The Burrton Weekly Graphic from Burrton, Kansas • 2

FIUE AND DEATH. Tub cltliona of Tampa, deny to Frank A. Scott, dnfuulthig cashier of THE GRAPHIC. M. SHERPY, Editor and Proprietor.

CUUETON.T KANSAS. KANSAS STATE NEWS. Additional Itllls. In addition the lint of laws published lie fullvwing were aino passed by the Legislature aud approved by the Governor! K.luiluf to public liitihwuvi lu the county ol Ijttbetla. Appruvri! Muri-b To Ii-kbIIw) the onU-lal sots of tha Scsndlnn-vlsn AKrieultuml Bociety, of Kvpubllc County, and making Uiu rouorris evidence of the Validity of the same.

Approved Muri'h To uuthorixii school dlstrlut No. tn Morton County, to vote for and Issue school bonds for the purpose of building a school house In the town of Tulnga. Approved Miirch S. To authorize school riixu-lol No. Morton County.

to vula Cur and Issue scbixil bonds for the purpose nf building a school bouse Kk-bilrlU. Approved March ft. To prevent discriminations by railroad com-pnnles Id favor of public onlcora aud other persons. Approved March 5. To authorize the guardian of Abraham Meckman to soil and convey the Interest of suld Abraham J.

Heckman In ccrtulnroaloelula In Liberty, Montgomery County, Kun. Approved Murch S. To authorize the board of county commissioners of Linn County to appropriate money to build a certain bridge in thut county. Approved Murch 9. In rulutlon to the town site of Elk Falls, In Elk County.

Approved Murch 5. Relating to the organization of now counties, amendatory of section 1. chapter 80 of the session laws of I8TS. and section i of chapter D3 of the session laws of 1870, and sections 8 and of clmptur of the gcnqrnl statutes of Kanrnis, bolug an act relating to the orgnnlxntton nf new counties, approved June 4, lbtll. Approved Murch 5.

To create the counties of Onrflold, Gray, Haskell, Urnnt, Stunton and Kearney, and to WATCHING FOR CHOLtRA. tha rixucral Roilna HUmrp Lookout for Vassals iloiu huutli Wasiiinoto, March 17. Dr. Hamilton, Burgeon-General or the Murine Hospital Service, is keeping a close watch upnn tho ports Infected by cholera, and tho nuturaof tne Intercourse between these ports and thai United KtiiUis. Under tho provisions of lb laws of 1b a weekly abstract la furnished bun by the State Department of the suui-tary reports which consular und diplomatic oflic-ers are required to make.

The lunt report, dutcd tho loth lust, states thut la Buenos Ay res "cholera still exists, but. unikcs little progress In assuming an epidemic form." Tho report add that! "In Hie Interior of the Argentine Republic, however, tho distune bus assumed the proportions of an epidemic. Iu Rosurlo, during the punt month, tho dully number of cusos averaged sixty to. 100, while about soventy percent, wore futaL In Mendoza the development of tho disouso bus boon most remarkable and lho population of that city of 0,000 has been almost decimaled, and in tho country district the disease was equally fatal In Tauumaa tho number of coses hus, on some days, been as high as 500, of which aboutone-hult provod futal." He Is hitppy to say, however, that tbo disease seems to have greatly abatod during tho last two weoka, and. the hope is entertained that it will soon, have run its course.

Rosario is tho only-cholera infected Interior city which has direct trudo with the United States. Cholera, also prevails in Chili, Peru, and has prevailed in Nagasaki, Japan, though that port is now declared free of infection. The-Inception of cholera in the Argentine Republic is clearly tracod to the landing of the Italian minister at Buenos Ayres, and. the unloading of the greater purt of the cargo and the crew of the vessel in which he sailed, at Rosario, 200 miles further the river. The danger of importing the scourge lnt tho United States on the approach of warm weather depends greatly upon the character of the merchandise brought into the country.

Rags of woolen stuffa of any kind are-peculiarly liuble to convey the cholera microbes. Dr. Hamilton mentions that up the present time Great Britain retains tho embargo upon rags from Spain aud Italy-established when tho cholera was raging-there mo're than two years ago. Tho law authorizes the President to place an embargo upon any importation into the United States upon the report of the Surgeon Gen-sral ot the Marine Hospital Service, and the President will be asked to exorcise that power on the appearance of tho first symptoms of possible danger. THE OCEAN, RACE.

The Coronet Reported to be Somewltac Ahead of the Dauntless. Philadephia, March 18. Captain Newell, of the British steamer Prince, from Liverpool, makes tho following report: "Monday, the 14th 9:15 a. in latitude) 10.01, longitude 61.1, passed a schooner yncht seven miles to At 10:10 a. m.

schooner yncht Dauntless displayed, her signals abeam in latitude S0.55, longitude 64.12. Strong breeze and all canvaa set. Every stitch of canvas was being used on both boat. There was, at the time tho yachts were sighted, a Btrong breeze blowing from west to northwest. They wero about twenty-two miles apart, 'i'liis would indicate that yachts are taking southerly courso than that pursued by transatlantic ateamttuipa at this sodson.

Wheu the observation 'was made, the Core Aict had made about 600 geographieal miles, charges made by the Now lork Ilxrt UdIou regarding the expulsion, of Cuban outlaws. Half of tho business part IJluckvillo, H. was destroyed by lire the other dy. I. r.1,1 imiiM! Texas cattlemen have about hood ready now for shipment to me various rnnran north.

The i-uttlo aro In line shape. Du T. C. Foim, under seutmico 'or manslaughter, having been parJjned by the Uovornor of, Louisiana, was reioasua irom the parish prison on the 17th. Tub Southern Cotton Hood Oil Comjiany has contracted for over a quarter of a million dollars' worth of machinery to put lu new mills in the South.

A cyclone swept through Tampa, on the night of tho 17th, destroying several houses. Two children wore killed, one worn an fatally injured and several persons sort ouslv hurt. The pecuniary loss wu about (111,000. GliNICItAL. It is reported that a party Russian nlhillHtu condemned to eiilo attached a mail coach nourTschUa.

shot tho coaehmtin aud guards and stolo roubles in paper and 40,000 roubles in goli. The attempt on the lito of tho Czar has been confirmed. Sovorul students wore arrested with dynamite in their possession. Tub Sultan of Morocco has prohibited the sale or purchase of intoxicants of all kinds and has abolished the state tobucco monopoly. Tub budget of 1S87-83 has been resented to the Spanish Cortos.

Tho receipts wore estimated at 843,000.000 posctaa and the expenditures at 852,000,000. Six moonlightors bavo been acquitted oe their second trial in Cork, Ireland. It has been ascertained that the conr spiracy of Russiun land owners and trades men to overthrow tho Czar's Government was very extensive and included a nuinbcf of military officers, and that it was chiefly on that ground that the Czar was adverse to embarking in war. Tub Duchess of Otranto committed suk cide at Paris recently by blowing her brain out with a revolver. She was overwrought with grief at the death of her husband.

Fou-Ciioo-Foo advices announce the fail ure of the Hong Kong Chinese bank. When tho let was mado known a crowd of native creditors stormed the bank and complete! ransacked and destroyed every th'ng in the building. A. iiiiASTitous explosion of dynamite oo- recently in a stone quarry at Lob-ositz, Bohemia. All the men in the quurry at the tinio were blown to pieces.

An outbreak of striking miners being fonrec, extra troops were sent to Mons aud Soignes, Belgium. HEimSriTZEit, tho great Austrian mathe matician, wan found dead in bed in Vienna recently. Arrests continue at St. Petersburg. Among those taken Into custody are forty- eight nihilists.

Tho police authorities at St. Petersburg desire the Czar to remain at Gatschina. Tub Italian Government has -recalled Geno, the commander of the Italians at Massowah, disapproving his courso in giv ing the A byssiuians 1,010 nnes in exenange for the captives in tho hands of Kasaloula. Tub Canadian Government has decided to send au exploratory expedition to Hudson's bay this summer to ascertain wlether it is navigable or not. The Indian Government intends tostatton a force on the frontier in the Pishm district to morally support the Ameer of Afghauis-tan.

v- Queen Victoria has Bent a telegram to the Czar congratulating him upon his escape from The Prince of Wules visitod the Russian ambassador at London for the same purpose The vinegar manufacturers west of tho Mississippi have formed a pool. A whale tho third within two weeks- has been captured oft Long Island. Seven hundred architectural iron work ers of Cincinnati and Covington, struck recently for nine hours work at the pres ent wages. Eioirr new Cardinals, among'them Arch bishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, were batted at a consistory hold in Rome on the 17th. The German steamor Raita, bound for the Sandwich islands, burned at sea Feb ruary 16.

The crew were supposed to ba lost. THE JUVTEST. Tna Richmond IIoteL Buffalo, N. Y- burst into flames eurly on the murning A tho 18th. Ten or twelve lives were lost and about thirty persons were iujured, some very seriously.

Many of the casual, ties occurred in jumping from windows. The damage amounted to (100,000, the buildings adjoining the hotel bo.ug consumed by the flumes. Two girls, students, are reported to have beon flogged to insensibility for their con nection with the nihilist conspiracy to assassinate the Czar. Br tho proceedings before the Illinois Supremo Court, the execution of tho Chicago anarchists can not take place before October even if tho decision is adverse to their appeal, as the rulinir will be made wheu the court meets in session iu Septem- oer. Bismarck, was threateued with a fiood on tho 18th, cuusad by the breaking of an ice gorge.

The lariro warehouso of the Northern Pacific was carried away. rATHlut Kelleher. who was arrested ill Ireland for acting as trustee under the puin or campaign," received an ovation on being taken to Dublin to answer tha chnrges. Chicago merchants and manufacturers have combined to resist tho proposed ad. vance, in rates to comercial travelers.

President Cleveland was fifty ycart Old on the ISth of March. Matiiesox of London, have offered for public subscription 510,500,000 worth of six per cent, gold bonds of -the denomination of $1,000 each of tho Mexidun National Railway Company at ninoty-two per cent. It was reported that cx-Cougreesman Benton J. Hall, of Iowa, had been decided upon as Mr. Montgomery's successor as Commissioner of Patents.

A earthquake shock was felt at Summerville, S. on tho ovouinjr of tha 18th. The long-talked of sale of tho Raltimnra Ohio railroad was completed on the 18th. The Hamilton Dayton Railroad Comnanv purchased the property. The will of the late G.

G. Sickles, of New York, is understood to dismose of about worth of property, each of his daughters receiving his widow a third and his only heir, General Sickles, tho residue. Governor Thater, of Nebraska, has commissioned W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) as aide-de-camp on his staff, with the rank of Colonel and also as Commissioner of the State of Nebraska to the American Exhibition in London.

The recent plot to murder the Czar has been laid to the door of the noted nihilist Degaieff, who escaped from Siberia, to which place ho had been sentforcomplicity in the murder of Sudeikin, chief of police of St. Petersburg. I 1HB Arkansas House has passed a bill to prevent he mortgaging of unplauted crops. jmrs. A8HBun.NB, wife or ex-Mtmster Washburne, and mother of the present city attorney of Chicago, died in that city re-! and tho Dauntless about bi'J miles.

Though tho Coronet is eleven miles to the) -eastward, she is, on account of her mora, northerly position, more than this number of miles in advance of the Dauntless. WubHer of Now York, has cou- tinned thai ho took of the Arm' money, lie will not make a fight la lllB courts. Till Now York Star says that It is official ly announced thut the syndieuto which ha obtuincd control of tho Baltimore Ohio road is the one which represents the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton Railroad Cum OHny. Lawton Now York, carried on an extensive brokorugu business and the firm hud boon reputed oxtrouioly wealthy. lMias developed that the concern was engaged in extensive swindling, reaching, uo cordinir to report, as much as Tho exposure took place on the Ulght of Walter E.

Lawlou, hood of the firm in Now York. Two men were fatally and two seriously Injured a mine near Wllkodbarro, ro- cently by nn explosion of bus. liuoii Uiikhlin, a starter at Bolmont col liery, noar Mount Cnrmol, was blown to fragments the other day by tho explosion of a quantity of dunlin powder that ho hold in his hand. A ol'aiid has boon sot over the vault in which Mr. Buechcr's remains wore de posited.

A collision occurred recently on the Au btirn branch of the New York Central near Geneva, N. Y. Several persons were in jured, but no one was killod. Tub Republican membcrsor tno rnuaaoi- phin delegation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently tfocldod unani mously to rearrange the Congressional apportionment for Philadelphia so as to pro vide a Democratic district for Sir. ituuuuiL TUB VTK3T.

Two persons were killed and several bad ly injured recently by a boiler explosion in a factory at Ithaca, Mich. Small-pox has made its appearance in Janesvillo, and is causing general alarm. George 8. CRAwroRi), lumber dealer, of Cincinnati, has assigned. Liabilities, (100, 000: assets, (00,000.

James Diiiscoi.l Son's carriage works at Springfield, have been closed on ex ecutions. The failure was said to be a bad one. Thomas O'Hara, a coal miner, fell bo- twocn two cars of a moving train, near Jessup, the other day and was in stantly killed. County Clerk Wni.Fr, of Chicago, has, upon the advice of his attorney, refused to enter upon tho records the marriage license returned by Justice Englchart, who per formed the proxy marriago ceremony of August Splos and Miss Nina Van Zandt. Grximial E.

S. Brauo has been confined to his home in Fond du Lac, by illness, His eyesight failed him while he was out driving, und partial paralysis completely blinded one eye, but ne minus the loss oi sight is not permanent. Tub Chicago manager of the Ansonia Clowk Company, of New York, John E. GlodhilL, has defaulted to tho amount of about $30,009 aud absconded to Canada. The bookkeeper of the Chicago branch, William Watson, defaulted for 5,500 and has been arrested.

About $100,000 counterfeit money has been found among the cash hold in the sub- treasury in Chicago. Charles R. Glovkii. of Long Pine, has been' disbarred from practice before the Interior Department. Submission has been defeated in tho Illinois Legislature.

Robert Furnace and Josso Jennings, two farmers, while crossing a railroad track about a mile from Nokomis, iu a wagon the other evening wore struck by a train and instantly killod. The engine and tender of the cast bound morning train on the Marietta, Columbus Northern railroad went through tho Via cent trestle near Marietta, on the Kith. Lyle Vincent and Albert Boothby, engineer and fireman, were killed, and John McCoy ana William Stewart, conductor aud brake- man, were badly scalded, while Michael Eurly, a passenger, bad his left leg mashed. JonN E. Steites, charged with attempt ing to place a dynamite bomb on the track of the Sutter street cable line, San Francisco, was fouud guilty on the 16th.

Sentence deferred. Owing to molting now. Inundations were reported on the lGih along the line of the Northern Pacific in Dakota. The striking section bauds of tho Pitts burgh, Fort Wayne Chicago railway have beeu paid off and discharged. Their pluces were filled by Italians.

The employes of the American wire works at Cleveland, who struck recently for more wuges, have voted to return to work at tho old rates. The funoral of Cap'ain James B. Eads took place from Christ Church, St, Louis, on the 17th. Rev. Dr.

Schuyler officiuted and was assisted by Rov. Mr. Reed. Tho romains were interred in Bellefontane Cemetery. A panic occurred at tho Roman Catholic Church of ttoe Nativity, Chicago, on the 17th.

Tho church was completely crowded. Ail at once there was a sharp crack, followed by a grinding crash, uud fully 200 men, women and children wero precipitated ten foot, the entire platform havinggiveu way. Twenty- throe persons received more or less serious injuries. Mrs. Burns, an aged woman, and John Quiii a had their bocks broken and will die.

TIIiE SOUTH. Three Cuban outlaws arrived at Key West, theother night, but were atonce ordered to leave by a committeo of citizons. Fiue in New Orleans recently destroyed the Commercial Cottou Compress and much cotton causing a total loss of (150,000. A schooner owned by Captain J. Bolivar and sailed by him and bis two sons was found drifting in Lake Fonchartram near Now Orleans recently.

The three men are supposed to bo lost. The body of Captain Eads arrived at Jacksonville, from tho Bahamas on tho 14th. Tub family of John Harris, colored, consisting of eleven persons, living noar Mil-ledgoville, have been poisoned and one of the children has died. A voudoo doctor is suspected. Judoe Lafayette Kirk, of Washington County, Texas, who recently, testified bo-foro the Sonate Outrage Investigating Committoe at Washington, D.

has been indicted, together with a numbor of other citizens of Washington County, by the United States grand jury, on the charga of intimidating voters. Judge Kirk gave bond for his appearance at Austin, Tex. Five persons wero injured more or leas severely by the wrecking of a construction train noar Palestine, the other day. The Governor of Tennessee has signed tho bill submitting to the people a prohibition amendment to the constitution. The election will bo held next September.

Isaac H. Vincent, defaulting State Treasurer of Alabama, was captured at Big Sandy, Wood County, Tox. Incendiaries burned Johnson's warehouse Oxford, N. recontly, tho flames spreading to the business portion of the town. Loss, partly insured.

Three vigilantes, while engaged in whipping an aged woman in Rock Castle County, recently were shot dead by unknown parties. Great excitement existed. The woman was whipped for selling liquor Torrlblo Early Morninir Holocaust at Buffalo, N. Y. Unstmrtlnn of Ilia Illelimond Hotel lay initio From Windows la Their Frantic Knurls to Kscstpo Many Hilled and Injured.

BcrrALO, N. March ID. Another ea-laiuily has visited Buffalo. Tha splendid new Hicuiiiond Hotel, at the coruer of Main and Eagle atructn, wus totally destroyed by lire oarly this morning, together with the StJumes Hall and other adjacent properly. The most distressing part of the disuster is tho loss of several lives.

The rapidity ol the Ore cutting off all moan of escupo, led some persons to lenp for life from tho windows. Ol hers got down fire escapes or on Hnyos'lnddcrs ruised by the lire department. Tho shrieks und cries of tho poor people In tho upper stories of the structure were heartrending. One man. mad with terror, leaped from tho third-story window and Was picked up from the stone sidewalk on Main street a mangled and bleeding corpso.

Several who succeeded in making their escape wore badly Injured and burned and some of thorn will probubly die. Others, more fortunate, escaped with alight injuries. Many of the wounded were taken to the hospitals. Robert Stafford, the senior proprietor of tho hotol, with his wife, occupied rooms on the second floor, aud had a narrow es cape. Terror overcame everybody, and even thoso who escaped in safety were in many oases prostrated by their terrible ex periences.

There were 1J5 porsons in the hotel, twenty of whom were transient guests, eight boarders and tho remainder portors, bell boys, families of the proprietors and clerks. Twenty-two of these were rescued from tho windows by the fire-en, twenty-two are at hospitals, end a arge number made their escape by other means. The origin of the fire is not yet known. Willinm A. Allport, the night clerk, says: "Tho fire started In the cloak room under the main stairway, at 3:85 o'clock.

There was nobody up but myself, Joe, the night porter, and Plum-mer, the bell boy. I pulled all four of the fire alarms on the different floors and people came flying down stairs in their night-clothes. The Are followed the elevator, and inside of five minutes it reached the top floor. I rushed outdoors after doing all I could." Tho large court In the center of the building must have afforded scope for the fearful blaze, for in less time almost than it takes to tell it the flames shot upward through the elevator and caught to tho topmost floor, and egress became a matter of extreme difficulty on evory Hoor. The tirst ulurm wus given by Policeman Henry Clark, a'- 3:35.

A general alarm followed. By four o'clock tho screams of the guests on tho socontj, third and fourth floors could bo heard several hundred yards, and the Hayes extension ladders were early brought into requisition. omen and children wore drugged in night dresses out of the windows into the chill air and carried by tho firemen into the Btreets, where they worewrapped iu warm blankets and carried to neighboring houses und hotels, l'he fire iiendgot bis work in sC rapidly that there were many eacupoB. Some for the women, r1'11- )auupd on thb ground, were Bland bure-linihccr the runnflig water, before they could bo blanketed aud carriod from the shocking scene. At 4:10 tho whole building, north, south, east and west was all ablaze.

At this time the extension was raised to the fourth story and two women were landed safely, but severely scorched. Six streams of water were now playing on the north end of the building from Eugle street, but the brisk wind from the south was baffling the efforts of the firemen. At 4: 10 the blaze had only affected the outside and the middle portion of the top floor on Muin street, but wui making rapid headway on the south sido. About this time a man attempted to make hia escape from ono of tho lower floors, but fell through the hands of the firemen, and alighting on his bead he was Instantly killed. Five irirls were discovered in a story win dow, and wero roscued with great difficul ty by means of a plank placed across the alley to the top of Bunnell's museum.

One of tho girls, whilo orossiug the slender bridge, fell to the ground, a distance of four stories. She wus not killed, but was terribly injured. Her name was supposed to be Mary Cennell, whose home is ut 411 Hamburg street. Her legs were terribly cut and bruised and her back seemed to be verv badly injured and her face and arms were iu a frightful condition from burns. William 1'urcoll, of this city, local agent of Bradstreot's, foil from tho third story to the sidewulk and was killod instantly.

John Kuhn, Now York, jumped from the fourth floor, injured back, leg fractured and haud and face burned. Mary E. Witt, housokpenor of the hotel, is budly burned on lho arms and face. C. W.

Dubois, Syracuso, foot, hands and faco burned. His feet wero severely cut by glass. F. K. Mooro, Clcvoland, hands and face burned.

J. A. Finch, Scrantou, fatully injured. At tho Emergency, Dr. D.tniels attended, to four patients, whose names and injurios are as follows: H.

11. Smith, Syracuse, foet, hands and head sevorely burned; Y. J. Mackey, Niagara Falls, fell through the skylight and hurt his back severely; Edward wneelor, hands, feet und face burned foil one story and badly braised; Barry Davios, New York, feet hands and face burned. Trljile Murder.

Sax Antonio, March 18. Intelli gence reached this city last evening of a triple murder committed at a railroad camp on the Northwestern extension of tho Kan Antonio Aranzas Puss road, fourteen miles beyoud llorrne. Henry Madison, a well known stockman mid contractor of this city, hud tho contract for grading the road, nnd employed a numbor of men nnd teams. One of the laborers named imam Stone went to Madison and asked him for some money and told he could not get any until Saturday. Stone became enraged and said he would have either money or blood, and without further provocation pulled a revolver and fired, killing Madison instuntly.

Two Mexicans in the camp, who had witnessed the shooting, ran up ana at tempted te arrest the murderer, whereupon Htono shot and killod both of them. Chariro Kmbeizlonient. Mix.VEAroi.i9, March 18. S. II, Baker, wfc? has been loaning money lor Myres and Underbill, of New York, has beeu twice arrested during the past two or hroe days at tho instance of Benjamin Underhill for embezzlement.

Undeihill's nercoiml claims against Baker aggregate ovor (10,000, and D. K. Underhill. a brother ot the prosecutor, holds Baker's note for (5.000. In all Underhill claims nearly $25,000.

W. A. Purdy, of Iowa City, has a cluim of the People's Bank, Rov. J. M.

Alden, of Atwater, none secured. Fred Haas also has a con- lderablo claim. These increase tne amount to about investigations give room to believe that Baker's indebtedness will reach THE WORLD AT LARGE, Eummary of tho Dally Nows, WASHINGTON NOTES. President Cleveland has sunt, aubstan- tiul contribution, to tho Uoudricks Monu ment Ashoc.iut.Iou. Funuc Piiinteii Benedict ha discharged forty-three employes of tho Uovorninent printing oQioo, including thirty-throo compositors, proof-readers and copyholders, luid five book-binders and live girl assist ants.

The reason ussigncd for the din- missals was that reduction of expeuso was necessary. Ukxeral5Iii.es hns received a telegram announcing tho deutb of Lieutenant Molt, Tenth cavalry, at Han Carlos reservation. Arizona, where he had boon assisting Cap tain Fierce, the agent, in tho division of lands. Mott was stabbed to doutU by a young Apacho chief who escaped. D.

Lynch Piiinqi.b, of Mouth Carolina, has been sent as Consul General to Con stantinople. Lieutenant J. 8. Poweia, of the Signal Corps, died In Washington recently from Bof tenlng ol the Drain. It is stated on good authority that the State Department has never contemplated the recall of Judge Manning, Minister to Mexico, nor has his resignation been tendered.

The total numbor of different military organizations corresponding at this time with regard to entry and transportation to the national drill at Washington is WM. At his own request the Department of State has transferred Rule Letcher, of Mis souri, Consul at Rio Grande De Bui, Brazil, to the vacant Consulate at Ascenclon, Para guay- Wouk is to be resumed at once on tho cruisers Chicago, Boston and Atlanta, it having been decidod that there are funds available for the uso of the Navy Depart ment in this line. The eighteenth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland will he held In Washington May 11 and VI, when the statue of General Gai-flold will be unveiled. Acting Secretaiit Faircihm), with the President's approval, has designated Ban Francisco as a port from which imported merchandise maybe shipped in -bond in transit through the United States to and from the British possessions in North America. A number of suspicious looking men have lately been making frequent visits to the jnouey vaults of the United States Treas ury Department during tho hours allowed for public inspection.

Some of them have heen notified that they must not come again, and the officers in charge of the vaults have been instructed to keep a sharp look- oat on visitors for the future. Tub President has appointed C. H. J. Taylor, of Kansas, Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States to Liberia; James R.

Hosmer, New York, Secret ary of Legation in Central American States and Consul General of the United States at Guatemala. Supervising Architect Belt, loft Washington on the 10th for Detroit, on business connected with the construction of a new public building in that city, for which Congress appropriated (100,000. From De troit he will go to Chicago to confer with the authorities there in regard to the build ing of appraisers' stores aud repairing tho custom house. Application was made to the Treasury Department recently for the free entry at San Francisco of a woodon "joss" for a Chinese Joss house there. It was proposed to bring it in free of duty as an "imago and Tegalia for the useof religious associations." The god and regalia and paraphernalia when put together will make a figure 10(1 foet long, composed of wood, cloth, paper, tinsel and metal.

Tub entire Government three percent, loan will probably be extinguished by June TUB EAST. In the New York Legislature appropriate resolutions were passed relative to the death of Mr. Boechor and a number of eulogies were delivered. Five crowded cars wout through a bridge on the Boston Providence railroad near Boston, on the morning of the 14tb. The accident proved a terrible one, aomo thirty-three persons being killed and fifty wounded.

The victims were shockingly mangled. The Pennsylvania Houso Congressional Apportionment Committee recently agreed to give Philadelphia six districts, a gain of one. A Philadelphia reapportionment was also agreed upon, making all of tho six districts Republican, thus shutting Mr. Sand all out. The jury in the Denmead case at New Brunswick, N.

rendered tho following verdict: "Vo find that Robert Donmead and Cornelia Denmead came to their deaths (dates unknown to us) at their late residence on Commercial avenuo, from natural causes, hastened probably by not having had proper medical attendance during their late sickness." At the meeting of the United States Veterinary Association in Philadelphia recently, the members took a strong stand against inoculation for plouro-pucumonia. Tub large grocery building of Miller, Greiuer fc Buffalo, N. was destroyed "by fire on tho 15th. Loss about insurance, 150, 000. The failure of Peole, Hubbell of Manilla, probably the largest bouse in the sugar trade of the Philippines, was announced by cable recently, and ciwised great excitement in the trade at Now York.

The morocco factory of E. A. Smith Philadelphia, was closed by the sheriil recently. Liabilities, assets, Capital punishment has been abolished in Maine, life imprisonment being substituted. Tub south-bound passenger train on the wdmira, Cortland Northern railroad, consisting of an engine and three cars, was wrecked on the 10th, near Elniira, N.

Y. About fifteen persons were more or loss injured. Tho accident was caused by a spreading rail. The schedule in tho assignment of Marshall, Lefferts of New York, show liabilities, contingent liabilities, nominal assets, actual assets, 108,257. A dispatch from Orleans, states that a tug rescued two of the men who were seen clinging to the foretop mast and bowsprit of the schooner J.

H. Eels, ashore ff Nausott. The rest of the crow were drowned. William Romp was blown to atoms recently at Tremont. Pa.

He was sitting on a keg of gun powder smoking when the accident oocurred. William J. Hutchinson, an ex-Wall street broker, was arrested in New York City the other day, charged with converting so hb own use ever (M.OOO worth of Uv-ks. define the boundaries of Hamilton. Finney, Hodgman and Ford Counties la the State of Kansas.

Approved Mured 5. To amend section 15, articles, section article 3, and section 8, article 4, of chapter VH of the session laws of 187(1, being an net for the regulation and support of common schools. Approved Murch 5. Arbor Hay. The Governor has issued the following Arbor IMy proclamation Stats of Kansas.

Executive Dep I Tofkka. March II. im. Thursday, tho 14th day of April, 1SR7, is here by designated as Arbor Day. The planting of trees Is work which should enlist the intcrost and enorgies of all citizens of Kansas, and I ear nestly hope that Arbor Day will be properly and generally observed.

In testimony whereof have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed tho greut seal of tho State. Done at the city of Topeka, this 11th day of March. Ibb7. John A. Martin, Miscellaneous.

Pensions granted to Kausans on tho tlthi Nancy J. Matheny, of Topeka; Noah Coffman, of Beloit; George H. Robb, of Severance; Frederick O. Andrews, of Clif ton; William H. Millan, of Leavenworth James Abell, of St.

Mary's; Stophon P. Dorsuch, of Jamestown; Isaac N. Hubbard of Cimarron; Wade H. Ward, of Fort Scott Nathan N. Manes, of Haworth; Stephen Reynolds, of Groat Bend William C.

Rieff, of Marion.and John W. Loner, of El Dorado. The city of Ellsworth offered to deed to the G. A. R.

of the State, in foe simple, 6(1) acres of land to be devoted to holding grand army reunions and for such other purposes as the Council of Administration may deotn lit. The land is to revert in time to tho Sons of Veterans. A committoe of seven was appointed at the late encampment to cousidcr the offer and report at the next encampment This committee wus alao authorized to receive and consider offers from other cities. Ttii uuuiurous petitions ''kJYJi to the Legislature in bohalf of suf frage, which by a resolution tli'e House were ordered to be deposited in tho archiycs of the Stato Historical Society were recently delivered to Judge Adams, theirfuture custodiun. They will be bound and classified according to counties, there being voluminous petitions Irom nearly every county in the State.

Tub new law prohibiting liquor at tho polls reads: "That it shall bo unlawful, at any general or special election in this State, for any person to have or keep any whisky, boer, or other intoxicating liquors, in bis possession or "under his control, with in one-half mile of any voting or polling place; or to sell, barter, or to give away by "treating" or otherwise, any of such intox Icating liquors, to any voter at such genera! or special election, within tho vicinity of such polling or voting place. And any per son so offending shall be guilty of a misde meanor, aud on conviction thereof shall ba fined in a sum not less than (50, and im prisoned for a term of not less than ten days; provided, that this act shall not apply to any person holding a permit to soil such liquors." TnE term of Dr. A. A. Holcomh, State Voteriuarian, expires on April 1, and as ho failed to receive tho confirmation of the Senate he will probably retire.

The ap- proprmtion for this department wits cut down by, tho Legislature from (10,000 to leaving only (500 per year for ex penses of the Veterinarian and Live-Stock Commission Abtici.es of incorporation of the Winflekl, Texas Gulf Railway Company wero recently filed in the office of the Socretary of State. The corporation is formed tor tho purpose of constructing and operating a line of standard gauge railway, and a lino of telegraph and tolephono in connection therewith, from Winlield, Cowley County, to the south line of the State, and from theuce through the Indian Territory to Galveston, Tex. Also, a line of railway divcrg Ing from the above line at a point near the south line of Cowle5 County, with telegraph and telephone lines, extending tlirouija Cowley County and the Indian Territory to Fort Smith, Ark. Tho estimated length of the railway is S00 miles. Capital stock The Jury Commissioner law requires the Governor to Bppolnt three jury com missioners incouniies having thirty thou sand inhabitants and over, not more than two of them uhall belong to the same politi cal party.

It is made the duty of these commissioners to meet at the county clork office between the first and fifteenth of April each year and make a list of persons to serve as jurors for the ensuing year, the list tc be ariade up of qualified electors on tho assessment rolls of the cities and townships of tho county the previous year, and from the whole county without regard to city or township limits. D. W. WiLDEB's term as Insurance Commissioner does not begin until July 1. Thekb wero 217 bills passed by the Legislature at the late session, thirty-five more than the session of 1MS3.

Sebator Inoai.i has returned home. Topeka and South Topeka have consolidated as one city. Tub other morning Mrs. Lizzie Curtis, of Emporia, borrowed a revolver of a boy, telling him that she and a friend were going to the country and they did notwnnt Ito go unarmed. Then she went to her room, and lying on the floor shot into her right side, just above the waist, the ball paspicg ttirough her body to the left side.

The wound was probably fatal. She refused to give any reasons, simply saying she had cause which she would not reveaL Her aife was twenty years. She was married at the age of fifteen, and divorced three years The average number of letters handled by the Garden City post-office per day du r- lhe pBSt Tear, were PANIC IN CHURCH. A Platform Breaks Down and Several Person are Herlously Injured, Chicago, March 18. A pnnio occurred at tho Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity on the corner of Dasiel and Thirty-ninth streets, yesterday forenoon.

Tho church wus completely crowded, and outside on tho steps lending to the churoh was a vast crowd unable to gain admittance. All at once there was a sharp crack, followed by a grinding crash, aud fully two hundred mon, women and children were precipitated fully ten foet, the entire platform 'Having given away. Twenty-three persons received more or less serious injurios. Mrs. Kern, un aged woman, had her buck broken.

P. O'Connor hud both legs broken. Many potple wero injured by being trampled upon. The people inside the church wero at first inclined to rush from the doors, but wore calmed by the words of the officiating? priost. An old woman nnmed Burns had her back broken, and John Qiimn sustained a similar injury aud neither can live.

John Sheridan, sixty years of age, sustained severe internal injuries which are regarded as lauL i The Penalty for Cowardice. Fort Leaveswomth. March 17. Sergeant Charles Conner, Company Twenty-fourth Infantry, who allowed himself and escort to be disarmed by train robbers while on route from Fort Elliott to thia point in clinrgo of a military prisoner, ha been tried by a general court-martial and sentenced to make good lothe United Statos-twenty-six dollars, being the money valuo of two Colts pistols, the property of tho United for which Lieutenant A. A.

Augur, Twonty-fourth Infantry, is responsible, by such monthly stoppage of his current pay, not to exceed one-half of his pay per month, as will reimburso the Government for the loss, and in addition to bo reduced to tho runks us a private soldier, and then to be dishonorably discharged the ser vice of the Utiitod States wita loss of nil pay and allowances now due or to become) due, and to bo confined in such military prison as the proper authority may designate for two years. No Money For Powder. Washington, March 18. Gonoral ban issued tho following order: '-On re ceipt of this order the practice of firing a. morning and evoning gun at midway post will be discontinued until further orders, except at the Military Academy, Wost-Point, Fort Monroe and at Fort Leavenworth, iu consoqueuce of the supply of powder remaining at the close of the war, which has been used for this pu rpose, having become exhausted and theordnancedepart-ment being without funds for the purchase tf the powder required." Husbfend svnd ire Horned.

BiiACEitiuuoE. March 17. The re freshment bouse of Hugh Donisou, a franio building near the roadway station, wasv destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. It is supposed to have originated in Deni-lodroom. and wheu discovered had made such headway as to render it impossible to save either the buildingor contents.

The house was broken into and every effort made to reach the Inmates, Denisonand hi wife, but it was quite Impossible to do bo, as the interior of the building was enveloped in flumes. As soon us the fire could bo extinguished search was made among the debris and the charred remains of Denison and his wife were found ia different parts of the house. cently..