught in-tween the bridges all'! tin re it lie-. A large amount of track below Spring Valley is out and tile lo-s will lie £5U.(Xii, , r more. The Day- ton ami ironron rallro.id, between here and Trebin-.. is washed out badly and the Little Miami traca is in the- same condi tion all tic way to Dayton. The town is full of stringers from blockaded t.-gins. Lriiiudit hi ii ( ice. Chicago. May II.—The strike in the I w her yards in the southwestern portion of : he city was lirought to a close to-day. The employes returned on the old terms of tell hours' work and ten hours' pay. st ri kin if Mlii.-r« liiill.-ti-il. Pittsburg, Pa., May 11. The grand H, ■ nil. New York M.nyll. Anarchist Johnmie Most, who is in the Tombs prison on tlm charge of evdeavoring to incite a riot, was brought into court to-day nud r -leased on £11X10 bail. The money was subscribed by some of Most's friends. He complaim d bitterly of having been hand-cufi'ed and of the loss of £1SU at the time he was arrested. MARTIN IRONS TESTIFIES. Hi- Tells All About tic 'll Pmllli- Strike. i St. Louis. May M. -The Curtin labor in- vestigalhig committee held its last session ' in this city to-day, and wii! leave for Washington to-niglit. Martin Irons, in:is- ! ter workman of distrirt assembly 101, the membership of which numbers 5000 nidi : employed upon the Missouri Pacific rail- ri ad, testified that the officers of that road ignored the provision of the agreement, i and noted instances where griev ances of employes were never consid- I ored. The discharge of Hall on the Texas Pacific railroad was the immediate cause of the strike. This was not,however, the sole reason for the strike, 1 hut was the last of many gricvaiu-.es which : had made the strike necessary. He had tried to settle the nflair before the strike | and had met Governor Sheldon, who was j receiver on the road, and was assured by him that an endeavor would be made to adjust matters, and had been told that Gov. Brown would be at Dallas i the next day, and thought Mr. Irons j should go there and present his side. The next day he thought it best that the re- | ceivers come to Marshall where the books of .the company were and so telegraphed Gov. Sheldon, but no answer was received. Another telegram was sent, with only a re sponse from the operator that Sheldon was not in the Dallas office. He then tele graphed that if a reply was not received by the next day he would call out the men. No answer came and he ordered a strike. Witness recounted the after events of the strike on the Missouri Pacific, the confer ence at Kansas City, the governor's aU tempt to settle the strike, Iloxie’s action, etc., bringing the matter -down to tiie general executive committee’s attempt to interview Hoxie, and the means by which the strike was finally ended. PARSONS’ MULATTO WIFE. She Writes a Letter In Ib liAlf of Hie Anarchhts. Chicago, May 14.—The mulatto wife of the hiding anarchist, Parsons, who was herself one of the most violent speakers in the city, addressed the following letter to the Daily News: Chicago, May 13. 1886.—To the Editor: I beg the privilege of saying a word to the public through the columns of the Daily News. I ask. in common fairness, a sus pension of public judgment as to the an- archints now imprisoned or under bond; will the people wait until our side has had its opportunity to lie heard in the court of general opin ion? The howl has gone uu from the pul pit and the press now as of old. “Crucify! crucify!” But even an anarchist ought not to be condemned and executed with out a bearing. Is there not danger that in the excitement of the hour the people will forget to inquire whether the anarchists have really ever violated any of the laws of the city, state or nation ? I ao not understand that any one has charged that the mutiny at Ha.vinarket square, which trie police attempted to dis perse, w as an unlawful assemblage, or that the attendants were enagi d in any riotous acts w hen interrupted. If it be so. were not the police instead of the anarchists the lawbreakers ? : Signed j Lucy E. Parsons. V Mt'rllnu of I .ii i*il Ihli liiiidon's Enlloai>rs 10- villi' I" Il|ipiiM‘ Hi" Ilniiii' Ituli* Hill In lliu Itllior Ini! t Humor Unit IduiMoiu- Will WHhilriiw Ih" Hill IV lull Its 0|i|hiii<>iiG hit Ifni tig. London, May 14. A ini etlng of the fol- [ low ers of Lord Hiirt.lngton was held to-day for the purpose of cementing the whig and radical opposition to (lie home rule bill. Hixty-four gentlemen attended, including Clminherlrin, Trevi lyun and Caine. Hart- ington made a twenty minutes’speech, in whull he explained the reasons why Ihe liberals should oppose Gladstone’s meas ures. The meeting was harmonious j throughout, and unanimously adopted res- I elutions declaring Unit ttiose present would oppose the second reading of the home j rule hill. The meeting lasted a half hour. I Tiie government has forwarded two | million rounds of ammunition to Dublin. I I laiTington, in ills speech, declared that tiie pledges from the liberals to impose 1 (llailxione's home rule bill were sufficient in number to make the rejeetion oftlie bill on ibs second reading a certainty. The de feat of tiie bill, lie said, would cast, a heavy responsibility on him, which, however, ho was quite prepared to accept. | Several gentlemen made brief remarks, in which they staled their determination lo oppose any measure brought forward which did not equally apply to the whole kingdom. Chamberlain said if the government should recompense the landlords of Ire land they would establish a precedent for j tin- recompense of impecunious trades men, workingmen and others. I GLADSTONE’S SUPPORTERS MEET. At the convention to-day of the mem bers of parliament front the Scotch Burghs, the supporters of Gladstone asked the premier to call it meeting of the whole : liberal party, including the malcontents, for a conference. Gladstone in an inter- | view with Allingworth, M. P., said he j thought it would he best to leave the dis puted questions with the house. He saw- little chance that a gathering oftlie whole party would lead to a reconciliation. The report ol’ the appointment ol (leneral Rob erts to military command in Ireland is a rediculous invention. Roberts is a conser vative and openly hostile to Gladstone. No garrison changes in Ulster are contem plated. The Dublin executive report to ' the government throws discredit on the rumors that the orangemen are preparing to fight. AN IMPORTANT RUMOR. Lord Harrington reports that 111) liber als have pledged themselves to vote against the home rule hill and that thirty are doubt ful. The conservative leaders advise the con servatives in the house of commons not to speak during the debate, as they wish to attend the division on the second reading. It is rumored that Gladstone is consulting with his colleagues upon the advisability of withdrawing the home rule bill. More firearms have been sold in London derry during the past three months than were sold during live years previous. Orders have just been given for 1000 new rifles. Crowded meetings of Orangemen were held to-day at New ry and Mourne. at which pledges were given not to submit to the Dublin parliament and not to pay taxes. All present enrolled themselves as volunteers for the military rvice. The Canadian Orangemen promise support. IIih'-Ih. AN AMERICAN COMPANY TO INTRODUCE COTTON CULTURE. O'DkssA, May 14.—Agents nf sn Ameri can company have arrived at Taschkerd with permission from the Russian govern ment to introduce cotton culture in Tur kestan where the climate and soil are fav orable. Sratliiuil. SLIGHT SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE. Edinburgh, Mai 14.—A slight snook of earthquake w as fell last night at Gairloeh- boad on the Firth of the Clyde, county of Drenhartor. No damage was done. t lie ordi rs of the commission on tiie part of !lu- common carrier olleuding. For such purposes the circuit court shall be dei'iiu d always in session. The bill ri quin s that all charges for any service in transporting passengers or lreigli'.s, or storing goods by common car* riel's, shall be reasonable; it prohibits all j rebates -itnl drawbacks, and all unjust dis crimination, requiring Unit all persons : shall lie charged and treated alike for scr- ! vices rendered under substantially similar I circumstances attd conditions. | Every commi'ti cnitiii- subject to the 1 hill shall, within sixty days after It becomes : a law, file with the commission copies of all its Inrills of fares and freights, including its rliiHsIficntion and terminal charges, and shall make them public so fur us tno com mission may deem practicable. No tul- | vanee on sueli published rates shall be ! made without ten days' public notice. The “long and short-haul” section of the | bill reads as follows: : “That it shall be unlaw ful for any com- i mon currier to charge or receive greater ! compensation in the aggregate for the | transportation of passengers or of the like i class and quantity of property, subject to (lie provisions of ibis act, for shorter than for longer distances over Ihe same line, in the “same direction and from the same original tmiiit of departure, or to the same point of unfitnl; hut this slinll mil he construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer clisiunce; provided, however, that upon application to the commission appointed j under the provisions of t his act, such com mon curriers may, in special cases, be au thorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property, and the commis sion may, from time to time, make general : rules exempting sueh designated common ! carrier in such special eases from tin 1 operation of this act; and when such exceptions shall have been made and published, they Hindi, until ! changed by the commission or by law, j have like force and effect, as though the same had been specified in this section. I Auv common carrier who shall violate pro- I visions of this section of this act shall lie deemed guilty of extortion, and shall be liable to the person or persons against 1 whom any such excessive charge was made for all damages occasioned by such viola tion." The bill mnv goes to the house of repre sentatives for concurrence. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Ill’s!rurtlvc Work of n IIiikc Uliiiricc ul' nyimniftc, Pittsburg, May 14.— 1 Col. W. T. Hoblit- zull, agent oftlie Atlantic dynamite works, was employed this morning to break up a lot. of old iron stored on a vacant lot near the Republican iron work, southside. He commenced work about B o’clock on a teu ton anvil and used an immense charge of dynamite for the purpose. A terrific ex plosion followed and huge pieces of tiie anvil were scattered about in every direction. One piece, weighing three hundred pounds, wrecked a house occupied by Mrs. McNamara, one block distant. Another piece of over 200 pounds crashed through the dwelling of Emile Erstman, also a block away. It struck a bed in which three children were sleeping. They were covered with debris, but escaped serious injury. Another house occupied by Mrs. Lung, fully 300 feet away, was also wrecked. The only person injured was James Aston, who wiis walking oil tiie sidewalk one block away. He was struck on the leg with a fragment, and the limb was so badly in- jmed that amputation may be necessary, llohlitzell was arrtsted for violating the city ordinance. The explosion caused in tense excitement, as a rumor was current that a bomb similur to those used at Chi cago hud been thrown on the street. STORMS AND FLOODS. flu Ori'Ml Ill'llI'lirtiun uf thi XV in'In mill Ruins — 'I lii I.'""*-’ iii th* »j-st mill in simin nilil Kug. Irani. Kankakee, III.. May It.—Mr* E P. '■uit court for£25.GO iia: u-ces again-*, i r. McFarland, ot .I.e-Ks.-uvili- 111., th. . pift in imam cm on ■ ie Newark. .... Sunday Uill. T\m i. ;.-live wars ; ;m -Mrs. Packard wa» c nti-n-d :u Die hi.-nnu hoKpPai at Jaeksom ill", 111., of which l.r. .Meta land was th - -uociintend-, nt. bo a habeas cor pit-, alt" I- a lisa i-.m.i! t: .a! .nil legislative invi.stigatioi’, sin v.a- .'..leased as sane. She hm sin.-' b*-eo lecturing on the abuses of in-am instil .-ions, and al leges that Dr. M Kurland hinders he- work, relentlessly pursuing her. and that last winter as she appeared lie fore ‘lu- New .Jersey legislature, hr artn le, bitterly attacking hsi. written by Meand. was published in the ( nil In i. e t Ii. of Mrs. Pack tr".*s utto.-m \-s Buth r, of Mv-sac'it.-e:. a Uni). THE RAVAGES OF CHOI,! Rome. May 11. At Venice b w.-re reported si ven in w cases and three deaths. At Bar: Jivi anil linn- death-, mid at Brindis tin- l-llol. i REGULATING THE RAILROADS. Ii'nnui. Ill Iii" Inn ishin me lt:o a- ’ii - ,i-1 >li- -• i.uli- I -rlililillin II le In- r lint.-. ii •:; llri'i'- ! him r.u- l.uuv tl.e s. ' ll has - alillit Mill, l MCI Mav 11 will ei sent a ml rv Gen Bui 71,. I mil- I isviLi.r-:. Me ami i! Louisville 1 At the Jockt-V t hi'o i- Mari]':, tl..M.-h. k atl'-ndanci ■ norm- Ilanuige bv the hurri- txceed ?1,25(),(KK). The •urn l i I he relief fund. ii exhibited the wildest hurricane. Farm crops lcstroye.fi and the ravage • list rift - is great. Tiie ■' i■'• is sintering tile heaviest any washerwomen were blown .' !■ ui. ’ twenty-eight drowned, t tree in Madrid, which stood in the parliament building, was vn. i’l.i hospital is crowded vis. The storm was preceded d- vs of extremely hot weather. . May 11. In thiseit.v 32 persons I ami ( 2 injured by the hurricane n! -y - .-ening. ! (• ^It»rii! iii K< ii * iik >. ati, M-r 11. N«*ws of the: d.'i:n- -! .rij» i»( \Y» ' , nr«la > v niu'ht on* tuiif. Miulison county, ivy. suf- . • \?i !»t f»F mon- tInin -fiOO^XX). us in tli:*i com.tv arc generally jiiifl flu* unprecedented flood i ri \ nil flic bridges to Ik* carried * Ih I’.mity the waterspout was u < *i tiiiit a flood * iVht feet came wi, l*» ii:t civ) I: yesterday after- '.‘I’.i-hii.^fou ' oui*i house and in- nti! jn :"uiir fiours it hud ri.-cii fi ut. the iii^fn-t ever know n. v» r of the city is inundated t<< Mj,h driven from their homey, brinees v ♦ n* washed away. ^ Sti.kc.S, me lensft First n. milJennie T. won Wearv ‘Jd, ih n Nail -*o; lime •Second race. 1 \ miles* Mom-sty w<ijj, ffatti. ( hr!isle LM, Areiii.o ;M. !i;ia ‘ J: 11 -. Thiriii.no, K.-ntiicicy ];<-ii>y. i : n,ii. s, an ex' client Mart without delay, Blue Win^. < irimaldi ..ml Masti» < i-. r■■ mim- ed slio^vimr in front in a short di«tj.m*c Ma.-ti ri-iece To the front •-•on m-. iuu; h 1' ad of three lengths, fiar- rod.shury *Jd. a < iear length ahead <-f Gri: ;ald 3d. (d ii.i.dflo droppe-rf hack at the stand, ;. ml Jim (Jruy moved -.-s en w it Ii him. O.M tin* hack -f l*«-t ."h. the h*aii*-r> were f omin^ l ‘aek. .Jim (>r,iy Miowiny * trifle in frm at thi half-mile ja-J-. Jfar- roihi I'-'U' M;i-l' i*|iii-c<- and Frc^ Knight were in a e.o-t- i-uncfi a.s. iie-y r.a».i ii ii .nio the stretch. Free Knight in front, hut tin* our v;tn ■ < ty cJos*- toj^etJiiT. In a sJiorf time Jh*n A!i and j^hn* Winy had the race to them,elves. They had a very .hard and driving finisli. both Imists neiny very tired. Ben Ali won by a short three-tjuariers <»f a len<»th. Pdiu Win it 2d, Free Knight u had 3d. Time Fourth race, heats of one mile, first heat Audrian won >>v or,e length, Iri^fi I-'ut L'd, HijbC Three 3d. Time 1:1 if. Second fmat Irish Pat won lmmiilv, Audrian 2d, Bi^ Three a had 3d, Fails Gity and Kershaw ditsunced. Time 1 11,. Third heat Aud rian won easily bv four lengths: IrPh J'at 2d. Time 1:17. Fitrir»*d I»puk nt t iikhm«l Ni-fp**. Boston. May 11. A eahle di-.ps.teh to State street banking house says that quantity of forced Bmk of I'nefand not of the denoininsition »f have been so to America for ci; u! "tlo'i. autfiori’y to imjuire into the l * u s i i. * • - - and mamijji nn-.it ad <-ommon earri'-rs. s.ii Jeet to the pm\i.-,ions of the hill: ami olitain full and erunjiiete information as to such business, may requht thu* attej'd.tiice and testiumny of wi*nesses and the production of all books, pap* rs ii^r' emcuts, laril’s and do* ium nts i*'-iat inj^ to any maM* r urnier iii' estimation, arm may to that • nd invoke tiie aid of t he l.'nited States courts. P.-r- -•on 4 - having i.cmplaints to iiiiike against any uninnian carrier mf interstate eoui- mi r<*e shall make complaint in writing to the coiismis.vion; the commisHiou shnii sei.d tin- eoniphiiiit to tin* common curlier and require either satisfaction of tin* e-m,- pluint or an answer in writing* witli- in a jea'-onahh time sjieeilied. If reparation he not made within I be t inn* • tated. the commission shall investigate tin* complaint. Th«! commission shall also investigate all complaints forward* d to it fjy st;oc* commissions, and may institute inquiries on its own motion. Complaints sh dl m>t be dismissed because of tin* ab- si nee of direct damage to the complainant. 'The reports of the commission shall he in writing, and its findings shall b« deemed prima facie evidence in all judicial pro ceedings. Wlienever any common carrier shall re fuse to obey any law ful order of the com mission, it is made the dut\ of the com mission to apply to the 1’nited States cir cuit court, sitting in equity, alle^in^ the violation; and the court shall hear and de- tennini the matter on short notice and without the formal proceedings of ordin ary s*iit>-. hut so as to do ju.-tice; and the court may, in proper ca*-cs issue writs of iniuiietion. or other process, mandatory or otherwise, to restrain further violation of V I : ai . II.. i- ;:.:>oN May Ik The heavy rains have left la rife part of Derbyshire sub- iih j*o. ,1 am! many of the cuhlic highways h:*»* to-la.s impassable. 'J'he railway bridge o'er tin* river Severn, m ar Shrewsbury, s\ i ak- r.ed at its foundations by the floods, ie!! last night under the weight of a pass ing freight train, precipitating it into the river. No live-. w> ;•*• !<^t. \r Warmouth, tic t ;.}-it.»,l of t In Warnmuth country, boats ;<i • jilyiiiv I >r hire in tJu* flooded streets. V Mod.I in Kniditml. I.ondon. May i b--Jneessant raims are jal'iug in tic north, causing the rivers to ii .i ; t1 iw tIn ir banks. Sheffield, Athreite, 1 ..iiioi-t*. r and otlier towns are nartly in ti 11 luted. At the Rotherham railway steel v many liousi s and thousands of acres ol land are submerged and 20(K) workmea an. temporarily *.*ut uf empl'jymciit. More Sturm ’*• ms. Wami i NViTnN. May lb—Among tho numerous dispatch**s concerning Wednes day’s storm, the following are gleaned: A cyclom* I.jO yards wide and six miles long passed close to Danville, Ills. Four per'-ons w.*re killed and the earth was From Tiploh, hid., comes a similar story, Th** formuio swept a large section of coun- ti\ <•!♦ ar of building and trees. One mem* l i i* of a family named (.tales was killed and live others an lik- ly to die. A dozen others are hurt more or less seriously. At Wilkii.*- *n. Inc!., the cyclone lasted enlv five minutes, but two "persons were kilh-d and a dozen or more injured. lu Meiggs county. Ohio, many buildings were dcmolPhed. two persons killed and three seriously hurt.