Rosedale Enquirer from Rosedale, Kansas • 1

7 ftlttifel VOL. I. HOSEDALE, WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS, SATURDAY, JANURAY 25, 1890. NO. 1.

THE TOWNSITE BltU A FIGHTER. DIRE DISASTER rEBSOKALS. -JK-C-Coply makes a boss postmaster. Dr. J.

n. Upland is an oxoollont physician. W. C. arnard is a good reliable oar pentor.

S- 7. Frame keeps a fine' stook of gropes. A. J. Fryatt Is carponter of the first cm summary.

The summary of the week's news has In some respeots been of an exciting nature. The question of lighting the city by eleotrloity and the rumor of the removal of the shops pf the F. 6. 0. Railway to this point have been the two of particular interest and comment There are several oases of measles and diphtheria in the oity, aooompanied by la grippe.

Beyond that the health will com THE SILVER BILL. Ths Administration sllwr Mill PrenaMol by Secretary Wlndora-Onl Natlvs SUve to be Used In the Coinage. Washington, Jan. 80. The following is the text of the Administration bill prepared by Secretary Wlndoni, embodying the silver measure proposed in his annual report and which will be ln troduoed in both House and Sonata during the weok: A bill authorising the Issue ot treasury notes on deposit of silver bullion.

Be It en. acted, that any ownor of sliver bullion, tho product of the mines of the United States or of ores smelted or refined in thu-Unltod States may deposit the same at any coinage mint or at any assay office fn the United States that tho Secretary of thd treasury may designate and rooelve tllcrefor treasury notes hereinafter provided for, equal at the dale of deposit, to the net value of such silver at the market prioe, such price to be determined by the Soorotary ot the Treasury nnder rules aud KILLED IN COURT. Desperate Shooting Am-ay In Oalveatoa Court Koom The AmUr ths ltetult of Feud In Another Counts'! Galveston, Jan. 23. In ths court house here yesterday Kyle Terry, nephew of the late Judge David TerrV, ot California, was shot and instantly killed and two men badly wounded.

The killing was the outcome of the Fort Bend troubles Whloii resulted some time hgd in a bloody battle between tho olt-Uens ot Richmond. Some months ago Terry, who was a tax assessor of Fort Bend County and mohibiSf bi What Is known as the Woodpecker party, had a difficulty with the three Gibson boys, all members of the Jaybird party. Five wcoks lator Terry met one of the Gibson brothors in Wharton and killed hlra. When tho case came up for trial Terry got a change of teiiiie id Galveston Cohrityt Galveston had nothing to do with tils' caso further than, to give a fair trial. Judffe Parker; ihdietetl ttir kurdo ill Fort Bond County, also secured uhaugd of venue to this county.

The cases woro set for yesterday aild witnesses for both tho prosecution and dofcpse had m-oujrht to tltid olty a largo number ot adherents of both factions' of Fort Bend County. A -large 'special venire of citizens had been summoned for jury service in these cases to appeal Henry A. Phillips, On of ths Remted Pes. slou-ontce OmolaU, Dm llnes an lnvltatloa to Resign and Tells Why. Washington, Jan.

81. nenry A. Phillips, one of the rorated ohlofs of division ot the Pension Oflloe, who was recently requested to resign, yesterday addressed tile fdllOwlHg" letter to Commissioner Raum, deollnlng to do so! General Green It. Buum, Commissioner ot l'onsions: Blr: Referring to your note of November requesting my resignation ss chief of division, repeated Iri our recent personal In tertlow, I have to Say that 1 assntae that foM Will not deny that this request is not of yoni motion but prompted by the Boofstary ol the Interior. I aocept the request ss notice to the effect that If I do not acoode to It my dismissal will follow, and yet I must respectfully decline to resign and so place my neck in position for the axe of the executioner who Just now is so busily engaged in completing the work begun on tho persons ot myself and others over a quarter of a century ago On Southern battle fields.

Bttt In those long gone days it was a more even contest The toe of that time' as honorable and gate all eVen ehance of jlfs for life; TO-disy I am ground la the dust. tondW ths welgHt of oftlclal- only official superiority, fltid the too who dictates tins request, by inlurence, hi isbsi, arraigns mo as a conspirator ngalnst the revonho of this Nation, and lit effect wonld bl'atld rUd its a robber 6f the dollars of the Nation I went dotvh Into iba Valley and shadow of deathjfor-save and serVfli 'oi again you will not dispute that tbore Is lid Impeachment of my goneral charaetor, not charge that I have not and do not fully and faithfully perform tho duties of ohlef of division; that I am not and have not faithfully labored to expeditiously scttlo the deterred claims of our tow Informed toe that the Secretary in sISted on my going because my pension had been Increased and teratcd Since I bad been In this position, Whon I Informed you thai It it as a month before I was appointed that ths action tt-aS taken In my ease, yob. Suggested that I was expecting art appointment You are right, I was expecting, for hail th4 word of Commissioner Tanner that I should be appointed, it has been published time and again that my pension was Jnorcased by uom mlssloner i'aniier fi orh $9 to tH per The fact Is that General Blacli While OoAi mlssloner put my pension up to $17 and f' rated It, and I was not satisfied with that because I was Informed that the medical examining board (composed of Democrats doctors by ths way), who had thoroughly examined me, Had reported mat i was entitled td more, ahd so I did rtot hesitate to seek at iiie hand bf Commissioner tannel that full measure bi Justice which had been denied me In tht) past arid those dollars which nnder law belonged to Ms and which had, with the dollars belonging to fid many othor comrades, been held to increase thef surplus. In granting me my pension of fit per niHnth Commissioner Tanner did Just what three refutable members of the medical division recommended him td do and i am Informed that Is the figure the Brooklyn1 board advised General Black to grant. Now against all this comes the dictum of on man, who, without medical ot surgical skill, I ptits his Will sad the power which the aeoi-dent ot political pfefe'riftent gives htm to root np and revoke.

He does not appear to appreciate that to realize Is to eorrcct'dfl error. So the only question should be, did I suffer from error in the past? You may or may not know that when aotlon on the case of employes of this office was first questioned Commissioner Tanner subjected those oases to the test ot review by four of the best men 1 this office whose honesty and capacity I do not believe even the Secretary of the ihtef'tof Will question. They reported that the action takn In my caso was In accord with the evidence oh Alt In the case. If the action of the' Secretary Of the Interior In dlrootirlgyoutocall formyreslgna' tlon be honest in its Impulse, why, I ask, doos he'not take the courso provided by law to call down a pension granted wrongfully In excess? Why not give me the oppor tunity to defend under oath, and by professional testimony, what I now receive? Why does he wrap himself IS the panoply of honor which encircles A Cabinet Minister, arrogantly exclaiming In effect: "I am the State," and brutally strike bread and butter from the months of my wife and little ones? tie never Would have held the power he now does President Bar-rison Would never have bad the power td put him where he Is if my comrades and myself In the State of Now York had not labored to more effect than he did In Missouri last fall. I said above "If the action ot the Secretary be honest," is it not a fact that I was marked because I am a friend of Corporal Tanner and placed here by him? Very clear evidence would be necessary to convince me td the contrary.

In bidding good-by to this office, as I undoubtedly shall as soon as the axe can be swung, I shall go thankful that for a brief season at least I had a chance to serve my suffering, needy comrades In this place. tL confess that, as I am human, I haveto call up all the equanimity I possess. As I go I leave behind me hundreds in this office who did theirlcvel best to keep our political opponents In power. I leave others who, in the contest of a quartor ot a century ago, did their best to make my comrados eligible for a pension or a grave. For aught I know I shall leave be.

bind me in the Pension Office the very man who sped the bullet which laid bare my brain, condemned me to a life of misery and made me eligible to a pension and to re-rating. Very respectfully yours, Hknrt A. Phillips. The Fatal Wire. Newburo, N.

Jan. 21. Thlsmorn-ing a man hitched his horse to an awning post in Water street and went away. The horse touched his nose to the iron post and fell into the gutter like a log. Thomas DawSon attempted to help the horse and fell dead.

Thomas Salts, who saw Dawson fall, hastened to his assistance and he, too, diopped to the ground insensible. An arc electric light wire had sagged and touched the awning post. The insulating material of the wire had become saturated by rain. The body of Dawson was carried into a store and the coroner was sent for. Mr.

Salts was only stunned, and the horse was not killed. Dawson was a laborer, a large and powerful man, weighing over 200 pounds. Murdered His Pretty Wife. New Yokk, Jan. 21.

Jimmy Slocum, the former base-ball player of the Wilkesbarre and. New Tlaven nines, was arrested last night after an exciting chase across house tops. He is accused of murdering his pretty wife in squalid apartments on Roosevelt street three weeks ago. He says he was drunk at the time and did not know what he was doing. The Absconding Riley County Treasure Occupying Cell at Manhattan.

Manhattan, Jan. 21. James M. Fortner, Riley County's absconding treasurer, arrived in this city yesterday afternoon in charge of Sheriff McCord and was taken directly to his home, where, in the meeting of wife and children, was enacted one of the saddest scenes of his life. From his home McCord took Fortner to the county jail, where he was turned over to the1 custody of the new sheriff, J.

M. Myers. Fortner was looking well, but was evidently nnder a heavy mental strain. He has not indicated what Provisions of ths Oklahoma Townslte B1U a A mended and rawed Bjr ths Mouse. Washington, Jan.

US. The House yesterday oonoluded the oonsldoratlon of the Oklahoma Townslte bllHn Committee of the Whole roported It to the House and at onoe passed it. The third section, which was the only one in dispute as agreed to in oominiUee.1 was as follows; Boo. a That In all esses whore townslte! are entered ilmior tho provisions of this act tor the of the ooeupunts thereof, It shall be the duty of tho commlsslonflrs oonorlng such altos to hour and Uuturtnmu an contra. versies arising between elutmantS to any part thereof or to any lot therein, and to aonvoy lue same io tuo oucuimuui ur uiuuu-itants thereof according to their respective Interests.

That the Secretary of the interior shall prescribe rules and regulations that shall govorn said commissioners In wco outing the trust Imposed by this sot and shall dlreet how and to tiolij deods Shall be liltide except aS restricted herein and any aotnal settler upon any one lot aud upon any additional lot upon wUlol) he may have luinrovoniontiuihftll be entitled to poYe uD add base the same Its pro-emption at such minimum price as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior; provided that, any person not legally disqualified from entering iuuds under this act shall have tho right rvriMirohase. at the minimum pneoi anf lot bf -lots tliby hate horetofnA purchased from lqxal oecu-barlts abd upon which substantlaMtn prove-ments have been made provided that the claim for a townslte or any part thereof or to any lot therein If made by a United States marshal, doputy marshal or otho Dtllfler Of agent of the United States who was In said Territory prior to tho time fixed for entering thereof by the proclamation of the President, or If made by a person whS entered said Territory or took possession' ot such townslte or part thereof lot. therein, In advance of tho tlroo fixed for entering, said Territory by theT-roflariiatlou ot tberrejl-dcht. abd Tii violation thereof, shall be ueemed and hold Invalid, nor shall the claim of any person or bis assignee be valid when such person, being lawfully within the Territory prior to the day fixod by the President's proclamation tor cntoring said Territory, did durln Bufch tithe) siebt A town-8te lot or lots therein upon which he, after the time fixed by the proclamation, filed his claim, and the assignee or vendee of such officer or wrongdoer shall secure no title by a purchase of assignment therefrom, but where purchases have been made front such officers or wrotigdoers by Innocent parties and lit good tnltti, their rlglils as occupying claimants shall be respected by said commissioners and the valuation of improvements made by them In good faith shall be a valid lien on the lot or lots so purchased and occupied. The several commissioners shall keep a record of their proceedings tit to bach towitsita; which record shall, on the termination of thelf labors be placed in the custody of the Secretary of the Interior; and whenoounty organ Iratlons shall bo effected In the Territory the said records shall be placed Id custody of the offleor, having charge of the real estate reoords of the county In, which such town Is situated and iactt rccofd (b due exemplification thereof) of the commissioners shall be evidence of the facts recited therein; provided that any party having a mortgage or other bon-a-flde lien upon a lot or lots deeded by the commlniincrs aSi'ldt'd hereinshall hate ther right to havo fC 'ainu" commissioners, and such record shallbe ful) notice to all of the character and amount of said lien or mortgage, and ot the equities and rights of the parties therein, icraiucu a.

iiitu ill tu ruuuru Kent sttiu MORTALITY IN CHICAGO. Many l'eople Dying of Pneumonia and Kindred Diseases. CmcAoo, Jan. 23. The Herald says: With the thermometer near zero the health officers looked for a falling off in the daily number of deaths in the city, but yesterday's record showed 130 deaths, an increase of eleven over tho great record of the previous day.

The mortuary record for the past twenty four hours exceeds any thing in the winter history of the health office. It has but one striking parallel in the summer. In 1877 there were over 100 deaths 'from sunstroke In one week. The death cer-ticates show a continuance of malignant throat and pulmonary affections. Bronchitis is increasing among children, and influenza is sweeping off people at the rate of twenty a day.

Nearly one-half of the deaths yesterday were due to throat and lung diseases. Pneumonia killed 17 persons, bronchitis 18, influenza 18 and Consumption 13. Snow In the Northwest Chicago, Jan. 23. "It Is many years since the far Northwest has seen any thing like the present fall of snow," said R.

E. Eoose, of Portland, Ore. "A telegram which I have from tho superintendent of one of my mines in Eastern Oregon tells me there are fifteen feet of snow on the level. Such a fall of snow In the mountains Is not unusual, but tho snow of tho last few days that has fallen all over Oregon, Washington and Montana is almost unprecedented. The stockmen of Washington will be the hardest hit They have been used to warm winters and have made no preparation for any thing like the unusual snowfall and extremely cold weather which came with it I know one in Washington who has already lost 2,000 head of cattle.

I fancy there will be some herds from which the owners will never market any thing but the hides." Tobacco Trust Trenton, N. Jan. 23. Articles of Incorporation were filed yesterday in the Secretary of State's office by the American Tobacco Company, which Is supposed to consolidate a number of companies. The capital stock is fixed at The number of shares is Of the stock $15,000,000 is divided into 300,000 shares of 850 each, which are to be the general or common stook, and $10,000,000 is divided into 100,000 shares of $100 each which are to be preferred stock.

The preferred stock entitles the holder to receive each year a dividend of eight per cent, payable half yearly, before any dividend is set apart for the common stock, or so much of the eight per cent as the profits Justify. Tomng Elkiiis Sentenced. Des Mourns, Iowa, Jan. 83. Judge Hoyt has passed sentence upon the youngest life convict ever sent up.

His name is John Wesley Elklns and he is only twelve years old. On the night of July 17 he shot his father while he was asleep and killed his mother with a club. His infant sister he carefully dressed, took buggy with him and started tor his grandfather's, whore he told a story of murder by unknown men. He was not suspected at first but his pe-eullarly calm behavior led to his arrest a week later. He confessed and said he had desired to leave homo, but his parents objijcti Doublo Gas Explosion and a Run away.

A CUmnx of Aooldents la the Ohio Cap ital-Partial list of til Many KlUsd and Wounded, Columbus. Jan. ii'A few tnln. utos after five 6'olook yesterday after noon an alarm of fire from the oorner ot Main and High stfoeWcalled the tire department out and the hews spread that there had been a natural gas explosion. The sharpness ot the day had brought to the streets thousands of ahoppors and promenaders and the crowd thoughtless ly rushed to the soene.

The explosion had ooourred In ths one story dwelling at the southwest corner of Wall and Noble alleys in the middle of the square bounded by High. Front Main and Mound streets. Patrol No. 1 was on the scene, but no rope was stretched and the people orowded hundreds Into the narrow ai icy and pushed up close to the house, as the cries of Injured people within could bo plainly heard. A whis per ran through the throng that a nat ural gas main ran east and west through the wobie alloy, but this was soon vortca into a rumor that the blase was due to a gasoline explosion in the house ana the people did not rooelve the warn ing- Tho city had rooentlv been sunnlied with natural gas and.

leading past the houso occupied by Marriott and. Bowers was one ot the mains. This had leaked and the gas had found its way through nssuros in the ground to the cellar and bocomlng ignited in sorao unknown manner exploded, wrecking the building ana nuing the air with debris-. Mrs. Marriott was blown Cut of the house and a man named Moulding, who was standing hoar the structure, was blown across the street Mrs.

Marriott was carried across tho street to the rest donco ot William Jones, a bookkeeper, ana ur. vvisiungor was Bailed to attend nor injuries. A. woman enveloped in a sheet of flamos, bareheaded and shrieking, ran from the houso across the alley. A man dashed off his overcoat and to throw it over her, whelk a fireman who held the nozlo ot a hose saw her danger and turned the stream oh her.

It knocked her down but saved her life, as it ex tinguished the flames. She Was lifted from the ground and carried 1 Into neighboring house. Every inoh of clothing had beoil burned from her down to her waist Hen rame was Pet Merrill. Then to cip the climax, a team of spirited horsos attached to one of the fire department trucks became frenzied by the explosion and dashed through the crowd in the street carrying death in their wake. They ran over and injured scores of people.

A little babe Wat knocked out of its mother's arms and falling boneath the wheels of the vehicle was crushed to death. As soon as the maddened horses had disappeared in the darkness many of the spectators and firemen who had been uninjured turned their attention to digging out the persons buried boneath the ruins of the house. Guided by the cries and moans of the mangled and dying, men groped in the darkness pulling out a doad body here and a mangled yet living form there and oonveylng them to resting plaoes. An old man, venerable and with white hair and beard, was dug from the ruins and carried to a place where medical assistance could be given him. His head was covered with blood and he seemed to be In a dying condition.

Saddest of all, a tearless mother with her heart frozen by fear and grief staggered from the ruins, holding tight to her breast the seemingly lifeless form of hor three-months-old babe. Miss Belle Smith, who was badly injured, had gone into the doomed house just prior to the explosion. Her face was badly bruised and Bhe was suffering from many bruises about the body. She was almost completely buried in the debris, and had to be dug out The doctors pronounce hor injuries serious, but think she will recover. It required several hours to remove all tho dead from the ruins and It Is not yet known who or how many are tho victims.

Following Is the list of killed so far as ascertained: Charles Becht Mrs. John Marriott, an infant son ot Charles Berry, James Seymour, colored boy; white man, namo unknown; a babe, parents unknown. The injured were: Dr. T. K.

Wish-inger, badly and probably fatally burned and bruised; Herman Baker, badly burned; Daniel Cherry, burned painfully; Charles Woodruff, cut and bruised seriously; Mrs. Fuller, burned and injured Internally, probably fatally; Patrick Suiskle, cut on head; Aaron Beers, cut on head and face; Benjamin Morgan, gashes on head and internal injuries; Charles Lowry, burned and bruised; Albert Ticklider, bruised and cut; Brady, burned and cut; Edward VIemer, cut and burned; Wolf, cut and burned; Miss Belle Smith, badly hurt; Mrs. Corn, badly burned; Peter Marriott, terribly burned about the shoulders and neck; Tom Doyle, hands burned partially off; Emma Bowers; probably fatally burned; Marshall Kil-bourne, horrible injuries on neck and head; William Brady, probably fatally suffocated; William James, hands and face roasted, will die; Mrs. William James, badly cut and bruised. DUtrauing Accident.

Bublisgtos, Iowa, Jan. 85. Information has been received of a distressing accident that happened near Strong-hurst 111. A team drawing the hearse at Miss Jennie McKinley's funeral became frightened when going down the bill west of that place and dashed about through the woods and over creeks and stones, overturning and smashing the hearse and throwing out the coffin, which broke open and exposed the remains. It was a horrible sight Women scrpamed and tainted, and men ran wildly after the team powerless to check the horses.

quality. John Manks is a blacksmith who does good work. II. A. Torrey Is a good carpenter and Contractor.

M. L. Wilson is a good carpenter. Call on him. G.

II. Thompson is a good practical stonemason. T. W. Smith keeps a neat stock of fresh meats.

Sam McDowell runs the Rosedale Hotel np to the times. A. II. Fields doos teaming and 1b reliable in his business. H.

Pettlngill is our magistrate and one we believe is just We don't know our barbers' names, but they are good ones. J. II. MeKnight will soil shoes as oheap as Kansas City prices. II.

does the best he can to please in quality and prices of groceries. Mr. James Kilmer sells goods as cheap as you can get them in Kansas City. delivers very Interesting sermons at the M. E.

Church. E. J. Burllngham will soon embark in the wholesale and retail meat market. 0.

G. Denison will do you a good job of carpenter work at reasonable rates. William Mann can furnish you any article in the hardware line you want John Harding is a practical man in his business and keeps what you want H. W. Gates will bury you with such neatness you don't realize what is going on.

Steve Stadler can furnish coal, wood and groceries at the lowest market H. Morgan can make your old clothes look as good as new at his dye house. C. Clason has a neat stock of groceries and fresh meats and attends his cus tomers. s' Mrs.

Carley understands the grocery business better than any woman in the WeSt I J. F. Llnthiam keeps feed and coal and yon be best rates iand goods. -Last but not least is Lew Helinerick, Lew will treat yott Well. He is made that D.

HogJand and George Uhlin', the blacksmiths at the State line, are good practical mechanics. W. A. Perviance is a notary careful and concise, and handles some of the best insurance companies. F.

A. McDowell keeps feed, coal, wood, and is accommodating and reason able. You will like to trade With him, Trooper and "George" will do any job of light hauling. Don't go as fast as some, but make up in neatness and cer tainties. G.

Schonbttrg, few of our people know, is one ot the best tailors in the West Call on him; you will find what we tell you is true. HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES. Slaked lime may be kept ready for use if placed in a keg or barrel and covered with water. After one has contracted dyspepsia, either through inheritance or ignorant violation ot the laws of health, the sooner he takes himself firmly in hand and finds out his limitations the better. A diseased stomach is the door by which a thousand maladies lurk, ready to enter and take possession of the body.

Arrowroot Ice. One large teaspoon ful of arrowroot mixed with half a tea cup of cold water. Put one pound of sugar, juice of four lemons and rind of one lemon; shred very fine into a bowl, and pour over it one quart of boiling water and the arrowroot Stir until the sugar dissolves; strain, cool and freeze. Toledo Blade. Nightmare, the name given a horri ble dream, usually attributed to accelera tion or Irregularity of the circulation in the breast or in the brain, is caused by eating indigestible food, the peculiar posture assumed while sleeping, a full habit, or excess in drinking.

A sponge- bath, taken before retiring, is said to re lieve persons having a tendency to be thus afflicted. Golden Days. Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes. Make a thick slice of toast, and butter it en both sides. Remove the skin, and eut two tomatoes in halves; place these the toast, sprinkle over them a little seasoning of pepper, salt and lemon juice, and put the dish in the oven while you prepare the eggs.

Break three fresh eggs in a basin, beat them with fork until frothy, season with pepper and salt Melt two ounces ef butter in a saucepan, and when it is quite hot pour in the eggs and stir vigorously over the fire until they are of the consistency thick cream (about two and a half minutes). Pile high on top of the to matoes so as to hide them entirely, and serve hot Truth. Soup Stock. Take a shin of beef and ent the meat from the bone, put the latter in the bottom of a kettle, lay the meat on top, pour over a gallon of cold. oft water, and set where it will heat gently for one hour; then place over a good fire, let boil briskly and skim, set back again and pour aoup of oold water, let boil and skim.

Cover closely and let simmer gently for one hour, then add one onion, one carrot, one turnip, one sprig of parsley and one stalk of celery; lei cook slowly an hour longer. Season with salt and spice to taste, ttrain and set la cool place. When cold, take off the grease, aad it is ready for -Tha Bom. pare more favorably with the same per. I previous years.

The publio school has partly been closed owing to the illness of the teaoher. Ttysre We been ome transfers of real egt'te of Importance. The purchase the rall. way of several piece joining their right of way in no end) Bnd tne puP. chase of the property in the center of thr, 6itT by Rillmer Is the most ni.ltable.

The purchase of the propertyby the railway is for the purpose of securln gwiton facilities, with a good prospect bi establishing permanent yards at this point. Mr. Killmer will proceed atonfjs to erect a fine structure to be use a8 a dry g0oda -houge The Metropolitan sfroot railway still falls to comply with any of the laws of self-respect In regard to heating their cars on the long, tedious rides to the city in the remarkably disagreeable weather of the last few weeks, besides making the trip as slow and tedious as possible. The City Council passad an ordinance granting an exclusive franchise to the Power Company of Kansas City, for lighting the city for the period of ten years, for aro lights 88.87 per month, payable monthly. Two publio meetings were held in the Co uncil room, at which it was pretty well, filled, with a unanl-tnous standing opposing any aotlon of the Council in the matter, and appointing "a committee ot five to memorialize body, which they did in tba form of a petition containing, we are informed, some 800 substantial signatures, but of no avail, Gates being absont, McDowell voting nay, the ether three members voting for.

Since which fthe ordinance has lodged Borne place between the Council and the press and up to our going to press it has not received, any publication necessary to make it a law, that we have any knowledge of, From the stubborn opposition, we should not "be surprised if it culminated 3n an injunction on the power company, If publication is found out to have been effectedpossibly the next meeting of the Council will develop more fully the luture course. Superintendent Taylor has i completed his labor of the' school officeis' books i ar balance in the treasurer's hands of 847 at the commencement; of this school year, including 8142 paid Jwithoot an order from the clerk by order of a majority of the board, being paid after a garnishee was sorved restraining payment, the clerk refusing until the oourt decided who to draw or-der in avor of. All other matters were faultless. This is the amount remaining due contractors on brick building. Mr.

Nick Roth falling from a bridge, of which it is quite doubtful whether he will recover, Is the only casualty of the week. A very large subscription list was given to the managers of theEsqtriKER; receive our thanks. The serious illness of Miss Mary Luther at her sister's in Kansas City, is probably the saddest news of the week, she being so well and favorably known here. Owing to so much labor requiring our attention this week we are unable to give sample copies of what the Enquikkb will be in Its future Issues. GOOD STORIES.

A Follow-My-Len-Jor Gams That Was Yerj Disastrous. Several heep-men" from the Inland Empire were gathered around the stove at one of the hotels discussing the prospects for mutton this winter and wool next spring and the profits to be made by driving sheep to the Willamette to winter, and at last they got to telling torlos about sheep. One told about the captain of schooner who had a band of sheep on the deck of his vessel. As he was turning and twisting the wheel to keep the schooner on her course the old ram, who beaded the -flock, taking umbrage at his motions, came up behind him and at one fell swoop butted him over the wheel. The enraged captain seized hit woolly assailant and threw him overboard, when, presto! away went the whole flock, popping over the rail, one after another, into the tea.

Boats were lowered and with much labor a portion the nook was saved. Another told a story which illustrated the same follow-my-leader trait in the character of sheep. At a port on the sound one evening Just after the deckhands had got all the freight stowed sway, there came down Ave hundred heep to be put on board. All hands were vexed because of the delay and trouble connected with shipping them, tut finally a pen was made of hurdles between decks and a gangway rigged, and in the dusk all was ready to take the sheep on board, and they were start ed down the gangway. The first one, as lie struck the deck, saw an opening in the other side of the boat, across which hurdle had been placed.

Instead of going along to the corral prepared, this heep made a running jump, cleared the hurdle and landed in the salt chuck alongside. Every one of the band fed- lowed suit, and in a short time five hun dred sheep were struggling in the water. The captain, having the last one go down the plank, yelled out: "All right down there?" An answer came deck: "All right, sir; send them down." "Send them down," roared the captain, "haven't you the sheep down there?" "Not a sheep, sir," was the reply, and investigation showed that there was not a sheep on the boat The captain could not delay any longer- and so steamed away, and only a small number of the sbeep ever got asnora. ruruauu uit onian. Skverai, deaths from influenza hare Kwred at Villa Labas, Mexico.

regulations prescribed, oasea current in the leading sliver markets of the world i but no deposit consisting In Whole or In part of foreign silver bullion or foreign stiver coins Imported Into this country, bars resulting from melted or refined foreign silver coins shall be received under the provisions ot this aut. Bee. 3. That tho Secretary of ths Treasury shall cause to be prepared treasury notes in such amounts as may be required for the purpose ot the above seotion, and In such form and denominations as ho may proscribe provided that no notes shall bo of a denomination less than not mora than HM Boc. s.

The Botes Issued under this act shall bo receivable for flilstonm, taxes and all pub-lie debts and when received into the treasury may bo reissued, and such notes whsn hold by any National banking association shall be counted as part ot Its lawful reserve. Sec. t. That the notes Issued under ths provisions of this act shall be redeemed upon demand at the treasury of the ifalted States or at the office of an Assistant Treas' uterof the United States by the issue of a certificate of deposit for tho sum of tho notes so presented, payable at one of the mints of the United States, in amount of sliver bullion equal to Value, on the date of said cer- -tlflcate, to tile number of dollars stated therein at the market prioe of silver to -determined as provided In seotion or such note may be redeemed In gold Coin at the option of the Government provided, that upon demand of the bolder, such notes shall be redeemed In silte dollar Sec 6, That when the market price ot silver, as determined by the Secretary of ths Treasury, shall exoeed one dollar for 871.2K grains of pure silver, it shalf be the dnty ol the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse to re-eelVo deposits ol silver bullion for the purposes of this act. Sec a That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of tho Treasury, with the approval of tho President of Uie United States, to suspend, temporarily, the reoetpt of silver bul- lion for treasury notes at any time when be Is satisfied that through combinations or speculative manipulation ot the market, ths price of sliver Is arbitrary, nominal or fictitious.

Sec. 7. That th s'llfeT deposited under this set, represented by treasury notes whlcft have been redeemed In gold coin or In sllvor dollars maybe coined Into standard silver dollars or anv other denomination of silver coin now authorised by law, for the purpose rejM.uius juti cum uwu of the notes. 8ee. 8.

That so much of the act ot t'ebru-ary 28, 1S78, entitled "An act to authorize tin coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore Its legal tender character," as requires the monthly purchase of and coinage, Into silver dollars of not less than fcXiO.oiH) nor more than $4,000,000 worth of sliver bull-Ion, is hereby repealed. Sec. That any gain or selgnorage arising from the coinage, which shall be executod under tho provisions of this act, shall paid Into the treasury as provided by existing law. Sec. 10, That silver bullion received nnder the provisions of this act shall be subject to the requirements oi hibuus h.o regulations of the mint service, governing the methods of receipt and the amount of charges arid deductions, If any, to be made.

See. It Thut nothing In this act shall be constrned toprevent the purchase from time to tlmo, as may tie fequ rod, of silver bullion for tho subsidiary surer coinage 1J. That a sufficient sum to carry out tho provisions of this act Is hereby appropriated out Of any money In the treasury not other- ise appropriated. Sec. 18.

That all acts and part of acts hi- consistent with is provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec 14. That this act Shall take effect thirty days from and after its passage. A TERRIBLE CRIME. The Honso of a Cltlien of Oreche County, Jlurned and the Owner Cremated Supposed to a Case of Murder and Arson, Spkwgfifxd, San.

20. About ten o'clock Friday night the neighbors of Hugh B. Farmor, who live about eight miles south of here, saw that his house was or) fire, and on going to thd scene they found the entire building completely enveloped in flames. The house waS built of logs, ana looking into the main room they saw Farmer's dead body burning to a crisp, but all efforts to take it from the burning building were futile, and after the lire only charred fragments remained. For several years past Farmer had had a number of negro tenants on his place some of whom he recently detected in stealing from him and at once had them leave his place.

The first theory after the fire was discovered was that a coal oil lamp had exploded and burned Farmor and his house, but later developments lead to the theory that some of the thieving negroes murdered him for his money, and on account of their ill feeling set fire to the house to destroy all evidences of the crime. Farmer had two pet dogs and after tho fire the bones ot one of the animals were taken from the smoldering embers. The other was found on the place alive with his hair saturated with coal olL The dead man Friday purchased a gallon of coal oil at a little store near his place and it is thought the murderers used this oil to fire the building and poured It on the two dogs after they had killed their master, but thatoneof them escaped from the house when the door was opened. The unfortunate man was a bachelor about sixty-five years of age and lived all alone. He came to this section from County Wicklow, Ireland, about thirty years ago where he was educated for su Eoiscopal minister.

r.hnrrh Boned. Kassas Cut, Jan. 20. The Reformed Episcopal Church, of which OlSnop finer la puwr, acuiuam uv cember 21, at the corner of Tenth street and Tark avenue, was burned to the gToncd about one o'clock this morning. The church was a brick structure and was finished only last alL Geronlmo's Band.

Chicago, Jan. 19. Major Llewellyn, of Las Cruces, K. says the Government is to transfer Geronlaio and his band from Florida to Fort Sill, and If this is done another Indian uprising will result. at the oourt house at one o'clock, A tow minutes after that hour Kylo Terry, brother, Captain David Terry, of California, Judge Parker, Judge Weston and some others entered the front door ol the Court house; fhrw titrnhrt in t.tin Ifift Lwrtrdittij slairway and had just readied thd Beri: end step when a shot was fired.

struck him nndor the right arm and same out of the left breast and litorallj tore his heart to There was a mtjitiettt's Kill aild imi four or five shots were fired. from differ ent directions. One passed through the arm of Judge Weston and through the leg of Henry Fittle, a Galvestonlan. Eye witnesses say three men wer shooting--yol Gibson) who killed Terrj aild whose brother Terr'y had killed it Wharton, Dan Ragsdale arid ybtiiiji Mitchell, all from Fort Bend County and all Jaybirds. Immediately after the shooting sii arrests were made thti principal oh Vol Gibson, wHo fired the first nhd orilj fatal shot He is a young man about twenty-five years old and treats thl matter coolly.

He was the oldest mat lh the attacking party, four of thl others being under twenty-one years ol age. It was evident that the intention wai to kill Weston and Parker as well ai Terry the two latter because they wer Woodpeckers. I- SSdffe' i'aTKer Is a member of" 'the State Legislature from Fort Bend Cbhhty and is charged with having bees the cause ot the late riot ifi RichlliOttd. lie is Charged with tho killing pf a hegfo woman during the Rtchiriond riot MUCH DISGRUNTLED. A Cherokee Delegation That Visited Seers, tary Noble Inquiring About the Strip.

Washington, Jan. 23. TheCherokeei are at last beginning to realize that the days of their possession of the Cherokee Strip are numbered and that the time is Boon at hand, notwithstanding theli opposition, when they must yield to power of the Government and the dd; mand for the advancement of civilization. A hew delegation, consisting of three half blood Cherbkees, visited Secretary Noble yesterday and had quite a prof tracted interview with him concerning the Cherokee Outlet and the action ol the Commissioners appointed to nego tiate for the cession of the Strip. Whon they came away they were very much disgruntled and told their friends that Secretary Noble said to them that they had already been paid once for the Strip and they were now offered a fair prioe to buy it over again, which they were foolishly declining to acoept, that they might as well understand and make up their minds that it would be but a very brief period before the plowshare of the white man would bo turning the sod til the Strip whioh is now occupied by the cattlemen, who were there without warrant of law.

FROZEN IN THE STORM. Thousands of Cattle and Ten Men Reported Lost. Tacoma, Jan. 23. At least ten human beings and thousands of cattle and sheep perished In the blizzard which began with the year and raged over Washington for a week.

Cattle are dying by hundreds from starvation and thirst in tho Collville reservation, and the ground is covered with over two feet of snow on the level. In some places the snow is drifted mountain high. The keeper of the stage station, twelve miles from Alma, started to walk to town last Thursday and Sunday his body was found on the prairie, only a mile from his home, frozen stiff. The mail carrier at Wild Goose creek perished on the same day and eight cattlemen are known to have lost their lives in the storm. Cattlemen estimate that they will lose one-half of their herds.

Wreck Near Omaha. Omaha, Jan. 22. The suburban train on the Missouri PanHo railway was wrecked within two miles of Omaha this morning. William Boyle, station agent at Druid Hill, who was a passenger on the train, was instantly killed.

Eight other passengers were injured, two of them, Albert Mitzlass, a fourteen-year-old boy, and James O. Harvey, a carpenter, probably fatally. The wreck was caused by rear end collision. Concerning Ores. Washington, Jan.

22. Application was recently made to the Treasury Department by citizens of Laredo, for permission to import from Mex ico, without duty, carbonate ores, enter them in bond, smelt and separate them by the process known as "concentration" and then return the contents ot the ore to Mexico, or in other words to allow the manufacture or manipulation ot ores in a "concentrator" in bond for the purpose of expedition. Assistant" Secretary Tichenor has informed the petitioners that there is no logal authority for the defense he will make. gran ng oi sue a pn uiege..